US10909379B2
An image processing apparatus for acquiring a current video frame and a scene model based on an input video; determining, based on visual elements in the current video frame, visual element models in the scene model to be visual element models necessary to be corrected and visual element models unnecessary to be corrected; and correcting the visual element models necessary to be corrected based on reference visual element models, wherein the reference visual element models are visual element models in the scene model that are determined to be the visual element models unnecessary to be corrected based on each of the current video frame and its previous video frames, similarities among the appearance features of the reference visual element models and the visual element models necessary to be corrected in the previous video frames satisfy a predetermined condition.
US10909369B2
A method and system detects and localizes multiple instances of an object by first acquiring a frame of a three-dimensional (3D) scene with a sensor, and extracting features from the frame. The features are matched according to appearance similarity and triplets are formed among matching features. Based on 3D locations of the corresponding points in the matching triplets, a geometric transformation is computed. Matching triplets are clustered according to the computed geometric transformations. Since the set of features coining from two different object instances should have a single geometric transform, the output of clustering provides the features and poses of each object instance in the image.
US10909355B2
A method for recognizing the face of a user that uses a device in a facility includes receiving a photo of the user and extracting a face image of the user from the photo. The method includes receiving a full candidate face set of all registered users, a first list of registered users that are within the facility, and a second list of registered users that are using other devices in the facility. The method includes generating a reduced candidate face set from the full candidate face set by excluding at least one of (1) candidate faces corresponding to users that are not included in the first list or (2) candidate faces corresponding to users that are included in the second list, from the full candidate face set. The method also includes determining whether the face image corresponds to a candidate face of the reduced candidate face set.
US10909351B2
A method of determining facial areas from an image of a face of a user. The method includes obtaining, using a processing device, a set of image analysis modules. Further, the method includes receiving, using a communication device, the image of the face of the user. Yet further, the method includes receiving, using a communication device, an indication of a facial area of interest from the user. Moreover, the method includes selecting, using a processing device, from the set of image analysis modules an image analysis module associated with the indicated facial area of interest. Further, the method includes analyzing, using a processing device, the image of the face of the user to locate the indicated facial area of interest using the selected image analysis module. Yet further, the method includes rendering, using a processing device, in a user interface the image of the face of the user with an indication of the found facial area. Moreover, the method includes receiving, using a communication device, a feedback with the user interface if the found facial area is indicated properly. Further, the method includes updating, using a processing device, the image analysis module based on the received feedback.
US10909346B2
An electronic apparatus comprises a display, a fingerprint sensor, a touch sensor, and at least one processor. The display displays an icon. The fingerprint sensor reads fingerprint information. The touch sensor detects a movement of a finger. The at least one processor executes, when the movement of the finger from the icon toward the fingerprint sensor is detected and fingerprint information is read by the fingerprint sensor, a function of the icon since the fingerprint information which has been read matches registered fingerprint information which has been previously registered.
US10909340B2
An assisted aimer for rapid, accurate, and low-cost imaging of barcodes, includes a hand-held device, such as a smart phone or tablet, having a digital camera with built-in flash, a specialized software application executing on the phone, and an aimer apparatus attached in front of the flash aperture for forming an aimer beam at a predetermined distance. The aimer beam assists a user in accurately pointing the device at a target barcode. The aimer is attachable directly to the smart phone or camera, or is made a part of an enclosure that accepts the smart phone or tablet into a self-aligning receiving space. Aiming beam assistance enables the camera, its auto-focus, and the installed software application image processing to deliver rapid, snappy, barcode imaging.
US10909338B2
A radio frequency communication guiding device comprising: a generally elongated body having an elongated cavity therein arranged to house a communication circuit, wherein the communication circuit is supported within the cavity by a substrate layer arranged to place within the cavity so as to support the communication circuit within the cavity.
US10909330B2
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method configured to generate a personalized vehicle number plate based on a keyword. The method electronically generates a combined set of character strings appropriate for selection by the user for a personalized vehicle number plate by combining a: a plurality of character strings or content derived from or based on user details; and/or a second plurality of character strings or content derived from or based on one or more keywords.
US10909326B2
One or more implementations of the present specification provide a social content risk identification method. Social content data to be identified is obtained. Features of the social content data are extracted, including a plurality of features of at least one of social behavior records or social message records in the social content data. The features are expanded by generating dimension-extended features using a tree structured machine learning model. The social content data is classified as risky social content data by processing the dimension-extended features using a deep machine learning model.
US10909325B2
Multi-turn cross-domain natural language understanding (NLU) systems and platforms for building the multi-turn cross-domain NLU system are provided. Further, methods for using and building the multi-turn cross-domain NLU system are provided. More specifically, the multi-turn cross-domain NLU system supports multi-turn bot/agent/application scenarios for new domains without having to select a task definition and/or define a new schema during the building of the NLU system. Accordingly, the platform for building the multi-turn cross-domain NLU system that does not require the builder to select a task and/or build a schema for a selected task provides an easy to use, cost effective, and efficient service for building a NLU system. Further, the multi-turn cross-domain NLU system provides a more versatile NLU system than previously utilized NLU systems that were trained for and limited to a selected task and/or domain.
US10909319B2
A method, an apparatus and an electronic device for performing entity linking, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. The method includes constructing training data including a plurality of sets of labeled data using an existing unambiguous entity database where unambiguous entities corresponding to respective entity words are stored, each set of the labeled data including a text having an entity word and an unambiguous entity linked with the entity word; training an unambiguous entity recognition model whose output is a matching probability between an entity word in a text and an unambiguous entity using the training data; and inputting a text having an entity word to be recognized into the unambiguous entity recognition model, and determining an unambiguous entity linked with the entity word to be recognized based on an output result of the unambiguous entity recognition model.
US10909312B1
Configurations and techniques for a research study management system are disclosed, enabling deployment of an extensible, reproducible, and deployable template for use in assessment, intervention, or other research studies. In an example, a technique to configure a template to use in a research project includes associating the template with one or more instruments to collect project data, associating the template with one or more tools to process the collected project data, associating the template with a data set definition, and defining one or more rules of operation for the template. In a further example, a technique to deploy the template for use in a research project includes defining a schedule based on the template, defining a plurality of configuration parameters of one or more instruments, and deploying the template to engage a human study participant to perform data collection activities via the one or more instruments.
US10909307B2
A system and technique for capturing a workflow history and video of an electronic document are disclosed. Events generated by an application while modifying an electronic document are stored on a web server as metadata. In addition, a captured digital image or frames of captured digital video that reflect the state of the document at the time the event was generated are also stored on the web server. The metadata is associated with one or more portions of the document and with the captured digital image or frames of captured digital video.
US10909298B1
The disclosure provides integrated circuit (IC) layouts and methods to form the same. An IC layout may include two standard cells, with a well contact cell laterally between them. The well contact cell may include a single semiconductor region having the first doping type, an active bridge region within the single semiconductor region, extending continuously from the first active region of the first standard cell to the third active region of the second standard cell. A doped tap region within the single semiconductor region is laterally separated from the active bridge region. The doped tap region is laterally aligned with the second active region and the fourth active region.
US10909297B1
Systems, methods, and devices are described herein for a deterministic approach that includes receiving an original layout of a semiconductor device that has a number of layers. A violation of a first design rule associated with a first layer of the number of layers is identified. A design rule compilation includes a plurality of design rules associated with each layer of the number of layers. A plurality of derived layers are generated based upon the plurality of design rules. Each derived layer of the plurality of derived layers includes one or more layers of the number of layers of the semiconductor device in which a physical movement to one layer impacts another layer. A forbidden region associated with a second layer of the plurality of layers is designated. A new layout of the number of layers having oriented differently than the original layout is generated such that no layer protrudes within the forbidden region.
US10909291B2
A method for increasing coverage of a scan test, executed by at least one processor, includes following operations: analyzing a first netlist file and a second netlist file to acquire a change of a circuit structure, in which the first netlist file corresponds to a first scan chain circuitry, and the second netlist file corresponds to a second scan circuitry wherein the second netlist file is generated by processing the first netlist file with executing an engineering change order (ECO); repairing the second scan chain circuitry according to at least one predetermined criterion; evaluating a candidate node of the repaired second scan chain circuitry, to connect a new flip flop circuit generated after executing the ECO to the candidate node; and storing the second netlist file being processed as a third netlist file, to fabricate an integrated circuit.
US10909287B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve FPGA pipeline emulation efficiency on CPUs. An example disclosed apparatus includes a loop detector to identify a register shift loop in field programmable gate array (FPGA) code, an unroller to shift and store pipeline stages in the register shift loop to a temporary unroll array, an intermediate canceller to cancel out intermediate load and store values of the temporary unroll array to retain last shifted values of the pipeline stages, and a propagator to improve emulation efficiency of the FPGA code by generating a scalar loop of the retained last shifted values for a vectorization input.
US10909285B2
A method for creating a model of a technical system, is provided, the model being compatible with a simulation device. The simulation device is a simulation device set up for control unit development and the compatible model is executable on the simulation device. The method includes: providing a simulation-device-incompatible model of the technical system; providing a virtual execution environment, wherein the simulation-device-incompatible model of the technical system is executable in the virtual execution environment; and encapsulating the simulation-device-incompatible model of the technical system and the virtual execution environment in a compatible container unit forming the compatible model of the technical system. The incompatible model of the technical system can be addressable via the compatible container unit and the virtual execution environment on simulation device.
US10909282B2
A method for rigidity enhancement and weight reduction using laser peening, includes the following steps: determining a limit size of a component; performing laser peening strengthening test on the component, and setting multiple groups of strengthening parameters; performing material performance test on the component, and acquiring material performance improvement data; determining a topological optimization strengthening region; optimizing the cross-sectional size of the component according to the material performance improvement data; and estimating static/dynamic strength, rigidity, bearing capacity and reliability indexes of the optimized component, judging whether design requirements are met or not, and repeating the step of determining the topological optimization strengthening region if NO, or completing the design of the component if YES.
US10909278B2
The present invention easily displays a frequency response and a time response to a user. The simulation device of the present invention comprises: a frequency response function computing part (53) computing a frequency response function according to a measured value of a response of a mechanical system (7), a time response outputting part (44) executing time response simulation, a frequency response outputting part (45) outputting a frequency response characteristic and a display control part (26) displaying the time response simulation and frequency response characteristic simultaneously or selectively.
US10909271B2
A computing device includes a layering engine configured to direct workspace data to data storage, with the data storage including at least one persistent layer and a non-persistent layer. A policy engine cooperates with the layering image and is configured to determine if the workspace data is to be stored in the at least one persistent layer or the non-persistent layer based on a storage policy.
US10909245B1
Secure Quarantine of Potentially Malicious Content. In one embodiment, a method for secure quarantine of potentially malicious content may include receiving a computer file from a third party, preventing the computer file from initially being accessed by a user associated with the computing device, collecting metadata from the computer file, encrypting the file and the collected metadata using a first encryption key, creating an encrypted computer file, encrypting the first encryption key using an asymmetric key, embedding the encrypted computer file into a new computer file, wherein at least one file object that is in the encrypted computer file is removed from the new computer file, enabling user access to the new computer file and the embedded encrypted computer file.
US10909244B1
An example method includes storing a scenario event list that defines one or more events associated with a training exercise, and configuring, based on the events defined in the scenario event list, one or more software agents to emulate one or more cyber-attacks against a host computing system during the training exercise, which includes configuring the software agents to save a state of one or more resources of the host computing system prior to emulating the cyber-attacks and to restore the state of the resources upon conclusion of the cyber-attacks. The example method further includes deploying the software agents for execution on the host computing system during the training exercise to emulate the cyber-attacks against the host computing system using one or more operational networks.
US10909231B2
Examples described herein relate to apparatuses and methods for associating a first account with a second account, the first account being hosted by a first server, the second account being hosted by a second server, including but not limited to, authenticating, by the first server, first login credentials associated with the first account, wherein the first login credentials are received from a user device, receiving, by the first server from the user device, second login credentials associated with the second account, sending, by the first server, the second login credentials to the second server for authentication, in response to determining that the second login credentials are authenticated by the second server, associating, by the first server, the first account with the second account, and connecting, by the first server to the second server, to allow the user device to access services commensurate with the second account without prompting the user device for the second login credentials.
US10909228B2
Systems for collaboration system application authentication. A collaboration system identifies a downloadable application that comprises at least one operation that functions only after obtaining user authentication credentials. The application is configured to invoke one of a plurality of different authentication procedures based on a set of server-provided authentication style parameters. After establishing a connection between an application server that interfaces with the user device that runs the application, the collaboration system determines the set of authentication style parameters, wherein the determination is based at least in part on an identification of the user device or based at least in part on an identification of a user of the user device. The application server sends at least a portion of the set of authentication style parameters to the user device. The application obtains user authentication credentials by invoking one or more authentication procedures based on received server-provided authentication style parameters.
US10909222B1
A technique for verifying an origin of a digital object in a digital object architecture is described. The technique includes the steps of receiving, from a handle registry, handle information for a digital object that includes an attestation that references the handle identification value for the handle and origin identification information; verifying the authenticity of the attestation; after verifying the authenticity of the attestation, using the origin information in determining authorizations applicable to the digital object.
US10909220B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates the transfer of a software license from a first client to a second client. The system operates by receiving a request at the first client to deactivate the software license for an associated application installed on the first client. The system then receives a deactivation request that includes an identifier for the license at a license activation server from the first client. Next, the system validates the identifier on the license activation server to determine if the identifier is a valid identifier. If so, the system sends a deactivation message to the first client, receives a deactivation response from the first client, and increments a count of license instances available for the identifier on the license activation server.
US10909216B2
According to various embodiments, systems and methods herein describe a virtual mental health/therapy platform. In particular embodiments, the systems and methods disclosed herein describe a system that includes matching a particular patient to one or more therapists, providing an initial assessment of the particular patient to the one or more therapists, and providing a continuous care application to the particular patient (e.g., to track process, receive care plan related reminders, and various other functionality).
US10909211B2
Described herein are systems and methods for providing access to a database in a multi-tenant environment, including the use of a connection pool, and support for limiting the maximum number of connections per tenant or per database shard. For example, when a tenant is associated with a service, configuring a maximum connections per service limit on a shared connection pool indicates to the system that the shared pool should not repurpose existing connections, or create new connections for a service, if the maximum connections per service limit has been reached for that particular service. The system can also maintain a parameter that keeps track of the total number of connections created to each shard of a sharded database. The connection pool can scan the sharded database topology, to determine which shard or sharded instance can satisfy the request, without exceeding the maximum limit for that shard.
US10909201B2
An exemplary geographic playlist system includes a plurality of mobile devices with global positioning systems that provide geographic location information of the mobile device to a geographic location playlist device. The geographic location playlist device has a database of geographic playlist information that includes at least a unique identifier for each one of a plurality of media content events and at least one associated geographic location for each of the plurality of media content events. The geographic location playlist device determines a current geographic location of the mobile device, compares the geographic location of the mobile device with the geographic locations residing in the database, and generates user geographic playlist information that includes the identifier of media content events that has an associated geographic location that matches with the determined geographic location of the mobile device. A geographic playlist is then presented to the user of the mobile device.
US10909193B2
Supplemental content related to an electronic book may be obtained by creating a search query using a keyword in selected text of the electronic book. The results of the search may be filtered to refine the result list using details about the electronic book obtained from a manifest file for the electronic book, including the location of the selected text.
US10909192B2
Providing information technology support can include receiving an information technology question posed by a user, associating a tag with the question based on a topic of the question, determining a plurality of people having a skill associated with the question based on the tag, determining a subset of the plurality of people having the skill that also have a relationship with the user exceeding a relationship threshold, and providing the question to each of the subset of the plurality of people.
US10909190B2
Embodiment of the disclosure may includes systems, methods, and devices for providing multidimensional search results on a plurality of search planes. Such systems, methods, and devices may: (i) receive one or more search terms from one or more user interfaces of the system; (ii) perform a search of one or more informational repositories to obtain a list of search results wherein the informational repositories may include the Internet and one or more databases; (iii) process the list of search results to classify each search result in one of a plurality of categories; (iv) cause a presentation of the search results in a plurality of search planes on the display of the system such that each search plane corresponds to one of the plurality of categories. In addition, the software applications may include a sorting software application that groups the list of search results into one of a plurality of categories.
US10909188B2
Methods and systems for automatically detecting docketing data anomalies are provided. The method includes storing in a docketing system docketing information for a plurality of matters, each of the plurality of matters including a plurality of activities and a plurality of documents. Retrieving a first document from the plurality of documents associated with a first matter of the plurality of matters. Determining a document type of the first document. Extracting one or more features from the first document and the plurality of activities associated with the first matter. Training a machine learning model, based on the extracted features and the document type of the first document, to determine one or more expected docketing activities for a new document determined to match the document type.
US10909187B2
A document processing method and device are provided. The method includes: acquiring a template of a standard format document, the template including folders having a hierarchical structure, generating folder labels corresponding to the folders on the basis of the folders, acquiring a document to be processed, generating a document label of the document to be processed on the basis of the document to be processed, determining whether there is a folder label matched with the document label of the document to be processed, and associating the document to be processed with the folder corresponding to the matched folder label in a case that there is the folder label.
US10909183B2
Described are methods, systems and computer readable media for data source refreshing using an update propagation graph having a merged join listener.
US10909174B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, a system that may receive a stream of data content that corresponds with a content classification. A machine learning (ML) model may be selected based at least in part on the metadata and/or content classification. The data content may be inputted to the ML model and an output from the ML model may indicate that data content is associated with the content classification, a start location, and an end location of the stream of data content. The stream of data content may be truncated or cut by removing portions of the stream of data content that fall before the start location and after the end location. The remaining portion of the stream may be stored as a file and provided to the user device.
US10909173B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for scalable architectures for reference signature matching and updating. An example method for scalable architectures for reference signature matching and updating includes accessing site signatures to be compared to reference signatures from a first group of media sources. Determining if a first reference node is an owner of a first one of the site signatures. Comparing a neighborhood of site signatures including the first site signature to reference signatures in a first subset of reference signatures when the first reference node is the owner of the first site signature, the first subset of references signatures stored in a first memory partition associated with the first reference node. Not comparing site signature to reference signatures when the first reference node is not the owner of the first one of the site signatures.
US10909171B2
Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In accordance with one example, a method includes, at an electronic device with one or more processors and memory, receiving a first natural-language speech input indicative of a request for media, where the first natural-language speech input comprises a first search parameter; providing, by a digital assistant, a first media item identified based on the first search parameter. The method further includes, while providing the first media item, receiving a second natural-language speech input and determining whether the second input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the second speech input corresponds to a user intent of refining the request for media: identifying, based on the first parameter and the second speech input, a second media item and providing the second media item.
US10909170B2
According to one embodiment, a first image identifier (ID) is received identifying a first of a first set of images, where the first image is currently displayed at a mobile device of a user. A number of additional images the user likely accesses from the first image in sequence is determined based on user interactions of a current browsing session and user interactions of a prior browsing session associated with the user. A second set of images are identified based on the number of additional images the user likely accesses. A sequential order is determined based on rankings of the images in the second set in view of a set of image selection rules. The second set of images is transmitted to the mobile device to be displayed on the mobile device in sequence one at a time.
US10909164B2
A method for updating an index of a person, the method includes: an index providing during which an index is defined as a function of at least one parameter related to the person is provided; a parameter monitoring during which the at least one parameter of the person is monitored over time; an index update during which the index of the person is updated based on the evolution over time of the at least one parameter of the person.
US10909162B2
Described herein are technologies that facilitate effective use (e.g., indexing and searching) of non-text machine data (e.g., audio/visual data) in an event-based machine-data intake and query system.
US10909158B2
A method and apparatus for generating information are provided. An embodiment of the method includes: collecting characteristic information of a target user, and dividing the collected characteristic information into at least two dimensions, the characteristic information including user information and user behavior information; selecting the dimension associated with a target service type from the plurality of dimensions; and generating a target number of characteristic information sets based on cluster analysis on the characteristic information in the selected dimension. The embodiment can generate a characteristic information set corresponding to a user of any service type using the characteristic information of the target user, thereby improving the universality of the method for generating information.
US10909154B2
A search system includes a reception unit 601 for receiving specification of a specific sentence in an article, a search unit 602 using a first sentence being the specified sentence as a search query to search an article including a sentence having a meaning similar to the connotations of the first sentence, and a display unit 603 for displaying information of the searched article as a related article to the first sentence, and when there are a plurality of related articles, the display unit 603 preferentially displays the related articles in descending order of difference relative to a first article being the article including the first sentence.
US10909148B2
A plurality of documents are determined to have a same representation. One of the plurality of documents is selected to be a parent document. A row of a database associated with the selected parent document is updated. The row of the database associated with the selected parent document is updated to include information associated with the plurality of documents having the same representation.
US10909147B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for displaying reduced data sets based on pre-classification of a larger data set. Embodiments include receiving a plurality of activity records describing a plurality of activities associated with the user. Embodiments further include grouping the plurality of activities into one or more pre-classified data sets based on the plurality of activity records. Embodiments further include providing the user with a summary of a pre-classified data set of the one or more pre-classified data sets via a user interface. Embodiments further include providing the user, via the user interface, with a user interface element that allows the user to categorize all activities in the pre-classified data set together based on the summary. Embodiments further include receiving input from the user via the user interface, the input assigning a category to all activities in the pre-classified data set together based on the summary.
US10909140B2
Systems and methods include causing presentation of a first cluster in association with an event of the first cluster, the first cluster from a first set of clusters of events. Each event includes a time stamp and event data. Based on the presentation of the first cluster, an extraction rule corresponding to the event of the first cluster is received from a user. Similarities in the event data between the events are determined based on the received extraction rule. The events are grouped into a second set of clusters based on the determined similarities. Presentation is caused of a second cluster in association with an event of the second cluster, where the second cluster is from the second set of clusters.
US10909136B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for automatically linking data analytics to storage may include (1) identifying a request to provision storage for a data analytics task, (2) collecting information relating to the data analytics task, the information comprising at least one of a data type of the data being used as input for the data analytics task and a characteristic of the data analytics task, (3) using a self-service provisioning tool to automatically compute, based on the collected information, a suggested type and size of data storage for the data analytics task, and (4) automatically provisioning data storage for the data analytics task based on the suggested type and size. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10909130B1
The system includes interactive user interfaces that allow a user to select attributes, entities, and statistical measures to query the combined data sets. The system allows users to visually construct queries of the database. The system may automatically generate multiple queries and/or query the database multiple times in response to user interface selections. The query parameters and results can be stored and shared with other users.
US10909128B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing events having raw machine data associated with a timestamp using one or more pivot identifiers and one or more step identifiers to generate one or more journey instances. Based on the one or more pivot identifier field, the system can relate events that have a common field value for the pivot identifier field. Based on the one or more step identifiers, the system can group the related events into a subset of events. Using the subset of events the system can build a journey instance.
US10909125B2
A system associates sequentially descending weights with items in a reference list. The system identifies overlapping items from the first position to the second position in both the reference list and a test list. The system determines a weighted overlap for the overlapping items by combining the weights for each overlapping item to create a reference item weight, combining the weights for each item from the first position to the second position in the reference list to create a reference position weight, and determining the ratio between the reference item weight and the reference position weight. The system identifies overlapping items from the first position to the third position in both the reference list and the test list, and then determines a weighted overlap for these overlapping items. The system outputs the average weighted overlap as an efficiency evaluation of the information retrieval system that created the test list.
US10909123B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can select a set of selected pages from a plurality of pages on a social networking system based on page selection criteria. A set of potential stories from the set of selected pages is aggregated. The set of potential stories are ranked based on ranking criteria. An administrator feed associated with a first page is generated, the administrator feed comprising a plurality of stories from the set of potential stories based on the ranking the set of potential stories.
US10909107B2
A Distributed Availability Group (DAG) spans two AGs, each spanning one or more replica nodes and functioning as primary or secondary AG. A primary AG is replicated to the secondary AG synchronously or asynchronously. A failover in the DAG results in the AGs swapping their roles. Multiple DAGs can be linked together as a chain, which provides many useful features including disaster recovery across geographical regions, massive read scale (numerous readable secondary nodes), online migration of databases (across different operating systems and computing environments). The systems using DAGs can replicate databases across multiple independent high availability (HA) failover clusters using complex replication topologies and allow for manual failover and failback. The systems allow chaining of multiple AGs to provision a treelike structure of replicas and numerous secondary replicas without impacting performance. The systems automatically seed new database replicas to facilitate building a complex topology of DAGs.
