US10802984B2
Examples may include techniques for persistent memory virtualization. Persistent memory maintained at one or more memory devices coupled with a host computing device may be allocated and assigned to a virtual machine (VM) hosted by the host computing device. The allocated persistent memory based on a file based virtual memory to be used by the VM. An extended page table (EPT) may be generated to map physical memory pages of the one or more memory devices to virtual logical blocks of the file based virtual memory. Elements of the VM then enumerate a presence of the assigned allocated persistent memory, create a virtual disk abstraction for the file based virtual memory and use the EPT to directly access the assigned allocated persistent memory.
US10802978B2
Node resets in a distributed environment can be disruptive due to the need to reset shared state. However, a central system can notify all other nodes asynchronously of a pending event, and then multiple nodes can use that notification to mitigate costs when it actually happens. For example, in anticipation of a first node leaving a group of nodes, a second node can reduce its cache to store the cache from the first node. Additionally, a client device can be directed to the second node so as not to interrupt a service provided to the client device by the first node.
US10802974B2
A device includes a data path, a first interface configured to receive a first memory access request from a first peripheral device, and a second interface configured to receive a second memory access request from a second peripheral device. The device further includes an arbiter circuit configured to, in a first clock cycle, a pre-arbitration winner between a first memory access request and a second memory access request based on a first number of credits allocated to a first destination device and a second number of credits allocated to a second destination device. The arbiter circuit is further configured to, in a second clock cycle select a final arbitration winner from among the pre-arbitration winner and a subsequent memory access request based on a comparison of a priority of the pre-arbitration winner and a priority of the subsequent memory access request.
US10802965B2
Memory reclamation is tailored to avoid certain synchronization instructions, speeding concurrent garbage collection while preserving data integrity and availability. Garbage collection reclaims objects no longer in use, or other unused areas of memory. Pointers are partitioned into address portions holding address values and garbage collection portions having a special bit. Marking code writes only the garbage collection portions, setting the special bit as a mark reference, relocation candidate, etc. Mutator threads may concurrently mutate the entire pointer to update the address, but mutation does not cause incorrect reclamations or failure to do other operations such as relocation. Meanwhile, execution speed is increased by avoiding CAS (compare-and-swap instructions or compare-and-set) synchronization instructions in the garbage collector. Non-CAS yet nonetheless atomic writes are used instead. Mutators run in user or kernel address spaces. Partitioned pointers and their use may be enclosed in the garbage collector to avoid runtime errors by code that expects references to be in a canonical non-partitioned form.
US10802961B2
An apparatus and a method for accessing a plurality of memory blocks is disclosed. The An apparatus comprises: a memory circuit configured to store a recording table, wherein the recording table corresponds to quality index of the plurality of memory blocks; and a control circuit configured to group the plurality of memory blocks to a first memory group and a second memory group according to the quality index; to enable to access the memory blocks in the first memory group, and to disable to access the memory blocks in the second memory group.
US10802957B2
A control module for a multi-level data storage device having a plurality of memory devices is disclosed. The control module may include: an access determination circuit configured to determine that access has been made to a piece of data stored on at least one of the plurality of memory devices, the piece of data associated with a level being one of a first level, a second level, or a third level; a level management circuit configured to change the level from the third level to the second level or from the second level to the first level upon determining that access has been made to the piece of data; and a memory controller configured to promote the piece of data in response to whether the level is the first level, the second level or the third level, wherein at least two levels of the first level, the second level, and the third level are associated with one of the plurality of memory devices.
US10802944B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to dynamically maintaining alarm thresholds for software application performance management. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10802940B1
Systems and methods are provided for executing a program that produces one or more data streams. A visual graph can be generated based at least in part on the data streams. A given data stream can be represented in the visual graph as a dot and a connection between a pair of data streams can be represented in the visual graph as an arc connecting a pair of dots representing the pair of data streams. The visual graph can be provided for presentation through an interface. The visual graph can provide a visual representation of an execution state of the program during execution.
US10802939B2
Disclosed are a method for scanning cache of an application, an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method may include: acquiring a list of applications to be scanned; querying a historical scanning record of each application in the list of applications to be scanned; determining a scanning priority of each application and whether the application needs to be scanned according to the historical scanning record of each application; scanning applications that need to be scanned in the list of applications to be scanned in a descending order of the scanning priorities, so as to acquire cache sizes of respective applications that need to be scanned; and scanning applications that need not to be scanned in the list of applications to be scanned in a descending order of the scanning priorities, so as to acquire cache sizes of respective applications that need not to be scanned.
US10802936B2
In one example a system includes a memory, and at least one memory controller to: detect a failed first memory location of the memory, remap the failed first location of the memory to a spare second location of the memory based on a pointer stored at the failed first memory location, and wear-level the memory. To wear-level the memory, the memory controller may copy data from the spare second location of the memory to a third location of the memory, and keep the pointer in the failed first memory location.
US10802935B2
In one aspect, synchronous replication failover support is provided for a storage system that includes a source site and a target site. The failover support includes locating a recovery snap set on the source site. The source site is identified as a subject of a failover event, and the recovery snap set includes a snap set that contains a subset of data content that is also stored at the target site. The recovery snap set also has a time of creation that is equal to or greater than a timeout value for serving input/outputs (IOs) to the target site. The failover support further includes sending a difference between volumes of the source site and the recovery snap set to the target site. The difference is configured to enable in sync status between the source site and the target site.
US10802934B2
Systems and methods for preventing system crashes due to memory link failure in memory mirroring mode in an information handling system (IHS). The IHS may include a first memory device, a second memory device, and an integrated memory controller (IMC). The IMC may issue write transactions to both the first and second memory devices and issue read transactions to the first memory device when the IMC is in memory mirroring mode. The IMC may transmit a system management interrupt (SMI) with an IMC error to a basic input/output system (BIOS) when a persistent uncorrected IMC error is detected within the first memory device. The BIOS may perform a memory mirror failover process that may cause the IMC to issue the write transactions and the read transactions to the second memory device when the IMC error is a fatal memory link error.
US10802932B2
A data processing system and methods for operating the same are disclosed. The method includes detecting a fault by comparing output signals from a first processing core and a second processing core, entering a safe mode based upon detecting the fault, completing transactions while in the safe mode, and determining whether the fault corresponds to a hard error. Based upon the fault corresponding to a hard error, one of processing cores is identified as a faulty core. The faulty core is inhibited from executing instructions and the other processing core is allowed to execute instructions.
US10802930B2
In response to an occurrence of a failure in a storage controller, an input on a plurality of attributes of the storage controller at a time of occurrence of the failure is provided to a machine learning module. In response to receiving the input, the machine learning module generates a plurality of output values corresponding to a plurality of recovery mechanisms to recover from the failure in the storage controller. A recovery is made from the failure in the storage controller, by applying a recovery mechanism whose output value is greatest among the plurality of output values that are generated by the machine learning module.
US10802928B2
A method for restoring a target file system in a storage system by a computer system, the computer system being connected to a network, the storage system including a tier of sequential access media, the method includes receiving a backup image including metadata of a file of the target file system, from a remote computer system via the network, the metadata indicating a sequential access medium, and restoring the metadata of the target file system using the backup image, the target file system being restored on the computer system by sharing a resource with a native file system operating on the computer system.
US10802917B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory having a first writing area and a second writing area, and a controller, in which the controller confirms whether processing of preserving data which has been written before shutdown which is not going through a predetermined shutdown procedure is being executed, in the nonvolatile memory, when the controller receives a write command, causes the nonvolatile memory to write data to the first writing area if the processing is not being executed, and causes the nonvolatile memory to write data to the second writing area if the processing is being executed.
US10802916B2
An information handling system includes a central processing unit, multiple storage devices, and a service processor. The central processing unit executes an operating system of the information handling system. The storage devices include a first storage device that stores a primary boot image for the information handling system, and a second storage device. The service processor executes a first boot process. During the first boot process, the service processor stores a recovery boot image on the second storage device, and restarts the first boot process after the recovery boot image being stored on the second storage device. During a second boot process, the service processor removes the second storage device from a bootable device menu in response to the second storage device storing the recovery boot image, and hides the second storage device from being discoverable by the operating system.
US10802915B2
A method includes upon storage of a set of encoded data slices in one or more sets of storage units of a dispersed storage network (DSN), setting, by a computing device of the DSN, a deletion time for the set of encoded data slices and an encoded data slice reduction time for the set of encoded data slices. The encoded data slice reduction time is set at a time prior to the deletion time. Upon expiration of the encoded data slice reduction time, the method further includes implementing an encoded data slice reduction scheme. The encoded data slice reduction scheme includes one or more of: a reduced rebuild operation and an explicit deletion. The explicit deletion includes deleting encoded data slices such that a remaining number of encoded data slices is equal to or exceeds a decode threshold number and is less than a pillar width number.
US10802914B2
A disclosed method is performed at a fault-tolerant object-based storage system including M data storage entities, each is configured to store data on an object-basis. The method includes obtaining a request to store N copies of a data object and in response, storing the N copies of the data object across the M data storage entities, where the N copies are distributed across the M data storage entities. The method additionally includes generating a first parity object for a first subset of M copies of the N copies of the data object, where the first parity object is stored on a first parity storage entity separate from the M data storage entities. The method also includes generating a manifest linking the first parity object with one or more other subsets of M copies of the N copies of the data object.
US10802911B2
A non-volatile storage apparatus includes a set of non-volatile memory cells and one or more control circuits in communication with the set of non-volatile memory cells. The one or more control circuits are configured to collect failure bit counts (FBCs) for data read from the set of non-volatile memory cells in a first time period and manage the set of non-volatile memory cells according to a probability of occurrence of a target FBC in a second time period that is subsequent to the first time period. The probability of occurrence of the target FBC during the second time period is calculated from a model of FBC distribution change of the set of non-volatile memory cells.
US10802906B2
A monitoring method of a server is provided. The server starts a target monitoring process of a client, and monitors, after the server starts the target monitoring process, whether the target monitoring process exceptionally exits. Further, the server sends, to a preset terminal when the server detects that the target monitoring process exceptionally exits, alarm information used to indicate that the target monitoring process exceptionally exits, where the preset terminal sends an operation and maintenance instruction to the server according to the alarm information. The server also maintains the target monitoring process according to the operation and maintenance instruction.
US10802899B2
A tubular connection made during various oil and/or gas operations such as a tripping operation can be identified based on received data such as hookload and/or block position data. A type of tubular connected can also identified by comparing hookload and/or block position data to a tubular specification database. The identification of the tubular connection and/or type of tubular connected can be used to measure a machine sequence, such as a tripping sequence. The measurement of the machine sequence can be used to optimize an operation such as a tripping or drilling operation.
US10802885B2
A communication technique for combining a fifth generation (5G) communication system that supports higher data transmission rates after fourth generation (4G) systems with Internet of things (IoT) technology and to the system therefor are provided. The disclosure relates to a multiple cores-based data processing method and apparatus, the method including determining whether a condition for a first packet flow among one or more packet flows for data communication is met, if the condition is met, selecting cores to distribute packets of the first packet flow from among the multiple cores, allocating packets received through the first packet flow to the selected cores, and operating the selected cores in parallel to process the packets allocated from the first packet flow.
US10802882B2
A method accelerates memory access in a network using thread progress based arbitration. A memory controller identifies a prioritized thread from multiple threads in an application. The prioritized thread reaches a synchronization barrier after the other threads due to the thread encountering more events than the other threads before reaching the barrier, where the events are from a group consisting of instruction executions, cache misses, and load/store operations in a core. The memory controller detects a cache miss by the prioritized thread during execution of the prioritized thread after the barrier is reached by the multiple threads. The memory controller then retrieves and returns data from the memory that cures the cache miss for the prioritized thread before retrieving data that cures cache misses for the other threads by applying thread progress based arbitration in the network.
US10802861B2
In one embodiment, in accordance with the present invention, a method, computer program product, and system for accessing non-functional host capabilities and services of a host operating system, by a guest operating system, are provided. The method includes a hypervisor, of a host OS, intercepting a hardware instruction from a guest operating system, wherein the hardware instruction is associated with data located in a register and in memory that is accessible by the hypervisor. The method further includes analyzing the hardware instruction and data to determine if the hardware instruction is a non-functional service request. The method further includes, upon determining that the hardware instruction is a non-functional service request, executing the related non-functional service request and writing a response to the associated memory. The method further includes notifying the guest operating system that the execution of the non-functional service request is complete and the response is available.
US10802860B2
The present disclosure broadly discloses an operating system (OS) management service for a cloud platform of a cloud provider (CP). The OS management service may be configured for receiving OS version information indicative of a plurality of OS versions of an OS available from an OS provider, receiving OS image information indicative of a plurality of OS images of the OS made available by the CP within the cloud platform, receiving VM OS information indicative of a plurality of VMs of the cloud platform that are running the OS available from the OS provider, and initiating a management action based on various combinations of the OS version information, the OS image information, and the VM OS information. The OS management service may be provided by an OS management server of the cloud platform, which may be implemented as a database server or other suitable system.
US10802854B2
Implementations of the present specification are provided for interpreting a bytecode instruction stream. An interpreter of a virtual machine receives an instruction stream comprising a plurality of machine instructions. A first value, comprising a current analog function address and stored in a first register corresponding to a current instruction of the plurality of machine instructions, is read. The validity of the first value is determined. If the first value is valid, the first value is stored in a second register configured to store current analog function addresses corresponding to current instructions in the instruction stream. A subsequent analog function address corresponding to a subsequent instruction associated with the current instruction is retrieved by using the current analog function address. The subsequent analog function address is stored in the first register. The current instruction is executed based on the current analog function address read from the second register.
US10802848B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a plurality of input tuples associated with a first user from a data store, wherein each input tuple comprises a gesture-input and a corresponding speech-input, determining a plurality of intents corresponding to the plurality of speech-inputs, respectively, by a natural-language understanding (NLU) module, generating a plurality of feature representations for the plurality of gesture-inputs based on one or more machine-learning models, determining a plurality of gesture identifiers for the plurality of gesture-inputs, respectively, based on their respective feature representations, associating the plurality of intents with the plurality of gesture identifiers, respectively, and training a personalized gesture-classification model for the first user based on the plurality of feature representations of their respective gesture-inputs and the associations between the plurality of intents and their respective gesture identifiers.
US10802843B1
Examples of multi-user configuration are disclosed. An example method includes, at an electronic device: receiving a request; and in response to the request: if the voice input does not match a voice profile associated with an account associated with the electronic device: causing output of first information based on the request using a first account associated with the electronic device; if a setting of the electronic device has a first state, causing update of account data of the first account based on the request; and if the setting has a second state, forgoing causing update of the account data; and if the voice input matches a voice profile associated with an account associated with the electronic device: causing output of the first information using the account associated with the matching voice profile; and causing update of account data of the account based on the request.
US10802839B2
The present disclosure is related to devices, systems, and methods for user interface customization. An example device can include instructions executable by a processor to receive indications of user actions with respect to an application, wherein the actions are made using a plurality of selectable elements of an interface, determine a user tendency based on the user actions, and provide a customized interface to the user based on the determined user tendency, wherein the customized interface includes at least one customized selectable element.
US10802835B2
Systems for rule-based data protection of virtualized computing entities. A method embodiment commences upon receiving specification parameters that correspond to one or more data protection schemes or data protection configurations such as schemes for making backups or snapshots. Based on the specification parameters and the data protection configurations, one or more resource entities associated with the data protection configurations are identified. Each of the resource entities are accessed and one or more applicable data protection administration rules that correspond to the respective resource entities are applied. The resource entities might be organized hierarchically. Determination of which data protection administration rules are applicable to the resource entities is based on the type of resource entity being considered. The combination of the resource entity type and respective applicable rules is used to generate entity-specific data protection commands. The entity-specific commands to administer the data protection configurations over the resource entities are executed.
US10802834B2
A computing system is configured to securely boot different operating systems. The computing system includes one or more processors, a first memory device storing a first firmware element for booting a first operating system, a second memory device storing a second firmware element for booting a second operating system, a first security module configured to provide authentication for booting the first operating system, and a second security module configured to provide authentication for booting the second operating system. The computing system is configured such that, when the first security module is connected to the one or more processors, either the first operating system or the second operating system is selected for booting based on a selection signal, and when the first security module is not connected to the one or more processors, the second operating system is selected for booting.
US10802830B2
A computer data processing system includes a plurality of logical registers, each including multiple storage sections. A processor writes data a storage section based on a dispatched first instruction, and sets a valid bit corresponding to the storage section that receives the data. In response to each subsequent instruction, the processor sets an evictor valid bit indicating a subsequent instruction has written new data to a storage section written by the first instruction, and updates the valid bit to indicate the storage section containing the new written data. A register combination unit generates a combined evictor tag to identify a most recent subsequent instruction. The processor determines the most recent subsequent instruction based on the combined evictor tag in response to a flush event, and unsets all the evictor tag valid bits set by the most the most recent subsequent instruction along with all previous subsequent instructions.
US10802827B2
An in-situ in-memory implication gate is disclosed. The gate include a memory cell. The cell includes a first voltage source, a second voltage source lower in value than the first voltage source, a first and second magnetic tunneling junction devices (MTJ) selectively juxtaposed in a series and mirror imaged relationship between the first and second sources, each having a pinned layer (PL) in a first direction and a free layer (FL) having a polarity that can be switched from the first direction in which case the MTJ is in a parallel configuration presenting an electrical resistance to current flow below a first resistance threshold to a second direction in which case the MTJ is in an anti-parallel configuration presenting an electrical resistance to current flow higher than a second resistance threshold, and further each having a non-magnetic layer (NML) separating the PL from the FL.
US10802820B2
Techniques for cognitive interpretation of source code are provided. Metadata associated with a section of code in a software project is analyzed to determine a change history of the section of code. A plurality of discussions related to the section of code is evaluated, where each of the plurality of discussions occurred during a code review process. Further, a plurality of support records related to the section of code is analyzed. A sentiment score for the section of code is determined based on the associated metadata, the evaluation of the plurality of discussions, and the analysis of the plurality of support records. Additionally, a display color for the section of code is selected based on the sentiment score. Finally, generation of a graphical user interface (GUI) is facilitated, where the GUI displays the first display color in association with the first section of code.
US10802818B2
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may determine that an external device is coupled to an input/output (I/O) port of an information handling system and may provide a first message to an information handling system firmware (IHSFW) that indicates information associated with the external device. The IHSFW may provide a second message to a management information exchange, and the management information exchange may start an application in response to the second message. The application may determine firmware of the external device can be updated, may receive user input that indicates updating the firmware of the external device, may retrieve new firmware associated with the external device, and may provide the new firmware to the external device. In one or more embodiments, the new firmware associated with the external device may be retrieved before the external device is coupled to the information handling system.
US10802815B1
Software product versions installed on clients are detected. At least a subset of clients have different versions. Directed acyclic graphs are built specific to a client based on a particular version of the software product installed. Weighted values are assigned to edges in each graph. The weighted values indicate a degree of stability associated with upgrading the software product or an estimated time associated with the upgrading. Upgrade paths present in each graph are traversed to calculate sums of the weighted values. Based on the sums, recommended upgrade paths for the clients are identified, each recommended upgrade path is specific to a respective client. Upgrade packages, corresponding to the recommended upgrade paths, are created for the clients. Each upgrade package is specific to the respective client, includes the desired version of the software product, intermediate versions, and a sequence indicating an order in which the intermediate versions should be installed.
US10802807B1
Embodiments herein use control application programming interfaces (APIs) to control the execution of a dataflow graph in a heterogeneous processing system. That is, embodiments herein describe a programming model along with associated APIs and methods that can control, interact, and at least partially reconfigure a user application (e.g., the dataflow graph) executing on the heterogeneous processing system through a local executing control program. Using the control APIs, users can manipulate such remotely executing graphs directly as local objects and perform control operations on them (e.g., for loading and initializing the graphs; dynamically adjusting parameters for adaptive control; monitoring application parameters, system states and events; scheduling operations to read and write data across the distributed memory boundary of the platform; controlling the execution life-cycle of a subsystem; and partially reconfiguring the computing resources for a new subsystem).
US10802805B2
A code lineage tool includes a scanner, a parser, and an integrator. The scanner identifies a plurality of elements in software code. The parser determines that a value of a first element is affected by a second element and a third element. The parser adds the first element to a parse tree and adds the second and third elements to the parse tree as sub-nodes of the first element. The parser determines that a value of the second element is affected by a fourth element and adds the fourth element to the parse tree as a sub-node of the second element. The integrator determines that a change to the fourth element will change the value of the first element and the value of the second element and generates a lineage for the first element.
US10802789B2
An information processing device is provided with an information obtaining unit and a reproduction information transmitting unit. The information obtaining unit obtains first management information of content from a first reproducing device. The reproduction information transmitting unit, based on the first management information that the information obtaining unit has obtained, causes a second reproducing device to obtain reproduction information that reproduces content that the first reproducing device manages.
US10802786B2
Content sharing methods and apparatuses are provided that relate to the field of communications. A method comprises: determining a projection region of a second display region of a second display device on a first display region of a first display device; acquiring related information of the second display region; and displaying corresponding content in the projection region according to the related information of the second display region. The methods and apparatuses can simplify content sharing steps, improve content sharing efficiency and/or enhance user experience.
US10802779B2
Information that is used for identifying a print data file having been obtained by an image processing apparatus is notified to a print server in response to an error occurring in processing for obtaining the print data files from a first storage server, and a print data file stored by a storage unit is obtained from a second storage server based on an index file including acquisition source information about a not-yet-obtained print data file, and print processing is executed.
US10802778B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus that efficiently executes a series of tasks related to reading a document. An information processing system includes an upstream server, image forming apparatuses and a regional server. An apparatus-information-acquiring unit of the upstream server acquires apparatus information from plural image forming apparatuses. A task-sharing unit shares the respective tasks of a series of tasks for document data that is read by a specified image forming apparatus, based on a storage unit that is an apparatus-information-storage unit that stores an ID, position information that indicates a position in a network, and performance information for that image forming apparatuses that is included in the apparatus information. The task-sharing unit, in accordance with the ID and performance information of plural image forming apparatuses, determines and shares tasks so as to be executed by image forming apparatuses that are at nearby positions in the network.
US10802774B2
An image forming apparatus includes a feeding unit to supply a sheet, an acquiring unit, a fixing unit, a printing unit, a determining unit, and a comparing unit. The acquiring unit acquires, as a number, a remaining amount of sheets existing in the feeding unit. The fixing unit fixes a number of sheets required for a printing process per a certain unit for an accepted print job. The printing unit performs the printing process for the print job. The determining unit determines whether a restriction is imposed on interruption of the printing process for the print job. If, in comparing the remaining amount of sheets with the required number of sheets, the comparing unit determines that the remaining amount of sheets is greater than or equal to the required number of sheets, the printing unit starts the printing process for the print job regardless of whether the restriction is imposed.
US10802772B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores computer-readable instructions for an information processing apparatus including: a processor; a display; and a memory storing at least one set of printer information. First and second type printers transmit status information to the information processing apparatus. The status information from the first type printer includes first information. The status information from the second type printer includes second information. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing apparatus to perform: setting target printer information to one of the at least one set of printer information; receiving the status information from a printer specified by the target printer information; and displaying, when the received status information includes the first information, a first screen on the display; and displaying, when the received status information includes the second information and does not include the first information, a second screen on the display.
US10802769B2
A printing apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a print job, and an execution unit configured to execute printing the print job received by the reception unit, wherein the execution unit is configured to execute cancellation for automatically cancelling printing of the print job received by the reception unit based on a state in which a predetermined interruption of printing the print job remains unsolved continues for a predetermined time or longer; and a notification unit configured to notify at least a user or an external apparatus communicating with the printing apparatus of information indicating that the printing apparatus is currently in a state in which a print job to be newly received by the reception unit is automatically cancelled by the cancellation.
US10802766B2
A shared storage architecture persistently stores database files in non-volatile random access memories (NVRAMs) of computing nodes of a multi-node DBMS. The computing nodes of the multi-node DBMS not only collectively store database data on NVRAMs of the computing nodes, but also host database server instances that process queries in parallel, host database sessions and database processes, and together manage access to a database stored on the NVRAMs of the computing nodes. To perform a data block read operation from persistent storage, a data block may be transferred directly over a network between NVRAM of a computing node that persistently stores the data block to a database buffer in non-volatile RAM of another computing node that requests the data block. The transfer is accomplished using remote direct memory access (“RDMA).
US10802765B2
Detecting and remediating memory leaks associated with an application environment can include monitoring allocations of memory from a managed memory space to respective operations to produce memory allocation data and monitoring deallocations of memory to at least some of the respective operations to produce memory deallocation data. A trend in memory leakage can be determined based on samples of the memory allocation or deallocation data. A projection of future memory usage by operations associated with the trend can be determined using binned sets of the memory allocation data and the memory deallocation data. A predicted time at which memory usage by the operations associated with the trend is expected to exceed a threshold can be determined using the projection of future memory usage. A remediation action can be performed before the predicted time to prevent a memory constraint from occurring with respect to the application environment. The application environment can be configured to automatically allocate unallocated portions of memory to execute operations and periodically deallocate unused allocated memory.
US10802764B2
Storage virtualization techniques allow directories to be stored remotely, for example, by a cloud storage provider, but in a manner that appears to a user or application running on a local computing device as if the directories are stored locally—even though the data of those directories may not be resident on the local computing device. That is, the contents of directories that may exist in the cloud look and behave as if they were stored locally on a computing device.
US10802763B2
A method for execution by one or more processing modules of one or more computing devices of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method begins by determining a slice name of an encoded data slice to verify, obtaining the encoded data slice and compressing the encoded data slice to produce a compressed encoded data slice, determining a storage set of DS units associated with the slice name, sending compressed encoded data slice partial request messages to the storage set of DS units, and receiving at least a decode threshold number of compressed encoded data slice partial response messages to produce compressed encoded data slice partials. The method continues by determining whether a sum of the compressed encoded data slice partials compares favorably to the compressed encoded data slice and indicating a failed test when the comparison is not favorable and indicating a passed test when the comparison is favorable.
US10802756B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for command status polling at a flash queue of a non-volatile memory device. The flash queue may be configured to perform polling on the status of flash operations without direct oversight from the data storage controller or firmware. In certain embodiments, a flash queue circuit may be configured to receive, from a data storage controller of a nonvolatile solid state memory (NVSSM) data storage device, one or more commands to access a flash memory of the NVSSM data storage device, each command of the one or more commands including one or more instructions. The flash queue circuit may execute the one or more commands to access the flash memory, evaluate a status response from the flash memory at the flash queue circuit, and re-execute a sequence of instructions of the one or more commands based on the status response.
US10802744B2
Disclosed herein are related to a controller, a method, and a system for updating mapping information between a logical address and a physical address of a corresponding region of a memory device. In one aspect, the controller generates a plurality of entries, where each entry indicates an update in the mapping information associated with the corresponding region. The controller generates a plurality of headers, where each header is associated with one or more entries in the corresponding region. The controller receives an instruction to synchronize the mapping information stored on the memory device with the update in the mapping information. The controller generates a copy of the plurality of headers in response to receiving the instruction to synchronize. The controller synchronizes the mapping information stored on the memory device according to the copy of the plurality of headers and the plurality of entries.
US10802743B2
A control plane for controlling transfer of data to a data plane is disclosed. In one aspect, the control plane comprises memory cells for storing a digitally coded parameter value and having a data input electrode, a data output electrode and a control electrode, n data input terminals that receive a data input value and apply it to the data input electrode of an associated memory cell, and n data output terminals coupled to a data output electrode of an associated memory cell. The control plane further comprise a first delay line having delay elements and arranged for receiving a stream of control bit values, and a second delay line having delay elements and arranged for receiving a signal for enabling the control bit values in the first delay line, wherein data is transferred in a controlled and synchronized fashion to an output electrode.
US10802739B1
A data storage device includes a disk and a plurality of actuators for reading and writing data on the disk in different physical realms. Each physical realm is associated with at least one logical zone domain including at least one logical zone. The at least one logical zone domain corresponds to an actuator of a plurality of actuators that accesses the physical realms associated with the at least one logical zone domain. In one aspect, reading and writing of data is enabled in one or more logical zones in response to a SATA zone activate command. In another aspect, a SATA read or write command is received indicating at least one logical address for data to read or written on the disk. Data is read or written in a physical realm using the actuator corresponding to a logical zone domain including the at least one logical address.
US10802711B2
Systems and methods are described that include generating a virtual environment for display in a head-mounted display device. The virtual environment may include at least one three-dimensional virtual object having a plurality of volumetric zones configured to receive virtual contact. The method may also include detecting a plurality of inputs corresponding to a plurality of actions performed in the virtual environment on the at least one three-dimensional virtual object. Each action corresponds to a plurality of positions and orientations associated with at least one tracked input device. The method may include generating, for each action and while detecting the plurality of inputs, a plurality of prediction models and determining based on the plurality of prediction models in which of the plurality of volumetric zones the at least one tracked input device is predicted to virtually collide.
US10802708B2
An electronic device and a method are provided. The electronic device includes a communication module, a touch screen display, a processor electrically connected with the communication module and the touch screen display, and a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory is configured to stores an application program configured to transmit and receive data to/from an external electronic device using the communication module, and instructions to enable the processor to display a user interface of the application program in the touch screen display when the application program is executed. The user interface includes a first area that displays at least one of an image and text that is associated with a user who is related to the external electronic device, and a second area that displays data that is shared with the external electronic device, and the first area overlaps at least a part of the second area.
US10802700B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus that includes a processing policy information control unit that controls processing policy information that includes identification information of a user associated with an actual object on a body surface on which a display object is displayed and that indicates a processing policy for the actual object in accordance with a user operation performed on the actual object. The information processing apparatus further includes a display control unit that controls display of the display object on a basis of the processing policy information for the actual object.
US10802699B2
A service mode selection system for a service vehicle is provided for simplifying a control for setting the vehicle in a desired service mode. The system includes a control system for receiving an operator's selection of service mode via a service mode selection device and controlling vehicle components to automatically set the vehicle in a selected service mode. The service mode selection device can be arranged in a cab of the vehicle and allows the operator to conveniently select a desired service mode, thereby achieving a work-ready machine with as few operator inputs as possible.
US10802695B2
An augmented reality (AR) platform for the Internet of Things (IoT) is disclosed. The AR platform enables a user to associate AR objects with IoT devices. These associations may further enable a user to direct a control input to a particular IoT device and receive outputs such as sensor measurements or state information from the IoT device via interaction with an associated AR object. These AR objects may be perceived by the user via a client device, such as via an AR viewer or other human interface. The AR platform further enables users to create shareable objects that define an association among or between multiple AR objects and their IoT devices that can be shared with and modified by other users.
US10802693B2
An operating system for a container handling machine, including an operating device for the container handling machine having a screen and a data transmitter for transmitting information and at least one separate additional screen having a data receiver for receiving information, with the operating device designed for selecting the information and the additional screen designed for displaying the selected information.
US10802677B2
Some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods include displaying a graphical user interface comprising a first section and a second section, wherein the first section includes a first media icon corresponding to a first media item, and wherein the second section includes a first zone icon corresponding to a first zone comprising a first set of one or more playback devices; and in response to detecting a drag of the first media icon to the first zone icon, instructing at least one playback device in the first set of one or more playback devices to play the first media item corresponding to the first media icon.
