US10769223B1
Systems and methods are described for the identification and classification of a social media posting. In various aspects, image-based data and text-based data may be collected from one or more social media data sources associated with a social media posting. Event related data may then be extracted from each of the image-based data and the text-based data, in which the event related data is indicative of one or more life events associated with a social media user who posted the social media posting. One or more life event classifications may be determined from the event related data and an activity, such as sending a message or article to the social media user, may be triggered as a result.
US10769217B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide an address harvester that harvests addresses from one or more applications executing on a device. Some embodiments use the harvested addresses to facilitate the operation of one or more applications executing on the device. Alternatively, or conjunctively, some embodiments use the harvested addresses to facilitate the operation of one or more applications executing on another device than the one used for harvesting the addresses. In some embodiments, a prediction system uses the harvested addresses to formulate predictions, which it then provides to the same set of applications from which it harvested the addresses in some embodiments.
US10769216B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a data acquisition program that causes a computer to execute a process including: identifying a position of a part to be extracted in a document that is associated with a specific URL and includes structural information of tags, the position being on a hierarchical structure of the tags included in the document, and allowing the position on the hierarchical structure to be registered; and accessing periodically or non-periodically the document associated with the specific URL, and extracting and outputting data corresponding to the registered position on the hierarchical structure of the tags.
US10769212B2
A data management services architecture includes architectural components that run in both a storage and compute domains. The architectural components redirect storage requests from the storage domain to the compute domain, manage resources allocated from the compute domain, ensure compliance with a policy that governs resource consumption, deploy program code for data management services, dispatch service requests to deployed services, and monitor deployed services. The architectural components also include a service map to locate program code for data management services, and service instance information for monitoring deployed services and dispatching requests to deployed services. Since deployed services can be stateless or stateful, the services architecture also includes state data for the stateful services, with supporting resources that can expand or contract based on policy and/or service demand. The architectural components also include containers for the deployed services.
US10769209B1
An apparatus has a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to ingest and store a semi-structured document within a database. A template is suggested based upon an evaluation of the semi-structured document. The template includes a context specification of a template path that corresponds to a path within the semi-structured document. The template further includes an index specification characterizing data to be extracted from the semi-structured document. A template selection is received. The template selection is executed to form an index entry for the semi-structured document within an index.
US10769207B2
Example implementations are directed to methods and systems for individualized multimedia navigation and control including receiving metadata for a piece of digital content, where the metadata comprises a primary image and text that is used to describes the digital content; analyzing the primary image to detect one or more objects; selecting one or more secondary images corresponding to each detected object; and generating a data structure for the digital content comprising the one or more secondary images, where the digital content is described by a preferred secondary image.
US10769204B2
A system and method are presented for unsupervised discovery of similar audio events collected from an automated dialing campaign. Locality Sensitive Hashing (LSH) is used to search for similar audio clips within a large dataset of audio recordings. A database is queried for possible matches between an unknown audio clip and any reference carrier audio message present in the database. The database is updated when new, or changed, carrier audio messages are detected.
US10769199B2
Access to a set of media content items is acquirable. Identified processors can perform, in parallel, object detection for the set. In some cases, information about a current system state, a user, and/or object popularity metrics is acquirable for selecting a subset of object models. Object recognition is performable, based on the subset, for the set of media content items. In some instances, a camera view can be provided. Object recognition is performable for representations of the view. An object depicted in the representations is identifiable. An interface portion is presentable to provide a label for the object. In some cases, object recognition is performable for the set of media content items to identify an object depicted in a content item. A label is associable with the content item. A search through the set of media content items can identify, based on the label, a subset that depicts the object.
US10769192B2
A method for determining a longest common subsequence in a plurality of text strings. The method comprises: separately converting a plurality of text strings into word sequences (S100); classifying the word sequences (S400); and performing longest common subsequence computation on every class (S500). The time needed by LCS computation can be saved by classifying text strings.
US10769184B2
A system, method, and machine readable medium are described for providing improved search functionality on a client device.
US10769180B2
One embodiment provides a method comprising adjusting a runtime of a dataflow processing environment to operate on multiple batches of objects. The method further comprises pre-allocating one or more vectors of objects, and processing the multiple batches one at a time. The one or more vectors of objects are re-used during processing of each batch.
US10769178B2
Embodiments are directed towards real time display of event records and extracted values based on at least one extraction rule, such as a regular expression. A user interface may be employed to enable a user to have an extraction rule automatically generate and/or to manually enter an extraction rule. The user may be enabled to manually edit a previously provided extraction rule, which may result in real time display of updated extracted values. The extraction rule may be utilized to extract values from each of a plurality of records, including event records of unstructured machine data. Statistics may be determined for each unique extracted value, and may be displayed to the user in real time. The user interface may also enable the user to select at least one unique extracted value to display those event records that include an extracted value that matches the selected value.
US10769174B2
A disaster-recovery system contains a networked array of synchronous-to-asynchronous converter (SATC) modules that connect source databases to target backup databases. During backup, the system replicates each source-database transaction through a chain of these SATCs to a corresponding target, storing a local copy of the transaction on each SATC along the way. Each transaction's path between its source-target pair is identified by a set of tracking entries, where each entry identifies one SATC in the path. Before initiating a recovery operation, the system regenerates the tracking entries in order to reconstruct paths to source databases. The system then synchronously searches SATCs along each path for local copies of lost transactions that had not time to be fully replicated before the occurrence of a catastrophic failure. The full-blown recovery is started only after all lost transactions have been properly replicated to target databases.
US10769166B1
A method of extracting data from one or more data sources and loading the data into one or more destinations sources is disclosed. The method can include deploying data engines into one or more user network systems, receiving input with respect to a first data source, receiving input with respect to a second data destination, and receiving input with respect to one or more user-defined data stored on the first data source. The method can further include receiving input with respect to linking the first data source and second data destination to the deployed data engines and pinging, via data engines, for requests to extract and direct the user-defined data from the first data source, and retrieving, via the data engines, the user-defined data from the first data source and storing the retrieved user-defined within an intermediary database to be loaded it into the second data destination.
US10769160B2
A method for processing time series measurement data is provided. Data including a plurality of network performance metrics is received over a plurality of time periods. The received data is written to a plurality of measure data structures. The measure data structures are stored to a two dimensional array having a first dimension and a second dimension. The first dimension represents time and the second dimension represents a plurality of network entities. Elements of the two-dimensional array are compressed into BLOBs. Each one of the BLOBS is associated with a time period and a measure type associated with the data stored within a corresponding BLOB. The BLOBS are stored in a first table and second table. The first table is indexed by a combination of a network entity and a time period. The second table is indexed by a combination of a network performance metric and a network entity.
US10769155B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for automatically augmenting message exchange threads based on a detected tone of messages exchanged between participants. In various implementations, a message contributed to a message exchange thread involving one or more message exchange clients by a participant may be determined. In various implementations, an idle chatter score associated with the message may be calculated. In various implementations, either a conversational response to the message or content responsive to a search query generated based on the message may be selectively incorporated into the message exchange thread based at least in part on the idle chatter score. In some implementations, a search query suitability score associated with the message may also be calculated.
US10769143B1
Case management systems and techniques are disclosed. In various embodiments, searching case instances is facilitated. An indication to create a composite index across hierarchical case nodes comprising a case model is received. Case instance data associated with the case model is used to generate the composite index. The composite index is made available to be used to optimize searches of a plurality of case instances with which the case instance data is associated.
US10769137B2
Techniques are described for constructing a query associated with different data sources. In one example, a method includes identifying a particular data source associated with at least one entity. Obtain a set of data source information defining each entities and a set of metadata associated with the particular data source. Then, provide at least a portion of the defined entities for selection associated with the query builder framework for presentation. In response to identifying a selection of a particular entity, the query builder UI provides for presentation a set of attributes associated with the particular selected entity for selection. In response to identifying a selection of a subset of the presented set of attributes, construct a query based on the particular selected entity and the selected subset of the presented set of attributes in a specified query format associated with the custom adapter associated with the particular data source.
US10769133B2
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for recognizing a low-quality news resource, a computer device and a readable medium. The method comprises: obtaining information of a to-be-recognized news resource; determining whether the to-be-recognized new resource is a low-quality news resource, according to a pre-built low-quality news information repository and the information of the to-be-recognized news resource. The technical solutions of the present disclosure may be employed to automatically recognize whether the to-be-recognized news resource is the low-quality resource through the information of the to-be-recognized news resource such as the text information and/or pictures, and can overcome technical problems in the prior art such as time-consuming and arduous manual-check manner and a low recognition efficiency due to leakage in checking. Through the above technical solutions, present embodiments may achieve automatic check of the to-be-recognized news resource and thereby substantially shorten the time spent in recognizing the low-quality news resource.
US10769129B2
Techniques for tracking function usage in an enterprise system are provided. The techniques include executing a set of processes in one or more applications on one or more computer systems. Next, a set of threads in each process is used to track, in a hash table stored in memory on a computer system, calls to a set of functions by the process. A thread in the process is then used to update a data store containing usage data for the process with the tracked calls in the hash table.
US10769127B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a dynamic data index restructure operation. The dynamic data index restructure operation restructures the data indexes within a business intelligence architecture based on usage patterns so as to support queries most likely to be generated by users of the business intelligence architecture. In certain embodiments, the dynamic data index restructure operation is performed via a dynamic data index restructure agent which may be positioned between a business intelligence application and the business intelligence database.
US10769126B1
Systems and methods are disclosed to implement a re-sharding technique that redistributes data in a first set of shards of a first stream into a second set of shards of a second stream to reduce the entropy of the data. In embodiments, individual ones of a number of re-sharding nodes determine statistics on an individual shard. The statistics include, for individual data keys in the shard, a frequency of the key and the cardinality of the key. The re-sharding node then selects a list of high-frequency, low-cardinality keys to be used generate a re-sharding scheme that is used to redistribute data items in the first set of shards to the second set. The re-sharding scheme assigns data items having the same key value combinations to the same range of shards in the second set. Accordingly, upon redistribution, data entropy in the second set of shards is reduced.
US10769123B2
Provided are methods and systems for generating physical database design tuning recommendations. Given a workload, the system analyzes the workload to identify and recommend a set of rowstore and columnstore indexes optimal for the performance of the workload. The system is designed to estimate the size of the columnstore index (at the granularity of each column) without actually building the index, estimate the improvement in query performance that each columnstore index would result in when built, and automatically derive the workload used for the physical design tuning task by analyzing stored query execution history data. This automatic workload derivation is orthogonal to columnstores and can be used even when columnstore indexes are not being used.
US10769119B2
Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for suppressing network feed activities using an information feed in an on-demand database service environment. In one embodiment, a message is received, including data indicative of a user action. An entity associated with the user action is identified, where the entity is a type of record stored in a database. A type of the entity is identified. It is determined whether the entity type is a prohibited entity type. When the entity type is not a prohibited entity type, the message data is saved to one or more tables in the database. The tables are configured to store feed items of an information feed capable of being displayed on a device. When the entity type is a prohibited entity type, the saving of the message data, to the one or more tables in the database configured to store the feed items, is prohibited.
US10769114B2
A method for database syncing is provided. The method includes receiving database change indicators indicating changes to a database. For each database change indicator, the method also includes determining whether the respective change to the database corresponds to a single change to a single version of the database, one of multiple changes to a common version of the database, or one of multiple changes to different versions of the database. The method further includes generating a change log compaction data structure comprising entries. Each entry includes an exact entry defining a corresponding single change to a corresponding single version of the database, a range entry defining corresponding multiple changes to a corresponding common version of the database, or an interval entry defining corresponding multiple changes to corresponding different versions of the database.
US10769112B2
The present invention discloses a method for deduplication of a file, a computer program product, and an apparatus thereof. In the method, the file is partitioned into at least one composite block, wherein the composite block includes a fixed-size block and a variable-size block, the variable-size block being determined based on content of the file. Then a deduplication operation is performed on the at least one composite block.
US10769105B2
A method and a device for modifying a Lucene index file are disclosed. After acquiring a target field to be modified, an old term to be modified under the target field and a new term for replacing the old term, every segment in an index folder may be firstly traversed to generate corresponding information of the new term according to corresponding information of the old term and generate a new index file of the segment based on information under other fields of the segment and corresponding information of the new term and corresponding information of other terms under the target field of the segment. Then a corresponding original index file in the index folder is replaced with the new index file, thereby achieving the modification of a specific term under a certain field in the Lucene index file.
US10769099B2
A device includes a plurality of blocks. Each block of the plurality of blocks includes a plurality of rows. Each row of the plurality of rows includes a plurality of configurable elements and a routing line, whereby each configurable element of the plurality of configurable elements includes a data analysis element comprising a plurality of memory cells, wherein the data analysis element is configured to analyze at least a portion of a data stream and to output a result of the analysis. Each configurable element of the plurality of configurable elements also includes a multiplexer configured to transmit the result to the routing line.
US10769093B2
In some implementations a logic device, such as an embedded controller, automatically configures a universal serial bus (USB) Type-C port by connecting the USB Type-C port to appropriate input/output (I/O) signals. For example, the logic device may receive a notification that an external device is connected to a USB Type-C port of a computing device. The logic device may receive data from a port controller over an internal communication bus associated with the USB Type-C port. Based at least in part on the data, the logic device may determine one or more types of signals that the external device is configured to send, receive, or send and receive. The logic device may instruct a cross-point switch to connect the USB Type-C port to one or more signal paths in the computing device to enable the external device to send/receive the one or more types of signals.
US10769092B2
An information handling system reduces latency of input/output transactions. The information handling system includes a system memory and an accelerator. The accelerator intercepts a command response that is issued by the system memory, determines a correct drive from an incorrect drive based on an attribute of the command response, and maps an address of the command response and sends the command response to the correct drive. The no-response command is sent to the incorrect drive. The correct drive completes the command response, and the incorrect drive issues a response that is disregarded by the accelerator.
US10769081B2
Provided are a computer program product, method, and system to transfer storage input/output (I/O) requests to host and target systems on different fabrics. An origination packet is received from an originating node over a first network to a destination node having a storage device. The origination packet includes a first fabric layer for transport through a first network, a command in a transport protocol with a storage Input/Output (I/O) request, with respect to the storage device at the destination node, and a host memory address. A destination packet is constructed including a second fabric layer for transport through a second network and the command in the transport protocol to send the storage I/O request and a transfer memory address that maps to the host memory address. The destination packet is sent over the second network to the destination node to perform the storage I/O request.
US10769078B2
An apparatus and method are described for implementing memory management in a graphics processing system. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a first plurality of graphics processing resources to execute graphics commands and process graphics data; a first memory management unit (MMU) to communicatively couple the first plurality of graphics processing resources to a system-level MMU to access a system memory; a second plurality of graphics processing resources to execute graphics commands and process graphics data; a second MMU to communicatively couple the second plurality of graphics processing resources to the first MMU; wherein the first MMU is configured as a master MMU having a direct connection to the system-level MMU and the second MMU comprises a slave MMU configured to send memory transactions to the first MMU, the first MMU either servicing a memory transaction or sending the memory transaction to the system-level MMU on behalf of the second MMU.
US10769074B2
In some examples, computer memory content movement may include ascertaining a request associated with content of computer memory. Based on a determination that the request is directed to the content that is to be moved from a source of the computer memory to a destination of the computer memory, a determination may be made as to whether the content is at the source, is in a process of being moved from the source to the destination, or has been moved from the source to the destination. Based on a determination that the content is at the source, the request may be performed using the source. Based on a determination that the content is in the process of being moved, the request may be performed using the source. Further, based on a determination that the content has been moved, the request may be performed using the destination.
US10769072B2
Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for avoiding cache lookup for cold cache. In an example, an apparatus comprises logic, at least partially comprising hardware logic, to receive, in a read/modify/write (RMW) pipeline, a cache access request from a requestor, wherein the cache request comprises a cache set identifier associated with requested data in the cache set, determine whether the cache set associated with the cache set identifier is in an inaccessible invalid state, and in response to a determination that the cache set is in an inaccessible state or an invalid state, to terminate the cache access request. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US10769069B2
Data processing circuitry comprises a cache memory to cache a subset of data elements from a main memory; a processing element to execute program code to access data elements having respective memory addresses, the processing element being configured to access the data elements in the cache memory and, in the case of a cache miss, to fetch the data elements from the main memory; prefetch circuitry, responsive to an access to a current data element, to initiate prefetching into the cache memory of a data element at a memory address defined by a current offset value relative to the address of the current data element; offset value selection circuitry comprising: an address table to store memory addresses for which a data element accessed by the processing element resulted in a cache miss or an access to a previously prefetched data element; detector circuitry to detect, for each of a group of candidate offset values, one or more respective metrics representing a proportion of a set of data element accesses which resulted in a cache miss or an access to a previously prefetched data element, for which the memory address for that data element access differs by the candidate offset value from a memory address in the address table; in which the detector circuitry is configured to set a next instance of the current offset value in response to the one or more detected metrics; verification circuitry to detect, at one or more predetermined stages with respect to the processing of the group of candidate offset values by the offset value selection circuitry, one or more verification metrics representing a proportion of a set of data element accesses which resulted in a cache miss or an access to a previously prefetched data element, for which the memory address for that data element access differs by the current offset value from a memory address in the address table, to detect whether the one or more verification metrics comply with a predetermined condition; and control circuitry to inhibit prefetching at least until a next selection of a current offset value by the offset value selection circuitry, in response to a detection by the verification circuitry that the one or more verification metrics do not comply with the predetermined condition.
US10769065B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for efficiently moving data for storage and processing a compression unit within a processor includes multiple hardware lanes, selects two or more input words to compress, and for assigns them to two or more of the multiple hardware lanes. As each assigned input word is processed, each word is compared to an entry of a plurality of entries of a table. If it is determined that each of the assigned input words indexes the same entry of the table, the hardware lane with the oldest input word generates a single read request for the table entry and the hardware lane with the youngest input word generates a single write request for updating the table entry upon completing compression. Each hardware lane generates a compressed packet based on its assigned input word.
US10769063B2
Computer-implemented methods, program storage devices, and systems are provided for object copying in a computer performing parallel copying garbage collection on deques using work stealing. A method includes acquiring, for original objects in a source deque space, a destination deque space to copy the original objects to, and copying, from the source deque space to the destination deque space, any original objects in the source deque space having a reference to other ones of the original objects, or having a pre-known structure for estimating copy overhead. The method also includes registering, together with an address to copy to, any original objects in the source deque space lacking the reference to the other ones of the original objects, or lacking the pre-known structure for estimating copy overhead. The method additionally includes setting, in the source space, forwarding pointers to copied ones of the original objects in the destination deque place. The method may further include copying registered objects based on a copy cost or overhead and a spin count, waiting in a spin loop, and trying to steal a task after the spin loop. An upper limit may be imposed on the number of original objects that can be registered to prevent a load balance loss. The parallel copying garbage collection may be performed on a heap of the computer.
US10769061B2
A memory system includes a buffer suitable for buffering victim block information, a queue suitable for queuing the victim block information, a scheduling unit suitable for detecting a read reclaim safety period and generating a trigger signal, a queue management unit suitable for detecting a remaining capacity of the queue during the safety period, a buffer management unit suitable for queuing as much of the buffered victim block information in the queue, as the remaining capacity of the queue during the safety period, and an execution unit suitable for performing a read reclaim operation based on the queued victim block information during the safety period.
US10769052B2
A volume driver is provided in each server that executes a container engine. A first volume driver embeds, in a container image of a container in a first server, a volume ID (which is the ID of a volume, and is according to information acquired from a storage system with respect to the volume) of the volume associated with the container. A second volume driver searches, in the storage system, for a volume to be associated with the container based on the container image, by using the volume ID embedded in the container image outputted from the first server and inputted to the second server.
US10769051B2
Techniques are provided for executing, by one or more first processors, one or more software products associated with a measured usage pricing model. An indication is received, during the execution of the software products, to execute a set of diagnostic machine instructions related to the execution of the software products. Responsive to that received indication, the one or more first processors initiate execution, by one or more distinct second processors, of the set of diagnostic machine instructions. The initiating of the execution by the distinct second processors of that set of diagnostic machine instructions is based at least in part on such execution not being associated with the measured usage pricing model.
US10769049B2
A debugging support apparatus supports debugging of a sequence program executed by a control apparatus. The debugging support apparatus includes a recording unit and a graph display processing unit which is a presentation processing unit. The recording unit records step numbers which are order information indicating the execution order of arithmetic processing for components constituting the sequence program, and operation data handled in step-by-step arithmetic processing. The graph display processing unit presents a relationship between the order information and the operation data.
US10769041B2
Each information processing apparatus judges a busy flag of a first port thereof based on a result of comparison of a busy level of the first port and a busy level of a second port of another information processing apparatus. A monitoring apparatus determines from among the information processing apparatuses, a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus, based on the results of judgment by the information processing apparatuses. An L2 switch changes to the second information processing apparatus, a destination of a frame whose destination is the first information processing apparatus and changes to the first information processing apparatus, a transmission source of the frame whose transmission source is the second information processing apparatus.
US10769040B2
A computer implemented method for replication includes registering a first database system with a second database system and performing a failback operation on the first database system. The failback operation includes opening a snapshot that includes data known to have existed on the first database system and the second database system at a first time. Transaction log information is requested from the second database system. The transaction log information corresponds to transactions performed on the second database system beginning with the first time. The transaction log information is applied to the snapshot data on the first database system. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US10769034B2
Objects across multiple database manipulation language (DML) redo log records are cached, during continuous replay of redo log records on a secondary system, for the same table partition to enable reuse of such cached objects. Later, these cached objects can be reused as they are accessed during the sequential processing of DML redo records for a specific table partition.
US10769028B2
Methods, storage facilities and computer software products implement embodiments of the present invention that include partitioning a software stack (140) into a first software component (141), a second software component (142) and a third software component (143) managed respectively by a primary host (26) at a primary site (22), by a secure storage unit (30) at or adjacent to the primary site, the secure storage unit including a protection storage unit (92) and a disaster-proof storage unit (94), and by a recovery system (34) at a secondary site (24). One or more files (90) are stored in the disaster-proof unit using the first and the second software components, and following a disaster occurring at the primary site, the files are recovered using the secure storage unit and the recovery system.
US10769026B2
It is determined that a backup of a set of backup sources is triggered at a first instance by a backup policy associated with the set of backup sources. It is determined for each backup source of the set of backup sources, a size of data to be backed up. In the event the determined size of a selected backup source of the set exceeds a threshold size, a backup of the selected backup source is paused despite the backup policy specifying the backup to be performed at the first instance and the backup of the selected backup source is resumed at a second instance specified by a backup resume policy.
US10769021B1
A cache coherency protection system provides for data redundancy by sharing a cache coherence memory pool for protection purposes. The system works consistently across all communication protocols, yields improved data availability with potentially less memory waster and makes data availability faster in node/director failure scenarios. According to various embodiments, the cache coherency protection system may include a writer/requester director that receives a write request from host, a protection target director that is a partner of the writer/request director and a directory.
US10769020B2
Techniques for sharing private space among storage system components. The techniques include determining an amount of private space for each of a rebuild component, an FSCK component, and a deduplication component, reserving private space equal to the sum of (i) the amount determined for the rebuild component and (ii) the maximum of the amounts determined for the FSCK and deduplication components, and allocating the remaining amount of storage space as user space. If a storage device fails, then the rebuild component rebuilds the failed drive data on a hot spare drive in the private space reserved for the rebuild component. If data files become corrupted, then the FSCK component performs offline recovery operations using the private space for the hot spare drive. If such private space for the hot spare drive is unavailable, then the FSCK component performs offline recovery operations using the private space reserved for the deduplication component.
US10769008B1
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for use in an electronic design. The method may include receiving, using at least one processor, an electronic design and analyzing the electronic design. The method may further include generating one or more preconditions representative of metastability effects at the output of at least one synchronizer associated with the electronic design. The method may also include generating, based upon, at least in part, the one or more preconditions, one or more properties configured to analyze a propagation of the metastability effects associated with the at least one synchronizer.
US10769005B2
A subsystem of a tactical information system is provided that includes a memory configured to store instructions and a processor disposed in communication with the memory. The processor, upon execution of the instructions is configured to receive first standardized entity messages that include target information from multiple automatic target recognition (ATR) systems, parse the first standardized entity messages to extract the target information, provide the extracted target information to a fusion algorithm for fusion processing that determines whether to fuse the target information from different ATR systems and fuses the extracted target information to generate fused target information about a single target when determined to do so, receive fused target information about the single target, if any, from the fusion algorithm, and generate a second standardized entity message that includes the fused target information about the single target.
US10769002B2
Managing a virtual object in a server device includes storing the virtual object in a database accessible to the server device and, in response to a non-subscriber user performing a first action on the virtual object, sending a message from the server device to at least one user that subscribes to the virtual object.
US10769001B2
Process states of computing devices may be obtained and processed. Process event information of a computing device may be obtained. The process event information may characterize states of processes of the computing device. The process event information may be stored within a queue. Graph information may be determined based on the process event information within the queue. The graph information may characterize states of processes of the computing device using nodes and edges. The graph information may be stored within a graph database.
US10768988B2
Embodiments related to processing data sets in real-time by using a distributed network to generate and process partitioned streams. Messages are assigned to partition streams. Within each stream, each of a set of processors perform a designated task. Results from the task are transmitted (directly or indirectly) to another processor in the stream. The distributed and ordered processing can allow results to be transmitted while or before the results are stored.
US10768987B2
A system and method to perform data management operations in a data management system assigns the data management request to one or more available data management resources. If the data management request fails, at least one data management resource at least partially responsible for the failure is determined, as is a category associated with the one data management resource at least partially responsible for the failure. Other data management requests are identified in a list of data management requests that request data management resources having the same category and the list of data management requests is updated to indicate that the data management system should not perform the other identified data management requests.
US10768984B2
Systems and methods for scheduling tasks using sliding time windows are provided. In certain embodiments, a system for scheduling the execution of tasks includes at least one processing unit configured to execute multiple tasks, wherein each task in the multiple tasks is scheduled to execute within a scheduler instance in multiple scheduler instances, each scheduler instance in the multiple scheduler instances being associated with a set of time windows in multiple time windows and with a set of processing units in the at least one processing unit in each time window, time windows in the plurality of time windows having a start time and an allotted duration and the scheduler instance associated with the time windows begins executing associated tasks no earlier than the start time and executes for no longer than the allotted duration, and wherein the start time is slidable to earlier moments in time.
US10768982B2
Herein are techniques for analysis of data streams. In an embodiment, a computer associates each software actor with data streams. Each software actor has its own backlog queue of data to analyze. In response to receiving some stream content and based on the received stream content, data is distributed to some software actors. In response to determining that the data satisfies completeness criteria of a particular software actor, an indication of the data is appended onto the backlog queue of the particular software actor. The particular software actor is reset to an initial state by loading an execution snapshot of a previous initial execution of an embedded virtual machine. Based on the particular software actor, execution of the execution snapshot of the previous initial execution is resumed to dequeue and process the indication of the data from the backlog queue of the particular software actor to generate a result.
US10768979B2
Described is a framework (or technique or method) and system for providing a distributed computing network including different types of devices. The framework allows peer devices to transmit “packages” of information (e.g. messages) throughout the network as conceptual units of a job or data. The framework allows portable code, which is used to perform one or more jobs, to be transportable between peer devices. A device may transmit portable code describing a computation to another device, and the receiving device may then compile the code into executable form that is compatible with the architecture of the particular device. The compiled code may execute functions to perform one or more computations to fulfill job requests as part of a distributed computing protocol.
US10768969B2
Some embodiments of the present invention include a method comprising: accessing units of network storage that encode state data of respective virtual machines, wherein the state data for respective ones of the virtual machines are stored in distinct ones of the network storage units such that the state data for more than one virtual machine are not commingled in any one of the network storage units.
US10768965B1
Systems and methods are provided to reduce the number of redundant copy operations performed as part of a live migration of a virtual machine executing a guest. A hypervisor can queue the copy operations in a processing engine. While pre-copying for the live migration of the VM, the guest may continue to write to the pages. In one embodiment, the processing engine may clear a dirty page just before performing the copy operation of the modified page to a target device, thus extending the window of time to capture any future writes to that page.
US10768961B2
Generating secondary virtual machine seed image storage is provided. An input is received to deploy a primary virtual machine and a secondary virtual machine based on a golden virtual machine image. In response, the primary virtual machine from the golden virtual machine image on a primary data processing site and the secondary virtual machine from the golden virtual machine image on a secondary data processing site are deployed. Execution of the secondary virtual machine is suspended on the secondary data processing site. Using the golden virtual machine image, a seed image corresponding to the secondary virtual machine is generated that is up-to-date at that point in time in storage at the secondary data processing site to form the secondary virtual machine seed image storage. The secondary virtual machine seed image storage is enabled to receive state data updates from the primary virtual machine on the primary data processing site.
US10768956B2
A dynamic cloud stack testing system comprises a cloud network with cloud components and a cloud stack server coupled to the network. The server includes an interface, a memory, a cloud stack configuration engine, and a cloud stack testing engine. The interface receives a cloud stack request from a user device that includes functionality parameters. The memory stores historic cloud stack combinations. The cloud stack configuration engine identifies cloud components associated with the functionality parameters and determines a cloud stack configuration that incorporates them. The cloud stack testing engine determines a cloud stack configuration test. The cloud stack testing engine executes the test, and stores results and the associated cloud stack configuration in the memory.
US10768951B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to providing augmented reality user interfaces and controlling automated systems based on user activity information and pre-staging information. A computing platform may receive, from a client user device, a trip start notification indicating that a user of the client user device is initiating a trip to an enterprise center. In response to receiving the trip start notification, the computing platform may generate a pre-staging augmented reality user interface for a client augmented reality device linked to the client user device. Thereafter, the computing platform may receive pre-staging information identifying one or more events to be performed at the enterprise center when the user of the client user device arrives at the enterprise center. The computing platform may generate one or more pre-staging commands based on the pre-staging information and may send these commands to one or more systems associated with the enterprise center.
US10768947B2
A method for interface refresh synchronization, a terminal device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: obtaining, in a user space of an operating system, refresh information of a plurality of interface refresh operations, when the plurality of interface refresh operations are initiated by a plurality of foreground applications in the user space; and transmitting the obtained refresh information of the plurality of interface refresh operations to a kernel space of the operating system, the refresh information including a thread number of each interface refresh operation, refresh time and refresh contents corresponding to each thread number.