US10909106B2
Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of transmitting an action command to each of a first server and a second server, the action command comprising one or more operation statements, transmitting an undo operation statement to each of the first server and the second server with each of the one or more operation statements, and receiving a fail notification from the second server indicating that an action associated with the action command has failed if one of the operation statements has failed on the second server. The operation statements can include instructions to create, modify, or delete a referential relationship. The undo operation statements can include instructions to undo operations associated with the operation statements.
US10909105B2
Systems and methods for generating a metadata log in a database recovery system include generating, at its primary system, a metadata log for a logging period. A change applied to a metadata object accessible from the primary system is detected, and upon detection, the system identifies a pair of a unique metadata identifier and a metadata type for the changed metadata object and determines a metadata structure of the changed metadata object. A data exchange object for the metadata structure is generated and a data exchange element from the data exchange object is created. The metadata log is updated with log information that includes the data exchange element and the pair, which is associated with the data exchange element. Upon the logging period ending, the metadata log is transmitted to a secondary system of the database recovery system for replaying. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US10909103B2
Data field lifecycle management mechanisms. Custom metadata about a database object is generated. The custom metadata includes at least a specified name for the custom metadata type, a specified one or more fields to contain configuration information for the custom metadata type, and specification of at least one relationship field having fields as its domain relating the custom metadata type to a column or field of the database object stored in a database. One or more objects of the custom metadata type are maintained with referential integrity to provide metadata corresponding to the database object. The custom metadata objects maintain tenant-specific information. The one or more objects of the custom metadata type are updated automatically. A notification to one or more users is generated for one or more objects of the custom metadata type that cannot be updated automatically, if any.
US10909099B2
Computer implemented methods for storing ad hoc relations between previously unrelated database objects assigned to different database structures using an electronic computing device are presented, the methods including: causing the electronic computing device to define at least three database structures: structure A, structure B and structure C, where each of the at least three database structures each includes a number of objects, where there exists at least one relation between objects of structure A and objects of structure B, and where there exists at least one relation between objects of structure B and objects of structure C; filtering data of structure A; accessing structure B using a first selected relation between structure A and structure B; storing information about filtering of structure A and information on a first selected path between structure A and structure B; filtering results obtained from structure B.
US10909095B2
Described is an improved approach to implement selection of training data for machine learning, by presenting a designated set of specific data indicators where these data indicators correspond to metrics that end users are familiar with and are easily understood by ordinary users and DBAs within their knowledge domain. Selection of these indicators would correlate automatically to selection of a corresponding set of other metrics/signals that are less understandable to an ordinary user. Additional analysis of the selected data can then be performed to identify and correct any statistical problems with the selected training data.
US10909083B2
A method for synchronizing a file system (FS) and a remote file system (RFS) includes monitoring the FS for FS events, generating FS event records, receiving RFS event records of RFS events, generating file system operations (FSOs) based on the FS and RFS event records, and communicating the FSOs to the FS and RFS to synchronize them. A method for generating the FSOs includes accessing a plurality of FS and/or RFS event records, processing the accessed records to generate processed event records, generating the FSOs based on the processed event records, and outputting the FSOs to cause synchronization of the FS and RFS. Systems are also described. The invention facilitates event-based, steady-state synchronization of local and remote file systems.
US10909081B2
The present disclosure relates to a cloud-based sensory data management technology. An apparatus for managing sensory data according to one embodiment may include a data collector for receiving user input data and collecting data sensed by a sensory device corresponding to the user input data among one or more sensory devices, a data synchronizer for synchronizing the collected data based on a time frame, and a data persistence part for mapping the synchronized data to a pre-stored data model.
US10909077B2
A system and method for utilizing slack space as another file system. The system identifies available slack space caused by storing data on a drive. The slack space is then made available as part of a separate file system. The separate file system allows for dynamic cluster sizes as the cluster size depends on the slack space of each individual file. The available space for the file system also dynamically changes based on the change in slack space caused by new data files being stored on the drive, edits to data files on the drive, or deletion of data files.
US10909075B2
The disclosed technology provides systems and methods for filtering information based on a set of properties. The information consists of a set of items that the user is interacting with, such as documents, presentations, audio and video files, and the like. The properties can be specified by the user (by, for example, putting a set of items in lists and folders), based on actions taken by users in the system (such as commenting on, or liking, or viewing an item), or can represent a variety of other characteristics. Related properties can also be grouped together. Furthermore, the disclosed techniques provide mechanisms for automatically identifying useful properties and providing an indication of those useful properties to a user to use in narrowing results.
US10909066B2
Distributed computing systems, devices, and associated methods of virtual RDMA switching are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes intercepting a command from an application in a container to establish an RDMA connection with a remote container on a virtual network. In response to the intercepted command, an RDMA endpoint at a physical NIC of a server is created. The method can also include intercepting another command to pair with a remote RDMA endpoint corresponding to the remote container. The intercepted another command contains data representing a routable network address of the remote RDMA endpoint in the RDMA computer network. Then, the RDMA endpoint created at the physical NIC of the server can be paired with the remote RDMA endpoint using the routable network address of the remote RDMA endpoint.
US10909062B2
A circuit device includes a first physical layer circuit to which a first bus with a USB standard is coupled, a second physical layer circuit to which a second bus with the USB standard is coupled, and a bus monitor circuit monitoring the first bus and the second bus, in which the first physical layer circuit includes a first disconnect detection circuit which detects device disconnect in the first bus, the bus monitor circuit includes a first test signal detection circuit which detects whether or not a test signal is output to the first bus, and when detection of the device disconnect by the first disconnect detection circuit is disabled, detection of the test signal by the first test signal detection circuit is disabled.
US10909045B2
A system, apparatus and method for accessing an electronic storage medium, such as a memory location storing a page table, or range table. A virtual address of the electronic storage medium is identified that corresponds to designated portions, such as a range of addresses of the electronic storage medium. The virtual address is translated to a corresponding physical address and one or more commands are identified as being excluded from execution in the designated portions of the electronic storage medium. This may be accomplished by using a routine such as mprotect( ). A fault indication, or decoration, is provided to meta-data associated with the physical address, which is associated with the designated portions of the electronic storage medium when excluded commands are provided to the physical address. A mechanism, such as hardware, is actuated when the fault is generated.
US10909043B2
A direct memory access controller, configured to be used in a computing node of a system on chip (SoC), includes: (1) an input buffer for receiving packets of data coming from an input/output interface of the computing node; (2) a write control module for controlling writing of data extracted from each packet to a local memory of the computing node shared by at least one processor other than the direct memory access controller; and (3) an arithmetic logic unit for executing microprograms. The write control module is configured to control the execution by the arithmetic logic unit of at least one microprogram including instruction lines for arithmetic and/or logical calculation concerning only storage addresses for storing the data received by the input buffer for a reorganization of the data in the shared local memory. Optionally, at least one microprogram may be stored in a register, and at least two operating modes (e.g., restart mode and pause mode) of the at least one microprogram stored in the register may be configurable. Exemplary microprograms can (1) provide image processing parameters including sizes of columns of image blocks, (2) provide image processing parameters including numbers of successive pieces of data to be processed which are to be written to successive addresses in the shared local memory, and (3) utilize a sequential write mode and/or an absolute-offset write mode. Microprograms may be selected based on an identifier included in a header of each packet.
US10909032B2
Address scheduling methods for non-volatile memory devices with three-dimensional memory cell arrays
At least one address scheduling method includes selecting a first bit line, selecting a first string connected to the first bit line, performing address scheduling on N pages of each of multi-level cells in the first string sequentially from a bottom word line to a top word line, and after completing the address scheduling on all word lines in the first string, performing address scheduling on second to k-th strings sequentially in the same manner as performed with respect to the first string, where “k” is 2 or a natural number greater than 2.
US10909029B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems for managing memory in a computer system in which memory locations in use at any given time are represented as a set of memory objects in a first object graph. The first object graph includes a system root object associated by references to each of the memory objects. A method includes creating a second root object for the memory to form a second object graph for the memory. The method also includes, in response to the dereferencing of a first object from the first object graph, associating the dereferenced first object with the second object graph so that the second object graph includes at least one dereferenced object.
US10909025B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for implementing an automation suite module (ASM) for automated functional testing are provided. A receiver receives a request for testing an application. A repository stores a plurality of test classes related to the request. A processor accesses the repository; creates a plurality of packages, each package including one or more test classes among the plurality of test classes; causes, in response to receiving the request for testing the application, a graphical user interface (GUI) to display the plurality of packages with their respective test classes; generates, by utilizing the GUI, a plurality of test blocks by receiving selection of one or more test classes from one or more packages among the plurality of packages; generates, by utilizing the GUI, a custom test suite by receiving selection of one or more test blocks from the plurality of test blocks; and executes the test classes based on the custom test suite to test the application.
US10909022B2
A computer-implemented method for identifying and tracking application performance incidents may include (1) receiving, by an incident tracking system, data representative of a time series, the time series including a time-ordered plurality of values of a performance metric associated with a program, (2) identifying, by the incident tracking system, a discontinuity in the time series, (3) associating, by the incident tracking system, the identified discontinuity in the time series with a change in source code associated with the program, and (4) executing, by the incident tracking system, an automated action based on the association of the identified discontinuity with the change in the source code. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10909020B2
Data processing circuitry comprises a processing element configured to perform processing activities; a trace data store; and trace circuitry to generate items of trace data indicative of processing activities of the processing element and to store the items of trace data in the trace data store; the trace circuitry comprising detection circuitry to detect a condition relating to an outcome of a given processing activity for which items of trace data have been stored in the trace data store and to selectively discard at least some of the stored items of trace data relating to the given processing activity in dependence upon the detected condition.
US10909009B2
A node for a distributed system includes computing resources and a node manager. The node manager identifies a failure of a second node of the distributed system; in response to identifying the failure: makes a first determination that the second node is a primary node of the distributed system; after making the first determination: identifies a new primary node by accessing a distributed system configuration stored in a primary share out-of-band management entity; and provides services of the distributed system to a client using the computing resources after identifying the new primary node.
US10909005B2
The Object-Level Metadata-Preserving Cross Heterogeneous Operating Systems Backup And Restore Apparatuses, Methods And Systems (“MPBR”) transforms pairing request, backup request, restore request inputs via MPBR components into pairing response, backup response, restore response outputs. A device pairing request associated with a source share at a source device is obtained. A simulated block device backup volume for the source share is created on a backup device and formatted using a file system driver executable by the backup device's operating system. A backup request associated with the source share is obtained. A connection is established between the backup device and the source device using a file sharing protocol driver configured such that files metadata is presented to the backup device in a compatible metadata format. Files from the source share are synchronized. Changed synchronized files are determined. Metadata associated with the changed files is updated. A snapshot of the volume is generated.
US10908998B2
A data storage device comprises a non-volatile semiconductor memory device and a solid-state drive controller communicatively coupled to the non-volatile semiconductor memory device, including a function level reset manager. The function level reset manager can receive a function level reset request from a host system, generate a function level reset bitmap based on the function level reset request, and broadcast the function level reset request to a command processing pipeline. The function level reset bitmap can indicate which functions are in a reset state. Further, the function level reset manager can determine which functions are in the reset state and instruct the command processing pipeline to cancel commands associated with the functions in the reset state.
US10908996B2
Embodiments are directed towards apparatuses, methods, and systems for a codeword distribution manager to divide a codeword into portions to be written to individual storage units and read from the corresponding different individual storage units to reduce a raw bit error rate (RBER) related to storage of the codeword. In embodiments, the codeword distribution manager is included in a memory controller and the plurality of individual storage units are coupled to the memory controller and include individual memory die or individual pages of a memory die. In embodiments, the codeword is a single codeword and includes encoded data and an error correction code. In some embodiments, the codeword includes a low density parity data check code (LDPC). Additional embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10908989B2
Provided is a variable resistance random-access memory for suppressing degradation of performance by recovering a memory cell that fails. A variable resistance random-access memory of the disclosure includes a memory array, a row selection circuit, a column selection circuit, a controller, an error checking and correcting (ECC) circuit, an error bit flag register, and an error bit address register. The memory array includes a plurality of memory cells. The column selection circuit includes a sense amplifier and a write driver/read bias circuit. The error bit flag register stores bits for indicating presence/absence of an error bit in a write operation. The error bit address register stores an address of the error bit. The controller recovers the error bit when a predetermined event occurs.
US10908988B2
A storage apparatus includes: a controller; and a plurality of storage drives, wherein the controller issues a read command for specifying a value associated with an error correction mode to a first storage drive of the plurality of storage drives, the first storage drive selects the error correction mode associated with the value specified by the read command from a plurality of error correction modes, the plurality of error correction modes include a first error correction mode and a second error correction mode with a higher correcting capability and a longer maximum delay time than those of the first error correction mode, and the first storage drive executes a read of data from a storage medium in the selected error correction mode.
US10908978B2
The present invention is a system for performing communication among a plurality of applications running on a portable terminal device, wherein the portable terminal device includes a token generation unit that generates a token; a publishing unit that sends a publish message including the token and a payload to the server, the publish message being a message to be sent from one app running on the portable terminal device to another app; and a subscription unit that sends a subscribe message including the token to the server, the subscribe message indicating that the other app can receive data sent from the publishing unit, and wherein the server, when the publish message is received, compares the token included in the publish message with the token included in the subscribe message, and sends the payload to the other app in the case where the result of the comparison satisfies a predetermined condition.
US10908977B1
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to facilitating efficient message queueing. In particular, embodiments herein describe, among other things, a redelivery monitor used to monitor when to redeliver messages, or tasks, for reprocessing based on expiration of a redelivery deadline. In this regard, markers indicating processing states for tasks being processed are read by the redelivery monitor. When the processing state indicates that processing is ongoing, the redelivery deadline is extended such that a message or task is not redelivered for processing while the message or task is being processed.
US10908976B2
A method for broadcast queue adjustment, a terminal, and a computer readable storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a first broadcast queue corresponding to a broadcast message sending instruction after the broadcast message sending instruction is monitored; sequentially traversing each broadcast message to be sent in the first broadcast queue to determine a sending process of each broadcast message to be sent; and removing a broadcast message with a different sending process from the first broadcast queue, and creating a second broadcast queue according to the different sending process.
US10908971B1
Provided herein are system, method, and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof for generating customizable connectors. An API specification may be used to generate a connector descriptor including metadata properties. The connector descriptor maybe customizable. The API specification and connector descriptor may be used to generate a connector configured to connect with the API described in the API specification. The source code of the connector may also be customizable. Furthermore, the source code of the connector may be upgraded based on updates to the API spec, while preserving any customizations.
US10908969B2
A model drive system models tier changes within enterprise workloads by analyzing past data to automatically generate the capability to detect factors or situations which demand a change of service tier in a preferably hybrid cloud context with potentially multiple providers.
US10908967B2
A virtualized computer platform is established and maintained by virtualization software on one or more physical computers. A multicomponent software application may execute on the virtualized computer platform, with different components of the application executing in different virtual machines, which are supported by the virtualization software. The virtualization software may also provide the provision of one or more services that may be beneficial to the operation of the multicomponent software application, such as automated provisioning, resource allocation, VM distribution, performance monitoring, resource management, high availability, backup, disaster recovery, alarms, security, etc. In some embodiments of the invention, some of these services are provided through coordinated efforts of a system resource manager, a VM manager, an application monitor and an application resource manager. In some of these embodiments, an application monitor and an application manager may be included with a multicomponent software application in a single installation package.
US10908964B2
Methods, systems, and computer storage media storing instructions for managing processing system efficiency. One of the methods includes obtaining data splitting a plurality of general-purpose processing units in a processing system into a high-priority domain and a low-priority domain, wherein the general-purpose processing units in the high-priority domain are assigned to perform one or more tasks comprising one or more high-priority tasks, and the general-purpose processing units in the low-priority domain are assigned to perform one or more low-priority tasks; and during runtime of the processing system, obtaining memory usage measurements that characterize usage of system memory by the high-priority domain and the low-priority domain; and adjusting, based on the memory usage measurements, a configuration of (i) the high-priority domain, (ii) the low-priority domain, or (iii) both to adjust utilization of the system memory by the general-purpose processing units.
US10908956B2
Resource provisioning information links to resource provisioning information of at least one reusable component resource that satisfies at least a portion of user-specified resource development constraints of a new resource under development are identified within a resource provisioning-link registry. Using the identified resource provisioning information links, the resource provisioning information of the at least one reusable component resource is programmatically collected from at least one data provider repository that stores reusable resources and that publishes the resource provisioning information links to the resource provisioning-link registry. The programmatically-collected resource provisioning information of the at least one reusable component resource is analyzed. Based upon the analyzed programmatically-collected resource provisioning information of the at least one reusable component resource, a resource integration recommendation is provided that uses the at least one reusable component resource and that satisfies at least the portion of the user-specified resource development constraints of the new resource under development.
US10908943B1
Systems and methods for browser credential management for terminal server sessions. An example method comprises: receiving, by a terminal server, a credential manager API request intercepted by a hook module installed into a browser running within a terminal session managed by the terminal server; forwarding the intercepted API request to a terminal service client application running on a client computer system; receiving, from the terminal service client application, a client response to the intercepted API request; producing, using the client response, a terminal server response to the intercepted API request; and forwarding the terminal server response to the hook module.
US10908935B1
A method for deterministic clock replay can include in response to executing a guest clock access instruction, estimating, using a virtual processor of a guest virtual machine, a value of a guest clock of the guest virtual machine based on (a) a current branch counter value that indicates a number of branch instructions executed since a first time and (b) an average time between execution of branch instructions, comparing the estimated value to an actual guest clock value of a guest clock of the guest virtual machine, and in response to determining the estimated value is less than the actual guest clock value by a threshold value, recording the number of branch instructions, the first time, and the average time between execution of branch instructions in a memory.
US10908932B2
A computer implemented method for sending context information between programs, the method including: displaying a graphical user interface including a plurality of selectable application icons; receiving a simultaneous selection of a first icon and a second icon from the plurality of selectable application icons; launching a first program associated with the first icon; launching a second program associated with the second icon; and sending context information between the first program and the second program.
US10908930B2
A method including receiving, at a web server, a first request from a client device to access a webpage. The method also can include downloading HTML elements and CSS elements of the webpage from the web server to the client device such that a web browser of the client device renders visible page content associated with the HTML elements and the CSS elements of the webpage. The method additionally can include downloading a first JavaScript file from the web server to the client device such that a first group of interactive user interface modules of the webpage are rendered by the client device using the first JavaScript file. The first group of interactive user interface modules can provide client-side interactive rendering of the webpage. The first JavaScript file can be a frameworkless JavaScript file. The method further can include downloading a second JavaScript file from the web server to the client device for a second group of interactive user interface modules. The second JavaScript file can be a framework-based JavaScript file for an isomorphic JavaScript framework. The second group of interactive user interface modules can be rendered at both the client device and the web server using the isomorphic JavaScript framework. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10908918B2
An image erasing method and system include acquiring an erasing operation parameter value corresponding to an erasing operation behavior on an image editing interface, determining whether the erasing operation parameter value exceeds a preset parameter threshold, and if so, displaying a screen clearing button on the image editing interface, wherein an image on the image editing interface is cleared when a trigger command of the screen clearing button is received.
US10908916B2
An apparatus and method are provided for executing a plurality of threads. The apparatus has processing circuitry arranged to execute the plurality of threads, with each thread executing a program to perform processing operations on thread data. Each thread has a thread identifier, and the thread data includes a value which is dependent on the thread identifier. Value generator circuitry is provided to perform a computation using the thread identifier of a chosen thread in order to generate the above mentioned value for that chosen thread, and to make that value available to the processing circuitry for use by the processing circuitry when executing the chosen thread. Such an arrangement can give rise to significant performance benefits when executing the plurality of threads on the apparatus.
US10908911B2
Predicting a predicted value to be used in register-indirect branching. The predicted value is stored in a first selected location and a second selected location accessible to one or more instructions of a computing environment. The storing is performed concurrently to processing a register-indirect branch. Further, the first selected location and the second selected location is in addition to another location used to store an instruction address. The predicted value is used in speculative processing that includes the register-indirect branch.
US10908900B1
A system may comprise a processor integrated circuit (IC) and a vector mapping sub-system that is separate from the processor IC and includes one or more ICs. The system may receive input data for processing by a predictive model and generate at least one memory address from the input data. At least one memory address may be provided to the vector mapping sub-system. The vector mapping sub-system generates a resulting vector of numbers based on the at least one memory address. The resulting vector can be a fixed length vector representation of the input data. The resulting vector is provided from the vector mapping sub-system to the processor IC. The processor IC executes one or more instructions for the predictive model using the resulting vector to generate a prediction. A corresponding method also is disclosed.
US10908894B2
A method of upgrading firmware of an adapter includes transmitting a set of n data blocks of first upgrade file to the adapter, receiving a first response information of the adapter based on the set of n data blocks, and determining that the updating procedure of the adapter fails when the first response information indicates that the adapter fails to receive all of the n data blocks. In the method, a mobile terminal transmits the upgrade file to the adapter and the adapter sends determination information to the mobile terminal after the adapter receives the upgrade file having a predetermined size. In a time interval, if the mobile terminal fails to receive the determination information or the adapter does not receive the upgrade file, the upgrading firmware of the adapter fails.
US10908885B2
Technologies are described herein to compile a Turing-complete quantum programming language program into a quantum circuit. The techniques described and recited herein include compiling TCQPL source code to generate a quantum circuit by generating a function object ensemble, generating an abstract syntax tree from received source code, and annotating nodes corresponding to the abstract syntax tree with corresponding function objects.
US10908882B2
Configuration utilities, such as object wizards, enable automatic configuration of domain-specific assets from object templates based on domain specific options. In an aspect, an application object template library stores a set of previously defined application object templates. The templates each include a superset of options common to a set of related domain objects. A configuration utility is configured for specifying at least one domain-specific option of the superset and creating an application object instance to be included in an application. The application object instance comprising at least one of the application object templates having the specified domain-specific option.
US10908881B2
A system and computer-implemented method for translating diagramming data from a diagramming tool into implementation data for direct implementation by an implementation tool for implementing a component, and for translating the implementation data back into the diagramming data for direct visualization by the diagramming tool. The diagramming tool generates the diagramming data. A translating tool receives the diagramming data, reads, validates, and translates it directly into the implementation data, and saves the implementation data in an export file. The implementation tool receives the export file and uses the implementation data to implement the component. The translating tool can also translate the implementation data directly back into the diagramming data, and save the diagramming data in an import file. The diagramming tool receives the import file and uses the diagramming data to visualize the diagram of the component. The component may be physical or virtual, and part of information technology infrastructure.
US10908867B2
A method for displaying a digital object identifier (DOI) is provided. The method includes receiving, by a server, a display instruction sent by a first device, wherein the display instruction is sent to the server after the first device receives a scan instruction to scan the DOI; determining a second device associated with the first device; and sending the display instruction to the second device, wherein the second device displays the DOI after receiving the display instruction.
US10908864B2
A method is performed at a computing system with a first housing that includes a primary display and a second housing at least partially containing (i) a physical keyboard and a touch-sensitive secondary display (“TSSD”) that is distinct from the primary display. The method includes: displaying, on the primary display, a first user interface for an application and displaying, on the TSSD, a first set of affordances corresponding to a first portion of the application. The method further includes: detecting a swipe gesture on the TSSD. If the swipe gesture was performed in a first direction, the method includes: displaying a second set of affordances corresponding to the first portion on the TSSD. If the swipe gesture was performed in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the method includes: displaying a third set of affordances corresponding to a second portion of the application on the TSSD.
US10908863B2
A system and method for providing access to co-located operations data for a number of electronic display assemblies is provided. A network monitoring center electronically communicates with a number of electronic display assemblies, each comprising sensors measuring operations data, which is stored at a database but electronically partitioned by client identifier. A client identifier is assigned to the operations data. Upon receipt of an operations data request, operations data associated with a client identifier matching a received identifier is summarized in a report which is transmitted to a client device which sent the request.
