US10229352B2
One embodiment describes a chip arrangement having a chip carrier; a chip which is arranged in or on the chip carrier; a light sensor arrangement; a transparent layer which covers the light sensor arrangement, the light sensor arrangement being set up to determine a light pattern of light received by the light sensor arrangement from outside the chip arrangement through the transparent layer; and a test circuit which is set up to check whether the light pattern matches a reference light pattern and to output a signal on the basis of the result of the check.
US10229350B2
A transaction card construction and a method for making transaction cards provides increased security for transaction card magnetic strips. The transaction card construction includes a card inlay and a clear card body. The card inlay is formed via a lamination press process with the magnetic strip attached to a back surface of the card inlay. The card body may have a window through which a data storage element may be exposed for accessing, such as by a magnetic stripe reader or EMV chip reader. The card body may be formed by adhering the card inlay to the clear card body.
US10229338B2
An image processing method includes: identifying a dark region by binarizing an image captured using an imaging device; generating a line image of the dark region by thinning the dark region; identifying a first multiple pairs of pixels that are included in a pixel group forming the generated line image and are separated from each other by a predetermined threshold or more; calculating a first variance of gradients of lines connecting the respective pairs in the first plurality of pairs; identifying a second plurality of pairs of pixels that are included in the pixel group forming the generated line image and are separated from each other by values smaller than the predetermined threshold; calculating a second variance of gradients of lines connecting the respective pairs in the second plurality of pairs; and evaluating the dark region based on the first variance and the second variance.
US10229336B2
An inspection method and system for inspecting whether there is any liquor in goods is provided. The method includes: acquiring a radiation image of goods being inspected; processing on the radiation image to obtain an ROI; inspecting on the ROI using a liquor goods inspection model to determine if the ROI of the radiation image contains liquor goods. The above solution performs liquor inspection on scanned images of goods, especially containers, so as to intelligently assist the image inspectors.
US10229333B1
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for generating data representative of vehicle operator distractions. More particularly, apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for generating data representative of vehicle operator distractions based on vehicle interior image data.
US10229331B2
A three-dimensional information calculation device includes a first image input unit which continuously acquires a plurality of images from a first imaging unit, a second image input unit which continuously acquires a plurality of images from a second imaging unit, an object candidate region extraction unit which extracts an object candidate region where an object exists by using two or more images acquired by the first image input unit at different times, a region future estimation unit which estimates a future position of the object candidate region relative to an image capture range of the first imaging unit based on a position of the extracted object candidate region on a plurality of images, and a three-dimensional information calculation unit which calculates three-dimensional information of the object candidate region, in which three-dimensional information is deemed required based on the future position estimated by the region future estimation unit, based on corresponding points of the object candidate region in an image included in the images acquired by the first image input unit and an image included in the images acquired by the second image input unit.
US10229329B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for identifying and tracking UAVs including a plurality of sensors operatively connected over a network to a configuration of software and/or hardware. Generally, the plurality of sensors monitors a particular environment and transmits the sensor data to the configuration of software and/or hardware. The data from each individual sensor can be directed towards a process configured to best determine if a UAV is present or approaching the monitored environment. The system generally allows for a detected UAV to be tracked, which may allow for the system or a user of the system to predict how the UAV will continue to behave over time. The sensor information as well as the results generated from the systems and methods may be stored in one or more databases in order to improve the continued identifying and tracking of UAVs.
US10229328B2
A system and method for detecting weapons. A radiofrequency transmitter transmits an RF signal stream into a region of interest. An RF receiver receives a scattered signal stream from the region of interest. The scattered signal stream is generated in the region of interest from the radiofrequency signal stream when a target is at least partially within the region of interest. A plurality of resonant signal components are identified from the scattered signal stream. Preprocessed resonant signal components are generated by removing environmental signal components. A target assessment is determined from the preprocessed resonant signal components using a trained statistical model. A target response is triggered if the target assessment indicates that a weapon is detected on the target.
US10229325B2
A method, system, and computer program product for searching a video. The method comprises a computer system for displaying a video on a display system. The computer system receives user input to the video from a user input device while the video is displayed on the display system, wherein the user input describes a defined movement path for an object. The computer system searches the video for a video segment that includes a movement path for the object that is sufficiently similar to the defined movement path.
US10229324B2
An apparatus for video summarization using semantic information is described herein. The apparatus includes a controller, a scoring mechanism, and a summarizer. The controller is to segment an incoming video stream into a plurality of activity segments, wherein each frame is associated with an activity. The scoring mechanism is to calculate a score for each frame of each activity, wherein the score is based on a plurality of objects in each frame. The summarizer is to summarize the activity segments based on the score for each frame.
US10229316B2
An optical sensor system having a compound aperture and collimator structure for collimating light includes: an input surface providing a sensing region for a biometric object; an aperture layer, disposed beneath the input surface; a plurality of light-blocking structures, disposed beneath the aperture layer, forming a plurality of collimators; and an image sensor, disposed beneath the plurality of light-blocking structures, wherein the image sensor is configured to detect light from the sensing region that has passed through the aperture layer and the plurality of collimators.
US10229307B2
The detection circuit for recognizing a feature structure includes a sensing sub-circuit and a processing sub-circuit; the sensing sub-circuit is configured to output a first signal containing only noise information of the sensing sub-circuit to the processing sub-circuit, and the sensing sub-circuit is also configured to sense the feature structure to obtain a second signal containing information of the feature structure and output a third signal comprising a first signal and a second signal to the processing sub-circuit, and the processing sub-circuit is configured to perform differencing on the first signal and the third signal to output the second signal.
US10229306B2
A fingerprint recognition device includes: an integrated circuit electrically connected to at least one sensor electrode; a first circuit board located at an upper portion of the integrated circuit and provided with the at least one sensor electrode; a second circuit board electrically connected to the first circuit board and located at under the integrated circuit; a molding layer provided under the first circuit board to surround the integrated circuit so as to protect the integrated circuit from the outside; and a connection part electrically connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
US10229302B2
A barcode reading accessory may be configured to produce a targeting pattern in a target area when the accessory is secured to a mobile device. A frequency range of the targeting pattern may correspond more closely to a first band of illumination emitted by a light source of the mobile device than to a second band of illumination or a third band of illumination. A color image captured by the mobile device's camera may include a first sub-image providing information about the first band of illumination, a second sub-image providing information about the second band of illumination, and a third sub-image providing information about the third band of illumination. The barcode reading application may dynamically control brightness of the white light source based on detectability of the targeting pattern in the first sub-image and saturation of at least one of the first sub-image, the second sub-image, and the third sub-image.
US10229293B2
A card handling device is provided comprising a housing having an entrance aperture through which a card can be delivered and an exit aperture from which the card can leave the housing, wherein the exit aperture is located lower than the entrance aperture. A floor member is provided within the housing, onto which a card is delivered after passing through the entrance aperture. The floor member is movable between a first orientation in which it extends towards the exit aperture such that a card can slide along the floor member, under the influence of gravity, towards the exit aperture, and a second orientation in which it extends away from said exit aperture so that in use a card can slide along the floor member under the influence of gravity away from the exit aperture. A control system is also provided for controlling movement of the floor member between the first orientation and the second orientation.
US10229292B2
A tamper resistant device comprises a matrix material and a microcapsule in the matrix material. The microcapsule has a first compartment, a second compartment, and an isolating structure separating the first and second compartments. The isolating structure is rupturable in response to a stimulus, such as temperature increases or compressive forces. The first compartment contains a first component, and the second compartment contains a second component. The first and second components react exothermically (produce heat) when in contact with each other. Thus, in some examples, a temperature change in the device resulting from the rupture of the isolating structure in the microcapsule due to physical tampering efforts can be used to trigger a security response.
US10229284B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises creating and storing, one or more data objects; wherein a first plurality of the data objects is associated with a base set of data representing data shared across a plurality of users; wherein a second plurality of the data objects is associated with one or more child sets of data, wherein each of the child sets of data represents data local to a project, wherein each of the users is associated with one or more of the child sets of data; wherein each data object is associated to an identifier value and to a version identifier value for a plurality of versions of the data object, wherein each of the versions represents a change to the data object by any of a plurality of users; receiving a request from a first user to view a third plurality of data objects; selecting, based on the base set of data, the particular set of data, the version identifier value for the data objects in the third plurality, and one or more rules associated with the particular set of data and the first user, data objects in the third plurality that can be viewed by the first user; creating a particular data view that includes only the selected data objects; and providing a display of the particular data view to the first user.
US10229270B2
A service provider provides virtual computing services using a fleet of one or more host computer systems. Each of the host computer systems may be equipped with a trusted platform module (“TPM”). The service provider, the host computer systems, and the virtual computing environments generate attestations that prove the integrity of the system. The attestations are signed with a one-time-use cryptographic key that is verifiable against the public keys of the service provider, a host computer system, and a virtual computing environment. The public key of the host computer system is integrated into a hash tree that links the public key of the host computer system to the public key of the service provider. The public key of the virtual computing environment is signed using a one-time-use graphic key issued to the host computer system that hosts the virtual computing environment.
US10229257B2
A prism comprising an organism contact surface that is in contact with the organism, an imaging surface that is formed at a position where the imaging surface is opposite to and approximately parallel to the organism contact surface, reflection surface that is adjacent to the organism contact surface and the imaging surface and totally reflects light reflected by the organism contact surface toward the image capturing surface. The reflection surface is provided at an angle at which light from within the prism is totally reflected by the organism contact surface in a light path leading from the imaging surface to the organism contact surface via the reflection surface. An imaging unit captures an image obtained by the light applied from a visible light source being reflected by the organism contact surface and an image obtained by an organism-reflected light being reflected by the reflection surface.
US10229252B2
A portable apparatus includes a first connector, a memory, and first circuitry. The first connector automatically receives a plurality of content data from a computer. The memory stores the plurality of content data. The first circuitry performs a mutual authentication process with the computer via the first connector, and plays back the plurality of content data. The computer includes second circuitry and a second connector. The first circuitry stores the plurality of content data to a storage medium, and provides a graphical user interface to receive an input identifying a list of the plurality of content data stored in said storage medium that are to be automatically transferred to the portable apparatus. The second connector is configured to transfer the plurality of content data stored in the storage medium to the portable apparatus.
US10229250B2
A data transcoding device includes a memory device for storing clear data containing private information and a processor configured as a data transcoder. The processor is configured to create packets of the clear data, prepare the packets for transcoding the clear data into an indecipherable multimedia data file appearing as noise, by determining properties of the indecipherable multimedia file based on parameters of the clear data. The processor is configured to generate the indecipherable multimedia file by transcoding the clear data based on the determined properties.
US10229235B2
The use of X's in RTL design is widely common for improving synthesis results and, in some cases, verification effectiveness. However, it has certain implications on verification completeness. Human design error or flawed synthesis may lead to undesirable non-determinism on design outputs, not always detected consistently by simulators. This disclosure presents a framework for formalizing observable behavior on digital design output, and a proof methodology for detecting non-determinism or proving correctness with respect to observable X, using a model checker.
US10229232B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating a predictive tachometer profile at a tachometer of a vehicle. When an inertia phase of a transmission shift event is determined to be in progress, the predictive tachometer profile can be computed based on: a computed shift completion percentage; a difference between the current attained gear speed and the commanded gear speed; and a commanded engine torque that is determined based on the accelerator pedal position and the vehicle speed. The predictive tachometer profile can then be displayed at the tachometer. The predictive tachometer profile accounts for delays in a signal path between an engine speed sensor and the tachometer.
US10229224B2
The technique relates to a system and method for selecting process element variants in business processes. The technique involves receiving a process element execution request from at least one user. Then, determining a plurality of enterprise dimensions associated with the process element execution request. Thereafter, searching the process element variant corresponding to the plurality of enterprise dimensions in a declarative way based on a predefined dimensional hierarchy. Finally, selecting the process element variant for execution to accomplish the user request. This technique employs a declarative approach which eliminates the need define the variants for all possible combination of enterprise dimensions namely process, events, locations, organizations and data.
US10229223B2
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for extracting subgraphs from a multigraph with approximation. The mechanism receives a multigraph and a relevance function and a pattern generation component executing within the data processing system searches the multigraph for occurrences of at least one pattern based on an approximation function. A relevance computation component executing within the data processing system determines a relevance measure for the multigraph based on the relevance function and the occurrences of the at least one pattern. The mechanism provides output of relevant patterns based on the occurrences of the at least one pattern.
US10229215B2
A method of rendering content items on a display via an electronic device involves mapping linked content items to a three-dimensional object defined by layout data. The layout data is then transmitted to an electronic device for display.
US10229213B1
A content management system server can obtain a protocol based data transmission via a computer network from a script that executes at the publisher device server, and can obtain search result content items from an index of electronic documents that include snippets of text extracted from the search result content items and that include hypertext links to the search result content items. The system can extract feature vectors and document identifiers of the search result content items, and can determine information retrieval scores of search result content items. Based on the network identifier, location probabilities of device locations can be ranked and compared to thresholds. The system can determine a confidence threshold representing a minimum degree of certainty of the geographical location of the devices and can select content for protocol based transmission accordingly.
US10229212B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods of identifying good and bad abandonment using gesture movement. In aspects, user feedback signals may be received by a client device in response to the viewing and/or navigation of query results. The feedback signals may be provided to a framework for determining and/or analyzing query abandonment. The framework may identify gesture data in the feedback signals and extract feature data from the gesture data. The feature data may be provided to a metrics component to determine metrics and/or satisfaction values for the feature data. The metrics and/or feature data may be used to train a predictive model to identify good abandonment in query results.
US10229205B1
The Messaging Search and Management Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“MSM”) transforms message, ranking request inputs via MSM components into work graphs, ML structure input data, ML structure, ranking response outputs. A work graph generation request that includes group level access control data may be obtained. A set of metadata access control carrying messages, a set of users, a set of channels, and a set of topics with access control data corresponding to the group level access control data may be determined. A user priority score for each of the other users, a channel priority score for each of the channels, and a topic priority score for each of the topics, from the perspective of each user, may be calculated. A work graph data structure may be generated that includes, for each user, data regarding the calculated user priority scores, channel priority scores, and topic priority scores.
US10229204B1
The Messaging Search and Management Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“MSM”) transforms message, ranking request inputs via MSM components into work graphs, ML structure input data, ML structure, ranking response outputs. A work graph generation request that includes group level access control data may be obtained. A set of metadata access control carrying messages, a set of users, a set of channels, and a set of topics with access control data corresponding to the group level access control data may be determined. A user priority score for each of the other users, a channel priority score for each of the channels, and a topic priority score for each of the topics, from the perspective of each user, may be calculated. A work graph data structure may be generated that includes, for each user, data regarding the calculated user priority scores, channel priority scores, and topic priority scores.
US10229203B2
Provided are techniques for social media bot to Representational State Transfer (REST) proxy for data systems. An adapter for a social media application and message to Representational State Transfer (REST) mappings are provided. A social media bot is created to represent a data system component. The social media bot and the adapter are used to enable the data system component to interact with the social media application by using the message to REST mappings to map social media messages for the social media application and REST calls that are used to access the data system component.
US10229202B2
Provided are techniques for social media bot to Representational State Transfer (REST) proxy for data systems. An adapter for a social media application and message to Representational State Transfer (REST) mappings are provided. A social media bot is created to represent a data system component. The social media bot and the adapter are used to enable the data system component to interact with the social media application by using the message to REST mappings to map social media messages for the social media application and REST calls that are used to access the data system component.
US10229194B2
A computer receives one or more keywords input by a user to describe a metric or a test and identifies a first document that includes at least one of the keywords. The computer identifies, in the first document, a known distribution pattern and an associated metric or measure that relate to the one or more keywords. The computer makes an electronic record of the identified known distribution pattern and associated metric or measure.
US10229190B2
An application classifier classifies applications using latent semantic indexing (LSI) vectors of the applications. The application classifier uses a machine-learned model generated based on pairs of LSI vectors of positive and negative training sets of applications, where the positive training set includes applications within a desired category and the negative training set includes applications outside of the desired category. For a given application, the application classifier determines whether the application belongs to the desired category based on similarity of an LSI vector of the application and LSI vectors of positive and negative exemplar applications, as determined by the machine-learned model. If the LSI vector of the application is similar to an LSI vector of at least one positive exemplar application and not similar to an LSI vector of any of the negative exemplar applications, the application is determined to belong to the desired category.
US10229189B2
Aspects include generation of automated response follow-up. A response to a question is received at a response follow-up system. The response follow-up system analyzes the response using natural language processing to identify one or more response terms. The response follow-up system generates one or more follow-up questions based on the one or more response terms. The response follow-up system modifies an aspect of a user interface based on the one or more follow-up questions.
US10229180B2
Provided are techniques for delayed consistent point-in-time copy from a secondary device in an asynchronous mirror relationship. A consistent asynchronous mirror copy that includes an asynchronous mirror copy from a primary volume to a secondary volume and a point-in-time copy from the secondary volume to a tertiary volume is performed. A point-in-time copy is created from the secondary volume to an accessible consistent copy volume. In response to receiving a request to access a track of the accessible consistent copy volume, it is determined whether to access the track of one of the secondary volume, the tertiary volume, and the accessible consistent copy volume. A response to the request is provided with data accessed from the determined one of the secondary volume, the tertiary volume, and the accessible consistent copy volume.
US10229178B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for generating effective visualizations of some or all of a storage cluster system. An apparatus includes a processor component; a rendering component to generate a visualization of at least a portion of a storage cluster system for presentation on a display, the visualization to comprise a depiction of an object that corresponds to a component of the storage cluster system; and an interpretation component to interpret received indications of operation of an input device to select the depicted object and to select a first time and a second time along a timeline presented on the display, and to generate a command to request information indicating a change in state of the object between the first and second times.
US10229171B2
A method of automatic discovery of analysis scripts for a dataset, the method including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: receiving, at a script searching tool, an input dataset; searching, in a script repository, a plurality of datasets having analysis scripts associated therewith; the searching comprising finding, based on a feature of the input dataset, one or more datasets of the plurality of datasets having the feature; identifying, based on the one or more datasets of the plurality of datasets having the feature, one or more associated analysis scripts; and returning, via a user interface, a result listing of the one or more associated analysis scripts. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10229170B2
Systems and processes provide network clients on various platforms a customized file system experience on demand while managing files (e.g., computer animation files) across a variety of storage devices spread across a network of arbitrary size (local area networks, wide area networks, worldwide networks, the world wide web, etc.). Clients may specify a set of requirements for an instantiation of a file system interface or object for a given application. Such requirements may include storage location, file quality, capacity, scale, permanence, speed, and the like. The system may then provide to the client a customized file system interface with particular hardware resources allocated to satisfy the designated file system requirements. The file system interface may coordinate file delivery, allocation, tracking, transportation, caching, deletion, and the like. The system may manage and allocate hardware resources ranging from a local client computer to distant hard drive banks across the world.
US10229161B2
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for improved caching in database systems that deal with multiple data access patterns, such as in database systems that interface with both OLTP and Data Warehouse clients. A cache is deployed between a database server and a storage system that stores data units. Some of the data units accessed by the database server are buffered within the cache. The data units may be associated with data access patterns, such as a random data access pattern or a scan data access pattern, in accordance with which the database server is or appears to be accessing the data units. A processor selects when to cache data units accessed by the database server, based at least on the associated data access patterns. Recent access counts may also be stored for the data units, and may further be utilized to select when to cache data units.
US10229152B2
A data replication method can begin with the detection of an inconsistency between records of a target table and corresponding records of a source table of a relational database management system (RDBMS) performing a parallel apply replication by an improved data replication manager. The target table can be a copy of the source table, both of which include multiple unique constraints and indexes. A timeframe that encompasses the records of the target table having the inconsistency can be determined. The timeframe can utilize a commit timestamp or a log sequence number. Consistency between the target table and the source table can be automatically restored for the determined timeframe through use of a reactive-apply process. Data suppression for updates is automatically restored once the copy is consistent. Transactions performed upon the target table by the reactive-apply process can be performed in parallel. Service at the source table and the target table can be uninterrupted.
US10229150B2
Provided are systems and methods for concurrent summarization of indexed data. In some embodiments, two or more summary processes can be executed concurrently (e.g., in parallel) by an indexer to generate summaries for respective subsets of indexed data (e.g., partitions or buckets of indexed data) managed by the indexer.
US10229146B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, computer program product, and computer system for masking indexes. The method may include masking the index if the index contention exceeds a defined threshold. The method may also include configuring the mask type for the index to insert the index without masking. In response to determining that the mask type for the index is configured to insert the index without masking, the index is masked according to a set of rules.
US10229134B2
Techniques for populating a new synchronization (“sync”) folder during an upgrade of a sync client of a cloud-based platform includes transferring synced items stored at a first location to an archive location in response to an indication to upgrade the sync client, detecting an instruction to populate the new sync folder at a second location with an item, determining that the synchronization client is in migration mode and transferring a local copy of the item from the archive location to the new sync folder to populate the new sync folder at the second location when the local copy of the item has the same state as a remote copy of the item at the cloud-based platform. Also disclosed are techniques for accommodating autoupdate operations, monitoring performance of sync operations and providing a tray icon that provides a high level overview of the state of a sync operation.
US10229133B2
A high availability distributed, deduplicated storage system according to certain embodiments is arranged to include multiple deduplication database media agents. The deduplication database media agents store signatures of data blocks stored in secondary storage. In addition, the deduplication database media agents are configured as failover deduplication database media agents in the event that one of the deduplication database media agents becomes unavailable.
US10229131B2
For producing digest block segmentations based on reference segmentations in a data deduplication system using a processor device in a computing environment, digests are calculated for an input data chunk. Data matches and data mismatches are produced based on matching input digests with reference digests. Secondary digest block segmentations are obtained from similar reference intervals for each of the data mismatches and applied to the input data.
US10229128B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media to enhance the organization, storage, and retrieval of data. In a particular embodiment, a method provides storing a plurality of incremental data versions in a data repository and maintaining first time information for data items in each of the incremental data versions. The method further provides identifying a first data version of the plurality of incremental data versions and writing data in the data repository to create a second data version based the first data version. The method then provides second time information associated with the creation of the second data and creation of the first data version.
US10229124B2
Data to be moved from a source system to a target system, for a set of tenants, is first identified. The data is enumerated by a first computing instance in the source system to obtain an enumeration list. Data is copied from the source system to the target system based on the enumeration list by a second computing instance. The data in the source and target systems is then enumerated by a third computing instance to determine whether any data is still to be moved and another enumeration list is generated. The data still to be moved is then moved based on the other enumeration list.
US10229123B2
A method for archiving files includes determining when a change in an operating file is imminent, capturing the operating file immediately before the change in the operating file occurs, if the operating file has not already been captured; and capturing the operating file immediately after the change in the operating file has occurred.
US10229118B2
We describe here a system and method for creating, maintaining and using a semantic search engine environment for precise retrieval of curated answers to questions where the answers may be drawn from an authoritative document collection. The invention combines processing by human developers and software: semantic editing tools for creating, storing, maintaining queries and variants of queries, and query and document passage categories; links from queries to text passages that provide answers to these queries; a document retrieval store; means for matching user queries against stored queries; means for creating, storing, maintaining, and retrieving semantic and management metadata and categories about queries and documents and using these data for navigating the document collection; and means for finding information related to the user's information need by text and semantic similarity retrieval.
US10229112B2
A system for determining a similarity between a name phrase and a comparison name phrase, for each name in the name phrase, scores the name. The scoring is based on the field frequency of the name in a name database, where the field frequency indicates a given name frequency and/or a surname frequency in the database. The system uses the scoring to determine a transition from a given name to a surname in the name phrase. The system determines a primary given name and a primary surname in the name phrase based on the scoring and the transition. The system uses the primary given name and primary surname to determine a similarity between the name phrase and a comparison name phrase, where the comparison name phrase comprises a comparison given name and a comparison surname.
US10229107B2
A system and method for analyzing narrative data based on a functional ontology using semiotic square functions to produce analyzed data outputs. A computer implemented method accesses narrative data and reads a semiotic square function data table for each verb in the sequence of words, each semiotic square function data table classifies at least one verb in each sentence pattern as a functional type and includes one or more words in a semiotic square relationship to the verb classified, the functional type applying at least one symmetrical relationship between a first actor and a second actor in the narrative data. The method parses each sentence which includes a verb matching a functional type to match sentence subjects and objects to an event template and outputs an analysis of the narrative data relative to a common story theme based on a sequence of event records.
US10229104B2
A character class is detected in a regular expression and substituted with a pseudo character. A table is created with a bit vector for each pseudo character inserted into the regular expression. Each bit in the bit-vector represents one character of the alphabet from which the expression is generated. The status of the bits in a bit-vector indicates which characters of the alphabet are included in the character class. The pseudo character in the modified regular expression is used to construct a non-deterministic finite automaton (NFA). The NFA with the pseudo character is then used to construct a deterministic finite automaton (DFA). When constructing the DFA, the bit-vectors are used to determine if a certain transition should be constructed in the DFA.
US10229094B2
Techniques are disclosed for dynamically simulating a structured document. A visual layout of a presentation of a structured document is determined in accordance with a style property associated with and specific to a first type of media device. The laid out structured document including the style property specific to the first type of media device is sent to a web browser executing on a second type of media device for rendering on the second type of media device. The first type of media device has a different display requirement than the second type of media device. The style property may be encoded in a set of presentation semantics. A media-dependent style rule encoded in the set of presentation semantics may be used to determine that the display requirement of the first type of media device satisfies the media-dependent style rule.
US10229083B1
A computing system comprises one or more core processors coupled to a communication network among the cores via a switch in each core and switching circuitry to forward data among cores and switches. Features include a programmable classification processor for directing packets, techniques for managing virtual functions on an IO accelerator card, packet scheduling techniques, multi-processor communication using shared FIFOs, programmable duty cycle adjustment and delay adjustment circuits, a new class of instructions that use a ready bit, and cache coherence and memory ordering techniques.
US10229080B2
In some embodiments, an electronic system includes a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, a bus in communication with the processor, an Express Card controller coupled to the bus, the Express Card controller providing an interface to an external device, a USB3 controller coupled to the bus and in communication with the Express Card controller, and a PCIE controller coupled to the bus and in communication with the Express Card controller. The Express Card controller may be configured to determine whether the external device is a USB3 device or a PCIE device and to switch between the USB3 controller and the PCIE controller based on the state of a USB3 select pin strap. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US10229079B2
A system on chip (SoC) is present that includes a plurality of master interfaces, a plurality of slave interfaces, and an interface circuit which is connected between the plurality of master interfaces and the plurality of slave interfaces and includes a plurality of components. When a first master interface among the plurality of master interfaces and a first slave interface among the plurality of slave interfaces are paired, a first group of the components which forms a first signal path between the first master interface and the first slave interface among the plurality of components is enabled according to a control of the first master interface.
US10229072B2
The disclosure is directed to a system and method of managing memory resources in a communication channel. According to various embodiments, incoming memory slices associated with a plurality of data sectors are de-interleaved and transferred sequentially through a buffer to a decoder for further processing. To prevent buffer overflow or degraded decoder performance, the memory availability of the buffer is monitored, and transfers are suspended when the memory availability of the buffer is below a threshold buffer availability.
US10229068B2
An approach to implementing or configuring an Oblivious RAM (ORAM), which in addition to behaving as a RAM, provides a way to meet a specified degree of privacy in a manner that avoids applying unnecessary computation resources (computation time and/or storages space and/or data transfer) to achieve the specified degree of privacy. In this way, a tradeoff between privacy and computation resources may be tuned to address requirements of a particular application. This ability to tune this tradeoff is not found in other ORAM implementations, which in general aim to achieve complete privacy. In some implementations, the ORAM provides a constant bandwidth overhead compared to conventional RAMs, while achieving a statistical privacy as desired by the user.
US10229053B2
According to one embodiment, a write instructing unit instructs a data access unit to write, in a storage area of a data storage unit indicated by a first physical address, write object data, instructs a management information access unit to update address conversion information, and instructs a first access unit to update the first physical address. A compaction unit extracts a physical address of compaction object data, instructs the data access unit to read the compaction object data stored in a storage area of the data storage unit indicated by the physical address, instructs the data access unit to write the compaction object data in a storage area of the data storage unit indicated by a second physical address, instructs the management information access unit to update the address conversion information, and instructs a second access unit to update the second physical address.
US10229051B2
An operating method of a storage device that includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory device includes sending map data from the storage device to a host device, the map data mapping one or more of a plurality of physical addresses of the nonvolatile memory device to one or more of a plurality of logical addresses of the host device; receiving, at the storage device, a read request from the host device; if the read request includes a physical address, reading data from the nonvolatile memory device based on the included physical address; and if the read request does not include a physical address, translating a logical address of the read request into a first physical address, and reading data from the nonvolatile memory device based on the translated first physical address.
US10229044B2
A method for allocating memory includes an operation that determines whether a prototype of a callee function is within a scope of a caller. The caller is a module containing a function call to the callee function. In addition, the method includes determining whether the function call includes one or more unnamed parameters when a prototype of the callee function is within the scope of the caller. Further, the method may include inserting instructions in the caller to allocate a register save area in a memory when it is determined that the function call includes one or more unnamed parameters.
US10229035B2
Generating instructions, in particular for mailbox verification in a simulation environment. A sequence of instructions is received, as well as selection data representative of a plurality of commands including a special command. Repeatedly selecting one of the plurality of commands and outputting an instruction based on the selected command. The outputting of an instruction includes outputting a next instruction in the sequence of instructions if the selected command is the special command, and outputting an instruction associated with the command if the selected command is not the special command.
US10229032B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for optimizing handling of breakpoints in a Java debugger agent. Embodiments provide a novel command that allows execution of the application in the debugger to stop or break at the beginning of a next called function or method (e.g., a “break on next called function” or “BNCF” command). When the BNCF command is given to the debugger, a flag may be set in the interpreter of the virtual machine to which the debugger is attached. On encountering a new method or function call, the flag is examined by the interpreter to determine whether it should stop or break in that call. If the flag is set, the interpreter will stop; otherwise the interpreter proceeds.
US10229025B2
An integrated circuit includes on-chip flash memory, a EEPROM, cache memory, and a repair controller. When a defective address is detected in the flash memory, data slotted to be stored at the defective address is stored in the EEPROM by the repair controller. The cache memory includes a content addressable memory (CAM) that checks read addresses with the defective memory address and if there is a match, the data stored in the EEPROM is moved to the cache so that it can be output in place of data stored at the defective location of the flash memory. The memory repair system does not require any fuses nor is the flash required to include redundant rows or columns. Further, defective addresses can be detected and repaired on-the-fly.
US10229012B2
Systems implementing copy-on-write (COW) as described herein may reduce the number of persist barriers executed within a transaction. For instance, a system may eliminate some, most or all persist barriers related to memory allocation/deallocation in COW transactions. A COW implementation may introduce an extra level of indirection between a persistent type instance and the real data type it encloses. A persistent type may include pointers to old and new versions of the enclosed type's instances. Before modifying an object, a transaction may modify a copy-on-write persistent object and create a new copy of the payload. The modified object may be added to a list of objects written to by the transaction. The transaction may be committed by issuing persist barriers in the commit operation.