US10802676B2
A method for setting a parameter includes the steps of: selecting, by a touch or click, one point on an electronic map displayed on an electronic device; displaying a parameter input area around the selected one point on the electronic map; detecting, by the electronic device, panning or drag performed along a direction in which the displayed parameter input area is formed; adjusting a value of the parameter according to the detected panning or drag; detecting, by the electronic device, panning or drag performed in a direction toward the one point; and setting the parameter to the adjusted value, wherein the touch or click is maintained while the steps of setting the one point through setting the parameter is performed.
US10802675B2
An information processing apparatus includes a connection unit that connects second mounts related to plural tags to each other in accordance with a relationship between the plural tags, on a first mount to which the tags related to the second mounts are attachable.
US10802663B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus, including a display control section which causes a prescribed pattern to be displayed on a screen in a state where a device having a camera is arranged so that the camera faces the screen, and a position acquisition section which acquires a relative position of the camera with respect to the screen determined based on an image of the pattern captured by the camera.
US10802660B1
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates use of an application on an electronic device. During operation, the system obtains a first metadata definition containing a mapping of view components in a user interface of the application to a set of attribute-specific types associated with an attribute of the electronic device, and a second metadata definition containing a set of rules for binding the attribute-specific types to a set of platform-specific user-interface elements for a platform of the electronic device. Next, the system generates a view for display in the user interface by applying, based on the attribute and the platform, the first and second metadata definitions to content describing the view to select one or more platform-specific user-interface elements for rendering one or more of the view components in the content. The system then instantiates the platform-specific user-interface element(s) to render the view component(s).
US10802657B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for determining a proximity status between electrodes may include detecting an amount of electrical charge an electrode among other electrodes that are communicatively coupled to an artificial reality device. The method may further include determining, based on the detected amount of electrical charge at the electrode, a mutual capacitance measurement that indicates an amount of mutual capacitance between the other electrodes. The method may also include determining, based on the mutual capacitance measurement, a relative proximity status between the electrodes, where the relative proximity status indicates a degree to which the electrodes are in proximity with each other. The method may further include providing the determined relative proximity status between the electrodes as an input to the artificial reality device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10802653B2
A touch type display device includes a display panel which includes a first touch electrode, and a second touch electrode including a plurality of sensing pads located outside the display panel, wherein an area of each of the plurality of sensing pads is proportional to an interval between the first touch electrode and each of the plurality of sensing pads.
US10802649B2
Various configurations and arrangements for touchscreens are disclosed to accommodate for one or more optical discontinuities that can be present within these touchscreens. When the one or more optical discontinuities are present, these configurations and arrangements of the touchscreens present a single layer of transparent conductive material that can be difficult to perceive by a human eye when viewing the touchscreens. Additionally, various edge correction techniques are disclosed to adjust mutual capacitances along a perimeter of the touchscreens. These edge correction techniques adjust mutual capacitances such that the values of the mutual capacitances are substantially uniform throughout.
US10802646B2
The present invention comprises: a first region, having a display area for outputting images, for receiving touch input or acquiring fingerprint data by means of a touch entered on the display area; a touchscreen comprising a second region for receiving touch input; and a control unit for switching the first region from a touch receiving mode, which receives touch input, to a fingerprint sensing mode when a touch input is entered in the first region, wherein the touchscreen is provided with a touch sensor layer for receiving touch input at a first sense resolution in the touch receiving mode, and the control unit which, in the fingerprint sensing mode, switches the first region from the first sense resolution to a second sense resolution, which is higher than the former, so as to acquire fingerprint data, and maintains the second region at the first sense resolution so that the former receives touch input.
US10802644B2
A touch-screen/gesture based keyboard using gestures on defined zones for providing keyboard input that is simplified to accommodate a small area, doesn't require eye-hand coordination, and can be used with as few as one finger on the same hand holding the device, without looking or employed in Virtual or Augmented applications. The inventive device includes a software application running on a position and movement detection device to provide keyboard operations. The app is a code that runs on a computer device and provides for zones that are monitored for movement, applying that movement to a prescribed chart and delivering the resulting feedback as keystrokes.
US10802643B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a touch sensor and a display panel, a fingerprint sensor included in the display or disposed on a rear surface of the display, and at least one processor electrically connected with the display and the fingerprint sensor. The at least one processor controls an operation of the touch sensor or lowers a frequency of an operating signal of the touch sensor in response to a specified event, activates the fingerprint sensor, and captures a fingerprint image from the fingerprint sensor.
US10802642B2
The present disclosure discloses a wearable device and method of controlling the same, the wearable device including a thermal sensing acquisition module for receiving a touch operation by a user and acquiring a thermal sensing distribution curve of the touch operation as a current thermal sensing distribution curve, a thermal sensing processing module for determining a function corresponding to the current thermal sensing distribution curve as a current function based on the current thermal sensing distribution curve and preset corresponding relationships between thermal sensing distribution curves and functions, an instruction generating module for generating an invoking control instruction corresponding to the current function according to the current function, and an execution module for executing the invoking control instruction to perform the current function. The wearable device and method of controlling the same provided by the present disclosure may be applied to a wearable device where touch operations are used.
US10802639B2
According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes first electrodes and a detection electrode. The first electrodes constitute sensor drive electrodes by being supplied with sensor drive signals separately and sequentially or sensor drive electrodes by simultaneously supplying the sensor drive signals to the first electrodes adjacent to each other. A width of the sensor drive electrode including the first electrode on the edge is smaller than a width of the other sensor drive electrode not including the first electrode on the edge.
US10802633B2
The present invention makes it possible to recognize proximity of a coil without an increase in material cost and production cost. A liquid crystal display panel includes a TFT substrate (6) and a CF substrate (7). A touch panel (2) includes (i) a plurality of touch sensing electrodes (3) which are provided on the TFT substrate (6) so as to detect an electric capacitance between the touch panel (2) and a subject of a touch or a change in the electric capacitance and (ii) a proximity sensing electrode (4) which is provided on the CF substrate (7) so as to detect proximity of a coil (10).
US10802631B2
A display control device according to the present invention includes an illuminance value obtaining unit for obtaining an illuminance value of a display screen, a display image controlling unit for controlling a display image on the display screen on the basis of the illuminance value obtained, a distance determining unit for determining whether a distance between an object present around the display screen and the display screen is equal to or shorter than a threshold, and an illuminance value obtaining method determining unit for causing the illuminance value obtaining unit to apply a first obtaining method of the illuminance value when it is determined that the distance is not equal to or shorter than the threshold and causing the illuminance value obtaining unit to apply a second obtaining method of the illuminance value when it is determined that the distance is equal to or shorter than the threshold.
US10802630B2
The disclosure discloses an array substrate, a method for fabricating the same, a display panel, and a display device, and the array substrate includes: a base substrate, a pressure-sensitive component, a plurality of dual-gate transistors, and a plurality of pixel transistors, where the pressure-sensitive component includes a first electrode layer, a pressure-sensitive layer, and a second electrode layer which are arranged on the base substrate in that order, and the second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrodes arranged corresponding to the respective dual-gate transistors in a one-to-one manner; and the dual-gate transistors and the pixel transistors are arranged above the second electrode layer, and each of the plurality of second electrodes is electrically connected with a bottom-gate electrode in a corresponding dual-gate transistor, so that a pressure can be detected.
US10802629B2
A display device includes a display module, a touch member, and a first driving substrate. The display module includes a display panel. The touch member is disposed on the display module. The first driving substrate is attached on substrate attachment portions of the touch member, the substrate attachment portions being provided near a first edge of the touch member near a first side of the display device. The first driving substrate is bent in a downward direction with respect to the display module. The display module includes a bending support structure disposed on a first edge of the display module near the first side, the bending support structure protruding outwardly beyond the substrate attachment portions of the touch member.
US10802623B2
An electronic device includes a communicator configured to perform communication with an external device, a display configured to display a UI (User Interface) element in a screen, and a processor. The processor receives through the communicator, touch panel information of the external device and first data according to a first input of a user detected on the touch panel of the external device, and changes a location of the UI element displayed on the screen based on the touch panel information and the first data.
US10802622B2
An electronic device is provided that includes a touch screen display; a pressure sensor; at least one processor configured to receive a user input for performing a function for a selected period of time after execution of at least one application program, to detect a pressure regarding the touch screen display for the selected period of time using the pressure sensor, and to execute at least one selected from pausing the execution of the function, resuming the same, and restarting the same at least partially on the basis of the detected pressure when a selected pressure level is detected by the pressure sensor for the selected period of time.
US10802619B2
The invention relates to an operating element (4) for an electrically controlled machine (2), having an operating element body (7) and a rotating wheel (10) for inputting a command into a controller (3) of the machine (2), wherein the rotating wheel (10) is arranged on the operating element body (7) in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis (12) and is surrounded by a lateral surface (11) that has local diameter mean value (13) specified in the perpendicular direction to the rotational axis (12), on which lateral surface (11) the rotating wheel (10) may be gripped and rotated by a machine operator (5), wherein the lateral surface (11) of the rotating wheel (10) has at least two actuation portions (14, 15) with different surface structures (17), wherein a sensor region (18, 19) of a sensor element (21, 22) is associated with at least one of the actuation portions (14, 15), and wherein different machine functions for inputting at least one command into the controller (3) are associated with at least one of the actuation portions (14, 15), and wherein the at least two actuation portions (14, 15) are arranged on the lateral surface (11) of the rotating wheel (10) in such a way that the machine operator (5) may grip them with a hand (6) and/or fingers of the hand.
US10802617B2
A number of systems and devices for stylus connectors are described herein. In one example, a stylus connector can include a first end to couple the stylus connector to a universal serial bus (USB) of a computing device and a second end to electrically couple a stylus to the USB of the computing device and structurally couple the stylus to the stylus connector.
US10802614B2
An electronic circuit of an electronic pen includes an integrated circuit, and a resonant circuit that is formed of a parallel circuit of a coil and a first capacitor and is externally connected to the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit includes a variable-capacitance circuit which, in operation, adjusts a frequency of the resonant circuit, and has a connection pin connecting the variable-capacitance circuit to outside of the integrated circuit. A first end of the parallel circuit is grounded and a second end of the parallel circuit is connected to a first end of a second capacitor externally connected to the integrated circuit. A second end of the second capacitor is connected to the connection pin of the integrated circuit and is connected to a diode which, in operation, clamps a potential of the second end of the second capacitor to a predetermined value.
US10802578B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, and a processor functionally connected to the display and configured to, when a first input is received while a first partial image, which corresponds to a first direction, in an image taken by at least one camera is displayed on the display, control the display to display a second partial image, which corresponds to a second direction different from the first direction, in the image in response to the first input.
US10802573B2
A power management system and a power management method are provided. The power management system includes a host manager and at least one server. The server communicates with the host manager. The server includes at least one processor, at least one voltage regulator, and a voltage regulator controller. The voltage regulator provides an actual power to the corresponding processor. The voltage regulator controller adjusts the actual power provided by the voltage regulator. The host manager controls the voltage regulator controller in the server and uses the voltage regulator controller to adjust the actual power provided by the voltage regulator for managing a power of the processor.
US10802568B2
This application relates to techniques that adjust the sleep states of a computing device based on proximity detection and predicted user activity. Proximity detection procedures can be used to determine a proximity between the computing device and a remote computing device coupled to the user. Based on these proximity detection procedures, the computing device can either correspondingly increase or decrease the amount power supplied to the various components during either a low-power sleep state or a high-power sleep state. Additionally, historical user activity data gathered on the computing device can be used to predict when the user will likely use the computing device. Based on the gathered historical user activity, deep sleep signals and light sleep signals can be issued at a time when the computing device is placed within a sleep state which can cause it to immediately enter either a low-power sleep state or a high-power sleep state.
US10802566B1
A two-part interface PHY configuration includes a low-voltage PHY portion configured for instantiation on an SoC device fabricated using a cutting-edge technology node, and a high-voltage PHY portion configured for instantiation on a power management device (PMD) fabricated using a high-voltage technology node. The low-voltage PHY portion includes interface control and low-voltage I/O circuitry configured to transfer outgoing 3.3V data signals to the high-voltage PHY portion at low voltage levels, and the high-voltage PHY portion includes a driver circuit that retransmits the low-voltage data signals onto a bus at the required 3.3V level. Incoming 3.3V data signals pass through an attenuator circuit before being processed using a receiver circuit provided on the low-voltage PHY portion. In USB applications, outgoing USB High Speed data signals are generated by a driver circuit provided on a low-voltage USB PHY portion.
US10802557B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that supplements a battery coupled to a processor configuration with stored energy from a charger input, wherein the battery is supplemented with the stored energy in response to an increased power demand on the battery. The technology may also initiate one or more throttle operations in the processor configuration if the increased power demand does not end before the stored energy is depleted. If the increased power demand ends before the stored energy is depleted, the one or more throttle operations may be bypassed. The increased power demand may correspond to a system voltage being below a voltage threshold, a battery current being above a current threshold, and so forth.
US10802549B2
Embodiments of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) with a multi-layered hinge are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a first display and a second display coupled to the first display via a hinge, where the hinge comprises a middle plate disposed between a bottom plate and a top plate, where the top plate is fixed with respect to the bottom plate, and where the middle plate slides with respect to the bottom plate in response to the hinge being rotated.
US10802530B2
An input device includes: an operating unit that is operated by a user; a detent pin that is displaceable along with an operation of the operating unit; a columnar detent member where a spiral groove about a predetermined axis A is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the detent member that is contact with the detent pin; and a motor (rotary driving part) that rotates the detent member about axis A.
US10802513B1
An improved comfort control system for controlling an environment regulation system includes a processing unit, a video interface, an input subsystem, a hierarchy of switching mechanisms and a special computer program. The hierarchy of switching mechanisms includes an electronic switching mechanism having a jumper and a second tier switching mechanism implemented by the special computer program and including a key combination. When the control device is in an operation mode and the jumper is in an enabled position, entering the key combination causes the special computer program to switch the comfort control system to the configuration mode. When the comfort control system is in an operation mode and the jumper is in a disabled position, the special computer program does not switch the control device to the configuration mode from the operation mode.
US10802512B2
A building management system network interface device is provided. The network interface device includes a processing circuit with a device interface module and a network interface module. The device interface module is communicably coupled to a refrigeration equipment controller and includes an equipment object configured to receive data values and to populate attributes of the equipment object with the data values. The network interface module is communicably coupled to the device interface module and an external network, and is configured to map the attributes of the equipment object to individual data objects and to write the attributes of the equipment object to the mapped individual data objects. The processing circuit is also configured to execute control logic to control the operation of the refrigeration equipment controller based on the data values received from the refrigeration equipment controller and commands received from the external network.
US10802510B2
A relay valve configured according to the various embodiments as described herein advantageously provides consistent, reliable start point pressures for both supply and exhaust functionalities. To achieve this, the relay valves described herein utilize a plurality of diaphragms to neutralize any variable forces due to pressure in an actuator and, optionally, a supply connected to the relay valve.
US10802507B2
A method for turning an aerial vehicle such as a drone-type vehicle is provided, according to one embodiment. The method provides for receiving a turning input and detecting a current momentum of the aerial vehicle. The method provides for converting the turning input into a yaw command and calculating a change in yaw associated with the turning input. The method provides for calculating a roll command based on the current momentum of the aerial vehicle and based on the change in yaw associated with the turning input. Further, the method provides for executing the yaw command and the roll command in synchrony, wherein the executing the yaw command and the roll command in synchrony causes the aerial vehicle to perform a turn.
US10802506B2
In a method for operating a production plant, and a production plant, the production plant includes a control device, workstations and vehicles, at least two workstations having a similar configuration. The respective processor of a vehicle determines a driving path that is as short as possible and is a function of the position of the other vehicles, and in an effort to avoid congestion or to shorten the production time, the driving path is determined such that, instead of leading to a first workstation, the driving path leads to an identical second workstation.
US10802503B2
A control system of a transporter vehicle includes a target position data calculation unit configured to calculate target position data of a target point of the transporter vehicle based on positional relationship between a target object whose position data has been identified, and the target point of the transporter vehicle that is input by an input device, and a course data generation unit configured to generate course data of the transporter vehicle at least based on the target position data.
US10802492B2
A target location from a set of points that define a road can be selected. A path, from a plurality of candidate paths, to the target location, from a current vehicle location outside the set of points, based on a path length, a collision risk, a curvature of the path, and a traffic condition on the road can be selected. The vehicle can be navigated according to the selected path.
US10802481B1
An electronic vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) multicopter which includes a communications interface configured to establish a communication channel between a site local server and the eVTOL multicopter and send a vehicle identifier and vehicle state information from the eVTOL multicopter to the site local server. The eVTOL multicopter also includes a processor configured to perform a management operation received from the site local server, wherein the site local server is configured to determine the management operation based at least in part on the vehicle identifier and the vehicle state information.
US10802474B2
To simplify determination of drive parameters upon driving a motor for which circuit constants are unknown, and shorten the time required in determination. A parameter determination support device includes: an automatic measurement part which applies initial parameters, and automatically measures a revolution speed (rpm) of a synchronous motor, as well as a DC link voltage (V) and Q-phase voltage command (%) of a motor drive device, as operating information upon driving the synchronous motor at substantially constant speed based on a base speed, according to a test-run program; an estimation part which estimates a reverse voltage constant (V/krpm) and torque constant (Nm/Arms) as circuit constants of the synchronous motor based on the operating information; and a calculation part which performs calculation of optimum parameters tailored to the output specification of the synchronous motor based on the circuit constants.
US10802472B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of electronic devices, and discloses a method and an apparatus for controlling motor vibration. The method includes: obtaining an input signal based on an expected motor vibration curve, inputting a digital signal sequence of the input signal to an equalizer, and obtaining an output signal after processing by the equalizer, and inputting the output signal to a motor to control vibration of the motor, where the equalizer is a digital filter constructed based on a damping factor ζ and a resonance frequency ωn of the motor, and a preset system sampling frequency fs, a preset damping factor ζd, and a preset cut-off frequency ωd. The method and apparatus provided in embodiments of the present disclosure have an advantage that an actual vibration effect of the motor can be consistent with an expected motor vibration curve.
US10802467B2
The present disclosure provides methods of defining internal secondary structures of an object to be formed at least in part by additive manufacturing. The object may include a primary structure having a volume. The methods may include applying a balancing parameter within an axis-aligned bounding box that encompasses the primary structure. The methods may further include refining the balancing parameter until the volume is delimited into a plurality of the internal structures. The plurality of internal structures may be oriented at an angle to a global z-axis that is substantially parallel to a build direction, such as angled in a range of 40 degrees to 70 degrees to the z-axis.
US10802462B2
A machining condition selecting device includes a machining condition contribution data management unit configured to manage machining condition contribution data in which each of a plurality of machining conditions is associated with a 3-dimensional surface roughness parameter and degrees of contribution to each item of a required condition related to productivity of a target product; a matter of priority acquisition unit configured to acquire a combination of the 3-dimensional surface roughness parameter and at least one item of the required condition as a matter of priority; and a machining condition selection data management unit configured to manage, for each of the plurality of machining conditions, machining condition selection data in which a combination pattern of the matters of priority is associated with a sum of the degrees of contribution to each item in the combination pattern.
US10802460B2
A controller has a function of stopping an oscillation motion in a non-cutting section in oscillation cutting and includes an oscillation command creation unit and an oscillation command creation determination unit. The oscillation command creation unit outputs an oscillation command, and the oscillation command creation determination unit determines whether or not cutting of a workpiece by a tool is actually being performed and stops an output of the oscillation command during non-cutting.
US10802450B2
This application discloses a computing system to implement sensor event detection and fusion system in an assisted or automated driving system of a vehicle. The computing system can monitor an environmental model to identify spatial locations in the environmental model populated with temporally-aligned measurement data. The computing system can analyze, on a per-sensor basis, the temporally-aligned measurement data at the spatial locations in the environmental model to detect one or more sensor measurement events. The computing system can utilize the sensor measurement events to identify at least one detection event indicative of an object proximate to the vehicle. The computing system can combine the detection event with at least one of another detection event, a sensor measurement event, or other measurement data to generate a fused detection event. A control system for the vehicle can control operation of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the detection event.
US10802445B2
A winding mechanism is for a timepiece including at least one first and one second power accumulators. The winding mechanism includes a winding stem, a winding pinion and a sliding pinion having face gear toothings, facing one another. The winding stem and the sliding pinion occupy the same axial winding position. The winding mechanism includes a coupling device which cooperates with the winding pinion and is provided to occupy a first coupling position for coupling the winding pinion and the first power accumulator when the winding stem is turned in one direction, the second power accumulator being uncoupled, without any contact with the coupling device, and a second coupling position for coupling the winding pinion and the second power accumulator when the winding stem is turned in the other direction, the first power accumulator being uncoupled, without any contact with the coupling device.
US10802438B2
An image forming apparatus includes a body casing, a pressing member, a process cartridge, and a drawer. The body casing includes a positioning member. The pressing member is disposed inside the body casing. The process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum. The drawer is configured to support the process cartridge and to move, in a sliding direction orthogonal to an axis direction of the photosensitive drum, between an inside position that is a position inside the body casing and an outside position that is a position outside the body casing. The process cartridge includes an engagement portion and a spring. The engagement portion is configured to be positioned by the positioning member. The spring is configured to be pressed by the pressing member such that the engagement portion is pressed toward the positioning member.
US10802429B2
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing member and a pressing member forming a fixing nip therebetween, a heat generator, and a processor. The heat generator is disposed to heat a print medium passing through the fixing nip via the fixing member. The processor is configured to control the heat generator to start heating at a timing when a non-fixed image portion formed on the print medium is expected to reach the fixing nip, based on image data of an image to be fixed, a conveyance speed of the print medium, and an estimated heat capacity of the print medium.
US10802424B2
A fixing device includes a heating unit, a pressure unit, a moving unit, and a controller. The heating unit is configured to heat a toner on a recording medium. The pressure unit is configured to transport the recording medium while sandwiching the recording medium in a nip that the pressure unit and the heating unit form. The moving unit is configured to change a nip state of the pressure unit with respect to the heating unit by moving the heating unit or the pressure unit. The controller is configured to, when plural recording media are transported continuously, control the moving unit so that the moving unit moves the heating unit or the pressure unit in a separation direction so as to reduce a nip width at a recording medium interval between the recording media.
US10802417B2
An optical scanning apparatus includes an optical scanning unit which includes a first light source, a first rotatable polygonal mirror for reflecting the beam emitted from the first light source, a second light source, a second rotatable polygonal mirror for reflecting the beam emitted from the second light source; and a housing accommodating the polygonal mirrors. The housing includes only three fixed portions fixed to a fixing portion for fixing the optical scanning unit. The first rotatable polygonal mirror and the second rotatable polygonal mirror are disposed such that a rotational axis of the first rotatable polygonal mirror and a rotational axis of the second rotatable polygonal mirror are in a triangular area defined by lines connecting the three fixed portions, as viewed in a rotation axial direction of the first rotatable polygonal mirror.
US10802415B2
An image forming apparatus includes a laser scanner unit, an engine controller, and an image controller. The laser scanner unit includes a polygon mirror configured to reflect a laser beam to scan a photosensitive drum, and a BD sensor configured to detect the laser beam reflected by the polygon mirror to output a BD signal. The engine controller generates an image formation BD signal synchronized with the BD signal. The image controller identifies a reference reflection face based on the number of times of low levels of an image formation BD signal that has been sampled for a predetermined period from a falling edge of the image formation BD signal. The image controller corrects image data based on the identified reflection face to control image formation processing.
US10802409B2
A method of measuring n values of a parameter of interest (e.g., overlay) relating to a structure forming process, where n>1. The method includes performing n measurements on each of n+1 targets, each measurement performed with measurement radiation having a different wavelength and/or polarization combination and determining the n values for a parameter of interest from the n measurements of n+1 targets, each of the n values relating to the parameter of interest for a different pair of the layers. Each target includes n+1 layers, each layer including a periodic structure, the targets including at least n biased targets having at least one biased periodic structure formed with a positional bias relative to the other layers, the biased periodic structure being in at least a different one of the layers per biased target. Also disclosed is a substrate having such a target and a patterning device for forming such a target.
US10802408B2
A method for improving the yield of a lithographic process, the method including: determining a parameter fingerprint of a performance parameter across a substrate, the parameter fingerprint including information relating to uncertainty in the performance parameter; determining a process window fingerprint of the performance parameter across the substrate, the process window being associated with an allowable range of the performance parameter; and determining a probability metric associated with the probability of the performance parameter being outside an allowable range. Optionally a correction to the lithographic process is determined based on the probability metric.
US10802399B2
The present invention provides an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition which is capable of forming a pattern having a low LWR and is further suppressed in the collapse of the formed pattern, a resist film, a pattern forming method, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device. The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention contains a photoacid generator represented by General Formula (1) or a resin having a residue obtained by removing one hydrogen atom from the photoacid generator represented by General Formula (1).
US10802398B2
The direct patterning method includes: providing a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, which a peripheral circuit having a bonding pad is disposed on the peripheral area; sequentially disposing a metal nanowire layer, a pre-cured film layer and a negative-type photosensitive layer thereon; performing a photolithography step; and curing the pre-cured film layer. The photolithography step includes exposing the negative-type photosensitive layer to define a removal region and a reserved region; and removing the negative-type photosensitive layer, the pre-cured film layer and the metal nanowire layer in the removal region by using a developer, such that a touch sensing electrode is fabricated in the display area and the bonding pad is exposed.
US10802397B2
Micro- and nano-patterns in imprint layers formed on a substrate and lithographic methods for forming such layers. The layers include a plurality of structures, and a residual layer having a residual layer thickness (RLT) that extends from the surface of the substrate to a base of the structures, where the RLT varies across the surface of the substrate according to a predefined pattern.
US10802389B2
A first optical group that forms an intermediate image and a second optical group that enlarges and projects the intermediate image formed by the first optical group satisfy a variety of conditions. Therefore, first of all, in a case where a projection system is incorporated in a projector, an ultrawide field angle that allows enlargement and projection of an image at a half angle of view of 50° or greater is achieved. Further, an optical path deflection system including two optical path deflectors is disposed between the first optical group and the second optical group to allow the optical path to be folded with deterioration in performance of the projection system suppressed.
US10802387B2
An illumination system, a projection apparatus, and a projection method of the projection apparatus are provided. The illumination system includes an excitation light source, a light combination element, a reflection element, a light wavelength conversion module, and an actuator. The reflection element is disposed on a transmission path of the excitation beam transmitted from the light combination element. The light wavelength conversion module is disposed on a transmission path of the excitation beam transmitted from the reflection element. The light wavelength conversion module has at least one reflection area and at least one light conversion area. The actuator is coupled to the reflection element to change a rotation angle of the reflection element, such that the excitation beam transmitted from the reflection element is transmitted to the at least one reflection area and the at least one light conversion area via different transmission paths.
US10802385B2
A phosphor plate includes: a plate substrate, a reflection coating provided on a surface of the plate substrate, a reflecting layer provided on the reflection coating, and composed of metallic oxide and transparent binder, and a phosphor layer provided on the reflecting layer. The reflecting layer has a thickness ranging from 10 μm to 90 μm inclusive, and the metallic oxide is contained in the reflecting layer at a volume density ranging from 15 vol % to 40 vol %.
US10802382B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an adjustable light projector for active depth sensing and flood illumination. An example device includes a light projector that includes a light source to emit a light along a first direction and a diffractive element positioned in a path of the emitted light along the first direction. The diffractive element includes a diffractive optical element having a first refractive index and configured to project a distribution of focused light from the emitted light during a first mode. The diffractive element also includes a diffusion element having a second refractive index and configured to diffuse the emitted light during a second mode.
US10802374B1
A liquid crystal lens includes at least two liquid crystal cells, and at least two electrode layer units. Each of the liquid crystal cells has a central portion, a first surrounding portion, and a second surrounding portion. Each of the electrode layer units is disposed to supply voltage to the respective liquid crystal cell to permit one of the liquid crystal cells to have a first radial gradient of refractive index in the central portion thereof, and to permit the other one of the liquid crystal cells to have a second radial gradient of refractive index in the first surrounding portion thereof, to thereby allow the two liquid crystal cells to cooperatively define an aperture of the liquid crystal lens.
US10802370B2
There is provided a vehicle optical view-shielding structure including: an optical view-shielding device that is capable of optically shielding a window when a vehicle is stationary, such that a vehicle interior is rendered difficult to see from outside the vehicle; an external detection device that detects an approaching object approaching the vehicle; and a notification device that issues a notification inside the vehicle notifying that the approaching object has been detected by the external detection device.
US10802369B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a fan-out wire arrangement and a display device. The fan-out wire arrangement includes a plurality of first fan-out wires and a plurality of second fan-out wires, a dummy insulation wire is disposed at each first fan-out wire, a preset quantity of second fan-out wires are disposed between every two adjacent first fan-out wires, and the plurality of first fan-out wires and the plurality of second fan-out wires are distributed side by side, so that coupling capacitance generated between adjacent fan-out wires is reduced, thereby improving the stability of a display panel.
US10802367B2
Provided is a display device. The display device includes a data line extending in a first direction, a reflective electrode on the data line, and a transistor formed between the data line and the reflective electrode. The transistor includes a first electrode connected to the data line, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode in the first direction and connected to the reflective electrode, and a semiconductor layer connecting the first electrode and the second electrode.
US10802362B2
A display panel and manufacturing method for the same. The display panel includes an array substrate, a passivation layer, an organic planarization layer, a first color resist layer and a second color resist layer and an organic planarization layer. Each sub-pixel circuit includes at least two thin-film transistors; at least two via holes are prepared on the passivation layer and the organic planarization layer. The first color resist layer includes a first color resist region and multiple second color resist regions connected thereto. A projection of the first color resist region on the array substrate is located at two sides of the sub-pixel circuit. Each second color resist region is located above the at least two thin-film transistors; the second color resist layer is stacked above the second color resist region. The first color resist layer will not crack, and the main region spacer can reach a desired height.
US10802360B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area disposed around the display area; a fan-out unit disposed in the non-display area and including a first pad unit and a first fan-out line electrically connected to the first pad unit; a first signal line disposed on a different layer from the first fan-out line and including a first area overlapping the first fan-out line; a first switching element disposed on the display area and electrically connected to the first signal line and a first pixel electrode; and a color filter overlapping the first area.
US10802359B2
The present disclosure provides a display panel, display device and display method. Under a wide viewing angle display mode, a first signal is applied to a first electrode and a second electrode, and a long axis of liquid crystal molecules and a long axis of dye molecules are perpendicular to a plane of a first substrate. A relatively large included angle is formed between a polarization direction of emergent light of a first display device and the long axis of the dye molecules. A second signal is applied to the first electrode and the second electrode under a narrow viewing angle display mode, and a long axis of liquid crystal molecules and a long axis of dye molecules form an included angle of 30 to 60 degrees together with the plane of the first substrate.
US10802351B2
The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a driving method thereof and a display panel. The array substrate includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, wherein two adjacent rows of pixels are grouped into a pixel group; switching elements respectively connected with the pixels; a data line, wherein two data lines corresponds to each column of pixels arranged at two sides of this column respectively; and gate lines each located between two adjacent rows of pixels of each pixel group; wherein respective pixels in a same pixel group are connected with one gate line located between two rows of pixels though respective switching elements; two pixels adjacent to each other along a column direction in a same pixel group are respectively connected with two data lines respectively located at two sides of a column where the two pixels are located through respective switching elements.