US10908862B1
An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses and a server. A first transceiver of each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses transmits adjustment information to a second transceiver of the server. The adjustment information includes an adjustment value of a voltage applied at a time of transfer of an image to a piece of paper by each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. A second controller of the server determines an updated adjustment value to be used in each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses based on the adjustment information. The second transceiver transmits adjustment update information including the updated adjustment value to the first transceiver of each of the plurality of image forming apparatuses. The first controller controls the voltage applied at a future time of transfer based on the updated adjustment value.
US10908854B1
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a mobile terminal device. In the image forming apparatus, when a first short-range communication device receives second identification information after a first control device allows formation of an image on a recording paper sheet and storage of first identification information, the first control device determines correspondence or non-correspondence between the first and second identification information. In a power-saving sleep mode of the image forming apparatus, the first control device maintains the sleep mode in the case of the correspondence or cancels the sleep mode in the case of the non-correspondence. When short-range communication is enabled between the first short-range communication device and a second short-range communication device of the mobile terminal device, a second control device of the mobile terminal device allows the second short-range communication device to send the second identification information to the first short-range communication device.
US10908846B2
A memory system may include: a memory pool including a plurality of memory regions; and a controller suitable for controlling the memory pool, wherein each of the memory regions includes one or more row groups, each row group having a predetermined row group size, and wherein the controller counts the numbers of row accesses to the respective memory regions, determines row group sizes according to the row access counts of the respective memory regions, increases a representative access count of a row group including a certain row when the row is accessed, and provides a command to the memory pool to perform a target refresh operation on a target row group whose representative access count exceeds a threshold value.
US10908833B2
A data migration method for a storage system after expansion and a storage system are provided. After an ith expansion is performed on the storage system, data migration is performed by using an auxiliary balanced incomplete block design. Because a quantity of tuples including any element in the auxiliary balanced incomplete block design is identical, and each migration unit includes an identical quantity of parity chunks, a data migration amount after the expansion is minimized. In this way, time required for data migration after the expansion is significantly reduced, and a delay in a response to a user request that is caused because a data migration operation needs to be performed after the expansion is also reduced.
US10908825B2
An embodiment of a semiconductor apparatus may include technology to determine a persistent region and a non-persistent region of a volatile media based on an amount of power available from one or more backup power sources, and periodically backup only the non-persistent region of the volatile media to a non-volatile media. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US10908824B2
A flash memory storage device including a memory cell array and a memory control circuit is provided. The memory cell array includes a plurality of well regions. Each of the well regions includes a plurality of memory blocks and a record block. The memory control circuit is coupled to the memory cell array. The memory control circuit is configured to perform an erase operation on the memory blocks of each of the well regions and record erase times of each of the well regions into the respective record block. In addition, a method for operating a flash memory storage device is also provided.
US10908823B2
Methods, systems, and devices for data transfer for wear-leveling are described. Data may be stored in pages of banks and the banks may be grouped into bank clusters. A host device may address one bank of a bank cluster at a time. Data may be transferred from a bank to a buffer or a different bank cluster for wear-leveling purposes and this data transfer may take place opportunistically while a second bank, which may be in the same bank cluster, is being accessed based on an access command.
US10908822B2
An aspect of implementing bandwidth limits on replication sessions for a destination includes creating a list of routing modules having ownership of links going to the destination, calculating, by control modules, a proportionate share of a requested total bandwidth limit based on a number of slices owned and the number of routing modules. The proportionate share of the bandwidth limit is indicated by a budget value of a budget byte window (BBW). An aspect further includes prior to initiating a scan of the slices, identifying a BBW having a budget value equal or greater than the value, allocating the budget value to a thread, and reducing the budget value of the BBW by the predetermined value. An aspect also includes scanning the slices corresponding to the identified BBW, sending a number of bytes transmitted and corresponding number of pages to respective control modules resulting from the scanning, and updating corresponding BBW.
US10908815B2
Systems and methods for distinguishing between a gesture tracing out a word and a wiping motion on a touch-sensitive keyboard are disclosed herein. In one aspect, a method includes: displaying a plurality of keys on the touch-sensitive keyboard. The method also includes: detecting a contact at the plurality of keys, followed by a sliding movement of the contact. The method also includes: automatically determining whether the user is tracing out a word. In accordance with a determination that the user is tracing out a word, the method includes: displaying one or more characters. In accordance with a determination that the sliding movement corresponds to a wiping motion, forgoing display of characters contacted during the sliding movement of the contact. The wiping motion includes an input that simultaneously contacts multiple keys and moves as the input remains in contact with multiple keys.
US10908814B2
A communication device, which is capable of presenting one or more of a plurality of virtual keyboards, may be operable to receive application content. The application content may require a user to enter particular data via one of the plurality of virtual keyboards. The plurality of virtual keyboards may comprise a system keyboard and one or more third-party keyboards. The communication device may be operable to determine whether the particular data to be entered by the user may comprise sensitive personal information associated with the user. Based on the determination of the personal information and/or based on a configuration option communicated from the user, the communication device may be operable to determine whether to cause presentation of the system keyboard for the user to enter the particular data. The communication device may cause presentation of the system keyboard by disabling the one or more third-party keyboards.
US10908812B2
Content of an application is presented for display. A virtual controller module receives information relating to keyboard characters for controlling operation of the application. The virtual controller module presents, based on the received information, a first set of buttons for display, where the buttons are to control operation of the application, and where the buttons are mapped to corresponding ones of the keyboard characters.
US10908811B1
A system capacitively senses a swiping motion to a touch sensitive display, determines a length associated with the swiping motion to the touch sensitive display, and displays a menu of options based on the length associated with the swiping motion. The system capacitively senses inputs to the touch sensitive display that correspond to selections from the menu, determines probabilities associated with the options, and modifies the menu based on the probabilities.
US10908805B2
A method of executing an application in a wearable device and a wearable device are disclosed, the method including receiving an input requesting execution of a first application, acquiring time information required to execute the first application in response to the input, and scrolling and displaying a predetermined image in a first direction until the execution of the first application based on the time information.
US10908801B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for managing one or more group-based communications and/or one or more group-based communication channels to cause rendering of a group-based communication interface. In some embodiments, a group-based communication system causes rendering of a group-based communication interface including a focus interface component, which may be used to receive a user focus selection input. The group-based communication system generates a focus value and identifies a focus threshold. The group-based communication causes rendering of the group-based communication interface based on whether the focus value satisfies the identified focus threshold. Embodiments further provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for managing one or more user communications to cause rendering of a user communication interface. Some embodiments herein are configured to interfaces including a focus interface component enabling dynamic adjustment of focus thresholds/focus modes associated with a group-based communication interface.
US10908800B2
A system and a method are disclosed for identifying features in a geographic area captured by a sensor. A server transmits computer readable instructions to a client device to cause the client device to display a first graphical element including data entry user interface elements for inputting one or more parameters. The server receives one or more data inputs corresponding to the one or more parameters. In response to receipt of the data inputs, the server transmits computer readable instructions to cause the client device to display a timeline graphical user interface element identifying detections of a feature in data captured for the geographic area. The data captured for the geographic area is selected based on the identified parameters and the timeline graphical user interface is segment into multiple display elements based on the identified parameters.
US10908791B2
A computing device can be running a current context and displaying a current interface for the current context when a communication is received on the device. The device can display an alert on a portion of a display screen in conjunction with the current interface being displayed. The alert can include information about the communication, which can allow a user to better determine whether or not the communication requires immediate attention. If the user ignores the alert, it will disappear in a specified amount of time. If the user chooses to deal with the communication, he/she can tap on the alert to bring up an overlay interface for replying to the communication without having to switch to another application specifically configured for handling (e.g., viewing, replying to) the communication. After the user replies to the communication using the overlay interface, he/she can be automatically brought back to the current interface.
US10908789B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of electronic devices and provides an application switching method, apparatus, and a graphical user interface to resolve a problem that multi-task switching has a relatively high requirement on the hardware of an electronic device. The application switching method includes: detecting a touch pressure value that is generated by a touch operation when a target region of a touchscreen is touched; when detecting that the touch pressure value is greater than a preset threshold, generating a first display window in a current display interface of an electronic device, and presenting a first application in the first display window according to a preset rule; and switching the current display interface to a display interface of the first application if detecting an enable signal for the first application, where the current display interface is different from the display interface of the first application.
US10908787B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for an electronic device to share content information. The electronic device includes: a display; a processor that is electrically connected to the display; and a memory that is electrically connected to the processor. Upon the processor executing instructions stored in the memory, the processor is configured to perform: displaying a content in the display; detecting at least one shared area from the content; and generating a single image based on information associated with the at least one shared area.
US10908778B1
A data processing method is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining access to a digitally stored video program and causing playing the video program in a player window of a second computer, the player window including a linear graphical timeline representing the video program; receiving from the second computer location input data specifying a point in the video program and determining a time value of the point; receiving comment type input data indicating a particular comment type among a plurality of comment types; receiving comment input data; creating and storing a record that associates an identifier of the video program, the time value, the comment type input data, and the comment input data; causing displaying, in the timeline at a position that is proportional to the point, a marker having a particular distinctive appearance from among a plurality of distinctive appearances that correspond respectively to the plurality of comment types.
US10908776B2
A fingerprint information is collected when a touch screen of a terminal device remains black. Fingerprint recognition is performed. In response to success of the fingerprint recognition, lighting up the touch screen and displaying a first interface. An icon of a first application and a first plurality of application options of the first application are displayed together on the first interface. The first plurality of application options of the first application are displayed in an area within a range of the icon.
US10908765B1
The invention provides a display interface in a social networking system that enables the presentation of information related to a user in a timeline or map view. The system accesses information about a user of a social networking system, including both data about the user and social network activities related to the user. The system then selects one or more of these pieces of data and/or activities from a certain time period and gathers them into timeline units based on their relatedness and their relevance to users. These timeline units are ranked by relevance to the user, and are used to generate a timeline or map view for the user containing visual representations of the timeline units organized by location or time. The timeline or map view is then provided to other users of the social networking system that wish to view information about the user.
US10908752B1
A display panel includes a common electrode layer and a touch sensor. The common electrode layer has a conductive material. The touch sensor, disposed over the common electrode layer, includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of conductive lines. Each of the plurality of conductive lines is coupled to at least one of the plurality of touch sensing electrodes. Wherein, the conductive material in an area of the common electrode layer overlapping a part of the plurality of conductive lines is removed.
US10908735B2
An anti-interference method and apparatus for a touch panel relate to the communications field and improve accuracy of switching an operating frequency by the touch panel. The anti-interference method for the touch panel includes obtaining an operating frequency of a charging adapter and a jitter frequency of the charging adapter, and calculating, using a preset algorithm based on the operating frequency and the jitter frequency, a low-noise interval in which the touch panel is to operate such that the touch panel obtains the low-noise interval, and switches an operating frequency of the touch panel to a frequency in the low-noise interval when interference to the touch panel exceeds a preset range. The low-noise interval is a frequency interval in which the touch panel is to operate when the interference to the touch panel is within the preset range.
US10908730B2
A touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of wirings. Each of the plurality of first electrodes has a first portion formed on a layer different from that on which the second electrodes are formed and intersecting the second electrodes, and a second portion formed on the same layer as that on which the second electrodes are formed, but separated from the second electrode. The second electrode and the second portion of the first electrode are formed on a layer different than the layer where the wiring is formed. The first portion of the first electrode is connected to the second portion through a contact portion formed in an insulating film made of a negative resist between the first portion and the second electrode.
US10908721B2
A touch display panel and a touch display device. A shield electrode is disposed between a display electrode and touch electrodes, is driven using a signal corresponding to a signal applied to the touch electrodes. Display noise is blocked using the shield electrode, so that the sensitivity of touch sensing signals received from the touch electrodes are improved. In addition, due to the improved sensitivity of touch sensing signals, the performance of touch sensing based on a change in the self-capacitance of the touch electrodes is improved. Both a touch sensing function based on a change in the self-capacitance of the touch electrodes and a touch sensing function based on a change in the mutual capacitance of the touch electrodes are provided.
US10908709B2
The present invention provides a touch pen including a writing pressure detector that detects a writing pressure generated by a nib contacting an input surface of a touch panel, a sound producer that produces a pseudo sound of a first touch, based on the writing pressure detected by the writing pressure detector, and a sound outputter that outputs the pseudo sound produced by the sound producer.
US10908706B2
A rechargeable electronic pen includes: a casing; a storage element disposed within the casing; a charging connection terminal disposed within the casing so as to expose a charging contact to an outside of the electronic pen via an opening of the casing; a switch disposed between the storage element and the charging connection terminal; and a control member configured to perform opening and closing of the switch by being displaced with respect to the casing. The control member is displaceable with respect to the casing between first and second states. When the control member is in the first state, the switch electrically connects the storage element and charging contact; when the control member is in the second state, the switch electrically disconnects the storage element and charging contact.
US10908705B2
An electronic device including a housing including a grip portion; a memory included in the housing; a sensor located in the housing; and a controller configured to operate in a first mode in which content corresponding to a trajectory of a tip of the housing is stored in the memory, and operate in a second mode in which a command corresponding to the trajectory of the tip of the housing executes a specific function on the electronic device.
US10908699B2
An electronic apparatus, a wireless input device and a control method thereof are provided. The wireless input device includes a wireless signal receiver, a control chip, and a wireless signal transmitter. The wireless signal receiver receives a radio frequency signal. The control chip is activated according to the radio frequency signal and generates operation power according to the radio frequency signal. The control chip generates input information by detecting an input operation on an input interface based on the operation power. The wireless signal transmitter transmits the input information to an external electronic apparatus based on the operation power.
US10908693B2
A tactile presentation device includes a touch surface fixed in orientation, an actuator configured to vibrate the touch surface along one axis within the plane of the touch surface, and a controller configured to control vibration of the actuator along the one axis to present tactile stimulus to a finger in contact with the touch surface. The controller is configured to control the actuator in such a manner that direction to start vibration for presenting tactile stimulus to the finger is within a range from minus 43° to plus 43° with respect to a direction of gravity projected on the touch surface or the opposite direction thereof.
US10908687B2
The present invention is notably directed to a computerized method for providing real-time feedback to a user from states of a model physical system, or MPS, via a computerized system comprising one or more processors and a user interface system, or UIS. The method comprises the following steps, each performed via the one or more processors. Configuration inputs are repeatedly received, to modify a configuration of the MPS, said inputs including user inputs received via said UIS. While receiving said configuration inputs: configurations of the MPS are updated based on the configuration inputs received; and a state of the MPS is repeatedly computed, whereby each computed state corresponds to a latest updated configuration that was available before starting to compute said each computed state. While repeatedly computing a state of the MPS: a surrogate function is obtained, upon completion of each computation, which surrogate function approximates a function of said each computed state; and at least one type of feedback is repeatedly provided via the UIS in respect to said user inputs received. Said at least one type of feedback is provided by sampling the configurations being updated and by evaluating a last surrogate function obtained, and/or a function derived from it, according to the sampled configurations, at a frequency compatible with real-time user-interactivity. The present invention is further directed to related computerized systems and computer program products.
US10908670B2
A circuit for sound activity detection includes a transducer (106) adapted to generate an electrical signal based on detected sound; a variable gain amplifier adapted to amplify the electrical signal to generate an amplified electrical signal; a comparator adapted to compare the amplified electrical signal with at least one first threshold level to generate a comparison signal indicating comparator events; and a control circuit adapted to generate, based on the comparison signal, a gain control signal for controlling the gain of the variable gain amplifier, and a sound activity alert signal indicating the detection of sound activity.
US10908669B2
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for power management of a memory cell. The memory cell may be configured to operate at various voltage levels to mitigate power dissipation. The memory cell may receive a first voltage level during an active state and receive a second voltage level during an idle state. The active and idle states may be known based on predetermined system parameters. The second voltage level may be selected according to the particular characteristics of the memory cell in order to retain input data.
US10908648B2
Disclosed is a foldable display apparatus in which a crack prevention layer is disposed on a surface of a display panel. The crack prevention layer includes thin film pattern portions disposed along a folding axis of the foldable display apparatus.
US10908644B2
A display device includes a first support portion and a second support portion arranged in a first direction with the first support portion. The display device further includes a display panel disposed on the first and second support portions, and a hinge configured to provide first and second rotation axes to the first and second support portions, respectively, the first and second rotation axes extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. A thickness of the first support portion increases from a first side surface of the first support portion toward a second side surface of the first support portion. A thickness of the second support portion increases from a first side surface of the second support portion toward a second side surface of the second support portion. The first side surface of the second support portion faces the first side surface of the first support portion.
US10908639B2
A portable information device includes a first chassis member, a second chassis member, a hinge mechanism, a display and a bezel member provided to bridge an outer peripheral edge portion of the display and an outer peripheral edge portion of the first and second chassis members. The bezel member is arranged farther away from the inner surfaces of the first and second chassis members than a rotation center of the hinge mechanism. The bezel member has a buffer portion at least at a position overlapping a bent portion of the display. The buffer portion can absorb compressive force F applied thereto as the first and the second chassis members are folded from a flat opened state.
US10908621B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle is caused to fly by avoiding a no-fly zone, which changes as a moving object moves. Provided is an unmanned aerial vehicle control system, including: moving object position acquisition means for acquiring moving object position information on a current position of a moving object moving above a surface of an earth; zone setting means for setting a no-fly zone in which a flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle is inhibited based on the moving object position information; and flight control means for controlling the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle so that the unmanned aerial vehicle avoids the no-fly zone set based on the moving object position information.
US10908612B2
A system may include a vehicle having a storage area and a guide rail configured to extend from the storage area. The system may further include a robot having a support portion comprising a placement surface and a base. The robot may also include a plurality of descendible wheels. The robot may also further include a plurality of legs, each connecting the support portion to one of the plurality of descendible wheels.
US10908607B2
Acceleration data is received for each of a plurality of times t1 . . . tn, from one or more components in a host vehicle. A traffic jam assist (TJA) system is based on the acceleration data, thereby actuating one or more of steering, braking, and propulsion.
US10908603B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to facilitate remote-controlled maneuvers. An example vehicle comprises: wheels, a transceiver, and a processor and memory. The processor is in communication with a remote device via the transceiver and is configured to: determine whether first and second buttons of the remote device are pressed based on signals from the remote device, if the first and second buttons are released, stop rotation of the wheels, and communicate a message regarding the released first and second buttons to the remote device.
US10908601B2
A system includes: a cart including: four legs; at least one shelf, each shelf attached to each of the legs; the cart having a generally rectangular shape, a width of the cart being longer than a length of the robot, a length of the cart being longer than a length of the robot; four wheels, each wheel attached to a different leg at a bottom of the leg, the wheels configured to roll to facilitate movement of the cart; and a robotic dock, the robotic dock comprising four docking receptacles at ninety degree angles from adjacent docking receptacles; and a robot comprising: a sensor; and a docking module, the docking module comprising retractable docking pins, each retractable docking pin configured, when extended upward, to mate with a corresponding docking receptacle, thereby securing the robot to a bottom shelf of the cart.
US10908593B1
A system and method are provided for instructing users on the fabrication of a volumetric module. Aspects thereof comprise receiving project documents related to fabrication of a volumetric module, generating fabrication information for instructing users on fabrication of the volumetric module, storing the fabrication information, creating a mesh network of actionable links based on parametric relationships comprising an intuitive, navigable mapping for accessing the stored fabrication information, providing a user interface to interact with the intuitive, navigable mapping to perform any one or more of (i) accessing the fabrication information to perform one or more steps in the fabrication of the volumetric module, and (ii) providing feedback regarding the fabrication information to facilitate review and updating to the fabrication information, and continuously updating the stored fabrication information and mesh network.
US10908589B2
A method for determining the orientation of a part that is to be additively manufactured includes providing a geometry for the part to be additively manufactured, defining a property of the part to be additively manufactured, analyzing a directional dependency of the property in accordance with the geometry of the part, and determining a preferred orientation of the part to be additively manufactured in an additive manufacturing plant on the basis of the analysis of the directional dependency.
US10908580B2
A device may receive one or more images that depict one or more shapes associated with a first object that includes a portal. The device may identify, based on the one or more images, one or more characteristics of the one or more shapes. The device may determine, based on the one or more characteristics of the one or more shapes, one or more attributes of the portal. The device may determine, based on the one or more attributes of the portal, positioning information to be used to position a second object relative to the portal of the first object. The device may output, based on the positioning information, one or more control signals associated with positioning the second object relative to the portal.
US10908573B2
A system for improving the overall performance of an energy generation system to a home includes an engagement platform, an energy generation system, an electronic device, and a home digital assistant. By drawing data across a disparate array of sources, including data from before the energy generation system is put online, the system generates and provides users and components of the energy generation system with personalized interactions, thereby effecting improvements in energy efficiency beyond those realized in behavior-agnostic control and monitoring systems.
US10908570B2
A power over Ethernet (PoE) device system for a building including building devices connected together and to a PoE source via a network. The PoE source is configured to provide each of the building devices with PoE. A first building device of the building devices includes a communication subsystem circuit configured to receive the PoE from the PoE source via one of the building devices, power the communication subsystem circuit using the PoE received from the PoE source via the one of the building devices, and communicate with the PoE source and the building devices via the network. The first building device includes a functional subsystem circuit configured to power the functional subsystem circuit using power received from a permanent power source of the building and control an environmental condition of the building using the power received from the permanent power source of the building.
US10908568B2
An electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device are disclosed. The electronic device includes a communication module, a memory and a processor. The communication module is configured to communicate with a communication relay. The memory is configured to store registration information of at least one IoT device and scenario information associated with operating an operation state of at least one registered IoT device according to information associated with an unregistered external electronic device. The processor is configured to receive the information associated with the unregistered external electronic device via the communication relay. The processor is also configured to select the scenario information corresponding to the information. The processor is also configured to transmit a control command corresponding to the scenario information to at least some IoT devices corresponding to the scenario information among the at least one registered IoT device depending on the scenario information.
US10908567B2
The present invention concerns a method for registering a central control unit (U1) belonging to a home automation installation, the method comprising steps (ERSv1) of receiving a first registration request message (MRU1) of a first central control unit (U1), obtaining (ERSv2) a first attachment information of the first central control unit (U1) to a representative entity (St) of a home automation installation, creating (ERSv3) a representative entity (St) of the installation and attaching the first central control unit (U1) to said representative entity (St), receiving (ERSv5) a second registration request message (MRU2) of a second central control unit (U2), obtaining (ERSv6) a second attachment information (StI2) of the second central control unit (U2) to a representative entity (St), and attachment (ERSv7) of the second central control unit (U2) to a representative entity (St) of the installation to which the first central control unit (U1) is also attached.
US10908562B2
A method includes identifying one or more proxy limit variables to be used to define an operating envelope associated with an industrial process controller. The industrial process controller is associated with a number of process variables including the proxy limit variable(s). The method also includes maximizing and minimizing at least one of the proxy limit variable(s). The method further includes presenting maximum and minimum values of the at least one of the proxy limit variable(s) as the operating envelope in a graphical user interface to at least one user. A single proxy limit variable could be used, and maximum and minimum values of the single proxy limit variable can be presented in a one-dimensional representation of the operating envelope. Multiple proxy limit variables could also be used, and maximum and minimum values of the proxy limit variables can be presented in a multi-dimensional representation of the operating envelope.
US10908557B2
The invention relates to an escape valve for a timepiece including an outlet channel arranged to be capable of being in fluid communication with the interior of a case of the timepiece when the valve is in an open configuration to evacuate an excess of fluid. The valve includes a tube to be fixed in the case of the timepiece and a valve head provided with a cover and an axial skirt adapted to be placed in different axial positions, a pressure control module separate from the valve head arranged in the interior of a fluid conduit provided in the tube and axial guide elements by screwing defined in the valve head and the tube playing a part in the control of the displacement of the valve head relative to tube in the different axial positions, blocking elements preventing a disassociation between the valve head and the tube.
US10908551B2
A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for holding toner. A first electrical contact and a second electrical contact are positioned on a first longitudinal end of the housing. The first electrical contact is electrically connected to processing circuitry positioned on the housing. The second electrical contact is electrically connected to an imaging component positioned on the housing. The first electrical contact is positioned higher than the second electrical contact. A first drive coupler and a second drive coupler are positioned on a second longitudinal end of the housing. The first electrical contact and the second electrical contact are positioned higher than a first rotational axis of the first drive coupler. The first electrical contact is positioned higher than a second rotational axis of the second drive coupler and the second electrical contact is positioned lower than the second rotational axis.