US10229004B2
A method begins by a processing module receiving updated weighting factors for each of a plurality of storage sets. The method continues with the processing module identifying locally stored encoded data slices of a plurality of locally stored encoded data slices for transfer to one or more storage sets of the plurality of storage sets based on the updated weighting factors. The method continues with the processing module, for each identified locally stored encoded data slice, assigning a transfer priority level. The method continues with the processing module, for each identified locally stored encoded data slice, facilitating transfer of the identified locally stored encoded data slice to the one or more storage sets in accordance with the corresponding assigned transfer priority level.
US10229003B2
One embodiment facilitates iterative data recovery and error correction in a distributed system. During operation, the system receives, by a controller of a first storage device, data to be encoded and stored. The system encodes, by the controller, the data based on an erasure code (EC) to obtain an EC-encoded codeword. The system splits, by the controller, the EC-encoded codeword into sub-blocks. The system encodes, by the controller, a sub-block based on an error correction code (ECC) to obtain an ECC-encoded local sub-block. The system stores the ECC-encoded local sub-block in the first storage device. The system transmits, to a second storage device, a remaining sub-block, wherein the transmitted sub-block is to be ECC-encoded and stored by the second storage device, thereby allowing the data to be subsequently decoded by the first storage device.
US10228998B2
Systems and methods for correcting data errors in memory caused by high-temperature processing of the memory are provided. An integrated circuit (IC) die including a memory is formed. Addresses of memory locations that are susceptible to data loss when subjected to elevated temperatures are determined. Bits of data are written to the memory, where the bits of data include a set of bits written to the memory locations. The set of bits are written to a storage device of the IC die that is not susceptible to data loss when subjected to the elevated temperatures. At least one of the bits stored at the addresses is overwritten after subjecting the IC die to an elevated temperature. The at least one of the bits is overwritten based on the set of bits written to the storage device.
US10228994B2
An information processing system, an information processing method, and a program capable of satisfactory data analysis are provided. The information processing system includes a frequency conversion unit 205 which converts a plurality of pieces of time-series data obtained through detection carried out by a plurality of sensing units 201 into pieces of frequency data 208, respectively, a model construction unit 211 which generates a correlation model 213 using pieces of the frequency data 208 for at least two sensing units 201 from among the plurality of sensing units 201 and calculates a correlation strength 214 of the correlation model 213, and an error detection unit which determines whether an error has occurred based on the correlation strength 214.
US10228992B2
Corruption of call stacks is detected by using guard words placed in the call stacks. A determination is made that a caller routine is to facilitate detection of corruption of stacks. Based on the determination, a store of a guard word in a stack frame of the caller routine is provided in the caller routine. The stored guard word is then used to detect corruption of the stack frame.
US10228988B2
Techniques are described for detecting anomalous behavior in program execution. In one example, a method includes logging occurrence of one or more key events during execution of a program. Each key event has a corresponding key event data structure associated with the program, and logging includes storing records associated with the key events, wherein each record is based on the key event data structure associated with the key event. The method further includes analyzing the records to determine if a current pattern of key events associated with the program during execution matches an expected pattern of key events and generating a security alert if the current pattern of key events does not match the expected pattern of key events for the program.
US10228986B2
In embodiments, apparatuses, computer-readable media, and methods for interface-adaptive data exchange may be described. A sender and a receiver may communicate using different versions of a data exchange interface. A serializer may be configured to obtain data generated according to a first version of the data exchange interface and to write data to a communication medium for communication to the receiver such that it may be understood by the receiver based on the receiver's version of the data exchange interface. The serializer may be configured to omit one or ones of data that may be not be understood by the receiver based on the receiver's version of the data exchange interface. In some embodiments, the serializer may omit one or ones of data which are not permitted in the current context according to the interface definition. In various embodiments, the serializer may determine the extent of the omitted data based on an end delimeter, a length of data to-be-omitted, or a description of the sender's version of the data exchange interface. Other embodiments may be described.
US10228982B2
A mechanism is provided for allocating a hyper-threaded processor to nodes of multi-tenant distributed software systems. Responsive to receiving a request to provision a node of the multi-tenant distributed software system on the host data processing system, a cluster to which the node belongs is identified. Responsive to the node being a second type of node, responsive to determining that another second type of node in the same cluster has been provisioned on the host data processing system, and responsive to the number of unallocated VPs on different physical processors from that of the other second type of node being greater than or equal to the requested number of VPs for the second type of node, the requested number of VPs for the second type of node is allocated each to a different physical processor from that of the other second type of node.
US10228965B2
A system and method to automatically provision a trusted virtual appliance (VA) (which may include one or more virtual machines (VM)) for installation onto a consumer-owned acceptable device (COAD) where the system and method may create a provision the VA for the COAD without human interaction and a COAD may install a received trusted VA without human interaction, and the VM of a VA may operate independently of other applications on the COAD other than a VM supervisory program such as a hypervisor.
US10228963B2
Mechanisms for efficient hypervisor reporting are disclosed. A first communication from a first hypervisor reporter is received that identifies a first hypervisor as a hypervisor about which the first hypervisor reporter can generate reports over time. It is determined that no other hypervisor reporter is a current authority for the first hypervisor. The first hypervisor reporter is designated as a current authority for the first hypervisor. A first full report is requested from the first hypervisor reporter about the first hypervisor.
US10228962B2
An illustrative “Live Synchronization” feature in a data storage management system can reduce the downtime that arises in failover situations. The illustrative Live Sync embodiment uses backup data to create and maintain a ready (or “warm”) virtualized computing platform comprising one or more virtual machines (“VMs”) that are configured and ready to be activated and take over data processing from another data processing platform operating in the production environment. The “warm” computing platform awaits activation as a failover solution for the production system(s) and can be co-located at the production data center, or configured at a remote or disaster recovery site, which in some embodiments is configured “in the cloud.” Both local and remote illustrative embodiments are discussed herein. An “incremental forever” approach can be combined with deduplication and synthetic full backups to speed up data transfer and update the disaster recovery sites.
US10228958B1
In one embodiment, a method includes continuously receiving time-series data for end-user transactions occurring on one or more monitored systems. The method further includes continuously processing and storing the time-series data in a plurality of virtual machines. In addition, the method includes, responsive to a determined time-series-data burst, spawning one or more temporary virtual machines. Moreover, the method includes, during the determined time-series-data burst, continuously processing and storing the time-series data in the plurality of virtual machines and in the one or more temporary virtual machines. The method also includes, responsive to a determined conclusion of the determined time-series-data burst, causing the one or more temporary virtual machines to transition to a passive state in which the one or more temporary virtual machines cease processing and storing new time-series data but make previously-stored time-series data available for access.
US10228950B2
A microprocessor implemented method for maintaining a guest return address stack in an out-of-order microprocessor pipeline is disclosed. The method comprises mapping a plurality of instructions in a guest address space into a corresponding plurality of instructions in a native address space. For each function call instruction in the native address space fetched during execution, the method also comprises performing the following: (a) pushing a current entry into a guest return address stack (GRAS) responsive to a function call, wherein the GRAS is maintained at the fetch stage of the pipeline, and wherein the current entry comprises information regarding both a guest target return address and a corresponding native target return address associated with the function call; (b) popping the current entry from the GRAS in response to processing a return instruction; and (c) fetching instructions from the native target return address in the current entry after the popping from the GRAS.
US10228948B2
A computer obtains invalidation information that shows ignorable data dependency relationships from among a plurality of data dependency relationships, and extracts a synchronous-dependent relationship from among the ignorable data dependency relationships that are shown as a write-write to the same data by the invalidation information. Then, the computer generates a parallel program for maximizing the number of parallelized macro tasks by ignoring other data dependency relationships other than the extracted synchronous-dependent relationship while preventing simultaneous write to the same data by two macro tasks having the synchronous-dependent relationship.
US10228947B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an apparatus for processing an instruction for accessing a N-dimensional tensor, the apparatus including multiple tensor index elements and multiple dimension multiplier elements, where each of the dimension multiplier elements has a corresponding tensor index element. The apparatus includes one or more processors configured to obtain an instruction to access a particular element of a N-dimensional tensor, where the N-dimensional tensor has multiple elements arranged across each of the N dimensions, and where N is an integer that is equal to or greater than one; determine, using one or more tensor index elements of the multiple tensor index elements and one or more dimension multiplier elements of the multiple dimension multiplier elements, an address of the particular element; and output data indicating the determined address for accessing the particular element of the N-dimensional tensor.
US10228946B2
A read operation is initiated to obtain a wide input operand. Based on the initiating, a determination is made as to whether the wide input operand is available in a wide register or in two narrow registers. Based on determining the wide input operand is not available in the wide register, merging at least a portion of contents of the two narrow registers to obtain merged contents, writing the merged contents into the wide register, and continuing the read operation to obtain the wide input operand. Based on determining the wide input operand is available in the wide register, obtaining the wide input operand from the wide register.
US10228935B2
A method includes receiving a selection of a predefined implementation variation for a variable service component in at least one computing device configured to implement a service-oriented application; and executing source code associated with the variable service component in response to receiving the selection, wherein the source code performs a predetermined rebuilding of at least a portion of the service-oriented application such that the variable service component is redefined according to the selected implementation variation.
US10228934B2
The present invention provides a vehicle-mounted control device, a program writing device, a program generating device, and a program, which are capable of quickly and easily carrying out reprogramming. An ECU 300 is provided with: a microcomputer 301, an SRAM 302, a flash memory 303, and a communication device 305. The flash memory 303 is configured from a plurality of blocks and stores older versions of the program. The communication device 305 receives (S250) a frame including block data, the type of the block data, and an address of a block in which the block data is to be written. The microcomputer 301 restores (S260) a new program from the block data in the SRAM 302 according to the type of the block data (S255, S260) and writes (S265, S270) one piece of the restored new program in a block corresponding to the address.
US10228930B2
Functionality is described herein for performing at least one network connectivity task on a client device with the aid of one or more assistant devices. In some implementations, a client device (such as a smartphone, desktop personal computing device, etc.) relies on an assistant device to assist it in updating its programs, including its driver programs. In other implementations, a client device relies on an assistant device in establishing a network connection with a network-accessible entity. Functionality is also described herein for performing at least one program execution task on a client device with the aid of one or more assistant devices. For instance, the client device may rely on the assistant device to assist it in executing a driver program. The driver program, in turn, enables the client device to interact with a peripheral device or some other component.
US10228922B2
Parallel execution of machine learning programs is provided. Program code is received. The program code contains at least one parallel for statement having a plurality of iterations. A parallel execution plan is determined for the program code. According to the parallel execution plan, the plurality of iterations is partitioned into a plurality of tasks. Each task comprises at least one iteration. The iterations of each task are independent. Data required by the plurality of tasks is determined. An access pattern by the plurality of tasks of the data is determined. The data is partitioned based on the access pattern.
US10228921B2
Processor hardware detects when memory aliasing occurs, and assures proper operation of the code even in the presence of memory aliasing. Because the hardware can detect and correct for memory aliasing, this allows a compiler to make optimizations such as register promotion even in regions of the code where memory aliasing can occur. The result is code that is more optimized and therefore runs faster.
US10228916B2
A first category is determined of a first task being performed at a given time. A first asset that is configured for use with the first category is identified. A next task object is constructed. By analyzing a set of tasks that were performed during a period prior to the given time, a candidate next task is identified. The candidate next task has been performed sometime after a previous performance of the first task during the period. From the first asset, a link to a second asset is selected. The second asset is configured for use with a second category of the candidate next task. The next task object is populated with the link. The candidate next task is designated as a second task that will occur sometime after the first task.
US10228901B1
A cloud audio recording engine running on a server computer receives one or more game parameters from a game application. The one or more game parameters correspond to one or more events occurring within the game application. The cloud audio recording engine controls at least one music parameter of one or more music tracks of a musical composition according to the one or more game parameters in a resulting audio mix and delivers a data stream comprising the audio mix to the game application, wherein the audio mix is to be used in conjunction with the one or more events.
US10228900B2
Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems that interact with users so as to provide for social networking and/or other services. In certain exemplary embodiments, an entertainment system is configured to provide jukebox-related and entertainment system mediated services that are accessible from within and from the outside of the location, coordinating social networking services among and between patrons within and outside of the location and also providing for advertisement opportunities. In certain exemplary embodiments, the entertainment system within a location may serve as and/or be connected to a jukebox. The entertainment system within the location may be connected to one or more client devices, one or more displays, one or more bar-top or hand-held gaming devices, etc., in certain exemplary embodiments. The jukebox-related and entertainment system mediated services may provide mechanisms for enhancing patrons' experiences, creating a sense of ownership and/or belongingness to a connected community of entertainment system users.
US10228898B2
An example method includes, based on an adjustment to a first displayed volume control, instructing the first playback device to adjust playback volume level; based on an adjustment to a second displayed volume control, instructing the second playback device to adjust playback volume level; after sending the commands, instructing the first and/or second playback device to process an audio stream into a first and/or second channel and to reproduce a respective one of the first and second channel, wherein the grouped first and second playback devices provide multi-channel sound; and based on an adjustment to a third displayed volume control, instructing the first and/or second playback device to adjust a group volume level for both the first and second playback devices.
US10228896B2
Audio network interface devices that are configured to be used with different types of microphones, and analog or digital audio devices. There is a housing that carries at least one set of electrical connectors adapted to be electrically connected to a microphone or audio device. The microphone connector including at least one general purpose input, at least two general purpose outputs and DC power. There is a first network connector that is adapted to provide connection to a data network, and a second network connector that is adapted to provide connection to a different electronic device. A microphone phantom power source is configured to provide phantom power to a microphone that is connected to a set of electrical connectors. A processing system is configured to cause the conversion of input and output signals from/to a microphone or other audio device that is connected to a set of electrical connectors, to/from digital output signals that are provided to the first network connector. An internal power supply is configured to derive power from the data network connected via the first network connector, and provide derived power to the microphone phantom power source, DC power to a microphone connector, and the processing system.
US10228893B2
A system and method allows for a virtual object to be privately shared, exchanged, and/or viewed. The virtual object is associated with a real world location and may be viewed through a user device as part of a virtual reality and/or augmented reality world.
US10228891B2
The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a display device. Aspects of the disclosure provide a method controlling a display device. The method includes detecting an object on a pad; determining whether the object is a user; determining an identity of the user when it is determined that the object is the user; determining at least one user preference associated with the user based on the identity of the user; and transmitting, to the display device, at least one instruction to display information associated with the at least one user preference. When determining the identity of the user, the method includes determining that the user is a person.
US10228882B2
A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a memory unit provided with a lower-order memory and a cache memory to cache a data stored in the lower-order memory; a power control circuit to control power supply of the lower-order memory; and a bus master to access the data stored in the memory unit after locking the bus. When the power supply of the lower-order memory is cut off at the time of occurrence of a mishit of the cache memory, the power control circuit restores the power supply of the lower-order memory, and the memory unit outputs a response to the access to the bus master. The bus master once releases the lock of the bus according to the response from the memory unit and reexecutes the access with the bus locked, after the restoration of the power supply of the lower-order memory is completed.
US10228873B2
A method for swapping out tape cartridges in tape libraries is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes maintaining, in a tape library, old tape cartridges backing up data in a primary storage system. The method adds, to the tape library, new tape cartridges to replace the old tape cartridges. The method then initiates a data transfer process to move active data to the new tape cartridges. This data transfer process first moves active data in less frequently accessed storage elements, followed by active data in more frequently accessed storage elements. During the data transfer process, the method backs up updates to data in the primary storage system to the new tape cartridges. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US10228867B2
A distributed object storage system comprises an encoding module configured to calculate for a plurality of predetermined values of the spreading requirement the cumulative size of the sub fragment files when stored on the file system with the predetermined block size; and select as a spreading requirement from said plurality of predetermined values a calculated value that is equal to one of said predetermined values for which the cumulative size is minimal.
US10228865B1
A system and method for effectively scheduling read and write operations among a plurality of solid-state storage devices. A computer system comprises client computers and data storage arrays coupled to one another via a network. A data storage array utilizes solid-state drives and Flash memory cells for data storage. A storage controller within a data storage array comprises an I/O scheduler. The characteristics of corresponding storage devices are used to schedule I/O requests to the storage devices in order to maintain relatively consistent response times at predicted times. Should a device exhibit an unscheduled behavior which may be indicative of the device being in an unknown state, the scheduler may schedule one or more reactive operations on the device configured to cause the device to enter a known state.
US10228851B2
Cluster storage comprises an interface and a processor. The interface is to send a tag to a selected node and receive tags from the selected node. The tags received from the selected node comprise tags for likely similar segments stored on the selected node. The processor is to break a segment into subsegments, calculate subsegment tags for each subsegment, identify one or more references to one or more previously stored subsegments and/or one or more segment data using the tags from the selected node and the subsegment tags, and send the one or more references to the one or more previously stored subsegments and/or segment data and associated tags to the selected node.
US10228842B2
Facilities are provided herein for invoking and providing an extended display on a flexible display of a computer system. Flexion being applied to a flexible display of a computer system is detected, the flexible display displaying primary content thereon, and the flexion including a bend in the flexible display along a bend line defining first and second regions of the flexible display. It is determined whether the detected flexion satisfies a threshold level of flexion for providing an extended display on the flexible display. If so, an extended display is provided on the flexible display, in which at least some of the primary content is displayed on the first region of the flexible display extended content is displayed on the second region of the flexible display.
US10228841B2
Various embodiments utilize a portable electronic device determining the relative physical location of a connected device and displaying a location indicator on a display of the portable electronic device. This location indicator can “point” to the connected device and provide an indication as to how far away the connected device is. The portable electronic device can facilitate user interaction with the connected device.
US10228833B2
Some embodiments provide a device, method, system, computer program product and user interface for pointer movement analysis with modal continuous controller conversion. Specifically, some embodiments adapt movements issued from a mouse input device, trackpad, or touchscreen to adjust a position of a UI element. Some embodiments analyze a first set of movements and adapt a subsequent second set of movements to adjust the position of the UI element within a range of UI element positions when the first set of movements satisfies a movement threshold. The movement threshold includes a spiral pattern. In some embodiments, adjusting the position of the UI element includes performing scrolling within a scroll area based on the second set of movements when the first set of movements satisfies the spiral pattern.
US10228830B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for starting an application program, a terminal and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, relating to the field of communications, for providing a method capable of quickly starting an application program without starting each functional module of the terminal. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, after a minimum system of the terminal is started, a preset quick start interface is loaded through a display module of the minimum system, wherein the quick start interface at least comprises a plurality of virtual hotkeys for identifying application programs to be started; according to an operation on a virtual hotkey corresponding to starting of an application program, a virtual system executes an operation of starting the application program, wherein the virtual system and a host system of the terminal share physical resources of the terminal.
US10228828B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards transitioning from an existing screen (e.g., a page or the like) to a new screen, in which element(s)/control(s) of the existing screen are shared to the new screen. An existing screen acts as a source screen to provide element-related data (e.g., names) of its existing elements; the existing elements are intersected with those desired by the new/destination screen. The destination screen takes over ownership of any common elements. A navigation service may coordinate the exchange of information and the transition. The transition may include animations and/or other effects to provide a visually smooth transition or the like between screens.
US10228826B1
The disclosure includes a system and method for receiving a business process model for an application, the business process model including a human workstep, wherein input is received from a user to complete the human workstep; receiving a plurality of presentation types for association with the human workstep; receiving associated user interface (UI) metadata for the plurality of presentation types; and associating the human workstep with the plurality of presentation types and associated UI metadata.
US10228821B2
A method of generating a message from dynamic online contents for inputting to an application via an inputting platform, such as a method editor (IME) or a virtual keyboard (VKB), is disclosed, wherein the method links to online contents via a command through the inputting platform and dynamically generates a new content by replacing a portion of the original content from the online content with a different content in a database if the portion of the original content matches a predefined rule, wherein the new content is sent to the input field of the application for inputting a message to the application.
US10228815B2
At an electronic device with a touch screen display, display a user interface, where the user interface includes at least two windows of an application, a first icon displayed in association with a first window of the at least two windows, and a second icon at a location different from the at least two windows. While displaying the at least two windows, detect a gesture on the touch screen display. In response to detecting the gesture: in accordance with detecting the gesture on the first icon associated with the first window on the touch screen display, remove from the display the first window of the at least two displayed windows corresponding to the gesture; and in accordance with detecting the gesture on the second icon at the location different from the at least two windows of the application, display a new window of the application on the touch screen display.
US10228806B2
A flexible touch sensor comprises: a first sheet material that has a first major surface, and that has a cushioning property; a second sheet material that includes a conductive material, and that is disposed on the first major surface of the first sheet material; and a conductive wire that is disposed on the first major surface of the first sheet material, and that is sunk into the first sheet material.
US10228803B2
An electrostatic sensing method is provided. An electrostatic sensing device comprising an electrostatic sensing module comprising a first electrostatic sensing element, and a control unit electrically connected to the electrostatic sensing module is provided. The first electrostatic sensing element is one-dimensional semiconducting linear structure. A direct voltage is applied to the first electrostatic sensing element. A sensed object with electrostatic charge is moved to the electrostatic sensing device in a distance near but not touching the first electrostatic sensing element. A resistance changed value of the first electrostatic sensing element is measured.
US10228789B2
A conductive film for a touch panel used for a touch panel and including, a base member comprising a concave portion or a protruding portion and having a stepped portion having a pattern corresponding to a pattern for touch sensing in an effective area; and a sensor electrode comprising a sensor electrode portion formed over the stepped portion in the effective area so as to correspond to the same.
US10228788B2
A performance of a display device having an input device is improved. A display device includes: an electro-optical layer; a first driving electrode and a second driving electrode which drives the electro-optical layer; a driver chip which outputs a video signal; a switch circuit which is arranged outside the driver chip, which selects a potential to be supplied to the second driving electrode, and which includes a first switch element and a second switch element; a shift register circuit connected to the switch circuit; and a detection circuit which detects that an object is close or in contact. Each of the first switch element and the second switch element is selectively turned ON or OFF by the shift register circuit. The detection circuit is electrically connected to the first switch element and the second switch element.
US10228786B2
A mobile terminal having a stylus pen and a touch panel is provided. The mobile terminal includes a touch panel having a plurality of touch panel electrodes, and a stylus pen provided to transmit and receive an electrical signal to and from the touch panel using capacitive coupling, wherein the stylus pen includes a main body, a pen tip formed of a conductor and protruding to outside of the main body to apply a touch to the touch panel, and an LC circuit provided within the main body, configured to include an inductor and a capacitor, and electrically connected to the pen tip to generate capacitive coupling between the LC circuit an the touch panel.
US10228777B2
The disclosure relates to the field of manual devices for interacting with capacitive screens, and more particularly to a manual device with an open first end suitable for receiving a rear end of a writing instrument in a longitudinal direction, and a second end that is opposite from the first end in the longitudinal direction and that is provided with an electrically-conductive pad. Between the first and second ends, the manual device comprises an external portion made of elastomer and an internal structure that is electrically conductive, said internal structure forming an electrical connection between said pad and at least one conductive surface of the internal structure passing through an opening to be exposed on a grip surface of said external portion.
US10228770B2
Input device configurations are described. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a sensor substrate having one or more conductors and a flexible contact layer spaced apart from the sensor substrate. The flexible contact layer is configured to flex to contact the sensor substrate to initiate an input of a computing device. In one or more implementations, an input device includes a capacitive sensor assembly arranged in an array that is configured to detect a location of an object that is proximal to a respective capacitive sensor of the capacitive sensor assembly and a pressure sensitive sensor assembly including a plurality of pressure sensitive sensor nodes that are configured to detect an amount of pressure applied by the object against a respective pressure sensitive sensor node of the pressure sensitive sensor assembly.
US10228767B2
In various embodiments, a control application enables mobile control of output devices, such as speakers. In operation, the control application receives visual data from a mobile device and one or more cameras that track motions associated with the mobile device. Based on the location of the mobile device and an angle of interest indicated by the visual data transmitted from the mobile device, the control application selects one or more output devices. The control application then processes the visual data provided by the cameras in order to identify and extract gestures and transmit associated control signals to the selected output devices.
US10228765B2
An electronic device: while displaying a user interface, detects an input sequence that includes detecting an increase in a characteristic intensity of a contact on a home button. In response, the device determines whether the increase is above a first intensity threshold and whether a change in the characteristic intensity proximate to a time when the characteristic intensity increases above the first intensity threshold has a first or a second value for an intensity-change metric. If the increase is above the threshold and the change has the first value, the device performs a first operation that changes the user interface displayed on the display; and generates a first discrete tactile output that corresponds to the increase. If the increase is above the threshold and the change has the second value, the device performs the first operation and generates a second discrete tactile output that corresponds to the increase.
US10228757B2
An HMD includes an image display section configured to display an image to be visually recognizable through an outside scene. The HMD includes a position detecting section configured to recognize an input and a control section configured to cause the image display section to display information and change the display in the image display section according to the input recognized by the position detecting section.
US10228755B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes a power control unit and a plurality of components. A first component of the plurality of components is to receive a power input from a power supply device. The power control unit is to: determine a received voltage at a power input terminal of the first component; determine a voltage difference between the received voltage of the first component and a reliability goal voltage of the first component; determine a running average value based on the voltage difference; and adjust a supply voltage of the power supply device based on the running average value. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10228742B2
A device and method that include a power control analog subsystem of a universal serial bus (USB) compatible power supply device is disclosed. The power control analog subsystem includes a programmable reference generator to generate first reference voltages. The power control analog subsystem also includes multiplexers, where each of a plurality of multiplexers are coupled to a first terminal and a second terminal of a producer field-effect transistor (FET) to receive a first voltage (Vbus_in) and a second voltage (Vbus_c) and to output second reference voltages. The power control analog subsystem further includes comparators, wherein each of the comparators is coupled to receive a corresponding reference voltage of the first reference voltages from the programmable reference generator and to receive a corresponding selected voltage from a corresponding multiplexer of the multiplexers. Each of the comparators is configured to output a corresponding system interrupt based on a corresponding voltage condition.
US10228733B2
An apparatus includes a cassette. The cassette includes a carriage. The carriage is retained internally to the cassette. The apparatus further includes a booklet assembly. The booklet assembly includes a cable connector. The cable connector is affixed internally to the booklet assembly. The cassette is configured for insertion into the booklet assembly. The apparatus further includes a cable assembly. The cable assembly is configured for insertion into the cable connector. The carriage is configured for retaining the cable assembly. In an aspect, a method of using the apparatus includes preloading the cable assembly into the carriage, inserting the cassette into the booklet assembly, and configuring the carriage such that the cable assembly is inserted into the cable connector and retained in an inserted position by the carriage.
US10228731B2
A controller and methods for controlling a retractable keyboard are disclosed. The controller may control and monitor an extend operation of the retractable keyboard using a first pin, and control and monitor a retract operation of the retractable keyboard using a second pin. Open drain signaling may be used on the pins to allow control and monitoring through the same pin. To control and monitor the extend (or retract) operation using a single pin, the controller releases the voltage at the pin to a floating high state to activate the muscle wire to extend (or retract) the keyboard. During the operation, the controller checks the voltage state at the pin. If the voltage at the pin has been pulled to low by the closing of a limit switch, the controller determines that the extend (or retract) operation has completed and in response drives the pin to a low voltage state to deactivate the muscle wire.
US10228721B2
A portable electronic device having several features is disclosed. The device can include a retention member that retains flexible circuits extending from a top portion to a bottom portion of the device, thereby allowing some components to be moved from a top portion of the device to a bottom portion. The device may include a cover plate can be secured with a display in the top portion to cover the retention member and other internal components. The device can include an omni-directional port designed to receive a connector different orientations and provide power to the device. The device can include a flexible keyboard having butterfly keycaps. The device can include an array of openings for an audio driver, with some of the array including through holes and blind holes. The device can also include a touch pad having a force feedback sensor and a haptic device.
US10228707B2
A valve control device for controlling a drive device that drives a valve includes: an operation amount calculation unit that calculates an operation amount of the drive device at predetermined sampling intervals based on a control deviation between a target value of an opening degree of the valve and an actually measured value of an opening degree of the valve; a state determination unit that determines whether the valve is in a steady or transient state; and a first correction unit that outputs, if the state determination unit determines the valve is in the steady state, a predetermined first correction value corresponding to a sign of the control deviation to correct the operation amount calculated by the operation amount calculation unit with the first correction value.
US10228703B2
According to an aspect of the invention, a method of trajectory-based sensor planning for a vehicle includes receiving an indication of a planned change in a trajectory of the vehicle. A processing subsystem determines a current field of view of a directional sensor and a planned adjustment in the current field of view of the directional sensor relative to the vehicle to align with the planned change in the trajectory of the vehicle. The planned adjustment in the current field of view of the directional sensor is initiated prior to changing the trajectory of the vehicle.
US10228702B2
A method for optimizing the take-off parameters of an aircraft. The aircraft comprises a system for automatically controlling the high lift devices at the moment when the wheels of the aircraft leave the ground. The method comprises a step of selecting a first configuration of the high lift devices at the start of the take-off phase and a selection of an acceleration speed of the aircraft. The method is advantageous in that, on reception of an actual aircraft take-off detection signal, a control unit is configured to transmit a control command making it possible to bring the high lift devices into a second configuration, in which they are retracted relative to the first position, and consecutively accelerate the speed of the aircraft automatically to an acceleration speed entered by the pilot.
US10228690B2
A method, system, and/or computer program product controls movement of one or more self-driving vehicles within a delineated vehicular area. One or more processor(s) receive an input defining a delineated area of a vehicular area on a display. The delineated area is specific for particular parking spots in a parking lot. Use of the parking lot is restricted to autonomous self-driving vehicles (SDVs). The processor(s) retrieve a calendar entry from an electronic calendar describing a quantity of persons who require SDVs to transport them during a particular time period to a specific destination. The processor(s) determine a quantity of SDVs required to transport the persons. The processor(s) transmit instructions to SDV controllers on-board the SDVs to autonomously drive from the particular parking spots to an intermediate staging area and then to a pick-up location to pick up the persons for delivery to the specific destination during the particular time period.
US10228687B2
A method of diagnosing a fault in an air-conditioning pack of an aircraft is disclosed, wherein the air-conditioning pack includes one or more sensors. The method includes transmitting data from at least one of the sensors operably coupled to the air-conditioning pack, comparing the transmitted data to a predetermined threshold, and diagnosing a fault in the air-conditioning pack based on the comparison.
US10228680B2
A method for process parameter optimization in a robotic manufacturing process includes identifying, in two or more successive iterations, a system model for the robotic manufacturing process. Manufacturing process parameters are optimized based on the model identified. The process may be a robotic assembly process.
US10228678B2
Systems and techniques to facilitate tool failure analysis associated with fabrication processes are presented. A monitoring component determines a candidate tool failure associated with one or more fabrication tools based on sensor data generated by a set of sensors associated with the one or more fabrication tools. A signature component generates a signature dataset for the candidate tool failure based on data associated with the one or more fabrication tools. A comparison component compares the candidate tool failure to at least one previously determined tool failure based on the signature dataset and at least one other signature dataset associated with the at least one previously determined tool failure.
