US10282704B2
A computerized system and method for controlling sale of a company comprising identifying a target company sale value on a dashboard, identifying a current company value on the dashboard based on an Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) analysis, assigning tasks for reducing a difference between the target company sale value and the current company value, displaying on the dashboard a reduction between the target company sale value and the current company value, and authorizing sale of the company when the target company sale value equals a current company value. An adjusted company value can be calculated based on additions and deductions. A current company value can be calculated as a product of the adjusted company value and a multiplier. A difference between the target company sale value and the current company value can be reduced by completing tasks contained within a plurality of checklists.
US10282699B2
An approach for updating of a repetition frequency of a system scan operation. The approach calculates values of asset management factors based on results of the asset management factors from a current and a previously performed system scan operation. Groups of the computer systems are treated as node equivalents, and the asset management factors are treated as synapse equivalents of the node equivalents. The approach also feeds values of the factors and weighing values as input for determining an update value for the repetition frequency as output. The weighing value is adaptable via the learning capability of the neural network equivalent. Finally, the repetition frequency is updated using the update value by an activation function.
US10282684B2
A system for performing selective operations based on location data provided by mobile computing devices is disclosed. The system can receive location information from individual mobile computing devices and can detect when a certain event occurs in connection with a mobile computing device, where the event is related to a particular geographic region. Based on whether the event occurs, the system can perform an operation for or in relation to the mobile computing device.
US10282682B2
A system for tracking, assigning, and issuing equipment to security agency personnel (e.g., officers, administration, command, armorer). An armorer is assigned the task of tracking, assigning, and issuing equipment. Equipment may be assigned to a particular individual officer. The equipment provided to and used by officers may capture (e.g. gather, produce) information (e.g. audiovisual information, data logs, recordings). Equipment may provide information to the armorer via near field communication (NFC) circuits. The information captured may be used alone or in combination with other information received and stored by an evidence management system. The information captured by equipment assigned to a particular individual may be associated with that individual. An armorer may use information supplied by equipment, evidence management system, officers, or other sources to assist in the assignment process.
US10282679B2
Various embodiments train a prediction model for predicting a label to be allocated to a prediction target explanatory variable set. In one embodiment, one or more sets of training data are acquired. Each of the one or more sets of training data includes at least one set of explanatory variables and a label allocated to the at least one explanatory variable set. A plurality of explanatory variable subsets is extracted from the at least one set of explanatory variables. A prediction model is trained utilizing the training data. The plurality of explanatory variable subsets is reflected on a label predicted by the prediction model to be allocated to a prediction target explanatory variable set with each of the plurality of explanatory variable subsets weighted respectively.
US10282678B2
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for comparing similarity of questioning answer system ground truth answers to question answering system result answers. The mechanism receives question answering system results. The question answering system results comprise questions posed to the question answering system, answers returned by the question answering system for each question posed to the question answering system, and a confidence value for each answer. The question answering system is trained or tested using the ground truth questions and answers. The mechanism performs a matching operation comparing each result answer in the question answering system results to a corresponding ground truth answer. The matching operation is an asymmetric containment comparison and wherein the matching operation determines similarity of each result answer to the corresponding ground truth answer. The mechanism determines whether each result answer is right or wrong based on results of the matching operation.
US10282676B2
Techniques for automatically or autonomously performing signal processing-based learning in a process plant are disclosed. Generally, said techniques automatically or autonomously perform signal processing on a real-time signal that is generated based on the process plant controlling a process. Typically, the signal corresponds to a parameter value that varies over time, and the signal is processed as it is generated in real-time during on-line plant operations. Results of the signal processing may indicate characteristics of the signal, and one or more analytics functions may determine the sources of the characteristics, which may include a process element or device, a piece of equipment, and/or an asset of the process plant that is upstream, within the process, of the source of the signal. An autonomous signal processor may be integrated with or included in a process control device and/or a big data node of the process plant.
US10282675B2
In a general aspect, calibration is performed in a quantum computing system. In some cases, domains of a quantum computing system are identified, where the domains include respective domain control subsystems and respective subsets of quantum circuit devices in a quantum processor of the quantum computing system. Sets of measurements are obtained from one of the domains and stored in memory. Device characteristics of the quantum circuit devices of the domain are obtained based on the set of measurements, and the device characteristics are stored in a memory of the control system. Quantum logic control parameters for the subset of quantum circuit devices of the domain are obtained based on the set of measurements and stored in memory.
US10282673B2
A correlation processing method based on observation data from the Deidou satellite includes steps of: a) collecting observation data from the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System; b) capturing data samples according to the observation data, and determining a membership degree of each data sample, and the data samples are classified; c) constructing a target classification function, and selecting the data samples to remove the unavailable data samples; and testing stationarity of each time series; d) building an observation model by using data samples having stationarity in step c), and determining correctness of the observation model and optimizing the observation model if the observation model is not correct; and e) searching a correct observation model obtained in step d) for correlation data, and performing correlation analysis of the observation data. The method of the present invention improved the quality of observation data can be effectively improved.
US10282666B1
A method may include determining, by a computing device and based on at least one user coherency factor, a user coherency level. The coherency level may include a predicted ability of a user to comprehend information. The method may also include determining, by the computing device and based on the user coherency level, information having a complexity that satisfies the predicted ability of the user to comprehend information. The method may further include outputting, by the computing device, at least a portion of the information.
US10282661B2
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a neural network comprising multiple modalities. Each modality comprises multiple neurons. The neural network further comprises an interconnection lattice for cross-associating signaling between the neurons in different modalities. The interconnection lattice includes a plurality of perception neuron populations along a number of bottom-up signaling pathways, and a plurality of action neuron populations along a number of top-down signaling pathways. Each perception neuron along a bottom-up signaling pathway has a corresponding action neuron along a reciprocal top-down signaling pathway. An input neuron population configured to receive sensory input drives perception neurons along a number of bottom-up signaling pathways. A first set of perception neurons along bottom-up signaling pathways drive a first set of action neurons along top-down signaling pathways. Action neurons along a number of top-down signaling pathways drive an output neuron population configured to generate motor output.
US10282644B2
Systems and methods for providing remote approval of an image for printing are provided. One system includes a processing circuit in communication with an image capturing device that is configured to capture an image of a printed product. The processing circuit is configured to process the captured image into a processed image accurate to within a tolerance in a color space to indicate the visual appearance of one or more colors. The color space is a standardized color space, such as sRGB or CIELAB. The processing circuit is further configured to transmit the processed image to a display located remote from the image capturing device and to receive an input signal from a remote input device to allow a user to approve or reject the displayed processed image for printing on a print device.
US10282643B2
The present application discloses a method and apparatus for obtaining a semantic label of a digital image. An implementation of the method includes: obtaining the digital image; looking up a semantic label model corresponding to the digital image, the semantic label model being used for representing correlation between digital images and semantic labels, and a semantic label being used for literally describing a digital image; and introducing the digital image into the semantic label model to obtain full-image recognition information and local recognition information corresponding to the digital image, and combining the full-image recognition information and the local recognition information to form a semantic label, the full-image recognition information being a summarized description of the digital image, and the local recognition information being a detailed description of the digital image. According to the implementation, the digital image is obtained first, then a semantic label model corresponding to the digital image is looked up, and a semantic label is obtained by using the semantic label model, which may improve the accuracy of obtaining the semantic label corresponding to the digital image.
US10282641B2
Technologies for classification using sparse coding are disclosed. A compute device may include a pattern-matching accelerator, which may be able to determine the distance between an input vector (such as an image) and several basis vectors of an overcomplete dictionary stored in the pattern-matching accelerator. The pattern matching accelerator may be able to determine each of the distances simultaneously and in a fixed amount of time (i.e., with no dependence on the number of basis vectors to which the input vector is being compared). The pattern-matching accelerator may be used to determine a set of sparse coding coefficients corresponding to a subset of the overcomplete basis vectors. The sparse coding coefficients can then be used to classify the input vector.
US10282639B2
RGB-D data generated by at least one optical sensor for a field of view is received. Thereafter, the RGB-D data is bifurcated into (i) RGB data and (ii) depth data for the field of view. One or more bounding polygons are defined within the depth data that each characterize a window within the field of view encapsulating an object. The RGB data is then cropped using the bounding polygon(s). Image processing can later be applied to the cropped RGB data to identify at least one object therein. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US10282632B1
A system and/or method configured to determine a sample frame order for analyzing a video. The video may have multiple frames ordered in a sequence from a beginning to an end. A first sample frame order for analyzing the video may be determined. Determining the first sample frame order may include determining an initial frame for a first iteration, and determining secondary frames for a second iteration. Determining the initial frame and the secondary frames may be based on a function of frame position in the sequence of frames. The initial frame may be associated with a first sample position, and the secondary frames may be associated with secondary sample positions in the sample frame order. A first feature of the video may be determined based on an analysis of the frames in the video performed on the frames in the first sample frame order.
US10282630B2
An optical system for capturing an image using compressive sensing includes: a digital micromirror device (DMD) array; an optical lens system; a first optical detector array; a first optical channel for projecting spatial information onto the first detector array; a second optical detector array; a second optical channel; a spectral filter and a polarization filter for projecting spectral and polarization information onto the second detector array; and an image processor to control the DMD array to generate a first and a second set of samples of the image using a sampling rate lower than required by the Shannon-Nyquist sampling theorem, and to reconstruct the image from the samples collected and digitized by the first and second optical detector arrays.
US10282620B2
A system and method for providing surveillance data are provided. The system includes: a pattern learner configured to learn a time-based data pattern by analyzing at least one of image data of one or more images and sound data of sound obtained from a surveillance zone at a predetermined time or time period, and to generate an event model based on the time-based data pattern; and an event detector configured to detect at least one event by comparing the event model with a time-based data pattern of at least one of first image data of one or more first images and first sound data of first sound obtained from the surveillance zone.
US10282616B2
Method and system for finding targets within visual data, comprising receiving target object information. Generating a set of target object semantic attributes from the target object information. Identifying a plurality of candidate objects within visual data. Generating a set of low-level feature descriptors from the visual data for each candidate object. Generating from the set of low-level feature descriptors a set of candidate semantic attributes for each candidate object within the visual data. Identifying one or more portions of the visual data containing a candidate object, from the plurality of candidate objects, having a set of candidate object semantic attributes that match the set of target object semantic attributes. Providing an output indicating the identified one or more portions of the visual data.
US10282614B2
A system and method are disclosed for determining and alerting a user as to whether an object will successfully scan before the post-processing of the scan data. In embodiments, before post-processing of the scan data begins, the scan data is processed by a machine learning algorithm which is able to determine whether and/or how likely the scan data is to return an accurate scanned reproduction of the scanned object. The machine learning algorithm may also suggest new positions for the object in the environment where the scan is more likely to be successful.
US10282610B2
An eye tracking method comprising: capturing image data by an image sensor; determining a region of interest as a subarea or disconnected subareas of said sensor which is to be read out from said sensor to perform an eye tracking based on the read out image data; wherein said determining said region of interest comprises: a) initially reading out only a part of the area of said sensor; b) searching the image data of said initially read out part for one or more features representing the eye position and/or the head position of a subject to be tracked; c) if said search for one or more features has been successful, determining the region of interest based on the location of the successfully searched one or more features, and d) if said search for one or more features has not been successful, reading out a further part of said sensor to perform a search for one or more features representing the eye position and/or the head position based on said further part.
US10282609B2
An identity verification method and an identity verification apparatus are provided. A face image sequence of a user is analyzed to determine whether a biological feature conforms to a preset feature. An input interface is displayed after the biological feature conforms to the preset feature. An eye tracking detection is executed for a face image sequence to detect a blinking movement of the user. And a mental verification is executed by using the blinking movement. The invention combines the biological feature with the eye tracking detection for identity verification. The invention not only tightens security but also diversifies operation.
US10282605B2
A print data semantic analysis system may comprise a print data handler and a database. The print data handler may include a semantic analyzer and a computer. The semantic analyzer may include a semantic identifier and a semantic operator. Semantic pattern(s), rule(s), and/or semantic category or categories may be stored in mutually associated fashion at the database. The print data handler may be a printer driver having a page description language (PDL) generator. The print data handler may be a raster image processor (RIP), a print server, or a printer having a PDL interpreter. The database may take the form of source code, function(s), lookup or other such table(s), and/or any other suitable format(s). The database may be a function table containing function(s) incorporating the semantic pattern(s), rule(s), and/or semantic category or categories.
US10282601B2
An electronic device, which can recognize and be controlled by a gesture of a hand, obtains an image that comprises the hand and image depth levels of objects within the image. Static objects are filtered from the image. A first establishing module obtains hand coordinate information and establishes a first block comprising the hand. Modules further obtain a depth level of each pixel of the first block and counts the number of pixels of each depth level. A second establishing module obtains hand depth information according to the counting result and establishes a second block including the hand. A recognizing module detects a moving track of the hand in the second block and recognizes a gesture of the hand according to a library of gestures. A gesture recognition method is also provided.
US10282594B2
An electronic device, a face recognition and tracking method and a three-dimensional display method are provided. The electronic device includes: a pick-up device configured to shoot a face image of a user; a frontal face image acquisition module configured to acquire a frontal face image of the user via the pick-up device; and a face tracking module configured to perform a comparison operation on the face image shot by the pick-up device and the frontal face image, and determine a moving distance of the face of the user along a direction in a plane perpendicular to a central optical axis of the pick-up device, wherein the comparison operation includes a comparison between a ratio of an area of a specific part to an area of an entire face for the face image shot by the pick-up device, and the ratio for the frontal face image.
US10282593B2
Intelligent systems capable of automatic localization and methods using the same are disclosed. An intelligent system includes an intelligent robot and a plurality of face recognition devices each in a wireless connection with the intelligent robot. Each face recognition device is disposed at the entrance of a room, and is configured to identify face information of people in the room and transmit the face information to the intelligent robot. The intelligent robot thus updates a database according to the face information and automatically identifies a location of a subject to be served based on the database. Thus, the present disclosure can automatically identify the location of the subject to be served.
US10282586B2
An apparatus for realizing a touch button and fingerprint identification, includes: a fingerprint identification sensor, disposed below a cover glass of a touch screen of a terminal device; and a capacitive button sensor, disposed below the cover glass and located on at least one side of the fingerprint identification sensor.
US10282581B2
A finger print and pressure dual sensor includes first electrodes disposed on a substrate and extending in a first direction, and source electrodes and drain electrodes disposed to face each other in the first direction; channel regions disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the source electrode and drain electrode; a first dielectric layer disposed on the substrate, covering the first electrodes, the source electrodes, and the drain electrodes and having first openings for exposing the channel region; second electrodes disposed on the first dielectric layer and extending in a second direction; a second dielectric layer disposed on the first dielectric layer, covering the second electrodes and having second openings for exposing the channel region; gate electrodes disposed on the second dielectric layer, extending in the second direction and disposed on the channel region; and a cover layer disposed on the second dielectric layer and covering the gate electrodes.
US10282577B2
A touch-sensing apparatus and an electronic appliance including a touch-sensing apparatus are provided. The touch-sensing apparatus may include a substrate having an effective area and a non-effective area, a first decorative layer provided within a cavity provided in the non-effective area of the substrate, and having at least one groove that exposes a bottom surface of the cavity, a second decorative layer provided inside the at least one groove of the first decorative layer, and a fingerprint sensor provided on the first and second decorative layers.
US10282574B1
A method of operating a real time locating system (RTLS) includes: obtaining known RTLS coordinates of a reference point located within an RTLS perimeter; determining, by an RTLS tagged object, a difference between known RTLS coordinates of the reference point, and measured RTLS coordinates at the reference point location; and determining corrected RTLS coordinates for the RTLS tagged object using the difference.
US10282570B2
The invention relates to a card-reading device (1), comprising a housing (2) of a card retainer (4), into which a card (5) can be inserted, and locking means (6) which prevent the card (5) from moving out of the card retainer (4) when the card (5) is inserted.
US10282567B2
A high voltage inductive adder is disclosed. In some embodiments, the high voltage inductive adder comprising a first adder circuit and a second adder circuit. The first adder circuit including a first source; a first switch electrically coupled with the first source; a first transformer core; and a first plurality of primary windings wound about the first transformer core and electrically coupled with the first switch. The second adder circuit including a second source; a second switch electrically coupled with the second source; a second transformer core; and a second plurality of primary windings wound about the second transformer core and electrically coupled with the second switch. The high voltage inductive adder comprising one or more secondary windings wound around both the first transformer core and the second transformer core and an output coupled with the plurality of secondary windings.
US10282566B2
A base member for a tablet computing device including a fastener to removably couple a tablet computing device to the base. A receptacle can receive a security lock to secure the base, wherein the security lock is to prevent the fastener from releasing the tablet computing device in a first mode and allows the releasing of the tablet computing device in a second mode.
US10282561B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for managing an application. Whether an application is allowed to run in the background of a terminal device is determined based on a configuration file. When an application is allowed to run in the background, whether each of specific activities of the application is allowed be performed in the background is further determined based on the configuration file. The configuration file may be generated from a record information file used by the terminal device to keep track of the running data for applications. In particularly, whether an application or an activity of an application is allowed to run in the background of the terminal device may be determined by analyzing the record information file and tracked in the configuration file.
US10282554B2
A system and method configured for providing a cryptographic platform for exchanging information. One or more information transactions including encrypted information may be generated and/or provided to a distributed ledger. The one or more information transactions may include information intended for one or more parties. Information transactions intended for one or more parties may be identified. An information transaction may include one or more of a transaction identifier associated with one or more parties, an information payload, and/or other information. The information payload may include encrypted information. The encrypted information may be encrypted with one or more public keys associated with one or more parties. One or more information transactions may be retrieved from the distributed ledger. The encrypted information may be decrypted with one or more private keys that correspond to the public keys. Presentation of the encrypted information to one or more parties may be facilitated.
US10282551B2
A computing system and method to implement a three-dimensional virtual reality world having user created virtual objects. During the creation of a virtual object, a user of the virtual reality world identifies components and/or resources of the virtual object, such as a mesh model defining the shape of the virtual object, an image specifying the appearance of the virtual object, and a script defining the run time behavior of the virtual object. The computer system examines the components and/or resources duration the creation process of the virtual object to detect and/or address security threats and/or performance hurdles. Before the approval of the publication of the virtual object in the virtual world, the computer system performs a simulation of the rendering of the virtual object to detect security threats and evaluate performance impacts.
US10282550B1
Techniques for performing auto-remediation on computer system vulnerabilities in source code are disclosed herein. An application source code representation is scanned to determine any security vulnerabilities and from those vulnerabilities, a set of security patch rules are generated that may be used to automatically remediate the vulnerabilities. One or more of the security patch rules is selected for verification and, once verified may be used to generate a security patch. The security patch may then be automatically applied to the source code representation to produce a patched representation of the application source code with the vulnerability at least partly remediated.
US10282548B1
Systems and methods for detecting malicious content are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for detecting malicious content is described that detects when a client device has access to a remote network server of a communication network. The client device includes one or more processors. Thereafter, a controller being a device separate from the client device, activates one or more security programs within the remote network server. The security programs enable the controller to analyze data stored within or transmitted from the remote network server. Lastly, the controller analyzing the data to determine whether the data includes malware.
US10282546B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting malware based on event dependencies may include (1) applying, to a malware detection system capable of analyzing event dependencies, an event sequence derived from the execution of an application, (2) obtaining, from the malware detection system, a malware confidence score for the event sequence which the malware detection system calculates after a certain event within the event sequence has executed based at least in part on one or more dependencies between the certain event and at least one other event within the event sequence, (3) determining that the malware confidence score exceeds a threshold, and (4) classifying the application as malicious in response to determining that the malware confidence score exceeds the threshold. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10282544B2
Disclosed herein is a system and method for identifying potential sources of malicious activity as well as identifying potentially malicious files that originated from suspected malicious sources. Using an anchor event and telemetry data from devices known to have been infected by malicious activity similar events in the telemetry data between two devices can be identified. These satellite events are then used to identify other files that may have been deposited by the satellite event such that those files can be highlighted to a malware researcher. Additionally, the malware protection may be updated based on this analysis to label an associated site with the satellite event as a malicious site such that the site may be blocked or quarantined.
US10282534B2
A system for enabling data syncing between a host device and an electronic device includes a first port configured to be coupled to a first electronic device, a second port configured to be coupled to the host device, and a data sync switch coupled to the first port and the second port. The data sync switch is switchable between a first state, in which data communication between the electronic device and the host device is enabled, and a second state, in which data communication between the electronic device and the host device is disabled. The system also includes an authorization device configured to couple to an authorizing physical object and generate an output signal. The data sync switch is in one of the first state and the second state based on the output signal from the authorization device.
US10282522B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for cross-application authentication on a content management system. A client application running at a client device that is not authenticated with a content management system can receive, from a website associated with the content management system, a request to authenticate with the content management system under a user account used to authenticate a current session between a browser application at the client device and the website with the content management system. The client application can then obtain a uniform resource locator (URL) with a nonce associated with the client application, and send a command to the browser application including the URL and nonce. The command can trigger the browser application to use the URL and nonce to authenticate the client application with the content management system under the user account with which the current session between the browser application and the website is currently authenticated.
US10282510B2
In one embodiment, a method for improving the alignment of CAD data to optical imaging data, such as LSM and LVI images of integrated circuits is disclosed. Image reconstruction techniques are applied to optical images, such as laser voltage images (LVI), laser scanning microscope (LSM) images, or emission images, to produce reconstructed images which may have higher resolution, increased signal-to-noise, or other enhancements. Multiple CAD pattern layers are processed to generate second CAD images more closely corresponding to the appearance of the reconstructed images. Alignment of the reconstructed images to the second CAD data may be substantially more accurate and precise than alignment of the initial optical images to the CAD data—in some cases this improvement may make the difference between a successful alignment and a failed alignment.
US10282503B2
Systems and methods relate to cell placement methodologies for improving length of diffusion of transistors. For example, a first transistor with a first diffusion node which is bounded by a first diffusion cut is identified in a transistor level layout. The first diffusion cut is replaced with a first floating gate, and a first filler cell with a first filler diffusion region is added to extend a length of diffusion of the first diffusion node. Increasing the length of diffusion leads to improving drive strength and performance of the first transistor.
US10282496B2
A method, apparatus, and program product use graph partitioning to distribute wells to a plurality of solve processors in a parallel reservoir simulation environment to optimize performance of well solve operations during reservoir simulations. Wells may be distributed to assign wells to partitions and associated solve processors and/or other processing resources in a manner that optimizes communication costs and/or costs associated with performing well solve operations.
US10282491B2
A system for engineering and detailing joints in a steel structure includes a compute device that is electronically linked with a web-enabled server. In use, the system engages in an automated process of connecting the various joints in the steel structure by first collecting basic connection preferences via the compute device. Additionally, raw data is extracted from a computer model of the steel structure on the compute device. Using the connection preferences and raw data, the server analyzes framing interrelationships and engineers the connection details for each joint based upon connection preferences and load requirements. Taking into account the connection details of other local joints in the steel structure, the server utilizes an iterative engineering process to ensure that the connection details satisfy structural loads in a cost-effective fashion. Upon completion, the engineered connection details are uploaded back into the computer model of the steel structure on the compute device.
US10282485B2
Technique to determine relative relevance of pairs of nodes in a linked data graph, such as an RDF graph, including calculation of raw relevance scores (which are based upon adjacency relations between nodes after edge filtering, the incoming and outgoing degrees of nodes in the graph after the edge filtering, and the distance (or weight) values of the edge(s)) and/or “refined relevance scores,” which take into account “complementary nodes.”
US10282482B2
A data provision device includes a determination unit that determines at least some of selectable items contained in a web page to be provided to a user terminal as a prefetch item based on an event that can occur in the user terminal to which the web page is provided, a generation unit that generates a data set composed of a group of data to be transmitted to the user terminal according to selection of the prefetch item determined by the determination unit, and a transmitting unit that, when selection of an item is received from the user terminal, transmits a data set corresponding to the item and generated by the generation unit to the user terminal.
US10282462B2
A multi-modal computer classification network system for use in classifying data records is described herein. The system includes a memory device, a first classification computer server, a second classification computer server, and a policy computer server. The memory device includes an item records database and a labeling database. The first classification computer server includes a first classifier program that is configured to select an item record from the item database and generate a first classification record including a first ranked list of class labels. The second classification computer server includes a second classifier program that is configured to generate a second classification record including a second ranked list of class labels. The policy computer server includes a policy network that is programmed to determine a predicted class label based on the first and second ranked lists of class labels.
US10282457B1
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for distributed transactions across multiple consensus groups are disclosed. A distributed transaction system comprises a proposer and a plurality of consensus groups, including a first consensus group comprising a first plurality of members and a second consensus group comprising a second plurality of members. The proposer proposes a transaction to at least a portion of the first consensus group and at least a portion of the second consensus group. A majority of the members in the first consensus group agree to perform the transaction, where the transaction is selected from a plurality of proposed transactions involving the first consensus group. A majority of the members in the second consensus group also agree to perform the transaction. The members of the first and second consensus groups perform the transaction to update a plurality of stored replicas.
US10282456B2
A contact center includes: a microprocessor; a computer readable medium, coupled to the microprocessor, to store, for one or more contact center objects, contact center information; and a microprocessor executable report generator, The report generator, when executed, receives, from a user, a selected contact center object, retrieves, from the computer readable medium, a set of data elements associated with the selected contact center object, the set of data elements defining a first space having a first dimension, projects the set of data elements onto a subspace of the first space to form a transformed set of data elements, the subspace having a second dimension less than the first dimension, and provides, for display to a user, the transformed set of data elements.
US10282452B2
A multi-dimensional graphic user interface displays selected types of information regarding items included in one or more databases or returned by a search in accordance with locations on a two-dimensional display area or projection of a three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional area and provides for selective display of information about respective items in a database (e.g. metadata) as additional dimensions of the display which may be suppressed and/or selectively introduced to avoid user distraction or obscuring information or for comparison between screens which may indicate to a user the degree to which a particular item may or may not be germane to an issue or particular subject matter of interest. The graphic user interface thus provides an effective tool for evaluating search results and organizing detailed review thereof.
US10282449B1
A data store system may include a persistent storage device that may store a plurality of data tables. The data store system may further include a processor array in communication with the persistent storage device. The processor array may receive a query comprising a call to a user-defined function (UDF) that may determine a plurality of aggregates for at least one data table from the plurality of data tables. The processor array may determine a number of the plurality of aggregates in the UDF. The processor array may perform a single read of rows associated with the plurality aggregates from the at least one data table. At least one row of the rows may be commonly associated with more than one of the plurality of aggregates. The processor array may generate each aggregate of the plurality of aggregates using the rows according to the UDF. A method and computer-readable medium may also be implemented.
US10282448B2
A system and method for searching a symmetrically encrypted database for conjunctive keywords is provided. More particularly, the system and method provides means for searching a symmetrically encrypted database for conjunctive keywords by utilizing an encrypted index table and a Bloom filter. The encrypted index table contains encrypted keywords and their associated index pairs while the Bloom filter contains elements that represent encrypted identity-keyword pairs of the database.
US10282443B2
In an approach for query processing, a computer receives a query. The computer determines the received query does not correspond to a previously executed query. The computer parses the received query to identify input literals that include one or more of: data values, tables, fields, records, and a parameter included in the received query. The computer determines whether a pattern is associated with the input literals included in the received query. Responsive to determining a pattern is associated with the input literals, the computer determines a future parameter based on the pattern associated with the input literals, wherein the future parameter is a subsequent instance of a parameter of the received query that corresponds to the pattern. The computer creates a future query by incorporating the determined future parameter into the received query.
US10282440B2
A method begins by a first computing device of a plurality of computing devices accessing a rebuild hierarchical index structure to identify a data object having encoded data slices requiring rebuilding, where the structure includes a plurality of nodes that organizes a plurality of data objects based on a level of need of rebuilding. The method continues with the first computing device utilizing a rebuilding function to rebuild one or more of the identified encoded data slices to be rebuilt to produce one or more rebuilt encoded data slices and sending a write request to memory of a dispersed storage network to store the one or more rebuilt encoded data slices. The method continues with the first or another computing device updating the level of need of rebuilding of the identified data object and updating the rebuild hierarchical index structure based on the updated level of need of rebuilding.
US10282437B2
Techniques for creating and using partial indexes are provided. A partial index is an index that indexes one or more partitions of a partitioned table and does not index one or more other partitions of the partitioned table. Thus, if a partition of a partitioned table is rarely used, then an index may index all other partitions of the partitioned table or at least only those partitions that are written to or read from relatively frequently. Also, in preparation for loading data into a partition, indexing for the partition may be “turned off”, effectively making a full index a partial index. While the data is loaded into the partition, the partial index is still available for query processing. After the data is loaded into the partition, indexing for the partition is “turned on”, which causes the data in the partition to be indexed by the partial index.
US10282426B1
Disclosed below are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for managing, monitoring, controlling, and/or classifying assets in an information technology (“IT”) environment. Certain embodiments leverage both services oriented architecture concepts and event mechanisms to create a platform with which additional controls can easily integrate.
US10282417B2
Software that generates list items from user conversations by performing the following operations: (i) capturing natural language statement(s) spoken by a first user; (ii) converting the natural language statement(s) to text; (iii) performing a natural language processing (NLP) analysis of the text to identify a first list item, wherein the first list item includes one or more words in the text that are likely to be included in a list associated with the first user; and/or performing a first list action utilizing the first list item based, at least in part, on the performed NLP analysis, wherein the first list action includes modifying a first list associated with the first user.
US10282401B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus that processes cascading style sheets includes receiving a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request for a web page from a client computing device. A type of browser from which the HTTP request originated is identified based on a user agent header included in the HTTP request. At least one cascading style sheet (CSS) associated with the requested web page is obtained. The at least one CSS including a CSS property comprising at least a prefix followed by a name. A determination is made whether the prefix of the CSS property matches an established value. A transformation function for the CSS property is applied, when it is determined that the prefix of the CSS property matches the established value. The modified web page is sent to the requesting client computing device.
US10282391B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, methods and apparatus are provided for flexible and user-friendly position editing of loaded media in a multi-media presentation. In one embodiment, a method for editing the position of loaded media comprises loading a page of a collage document to a client device, the page having a plurality of layers with each layer being associated with a media object, and creating a list of layers of the loaded page with each layer indexed by at least a position in the collage document. The method further includes selecting a first media object, selecting a position editing tool to group the first media object and at least one other media object adjacent to the first media object; and moving the grouped first media object and the at least one other media object to a different position in the collage document. A client device for position editing loaded media is also disclosed.
US10282390B2
A method of reproducing a content item includes monitoring an input operation. At the input operation, it is decided whether to update a resume position, based on a reproduction progress, the reproduction progress being determined with respect to a reference position. The method further includes determining whether the input operation corresponds to a linear or to a non-linear event, and updating the reference position if the input operation is a non-linear event.
US10282389B2
Methods and systems for entity recognition and disambiguation using natural language processing techniques are provided. Example embodiments provide an entity recognition and disambiguation system (ERDS) and process that, based upon input of a text segment, automatically determines which entities are being referred to by the text using both natural language processing techniques and analysis of information gleaned from contextual data in the surrounding text. In at least some embodiments, supplemental or related information that can be used to assist in the recognition and/or disambiguation process can be retrieved from knowledge repositories such as an ontology knowledge base. In one embodiment, the ERDS comprises a linguistic analysis engine, a knowledge analysis engine, and a disambiguation engine that cooperate to identify candidate entities from a knowledge repository and determine which of the candidates best matches the one or more detected entities in a text segment using context information.