US10908546B2
The image forming apparatus manages information on a consumable item by a management chip and includes a control unit configured to control the management chip, and the management chip includes: a chip-side storage unit whose storage area is made up in units of blocks; a simultaneous writing unit configured to simultaneously write information on the consumable item in units of the blocks in the chip-side storage unit; and a predetermined unit writing unit configured to write information on the consumable item in predetermined units smaller than the block unit in the chip-side storage unit, and the control unit performs control so as to write information on the consumable item by the simultaneous writing unit at timing at which there is time constraint and performs control so at to write information on the consumable item by the predetermined unit writing unit at timing at which there is no time constraint.
US10908538B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a transfer member configured to form a transfer portion where the toner image is transferred from the image bearing member by being supplied with a transfer bias; a carrier liquid supplying portion configured to supply the carrier liquid to the transfer portion; a transfer bias voltage source capable of applying the transfer bias to the transfer portion; a detecting portion configured to detect at least one of a voltage and a current at the transfer portion; and a setting portion configured to set the transfer bias during non-image-formation on the basis of a detection result of the detecting portion when a setting bias is applied from the transfer member in a state in which the carrier liquid is in the transfer portion.
US10908537B2
In an image forming apparatus, at least a part of a cleaning roller is provided on the same side as an opposed roller with respect to an external common tangent Z of a first roller and a second roller. In a case in which a surface velocity of the driving roller is designated as v1; a surface velocity of the cleaning roller is designated as v2; a radius of the cleaning roller is designated as r; a radius of the opposed roller is designated as s; and a distance between the center of rotation of the cleaning roller and the center of rotation of the opposed roller is designated as x, the cleaning roller is rotated so as to satisfy a relationship: v2/v1
US10908536B2
A transfer device having a structure for preventing the meandering of a transfer belt, an image forming apparatus including a structure for preventing the meandering of a transfer belt, and a method for preventing meandering of the transfer belt. The image forming apparatus including a main body. The main body including an image forming member and a transfer device which transfers an image formed through the image forming member to a printing medium. The transfer device includes a frame, a driving roller, a backup roller being rotatably supported to the frame, a transfer belt to travel between the driving roller and the backup roller; and meandering prevention members located at both end portions of the backup roller to independently rotate. The meandering prevention members being driven by contact with the transfer belt to control tension of the transfer belt.
US10908533B2
A toner cartridge includes a first casing, a second casing, an auger screw, and a shutter. The first casing has a first internal space. The second casing has: a second internal space smaller than the first internal space; a first opening allowing toner in the second internal space to be discharged; and a second opening allowing air in the second internal space to be sent to an outside. The auger screw is rotatable about a first rotation axis and configured to convey toner in the first internal space to the second internal space. The shutter is rotatable relative to the second casing about a second rotation axis between a first position in which the shutter closes the first opening and a second position in which the shutter opens the first opening. In a state where the shutter is at the second position, the shutter does not close the second opening.
US10908518B2
A lithographic apparatus is provided. The lithographic apparatus includes a reticle and an electrostatic clamp configured to releasably hold the reticle. The electrostatic clamp includes a first substrate having opposing first and second surfaces, a plurality of burls located on the first surface and configured to contact the reticle, a second substrate having opposing first and second surfaces. The first surface of the second substrate is coupled to the second surface of the first substrate. A plurality of cooling elements are located between the first surface of the second substrate and the second surface of the first substrate. The cooling elements are configured to cause electrons to travel from the second surface of the first substrate to the first surface of the second substrate. Each cooling element is substantially aligned with a respective burl.
US10908517B2
The invention relates to a setpoint generator for moving a patterning device of a lithographic apparatus, the patterning device being capable of imparting a radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam, wherein the setpoint generator comprises a finite number of movement profiles for the patterning device, and wherein the setpoint generator is configured to select one of the finite number of movement profiles based on a desired movement profile and to output the selected movement profile as a setpoint for the patterning device.
US10908514B2
A metrology apparatus is disclosed that has an optical system to focus radiation onto a structure and directs redirected radiation from the structure to a detection system. The optical system applies a plurality of different offsets of an optical characteristic to radiation before and/or after redirected by the structure, such that a corresponding plurality of different offsets are provided to redirected radiation derived from a first point of a pupil plane field distribution relative to redirected radiation derived from a second point of the pupil plane field distribution. The detection system detects a corresponding plurality of radiation intensities resulting from interference between the redirected radiation derived from the first point of the pupil plane field distribution and the redirected radiation derived from the second point of the pupil plane field distribution. Each radiation intensity corresponds to a different one of the plurality of different offsets.
US10908509B2
A mirror, in particular for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, has an optical effective surface and includes a substrate (11, 61, 71, 81, 91), a reflection layer system (16, 66, 76, 86, 96) for reflecting electromagnetic radiation impinging on the optical effective surface (10a, 60a, 70a, 80a, 90a), an electrode arrangement (13, 63, 73, 83) composed of a first material having a first electrical conductivity, the electrode arrangement being provided on the substrate, and a mediator layer (12, 62, 72, 82, 92) composed of a second material having a second electrical conductivity. The ratio between the first electrical conductivity and the second electrical conductivity is at least 100. The mirror also includes at least one compensation layer (88) which at least partly compensates for the influence of a thermal expansion of the electrode arrangement (83) on the deformation of the optical effective surface (80a).
US10908504B2
An imaging apparatus for exposing a pattern onto a substrate has an illumination source that is energizable to generate a polarized exposure illumination beam of an actinic wavelength range and a mask disposed to impart the pattern to the polarized exposure illumination beam. A polarization beam splitter defines an illumination path that conveys the generated polarized exposure illumination beam through a quarter wave plate and plano-convex lens and toward a concave mirror and further conveys a reflected exposure illumination beam from the concave mirror toward an exposure plane for exposing the imparted pattern onto the substrate. The exposure plane is defined by the concave mirror, the plano convex lens, and the polarization beam splitter.
US10908500B2
Provided is a cured film having high chemical resistance, high elongation, and high adhesion to metal copper. A cured film formed by curing a photosensitive resin composition containing a polybenzoxazole precursor, in which a rate at which the polybenzoxazole precursor is cyclized into polybenzoxazole is not less than 10% and not more than 60%.
US10908498B2
An optical proximity correction (OPC) method includes preparing basic data for OPC, measuring with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) an after development inspection (ADI) critical dimension (CD) of a photoresist (PR) pattern with respect to a sample, measuring with the SEM an after cleaning inspection (ACI) CD of a wafer pattern formed using the PR pattern, generating CD data of the sample reflecting PR shrinking caused by the SEM measurement by using the measured ADI CD of the PR pattern and the measured ACI CD of the wafer pattern; and generating an OPC model based on the basic data and the CD data of the sample.
US10908495B2
A photolithography process includes providing a first test layout including test patterns, and a first light source; forming an initial mask layout according to the first test layout; forming a mask layout including mask layout patterns through an optical proximity correction or a phase-shifting masking; forming exposed patterns by exposing the mask layout using the first light source; and determining a weak region from the first test layout. A first distance between adjacent test patterns in the weak region is unequal to a second distance between corresponding exposed patterns. The photolithography process further includes performing a re-layout on the weak region to increase the first distance, thereby providing an adjusted test layout; performing a light-source optimization to obtain an adjusted light source; and determining the adjusted test layout and the adjusted light source as a second test layout and a second light source, respectively when process window requirements are satisfied.
US10908480B2
One embodiment of an iris recognition camera can comprise: a liquid lens capable of adjusting the curvature of a lens front surface; a first adjusting part for adjusting the curvature of the front surface, of the liquid lens, to which the light is incident; an angle changing part rotating so as to change the angle in the direction of an optical axis of the liquid lens; and a second adjusting part for adjusting the rotational angle of the angle changing part.
US10908477B2
Methods and systems of altering optical reflection via dynamic control of an ultrasonic/acoustic guided wave field in an acousto-optical wave conductor are described. Ultrasonic/acoustic waves transmitted by an acousto-optical wave conductor are used to modify the ability of the acousto-optical wave conductor to propagate light waves via the acousto-optical wave conductor when a light beam impinges onto one surface of the acousto-optical wave conductor. A one-way optical device may be produced by using a dynamic tuning approach to modify the sound field via mode and frequency choice (and possibly beam focusing and steering as well) in order to produce special light reflection and transmission effects. Oscillations in stress (and mass density) along the acousto-optical wave conductor and possibly across the thickness of the acousto-optical wave conductor may serve as a special acousto-optic Bragg diffraction grating that alters the nonspecular reflection of light.
US10908473B2
A light beam direction control device is provided with a transparent substrates in which main surfaces of the transparent substrate are opposed to each other, transparent conductive films respectively disposed on the main surface side of the transparent substrate, electrodes electrically connected to the transparent conductive films, a control circuit for controlling a potential difference between the transparent conductive films and a plurality of light beam transmitting regions arranged on the transparent substrates, light beam absorbing regions disposed between the adjacent light beam transmitting regions, and the transparent conductive films. When shifting the range of outgoing direction of light beam to a narrow state, the control circuit applies the electrodes electrically open and holds the open state.
US10908472B2
An electrophoretic display apparatus including a driving array substrate, a color filter layer, and an electrophoretic display film is provided. The driving array substrate has a plurality of display units. The color filter layer is disposed on the driving array substrate. The color filter layer includes a plurality of color filter patterns. Each of the display units corresponds to the color filter patterns of two different colors. The electrophoretic display film is between the driving array substrate and the color filter layer. The electrophoretic display film includes a plurality of display mediums. Each of the display mediums includes an electrophoretic liquid, a plurality of color charged particles, a plurality of black charged particles, and a plurality of white charged particles. A color of the color charged particles is different from colors of the color filter patterns.
US10908470B2
“Smart” controllers for windows having controllable optical transitions are described. Controllers with multiple features can sense and adapt to local environmental conditions. Controllers described herein can be integrated with a building management system (BMS) to greatly enhance the BMS's effectiveness at managing local environments in a building. The controllers may have one, two, three or more functions such as powering a smart window, determining the percent transmittance, size, and/or temperature of a smart window, providing wireless communication between the controller and a separate communication node, etc.
US10908460B2
According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing an alignment film, includes forming an organic layer on a substrate, irradiating polarized ultraviolet rays onto the organic layer to impart an alignment controllability of liquid crystal molecules, oxidating the organic layer irradiated with the polarized ultraviolet rays, washing the oxidated organic layer and reducing the washed organic layer.
US10908453B2
A display device includes a first substrate, a first wavelength conversion layer and a second wavelength conversion layer disposed on the first substrate and spaced apart from each other, and a polarization layer disposed on the first wavelength conversion layer and the second wavelength conversion layer, the polarization layer including a reflection portion and a transmitting portion, in which the reflection portion overlaps a gap formed between the first wavelength conversion layer and the second wavelength conversion layer.
US10908450B2
A display device includes: a backlight unit, a camera hole penetrating the backlight unit, a camera in the camera hole, a liquid crystal panel on the backlight unit, the liquid crystal panel including a transparent portion on the camera hole, and at least one light-blocking member in the camera hole, the at least one light-blocking member being configured to reduce one or more of: light leakage from the camera hole and introduction of impurities into the camera hole.
US10908446B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first display panel, and a polarizer opposed to the first display panel and having a transmission axis for transmitting linearly polarized light. The first display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to the first substrate, and a first liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and including streak-like polymers and liquid crystal molecules. An extension direction of the polymers is substantially orthogonal to the transmission axis.
US10908445B2
The present application belongs to the field of display technology, more particularly, relates to a display component and a display device. The display component comprises a display panel having a plurality of pixel structures. A packaging film is provided above the display panel. In each of the pixel structures, a control element and a photosensitive element connected with the control element are provided above the packaging film. The photosensitive element performs fingerprint identification according to received reflection light reflected by a finger after being emitted by the display panel. The display component implements optical fingerprint identification based on the display panel. By providing the photosensitive elements and respective control elements above the packaging film, accurate fingerprint identification is implemented.
US10908440B1
A method of optical modulation in a non-resonant epsilon-near-zero (EMZ) plasmonic electro-optical modulator is provided. An optical carrier is injected into a waveguide optically coupled to a layer of transparent conductive material having an epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) wavelength. The transparent conductive material layer constitutes a portion of a capacitive structure that includes a gate dielectric layer. A time-varying bias voltage applied across the gate dielectric layer shifts the ENZ wavelength toward the carrier wavelength, and thereby impresses a phase modulation pattern on the carrier wave.
US10908433B2
An orthokeratology lens designating system 10 includes a selecting device 20, a database server 30, a lens designating server 50 and a terminal device 70. The selecting device 20 includes a device 22 for acquiring movement data of an orthokeratology lens moving on a cornea with the orthokeratology lens mounted on the cornea, and an assessing device 28 for assessing, on the basis of the lens movement data, that the orthokeratology lens is a registered lens that can be used for a patient. Registered lens correction D data of the registered lens, registered patient data including registered cornea D data of a cornea, and registration stage data that indicates in which stage of a plurality of correction stages, the lens is to be mounted on the cornea, are output to the database server 30. The database server 30 is configured to accept and store these pieces of data to build a database. The terminal device 70 includes a patient data acquiring device 71 and a patient stage data accepting means, and is capable of transmitting patient data and patient stage data to the lens designating server 50. The lens designating server 50 is configured to retrieve from the database a registered lens having registered data that are the same as or close to the received patient data and patient stage data, and to designate the retrieved registered lens as the orthokeratology lens to be used for the patient.
US10908429B2
An extreme ultraviolet light generation system according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a pulse laser apparatus configured to output a pulse laser beam, the pulse laser beam being supplied to a predetermined region in a chamber in which plasma containing extreme ultraviolet light is to be generated; a sensor configured to detect a beam size of the pulse laser beam; an actuator configured to change the beam size; and a controller. The controller performs, based on a first algorithm, first control that controls the actuator by a first control amount in a beam size minifying direction when the beam size has exceeded a first upper limit threshold in one burst duration, and then performs, based on a second algorithm, second control that controls the actuator by a second control amount smaller than the first control amount so that the beam size becomes closer to a target value.
US10908428B2
The disclosed system may include (1) a processing device that generates image data, (2) a wearable display device including (a) a display subsystem that presents an image based on the image data to a user wearing the wearable display device and (b) a battery to supply power to the wearable display device, where the wearable display device receives the image data from the processing device over a data connection, and the wearable display device is physically separate from the processing device, and (3) a display storage case for the wearable display device, where the storage case charges the battery of the wearable display device while the wearable display device resides in the storage case, and the processing device wirelessly charges the battery of the wearable display device while the wearable display device resides atop the processing device external to the storage case. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.
US10908418B1
The present invention relates to a naked eye 3D head-up display device with reflective diffuser sheet, which includes a projection module and a reflective diffuser sheet, an array of micro-mirrors is set on the reflective diffuser sheet, the array of micro-mirrors is divided into a left-eye micro-mirror group and a right-eye micro-mirror group, image light with left-eye pixels and image light with right-eye pixels projected by the projection module are provided to separately aim at the left-eye micro-mirror group and the right-eye micro-mirror group, so that two eyes of the driver may separately receive images with different parallax, to thereby generate a 3D stereoscopic image.
US10908414B2
An apparatus includes a mass detection circuit coupled to a surface covered with a plurality of electrodes. The mass detection circuit is configured to detect a mass of a first droplet present on the surface. The apparatus further includes a transducer circuit coupled to a transducer, which is coupled to the surface and form a lens unit. The transducer circuit configured to excite a first vibration of the surface at a resonant frequency to form a high displacement region on the surface. The apparatus also includes a voltage excitation circuit coupled to the plurality of electrodes. In response to the detection of the mass of the first droplet, the voltage excitation circuit is configured to apply a sequence of differential voltages on one or more consecutive electrodes which moves the first droplet to the high displacement region.
US10908409B2
Some embodiments include a MEMS apparatus configured to redirect light in a LiDAR system and includes a support frame and a plurality of mirror elements disposed in a linear array within the support frame including a first mirror element and a second mirror element. Each of the plurality of mirror elements can be rotatable on a rotational axis that is perpendicular to a line defined by the linear array of the plurality of mirror elements and bisects the corresponding mirror element into a first portion and a second portion. The apparatus can include a coupling element having a distal end physically coupled to a first portion of the first mirror element and a proximal end physically coupled to a second portion of the second mirror element such that a rotation of the first mirror element causes a synchronous and equal rotation of the second mirror element.
US10908407B2
A circuit board design uses CMOS sensors for the tip section of a multi-viewing element endoscope. Side sensors and their optical assemblies are assembled to a common base board to save space. Individual base boards are separately constructed, inserted into grooves of a main base board, and are further connected to the main base board by means of flexible circuit boards.
US10908404B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for epi-fluorescence collection. An example system includes an optical element, one or more light sources, and an image sensor. The optical element includes at least one high reflectivity (HR) coating portion and at least one anti-reflection (AR) coating portion. The light source(s) is/are optically-coupled to the optical element along a first optical axis. The one or more light sources emit excitation light, which interacts, via the optical element, with a sample. The sample includes a fluorophore that emits emission light in response to the excitation light. The image sensor is optically-coupled to the optical element along a second optical axis. The image sensor detects the emission light via the optical element.
US10908401B2
A zoom lens including, in order from an object side, a positive first unit configured not to be moved for zooming, a negative second unit configured to be moved for zooming, a positive third unit configured to be moved for zooming, a zooming lens group including a lens unit and configured to be moved for zooming, and a positive unit configured not to be moved for zooming, wherein the third unit includes positive and negative lenses, the second and third units move to an image side for zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and focal lengths at the wide-angle end and the telephoto end, a zoom ratio, a space between the second unit third units and is maximum in a zoom range from the telephoto end to a predetermined focal length, and a space between the second third units at the telephoto end are properly set.
US10908399B2
Provided are an optical lens assembly and an electronic apparatus including the same. The optical lens assembly includes a first lens group and a second lens group that are arranged from an object side to an image side, wherein the first lens group has positive refractive power and is fixed during focusing, and the second lens group moves along an optical axis for focusing.
US10908391B2
An imaging optical lens assembly includes four lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element and a fourth lens element. Each of the four lens elements has an object-side surface facing toward the object side and an image-side surface facing toward the image side. At least one of all lens surfaces of the four lens elements is aspheric and has at least one inflection point.
US10908382B2
Embodiments provide a lens driving unit including a base, a housing supported so as to be movable relative to the base, a magnet located on the housing, a pattern coil part including a pattern coil that is located opposite the magnet, the pattern coil part being located on the base, and a sensor part mounted to the pattern coil part for sensing a position or movement of the housing, and the pattern coil part includes a first layer and a second layer stacked on the first layer, the sensor part being mounted underneath the first layer, and the pattern coil being formed on the second layer. Thereby, manufacturing costs may be reduced owing to a reduction in the number of elements, processes, and process management points.
US10908381B2
The present invention provides a titanium copper foil having improved adhesion to solder and higher resistance to discoloration due to a high temperature and high humidity environment, an acid solution or an alkaline solution, and as well as having improved etching processability. The present invention provides a titanium copper foil comprising a base metal, the base metal having a composition containing Ti of from 1.5 to 5.0% by mass, the balance being copper and inevitable impurities, and having a thickness of from 0.018 to 0.1 mm, wherein the titanium copper foil has a plated layer in which an underlying Cu plated layer and a Sn plated layer have been laminated in this order on a surface of the base metal, and has an adhesive strength of 1 N or more as measured by a solder adhesive strength test according to the definition in the specification.
US10908379B2
An imaging device is provided that includes: a lens barrel, an element holder adhesively secured to one end of the lens barrel while holding an imaging element; and an elastic body disposed between the lens barrel and the element holder. The lens barrel has formed thereon a projection projecting toward the element holder. The element holder has formed therein an insertion hole into which the projection is inserted. The elastic body is fitted to the projection with the projection inserted into an insertion hole in the elastic body. In the imaging device, an outer peripheral surface of the projection and an inner peripheral surface of the insertion hole are in contact with each other, and the element holder is in contact with the elastic body on the periphery of the insertion hole. An adhesive is filled between the projection and the insertion hole.
US10908377B1
A microduct manifold fitting includes an end cap, a gasket, a plurality of microduct couplers, a bottom portion, a top portion, and an optical enclosure attachment mechanism. The microduct manifold has a plurality of microduct openings disposed at a lower end and one fiber opening disposed at an upper end. The upper end of the microduct manifold extends into an opening of an optical enclosure and the optical enclosure attachment mechanism secures and seals the top portion to the optical enclosure. The optical enclosure is disposed in an outside environment, and the enclosure receives and splits an outside plant cable to individual fibers. The fibers are extended through the fiber opening of the microduct manifold, through the individual microducts via the microduct couplers, and to various optical equipment within a building that desire network connectivity. The microduct manifold shields fibers within the optical enclosure and microducts from the outside environment.
US10908371B2
A transistor outline (TO) package including a header with at least one optoelectronic device. The header is bonded to a pot-shaped metal cap, which has a window that is transmissive to electromagnetic radiation, such that the at least one optoelectronic device is arranged in a hermetically sealed interior. The wall of the metal cap has at least one lateral wall portion and/or end wall portion which is thickened towards the interior compared to a portion of the lateral wall of the metal cap adjacent to the header.
US10908366B2
Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to an alignment device that includes a groove-type alignment structure with a support region for receiving an optical fiber inserted along a fiber insertion axis. The optical fiber has a first side and a second, opposite side. The groove-type alignment structure engages the first side of the optical fiber. The alignment device includes a stabilization structure that engages the first side of the optical fiber and a first angled transition surface that engages the second, opposite side of the optical fiber. The present disclosure also relates to an alignment system that includes a first housing piece; a second housing piece adapted to mate with the first housing piece; and a flat structure positioned between the first and second housing pieces.
US10908363B2
A method and system for affixing multi-core fiber (MCF) within a ferrule includes a UV light source and a light guide. MCFs are placed into epoxy filled holders, e.g., channels or v-grooves, of a ferrule. A first MCF in a first holder is clocked to orient its cores to a desired position. The light source is activated, and the light from the light guide is launched into an outer layer of the first MCF, like the cladding layer or a dedicated light carrying layer. The light in the outer layer will stay in the outer layer until it reaches the portion of the first MCF in contact with the epoxy, even if the light is launched from the far end of the fiber remote from the holder. At the holder, the light will leak out due to the similarity in the index of refraction. The leaking light will at least partially cure the epoxy to affix the first MCF within the first holder. The process may then be repeated for the remaining MCFs, so that each MCF may be clocked and affixed selectively rather than collectively.
US10908351B2
The present invention relates to a frame (100) for supporting a light guide panel (120). The frame (100) being provided with: a solid state light source (102) connected to and arranged on a circuit board (104), the circuit board (104) comprising an electrically insulating outer perimeter portion (104a); an insulation layer (106) being electrically insulating, the insulation layer (106) having a surface area larger than a surface area of the circuit board (104); wherein the insulation layer (106) is arranged on the frame (100); the circuit board (104) is arranged on the insulation layer (106) such that an insulating outer perimeter portion (106a) of the insulation layer (106) is formed outside of the circuit board (106); thereby providing a double insulation of the solid state light source (102) in relation to the frame (100). The invention also relates to a luminaire (130) comprising the frame (100).
US10908339B2
A wire-grip polarizer (“WGP”), and a panel having said WGP is provided. The WGP is mounted on an absorption layer. The absorption layer is mounted on a substrate. The substrate is brightly colored. The WGP includes a plurality of gratings formed of a metallic element. Each of the gratings is spaced apart from the other so as to form a waveguide. The WGP is configured to transmit S-Polarized light and reflect P-polarized light. The A thin film layer may be disposed on each of the metallic gratings. The thin film layer is configured to generate a resonance so as to modify the reflectivity of P-polarized light so as to reduce veiling glare and maintain the brightness of the substrate.
US10908338B2
The present invention provides an optical film exhibiting high alignment and good phase difference development in an oblique direction, and a polarizing plate and an image display device using the same. This optical film of the present invention has a substrate; and a phase difference layer which is provided on the substrate to be adjacent to the substrate, in which the phase difference layer is a layer formed by fixing vertical alignment of a liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable group included in a liquid crystal composition containing the liquid crystal compound and a polymer compound, a difference in δa value between the polymer compound and the substrate, which is calculated using three-dimensional SP values, is 3 or less, and a content of the polymer compound is less than 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the liquid crystal compound.
