US10095777B1
Aspects and implementations of the present disclosure are directed to methods of and systems for search lift remarketing. In general, in some implementations, a first content item is distributed to client devices and search lift attributable to the first content item is measured by examining subsequent requests received from client devices to which the first content item has been distributed as compared to requests received from similar client devices to which the first content item has not been distributed. Keywords benefiting from search-lift attributable to the first content item are used to determine when to send a second content item in response to requests from client devices in a select audience. In some implementations, requests are compared to identify a set of keywords invoked more frequently after presentation of the first content item where an increase in usage exceeds a threshold or otherwise indicates a statistical significance.
US10095775B1
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for identifying information gaps in corpora. A computer receives a document and extracts keywords from the document while filtering trivial keywords. The computer identifies and extracts top keywords detailed by the document using a topic modelling approach before determining whether the extracted top keywords exceed a threshold use frequency. Based on determining that the top keywords exceed a threshold use frequency, determining whether the top keywords have a relation to other entities within the document and, if so, determining whether the top keywords are defined within the document. Based on determining that the top keywords are not defined in the document, adding the top keywords to a list and defining the top keywords.
US10095764B2
Technologies are described for performing replication within a database environment. Where a database transaction is replicated at multiple replica nodes, a replica node is selected as a coordinator replica node for the transaction. The other replica node or nodes are designated as follower replica nodes for the transaction. A follower replica node sends the coordinator replica node a precommit notification when the follower replica node has precommitted the transaction. The coordinator replica node sends the follower replica node a postcommit notification to commit the transaction when the transaction has been precommitted by all of the replica nodes to which the transaction is to be replicated.
US10095761B2
A contextual analysis system that extracts data elements from an unstructured text input; determines whether the extracted data elements are relevant to a predetermined context; and determines, for the extracted elements deemed as relevant, whether the information contained in the relevant data elements complies with a guideline.
US10095741B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that updates a context that facilitates evaluating qualitative search terms for an attribute during query processing. During operation, the system extracts a value for the attribute from each data item in a set of data items. Next, the system updates the context based on the extracted attribute values, wherein the context includes a concept-mapping for one or more qualitative search terms applied to the attribute, and wherein each concept-mapping associates a given attribute value with a numerical compatibility index that indicates a compatibility between the given attribute value and a corresponding qualitative search term.
US10095739B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide for caching, by a device intermediary to a client and a database, a result of a structured query language (SQL) query request. In some embodiments, the device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a database receives a SQL response from the database to a first SQL query request of a client of the plurality of clients. The device may maintain a cache of SQL responses from the database. The device may identify that the first SQL query request matches a rule of a policy for caching SQL responses from the database. The policy may include a cache action to take when the rule is matched. The device may perform, responsive to the policy, on the SQL response the cache action identified by the policy.
US10095736B2
An approach is provided in which a knowledge manager analyzes a corpus of documents based upon relations corresponding to entities in a structured resource and constructs a natural language context associated with a set of the relations. The knowledge manager maps the natural language context to a database query and, in turn, invokes the database query when the knowledge manager matches a question to the natural language context.
US10095734B2
A source code search comprises a two-pass search. The first pass comprises a topological measure of similarity. The second pass comprises a semantic measure of similarity. The query source code is a user-selected portion of source code. The results may be ranked and output to an I/O device.
US10095731B2
Large amounts of unstructured or semi-structured log data generated by software and infrastructure components of a computing system are processed to identify anomalies and potential problems within the computing system. Stored log messages may be queried and analyzed according to dynamic fields constructed from the content of the log messages. As time goes on, the dynamic fields may be converted into static fields which are extracted and indexed at the time of ingestion of the log messages.
US10095718B2
A circuit element of a multi-dimensional dynamic adaptive neural network array (DANNA) may comprise a neuron/synapse select input functional to select the circuit element to function as one of a neuron and a synapse. In one embodiment of a DANNA array of such circuit elements, (wherein a circuit element or component thereof may be analog or digital), a destination neuron may be connected to a first neuron by a first synapse in one dimension, a second destination neuron may be connected to the first neuron by a second synapse in a second dimension and, optionally, a third destination neuron may be connected to the first neuron by a third synapse. The DANNA may thus form multiple levels of neuron and synapse circuit elements. In one embodiment, multiples of eight inputs may be selectively received by the circuit element selectively functioning as one of a neuron and a synapse. The dynamic adaptive neural network array (DANNA) may comprise a special purpose processor for performing one of a control, anomaly detection and classification application and may comprise a first structure connected to a neuroscience-inspired dynamic artificial neural network (NIDA), comprise substructures thereof or be combined with other neural networks.
US10095717B2
Embodiments relate to data archiving utilizing an existing big data platform (e.g., HADOOP) as a cost-effective target infrastructure for storage. Particular embodiments construct a logical structure (hereafter, “vault”) in the big data platform so that a source, type, and context of the data is maintained, and metadata can be added to aid searching for snapshots according to a given time, version, and other considerations. A vaulting process transforms relationally stored data in an object view to allow for object-based retrieval or object-wise operations (such as destruction due to legal data privacy reasons), and provide references to also store unstructured data (e.g., sensor data, documents, streams) as attachments. A legacy archive extractor provides extraction services for existing archives, so that extracted information is stored in the same vault. This allows for cross queries over legacy data and data from other sources, facilitating the application of new analysis techniques by data scientists.
US10095714B2
A mobile device capable of offline and online synchronous image identifying is disclosed. The mobile device includes an image capturing unit, a processor, and a display monitor. The image capturing unit retrieves frames of a recognition target. The processor determines whether the mobile device is operatively connected to Internet. Also, the processor sends the frames to a recognition server via the Internet, and performs offline image recognition to the frames and displays the result of the offline image recognition on the display monitor when the mobile device is connected to the Internet, and receives a result of an online image recognition performed synchronously to the frames by the recognition server and displays the result of the online image recognition on the display monitor when the result of the online image recognition has a recognition value higher than a recognition value of the result of the offline image recognition.
US10095711B2
The disclosure provides a method and device for recommending a candidate word according to a geographic position. The method may include receiving a coded character string of a user by a computing device. The computing device may collect geographic position information corresponding to the coded character string, and then determine a geographic area in which the geographic position information is located. The computing device may obtain a geographic candidate word corresponding to the coded character string according to a geographic word stock of the determined geographic area. The geographic word stock of the geographic area may store the coded character strings and a corresponding geographic word according to the geographic area. As compared to current technologies, complexity of input can be reduced and intelligence of an input method can be improved.
US10095710B1
In one example, a method is provided for presenting cloud based storage as a virtual synthetic. The method begins when file system information is requested from a datacenter server. The requested file system information is then received at the requesting client from the datacenter server. Next, the received file system information is presented at the client in the form of a virtual file system interface that makes the file system information appear as a local file system to a user at the client, notwithstanding that the file system is not actually present at the client. Finally, user access at the client is enabled, by way of the file system interface, to data residing in the file system at the datacenter server, where the data is in the form of a virtual synthetic that includes respective portions of data from each of a plurality of backups residing at the datacenter.
US10095709B2
A software and hardware facility persistently maintains metrics on directories at different levels within a tree of a filesystem. The facility hierarchically aggregates attributes of files contained by directories and stores them as metric values in each directory within a tree. The stored values represent summed or otherwise aggregated data from the descendant directories and files. The metric values represent aggregated attributes such as checksums, MIN and/or MAX aggregates, sameness bits, bloom filter aggregates, queryable user tags, moving average aggregates, b-tree aggregates, etc. The facility provides mechanisms for efficiently sampling activities performed by the filesystem and visually representing these activities.
US10095705B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a method and system for storing content based on one or more attributes associated with the content. Specifically, the present disclosure provides for determining storage capabilities of one or more storage devices associated with a computing device and also determining a retention policy associated with the content. In certain embodiments, the retention policy is identified by the one or more attributes. When the retention policy and the capabilities of the one or more storage devices have been determined, the content is written to the one or more storage devices based on the retention policy.
US10095703B2
A method for repairing a corrupted filesystem, whereby the corrupted filesystem includes a plurality of corrupted metadata structures is provided. The method may include determining a plurality of missing metadata structures associated with the corrupted filesystem. The method may also include determining a plurality of current addresses corresponding to a plurality of valid metadata structures in a hierarchical metadata structure of the corrupted filesystem. The method may further include locating the plurality of missing metadata structures and a plurality of addresses associated with the missing metadata. The method may also include rebuilding the plurality of missing metadata structures based on the located plurality of addresses associated with the missing metadata structures, whereby the rebuilding comprises assigning the located plurality of address to the plurality of missing metadata structures and redirecting the plurality of missing metadata structures to point to a correct plurality of other metadata structures.
US10095694B2
Content-based analysis is performed on multimedia content prior to encoding the multimedia content in the rendering chain of processing. A content-based index stream is generated based on the content-based analysis and the content-based index stream is embedded in the multimedia file during rendering. The content-based index stream can be used to generate a content-based searchable index when necessary.
US10095693B2
An apparatus includes a communications component to receive a specified variable and one or more specified criteria to select a final clustered representation of a network, the specified criteria including a maximum degree of loss of information for the specified variable for the final clustered representation; and an iterative collapse component to perform iteration(s) of deriving the final clustered representation. Each iteration includes calculating the degree of loss from each possible combination of two linked nodes of a current clustered representation to generate a next clustered representation; selecting the possible combination associated with a smallest degree of loss; determining whether to cease iterations based on whether the smallest degree associated with the selected combination exceeds the maximum degree; effecting the selected combination if the smallest degree doesn't exceed the maximum degree; and selecting the current clustered representation as the final clustered representation if the smallest degree exceeds the maximum degree.
US10095691B2
First specification data defining a grammar corresponding to natural language, and second specification data defining a mapping between the grammar and one or more outputs to be generated, are received. An electronic object is generated using the first specification data and the second specification data, the electronic object being configured to, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to map received natural language input to the one or more outputs. The one or more outputs may be used to control an electronically controllable machine.
US10095655B2
As disclosed herein, a method for conducting mapping and reducing operations includes receiving a plurality of data records and aggregating data records having a common value for a selected field within the data records to provide aggregated data records for each common value, storing the aggregated data records on a shared storage subsystem, and accessing the aggregated data records on the shared storage subsystem. The method further comprises accumulating information for the aggregated data records to provide accumulated information, and using the accumulated information.
US10095654B2
As disclosed herein, a system for conducting mapping and reducing operations includes a shared storage subsystem that is connected to one or more mapping servers and one or more reducing servers via a high-speed data link and communication protocol. Each mapping server receives a multitude of data records, aggregates the data records having a particular value, and sorts and stores the resulting aggregated data records on the shared storage subsystem. Each reducing server accesses the shared storage subsystem and accumulates information on the aggregated data records for a particular common value. In many instances, the access rates to the shared storage subsystem achieved by the mapping servers and the reducing servers approach that of accessing a local attached storage device. A computer program product and method corresponding to the system for conducting mapping and reducing operations are also disclosed herein.
US10095653B2
Methods and apparatuses relating to measuring propagation delays through USB retimers are described. In one embodiment, a retimer apparatus includes a receiver to receive a data block and a timestamp for the data block from an upstream device, a buffer to store the data block and the timestamp for transmittal, a controller to modify the timestamp to generate a modified timestamp that includes a time from a receipt of a first portion of the data block in the buffer until a transmittal of the first portion of the data block from the buffer, and a transmitter to transmit the data block and the modified timestamp to a downstream device.
US10095642B2
The invention provides a data accessing system and a method for the same. The data accessing system comprises a data access unit and a data storage unit. When the data access unit is configured to access a plurality of data with continuous or discrete addresses, it issues a plurality of request instructions. The request instructions are encapsulated into a special instruction by an encapsulation module, and transmitted to the data storage unit by a data transmission interface. The data storage unit obtains the plurality of request instructions by using a de-encapsulation module to de-encapsulate the special request instruction, and executes the plurality of request instructions to access the plurality of data, so as to enhance the efficiency of data access.
US10095641B2
A computing device includes a main memory; a local high speed memory; one or more functional units, one or more interconnects between the main memory and the local high speed memory, and one or more interconnects between the local high speed memory and the one or more functional units. The local high speed memory implements a frames/bins structure. The local high speed memory includes a plurality of frames, each of at least two of the frames comprising a physical memory element; and a plurality of bins distributed in the plurality of frames. Each of the bins includes a logical element. The functional units perform operations relating to Variables stored in the bins, each of the Variables including one or more words.
US10095636B2
Techniques and logic are presented for encrypting and decrypting applications and related data within a multi-processor system to prevent tampering. The decryption and encryption may be performed either between a system bus and a processor's individual L1 cache memory or between a processor's instruction and execution unit and their respective L1 caches. The logic may include one or more linear feedback shift registers (LFSRs) that may be used for generation of unique sequential address related codes to perform the decryption of instructions and transformation logic that may be used for generation of equivalent offset address related codes to perform decryption and encryption of data. The logic may also be programmable and may be used for test purposes.
US10095626B2
A solid state drive (SSD) with pseudo-single-level cell (pSLC) caching and a method of caching data in an SSD is disclosed. In one embodiment, the SSD includes a plurality of multibit NAND media devices arranged in one or more channels communicatively coupled to a memory controller. A first portion of the plurality of multibit NAND media devices is configured to operate as a pSLC cache and a second portion of the plurality of multibit NAND media devices is configured to operate as a multibit NAND media storage area. In one embodiment, the pSLC cache comprises a first area for a pSLC write cache and a second area for a pSLC read cache.
US10095621B1
A method for coordinating cache and memory reservation in a computerized system includes identifying at least one running application, recognizing the at least one application as a latency-critical application, monitoring information associated with a current cache access rate and a required memory bandwidth of the at least one application, allocating a cache partition, a size of the cache partition corresponds to the cache access rate and the required memory bandwidth of the at least one application, defining a threshold value including a number of cache misses per time unit, determining a reduction of cache misses per time unit, in response to the reduction of cache misses per time unit being above the threshold value, retaining the cache partition, assigning a priority of scheduling memory request including a medium priority level, and assigning a memory channel to the at least one application to avoid memory channel contention.
US10095618B2
An apparatus is described that includes a memory card. The memory card also includes volatile memory devices. The memory card also includes non volatile memory devices. The memory card is configurable to implement a first portion of the storage space of the non volatile memory devices as system memory. The memory card also includes a controller to manage, upon a power down event, the transfer of information from the volatile memory devices into a second portion of the storage space of the non volatile memory devices.
US10095617B2
A memory device includes an input/output interface configured to receive and output signals. The input/output interface is configured to receive a memory address to be accessed and data sequence information within a clock cycle or at a rising or falling edge of a clock cycle. The data sequence information specifies an input or output data sequence.
US10095615B2
A method includes selectively controlling, at a computing device having a memory, initiation of a full garbage collection operation based on a total resource usage metric and a managed object metric. The managed object metric is based on objects managed by a runtime application.
US10095608B2
An application for testing is determined. A test script associated with the application for testing is determined. The application is tested using the test script. The testing requires transferring data form the application to an out-of-band channel.
US10095597B2
Disclosed aspects include managing a set of wear-leveling data with respect to a set of physical cores of a set of compute nodes. A set of physical cores of the set of compute nodes may be monitored using a set of processor utilization resource registers (PURRs) to identify the set of wear-leveling data. By monitoring the set of physical cores of the set of compute nodes, a set of thread events with respect to the set of physical cores of the set of compute nodes may be detected. Based on the set of thread events, the set of wear-leveling data may be determined. The set of wear-leveling data may then be established in a data store. The wear leveling data may be used to manage asset placement with respect to a shared pool of configurable computing resources.
US10095589B2
A method and system is provided for optimization of restoration and loading of an operating system of a computer. An exemplary method includes initiating a loading of the operating system of the computer and intercepting a read request of data of a data volume from the operating system. Furthermore, the method includes determining whether the data has previously been restored during the loading of the operating system, and, if the data has previously been restored, performing the read request and returning to the loading of the operating system of the computer. Alternatively, if the data has not previously been restored, determining whether the data is stored in cache of the computer. If the data is not be stored in the cache, the method includes reading the data from a data archive and storing the data read from the data archive to the cache.
US10095583B2
During checkpointing of a virtual computing instance running in a first host computer, memory pages that have been modified during a checkpoint time interval are lazily transmitted from the first host computer to a second, backup, host computer. The lazy transmission technique includes the steps of stunning the virtual computing instance at the end of the time interval, and after said stunning, (i) detecting at the first host computer the memory pages that have been modified during the time interval, and (ii) copying one or more of the modified memory pages to a memory region in the first host computer. Then, after the virtual computing instance resumes execution, i.e., while the virtual computing instance is running in the first host computer, the copied memory pages are transmitted from the memory region in the first host computer to the second host computer.
US10095582B2
Methods for use in a dispersed storage network (DSN) to rebuild data. In various examples, at least one data segment of a data object is dispersed storage error encoded to produce a set of encoded data slices that includes an information dispersal algorithm (IDA) width number of encoded data slices, wherein the IDA width number is at least twice the number of storage units of a set of storage units utilized to store the data object. At least two encoded data slices are stored in each of the storage units. In response to detecting a storage error indicating an error slice, a partial threshold number of partial encoded data slices (generated by performing a partial encoding function on stored encoded data slices) are generated. The partial threshold number of partial encoded data slice responses are combined to produce a rebuilt encoded data slice corresponding to the error slice.
US10095581B2
A storage manager may be used to perform a decoding operation using a transmission time refinement technique on a data object stored in a storage system, such as an object-redundant storage system. The decoding operation may include requesting groups of corresponding blocks from storage devices of the storage system. The storage manager may maintain connections to a connection group of the storage devices and may iteratively request corresponding blocks of the data object from one or more various request groups of the storage devices of the connection group. The storage manager may evaluate performance of the request groups in sending the corresponding blocks of the data object and may modify the membership of the request groups for requests for subsequent blocks of the data object based at least in part on the performance of the request groups.
US10095572B2
A method and system are disclosed for providing integrated circuit chip cards (e.g. transaction cards) pursuant to an order placed by or on behalf of a card issuer wherein a testing data file is provided in conjunction with prepersonalization data encoding for use in conjunction with subsequent testing of the accuracy of the encoded prepersonalization data. Such testing may be completed prior to personalization data encoding to facilitate the identification of prepersonalization data encoding errors, thereby further facilitating remedial action and reduction of production disruptions.
US10095569B2
Systems and methods for generating a graphical display region including a synchronized display of alert data and impact data indicative of conditions of a computing infrastructure are herein disclosed as comprising, in an implementation, identifying alerts, each alert having a timestamp indicative of a first time at which it was identified, performing an impact calculation to generate the impact data based on alerts valid as of a second time proximate to an impact calculation start time, and generating a graphical display region including impact data valid as of a display time and alert data indicative of the alerts valid as of the second time.
US10095558B2
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support a mechanism to offload all aspects of inline SSL processing of an application running on a server/host to an embedded networking device such as a Network Interface Card (NIC), which serves as a hardware accelerator for all applications running on the server that need to have a secure connection with a remote client device over a network. By utilizing a plurality of its software and hardware features, the embedded networking device is configured to process all SSL operations of the secure connection inline, i.e., the SSL operations are performed as packets are transferred between the host and the client over the network, rather than having the SSL operations offloaded to the NIC, which then returns the packets to the host (or the remote client device) before they can be transmitted to the remote client device (or to the host).
US10095542B2
Techniques are provided for restoring threads within a processing core. The techniques include, for a first thread group included in a plurality of thread groups, executing a context restore routine to restore from a memory a first portion of a context associated with the first thread group, determining whether the first thread group completed an assigned function, and, if the first thread group completed the assigned function, then exiting the context restore routine, or if the first thread group did not complete the assigned function, then executing one or more operations associated with a trap handler routine.
US10095539B2
A method and associated systems for automated orchestration of complex server provisioning tasks, An orchestration-optimization system receives input that identifies a destination, platform, and pattern of tasks that together characterize a procedure for building a particular virtualized computer environment. The system selects a set of generic orchestration methods that identify in general terms each task required to build the environment. The system then embeds into the orchestration methods all currently known contextual data associated with the specified build procedure, converting the generic methods into a build-specific runlist of tasks. When the environment is ready to be built, additional environment-specific data that becomes known only at build time is inserted into placeholders previously embedded into the runlist tasks. The system then performs the sequence of runlist tasks in order to automatically build the virtualized system.
US10095534B2
In response to detecting a change to a host hardware configuration, a hypervisor sends a notification of the change to a guest operating of a first virtual machine, the first virtual machine networked with one or more additional virtual machines. The hypervisor filters a networking packet from the guest operating system in view of the change to the host hardware configuration. In response to receiving from the guest operating system an indication that the change to the host hardware configuration has been recorded by the guest operating system, the hypervisor, disables filtering of one or more additional networking packets from the guest operating system.
US10095525B2
A processor may include a reorder buffer, reservation stations, and execution units. The reorder buffer may be a circular buffer with a head pointer and a tail pointer, configured to assign indexes to instructions. Reservation stations may be configured to host instructions with the assigned indexes, while waiting to be issued to the execution units. Responsive to exception event, reservation stations may be configured to flush instructions that are younger, in program order, than the instruction executed with exception. Execution units may provide the reorder buffer index EX of the instruction executed with exception. The reorder buffer may provide the reorder buffer index TP stored in the tail pointer. Reservation stations may be configured to flush instructions with assigned indexes in the wrapped-around increasing interval from the index EX to the index TP.
US10095521B2
An apparatus and method are described for providing low-latency invocation of accelerators. For example, a processor according to one embodiment comprises execution logic to execute a plurality of instructions including an accelerator invocation instruction to invoke one or more accelerator commands. The accelerator invocation instruction stores command data specifying the command within a command register. One or more accelerators read the command data from the command register and responsively attempt to execute the command identified by the command data. Upon a switch from a first context to a second context, an accelerator context save/restore pointer identifies a region within system memory where the accelerator is to save its state and later the accelerator context save/restore pointer aids in restoring its state upon returning to the first context.
US10095509B2
A framework for collaborative software development in an integrated development environment (IDE) is described herein. In accordance with one aspect, an application (App) identifier is retrieved by a collaboration component. The App identifier links to a version of the App for a collaborative activity. A message associated to the collaborative activity may be posted in a social network. The collaboration component may then generate a collaboration identifier for the version of the App, where the collaboration identifier encodes the App identifier, a message identifier that links to the message posted in the social network, and an IDE identifier that links to the collaboration component in the IDE.
US10095503B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and program products are disclosed for file usability based on a system configuration. A user module determines a recipient of a file that is distributed to the recipient by a sender. A system module determines a configuration of a recipient's system. An action module performs one or more compatibility actions associated with a file in response to determining that the file is not compatible with the recipient's system configuration. A compatibility action includes an action related to usability of the file on the recipient's system. A compatibility action is performed on a sender's system prior to the sender distributing a file to a recipient.
US10095499B2
In one example, a project build tool may allow a developer device implementing a package manager to manage a superset of packages of software code across a wide variety of projects. A package manager may automatically install a superset of packages of reusable program code that are dependencies of a set of projects. A project build tool may provide to the package manager a configuration describing the superset of packages. A project build tool may install in a common folder the superset of packages in conformance with the package manager having a package resolution model that implements a hierarchical structure optimized for parental search. The developer device may store in a project folder for a project a set of symbolic links to a subset of dependency packages for the project contained in the common folder.
US10095497B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for discovery of software operable on a computing device. Embodiments access a computing device to determine at least one tool or application downloaded or installed on the computing device; determine, based on the determined at least one tool or application downloaded or installed on the computing device, at least one new tool or application to download or install on the computing device; and present the at least one new tool or application to a user of the computing device.
US10095493B2
Optimizations are provided for sibling calls. A sibling caller is marked to indicate that it may call a sibling routine or that it may call an external sibling routine. Based on the marking, certain processing is performed to facilitate use of sibling calls, particularly when the sibling routine being called is external to the caller.
US10095491B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the data splitting of recursive data structures. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for data splitting recursive data structures can be provided. The method can include identifying data objects of a recursive data structure type, such as a linked list, within source code, the recursive data structure type defining multiple different data fields. The method further can include grouping the data objects into some memory pool units, each of which can contain the same number of data objects. Each memory pool unit can be seen as an array of data objects. The method can include data splitting, which could be maximal array splitting in each different memory pool unit. Finally, the method can include three different approaches, including field padding, field padding and field splitting, to handle irregular field sizes in the data structure.
US10095490B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed including receiving a computer program, compiling the computer program, performing data flow analysis on the computer program to identify accesses to data locations by execution units at compile-time, generating a list of data-flow paths including accesses to one or more of the data locations, determining that more than one of the execution units accesses the same data location based on the list of data-flow paths, determining the existence of a potential vulnerability in at least one of the data-flow paths based at least in part on the determination that more than one of the execution units accesses the same data location, synthesizing a scheduling constraint for the data location based at least in part on the determination of the existence of the potential vulnerability in the at least one of the data-flow paths, and implementing the scheduling constraint for the data location.
US10095485B2
A method of analyzing graphical user interface (GUI) objects. The method can include dynamically scanning attributes assigned to various GUI objects assigned to a view of a GUI in order to identify attributes associated with each of the GUI objects. For each of the GUI objects, a list of attributes can be generated. A determination can be made as to whether at least one of the GUI objects has a list of attributes that does not correspond to lists of attributes for other GUI objects. When at least one GUI object has a list of attributes that does not correspond to lists of attributes for other GUI objects, an identifier can be output. The identifier can indicate that the GUI object has the list of attributes that does not correspond to the lists of attributes for the other GUI objects.
US10095484B2
A method is provided for synthesizing a computer program by a hardware processor and a program synthesizer. The method includes representing program components and registers by position set variables and constraints on the position set variables using Monadic Second-Order Logic. The method further includes determining potential combinations of the program components by solving the constraints. The method also includes forming the computer program from at least one of the potential combinations.
US10095475B2
Arithmetic logic circuitry is provided for performing a floating point arithmetic add/subtract operation on first and second floating point numbers. The method includes: generating a guard digit for the first or second number by transforming the first and second numbers by a compressing function; determining a result depending on the arithmetic operation, a sum of the transformed floating point numbers, and first and second differences of the transformed floating point numbers, and determining a corresponding result plus one by additionally adding a value of one to the result; generating injection values for rounding the final result; generating injection carry values based on the transformed first and second numbers and the injection values; and selecting the final result from the result, the result plus one, and a least significant digit, based on the injection carry values and the end around carry signals.
US10095472B2
Methods, systems and apparatus for image-based browsing through a plurality of digital media assets assisted by media cues are disclosed. The media cues can be provided by playback of short audio segments, referred to as snippets, of the digital media assets being browsed. The digital media assets can be grouped into collections of digital media assets. In one embodiment, as a user browses through digital media assets using visual representations of the collections of digital media assets, media cues can be provided.
US10095470B2
A voice command may be received from a microphone device associated with a media playback system comprising one or more zones. An audio response zone from the one or more zones to play the audio response may be selected based on context information. The selected zone may comprise one or more playback devices. At least one playback device of the one or more playback devices of the selected zone may be caused to play the audio response.
US10095468B2
In an audio encoder, for audio content received in a source audio format, default gains are generated based on a default dynamic range compression (DRC) curve, and non-default gains are generated for a non-default gain profile. Based on the default gains and non-default gains, differential gains are generated. An audio signal comprising the audio content, the default DRC curve, and differential gains is generated. In an audio decoder, the default DRC curve and the differential gains are identified from the audio signal. Default gains are re-generated based on the default DRC curve. Based on the combination of the re-generated default gains and the differential gains, operations are performed on the audio content extracted from the audio signal.
US10095461B2
Devices and methods disclosed herein may include a system for a multiple screen head-mounted display. The system includes a first transceiver to obtain a first perspective of a virtual environment. The first perspective may be used to render a first scene on a user facing display of a head-mounted display. The system further includes a calculator to transform the virtual environment from the first perspective to a second perspective. A second transceiver may provide the second perspective for use to render a second scene on an external facing display of the head-mounted display.
US10095460B2
A video wall system including a first display apparatus configured to output a first portion of an image; and a second display apparatus disposed below the first display apparatus and configured to output a second portion of the image with a first predetermined time delay after the first display apparatus outputs the first portion of the image to reduce a visible step difference between the images output by the first and second display apparatuses.
US10095453B2
An information processing apparatus generates drawing data by using printing data and print setting information. The information processing apparatus includes a conversion unit that converts the print setting information into apparatus setting information; a plurality of drawing data generating units that generates the drawing data based on the printing data and the apparatus setting information; and a generating unit controller that analyzes the apparatus setting information to select one of the drawing data generating units and controls the selected drawing data generating unit in a control procedure corresponding to the selected drawing data generating unit.
US10095448B2
A replacing unit replaces lower bits of tone values expressed in binary numbers of the specific pixels of source image data with additional information needed in a print data creating process in a printing machine. That is, least significant bits of the tone values expressed in binary numbers of specific pixels of the source image data after RIP processing are replaced with information to be communicated to the printing machine. As the information to be communicated to the printing machine, there is multi-SPM selection information used in a halftone dot process in the printing machine.
US10095442B2
A memory device includes a memory unit, a communication interface through which commands are received from a plurality of hosts, and a controller configured to store the commands in a queue and determine an order of execution of the commands according to when the commands were added to the queue and whether or not the commands issued from a host that is designated as a priority host. The controller determines the commands issued from the priority host to be executed prior to other commands that were not issued from the priority host, and determines the other commands to be executed in the order they were added to the queue.
US10095437B2
The present disclosure relates to memory array access control. An apparatus includes partition control circuitry to control at least one partition of a memory array, the at least one partition control circuitry also to receive a controlled clock signal to enable execution of a legitimate memory access command and to generate an active/idle signal having an active state when executing the legitimate memory access command and an idle state when executing the legitimate memory access command is complete; wherein the clock signal is disabled when the active/idle signal is in an idle state.
US10095434B2
A compilation system can compile a program to be executed using an event driven tasks (EDT) system that requires knowledge of dependencies between program statement instances, and generate the required dependencies efficiently when a tiling transformation is applied. To this end, the system may use pre-tiling dependencies and can derive post-tiling dependencies via an analysis of the tiling to be applied.
US10095425B1
Described are techniques for storing data. A write operation is received that is directed to a target logical address of a logical device where physical storage has not been allocated for the target logical address. The logical device has a service level objective denoting a performance goal to be maintained with respect to I/O operations for the logical device. A storage tier is selected from a plurality of storage tiers from which to allocate storage for storing write data of the write operation. The selecting is performed in accordance with determining a match between an expected level of performance of the storage tier and the performance goal. First physical storage is allocated from the storage tier. A logical address subrange of the logical device is mapped to the first physical storage. The write data is stored in the first physical storage at a location mapped to the target logical address.
US10095424B2
Provided are an apparatus, method, and system for programming a multi-cell storage cell group. A non-volatile memory has storage cells. Each storage cell is programmed with information using a plurality of threshold voltage levels and each storage cell is programmed from bits from a plurality of pages. A memory controller is configured to program the storage cells and to organize the storage cells in the non-volatile memory into storage cell groups. Each storage cell group stores a number of bits of information and each of the storage cells in each of the storage cell groups is programmed with the plurality of threshold voltage levels. The memory controller selects bits from the pages to write for one storage cell group and determines at least one threshold voltage level to use for each of the storage cells in the storage cell group to program the selected bits in the storage cell group.