US10228676B2
A servo control device according to the present invention performs speed control or torque control for controlling speed or torque of a servo motor based on a speed command or a torque command by an analog input voltage, and performs positional control for controlling a position of the servo motor based on feedback from the servo motor, includes a command switching unit determining that a command voltage by the analog input voltage enters a dead zone of the command voltage which is registered in advance and determined as stopping, and when detecting that the command voltage enters the dead zone, the command switching unit ceases the speed control or the torque control to perform deceleration stop by the positional control by distribution processing of a movement command regarding an actual speed when the speed control or the torque control is ceased as an initial speed.
US10228674B2
A method configuring an automation system with plural controllers including first and second controllers, the method including: obtaining a first function block, having a first interface, suitable for a first application, and created by a first tool compliant with a first standard; creating a platform independent model for a second application with a second tool compliant with a second standard; creating a platform definition model of the first controller for the second application; creating a platform specific model for the second application, including: allocating and compiling, with the second tool, a primary part of the second application including the second function block for the first controller and a secondary part of the second application for the second controller; and downloading the first controller configuration, the first application, and the primary part of the second application to the first controller.
US10228673B2
A method for controlling and/or closed-loop controlling an electric energy system. Empirical data are provided in a first data storage device for stabilizing the energy system, and a multi-dimensional decision matrix created with a data processing system in a second data storage device. The decision matrix respectively containing as a first dimension derived from the empirical data, system states of the energy system and in the energy system as a second dimension, possible results. Phasor measurement data for current and voltage with a high temporal resolution and a time stamp are obtained with phasor measuring devices distributed in the energy system and used to control the electric energy system. A system state and a result determined by the data processing system using the phasor measurement data and at least one step is selected and automatically carried out for securing the stability of the energy system.
US10228670B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, an identification system includes a first component having a first resistor and a second resistor, a second component having a sensor configured to sense a voltage difference between a first bus and a second bus and a selector signal output port configured to provide a first selector signal and a second selector signal, and a third component having a switching network configured to electrically connect the second bus to the first bus across one or both of the first resistor and the second resistor in response to the first selector signal, and electrically connect the second bus to the first bus across a different one of the first resistor or the second resistor in response to the second selector signal.
US10228669B2
A method includes sending, by a computing device, control signals to a machine tool to machine a component located on a platform to form a feature in the component, monitoring, by the computing device, while machining the feature into the component with the machine tool, torque forces of the machine tool against the component caused by the machining of the feature into the component via at least one sensor positioned on the platform, evaluating, by the computing device, while machining the feature into the component with the machine tool, a quality of the machine tool based on the monitored torque forces; and, in response to the evaluation of the quality of the machine tool indicating an undesirable quality of the machine tool, sending, by the computing device, control signals to the machine tool to interrupt the machining of the component and replace a machining element of the machine tool.
US10228668B2
In an implementation, airflow provisioning in an area by a plurality of fluid moving devices is managed through assignment of the fluid moving devices to monitor and regulate conditions at respective subsets of a plurality of locations based upon determined influence levels of the fluid moving devices on the respective locations to meet a predefined cooling influence redundancy level. The predefined cooling influence redundancy level for a particular location identifies a number of the fluid moving devices that are to monitor and regulate a condition at the particular location.
US10228665B1
An emulator is described herein, wherein the emulator is configured to emulate a rotary energy generator. The rotary energy generator can be one of a wind turbine, a diesel engine, or a hydrokinetic generator. The emulator includes an electromechanical motor that is mechanically linked to a generator. A motor drive is electrically coupled to the electromechanical motor, and controls torque at a rotor of the electromechanical motor. Electromagnetic torque produced by the generator is estimated, and the motor drive is controlled based upon the estimated generator torque.
US10228655B2
A new optical arrangement that creates high efficiency, high quality Fresnel Incoherent Correlation Holography (FINCH) holograms using transmission liquid crystal GRIN (TLCGRIN) diffractive lenses has been invented. This is in contrast to the universal practice in the field of using a reflective spatial light modulator (SLM) to separate sample and reference beams. Polarization sensitive TLCGRIN lenses enable a straight optical path, have 95% transmission efficiency, are analog devices without pixels and are free of many limitations of reflective SLM devices. An additional advantage is that they create an incoherent holographic system that is achromatic over a wide bandwidth. Two spherical beams created by the combination of a glass and a polarization sensitive TLCGRIN lenses interfere and a hologram is recorded by a digital camera. FINCH configurations which increase signal to noise ratios and imaging speed are also described.
US10228647B2
A toner detection unit is configured by an LED that irradiates light toward an intermediate transfer belt, first and second light receiving elements that respectively receive specular reflection light and diffused reflection light of light irradiated toward the intermediate transfer belt from the LED, a circuit board, and a housing. The LED and the light receiving elements are mounted in a line on the circuit board. The housing is configured to guide, to the first light receiving element, the specular reflection light from a first region within an irradiation region on which light is irradiated from the LED on the intermediate transfer belt, and to guide, to the second light receiving element, the diffused reflection light from a second region which is different from the first region within the irradiation region.
US10228642B2
A heater includes an insulating substrate, a heat generating section formed in the insulating substrate and including a plurality of divided regions in a longitudinal direction, temperature sensors detecting temperature of the heat generating section and a wiring pattern for power feed to the temperature sensors, each formed in a layer different from a layer in which the heat generating section is formed in the insulating substrate. The heat generating section, the temperature sensors, and the wiring pattern are layer stacked.
US10228641B2
According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes determination means for determining a size of an image forming area of a medium, heating means for including an endless rotating body, plural heat-generating members which are formed in a perpendicular direction to a transport direction and divided by a predetermined length, and are disposed so as to come into contact with an inner side of the rotating body, and a switching unit which switches individual conduction of these heat-generating members, and heats the medium, pressing means for forming a nip by performing pressing and contact at a position of the plural heat-generating members, and nipping and carrying the medium in the transport direction along with the heating means, and heating control means for controlling the switching unit to select and conduct heat-generating members and controlling the heating means to heat the medium.
US10228640B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms a toner image, a transfer portion that transfers the toner image onto a sheet, and a fixing unit that fixes the toner image to the sheet. A compressor outputs air based on a drive current supplied from a power source, and a detection portion detects the drive current. An ejection portion ejects the air output from the compressor, and a pipe supplies the air output from the compressor to the ejection portion. In addition, a determination unit determines a characteristic expression indicating a relationship between the drive current and an air pressure of the air based on a first detection result obtained by the detection portion when the air pressure is adjusted to a first predetermined value and a second detection result obtained by the detection portion when the air pressure is adjusted to a second predetermined value.
US10228639B2
An image forming apparatus includes a belt-shaped image bearer, a transferer, a guide, two rotators, and a support. The image bearer has an image bearing surface to bear an image thereon. The transferer forms a transfer section between the transferer and the image bearer, to transfer the image onto a recording medium. The guide is disposed upstream from the transfer section in a delivery direction of the recording medium, to guide the recording medium toward the transfer section. The two rotators are disposed upstream from the transfer section in a moving direction of the image bearer and in contact with a non-image bearing surface of the image bearer opposite to the image bearing surface, a first rotator being closer to the transfer section than a second rotator. The support supports the first rotator and the guide and adjusts a position of the first rotator and a position of the guide.
US10228630B2
A toner comprising an external additive A, and a toner particle containing a binder resin and a colorant, wherein the external additive A: i) is an external additive that has a charge control agent on the surface thereof; ii) has a wall friction angle θ calculated from the following formula (1) of not more than 25.0° θ=τ/5.0 formula (1); iii) has a number-average particle diameter (D1) of primary particles of at least 70 nm and not more than 500 nm; and iv) has a solidity as given by the following formula (2) of at least 0.40 and not more than 0.90 solidity=area of external additive A/area of region encompassed by envelope for external additive A formula (2).
US10228625B2
A substrate stage and an empty-weight canceling mechanism that supports an empty weight of the substrate stage are made up of separate bodies. Accordingly, the size and weight of the substrate stage (a structure including the substrate stage) can be reduced, compared with the case where the substrate stage and the empty-weight canceling mechanism are integrally configured. Further, due to movement of an X coarse movement stage and a Y coarse movement stage by an X drive mechanism and a Y drive mechanism, the substrate stage is driven in an XY plane and also the empty-weight canceling mechanism that supports the empty weight of the substrate stage is driven. With this operation, the substrate stage can be driven without difficulty even when the substrate stage and the empty-weight canceling mechanism are configured of separate bodies.
US10228621B2
In lithography, a composition comprising a novolak resin comprising recurring units derived from a phenolphthalein, Phenol Red, Cresolphthalein, Cresol Red, or Thymolphthalein is used to form a photoresist underlayer film. The underlayer film is strippable in alkaline water, without causing damage to ion-implanted Si substrates or SiO2 substrates.
US10228619B2
Disclosed herein is an article comprising a substrate; a first region having a first brush polymer chemically bonded to the substrate; where the first brush polymer comprises repeat units of a first ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a second ethylenically unsaturated monomer; where the first ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprises a first electroactive moiety and where the second ethylenically unsaturated monomer comprises a second electroactive moiety that is different from the first electroactive moiety; where at least one of the first electroactive moiety or the second electroactive moiety is an emitter moiety and where the repeat units of the first ethylenically unsaturated monomer are covalently bonded to repeat units of the second ethylenically unsaturated monomer.
US10228612B2
In one aspect, a light assembly system configured to be installed in a movie theatre projector includes a light assembly, which includes an adaptor configured to mechanically couple to a bulb mount of the movie theatre projector, LEDs attached to a primary LED Emitter mounting plate, a cooling assembly configured to dissipate heat from the primary LED Emitter mounting plate and a lens configured to collimate light emitted from the LEDs. The light assembly system also includes a light assembly control system, separate from an existing control system of the movie theatre projector, that is configured to control operation of the light assembly.
US10228599B1
Embodiments are disclosed for a liquid crystal display and writing device that has a high brightness and a high contrast ratio. The device includes a first two conductive layers and a liquid crystal film between the conductive layers. The liquid crystal film includes a first liquid crystal layer, a second liquid crystal layer and a middle polymer layer between the first and second liquid crystal layers. The first and second liquid crystal layers are configured to switch from a light scattering state to a light reflective state to display content. The first and second liquid crystal layers are further configured to switch from the light reflective state to the light scattering state to erase the content.
US10228592B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driver, a controller and a first flexible substrate. The display panel includes first and second substrates facing each other. The first substrate includes a switching element connected to a pixel electrode. The driver provides a driving signal to the display panel. The controller provides a control signal to the driver. The controller includes first and second printed circuit boards spaced apart from each other. The first flexible substrate electrically connects the first and second printed circuit boards to each other. The first flexible substrate defines a first contact portion at which the first flexible substrate is connected to the first printed circuit board, a second contact portion at which the first flexible substrate is connected to the second printed circuit board, and an overlap portion overlapping the display panel and at which the first flexible substrate is attached to the display panel.
US10228591B2
A liquid crystal polymer composition comprising a liquid crystal, acrylic monomers including an acrylic monomer group (A) including a cyclic ring and an acrylic monomer group (B) including a chain structure or a cyclohexanol, and a photo initiator.
US10228575B2
The present application discloses a separating apparatus for separating an object to be separated including two plate-shaped structures stacked on each other. The separating apparatus includes: an electrical signal generating unit and an acoustic wave signal output unit connected to each other, the electrical signal generating unit is configured to generate a target electrical signal; and the acoustic wave signal output unit is configured to convert the target electrical signal into a target acoustic wave, and output the target acoustic wave to the object to be separated, wherein a frequency of the target acoustic wave is different from a natural frequency of any one of the two plate-shaped structures.
US10228573B2
Provided are a projection device and a projection-type video display device capable of displaying a plurality of videos, allowing speckles to be inconspicuous, and miniaturizing an optical system. A projection device includes an optical element including light diffusion elements capable of diffusing light, an irradiation device configured to irradiate the optical element with illumination light beams, each illumination light beam scanning the corresponding light diffusion element, spatial light modulators, each spatial light modulator being illuminated with illumination light beam which is incident from the irradiation device to each light diffusion element to be diffused, and projection optical systems, each projection optical system projecting modulation image obtained on each spatial light modulator on corresponding screen. The illumination light beam, which is incident to each position of each light diffusion element to be diffused, overlappedly illuminates on corresponding spatial light modulator.
US10228572B2
A light control device of the present invention includes a first patterning polarizing plate 21 containing a plurality of polarization regions having different absorption axis directions, a second patterning polarizing plate 22 containing the same polarization regions as those of the first patterning polarizing plate 21, and a retardation plate 3, wherein at least any one of the first and the second patterning polarizing plates 21, 22 is disposed slidably in a plane direction. Such a light control device hardly causes color irregularities and hardly causes a pattern.
US10228571B2
A camera apparatus includes: an imaging device; a polarization filter that transmits a polarization component; an infrared ray cut filter that cuts infrared rays; a first motor that rotates the polarization filter; and a second motor that inserts any one filter of the polarization filter and the infrared ray cut filter in an imaging region of the imaging device. The infrared ray cut filter cuts the infrared rays among light beams incident on the imaging device when the infrared ray cut filter is inserted in the imaging region by the second motor, and the polarization filter that is rotated by the first motor transmits the polarization component among the light beams incident on the imaging device when the polarization filter is inserted in the imaging region by the second motor.
US10228570B2
A visual display device including a plurality of stacked display layers displaying a plurality of objects. A first reflective surface is positioned at an angle to the plurality of stacked display layers, and projects a first subset of objects in a first direction towards a viewer. The first subset of objects is projected as if originating from a first focal attentional region comprising a first plurality of object planes. A second reflective surface is positioned at the angle to the first plurality of stacked display layers. The first and second reflective surfaces are approximately parallel to each other. The second reflective surface projects a second subset of objects in the first direction towards the viewer. The second subset of objects is projected as if originating from a second focal attentional region comprising a second plurality of object planes.
US10228567B2
Principal rays of component lights output from a periphery side of respective positions of an image surface generated in an image generation unit forming an image display device are controlled in an intensity distribution control unit so that the principal rays may be inclined more largely toward a center optical axis side than principal rays of component lights output from a center side and output, control is performed so that lights are output in the strongest intensity distributions with respect to axial directions of the principal rays of the respective component lights of image lights output in the respective positions by the intensity distribution control unit, and further, the positions can be adjusted by adjustment of output angles of the respective component lights in response to an aspect ratio of the image surface.
US10228558B2
Systems, devices, and methods for laser eye tracking are described. Laser eye tracking involves scanning laser light over the eye and detecting diffuse reflections of the laser light with one or more photodetector(s). While conventional camera-based eye tracking techniques rely on detecting and identifying specific reflections (i.e., Purkinje images such as the “glint”), the laser eye tracking techniques described herein detect and identify a reduction in reflection intensity due to transmission of laser light through the pupil and/or increased diffusivity of reflections from the cornea relative to reflections from the sclera. This effect is referred to herein as the “corneal shadow” effect. Laser eye tracking uses considerably less power than conventional camera-based eye tracking techniques. As a result, the laser eye tracking techniques described herein do not add significant power demands to a system and can be implemented in wearable heads-up displays without adding significant volume to the system battery.
US10228557B2
An image reading device has a reading module including a light source, an optical system having a mirror array where reflection mirrors are coupled together in the main scanning direction and an aperture stop portion, a sensor where imaging regions for converting the image light imaged by the optical system into an electrical signal are arranged, and a housing, and has a reference drawing pattern determining connection positions between the imaging regions. The reference drawing pattern is composed of a plurality of pixel cut lines arranged to correspond to boundary lines between the reflection mirrors. The optical system is fixed on the housing at one point in the main scanning direction, and the pixel cut lines are arranged such that their distances from the boundary lines in the main scanning direction increase the farther away from the fixed position of the optical system in the main scanning direction.
US10228537B2
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 power. The fifth lens can have negative refractive power, 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.
US10228534B2
An optical system includes a first lens unit that has positive refractive power, a second lens unit that moves during focusing and that has positive refractive power or negative refractive power, and a third lens unit that has positive refractive power or negative refractive power. The first lens unit, the second lens unit, and the third lens unit are disposed in that order from an object side to an image side. During focusing, an interval between adjacent lens units changes. In the optical system, a focal length f of the entire optical system, a distance LD along an optical axis from a lens surface of the first lens unit that is closest to the object side to an image plane, and focal lengths of positive and negative lenses that are included in the first lens unit are appropriately set.
US10228533B2
An exchangeable lens mountable on a camera body includes: a selection unit configured to select a first state wherein a movement range of a focusing optical system changing the exchangeable lens' focal position is limited and a second state which is different from the first state, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a first and second value which is equal to or smaller than the first value to the camera body in the second state, the first value indicating a relationship between the focusing optical system's moving amount and an image plane's moving amount at a position wherein the focusing optical system has moved, the second value indicating a relationship between the moving amount of the focusing optical system and the moving amount of the image plane, and transmit a value which changes depending on the focusing optical system's position as the second value in the first state.
US10228506B2
A directional backlight and a 3D image display apparatus including the directional backlight are provided. The directional backlight includes a light guide plate guiding light emitted from a light source; a diffractive device configured to adjust the direction of light exiting the light guide plate; and an aperture adjusting layer including a plurality of apertures. The aperture adjusting layer may adjust the optical output efficiency of the diffractive device.
US10228504B2
Disclosed is a lighting device which comprises: an optical member comprising a protruding optical pattern forming a gap with an adjacent layer; at least one light emitting unit inserted into the optical member; and a resin layer formed on the optical member and the at least one light emitting unit, whereby it is possible to obtain an effect that the shapes of light change depending on the viewing angle when viewing the light source by producing various protruding optical patterns, an effect that the whole thickness can be reduced, and an effect that the degree of design freedom can be enhanced when designing products thanks to an enhanced flexibility.
US10228501B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a polarizer, including: a) immersing and swelling a polyvinyl alcohol-based film in an aqueous solution containing an azo-based dye having an absorption wavelength of 300 nm to 550 nm; b) dyeing the swollen polyvinyl alcohol-based film with an iodine-based dye; and c) stretching the dyed polyvinyl alcohol-based film, and a polarizer manufactured using the method.
US10228499B2
To provide an optical component (phase plate) capable of acquiring an image of a deep depth of field or focal position, and an imaging device using it. What is provided is the optical component that includes multiple ring zones demarcated by multiple concentric circles, and is configured to be rotationally symmetric to a center of the concentric circles. Cross sections of the ring zones on a plane being parallel to a direction perpendicular to the concentric circles and including the center have concave or convex shapes. Each of the concave or convex shapes of the cross sections of the ring zones is asymmetric to a centerline of a width of each of the ring zones in a radial direction of the concentric circles.
US10228496B2
A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-attached polarizing film of the invention includes: a polarizing film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the polarizing film, wherein the polarizing film includes a polarizer and a transparent protective film provided on only one side of the polarizer, the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is provided on a side of the polarizer where the transparent protective film is absent, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is made of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a (meth)acryl-based polymer (A) and an alkali metal salt (B). The pressure-sensitive adhesive layer-attached polarizing film has a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer with an antistatic function and satisfactory durability and whose optical properties are less likely to be degraded.
US10228491B2
The present invention relates to a radical-curable adhesive composition including a radical-polymerizable first compound that includes at least two hydroxyl groups in the molecule, and having hydroxyl value of 500 mg KOH/g or greater, and a polarizing plate and an optical member including the radical-curable adhesive composition.
US10228490B2
A system for detecting gas leaks and determining their location and size. A data gathering portion of the system utilizes a hub and spoke configuration to collect path-integrated spectroscopic data over multiple open paths around an area. A processing portion of the system applies a high resolution transport model together with meteorological data of the area to generate an influence function of possible leak locations on gas detector measurement paths, and applies an inversion model to the influence function and the spectroscopic data to generate gas source size and location.
US10228487B2
An X-ray cargo inspection system and method. A lead-in conveyor on a first trailer receives a cargo container for inspection. An inspection module disposed on a second trailer then scans the cargo container with penetrating radiation, detects penetrating radiation that has interacted with the cargo container, and produces an inspection signal. An exit conveyor disposed on a third trailer projects the cargo container following scanning. The inspection module may contain transmission or scatter detectors, or both. Multiple lead-in conveyors may serve to load additional cargo containers for subsequent scanning by the inspection module.
US10228482B2
An electromagnetic geophysical exploration system includes a first transmitter configured to transmit a first waveform in a first spectrum, a first receiver configured to sense signals in the first spectrum, a second transmitter configured to transmit a second waveform in a second spectrum, the second spectrum having a frequency higher than a frequency of the first spectrum, a second receiver configured to sense signals in the second spectrum, the second receiver configured to be minimum-coupled to the second transmitter, wherein a transmitter coil of the second transmitter is disposed between an inner receiver coil and an outer receiver coil of the second receiver, and the inner receiver coil and the outer receiver coil of the second receiver surround the transmitter coil of the second transmitter, and a control portion configured to control the first transmitter and the second transmitter.
US10228475B2
Methods of analyzing and optimizing a seismic survey design are described. Specifically, the sampling quality is analyzed as opposed to the overall quality of the whole survey. This allows for analysis of the impact of the offsets, obstacles, and other aspects of the survey on the sampling quality, which will improve the ability to compress the resulting data and minimize acquisition footprints.
US10228471B2
This disclosure describes an imaging radiation detection module with novel configuration of the scintillator sensor allowing for simultaneous optimization of the two key parameters: detection efficiency and spatial resolution, that typically cannot be achieved. The disclosed device is also improving response uniformity across the whole detector module, and especially in the edge regions. This is achieved by constructing the scintillation modules as hybrid structures with continuous (also referred to as monolithic) scintillator plate(s) and pixelated scintillator array(s) that are optically coupled to each other and to the photodetector. There are two basic embodiments of the novel hybrid structure: (1) the monolithic scintillator plate is at the entrance for the incoming radiation, preferably gamma rays, and the pixelated array placed behind the plate, all in optical contact with the photodetector, (2) the order of the scintillator components is reversed with the pixelated scintillation plate placed in front of the monolithic plate.
US10228445B2
A computer broadcasts a tier 1 signal from a target device and records transmission data of the broadcast. The computer detects the tier 1 signal at nearby propagator devices and records additional transmission data before determining whether a propagation limit has been reached. Based on not reaching the propagation limit, the computer instructs the nearby propagator devices to broadcast a tier 2 signal. The computer records further transmission data at other nearby propagator devices detecting the tier 2 signal and, again, determines whether the propagation limit has been reached. Based on determining that the propagation limit has been reached, the computer filters outliers from all the transmission data and determines the precise location of the target device. Furthermore, the computer displays the relative location of the target device on one or more devices.
US10228440B2
A positioning system includes a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver. After the first wireless transceiver sends search information to the second wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver receives the search information, response information is generated and sent to the first wireless transceiver. After the first wireless transceiver receives the response information, the position of the second wireless transceiver is obtained by computation. The positioning system and method have the features of easy installation, low construction cost, high positioning precision, 3D positioning, and power saving.
US10228432B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for universal mapping of T1 in abdominal organs using cardiac gating. A region of interest is selected for mapping or imaging. A determination is made whether any one or more of heart associated motion, high heart rate and irregular heart beat are detected in the region of interest. A multi-pathway gating of T1 maps is then employed providing a universal method of T1 mapping of moving as well as non-moving visceral organs.
US10228431B2
A gradient coil for a magnetic resonance imaging system has a primary coil set in a cylindrical shape, a secondary coil set cylindrically sheathed on an outer periphery of the primary coil set, and one or more support structures located on the outer periphery of the primary coil set to support the secondary coil set in a radial direction of the gradient coil. This gradient coil can reduce the costs of filling material, reduce the time for assembling the gradient coil, and reduce the risk of breaking the gradient coil during demolding from a shimming mold.
US10228426B2
A single chip Z-axis linear magnetoresistive sensor with a calibration/initialization coil comprises a single chip Z-axis linear magnetoresistive sensor, and a calibration coil and/or an initialization coil. The calibration coil and the initialization coil are planar coils or three-dimensional coils. The planar coils are located above a substrate and below a magnetoresistive sensing unit, between a magnetoresistive sensing unit and a soft ferromagnetic flux concentrator, above a soft ferromagnetic flux concentrator, or in a gap of the soft ferromagnetic flux concentrator. The three-dimensional coil is wound around the soft ferromagnetic flux concentrator and the magnetoresistive sensing unit. The calibration coil and the initialization coil respectively comprise straight wires which are parallel to a magnetization direction of a pinned layer/free layer, wherein the calibration coil generates an equivalent calibration magnetic field parallel/anti-parallel to the direction of the pinned layer of a push or a pull magnetoresistive unit string, and the initialization coil generates a uniform initializing magnetic field in the direction of the free layer at all magnetoresistive sensing units. By controlling the current in the calibration coil/initialization coil, calibration and magnetic state initialization of the single chip Z-axis linear magnetoresistive sensor can be achieved. The sensor has advantages of being highly efficient, quick, and convenient.
US10228425B2
A method of estimating battery state information includes collecting battery information; partitioning the collected battery information into interval information in a predetermined range; accumulating the interval information; and estimating the battery state information based on the accumulated interval information and learning information determined in advance. A method of learning battery state information includes collecting battery information; partitioning the collected battery information into interval information in a predetermined range; accumulating the interval information; and determining learning information based on the accumulated interval information and reference information of a battery, the learning information being used to estimate the battery state information.
US10228423B2
A semiconductor device, a battery monitoring system, and a detection method are provided. An end of the capacitor (C1) is switchable to be connected to one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode of a battery cell. An end of a capacitor (C2) is switchable to be connected to the other electrode. A comparator includes a non-inverted input terminal connectable to the battery cell via the capacitor (C1), and an inverted input terminal connectable to the battery cell via the capacitor (C2). A capacitor (C3) is located between a node (inp) and a switch (S1) that switches a connection state between a ground voltage source and any one of reference voltage sources. A capacitor (C4) is located between a node (inn) and a switch (S2) that switches a connection state between the ground voltage source and any one of the reference voltage sources.
US10228418B2
Embodiments of alignment fixtures for integrated circuit (IC) packages, and related techniques, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an alignment fixture for an IC package may include: a first socket having a recess dimensioned to receive a first surface of the IC package and having a first magnet arrangement disposed outside of the recess, wherein the IC package has a second surface opposite to the first surface and has a first electrical contact element on the second surface; and a second socket having a second electrical contact element and having a second magnet arrangement. The first and second electrical contact elements may be aligned when the IC package is disposed in the recess, the IC package is disposed between the first and second sockets, and the first magnet arrangement is in a predetermined equilibrium relation with the second magnet arrangement to mate the first and second sockets.
US10228416B2
An integrated circuit installed in an electronic device having an external connector, including: a monitor circuit and a control circuit. The monitor circuit coupled to the external connector is configured to monitor a code generated from a user's input and inputted via the external connector, the monitor circuit generating a control signal according to the code; and the control circuit coupled to the monitor circuit and at least a circuit block of the electronic device is configured to control the external connector to be coupled to the circuit block according to the control signal; wherein a testing operation is executed in response to a testing signal inputted to the control circuit via the external connector for checking and modifying a status of the circuit block of the electronic device after the external connector is coupled to the control circuit.
US10228413B2
A method and system to monitor electrical devices. At least one characteristic electric power consumption profile is determined for an operational cycle for an electrical device. The electrical device includes a number of components that each operate at respective time intervals within the operational cycle. A measured electric power consumption dataset is received, from an electrical power measurement apparatus connected to a power input of the electrical device, for the electrical device where the measured electric power consumption dataset includes measurements of electrical consumption by the electrical device over a time duration corresponding to at least part of the operational cycle. The measured electric power consumption dataset is compared to the at least one characteristic electrical power consumption profile associated with the electrical device. Based on the comparing, an operational condition from within a plurality of operating conditions of the electrical device is indicated.
US10228410B2
A device for monitoring partial discharges in an AC electrical network, the monitoring device being mounted in a switching apparatus provided with a vacuum bottle connected to one phase of the AC network. The monitoring device includes a partial discharge detector positioned facing the vacuum bottle and an electronic processing unit receiving a first signal representative of the partial discharges detected by the capacitive sensor and receiving a second signal representative of the voltage of the electrical network. The processing unit includes discriminating means which are capable, according to the first signal and the second signal, of determining whether the partial discharges originate from a loss of vacuum in the vacuum bottle or originate from another cause external to the vacuum bottle.
US10228408B2
The fault location of a fault on a line of an electrical energy supply network is determined. First and second current and/or voltage values are measured and provided with a timestamp at the line ends of the line. Following the occurrence of a fault, the timestamped first and second values are used to determine the fault location. Profiles of travelling waves propagating along the line towards the line ends when the fault occurs are determined from the timestamped first and second values at both line ends. The fault location is defined from the profiles of the travelling waves from a time difference with which the travelling waves arrive at the two line ends. The time difference is derived from a pattern comparison of the profiles of the travelling waves determined for the line ends.
US10228405B2
The invention relates a system for providing information about installation quality of load elements (30). Performance of power distribution systems, such as Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) systems, is depending on the overall system installation performance like quality of the connections (10) between power control devices (20) (e.g. PoE switches) and the powered load elements (30) (e.g. luminaires), Cat5/6 cable quality, cable type, length of the cables, aging of the connections, etc. The proposed system is able to provide feedback and to judge system installation performance at t=0 and over time.
US10228402B2
A hearing aid (200), adapted for detection of congestion of a sound output. The invention also relates to a method of detection of congestion of a sound output.
US10228397B2
A measuring apparatus is provided for electrical signals. The measuring apparatus includes an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter configured to A/D-convert an analog signal to be measured, and an integrator configured to perform integration time processing for a plurality of digital values output from the A/D converter based on an integration time. The integrator is configured to output a plurality of measured values obtained by the integration time processing. A noise level calculation unit is configured to calculate a noise level of the analog signal to be measured from the plurality of measured values obtained by the integration time processing, and a display unit is configured to display noise levels corresponding to a plurality of integration times.
US10228394B2
A measurement system is provided that performs a qualified store algorithm. When performing the algorithm, the measurement system stores in memory digital data samples acquired during a time window while a qualification signal is valid, a preselected number of digital data samples acquired prior to and adjacent in time to the time window, and a preselected number of digital data samples acquired subsequent to and adjacent in time to the time window.
US10228381B2
Compositions, devices and methods are described for preventing, reducing, controlling or delaying adhesion, adsorption, surface-mediated clot formation, or coagulation in a microfluidic device or chip. In one embodiment, blood (or other fluid with blood components) that contains anticoagulant is introduced into a microfluidic device comprising one or more additive channels containing one or more reagents that will re-activate the native coagulation cascade in the blood that makes contact with it “on-chip” before moving into the experimental region of the chip.
US10228380B2
Described herein are methods of identifying compounds that can modulate the transport of a steroid hormone across a phospholipid membrane. Also described herein are methods of identifying compounds that can affect the transcriptional activity of a steroid hormone nuclear receptor.
US10228374B2
An antibody and/or binding fragment thereof, wherein the antibody and/or binding fragment thereof specifically binds to an epitope of a αKlotho polypeptide, optionally a folded αKiotho or optionally with a dissociation constant (KD) of about 2 nM or less, as measured by competitive ELISA assay, methods 0 of making and using to diagnose kidney diseases.