US10802348B2
An array substrate, display panel and display device. The array substrate includes: a source-drain metal layer, a pixel electrode layer, an insulation layer located between the source-drain metal layer and the pixel electrode layer, and a plurality of sub-pixels distributed in an array. Each sub-pixel corresponds to a drain electrode contained in source-drain metal layer, a pixel electrode contained in pixel electrode layer, and a drain through-hole defined in insulation layer. The pixel electrode is connected to the drain electrode via the drain through-hole. For any one row of the array, in a column direction, each drain electrode through hole is located at the same side of the sub-pixel 10 corresponding to the drain electrode through hole. The sub-pixels includes two adjacent support sub-pixels in a row direction, and the two drain through-holes respectively corresponding to the two adjacent support sub-pixels are unaligned in the column direction.
US10802346B1
A display panel includes a top substrate, a bottom substrate, a display medium layer disposed between the top substrate and the bottom substrate, and a sealant. The sealant includes a frame portion surrounding a region and the display medium layer distributing in the region, and an injection portion connected to the frame portion. The injection portion has a channel path, an inner opening and an outer opening. The channel path is communicated to the region at the inner opening, and the outer opening is at a distal end of the channel path away from the region. The injection portion includes a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall. The first wall is spaced from the second wall at a first direction to form the outer opening. The third wall is spaced from the second wall at a second direction and shields the outer opening.
US10802345B2
Disclosed is a horizontal alignment mode liquid crystal display device that can achieve higher definition and improved response speed. The liquid crystal display device includes, in the given order: a first substrate; a liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules; and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first electrode, a second electrode positioned closer to the liquid crystal layer than the first electrode is, and an insulating film between the first and second electrodes. The second electrode is provided with an opening having a shape including a longitudinal-shaped portion and a pair of protrusions protruding to opposite sides from the longitudinal-shaped portion. The protrusions are provided at portions excluding both end portions in the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal-shaped portion and are located at corresponding positions. In a no-voltage-applied state, the liquid crystal molecules are aligned parallel to the first substrate, and in a plan view, the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal-shaped portion and an alignment azimuth of the liquid crystal molecules in the no-voltage-applied state are parallel or orthogonal to each other.
US10802344B2
Provided is a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and containing a negative liquid crystal material; a first alignment film provided on the surface of the first substrate on the liquid crystal layer side; a first phase difference layer having birefringence provided between the first substrate and the first alignment film; and a second alignment film disposed on the surface of the second substrate on the liquid crystal layer side, wherein at least one of the first alignment film and the second alignment film is a photo-alignment film being in contact with the liquid crystal layer and imparting a pretilt angle of 75° or more and less than 90° to the liquid crystal material; the first phase difference layer is formed of a first polymer material having a first photofunctional group; the photo-alignment film is formed of a second polymer material having a second photofunctional group; and the first photofunctional group and the second photofunctional group are each a group causing at least one reaction selected from the group consisting of isomerization reaction, dimerization reaction, Fries rearrangement reaction, and cleavage reaction.
US10802340B2
A direct-light-type backlight module, a display device and its assembly method are disclosed in the present invention, wherein the backlight module comprises a plurality of LED strips, a reflector, a plurality of cover portions and a plurality of connectors. The LED strips respectively comprise a plurality of LED packages. The reflector is set above the LED strip. The reflector has a plurality of light openings and a plurality of cover openings, and the light openings match the LED packages respectively, so that the LED packages could pass the light openings of the reflector. The cover portions respectively connect one side of the cover openings on the reflector, and two adjacent cover portions at a row are crossover in a X-shaped way in a side view direction of the reflector. The connectors are disposed in the cover openings and are obliquely covered by the cover portions, and the connectors electrically connect to the LED strips. The present invention can significantly improve the uniformity of light intensities at the light-emitting surface, and the display quality is significantly improved.
US10802339B2
A light mixing chamber is formed by folding a reflective sheet having a central portion; at least three side portions integrated with the central portion; at least three connection portions each arranged between two side portions and integrated with a side portion of two adjacent side portions. A light source is arranged in central portion of the light mixing chamber for back illuminating a liquid crystal display panel.
US10802337B1
A local dimming system adaptable to a backlight of a display includes a light shape imitation (LSI) unit that receives a pulse-width modulation (PWM) value and provides a profile data for each block of the backlight; a profile analysis unit that generates an analytic mean value according to the profile data; and a diffusion compensation unit that compares the analytic mean value with a target mean value and compensates the PWM value for light diffusion according to a result of the comparison, thereby generating a compensated PWM value.
US10802321B2
An optical film includes a first diffraction layer, a second diffraction layer, and a cover layer. The first diffraction layer includes a plurality of first diffraction gratings arranged in the same direction on a surface thereof. The second diffraction layer includes a plurality of second diffraction gratings arranged in the same direction gap-filled the first diffraction gratings of the first diffraction layer, wherein the directions of the first diffraction gratings and the second diffraction gratings are parallel to each other. The cover layer is formed on the second diffraction gratings of the second diffraction layer. At least one of the first diffraction layer, the second diffraction layer and the cover layer contains dyes, and therefore, the optical film can reduce the light leakage defect of a conventional liquid crystal display in a large viewing angles and make the liquid crystal display have uniform dark-state images and colorful images.
US10802310B2
A display device can include a display panel; a main frame positioned behind the display panel; a guide panel coupled to the main frame and supporting the display panel; and a front cover coupled to the main frame and covering a side of the display panel, in which the front cover includes a side wall covering the side of the display panel and a side of the frame; and a front wall extending from the side wall and facing a front surface of the display panel, and a hook protruding from an inside of the side wall, and a fixer is fixed to a rear surface of the main frame and inserted into the hook.
US10802309B2
The flexible liquid crystal display panel include an upper substrate, a lower substrate and a liquid crystal layer; a plurality of sub-pixel regions are disposed on the lower substrate, and a retaining wall may be disposed around the sub-pixel region, and the retaining wall may define notches to allow the plurality of sub-pixel regions to be located the liquid crystals circulate when the flexible liquid crystal display panels are bent. In the above manner, the present application can ensure the uniformity of diffusion of the alignment liquid and the liquid crystal in the alignment liquid coating and liquid crystal filling processes.
US10802304B1
Examples of a wearable device are disclosed. In one example, the wearable device may include an optical network, a first sensor and a second sensor coupled with the optical network, and a processor. The first sensor and a second sensor are configured to generate, respectively, first sensor data and second sensor data related to different physical measurements, and to transmit the first sensor data and the second sensor data to the optical network. The processor is coupled with the optical network and configured to: receive at least one of the first sensor data or the second sensor data from the optical network; and determine output content of the wearable device based on the at least one of the first sensor data or the second sensor data.
US10802301B2
The optical response of a metasurface is controlled by actuating it via an electrical or magnetic field, temperature control, optical pumping or electromechanical actuation. The metasurface will therefore control the polarization of the incident light. The metasurface comprises an array of patch antennas. The patch antennas are in the form of asymmetrical elements, including rotated rods, cross-shapes, V-shapes, and L-shapes.
US10802295B2
A pair of spectacles including a lens arrangement having two lateral temple arm bearing arrangements. Each temple arm bearing arrangement has a first hinge lug having a first bearing opening and a second hinge lug having a second bearing opening, and at least one locking member insertion opening configured in the first or second hinge lug. The spectacles additionally comprise two temple arms, which respectively have a temple arm main body, and a bearing pin integrally connected thereto, which bearing pin, in the assembled state, is pivotably connected to the first and second bearing opening of the respective temple arm bearing arrangement. Each temple arm further has at least one locking member, which, in the assembled state, is arranged between the hinge lugs of the respective temple arm bearing arrangement and, in a pivot position, lockingly holds together this temple arm and the lens arrangement.
US10802294B2
In some examples, an apparatus includes a housing to removably attach to an electronic device that includes first and second cameras spaced apart by a first distance. The apparatus includes a first light transmissive region of the housing to align with the first camera, the first light transmissive region to pass light from an environment to the first camera. The apparatus further includes a second light transmissive region of the housing spaced apart from the first light transmissive region by a second distance different from the first distance, and a light conduit to pass the light from the environment through the second light transmissive region to the second camera.
US10802291B1
A compact folded projection system is described that includes a laser light source, a folded lens system comprising a lens stack including two or more refractive lenses and a light folding element (e.g., a prism), and a diffractive beam splitter that includes at least one diffractive surface. The light folding element provides a “folded” optical axis for the lens system to reduce the Z-height of the projection system, for example to within a range of 1.7 to 4 millimeters (e.g., 2 millimeters in some implementations). The laser light source emits light that is refracted by the lens stack to the folding element. The folding element redirects the light to the beam splitter which replicates the light into N×M duplications or tiles to thus generate a larger field of view (FOV) than the internal FOV of the lens system.
US10802288B1
In certain embodiments, image data modifications may be facilitated for dynamic vision defects. In some embodiments, one or more eyes of a user may be monitored while a set of stimuli are displayed to the user. Feedback related to the set of stimuli may be obtained, where the feedback indicates (i) whether or how the user sees one or more stimuli of the set or (ii) one or more characteristics related to the eyes that occurred when such stimuli are displayed. A set of modification profiles associated with the user may be generated based on the feedback, where each modification profile of the set (i) is associated with eye-related characteristics and (ii) includes modification parameters to be applied to an image to modify the image for the user when eye-related characteristics of the user matches the associated eye-related characteristics.
US10802284B2
Example methods, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for providing a device for capturing a barcode image within an augmented reality environment. An example method includes detecting a target object within a field of view of an augmented reality viewing device. The method further includes rendering an image of a scanning device within the field of view of the augmented reality viewing device, and rendering a scanning area within the field of view of the augmented reality viewing device. Further, a camera associated with the augmented reality viewing device captures an image of a barcode located on the target object. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and computer program products are also provided.
US10802277B2
[Solution] A head-mounted display device includes a display section disposed in front of eyes of a user and configured to display an image, a cover section configured to cover the display section when viewed from a position right opposed to the user and wearable on the user, and a position adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting a position of the display section on an opposite side of the display section side across the cover section. The cover section includes a light transmitting section opposed to the display section.
US10802271B2
There is provided a lens device that prevents dust from entering a space in which a movable lens is moved. A movable lens is moved in the direction of an optical axis. A holding member, which extends in the direction of the optical axis, is formed at an end portion of the movable lens. A magnet is fixed to an end portion of the holding member. A hall IC is disposed in a closed storage space at a position facing the magnet. A signal, which corresponds to the position of the magnet in the direction of the optical axis, is output from the hall IC. Since the hall IC is disposed in the storage space closed by a storage box, the entry of dust, which is caused by the hall IC, into a space in which the movable lens is moved is prevented.
US10802270B2
Provided is an optical scanner including: a mirror driving unit which drives a scanning mirror which reflects light from a light source based on a drive signal; an optical sensor which detects scanning light entering first and second detection positions set on both sides of a range of the maximum scan angle within the range; and a calibrating unit which calibrates the intensity of the drive signal based on the time point at which the detection is performed and the frequency and intensity of the drive signal.
US10802256B2
Scanning fluorescence microscopes with an observation beam path from a measurement volume to an image plane. A beam combiner is provided for coupling an illumination system and a diaphragm arranged in the image plane for slow composition of the image because of the sequential scanning and subject the sample to loading as a result of inefficient use of the excitation light. The microscope simultaneously detects fluorescence from different focal planes in each case quasi-confocally. The observation beam path between the beam combiner and the image plane has a first diffractive optics for splitting light beams into beam bundles along different orders of diffraction, imparting to the light beams a spherical phase that is different from the other orders of diffraction. A second diffractive optics is provided for the compensation of chromatic aberrations of the split beam bundles, and a collecting optics is provided for focusing split beam bundles into the image plane.
US10802247B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of glass material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10802235B2
A communications module housing includes an enclosure defining an opening, and a tray movably positioned within the enclosure. The tray includes a base, and a front rail positioned on the base, the front rail including a plurality of first mounts. The tray further includes a platform positioned on the base, the platform including a plurality of second mounts. The tray further includes a rear rail positioned on the base, the rear rail including a plurality of third mounts. The first and second mounts correspond to mounting features of the first communications modules and the third mounts correspond to mounting features of the second communications modules.
US10802230B2
A system for the collection and isolation of photons from multiple photon sources is provided that images individual photon sources onto individual optical fibers. The collected photons can then be directed to one or more photon detectors. The present invention is particularly applicable to a qubit state detection system for the detection of individual qubit states.
US10802228B2
Fiber optic connectors and connectorized fiber optic cables include connector housings having locking portions defined on the connector housing that allow the connector housing to be selectively coupled to a corresponding push-button securing member of a multiport assembly. Methods for selectively connecting a fiber optic connector to, and disconnecting the fiber optic connector from the multiport assemblies allow for connector housings to be forcibly and nondestructively removed from the multiport assembly.
US10802226B2
A cleaning tool for cleaning a plurality of optical connectors where the cleaning tool includes: an adhesive portion that is integrally formed with the cleaning tool and that contacts a plurality of connecting end faces of the optical connectors collectively. The plurality of optical connectors are inserted into and connected with one housing that is fitted with another housing. The adhesive portion is disposed on the other housing. The adhesive portion contacts the connecting end faces collectively by fitting the one housing with the other housing.
US10802220B1
An integrated optical beam steering system is configured in three stages to provide beam steering for image light from an imager (e.g., laser, light emitting diode, or other light source) to downstream elements in a display system such as an exit pupil expander (EPE) in a mixed-reality computing device. The first stage includes a multi-level cascaded array of optical switches that are configurable to spatially route image light over a first dimension of a two-dimensional (2D) field of view (FOV) of the display system. The second waveguiding stage transfers the image light along preformed waveguides to a collimator in the third stage which is configured to collimate the image light along the first dimension of the FOV (e.g., horizontal). The waveguiding and collimating stages may be implemented using lightweight photonic crystal nanostructures.
US10802217B2
An optical waveguide structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The optical waveguide structure includes: a substrate; a first-type semiconductor conductive layer disposed on the substrate; a first confining layer disposed on the first-type semiconductor conductive layer; a waveguide layer disposed on the first confining layer and including a luminescent material; a polymer filling layer disposed on the first confining layer and adjacent to the waveguide layer, wherein the viscosity of the polymer filling layer is less than 52 mm2/s; a second confining layer disposed on the waveguide layer and the polymer filling layer; a cladding layer disposed on the second confining layer; and a second-type semiconductor conductive layer disposed on the cladding layer.
US10802213B2
Described are various configurations of optical structures having asymmetric-width waveguides. A photodetector can include parallel waveguides that have different widths, which can be connected via passive waveguide. One or more light absorbing regions can be proximate to the waveguides to absorb light propagating through one or more of the parallel waveguides. Multiple photodetectors having asymmetric width waveguides can operate to transduce light in different modes in a polarization diversity optical receiver.
US10802195B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for high contrast frontlight structures for reflective displays and related devices. In one embodiment, an example display structure may include a diode, a reflective display, and a light guide coupled to the reflective display and configured to direct light from the diode, the light guide. The light guide may include a first layer having a first refractive index value, a second layer having a second refractive index value, a third layer having the first refractive index value, and a fourth layer having the second refractive index value, where the second refractive index value is greater than the first refractive index value.
US10802188B2
A polarizer, a display panel and a display device are disclosed. The polarizer includes a view area (VA) and a peripheral area. A notch is disposed in the peripheral area. A side of the notch away from the view area is configured to place a circuit board.
US10802185B2
A transmissive optical element may include a substrate. The transmissive optical element may include a first anti-reflectance structure for a particular wavelength range formed on the substrate. The transmissive optical element may include a second anti-reflectance structure for the particular wavelength range formed on the first anti-reflectance structure. The transmissive optical element may include a third anti-reflectance structure for the particular wavelength range formed on the second anti-reflectance structure. The transmissive optical element may include at least one layer disposed between the first anti-reflectance structure and the second anti-reflectance structure or between the second anti-reflectance structure and the third anti-reflectance structure.
US10802178B2
Disclosed herein is an anti-reflective film including: a hard coating layer; and a low-refractive layer containing a binder resin, and hollow inorganic nanoparticles and solid inorganic nanoparticles which are dispersed in the binder resin, wherein the low-refractive layer includes a first layer containing at least 70 vol % of the entire solid inorganic nanoparticles and a second layer containing at least 70 vol % of the entire hollow inorganic nanoparticles, and at the time of fitting polarization ellipticity measured by ellipsometry for the first layer or/and the second layer included in the low-refractive layer using a Cauchy model represented by the following General Equation 1, the second layer satisfies a predetermined condition.
US10802176B2
A nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus includes a magnet assembly, a transmitting antenna configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field in a sensitive volume within an earth formation, and one or more receiving antennas configured to detect a nuclear magnetic resonance signal originating in the sensitive volume. The one or more receiving antennas are arranged relative so that the one or more receiving antennas are inductively decoupled from the transmitting antenna, a first portion of the surface area of the one or more receiving antennas overlapping a first region of the transmitting antenna in which a magnetic flux of the transmitting antenna is in a first direction, and a second portion of the surface area of the one or more receiver antennas overlapping a second region of the transmitting antenna in which the magnetic flux is in a second direction predominantly opposed to the first direction.
US10802174B2
Apparatus (10) for use in determining values of properties of n layers (16,17) of a borehole (11) formed in the Earth's crust (12) comprises a plurality of at least (2n-1) sensor members (19,21,22) of mutually differing, known or calculable, geometric factors, as defined with reference to a sample under investigation comprising n layers. The sensor members (19,21,22) are capable of detecting reflected or transmitted electromagnetic energy and the apparatus (10) includes one or more supports (24,26′) for supporting the sensor members (19,21,22) in a said borehole (11) adjacent and/or in contact with one or more said layers (16,17), the apparatus (10) being capable of causing transmission of electromagnetic energy along, and/or reflection of electromagnetic energy at, each sensor member (19,21,22) in a manner permitting the calculation of values of properties of such layers (16,17) based on reflected or transmitted energy values detected at the sensor members (19,21,22).
US10802173B2
Exploration of resources of the bottom of water such as a seafloor based on a self-potential is accurately performed. A computer of a resource estimation system includes an estimation information acquisition unit that acquires potential information indicating potentials of a plurality of potential electrodes having a predetermined positional relationship measured at a plurality of positions in water, a noise removal unit that removes noise contained in the measured potentials by performing principal component analysis or independent component analysis using the potentials, and a resource estimation unit that estimates the presence of the resources in the bottom of water based on the potential from which the noise has been removed.
US10802161B1
Disclosed is a directional gamma ray or neutron detector that locates a source both horizontally and vertically. In some embodiments, the detector comprises four “rod” scintillators around a shield, and an orthogonal “panel” scintillator mounted frontward of the rod scintillators. The azimuthal angle of the source may be calculated according to the detection rates of the rod scintillators, while the polar angle of the source may be calculated from the panel scintillator rate using a predetermined angular correlation function. Thus, the exact location of the source can be found from a single data set without iterative rotations. Embodiments of the detector enable rapid detection and precise localization of clandestine nuclear and radiological weapons in applications ranging from hand-held survey meters and walk-through portals, to vehicle cargo inspection stations and mobile area scanners. Such detectors are needed to detect clandestine nuclear weapons worldwide.
US10802159B2
A moveable object determines a preliminary position for the moveable object using received satellite navigation signals and satellite orbit correction information and satellite clock correction information. A position correction is determined by identifying which cell, of a predefined set of geographical cells, corresponds to the determined preliminary position, and obtaining from a database, pre-computed tectonic terrestrial plate position information for the identified cell. Based on the information for the identified cell, a tectonic terrestrial plate, corresponding to the determined preliminary position of the moveable object is identified. Based on the identified tectonic terrestrial plate, a position correction is determined, the position correction corresponding to the identified tectonic terrestrial plate and a reference epoch, and a corrected position of the moveable object is generated in accordance with the determined preliminary position of the moveable object and the determined position correction.
US10802158B2
Systems, methods and computer program products for determining extended coherent integration intervals based on information about user activity, dynamics and clock stability. Dynamically extending the coherent integration interval increases the signal-to-noise ratio during signal acquisition and tracking, thereby providing a benefit when antenna gain is poor, in weak signal conditions, and when being jammed, or when power needs to be conserved, compared to extending the coherent integration interval for a fixed amount of time.
US10802157B2
The disclosed embodiments use 3D city models and shadow mapping to improve altitude fixes in urban environments. In an embodiment, a method comprises: generating a set of three-dimensional (3D) candidate positions in a geographic area of interest; predicting global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signal visibility at selected ones of the 3D candidate positions; receiving GNSS signals at a current location of the mobile device; determining observed satellite visibility based on the received GNSS signals; comparing the predicted satellite visibility with the observed satellite visibility; determining a position fix based on a result of the comparing; determining an indoor environment where the mobile device is located based at least on an altitude component of the position fix; obtaining structural data for the identified indoor environment; and determining a floor lower bound for the current location of the mobile device based on the altitude component and the structural data.
US10802156B2
A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver includes a Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (TCCO) circuit. A micro jump of the TCCO circuit is detected by monitoring wide band phase values and carrier to noise ratio estimate values for each tracking channel of the tracking modules for the GNSS receiver. In response to a detected micro-jump, a frequency correction is calculated and applied to numerically controlled oscillators of phase/frequency lock loop circuits within tracking modules.
US10802137B2
The SAR is provided formed from a plurality of elementary images issued from successive emission spots, the elementary images overlapping zones of overlap, the measurement of the off-pointing is carried out on the basis of the difference between the energies received from two successive spots in a zone of overlap, the compensation being applied to the antenna reception gain in light of the measurement.
US10802133B2
A system may include a magnetic sensor to measure a magnetic field that is influenced by a magnetic property of a target object, and determine first characteristic information, associated with the target object, based on the magnetic field. The system may include a radar sensor to measure a radar signal that is influenced by a radar property of the target object, and determine second characteristic information, associated with the target object, based on the radar signal. The system may include a controller to determine a characteristic of the target object based on the first characteristic information and the second characteristic information.
US10802132B2
A position-sensing sensor of a position-sensing system includes first and a second radio transponders that each have a transmitter/receiver connected to an antenna and has a memory for persistent data storage, wherein the first radio transponder has an energy supply source and is selectively switchable into a reduced energy consumption idle state and into an active operating state with complete range of functionality, where during the active operating state, a radio connection to a first radio transponder reader is established for position sensing, where the second radio transponder, which is inductively supplyable with energy by a radio transponder reader, upon entering a range of a second radio transponder reading unit, transfers the first radio transponder from the idle state into the active operating state or transfers position information associated with the second radio transponder to a server of the position-sensing system via the second radio transponder reader.
US10802130B2
Method of slowly moving target detection with application for coastal surveillance radars. This method improves the well know other methods and efficiently detects targets with a high accuracy. The proposed method consists of three steps that are: step of generation and processing of signals with complex modulation; step of target clustering and step of detection of slowly moving targets in clutter environments.
US10802124B2
Embodiments relate to integrated sonic sensors having a transmitter, a receiver and driver electronics integrated in a single, functional package. In one embodiment, a piezoelectric signal transmitter, a silicon microphone receiver and a controller/amplifier chip are concomitantly integrated in a semiconductor housing. The semiconductor housing, in embodiments, is functional in that at least a portion of the housing can comprise the piezoelectric element of the transmitter, with an inlet aperture opposite the silicon microphone receiver.
US10802121B1
A sensor apparatus includes a LIDAR sensor, a camera having a field of view encompassing a volume directly forward of the LIDAR sensor, a nozzle aimed at least partially upward and positioned forward of the LIDAR sensor, and a computer programmed to increase output from the nozzle upon determining that an object is traveling rearward through the field of view based on data received from the camera.
US10802117B2
An exemplary imaging device includes an optical sensor having an optical axis, a lens positioned to focus light from a scene onto the optical sensor, a matrix of variable-phase optical elements that are dimensioned to introduce at least two different phase delays into a wavefront of a light signal received from the scene through the lens, a housing that secures the matrix of variable-phase optical elements between the optical sensor and the lens, and a processing subsystem programmed to determine a phase difference associated with the light signal based on the at least two different phase delays. Related systems and methods are also provided.
US10802108B2
A technique for non-echo pulsed ranging of a mobile device within an environment includes a plurality of emitters within the environment transmitting signal pulses of a predefined frequency to a mobile device that can receive a signal pulse, convert the signal pulse into a digital waveform, store the digital waveform into a buffer having a predetermined length of time, and analyze the digital waveform to detect a signal pulse at the predefined frequency. If a signal pulse is detected, the mobile device can re-analyze the digital waveform that was stored in the buffer to see if another signal pulse can be detected within the waveform, indicating the existence of a reflected signal. If another signal pulse is detected, the mobile device can select the signal pulse that was received first in time, i.e. the direct signal, for use in ranging of the mobile device.
US10802107B2
A method for recognizing infrasound events includes detecting infrasonic source using one or more microphone arrays each having three equally-spaced infrasound microphones. The method includes identifying, via a data acquisition system (DAS), a level of coherence of the detected infrasonic acoustic signals from each possible pair of microphones and recognizing the infrasound source using the coherence and a time history of the detected signals. The method may include estimating source properties via the DAS, including a magnitude, azimuth angle, and elevation angle, and executing a control action in response to the estimated properties. A system includes the array and the DAS. The array may be positioned above or below ground, and may be connected to one or more aircraft in some embodiments.
US10802105B2
In a location estimation device 5, a location updater 63 acquires an estimated location of each fixed node based on a fixed topology indicating an arrangement relationship among fixed nodes and a temporal self-location of each fixed node. A topology conflict determiner 65 calculates a region determination value indicating a frequency of occurrence of a topology conflict using the estimated location of each fixed node that is estimated based on the fixed topology. A virtual topology producer 66 produces a virtual topology by virtually changing a wireless communication distance between fixed nodes. The virtual topology producer 66 specifies one topology from among a fixed topology and a plurality of virtual topologies based on a region determination value corresponding to the fixed topology and a plurality of region determination values corresponding to the plurality of virtual topologies, and outputs a location of each fixed node that is estimated based on the specified topology as a result of location estimation of each fixed node.
US10802104B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining locations of wireless nodes in a network architecture are disclosed herein. In one example, a system for localization of nodes in a wireless network architecture comprises a plurality of wireless anchor nodes each having a known location and a wireless device with one or more processing units and RF circuitry for transmitting and receiving communications in the wireless network architecture and a wireless node having a wireless device with a transmitter and a receiver to enable bi-directional communications with the plurality of wireless anchor nodes in the wireless network architecture. One or more processing units of at least one of the plurality of wireless anchor nodes are configured to execute instructions to determine a set of possible ranges between each anchor node and the wireless node having an unknown location and to perform a triangulation algorithm that utilizes a maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) of ranging measurements from anchor nodes.
US10802095B2
A spectrum y includes a waveform-of-interest component and a baseline component which is a wide-band component. A weight array x is applied with respect to a base function array A to generate a baseline model Ax. An optimum baseline model Ax′ is searched according to a first condition to fit a corresponding portion SIAx of the base line model Ax with respect to a representative portion yI of the baseline component and a second condition to reduce an Lp norm (wherein p≤1) of the weight array x.
US10802094B2
Systems and methods for magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) of multiple different nuclear spin species using the same radio frequency (“RF”) coil are described. Generally, multiple different nuclear spin species are imaged using the same RF coil by using an MRI system whose magnetic field can be rapidly ramped between a number of different, and arbitrary, magnetic field strengths. The magnetic field of this MRI system can be ramped to different values in reasonable amounts of time (e.g., in a time frame that is feasible within an imaging study).
US10802093B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving magnetic resonance signals by a magnetic resonance device. The magnetic resonance signals are received using at least one active receive coil element. The magnetic resonance device includes a multiplexer with a signal output and a number of signal inputs. A first portion of the signal inputs are each connected with one of the at least one active receive coil element. The remaining portion of the number of signal inputs are not connected to an active receive coil element. The multiplexer does not interconnect at least one part of the remaining part of the number of signal inputs with the signal output.
US10802088B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling the production of a magnet (12) using a sensor able to emit a presence signal for a magnetic induction and defining a measuring axis, the magnet (12) being a permanent magnet with symmetry of revolution, with its axis of revolution being a mechanical axis, the magnet (12) having a center and a maximum dimension, the method comprising: a) performing a first measurement of a component of the magnetic induction produced by the magnet (12) using the sensor, b) performing a second measurement of a component of the magnetic induction produced by the magnet (12) using the sensor, and c) calculating the angular deviation of the equivalent magnetic moment of the magnet (12) from the first measurement and the second measurement.
US10802087B2
A magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) based sensor device includes a MTJ element and processing circuitry. The MTJ element includes a free layer, a pinned layer, and a tunnel barrier, the tunnel barrier being arranged between the free layer and the pinned layer. The free layer is adapted to flex away from the tunnel barrier during acceleration. The processing circuitry is configured to measure a resistance at the MTJ element and determine acceleration based on the resistance at the MTJ element.
US10802080B2
A battery system includes: a battery; a voltage detector that detects a voltage of the battery as a detected voltage value; a current detector that detects a current flowing through the battery as a detected current value; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to estimate an aging deterioration of the battery based on an open circuit voltage value that is calculated from the detected voltage value and an integrated current value that is calculated from the detected current value, and estimate the aging deterioration of the battery based on the open circuit voltage value and the integrated current value that are calculated when a charge level of the battery is in the non-hysteresis region.
US10802079B2
Operating current sense circuits. At least some of the example embodiments are methods including: sensing a current flow through a sense resistor by way of an operational amplifier defining a non-inverting input coupled to a first side of the sense resistor and an inverting input coupled to a second side of the sense resistor; driving a signal to a sense output of the operational amplifier, the signal proportional to the current flow through the sense resistor; and then disabling the current sense circuit comprising: de-coupling a first feedback path of the operational amplifier, the first feedback path coupled to the non-inverting input; and de-coupling a second feedback path of the operational amplifier, the second feedback path coupled to the inverting input. The methods also include disabling the current sense circuit by disabling an input stage of the operational amplifier.
US10802077B1
A test circuit includes a BIST clock generator and a functional clock generator. A first multiplexer selectively passes the BIST clock or the functional clock as a selected clock in response to a clock selection signal. BIST logic operates based upon the BIST clock. Functional logic operating based upon the functional clock signal. A memory operates based upon the selected clock. When the test circuit is operating in BIST mode, a clock selection circuit receives and passes a BIST signal as the clock selection signal. When the test circuit is operating in a shift phase of a scan test mode, it generates the clock selection signal as asserted, and when the test circuit is operating in the capture phase of the scan test mode, it generates the clock signal as equal to a last bit received from a scan chain.
US10802062B2
Cognitive analysis using applied analog circuits including receiving, by a circuit, a first set of data results and a second set of data results; charging a first capacitor on the circuit with a first unit of charge for each of the first set of data results that indicates a positive data point; charging a second capacitor on the circuit with a second unit of charge for each of the second set of data results that indicates a positive data point; applying a charge from the first capacitor and a charge from the second capacitor to an analog unit of the circuit; and generating a signal on a circuit output indicating that a ratio of the positive data points in the first set of data results to the positive data points in the second set of data results is greater than a statistical significance.
US10802060B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments are disclosed for validating measured meter data. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface is provided that facilitates configuration of a validation algorithm by a user. Historical usage data is accessed during a non-peak time to offload processing from a peak time. The non-peak time corresponds to a time span when the measured meter data is not being received and/or is not being validated, and the peak time corresponds to a different time span when the measured meter data is being validated. Statistical data is generated from the historical usage data during the non-peak time and stored in a memory. The measured meter data is received and the statistical data is accessed during the peak time. The measured meter data is validated by applying the validation algorithm to the statistical data and the measured meter data during the peak time.