US10095420B2
A storage device includes a memory device configured to store data and a memory controller connected to the memory device through a data strobe line and a plurality of data lines. The storage device adds a predetermined specific pattern in front of data and processes data input following the specific pattern as valid data during a read or write operation. The specific pattern is provided in alignment with a data strobe signal (DQS) latency cycle. The memory controller detects a specific pattern input from the memory device during a read operation and processes data input following the specific pattern as valid data when the detected specific pattern matches an internally stored specific pattern.
US10095413B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system which is connectable to a host, the memory system includes a first memory as a nonvolatile memory storing information associated with an address translation between a logical address and a physical address, a second memory temporarily storing a part of the information at least, a first controller executing a read operation and a write operation of the information for the second memory in a first data unit, the first data unit being changeable and being a data size of one of regions obtained by dividing in a first address space, the part of the information at least stored in the first memory, and a second controller executing a read operation and a write operation of the information for the first memory in a second data unit different from the first data unit.
US10095403B2
Embodiments of the present invention allow a user to input text on electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces without physical or virtual keyboards. In operation, a user may touch a certain position on a border of the touch-sensitive surface. A position corresponding to the detected touch is determined from among a plurality of predefined positions distributed along the border. In response, a character associated with the determined position is determined and input into the device.
US10095392B2
Selection regions can be recognized from multiple simultaneous inputs. Input selection regions are calculated from simultaneous contacts on a multi-touch input display surface. Computer system users can use natural and/or more intuitive hand gestures to select items on an input/display surface. Selection regions can be dynamically adjusted to in response to detected changes in contact at different locations on a surface. For example, selection region changes can be updated in essentially real-time as fingers are added and moved on the multi-touch input display surface, and as the surface is scrolled. The calculation of selection regions can vary based on an application and/or operating system context.
US10095384B2
A device including a display such as a touch screen is provided. The device includes a communication unit configured to obtain movement information of a user, a display unit configured to move a cursor displayed on the display or touch screen in accordance with the movement information of the user, and a controller configured to determine coordinates where the cursor and/or moved cursor is located as dwell start coordinates and determine the dwell start coordinates as touch coordinates when the cursor is located within a reference distance from the dwell start coordinates during an entire reference time starting from a point in time when the cursor is moved to the dwell start coordinates.
US10095383B2
A display/input device has a display panel, a touch panel portion, and a control portion. The display panel displays a plurality of item selection screens including selection keys for setting items. The control portion makes the display panel display item selection screens of different pages according to user operation, and recognizes a fixed key, which is a selection key on which a fixing operation has been made. When a first determination operation is done when the fixing operation is undone, the control portion makes the display panel display the item selection screen that includes the selection keys that were being displayed when the fixing operation was undone. When a second determination operation is done when the fixing operation is undone, the control portion makes the display panel display the item selection screen in which the fixing operation was made.
US10095381B2
A system that defines, on a user interface, a task flow for a portal web site, provides a first plurality of selections of a display type for the task flow, where each of the first selections displays the display type on the user interface in substantially an identical manner as the display type is displayed on the portal web site. The system provides a second plurality of selections of a content of display for the task flow, where each of the second selections displays the content of display on the user interface in substantially an identical manner as the content of display is displayed on the portal web site. The system receives one of the first plurality of selections of the display type for the task flow and one of the second plurality of selections of the content of display for the task flow. Based on the received selections of the display type and content of display, the system then generates pin data, where the pin data represents the received selections.
US10095373B2
A system and method for assigning channels includes a program guide module having program guide data associated with program channels and a content processing system receiving program feeds for the program channels and receiving data feeds. The content processing system compares event data from the data feed and identifies a first program channel by comparing the program guide data and the event data and associating the program channel with event data.
US10095358B2
A method and system for driving capacitive pixels in a touch sensor device using a multi-level drive scheme. The drive scheme includes driving a transmitter electrode with a boosted voltage for a first period, and driving the transmitter electrode with a second voltage for a second period. The multi-level transmitter signal is determined based on different settling responses associated with the capacitive pixels of the touch sensor device.
US10095350B2
The present invention provides a processing device, which includes a plurality of digital demodulators and an information transmitting module. Each of the digital demodulators is configured to generate in-phase and quadrature signal information corresponding to a frequency. The information transmitting module is configured to receive, process, and transmit the in-phase and quadrature signal information.
US10095341B2
Hybrid force sensing includes acquiring absolute capacitance measurements of the absolute capacitance of at least one frame side electrode, acquiring mutual capacitance measurements of the mutual capacitance between the at least one frame side electrode and at least one display side electrode. Hybrid force sensing further includes determining an absolute capacitance derived force from the absolute capacitance measurements, determining a mutual capacitance derived force from the mutual capacitance measurements, and combining the absolute capacitance derived force and the mutual capacitance derived force to obtain a combined force. Hybrid force sensing further includes performing an action based on the combined force.
US10095337B2
The present exemplary embodiments provide a touch display device which connects a touch driving circuit and a plurality of touch sensors using a plurality of dummy pixels disposed on a display panel to recognize touch event of a user. When the touch wiring line is implemented, the same material as the pixel electrode or the source line included in the plurality of dummy pixels is used so that a separate process for implementing the touch wiring line is not necessary. Further, in a pixel structure in which one data line is disposed for every two pixels, the source line is disposed in a region where the data line is not disposed to be used as a touch wiring line. Therefore, the touch recognizable area may expand as compared with a case using a pixel metal.
US10095335B2
An in-cell type touch panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a LCD device are provided. The touch panel includes an array substrate including: a glass substrate, thin film transistors, a planarization layer overlying the thin film transistors, a connecting wire on the planarization layer, a first insulating layer overlying the connecting wire, a touch sensing electrode on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer overlying the touch sensing electrode and a pixel electrode on the second insulating layer. The connecting wire is connected to the touch sensing electrode by a first via hole, and the pixel electrode is connected to one of the thin film transistors by a second via hole. The touch sensing electrode further is configured as a common electrode, and during a displaying time period of an image frame, the touch sensing electrode transmits a common voltage and a touch control signal in time division manner.
US10095330B2
A printed wiring board includes a first insulating layer, a first conductor circuit including fingerprint authentication circuitry and embedded in the first insulating layer such that the first circuit has exposed surface exposed from surface of the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on which the first insulating layer is formed, a second conductor circuit including fingerprint authentication circuitry and embedded in the second insulating layer such that the second circuit has exposed surface exposed from surface of the second insulating layer and is interposed between the first and second insulating layers, and a solder resist layer formed on the surface of the first insulating layer and covering the first circuit. The first and second circuits are positioned such that the first and second circuits are opposing each other across the first insulating layer and that a finger for fingerprint authentication is placed on the solder resist layer.
US10095325B2
A method for locating at least one movable magnetic object with respect to an array of at least N triaxial magnetometers comprises steps consisting in: subtracting a weighted average from each of the measurements to obtain modified measurement; loading the modified measurements and a location of the one or more movable magnetic objects at the current time as input into a filtering operation for locating the one or more movable magnetic objects; implementing the location filtering operation, this comprises steps consisting in: subtracting a weighted average from each of the estimated data; and delivering as output a location of the one or more movable magnetic objects at a subsequent time.
US10095319B1
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for interpreting text entry for an input/output device. The method includes one or more processors receiving input from a set of sensors. The sensors are grouped in segments corresponding to a finger of a user. The method further includes one or more processors identifying input by a user of a gesture into a sensor of the set of sensors. The method further includes one or more sensors determining a first alphanumeric character that corresponds to the identified gesture input by the user. The method further includes one or more processes generating an input stream of alphanumeric characters, the input stream comprising the determined first alphanumeric character that corresponds to the identified gesture and one or more additional alphanumeric characters determined from identified gestures input by the user.
US10095316B2
A portable computing device (10) with a display screen (26) that may be scrolled and/or zoomed in response to changes in the spatial orientation of the computing device. Changes in the spatial orientation of the computing device are sensed by accelerometers (20) contained in the device. Software converts signals sent by the accelerometers to scrolling or zooming commands that scroll and/or zoom the display screen. Motion of the computing device in the plane of the display screen of the computing device results in scrolling the display screen in the opposing direction of the motion of the computing device a distance greater than the distance the computing device is moved. Motion of the computing device perpendicular to the plane of the display screen zooms the display screen in or out. Motion of the computing device toward the user results in the display screen being zoomed in to reveal greater detail. Motion of the computing device away from the user results in the display screen being zoomed out to reveal more content.
US10095315B2
A gesture and location recognition system and method are provided. The system includes a sensor device that captures a data signal of a user and detects a gesture input from the user from the data signal, wherein a user location can be calculated based on a sensor location of the sensor device in a building and the collected data signal of the user, a signal processing device that generates a control signal based on the gesture input and the user location, and in-building equipment that receives the control signal from the signal processing device and controls the in-building equipment based on the control signal.
US10095311B2
One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a case configured to mechanically couple with a mobile device and position the mobile device such that the mobile device serves as a display for the case. The system also includes a processor coupled to the case and configured to generate a haptic signal based at least in part on a characteristic of the case. The system also includes a haptic output device in communication with the processor and configured to receive the haptic signal and output a haptic effect in response to the haptic signal.
US10095309B2
An input device for a finger touch interface includes a magnetic unit worn on a tip of a user's thumb for establishing a magnetic field, at least a first magnetic field sensing unit worn on the tip of any finger except the thumb and at least a second magnetic field sensing unit worn on a segment of any finger except the thumb. The first/second magnetic field sensing unit is used to detect magnetic flux density of the magnetic field so as to generate a corresponding signal as an input instruction.
US10095308B2
The present disclosure relates to system and method for gesture recognition for emulating a mouse for human machine interface wherein displacements, direction of displacements of cursor as also double click actions of mouse can be emulated by instinctive hand gestures. The method uses a marker as gesture interface and therefore does not depend on hand segmentation techniques, which suffer from deficiencies related to lighting conditions, variation of skin color from person to person and complexities of background.
US10095303B2
A non-volatile memory system includes a memory controller, where the memory controller includes a first region including a first memory that stores compressed code, and a second region including a second memory that stores decompressed code. Power supplied to the first region and the second region is controlled according to an operation mode of the non-volatile memory system.
US10095293B2
A system may implement a method for determining the operating capability of a power supply based on multiple environmental factors. Information about environmental factors may be obtained from sensors in the power supply or received from a management controller. These environmental factors may include temperature, line voltage, backpressure, or altitude. A power supply capability analyzer within the power supply may determine that, based on the environmental conditions, it is safe to increase the operating capability of the power supply, or that the operating capability of the power supply should be decreased. After determining the best operating capability for the power supply, it may be communicated to the management controller, after which it may affect the allocation of power in the system. Similar adjustments in operating capabilities may be made for all power supplies in a system or adjustments may be made to individual power supplies based on local environmental conditions.
US10095274B2
An electronic device includes a first unit (100) and a second unit detachable from each other. The second unit includes an input unit, a socket, and a hinge. The socket has a first wall and a second wall. In the first wall and the second wall, a length (L1) of a portion to support both ends of the longitudinal side of the first unit is greater than a length (L2) of a portion to support the region other than both ends of the longitudinal side of the first unit. The lengths (L1) and (L2) are perpendicular to the longitudinal side of the first unit. The portion to support the region other than both ends of the longitudinal side of the first unit has a linear opening-side end parallel to the longitudinal side of the first unit when the first and second walls are seen vertically.
US10095266B2
A system includes a first device configured to cause a virtual reality image to be output by a display. The system also includes a second device communicatively coupled with the first device. The second device is configured to detect a user input associated with an action capable of being displayed in the virtual reality image. The second device is also configured to cause the first device to cause an object to be displayed in the virtual reality image based on the user input. The object at least partially includes a graphic representative of one or more of the second device, a user movement with respect to the second device, or the user input.
US10095262B2
Under one aspect, a method for performing a linear algebra operation includes imposing matrix elements onto a chirped optical carrier; inputting into a multi-mode optic the matrix elements imposed on the chirped optical carrier; outputting by the multi-mode optic a speckle pattern based on the matrix elements imposed on the optical carrier; and performing a linear algebra operation on the matrix elements based on the speckle pattern. The matrix elements can be from matrix A and a vector b, and the multi-mode optic can optically transform each of matrix A and vector b by a speckle transformation S, so as to output a speckle pattern including elements of a matrix SA of dimension p,n and matrix elements of a vector Sb of dimension p. The linear algebra operation can include generating {tilde over (x)}=(SA)†Sb, wherein † indicates a pseudo-inverse operation.
US10095261B2
A remote operation device includes a first operation acceptance portion having a rotary dial, a second operation acceptance portion provided along an outer periphery of the rotary dial and allowed to rotate separately from the rotary dial, and a control portion. When a relative position of a user's hand with respect to the first operation acceptance portion is at a covered position, the control portion switches the first operation acceptance portion and the second operation acceptance portion to a locked state and accepts an operation on the first operation acceptance portion. When the relative position of the user's hand with respect to the first operation acceptance portion is at an uncovered position, the control portion switches the first operation acceptance portion and the second operation acceptance portion to an unlocked state and accepts an operation on the second acceptance portion.
US10095258B1
An operation mode determination circuit for sensing a setting resistance between a setting node and a reference voltage or a ground to determine an operation mode, comprises: a pull-up power circuit, for generating a pull-up power onto the setting node, and a floating detection circuit. The pull-up power circuit adjusts the pull-up power at a first power level, and triggers an low power detach detection procedure after a predetermined first time period, wherein the pull-up power is adjusted at a second power level which is less than the first power level to an extent that an electrolysis effect is negligible when an electrolytic substance exists and is coupled to the setting node. The floating detection circuit triggers the operation mode detection procedure when the voltage on the setting node is higher than a first voltage threshold in the low power detach detection procedure.
US10095257B2
The invention relates to a power distribution system (1), especially a Power-over-Ethernet system, comprising at least one dominant sensor, which may be located within a powered device (4) like a lighting device, and at least one non-dominant sensor, which may be located within another powered device (4), wherein the power distribution system is adapted such that in a system low power mode the at least one dominant sensor (6) consumes power provided by a power providing unit (3) and the at least one non-dominant sensor (6) does not consume the provided power and that the power distribution system (1) switches from the system low powermode to a system high power mode, if the at least one dominant sensor (6) has sensed an event. Since in the system low power mode the at least one non-dominant sensor does not consume power, the power consumption can be reduced.
US10095239B1
Systems and methods for automatically servicing autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes obtaining data associated with one or more reference mechanisms located on an autonomous vehicle. The method includes identifying information associated with the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the data associated with the one or more reference mechanisms located on the autonomous vehicle. The information associated with the autonomous vehicle includes an orientation of the autonomous vehicle. The method includes determining a vehicle maintenance plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the information associated with the autonomous vehicle. The method includes providing one or more control signals to implement the vehicle maintenance plan for the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the orientation of the autonomous vehicle.
US10095237B2
The present application discloses at least a the steering control method and apparatus for a driverless vehicle. In some embodiments, the method includes: acquiring in real time a current location of a driverless vehicle; finding, on a high precision map, a curvature radius of a turn on a road at the current location; acquiring a distance between a front axle and a rear axle and an axle length of the driverless vehicle in response to finding the curvature radius; determining a rotation angle of a steering wheel of the driverless vehicle based on the curvature radius, the distance between the front axle and rear axle, and the axle length; and controlling the steering wheel of the driverless vehicle to rotate by the rotation angle. This implementation can reduce the number of times the driverless vehicle is steered, thereby improving passenger experience of the driverless vehicle.
US10095220B1
In certain embodiments, multiple user tools each comprise a script program implementing an operation for addition to a respective compiled software program deployed within a computing environment. A memory module stores control code for insertion into computer code of a particular user tool. The control code implements a common control layer, implementing control modules across the user tools. The control modules include access control for controlling access to the user tool, change control for controlling modification of the user tool, and version control for controlling use of an appropriate version of the user tool. A processor receives the particular user tool; to create a controlled particular user tool, automatically modifies, the computer code of the particular user tool to add the control code; and deploys the controlled particular user tool for use in the computing environment in a manner controlled by the control code of the controlled particular user tool.
US10095219B2
A sub-program carried out by a numerical control unit that controls a production machine is disclosed. The numerical control unit transmits a piece of information identifying a program instruction, by means of which the sub-program was generated to a CAM system after the instruction is selected by a user through an operator interface. The numerical control unit receives, a parameterized description of the sequence of program instructions containing the selected program instruction from the CAM system. The numerical control unit outputs the parameterized description to the user via the operator interface and receives a modification of the parameterized description from the user. The numerical control unit then transmits the modified parameterized description to the CAM system and receives a modified sub-program corresponding to the modified parameterized description from the CAM system.
US10095218B2
Method and computer-readable model for additively manufacturing a ducting arrangement (20) in a combustion stage are provided. The ducting arrangement may include a combustor wall (40) in a combustion stage fluidly coupled to receive a cross-flow of combustion products (21). An injector assembly (12) may be in fluid communication with cooling fluid conduits (46) in the combustor wall to receive cooling fluid that passes through the cooling fluid conduits. The injector assembly may include means for injecting (24, 25, 26) a flow of the cooling fluid (22) arranged to condition interaction of a flow of reactants (19) injected with the cross-flow of combustion products. Respective duct components or the entire ducting arrangement may be formed as a unitized structure, such as a single piece using a rapid manufacturing technology, such as 3D Printing/Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies.
US10095213B2
A system and method for designing scleral lenses includes a computer, a camera and a lathe connected by a network. The camera captures a set of sagittal images at each of a set of sagittal planes of an eye. A combined sagittal image is created from each set of sagittal images. A spline curve is defined for each combined sagittal image creating a set of spline curves. A set of back surface curves is created from the set of spline curves. A back lens surface is generated from the set of surface curves. A front lens surface is generated adjacent the back lens surface. A point cloud is generated from the back lens surface and the front lens surface. The point cloud is converted to a lens image. The lens is converted to a text file for use by the lathe to cut the scleral lens.
US10095205B2
A fan characterization and control system includes a chassis housing a plurality of components and a fan system. A controller system is coupled to the components and the fan system and configured to detect fan devices in the fan system that are connected to the controller system via respective fan connectors. The controller system determines fan performance categories of each of the fan devices based on signals communicated by each of the fan devices through at least one pin on the respective fan connectors. The controller system accesses a fan performance database that stores different fan performance categories and respective fan performance characteristics for each of the different fan performance categories. The controller system uses fan performance information that is associated in the fan performance database with each of the fan performance categories determined for the fan devices to configure the components and the fan system for operation.
US10095197B1
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: obtaining an input including an image of a plant, identifying a species of the plant by use of visual recognition of the image. The image is analyzed for symptoms and candidate diagnoses are selected from a diagnostic repository according to the symptoms. With respective candidate diagnoses, a confidence score and a treatment regimen are associated. According to a treatment mode, the candidate diagnoses and treatment regimen are delivered.
US10095189B2
Interaction methods between a smartphone and a timepiece having two analog-type pointers, each of the pointers being controlled independently by a stepper motor, the timepiece and the smartphone being able to be in communication through a wireless remote short-range communication link, the calibration method comprising the steps of S1—capturing image(s) of the watch with the smartphone, S2—processing the image(s) to determine accurately the displayed angular positions of the pointers, S3—send correction data from the smartphone to the watch, S4—carry out, at the watch, an appropriate correction so that the pointers are caused to display the current absolute time, the absolute time set method comprising the steps of S11—send absolute time reference from the smartphone to the watch, S12—carry out, at the watch, an appropriate correction, to update the internal counters and positions of the pointers so that the pointers display the current absolute time.
US10095187B2
Watch with a timepiece movement, a resonator mechanism, including a magnetic escapement mechanism including an escape wheel set including a magnetized track, with a succession of areas according to a scrolling period in which its magnetic features are repeated, each area including an increasing magnetic field ramp followed by a magnetic field barrier with an increasing field and of higher field gradient that that of the ramp, the track includes a continuous, closed magnetic layer over the entire periphery of the escape wheel set, of constant thickness and variable width, whose geometry defines these magnetic field ramps and barriers, this escape wheel set cooperating with a sprung balance via a pivoting magnetic stop member comprising a pole piece arranged to cooperate alternately with an internal track and an external track of the magnetic layer.
US10095184B2
A mechanical oscillator endowed with a strip, with the aforesaid strip incorporating a first silicon layer having a crystal lattice extending along a first direction of one plane, a thermal compensation layer composed of a material having a Young's modulus thermal coefficient of opposite sign to that of the silicon, and a second silicon layer having a crystal lattice extending in a second direction of the plane, with the first and direction being offset at an angle of 45° within the plane of the layers, and with the thermal compensation layer extending between the first and second silicon layers.
US10095183B2
In one embodiment, a color holographic image is created by generating a separate complex hologram for each of multiple different colors of an object field illuminated with incoherent light, combining the separate complex holograms to obtain a color complex hologram, and generating a reconstructed color holographic image of the object field.
US10095171B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus, which is capable of detecting a color misregistration amount with high accuracy even when a density characteristic thereof is changed. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units configured to form toner images of different colors on a predetermined intermediate transfer belt, and a density sensor configured to measure densities of the toner images formed on the intermediate transfer belt. The image forming apparatus determines a density target depending on a measurement result of a density correction image, which is formed by the plurality of image forming units, from the density sensor. The image forming apparatus causes the plurality of image forming units to form position detection images so that the position detection images have densities corresponding to the density target.
US10095160B2
An image forming apparatus includes a developing apparatus including a housing having a supply opening to receive developer supplied by a pump unit, a developing device screw disposed in a discharge path of the housing to supply and discharge the developer through a discharge opening to an image bearing member, and a developer bearing portion having a magnetic body that generates a magnetic force and is configured to bear the developer with a carrying force working in a substantially perpendicular direction to the magnetic force. In addition, a developer accommodation portion within the housing accommodates the developer supplied from a supply opening and has no opening other than the supply opening and the discharge opening, with the developer accommodation portion having a space volume capable of suppressing a spouting force caused by an inner pressure increase due to operation of the pump unit.
US10095158B1
A cartridge of an image forming apparatus includes a conveying member configured to convey toner from a tonner accommodating part of the cartridge to a developing device, and a switching lever configured to switch a state of the conveying member between a driven state and a non-driven state. The toner replenishment lever is movable between a first position at which the replenishment lever pushes the switching lever and a second position at which the replenishment lever is spaced from the switching lever. The contacting part is retracted to outside of a space through which the cartridge passes when attached to or detached from the attachment position. The switching lever is configured to switch the state of the conveying member between the driven state and the non-driven state depending on whether the contacting part of the toner replenishment lever is located at the first position or the second position.
US10095156B2
Provided is a conductive foam roll having a high surface opening ratio that achieves both cleaning performance and low resistance. A conductive foam roll 10 includes a shaft body 12 and a conductive foam layer 14 around the shaft body 12, wherein the conductive foam layer 14 has a surface opening ratio of 50% to 90%, and wherein the conductive foam layer 14 contains an ionic conductive agent that contains salt of diallyl-type ammonium cations, and at least one selected from the group consisting of N,N-bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide anions, and N,N-bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide anions.
US10095155B2
An apparatus has a detection unit, a rotating polygonal mirror and a generation unit. The rotating polygonal mirror has reflecting surfaces and configured to deflect light. The detection unit outputs a first signal in accordance with detecting the light. The generation unit, based on the first signal, generates a second signal which is a main scanning synchronization signal for controlling a write start in a main scanning direction. The second signal has a first waveform and a second waveform. The first waveform does not correspond to a reference reflection surface. The second waveform corresponds to the reference reflection surface and is different to the first waveform.
US10095154B2
A light scanning apparatus, including: a light source configured to emit a light beam; a light intensity detection portion configured to detect a light intensity of the light beam; and a light intensity control portion configured to control the light intensity of the light beam based on a detection result of the light intensity detection portion, wherein the light intensity control portion supplies, in advance, to the light source, a bias current equal to or less than a threshold current at which the light source starts emitting the light beam, and supplies, to the light source, a switching current superposed on the bias current, the switching current being modulated in order to control light emission of the light source in accordance with an image signal, and wherein the light intensity control portion includes a bias current changing unit configured to change the bias current.
US10095148B2
A charging device includes a first cleaning member that cleans a surface of a charging wire by moving along the wire while being in contact with the wire at a first side; and a second cleaning member that cleans the surface of the wire by moving while being in contact with the wire at a second side, and moving relative to the first cleaning member in a crossing direction that crosses a wire length direction.
US10095147B2
A cleaning body includes a shaft and an elastic layer that is helically wound around the shaft from one end side to the other end side of the shaft and fixed on the shaft and that cleans a body to be cleaned while the elastic layer rotates. The elastic layer includes a division portion having plural divided segments and having a length of from 20% to 70% of the full length of the elastic layer. The division portion is located in a longitudinal central portion of the elastic layer. In the sectional view perpendicular to the axial direction of the shaft, a minimum thickness part in the longitudinal central portion of the elastic layer is from 5% to 12% thicker than a minimum thickness part in each longitudinal end portion of the elastic layer.
US10095129B2
A lithographic apparatus including a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a substrate and a fluid confinement structure configured to confine immersion fluid in a localized region between a final element of the projection system and a surface of the substrate. The lithographic apparatus is configured to have a space bounded on one side by a surface of the projection system and/or a component of the lithographic apparatus at least partially surrounding the final element of the projection system, and on the other side by a surface of the fluid confinement structure. The apparatus is configured to increase the humidity of the gas within the space.
US10095127B2
A liquid immersion exposure apparatus includes a liquid immersion member which forms a liquid immersion space on an object disposed opposite to an emitting surface of an optical member. The liquid immersion member includes (i) a first member that has a first liquid supply port and a first opening through which the exposure light is projected, (ii) a second member that has a first liquid recovery port facing downwardly and that is movable with respect to the first member, and (iii) a gas supply port arranged radially outward of the first liquid recovery port with respect to a path of the exposure light. The first liquid recovery port has a plurality of openings disposed in a four-sided shape to surround the first opening of the first member. The second member is movable relative to the first member in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical member.
US10095124B2
The present invention provides a detection apparatus which detects a position of a mark on a substrate, the apparatus comprising an image capturing unit having an image sensor configured to capture an image of the mark, and a processor configured to control the image capturing unit such that second image capturing is performed after first image capturing is performed, and determine the position of the mark based on an image obtained by the second image capturing, wherein the processor controls the first image capturing such that an accumulation period of charges in the image sensor becomes shorter than that in the second image capturing, and determines an image capturing condition of the second image capturing based on an output of the image sensor in the first image capturing.
US10095120B2
A vibration-compensated optical system for a lithography apparatus includes an optical element, a carrying element, an actuator for actuating the optical element relative to the carrying element, a first elastic element which directly couples the optical element to the carrying element, a reaction mass, and a second elastic element. The actuator couples the optical element to the reaction mass. The second elastic element directly couples the reaction mass to the carrying element. For a mass (m1) of the optical element, a stiffness (k1) of the first elastic element, a mass (m2) of the reaction mass and a stiffness (k2) of the second elastic element the following holds true: m 1 m 2 = k 1 k 2 .
US10095118B2
Methods and apparatus for in situ compensation for damage or misalignment of optical elements are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods and apparatus for facilitating alignment of replacement optical elements so that the amount of time in a system including the optical elements can be reduced. Also disclosed are methods and apparatus for processing an image of a beam generated by an optical system to extract information indicative of an extent of damage to optical elements in the optical system and/or misalignment of the optical elements. Information pertaining to an extent of damage to optical elements in the optical system can be used to optimally schedule maintenance events for the optical system.
US10095112B2
The present disclosure relates to novel multiple trigger negative working photoresist compositions and processes. The processes involve removing acid-labile protecting groups from crosslinking functionalities in a first step and crosslinking the crosslinking functionality with an acid sensitive crosslinker in a second step. The incorporation of a multiple trigger pathway in the resist catalytic chain increases the chemical gradient in areas receiving a low dose of irradiation, effectively acting as a built in dose depend quencher-analog and thus enhancing chemical gradient and thus resolution, resolution blur and exposure latitude. The photoresist compositions and the methods are ideal for fine pattern processing using, for example, ultraviolet radiation, beyond extreme ultraviolet radiation, extreme ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and charged particle rays.
US10095107B2
A composition, a method fabricating the infrared ray transmitting filter, and an infrared ray sensor are provided. When the composition forms a film with a thickness of 1 μm, transmittance of the film in a wavelength in a range from 400 nm to 700 nm is less than 4%, and transmittance of the film in a wavelength in a range from 900 nm to 1300 nm is more than 90%. The composition comprises an alkali-soluble resin at least containing an acrylic group, a carboxyl group, and a fluorene ring, a photoinitiator, an unsaturated monomer, a pigment mixture, and a solvent. The pigment mixture is formed by mixing a colorant dispersion and a pigment in a weight ratio from 60:40 to 70:30.
US10095102B2
In some embodiments, a patterned photomask has a plurality of shielding layers. In some embodiments, a photomask for mask patterning is described. The photomask includes a phase shift layer overlying a transparent layer. The photomask also includes a first shielding layer overlying the phase shift layer. The first shielding layer has a first thickness and a first optical density. The photomask further includes a second shielding layer overlying the first shielding layer. The second shielding layer has a second thickness and a second optical density. The second thickness is less that than the first thickness and the second optical density is less than the first optical density.
US10095091B2
An orbiting camera mount including an anti-rotation arm for connection to a spindle nose of a machine tool. A stationary pulley, having a pulley bore, is fixed to an end portion of the anti-rotation arm. The mount also includes a mounting post for connection to a spindle of the machine tool. The mounting post includes a drive shaft portion extending through the pulley bore. A drive housing is fixed to the drive shaft portion for rotation therewith and an output shaft is supported in the drive housing. A driven pulley is fixed to the output shaft and a drive belt extends between the stationary and driven pulleys, whereby rotation of the mounting post causes the output shaft to orbit around the drive shaft portion. A camera mounting stem is coupled to the output shaft and is oriented at a non-zero angle with respect to the drive shaft portion.
US10095089B2
A lens mount assembly is configured to support a lens assembly having a lens ring and at least one lens secured to the lens ring. The lens mount assembly includes a ring mount having an annular body with at least two retaining arms that project from the annular body, a flexure configured to be secured to the ring mount, and at least two bellows. Each bellows is configured to be secured to a respective retaining arm of the at least two retaining arms of the ring mount. The at least two bellows further are configured to engage the flexure.
US10095084B2
A solid-state laser system may include: a solid-state laser unit configured to output first pulsed laser light with a first wavelength and second pulsed laser light with a second wavelength; a first solid-state amplifier configured to receive the first pulsed laser light, and output third pulsed laser light with the first wavelength; a wavelength converter configured to receive the third pulsed laser light, and output harmonic light with a third wavelength; a second solid-state amplifier configured to receive the second pulsed laser light, and output fourth pulsed laser light with the second wavelength; a Raman laser unit configured to receive the fourth pulsed laser light, and output Stokes light with a fourth wavelength; and a wavelength conversion system configured to receive the harmonic light and the Stokes light, and output fifth pulsed laser light with a fifth wavelength converted in wavelength from the third wavelength and the fourth wavelength.