US10282381B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for discovering a closely related user. The method includes: acquiring first data of a first user on social media and second data of a second user on the social media, where the second user is a user following the first user and/or a user followed by the first user; then, establishing a user model of the first user according to the first data and the second data; then, acquiring third data of a third user in social media, where the third user and the first user do not follow each other; afterward, performing matching between the third data and the user model to perform calculation, to obtain a matching result; and finally, if the matching result is greater than a preset value, determining that the third user is a closely related user of the first user.
US10282378B1
The system provided herein is a computer-implemented system that defines a social network using the linkages of technologies. According to one the teachings, the system looks for pandemic spread or integration of technology through this network to determine when an outbreak of a new technology is occurring.
US10282375B2
Techniques are provided for aggregating data about multiple user interactions with a media (video or audio) item and analyzing the aggregated data. Based on the analysis, a recommendation and/or a report may be generated. Alternatively, one or more changes are automatically made to the media item. A recommendation indicates how the media item may be improved. The recommendation may indicate where the media item should be modified. The recommendation is then provided to a creator of the media item. A report indicates where within the media item different user interactions are occurring. If a change is automatically made to a media item, then a report may be generated that indicates a difference between user interactions before the change and after the change.
US10282370B1
In particular embodiments, a data processing data inventory generation system is configured to: (1) generate a data model (e.g., a data inventory) for one or more data assets utilized by a particular organization; (2) generate a respective data inventory for each of the one or more data assets; and (3) map one or more relationships between one or more aspects of the data inventory, the one or more data assets, etc. within the data model. In particular embodiments, a data asset (e.g., data system, software application, etc.) may include, for example, any entity that collects, processes, contains, and/or transfers personal data (e.g., such as a software application, “internet of things” computerized device, database, website, data-center, server, etc.). For example, a first data asset may include any software or device (e.g., server or servers) utilized by a particular entity for such data collection, processing, transfer, storage, etc.
US10282365B2
It is disclosed to determine, in a second process of compiling data that yields a second compiled database, whether a first compiled database, which is yield from a first process of compiling data performed before the second process of compiling data, contains first object data defining a first object that is considered at least similar to a second object; and to include, in the second process of compiling data, second object data defining the second object into the second compiled database, if it is determined that first object data defining a first object that is considered at least similar to the second object is not contained in the first compiled database, and including the first object data defining the first object into the second compiled database otherwise. Further disclosed are corresponding apparatuses, a corresponding system and a corresponding computer program code.
US10282363B2
A computer-implemented method for operating a database management system which includes a source database and a target database. A database management system is configured for asynchronously replicating data changes of the source database to the target database. The database management system receiving a request to perform a database statement. The method can identify the most recently committed one of a plurality of transactions having been committed in the source database before the receiving of the request. Identifying repeatedly the one of the plurality of transactions having been replicated most recently to the target database. Execution of the requested statement in the target database is delayed until an evaluation of the repeatedly identified most recently replicated transaction returns that the identified most recently committed transaction has been replicated to the target database. After the delaying execution, the method executes the requested statement in the target database.
US10282361B2
Transforming time series data points from concurrent processes is described. A time series database system writes, to a queue, a first time series data point received from a first process. The time series database system writes, to the queue, a second time series data point received from a second process that executes concurrently with the first process. The time series database system removes the first time series data point and the second time series data point from the queue. The time series database system creates transformed time series data by applying a transformation to the first time series data point and the second time series data point. The time series database system outputs the transformed time series data to a user device.
US10282360B2
A system for visually enhancing a chart of one or more data sets with semantic information, the data points in the data sets being values of one or more measures. The system includes a data model that specifies the one or more measures and includes measure annotations for the one or more measures. The measure annotations include semantic information of the measures. The system further includes a processor that executes instructions stored in the memory to implement a chart component. The chart component renders data points of the one or more data sets in a chart, and visually enhances the chart with semantic information of the one or more measures retrieved from the data model.
US10282352B2
Database clients submit junction data (such as invitees to a meeting or other event) at the same time that a new database entity is created. Junction data may be represented within a string array or other data structure that can be delivered using a SOAP, REST or similar protocol for delivering data to the computing server platform. By submitting junction data within the same structure that is used to create the new entity, the likelihood of phantom data or other corruption in the database is greatly reduced.
US10282349B2
In an approach to storing data elements in a database, a database management unit provides a table-mapping file for enabling access to a table of a plurality of tables in a storage medium, the table-mapping file comprising a plurality of map records of a single table, a map record comprising information indicative of the table, a column of the table, a data section of the table, and a range of values of data elements included in the data section of the column. The unit receives a data element at the database via a communication interface, determines the table, column, and data section the data element is to be stored in, and stores the data element in the section file corresponding to the determined table, column and data section. The unit then updates the table-mapping file corresponding to the table, columns and data section the data element has been stored in.
US10282341B2
Techniques and mechanisms for configuring an integrated circuit (IC) chip to implement a protocol stack. In an embodiment, a transaction layer of the IC chip is operable to exchange with a link layer of the IC chip transaction layer packets (TLPs) having a format compatible with one defined in a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express™ (PCIe™) specification. Configuration circuitry of the IC chip provides for configuration of a first protocol stack including the transaction layer, circuitry of the link layer and a first physical layer of the IC chip. The configuration circuitry further provides for an alternative configuration of a second protocol stack including the transaction layer, circuitry of the link layer and a second physical layer of the IC chip. In another embodiment, the first protocol stack supports single-ended signaling to communicate TLP information, whereas the second protocol stack supports differential signaling to communicate TLP information.
US10282330B2
The following description is directed to a configurable logic platform. In one example, a configurable logic platform includes host logic and a plurality of reconfigurable logic regions. Each reconfigurable region can include hardware that is configurable to implement an application logic design. The host logic can be used for separately encapsulating each of the reconfigurable logic regions. The host logic can include a plurality of data path functions where each data path function can include a layer for formatting data transfers between a host interface and the application logic of a corresponding reconfigurable logic region. The host interface can be configured to apportion bandwidth of the data transfers generated by the application logic of the respective reconfigurable logic regions.
US10282321B1
Embodiments herein use a single buffer that comprises a plurality of serially connected data cells to serially store data attributes and the respective data source identifiers from incoming data requests such that each stored data source identifier is used to match with a response message that corresponds to a respective data request. When a response message is received at the data interface, the data interface searches among the previously stored data attributes at the single buffer and selectively outputs a previously stored data attribute that corresponds to a data request to match with the response message. The data interface then uses information from the previously stored data attribute to route the response message to the data source that originates the data request.
US10282309B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing per-page control of physical address space distribution among memory modules are disclosed. A computing system includes a plurality of processing units coupled to a plurality of memory modules. A determination is made as to which physical address space distribution granularity to implement for physical memory pages allocated for a first data structure. The determination can be made on a per-data-structure basis (e.g., file, page, block, etc.) or on a per-application-basis. A physical address space distribution granularity is encoded as a property of each physical memory page allocated for the first data structure, and physical memory pages of the first data structure distributed across the plurality of memory modules based on a selected physical address space distribution granularity. Page table entries (PTEs) may be annotated with the selected physical address space distribution granularity, using an addressing mapping granularity (AMG) field of a page table entry, where the granularity may be, for example, a fine-grain distribution granularity or a coarse-grain distribution granularity.
US10282308B2
A method and apparatus for reducing TLB shootdown operation overheads in accelerator-based computing systems is described. The disclosed method and apparatus may also be used in the areas of near-memory and in-memory computing, where near-memory or in-memory compute units may need to share a host CPU's virtual address space. Metadata is associated with page table entries (PTEs) and mechanisms use the metadata to limit the number of processing elements that participate in a TLB shootdown operation.
US10282304B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive from a client a request to access data from a client. Whether metadata for the data is stored in a first caching layer is determined. In response to the metadata for the data not being stored in the first caching layer, it is determined if the data is stored in the second caching layer. In response to determining that the data is stored in the second caching layer, the data is retrieved from the second caching layer. In response to determining that the data is not stored in the second caching layer, writing of the data to the second caching layer is bypassed. The retrieved data is sent to the client.
US10282293B2
A memory access method includes: receiving, by the switch, a data packet; matching a flow table on the data packet, where the flow table includes at least one flow entry, where the flow entry includes a matching field and an action field, and the at least one flow entry includes a first flow entry, where a matching field of the first flow entry is used to match source node information, destination node information, and a protocol type in the data packet, and an action field of the first flow entry is used to indicate an operation command for a storage device embedded in the switch; and when the data packet successfully matches the first flow entry, performing an operation on the storage device according to the operation command in the action field of the successfully matched first flow entry.
US10282292B2
Cluster manager functional blocks perform operations for migrating pages in portions in corresponding migration clusters. During operation, each cluster manager keeps an access record that includes information indicating accesses of pages in the portions in the corresponding migration cluster. Based on the access record and one or more migration policies, each cluster manager migrates pages between the portions in the corresponding migration cluster.
US10282288B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory, and a controller electrically connected to the nonvolatile memory. The controller receives, from a host, a write command including a logical block address. The controller obtains a total amount of data written to the nonvolatile memory by the host during a time ranging from a last write to the logical block address to a current write to the logical block address, or time data associated with a time elapsing from the last write to the logical block address to the current write to the logical block address. The controller notifies the host of the total amount of data or the time data as a response to the received write command.
US10282282B2
A testing method and system for automatic Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) testing, the system including a memory configured to store sequences of user requests, a program store storing code for emulating a sequence of user requests, and at least one processor coupled to the program store and to the memory for executing the stored code, the code including instructions for generating an emulated request based on a request from a user sequence of requests, transmitting the emulated request to an application, receiving a response to the emulated request from the application, calculating an adapted emulated sequence based on validity of the received response, and instructing transmission of the adapted emulated sequence.
US10282276B2
Techniques relate to fingerprint-initiated trace extraction. A determination is made of whether a fingerprint is present in software that is currently executing on a processor of a computer system. The fingerprint comprises a representation of a sequence of behavior that occurs in the processor while the software is executing. In response to determining that the fingerprint is not present in the software currently executing on the processor, monitoring continues for the software executing on the processor to determine whether the fingerprint is present. In response to determining that the fingerprint is present in the software executing on the processor, a trace is triggered of a code segment of the software corresponding to when the fingerprint is recognized. The trace is for a record of instructions of the code segment of the software.
US10282275B2
Management of an extensive code database having multiple user tenants building code is provided. A request to check-in code is received, and a build and validation to check-in the update to a user's code is performed. The validation results in indication of an error due to a bad state of the system that performed the build. The build machine is rebooted, and a second build is performed. Optionally, a user is prompted during a grace time period to cancel the corrective action of rebooting the build machine. Optionally, the validation error may be indicated as a product issue, a network issue, or a known limitation in the compiler. Optionally, other corrective actions such as preventing retrying the build and escalating the error may be taken. Optionally, the build may be prevented when the check-in includes code that produced an error on a previous build.
US10282273B1
A system for application monitoring includes an interface to receive an indication regarding an application. The system includes a processor to determine whether the application is compliant based at least in part on a set of policy rules, and in the event that the application is compliant, provide an indication that the application is compliant.
US10282256B1
A method for backing up data is provided. The method includes deduplicating a first plurality of data units during a backup operation through application of a first deduplication service and a fingerprint database. The method includes logging a second plurality of data units in a journal, during the backup operation. The logging is in response to a failure of the first deduplication service and wherein at least one method operation is executed through a processor.
US10282254B1
Object layout discovery outside of backup windows is described. A system receives, from a backup/restore application, a request to discover an object layout for a data object by parsing the data object. The system determines whether the object layout is stored in layout storage. The system sends, to the backup/restore application, the object layout stored in the layout storage in response to a determination that the object layout is stored in the layout storage.
US10282251B2
A system and method is disclosed for managing firmware in a non-volatile memory system having a multi-processor controller. The controller may be configured with a plurality of processors. Each of the plurality of processors may retrieve and check the integrity of firmware for a respective one of the other processors while the processor engaged in checking the respective one of the other processors is in an idle state.
US10282250B1
Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus and method for a coherent, efficient, and configurable cyclic check redundancy retry implementation for synchronous dynamic random access memory. The process includes storing write commands as groups of bursts in a storage location where those commands are stored at least until a time frame has passed for receiving a corresponding cyclic redundancy check failure message. In some embodiments, the process includes retrying corresponding groups of bursts after receiving a failure message where retried groups of bursts are given priority over other memory access commands. In some embodiments, when a read command is received corresponding to a write command that is not beyond the relevant time frame the read command will also be held back from execution until the corresponding time frame has passed without notification of cyclic redundancy check value failure.
US10282249B1
A system and method on one computer records actions on objects performed on a second computer. If an object is deleted from the second computer, the first computer can restore to a point in time the state of the object on the second computer, including assignments made between it and other objects, using the recorded actions.
US10282244B2
There is provided a method for saving fault wave data, in which when a fault wave generated in a system is saved, a size of wave data is calculated, and the saving of the wave data is performed according to the size of the wave data, so that it is possible to implement the use of spaces of a buffer and a memory and the simultaneous saving of wave data simultaneously or subsequently generated. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize a delay in the saving of the wave data. Also, it is possible to record all accurate wave data even when consecutive faults occur. Also, it is possible to efficiently use the space of the memory.
US10282237B1
Systems and methods for implementing an application programming interface (API) that controls operations of a machine learning tuning service for tuning a machine learning model for improved accuracy and computational performance includes an API that is in control communication the tuning service that: executes a first API call function that includes an optimization work request that sets tuning parameters for tuning hyperparameters of a machine learning model; and initializes an operation of distinct tuning worker instances of the service that each execute distinct tuning tasks for tuning the hyperparameters; executes a second API call function that identifies raw values for the hyperparameters; and generates suggestions comprising proposed hyperparameter values selected from the plurality of raw values for each of the hyperparameters; and executes a third API call function that returns performance metrics relating to a real-world performance of the subscriber machine learning model executed with the proposed hyperparameter values.
US10282235B1
Systems and methods for implementing single-click ejection of a mountable device associated with a virtual machine. An example method comprises: receiving, by a guest agent running on a virtual machine managed by a virtual machine manager (VMM) of a host computer system, a device removal request from the VMM, the device removal request identifying a peripheral device to be unmounted by the virtual machine; causing, by the guest agent, a guest operating system (OS) of the virtual machine to unmount the peripheral device; receiving, by the guest agent, a notification of completion of a device unmounting operation performed by the virtual machine with respect to the peripheral device; and transmitting, by the guest agent to the VMM, an operation completion status identified by the notification.
US10282224B2
A method, apparatus, and system for utilizing a register virtualization mapping to improve defense against return-oriented programming-based attacks is disclosed. A register virtualization mapping, which is bijection between nominal registers and physical registers, is generated for a subroutine call when the subroutine call is detected. The register virtualization mapping is applied to instructions within the subroutine call. The register virtualization mapping is stopped for the subroutine call at the return of the subroutine call.
US10282219B2
A guide is configured in an authoring program to aid the user in editing objects on a document. The guide can be a horizontally or vertically oriented guide line and can be created from a single ruler, either a vertical or horizontal ruler displayed on the workspace. To create a horizontal guide, the user can position the cursor on a horizontal ruler. The user can click-and-hold and drag the cursor to create and position a horizontal guide over the workspace. To create a vertical guide, the user can position the cursor in the horizontal ruler and click and release. The user can create both vertical and horizontal guides using the vertical ruler in a corresponding manner, where clicking on the vertical ruler creates a horizontal guide, and click-and-hold and dragging creates a vertical guide. Guides can be individually configured or altered in their visual characteristics.
US10282207B2
Operation of a multi-slice processor that includes execution slices and load/store slices coupled via a results bus includes: receiving, by an execution slice, a producer instruction, including: storing, in an entry of an issue queue, the producer instruction; and storing, in a register, an issue queue entry identifier representing the entry of the issue queue in which the producer instruction is stored; receiving, by the execution slice, a source instruction, the source instruction dependent upon the result of the producer instruction, including: storing, in another entry of the issue queue, the source instruction and the issue queue entry identifier of the producer instruction; determining in dependence upon the issue queue entry identifier of the producer instruction that the producer instruction has issued from the issue queue; and responsive to the determination that the producer instruction has issued from the issue queue, issuing the source instruction from the issue queue.
US10282205B2
Method and system for restoring data to a register file of a processing unit are provided. A history buffer entry (HBE) is marked for restoration to a register file entry. Result data and control information is sent from the HBE to an Issue Queue (ISQ). The ISQ issues an instruction for loading the result data into the register file entry based on the control information. A write back operation is performed to restore the result data to the register file entry, in response to issuing of the instruction.
US10282204B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for strided loads are described. In an embodiment, an instruction to include at least an opcode, a field for at least two packed data source operands, a field for a packed data destination operand, and an immediate is designated as a strided load instruction. This instruction is executed to load packed data elements from the at least two packed data source operands using a stride and storing results of the strided loads in the packed data destination operand starting from a defined position determined in part from the immediate.
US10282203B2
Methods and devices for discovering multiple instances of recurring values within a vector are disclosed. A first method calculates the prior instances of the vector. A second method calculates the last unique instances of the vector. An implementation of these methods as SIMD instructions is proposed. Sequential and parallel CAM implementations are also disclosed. The proposed methods can be used to correct conflicting indexes in vector memory indexed operations. Furthermore, an application to a vectorized sorting algorithm is proposed.
US10282202B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure aim to improve upon methods and systems for arranging individual images onto a spritesheet in game development software. The arrangement of images is updated in response to user input as the user adds, modifies or deletes images in a development project. Part of the method includes limiting the maximum amount of processing required in response to a user's alteration of an image. From the user side, the user opens a project, which includes an image editor, adds an image to the project/modifies an image in the spritesheet/deletes an image; then commits a change to the image (by clicking “save” or simply closing an edit window); and the user continues editing the project, which might include loading a further image or continuing to work on game code. The project includes one or more spritesheets collections each including one or more spritesheets.
US10282200B2
Out-of-deployment-scope modification of information-technology application using lifecycle blueprint
An information-technology (IT) blueprint is an executable document that, when executed, can be used to create an IT application such as an e-commerce site. An IT lifecycle blueprint can further be used to manage (e.g., modify) and, ultimately, destroy such an IT application. To this end, an IT lifecycle blueprint can include idempotent methods that achieve the same result whether starting from a blank (real or virtual) infrastructure or from a previously populated infrastructure. To effect a modification that is not within the scope of the blueprint that created the IT application, a new lifecycle blueprint can be created, if necessary, and executed to effect the modification. In a sense, the new lifecycle blueprint replaces the old lifecycle blueprint as a manager tool for the IT application.
US10282177B2
Example application user interface overlays for application lifecycle management are disclosed. Some example methods for application lifecycle management disclosed herein include activating a client to present an overlay over a user interface of an application, the overlay identifying an element of the user interface for which application lifecycle management data associated with the application is available for presentation. Such disclosed example methods also include presenting the application lifecycle management data in the overlay in response to detecting an input command while the overlay is active. Other example methods for application lifecycle management disclosed herein include obtaining application lifecycle management data associated with an element of a user interface of an application from a plurality of application lifecycle management data systems, and transmitting the application lifecycle management data to a client that is to include the application lifecycle management data in an overlay presented over the user interface of the application.
US10282170B2
A method for fast parallel adder processing. The method includes receiving parallel inputs from a communications path, wherein each input comprises one bit, adding the inputs using a parallel structure, wherein the parallel structure is optimized to accelerate the addition by utilizing a characteristic that the inputs are one bit each, and transmitting the resulting outputs to a subsequent stage.
US10282168B2
A system for clustering data comprises a database for storing a plurality of data items, a clustering unit comprising components operable to receive and cluster the plurality of data items, and output clustered data items. A method of clustering data comprises receiving a plurality of data items from a database; computing distances between each pair of data items in the plurality of data items; until a stopping criterion is reached, identifying key elements, merging data items not identified as key elements with the nearest key elements, updating the computed distances; once the stopping criterion is reached, outputting cluster identities of the plurality of data items.
US10282167B2
A buffer may include a first sensing unit configured to sense data, and a second sensing unit configured to generate equalization control signals according to outputs of the first sensing unit. The buffer may include an equalization delay compensation unit configured to compensate the equalization control signals for signal processing delay times of the equalization control signals, and generate delay-compensated equalization control signals. The buffer may include a noise removal unit configured to primarily remove noise of the output signals of the first sensing unit according to the equalization control signals, and secondarily remove noise of the output signals of the first sensing unit according to the delay-compensated equalization control signals.
US10282166B2
Disclosed is a method, a device, a system and/or a manufacture of enhanced control, customization, and/or security of a sound controlled device such as a voice controlled assistance device. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a signal input, a speaker, and a soundwave damper to dampen a sound receiving capability of a sound controlled device. The sound controlled device initiates a responsive action to a sound command received on a microphone, and may be a voice controlled assistance device. Upon receiving a command signal the apparatus utilizes a processor and a memory to determine an association between the command signal and an audio file storing the sound command and converts the audio file into an audio signal. The speaker is utilized to bypass the soundwave damper such that the sound command is received at the microphone of the sound controlled device, initiating the responsive action as a result of the command signal.
US10282158B2
A lightweight display includes a plurality of display modules having a plurality of pixels carried by a display mounting frame. A support frame integral with the display mounting frame provides support. An electronic support member carries electrical components electrically communicating with the plurality of display modules for controlling the display of an image. Wherein the depth of the plurality of display modules, display mounting frame, support frame and electronic support member is less than four inches when defining a display assembly. Also wherein the display assembly has a screen size measured diagonally in a range of 114 inches to 224 inches and a weight in the range of 90 pounds to 120 pounds and wherein the display assembly has an aspect ratio ranging from 1.67 to 1.82.
US10282152B2
A method of performing a print operation includes receiving a print request to perform a print operation on a first printer and identifying an error with respect to the first printer. In response to the error, a second printer is selected, which is currently powered OFF, to perform the print request, based on one or more criteria. The printer request is transmitted to the second printer. The second printer includes a network interface that receives the print request and, responsive thereto, causes the second printer to be powered ON to perform the print operation.
US10282147B2
An image forming device includes a communication unit communicating with an information processing device via a predetermined communication method, an printing unit performing printing based on a job received from the information processing device, at least one processor, and at least one computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations including transmitting first information including information based on a first transmission power at the first transmission power, receiving predetermined information from the information processing device, and transmitting, in a case where the predetermined information is received, second information at the first transmission power.
US10282143B2
When Web content of a specific URL is displayed, a return operation screen is displayed, and when the Web content of the specific URL is no longer being displayed, the return operation screen is hidden.
US10282132B2
Methods and systems for processing Physical Region Pages (PRP)/Scatter Gather Lists (SGL) entries include splitting a command to be processed into a plurality of sub-commands, storing said plurality of sub-commands in a first set of buffers among a plurality of buffers, processing said plurality of sub-commands from said first set of buffers, storing at least one sub-command that remains after storing the first set of buffers in a second set of buffers, while said plurality of sub-commands in the first set of buffers is being processed and processing said at least one sub-command from said second set of buffers, after processing sub-commands from said first set of buffers.
US10282127B2
Various aspects for managing data blocks in a storage system are provided. For instance, a method may include storing, in a buffer memory device, a comparison block library, selecting a first set of comparison blocks in the comparison block library to create an active set of comparison blocks, and utilizing the active set in conjunction with a data deduplication technique. A method may further include determining an occurrence of a predetermined event in the data deduplication technique, selecting a second set of comparison blocks in the comparison block library to create a new active set of comparison blocks in response to the predetermined event, replacing the active set with the new active set, and utilizing the new active set in conjunction with the data deduplication technique.
US10282116B2
A system and method for efficient cache flushing are provided. The disclosed method includes allocating one or more Internal Scatter Gather Lists (ISGLs) for the cache flush, populating the one or more ISGLs with Cache Segment Identifiers (CSIDs) and corresponding Buffer Segment Identifiers (BSIDs) of each strip that is identified as dirty, of a skip-type Internal Scatter Gather Element (ISGE), or of a missing arm-type ISGE. The disclosed method further includes allocating a flush Local Message Identifier (LMID) as a message to be used in connection with processing the cache flush, populating the flush LMID with an identifier of the one or more ISGLs, and transferring the flush LMID to a cache manager module to enable the cache manager module to execute the cache flush based on information contained in the flush LMID.
US10282112B2
Methods and systems for managing, storing, and serving data within a virtualized environment are described. In some embodiments, a data management system may manage the extraction and storage of virtual machine snapshots, provide near instantaneous restoration of a virtual machine or one or more files located on the virtual machine, and enable secondary workloads to directly use the data management system as a primary storage target to read or modify past versions of data. The data management system may allow a virtual machine snapshot of a virtual machine stored within the system to be directly mounted to enable substantially instantaneous virtual machine recovery of the virtual machine.
US10282109B1
An integrated circuit may include memory interface circuitry for communicating with an external or in-package memory module. The integrated circuit may also include out-of-order (OOO) clients and in-order (IO) clients that issue read and write commands to the memory interface circuitry. The memory interface circuitry may include a memory controller having an OOO command scheduler, a write data buffer, and a simple read data pipeline. The memory interface circuitry may also include a multiport arbitration circuit for interfacing with the multiple clients and also OOO adaptor circuits interposed between the multiport arbitration circuit and the IO clients. Each of the OOO adaptor circuits may include an ID generator and a local reordering buffer and may allow the memory controller to return data to the various clients without throttling.
US10282102B2
A host that is coupled to a memory device is configured to read a status register of the memory device to determine if the memory device supports host controlled enablement of automatic background operations. The memory device responds to the host regarding whether the memory device supports host controlled enablement of automatic background operations. The host can enable the automatic background operations if the memory device supports this feature. The host can then set a time period in the memory device that is indicative of when the memory device can automatically perform the background operations.
US10282101B2
The invention is directed to a primary data storage system for use in a computer network in which a network allows user computers to transfer data to/from the primary data storage system. In one embodiment, the primary data storage system allows an administrator of the computer network to define two or more volumes on the primary data storage system and define quality of service goals for each volume. The primary data storage system operates so as allocate resources within the primary data storage system to the volumes based upon criticality and performance goals specified for each of the volumes.
US10282091B2
A display based keyboard is described herein. The display based keyboard includes a bi-stable segmented-based display, a master controller, and a display driver. The bi-stable segmented-based display may include a front barrier layer, a top plane layer, a display technology specific layer, a back plane layer, and a rear barrier layer.
US10282088B2
A method of controlling a display device including a touch screen is provided. The method includes setting an application execution space having one or more sub spaces in which windows executing applications are arranged, arranging windows corresponding to one or more applications which are being executed in the sub spaces of the set application execution space, displaying a first sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces on the touch screen, receiving a data sharing command for sharing data included in a first window arranged in the first sub space, and sharing the data to be shared by a second window arranged in a second sub space corresponding to one of the one or more sub spaces based on the data sharing command.
US10282080B2
Unique interactive systems and methods that facilitate single-handed navigation and interaction with applications within a display space on any type of mobile computing device are provided. Embodiments include or employ scalable application tiles corresponding to applications, whereby the application tiles can provide or indicate the current state of the corresponding application. State information provided in each tile can vary as well depending on the current size of the tile. Tiles can be arranged into a plurality of zones such that a user can view one zone at a time and obtain context and information from the application tiles in that zone rather than working with all tiles and all zones simultaneously. The view of the display space can be of the world or all application tiles, zone, or application. Panning and zooming among the zones, application tiles and/or views can also be performed.
US10282070B2
A computing device with a touch screen display simultaneously displays on the touch screen display one or more menu category icons and at least a subset of a plurality of arrays of user interface objects. The computing device detects activation of a menu category icon of the one or more menu category icons, and in response to detecting activation of the menu category icon, displays a plurality of representative user interface objects for respective arrays in a menu category that corresponds to the menu category icon.
US10282059B2
In one implementation, a plurality of signature vectors from a multi-dimensional representation of a graphical object is generated. Each of the signature vectors comprises attributes that vary little in response to changes in shape, size, orientation, and visual layer appearance of the graphical object, and each of the signature vectors includes attributes based on operations of integration, differentiation, and transforms on the multi-dimensional representation of the graphical object. Each signature vector is composited into multiple portions from the plurality of signature vectors to define an appearance-invariant signature of the graphical object.
US10282037B1
An adjusting method of a virtual keyboard adapted to a first touch device is disclosed. The first touch device displays a virtual keyboard with several keys. The adjusting method includes the following operations: adjusting a position and a size of the virtual keyboard displayed on the first touch device according to an operating range of a user; collecting several first click points on the virtual keyboard and one of the keys corresponding to the first click points; analyzing several press distributions of the keys according to the first click points; determining one of the keys corresponding to a second click point according to the press distributions and center points of the keys; transmitting the press distributions and the position and the size of the virtual keyboard to a server; and transmitting the press distributions and the position and the size of the virtual keyboard to a second touch device.
US10282034B2
A touch system with a curved touch surface, including light emitters projecting light beams over and across the curved surface, such that at least some of the light beams are incident upon and reflected by the curved surface, light detectors detecting reflections, by a reflective object touching the curved surface, lenses mounted such that (i) there is a particular angle of entry at which each light detector receives a maximal light intensity, and (ii) there are target positions, associated with emitter-detector pairs, on the curved surface, whereby light beams emitted by the light emitter of that pair are reflected by the object into the lens corresponding to the light detector of that pair at the particular angle of entry, and a processor calculating a location of the object touching the curved surface by determining an emitter-detector pair that detects a maximal amount of light, and identifying the associated target position.
US10282014B2
A system can include a display, a first device, and a second device all operatively connected to a controller. The first and second devices each use or share at least a portion of the display area. The controller is adapted to transmit during a pixel refresh time period of the display a first signal that is received by the first device. The first sync signal indicates a first time period in which a first operation can be performed in the first device. The controller is also adapted to transmit a second sync signal that is received by the second device indicating a second time period in which a second operation can be performed in the second device. The second time period can be during the pixel refresh time period or outside of the pixel refresh time period.
US10282011B2
Sensors incorporating piezoresistive materials are described. One class of includes conductive traces formed directly on or otherwise integrated with the piezoresistive material.
US10282007B2
A touch panel includes plural scanning electrodes, plural detection electrodes that are formed to intersect with the plural scanning electrodes, one or a plurality of layers being disposed between the plural detection electrodes and the plural scanning electrodes, plural holes that are arrayed apart from each other on each of the plural detection electrodes, and shaped into polygons each shaped to have five or more corners in a plan view, and plural dummy electrodes that are formed between the respective adjacent detection electrodes, made of the same material as that of the detection electrode, and electrically isolated from each other, in which the plural dummy electrodes are shaped into the polygons in a plan view.
US10282006B2
Provided are a touch substrate and a method for driving the same, and a display apparatus. The touch substrate includes a base substrate, and a plurality of touch control units, gate lines and read lines disposed on the base substrate. Each touch control unit includes a first electrode plate, a piezoelectric material layer and a second electrode plate sequentially disposed on the base substrate. The gate lines are configured to provide a constant voltage to the first electrode plates during a touch control period. The read lines are configured to read out an amount of charges generated by the piezoelectric material layers so as to determine a position of a touch point.
US10281999B2
Button functionalities for user interfaces, e.g., for use with a portable multifunction device, are disclosed. Exemplary button functionalities are described for an electronic device with a display, a rotatable and depressible input mechanism, and/or a button. Different device features may be accessed, depending on whether the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button is activated, and further depending on whether the activation represents a single press, a double press, or an extended press on the rotatable and depressible input mechanism or the button.
US10281996B2
A stylus for commanding by maneuvering is provided. The stylus includes a communication module for connecting with a computing device. The computing device is equipped with a touch sensitive panel for detecting the location of the stylus on or near the touch sensitive panel. The stylus includes at least one posture sensor; a memory for storing a maneuver database; and a stylus processor. The maneuver database store a plurality of maneuvers, each with associated one or more sets of moving vectors and an associated command. The stylus processor is configured to receive a moving trajectory from the posture sensor and to calculate one or more sets of moving vectors; based on the calculated one or more sets of moving vectors, finding the associated maneuver and the associated command in the maneuver database; and transmitting the command to the computing device via the communication module.