US10908335B2
A film has a maximum light transmittance value of 20% or lower in a wavelength range of 450 to 650 nm in a film thickness direction, a light transmittance of 20% or lower at a wavelength of 835 nm in the film thickness direction, and a minimum light transmittance value of 70% or higher in a wavelength range of 1000 to 1300 nm in the film thickness direction. A method of forming the film includes forming a first spectrally selective layer and forming a second spectrally selective layer. A kit for forming the film includes a first composition and a second composition.
US10908326B2
An embodiment of a camera module includes a holder configured such that the upper and lower portions of the holder are open and such that a first hole and a second hole, opposite to the first hole, are formed in the side surface of the holder, a first lens unit coupled to the upper portion of the holder, a second lens unit coupled to the lower portion of the holder, and a liquid lens disposed in the first hole and the second hole of the holder between the first lens unit and the second lens unit, the liquid lens protruding outward from the side surface of the holder, wherein at least a portion of the liquid lens may be spaced apart from the inner surface of the holder.
US10908319B2
Provided are an antireflection film having a high antireflection effect in a broad band, including, on a substrate, in this order: a particle layer containing particles; and a layer having a textured structure containing aluminum oxide as a main component, in which the particle layer has an aluminum oxide textured structure between the particles, and an optical member and an optical apparatus each using the antireflection film.
US10908306B2
An underwater acoustic source can include a first piston coupled to a second piston and a plurality of linear magnetic actuators directly connected to each of the first piston and the second piston. Each of the plurality of linear magnetic actuators include a linear shaft positioned within the cylindrical magnetic assembly and mounted to the first end of the rigid ferromagnetic housing and the second end of the rigid ferromagnetic housing, such that the linear shaft is stationary, and linear bearings positioned between the cylindrical magnet assembly and the linear shaft to allow the cylindrical magnet assembly to translate along the linear shaft relative to the cylindrical electrical coil, and wherein each of the plurality of linear magnetic actuators is activated, the first piston and the second piston oscillate towards and away from each other, causing acoustic waves to be generated in water.
US10908302B2
On the front side of an n-type semiconductor substrate, p-type regions are two-dimensionally arranged in an array. A high-concentration n-type region and a p-type region are disposed between the p-type regions adjacent each other. The high-concentration n-type region is formed by diffusing an n-type impurity from the front side of the substrate so as to surround the p-type region as seen from the front side. The p-type region is formed by diffusing a p-type impurity from the front side of the substrate so as to surround the p-type region and high-concentration n-type region as seen from the front side. Formed on the front side of the n-type semiconductor substrate are an electrode electrically connected to the p-type region and an electrode electrically connected to the high-concentration n-type region and the p-type region.
US10908301B2
A radiation monitor according to the present invention includes: a radiation sensing unit which includes phosphors emitting a photon with respect to an incident radiation; and a photon sending unit which sends the photon emitted from the phosphors of the radiation sensing unit, wherein the phosphors form a multilayer structure including a first phosphor and a second phosphor, and a photon absorbing layer absorbing a photon emitted from a phosphor is provided between the first phosphor and the second phosphor.
US10908297B2
Methods for determining corrected positions of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) rover using a GNSS base station and one or more GNSS reference stations include determining a statistical representation of position measurements from the GNSS reference stations and an instantaneous position measurement from the GNSS reference stations. A position correction is determined based on the statistical representation and the instantaneous position measurement. A corrected position of the GNSS rover is determined based on a position of the GNSS rover and the position correction.
US10908295B2
Disclosed is a method for controlling an electronic device. The method for controlling an electronic device may comprise the steps of: determining whether there is an obstacle in the first direction from the electronic device; if it is determined that there is an object in the first direction, determining that the electronic device is disposed indoors; and if it is determined that there is no obstacle in the first direction, determining that the electronic device is disposed outdoors.
US10908294B2
A GNSS spoofing signal detection and elimination includes acquiring and tracking a plurality of GNSS signals, authenticating the acquired signals based on available authentication information to determine if the acquired signals are authentic, unverified, or counterfeit, creating a first list of the authentic signals and a second list of unverified signals, by removing the counterfeit signal(s), creating a plurality of sets of the signals by selecting at least four GNSS signals such that each set includes all of the authentic signals and at least one unverified signal, calculating PVT solutions and post-fit residuals for each set, estimating authenticity of unverified signals by analyzing the PVT solutions and post-fit residuals, estimating authenticity and accuracy of PVT solutions based on the estimation, and outputting a list of all of the acquired GNSS signals with the respective authenticity, and a list of all possible PVT solutions with the respective authenticity and accuracy.
US10908292B2
The system for aiding the landing of an aircraft on a landing runway of an airport equipped with an Instrument Landing System (“ILS”) corresponding to an axis of a predetermined approach, includes: an ILS signals receiver and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to, when the ILS signals receiver) has not yet captured a Glide signal corresponding to a Glide axis of the approach as a function of items of information relating to the predetermined approach, acquired from a database, determine a protection volume in which there is no risk of the ILS signals receiver detecting a replica of the Glide signal; and when a current position of the aircraft is above the protection volume, inhibit the capture of the Glide signal by the ILS signals receiver and instruct the emission of an alert item of information in the cockpit of the aircraft.
US10908291B2
An autonomous system for generating and interpreting point clouds of a rail corridor along a survey path while moving on a railroad corridor assessment platform. The system includes two rear-facing LiDAR sensors configured to scan along scan planes that intersect but not at all points and wherein neither scan plane intersects a main body of any rail car adjoined to a rear end of the railroad corridor assessment platform. The system also includes a plurality of high-resolution cameras for gathering image data from a rail corridor. The LiDAR sensors and the high-resolution cameras are housed in autonomously controlled and temperature controlled protective enclosures.
US10908283B2
A sensor and a portable terminal comprising the same, according to an embodiment, comprise: a substrate; a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit, which are arranged on the substrate at a distance from each other; a cover unit arranged on the light-emitting unit and the light-receiving unit so as to face the substrate; a first optical guide lens unit arranged between the cover unit and the light-emitting unit so as to refract light, which has been emitted from the light-emitting unit and to transfer the same to the outside of the cover unit; and a second optical guide lens unit arranged between the cover unit and the light-receiving unit so as to transfer light from the outside of the cover unit to the light-receiving unit. In connection with a proximity/illuminance sensor, the sensing range related to a spaced object is expanded, thereby improving the sensing performance.
US10908279B2
An eye tracking unit that includes one or more transmitters that transmit a signal (e.g., a radar signal or an ultrasonic sound) at an eye, one or more receivers that receive a reflection of the signal generated by interaction of the signal with the eye, and an eye orientation estimation module that estimates an orientation of the eye based on the reflected signal received by the one or more ultrasonic receivers and based on a model of the eye. The eye tracking unit may be part of a head-mounted display (HMD) that includes a display element configured to display content to a user wearing the HMD. The model of the eye may be trained by displaying a visual indicator on the electronic element and detecting a reflected signal corresponding to the eye looking at the visual indicator.
US10908277B1
Separation distances between a platform and an air or weather anomaly such as a wake vortex are obtained. Airspeeds of the air or weather anomalies are detected. Maximum airspeeds determined from different detection paths may result one or more airspeed differentials. The one or more airspeed differentials may be used to determine a calculated separation distance. A position of the platform may be maintained or maneuvered relative to the air or weather anomaly based on the calculated separation distance. Control commands may be output to a vehicle control system to perform, direct, or display a navigational solution including maneuvering relative to the air or weather anomaly, where the vehicle control system may include a graphics controller, a flight control system, a flight management system, or an autopilot.
US10908273B2
A vehicle, system and method of estimating a velocity of an object with respect to the vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of radars associated with the vehicle and a processor. The plurality of radars provide a coarse estimate of the velocity. The processor obtains a plurality of velocity hypotheses based on the coarse estimate of the velocity of the object, determines a likelihood for each of the plurality of velocity hypotheses, and chooses a velocity hypothesis having as the estimate of velocity based on the determined likelihood.
US10908269B2
Methods of ultrasound imaging, some of which comprise: generating one or more transmit beams, wherein the boresight of each of the transmit beams points to a direction associated with a target region generating one or more receive beams using a probe (26) comprising a transducer array (30); for each receive beam or group of receive beams, sampling the received signal one or more times, wherein each sample is associated with a certain volume within the target region (“volume-gate”), and wherein multiple space-dependent samples are taken over the probe for each volume-gate; and processing the space-dependent samples, said processing comprising: applying beamforming sample alignment such that each space-dependent sample associated with a volume-gate is aligned; for each aligned volume-gate, computing one or more clutter suppression features, wherein a clutter suppression feature is dependent on the signal variability of the space-dependent samples; for each aligned volume-gate, computing a metric value wherein the metric value depends on values of one or more of the one or more clutter suppression features for the aligned volume-gate, and performing a beamforming summation step in accordance with the metric value.
US10908265B2
Various embodiments are disclosed for improved scanning ladar transmission, including but not limited to an example embodiment where feedback control is used to finely control mirror scan positions.
US10908263B1
Systems and methods are provided for aligning a laser scanning device for measurement of a volume of a container. A method includes: causing an autonomous vehicle coupled to the laser scanning device to move to a location at a known distance from a reference circumference; generating data indicative of locations of points along a portion of the reference circumference; determining, based on the data, an alignment angle by which the autonomous vehicle is to steer such that an axis of the laser scanning device that intersects the container passes through a center axis of the container; causing the autonomous vehicle to steer by the alignment angle, such that the laser scanning device is thereby aligned normal to a tangent plane of a wall of the container; and measuring a plurality of horizontal offsets of the wall relative to the reference circumference for use in determining the volume.
US10908260B2
In a mounting angle error detection method, a relative speed to an object that has reflected continuous waves is determined. An estimated orientation of the object is determined for each frequency bin. An approximated straight line that indicates a relationship between a relative speed of a stationary object relative to the own vehicle and an orientation at which the stationary object is positioned is calculated from the relative speed and estimated orientation determined. As a mounting angle error of the onboard radar apparatus, a difference between an orientation angle identified from the approximated straight line and at which the relative speed of the stationary object relative to the own vehicle is zero, and an orientation angle at which the relative speed of the stationary object relative to the own vehicle is zero when the onboard radar apparatus is mounted in the own vehicle at a predetermined mounting angle is determined.
US10908258B2
Method and system of calibrating a sensor system which comprises sensor A and sensor B. Sensor A has a transmitter TXA for emitting a signal STXA and a receiver RXA for receiving a signal SRXA, wherein RXA and TXA operate independently in a radar mode of sensor A. Sensor B has a transmitter TXB, a receiver RXB, and a unit D, which is used to connect TXB to RXB in a transponder mode of sensor B, with the result that a signal SRXB received by RXB is emitted again by TXB as a signal STXB. A gain Gcon,B between signal SRXB and signal STXB is predefined. In a radar mode of sensor B, TXB is not connected to RXB, with the result that TXB and RXB operate independently. Emitted signals may be radar, light, or acoustic signals. The method and system can calibrate radar systems, lidar systems, or sonar systems.
US10908256B2
An electronic warfare asset management system allows for pre-mission planning and ranking of emitter targets within a theater of operations while further allowing real-time adjustments to the emitter rankings. The asset management system may further evaluate and optimize asset architecture to allow multiple assets to work in parallel to increase the probability of intercept for any specific target emitter.
US10908248B2
Systems and methods for simultaneously acquiring high-resolution images of a subject from multiple different slice locations using magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) are described. The present invention overcomes the aforementioned drawbacks by providing method for producing a plurality of images of a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) system. A radio frequency (RF) excitation field is applied by the MRI system to a portion of a subject that includes a plurality of slice locations. First data are simultaneously acquired from each of the plurality of slice locations by the MRI system.
US10908246B2
The present invention provides a method for three-dimensional reconstruction of fascicular structure of human peripheral nerve, which comprises the steps of: obtaining human peripheral nerve and preparing a peripheral nerve sample; immersing the peripheral nerve sample into a liquid; setting scan parameters of Micro-MRI, scanning the peripheral nerve sample by Micro-MRI, to acquire image data of the peripheral nerve sample in the liquid environment; and three-dimensional reconstructing a structural model of the peripheral nerve sample based on the image data. By means of the method according to the present invention, high-quality scanned images are obtained without destroying the morphology and physical and chemical properties of peripheral nerve, so as to obtain a precise three-dimensional visualization model of peripheral nerve fascicle.
US10908245B2
In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for the simultaneous recording of MR signals from an examination subject with two different types of tissue in a number of slices, a first RF binomial pulse sequence for exciting at least one first slice is radiated. In addition, a second RF binomial pulse sequence for exciting at least one second slice is radiated. Furthermore, at least one RF pulse of the second binomial pulse sequence is temporarily radiated between two RF pulses of the first RF binomial pulse sequence.
US10908238B2
A magnetic resonance (MR) coil unit, comprising: —an MR coil body which houses at least one MR coil, the MR coil body having a front surface for facing a patient, a reverse surface opposite to the front surface, and at least one opening through the MR coil body which connects the front and reverse surfaces; —at least one MR marker located at least partly in said at least one opening in the MR coil body; and—at least one optical marker located above the reverse surface of the MR coil body.
US10908235B2
A method of spatially imaging a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)parameter whose measurement requires the acquisition of spatially localized NMR signals in a sample includes placing the sample in an MRI apparatus with a plurality of MRI detectors each having a spatial sensitivity map; and applying MRI sequences adjusted to be sensitive to the NMR parameter. At least one of the MRI sequences is adjusted so as to substantially fully sample an image k-space of the sample. The remainder of the MRI sequences is adjusted to under-sample the image k-space. The method further includes acquiring image k-space NMR signal datasets; estimating a sensitivity map of each of the MRI detectors using a strategy to suppress unfolding artefacts; and applying the estimated sensitivity maps to at least one of the image k-space NMR signal data sets to reconstruct a spatial image of NMR signals that are sensitive to the NMR parameter.
US10908232B2
A magnetic field sensor for sensing external magnetic fields on multiple axes comprises a coil structure and a gain equalization circuit. The coil structure generates reference fields on magnetic field sensing elements in each axis. The gain equalization circuit measures and compares reference fields to generate gain-equalized output signals responsive to the external magnetic fields.
US10908216B2
A device for measuring a condition of an electric switch, an electric switch and a method for measuring a condition of an electric switch are disclosed. In an embodiment an apparatus for measuring a state of an electrical switch is configured to tap a voltage at main contacts of the electrical switch.
US10908212B2
A semiconductor memory device includes first bumps positioned along a first direction; second bumps positioned in parallel to the first bumps along the first direction; first registers connected with the first bumps; and second registers connected with the second bumps. The first registers and the second registers are sequentially connected and form a shift register.
US10908209B2
A semiconductor module includes a substrate; a plurality of semiconductor packages provided on the substrate; and an environment information indicator configured to display information related to an environment surrounding the plurality of semiconductor packages.
US10908206B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the characterization of transmission media, among other embodiments. For example, a system for characterizing a transmission medium may include: a waveform generator to generate an initial input waveform; waveform pre-processing circuitry to process the initial waveform to generate a processed input waveform for provision to the transmission medium, wherein the processed input waveform has a maximum amplitude greater than a maximum amplitude of the initial input waveform; and waveform output circuitry to display or store data representative of an initial output waveform, wherein the initial output waveform is output from the transmission medium as a reflection or transmission of the processed input waveform.
US10908203B2
Systems and methods are configured for detecting and locating simultaneous faults in a distribution network having primary and secondary buses connected with two-terminal sections. The measured three-phase voltages and currents from the primary buses are received via a communication network, and the series impedances and shunt admittances and the pre-fault connectivity topology are retrieved from the storage. Simultaneous faults are determined to occur by verifying at least one phase of at least three buses having phase current mismatches determined as the differences between the measured values and calculated values using normal topology and phase voltages that are greater than a threshold. A location for each fault is determined individually if the faults are occurring at non-adjacent sections in the distribution network, or jointly if the faults are occurring at adjacent sections in the distribution network. Faulted line sections are isolated by activating switching operations for connected switches to the faulted line sections that communicatively linked to distribution system grid via communication network.
US10908194B1
A load identification system includes an AC-power input unit, a load, a zero-crossing detector, a microcontroller, a first and a second current phase detectors. The zero-crossing detector is configured to output a zero-voltage pulse signal when a zero-crossing signal of the AC-power input unit is detected. The first current phase detector detects a current flowing through the load to output a first voltage signal. When the current flows along a first direction, the first voltage signal is at a high level. The second current phase detector is configured to detect the current flowing through the load to output a second voltage signal. When the current flows along a second direction, the second voltage signal is at a high level. The microcontroller is configured to receive and identify the type of the load according to the zero-voltage pulse signal, the first and the second voltage signals.
US10908193B2
A zero cross detection circuit has a first comparator circuit receiving a first input signal and a second input signal and outputting a first comparison result, a second comparator circuit having a hysteresis function, receiving the first input signal and the second input signal, and outputting a second comparison result, a power supply voltage detection circuit outputting a detection signal when a power supply voltage to be supplied becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined voltage, and a logic circuit outputting a zero cross detection signal based on the first comparison result, the second comparison result, and the detection signal.
US10908190B2
Systems and methods described herein are directed towards differential current sensing a current sensor having two or more magnetic field sensing elements that are oriented to sense a magnetic field generated by a current through an external conductor in the same direction. The current sensor can be positioned such that at least one first magnetic field sensing element is vertically aligned with the external conductor and at least one second magnetic field sensing element is not vertically aligned with the external conductor. The magnetic field sensing elements may be spaced from each to measure a gradient field and can generate a magnetic field signal indicative of a distance between the respective magnetic field sensing element and the current carrying external conductor. A difference between the magnetic field signals can be determined that is indicative of the current through the external conductor.
US10908186B2
A monitoring arrangement for monitoring a surge arrester which is connected to a live wire of a power network at a connection point in order to protect an electrical apparatus against incoming surges, the monitoring arrangement including: an analogue measuring circuit for sensing a current impulse through the surge arrester caused by an incoming surge in the live wire and producing a corresponding analogue measuring signal; an analog-to-digital converter for converting the measuring signal into digital signals; and an electronic processing device configured: to establish, based on the digital signals, a voltage peak value representing the highest voltage at the connection point during the incoming surge; and to establish, based on the voltage peak value and by means of a calculation model or look-up table, a maximum-voltage value representing an estimated maximum voltage across the electrical apparatus during the incoming surge.
US10908176B2
A housing 6 is provided for a wind sensor 2. A sensing element 4 is mounted in the housing 6 to measure the speed of the passing fluid flow, and the housing 6 comprises at least one surface 40, 42 having shaped surface elements 38, such as protrusions from and/or indentations in the surface 40, 42, for inducing turbulence in fluid flowing across the surface 40, 42. The turbulence caused by the shaped surface elements 38 results in the speed measured by the wind sensor 2 being less affected by uncontrolled transitions between laminar and turbulent airflow, and thus enables more accurate calibration of the wind sensor 2.
US10908172B2
A self-contained hardware platform can be used for the instruction of analog signal processing techniques. An exemplary hardware platform includes a bit depth module, a noise generation module, a signal filter module, and a lock-in amplifier module. In this way, the hardware platform is capable of performing experiments for the instruction of noise source elucidation, Nyquist sampling and resolution, analog filtering, and/or lock-in amplification, among others.
US10908167B2
Provided is a method for measuring a target polypeptide in a biological sample abundantly containing impurities by mass spectrometry. A method for measuring a target polypeptide in a biological sample includes: a first reaction step of bringing a liquid containing a biological sample into contact with a first antibody-immobilizing carrier to bind the target polypeptide in the biological sample with the first carrier; a first washing step of washing the first carrier; a first eluting step of eluting the target polypeptide from the first carrier by using an acidic solution to obtain a first eluate; a neutralizing step of obtaining a first purified solution by adding a neutral buffer to the first eluate; a second reaction step of bringing the first purified solution into contact with a second antibody-immobilizing carrier, to bind the target polypeptide in the first purified solution with the second carrier; a second washing step of washing the second carrier; a second eluting step of eluting the target polypeptide from the second carrier by using an acidic solution to obtain a second purified solution; and a step of detecting the target polypeptide in the second purified solution by mass spectrometry.
US10908163B2
The present invention relates to a method for analyzing the interaction between a binding protein and a target material, including measuring the interaction between the binding protein and a target material using an interaction trapper (IT) cell. The IT cell has the binding protein displayed on the surface of intracellular inclusion bodies, i.e., insoluble aggregates, by expressing a fusion protein which forms active protein particles containing the binding protein. The method includes increasing cell permeability without affecting the activity of the binding protein displayed on the cells and genetic information.
US10908158B2
Methods are provided for determining the presence of a first ligand in a sample. In some embodiments depletion conjugates are used to deplete the ligands different from but related to the first ligands from the sample. In some embodiments, interim binding agents are used to enhance the test signal.
US10908156B2
A portable assay instrument for rapid detection and quantification of biomarkers is described. The instrument may include components to automate steps of an assay. Assay-specific agitation during an incubation phase in which capture binding agents, detection binding agents, and conjugates are present in sample wells can appreciably increase the speed of the assay and improve assay sensitivity. The instrument may further include an optical detector and processor for automated probing of the sample wells and computation of biomarker concentration.
US10908153B2
The invention relates to a method of identifying molecules which inhibit the virulence machinery of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, to a device for identifying a molecule which inhibits the virulence machinery of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, to novel compounds which inhibit the virulence machinery of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, to compounds for use for preventing and/or treating a pathogenic infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and also to pharmaceutical compositions for preventing and/or treating a pathogenic infection caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
US10908152B2
The present invention relates to simple, low-cost, rapid paper-based diagnostic devices and their methods of use.
US10908149B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of devices for managing fluid transport. In particular disclosed embodiments, the devices are used to manage fluid transport in reactor systems, such as bio-assessment systems, chemical synthesis reactors, and the like. The devices disclosed herein include fluid management devices, reservoir assemblies, valving systems, pumps, and combinations thereof. The devices disclosed herein are cost-efficient and user-friendly and can be implemented in a variety of reactor systems.
US10908148B2
A new cell line and an antibody for determining the activity of botulinum toxin are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of determining the activity of botulinum toxin using the cell line and/or the antibody.
US10908144B2
Disclosed is an improved form of nanopore-based molecular sensor: a stack of coaligned nanopores in an equivalent number of directly stacked membranes. One or more of the membranes is moved laterally, altering the volumetric shape and thus the sensing characteristics of the passage. This allows at least three major improvements over existing nanopore sensors: 1) volumetrically tunable sensors allow sensing over a wider range of analyte sizes, 2) volumetric shape changes allow a a novel form of translocation control over transiting molecules, enabling more information to be derived from single molecules through interactions with the walls of the passage and controllable alterations in the local electrostratic and hydrodynamic environment, and 3) volumetric shape changes allow regeneration of an appropriate sensor geometry in the event of corrosion or clogging, greatly extending the useful lifetime of individual sensors.
US10908141B2
The invention provides methods and kits for detecting the presence of, the amount of, or the concentration of a substantially non-emitting metal in a sample by a) providing a sensitizer to a chelator of the substantially non-emitting metal thereby creating a sensitized-metal complex; b) adding an unsensitized chelate, and c) detecting a signal from the unsensitized chelate. The substantially non-emitting metal may be gadoliniumn and may exist in complex with a chelator. The unsensitized chelate may be terbium (Tb) or europium (Eu) and the detecting a signal may be performed by fluorescence.
US10908140B2
Provided are multi-parameter sonde systems having a unique integrated user interface for ease of set-up and control, service and maintenance, even in the field and without accessory controllers. The necessary components, such as central processing unit, display and accelerometer are positioned in a water-tight housing, with the display configured for convenient observability and readability. A plurality of sensors provide electronic signals to the CPU, such as by a measurement subsystem. Upon a controlled change in orientation or a force application to the sonde, the display via the accelerometer provides a desired output display configuration.
US10908122B2
Disclosed is a phased array ultrasound total focusing method in which the ultrasound energy is transmitted as plane waves and the response signals are processed as plane waves. The processing is adaptively corrected to account for geometric variations in the probes and the part being inspected. Methods are disclosed for measuring the geometric variations of the probes and the part.