US10768946B2
In one embodiment, a method receiving a specification of a manufacturing system that is generated using a modeling language. The modeling language allows a layout of machines to be specified. Available software systems from a software provider are retrieved and the specification is analyzed to determine applicable software systems for the manufacturing system. The method generates a configuration based on the analysis of the layout of the machines for the manufacturing system. The configuration specifies instances of software systems to be installed on the machines and an edge system between the manufacturing system and a remote computing environment. The instances of the software systems are deployed on the edge system and the machines and the edge system orchestrates operations on the machines operating in the manufacturing system in real-time. Also, the edge system communicates with the remote computing environment for non-real time operations on the set of machines.
US10768945B2
A system configuration is generated by integrating source models. Transformations are generated according to a weaving model that specifies relations among metamodels of the source models and the system configuration. The transformations, when executed, transform the source models into the system configuration that includes target entities. From the transformations, one or more integration constraints are generated for each target entity to be created or modified by an operation of the transformations. The integration constraints describe semantics of the relations specified by the weaving model. System configuration constraints are formed to include the integration constraints in addition to constraints of each source model. The transformations are executed to transform the source models into the system configuration to generate the system configuration obeying the system configuration constraints.
US10768944B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for customizing a desktop launcher of a mobile terminal, comprising: placing a resource file and a configuration file for customizing at least two kinds of desktop launchers in a resource folder and a configuration folder, respectively, wherein the files and the folders of the desktop launchers are different in name; adding a compilation command corresponding to the desktop launchers, and copying the files corresponding to the desktop launchers in a saving path to a second file directory; adding the saving path to a program information file; compiling the files in the folders corresponding to the desktop launchers in the second file directory, so as to generate an installation program file; and loading the installation program file corresponding to the desktop launcher selected by the user, so as to execute the corresponding desktop launcher. The present disclosure further provides a system related to the method.
US10768939B2
A load/store unit for a processor, and applications thereof. In an embodiment, the load/store unit includes a load/store queue configured to store information and data associated with a particular class of instructions. Data stored in the load/store queue can be bypassed to dependent instructions. When an instruction belonging to The particular class of instructions graduates and the instruction is associated with a cache miss, control logic causes a pointer to be stored in a load/store graduation buffer that points to an entry in the load/store queue associated with the instruction. The load/store graduation buffer ensures that graduated instructions access a shared resource of the load/store unit in program order.
US10768933B2
A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor specifies a fixed read only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces addresses of data elements. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to functional units for use as operands. Stream metadata is stored in response to a stream store instruction. Stored stream metadata is restored to the stream engine in response to a stream restore instruction. An interrupt changes an open stream to a frozen state discarding stored stream data. A return from interrupt changes a frozen stream to an active state.
US10768927B2
A management system and management method for facilitating resetting of necessary properties along with a version upgrade of a component are proposed. The management system and management method are designed to: update a version of a target component associated with a designated service template or its duplicate in response to a version upgrade request which designates a service template; estimate possible configurations as a post-reset configuration caused by the version upgrade of the target component with respect to each property group including properties associated with the version-upgraded target component, from among property groups of the designated service template or its duplicate; search for a property group having any of the estimated configurations from among property groups of a service template other than the designated service template or its duplicate; and display setting content of the property group detected by the search.
US10768918B2
A method for downloading a profile of an operator includes sending, by a terminal to a subscription manager-data preparer (SMDP) using a subscription manager-secure router (SM-SR), a request for downloading a profile of an operator, where the download request carries the download certificate, an identifier (ID) of an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of the terminal, and addressing information of the SM-DP; and receiving, by the terminal, the profile of the operator that is sent by the SM-DP using the SM-SR and that corresponds to the download request, and transmitting the profile of the operator to the eUICC, where the profile of the operator is obtained by the SM-DP according to an identity of the profile of the operator after the SM-DP verifies that the certificate that is for downloading the profile of the operator and is carried in the download request is valid.
US10768910B2
Systems and methods are provided for displaying graphical objects in a user interface of a mobile device. In one embodiment, methods may include receiving a request to display a primary status associated with a plurality of facilities, querying at least one database for data associated with each one of the plurality of facilities, calculating a score for each one of the plurality of facilities based on the associated data, determining the primary status associated with each one of the plurality of facilities based by comparing the score with threshold rules, selecting a primary graphical object style for each one of the plurality of facilities based on the primary status, and generating for display a user interface screen including primary graphical objects in a screen of the mobile device, wherein the primary graphical objects include the respective selected style.
US10768907B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for data transformation prediction and code change analysis. The present invention is configured to electronically receive one or more data transformation protocols; electronically extract data from a first source system based on at least receiving the one or more data transformation protocols; initiate an impact analysis associated with transforming the data extracted from the first source system using the one or more data transformation protocols, wherein initiating further comprises determining one or more impacts of the data transformation on one or more other source systems; and initiate a presentation of a user interface for display on the user device, wherein the user interface comprises a graphical representation of the one or more impacts of the data transformation of the data extracted from the first source system on the one or more other source systems.
US10768905B2
In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing schema-driven on-the-fly code generation within a cloud based computing environment. For instance, an exemplary system having at least a processor and a memory therein includes means for: designing an application having a plurality of method calls to perform functionality for the application; defining at least one of the plurality of method calls as a web service identified by a web service URL; retrieving a schema for the web service via the web service URL; parsing the schema to identify a plurality of methods provided by the web service and generating a list of all the methods for the web service; persisting the list of all the methods for the web service in a database system communicably interfaced with the system; exposing a class corresponding to each one of the plurality of methods provided by the web service, the exposed classes referencing the methods persisted in the database system; loading all classes required by the application including any of the exposed classes corresponding to the plurality of methods provided by the web service referenced by the application; and executing the application, in which any call to one of the plurality of methods provided by the web service includes initiating a network call to invoke the web service. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US10768904B2
Example implementations described herein are directed to an improved interface for a computational notebook that represents cells of the computational notebook in a graph form involving nodes and links. Through such an improved interface, the execution order of the cells can be immediately understood, as well as the dependencies between different cells of executable code and the variables contained therein.
US10768903B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing a virtualization layer for mobile applications are presented. A computing device may parse code of an application to identify a first set of one or more classes in the application. The computing device may transmit code usable by the first set of one or more classes to a module accessible to the application and create a second set of one or more classes in the application to replace the first set of one or more classes, wherein the second set of one or more classes does not inherit from the first set of one or more classes in an object hierarchy. In some embodiments, the second set of one or more classes provides at least one different function from the first set of one or more classes. The computing device may execute the application comprising the second set of one or more classes.
US10768900B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for receiving, by an operation controller, a call to trigger an operation, the call at least partially including an identifier associated with an operation signature, providing the operation signature based on the identifier, identifying, by the operation controller, an operation provider that provides the operation corresponding to the operation signature, validating, by the operation provider, one or more conditions for execution of the operation, and executing the operation to affect an entity within a landscape in response to the one or more conditions being valid.
US10768891B2
Certain exemplary embodiments relate to entertainment systems that interact with users to provide access to media appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, an entertainment system in a location is configured to provide jukebox-related and entertainment system mediated services that are accessible from within and from the outside of the location, and provide (1) attract or flight media operations, (2) browsing services, and/or (3) search screens appropriate to and/or customized for a particular user using the entertainment system, the location at which the entertainment system is being accessed, and/or a predefined event. Such screens may be provided with a three-dimensional look-and-feel in certain exemplary embodiments.
US10768886B2
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods and computer readable media for generating remote views in a virtual mobile device platform. A virtual mobile device platform may be coupled to a physical mobile device over a network and generate frames of data for generating views on the physical device. These frames can be generated using an efficient display encoding pipeline on the virtual mobile device platform. Such efficiencies may include, for example, the synchronization of various processes or operations, the governing of various processing rates, the elimination of duplicative or redundant processing, the application of different encoding schemes, the efficient detection of duplicative or redundant data or the combination of certain operations.
US10768874B2
An image forming apparatus capable of preventing unintended print data from being automatically printed due to a user's erroneous operation in login-time automatic printing. The image forming apparatus includes a console panel that receives a user's operation. When a user logs in to the image forming apparatus by a first login method using credential information, automatic print processing is started based on print data stored in a storage area in association with the logged-in user, and the automatic print processing is not started when a user logs in to the image forming apparatus by a second login method which does not require credential information.
US10768869B2
According to an embodiment of this invention, an image processing apparatus generates image data to be used to print an image on a print medium, based on a print job transmitted from a host, generates first print data by performing image processing on part of the generated image data, stores the first print data in a first memory, generates second print data by performing image processing on a remaining part of the generated image data, and stores the second print data in a second memory. The apparatus further transfers the first print data from the first memory to the second memory, composes the first print data and the second print data stored in the second memory, and transfers the composite data as print data to a continuous area of a third memory.
US10768858B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system receives, from a host, a write request including a first identifier associated with one write destination block and storage location information indicating a location in a write buffer on a memory of the host in which first data to be written is stored. When the first data is to be written to a nonvolatile memory, the memory system obtains the first data from the write buffer by transmitting a transfer request including the storage location information to the host, transfers the first data to the nonvolatile memory, and writes the first data to the one write destination block.
US10768856B1
Disclosed herein are techniques for performing memory access. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit may include a memory device, a first port to receive first data elements from a memory access circuit within a first time period, and a second port to transmit second data elements to the memory access circuit within a second time period. The memory access circuit may receive the first data elements from the memory device within a third time period shorter than the first time period and transmit, via the first port, the received first data elements to a first processing circuit sequentially within the first time period. The memory access circuit may receive, via the second port, the second data elements from a second processing circuit sequentially within the second time period, and store the received second data elements in the memory device within a fourth time period shorter than the second time period.
US10768855B1
A memory management method is provided. The method includes: performing a read operation on a target word line; reading a plurality of target physical pages of the target word line to obtain a plurality of hard bit codewords respectively corresponding to the target physical pages; generating soft information of each of a plurality of target memory cells of the target word line according to the hard bit codewords; identifying a plurality of confidence values corresponding to the target physical pages of each of the target memory cells according to a plurality of confidence tables and the soft information of the target memory cells; and performing an adjusted preset decoding operation according to the confidence values and the soft information, so as to obtain a plurality of final decoded codewords respectively corresponding to the target physical pages and complete the read operation.
US10768850B2
Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to a highly distributed replica of a volume stored in a networked computing environment. First and second replicas of the volume can be synchronously replicated, and some implementations of the tertiary replica can be asynchronously replicated. The highly distributed nature of the tertiary replica supports parallel data transfer of the data of the volume, resulting in faster creation of backups and new copies of the volume.
US10768848B2
A system for improving backup performance includes an interface, a processor, and a memory. The interface is to receive a volume identifier to backup. The processor is to determine allocation for data of a volume associated with the volume identifier in a plurality of storage tiers to improve backup processing, move data based at least in part on the allocation, and backup data of the volume. The memory is coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
US10768847B2
A memory module, such as an NVDIMM receives access requests from a master device at a memory port requesting information from a volatile memory of the memory module. In response to receiving a save operation command at a command port, such as during a power failure, the memory module transfers the information stored at the volatile memory to a nonvolatile memory of the memory module based upon a programmable transfer rate.
US10768840B2
In one or more embodiments described herein, system, method, and/or computer program products that facilitate updating degraded data protection sets in a geographically distributed storage system. According to an embodiment, a method can comprise receiving, by a system comprising a processor and a memory, a request to update a protection set for a first coded chunk in response to detecting deletion of a primary data chunk, wherein the first coded chunk and the primary data chunk are stored in a geographically distributed data storage system. The method can comprise generating, by the system, a transformation data chunk utilizing a secondary data chunk stored in the geographically distributed data storage system. The method can further comprise generating, by the system, a second coded chunk having an updated protection set, wherein the updated protection set is generated utilizing the transformation data chunk.
US10768838B2
When a logical capacity of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory is increased, after a logical capacity which is allocated to a RAID group but unused is released, the RAID group is reconfigured to include the released logical capacity and the increased logical capacity. When the logical capacity of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory is reduced, after the reduced logical capacity is released from the RAID group, the RAID group is reconfigured with the released logical capacity.
US10768835B1
An opportunistic storage service, or system, identifies currently unused storage capacity on a plurality of physical storage components of computing devices dispersed throughout a provider network. In some embodiments, the currently unused storage capacity is provisioned as primary storage, but is not currently being used to store primary storage data. The opportunistic storage service advertises at least a portion of the currently unused storage capacity as opportunistic storage capacity and provisions the opportunistic storage capacity subject to revocation if additional storage capacity of the physical storage components is needed to store primary storage data to fulfill a primary storage commitment.
US10768831B2
Apparatuses and methods related to implementing a non-persistent unlock state for secure memory. Implementing the non-persistent unlock state can include verifying whether an access command is authorized to access a protected region of a memory array. The authorization can be verified utilizing a key and a memory address corresponding to the access command. If an access command is authorized to access a protected region, then a row of the memory array corresponding to the access command can be activated following the placement of the protected region in a non-persistent unlocked mode. If the row of the memory array corresponding to the access command is activated, then the protected region can be placed on a locked mode.
US10768829B2
The use of steaming functionality on a storage device may be optimized by performing a combination of stream and non-stream writes based on a size of the data being written to a given stream. For example, a method may comprise writing data associated with a plurality of files to a first set of one or more erase blocks, determining that an amount of data associated with a given one of the plurality of files in the first set of one or more erase blocks has reached a threshold, and moving the data associated with the given file from the first set of one or more erase blocks to a stream, the stream comprising a second set of one or more erase blocks on the storage device different from the first set of one or more erase blocks.
US10768827B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided that enable storage performance to be customized and throttled at the drive level. For example, performance metric(s) may be specified for virtual drive(s) assigned to a virtual machine. Physical storage disk(s), which are mapped to the drive(s), may be allocated based on the specified performance metric(s). By providing a means to customize and throttle on a per-drive basis, each function of the virtual machine can be provided a dedicated channel for input/output transactions, thereby ensuring that no function is starved of resources.
US10768825B2
A data-storage system comprises a head receiver configured to variably receive up to a number M of write heads. The data-storage system also includes an installed number N of write heads arranged in the head receiver, a substrate receiver configured to receive one or more data-storage substrates, and a positioner machine configured to adjust a relative placement of each of the M write heads with respect to at least one of the one or more data-storage substrates.
US10768823B2
Methods, systems, and programs are presented for controlling the flow of data into a device in the presence of writes that are unaligned along boundaries associated with a block size. One method includes operations for identifying admission data rates for volumes, and for tracking a utilization rate of a memory that stores data of incoming writes. The method determines if incoming writes include unaligned data. When the memory utilization rate is above a first threshold, a first flow control is applied that includes a reduction of admission rates of volumes having unaligned writes while maintaining admission rates of volumes without unaligned writes. When the utilization rate is above a second threshold that is greater than the first threshold, a second flow control is applied in addition to the first flow control. The second flow control includes a reduction of a system admission rate for all incoming writes.
US10768821B2
There are provided a memory system for processing data and a method for operating the memory system. A memory system includes: a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks for storing data; and a controller for creating a SPOT table including a plurality of SPOT entries according to a logical block address (LBA) of the data and managing the SPOT table, using a least recently used (LRU) algorithm.
US10768816B2
A method is disclosed for changing data within a solid state drive without using a host interface, comprising issuing a write buffer command with a code to the solid state drive, receiving the code at the solid state drive, storing the code at the solid state drive, transmitting a command to run the code at the solid state drive, running the code with a processor in a virtual machine arranged within the solid state drive, wherein the running of the code alters data within the solid state drive and altering at least one memory arrangement in the solid state drive such that the memory arrangement records the altered data.
US10768815B1
Performing a non-disruptive upgrade of data in a storage system that includes a plurality of storage devices and a storage controller, including: creating new data in a new data format, wherein the new data includes a reference to old data in an old data format, wherein system software in the storage system can utilize data in the new data format and the old data format; determining that a portion of the volume has changed; and responsive to determining that the portion of the volume has changed, updating the new data to include a reference to old data associated with a portion of the volume that precedes the changed portion of the volume, new data associated with the changed portion of the volume, and a reference to old data associated with a portion of the volume that follows the changed portion of the volume.
US10768814B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for managing processing, memory, storage, network, and cloud computing to significantly improve the efficiency and performance of processing nodes. Embodiments can implement an object memory fabric including object memory modules storing memory objects created natively within the object memory module and may be a managed at a memory layer. The memory module object directory may index all memory objects within the object memory module. A hierarchy of object routers communicatively coupling the object memory modules may each include a router object directory that indexes all memory objects and portions contained in object memory modules below the object router in the hierarchy. The hierarchy of object routers may behave in aggregate as a single object directory communicatively coupled to all object memory modules and to process requests based on the router object directories.
US10768811B2
A method for facilitating entry of items for a healthcare software application loaded on an electronic device includes displaying, to a healthcare practitioner via a display of a mobile electronic device, an interface of a healthcare software application including a text entry box and a virtual keyboard; receiving, from the healthcare practitioner via the virtual keyboard, first input corresponding to entry of a first text string; continuously, during entry of the first text string, comparing input characters to a maintained list of items associated with healthcare, and displaying a popover including items found to match, based on the comparing, input characters; receiving, from the healthcare practitioner, second input corresponding to selection of a particular item displayed in the popover; and inserting, into the text entry box based on the received second input, a text string corresponding to the selected particular item.
US10768810B2
A default virtual interface is replaced by an adapted interface to an independent application. The adapted interface allows one (dependent) application to be accessed from within a second (independent) application. This allows, for example, a game application to be executed within a text messaging application. Output of the dependent application can be conveyed to the base application. The adapted user interface optionally includes a plurality of shortcut keys each represented by a different shortcut icon. One or more of the shortcut keys are optionally configured for sharing the dependent and/or independent applications with remote devices. Content shared via the virtual interface is optionally provided as a data stream and is optionally mapped to a social network, such sharing can be tracked across social networks.
US10768808B2
Embodiments of this application provide a method for displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) based on a gesture. The method is implemented in an electronic device including a touchscreen, and the method includes: displaying a first GUI on the touchscreen, where the first GUI includes two or more entries, and the entry includes at least two interface elements; receiving, by the electronic device, a first gesture of a user on the touchscreen; and displaying a second GUI on the touchscreen in response to the first gesture, where the second GUI includes two or more entries, and the entry includes at least one interface element, where a quantity of entries in the second GUI is greater than a quantity of entries in the first GUI, and a quantity of interface elements in the second GUI is less than a quantity of interface elements in the first GUI.
US10768806B2
Provided is an information processing device including a detection unit configured to detect a user operation, and a display control unit configured to display a list including list items, and perform display of, in response to a detected user operation, causing new list items to gradually appear in the list.
US10768802B1
An information processing apparatus includes a display unit that displays a predetermined region and a sticky-note on a pasteboard; a setting unit that sets a condition for executing a procedure and the procedure on a first sticky-note arranged in the region; and an execution unit that executes the procedure set for the first sticky-note on contents of a second sticky-note arranged outside the region on the pasteboard in a case where the second sticky-note satisfies the condition set for the first sticky-note within the region.
US10768799B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems, for example, for controlling display of an image on a display screen includes, for example, receiving, by one or more processor, data regarding a user selected area relative to a first portion of an image displayed on a display screen to define a second portion of the image, at least a portion of the second portion of the image being outside the first portion of the image displayed on the display screen, and automatically controlling, by the one or more processor, display of the second portion of the image on the display screen based on the user selected area of the image to generally maximize display of the second portion of the image within the display screen.
US10768798B1
Embodiments are disclosed for a data analysis tool for facilitating iterative and exploratory analysis of large sets of data. In some embodiments a data analysis tool includes a graphical user interface through which an interactive set of field identifiers is displayed. Each of the listed field identifiers may reference fields associated with a set of events returned in response to a search query, the set of events including machine data produced by components within an information technology (IT) environment that reflects activity in the IT environment. In response to user selections of field identifiers included in the displayed set, a data analysis tool may cause display of manipulable visualizations based on values included in fields referenced by the selected field identifiers.
US10768796B2
A method of displaying a user interface (UI) on a screen of a device is provided. The method includes selecting, when an event occurs, a first object, which is related to the event, from among the one or more objects included in the UI, determining a second object for executing a second operation related to a first operation, the first operation being executed when the first object is selected by an input to the device, and changing the first object into the second object.
US10768795B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a mobile device system, methods and computer program products for providing a centralized, integrated resource transfer application on the mobile device. The integrated resource transfer application of the mobile device is typically configured to launch, control, modify and operate applications stored on the mobile device. In this regard, the integrated resource transfer application facilitates the user to perform a user activity, using multiple applications from a centralized user interface, without requiring the user to open and close one application after another. Another aspect of the integrated resource transfer application is directed to determination of pertinent applications for the user activity and automatic launching the applications within the central interface, by transferring control between applications, automatically, and in a suitable order.
US10768790B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for altering an appearance of acquaintances when viewed through smart glasses, which may be altered using augmented reality technology. In particular, an embodiment of the invention is directed to allowing users to specify their appearances to others when viewed by others wearing smart glasses. The others viewing the user through smart glasses include friends, family, contacts, or other acquaintances, which may be specified in one or more social networks or contacts databases. The altered appearance that is displayed may be based on the particular relationship between the user and the viewer. For example, a user may appear as a particular superhero to his friends on a social network website, as having a cartoon feature (such as an enormous head) to his children, as normal to his mother and business contacts, and as wearing a Hawaiian shirt to his closest buddies.
US10768789B1
Described herein are approaches for presented interactive user experience cards within an application menu of an application. Dynamic content of the cards can be downloaded from an external server and presented in response to user inputs. The dynamic content can be updated dynamically and served when appropriate.
US10768787B2
A communication is received over a network from a sender. A method includes identifying, by a computing device, one or more candidates for a phone number in the communication, the one or more candidates including a first candidate; determining, by the computing device, whether the first candidate is an IP address; and in response to determining that the first candidate is not an IP address, storing, in a data repository, the first candidate as a first phone number in a profile of the sender.
US10768773B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for displaying overlapping text elements on a graphical user interface. Initially, it is determined, whether a first display elements overlaps a second display element. If, the first display elements overlaps the second display element, then a text stack is created of all overlapping display elements. Only an identified display element is displayed on the text stack. Finally, a scroll mechanism is provided which allows a user to scroll through and display the first and second set of display elements which overlap.
US10768768B2
An array substrate and a display panel are disclosed. The array substrate includes a first common electrode, a plurality of touch sensing electrode wires, and a second common electrode. The first common electrode includes at least two first common electrode plates, each of the touch sensing electrode wires includes at least two discontinuous electrode lines, and each of the electrode lines corresponds to one of the first common electrode plates, wherein two adjacent of the electrode lines are electrically connected via the second common electrode plate.
US10768757B2
A flexible touch screen panel includes a thin film substrate divided into an active area and a non active area positioned at the outside of the active area; sensing patterns formed on the active area of a first surface of the thin film substrate, including first sensing cells formed to be connected along a first direction and second sensing cells formed to be connected along a second direction; and sensing lines formed on the non active area of the first surface of the thin film substrate. The sensing lines are connected to the sensing patterns. In the touch screen panel, the area and/or interval of the sensing cells formed on a first region, which is capable of being bent by predetermined curvature about a folding axis is different from the area and/or interval of the sensing cells formed on a second region as a flat region except the first region.
US10768754B2
Disclosed is a touch input device capable of inputting a touch signal, a vehicle having the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. A touch input device comprises: a touch portion including a concave portion and receiving a touch signal of a user; a base integrally combined with the touch portion or disposed at a lower side of the touch portion and having pattern grooves in an area corresponding to the touch portion; and sensing patterns having a conductive material and arranged on the pattern grooves. The sensing patterns located at a lower side of the concave portion have a resistance smaller than a resistance of the sensing patterns located at an outer side of the concave portion.
US10768753B2
A touch display panel, a display device and a touch panel are provided, the touch display panel includes a plurality of block touch electrodes spaced apart from each other and a conductive shielding layer, the shielding layer is insulated from the touch electrodes; and an orthographic projection of the shielding layer on the base substrate in the touch display panel is at least in a gap between orthographic projections of the touch electrodes on the base substrate.
US10768752B2
The present invention relates to a method for interacting with an electronic and/or computer device comprising a control surface, at least one peripheral surface and a plurality of capacitive electrodes positioned at least along the control surface and arranged to detect control objects in a vicinity of said control surface and said at least one peripheral surface, which method comprising steps for (i) detecting (40, 41, 42, 43) a sequence of actions comprising a plurality of elementary actions performed at least partially sequentially, by at least one control object, at least partially in contact with or opposite said at least one peripheral surface and (ii) triggering (44), based on said sequence of actions, of at least one function in said device.The invention also relates to an interface and device implementing this method.
US10768742B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display device, and more particularly, to a display device in which the number of data link lines or touch lines can be increased in a bent area or a folded area of a display panel. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide a display device in which the number of data link lines or touch lines can be increased in a bent area or a folded area of a display panel.
US10768739B2
A touch panel is disclosed. The panel has a substrate having a touch region with a plurality of touch areas, a touch position detection apparatus, at least one pressure sensor group and a processor. The at least one pressure sensor group is disposed on the substrate. The pressure sensor group includes a first-type pressure sensor and a second-type pressure sensor. The first-type pressure sensor is located on a first side of the touch region and the second-type pressure sensor is located on a second side opposite to the first side of the touch region so that the first-type pressure sensor and the second-type pressure sensor of the same pressure sensor group are symmetric about the centerline of the touch panel. Each of the plurality of touch areas is associated with one of the at least one pressure sensor group.
US10768731B2
A display device and method of manufacturing the same are provided. A display device includes: a device substrate, a light-emitting element on the device substrate, an encapsulating structure on the light-emitting element, a touch structure on the encapsulating structure, an elastic insulating layer on the touch structure, the elastic insulating layer including an elastic material, and a high-permittivity particles dispersed in the elastic insulating layer.
US10768724B1
A mouse device and a computer control system thereof, comprising a mouse and an optical sensing module. The mouse has electrically connected press buttons, light-emitting component and mouse processing unit set with an initial setting command. The optical sensing module is disposed on the mouse and electrically connected to the mouse processing unit, and has a light source emitting unit generating a sensing signal, and a light source receiving unit. The mouse processing unit transmits the sensing signal to a host processing unit of a host computer. Thereby, the optical sensing module senses a user approaches the mouse or generation of gestures to generate the sensing signal. The mouse processing unit drives the light-emitting component to generate an initial light source. The host processing unit generates an advanced control signal to drive the light-emitting component, an operation unit and peripheral devices to generate advanced actions of an advanced setting command.
US10768721B2
A model controller includes a trackball, a first sensor adjacent to the trackball to detect a first coordinate movement of the trackball, and a second sensor adjacent to the trackball to detect a second and a third coordinate movement of the trackball. The model controller further includes a third sensor to detect movement of the model controller along a surface, and a fourth sensor to detect movement of a wheel coupled to the model controller.
US10768717B2
Method for operating handheld device, handheld device and computer-readable recording medium thereof
A method for operating a handheld device, a handheld device, and a computer-readable recording medium thereof are provided. The handheld device at least includes, but not limited to, a body, one or more sensors, a display, and a processor. The one or more sensors are disposed on at least one side of the body, respectively. The processor is coupled to the one or more sensors and the display and configured to receive an operation through the one or more sensors, determine a position of the operation on at least one side of the body according to sensing data generated by the sensors, and display a user interface corresponding to the position by the display. Accordingly, a convenient function for one hand operation is provided.
US10768711B2
A method comprising: enabling viewing by a user of a virtual scene of a virtual space; mapping a three-dimensional gesture of the user to a corresponding three-dimensional gesture in the virtual space; and in response to determining that the corresponding three-dimensional gesture in a virtual space is a first predetermined gesture or predetermined gestures in relation to a first portion of the virtual space, analyzing the virtual space over time to detect an event in the virtual space relating to the first portion of the virtual space.
US10768699B2
In one aspect, a device includes at least one processor, a display accessible to the at least one processor, and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive input regarding an object at which one person is looking and to present, to another person via the display, a graphical indication regarding the object.
US10768696B2
Representative embodiments disclose mechanisms for calibrating an eye gaze selection system. When the calibration is triggered, a snapshot of an area around the current user's gaze point is taken. The snapshot area is then animated to cause motion of the snapshot area. As the snapshot is animated, the user's gaze will naturally track the thing the user was focusing on. This creates an eye tracking vector with a magnitude and direction. The magnitude and direction of the eye tracking vector can then be used to calculate a correction factor for the current user's gaze point. Calibration can be triggered manually by the user or based on some criteria such as error rates in item selection by the user.
US10768691B2
A wearable motion tracking system (12) for capturing a relative position between a first body part (101) and a second body part (103) of said user (100) comprising a first measurement device (120a), a second measurement device (121a) and a computing device (150) that are configured such as to obtain by said computing device (150) a plurality of measurements between said first and second measurement devices (120a, 121a). Based on the plurality of measurements that comprises at least one distance measurement between said first and second measurement devices (120a, 121a) said computing device (150) is configured to compute, in three dimensions, a position of said second measurement device (121a) relative to said first measurement device (120a) for tracking the position of said second body part (103) relative to said first body part (101). The present invention further relates to a method of motion tracking.
US10768673B2
A hinge structure including a first screw rod, a sliding rod, and a second screw rod is provided. The first screw rod comprises a threaded shaft. The sliding rod is sleeved on the threaded shaft. The second screw rod is sleeved on the sliding rod. The threaded shaft has a first helical slot. The sliding rod has a first guiding portion and a second guiding portion, and the first guiding portion is coupled to the first helical slot. The second screw rod has a second helical slot, and the second guiding portion is coupled to the second helical slot.
US10768672B2
In example implementations, a hinge is provided. The hinge comprises a first hinge plate having at least one opening, where the first hinge plate is coupled to a system cover via at least one fastener fitted through the at least one opening. The hinge comprises a second hinge plate movably coupled to the first hinge plate, where the second hinge plate comprises a tab member that is coupled to a display cover via an insert molding process. The hinge comprises a hinge cap to enclose a portion of the first hinge plate and the second hinge plate that are movable coupled.
US10768670B2
A control method is provided. The control method is applied to an electronic device. The control method includes the following steps: detecting a virtual screen signal; allocating a virtual screen image buffer module for temporarily storing virtual screen image information according to the virtual screen signal; integrating the virtual screen image information and second screen image information into an integrated image data stream by a direct mode; outputting a first screen image data stream to a first screen of an electronic device, so that the first screen displays a first image according to the first screen image data stream; and outputting the integrated image data stream to a second screen of the electronic device, so that the second screen displays a second image according to the integrated image data stream.