US10281982B2
A haptic feedback glove worn by a user provides an amount of a resistance to a physical movement of a portion of the user's hand. The haptic feedback glove includes a glove body, an expandable bladder and a pressure source. The glove body includes a first portion corresponding to a first phalange of a user hand, a second portion corresponding to a second phalange of the user hand, and a third portion corresponding to a joint between the first phalange and the second phalange of the user hand. The expandable bladder is coupled to the third portion of the glove body. The expandable bladder has an adjustable size that controls an amount of relative movement between the first portion and the second portion of the glove body. The pressure source is coupled to the glove body, and is configured to adjust the size of the expandable bladder.
US10281981B2
An augmented reality (AR) output method includes generating line of sight information of a user of the electronic device based on at least one of a sensor module or a camera module of the electronic device, extracting line of sight space information corresponding to the line of sight information of the user from three-dimensional (3D) space information corresponding to a real object around the user based on the line of sight information, recognizing a user input using the camera module or the sensor module, comparing a first portion of the line of sight space information with the user input, generating a compensated input information by compensating the user input based on comparing the first portion with the user input, generating a first virtual object based on the compensated input information, and outputting the first virtual object on a display of the electronic device.
US10281967B2
An information handling system receives power from a reversible power cable by selectively configuring outer pins to provide power or communication with a middle pin providing ground. A power manager of an information handling system embedded controller uses a low level of power input to determine which outer pin provides power and which provides communication, and then configures the connector to route power at a high level to the system charger for powering the information handling system.
US10281963B2
An image display device includes a display unit that displays an image so as to be visually recognized by an observer, a holding member that holds the display unit and has at least a portion thereof exposed to the outside, and a heat conduction member, having a sheet shape, which is connected to the holding member. The display unit includes an image forming device that forms the image. The heat conduction member comes into contact with the image forming device so as to be capable of heat conduction, and transmits heat of the image forming device to the holding member.
US10281962B2
An information handling system (IHS) includes a heatsink retention apparatus. A processor mounted on a board receives a heatsink base having peripheral, spaced apertures. At least two latching mechanisms include a mounting portion received respectively in peripheral, spaced apertures on opposites sides of the heatsink base. A latching surface is mounted to one of (i) the heatsink base and (ii) a terminal portion of the mounting portion to engage respectively with either the mounting portion or an upper edge of the corresponding peripheral, spaced aperture of the heatsink base. At least two peripheral, spaced loading screws are sized to be engageable by loading nuts when the heatsink base is positioned not higher than the engagement height. The engaged, at least two, latching mechanisms prevent tipping of the heatsink base during loading of the at least two peripheral, spaced loading screws with the at least two spaced apart loading nuts.
US10281960B2
A computer chassis capable of receiving multiple motherboards includes a shell and a first motherboard received in the shell. The shell includes a plurality of grooves and a pressing column. The computer chassis further includes a motherboard module, the motherboard module includes a bracket and a second motherboard received in the bracket. The bracket includes an operation member and a plurality of guide rails. The guide rails are inserted into the grooves, the operation member is rotated to drive the bracket to the first motherboard, until the motherboard module is slidably rotated in the shell. The second motherboard is thereby electrically connected with the first motherboard.
US10281959B2
A tree computer kiosk is provided that includes a tree-shaped housing having a trunk and at least one limb and limb stub, where the limb stub is configured to accommodate a display screen. The tree-shaped housing accommodates a computer system including a processor and at least one electronic component. A power supply provides power to the computer processor and other electronic components. The tree-shaped housing includes mounting and mechanisms for securing one or more speakers, cameras, and display screens.
US10281955B2
A docking system may comprise a case mount for a portable computing device. The case mount can releasably dock and lock with a base mount in any of a number of docking position orientations. A plurality of case mount contacts can be organized into a plurality of case mount contact groups, wherein the case mount contact groups are arranged in a pattern on the case mount that permits a physical connection between a plurality of base mount contacts and a different one of the case mount contact groups for each of the different docking position orientations. Furthermore, an actuator can cause base mount latches to move in a manner that permits disengagement of the case mount from the base mount to an undocked position for the case mount if an undocking force is applied to the case mount.
US10281948B2
Disclosed is a hardware controller that may interact with audio, lighting, or other computer componentry to control various digital parameters of the same. The presently disclosed controller allows for button presses, knob twisting, and slider engagement, but does so in a manner that remains intuitive without the need for partitioning a mixer into separate sections for independent devices. In this manner, the present invention avoids the need for a large physical footprint that would otherwise require a large amount of space and the use of multiple hands over a period of time by the user.
US10281947B2
A mounting assembly for a control pedal of a vehicle includes two walls arranged in parallel in relation to each other, a pivot shaft extending between the walls, two locking structures arranged to pivotally retain the pivot shaft in a use position between the walls, and at least a control pedal rigidly provided on the pivot shaft. The control pedal and the pivot shaft are rotatable around an axis of rotation. Further, the mounting assembly is provided with a joint including at least one lock protrusion provided on at least true of the locking structures and an internal groove provided on at least one of the walls. The at least one lock protrusion is arranged to engage with the internal groove, when the locking structure is in a use position. Further, the at least one of the locking structures further includes a rotating prevention protrusion extending radially from an outer surface of the locking structure, the rotating prevention protrusion being arranged to engage with a stop arranged at the at least one of the walls, when in the use position.
US10281944B2
An integrated circuit voltage regulator includes a transconductor first stage; and a negative impedance cancellation stage, where the negative impedance cancellation stage comprises cross-coupled transistors at outputs of said transconductor first stage, and resistors in the transconductor first stage and the negative impedance cancellation stage introduce zeros in a transfer function, compensating for parasitic poles. The resistors may compensate for parasitic capacitance inherent in transistors. Load transistors may be coupled to outputs of the transconductance first stage. The voltage regulator may be implemented in a Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) structure, which may be a system-on-chip integrated circuit. The voltage regulator may provide immunity to power supply noise. The negative impedance cancellation stage may include differential input transistors coupled to the cross-coupled transistors.
US10281942B2
A low-dropout (LDO) regulator is provided. The LDO regulator comprises a first circuit operating as a closed loop control system. The first circuit is configured to control a voltage at a first node such that the voltage at the first node is substantially equal to a specified regulator output voltage. The LDO regulator comprises a second circuit operating as an open loop control system. The second circuit is configured to increase the voltage at the first node when a current flowing through a load changes from a first current to a second current. The first current is substantially equal to 0 amperes.
US10281941B2
A voltage generating circuit includes a first resistance voltage dividing circuit, configured by low temperature coefficient resistors being connected in series, that generates a reference voltage by resistance-dividing a predetermined power supply voltage, one or a multiple of a second resistance voltage dividing circuit, configured by a resistor having a positive or negative resistance temperature coefficient and the low temperature coefficient resistor being connected in series, that generates a temperature-dependent divided voltage by resistance-dividing the power supply voltage, and an instrumentation amplifier that generates the comparison reference voltage in accordance with a difference between the reference voltage and the divided voltage. The voltage generating circuit includes a comparator that, when a divided voltage exceeds a predetermined voltage threshold in accompaniment to a temperature rise, changes the divided voltage generated by the second resistance voltage dividing circuit and applied to the instrumentation amplifier, or changes a gain of the instrumentation amplifier.
US10281936B2
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to network device heating based on power classification and temperature. The network device may be configured to receive power via a network connector. The received power can be associated with a power classification. Temperature associated with the network device can be determined. Heat can be produced based on the power classification and the determined temperature.
US10281935B2
In the disclosure a fluid mixing valve for mixing a first fluid and a second fluid is provided, comprising: a housing; a balance valve module for balancing pressure between the first fluid and the second fluid, comprising a first fluid inlet, a second fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet in fluid communication with the first fluid inlet, and a second fluid outlet in fluid communication with the second fluid inlet; an adjustable valve module disposed on the balance valve module, comprising an inner casing member, flow-rate adjustment seat secured to the inner casing member, and a temperature adjustment shaft received in the inner casing member; and a mixed fluid discharging passage.
US10281908B2
A motor protection relay including a housing and a printed circuit board disposed within the housing, the printed circuit board including a central processing unit and a wireless communication interface, the wireless communication interface adapted to receive wireless communication signals for configuring operating parameters of the motor protection relay via the central processing unit.
US10281906B2
A cell control apparatus controls a plurality of manufacturing cells each including a manufacturing machine. The cell control apparatus comprises an operation extraction part configured to extract a transferable operation which can be performed by a manufacturing cell having operation time to spare among operations of a manufacturing cell having delay in operation. The cell control apparatus commands the manufacturing cell having delay in operation to stop at least a part of operations in the transferable operation and commands the manufacturing cell having the operation time to spare to perform the at least the part of the operations.
US10281905B2
In an agricultural machine, sensor signal variability is identified, over a period of time. A control system deadband is identified, based upon the sensor signal variability. A control system uses the control system deadband to control the agricultural machine.
US10281889B2
A control system to guide a crowd, including a detection module to provide stepping signals from the crowd via a plurality of detectors placed on a walking surface of the control system, a sorting module to provide a favorable path for the crowd, the sorting module including a plurality of movable walls, each movable wall of the plurality of movable walls being independently articulated from an open position to a closed position to provide the favorable path, and an electrical control module configured to convert the stepping signals into statistics, determine the favorable path based on the statistics, and articulate the plurality of movable walls to force the crowd through the favorable path.
US10281886B2
A method for energy-efficient control of an installation comprises providing a plurality of components, wherein at least one of the plurality of components is able to adopt at least a first, high-energy active state and a second, low-energy standby state. Individual components in the active state have logical dependencies among one another. The method also includes ascertaining for at least one of the plurality of components to store component-specific time information and non-component-specific time information based on the logical dependency with respect to at least one other component.
US10281885B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating a target sequence from a source sequence. In one aspect, the system includes a recurrent neural network configured to, at each time step, receive am input for the time step and process the input to generate a progress score and a set of output scores; and a subsystem configured to, at each time step, generate the recurrent neural network input and provide the input to the recurrent neural network; determine, from the progress score, whether or not to emit a new output at the time step; and, in response to determining to emit a new output, select an output using the output scores and emit the selected output as the output at a next position in the output order.
US10281880B2
The present invention concerns an electronic timepiece with two analog type hands. The timepiece includes an hour hand and a minute hand, the hour hand and the minute hand being arranged to operate independently of each other. The hour hand and the minute hand are arranged to operate in a first operating mode and in a second operating mode, which is arranged to be actuated by the timepiece detecting an event. In the second operating mode, the hour hand and the minute hand are arranged to operate in a different manner from their mode of operation in the first operating mode.
US10281877B2
A generation method of a digital hologram includes steps of emitting coherent light from a coherent light source, imaging a hologram that is an interference pattern of an object beam and a reference beam due to the emission light from the light source, and setting a plurality of wavelengths of the illumination light that generates the hologram detected by the detector, and wherein the plurality of wavelength are specified by the wavelength setting step based on a magnification percentage X of a conjugate image set up by a user not to disturb visibility of an image when a real image and the conjugate image reconstructed by a predetermined calculation means relative to structures of observation targets are superimposed to a corresponding real image so that a shortest wavelength λmin and a longest wavelength λmax satisfy the expression λmax/λmin≥(1/X+1).
US10281851B2
An imaging device has a drive gear assembly which operatively engages with a backup roll gear of a fuser assembly when the fuser assembly is inserted into the imaging device. Such engagement causes the drive gear assembly to rotate, and in turn rotates a drive motor coupled to the drive gear assembly. The drive motor includes Hall Effect sensors associated with a sensor arrangement that senses rotation of the motor. During rotation of the drive motor, sensor signals are transmitted to a controller of the imaging device, the controller counting rising and falling signal edges of the received sensor signals. Based on the number of rising and falling signal edges, a message is sent to a user of the imaging device whether or not the installation of the fuser assembly was successful.
US10281847B2
Provided is an intermediate transfer material used for an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus in which a toner image held on an electrostatic latent image carrier is primarily transferred to an intermediate transfer material, and then, the primarily transferred toner image is transferred from the intermediate transfer material to a transfer material through a secondary transfer device, wherein the intermediate transfer material has a substrate layer and an elastic layer; and the elastic layer contains a structure composed of a rubber having a double bond (C2) and a rubber having no double bond (C0) being bonded with each other through a urethane bond.
US10281840B2
An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance section, an image forming section, a fixing section, a sheet output tray, a toner container, a suitable product determining section, and a control section. The suitable product determining section determines whether the toner container loaded in an apparatus body is a suitable product. When the suitable product determining section determines that the toner container is not a suitable product, the control section allows the conveyance section, the image forming section, and the fixing section to form, on a sheet, a solid image having a circumferential length of one of rotating bodies of the fixing section or longer, and allows the sheet on which the solid image is formed to pass through a fixing nip, to thereby periodically allow a cleaning operation of removing a contamination adhering to surfaces of rotating bodies of the fixing section to be performed.
US10281833B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging roller, a toner image forming portion, a voltage source, a detecting member, a controller, and a test executing portion configured to execute an operation in a test mode in which in a period in advance of the image forming period, a plurality of test AC voltages having a test peak-to-peak voltage with different frequencies are successively applied to the charging roller and alternating currents are detected by the detecting member. The test executing portion sets a predetermined peak-to-peak voltage on the basis of a specific frequency which is a maximum frequency at which a relationship between the frequencies and the alternating currents acquired in the operation in the test mode maintains linearity.
US10281828B2
An exposure method includes, in a case of exposing unmeasurable shots which are arranged linearly and whose focus value cannot be measured and a measurable shot which is adjacent to the unmeasurable shots and whose focus value can be measured, exposing alternately the measurable shot and the unmeasurable shots such that the unmeasurable shots are exposed using the focus value of the adjacent measurable shot exposed immediately before the unmeasurable shots.
US10281824B2
Microlithography projection objectives for imaging into an image plane a pattern arranged in an object plane are described with respect to suppressing false light in such projection objectives.
US10281823B2
An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes first and second optical raster plates. An irradiance distribution of projection light on the first and second optical raster plates determines an angular light distribution of the projection light exclusively at a first portion and a second portion, respectively, of an illuminated field. The second portion is distinct from and arranged adjacent to the first portion. It is possible to produce different illumination settings in different adjacent portions on the mask. First and second Fourier optics establish a Fourier relationship between the first and second optical raster plates one the one hand and the first and second portion on the other hand. The first and second Fourier optics have a first and second focal length, respectively, that are variable in response to a focal length change command signal from a control unit.
US10281821B2
An exposure apparatus includes a polarizing member polarizing illumination light, and a filter having at least one opening. The polarizing member includes a first polarizing unit and a second polarizing unit arranged so as to surround the first polarizing unit. The second polarizing unit is configured so as to polarize the illumination light entering the second polarizing unit in the circumferential direction along the outer circumference of the first polarizing unit. At least a portion of the first polarizing unit is configured to polarize the illumination light in the direction orthogonal to the polarization direction in a part of the second polarizing unit located on the side opposite to the central part of the first polarizing unit. The openings are arranged in the filter so that the illumination light at the post stage of the filter and the polarizing member includes the illumination light polarized by the first and second polarizing units.
US10281811B2
A light source module including a blue laser light source, an adjusting light source, a wavelength conversion device, and a light combiner is provided. The wavelength conversion device is disposed on an optical path of a first blue beam provided by the blue laser light source and an optical path of an adjusting beam provided by the adjusting light source. When a first transmissive area of the wavelength conversion device is cut into the optical path of the first blue beam, the blue laser light source and the adjusting light source are simultaneously turned on. A transmission direction of the first blue beam passing through the first transmissive area is opposite to a transmission direction of the adjusting beam passing through the first transmissive area. The light combiner combines the first blue beam and the adjusting beam into a second blue beam. Moreover, a projection apparatus is provided. The light source module and the projection apparatus in the invention may adjust a blue beam complied with a wider color gamut specification, and is easy to achieve an image with wider color gamut.
US10281807B2
A projector includes a casing, an optical engine module, and a heat dissipation module. The optical engine module is disposed in the casing. The heat dissipation module is disposed in the casing and includes a heat dissipation fin set. The heat dissipation fin set includes at least one heat dissipation fin and at least one turbulent structure. The heat dissipation fin has a surface. The surface includes a first turbulent region and a second turbulent region. The first turbulent region is adjacent to the second turbulent region. The turbulent structure is disposed at least one of the first turbulent region and the second turbulent region, and the turbulent structure protrudes from the surface. An opening is formed between a top end of the turbulent structure and the surface.
US10281788B2
It is an object to provide a liquid crystal display device which has excellent viewing angle characteristics and higher quality. The present invention has a pixel including a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, a first liquid crystal element, and a second liquid crystal element. A pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a signal line through the first switch. The pixel electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element through the second switch and the first resistor. The pixel electrode of the second liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a Cs line through the third switch and the second resistor. A common electrode of the first liquid crystal element is electrically connected to a common electrode of the second liquid crystal element.
US10281786B2
A display device using low capacitance bus lines having gate lines and data lines on different substrates. The display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate spaced apart from each other, and a liquid crystal layer is disposed in the cell gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. The data lines of the display device are formed on the first substrate, and the gate lines of the display device are formed on the second substrate. The data lines formed on the first substrate and the gate lines formed on the second substrate are spaced apart by a gate insulator layer and the liquid crystal layer, which increases the gap distance between the data lines and the gate lines. Accordingly, a cross capacitance between each of the data lines and each of the gate lines can be reduced.
US10281776B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display comprises first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate comprises pixel electrodes and a common electrode in a display area. The display area includes a first display area and a second display area which is closer to an edge of the display area than the first display area. The pixel electrodes include first and second pixel electrodes, the first pixel electrode being located in a pixel in the first display area, the second pixel electrode being located in a pixel in the second display area. A second area by which the second pixel electrode and the common electrode face each other is greater than a first area by which the first pixel electrode and the common electrode face each other.
US10281769B2
An optical sheet member includes a polarizing plate including a polarizer (A); an optical conversion member (D); and a brightness enhancement film including a reflection polarizer (B), in which the brightness enhancement film has a reflection center wavelength range of 400 nm to 500 nm, and the optical conversion member (D) converts a part of blue light which is transmitted through polarizer (B) and is incident on the optical conversion member (D), and has an emission center wavelength range of 400 nm to 500 nm and which has an emission center wavelength range of 500 nm to 600 nm and red light which has an emission center wavelength range of 600 nm to 700 nm, and transmits a part of the blue light. When the optical sheet member is incorporated in an image display device, front brightness, contrast, and a color reproducing region are enhanced, and color unevenness is reduced.
US10281761B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes a first sub-pixel configured to represent any one of red, green, and blue; a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel and configured to represent a different color from the first sub-pixel; and a black matrix disposed underneath along a boundary between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel and configured to have a particular width that suppresses color mixture between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel.
US10281759B2
A structure integrating polarization and touch functions includes first touch electrodes and second touch electrodes. A first touch electrode includes a first connecting line and a plurality of first conducting lines. End points of the first conducting lines are disposed along an outline of an M-sided polygon (M≥3). For the first touch electrode, the first connecting line electrically connects the first conducting lines. A second touch electrode includes a plurality of second conducting lines and a second connecting line. End points of the second conducting lines are disposed along an outline of an N-sided polygon (N≥3). For a second touch electrode, the second connecting line electrically connects the second conducting lines. Widths of the first and second conducting lines range from approximately 50 to 100 nanometers.
US10281757B2
An ultra-thin television includes a backlight element, a base board and a radiating element. The backlight element includes at least one light source. The base board is positioned on a side of the backlight element. The base board includes a main body defining at least one radiating space and a metal plate covering the main body. Each of the at least one radiating space extends to the metal plate. The radiating element includes a first portion positioned on one side of the at least one light source and a second portion connecting to the first portion. The second portion corresponds to and is received in the at least one radiating space to connect to the metal plate.
US10281752B2
A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a gate line, a data line, a link line, a driving integrated circuit, a repair line, and a dummy line. The second substrate is spaced apart from the first substrate. The gate line is on the first substrate. The data line is on the first substrate. The link line is connected to one of the gate line and the data line. The driving integrated circuit is connected to the link line. The repair line is in a non-display area of the first substrate. The repair line overlaps, in the non-display area, the link line and the one of the gate line and the data line. The dummy line overlaps the repair line. Shapes of the dummy line and the repair line are substantially equivalent.
US10281745B2
The invention relates to spectacles. Said spectacles comprise a spectacle lens having a liquid crystal cell (LC) the transmission (TR) of which can be switched between transmitting and blocking. Furthermore, the spectacles comprise an eye tracker (ET) which can detect the viewing direction of the eye. They further comprise at least one sensor (IL, IR) for measuring the brightness of the visible light incident on it, said sensor being arranged on the eye side of the spectacle lens and measuring the brightness entering through the at least one spectacle lens in a spatially resolved manner. The sensor can determine the brightness of the visible light incident on it from the viewing direction of the eye detected by the eye tracker. The spectacles also have a closed loop control system for controlling the transmission of the liquid crystal cell, a desired value for the brightness at the level of the eye being predetermined, and the closed loop system using the brightness measured by the sensor in the viewing direction of the eye as the actual value.
US10281740B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide novel contact lens manufacturing method and contact lens capable of giving a lens inner surface shape reflecting a cornea shape of a contact lens wearer more easily than before with sufficient accuracy to reflect the cornea shape, thereby improving comfort during use. By using statistical information on a corneal surface shape obtained from a population of target eyes having a feature to be treated, a fitting for a rotationally-symmetric shape is performed based on a definitional equation using a radius of curvature (R) and a conic constant (C.C.) while a fitting for a rotationally-asymmetric shape is performed based on a definitional equation using a Zernike function. A shape of a lens rear surface (20) corresponding to the corneal surface shape specified by these definitional equations is adopted for a rear surface of a peripheral area of a contact lens (10).
US10281735B2
An optical system includes an aperture diaphragm, a first optical element disposed on a light incident side of the aperture diaphragm, and a second optical element disposed on a light emission side of the aperture diaphragm. Transmittance distribution of the first optical element satisfies a predetermined conditional expression. Transmittance distribution of the second optical element satisfies a predetermined conditional expression.
US10281734B2
Optical MEMS scanning micro-mirror comprising: —a movable scanning micro-mirror (101), being pivotally connected to a MEMS body (102) substantially surrounding the lateral sides of the micro-mirror, —a transparent window (202) substantially covering the reflection side of the micro-mirror; —wherein a piezo-actuator assembly (500) and a layer of deformable transparent material (501) are provided on the outer portion of said window (202); —the piezo-actuator assembly (500) being arranged at the periphery of the layer of transparent material (501); —said piezo-actuator assembly (500) and transparent material (501) cooperating so that when actuated, the piezo-actuator assembly (500) causes micro-deformation of the transparent material (501), thereby providing an anti-speckle effect. The invention also provides the corresponding micro-projection system and method for reducing speckle.
US10281729B2
A vehicle equipped with a head-up display system is provided. The head-up display system includes an image source, a mechanically adjustable optic element, at least one reflector, and a control unit. The reflector is configured to reflect an image beam emitted from the image source to a transparent screen of the vehicle, wherein a user may perceive a virtual image through the transparent screen. The mechanically adjustable optic element is disposed in a propagation path of the image for adjusting an imaging distance of the virtual image. The control unit is used for controlling image parameters of the virtual image and is capable of adjusting the imaging distance of the virtual image but keeping at least one of the image parameters remaining the same before and after the change of the imaging distance.
US10281725B2
A light flux diameter expanding element includes a light guiding plate with a light input face and a light output face, and with a thickness of 0.2 mm to 0.8 mm; a diffraction grating on the input side; and a diffraction grating on the output side, and is provided so as to have the same grating period as that of the diffraction grating on the input side, in which a forming region of the diffraction grating on the input side is smaller than that of the output side, and a grating period of the diffraction grating on the input side is a period in which a small diffraction angle in diffraction angles of +1-st order diffracted light and −1-st order diffracted light, which are diffracted in the diffraction grating on the input side, in the light guiding plate becomes larger than a critical angle of the light guiding plate.
US10281722B2
A head-up display projects an image on a windshield to allow a viewer to visually observe a virtual image. The head-up display includes a display device, a relay optical system, and a projection optical system. The display device displays an image. The relay optical system provides the image displayed by the display device as an intermediate image. The projection optical system reflects the intermediate image provided by the relay optical system to project the intermediate image on the windshield.
US10281721B2
What is disclosed is a method for augmented reality head up display in a user vehicle comprising: capturing, by input devices, input data; receiving, by a communications manager, said captured input data from said input devices; receiving, by said communications manager, data from a communications path from at least one of a data center, and one or more external parties; providing, by said communications manager, said received captured input data from said input devices, and said data received from said communications path to a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to said communications manager; generating, by said CPU, custom data based on at least one of said received captured input data, and said data received from said communications path; and displaying, by a windshield projector, said generated custom data on a windshield of said vehicle.
US10281715B2
An image displacement module is adapted for an optical apparatus to switch image positions of a plurality of plane image. The image displacement module includes a carrying base and a rotating base. The carrying base is adapted to control the rotating base to vibrate back forth within an angle, such that the imaging positions of the plane image on the horizontal direction are moved by a first distance and the imaging positions of the plane image on the vertical direction are moved by a second distance at the same time. Alternatively, the carrying base is adapted to control the rotating base to rotate relative to two axes of a reference plane, such that the plane image are moved by a distance along one of a plurality of movement directions.
US10281709B2
In one aspect, a handheld lighting system is disclosed, which comprises a handheld housing extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and a light module disposed at least partially in the housing. The handheld lighting system further includes a removable and replaceable power module that is coupled to the housing (e.g., it is at least partially disposed within the housing) and is electrically coupled to the light module, e.g., through a pair of electrical leads, for providing electrical power thereto. Light intensity from the light module may be controlled from a knob on the power module. Various adapters can allow the lighting system to attach to a multitude of medical, industrial, dental or veterinary endoscopes or other instruments.
US10281705B2
A method for microscopic examination of a specimen includes bringing the specimen into contact with an optically transparent medium that has a higher refractive index than the specimen. An illumination light bundle is generated and directed through an illumination objective that focuses the illumination light bundle. The illumination light bundle that has passed through the illumination objective in the direction of the specimen that is to be examined is deflected using a deflector arranged on a detection objective in such a way that the illumination light bundle strikes a boundary surface between the optically transparent medium and the specimen, where the illumination light bundle is totally reflected for purposes of evanescently illuminating the specimen. Fluorescent light that is emitted by the specimen and that passes through the detection objective is detected.
US10281701B2
Microscope and method for high resolution scanning microscopy of a sample, wherein the sample is illuminated; at least one point spot or line spot, which is guided in a scanning manner over the sample, is imaged into a still image; wherein the spot is imaged in a diffraction limited manner into the still image with magnification, and the still image lies still in a plane of detection; the still image is detected for different scan positions with a spatial resolution, which, taking into consideration the magnification, is at least twice as high as a full width at half maximum of the diffraction-limited still image, so that a diffraction pattern of the still image is detected; the diffraction pattern of the still image is evaluated for each scan position, and an image of the sample is generated that has a resolution that is increased beyond the diffraction limit, wherein a detector array is provided that has pixels and is larger than the still image; and radiation of the still image from the plane of detection is redistributed in a non-imaging manner among the pixels of the detector array; wherein at least two redistribution elements are provided that are exposed in parallel to the detection light, and wherein the detection light is different at least partially with respect to its spectral composition, and the radiation from the at least two redistribution elements reaches the pixels of a detector array.
US10281695B2
An optical system of LED variable-focus imaging lamp, comprises a LED light source module, a light-collecting assembly, a shutter assembly and a zoom lens assembly, which are installed in sequence according to the direction of a light path. Geometry centers of the module and assemblies are collinear with a primary optic axis A. A focal point F1 of the light-collecting assembly coincides with a focal point F2 of the zoom lens assembly. The zoom lens assembly comprises a first zoom lens, a diaphragm and a second zoom lens. The first zoom lens and the second zoom lens can move forward or backward along the direction of the primary optic axis A so that zoom is realized. The diaphragm is disposed between the first zoom lens and the second zoom lens, and the clear aperture of which is adjustable.
US10281689B2
An imaging lens includes a first lens group and a second lens group, arranged in this order from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens group includes a positive first lens, a second lens, and a third lens. The second lens group includes a fourth lens, a negative fifth lens, and a positive sixth lens. The first lens is formed in a shape so that surfaces thereof on the object and image plane sides have positive curvature radii. The second lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a negative curvature radius. The fifth lens is formed in a shape so that a surface thereof on the image plane side has a positive curvature radius. The sixth lens is formed in a shape so that surfaces thereof on the object and image plane sides are aspheric.
US10281687B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of imaging technologies and, particularly, relates to a varifocal optical system. The varifocal optical system includes a front fixing group, a triple prism, a zooming group, a compensating group, an objective lens group and an image plane which are successively arranged along an incident direction of light, and a total focal length of the varifocal optical system is a fixed value; the front fixing group includes a first lens; the zooming group includes a second lens; the compensating group includes a third lens and a fourth lens arranged along an optical path direction; the object lens group includes a fifth lens; and the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens are all glass lenses. The present disclosure can satisfy the developing trend of miniaturization on electronic devices, and has a better imaging performance.
US10281674B2
An adjustable optical lens and camera module and manufacturing method thereof are provided, wherein the camera module includes an optical sensor and an adjustable optical lens. The adjustable optical lens, which is arranged in a photosensitive path of the optical sensor, includes an optical structural member and at least two lenses. Each of the lens is arranged in an internal space of the optical structural member along an axial direction of the optical structural member, wherein before packaging the adjustable optical lens and the optical sensor, at least one position of the lens in the internal space of the optical structural member is able to be adjusted, so that a central axis line of the adjustable optical lens and a central axis line of the optical sensor are coincided, so as to improve the image quality of the camera module.
US10281670B2
A terminal enclosure with a terminal base with a hole; a terminal lid with an adapter mounting face and a mounting hole in the mounting face; a right angle transition body with first and second ends; an adapter which passes through the mounting hole and is mounted to the mounting face; and a fiber optic cable, attached to the second end of the right angle transition body, with an optical fiber with a connector at one end. The mounting face is formed at an angle α, between 0 and 180 degrees, from a plane formed where the terminal lid and base meet. The optical fiber connector is connected to the adapter. The first end of the right angle transition body passes through the terminal base hole. The terminal base and terminal lid are configured to be attached together.
US10281664B1
A method for determining a spatial relationship between an optoelectronic chip and an optical mount, the method may include temporarily filling, by a liquid, a gap formed between a lens of the optical mount and the optoelectronic chip, while the optical mount contacts the optoelectronic chip; inspecting an optical component of the optoelectronic chip through the lens and through the liquid that fills the gap; and determining the spatial relationship between the optoelectronic chip and the optical mount based on the outcome of the inspecting of the optical component.
US10281661B2
This optical receptacle is provided with: an optical receptacle main body provided with a plurality of first optical surfaces and a plurality of second optical surfaces; and an optical filter. Light emitted from a photoelectric conversion element becomes incident on the first optical surfaces. The second optical surfaces allow light which becomes incident on the first optical surfaces, and passes through the inside, to exit towards an end surface of an optical transmission body. The optical filter is disposed so as to face some of the plurality of second optical surfaces, and attenuates the amount of light from the facing second optical surfaces. The optical filter is disposed with respect to at least one of the one or more second optical surfaces facing the optical filter, such that positional deviation between the first optical surfaces and the second optical surfaces is taken into consideration.