US10228370B2
The invention concerns variants of JL7 antigens that are suitable for detecting antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi (causing Chagas disease) in an isolated biological sample. These antigens comprise a JL7 specific amino acid sequence, said JL7 specific sequence consisting of two copies of SEQ ID NO. 2, wherein each of said two copies has an amino acid identity of at least 90% to SEQ ID NO.2 and wherein no further Trypanosoma cruzi specific amino acid sequences are present in said polypeptide. The invention also concerns a composition of polypeptides useful for the detection of antibodies against Trypanosoma cruzi that comprises the above characterized JL7 antigen along with at least one of T. cruzi polypeptides 1F8, Cruzipain, KMP-11 and PAR-2. Moreover, it relates to a method for producing JL7 antigen as well as to diagnostic methods for detecting T. cruzi antibodies using the JL7 polypeptide. In addition, the invention concerns a reagent kit comprising said JL7 polypeptides or composition of Trypanosoma cruzi polypeptides.
US10228367B2
A segmented multi-use automated assay cartridge for conducting a fluid assay includes a plurality of microfluidic assay circuits having the fluid flow channels configured to perform an assay on a sample, each circuit is configured to receive fluids for performing the assay (e.g., sample, buffer, detection analyte, dye, etc.) and each circuit is also configured to dispense waste fluid of the assay to a corresponding fluidic waste channel. A waste tower is configured to received waste fluid from the fluidic waste channel and to dispense the waste fluid to a common waste reservoir, whereby the assay waste fluid from each circuit comingles in the common waste reservoir and does not comingle with waste fluid from other circuits in the device in the fluidic waste channel, which allows multiple different assays to be run by the cartridge at different times.
US10228360B2
System and method for processing images of concrete are provided. Image data captured from a construction site may be obtained. The image data may be analyzed to identify regions of the image data that depict concrete. The image data may be analyzed to determine quality indications associated with concrete depicted in the image data, for example in a region identified above. In some examples, the quality indications may comprise an indication of the durability of the concrete, of the strength of the concrete, and so forth.
US10228354B2
A single channel scanning acoustic microscope that increases the throughput of the acoustic imaging system by connecting a multi-transducer assembly in parallel to a single channel electronic circuit. The single channel scanning acoustic microscope includes multiple transducers configured to generate a time delay for individual ultrasonic waves generated by each transducer, wherein a pulse generator simultaneously sends a pulse signal to the multi-transducer assembly.
US10228349B2
An arrangement with a first electrode (101), a second electrode (103), at least one measuring device (107) and at least one voltage source (109). The voltage source (109) is designed to apply a first electric voltage to the first electrode (101) and the measuring device (107) is designed to measure a second electric voltage at the second electrode (103). At least part of the first electrode (101) and at least part of the second electrode (103) are immersed in a flowing liquid.
US10228348B2
Provided is a solid state support structure including an aperture having a molecular entrance and a molecular exit. A first reservoir is in fluidic communication with the molecular entrance of the aperture and contains a molecule-bearing liquid solution. A second reservoir is in fluidic communication with the molecular exit of the aperture for containing a molecule-bearing liquid solution. A first liquid channel is connected to the first reservoir within less than about 300 microns of the aperture in the support structure and includes molecule-bearing liquid solution for delivery to the first reservoir. A second liquid channel is connected to the second reservoir for accepting molecule-bearing liquid solution from the second reservoir. An electrical connection between the first reservoir and the second reservoir imposes an electrical bias between the first reservoir and the second reservoir for driving the molecule-bearing liquid solution through the aperture in the solid state support structure.
US10228343B2
An electrochemical sensor for an analyte is provided. The electrochemical sensor includes CDMOF-2. The CDMOF-2 is capable of binding reversibly to CO2 as an analyte, thereby quantitatively detecting the analyte in a mixture. The CDMOF-2 is formed from reaction of γ-cyclodextrin with RbOH in the presence of methanol.
US10228342B2
A gas sensor has a gas sensor element which has a solid electrolyte body, a reference electrode and a measuring electrode. The solid electrolyte body contains partially stabilized zirconia as a main component in which zirconia is stabilized by stabilizer agent. Particle boundary parts are formed between crystal particles made of the partially stabilized zirconia. The particle boundary parts are made of a metal element such as yttria derived from the stabilizer agent, an alumina component and a silica component. A total content of the alumina component and the silica component in the particle boundary parts in the solid electrolyte body is within a range of 0.01 mass % to 1 mass % in terms of oxide in the solid electrolyte body. A ratio of the alumina component to the silica component in the particle boundary parts 12 is within a range of 0.2 to 2.0 in terms of oxide.
US10228340B2
An in situ ultra-low power contactless measurement apparatus and method suitable for micro-electronics in big data applications for continuously reporting a soil moisture profile at various zones.
US10228335B2
A method and system for determining a property of a substance using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is described herein. The method includes applying a NMR pulse sequence to the substance. The NMR pulse sequence includes a first set of pulses and a second set of pulses. The first set of pulses and the second set of pulses encode for overlapping diffusion times. By overlapping diffusion times, the NMR pulse sequence can be used to measure a diffusion coefficient for a first diffusion time, a diffusion coefficient for a second diffusion time, and a correlation between the two overlapping diffusion times. This information, in turn, can be used to differentiate between intrinsic bulk diffusivity of the substance and the reduced diffusivity of the substance caused by restricted diffusion.
US10228331B2
This system comprises an illumination optics subsystem for generating and directing an incident beam towards a defect on a surface of a wafer. The illumination optics subsystem includes a light source for generating the incident beam and one or more polarization components for adjusting a ratio and/or a phase difference for the incident beam's electric field components. The system includes a collection optics subsystem for collecting scattered light from the defect and/or surface in response to the incident beam, and the collection optics subsystem comprises an adjustable aperture at the pupil plane, a rotatable waveplate for adjusting a phase difference of electric field components of the collected scattered light, and a rotatable analyzer. The system includes a controller for selecting a polarization of the incident beam, obtaining a defect scattering map from the defect, obtaining a surface scattering map from the background surface, and determining a configuration of the polarization components, aperture mask, rotatable waveplate, and analyzer based on analysis of the defect and surface scattering map to maximize a defect signal to noise ratio.
US10228329B2
An arrangement for determining characteristics or parameters of a sample, or a layer formed on or in the sample, has detectors, spatially resolving spectral analysis of electromagnetic radiation within a wavelength interval, provided in rows or in a row and column arrangement, whereby electromagnetic radiation emitted from a broadband radiation source is incident on the detectors after reflecting off, and/or passing through, the sample, or layer formed on or in the sample, upon which is observed a homogeneous intensity of the electromagnetic radiation, and an electronic evaluation unit connected to the detectors compares the spatially-resolved and wavelength-resolved signals detected by the detectors with a theoretical wavelength dependent progression of the respective radiation intensities obtained through simulation or with a progression obtained by calibration on a known sample, in order to obtain information for the measurement position detected, and determine the spatially-resolved distribution of the characteristics or parameters.
US10228328B2
An organic EL element having a luminescence peak in a near-infrared range comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and at least one organic layer including a luminescent layer located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The luminescent layer comprises a host material, a delayed fluorescent material and a luminescent material. The LUMO and HOMO energy levels of the delayed fluorescent material and the luminescent material, the absorption spectrum of the luminescent material, and the emission spectrum of the delayed fluorescent material satisfy predetermined relationships.
US10228322B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for and method of measuring the concentration of F2 in the laser gas used in an excimer laser. Quartz Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy is used to obtain a direct measurement of F2 concentration quickly and using only a small sample volume.
US10228312B2
The present invention relates to the chromatographic isolation of a target cell or another complex biological material, in particular by column chromatography such as affinity chromatography or gel permeation chromatography. The invention employs a receptor binding reagent that binds to a receptor molecule that is located on the surface of a target cell. The invention in general provides novel methods for the traceless isolation of biologic materials such as cells, cell organelles, viruses and the like. The invention also relates to an apparatus for the isolation of cells and other complex biological materials.
US10228308B2
A method for transferring beads in a fluidic chip having an internal fluid circuit through which various reactants, including beads, may be moved by use of centrifugal force includes providing beads having a density equal to, or lower than, m1 in a section of the fluid circuit, where the section includes at least a first outlet. The method includes providing a first liquid medium having a density d2 to the section, such that d2>m1, and applying a centrifugal force such that the beads migrate in an opposite direction of the centrifugal force.
US10228306B2
A sensor for measuring particulate matters is supplied with a bias voltage to form an electric field to increase an accumulated amount of particulate matters at a sensing unit. The sensor includes a sensing unit in which measurement electrodes and ground electrodes are disposed to alternate with one another in a housing fixed to an exhaust pipe. The measurement electrodes are electrically connected to one another, and the ground electrodes are electrically connected to one another. Bias electrodes are disposed between the ground electrodes to supply the bias voltage to the sensing unit. The bias electrodes are electrically connected to one other.
US10228295B2
The invention relates to a self-calibrating calorimeter using electrical substitution comprising means for measuring a plurality of physical values of different types and of different levels. The calorimeter according to the invention comprises a single acquisition card comprising, for each value to be measured, an independent acquisition system comprising processing circuits specific to the value measured.
US10228289B2
A device may include a first infrared sensor, a second infrared sensor, a temperature detecting component, and an occupancy detecting component. The first infrared sensor may connect to the temperature detecting component through a first temperature signal path and the occupancy detecting component through a first occupancy signal path. The second infrared sensor may connect to the temperature detecting component through a second temperature signal path and the occupancy detecting component through a second occupancy signal path. The temperature detecting component may determine a temperature measurement by calculating an average of a value received from the first temperature signal path and a value received from the second temperature signal path. The occupancy detecting component may determine an occupancy measurement by calculating a difference of the value received from the first occupancy signal path and the value received from the second occupancy signal path.
US10228288B2
A method for optically determining the temperature of a molten metal with a measuring device, including calibrating a replacement measuring chain by a measuring chain as a system-internal measuring standard. The measuring device includes an optical waveguide, to guide electromagnetic radiation emitted from the metal or from the tip of the optical waveguide to an optical detector, at least one replacement optical waveguide, an optical detector for determining the temperature of the metal from an analysis of the electromagnetic radiation, a measuring chain, in which the optical waveguide is the measurement recorder, and at least one replacement measuring chain, in which a replacement optical waveguide is the measurement recorder. A reeling device includes a conveying device for successive reeling of the optical waveguide from a stock and of the replacement optical waveguide from a replacement stock, a receiving device for a stock and at least one replacement stock.
US10228287B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for measuring polarization of electromagnetic illumination. The method includes the steps of modulating a polarization state of illumination received from a target object to generate modulated intensity illumination, selectively measuring an intensity of the modulated intensity illumination by periodically gating an exposure of an imaging device to the modulated intensity illumination at a first gating frequency; responsive to the measured intensity, determining polarization parameters of the received illumination, and generating image data corresponding to the target object with a plurality of the polarization parameters, wherein the illumination from the target object is modulated in accordance with a first frequency and the first gating frequency is associated with and synchronized with at least the first frequency.
US10228283B2
A spectral imaging system includes a spectrometer and an optics imaging system. The spectrometer is operable for generating spectral signatures of objects from a scene. The optics imaging system is operable to generate six or more responses from the same scene. Each of the six or more responses represents different spectral content of the objects in the scene. The responses generated by the optics imaging system can be used to generate a hypercube using spectral reconstruction techniques. In an embodiment, the spectral imaging system could be implemented as part of a mobile phone.
US10228276B2
The invention discloses a glass body scale, the scale comprising: a glass panel, where a support leg assembly is mounted beneath the glass panel, and a metering display component is mounted at one side of the glass panel; the glass panel is provided with a hole or holes, and a support leg of the support leg assembly is inserted into the hole or one hole, so that the glass panel is sleeved on the support leg by using the hole. The present invention has the advantages of simple structure, which results in convenient assemble, firmer installation, and implementation of an ultrathin appearance with thickness of less than 10 mm.
US10228261B2
Directions are provided over a network to a mobile terminal. Destination entries are stored in a memory. A server receives a voice-based request for directions to a target destination from the mobile terminal. A current location of the mobile terminal is determined. A processor compares the destination entries with the target destination to determine a matching entry. Directional instructions to the matching entry are obtained for the target destination based on the current location of the mobile terminal. The obtained directional instructions are transmitted to the mobile terminal for display on the mobile terminal.
US10228257B2
A computer-implemented technique is described herein for assisting at least two users in finding and traveling to (and/or from) a meeting location. In one implementation, the technique generates and displays a heat map that shows at least one fair region having meeting locations that satisfy a fairness consideration. In one case, a meeting location within the fair region(s) satisfies the fairness consideration when the users can travel to (and/or from) the meeting location with an equal amount of cost. The heat map can also show one or more fairness-deficient regions that fail to satisfy the fairness consideration, relative to a specific user, with respect to one or more specified degrees of cost mismatch.
US10228253B2
In a location detecting system, an on-vehicle device is provided at each vehicle a location detecting unit detecting a location of the vehicle, a communication unit, and a CPU unit controlling the location detecting unit and the communication unit. Each of the on-vehicle devices includes a GPS trajectory information processing unit acquiring GPS trajectory information of each of the vehicles, the communication unit broadcasts requests for the GPS trajectory information, the communication units of other vehicles transmit the held GPS trajectory information to the communication unit of one vehicle when a distance to the vehicle is less than a predetermined value, the GPS trajectory information processing unit passes the GPS trajectory information from the other vehicles to the location detecting unit, and the location detecting unit of the vehicle outputs the location information of the vehicle based on the GPS trajectory information.
US10228248B2
A hybrid power source and control moment gyroscope (“HPCMG”) is disclosed. The HPCMG includes a control moment gyroscope (“CMG”), a first conductive bearing, and a second conductive bearing. The CMG includes a first transverse gimbal assembly, a central mass that produces a voltage potential, and a second gimbal assembly rotationally connected to the first transverse gimbal assembly. The first transverse gimbal assembly is rotationally connected to the central mass along a first axis of rotation and the central mass is configured to spin about the first axis of rotation and the first transverse gimbal assembly is configured to rotate about a second axis of rotation of the second gimbal assembly. The first conductive bearing rotationally connects the central mass with the first position of the first transverse gimbal assembly along the first axis of rotation.
US10228247B2
The invention relates to a receiving unit for light-based measurements/surveying using an analog-to-digital converter for the clocked analog-to-digital conversion of light detection signals and a clocking means for clocking the analog-to-digital converter. According to the invention, the clocking means has, for receiving modulated light signals, a phase-locked loop having an input for light detection signals modulated according to the light signal modulation and an output for outputting a frequency multiple of the detected modulation frequency for the analog-to-digital converter clocking.
US10228245B2
A drone including a barometric sensor adapted to deliver a drone altitude signal; a sensor for measuring the attitude of said drone, adapted to estimate at least one angle of attitude of the drone, and altitude determination means adapted to deliver a drone altitude value, expressed in an absolute terrestrial reference system. The drone includes a relative wind speed sensor adapted to measure the relative wind speed and the altitude determination means includes a device for memorizing predetermined altitude compensation data, an altitude estimator receiving as an input the signals delivered by the attitude measurement sensor and by the relative wind speed sensor and by the barometric sensor and combining these signals with the altitude compensation data memorized in the memorized device to output the estimated drone altitude value.
US10228243B2
A method for calculating a distance to an object includes projecting a plurality of projection beams from each of a plurality of projection points, wherein the plurality of projection points is arranged around a lens of an image capturing device, and wherein at least two beams of the plurality of projection beams are parallel to each other, capturing an image of the field of view, wherein the object is visible in the image and a projection pattern generated by the at least two beams of the plurality of projection beams is also visible in the image, and calculating the distance to the object using information in the image.
US10228242B2
A waveguide apparatus includes a planar waveguide and at least one optical diffraction element (DOE) that provides a plurality of optical paths between an exterior and interior of the planar waveguide. A phase profile of the DOE may combine a linear diffraction grating with a circular lens, to shape a wave front and produce beams with desired focus. Waveguide apparati may be assembled to create multiple focal planes. The DOE may have a low diffraction efficiency, and planar waveguides may be transparent when viewed normally, allowing passage of light from an ambient environment (e.g., real world) useful in AR systems. Light may be returned for temporally sequentially passes through the planar waveguide. The DOE(s) may be fixed or may have dynamically adjustable characteristics. An optical coupler system may couple images to the waveguide apparatus from a projector, for instance a biaxially scanning cantilevered optical fiber tip.
US10228241B2
The aim of the invention is a quick and very precise reconstruction of an object. This is achieved by a device and a method for detecting an image of a preferably structured surface of an object (6), comprising at least one pattern projection unit for illuminating the object (6) and at least one imaging unit (7) for capturing images of projected patterns. A temporal and/or spatial analysis of received images or image sequences is carried out in order to reconstruct the surface. The at least one pattern projection unit is designed to generate patterns using a diffraction of light on an optical grating. Furthermore, the method for detecting images is characterized in that by using the temporal and/or spatial analysis of the captured images or image sequences, corresponding pixels are ascertained by means of algorithms, said pixels together with an imaging function allowing a triangulation of surface points.
US10228237B2
A method for determining a strain includes bonding first and second components together, at an elevated temperature, using a bonding agent. A strain is then measured in the first component using a strain measurement tool as the first component cools from the elevated temperature. The strain measurement tool is configured to detect movement the first component as the first component cools.
US10228232B2
A system having a controller is provided. The controller receives a signal indicative of an actual position and an actual orientation of a machine on a worksite, from a position detection module. The controller determines a first view of the machine on the worksite. The first view shows the actual position of the machine and a target position of the machine. A path is determined between the first and the second indicator. The controller determines a view of the machine on the worksite. The view has a first and a second indicator. The first indicator is indicative of the actual position and the actual orientation of the machine. The second indicator is indicative of the target position and a target orientation of the machine and includes a target circle. The controller displays the view based, at least in part, on the actual position of the machine relative to the target position on a display unit.
US10228230B2
A measurement tool for circumference includes at least one disk with a circumference thereof provided with a through hole; a straightedge provided with a fixed post and a plurality of scales, and the fixed post penetrates through the through hole to fix the disk to the fixed post; and a hitching line with one end thereof penetrated by the fixed post, and the other end of the hitching line surrounds the disk or straightens along the straightedge. Thus, a string makes a circle around the circumference, whereby the string is marked an index corresponding to the fixed post, and then the string straightens along the straightedge, and a length of the circumference of the disk is obtained according to relative positions of the scales and the index.
US10228229B2
A touch probe for a coordinate measuring machine with a processor which is programmed to generate a trigger signal signalling a contact between a stylus of the probe and a workpiece, whenever one of a plurality displacement signals exceeds a corresponding threshold. In addition, or in alternative, a delayed trigger is generated based on a processing a plurality of samples of displacement signals that are stored in a buffer. The processor is programmed to minimize anisotropy of the probe response. Furthermore, the thresholds can be modified during operations based on commands received from the CMM controller.
US10228228B2
A portable coordinate measurement machine includes a manually-positionable articulated arm having first and second ends. The articulated arm includes a plurality of arm segments and a plurality of rotary joints, the first end including a handle mechanically but not electrically operably coupled to the first end, the handle rotatably coupled to the first end to rotate about an axis, the handle including a wireless transmitter and at least one switch operably connected to the wireless transmitter and configured to, when pressed, cause the wireless transmitter to transmit a wireless signal that triggers capture of an angle signal corresponding to an angle of rotation about the axis.
US10228226B2
A monitoring device and system are provided for monitoring normal sequence of an initiation. The device includes at least one sensor in a region of an explosive charge and/or in a region of at least one ignition device for the explosive charge of the munitions system, and also a control device for evaluating output signals of the sensor with the control device connected to at least one ignition device in a controlling manner on a basis of the evaluation. At least one sensor is arranged at an output of a first ignition device for subdetonative initiation of the explosive charge. The control device is connected to a further ignition device and enables or inhibits it on a basis of a signal supplied by the sensor and assessed in the control device, and at least one sensor is designed for sensing pressure, temperature, light, electrical current or changing of mechanical states.
US10228225B2
A passive impact sensor for a projectile configured to explode, destroy with kinetic energy, embed or pass through an object with a closing velocity greater than 1,000 m/s. The passive impact sensor includes an energy generating system comprised of a crystalline structure that stores latent polarized electrical energy. The crystalline structure is responsive to an impact generated shock wave that propagates at least partially through the crystalline structure to consume and depolarize the crystalline structure and release at least a portion of the stored energy to generate a voltage pulse across output terminals. An onboard antenna is configured to transmit an RF pulse responsive to the voltage pulse (direct or integrated) external to the impact sensor (and projectile) before the sensor is destroyed by the shock wave. Multiple energy generating systems can be positioned either together or fore and aft and their voltage pulses summed to transmit the RF pulse. The benefits of this device include the ability to determine impact force, impact velocity, impact angle, target mass, target density, and direct or glancing impact.
US10228220B2
A throwing game target having a back plate and multiple blades extending outwardly from the back plate. The blades may be comprised of horizontal and vertical blades. In such embodiments, the blades may be arranged in multiple groupings of three blades with at least one horizontal blade and one vertical blade.
US10228219B2
Before a person can use any weapon, such as a gun or a rifle, effectively, the sight must be aligned to the barrel through a zeroing process. An improved zero target is developed which is inexpensive and applicable to many different weapon sight scenarios. By making a universal zero target, users need only a single target eliminating the need for procuring and storing various targets. Additionally, the multi-sight target eliminates the need for field expedient zeroing solutions. The product saves both time and money and improves the results for weapon users.
US10228209B2
A method of making a continuous fiber barrel wrap sheath onto a steel riffled barrel liner of a gas-operated firearm is described. A wrap made up of composite fiber is wrapped onto a steel riffled barrel liner in a continuous fashion, with no interruption within the steel liner for the purpose of delivering high pressure gas through the steel liner. After joining the composite wrap to the steel barrel liner, either by mechanical or chemical procedure, a slot is formed by carving out a top and/or a bottom of the composite. A gas key insert is then placed in the made slots and retained by mechanical or chemical procedure. Finally, a gas port is drilled through the key insert.
US10228206B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for increasing the safety of a handgun. In certain implementations, the apparatus provides a safety device that includes a cover having an ejecting unit, a locking pin, and a releasing plate. The safety device is configured to cover both sides of a trigger guard of the handgun when the safety device is locked to the handgun. The releasing plate is coupled to the locking pin. The releasing plate is disposed on a surface of the safety device so as to be accessible by the user. Preferably, the releasing plate is activated by a user's finger. The releasing plate selectively disengages the locking pin from the trigger guard by movement of the user's finger. When engaged, the locking pin prevents the safety device from being removed from the handgun. When disengaged, the locking pin allows the safety device from being removed from the handgun. In certain embodiments, the ejection unit self-ejects the safety device from the handgun.
US10228197B2
A heat rejection system that employs temperature sensitive shape memory materials to control the heat rejection capacity of a vehicle to maintain a safe vehicle temperature. The technology provides for a wide range of heat rejection rates by varying the shape and thus effective properties of the heat rejection system in response to temperature. When employed as a radiator for crewed spacecraft thermal control this permits the use of higher freezing point, non-toxic thermal working fluids in single-loop thermal control systems for crewed vehicles in space and other extraterrestrial environments.
US10228188B2
The invention relates to a method for real-time performance check of transport refrigeration units comprising the steps of: comparing via controller temperature sensors by pairs and determining from these comparisons by pairs if one or more temperature sensors are defective or in some extent deviates from expected temperature readings; at the same time measuring/monitoring the mass flow of cooling agent through a compressor and through an evaporator expansion valve Vexp which the controller by comparison determines if mass flow through the compressor do not deviate more than 25% from the mass flow through that evaporator expansion valve Vexp; if said deviation of mass flow through the compressor is more than 25% different from said mass flow through the expansion device Vexp, an error signal is provided.
US10228185B2
An assembly for a domestic refrigeration appliance includes a wire basket and at least one pull-out rail apparatus connected to the wire basket. The pull-out rail apparatus has a coupling unit which engages at least partially around at least one wire of the wire basket oriented in a first direction and engages at least partially around one wire of the wire basket oriented in a second direction that is different than the first direction. A domestic refrigeration appliance is also provided.
US10228180B2
The disclosure relates to a shielding device for closing a path through which air circulates in a refrigerator and a refrigerator having shielding device. The shielding device includes a forced draft fan cover having a threaded hole formed with a threaded slot; and a drive shaft formed with a thread being screwed with the threaded slot and extended to pass through the threaded hole, where an air duct that allows the air flows from the inside of the forced draft fan cover to the outside is provided between the drive shaft and the forced draft fan cover.
US10228177B2
An ice making system for a refrigerator, comprises: a base member; an icemaker mounted to a front surface of the base member for making ice pieces; a driving unit mounted to a rear surface of the base member such that a motor shaft thereof is in a horizontal state; an ice bank horizontally inserted into the base member in a detachable manner, for storing the ice pieces made by the icemaker; a detachable mounting unit for detachably mounting the ice bank to the base member; and an ice crusher assembly provided at the ice bank so as to be connected to or separated from the driving unit, for crushing the ice pieces. Since the ice bank has only to be horizontally pushed into the base member for coupling, or horizontally pulled out of the base member for separation, processes for coupling or separating the ice bank to/from the base member are facilitated. This prevents the ice pieces stored in the ice bank from being discharged out of the ice bank.
US10228161B2
An electrochemical compression system utilizes a preheater to heat an electrochemically active working fluid to a superheated temperature delta prior compression. Heating the electrochemically active working fluid to a superheated temperature ensures there will be no condensation before the fluid reaches the condenser and therefore increases efficiency and effectiveness of the system. A preheater may be configured in a chamber upstream of the electrochemical compressor and one or more valves may control the delivery of the superheated fluid to the compressor. A preheater may be configured in an enclosure, having a valve at the inlet and outlet and retain the electrochemically active fluid at a superheated temperature. A preheater may be configured within or attached to a gas diffusion media, flow-filed or current collector and may be in direct communication with the fluid.
US10228153B2
A method and a temperature adjustment apparatus of adjusting an indoor temperature includes: predicting an temperature change pattern of a first rate time zone that is reached after an operation of a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system, based on an indoor temperature change pattern extracted from information stored; predicting a power consumption of the HVAC system based on the predicted temperature change pattern; and scheduling a discharging power quantity of an Energy Storage System (ESS) battery based on the predicted power consumption of the HVAC system in the first rate time zone, which is reached after the operation. The temperature adjustment method and the apparatus may schedule a discharging power quantity of the ESS battery in consideration of power consumption predicted by the temperature adjustment apparatus, external environmental factors, and characteristics of the ESS battery, thereby optimizing the rate reduction effect.
US10228151B2
Methods and systems are described for operating a wall mounted thermostat. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving an indication of a physical touch to an exposed portion of a housing of the thermostat, wherein the housing is movable when touched. The method also includes determining a thermostat command associated with where the housing is touched and movement of the housing in response to the touch, and operating the thermostat according to the determined thermostat command.
US10228147B2
Device and method are described for operational control of a knob on a stove or range. In some examples, a safety device, a sensor relay device, and method are described for automatically positioning an operational shaft of a burner to an Off position such that the power supplied to the burner is terminated upon the occurrence of a safety event.
US10228139B2
A method for operating a gas turbine engine during flight operation of the gas turbine engine in an aircraft may include measuring a gas temperature downstream of the combustor using a plurality of temperature measurement devices circumferentially disposed about an engine centerline and varying the output of at least one fuel injector in a first direction and the output of at least another fuel injector in a second direction, while maintaining a thrust output of the gas turbine engine during the flight operation. A gas turbine engine may include temperature measurement devices circumferentially disposed about an engine centerline and a system configured for varying the output of at least one fuel injector in a first direction and the output of at least another fuel injector in a second direction, while maintaining a power output of the gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines.
US10228138B2
A damping system and apparatus are disclosed for dampening acoustic pressure oscillations of a gas flow in a combustor of a gas turbine engine having at least one combustor with a combustor liner. A second inner cap portion is disposed on the at least one combustor inner liner. The second inner cap portion can have a hot surface, a cold surface, at least one burner opening protruding from the cold surface, and at least one neck ring having an internal opening and protruding from the cold surface. At least one resonating tube having a resonating tube neck is integrated with and protruding from the at least one neck ring. The at least one resonating tube is disposed between adjacent burner openings, and is configured such that the radial dimension is greater than or equal to the axial dimension.
US10228137B2
A fuel nozzle for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes an outer air swirler along an axis, the outer air swirler defines an outer annular air passage. An inner air swirler along the axis defines an annular fuel gas passage around the axis between the outer air swirler and the inner air swirler, the annular fuel gas passage terminates with a multiple of skewed slots.
US10228136B2
A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine is includes a liner and a combustor dome formed of a ceramic matrix composite material. The combustor dome and liner together define at least in part a combustion chamber. The combustor dome extends along a circumferential direction and defines one or more openings, the combustor dome is configured to receive one or more fuel-air injector hardware assemblies in or through the one or more openings.
US10228128B2
A gas burner unit for a cooktop includes a spreader positioned above a top surface of the cooktop to define a gap therebetween and having a plurality of gas outlets. The gas burner unit further includes a venturi in fluid communication with the gas outlets and an orifice holder having a plurality of protrusions defining a plurality of upwardly directed primary air inlets therethrough. The plurality of upwardly directed primary air inlets are in fluid communication with the gap on respective first ends thereof and with the venturi on respective second ends thereof opposite the first ends.
US10228125B2
A system for the generation of electrical power using a solar collector that heats water using solar energy. The heated water is stored in a first tank. A vessel is connected to the first tank through a pipe and includes a headspace within which the heated water is sprayed to thereby generate steam. The headspace pressure is lower than atmospheric pressure and the water not converted to steam is collected in a pool at the bottom of the vessel to be fed back into the first tank. The steam is fed to a partial admission turbine that drives an electrical generator.
US10228115B2
A movable lighting apparatus for raising natural lawn grass includes a frame, main support legs supporting the frame, and casters attached to the lower ends of the main support legs. A movable beam is provided such that it can be advanced and retracted relative to the frame in a left-right direction. A stationary beam is fixed to the frame. A sub-support leg is provided at an advancement direction forward end portion of the movable beam so as to support a distal end of the movable beam when the movable beam is advanced. A caster is attached to the lower end of the sub-support leg. LED lamps are attached to the movable beam and the stationary beam. When the movable beam is retracted, the lower end of the caster of the sub-support leg is moved to a position above the lower ends of the casters of the main support legs.
US10228112B2
An LED and/or laser light device uses an outlet plug-in power source, bulb base power source, interchangeable power source, or USB power source, and incorporates more than one geometrically shaped optics elements or lens having reflective and/or refractive properties that cause a plurality of light beams to reflect, retro-reflect or refract before passing through the at least one optics lens to create or project an image, message, lighted pattern, number, time, geometric art, nature scene, etc. onto a desired surface with a wider viewing angle.
US10228108B2
A primary optical element for a motor vehicle lighting module that comprises a light introduction part provided with a plurality of primary optical means connected at output to a correcting part, the primary optical means being arranged on at least two levels in a first direction, as first and second distinct primary optical means. A plurality of first primary optical means are arranged in series in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.In one embodiment, a lighting module is disclosed for a motor vehicle headlight which comprises a plurality of light sources, such a primary optical element and an associated secondary optical element.