US10768668B2
A robot system with a robot that has a camera and a remote control station that can connect to the robot. The connection can include a plurality of privileges. The system further includes a server that controls which privileges are provided to the remote control station. The privileges may include the ability to control the robot, joint in a multi-cast session and the reception of audio/video from the robot. The privileges can be established and edited through a manager control station. The server may contain a database that defines groups of remote control station that can be connected to groups of robots. The database can be edited to vary the stations and robots within a group. The system may also allow for connectivity between a remote control station at a user programmable time window.
US10768659B2
An optical neural network is constructed based on photonic integrated circuits to perform neuromorphic computing. In the optical neural network, matrix multiplication is implemented using one or more optical interference units, which can apply an arbitrary weighting matrix multiplication to an array of input optical signals. Nonlinear activation is realized by an optical nonlinearity unit, which can be based on nonlinear optical effects, such as saturable absorption. These calculations are implemented optically, thereby resulting in high calculation speeds and low power consumption in the optical neural network.
US10768653B2
Systems and methods for managing power on an electric power grid including a server for communicating IP-based messages over a network with distributed power consuming devices and/or power supplying devices, the IP-based messages including information relating to activities by the power consuming devices and/or the power supplying devices; and wherein the information is transformed by the system into settlement grade data corresponding to the activities of the power consuming devices and/or the power supplying devices.
US10768652B2
In various embodiments, a hedge mode plugin increases the ability of an energy storage system to reduce the demand charges associated with purchasing electricity from a utility. A utility measurement interval (UMI) is divided into a pre-discharge phase and a subsequent compensatory charge phase. During the pre-discharge phase, the hedge mode plugin causes an energy storage device to discharge. At the beginning of the compensatory charge phase, the hedge mode plugin computes time-indexed charge values based on the total amount of energy that the energy storage device discharged during the pre-discharge phase. The hedge mode plugin then causes the energy storage device to charge based on at least one of the charge values. By systematically pre-discharging and re-charging the energy device, the hedge mode plugin optimizes the demand reduction effectiveness of the energy storage system during each UMI while stabilizing the state-of-charge of the energy storage device across multiple UMIs.
US10768646B2
A low dropout (LDO) regulating device includes a regulator and a pre-charger. The regulator is configured to adjust an output voltage provided to an output node in accordance with a voltage difference between a first reference voltage and a feedback voltage on a feedback node, wherein the feedback node is coupled to the output node. The pre-charger is electrically connected to the regulator, and is electrically connected to the feedback node for charge sharing.
US10768645B2
Systems, devices and methods, etc., comprising at least two separate and distinct environmental climate control devices that both serve the mixed use open space, and which environmental climate control devices are centrally controlled to provide at least two different HVAC-controlled zones, for example to differentiate between the zones according to at least one of temperature, humidity, pressure or contaminant level.
US10768633B2
A hitch assist system is provided herein. The hitch assist system includes a sensing system configured to detect a hitch assembly and a coupler. A controller is configured to generate commands for maneuvering a vehicle along a first path or a second path. A user input device includes a display, the display configured to illustrate the first and second paths.
US10768632B2
An apparatus for automated, partly automated or assisted maneuvering of a motor vehicle from a start point to a 3D target position including a mono camera and an evaluation and control unit, wherein the evaluation and control unit has at least one structure-from-motion algorithm, wherein the evaluation and control unit calculates a maneuvering trajectory composed of three partial trajectories, wherein a first partial trajectory leads from the start point to a first intermediate point, a second partial trajectory leads from the first to a second intermediate point, and the third partial trajectory leads from the second intermediate point to the target point, wherein at least the first or at least the second partial trajectory is embodied so the mono camera captures the target position from at least two different viewing directions, wherein the viewing directions are selected so the 3D determination of the structure-from-motion is optimized.
US10768627B2
An autonomously moveable storage unit includes one or more processors, a storage container configured to contain a stored item, a moveable base coupled to the storage container and communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and one or more memory modules communicatively coupled to the one or more processors. The one or more memory modules store logic that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the autonomously moveable storage unit to actuate the moveable base to automatically move the autonomously moveable storage unit from a docked position coupled to the wheelchair to an undocked position uncoupled from the wheelchair, and actuate the moveable base to automatically move the autonomously moveable storage unit from the undocked position to the docked position.
US10768626B2
A system and method for providing multiple agents for decision making, trajectory planning, and control for autonomous vehicles are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: partitioning a multiple agent autonomous vehicle control module for an autonomous vehicle into a plurality of subsystem agents, the plurality of subsystem agents including a deep computing vehicle control subsystem and a fast response vehicle control subsystem; receiving a task request from a vehicle subsystem; dispatching the task request to the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem based on content of the task request or a context of the autonomous vehicle; causing execution of the deep computing vehicle control subsystem or the fast response vehicle control subsystem by use of a data processor to produce a vehicle control output; and providing the vehicle control output to a vehicle control subsystem of the autonomous vehicle.
US10768622B2
An automatic traveling work vehicle includes position calculation circuitry, actual work command generation circuitry, work control circuitry, virtual work command generation circuitry, and monitoring circuitry. The actual work command generation circuitry is configured to generate an actual work command in accordance with a position of the automatic traveling work vehicle. The work control circuitry is configured to control the automatic traveling work vehicle to work at the position according to the actual work command. The virtual work command generation circuitry is configured to generate a virtual work command in accordance with the position of the automatic traveling work vehicle, the automatic traveling work vehicle being not actually controlled according to the virtual work command. The monitoring circuitry is configured to determine whether an abnormality occurs in an operation of the automatic traveling work vehicle based on the actual work command and the virtual work command.
US10768617B2
Provided is a drive assistance device for assisting driving of a vehicle by using an automatic driving function. Assuming various conditions of the driver, a plurality of notification timings to notify of switching from an automatic driving mode to a manual driving mode is set. Notifying a driver who is drowsing at a notification timing of long premature time allows the driver to have sufficient time margin to be ready for manual driving and to shift to driving action more safely. A driver who is reading a book or operating a smartphone is expected to be able to shift to driving action immediately after a notification, and thus it is sufficient to notify at a notification timing of short premature time, which can reduce inconvenience for the driver.
US10768604B2
A method for using a geometrical probe (5) with a spindle (3) of a machine tool (1), wherein a probe fetch waiting state of the machine tool (1), at least one temperature parameter related to a temperature of the spindle (3) of the machine tool (1) is determined by measuring at least one temperature value for the spindle (3), and time for fetching the geometrical probe (5) is determined depending on the at least one temperature parameter.
US10768599B2
A system displays a representation of an original equipment remote control device for a target device to be controlled using a macro button of a configurable controlling device. The displayed representation of the original equipment remote control device includes representations of buttons that would be used on the original equipment remote control device to control controllable functions of the target device. The system accepts input by which one or more of the displayed representations of buttons are selected. The macro button is then configured whereby an activation of the macro button will cause a transmission of commands from the configurable controlling device to control those controllable functions of the target devices that correspond to the one or more of the displayed representations of buttons that were selected.
US10768594B2
The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in a local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to a first sensor and a second input connected to a second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first output and a second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. Each of multiple inputs is configured to be individually assigned to any of the multiple outputs. The local data collection system includes multiple data acquisition units each having an onboard card set configured to store calibration information and maintenance history. The local data collection system is configured to manage data collection bands.
US10768582B2
A site monitoring system may analyze information from sites to determine when a device, a sensor, a controller, or other structure associated with optically switchable devices has a problem. The system may, if appropriate, act on the problem. In certain embodiments, the system learns customer/user preferences and adapts its control logic to meet the customer's goals.
US10768579B2
A timer device comprising a first timer in communication with control means, the control means being in communication with an external component and the first timer sending an order to the control means after a first preset time period is counted by the first timer, the timer device also comprising a second timer in communication with the control means, the second timer counting a second preset time period that is a portion of the first preset time period. The timer device permits an accurate operation, even with changes of temperature and voltage, and with a reduced cost.
US10768576B2
Device (400) for selecting a clock function from a rewinding function and m correction functions, m>1, comprising a control member (3), notably a staff, able to select the rewind function by movement of the control member in a first direction and to select sequentially one function from m correction functions by movement of the control member in a second direction.
US10768571B2
A lock control device is configured to control a plurality of lock devices respectively provided in a plurality of storage sections. The lock control device includes control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to: cause an indicator to indicate a plurality of pieces of storage section information representing the plurality of storage sections; receive an input of partial storage section information of the plurality of pieces of storage section information; and output an unlocking signal to a lock device of the plurality of lock devices corresponding to the partial storage section information, to unlock the lock device.
US10768568B1
According to one embodiment, a sheet binding apparatus includes a first roller, a second roller, and a nip-pressure adjusting section. The first roller attaches a tape to an edge portion of a sheet bundle. The second roller is opposed to the first roller in the sheet bundle thickness direction. The nip-pressure adjusting section is capable of adjusting, on the basis of the position of an edge portion leading end of the sheet bundle, a pressing force of a nip formed by the first roller and the second roller. Before the sheet bundle is inserted between the first roller and the second roller, an interval between the first roller and the second roller is equal to or smaller than the thickness of the sheet bundle.
US10768562B2
An image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet, and includes: a rotator used to form the image; a motor that drives the rotator rotationally; a current measurer that measures motor current flowing through a current-carrying path including a winding of the motor, at measurement timing that is timing after the motor starts up; a torque acquirer that acquires a torque value of the motor based on a measured value of the motor current; and a corrector that performs correction for cancellation of an amount of error based on one or both of a variation in characteristic corresponding to motor speed of the motor and a variation in characteristic corresponding to the motor current at the measurement timing, at the acquisition of the torque value by the torque acquirer.
US10768561B2
A fixing device includes a cylindrical rotatable fixing belt, a flat heater, a safety device, a heater holding part and a pressuring member. The flat heater has a plurality of heat generating parts. The safety device is arranged across two adjacent heat generating parts to interrupt power supply to the heat generating parts in a case where temperature reaches a threshold value. The heater holding part holds the flat heater so that the flat heater comes into contact with an inner circumference face of the fixing belt. The pressuring member sandwiches the fixing belt with the flat heater to form a pressuring area for sandwiching and conveying a sheet between the fixing belt and the pressuring roller.
US10768555B1
A cleaning device includes a scraping portion whose edge is pressed against a rotational body to which toner adheres and that scrapes the toner off the rotational body, and a container that contains the toner that has been scraped off the rotational body. The container has a through-hole that opens in a portion of the container facing the scraping portion and that allows a gas to flow from an inside of the container toward the scraping portion.
US10768552B2
A developing device includes a rotatable developing sleeve to carry and feed a developer including toner and a carrier toward a developing region, and a magnetic field generating portion provided inside the developing sleeve and having a developing magnetic pole for forming the developing region. The developing magnetic pole is disposed opposite to a closest position of the image bearing member to the developing sleeve. A ratio of an 80%-value-width of magnetic flux density of the developing magnetic pole with respect to a normal direction of the developing sleeve to a half peak width of the magnetic flux density of the developing magnetic pole with respect to the normal direction is 0.65 or more.
US10768543B2
A toner having a toner particle, which contains a binder resin, and inorganic fine particles, the toner being characterized in that the binder resin contains a polyester resin, the polyester resin has, at a terminal, an alkyl group having an average number of carbon atoms of from 4 to 102, the number average particle diameter of primary particles of the inorganic fine particles is from 10 to 90 nm, the dielectric constant of the inorganic fine particles is from 55.0 to 100.0 pF/m, as measured at 25° C. and 1 MHz, and the inorganic fine particles are surface-treated with an alkylalkoxysilane represented by formula (1) below: CnH2n+1—SiOCmH2m+1)3 (1) in formula (1), n denotes an integer of from 4 to 20, and m denotes an integer of from 1 to 3.
US10768541B2
A toner for developing electrostatic images includes at least a binder resin and a colorant containing a copper phthalocyanine compound, wherein in X-ray diffraction using a CuKα ray, the toner has peaks at a Bragg angle of 2θ=7.0±0.1° and at a Bragg angle of 2θ=9.1±0.2° and additionally has a peak between the two peaks.
US10768528B2
A pattern article comprising a copolymer having polymerized units derived from a cleavable crosslinking monomer, to which a pattern is imparted by the release of incipient acid from a thermal acid generator or photoacid generator. The selective release of the acid provides a pattern of high crosslink density and low crosslink density as result of the incipient acid cleaving a portion of the crosslinks.
US10768514B2
An operating device rotates a cylindrical rotation body by lever operation to adjust a rotation angle. The operating device includes a lever, the rotation body and an arm. The lever is linearly movable along a direction orthogonal to a rotation axis of the rotation body. The rotation body is rotated by lever operation. The arm is fixed to the rotation body and transmits a movement of the lever as a rotational force to the rotation body. The arm has a shape extending from the rotation body toward the lever in a state where a position of the lever is at the farthest position within a movable range from a reference line passing through a rotation center of the rotation body and orthogonal to a direction which is orthogonal to the rotation axis of the rotation body.
US10768512B2
A picture display apparatus avoids becoming less stable when a display body with a projection device is raised. A projector board stand includes a projector that projects a picture, a display body including a display surface to display the picture projected by the projector, and a body support supporting the display body. The projector is supported on the display body and protrudes in a front direction to project the picture on the display surface. The body support includes a lift unit that raises and lowers the display body. The lift unit moves the display body in a rear direction when the display body is raised.
US10768504B2
A fiber assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a fiber. The fiber includes a core part that contains a coloring compound, a photothermal conversion material, and a color developer/reducer, and a sheath part that covers the core part and has a heat-insulating property.
US10768500B2
A removable lens for glasses includes an electrochromic layer adapted to transition between at least two states of a transparency level dependent on an electrical condition applied to the electrochromatic layer and an electrical connection element physically adapted to make an electrical connection with the electrochromic layer, wherein the electrical connection element is positioned to align with a variable-power electrode mounted on the glasses such that, when the removable lens is mounted on the glasses, the variable-power electrode and the electrical connection element make the electrical connection between the variable-power electrode and an electrically conductive layer of the electrochromic layer.
US10768499B2
A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first liquid crystal display medium, and a first electric field applying component. The first electric field applying component is configured to apply a first electric field to a first portion of the first liquid crystal display medium and apply a second electric field to a second portion of the first liquid crystal display medium. The intensity of the first electrical field is operatively different from that of the second electrical field.
US10768496B2
An array board 11b includes a gate line 19, a TFT 17, a pixel electrode 18, a display pixel PX, and a second interlayer insulation film 27. The TFT 17 includes a gate electrode 17a formed from a part of the gate line 19, a channel section 17d formed from an oxide semiconductor film 24, a source section 17b connected to one end of the channel section 17d, and a drain section 17c connected to another end of the channel section 17d and formed from the oxide semiconductor film 24 having resistance lower than the channel section 17d. The pixel electrode 18 is connected to the drain section 17c. The display pixel PX includes the TFT 17 and the pixel electrode 18. The second interlayer insulation film 27 has a second hole in a position overlapping the pixel electrode and the drain section 17c and not overlapping the gate electrode 17a.
US10768495B2
A display device includes: a plurality of video lines and a plurality of scanning lines provided over an insulating base material; a light shielding film overlapping with the plurality of video lines and the plurality of scanning lines; a pixel electrode and a common electrode provided in a sub-pixel region surrounded by the plurality of video lines and the plurality of scanning lines in plan view; a liquid crystal layer driven by an electric field generated between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and a first insulating layer provided between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The common electrode is provided between the first insulating layer and the liquid crystal layer, and has an opening overlapping with the plurality of video lines and the plurality of scanning lines and overlapping with the pixel electrode. In a light transmission region surrounded by the light shielding film, a shape of the pixel electrode is a linear shape without a branching portion.
US10768489B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate that are opposite to each other. The display panel further includes a spacer located on the first substrate, and at least two walls located on the second substrate. The at least two walls form a recess region. The spacer corresponds to the recess region. The at least two walls are configured to limit a movement of the spacer. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the spacer is effectively prevented from slipping into the display region when the display panel is subjected to an external force.
US10768485B2
Organically capped quantum dots are made by functionalizing the surfaces of QDs of various architectures with a combination of 6-mercaptohexanol (MCH) and 2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy)-ethoxy]-acetic acid (MEEAA). Such MCH/MEEAA-capped QDs exhibit improved compatibility with solvents used in the fabrication of QD-containing films of light emitting devices, such as liquid crystal displays.
US10768482B2
The present invention relates to a holding device (100) for a light source (200), comprising a first portion (110) and a second portion (120). The first portion and the second portion extend at least partly in a common plane. The second portion is movable relative to the first portion from a first position, before insertion of the light source, in which the first portion and the second portion form a slit (130) for receiving the light source, and to a least a second position, after insertion of the light source, in which the second portion clamps the light source in the slit. Further, a lighting assembly and a display unit comprising such a holding device and a light source is disclosed. The holding device comprises fewer parts and is easier to manufacture as compared to prior art devices.
US10768477B2
Provided is a backlight module including a light guide plate, a light source and a light conversion layer. The light source is disposed at one side of the light guide plate. The light conversion layer is disposed over the light guide plate. The light conversion layer includes an optical composite material including 0.1 wt % to 15 wt % of a luminescent material and 85 wt % to 99.9 wt % of an acrylate-based polymer. The acrylate-based polymer is prepared from precursors including 5 wt % to 30 wt % of a surfactant having a thiol group.
US10768467B2
Disclosed is a cinema-type display device employing a typical liquid crystal panel, rather than a cinema-dedicated liquid crystal panel. The display device includes a liquid crystal panel including an active area where an image is output and a bezel area positioned around the active area, a backlight unit for emitting light to a rear surface of the liquid crystal panel, a panel guide including a seating portion where an edge of the rear surface of the liquid crystal panel is seated, and a sidewall portion for covering a side surface of the liquid crystal panel, a bonding member provided in the bezel area to bond the edge of the rear surface of the liquid crystal panel to the seating portion, and a lower polarizing member constituting the rear surface of the liquid crystal panel and having an edge overlapping a part of a front surface of the bonding member.
US10768463B2
Provided herein may be a display device. The display device may include a first substrate including a first substrate having a plurality of pixel areas; a second substrate having a second base substrate facing the first substrate, first to third color filters provided on the second base substrate, the first to third color filters being respectively disposed on locations corresponding to respective pixel areas of the plurality of pixel areas and embodying different colors, and an infrared sensor disposed between the plurality of pixel areas in a plan view and configured to sense infrared light; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a backlight unit configured to provide single-color light to the liquid crystal layer. At least one of the first to third color filters may include infrared quantum dot material which converts light provided from the backlight unit into infrared light.
US10768460B2
A display device includes a display module including a display panel that displays an image in a display area provided at a front, and a bezel surrounding an outer edge of the display module. The display area has a rectangular shape. The bezel includes a plurality of bezel portions having an elongated shape and disposed to correspond to respective four sides of the display area, and a joining member joining together two adjacent bezel portions of the plurality of bezel portions. The joining member is disposed in a position where the joining member overlaps the display module on a back side of the display module.
US10768445B2
A contact lens product includes a multifocal contact lens and a buffer solution. The multifocal contact lens includes a central region and at least one annular region. The annular region concentrically surrounds the central region. A diopter of the annular region is different from a diopter of the central region. The multifocal contact lens is immersed in the buffer solution, and the buffer solution includes a cycloplegic agent.
US10768444B2
A contact lens fluid delivery device having a liquid reservoir connected to a channel with a flow regulator is described. Other eye hydration and variable dioptric power contact lenses are described herein. Also described are implantable liquid delivery apparatuses having a liquid storage reservoir connected to a channel with a flow regulator. These devices and apparatuses are useful for specific, targeted delivery of therapeutic liquids within a subject. In some embodiments, the devices incorporate actuation chambers which provide a driving force releasing the fluid into the targeted area e.g., the eye. The actuation chambers described herein can contain phase change materials or osmotic chambers or a combination thereof to drive the release of fluid.
US10768443B2
Provided are electronic eyeglasses including a power supply unit that is less likely to be unfastened and is easily attachable and detachable. A power supply unit is detachably attached to an accommodating chamber in a distal end portion of a temple. The power supply unit includes, from a front end toward a rear end, an electrical connection terminal; a first housing unit that holds a first battery, and that has a side surface having an arc shape in a plan view; a narrow portion that is connected to the arc-shaped side surface, and that has a side surface narrower than the side surface; and a second housing unit that has a side surface connected to the narrow side surface, and that hold a second battery. The accommodating chamber has a protruding portion that is elastically deformed so as to be fitted to the narrow portion of the power supply unit.
US10768440B2
A barrier panel for a display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween, a plurality of first barrier electrodes that extend along a second direction on the first substrate and are operated individually, a second barrier electrode that is on the second substrate and includes a plurality of electrode patterns which are separated from each other with respect to a first direction perpendicular to the second direction, and a plurality of column spacers between the first and second substrates.
US10768436B2
An image shake correction unit includes a base member, a yoke, a lens holding member, a driving unit, a rotation suppression unit configured to restrict rotation of the lens holding member around an optical axis of the lens unit, and a biasing member configured to bias the lens holding member toward the base member in a direction of the optical axis. The driving unit and the rotation suppression unit are disposed to satisfy a predetermined condition in a case where the image shake correction unit is viewed from the direction of the optical axis. Further, the biasing member has one end provided on the rotation suppression unit and the other end provided on the base member.
US10768433B2
An apparatus includes a laser system that includes a first fiber having an output end and situated to propagate a first laser beam with a first beam parameter product (bpp) and a second fiber having an input end spliced to the output end of the first fiber at a fiber splice so as to receive the first laser beam and to form a second laser beam having a second bpp that is greater than the first bpp, wherein the output end of the first fiber and the input end of the second fiber are spliced at a tilt angle so as to increase the first bpp to the second bpp.
US10768427B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus equipped with a depth of field control function for enabling augmented reality, which is capable of controlling the depth of field and focus and also preventing an image from being blurred due to diffraction by using a pseudo-pinhole effect. The apparatus includes: a display unit configured to generate a virtual image; a circular depth of field control unit configured to have a size in a range from 50 to 700 μm, and also configured to reflect the virtual image generated in the display unit, to increase the depth of field of the virtual image, and to then enable the virtual image to reach an eye of the user; and a frame part configured such that the display unit and the depth of field control unit are installed thereon or therein, and also configured to enable the user to wear the apparatus for enabling augmented reality.
US10768424B2
A holographic head-up display device has a light source portion that emits coherent light; an optical modulation portion that modulates the coherent light; a relay optical system that focuses the modulated light; a filter minor that has a reflection area at a focal position of the relay optical system and reflecting light incident through the relay optical system and an absorption area at the periphery of the reflection area and absorbing light incident through the relay optical system; and a transflective mirror that partially transmits and partially reflects light reflected by the filter minor.
US10768421B1
A virtual monocle interface system comprising multiple interfaces for accessing, presenting, and interacting with multi-dimensional information objects is described. The information objects are visualized in multiple formats across multiple different display units, and displayed for the user to see in two dimensional, two-and-one-half dimensional, or three dimensional forms. The information objects can also be visualized using virtual reality.
US10768419B2
In a head-up display device, first and second cover parts of a cover each cover an opening. The first cover part is turnable about a first rotation fulcrum fixed to a housing, with respect to the housing. The second cover part is turnable about a second rotation fulcrum fixed to first and second ends of the first cover part, with respect to the first cover part. The head-up display device includes a biasing member that biases the second cover part toward the outside of the housing when the cover covers the opening.
US10768410B2
A device is provided for detecting and/or regulating an amplitude of an oscillation of an oscillatory body about an oscillation axis, wherein a change in a capacitance between at least one electrode of the oscillatory body and a stationary electrode takes place during the oscillation of the oscillatory body. The device comprises a detection circuit for detecting a signal representing a measure of the change in capacitance; and an evaluation circuit for determining information from the signal, wherein the evaluation circuit is designed to calculate the amplitude of the oscillation of the oscillatory body from the determined information and an ascertained period of the oscillation of the oscillatory body and/or to regulate the amplitude of the oscillation of the oscillatory body using the determined information and the ascertained period of the oscillation of the oscillatory body.
US10768406B2
An imaging system is described for measuring the position or movement of a particle having a size of less than about 20 microns. The system comprises an optional sample holder configured to hold a sample with a particle, an optional illumination source configured to illuminate the sample, a lens having a magnification ratio from about 1:5 to about 5:1 and configured to generate the image of the sample, an image sensor having a pixel size of up to about 20 microns and configured to sense the image of the sample, and an image processor operatively connected to the image sensor to process the image of the particle in order to determine the position or movement of the particle. The dimension of the image of each particle is at least about 1.5 times the dimension of the particle multiplied by the magnification ratio of the lens, and the image of each particle is distributed on at least two pixels of the sensor. The imaged area of the sample is at least about one millimeter squared.
US10768401B1
There is provided a microscope apparatus and method for calibrating the position of a light source according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. A microscope apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a light source unit configured to radiate light onto an subject and including a light emitting element array having a plurality of light emitting elements; an optical unit disposed in parallel with the subject and configured to form enlarged images of the subject receiving the radiated light; an image sensor configured to generate enlarged pictures of the subject based on the enlarged images formed through the optical unit; and a processor operably connected with the light source unit, the optical unit, and the image sensor, and calibrating a position of the light source unit based on a plurality of images generated by the image sensor.
US10768400B2
A system for illuminating a microscopy specimen includes an illumination source configured to emit a light that travels along an illumination path to illuminate the microscopy specimen placed on an optical detection path of an optical microscope. The system also includes optical elements in the illumination path and configured to at least in part transform the light from the illumination source into a light sheet illuminating the microscopy specimen. The optical elements include an electronically tunable lens configured to vary a focal distance of the electronically tunable lens to dynamically vary a position of a waist of the light sheet illuminating the microscopy specimen. The optical elements include a deflector configured to vertically move the light sheet to illuminate the microscopy specimen at different horizontal planes.
US10768398B2
Methods, structures, devices and systems are disclosed for solarizing soil using a moveable optical focusing array. In one example, an apparatus to solarize soil from a moveable platform includes a vehicle, an array of mirrors located on the exterior of the vehicle, in which the mirrors are steerable to control the orientation of the mirrors to direct sunlight to a spot on soil that generates heat to a solarize the soil, and a sensor coupled to the vehicle to measure the temperature of the soil, in which the orientation of the mirrors is determined based at least in part on the measured temperature to control the temperature of the soil.
US10768388B1
An optical fiber shuffle for recombining a plurality of optical fibers of a first optical cable into a second optical cable includes a fixing rod, a first fixing plate, and a second fixing plate. The first fixing plate defines a plurality of first fixing grooves. The first fixing grooves are configured to respectively receive the plurality of optical fibers of the first optical cable. The second fixing plate defines a plurality of second fixing grooves. The second fixing groves are configured to respectively receive the plurality of optical fibers of the first optical cable after the plurality of optical fibers is wound around the fixing rod and recombined into the second optical cable. The first fixing plate and the second fixing plate are respectively located at two ends of the fixing rod.
US10768383B2
An optical axis adjustment method for an integrated optical module includes: measuring output currents by changing a wavelength of a light beam incident on a package; detecting, with first and second light receiving elements, light beams resulted from demultiplexing the incident light beam with first and second filters; detecting center wavelengths of a first light beam and a second light beam based on a change in the output currents in response to a change in the wavelength of the incident light beam; comparing the center wavelengths of the first light beam and the second light beam with design transmission wavelengths of the first filter and the second filter, and defining respective differences as a first wavelength deviation and a second wavelength deviation; and adjusting a position of the optical demultiplexer to make a total sum of the first wavelength deviation and the second wavelength deviation small.
US10768375B2
An example electro-optical connector may comprise an optical ferrule to optically engage with a complementary optical ferrule on a complementary electro-optical connector, a first conductive guide post disposed adjacent to the optical ferrule to electrically engage with a first guide pocket of the complementary electro-optical connector, and a second conductive guide post disposed on an opposite side of the optical ferrule from the first conductive guide post and to electrically engage with a second guide pocket of the complementary electro-optical connector. The first and second conductive guide posts may align the optical ferrule for engagement with the complementary optical ferrule when the guide posts are engaged with the respective guide pockets, and the first and second conductive guide posts may conduct an electrical signal or electrical power from the electro-optical connector to the complementary electro-optical connector.
US10768373B2
In various embodiments, the beam parameter product and/or numerical aperture of a laser beam is adjusted utilizing a step-clad optical fiber having a central core, a first cladding, an annular core, and a second cladding.
US10768369B2
A waveguide mode expander couples a smaller optical mode in a semiconductor waveguide to a larger optical mode in an optical fiber. The waveguide mode expander comprises a shoulder and a ridge. In some embodiments, the ridge of the waveguide mode expander has a plurality of stages, the plurality of stages having different widths at a given cross section.
US10768365B2
A method for fabricating a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) comprises providing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer comprising an insulator layer disposed between a base semiconductor layer and a SOI layer, wherein the SOI layer comprises a waveguide, providing at least one slot within the SOI layer, wherein the at least one slot is positioned on the same or opposite sides of the waveguide, and wherein the at least one slot is positioned at a predetermined distance away from the waveguide, and removing a portion of the insulator layer to form an etched-out portion of the insulator layer, wherein the etched-out portion is positioned directly beneath the waveguide, and wherein a width of the etched-out portion is at least the width of the waveguide.
US10768359B2
A display apparatus including a display panel configured to display an image, a light source module including a plurality of light sources, a light guide plate configured to guide light generated by the light source module to the display panel, and a coupling member including a first surface configured to support the light guide plate, a second surface configured to support the light source module, the second surface being disposed opposite the first surface, and a support provided between the first surface and the second surface and configured to support the light guide plate spaced apart from the light source module.
US10768351B2
Provided is an optical laminate including a resin layer and an adhesive layer, and being excellent in adhesiveness between these layers. The optical laminate includes: a resin layer; an adhesive layer arranged on at least one side of the resin layer; and an intermediate layer formed between the resin layer and the adhesive layer, the intermediate layer containing at least part of a material constituting the resin layer and at least part of a material constituting the adhesive layer, in which the intermediate layer has a thickness of from 20 nm to 200 nm. In one embodiment, the resin layer includes a resin film having optical anisotropy.
US10768340B2
Described herein are systems and method for monitoring weather conditions and controlling field operations based on the weather conditions. In one embodiment, a system for monitoring weather conditions for field operations includes a plurality of weather devices for monitoring weather conditions of fields with at least at one weather device in proximity to each field being monitored and at least one weather device having an electronics module for determining weather data including precipitation data. The system also includes an agricultural computer system having at least one processing unit for executing instructions for monitoring weather conditions. The at least one processing unit is configured to execute instructions to receive weather data from the plurality of weather devices for monitoring weather conditions of fields, to process the weather data, and to generate data including precipitation rate for monitoring weather conditions and operations of the plurality of weather devices.