US10281649B2
The present disclosure relates to a splice-on connector configuration having connector body defining a forward fiber buckling region and a rearward splice encapsulation region. The splice encapsulation region can be filled with curable adhesive. The splice encapsulation region can also function to anchor a fiber optic cable.
US10281648B2
A substrate is composed of a first material. A photonic structure is composed of the first material connected to one or more support structures composed of the first material between the photonic structure and a surface of the substrate, with at least one of the support structures supporting a first section of a strip of the photonic structure. The first section has a width that is wider than a width of a second section of the strip and has a length that is at least about twice the width of the second section of the strip.
US10281643B2
A planar illumination apparatus according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate, a light source, a frame, a first support member, a first adhesive member, a second support member, and a second adhesive member. The light guide plate has a light extraction surface and a light entering side face. The light source is arranged on the light entering side-face side. The frame has a floor face, and houses the light guide plate and the light source. The first support member supports the light guide plate from the floor face side of the frame. The first adhesive member causes the light guide plate and the first support member to adhere to each other. The second support member supports the light source from the floor face side of the frame. The second adhesive member causes the light source and the second support members to adhere to each other.
US10281628B2
A method of preparing a photochromic optical article is provided, which includes: (i) applying a first organic solvent to a surface of an optical substrate, thereby forming an organic solvent wetted surface on the optical substrate; and (ii) applying a curable photochromic coating composition over the organic solvent wetted surface of said optical substrate, thereby forming a curable photochromic coating layer over the surface of the optical substrate. The curable photochromic coating composition includes a second organic solvent, and the first and second organic solvents are miscible with each other. With some embodiments, the first and second organic solvents are the same.
US10281623B2
Retroreflective articles include a layer of optical elements (110,120,130), embedded in a bead bond layer (140). The optical elements include transparent microspheres (110), at least one colored polymeric layer (120) covering the transparent microspheres, and a reflective layer (130) covering the colored polymeric layer. The polymeric layer includes at least one nanopigment. The transparent microspheres have a diameter range of 80-120 micrometers, with at least 75% of the transparent microspheres having a diameter range of 85-105 micrometers.
US10281619B2
Provided is means that enables a hard coat layer to resist cracking and to have improved scratch resistance in a laminated film including a substrate, a surfactant-containing layer on one surface of the substrate, and the hard coat layer on the other surface of the substrate.The laminated film includes a substrate, a surfactant-containing layer that is disposed on one surface of the substrate and contains a surfactant, and a hard coat layer disposed on the other surface of the substrate, wherein the hard coat layer contains 0.001 to 3% by weight of a (meth)acrylic modified silicone compound.
US10281610B2
A system includes a data processing system including a processor operatively coupled to a memory. The processor is configured to receive a first dataset indicative of spectral information regarding photons received from a first detector of a formation density tool. The processor is configured to receive a second dataset indicative of a total count rate of photons from a second detector of the formation density tool. The processor is configured to determine physical characteristics of a geological formation based on the spectral information and the total count rate. The processor is configured to display the physical characteristics of the geological formation in a display.
US10281602B2
A system and method for acquiring seismic streamer data is provided. Embodiments may include performing a marine seismic survey using an unmanned marine vessel having a power source configured to drive and provide propulsion to the unmanned marine vessel. Embodiments may further include acquiring one or more of long and ultra-long seismic survey data using a multi-dimensional seismic sensor array coupled with the unmanned marine vessel and providing the seismic survey data as a reduced data set that includes long and ultra long offsets.
US10281597B2
A radiographic energy detecting pixel generates charges in a photosensor in response to photon impacts. A switch electrically connected to the photosensor selectively transmits collected charges to a data line. A sensing circuit electrically connected to the photosensor detects a rate of accumulation of the charges in the photosensor.
US10281591B2
A ceramic scintillator array of an embodiment includes: a plurality of scintillator segments each composed of a sintered compact of a rare earth oxysulfide phosphor; a first reflective layer interposed between the scintillator segments adjacent to each other; and a second reflective layer arranged on a side of surfaces, on which an X-ray is incident, of the plurality of scintillator segments. A difference in dimension between an end portion of a surface of the second reflective layer and a most convex portion of the surface of the second reflective layer is 30 μm or less.
US10281588B2
Systems and methods for performing land surveying using real-time kinematic (RTK) engine verification are provided. In one example, a first set of positions of a GNSS receiver may be determined using each of a plurality of RTK engines. If a number of the plurality of RTK engines that produce a fixed solution is greater than or equal to a threshold value, a position of the GNSS receiver may be determined based on at least a portion of the first set of positions. The determined position may then be stored. This process may be repeated any number of times to produce a desired number of stored positions. In response to the number of stored positions being equal to a minimum value, a final position of the GNSS device may be determined based on the stored positions.
US10281586B2
A method, system, and computer-readable medium for performing a flight check of one or more navigational aid systems. Aspects include obtaining, using an aircraft, first information associated with an accuracy of signals transmitted by a localizer. Aspects also include obtaining, using the aircraft, second information associated with an accuracy of signals transmitted by a glide slope station. Aspects also include transmitting the first information and the second information to a ground receiver for processing.
US10281578B2
A transmit light signal is emitted toward a target at an emission time. An optical subsystem of a receiving system receives a return light signal which is converted to a return electrical signal. At least one attenuator applies an attenuation to at least one of the return light signal and the return electrical signal. The attenuation varies, as time passes, after emission of the transmit light signal, according to a time-dependent attenuation function such that the attenuation is maximum at a critical time elapsed since an emission time of the transmit light signal. The critical time is dependent on at least one geometrical parameter of the optical subsystem. A receive time is determined from the return electrical signal. The emission time and the receive time are used to calculate a measured distance.
US10281568B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, applying different apodization weights for ultrasound echoes to generate a plurality of images of a target where one of the apodization weights has a zero mean value across an aperture of a transducer array and generating a null subtracted image of the target by combining the plurality of images. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10281562B2
A method of radar signal processing includes providing an analog front end (AFE) including an amplifier coupled between an antenna and an ADC in a receive path, where an ADC output is coupled to an input of an elastic ADC buffer (elastic buffer) including a divided memory with for writing samples from the ADC (samples) while reading earlier written samples to a first signal processor by a high speed interface. A transmit path includes at least one power amplifier provided by the AFE coupled to drive an antenna. A Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) is determined across all chirps in a radar frame programmed to be used. For each frame a sample size for the elastic buffer is dynamically controlled constant to be equal to the GCD for reading samples from one memory block and writing samples to another memory block throughout all chirps in the frame.
US10281559B2
A mobile station (MS), a base station subsystem (BSS), and various methods are described herein that enable the MS to receive acknowledgement of an access attempt for performing a multilateration timing advance (MTA) procedure using an Access Burst method without also being assigned resources.
US10281557B2
Systems and methods for determining a location of one or more user equipment (UE) in a wireless system can comprise receiving reference signals via a location management unit having two or more co-located channels, wherein the two or more co-located channels are tightly synchronized with each other and utilizing the received reference signals to calculate a location of at least one UE among the one or more UE. Embodiments include multichannel synchronization with a standard deviation of less than or equal 10 ns. Embodiments can include two LMUs, with each LMU having internal synchronization, or one LMU with tightly synchronized signals.
US10281554B2
The disclosure discloses a method, device and system for target tracking. Wherein, the method for target tracking includes that: Global Positioning System (GPS) information of a target object monitored by tracking equipment is acquired (S102); Pan/Tilt/Zoom (PTZ) coordinate information corresponding to the GPS information of the target object is obtained according to a pre-stored conversion relationship between GPS information and PTZ coordinate information (S104); and the tracking equipment is regulated to control the tracking equipment to monitor the target object according to the PTZ coordinate information of the target object (S106). The problem of inaccuracy of a monitoring result of a method for monitoring a tracking target in the conventional art is solved.
US10281553B2
A method and system determines object orientation using a light source to create a shadow line extending from the light source. A camera captures an image including the shadow line on an object surface. An orientation module determines the surface orientation from the shadow line. In some examples a transparency imperfection in a window through which a camera receives light can be detected and a message sent to a user as to the presence of a light-blocking or light-distorting substance or particle. A system can control illumination while imaging an object in space using a light source mounted to a support structure so a camera captures an image of the illuminated object. Direct illumination of the camera by light from the light source can be prevented such as by blocking the light or using a light-transmissive window adjacent the camera to reject light transmitted directly from the light source.
US10281548B2
A method of magnetic resonance, in which a sample introduced in a measurement volume in an external magnetic field is excited by an excitation pulse and the signal formed by the transverse magnetization thus produced is read out by a receiving coil. The method is characterized in that a prewinding pulse is used as the excitation pulse, which prewinding pulse is characterized in that the formed transverse magnetization M⊥(ω) of spins of different Larmor frequency ω after the pulse has a phase φ0(ω), wherein φ0(ω) as a function of ω within a predefined frequency range Δω has an approximately linear course having negative slope, such that the spins refocus after an echo time defined by the pulse without an additional refocusing pulse being necessary.
US10281545B2
In a magnetic resonance apparatus and an operating method therefore, a data acquisition sequence for operating the apparatus is repeatedly reviewed in a number of ascertainment passes executed in a processor, each ascertainment pass involving a calculation step, and in each calculation step a determination is made as to other respective values of data elements used in a previous calculation step have changed. If no change has occurred, a re-calculation in the current calculation step is not implemented, thereby reducing the time and computing capacity that are needed to generate a final data acquisition sequence.
US10281541B2
According to some aspects, a low-field magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. The low-field magnetic resonance imaging system comprises a magnetics system having a plurality of magnetics components configured to produce magnetic fields for performing magnetic resonance imaging, the magnetics system comprising, a B0 magnet configured to produce a B0 field for the magnetic resonance imaging system at a low-field strength of less than 0.2 Tesla (T), a plurality of gradient coils configured to, when operated, generate magnetic fields to provide spatial encoding of magnetic resonance signals, and at least one radio frequency coil configured to, when operated, transmit radio frequency signals to a field of view of the magnetic resonance imaging system and to respond to magnetic resonance signals emitted from the field of view, a power system comprising one or more power components configured to provide power to the magnetics system to operate the magnetic resonance imaging system to perform image acquisition, and a power connection configured to connect to a single-phase outlet to receive mains electricity and deliver the mains electricity to the power system to provide power needed to operate the magnetic resonance imaging system. According to some aspects, the power system operates the low-field magnetic resonance imaging system using an average of less than 1.6 kilowatts during image acquisition.
US10281537B2
MRI apparatus includes an RF coil device, a first radio communication unit, a second radio communication unit, an image reconstruction unit and a judging unit. The RF coil device detects an MR signal, and includes a data saving unit for storing the MR signal. The first radio communication unit wirelessly transmits the MR signal detected by the RF coil device, and the second radio communication unit receives the MR signal from the first radio communication unit. The image reconstruction unit reconstructs image data using the MR signal. The judging unit judges existence of a transmission error in radio communication between the first and second radio communication units. If the transmission error is present, the first radio communication unit wirelessly transmit the MR signal stored in the data saving unit to the second radio communication unit.
US10281536B2
A system and method for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a subject employs an elongate housing configured to be held and manipulated in a user's hand. The housing supports at least one permanent magnet and at least one RF coil. A device positioning subsystem measures position and orientation of the housing. An electronic subsystem interfaces to the at least one RF coil and to the device positioning subsystem. The electronic subsystem is configured to i) execute pulse sequences where each pulse sequence transmits at least one RF pulse into body tissue of the subject and acquires MRI signals from the body tissue of the subject, ii) acquire position data representing position and orientation of the housing during the pulse sequences from the device positioning subsystem, and iii) process the MRI signals of i) together with the position data of ii) to derive an image of the body tissue of the subject.
US10281534B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving RF signals suitable for MRI and/or MRS from MR “coils” (antennae) that are arranged in an array next to a tissue-sample-slice holder that constrains the front, back, and edges of the tissue sample and is configured to rotate in a “roll” direction (about an axis parallel to the main DC magnetic field) and optionally also rotate in a pitch direction (at varying angles up and down, left-to-right, or both, relative to the roll axis and thus to the main DC magnetic field); the system optionally includes temperature control (heat and/or cooling), an optical grid that is marked or etched into a cover glass that holds the sample (in some embodiments, the grid is visible in the MRI images as well), an electrical and/or optical stimulation means for delivering stimulation Some embodiments combine optical image data with MR image data.
US10281529B2
An apparatus for online measurement of a battery internal resistance and a measurement method thereof are disclosed and applicable to online measure the internal resistance of a monomer cell in the battery, which include an excitation source circuit, electrically connected between any two monomer cells to be detected and a battery end and forming a loop respectively or simultaneously with the two monomer cells; an analog-to-digital conversion unit, for detecting and converting a response voltage of the monomer cell ends, and simultaneously electrically connected to the loop formed with the two monomer cells, for detecting and converting a current in the loop as well as detecting and converting a phase value between the current and the response voltage; a digital signal processing unit, electrically connected to the analog-to-digital conversion unit, for calculating the internal resistance value of the monomer cell to be detected after receiving a conversion signal from the analog-to-digital conversion unit; and realize precise, efficient and convenient internal resistance measurement of the monomer cell without damaging the monomer cell and sacrificing the online load of the battery.
US10281522B2
Timely testing of die on wafer reduces the cost to manufacture ICs. This disclosure describes a die test structure and process to reduce test time by adding test pads on the top surface of the die. The added test pads allow a tester to probe and test more circuits within the die simultaneously. Also, the added test pads contribute to a reduction in the amount of test wiring overhead traditionally required to access and test circuits within a die, thus reducing die size.
US10281521B2
Techniques for thermal management of a device under test are discussed. In an example, an apparatus may include a pedestal having a device-specific surface configured to exchange heat with the integrated circuit while the device-specific surface is in contact with a surface of the integrated circuit or separated from the surface of the integrated circuit by a layer of thermally conductive material, and a heat generating element configured to heat the device-specific surface. In certain examples, the pedestal may include a plurality of channels configured to couple to a manifold and to route thermal material from the manifold through an interior of the pedestal for maintaining temperature control of the surface of an integrated circuit under test.
US10281500B2
What is described is a system for estimating a ripple component of an input signal. The system includes a first module configured to remove a direct current (DC) component from the input signal and output an alternating current (AC) signal that includes the ripple component and a low frequency component of the input signal. The system also includes a second module configured to determine a period and an amplitude of the AC signal and output an estimated ripple signal based on the period and the amplitude of the AC signal.
US10281498B2
A fiber optic sensor for measuring voltage in direct current and alternating current systems is disclosed. The sensor may include an optical fiber probe containing transmitting and receiving fibers, fixed conductor elements, and a dynamic conductor element with a reflective surface or material. The reflector may be attached to a dynamic conductor. The two fixed conductors may be placed parallel to one another and coupled to a static voltage source. The dynamic conductor may bisect the fixed conductors and be coupled to a voltage source. The dynamic conductor may be spaced apart from the ends of the fibers in the fiber probe, and positioned so that light transmitted through the transmitting fiber is reflected by that surface into a receiving fiber. A light sensing means may be coupled to the receiving fiber, so light from a light reflected by the reflector body back into the receiving fibers is detected.
US10281491B2
A probe card is disclosed. The probe card includes a first disc, a second disc, an alignment plate and multiple micro probes. One of the micro probes includes a linear segment and a curved segment connected to each other at an angle stop. The first disc includes a recessed area having multiple holes formed therein, wherein one of the holes is configured to receive the linear segment of the micro probe. The second disc includes a recessed area having multiple holes formed therein, wherein one of the holes is configured to receive the curved segment of the micro probe. Placed within the recessed area of the second disc, the alignment plate includes multiple holes formed therein, wherein one of the holes is configured to receive the curved segment of the micro probe.
US10281487B2
Apparatus for facilitating analytical probing of a packaged electronic device is provided. The device may provide a test chamber that holds the device to be tested and provides an elevated or reduced temperature environment to conduct testing of the device at end-use application temperature levels. The apparatus includes a test chamber having perimeter walls and a configurable cover. The cover includes an adjustable position probe entry port or aperture that may be positioned to provide probe access to any point within the test chamber, and may comprise a cover with such positionable port or a plurality of overlapping plates such as a first plate with a cutout quadrant that can be oriented to expose any quadrant of the test chamber and a second plate with at least one probe entry port that can be situated in the cutout to provide the probe entry port above a desired test area of the electronic device. A height adjustable framework supported above the test chamber allows a probe manipulator to be brought into a required position to operate a probe through the probe entry port of the test chamber and into contact with the packaged electronics. A microscope is positionable above the probe manipulator to assist in placement of the probe. The apparatus is designed so that temperature controlled air may be provided to the test chamber to facilitate testing at elevated or reduced temperatures.
US10281486B2
The structure enables two-directional sensing of accelerations with compact component dimensions and with minimal cross-axis sensitivity. The rotation mass includes a first frame and a second frame. In one sense direction, the structure employs a combined proof mass of the first frame and the second frame, which improves the signal to noise level achievable with said device dimensions. In the other sense direction, a detection structure with at least two sensing elements is used to detect displacements of the proof mass of the second frame. Due to the specific internal configuration of the detection structure, signal contributions of the sensing elements in the one direction cancel each other.
US10281485B2
Multi-path signal processing for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors is described. An exemplary MEMS sensor apparatus can comprise a single MEMS sensor element and an associated integrated circuit (IC) that facilitates generating multiple output signals having different output signal electrical characteristics required by a host system. Provided implementations can minimize cost and IC die area of associated MEMS sensor apparatuses and systems by employing one or more signal multiplexers (MUXs) on a single common signal path from the single MEMS sensor element. In addition, various methods of generating multiple output signals having different output signal electrical characteristics from a single MEMS sensor element are described.
US10281479B2
Methods, compositions, systems, and devices are provided for performing and analyzing agglutination assays. In one aspect, methods for image analysis of agglutination assays are provided. In another aspects, methods for performing agglutination assays are provided. In one aspect, the methods may be used for the detection of various molecules, including viruses or antibodies against a virus. In another aspect, the methods can be used to determine effective immunization of a subject.
US10281478B2
Ischemia is treated to prevent or manage disease by delivering stem cells derived from cord blood and/or tissue. A patient suffering from disease caused in at least some part by ischemia is selected. At least one dose consisting of an effective amount of stem cells is administrated through intravenous (IV), intra thecal, intra-arterial, via catheter into the organ, via Myostar catheter into the heart, intracoronary, intrapericardial, and/or by direct injection into the organ. Effectiveness of the administration is monitored at selected time periods to determine whether there exists an improved clinical indication. A second dose is administered by a method that is at least invasive as that utilized in the prior dose, and the steps are repeated until the clinical indication shows improvement or until there is contraindication to continued treatment. Diseases include at least one of Ischemia, arteriosclerosis, complications of ischemia, decreased perfusion, aging or diabetes.
US10281477B2
A method of detecting the presence, or monitoring the severity of a condition characterised by the presence of fragments of a marker protein in the brain of a patient. The method comprises: (i) providing a sample comprising macrophages obtained from the patient; and (ii) detecting the presence of the marker protein or fragments thereof in the macrophages. The presence of abnormal levels of the marker protein and/or fragments thereof in the macrophages is indicative of the presence of the condition in the patient. The condition and the marker proteins can be: Alzheimer's Disease and the Abeta peptide, Parkinson's Disease and ubiquitin, Multiple Sclerosis and myelin basic protein, FrontoTemporal Dementia and tau, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and tau, Parkinson's disease, Lewy Body dementia or Alzheimer's Disease and alpha-synuclein.
US10281468B2
Systems and methods are provided for microbial identification using cleavable tags. Control information is sent to a mass spectrometer to select a peptide labeled with a first tag of a known microbe, fragment the labeled peptide of the known microbe, and monitor for an intensity of the first tag in an MRM method using a processor. An ion source provides a beam of ions from a sample that includes peptides labeled with the first tag. The first tag binds to a peptide of a known microbe and is cleaved from the peptide of the known microbe during mass spectrometry. The mass spectrometer receives the beam of ions and is adapted to perform the MRM method on the beam of ions. If the intensity of the first tag received from the mass spectrometer exceeds a threshold value, the known microbe is identified in the sample using the processor.
US10281467B2
This invention relates to assays which screen for compounds that modulate taste elicited by the T1R2/T1R3 sweet taste receptor which include a novel counter screen to eliminate false positives. In addition, the invention contemplates assays which screen for compounds that modulate taste elicited by the T1R1/T1R3 umami taste receptor which include a novel counter screen to eliminate false positives. Preferably the assays are conducted in high throughput format thereby enabling the screening of many hundreds of different compounds whereby the counter screen significantly improves assay efficiency. Further, the invention relates to the use of the compounds identified in the subject screening assays to modulate T1R associated taste perception.
US10281460B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a Polyporus squamosus-derived PSL1b recombinant lectin, which binds specifically to sialic acid containing glycoconjugates, from an Escherichia coli PSL1b strain (deposit number: KCTC12507BP) or a Pichia pastoris PSL1b strain (deposit number: KCTC12500BP) and a lectin produced thereby. The recombinant lectin of the present invention can be useful as an active ingredient of a composition or a kit for measuring or detecting glycoproteins, glycopeptides, glycolipids, sugar precursors, or oligosaccharides having sialic acid moieties.
US10281456B1
A method for determining whether a set of perturbations discriminates over a null distribution for an on target effect against a first component of an entity is provided. The set of perturbations comprises perturbations of the first component and the entity comprises components including the first component. There is obtained, for each respective perturbation, a corresponding vector, thereby obtaining a plurality of vectors. Each such vector comprises a plurality of elements. Each element comprises (i) a distribution metric of a different feature, in a plurality of features, across a plurality of instances of the entity upon exposure of the plurality of instances of the entity to the respective perturbation or (ii) a distribution metric of a respective dimension reduction component computed using the plurality of features for a plurality of instances of the entity upon exposure of the plurality of instances of the entity to the respective perturbation.
US10281453B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (100) and a method for the processing of single molecules, particularly for the sensing or sequencing of single-stranded DNA. A bottom layer (110) and an electrically conductive top layer (120) with a first and a second slit (111,121), respectively, are disposed on top of each other such that an aperture (A) is formed by the slits. The slits (111,121) are preferably perpendicular to each other. An electrical circuit (140) may be connected to the top layer (120), allowing to sense single molecules that pass through the aperture (A).
US10281441B1
A clamp for chromatography columns has a first seal with a first opening a movable seal with a second opening and a movable coupler. The movable coupler has first and second coupler seals with communicating third and fourth openings. The clamp is arranged for pressing a first chromatography column between the first seal and the first coupler seal and for pressing a second chromatography column between the movable seal and the second coupler seal, such that the first opening fluidly communicates with the second opening through the first chromatography column, the third and fourth openings and the second chromatography column.
US10281439B2
In the present invention, differences in liquid feed properties between liquid chromatographic devices are determined, a liquid feed time table that takes these differences into account is acquired by way of system changes, and flow control is performed by a pump. Furthermore, the liquid feed time table after the system changes is divided into a plurality of intervals, and instructions are sent to the pump after approximate calculations are performed. Thus, by efficiently performing system change processes, the same measurement results can be obtained in a plurality of different liquid chromatograph devices, regardless of the differences in liquid feed properties.
US10281437B2
A sensor assembly is configured to mount transducers on a conduit, such as a pipe, for measuring properties of a fluid flowing in the conduit. The sensor assembly can include a sensor cradle capable of seating and maintaining a pair of transducers. The sensor assembly can include a mounting device arranged to couple the sensor cradle to the conduit such that the transducers maintained at the sensor cradle are oriented to allow transmission of ultrasonic waves traversing the conduit. The sensor assembly allows for mechanically stable coupling of the transducers to the conduit. The transducers can be fixed to the sensor cradle though an adhesive. In some implementations, the transducers can be oriented substantially orthogonal to each other.
US10281432B2
A detection apparatus and a detection method are disclosed. In one aspect, the detection apparatus includes a sampling device for collecting samples to be checked. It further includes a sample pre-processing device configured to pre-process the sample from the sampling device. It further includes a sample analyzing device for separating samples from the pre-processing device and for analyzing the separated samples. The detection apparatus is miniaturized and highly precise, and is capable of quickly and accurately detecting gaseous phase or particulate substances, and it has applications for safety inspections at airports, ports, and subway stations.
US10281429B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor micro-analysis chip includes a first flow channel provided with a substrate surface, the flow channel engraved on the substrate into which a sample liquid can flow, micropore provided with a part of the flow channel, a reservoir provided with at least one end of the flow channel, the reservoir engraved on the substrate for inlet and outlet of the sample liquid, and a first electrode provided with a part of the flow channel or of the reservoir. The electrode is disposed from the bottom surface of the flow channel or of the reservoir to the substrate surface, and a side surface which connects the bottom surface and the substrate surface is tapered for reducing a bend in a height direction of the electrode.
US10281427B2
An isotachophoresis (ITP) apparatus, a kit comprising same and method of use thereof for the detection and/or separation of analytes of interest.
US10281422B2
A system and method for Displacement Current Phase Tomography. The present system invention obtains a linear relationship between mutual displacement current from a sensor (output current of the measuring electrode terminals) and the area (or volume) of an object to be imaged in the imaging domain. The system uses capacitance sensors and utilizes the phase of the measured current, in addition to the amplitude, to reconstruct an image.
US10281421B2
The method can include the steps of: providing a given current across each one of a plurality of current paths linking two opposite faces of the anode, the current paths being dispersed along a median plane located between the two opposite faces; measuring a voltage value independently across each one of a plurality of voltage paths linking the two opposite faces of the anode, each one of the plurality of voltage paths being positioned adjacent to a corresponding one of the current paths and forming a corresponding pair therewith, the path pairs thus being dispersed along the median plane; and processing an independent resistivity value for each one of the path pairs based at least on its given current and its measured voltage value.
US10281416B2
The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for use in SSNMR analysis of solid particulate samples. These devices and methods are configured to contain a solid particulate sample as it undergoes SSNMR analysis while also operating to attenuate peak broadening in the resulting spectrum due to anisotropic dipole coupling interactions and CSA during such analysis by generating a substantially fluidized bed of the solid particulate sample.
US10281414B2
X ray apparatus includes a sample stage (4) for supporting a sample (6), an X-ray source (2) and an energy dispersive X-ray detector (8). A conical X-ray collimator (10) is provided either between the sample and the X-ray source or between the sample and the energy-dispersive X-ray detector, the conical X-ray collimator including a plurality of truncated cones arranged concentrically around a central axis, the truncated cones having a common apex defining a central measurement spot on the sample.
US10281403B2
A sensor chip includes: a transparent support; a metal thin film formed on one surface of the transparent support; and a reaction section in which a ligand is immobilized on an other surface of the metal thin film that is not in contact with the transparent support, wherein the sensor chip also includes a closed space-forming member which forms a closed space such that at least the reaction section is housed in the closed space, and water content in the closed space is adjusted to satisfy: X/Y<10 (μg/mm2) (wherein, X represents the water content in the closed space; and Y represents the surface area of the metal thin film in the closed space).
US10281402B2
The present disclosure provides devices and methods enabling the analysis of biomolecules. In some embodiments, the biomolecules may be DNA, RNA, protein, peptide, small molecule, catalyst, precursor, nucleotide, antibodies, or other biomolecules of interest.
US10281399B2
Systems and methods for particle tracking using spatiotemporal offset light beams. In exemplary embodiments, the optical systems and methods can be used with conventional two-photon microscopy equipment to perform high speed, high precision, and deep tissue three-dimensional single-particle tracking. Exemplary embodiments can be configured for single-molecule studies of biological diffusion and transport processes.
US10281396B2
Disclosed is a system for simultaneously measuring a surface normal vector and a surface reflection function in microscale. The system includes a light dome having a hemispherical-shaped structure and including LEDs to radiate light to an object placed therein; a macro lens installed camera arranged over the light dome to photograph the object through a hole formed at a center of the light dome under an environment in which a light is radiated from the light dome; an xyz micro-translation stage arranged under the light dome and configured to move in xyz-directions to adjust a focal distance between the macro lens installed camera and the object, and a measurement unit configured to control the light dome and the macro lens installed camera to obtain a microscale image, and configured to simultaneously measure a surface normal vector and a surface reflection function of the object based on the microscale image.
US10281383B2
Systems and methods for determining liquid phase turbidity of multiphase wastewater. A turbidity sensor is provided with multiphase wastewater, such as by placement of the sensor in a reaction chamber, and generates a signal in response to a detected turbidity of the wastewater. The generated signal is sampled to produce a plurality of signal samples. The samples are compared to a threshold, and a turbidity of the wastewater is determined based on samples falling within the threshold. The threshold may be determined based on a statistical analysis of the plurality of samples, or may be set to a predetermined value. The wastewater may be provided by placing the turbidity sensor in a flocculation chamber, and a control signal generated based on the determined turbidity of the wastewater. This control signal may be used to adjust the amount of a chemical, such as a coagulant, introduced into the wastewater.
US10281374B2
Disclosed are methods for treating a biological sample for an analyte-staining assay. These methods are conducted with the use of a single aqueous multi-functional composition for the purposes of performing the steps of deparaffinization, rehydration, antigen retrieval and endogenous enzyme blocking simultaneously optionally at an elevated temperature. These methods are alternatively conducted with use of a single aqueous multi-functional composition that contains a thermostable protease for the purpose of deparaffinization, rehydration, antigen retrieval and endogenous enzyme blocking at an elevated temperature.
US10281367B1
A system and methods for more quickly, accurately, and efficiently collecting, tracking, and transmitting sample collection data and information. Specifically, this involves the generation of printed labels in the field comprising labels with unique identifiers corresponding to specific sample collection data and information. The labels are printed at the location of the sampling and are applied on the outside of sample collection devices and at the location of sample collection. Each unique identifier is associated with a unique record number in the Electronic Chain of Custody (ECOC), corresponding to a specific sample.
US10281360B2
A method and a system for the vibration analysis of an engine, including acquiring vibration signals relating to the engine and in order to form at least one spectrogram that represents an operating state of the engine, selecting at least one zone of interest in at least one spectrogram, comparing each zone of interest with a set of corresponding comparison zones belonging to annotated spectrograms recorded in a reference database, and determining a subset of comparison zones that have vibration behaviors similar to those of the zone of interest, and displaying the subset of comparison zones and annotations associated with the subset of comparison zones.
US10281356B2
An oscillating device comprising: a vibrating table; an X-axis oscillating unit configured to oscillate the vibrating table in an X-axis direction; a Y-axis oscillating unit configured to oscillate the vibrating table in a Y-axis direction; a Z-axis oscillating unit configured to oscillate the vibrating table in a Z-axis direction; a first linear guideway configured to couple the vibrating table and the Z-axis oscillating unit slidably in the X-axis direction; and a second linear guideway configured to couple the vibrating table and the Z-axis oscillating unit slidably in the Y-axis direction, wherein the first linear guideway comprises: a first rail extending in the X-axis direction; and a first carriage configured to engage with the first rail slidably in the X-axis direction, wherein the second linear guideway comprises: a second rail extending in the Y-axis direction; and a second carriage configured to engage with the second rail slidably in the Y-axis direction, wherein the first carriage is provided with first carriage attachment holes being drilled holes, wherein the second carriage is provided with second carriage attachment holes being tapped holes, and wherein the first carriage is directly fixed to the second carriage by bolts being inserted to the first carriage attachment holes and screwed in the second carriage attachment holes.