US10095075B2
A display panel includes a display area configured to display an image, and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area. The peripheral area includes a pad area in which a plurality of output pads are disposed. The output pads are arranged in a matrix formed having M row*N column (M and N are normal numbers, M is 3 or larger than 3). Each of the output pads has a center of the output pad spaced apart from a center of an adjacent output pad by a distance D in a first direction. Each of the output pads is spaced apart from an adjacent output pad by a gap. Each of the output pads has a center of the output pad spaced apart from a center of an adjacent output pad by a pitch P in a second direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. An equation “P
US10095074B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first subpixel and a second subpixel. An area, in a plan view, surrounded by a first signal line, a second signal line, a first scanning line, and a second scanning line and including a first pixel electrode is a first area. An area, in a plan view, surrounded by the first signal line, the second signal line, the second scanning line, and a third scanning line and including a second pixel electrode is a second area. The first area has a first distance in the first direction and the second area has a second distance in the first direction. The first distance is greater than the second distance.
US10095065B2
The invention provides a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a bistable liquid crystal display panel, and belong to the field of bistable liquid crystal display technology, which can solve the problem of high transmittance in black state and low transmittance in light state in the conventional bistable liquid crystal display device. The display substrate of the invention comprises a base substrate and a biphenyl polymer layer provided on the base substrate. The manufacturing method of the display substrate comprises: applying biphenyl monomers on a base substrate; and applying an electric field parallel to the base substrate to the biphenyl monomers, so that the biphenyl monomers are polymerized into a biphenyl polymer layer. The invention may be applied to a bistable liquid crystal display device, especially a bistable liquid crystal display device using cholesteric liquid crystal.
US10095057B2
A system is provided, the system including at least one integrated optical circuit (IOC) formed from at least one material, and a support-structure configured to support the at least one IOC to couple light between other components. A performance of the at least one IOC is improved by treatment with at least one selected gas.
US10095054B2
A display device includes: a first organic layer; display elements over the first organic layer in correspondence with the pixels; an inorganic layer sealing the display elements and the first organic layer; a second organic layer on a part of the inorganic layer; and a touch electrode on a surface of the inorganic layer and a surface of the second organic layer. The first organic layer has a rift in the peripheral area to surround the display area. The inorganic layer includes a concave part over the rift, and extends from the display area to the peripheral area continuously. The second organic layer is on the concave part of the inorganic layer. The surface of the second organic layer on which a touch electrode is put is contiguous to and is surrounded by the surface of the inorganic layer on the concave part.
US10095052B2
An electronically controllable eyewear device having a cell filled with a liquid crystal material that can be electronically operated in an auto or a manual mode. The device contains a photosensor for generating a light input signal to trigger an automatic application of voltage to the cell when the device is in an auto mode, one or more switches capable of being actuated in a series of actuation sequences each to select a distinct function, and a control circuit responsive to each actuation sequence and light input signal to operate the cell in a corresponding one of a plurality of functions, including: (i) a first sequence for affecting an ON/OFF function, (ii) a second sequence for affecting a system change from the manual mode to the auto mode, and (iii) a third sequence for changing the threshold value for triggering the automatic application of voltage.
US10095044B2
A flexible touch screen panel includes a thin film substrate including a first section and a second section and first sensing electrodes disposed in the first section and the second section, the first sensing electrodes being connected to one another along a first direction. The first sensing electrodes include a first stack structure in the first section and a second stack structure in the second section, the second stack structure being different from the first stack structure.
US10095024B2
A method for determining an orientation of a photosensor of a controller with respect to a projector is described. The method includes generating, by a beam generator of the projector, a beam. The method further includes modifying a direction of travel of the beam using a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) mirror that moves in a pattern, detecting the beam, calculating a time at which the beam is detected, and determining based on the pattern and the time an orientation of the beam to determine the orientation of the photosensor.
US10095021B2
An endoscope includes an insertion portion. First and second electronic instruments are located in the insertion portion and are supplied with drive power from different systems. A plurality of power limiting portions limit the drive power supplied to the first and second electronic instruments, respectively, via mutually different systems. First and second wirings, at least a portion of which are located inside the insertion portion, connect respective power limiting portions with the respective ones of the first and second electronic instruments. A ground conductor extends from one end of the insertion portion to the other end of the insertion portion and is connected between a first connection connecting the first electronic instrument and the first wiring and a second connection connecting the second electronic instrument and the second wiring.
US10095007B1
Present embodiments provide for an optical imaging lens. The optical imaging lens includes a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through arrangement of convex or concave surfaces of the six lens elements, the length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened while providing better optical characteristics and imaging quality.
US10095006B2
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US10094999B2
A termination for a fiber optic cable, includes an optical connector for a fiber optic member, a collar having a hollow interior in which at least part of the optical connector is positionable, and a retaining clip positionable with respect to the collar at a location to block exiting of the optical connector from the collar. A stop in the collar limits insertion of the connector in the collar. The termination may be assembled and installed in the field.A method of assembling a cable termination assembly, includes positioning at least part of a cable and connector in a hollow collar, and inserting a retainer clip through an opening in a wall of the collar in position to block withdrawing of the connector from one end of the collar. Additionally, a resilient cover is positioned on the collar to provide a watertight connection with another device with which the cable termination assembly may be attached. The method may be carried out to assemble and install the cable termination assembly in the field.
US10094985B2
A cleaning pad for cleaning fiber optic connectors includes: a main body; and cleaning locations located along the main body, each of the cleaning locations having a space in which a fiber optic connector is to be cleaned.
US10094984B2
A method of forming an optical fiber connector comprises preloading an adhesive plug into a ferrule bore of a ferrule. The ferrule bore extends between a first face and a second face of the ferrule and includes a large diameter bore section extending inwardly from the first face, a micro-hole section extending inwardly from the second face, and a transition section located between the large diameter bore section and the micro-hole section. The adhesive plug: a) is coupled to at least the transition section during the preloading, b) comprises an adhesive composition in a stable form, and c) blocks an entrance into the micro-hole section from the transition section. The method also comprises storing the adhesive plug in the ferrule bore for at least one day without coupling the optical connector to an optical fiber.
US10094978B2
Systems and method are provided for producing portable, high power, broadband terahertz emitters based on arrayed terahertz photoconductive antennas. After such an arrayed structure is made, the phase of terahertz signals that are produced by each photoconductive antenna can be adjusted, and the terahertz signals can be added such that the signals are added constructively. Terahertz emitters based on terahertz photoconductive antenna arrays are advantageously small in size and scalable, allowing for terahertz power to be increased by adding more photoconductive antenna arrays.
US10094973B2
Optical fibers having a mode field diameter at 1310 nm of at least 8.8 μm, wire mesh covered drum microbending losses at 1550 nm less than 0.03 dB/km, and a 2 m cutoff wavelength less than 1320 nm. The fibers may include a central core region, an inner cladding region, an outer cladding region, a primary coating with an in situ modulus less than 0.20 MPa and glass transition temperature less than −35° C., and a secondary coating with an in situ modulus greater than 1500 MPa. The fibers may further include a depressed index cladding region. The relative refractive index of the central core region may be greater than the relative refractive index of the outer cladding region may be greater than the relative refractive index of the inner cladding region. The fibers may be produced at draw speeds of 30 m/s or greater.
US10094970B1
The present invention relates to a light-emitting apparatus, which comprises at least one reflective housing, at least one light-emitting module, and a reflective member. The reflective housing includes a housing body and a curved surface part. The curved surface part is located on the housing body. The light-emitting module is located below the reflective housing. The light-emitting module includes a light guide plate and at least one light-emitting device. The light-emitting device is located on one side of the light guide plate. The light guide plate includes a plate body and a hole. The hole corresponds to an opening on the curved surface part and is located on the plate body. The reflective member is located below the light-emitting module. The reflective member includes a body and a light-emitting hole. The light-emitting hole corresponds to the hole and located on the body.
US10094966B2
A presentation device has a cylindrical display panel provided with a first pattern on an outer circumferential surface thereof and supported to be rotatable in a circumferential direction, a cylindrical light guide plate arranged along an outer circumference of the display panel and supported coaxially with the display panel such that the first pattern is visible from an outer circumferential side, and a light source opposing a portion of one edge surface of the light guide plate and configured to emit visible light. The light guide plate has prisms that are formed in a diffusing surface on an inner circumferential side opposing the outer circumference surface of the display panel, reflect visible light from the light source that enters the light guide plate from the portion of the edge surface toward an exit surface on the outer circumferential side opposing the diffusing surface and arranged along a second pattern.
US10094952B2
An example embodiment of the present invention provides an anti-reflection film capable of providing low reflectability and designability, a method of producing the film, and a display device. Another example embodiment of the present invention relates to an anti-reflection film including a substrate and a resin layer on the substrate, the resin layer containing a plurality of cavities, the resin layer and the substrate having different refractive indexes from each other, the resin coat including a base portion and a plurality of protrusions on the base portion, the plurality of protrusions being integrally formed with the base portion, the base portion having a thickness that varies at least in one direction in a region.
US10094941B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a system for seismic sample data acquisition and processing. The system includes an acquisition system configured to acquire seismic sample data using compressive sensing. The acquisition system includes a plurality of receivers each configured to randomly sample a seismic signal to generate seismic sample data, and a data collection system configured to control sampling operations of the plurality of receivers, and receive and store the generated seismic sample data.
US10094939B2
A semiconductor detector for detecting radiation comprises a first semiconductor part in which an electron and a hole are generated by incident radiation; a signal output electrode outputting a signal base on the electron or the hole; and a gettering part gettering impurities in the first semiconductor part. In addition, the semiconductor detector further comprises a second semiconductor part doped with a type of dopant impurities and having dopant impurity concentration higher than that of the first semiconductor part. The second semiconductor part is in contact with the first semiconductor part. The gettering part is in contact with the second semiconductor part and not in contact with the first semiconductor part.
US10094930B2
Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) spoofing detection with carrier phase and inertial sensors
A system to detect spoofing attacks is provided. The system includes a satellite-motion-and-receiver-clock-correction module, a compute-predicted-range-and-delta-range module, a subtractor, and delta-range-difference-detection logic. The satellite-motion-and-receiver-clock-correction module periodically inputs, from a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver, a carrier phase range for a plurality of satellites. The satellite-motion-and-receiver-clock-correction module outputs a corrected-delta-carrier-phase range for a current epoch to a first input of a subtractor. The compute-predicted-range-and-delta-range module outputs a predicted delta range to a second input of the subtractor. The predicted delta range is based on inertial measurements observed for the current epoch. The subtractor outputs a difference between the corrected-delta-carrier-phase range and the predicted delta range for the current epoch to delta-range-difference-detection logic. The delta-range-difference-detection logic determines if the difference exceeds a selected-range threshold. If the difference exceeds the selected-range threshold, the delta-range-difference-detection logic determines the GNSS receiver was spoofed in the current epoch.
US10094926B2
A device for extracting depth information, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a light output unit for outputting infrared (IR) light; a light adjustment unit for adjusting an angle of the light outputted from the light output unit such that the light scans a first region including an object, and then adjusting the angle of the light such that the light scans a second region, which is a portion of the first region; a light input unit in which the light outputted from the light output unit and reflected from the object is inputted; and a control unit for extracting depth information of the second region by using the flight time taken up until the light outputted from the light output unit is inputted into the light input unit after being scanned to and reflected from the second region.
US10094923B2
In a method for checking a first ultrasonic sensor of a motor vehicle for an occlusion, a measuring signal of the first ultrasonic sensor is acquired by an evaluation unit, and from the measuring signal, a decay time of a natural oscillation of the diaphragm of the first ultrasonic sensor, brought about by an excitation pulse, is ascertained. From the measuring signal of either the first ultrasonic sensor or a second ultrasonic sensor, an echo produced by an object located in a sensing range of the first ultrasonic sensor is ascertained, and a distance value of the object is determined on the basis of the echo. An occlusion is signaled if the decay time is less than a predetermined threshold value which would be exceeded if ice and/or dirt were to adhere directly to the diaphragm, and if the distance value is less than a predetermined maximum value.
US10094917B2
Circuitry for ultrasound devices is described. A multilevel pulser is described, which can provide bipolar pulses of multiple levels. The multilevel pulser includes a pulsing circuit and pulser and feedback circuit. Symmetric switches are also described. The symmetric switches can be positioned as inputs to ultrasound receiving circuitry to block signals from the receiving circuitry.
US10094908B2
A geolocation system includes an originator device configured to transmit a first wireless signal to a transponder device. The transponder device is configured to transmit a second wireless signal to the originator device. The system includes at least one observer device configured to receive the first wireless signal from the originator device and receive the second wireless signal from the transponder device. The system also includes a first processor configured to calculate a transactional difference range at the at least one observer device based on the first wireless signal received at the observer device and the second wireless signal received at the observer device. A corrected transactional difference range value may be calculated by subtracting a time-of-flight of the first wireless signal from the originator device to the transponder device from the transactional difference range. A method of performing geolocation using a transactional difference range is also disclosed.
US10094906B2
A method includes identifying a reference target with both a vehicle sensor and an infrastructure position signal. A position of a host vehicle with respect to the reference target is then determined. A localized position error between the host vehicle position and the determined position with respect to the object is then calculated with a vehicle controller. Finally, a vehicle positioning system is compensated to account for the localized position error.
US10094903B2
Methods and systems for real-time object tracking and data aggregation in panoramic video are disclosed. An example system provides a panoramic video camera that produces panoramic video data of an area; a plurality of radio frequency tags producing tracking data; and at least one of the radio frequency tags being co-located with the panoramic video camera, producing tracking data for the panoramic video camera; at least another of the radio frequency tags being co-located with at least one object within the area, producing tracking data for the at least one object; a computing device, wherein the computing device receives the panoramic video data and further receives the tracking data from the plurality of radio frequency tags; the computing device generating a video stream by augmenting the panoramic video data with the tracking data; the computing device sending the video stream to at least one remote system. Other methods and systems are disclosed.
US10094900B2
In a method and device for generating 4D flow images by operation of a magnetic resonance system, a volume flow data record is recorded, wherein the flow is encoded in a single direction. This is subsequently repeated with all the flow encoding directions. From the raw data associated with the individual flow encoding directions, phase images and magnitude images are calculated. Deformation fields are calculated on the basis of the magnitude images. The deformation fields are applied to the calculated phase images. Finally, a 4D flow velocity field is calculated, on the basis of a phase difference reconstruction of the corrected phase images.
US10094898B2
The invention relates to a method of MR imaging of an object positioned in an examination volume of a MR device (1), the method comprises the steps of:—subjecting the object (10) to an imaging sequence of RF pulses (20) and switched magnetic field gradients(G), which imaging sequence is a zero echo time sequence comprising: i) setting a readout magnetic field gradient (G) having a readout direction and a readout strength; ii) radiating a RF pulse (20) in the presence of the readout magnetic field gradient (G); iii) acquiring a FID signal in the presence of the readout magnetic field gradient (G), wherein the FID signal represents a radial k-space sample; iv) gradually varying the readout direction; v) sampling a spherical volume in k-space by repeating steps i) through iv) a number of times, with the readout strength being varied between repetitions;—reconstructing a MR image from the acquired FID signals, wherein signal contributions of two or more chemical species to the acquired FID signals are separated. It is an object of the invention to enable silent ZTE imaging in combination with water/fat separation. This is achieved by varying the readout strength such that each position in k-space is sampled at least two times, each time with a different value of the readout strength. Moreover, the invention relates to a MR device and to a computer program for a MR device.
US10094892B2
Described are methods and apparatus, referred to as “temperature-lock,” which can control and stabilize the sample temperature in an NMR spectrometer, in some instances with a precision and an accuracy of below about 0.1 K. In conventional setups, sample heating caused by experiments with high-power radio frequency pulses is not readily detected and is corrected by a cumbersome manual procedure. In contrast, the temperature-lock disclosed herein automatically maintains the sample at the same reference temperature over the course of different NMR experiments. The temperature-lock can work by continuous or non-continuous measurement of the resonance frequency of a suitable temperature-lock nucleus and simultaneous adaptation of a temperature control signal to stabilize the sample at a reference temperature value. Inter-scan periods with variable length can be used to maintain the sample at thermal equilibrium over the full length of an experiment.
US10094890B2
A magnetic sensor includes a board, a magnetoresistance element group including first and second magnetoresistance elements disposed on the board, and a magnet group including a first magnet corresponding to the first magnetoresistance element and a second magnet corresponding to the second magnetoresistance element. This magnetic sensor can have a small size and high accuracy.
US10094879B2
To provide a system for controlling power supplies in a device including batteries 12, 13, and 14 by wireless signals with high reliability. The system includes the batteries 12, 13, 14, a power supply control device 1 supplied with power from the batteries 12, 13, and 14, and a controller 15 for making wireless communication with the power supply control device 1. The power supply control device 1 includes a startup unit 37 for receiving a wireless startup signal transmitted from the controller 15 and controlling power supplying from the batteries to the power supply control device, and a communication unit 10 for making wireless communication with the controller. While the startup unit 37 is receiving the wireless startup signal, wireless communication is made by the communication unit 10.
US10094878B1
A controller for driving a motor includes a multiphase driver, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), impedance estimation circuitry, and fault detection circuitry. The multiphase driver is configured to generate drive signals for energizing each motor phase winding. The ADC is configured to digitize voltage and current from each motor phase winding. The impedance estimation circuitry is configured to determine a phasor value for the digitized voltages and for the digitized currents at a predetermined harmonic frequency, and to determine a sequence impedance value based on the phasor values. The fault detection circuitry is configured to identify a fault in the windings of the motor based on the sequence impedance value.
US10094869B2
A repair device and a semiconductor device including the same are disclosed, which relate to a technology for storing failure information in a fuse circuit during a test operation. The repair device includes a test circuit configured to test data received from a cell array in response to a test signal, and output a failure signal when a failure occurs. The repair device also includes a count circuit configured to output a counting signal by counting the failure signal, a column failure decision circuit configured to determine whether a column failure occurs in response to the counting signal, and output a write enable signal. Further, the repair device includes a fuse controller configured to output a failed column address in response to the counting signal when the write enable signal is activated, and a column fuse circuit configured to sequentially store the column address.
US10094864B2
A hand-carriable, single port measurement module of a virtual vector network analyzer is sized and configured so as to be directly connectable to devices typically located within confined spaces normally requiring the use of an intervening test cable and which may be closely spaced to other devices that may need to be tested by other measurement modules. The measurement module includes a single test port extending from a housing wherein the housing is elongated along the axis of insertion of the test port and has a length substantially less than 12 inches. A circuit disposed within the housing is configured to transmit and receive test signals through the test port for measurement of a device under test and to transmit digitized signals representing the test signals through a communication interface of the module to a user interface separate from the housing for presentation to a user.
US10094863B2
Disclosed examples include systems to determine an on-state impedance of a high voltage transistor, and measurement circuits to measure the drain voltage of a drain terminal of the high voltage transistor during switching, including an attenuator circuit to generate an attenuator output signal representing a voltage across the high voltage transistor when the high voltage transistor is turned on, and a differential amplifier to provide an amplified sense voltage signal according to the attenuator output signal. The attenuator circuit includes a clamp transistor coupled with the drain terminal of the high voltage transistor to provide a sense signal to a first internal node, a resistive voltage divider circuit to provide the attenuator output signal based on the sense signal, and a first clamp circuit to limit the sense signal voltage when the high voltage transistor is turned off.
US10094861B2
In a method, device and magnetic resonance (MR) system for determining a system frequency in MR imaging, a frequency spectrum of a region under examination is acquired. A cost function (FOM) is determined that encompasses the difference between a parameterized model function having assigned parameters that is to be optimized, and the acquired frequency spectrum. The cost function is subsequently minimized. Furthermore, the parameters of the optimized parameterized model function assigned to the determined minimum are determined and the system frequency is calculated on the basis of the determined parameters.
US10094852B2
The present invention relates to a spring contact, which is integrally formed by blanking and bending a metal plate member, the spring contact comprising: an upper head portion 32 having an upper tip 31 protruding upward; a spring portion (36) formed by a strip cylindrically bent, the strip extending in a zigzag pattern from an upper connection portion 35 extending downward from the upper head portion 32; a lower head portion 39 extending downward from a lower connection 37 extending from the lower end of the spring portion 36; and a lower tip 40 being provided on the lower end of the lower head portion 39. The present invention is advantageously suitable for manufacturing a fine-pitch spring contact and can improve productivity and reduce manufacturing costs.
US10094848B2
The invention relates to a pipetting apparatus for an automatic analysis device, which is particularly stable and allows simple and error-proof replacement of the pipetting apparatus and, therefore, particularly reliable operation of the analysis device. To this end, an essentially frustoconical fastening body is arranged around an axial region of the needle body.
US10094839B2
The present invention relates to a method for a method for predicting the development of renal dysfunction in a subject following physical trauma, hypotension, sepsis and/or septic shock syndrome, wherein the method comprises the steps of: —a. determining the level of an anti-inflammatory cytokine present in a sample taken from the subject after physical trauma, after a hypotensive event, after sepsis, and/or after septic shock syndrome; b. predicting the development in the subject of renal dysfunction on the basis of the level of an anti-inflammatory cytokine determined in step a).
US10094834B2
The present invention relates to a method of selecting individualized brain cancer therapy on the basis of the patient's PME-1 expression level in the diseased tissue.
US10094832B2
The present invention provides an anti-HPV E7 protein monoclonal antibody and the use thereof. The antibody can detect the HPV16 E7 protein with high specificity and recognize the HPV18 E7 protein, thereby it can distinguish between the cancerous cervical epithelial cells and the cervical abnormal or non-cancerous cervical epithelial cells.
US10094830B2
The present invention relates to novel peptides that may be used in whole or in combination for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and methods involving detection of antibodies contained in the blood of non-human primates that arise from an infection from M. tuberculosis or vaccination using an epitope specific inoculation. More particularly, the present invention provides a means to distinguish early, active, and latent M. tuberculosis infection. More particularly, the present invention describes an immunological diagnostic mechanism for the detection of M. tuberculosis infection.
US10094826B2
Described is a method aiding in the assessment of rheumatoid arthritis (“RA”). The method is used in assessing RA in vitro. It is practiced by analyzing biochemical markers, including measuring the concentration of anti-CCP and anti-PIK 3CD and correlating the concentrations determined to the absence or presence of RA. Also disclosed is the use of a marker panel including anti-CCP and anti-PIK3CD in the diagnosis of RA and it teaches a kit for performing the method. Also described is the use of a marker panel comprising anti-CCP and anti-PIK3CD to differentiate RA from other autoimmune diseases, preferably osteoarthritis (OA).
US10094824B2
The present invention concerns a device for measuring the concentration of analytes in liquid samples such as bodily samples. The device comprises an application zone, to which a sample can be applied, and which contains a specific molecule capable of specifically binding the analyte of interest, said specific molecule being conjugated to a reporter which can give rise to variations in impedance. The resulting complex migrates by capillarity and enters a detection zone, on which another molecule capable of specifically binding the analyte of interest is immobilized. The concentration of reporter molecules in the detection zone is proportional with the concentration of analyte in the sample, and variations in concentration of reporter molecules yield a measurable change in electrical properties such as a change in impedance and/or capacitance which can be correlated to the concentration of analyte. The device is useful for monitoring concentrations of analytes that are biological markers for bacterial, viral or fungal infections, diseases or medical conditions, or their severity, in animals such as humans, farm animals, fish and pets, and in plants.
US10094821B2
Disclosed are renal tissues and arrays thereof that include a layer of renal interstitial tissue, the renal interstitial tissue comprising renal fibroblasts and endothelial cells; and a layer of renal epithelial tissue, the renal epithelial tissue comprising renal tubular epithelial cells, the renal epithelial tissue in contact with the layer of renal interstitial tissue to form a three-dimensional, engineered, biological renal tissue. Also disclosed are methods of fabricating and using the same.
US10094816B2
Provided is a means for evaluating the wetting characteristic of an object such as a cell sheet and a culture dish in a non-contact fashion. The wetting characteristic of an object is evaluated by a method comprising the steps of: (1) removing a liquid by jetting a gas at a surface of the object covered with the liquid, (2) measuring a dimension of a region in which the liquid is removed after the completion of the gas jetting and (3) evaluating the wetting characteristic of the object using the measured dimension as an index.
US10094813B2
A method for investigating the shelf life of food in packaging. The method includes the following to be carried out: a) creating at least one reference measurement with: a direct and indirect sample measurement at the time, repetition of the direct and indirect sample measurement at predefined intervals of time, storage of the reference measurement results of the sample measurements; creating a comparison measurement with: at least one indirect sample measurement at the time, comparison of the indirect measurement result with the corresponding reference measurement result from the comparison time, performance of at least one direct sample measurement at the time if a deviation of the comparison result from step is exceeded, repetition of the indirect sample measurement at predefined intervals of time, storage of the measurement results of the sample measurements.
US10094794B2
Methods for identifying and quantifying wrinkles in a composite structure by processing infrared image data. The intensity and first and second time derivatives thereof at a particular time can be displayed as thermography line profiles on a graph in which the horizontal axis represents the pixel number across the field of view of an infrared camera. The spatial derivatives of the foregoing thermography line profiles can also be calculated and displayed as a graph. The maximum amplitude (i.e., height) of an out-of-plane wrinkle can be determined using a correlation/calibration curve that is constructed by correlating infrared image data with optical measurement data. In addition, the wavelength and maximum amplitude of an in-plane wrinkle can be measured directly from the thermography line profiles.
US10094793B2
Certain embodiments of the invention are directed to a photothermal immunoassay employing a thermometer or colorimetric detection method for sensitive quantitative readout based on the photothermal effect provided by a detection reagent.
US10094791B2
A pattern inspection apparatus includes a column to scan a substrate on which a pattern is formed, using multi-beams composed of a plurality of electron beams, a first stage to be able to move up to a first stroke by which an entire surface of an inspection region of the substrate can be irradiated with the multi-beams, a second stage, arranged on the first stage, to be able to move up to a second stroke sufficiently shorter than the first stroke and to place the substrate thereon, and a detector to detect secondary electrons emitted from the substrate because the substrate is irradiated with the multi-beams.
US10094776B2
A particulate matter (PM) sensor. The sensor comprises a mass separation fluid tunnel body defining a fluid inflow channel, a first fluid channel branch opening off of the inflow channel and having a first outlet, a second fluid channel branch opening off of the inflow channel and having a second outlet, and a fluid port between the first fluid channel branch and the second fluid channel branch, a fan located downstream of the first outlet and the second outlet, a photodetector located in the first fluid channel branch, and a computing device coupled to the photodetector having a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, determines a mass concentration of particles in the first fluid channel branch based on an output of the photodetector.
US10094775B2
The present disclosure relates to a sensor arrangement for determining the turbidity of a liquid medium. The sensor arrangement includes a sensor section with at least one light source for sending transmission light into a measuring chamber, and at least one receiver associated with the light source for receiving reception light from the measuring chamber, wherein the transmission light is converted into the reception light in the measuring chamber by the medium by means of scattering at a measurement angle, and the reception light received by the receiver is a measure of the turbidity. The reception light is back reflected at a reflection element in contact with the medium, whereby an optical path from the light source through the measuring chamber to the reflection element and from the reflection element through the measuring chamber to the receiver results.
US10094774B2
A scattering measurement system is provided, including: a light source generator for generating a detection light beam with discontinuous multi-wavelengths, and generating a multi-order diffraction light beam with three-dimensional feature information when the detection light beam is incident on an object; a detector having a photosensitive array for receiving and converting the multi-order diffraction light beam into multi-order diffraction signals with the three-dimensional feature information; and a processing module for receiving the multi-order diffraction signals and comparing the multi-order diffraction signals with multi-order diffraction feature patterns in a database so as to analyze the three-dimensional feature information of the object.
US10094771B2
A device for determining a concentration of at least one gas in a sample gas flow by infrared absorption spectroscopy. The device includes an infrared radiation source which emits a radiation which is conducted through an analysis cell, a feed line, the sample gas flow which is conducted into and out of the analysis cell via the feed line, a detector which measures an absorption spectrum arising in the analysis cell, a suction jet pump which includes a propellant gas connection, and a propellant gas line which extends to the propellant gas connection of the suction jet pump. The suction jet pump is arranged downstream of the analysis cell and feeds the sample gas flow through the analysis cell via the feed line. The propellant gas line includes a regulating valve which regulates a propellant pressure in the propellant gas line.
US10094765B2
Disclosed is a sensor for spectrometric analysis of a variable-pressure gaseous fuel for automotive vehicle intended to be mounted in the flow circuit for the fuel linking the fuel tank to the engine of the vehicle. The sensor includes a circulation pipe for the variable-pressure gaseous fuel, a sliding guidance tube for an optical flux and a unit for displacement of the sliding guidance tube, on the basis of the variable-pressure gaseous fuel tapped off from the circulation pipe, so as to adapt the distance separating the first window from the second window as a function of the variation in pressure of the variable-pressure gaseous fuel circulating in the circulation pipe.
US10094763B2
A microviable particle counting system includes: a microviable particle counting instrument configured to detect autofluorescence of a microviable particle in a sample as fluid, thereby counting the microviable particle in the sample; and a former-stage irradiator provided at a former stage of the microviable particle counting instrument to irradiate the sample with ultraviolet light. The ultraviolet light contains first ultraviolet light having such a wavelength that a carbon-carbon covalent bond is disconnected, and the first ultraviolet light has a wavelength shorter than 200 nm.
US10094759B1
Disclosed herein are imaging-based devices and systems for measuring sperm motility in samples of human or animal origin. The disclosed devices and systems have particular applicability in the fields of agricultural and clinical diagnostics, as well as in vitro fertilization.
US10094754B2
A pressure indicator for a hydraulic hammer is provided. The pressure indicator includes a sleeve member configured to couple to an opening defined in a wall housing of an accumulator of the hydraulic hammer. The pressure indicator further includes a plunger slidably disposed within the sleeve member and movable between a first position and a second position with respect to the sleeve member. The plunger includes a first end disposed outside the wall housing of the accumulator. The plunger further includes a flange coupled to a second end. The pressure indicator further includes an elastic member inserted over the plunger and disposed between the wall housing of the accumulator and the flange. A position of the first end of the plunger with reference to an outer end of the sleeve member provides a visual indication of the pressure of the gas within the accumulator.
US10094751B2
A method of determining damage tolerance allowables in a specimen, the method includes applying a cyclic load to a specimen until a first crack emanates from a notch in the specimen, the cyclic load having a maximum load and a minimum load. The method also includes applying a subsequent cyclic load to the specimen until the first crack grows to form a second crack emanating from the first crack, the subsequent cyclic load having the same maximum load but a greater minimum load.