US10768338B2
The present specification discloses systems and methods for identifying and reporting contents of a tanker, container or vehicle. Programmatic tools are provided to assist an operator in analyzing contents of a tanker, container or vehicle. Manifest data is automatically imported into the system for each shipment, thereby helping security personnel to quickly determine container contents. In case of a mismatch between container contents shown by manifest data and the contents as ascertained from the scanning system, the container or vehicle may be withheld for further inspection.
US10768337B2
A method for scanning an object in an X-ray security inspection system, wherein the X-ray security inspection system comprises an ingoing tunnel equipped with radiation-shielding curtains, an X-ray section and an outgoing tunnel equipped with radiation-shielding curtains, the method comprising: passing the object through the ingoing tunnel at a first rate of speed and with a first extent of separation between successive objects; passing the object through the X-ray section at a second rate of speed and with a second extent of separation between successive objects; and passing the object through the outgoing tunnel at a third rate of speed and with a third extent of separation between successive objects; wherein the second rate of speed is less than the first rate of speed and the third rate of speed, and wherein the second extent of separation between successive objects is less than the first extent of separation between successive objects and the third extent of separation between successive objects.
US10768333B2
A downhole electromagnetic logging tool having two or more antenna groups spaced along a longitudinal axis of the logging tool, each antenna group having one antenna or multiple antennas proximally located or collocated, each antenna group having at least one tilted antenna, at least one antenna group having, in addition to the tilted antenna, at least one transverse or axial antenna, and any given pair of antenna groups comprising at least four antennas is disclosed. The logging tool is disposed in a wellbore penetrating a formation and, while rotating, measures a tool rotation angle, transmits an electromagnetic signal from one antenna group, and receives the electromagnetic signal with another antenna group. Elements of an electromagnetic coupling tensor are determined using the received electromagnetic signal and the measured tool rotation angle, and properties of the formation using one or more elements of the determined electromagnetic coupling tensor are inferred.
US10768332B2
A multi-sensor electromagnetic (EM) system and method for measuring gradients of EM signals. The multi-sensor EM system includes a frame; a transmitter device attached to the frame and configured to generate a primary EM field; a receiver device attached to the frame and configured to record a secondary EM field generated by the earth after being excited by the primary EM field; and a gradient sensor device attached to the frame and configured to record a gradient of the secondary EM field.
US10768325B2
A method for designing 4-D seismic acquisition source and receiver repeatability specifications, the method including: locating, with a computer subsurface anomalies above a target reservoir zone from analysis of high-resolution reflectivity images for the target reservoir zone; determining, with a computer, how the anomalies above the target reservoir zone modify target illumination for variations in the 4-D seismic acquisition source and receiver positions; and determining, with a computer, repeatability specifications for a monitor seismic survey, wherein tolerances for the source or receiver positions varies across an acquisition area based on how the anomalies modify the target illumination.
US10768324B2
A method, including: generating a velocity model for a subsurface region of the Earth by using a full wavefield inversion process; generating an impedance model for the subsurface region of the Earth by using a full wavefield inversion process; and estimating pore pressure at a prediction site in the subsurface region by integrating the velocity model and the impedance model with a velocity-based pore pressure estimation process.
US10768316B2
An X-ray detector based on silicon carbide single crystal as well as its preparation method. The detector mainly includes: high resistivity silicon carbide single crystal, high electron concentration n-type silicon carbide layer, low electron concentration n-type silicon carbide layer, high hole concentration p-type silicon carbide layer, low hole concentration p-type silicon carbide layer, silicon dioxide protection layer, p-type silicon carbide ohmic contact electrode, n-type silicon carbide ohmic contact electrode, and gold lead electrode. The invention provides an effective and simple process manufacturing technology, solves the preparation problem of silicon carbide-based high-energy X-ray detector, and realizes the development of a new silicon carbide radiation detector.
US10768315B2
A PET detecting device may include a plurality of detection modules and a processing engine. Each of the plurality of detection modules may include a scintillator array, one or more photoelectric converters, one or more energy information determination circuits and a time information determination circuit. The scintillator array may interact with a plurality of photons at respective interaction points to generate a plurality of optical signals. The one or more photoelectric converters may convert the plurality of optical signals to one or more electric signals that each include an energy signal and a time signal. The one or more energy information determination circuits may generate energy information based on the one or more energy signals. The time information determination circuit may generate time information based on the one or more time signals. The processing engine may generate an image based on the energy information and the time information.
US10768313B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including a first circuit for measuring positions using a first positioning method; a second circuit for measuring positions using a second positioning method; a memory for storing information on a service zone; and a processor is configured to identify a first position using the first circuit; determine whether the first position is included in the service zone; identify a second position using the second circuit when the first position is included in the service zone; and determine the second position to be a position of the electronic device.
US10768310B2
Systems, methods and apparatuses for multipath mitigation in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers are described. One method includes modifying the locally generated code in the GNSS receiver bit by bit in order to reduce offset peaks in the autocorrelation when receiving the satellite generated code signal. Such modified local codes may be pre-computed and stored or otherwise provided during reception. Moreover, the GNSS receiver may select whether or not to use the modified local code or the standard local code based on a selection criteria. Furthermore, multiple modified version of the same local code may be generated and/or stored in order to provide differing performance levels.
US10768300B2
A method of detecting a distance, comprising emitting an optical pulse, receiving at a first detector a reflected optical pulse, from a first exposure start time to a first exposure finish time, generating a first detector signal, receiving at an n-th detector the reflected optical pulse, from an n-th exposure start time to an n-th exposure finish time, generating an n-th detector signal, wherein the first exposure start time begins before the n-th exposure start time and the first exposure finish time ends before the n-th exposure finish time and the first exposure duration partially overlaps the n-th exposure duration and determining the distance of an object based on the first detector signal and the n-th detector signal.
US10768299B2
An embodiment can include a vessel-towed system that includes a first towing/communication interface system, e.g., a first tow cable with a fiber optic system, and spaced apart buoys for supporting the first tow cable. A first mobile structure including a first control system and first type of emitter, e.g., an attraction system, is connected to the first tow cable. A second mobile structure is provided that can include an underwater towed emitter such as an audio emulation system. The first and second emitters can be configured emit a first and second plurality of emissions for inducing a receiving entity response. The second mobile structure is coupled with the first mobile structure with a second tow cable that comprises another fiber optic cable. An automated response or manual control systems can be provided on the towing vessel and the first mobile structure adapted to operate the first and second emitters.
US10768297B2
A traffic radar system comprises a first radar transceiver assembly, a second radar transceiver assembly, a display, and a processing element. The first radar transceiver assembly transmits and receives radar beams and generates a first electronic signal corresponding to the received radar beam. The second radar transceiver assembly transmits and receives radar beams and generates a second electronic signal corresponding to the received radar beam. The display displays a plurality of speeds, each speed being a speed of a target vehicle. The processing element is configured to receive the first and second electronic signals, process the first electronic signal to determine speeds of target vehicles in the front zone, process the second electronic signal to determine speeds of target vehicles in the rear zone, and control the display to display the speeds of target vehicles in the front zone or target vehicles in the rear zone based on predetermined parameters.
US10768296B2
An interferometric radar comprising an arm (2), which rotates with respect to an axis (z) of a plane (zx) orthogonal to an axis of rotation (y), a system of linear-polarization antennas (1), which is fixed to said arm (2) for describing complete revolutions along a circular path (c) about said axis (y) and is oriented in a direction of sight (a) parallel to the axis (y), motor-drive means (3) for driving the arm (2), a data-acquisition and processing unit (10) operatively connected to said antenna (1) for acquiring a succession of images detected by the antenna during its revolution about the axis (y) and making differential interferometric calculations for measuring at least one component of the displacement of one or more targets in the field of view, or else for measuring the digital elevation map (DEM) of the scenario in the field of view.
US10768286B2
A method and system is disclosed for measuring a characteristic loop sensitivity (SLC) for an acoustic transducer. A pulse signal is employed as a wideband reference signal Vr(t); and, in a pulse-echo measurement a corresponding wideband echo signal Ve(t) is obtained. A characteristic loop sensitivity (SLC) for the acoustic transducer is defined as a ratio of an energy density of Ve(t) to an energy density of Vr(t) in decibel, in which the energy density of a given signal is calculated as a ratio of an energy of the signal to a bandwidth of the signal.
US10768284B1
Systems and methods are provided for enclosure alignment. An enclosure can be translated along a fixture. A signal can be detected, during the translation of the enclosure, from a signal transmitter to a signal receiver. An intensity of the signal can be determined. An audio cue can be emitted based on the intensity of the signal. The enclosure may be aligned along the fixture based on the emitted audio cue.
US10768272B2
A system and method for determining vehicle position uses light based communication (LBC) signals and a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) to determine the vehicle position. Each vehicle includes a LBC system having an array of transmitting light emitting diodes (LEDs) and an array of receiver photodiodes for transmitting and receiving pulsed light binary messages. Each LBC system has a controller coupled to the transmitter diodes and receiver diodes. The controller includes a vehicle communication module that may be executed by a processor to determine the distance. The processor models a first distance between a first transmitting LBC system and a first receiving LBC system, then models a second distance between a second transmitting LBC system and the first receiving LBC system, and then determines the distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle using trilateration of the first distance and the second distance.
US10768261B2
A method for magnetic resonance imaging suppresses off-resonance gradient-induced image artifacts due to metal. The method includes performing by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus two multi-spectral imaging (MSI) acquisitions within a field of view of the MRI apparatus, where the two MSI acquisitions have alternating-sign readout gradients. The two MSI acquisitions are then processed and combined by the MRI apparatus using a weighted image combination to produce a final image.
US10768259B2
There is provided a method of processing a cerebrovascular medical image, the method comprising receiving magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) image associated with a cerebrovascular tissue comprising blood vessels and brain tissues other than blood vessels; segmenting MRA image using a prior appearance model for generating first prior appearance features representing a first-order prior appearance model and second appearance features representing a second-order prior appearance model of the cerebrovascular tissue, wherein current appearance model comprises a 3D Markov-Gibbs Random Field (MGRF) having a 2D rotational and translational symmetry such that MGRF model is 2D rotation and translation invariant; segmenting MRA image using current appearance model for generating current appearance features distinguishing blood vessels from other brain tissues; adjusting MRA image using first and second prior appearance features and current appearance futures; and generating an enhanced MRA image based on said adjustment. There is also provided a system for doing the same.
US10768254B2
In a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and a method for the operation thereof, a diagnostic magnetic resonance imaging sequence is selected in a control computer of the apparatus, and an adjustment parameter for the selected sequence is acquired in the control computer, which is specific to the subject under examination. A limit value for a loading parameter of the subject is specified in the computer, and a parameter range for an imaging parameter of the sequence is determined in the computer on the basis of the acquired adjustment parameter and the specified limit value for the loading parameter. A planning environment for the magnetic resonance imaging of the subject is presented, in which only the determined parameter range can be set for the imaging parameter.
US10768241B2
A power supply circuit includes an internal power source that receives power supply from an external power source, an abnormality detection circuit that receives power supply from the internal power source to detect abnormalities of the external power source, a protection target circuit that receives the power supply from the external power source, and a protection function unit that restricts electric power supplied to the protection target circuit to a predetermined range, when the abnormality detection circuit detects the abnormalities.
US10768237B2
A motor driving device includes: a converter unit having a capacitor; a plurality of inverter units having a plurality of semiconductor switching elements and configured to convert a capacitor voltage across the capacitor into an AC voltage to drive a plurality of motors; a second switch configured to connect the negative-side terminal of the capacitor to ground; a first detector configured to detect a ground-referenced voltage; and a second detector configured to detect the capacitor voltage. The motor driving device controls the semiconductor switching elements to establish a measurement state for enabling measuring of the insulation resistance of a measurement target motor, estimates a convergence value of the ground-referenced voltage based on multiple measurements of the ground-referenced voltage detected by the first detector, and then calculates the insulation resistance based on the estimated convergence value and the capacitor voltage.
US10768227B2
A method is provided for analyzing failure rates due to soft/hard errors in the design of a digital electronic device. The method includes creating an error injection point by introducing a fault into a code path having a plurality of levels; determining an error detection point at which the introduced fault becomes detectable; creating a list of all of the logic cells forming the cone of logic that forms the data input to the error detection point, thereby generating a first logic cone list; creating a list of all of the logic cells forming the cone of logic that forms the data input to the error injection point, thereby generating a second logic cone list; determining the intersection between the first and second logic cone lists; and conducting a failure rate analysis on the intersection between the first and second logic cone lists.
US10768223B2
A semiconductor device may include a plurality of chips and a test pad. The plurality of chips may check parity bits of a plurality of pattern signals activated in units of specific bits and store test result signals generated by the checking of the parity bits. The plurality of chips may output an error detection signal when an error is detected from any of the test result signals. The test pad may output the error detection signal received from the plurality of chips to an external part. The plurality of chips may be commonly coupled to at least one connection line such that, when the error detection signal is output from at least one of the plurality of chips, the outputted error detection signal s output through the test pad.
US10768220B2
A refrigeration system, a fault diagnosis system and a fault diagnosis method for the refrigeration system, a controller and a storage medium. The fault diagnosis method includes: receiving a fault alarm sent by an associated refrigeration system, and acquiring a fault cause list associated with the fault alarm; determining whether to run a fault diagnosis system associated with the fault alarm; and when the fault diagnosis system associated with the fault alarm is run, checking the associated refrigeration system sequentially according to the fault cause list, and acquiring a fault cause and a repair means list associated with the fault cause.
US10768199B2
A MEMS tri-axial accelerometer is provided with a sensing structure having: a single inertial mass, with a main extension in a horizontal plane defined by a first horizontal axis and a second horizontal axis and internally defining a first window that traverses it throughout a thickness thereof along a vertical axis orthogonal to the horizontal plane; and a suspension structure, arranged within the window for elastically coupling the inertial mass to a single anchorage element, which is fixed with respect to a substrate and arranged within the window, so that the inertial mass is suspended above the substrate and is able to carry out, by the inertial effect, a first sensing movement, a second sensing movement, and a third sensing movement in respective sensing directions parallel to the first, second, and third horizontal axes following upon detection of a respective acceleration component. In particular, the suspension structure has at least one first decoupling element for decoupling at least one of the first, second, and third sensing movements from the remaining sensing movements.
US10768196B2
Method, apparatus and system for determining a wearing position of a wearable device. The method includes receiving motion data from a wearable device associated with an individual, wherein the motion data comprises a first data segment and a second data segment, the first data segment associated with walking, and the second data segment associated with non-walking. The method further includes determining first characteristic data associated with the first data segment and second characteristic data associated with the second data segment. The method further includes determining, by a computing device, a wearing position of the wearable device associated with the individual based on the first characteristic data and a match between the second characteristic data and an activity signature associated with a time of day.
US10768193B2
A needle for forming a cut in a reagent bottle lid is shaped such that an expansion portion which pushes and opens a cut and a piercing portion which forms the cut are integrated with each other. Consequently, only a single operation for moving the needle downwardly will form a cut using the needle and expand the cut using the expansion portion. Further, the smaller diameter of the expansion portion than the diameter of a circumscribed circle of a cross section of the piercing portion but equal to or greater than the diameter of the reagent probe can form cuts uniformly.
US10768183B2
A method of diagnosing cystic fibrosis in a human subject is provided. The method includes the steps of: i) determining in a biological sample from the subject the level of one or more metabolic biomarkers; ii) comparing the level of the biomarker to a control level and determining the difference between the biomarker level and the control level; and iii) determining that the subject has cystic fibrosis or a related disorder when the difference in the level of the biomarker in the sample is statistically different from the control level.
US10768173B1
Multivalent binding compositions including a particle-nucleotide conjugate having a plurality of copies of a nucleotide attached to the particle are described. The multivalent binding compositions allow one to localize detectable signals to active regions of biochemical interaction, e.g., sites of protein-protein interaction, protein-nucleic acid interaction, nucleic acid hybridization, or enzymatic reaction, and can be used to identify sites of base incorporation in elongating nucleic acid chains during polymerase reactions and to provide improved base discrimination for sequencing and array based applications.
US10768161B2
A method for determining ecological risk, particularly a method for the ecological risk assessment of a heavy metal in a river basin sediment based on a toxicity effect. The assessment method includes screening the main aquatic organisms in a river basin; sampling a sediment, and determining and detecting the heavy metal type; measuring the concentration of the heavy metal in the sediment; collecting the heavy metal release coefficient; collecting the heavy metal toxicity data and fitting the data; determining the heavy metal HCsi value according to a fitting equation; calculating the heavy metal toxicity response coefficient; calculating the ecological risk index of the heavy metal. This method can further include calculating the comprehensive ecological risk index of various types of heavy metals. The method can accurately reflect the ecological risk of a heavy metal on aquatic organisms in a river basin.
US10768159B2
The present application provides a method for tracing wine origin based on multielements and stable isotopes, comprising the steps of: 1) collecting wine samples from a plurality of origins; 2) filtering the wine samples collected in step 1) and using the filtrate for carbon stable isotope ratio analysis of ethanol and glycerol; using the filtrate for analyzing oxygen stable isotopes in water; performing digestion with HNO3 overnight, and diluting to a constant volume to be tested; 3) performing carbon stable isotope analysis, oxygen stable isotope ratio analysis and elemental analysis; 4) utilizing information of the origins of the wine samples and analytical data of step 3) to perform statistical modeling to obtain a wine origin discrimination model coefficient matrix and a corresponding predicted accuracy rate of the origin discrimination; and 5) determining attributes of the wine origin by using the statistical model.
US10768157B2
The subject invention provides chemical compositions and synthesis strategies to create molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) via sol-gel processes. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention utilizes a(n) organic, inorganic, or metallic template analyte to create a hybrid organic-inorganic or inorganic three-dimensional network possessing cavities complementary to the shape, size, and functional orientation of the template molecule or ions. The subject invention further pertains to the use of the novel MIPs as selective solid phase extraction (SPE) sorbents for pre-concentration and clean-up of trace substances in biological and environmental samples. Synthesis of other molecularly imprinted polymers with environmental, pharmaceutical, chemical, clinical, toxicological, and national security implications can be conducted in accordance with the teachings of the subject invention.
US10768152B2
There is disclosed a method and system for determining the partial pressure of at least one gas in a mixture of gasses contained in a pressure vessel, the mixture being pressurised to a level which is above local atmospheric pressure. The method comprises the steps of positioning a gas analysis sensor (14) within a pressure vessel (10); exposing the sensor to the mixture of gasses at the pressure level found in the pressure vessel; operating the sensor to measure the actual partial pressure of the at least one gas in the mixture contained in the vessel; and periodically calibrating the sensor by directing a calibrating gas mixture (20, 22) to the sensor in the chamber, the calibrating gas mixture being breathable by a human being.
US10768151B2
Processing mass spectral data may include performing one or more experiments using one or more samples, each experiment including mass analysis using a mass spectrometer; acquiring one or more raw mass spectral data sets as a result of performing the one or more experiments; receiving selection criteria; filtering the one or more raw mass spectral data sets in accordance with the selection criteria; and generating a chromatogram as a result of said filtering, wherein the chromatogram displays signal intensity as a function of scan time for a plurality of scan times and includes a non-zero signal intensity at each scan time only if, at the scan time, the selection criteria is met and otherwise the chromatogram includes a zero signal intensity at the scan time. The mass spectrometer may alternate between low and elevated energy modes and acquire two of the raw mass spectral data sets concurrently.
US10768145B2
A conversion section converts a change in signal information outputted from a vibration detector provided on a structural body from the change in the function of time into the change in the function of the distance between a moving object that moves on the structural body and the vibration detector. An attenuation characteristic calculation section calculates an attenuation characteristic of the structural body based on the signal information so converted as to represent the change in the function of the distance.
US10768138B2
Examples include a method for forming an intermediate in the fabrication of a field-effect transistor sensor, the method comprising: providing a substrate having a substrate region comprising a gate dielectric thereon and optionally a nanocavity therein, providing a sacrificial element over the substrate region, providing one or more layers having a combined thickness of at least 100 nm over the sacrificial element, opening an access to the sacrificial element through the one or more layers, and optionally selectively removing the sacrificial element, thereby opening a sensor cavity over the substrate region; wherein the sacrificial element is removable by oxidation and wherein selectively removing the sacrificial element comprises an oxidative removal.
US10768136B2
An electrolyte concentration measurement device includes a measurement unit that includes an ion selective electrode, a reference electrode and a potential measurement unit; a record and calculation unit that obtains an ion concentration of an internal standard liquid or a specimen; and a concentration value correction/determination unit that determines whether the ion concentration of the internal standard liquid is within a preset value range, and corrects an ion concentration value of the internal standard liquid obtained by the record and calculation unit, in which the measurement unit includes an internal standard liquid bottle storage unit storing a plurality of bottles, and the concentration value correction/determination unit corrects the obtained ion concentration of the internal standard liquid after the bottle is switched, by using information of the ion concentration before the bottle accommodating the internal standard liquid is switched.
US10768135B2
An oxidizing gas detection method and an apparatus thereof are provided for trace oxidizing gas detection. The detection method includes the following steps. First, perform an electroreduction reaction and a photoreduction reaction simultaneously to a metal oxide in which nanoconductors are distributed. Next, stop the electroreduction reaction and the photoreduction reaction, and read a resistance of the reduced metal oxide by applying a first pulse-width modulation signal. Next, provide an oxidizing gas to the reduced metal oxide, and photo-catalyze a redox reaction between the oxidizing gas and the reduced metal oxide. Next, read a resistance of the oxidized metal oxide by applying a second pulse-width modulation signal. Next, converse a concentration of the oxidizing gas according to a ratio of the resistance of the oxidized metal oxide and the resistance of the reduced metal oxide.
US10768133B2
Miniature resistive gas detectors incorporate thin films that can selectively identify specific gases when heated to certain characteristic temperatures. A solid state gas sensor module is disclosed that includes a gas sensor, a heater, and a temperature sensor, stacked over an insulating recess. The insulating recess is partially filled with a support material that provides structural integrity. The solid state gas sensor module can be integrated on top of an ASIC on a common substrate. With sufficient thermal insulation, such a gas detector can be provided as a low-power component of mobile electronic devices such as smart phones. A method of operating a multi-sensor array allows detection of relative concentrations of different gas species by either using dedicated sensors, or by thermally tuning the sensors to monitor different gas species.
US10768125B2
A wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer of the present invention includes: a position sensitive detector (10) configured to detect intensities of secondary X-rays (41) at different spectral angles, by using detection elements (7) corresponding to the secondary X-rays (41) at different spectral angles; a measured spectrum display unit (14) configured to display a relationship between a position, in an arrangement direction, of each detection element (7), and a detected intensity by the detection element (7), as a measured spectrum, on a display (15); a detection area setting unit (16) configured to be set a peak area and a background area; and a quantification unit (17) configured to calculate, as a net intensity, an intensity of the fluorescent X-rays to be measured, based on a peak intensity in the peak area, a background intensity in the background area, and a background correction coefficient, and to perform quantitative analysis.
US10768121B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for detection of a condition in a hole defined by a transparent material that is at least partially enclosed by one or more substantially opaque materials. The method may include positioning a light source in a first hole in the transparent material, directing light from the positioned light source through the transparent material and toward a second hole that is adjacent to the first hole. A prism may be positioned so that the light transmitted from the light source through the machined inner surface of the second hole is visible through a viewing face of the prism. By observing the transmitted light, a surface condition of the machined inner surface of the second hole may be determined.
US10768111B2
The present disclosure relates to a fluorescent supramolecular biosensor, more particularly to a fluorescent supramolecular biosensor which shows change in fluorescence signal through binding to a specific bacterium and a method for preparing the same. The fluorescent supramolecular biosensor is advantageous in that it exhibits remarkably superior affinity and selectivity for a target bacterium.In addition, because a secondary coiled coil stereostructure is highly stabilized as the supramolecular building block is self-assembled to form the fluorescent supramolecular biosensor, the fluorescent supramolecular biosensor can be stored for a long period of time without structural change even at high temperatures.
US10768106B2
A method of monitoring a solid component of a reactor feed stream in a polymer production system, comprising (a) measuring a turbidity of the reactor feed stream, wherein the reactor feed stream comprises a solid component of a polymerization catalyst system, and (b) translating the turbidity of the reactor feed stream into a concentration of the solid component in the reactor feed stream. A method of monitoring a solid component of a reactor feed stream in a polymer production system, comprising (a) measuring a turbidity of a precontactor feed stream, wherein the precontactor feed stream comprises a solid component of a polymerization catalyst system, and (b) translating the turbidity of the precontactor feed stream into a concentration of the solid component in a precontactor effluent stream, wherein the precontactor effluent stream comprises the reactor feed stream.
US10768084B2
A method of testing pavement includes repeatedly simulating wheel loading on the pavement by repeatedly applying a plurality of discrete forces with a downwards component, in series and one after the other, to an upper surface of a test strip of the pavement thereby to simulate a load exerted by a travelling wheel and hence subjecting the pavement to accelerated testing. The discrete forces are provided by repeatedly actuating a series of actuators, one after the other, each to exert a force with a downwards component to the upper surface of the test strip of pavement, or to a portion thereof.
US10768073B2
In order to be able to construct test scenarios for vehicle development, with which tests can be carried out on a test bench during development, according to the present teaching, an output test in the form of a sequence of driving manoeuvres is carried out on the test bench with the test specimen and a value of the target variable is determined in this way. The result of the acquisition of the target variable resulting from the output test is divided into test segments and each test segment is checked for target-variable-critical relevance by means of a predetermined target variable relevance criterion. A driving maneuver assigned to the test segment or an assigned driving maneuver segment is recorded in the test if the target-variable-critical relevance of the test segment is given.
US10768072B2
Generally, a system and method consistent with the present disclosure may provide a relatively low cost, relatively robust data acquisition and analysis system useful for condition-based maintenance. The system may be useful for condition-based maintenance in industrial applications, e.g., of equipment and/or machinery. The industrial monitoring system may be used, for example, to monitor a condition of rotating machinery, e.g., a wind turbine. The system and method may include data analysis that may be useful for anticipating a need for maintenance, repair and/or replacement of one or more components.
US10768069B2
A pressure measuring device comprises a carrier, a base which is connected to the carrier, and a pressure sensor which is mounted on the base, wherein a bottom base area of the pressure sensor is greater than a top base area of the base, the pressure sensor being protected against thermomechanical stresses by an end of the base, which is facing away from the pressure sensor, the end being adhesively bonded into a recess in the support by an adhesive bond.
US10768062B2
A monitoring system includes a fastener. A sensor is coupled to the fastener. A circuit board is electrically coupled to the sensor. An antenna electrically coupled to the circuit board.
US10768052B2
The invention relates to a multipoint sensor for determining a temperature profile of a medium and to a method for producing said multipoint sensor. The multipoint sensor includes a tubular sheath having a closed end region; at least two cylindrical spacers produced from a material having a high thermal conductivity and arranged in an axially-spaced manner in the interior of the sheath. Each spacer includes a recess for holding a temperature-sensitive component of an elongate temperature sensor. Each spacer, with the exception of the spacer closest to the closed end region, has through-bores for feeding through the elongate temperature sensors fastened to the preceding spacers. The number of through-bores of a spacer corresponds to the number of preceding spacers. A filling material, is arranged between the spacers and surrounds each of the elongate temperature sensors. The filling material has a lower thermal conductivity than the material of the spacers.
US10768044B2
An optical sensor device comprises a first and a second optical sensor arrangement. In the first optical sensor arrangement at least one optical sensor structure measures the incidence angle of incoming light that is approximately on the main beam axis of a light source. The second optical sensor arrangement comprises at least one optical sensor structure with at least one optical sensor, at least two metal layers and opaque walls optically isolating the optical sensor. An evaluation circuit provides an output signal of the second optical sensor arrangement under the condition that the incidence angle measured by the first optical sensor arrangement lies within a set interval.
US10768039B2
A stock management method and system utilizes a mat that includes a plurality of sensors corresponding to a plurality of sensing areas, each of sensors is configured to sense an item placed on a certain sensing area. Partitions define a plurality of lanes on the mat. A controller receives sensing results of the plurality of the sensors and calculates a stock level of remained items on the mat based on the sensing results. One of the sensing areas is located in both of two lanes of the plurality of lanes.
US10768036B2
A method detects a level of a melt contained by an oscillating mold. The method includes a) sensing radiation interacted with the melt and generating from the sensed radiation radiation signals, such that the generated radiation signals are varied by the mold oscillation, b) determining a radiation signal variation of the generated radiation signals, c) determining an oscillation deflection variation of the oscillating mold, and d) determining from the determined oscillation deflection variation and the determined radiation signal variation, the level of the melt.
US10768031B2
An airflow sensor assembly for an air duct is provided. The airflow sensor assembly includes an air duct having an interior wall and an exterior wall, a high pressure detection device, and a low pressure detection device. The low pressure detection device includes a hollow ring disposed within the interior wall of the air duct. The hollow ring includes an inner periphery portion, an outer periphery portion, and a first set of apertures defined therein. The first set of apertures is spaced around the inner periphery portion of the hollow ring. The airflow sensor assembly further includes a pressure sensor fluidly coupled to the high pressure detection device and the low pressure detection device.
US10768030B1
A paddle wheel flow meter includes a base, a paddle wheel, an axis and a magnetic sensor. The base is capable of being embedded in a fluid pipeline, and has two lugs. The paddle wheel is disposed between the two lugs, and includes paddles, two disc wheels, two bearings and at least a magnet, wherein the disc wheels are located at two opposite sides of the paddles, the bearings are respectively disposed in the disc wheels, the magnet is disposed in at least one of the disc wheels. The axis has two ends respectively fixed to the lugs through the bearings. The magnetic sensor is disposed in the base. When a fluid in the fluid pipeline drives the paddle wheel rotating, the magnetic sensor generates an electrical signal by sensing a magnetic field change of the magnet.
US10768027B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for monitoring properties of building structures (e.g., monitoring the strength and humidity of concrete structures) using sensor devices embedded in the building structures. The sensor devices collect sensor data and wirelessly transmit the data to portable computer devices operated by users.
US10768020B2
The present invention is directed to a CV conversion amplifier which is small in current consumption and capable of securing a sufficient capacitance-voltage conversion gain and a sufficient amplitude range of an output voltage and a capacitive sensor using the same which is low power consumption, low in noise, and wide in an input signal allowable range. A capacitive sensor includes first and second detection capacitors, a CV conversion circuit includes first and second feedback capacitors and obtains a voltage based on capacitance values of the first and second feedback capacitors, an AD converter performs analog digital conversion on an input voltage and obtains a digital signal, a digital control unit receives the digital signal as an input, and first and second digitally controlled variable capacitors have capacitance values that are controlled by the digital control unit.