US10281355B2
The subject matter of the present invention relates to a system for the optical determination of correction planes in rotating elements, used in the process of balancing, in particular in diagnostic devices equipped with a system which has at least one video camera (K), at least one line projector (RL), a monitor screen (M) and a computer (P) which controls individual component elements of the system, wherein the video camera (K) cooperates with the line projector (RL) while projecting a view of the rotating element (EW) on the monitor screen (M) together with an image of a line (L) projected by means of the line projector (RL).The subject matter of the present invention also relates a method for determining correction planes which consists in that an area of measurement space is defined on the basis of a virtual rotating element (EW′) before placing a rotating element (EW) on the shaft of a diagnostic device (PM) onto which line (L) is projected by means of line projector (RL), and subsequently a view of the rotating element (EW) is transmitted by means of the video camera (K) to the monitor screen (M) together with an image of the projected line (L), and thus the run of the line is obtained which maps a change in the value of the radius rn from the axis of the shaft of the diagnostic device (PM) and the value of distance Dn of the rotating element (EW) from the diagnostic device (PM) in the defined area of measurement space.
US10281350B2
A pressure sensor includes a bearing region and a frame which is spatially separated from the bearing region, wherein a sensing element of the pressure sensor is produced on the bearing region. When the aforementioned pressure sensor is mounted on a package substrate, the stress from the package substrate or a circuit board can be isolated by a space between the bearing region and the frame to avoid unexpected deformation on the sensing element.
US10281344B2
An arrangement for measuring a force and/or a torque (Mt) on a machine element extending along an axial axis is disclosed. The machine element has a cavity and at least one magnetization region, extending circumferentially around the axial axis in an axial section. The arrangement further includes at least one first magnetic field sensor, a second magnetic field sensor, a third magnetic field sensor and a fourth magnetic field sensor, each of which is designed to individually measure an axial direction component of a magnetic field caused by the magnetization and also by the force or torque (Mt) and each of which lies in the axial section. At least the first magnetic sensor and the second magnetic sensor are arranged in the cavity of the machine element.
US10281343B2
The present subject matter discloses a method of measuring a peak load, including the steps of placing an indenter between a first surface and a second surface, exerting a load on at least one of the first and second surfaces, measuring at least one of a width, depth, radial chord length, and cross-sectional area of an indentation formed by the indenter in at least one of the first and second surfaces; and converting the measured parameter into a load value. Certain methods further include the steps of converting the measured parameter into a load per length value and obtaining a load value by integrating along a circumferential length of the indentation. In still other methods, the exerted load is a compressive load.
US10281341B2
Described are methods and systems using optical fiber interferometry to sense interference causing events in a region of interest and differentiate between a strain event and a thermal event. Other methods and systems relate to the use of optical fiber interferometry for determining temperature offset in a region of interest and using the determined temperature offset for determining temperature in the region of interest.
US10281338B2
A real time thermal monitoring and prediction system (TMPS) is provided for use in monitoring and operating a transformer. The TMPS may be used to estimate a maximum loading level for the transformer over a future time period using a dynamic thermal model for the transformer and ambient temperature forecasts. The transformer may be loaded to its maximum loading level during power congestion or a service restoration process.
US10281336B2
A temperature monitor, a temperature monitoring system, and method are provided. The temperature monitor includes an electronic paper display and a passive temperature sensor. The electronic paper display has first and second display states. The passive temperature sensor is coupled to the display such that when the temperature of the sensor attains a predetermined value, the display changes from the first display state to the second display state.
US10281330B2
The invention relates to a spectrophotometer, especially a spectrophotometer that can carry out simultaneous analysis at different points on the same sample (4), with a high spatial resolution and without requiring a mechanical system for physical scanning along the sample. This is obtained by the provision of means for processing the light received by the photodetectors (5), said processing means having a correlation wherein each of the photodetectors (5) corresponds to a spatial point on the sample (4).In the case of dark field applications, the present invention ensures the standardization of the data using the same measure.
US10281319B2
A dosing device with a balance, which includes a weighing chamber (16); a processor (32); a climate module (34), which is disposed in the weighing chamber (16); a data transmission path, over which data is exchanged between the climate module (34) and the processor (32); and a mixing formulation display (30). Also disclosed are a climate module configured to electrically couple to a dosing device in a detachable manner, wherein the climate module (34) forms a self-contained modular unit and includes various sensors (52, 54, 62) and a path over which data is transmitted to a processor external to the climate module, and a method for mixing a formulation, using a dosing device, wherein ambient conditions are detected during dosage of the substances to be combined, and the mixing ratio is adjusted in accordance with the detected ambient conditions.
US10281302B2
An arrangement for controlling flow includes a flow control element, an actuator, a linkage assembly, and a sensor module. The linkage assembly is coupled between the flow control element and the actuator, and includes a rotatable linkage element coupled to impart force to the flow control element. The sensor module is affixed to the rotatable linkage element. The sensor module includes a MEMs-based strain gauge affixed to a substrate and operably coupled to measure torque on the linkage element, and a processing circuit disposed on the substrate. The processing circuit is operably coupled to receive torque measurement information representative of the measured torque. The processing circuit generates a fluid flow measurement value based on the torque measurement information and position information representative of a position of a flow control device of the flow control element. The flow control device is mechanically coupled to the rotatable linkage element.
US10281298B2
Embodiments may provide a system, a wheel localizer, a wheel localization device, or methods for locating a position of at least one wheel out of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a system comprises a detector that obtains information related to a reference magnetic field in which the at least one wheel rotates, an antilock braking system (ABS) unit that obtains information related to angular rotations of the plurality of wheels, and a locator that determines the position of the at least one wheel based, at least in part, on the information related to the reference magnetic field and the information related to the angular rotations of plurality of wheels, where the position comprises a wheel location from among the plurality of wheels. The reference magnetic field may be the earth's magnetic field.
US10281284B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide efficient and dynamic systems and methods for building a hybrid road network and grid based spatial temporal index to handle big trajectory data. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to satisfy the issue of low indexing and compression rate of big trajectory data, and to improve the efficiency of index queries, while also providing a mechanism to account for missing road links in a map.
US10281280B2
A method is provided for selectively enabling inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors. The method comprises enabling a gyroscope of the IMU sensors for generating a device orientation output estimate, selectively enabling an accelerometer of the IMU sensors for improving the device orientation output estimate when a magnitude of an angular velocity is less than a centripetal velocity threshold, an accelerometer jitter error estimate is less than a gyroscopic orientation error estimate, a filled accelerometer filter length is less than a full length of an accelerometer filter, and a filled magnetometer filter length is less than a full length of a magnetometer filter. The method also includes enabling a magnetometer of the IMU sensors when the accelerometer is enabled, and an accelerometer gravitational error angle is less than a predetermined accelerometer gravitational error angle threshold.
US10281269B2
A method for determining a height (hs) of a settled bed in a mixture in a loading space (1). The mixture consists of a settled bed (5) and a mixture soup (3) which is located above the settled bed (5). The method includes: a) providing an elongated resonance member (10) in the loading space (1) which extends in a substantial vertical direction, b) measuring a resonance frequency (fo) of the resonance member (10), c) computing a height (hs) of the settled bed (5), Action b) includes determining an indication of or imposing the tensile force (Fs) acting in the longitudinal direction of the resonance member (10) and c) includes computing a height (hs) of the settled bed (5) based on the measured resonance frequency (fo) and the determined indication of the tensile force or the imposed tensile force.
US10281262B2
An imaging laser range finder including an objective lens having an optical axis, an object side, and an image side, a controllable pixelated light modulator disposed along the optical axis on the image side of the lens, and a detector disposed optically downstream from the pixelated light modulator on the image side of the lens. The controllable pixelated light modulator is advantageously a MEMS-based system such as a digital mirror device (DMD). An increased field of view may be obtained by incorporating a pair of opposing surface reflectors between an imaging lens and the controllable pixelated light modulator. Associated methods are disclosed.
US10281256B2
An agile optical imaging system for optical coherence tomography imaging using a tunable source comprising a wavelength tunable VCL laser is disclosed. The tunable source has long coherence length and is capable of high sweep repetition rate, as well as changing the sweep trajectory, sweep speed, sweep repetition rate, sweep linearity, and emission wavelength range on the fly to support multiple modes of OCT imaging. The imaging system also offers new enhanced dynamic range imaging capability for accommodating bright reflections. Multiscale imaging capability allows measurement over orders of magnitude dimensional scales. The imaging system and methods for generating the waveforms to drive the tunable laser in flexible and agile modes of operation are also described.
US10281239B2
A method and a device for assisting aiming at a target, in particular for the purpose of improving the accuracy with which a projectile is guided towards said target by means of a laser beam. The method makes use of a camera serving to capture either a complete image of the environment, or else a selective image of said target in said environment. Thereafter, the method makes it possible to verify that said laser beam is indeed pointing at said target by displaying the point of contact of said laser beam in said environment on the image captured by said camera, and then to determine the accuracy with which said laser beam is indeed pointing at said target. As a function of said accuracy, launching of said projectile may either be confirmed or cancelled. This method also makes it possible to identify the code of said guide beam illuminating said target.
US10281235B1
The invention is a versatile and modular sling for carrying a firearm around a user's neck, torso, or over one shoulder. The sling includes a closed sling loop formed from an elastic cord, a primary strap secured to a portion of the sling loop that is operable to anchor the sling loop in a given orientation relative to the firearm, and a secondary strap releasably attached to the sling loop that is slidable along the length of the sling loop to easily convert the sling between one-point, two-point, and three-point configurations. The sling can be attached to the firearm by use of studs or swivels in a conventional manner or can be attached directly to the firearm by using adjustable loops at each end of each strap.
US10281232B2
An adjustable archery training bow assembly includes a single resistance element and an adjustment mechanism that can be actuated by a user to vary the tension level in the resistance element for training purposes. The training bow also includes a mount for receiving a mobile device, which allows the user to practice various augmented reality-archery training scenarios. The adjustable archery training bow is used to enhance the user's skills, such as his/her strength, stability, and accuracy to help deliver on-target an arrow fired from a real, non-training bow.
US10281226B2
A lock system and related methods are disclosed. The lock mechanism has a lock plate configured to be positioned adjacent the distal side of a firearm floor plate. The lock plate has a base plate and a disengagement mechanism affixed to a proximal side of the base plate. The disengagement mechanism has a protrusion configured to extend into the passage of the floor plate when the floor plate and the lock plate abut one another. The protrusion has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is shaped to extend into the passage of the floor plate. The second portion is shaped to extend through the passage of the floor plate and protrude from the proximal side of the floor plate.
US10281225B2
A self-loading-pistol includes a slide slidably mounted on a frame and coupled to a recoil spring, with a support plate formed in a front portion of the slide. A barrel passes through the slide and is fixedly mounted on the frame. A slide lock mechanism locks the slide during firing of the pistol and is arranged in the front portion of the frame under the barrel. The slide lock mechanism includes a front seat formed on a front arm of a two-armed lever, a locking member mounted in the front seat, a rear seat formed on a rear arm of the two-armed lever, and a damping member mounted in the rear seat. The locking member and the damping member are pushed upwards to the front seat and the rear seat by a locking spring. A support surface is formed on the rear arm of the two-armed lever and extends to an aperture in the frame.
US10281224B2
A heat exchanger having a first section, through which a first medium can flow, and a second section, through which a second medium can flow. During operation a heat exchange takes place between the first and the second medium. The first section has an inlet chamber and first tubes connected to the inlet chamber, and an outlet chamber and second tubes connected to the outlet chamber. The first tubes are each closed at the ends facing away from the inlet chamber and each second tube is at least partly arranged inside one of the first tubes, and the end of the second tube that faces away from the outlet chamber is open to the interior of the respective first tube. The second section has an inlet means and an outlet means.
US10281222B2
A heat exchanger includes: each of the fin plates having a V shaped or trapezoid corrugated shape, and including top walls positioned at top portions of the corrugated shape, bottom walls positioned at bottom portions of the corrugated shape, and foot portions each connecting one of the top walls and one of the bottom walls, each of the foot portions having a rectangular corrugated shape along one of the top walls and one of the bottom walls, and including stepped walls formed at a predetermined interval along the one of the top walls and the one of the bottom walls, and opening portions each formed in one of the stepped walls, and being an elongated through holes having a width equal to or smaller than a thickness of one of the fin plates.
US10281216B2
An molten metal stirring device is provided, including a main bath that includes a furnace main body including a storage chamber; and a stirring unit that drives and stirs the molten metal stored in the furnace main body, the stirring unit including a passage member that includes a molten metal passage, the rotating-shifting magnetic field unit main body including a permanent magnet and being provided outside the passage member, the furnace main body including a molten metal outlet and inlet formed in a side wall and in communication with each other, at least a pair of electrodes are provided in the molten metal passage, and molten metal present in the molten metal passage is driven toward the molten metal outlet by a resultant driving force of first and second electromagnetic forces according to Fleming's rule.
US10281215B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method for controlling the heating of the base within a chemical vapour deposition chamber, which apparatus is applicable to an MOCVD reaction chamber. The apparatus comprises a heater located within a chamber; a tray located near the heater within the chamber and spaced apart from the heater and used for carrying the base; a first temperature control unit coupled with a surface of the tray for carrying the base and used for measuring the temperature of the tray surface and outputting a first control signal as a function of a set temperature and the temperature of the tray surface; and a second temperature control unit connected to the first temperature control unit and used for measuring the temperature of the middle of the area between the tray and the heater, and also for outputting a second control signal as a function of the first control signal and the temperature of the middle, with the heater being coupled with the second temperature control unit to heat according to the second control signal. Further provided is a method for controlling the heating of the base within a chemical vapour deposition chamber. A steady base temperature can be obtained via the apparatus.
US10281194B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet (10) defining a first storage region (2) in which food is stored, a door (20) rotatably connected to a first rotating shaft (42), located at the front of the cabinet (10), via a first hinge member (40) to open or close the first storage region (2), a gasket (26) provided at the door (20), a container (100) defining a second storage region (52) received in the first storage region (2), the container (100) being rotatably connected to a second rotating shaft, located at the door (20), via a second hinge member (200), a latch member installed to the container (100), and a fastening device (600) provided at the door (20), the fastening device (600) being caught by the latch member to selectively couple the door (20) and the container (100) to each other. The fastening device (600) includes a seal (626) configured to prevent outward movement of cold air through the fastening device (600) in a coupled state of the door (20) and the container (100).
US10281190B2
A refrigerator appliance is provided including a freezer chamber divided into a first compartment and a second compartment by a removable mullion. An evaporator is positioned within an evaporator chamber and a diverter assembly is configured for selectively directing cooled air from the evaporator chamber into the freezer chamber. The diverter assembly includes a diverter housing defining a plenum chamber and a damper pivotally mounted within the plenum chamber for selectively directing the cooled air through a first outlet into the first compartment and a second outlet into the second compartment. Diverter assembly may further include a fan for urging cooled air through the plenum chamber.
US10281171B2
A drain pump assembly for discharging condensate from a water heater appliance is provided. The drain pump assembly includes a condensate collection tray positioned below an evaporator of the water heater appliance for collecting condensate. A condensate level sensor is configured for measuring a level of condensate within the condensate collection tray and is in operative communication with a drain pump. The drain pump is configured for discharging collected condensate from the condensate collection tray when the level of condensate exceeds a first threshold and turning off after the condensate level drops below a second threshold.
US10281170B2
A sealed refrigeration system and appliance are provided. The sealed refrigeration system may include a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, and a check valve assembly. The compressor may be operable to compress refrigerant, while the condenser may be disposed in downstream fluid communication with the compressor to condense refrigerant received from the compressor. The evaporator may be disposed in fluid communication between the condenser and the compressor. The check valve assembly may be disposed in fluid communication between at least two components of the sealed refrigeration system. The check valve assembly may include a valve body defining a circuit inlet, a circuit outlet, and a charge port. The circuit outlet may be downstream from the circuit inlet to direct refrigerant therefrom. The charge port may be between the circuit inlet and the circuit outlet to receive refrigerant therethrough.
US10281164B2
A humidifier includes a container defining a container cavity; a cover positioned over a container opening of the container cavity, the cover defining a body opening and a vent opening, the body opening and the vent opening in fluid communication with the container cavity; an attachment mechanism configured to attach the humidifier to a vent; and a wicking pad mounted in the container cavity between the vent opening and the body opening.
US10281160B2
A method to use high temperature thermal storage for integration into building heating/cooling systems and to meet building's peak power demand. The method can be used to store the thermal energy at any desirable rate and then discharge this stored energy to meet the demand for short or long time intervals. Input energy stored with this method is thermal energy, however, output can be thermal or electric based upon the requirement.
US10281155B2
A heating power control device includes a storage in which first information is stored, the first information being on a cooking process being executed using a cooking appliance, a receiver that receives second information indicating an absence of a user of the cooking appliance or a presence of the user, and a controller that determines whether or not the user is absent for a predetermined period of time based on the second information, determines, based on the first information, whether or not the cooking process is a heating process when the user is determined to be absent for the predetermined period of time, determines, based on the first information, a control method of controlling heating power of the cooking appliance when the cooking process is determined to be a heating process, and controls the heating power of the cooking appliance by the control method.
US10281145B2
The present invention discloses a stove burner. The present invention, by designing the outer-ring fire cover body and the outer fire-spraying ring into two independent structures, enables the outer-ring fire cover body to be made of a heat-resisting material of low price, which reduces the manufacturing cost of the entire stove burner; besides, with the outer edge of the annular cover body plate in contact with the top of the outer fire-spraying ring and the cover body ring attached to the sidewall of the inner ring tube close to the gas inlet tube, this structure can better achieve good airtightness of the annular chamber.
US10281144B2
A burner assembly including a gas inlet fixture for use with a burner tube, the gas inlet fixture including a plurality of tabs to engage a neck of a gas control valve to improve ignition and center the gas flow down the center of the burner tube.
US10281142B2
A solid-fuel-fired burner that suppresses a high-temperature oxygen remaining region formed at the outer circumference of a flame and that can decrease the amount of NOx eventually produced is provided. A solid-fuel-fired burner that is used in a burner section of a solid-fuel-fired boiler for performing low-NOx combustion separately in the burner section and in an additional-air injection section and that injects powdered solid-fuel and air into a furnace includes a fuel burner having internal flame stabilization and a secondary-air injection port that does not perform flame stabilization, in which the air ratio in the fuel burner is set to 0.85 or more.
US10281136B2
An illuminating tweezers for grasping and manipulating small articles includes a single light emitting diode (LED) and powering battery located in an upper centrally-located barrel end of a monolithic body made of a light transmissive polymer. A beam-splitter lens molded into the body splits a single beam of light emitted by the LED into a pair of beams which are directed into upper ends of a pair of elastically bendable arms that depend downwardly from opposed longitudinal sides of the barrel. The pair of light beams are conducted downwardly through the arms by total internal reflection, and reflected downwardly and inwardly towards an illumination region located between lower ends of the arms by downwardly and inwardly oriented oblique end faces at lower ends of the arms.
US10281121B2
A mounting system (1) for mounting a light fixture comprises two substantially L-shape designed receiving rails (4a, 4b). The receiving rails (4a, 4b) each have a first leg (5a, 5b) which is designed to be fastened to a front side of a suspended wall or an underside of a suspended ceiling (2) on a respective opposite edge of a recess (3) of the wall or ceiling (2). The receiving rails (4a, 4b) each further comprise a second leg (6a, 6b) which is designed to protrude into the recess (3) and to carry a light fixture housing (10) of the light fixture, but without connecting the light housing (1) rigidly to the first legs (5a, 5b) of the receiving rails (4a, 4b).
US10281120B1
A friction clip includes a coupling portion having a rotating coupling element, a middle portion adjacent the coupling portion, and an end portion adjacent the middle portion and opposite the coupling portion. The middle portion includes a bent out tab having a first interference edge configured to engage an internal wall of a first canister having a first diameter and the end portion includes a second interference edge configured to engage an internal wall of a second canister having a second diameter. Alternatively, a multi-part friction clip includes a first member that is couplable to a light module, and a second member that is removably couplable to the first member. The second member includes a coupling portion configured to removably engage with the first member, a middle portion having a bent out tab that includes a first interference edge, and an end portion that includes a second interference edge.
US10281117B2
A lighting fixture includes a light engine elastically coupled to a front ring module. The light engine includes a heat sink and at least one biasing member is coupled between the heat sink and the front ring module. The at least one biasing member is configured to urge the front ring module toward the heat sink. The biasing member could be a spring or an elastic band.
US10281116B2
The present disclosure relates to a lamp. The lamp comprising a light source module and a shell module. The light source module comprising a circuit board provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements and a fixing ring. The fixing ring comprising an annular substrate, a sidewall connected to an outer edge of the annular substrate, and at least two flanges disposed on an outer surface of the sidewall. The circuit board is disposed on the annular substrate and surrounded by the sidewall. The shell module comprising a base. The base comprising a first surface, a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface, a receiving cavity formed on the first surface, and at least two sliding slots defined on an inner wall of the receiving cavity. The at least two flanges are received in the at least two sliding slots.
US10281106B2
A lighting and/or signalling device includes a container body having containment seats housing at least one light source for emitting light. A lenticular body closes the containment seats and is suitable to receive the beam of light and propagate it. A first lighting portion diffuses light of a predefined color, delimited by a first optic filter, having a first color different from the predefined color. Each light source is inside the containment seat and receives the beam of light, propagates it along a light guide body and emits it across the lenticular body. A second optic filter has a second color. The light produced by each light source and filtered by the second and by the first optic filter comes out of the lenticular body having the predefined color. The first optic filters are the same color so as to prove substantially indistinguishable when the respective light sources are deactivated.
US10281085B1
A head-mounted wireless photographic apparatus has a first module, a second module movably connected to the first module, and a camera pivotally connected to the second module. The first module has two occipital abutting portions deposited on an end of the first module at a spaced interval. The second module has two forehead abutting portions deposited on an end of the second module at a spaced interval and being opposite to the two occipital abutting portions of the first module. A distance between the first module and the second module can be adjusted according to a user's head size to enable the two occipital abutting portions to abut against the back of the user's head and the two forehead abutting portions to abut against the forehead of the user. Then, the head-mounted wireless photographic apparatus can be mounted on the user's head firmly.
US10281082B2
An apparatus is configured to be mounted on a first repository, such as a five gallon bucket, and further configured to allow a second repository, such as another five gallon bucket, to be mounted on the apparatus such that it is supported at an inclined angle which allows contents of the second repository, which may be a viscous material such as honey, to empty into the first repository.
US10281081B2
An improved leg for an apparatus for supporting an object. The improved leg may be provided as at least one leg of a tripod for supporting an object, the tripod having a plurality of legs each having upper and lower leg assemblies that are arranged in moving relation with each other, wherein the at least one leg is configured to prevent that leg of the apparatus from collapsing.
US10281070B2
A pipe coupler includes a first jaw member, a first jaw extension, a second jaw member defining an open channel, a mounting board, a ratchet, and a first biasing member. The first and second jaw members are hinged to each other. The mounting board extends outwardly from the open channel of the second jaw member. The first jaw extension extends from the first jaw member, and is configured to extend into the open channel. The first jaw extension has a plurality of rack teeth. The ratchet is rotatably mounted on the mounting board, and has a plurality of ratchet teeth configured to mesh with the rack teeth. The first jaw extension is permitted to drive the ratchet to rotate unidirectionally against a first biasing force of the first biasing member.
US10281066B2
Embodiments provide a flush fluid connection having a first fluid connector having a male connector end including an elongated nose section having a front surface and a first external sealing surface. The male connector end includes an external shoulder extending outwardly relative to a longitudinal axis and a second external sealing surface adjacent the external shoulder, and external threads between the first external sealing surface and the second external sealing surface. The flush fluid connection includes a second fluid connector that has a female connector end having an elongated nose section comprising a front surface and a first internal sealing surface. The female connector end includes an internal shoulder extending inwardly relative to the longitudinal axis and a second internal sealing surface adjacent the internal shoulder, and internal threads between the first internal sealing surface and the second internal sealing surface.
US10281063B1
A pipe fixation apparatus includes a main body and a first receiving portion, a second receiving portion, a bending portion, a first fixation portion, a second fixation portion and an attachment portion formed on the main body. During the use the pipe fixation apparatus, the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion of the main body are able to receive a pipe having a flexible portion in order to use the first fixation portion and the second fixation portion for securing the pipe. In addition, the bending portion allows the flexible portion of the pipe to form a bending shape. The attachment portion can be used to allow more than two main bodies to be attached onto each other. Accordingly, the pipe fixation apparatus of the present invention is convenient to use and is able to achieve a neat and appealing arrangement of pipes.
US10281060B2
A railway car air brake hose support bracket has an upper portion with first and second attachment members, a lower portion and an air hose connector. The first attachment member enters into and engages a portion of an accessible compartment of an uncoupling mechanism housing below the coupler head, and the second attachment member is secured to an air brake hose support lug of the railway car coupler. The air brake hose connector engages an air brake hose assembly and suspends this hose assembly from the railway coupler at a predetermined distance above the rail bed. A method of installing the hose support bracket includes positioning the first and second attachment members, securing them in place, and attaching one or more railway brake hose units to the air hose connector, either before or after this positioning and securing of the upper portion of the bracket.
US10281054B2
A valve guard for a valve assembly associated with a machine includes a first portion and a second portion disposed adjacent to the first portion. Each of the first and second portions includes a plurality of tabs. Further, at least one tab of the plurality of tabs is adapted to be removed from the first and second portions based on a configuration of the valve assembly. The removal of the at least one tab from the first and second portions provides at least one passage for connecting at least one fluid line with the valve assembly.
US10281053B2
A method of manufacturing a body of a fluid control apparatus using additive manufacturing, the method including forming an inner wall having an outside surface and an inside surface, an area surrounding an inlet, an area surrounding an outlet, and an area surrounding a fluid flow path, wherein the inner wall provides a fluid boundary and connects the inlet and the outlet. The method further including forming a portion of the inner wall that receives a valve seat, forming a portion of the inner wall that receives a control stem and a control element, and forming a lattice structure by depositing a solidifiable material onto the inner wall in a predetermined pattern, wherein the lattice structure is three-dimensional and includes a plurality of connected lattice members.
US10281043B2
A carbon nanotube-based thermal gasket for space vehicle applications, and process for making the same, is disclosed. A thermal gasket is created that includes one or more free-standing carbon nanotube (CNT) sheets formed of a CNT composition comprising randomly-oriented CNTs and a thermally-conductive resin material. The thermally-conductive resin material is encased within the one or more free-standing CNT sheets and prevented by the one or more CNT sheets from physical contact with an outer side of the thermal gasket.
US10281039B2
A lever, or a lever assembly comprising a lever, for actuating a release mechanism of a vehicle, the lever being arranged for translating input force applied to an input of the lever into output force exerted at an output of the lever. The input comprises an input formation for engaging a lever extension for enhancing a mechanical advantage of the lever, and the output comprises an output formation co-operable with a release element of a release mechanism.
US10281033B2
An actuator system comprising a shared link (121) arranged to pivot about a first axis (131) relative to a reference structure, a controlled element (125) arranged to pivot about a second axis (126) relative to the reference structure, a first member (146, 152) arranged to pivot about a third axis (134) relative to the shard link and a fourth axis (136) relative to the controlled member, a first actuator arranged to control a first variable distance (LI) between the third axis and fourth axis, a second member (147, 153) arranged to pivot about a fifth axis (133) relative to the shared link and a sixth axis (135) relative to the controlled element, a second actuator (141) arranged to control a second variable distance between the fifth axis and the sixth axis, the system configured such that a change in the first variable distance causes rotation of the controlled element about the second axis when the second variable distance is constant and vice versa.
US10281030B2
Systems and methods for managing shift changes of a multi-speed automatic transmission of a vehicle are provided. The multi-speed automatic transmission being capable of establishing a plurality of forward speed ratios. The vehicle may include a transmission shift selector having at least one operator selectable shift request input to request a shift change of the multi-speed automatic transmission. A control circuit operatively coupled to the multi-speed automatic transmission is provided which shifts the multi-speed automatic transmission from a first forward speed ratio to a second forward speed ratio in response to shift criteria. The shift criteria may be based on a plurality of operational characteristics related to the vehicle.
US10281029B2
In one general aspect, the present disclosure is related to a sensor device for detecting selector lever positions of a selector lever for a motor vehicle. The sensor device may include at least four sensors and a code carrier, where the code carrier is arranged such that it is faced by the at least four sensors. The code carrier may be movable with respect to the at least four sensors. The code carrier may be attached to the selector lever. The code carrier may include several coding areas each with an encoding. The code carrier can thus be referred to as coding carrier. The encoding of the individual coding areas can be read by using the sensors.
US10281028B2
A shifter assembly in a motor vehicle includes a shifter housing. A shifter lever having first and second ends is coupled to the shifter housing at the second end. The shifter lever is rotatable about a pivot axis and is translatable parallel to the pivot axis. The shifter assembly has first and second 2-Dimensional (2D) magnetic sensors, and first and second magnets. The first magnet is coupled to the shifter lever between the first and second ends, proximate the first sensor, and has a first magnetic field in radial alignment with the shifter lever. The second magnet is coupled to the shifter lever between the first and second ends, proximate the second sensor, and has a second magnetic field perpendicular to the first magnetic field. The first sensor detects an angular displacement of the first magnetic field, and the second sensor detects an axial displacement of the second magnetic field.
US10281022B2
A differential assembly and a method of manufacture. The differential assembly may include a case that is rotatable about an axis and includes a first case portion and the second case portion. The first case portion may be joined to the second case portion with a first weld that may be disposed at an angle with respect to the axis.
US10281016B2
The present invention is related to a non-stage transmission apparatus for changing the power transmission speed and the power transmission torque by changing an inlet path of the fluid. Its construction is characterized in that it comprises: a center shaft 1 which is axial rotationally fixed in a casing to transmit a rotational force to the outside; a turbine body 5 which is fixed to a periphery of the center shaft 1 and is in a form of conical barrel in which a radius varies along a longitudinal direction of the center shaft 1; plural transverse partition plates 7 protruding from a peripheral wall of the turbine body 5 in a direction forming a right angle to the center shaft 1; blades 9 installed at the peripheral wall of the turbine body 5 along a longitudinal direction of the center shaft 1; and a hydraulic pressure supply means for supplying a high pressure fluid to the blades 9 of the turbine body 5 through nozzles to make the turbine body 5 have a rotational force to rotate having the center shaft as a center.
US10281015B2
The invention is a corner rack with one front face that has teeth. A corner rack is a linear gear interface that can be placed in corners, such that the teeth face out from the corner at an angle, rather than running parallel with the walls. The teeth of the corner rack have a profile that can engage with the profile of a silent chain. The combination of the corner rack and silent chain allows an attached motor to be distanced from the corner rack, so that a lifting device driven by the corner rack and silent chain can be placed in and utilized in corners. This leads to increased versatility and efficiency.
US10281009B2
Ten or more forward speeds and two or more reverse speed are achieved by a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission that includes three planetary gear sets mounted on an input shaft, an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft and having an output gear. The transmission further includes six shafts respectively interconnecting corresponding elements among the input shaft and rotational elements of the three planetary gear sets, a first transfer gear selectively delivering torque between one of the six shafts and the output shaft; and a second transfer gear selectively delivering torque between the output shaft and one rotational element of the third planetary gear set.
US10281006B2
A planetary gear mechanism is desired in which pinion gears can be inserted between support portions on both sides in the axial direction of the pinion gears after the support portions on both sides in the axial direction of the pinion gears are coupled together. In this planetary gear mechanism, a coupling inner portion of a carrier coupling portion is located between a first sun gear and a second sun gear in the axial direction, and a carrier and the carrier coupling portion are formed so that each pinion gears can be inserted between a first shaft support portion and a second shaft support portion in the axial direction from the outside in the radial direction.
US10281005B2
A cable pulling assembly includes an enclosure that is adapted for enclosing an SC type connector end of a fiber optic cable. The enclosure includes a first member that defines a first cavity. The first cavity is adapted to receive a portion of a SC connector. The enclosure further includes a second member that is selectively engaged to the first member. The second member defines a second cavity. The second member may be structurally identical to the first member. The enclosure is adapted to transfer a tensile force applied to the enclosure to the strength layer of the fiber optic cable.