US10094748B2
A specimen transfer device having high flexibility is implemented, where a specimen can be transferred between carriers purposed for different kinds of conveyance without decreasing processing speed for the specimen. A plurality of trays that can retain specimen carriers of a transfer destination is provided, and these trays can be freely grouped, and therefore, while a carrier is fed from a tray, a specimen is automatically executed to a carrier in a different tray.
US10094736B2
A method of detecting leakage in a compressed air system having a compressor includes configuring an electrical monitor to measure one or more electrical parameters indicative of operation of the compressor. The method further includes identifying periods of time during which the compressor is not in use; analyzing running times and intervals of the compressor between compressor operations during one or more of identified periods of time to establish a baseline for air leakage. The method further includes continuing to analyze running times and intervals of the compressor between compressor operations when the compressor is not in use. The method further includes notifying one or more users when running times and intervals between compressor operations vary from the baseline.
US10094731B2
A standing position evaluation apparatus includes a center-of-gravity position detection unit that detects a head-center-of-gravity position that is a position of a center of gravity of a head of a subject in a standing position projected onto a floor surface and a body-center-of-gravity position that is a position of a center of gravity of a body of the subject in the standing position projected onto the floor surface, and an evaluation unit that evaluates a standing position balance of the subject by using the detected head-center-of-gravity position and the detected body-center-of-gravity position.
US10094726B2
Embodiments generally relate to assembly and methods for detecting force. A force sensor assembly may comprise a sense element, an isolation medium, a thin membrane, and a substrate. Typically, the sense element may be located adjacent to the substrate, the isolation medium may be located adjacent to the sense element, and the thin membrane may be located adjacent to the isolation medium. Generally, the thin membrane may be configured to provide a shield between an external medium and the isolation medium and transfer a force from the external medium to the isolation medium. In this manner, the isolation medium may be configured to transfer the detected force to the sense element. The sense element may electrically communicate the force data as output signals to the electrical traces on the substrate.
US10094716B2
Disclosed herein is a temperature sensor assembly. The temperature sensor assembly comprises an element that is a sensing resistor, a pair of parallel lead wires connected to the element, a laminate configured to mechanically protect and surround the element and the lead wires, and lead wire drawn out parts extended and protruded from the lead wires to the outside of the laminate.
US10094715B2
A temperature sensor circuit and a compensation method for the temperature sensor circuit are disclosed herein. The temperature sensor circuit may provide a proportional-to-absolute temperature (PTAT) output signal with a compensation scheme. The temperature sensor circuit includes a first temperature sensor module circuit, a second temperature sensor module circuit, and an arithmetic operation circuit. The first temperature sensor module circuit generates a first temperature voltage signal based on a first reference current level. The second temperature sensor module circuit generates a second temperature voltage signal based on a second reference current level. The arithmetic operation circuit generates an output signal as PTAT voltage signal using the first temperature voltage signal and the second temperature voltage signal, eliminating reverse Early effect and High-level injection effect with simple arithmetic operation.
US10094710B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a backlight detection device, comprising: a carrier plate, having a backlight detection region for carrying a backlight to be detected; a light property detection plate with a plurality of brightness sensors arranged thereon, configured for detecting light properties of different regions of a backlight to be detected which is positioned in the backlight detection region; and a data processing unit, in signal connection with the plurality of brightness sensors, configured for judging whether the light property of the backlight to be detected is qualified or not according to a plurality of brightness signals of different regions of the light source to be detected which are detected by the plurality of brightness sensors.
US10094699B2
A conveyor belt and a weighing system for weighing articles conveyed on a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt includes an array of force-sensing elements embedded in the belt to measure forces normal to the belt's conveying surface. The force-sensing elements form parts of passive resonant circuits that each include a capacitor and an inductive coil. Either the capacitor or the inductive coil can be a force-sensitive element. Measuring circuits external to the belt include an oscillator having a coil that inductively couples to the resonant circuit in the belt as it passes closely by. A force applied to the belt at a force-sensitive element changes the resonant frequency of its resonant circuit, which also causes a change in the oscillator frequency. Frequency detectors in the measuring circuits measure that frequency change and convert it into a proportional force value used to compute the weights of conveyed articles on the fly.
US10094689B2
A fluid flow metering device and a method thereof are provided. The fluid flow metering device includes a fluid flow detector, a memory, a micro controller and a power generator. The fluid flow detector is disposed in a supply tube of a fluid flow provider. When the fluid flows in the supply tube, the power generator generates a supplying power through flow of the fluid, and provides the supplying power to the fluid flow detector, the memory and the micro controller. When the fluid flow detector detects the flow of the fluid, the fluid flow detector detects the flow of the fluid outputted from the supply tube to derive a detecting value. The micro controller receives the detecting value and writes the detecting value into the memory, or the micro controller converts the detecting value into a flow value and writes the flow value into the memory.
US10094685B2
A detection head movable relative to a scale detects diffracted light and outputs a detection result. The diffracted light is diffracted by an incremental pattern. A signal processing unit calculates a relative displacement between the scale and the detection head. The detection head includes: a light source emitting the light to the scale; and a detection unit including a light-receiving unit in which a plurality of light-receiving elements that output a detection signal are arranged. The number of the plurality of light-receiving elements is an even number. A period of the arrangement of the plurality of light-receiving elements is an odd-number multiple of a fundamental period. The fundamental period is a period of interference fringes formed on the light-receiving unit by +1st and −1st order diffracted lights. A width of the light-receiving element is not equal to an integral multiple of the fundamental period.
US10094684B2
A method of manufacturing a rotary scale to be fixed to a rotating shaft of a rotating member includes a first step of forming, on a scale substrate, a scale pattern and a mark indicating an outer shape of the rotating shaft positioned such that a center axis of the rotating shaft coincides with a center axis of the scale pattern, a second step of cutting a first area of the scale substrate including the mark and having a first width, and a third step of cutting a second area including the mark that remains after the cutting of the first area, having a length in a circumferential direction of the scale substrate shorter than that in the first area and having a second width narrower than the first width.
US10094675B2
Some embodiments provide a map application that displays a selectable user interface (UI) item for a transit station, a representation of which, is displayed over a presentation of a portion of a map of an area. Upon selection of the UI item, the map application of some embodiments provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes a first set of information about the transit station, and a second set of information about departure schedules of several different transit lines from the transit station.
US10094664B2
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises generating a waveform; measuring signals representative of angular rotation rate in a linear region of the waveform; and diminishing bias error about at least one of a waveform's maxima and minima.
US10094663B2
An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: determine whether or not recalibration is required of a magnetometer configured to compensate for hard-iron and soft-iron effects by determining whether a plurality of magnetometer readings received from the magnetometer is consistent with: a scaled pre-calibrated matrix describing the soft-iron effect for at least one scaling factor of the pre-calibrated matrix; and a pre-calibrated vector describing the hard-iron effect.
US10094654B2
An integrated sensing device with a suite of sensors assists construction machine operators in finding the correct level to dig a ditch/trench. The sensing device includes a gravity sensor to determine angles, a laser distance meter (LDM), and a laser receiver for detecting a known jobsite elevation. The sensing device is mounted to the dipper stick of an excavator; the gravity sensor detects the angle of the stick, and the laser receiver detects a laser plane of light that represents a known jobsite elevation. The LDM is aimed at another member of the machine that moves in a predetermined path as the bucket is rotated, and the distance between the LDM and the target member is used to calculate the vertical elevation of the working tool edge. A display graphically shows the operator the proper dig depth and the present position of the working tool edge.
US10094646B2
A rocket comprises at least one propulsion unit including a pivotable rocket motor, a spring-assisted one-time deployment mechanism, and a release mechanism. The pivotable rocket motor is pivotable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The spring-assisted one-time deployment mechanism moves the rocket motor from the stowed position to the deployed position when the deployment mechanism is released by the release mechanism. Outer geometry of the rocket is changed as the rocket motor is moved to the deployed position.
US10094643B2
The presently disclosed subject matter includes a method, apparatus and computer storage device for reducing dispersion of a rocket caused by jet-stream misalignment, the rocket comprising a rocket engine. Information indicative of a division of total operation time of the rocket engine into a first time period and a second time period is obtained; wherein an impulse which is generated during the first time period is at least approximately the same as an impulse generated during the second time period; a period of time which equals to the first time period starting from time of activation of the rocket engine is measured; upon termination of the period of time, the rocket is rotated around the rocket's longitudinal axis; and the angle of rotation measured; and the rotation is stopped once a 180° rotation is completed.
US10094642B1
A lighted crossbow nock with an external switch preferably includes a crossbow nock body, a light unit, a compression spring and a power source. The crossbow nock body preferably includes a crossbow string portion and a shank portion. A crossbow string receiver is formed in the crossbow nock body. A battery bore is formed through the shank portion. A switch opening is formed through a wall of the crossbow nock body and into battery bore. The light unit preferably includes a modified top hat LED, an LED housing, an LED housing insert and a switch. The LED housing includes an insert notch for insertion of the LED housing insert. The LED housing insert includes a switch notch. The switch includes a switch base and a pair of snap legs. The LED, LED housing and a LED housing insert are assembled and inserted into the battery bore.
US10094638B2
An aiming device including a thermoelectric module, a light source and a sight element. The thermoelectric module generates electricity from a thermal gradient, produced from a user's body heat that is transferred to the module. The electricity powers the light source. The light source illuminates a sight element of a projectile shooting device to enhance visibility of the sight element in a variety of ambient lighting conditions, optionally in low light conditions. The aiming device can be mounted to a projectile shooting device. With the aiming device, a user can selectively illuminate a sight element of a projectile shooting device, with the user's own body heat, to assist aiming the projectile shooting device during a shooting activity. The projectile shooting device can be any type of archery bow and/or firearm. Related methods are also provided.
US10094637B2
A holster for a handgun, having at least some of an at least partial cavity; a lever having a finger button portion and an engagement portion, wherein the lever includes a locking projection extending from at least a portion of the engagement portion, wherein the lever is pivotally attached or coupled to at least a portion of the holster, approximately between the finger button portion and the engagement portion; and a lockout element, wherein at least a portion of the lockout element is positionable within at least a portion of the holster such that if at least a portion of the lockout element is positioned within at least a portion of the holster, at least a portion of the lockout element is positioned below at least a portion of the finger button portion to keep the lever from being pivoted to a disengaged position.
US10094620B2
A stacked-plate heat exchanger may include a high-temperature (HT) coolant circuit, a low-temperature (NT) coolant circuit, heat exchanger plates stacked upon one another and through which two coolants and a medium to be cooled may flow, and an obstruction configured to force a deflection of one of the coolants in the low-temperature coolant circuit. The two coolants may have different temperature levels in the high-temperature and low-temperature coolant circuits. The heat exchanger plates may include a partition wall separating the high-temperature and low-temperature coolant circuits from each other. The high-temperature and low-temperature coolant circuits may include a central HT coolant inlet and a central NT coolant outlet, respectively, adjacent to the partition wall and together forming a teardrop shape separated by the partition wall. The HT coolant inlet may have a part-circle-like shape and the NT coolant outlet may have a triangular shape, each having one side formed by the partition wall.
US10094618B2
A method and apparatus for annealing semiconductor substrates is disclosed. The apparatus has an annealing energy source and a substrate support, with a shield member disposed between the annealing energy source and the substrate support. The shield member is a substantially flat member having a dimension larger than a substrate processed on the substrate support, with a window covering a central opening in the substantially flat member. The central opening has a gas inlet portal and a gas outlet portal, each in fluid communication with a gas inlet plenum and gas outlet plenum, respectively. A connection member is disposed around the central opening and holds the window over the central opening. Connection openings in the connection member are in fluid communication with the gas inlet plenum and gas outlet plenum, respectively, through a gas inlet conduit and a gas outlet conduit formed through the connection member.
US10094589B2
A fin-and-tube type heat exchanger includes: a plurality of plate fins arranged in a case side by side in a fore-and-aft direction of the case; and a heat transfer tube including a plurality of straight-type tubular bodies each passing through these plurality of plate fins. First and second plate fins arranged side by side in the right-and-left width direction of the case are provided as a plurality of plate fins. The heat transfer tube has a connection tubular body connecting the straight-type tubular bodies passing through the first and second plate fins. The heat transfer tube passes through areas in which the first and second plate fins are arranged.
US10094585B2
An HVAC controller may be programmed to initiate a delta T test in response to a request received from a user. The user may initiate the delta T test at the HVAC controller or via a remote device. In some cases, the HVAC controller may be configured to automatically execute a delta T test for each valid equipment stage combination of the HVAC system without receiving further input from the user and to determine both a run time and a stabilized delta T parameter value for each equipment stage combination. The HVAC controller may also record the delta T parameter value and run time for each test in the memory of the HVAC controller. The HVAC controller may be further configured to notify the user when testing for each/all equipment stage combination is complete.
US10094584B2
A discrete air conditioner controller for controlling a discrete air conditioner unit servicing a building may receive an IR code, in some cases in a raw waveform format, from a handheld remote control that is associated with the discrete air conditioner unit during a programming process. The discrete air conditioner controller may associate the IR code with the discrete air conditioner unit and store the IR code and its association in memory. In some cases, the discrete air conditioner controller may transmit the IR code and its association to a central coordinator, where the IR code may be stored in the memory of the central coordinator. The IR code may be subsequently retrieved from the memory of the central coordinator and transmitted to selected discrete air conditioner controller units for use in controlling appropriate discrete air conditioner units.
US10094580B2
Provided is a humidification and air cleaning apparatus. The humidification and air cleaning apparatus includes a lower water tank storing water, an upper water tank located at an upper part of the lower water tank, an air wash inlet disposed between the upper water tank and the lower water tank, through which air flows from the outside into the inside, and a bridge disposed across the air wash inlet and connecting the lower water tank and the upper water tank.
US10094577B2
The present disclosure provides a solar energy system that comprises a solar collector for providing energy generated from incident solar radiation. The solar energy system also comprises a first heat exchange system that has an ejector that is arranged to operate using at least a portion of the energy provided by the solar energy collector. Further, the solar energy system comprises a second heat exchange system arranged to operate using energy from an energy source other than a solar energy source. The solar energy system is arranged for transfer of thermal energy between the first heat exchange system and a region, and between the second heat exchange system and the region. The solar energy system is arranged to control a relative contribution of the first and second heat exchange systems to the transfer of the thermal energy.
US10094570B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus including: an injector in fluid communication with an aft section of a reheat combustor in a power generation system, the aft section being positioned downstream of a combustion reaction zone in the reheat combustor, and positioned upstream of a turbine stage of the power generation system, wherein the turbine stage includes a turbine nozzle and a turbine blade row; and a conduit in fluid communication with the injector, wherein the conduit delivers at least one of a fuel from a fuel supply line and a carrier gas to the injector.
US10094566B2
A system having a gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbine and a combustor coupled to the turbine. The combustor includes a combustion chamber, one or more fuel nozzles upstream from the combustion chamber, and a head end having an end cover assembly. The end cover assembly includes an oxidant inlet configured to receive an oxidant flow, a central oxidant passage, and at least one fuel supply passage. The central oxidant passage is in fluid communication with the oxidant inlet, and the central oxidant passage is configured to route the oxidant flow to the one or more fuel nozzles. The at least one fuel supply passage is configured to receive a fuel flow and route the fuel flow into the one or more fuel nozzles.
US10094561B2
Methods and systems for a burn proof lighter with a collapsible ceramic tip may include extending, with a switch module, a ceramic heating element beyond a body of an electronic lighter. The method may include adjusting, with a temperature switch, a temperature of the ceramic heating element, wherein the temperature switch may include multiple pre-defined temperature settings. The method may include retracting, with the switch module, the ceramic heating element into the body of the electronic lighter. In an embodiment, the switch module may include a sliding switch. Additionally, the temperature switch may include a plus button and a minus button. In a further embodiment, the multiple pre-defined temperature settings may include a vapor setting, a thick vapor setting, a combustion setting, or a butane lighter setting. In an embodiment, the pre-defined temperature settings may include a low temperature setting, a medium temperature setting, and a high temperature setting.
US10094554B2
In a drain recovery section including a recovery tank to which drain generated in a steam-using device is collected and from which the drain is supplied to a boiler, pressure decrease in the boiler under a high load can be suppressed. A drain recovery section includes: a recovery tank in which drain generated by condensation of steam in a steam-using device is stored and from which water stored in the recovery tank is supplied to a boiler; and a control unit that controls an amount of water supply from the recovery tank to the boiler to prevent the water level of water in the recovery tank from decreasing below a predetermined tank reference water level. When the load of the boiler increases to a predetermined load, the control unit reduces the tank reference water level by a predetermined amount.
US10094553B2
This disclosure relates to the field of energy recovery systems, and more particularly to exhaust heat recovery devices and exhaust flow control devices.
US10094550B2
A waterproof LED decorative bulb comprises a lampshade, a horizontal first circuit board, and a plurality of patch LED luminous bodies, the first circuit board is connected with a conductive pin, underneath of the conductive pin is electrically connected with a vertical second circuit board, a lower end of the second circuit board is electrically connected with a hard vertical pin-type electrode and a upward-bending conductive wire, underneath of the conductive pin is provided with a silica gel cushion, a bottom of the lampshade is provided with an outer threaded connection portion which is in threaded connection with a metal connecting base, a bottom of the silica gel cushion is fitted with an inner bottom of the metal connecting base, the pin-type electrode pierces through the silica gel cushion and extends out of a through hole at the bottom of the metal connecting base to form an extending portion.
US10094549B2
The present application discloses various embodiments of a heat sink for semiconductor devices and methods for using and constructing the same. According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a heat sink for cooling a semiconductor device includes a base plate including a first side and a second side; a leg extending from the second side of the base plate, the leg including a distal end opposite the base plate and opposing walls extending between the base plate and the distal end; a leg plate disposed adjacent the distal end of the leg; a plurality of fins disposed between the distal end of the leg and the leg plate; and a plurality of micro-channels defined by the distal end of the leg, the plurality of fins, and the leg plate.
US10094538B2
The light projection assemblies and opacity monitors described in this specification have an integrating sphere with an input aperture, an output aperture, and a spherical-shaped internal chamber. An LED source is located external to the chamber at the input aperture. A light baffle is located within the chamber at the output aperture. A condenser lens is located external to the chamber at the output aperture.
US10094529B2
A wavelength conversion member, comprises: a substrate; a first wavelength conversion layer on the substrate, the first wavelength conversion layer containing a first phosphor and a first matrix; and a second wavelength conversion layer containing a second phosphor, first inorganic particles, and a second matrix. The first phosphor and the second phosphor convert at least part of the excitation light incident on the second main surface into first light having longer wavelengths than the excitation light. The first light is emitted from the second main surface of the second wavelength conversion layer. A volume Vp1 of the first phosphor, a volume Vw1 of the first wavelength conversion layer, a volume Vp2 of the second phosphor, and a volume Vw2 of the second wavelength conversion layer satisfy Vp1/Vw1>Vp2/Vw2.
US10094525B2
There is provided a battery powered lighting system having illuminating units and a battery module with rechargeable batteries for providing electrical power to the illuminating units. A temperature sensor is arranged to measure a temperature of the battery pack. A charger and discharger are arranged to (dis)charge the battery module, where discharging means powering the illumination units. A control system is arranged to adjust a lighting profile using measurements received from the temperature sensor. The adjusted lighting profile will assures that the temperature of said battery module stays within a predefined temperature range, and in particular above a predefined temperature. This will extend the life time of the batteries.
US10094521B2
A light-emitting apparatus includes a first light guide, a converter, a second light guide, and a return. The first light guide includes a first photoreceptor, a second photoreceptor, and a leak. The first light guide guides first light radiated by a radiation apparatus and received by the first photoreceptor and the second photoreceptor. The leak allows second light to be leaked out in a direction crossing a light-guiding direction. The second light is part of the first light. The converter is disposed along the first light guide and converts a wavelength of the second light leaked out of the first light guide. The second light guide does not include the leak and guides third light radiated by the radiation apparatus toward the second photoreceptor. The return returns the third light guided by the second light guide.
US10094508B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a pig ramp for receiving and supporting a pig in a pig receiver includes a frame portion having an inner diameter, the inner diameter of the ring being larger than an outer diameter of a pig. The pig ramp also includes one or more ramp segments extending longitudinally away from the frame portion, the one or more ramp segments being coupled to a back side of the frame portion at a lower portion and positioned to receive and support the pig when positioned thereon to elevate the pig above a bottom of a tubular.
US10094506B2
Corrugated metal pipe repair system and method, an embodiment including the securing of one or more sheets to the corrugated pipe and over a damaged portion of the pipe including voids, the delivering of glass particles into the voids and possibly also cavities in ground adjacent to the corrugated metal pipe, and the delivering of a polymer that expands to fill at least a portion of the voids and possibly also a portion of the cavities not filled by the glass particles.
US10094504B2
A coupling for use in joining together a ductile iron pipe and a plastic pipe includes a ductile portion, a plastic portion and a transition portion that has a frustoconical transition inside surface. The ductile portion has a first end that is adapted to accept the ductile iron pipe, an annular groove adjacent to the first end that is adapted to receive a sealing gasket, and a ductile engagement portion having an inside diameter that is sized so as to form a friction fit with the outside diameter of the ductile iron pipe. The plastic portion has a second end that is adapted to accept the plastic pipe, an annular groove adjacent to the second end that is adapted to receive a sealing gasket, and a plastic engagement portion having an inside diameter that is sized so as to form a friction fit with the outside diameter of the plastic pipe.
US10094501B2
A connector can include multiple circumferentially distributed engagement structures which clamp two hubs together, and a biasing device which biases the engagement structures toward an open configuration thereof, in which the hubs are separable from each other. Another connector can include multiple circumferentially distributed engagement structures, each having a recess which receives hubs therein, and a sleeve which encircles the engagement structures and prevents the engagement structures from displacing radially outward from an open configuration thereof, in which the hubs are separable from each other. A method of making a connection to a wellhead can include applying pressure to a connector, thereby allowing multiple circumferentially distributed engagement structures to displace outward to an open configuration thereof, and displacing one hub of the connector into contact with another hub secured to the wellhead, the engagement structures axially aligning the hubs during the displacing.
US10094497B2
The present invention relates to a tube with coupling according to which liquid leakage and the like can be suppressed as much as possible when couplings are connected. A tube with coupling (10) according to the present invention is a tube with coupling (10) obtained by forming a coupling (30) on a leading end portion (22) of a tube (20) through injection molding, and the leading end portion (22) of the tube (20) is arranged at a position set back from a leading end portion (32) of the coupling (30), at least a portion of the leading end portion (22) of the tube (20) being covered by the coupling (30). It is desirable that a flange (36) is provided so as to protrude outward at a position set back from the leading end portion (32) of the coupling (30) and the leading end portion (22) of the tube (20) is arranged at a position set further back from the flange (36).
US10094494B2
A ferrule includes a body surrounding a bore that provides a fluid path along a central axis between a first end and a second end of the ferrule. The body includes a conical section configured for forming a sealing interface with a fitting in which the ferrule may be inserted and a sealing interface with a tube that may be inserted in the ferrule bore. The conical section includes collapse zones configured to collapse in a direction along the central axis in response to axial compression of the ferrule against the fitting. The collapse zones mitigate crushing of the ferrule against the tube. The collapse zones may be provided by a sealing region at the nose of the ferrule and annular grooves on the ferrule.
US10094492B2
Example implementations relate to integral mounting features. In one example, a conduit includes a first endpoint, a second endpoint, an exterior surface, and a mounting feature integral with a portion of the exterior surface to removably couple to a corresponding mounting feature integral with a surface of an object, where the mounting feature is located between the first endpoint and the second endpoint of the conduit.
US10094488B2
Valve trim for a valve includes a valve plug having one or more balance ports located along the outer surface of a tapered nose portion of the valve plug. Each balance port is located to be downstream of the throat and spaced from the tip of the tapered nose portion of the valve plug. The valve trim may be use, for example, in a high recovery angle body valve. A high recovery valve with the valve trim may have better recovery performance as well as a smaller spike in stem force through the choked flow transition point. A method of reducing stem forces on a valve stem of sliding stem valve is also provided.
US10094487B2
A carrier assembly for attaching a magnet to a shaft of a valve assembly includes a carrier housing having a magnet holder portion, a shaft holder portion, and a plurality of fingers extending from the shaft holder portion. The carrier assembly includes a locking collar wherein the collar is installed over the carrier housing and moved from a open position to a closed position. The collar is further moved to a locked position to lock the carrier assembly to the shaft.
US10094486B2
A method and apparatus for cleaning a process chamber are provided. In one embodiment, a process chamber is provided that includes a remote plasma source and a process chamber having at least two processing regions. Each processing region includes a substrate support assembly disposed in the processing region, a gas distribution system configured to provide gas into the processing region above the substrate support assembly, and a gas passage configured to provide gas into the processing region below the substrate support assembly. A first gas conduit is configured to flow a cleaning agent from the remote plasma source through the gas distribution assembly in each processing region while a second gas conduit is configured to divert a portion of the cleaning agent from the first gas conduit to the gas passage of each processing region.
US10094482B2
A monoflange valve including a valve body having an inlet, an outlet, and an internal bore, and a valve assembly having a valve member disposed in the internal bore for cooperating with a valve seat to open or close a flow path through the valve body. The valve seat may be disposed in the internal bore at a central region of the monoflange body proximal the inlet for enhancing fluid flow through the monoflange body. One or more valve assemblies may be provided, each having a corresponding valve seat that may be located at the central region proximal the inlet passage. One or more projections may extend radially outwardly from the valve body, and the valve assemblies may have a sealing member welded to the corresponding projection at a location spaced radially outwardly from the valve body for facilitating welding and/or inspection of the weldment.
US10094477B2
A butterfly valve with a valve disk mounted to swivel about an axis of rotation inside a housing and torsionally rigidly connected to a drive shaft pivotably mounted inside the housing. To ensure a connection which, from the standpoint of production engineering, is simple, yet secure, the valve disk is torsionally rigidly connected to the drive shaft by means of a minimum of two tapered pins engaging opposite sides of the drive shaft.
US10094475B2
A piston, e.g., for a control valve in a vehicle compressed air system, is housed in a cylinder in an axially displaceable manner along a longitudinal center axis separating a first cylinder chamber and a second cylinder chamber. The piston has a peripheral annular groove of approximately rectangular cross-sectional in which a sealing ring is inserted, the free end of which is disposed on the inner cover surface of the cylinder. The sealing ring defines, together with at least one groove wall, at least one pressure support chamber. The piston also comprises, in the region of the annular groove, at least one axial opening, which joins the at least one pressure support chamber to the associated first or second cylinder chamber. A pneumatic or hydraulic connection independent of any geometric deformations of the sealing ring is enabled between at least one cylinder chamber and the associated pressure support chamber.
US10094470B2
A method includes receiving a first shaft speed, measuring a parameter indicative of a PTO shaft speed, determining a PTO shaft acceleration by monitoring the parameter indicative of the PTO shaft speed over time, determining, via a plurality of estimators, a plurality of normalized PTO clutch gear ratios, wherein each of the plurality of estimators determines one of the plurality of normalized PTO clutch gear ratios based, at least in part, on the first shaft speed, the PTO shaft speed, and one of a plurality of known PTO transmission gear ratio options, and selecting one of the plurality of estimators, when the PTO shaft acceleration drops below a threshold value, wherein the normalized PTO clutch gear ratio determined by the selected estimator is about 1.
US10094466B2
Gear unit with a gear unit housing, a drive-side and an output-side shaft and a gear ratio stage. The gear unit housing has a toothing space in which there are intermeshing toothed wheels and a bearing space separated from the toothing space. The bearing space in which bearing lubricating oil can be collected is operated under atmospheric pressure. The bearing lubricating oil is guided from the bearing space to an oil collecting receptacle external to the gear unit. The toothing lubricating oil collected in the toothing space is fed to the oil collecting receptacle to be at least partially separated from the bearing lubricating oil. In partial vacuum operation the toothing lubricating oil is conveyed from the toothing space into the oil collecting via a delivery pump, and in atmospheric operation, the toothing lubricating oil is conveyed from the toothing space into the oil collecting receptacle via a check valve.
US10094464B2
A vehicle, system, and method of warming the transmission fluid with a thermoelectric generator is also provided. Disclosed is vehicle having an internal combustion engine, a transmission containing a transmission fluid, a coolant circuit configured to remove heat from the engine, and a thermoelectric generator. The thermoelectric generator is in non-contact thermal communication with the hot exhaust gas produced by the engine and the relatively cooler coolant circulating through the coolant circuit. The thermoelectric generator produces a current from the temperature gradient between the exhaust gas relative and coolant and transfers heat from the exhaust gas to the coolant. The heat coolant is conveyed to a transmission heat exchanger to heat the transmission fluid. A heating element is disposed in thermal contact with the transmission fluid and the heating element is powered by the electric current produced by the thermoelectric generator.
US10094434B2
A device for hydraulic control of a clutch for a motor vehicle, including a master cylinder controlled by a clutch pedal, a mechanism supplying the master cylinder with hydraulic fluid, a receiving cylinder for actuation of the clutch, the master cylinder linked to the receiver cylinder by a hydraulic pipe, the cylinder for actuation of the clutch being positioned in a rear of the vehicle and the pedal and the master cylinder being placed at a front of the vehicle, the hydraulic pipe linking the front and rear of the vehicle including a plurality of pipe offset devices along its length to encourage return of air bubbles to the mechanism supplying the master cylinder with hydraulic fluid.
US10094426B2
A tolerance ring is adapted to be deployed between inner and outer components. The tolerance ring includes a generally cylindrical body. The sidewall can include an undeformed portion. The sidewall can further include a plurality of wave structures. The wave structures can protrude radially from the undeformed portion. Some or all wave structures can protrude inwardly or can protrude outwardly. Furthermore, the tolerance ring when placed in an assembly having an inner component and an outer component can have a first torque break-point T1 in a first rotational direction. A torque break point for an assembly comprising an inner component, an outer component, and a tolerance ring is the torque at which slippage occurs.
US10094421B2
A self-lubricating slide module is provided. The slide module comprises a rail and a slider. The slider includes a metal member and a plastic member, wherein the metal member includes at least one engaging structure. The plastic member binds to the metal member by injection molding, so as to cover at least a portion of the metal member, and be embedded into the engaging structure to firmly engage to each other.
US10094420B1
A squeeze film damper includes a static member and a whirling member positioned adjacent to the static member. A gap is formed between the static member and the whirling member. A pressurized oil reservoir is formed in the gap between the static member and the whirling member. A first low pressure oil reservoir is formed in a first cavity in the whirling member, wherein the first low pressure oil reservoir is positioned on a first end of the pressurized oil reservoir. A second low pressure oil reservoir is formed in a second cavity in the whirling member, wherein the second low pressure oil reservoir is positioned on a second end of the pressurized oil reservoir. A first primary seal is positioned between the first end of the pressurized oil reservoir and the first low pressure oil reservoir, and a second primary seal is positioned between the second end of the pressurized oil reservoir and the second low pressure oil reservoir.