US10768018B2
An apparatus comprising: a passive array (202) of resistive elements (250); a row selector switch (204) and a column selector switch (206) configured to respectively connect a particular row and a particular column of resistive elements to ground; and a feedback column selector switch (208) configured to connect all columns of resistive elements to a voltage source, except for the particular column connected to ground by the column selector switch; the voltage source configured to apply a voltage to the columns of resistive elements, the voltage matching a voltage dropped over the resistive element connected in circuit by the row and column selector switches; and further comprising: a row selector switch compensation circuit (220), a column selector switch compensation circuit (240) and/or a feedback column selector switch compensation circuit (260) each configured to apply a voltage across a corresponding dummy element equal and opposite to a voltage dropped over the corresponding selector switch.
US10768017B2
Systems and methods for identifying one or more points of interest in pipes or drain lines are described. Examples of points of interest include blockages caused by debris in the pipe or drain line. The systems are incorporated into drain cleaning machines. Also described are drain cleaning machines utilizing the systems.
US10768011B2
Disclosed herein are a method and system for positioning an autonomous vehicle on a navigation map. The method includes positioning the autonomous vehicle on the navigation map, including receiving the navigation map, an approximate position and an approximate orientation of the autonomous vehicle on the navigation map, and an environmental field of view (FOV) of the autonomous vehicle and determining a first road boundary based on the navigation map and the approximate position of the autonomous vehicle, and a second road boundary based on the environmental FOV and the approximate orientation of the autonomous vehicle, further determining at least one of an angular deviation and a lateral deviation between the first road boundary and the second road boundary, and positioning the autonomous vehicle on the navigation map by minimizing at least one the angular deviation and the lateral deviation.
US10768003B2
A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to determine a route based on at least one of (a) an amount of snow accumulation, and (b) a predicted amount of remediation material, for each of a plurality of road segments, actuate a vehicle to follow the route, and actuate at least one of a snow plow and a material spreader on the vehicle.
US10768000B2
A user who is traveling through a region may receive information from a device, such as vehicle status (e.g., speed and fuel status); the current environment (e.g., ambient temperature and weather); the user's route (e.g., traffic and accident notification); and/or a content stream (e.g., a radio or podcast). However, such information may be unrelated to the user's focus or motivation for traveling, and may be distracting. The user may request and receive information about the travel topic, but some users may not have available attention and/or the impetus to initiate such requests. Instead, a device may detect a current location and direction of the user; predict the user's destination according to the current location and direction; and retrieve and present to the user one or more content items that are associated with the predicted destination (e.g., breaking news alerts involving an entity or organization located at the user's predicted destination).
US10767995B2
A hyperbolic modulation offset reducer circuit for a resonator fiber optic gyro (RFOG) is provided. The circuit includes a first demodulation circuit that is configured to demodulate a received transmission signal from a resonator at twice a sideband heterodyne detection modulation frequency to reject signals due to backscatter. A slave resonance tracking loop of the circuit is coupled to an output of the first demodulation circuit. The slave resonance tracking loop is configured to create an offset frequency signal from the transmission signal that is applied to an optical phase lock loop of a RFOG. A hyperbolic modulator offset control loop is also coupled to the output of the first demodulation circuit. The hyperbolic modulator offset control loop is configured to create a subharmonic common modulation signal from the transmission signal that is coupled to a common phase module in a silicon photonics chip of the RFOG.
US10767981B2
Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention estimate depth from projected texture using camera arrays. One embodiment of the invention includes: at least one two-dimensional array of cameras comprising a plurality of cameras; an illumination system configured to illuminate a scene with a projected texture; a processor; and memory containing an image processing pipeline application and an illumination system controller application. In addition, the illumination system controller application directs the processor to control the illumination system to illuminate a scene with a projected texture. Furthermore, the image processing pipeline application directs the processor to: utilize the illumination system controller application to control the illumination system to illuminate a scene with a projected texture capture a set of images of the scene illuminated with the projected texture; determining depth estimates for pixel locations in an image from a reference viewpoint using at least a subset of the set of images. Also, generating a depth estimate for a given pixel location in the image from the reference viewpoint includes: identifying pixels in the at least a subset of the set of images that correspond to the given pixel location in the image from the reference viewpoint based upon expected disparity at a plurality of depths along a plurality of epipolar lines aligned at different angles; comparing the similarity of the corresponding pixels identified at each of the plurality of depths; and selecting the depth from the plurality of depths at which the identified corresponding pixels have the highest degree of similarity as a depth estimate for the given pixel location in the image from the reference viewpoint.
US10767977B1
An optical scanning system including a radiating source that outputs a light beam, a time varying beam reflector that reflects the light beam through a scan lens towards a transparent sample, a focusing lens configured to be irradiated by light scattered from the transparent sample, and a detector that is irradiated by the light scattered from the transparent sample. The detector outputs a signal that indicates an intensity of light measured by the detector. None of the light scattered from the transparent sample is blocked. The light scattered from the transparent sample is scattered from the top surface of the transparent sample, the bottom surface of the transparent sample, or any location in between the top surface of the transparent sample and the bottom surface of the transparent sample.
US10767974B1
A wavelength detection system may include one or more wavelength detection stages configured to receive at least a portion of an input light signal, where each stage may include a splitter to split a portion of the input light signal into two arms, a 90-degree optical hybrid, and two differential detectors configured to generate I-channel and Q-channel differential signals based on the outputs from the 90-degree optical hybrid. Further, a free spectral range is associated with an optical path length difference between the two arms of each stage. The system may further include a logic device to receive at least one set of detection signals including I and Q channel differential signals associated with different free spectral ranges and determine the wavelength of the input light signal based on an arctangent of a ratio of the Q-channel and I-channel differential signals for at least one set of detection signals.
US10767966B2
A camouflage system adaptively matches the visible and IR spectrum of surrounding vegetation. A bio-chromophore dye solution circulated through an upper channel and distributed by a pulp or fabric matches the visible and biological IR spectrum, while water evaporated from the upper channel or from a separate lower channel matches the water IR spectrum. Dye can be retained in the pulp or continuously circulated. Permanently printed colors and/or patterns can also be included. Petalation cooperative with a channel flow pattern can release evaporated water and inhibit LiDAR detection. An upper waxy layer and surface embossing can avoid specular reflections. The camouflage signature can be compared with the environment and automatically adjusted as needed. Embodiments include thermal management, electromagnetic shielding, and/or radar scattering/absorbing subsystems. An airbag ground plane can match a terrain contour and avoid LiDAR detection. Multiple zones can provide adaptive display of visible and IR patterns.
US10767962B2
A digital turret having an adjustment selector configured to adjust a main optical axis of a riflescope relative to a bore line of a shooting device. The digital turret may be configured to determine a position of the adjustment selector relative to a zero point of the adjustment selector. The digital turret may be further configured to transmit an electronic signal corresponding to the position of the adjustment selector.
US10767960B2
A rear sight assembly for a firearm is disclosed. The rear sight assembly contain a sight base coupled with the firearm, a sight blade pivotally coupled with the sight base and a tension member positioned between the sight base and the sight blade and configured to push the sight blade against the firearm.
US10767959B2
The present invention relates to a recoil reduction air gun and a method of reducing recoil of air guns when discharging. Said recoil reduction air gun comprises a cylinder that is slidably mounted to a main body of said air gun, and a recoil reduction device that is provided between the cylinder and a stock. Said recoil reduction device further comprises a recoil reduction spring seat, a first and a second springs, and a recoil rod.
US10767958B2
An air gun with a barrel, provided with a bore, the bore being connected to the supply channel of the compressed medium. The supply channel is terminated with an annular distribution space arranged around the axis of the barrel, distribution channels connected to the barrel bore running from the annular distribution space towards the axis of the barrel.
US10767952B1
A modular muzzle device adapter system having an adapter, wherein the adapter comprises an adapter body portion and an adapter projection portion, wherein the adapter includes an adapter barrel aperture formed so as to extend through the adapter; and a muzzle device, wherein the muzzle device comprises a muzzle device body portion and a muzzle device recess, wherein the muzzle device is repeatably securable to and removable from the adapter, via at least some interaction between the adapter projection portion of the adapter and the muzzle device recess of the muzzle device.
US10767935B2
A thermal energy storage and heat exchanger includes a plurality of concrete thermal energy storage elements, a housing into which the plurality of concrete thermal energy storage elements are arranged, a heat transfer and storage medium in a volume between the plurality of concrete thermal energy storage elements and the housing, in a form of a stagnant medium or a dynamic medium. The thermal energy storage and heat exchanger further includes at least one inlet for delivery of thermal energy to the thermal energy storage, at least one outlet for taking out thermal energy from the thermal energy storage, and thermal insulation arranged into or on an inside or outside of walls, floor and roof of the housing.
US10767932B2
Configurations and related processing schemes of direct or indirect (or both) inter-plants heating systems synthesized for grassroots medium grade crude oil semi-conversion refineries to increase energy efficiency from specific portions of low grade waste heat sources are described. Configurations and related processing schemes of direct or indirect (or both) inter-plants heating systems synthesized for integrated medium grade crude oil semi-conversion refineries and aromatics complex for increasing energy efficiency from specific portions of low grade waste sources are also described.
US10767921B2
A liquefied gas treatment system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a boil-off gas heat exchanger exchanging heat between boil-off gas, pressurized by a boil-off gas compressor and recovered along a boil-off gas supply line branching off upstream of a liquefied gas-consuming unit, and the boil-off gas supplied from a liquefied gas storage tank, wherein the boil-off gas heat exchanger cools the boil-off gas, recovered along the boil-off gas supply line, with the boil-off gas, supplied from the liquefied gas storage tank, or flash gas, supplied through a vapor recovery line.
US10767916B2
An apparatus for cooling objects such as food items, beverages or vaccines comprises at least two reservoirs, a cooling device for cooling fluid contained in one of the reservoirs and a thermal transfer region between respective upper regions of the reservoirs. The thermal transfer region permits thermal transfer between the fluid contained in the reservoirs such that cooling of the fluid in one reservoir causes cooling of the fluid in the other reservoir.
US10767908B2
A cascade heat recovery system connects an evaporator from a heating unit to a recovery condenser of the cooling unit, where the recovery condenser is different from a cooling condenser of the cooling unit, and/or connects the evaporator of the heating unit to the cooling loop of the cooling unit, for example in fluid communication with the evaporator of the cooling unit. Both configurations allow the heating unit to be isolated or decoupled from the heat rejection circuit on which the cooling condenser runs. The use of either or both configurations, depending on the operating conditions, can use heat rejected by the evaporator of the cooling unit to be available to the heating unit, so as to provide lift to the heating unit and improve its operating efficiency.
US10767906B2
A system includes a high side heat exchanger, a first load, a second load, a first compressor, a second compressor, and a third compressor. The high side heat exchanger removes heat from a refrigerant. The first load uses the refrigerant to remove heat from a first space proximate the first load. The second load uses the refrigerant to remove heat from a second space proximate the second load. The first compressor compresses the refrigerant from the first load and sends the refrigerant to the first load. The refrigerant defrosts the first load. The second compressor compresses the refrigerant from the second load and the refrigerant from the first load that defrosted the first load. The third compressor compresses the refrigerant from the first compressor.
US10767899B2
A fluid-heating device for heating fluid includes a heater unit configured to have a heater and a heating portion, the heating portion being formed as to cover surrounding of the heater, wherein the heating portion has an inner heat exchange surface formed on an inner surface of a through hole penetrating through an inner side of the heater and an outer heat exchange surface formed on an outer-wall portion of an outer side of the heater, the inner heat exchange surface being configured to perform heat exchange with the fluid, and the outer heat exchange surface being configured to perform the heat exchange with the fluid.
US10767895B2
An air flow direction regulation device includes a plurality of fins turnably supported; an approximately cylindrical housing arranging an operation portion or a gear mechanism for allowing a direction of each of the fins to be regulated; and a case disposing the housing internally. The fin is turnably supported as support points by an outer pivot portion on a housing inner circumferential side and an inner pivot portion on a housing center axis line side, and includes a gear portion provided near the inner pivot portion. The gear mechanism includes a gear integrally rotating with the operation portion through a shaft to engage the gear portion of each fin. The housing includes a flexible shaft support member provided on a housing center axis line, and forming a connection portion fitting into the inner pivot portion of each fin, and a through hole inserting the shaft to pass through.
US10767889B2
A central air conditioning system includes dampers individually air conditioning multiple spaces, an air conditioning controller controlling the dampers, a temperature sensor disposed in each space to detect a temperature, and a temperature predictor that receives the detected temperature, predicts a temperature in each space, and transmits temperature information to the air conditioning controller. The temperature sensor may wirelessly transmit the detected temperature when an amount of change in temperature gradient exceeds an allowable range. Alternatively, the temperature sensor may predict a temperature based on a temperature gradient, and wirelessly transmit the detected temperature when a difference between the predicted and detected temperatures exceeds a certain range. Alternatively, the temperature sensor may predict a temperature by using one of prediction formulae, and transmit the detected temperature when a difference between the predicted and detected temperatures exceeds a certain range.
US10767876B2
In various embodiments, an air quality-monitoring system (100) may include at least one sensor (106) configured to detect operation of a mechanism (110) within or at a boundary of an indoor environment. The mechanism may be external to an air purifier (102) associated with the indoor environment. The system may include a persistent memory (124) for storing data about the indoor environment observed by the at least one sensor (106). A controller (104) may be communicatively coupled with the at least one sensor and configured to: assemble the data into an air quality profile associated with that environment; determine, based on a signal from the at least one sensor and on the air quality profile, a likelihood that operation of the mechanism will cause a measure of air quality within the indoor environment to fail one or more air quality criteria; and selectively provide, based on the likelihood, an indication that operation of the mechanism will cause the measure of air quality within the indoor environment to fail the one or more air quality criteria.
US10767860B2
A treatment apparatus for treating an effluent gas includes a combustion chamber; a burner; an inlet for receiving secondary combustion air; an exhaust gas outlet for outputting exhaust gases from the combustion chamber; and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between a first fluid and a second fluid flowing through respective first and second fluid flow paths. The first fluid flow path is connected to the inlet and the second fluid flow path is connected to the outlet such that the exhaust gases received at the outlet flow into the second fluid flow path. The heat exchanger comprises a fluid flow communication path for providing a path for flow of a portion of the exhaust gases from the second fluid into the first fluid; and at least one inlet aperture for inputting the first fluid to the combustion chamber.
US10767859B2
A superheater truck comprises a shell, a heat source, a heat exchanger, at least two flame arrestors, a plurality of parallel rows of fins, and a plurality of corrugated fins disposed between the parallel rows of fins. The heat source is within the shell and comprises at least one inlet vent and at least one outlet vent. The heat exchanger is within the shell and is configured to exchange heat received from the heat source and a fluid within the heat exchanger. A first one of the at least two flame arrestors is at the inlet vent, and a second one of the at least two flame arrestors is at the outlet vent.
US10767855B2
In a method and system for the combustion of ammonia, wherein a first combustion chamber receives ammonia and hydrogen in controlled proportions, and an oxygen-containing gas such as air. Combustion of the ammonia and hydrogen produces nitrogen oxides among other combustion products. A second combustion chamber receives the nitrogen oxides along with further ammonia and hydrogen in further controlled proportions along with further oxygen-containing gas such as air. The nitrogen oxides are combusted into nitrogen and water.
US10767850B2
An item of clothing has a strip 502 of a reflective tape surrounded by florescent material. Embedded light-emitting devices 113 are connected to a loom of power and data cables and are supported on a flexible printed circuit board 101. Respective windows 1213 are provided for each light-emitting device, in which a hole cut through the reflective tape is covered by a clear plastics material having a first flap 1203 and a second flap 1204. The first flap is folded around the flexible printed circuit board and is secured by the second flap being further folded around the first flap. The clear plastics material is secured to the clothing fabric by an adhesive film 701 through which the holes have also been cut.
US10767838B2
A lighting unit includes a board, which supports a lamp and an electronic circuit for activating the lamp. The lamp includes one or more LEDs. The lighting unit further includes a decorative layer, which is applied directly to a surface of the board.
US10767833B2
Provided is an optical device, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device. The optical device includes a chip substrate and a quantum dot film. The quantum dot film includes a quantum dot functional layer, a first package substrate, a second package substrate, and a prism structure and/or a uniform-light diffusing film.
US10767827B2
The invention describes an LED lighting device comprising an imaging optic and an illumination unit, wherein the illumination unit comprises a row of a plurality of LEDs and a pre-collimator collimating the light emitted by the LEDs, and the imaging optic is arranged such that a focal plane of the imaging optic coincides with the LED row of the illumination unit. The invention further describes a respective automotive headlight, and a method for the assembly of an LED lighting device.
US10767826B2
An intelligent road lamp comprises a lamp base, which has a lamp base housing body provided with a mounting space inside, the mounting space has an open end facing downward, a plurality of access interfaces having spacing from each other is disposed in the mounting space, the access interfaces provide electrical and/or signal access; and at least one illumination module and at least one functional circuit module, disposed in the mounting space of the lamp base housing body, the illumination module and the functional circuit module perform electrical and/or signal connection through the access interfaces. A functional circuit module is used as a module in a lamp base of a modularized road lamp product, thereby skillfully integrating the functional circuit module, and resolving a problem in the prior art that a road lamp product needs an additional space to mount a functional component.
US10767824B2
An LED night-light includes a housing and first and second prongs extending out of the housing. A light-emitting diode is mounted to the housing and is configured to emit a first color of light. Circuitry is electrically connected to the light-emitting diode. The circuitry is configured for energizing the light-emitting diode when the first and second prongs are inserted into an electrical outlet connected to a power source. A color filter is mounted on the housing. The color filter is configured to filter the first color of light emitted from the light emitting diode to produce at least a second color of light different from the first color of light.
US10767823B2
A mount for an LED lighting assembly includes a length adjusting shaft having releasable engagement features that allow the length to be adjusted to a desired length, but also the be released and readjusted as needed. The length adjusting shaft can include an external release disposed outside the housing of the LED lighting assembly that is coupled to the releasable engagement and is configured to release the releasable engagement from the adjustment features through a housing of the LED lighting assembly.
US10767819B2
An LED lighting tube including a heat-dissipating tubular envelope having an LED assembly directly affixed to an inner surface of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope. A method of making an LED lighting tube by providing a heat-dissipating tubular envelope and affixing an LED assembly directly to an inner surface of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope with an adhesive layer. A method of providing heat-dissipation without a heat sink in an LED lighting tube by providing a heat-dissipating tubular envelope, affixing an LED assembly directly to an inner surface of the heat-dissipating tubular envelope with an adhesive layer, and dissipating heat through the heat-dissipating tubular envelope.
US10767818B2
A light emitting diode (LED) light engine that includes an anode supporting base contact having a first arcular geometry; a cathode supporting base contact having a second arcular geometry; and a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) filament structures connected in series, the plurality of light emitting diode (LED) filament structures all connected at a common apex interface, wherein at least a first of the plurality of light emitting diode (LED) filament structures has an anode contact in electrical communication with the anode supporting base contact, and at least a second of the plurality of light emitting diode (LED) filament structures of has a cathode contact in electrical communication with the cathode supporting base contact.
US10767812B2
A post mountable support includes: an elongate flexible bow having a first end and a second end that is distal from the first end; a top notch formed at the first end of the elongate flexible bow, the top notch including an open side and a tab extending at least partially over the open side of the top notch; a bottom notch formed at the second end of the elongate flexible bow, the bottom notch including an open side and a tab extending at least partially over the open side, the open side of the bottom notch facing a direction that is opposite a direction of the open side of the top notch; a connector attached to the elongate flexible bow between the top notch and the bottom notch, the connector configured to removably receive an accessory.
US10767810B2
According to one embodiment, a holder attaches a first electronic device and a second electronic device to a display. The holder includes a base structure, a first holder section, and a second holder section. The first holder section at a first portion of the base structure holds the second electronic device and includes a first through hole that receives a first male screw to be screwed into a first female screw of the first electronic device. The second holder section at a second portion of the base structure holds the second electronic device and includes a second through hole that receives a second male screw to be screwed into a second female screw of the first electronic device.
US10767803B2
A safety plug for a pipe formed of two engageable plug halves each having a mateable face to seal together around a cable. An outer surface includes a plurality of steps corresponding with different pipe sizes for engagement within the pipe. The outer surface is threaded or includes a locking mechanism which moves a portion of the two engageable plug halves into physical engagement with threads of the pipe. The locking mechanism can include locking pins at each of the outer steps, and which are extended outward by a manual push button upon the plug being placed in a pipe.
US10767800B2
The invention relates to a coupling element (1) for a coupling for connection of pressure medium lines, including a housing (2), a flow channel (5) for a pressure medium, a valve tappet (6), a pressure sleeve (7), and an inner body (8), wherein the valve tappet (6) has a valve tappet head (10), wherein the pressure sleeve (7) surrounds the valve tappet (6), wherein the pressure sleeve (7) is held such that it can move along the coupling axis A between a closed position and an open position, wherein the pressure sleeve (7) is in contact with the valve tappet head (10) in the closed position thereof, whereby a force parallel to the coupling axis A acts upon the valve tappet head (10) from the pressure sleeve (7). The safety for users and the operating characteristics are improved, in that the inner body (8) and/or the pressure sleeve (7) have means with which the force from the pressure sleeve (7) acting on the valve tappet head (10) can be limited.
US10767795B2
A fitting for attaching flexible tube to rigid tube comprises a fluid passageway, a tubular metal body, and a polymeric body. The fluid passageway extends through the tubular metal body and the polymeric body is interlocked with the metal body. The polymeric body encircles the fluid passageway and the metal body. A portion of the polymeric body that encircles the metal body forms a male fitting that comprises at least one annular rib or barb and that is configured and adapted to snugly slip into the end of a flexible tube with a press fit. A portion of the polymeric body extends beyond the metal body along the fluid passageway and defines a female socket that is configured and adapted to snugly receive an end of a rigid tube. The socket is configured and adapted to be solvent bondable to polymeric material.
US10767793B2
Embodiments of an apparatus of the present invention generally include a tubular, substantially exteriorly rectangular, jumper tube connector having a substantially rectangular interior cavity having a plurality of transverse grooves disposed in the surface thereof and extending there around, wherein at least a portion of the jumper tube connector along its two opposing wide sides has a non-uniform wall thickness, at least a portion of which being thicker than a substantially uniform wall thickness of the connector's two opposing narrow sides. A method of connecting shunt tubes utilizing the apparatus is also provided.
US10767792B2
A shock-absorbing flexible pipe includes a corrugated metal pipe and a buckle hose. The buckle hose is sleeved and connected with the corrugated metal pipe. An inner knitted hose is arranged between the buckle hose and the corrugated metal pipe. The inner knitted hose at least partially has a double-layer or multi-layer knitted mesh structure.
US10767775B2
A hydrant valve assembly including a valve body including an exit end, a lip extending radially outward from the exit end, a valve seat and a first valve member selectively movable between a first orientation whereby the first valve member is not engaged with the valve seat and a second orientation whereby the first valve member is engaged with the valve seat. An annular retaining plate is supported on the exit end of the valve body and includes a first rod extending downwardly into the valve body, the first rod being arranged to selectively maintain the first valve member in the first orientation. A flange is detachably engaged with and concentrically arranged around the lip, and a barrel is supported on the retaining plate. A plurality of connectors extends through the barrel, the retaining plate and the flange for rigidly coupling the barrel to the retaining plate and flange.
US10767767B1
A drain petcock having a central channel for drainage, a side wall aperture for draining, and a closing plug that both closes the central channel and overlies the side wall aperture. The partial removal of the closing plug enables a controlled flow for initial draining. A full removal of the closing plug enables a more controlled flow through the central channel for further draining.
US10767766B2
Some embodiments include a fluid valve assembly with an outlet base dimensioned to be positioned through a drain in a fluid tank, and a float assembly including a moveable float. The moveable float can form a fluid-tight seal at a first end when the moveable float is coupled to the outlet base, and a flow opening when the moveable float is at least partially decoupled from the outlet base. Some embodiments include a housing positioned with the moveable float, where the housing encloses a suction device coupled to a moveable piston. Some embodiments include an actuable diaphragm positioned in the outlet base, and a compressed air tube or passageway coupled to one side the actuable diaphragm. In some embodiments, the actuable diaphragm is configured and arranged to be actuated by compressed air to move the moveable piston.
US10767756B2
A component and method for forming the component utilizing ultra-high strength steel is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a blank of ultra-high strength steel and forming the blank into an unfinished component. Next, heating the unfinished component and moving an inner tooling member and an outer tooling member relative to one another to sandwich the heated component therebetween. Further, moving a punch member from a withdrawn, unactuated position to an extended, actuated position to contact the component while sandwiched between the inner and outer tooling members to form a feature including at least one of a thickened region having an increased thickness relative to an adjacent region, a recessed annular groove, a recessed pocket, a through hole, a flange, a through hole having a tab extending outwardly therefrom, or spline teeth. Then, quenching the feature.
US10767755B2
A planetary gearing includes a sun gear rotating about a rotation axis and driven by a sun shaft; planet gears driven by the sun gear; a ring gear engaging the planet gears; and a plurality of planet pins that respectively include an outer-side abutment surface having an axially forward end and an axially rearward end. Respectively, one planet pin is arranged inside a planet gear, and the planet pin and the planet gear form a lubricated journal bearing. At an axially forward face side and/or axially rearward face side, each planet gear forms a recess that extends inside the planet gear starting from the face side. The planet pins respectively form a crowning at their abutment surface such that their outer diameter decreases from a maximum outer diameter towards at least one axial end of the abutment surface, and has a minimum at the axial end.
US10767754B2
A vehicle driveline component with a differential mechanism and a lubrication device for lubricating the differential mechanism. The differential mechanism has a differential input member, which is rotatable about a differential axis, and a pair of differential outputs that are driven by the differential input member. The lubrication device includes at least one discharge port that is disposed in a volume within the differential input member and along the differential axis between the differential outputs.
US10767743B2
A differential gearing for a motor vehicle, with a ring gear, which has an external toothing system and which can be driven by a pinion of the motor vehicle, and with a differential unit which can be driven by the ring gear for rotational speed compensation between wheels of the motor vehicle that can be driven by the pinion via the differential unit, wherein the differential unit has an internal gear which can be driven by the ring gear and has an internal toothing system, the wheels being drivable by way of said internal gear. In relation to a torque flow from the ring gear to the internal gear, a coupling device is arranged between the ring gear and the internal gear.
US10767733B2
A pin tooth cycloid reducer and an industrial robot are provided. The pin tooth cycloid reducer includes: a first cycloid structure system and a second cycloid structure system, disposed in an axial direction, wherein the first cycloid structure system is sleeved on an eccentric shaft, and each cycloid structure system comprises at least one cycloid structure in the axial direction; where the cycloid structure includes: a cycloid disk, a plurality of pin teeth distributed circumferentially and a pin tooth housing, successively disposed from inside to outside in a radial direction; wherein the plurality of pin teeth are rotatably fixed to the pin tooth housing, and the cycloid disk engages with the plurality of pin teeth; wherein all pin tooth housings in the pin tooth cycloid reducer are coaxially disposed. Therefore, deceleration can be achieved.
US10767729B2
A number of variations may include a product that may include a linking member that may have links arranged in rows that have multiple pitch lengths. Each of the rows may have at least one link. Each of the multiple pitch lengths may be a discrete length that may be different from others of the multiple pitch lengths. The rows may be arranged along the linking member in a repeating sequence of the multiple pitch lengths.
US10767727B2
A toothed belt is provided with toothed portions arranged at a regular pitch in a belt length direction. A belt body is made of a rubber composition containing, as a main ingredient of a rubber component, ethylene-α-olefin elastomer having an ethylene content of 44% by mass to 66% by mass. A reinforcing fabric is adhered to a surface of the belt body on a toothed side, with a reinforcing fabric adhesion coat interposed between the reinforcing fabric and the belt body. The reinforcing fabric adhesion coat is made of a rubber composition containing hydrogenated nitrile-butadiene rubber as a main ingredient of a rubber component.
US10767726B2
A pendulum damping device including a mounting to rotate about an axis; at least one pendulum body that includes first and second pendulum masses axially spaced relative to each other and movable relative to the mounting, the first pendulum mass being axially placed on a first side of the mounting and the second pendulum mass being axially placed on a second side of the mounting, and at least one member to connect the first and second pendulum masses and couple the masses; and at least one rolling member that guides the movement of the pendulum body relative to the mounting. The rolling member engages with a rolling track secured to the mounting and with a rolling track secured to the pendulum body and defined by the connecting member. The rolling member exerts an axial clamping force on one of the pendulum masses during movement of the one pendulum mass relative to the mounting.
US10767715B2
A braking assembly for an air disc brake comprises an actuator assembly having a service portion, at least one mounting stud attached to the service portion, and an air disc brake caliper having a bore for receiving the at least one mounting stud. The mounting stud is pivotable with respect to the service portion for installation on the air disc brake caliper.
US10767694B2
A manufacturing method for a sliding member is a method for manufacturing the sliding member in which a surface of an oxide film covering a metal base material serves as a sliding surface, and includes a dispersion step for dispersing a plurality of hard particles having a higher hardness than the oxide film through a surface layer of the metal base material, an oxide film generation step for generating the oxide film on the surface of the metal base material after the dispersion step, and an exposure step for exposing some of the plurality of hard particles from the surface of the oxide film by partially removing the oxide film.
US10767693B2
A rotation system (10) containing a housing (11), a shaft (12) rotatable relative to the housing (11), and at least one bearing assembly (51) which has a first region (52) supporting the shaft (12) by a radial gas bearing. An air gap is formed between the bearing assembly (51) and the shaft (12). The first region (52) contains or is formed by a tubular radial bearing bushing (55). An inside of the radial bearing bushing (55) has a bearing surface (66) which supports the shaft (12) in the radial direction. The bearing assembly (51) has a third region (54) which is held by or integrated on or in the housing (11) and a second region (53) connects the first region (52) to the third region (54). The second region (53) is more elastic than the first region (52) due to its shape or the shape of the first region (52).
US10767691B2
A magnetic bearing (20) comprises: a rotor (22) to be supported for rotation about an axis (502); a stator (24) extending from a first end (30) to a second end (32) and comprising: one or more first permanent magnets (110); one or more second permanent magnets (112) of polarity substantially opposite to a polarity of the one or more first permanent magnets; at least three radial windings (40,42,44,46); a first axial winding (34); a second axial winding (36); a first end pole (120); and a second end pole (122).