US10228107B2
The invention relates to an illumination module for a motor vehicle employing at least one organic electroluminescent diode. The module includes at least one conductor wire connecting a first conductor terminal of the at least one organic electroluminescent diode to a second conductor terminal of a support wherein at least one organic electroluminescent diode is received.
US10228100B2
A lighting device (10) is disclosed comprising a flexible arrangement including a chain of strips (11) wherein respective end portions of neighboring strips (11) are interconnected by a hinging joint (13) and a plurality of LEDs (15) positioned at regular intervals along the flexible arrangement. The pitch of the LEDs (15) in such a lighting device (10) may be adjusted by adjusting the angle between neighboring strips (11) interconnected by a hinging joint (13). A lighting system (100) comprising such lighting devices (10) and a central controller (110) is also disclosed.
US10228088B2
A support frame and a display assembly are provided in the present disclosure. The support frame includes a connection frame, a first support plate at a top of the connection frame, and a second support plate and a third support plate respectively at two branches at a bottom of the connection frame. When the display device is on a support plane, the first support plate is connected to a bottom plate of the display device, and the second and the third support plates are connected to the support plane. When the display device is suspended on a suspension wall, the second and the third support plates are connected to a back plate of the display device, and the first support plate is connected to the suspension wall.
US10228071B2
A pinch valve has an insert housed in a holder. The insert and the holder are shaped to receive a dispensing tube and the insert can rotate within the holder and around the dispensing tube. The insert can be rotated to have the pinch valve in a release configuration where the insert can be moved downward and out of the holder to allow for cleaning of the insert and holder.
US10228067B2
A valve assembly for inflatable bodies such as a recreational toy, is located in a recessed cup that is flush with the surface of the inflatable body. The cup has a central boss that has both an internal and external thread. The valve assembly is secured to the boss with the internal threads and a cap is secured to the boss with the external threads. The valve assembly provides for inflation using an air hose or a manual inflation device. The valve assembly is removable from the cup to facilitate deflation of the body after use. The cap provides sealing between the cup and valve member to inhibit loss of air.
US10228066B2
A digital valve positioner for use with an actuator. The digital valve positioner includes a housing, at least one exhaust port opening formed in the housing, and a vent assembly operatively coupled to the at least one exhaust port opening. The vent assembly includes a body having a bore, a valve seat surrounding the bore, and a check valve disposed within the bore. The check valve is arranged to shift from a closed position seated against the valve seat to an open position disposed away from the valve seat. A plurality of barriers is disposed around and positioned to enclose the check valve. The plurality of barriers is arranged to prevent an external medium from entering the check valve and to provide a tortuous flow path for the exhaust medium reducing sound through the vent assembly.
US10228062B2
A modular seal section for use within a downhole pumping system includes an upper fluid compensation section, a lower fluid compensation section and a guide body connected between the upper fluid compensation section and lower fluid compensation section. The guide body includes a configuration selection mechanism that can be externally manipulated to selectively place the upper fluid compensation section in either a series or parallel configuration with the lower fluid compensation section.
US10228061B2
A seal arrangement for effecting a seal between first and second components arranged for relative rotation about a common axis. Seal arrangement includes a first seal surface associated with the first component, and a second seal surface associated with the second component. First and second seal surfaces are presented for air-riding interaction with one another during relative rotation between components such that, in use, a pressure drop is maintained across seal arrangement. First seal surface incorporates a plurality of spaced-apart hydrodynamic lift-generating features and plurality of ventilation recesses, each ventilation recess being interposed between respective pair of lift-generating features, and wherein each ventilation recess has depth measured normal to first seal surface which is greater than maximum dimension of each lift-generating feature measured normal to first seal surface. Seal arrangement may be embodied in compliant filament seal such as a leaf seal or a brush seal.
US10228058B2
Sealing assemblies and methods are disclosed for sealing a surgical instrument having an internal drive shaft subject to lateral displacement. A sealing assembly includes a rigid portion shaped to interface with an instrument shaft of the surgical instrument. A laterally oriented slot is open at a radially perimeter location and configured to receive an o-ring seal via the perimeter location. Apertures are disposed on opposing sides of the slot and open to the slot. The apertures are configured to receive the drive shaft there through and are larger than the drive shaft to accommodate lateral displacement of the drive shaft. The slot includes opposing internal sides spaced to interface with opposed axial surfaces of the o-ring seal. The seal inhibits axial transmission of an insufflated gas and/or bodily fluids while accommodating lateral displacement of the drive shaft.
US10228053B2
A method of reducing the required machining on a pin type carrier, such as a planetary gear carrier, may utilize a combined drilling and milling operation to reduce the required machining. A hole in a surface may be formed during the drilling operation and the surface may be machined to a desired level during the milling operation. A tool having a leading drill feature and a trailing mill feature may be used to sequentially form the hole and mill the surface in a single operation.
US10228047B2
An actuator is suitable for providing linear motion between two points, and may be used, for example, in motorized positioning of an automobile steering column. The actuator includes a threaded spindle connected to a drive motor via a gear set, a first connection interface mounted on the spindle and engaged with the spindle thread, and a second connection interface mounted on the spindle and engaged with the spindle thread. The second connection interface is moveable along the spindle axis relative to the first connection interface when the spindle is driven by the drive motor. The actuator is arranged such that the first and second connection interfaces are disposed on the same side of the gear set.
US10228044B2
A thimble apparatus for use with a rope has a thimble eye formed as a generally U-shaped shackle defining a center aperture therein with arms on opposing sides of the aperture. The thimble eye has an outer surface, a front face, and a rear face. A groove is formed within the front face of the shackle generally in the shape of a U and has a width. A rope seat is formed within the shackle beneath the groove proximal to the rear face and has a diameter larger than the width of the groove. The groove forms a passage to the rope seat from the front face along the length of the groove. A base connects to ends of the arms of the shackle closing the aperture. The base defines a channel formed as an open-ended groove through the base such that in use the channel permits a rope to extend from either one of adjacent sides of the base to position the thimble apparatus between first and second positions.
US10228033B2
A brake caliper cover to cover the calipers of vehicles having disc brakes. The cover has a mount formed by a body having two ends configured to each engage with the two guide pins for the brake pads housed in a cavity of the caliper. The cover engages to the body of the mount using one or a plurality of supports engaged to the cover which are removably engageable to connectors on the mount.
US10228030B2
A torque tube assembly may comprise a torque tube including a reaction plate and a first travel limit pin coupled to the reaction plate. The first travel limit pin may comprise a shaft portion and a head portion. The first travel limit pin may be configured to limit an axial movement of the reaction plate.
US10228028B2
A method is disclosed for reducing chatter vibrations of a friction clutch controlled automatically by a clutch actuator on the basis of a target clutch torque (M(s)) assigned to a clutch torque which is to be transmitted. The friction clutch is positioned in a drivetrain between an internal combustion engine and a transmission, having a present actual clutch torque which is marked by vibrations as a result of vibrations (M(i)). From a transmission behavior of the present actual clutch torque (M(i)), an absolute amplitude and a phase of an input signal detected at the output of the friction clutch and conveyed to a regulator are ascertained, and a phase-selective disturbance torque is ascertained. From the phase-selective disturbance torque, a phase-correct correction torque (M(k)) is determined, and the target clutch torque (M(s)) is corrected by the regulator. The correction torque (M(k)) is weighted with a specifiable intensification factor.
US10228018B2
Disclosed is a bearing arrangement for a bearing wheel in a turret, the bearing arrangement being providable between the bearing wheel and a wheel shaft around which the bearing wheel is rotatably connectable. The bearing arrangement includes a slide bearing enabling the bearing wheel to slide axially on the shaft. The bearing arrangement further includes a roller bearing. A plurality of bearing arrangements may form a bearing system that is employed in a turret of a vessel.A method for mounting a bearing arrangement in a bearing system is also disclosed.
US10228017B2
A carrier hub assembly includes a carrier hub and a bearing assembly. The carrier hub includes an end portion having a first face surface and a second face surface. The bearing assembly includes a first bearing positioned on the first face surface and a second bearing positioned on the second face surface. Each bearing includes a pair of washers forming a pair of races, a cage, and a plurality of rolling elements. The bearing assembly further includes a connecting sleeve connecting the first bearing to the second bearing. The connecting sleeve retains the first bearing and the second bearing on the carrier hub.
US10228012B2
A bushing includes a cylindrical main body having a leading end and a trailing end, wherein a fastener passage is defined within the main body, and a plurality of ribs outwardly extending from the main body. The plurality of ribs are configured to securely position the bushing with respect to an opening formed in a component.
US10228005B2
A structural assembly comprising a first component having a ramped surface, and a fastener assembly for fastening the first component to a second component, the fastener assembly including a receptacle strip of resiliently deformable material attached to the ramped surface of the first component so as to assume the contour of the ramped surface, and a plurality of fastener receptacles attached to the receptacle strip for receiving respective fasteners. Also, a method of fastening a first component to a second component using the fastener assembly.
US10227999B2
An example valve includes a sleeve having a plurality of openings. A spool is rotatable within the sleeve and includes a respective plurality of openings corresponding to the plurality of openings of the sleeve. A rotary actuator coupled to the spool is configured for rotating the spool within the sleeve to one of at least eight rotary positions. The rotary actuator can rotate the spool to a given rotary position in a clockwise or a counter-clockwise direction to cause at least a partial alignment between a subset of the respective plurality of openings of the spool and a subset of the plurality of openings of the sleeve.
US10227998B2
In one aspect, a system for controlling the supply of hydraulic fluid to an implement of a work vehicle may generally include a pump, a control valve coupled to the pump and first and second fluid lines provided in flow communication with output ports of the control valve. The system may also include a pressure control valve provided in flow communication with the second fluid line that is configured to regulate a fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid being supplied to a hydraulic cylinder of the implement. Additionally, the system may include a bypass fluid line configured to provide a flow path for hydraulic fluid between the pump and the second fluid line that is independent of the control valve and a load sensing line configured to provide an indication of the fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid being supplied to the hydraulic cylinder.
US10227992B2
A rotor for a turbocharger device has a shaft and, arranged and fixed axially one behind the other on the shaft, an impeller wheel, a sealing bushing element and an axial bearing element which rotates with the shaft. The sealing bushing element and the axial bearing element, by way of an internal thread provided on at least one of the elements, are screwed to a first external thread arranged on the shaft and are braced against a shaft shoulder. Stronger and more rigid fixing of the parts that are pushed onto the shaft, and thus also lower susceptibility to vibration-induced faults during operation, are achieved by way of this construction.
US10227991B2
A gas turbine engine includes a rotor hub which includes a substantially axially extending projection and a substantially radially extending projection. A seal ring includes a body portion and at least one knife edge that extends outward from the body portion. A recess is in the body portion for accepting the axially extending portion of the rotor hub. The seal ring includes at least one cooling passage that extends through the seal ring. A lock ring is in abutting contact with the seal ring and the radially extending projection on the rotor hub for securing the seal ring to the rotor hub.
US10227990B2
A number of variations may include a product including a rotor comprising a shaft having a rotation axis, a bearing at least partially surrounding the shaft allowing for rotation of the shaft within the bearing about the rotation axis, and a bearing housing comprising at least one fluid outlet passage constructed and arranged to flow fluid upward from the bearing to a top side of the bearing housing.
US10227982B2
A scroll compression mechanism 11 for compressing refrigerant and a driving motor 13 that is connected to the scroll compression mechanism 11 through a driving shaft 15 and drives the scroll compression mechanism 11 are accommodated in a casing 3, the scroll compression mechanism 11 is supported in the casing 3 by a main frame 21, a stator 37 of the driving motor 13 is directly or indirectly supported in the casing 3, and the driving shaft 15 is connected to a rotor 39 of the driving motor 13 and supported in the casing 3 by a bearing plate 8, and a lower end of the driving shaft 15 is supported by a thrust plate 6 provided to the bearing plate 8, and the center position of the rotor 39 is located to be lower than the center position of the stator 37.
US10227980B2
A motor-driven compressor includes suction, discharge, and intermediate pressure housings. The accommodation housing includes a compression mechanism, which compresses refrigerant, and injection ports, which deliver intermediate pressure refrigerant to the compression mechanism from an external refrigerant circuit. The compressed refrigerant is discharged into the discharge housing. The intermediate pressure housing includes an intake port, which draws in the intermediate pressure refrigerant, an accommodation recess, which is connected to the intake port, and supply passages, which connect the accommodating recess to the injection ports. The accommodation recess accommodates the valve mechanism. The valve mechanism includes a valve plate, which has a valve hole that connects the intake port and the supply passages, and a reed valve formation plate including a reed valve, located between the valve plate and the supply passages, to open and close the valve hole.
US10227979B2
A vane fluid pump for a vehicle component has an inner rotor supported within a cam ring. A series of vanes is positioned within a series of slots in an inner rotor to define and separate a series of non-uniformly sized segmented pumping chambers to disrupt harmonics during operation to reduce pressure ripples and associated tonal noise. One chamber has a first sector angle being within a first predetermined range of a nominal value. A portion of the chambers each has a sector angle greater than the first sector angle, with an average sector angle greater than the nominal value by a second predetermined range. A remaining portion of the chambers each has a sector angle less than the first sector angle, with an average sector angle less than the nominal value by the second predetermined range.
US10227978B2
The present invention comprises: a stator 2 that is cylindrical and has a through hole 10, the through hole 10 in the shape of a female screw and being formed at a certain pitch in the flow direction from an inlet to an outlet; and a rotor 3 that is formed in the shape of a male screw, is inserted into the through hole 10 of the stator 2 to form a transport space 11 with the inner circumferential surface of the through hole, and rotates to move a fluid from the inlet to the outlet through the transport space 11 while being inscribed on the inner circumferential surface. The volume of the transport space 11 is reduced toward the flow direction. This prevents, reliably, the occurrence of bubbles from a fluid at a downstream-side when the fluid is transported through the transport space 11 formed between the stator 2 and the rotor 3.
US10227961B2
The present invention relates to the utilization of wave energy and its conversion into operating motion of an electrical energy generating system. The system for generation of electrical energy through the conversion of aquatic wave motion includes floating bodies and a constant rotation mechanism, which converts the two-way linear motion of an inflexible transmission shaft or a flexible transmission shafts into one-way rotation of an output shaft of the constant rotation mechanism. This mechanism allows utilization of wave energy in two directions caused by the rise and fall of waves. The output shaft of the constant rotation mechanism is coupled to a force multiplier that is further coupled to a generator which generates electrical energy. Constant rotation mechanism can be driven by inflexible transmission shaft pivotally coupled to the floating bodies at one end, and the other end to an input gear of the constant rotation mechanism. Depending on the height of the wave and the wavelength, various constructions of floating bodies are used. Certain floating bodies are designed for the waves of a smaller amplitude and smaller wavelength, while other floating bodies are designed for bigger amplitude and bigger wavelength.
US10227960B2
An improved apparatus for repairing fuel injector hold-down bolt holes is disclosed. The apparatus can be readily mounted to the passage through which the fuel injector passes via a flange that fits inside the passage and thus generally avoids the need to remove the engine in order to conduct the repairs. The apparatus further provides guides or bushings that allow for the precise alignment of various tools to repair the hold-down bolt hole.
US10227956B2
A fuel heater and vaporizing system comprising an engine; a source of fuel coupled to the engine through a fuel supply line; multiple stages of thermal sources thermally coupled to the fuel supply line between the source of fuel and the engine, wherein the multiple stages of thermal sources are configured to heat the fuel; at least one catalyst system configured to supply a source of ions and H2 coupled to the fuel supply, and a sustainable water injection sub-system coupled to the engine, the sustainable water injection sub-system configured to inject water vapor into the engine.
US10227947B2
A cylinder head containing an exhaust system manifold for an engine includes screw holes formed through a fastening face of the cylinder head and an exhaust pipe, and outlet cooling channels that are provided adjacent to an outlet of a confluence of the manifold, and are disposed between the screw holes and the outlet. Coolant flows through the outlet cooling channels.
US10227944B2
A method for detecting defective injection nozzles that deliver fuel into the combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine includes determining the standard deviation values for the respective injection nozzles and of the total leakage flow via a computation. The computation involves solving an equation for a respective test step that describes the standard deviation values and the total leakage flow as a function of the mixture factors set in a respective test step, a lambda value that is valid for a respective test step and that is derived from the measurements of the lambda value, and an air mass flow that is valid for the respective test step and that is derived from the measurements of the air mass flow.
US10227931B2
There is disclosed an aero gas turbine engine comprising a compressor and an array of variable inlet guide vanes for the compressor. The angle of the variable inlet guide vanes is controlled by scheduling, the scheduling comprising a first component invoked for engine ground start and a second component invoked for engine in-flight windmill start at least under particular flight conditions. The angle of the variable inlet guide vanes required by at least a portion of the second component is greater than the angle of the variable inlet guide vanes required by at least a portion of the first component.
US10227930B2
A compressor assembly for a turbomachine includes a compressor wall including circumferentially spaced stator vanes defining at least one row of stator vanes. The at least one row of stator vanes defines at least one stator passage therein. Each stator vane includes a leading edge, an opposite trailing edge defining an axial chord distance, and a pressure side. The compressor assembly also includes, at least one bleed opening defined within the compressor wall and disposed adjacent the pressure side in the at least one stator passage within a range from approximately 20% the axial chord distance upstream of the leading edge to approximately 20% the axial chord distance downstream of the trailing edge. The compressor assembly further includes at least one bleed arm extending from the at least one bleed opening with at least a portion of compressor airflow extractable through the at least one bleed arm.
US10227918B2
A Polygon Oscillating Piston Engine having multiple pistons on one of two oscillating disks. Each piston moves in a straight line along one of the sides of a polygon within a cylindrical chamber, while the oscillating disks move in an arc about a central shaft. The difference in the straight motion of the piston and angular motion of the oscillating disk is accommodated by a slip sleeve within the piston that slides on a peg or bar mounted to each disk. The engine can be configured to operate as an internal combustion engine that uses diesel fuel, gasoline, or natural gas, or it can be configured as an expander to convert high pressure high temperature gas to rotary power. This engines compact design results in a high power-to-weight ratio.
US10227916B2
A turbocharger turbine wastegate assembly includes a turbine housing that includes a wastegate seat and a bore; a bushing with a stepped bore that includes an axial face; a wastegate that includes a shaft, a plug and an arm, where the shaft includes an end portion, a first axial face, a journal portion, a second axial face and a shoulder portion, where the first axial face is defined at least in part by an end portion diameter and a journal portion diameter, and where the second axial face is defined at least in part by the journal portion diameter and a shoulder portion diameter; a mesh spacer disposed radially about an axial length of the end portion of the shaft between the axial face of the stepped bore of the bushing and the first axial face of the shaft; and a control arm connected to the end portion of the shaft where an axial length of the bushing is disposed between the mesh spacer and the control arm.
US10227915B2
A turbocharger turbine (2) includes a wastegate subassembly (50) that includes a mounting plate (51) having a bore (55) therethrough, a valve shaft (60) disposed in the bore (55), and a wastegate valve (30) including a valve body (31) and a valve arm (36) that secures the valve body (31) to an end of the valve shaft (60). The wastegate subassembly (50) is preassembled prior to assembly with the turbocharger (1), and is detachably secured to an outer surface of the turbine exhaust gas inlet (10) such that valve body (31) is positioned to control exhaust gas flow through a bypass port (13) that extends between the exhaust gas inlet (10) and an exhaust gas outlet (12), and bypasses the turbine wheel (16).
US10227914B2
An engine device in which exhaust pipes and an intake pipe can be mounted highly rigidly by using an upper face corner of a cylinder block in an engine, and a support structure of the exhaust pipes and the intake pipe can be simplified. In an engine device in which a first supercharger and a second supercharger are disposed in series on an exhaust gas discharge path of an engine, the engine device has a structure in which the first supercharger and the second supercharger are disposed to be divided on opposed side faces of the engine, and an upper side exhaust pipe between the engine and the first supercharger, a lower side exhaust pipe between the first supercharger and the second supercharger, and an intake pipe between the first supercharger and the second supercharger extend to be substantially flush with one another at a head-cover disposed-height of an upper face of the engine.
US10227913B2
The invention relates to a method and to a device for adjusting a charging pressure in an internal combustion engine by means of a pressure-wave supercharger, wherein the pressure-wave supercharger has a cell rotor, which passes through at least two compression cycles per revolution, wherein a high-pressure exhaust-gas flow is divided into a first and a second high-pressure exhaust-gas partial flow, wherein a fresh-air flow and the first high-pressure exhaust-gas partial flow are fed to the cell rotor and a first compressed fresh-air flow and a low-pressure exhaust-gas flow are led away from the cell rotor in the first compression cycle, and wherein the fresh-air flow and the second high-pressure exhaust-gas partial flow are fed to the cell rotor and a second compressed fresh-air flow and the low-pressure exhaust-gas flow are led away from the cell rotor in the second compression cycle, wherein the first and the second compressed fresh-air flow are combined into a charge air, and wherein the charge air is fed to the internal combustion engine, wherein the second high-pressure exhaust-gas partial flow is controlled in order to control the charging pressure of the charge air in such a way, and wherein the second compressed fresh-air flow is led through a check valve before the first and the second compressed fresh-air flow are combined into the charge air.
US10227911B2
A method for controlling an internal combustion engine includes acquiring, at a first operating point of the engine, a value of a first characteristic parameter of the first operating point, and deducing from the value a first liquid coolant temperature setpoint in the engine and a first richness setpoint of a mixture of air and fuel to be admitted into the engine. The method also includes acquiring, on passing a second operating point different from the first, the value of the parameter and deducing from the value, second setpoints for temperature and richness. When the second temperature setpoint is strictly lower than the first temperature setpoint, the method includes determining an additional richness to be added to the second richness setpoint, acquiring a burned gas temperature, and progressively reducing the additional richness as a function of the burned gas temperature acquired.
US10227909B2
A turbocharged engine exhaust system mounted with a gasket having a difference in cross section height includes a turbocharger rotatable by exhaust gasses discharged from an engine, and able to supply the engine with intake air through turbocharging, a warm-up catalytic converter (WCC) for removing hazardous substances in exhaust gasses discharged from the engine, and the gasket located between a turbocharger flange of the turbocharger and a WCC flange of the WCC, receiving a bolting force of stud bolts which pass through the turbocharger flange and the WCC flange, and operating such that the amount of compression strain of a sealing mass around a portion to which the bolting force is directly applied is greater than the amount of compression strain of the sealing mass in the remaining portion to which the bolting force is not directly applied.
US10227908B2
An exhaust aftertreatment system includes a housing including first and second axial ends. An exhaust inlet is disposed adjacent the first axial end. An exhaust outlet is disposed adjacent the second axial end. A catalytic converter is disposed between the first and second axial ends. A diffuser is disposed inside the housing between the first axial end and the catalytic converter. The diffuser includes a shell in communication with the exhaust inlet. The shell includes proximal and distal portions and a front side facing the catalytic converter. The proximal and distal portions are substantially equal in frontal area. The proximal portion is adjacent the exhaust inlet and includes a first plurality of front side openings totaling a first open area and the distal portion includes a second plurality of front side openings totaling a second open area. The first open area is about 1.8-2.2 times the second.
US10227907B2
A vehicle exhaust system includes an exhaust component defining an engine exhaust gas passageway and which includes an opening. A doser defines a doser axis and extends to a doser tip that is configured to spray a reducing agent into the engine exhaust gas passageway through the opening. A cone has a base end positioned adjacent the opening such that an annular gap is formed within the exhaust component around the doser tip. Exhaust gas is directed into the base end of the cone through the annular gap in a direction transverse to the doser axis. This configuration reduces deposit formation while still allowing the reducing agent to be thoroughly mixed with engine exhaust gases prior to introduction of the mixture into a downstream exhaust component.
US10227898B2
A multi-valve-type steam valve provided with a plurality of control valves widening a flow path as valve bodies are gradually separated from valve seats by valve shafts being driven in one direction and allowing steam to flow in by allowing the plurality of control valves to reach an open state in order, the multi-valve-type steam valve being configured such that at least the control valve reaching the open state first among the plurality of control valves have a smaller steam inflow amount during the driving in the one direction from a closed state than the other control valves.
US10227897B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to enhanced dry-cooling systems and methods. More specifically, the presently disclosed subject matter relates to enhanced dry-cooling systems for increasing power plant efficiency and output. One embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to dry-cooling system for increasing power plant efficiency and output. The dry-cooling system comprises an air-cooled condenser and an air cooling system in fluid communication with the air-cooled condenser.
US10227895B2
A case assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising annular case components each having a central axis. Radial struts each have a radial axis and intersect the annular case components. A stress dissipation mass projecting from a continuous surface of at least one of the struts at the intersection with a corresponding annular case component, the stress dissipation mass being on either side of a plane passing through the radial axis of the strut and the central axis of the corresponding annular case component. A method for dissipating thermal and mechanical stresses on a strut in a case assembly for a gas turbine engine is also provided.
US10227894B2
A rotary system capable of maintaining a distance of separation between two rotary machines and inhibiting vibration in an intermediate shaft connecting rotary shafts of the two rotary machines to each other. The rotary system includes a first rotary machine having a first rotary shaft, a second rotary machine having a second rotary shaft, and an intermediate shaft device having an intermediate shaft main body having a first end portion connected to the first rotary shaft and a second end portion connected to the second rotary shaft and rotating about an axis and a plurality of bearing devices slidably supporting the intermediate shaft main body.
US10227887B2
A fluid machine with variable vanes includes: a case, a plurality of vanes arranged along a circumferential direction of the case; a transmission ring rotatably provided in the case and configured to rotate with respect to the case; a transmission member provided on the transmission ring; and a driving assembly detachably attached to the case and including: a driving shaft; and a connection member connected to the transmission member through a through hole of the case provided at a position corresponding to the transmission member and configured to rotate together with the driving shaft, wherein the connection member is disengageably engaged with the transmission member such that the driving assembly is disconnected from the case through the through hole.
US10227885B2
Provided is a turbine. One of a tip portion of a blade and a portion of a partition plate outer ring corresponding to the tip portion of the blade is provided with a step part having a step face that protrudes toward the other, and the other is provided with seal fins) extending out with respect to the step part and forming minute clearance between the step part and the other. The step part facing the seal fins is configured to protrude so that a cavity forming a main vortex and counter vortex being formed by the main vortex are formed on an upstream side of the seal fins. The cavity is formed so that an axial width dimension and a radial height dimension satisfy Formula expressed by 0.45≤D/W≤2.67.
US10227884B2
A platform for a gas turbine engine has an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface is provided with a mount location for mounting the platform to a rotor. The platform extends from a leading edge to a trailing edge, and between a suction wall and a pressure wall. A circumferential direction is defined between the suction wall and the pressure wall. A tab extend circumferentially outward of one of the suction and pressure walls from the platform. The tab has a circumferentially outermost portion which will abut an inner surface of an adjacent platform when the platform is mounted. A fan section and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.
US10227881B2
A turbine blade including an airfoil (31) extending above a platform (32) and a root (33) extending below the platform, the root of the blade having the form of a radially extending arm (34), being produced from composite material and including at least one cylindrical face (34). The direction of the generatrices which are oriented in the direction of the platform to allow a clamping piece (5) to slide towards the latter on the cylindrical face under the action of centrifugal force. The arm includes, at its lower end, a protuberance (35) forming a radial bearing point for engagement with an element for retaining the blade on a turbine disc (1). The root (33) is located entirely on the side of the protuberance with respect to the face.
US10227869B2
A mining machine including a chassis, an actuator, a cutter drum supported by the chassis, the cutter drum driven by the actuator, a cutter bit coupled to the cutter drum, and a controller. The controller includes a processor and memory and is configured to measure a characteristic of the actuator, determine the cutter bit is worn based on the measured characteristic of the actuator, and output a signal when the cutter bit is determined to be worn.
US10227843B2
A method can include pumping cement to a bore of a shifting sleeve disposed in a ported component seated in a cased bore above a liner; flowing the cement from the bore of the shifting sleeve through radial passages of the shifting sleeve and radial Rock passages of the ported component; and flowing the cement to an annulus between a casing of the cased bore and the liner.
US10227833B2
A centralizer comprises a plurality of bow springs, wherein each bow spring has a first and second end. A first collar is coupled to the first end of each of the plurality of bow springs and includes a longitudinal frangible region. A second collar is coupled to the second end of each of the plurality of bow springs and also includes a longitudinal frangible region.
US10227831B2
A threaded connection for drilling or working hydrocarbon wells includes first and second tubular components with an axis of revolution, each including respective male and female ends. At least one of the male or female ends finishes in a terminal surface including a first abutment surface that can come into interfering contact when the connection is made against a second abutment surface provided on a shoulder produced on an opposing tubular component male or female end. At least one of the first and second abutment surfaces is hollowed out by a groove, defining an exterior abutment zone and an interior abutment zone. In the connection made state, the exterior and interior abutment zones are not coplanar, such that contact pressure of the interior abutment zone exerted in a vicinity of the groove is greater than or equal to a minimum value for contact pressure exerted in the exterior abutment zone.
US10227829B2
A piping is provided with an RFID tag for identifying the piping, wherein the piping comprises a first end section for being coupled to a second piping and a second end section for being coupled to a third piping. The piping further comprises a mid-section in between the end sections. The RFID tag is provided in an elongate recess that is formed in the piping and that extends in a tangential direction parallel to a surface of the mid-section of the piping.
US10227823B2
A piston has a hydraulic line going through it and is held in position with one or more shear pins or similar breakable retainers. The piston blocks the flow to the window mill circulation ports until a pressure level is reached that breaks the breakable members to allow the piston to move. The piston moves into a larger bore to allow bypass flow through lateral openings. The piston is captured in the larger diameter chamber after passing the lateral openings. Piston movement pushes out some of the high pressure tubing through the window mill where initial rotation of the window mill along the whipstock face causes the extending tubing to be ground off. A rupture disc and high pressure hoses are no longer needed for a significant cost savings from prior designs.
US10227821B2
An electrically and manually adjustable screening device for screening a window. The screening device has a screen with a variable length and a positionable free end. The longitudinal position of the free end determines the length of the screen. An electric drive is operably connected to the screen for adjusting the longitudinal position of said free end. A sensor arrangement is configured to detect manual movement of the longitudinal position of the free end and for outputting a detection signal. A circuit or processor is configured to control the speed of the electric drive and is configured to ramp up the speed of the electric drive in response to a detected manual movement starting the ramp up at a speed similar to the speed of the detected movement to gradually take over from the manual movement.
US10227817B2
An exterior wall panel with a vented insulated glass unit with the air space between the glass panes pressure equalized with exterior air. The vented insulated glass unit is configured to eliminate the requirement for a perfect seal around the insulated glass unit perimeter, limit water condensation within the insulated glass unit, limit water infiltration, and maintain thermal insulation performance.