US10094416B2
A pivot pin assembly for a tree shaker pivotally attaches the clamping arm to the stationary arm. Each end of the cylindrical pivot pin extends outside of a cylindrical bore of the clamping arm. A longitudinal load member extends through an aperture in the stationary arm and into an aperture in the cylindrical pivot pin. An axial load may be applied to the longitudinal load member which compresses a plate of the stationary arm against the cylindrical pivot pin, but without compressing the stationary arm against the clamping arm. This configuration allows substantial torque to be applied to the longitudinal load member, which reduces play between the stationary arm and the clamping arm without inhibiting the free rotation of the clamping arm. Application of this torque eliminates radial and vibratory movement in the shaker head, which otherwise cause damage to the components of the shaker head.
US10094411B2
An assembly of a vehicle seat is provided. The assembly includes a component which includes an opening which is delimited by an opening edge and a fastening device which is to be secured on the component and includes a clamping part and a screw part which is to be connected in a screwing manner to the clamping part. The clamping part includes at least one clamping portion, is insertable into the opening in a direction of insertion and is connectable to the component in a clamping manner as a result of screw-connecting the screw part to the clamping part.
US10094410B2
A lockbolt for installation into apertured workpiece members, comprising a pin having a head and a tail end provided with locking grooves and a single pull groove, wherein an installation tool having a collet with a corresponding shape to the pull groove is used to apply an increasing pulling force to the pin tail, thereby to push the collet towards the workpiece, and as the force applied by the hydraulic piston further increases, causing the collar to be swaged into the lock grooves, and halting the force applied by the tool either at a predetermined maximum value or when the pin tail breaks at a breaker groove formed by the single pull groove.
US10094398B2
A fluid transfer apparatus includes a spiral pipe that is formed by an elastic tube wound in a spiral manner, and a fluid to be transferred flows in the spiral pipe. The fluid transfer apparatus further includes a speaker that is configured to generate a pressure wave in a working fluid in the tube that is a medium, and the pressure wave causes a change of the cross-sectional area of a flow channel of the tube.
US10094382B2
A compressor includes a shell, a first temperature sensor, a second temperature sensor, and a control module. The shell includes a motor, a compression mechanism and a lubricant sump. The first temperature sensor is at least partially disposed within the shell and configured to measure a first temperature of a lubricant at a first position. The second temperature sensor is at least partially disposed within the shell and configured to measure a second temperature of the lubricant at a second position that is vertically higher than the first position. The control module is in communication with the first and second temperature sensors and configured to determine a first difference between the first temperature and the second temperature. The control module is configured to determine whether a liquid level of the lubricant in the lubricant sump is below a predetermined level based on the first difference.
US10094381B2
A rough vacuum pump system includes a primary vacuum pump and a secondary vacuum pump. The primary vacuum pump is an oil-free positive displacement pump, and has an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a compression stage between the inlet and outlet openings, and an intermediate gas passageway that connects to a gas flow path running through the compression stage. The secondary vacuum pump is connected to the intermediate gas passageway of the primary vacuum pump. The compression ratio of the primary and secondary vacuum pumps operating in combination is greater than that of the compression ratio of either of the primary and secondary vacuum pumps operating individually. A vacuum apparatus includes a tracer gas detector connected to an inlet of the primary vacuum pump.
US10094380B2
A compressor may include first and second scrolls, a hub plate and a valve. The first scroll may include an end plate defining first and second sides, a primary discharge passage extending therethrough, and a secondary discharge passage extending therethrough and located radially outward from the primary discharge passage. The hub plate may be mounted to the first scroll and may include first and second opposite sides and a hub discharge passage in fluid communication with the primary discharge passage. The first side of the hub plate may face the second side of the end plate and may include a valve guide extending axially toward the end plate adjacent the hub discharge passage. The valve member may be secured on the valve guide for axial movement between open and closed positions to respectively allow and restrict fluid communication between the secondary discharge passage and the hub discharge passage.
US10094379B2
Disclosed herein is a scroll compressor in which refrigerant is compressed in a compression chamber while the volume of the compression chamber is gradually decreased due to relative rotation of a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll. In accordance with the disclosure, the scroll compressor is provided in which a pressure in a back-pressure chamber is managed in connection with a discharge refrigerant pressure so that the orbiting scroll is supported by the pressure in the back-pressure chamber without a power loss or an inner leak in an overall pressure section of a scroll.
US10094375B2
A clamp is secured to a displacement pump, and the clamp includes an axial ring and a tightening ring. The axial ring is mounted above the tightening ring, and the axial ring is configured to align the displacement pump during mounting and to limit the stoke of a pump rod within the displacement pump. The tightening ring may be tightened such that the axial ring and the tightening ring exert a clamping force on a drive housing, which secures the displacement pump to the drive housing. The tightening ring may receive a projection extending from the drive housing to provide structural support to the drive housing.
US10094374B2
The present invention refers to a system and method for checking the operational status of alternative compressor valve and more particularly for checking operational status of electrically commanded valves, provided in alternative compressors used in refrigeration systems. In accordance with the present invention, said operational checking system of alternative compressor valve comprises a data processing core (5) capable of estimating one among two possible operations statuses of said metal valve (1) by varying at least one electric parameter provided by said sensor (4), wherein said step of estimating one among two possible operational statuses of said metal valve (1) is effected on the basis of the results from the comparison between said signal of electric parameter from sensor (4) and the predetermined range of data analogous to the electric parameter.
US10094360B2
The present invention relates to a control method for a wind turbine whereby it is possible to detect situations in which the machine is not working at its maximum performance point, wherein in addition, once these situations have been detected, the control method of the present invention allows to perform an automatic correction of the control parameters and to return the turbine to its optimum operating point.
US10094357B2
A nacelle for a wind turbine generator comprises a crane articulated on a base fixed to said nacelle. The crane includes a cantilevered telescopic boom, a principal winch with a lifting line and respective azimuth and elevation drive units for moving said boom in azimuth and in elevation relative to said nacelle. The crane has a deployed condition in which said boom is moveable in azimuth and in elevation and a stowed condition. The nacelle comprises a support structure against which said boom is brought to rest in said stowed condition thereof and wherein when in said stowed condition said boom is located into a predetermined position at which it is held to rest at a point along its length against said support structure and wherein said lifting line is in a reference position in relation to said nacelle when said crane is in its stowed condition. A method for operating a crane in a nacelle comprising operating said crane as a static hoist using a principal winch of said crane when in said stowed condition of said crane.
US10094355B2
[Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to provide a water turbine power generator comprising a power generation mechanism provided with a water turbine unit and a power generator unit, and a locking mechanism for engaging the power generation mechanism with a support member, which is free from various drawbacks such as increase in size of the locking mechanism, difficulty of detaching the locking mechanism from a damming board forming the support member when the water turbine power generator is serviced, and so forth.[Disclosure of the Invention] A water turbine power generator comprises a power generation mechanism and a locking mechanism for engaging the power generation mechanism with a support member, wherein the power generation mechanism comprises a water turbine unit and a power generator unit, wherein the water turbine unit comprises a vertically extending cylindrical casing provided with a water inlet port at an upper part of a circumferential side wall and a water outlet port at a lower end, and impellers installed in the cylindrical casing, and wherein the locking mechanism engages the cylindrical casing of the water turbine unit with a damming board which is installed in a canal to form a support member, and wherein the water turbine unit is provided with a pair of impellers disposed coaxially in the cylindrical casing with blades of one of the pair of impellers and blades of the other of the pair of impellers twisted in opposite directions relative to the extending direction of the central axis of the impellers, the power generator unit comprises an inner/outer double rotational armatures-type power generator, and wherein one of the pair of impellers is connected to one of the inner/outer rotational armatures of the power generator unit and the other of the pair of impellers is connected to the other of the inner/outer rotational armatures of the power generator unit, and the locking mechanism engages the power generation mechanism with the support member without fixing the power generation mechanism to the support member.
US10094354B2
Diagnosis system, method, and apparatus for a starting system are discloses herein. The method comprises receiving a run condition parameter for a vehicle, receiving a fueling system engagement parameter and an associated time threshold for the fueling system engagement parameter, and receiving an ignition command for turning an engine of the vehicle from an off state to an on state. If the run condition parameter is met, the method receives time data indicative of a time duration from reception of the ignition command to reach or substantially reach the fueling system engagement parameter, compare the time duration to the associated time threshold, and diagnose a starting system of the vehicle based on the comparison.
US10094350B2
The present disclosure relates to an injection valve. The valve may comprise a fluid inlet tube with a recess, a valve body, a valve needle, a spring element, and an elastic body. The valve body may have a central longitudinal axis and a cavity with a fluid outlet portion. The valve needle may be arranged in the recess of the fluid inlet tube and movable in the cavity. The spring element and elastic body may be arranged in the recess and interact with a portion of the valve body on one side and with a spring rest fixed to the valve needle on another side. The elastic body and the spring element are compressed as the valve needle is moved along the longitudinal axis away from its closing position. The elastic body, in the presence of a fluid pressure in the recess, exerts a fluid-pressure-dependent longitudinal force on the valve needle.
US10094335B2
Embodiments of a compliant shaft for engines are provided herein. In some embodiments, a compliant shaft for a turbine engine may include: a body having a first end configured to be coupled to a shaft of a turbine and a second end coupled to a gear of a gear box, wherein at least a portion of the body is flexible.
US10094327B2
A galleryless piston for an internal combustion engine is provided. The piston has a monolithic piston body including an upper wall forming an upper combustion surface with first and second portions. The first portion extends annularly along an outer periphery of the upper wall and the second portion includes a combustion bowl. The first portion can also include valve pockets formed therein to reduce weight. The upper wall has an undercrown surface directly opposite the second portion of the upper combustion surface. To enhance cooling, a center portion of the undercrown surface is concave, such that oil is channeled during reciprocation of the piston from one side to the opposite side of the piston.
US10094318B2
An internal combustion engine control device to control a fuel injection valve includes: valve-close delay time acquisition circuitry configured to acquire a valve-close delay time of the fuel injection valve; first learning value calculation circuitry configured to calculate a first learning value based on the valve-close delay time when a running state of an internal combustion engine satisfies a predetermined learning condition; valve-open time calculation circuitry configured to calculate a valve-open time of the fuel injection valve based on the first learning value; second learning value calculation circuitry configured to calculate a second learning value based on the valve-close delay time irrespective of the running state of the internal combustion engine; and learning state determination circuitry configured to determine a learning state of the first learning value based on a relationship between the first learning value and second learning value.
US10094311B1
A method for correcting an air-fuel ratio deviation for each cylinder in an engine of a vehicle includes measuring a signal of an oxygen sensor mounted on an exhaust pipe of the vehicle using a low-pass filter and a moving-average filter; calculating an oxygen sensor roughness based on the measured signal of the oxygen sensor modulating a fuel injection amount of fuel injected into each cylinder in the engine; detecting a variation of the oxygen sensor roughness according to the modulated fuel injection amount; determining an optimal fuel injection amount based on a relationship between the fuel injection amount and the oxygen sensor roughness; performing fuel injection amount control based on the determined optimal fuel injection amount to correct the air-fuel ratio deviation for each cylinder.
US10094305B1
A gasoline Reid vapor pressure (RVP) detection system includes a fuel pump and a motor operating the fuel pump in a forward direction of rotation to feed a gasoline fuel to a vehicle engine. A control device is in communication with the motor selectively directing change from the forward direction of rotation to a reverse direction of rotation opposite to the forward direction of rotation. A pressure reduction device receives flow of the fuel during operation in the reverse direction of rotation and reduces a pressure of the fuel until fuel vaporization occurs. A pump speed at which vaporization of the fuel occurs at the pressure reduction device when a motor speed and a motor current change non-linearly is correlated to a fuel RVP.
US10094304B1
Systems and methods for determining operation of a cylinder deactivating/reactivating device are disclosed. In one example, a direction of engine rotation is selected to maximize air flow through the engine while the engine is rotated without combusting air and fuel. Operation of one or more cylinder valve deactivating mechanisms is assessed while the engine is rotated without combusting air and fuel.
US10094295B2
A multi spool gas turbine engine with a differential having a selectively rotatable member which rotational speed determines a variable ratio between rotational speeds of driven and driving members of the differential. The driven member is engaged to the first spool and a rotatable shaft independent of the other spools (e.g. connected to a compressor rotor) is engaged to the driving member. First and second power transfer devices are engaged to the first spool and the selectively rotatable member, respectively. A circuit interconnects the power transfer devices and allows a power transfer therebetween, and a control unit controls the power being transferred between the power transfer devices. Power can thus be transferred between the first spool and the selectively rotatable member to change the speed ratio between the first spool and the rotatable shaft.
US10094292B2
A method for controlling fuel flow to a gas turbine engine during starting includes monitoring acceleration of the gas turbine engine to determine actual acceleration value, and calculating a fuel flow rate for a setpoint acceleration using the actual acceleration value as a factor. The method further includes commanding the calculated fuel flow for the setpoint acceleration to the gas turbine engine.
US10094279B2
The engine (10) includes a low spool (16) disposed aft of an air inlet (12) and a high spool (34) disposed aft of the low spool (16). An intake reverse-duct (44) is disposed radially outward of the high spool (34) and reverses direction of low pressure compressed air from the low spool (16) into a forward-flow high pressure compressor (40) of the high spool (34). A discharge reverse-manifold (48) directs flow of an exhaust gas stream (50} from a forward-flow low pressure turbine (20) into a rearward-flow direction and into at least one pulse detonation firing tube (54). An annular bypass air duct (72) directs cooling air along the engine (10)—The at least, one firing tube is positioned radially outward of the high spool (34), overlies the high spool (34) and is also positioned within the bypass air duct (72).
US10094278B2
A turbofan engine (20) comprises a fan (28). A fan drive gear system (60) is configured to drive the fan. A low spool comprises a low pressure turbine (50) and a low shaft (56) coupling the low pressure turbine to the fan drive gear system. An intermediate spool comprises an intermediate pressure turbine (48), a compressor (42), and an intermediate spool shaft (54) coupling the intermediate pressure turbine to the intermediate spool compressor. A combustor (45) is between a core spool compressor (44) and a high pressure turbine (46). A first (160) main bearing engages a static support (164; 164′) and a forward hub (236) of the intermediate spool. A second (162) main bearing engages the low shaft and the forward hub.
US10094272B2
An assembly for an exhaust bypass valve of a two-stage turbocharger can include a first turbocharger stage; a second turbocharger stage; an exhaust bypass valve that includes an open state and a closed state; and a linkage mechanism that links the exhaust bypass valve to an actuator where the linkage mechanism includes a locked state for the closed state of the exhaust bypass valve.
US10094271B2
A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas concentration parameter sensor, a cylinder gas amount parameter acquisition device, an air-fuel ratio controller, an operation status determination device, and a determination value setting device. The air-fuel ratio controller is to perform an air-fuel ratio fluctuation control to control an air-fuel ratio in the internal combustion engine to fluctuate in a predetermined state. The operation status determination device is to determine an operation status of the internal combustion engine or an auxiliary device of the internal combustion engine based on an exhaust gas concentration parameter detected by the exhaust gas concentration parameter sensor in a case where an amount of a cylinder gas represented by a cylinder gas amount parameter acquired by the cylinder gas amount parameter acquisition device is equal to or larger than a predetermined determination value while the air-fuel ratio fluctuation control is being performed.
US10094270B2
An internal combustion engine includes: plural cylinders, a first exhaust gas turbocharger having a high-pressure turbine and a high-pressure compressor, a second exhaust gas turbocharger having a low-pressure turbine and a low-pressure compressor, and an SCR catalytic converter positioned between the high-pressure turbine and the low-pressure turbine, via which exhaust gas leaving the high-pressure turbine is conducted upstream of the low-pressure turbine. The low-pressure compressor is assigned a power take-in, via which the low-pressure compressor can be driven when as a consequence of a relatively large exhaust gas temperature drop at the SCR catalytic converter via the low-pressure turbine an adequate amount of energy required to supply the cylinders of the internal combustion engine with a desired quantity of charge air can no longer be provided.
US10094268B1
A coolant control valve for an internal combustion engine, including: a housing; a first rotary valve disposed within the housing, the first rotary valve including an axis of rotation and an end stop; and a resilient element connected to the housing. In a first circumferential position for the rotary valve, a first circle, centered on the axis of rotation, passes through the resilient element and the end stop.
US10094266B2
A cooling structure (1) for a cylinder head (2) of an internal combustion engine includes a lower first cooling jacket (12) adjacent to a fire deck (13) and an upper second cooling jacket (14) adjacent to an intermediate deck (15), the first and second cooling jackets (12, 14) being flow connected by at least one transfer opening (27, 31) of the intermediate deck (15), the first cooling jacket (3) including at least one center cooling chamber (17) and an outer cooling chamber arrangement with at least one first outer cooling chamber (16), the outer cooling chamber (16) and the center cooling chamber (17) being flow connected by at least one exhaust side first radial passage (19) extending in a region of the exhaust valve bridge (8) and by at least one second radial passage (20, 21), the first radial passage (19) and the second radial passage (20, 21) being streamed hydraulically in parallel. The outer cooling chamber arrange-ment of the first cooling jacket (12) includes at least one first outer cooling chamber (16) and at least one second outer cooling chamber (29), which is separated from the first outer cooling chamber (16) by at least one flow restricting passage, whereas the second outer cooling chamber (29) is flow connected with the center cooling chamber (17) by at least one intake radial passage (24, 25, 26) extending in a region of an intake valve bridge (9) and/or in a region of an intake-exhaust valve bridge (10, 11).
US10094261B2
Ammonia occlusion amount estimation device and method, and purification control apparatus and method
A purification controller 12 is configured to estimate the amount of ammonia occluded (i.e. ammonia occlusion amount) in an SCR catalyst 4, which is arranged in an exhaust pipe 52 of a diesel engine 51 so as to purify NOx in an exhaust gas of the diesel engine 51. More specifically, the purification controller 12 acquires upstream NO concentration data, upstream NO2 concentration data, downstream NOx concentration data, downstream NO2 concentration data and downstream ammonia concentration data. The purification controller 12 further acquires an urea injection amount. Then, the purification controller 12 estimates the ammonia occlusion amount based on the acquired upstream NO concentration data, upstream NO2 concentration data, downstream NOx concentration data, downstream NO2 concentration data and downstream ammonia concentration data, the acquired urea injection amount and reaction formulas for reduction of NOx with the SCR catalyst 4.
US10094256B2
An oil-gas separator assembly is provided, which includes a rotating separating section and a stationary filtering section. The rotating separating section includes: a rotating member provided with a through hole for an oil-gas mixture passing through; a rotating skeleton fixedly arranged at an outer side of the rotating member, wherein a rotating filter element is provided in the rotating skeleton for being rotated along with the rotating skeleton; a connecting pipe fixedly connected to an inner side of the rotating member; and a rotating impeller fixedly connected to the rotating member and located in the connecting pipe, wherein the rotating impeller is used for suctioning the oil-gas mixture into the oil-gas separator assembly. The stationary filtering section includes: a housing fitted with the connecting pipe; a stationary skeleton; and a vent hole provided on the housing, and an oil discharging hole provided at the bottom of the housing.
US10094246B2
Methods and systems are provided for heating an engine and generating energy from a common waste heat recovery system. In one example, a method comprises, responsive to a first condition, expanding a working fluid of a waste heat recovery system via an expander to generate electricity, and responsive to a second condition, compressing the working fluid of the waste heat recovery system via the expander to transfer heat to an engine.
US10094242B2
A method of remanufacturing a liner panel for a gas turbine engine includes removing a bushing from a damaged component; and molding the bushing with a material charge. A liner panel for a gas turbine engine includes a forward fan exit case liner panel with a donor bushing from a damaged forward fan exit case liner panel. A liner panel for a gas turbine engine includes a forward fan exit case liner panel molded from a material charge that includes a multiple of layers. At least one of the multiple of layer includes a discontinuity.
US10094241B2
Assemblies are provided for rotational equipment. One of these assemblies includes a bladed rotor assembly, a stator vane assembly, a fixed stator structure and a seal assembly. The bladed rotor assembly includes a rotor disk structure. The stator vane assembly is disposed adjacent the bladed rotor assembly. The fixed stator structure is connected to and radially within the stator vane assembly. The seal assembly is configured for sealing a gap between the stator structure and the rotor disk structure, wherein the seal assembly includes a non-contact seal.
US10094230B2
A brush seal system for sealing a clearance between components of a turbo engine that are movable in relation to one another, in particular of a thermal gas turbine, is disclosed. The brush seal system includes a brush seal housing, which accommodates at least one brush head of a brush seal, where the brush seal housing includes a first component having a cover plate section and a second component having a support plate section. The first component includes an axial flange forming a fish mouth seal on an end opposite the cover plate section. A thermal gas turbine having such a brush seal system is also disclosed.
US10094228B2
Gas turbine engine turbine blade assembly includes a hollow airfoil joined to blade root, dovetail slot heat shield bonded or attached to a bottom surface of the root, and a shield outlet from heat shield open to inlet apertures extending radially through a radially inner root end of the root. Heat shield may have body with legs extending upwardly from heat shield bottom, slanted open upstream end, and free ends of the legs longer than the heat shield bottom. Flanges may be located along free ends and bonded to bottom surface. Body, heat shield bottom and/or the legs may be rounded. Disk includes a plurality of dovetail slots formed in a rim, complimentary plurality of turbine blades removably retained in dovetail slots by the roots, slot bottoms of the dovetail slots extending circumferentially between disk posts in rim. Heat shield bottoms may be radially spaced apart the slot bottoms.
US10094226B2
A component is provided and comprises at least one wall comprising a first and a second surface. At least one film cooling hole extends through the wall between the first and second surfaces and has an outlet region at the second surface. The film cooling hole includes a first expansion section being a side diffusion portion and a second expansion section being a layback diffusion portion, wherein the side diffusion portion is upstream and spaced from the layback diffusion portion.
US10094218B1
This invention of a continuous motion revolving piston engine describes a machine comprising piston(s) fitted to rings that revolve around a stator circular base which has a cavity in which a disc fits to create a closed combustion compartment together with the casing. The disc has a disc cavity to allow the piston to pass. The rotation of the disc and piston are synchronized to allow the piston to pass through the disc cavity. As there are no reciprocating parts and optionally enables an oil free operation, it is more efficient and has cleaner exhaust than existing engines.
US10094216B2
A milling depth compensation system for milling rock determines a target position of a machine, an initial position of the work surface, and a target pose of the machine based on the target position of the machine and the initial position of the work surface. An actual pose of the machine is determined and differences between the actual pose and the target pose are used to determine a dynamic milling path of a milling tool. The dynamic milling path includes movement of the milling tool along a first path, a second path, and a third path. Command signals are generated to move the milling tool along the dynamic milling path.
US10094215B2
A mudlogging device may consist of a housing that is positioned above a ground level and proximal a wellbore. The housing can have a first interferometer and a second interferometer that are connected to a common pathway. The duel interferometer configuration may allow a gas sample to be concurrently tested by the respective interferometers.
US10094207B2
A process for recovering oil from an oil-bearing formation is disclosed comprising providing a first oil recovery formulation comprising a first surfactant able to create low interfacial tension with reservoir crude oil; injecting the first oil recovery formulation into the oil-bearing formation via an injection well (201); providing a second oil recovery formulation having a second surfactant with a higher solubility in water than the first formulation; injecting the second oil recovery formulation into the oil-bearing formation via the injection well; and producing oil to a production well (203).
US10094206B2
A thermal compensator for a motor seal, includes: a guide tube for receiving a shaft of the motor seal; a metallic bag disposed around the guide tube and having an expansion profile formed in at least a portion thereof to accommodate radial and circumferential expansion of the metallic bag; a pair of flanges attached to opposite ends of the metallic bag; and a pair of adapters fastened to the respective flanges and receiving respective ends of the guide tube.
US10094203B2
Improved corrosion inhibitors for well brines include a phosphonate or salts thereof, and a gluconic acid or salts thereof. The inhibitors are normally injected downhole into the brines. The most preferred phosphonates are amine polyphosphonates, used in combination with alkali metal salts of gluconic acid.
US10094200B2
A method of applying acid-wash to a subsea connection assembly, in particular a stabplate connection, in order to remove unwanted material such as marine growth and calcareous deposits. The method consists of inserting a plug, containing channels, into a central in a stabplate connection and injecting acid-wash through the plug. The plug may be carried by an operating tool arm of a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV).
US10094197B2
A method of lining a wellbore having a tubular string cemented therein includes: running a liner string into the wellbore using a workstring having a liner deployment assembly (LDA) latched to the liner string; hanging the liner string from the tubular string and setting a seal of the liner string against the tubular string; opening a crossover valve of the liner string located below the set seal; and pumping cement slurry through the open crossover valve and down an annulus formed between the liner string and the wellbore.
US10094189B2
A downhole tool anchor is disclosed. In one implementation, a downhole anchor tool may include a housing, an axial drive in the housing, a rack connected to the axial drive, a pinion in the housing, the pinion having teeth that engage teeth on the rack, a gear tube within the pinion, the gear tube having internal threads, a slip rod having external threads that engage the internal threads within the gear tube, and a radial bearing coupled to the gear tube, the radial bearing having a slip rod alignment member that prevents the slip rod from free spinning in the gear tube.
US10094180B2
A mechanism for twisting off a drill rod includes a front clamping body (J0) and a rear clamping body (J1) both of which are installed at a fixed bracket. Each of the front clamping body (J0) and the rear clamping body (J1) includes a positioning clamping device and a clamping execution device which are respectively installed at two sides of a clamping centerline (JC) and opposite to each other. The front clamping body (J0) is installed within the first fixed bracket element (80) through a rear fixed shaft. The rear clamping body (J1) is installed within an overturn bracket (6) of the second fixed bracket element (81) through a rear fixed shaft. The positioning clamping device and the clamping execution device of both the front clamping body (J0) and the rear clamping body (J1) are asymmetric to each other.
US10094171B2
A generating electric arc is disclosed herein, which thermally and mechanically acts on a material in such a manner that the electrical arc is shaped and guided by the action of a magnetic field and hydro-mechanical forces on the electrical arc. Generally, a substantial part of the electric arc acts directly and areally on a conductive and/or non-conductive material to be disrupted, a substantial part of the electric arc's heat flow is directed into the material to be disrupted, both electric arc roots move on the electrodes of a generator, and the electric arc has preferably a shape of a spiral.A device is also provided herein for generating an electric arc with thermal and mechanic action on a material containing axially symmetrical electrodes, i.e. an anode (4) and a cathode (6), a spark gap (7), nozzles (5) for the working medium flow, cooling media inlet and outlet (12), electric power supply (14), and ring-shaped magnets (9) whose section has the shape of a triangle. Typically, the anode (4) has the shape of the diffuser with an angular span from 5° to 130°.
US10094165B2
A water-tight or air-tight accessible compartment has a removable hatch sealed at the edge with elastically conformable opposing seals, with elongate communication elements extending into the compartment between the opposing seals, seals conforming to the topology formed between the compartment edge and the elongate communication elements.
US10094163B2
Low-emissivity coatings that are highly reflective to infrared-radiation. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each include silver.
US10094161B2
A locking mechanism for a rotating cylindrical assembly in a weapons storage system. The locking mechanism includes a shaft fixed to a base. A sear hub is concentrically fixed to the shaft and has a notch on a peripheral surface. A stop rotates on the rotating cylindrical assembly between a first locked position and a second unlocked position. A stop plate is concentrically fixed to the shaft that has a first arm that engages the stop shaft in the first locked position, and a second arm that engages the stop shaft in the second unlocked position. A sear lock is provided that pivots into and out of the notch in the sear hub. A lock body is provided that pivotally attached to the sear lock. When the lock body is actuated, the projection of the sear lock is thrust into a notched indentation in the sear hub thereby blocking the sear hub from being rotated.
US10094160B2
A modular fire safe is provided. The modular fire safe includes a base module. The base module has an interior shell and one or more groove assemblies. One or more intermediate modules are positioned in a vertically stacked arrangement with the base module. The one or more intermediate modules have an interior shell, one or more groove assemblies and one or more tongue assemblies. A top module is positioned in a vertically stacked arrangement with an uppermost intermediate module. The top module has an interior shell and one or more tongue assemblies. The tongue assemblies are configured to be received by the groove assemblies such that the base, intermediate and top modules form an assembled modular fire safe. A plurality of retention members extend transversely through the interior shells of the base, intermediate and top modules to secure the tongue assemblies to the groove assemblies.
US10094156B2
An apparatus or device for securing a deck panel including: at least one hinge assembly coupled to the wall and the deck panel, the at least one hinge assembly configured to allow movement between a stored position and a work position of the deck panel; and a locking device coupled to the deck panel, the locking device having a hook configured to rotate out and engage a securing mechanism on the wall when the deck panel is moved from the work position to the stored position.
US10094141B2
The invention relates to a door lock having an oblique bolt. In the invention, stress of the parts of the oblique bolt susceptible to wear is reduced, wherein they remain functional longer. The oblique bolt consists of slanted surfaces on both sides such that the tip part is narrower at its tip than in the back part of the tip part. The tip part has recesses in its lower part and upper part, which extend from the tip to the back part. Both recesses are open at the end of the tip of the tip part and on the other slanted surface such that the recess of the upper part is open on the opposite slanted surface than the recess of the lower part. Both recesses have a turning piece.
US10094130B2
An electric-powered submersible vacuum cleaner for filtering water in a pool includes a base with an inlet port extending therethrough. A plurality of wheels extends from the lower surface of the base to facilitate movement of the cleaner over a surface of the pool. An impeller coaxially aligned with the inlet draws water and debris from the pool surface. An electric-powered drive train is coupled to the cleaner and configured to rotate the impeller. A discharge conduit in fluid communication with the inlet extends substantially normal with respect to the upper surface of the base and circumscribes the impeller to direct the flow of water/debris drawn through the inlet by the impeller. A filter mounted over the discharge conduit filters the debris from the drawn water and passes filtered water into the pool. A rotatable handle is attached to and facilitates manual movement of the cleaner over the pool surface.
US10094125B2
The present disclosure provides a floor drainage and ventilation device, system, and method while further providing cushioning and resiliency. The floor drainage and ventilation device provided by the disclosure includes a web of extruded polymer monofilaments. The floor drainage and ventilation system and method provided by the disclosure include a web of extruded polymer monofilaments between a substrate layer and a finish layer.
US10094124B2
An engineered plank material and a method for making the plank material are disclosed. The plank material includes a veneer that is made out of plant material, and includes a nonwoven fabric or fiberglass mesh adhered to an inward-facing portion of the veneer. The plank material includes an adhesive paper material including macromolecular glue, which is between the veneer and a third layer of the plank material, which is constructed from one of bamboo, wood, or paper. The plank material then includes a fourth layer which is an adhesive paper material including a micromolecular glue. These layers are compressed together at a high heat and a high pressure in order to form the plank material.
US10094123B2
A floor panel may include a substrate and a top layer. The substrate may include a closed cell foamed PVC layer. The top layer may include a back layer, a printed synthetic material film, a transparent or translucent synthetic material wear layer, and a surface layer. The printed synthetic material film may be a printed PVC film. The transparent or translucent synthetic material wear layer may include a vinyl layer, and have a thickness of 1 millimeter or less. The surface layer may include a UV hardened substance. The floor panel may include a pair of long edges with first mechanical coupling parts and a pair of short edges with second mechanical coupling parts. The first mechanical coupling parts may have vertically active locking surfaces, and horizontally active locking surfaces formed in the material of the closed cell foamed PVC layer.