US10767687B2
A bearing structure includes a radial bearing surface for rotatably supporting a shaft; and a radial groove including a front wall surface portion and extending to one end of a radial bearing surface, the front wall surface portion being formed between a rear continuous portion and a front continuous portion positioned on the radial bearing surface, and extending from the front continuous portion along an imaginary line or extending forward from the front continuous portion relative to the imaginary line in the rotation direction, the imaginary line intersecting a tangent of the radial bearing surface at the front continuous portion at degrees and extending from the front continuous portion in a direction separated from the shaft and backward in the rotation direction, in a cross-section orthogonal to an axial direction of the shaft.
US10767685B2
A hanger (100) for a hanging item (1400) is provided. The hanger can define an aperture (102). The aperture can include a split rotated concave cardioid upper contour (104). The split rotated concave cardioid upper contour can include a first portion (105) and a second portion (106). The first portion and the second portion can be separated by an inverted convex cardioid (109). The inverted convex cardioid can be suspended into the aperture by two concave sidewalls (112,113). The aperture can include an intersecting concave lower contour (114) comprising a cusp (117).
US10767676B2
A hidden joining device for parts of furniture and furnishing items, in particular between a first panel, such as a shoulder of a piece of furniture, and a second panel, such as a base or shelf or top of a piece of furniture, which must be moved toward each other along an approach direction to bring the edge of one panel abutted in a tightening position against a surface of the other panel, includes a blocking group and a connection group coupled to those panels The blocking group is inserted inside a seat that is contained in the thickness of the panel on which the blocking group is applied. The seat has an axis perpendicular to the approach direction and extends from a rear edge of the panels toward the interior of the panels, forming a single visible hole in the two panels when connected.
US10767669B2
A rotary actuator includes a housing, a rotor assembly rotatably journaled in said housing and including a rotary output shaft, a central actuation assembly including a central mounting point formed in an external surface of the rotary output shaft, said central mounting point proximal to the longitudinal midpoint of the rotary output shaft, a mounting assembly adapted for attachment to an external mounting connector of a mounting surface of an aircraft structural member, and an actuation arm removably attached at a proximal end to the central mounting point, said actuation arm adapted at a distal end for attachment to an external mounting feature of an aircraft assembly to be actuated.
US10767665B2
A pneumatic valve arrangement for a pneumatically operated field device, such as a control device, of a processing plant, such as a chemical plant, a foodstuff processing plant, a power plant or the like is disclosed. The valve arrangement may include an air supply conduit for receiving pressurized air from a source of pressurized air, a control air conduit for aerating and venting a pneumatic actor of the field device, and a venting conduit for discharging pressurized air to a pressure sink, such as the atmosphere; a venting valve for opening and/or closing the venting conduit and an aerating valve for opening and/or closing the air supply conduit; and a pivotable carrier lever for common actuation of the aerating valve and of the venting valve, wherein the carrier lever holds the venting valve in its closed position while it opens the aerating valve from its closed position.
US10767662B2
A multi-stage ejector for generating a vacuum from a source of compressed air or fluid by passing the compressed air or fluid through a series of nozzles, accelerating and entraining the compressed air or fluid so as to form a jet flow in one or more stages and generate a vacuum across each stage. The multi-stage ejector may include a first drive stage; a second stage; and a converging-diverging nozzle provided in the series of nozzles between the first drive stage and the second stage. The multi-stage ejector, in use, may receive jet flow from the first drive stage, accelerate the jet flow to form a second stage air jet and direct the second stage air jet into an inlet of an outlet nozzle of the second stage. The converging-diverging nozzle may be formed in a molded nozzle piece mounted in the multi-stage ejector.
US10767653B2
The present invention relates to a turbo-molecular vacuum pump comprising bearings for supporting the drive shaft and/or the rotor in relation to a pump body, wherein a first bearing is coupled to the rotor and disposed on supporting mount at the high vacuum side of the rotor and radial struts extend from the supporting mount and form an integral part of the body; the invention is characterised in that the radial struts comprise a hinge portion that can flex to allow relative movement of the inlet flange with respect to the supporting mount to reduce distortion effects.
US10767643B2
The present invention relates to a method of operating a pump generating a flow of a fluid with a pressure, the method comprising operating the pump with a pump speed S satisfying the equation S=Ssimple(1+COR(t)); wherein S is the pump speed, Ssimple is the pump speed disregarding any compression and/or expansion of the fluid, t is a time, and COR(t) is a time dependent correction function; wherein the time dependent correction function COR(t) is a product of a corrective amplitude Acor and a time-dependent function f(t), i.e., COR(t)=Acor·ƒ(t); and wherein the corrective amplitude Acor is set based on a measure for the flow and a measure for the pressure. The present invention also relates to a corresponding use, a pump, a pump system and an HPLC system.
US10767642B2
A volumetric pump comprising a product metering chamber, a metering piston mounted inside the chamber so as to slide between top dead center and bottom dead center, a sleeve at least partially delimiting an intake chamber and an exhaust chamber for the product, and a product dispenser that is mounted so as to be able to move with respect to the sleeve and is able to place the metering chamber alternately into communication with the intake chamber and the exhaust chamber is provided. The pump also comprises a pressure sensor that is able to measure the pressure of the product inside the metering chamber, and a control unit that is connected to the pressure sensor and is able to verify the presence of pressure peaks exhibiting a value greater than or equal to a predetermined pressure threshold.
US10767632B2
Provided is a transition piece for a wind turbine, to connect a wind turbine to a foundation, wherein the transition piece includes a connection area to be connected to a foundation.
US10767628B2
The invention relates to control of a wind turbine comprising a plurality of multi-axial accelerometers mounted at different positions in the nacelle and/or in a top portion of the tower. The position and orientation of each accelerometer as mounted is obtained, accelerations in at least two different directions by each accelerometer are measured during operation of the wind turbine. From a number of predetermined mode shapes for the movement of the wind turbine is then determined an absolute position of at least one of the accelerometers during operation of the wind turbine based on the measured accelerations, the mount position and orientation of each accelerometer and the pre-determined mode shapes. Hereby a more precise absolute position during operation is obtained which can be used in the controlling of the turbine.
US10767626B2
The present application discloses a computer program product, a method and an apparatus for yaw control of wind turbine generator system. The method for yaw control of wind turbine generator system includes: obtaining a real-time parameter of wind condition according to a predetermined length of time; performing vector analysis of the obtained parameter of wind condition to obtain a direction angle of prime wind energy; controlling yaw of the wind turbine generator system according to the direction angle of the prime wind energy. The employment of the computer program product, the method and apparatus for yaw control of wind turbine generator system provides relatively accurate data to the wind turbine generator system, improves the accuracy of the yaw of the generator system, thereby increasing the utilization rate of the wind energy.
US10767625B2
A wind turbine rotor blade including a suction side, a pressure side, a blunt trailing edge, and a trailing edge enlargement unit arranged at the blunt trailing edge and has at least two stages. The trailing edge enlargement unit has a first portion and a second portion, where a transition from the blunt trailing edge to the first portion is substantially non-perpendicular and a transition between the first and second portions is also non-perpendicular.
US10767623B2
A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine. The rotor blade assembly includes a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a blade tip and a blade root. The rotor blade assembly also includes at least one noise reducer secured at the trailing edge. The noise reducer(s) includes at least one serration having a base portion and at least one side edge feature extending from the base portion. Further, the base portion extends along a first plane. The side edge feature(s) extends out of the first plane so as to reduce vortices generated by the serration(s).
US10767621B2
The present invention is directed to a system for producing energy via use of gravity. The system is for generating energy, and in particular electrical energy, by utilizing the abundant force of gravity that exists and then integrating such a force into a system design of energy power generation by converting the force of gravity into potential energy then into kinetic energy and from kinetic energy back into potential energy again, by using the system's autonomous methodology of fluid recycling to produce electric power generation in the process.
US10767611B2
A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The fuel injector is particularly suitable for use as a dual fuel injector, and comprises a generally tubular outer valve needle, an inner valve needle slidably received in the outer valve needle, and a nozzle body assembly comprising a tip part and a needle guide part. The tip part defines a seating region for the outer valve needle, and the needle guide part comprises a guide bore for slidably receiving the outer valve needle. In one embodiment, a lower bore region of the needle guide part defines a cavity around the outer valve needle which houses a biasing spring for the outer valve needle and a fuel. A collar for seating the biasing spring can be dimensioned to allow free flow of the fuel from the cavity into an annular accumulator volume defined between the outer valve needle and the bore of the tip part.
US10767610B2
A liquid fuel injector for a fuel system in an internal combustion engine includes two injection control valves for controlling two outlet checks. A common nozzle supply cavity is fluidly connected to an inlet passage and supplies each of the two sets of nozzle outlets opened and closed by the outlet checks. A first nozzle outlet set forms a narrower spray angle and has a first combination of outlet number and outlet size, and a second nozzle outlet set forms a wider spray angle and has a second combination of outlet number and outlet size. The first nozzle outlet set has a greater steady flow than the second nozzle outlet set.
US10767607B2
A filter assembly for a fresh air filtration system, the fresh air filtration system made therewith, and a method of filtering fresh air are provided. The filter assembly includes a filter housing and at least one filter element supported within the housing, the housing having at least one inlet for receiving a fluid to be filtered and at least one outlet for discharging filtered fluid, wherein the at least one inlet and at least one outlet are on a common side of the housing.
US10767601B2
The exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system provided herein utilizes a crossover (X) valve that is selectively activated at the direction of the electronic control module (ECM) to mix the high temperature (HT) and low temperature (LT) circuits of the EGR system under certain predetermined operating conditions. Thus, HT circuit fluid (at engine temperatures) is selectively fed into the LT circuit fluid (at ambient temperatures) to heat certain LT circuit components that are normally cooled by the LT circuit before starting the low pressure (LP) EGR in certain cold cycles. When this heating is finished, the X valve is closed to provide normal HT circuit/LT circuit fluid separation. The X valve can be controlled using a rotational actuator or the like. To avoid exposing the LT circuit to the high revolution-per-minute (RPM) operating conditions of the HT circuit, a HT bypass mechanism is provided.
US10767600B2
A fuel system comprising a fuel tank, a mixing volume configured to mix fuel vapor and air, the mixing volume comprising an outlet configured to be fluidly coupled to an engine, and a fuel vapor line configured to fluidly couple the fuel tank to the mixing volume.
US10767598B2
The invention relates to a system for storing and feeding an auxiliary liquid to an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle or to parts of the internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle, having a storage vessel for the fluid, having at least one delivery pump for the fluid, and having at least one line system comprising an inflow to a consumer and a return flow into the storage vessel, the system comprising a connector module which is inserted into an opening of the storage vessel, the connector module having fluid ducts which communicate with the storage vessel and are connected to an inflow line and to a return flow line of the line system, and the connector module comprising a module block which is configured as a thermally conductive and/or heatable body.
US10767592B2
A failure diagnosis device for an in-cylinder pressure sensor includes an in-cylinder pressure sensor, and a controller comprised of circuitry configured to execute a diagnosis module into which a signal of the in-cylinder pressure sensor is inputted and configured to diagnose a failure of the sensor based on the signal. The diagnosis module includes a reading module configured to read the signals of the in-cylinder pressure sensor at a first timing that is a timing retarded by a specific crank angle from a compression top dead center, and at a second timing that is a timing advanced by the specific crank angle from the compression top dead center, and a failure determining module configured to determine that the in-cylinder pressure sensor has failed when the failure determining module determines that a difference between signal values at the first timing and at the second timing exceeds a predefined threshold.
US10767580B2
A method for checking a measurement of pressure in a fuel tank, implemented in a vehicle having a fuel tank and a fuel vapor breather circuit including: a filter, a tank isolation valve interposed between the tank and the filter, and a purge line, connected to the filter, downstream thereof, a pressure sensor, and a purge valve. The method includes, when the purge valve is closed: measuring a value of the pressure in the tank when the isolation valve is closed, then measuring a temporal extreme value for the pressure in the purge line following an opening of the isolation valve, and determining, from the measured values, that there is an anomaly in the measured pressure in the tank.
US10767577B2
A method of implementing control logic of a compression-ignition engine is provided. A controller outputs a signal to a injector and a variable valve operating mechanism so that a gas-fuel ratio (G/F) becomes leaner than a stoichiometric air fuel ratio, and an air-fuel ratio (A/F) becomes equal to or richer than the stoichiometric air fuel ratio, and to an ignition plug so that unburnt mixture gas combusts by self-ignition after the ignition plug ignites mixture gas inside a combustion chamber. The method includes steps of determining a geometric compression ratio and determining the control logic defining an intake valve close timing IVC. IVC (deg.aBDC) is determined so that the following expression is satisfied: if the geometric compression ratio ε is 10≤ε<17, 0.4234ε2−22.926ε+207.84+C≤IVC≤−0.4234ε2+22.926ε−167.84+C where C is a correction term according to an engine speed NE (rpm), C=3.3×10−10NE3−1.0×10−6NE2+7.0×10−4NE.
US10767559B2
A particle separator adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes an adaptive-area hub, an outer wall, and a splitter. The splitter cooperates with the adaptive-area hub and the outer wall to separate particles suspended in an inlet flow moving through the particle separator to provide a clean flow of air to the gas turbine engine.
US10767557B1
A system for generating electricity comprising a turbine and a generator coupled to the turbine by a generator shaft so that an armature of the generator rotates when the turbine blades of the turbine are rotating, wherein rotation of the armature produces electricity. The system comprising a reservoir and a pressure sensor capable of providing a stream of signals corresponding to the pressure in the reservoir. The system selectively operating in one of a first operating mode, a second operating mode, a third operating mode, and a fourth operating mode. The mode of operation being selected based on a determination of the pressure in the reservoir.
US10767553B2
A turbocharger includes a waste gate valve, a compressor, a turbine, a turbine housing which houses the turbine, a bypass channel which includes an opening cross-section, the bypass channel bypassing the turbine, a bypass channel portion formed in the turbine housing, an actuator housing which includes a separate first coolant channel having a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, an electric motor arranged in the actuator housing, a transmission which includes an output shaft, the transmission being arranged in the actuator housing, and a control body coupled to the output shaft. The actuator housing is formed separately and is secured to the turbine housing. The control body controls the opening cross-section of the bypass channel.
US10767551B2
In an engine (1), when an intake valve (16) opens, a downstream end portion (61) of a first intake port (6) extends to direct to between a shade back (162a) positioned on a cylinder axis (C) side with respect to a valve stem (161) and a ceiling surface (51) facing the shade back (162a). As viewed in a section perpendicular to a direction perpendicular to an intake air flow direction, a second intake port side inner wall surface (61a) at the downstream end portion (61) of the first intake port (6) curves apart from a second intake port (7) in a direction from an exhaust side to an intake side as compared to the shape of an opposite second intake port side inner wall surface (61b) mirror-reversed to a second intake port (7) side.
US10767526B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling particulate filter temperature during non-combustion conditions. In one example, a method for an engine includes responsive to a particulate filter temperature above a threshold temperature and while operating the engine with deceleration fuel shut-off (DFSO), fully closing a throttle valve configured to regulate flow of intake air to the engine, and responsive to intake manifold pressure dropping below a threshold pressure while the throttle valve is fully closed, adjusting a position of the throttle valve based on the particulate filter temperature.
US10767525B2
A plugged honeycomb structure has a plurality of cells defined by partition walls to become through channels for fluid, one end of each of the predetermined cells is plugged by a plugging member, the other end of each of the residual cells is plugged by the plugging member, the partition wall is made of a cordierite component as a main component, and a value obtained by dividing Young's modulus of a plugging structure portion formed by the partition walls and the plugging member by Young's modulus of a cell structure portion formed by the partition walls is in a range of 1.05 to 2.00.
US10767514B2
The invention relates to a waste-heat utilization assembly (1) of an internal combustion engine (50), comprising a working circuit (2) that conducts a working fluid. The working circuit (2) is equipped with a feed pump (6), an evaporator (10), an expansion machine (3) and a condenser (4) in the direction of flow of the working fluid. Additionally, the evaporator (10) is also arranged in an exhaust tract (53) of the internal combustion engine (50). The exhaust tract (53) is equipped with an exhaust bypass channel (61) parallel to the evaporator (10), and the exhaust tract (53) is equipped with an exhaust bypass valve (60), by means of which the distribution of the mass flow rate of the exhaust of the internal combustion engine (50) to the evaporator (10) and to the exhaust bypass channel (61) can be controlled. The waste-heat utilization assembly (1) further comprises a cooling device (20, 40, 30) which conducts a coolant, and the condenser (4) is arranged in the cooling device (20, 40, 30). Furthermore, at least one temperature sensor (37, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44) is arranged in the cooling device (20, 40, 30).
US10767513B2
A thermal electric power generator includes an evaporator, an expander, an electric generator, a condenser, and a pump. A working fluid used in the thermal electric power generator is an organic working fluid. The evaporator includes a heat exchanger, a bypass channel, and a flow rate adjustment mechanism. The bypass channel allows a heat medium to bypass the heat exchanger. The flow rate adjustment mechanism adjusts a flow rate of the heat medium to be supplied to the heat exchanger and a flow rate of the heat medium to be supplied to the bypass channel.
US10767509B2
A component for a gas turbine engine, includes an external surface bounding a hot gas path of the gas turbine engine, and a cooling passage configured to deliver a cooling airflow therethrough. The cooling passage includes an internal surface located opposite the external surface, together defining a component wall. A plurality of trip strip features are located along the internal surface having a trip strip height extending from the internal surface and a trip strip width extending along the internal surface in a flow direction of the cooling airflow through the cooling passage. A ratio of a trip strip pitch between adjacent trip strip features in a width direction and the trip strip height is less than 5. One or more cooling film bleed holes extend from the internal surface to the external surface and are located between adjacent trip strip features of the plurality of trip strip features.
US10767503B2
A stator assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first shroud that extends about an axis to bound a flow path. The first shroud defines a first shroud opening. An airfoil has an airfoil body that extends from a first end portion. The first end portion is received in the first shroud opening and defines a retention aperture. A retention clip includes a body and at least one locking feature. The body extends between opposed clip end portions. The at least one locking feature is compressibly received through the retention aperture, and the least one locking feature is decompressible from the body to define a ramp sloping towards one of the clip end portions to limit movement of the airfoil relative to the first shroud when in the installed position.
US10767500B2
There are provided techniques and apparatuses for fan blade pitch setting. For example, there is provided an impeller including a ring disposed in a hub of the impeller. The ring can include a recess shaped and positioned to impart a specified pitch angle to a blade extending outwardly from the ring through the hub.
US10767496B2
A turbine blade assembly adapted for use in a gas turbine engine is disclosed in this paper. A primary member of the turbine blade assembly shaped to form an airfoil and comprises ceramic matrix composite materials. A independent platform of the turbine blade assembly is coupled to the primary member of the turbine blade assembly such that the primary member need not be shaped to provide the platform.
US10767495B2
A turbine vane assembly adapted for use in a gas turbine engine includes a support strut and a turbine vane arranged around the support strut. The support strut is made of metallic materials. The turbine vane is made of ceramic matrix composite materials to insulate the metallic materials of the support strut.
US10767491B2
A turbine blade including a root bearing an aerofoil extending in a direction of span and ending in a tip, this aerofoil including a leading edge and a trailing edge which are connected by a pressure face wall and a suction face wall, the trailing edge including on the pressure face side cooling slots. The trailing edge includes one or more first slots close to the root, which are supplied via a lower cavity; one or more last slots near the tip which are supplied via an upper cavity; intermediate slots situated between the first slots and the last slots supplied with air via a downstream line set; and wherein the lower cavities and upper cavities and the downstream line set are supplied distinctly at the level of the root.
US10767489B2
An engine component, such as an airfoil, for a turbine engine having a hole, which can be a film hole, within the outer wall of the engine component where cooling air moves from an interior cavity through the hole to an outer surface of the engine component providing a cooling film on the outer surface of the engine component.
US10767488B1
A turbomachine airfoil element includes an airfoil that has pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and is joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 3.18-3.48 inch (80.7-88.4 mm). A chord length extends in a chordwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge at 50% span and is in a range of 1.17-1.47 inch (29.6-37.3 mm). The airfoil element includes at least two of a first mode with a frequency of 333±10% Hz, a second mode with a frequency of 1554±10% Hz, a third mode with a frequency of 2356±10% Hz, a fourth mode with a frequency of 2830±10% Hz, a fifth mode with a frequency of 4075±10% Hz and a sixth mode with a frequency of 5239±10% Hz.
US10767487B2
An airfoil includes a core structure, a passage, and a panel attached with the core structure adjacent the passage. The panel has an exterior gas path side and an opposed interior side bordering the passage. The interior side includes at least one flow guide in the passage.
US10767486B2
An airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an annular shroud having a radially inner face and a radially outer face opposing the radially inner face, a radially inner array of airfoils extending from the radially inner face, and a radially outer array of airfoils extending from the radially outer face. The radially inner array of airfoils are configured to guide flow within a radially inner bypass flow passage, the radially inner bypass flow passage bypassing and being radially outward of a compressor section. At least one, but fewer than each, airfoil of the radially inner array of airfoils is circumferentially aligned with a corresponding airfoil in the radially outer array of airfoils, and the remaining airfoils in the radially inner array of airfoils are misaligned with the airfoils of the radially outer array of airfoils. A method of reducing a vibratory response of airfoils is also disclosed.
US10767483B2
Provided is a power generation system with which it is possible to perform efficient power generation. The power generation system comprises: an evaporation chamber; a reciprocal heat-insulating cylinder provided with a forward-side expansion chamber and a backward-side expansion chamber; an operating fluid supply/ejection means which performs a supply flow passageway forming operation and an ejection flow passageway forming operation in an alternating and reciprocal manner; a heat-insulating expansion chamber; a liquefied operating fluid recirculating means; and a compression/liquefaction recirculating means. The heat-insulating expansion chamber may be provided separately on both the ejection flow passage downstream side of the forward-side expansion chamber and on the ejection flow passage downstream side of the backward-side expansion chamber.
US10767481B2
A self-advancing roof support for a longwall mining system includes a base, a hydraulic actuator having one end pivotally coupled to the base, and a canopy portion that is connected to another end of the hydraulic actuator. The roof support also includes a load sensor disposed on the canopy portion. The load sensor generates a signal indicative of an amount of load borne by the canopy portion in abutment with a roof of an underground mine site. A controller is communicably coupled to the load sensor and the hydraulic actuator. The controller determines if the signal from the load sensor is suggestive of a cavity adjacent to a zone above the canopy portion. Based on the determination, the controller actuates movement of the hydraulic actuator such that the canopy portion is displaced into a position underlying the cavity.
US10767466B2
Systems and methods for active ranging-while-drilling (ARWD) for collision avoidance and/or well interception. A method for ranging while drilling may comprise employing a rotating magnet assembly to induce a changing magnetization and/or electric current in a conductive member disposed in a target wellbore, wherein the rotating magnet assembly may be employed in a second wellbore; measuring at least one component of a magnetic gradient tensor using receivers; and calculating a relative location of the conductive member based at least in part on the measurements of the at least one component of the magnetic gradient tensor.
US10767462B2
Methods, systems, and techniques for performing automated drilling of a wellbore. The wellbore is drilled in response to a first drilling parameter target (such as weight on bit) that includes a first drilling parameter offset modified by a first drilling parameter perturbation signal. A first drilling performance metric (such as rate of penetration) is measured and is indicative of a response of the drilling to the first drilling parameter target. An output of a first objective function is determined using the measured first drilling performance metric. A first correlation between the output of the first objective function and the first drilling parameter perturbation signal, and an integral of the first correlation, are determined. The first drilling parameter target is updated using the integral modified by the first drilling parameter perturbation signal. The wellbore is drilled in response to the updated first drilling parameter target.
US10767460B2
A method of time delayed reduction in the molecular weight of polymers in a viscosified fluid and a method of time delayed breaking of viscosified fluids through treatment of the viscosified fluid with a viscosity breaking composition. The viscosity breaking composition is formed from a peroxygen compound, a peroxygen inhibiting agent and a peroxygen catalyzing agent, where the relative concentration of the components determines the duration of the a time interval require for breaking the viscosified fluid.
US10767456B2
A method and system for recovering oil from a subterranean reservoir. The method includes delivering an injection gas through an injection flow path into a plurality of regions of the reservoir via a plurality of outflow devices arranged along the injection flow path, producing oil from a plurality of regions of the subterranean reservoir via a production flow path with a plurality of inflow devices arranged along the production flow path, and restricting flow of the injection gas into the production flow path from the reservoir. The restricting of the flow in injection gas may be by choking the flow of the injection gas through at least one of the plurality of inflow devices such that the residence time of the injection gas within the subterranean reservoir is increased.
US10767449B2
A sand control screen assembly having a protective shroud or jacket that provides a controlled offset between the shroud and a filter medium. The sand control screen assembly also includes a base pipe having a drainage layer positioned therearound for preventing the flow of particulate material of a predetermined size therethrough and allowing the flow of production fluids therethrough.
US10767444B2
A downhole tool having a flapper valve assembly for controlling the backflow of fluid into a tubing string that includes at least one flapper. The downhole tool also includes a deformable element that maintains the at least one flapper in an open position after the deformable portion is deformed. A downhole tool having a flapper valve assembly for controlling the backflow of fluid into a tubing string that includes at least one flapper. The downhole tool also includes a sleeve slidably disposed within at least a portion of the flapper valve assembly and the downhole tool. The downhole tool includes a deformable and dissolvable seat disposed uphole and adjacent to the sleeve and a dissolvable fluid blocking member to engage with the seat to shift the sleeve from first position to a second position within the downhole tool. Methods of using these downhole tools are provided.
US10767442B2
A method for use with a subterranean well can include releasing flow conveyed plugging devices into the well, each of the plugging devices including a body and, extending outwardly from the body, at least one of lines and fibers, and the plugging devices blocking flow through respective openings in the well. Another method can include perforating a zone, releasing a set of flow conveyed plugging devices into the well, each of the plugging devices including a body and, extending outwardly from the body, at least one of lines and fibers, the set of plugging devices blocking flow through respective perforations in the zone, perforating another zone, releasing another set of the flow conveyed plugging devices into the well, and the second set of plugging devices blocking flow through respective perforations in the second zone.
US10767435B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for installing a slip hanger assembly in a wellbore with a slip bowl comprising an aperture extending from an outer diameter of the slip bowl. The system also includes a slip coupled to the slip bowl, the slip comprising teeth on an inner face and a slot for receiving a shear pin extending through the aperture. The system further includes a running tool coupled to the slip bowl. The system includes a housing coupled to the running tool, the housing including a cylinder for receiving a reciprocating piston, the piston being movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the slip is in stored position while the piston is in the first position and an engaged position when the piston is in the second position.
US10767434B2
A hydraulic connector type “Titus”, applicable in oil production and extraction operations in the seabed, is able to provide connection between cylindrical bodies (WCT and a wellhead, for example). The locking system has a primary hydraulic circuit and the unlocking system has primary and secondary hydraulic circuits. However, the pre-load adjustment system is performed through the friction self-locking angle, being the parallel locking the mechanism determining to prevent the accidental unlocking of the connector, including when exposed to vibration. The connector has a set of jaws, one main actuator hydraulic piston, pressurization chambers, secondary piston, sealing elements, an external liner, a lower guide, a two-part top cover, attachment screws, a two-part ring, conical surface and hydraulic fluid lines.
US10767431B2
A crimping connection for an inner tube is disclosed. An inner barrel system includes a first coring inner barrel; a second coring inner barrel; and a crimp ring overlapping an end of the first coring inner barrel and an end of the second coring inner barrel and compressed to mechanically couple the first coring inner barrel with the second coring inner barrel.
US10767430B2
A setting tool for use in setting plugs downhole using opposing pistons to axially compress a plug, thereby causing it to radially expand.
US10767421B2
Composite cables suitable for use in conjunction with wellbore tools. One cable may include a polymer composite that includes dopants dispersed in a polymer matrix and continuous fibers extending along an axial length of the cable through the polymer matrix, wherein the cable is characterized by at least one of the following: (1) at least a portion of the cable having a density greater than about 2 g/cm3, wherein at least some of the dopants have a density of about 6 g/cm3 or greater, (2) at least a portion of the cable having a density less than about 2 g/cm3, wherein at least some of the dopants have a density of about 0.9 g/cm3 or less, (3) at least some of the dopants are ferromagnetic, or (4) at least some of the dopants are hydrogen getters.
US10767416B2
Ladders, ladder components and related methods are provided. In some embodiments, adjustable stepladders are provided which include locking mechanisms that enable height adjustment of the ladder through application of a force towards the rails of the ladder. In other embodiments, spreader mechanisms are provided with cross bracing located and configured to provide additional stability to the ladder while also incorporating a handle that enables efficient collapsing of the ladder while reducing the potential of pinching ones hands or fingers. In another embodiment, a device is provided for selective coupling with the ladder that includes a support or safety rail and an adjustable tray. The device may be coupled with the ladder in a number of different positions including a stowed position. In another embodiment, a hinge assembly is provided having a magnetic component configured to be magnetically coupled with and temporarily store an object on the ladder.
US10767414B2
The present application relates to an arrangement for reducing thermal energy loss through a sill assembly of the type used with a door or window. The sill assembly includes at least one sill member. The at least one sill member has a hollow region therein. The sill assembly further includes a baffle disposed within the at least one sill member. The baffle spans a length of the at least one sill member and divides the at least one sill member into a plurality of chambers thereby limiting interaction of warmer air and cooler air within the at least one sill member. The baffle reduces heat transfer through the hollow region via convection.
US10767412B2
An electromechanical strut is provided for moving a pivotal closure member between open and closed positions relative to a motor vehicle body. The electromechanical strut includes a drive mechanism having a motor-gearbox assembly, flex coupling assembly, and a spring-loaded supplemental friction assembly that are operable to drive a rotatable power screw. The drive mechanism converts rotary motion of the power screw into linear motion of an extensible member to move the extensible member between a retracted position corresponding to the closure member closed position and an extended position corresponding to the closure member open position. The motor-gearbox assembly includes a motor and a geartrain having an output component driven at a reduced speed relative to the motor speed. The flex coupling assembly is operably disposed between the output component and the power screw. The spring-loaded supplemental friction assembly generates and applies a supplemental frictional force to the flex coupling assembly.
US10767411B2
A device and method for automatically closing a tailgate of a motor vehicle having a body and a tailgate closing device, is described. The tailgate closing device comprises first and second closing elements. A suspension strut is situated on a first side of the tailgate and a power strut is situated on a second side of the tailgate opposite the first side. The suspension strut and the power strut are both connected to the tailgate and to the body. The first closing element is situated on the tailgate and the second closing element is situated on the body. The first and second closing elements are designed to engage into each other during the closing of the tailgate to effectuate the closure of the tailgate. The torque acting via the power strut onto the tailgate is reduced during the closing of the tailgate when the distance between the first and second closing elements is less than a threshold value.