US10227816B2
Provided is a structure of a non-interference front-surface opening and closing-type frame, which is advantageous in that, since a cover frame can be conveniently coupled right beneath a fixing frame, assembly of the cover frame and the fixing frame is substantially facilitated, it becomes easier to prevent the cover frame from being separated from the fixing frame by an external impact, and the vertical width between the lower portion of a rotating shaft of the cover frame and the lower portion of a compression piece is substantially reduced, thereby realizing slimness.
US10227815B2
A window jamb extender includes a frame including: (i) a first leg including opposite inner and outer ends; and, (ii) a second leg connected to the outer end of the first leg and arranged transversely relative to the first leg. The first leg includes an outer face adapted to be abutted with an associated wall stud that partially defines a periphery of an opening in an associated wall structure. The first leg includes an inner face that is opposite the outer face and that is adapted to lie adjacent an outer peripheral wall of an associated window frame. The second leg includes an inner face adapted to lie adjacent an exterior face of the associated window frame. The window jamb extender further includes a J-channel portion including: (i) a primary flange that projects outwardly from the outer face of said first leg; and, (ii) a secondary flange that projects outwardly from the outer face of said first leg, wherein the secondary flange is spaced-apart from the primary flange.
US10227811B2
This extensible/contractible driving device includes a rotatable driving member configured to be rotated by drive force of a driving unit; a drive force-transmitting member connected to a leading end of the internal cylinder, configured to be driven by the rotatable driving member so as to move along a rotary shaft direction of the rotatable driving member; and an elastic member disposed in the periphery of the drive force-transmitting member, connected to the leading end of the internal cylinder, and configured to apply biasing force in the rotary shaft direction to the drive force-transmitting member. The rotatable driving member, the drive force-transmitting member, and the elastic member include an intervening member (24) stored in an inner space between external and internal cylinders, disposed in the periphery of the internal cylinder, and intervening between the internal cylinder and the external cylinder. The intervening member (24) includes a plurality of component parts (31a, 31b) having a length in a longitudinal direction of the external cylinder. One of the component parts (31a) is displaced relatively with respect to the other component part (31b) so that the intervening member (24) is opened widely outward. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress a problem of slidability caused by distortion in shape of the intervening member (24) and a problem of interference among the composing members.
US10227802B2
Disclosed herein is a panelboard guard assembly configured to restrict access to a panelboard having a cover and a door defined therein, the cover having first and second side edges. The panelboard guard assembly includes a first strap, a second strap and an adjusting mechanism. The first strap has a first outer end and a first inner end. The second strap has a second outer end and a second inner end. The adjusting mechanism extends between and couples the first strap and the second strap at the first and second inner ends.
US10227794B1
A door plate provides better safety and security. The plate cannot be kicked in or provide access to a door to be picked. The door plate, in conjunction with a doorjamb, makes one strong unit. The door plate wraps the vulnerable area of the doorjamb with its steel property thus becomes more impervious to splitting the edge of the doorjamb or any part of the protected area of the wrapping. A unique connection in the door plate provides further structural strength and avoids safety hazards when opening and entering a door.
US10227785B2
A robotic casting machine (RCM) provides for on-site, or near-site casting and automated production of cast components, such as concrete modular, volumetric building components. The RCM includes stationary and mobile support structures, which can be positioned in a loading configuration, a casting configuration and an ejection configuration in which the cast volumetric component may be ejected from the mold. Tipping machines located beneath the cast component facilitate ejection, rotation and loading of the ejected module onto a transport surface for transport of the module. The support structures are constructed of prefabricated frames that may include at least one standardized section, which may be utilized on every project, and may also include a customized section, which may be provided to achieve desired dimensions of the cast module on a particular project. A casting process is provided in which a volumetric module is cast in a rotated orientation, in which the floor is cast with an initial vertical orientation, the transverse walls extend in a horizontal orientation, which is cast in vertical wall forms, and a longitudinal wall extends horizontally along the top of the mold. Modular, volumetric components created using the RCM and casting process are also described.
US10227779B2
Methods of manufacturing pre-fabricated insulated wall structures are described in this specification. The methods include (a) attaching a foam panel to a front frame surface of a substantially horizontally positioned frame; (b) placing the frame having the foam panel attached thereto on a track conveyor configured to convey the frame having the foam panel attached thereto in a substantially upright position; (c) conveying the frame having the foam panel attached thereto on the track conveyer in a substantially upright position to a spray foam application station; and (d) spray applying a spray foam composition into a cavity of the frame to form a substantially upright positioned wall structure having a foam layer deposited in the cavity in which the foam layer adheres to the foam panel. Also disclosed are track conveyors suitable for use in such methods.
US10227764B2
A valve control system may include a latch valve controlling a stream of water in a pipe; a flow rate sensor measuring a flow rate in the pipe; and a valve control device determining that the latch valve is malfunctioning if a flow rate value measured by the flow rate sensor is not within a pre-set flow rate value range corresponding to a valve operation and controlling the latch valve to re-operate in the occurrence of the malfunction, wherein the valve control device may include a first timing device determining the number of re-operations of the latch valve, and wherein when the number of re-operations of the latch valve determined by the first timing device exceeds a pre-set number, the valve control device may control the latch valve to perform a reverse operation of the operation performed during the re-operations.
US10227757B2
A sink accessorizing device for washing and drying a user's face includes a spray head that is configured to fluidically couple to a mixing valve of a sink. The spray head is configured to convert water that flows from the mixing valve to a mist and to emit the mist from a front of the spray head. A blower assembly is fluidically coupled to the spray head. The blower assembly is configured to operationally couple to an electrical circuit. The blower assembly is configured to heat and force air through the front of the spray head. A selector is operationally coupled to the spray head and the blower assembly. The selector is positioned to selectively compel the spray head to emit the mist to moisten a face of a user and to force the air through the front of the spray head to dry the face of the user.
US10227754B2
A system and method for various levels of automation of a swing-to-hopper motion for a rope shovel. An operator controls a rope shovel during a dig operation to load a dipper with materials. A controller receives position data, either via operator input or sensor data, for the dipper and a hopper where the materials are to be dumped. The controller then calculates an ideal path for the dipper to travel to be positioned above the hopper to dump the contents of the dipper. In some embodiments, the controller outputs operator feedback to assist the operator in traveling along the ideal path to the hopper. In some embodiments, the controller restricts the dipper motion such that the operator is not able to deviate beyond certain limits of the ideal path. In some embodiments, the controller automatically controls the movement of the dipper to reach the hopper.
US10227740B2
In a milling machine for working ground surfaces, comprising a milling device mounted at a machine frame transverse to the direction of travel, comprising at least one first conveying device arranged at the machine frame which accepts the milled-off material from the milling device, at least one second conveying device pivotable, relative to the machine frame and/or the first conveying device, about a horizontal pivoting axis in a predetermined inclination angle range, and laterally about a pivoting axis extending in vertical direction, wherein the first conveying device transfers the milled-off material to the second conveying device, a transfer element with a first transfer opening essentially coaxial to the vertical pivoting axis and open towards the bottom is arranged at the first conveying device, a reception element with a reception opening open towards the top is arranged at the second conveying device, it is provided a lid element covering at least the major part of the reception opening arranged at the reception element, said lid element comprising a passage opening which connects the transfer opening with the reception opening.
US10227736B2
A method and system for providing an artificial turf edge. In one embodiment, the system includes: a main body portion comprising a first surface and a second surface, the main body portion configured to provide a raised artificial turf edge when placed adjacent to an artificial turf surface, and the first surface is configured to provide a barrier that confines base material placed under the artificial turf surface; and a plurality of artificial turf blades extending outwardly from the second surface.
US10227728B2
A dewatering roll (10) comprises a roll body (20), a mantle support structure (30) and a mantle (40). The mantle support structure (30) is attached around the roll body (20). The mantle (40) is attached against an outer surface (36) of the mantle support structure (30). The mantle (40) has a plurality of through holes (42) constituting mantle flow paths (44). The mantle support structure (30) presents support flow paths (38) from the outer surface (36) of the mantle support structure (30). The support flow paths (38) are in fluid contact with the mantle flow paths (44). The outer surface (36) of the mantle support structure (30) has a static geometric shape defining an envelope having a smaller radius in vicinity of each axial end (15) than in vicinity of a center (16). Thereby, the inner surface (48) of the mantle (44) assumes the shape of the envelope.
US10227726B2
The use of redispersible polymer powders containing no organic emulsifier for a binder in the production of carpeting is surprisingly superior to use of the same polymers in the form of an aqueous dispersion. Tuft removal force in particular, is improved. The compositions contain no thickener, or a reduced level of thickener.
US10227720B2
Embodiments relate generally to methods and systems for bleaching textiles using ozone gas that incorporates a color removal step. In one example, there is provided a hybrid machine that incorporates certain features of a washer, but that also includes an integrated blower for gas distribution inside the machine. There is also provided an ozone dosing control system that allows for maintenance of a constant concentration of ozone in the machine. In one embodiment, the ozone output measured in grams/hour at this constant concentration in conjunction with the weight of product measured being treated may be referred to as the “bleaching factor.” There is further provided a wastewater dye removal step, in which ozone is used to clean the water and remove dyes and other colors that may be deposited via denim or other garments.
US10227718B2
Continuous processing methods for making absorbable polymeric dry spun non-wovens with one or more of the following properties: high burst strength, fine fibers of average diameter from 0.01 μm to 50 μm, and thickness from 10 μm to 10 mm, have been developed. Improved fiber cohesion is made possible by controlling the tackiness of the fibers of the non-woven during web collection. The polymer is preferably a polyhydroxyalkanoate, more preferably, a 4-hydroxybutyrate polymer or copolymer. A non-woven of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate is most preferred. The non-wovens have fine fibers with average diameters ranging from 0.01 μm to 50 μm, and are derived by dry spun processing, during which a solution of polymer(s) is injected into a stream of high velocity air with a pressure of 1 to 500 psi for solvent stripping and polymer strand attenuation. The non-wovens can be used for a variety of purposes including fabrication of medical devices.
US10227717B2
The present invention relates to a seamless foot-covering garment made of knitted courses, a method for manufacturing thereof as well as a respective circular machine for hosiery and knitwear. The foot-covering garment made of knitted courses, comprises a heel portion, a toe portion, a middle portion located between the heel portion and the toe portion and an opening between said heel portion, said middle portion and said toe portion for the insertion of an user's foot. The toe portion and the heel portion are aligned along a longitudinal direction. At said opening the middle portion ends with a right side edge and a left side edge. The garment is seamlessly knitted as a whole. At least one or both the right and left side edges comprise at least one elastic portion made up by a plurality of stretch stitches located at an end of knitted courses. The stretch stitches are composed of at least one main thread of the foot-covering garment knitted with at least one elastic thread. The elastic thread extends with no interruption in said at least one elastic portion, in that it is not cut at each knitted course of said at least one elastic portion.
US10227713B2
Resorbable multifilament yarns and monofilament fibers including poly-4-hydroxybutyrate and copolymers thereof with high tenacity or high tensile strength have been developed. The yarns and fibers are produced by cold drawing the multifilament yarns and monofilament fibers before hot drawing the yarns and fibers under tension at temperatures above the melt temperature of the polymer or copolymer. These yarns and fibers have prolonged strength retention in vivo making them suitable for soft tissue repairs where high strength and strength retention is required. The multifilament yarns have tenacities higher than 8.1 grams per denier, and in vivo, retain at least 65% of their initial strength at 2 weeks. The monofilament fibers retain at least 50% of their initial strength at 4 weeks in vivo. The monofilament fibers have tensile strengths higher than 500 MPa. These yarns and fibers may be used to make various medical devices for various applications.
US10227706B2
Electroplating apparatus agitates electrolyte to provide high velocity fluid flows at the surface of a wafer. The apparatus includes a paddle which provides uniform high mass transfer over the entire wafer, even with a relatively large gap between the paddle and the wafer. Consequently, the processor may have an electric field shield positioned between the paddle and the wafer for effective shielding at the edges of the wafer. The influence of the paddle on the electric field across the wafer is reduced as the paddle is spaced relatively farther from the wafer.
US10227701B2
An insulating frame for electrolysis cells is proposed, which has a geometric form with corners, said insulating frame being of a flat design and having an anode and a cathode side as well as an outer and inner end face, the insulating frame being characterized in that it is has an edge area directly adjoining the inner end face, characterized in that in the area of the corners the edge area has corner expansion joints in the form of cut-outs.
US10227693B1
A workpiece processing system, has a process chamber coupled to an outgassing chamber. An outgassing chamber valve selectively isolates a processing environment from an outgassing environment defined within the respective process and outgassing chambers. A heater selectively heats the workpiece on a workpiece support in the outgassing chamber to a first predetermined temperature. A vacuum source selectively depressurizes the outgassing chamber to a first predetermined pressure. A workpiece transfer apparatus selectively transfers the workpiece between the outgassing and process chambers. A controller isolates the workpiece in the outgassing chamber by the outgassing chamber valve and is configured to concurrently heat the workpiece to the first predetermined temperature and depressurize the outgassing chamber to the first predetermined pressure by the respective heater and vacuum source. The workpiece is maintained at the first predetermined temperature and the first predetermined pressure for a first period of time associated with a predetermined outgassing threshold.
US10227692B2
A magnetically enhanced HDP-CVD plasma source includes a hollow cathode target and an anode. The anode and cathode form a gap. A cathode target magnet assembly forms magnetic field lines that are substantially perpendicular to a cathode target surface. The gap magnet assembly forms a cusp magnetic field in the gap that is coupled with the cathode target magnetic field. The magnetic field lines cross a pole piece electrode positioned in the gap. This pole piece is isolated from ground and can be connected with a voltage power supply. The pole piece can have a negative, positive, or floating electric potential. The plasma source can be configured to generate volume discharge. The gap size prohibits generation of plasma discharge in the gap. By controlling the duration, value and a sign of the electric potential on the pole piece, the plasma ionization can be controlled. The magnetically enhanced HDP-CVD source can also be used for chemically enhanced ionized physical vapor deposition (CE-IPVD). Gas flows through the gap between hollow cathode and anode. The cathode target is inductively grounded, and the substrate is periodically inductively grounded.
US10227688B2
A barrier film having a substrate, a base polymer layer applied to the substrate, an oxide layer applied to the base polymer layer, and a top coat polymer layer applied to the oxide layer. An optional inorganic layer can be applied over the top coat polymer layer. The top coat polymer includes a silane and an acrylate co-deposited to form the top coat layer. The use of a silane co-deposited with an acrylate to form the top coat layer of the barrier films provide for enhanced resistance to moisture and improved peel strength adhesion of the top coat layer to the underlying barrier stack layers.
US10227683B2
The present invention relates to high strength cold rolled steel sheet suitable for applications in automobiles, construction materials and the like, specifically high strength steel excellent in formability. In particular, the invention relates to cold rolled steel sheets having a tensile strength of at least 780 MPa.
US10227680B2
A first multi phase niobium silicide alloy composition consists essentially of: from 15 to 24 at % of Si; from 0 to 25 at % of one or more sp outer electron configuration element which is not Si; from 1 to 26 at % of one or more sd outer electron configuration element which is not Nb; and a balance of Nb, interstitials and impurities. This alloy may be used to increase the creep resistance of an article, for example a gas turbine engine blade. A second multi phase niobium silicide alloy composition consists essentially of: from 1 to 24 at % of Si; from 0 to 34 at % of one or more sp outer electron configuration element which is not Si; from 19.5 to 48.5 at % of one or more sd outer electron configuration element which is not Nb or Cr; from 0.5 to 9 at % Cr; and a balance of Nb, interstitials and impurities. This alloy may be used to increase the creep resistance and/or to increase the oxidation resistance of an article, for example a gas turbine engine blade.
US10227676B2
A process of solvent extraction for separation of rare earth elements (REEs) based on separation factor is provided. The method includes repeatedly contacting the REEs containing aqueous solution with a suitable solvent containing a diluent and/or a modifier and an REE as a partial reflux.
US10227673B2
A method for creating a formed steel part from a steel sheet is provided. The steel sheet is heated to austenitization temperature. The steel sheet is formed with simultaneous cooling-down. A manganese-rich surface layer of the formed steel sheet is removed.
US10227664B2
The present invention is directed towards a novel virus, called Cedar Virus, and its methods of use.
US10227656B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure concern methods and compositions for prognosis, diagnosis, and/or treatment of prostate cancer or breast cancer, for example. Certain embodiments of the disclosure concern assaying for the expression level of TDRD1. Particular embodiments concern treating an individual with a particular cancer therapy when the expression level of TDRD1 is overexpressed.
US10227655B2
Methods and kits for qualifying the analysis of cell free DNA in e.g. plasma and serum samples are provided, based on the identification of contaminating DNA from B lymphocytes. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) can be used to detecting or determining the level of clonally rearranged immunoglobulin heavy-chain (IGH) genes, immunoglobulin kappa chain (IGK) genes, or immunoglobulin lambda-chain (IGL) genes, or a combination of any thereof. Samples identified as containing contaminating DNA can thus be identified and excluded or corrected, improving the accuracy of cf DNA determinations as a diagnostic, prognostic and treatment monitoring tool.
US10227651B2
We have identified a suite of genes in a limited number of human colonic tissue samples with expression patterns that correlate with whether an individual is experiencing symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) (FIG. 2). Interestingly, in the efforts to screen for genes that might be used as biomarkers for IBS, it was found that no single gene could be used for this purpose. Instead, when examining the entire dataset, there exist signature gene expression patterns (e.g., fingerprints or biosignatures) of IBS that have use as a diagnostic tool for IBS.
US10227645B2
Described herein are engineered alpha-hemolysin subunits having mutated oligomerization domains for assembling into heptameric nanopores in lipid bilayers.
US10227642B2
The present invention relates to a formulation of a thermostable DNA polymerase which is completely free of detergents and its particular use in real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Such a formulation may be obtained if the selected purification method does not require the addition of a detergent at any purification step.
US10227636B2
A method for scanning a microarray, including (a) providing a microarray to an optical scanner, wherein the microarray includes a surface having features having different target molecules; (b) scanning the surface in the x or y direction to acquire optical signals from the features at sequential regions of the surface, wherein the focus setting between the optical scanner and the surface is dynamically controlled in real time by repeatedly (i) adding a predetermined focal offset, thereby introducing an error in the focus setting, and (ii) adjusting the focus setting to reduce the error in the focus setting, thereby acquiring the optical signals from different regions at different degrees of focus such that a subset of the regions that are scanned have an introduced focus error; and (c) analyzing the optical signals that are obtained at the different degrees of focus to identify the different target molecules.
US10227632B2
A method for performing a rolling circle amplification (RCA) reaction includes at least two rounds of RCA. The method includes providing a concatemeric first RCA product having a multiplicity of monomer repeats, each repeat representing a complementary copy of a first RCA template, wherein the nucleic acid molecule to be detected and/or analyzed, or its compliment, is contained in the first RCA template. The first RCA product is cleaved into monomer units which are reduced in size compared to the monomer repeat of the first RCA template. Monomer units resulting from the cleavage are circularized to form second RCA templates, which are smaller than the first RCA template. A second RCA reaction is performed on the second RCA template and a primer for the second RCA to form a second RCA product. The second RCA product, or a monomer unit derived from it, is detected or analyzed.
US10227623B2
A process for mechanical destructuring of cellulosic biomass was developed that makes use of a short application of high compression, impact, and shearing forces. The biomass may be destructured using a specific energy input that is less than 40% of the total combustible energy of the biomass. The destructured biomass, with or without saccharification and/or in-feed glycosyl hydrolase enzymes, may be used in feed applications.
US10227615B2
High conversion efficiency processes are disclosed for the anaerobic bioconversion of syngas to alcohol. The processes use bioreactors that have a non-uniform gas composition and a substantially uniform liquid composition such as deep tank bioreactors. By maintaining certain electron to carbon mole ratios in the syngas feed to the bioreactors and certain partial pressures of carbon dioxide in the off gas from the bioreactors, at least about 80 percent of the hydrogen and at least about 95 percent of the carbon monoxide in the feed can be consumed.
US10227613B2
The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease, pullulanase and/or glucoamylase are present and/or added during liquefaction, wherein a cellulolytic composition is present and/or added during fermentation or simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
US10227611B2
The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms.
US10227594B2
A method of reducing perspiration comprising the topical application of a composition comprising an siRNA that is capable of reducing levels of a specified protein or its mRNA or the function or formation of calcium channel associated therewith; wherein the specified protein is Orai1, Stim1, Orai3, TRPC1 or Stim2.
US10227586B2
The present invention relates to an artificial ncRNA expression library and a method for preparing the same, and particularly the present invention relates to a library securing the stability of the artificial ncRNA by cloning random fragmented DNA that whole genome DNA of E. coli is randomly fragmented to a middle of RNA scaffold having a double stem-loop and a method for preparing the same.
US10227584B2
This disclosure relates to analyzing the end-to-end sequence and the relative distributions in heterogeneous mixtures of polynucleotides and methods and enabling reagents related thereto. In certain embodiments this method relates to the complete full length sequencing and quantitative profiling of mRNAs present in the transcriptomes of cells or tissues of but not limited to, higher multicellular organisms that possess interrupted genes subject to complex post-transcriptional RNA processing.
US10227572B2
The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
US10227563B2
The present invention enables efficient suspension culture of stem cells in a serum-free medium by comprising a step for quickly forming homogenous aggregates of stem cells, and provides a method of selectively inducing the differentiation of nerves from a stem cell, a method of forming a cerebral cortical nerve network in vitro, and a method of producing a steric structure of a brain tissue in vitro, as well as a method of producing hypothalamic neuron progenitor cells, comprising culturing pluripotent stem cells as suspended aggregates in a serum-free medium that substantially does not contain a Nodal signal promoter, a Wnt signal promoter, an FGF signal promoter, a BMP signal promoter, retinoic acid and an insulin, and isolating hypothalamic neuron progenitor cells from the culture.
US10227555B2
A composite sensor assembly for monitoring bio-processes which is suitable for use with a polymeric bioprocess vessel or with downstream equipment, and comprises: i) a port comprising a high surface tension thermoplastic having a hollow tubular portion and a base plate portion, the base plate being fusibly sealable to the bioreactor vessel at a hole in the wall thereof; ii) a generally opaque polymeric monitoring sensor assembly including electrical, and/or optical measurement components. The sensor assembly fits inside the bore of the hollow tubular portion of the port, and is adhesively retained therein.
US10227554B2
The invention relates to devices, methods and systems for collecting and solidifying waste material from bioreactor cell cultures in order to facilitate waste disposal. The invention finds particular utility in mammalian cell culture applications. A transverse wall divides the interior of a waste bag into two chambers, the first chamber containing an inlet receiving waste liquid from a bioreactor, the second chamber containing an absorbent material to solidify the liquid into a gel. The transverse wall acts to direct the flow of waste media into the second chamber where it is converted into a gel and further prevents the inlet from being blocked by any gel or particulate materials. Methods and uses regarding this invention are described.
US10227548B2
Provided is a composition, notably a fabric conditioning composition, comprising (a) a quaternary ammonium compound; (b) a cationic polysaccharide; (c) a first non-ionic polysaccharide; and (d) a second non-ionic polysaccharide, wherein the second non-ionic polysaccharide is different from the first non-ionic polysaccharide and the second non-ionic polysaccharide has a Molar Substitution (MS) in the range of 0.2 to 1.8.
US10227544B2
Automotive transmission fluid compositions are provided having improved power transmission properties through the presence therein of certain defined additives, which increase the fuel efficiency of the vehicle during operation. The invention further provides a process for the manufacture of such transmission fluid compositions, a method of improving the energy efficiency of a transmission, and an additive concentrate for a transmission fluid.
US10227538B2
A method includes a step of reacting a hydrocarbon-containing gas with an oxygen-containing gas to form a first product blend in a reactor. The first product blend includes a blend of partially oxygenated compounds. The blend of partially oxygenated compounds is provided to one or more reactive distillation stations; and The blend of partially oxygenated compounds is converted to a second product blend at one or more reactive distillation stations. Characteristically, the second product blend includes a mixture comprising a at least two of components selected from acetals, ethers, alcohols, esters, and alkenes.
US10227536B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for converting heavy hydrocarbons to middle distillate fuels and, alternately, to Group II and III lube oils, in the presence of suitable metal catalysts using the same refining system with minor adjustments required to change between operating in fuel mode and operating in lube mode.
US10227529B2
A method of producing nanoparticles comprises effecting conversion of a nanoparticle precursor composition to the material of the nanoparticles. The nanoparticle precursor composition comprises a first precursor species containing a group 13 element to be incorporated into the nanoparticles and a separate second precursor species containing either a group 15 or a group 16 element to be incorporated into the nanoparticles. The conversion is effected in the presence of molecular cluster compounds under conditions permitting seeding and growth of the nanoparticles on the molecular cluster compounds. The molecular cluster compounds and nanoparticle precursor composition can be dissolved in a solvent at a first temperature to form a solution and the temperature of the solution can then be increased to a second temperature sufficient to initiate seeding and growth of the nanoparticles on the molecular cluster compounds.
US10227526B2
The present invention relates to compositions of plant oil-based biodegradable crude oil thinning fluids having a performance especially suitable to reducing crude oil viscosity in extraction and retrieval operations.
US10227520B2
A drilling system including a drilling fluid with a particular impedance is disclosed. Specifically, the drilling system includes a drill string, a drill bit attached to the downhole end of the drill string, and a drilling fluid that circulates downhole through the drill string, the drilling fluid including a foundation fluid having an impedance at a frequency, and an additive combined with the foundation fluid that results in a composite fluid having an impedance different than the impedance of the foundation fluid at the frequency.
US10227519B2
A base fluid for formulating wellbore fluids. The base fluid comprises a mixture of synthetic aliphatic hydrocarbons derived from a Fischer-Tropsch product stream and contains greater than 96% aliphatic hydrocarbons having a carbon number range of from C6 to C30. The percentage of homologues having a carbon number of C10 or less is less than about 3 wt %.
US10227515B2
Methods and compositions, and components comprising the compositions, are disclosed relating to improved resin-based adhesives comprising encapsulating at least a catalyst compound. Further methods and compositions are disclosed relating to encapsulated catalysts in uncured resin-based adhesives, said encapsulated catalysts configured to release the catalyst compound and cure the uncured resin-based adhesive on-demand.
US10227507B2
Anaerobic curable compositions are provided, which comprise a (meth)acrylate component, at least a portion which comprises (meth)acrylate-functionalized isosorbide, and methods of their production and use.
US10227502B2
The present invention relates to curable solid particulate compositions that include: (a) a first reactant having at least two cyclic carbonate groups; and (b) a second reactant having at least two active hydrogen groups that are reactive with the cyclic carbonate groups of the first reactant. With some embodiments, the first reactant is a polyol residue having at least two cyclic carbonate groups, such as bisphenol A that has been reacted with epichlorohydrin, and in which the oxirane groups thereof have been converted to cyclic carbonate groups. The active hydrogen groups of the second reactant, with some embodiments, are each independently selected from hydroxyl groups, thiol groups, and amine groups. The curable solid particulate compositions, with some embodiments, are in the form of curable powder coating compositions.
US10227499B2
The present invention relates to [1] a water-based ink including pigment-containing water-insoluble polymer particles A, water-insoluble vinyl-based polymer particles B and an organic solvent C, in which the water-insoluble polymer particles A are obtained by crosslinking polymer particles; the water-insoluble polymer particles B include at least one material selected from the group consisting of water-insoluble vinyl-based polymer particles and the like; the organic solvent C includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol monobutyl ether and diethylene glycol monoisobutyl ether, and propylene glycol, in which a total content of diethylene glycol monobutyl ether and diethylene glycol monoisobutyl ether in the water-based ink is not less than 0.8% by mass, and a content of an organic solvent having a boiling point of higher than 250° C. in the water-based ink is not more than 5% by mass; and a content of water in the water-based ink is not less than 45% by mass, and [2] an ink-jet printing method including the step of printing characters or images on a recording medium using the aforementioned water-based ink. The water-based ink of the present invention is excellent in long-term storage stability as well as ejection stability upon ink-jet printing, and can be improved in image quality of printed characters or images, rub fastness, water resistance, solvent resistance and adhesion to a substrate with a high level and a good balance when printed on a non-water absorbing recording medium.
US10227498B2
The present invention relates to a UV-curable ink composition, a method for producing a bezel pattern of a display substrate using same, and a bezel pattern produced thereby, the UV-curable ink composition comprising a colorant, an epoxy compound, an oxetane compound and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a content ratio of the epoxy compound to the oxetane compound is 1:0.5 to 1:6, a taper angle after being cured is 0° to 30°, and optical density (OD) value is 0.05 to 2.5 per a film thickness of 1.0 μm.
US10227488B2
Disclosed herein are a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article produced from the thermoplastic resin composition. The thermoplastic resin composition includes: a polycarbonate resin; a rubber-modified vinyl graft copolymer; inorganic fillers comprising talc and wollastonite; maleic anhydride-modified olefin wax; and a phosphorus compound represented by the following Formula 1, wherein a weight ratio of the talc to the wollastonite ranges from about 1:0.1 to about 1:0.9, and a weight ratio of the talc to the phosphorus compound ranges from about 1:0.005 to about 1:0.05: wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C10 alkyl group and R3 is a C10 to C30 alkyl group. The thermoplastic resin composition can have excellent properties in terms of impact resistance, stiffness, dimensional stability, appearance, and balance therebetween.
US10227483B2
Polymer blends comprising at least one olefin block copolymer such as poly(ethylene-b-ethylene/propylene-b-ethylene), and at least one propylene-based elastomer such as a propylene-ethylene random copolymer, such blends useful in elastic hygiene articles. The blends have improved permanent set compared to the propylene-based elastomer alone.
US10227480B2
Disclosed herein are rubber compositions comprising at least one rubber, titanium oxide filler and a whey protein component, and related methods as well as tire components containing the rubber compositions disclosed herein.
US10227469B1
A polyamide aerogel and method of making the same is disclosed. The aerogel includes para-substituted monomers without a cross-linking agent.
US10227467B2
Foamed thermoplastic elastomeric polyurethane and ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer articles are made with a combination of a supercritical fluid and a non-supercritical fluid blowing agent.
US10227465B2
A method of making a multilayer sheet includes: forming a substrate including a substrate first surface and a substrate second surface; applying a conductive layer including a base and a conductive coating to the substrate first surface; and applying an ultraviolet cured coating layer to a surface of the conductive layer opposite that in contact with the substrate second surface, wherein the ultraviolet cured coating layer comprises a multifunctional acrylate oligomer and an acrylate monomer; pressing the substrate, conductive layer, and ultraviolet cured coating layer together to form a stack; heating the stack; activating the ultraviolet cured coating layer with an ultraviolet radiation source; and removing the base from the stack leaving a conductive multilayer sheet; wherein the ultraviolet cured coating layer remains adhered to the conductive layer.
US10227461B2
Methods of making a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composite are described. The methods may include applying a sizing composition to a plurality of fibers to make sized fibers, where the sizing composition may include at least one curative for a thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer. The sized fibers may be contacted with a thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition to form a resin-fiber amalgam, where the thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition includes 50 wt. % or less of a total amount of the curative that is also present on the sized fibers. The resin-fiber amalgam may then be cured to form the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composite.