US10802059B2
Described embodiments generally relate to a method of determining power delivered by a cable, the method comprising receiving data related to a residual magnetic field produced by the cable; determining a proportionality factor relating the received data to the power delivered by comparing the residual magnetic field data to independently measured reference data related to the power delivered by the cable; and based on the proportionality factor, determining the power delivered by the cable.
US10802056B2
There is proposed a computer-implemented method for automatic correction of a topology of a smart network that uses the information contained in the voltage measurements provided by smart meters in order to determine which meter is connected to which transformer. The method starts from an initial topology and divides up the meters into first and second batches for each transformer. Successive reallocations of meters in the second batches are made according to similarities with average voltages calculated and corrected from the first batches of meters. The method proceeds by iterations until there remain no more meters attributable to other transformers and updates the topology so that its evolution at a given time be readable.
US10802044B2
A scanning probe microscope includes a position change unit that relatively changes positions of a fixed end of a cantilever and a surface of a sample S in a Z direction, a deflection amount measurement unit that measures a deflection amount of the cantilever, a Z direction movement distance detector that detects a movement distance in the Z direction while the fixed end is relatively moved with respect to the surface of the sample S from a predetermined initial position until a tip of a probe comes into contact with the surface of the sample S and the deflection amount becomes a predetermined value, and an initial position change unit that changes the initial position to a position further away from the surface of the sample S when the movement distance is below a predetermined lower limit.
US10802035B2
A resonating needle is adapted to be used in a device for measuring and controlling the dosage of a small quantity of fluid, includes: a needle (1) adapted to contain said small quantity of fluid; a resonating element of the piezoelectric type (2), coupled to said needle and adapted to be energized in order to detect variations of oscillation parameters of the needle and of the resonating element for the purpose of determining the dosage measurement and control.
US10802032B2
Blood diagnostics for evaluating and predicting brain damage after a concussion or other head injury
Methods and materials are disclosed for evaluating head brain injuries that do not involve blood loss or skull fractures, such as possible concussions. These methods and materials involve bioreagents (such as monoclonal antibodies, single-stranded DNA or RNA, etc.) affixed to computer-readable devices handled by electronic readers that can interact with portable computers (such as laptops, pads or tablets, smart phones, etc.). The bioreagents will detect the presence and concentration of at least two metabolites that are released by mitochondria in response to cellular damage. Additional bioreagents may be included, for detecting and quantifying other damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMP's). When used along with cognitive, reasoning, and/or response tests, this type of analysis can help non-physicians assess the severity of, and proper responses to, head traumas that otherwise are difficult or impossible to reliably evaluate.
US10802027B2
Methods are provided for identifying biomarker proteins that exhibit differential expression in subjects with a first lung condition versus healthy subjects or subjects with a second lung condition. Also provided are compositions comprising these biomarker proteins and methods of using these biomarker proteins or panels thereof to diagnose, classify, and monitor various lung conditions. The methods and compositions provided herein may be used to diagnose or classify a subject as having lung cancer or a non-cancerous condition, and to distinguish between different types of cancer (e.g., malignant versus benign, SCLC versus NSCLC).
US10802021B2
Provided herein are microorganisms engineered with hybrid receptors and genetic circuits. Also provided are hybrid receptors having a CqsS polypeptide and a heterologous histidine kinase domain of a two-component system. Methods for using engineered microorganisms to sense and destroy pathogens (e.g., Vibrio cholerae) are also provided.
US10802016B2
Platform technology involving aqueous microdroplet reaction vessels created, arrayed, and characterized by imaging microscopy in a microfluidic device are applied to a wide variety of bioassays involving the detection and phenotypic characterization of single cells. The bioassays include the rapid and automated detection of microbial pathogens and their antibiotic sensitivity from patient samples as well as the characterization of immune responses using a patient's own cells, including the killing of tumor cells.
US10802013B2
The present invention relates a simple method for evaluating free eukaryotic cell nuclei for biomarkers of DNA damage and/or transcription factor activation, activity, or expression levels and/or epigenetic modifications to chromatin or chromatin-associated factors. The invention also teaches useful strategies for combining nuclear biomarkers into a matrix of endpoints that are capable of elucidating genotoxicants' primary mode of DNA-damaging activity. Kits for conducting methods according to the invention are also described.
US10802006B2
A method for identifying the adulteration of a pine bark extract or a peanut skin extract in a grape seed extract using HPLC fingerprint spectrums. The method includes 1) establishing HPLC fingerprint spectrums of the three extracts; 2) determining characteristic peaks of pine bark extract and peanut skin extract; 3) testing a grape seed extract sample using liquid chromatography detection to identify the adulteration of pine bark extract or peanut skin extract in the sample according to whether the chromatogram contains the characteristic peaks of pine bark extract and/or peanut skin extract, wherein the addition of more than 3% of adulterants can be accurately identified. The method has good stability and reproducibility, high efficiency, obvious identification characteristics, provides a theoretical basis for the identification of the plant sources of grape seed extracts, and is conducive to promoting the healthy development of the plant extract industry.
US10802000B2
A method of calibrating, a chromatography system is described. The method includes injecting a standard into a chromatographic separator. The standard including a first analyte having a first calibrant concentration and a second analyte having a second calibrant concentration. The standard can be separated in the chromatographic separator and measured with a detector. The method automatically identifies whether the first peak corresponds to the first analyte or the second analyte and whether the second peak corresponds to the first analyte or the second analyte, based on either an area or a peak height of the first peak and the second peak, and a ratio based on the first calibrant concentration and the second calibrant concentration.
US10801998B2
The current disclosure determines if structural faults exist and extracts geometric features of the structural faults from acoustic emission waveforms, such as crack length and orientation, and can evaluate the structural faults online, during normal operation conditions.
US10801997B2
A method and system for inspecting cement downhole. The method may comprise inserting an inspection device inside a tubing. The inspection device may comprise a centralizing module as well as a transducer, an azimuthal receiver, and a telemetry module. The method may further comprise activating the transducer, wherein the transducer generates a low-frequency cylindrical acoustic wave with normal incidence, detecting the locations and strengths of resonances generated, and creating a graph with an information handling system for analysis.
US10801988B2
A gas sensor includes a sensor element having a detection section at a distal end portion thereof, and an element cover that surrounds a periphery of the sensor element. The sensor element includes electrodes and formed on a surface of a solid electrolyte body, a heater, and a porous protective layer formed on an outside of the detection section. The element cover includes a cover member with gas flow holes on a side surface and a gas passage is formed between the cover member and the sensor element. A distance between the cover member and the side surface of the sensor element in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the sensor element is in a range of 0.2 mm to 0.8 mm in the entire region of the gas passage leading from the gas flow holes to the detecting section.
US10801984B2
A chip substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a gene sequencing chip, and a gene sequencing method. The chip substrate includes a base substrate; first electrode, located on the base substrate in an array; an insulating layer, located at gaps between two adjacent ones of the first electrodes, and partially covering the two adjacent ones of the first electrodes to form containing spaces being in one-to-one correspondence with the first electrodes; a capacitive dielectric layer, located on a side of the first electrodes away from the base substrate, and located in the containing spaces; and second electrodes, located on a side of the capacitive dielectric layer away from the base substrate, the capacitive dielectric layer includes a first region and a second region, an orthographic projection of the second electrodes on the base substrate is overlapped with an orthographic projection of the first region on the base substrate.
US10801977B2
A radiation analyzing apparatus includes a radiation irradiation unit configured to irradiate an object with a first radiation, a radiation detection unit configured to detect a second radiation generated from the object irradiated with the first radiation, a radiation converging unit configured to disposed between the object and the radiation detection unit and to converge the second radiation on the radiation detection unit, a position changing unit configured to vary a relative positional relationship between the radiation converging unit and the radiation detection unit, and a driving unit configured to change the positional relationship.
US10801964B2
The present invention relates to a method of determining the age of a body fluid stain in a sample. This method involves providing the sample containing a body fluid stain; providing a statistical model for determination of the age of the body fluid stain in the sample; subjecting the sample or an area of the sample containing the stain to a spectroscopic analysis to produce a spectroscopic signature for the sample; and applying the spectroscopic signature for the sample to the statistical model to ascertain the age of the body fluid stain in the sample. A method of establishing a statistical model for determination of the age of a body fluid stain in a sample is also disclosed.
US10801963B2
A method for identifying minerals and other materials illuminates a mineral with monochromatic light for an illumination duration and collects scattered light using a Raman spectrometer detector and an aggregated or average Raman spectrum data is determined. True Raman spectrum data is determined by subtracting a blank spectrum. The true Raman spectrum data is compared to reference spectrums to identify the mineral or material. A display or output of one or more of: (a) a name and/or chemical composition of one or more identified minerals; (b) the true Raman spectrum data; and (c) the one or more reference spectrums; are provided. The monochromatic light preferably has a wavelength in the range of about 400 nm to about 425 nm and the Raman spectrometer detector is adapted to detect a Raman-shift range of about 100 cm−1 to about 1400 cm−1.
US10801961B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods configured for real-time multi-parameter monitoring of fluid systems associated with metal-working equipment. The disclosed fluid monitoring systems are configured to acquire in real time multiple parameters associated with the well-being of fluid systems of metal-working equipment. The data acquired in real-time can also be provided to remote devices to allow off-site personnel to monitor metal-working equipment. The fluid monitoring systems can also include fluorescence probes configured to determine fluid concentration and/or soil load values using fluorescence. The fluorescence probes can provide excitation light and detect emission light forming a small angle with respect to one another, emission light coming from a surface of the metal-working fluid.
US10801960B2
Provided herein is a method of effectively quantifying a target material by performing both colorimetry and fluorescence analysis on the same sample, based on metal nanoparticles and an aptamer.
US10801959B2
An analysis device for an objective biological substance includes a generator, a divider, an analyzer, and a calculator. The generator generates a microscopic image of a tissue sample after staining. The divider divides the microscopic image into at least one section having a prescribed size. The analyzer analyzes a staining condition of the microscopic image for each section. The calculator calculates a prescribed statistic based on an analysis result by the analyzer.
US10801956B2
The invention relates to the field of surface waves based optical devices particularly tuneable optical filter, optical biosensors and spatial light modulators. An optical sensor and tuneable filter is disclosed based on high contrast periodic structures deposited on a substrate and using a compact reading method for low detection limit using a one dimensionally diverging quasi-monochromatic beam and a camera.
US10801952B2
The present invention relates to a method for detection in IR (infrared) spectra of human epidermal skin tissue the presence of the multiplet around 1055 cm−1, i.e. the ratio of intensity of the nucleic acids bands, DNA and RNA, indicative for prognosis, diagnosis and prediction of epidermal skin cancers and precancers. Detection of the multiplet together with patterned appearance of DNA/RNA triad peaks at about 1071, 1084/1085 and 1095 cm−1 additionally indicates relation to certain types of tumour and malignancy, also indicating progression of malignancy and progression towards malignancy.
US10801951B2
A mixture detection method and device related to substance detection technology. The proportion contents of substances contained in a mixture can be detected. The method includes: performing measurement spectrum line collection on a to-be-detected mixture to identify the kinds of substances in the to-be-detected mixture; selecting a characteristic peak of a measurement spectrum line of each kind of substance according to the kinds of substances, and obtaining an intensity proportion of the characteristic peak of each kind of substance; querying a relative activity database according to the kinds of the substances to obtain relative activity corresponding to each kind of substance; and determining the proportion contents of the substances contained in the to-be-detected mixture according to the intensity proportion of the characteristic peak of each kind of substance and the quotient of the relative activities.
US10801947B2
The present disclosure relates to a calibration insert for the adjustment, calibration, and/or implementation of a function test of an optical sensor that is designed to measure at least one measurand in a medium by means of light, the calibration insert including: an inlet cross-section through which light enters into the calibration insert; an outlet cross-section through which light exits from the calibration insert; and at least one blocking element that is arranged between the inlet cross-section and the outlet cross-section, wherein the blocking element does not entirely let through the light, independently of its wavelength, from the inlet cross-section to the outlet cross-section. Instead, the blocking element partially absorbs, reflects, or scatters the light, wherein the ratio of the intensity of the light at the outlet cross-section to the intensity of the light at the inlet cross-section corresponds to a value of the measurand.
US10801940B2
A low energy particle detection device comprises alight source, multiple photodetectors positioned at different scattering angles, and a microcontroller for computing a total mass concentration of fine and ultrafine particles and a mass fraction of ultrafine particles to fine particles in an incoming air particle airflow based on the ratio of the readings from the multiple photodetectors. The optical particle detection device also can determine surface area concentration of the air particle sample and the associated lung deposited surface area (LDSA) to measure and improve estimates of air quality.
US10801939B2
Apparatus for measuring blood coagulation data and use method thereof, connection member and support
An apparatus for measuring blood coagulation data, and a use method, a connection member and a support (2101) thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for measuring blood coagulation data comprises: a blood cup support (101), a detachment mechanism (102), and a rotary shaft (103, 805). The blood cup support (101) is used for supporting a blood cup (207) that is not used and a lid (206) of the blood cup, driving, under a first driving force, the blood cup (207) that is not used and the lid (206) of the blood cup to ascend until the lid (206) of the unused blood cup to be connected to the rotary shaft (103, 805), and driving, under a second driving force, a blood cup (207) that is used to descend; and the detachment mechanism (102) is used for separating, under the second driving force, the lid (206) of the used blood cup from the rotary shaft (103, 805). The method can reduce the labor intensity in blood coagulation data measurement.
US10801925B2
The invention relates to a method for simulation of an isothermal and non-isothermal heating load introduced by a consuming device (V) into a process medium (M) of a cooling apparatus (1), said simulation being by means of a test bypass (2); and the invention further relates to such a test bypass (2), and a cooling apparatus having such a test bypass.
US10801921B2
Systems and methods for improving fuel economy in vehicles such as Class 8 trucks are provided. In some embodiments, signals indicating states of the powertrain are collected and used to generate fuel rate optimization values. Fuel rate optimization values may indicate a difference between optimum fuel flow rates and actual fuel flow rates during a vehicle drive cycle. Recorded fuel rate optimization values may be used to compare different vehicle configurations during testing, and may also be used to evaluate vehicle performance during real-world operation.
US10801920B2
An apparatus including an NC controller, a tactile system controlled by the NC controller and movable along a measurement axis, a workpiece receptacle for receiving a workpiece, a rotational drive for rotating the workpiece receptacle with the workpiece about an axis of rotation, and a contactlessly operating sensor device arranged on the tactile system and transferable from a first position into a second position by displacement relative to the tactile system.
US10801919B2
A fault detection sensor-equipped actuator is provided which can easily detect a fault in at least one of a linear guide unit and a ball screw unit, using a shared sensor. In an actuator (10) including a linear guide unit (4) that guides linear movement of a movable body (1) and a ball screw unit (7) that drives the movable body (1) in an axial direction of a screw shaft (6), a sensor (18) configured to detect a fault in the actuator (10) is placed in a housing (11) where a coupling (12) that couples the screw shaft (6) and a motor (14) for rotating the screw shaft (6) is housed.
US10801918B2
A test instrument tests an optical component of a fiber optic network. The test instrument determines signal parameters describing pulses to be emitted by lasers of the test instrument to test the optical component, and directly modulates the lasers to repeatedly emit the pulses at different wavelengths on a single fiber optic cable in a time division multiplexing manner. The test instrument triggers powering measurements to coincide with the emitted pulses, and determines performance parameters of the optical component based on the triggered power measurements.
US10801907B2
The invention refers to a pressure-measuring device for converting a mechanical or hydraulic pressurization in a measuring signal and for forwarding the measuring signal to a remote evaluation unit. The invention distinguishes by a fastening device (1) for fastening the pressure-measuring device to a machine housing of a motor or a pump, a transmitter head (4) which is arranged on a measuring device head (3) of the pressure measuring device and which is to be connected to a light source via a first optical fiber (25), a receiver head (5) which is arranged on the measuring device head (3) of the pressure measuring device and which is arranged opposite to the transmitter head (4) to receive the light emitted by the transmitter head (4) via a light path in the measuring device head (3) and to be connected to the evaluation unit via a second optical fiber (26), and a measuring element (14), which in case of a mechanical or hydraulic pressure is displaceable on the measuring device head (3) into the light path between the transmitter head (4) and the receiver head (5).
US10801905B2
A grip-strength device with detection function comprises: a grip-strength assembly comprising a first supporting piece, a second supporting piece, a rebounding element, a plurality of detection elements, a circuit element, a pull-force measuring element, and a power-supply element. The user can hold the grip-strength assembly and press the first supporting piece and the second supporting piece; and the force given by the user to the first supporting piece and the second supporting piece is measured by the pull-force measuring element; thereby detecting the user's grip force; or touching the detection elements with both hands, the circuit element will generate the detection current to enter the human body through the detection elements and then returns to the circuit element to detect the muscle mass in the human body; thereby the grip-strength assembly can have the functions of simultaneously detecting the grip strength and the body's muscle mass.
US10801904B2
A sensor chip includes first support parts arranged at four corners and a second support part arranged at a center of a substrate, first detecting beams connecting adjacent first support parts to each other, second detecting beams provided in parallel to the first detecting beams between the first and second support parts, third detecting beams connecting the first and second connecting beams, in sets of the first and second detecting beams provided in parallel, force application points, arranged at intersections of the first and third detecting beams, and applied with the forces, and a plurality of distortion detection devices arranged at predetermined positions on the first, the second and the third detecting beams.
US10801900B2
An example battery inspection aid includes a label having a temperature responsive portion that indicates temperature changes and a strain responsive portion that indicates positional changes. An example method of inspecting a battery includes detecting changes in a temperature of a battery from a temperature responsive portion of a label, and detecting changes in a strain of the battery from a strain responsive portion of the label.
US10801896B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing electromagnetic radiation sensing using sequential beam splitting. The apparatuses can include a micro-mirror chip having a plurality of light reflecting surfaces, an image sensor having an imaging surface, and a beamsplitter unit located between the micro-mirror chip and the image sensor. The beamsplitter unit includes a plurality of beamsplitters aligned along a horizontal axis that is parallel to the micro-mirror chip and the imaging surface. The beamsplitters implement the sequential beam splitting. Because of the structure of the beamsplitter unit, the height of the arrangement of the micro-mirror chip, the beamsplitter unit, and the image sensor is reduced such that the arrangement can fit within a mobile device. Within a mobile device, the apparatuses can be utilized for human detection, fire detection, gas detection, temperature measurements, environmental monitoring, energy saving, behavior analysis, surveillance, information gathering and for human-machine interfaces.
US10801894B2
A reflecting shell includes a hollow joint unit, a hollow guide unit and a hollow receiving unit. The hollow joint unit has a stationary part at one end, and the stationary part is detachably connected to a detecting part of a measuring device. One end of the hollow guide unit is connected to the other end of the hollow joint unit, and an internal wall of the hollow guide unit has a first reflective surface and a second reflective surface, in which the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface correspond to each other. One end of the hollow receiving unit is connected to the other end of the hollow guide unit. Heat radiation from a heat source enters the hollow guide unit, and the heat radiation is transmitted to the detecting part by the reflection of the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface.
US10801889B2
A spectrometer module and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The fabrication method includes the steps of: providing at least one substrate; and forming at least one positioning side and at least one optical component of the spectrometer on the at least one substrate by a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) process. The spectrometer module fabricated by the fabrication method includes a plurality of substrates and at least one optical component. At least one of the substrates has at least one positioning side, and the at least one optical component of the spectrometer is formed on at least one of the substrates. The positioning side and the optical component are fabricated by a MEMS process.
US10801887B2
A transmissive sampling module is provided, which is adapted to a spectrometer main body. The transmissive sampling module includes a light source assembly and a support base. The light source assembly is directly connected to the support base. The support base includes a tube body and at least one fixing member. The tube body surrounds an accommodating groove, and an extending direction of the tube body is not parallel to an optical path of the light source assembly, and the tube body includes a transparent portion, and the optical path of the light source assembly passes through the transparent portion and the accommodating groove. The at least one fixing member is disposed on the tube body and is adjustably protruded out of an inner surface of the tube body. A transmissive spectrometer is also provided.
US10801880B2
A combination weighing apparatus includes a plurality of hoppers and a collecting chute. Each of the plurality of hoppers has a main body provided with a first opening and a second opening, and a gate allowed to be opened and closed with respect to the second opening. The main body is provided with a first inner surface and a second inner surface having an intersecting positional relationship to protrude outward with respect to the centerline. The collecting chute has at least a chute portion configured to receive articles discharged from the plurality of hoppers and slide the articles. A portion of the chute portion located below the plurality of hoppers is provided with a first receiving surface and a second receiving surface having an intersecting positional relationship to protrude outward with respect to the centerline.
US10801879B2
A magnesium zinc oxide (MZO) nanostructure modified quartz crystal microbalance (MZOnano-QCM) takes advantage of the unique sensing ability and biocompatibility of MZO-based nanostructures, and combines them with the dynamic impedance spectrum capability of the bulk acoustic wave (BAW) devices including QCM, to form a real-time, noninvasive and label-free cell monitoring biosensor, specifically detecting the susceptibility and resistance of bacterial and fungal strains and cancer cells to various antibiotic and antifungal drugs and anticancer drugs, respectively.
US10801875B2
Provided is a liquid level detection method and a liquid level sensor, which relate to the field of liquid level measurement technologies. The liquid level detection method includes that a position of a magnetic field formed by two magnets with same poles disposed facing to each other changes accordingly when a position of a float changes; a plurality of magnetoresistive elements for collecting magnetoresistive signals is disposed equidistantly at a movement range of the float; and two adjacent magnetoresistive elements located between the two magnets detect change of magnetic field intensity and output a linear detection result when the float moves, and a liquid level height value is calculated according to the detection result.
US10801870B2
A mass flow sensor includes: a vibratory measurement tube bent in a tube plane; a vibration exciter for exciting bending vibrations in a bending vibration use-mode; two vibration sensors for sensing vibrations; a support system having a support plate, bearing bodies on the inlet and sides; and a sensor housing, wherein: the support system has support system vibration modes which include elastic deformations of the support plate; the measurement tube is connected fixedly to the support plate by the bearing body on the inlet side and by the bearing body on the outlet side; and the support plate has a number of spring-loaded bearings exposed through cut-outs in the support plate by which the support plate is mounted on the sensor housing with degrees of vibrational freedom, the natural frequencies of which are lower than a use-mode natural frequency of the bending vibration use-mode.
US10801860B2
A mapping system, method and computer program product are provided to identify a parking lot from probe data. In the context of a mapping system, processing circuitry is configured to determine a parking likelihood for each grid cell based upon probe data points associated with the respective grid cells and to identify likely parking locations in instances in which the parking likelihood for a respective grid cell satisfies a predefined threshold. The processing circuitry is also configured to cluster likely parking locations to identify parking lot clusters and to determine the boundary of the parking lot pursuant to a deformable contour model which causes a polygon to expand from a respective parking lot cluster so as to represent the boundary of the parking lot. The processing circuitry is further configured to update a map to include the parking lot having the boundary determined pursuant to the deformable contour model.
US10801859B2
Movement guidance devices and programs provide movement guidance for a mobile unit using guidance information for providing movement guidance for the mobile unit. The guidance information is delivered from a server device. The devices and programs store the guidance information delivered from the server device in a memory. The stored guidance information is area-section-by-area-section guidance information. The devices and programs set a remaining priority for the stored guidance information on a per area section basis of map information and delete, from the memory, guidance information for an area section with a low remaining priority on a priority basis rather than guidance information for an area section with a high remaining priority among the stored guidance information.
US10801844B2
A network system determines and remediates dissimilarities between a digital map and trace data of a road network in an area as service providers and service requesters coordinate service using the road network in the area. To determine dissimilarities the network system can select and convert a digital map, aggregate received trace data into trace data accurately representing the road network in the area, generate a visualization of the dissimilarities, and remediate the dissimilarities using a variety of methods. A first remediation method includes verifying the dissimilarity using a single service provider, a second method includes verifying the dissimilarity leveraging multiple service providers, and a third method modifies the methods used to determine dissimilarities. After remediation, the network system can generate a map of the area that accurately represents the road network in the area.
US10801840B1
Apparatuses and methods for a four port atomic gyroscope are disclosed. Because of its four ports, a four port atomic gyroscope has an output separate from an input so as to increase sensitivity of the atomic gyroscope. Thus, smaller changes in rotation rate around a center axis of an optical waveguide loop of the four port atomic gyroscope can be detected.
US10801839B2
An accelerator comprises: an accelerometer (100), configured to detect an acceleration of a motion of a carrier and output a corresponding electrical signal; a sampling and low-pass filter (200), coupled to the accelerometer (100), and configured to sample the electrical signal regularly and filter a noise from the electrical signal; an amplifier (300), configured to amplify the electrical signal after filtering the noise; an analog-to-digital converter (400), configured to convert the amplified electrical signal into a digital signal; a function control module (500), configured to process the digital signal and output a control signal to control the analog-to-digital converter (400), the amplifier (300), and the sampling and low-pass filter (200); and an oscillator module (600), configured to output, according to the control signal, a sampling signal to the sampling and low-pass filter (200), so as to control the sampling and low-pass filter (200) to sample the electrical signal regularly.
US10801833B2
Systems and methods for assessing strain in structural components are disclosed. Structural component may have geometric patterns of grooves, with the grooves in the geometric pattern each having a groove width. The method may include illuminating the geometric pattern of grooves with a first light at a first wavelength that corresponds to the groove width to create diffraction when the first light hits the geometric pattern of grooves and corresponding changes in the wavelength of the light reflected from the geometric pattern of grooves indicating changes in the groove widths due to strain caused when the structural component is exposed to environmental conditions, detecting the wavelength of the light reflected from the geometric pattern of grooves, and correlating the detected wavelength of the light reflected from the geometric pattern of grooves to the strain in the structural components.
US10801828B2
A magnetic angle sensing system for detecting a rotation angle of a magnetic field source arranged rotatably around a rotation axis, the magnetic angle sensing system including at least two magnetic field sensing elements that are located in/on a plane, are not arranged on a single straight line through the rotation axis, and are configured to provide output signals that are functions of the same magnetic field component which is in parallel to the rotation axis. The system also including a processor that is arranged to determine the rotation angle from an angle between a pointer and a reference direction, wherein the pointer is determined based on the output signals of the at least two magnetic field sensing elements.
US10801826B2
The invention relates to a measuring device for measuring runout of an end face (6, 7) of an elongate profiled member (3), said measuring device comprising: at least one measuring head (33, 34) that can move back and forth along a longitudinal axis (L) and has a plurality of styluses (333, 343) which are placed next to each other, can individually move relative to the measuring head (33, 34) in the longitudinal direction and are oriented towards a support (31, 32) for the elongate profiled member (3), said support (31, 32) being located next to the measuring head (33, 34); and an evaluation unit that is connected in a data conducting manner to each of the styluses (333, 343) and calculates the runout from the individual values measured by the styluses (333, 343).
US10801818B2
Method and device for micro blasting with reusable blasting rods and electrically ignited cartridges
An apparatus, method and system to electrically ignite small explosive cartridges in boulders, bedrock, concrete etc. to split or shape them. A propellant or explosive charge is electrically ignited directly by an inert electrical igniter inserted therein that melts at high temperature a bridge wire(s) or ribbon(s) with AC or DC electrical current. The bridge melts normally at over 2,000 degrees F. which will ignite the propellant or explosive. With sufficient voltage and amperage such as 110 volt AC wall current ionization takes place along the pathway of the melting bridge, which melts at approximately 2,000 degrees F., and a large electrical arc forms at approximately 5,000 degrees F. that more reliably ignites the propellant or explosive with increased blast power. A reusable blasting rod includes an external groove for a blasting wire, a counterweight for better tamping, which has a cradle for heavy objects to utilize the Newton Kinetic effect.
US10801817B2
A method of irradiating an electromagnetic pulse includes specifying a position of a target having electronic equipment; setting the light-condensing point based on the position of the target; and condensing the laser beam to generate plasma in the light-condensing point such that the electromagnetic pulse generated from the plasma is irradiated to the electronic equipment. In this way, a method and system for irradiating an electromagnetic pulse are realized which can irradiate the electromagnetic pulse of a large output while restraining diffusion of the electromagnetic pulse.
US10801813B2
A digital sight for a weapon, is provided that includes an adjustable power supply (APS) configured to supply power, a sight body, a sight interface, and a controller. The sight interface is fixed to the sight body, includes a sight power conductor connected to the APS for receiving power supplied by the APS, and is configured for mechanically coupling with a cooperating peripheral interface of a peripheral for fixing the peripheral to the digital sight and to be coupled with a peripheral power conductor of the peripheral interface for providing power from the adjustable power supply to the peripheral. The controller is programmed to receive a data communication having an optimal power indication from the peripheral and based on the optimal power indication, control the APS to adjust the power supplied by the APS to the sight power conductor. The disclosure further encompasses a weapon assembly, a peripheral, and a method.
US10801811B2
An electrically powered device is secured to the exterior surface of a handgun-mounted laser sight. The powered device includes a housing with two parallel arms that receive between them the laser sight housing. An plug on the inside surface of one arm enters and engages with a battery cavity in the housing to create a physical interference and connection between the powered device and the laser sight device housing. The plug includes electrical circuit elements to electrically connect the powered device to a battery within the cavity. The powered device is powered by connection with a battery contained in the laser sight device to which it is mounted.
US10801806B2
The disclosure relates to a muzzleloader barrel having at least one seat pin, and a muzzleloader system that includes a muzzleloader barrel having at least one seat pin and an ignition device, wherein the muzzleloader barrel and muzzleloader system are configured to operate without a breech plug.
US10801805B1
An air flow adjusting device of air gun includes an adjusting assembly having an adjusting knob and a locking seat; a piston sleeve provided with a rod body inserted into the locking seat and threaded with the adjusting knob; a spring arranged between the locking seat and a base of the rod body. One end of the adjusting knob is locked to the locking seat. By rotating the adjusting knob, the relative locking position of the adjusting knob and the locking seat can be changed, and the total length of the piston sleeve and the adjusting assembly can be adjusted; thereby, the adjusting knob can be rotated by to defining a slot in the piston seat, and the function of adjusting the air flow rate can be achieved without using any tool, so that the operation of adjusting the air flow can be simplified, which improves the operational convenience of the device.
US10801803B1
A handheld archery release is convertible between index and pinky finger trigger modes of operation. The release includes a flat finger bed handle which contains a sear assembly operable between hold and fire positions. Index and pinky finger triggers are connected with the handle and with the sear assembly to selectively operate the sear assembly in either mode of operation. Locking screws selectively lock one of the triggers when the other trigger is in operation.
US10801802B2
The bow-mounted quiver is a removable attachment for a conventional archery bow. The bow-mounted quiver includes a mounting plate adapted for releasable mounting on the archery bow, an arm, and a U-shaped retaining member. The arm has first and second arm portions. A first end of the first arm portion is pivotally attached to the mounting plate, and a second end of the first arm portion is pivotally attached to a first end of the second arm portion. The second arm portion may have an adjustable length. The U-shaped retaining member has a central portion and a pair of free ends. The central portion is pivotally attached to a second end of the second arm portion, and each of the free ends defines a recess for releasably retaining a shaft of an arrow.
US10801795B2
A trigger device for activating a firing mechanism, the trigger device comprising a housing, a trigger pivotally mounted on the housing via a trigger pivot pin, a sear arm comprising a first sear surface, a ticker extending generally from the trigger to the sear arm, the ticker pivotable about a ticker pivot pin, the ticker comprising spaced apart flanges, each of which comprises an aperture defining at least a first contact surface, and a captured roller positioned at least partially within the apertures, wherein in a captured position the first sear surface and the first contact surfaces engage the captured roller and in a released position the first contact surfaces disengage from the captured roller to allow the captured roller to move within the aperture.