US10767407B2
A hinge for door leaves of furniture and the like, which comprises a fixed part that can be connected to a body of a piece of furniture and a movable part that can be connected to a door leaf of the piece of furniture, the fixed part and the movable part being mutually connected in an oscillating manner by way of an articulation system that comprises at least one articulation axis and a rocker, the hinge comprising elastic means for opening the hinge which are functionally connected to the at least one rocker; the fixed part of the hinge is shaped so that it can be inserted into a seat defined within the thickness of an upper or lower wall of a piece of furniture.
US10767405B1
Adjustable hinge assemblies for partially or completely rotating an object joined thereto about an axis in specific, pre-determined increments defined by the interaction of ball pins and detents permit the adjustable hinge to retain an attached object in specific rotational positions until sufficient force is applied in the plane of rotation to overcome this interaction. In certain cases the object may be a door, window, baffle, or airfoil. Preferably, the adjustable hinges may be used as part of a sneeze guard assembly to hold a main sneeze guard pane whose angle can be adjusted to protect food from airborne contamination, such as in airborne saliva or mucus droplets. An optional tuck-away hinge pane prevents contamination of food from the ends of the sneeze guard assembly.
US10767402B2
The door check includes a retaining bar (20) which can be connected to one of the two door assembly parts, i.e. the door (8) or the door frame (6), and a retaining housing (13) which can be connected to the other door assembly part. In order to design a door check that allows a vehicle door to be reliably and safely blocked in an automated manner, a threaded bar (50) can be accommodated in an axially movable fashion in a cavity of the retaining bar (20).
US10767400B2
An advancing/retreating movement mechanism 1 of an advancing/retreating member includes: a lifter 3; a coil spring 5; a lock pin 7 that limits the movement of the lifter 3; a case 2 that accommodates the lifter 3 and the coil spring 5; an advance/retreat position control mechanism 9 that controls an advance position, a retreat position, and a reciprocating movement of the lifter 3; and a receiving seat 11 that receives the coil spring 5 so that the lifter 3 is biased. The receiving seat 11 is arranged in a rearward position side of the lifter 3. An engaging part 27a engaging the lock pin 7 is arranged to the lifter 3. When the lifter 3 moves to the retreat position, the engaging part 27a moves to a rearward side beyond the receiving seat 11 and moves to a position where the engaging part 27a can be engaged with the lock pin 7. Therefore, the size of the advancing/retreating member in a protruding/withdrawing direction can be made small.
US10767396B2
A closure latch assembly for use in a motor vehicle closure system for releasably latching a vehicle door to a vehicle body. The closure latch assembly includes a latch mechanism providing a pop-off sound reduction function.
US10767383B2
A ground wire guidance system for guiding a robotic vehicle through a doorway in a barrier. The system includes a ground wire loop arranged to pass though the doorway in two directions. Plural wires are switched as the loop passes through the doorway such that the pairs of wires conducting are spaced apart, or shielded, such that the robotic vehicle can reliably navigate through a relatively narrow doorway, while one of the wires passes through a central portion of the doorway.
US10767373B2
A leveling coating structure with quick installation and removal includes a plurality of parallel sections; a multiplicity of clips having a head with a stem and a bushing with inserts, the stem being inserted in a through hole of the section and rotatably retained by the inserts of the bushing which is in abutment with the bottom of the base frame opposite to the head of the clip; a succession of slats having opposite lateral grooves which the head of the clip engages. Each section is made of light alloy with a C-shaped cross-section having a core for supporting the slats and wings for the insertion of the bushings between them. Each clip is retained by the section with the head in abutment with the core for supporting the slats and the bushing in abutment with the free ends of the wings.
US10767372B1
A fascia mounted railing system that uses brackets that secure the posts to the slab while also providing base support for the infill panels without the use of a base rail. It does this by using a bracket to secure the posts and a second bracket that fits within the bottom of the post. This bracket has end flanges that extend outwardly from the post to support an infill panel. The infill panels can have a base treatment to conceal the face of the slab, if desired, for a more aesthetically pleasing appearance. In addition, the system has the capacity for a top railing that can be attached to the back of the posts as a grab rail, or attached to the top of the posts (with a bracket) for a top rail.
US10767368B2
Disclosed are composite building boards and associated manufacturing methods. The composite boards may include, for example, one or more slurry layers with embedded fibrous mats. An exterior plastic coating is mechanically adhered to the underlying slurry layer. The plastic layer chemically bonds and cross-links with polymer additives within the slurry layer. The result is an integrated polymer matrix with greatly improved durability and surface strength.
US10767365B1
An acoustic absorber includes a chamber formed from walls with a resistive portion providing the only communication between the chamber volume and ambient air. In some examples chamber walls enable selection or adjustment of chamber volume or resistive area, thereby altering the acoustic absorption spectrum below 250 Hz. In some examples the chamber volume contains fibrous filler material exhibiting no airflow resistance or acoustic absorption. Density and heat capacity of the fibrous filler material results in the chamber volume exhibiting compressibility of air within the chamber, for at least acoustic frequencies up to about 50 Hz, that is larger than adiabatic compressibility of air. That larger compressibility results in an increased acoustic absorption coefficient, for at least acoustic frequencies up to about 50 Hz, 50% to 100% larger than that of an identical chamber entirely characterized by the adiabatic compressibility of air.
US10767359B2
A flush toilet enabling easy cleaning besides capable of preventing dirty water from flowing out is provided. In the flush toilet, a toilet seat is placed on a rim of a toilet body with the toilet seat free to open and close on a pivot axis on a side of a rear end thereof. A projection rib for preventing dirty water from flowing out is formed on a front upper face of the rim so that it protrudes from an outer periphery of the rim. The projection rib is provided so that it is outside a front periphery of the toilet seat when the toilet seat is in closing state.
US10767355B2
A wall-mounted shower head holding structure includes a suction cup assembly capable of holding a shower head. The suction cup assembly includes a suction cup body and a retractable mechanism. The suction cup body can be retractably held to a front end of a wall-mounted main body through the retractable mechanism. When in use, the shower head is attached to and held at the front end of the suction cup assembly. It is quite convenient for use, and does not affect the use of the shower head.
US10767353B2
A faucet that uses a gearing mechanism to allow the faucet handle to be placed much closer to the mixing valve is disclosed. Various embodiments involve geared mechanical operation of a mixing faucet, where the gears transfer motion of a handle to a faucet valve, which may allow for a lower handle (e.g., a handle placed closer to the faucet body). In some embodiments, an upper gear is provided in a faucet handle, and the upper gear may be held in a carrier. A set screw may lock the handle in place. Finally, a lower gear may be pushed onto the top of a valve stem. When the handle is lifted, the upper gear rotates against the lower gear, causing the valve to open. The carrier may rotate within the valve body, thus allowing for temperature control of the valve.
US10767350B2
An attachment pin assembly includes a first pin body, a second pin body, and a bolt for fastening and fixing the first pin body and the second pin body to each other. The first pin body has a first shaft portion and a flange portion formed at an end of the first shaft portion. The second pin body has a second shaft portion. The bolt is inserted into the flange portion and the first shaft portion of the first pin body and the second shaft portion of the second pin body. Moreover, a housing recessed portion for housing a head of the bolt is formed at the first pin body, and a bottom surface of the housing recessed portion is arranged on a tip end side of the first shaft portion as a second pin body side with respect to a seating surface of the flange portion.
US10767348B2
A mobile work machine includes a frame, a set of ground engaging elements movably supported by the frame and driven to drive movement of the mobile work machine, a movable element movably supported by the frame to move relative to the frame, and an actuator coupled to the movable element to controllably drive movement of the movable element. The mobile work machine also includes a control system that generates an actuator control signal, indicative of a commanded movement of the actuator, and provides the actuator control signal to the actuator to control the actuator to perform the commanded movement. Further, the mobile work machine includes a stability system, coupled to the control system, that determines whether the commanded movement will result in an unstable state of the mobile work machine and, if so, generates a restriction signal, restricting the commanded movement to avoid the unstable state.
US10767346B2
A work machine includes a hydraulic actuator configured to be driven via hydraulic oil. A control valve has a first pilot port and is connected to the hydraulic actuator to control the hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic actuator is configured to move in a first mode when a first pilot pressure is applied to the first pilot port. A first pilot valve is connected to the first pilot port of the control valve via the first pilot oil supply pipe to control applying the first pilot pressure to the first pilot port. The hydraulic oil is configured to be drained via a drain pipe. The drain pipe and the first pilot oil supply pipe are provided in a heat exchanger to exchange heat between the hydraulic oil in the drain pipe and the hydraulic oil in the first pilot oil supply pipe via the heat exchanger.
US10767335B2
The present invention relates to an attachment for drilling and/or foundation work, in particular a casing oscillator or casing rotator, comprising a receiving apparatus for clamping at least one pipe and a drive for generating a rotational movement of the clamped pipe, wherein the attachment comprises at least one integral control unit for an independent carrying out of control functions of the attachment.
US10767334B2
Provided is a helical pile having an elongated shaft, at least one helical blade on the shaft having a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a displacement paddle extending outward from the shaft longitudinally positioned between the leading and trailing edges of the blade to push away soil to create a grout channel surrounding the shaft. At least one grout propeller may be provided on the shaft, having at least one blade pitched an opposite direction from the helical blade to propel grout downward in the grout channel as the pile rotates.
US10767332B2
An axial reinforcement system is disclosed that provides a shell (i.e., a form or jacket) that protects a weight-bearing member (e.g., a cement column) from a corrosive environment and which also substantially increases the structural capacity of the weight-bearing member. The shell is integrated with “positioners” and reinforcing elements, the combination of which offers several advantages over conventional shells. The positioner is attached directly to the shell and the positioner is, in turn, secured to a reinforcing element, which can be a reinforced steel, such as rebar, or a carbon fiber reinforced polymer material. The axial reinforcement system has been found to substantially increase the structural rigidity of the weight-bearing member, while at the same time protecting the weight-bearing member from corrosion and is also simple to install.
US10767326B2
A snow thrower and an auger. The snow thrower includes the auger. The auger includes a supporting shaft having a central axis, a snow throwing bracket configured to throw snow, a left snow scraper configured to push snow to the right towards a region where the snow throwing bracket is located, a right snow scraper configured to push snow to the left towards the region where the snow throwing bracket is located, a left supporting plate secured to a left end of the supporting shaft, and a right supporting plate secured to a right end of the supporting shaft. The left snow scraper and the right snow scraper are symmetrical about a plane perpendicular to the central axis. An angle of the left snow scraper around the central axis is greater than 180 degrees and smaller than 360 degrees.
US10767313B2
A method for fabricating shaped-paper products is introduced herein, which comprises at least one dredging-pulp step for forming a wet pulp made of paper-slurry materials, at least one pre-compression step for lightly compressing the wet pulp to form a first semi-finished product, at least one thermo-compression forming step for deeply compressing the first semi-finished product to form a second semi-finished product, and a surface-coating step of employing a product surface coating apparatus to coat a liquid coating materials onto at least one outer surface of the second semi-finished product, and thereby forming each of the shaped-paper products having a binding layer. With utilization of the present invention, an automatic coating can be applied high efficiently in a series of continuous production machines. This could not only shorten processing time and benefit a mass production thereof but also ensure a higher production yield and quality.
US10767305B2
The present application relates to a steam iron (10) for ironing garments. The steam iron (10) comprises a steam generator (11), an ironing plate (13) and a thermal bridge arrangement (14). The steam generator (11) comprises a main body (11A) and a heating element (12) to heat the main body (11 A). The thermal bridge arrangement (14) extends between the main body (11A) and a thermal coupling area (15) of the ironing plate (13) to heat the ironing plate (13) by conduction of heat from the main body (11A). The thermal bridge arrangement (14) comprises a first portion (16) extending in a first direction (A) away from the thermal coupling area (15) and a second portion (17) extending in a second direction (B) towards the thermal coupling area (15). This invention allows promoting steam generation operating in a high temperature for a better steam capability, while keeping a lower temperature of the ironing plate which prevents damaging garments during ironing.
US10767300B2
Disclosed is a washing machine having an improved wire connection structure for electrically connecting electrical components. The washing machine includes a cabinet which has a first electrical component, forms an exterior, and has an opening through which laundry is inserted; a door provided with a second electrical component, and configured to open and close the opening; a wire which electrically connects the first electrical component and the second electrical component; and a hinge which has a wire guide portion for coupling the door to the cabinet so as to be rotatable about a rotating axis and for guiding the wire.
US10767296B2
A multi-denier nonwoven composite fabric having a nested structure is hydraulically treated by particular process parameters to improve softness and tactile feel.
US10767284B2
A thread draw-off nozzle for an open-end rotor spinning device includes an entrance-side nozzle funnel and an exit-side nozzle bore adjoining the nozzle funnel. A plurality of notches are arranged in the nozzle funnel and extend essentially radial to the nozzle bore. Each notch has an inlet wall, a baffle wall, a radially outer notch inlet, and a radially inner notch outlet. Each notch further includes an essentially flat notch bottom arranged between the inlet wall and the baffle wall.
US10767262B2
A gas supply apparatus for forming a film by supplying a source gas, a substitution gas, and a reaction gas to a substrate in a processing chamber includes a source gas flow passage; a reaction gas flow passage; a first and second carrier gas flow passages connected to the source gas flow passage and the reaction gas flow passage; a substitution gas flow passage configured to supply the substitution gas into the processing chamber through a supply control device; a gas storage part installed in the substitution gas flow passage, and configured to store the substitution gas; a valve installed in the substitution gas flow passage, and installed in a downstream side of the gas storage part; and a control unit configured to control opening/closing of the valve such that the substitution gas is stored in the gas storage part to increase an internal pressure of the gas storage part.
US10767260B2
A substrate processing apparatus includes a process chamber accommodating a substrate; a gas supply system; and an exhaust system. The supply system includes a vaporizer and a mist filter, the mist filter including a plurality of first plates and a plurality of second plates. Each of the first plates includes a first plate portion having a plurality of first grooves on a surface thereof and a first flow path. Each of the second plates includes a second plate portion having a plurality of second grooves on a surface thereof and a second flow path. When the plurality of first and second plates are arranged alternatively, the plurality of first grooves are configured to face the second flow path and the plurality of second grooves are configured to face the first flow path, such that the first flow path and the second flow path are not in-line.
US10767258B2
A titanium aluminum nitride coating having a columnar crystal structure, which is formed on a substrate, comprises high-Al TiAlN having an fcc structure, which has a composition represented by (Tix1, Aly1)N, wherein x1 and y1 are numbers meeting x1=0.005-0.1, and y1=0.995-0.9 by atomic ratio, and network-like, high-Ti TiAlN having an fcc structure, which has a composition represented by (Tix2, Aly2)N, wherein x2 and y2 are numbers meeting x2=0.5-0.9, and y2=0.5-0.1 by atomic ratio; the high-Al TiAlN being surrounded by the network-like, high-Ti TiAlN.
US10767254B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for forming a uniform, large scale nanoparticle coating on a substrate. The apparatus comprises a source of vaporised metal nanoparticles. The apparatus further comprises a first plate (20) providing an array of spaced apart first apertures (22). The apparatus further comprises a second plate (24) aligned with and spaced apart from the first plate (20). The second plate (24) provides an array of spaced apart second apertures 26. Each second aperture (26) of the second plate (24) is aligned with a first aperture (22) of the first plate (20).
US10767250B2
Disclosed is, as a high-strength steel plate of API X80 grade or higher with a thickness of 38 mm or more, a thick steel plate for structural pipes or tubes that exhibits high strength in the rolling direction, excellent Charpy properties at its mid-thickness part, and high material homogeneity without addition of large amounts of alloying elements. The thick steel plate for structural pipes or tubes disclosed herein has: a specific chemical composition; a microstructure mainly composed of bainite; a tensile strength of 620 MPa or more; a Charpy absorption energy vE−20° C. at −20° C. at the mid-thickness part of 100 J or more; a variation of Vickers hardness in a plate thickness direction ΔHV10,t of 50 or less; and a variation of Vickers hardness in a plate widthwise direction ΔHV10,c of 50 or less.
US10767237B2
The present disclosure relates to lignocellulosic biomass processing and refining to produce hemicellulose and cellulose sugars. Methods and systems for refining a lignocellulosic hydrolysate are provided herein.
US10767231B2
The present invention relates to a method for detecting lung cancer using a lung cancer-specific biomarker, and more particularly to a biomarker for lung cancer diagnosis, which can detect methylation of PCDHGA12 gene whose 5′UTR or exon 1 region is specifically methylated in lung cancer cells, and to a method of detecting lung cancer and the stage of its progression using the biomarker. The diagnostic kit according to the present invention makes it possible to diagnose lung cancer at an early stage in an accurate and rapid manner compared to conventional methods and can be used for prognosis and monitoring of lung cancer and the stage of its progression.
US10767222B2
In some aspects, the present disclosure provides methods for identifying sequence variants in a nucleic acid sample. In some embodiments, a method comprises identifying sequence differences between sequencing reads and a reference sequence, and calling a sequence difference that occurs in at least two different circular polynucleotides, such as two circular polynucleotides having different junctions, as the sequence variant. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides compositions and systems useful in the described methods.
US10767219B2
The disclosed embodiments concern microfluidic cartridges for detecting biological reactions. In some embodiments, the microfluidic cartridges are configured to perform sequencing operations on a nucleic acid sample. In one aspect, a microfluidic cartridge includes a stack of fluidics layers defining channels and valves for processing the nucleic acid sample to be sequenced, and a solid state CMOS biosensor integrated in the stack. The biosensor has an active area configured to detect signals of biological reactions, wherein substantially all of the active area is available for reagent delivery and illumination during operation. In another aspect, a microfluidic cartridge includes: (a) a flow cell including a reaction site area encompassing one or more reaction sites; (b) fluidics channels for delivering reactants to and/or removing reactants from the reaction site area; (c) a biosensor having an active area configured to detect signals of biological reactions in the reaction site area. The reaction site area is proximal to the active area of the biosensor and the reaction site area spans substantially all of the active area of the biosensor. In some embodiments, the fluidics channels do not substantially overlap with the active area of the biosensor. Methods for manufacturing and operating the microfluidic cartridges are also disclosed.
US10767211B2
This invention provides an amadoriase having high reactivity with α-fructosyl hexapeptide (αF6P) derived from the β-chain amino terminus of glycated hemoglobin (HbAlc), which enables satisfactory quantification of αF6P cleaved from HbAlc. A novel amadoriase is derived from the amadoriase of the genus Coniochaeta by substitution of one or more amino acids at positions selected from the group consisting of positions 62, 63, 102, 106, 110, 113, 355, and 419. Such amadoriase enables rapid, simple, accurate, and satisfactory quantification of αF6P cleaved from HbAlc. With the use of such amadoriase, a method for measurement of HbAlc by an enzymatic method and a kit for measurement of HbAlc that are based on the same principle as used in the conventional standard method and excellent in terms of the relevance with the standard method.
US10767208B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for making closed nucleic acid structures in which one or both strands are continuous. The closed nucleic acid structures can be used as sequencing templates among other applications.
US10767205B2
The present disclosure is directed to microorganisms that are genetically modified to express at least one exogenous enzyme involved in N-acetylglucosamine uptake and metabolism. Methods for the production of an exopolysaccharide are also disclosed. The exopolysaccharide comprises N-acetylglucosamine and D-glucose and may be used as a bioresorbable implant for soft tissue repair, replacement, or augmentation.
US10767200B2
A method for producing a basic acid such as L-lysine is provided. A basic amino acid or a fermentation product containing the same is produced by a method including the following steps (A) and (B): (A) a step of culturing a microorganism able to produce a basic amino acid in a culture medium so that bicarbonate ions and/or carbonate ions serve as counter ions for the basic amino acid, to obtain a fermentation broth containing the basic amino acid; (B) a step of subjecting the fermentation broth to a heat treatment under a pressure sufficient for preventing generation of carbon dioxide gas from the fermentation broth.
US10767195B2
The present invention relates in part to nucleic acids encoding proteins, therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding proteins, methods for inducing cells to express proteins using nucleic acids, methods, kits and devices for transfecting, gene editing, and reprogramming cells, and cells, organisms, and therapeutics produced using these methods, kits, and devices. Methods and products for altering the DNA sequence of a cell are described, as are methods and products for inducing cells to express proteins using synthetic RNA molecules. Therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding gene-editing proteins are also described.
US10767191B1
A more efficient breeding against Cercospora leaf spot disease, or the development of new resistant lines, is enabled via the provision of the Cercospora resistance-mediating gene according to the invention; in particular, a dominant resistance effect in the target plant is evoked by the property of the identified gene alone. The Cercospora resistance-mediating gene, and embodiments of the present invention that are described in the preceding, offer additional applications, e.g., the use of the resistant gene allele in cis-genetic or trans-genetic approaches, with the goal of developing new resistant cultivars.
US10767189B2
The present disclosure is in the field of plant breeding. The disclosure provides methods for breeding cotton plants having a staygreen trait using marker-assisted selection. The disclosure further provides germplasm that stays green under high drought stress and provide yield advantage over non-staygreen germplasm. The disclosure also provides genetic markers associated with staygreen QTLs for introgressing these QTLs into elite germplasm in a breeding program and producing novel cotton germplasm that performs better under water-limited conditions.
US10767183B2
A composition for treating cancer is disclosed. The composition includes a lentiviral particle and an aminobisphosphonate drug. The lentiviral particle is capable of infecting a target cell, such as a cancer cell, and includes an envelope protein optimized for targeting such target cell and a viral vector. The viral vector includes a small RNA optimized to target an FDPS mRNA sequence. The aminobisphosphonate drug includes zoledronic acid.
US10767181B2
The present invention relates to an oligomer conjugate for use in the treatment of a viral disorder. The oligomer conjugate comprises: a) an oligomer capable of modulating a target sequence in HBx and/or HBsAg of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) to treat said viral disorder; and b) a carrier component capable of delivering the oligomer to the liver which is linked, preferably conjugated, to the oligomer.
US10767178B2
Aberrantly expressed piRNAs, genetically associated piRNAs and their relationship with cancer risk and severity are provided. Compositions and methods of using piRNA for treating cancer are provided. Methods of diagnosing subjects and determining the efficacy of active agents for treating cancer are also provided. Methods of correlating variant piRNA to cancer are also disclosed.
US10767166B2
Certain embodiments are directed to viral production processes for the large scale production of vaccinia virus.
US10767165B2
The present invention is in the field of stem cells. Particularly, the present invention relates to a reprogramming method for producing induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) by transducing somatic differentiated cells with a viral vector expressing Δ133p53β isoform, Δ133p53γ isoform or both Δ133p53β and Δ133p53γ isoforms; to induced pluripotent stem cells as produced by this method; to uses thereof in cell therapy and as an in vitro model for studying various diseases; and to a method for detecting iPSC.
US10767148B2
Organic matter digesting apparatus and methods are provided that can include a digestion tank operatively coupled to a vertically aligned gas collection tower and methods that can include providing a biodigesting apparatus; inputting organic matter into the biodigesting apparatus; initiating the biodigesting apparatus; and outputting water, methane gas, and solid carbon-based material.
US10767146B2
An apparatus and associated methods of use for a controlled combination of reagents is disclosed. The apparatus includes a vessel 400, a vessel insert 220, and a cap element 200. The vessel 400 has a body portion 410 for receiving a biological sample. The vessel insert 220 receives at least one reagent therein. Preferably, the vessel insert 220 is received in a portion 420 of the vessel 400. The cap element 200 is attached to the vessel 400 to secure the vessel insert 220 in the vessel 400. During use, the vessel insert 220 is adapted to release its contents when the biological sample is introduced into the body portion 410 of the vessel 400 upon application of an intermixing force to the vessel insert 220. A variety of intermixing forces may be applied, depending upon the embodiment of the present invention and its associated methods of use.
US10767127B2
The present invention provides a catalytic fast pyrolysis process for the production of fuel blendstocks and chemicals. In addition, the invention provides compositions of renewable blendstocks, compositions of renewable fuel blends, and compositions of 100 percent renewable fuels compatible with gasoline specifications and regulations.
US10767124B2
A process for recovery hydrogen and LPG from a gaseous separated hydroprocessed stream and a stripper gaseous stream and/or a fractionator gaseous stream by increasing the pressure of the stripper gaseous stream and/or the fractionator gaseous stream. Both streams or all three streams can be subjected to sponge absorption and hydrogen recovery in series.
US10767123B2
The present invention relates to a device and a process for hydroconversion or hydrotreatment of a hydrocarbon feedstock, comprising in particular a single coil-wound heat exchanger (S-1), said coil-wound exchanger being a single-pass heat exchanger formed by a vertical chamber in which one or more bundles of tubes are helically wound around a central core, as numerous superposed layers, for: preheating a hydrocarbon feedstock/hydrogen stream mixture to a reactor inlet furnace (F-1) of a hydrotreatment or hydroconversion reaction section (R-1), and cooling the reaction effluent from the hydrotreatment or hydroconversion reaction section (R-1). The present invention also relates to a use of a coil-wound heat exchanger (S-1) in a process for hydroconversion or hydrotreatment of a hydrocarbon feedstock.
US10767121B2
Integrated gas oil separation plant systems and methods are disclosed. Systems and methods include treating a crude oil inlet feed stream with a high pressure production trap (HPPT), a low pressure production trap (LPPT), a low pressure degassing tank (LPDT), a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a LPPT recycle water stream, a fresh wash water supply stream, and a LPDT recycle water stream, where the LPDT recycle water stream is operable to supply recycle water from the LPDT to an output stream from the HPPT to form the LPPT inlet feed stream.
US10767116B2
A method of inhibiting corrosion and fouling in petroleum refining units which comprises adding choline hydroxide either alone or in combination with a hydrogen-bond donor such as a carboxylic acid, an amine, an amide, or an alcohol.
US10767113B2
Provided is a liquid crystal compound containing 2,3,4-trisubstituted benzene, a liquid crystal composition thereof, and a liquid crystal display element or a liquid crystal display comprising the liquid crystal compound or the liquid crystal composition, wherein the liquid crystal composition has a lower viscosity, can achieve a quick response, and further has a moderate dielectric anisotropy Δε, a moderate optical anisotropy Δn, and high stability to heat and light. The liquid crystal display element or liquid crystal display comprising the liquid crystal composition has the properties of a wider nematic phase temperature range, an appropriate birefringence anisotropy, a very high electrical resistivity, a good ultraviolet resistant property, a high charge retention rate, a low vapor pressure etc., and particularly, the liquid crystal compound or the liquid crystal composition has the advantage of a high light transmittance.
US10767110B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for methods of making quantum dots (QDs) (passivated or unpassivated) using a continuous flow process, systems for making QDs using a continuous flow process, and the like. In one or more embodiments, the QDs produced using embodiments of the present disclosure can be used in solar photovoltaic cells, bio-imaging, IR emitters, or LEDs.
US10767107B2
A hybrid organic/inorganic quantum dot composite with high reliability is disclosed. The hybrid organic/inorganic quantum dot composite includes quantum dot, polymer resin, and silica, in which the silica is formed in the polymer resin, one end of the polymer resin forms a chemical bond with the quantum dot, and another end of the polymer resin includes a functional group capable of forming an additional chemical bond. The hybrid organic/inorganic quantum dot composite is resistant to moisture and oxygen permeation, and thus, it is not degraded easily by bonding oxygen and moisture to quantum dots even if moisture and oxygen permeate into the composite. The quantum dot composite may be used as a secondary raw material capable of being processed into another form while maintaining physical properties of quantum dots as a primary raw material.
US10767100B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to compatibilized resin-cement composite compositions and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation that includes placing in the subterranean formation a resin-cement composite composition. The resin-cement composite composition includes a resin, a cement, and a substituted or unsubstituted poly(alkylamine) compatibilizer.
US10767096B2
A date tree fiber mix lost circulation material (LCM) is provided. The date tree fiber mix LCM may include includes date tree trunk fibers produced from date tree trunks and date tree leaf and leaf stem fibers produced from date tree leaves and leaf stems. The LCM include a mix of 30% by weight date tree trunk fibers and 70% date tree leaf and leaf stem fibers, 40% by weight date tree trunk fibers and 60% date tree leaf and leaf stem fibers, 50% by weight date tree trunk fibers and 50% date tree leaf and leaf stem fibers. Methods of lost circulation control using and manufacture of a date tree fiber mix LCM are also provided.
US10767095B2
A hybrid particle mix lost circulation material (LCM) is provided. The hybrid particle mix LCM includes date palm seed particles produced from date palm seeds and scrap tire particles produced from scrap tires. The LCM may include date palm seed particles in the range of about 50 wt % to about 80% and scrap tire particles in the range of about 50 wt % to about 20 wt %. Methods of lost circulation control and manufacture of a hybrid particle mix LCM are also provided.
US10767083B2
A hot-melt glue composition, including a) at least one atactic poly-α-olefin (APAO) that is solid at 25° C.; b) at least one hydrocarbon resin having a softening point of at least 80° C., measured in accordance with the ring-and-ball method according to DIN EN 1238; and c) at least one maleic-anhydride-grafted wax having a softening point of not more than 150° C., measured in accordance with the ring-and-ball method according to DIN EN 1238, which is a maleic-anhydride-grafted polypropylene wax or a maleic-anhydride-grafted polyethylene wax, wherein the proportion of the at least one maleic-anhydride-grafted wax in the hot-melt glue composition is at least 3 wt %. The hot-melt glue composition is characterized by a low reactivation temperature, together with high heat resistance and good adhesion to ABS and nonpolar polyolefin materials. The hot-melt glue composition is well suited for film lamination by vacuum deep-drawing lamination, in particular for applications in automobile construction.
US10767081B2
A chemical mechanical polishing slurry composition for polishing a polycrystalline silicon film is presented, comprising: a solvent; a polishing agent; a pH adjuster; and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below, a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 below, and a tautomer thereof.The chemical mechanical polishing slurry composition for polishing a polycrystalline silicon film exhibits a high polishing speed and has various polishing selectivities when employed in a process for polishing a polycrystalline silicon film of a semiconductor wafer, and thus the composition may be effectively used as a composition for a process for polishing a polycrystalline silicon surface for the formation of highly integrated multilayer structured devices.