US10227460B2
Lignocellulose composite products that include a hydrophobizing agent. The lignocellulose composite product can include a plurality of lignocellulose substrates, an at least partially cured binder composition, and a hydrophobizing agent. In one example, the hydrophobizing agent can include about 30 wt % to about 98 wt % of a fatty acid compound, about 0.1 wt % to about 15 wt % of a rosin acid compound, and about 1 wt % to about 40 wt % of an unsaponifiable compound. In another example, the hydrophobizing agent can include a tall oil pitch and a fatty acid composition.
US10227458B2
Methods of forming a polymeric nanocomposite are provided. The methods include combining one or more monomers to form a mixture and adding a plurality of carbon fibers to the mixture prior to or concurrently with formation of a polymer from the monomers. The methods can also include polymerizing the monomers to form the polymer and adding a hydrophobic agent and a plasticizer to the mixture to form the polymer nanocomposite.
US10227446B2
Described herein is a feasible, significantly simplified production method that avoids challenging lactonization steps and converts a low molecular weight aliphatic polyester, consisting of hydroxy acids and a comonomer, whose molecular weight has been increased by step-growth polymerization reactions. The molecular weight of the aliphatic polyester, based on comparison of initial and final weight average molecular weights (Mw,1/Mw,2), increased significantly at a rate which permits the use of reactive extrusion to produce high molecular weight aliphatic polyesters in a simple, economically feasible manner.
US10227441B2
There are provided a silyl-terminated resin composition and a method for producing the same, the silyl-terminated resin composition being superior in storage stability before curing and providing a cured product which has a low initial modulus and can maintain the low modulus even after a heat-accelerated test. The silyl-terminated resin composition comprises a surface-treated calcium carbonate and a silyl-terminated resin, wherein the surface-treated calcium carbonate is obtained by surface-treating calcium carbonate having a BET specific surface area in the range of 1 m2/g to 60 m2/g with a fatty acid, and has an alkali metal content in the range of 500 μg/g to 2000 μg/g and the free fatty acid as determined by ethanol extraction in the range of 1.8 to 2.5% by mass.
US10227433B2
A variety of polycycloalkyl polynorbornene monomers and polymers derived therefrom are disclosed and claimed. The polymers and copolymers as disclosed herein are useful for forming pervaporation membranes, among other uses.
US10227425B2
Vulcanizates with desirable properties can be obtained from compounds incorporating polymers that include hydroxyl group-containing aryl functionalities. The functionalities can be incorporated by using any or all of appropriate initiators, monomers and optional terminating compounds. Such polymers exhibit excellent interactivity with both conventional and non-conventional fillers.
US10227424B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a vinyl chloride polymer having good thermal stability due to the restraint of dehydrochlorination by heat or ultraviolet rays, and a vinyl chloride polymer prepared thereby. In the preparation method through bulk polymerization, a modifier is introduced to a polymerization process to impart the vinyl chloride polymer with high thermal stability without inducing modification. Therefore, the preparation method via the bulk polymerization of the vinyl chloride polymer and the vinyl chloride polymer prepared thereby according to the present invention may be readily applied to industries requiring thereof such as industries concerning a vinyl chloride resin and the molded article thereof.
US10227423B2
A copolymer includes (i) a plurality of ethylenic moieties A having a structure according to the formula: wherein R2 and R3 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen, an optionally substituted linear, branched, or cyclic alk(en)yl group, or an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic; (ii) a plurality of acetal moieties B having a structure according to the formula: wherein L1 represents a divalent linking group, x=0 or 1, and R1 represents an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group including at least one hydroxyl group; and (iii) a plurality of acetal moieties C and/or moieties D which include a structural moiety including a chromophoric group having its main absorption in the infrared region.
US10227419B2
The present invention relates to antibodies targeting the membrane bound IgM (mIgM) of the B-cell receptor complex found in B-cell lymphomas and leukemias and uses thereof. Another aspect of the present invention is the use of anti-B-Cell mIgM antibodies in the treatment of Be-cell malignancies, including B-cell lymphomas and leukemias.
US10227409B2
Disclosed herein are chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) that can specifically recognize tumor-associated antigens (TAA) on multiple myeloma (MM) cells. Also disclosed are immune effector cells, such as T cells or Natural Killer (NK) cells, that are engineered to express these CARs. Therefore, also disclosed are methods of providing an anti-tumor immunity in a subject with MM that involves adoptive transfer of the disclosed immune effector cells engineered to express the disclosed CARs.
US10227404B2
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 improve survivability or quality of life of a patient in need thereof. In preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting (or at risk of developing) an elevated serum C-reactive protein level or a reduced serum albumin level prior to treatment. In another preferred embodiment, the patient's Glasgow Prognostic Score will be increased and survivability will preferably be improved.
US10227401B2
The present invention relates to discovery of the ectopic expression of EDEM2 in a production cell to improve the yield of a useful multi-subunit protein. Thus, the present invention provides for production cell lines, such as the canonical mammalian biopharmaceutical production cell—the CHO cell, containing recombinant polynucleotides encoding EDEM2. Also disclosed is a production cell containing both an EDEM2-encoding polynucleotide as well an XBP1-encoding polynucleotide. Improved titers of antibodies produced by these cell lines are disclosed, as well as the improved cell densities attained by these cells in culture.
US10227400B2
The disclosure provides antibodies that are useful for, among other things, inhibiting terminal complement (e.g., the assembly and/or activity of the C5b-9 TCC) and C5a anaphylatoxin-mediated inflammation and, thus, treating complement-associated disorders. The antibodies have a number of improved properties relative to eculizumab, including, e.g., increased serum half-life in a human.
US10227398B2
The present invention provides anti-C1q antibodies and methods of using the same.
US10227390B2
Provided herein are stabilized α-CT polypeptides comprising an alpha-helical segment, and wherein the polypeptide is of Formula (I-1) or Formula (I-2): Rf—[XAA]s—XA1—XA2—XA3—XA4—XA5—XA6—XA7—XA8—XA9—XA10—XA11—XA12—XA13—XA14—[XAA]t—Re (I-1) Rf—[XAA]s—XC1—XC2—XC3—XC4—XC5—XC6—XC7—XC8—XC9—XC10—XC11—XC12—XC13—XC14—XC15—XC16—XC17—XC18—XC19—XC20—[XAA]t—Re (I-2) wherein the α-CT polypeptide binds to the insulin receptor, and wherein the α-CT polypeptide includes at least one staple (i.e. two cross-linked amino acids) and/or at least one stitch (i.e. three cross-linked amino acids). Further provided are insulin analogs including the stapled or stitched α-CT polypeptides, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of use, e.g., methods of treating a diabetic condition or complications thereof.
US10227385B2
The invention relates to building a chimeric polypeptide used for preventing or treating a Flaviviridae infection. The use of the inventive chimeric polypeptide for producing recombinant viral vectors such as a measles living viral vector is also disclosed.
US10227373B2
Enantiomers of 1′,6′-isoneplanocin, including derivatives of the enantiomers of 1′,6′-isoneplanocin, are disclosed along with novel synthetic methods. In particular, a substituted cyclopentane epoxide is synthesized into the enantiomers of 1′,6′-isoneplanocin. Enantiomers of carbocyclic nucleoside analogs of 3-deazaneplanocin to provide D- and L-like 1′,6′-iso-3-deazaneplanocin are also disclosed. The small molecule chemotherapeutic compounds beneficially provide DNA and RNA antiviral activity, demonstrating activity towards, for example, human cytomegalovirus, measles, Ebola, norovirus, dengue, vaccinia and HBV. Compounds exhibiting reduced S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase inhibitory effects are disclosed and provide improved toxicity profiles in comparison to neplanocin. The invention provides improved prophylactic and/or therapeutic antiviral efficacy.
US10227372B2
The invention relates to bola-amphiphilic compounds and their uses for biomedical application. The invention particularly relates to the use of bola-amphiphilic compounds for providing low molecular weight gels (LMWG), useful, in particular, as culture media for animal or human cells, or as biocompatible material for biomedical applications.
US10227349B2
The disclosure provides pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, having protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) inhibitory action, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of treatment using the same.
US10227346B2
The present invention provides methyl- and trifluoromethyl-substituted pyrrolopyridines, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods of modulating RORγ activity and/or reducing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and methods of treating various medical disorders using such pyrrolopyridines and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US10227342B2
Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that modulate kinase activity, including mutant EGFR and mutant HER2 kinase activity, and compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including mutant EGFR and mutant HER2 activity, are described herein.
US10227332B2
The present invention provides T-type calcium channel modulators and methods for producing and using the same. In some embodiments, compounds of the invention are of the formula: where R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, polyether, alkoxy and cycloalkyl; X is selected from the group consisting of methylene, —C(═O)—[NR4]a—, —C(═S)—, and —S(═O)b; R2 is selected from the group consisting of heterocycloalkyl and heteroaryl; R3 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, polyether, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, —NR5R6, —C(═O)NR5R6, —C(═O)ORa (where Ra is alkyl, typically C1-C8 alkyl, often C2-C6 alkyl, and in one particular embodiment Ra is tert-butyl), and —SO2NR5R6; R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, or a nitrogen protecting group; each of R5 and R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl; a is 0 or 1; b is 1 or 2; n=1 to 3; and m=0 to 1.
US10227328B2
The present invention relates to a novel heterocyclic compound inhibiting a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same as an effective ingredient. The heterocyclic compound according to the present invention or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be effectively used in treating or preventing cancers, degenerative brain diseases, etc.
US10227319B2
A catalytic converter arrangement for producing phthalic anhydride by means of a gas phase oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons, comprising a reactor with a gas inlet side for a reactant gas, a gas outlet side for a product gas, a first catalytic converter layer made of catalytic converter elements, and at least one second catalytic converter layer made of catalytic converter elements. The first catalytic converter layer is arranged on the gas inlet side, and the second catalytic converter layer is arranged downstream of the first catalytic converter layer in the gas flow direction. The catalytic converter elements have an outer layer of an active compound. The invention is characterized in that the active compound content in the first catalytic converter layer and/or in the second catalytic converter layer is below 7 wt. %, based on the total weight of the catalytic converter elements, and the ratio of the total surface of the active compound to the volume of the catalytic converter layer is preferably 10000 cm−1 to 20000 cm−1, in each catalytic converter layer.
US10227316B2
A process for producing acesulfame potassium, the process comprising the steps of providing a cyclizing agent composition comprising a cyclizing agent and a solvent and having an initial temperature, cooling the cyclizing agent composition to form a cooled cyclizing agent composition having a cooled temperature less than 35° C., reacting an acetoacetamide salt with the cyclizing agent in the cooled cyclizing agent composition to form a cyclic sulfur trioxide adduct composition comprising cyclic sulfur trioxide adduct; and, forming from the cyclic sulfur trioxide adduct in the cyclic sulfur trioxide adduct composition the finished acesulfame potassium composition comprising non-chlorinated acesulfame potassium and less than 39 wppm 5-chloro-acesulfame potassium. The cooled temperature is at least 2° C. less than the initial temperature.
US10227315B2
The present disclosure relates to benzamide compounds, prodrugs of the compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and/or the prodrugs and methods of using the compounds, prodrugs and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of diseases related to lipid metabolism including diabetes, Non-Alcholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), Non-Alcholic Steathohepatitis (NASH), diseases caused by abnormal cell proliferation including cancer, psoriasis, and infectious diseases.
US10227311B2
The present application provides solid forms of (R)-6-(2-fluorophenyl)-N-(3-(2-(2-methoxyethylamino)ethyl)phenyl)-5,6-dihydrobenzo[h]quinazolin-2-amine dihydrochloride, and methods of preparing and using same.
US10227308B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is defined as in the description and in the claims. The compound of formula (I) can be used as radiolabeled ligand.
US10227303B2
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of halosubstituted-6-trifluoromethyl pyridine of Formula I wherein X is a halogen.
US10227291B2
The invention describes novel mono or dihydroxy docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) analogs, their preparation, isolation, identification, purification and uses thereof.
US10227289B2
Provided herein are methods of treating diseases of the lung in a mammal, including cancer of the lung, mesothelioma, emphysema, and bronchopleural fistula. The methods comprise delivering a biocompatible hydrogel polymer optionally comprising a therapeutic agent directly to a target site using a minimally invasive delivery device, wherein the biocompatible hydrogel polymer gels at the target site.
US10227283B2
The present disclosure provides for a method for measuring the concentration of one or more components in a feed stream or reactor mixture of a process for producing acetic acid by both infrared and Raman spectroscopic analyses. In some embodiments, at least one feed stream comprising water is adjusted in response to the measured concentration of one or more components.
US10227280B1
A method of making spirogalbanone includes the steps of: (a) subjecting ethynylspirodecanol to a Rupe rearrangement to give a compound of the formula I (b) converting the compound of (a) to a C1-C4 alkyl acetal; (c) subjecting the acetal to a trans-acetalization reaction with allyl alcohol in the presence of a mild acid catalyst; (d) heating the product of (c) in the presence of an acid catalyst to give an allylenolether; and (e) subjecting the product of (d) to a Claisen rearrangement to give spirogalbanone. The method affords an easier and more efficient method of preparation.
US10227275B2
A process for manufacturing tetrafluoropropene, including, alternately: at least one step of reacting a chlorinated compound with hydrofluoric acid in the gas phase, in the presence of a fluorination catalyst, the proportion of oxygen optionally present being less than 0.05 mol. % relative to the chlorinated compound; a step of regenerating the fluorination catalyst by bringing the fluorination catalyst into contact with a regeneration stream including an oxidizing agent. Also, equipment suitable for carrying out this process.
US10227274B2
Disclosed are systems and methods which provide a process stream comprising a gaseous component, capture the gaseous component from the process stream by an ionic liquid solvent of a separator, and recover a captured gaseous component from the ionic liquid solvent in a regenerator. A second gaseous component from the process stream may be captured by the ionic liquid solvent of the separator, and the second gaseous component may be recovered from the ionic liquid solvent in the regenerator. Alternatively, the second gaseous component from the process stream may be uncaptured by the ionic liquid solvent, and the uncaptured second gaseous component may be recovered from a membrane unit.
US10227272B2
Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for recovery of ethylene from FCC absorber off-gas comprising a heavy cut comprising ethylene, ethane and heavier hydrocarbons and a light cut comprising hydrogen, nitrogen and methane. An exemplary method includes passing the FCC absorber off-gas to an adsorption zone containing an adsorbent selective for the adsorption of the light cut, the adsorption zone adsorbing at least a portion of the light cut and recovering an adsorption zone effluent stream comprising the heavy cut. The adsorption zone effluent is passed to a demethanizer column to provide an overhead stream comprising hydrogen, nitrogen, methane, ethylene and ethane and a net bottoms stream comprising ethylene, ethane and the heavier hydrocarbons.
US10227264B2
A method of forming a composite article may include impregnating an inorganic fiber porous preform with a first slurry composition. The slurry composition includes particles, a solvent, and a pre-gellant material. Gelling of the pre-gellant material in the slurry composition is initiated to substantially immobilize the particles and yield a gelled article. The method also includes impregnating the gelled article with a second solution that includes a high char-yielding component, and pyrolyzing the high char-yielding component to yield carbon and form a green composite article. The green composite article is then infiltrated with a molten metal or alloy infiltrant to form the composite article. The molten infiltrant reacts with carbon, and the final composite article may include less residual metal or alloy than a composite article formed without using the second solution.
US10227261B2
A sintered compact essentially consisting of zinc (Zn), gallium (Ga), silicon (Si) and oxygen (O), wherein a Zn content expressed in terms of ZnO is 5 to 60 mol %, a Ga content expressed in terms of Ga2O3 is 8.5 to 90 mol %, and a Si content expressed in terms of SiO2 is 0 to 45 mol %, and the sintered compact satisfies a condition of A≤(B+2C) when the Zn content expressed in terms of ZnO is A (mol %), the Ga content expressed in terms of Ga2O3 is B (mol %), and the Si content expressed in terms of SiO2 is C (mol %), and has a relative density of 90% or higher. An object of this invention is to efficiently obtain an amorphous film having high transmissivity and a low refractive index without having to introduce oxygen into the atmosphere during film deposition by DC sputtering.
US10227258B2
The present invention aims to provide a shrinkage reducing agent that exhibits high performance to reduce the shrinkage of hydraulic materials. The present invention relates to a shrinkage reducing agent for a hydraulic material including a compound that satisfies the following conditions (1) to (4): (1) a ratio represented by {(15-drop flow value of a mortar composition containing the compound)/(15-drop flow value of a mortar free from the compound)}×100 is 120 or less, wherein the (15-drop flow value of a mortar composition containing the compound) means a 15-drop flow value of a mortar composition containing the compound at a solid concentration of 0.1% after 10 minutes mixing and the (15-drop flow value of a mortar free from the compound) means a 15-drop flow value of a mortar free from the compound after 10 minutes mixing; (2) a ratio represented by {(ratio between 15-drop flow values after two hours mixing)/(ratio between 15-drop flow values after 10 minutes mixing)}×100 is 110 or less, wherein the (ratio between 15-drop flow values after two hours mixing) means a ratio of a 15-drop flow value of a mortar composition containing the compound at a solid concentration of 0.1% after two hours mixing to a 15-drop flow value of a mortar free from the compound after two hours mixing, and the (ratio between 15-drop flow values after 10 minutes mixing) means a ratio of a 15-drop flow value of a mortar composition containing the compound at a solid concentration of 0.1% after 10 minutes mixing to a 15-drop flow value of a mortar free from the compound after 10 minutes mixing; (3) the compound has an average particle diameter of 2.2 to 8.5 nm in an alkaline solution; and (4) a product of {(ratio between 15-drop flow values relating to a mortar composition containing the compound at a solid concentration of 1.0%)×(ratio between 15-drop flow values relating to a mortar composition containing the compound at a solid concentration of 0.1%)} is 10,100 or more, wherein the (ratio between 15-drop flow values relating to a mortar composition containing the compound at a solid concentration of 1.0%) means a ratio of a 15-drop flow value of a mortar composition containing the compound at a solid concentration of 1.0% after 10 minutes mixing to a 15-drop flow value of a mortar free from the compound after 10 minutes mixing, and the (ratio between 15-drop flow values relating to a mortar composition containing the compound at a solid concentration of 0.1%) means a ratio of a 15-drop flow value of a mortar composition containing the compound at a solid concentration of 0.1% after 10 minutes mixing to a 15-drop flow value of a mortar free from the compound after 10 minutes mixing, the mortar compositions and the mortars are in accordance with JASS 5 M402.
US10227254B2
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.
US10227248B2
An apparatus for treating slurries, in particular biogenic or industrial slurries, can include at least one treatment rotor which is arranged or can be arranged in the slurry and which rotates or is rotatable about an axis of rotation (R), with treatment elements which project outward, as seen from the axis of rotation (R), and between which interspaces are formed, at least some of the treatment elements having, at—at least one, preferably each—adjacent interspace, in each case at least one treatment edge, preferably at least two treatment edges spaced apart from one another, each of these treatment edges running from the inside outward, as seen from the axis of rotation. Methods for treating slurries are also disclosed, including methods using the apparatus for treating slurries.
US10227247B2
Methods and systems for bioremediation of heavy metal contaminants in waste materials (e.g., sludge and combustion wastes from a coal-fired power plant). The systems described in the present application include at least one waste treatment unit (e.g., a flue gas cleaner or a waste lagoon) that includes one or more selected bacterial strains disposed therein consume and/or reclaim at least a portion of the heavy metal in the combustion wastes. Methods include inoculating a waste treatment unit with one or more selected bacteria that consume and/or reclaim at least a portion of the heavy metal in the combustion wastes. Methods may include periodic reinoculation of the waste treatment unit with fresh bacteria and period recovery of the bacteria from the waste treatment unit.
US10227246B2
There is provided a method for treating spent metal working fluid (MWF), comprising the steps of: (a) providing a biofilm of microorganisms on a solid support matrix in a first bioreactor; (b) transferring at least a portion of the solid support matrix comprising the biofilm of microorganisms from the first bioreactor into a second bioreactor; and (c) incubating the microorganisms in the second bioreactor to reduce the chemical oxygen demand of the spent MWF contained therein.
US10227234B2
Processes and systems for producing hydrogen gas utilizing a sorbent enhanced reformer in combination with a calciner operating at atmospheric pressure. Feed material is introduced into the sorbent enhanced reformer to produce carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas. Sorbent material within the reformer acts to absorb carbon dioxide and form a used sorbent. The used sorbent is introduced into the atmospheric calciner to heat the used sorbent to desorb carbon dioxide from the used sorbent to produce regenerated sorbent which can be recycled to the reformer.
US10227232B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for manufacturing a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device. The MEMS device includes a substrate, a cap, a microelectromechanical component, and a tag. The substrate defines a port. The cap is coupled to the substrate. The substrate and the cap cooperatively define an interior cavity. The microelectromechanical component is disposed within the interior cavity and coupled to the substrate such that the microelectromechanical component is positioned over the port to at least partially isolate the port from the interior cavity. The tag is coupled to the substrate and the cap. The tag is positioned to secure the cap to the substrate.
US10227228B2
An electronic cigarette vaporizer includes a heating element, an air pressure sensor and a microcontroller; the microcontroller stores, processes or determines the extent of each inhalation using signals from the air pressure sensor. The microcontroller can calculate the approximate e-liquid consumption from the extent of each inhalation or provide data that enables an external processor to calculate approximate e-liquid consumption. The extent of an inhalation is a function of one or more of: duration; peak flow rate; average flow rate.
US10227224B2
A continuous cycle bottling line for containers of thermoplastic material comprises: a parison molding unit; a blow-molding unit for making containers; a unit for filling the containers; a thermal conditioning structure for the parisons, for heating and cooling the parisons in a heating module and in a cooling module, respectively; an automatic controlled-atmosphere storage system for containing the parisons and interconnected with the other parts of the line; a pressurization system configured to pressurize at least the following parts of the line: the storage system, the at least one blow-molding unit and the connections between the thermal conditioning structure and the storage system; where the heating and cooling modules, alternatively or in combination, i) are pressurized, ii) have a plurality of shutters configured to occlude the opening at the end of each parison, so that the interior of the parison remains closed when the parison is inside the heating and cooling module.
US10227222B2
A pit for containing a vehicle lifting apparatus is constructed from a plurality of precast concrete pieces and assembled in a trench. Conduit, plumbing, heating elements, and the like are cast into the pieces to facilitate safe construction/assembly of the pit. A lift apparatus is assembled or positioned in and at least partly attached to the pit. One or more mounting features are cast into and/or attached to the pit wall to help fix the lifting apparatus relative to the pit and/or to help fix the pit relative to a surrounding building.
US10227219B2
Rail (10, 30) for use at boom hinges (5) of a crane (1), extending longitudinally from one end (11) to an opposite end (12), comprising a rail head (13, 33) having a running surface (131) for a wheel of a railway vehicle, a rail foot (14, 18, 38) for fastening the rail, and a web (15) connecting the rail head to the rail foot and interposed between the rail head and the rail foot, wherein the rail head is continuous along the length of the rail. The rail comprises a resilient member (16, 36) extending across the web (15) from the one end (11) of the rail over a length shorter than the length of the rail in order to provide a resiliency of the rail head (13, 33) relative to the rail foot (18, 38) over a length of extension of the resilient member.
US10227218B1
A universal slab removal device for picking up and moving large slabs of cement, concrete or any other types of heavy solid material using any type of lifting machine. The universal slab removal device includes an anchor assembly including an elongated anchor member adapted to be fastened to a slab of heavy solid material such as cement, pavement, and stone and be lifted with a lifting apparatus such as a fork lift and the like.
US10227216B2
A tool lifting device has: arms connected to pivot relative to one another; and a load bearing pin secured to a first arm of the arms, the arms having a closed position where the load bearing pin is supported by, and spans a tool receiving gap defined between, the arms. A tool lifting device has: arms connected to pivot relative to one another; a load bearing pin supported by one or more of the arms, the arms having a closed position where the load bearing pin extends across a tool receiving gap defined between the arms; and a pivot lock for restricting the arms from pivoting relative to one another in the closed position.
US10227206B2
A spool or reel for carrying spoolable or coilable material comprises first and second sides, a drum disposed there between at least one flange secured to a side and associated with the axis of rotation of the spool. The flange comprises a socket preferably centered about the axis of rotation and configured to receive a replaceable wear hub. The flange and replaceable wear hub are configured to transmit torque there between so that relative rotation between the components is minimized or eliminated.
US10227202B2
A method and associated system are provided for cutting and placing individual nose wires in a facemask production line. A continuous wire is supplied from a supply source to a cutting station in the facemask production line where the continuous wire is cut into individual nose wires having a defined length. A first web is conveyed to a vacuum conveyor, and the individual nose wires are deposited from the cutting station onto the vacuum conveyor such that the nose wires are drawn by vacuum against the first web at a defined spacing and orientation. With the vacuum conveyor, the first web and attached nose wires are conveyed to a folding station wherein the first web and nose wires are combined with a second web such that the nose wires are encapsulated between the first and second webs.
US10227200B2
A medium discharge device includes a discharge roller pair that is provided with a discharge driving roller and a discharge driven roller which drivably rotates in contact with the discharge driving roller, and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium that is fed and discharged by the discharge roller pair, in which the medium receiving tray includes a guide member which guides such that a tip end of the medium which is discharged from the discharge roller pair enters the medium mounting surface at a predetermined angle, and the guide member is provided to be elastically displaceable in an advancing and retreating direction with respect to the medium mounting surface of the medium receiving tray and is displaced in a direction coming close to the medium mounting surface according to raising of a pressing load due to the medium that is discharged to the medium receiving tray.
US10227199B2
A web handling system is disclosed. The web handling system includes a roller wheel including two or more rollers configured to engage a print medium, a motor to rotate the roller wheel and a controller to transmit a signal to the motor indicating which of the two or more rollers are to engage the print medium.
US10227191B2
A sheet supporting apparatus includes a supporting portion to support a sheet, and a regulation unit to regulate a position of an edge of the supported sheet. The regulation unit includes a body portion, an engagement portion to move between an engagement position at which the engagement portion engages with the supporting portion and a separation position at which the engagement portion is separated away from the supporting portion, and an operation portion to move the engagement portion between the engagement position and the separation position. The operation portion is pivotably supported by the body portion and includes a pressing portion to press the engagement portion from the engagement position to the separation position by the operation portion being pivoted. In addition, a fixing component fixes the operation portion to be immovable with respect to the body portion so as to retain the engagement portion at the engagement position.
US10227185B2
Disclosed is a grain conveying apparatus using air, the apparatus efficiently collecting foreign materials while moving grains upward to a position at which the grains are easily fed into a grain processing machine by using the suction force air, and preventing shock so as to prevent damage to the grains. The grain conveying apparatus using air, according to the present invention, comprises: a grain supply hopper for accommodating the grains; a conveyer pipe for guiding the grains supplied from the grain supply hopper and the air flowing in from an external air inlet such that the grains, by means of the air suction force, and the air are moved together; a grain discharge pipe connected to the end of the conveyer pipe; a separation pipe for separating the grains and the foreign materials, the separation pipe comprising a horizontal part connected to the grain discharge pipe and a downwardly curved part for dropping the grains; a rotary valve connected to the lower part of the curved part of the separation pipe so as to discharge the grains in predetermined amounts; an exhaust pipe for discharging the separated foreign materials to the outside; and an air suction means having a ring blower connected to the end of the exhaust pipe so as to suck the air, wherein the front end of the grain discharge pipe is provided to penetrate the lower side of a finishing plate for closing a coupled part of the separation pipe, an inner diameter of the grain discharge pipe and an inner diameter of the separation pipe are formed to be small in a ratio of 0.4 to 0.5:1 such that the internal pressure of the separation pipe is lowered due to a change in the pressure difference, and a cut inclined surface, to be inclined in the direction of the grain conveyer pipe, is formed at the lower part of the front end of the grain discharge pipe, so as to cover the upper part thereof in order not to be influenced by the air discharged to the exhaust pipe connected to the upper side of the separation pipe, and allows the grains to be discharged to the lower side of the horizontal part of the separation pipe having a large inner diameter.
US10227182B2
The invention relates to a device for moving objects, comprising a plurality of individually movable transport movers for transporting the objects, comprising a track system for the transport movers, said transport movers being movable in a transport direction along at least one specified track in said track system, and comprising a controller for controlling the movements of the transport movers in the track system. Each of the transport movers comprises at least one slide which interacts with the track system and at least one object support attached to the slide. The support is at least temporarily arranged in a protruding position in which at least an object receiving region of the support protrudes laterally.
US10227176B2
According to one embodiment, a picking apparatus includes a carriage, a holding mechanism, and a movement mechanism. The holding mechanism includes an arm, a rotating shaft provided at one end of the arm and rotating the arm, and a holding part provided at the other end of the arm and able to hold at least one object. The movement mechanism is provided on the carriage, and includes a first movement part that moves the rotating shaft along a first direction toward the object, and a second movement part that moves the first movement part along a second direction intersecting with the first direction and approximately perpendicular to the carriage. The first movement part is positioned along a direction away from the object with respect to the second movement part.
US10227173B2
An aerosol container (1) is disclosed herein that can include a reservoir (2) containing a propellant and a foodproduct, operable discharge means (3) to discharge the foodproduct, a dispensing head (10) defining a foodproduct receiving space (11) to receive the foodproduct from the discharge means (3), a distal part (15) of the head (10) having foodproduct shaping projections (12), wherein the food product receiving space comprises an upstream foodproduct receiving space (11A, 11B) that widens, viewed in a foodproduct discharge direction, wherein a maximum diameter (D1) of the foodproduct receiving space of the dispensing head is larger than about 2 cm.
US10227163B2
A plastic bag has a closure comprising first and second mutually interlocking profiles and a slider on the closure adapted to engage the interlocking profiles in locking relationship when the slider is moved across the profiles in a locking direction and to disengage the interlocking profiles when the slider is moved across the profiles in an opening direction opposite the locking direction. Topographical features are spaced periodically along the width of the closure. The topographical features are arranged for engagement with the slider as the slider moves across the profiles. Engagement between the topographical features and the slider produces a locking tactile and audible sensation upon closing the closure which is different from an opening tactile and audible sensation upon opening the closure.
US10227162B2
A stackable wooden crate that can be assembled and disassembled without tools, and stored flat is provided. The crate may include: two sides with box joint tabs, two sides with matching box joint recesses, a bottom, and a lid. The sides may come together at box joints held together with strap binding that stretches tight when the sides are folded 90 degrees to each other. A modified strap binding on one corner of the box is held tight via a tensioner buckle. The bottom is held captive by the four sides. The lid rests between four tabs that extend upward out of all four sides. When the lid is removed, multiple crates can be stacked, the upper crate held in place by the lower crate's four tabs which interface with recesses on the bottom of the upper crate.
US10227155B2
A storage and shipping box includes first closing flaps of the exterior of the box that extend from a pair of opposing sides of the upper face of the box and that are capable of being sealed, stapled or glued in order to carry out one or several shipments. The box further includes second closing flaps of the exterior of the box that extend from the other opposing sides of the upper face of the box. The second flaps include a closing element to open and close the box as many times as needed and are capable of being used for the storage of products or for preparing orders before or after carrying out a shipment.