US10094119B2
A roof system includes a roof deck and a plurality of roof rafters supporting the roof deck. A thermal break is located between the deck and a first rafter of the plurality of rafters. The thermal break includes a break inner member contacting a first rafter exterior surface of the first rafter and a break outer member contacting a deck inner surface of the roof deck. The break inner member and the break outer member bound a thermal air break therebetween.
US10094108B2
The invention provides suspended or “dropped” ceiling systems based upon the use of standard inverted T-bar lattices. The ceiling panels are constructed from two pieces which, when assembled in place, capture the T-bar in a manner that prevents the panels from shaking loose. A suspended ceiling assembled with the panels of this invention will withstand the forces of an earthquake without experiencing panel drop-outs, and the ceiling will remain intact so long as the T-bars remain suspended from the structural ceiling above. The panels of the invention can, in preferred embodiments, carry lighting fixtures, and the required wiring can be installed and concealed below the T-bars rather than within the plenum space.
US10094107B2
A system for retaining a flowable and curable building material to form a portion of a foundation includes side walls disposed in a predetermined configuration having a first side wall and a second side wall, and at least one component having an interior cavity disposed in one of the side walls. A bracket assembly includes at least one inwardly bounding reinforcement post and at least one outwardly bounding reinforcement post, a separator bar having a plurality of apertures sized to receive and retain each of the reinforcement posts at locations corresponding to nominal widths of the at least one component. A barrier is disposed between the outwardly bounding and inwardly bounding posts. The component in the side wall is retained in the foundation after the building material cures. The barrier prevents backfill from filling a volume between the outwardly bounding and inwardly bounding posts.
US10094098B2
Improvements in a toilet flush system where the flush is not determined only by a simple gravitational flow of the water tank content. The Flush-All provides a quick flush, as soon as the flush handle is released the flushing stops. There is no sticking of the flushing flapper, leaky flapper, leaky O-rings, sticky plungers, wasted water flow by improperly adjusted water level height as water continuously flows over the overfill tubing, or defects in the incoming water automatic shut off system or the noise that accompany such continuous flow. The Flush-All provides a universal design that can be used on most toilet bowls systems, a simple retrofitting procedure using a universal mounting base that is retrofitted to most existing toilet bowl. The only part to be replaced is the toilet tank. It is a quick and easy procedure that requires no structural damage or repair to the bathroom.
US10094096B2
A water storage tank built for a reverse osmosis water purifying system deploys multi water flow passages of purified water and drainage water, allocated a soft bladder unit receiving purified water encompassed by the waste water in the tank. When the water tank unit is fully filled with water, the water pressure activates the auto-shut-off valve or solenoid valve to stop operation of the reverse osmosis water purifying system. When the dispensing faucet is turned on, the drainage water swells to squeeze the soft bladder unit to deliver the purified water out from the soft bladder unit to the dispensing faucet, and the drainage water flushes the reverse osmosis membrane as well. The technique enables the tank to take the least water pressure resistance to hold water and drain water which results in energy saving and water saving.
US10094093B2
A machine behavior classification system may include an electronic data collection system and an electronic data analysis system. The electronic data collection system may have an image capture apparatus that is configured to monitor a machine and the image capture apparatus may produce an image data file of the machine. Moreover, the electronic data analysis system may receive the image data file and may perform a data analysis of the image data file.
US10094089B2
Systems and methods for soil improvement foundation isolation and load spreading are provided. The systems and methods provided herein relate to isolation of structural foundations from soil improvement elements and distributing stress from high stiffness elements to lower stiffness materials. A shear load transfer reduction system may include one or more ground improvement elements for supporting an applied load. A shear break element may be positioned above one or more ground improvement elements. The shear break elements may be configured to have low interface shear strength.
US10094088B1
A one-step sheet pile retaining wall system for embankment widening typically associated with highway widening not requiring temporary shoring. The wall system may provide a front wall face having a plurality of resistance fins perpendicularly extending therefrom. The fin sheet piles first include a brace fin sheet for reducing stresses in the front wall face, then a series of cradle fin sheets terminating at an elevation below the brace fin sheet for accommodating a pipe drainage/utility cradle, and finally a series of predominantly resistance fin sheets terminating at an elevation above the cradle fin sheets. Between the slope of the existing embankment and the higher front wall face may be cementitious flowable backfill for pre-stressing the wall system when fluid and, when set, supporting the aforementioned cradle, from which the remaining construction can build off of while reducing overall earth pressure acting on the wall face upon completion of construction.
US10094081B1
A parking space is reserved by raising a chain about three feet above a parking space. The chain is attached to a post, and a weight is attached to the chain to lower the chain along the post and to drag the lowering chain along the parking space toward the post for full access. A motor with a speed reducer turns a shaft with a chain drive gear and an encoder. A signal receiver and control start the motor to raise or lower the chain when one of two buttons is pressed on a key fob by the authorized space user. The encoder is connected to the control to stop the chain when fully up or down. A stop trigger on the chain activates a stop switch when the chain is fully raised.
US10094076B2
It is premised that a surveying instrument at least includes an elevation angle measuring part 30 measuring an elevation angle relative to an object to be measured. Under this premise, the surveying instrument includes an error detecting part 35, 54, 55 detecting a vertical-axis error Δθ reflected in an elevation angle measured by the elevation angle measuring part 30 and a correction processing part 50 receiving an elevation angle measured by the elevation angle measuring part 30 and outputting as an elevation angle an angle acquired by cancelling the vertical-axis error Δθ detected by the error detecting part 35, 54, 55 form the elevation angle.
US10094075B2
The joint comprises a pair (12, 14) of complementary engineering grade polymer injection moldings. Each molding is comprised of generally equal length oblique webs (15), set at 60° to a mid-plane (16) of the assembled joint, shorter, inner webs (17) and a longer, outer webs (18). Centrally of each outer web (18) is an aperture (21) and centrally of each inner web is a pin (22) with a step (23) and a pointed head (24). The heads of one molding clip into the apertures of the other while the steps determine their separation gap (25). The trapezium wave shape of the joint provides re-entrants (31) from the plane of the outer webs (18) towards that of the inner webs. Outwards of the re-entrants extend anchoring formations (33). Behind each re-entrant these formations are joined by a tab (34).
US10094065B2
A washer dryer and method for controlling the same may improve a structure of air circulation and increase dehumidification efficiency, thereby reducing drying time. A cooler fan is operated to prevent overheating of a washer dryer in the drying course, which reduces faults of the washer dryer and thus reduces user inconvenience. Overheating of the washer dryer may be prevented in advance in the washing course, which maintains washing performance and prevents delay of cooling time, leading to increased drying time accuracy and thus user satisfaction. The cooler fan is disposed on the tub to vent the air in the dryer (dry air) outside the cabinet to allow high temperature and high humidity drying, thereby increasing drying performance. A hole disposed on the bottom of the dryer sucks cool air into the inside of the dryer from the outside, and air circulation rate and dehumidification efficiency may be increased.
US10094056B2
A system and method are provided for selectively controlling a thread tension in a quilting machine. The thread tensioner is moveable to a reduced tension configuration in response to an actuator, wherein the actuator is sized to be located within an existing form factor. A controller can be connected to the actuator to regulate the thread tension in response to a sewing translation and a non-sewing translation of the sewing head relative to a workpiece.
US10094047B2
A wafer is produced from a compound single crystal ingot having end surface. A separation plane is formed by setting the focal point of a laser beam inside the ingot at a predetermined depth from the end surface. The depth corresponds to the thickness of the wafer to be produced. The laser beam is applied to the end surface to form a modified layer parallel to the end surface and cracks extending from the modified layer, thus forming the separation plane. The ingot has first atoms having a larger atomic weight and second atoms having a smaller atomic weight, and the end surface of the ingot is set as a polar plane where the second atoms are arranged in forming the separation plane. After producing the wafer from the ingot, the first end surface is ground to be flattened.
US10094037B2
A method of growing a hierarchically structured anodized film to an aluminum substrate including growing a Phosphoric Acid Anodizing (PAA) film layer to an aluminum substrate and growing a multiple of Tartaric-Sulfuric Acid Anodizing (TSA) film layers under the Phosphoric Acid Anodizing (PAA) film layer.
US10094023B2
Methods and apparatus for depositing a cobalt layer in features formed on a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of depositing a cobalt layer atop a substrate includes: (a) providing a substrate to a substrate support that is rotatable between two processing positions; (b) exposing the substrate to a cobalt containing precursor at a first processing position to deposit a cobalt layer atop the substrate; (c) rotating the substrate having the deposited cobalt layer to a second processing position; and (d) treating the substrate at the second processing position to remove contaminants from the cobalt layer.
US10094022B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber in which etching by a corrosive gas is performed to remove a film formed therein after a film formation process, a susceptor disposed in the process chamber and having a substrate loading portion, a stationary shaft passing through the susceptor, a first securing member securing the susceptor at an upper side, a second securing member securing the susceptor at a lower side, a pressing member disposed below the susceptor to urge the stationary shaft in a downward direction while urging the second securing member in an upward direction, and a stopping member formed above the susceptor and engaged with the stationary shaft to urge the first securing member in cooperation with the pressing member. The susceptor, the first securing member and the stopping member are made of a material having corrosion resistance higher than the pressing member.
US10094021B2
Disclosed are Group 6 film forming compositions comprising Group 6 transition metal-containing precursors selected from the group consisting of: M(=O)(NR2)4 Formula I, M(=O)2(NR2)2 Formula II, and M(=NR)2(OR)2 Formula III, wherein M is Mo or W and each R is independently H, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, or SiR′3, wherein R′ is H or a C1 to C6 alkyl group. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing and using the disclosed compositions to deposit Group 6 transition metal-containing films on substrates via vapor deposition processes.
US10094016B2
The invention relates to a susceptor which is for the processing chamber of protective gas and vacuum high-temperature processing installations and consists of graphite or CFC, has a tunnel-like design, and can be closed by a cover at both its ends. The invention should allow the provision of a flexibly and modularly extendable susceptor that has a material-saving design and, in particular, uniform thermal expansion. This is achieved by virtue of the fact that said susceptor (1) consists of a plurality of modules (2) aligned one next to the other along a continuous tunnel, that each module (2) consists of a tubular section (3) and a base panel (4) fixed thereto, and that the end faces (5) between each pair of modules (2) are interconnected in a form-fitting manner.
US10094012B2
The present invention relates to a NiIr-base heat-resistant alloy which includes a Ni—Ir—Al—W-base alloy which contains Ir: 5.0 to 50.0 mass %, Al: 1.0 to 8.0 mass %, W: 5.0 to 20.0 mass %, and the balance is Ni, and a γ′ phase having an L12 structure precipitating and dispersing in a matrix as an essential strengthening phase, and a ratio (Y/X) of a peak intensity (Y) of (201) plane of the Ir3W phase observed in the range of 2θ=48° to 50° to a peak intensity (X) of (111) plane of the γ′ phase observed in the range of 2θ=43° to 45° in X-ray diffraction analysis is 0.5 or less. The alloy exhibits good high-temperature property stably.
US10094002B2
A Cu—Be alloy according to the present invention is a Co-containing Cu—Be alloy, in which the Co content is 0.005% to 0.12% by mass, and the number of Cu—Co-based compound particles having a particle size of 0.1 μm or more that can be confirmed on a TEM image at a magnification of 20,000 is five or less in a field of view of 10 μm×10 μm. Furthermore, a method for producing a Cu—Be alloy according to the present invention includes a solution annealing treatment step of subjecting a Cu—Be alloy raw material containing 0.005% to 0.12% by mass of Co and 1.60% to 1.95% by mass of Be to solution annealing treatment to obtain a solution-annealed material.
US10094000B2
A method for separating zirconium oxide/hafnium oxide by pyrometallurgy. The mixture of zirconium oxide/hafnium oxide, carbon and pure bromine react one hour at 650° C., then added to molten salt mixture for rectifying separation, and then maintained two hours at rectifying tower bottom below 357° C., to get the non-target substance; and then maintained five hours at 357° C. to collect the target substance zirconium tetrabromide; the residue in the reactor is retained, then rectification separation is performed in the same device, heated to 400° C. to retain more than five hours, to get hafnium tetrabromide, then the zirconium tetrabromide and hafnium tetrabromide are substituted by magnesium to get the pure zirconium and pure hafnium.
US10093989B2
The invention provides a lysis reagent for lysing red blood cells, thereby releasing a target, such as RNA from a parasitic organism, in a form suitable for analysis. The reagent includes at least ammonium chloride and an anionic detergent, and may include an anti-coagulant. The reagent serves to lyse red blood cells, protect the released target from degradation in the lysate, and is compatible with subsequent steps for analysis of the target such as target capture, amplification, detection, or sequencing.
US10093985B2
Described herein are methods, compositions and kits directed to the detection of gene dysregulations such as those arising from gene fusions and/or chromosomal abnormalities, e.g., translocations, insertions, inversions and deletions. Samples containing dysregulated gene(s) of interest may show independent expression patterns for the 5′ and 3′ regions of the gene. The methods, compositions and kits are useful for detecting mutations that cause the differential expression of a 5′ portion of a target gene relative to the 3′ region of the target gene.
US10093980B2
Truncation variants of BCR-ABL mRNA that produces BCR-ABL proteins with a truncated C-terminus and its role in resistance to treatment with kinase inhibitors is described. Vectors for expressing the truncated gene products are described as well as recombinant cells that express the truncated gene products from cDNA constructs. Also provided are methods compositions and kits for detecting the BCR-ABL truncation variants. Also provided are methods for determining the prognosis of a patient diagnosed as having myeloproliferative disease, and methods for predicting the likelihood for resistance to a treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitor in a patient diagnosed as having myeloproliferative disease. Additionally, methods for screening BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase domain inhibitors which rely on the recombinant cells are also disclosed.
US10093967B2
Provided herein is technology relating to detecting and identifying nucleic acids and particularly, but not exclusively, to compositions, methods, kits, and systems for detecting, identifying, and quantifying target nucleic acids with high confidence at single-molecule resolution.
US10093966B2
Disclosed are compositions and a method relating to amplifying and detecting nucleic acids.
US10093962B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods of target enrichment or selection of nucleic acids using hybridization, which can be used in, e.g., next-generation sequencing.
US10093953B2
A process for extracting carbohydrates from biomass and creating bioalcohol from the extracted carbohydrates. Subjecting the biomass to acid or alkali hydrolysis in a first hydrodynamic cavitation process. Filtering the first cavitated biomass to separate a first filtrate containing extracted carbohydrates. Fermenting the first filtrate to create a bioalcohol and separating the bioalcohol by distillation or similar process. Subjecting the biomass to enzymatic hydrolysis in a second hydrodynamic cavitation process. Filtering the second cavitated biomass to separate a second filtrate containing extracted carbohydrates. Fermenting the second filtrate to create a bioalcohol and separating the bioalcohol by distillation or similar process. The first and second filtrates may be combined and fermented in a single step.
US10093939B2
Disclosed herein are viral vectors based on modifications of the Citrus Tristeza virus useful for transfecting citrus trees for beneficial purposes. Included in the disclosure are viral vectors including one or more gene cassettes that encode heterologous polypeptides. The gene cassettes are positioned at desirable locations on the viral genome so as to enable expression while preserving functionality of the virus. Also disclosed are methods of transfecting plants and plants transfected with viral vector embodiments.
US10093935B2
Engineered polypeptides useful in synthesizing acyl amino acids are provided. Also provided are methods of making acyl amino acids using engineered polypeptides. In certain embodiments, an acyl amino acid produced using compositions and/or methods of the present invention comprises cocoyl glutamate.
US10093931B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a composition for effectively inducing apoptosis and/or proliferation inhibition in cells; and a method in which the composition is used. The present invention relates to: an agent for inducing apoptosis, which contains a GST-π-inhibiting drug and a RB1CC1-inhibiting drug as active ingredients; a pharmaceutical composition which contains the agent; a method for treating a disease associated with an abnormality in apoptosis, in which the agent is used; and others.
US10093927B2
The present invention is directed to RNA interference (RNAi) molecules targeted against a nucleic acid sequence, and methods of using these RNAi molecules to reduce off-target toxicity.
US10093921B2
Scaffolded peptidic libraries and methods of screening the same for specific binding to a target protein are provided. Each library includes distinct peptidic compounds that include a scaffold domain and a distinct variable domain. A variety of libraries are provided where each library is based on an underlying peptidic scaffold having a structural motif. In some embodiments, the peptidic scaffold is a small protein having a protein-protein interaction surface. Libraries of polynucleotides that encode a variety of peptidic compounds are provided. These libraries find use in a variety of applications in which specific binding to target molecules, e.g., target proteins is desired. Also provided are methods of making the libraries and methods of screening the libraries for binding to a target.
US10093920B2
The present invention relates to methods for screening a polypeptide for desired activity against a target molecule In particular, the present invention relates to methods for screening a polypeptide for desired activity against a target molecule by expressing the polypeptide in a bacterial cell and permeabilizing the cell.
US10093917B2
The present invention includes compositions, methods and kits for the real-time detection of transcription and translation in live cells, tissues and organisms. The present invention further provides method for the rapid sequencing of nucleic acids without using conventional sequencing techniques or reactions.
US10093915B2
The present invention provides histidyl-tRNA synthetase and Fc region conjugate polypeptides (HRS-Fc conjugates), such as HRS-Fc fusion polypeptides, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using such conjugates and compositions for treating or diagnosing a variety of conditions. The HRS-Fc conjugates of the invention have improved controlled release properties, stability, half-life, and other pharmacokinetic and biological properties relative to corresponding, unmodified HRS polypeptides.
US10093913B2
Materials and methods for extracting and purifying proteins are provided. For example, the materials and methods provided herein can be used for extracting and purifying proteins that denature at low temperature.
US10093912B2
Provided is a novel improved nitrile hydratase with improved resistance to amide compounds under high temperatures. Specifically provided is a nitrile hydratase having at least one amino acid mutation selected from (a) to (d) below, in the amino acid sequence expressed in SEQ ID NO:50 (X1 to X27 represent independent arbitrarily-defined amino acid residuals). (a) X1 is valine or glycine (b) X9 is valine or threonine (c) X23 is an amino acid selected from a group consisting of isoleucine, leucine, methionine and threonine, (d) X24 is leucine.
US10093904B2
The disclosure relates to a method of reprogramming one or more somatic cells, e.g., partially differentiated or fully/terminally differentiated somatic cells, to a less differentiated state, e.g., a pluripotent or multipotent state. In further embodiments the invention also relates to reprogrammed somatic cells produced by methods of the invention, to uses of said cells, and to methods for identifying agents useful for reprogramming somatic cells.
US10093898B2
Compositions and methods are provided for the purification of astrocytes from biological samples or from in vitro cultures. An advantage of the methods of the invention is the ability to isolate astrocytes in a quiescent state, which allows analysis of the cells in a more natural state.
US10093893B2
The invention relates to a liquid supply interface (62, 62′, 62″, 62′″) for a cell culture system for supplying cell cultures found in different cell culture containers (10, 10′, 10″) with a nutrient medium, wherein the liquid supply interface (62, 62′, 62″, 62′″) comprises: a housing (68) defining a flow area (72); a first connection formation (76) for the liquid-transferring connection of a first fluid line (84) to the housing (68); a second connection formation (78) formed separately from the first for the liquid-transferring connection of a second fluid line (88) to the housing (68); a third connection formation (80) formed separately from the first two for the liquid-transferring connection of the housing (68) to a third fluid line; a coupling formation (64, 66) formed separately from the connection formations (76, 78, 80), which is formed for the producible and detachable liquid-transferring coupling contact according to the operation, with a corresponding counter-coupling formation (38, 40) of a cell culture container (10, 10′, 10″).
US10093885B2
Disclosed is an aqueous composition having viscosity from 1 to 100 cP at 20° C., said composition comprising: (i) an oligodynamic metal or ions thereof; (ii) a chelating agent; and, (iii) free alkali less than 1 wt %, wherein said composition comprises 0.01 wt % to 2 wt % of a salt of an organic acid; pH of the composition is from 9 to 12 and molar ratio of said oligodynamic metal to said chelating agent is 1:0.25 to 1:10. The composition provides a robust solution for technical problems of discoloration and instability.
US10093884B2
Treatment compositions for use in laundry capable of effectively removing stains better than detergent alone, and which can be used both through the wash and as a pre-treatment. As a pre-treatment, the compositions remove stains “right before your eyes”. The compositions may be free of oxidizing agents so as to be safe for use on a wide variety of fabrics and dyes. The composition may include one or more alkoxylate surfactants and a polymeric anti-redeposition agent selected from the group consisting of an ethoxylated polyethyleneimine polymer, and an acrylate copolymer. The composition may be free of enzymes, ether sulfate surfactants, and alkylene oxide (“EO” and “PO”) sulfate surfactants.
US10093881B2
The present invention provides a method for vegetable oil deacidification by enzymatic amidation, which relates to the field of oil refining technology. The present invention is carried out through mixing high acid value vegetable oil with ethanolamine at a certain molar ratio in a solvent or solvent-free system, adding with a certain amount of lipase, and reacting at certain temperature for a period of time. The monoethanolamine has been used as an acyl donor for the first time to react with free fatty acid, which avoids the increasing amount of by-products and great loss of neutral oil in reaction that involved with triglycerides. The method of the present invention has the advantages of high selectivity, high catalytic efficiency, and environment friendly in the reaction. From enzymes recycling, it greatly reduces costs, which shows tremendous potential in the application.
US10093868B1
Treatment of hydrocarbon streams, e.g. gasoline, with basic ionic liquids (ILs), results in reduction of the sulfur compounds such as H2S thiophenes, disulfides, thioethers, and/or mercaptans that are present to remove these compounds. The IL is a quaternary ammonium compound having the formula R4N+ X− or X− R3N+R′N+R3 X−, where R is independently an alkyl group, an alkylbenzyl group, a hydroxyalkyl group, or a hydroxyalkylbenzyl group, and R is straight or branched and has 1-22 carbon atoms, R′ is a straight or branched alkylene or oxyalkylene having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and where X− can be hydroxide, carbonate, alkylcarbonate, bicarbonate or alkoxide, where the alkyl group of the alkylcarbonate or alkoxide, if present, is straight or branched and has 1 to 8 carbon atoms. The ILs can be used in applications where liquid or gaseous hydrocarbon fluids are treated by direct injection or by extraction.
US10093864B2
A method and system (100) is provided for continuous recycling of waste plastic feedstock into liquid fuels. The method includes sending the feedstock into a rotary retort vessel at an input end of the rotary retort vessel. The feedstock is received on either sides of a partition structure, wherein the partition structure connects the input end of the rotary retort vessel to an output end of the rotary retort vessel. The feedstock is pyrolized in the rotary retort vessel, wherein the feedstock produces gaseous byproducts and non-gaseous byproducts. The byproducts are moved towards the output end of the rotary retort vessel, wherein the movement is facilitated by declination of the rotary retort vessel and the one or more partition structures. The non-gaseous byproducts are continuously removed from the rotary retort vessel.
US10093862B2
The invention relates to a use of a reversible molten salt for separating hydrocarbons, such as crude bitumen and/or heavy crude oil, from material comprising mineral solids. The invention relates also to a method comprising at least the steps of: (a) bringing a liquid phase comprising a reversible molten salt, preferably a reversible ionic liquid, in a contact with mineral solids comprising hydrocarbons and extracting hydrocarbons to the liquid phase from the mineral solids; (b) separating the mineral solids phase from the liquid phase, which comprises molten salt and hydrocarbons; (c) separating hydrocarbons from the liquid phase comprising molten salt; and (d) recycling the liquid phase comprising molten salt to step (a).
US10093860B2
A process for treating waste comprising Mixed Plastic Waste is disclosed. The process includes feeding the waste to a pyrolysis reactor, pyrolysing the waste in the pyrolysis reactor to produce a fuel and using the fuel to run a generator to produce electricity.
US10093859B2
The invention relates to the field of liquid crystal technology, and more particularly to an alignment film being applied in a PSVA liquid crystal display panel and including a first branched chain M and a second branched chain Q bonded on polyimide as a main chain and thus having a structure as shown in the following formula: The first branched chain M is a group applied to deflect the liquid crystal in a distribution state; the second branched chain Q is a group containing nitrobenzophenone or benzoquinonyl. The invention also provides a liquid crystal display panel using the alignment film. The invention can effectively suppress the broken bright point issue of panel and thereby improve panel quality.
US10093858B2
Provided are a cholesteric liquid crystal composition, and a liquid crystal display panel including the composition, and their preparation methods. The cholesteric liquid crystal composition contains a block copolymer and a cholesteric liquid crystal, wherein the block copolymer has a block A including a chiral group M1 and a block B including a chiral group M2, and the cholesteric liquid crystal has at least two different pitches. The display panel includes an array substrate and a counter substrate placed by cell assembly, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the counter substrate, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises the cholesteric liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal layer in the planar texture is capable of reflecting light of at least two wavelengths in the visible light region.
US10093854B2
The present invention relates to a complex oxynitride phosphor which is efficiently excited in the UV to near-UV wavelength region and emits green to yellow light, and a light emitting device using the phosphor. The phosphor according to the present invention is characterized in that it is represented by general formula: M1aM2bRecSidOeNf; wherein M1 is one or more elements selected from Y, Sc, La, and Al; M2 is one or more elements selected from Zn, Sr, Ba, Ca, and Mg; Re is one or more elements selected from Ce, Pr, Sm, Eu, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Ti, Cr, and Mn among rare-earth elements and transition metal elements; and a, b, c, d, e, and fin the formula satisfy the relationships: a+b+c=1, 0.20
US10093852B2
The present specification relates to an organic light emitting device.
US10093851B2
The present application provides for an acid precursor capsule that includes an acid precursor that is a non-aqueous ester and a polymerized shell that encapsulates the acid precursor. In some embodiments, the acid precursor converts into an associated acid during a hydrolysis period while in contact with water at an elevated temperature. In further embodiments, the associated acid is soluble in water and forms an aqueous acid solution with water. In certain embodiments, the polymerized shell contains the acid precursor and prevents interaction between the acid precursor and water at the elevated temperature until the polymerized shell dissolves in the water during a dissolution period. An acid precursor capsule suspension can include the acid precursor capsule and a suspension fluid. In some embodiments, a method of treatment using acid precursor capsules is provided that includes the step of introducing an acid precursor capsule suspension into a well bore such that the acid precursor capsules contact water at an elevated temperature.
US10093830B2
A composition for forming a silica based layer includes a silicon-containing compound including polysilazane, polysiloxazane, or a combination thereof and one or more kinds of solvent, and having a turbidity increasing rate of less than or equal to about 0.13.
US10093826B2
The present invention relates to alkoxysilane-functionalized, allophanate-containing coating compositions, to a process for producing them, and to their use. In particular, the alkoxysilane-functionalized, allophanate-containing coating compositions include a) as a binder component, 10-99 wt % of at least one reaction product of i) at least one monourethane i) containing alkoxysilane groups and of the formula 1 Rn(OR1)3-nSi—R2—NH—(C═O)—OR3 formula 1 where R, R1, R2 and R3 are each independently hydrocarbyl radicals having 1-8 carbon atoms, which may be linear, branched or cyclic, or else may be integrated together to form a cyclic system, and n is 0-2, and ii) at least one diisocyanate ii), in a molar ratio of i) to ii) of from 3:1 to 1.5:1, preferably from 2.5:1 to 1.8:1, particularly preferably 2:1; b) 1-90 wt % of at least one other binder component, different from a), preferably a hydroxyl-containing or amino-containing binder component, c) 0-50 wt % of at least one aromatic, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic polyisocyanate having an NCO functionality of at least 2, preferably 2.8 to 6, d) 0-5 wt % of at least one catalyst, where components a)-d) add up to 100 wt %.
US10093822B2
An amphiphilic polymer comprising: at least 10 wt-% monomeric units comprising alkylene oxide moieties, wherein a majority of the alkylene oxide moieties are ethylene oxide moieties; monomeric units comprising hexafluoropropylene oxide oligomeric moieties having the formula C3F7O—(CF(CF3)CF2O)aCF(CF3)—C(O)N(H)-Q-, wherein Q is a linking group with at least one carbon atom, and “a” is at least 5; and monomeric units comprising pendant groups selected from phosphate groups, phosphonate groups, sulfonate groups, and combinations thereof; wherein the amphiphilic polymer is water dispersible; aqueous coating compositions containing the amphiphilic polymer; and methods of treating a hard surface.
US10093816B2
The present invention is related to a novel high fixation ink composition for digital textile printing, which comprises: (A) at least one reactive dye compound with two reactive groups in an amount of 1% to 50% by weight; (B) an organic buffer in an amount of 0.05% to 10% by weight; (C) a humectant in an amount of 10% to 50% by weight; and (D) a solvent in remaining amount. When the aforesaid ink composition is applied in digital textile printing, fixation rate of dye on fabrics is high.
US10093815B2
A surface treatment agent capable of effectively preventing pattern collapse of an inorganic pattern or a resin pattern provided on a substrate, and a surface treatment method using such a surface treatment agent. The surface treatment agent includes a silylation agent and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound which does not include a silicon atom.
US10093812B2
A composite material of resin—fluorine-containing boric acid composite particles comprising a resin, and a condensate of boric acid and a fluorine-containing alcohol represented by the general formula RF-A-OH (wherein RF is a perfluoroalkyl group having 6 or less carbon atoms, or a polyfluoroalkyl group, in which some of the fluorine atom or atoms of the perfluoroalkyl group are replaced by a hydrogen atom or hydrogen atoms, and which contains a terminal perfluoroalkyl group having 6 or less carbon atoms and a perfluoroalkylene group having 6 or less carbon atoms; and A is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or comprising a resin, and a condensate of boric acid, the said fluorine-containing alcohol and an alkoxysilane at a molar ratio of 1.0 or less based on the fluorine-containing alcohol. These composite materials of resin—fluorine-containing boric acid composite particles has good adhesion to inorganic substrates, and the like.
US10093810B2
An article includes a substrate and a coating provided on a surface of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metal silicide layer consisting essentially of MoSi2 or WSi2 or (Mo, W)Si2 or a platinum group metal silicide and at least one layer consisting essentially of Si3N4.
US10093808B2
A circumferential coating material contains colloidal silica, silicon carbide, and titanium oxide different in particle diameters from silicon carbide, coats a circumferential surface of a honeycomb structure monolithically formed by extrusion, including as a main component, cordierite having a porosity of 50 to 75%, and forms a circumferential coating layer. A circumferentially coated honeycomb structure has a honeycomb structure comprising latticed porous partition walls defining and forming a plurality of polygonal cells forming through channels and extending from one end face to the other end face, and a circumferential coating layer formed by coating at least a part of a circumferential surface of the honeycomb structure with the circumferential coating material.