US10767073B2
A curable film-forming composition is provided, comprising: (a) a polymeric polyester binder comprising a plurality of carbamate groups; (b) a curing agent reactive with the carbamate functional groups of (a); and (c) a reaction product of: (1) a hydroxyl functional polymer comprising the reaction product of: (i) a monomer comprising at least two ethylenically unsaturated double bonds; (ii) a monomer comprising a carbon atom that is bonded to four moieties wherein one of the moieties is a hydrogen atom and the remainder of the moieties comprises an alkyl group, wherein at least one of the alkyl group-containing moieties comprises an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; and (iii) at least one monomer that is polymerizable with (i) and (ii); and (2) a lactone or lactam. Also provided are a multi-component composite coating composition that includes the curable film-forming composition described above and methods for forming a composite coating on a substrate.
US10767063B2
An aqueous inkjet ink for forming a colour upon heat treatment includes a) an immobilized leuco dye; b) a colour developing agent or colour developing agent precursor; and c) optionally an opthothermal converting agent; wherein the leuco dye is immobilized by being covalently bonded to polymeric particles or by being included in the core of capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core.
US10767051B2
Provided is a cured body that can enhance the adhesion between an insulating layer and a metal layer, and can reduce the surface roughness on a surface of the insulating layer. The cured body according to the present invention is a cured body of a resin composition that includes an epoxy compound, a curing agent, an inorganic filler, and a polyimide, in which the content of the inorganic filler is 30% by weight or more and 90% by weight or less in 100% by weight of the cured body, the cured body has a sea-island structure having a sea part and an island part, the island part has an average long diameter of 5 μm or less, and the island part contains the polyimide.
US10767047B2
The present invention relates to a polyamide molding compound comprising the following components or consisting of these components: (A) 50 to 95 wt % of a mixture comprising the specific polyamides (A1) and (A2); (B) 5 to 50 wt % of at least one glass filler having a refractive index in the range from 1.510 to 1.539; (C) 0 to 10 wt % of at least one additive; wherein the weight proportions of the components (A) to (C) add up to 100% by weight; wherein the content of (A1) in the mixture (A) is >50 wt %, if the ratio is Δ2/Δ1>1 and the content of (A2) in the mixture (A) is >50 wt %, if the ratio is Δ2/Δ1≤1, where Δ1=n(A1)−n(B) applies and Δ2=n(B)−n(A2) applies; wherein the transparent polyamides (A1) and (A2) have a transparency of at least 90% and a haze of at most 3%; and wherein the mixture (A) has a transparency of at least 88% and a haze of at most 5%. The present invention furthermore relates to molded bodies composed of these polyamide molding compounds.
US10767043B2
Provided is an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition that is excellent in terms of hue and thermal yellowing-inhibiting effect and is suitable for light guide members incorporated in automobile lighting devices. The aromatic polycarbonate resin composition comprises: 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A); 0.001 to 0.1 parts by mass of a phosphite stabilizer (B-I) as a phosphorus-based stabilizer (B) having a spiro ring skeleton; 0.01 to 0.5 parts by mass of a phosphite stabilizer (B-II) as a phosphorus-based stabilizer (B) represented by general formula (II) below; 0.05 to 2 parts by mass of a polybutylene glycol compound (C); and 0.0005 to 0.2 parts by mass of an epoxy compound (D). In the formula (II), R21 to R25 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
US10767034B2
The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 30 to about 50 phr of a first solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from −80° C. to −50° C. and functionalized with an alkoxysilane group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of primary amines and thiols; (B) from about 30 to about 50 phr of a second solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from −40° C. to −10° C. and functionalized with an alkoxysilane group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of primary amines and thiols; (C) from 0 to about 40 phr of a polyisoprene having a cis 1,4 content greater than 95 percent; (D) from 20 to 60 phr of a hydrocarbon resin having a Tg of at least 30° C.; (E) from 40 to 80 phr of an oil; and (F) from 120 to 180 phr of silica.
US10767025B2
The present invention is in the field of an improved separation process for mixed polymers, typically provided in a waste stream, comprising a polyamide (PA) and a polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The process comprises providing a composition having a density of 50-500 gr/dm3, adding an alcohol to the composition heating the mixture to a temperature above 150° C., cooling by adding hot water, filtering with a first filter, filtering with a second filter to recover the polyamide, and recovering the polyester for further processing for depolymerization.
US10767016B2
The present invention encompasses materials and methods for catalyzing the cross-linking and curing of siloxane polymers. In particular, the present disclosure provides materials, methods, and conditions for vapor phase catalysis for curing organosiloxane polymers and resins, including resin linear organosiloxane block copolymers, as well as the incorporation of those methods into processes for making light emitting devices, including light emitting diodes.
US10767005B2
Bibenzoate copolyesters are based on (4,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid-co-3,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid) as the diacid component, and on an alicyclic diol compound such as 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol as a portion of the diol component. Copolyesters are based on 4,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid, and/or 3,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid as the diacid component and may include a multifunctional acid. Copolymers may optionally base an essentially amorphous morphology, high glass transition temperature, high elongation at break, and/or high melting temperature. A method to make the copolymers controls the characteristics of the copolyester selected from one or a combination of amorphous morphology or degree of crystallinity, Tg, Tm, tensile modulus, flexural modulus, elongation at break, and so on, by selecting the proportions of the 4,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid or ester producing equivalent thereof, 3,4′-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid or ester producing equivalent thereof, and/or the proportion of the 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol in the diol component.
US10767001B2
Provided are: an epoxy resin curing agent containing an amine compound (A) represented by the following general formula (1) and a phenol compound (B), wherein the content of the component (B) is 8 to 35 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the component (A), an epoxy resin composition containing it, and a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material containing a cured product of the epoxy resin composition and carbon fibers. R1HN—H2C-A-CH2—NHR2 (1) wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an aminoalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and A represents a cyclohexylene group or a phenylene group.
US10767000B2
Provided are poly(AAG)-compositions, and corresponding coatings, foams, and coated articles. Also provided are methods for preparing the poly(AAG)-compositions and corresponding reagents including. e.g., polyol-AAG compositions. Coatings using the poly(AAG)-compositions may be useful for, e.g., replacing bisphenol-A cross-linked coatings used in food and beverage containers, coating metal articles, and the like.
US10766980B2
The invention relates to a process for the production of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene in the presence of a catalyst system that comprises (I) the solid reaction product obtained from the reaction of a) a hydrocarbon solution containing 1) an organic oxygen containing magnesium compound or a halogen containing magnesium compound and 2) an organic oxygen containing titanium compound and b) an aluminium compound of the formula AlRaX(3-a) where R is a hydrocarbylgroup containing (3-10) carbon atoms, X is an halogenide and 0
US10766974B2
A method of separating a polyisoolefin elastomer from non-polymeric components in an organic solvent involves ultrafiltration of a solution of the polyisoolefin elastomer and non-polymeric components in an organic solvent through a semipermeable membrane to substantially retain the polyisoolefin elastomer in a retentate and provide the non-polymeric components in a permeate. Advantageously, stabilizers for the polyisoolefin elastomer are retained in the retentate along with the polyisoolefin elastomer, permeate flux through the membrane is higher as concentration of the polyisoolefin elastomer in the solution increases up to a concentration limit, the separated polyisoolefin elastomer in the retentate has a molecular weight that can be substantially unchanged even when ultrafiltration is conducted at elevated temperature and the amount of polyisoolefin elastomer in the permeate is unmeasurable providing an oligomer-rich permeate uncontaminated by polyisoolefin elastomer. A process for curing a polyisoolefin copolymer involves reducing content of an oligomer to 900 ppm or less in a mixture of the oligomer and the polyisoolefin copolymer to produce an oligomer-depleted mixture, and adding a resin cure system to the oligomer-depleted mixture to cure the polyisoolefin copolymer.
US10766965B2
The present invention relates to methods of treatment of light chain amyloidosis and other CD38-positive hematological malignancies with anti-CD38 antibodies.
US10766961B2
The invention provides for a human antibody that binds to human vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2, preferably ramucirumab, for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients having levels of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) of 1.5×ULN (Upper Limit of Normal) or greater, and as a predictive method for the treatment of HCC in patients having AFP levels of 1.5×ULN or greater.
US10766958B2
Provided herein are methods for managing, treating, or preventing vitiligo using proteins that specifically bind to Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) and modulate the expression and/or activity of PD-1.
US10766948B2
The present invention refers to monoclonal antibodies, or fragments thereof, which recognize the pIII protein of the Adenovirus (ADV), useful for developing diagnostic methods of ADV infection in humans. Particularly, it refers to a monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof comprising a variable region of the heavy chain having a sequence with at least a 90%, 95% or 99% of identity with the SEQ ID No: 1 or SEQ ID No: 5 and a variable region of the light chain having a sequence with at least a 90%, 95% or 99% of identity with the SEQ ID No: 2 or SEQ ID No: 6. It also is addressed to the nucleotide sequences which define said antibodies, in vitro and/or ex vivo diagnostic methods of ADV infection in a biological sample using said monoclonal antibodies, and diagnostic kits for detecting ADV comprising at least one monoclonal antibody against ADV according to the above description.
US10766947B2
The invention provides polymeric H-NOX proteins for the delivery of oxygen with longer circulation half-lives compared to monomeric H-NOX proteins. Polymeric H-NOX proteins extravasate into and preferentially accumulate in tumor tissue for sustained delivery of oxygen. The invention also provides the use of H-NOX proteins as radiosensitizers for the treatment of brain cancers.
US10766941B2
This invention provides long-acting, superactive analogs of glycoprotein hormones demonstrating enhanced bioactivity both in vitro and in vivo as compared to wild type counterparts. The analogs are particularly useful for treating subjects showing low receptor expression or poor receptor responsiveness, and for the treatment of any condition associated with glycoprotein hormone activity.
US10766938B2
This invention provides for a fusion protein between an IL2αβγ Selective Agonist protein (IL2 Selective Agonist) and a IgG Fc protein using a linker. The IL2 Selective Agonist moiety provides a therapeutic activity by selectively activating the IL2αβγ form of the receptor, thus selectively stimulating Tregs. The Fc moiety provides a prolonged circulating half-life compared to the circulating half-life of IL-2 or an IL2SA protein.
US10766935B2
Provided are isolated polypeptides, isolated polynucleotides encoding same, nucleic acid constructs comprising same, transgenic cells expressing same, transgenic plants expressing same and method of using same for increasing yield, abiotic stress tolerance, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, photosynthetic capacity, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, early flowering, grain filling period, harvest index, plant height, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant.
US10766930B2
An immunogenic fusion protein includes at least the following two peptides a) —on the C-terminal side, a first peptide constituted of: —the amino acid sequence of the protein S or the protein M of a human hepatitis B virus (HBV) isolate, which protein S or protein M is optionally deleted at the N-terminal end thereof, and b) —on the N-terminal side, a second peptide constituted of: —the sequence of amino acids of at least one transmembrane domain and the ectodomain of at least one protein of a Zika virus isolate selected from the envelope protein E or a fusion peptide including the envelope protein E and the protein prM.
US10766911B2
Coordinative alignment uses x-ray diffraction to precisely and unambiguously determine the structure of molecules bound or crystallized within chiral metal organic frameworks.
US10766907B2
Described herein are crystalline forms of Compound 1 useful for the prevention and treatment of angiogenic ocular conditions; methods of treating a disease comprising; processes for preparing; and kits comprising, the same.
US10766905B2
The invention concerns compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2 and n have any of the meanings defined hereinbefore in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as anti-proliferative and/or cell-killing agents.
US10766903B2
The present invention concerns the identification of inhibitors of ubiquitin specific protease 7 (USP7), and methods of use thereof.
US10766893B2
The present invention provides 1H-pyrazolo[4,3-b]pyridines of formula (I) as PDE1 inhibitors and their use as a medicament, in particular for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders and psychiatric disorders.
US10766890B2
The present disclosure provides, in part, compounds having allosteric effector properties against Hepatitis B virus Cp. Also provided herein are methods of treating viral infections, such as hepatitis B, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a disclosed compound.
US10766889B2
The invention describes an aryl-2,2′-tandem bisthiazole compound and a preparation method and the use thereof. In particular, disclosed in the present invention are an aryl-2,2′-tandem bisthiazole compound with the structure as shown in general formula I and the preparation method thereof and use thereof as a histone deacetylase inhibitor in the preparation of antitumor drugs.
US10766883B2
The instant invention provides compounds which are JAK inhibitors, and as such are useful for the treatment of JAK-mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, COPD and cancer.
US10766880B2
Substituted 1,2,3-triazoles as NR2B receptor ligands. Such compounds may be used in NR2B receptor modulation and in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by NR2B receptor activity.
US10766866B2
The present invention related to compounds, compositions, methods of use, and processes for preparing compound which are useful as deterrents for terrestrial arthropods and marine organisms.
US10766860B2
Described herein are compounds that are LOXL2 inhibitors, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with LOXL2 activity.
US10766852B2
Disclosed herein are novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and related methods of their use. The compounds described herein are useful, e.g., as liposomal delivery vehicles to facilitate the delivery of encapsulated polynucleotides to target cells and subsequent transfection of said target cells, and in certain embodiments are characterized as having one or more properties that afford such compounds advantages relative to other similarly classified lipids.
US10766851B1
It is provided a method of converting a diaryl ether source such as lignin and/or polyphenylene oxide (PPO) containing 4-O-5 linkages and an inorganic chemical such as ammonia into an organic compound, comprising reacting said diaryl ether source with the inorganic chemical in presence of a catalyst, preferably palladium, transforming the 4-O-5 linkages of said diaryl ether source into the organic compound. It is provided a palladium-catalyzed synthesis of aniline derivatives from 4-O-5 linkage lignin model compounds and cheap industrial inorganic chemical ammonia via dual C(Ar)—O bond cleavage.
US10766848B2
The present invention relates to the use of at least two phenol derivatives jointly with at least one ancillary polymerization inhibitor which is different from these two phenol derivatives and particularly is selected from phenol derivatives, amine derivatives, thiazine derivatives, nitroso compounds, N-oxyl derivatives, metal salts, quinone derivatives, and mixtures thereof, to inhibit the polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising at least one heteroatom, it being also possible for a dispersant to be incorporated. The present invention also relates to a corresponding polymerization-inhibiting composition and to the corresponding process for preparing ethylenically unsaturated monomers comprising at least one heteroatom, and particularly acrylic monomers.
US10766834B2
Disclosed are selectivated transalkylation catalyst compositions and methods of making the same. The selectivated transalkylation catalyst compositions have a zeolite framework structure of MWW, FAU, BEA*, or MOR, or mixtures thereof, and are selectivated with a selectivating solution. The selectivating solution includes a dissolved ion of at least one element in Group 1, Group 2, Group 15, Group 16, or Group 17 of the Periodic Table. Also disclosed are processes of producing ethylbenzene and cumene using the selectivated transalkylation catalyst compositions.
US10766829B2
[Problem] The present invention seeks to provide a composition for plants that is highly safe and that contributes to early harvesting, increasing yield, and increasing added value of crops. Specifically, the present invention provides a yeast extract that, by addition to a foliar surface spray or to soil or water, provides an effect of promoting growth, an effect of root lengthening, an effect of improved taste, and an effect of increased amino acid content of a plant. A substance obtained from yeast that is edible and considered to be safe is preferred as the yeast extract.[Means for Solving the Problem] A yeast extract having a peptide content of 5 wt % or more and an RNA content of 5 wt % or more is sprayed onto or provided as fertilizer to a plant. The yeast extract is preferably derived from Candida utilis, which is edible and considered to be safe.
US10766826B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a composition for use in land application. The method comprises: (a) obtaining a fermentation product by a production process comprising the steps of: (i) treating lignocellulosic feedstock to produce sugar; (ii) fermenting the sugar to produce a fermented mixture comprising the fermentation product; and (iii) recovering the fermentation product from the fermented mixture in one or more stages to produce a concentrated fermentation product and still bottoms; and(b) recovering the still bottoms, the still bottoms comprising organic and inorganic components; and (c) providing the still bottoms for use in a land application. Also provided is a soil conditioning composition for use in land application. The soil conditioning composition contains still bottoms and optionally other components.
US10766824B2
Methods comprise performing two or more thermal cycles on an article comprising a body and a ceramic coating. Each thermal cycle of the two or more thermal cycles comprise heating the ceramic article to a target temperature at a first ramping rate. Each thermal cycle further comprises maintaining the article at the target temperature for a first duration of time and then cooling the article to a second target temperature at a second ramping rate. The method further comprises submerging the article in a bath for a second duration of time to remove the particles from the ceramic coating.
US10766818B2
This invention relates to a method for producing a supplementary cementitious material comprising the steps: providing a starting material containing dolomite and aluminium silicate, converting the starting material to the supplementary cementitious material by burning under reducing conditions in the temperature range of >700 to 1100° C. or by burning in the temperature range of 625 to 950° C. in the presence of a mineraliser, and cooling the supplementary cementitious material. The invention further relates to a binder comprising cement and to the ground supplementary cementitious material.
US10766817B2
Embodiments of the invention enhance the performance of concrete mixtures, and have the flexibility to be used in both a variety of traditional poured concretes, as well as in sprayed concrete applications and geotechnical solutions which is commonly considered a cement application. It is an aspect of the present invention to provide a cementitious material comprising fly ash, wollastonite and nepheline syenite which is flexible enough in nature and chemistry to be used in a variety of concrete application which are poured and sprayed, as well as in blended into and within traditional cement applications. The use of a graduated blend of mineral fibers and industrial minerals also provide marked benefits to reduce both project cost and environmental impact.
US10766814B2
Disclosed are an artificial marble composition having a natural marble texture, and a method for producing artificial marble using the same. The artificial marble composition according to the present invention comprises: a first resin mixture; and a second resin mixture which is added to the first resin mixture and has a viscosity different from the first resin mixture, wherein each of the first and second resin mixtures comprises a base resin and an inorganic filler, and wherein the second resin mixture further comprises a thixotropic agent.
US10766812B2
The invention relates to a composition which contains modified chromate-deficient red mud, comprising a mineral composition of—10 to 50 wt. % of iron compounds,—12 to 35 wt. % of aluminum compounds,—5 to 17 wt. % of silicon compounds,—2 to 10 wt. % of titanium dioxide,—0.5 to 6 wt. % of calcium compounds,—0 to 1 ppm of chromium (VI) compounds, and—optionally additional unavoidable impurities. The composition, in particular the modified chromate-deficient red mud, contains a poorly soluble reducing agent for Cr(VI). In this manner, an inexpensive chemical composition is provided in particular as an iteratively functioning long-term adsorbent for pollutants in liquid, gaseous, and solid milieu. The invention further relates to a method for producing same and to uses thereof.
US10766811B2
An article comprising an ion-exchanged glass material that prevents sharp contact flaws from entering a central region of the material that is under central tension and thus causing failure of the material. The glass material may be a glass or glass ceramic having a surface layer under compression. In some embodiments, the depth of the compressive layer is greater than about 75 μm. The greater depth of layer prevents flaws from penetrating the compressive layer to the region under tension.
US10766799B2
A method for improving the quality of pond water used in aquaculture applications by adding to the pond water active bacteria that are preferably germinated from spores on site using a nutrient-germinant composition and an incubation method for increased spore germination efficiency, in combination with a nitrification enhancement agent such as calcium carbonate or calcified seaweed, and an optional reaction surface area modifier such as calcified seaweed or plastic or metal particles or fragments. The nutrient-germinant composition comprises L-amino acids, D-glucose and/or D-fructose, a phosphate buffer, an industrial preservative, and may include bacteria spores (preferably of one or more Bacillus species) or they may be separately combined for germination. The incubation method comprises heating a nutrient germinant composition and bacteria spores, to a temperature range of 35° C. to 60° C. for around 2 to 60 minutes to produce an incubated bacteria solution that is discharged to the aquaculture application.
US10766798B2
Metal bioremediation and metal mining strategies can include compositions and methods.
US10766794B2
A resource recovery method includes: feeding raw water to a first-stage raw water tank; supplying high-temperature vapor to a first-stage heat exchanger; performing heat exchange between the supplied high-temperature vapor and the raw water in the first-stage raw water tank, changing a portion of the water into vapor and supplying the changed vapor to a subsequent-stage heat exchanger; repeatedly performing the performing step for each of the raw water tanks sequentially in the order from a second state to a n-th stage; being feed to a crystallizer from the n-th stage raw water tank; detecting a turbidity of the raw water fed to the crystallizer from the n-th-stage raw water tank; and extracting crystals of valuable resources contained in the raw water fed to the crystallizer from the n-th-stage raw water tank when the turbidity of the raw water becomes a predetermined value.
US10766787B1
A method for the rapid and controlled synthesis of mixed metal oxide nanoparticles using relatively low temperature plasma oxidation of liquid droplets of predetermined mixed metal precursors is disclosed. The resulting nanoparticles reflect the metal precursor stoichiometries and the mixed metal oxide's metastable phase can be controlled. The synthesis of mixed transition metal oxide comprising binary metal oxides, ternary mixed metal oxides, quaternary mixed metal oxides and pentanary mixed metal oxides are demonstrated herein.
US10766779B2
It is an object of the invention to provide a rapid and economically viable process which is notable for efficient use of material, especially of the silylating agent, and by means of which organically modified lyo- or aerogels are obtained in a rapid and simple manner. This object is achieved by virtue of the invention providing a process for producing organically modified gels selected from lyo- and aerosols by (i) emulsifying a basic polar phase comprising water and starting materials for silicatic gels in a nonpolar phase containing a water-immiscible precursor for an active silylating agent, (ii) starting formation of gel and ageing by lowering the pH, and then (iii) starting the silylation and the exchange of solvent by lowering the pH. If the gels are aerogels, the gels provided can be used for thermal and/or acoustic insulation.
US10766775B1
A method of producing a diamond monolayer, which entails impacting a target containing a supported or immobilized layer of dihydrobenzvalene with a fluence of accelerated CH radicals, producing upon impact a shock wave not exceeding the strain energy of the dihydrobenzvalene, to form, thereby, the diamond monolayer; and then impacting a supported and heated diamond monolayer with a fluence of accelerated CH radicals sufficient to produce an instantaneous pressure at a surface of the diamond monolayer to favor diamond formation over graphite formation, to form diamond mass; said heated diamond monolayer being heated to a temperature of at least about 500° C.
US10766772B2
A method for preparing a three-dimensional graphene structure, and an energy storage device are provided, the method including forming a graphene precursor by heating a carbohydrate and a gas generator, forming a graphene structure having a cavity therein by carbonizing the graphene precursor, and forming nanopores in the graphene structure, wherein the nanopores pass through an outer surface and an inner surface of the graphene structure, and are connected with the cavity.
US10766756B2
The disclosure is directed to a beverage nozzle for mixing at least a first beverage ingredient and a second beverage ingredient into a homogeneous mixture. The beverage nozzle comprising a housing comprising a first portion and a second portion and a first inlet in fluid communication with the housing. The first inlet is configured to provide the first beverage ingredient to the housing. The beverage nozzle also includes a second inlet in fluid communication with the housing. The second inlet is configured to provide the second beverage ingredient to the housing. In addition, the beverage nozzle includes a mixing core disposed within the housing. The mixing core is configured to mix the first beverage ingredient and the second beverage ingredient into the homogeneous mixture. Further, the beverage nozzle includes an outlet disposed about the housing, wherein the homogeneous mixture exits the housing by way of the outlet.
US10766745B2
An elevator door monitor eliminates the need to use customized input devices or modules in an elevator door monitoring system. The elevator door monitor employs differential amplifier circuits, one circuit for each of a plurality of signals to be monitored regarding an elevator car, each signal corresponding to a separate input into a microcontroller unit (“MCU”). Each differential amplifier circuit electrically communicates with a respective input terminal of the MCU, which can include a memory resource storing settings associated with respective elevator control parameters. A user can enter each setting using a peripheral input device. These settings provide system customization in lieu of hardware components, allowing the elevator door monitor to function as a universal system that can monitor a variety of elevators.
US10766743B2
In an elevator device, a lower portion safety device is installed in a lower portion of a car, and an upper portion safety device is installed in an upper portion of the car. A lower portion pull-up lever that activates the lower portion safety device when pulled up by a speed governor rope is provided in the lower portion safety device. An upper portion pull-up lever that activates the upper portion safety device when pulled up by the speed governor rope is provided in the upper portion safety device. A lower portion elastic body is provided between the lower portion pull-up lever and the speed governor rope. An upper portion elastic body is provided between the upper portion pull-up lever and the speed governor rope.
US10766740B2
The present invention relates to location recognition and recovery of an elevator system, and belongs to the technical field of elevators. The elevator system of the present invention has a location recovery/recognition system comprising: a landing floor information component or a calling component, a sensing component arranged corresponding to each landing floor information component or calling component and coupled to the landing floor information component or calling component, and a trigger component mounted on the elevator car.
US10766739B2
An assembly 28 for actuating and controlling braking of a car of an elevator system is provided. The assembly includes at least one braking device 20 mounted on the car, supported between the car and a hoistway for movement with the car within the hoistway, and configured to apply a braking force to the car. The assembly also includes at least one corresponding actuator 34 supported by the hoistway and configured to selectively engage the braking device to prevent movement of the car.
US10766736B2
A cable retractor enclosure having a weighted cable pulley and cable pulley guide rails. The cable pulley is rotatable about a pivot and configured to translate along said grooves when a cable wrapped underneath is extracted from the cable retractor enclosure. The cable extends outside of the retractor enclosure from its upper end and provides a cable end plug that sits within a retractor module insert. Weights may be attached to the cable pulley in order to leverage gravitational forces, which result in a bias causing the cable to retract back into the enclosure. Friction forces against the extracted cable can be used to prevent the gravitational bias the cable pulley exerts (retraction forces) on the cable by bending the cable to lay flat onto a table surface.
US10766735B2
A flange for use on a reel, a flange adapter, and a flange stand are provided. The flange may include an outer circumference, a hub assembly, and an arbor hole adapter that is adapted to engage an arbor hole to secure the flange to the reel. The arbor hole adapter may include an expandable portion that is movable between an extended position and a retracted position. First and second expansion plates may be coupled to the arbor hole adapter and connected by shoulder bolts that guide movement of the plates between an abutting configuration and a spaced-apart configuration, allowing movement of the expandable portion relative to the reel for modified engagement. The flange stand may include a base, a support portion, and a coupler for engaging a central extension of the flange to allow the flange to be supported in an upright position.
US10766732B2
A turntable in modular pie or other sections, which sections can be added or taken away in concentric rings from a base version of the turntable in order to scale the size and capacity of that turntable to accommodate a wide range of size and loading needs.
US10766726B2
Provided is a sheet conveying device capable of suppressing the recurrence of overlapped feeding in accordance with the detection of overlapped feeding. The sheet conveying device includes a paper-supply roller and a conveying roller. A sheet-detecting unit detects a leading edge position of a sheet. An overlapped-feeding-detecting unit detects overlapped-feeding of sheets. An overlapped-feeding-distance-calculating unit, based on detection results, calculates an overlapped-feeding distance in which sheets are overlapped. A conveyance-control unit causes the paper-supply roller to stop at a timing when a position separated a set length in a sheet-conveyance direction from a sheet trailing edge reaches the paper-supply roller. The conveyance-control unit, in a case where detection of overlapped feeding by the overlapped-feeding-detecting unit occurs a plurality of times, extends the set length based on the overlapped-feeding distance.
US10766725B2
A device for handling notes of value includes first, second and third modules. The third module has a first guiding element and at least a second guiding element for guiding the notes of value. The first guiding element has at least a first magnet or a ferromagnetic material. The first magnet and a second magnet or the first magnet and the ferromagnetic material are arranged opposite to each other at least in an operating state, an attractive force acting between the first magnet and the second magnet or the first magnet and the ferromagnetic material.
US10766717B2
An apparatus for conveying dishware through a cleaning cycle. The apparatus includes a magnetic grasping element to grasp dishware having a ferromagnetic component. The magnetic grasping element transitions between at least two states to selectively engage and disengage the dishware. A corresponding system and method are also described herein.
US10766716B2
A container-handling device includes two rotors, holders that are arranged around a periphery of the first rotor and receptacles around the first rotor such that as it rotates, the receptacles pass through distinct angular ranges. When a receptacle has a container, relative movement therebetween causes its centering element and its counter-bearing to clamp a container between them with the holder engaging the container above the counter-bearing A first partial-stroke occurs while the receptacle is in a first angular region and a second partial-stroke occurs after the receptacle has left the first angular region. During the first partial-stroke, the centering element bears against a container's mouth with a pressure, and, during the second partial-stroke, this pressure increases.
US10766708B2
The present invention refers to a guide rail configuration for a conveyor and conveyor comprising a guide rail configuration, wherein the conveyor may, for example, be used for conveying products, packages or containers. The guide rail configuration may comprise a detector, in particular a distance sensor or a camera, configured to detect a distance to a lateral side of a container conveyed by the conveyor, or a lateral dimension of the container, wherein the actuator is activated on the basis of a measurement signal from the detector.
US10766688B2
A cigarette pack in the form of a sealing pack consisting of an inner pack in the form of a foil block and an outer pack in the form of a hinge-lid box. An opening aid of the foil block is provided with a removal opening which is formed as an open recess as a result of punching during the production of a blank for the foil block, in particular in the region of a continuous foil web. Said removal opening, which is free right from the start, is closed by a closure tab which is able to be opened and closed multiple times on account of a corresponding glue connection. The closure tab is preferably connected permanently to the inside of a lid front wall of the outer pack by means of an actuating tab.
US10766687B2
Disposable wipes packages containing improved opening and closing arrangements are disclosed. The packages are targeted for usage by adult caregivers and can provide reduced waste in comparison to some currently marketed wipe packages. Different forms of the packages disclosed herein include ratios of characteristics of the package closure fitments and those of the package body of wipes contained therein.
US10766682B2
A packaging container for holding contents such as fresh food. The container comprises a tray having a flange, a pre-formed sealing ring and a flexible film for sealing in the contents of the tray. The sealing ring is made from fiber, filament or tape (“FFT”) that is shaped into a shape that matches the shape of the tray flange. The sealing ring is adhered to the tray flange by heat welding or other means and the flexible film is adhered to the sealing ring.
US10766681B2
A container of consumer goods includes a rigid outer box and a rigid inner box wherein a pull tab is configured to reseal a pre-cut opening in the inner box. The pull tab includes a cover layer larger than the pre-cut opening. The cover layer can be a piece of bundle wrap with a paper layer of the bundle wrap contacting the consumer goods inside the box. The outer box has a hinged lid permanently attached to a connecting tab of the pull tab whereby opening the hinged lid simultaneously opens the pre-cut opening in the inner box by lifting the pull tab. The connecting tab includes adhesive which is partially deadened to decrease adhesion of the connecting tab to the inner box. The pull tab can also include one or more machine readable markings to enhance automated application of the pull tab to an inner box blank during manufacturing of the container.