US10801794B2
The present disclosure provides a trigger assembly and related method for a firearm (e.g., an AR, SR-25, or M4 style rifle, or another type of firearm). The trigger assembly minimizes inadvertent discharge of the firearm by blocking the trigger from rearward pivoting until pressure is applied to the center portion of the trigger. The system and method employ a configuration wherein a camming surface is engaged with a machined portion of the lower receiver once the trigger assembly is connected to the lower receiver via a pivot that extends through the trigger assembly and at least a portion of the lower receiver.
US10801792B2
A magazine for a firearm comprises a magazine tube, a removable floor plate assembly attached to the lower end of the magazine tube, a follower and a spring. The floor plate assembly is removable from the lower end of the magazine tube by sliding from the front portion towards the rear portion. The floor plate assembly comprises an L-shaped plate and a removable bottom, equipped with a body compartment suitable to house the primary portion of the L-shaped plate. The L-shaped plate and the floor plate are snap-engageable to attach the floor plate assembly to the magazine tube.
US10801790B2
A flexible manifold adapted for use on a plate-fin heat exchanger core, the flexible manifold comprising a plurality of individual layers, each individual layer defining a lower floor, an upper floor, and two side walls. Each of the plurality of individual layers is adapted to channel a flow of a medium therethrough, each of the plurality of individual layers includes a plurality of vertical members, each of the plurality of vertical members extends vertically from the lower floor to the upper floor of the respective individual layer, and each of the plurality of vertical members is configured to provide structural support for the respective individual layer. The vertical members can be vertical guide vanes and/or vertical columns having a round and/or hydrofoil cross-sectional shape.
US10801789B2
A heat exchanger for regulating the temperature of objects using coolant includes a top plate, a middle plate, and a bottom plate that are sealedly engaged for circulation of coolant, and collectively form a stacked cooling block. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of coolant flow channels, including sets of feed and return channels, which are formed between the top, middle, and bottom plates, and which operably cool one or more cooling surfaces of the heat exchanger. An inlet manifold of the heat exchanger distributes coolant through a plurality of distribution apertures, into a set of coolant feed channels. The coolant feed channels are fluidly connected with a set of coolant return channels, which in turn direct coolant toward and into an outlet manifold. The inlet manifold is adapted to substantially evenly distribute fluid through the plurality of coolant flow channels, by way of one or more flow-balancing elements integrated therewith.
US10801786B2
The present invention provides a gas-liquid separation device, a rear door, a cooling device, and a gas-liquid separating method capable of reducing the tank capacity. The gas-liquid separation device includes a tank (13) which is provided in a heat receiving section configured to recover exhaust heat from a cooling object, and has a refrigerant vapor inflow section (13a) into which a refrigerant vapor flowing out from the heat receiving section via a vapor pipe (2) is introduced, and a refrigerant gas outflow section (13b) from which the refrigerant gas of the refrigerant vapor is discharged, the tank being capable of storing refrigerant liquid of the refrigerant vapor on a lower surface; and a regulating valve (12) which floats on the refrigerant liquid stored in the tank (13) and closes a space between the vapor pipe (2) and the tank (13).
US10801784B2
A heat exchanger includes: multiple flat tubes that extend in a second direction intersecting a first direction which is an air flow direction and that are disposed at intervals in a third direction that intersects the first direction and the second direction; and multiple plate-like heat transfer fins that extend along the third direction and that are disposed at intervals along the second direction. The heat exchanger causes refrigerant in the flat tubes to exchange heat with the air flow that passes through heat exchange spaces formed by adjacent flat tubes and adjacent heat transfer fins when viewed from the first direction. The heat transfer fins each have a heat transfer fin front side surface that is one main surface, a heat transfer fin back side surface that is the other main surface.
US10801783B2
A heat exchanger (10) comprises: a first sub-heat exchanger (100), which has a first manifold (110), a second manifold (120), and at least two heat exchange tubes (130); and a second sub-heat exchanger (200), which has a third manifold (210), a fourth manifold (220), and at least one heat exchange tube (230), at least one of the heat exchange tubes (130) in the first sub-heat exchanger (100) being part of a flow path of the second sub-heat exchanger (200).
US10801775B2
A system (100) for liquefying a gas comprises a liquid piston gas multistage compressor (2). It can be arranged on-board a liquefied gas carrier for recycling boil-off gas. Such system may be easily adapted or controlled for matching wide requirement ranges for variations of the liquefaction capacity. In addition, at least part of the liquid piston gas multistage compressor can be shared between the gas liquefying system and an extra gas-fed device. Such extra gas-fed device may be in particular a gas-fuelled or hybrid fuel propulsion engine of the vessel.
US10801773B2
A structural cabinet for an appliance includes an inner liner that defines an interior compartment, an outer wrapper and a metallic trim breaker that is attached to each of the inner liner and the outer wrapper. The metallic trim breaker includes a plurality of undulating formations that extend an effective length of the trim breaker between the inner liner and the outer wrapper.
US10801769B2
The disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems, for producing frozen confections and conditioning ice for use in frozen confections. A frozen confection machine includes a hopper portion for receiving ice into an interior, and a motor configured to rotate a drive shaft, a blade to condition the ice in the hopper during rotation of the motor. The frozen confection machine also includes a lid for selectively covering the interior of the hopper, a bias member for biasing the lid away from a closed position, and a switch for causing the motor to actuate in response to the lid being pressed to a closed position.
US10801768B2
In one exemplary aspect of the present disclosure, an ice making assembly is provided for making clear ice. The ice making assembly may include a conductive ice mold, an insulation jacket, and a water dispenser. The conductive ice mold may define an upper portion of a mold cavity extending from a top end to a bottom end. The insulation jacket may extend downward from the conductive ice mold. The insulation jacket may define a lower portion of the mold cavity. The lower portion of the mold cavity may be a vertically open passage aligned with the upper portion of the mold cavity. The water dispenser may be positioned below the insulation jacket to direct an ice-building spray of water to the mold cavity through the vertically open passage of the insulation jacket.
US10801759B2
A domestic refrigeration appliance has a heat-insulated housing with a coolable inner container delimiting a coolable interior for storing foods. The interior is cooled with a coolant circuit that includes a compressor with a three-phase motor operated by an actuator via electrically powered motor windings. The actuator is actuated at least indirectly to operate the compressor in a switched-on state with a rotational speed of the three-phase motor at least approximately equal to a predetermined rotational speed. The actuator is caused to switch off the compressor such that the rotational speed of the three-phase motor decreases to a predetermined minimum rotational speed, and thereafter to switch off the three-phase motor for at least a predetermined period of time by de-energizing the motor windings. The period of time is selected long enough to reduce the speed of the motor, beginning from the minimum rotational speed, to reach standstill.
US10801757B2
A refrigeration system (1) has A) an ejector circuit (3) comprising: Aa) a high pressure compressor unit (2) comprising at least one compressor (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d); Ab) a heat rejecting heat exchanger/gas cooler (4); Ac) an ejector (6); Ad) a receiver (8) having a gas outlet (8b) which is connected to an inlet of the high pressure compressor unit (2). B) a normal cooling temperature flowpath (5) comprising in the direction of flow of the refrigerant: Ba) a normal cooling temperature expansion device (10) fluidly connected to a liquid outlet (8c) of the receiver (8); Bb) a normal cooling temperature evaporator (12); Bc) an ejector secondary inlet line (68) with an ejector inlet valve (26) fluidly connecting an outlet (12b) of the normal cooling temperature evaporator (12) to a suction inlet (6b) of the ejector (6); and Bd) a normal cooling temperature flowpath valve unit (22) configured for fluidly connecting the inlet of the high pressure compressor unit (2) selectively either to the gas outlet (8b) of the receiver (8) or to the outlet (12b) of the normal cooling temperature evaporator (12); C) a freezing temperature flowpath (7) comprising in the direction of flow of the refrigerant: Ca) a freezing temperature expansion device (14) fluidly connected to the liquid outlet (8c) of the receiver (8); Cb) a freezing temperature evaporator (16); Cc) a freezing temperature compressor unit (18) comprising at least one freezing temperature compressor (18a, 18b); and Cd) a freezing temperature flowpath valve unit (20) configured for fluidly connecting the outlet of the freezing temperature compressor unit (18) selectively either to the inlet of the high pressure compressor unit (2) or to the ejector inlet valve (26).
US10801746B2
A protective housing structure for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first end and a second end with a centerline extending there between. The protecting housing structure includes a cover section that is located between the first end and second end. The cover section includes a dome-shaped top panel that is rigidly attached to a first sidewall and a second sidewall.
US10801739B2
An air current changeable full front blowing type air conditioner is provided. The air current changeable full front blowing type air conditioner includes: a case configured to comprise a heat exchanger disposed inside the case; a main air blower configured to be disposed in rear of the heat exchanger inside the case and discharge a main air current from a full front of the case; and at least one auxiliary air blower configured to be positioned around the main air blower of the case and discharge an auxiliary air current for changing a direction of the main air current. The auxiliary air blower discharges the auxiliary air current in a direction where the auxiliary air current interferes with the main air current discharged from the full front of the case.
US10801727B2
Systems and methods may be provided in which a combustion liner is configured to be included in an aft end of a combustor for a gas turbine engine. An aft seal may be movably engaged with the combustion liner in a seal engagement region. The combustion liner may comprise an inlet formed in an outer surface of the combustion liner to receive a cooling fluid, and an outlet in fluid communication with the inlet via a passageway formed within the combustion liner, the outlet disposed in an inner surface of the combustion liner in the seal engagement region.
US10801717B2
A cabinet and a kit for retrofitting a cabinet are disclosed. The cabinet includes a stationary box, at least one moveable wing attached to the stationary box and configured to open and close relative to the stationary box. The at least one moveable wing includes at least one of a door hinged to the stationary box or a drawer mounted via slide actuators to the stationary box. The cabinet also includes a reed switch attached to the stationary box, a magnet attached to the at least one moveable wing, and at least one light emitting diode (LED) fixture installed within the stationary box. Opening the at least one wing separates the reed switch from the magnet and permits current to flow to the at least one LED fixture to illuminate at least an interior portion of the stationary box.
US10801712B2
A LED filament bulb apparatus includes a bulb shell, one or more LED strips, a core column, two pluggable sockets, a driver board and a cap. The LED strip is electrically connected to two power lead wires. The core column supports the LED strip. The two power lead wires have bottom ends. The two pluggable sockets respectively receives the two bottom ends. The driver board is used for mounting the two pluggable socket and a driver circuit. The two bottom ends of the two power lead wires are electrically connected to the driver circuit for receiving a driving current generated by the driver circuit from converting an external power source. The cap is fixed to the core column and the bulb shell.
US10801707B2
A user-wearable illumination assembly comprising eyeglass frames supporting a pair of lenses, a mounting structure on a bridge of the eyeglass frames, a headlamp removably coupled to the mounting structure, a battery housing removably coupled to the headlamp, and a battery inside the battery housing.
US10801705B2
The present invention provides a LED light emitting strip, comprising: a substrate extending along a length direction of the strip; a plurality of LED chips arranged on or in the substrate, wherein the LED chips are arranged in at least one row along the length direction; at least two contact stripes configured to supply the LED chips with electric energy, wherein each of the contact stripes individually extends, at least partially, along a side of the substrate in the length direction, and wherein the LED chips are contacted to the contact stripes at least partially in a transverse or oblique direction of the strip. The present invention further provides an arrangement of light emitting strips including such a LED light emitting strip and a method of manufacturing such an arrangement.
US10801698B2
The invention provides a lighting system having a light source, a first reflective element, a second reflective element, and a lens, wherein the first reflective element tapers from a first end to a second end, the first reflective element includes a first reflective surface bridging the distance between the first end and the second end, wherein the first reflective surface is diffuse reflective, and wherein the light source is at least partially circumferentially surrounded by the first reflective surface, the light source is configured closer to the second end than to the first end to direct at least part of the light source light in the direction of the first end, the lens is configured to beam shape at least part of the light source light emanating from the reflective element and the light source, and the second reflective element is configured to redirect part of the light source light to the lens, wherein the second reflective element is configured to specularly reflect at least part of the light source light that reaches the second reflective element.
US10801691B2
A vehicle display device is configured for installation to a vehicle and includes a mirror element configured to reflect external light entering from a front surface toward the front surface, and a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes a light source configured to emit light, and a light guide element configured to guide incident light from the light source. The light guide element includes an emission surface configured to output incident light, and an optical-path changing portion configured to change the optical path of incident light toward the emission surface. The mirror element and the light guide element are stacked at an outer surface of the mirror element to allow the optical-path changing portion to change the optical path.
US10801689B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a motor vehicle headlight which at least comprises a laser diode (1) and a light conversion element (8) paired with the laser diode (1). Light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to different regions of the light image (11′) can be illuminated periodically and with a varying intensity by means of a light beam (2) of the laser diode (1), and the illumination intensity in the light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to the different regions of the light image (11′) is adjusted simultaneously by both the relative illumination duration of the different regions as well as different luminous intensities of the laser diode (1) in the light conversion element (8) regions corresponding to the different regions of the light image (11′). In regions in which the light beam (2) is moved with an angular speed below a defined value for the angular speed, the laser diode (1) is solely deactivated and activated, and different luminous intensities of the laser diode (1) are set when the angular speed is above a defined value. The motor vehicle headlight according to the invention has a computing unit (4) for carrying out the method according to the invention.
US10801672B2
Systems and methods to create and store a liquid phase mix of natural gas absorbed in light-hydrocarbon solvents under temperatures and pressures that facilitate improved volumetric ratios of the stored natural gas as compared to CNG and PLNG at the same temperatures and pressures of less than −80° to about −120° F. and about 300 psig to about 900 psig. Preferred solvents include ethane, propane and butane, and natural gas liquid (NGL) and liquid pressurized gas (LPG) solvents. Systems and methods for receiving raw production or semi-conditioned natural gas, conditioning the gas, producing a liquid phase mix of natural gas absorbed in a light-hydrocarbon solvent, and transporting the mix to a market where pipeline quality gas or fractionated products are delivered in a manner utilizing less energy than CNG, PLNG or LNG systems with better cargo-mass to containment-mass ratio for the natural gas component than CNG systems.
US10801662B2
A holder for hard-wired tablet/smartphone as equipment console is provided. The holder provides (a) 6 degrees of freedom (3 translational and 3 rotational) adjustments for locking the tablet/smartphone position and orientation; (b) provision for emergency-stop and or any other important hardwired button such Has RESET, ON/OFF, etc; (c) concealed cabling for tablet/smartphone charger and E-stop and or any other important hardwired button such as RESET, ON/OFF, jog-wheel arrangement etc; (d) swivel corners matching edges of the various tablet/smartphone sizes; and (e) provision for jog-wheel or thumb-wheel arrangement for actuator or cross-head movement.
US10801654B2
A fitting connectable to an end portion of a pipe generally includes a tubular insert member configured to be received at least partly within the end portion of the pipe, and a retention member coupled to the insert member and configured to be received at least partly within the end portion of the pipe. The retention member operates in conjunction with the insert member to engage the end portion of the pipe and impart an increased force against an inner wall of the pipe in response to forces tending to separate the fitting from the end portion of the pipe. The insert member includes a plurality of reinforcement ribs formed on its inner surface which provide support to the insert member and help prevent damage thereto from transverse bending forces applied during installation.
US10801649B2
The present disclosure relates to multi-layered tubings that are fuel resistant and resistant to delamination. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a length of tubing having an annular cross-section including an annular fluoropolymer layer formed from at least 75 wt % fluoropolymer (e.g., at least 75 wt % of a PVDF polymer), the fluoropolymer layer having an outer surface and an inner surface; and disposed about the fluoropolymer layer, an annular thermoplastic layer formed from at least 75 wt % thermoplastic (e.g., thermoplastic polyurethane, thermoplastic polyamide and/or thermoplastic polyester), the thermoplastic polyurethane layer having an inner surface in contact with the outer surface of the fluoropolymer layer and an outer surface, wherein the fluoropolymer layer is covalently bound to the thermoplastic polyurethane layer, for example, by electron beam treatment.
US10801647B2
A tailor-layered tube, includes an inner tube, an outer tube having a greater diameter than the inner tube and disposed outside the inner tube, and at least one intermediate tube disposed between the inner tube and the outer tube and having a length different from the inner tube and the outer tube to be locally disposed between the inner tube and the outer tube. The inner tube, the intermediate tube, and the outer tube are hydroformed in a state of being laminated so that the inner tube, the intermediate tube, and the outer tube are sequentially brought into close contact with each other in a region where the intermediate tube is disposed and the inner tube is brought into direct contact with the outer tube in a region where the intermediate tube does not exist, and accordingly regions having locally different thicknesses are successively arranged.
US10801639B2
Electromagnetic gas valve with a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a closure member that is displaceable between an opening position and a closing position. A maximum flow is supplied through the gas outlet with the closure member in the open position and a minimum flow being supplied with the closure member in the closed position. The valve includes a main fluid channel with a closure hole through which the maximum flow is supplied to the gas outlet. The closure member includes a secondary fluid channel calibrated for the minimum flow to pass therethrough, such that the closure member in the closed position covers the closure hole and allows the passage of gas through the secondary fluid channel.
US10801637B2
A gas transportation device includes an inlet plate, a substrate, a resonance plate, an actuating plate, a piezoelectric component and an outlet plate stacked sequentially. The gas transportation device includes a valve disposed within at least one of the inlet of the inlet plate and the outlet of the outlet plate. A first chamber is formed between the resonance plate and the actuating plate, and a second chamber is formed between the actuating plate and the outlet plate. When the piezoelectric component drives the actuating plate, a pressure gradient is formed between the first and second chambers and the valve is opened. Accordingly, gas is inhaled into the convergence chamber via the inlet, transported into the first chamber through a central aperture of the resonance plate, transported into the second chamber through a vacant space of the actuating plate, and then discharged out from the outlet, so as to transport the gas.
US10801635B2
A valve assembly capable of indicating a depth contains: a body includes a holder. The holder includes a cold-water inflow connector, a hot-water inflow connector, a first outflow connector, and a second outflow connector. The cold-water inflow connector has a cold-water inflow seat configured to connect with a cold-water inflow pipe, and the hot-water inflow connector has a hot-water inflow seat configured to connect with a hot-water inflow pipe. The holder further includes a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion. The positioning plate includes the opening for fitting with the holder, a first fixing portion formed around the opening, a second fixing portion formed around the opening, and at least two recesses arranged around the opening, wherein the first fixing portion is configured to connect with the first coupling portion, and the second fixing portion is configured to couple with the second coupling portion.
US10801632B2
Two-way pressure relief valves featuring dual poppets and magnets that allow very rapid flow. Such flow is accomplished by a valve housing enclosing a hollow interior portion containing a stationary member including a magnet and a first pressure-movable poppet disposed in sealing arrangement with the housing and including a second magnet. To provide flow in the other direction, a second moveable poppet disposed coaxially and in sealing arrangement with the first poppet and is coupled to a spring that extends from a first end of the second poppet to a support structure coupled to the second magnet.
US10801631B2
A pressure-limiting unit for a pressure booster for driving hydraulic tools. The unit includes a pneumatic unit that is driven by gas or air pressure, a hydraulic unit connected to the pneumatic unit and having a hydraulic port for connecting the hydraulic tool to the hydraulic unit in a fluid-tight manner and a pressure-limiting valve for adjusting the hydraulic pressure. The unit includes a closing element pushed against a valve seat by a spring element and having a displaceable adjusting element for adjusting the spring force of the spring element. To provide a pressure-limiting unit and a pressure booster for driving hydraulic tools with a pressure-limiting unit, which offer the possibility of making a precise adjustment of the hydraulic pressure in a simple way, the pressure-limiting unit includes a position detection unit connected to the adjusting element to detect the axial position of the adjusting element, an evaluation unit for determining the set hydraulic pressure as a function of the axial position, and an output unit for displaying the set hydraulic pressure.
US10801630B2
An in-line fluid distributor having either or both manual and remote control capability is disclosed. The fluid distributor integrates several typically separated components into a single sealed unit that incorporates a plurality of uni- and bi-directional input and output ports. By integrating the fluid distribution and control components into an integral single device, problems relating to size, system and connection leakage, maintenance, and accessibility are largely reduced or eliminated. The fluid distributor has limited number of components thereby simplifying manufacture and potential repair. By design the fluid distributor may be used for the controlled distribution of any fluid, whether liquid or gas.
US10801622B2
Supported face seal assemblies and related methods are disclosed. The supported face seal assemblies have spring energized seal element supported by a backing ring. When the two components are joined, they form an interlocking face seal assembly that is less prone to separate during installation and/or service. The methods disclosed include the steps of forming a spring energized sealing element with a convex outer surface, forming a backup or support ring with a concave inner surface, assembling the sealing element into the inner bore of the backup or support ring such that the concave inner surface accepts a portion of the convex outer surface and the sealing element is retained within the backup or support ring.
US10801613B2
Provided is a lock-up clutch control device of a vehicle in which a torque converter with a lock-up clutch is disposed between an engine and a transmission. This control device has a coasting capacity learning control section configured to decrease a LU differential pressure command value for the lock-up clutch during accelerator release operation and, when a slip of the lock-up clutch is detected during decrease of the LU differential pressure command value, update the LU differential pressure command value at the time of detection of the slip as a LU differential pressure learning value balanced with a coasting torque. The coasting capacity learning control section is further configured to, when operation of the PTC heater intervenes during coasting capacity learning control, correct the LU differential pressure command value by adding thereto a LU differential pressure correction value that corresponds to an increase of input torque to the lock-up clutch.
US10801611B1
A method of controlling line pressure of a hydraulic circuit of a transmission, may include turning on electric current by a controller to apply the electric current to an electric oil pump and determining line pressure depending on the electric current applied; and turning off the electric current by the controller so that the electric current being applied to the electric oil pump is cut off when the determined line pressure is greater than a predetermined reference upper limit value, estimating line pressure dropping down with a passage of time and determining the estimated line pressure, wherein when the estimated line pressure becomes lower than a predetermined reference lower limit value, the turning on the electric current is repeated.
US10801609B2
The invention relates to a method for assembling (S) a planet carrier (16), comprising the following steps: separately producing (S1) the cage (20) and the cage carrier (30), providing a machining allowance at one element from among the through-holes (23, 25) in at least one upright (21) of the cage (20) or the through-hole (32) in a finger bar (31) of the cage carrier (30), and/or at one element from among a bearing seat (26) or a rolling bearing seat (41, 42); assembling (S2) the cage (20) and the cage carrier (30) and securing (S3) same to produce a one-piece assembly; determining (S4) the position of a reference axis (Y1, Y2) linked to the cage (20), to the cage carrier (30) and/or to the shaft (40); and, taking account of the position of the reference axis (Y1, Y2), machining (S5) all or part of the machining allowances.
US10801589B2
The present invention provides a chain tensioner that, while being free from an increase in its size, reduces the number of processing parts and the number of assembling steps and reduces the outflow of oil to an outside. Inside a plunger, an inner sleeve including a check valve unit provided on a side of the inner sleeve facing a pressure oil chamber and a pressure regulating unit provided on an outer periphery of the inner sleeve is arranged. The inner sleeve has a cylinder part and a movement restricting part provided on the side of the inner sleeve facing the pressure oil chamber, and the pressure regulating unit has an annular relief valve slidably fitted onto an outer surface of the cylinder part and slidably contacting on an inner surface of the plunger and a relief spring urging the relief valve to a side of the movement restricting part.
US10801588B2
A transmission gearing arrangement produces at least nine forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio by selective engagement of three shift elements in various combinations. One embodiment includes four simple planetary gear sets, three clutches, and three brakes. A second embodiment includes four simple planetary gear sets, four clutches, and two brakes. In this second embodiment, three of the clutches and one of the brakes form a four shift element module. A third embodiment includes two axis transfer gear pairs, three simple planetary gear sets, five clutches, and one brake.
US10801587B2
A transmission includes a first power transmitting path of gears that obtains odd number speeds and has an output part, a second power transmitting path of gears that obtains even number speeds and has an output part; a first gear shifting part incorporated in the first power transmitting path to obtain one of the odd number speeds, a second gear shafting part incorporated in the second power transmitting path to obtain one of the even number speeds, and a path shifting part that is arranged between the first and second power transmitting parts. The path shifting part shifts the first second power transmitting paths to output power to the output shaft.
US10801580B2
A wrapped V-belt includes: a belt main body containing a compression layer containing a compression rubber layer and a fabric-laminated body layer a tension rubber layer and a tension member buried between the compression layer and the tension rubber layer; and an outside cloth that covers a periphery of the belt main body, in which the compression layer has a plurality of notch portions not covered with the outside cloth, and the notch portion has a top disposed in the fabric-laminated body layer.
US10801572B2
A method for producing a composition containing a latex of a nitrile rubber of α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer unit of 8 to 60 wt % content, and an iodine value of 120 or less, an isothiazoline-based compound represented by formula (1), and a benzisothiazoline-based compound represented by formula (2), both in a content of 26 ppm by weight or more to the rubber, wherein adding both compounds to the latex at 2,000 ppm by weight/min or less, at 50° C. or lower, and the compounds in an aqueous state having 0.1 to 40 wt % concentration. formula (1), R1 and formula (2), R4 represents a hydrogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted organic group; wherein formula (1) R2 and R3 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an substituted organic group; and formula (2), R5 represent a hydrogen atom, or an substituted organic group, and an integer “n” of 0 to 4.
US10801571B2
The present invention provides a friction material used for a disc brake pad, which is able to secure the braking effectiveness and the wear resistance under the high speed and high load braking conditions while satisfying laws and regulations relating to the required amount of the content of the copper component. A friction material used for a disc brake pad, which is manufactured by forming a non-asbestos organic friction material composition, in which the friction material composition contains 1-15 weight % of ferrous sulfide (FeS) particles relative to the total amount of the friction material composition as a lubricant, and the total amount of the copper component involved in the friction material composition is less than 5 weight % relative to the total amount of the friction material composition. Furthermore, it is preferable to contain 0.3-5 weight % of flaky graphite particles with 1-100 μm of average particle diameter or the aggregates thereof relative to the total amount of the friction material composition.
US10801566B2
A caliper guide assembly for a heavy vehicle disc brake. The caliper guide assembly may include a wear sensor arranged to detect the position of a guide pin in relation to a guide bore. The guide pin and a guide surface may have different cross sectional profiles to define at least one void therebetween. The wear sensor may be at least partially accommodated within the void.
US10801565B2
A disc brake for a utility vehicle is provided, having a sliding brake caliper which is fastened to a brake carrier and has a central opening above a brake disc. Two brake pads are acted on by at least one restoring device with resilient spreading elements which engage the brake pads and acts equally against the respective tightening direction. The spreading device is arranged in the central opening such that the spreading elements engage directly or indirectly outside the friction linings in the center region of the pad backing plates or at at least two contact regions of the brake pads arranged at a distance from each other with respect to the center. The contact regions each have a contact surface and a bearing surface, on which the spreading elements are movably arranged. The invention further relates to a corresponding brake pad set.
US10801558B2
A synchromesh mechanism includes a shaft, a shift sleeve, a first gear and a second gear arranged at the both sides of a hub, and a first synchronizer ring and a second synchronizer ring arranged at the both side of the hub. The shift sleeve has a length so that it can start contacting with the first synchronizer ring and the second synchronizer ring at the same time.
US10801553B2
Methods and systems are provided for a motorized disconnect operable to selectively engage and disengage two rotating components of a vehicle drivetrain. As one example, a motorized disconnect system is provided that operates via an electric motor and includes a shifter assembly with an oscillating gear track and cam profile for rotating the shifter assembly while moving it in an axial direction to selectively couple two rotating components.
US10801551B2
A power transmission device includes a quill shaft having a first end and a second end, a first shaft engaged with the first end of the quill shaft, and a second shaft engaged with the second end of the quill shaft. An ejector orifice is provided at the second end of the quill shaft distal from the first shaft such that the ejector orifice forms an oblique angle with respect to the quill shaft, and the ejector orifice is adapted to eject a fluid therethrough.
US10801547B2
A rolling bearing includes an inner rim fixed to a rotating shaft, an outer rim spaced apart from the inner rim, a rolling member disposed between the inner rim and the outer rim, and an elastic mesh defining a plurality of through-holes and surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the outer rim.
US10801545B2
A bearing system includes a stationary element, a housing, a shaft, a first and second thrust collars, a first and second bearing units, and a mechanical component. The housing includes a first end portion and a second end portion contacting the stationary element. The shaft and second thrust collar are disposed within the housing. The first and second thrust collars are spaced apart from each other and coupled to the shaft. The first bearing unit is disposed between the first thrust collar and a first side of second thrust collar. The first bearing unit contacts the first thrust collar and coupled to the first end portion. The second bearing unit is disposed between a second side of second thrust collar and second end portion. The second bearing unit contacts second thrust collar. The mechanical component extends along the shaft and contacts the second bearing unit and second end portion.
US10801543B2
A radial bearing arrangement of an exhaust gas turbocharger for mounting a shaft in a bearing housing is disclosed. The radial bearing arrangement comprises a radial bearing bush arranged between the shaft and the bearing housing, wherein the radial bearing bush features a radially outwardly projecting collar, which interacts in the axial direction with an axial stop on the bearing housing. The geometry of the radially outwardly projecting collar is interrupted by cut-outs, such that a force acting on the collar as a result of an oil feed pressure is minimized, and wherein the radial bearing bush is configured such that a lubricating film can form between an end surface of the radial bearing bush and a counterpiece arranged on the shaft.
US10801538B2
A clip for retaining two planar elements assembled together on the main face thereof includes at least two side walls, each equipped with a groove opening and configured to enable the clip to be inserted on the two assembled planar elements and retain them against one another. At least one of the side walls is equipped with a slot opening into the groove and defining a flexible arm secured to the rest of the wall by a bending area. The free end of the flexible arm supports a stop partially blocking at least the groove.
US10801535B2
A self-piercing fastener having a planar base plate with a top, a bottom, and a peripheral edge. A plurality of prongs are fixed to the peripheral edge and extend downward past the bottom of the baseplate. Each of the prongs has a central axis and an arrowhead-shaped barb fixed to a distal end. Each barb has opposed front edges extending from the tip, and opposed back edges oriented at a reverse acute angle relative to the central axis of the prong. Each barb is adapted to fixedly embed in the interior of a panel to which the fastener is affixed.
US10801528B2
An actuator includes an actuator piston movable along an axis, a first stop member rotatable about the axis and configured to limit the movement of the actuator piston in a first direction along the axis, a second stop member movable along the axis and configured to limit the movement of the actuator piston in a second direction along the axis, wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction. A first screw connection is present between the first stop member and the second stop member such that rotation of the first stop member about the axis causes movement of the second stop member along the axis to vary the amount by which the actuator piston can move along the axis in use.
US10801527B2
This driving apparatus includes a motor drive capable of moving a movable portion toward a predetermined direction by an output of a servo motor, an air cylinder drive capable of moving the movable portion toward the predetermined direction by an output of an air cylinder, and a controller which controls the motor drive and the air cylinder drive, and the controller moves the movable portion toward the predetermined direction by using the air cylinder drive and the motor drive.