US10227152B2
A method, apparatus and program product monitor a wrap force during a wrap cycle to dynamically control the dispense rate of a packaging material dispenser to meet a desired containment force to be applied to a load. A conversion may be performed between wrap force and containment force for the monitored wrap force or a containment force parameter to facilitate the performance of a comparison between the monitored wrap force and a containment force parameter associated with the desired containment force to be applied to the load. A wrap force parameter may also be dynamically adjusted, and in some instances, the dynamic adjustment may be responsive to monitored wrap force, and may be used to meet a load containment force requirement for a load. In other instances, the dynamic adjustment may be responsive to monitored packaging material breaks to reduce the occurrence of packaging material breaks.
US10227150B2
Apparatus to transfer bottles in a container, said apparatus comprising at least a transfer device to transfer the bottles in a first direction and a pick-up and delivery member configured to transfer the bottles from the transfer device to the container. The transfer device and the pick-up and delivery member are disposed consecutive with respect to each other and are of the metering screw type. The pick-up and delivery member is associated to movement means provided to translate the pick-up and delivery member and bring it from a first pick-up condition to a second delivery condition, and vice versa, in a second direction, transverse to the first direction.
US10227146B2
An apparatus for filling a plurality of containers with a fluid. The apparatus including a connector configured to removably couple the apparatus to a fluid source, a flow path providing fluid communication between the fluid source and a plurality of containers coupled to the apparatus, a sealing element disposed within each of the plurality of containers, the sealing element configured to couple the container to the apparatus and automatically seal the container when the container is decoupled from the apparatus, a mixing mechanism disposed in the flow path and configured to receive an additive and introduce the additive into the flow path, and a retaining mechanism including an adhesive disposed on each of the plurality of containers to position the sealing element in a neck of each of the plurality of containers.
US10227144B2
A mobile vehicle for supplying pressurized air to an aircraft, the vehicle being configured to tow the aircraft during its movements on the ground and including a pneumatic supply system configured to supply pressurized air to the aircraft, the pneumatic supply system being manually connectable to a high-pressure connector of the aircraft and remotely disconnectable from the connector.
US10227136B1
Various systems may benefit from appropriate triggers to action. For example, various deployable safety devices, such as emergency locator transmitters and flight recorders, may benefit from a multiple input release mechanism. A method can include identifying the presence of at least one crash indicator. The method can also include performing an analysis of aircraft distress based on aircraft parameters other than the at least one crash indicator to provide an analysis result of aircraft distress. The method can further include triggering the release of a safety device contingent upon the presence of the at least one crash indicator being accompanied by a positive result of aircraft distress.
US10227133B2
In some embodiments, a transportation method includes coupling a flying frame to a passenger pod assembly; lifting the passenger pod assembly into the air in a vertical takeoff and landing mode with the passenger pod assembly in a generally horizontal attitude; transitioning from the vertical takeoff and landing mode to a forward flight mode by rotating the flying frame relative to the passenger pod assembly, which remains in the generally horizontal attitude; transporting the passenger pod assembly toward a second location in the forward flight mode; transitioning the flying frame from the forward flight mode to the vertical takeoff and landing mode by rotating the flying frame relative to the passenger pod assembly, which remains in the generally horizontal attitude; landing the flying frame at the second location in the vertical takeoff and landing mode; and releasing the passenger pod assembly.
US10227130B2
A method of engaging a drive system with a rotating wheel of an aircraft landing gear is disclosed. A motor is operated to rotate a pinion which is moved from a neutral position to a contact position in which it contacts a rotating driven gear at an initial contact time, the rotating driven gear being mounted to a rotating wheel of an aircraft landing gear; then after the initial contact time moving the pinion further to a meshing position where the pinion meshes with the driven gear. A center-to-center distance between the pinion and the driven gear reduces as the pinion moves to the contact position and to the meshing position. The driven gear has Ngear teeth or rollers, the pinion has Npinion teeth or rollers which mesh with the teeth or rollers of the driven gear when the pinion is at the meshing position.
US10227128B2
The invention provides an aircraft wing, comprising a fixed wing and a wing tip device at the tip. The wing tip device is configurable between: (i) a locked flight configuration for use during flight and (ii) a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations. The wing further comprises a locking mechanism for locking the folding wing tip device in the locked flight configuration. A rotatable locking member is associated with one of the folding wing tip device and the fixed wing, and a locking pin associated with the other. The rotatable locking member comprises a guide surface to guide the locking pin to a locked configuration, in which the guide surface is shaped such that the locking pin is urged toward the rotation axis of the rotatable locking member by a camming action of the guide surface on the locking pin, thereby preloading the locking mechanism.
US10227127B2
Reinforced wing spars for underwing mounted retractable landing gear assemblies include a unitary (one-piece) metal wing spar having a central web and an upper spar flange, a trunnion mounted in the web of the wing spar for pivotally receiving a transverse mounting tube of a retractable landing gear strut, and a reinforcement laminate adhered to and extending along the upper spar flange above the trunnion, wherein the reinforcement laminate is comprised of at least one fiber reinforced composite layer alternately interposed with at least one metal reinforcement layer.
US10227126B2
A ceiling trim element for a passenger cabin of a vehicle, in particular for an aircraft cabin of an aircraft which has a planar panel element with a front side and a rear side, wherein the front side is provided to point towards the interior of the passenger cabin, and the rear side is provided to point away from the interior of the passenger cabin, wherein an image surface is provided in the panel element, wherein the image surface is assigned a varying pattern generator in order to illuminate the image surface with varying patterns, and having an illuminating ring generator to generate an illuminating ring which surrounds the image surface.
US10227125B2
A steering system for a marine vessel comprises a helm, a control head, and a joystick. The helm and control head may respectively provide user inputted steering commands and user inputted shift and throttle commands on a first CAN network. The joystick and the control head may respectively provide user inputted steering commands and user inputted shift and throttle commands on a second CAN network. The helm may provide user inputted steering commands on the first CAN network. The control head may provide user inputted shift and throttle commands on the second CAN network. The joystick may provide user inputted steering commands and user inputted shift and throttle commands on either the first CAN network or the second CAN network.
US10227117B2
A system for use by a diver during an underwater dive. An autonomous underwater vehicle (one component of the system, AUV) comprises a component for detecting that the AUV has entered water, an AUV acoustic transceiver, a plurality of AUV sensors, a propulsion unit, a processor for determining dive information and diver information responsive to data from one or both of the AUV acoustic transceiver and the plurality of AUV sensors, and one or more cameras. Diver equipment carried by the diver comprises a plurality of diver sensors and a diver acoustic transceiver for receiving sensed information from the plurality of diver sensors and communicating the sensed information to the AUV, and for receiving information from the AUV acoustic transceiver.
US10227114B1
The present invention is directed to an electronic visual distress signal device. In one embodiment, the invention may comprise a waterproof housing comprising: a bulbous portion; a cylindrical portion; and a collar portion. An optical lens may be coupled to the collar portion, extend along a central lens axis, and comprise: an outer lens surface comprising a central outer flat surface located along the central lens axis and an outer convex surface radially outward of the central outer flat surface; and an inner lens surface comprising a central inner flat surface located along the central lens axis and an inner concave surface radially outward of the central inner flat surface. A light source may be positioned beneath the central inner flat surface so that light emitted from the light source passes through the optical lens. A power source may be located within the cylindrical portion.
US10227111B2
A mooring assembly for a vessel comprises a moonpool having a casing, a turret mounted in a moonpool for a rotation by upper and lower bearing assemblies. The lower bearing assembly comprises a stiff inner bearing ring attached to a lower part of the turret, an outer bearing ring attached to a casing of the moonpool and a number of circumferentially spaced bearing blocks positioned between the inner and outer bearing rings. A mounting assembly maintains a substantially fixed position of the bearing blocks relative to the outer bearing ring but allows the bearing blocks to assume a position where the load transfer between the bearing blocks and outer bearing ring occurs with a minimum of stress concentrations within the outer bearing ring and wherein the larger part of the load transfer occurs directly between the bearing blocks and outer bearing ring without being directed through the mounting assembly.
US10227103B2
In a saddle-riding-type vehicle sensor unit attachment structure, a brake caliper bracket that holds the brake caliper is attached to the rearward extension stay of the front fork, the wheel speed sensor is attached to a lower position than the rearward extension stay of the brake caliper bracket, and the sensor cable is arranged toward an upward direction at an inner side in a vehicle width direction of the rearward extension stay and is then drawn to an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the brake caliper bracket at an upper position than the rearward extension stay to be supported by the brake caliper bracket.
US10227100B2
A track wheel may include a wheel rim having an outer rim wall extending axially between first and second sides of the track wheel. The wheel rim may also include a first side wall extending radially inwardly from the outer rim wall along the first side of the wheel such that an inner end of the first side wall is spaced radially inwardly from the outer rim wall. The track wheel may also include a hub disc extending radially within the wheel rim between an inner end and an outer end. In addition, the track wheel may include a first shield wall extending axially between the inner end of the first side wall and the hub disc. The first shield wall may be spaced radially inwardly from the outer rim wall such that a radial gap is defined between the first shield wall and the outer rim wall.
US10227097B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a reinforcement or brace that can be installed on the tailgate of a vehicle. The reinforcement can provide structural support for heavier mounted objects, such as tires, as well as allowing for different attachment points. Advantageously, the tailgate hinge does not need to be removed or replaced.
US10227093B2
A sub-frame and method in a sub-frame arrangement in a vehicle wherein said sub-frame arrangement comprises a sub-frame, a body member, and a first and second attachment socket. Each attachment socket is adapted to host a fastening means arranged in a through going apertures of each attachment socket and adapted to fasten said sub-frame to the body member. The fastening means are adapted to fasten a front section of said sub-frame, first and second attachment sockets each comprises a weakened portion arranged at an angle separated from the vehicle deformation direction during a front collision, and the weakened portions are adapted to give way releasing the sub-frame in the event of deformation of the vehicle.
US10227084B2
An assist motor generates a steering assist force that assists a steering force transmitted to a steering shaft. A steering assist force transmit member is turnably supported by steering stem, and an assist steering system link joins a steering arm and a steering assist force transmit member. The assist motor is disposed adjacent to an assist steering system link.
US10227076B2
A cable transportation system bogie extends along a longitudinal axis and has a main frame defining a supporting surface; a platform configured to support at least one car; and an articulated mechanism connected to the main frame and the platform, and configured to transmit pulling force between the main frame and the platform, and to permit movement of the platform with respect to the main frame in any direction.
US10227062B2
A water-droplet detecting apparatus according to an embodiment includes a setting unit, a first extraction unit, a second extraction unit, and a determination unit. The setting unit sets concentric circles having a center at arbitrary one point of a captured image of an image capturing unit. The first extraction unit extracts candidate pixels based on gradients of pixels on a circumference of each of the concentric circles. The candidate pixels are candidates for pixels that are estimated to indicate a water droplet adhered to the image capturing unit. The second extraction unit extracts one or more candidate circles based on the candidate pixels extracted by the first extraction unit. The one or more candidate circles are candidates for circles that indicate a shape of the water droplet. The determination unit determines whether or not the water droplet is adhered based on an extraction result of the second extraction unit.
US10227060B2
A vehicle control device configured to perform transmission of a drive signal for driving an antenna and reception of a detection signal from a sensor detection unit configured to detect a user operation by common wire, and a controller configured to control the antenna driving unit to transmit the drive signal. The controller is configured to determine whether the determination process is being performed by the sensor detection signal determination unit each when the antenna driving unit transmits the drive signal. The controller is configured to cause the antenna driving unit to transmit the drive signal after the sensor detection signal determination unit finishes the determination process in a case where the controller determines that the determination process is being performed by the sensor detection signal determination unit.
US10227057B2
In a method for identifying misuse of a seat belt in a vehicle, vehicle data are detected and, based on said data, a plausibility check is performed for determining whether the seat belt is fastened as intended. Signals of at least one belt buckle sensor and of at least one webbing extension sensor are detected and a plausibility check for misuse is performed by taking the time course of the signals and/or the point in time of input of the signals into account so as to make a comparison with stored reference data. A seat belt system in a vehicle for carrying out said method comprises at least one belt buckle sensor and at least one webbing extension sensor as well as at least one seat occupation sensor, one door sensor, one vehicle acceleration sensor and/or one vehicle speedometer as well as a control unit in which the signals of the sensors are stored and evaluated.
US10227056B2
A test apparatus includes a linear-motion generator, an airbag, a plate, an anthropomorphic test device, a crushable member, and a guide bar. The linear-motion generator is deployable in a deployment direction. The airbag is spaced from the linear-motion generator and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The plate and the anthropomorphic test device are movable together by the linear-motion generator. The crushable member is fixed relative to the airbag in the uninflated position and disposed in the deployment direction from the plate. The guide bar has an end fixed relative to the airbag in the uninflated position and is positioned to intersect the airbag in the inflated position. The test apparatus has a beltline bar that is elongated along an axis transverse to the deployment direction, adjacent the airbag in the uninflated position, and spaced farther from the linear-motion generator than the airbag in the inflated position.
US10227050B2
A decorative automotive exhaust comprising cut outs on an exterior portion to expose a decorative plate. The depth of the decorative plate relative to the cut outs creates a 3D perspective.
US10227045B2
An inside mirror assembly of a vehicle, the assembly having an improved structure capable of implementing reflective surfaces of a day mode and a night mode according to light reflectivity. The mirror assembly has a simplified mechanism for operating a tilting reflective plate by adopting two pivot shafts to it. The tilting reflective plate is prevented from vibrating, and play is prevented using the tensile force of a spring.
US10227043B2
An in-out motor changes a field of view of vehicle surroundings for a vehicle occupant. When a predetermined condition is satisfied before a predetermined change condition for changing the field of view is satisfied, an ECU controls the in-out motor via a mirror surface operation driver so as to change the field of view to a predetermined preparatory field.
US10227042B2
A camera surround view system for a vehicle includes at least one vehicle camera, which provides camera images. The camera images are processed by a data processing unit in order to produce a live video image stream, which is displayed on a display unit. The camera surround view system loads local cloud information data regarding an object shown in the live video image stream from a data network and displays the obtained local cloud information data as an overlay in the displayed live video image stream.
US10227039B1
A warning system includes an angle-detector, a curvature-detection-means, an alert-device, and a controller-circuit. The angle-detector indicates a steering-angle of a hand-wheel of a host-vehicle. The curvature-detection-means detects a curvature of a portion of a roadway traveled by the host-vehicle characterized as ahead of the host-vehicle. The alert-device is operable to alert an operator of the host-vehicle of driver-fatigue. The controller-circuit is in communication with the angle-detector, the curvature-detection-means, and the alert-device. The controller-circuit is configured to determine an average-steering-angle, determine an expected-steering-angle based on the curvature detected by the curvature-detection-means, determine a steering-angle-deviation based on the average-steering-angle and the expected-steering-angle, determine whether the steering-angle-deviation is greater than a predetermined deviation-threshold, determine a frequency of the steering-angle-deviation, and activate the alert-device when the frequency of the steering-angle-deviation exceeds a change-threshold.
US10227033B2
The invention describes a lighting assembly (10, 10′, 20, 20′) for use in a lighting arrangement (2) of a vehicle (1), comprising a projection lens (11, 21) and an array (12, 22) of light sources (S11, . . . , S26), wherein the projection lens (11, 21) and the light source array (12, 22) are arranged according to an asymmetry displacement (Φi, Φ2, di, d2) of the optical axis (X1, X2) of the projection lens (11, 21), and wherein the light sources (S11, . . . , S26) of the light source array (12, 22) of the lighting assembly (10, 10′, 20, 20′) are individually controllable to adjust a swivel angle (σ1, σ2) of a light beam (BL, BH) generated by that lighting assembly (10, 10′, 20, 20′). The invention further describes a controller (3) for controlling the light sources (S11, . . . , S26) of such a lighting assembly (10, 10′, 20, 20′). The invention also describes a lighting arrangement (2) for a vehicle (1), comprising such a lighting assembly (10, 10′, 20, 20′) and such a controller (3) for controlling the light sources (S11, . . . , S26) of the lighting assembly (10, 10′, 20, 20′) to adjust the swivel angle (σ1 σ2) of the light beam (BL, BR). The invention also describes a method of generating a front beam (BL, BR) for a vehicle (1) comprising such a lighting assembly (10, 10′, 20, 20′).
US10227023B2
Seat assemblies including seat brackets and spreader brackets are described. A seat bracket can include an upper portion, a lower portion, and a frangible portion. The frangible portion can be formed from composite material and include a particular layer orientation. A spreader bracket can include a first component configured to couple with a second component to form a coupled structure. A structural fill material can be disposed within the coupled structure. The first component and the second component can be formed from composite material.
US10227012B2
A brake control device of a railcar includes: a brake switching portion configured to perform switching from an operation of an electric brake device to an operation of a mechanical brake device when a switching monitoring speed obtained from a wheelset speed becomes less than a switching threshold; and an adhesion control portion configured to, when the brake switching portion performs the switching, control at least one of the electric brake device and the brake switching portion to cause a wheel to adhere to a rail.
US10227003B1
Systems and methods for improving vehicular safety are provided. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may receive and analyze image data depicting an individual located within a vehicle. The electronic device may also access certain data related to a condition of the individual, and may accordingly determine whether the individual is fit to operate the vehicle. If the individual is unfit to operate the vehicle, the electronic device may generate and display a notification that warns of the dangers of operating the vehicle and encourages the individual to not operate the vehicle.
US10226999B2
The present invention discloses a dual-motor coupling drive axle with a torque vectoring function. The dual-motor coupling drive axle includes: a main drive mechanism; a spur gear differential; a TV control drive mechanism; a first single-row planetary gear train, of which a first sun gear is rotatably supported on a first half shaft and a first gear ring is connected with an output end of the TV control drive mechanism; a second single-row planetary gear train, of which a second gear ring is fixed to a drive axle housing and a second sun gear is fixedly connected with the first sun gear; a third single-row planetary gear train.
US10226990B2
A tailgate for a vehicle includes an outer skin and a grip recessed into the outer skin, which open towards the bottom when the tailgate in a closed position. A wall of the recessed grip is formed at least in part by a cover of an extendable mounting for a camera. The camera is positionable between a retracted position in which the cover conceals the camera and an extended position in which the camera provides a field of view behind the vehicle.
US10226983B2
A motor vehicle may include an internal combustion engine and an air-conditioning system, which may include a heat exchanger and a compression refrigeration system. The heat exchanger and the compression refrigeration system may be incorporated into a coolant circuit configured to communicate a coolant flow and may have a pump. The compression refrigeration machine may be driven at least one of directly and indirectly via the internal combustion engine. An adsorption system may be incorporated into the coolant circuit and may be connected to the internal combustion engine in a heat-transferring manner. The adsorption system may be configured to receive a waste heat load from the internal combustion engine for operation. A valve device may be incorporated into the coolant circuit and be switchable between at least two position for distributing the coolant flow between the adsorption system and the compression refrigeration system.
US10226973B2
Disclosed is a method for communicating measurement messages between a plurality of electronic measurement modules and an electronic control unit of a motor vehicle. The method includes the steps of measurement (E1), by a primary emitter module, of parameter values associated with the wheel in which the module is mounted, of sending (E2), by the primary emitter module, of measurement messages to a relay module, of reception (E3) by the relay module, of the measurement messages sent, of measurement (E5), by the relay module, of parameter values associated with the wheel in which the relay module is mounted and of sending (E6), by the relay module, of the measurement messages received and of its own measurements to the electronic control unit.
US10226969B2
A circumferential depressed portion extended along a tire circumferential direction is formed on an outer surface of a tire side portion of a pneumatic tire. On a tire cross-sectional plane, a rim-side outer surface formed in a range from a rim separation point to an inner-side end of the circumferential depressed portion along a tire radial direction is formed along a given circular-arc curved line. When a virtual circular-arc curved line drawn by extending the given circular-arc curved line is defined, a depth of the circumferential depressed portion with reference to the virtual circular-arc curved line is not smaller than 5 mm and not larger than 35 mm in a range of not smaller than 22% and not larger than 28% of a tire height from an bead end.
US10226968B2
A pneumatic tire includes a tread having a first tread edge, main grooves in tire circumferential direction, lands bordered by the main grooves, and lateral grooves crossing through the lands. Each land includes a first section having the first tread edge, a second section adjacent to an inner side of the first section, and a third section adjacent to an inner side of the second section, each lateral groove includes first, second and third grooves in the sections, respectively, each lateral groove has an outer portion that extends from first tread-edge side land periphery and a sipe portion that is connected to the outer portion and extends to the other land periphery opposite a first tread-edge side, and the lateral grooves satisfy A1>A2>A3 and B1
US10226951B1
A direct-to-object printer includes a printhead pivoting subsystem. The printhead pivoting subsystem includes an actuator that rotates a frame in which a plurality of printheads is mounted. This rotation pivots the printheads about a pivot position to enable the printheads to change orientation with reference to a surface of an object being printed to accommodate contours of the object.
US10226940B2
Systems and related methods are described for circulating and printing fluid onto a printer media. In one example, a system can include an air isolation chamber to pool printing fluid circulated within the system. The air isolation chamber can be fluidly connected to a printhead assembly to eject a portion of the printing fluid onto the printer media. The system can further include a pump to pump printing fluid from the air isolation chamber to the printhead assembly. The system can further include a pressure control valve along a return line between the air isolation chamber and the printhead assembly to regulate the flow of unejected printing fluid to the air isolation chamber to control printing fluid pressure over the printhead assembly.
US10226937B2
A method for measuring the volume of liquid, such as ink or solvent, remaining in a container, such as a replacement cartridge for a continuous ink jet printer, uses a reservoir enclosing an internal space having a variable volume for storage. The reservoir is adapted to provide a reduction in the pressure of the internal space, the reduction substantially monotonically increasing in magnitude as liquid is drawn into the printer, such that the volume of liquid remaining may be calculated from knowledge of the minimum withdrawal pressure required to draw further liquid from the reservoir into the printer. Containers for use with the method have a liquid dispensing port adapted to allow liquid to be dispensed when a withdrawal pressure at the exterior of the port is less than the pressure of the internal space and adapted to prevent the ingress of air into the internal space of the reservoir as liquid is dispensed.
US10226931B2
A printer includes a medium transporter configured to feed out a medium in a rolled shape and transport the medium in a first direction; a head provided movably in a second direction and configured to eject droplets for image-forming downward along a vertical direction toward the medium which is transported; a receiver provided below a region of the medium facing the head along the vertical direction, and configured to receive the droplets ejected onto the medium from the head and having passed through the medium downward along the vertical direction; and a support member configured switchably arranged at a supporting position arranged between the medium and the receiver along the vertical direction and a retracted position that is retracted from the supporting position, and configured capable of supporting the medium in a state of being arranged at the supporting position.
US10226927B2
An embodiment method for manufacturing a droplet-discharging head substrate may include a first step to perform a surface activation process on joint surfaces of first and second plates with an atom beam, ion beam or plasma; a second step to align and stack the first and second plates in such a manner that nozzle holes formed in the first plate communicate with through-holes formed in the second plate; and a third step to bond the joint surfaces of the stacked first and second plates by atomic bonding without covalent bonding caused by ion movement. The third step bonds the joint surfaces by bringing a load member into contact with the droplet-discharging surface of the first plate at a position away from the nozzle holes to apply pressure under an atmospheric pressure and by bringing the joint surfaces close to each other with an electrostatic attractive force.
US10226923B2
A liquid ejection head has a plurality of nozzles and has a plurality of drive elements configured to cause the plurality of nozzles to eject liquid. A temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the liquid ejection head. A heat generator generates heat when the plurality of drive elements is driven. A controller is configured to: perform a determining process of determining, based on a particular parameter indicative of a temperature difference, whether the printer is in a first state where the temperature difference is constant or in a second state where the temperature difference varies with time, the temperature difference being a temperature difference between the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and an actual temperature of the liquid ejection head; and control the plurality of drive elements based on a determination result in the determining process.
US10226916B2
A method for building a three-dimensional object containing an identification-tag insert, the method comprising performing a build operation to form layers of the three-dimensional object using a layer-based additive technique, placing the identification-tag insert on at least a portion of the layers during the build operation, and reading information from the identification-tag insert.
US10226913B2
Provided is a decorative sheet which comprises a top surface layer, a rear surface layer and at least one intermediate layer between the top surface layer and the rear surface layer, wherein: the top surface layer and the rear surface layer each independently are formed from a first composite resin composition comprising a glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate resin and an ester-based resin; the intermediate layer(s) is (are) formed from a second composite resin composition comprising a glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate resin, a polyethylene terephthalate resin and an ester-based resin; the glass-transition temperature of the ester-based resin is lower than the glass-transition temperature of the glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate resin; the glass-transition temperature of the ester-based resin is lower than the glass-transition temperature of the polyethylene terephthalate resin; and the content of the polyethylene terephthalate resin in the second composite resin composition is between about 5 and about 30 wt %.
US10226905B2
A system and method for forming an item from a material, which may include elongated fibers and/or stretched broken fibers. The material is placed on a first clamping portion, which is placed on a fixture. A second clamping portion is placed against the material and the first clamping portion and secured together, forming a clamping assembly. The clamping assembly is removed from the fixture and placed on a first die portion, having a first profile. A second die portion is also provided, having a second profile. In forming the item, at least one of the first die portion and the second die portion are moved toward each other such that a second surface of the first die portion and a first surface of the second die portion contact and form the material into the item generally replicating the first profile and the second profile.
US10226898B2
Disclosed herein is a method for connecting first (110) and second (120) plastic pipes. The method includes: placing an end of the second plastic pipe (120) on a target portion of the first plastic pipe (110) that is intended to form a connection hole (111), the end of the second plastic pipe (120) being provided with an arch-shaped heating element (130) made of conductive plastic material, electric connection terminals (140) disposed in the heating element (130) on opposite sides of the target portion, and a cover (121) covering at least an outer surface of the arch-shaped heating element (130); supplying power to the electric connection terminals (140) to heat the arch-shaped heating element (130) so that the second plastic pipe (120) is fused to the first plastic pipe (110); and forming the connection hole (111) in the cover (121), the arch-shaped heating element (130) and the side surface of the first plastic pipe (110), so that the first plastic pipe (110) and the second plastic pipe (120) communicate with each other.
US10226895B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a support structure generator creates support structures designed to buttress three-dimensional (3D) digital models during 3D printing. In operation, the support structure generator incrementally constructs a support graph that connects overhanging points included in the 3D model with support points on a horizontal ground plane or relatively flat surfaces in the 3D model. After generating the 3D model, the support structure generator translates the connections between the nodes into support posts sized to sufficiently support the connected surfaces with the minimum amount of support material. Advantageously, the support structure is noticeably sparser than conventional support structures that fill a given support region with a solid volume of support material. Consequently, the time necessary for 3D printers to fabricate the support structure of interconnected support posts is less than the time required for 3D printers to fabricate conventional support structures.
US10226893B2
An elastomeric load hearing surface with different load support characteristics in different directions. In one embodiment, the surface includes an elastomeric membrane that is oriented in only a single direction, for example, by compression or stretching. In another embodiment, the surface includes mechanical structures, such as connectors and variations in thickness that vary the load support characteristics in different directions. In another embodiment, a surface is both oriented and includes mechanical structures.
US10226890B2
A molding apparatus includes an extrusion die having an extruding orifice and a projection forming orifice, and a rotor rotatably installed in a middle portion of the extrusion die and having a forming recess adjacent to the projection forming orifice.
US10226881B2
A blade for a hockey stick which can readily absorb impact from the puck, and can allow the user to feel the puck on the blade in contrast to conventional carbon fiber blades. The blade can include a blade member integrally formed of composite material having discontinuous fibers bonded within thermosetting resin. The blade member can have a blade periphery surrounding a central blade region. The central blade region can have a plurality of openings arranged in a pattern to form series of elongate criss crossing ribs that extend between and connect different sides of the blade periphery to each other. The fibers in the blade periphery can be in a generally jumbled orientation, and the fibers in the central blade region can be positioned within the ribs in a manner wherein each rib contains a plurality of fibers that substantially extend in said each rib's elongate direction.
US10226861B2
A hand tool includes a first body, a locking member and a second body. The first body has a function end, a pivotal hole, a first toothed portion, a first groove, a second groove and a first restriction groove. The locking member has a second toothed portion, a second restriction groove, a first connection portion, a restriction member, an engaging member and a resilient member. The second body has a third connection portion connected to the first connection portion to connect the first and second bodies. When the locking member moves to a first position, the engaging member is engaged with the first groove. The first toothed portion is engaged with the second toothed portion. When the locking member moves to a second position, the engaging member is engaged with the second groove. The first toothed portion is disengaged from the second toothed portion.
US10226856B2
According to a first aspect of the invention we provide an automatic reaction pawl-assembly (“ARPA”) which includes; a shaft assembly; a pawl fixed rotatably relative to the shaft assembly; and a torsion lever torsionally coupled with the paw) about the shaft assembly. Advantageously the ARPA enhances belting efficiency, increases torque accuracy and maximizes operator safety. Torsion springs of the shaft assembly overcome a housing spring and automatically disengage the pawl from a ratchet wheel. The pawl releases without advancing the fastener, touching the tool or raising the hydraulic pressure beyond an intended torque value. This allows for hands free operation of one or more tools. During SWULTORC® the operator no longer needs to determine which tool; is locked on to its fastener.
US10226855B2
A clamping unit (1) for clamping a workpiece, with an electric drive, and a gearbox unit having an arrangement of rolling elements (9). The gearbox unit is used to convert a rotary motion of an actuating element into a translational motion. By means of translational motions of the actuating element, clamping elements (5) can be moved into a clamping position in which a workpiece is clamped with clamping elements (5), and into a release position in which clamping elements (5) release the workpiece.
US10226851B2
Methods are disclosed for performing operations such as cleaning, inspection or data acquisition on an external surface of a hollow cylindrical tubular. Preferred embodiments include providing a fluid dispenser and an abrasion assembly on a buggy that travels up and down the length of the tubular as the tubular rotates. The fluid dispenser includes nozzles that dispense cleaning fluids onto the tubular's external surface. The abrasion assembly includes a swivel brush and a brush train providing different styles of abrasion cleaning of the tubular's external surface. Preferred embodiments include robotically monitoring abrader contact against the external surface of the tubular, and, in response, dynamically adjusting the distance between the external surface of the tubular and the abrasion assembly.
US10226850B2
A hand power tool includes at least one electric-motor drive that is configured to act upon at least one motor shaft, and that is accommodated by a first housing part, the motor shaft and the first housing part defining a first common axis. The electric-motor drive is an electronically commutated electric motor. The hand power tool further includes at least one output shaft configured to drive a tool in an oscillating manner, and at least one second housing part that is configured to accommodate a rechargeable battery, the rechargeable battery and the second housing part defining a second common axis.
US10226848B2
The present invention relates to a method for the lining of a thin-walled sliding element (20) for internal combustion engine blocks ion which: (i) the pressure applied for honing the sliding element (20) is between 8 MPa and 9 MPa; and (ii) at least a part of the inner surface (21) of the sliding element (20) comprises a nano-coat of solid lubricant provided with roughnesses, before honing, of Rpk, Rk and Rvk no lower than ⅔ of the original.