US10093797B2
Disclosed is a process for the manufacture of a polyalkylene terephthalate such as polybutylene terephthalate. In particular, the process comprises employing a titanium-containing catalyst formed by the reaction product of tetraalkyl titanate and a complexing agent comprising a phosphorous, nitrogen or boron atom. The process is used to prepare polyalkylene terephthalates characterized by improved hydrostability, as well as compositions derived therefrom.
US10093792B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a biaxially stretched polypropylene film for capacitors, which has high voltage resistance and excellent breakdown properties. The present invention also addresses the problem of providing a biaxially stretched polypropylene film for capacitors, which can be used suitably in a high-capacity capacitor to which a high voltage is to be applied under a higher temperature, and which preferably has a small thickness. The present invention relates to a bi-axially stretched polypropylene film for capacitors, wherein a polypropylene resin which constitutes the polypropylene film has a number average molecular weight of 40,000 to 100,000 inclusive and a Z average molecular weight of 950,000 to 1,500,000 inclusive, wherein, in a molecular weight distribution curve, the value of the difference obtained by subtracting a differential distribution value at a logarithmic molecular weight Log (M) of 6.0 from a differential distribution value at a logarithmic molecular weight Log (M) of 4.5 is −15 to 11% inclusive.
US10093790B2
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional cellulosic molded body that has an optically detectable core/shell structure, the shell having a higher density and a lower crystallinity than the core, and the core having a sponge-like structure. The invention further relates to a method for producing this molded body as well as to its use, especially in the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries.
US10093788B2
The process for making extra high voltage cable insulation is improved by using a composition comprising in weight percent based on the weight of the composition: (A) 95 to 99.9% of an ethylene-based polymer; (B) 0.2 to 2.5% peroxide; (C) 0.01 NI to 0.5% of a sulfur-containing first antioxidant having at least one —S(CH2)2CO2R group, wherein R is a C6 to C20 alkyl; (D) 0.001 to 0.009%) of a phosphorus-containing second antioxidant that does not contain a —S(CH2)2C02R group, wherein R is a C6 to C20 alkyl; (E) Optionally, an organic nitrogenous base; and (F) Optionally, a phenolic third antioxidant that does not contain a —S(CH2)2C02R group, wherein R is a C6 to C20 alkyl.
US10093786B2
The present invention provides a polycarbonate resin composition which is capable of maintaining favorable fluidity during molding, inhibiting a bleed-out phenomenon after molding, and further producing molding products with high transparency. Specifically, the polycarbonate resin composition comprises: an aromatic polycarbonate resin; and 0.01 to 1.0 parts by mass of a fatty acid compound relative to 100 parts by mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin, the fatty acid compound containing at least one selected from the group consisting of fatty acid esters and fatty acid amides. The fatty acid compound has an average molecular weight of 800 to 5000. The fatty acid compound contains 10 to 80% by mass of an unsaturated fatty acid compound relative to the total mass of the fatty acid compound.
US10093783B2
Heat-expandable microspheres including a thermoplastic resin shell and a thermally-vaporizable blowing agent encapsulated therein. The thermoplastic resin is produced by polymerizing a polymerizable component containing (A) a nitrile monomer including acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile, (B) a carboxyl-group-containing monomer, and (C) a monomer copolymerizable with the nitrile monomer (A) and the carboxyl-group-containing monomer (B). Further, the amount of the acrylonitrile in the nitrile monomer (A) ranges from 0.1 to 9 wt % based on the nitrile monomer (A). Also disclosed are hollow particles manufactured by heating and expanding the heat-expandable microspheres; a composition containing a base compound and at least one particulate material selected from the heat-expandable microspheres and the hollow particles; and a formed product manufactured by molding or applying a coat of the composition.
US10093779B2
The present invention is directed to plant fiber-reinforced biocomposite thermoplastic and/or resin compositions and a method for reinforcing thermoplastic resins. The present invention provides a use for the cellulose portion of a plant material, which is the portion left over after processing the selected plant materials to separate the cellulose in a mechanical process that does not damage the internal molecular structure of the cellulose fraction, enabling the cellulose fraction to chemically bond with the thermoplastic resin to enhance the reinforcement of the resin or thermoplastic biocomposite composition.
US10093778B2
An interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) adhesive comprises an acrylated polymer system curable by radiation, and a flexible epoxy system thermally curable after the acrylated polymer system is cured.
US10093777B2
A fiber-reinforced resin sheet and an integrally molded article are provided. The fiber-reinforced resin sheet comprises a nonwoven fabric made of reinforcing fibers having a thermoplastic resin (A) impregnated on one side of the nonwoven fabric. The fiber-reinforced resin sheet satisfies any one of the following conditions (I) and (II): (I) the nonwoven fabric has an area wherein the reinforcing fibers constituting the nonwoven fabric are exposed on the other side in the thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric, and (II) the nonwoven fabric has a thermoplastic resin (B) impregnated on the other side in thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric, and the nonwoven fabric has a reinforcing fiber volume ratio Vfm of up to 20% by volume, and wherein the thermoplastic resin (A) and the thermoplastic resin (B) form an interface layer in the sheet, and the interface layer has a concave-convex shape with a maximum height Ry of at least 50 μm and an average roughness Rz of at least 30 μm.
US10093775B2
The present invention aims to provide an aqueous dispersion that contains particles of a fluoropolymer at high concentrations and has a less variable pH, and in which aggregates are less likely to be generated even after the aqueous dispersion has been stored for a long time. The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion, including: particles of a fluoropolymer having an average primary particle size of 0.1 to 0.5 μm in an amount of 50 to 70% by mass; a nonionic surfactant in an amount of 2 to 10% by mass based on the amount of the fluoropolymer; and ammonium lauryl sulfate in an amount of 0.0001 to 1% by mass based on the amount of the fluoropolymer, wherein an amount of a fluorine-containing anionic surfactant is less than 10 ppm.
US10093773B2
A fluoropolyether-containing polymer-modified silane having (1) is provided wherein Rf is a fluorooxyalkyl or fluorooxyalkylene-containing polymer residue, Y is a divalent to hexavalent hydrocarbon group, R is C1-C4 alkyl or phenyl, X is a hydrolyzable group, n is an integer of 1 to 3, m is an integer of 1 to 5, and α is 1 or 2. A surface treating agent comprising the silane or partial hydrolytic condensate thereof cures under mild conditions into a water/oil repellent layer having abrasion resistance, weatherability and low dynamic friction.
US10093767B2
The invention relates to a multilayer structure comprising at least one layer of supramolecular material and one layer of rigid material, to a method for producing such a structure by casting a composition comprising a precursor of the supramolecular material, and to the uses of the structures produced, especially for applications where a dampening of impacts, vibrations and/or sound waves is desired, for example for producing locomotion vehicles such as automotive, rail, nautical, aeronautical or aerospace vehicles, or for the construction industry.
US10093748B2
Processes disclosed are capable of converting biomass into high-crystallinity nanocellulose with surprisingly low mechanical energy input. In some variations, the process includes fractionating biomass with an acid (such as sulfur dioxide), a solvent (such as ethanol), and water, to generate cellulose-rich solids and a liquid containing hemicellulose and lignin; and mechanically treating the cellulose-rich solids to form nanofibrils and/or nanocrystals. The crystallinity of the nanocellulose material may be 80% or higher, translating into good reinforcing properties for composites. The nanocellulose material may include nanofibrillated cellulose, nanocrystalline cellulose, or both. In some embodiments, the nanocellulose material is hydrophobic via deposition of some lignin onto the cellulose surface. Optionally, sugars derived from amorphous cellulose and hemicellulose may be separately fermented, such as to monomers for various polymers. These polymers may be combined with the nanocellulose to form completely renewable composites.
US10093746B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods of isolated polynucleotides that encode or polypeptides comprising glypican-3 (GPC3). The invention also includes a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) wherein the CAR is able to target GPC3. The invention further includes methods of treating a subject or diagnosing and treating diseases, disorders or conditions associated with dysregulated glypican-3.
US10093732B2
The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using IL-6 antagonists such as antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for IL-6 to prevent or treat thrombosis in diseases associated with abnormal blood coagulation or fibrinolysis. In preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting elevated D-dimer or other coagulation cascade related proteins and optionally will further exhibit elevated C reactive protein prior to treatment. The subject therapies also may include the administration of other actives such as chemotherapeutics, anti-coagulants, statins, et al.
US10093730B2
The invention provides interleukin-33 (IL-33) antibodies and methods of using the same.
US10093728B2
The present invention provides certain improved formulations of proteins. Specifically, the present invention provides use of certain excipients that are useful for stabilization of antibody preparations. Additionally, the novel formulations of the present invention prevents the formation of aggregates or fragments or modifications of protein in solution.
US10093725B2
The present disclosure encompasses NGF binding proteins, specifically to antibodies that are chimeric, CDR grafted and canonized antibodies, and methods of making and uses thereof. The antibodies, or antibody portions, of the disclosure are useful for detecting NGF and for inhibiting NGF activity, e.g., in a mammal subject suffering from a disorder in which NGF activity is detrimental.
US10093724B2
The present disclosure relates to antibodies and polynucleotides encoding the same, which may be used to prevent, control, or reduce the activity of the complement pathway. In addition, the disclosure is directed to compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases mediated by or involving complement Factor Bb. Specifically, the disclosure is related to anti-complement Factor Bb antibodies.
US10093723B2
There is provided antibodies or antigen-binding fragments, derivatives or variants thereof which are capable of binding to the FBG domain of tenascin-C. There are also provided uses of such antibodies or antigen-binding fragments, derivatives or variants thereof, as well as methods of identifying such antibodies.
US10093717B2
The present invention relates to a chimeric antigen receptor, a nucleic acid encoding the same and a cell expressing the same, and their use in manufacturing drugs for treating tumors. The chimeric antigen receptor of the present invention is characterized by its intracellular domain including at least Toll-like receptor 1 and/or Toll-like receptor 2 intracellular domain(s); compared to the prior art, the chimeric antigen receptors of the present invention has significant advantages in T cell expansion, cytotoxicity, T cell invasion and migration, eliminating immunosuppressive effect of regulatory T cells and promoting the formation of memory T cells, etc.
US10093692B2
The present invention relates to a novel class of benzimidazolyl/imidazolyl phosphine ligands, methods of preparing such ligands via a simple one-pot protocol, and applications of the ligands in catalytic reactions.
US10093679B2
Disclosed are aminosulfonyl-based compounds represented by the general formula I or tautomers, enantiomers, racemates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a method for preparing the same, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof. The compounds can be used to treat epilepsy, convulsions, obesity and the like.
US10093676B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and solid forms of the compounds of this invention.The compounds of this invention have formula I-1 or I-A: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
US10093674B2
Disclosed are nucleopeptide compounds that include a nucleobase, and an amino acid. Certain compounds further comprise a glycoside. The compounds may self-assemble to form supramolecular hydrogels. Also, the compounds may be used as a platform to examine specific biological functions (e.g., binding to DNA and RNA) of a dynamic supramolecular system that is able to interact with both proteins and nucleic acids. Other uses include: methods of growing cells and methods of delivering a substance to a cell.
US10093673B2
The invention provides compounds of Formula (I) as described herein, along with pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods to use these compounds, salts and compositions for treating viral infections, particularly infections caused by hepatitis B virus, and reducing the occurrence of serious conditions associated with HBV.
US10093671B2
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and Ar are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US10093651B2
The present invention provides novel GOAT inhibitors and their salts and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US10093648B1
Provided herein is a crystalline 4-amino-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidine-3-yl)isoindoline-1,3-dione hemihydrate. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline 4-amino-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidine-3-yl)isoindoline-1,3-dione hemihydrate are also disclosed.
US10093642B2
The present invention concerns compounds that selectively inhibit the activity of the Hedgehog (Hh) pathway, their preparation and uses thereof. The compounds of the present invention are useful in treating Hh-dependent tumors, such as medulloblastoma (MB).
US10093628B2
The present invention pertains to a new compound E)-2-(5-((4-methoxy-2-(trifluoromethyl)quinolin-6-yl)methoxy)-2-((4-(trifluoromethyl) benzyl)oxy)-benzylidene) hexanoic acid (MTTB), and its derivatives. The compounds of the invention are useful as selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) antagonists and are indicated for the use in the treatment of immune related diseases such as systemic inflammation, sepsis and septic shock.
US10093626B2
The present invention describes a novel process for preparing piperidine-4-carbothioamide hydrochloride.
US10093620B2
Disclosed herein are 1,4-naphthoquinone analogs, pharmaceutical compositions that include one or more of such 1,4-naphthoquinone analogs, and methods of treating and/or ameliorating diseases and/or conditions associated with a cancer, such as prostate cancer with such 1,4-naphthoquinone analogs. Also included are combination therapies wherein a 1,4-naphthoquinone analog disclosed herein, and a hormone therapy agent are provided to a subject suffering from a condition such as cancer.
US10093615B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanates by reacting primary amines with phosgene in a solvent, where the solvent comprises a dialkyl carbonate.
US10093614B2
This invention provides, but is not limited to, novel oleanolic acid derivatives having the formula: wherein the variables are defined herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, kits and articles of manufacture comprising such compounds, methods and intermediates useful for making the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions.
US10093605B2
The present invention provides a novel process for producing 2,6,6-trimethyl-2-cyclohexene-1,4-dione (keto-isophorone) by catalytic oxidation of 3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexa-3-ene-1-one (β-isophorone) with hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant. In particular, the novel process includes phase transfer reagent in a biphasic system including an organic phase and an aqueous phase wherein the biphasic system includes 1) a tungsten polyoxyometallate as catalyst and hydrogen peroxide, and/or 2) a mixture of a) a mineral acid, b) hydrogen peroxide, and c) a metal tungstate.
US10093603B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for generating glycol and a method thereof. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus for generating glycol including (a) an aldol reactor; (b) an extractor for extracting an aldol product, unsaturated aldehyde, using an organic solvent that is not mixed with water; (c) a distillation column for removing a raw material from a solution extract that is discharged from the extractor; (d) a hydrogenation reactor for hydrogenating a solution extract that is discharged from the distillation column; and (e) a divided-wall distillation column for isolating glycol from a hydrogenated solution product that is discharged from the hydrogenation reactor, wherein the hydrogenation reactor is a fixed-bed catalytic reactor that is filled with a copper-based catalyst, and a method of preparing the same.In accordance with the present disclosure, an economical apparatus for preparing glycol which reduces loss of a raw material and provides a high glycol yield while inhibiting generation of by-products, and a method of preparing the same are provided.
US10093598B2
A process is described for separating paraxylene from a multicomponent fluid mixture of C8 aromatics. A mixture of C8 aromatics is fed to a simulated moving-bed adsorptive apparatus. The location of the feed to the apparatus is moved at set intervals. The rate of flow of feed to the apparatus is varied during each interval to enhance the separation of paraxylene from the multicomponent mixture.
US10093588B2
A method is described for rendering char from a biomass fractionator apparatus (BMF char) suitable for addition to soil in high concentrations, the method relying on multiple processes comprising removing detrimental hydrocarbons from BMF char, removing adsorbed gases from BMF char, introducing microorganisms to the BMF char, and adjusting soil pH.
US10093583B2
A process is described, for producing zirconia-based multi-phasic ceramic composite materials, comprising the steps of: providing at least one ceramic suspension by dispersing at least one ceramic zirconia powder in at least one aqueous medium to obtain at least one matrix for such composite material; providing at least one aqueous solution containing one or more inorganic precursors and adding such aqueous solution to such ceramic suspension to surface modify such ceramic zirconia powder and obtain at least one additived suspension; quickly drying such additived suspension to obtain at least one additived powder; heat treating such additived powder to obtain at least one zirconia powder coated on its surface by second phases; and forming such zirconia powder coated on its surface by second phases.
US10093580B2
A refractory article can include a body including a content of alumina of at least 60 wt %, a content of silica of not greater than 20 wt %, a content of zirconia of not greater than 20 wt % for a total weight of the body. In a particular embodiment, the body includes a third phase including composite grains including mullite and zirconia. The third phase including the composite grains can be present within a range including at least 1 wt % and not greater than 35 wt % for a total weight of the body.
US10093577B2
Provided is a fiber-reinforced carbonated hydraulic inorganic molded plate having a high bulk specific gravity, a high flexural strength, and a small dimensional change rate per specific gravity. (1) A fiber-reinforced carbonated hydraulic inorganic molded plate including: a cement component, a pulp, and a reinforcing fiber having an aspect ratio in a range of 40 to 1000; and being a carbonation-cured molded plate. (2) A molded plate being a cured product of a composition including at least a cement component, a pulp, and a reinforcing fiber, wherein the molded plate is a fiber-reinforced carbonated hydraulic inorganic molded plate and has a carbonation reaction rate of higher than or equal to 30%.
US10093575B2
A method for continuous production of photo-sensitive glass bodies, glass bodies, and structured glass articles are provided. The glass bodies include a glass having Si4+, at least one crystal-agonist, at least one crystal-antagonist, and at least one pair of nucleating agents. The glass may be used in a method for structuring of glass. The glass bodies may be structured and/or unstructured and used in different applications such as in components or as components in micro-technology, in micro-reaction-technology, in electronic packaging, for micro-fluidic components, in or as FED spacer, for bio-technology (for example titer plates), as interposer, and in or as three-dimensional structurable antennae.
US10093574B2
Provided is a glass composition that exhibits greater Faraday effect than ever before. A glass composition contains 48% or more of Tb2O3 (exclusive of 48%) in % by mole.
US10093572B2
A method for manufacturing an SiO2—TiO2 based glass upon a target by a direct method, includes: an ingot growing step of growing an SiO2—TiO2 based glass ingot having a predetermined length on the target by flame hydrolysis by feeding a silicon compound and a titanium compound into an oxyhydrogen flame, wherein the ingot growing step includes: a first step of increasing a ratio of a feed rate of the titanium compound to a feed rate of the silicon compound as the SiO2—TiO2 based glass ingot grows until the ratio reaches a predetermined value; and a second step of gradually growing the SiO2—TiO2 based glass ingot after the ratio has reached the predetermined value in the first stage with keeping the ratio within a predetermined range.
US10093570B2
A system is provided for the dynamic dewatering of any of a variety of sludges, slurries, or waters. A stream of material is treated in a series of distinct operations to release free water, draw off additional water through vacuum, and compress the resultant dewatered solids to result in a substantially dewatered material. One or more open cells are used in vacuum dewatering in continuous dynamic operation. The system may be integrated into a packaged unit that may be installed at a operation site, and maybe operated with multiple like units to increase treatment flowrates.
US10093567B2
The ballast water and fish farm treatment system for circulating effluent water of a fish farm or a ship by filtering and resupplying the effluent water, the system including a heat exchange system to heat or cool the effluent water, a physical filtration unit to filter out impurities from the effluent water are discharged from the heat exchange system, and a chemical filtration unit to mix the effluent water discharged from the physical filtration unit with chlorine dioxide, wherein the effluent water discharged from the chemical filtration unit is resupplied to the fish farm or the ship. The ballast water and fish farm treatment system allows circulation water of the ship and fish farm to be reused after completely removing parasites, hazardous organisms, germs, and viruses from the circulation water using a combination of physical, chemical and physiological treatment techniques.
US10093564B2
A base product fluid is produced by adding anhydrous liquid ammonia and a first portion of sulfuric acid to water in a process line to form a mixed fluid. The mixed fluid may be cooled and a second portion of sulfuric acid may be added to the mixed fluid to form the base product fluid. The base product fluid may include a molecular compound that is a chelating compound. The molecular compound may have the formula: ((NH4)2SO4)a.(H2SO4)b.(H2O)c.(NH4HSO4)x. In the formula, a may be between 1 and 5, b may be between 1 and 5, c may be between 0 and 5, and x may be between 1 and 20.
US10093560B2
The invention provides a process apparatus and associated method comprising at least one elongate hollow semi-permeable member, at least one anode and at least one cathode. The anode and cathode are arranged radially and concentrically with respect to the semi-permeable member.
US10093558B2
A solution for disinfecting a fluid, colloid, mixture, and/or the like using ultraviolet radiation is provided. An ultraviolet transparent enclosure can include an inlet and an outlet for a flow of media to be disinfected. The ultraviolet transparent enclosure includes a material that is configured to prevent biofouling within the ultraviolet transparent enclosure. A set of ultraviolet radiation sources are located adjacent to the ultraviolet transparent enclosure and are configured to generate ultraviolet radiation towards the ultraviolet transparent enclosure.
US10093557B2
A bio-inspired method for detoxifying contaminated water is disclosed. In the method, polydopamine, a mussel-inspired adhesive catecholamine was used as an adsorbent to effectively remove from contaminated water three major classes of toxic agents: heavy metal ions (e.g., Cr, Hg, Pb, Cu, and Cd), toxic organic species (e.g., 4-aminopyridine), and radioisotopes (e.g., Lutetium-177). Furthermore, the polydopamine adsorbent was regenerated by treatment with acid or hydrogen peroxide.
US10093549B2
A composition of milk of lime comprising particles of slaked lime suspended in an aqueous phase, characterized in that said particles of slaked lime have a particle size described by a particle size distribution profile that is narrow and monomodal and the method of production thereof.
US10093548B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods of preparing spherical salt particles for industrial, medical, and other uses. The methods can include combining the angular salt particles with a quantity of finishing media, for example, into a receptacle. Thereafter, the angular salt particles and the finishing media can be moved or agitated until the angular salt particles have a desired sphericity.
US10093533B2
A sensor chip includes a first substrate with a first surface and a second surface including at least one CMOS circuit, a first MEMS substrate with a first surface and a second surface on opposing sides of the first MEMS substrate, a second substrate, a second MEMS substrate, and a third substrate including at least one CMOS circuit. The first surface of the first substrate is attached to a packaging substrate and the second surface of the first substrate is attached to the first surface of the first MEMS substrate. The second surface of the first MEMS substrate is attached to the second substrate. The first substrate, the first MEMS substrate, the second substrate and the packaging substrate are provided with electrical inter-connects.
US10093532B2
An apparatus and system are disclosed for fluid transfer. The apparatus includes a fluid receiver that includes a receiver base having an inlet and an outlet. The apparatus also includes a tubular cylinder having an inlet and an outlet, where the outlet of the tubular cylinder is coupled to the inlet of the receiver base. The tubular cylinder has a keyed outer surface, which in one embodiment, includes at least one surface feature extending annularly around the surface of the tubular cylinder. The surface feature engages with at least one tumbler in a fluid nozzle. The system includes the fluid receiver and a fluid nozzle. The fluid nozzle, in one embodiment, has an arrangement of tumblers that are positioned adjacent an inlet of the fluid nozzle and configured to engage the keyed outer surface of the fluid receiver.
US10093531B1
A removable fuel handle brace is provided, comprising: a pair of parallel horizontal sides, each having a hook on an inner end bent approximately 180° in a first direction; a pair of parallel vertical sides having a first end extending from an outer end of each horizontal side approximately 90° in a second direction opposite the first direction; an upper cross-piece connecting second ends of the vertical sides; a lower cross-piece having first and second ends connected to the vertical sides between the first and second ends of the vertical sides; and a pair of horizontal extensions connected to the first and second ends of the lower cross-piece and extending in a direction towards the hooks parallel to the horizontal sides.
US10093528B2
The capping industry has many variations in each cap that is placed on containers. It is very critical that a capping chuck have the ability to adapt quickly and easily to each and every cap that is available. The present invention uses the flexibility in its construction to grasp all variations to the caps without the need for expensive and time consuming shut downs. The present capping chuck meets these ever expanding changes within the industry.
US10093526B2
A mobile drive unit is provided for transporting an inventory holder. The mobile drive unit is operable to dock with the inventory holder, move the inventory holder in a first translational direction, and while docked with the inventory holder, selectively rotate the inventory holder while continuing to move in the first translational direction.
US10093522B1
The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for use for winding and unwinding reels having a level wind carriage adapted to lay a cable back and forth across a drum of a spool by changing travel direction when contacting a first ring and a second ring of a tripping bar respectively.
US10093521B2
A barge lid lifter system having a horizontal frame, a plurality of vertical beams, a plurality of cross bracing beams, and a plurality of load engagement mechanisms is provided. Each load engagement mechanism may include a frame, wherein each load engagement mechanism frame may have a first side plate, a second side plate, a top plate, a dagger plate, a horizontal pivot pin, and a horizontal pivot pin sleeve. The load engagement mechanism includes a linear actuator, a rotation plate, a rotation elbow, an arm, and a dagger point. The linear actuator is connected to the first side plate and the rotation elbow, and the rotation plate is connected to the rotation elbow and the arm. The arm is configured to close over the dagger point and retain a lifting eye of a barge lid lifting assembly.
US10093520B2
A lifting device and method is provided for lifting and turning a rotor during the erection process of wind turbine structure. The lifting device comprises a base unit with a mounting adapted to be mounted to an outer surface of the hub. The lifting device is able to turn the rotor using a pivotal lifting arm arranged between two end plates or a moveable trolley assembly arranged on a track of the base unit. A power pack unit or another power unit is used to power the turning unit which turns the rotor around a turning point into an installation position. The lifting point is preferably aligned with the center of gravity of the rotor for providing a balanced lift.
US10093519B2
A spreader frame, comprising a set of outer bars and a corresponding set of inner bars, each outer bar having a series of apertures and each inner bar having a spring-biased pin shaped and oriented to fit into any aperture of the series of apertures, each inner bar slidably engaging each corresponding outer bar to form an expandable beam having a first end and a second end, and each beam being connected at its first end and second end to a further beam to form a frame, wherein for each beam, each aperture of the series of apertures other than a selected aperture is filled with a corresponding outer bar pin, and the inner bar is slidable within the outer bar to bring the spring-biased pin in position to insert into the selected aperture to fix the size of the beam.
US10093517B2
The invention relates to a rope terminal arrangement of an elevator, comprisingcompression means comprising two compression members delimiting a rope gap between them, the compression members being arranged to compress a rope end of a belt-shaped rope placed in the rope gap for blocking movement of the rope end in its longitudinal direction relative to the compression members; andan electrical circuit comprising a contact switch, which is switchable between a first and second state, in particular between open and closed state; andthe contact switch being mounted on one of the rope end and a compression member, and the arrangement, in particular said other of said rope end and a compression member, is provided with actuating means arranged to move together with the other of said rope end and a compression member relative to said one of said rope end and a compression member and to actuate the contact switch to switch its state when the rope end moves in its longitudinal direction relative to the compression member, whereby movement of the rope end in its longitudinal direction relative to the compression member is arranged to cause state change of the electrical circuit; anda monitoring means arranged to monitor state of the circuit and to trigger one or more actions in response to state change of the circuit. The invention also relates to an elevator implementing said rope terminal arrangement.
US10093516B2
An elevator may include a braking device such as a safety gear system or a service brake, for instance. The braking device may include a hydraulically-acting brake for braking an elevator car of the elevator. The braking device may further include a hydraulic unit with a pump assembly, a brake cylinder assembly, and a valve assembly for ventilating the brake. Further, the hydraulic unit may be fastened to the braking device.
US10093510B2
Provided is a paper sheet storage unit and an automatic teller machine with which storage space can be partitioned while maintaining operability with respect to paper currency. The paper sheet storage unit is equipped with: a partition member that partitions a storage space for paper sheets into multiple storage spaces, and has a recessed portion at a position where the paper sheets are removed; and a door that has a protruding portion for filling the recessed portion at a position corresponding to the recessed portion, and that opens/closes an opening that includes the multiple storage spaces.
US10093508B1
A card separation apparatus includes a movable tray having a surface onto which a sheet is conveyed after a card has been separated from the sheet, and a card separation unit mounted on the surface for movement with the movable tray, the card separation unit having an opening through which the sheet is conveyed, and a controller configured to send an instruction to the movable tray to be moved at a predetermined timing after a leading edge of the sheet to which the card is attached enters the opening, so as to cause the sheet to be initially separated from the card.
US10093506B2
A braking device 1 is provided for a tape reel mounted rotatably about its axis. The braking device 1 includes two rotating members 10, 20 rotationally coupled with the reel, and a selection member 30 configured to cooperate by friction selectively with either one of the rotating members 10, 20 by moving the selection member to engage one or the other rotating member for friction braking.
US10093505B2
A transportation apparatus transports a medium by using a transportation roller that includes plural rollers arranged in a rotation axis direction and a coupling portion for coupling an end portion of one of, among the plural rollers, two arranged adjacent to each other in the rotation axis direction to an end portion of the other. The coupling portion includes: a first bearing that supports the end portion of the first roller rotatably; a second bearing that supports the end portion of the second roller rotatably; a fixing member to which the first bearing and the second bearing are fixed; and a joint portion provided between the first bearing and the second bearing in the rotation axis direction for connecting the end portion of the first roller to the end portion of the second roller.
US10093504B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of obtaining a high deviation prevention capability while suppressing adhesion of paste to a side regulating member.A plurality of roller members, for example, an upstream side roller member 91 and a downstream side roller member 92 are disposed along a sheet conveyance direction in which a recording sheet is conveyed. Then, first side regulating members 94A and 94B are provided at both end parts of the upstream side roller member 91 in a fixed state, and also second side regulating members 95A and 95B are provided at both end parts of the downstream side roller member 92 in a rotatable state. The first side regulating members 94A and 94B and the second side regulating members 95A and 95B regulate the deviation of a roll sheet S by the contact with the edge parts of the roll sheet S.
US10093497B2
A pickup roller is moved to a retracted position by rotating a feeding motor in reverse by a first predetermined amount and is moved to a contact position by rotating the feeding motor forward by a second predetermined amount.
US10093487B2
A motor comprising: (a) one or more motor stators including a plurality of motor windings; (b) a roller shaft connected to the one or more motor stators, the roller shaft extending along a longitudinal axis of the motor and being adapted to span between two frame members; and (c) a motor rotor including: (i) a roller tube including a key, a key recess, or both, and (ii) one or more ring magnets having: (1) a mating surface shaped to substantially mate to a mating surface of the roller tube and (2) a key recess that receives the key of the roller tube, that receives a separate key that extends into the key recess of one of the one or more ring magnets and the key recess, or both; wherein the one or more ring magnets are produced from a rare earth metal; and wherein the motor rotor carries a load of an article so that the article is moved by the motor rotor.
US10093484B2
A feeding unit for receiving sealed packs from a forming unit arranged to form the packs and feed the packs to a folding unit arranged to fold the packs so as to obtain folded packages comprises a feeding conveyor having at least one carrying element arranged for delivering the packs to the folding unit at an outlet region of the feeding unit, the feeding unit further comprising a braking conveyor arranged for slowing down the packs so that the packs are kept in contact with the at least one carrying element at the outlet region.
US10093470B2
A package is described herein with an opening feature including a flap defined by cut and score lines formed in a film of the package. The flap can be at least partially in a front wall portion of the package to be peeled back and expose an opening to an interior of the package. The flap can also extend across a package such that peeling back of the flap removes a portion of the package. The packages described herein advantageously include a sealed pleat extending across the front wall portion of the package or a fin seal that includes at least a portion of a gripping portion of the flap. The removal of the gripping portion when the flap is peeled back to open the package can expose an adhesive on the inside of the pleat for package reclose.