US10801518B2
A blower apparatus includes a propeller fan configured to rotate about a rotational axis, and a bell mouth annularly disposed to surround the propeller fan as seen in a direction of the rotational axis of the propeller fan. The bell mouth includes a flare portion located downstream of the propeller fan The flare portion has at least one first part and at least one second part. The first part has a first inner circumferential surface region. The second part as a second inner circumferential surface region. A first length of the first part inner circumferential surface region in the direction of the rotational axis is greater than a second length of the second part inner circumferential surface region in the direction of the rotational axis.
US10801510B2
A rotary compressor system includes a compressor housing that includes a compressor motor that draws in fluid from a suction side. The fluid is compressed within a compression chamber and discharged through a discharge side. The compression chamber is disposed between the suction side and the discharge side. An overload-protection switch is electrically coupled in series with the compressor motor and is adapted to cut power to the compressor motor responsive to an overload event. A solenoid valve is fluidly coupled between the compression chamber and a location upstream of the suction side and is electrically coupled in series with the overload-protection switch. An interruption of electrical current to the compressor motor also interrupts electrical current to the solenoid valve, which opens the solenoid valve to equalize pressure between the suction side and the discharge side.
US10801508B2
A system for controlling thermal comfort in a space is provided with a variable mode of operation. The system may include a conditioner for conditioning air in the space, and a sensor for measuring a temperature in the space. A controller is provided for controlling the conditioner based on the temperature sensed by the sensor, and a fan for circulating air within the space is regulated based on the temperature sensed by the sensor. A related system for controlling a fan based on height is also provided, as is a system and method for easily and efficiently determining the height of a fan using a simple camera, such as one on a “smart” phone. A further aspect pertains to a controller, such as for example a portable handheld device, having a user interface adapted for suggesting an increase in a set point temperature of a thermostat based on the selected speed of the fan.
US10801494B2
A hydraulic control apparatus is provided including: an electromagnetic valve that has an input port communicating with a supply destination unit of oil and a control port that is switched between communication and disconnection by resultant force of a hydraulic pressure of the supply destination unit and electromagnetic force; a variable displacement pump which has a suction port communicating with a supply source of the oil, an ejection port communicating with the supply destination unit, and a control chamber communicating with the control port and rotates in accordance with drive of the supply destination unit, in which an amount of the oil ejected to the supply destination unit through the ejection port changes in accordance with a pressure in the control chamber; and a control unit that controls a value of a necessary current that is caused to flow through the electromagnetic valve.
US10801493B2
The present invention comprises a new and improved positive displacement reciprocating pump wherein the pump comprises a pump rod assembly which comprises three different regions having three different external diameter dimensions or three different external diametrical extents wherein the first uppermost region is provided with an external diameter or diametrical extent of 0.500 inches which has a surface area of 0.1964 in2, the second intermediate one of the three regions is provided with an external diameter or diametrical extent of 0.525 inches which has a surface area of 0.2166 in2, and the third lowermost one of the three regions is provided with an external diameter or diametrical extent of 0.474 inches which has a surface area of 0.1762 in2. The differences between the external diameters or external diametrical extents of the three regions enable the positive displacement reciprocating pump to pump or dispense the same particular precise amount of fluid out from the pump during both the UP and DOWN strokes of the pump piston rod assembly. The piston rod assembly may comprise three piston rod sections or, alternatively, two piston rod sections and an intermediate rod seal or packing region movable along with the pump piston rod assembly.
US10801475B2
A multi-buffer energy accumulation apparatus comprises: an energy storage cylinder, an oil tank, a first scroll spring mechanism, a second scroll spring mechanism, a hydraulic motor, differential planetary train of gearings, and a generator; wherein the energy storage cylinder comprises a hermetically sealed cylinder body, one end of the hermetically sealed cylinder body being provided with an elastic mobile device, the other end thereof being provided with an energy transmission device, and hydraulic oil is filled in the hermetically sealed cylinder body between the elastic mobile device and the energy transmission device; the hermetically sealed cylinder body, the hydraulic motor, and the oil tank are connected via an oil circuit to form a hydraulic loop; the energy transmission device is connected with the first scroll mechanism; the hydraulic motor is connected with the second scroll spring mechanism.
US10801468B2
The invention relates to a pitch bearing, a blade, an impeller of a wind turbine and to a connecting method for the wind turbine. There is provided a pitch bearing of a wind turbine comprising: an inner bearing ring, an outer bearing ring and an extension portion, wherein one of the inner bearing ring and the outer bearing ring is connected to the extension portion. With the pitch bearing, blade, impeller of the wind turbine and the connecting method for the wind turbine according to the disclosure, it is possible to connect the blade to the pitch bearing without bolts, allow a lower weight for the wind turbine, increase strength and fatigue life of the wind turbine, and allow a lower manufacturing cost and difficulty for the wind turbine.
US10801463B2
An internal combustion engine includes an anisotropic thermal conductivity member (37, 51) provided on a wall surface defining a cylinder or a wall surface of a cooling water passage on a side of the cylinder, a thermal conductivity of the anisotropic thermal conductivity member in an axial direction of the cylinder being higher than a thermal conductivity of the anisotropic thermal conductivity member in a radial direction of the cylinder, and a thermally insulating member (38. 52) provided on an outer surface of the anisotropic thermal conductivity member with respect to the radial direction of the cylinder.
US10801450B2
An intake system assembly including an intake manifold including a housing defining an interior conduit in fluidic communication with an intake valve and a lattice structure extending from an outer surface of the housing. The lattice structure includes a plurality of intersecting walls and the lattice structure and the housing form a continuous piece of material.
US10801448B2
An engine component includes an intake manifold of stratified layers defining a plurality of runners each having a gas outlet leading to a cylinder head, and a plenum including partial walls forming channels radiating from a common gas inlet extending into a gooseneck conduit having an incorporated throttle body. The gooseneck conduit transitions into the channels and runners such that there is no seal between the gooseneck, plenum, and runners.
US10801447B2
The present invention discloses a novel low-temperature fuel reforming unit based on combined external reformer of an engine, comprising an engine cylinder and an external low-temperature fuel reformer; the external low-temperature fuel reformer is winded with a heater strip and is provided with a first temperature controlled meter, the inlet of the external low-temperature fuel reformer is connected with a air inlet pipe and a fuel sample injection pipe, and a flow meter is arranged on the air inlet pipe; the fuel sample injection pipe is connected with a fuel injection pump and a fuel vaporization tank which is provided with a second temperature controlled meter; the outlet of the external low-temperature fuel reformer is connected with the engine inlet pipe via a reforming gas pipe; and the reformed low-temperature products enter into the engine inlet pipe via the reforming gas pipe for combining with the fresh air again to form a uniform hybrid gas, and the hybrid gas is introduced into the engine cylinder and performing combined combustion with the fuel in the cylinder to achieve activity and concentration stratification of hybrid gas. Since the above process does not need adding catalyst, the engine of the present invention can be operated more efficient and energy-saving.
US10801443B2
A hybrid gas turbine engine comprises a turbine, a compressor, and a gear system that is driven by the turbine where the gear system includes a sun gear, a ring gear and a plurality of planet gears, where the ring gear has a ring gear radius of RRing gear and the sun gear has a sun gear radius of RSun gear such that the gear system provides a reduction ratio of RRing gear/RSun gear. A fan is driven by the ring gear, and a generator is driven by the ring gear and provides a generator output signal. A power circuit receives the generator output signal and provides a gain RRing gear/RSun gear to the generator output signal and provides a gain signal indicative thereof to an electrical load.
US10801435B2
An engine air-fuel ratio control device is configured to be used in a vehicle including a power transmission device configured to transmit power between an output shaft of an engine and an input shaft of a transmission and to execute a lean-burn control that puts an air-fuel ratio of the engine into a lean state. An engine controller executes a fuel injection feedback control such that the air-fuel ratio becomes a lean target value after the power transmission device is released during a deceleration of the vehicle. An engine stall predictor predicts a stall of the engine on a basis of a deceleration indicator that is correlated with a deceleration degree of the vehicle in a state in which the power transmission device is released. A lean-burn control canceler cancels the lean-burn control in a case in which the engine is predicted to stall.
US10801427B2
A hybrid vehicle may include an engine; a turbocharger including a turbine disposed in an exhaust line and a compressor; an electric supercharger disposed in the intake line at an upstream portion of the compressor; an exhaust gas post processing apparatus; a low pressure EGR device which includes a low pressure EGR line, a low pressure EGR cooler and a low pressure EGR valve; an intake bypass line which connects the intake line at a downstream portion of the electric supercharger and the intake line at an upstream portion of the electric supercharger; an intake bypass valve disposed in the intake bypass line; a post processing bypass line which connects the intake line between the electric supercharger and the compressor and the exhaust line between the turbine and the exhaust gas post processing apparatus; and a post processing bypass valve disposed in the post processing bypass line.
US10801418B2
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a cylinder valve deactivation mechanism in an engine system having cam-actuated valves. Movement of a latch pin of the deactivation mechanism is inferred from an induction current generated by a solenoid coupled to the latch pin, and the inferred movement is used to diagnose operation of cylinder valve deactivation mechanism. The inferred movement and a profile of the induction current is also used to estimate camshaft and crankshaft timing for improved cylinder fuel delivery in the absence of a camshaft sensor.
US10801415B2
A seal for sealing a combustor heat shield against an interior surface of a combustor shell, the seal comprising: a first sealing surface on the interior surface of the combustor shell; and a second sealing surface on a rail on an edge of a heat shield, wherein each of the first and second sealing surfaces include first and second projections defining a non-linear leakage path between the projections.
US10801407B2
A core assembly includes a core that includes an exterior surface that has a recessed area that extends along the exterior surface. An insert includes a contact surface that corresponds to the recessed area.
US10801406B2
An inlet bleed heat (IBH) system for use in a turbine engine including a silencer assembly. The inlet bleed heat (IBH) system includes a feed pipe for delivering compressor discharge air. The feed pipe includes a plurality of orifices along at least a portion of a length of the feed pipe, and each orifice of the plurality of orifices extends through a wall of the feed pipe for allowing the compressor discharge air to exit the feed pipe. The system also includes a heat shielding component that extends across the feed pipe, wherein the heat shielding component is configured to reduce heat transfer between the feed pipe and the silencer assembly of the turbine engine.
US10801405B2
Provided is a variable capacity turbocharger, including: a drive ring including a main body portion having an annular shape; a first projection portion and a second projection portion, which are formed on the main body portion, and are arranged apart from one another in a circumferential direction of the main body portion so as to sandwich a link plate to which a nozzle vane is mounted; and a cutout portion, which is formed in a portion of the main body portion between the first projection portion and the second projection portion.
US10801402B2
A connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine, the connecting rod comprising: at least one hydraulic chamber configured in a connecting rod body, wherein the at least one hydraulic chamber is connectable by a check valve with a bearing shell of the connecting rod or with a tank, wherein the check valve includes a closure element and a valve seat, wherein the closure element contacts the valve seat in a blocking position of the closure element and blocks a fluid path, and wherein the closure element is arranged in a bore hole of the connecting rod body and the valve seat is introduced into the connecting rod body.
US10801401B2
A toroidal combustion engine is provided. The toroidal combustion engine includes a first and a second toroidal cylinder which share a single common intersection to define a combustion chamber. The first toroidal cylinder carries a first piston set, while the second toroidal cylinder carries a second piston set. The first and second piston sets are each rotatable about circular paths which are disposed in planes that are perpendicular to one another.
US10801400B2
A method and device for water injection, wherein a water injector (104) is activated in accordance with an activation (200) to open at a first time (t1) and to close at a second time (t2), wherein a water pressure profile (300) is measured and a change in the water pressure profile (400) is determined on the basis of the water pressure profile (300), wherein, depending on the water pressure profile (300) and on the change in the water pressure profile (400), it is determined whether the water injector (104) has been opened as a result of the activation (200), and/or wherein, depending on the water pressure profile (300) and on the change in the water pressure profile (400), it is determined whether the water injection (104) has been closed as a result of the activation (200).
US10801395B1
Various technologies presented herein relate to heating a fuel and enhancing fuel and charge-gas mixing inside a combustion chamber to enable minimal, or no, generation of soot and/or other undesired emissions during ignition and subsequent combustion of the locally premixed mixtures. To enable sufficient mixing of the fuel and charge-gas, a jet of fuel can be directed to pass through a bore of a duct causing charge-gas to be drawn into the bore creating turbulence to mix the fuel and the drawn charge-gas. The duct can be heated to provision heating of the fuel and charge-gas mixture. The duct can be located proximate to an opening in a tip of a fuel injector. An ignition assist component can be located downstream of the duct to facilitate ignition of the fuel/charge-gas mixture.
US10801392B2
Methods and systems are provided for rapidly cooling an engine system of a vehicle at vehicle-off events. In one example, a method may include cooling the engine system via selecting whether to rotate a cooling fan in a first direction or a second direction based on an indication of whether temperature of the engine system decays at a faster rate under conditions where the cooling fan is rotated in the first direction as compared to the second direction, or vice versa. In this way, diagnostics that rely on static, low-noise conditions may be conducted for vehicle-off conditions that are not sufficiently long to allow for sufficient engine system cooling in a timeframe of the vehicle-off condition.
US10801375B2
A phase adjustment mechanism for setting a relative rotational phase of a driven-side rotational body to a drive-side rotational body of a valve opening-closing timing control device includes a output gear around a rotational axis, an input gear being rotated around an eccentric axis, and an eccentric member. The eccentric member includes an outer peripheral surface with a first arc portion, a second arc portion, a plate spring fitted between the first arc portion and the second arc portion, and a spaced portion. Each of the first arc portion and the second arc portion is disposed from a position less than 90 degrees to a position more than 90 degrees as a central angle with respect to the eccentric axis from a biasing direction of the plate spring in the peripheral direction.
US10801371B2
A bowed rotor prevention system for a gas turbine engine includes a bowed rotor prevention motor. A motor shaft of the bowed rotor prevention motor is operable to drive rotation of the gas turbine engine through an engine accessory gearbox. The motor shaft interfaces with an air turbine operable to rotate an output shaft mechanically linked to the engine accessory gearbox. The bowed rotor prevention system also includes a controller operable to engage the bowed rotor prevention motor and drive rotation of the gas turbine engine below an engine starting speed until a bowed rotor prevention threshold condition is met.
US10801364B1
An airfoil has pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 3.26-3.56 inch (82.9-90.5 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 1.25-1.55 inch (31.8-39.4 mm). The airfoil element includes at least two of a first mode with a frequency of 323±10% Hz, a second mode with a frequency of 476±10% Hz, a third mode with a frequency of 1005±10% Hz, a fourth mode with a frequency of 2670±10% Hz, a fifth mode with a frequency of 3255±10% Hz and a sixth mode with a frequency of 7628±10% Hz.
US10801360B2
Herein provided is a phonic wheel for use in a gas turbine engine and associated systems and methods. The phonic wheel comprises a circular disk having first and second opposing faces. The circular disk defines a root surface that extends between and circumscribes the first and second faces. A first plurality of projections extend from the root surface and are oriented substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the disk. The first plurality of projections are circumferentially spaced substantially equally from one another and each have a first physical configuration. At least one second projection extends from the root surface and is positioned between two adjacent first projections, the at least one second projection having a second physical configuration different from the first physical configuration.
US10801358B2
An alignment apparatus for aligning inlet guide vanes in a turbine having a turbine axis includes a tool body, a positioning block secured to the tool body, and a plurality of alignment pieces secured to the tool body. The positioning block may be affixed to the tool body such that when the positioning block is engaged with a leading edge of one of the inlet guide vanes, at least a portion of the alignment pieces is parallel to the turbine axis. The alignment pieces may be manually displaceable from the OFF position to the ON position into engagement with the inlet guide vanes to align one or more of the inlet guide vanes.
US10801351B2
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a seal that has a sealing portion that extends from an engagement portion. The sealing portion has a seal face that extends circumferentially between first and second mate faces. The engagement portion defines an internal cavity that extends circumferentially between the first and second mate faces, and the engagement portion has an impingement face opposite the seal face that defines an elongated opening to the internal cavity. A method of sealing is also disclosed.
US10801348B2
Non-contacting dynamic seals having wave springs are disclosed herein. A non-contacting dynamic seal may have a shoe coupled to an outer ring by an inner beam and an outer beam. A wave spring may be located between the inner beam and the outer beam, between the shoe and the inner beam, or between the outer beam and the outer ring. The wave spring may damp vibrations in the inner beam and the outer beam.
US10801342B2
A vane cluster for a gas turbine engine includes a first end-of-cluster vane, a second end-of-cluster vane, a neighbor vane adjacent to the second end-of-cluster vane at an interface that includes an angled load interface therebetween; and a multiple of base vanes between the first end-of-cluster vane and the neighbor vane, the angled load interface different than an interface between each of the multiple of base vane.
US10801338B1
An air cooled integrally bladed rotor with single crystals turbine rotor blades having cooling air passages formed into an equiax rotor disk, where a mold having expendable Molybdenum tooling and reusable molybdenum tooling is used to form the IBR. An annular blade ring with openings is used to secure the single crystal rotor blades within the mold, and a number of tube tools are inserted into a bottom end of each blade that forms a cooling air supply passage within the rotor disk. Two molybdenum circular shaped hubs are used to secure a bottom end of the tube tools with the mold. The mold is filled with metal powder and high pressure is used to solidify the powder to form the IBR. Expendable tooling is removed using sublimation when exposed to oxygen. Reusable tooling is reused to form additional IBRs.
US10801332B2
A core for casting a turbine blade to form at least one cooling passage in a wing portion of the turbine blade, wherein the wing portion includes a leading edge region and a trailing edge region, and has a streamlined cross-section, the core including: at least one of a first core unit having a shape corresponding to a cooling passage located at the leading edge region and a second core unit spaced apart from the first core unit and having a shape corresponding to a cooling passage located at the trailing edge region, wherein each of the first core unit and the second core unit includes: a plurality of extending portions extending in a longitudinal direction and located substantially parallel to one another; at least one curved portion connecting adjacent ends of the plurality of extending portions; and at least one through-portion located between the plurality of extending portions and having an empty space extending in a width direction of the wing portion.
US10801330B1
A turbomachine airfoil element includes an airfoil that that has pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 0.46-0.58 inch (11.6-14.7 mm). A chord length extends in a chordwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge at 50% span is in a range of 0.66-0.79 inch (16.7-20.0 mm. A first mode has a frequency of 35681±15% Hz and a second mode has a frequency of 39218±15% Hz.
US10801317B2
A marine riser component which has an integrated fatigue damage sensor in which the sensor is adapted to be damaged by stresses and strains applied to the marine riser component, and is adapted to record said damage on the sensor. The sensor is optionally integrated into the body of the marine riser component in a location on the component that transmits fatigue loads to the sensor at a known stress concentration factor, optionally in a recess on the body, for example, in a closed recess on an outer surface of the marine riser component.
US10801304B2
A system is provided, run on a liner, for stimulating one or more stages of a downhole wellbore. The system includes one or more frac valves arranged on the liner; each of the frac valves presenting an identical inside profile, the frac valves being openable for providing fluid communication between in inside of the liner to outside of the wellbore; and at least one dart deployable into the liner, and being adjustable to pass through one or more frac valves without opening said one or more frac valves, and to engage and open one or more other frac valves. Each of the at least one darts is identical to another. A method is further provided for stimulating one or more stages of a downhole wellbore. The method includes the steps of running a liner down the wellbore, the liner comprising one or more frac valves, each of the frac valves being openable to prove fluid communication between an inside of the liner to outside of the wellbore; pumping at least one dart down into the liner, passing said at least one dart through one or more frac valves without opening them; and engaging the at least one dart within and opening one or more other frac valves. Each of the at least one darts is identical to one another.
US10801295B2
A riserless intervention system for offshore intervention of a well from a vessel includes a lubricator pipe configured to connect with the top of the well and a tool string is configured to be arranged in the lubricator pipe. A closing part is arranged at a pipe end and configured to close fluid communication through an opening of the end of the lubricator pipe to allow the lubricator pipe to be filled with fluid before being connected to the top of the well.
US10801293B2
A system and technique for locating a tool in a channel of a blowout preventer. The system and technique may include the use of a tool locating device that includes flappers to detect tool components of a toolstring for a well application. The toolstring is segmented with deployment bars and tool components of differing diameters. For example, the deployment bars may be of a diameter that substantially matches that of an associated conveyance such as coiled tubing whereas the tool components may be of larger detectable diameters by the flappers. Once more, the flappers may also serve a centralization function as the conveyance is run through the blowout preventer.
US10801292B2
The invention relates to a blowout preventer stack having at least one blowout preventer, at least one kinetic energy storage device, at least one hydraulic pump, and at least one hydraulic actuator which is disposed outside the kinetic energy storage device and is connected to the hydraulic pump via a hydraulic line and is mechanically connected to the blowout preventer, wherein the kinetic energy storage device is coupled, or couplable, to the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic pump may be driven by the kinetic energy stored in the kinetic energy storage device in such a manner that in case of need the hydraulic pump will pump hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator and thus actuate the blowout preventer.
US10801284B2
The invention provides an expanding and collapsing ring apparatus and method of use. The expanding and collapsing ring comprises a plurality of elements assembled together to form a ring structure oriented in a plane around a longitudinal axis. The ring structure defines an inner ring surface configured to be presented to a surface of an object arranged internally to the ring structure. The ring structure is operable to be moved between a collapsed condition and a first expanded condition by movement of the plurality of elements. The plurality of elements is operable to be moved between the expanded and collapsed conditions by sliding with respect to one another in the plane of the ring structure. Applications of the invention include oilfield devices, connection systems, flow barriers and packers.
US10801283B2
An arrangement for accelerating a workpiece including a system inductor configured to be supplied a current, a workpiece positioned magnetically proximate to the system inductor, a workpiece inductor associated with the workpiece and configured to magnetically interact with the system inductor. A method for moving a workpiece in a magnetic pressure arrangement comprising increasing inductance of a workpiece subsystem of the arrangement by disposing a workpiece inductor at the workpiece. A method for moving a workpiece in a magnetic pressure system comprising tuning one or more of a resistor, capacitor or inductor of the system to adjust a phase angle of a magnetic pressure produced in the system.
US10801282B2
A screw drill bypass valve comprising a valve body, the valve body is internally provided with a first-level valve core and a second-level valve core, a first-level spring is arranged between the first-level valve core and the second-level valve core, a second-level spring is arranged between the second-level valve core and a valve seat, and a rigidity of the second-level spring is greater than that of the first-level spring; the first-level valve core is provided with an inner bypass hole, the valve body is provided with an outer bypass hole, and the inner bypass hole is conducted with the outer bypass hole when a flowing pressure within a fluid channel of drilling fluid disappears; the second-level valve core is provided with an inner diversion hole, the valve body is provided with an outer diversion hole.
US10801276B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for running casing into a wellbore with a casing running tool (CRT), such as a casing drive system (CDS), that is equipped with single joint elevator links and elevators. For example, in certain embodiments, a system includes a joint elevator configured to engage a joint of a tubular element. The system also includes an elevator link comprising an upper link and a lower link. The lower link is configured to couple to the joint elevator. In addition, the lower link is configured to fit telescopically within the upper link. The system further includes a compensator cylinder configured to couple to the upper link and the lower link, and configured to adjust a position of the lower link with respect to the upper link.
US10801269B1
A method may comprise placing a plug in a chamber of a housing, sending a carbide powder through the one or more access ports such that the carbide power is directed around the plug and deposited on the inner surface, and removing the plug from the chamber. A rolling element assembly may comprise a housing having an outer surface and inner surface, carbide powder on the inner surface, and a rolling element attached in the chamber with a portion of the rolling element extends from the chamber, wherein the rolling element is in contact with the carbide powder deposited on the inner surface.
US10801268B2
A drill bit with individually-balanced cutting elements. The working surface of the cutters includes a balancing feature, such as an elongate ridge, and a balancing line that extends along the length of the feature, and through the center of the working surface. The cutters are positioned in the bit so that the working surface of each cutter removes formation material in an area of cut, and so that the cutter's balancing line passes through a centroid of its area of cut. A method for making a bit with individually-balanced cutters includes positioning cutters in the bit so that a cutter's balancing line passes through a selected centroid of the cutter's area of cut.
US10801259B1
A hurricane panel system on the outside of an opening that can be installed from inside a multiple story building, through an open window without requiring tools of any type or outside assistance. This panel system includes a pliable, fabric, polyester panel that has a pair of parallel, vertical hems each containing a hem cord that are sized in diameter to fit into a pair of parallel, vertical or horizontal tracks connected to the outside of the building adjacent a window. The pliable, fabric panel includes one or more fabric straps that can be used to manipulate the panel in and out of the tracks. One or more locking pins are used to secure the panel in place relative to the tracks.
US10801254B2
A glazing shield system for retrofitting glazing systems of buildings is disclosed. The glazing shield system includes a support frame and a unitized panel. In certain embodiments, the glazing shield system may be mounted on an existing glazing system in a non-intrusive and non-destructive method. In one embodiment, the support frame may be attached to an infill panel of an existing glazing system using structural adhesives, and the unitized panel may be mounted on the support frame, creating an insulating glazing shield.
US10801245B2
A power swing door actuator configured for use in a power door actuation system in a motor vehicle having a vehicle door pivotably connected to a vehicle body for movement along a swing path between open and closed positions is provided. The power swing door actuator includes a power-operated drive mechanism connected to the vehicle door with a rotary driven member configured for rotation in response to selective actuation of the power-operated drive mechanism. An elongate rack pivotably connected to the vehicle body and the rotary driven member is maintained in engagement with the rack via a retention member. Rotational movement of the rotary driven member in a first direction causes the vehicle door to move in an opening direction, while rotational movement of the rotary driven member in a second direction causes the vehicle door to move in a closing direction.
US10801239B2
A vehicle interior component with an improved torque hinge is provided. The vehicle interior component may comprise a base and a cover configured to move relative to the base. The torque hinge may be coupled to the base and the cover and configured to hold the cover in any position relative to the base. The torque hinge may comprise a bushing, a brake, a clamp and a fastener configured to provide a clamping force between the clamp and brake. The bushing may be configured to move with the cover as the cover moves relative to the base to provide a frictional force against the brake. The clamp may be manufactured by an extrusion process. The clamp may comprise a curved portion and first and second extension portions extending from the curved portion. The first and second extension portions of the clamp may be substantially parallel.
US10801238B1
A door stop device suitable for propping open doors that has high strength, durability, safety and convenience is described herein. The device is characterized by a convenient bar recessed between two wings. The design permits a user to safely engage the door stop over the hinge of an open door while the wings protect the user's hand and fingers and props the door open.
US10801233B2
Described herein are example fluid guards that can be used with locking devices. Various aspects may be particularly applicable to electrical locks, but they may also be applicable to mechanical locks. A locking device guard can include a guard head, a guard body, and a hinge. The guard head may include a fluid absorber, a frame that is shaped to receive the fluid absorber, and a fastening mechanism. The guard body can be coupled with an electronic lock. The guard body can include an aperture that is configured to expose a face of the electronic lock.
US10801224B1
The present teachings generally relate to accommodations (e.g., a hotel or other lodgings) providing access to a golf driving range from a guest's private room. Methods of entertainment for guests of a hotel comprising multiple guest units is also provided.
US10801223B1
A modular unit including a concrete pad and a base support affixed to the pad. An anchor collar affixed to the base support and defining spaced apart grooves with a multi-arm beam positioned in the collar, one arm in each of the grooves and extending radially outwardly from the collar. Floor sections affixed to the multi-arm beam to form a floor disc. Wall panels affixed to the floor disc and spaced apart around the periphery to define a wall. Each panel having channeled edges. A plurality of window inserts engaged in opposed channeled edges of adjacent wall panels. A retaining ring extending around the wall and having a downwardly opening groove engaged with an upper edge of each window insert and fixedly attached to an upper edge of each of the wall panels. A roof and roof support structure affixed to the roof.
US10801222B2
A workshop community includes a plurality of standalone workshop structures positioned around a central building. Each workshop within the community is individually owned, with workshop owners jointly owning the central building and associated infrastructure such a paths, fences and lights. Each workshop includes multiple doors, an individual electrical meter, parking, and gate access. The central building is the administrative and social hub of the workshop community.
US10801221B2
The present concrete crack repair device (CCRD) can be comprised of two nodules connected by an elongated strip wherein the elongated strip can be narrower than the nodules in at least one plane. Both the elongated strip and the nodules can comprise carbon fibers wherein most of the carbon fibers are located within the same plane maximizing the tensile strength of the device. Installation of the CCRD can be performed by drilling holes into the surface of the concrete on either side of the crack and cutting a slot in the surface of the concrete between the two holes, or adding the holes after the slot has been cut, wherein the slot and holes are located in a line that is roughly perpendicular to the crack. The CCRD can then be installed by placing each nodule in a hole and the elongated strip within the slot.
US10801207B2
During installation of a single-ply roofing membrane, the surface of the membrane can be protected from dirt, scratches and scrapes by a protective sheet which also provides other beneficial attributes that aid an installer. A roof laminate includes a roof membrane and a protective sheet is removably affixed thereto. The sheet includes at least a first layer directly secured to a second layer. The first layer provides at least one of UV protection, anti-slip, and anti-glare to the roof laminate and so aids the installer in at least one of those respects. The second layer is removably affixed to the roof membrane.
US10801206B2
A multi-part roofing underlayment having independent release liners, where the underlayment comprises separable portions attached adjacent top edges of the separable portions, creating an interface therebetween into which roofing components may be inserted, easing installation and better mitigating wind-driven rain and ice dam related roof failures. Embodiments provide the multi-part roofing underlayment in sheet and roll forms and with various configurations of release liners, adhesive layers, granular layers, selvedge edges, and plastic layers.
US10801204B2
A structural support system of paired top and bottom rails connected by a plurality of vertically-oriented brackets, for use in construction settings such as truss arrangements and staircases. The rails have elongated slots for receiving and retaining connectors of the brackets. For staircase arrangements, the upper rail further includes an upper elongated slot for receiving step supports, and at least two paired top-bottom rails are positioned laterally for a step to be secured to upper surfaces of the laterally-adjacent step supports. Spacers can be employed in any or all of the slots for providing a desired distance between brackets or step supports.
US10801200B2
A module, system and method for the utilization of wall modules molds which may be enjoined in various combinations, filled in situ with concrete, cement or similar aggregates aggregate and linked so that said when solidified, said concrete, cement or similar aggregates aggregate combines with said molds to form a continuous structural wall that may be used in the construction of dwellings and other such buildings.
US10801185B2
An embodiment provides a hydraulic fluid line guard, including: a main guard formed with an open bottom and enclosed top and sides; the main guard having a length dimension that is larger than a width dimension; and an arm attached to the main guard; the arm comprising an attachment mechanism that attaches the main guard about a hydraulic fluid line such that a detachable junction point of the hydraulic fluid line is housed within and under the main guard and is accessible from below. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10801182B2
In one aspect, the present subject matter is directed to a system and method for controlling the operation of a work vehicle based on the multi-mode identification of operator inputs. Specifically, the movement of an input device of the work vehicle may be monitored relative to two or more movement ranges defined within or across the range of positions defining the input device's overall travel range. When it is detected that the operator has made a pattern of input device movements relative to one of the movement ranges, a new operating mode may be selected or activated that adjusts the transfer function used to control the movement of a component of the work vehicle based on the position of the input device.
US10801171B1
A hygienic pulling waste collector includes a frame with a leg, two frame arms coupled to the leg, a frame handle coupled to the leg, a rod coupled to the two frame arms, and two claws rotatably coupled to the rod and also attached to the two frame arms. The collector also includes a puller assembly having a puller handle, a puller frame, two puller arms coupled to the puller frame and attached to the two claws, and a spring coupled to the puller frame and the rod. The collector further includes a first locking member mounted to the leg, and a second locking member unevenly mounted to the rod. The puller frame is adapted to move inside the cavity disposed the leg. The first and second locking members each include a cover made of flexible material and incorporate a through cut.