US10281001B2
A damper apparatus includes a drive plate, a driven plate, torsion springs, and spring housing portions. The torsion springs each have a large arc spring and a small arc spring, and elastically couple the drive plate and the driven plate in the rotation direction and transmit torque. The spring housing portions have a support surface that can support the outer periphery of the large arc springs, and the support surface comes into contact with the outer periphery of the central portions, in the lengthwise direction, of the large arc springs. Also, gaps exist between the support surface and the outer periphery of the two end portions, in the lengthwise direction, of the large arc springs.
US10280999B2
A damper assembly includes a cylinder (10) having a piston assembly (14) mounted for reciprocal movement therein. The piston assembly (14) divides the cylinder (10) into separate chambers with a restricted flow path therebetween for passage of damping fluid contained within the cylinder. The restricted flow path is defined between elements whose shape and/or relative position is designed to vary with temperature.
US10280997B2
A method for controlling a hydrodynamic retarder in a motor vehicle that can be mechanically disengaged via a disconnect clutch, whereby at least one of the rotational speed of a revolving bladed rotor and the speed of a motor vehicle is monitored and a disconnect clutch is engaged below at least one of a pre-specified rotational speed of the revolving bladed rotor and a pre-specified speed of the motor vehicle, regardless of a request made by a driver assist system or by operation of an input device by the operator of the motor vehicle to turn on the hydrodynamic retarder.
US10280995B2
A brake caliper housing having: an inner body having one or more inner piston bores open toward a rotor gap; an outer body having: one or more outer piston bores open toward the rotor gap, a bridge structure which extends over the rotor gap, and a plurality of reinforcing structures included in the bridge structure; wherein a longitudinal plane passes through both the inner body and the outer body; wherein the plurality of reinforcing structures extend at an angle away from the longitudinal plane as the plurality of reinforcing structures extend from an exterior surface of the outer body over the rotor gap; and wherein one or more bridge fasteners parallel to the longitudinal plane secure the bridge structure to the inner body so that the bridge structure connects the outer body to the inner body.
US10280987B2
A clutch actuation device selectively engages a clutch. The clutch actuation device includes two plates, at least one of which being able to rotate relative to the other. Between the two plates is a rounded member, such as a ball, housed within opposing grooves in the respective plates. As the plates rotate relative to one another, the rounded member forces the plates to separate axially from one another. This can engage the clutch. A third plate is placed at a location axially spaced from the second plate. The third plate limits movement of the second plate when moving to the extended position, assuring the second plate does not over-translate axially. A resilient member may be provided between the third plate and a housing. The resilient member can be tuned to properly inhibit the axial movement of the second and third plates according to the packaging constraints.
US10280984B2
A cup member has a cylindrical portion, a bottom portion, and a short shaft portion having a solid shaft shape and including a joining end surface at an end portion thereof. A shaft member has a solid shaft shape and includes a joining end surface at one end thereof. The joining end surfaces of the cup and shaft members are brought into abutment against each other and welded from a radially outer side to form a welded portion. At this time, center segregation is prevented from interfering with the welded portion. The cup member is formed by forging including upsetting a billet having a columnar shape successively in a plurality of stages, extruding the cylindrical portion and the short shaft portion, and ironing the cylindrical portion. In the course of the upsetting, a region of the billet corresponding to a bottom side of the cup member is narrowed.
US10280980B2
A bearing device has rolling bearings each having an inner ring mounted on a main shaft and an outer ring; an inner ring spacer interposed between the inner rings of the neighboring rolling bearings and mounted on the main shaft; an outer ring spacer interposed between the outer rings of the neighboring rolling bearings; and a cooling structure. The cooling structure includes a nozzle provided in the outer ring spacer to supply a cooling fluid to the rolling bearings by blowing the cooling fluid to an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring spacer. The nozzle has a discharge port side that is inclined forwardly with respect to a direction of rotation of the main shaft. The outer peripheral surface of the inner ring spacer is shaped to guide the cooling fluid, discharged from the nozzle, towards the neighboring rolling bearings on both sides.
US10280975B2
A motor includes a shaft, a shell, a sleeve, an abrasion-resistance piece, a bearing, an oil seal, and several compressed springs. The shaft has an axial line. The shell is connected to the shaft. The sleeve has an accommodating space, and the wall of the accommodating space forms a first inclined surface which is inclined at an angle with respect to the axial line. The abrasion-resistance piece is disposed at the bottom of the accommodating space. The bearing is disposed in the accommodating space, and the outer wall of the bearing forms a second inclined surface corresponding to the first inclined surface. The shaft passes through the bearing and abuts the abrasion-resistance piece. The oil seal is affixed to the wall of the accommodating space and covers the bearing. The compressed springs are connected between the oil seal and the bearing.
US10280974B2
Products and methods are provided for controlling thermal expansion. In various exemplary embodiments, a structure includes a body constructed of a material exhibiting a first coefficient of linear thermal expansion. A component is disposed inside the body and exhibits a second coefficient of linear thermal expansion that is lower than the first coefficient of linear thermal expansion. A layer is wrapped around the body and constrains thermal expansion of the body. The layer includes a composite containing fibers that are aligned with one another to constrain expansion in a desired direction or in multiple directions. The layer is independently useful to provide a retention function for the body.
US10280968B2
An assembly for adjusting a cable that includes a locking sleeve and an adapter that is connected to the cable. The adapter includes male and female-threaded portions that are coupled together. The locking sleeve is configured to be displaced between engagement and disengagement positions. When in the engagement position, securing devices of the male and female-threaded portions engage inner sections of the locking sleeve in a manner that prevents the male and female-threaded portions from being rotated relative to each other, thereby preventing a change in the length of the adapter so as to prevent an adjustment of the cable. When the cable is to be adjusted, the locking sleeve is displaced to disengagement position such that the securing device of either the male or female-threaded portion is disengaged from the locking sleeve, thereby allowing rotation of the male or female-threaded portions relative to each other.
US10280966B2
An improved fastener comprising a fastener body orientated about a central axis and having a tool-engaging portion, a threaded fastening portion and a shroud-receiving portion having an inwardly facing annular groove orientated transverse to the central axis; a shroud concentrically mounted on the shroud-receiving portion to rotate relative to the fastener body under an applied external torque and having an axially-buckled radially-extending annular protrusion extending outwardly transverse to the central axis and disposed in the inwardly facing annular groove of the shroud-receiving portion of the body; the axially-buckled radially-extending annular protrusion of the shroud and the annular groove of the shroud-receiving portion of the body forming a shroud-retaining element restraining the shroud from movement in at least a first axial direction along the central axis.
US10280962B2
A joined structure includes a first component, a second component, and an insert. The first component is formed of a fiber-reinforced material and has a hole defining an axis. The second component is adjacent the first component and has a hole aligned with the hole of the first component. The insert is positioned in the hole of the first component. The insert includes an inner layer having a tubular shape about the axis, a middle layer concentrically adjacent to the inner layer about the axis, and an outer layer concentrically adjacent to the middle layer about the axis. The layers are formed of fiber-reinforced materials. One of a boundary between the inner and middle layers and a boundary between the middle and outer layers has a nonlinear profile in a direction parallel to the axis.
US10280957B2
A cam lock mechanism for use with an associated consumer product includes a base member defining a receptacle. A cam member is received in the receptacle of the base member. The cam member has an engaged position wherein the cam member is configured to be non-movably fixed relative to the associated consumer product and a released position wherein the cam member is configured to be movable relative to the associated consumer product. A lever is hingedly connected to the cam member. The lever has a closed position wherein the lever is configured to move the cam member into the engaged position and an opened position wherein the cam member is in the released position.
US10280948B2
A hydraulic system is provided for a working machine that includes a hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering an implement. The hydraulic system includes a sensor for measuring a pressure in the hydraulic cylinder; and a control unit for controlling the movement of the hydraulic cylinder; wherein the control unit is configured to compare a pressure value measured by the sensor with a preset target pressure level range and to control the pressure in the hydraulic cylinder to be within the preset target pressure level range by adding or draining hydraulic fluid to/from a pressure side of the hydraulic cylinder for maintaining a substantially constant ground contact force between the implement and the ground.
US10280928B2
A centrifugal compressor for a chiller includes a casing, an inlet guide vane, an impeller downstream of the inlet guide vane, a rotational magnetic bearing, a magnetic bearing sensor, a motor, a diffuser and a controller. The casing has inlet and outlet portions with the inlet guide vane disposed in the inlet portion. The impeller is attached to a shaft. The radial magnetic bearing rotatably supports the shaft. The magnetic bearing sensor detects at least one of a position signal indicative of the shaft's position and a current signal indicative of current supplied to the magnetic bearing. The motor rotates the shaft in order to rotate the impeller. The diffuser is disposed in the outlet portion downstream from the impeller. An outlet port of the outlet portion is disposed between the impeller and the diffuser. The controller is programmed to predict surge based on the position signal and/or the current signal.
US10280925B2
A rotor assembly for a centrifugal pump includes a rotor and a rotor cover, defining a fluid chamber therebetween, and having openings or channels that are provided in either the rotor cover or the rotor, or both, to direct fluid from the fluid chamber into the rotor or rotor cover of the rotor assembly to provide reduction of increased pressure that is experienced within the fluid chamber, especially at or near the center of the fluid chamber.
US10280921B2
An externally-supported rotary fluid machinery and a method for eliminating axial rotor displacement. The fluid machinery includes a box body, an air cylinder and a rotor, wherein the rotor is eccentrically mounted in the air cylinder; the air cylinder is mounted in the box body; one end of a sliding plate is inserted in the rotor, and the other end is embedded in a wall of the air cylinder; a fluid inlet is provided on the box body, and a fluid outlet is provided on the air cylinder; a support end of the rotor protrudes out of the box body and is supported in a rotor bearing support structure; and a support end of the air cylinder also protrudes out of the box body and is supported in an air cylinder bearing support structure.
US10280913B2
A cryopump system includes a cryopump, a compressor of a working gas for the cryopump, a control device configured to control an operation frequency of the compressor, a gas line connecting the cryopump and the compressor, and a gas quantity adjustment unit configured to switch a working gas quantity of the gas line between at least a first gas quantity and a second gas quantity. When the gas line has the first gas quantity, a controllable range of the operation frequency provides a first flow rate range of the working gas. When the gas line has the second gas quantity, the controllable range provides a second flow rate range of the working gas. The second flow rate range has a non-overlapping portion with the first flow rate range.
US10280911B2
A pumping system and a pumping method implemented with the pumping system. The pumping system comprises a solar panel performing a photovoltaic conversion based on an insolation level including a first insolation level and a second insolation level; a fuel reservoir containing a fuel in a liquid state; an electric motor; a pump rotatable by the electric motor to pump the fuel; and a first motor drive converting electrical energy supplied by the solar panel to drive the electric motor at a first speed when the insolation level is at the first insolation level and at a second speed, slower than the first speed, when the insolation level is at the second insolation level, thereby pumping the fuel at a first rate and a second rate, respectively.
US10280908B2
Systems and methods for detecting pump-off conditions and controlling a motor to prevent fluid pound
Systems and methods for determining the existence of a pump-off condition in an ESP system and controlling the motor to prevent fluid pound that would otherwise result from the pump-off condition. The current drawn by the ESP motor during a power stroke is monitored and the instantaneous force generated by the motor is determined from the instantaneous current. Pump-off conditions may be indicated by sudden, large decreases in the generated force, smaller decreases in force that occur over a longer period, or forces below those seen during a dwell time. In response to detecting a pump-off condition, the motor may be stepped through the rest of the stroke, temporarily halted and re-initialized, thereby preventing potentially damaging fluid pound that would otherwise result from the pump-off condition.
US10280905B2
A pumping device may include a pump housing partially delimiting a working chamber, and a piston arranged therein, axially movable between first and second positions in which the working chamber has maximum and minimum volumes, respectively. The pumping device may include first and second fluid lines for introducing and discharging fluid to/from the working chamber, respectively. The first fluid line may be fluidically connected to the working chamber via a breakthrough formed in the pump housing at an end face of the working chamber opposite the piston, running transversely to the axial direction at least in the area of the breakthrough. The second fluid line may open obliquely into the working chamber in an area of the second position, relative to the axial direction in an end face delimiting the working chamber towards the first fluid line.
US10280903B2
Inventive concentrated solar power systems using solar receivers, and related devices and methods, are generally described. Low pressure solar receivers are provided that function to convert solar radiation energy to thermal energy of a working fluid, e.g., a working fluid of a power generation or thermal storage system. In some embodiments, low pressure solar receivers are provided herein that are useful in conjunction with gas turbine based power generation systems.
US10280900B1
An omnidirectional building integrated wind energy power enhancer system is configured to produce electrical power from a wind turbine(s) concealed within and/or on top of a building by means of a flow of pressurized air from the prevailing wind that enters and flows through a portion of a building. A building may provide large exterior surface areas for receiving and directing airflow to the turbine(s). At least a portion of the wind energy power enhancer system is configured within a building, such as between floors, on a single floor, and/or a roof structure. The wind turbine(s) may be configured to receive airflow directly from an inflow chamber that is configured with a building, or from a flow tube coupled with the inflow chamber. Air deflectors may be fixed or dynamic to direct air flow into a flow tube regardless of the direction of the incoming airflow relative to the building.
US10280898B1
Micro-windmills, micro-systems including micro-windmills, and methods of forming the same are described. The micro-systems with a micro-windmill are configured to withstand wind pressures and environmental conditions and can be used for various applications.
US10280897B2
A method for controlling a wind turbine includes receiving signals representative of oncoming wind speeds approaching at least a portion of a wind turbine, receiving background noise and signals representative of signal-to-noise ratios corresponding to the signals representative of the oncoming wind speeds, determining an availability-and-atmospheric noise in the signals based on one or more of the signal-to-noise ratios, blade positions of blades of the wind turbine, and the yaw position of a nacelle of the wind turbine, determining a wind incoherence noise in the signals due to a change in the oncoming wind speeds while approaching at least the portion of the wind turbine, determining a net measurement noise in the signals based on the background noise, the availability-and-atmospheric noise, and the wind incoherence noise, and controlling the wind turbine based at least on the signals representative of the oncoming wind speeds and the net measurement noise.
US10280889B2
A motor vehicle solenoid includes a solenoid housing having an inner surface, at least one coil arranged in the housing, an actuator associated with the at least one coil, and a stop member arranged in the housing adjacent the at least one coil. The stop member includes an outer circumferential edge abutting the inner surface of the solenoid housing. The outer circumferential edge includes at least one clearance zone that is spaced from the inner surface of the housing. The at least one clearance zone defines a grounded electrical attachment surface.
US10280885B2
Provided is a fuel injection valve which achieves both atomization of a fluid spray and improvement of the degree of freedom in design of a spray shape, a spray direction, etc. According to a fuel injection valve (1) of the present invention, at least one of injection holes is a switching-spray injection hole (12B), which corresponds to an injected spray, directions of a long axis and a short axis of a switching spray (32A) changing due to an axis-switching phenomenon to deform the switching spray (32A) at downstream. The plurality of injection holes other than the switching-spray injection hole (12B) are coalescent-spray injection holes (12A) for forming a coalescent spray (40) formed by coalescence under Coanda effect exerted between single sprays (30A, 31A). The coalescent spray (40) and the switching spray (32A) coalesce under the Coanda effect to form an integrated spray (50).
US10280884B2
Disclosed is a pump, in particular a high-pressure fuel pump, comprising at least one pump element (10) that has a roller tappet (20) inside which a roller (42) is rotatably mounted on a bearing bolt (44) by means of a bearing sleeve (46), said roller (42) rolling off a cam (22) of an input shaft (24). The bearing sleeve (46) is made of a plastic material, especially polyether ether ketone (PEEK) or polyphthalamide (PPA).
US10280882B2
A fuel tank and a motor vehicle equipped to recapture, store and recycle atmospheric carbon dioxide is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a vehicle includes a fuel tank which stores carbon dioxide in a same area with the combustible fuel of the vehicle. The fuel tank may include one or more pistons, baffles, bladders, or fixed dividers to separate carbon dioxide storage from fuel storage within a fuel tank area. The fuel tank may share volumetric space between carbon dioxide and fuel within the fuel tank. The fuel tank may be integrally formed into a carbon fiber vehicle body. The fuel tank may be integrally formed into a frame of a vehicle.
US10280879B2
An air intake assembly configured to direct air into a throttle body of an engine of an automotive vehicle includes an air cleaner enclosure, primary and secondary air intake ducts and a downstream air intake duct. The primary and secondary air intake ducts route air into the air cleaner enclosure through a first inlet. A method of directing the intake air into the throttle body is also provided. The air cleaner enclosure includes a valve that is configured to move from a closed position to an open position to draw air into the air cleaner enclosure through a second inlet. The valve is moved to the open position upon a pressure increase experienced within the air cleaner enclosure due to water intake. A snorkel has a snorkel inlet that is positioned at an elevation above the first and second inlets.
US10280875B2
Methods and systems are provided for progressively opening and controlling each of a fuel vapor canister purge valve (CPV), an auxiliary throttle coupled in series with a venturi, and a main intake throttle arranged in parallel with the auxiliary throttle in order to deliver a desired intake airflow or manifold vacuum to an engine intake manifold. In one example, a method may include actuating a CPV to supply airflow to the engine via a fuel vapor canister while holding closed a main throttle and an auxiliary throttle arranged in parallel with the main throttle and in series with a venturi. The method further includes progressively opening the CPV, then the auxiliary throttle, and then the main throttle to achieve a desired intake manifold pressure.
US10280870B2
A combined heat and power system includes a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine, an air-cooled alternator, an air-to-water heat exchanger, and a coolant-to water heat exchanger. The liquid-cooled internal combustion engine includes a liquid cooling system configured to cool the engine with coolant thereby heating the coolant. The air-cooled alternator is configured to be driven by the internal combustion engine to produce electricity. The alternator includes an air cooling system configured to cool the alternator thereby heating air. The air-to-water heat exchanger is configured to receive heated air and water in a heat exchange relationship to preheat the water and cool the air. The coolant-to-water heat exchanger is configured to place heated coolant and preheated water from the air-to-water heat exchanger in a heat exchange relationship to further heat the water and cool the coolant. The coolant-to-water heat exchanger provides heated water to the housing water outlet.
US10280862B2
In a drive unit of a fuel injection device, an electric current is supplied to the fuel injection device by applying a high voltage to the fuel injection device from a high voltage source whose voltage is boosted to a voltage higher than a battery voltage at the time of opening a valve of the fuel injection device. Thereafter, the electric current supplied to the fuel injection device is lowered to a current value at which a valve element cannot be held in a valve open state by stopping the applying of the high voltage from the high voltage source. Thereafter, in a stage where a supply current is switched to a hold current, another high voltage is applied to the fuel injection device from the high voltage source.
US10280861B2
A method and an apparatus for monitoring a temperature of a coil wire of a solenoid valve are provides. An actuation signal has actuation intervals which follow one another is used in this case, wherein a start pulse, which causes an increase in current in the coil wire of the magnet coil and has a prespecified pulse duration, and a pulse sequence, which follows the start pulse and has a duty cycle, are provided in each actuation interval. The current intensity of the current flowing through the coil wire of the solenoid valve is measured at two different times during the increase in current, and the current gradient is subsequently calculated from the measured current intensities. A prespecified threshold value for the current gradient is then compared with the calculated current gradient.
US10280859B2
A control system reduces the amount of fuel injected from a second fuel injector in one cycle to an amount smaller than a second basic injection amount according to operating conditions of an internal combustion engine, and increases the amount of fuel injected from a first fuel injector in one cycle to an amount larger than a first basic injection amount according to operating conditions of the engine, during a predetermined period after a flow restricting operation is finished, so as to reduce fluctuations in the air-fuel ratio due to fluctuations in the wall temperature.
US10280858B2
An engine control device controls a cylinder direct fuel injection type spark ignition engine provided with a fuel injection valve configured to directly inject fuel into a cylinder and an ignition plug configured to perform spark ignition for a gas mixture inside the cylinder. The engine control device executes a catalyst warm-up operation for retarding an ignition timing, during a compression stroke of the fuel injection timing, in a case where it is necessary to warm up an exhaust gas purifying catalyst inserted into an exhaust passage. In addition, the engine control device increases a valve overlap period as a piston crown surface temperature increases during execution of the catalyst warm-up operation.
US10280846B2
A valve opening and closing timing control device includes: a driving-side rotating body synchronously rotated with a crankshaft of an engine and having a lid member fixed in a direction of the rotational axis; a driven-side rotating body integrally rotated with a camshaft for opening and closing a valve on the same rotational axis; a lock mechanism having a lock member moving in the direction and a lock recessed portion formed inside the lid member and into which the lock member is able to be fitted; and a torsion spring disposed outside the lid member and exerting a biasing force to the driving-side and driven-side rotating bodies, wherein a restricting projection portion for restricting a movement of the torsion spring in the direction is formed in the lid member.
US10280839B2
An acoustic treatment panel including a cellular structure core sandwiched between a solid skin and a perforated skin, and a plurality of domes made of porous fabric and extending from at least one of the skins into the insides of the cells of the cellular structure towards the other skin so as to define at least two resonant cavities inside each cell of the cellular structure.
US10280833B2
An exhaust-gas turbocharger, preferably for a passenger vehicle, including a turbine having a turbine wheel and a turbine housing. A number of S≥2 of channels are formed in the turbine housing and are intended for guiding the exhaust gas onto the turbine wheel. Each channel directs flow against the turbine wheel over the entire width of the latter, as seen in the axial direction, and over a segment, as seen in relation to the circumferential direction. The turbine wheel has a number of Z≥10 turbine blades. The turbine blades are defined in the form of main blades and intermediate blades. The intermediate blades, at least at their hub-side ends, do not extend as far toward the turbine outlet, as seen in the axial direction, as the main blades.
US10280832B2
A turbocharger including a turbocharger housing, a rotor and a heat shroud. The turbocharger housing includes a turbine housing affixed to a bearing housing. The rotor includes an axial turbine wheel with a hub, and a shaft extending through the bearing housing. The hub defines a back-disk surface that faces the bearing housing, and the bearing-housing defines an outer surface facing the turbine hub. The turbine housing forms a radial scroll, and the heat shroud forms a curved portion turning that radial scroll direction to an axial direction. The heat shroud establishes a back-disk cavity between a bearing-housing turbine-end-wall outer surface, the turbine-wheel back-disk surface, the curved portion of the heat shroud, and a cylindrical outer surface of a turbine-end portion of the shaft. The heat shroud includes flat ribs within the back-disk cavity to impede the circumferential flow of exhaust gas within the back-disk cavity.
US10280831B2
An engine includes: a piston including a cavity; a cylinder head configured to form a combustion chamber having a pent roof shape; a fuel injection valve configured to inject fuel from a second half of a compression stroke until a first half of an expansion stroke; and a spark plug arranged at a position corresponding to an upper side of the cavity. Injection openings are arranged in a circumferential direction surrounding a longitudinal axis of the valve. The combustion chamber at a compression top dead center is divided into a plurality of fuel injection regions, located in respective injection directions of the injection openings, by vertical surfaces extending radially from the longitudinal axis through a middle between adjacent injection openings. When a volume of the fuel injection region located in the injection direction of the injection opening is large, an opening area of the injection opening is large.
US10280827B2
An engine is configured so that a muffler is affixed to the exhaust opening of the cylinder, and the air-cooled cylinder is cooled by a cooling fan. The engine is provided with a muffler cover for covering the muffler, and exhaust gas is discharged inside the muffler cover along the wall surface of the muffler. A second cooling air is combined with the exhaust gas flow from the upstream side thereof to be parallel thereto, and a first cooling air having been caused to flow under the muffler is caused to perpendicularly impinge against the exhaust gas flow on the downstream side thereof. Thus, the cooling airs are combined inside the muffler cover with the exhaust gas flow, and as a result the temperature of the exhaust gas is sufficiently reduced at the time when the exhaust gas is discharged from the opening of the muffler cover to the outside.
US10280820B2
An evaporative emission control canister system comprises an initial adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of greater than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, and at least one subsequent adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of less than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, an effective butane working capacity (BWC) of less than 3 g/dL, and a g-total BWC of between 2 grams and 6 grams. The evaporative emission control canister system has a two-day diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions of no more than 20 mg at no more than 210 liters of purge applied after the 40 g/hr butane loading step.
US10280818B2
A fluid control valve includes a cylindrical housing with at least one opening through a housing wall, a cylindrical main valve axially movably arranged inside the housing for controlling a fluid flow through the at least one opening and a main valve spring member acting on the main valve. The main valve includes a base wall defining a fluid control volume and fluid main volume in the cylindrical housing. The base wall includes an opening for fluidly connecting the fluid control volume with the fluid main volume. The fluid control valve further includes a pilot valve positioned at the base wall opening, which pilot valve is moveably arranged for controlling a fluid flow through the base wall opening, and an electro-mechanical actuator configured to act on the pilot valve for controlling the main valve via the pilot valve. A method for adjusting the axial position of a cylindrical main valve of a fluid control valve is also provided.
US10280806B2
The invention relates to a heat engine (29), including a drive unit (1) provided with: a casing (2) delimiting therein an annular chamber (12), two triads of pistons (7a-7b-7c; 9a-9b-9c) rotatably housed in the casing of the annular cylinder (or toroidal cylinder), a three-shaft movement system (18) configured to transmit motion from and/or to the two triads of pistons; wherein the heat engine is configured so as to carry out a Rankine or Rankine-Hirn thermodynamic cycle, capable of producing electrical energy and heat; the same invention further relates to a pneumatic motor (61) including the aforesaid drive unit (1), configured so as to transform the compressed air at high pressure, contained in a tank, into mechanical energy.
US10280803B2
An energy storage device for storing energy including: a high-temperature regenerator containing a storage material and a working gas as heat transfer medium for the purpose of exchanging heat between the storage material and the traversing working gas, a closed charging circuit for the working gas, including a first compressor, a first expander, a first recuperator having a first and a second heat exchange duct, the high-temperature regenerator and a pre-heater, wherein the first compressor is coupled to the first expander by a shaft, a discharging circuit for the working gas, and including a switch that selectively connects the high-temperature regenerator to either the charging circuit or the discharging circuit, such that the circuit containing the high-temperature regenerator forms a closed circuit.
US10280790B2
A turbine exhaust case has an outer housing to be secured within a gas turbine engine and a central hub. Struts extend between the outer housing and the central hub. The struts are formed at least in part of a first material. The central hub is formed at least in part of a second material.
US10280785B2
A shroud assembly for a turbine section of a turbine engine includes a shroud plate in thermal communication with a hot combustion gas flow and a baffle overlying the shroud plate to define a region. One or more shaped cooling features are located along the region such that a cooling fluid flow passing through the region encounters the shaped cooling features to increase the turbulence of the cooling fluid flow.
US10280779B2
An example seal includes, among other things, a plug body to limit flow through an axially extending interface between a first component and a second component, the plug body to flow when positioned within both a cavity of the first component and a cavity of the second component.
US10280775B2
The invention relates to a guide vane ring with at least one guide vane ring segment for a turbomachine, including a plurality of guide vanes arranged radially around an axis of rotation, an outer shroud arranged radially on the outer side of the guide vanes, and an inner shroud arranged radially on the inner side of the guide vanes, wherein the outer shroud or the inner shroud has at least one expansion joint, wherein the guide vane ring segment is formed in one piece with the guide vanes, the outer shroud, and the inner shroud and the at least one expansion joint is sealed in each case by at least one sealing device arranged in the respective expansion joint.
US10280760B2
A turbine assembly is provided. The turbine assembly includes a gas turbine engine including at least one hot gas path component formed at least partially from a ceramic matrix composite material. The turbine assembly also includes a treatment system positioned to receive a flow of exhaust gas from the gas turbine engine. The treatment system is configured to remove water from the flow of exhaust gas to form a flow of treated exhaust gas, and to channel the flow of treated exhaust gas towards the at least one hot gas path component. The at least one hot gas path component includes a plurality of cooling holes for channeling the flow of treated exhaust gas therethrough, such that a protective film is formed over the at least one hot gas path component.
US10280756B2
A component for a gas turbine engine includes a platform that has a radially inner side and a radially outer side. A root portion extends from the radially inner side of the platform. An airfoil extends from a radially outer side of the platform. The airfoil includes a pressure side that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge. A suction side extends between the leading edge and the trailing edge. A ratio of maximum thickness to axial chord length is between 0.40 (Tmax/bx) and 0.65 (Tmax/bx).
US10280748B2
A high-frequency vibrating transverse drum cutter head, and a drum cutter machine and a tunnel boring machine with such drum cutter head are disclosed. The transverse drum cutter wheel of the high-frequency vibrating transverse drum cutter head is driven by the cutting motor to rotate, the transverse drum cutter wheel is provided with cutting teeth, the transverse drum cutter wheel is mounted on one end of the drum cutter head base, the other end of the drum cutter head base is connected to a U-shaped drum cutter mechanism body, a connecting base is mounted on the U-shaped drum cutter mechanism body and used for mounting the high-frequency vibrating transverse drum cutter head on a drum cutter machine or a tunnel boring machine, a vibration box is mounted on the drum cutter head base, and the vibration box is adapted to output high-frequency vibration force to the transverse drum cutter wheel through the drum cutter head base, so that the transverse drum cutter wheel 16 is able to perform high-speed repetitive vibrating movement while achieving its own rotation. Both rotation motion and high frequency repetitive vibration can be implemented at the same time by the present invention, through the combination of the transverse drum cutter wheel and the vibration box, making the cutting teeth on the drum cutter wheel apply combined action of impacting and cutting on the contacted materials.
US10280746B2
Apparatus and methods for improved fluid sampling are disclosed. A sampling bottle for collection of a fluid sample comprises concentrically arranged first, second and third sampling containers (304A, 304B, 304C). First, second and third check valves (311, 312, 314) regulate flow of the sampling fluid from outside the sampling bottle into the first sampling container, and into the second and third sampling container.
US10280744B2
An acoustic transducer, such as a bender bar, having ferroelectric actuation elements that are designed to optimize a predetermined deflection mode shape. The acoustic transducers may include one or more rounded modally shaped actuation elements or weighted actuation elements. Modal shaping of the actuation elements allows for specific targeting of modes which most efficiently radiate acoustic energy.
US10280739B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to receive a derived clock signal downhole, the derived clock signal being derived from a surface clock signal (associated with a surface clock), such that the frequency of the derived clock signal is less than the frequency of the surface clock signal. Further activity may include measuring the frequency of the derived clock signal in terms of an uncorrected downhole clock frequency (associated with a downhole clock) to provide a measured frequency equivalent, and correcting time measurements made using the downhole clock, based on the measured frequency equivalent, or based on an actual frequency of the downhole clock determined according to the measured frequency equivalent. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are described.
US10280736B2
A logging device and method for locating a watered zone in a horizontal well with high watercut problem by isotope labeling is provided. The method successively includes the following operations: a. solidifying an isotope used in an isotope releasing device into a water-soluble carrier; b. connecting the isotope releasing device with a tubing and setting them to a horizontal segment of the well; c. dissolving the water-soluble carriers in the water at the bottom of the well to release the isotope, wherein the releasing rate is proportional to the flow rate of the water; d. starting a lift-up pump and beginning a production logging; and e. continuously performing γ-ray energy-spectrum analysis on produced water on the ground, so as to locate the watered zone of the horizontal well by the detected species and characteristic content of the isotope, thereby reduces operation risk, saves platform occupying time and logging cost.
US10280732B2
A method including obtaining input attribute values and a target risk attribute value associated with a first borehole segment. The method also includes training a prediction model for the target risk attribute using the input attribute values and the target risk attribute value. The method also includes acquiring subsequent input attribute values. The method also includes using the trained prediction model and the subsequent input attribute values to predict a target risk attribute value for a second borehole segment. The method also includes storing or displaying information based on the predicted target risk attribute value.