US10908121B2
The present invention provides a membrane device having a configuration capable of reducing the frequency of clogging of a sample in a nanopore when the sample passes through the nanopore. In the membrane device according to the present invention, a membrane and a semiconductor layer are stacked on a Si substrate, and an insulating film is formed on a side wall of a through hole included in the semiconductor layer.
US10908115B2
A gas detector includes an electrochemical gas sensor. The sensor includes a plurality of electrodes. At least one of the electrodes is formed of a catalyst/binder slurry which is halftone printed onto a substrate. The composite printed element and substrate are sintered to form the electrode.
US10908113B2
A liquid-sensing apparatus includes a substrate, partitions, and independent sensors. The partitions are disposed on the substrate for separating several housing spaces in order to respectively house a to-be-detected liquid, wherein each of the housing spaces has a bottom, a closed sidewall, and an open top, and thus the to-be-detected liquid may be dripped from the top of the housing space. The independent sensors are respectively formed at the bottom of different housing spaces, wherein the independent sensors respectively include different sensing material layers, and surfaces of the different sensing material layers have nanoholes.
US10908098B1
A method is provided for isolating and labeling discrete features in a spectral radiographic image recorded as a set of images in different energy channels. The disclosed method involves creating a profile for each of at least some pixels in the spectral radiographic image. The profiles are sequences of pixel values, in which each pixel value is a photon count or a similar radiographic exposure value indicative of the attenuation of a portion of the scanning beam in a respective energy channel. Iterative hierarchical clustering is used to cluster the pixels on the basis of their respective profiles. Labels are assigned to one or more of the resulting clusters. In implementations, each label can be associated with an inferred material composition or with an inference that the material composition is unknown.
US10908089B2
For spatial high resolution determining a position of a singularized molecule, which is excitable with excitation light for emission of luminescence light, in a sample, the excitation light is provided with an intensity distribution comprising an intensity increasing region with a known strictly monotonic course of an intensity of the luminescence light over a distance of the singularized molecule to a model point of the intensity distribution. The model point is arranged at different preliminary positions such that the intensity increasing region extends over a preliminary local area of the sample including the singularized molecule. From intensity values including intensities of the luminescence light separately registered for the preliminary positions of the model point, a further local area is determined which includes the singularized molecule and which is smaller than the preliminary local area. These steps are repeated using the last further local area as the next preliminary local area.
US10908081B2
The present invention relates to an optical article and an optical filter including the same. The optical filter: includes an optical article which has at least two absorption peaks, including a first and a second absorption peak, in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 1,200 nm by containing two or more kinds of near-infrared absorbing pigments, and thus shows a high average transmittance of 86% or greater for light having a wavelength in the visible wavelength range; can limit the maximum transmittance of light having a wavelength in the range of 800 nm to 1,100 nm below 0.5%, so as to prevent lens flare; and can reduce assembly defects due to flexure of an optical filter in the process of assembling the optical filter to an image capturing apparatus, thereby improving yield and productivity.
US10908076B2
A method and apparatus for the detection of Acrylamide precursors in raw potatoes including: illuminating at least one region of a raw potato's surface with an illumination beam; measuring the intensity of light scattered by the potato; generating a detection signal based on the measured intensity of scattered light; comparing the detection signal to a predefined threshold; and classifying the potato as having a high Acrylamide precursor concentration if the detection signal exceeds the predefined threshold.
US10908064B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for detecting and classifying individual airborne biological and non-biological particles, in real time, based on particle size and polarized elastic scatter. Auto-fluorescence content may also be used along with particle size and polarized elastic scatter for further orthogonal classification. With polarized elastic scattering, the degree of linear or circular depolarization produced from particle morphology, refractive index, internal asymmetric structures and molecular optical activity can be used for classifying individual airborne particles. Alternatively, circular intensity differential scattering (CIDS) or linear intensity differential scattering (LIDS) can be used to discriminate individual particles.
US10908053B2
A distillation probe includes a conduit having a central axis. In addition, the distillation probe includes a baffle assembly disposed in the conduit. The baffle assembly includes a plurality of axially-spaced baffles positioned one-above-the-other in a stack within the conduit. Further, the distillation probe includes a first helical cooling coil wrapped around the conduit. Moreover, the distillation probe includes a thermally conductive layer disposed about the conduit and encapsulating the first helical cooling coil. The thermally conductive layer is configured to transfer thermal energy between the first helical cooling coil and the conduit.
US10908052B2
Devices and methods for collecting trace amounts of samples are provided. A device can utilize a sterile syringe integrated with a venturi-type vacuum source for sample collection. The device can be used in a variety of applications for collecting specimens that are otherwise difficult to retrieve using conventional sample collecting techniques.
US10908048B2
A machine health monitoring method may include receiving vibration data indicating vibration of a machine or a component of the machine, determining damage to the machine or the component for each of a plurality of load cycles based on the vibration data, determining the time rate of change of the damage to the machine or the component over the plurality of load cycles, and determining a damage rate based on the time rate of change of the damage to the machine or the component relative to a baseline damage rate.
US10908029B2
A device for measuring voltage and temperature in a power supply is disclosed. The device includes a pin to be coupled to a temperature measuring circuit and power inputs of the power supply. The device is configured to measure a voltage at the power inputs and when the voltage changes are within a predetermined threshold for a predetermined time period, the device is configured to measure the temperature.
US10908017B2
In accordance with one implementation, a method for multiple source light output smoothing includes measuring a light distribution generated by multiple light sources arranged within an electronic device and determining at least one brightness adjustment based on the measured light distribution that is sufficient to locally reduce light output within a discrete region of a surface of the electronic device to satisfy predefined luminosity criteria. The method further includes applying an optical filter between the multiple light sources and the surface, the optical filter configured to reduce light output within the discrete region according to the determined at least one brightness adjustment.
US10908015B2
Super-resolution modal imaging methods and devices are disclosed herein. One super-resolution modal imaging device includes an optical component provided to receive incoming radiation, a mode separating structure for separating the received incoming radiation into multiple modes, at least one output array, and at least one detector array having multiple array elements for measuring an energy level of each mode to construct an image of the received incoming radiation.
US10908013B2
A terminal for measuring at least one dimension of an object includes a range camera, a visible camera, and a display that are fixed in position and orientation relative to each other. The range camera is configured to produce a range image of an area in which the object is located. The visible camera is configured to produce a visible image of an area in which the object is located. The display is configured to present information associated with the range camera's field of view and the visible camera's field of view.
US10908011B2
An apparatus and a method for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium in a container, comprising: a mechanically oscillatable unit, a driving/receiving unit for exciting the mechanically oscillatable unit to execute mechanical oscillations by means of an electrical exciting signal and for receiving and transducing mechanical oscillations into an electrical, received signal, an electronics unit, which electronics unit is embodied, to produce the exciting signal starting from the received signal, to set a predeterminable phase shift (Δϕ) between the exciting signal and the received signal, and from the received signal, to determine and/or to monitor the at least one process variable. A phase correction unit is provided, which phase correction unit is at least embodied, to ascertain a phase correction value (Δϕkor) from at least one process parameter dependent, characteristic variable of at least one component of the apparatus, especially the driving/receiving unit, and to set the predeterminable phase shift (Δϕ) in accordance with the phase correction value (Δϕkor).
US10908010B1
A liquid level measurement device. The device includes a lid having a grate, wherein the grate has one or more sloped and contoured openings allowing for self-drainage. A hydrostatic measurement sensor is removably coupled to the lid. The hydrostatic measurement sensor can be removed from the lid through the grate. A base is also included. The base and the lid are connected with a ratcheting lid/base connection. An ultrasonic measurement sensor is coupled to the base.
US10908005B2
Capillary-type mass flow meters and controllers are described that employ temperature sensor hardware providing boundary conditions as necessary for direct computation of mass flow rate. The approach offers dramatically improved operable range and other potential benefits as compared to known systems.
US10908004B2
Differential pressure airflow sensor devices are disclosed. Disclosed are sensor devices for mounting on a fixed resistance having a low-pressure probe for extending through the fixed resistance from a housing and a high-pressure inlet to the housing. Disclosed are sensor devices having a plurality of pressure transducers.
US10907999B2
To provide a gas sensor device having improved measurement accuracy. This gas sensor device is provided with: a sensor element that detects the concentration of a gas by means of heat dissipation from a heat generating body; and a cover with which the sensor element is covered. The cover has a plurality of ventilation sections, which are disposed by being separated with each other in the direction perpendicular to the flowing direction of the gas, and the sensor element is disposed between the ventilation sections.
US10907995B2
There is provided an electromagnetic inductive encoder that allows reduction in the number of tracks on a scale for reduction in the size of the scale. The electromagnetic inductive encoder includes a scale having a scale pattern, a head, and computation unit. The head includes transmission unit, which includes transmission coils, and reception unit, which includes reception coils. The scale pattern has a first pattern, which causes the reception coils to receive positive current, and a second pattern, which causes the reception coils to receive negative current. The computation unit includes a determination unit, which, when the positive current is detected, determines that the current is associated with the first pattern, and, when the negative current is detected, determines that the current is associated with the second pattern, a signal generation unit, which generates a signal formed of “1” representing the first pattern and “0” representing the second pattern based on the result of the determination, and a position calculation unit, which calculates the position of the head based on the signal generated by the signal generation unit.
US10907993B2
A gear position detection device for detecting a gear having multiple fingers is provided. The detection device includes a substrate, a control chip, and a drive line, a sense line, a first drive electrode, a second drive electrode, a first sense electrode and a second sense electrode formed on the substrate. The first and second drive electrodes are connected to the drive line to receive a drive signal. The first and second sense electrodes form induced electric field respectively with the first and second drive electrodes, and respectively output a first detected signal and a second detected signal via the sense line. The control chip outputs the drive signal via the drive line, receives the first and second detected signals via the sense line, calculate a differential signal between the first and second detected signals, and count a number of high levels of the differential signal to count a finger number.
US10907976B2
A network system evaluates candidate GPS routes with respect to map routes that are based on ground truth map data to identify defects in the ground truth map data. Defects in the ground truth map data may include inconsistencies between various attributes of the map data and the actual road network represented by the candidate GPS routes under evaluation. The network system corrects the identified feedback to ensure that the ground truth map data accurately reflects the attributes of the actual road network.
US10907974B2
Presented herein are techniques for updating detailed maps used to navigate an autonomous vehicle. The techniques include determining that a vehicle has come within a predetermined range of a road side unit, establishing a communication link with the vehicle, receiving, from the vehicle, data sufficient to identify a vehicle type of the vehicle, based on the vehicle type, selecting a map, stored by the road side unit, for the vehicle, sending a query to a neighbor road side unit seeking data to augment the map, in response to the query, receiving the data to augment the map from the neighbor road side unit, updating the map based on the data to augment the map to obtain an updated map, and sending at least a aspects of the updated map to the vehicle.
US10907967B1
A ring laser gyroscope comprises an optical block that defines an optical closed loop pathway; at least one mirror structure mounted on the optical block and in communication with the closed loop pathway; at least one volume Bragg grating mounted on the optical block and in communication with the closed loop pathway; and a pump laser in communication with the volume Bragg grating, the laser operative to emit a light beam at a selected incident angle such that the beam passes through the volume Bragg grating and overlaps with the closed loop pathway. The volume Bragg grating is operative as a gain medium to increase an optical power of the beam, and a pair of counter-propagating beams is produced within the closed loop pathway from the beam. The mirror structure and the volume Bragg grating are positioned and angled to reflect the counter-propagating beams around the closed loop pathway.
US10907960B1
We disclose sensor systems, and associated calibration systems and methods, that provide efficient and reliable depth and texture fusion. One disclosed method includes transmitting a first light beam from a first perspective, transmitting a second light beam from a second perspective, aligning a visible light photodetector with the second perspective, aligning a depth sensor with the first perspective, and mutually registering the visible light photodetector and the depth sensor using a return of the first light beam, a return of the second light beam, and a reference map. The reference map can include a transform from a reference frame based on the first perspective and a reference frame based on the second perspective.
US10907956B2
A method for mapping an internal structure of a patient with an elongate body is provided. The method includes detecting, at a plurality of instances, contact between a distal portion of an elongate body and an internal structure of the patient; determining a plurality of geometric configurations of the distal portion, the plurality of geometric configurations corresponding to the plurality of instances of contact between the distal portion and the internal structure; determining a plurality of positions of the distal portion, the plurality of positions corresponding to the plurality of geometric configurations; and generating a map of the internal structure based on the plurality of positions of the distal portion.
US10907954B2
Various embodiments disclose a dimensioner apparatus including a projector configured to project structured light in a field of view of the dimensioner apparatus, a first image capturing device configured to capture a first structured light image of the field of view, and a processor configured to analyze the first structured light image to identify a hole region in the first structured light image. The hole region in the first structured light image indicates a presence of a structured light absorbing platform that absorbs the projected structured light. Further, the processor is configured to operate the dimensioner apparatus in a two-dimensional (2-D) mode based on the identification of the hole region. The dimensioner apparatus, in the 2-D mode, is configured to determine one or more dimensions of a 2-D object placed on the absorbing platform.
US10907952B2
An optical measurement device and method are disclosed. A position measurement device is provided with a device for measuring inclinations of an optical detection module (5) and a substrate carrier (6) which are measured during movement of the optical detection unit and the substrate carrier. Calculation and correction can be made according to the inclination data and with reference to displacements of the optical detection module (5) and the substrate carrier (6) and coordinates of their positions. During measurement for a certain point on the substrate, measured data related to the point is corrected by using the device and the method, which improves measurement precision, thus eliminating a large error caused in measurement for a large-sized substrate (9).
US10907938B2
An infrared camouflage textile, including an emissivity layer on one side of the textile and adapted to provide at least two different infrared emissivities in a pattern; a heating layer between the emissivity and insulating layers; and a power source to the heating layer. The emissivity layer may include a display module including pixel elements displaying the pattern, each pixel element including a display segment; a plurality of first charged pigments in the display segment each having a first charge; a plurality of second charged pigments in the display segment each having a charge opposite the first charge; an electrical contact coupled to the display segment to receive signals creating an electric field in the display segment; at least one computer-readable storage medium including code to transmit signals to the display module that create an electric field in a pixel element form the pattern in the emissivity layer.
US10907937B1
A quick disconnect clamping assembly for releaseably attaching an accessory to an elongate support such as a picatinny-style mounting rail comprising a clamp body with a mounting yoke that is adapted to slide over and receive the picatinny rail. The yoke includes a substantially rectangular base plate defining the central upper surface of the clamp body and includes a pair of parallel sidewalls extending upwardly therefrom. A pair of spaced slots formed in the inner surfaces of the sidewalls are adapted to receive a spring and a spring biased positioning ball acts to precisely position the clamping assembly on the mounting rail.
US10907935B2
A weapon training system for an indirect firing weapon. The weapon training system includes a firing box including at least one processor, and a firing mechanism communicatively coupled with the firing box. Activation of the firing mechanism causes a simulated firing of the indirect firing weapon. The weapon training system also includes a round sensor communicatively coupled with the firing box. The round sensor is operable to be attached to or integrated with a round compatible with the weapon. The round is operable to be inserted into a breech of the weapon. The weapon training system further includes a breech sensor communicatively coupled with the firing box. The breech sensor is configured to detect an insertion of the round into the breech of the weapon via detection of the round sensor.
US10907932B2
A reflex sight for a firearm has an optical element received within a receptacle of a housing. The housing is mounted on the firearm. Shoulders extending from a base of the optical element engage corresponding shoulders extending from the housing into the receptacle to position the optical element so that it intersects a line of sight parallel to but offset from the firing axis of the firearm. The optical element includes a collimating reflector which produces a virtual reticle visible when viewed along the line of sight when aiming the firearm. The optical element is captured within the receptacle between the firearm or a plate and the shoulders of the housing.
US10907931B2
The invention relates to a device for adjusting the orientation of a rear stock of a portable firearm relative to a barrel of the portable firearm, comprising a ball joint, which is arranged between the rear stock and a front part fixedly connected to the barrel and which has a first joint part connected in a positionally fixed manner to the front part or the rear stock and a second joint part, which can be pivoted relative to the first joint part and which is connected in a positionally fixed manner to the other of the rear stock or the front part, wherein the first joint part and the second joint part are connected to each other in a pivotable and fixable manner by means of a releasable and fixable fixing apparatus, the fixing apparatus has at least one fixing element, the first joint part has a spherical, in particular ball-shaped, joint head, which is mounted in a corresponding recess of the second joint part, the fixing apparatus has a clamping part, which likewise has a recess for at least partly receiving the spherical joint head, and, in the fixed state, the joint head is clamped between the second joint part and the clamping part by means of the at least one fixing element.
US10907922B2
An invisible rifle wall mount for securely mounting a rifle on a wall or surface or wall panel. The invisible rifle wall mount cannot be seen when a rifle is mounted on it, and the mount generally includes a base adapted for mounting on the surface, such as a wall, the base comprising a wall-mount portion and a plug extending away from the wall-mount portion, the plug comprising a plurality of plug locking surfaces arranged circumferentially on the plug. The wall mount may also comprise a rifle mount with a magazine and a socket extending from the magazine, the socket adapted for coupling to the plug, the socket comprising an opening and a plurality of socket locking surfaces in the opening that engage the plug locking surfaces to prevent the socket and rifle mount from rotating relative to the plug when the socket and the plug are coupled.
US10907921B1
A firearm barrel with non-metal outer sleeve preferably includes an elongated tube, a first non-metal tube, a second non-metal tube, a sleeve nut and a coupler bushing. A first raised sleeve support section and a raised coupler section are formed on the elongated sleeve. The raised coupler section is formed in substantially a middle of the elongated tube. The bushing inner diameter is sized to slidably receive an outer diameter of the raised coupler section. The first and second non-metal tubes include a tube inner diameter and a plurality of openings formed through a wall thereof. The tube inner diameters are sized to slidably receive an outer diameter of the first raised sleeve support section and each end of the coupler bushing. The sleeve nut retains the first and second non-metal tubes and the coupler bushing on the elongated tube. A second embodiment includes a single non-metal tube.
US10907914B2
A system for the maintenance and operation of an air-cooled heat exchanger (ACHE) includes a plurality of spray tubes provided with spaced-apart nozzles permanently positioned between the finned heat exchange tubes and longitudinally aligned within the region of the finned-tube pitch. The system is operable in several modes, including cleaning where the flow of air is stopped and temperature-controlled pressurized water with an optional cleaning agent is discharged from the nozzles to dislodge dirt and debris from the finned surfaces while simultaneously cooling the hot process liquid. When extremes of ambient air temperatures preclude the forced air fans from achieving the target temperature range of the process liquid passing through the ACHE, refrigerated pressurized cooled water and compressed air in the form of a mist is discharged from the nozzles, or alternatively, pressurized heated air is discharged from the nozzles.
US10907909B2
A display device includes a display module from which heat is emitted; a connection rod coupled to the display module and with which the display module is mountable to a structure disposed external to the display device and spaced apart from the display module along a first direction, the connection rod lengthwise extending along the first direction; and a heat pipe disposed inside the connection rod and lengthwise extending along the first direction.
US10907901B2
A passive cooling system for an electric motor drive circuit in a bathing installation, including a section of hollow pipe made of a thermally conductive tubing material, the pipe configured to form part of a water recirculation path of the bathing installation. An adapter structure has a conformal surface configured for attachment to an outer surface of the pipe and a circuit contacting surface for attachment to the motor drive circuit, the adapter structure fabricated of a thermally conductive adapter material. The adapter structure provides a thermal conductive path between the motor drive circuit and the pipe section, configured to pass heat generated by the circuitry to the pipe section and into spa water flowing through the water recirculation path, to cool the circuitry and warm the spa water.
US10907899B1
A monolithic refractory anchor which has a bridge portion and first and second V-shaped end portions attached to opposite ends of the bridge portion. The anchor has a pedestal located generally centrally of the anchor which extends below the bottom surfaces of the wing portions of the V-shaped sections, the pedestal forming a single welding attachment point for attachment, preferably by stud welding, to a metal substrate.
US10907889B2
A refrigerator includes a liner and a wall covering assembly to create a false wall within a refrigerator cabinet. The wall covering assembly includes a top wall spaced-apart from a top wall of the liner, and a rear wall spaced-apart from a rear wall of the liner. The rear wall of the wall covering assembly includes a ventilated portion for providing outwardly directed air to the refrigerator cabinet. A duct assembly is disposed between the wall covering assembly and the liner and is configured to deliver air through the ventilated portion of the wall covering assembly and also deliver air in the form of a downwardly directed air curtain at the front portion of the refrigerator cabinet. The air curtain disrupts the outward flow of air from the ventilated portion of the wall covering assembly at the front portion of the refrigerator cabinet.
US10907886B2
A method of forming an insulated structure for an appliance includes forming a structural enclosure having an outer wrapper and an inner liner and an insulating cavity defined therebetween, forming an insulating powder material, compacting the insulating powder material to form a pre-densified core material, disposing the pre-densified core material within an insulating cavity, wherein the insulating cavity is defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner and expressing at least a portion of the gas contained within the insulating cavity, wherein the insulating cavity is hermetically sealed to define a vacuum insulated structure.
US10907881B2
An impingement apparatus associated with a conveyor includes: (a) a shell supporting an impinger; and (b) a coolant delivery apparatus enclosed by the shell, the coolant delivery apparatus including a gas circulation device for directing a coolant to the impinger; the impinger including: (i) an impingement plate including openings for directing impingement jets toward the conveyor; (ii) at least one non-circular cam in mechanical communication with the at least one conveyor and rotatable when the conveyor is in motion; and (iii) at least one connector in mechanical communication with the at least one cam and the impingement plate, the connector displaceable during rotation of the at least one cam to elevate and lower the impingement plate.
US10907871B2
A refrigerant flow path switch arranged between an outdoor device and each of multiple indoor devices controls a refrigerant flow and is provided with a housing; a refrigerant flow path switching circuit having multiple refrigerant flow path switching circuits, wherein each refrigerant flow path switching circuit includes a high/low pressure gas pipe, a low pressure gas pipe, a high/low pressure electric valve provided at the high/low pressure gas pipe, and a low pressure electric valve provided at the low pressure gas pipe. A liquid pipe assembly is arranged in the housing and has multiple liquid pipes connected to the multiple indoor devices. A first divider plate is provided between adjacent ones of the refrigerant flow path switching circuits and divides an internal space of the housing such that a space divided by the first divider plate is in a substantially cubic shape, which is filled with a foaming agent.
US10907870B2
A lubricant separator includes a shell, a vapor inlet located at a first end of the shell to admit a flow of refrigerant and lubricant into the lubricant separator and a muffler positioned in the shell. The muffler includes a first perforated pipe extending along a longitudinal axis of the shell from the vapor inlet, a second perforated pipe radially spaced from the first perforated pipe, an absorption material layer positioned radially outboard of the second perforated pipe, and a lubricant-permeable liner positioned radially between the second perforated pipe and the absorption material layer. The lubricant-permeable liner allows for acoustic wave transmission from the second perforated pipe to the absorption material layer.
US10907865B2
A heating and cooling system includes a heat exchange section to transfer heat between refrigerant and air in both a heating mode and a cooling mode. The heat exchange section includes at least two refrigerant passes. Refrigerant is circuited through the refrigerant passes in the same direction in both the heating mode and the cooling mode, so that the overall flow orientation between the refrigerant passes and the air is a counter-flow orientation in both the heating mode and the cooling mode.
US10907859B2
The present subject matter includes: a heat exchange part having heating medium channels, through which heating medium flows, and combustion gas channels, through which combustion gas burned in a burner flows, adjacently disposed in alternation in the spaces between the plurality of plates; a first welding part in which the outer edges of a pair of plates forming the heating medium channel are welded together; a second welding part in which the plates forming the combustion gas channel, between the plates forming the heating medium channel, are welded to the outer edges of the plates forming the heating medium channel to form; and a guide part for guiding the welding material molten solution of the first welding part into moving to the second welding part.
US10907854B2
An HVAC controller is configured to automatically change between a HEAT mode and a COOL mode in accordance with a sensed temperature in the building structure, a HEAT temperature set point and a COOL temperature set point. The user is allowed to adjust the HEAT temperature set point and the COOL temperature set point, with the HVAC controller automatically adjusting one of the set points in response to the user making a change to the other of the other of the set points that violates a minimum deadband. If the user readjusts the user-adjusted set point in a way that no longer violates the minimum deadband, the HVAC controller will adjust the other set point back towards its previous setting.