US10801168B2
A composition for use as a binder system for road marking formulations and methods for making thereof is disclosed. The binder system is provided as pellets. The method provides for making the pelletized binder system, and mixing the pelletized binder system with fillers and other components, heating the mixed ingredients forming into a molten mixture for applying on a road surface. The pelletized binder system comprises at least a resin and an elastomer in one embodiment; at least a resin and a plasticizer in a second embodiment; and at least a resin, an elastomer, and a plasticizer in a third embodiment.
US10801163B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a multi-ply tissue paper, wherein a first tissue is adhesively bonded to a second tissue using an aqueous, repulpable adhesive composition comprising an alkali soluble acrylic copolymer, The present invention also relates to a multi-ply tissue paper obtained by said manufacturing method.
US10801162B2
The present invention is directed to products, such as paper and paperboard products, comprising a substrate containing cellulose and top ply comprising microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate, to methods of making such paper and paperboard products, and associated uses of such paper and paperboard products. The microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material are applied at the stage when the wet substrate is in the process of being formed on the wire of a papermaking machine, thereby avoiding the additional cost of more extensive equipment and machinery as well as in separate drying of a coating. The microfibrillated cellulose facilitates the application of inorganic particulate onto the surface of a wet paper or paperboard substrate when applied thusly, by trapping the inorganic particulate on the surface of the substrate and by giving the composite sufficient strength and a suitable pore structure to make it suitable for printing and other end-use demands.
US10801160B2
Draw tape for cables including an elongated flexible element made of a helical multifilament rope composed of three filaments or strands helically wound about a common longitudinal axis. According to an additional feature, the rope is hammered. Still according to an improvement, the rope is externally covered by a jacket.
US10801152B2
A clothes processing device comprising: a cabinet; a tub which is provided inside the cabinet and stores washing water therein; a drum which is rotatably provided inside the tub and stores clothes therein; a housing fixed to the drum; an accommodation space which is provided inside the housing and forms a closed curve; a balancing unit which is provided to be movable inside the accommodation space so as to solve an unbalanced state of the drum; a ring connected to the balancing unit in order to move the balancing unit; and an operation part for moving the ring, wherein the balancing unit is rotatable by 360 degrees along the accommodation space.
US10801150B2
A washing machine and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The washing machine includes a plurality of washing devices, each of which includes a heater. Based on a target temperature of wash water heated by one heater of any one of the washing devices, the washing machine changes a target temperature setting environment of wash water heated by the remaining heater. The washing machine includes a first heater to heat wash water stored in a first tub, a second heater to heat wash water stored in a second tub, a control panel to provide a target temperature setting menu for setting a target temperature of the wash water stored in the first tub, and a controller to drive the first heater and the second heater. The controller changes the target temperature setting menu supplied from the control panel in response to the second target temperature.
US10801149B2
A washing machine including a first tub accommodated in a housing and formed by assembling a first member disposed in the front portion with a second member disposed in the rear portion; a second tub disposed above the first tub, a drum rotatably disposed in the inside of the second tub; and a driving shaft connected to the drum, configured to transfer a driving force to the drum and located further behind than an engaged portion of the first member and the second member of the first tub.
US10801148B2
A clothing washing, drying, and folding machine that automates the entire laundry process includes a washing and drying unit and a folding unit. The washing and drying unit has a plurality of pressurized nozzles for directing a cleaning solution, derived from a water feed and a detergent feed, onto articles of clothing. A plurality of heating vents is then used to dry the articles of clothing. The folding unit has a folding machine that is then used to fold the articles of clothing. A clothing track system is utilized to hang the articles of clothing and transfer the articles of clothing from the washing and drying unit to the folding unit. The clothing track system includes a plurality of hanger supports dispersed along a guide rail, wherein each of the plurality of hanger supports may receive a clothing hanger.
US10801147B2
Systems and methods are provided for cleaning a cloth or fabric that has been used for growing plants. The cloth or fabric may be separated from or mounted with respect to a tray or support during the cleaning operation. At least two opposed, rotating brushes engage the top and bottom surfaces of the cloth or fabric to abrade and clean those surfaces. In addition, spray units, e.g., high pressure fluid nozzles, may direct cleaning fluid against one or both surfaces of the cloth or fabric. Filtration and sterilization systems may also be associated with the cleaning operation.
US10801139B2
A method of making a sheared wool, deep pile fabric that closely resembles natural sheepskin fleece, that includes forming a yarn made from wool fibers and simultaneously knitting the yarn and a scrim together, where the yarn is attached to and extends from the scrim to form a length of wool pile fabric having natural wool fibers on one side and the scrim on an opposing side. The method includes finishing the wool pile fabric as natural sheepskin by polishing the wool fiber side of the pile fabric by guiding the length of pile fabric over plural heated polishing rolls, where at least two of the plural heated polishing rolls rotate in opposite directions, and cutting the wool fibers to a designated length.
US10801134B2
A method is disclosed for fabricating a ribbon yarn, the method including: spreading the yarn such that not more than five filaments are lying over one another, fixing the yarn by forming a matrix of one or more fixatives, winding the fixed yarn, wherein the fixative or fixatives are selected from a group consisting of copolyamides, copolyesters and silicones and also mixtures or blends thereof. Also described is the ribbon yarn and the application of the ribbon yarns for airbag fabrics, as a tire reinforcement and in textile construction.
US10801129B2
A nucleation structure for the epitaxial growth of three-dimensional semiconductor elements, including a substrate including a monocrystalline material forming a growth surface, a plurality of intermediate portions made of an intermediate crystalline material epitaxied from the growth surface and defining an upper intermediate surface, and a plurality of nucleation portions, made of a material including a transition metal forming a nucleation crystalline material, each epitaxied from the upper intermediate surface, and defining a nucleation surface suitable for the epitaxial growth of a three-dimensional semiconductor element.
US10801128B2
A SiC epitaxial growth apparatus includes: a susceptor having a mounting surface on which a wafer is placable; a heater which is provided apart from the susceptor on a side opposite to the mounting surface of the susceptor; and an annular radiation member which is in contact with a back surface of the susceptor opposite to the mounting surface and is located at a position which is overlapped with an outer peripheral portion of the wafer placed on the susceptor in a plan view, in which the radiation member has a higher emissivity than that of the susceptor and has an exposed portion as viewed from the heater.
US10801127B2
In various embodiments, methods of forming single-crystal AlN include providing a substantially undoped polycrystalline AlN ceramic having an oxygen concentration less than approximately 100 ppm, forming a single-crystal bulk AlN crystal by a sublimation-recondensation process at a temperature greater than approximately 2000° C., and cooling the bulk AlN crystal to a first temperature between approximately 1500° C. and approximately 1800° C. at a first rate less than approximately 250° C./hour.
US10801124B2
A stainless steel plate for press forming includes a stainless steel having a recess formed along grain boundaries on a base surface of the stainless steel; and a surface film that is formed on a surface of the stainless steel that includes the recess, that is composed of at least one of an Fe and Cr-based oxide film and an Fe and Cr-based hydroxide film, and that has a thickness of equal to or greater than 0.1 μm and equal to or less than 3.0 μm, wherein a groove is formed correspondingly to the recess on the surface side of the stainless steel. The stainless steel plate has superior galling resistance and press formability during press forming even if general-purpose stainless steel and an extreme pressure additive, such as a non-chlorine-based additive, or a low viscosity press oil are used.
US10801112B2
The coating film-forming composition is a solution of pH 4 to 10 and includes an aromatic compound having an amino group and an aromatic ring in one molecule, a polybasic acid having two or more carboxy groups, and an oxidizing agent. As the oxidizing agent, hypochlorous acid, chlorous acid, chloric acid, perchloric acid, persulfuric acid, percarbonic acid, hydrogen peroxide, organic peroxides, or the like is used. The aromatic compound preferably contains a nitrogen-containing aromatic ring, and more preferably contains a primary amino group or a secondary amino group. The coating film-forming composition is used for, for example, forming a coating film on surface of a metal member.
US10801104B2
In one aspect, methods of making a carbon coating are described herein. In some implementations, a method of making a carbon coating comprises applying a first adhesive material to a substrate surface to provide an adhesive surface; rolling a carbon source over the adhesive surface to provide a carbon layer on the adhesive surface; and rolling an adhesive roller over the carbon layer to remove some but not all of the carbon of the carbon layer to provide the carbon coating.
US10801103B2
The present disclosure provides an evaporation device and an evaporation method using the same. The evaporation device includes at least one evaporation line, a first delivery track, and a tray. The evaporation line includes an evaporation chamber including a plurality of evaporation sub-chambers connected in sequence, an inlet of the evaporation line is formed at one end of the evaporation chamber, an outlet is formed at the other end, and an evaporation source component is provided in the evaporation sub-chamber; a track arranged between the inlet and outlet of evaporation line, the first delivery is located above the evaporation source component; and a tray for placing a workpiece, the tray being movably provided on the first delivery track can be movable between the inlet and the outlet of the evaporation line to deliver the workpiece so as to form deposition on the workpiece by evaporation source component.
US10801092B2
The present invention relates to a thick steel plate having excellent low-temperature toughness and hydrogen-induced cracking resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same.
US10801089B2
A method includes producing a light metal cast component from a melt of an aluminium casting alloy. The alloy contains, by weight, silicon with 3.5 to 5.0%, magnesium with 0.2 to 0.7%, titanium with 0.07 to 0.12%, boron with a maximum of 0.012%, and optionally further alloy elements together with less than 1.5%, the rest, aluminium as well as unavoidable impurities, wherein the melt is produced from a base melt, a first grain refiner of an aluminium-silicon alloy and a second grain refiner of an aluminium-titanium-alloy, wherein the melt, in relation to the total weight, contains in total an amount of 0.1 to 5.0% of the first and the second grain refiner; wherein the casting is carried out by a low-pressure method and the melt is acted upon by compacting after the casting.
US10801079B2
The invention provides methods of enriching and isolating novel microbial organisms, such as rhizobacteria, that promote the growth of plants by recreating the rhizosphere in a laboratory setting. The methods of the invention can be used to produce and characterize beneficial microbes grown at the root-soil interface and provide a technique for selectively enriching bacteria that live in close association with plants and foster the growth thereof.
US10801077B2
The present invention relates to influenza A virus variants, particularly variants that are resistant to a polymerase inhibitors. Also provided are methods and compositions related to the influenza A virus variants. Further provided are methods of isolating, identifying, and characterizing multiple viral variants from a patient.
US10801075B2
The present disclosure provides watermelon plants with a male sterile phenotype and their progeny. Such plants may comprise an introgressed genomic region associated with a male sterile phenotype. In certain aspects, compositions, including distinct polymorphic molecular markers and methods for producing, breeding, identifying, and selecting plants or germplasm with a male sterile phenotype are provided.
US10801066B2
A method for a determining of risk for development of cardiovascular disease by measuring levels of the at least gene of interest is disclosed. The method may identify subjects with moderate albuminuria and diagnosis or predict cardiovascular disease several years before either of these outcomes is detectable by present methodologies.
US10801060B2
Methods are provided for determining a genomic methylation profile in a DNA sample. In certain aspects, the methods can be used to determine if a subject has, or is at risk for developing, a bladder cancer or other cancers of the urinary tract. Methods for treatment of such subjects are likewise provided.
US10801059B2
The invention generally relates to sequencing library preparation methods. In certain embodiments, two or more template nucleic acids are joined together by a linking molecule, such as a PEG derivative. Identical copies of a nucleic acid fragment or both strands of a duplex fragment may be linked together. The linked nucleic acids are amplified, creating linked amplicons. Emulsion PCR with linked primers creates linked template nucleic acids for seeding sequencing clusters and errors can be readily identified by their presence on only one of the linked fragments.
US10801058B2
Disclosed is a method of quality control of nucleic acid amplification using quality control oligonucleotide. The method comprises a nucleic acid detection step and a determination step. The nucleic acid detection step comprises the steps of: preparing a nucleic acid sample containing a target nucleic acid and a quality control polynucleotide; preparing a compartment containing one molecule of the target nucleic acid and a compartment containing one molecule of the quality control polynucleotide; and carrying out nucleic acid amplification of the target nucleic acid and the quality control polynucleotide, in the compartments, and carrying out signal detection using a detection probe to detect a signal originated from the detection probe. In the determination step, it is determined as to whether or not the nucleic acid detection step is proper on the basis of the result obtained in the signal detection step.
US10801049B2
A method is provided for biosynthetic production of cannabinoids in microorganisms from a carbon source precursor. This method describes the genetic modifications needed to engineer microorganisms to produce cannabinoids as well as a method for identifying and quantifying cannabinoids from fermentation broth. A system is also provided for tuning the method to produce different cannabinoids of interest by systematically modulating the enzymes encoded by the genetic modifications introduced in the microorganism.
US10801040B2
The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for expressing a polynucleotide of interest in the peripheral nervous system of a subject. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for selectively expressing a polynucleotide of interest in the peripheral nervous system of a subject in need thereof comprising the step of transducing a peripheral nerve of the subject with an amount of an AVV9 vector containing the polynucleotide of interest.
US10801033B2
The present invention provides the polynucleotide encoding enzyme involved in lactone synthesis and a process for synthesis of lactones using said polynucleotides. The invention also provides recombinant plasmid expression vector comprising said polynucleotide sequence. The recombinant protein encoded by said polynucleotides leads to synthesis of lactones having flavour peculiar to Alphonso mangoes.
US10801031B2
A shuttle vector is provided which can be manipulated in various kinds of host cells, thereby providing a novel tool for the field of genetic engineering. Also provided are a prokaryotic host cell and a kit including said shuttle vector, so as to construct expression vectors which contain the target gene using the shuttle vector, thereby producing proteins in various host cells with one single vector.
US10801025B2
Methods for inhibiting pancreatic cancer cell migration and invasion are disclosed herein. Further, methods for inhibiting autophagy are disclosed. More particularly, as discussed herein, increasing miR-29 expression in the tumor microenvironment inhibits migration, invasion and autophagy in cancer patients.
US10801020B2
Provided are a hexuronate C4-epimerase variant with improved activity in converting D-fructose by D-tagatose of hexuronate C4-epimerase and a method for production of D-tagatose using them.
US10801015B2
The present invention features assays for co-culturing primary cells while maintaining key biological activities specific to the primary cells. The invention is based, at least in part, on the discovery that compositions and methods for primary cells in a high-throughput co-culture platform, image analysis for distinguishing cells in co-cultures and assays that are suitable for screening of agents in epithelial cells, such as hepatocytes.
US10801000B2
An automated beer-brewing system and method includes plural brewing containers, supply containers, and post-beer brewing containers to bottle the brewed beer and to handle waste fluids and solids. Plural pipes couple the brewing containers to the group of post-beer-brewing containers and beer-brewing containers. Plural brew-cycle control valves are coupled to each of the pipes, to locate all of the control valves in a central region of the system.
US10800987B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to a composite carbonate utilized as a catalyst in coal gasification processes. Methods described herein also include suitable processing conditions for performing coal gasification with the composite catalyst. In certain embodiments the composite catalyst may comprise an alkali carbonate and a transition metal carbonate, for example, an FeCO3—Na2CO3 catalyst. An FeCO3—Na2CO3 catalyst, compared to raw coal, may increase the carbon conversion rate by about two times within the 700° C.-800° C. range due to its ability to reduce the activation energy of gasification by about 30-40%. Compared to pure sodium and pure iron catalysts, the composite catalyst may increase the yields of desired products H2 and CO at 800° C. by 14.8% and 40.2%, respectively.
US10800986B1
A paraffin control unit with staged high voltage temperature controlled electric immersion heaters to maintain the paraffin component of the crude oil in the liquid phase. The paraffin control unit removes large volumes of naturally occurring fine sand from the incoming liquids while also removing the crude oil from the influent fluid stream, the natural gas from the influent fluid stream, salt water from the influent fluid stream, all while maintaining the temperature of the crude oil fraction above the cloud point of its paraffin constituent. The removed sand is collected in sand pans and is automatically removed at timed intervals. The automation assures that the accumulating sand is removed from the sand pans as rapidly as it accumulates, thus preventing an over-accumulation of sand. The process fluids flow through a coalescer and a baffle assembly which purify and separate the component phases suitable for custody transfer.
US10800983B2
Process scheme configurations are disclosed that enable conversion of crude oil feeds with several processing units in an integrated manner into petrochemicals. The designs utilize minimum capital expenditures to prepare suitable feedstocks for the steam cracker complex. The integrated process for converting crude oil to petrochemical products including olefins and aromatics, and fuel products, includes mixed feed steam cracking and gas oil steam cracking. Feeds to the mixed feed steam cracker include one or more naphtha fractions from hydroprocessing zones within the battery limits, including vacuum residue hydrocracking, within the battery limits, recycle streams from the C3 and C4 olefins recovery steps, and raffinate from a pyrolysis gasoline aromatics extraction zone within the battery limits. Feed to the gas oil steam cracker in certain embodiments includes gas oil range intermediates from the vacuum residue hydrocracking zone. In addition, a base oil production center is integrated to provide base oils product used for production of synthetic lubes or corresponding lube oil feedstocks
US10800980B2
A process for removing asphaltenes from an oil feed comprising the steps of introducing the oil feed to a reactor, where the oil feed comprises a carbonaceous material and asphaltenes, introducing a heteropolyacid feed to the reactor, where the heteropolyacid feed comprises a heteropolyacid, operating the reactor at a reaction temperature and a reaction pressure for a reaction time such that the heteropolyacid is operable to catalyze an acid catalyzed polymerization reaction of the asphaltenes to produce polymerized asphaltenes, where a mixed product comprises the polymerized asphaltenes and a de-asphalted oil, introducing the mixed product to a separator at the end of the reaction time, and separating the mixed product in the separator to produce a de-asphalted oil and a waste stream, where the de-asphalted oil has a lower concentration of sulfur, a lower concentration of nitrogen, and a lower concentration of metals as compared to the oil feed.
US10800977B2
Process scheme configurations are disclosed that enable conversion of crude oil feeds with several processing units in an integrated manner into petrochemicals. The designs utilize minimum capital expenditures to prepare suitable feedstocks for the steam cracker complex. The integrated process for converting crude oil to petrochemical products including olefins and aromatics, and fuel products, includes mixed feed steam cracking and gas oil steam cracking. Feeds to the mixed feed steam cracker include light products and naphtha from hydroprocessing zones within the battery limits, recycle streams from the C3 and C4 olefins recovery steps, and raffinate from a pyrolysis gasoline aromatics extraction zone within the battery limits. Feeds to the gas oil steam cracker include gas oil range intermediates from the vacuum gas oil hydroprocessing zone. Furthermore, vacuum residue is processed in a delayed coker unit to produce coker naphtha, which is hydrotreated and passed as additional feed to aromatics extraction zone and/or the mixed feed steam cracker, and coker gas oil range intermediates as additional feed to the gas oil hydroprocessing zone.
US10800974B2
The present disclosure relates to a process for producing crude bio oil from biomass. The process involves hydrothermally liquefying a biomass in presence of a catalyst at a temperature in the range of 250° C. to 400° C. and at a pressure in the range of 70 bar to 225 bar, to obtain a product mixture comprising crude bio-oil. This product mixture comprising crude bio-oil is cooled to obtain a cooled mixture; the oil is then separated from the cooled mixture to obtain crude bio-oil and a residue containing the catalyst. Carbon content of crude bio-oil is in the range of 60 wt % to 85 wt %.
US10800973B2
Disclosed is a flame retardant resin composition in which relative to 100 parts by mass of the base resin, a silicone based compound is blended at a ratio of 0.1 to 10 parts by mass a fatty acid metal salt is blended at a ratio of 0.1 to 20 parts by mass, a flame retardant agent is blended at a ratio of 5 to 200 parts by mass, a hindered phenol based compound is blended at a ratio of 0.05 to 10 parts by mass, and a hindered amine based compound is blended at a ratio of 0.05 to 10 parts by mass. The hindered amine based compound has a group represented by the following formula (1). (R1 represents an alkyl or alkoxy group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R2 to R5 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms).
US10800964B2
A method may include: placing into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation a foaming agent, wherein the wellbore comprises a produced fluid from the subterranean formation; and foaming the produced fluid. The foaming agent may include at least one of the following structures: wherein R1 and R2 are individually selected from an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a heteroatom substituted alkyl group, or a heteroatom substituted alkenyl group, wherein R1 comprises 5 carbon atoms to 22 carbon atoms in length, and wherein R2 comprises 1 carbon atom to 8 carbon atoms.
US10800958B2
The present invention provides a refrigerant composition that has a low GWP and ASHRAE non-flammability performance. Specifically, the present invention provides a composition comprising a mixture of fluorinated hydrocarbons, the mixture comprising difluoromethane (R32), pentafluoroethane (R125), 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (R134a), and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (1234yf) at specific concentrations.
US10800956B2
The present invention relates to a reactive hot melt adhesive composition, which at least partially loses its adhesiveness upon application of an electric voltage and thus allows debonding of substrates that have been bonded using said adhesive. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for its production and a method for forming a bonded substrate using such a reactive hot melt adhesive composition.
US10800950B2
Cigar repair glues containing a quantity of insoluble fibers and methods of repairing cigars using such fiber-containing glues. Fibrous or matting cigar glues and/or adhesives may be prepared by mixing a quantity of glue or adhesive with a quantity of insoluble or substantially insoluble fiber, such as cellulose fibers. The method of using the fibrous or matting cigar glues and/or adhesives may include various steps, which may include: identifying an air leak or discontinuity in a cigar wrapper; preparing the fibrous or matting glue to encourage fiber mixing/suspension; and applying the prepared fibrous or matting glue to the desired location on the cigar.
US10800946B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a light guide unit disposed under the display panel that includes a light incident surface, an opposite surface opposite to the light incident surface, side surfaces connecting the light incident surface and the opposite surface, and a light exiting surface facing the display panel, and a foam tape attached on an edge of the light exiting surface and an edge of a lower surface of the display panel to fix the display panel and the light guide unit. The foam tape includes a first adhesive layer, a reflecting layer disposed on the first adhesive layer, a foam layer disposed on the reflecting layer, and a second adhesive layer disposed on the foam layer and attached to the display panel.
US10800944B2
Provided is a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) sheet including a PSA layer formed from a PSA composition including a base polymer, crosslinking agents of two or more species having mutually different types of crosslinkable functional groups, and an azole-based rust inhibitor. Here, one of the crosslinking agents of two or more species is an isocyanate-based crosslinking agent. Monomeric components constituting the base polymer include a carboxy group-containing monomer. The amount of the azole-based rust inhibitor in the PSA layer is less than 8 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the base polymer.
US10800941B2
A method of forming a coating on a food or beverage container, which includes spraying a coating composition onto an interior surface of the food or beverage container, where the coating composition includes an emulsion-polymerized latex copolymer having copolymer chains of one or more mono-unsaturated monomers that are cross-linked with one or more multi-unsaturated monomers. The method also includes heating the sprayed coating composition to cure the coating composition, thereby providing the coating on the interior surface of the food or beverage container.
US10800933B2
A surface treatment solution for a plated steel sheet to be hot-pressed comprising a ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) and a water dispersible organic resin (B), wherein the ZnO aqueous dispersion (A) comprises water and ZnO particle size having 50 to 300 nm particles, the water dispersible organic resin (B) has a 5 to 45 mgKOH/g acid value and 5 to 300 nm emulsion particle size, and a mass ratio (WA/WB) of a mass of ZnO particles in the ZnO aqueous dispersion (WA) to a mass of solid content of the water dispersible organic resin (WB) is 30/70 to 95/5.
US10800932B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a) an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles and b) a hydrophobically modified poly(oxyalkylene-urethane) rheology modifier having a 1) backbone; and 2) a hydrophobic portion represented by Fragment I: where R and R1 are defined herein. The composition is useful as an aqueous coating formulation that exhibits a highly shear thinning rheology profile suitable for spray applications to provide high sag resistance without adverse impact on gloss or corrosion resistance.
US10800925B2
Composite particles that super-aggregates of coated aggregates having low structure carbon black cores and metal/metalloid oxide mantles are described. Coatings containing filler-polymer compositions which have the composite particles as filler, such as curable coatings and cured coatings or films formed therefrom containing the filler-polymer compositions, with combinations of high resistivity, good optical density properties, good thermal stability, high dielectric constant, and good processability, along with their use in black matrices, black column spacers, light shielding elements in LCDs and other display devices, also are described. Inks containing the composite particle are described. Devices having these compositions, components and/or elements, and methods of preparing and making these various materials and products are described.
US10800922B2
The present invention relates to [1] a process for producing a pigment composition, including the step of subjecting a raw material pigment composition containing PY74 and a specific by-product to a treatment with an oxidizing agent, in which a content of the specific by-product in the pigment composition after the treatment on the basis of a content of PY74 in the pigment composition after the treatment is not more than 1,200 mg/kg; [2] a process for producing a pigment composition, including the step of subjecting a raw material pigment composition containing PY74, a specific by-product and water to a treatment with hydrogen peroxide; [3] a method of reducing a content of a specific by-product in a raw material pigment composition containing PY74 and the specific by-product, said method including the step of subjecting the raw material pigment composition to a treatment with an oxidizing agent; and [4] a method of preventing an ink for ink-jet printing from suffering from ejection defects, including the step of compounding the pigment composition produced by any of the aforementioned processes in the ink for ink-jet printing.
US10800917B2
A composition having at least one thermoplastic resin and an anhydride functionalized oligomer grafted to the thermoplastic resin.
US10800916B2
The present invention is a stretchable film composition including: a silicone main-chain type urethane having a structure shown by the following general formula (1)-1 and/or (1)-2, and a silicone-pendant type urethane having a structure shown by the following general formula (2)-1 and/or (2)-2. The present invention provides a stretchable film composition that has excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having excellent water repellency, and is favorably used for a non-tackiness stretchable film, a stretchable film using the stretchable film composition, and a method for forming the same.
US10800907B2
The invention provides a process for preparation of a polyethylene nanocomposite comprising dispersing a base polyethylene resin and planar carbon nanoparticles in an inert liquid at conditions under which the base polyethylene resin is not solubilised in the inert liquid, and removing an amount of the liquid sufficient to provide a dispersion of the planar carbon nanoparticles in the base polyethylene resin.
US10800905B2
Disclosed is a resilient foam and methods of making the foam. The resilient foam includes a derivatized polyanionic polysaccharide and has an open-cell structure. When the resilient foam is contacted with water, the foam forms a thixotropic hydrogel.
US10800891B1
A process for valorization of lignin includes the steps of mixing lignin; a MOF catalyst metalated with a metal atom selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mn, Co, Cu, or Ni, and combinations thereof; an oxidizing agent; and an aqueous solvent. The product of this process, a charged polyacid-containing species derived from lignin, may be included in a dispersion with a dispersible particulate material, and an aqueous dispersing medium.
US10800889B2
The present invention relates to polymers and copolymer including a poly(phenylene) structure, as well as a long tether. In some embodiments, the long tether facilitates a reaction between the poly(phenylene) structure and another subunit of a second polymer. In some embodiments, the tether is flexible.
US10800884B2
The production method of the present invention includes a step of supplying an organic polar solvent, a sulfur source, and a dihalo aromatic compound as reaction raw materials to at least one of a plurality of reaction vessels mutually communicated via a gas phase; a step of removing at least a portion of the water present in the reaction vessels; and a step of performing a polymerization reaction. These steps are carried out in parallel, and the reaction mixture is sequentially moved between reaction vessels. At that time, the internal temperatures of the reaction vessels are all not less than 150° C.
US10800883B1
Processes and precursors may be used to produce a highly porous, extremely large surface area polyimide aerogel with optical translucency and diminished heat transfer. The resulting material maintains or exceeds structural integrity and low thermal conductivity seen in the high opacity polyimide aerogels of similar porosity and density. The formulations used for fabrication of aerogels may include combinations of fluorinated dianhydride and diamine fractions and non-fluorinated dianhydrides and diamines with various aliphatic and aromatic bridgehead components as precursors to the condensation polymerization of polyimide aerogels with polyamide crosslinks.
US10800882B2
The present disclosure relates to a polyimide-based block copolymer and a polyimide-based film including the same. The polyimide-based block copolymer according to the present disclosure makes it possible to provide a polyimide-based film exhibiting excellent mechanical properties while having a high molecular weight, and being colorless and transparent.
US10800880B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a method of making a polycarbonate, comprising contacting one or more cyclic monomers and carbon dioxide in the presence of one or more of a Lewis acid catalyst, an initiator, and an ionic liquid; and agitating, sufficient to copolymerize the one or more cyclic monomers and carbon dioxide to create a polycarbonate. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe a method of controlling a polymer composition, comprising contacting one or more cyclic monomers and carbon dioxide; adjusting an amount of one or more of a Lewis acid catalyst, an ionic liquid, and an initiator in the presence of the one or more cyclic monomers and carbon dioxide, sufficient to selectively modify a resulting polycarbonate; and agitating, sufficient to copolymerize the one or more cyclic monomers and carbon dioxide to create the polycarbonate.
US10800878B2
Described are polyesters comprising (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues and/or modifying aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues, 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues and ethylene glycol. The polyesters may be manufactured into articles such as fibers, films, bottles, coatings, or sheets.
US10800876B2
The present invention provides a method of preparing a polyaryletherketone copolymer (e.g. a random or block copolymer), said method comprising: polymerizing (i) a monomer system suitable for forming aryletherketone units and (ii) a comonomer in a reaction medium comprising: (a) a Lewis acid and (b) a controlling agent comprising an aromatic carboxylic acid, an aromatic sulphonic acid, or a derivative thereof; and polymers produced therefrom.
US10800873B2
To provide a technique for producing an epoxy resin cured product having toughness and elasticity. (A) the amine curing agent (B) an epoxy resin curing agent characterized in that the acrylic block copolymer is dissolved.
US10800865B2
Branched ethylene-propylene-diene elastomers (bEPDM) and processes for making the bEPDM's comprising combining a catalyst precursor and an activator at a temperature within a range from 90° C. to 160° C. with ethylene, a C3 to C12 α-olefin, a non-conjugated diene, and a dual-polymerizable diene, where the catalyst precursor is a metallocene catalyst precursor, preferably according to one of various structures including any two ligands selected from cyclopentadienyl ligands and ligands isolobal to the cyclopentadienyl group.
US10800864B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing ethylene copolymers in a multistage process comprising at least one slurry phase polymerization stage and at least one gas phase polymerization stage in the presence of Ziegler Natta catalyst comprising a solid catalyst component, a cocatalyst of a compound of group 13 metal and an external additive selected from alkoxysilanes of formula (I) R1nSi(OR2)4-n, (I) where n is an integer 0 to 3, each R1 are equal or different and are selected among H, halogen, alkyl groups of 1 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, alkenyl groups of 2 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, and aryl groups of 6 to 12 carbon atoms optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, or the R′groups can form with the Si atom they are linked to a ring of 3 to 8 ring atoms, provided that all R1 are not hydrogen, R2 are equal or different and are selected among alkyl groups of 1 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, alkenyl groups of 2 to 6 carbon atoms optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, and aryl groups of 6 to 12 carbon atoms optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, or the OR2 groups can form with the Si atom they are linked to a ring of 3 to 8 ring atoms, halogen is Br, Cl or F. The invention further relates to the catalysts and use thereof in said multistage process r for producing ethylene copolymers having melt flow rate ratio FRR21/5 at least 40 and/or polydispersity index PDI of at least 27.