US10093468B2
A carrier tape system, in some embodiments, comprises: a tape; a series of index holes along a length of said tape; a series of pockets along said length; a first series of standoff units along said length; and a second series of standoff units along said length, wherein the series of pockets is positioned between the first series of standoff units and the second series of standoff units, wherein the standoff units create a clearance space between the bottom surfaces of said pockets and the tape when said tape is wound on a reel.
US10093465B2
A cable tie includes a band that extends lengthwise from a first end to a second end. The cable tie also includes a housing, affixed near the second end, with a first opening to receive the first end of the band when the first end of the band is brought toward the housing in a loop. The housing includes: walls that enclose a space and have a stop toward the second end of the band; a first mass in the space; and a second mass placed in the space and between the first mass and the stop. When the first end is inserted into the housing, the first end passes under the first mass and the second mass and exerts a pull on the first mass toward the second mass. When the first mass is pulled toward the second mass, the second mass acts as a spring between the first mass and the stop and prevents the first mass from hitting the stop. After the first end is inserted into the housing and when the first end is being pulled out of the housing, due to a force exerted by the second mass to the first mass and the walls, the first mass squeezes the first end against the bottom of the housing and locks the first end in the housing.
US10093462B2
A lid for a disposable coffee cup is provided which permits a user to drink from a beverage can, such as a beer or pop can, suspended within the interior of the disposable coffee cup. The lid has an outer rim which engages with the rim of the disposable cup. It also has an inner circular attachment ring attached to the inner surface of the lid which has tabs to grasp the rim of the beverage can and form an upper chamber through which the beverage can flow from the beverage can opening to the lid's drinking aperture. The beverage flows from the beverage can through the lid aperture when the cup is tipped. The user can thereby drink from the beverage can without the user's lips touching the can surface. Also it appears to an observer that the user is drinking from the disposable cup, not the beverage can, and also the beverage can is insulated to keep it cold.
US10093450B2
A height-adjustable shock pallet includes a lower deck and an upper deck. A central portion of the upper deck is sized to receive a rack-mounted information handling system (IHS) for shipping. Air bags attached between the lower and upper decks are selectively inflatable to protect the rack-mounted IHS during transport and deflatable to position the upper deck proximate to the lower deck for unloading. A controller can detect a tilt of the upper deck and differentially inflate or deflate respective subsets of the air bags to rebalance the upper deck. The controller maintains the rack-mounted IHS horizontal to prevent tipping during transport. Integral or attachable caster wheels can enable repositioning of the height-adjustable shock pallet with the air bags deflated.
US10093447B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a packing box wherein strength is improved and efficiency of opening, content retrieval, etc. is improved. Embodiments of the invention provide a packing box obtained from an upper cover and a lower box configured from cardboard for accommodating articles therein, in which: the upper cover is obtained from a top board that covers the entire interior of the lower box and side boards that extend vertically downward from each side of the top board and substantially cover the side surfaces of the lower box; and at least one notch is provided on one of the lower edges of the upper cover.
US10093438B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for converting a sheet material into packaging templates can include a converting machine that performs conversion functions, such as cutting, creasing, and scoring, on the sheet material. Items to be packed into boxes formed of the packaging templates can be used as the pattern for determining the location of performance of the conversion functions on the sheet material. Accordingly, no intermediate measuring of the items may be required prior to performance of the conversion functions. Instead, longheads can be positioned adjacent to opposing sides of the items and cross heads can be advanced inward to the positioned longheads.
US10093437B2
A method for packaging and installing high performance insulation of a loose, granular, moisture-resistant nature, suitable for providing insulation in walls, ceilings, or other cavities in traditional buildings, cabinets or other structures requiring thermal or sound insulation, in a practical, easy to manage, modular fashion. The method provides for the packaging of insulation material to be contained in an air-tight but moisture permeable material that traps the particulates but not moisture vapor. The insulation material may also be blended with other materials to adjust the product's resistance to thermal or sound conductivity, cost, and in order to prevent leakage in the event of puncture.
US10093433B2
A rocket landing stabilization system can include one or more upright support structures such as posts, columns, or walls, from which one or more stabilizing elements can be supported. The stabilizing elements can be used to stabilize a rocket as it lands at a landing site. The rocket landing stabilization system can also include a cradle, funnel, or cone to catch or otherwise support a rocket as it lands at the landing site. The rocket landing stabilization system can be located on land or at sea.
US10093429B2
An engine nacelle is provided and includes an outer fixed structure (OFS) assembly disposed about an inner fixed structure (IFS) barrel and a latch beam, which is separate from the IFS barrel along an entire length thereof. The latch beam includes forward and trailing ends directly and indirectly supportively coupled to the OFS assembly, respectively.
US10093426B2
Apparatus and associated devices relate to a system for measuring a maximum size of super-cooled water droplets in a cloud atmosphere. The system includes a housing having a convex exterior surface on a forward end and having stabilizers projecting from an aft end. The system includes a gimballed mounting mechanism configured to attach the housing to an aircraft while permitting the housing to freely pitch and yaw with respect to the aircraft. When an airstream engages the stabilizers, the housing aligns with a direction of the engaging airstream. The system includes a sequence of indices on a corresponding sequence of ice-accretion regions of the convex exterior surface, each of the sequence of indices visible in the absence of ice accretion. The forward-most ice-free one of the sequence of indices is indicative of a maximum size of super-cooled water droplets.
US10093415B1
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method of operating a rotorcraft includes operating the rotorcraft in a heading control mode that includes activating a yaw channel path of a heading controller and deactivating a roll channel path of the heading controller when a speed of the rotorcraft is less than a first speed threshold or a heading error is less than a heading error threshold, and activating the roll channel path of the heading controller and deactivating the yaw channel path of the heading controller when the speed of the rotorcraft is greater than a second speed threshold and the heading error is not less than the heading error threshold.
US10093413B2
A drive system for rotating a wheel of an aircraft landing gear is disclosed including a motor operable to rotate a drive pinion via a drive path; and a driven gear adapted to be attached to the wheel so as to be capable of rotating the wheel. The drive system has a drive configuration in which the drive pinion is capable of meshing with the driven gear to permit the motor to drive the driven gear via the drive path. The drive path includes a first compensating gear mounted on a common drive shaft with the drive pinion so as to be capable of rotating in tandem with the drive pinion, and a second compensating gear which is meshed with the first compensating gear.
US10093412B2
A pneumatic taxi system of an aircraft with a rotary non-turbine air motor for driving a wheel, of an aircraft landing gear, with compressed air.
US10093410B2
A method of controlling a magnitude of a sonic boom caused by off-design-condition operation of a supersonic aircraft at supersonic speeds includes, but is not limited to the step of operating the supersonic aircraft at supersonic speeds and at an off-design-condition. The supersonic aircraft has a pair of swept wings having a plurality of composite plies oriented at an angle such that an axis of greatest stiffness is non-parallel with respect to a rear spar of each wing of the pair of swept wings. The method further includes, but is not limited to the step of reducing wing twist caused by operation of the supersonic aircraft at supersonic speeds at the off-design condition with the composite plies. The method still further includes, but is not limited to, minimizing the magnitude of the sonic boom through reduction of wing twist.
US10093408B1
A method of supplying hydraulic power via a zonal hydraulic system to an aircraft having a plurality of operating phases includes determining a current operating phase of the aircraft and setting a power limit (e.g., a pressure set point and/or flow limitation) for at least one hydraulic power unit based on the current operating phase. The hydraulic system includes a plurality of hydraulic zones. Each of the hydraulic zones includes a local controller, a hydraulic power unit controlled by the local controller, and at least one actuator powered by the hydraulic power unit. Energy savings may be realized by altering the pressure set point for and/or limiting the flow to hydraulic systems in inactive and/or less active zones. The zonal hydraulic system may be reconfigured for safety based on sensed failures and/or during emergency or alternate power conditions with limited available power. Duty cycles for multiple electric motor driven pumps of the system may be balanced. Dependency on a central hydraulic system controller may be minimized or eliminated by providing default power limit (e.g., pressure setting) reversion logic at the local controller.
US10093400B2
Methods and systems for detecting and locating a man overboard situation. In particular, the methods and systems detect a point of loss of a man overboard situation and allow for the ship to coordinate back to the point of loss.
US10093399B1
The practice of this invention enables saving a life. A passive distress alert for distressed vessel in water is provided. The self-activating alert is positioned on or near hull bottom zone and distress message is at least partially presented, without human or mechanical, electronic or other trigger, when vessel is keel over or in other overturned positioned and can indicate relative percent keel over. The alert reflects natural and artificial light and/or has components which are fluorescent, with or without special black light, either at day or night to present a distress message to a detector. Detector can be an aided or unaided human eye, camera, bar code reader, or other alphabetic or numerical character or symbol electronic recognition device. Distress message can be SOS, MOB, HELP, CQD, R&R, MAYDAY and other local or universal distress messages or combinations thereof or special distress alert comprising bars, dots, dashes and other symbols. A vessel comprising a passive distress alert is disclosed.
US10093398B1
Wakeboat ballast pump systems and methods are provided to monitor the operational condition and parameters of wakeboat ballast components. Systems and methods for sensing and measurement are provided to detect parameters associated with wakeboat ballast pumps and compartments, including systems and methods that can economically retrofit into existing wakeboat ballast systems. Systems and methods are also provided to enable automated action based on various operational conditions and parameters to improve the safety, automation, performance, convenience, and marketing advantage of wakeboat ballast pumps.
US10093393B2
A cleat includes two cams (36) comprising mutually opposed convex surfaces rotatable about parallel axes which extend vertically in a rope-trapping position of the cleat, to bring the arcuate surfaces together and apart. The cams (36) are urged towards each other to trap a rope (66) therebetween. Each cam is also mounted to a horizontal cylinder (2) for rotation about an axis of the cylinder, in order to allow the rope (66) to rotate the arcuate surfaces by pulling in a line above this horizontal axis and to free the rope.
US10093385B2
A straddle-type vehicle includes a steering stem, a top bridge, a first front fork, a second front fork, a front wheel braking unit, an ABS modulator, a supporter, and a brake pipe. The front wheel braking unit is provided at the first front fork. The ABS modulator is disposed rearward with respect to the top bridge. The supporter is provided at the second front fork forward with respect to the top bridge. The brake pipe extends from the ABS modulator to the front wheel braking unit through the supporter. The brake pipe between the ABS modulator and the supporter passes through a space between the head pipe and the second front fork below the top bridge. The brake pipe between the supporter and the front wheel braking unit passes through a position higher than the top bridge to be connected to the front wheel braking unit.
US10093383B1
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, a user interface member, an electrical switch, and a transmitting structure. The user interface member is movably mounted to the base member to move relative to the base member in a first direction. The electrical switch is mounted to the base member. The transmitting structure is provided between the user interface member and the electrical switch to transmit a first movement of the user interface member in the first direction to the electrical switch in a second direction different from the first direction.
US10093378B2
A side mirror for a straddle vehicle includes: a mirror stay including a base end portion attached to a vehicle body of a motorcycle (straddle vehicle); and a mirror portion including a mirror and provided at a tip end portion of the mirror stay. The mirror stay includes a first stay portion and a second stay portion which branch from the base end portion to extend toward the tip end portion.
US10093372B2
According to some embodiments, an adjustable assembly for a bicycle comprises a first support and a second support slidably positioned within at least a portion of the first support, such that one of the first support and the second support is adapted to attach to a first bicycle portion and the other of the first support and the second support is adapted to attach to a second bicycle portion. In some embodiments, the second support comprises an expansion portion configured to be selectively moved between an expanded position and a retracted position. In one embodiment, the expansion portion is configured to contact and engage at least one portion of the first support when the expansion portion is in an expanded position, and the first support is configured to be selectively moved relative to the second support when the expansion portion is permitted to assume a retracted position.
US10093370B2
A seat device that is capable of improving body pressure distribution during traveling is provided. In a seat device including a seating seat, in both of end portions in the seat width direction of the seating seat, at positions interposed between the bottom plate and a cushion member of the seating seat, turning plates are provided. The parts of the cushion member, where the turning plates are provided between the same and the bottom plate, constitute turning parts that turn around edges thereof on the width direction inner sides as base points, as the turning plates turn. In the cushion member, slits are formed at boundary positions between the turning parts and a non-turning part, that is, a part other than the turning parts.
US10093355B1
A system configured to be mounted to a vehicle including a skid-based steering system. The system including a control unit for determining course correction to the vehicle during operation based on a navigation path received from a remote device and data associated with the movement of the vehicle collected by the system.
US10093327B2
A gladhand coupling that prevents inadvertent separation of the coupling halves without the need for additional structure or manipulation to connect and disconnect the halves. Each half is equipped with a lug having two spaced apart ramped pads and a flange defining a channel having a corresponding ramped pad. When two halves are positioned together then rotated into the locked position, the ramped pad of the flange is positioned proximately to the either of the ramped pads of the flange to prevent inadvertent lateral compression of the two halves that would otherwise cause unintentional uncoupling. The coupling may be disconnected by simple rotation of one coupling half relative to the other so that the ramped pad of the lug is positioned between the spaced apart ramped pads of the lug and by pulling the coupling apart as done by current rail car decoupling procedures.
US10093326B2
An assembly for a vehicle, in particular a rail vehicle, includes an undercarriage unit having at least one first wheel set supported on a track and a main body supported on the first wheel set. The main body has a coupling mechanism for mechanically coupling to at least one car body of the vehicle. At least one first driving motor for driving the first wheel set, at least one power supply unit for supplying the driving motor with electrical power and at least one inverter unit are provided. The power supply unit is disposed at least partially in a region of the undercarriage unit in order to permit the undercarriage unit of the assembly to be expanded with regard to the functionalities of the undercarriage unit.
US10093319B2
A variable speed control system includes a multiple-speed transmission which changes a speed of an engine output in multiple stages based on a change in meshing state of a dog clutch which is caused in association with an operation of a change pedal connected mechanically, a pedal load detection device which detects an operation load of the change pedal, and a control unit which suppresses or shuts off an engine output to the multiple-speed transmission and permits a speed change action of the multiple-speed transmission by the change pedal when a detected pedal load exceeds a pedal load threshold. The variable speed control system further includes an engine revolution speed detection sensor which detects an engine revolution speed. The control unit changes the pedal load threshold according to the engine revolution speed detected. Such variable speed control system can realize a stable speed change action irrespective of running conditions.
US10093310B2
A driver assistance apparatus includes a camera for acquiring a vehicle front view image or a surroundings-of-vehicle image; and a processor for providing a height control signal for a suspension for adjusting an expected impacted portion according to collision between a driver's vehicle and an object detected in the vehicle front view image or the surroundings-of-vehicle image.
US10093301B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling an aspirator shut-off valve in an engine of a hybrid vehicle. One example method includes opening the aspirator shut-off valve following a shut-down command to the engine when engine speed is between a first engine speed and a second engine speed, the first engine speed being lower than an idle speed and the second engine speed occurring before an imminent engine stop. The example method further includes not opening the aspirator shut-off valve between the first engine speed and the second engine speed if an oxygen content of an emission control device is at or near a threshold.
US10093300B2
A vehicle control system to reduce shocks under an autonomous mode is provided. The vehicle control system is configured to select an operating mode of a vehicle from a manual mode in which a driving force and a braking force are controlled manually by a driver, and an autonomous mode in which the driving force and the braking force are controlled autonomously. A controller is configured to execute a fuel cut-off control, and a threshold selected under the autonomous mode is set in such a manner as to terminate the fuel cut-off control earlier than under the manual mode.
US10093292B2
A brake system for a motor vehicle including front wheel brakes, rear wheel brakes, and a hydraulic system supplying hydraulic fluid to the wheel brakes. An electronic brake control connected to the hydraulic system actuates the hydraulic system to build up a brake pressure and supply the wheel brakes with the hydraulic fluid. The system includes a parking brake system that activates the rear wheel brakes. The electronic brake control actuates the hydraulic system to build up a brake pressure and at the beginning of an emergency braking procedure closes valves of the hydraulic system associated with the rear wheel brakes, opens valves of the hydraulic system associated with the front wheel brakes, and activates the parking brake system while keeping the valves of the hydraulic system associated with the rear wheel brakes closed for a period of adjustable length.
US10093290B2
An electric brake device has at least three control units: a first diagonal wheel control unit that controls a front-left wheel brake mechanism and a rear-right wheel brake mechanism which are positioned diagonally; a second diagonal wheel control unit that controls a front-right wheel brake mechanism and a rear-left wheel brake mechanism which are positioned diagonally; and a front wheel control unit that controls a front-left wheel brake mechanism and a front-right wheel brake mechanism. Each of the brake mechanisms has a friction-receiving member that rotates together with the wheel; and a friction-applying member that moves while being powered by an electric actuator, and obtains the braking force by pressing the friction-applying member against the friction-receiving member.
US10093285B2
A lighted dryer assembly for a vehicle wash system including a housing portion, having a head portion, a body portion, and an outlet portion. The head portion includes an air inlet portion for drawing air into the head portion and an outlet for passing the air to the body portion. The outlet portion has a plurality of exit nozzles that are configured to emit high velocity air therefrom for removing water from an exterior surface of a vehicle while disposed in a vehicle treatment area. The body portion includes an upper portion where air is received from the head portion and a lower portion disposed remote from the upper portion. A light source is disposed within the housing portion and configured to emit light that can be seen by a vehicle disposed in the vehicle treatment area.
US10093273B2
A utility vehicle includes a seat, a hip guard, and a seat belt which restrains an occupant to seat. The seat belt includes a belt, a tongue plate movably mounted on the belt, an anchor mounted on a distal end of the belt and rotatably mounted on a hip guard, a buckle on which the tongue plate is detachably mounted, and a retractor disposed substantially above the anchor and provided for winding the belt.
US10093272B1
A vehicle includes a headlamp assembly, an upper bumper assembly, and a reinforcement bracket. The headlamp assembly includes a headlamp housing and a brace portion. The brace portion includes a front end that extends forward beyond the headlamp housing in the vehicle-longitudinal direction. The upper bumper assembly extends in a vehicle-lateral direction. The upper bumper assembly is positioned forward in the vehicle longitudinal direction with respect to the brace portion. The reinforcement bracket is attached to the brace portion. The reinforcement bracket has a rigidity higher than a rigidity of the brace portion. The reinforcement bracket reinforces the brace portion upon engagement with the upper bumper assembly as the upper bumper assembly deflects rearward in the vehicle-longitudinal direction in response to a front impact to the upper bumper assembly to inhibit movement of the upper bumper assembly rearward in the vehicle-longitudinal direction.
US10093270B2
A vent for an inflatable chamber, such as an airbag cushion, can include a first flap and a second flap. The first flap and second flap can be opposing and/or overlapping. The first flap and the second flap impede fluid flow through the vent when the vent is in a closed state. Free ends of the first flap and the second flap can be positioned at an exterior of the inflatable chamber when the vent is in the open state.
US10093267B2
Crash pad for vehicle having integrated airbag door and housing and method of manufacturing the same
A crash pad for a vehicle having an integrated airbag door and housing may include a main body including a crash pad core, and an airbag housing integrally formed at a center of the crash pad core defining a space for accommodation of an airbag cushion therein, and an airbag door integrally injection-molded with the main body selectively to open and close the space in the airbag housing, the molded airbag door disposed upright in a direction in which the molded airbag door may be discharged from a mold to open the airbag housing.
US10093259B2
A protection device of self-propelled vehicle including a main body, a frame body, and at least two pivoting members is provided. The main body has a rail or a moving block, and the frame body has a moving block or a rail. The frame body moves on a plane relative to the main body via the moving block being removably coupled to the rail. The two pivoting members being removably pivoted to the main body and the frame body along two normal lines of the plane respectively. The frame body is forced to be rotated on the plane with one of the two pivoting members relative to the main body.
US10093256B2
A load introduction system of a vehicle for introducing a load counter to the direction of travel of the vehicle includes a left load support on a left side of the vehicle and a right load support on a right side of the vehicle, wherein the left load support is connected in a force-transmitting manner to a left deformation module on the left side of a front portion of the vehicle and the right load support is connected in a force-transmitting manner to a right deformation module on the right side of the front portion. The load introduction system also includes a crossmember which extends transversely with respect to the direction of travel of the vehicle, wherein the crossmember is connected in a force-transmitting manner to the two deformation modules.
US10093249B2
A mounting structure for an electric device of a vehicle includes a case body configured to accommodate the electric device inside the case body, at least one fixing portion provided continuously with the case body and configured to be fixed to a vehicle body of the vehicle, and at least one hollow portion disposed between the case body and the fixing portion. When a load from the vehicle body is transmitted to the fixing portion, the hollow portion is deformed and/or broken by the load so that the load can be absorbed. Thus, transmission of the load to the case body can be suppressed.
US10093241B2
A trunk mounted storage rack for sport utility vehicles (SUV) securely restrains grocery bags and prevents damage to fragile items contained therein. The trunk mounted storage rack includes a top shelf, a center shelf, a bottom shelf, an upper support frame, a center support frame, a lower support frame, a safety net, and a top-level barrier. The top shelf, the center shelf, and the bottom shelf are sized to closely fit in the trunk of the SUV. The center support frame suspends the top shelf over the center shelf. Similarly, the lower support frame suspends the center shelf and the top shelf over the bottom shelf. The upper support frame allows the top-level barrier and the safety net to mount onto the top shelf. The safety net prevents grocery bags from falling out of the back of the top shelf, the center shelf, and the bottom shelf.
US10093233B2
A method and an apparatus for displaying the surroundings of a vehicle and to a driver assistance system having such an apparatus having at least one sensor for producing sensor data for the surroundings of a vehicle. In this case, the sensor data are conditioned to produce raw image data, if need be using a grid model of the surroundings of the vehicle, if need be the raw image data are processed to produce object information using a grid model of the surroundings of the vehicle, and the object information obtained is used to condition raw image data to produce image object data, and finally the image object data are displayed.
US10093208B2
A thermally conductive trim cover is provided for use on a seat assembly. The trim cover comprises a layer of leather material having a top surface and a bottom surface and thermally conductive particles embedded in the leather material between the top and bottom surface for dispersing heat therethrough.
US10093198B2
A method is provided for determining a lower voltage set-point, an upper voltage set-point, a temperature-dependent upper current set-point, a time limit value, and a lower current hysteresis threshold set-point based on a measured temperature of a battery. A charge current from a battery charging circuit is provided. If a charge voltage is above the lower voltage set-point and below the upper voltage set-point and the charge current exceeds the temperature-dependent upper current set-point, timer is started. If the timer reaches a time limit value while the charge current exceeds the temperature-dependent upper current set-point and the charge voltage is between the lower voltage set-point and the upper voltage set-point, the charge current is reduced.
US10093196B2
An electric storage device includes a first electric capacitor, a second electric capacitor, a converter, and a processor. The converter converts electric power transmitted between an external power system external to the electric storage device and at least one of the first electric capacitor and second electric capacitor. The processor is configured to control the converter to operate in at least one of a first mode and a second mode, the first electric capacitor continuously discharging electric power to the external power system in the first mode, the second electric capacitor discharging electric power to the external power system and being charged by the external power system, intermittently, to stabilize frequencies in the external power system in the second mode.
US10093194B2
A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically receiving electric vehicle prospective use information associated with aspects indicating one or more future travel plans involving prospective use of an electric vehicle, the electric vehicle including one or more wireless electrical energy transfer receiving devices and one or more electrical energy storage devices; and electronically obtaining electrical energy transfer aspect information regarding wireless electrical energy transfer from one or more wireless electrical energy transfer imparting stations to the one or more wireless electrical energy transfer receiving devices of the electric vehicle for storage by the one or more electrical energy storage devices of the electric vehicle. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US10093190B2
There is provided a voltage-between-terminals measurement unit that measures voltage between the terminals of a charging connector connecting an external charger that charges a battery. A release device of the charging connector determines melt of charging contactors, and disconnects main contactors to immediately reduce the voltage between the terminals of the charging connector if it is determined that the charging contactors melt.
US10093183B2
In order to limit entry of a fuel cell stack into a passenger compartment by a simple structure, the fuel cell stack is accommodated in an accommodating compartment formed at a rear of a passenger compartment. A force receiving member is arranged forward with respect to the fuel cell stack and below the fuel cell stack so that rearward force acts on the force receiving member at the time of vehicle collision. When the rearward force acting on the force receiving member due to vehicle collision is larger than a predetermined upper limit value, the rearward force is converted into upward force, and the upward force is transmitted to a forward bottom surface of the fuel cell stack, whereby a forward end part of the fuel cell stack is lifted up with respect to a rearward end part of the fuel cell stack upon vehicle collision.
US10093180B2
A transfer device of a vehicle is provided, which includes an input shaft for receiving an output torque of a drive source at an axial first side, a main-wheel output part provided on a second side and for outputting the output torque to main drive wheels, an auxiliary-wheel output shaft provided in parallel to the input shaft and for outputting the output torque to auxiliary drive wheels, a coupling provided on the input shaft and for extracting a part of the output torque, a drive member having a hollow section and provided on the input shaft, a driven member provided on the auxiliary-wheel output shaft and meshed with the drive member, a universal joint provided on the auxiliary-wheel output shaft, and a damper device provided on the input shaft or the auxiliary-wheel output shaft and for reducing noise that occurs due to a variation of the output torque.
US10093179B2
Some embodiments include a transaxle drive system for ride-on equipment with a plurality of transaxle assemblies supported by a suspended subframe, and a frame supported on a pair of front wheels at one end that is coupled to and pivotably suspends the subframe. Some embodiments include a power source with a drive pulley supported by the frame at an opposite end. Some embodiments include a belt coupling the drive pulley to a driven pulley of the transaxle assemblies. In some embodiments, the plurality of transaxle assemblies can be driven from the drive pulley by at least a portion of the belt. Further, in some embodiments, the plurality of transaxle assemblies include a first and second transaxle assembly each coupled to a separate rear wheel. The first and second transaxle assemblies are suspended from the subframe, and can be pivoted together about the frame, and the at least one drive pulley.
US10093155B2
A shading device provides controllable shade and privacy in an interior region of a vehicle by extending and retracting panels and telescopic ribs across a window of a vehicle, while also widening and narrowing the panels and telescopic ribs in conformance to the width of the window. The panels and telescopic ribs form a coplanar surface that rides along a track portion on the lateral edges of the window. The panels are resilient so as to stretch for accommodating the changing width of the window. The telescopic ribs are length adjustable so as to accommodate the changing width of the window. A housing portion carries the panels and telescopic ribs across the window. A control portion operates the motor of housing portion. A mirror portion attaches to an interior region of the vehicle to operate while out of the path of the panels and telescopic ribs.
US10093137B2
Embodiments provide a device, a system, a method and a computer program for locating a plurality of positions of a plurality of wheels on a vehicle. The device comprises an input to obtain information related to a position of one wheel from the plurality of wheels, and a detector to obtain information related to rotational frequencies of the one wheel and of at least one other wheel of the plurality of wheels. The device further comprises a locator coupled to the input and to the detector. The locator is configured to determine information related to the position of the at least one other wheel based on the information related to the position of the one wheel and based on the information related to the rotational frequencies. Additionally or alternatively, an embodiment of the device may comprise one or more inputs to obtain information related to rotational frequencies of the plurality of wheels and information related to accelerations at the plurality of wheels. The device may further comprise a locator coupled to the one or more inputs. The locator is configured to determine the plurality of positions of the plurality of wheels based on the information related to the rotational frequencies of the plurality of wheels and based on the information related to the accelerations at the plurality of wheels.
US10093130B1
The tire dolly is a kit of components that are used to aid in replacing a tire with respect to a vehicle. The tire dolly includes a wrench, an adjustable stand, an extension member, and a tire skate. The wrench and adjustable stand work together to aid in loosening lug nuts of a first tire. An extension member is included with the tire dolly, and is attached onto a distal end of the wrench in order to generate more leverage with the wrench, and aid in loosening tight lug nuts. Once the lug nuts are loosened, the tire skate is secured to the tire via a strap, and the first tire is unbolted from the vehicle. The tire skate features a plurality of wheels that mobilize the tire skate and the first tire.
US10093126B2
The present invention relates to a wheel cover and to a wheel hub arrangement, wherein the wheel cover has a shielding section, which shields a gap formed between a hub and the wheel cover, and wherein a wheel hub arrangement is provided, in which a seal element is arranged in a gap formed between a wheel cover and the hub, which seal element is embodied as a profile seal.
US10093117B2
A recording apparatus includes a transportation belt, a washing portion that washes the transportation belt, and a selection unit. The selection unit selects a transportation mode for transporting the recorded medium from among a washing transportation mode in which the transportation belt is transported while being washed by the washing portion, and a non-washing transportation mode in which the transportation belt is transported without being washed by the washing portion. The selection unit selects the transportation mode in accordance with a recording mode. The selection unit selects, as a transportation mode for use in transporting the recorded medium along with no recording operation after a recording operation onto the recorded medium has been brought to a halt, the washing transportation mode or the non-washing transportation mode, whichever has been selected in the recording operation having been brought to a halt.
US10093108B1
A direct-to-object printer includes a vaporizer to attenuate the effect of oxygen inhibition on the curing of non-aqueous ultraviolet (UV) marking material ejected onto the surface of an object printed by the printer. The vaporizer includes a heating element to form a vapor from a solution of solvent and particulate and a pressurized air source to direct the vapor toward the object to enable a portion of the vapor to condense on the object. The condensed vapor forms a barrier that attenuates the effect of oxygen inhibition on the curing of non-aqueous UV marking material.
US10093105B2
To provide a liquid storage container equipped with a plug member that can prevent leakage of a liquid from the liquid storage container and can be opened without causing scatter of the liquid, and a liquid ejection apparatus equipped with the liquid storage container. For the purpose, at least one of a connection part of the convex part with the cover part and an apical part of the convex part most apart from the connection part is provided offset from the centroid of the cover part, seen from a direction orthogonal to an opening surface of a supply port in a state that the plug member is mounted on a supply port of the liquid storage container.
US10093092B2
By appropriately defining a flow path capacity from an opening of an ink supply path to a nozzle in a pressure chamber, a progress of thickening ink toward the pressure chamber is suppressed. In other words, by setting the individual flow path capacity to be large, specifically, to 4400 pl or higher, desirably 6210 pl or higher, it is possible to suppress the progress of the thickening of the ink even in a small-sized liquid ejecting head of which the shortest formation pitch between each of the nozzles is 1/300 inches. More specifically, a nozzle communication opening is provided between the pressure chamber and the nozzle, and a total capacity of the nozzle communication opening and the pressure chamber is configured to be 4400 pl or higher, desirably 6210 pl or higher.
US10093087B2
A distance measuring device includes: an imaging unit that captures a test pattern image including a pair of first markers and a second marker that is formed under a condition different from a condition applied to the first markers; a position detecting unit that detects a position of each of the pair of first markers and the second marker in a captured image captured by the imaging unit; a ratio calculating unit that calculates a ratio of a distance between the pair of the first markers in the captured image and an actual distance between the pair of the first markers; and an actual distance calculating unit that calculates an actual distance between one of the first markers as the pair and the second marker by multiplying a distance between the one of the first markers as the pair and the second marker in the captured image by the ratio.