US10907850B2
A self-insulating air delivery system maintains a desired air temperature of the conditioned air supplied thereinto for delivery to an aircraft. The system uses insulating airflow layers; a parallel layer and a counterflow layer. A starting section connects to a PCA unit and delivers conditioned air therefrom to an interior supply hose. The starting section also either creates bleed conditioned air or accepts conditioned insulating air and supplies it to an interior insulating hose that is annularly outward of the supply hose and in which air flows parallel to airflow in the supply hose. A reversing connector indirectly connects the supply hose to the aircraft and reverses the flow of air from the interior insulating hose to flow back toward the PCA unit in an exterior counterflow hose that is annularly outward of the interior insulating hose.
US10907848B2
Controlling heating and cooling in a conditioned space utilizes a fluid circulating in a thermally conductive structure in fluid connection with a hydronic-to-air heat exchanger and a ground heat exchanger. Air is moved past the hydronic-to-air heat exchanger, the air having fresh air supply and stale air exhaust. Sensors located throughout the conditioned space send data to a controller. User input to the controller sets the desired set point temperature and humidity. Based upon the set point temperature and humidity and sensor data, the controller sends signals to various devices to manipulate the flow of the fluid and the air in order to achieve the desired set point temperature and humidity in the conditioned space. The temperature of the fluid is kept less than the dew point at the hydronic-to-air heat exchanger and the temperature of the fluid is kept greater than the dew point at the thermally conductive structure.
US10907845B2
A system and related methods for heating, cooling, and dehumidifying air is disclosed. In an embodiment, the system includes an indoor unit having a first coil assembly and a second coil assembly. When the system is operating in a cooling mode or a heating mode, the first coil and second coil are in parallel fluid communication. When the system is in a dehumidifying mode, the first coil and second coil are in serial fluid communication, which enables the first coil to function as a condenser and the second coil to function as an evaporator. In an embodiment, the system includes an outdoor unit, such as a heat pump or an air conditioning condensing unit. The outdoor unit includes a heat exchanger fan responsive to dehumidifying mode by reducing fan speed, or deactivating the fan entirely. The disclosed system provides negligible or no change in sensible heat while providing dehumidification.
US10907840B2
An on-demand high volume capable fluid heating system for supplying a total heating power at a turndown ratio and a total flowrate of a fluid supply, the fluid heating system comprising a plurality of heat exchangers fluidly connected in parallel, each of the plurality of heat exchangers comprising: a fluid conductor, wherein each of the plurality of heat exchangers contributes to the total heating power and a portion of the total flowrate of the fluid supply through the fluid conductor; an inlet conductor configured to connect the fluid supply to the plurality of heat exchangers; an outlet conductor configured for receiving the fluid supply downstream of the plurality of heat exchangers; an auxiliary conductor connecting the inlet conductor at a first location and the outlet conductor, the auxiliary conductor comprising a modulating valve; and a pump disposed downstream from the first location on the inlet conductor.
US10907839B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for controlling a range hood. The method can include acquiring a cooking parameter during cooking of food that indicates a state of the food, determining a target operating power of the range hood according to the cooking parameter, and controlling the range hood to operate according to the target operating.
US10907835B2
A burner assembly for a cooktop includes a housing defining a first group of radially-spaced fuel outlets extending from an interior to an exterior of the housing, a first aperture extending through the housing and spaced outward of the first group of outlets, and a second group of radially-spaced fuel outlets extending from the interior to the exterior and spaced outward of the first aperture. A first switch assembly is mounted within the housing and includes a first pin extending upwardly through the first aperture to an end positioned above the housing. The end of the first pin is moveable in a first direction inward and outward with respect to the housing to control a direction of a first portion of a flow of fuel to the second group of outlets. A second portion of the flow of fuel is continuously directed to the first group of outlets.
US10907830B2
A combustion chamber arrangement comprises an annular combustion chamber, a plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes and a radially inner sealing ring. The vanes are arranged at the axially downstream end of the annular combustion chamber. Each of the vanes comprises an aerofoil extending radially between a radially inner platform and a radially outer platform. The radially inner sealing ring forms a seal between a downstream end of a radially inner annular wall structure of the combustion chamber and the radially inner platforms of the vanes. A portion of the axial length of the radially inner sealing ring comprises a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall spaced radially from the radially inner wall to define a chamber. The radially inner wall has apertures to supply coolant into the chamber and the radially outer wall has effusion cooling apertures to supply coolant onto the surface of the radially outer wall.
US10907822B2
The present provides a waste heat boiler and a hammering device, a heating tube mounting structure thereof. The waste heat boiler which a boiler, heating tubes provided in the boiler and a hammering device; the boiler is provided with an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet; the heating tubes are in a horizontal grid tube arrangement; a surface of the heating tubes is provided with fins, and the heating tubes are connected to support assemblies in an unfixed way.
US10907819B1
The invention relates to a fountain light comprising a light body. The light body is provided therein with an isolation plate dividing an inner chamber of the light body into a water storage camber and a power supply chamber, which are vertically arranged one above the other. The concaved part of the decorative cover has a hollowed-out pattern. The lighting fountain can be integrated into a small sized lamp, which has the effect that it can be flexibly transferred to various sites where the available space is limited.
US10907817B2
A screw type light-emitting device comprises a hollow mounting holder; a screw holder disposed over the mounting holder and threadedly connected with the same; a battery case disposed in the mounting holder and relatively fixed with the same; a battery pack removably disposed in the battery case 30; an LED light disposed at one end of the battery case and extending out of the mounting holder, wherein one of the electrodes of the LED light is electrically connected to the battery pack, and the other electrode extends to between the battery pack and the screw holder; both the LED light and the battery pack are mounted in the battery case, the battery case is mounted in the mounting holder, and the mounting holder is threadedly connected with the screw holder, and the LED light will emit light when the screw holder is rotated into a proper position.
US10907807B1
A ceiling light fixture includes a mounting bracket, two retaining members pivotally mounted on two ends of the mounting bracket respectively, a light module mounted on the mounting bracket, and an outer disk mounted on the light module. The light module is retained by the two retaining members. The light module is provided with two connecting portions and a plurality of locking members. Each of the two connecting portions is provided with two retaining grooves locked onto one of the two retaining members. The outer disk is provided with a plurality of elastic plates. Each of the elastic plates of the outer disk is locked onto one of the locking members of the light module.
US10907806B2
A light fixture having an upper and lower housing, and a mounting bracket adapted to mount to a junction box. The light fixture has a relatively short mounting bracket for surface mount configurations, and a relatively long mounting bracket for recess mount configurations, and a difference in the height of the long and short mounting brackets is equal to the height of the junction box. In the surface-mount and recess-mount configurations a circumferential edge of the upper housing abuts the mounting surface so the lighting fixture has the same external appearance and size in both configurations. The light fixture also has a pendant mode wherein the upper housing is suspended from the junction box by an elongated support. An enclosure for the junction box has a plurality of cut-outs and covers to accommodate various configurations of surface mounted conduit.
US10907799B1
Aspects of this disclosure relate to adjusting the lumen output of a light source. A system may include a light source, a pipe, and at least two light-obscuring elements within the pipe. The pipe may have an inlet port and an outlet port, where the inlet port is configured to be secured to the light source such that all lumens of the light source are directed through an inner passageway of the pipe to the outlet port. The light-obscuring elements may be configured to be moved to reduce a number of lumens of the light source that traverse through the pipe to the outlet port.
US10907796B2
One or more colored films selectively change the color of the displayed light from one or more mobile devices to enable crowd participation is a multi-colored light show at public gatherings. The ability to change the color of a mobile device flash may also be useful for providing identification at a distance in low light conditions.
US10907795B1
A catadioptric lens assembly is disclosed for use with various light emitting sources. The lens assembly includes an upper section and a lower section, right and left portions thereof being symmetrically disposed about a center vertical optical axis defining a plane normal to and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis. The upper section includes two lens lobes with surfaces exhibiting a positively curved elliptical, circular or parabolic shape, being bilaterally symmetric about the vertical optical axis. The lower section includes a single lens lobe with a surface exhibiting a negatively curved spherical shape, bilaterally symmetric about the vertical optical axis, connecting to symmetric linear transition regions on both sides of the lower section and transitioning to edge support regions shared by the upper section of the lens assembly. Co-extrusion or selected surface treatment to form a top, bottom, or dual optical layer integral to surfaces of the catadioptric main lens enables improved dispersal of incident light resulting in more uniform illumination.
US10907784B2
A multiple function LED night light not only offers LED illumination with predetermined colors, functions, or effects, but also includes additional functions such as providing a power source, sensor(s), power fail functions, and wireless control functions. Lighting effects may also be achieved through the use of multiple optic or protective lenses that cause multiple reflections and/or refraction of light beams emitted by one or more single or multiple color LEDs.
US10907778B2
A Light-Emitting Diode (LED) apparatus has a power source outputting a source DC power at a source DC voltage, a plurality of LEDs drivable at a driving DC voltage lower than the source DC voltage, and an electrical path connecting the power source to each LED for powering the LED by the power source. Each electrical path comprises a first portion connected to the power source at the source DC voltage and a second portion connected to the LED at the driving DC voltage, and the length of the first portion is longer than that of the second portion.
US10907773B2
A wavelength conversion device includes: a wavelength conversion element having a phosphor plate that converts the wavelength of incident light upon a light incident surface to generate wavelength-converted light, and emits the wavelength-converted light from a light emission surface; an antenna array constituted of a plurality of optical antennas that are periodically arranged on the light emission surface of the phosphor plate; and a recessed structure including at least one recessed portion provided in the light emission surface of the phosphor plate.
US10907761B2
A in-service trenchless repair method for disconnection of a drainage pipe includes steps of: detecting the disconnection by a pipe sonar, and making a traction rope; pulling a hollowed cylindrical airbag to the disconnection according to the mark on the traction rope; controlling an airbag valve by an air compressor on the ground to inflate the hollowed cylindrical airbag, so that the hollowed cylindrical airbag is in close contact with pipeline wall after inflation; drilling a grouting hole on the ground surface directly above and on both sides of the disconnection until reaching the disconnection, and inserting a grouting pipe into the grouting hole; then injecting a double-slurry quick-curing repair material into the disconnection through a grouting system on the ground and waiting for curing; deflating the hollowed cylindrical airbag and pulling out by the traction rope.
US10907758B2
A restraint system for use in securing temporary flow lines that include multiple pipe sections, each pair of pipe sections connected together with a fitting or coupling such as a hammer joint coupling. The system includes multiple pluralities of endless loop slings connected end to end with a cow hitch or girth hitch knot. Disconnectable fittings (e.g., shackles) are placed every three or more slings so that easy disassembly is afforded in case of leakage or other failure.
US10907750B2
A modular retainer assembly is presented herein. The modular retainer assembly, includes a first retainer module defining a flexible first retaining finger and a second retainer module that is distinct from and joined to the first retaining module. The second retainer module defines a flexible second retaining finger. When the first and second retainer modules are mated together, the first retaining finger is arranged opposite the second retaining finger. The first and second retaining fingers are configured to receive and retain an elongate article, such as a wire cable, between them.
US10907749B2
Provided is a fluid control solenoid valve including: a valve body; a valve seat mounted on a lower portion thereof; a coil mounted on an outer circumferential surface thereof and to which power is applied; a core mounted on an inner surface thereof; a lower plunger movably disposed on the inner surface thereof and formed with an orifice and integrally formed with a tight contact portion to be in tight contact with the valve seat on a bottom surface thereof; and an actuating unit arranged to be linearly moved on an upper side of the lower plunger, actuated by interlocking the lower plunger and formed with an actuating rod which is linearly moved and which is in close contact with the orifice. A fluid flow delay unit is provided on an outer surface of the lower plunger to generate pressure difference between upper and lower portions of the lower plunger.
US10907748B2
The flow path switching valve includes (a) a valve body having an open flow path which opens on a predetermined surface over a predetermined length in a predetermined direction, (b) a main body having a plurality of ports which open on a facing surface facing the predetermined surface at an interval shorter than the predetermined length in the predetermined direction, and a plurality of connection flow paths connected to the plurality of ports, (c) plate springs attached on both ends of the valve body in the predetermined direction so as to support the valve body such that a predetermined gap is formed between the predetermined surface and the facing surface, the plate springs applying elastic force onto the valve body according to a movement amount of the valve body in the predetermined direction, and (d) an actuator which drives the valve body back and forth in the predetermined direction.
US10907738B2
Apparatus and method contemplating a high pressure fluid end assembly having a body defining a body bore and defining a recess in the body intersecting the body bore. A closure is joined to the body and forms a sealing surface. A seal is mounted to the body in the recess and configured to extend from the recess beyond the body bore to seal against the sealing surface formed by the closure.
US10907723B2
A cooling apparatus includes a shared cooling device for one or more systems or components, and a plurality of primary cooling pathways. Each of the primary cooling pathways includes a transition duct and a fan. The transition duct is in fluid communication with the shared cooling device. The fan is in fluid communication with the transition duct.
US10907722B2
A system (10, 14) includes one or more sensors configured for acquiring data related to operational conditions of a motor actuator (12), a processor (62) configured for analyzing the data to determine a status of the motor actuator (12), and memory (64) for storing data representative of the operational conditions. A status indicator is generated based on the analysis of the operational conditions, for example to represent system capabilities, normal operating modes, and failure modes of the motor actuator (12). The system (10, 14) can be configured to communicate the status indicator to a user interface (21, 66) or higher-level controller (20, 22).
US10907694B2
A band-sawing check valve device is provided. The band-sawing check valve device includes a main wheel, a transmission assembly, a driving assembly and a check valve assembly. The transmission assembly is linked to a transmission shaft. The transmission shaft is disposed to the transmission assembly, the driving assembly drives the transmission shaft to drive the main wheel, and the check valve assembly is used to limit the rotation of the main wheel in a single direction.
US10907692B2
Provided is a boot mounting method for a constant velocity universal joint in which a boot end portion is mounted and fixed to a mating member made of metal. After the boot end portion is fitted over a receiving surface being a radially outer surface of the mating member, a high-frequency induction heating coil having a ring shape is fitted over the boot end portion. Only a top portion of the receiving surface of the mating member is heated by high-frequency induction through application of a high-frequency current to the high-frequency induction heating coil. With this action, a mounting surface being a radially inner surface of the boot end portion and the receiving surface being the radially outer surface of the mating member are integrally joined to each other.
US10907686B2
A flexible bearing cage includes a base ring comprising a plurality of mount sections arranged along a circular path and a plurality of compressible fold sections. One of the compressible fold sections is located between each adjacent pair of the mount sections, and a finger projects axially from each of the plurality of mount sections. Each of the fingers has a partially spherical concave surface configured such that the finger projecting from a first mount section on one side of a first one of the compressible fold sections and the finger projecting from a second mount section on a second side of the first one of the compressible fold sections define a partially spherical cavity configured to receive and retain a respective rolling body.
US10907685B2
A sintered bearing (1) contains as main components iron, copper, a metal having a lower melting point than copper, and a solid lubricant. The sintered bearing (1) includes a surface layer (S1) and a base part (S2). The surface layer (S1) is formed mainly of flat copper powder arranged so as to be thinned in a thickness direction. In the base part (S2), an iron structure (33) and a copper structure (31c) brought into contact with the iron structure are formed of partially diffusion-alloyed powder in which copper powder is partially diffused in iron powder. Thus, a sintered bearing which achieves a balance between wear resistance of a bearing surface and strength of the bearing, and realizes low cost can be provided.
US10907683B2
A half thrust bearing includes a back metal layer, a bearing alloy layer defining a slide surface, and two thrust relieves formed adjacent to both circumferential end surfaces of the half thrust bearing and each including a thrust relief surface. The back metal layer includes an exposed end face configuring at least a part of the circumferential end surface, an exposed slant surface configuring at least a part of the thrust relief surface, and a transition surface formed between the exposed end face and the exposed slant surface. The transition surface is covered with a cover member including a cover end surface configuring at least a part of the circumferential end surface and a cover slant surface configuring at least a part of the thrust relief surface.
US10907682B2
An auxiliary assembly device is provided for premounting a linear guide system on a top part. The linear guide system includes two linear guides having two respective mutually displaceable guide rails, which have mutually facing raceways. Rolling elements, which are disposed in a cage, are located between the mutually facing raceways. The auxiliary assembly device has an auxiliary rail, which is configured for connection to a respective narrow end of the two linear guides in order to hold the two linear guides with the top part in a preassembled state for insertion into a bottom part. A method for premounting a linear guide system on a top part is also provided.
US10907681B2
A pad bearing includes a pad disposed on a radially outer side of a rotary shaft and supporting the rotary shaft so as to be rotatable around an axis, a block-shaped nozzle member disposed on an upstream side with respect to the pad on the radially outer side of the rotary shaft and including a discharge hole for discharging a lubricant toward an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft, and a compressed flow forming unit disposed in at least one of the pad and the nozzle member and configured to compress a flow of the lubricant flowing along the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft as the rotary shaft rotates.
US10907679B2
A fastening tool system includes a housing including a main body having a proximal end and a distal end. The main body defines an internal chamber extending between a proximal opening at the proximal end and a distal opening at the distal end. A plunger includes a stem that extends into the internal chamber through the proximal opening. The plunger is configured to be moved in relation to the main body between a retracted position and an extended position. A securing stud is in a collapsed position when the plunger is in the retracted position. The plunger is configured to move into the extended position to engage the securing stud to expand the securing stud into an expanded position.
US10907675B2
A fastener for connecting two layers of stacked plate-like elements includes first through fifth sections. The first section is configured to abut against an outer side of the first plate-like element. The second section has a height corresponding to a thickness of the first plate-like element and is receivable in a through hole of the first plate-like element. The third section is configured to pass through the through hole of the first plate-like element in a first orientation, and a first side of the third section is configured to abut against an inner side of the first plate-like element in a second orientation, and a second side of the third section is configured to abut against an inner side of the second plate-like element. The fourth section is configured to pass through the through hole of the first plate-like element in the first orientation, and the fourth section is receivable in a through hole of the second plate-like element. The fifth section is configured to hold the second plate-like element.
US10907671B2
A fastener is provided for securing a first panel to a second panel. The fastener includes a stud insertable through apertures in the first and second panels. The fastener further includes a pivoting handle assembly with a handle operatively connected to a stud head and pivotal between an upright position generally perpendicular to the first panel, and a folded position generally parallel to the first panel. A biasing mechanism is connected to the stud head and the handle that biases the handle outward relative to the stud head. A locking pin is connected to the stud head and the handle and is in connection with the biasing mechanism to hold the handle in the upright position or the folded position. A fastener is also provided for securing together the first and second panels, including a grommet, a receptacle and an insert in threaded engagement with an interior of the receptacle.
US10907665B2
A pressure control device includes a body having a groove-shaped flow path including a groove part and a widened part, and a filter unit capturing foreign matters mixed in a fluid which passes through the groove-shaped flow path; the filter unit having a frame body including a through hole part and a filter member in a planar plate shape disposed with respect to the through hole part, and the filter unit being accommodated in the widened part. The frame body has: a first part having a first shape, a second part having a second shape smaller than the first shape, and a step part located at a boundary part between the first part and the second part The second part has a storage part provided in a penetrating manner on a bottom part side of the groove-shaped flow path and storing the captured foreign matters.
US10907662B2
A bonded body formed by frictional pressure-contact, includes: a first member including an end surface and a hollow portion with an opening in the end surface; and a second member including a body portion bonded to the end surface and a protrusion portion protruding from the body portion, the protrusion portion being accommodated in the hollow portion, wherein at least one of an inner peripheral surface of the hollow portion and an outer peripheral surface of the protrusion portion includes an inclined portion inclined to a radial direction of the opening, while the other is in contact with the inclined portion.
US10907660B2
Hydraulic circuit for feeding an actuator, in particular for use in moving a door of an aircraft bay
The invention provides a hydraulic circuit for feeding an actuator (1) comprising first and second chambers (5, 6), the circuit comprising a slide valve (10) with a slide (16) that is movable between first and second extreme positions (18, 19) on either side of a stable central position (17) so that: in the central position, it connects the chambers (5, 6) of the actuator to a return port; in the first extreme position (18), it connects the first chamber (5) to a feed port and the second chamber to the return port; and in the second extreme position (19), it connects at least the second chamber (6) to the feed port. According to the invention, the hydraulic circuit includes pressure-maintaining means (20) for maintaining pressure in the first chamber of the actuator while the slide is passing through the central position on being moved from the first extreme position to the second extreme position.
US10907655B2
A multiblade fan includes an impeller including a rotating plate and blades and further includes a fan casing having a circumferential wall and a first end face disposed adjacent to distal ends of the blades. The first end face has an inlet. The multiblade fan further includes a duct and a flow regulating block disposed on an inner surface of the first end face. The flow regulating block regulates a flow of the air. The duct includes a diffuser plate. The circumferential wall includes a tongue that is connected to the diffuser plate. The first end face has a bell mouth provided at the inlet. The flow regulating block is spaced from the circumferential wall and extends along the bell mouth in the rotation direction such that the flow regulating block is located in a range of 120 degrees from a reference position on a line connecting the rotary shaft to a tip of the tongue.
US10907644B2
A pump impeller consisting of at least three different material regions, wherein an impeller wheel with a hollow shaft defines a first material region, a bearing component defines a second material region, and a permanent magnet defines a third material region. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing the pump impeller, and to a centrifugal pump with the pump impeller. The object of the invention is to provide a robust construction, optimal venting, secure attachment of the bearing component, economic production, and a possibility of axial length tolerance compensation given a pump impeller with plastic-bonded permanent magnets. Furthermore, an optimally accurate unbalance-reduced connection between the bearing component and the magnet material should be producible.
US10907631B2
Systems and methods are disclosed of monitoring performance of an incompressible fluid system. The system has a positive displacement pump and a high bandwidth pressure sensor. A method comprises sensing a pressure of the fluid with the pressure sensor, determining pump ripple frequency and hence the speed of the positive displacement pump, calculating the pump flow rate, determining a flow restriction of the fluid system based on the pressure and flow, and assessing or trending the fluid system flow restriction.
US10907628B2
An inverter is disposed at a position on the upstream side relative to a compression mechanism along the flow of a refrigerant and the position cooled by the refrigerant. A motor is disposed at a position heated by the refrigerant compressed by the compression mechanism. A control device changes an upper limit value of a driving current supplied to the motor on the basis of at least one of first information relating to the temperature of the motor or second information relating to the temperature of the inverter.
US10907619B2
A rotor blade of a wind turbine, the rotor blade including a winglet and a lightning protection system with at least one lightning receptor is provided. The lightning receptor is located at the tip section of the rotor blade. Additionally, the rotor blade includes at least one lightning diverter containing an electrically conductive material, wherein the lightning diverter terminates at the lightning receptor and is located at least partially on the surface of the winglet.
US10907613B2
Provided is a method of damping mechanical oscillations of plural wind turbines of a wind park commonly supplying electric energy to a grid, the method including: determining, for each of the plural wind turbines, a damping control signal for counteracting an oscillation of the respective wind turbine; supplying at least a subset of or a subset of modified versions of the damping control signals to respective wind turbines such that a sum of the supplied damping control signals is lower than a threshold.
US10907604B2
An integrated starter and on-board electrical system disconnecting module for connecting to a starter battery and to an on-board electrical system by a transducer is disclosed. A method for limiting the starting current in a motor vehicle and the use of the integrated starter and on-board electrical system disconnecting module in multi-voltage on-board electrical systems, in particular during a start-stop operation of plug-in hybrid vehicles and for hybrid on-board electrical systems, are also disclosed. The transducer can be connected to a starter circuit including the starter battery from an on-board electrical system side, via a starter control device and via an on-board electrical system disconnector. The on-board electrical system can be uncoupled from the starter circuit and the starter control device and the on-board electrical system disconnector are integrated in the module.
US10907596B2
Methods and systems are provided for a fuel injector for an engine. In one example, the injector may be adapted with a plurality of nozzles configured to enhance atomization of fuel. The plurality of nozzles may have geometries that increase turbulence and rotation of fuel flow therethrough. In some examples, the injector may also include a multi-stage counterbore that reduces a likelihood of coking at the injector.