US10800862B2
An amino silane-based compound, methods of preparing the same, and a modified conjugated diene-based polymer including an amino silane-based functional group are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the amino silane-based compound is represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, or a glycol unit represented by R3 is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are each independently a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R8 is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, j and k are each independently 0 or 1, n is an integer selected from 1 to 10, wherein at least one of R1 or R2 is the glycol unit.
US10800831B2
This disclosure provides systems and methods for mapping and/or measuring a mechanical property of a medium. The mechanical property can be measured by Brillouin spectroscopy. The systems and methods can include a three-dimensional imaging modality that is co-registered with a Brillouin probe beam of a Brillouin spectrometer. The three-dimensional imaging modality can be optical coherence tomography or Scheimpflug camera imaging.
US10800823B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10800818B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for expressing and purifying a peptide of interest using a Flagellar Type III secretion system. Disclosed are nucleic acid sequences that contain a FlgM nucleic acid sequence, a cleavage site, and a nucleic acid sequence of interest. Also disclosed are polypeptides that contain FlgM, a cleavage site and a peptide of interest. Methods of producing polypeptides that have FlgM, a cleavage site and a peptide of interest are provided.
US10800817B2
A method for treating a cancer comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-cancer agent having at least one secretion modifying region (SMR) peptide from HIV-1 Nef fused to at least one cell-penetrating peptide (CPP) or at least one Clusterin (Clu)-binding peptide (Clu-BP).
US10800814B2
The present invention relates to novel cyclic peptidomimetics, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of diseases associated with angiogenesis especially tumors and chronic inflammation in psoriasis, diabetes, degenerative diseases of the eye (ARMD), nephropathy and neuropathy.
US10800807B2
The application relates to compounds of formula A: or a salt, solvate, ester, tautomer, amino acid conjugate, or metabolite thereof. The compounds of formula A are TGR5 modulators useful for the treatment of various diseases, including metabolic disease, inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, cardiac disease, kidney disease, cancer, and gastrointestinal disease.
US10800804B2
Provided is a compound of the general formula (1), which is suitable for use in a method for treating a disorder relating to the binding of a galectin, such as galectin-3 to a ligand in a mammal, such as a human, as well as a method for treatment of a disorder relating to the binding of a galectin, such as galectin-3 to a ligand in a mammal, such as a human.
US10800802B2
The present invention relates to the isolation and purification of sialylated oligosaccharides from an aqueous medium in which they are produced.
US10800800B2
Provided are: a composition capable of imparting excellent transparency and physical properties to thermoplastic resins; a thermoplastic resin composition containing the composition; and a molded article of the thermoplastic resin composition. The composition contains the following (A), (B), (C) and (D), and ratios of respective components with respect to a total amount of (A) to (D) are: (A) 35 to 75% by mass, (B) 10 to 40% by mass, (C) 0 to 20% by mass, and (D) 5 to 35% by mass. The (A) is an aromatic phosphate metal salt represented by the following Formula (1) wherein, R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like; R5 represents an alkylidene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; m represents a number of 1 or 2; when m is 1, M1 represents lithium; and when m is 2, M1 represents hydroxyaluminum, the (B) is a sodium carboxylate, the (C) is a fatty acid metal salt represented by the following Formula (2) wherein, R6 represents a group introduced to an aliphatic organic acid having 10 to 30 carbon atoms; M2 represents an n-valent metal atom or the like; and n represents an integer of 1 to 3, and the (D) is a fatty acid.
US10800787B2
The present invention provides processes for the preparation of Acalabrutinib (1), as well as intermediates useful in the preparation thereof. In particular, processes are provided for coupling of a compound of Formula (5) and 2-butynoic acid in the presence of Carbodiimide (8) to afford Acalabrutinib (1).
US10800782B2
The present disclosure provides MAT2A inhibitor compounds that are useful as therapeutic agents for treating malignancies, and wherein the compounds conform to general formula (IA): wherein RA, RB, RC, RD, and RE are defined herein.
US10800778B2
The present invention is directed to compounds which are beta-lactamase inhibitors. The compounds and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are useful in combination with beta-lactam antibiotics, for the treatment of bacterial infections, including infections caused by drug resistant organisms, including multi-drug resistant organisms. The present invention includes compounds according to Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the values of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are described herein.
US10800775B2
The present invention relates to new pyrrolopyridine compounds and compositions and their application as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of disease. Methods of inhibition of JAK1 and JAK3 kinase activity in a human or animal subject are also provided for the treatment diseases such as pruritus, alopecia, androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, vitiligo and psoriasis.
US10800772B2
Compounds disclosed herein including compounds of Formula I: and salts thereof are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein, processes for preparing compounds disclosed herein, intermediates useful for preparing compounds disclosed herein and therapeutic methods for treating an HIV infection using compounds disclosed herein are also provided.
US10800771B2
The present invention is related to an improved process for the preparation of dasatinib anhydrous crystalline Neat form N-6 with high purity and high yield. The present invention also relates to purification of dasatinib crystalline Neat form N-6.
US10800764B2
The present invention is directed to substituted pyridine derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions containing said derivatives and the use of said derivatives in the treatment of disorders mediated by c-fms kinase. The present invention is further directed to a process for the preparation of said substituted pyridine derivatives.
US10800761B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I′) methods of using the compounds for inhibiting HPK1 activity and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. The compounds are useful in treating, preventing or ameliorating diseases or disorders associated with HPK1 activity such as cancer.
US10800760B2
The present invention relates to the use of substituted pyrazole derivatives to modulate tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) family protein kinase, and the use of the substituted pyrazole derivatives for the treatment of pain, inflammation, cancer, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination or a disease or disorder associated with abnormal activities of nerve growth factor (NGF) receptor TrkA.
US10800755B2
The present invention relates to a pyridine derivative of formula (1) wherein R1 is optionally-substituted C1-6 alkyl, optionally-substituted C3-10 cycloalkyl, or optionally-substituted 5- to 10-membered saturated or partially-unsaturated heterocyclyl; R2 is halogen atom, cyano, C1-6 alkyl which may be optionally substituted with 1 to 3 the same or different halogen atoms, C1-6 alkoxy which may be optionally substituted with 1 to 3 the same or different halogen atoms, or amino which may be optionally substituted with 1 to 2 the same or different C1-6 alkyl; and the bind with broken line is single or double bond, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is useful as a medicament for treating symptoms in anxiety-related disorder.
US10800753B2
Tetrahydrothiophene and related heterocyclic analogs and related methods for GABA aminotransferase inactivation.
US10800752B2
The present invention provides compounds represented by formula (1A), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts. Compounds represented by formula (1A), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A1 and A2 are identical or different, and each independently —C(═O)B, —C(═O)CR3AR3BB, —CO2B, —C(═S)OB, —CONR3CB, —C(═S)NR3CB, a hydrogen atom, or the like, wherein A1 and A2 are not both hydrogen atoms, wherein B is an optionally substituted 3- to 12-membered monocyclic or polycyclic heterocyclic group, an optionally substituted 3- to 12-membered cyclic amino group, or a group represented by the following formula (B), wherein the 3- to 12-membered monocyclic or polycyclic heterocyclic group and the 3- to 12-membered cyclic amino group have at least one or more secondary nitrogen atoms in the ring; R1 is a hydrogen atom or the like; R2A, R2B, R2C, and R2D are identical or different, and each independently a hydrogen atom or the like; and R8 is alkyl. wherein * denotes a bonding position.
US10800749B2
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides nucleophilic hydroxyimino-acetamido alkylamine antidotes that cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to catalyze the hydrolysis of organophosphate (OP)-inhibited human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE) in the central nerve system (CNS). The hydroxyimino-acetamido alkylamines of the invention are designed to fit within AChE active center gorge dimensions, bind with reasonable affinity, and react with the conjugated phosphate atom in the gorge. The hydroxyimino-acetamido alkylamines of the invention are also designed to possess ionization states that govern affinity and reactivity for the two linked hAChE re-activation steps. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides pumps, devices, subcutaneous infusion devices, continuous subcutaneous infusion devices, infusion pens, needles, reservoirs, ampoules, a vial, a syringe, a cartridge, a disposable pen or jet injector, a prefilled pen or a syringe or a cartridge, a cartridge or a disposable pen or jet injector, a two chambered or multi-chambered pump, a syringe, a cartridge or a pen or a jet injector, comprising a compound of the invention.
US10800742B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments, the present invention provides a compound of formulas I, II, and III, for use in methods of inhibition of PBX1-DNA interaction in a mammalian cell or population of cells, and for use in the treatment of medical conditions including but not limited to cancers, developmental disorders, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune diseases, or neuro-degenerative disorders.
US10800738B2
The various aspects present inventions provide various crystalline forms of (S)-(−)-amisulpride, (R)-(+)-amisulpride, and solvates thereof and methods of making same. In various aspects, the inventions also provide methods of resolving racemic amisulpride.
US10800733B2
Disclosed are a compound represented by Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a preparation method therefor, the Formula I, and an application thereof in preparing drugs for regulating blood lipids.
US10800722B2
The present invention refers to 6-isopropyl-2,4-dimethylcyclohexen-1-ol derivatives, to a method of their production, and fragrance compositions and fragranced articles comprising them.
US10800718B2
Disclosed herein is a process for producing para-xylene comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a feedstock comprising toluene with a first catalyst under effective vapor phase toluene disproportionation conditions to disproportionate said toluene and produce a first product comprising benzene, unreacted toluene and greater than equilibrium amounts of para-xylene; and (b) contacting a feedstock comprising C9+ aromatic hydrocarbons and benzene with a second catalyst in the presence of 0 wt. % or more of hydrogen having a 0 to 10 hydrogen/hydrocarbon molar ratio under effective C9+ transalkylation conditions to transalkylate said C9+ aromatic hydrocarbons and produce a second product comprising xylenes.
US10800715B2
A long life catalyst is provided that is conveniently and inexpensively capable of being produced and that is highly active and has inhibited metal leakage. According to aspects of the present invention, a catalyst is provided that includes: a polymer including a plurality of first structural units and a plurality of second structural units; and metal acting as a catalytic center, wherein at least part of the metal is covered with the polymer, each of the plurality of first structural units has a first atom constituting a main chain of the polymer and a first substituent group bonded to the first atom, a second atom included in each of the plurality of second structural units is bonded to the first atom, and the second atom is different from the first atom, or at least one of all substituent groups on the second atom is different from the first substituent group.
US10800702B2
A method for producing a hardened product of a hydraulic composition, includes mixing water, a hydraulic powder, a dispersant composition, and an aggregate to prepare a hydraulic composition, filling the hydraulic composition into a mold, and steam curing, in the mold, the hydraulic composition filled into the mold. The dispersant composition includes (A) a formaldehyde naphthaienesulfonate condensate or a salt thereof, (B) a compound having an alkylenoxy group, and optionally (C) a polycarboxylic acid-based copolymer, in particular proportions.
US10800697B2
A glass-plate working apparatus 1 includes: a scribe line forming device 5, glass-plate bend-breaking devices 15A and 15B, glass-plate peripheral edge grinding devices 19A and 19B, and a glass-plate transporting device 20 for carrying in and carrying out two glass plates 2 at a time with respect to each of the scribe line forming device 5, the glass-plate bend-breaking devices 15A and 15B, and the glass-plate peripheral edge grinding devices 19A and 19B, and X-Y coordinate system controlled movement of the glass-plate peripheral edge grinding devices 19A and 19B in simultaneous grinding of peripheral edges of the glass plates 2 is adapted to be effected independently of each other.
US10800696B2
A method and apparatus for processing glass comprising a forming apparatus in a first processing zone, the forming apparatus configured to form a glass ribbon having a first direction of travel in the first processing zone. The apparatus also includes a first cutting apparatus in a second processing zone, the first cutting apparatus configured to separate one or more portions of the glass ribbon, the glass ribbon having a second direction of travel. The apparatus includes a first buffer zone between the first processing zone and the second processing zone in which the glass ribbon is supported in a first catenary between two, spaced-apart payoff positions. The second direction of travel in the second processing zone can be orthogonal to the first direction of travel in the first processing zone.
US10800692B2
Disclosed is a method for heating a biomass moving along an industrial treatment line including an inlet (91) for the incoming biomass, a pressure pump (93), a heating unit (94) and a treatment station (95). According to an embodiment, steam is injected into the line between the pressure pump (93) and the heating unit (94) such as to pre-heat the biomass by condensing the steam.
US10800689B2
The invention discloses a magnetic nanoparticle microbial composite material with a core-shell structure and a preparation method thereof as well as application of the magnetic nanoparticle microbial composite material in azo dye treatment. The preparation method comprises the following steps: putting ferroferric oxide into an ethanol solution with ferric trichloride and trimesic acid; carrying out layer-by-layer self-assembly and ultrasonic condition reaction in sequence to prepare modified ferroferric oxide nanoparticles; then loading the modified composite material on the surfaces of microorganisms. The composite material prepared by the preparation method disclosed by the invention has the advantages of high adsorption effects and capability of carrying out local enrichment on the dye; meanwhile, magnetic separation can be performed, and thereby the azo dye can be removed efficiently.
US10800672B2
A sterilization apparatus is provided with: a light source, which has a semiconductor light-emitting element that emits ultraviolet light; a housing, which forms a flow passage through which a fluid subject to sterilization passes; a light receiving unit, which receives a portion of the ultraviolet light emitted from the light source and detects the amount of ultraviolet light that has been received; and a control unit, which controls the output of the semiconductor light-emitting element based on information regarding the amount of ultraviolet light acquired from the light receiving unit. The housing has an incidence portion on which ultraviolet light becomes incident and a reflection portion, which reflects the ultraviolet light at the inner surface thereof. The light receiving unit is provided at a position where the light receiving unit can receive the portion of ultraviolet light that has been transmitted through the reflection portion.
US10800665B1
Thermochemical storage materials having the general formula AxA′1-xByB′1-yO3-δ, where A=La, Sr, K, Ca, Ba, Y and B=Mn, Fe, Co, Ti, Ni, Cu, Zr, Al, Y, Cr, V, Nb, Mo, are disclosed. These materials have improved thermal storage energy density and reaction kinetics compared to previous materials. Concentrating solar power thermochemical systems and methods capable of storing heat energy by using these thermochemical storage materials are also disclosed.
US10800659B2
For evaluating a polycrystalline silicon rod to be used as a raw material for production of FZ Si single crystals, novel evaluation values (values of characteristics×amount of crystals) including the amount of crystals grown in the growth direction (radial direction) are defined and the homogeneity in crystal characteristics in the growth direction (radial direction) is evaluated. Specifically, the homogeneity of the polycrystalline rod is evaluated by sampling a plurality of specimen plates each having, as a principal plane thereof, a cross-section perpendicular to a radial direction of the polycrystalline rod grown by a Siemens method at equal intervals in the radial direction, determining values of characteristics of the crystals of the specimen plates by measurements, and by using evaluation values obtained by multiplying amounts of the crystals (relative amounts of the crystals) at sites where the specimen plates have been sampled by the values of the crystal characteristics.
US10800658B2
A laminate includes: a carbon nanotube sheet including a plurality of carbon nanotubes aligned preferentially in one direction within a plane of the sheet; and a first protection material having a surface in contact with the carbon nanotube sheet, the surface having a surface roughness Ra1 of 0.05 μm or more.
US10800657B2
The present disclosure generally relates to compositions comprising substrate-free 2D tellurene crystals, and the method of making and using the substrate-free 2D tellurene crystals. The 2D tellurene crystals of the present disclosure are characterized by an X-ray diffraction pattern (CuKα radiation, λ=1.54056 A) comprising a peak at 23.79 (2θ±0.1°) and optionally one or more peaks selected from the group consisting of 41.26, 47.79, 50.41, and 64.43 (2θ±0.1°).
US10800653B2
A manufacturing method of micro channel structure is disclosed and includes steps of: providing a substrate; depositing and etching to form a first insulation layer; depositing and etching to form a supporting layer; depositing and etching to form a valve layer; depositing and etching to form a second insulation layer; depositing and etching to form a vibration layer, a lower electrode layer and a piezoelectric actuating layer; providing a photoresist layer and depositing and etching to form a plurality of bonding pads; depositing and etching to from a mask layer; etching to form a first chamber; and etching to form a second chamber.
US10800628B2
In a turn-up method for a reel-up for reeling of fiber webs, a web travelling in direction (S) is cut by two water jet nozzles moving in a transverse direction in relation to the web travelling direction (S). Two cuts (C1, C2) are formed by two water jet nozzles starting from the edges of the web (W) and moving to the web center where the cuts (C1, C2) cross or meet forming a V-shaped tail end (V1). After the cuts the movement of the water jet nozzles is stopped and after the return movement of the water jet nozzles, cutting is started again from the center toward the edges so that the web W is cut by two cuts (C3, C4) and a substantially V-shaped beginning end (V2) to the web W is formed and between the cuts (C1, C2) for the tail end (V1) and the cuts (C3, C4) for the beginning end (V2) there is formed one web reject part (R) with two substantially V-shaped cuts. A turn-up device for a reel-up for reeling of fiber webs has two water jet nozzles, in which the cutting by the water jet nozzles (10,12) may be stopped between cutting of a tail end (V1) and cutting of a beginning end (V2) for a selected time for forming only, wherein there is one reject part (R) in the turn-up and the cross-direction travel distance (L1, L2) of each nozzle is substantially shorter than the width (L) of the web (W).
US10800626B1
A detachable feed roller for using in the automatic feeder includes: a rotating shaft provided with a first connection structure arranged at the end of the rotating shaft and an actuating part; a fixed feed roller arranged around the rotating shaft and driven by the rotating shaft; a one-way feed roller arranged around the rotating shaft and provided with a cam part; a transmitting rotor arranged around the rotating shaft and, the transmitting rotor being disposed between the actuating part and the cam part; wherein, the transmitting rotor is pushed toward the one-way feed roller while the rotating shaft rotates forward in accordance to the transmitting rotor; and pushed away from the one-way feed roller while the one-way feed roller rotates forward in accordance to the transmitting rotor.
US10800621B2
A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet loader, a rear end holder, an air blower, a front end holder, a sender and an air controller. The sheet loader stores stacked sheets. The rear end holder holds a rear end of a topmost sheet on the sheet loader. The air blower blows air to the loaded sheets to raise a sheet. The front end holder holds a front end of the raised topmost sheet. The sender sends the sheet in the sheet feeding direction. The air controller controls the air blower to start blowing a raising air to raise the sheet after the rear end holder holds the rear end of a next sheet that is stacked under the topmost sheet before a rear end of the topmost sheet sent in the sheet feeding direction by the sender passes through the front end holder.
US10800619B2
A portable, height-adjustable gangway includes a lower tower structure comprising a lower landing and a lower movement assembly comprising a first set of wheels permitting the lower tower structure to travel over ground, an upper tower structure comprising an upper landing, an upper movement assembly comprising a second set of wheels permitting the upper tower structure to travel over ground, and an extending tower support connecting the upper movement assembly and the upper landing and comprising expandable struts configured to move the upper landing towards and away from the upper movement assembly, and a travellator pivotally connected to the lower tower structure and pivotally connected to the upper tower structure such that, when the expandable struts of the tower support extend at least one of towards and away from the upper movement assembly, the escalator tilts. The escalator can be a continuous set of stairs, a gondola-like trolley, or both.
US10800617B2
A transport vehicle (2) that travels along a container shelf (1) is provided with a plurality of levels of shelf portions (11) arranged in a vertical direction (Z) and configured to support containers (W), thereby transporting the containers (W). The transport vehicle (2) is provided with a support region (22) where the containers (W) are supported in a stacked state, a transfer apparatus (24) that transfers the containers (W) supported by the shelf portions (11) to the support region (22) and transfers the containers (W) supported in the support region (22) to the shelf portions (11), and a lifting mechanism (25) that lifts a container (W) at any height among a container group (WG) stacked in the support region (22) with respect to a container (W) lower than the container (W) at that any height.
US10800615B2
A powder feeder includes a hopper holding powder particles and a rotating conductive wheel having a rim. The rim has a powder landing surface in a groove in the rim. As the wheel rotates, the powder landing surface is disposed below the hopper. A voltage supply electrically communicates with an electrode and the wheel. The electrode and powder landing surface have a space between them. An insulator is disposed between the electrode and the wheel. The voltage supply produces an AC electric potential between the electrode and the rim that creates an alternating electric field within the space. An outlet chamber is positioned below the wheel. The electric field created within the space causes powder particles falling onto the powder landing surface and rotating under the electrode to develop an electrical surface charge. An electrostatic force causes powder particles to oscillate between the pile and the insulator. After a period of oscillation the particles drop over the edges of the rim and into the chamber.
US10800610B1
A position-adjustable material conveyer cleat includes apparatus for adjusting cleat position. The cleat includes a mountable base portion rotably joined to a top portion via a pin axle. The pin axle including a torsion spring installed there over with a first tang connected to the base portion, and a second tang connected to the top portion, the connection made under spring tension against the top portion urging it downward into a prone position wherein adjustment is from the prone position to a vertical position. The top portion including a retention pin housing hosting a retention pin, the position adjustment apparatus in the form of mounted pin ramps for adjusting a pair of the cleats mounted to the conveyor belt via forced contact with the retention pins.
US10800579B1
Provided are a tube container having a shutoff function on a shoulder and a neck and a method of manufacturing the same, in which a head gas barrier layer formed of an aluminum sheet is bonded to inner surfaces of the shoulder and the neck serving as a head to correspond to the inner surfaces according to formation of the head, and thus the shutoff function is provided to prevent chemical changes in even a shoulder and neck portion due to external environmental factors, so that contents filled in the tube container are prevented from decaying or deteriorating, and intrinsic ingredients of the contents are prevented from being lost for a long time. Accordingly, the contents are prevented from decaying or deteriorating due to the external environmental factors, and the intrinsic ingredients of the contents are used for a long time without losing the intrinsic ingredients.
US10800575B2
A recyclable cardboard pallet is described herein. The pallet includes a top platform and a bottom platform formed by at least one layer of laminar components, wherein at least one of the layers of laminar components of each platform has openings, fastening components, and a frustoconical shape for inserting separators. The separators include outer tubular bodies with an inner diameter that is greater than or equal to a largest diameter of the openings, such that ends of the outer tubular body rest completely on the laminar elements between which it is located. The separators further include an inner tubular body concentric with and longer than the outer tubular body, the inner tubular body having an outer diameter configured relative to a smallest diameter of the openings, such that the outer diameter of the inner tubular body fits flush with laminar elements between which it is located.
US10800565B1
A pharmaceutical order filling system uses a physical parameter that occurs during attaching cap to a pharmaceutical container to determine if the cap is properly engaged. The physical parameter may be torque on the cap when placed on the container. An order processing device receives a pharmaceutical order and sends the order to a dispensing device that fills the container with a pharmaceutical in the pharmaceutical order. A cap device is configured to apply the cap the container containing the pharmaceutical from the dispensing device, wherein the cap device is configured to sense the physical parameter, e.g., torque, to the cap when applying the cap to the container.
US10800562B2
A filling unit for filling containing elements (2) of single-use capsules (3) with a dose (33) of product for extraction or infusion beverages, comprising:—a line (4) for transporting the containing elements (2);—a station (SR) for filling the containing elements (2) with a dose (33) of product comprising at least a first containing seat (S1) designed to receive a dose (33) of product; a substation (ST1) for forming the dose (33) inside the first containing seat (S1) equipped with a device (6) for releasing a predetermined quantity of product defining the dose (33) inside the first containing seat (S1), the release device (6) comprising: a hopper (38) for feeding product; at least one rotary element (40a; 40b) having a plurality of blades (60A, 60B, 60C, 60D, 60E, 60F); and a filling chamber (61) positioned below the rotary element (40a; 40b), the rotary element (40a; 40b) being configured to create a feeding flow of product from the feed hopper (38) towards the filling chamber (61).
US10800557B2
In a method for closing a plurality of medical cartridges (5) a closure nest for supporting a plurality of closures is used, comprising a planar supporting plate having a plurality of receptacles having a plurality of tubular receptacles (61) and retaining structures for reliably accommodating the closures (200). In the method the plurality of medical cartridges (5) is supported in a corresponding cartridge nest. The closure nest is disposed above the cartridge nest so that the receptacles of the closure nest are precisely aligned with the receptacles of the cartridge nest. The closures (200) are then pushed downward out of the receptacles of the closure nest and into the cartridges (5), while the cartridges are supported by the cartridge nest. The closure nest can be directly fed on existing filling and stoppering machine set-ups for processing sealed prefillable syringe barrels, basically without the necessity of changing the set-up.
US10800551B2
A spacecraft includes a structural interface adapter for mating to a launch vehicle, an aft surface disposed proximate thereto, and a forward surface disposed opposite thereto, a main body structure, including a plurality of sidewalls, disposed between the aft surface and the forward surface and a plurality of unfurlable antenna reflectors. At least one unfurlable antenna reflector is configured to be illuminated, in an on-orbit configuration, by a respective feed array. The spacecraft is reconfigurable from a launch configuration to the on-orbit configuration. In the launch configuration, the at least one unfurlable antenna reflector is disposed, undeployed, forward of the respective feed array, proximate to and outboard of one of the plurality of sidewalls. In the on-orbit configuration, the forward surface is substantially earth-facing and the at least one unfurlable antenna reflector is disposed, deployed, so as to be earth-facing from a position aft of the respective feed array.
US10800540B2
A transport element clamp system comprising a lower portion, an upper portion, and a channel system. The lower portion has a first number of cutouts and the upper portion has a second number of cutouts. The lower portion is configured to bridge a gap between two support structures in an aircraft. The upper portion is configured to interlock with the lower portion. The channel system is formed by the first number of cutouts and the second number of cutouts. The channel system is configured to receive a number of transport elements when the upper portion and the lower portion are coupled to each other. The transport element clamp system electrically isolates the number of transport elements from the two support structures.
US10800537B2
An aircraft controller includes a memory for storing instructions. The instructions are operable to cause the controller to perform a thrust balancing method and ensure a balanced thrust output from the aircraft.
US10800525B2
A hybrid fuel airplane and methods are presented. A cryogenic fuel is transferred to an airplane propulsor from an airplane fuel system comprising a cryogenic fuel tank and a jet fuel tank. The cryogenic fuel tank conforms to an outer mold line and carries a cryogenic fuel, and is located in a portion of the airplane body while not extending beyond the outer mold line. The jet fuel tank carries a jet fuel and is located in an airplane wing, or an airplane body, or both. A dynamic aircraft load is born on the cryogenic fuel tank, and the airplane propulsor is operated using the cryogenic fuel to generate thrust for the hybrid fuel airplane. An aerodynamic lift is generated using the airplane wing coupled to the airplane body.
US10800513B2
A propeller system with directional thrust control comprising a hub, a plurality of blade attachment apparatuses attached to the hub, and a plurality of blades, each blade of the plurality of blades being attached to a blade attachment apparatus of the plurality of blade attachment apparatuses. The hub is operable to rotate about a rotation axis thereof. The plurality of blades is attached to the hub via the plurality of blade attachment apparatuses such that the plurality of blades rotates about the rotation axis of the hub when the hub rotates about the rotation axis thereof. Each blade attachment apparatus of the plurality of blade attachment apparatuses is operable to rotate the blade attached thereto about a blade rotation axis.
US10800509B2
A floor panel connection system for attaching a floor panel to an aircraft airframe is disclosed. The connection system includes a vertical load resisting coupling device and a shear load resisting coupling device to connect the floor panel to the airframe and resist forces applied to the panel. The vertical load resisting coupling device is configured to resist forces perpendicular to a top facial plane of the floor panel, without significantly resisting lateral forces. The shear load resisting coupling device is configured to resist forces parallel to the top facial plane of the floor panel, without significantly resisting vertical forces.
US10800506B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques for launching high-altitude balloons. In one aspect, a balloon launching system is provided. The balloon has a balloon envelope, a payload attached to the balloon envelope and a launching projection. The launching system includes a releasable restraint attached to the balloon between an apex and bottom of the balloon envelope. The releasable restraint is arranged to temporarily hold the balloon envelope. The launching system also includes a payload positioning assembly. The payload positioning assembly is configured to position the payload during launch of the balloon and includes a member configured to attach to the launching projection. When attached, the member is also configured to maintain the position of the payload relative to the balloon while the releasable restraint is temporarily holding the balloon envelope.
US10800496B2
It is difficult to move forward/backward a water jet propulsion boat at very low speed through use of right and left operation elements each provided on a handle. In order to move the boat forward/backward at very low speed through a simple operation, under a state in which neutral operations have been carried out, an operation state of an engine is maintained in an idling state, and a movement position of a jet flow adjustment member including a deflector and a reverse bucket is controlled so as to adjust a difference between a “thrust generated by a forward jet flow component” and a “thrust generated by a backward jet flow component” of a jet flow divided into a forward jet flow and a backward jet flow by the jet flow adjustment member, based on an operation on a third operation element provided independently of the right and left operation elements.
US10800488B2
A multi-sprocket arrangement for a rear wheel hub of a bicycle may have improved gearshift characteristics, reduced vibrations during skewed running, and improved wear characteristics. The multi-sprocket arrangement includes a multiplicity of sprockets of different diameters, wherein at least one of the sprockets has a multiplicity of teeth. Also on the circumference of said sprocket, as viewed in a circumferential direction, at least one sequence of teeth is provided in which, with regard to their material thickness, a thin tooth is followed by a thick tooth which is followed in turn by another thin tooth.
US10800486B2
A damping transmission device includes a driving shaft, a driven shaft and a first and a second transmission mechanism. The driving shaft drives the driven shaft to rotate via alternating operation of the first and second transmission mechanisms. The first transmission mechanism is a low-torque, high-speed transmission mechanism including a first driving wheel, a first driven wheel diametrically smaller than the first driving wheel, and a first transmission element wound on the first driving and driven wheels. The second transmission mechanism is a high-torque, low-speed transmission mechanism including a second driving wheel, a second driven wheel diametrically larger than the second driving wheel, and a second transmission element wound on the second driving and driven wheels. The damping transmission device automatically switches between the first and second transmission mechanisms in response to road surface condition and pedaling speed to produce a damping effect, enabling smoother transmission and labor-saving bike pedaling.
US10800482B2
A crank arm for a bicycle may include a body extending along a body axis and having a first body end and a second body end axially spaced apart from the first body end. The crank arm may also include an insert provided toward the first body end. The insert may include a base portion having a radially outer surface. At least one extension may extend outwardly from the radially outer surface and may be encased within a corresponding recess in the body whereby relative planar movement between the body and the at least one extension in a first plane orthogonal to the radial direction is restrained. The retaining portion may have a retaining portion width measured in a first direction and the retaining width may be greater than a throat width thereby inhibiting relative radial movement between the at least one extension and the recess and preventing radial extraction of the extension from the corresponding recess.
US10800480B2
A hydraulic operating device comprises a base member, an operating member, a piston, and a mounting member. The base member includes a cylinder bore, a first hose-attachment hole, and a second hose-attachment hole. The first hose-attachment hole is configured to be in fluid communication with the cylinder bore. The second hose-attachment hole is configured to be in fluid communication with the cylinder bore. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The mounting member is configured to couple the base member to a handlebar. The mounting member includes a mount opening through which the handlebar is to extend. The first hose-attachment hole, the second hose-attachment hole, and the mount opening are provided on a reference plane perpendicular to the pivot axis.