US10280730B2
One implementation of the disclosure provides a computer implemented method for underbalanced drilling. The implementation may include determining an initial 2D UBD operation envelope based on a set of initial operating points for a selected TVD or time, displaying the initial 2D UBD operation envelope on a computer display, providing at least one data point representing actual data from a well, determining at least one actual UBD operation point using the at least one data point and displaying it on the computer display along with the 2D UBD operation envelope, selecting an optimization parameter, determining a set of optimized operating points based on the optimization parameter, and displaying the set of optimized operating points on the computer display along with the 2D UBD operation envelope.
US10280729B2
A method of planning and/or performing an energy industry operation includes estimating variable coefficient of friction (CoF) functions defining the variation of a CoF as a function of a downhole condition dependent on a selected operational parameter of an energy industry operation, the operation including deploying a downhole component configured to perform the operation, each variable CoF function associated with a different value of the selected operational parameter. The method also includes defining a plurality of operational parameters related to the energy industry operation, including choosing a value of the selected operational parameter, and generating a mathematical model of the operation, the mathematical model describing frictional forces on the carrier based on the plurality of operational parameters, the chosen value of the selected operational parameter and the downhole condition, where generating the model includes calculating the CoF based on the variable CoF function associated with the chosen value.
US10280715B2
The invention relates to an interlock and setting section for a downhole tool system, the interlock and setting section comprising: a shifting profile located within a throughbore of the downhole tool system, wherein the shifting profile is capable of being coupled to by a shifting tool in the throughbore of the downhole tool system, in order to move the shifting profile with respect to the downhole tool system; a load connector member coupled to the shifting profile and further coupled to a load setting member arranged to deliver a load to a tool as required; wherein there is further provided a selective locking mechanism to selectively lock at least the load setting member to at least one of the downhole tool system and the shifting profile.
US10280709B2
An autonomous valve includes a fluid-sensitive actuator operable to automatically actuate the valve in response to being exposed to a target fluid. The target fluid may be a fluid whose presence is generally undesirable in a production fluid, such as water, and the valve may be actuated to stop flow from an interval within a wellbore that is no longer expected to produce hydrocarbon-bearing fluids. The valve further includes a protective layer disposed between the fluid inlet and the fluid-sensitive actuator, the protective layer being insoluble in the target fluid. The fluid-sensitive actuator may include a swellable piston that swells to actuate the valve in the presence of the target fluid, a soluble plug that isolates a hydraulic, closing piston until the soluble plug is dissolved into the target fluid, and an electromechanical actuator that closes the valve in response to detecting the target fluid using an electronic sensor.
US10280697B2
Drill rod alignment devices, systems, and methods for aligning a drill rod with a drill string in a hand-free manner. A drill rod alignment device can have an arm assembly, rod engagement assembly, and a receiving channel secured to the rod engagement assembly. The arm assembly is moveable from a parked position to a deployed position, and the rod engagement assembly is moveable from an open position to a closed position. With the arm assembly in the deployed position, the drill rod alignment device contacts a drill rod and receives a portion of the drill rod within the receiving channel. The arm assembly is moveable to a closed position in which the drill rod is secured within the receiving channel.
US10280696B2
A jumper tube for use with a shunt tube assembly comprises a first tubular member configured to engage a first shunt tube, a second tubular member axially disposed within the first tubular member, and a locking member configured to prevent the second tubular member from axially displacing into the first tubular member. The second tubular member is configured to slidingly engage within the first tubular member, and the second tubular member is configured to engage a second shunt tube.
US10280685B2
An example downhole motor may include a first housing and a second housing with first and second portions characterized by non-parallel longitudinal axes. The second housing may be rotatably coupled to the first housing, and the first portion of the second housing may be arranged in a fixed, non-parallel longitudinal orientation with the first housing. A drive shaft may be at least partially within the first housing, and the motor may further comprise a selectively engageable torque coupling between the drive shaft and the second housing, positioned within the first housing.
US10280680B2
Certain example embodiments relate to vacuum insulating glass units having pump-out hole seals formed in connection with solder alloys that, when reactively reflowed, wet pre-coated metallic coatings, and/or associated methods. The alloys may be based on materials that form seals at temperatures that will not de-temper glass and/or decompose a laminate, and/or remain hermetic and lack porous structures in their bulks. SAC, InAg, and/or other preform materials may be used in different example embodiments.
US10280668B2
A roller with a Delrin plastic injection to coat the steel shaft wherein the plastic coated shaft eliminates the metal-to-metal contact that creates the noise. The new and improved Delrin plastic coated shaft will be 1 mm larger than industry standard shafts because 10-11 mm industry standard shafts are too loose in the hinge barrels which allows the rattling. This improved roller shaft is 12 mm at finished thickness to reduce the extra space. A roller wheel connected to a roller shaft being a portion of a hinge affixed to a garage door, the roller wheel adapted to roll within a track of a garage door, the roller wheel including at least one ball bearing and a collar retained in a circumferential cylindrical middle cover seal and the circumferential cylindrical middle cover seal covered with a steel cover, the steel cover covered with 50-90 durometer soft urethane plastic.
US10280667B2
A roller with a Delrin plastic injection to coat the steel shaft wherein the plastic coated shaft eliminates the metal-to-metal contact that creates the noise. The new and improved Delrin plastic coated shaft will be 1 mm larger than industry standard shafts because 10-11 mm industry standard shafts are too loose in the hinge barrels which allows the rattling. This improved roller shaft is 12 mm at finished thickness to reduce the extra space. Closing the gap between the roller shaft and hinge barrel will eliminate the metal-to-metal contact resulting in a very quiet, rolling garage door. By keeping the finished thickness at 12 mm on the new shaft, the roller will still work on new and old garage door hinges and fixtures. This makes the new and improved roller shaft a truly universal product that will work on 90% of garage doors in service and almost all new models. This is a long over-due improvement to garage door rollers.
US10280662B2
A safety door lock may include the door handle configured to be rotatable about a rotational axis and to slidably reciprocate in a horizontal direction and having a sliding groove on the side surface thereof adjacent to a door. The safety door lock may include a body combined with an inside of the sliding groove to form a rotating shaft with another door handle provided at the other side of the door and supporting sliding of the door handle so as to protrude the door handle from the front end of the door. The safety door lock may include an elastic unit fixed to the body, and elastically relaxing the door handle and the body. Other embodiments may also be provided.
US10280659B2
A door-equipped vehicle body structure (10) includes a door opening (35) provided to a vehicle (11), a door (40) for opening and closing the door opening (35), and a grip (45) provided to the door (40). The door (40) is provided with a general surface (62) and an upper surface (63). The general surface (62) is a surface extending along a door surface (61). The upper surface (63) is a surface extending from an upper end (62a) of the general surface (62) toward an outside (22) of the vehicle. The grip (45) is provided so as to project upward from the upper surface (63).
US10280657B2
A shipping container includes walls, one or more doors, a locking device and a security device. At least one door is movable between an open position and a closed position. The locking device is configured to secure the at least one door in its closed positioned. The locking device defines an opening and includes a first fastener and a second fastener. At least one of the fasteners is attached to the door. The security device is insertable through the opening of the locking device. The security device includes a first wing substantially covering the first fastener and a second wing substantially covering the second fastener to substantially prevent access to the first fastener and the second fastener when the security device is inserted through the opening of the locking device. Other example shipping containers, security devices, etc. are also disclosed.
US10280656B2
A door handle apparatus for a vehicle includes an outside handle configured by a first handle member and a second handle member which are integrally fixed to each other via a fixing mechanism configured by a plurality of engagement tabs, a pedestal portion and a stopper member, the engagement tabs being provided at one of the first handle member and the second handle member, and arranged to be separated from each other by a space portion which is predetermined and to face each other, the pedestal portion being provided at the other of the first handle member and the second handle member, and including an engagement hole into which the engagement tabs are insertable, and the stopper member being inserted in the space portion between the plurality of engagement tabs which is in a state of being inserted in the engagement hole of the pedestal portion.
US10280654B2
A vehicle door includes a door structure and a movable door handle that is connected to a latch mechanism by a cable. A rotatably biased stop member is connected to the cable. The vehicle door further includes a housing having a channel that receives portion of the stop member. The channel includes first and second linear portions and a transverse stop portion that is engaged by the follower to prevent further lengthwise movement of the lock member and cable if a speed of the cable exceeds an allowable value.
US10280636B2
An apparatus for a stay-in-place form assembly comprises a plurality of elongated panels connectable to one another in edge-to-edge relationship. The plurality of panels comprise first and second panels connectable to one another at a connection between a generally male connector component of the first panel and a generally female connector component of the second panel. The generally female connector component comprises a female engagement portion which defines a principal receptacle and the generally male connector component comprises a male engagement portion which is received in the principal receptacle to form the connection. The generally female connector component comprises a first abutment portion and the generally male connector component comprises a second abutment portion which abuts against the first abutment portion to form the connection. The first and second abutment portions are located outside of the principal receptacle.
US10280632B2
Load distribution structures are provided for a raised floor tile(s) of a raised floor data center. The load distribution structure, which resides adjacent to an opening in the raised floor tile(s), such as a cutout in the raised floor tile(s), to facilitate supporting a frame load, includes a frame load distributor and an edging bracket. The frame load distributor resides on the raised floor tile adjacent to the opening in the raised floor tile(s), and distributes, at least in part, the frame load on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket couples to the frame load distributor to, at least in part, hold the frame load distributor in fixed position on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket extends, at least in part, into the opening in the raised floor tile to secure the frame load distributor in fixed position relative to the opening in the raised floor tile(s).
US10280630B2
Load distribution structures are provided for a raised floor tile(s) of a raised floor data center. The load distribution structure, which resides adjacent to an opening in the raised floor tile(s), such as a cutout in the raised floor tile(s), to facilitate supporting a frame load, includes a frame load distributor and an edging bracket. The frame load distributor resides on the raised floor tile adjacent to the opening in the raised floor tile(s), and distributes, at least in part, the frame load on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket couples to the frame load distributor to, at least in part, hold the frame load distributor in fixed position on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket extends, at least in part, into the opening in the raised floor tile to secure the frame load distributor in fixed position relative to the opening in the raised floor tile(s).
US10280626B2
Disclosed is a method to produce composite materials, which contain customized mixes of nano- and/or micro-particles with tailored electromagnetic spectral properties, structural elements based thereon, in particular layers, but also bulk materials including inhomogeneous bulk materials. In some embodiments the IR-reflectivity is enhanced predominantly independently of reflectivity for visible wavelength. The enhanced IR-reflectivity is achieved by combining spectral properties from a plurality of nano- and/or micro-particles of distinct size distribution, shape distribution, chemical composition, crystal structure, and crystallinity distribution. This enables to approximate desired target spectra better than know solutions, which comprise only a single type of particles and/or an uncontrolled natural size distribution. Furthermore disclosed are methods of manufacturing such materials, including ceramics, clay, and concrete, as well as applications related to design and construction of buildings or other confined spaces.
US10280616B2
A seismic axial dampener device is constructed of a multitude of composite or metallic conical compression discs and an exo-structure capable of dampening both tension and compression cycles of a building structure due to a seismic, explosion, or wind event. The dampener reacts and dampens the loading in both tension and compression along the axis of the cross brace in linear-elastic bending, creating internal hoop stress, and not through shear of the dampener device.
US10280610B1
The present disclosure relates generally to systems for providing a durable water-resistant and fire-resistant foam-based seal in the joint between adjacent panels. A fire-resistant and water-resistant expansion joint seal is provided which includes one or more foam members and a plurality of intumescent members interspersed within the foam member or members to provide a spring recovery force and fire resistance.
US10280609B2
The invention is a method to build and erect super high rise buildings with a completely new concept of civil engineering, which is based on concept and method of building of vertical columnar structures by multi stacking of columns using hydraulic suspension and elevator arm system, and then strengthening them with concrete. This is followed with building of gateway support structure around vertical columnar structure and central core to stabilize the high rise building. Next stage is the building of horizontal steel framework platforms at ground level and elevating them by central core elevator and cable hoist system. The passage of horizontal platforms through gateway structure is conducted by alternating opening and closing of gates. The process enables to populate the vertical columnar structures with horizontal platforms, which are then inter locked with vertical columnar structures and central concrete core wall Finally the steel framework platforms are strengthened with concrete.
US10280606B1
A non-leaking toilet and retrofit base drain outlet extension apparatus for existing toilets that eliminates the use of wax rings is presented. Extension apparatus fluidly connects to existing drain outlet on a toilet to extend drain outlet further into flange thus preventing leaks. A new toilet can be manufactured with extension apparatus already connected to drain outlet or extension apparatus can be connected to an existing toilet. Extension apparatus can be angled for use in offset flange or can be straight for use in straight flange.
US10280595B2
A compact wheel loader having a hydrostatic transmission and two modes of operation. In a normal mode, a demand lever is used to set the engine speed, and displacement of the swash plate of the hydraulic pump of the transmission is set by a hydraulic pilot pressure (Ps) that increases with engine speed, so that the transmission ratio automatically decreases as the engine speed increased. In a creeper mode, the engine is set to operate at a high speed to meet the demand of powered implements of the loader, and the wheel speed is controlled by the demand lever setting the transmission ratio by varying the hydraulic pilot pressure (Ps).
US10280589B2
Provided is a hydraulic drive apparatus for a construction machine capable of achieving both of cavitation prevention and improvement of regeneration efficiency. The apparatus includes a regenerative motor configured to regenerate energy of hydraulic fluid discharged from a slewing motor, a first regeneration tank line for returning regeneration discharge fluid from the regenerative motor to a tank through a back pressure valve which is provided in a makeup line, a second regeneration tank line for returning the regeneration discharge fluid directly to the tank so as to bypass the back pressure valve, a regeneration-tank-line selector valve, and a regeneration-tank-line-selection control section configured to shift the regeneration-tank-line selector valve to pass the regeneration discharge fluid through the first regeneration tank line during slewing deceleration and otherwise through the second regeneration tank line.
US10280579B2
A system is provided for automatic operation and status indication of a marine barrier gate. Embodiments include a system having a buoyant barrier gate that is movable between a closed position and an open position. An actuator moves the gate between the open and closed positions, and a sensor is operably connected to the actuator to generate data relating to a position of the barrier gate between the open and closed positions. A processor receives the data from the sensor and processes the data to move the gate between the open and closed positions, and detect the position of the gate. A human-machine interface is operably connected to the processor for communicating the detected position of the barrier gate to a user.
US10280578B2
A fiber block system suitable for controlling erosion and stabilizing soil is described that comprises a fiber block formed of a densely packed natural fibers and having an apron extending therefrom, wherein the apron is formed of the same natural fibers. The fiber block and apron are enclosed in a sleeve of fiber mesh and ties are disposed in the fiber block and connect to the sleeve. The fiber block, mesh, and ties can be made of coir fibers.
US10280577B1
Disclosed is a tool for cleaning debris from sand when pulled on the sand by a user which has a sieve and a handle, and which sieve is generally semi-cylindrically shaped, and has a pair of balloon tires rotatably mounted to the frame of the sieve, which tires are mounted colinear with the center of mass of the sieve. The frame of the sieve has a crossbar which is slightly off-center from said open mouth of said sieve, forming openings on either side of the crossbar, and allowing the handle, which is disposed on the crossbar, to effectively and easily rotate the sieve by being offset from the center of mass and center of rotation of the sieve. The handle is offset from the plane of the mouth of the sieve so as to further facilitate rotation and dragging in an in-use or not-in-use manner selectively.
US10280557B2
The present application relates to a stand garment steamer (1). The stand garment steamer (1) has a base unit (2), a support (19) extending from the base unit (2), and a treatment board (14) with a treatment surface (17) against which fabric is positionable. The treatment board (14) is supported and spaced from the base unit (2) by the support (19). A tilting mechanism (20) connects the support (19) to the treatment board (14), the tilting mechanism (20) being operable to allow the treatment board (14) to be fixed in multiple operating orientations between vertical and horizontal positions. A reversible generator is in the base unit (2), and at least one vent (18) is in the treatment surface (17) through which air and/or steam from the reversible generator is passable. A fluid pathway (47) fluidly connects the reversible generator and the at least one vent (18) irrespective of the operating orientation of the treatment board. This stand garment steamer improves ironing experience of users.
US10280554B2
A dryer, including a cabinet with an entry hole, a door being installed in the entry hole, a drum disposed within the cabinet, an evaporator disposed within the cabinet to remove moisture from air circulating through the drum by condensing the moisture, a condensate housing disposed within the cabinet to collect condensate from the evaporator, a drawer space disposed under the entry hole, a drawer disposed in the drawer space to be rotated based on one side of the drawer and pulled out from the drawer space, a condensate discharge container to store the condensate moved from the condensate housing, the condensate discharge container being detachably held in the drawer, and exposed to a user when the drawer is pulled out, and a guide supporter to couple a cabinet-side structure and a drawer-side structure and to guide the rotation of the drawer with respect to the cabinet.
US10280552B2
A filter assembly for a dryer appliance is provided. The filter assembly includes a filter medium rotatably mounted within a filter cassette that is removably received within a filter slot of the dryer appliance. The filter medium has a first portion and a second portion that are selectively exposed to a stream of exhaust air from the dryer appliance to extract lint. While one portion is filtering lint, a lint removal system removes the lint from the other portion collected during the prior cycle. After each cycle, a motor is configured for rotating the filter medium to expose the clean portion of the filter. The filter cassette is removably received within the filter slot using a magnetic latching mechanism, a securing cover, or another suitable mechanism. A scrubber mechanism may also be used to remove stubborn lint.
US10280551B2
A disk, ball or sheet/strip shaped device is made of a silicone elastomer substance having a tacky surface and a Shore Durometer hardness preferably in the range of 10 to 40. The device is adapted to be placed into a laundry washer or dryer, such that the tumbling motion causes the tacky surfaces of the device to rub against the clothing, thereby removing pet fur. Further tumbling causes the fur collected on the device to eventually disengage and be caught in the lint filter, vent or drain of the washer/dryer. In an alternate embodiment, the tacky silicone elastomer can form a liner on agitators, fins or paddles within the washer/dryer so as to collect animal fur from fabrics.
US10280543B2
A method for making a zoned apertured nonwoven web comprises providing an unapertured nonwoven web having a first plurality of weakened locations in a first pattern in a first zone and a second plurality of weakened locations in a second pattern in a second zone. The method comprises applying a substantially cross machine directional tensioning force to the nonwoven web to cause the nonwoven web to rupture at some of the first and second pluralities of weakened locations. The applying step creates a plurality of first apertures in the nonwoven web coincident with the some of the first plurality of weakened locations and a plurality of second apertures in the nonwoven web coincident with the some of the second plurality of weakened locations. The cross machine directional width of the nonwoven web after the applying step is substantially the same in the first zone and the second zone.
US10280537B2
In a fiber structure woven as a single piece by three-dimensional weaving, first weft yarns interlink layers of warp yarns in a first portion of the fiber structure adjacent to a non-interlinked zone and also warp yarns of a second portion of the fiber structure beyond the non-interlinked zone, and second weft yarns interlink layers of warp yarns of the second portion of the fiber structure adjacent to the non-interlinked zone and also layers of warp yarns of the first portion of the fiber structure beyond the non-interlinked zone, such that the paths of the first and second weft yarns cross in at least one transition zone extending within the fiber structure from the end of the non-interlinked zone, the transition zone extending in the weft direction over a distance greater than the pitch between adjacent warp columns.
US10280513B2
The invention relates to a method for coating surfaces, to a corresponding coating, and to the use of the objects coated according to said method. According to the invention, the method has or consists of the following steps: I. providing a substrate with a cleaned surface, II. contacting and coating the surfaces with an aqueous composition in the form of a dispersion and/or suspension, VI. if necessary rinsing the organic coating, and VII. drying and/or baking the organic coating or VIII. if necessary drying the organic coating and carrying out a coating process using a similar or additional coating composition prior to a drying and/or baking process, wherein between step I and step II, the coating process is carried out using an aqueous composition in the form of a dispersion and/or suspension on the basis of a colloidal silicate sol, which incorporates multivalent metal cations, or a silane- or silicate-modified polymer and if necessary a rinsing process is carried out.
US10280511B2
A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor includes a resonating cavity configured to receive microwaves. A microwave transparent window positioned in the resonating cavity separates the resonating cavity into an upper zone and a plasma zone. Microwaves entering the upper zone propagate through the microwave transparent window into the plasma zone. A substrate is disposed proximate a bottom of the plasma zone opposite the microwave transparent window. A ring structure, positioned around a perimeter of the substrate in the plasma zone, includes a lower section that extends from the bottom of the resonating cavity toward the microwave transparent window and an upper section on a side of the lower section opposite the bottom of the resonating cavity. The upper section extends radially toward a central axis of the ring structure. A method of microwave plasma CVD growth of a diamond film on the substrate is also disclosed.
US10280508B2
A nozzle head, apparatus and method for providing a coating on a surface of a substrate by subjecting the surface of the substrate to successive surface reactions of at least two precursors according to principles of atomic layer deposition. The nozzle head comprises an output face provided with at least two different precursor zones, the at least two different precursor zones being arranged to provide different coating layers on the surface of the substrate.
US10280506B2
A chemical gas phase deposition process comprises steps of providing a high vacuum chamber, and inside the high vacuum chamber: positioning a substrate surface; positioning a mask parallel to the substrate surface, whereby the mask comprises one or more openings; adjusting a gap of determined dimension between the substrate surface and the mask; and orienting a plurality of chemical precursor beams of at least one precursor species towards the mask with line of sight propagation, each of the plurality of chemical precursor beams being emitted from an independent punctual source, and molecules of the chemical precursor pass through the one or more mask openings to impinge onto the substrate surface for deposition thereon. At least a part of the chemical precursor molecules decompose on the substrate surface at a decomposition temperature. The process further comprises adjusting a temperature of the substrate surface greater or equal to the chemical precursor molecule decomposition temperature, thereby remaining greater than a mask temperature, and maintaining the mask temperature below the decomposition temperature, thereby causing a decomposition of the chemical precursor and a growth of a film on the substrate surface, but not on the mask; and heating the substrate surface using a heating device.
US10280505B2
An apparatus and method for metallizing parts in an efficient manner. The apparatus includes a plurality of plates stacked together and spaced from one another in a manner that enables placement thereon of a plurality of part supports, which are affixed to the plates. Spindles are coupled to the part supports, wherein the spindles are configured to allow for rotation of the parts. The plates are also configured for rotation so that parts may be moved to a metallizer station and rotated at the metallizer station. The plates are supported by centered or offset plate supports. The part supports may be pins to which the spindles are coupled. The pins may be configured to rotate or the spindles may be configured to rotate on the pins. The stacked plates may be moved between a metallizer and parts loading and unloading stations in a convenient manner.
US10280501B2
There is provided a roughened copper foil which can significantly improve adhesion to an insulating resin and reliability (e.g., hygroscopic heat resistance). The roughened copper foil of the present invention has at least one roughened surface having fine irregularities composed of acicular crystals, wherein the entire surface of the acicular crystals is composed of a mixed phase of Cu metal and Cu2O.
US10280499B2
A composition and a coating structure applying with the same are provided. The composition includes 3 wt % to less than 15 wt % of Al, 10 wt % to less than 30 wt % of Cr, higher than 0 wt % to 15 wt % of O, higher than 0 wt % to 15 wt % of Y, and the remainder being at least one of Co or Ni.
US10280494B2
The disclosure is directed to Zr and Hf bearing alloys that are capable of forming a metallic glass, and more particularly metallic glass rods with diameters at least 1 mm and as large as 5 mm or larger. The disclosure is further directed to Zr and Hf bearing alloys that demonstrate a favorable combination of glass forming ability, strength, toughness, bending ductility, and/or corrosion resistance.
US10280493B2
One embodiment provides a structure, comprising: a display; at least one structural component disposed over a portion of the display, wherein the at least on structural component comprises at least one amorphous alloy; and wherein a portion of the display is foldable.
US10280492B2
A steel alloy is disclosed that provides a unique combination of strength, toughness, and fatigue life. The steel alloy has the following composition in weight percent: C about 0.15 to about 0.30 Mn about 1.7 to about 2.3 Si about 0.7 to about 1.1 Cr about 1.85 to about 2.35 Ni about 0.5 to about 0.9 Mo+½W about 0.1 to about 0.3 Cu about 0.3 to about 0.7 V+ 5/9×Nb about 0.2 to about 0.5. The balance of the alloy is iron, usual impurities, and residual amounts of other elements added during melting for deoxidizing and/or desulfurizing the alloy. A hardened and tempered steel article made from the alloy is also disclosed.
US10280486B2
A nickel-based superalloy composition includes from about 5 to about 7 wt % aluminum, from about 4 to about 8 wt % tantalum, from about 3 to about 8 wt % chromium, from about 3 to about 7 wt % tungsten, from 1 to about 5 wt % molybdenum, from 1.5 to about 5 wt % rhenium, from 5 to about 14 wt % cobalt, from about 0 to about 1 wt % hafnium, from about 0.01 to about 0.03 wt % carbon, from about 0.002 to about 0.006 wt % boron, and balance nickel and incidental impurities. The composition may exhibit a sustained peak low cycle fatigue life at 1800° F./45 ksi of at least about 4000 cycles. The nickel-based superalloy composition may be used in single-crystal or directionally solidified superalloy articles, such as a blade, nozzle, a shroud, a splash plate, and a combustor of a gas turbine engine.
US10280479B2
An earth-boring tool includes a tool body, at least one cutting element, and a retaining member comprising a shape memory material (e.g., alloy, polymer, etc.) located between a surface of the tool body and a surface of the cutting element. The shape memory material is configured to transform, responsive to application of a stimulus, from a first solid phase to a second solid phase. The retaining member comprises the shape memory material in the second solid phase, and at least partially retains the at least one cutting element adjacent the tool body. The shape memory material may be trained in a first phase to a first shape, and trained in a second phase to a second shape. The retaining member may be at least partially within a cavity in the first phase, then transformed to the second phase to apply a force securing the cutting element to the tool body.
US10280469B2
A method of quantifying multiple target nucleic acid sequences in a sample includes generating from a sample at least a plurality of first template molecules and at least a plurality of second template molecules. At least part of said first and at least part of said second template molecules are randomly distributed into individual reaction sites. A cluster of nucleic acid amplicons of said first template molecule and at least a cluster of nucleic acid amplicons of said second template molecule are generated by clonal amplification or replication. The ID codes of all said nucleic acid amplicon clusters are identified. The quantity of at least said first and second target nucleic acid sequences in said sample is quantified by statistical analysis of respective positive numbers of identified unique ID codes of first and second target nucleic acid sequences.
US10280451B2
Methods, compositions, and kits are provided for quantification of genome editing.
US10280446B2
The disclosure provides articles and methods useful for detecting a discrete source of DNase activity. DNase-producing microorganisms can be detected. The device can further include selective agents and/or indicators to differentiate groups or species microorganisms. Methods of use include detecting or enumerating DNase-producing microorganisms.
US10280433B1
The present invention provides methods and compositions for producing elite lines of corn exhibiting anthracnose stalk rot (ASR) resistance. Also provided in the present invention are corn plants exhibiting ASR resistance resulting from such methods, and methods for breeding corn such that the ASR resistance traits may be transferred to a desired genetic background.
US10280432B2
The invention relates to genetically modified agricultural plants with increased oil content in vegetative tissues, as well as to expression systems, plant cells, seeds and vegetative tissues related thereto.
US10280422B2
The present invention provides oligonucleotide inhibitors of miR-92 and methods of using said inhibitors for inhibiting the function and/or activity of miR-92 in a subject in need thereof. The present invention also provides methods for evaluating or monitoring the efficacy of a therapeutic for promoting wound healing and selecting a subject for treatment with a therapeutic that modulates miR-92 function and/or activity.
US10280416B1
Described herein are methods for making and using magnetic ionic liquid that have at least one cationic component and at least one anionic component, where at least one of the cationic components or the anionic components is a paramagnetic component. The magnetic ionic liquids are capable of manipulation by an external magnetic field.
US10280409B2
The present invention relates to high level expression of bacterial toxoid or toxin protein of pharmacological interest by means of an optimized novel polynucleotide sequence and host transformed with the said polynucleotide. Specifically, the invention provides a method for high production of polypeptide CRM197 wherein, the polynucleotide of the invention is used to transform a suitable host resulting in over-expression of corresponding proteins and a method for isolating the expressed polypeptide. More particularly, the present invention relates to high level expression of CRM197 in Escherichia coli and a method for the isolation and purification thereof.
US10280408B2
The present invention relates to methods of suppressing the transcriptional expression of one or more genes by methylating the chromatin histone proteins of the one or more genes. Specifically, a viral SET domain histone lysine mehtyltransferase (vSET or vSET-like protein) methylates lysine 27 of a gene's histone protein 3 (H3-K27) thereby suppressing the transcription of the gene.
US10280406B2
The object of the present invention is to efficiently produce useful terpenoid compounds, and specifically, to provide a method for preparing squalene, which is an important intermediate of terpenoid. The object can be solved by a hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA reductase (HMGR) comprising: (a) an amino acid other than alanine (A) at the 10th position in an Sα2 amino acid sequence of HMGR, (b) an amino acid other than proline (P) at the 1st position from the carboxyl terminal in the DKK region of the HMG-CoA binding site of HMGR, (c) an amino acid other than alanine (A) at the 1st position in an Lα2 amino acid sequence of HMGR, and (d) an amino acid other than glutamic acid (E) at the 6th position in an Lα2 amino acid sequence of HMGR of the present invention.
US10280405B2
The present invention provides methods of propagating rhinovirus C (RV-C) in a host cell; a host cell comprising an effective amount of a heterologous CDHR3 receptor such that the host cell can support propagation of rhinovirus C; and kits comprising at least one host cell previously unable to support rhinovirus C growth, wherein the host cell comprises a heterologous CDHR3 receptor and a sample of rhinovirus C. Methods of use are also provided.
US10280402B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing immune-compatible cells or a cell population which comprises a step of editing one or two alleles of one or more immune-compatible antigen genes by gene deletion or modification in an isolated cell comprising at least one of the immune-compatible antigen genes selected from HLA (human leukocyte antigen)-A, HLA-B and HLA-DR, to immune-compatible cells produced by the method, and to a cell population comprising the immune-compatible cells produced by the method.
US10280398B2
The present invention relates to the field of stem cell biology, in particular the lineage specific differentiation of pluripotent or multipotent stem cells, which can include, but is not limited to, human embryonic stem cells (hESC) in addition to nonembryonic human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC), somatic stem cells, stem cells from patients with a disease, or any other cell capable of lineage specific differentiation. Specifically described are methods to direct the lineage specific differentiation of hESC and/or hiPSC into floor plate midbrain progenitor cells and then further into large populations of midbrain fate FOXA2+LMX1A+TH+ dopamine (DA) neurons using novel culture conditions. The midbrain fate FOXA2+LMX1A+TH+ dopamine (DA) neurons made using the methods of the present invention are further contemplated for various uses including, but not limited to, use in in vitro drug discovery assays, neurology research, and as a therapeutic to reverse disease of, or damage to, a lack of dopamine neurons in a patient. Further, compositions and methods are provided for differentiating midbrain fate FOXA2+LMX1A+TH+ dopamine (DA) neurons from human pluripotent stem cells for use in disease modeling, in particular Parkinson's disease. Additionally, authentic DA neurons are enriched for markers, such as CD142, and A9 type neuronal cells.
US10280396B2
Various embodiments are directed to consumable products incorporating a matrix of cultured tobacco cells. Any tobacco variety may be utilized for establishing in vitro tobacco cultures, including native tobacco varieties and genetically modified tobacco varieties derived from any tobacco variety. Various embodiments are directed to methods for producing tobacco products incorporating cellular material and/or extracts derived from tobacco cells cultured in vitro.
US10280391B2
A recipient for cell cultivation having an inner compartment adapted for cell growth, in one embodiment, an outer tubular wall extends in a longitudinal direction and delimits an outer boundary of the inner compartment in a radial direction. First and second ends delimit the inner compartment at the first respectively the second outer end of the outer tubular wall. A fixed packing in the inner compartment comprises a packing, such as a fiber matrix. Additional embodiments and related methods are also disclosed.
US10280388B2
A system for making a personalized malt-based beverage may comprise at least one packaged base liquid and at least one separately packaged flavor ingredient. The at least one packaged base liquid may comprise at least about 0.1% wt ethyl alcohol, at least about 3% wt malt extract solids, and a carbon dioxide level between about zero grams per liter and about 1.5 grams per liter. The separately packaged flavor ingredient may comprise a dry ingredient.
US10280384B2
Extracted olive oil having extremely less olive smell and excellent skin permeability, and having an extremely higher antioxidative property than that of common olive oil. Also provided is a method for producing extracted olive oil including: crushing olive fruits and olive leaves; and producing the extracted olive oil from an obtained paste-like matter, where the olive fruits and the olive leaves are lactic fermented before or after the crushing step or during the crushing step.
US10280383B2
A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil composition has not more than 150 ppm sodium and includes a major amount of a base oil and an additive composition that includes one or more overbased calcium-containing detergents having a total base number of greater than 225 mg KOH/gram, in an amount sufficient to provide greater than 1100 ppm by weight to less than 2400 ppm by weight of calcium to the lubricating oil composition, and one or more molybdenum-containing compounds in an amount sufficient to provide at least about 80 ppm by weight molybdenum to the lubricating oil composition, all based on the total weight of the lubricating composition. The oil and method may reduce low-speed pre-ignition events in the boosted internal combustion engine relative to a number of low-speed pre-ignition events in the same engine lubricated with a reference lubricating oil.
US10280380B2
A composition of fuel additives includes at least a first additive of a triazole derivative and a second additive of a quaternary ammonium salt. The disclosure also relates to a diesel fuel including such a composition and the use of a fuel for limiting deposits in a diesel engine. In particular, the fuel containing the composition of additives is used in direct-injection diesel engines.
US10280377B1
A syngas generator provides a pyrolysis chamber and a steam cracking unit within a heater. A conveyor such as an auger directs input through the pyrolysis chamber where a pyrolysis reaction at about 600 C releases a gas/vapor mixture which is directed through a manifold and through an ejector into the cracking unit which operates at about 1200 C. Syngas from the cracking unit can be cooled, used for co-generation power systems, generate steam, and/or be burned (possibly combusted to generate electricity) with the heat used to heat the heater.
US10280374B1
The invention relates to injecting steam into crude oil via a hydrocyclone to remove salt by transferring the salt into the condensed water from the steam. Steam transfers salt from crude oil via a different transfer mechanism and the water is separated from the crude oil leaving desalted crude oil for refining.
US10280371B2
A process and apparatus for re-refining used lubricating oil (ULO) having thermally unstable additives such as zinc compounds. ULO is mixed with a superheated distillate which may be a recycle stream, an outside stream, or combination, then charged to a vacuum flash or fractionator, to produce an overhead vapor and a residual fraction comprising additives and/or decomposition products thereof. Overhead vapor is condensed to yield a liquid lubricant boiling range product. Superheating may occur in a fired heater, heat exchanger or combination. Mixing of superheated fluid and ULO may occur in a pipe in turbulent flow and/or an in line mixer. Energy efficiency is improved by heat exchanging ULO feed with vapor or liquid product streams. An aromatic rich and thermally stable outside stream such as FCC LCO can be readily superheated. Recovered lubricant boiling range material can be recycled, used as a lube stock or for FCC feed.
US10280369B2
Thermal barrier mixtures and method of making the thermal barrier mixtures are described herein. The thermal barrier mixtures may be used to make thermal barrier coatings. Thermal barrier mixture may include halloysite and one or more silicon compounds.
US10280368B2
A liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one characteristic such as high maximum temperature, low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to UV light or to heat, or having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics, and an AM device having characteristics such as a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a low threshold voltage, a large contrast ratio and a long service life are shown. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having at least three polymerizable groups, and the liquid crystal display device includes the composition. The composition may contain a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a second component.
US10280367B2
A method of preparing a solution capable of etching a platable plastic. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing an electrolyte comprising a solution of manganese(II) in a solution of 9 to 15 molar sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid to an electrolytic cell; (b) applying a current to the electrolytic cell, wherein the electrolytic cell comprises an anode and a cathode; and (c) oxidizing the electrolyte to form manganese(III) ions, wherein the manganese(III) ions form a metastable sulfate complex. Thereafter, a platable plastic may be immersed in the metastable sulfate complex for a period of time to etch the platable substrate prior to subsequent plating steps.
US10280360B2
A well treatment microemulsion includes an oil external phase, an internal aqueous phase and a hydrophilic surfactant. The surfactant has a hydrophile lipophile balance of between 8-18. The oil external phase may include d-Limonene, xylenes, light mineral oil, or kerosene. The surfactant is configured to emulsify the water of the internal aqueous phase into the oil of the external (continuous) phase. The surfactant may include polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan tristearate, polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate or mixtures therebetween. The use of hydrophilic surfactants to emulsify an internal aqueous phase within an oil external microemulsion produces unexpected and beneficial results.
US10280356B2
Capped nanoparticles may be added to an oil-based fluid to improve the electrical conductivity of the oil-based fluid. The oil-based fluid may be a drilling fluid, a completion fluid, a drill-in fluid, a stimulation fluid, a servicing fluid, and combinations thereof. In a non-limiting embodiment, the oil-based fluid composition may be circulated in a subterranean reservoir wellbore.
US10280355B2
In one aspect, embodiments disclosed herein relate to an oil-based wellbore fluid. The oil-based wellbore fluid may include an oleaginous liquid and a surface-modified precipitated silica, wherein the surface-modified precipitated silica comprises a lipophilic coating. In another aspect, embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method of drilling or servicing a well. The method may include circulating a wellbore fluid, such as that described in the paragraph above, into a wellbore, and recovering at least a portion of the wellbore fluid from the wellbore.
US10280352B2
Methods for diverting treatment fluids to less permeable zones of subterranean formations using a water swellable agent that can degrade at high temperatures are provided. In one embodiment, the method may comprise introducing a water swellable agent into or adjacent to a permeable zone of a subterranean formation; introducing an aqueous solution into the subterranean formation to contact the water swellable agent; allowing the water swellable agent to swell when contacted by the aqueous solution; introducing a treatment fluid into the subterranean formation, wherein the water swellable agent diverts the treatment fluid away from the permeable zone; and allowing the water swellable agent to thermally degrade.
US10280350B2
A method of forming a shaped abrasive particle includes forming a first mixture and a second mixture in a single forming process into an integral precursor shaped abrasive particle, wherein the first mixture has a different composition than a composition of the second mixture.
US10280341B2
The present invention relates to an adhesive agent composition, containing an aqueous resin dispersion obtained by subjecting a polymerizable compound (C) containing a compound (C1) having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond to an emulsion polymerization in the presence of a surfactant (A) and a surfactant (B) free from a radical-polymerizable substituent.
US10280340B2
Disclosed is method of preparing microspheres wherein the microspheres do not increase the self-extinguishing time of a composition they are added to by more than 5% and their presence does not increase a viscosity of the composition by more than 65%. The microspheres are coated with a very high level of from 80 to 90% by weight of a flame retardant, preferably aluminum trihydroxide. Unexpectedly, the presence of the flame retardant on the microspheres at this high level reduces the need to add additional flame retardant to a composition along with the microspheres. Also unexpectedly, the location of the flame retardant on the microspheres completely prevents the normally expected increase in viscosity of the composition based on the level of the flame retardant added. The microspheres find use in many compositions requiring flame resistance including weld through sealants and adhesives.
US10280335B2
Embodiments generally relate to preparation of polyamide-imide resins using N-Formyl Morpholine:3-Methoxy N,N-Dimethylpropanamide. An embodiment of a method includes generating a polymer solution using a polymerization process, the polymerization process including preparing a solvent including at least N-formylmorpholine (NFM) or a combination of NFM with 3-methoxy N,N-dimethylpropanamide (MDP) as a cosolvent, mixing methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and trimellitic anhydride (TMA) with the solvent to generate the polymer solution, and diluting the polymer solution by adding an NFM:MDP solvent mixture or MDP into the generated polymer solution. The method further includes processing the diluted polymer solution to generate polyamideimide polymer or a polyamide-amic acid resin polymer.
US10280328B2
There is provided a composition for forming an underlayer film used for an underlayer of a self-organizing film. An underlayer film-forming composition of a self-organizing film, the underlayer film-forming composition including a polymer made of a unit structure derived from an optionally substituted styrene and a unit structure derived from a crosslink forming group-containing compound, the polymer containing 60 mol % to 95 mol % of the unit structure derived from the styrene and 5 mol % to 40 mol % of the unit structure derived from the crosslink forming group-containing compound relative to the whole unit structures of the polymer. The crosslink forming group is a hydroxy group, an epoxy group, a protected hydroxy group, or a protected carboxy group. The crosslink forming group-containing compound is hydroxyethyl methacrylate, hydroxyethyl acrylate, hydroxypropyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate, hydroxystyrene, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, glycidyl methacrylate, or glycidyl acrylate.
US10280324B2
An ink jet recording method includes attaching an ink composition, with which a pressure chamber of an ink jet head is filled, to a recording medium by discharging the ink composition via a nozzle port, in which the ink jet head includes a step between the pressure chamber and the nozzle port, the ink composition contains water, a resin, and an organic solvent including at least a nitrogen-containing solvent, and the organic solvent includes an organic solvent, in which a difference in a SP value between the organic solvent and the resin is within 5, in a range of 0.1 part by mass to 0.4 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of water, and does not include an organic solvent which has a standard boiling point of equal to higher than 280° C. and the content of more than 5% by mass in the ink composition.
US10280320B2
The present invention relates to a lamination printing ink comprising an aqueous polyurethane dispersion binder, pigments, an aqueous carrier and optional additives, wherein the polyurethane is made of polyisocyanates, specific polyesterdiols, polytetrahydrofuran diol, monohydroxy-poly(alkylene oxide), diamino acid compound, polyamine compound and optionally one or more low molecular weight polyols.
US10280314B2
Methods and systems for coating metal substrates are provided. The methods and systems include a powder coating composition comprising a polymeric binder and an application package. The application package includes at least one antistatic component and at least one post-blended component. Use of the application package reduces back ionization and faraday cage effects during electrostatic application. The described methods provide coatings with optimal surface smoothness and edge coverage.
US10280312B2
Certain example embodiments relate to coated articles supporting high-entropy nitride and/or oxide thing film inclusive coatings, and/or methods of making the same. The example high-entropy alloys systems described herein are heat stable and may be used in optical coatings. A first material system that may be used in connection with certain example embodiments includes SiAlN with one or more (and preferably two or more) of elements such as Hf, Y, Zr, Ti, Ta, and Nb. A second material system that may be used in connection with certain example embodiments includes TiO, with one or more (and preferably two or more) of elements such as Fe, Co, Ni, Sn, Zn, and N. The material systems may in some cases be high-index materials that can serve as a substitute for titanium oxide in layer stacks, in some example applications.
US10280310B2
A monolayer film of nanoparticles can formed from a fluid mixture by combining nanoparticles dispersed in water with a water-miscible organic solvent and a molecular ligand comprising a head group with affinity for the nanoparticle, and introducing the fluid mixture to a substrate in the presence of an air/fluid interface, thereby causing a monolayer film of nanoparticles to form on the substrate. Such monolayers films can include metallic nanoparticles such as gold, and possess substantially uniform spacing over at least a one centimeter length scale. The films are metasurfaces effective to cause a range of linear refractive index of from around unity at 700 nm to 10 at 1500 nm. Such metasurfaces might find utility, for example, as ultrafast (picosecond scale) switches at wavelengths useful for telecommunications.
US10280303B2
The present invention relates to a non-halogen thermoplastic resin composition and a cable including the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a non-halogen thermoplastic resin composition in which a halogen-based flame retardant causing environmental and human health problems is not included and the content of a phosphorus flame retardant causing decrease in appearance and properties is decreased, but which has identical or superior mechanical strength, chemical resistance, heat resistance, and flame retardancy, compared to existing thermoplastic resin compositions, and a cable including the same.
US10280299B2
A composition for three-dimensional printing includes a liquid, curable, cross-linkable monomer, solid thermoplastic particles mixed with the liquid, curable, cross-linkable monomer, and a light sensitive initiator mixed with the liquid, curable, cross-linkable monomer. The solid thermoplastic particles have a size ranging from about 200 nm to about 50 μm.
US10280294B2
The present invention provides, among other things, compositions comprising nanofibrils, at least one maleic-anhydride (MA) copolymer and at least one matrix polymer, and methods of making such compositions. The provided methods and compositions allow for the production of composites with unexpectedly superior properties including improved impact resistance, tensile modulus of elasticity, tensile strength, and flexural modulus of elasticity as compared to previously known composites. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods including the steps of providing cellulose nanofibrils, associating the cellulose nanofibrils with a maleic-anhydride (MA) copolymer to form a nanofibril-MA copolymer blend, preparing the nanofibril-MA copolymer blend for addition to a matrix polymer, and forming a composite by associating the nanofibril-MA copolymer blend with the matrix polymer, wherein the amount of cellulose nanofibrils in the composite is between 3% and 50% by weight of the composite.
US10280291B2
A latex for dip forming and a sulfur-based crosslinking agent, and has a pH of 9.5-11, the latex containing a copolymer having 40-80% by weight of conjugated diene monomer units (A) that contain a butadiene unit and an isoprene unit, 10-45% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units (B), and 2-15% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer units (C), the ratio between the butadiene unit content and the isoprene unit content being 40:60 to 95:5 expressed in terms of weight.
US10280290B2
A cellulosic ester resin modifier for producing a cellulosic ester film, which facilitates obtaining a film that remains transparent even when exposed to high-humidity and high-temperature environments, and with which it is possible to obtain a film having excellent water vapor permeability resistance, and dimensional stability against heat. The present invention also provides a cellulosic ester resin composition using the modifier, a method for producing a polarizing-plate protective film, and a liquid crystal display device, and provides a cellulosic ester resin modifier including a polyester polyol (A) having a phthalic acid residue and an aliphatic glycol residue having 2 to 3 carbon atoms in a main chain skeleton and a diester (B) having an aliphatic glycol having 2 to 3 carbon atoms and an aromatic monocarboxylic acid, in which a mass ratio of [(A)/(B)] is in a range of 90/10 to 60/40.
US10280283B2
Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same are provided. The catalyst system can include a catalyst support, wherein the catalyst support has an average particle size of about 2 microns to about 200 microns. Nanoparticles are adhered to the catalyst support, wherein the nanoparticles have an average particle size of about 2 to about 200 nanometers. A catalyst is supported on the catalyst support.
US10280280B2
Provided herein is a translucent white polymer composition suitable for use as a safety glass interlayer. The translucent white polymer composition comprises a pigment and a polymeric resin that comprises an ionomer of an ethylene acid copolymer. Alumina (Al2O3) and alumina trihydrate (Al(OH)3; “ATH”) are preferred pigments. The translucent white polymer composition is useful in various molded articles. The translucent white polymer composition is particularly useful as an interlayer in glass laminates, including safety glass laminates and structural glass laminates. Further provided herein are methods of making the translucent white polymer composition, the articles and the glass laminates.
US10280274B2
The present invention provides a method for surface-modifying a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic elastomer, which can cost-effectively provide a variety of functions, such as remarkable sliding properties or biocompatibility, according to the application. The present invention relates to a method for surface-modifying a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic elastomer as a modification target, the method including: step 1 of forming polymerization initiation points A on a surface of the modification target; step 2 of radically polymerizing a non-functional monomer starting from the polymerization initiation points A to grow non-functional polymer chains; step 3 of washing the modification target on which the non-functional polymer chains are grown; step 4 of forming polymerization initiation points B on a surface of the non-functional polymer chains; and step 5 of radically polymerizing a fluorine-containing functional monomer starting from the polymerization initiation points B to grow fluorine-containing functional polymer chains.
US10280273B2
Provided is a gas barrier laminate film capable of realizing excellent gas barrier property, water resistance, and adhesiveness, having a plastic substrate (A), a silicon oxide layer (B) formed on at least one surface of the plastic substrate (A), and a coat layer (C) formed by applying a coating solution onto a surface of the silicon oxide layer (B), wherein the coating solution comprises a mixture of a polyurethane-based resin (c1) and a silane coupling agent (c2) and contains a reaction product of (c1) with (c2) as a main component; and a number-average molecular weight of the reaction product is in the range of 100,000 to 1,000,000.
US10280270B2
Described is a silane functionalized polyolefin and a method of forming the composition, the composition comprising compounds having the following structure: wherein R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1 to C10 linear alkyls, C6 to C14 aryls, C7 to C20 alkylaryls, and substituted versions thereof; n has a value within the range from 20 to 2000; m has a value within the range from 1 to 10 or 20; R is selected from hydrogen or C1 to C10 alkyls; and fa and fb are residual functional moieties selected from carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorous, silicon, and boron, where any remaining valences are bound to a group selected from hydrogen, C1 to C10 linear alkyls, C6 to C14 aryls, C7 to C20 alkylaryls, and substituted versions thereof.
US10280268B2
A method for preparing a masterbatch of synthetic elastomer and of carbon-based filler, which comprises the following steps: preparing an aqueous dispersion of carbon-based filler having a zeta potential with the opposite sign to that of an anionic or cationic synthetic elastomer latex, the difference between the potentials of the anionic or cationic elastomer latex and the aqueous dispersion of carbon-based filler being such that the absolute value thereof is greater than or equal to 20 mV, bringing together, and mixing, the anionic or cationic synthetic elastomer latex and the aqueous dispersion of carbon-based filler to obtain a coagulum, recovering the coagulum, and drying the recovered coagulum in order to obtain the masterbatch.
US10280266B2
This invention provides a method of manufacturing a curable petroleum resin and a curable petroleum resin obtained therefrom. The method includes (a) a process of thermally polymerizing a composition for polymerization which includes silanes and monomers, including cyclic olefins having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group selected from among C5 fractions, C9 fractions, and dicyclopentadiene of naphtha cracking, thereby enabling petroleum resins, which are thermoplastic resins, to be applied as reactive adhesives, and ultimately being capable of providing eco-friendly reactive adhesives.
US10280264B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing fine polyarylene sulfide (PAS) powder, in which impurities such as alkali metal salts and/or PAS oligomers are reduced while the wettability of the fine PAS powder in a fine PAS powder-containing solid is retained after solid-liquid separation of a separation liquid obtained by subjecting a dispersion liquid containing granular PAS to separation into granular PAS and a separation liquid; and a fine PAS powder.The method for manufacturing a fine PAS powder of the present invention includes: (a) separating granular PAS and a separation liquid from a dispersion liquid containing granular PAS, by solid-liquid separation using at least one screen that has an opening diameter of 75 to 180 μm; (b) performing solid-liquid separation of the separation liquid to obtain a fine PAS powder-containing solid; (c) heating the fine PAS powder-containing solid to reduce an amount of an organic solvent to obtain a wet cake; and (d) washing the wet cake using an aqueous solvent. The water content of the wet cake after heating is at least 30 wt. %.
US10280246B2
The invention relates to a process for synthesizing polyaryl ether ketones with low contents of residual materials, whether they are residual monomers or solvents of the synthetic process.
US10280244B2
A nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber containing α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units in 10 to 60 wt % and having a weight average radius of gyration of 10 to 100 nm in range is provided. According to the present invention, a nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber excellent in processability and able to give cross-linked rubber excellent in normal physical properties can be provided.
US10280226B2
The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to human glucocorticoid-induced TNFR family related receptor (GITR) and compositions comprising such antibodies. In a specific aspect, the antibodies specifically bind to human GITR and modulate GITR activity, e.g., enhance, activate or induce GITR activity, utilizing such antibodies. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating disorders, such as cancer and infectious diseases, by administering an antibody that specifically binds to human GITR and modulates GITR activity e.g., enhances, activates or induces GITR activity.
US10280210B2
Provided herein are peptides that exhibit ApoE biological activity, as well as compositions and pharmaceutical formulations that include the peptides. The peptides, compositions, and methods disclosed herein have broad applications as they can be used to treat a broad spectrum of injury, diseases, disorders, and clinical indications.
US10280187B2
Gold(I) complex with mixed ligands as an anticancer agent. The gold(I) ion is coordinated to a dithiocarbamate ligand and a phosphorus-containing ligand (e.g. phosphines). Also described are a pharmaceutical composition incorporating the gold(I) complex, a methods of synthesizing the gold(I) complex, and a method for treating cancer.
US10280185B2
The present application provides salen indium catalysts of the following general structure wherein R is a coordinating alkoxide comprising at least one coordinating atom that forms a dative bond with In. The mononuclear salen indium catalysts are particularly useful in catalyzing ring-opening polymerizations of cyclic ester monomers, such as lactides. Also provided herein are methods of using the mononuclear salen indium complexes to catalyze polymerization of cyclic ester monomers. Of particular interest is the successful polymerization of lactides using the mononuclear salen indium catalysts to produce poly(lactic acid) having high isotacticity.
US10280183B2
The present disclosure relates to a therapeutic agent of the formula: Z—C(═O)—(CH2)n-Φ-S—S—(CRR′)m-(CH2)p-C(═O)—NH—(CH2)q-NH—Y[NH—(CH2)r-X-T-W][NH—(CH2—CH—O)t(CH2)s-NH—V] Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, useful for treating tumors, including cancers. Where the compound of Formula I also contains a radionuclide or an imaging agent or both, the compound of formula I is a theranostic agent useful for treating and diagnosing tumors, including cancers.
US10280182B2
This invention relates to generally inhibiting histone deacetylase (“HDAC”) enzymes (e.g., HDAC1, HDAC2, and HDAC3).
US10280180B2
This invention relates macrocyclic purine derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in treating viral infections.
US10280179B2
The present invention relates to compounds which are inhibitors of non-apoptotic regulated cell death, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions in therapy, in particular in the treatment of a condition, disorder or disease that is characterized by non-apoptotic regulated cell-death or where non-apoptotic regulated cell-death is likely to play or plays a substantial role. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions described herein are also useful in the treatment of a condition, disorder or disease that is characterized by oxidative stress or where oxidative stress is likely to play or plays a substantial role; and/or a condition, disorder or disease that is characterized by activation of (1) one or more components of the necrosome; (2) death domain receptors; and/or (3) Toll-like receptors; and/or (4) players in ferroptotic/ferroptosis signalling, or where activation of any one of (1) to (3) and/or (4) is likely to play or plays a substantial role.
US10280177B2
Polyols stabilize polymorphous form of rifaximin, in particular the β form. When polyols having at least two hydroxy groups are added to rifaximin powder, polymorph β is stable and remains stable in time independently from the environment humidity. In this invention a method to prepare formulations constituted by pure and stable polymorphous forms able to give a pharmaceutical product is described.
US10280175B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: X-A-Y—Z—R (I) which inhibit the protein(s) encoded by hepatitis B virus (HBV) or interfere with the function of the HBV life cycle of the hepatitis B virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HBV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HBV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US10280172B2
Compounds having activity as inhibitors of G12C mutant KRAS protein are provided. The compounds have the following structure (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, stereoisomer or prodrug thereof, wherein B, W, X, Y, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, G1, G2, m1, m2, L1, L2 and E are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods to modulate the activity of G12C mutant KRAS protein for treatment of disorders, such as cancer, are also provided.
US10280159B2
The invention relates to (hetero)cyclic compounds as S1P modulators, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and uses thereof in the treatment, alleviation or prevention of diseases or disorders mediated by an S1P receptor.
US10280152B2
Provided herein are radiolabelled compounds useful for imaging GSK-3 kinase. An exemplary radiolabelled compound provided herein is useful as a radiotracer for imaging GSK-3 kinase using PET imaging. Methods for preparing the radiolabelled compounds and diagnostic methods using the radiolabelled compounds are also provided.
US10280148B2
Provided is an electroconductive member for electrophotography in which movement of a quaternary ammonium salt toward the surface of a binder resin is suppressed and which exhibits a less reduction in electroconductivity through electrification. The electroconductive member for electrophotography comprises an electroconductive shaft core and a resin layer, and the resin layer comprises a binder resin and at least one selected from quaternary ammonium salts having structures represented by the formulae (1) to (8).
US10280145B2
A compound has inhibitory activity on Discoidin Domain Receptor 1. A urea derivative is represented by the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein, R1 is trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, or pentafluorosulfanyl; each R2 is independently a hydrogen atom or methyl which is optionally substituted by one hydroxyl or one saturated heterocyclyl having four to six ring-forming atoms; R3 is a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, C1-C3 alkyl, saturated heterocyclyl having four to six ring-forming atoms and optionally having an oxo group, or R5O—; and R4 is phenyl, pyridyl, pyridazinyl, or pyrimidinyl, which phenyl, pyridyl, pyridazinyl, or pyrimidinyl is optionally substituted by one R6.
US10280142B2
There are provided a compound capable of being a novel ligand allowing regioselective borylation to be performed in the aromatic borylation reaction, and a catalyst using the same compound. There is provided a bipyridyl compound represented by a general formula (1): (wherein A represents a single bond, a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; n pieces of R1 may be the same or different, and R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted alkoxy group, an optionally substituted aryloxy group, an optionally substituted amino group, a cyano group, a nitro group, or an alkoxycarbonyl group, or two adjacent R1 may form a saturated or unsaturated ring structure optionally containing a hetero atom together with the carbon atoms bonded to the two R1; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted alkoxy group, or an optionally substituted aryloxy group; and n represents a number of 1 to 4).
US10280133B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 4-aminobenzoamidine (4-AMBA) salts of general formula (I) preferably the salts thereof with hydrochloric or hydrobromic acid, particularly preferred the dichloride salt.
US10280129B2
To provide a method for stably storing tetrafluoropropene filled in a container for e.g. storage or transportation, without occurrence of reaction such as polymerization.A method for storing tetrafluoropropene in a gaseous-liquid state composed of a gas phase and a liquid phase in a closed container, wherein the oxygen concentration (content) in the above gas phase is adjusted to at least 3 vol ppm and less than 3,000 vol ppm at a temperature of 25° C.
US10280124B2
The present invention relates to an active crystalline material, especially an active multicomponent crystalline material such as a salt or a cocrystal, which may be made by dispersing precursor components of the active crystalline material in a liquid medium which comprises an anti-solvent, maintaining the dispersion for a period during which the active crystalline material is formed, and, during said period, exposing the dispersion to a solvent, which solvent being present in the liquid medium in a minor proportion by weight thereof.
US10280120B2
Provided is a zirconia sintered body that suppresses discoloration due to porcelain. The zirconia sintered body comprises at least one of a coloring agent A: erbium oxide and a coloring agent B: nickel oxide, and a composite oxide of zirconium and vanadium.
US10280119B2
A barium titanate piezoelectric ceramic having good piezoelectric properties and mechanical strength and a piezoelectric element that includes the ceramic are provided. A method for making a piezoelectric ceramic includes forming a compact composed of an oxide powder containing barium titanate particles, sintering the compact, and decreasing the temperature of the compact after the sintering. The sintering includes (A) increasing the temperature of the compact to a first temperature within a temperature range of a shrinking process of the compact; (B) increasing the temperature of the compact to a second temperature within a temperature range of a liquid phase sintering process of the compact after (A); (C) decreasing the temperature of the compact to a third temperature within the temperature range of the shrinking process of the compact after (B); and (D) retaining the third temperature after (C).
US10280111B2
An energy-saving glass includes a glass substrate, and a periodic metal layer deposited on the glass substrate and having a honeycomb array of round holes. A method of manufacturing the energy-saving glass includes: providing a template having multiple template spots arranged in a honeycomb array; forming on the template a transfer metal layer having multiple metal spots disposed respectively on the template spots; transferring the metal spots onto a photoresist layer on a glass substrate; etching the photoresist layer exposed from the metal spots to leave photoresist spots underlying the metal spots on the glass substrate; forming a periodic metal layer around the photoresist spots; and removing the photoresist spots.
US10280110B2
This disclosure relates to a method for strengthening an edge of a glass plate, a glass, and a display apparatus, wherein the article comprises a side surface located at the edge, and the method for strengthening an edge of an article comprises the steps of: applying an etching paste at least to the side surface of the article to perform etching so as to strengthen the edge of the article; and removing the etching paste.
US10280100B1
Compositions and methods and systems for treating wastewater within a wastewater treatment system of described. In an embodiment, a composition for treating wastewater within a wastewater treatment system and for preventing or reducing the occurrence of struvite scale formation within the wastewater treatment system may include an admixture including a magnesium compound. The admixture may also include a dispersing agent. The admixture may further include at least one of a free magnesium control agent and a seed material. Other compositions and methods are described.
US10280086B2
The present application provides a negative thermal expansion material having excellent dispersibility and packing properties in a positive thermal expansion material. The negative thermal expansion material of the present invention comprises spherical zirconium tungsten phosphate having a BET specific surface area, of 2 m2/g or smaller. The degree of sphericity is preferably 0.90 or more and 1 or less. Also preferably, the negative thermal expansion material further contains at least Mg and/or V as a subcomponent element. Also preferably, the content of the subcomponent element is 0.1% by mass or more and 3% by mass or less. Also preferably, the average particle size is 1 μm or larger and 50 μm smaller.
US10280079B2
The present invention relates to a device for producing compressed hydrogen, comprising a pressure-resistant reactor (1) with a reactor chamber having a metal-containing contact mass (2), wherein the reactor (1) comprises at least one feed line (3) for feeding fluids into the reactor chamber and at least one discharge line (4) for discharging fluids from the reactor chamber, wherein the at least one discharge line is provided with a device (5a, 5b, 5c, 5d) for controlling or regulating the flow rate, preferably having a valve, for adjusting the pressure within the reactor chamber, wherein a conveyance means is provided on at least one feed line for introducing a water-containing medium into the reactor chamber and wherein at least one discharge line (4) protrudes into the reactor chamber or opens directly into the reactor chamber, through which the compressed hydrogen is discharged from the reactor chamber, wherein the reactor chamber exhibits at least two areas that are separate from each other and connected in a gas-conducting manner, of which at least one area comprises the metal-containing contacting mass (2) and at least one additional area comprises at least one inert material (7, 13).
US10280073B2
A nanoelectronic system comprised of n microelectromechanical or nanoelectromechanical devices arranged on a connection support to electrically connect the n devices, each device with an interaction area, at least one mechanical anchor and a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, the relative arrangement of the first, second and third terminals, the anchor area and the interaction area being identical or similar for the n sensors, the first terminal of each device being intended to recover a signal emitted by each representative device of the interaction area state. At least part of the devices are arranged in such a way that the geometric location of the first terminal of one of the adjacent devices is identical to the geometric location of the first terminal of said other adjacent device, the first terminals being coincident.
US10280072B2
In an electronic component with a component housing and an integrated circuit with sensor function which is accommodated in a plastic electronic housing, wherein the component housing has a cutaway in the region of the circuit with sensor function so that the integrated circuit can perform its function as a sensor through the cutaways, the component housing lies flush with the edge of the cutaway on the electronic housing and is joined in sealing manner with an adhesive bond to the electronic housing. The component housing has an approximately vertical section on the edge of the cutaways, which section extends along the side of the electronic housing. A horizontal section is also present and projects horizontally over the electronic housing.