US10907592B2
A vaporized fuel treatment device includes a sealing valve disposed in a vapor passage between a fuel tank and a canister. An ECU is programmed to decrease an internal pressure of the fuel tank by a pump via the canister so as to diagnose whether leakage occurs in the vapor passage in a state where the communication between the canister and the atmosphere is cut off and the sealing valve is opened. The ECU is programmed to execute a learning of a valve opening start position of the sealing valve based on a change in the internal pressure of the fuel tank when changing an axial distance between valve element and a valve seat when the internal pressure of the fuel tank is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value after a diagnosis of leakage in the vapor passage.
US10907587B2
A turbo duct is disclosed that includes a primary body having an inlet end, an outlet end, and an internal air passageway that communicates therebetween. An anti-crush ring is operably associated with at least one of the inlet and outlet ends. The inlet and outlet ends of the primary body are dimensioned to receive a cuff for connection of the turbo duct within an engine assembly. The anti-crush ring is situated on an outside surface of the turbo duct so as to form an intermediate anti-crush structure between the contact surfaces of the turbo duct and the cuff attached thereto. Also provided is a process for manufacturing the turbo duct.
US10907583B2
A fuel vapor processing apparatus includes an adsorption passage has a first end connected to a fuel tank and a second end open to the atmosphere. The adsorption passage includes a first hollow chamber, a second hollow chamber, and a third hollow chamber. In addition, the adsorption passage includes a first adsorption chamber and a second adsorption chamber. The first adsorption chamber is positioned between the first hollow chamber and the second hollow chamber, and the second adsorption chamber is positioned between the second hollow chamber and the third hollow chamber. The adsorption chambers are configured to adsorb and desorb fuel vapor. A purge passage extends from the second hollow chamber toward an internal combustion engine. A bypass passage extends from the first hollow chamber to the third hollow chamber and bypasses the second hollow chamber. The bypass passage is provided with a shutoff valve that is open during a purge operation and is closed at other times.
US10907566B2
A fuel injection valve is for injecting fuel to cause combustion in an internal combustion engine. An injection rate adjuster is for adjusting an injection rate of the fuel injected by the fuel injection valve. A control device for the internal combustion engine includes a signal generator, and an outputter. The signal generator generates a command signal to cause the injection rate adjuster to adjust the injection rate based on a parameter, which is to estimate an internal EGR amount in which a part of exhaust gas remains in a cylinder. The outputter outputs the command signal to the injection rate adjuster.
US10907554B2
An internal combustion engine in which when the gas temperature of a fuel reformation chamber when a piston in a fuel reformation cylinder reaches the compression top dead point is estimated to be equal to or higher than a soot generation lower limit temperature set according to an equivalence ratio of the fuel reformation chamber, a reaction gas temperature adjusting operation for suppressing or reducing an increase in the reaction gas temperature in the fuel reformation chamber is executed. Further, a closing timing of an air-intake valve is changed to reduce an effective compression ratio of the fuel reformation chamber.
US10907553B2
A control circuit for a dual fuel generator includes a primary fuel valve to control the supply of a primary fuel, a secondary fuel valve to control the supply of a secondary fuel, a primary fuel pressure switch to detect the primary fuel, a secondary fuel pressure switch to detect the secondary fuel, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a primary signal for availability of the primary fuel from the primary fuel pressure switch and a secondary signal for availability of the secondary fuel from the secondary and operate the primary fuel valve and the secondary fuel valve in response to the primary signal and the secondary signal. When the secondary fuel valve is open so that the secondary fuel is provided to the dual fuel generator, the control circuit is configured to ground the primary signal by connecting the primary fuel pressure switch to ground.
US10907551B2
An apparatus (201) and method for controlling intake valves (23) in an internal combustion engine (5), as well as an internal combustion engine and a vehicle comprising the apparatus, and an electronic processor for performing the method is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a hydraulic system (3) configured to hydraulically actuate a first intake valve (23a) and a second intake valve (23b) of a first combustion chamber (25) of an internal combustion engine (5). The apparatus also includes a controller (9) configured to control the hydraulic system (3) in at least a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. In the first mode of operation, the controller (9) is configured to control the hydraulic system (3) to cause lifting of the first and second intake valves (23a, 23b) of the first combustion chamber (25) during each intake stroke of a respective cylinder piston (27). In the second mode of operation, the controller (9) is configured to control the hydraulic system (3) to cause lifting of the first intake valve (23a) of the first combustion chamber (25) during an intake stroke of the respective cylinder piston (27) and disable actuation of the second intake valve (23b) of the first combustion chamber (25) during that intake stroke.
US10907543B2
The present disclosure describes a micro gas turbine flameless heater, in which the heat is generated by burning fuel in a gas turbine engine, and the heater output air mixture is generated by transferring the heat in the gas turbine exhaust to the cold air drawn from the ambient environment. The present disclosure also describes component geometries and system layout for a gas turbine power generation unit that is designed for simple assembly, disassembly, and component replacement. The present disclosure also allows for quick removal of the rotating components of the gas turbine engine in order to reduce assembly and maintenance time. Furthermore, the present disclosure describes features that help to maintain safe operating temperatures for the bearings and structures of the gas turbine engine power turbine. Lastly, the present disclosure describes features of a fuel capture system that allow the injection of wellhead gas, which typically is a mixture of gaseous and liquid fuels, into the combustion chamber, and also describes methods of incorporating afterburners in the gas turbine engine, such that the gas turbine engine system can use wellhead gas to power equipment and reduce emissions from flaring in oil and gas applications.
US10907541B2
A turbine housing includes: a housing body which includes a turbine housing part housing a turbine wheel, an inlet section forming an inlet flow passage for guiding exhaust gas to the turbine housing part, an outlet section forming an outlet flow passage for discharging the exhaust gas from the turbine housing part, and a waste-gate flow passage which brings the inlet flow passage and the outlet flow passage into communication so as to bypass the turbine housing part; and a sleeve disposed along an inner wall surface of the housing body forming the waste gate flow passage, at least on a downstream side of the waste-gate flow passage of the housing body with respect to a flow direction of the exhaust gas.
US10907525B2
A vehicle exhaust device includes a muffler body that has an interior space divided into a plurality of expansion chambers by a partition wall, and an exhaust control valve that switches an exhaust passage in the muffler body. The exhaust passage includes a first exhaust passage and a second exhaust passage. The first exhaust passage connects an upstream end and a downstream end of the muffler body straight. The second exhaust passage passes through the plurality of expansion chambers via a connecting pipe that connects the plurality of expansion chambers. A center of the first exhaust passage is located above a center of the muffler body in a vehicle upper-lower direction, and the second exhaust passage is located below the first exhaust passage.
US10907524B2
Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas aftertreatment mixing assembly. In one example, the mixing assembly includes an injector and a helical blade. The injector may be positioned relative to the helical blade with an orientation that augments entrainment and dispersion of a diesel exhaust fluid into an exhaust gas stream and the helical blade may be configured to increase an exhaust gas flow path while maintaining a compact size of the mixing assembly. Geometries of the injector and the helical blade together may increase decomposition of a diesel exhaust fluid to facilitate enhanced reduction of nitrous oxides in exhaust gases.
US10907506B2
A method of modifying a casing of a turbine engine for attaching stator blades within a row of stator blades to the casing, the method including the steps of: forming a circumferentially extending groove in an inboard face of the casing; providing a segmented ring insert that includes bore holes spaced in accordance with a bore hole pattern that corresponds to the row of stator blades; inserting the segmented ring insert into the groove; and securing the segmented ring insert to the casing.
US10907502B2
A method of fabricating and repairing a gas turbine component having a plurality of cooling holes defined therein is provided. The method includes determining a parameter of a first cooling hole defined in the gas turbine component, and generating a tool path for forming a protective cap around the first cooling hole. The tool path is based at least partially on the parameter of the first cooling hole. The method also includes directing a robotic device to follow the tool path, and discharging successive layers of ceramic slurry towards the gas turbine component as the tool path is followed such that the protective cap is formed around the first cooling hole.
US10907489B2
A vaned ring for a turbomachine stator includes an outer shell, a vane having a vane head, and two platforms arranged circumferentially on either side of the vane head, and fixed on a radially inner face of the outer shell by detachable fasteners. The vane head has first conical seatings bearing on respective second conical seatings of the two platforms so as to prevent a displacement of the vane radially inwards and along the circumferential direction. The vaned ring includes a frangible pin including a base mounted on the outer shell and a head projecting radially inwards with respect to the outer shell and having a head surface forming, vis-à-vis a top surface of the vane head, a stop opposing a displacement of the vane radially outwards.
US10907483B2
A rotor blade includes: a blade main body having a tip as an upstream end in a rotation direction, and a blade surface in contact with the tip and which is an upstream surface in a flow direction of a work fluid; and an erosion shield formed as a cladding portion using laser welding on the tip and the blade surface. A boundary between the blade main body and the erosion shield is shaped to approach a surface opposite the blade surface from an end facing the blade surface towards the tip. The boundary includes a first arc that includes the end facing the blade surface and a second arc closer towards the tip than the first arc. The first arc is convex towards an inside of the blade main body and the second arc is convex towards an outside of the blade main body.
US10907478B2
A method of manufacturing a gas turbine engine component and the resulting component configuration are disclosed. The method includes providing a ceramic structure including a sacrificial ceramic core. The ceramic structure is inserted into a casting mold. A component material is introduced into the casting mold. The ceramic structure is removed after the component material has solidified to define a casted component having a cooling cavity of a heat exchanger segment formed in the wall structure of the component. The ceramic body of the sacrificial ceramic core defines a plurality of apertures and includes a trailing first pin and a leading first pin. The trailing first pin and the leading first pin are extended away from an inner surface of the body, and the leading first pin is spaced from the trailing first pin and in closer proximity to a leading edge of the body than the trailing first pin.
US10907456B2
An example tool for fracturing a formation includes a body having an elongated shape and fracturing devices arranged along the body. Each fracturing device includes an antenna to transmit electromagnetic radiation and one or more pads that are movable to contact the formation. Each pad includes an enabler that heats in response to the electromagnetic radiation to cause fractures in the formation.
US10907453B2
A bypass plunger includes a unibody, or one-piece hollow body and valve cage, retains a dart valve within the valve cage portion using a threaded retaining nut secured by crimple detents, and includes sealable flow parts. A series of helical grooves surround the central portion of the outer surface of the hollow body of the plunger to control spin during descent. A canted-coil-spring disposed within the retaining nut functions as a clutch. The valve cage includes ports that may be configured to control flow through the plunger during descent. Other embodiments include clutch assemblies using canted-coil springs with split bobbins, and surfaced valve stems surfaced.
US10907452B2
Embodiments of well plunger systems, assemblies, and apparatuses are described. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a body having a first open end, a second open end, and a channel extending from the first open end through the body to the second open end, the channel for passing fluid from an oil or gas well. The apparatus may also include a receiver disposed at the first open end, the receiver configured to receive a stopper configured to at least partially seal off the channel, the first open end comprising a retention member receiver configured to receive one or more specially adapted retention members for applying a retention force to the stopper when the stopper is engaged with the receiver.
US10907445B2
A wellbore system comprising an autofill and circulation assembly comprising a housing defining a flowbore and comprising a first port and a second port, and a first sleeve slidable within the housing from a first position to a second position and from the second position to a third position, when the first sleeve is in the first position, the assembly allows fluid communication from an exterior of the housing to the flowbore via the first port and does not allow fluid communication from the flowbore to the exterior of the housing via the first port, when the first sleeve is in the second position, the assembly allows bidirectional fluid communication between the exterior of the housing and the flowbore via the second port, and, when the first sleeve is in the third position, the assembly disallows fluid communication between the exterior of the housing and the flowbore.
US10907441B2
A downhole tool suitable for use in a wellbore that includes a wedge mandrel having a distal end; a proximate end; an outer surface; and a flowbore. The tool includes a fingered member disposed around the wedge mandrel. The tool includes a ball seat insert disposed in the flowbore, as well as a support platform disposed in the flowbore.
US10907429B2
A tubular includes an outer surface and an inner surface defining a passage. A plug is arranged in the tubular blocking the passage. The plug is formed from a disintegrating on demand (DOD) material. An ignition device is coupled to the plug. An excitation mechanism is selectively operatively associated with the ignition device. The excitation mechanism selectively activates the ignition device to break apart the plug.
US10907428B2
An assembly for hanging a tubular string includes a packoff (56) having a fastener and a seal for engaging an inner surface of the tubular string and a setting tool. The setting tool includes: a debris cap (84) for engaging an upper end of the tubular string, thereby forming a buffer chamber between the debris cap (84) and the packoff (56); a mandrel (66) having a port formed through a wall thereof; a piston (71): disposed along the mandrel, having an upper face in fluid communication with the port, and operable to stroke the debris cap relative to the mandrel, thereby setting a hanger of the tubular string; an actuator sleeve (71) extending along the mandrel and connected to the piston; a packer actuator (62) including a housing connected to the debris cap above the buffer chamber and a fastener for engaging a profile of the actuator sleeve; and a latch releasably connecting the housing to the mandrel.
US10907426B2
Apparatus for early detection of drilling mud gains or losses that is positioned in the return wellbore of oilwell drilling operations, includes a pair of an upper and lower pressure sensor in an apparatus that is positioned in the return wellbore of an oilwell drilling operation as well as a flow chamber having an inlet port, an outlet port, a flow tube and a flow sensing device for determining the gains or losses in the return wellbore.
US10907425B1
An LCM placement device for placement of an LCM onto a test bed in a test cell is provided. The LCM placement device minimizes or prevents damage and degradation of the test bed during placement of the LCM. The device includes a funnel-shaped feeder, a cylindrical shaft, an inverted funnel-shaped dispenser, and an energy-absorbing disc coupled to the inverted funnel-shaped dispenser by legs. Processes for placement of an LCM onto a test bed in a test cell are also provided.
US10907424B2
An apparatus for assembling a tubular string includes a rig drilling bail, a joint bail extender, and a device. The joint bail extender is rigidly coupled to the rig drilling bail. The device is coupled to the first joint bail extender and configured to engage a tubular segment.
US10907417B2
A polycrystalline diamond drill bit for percussion drilling, in small hole high silica ground is disclosed which has a cutting face having an inner flat face and an outer beveled peripheral surface, a number of first polycrystalline diamond tipped inserts having a first diameter inserted into the inner flat face and the outer beveled peripheral surface, and a number of second polycrystalline diamond tipped inserts having a second diameter inserted into the inner flat face, with the second diameter being different than the first diameter. The cutting angle and the radius of the tip of each insert in addition to the diameter of the inserts, provide for use of a machine thrust pressure and machine torque pressure at low ranges when the PCD bits are used in percussion drilling. The percussion drilling, with larger bits, may be used for rotary oil drilling, and operating at a machine thrust and torque of less than 20 Bar.
US10907408B2
A self-powered dynamic photovoltaic sunshade system having sunshades constructed of lightweight ETFE panels covered with at least one thin film of photovoltaic cells. The sunshades track the sun by light detectors, and move against the sun from east to west to block direct rays. The ETFE fabric is stretched on a lightweight frame, which rotates vertically around its axis as a pivotal panel for maximum solar protection. Sunshades rotate to face the sun by day, and reset to a starting position at night. Each sunshade is rotated by a stepped electric motor, powered by thin film(s) of solar photovoltaic cells. Sunshades are suspended between an electric motor shaft and a lower hinge. The sunshades are designed to provide sustainable dynamic shading for building facades exposed to different sun angles, are self-powered, and can generate electric power for other building functions, such as lighting and fan ventilation inside a building.
US10907407B2
An unequal-torque coil spring and a spring motor thereof which is adapted for a curtain set that can automatically fold back a curtain; the same provides a feedback torque that responds to different stages of a curtain-folding working process and generates various corresponding torque in response, as each of the different stages requires a different force. Consequently, the curtain can be folded back at a steady speed, and positionally fixed at any height when the curtain is lowered.
US10907406B2
A cordless retractable shade including an operating system for the shade that varies a biasing force of a spring to counterbalance the shade. The bottom rail of a retractable shade can be raised or lowered, and due to the operating system remains in any selected position of the covering between fully extended and fully retracted, without the use of operating cords. The system includes a method of negating and reversing the spring bias effect at a strategic position whereby the flexible vanes of the shade can be adjusted between open and closed.
US10907403B2
A window replacement panel including an air conditioning vent incorporated into it. A window assembly may be attached to a decorative panel with a vent disposed on a first side, and a coupling for an AC duct on an opposite side. The window may be a single, double pane, insulated, uninsulated or the like. The panel may be clad with material to harmonize with the building exterior, and the exterior vent presents a pleasing appearance. The combination of window and panel may be sized to replace an existing window, or may be used in new construction.
US10907402B2
A panel support and panel processing system that provides a single frame assembly for use on a panel processing line in transporting and installing panels, such as glass panels, the frame assembly having a frame with at least one hook that engages a carrier on a processing line to move the frame from one station to the next, and that enables lifting and stacking of multiple frames for transport to and installation at a building site without having to remove the panel, such as a glass panel, from the frame, at which point the frame and panel assembly are secured in situ.
US10907399B2
Devices for securing and retaining firearms that include either a lockable firearm cabinet or a firearm securement system. The cabinet includes a receptacle; a locking device and locking mechanism; a spring for biasing the locking mechanism in the locked position; and a bar for overriding the locking mechanism. The securement system includes a wall mounted plate for securing a firearm thereto; a release mechanism that allows the firearm to be removed and electronics for wirelessly communicating with a computer and the firearm to provide information regarding removal of the firearm or firearm cartridge from the wall mounted plate.
US10907397B1
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet and a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet. The door is operable between an opened position and a closed position. A door opening assembly is coupled to one of the cabinet and the door. The door opening assembly includes a motor coupled to a cam. The cam is operably coupled to an actuator arm.
US10907393B2
The present disclosure discloses cabinet. The cabinet comprises a cabinet body with a top opening, an upper cover, a swinging member, and a pneumatic rod. A middle portion of a bottom surface of the upper cover comprises a first reinforcing rod extending in a front-rear direction, and a hinge element is disposed on the first reinforcing rod. A middle portion of an inner surface of a rear board of the cabinet body is disposed with a second reinforcing rod extending in a vertical direction. A connection base is disposed on an upper end of the second reinforcing rod. Two ends of the swinging member are respectively pivotally connected to the connection base and a lower end of the pneumatic rod, and an upper end of the pneumatic rod is pivotally connected to the hinge element.
US10907389B2
A damped hinge assembly includes a hinge arm adapted to be connected to an associated appliance body. A channel is pivotally connected to the hinge arm and is adapted to be connected to an associated appliance door. A damper is operatively connected between the channel and the hinge arm. The damper includes a body defining a bore and a piston slidably received in the bore. A rod is connected to the piston and projects outward from the bore. A damper fluid is contained in the bore and acts on the piston to dampen sliding movement of the piston in at least one direction in the bore. A spring is located in the bore and acts on the piston to bias the piston toward one end of the bore. An oven or other appliance includes at least one damped hinge assembly. The appliance can include two damped hinge assemblies, each with or without the spring, arranged such that one hinge assembly provides damping primarily during opening of the appliance door and the other hinge assembly provides damping primarily during closing of the appliance door.
US10907374B2
A method of retrofitting a pre-Northridge type steel beam-to-column connection, includes welding the web of the beam to a flange of the column and slotting the beam web in the region of the connection and near the beam flanges. Stress relief holes are made into the web of the beam and slots are cut into the web of the beam. A top backup bar is welded to the flange of the column and a bottom backup bar is removed from the flange weld to the column. The method includes back gouging the flange of the column at a position of the removed backup bar and welding a bottom flange of the beam to the flange of the column.
US10907369B2
The present concept is a method of roofing a bare roof deck. Asphalt shingles and metal flashings are applied to a wood deck of a roof before flashings and asphalt capping are applied. Metal panels are applied overtop of existing asphalt roof, thereby creating a metal overlay configured such that substantially all of the asphalt shingles are covered with a metal panel for preventing further degradation of asphalt components by shielding from sunlight, UV rays, excessive moisture, snow, wind, ice and fire. No further flashings are installed thereby the metal panel overlay creates a semi-watertight seal wherein the metal panel overlay together with asphalt roof is adapted to create a watertight seal. The present concept is also a method for roofing an existing asphalt shingled roof where metal panels are applied overtop the existing asphalt shingled roof. This creates a metal overlay that covers substantially all of the asphalt shingles for preventing further degradation of asphalt components, and provides a method of preserving an asphalt shingled roof.
US10907368B2
A reinforcement structure includes compound trusses placed horizontally symmetrically, and each compound truss is constituted by a first truss and a second truss. Each first truss has: a vertical side; a first inclined side extending obliquely downward from an upper end of the vertical side; and a second inclined side connecting between the vertical side and a lower end of the first inclined side. Each second truss shares the first inclined side with the first truss and has: a horizontal side extending horizontally from the upper end of the vertical side; and a second inclined side connecting between a tip end of the horizontal side and the lower end of the first inclined side. Each compound truss is coupled to the construction in a state where the vertical side is along an inner side surface of the construction and the horizontal side is along a ceiling surface of the construction.
US10907367B2
An adjustable scaffolding tunnel assembly. The assembly includes a first pair of posts connected on upper and lower portions thereof to a second pair of posts via grooved members. A first cross beam is positioned between the first pair of posts, and a second cross beam is positioned between the second pair of posts. A plurality of support beams is disposed between the first and second cross beams. The first and second pairs of posts are vertically adjustable, and the first and second cross beams and the support beams are laterally adjustable. In this manner, a height and a width of the assembly are individually adjustable. The adjustable scaffolding tunnel assembly can hold one or more isolation members, such as wood or drywall, to isolate an interior of the assembly from an exterior of the assembly.
US10907363B2
A floor panel for forming a floor covering comprises a pair of edges provided with coupling parts allowing to couple two of such floor panels to each other by means of a rotation movement. The coupling parts are realized in the form of a tongue and a groove with locking parts. The groove is bordered by an upper lip and a lower lip which comprises a locking part in the form of an upward-directed locking part. The upward-directed part extends over a height which is more than 0.1 times the thickness of the floor panel.
US10907361B2
[Object] To provide a fixture that can increase the degree of layout freedom of a contact fitting and facilitate construction and that can suppress a reduction in the strength and the durability of a building structure; and a wall structure for buildings. [Solution] A fixture 10 can be provided with a contact fitting 30. The fixture 10 includes a substrate portion 11, a first side wall portion 12, a second side wall portion 13, a support portion 14, a first locking portion 15, a second locking portion 16, and a fixing plate portion 17. The fixing plate portion 17 extends from a distal edge 13A of the second side wall portion 13 so as to face the substrate portion 11, and is disposed at a location closer than the support portion 14 to the substrate portion 11. The contact fitting 30 includes a mounting portion 31 that is fixable to the fixing plate portion 17, and an erect piece 32 that is erect in a direction that intersects the mounting portion 31.
US10907357B2
An expandable flashing device comprises first and second pieces of flashing material that overlap one another with hems or folded edges located on opposite lateral sides of the pieces that hold the pieces together, yet allow the pieces to slide or shift with respect to one another to selectively change the length of the device. In a first stowed position, the pieces overlap one another and in an expanded second position, the pieces may be pulled apart to increase an overall length of the pieces. The maximum length of material that overlaps between the pieces is defined as the overlap range. The overlap range defines the range to which the device can be shortened or lengthened to fit a particular installation. A flashing system and a method of installing flashing are also disclosed.
US10907348B2
A building formwork component comprising first and second spaced sidewalls having one or more webs extending there-between, each sidewall comprising a flange extending inwardly along a first edge of the sidewall such that an outer surface of the flange forms a ramp surface; and a groove extending along an opposing second edge of the sidewall. The component may be coupled to a like component by relative movement of the components towards each other, whereby the flanges are received in respective grooves of the like component, and whereby the ramp surfaces facilitate such coupling by engaging respective second edges of the like component to move the second edges and/or ramp surfaces for engagement of the flanges in the grooves.
US10907342B1
A connection node assembly for use in connecting an upper prefabricated building module to a lower module. Hollow vertical edge supports of the building modules have top and bottom connection parts. A connecting bolt can be passed through the top part of an upper vertical support in the upper building module and seated within the bottom part of that vertical support with the shank extending downward. The shank engages a threaded aperture in a connecting nut secured within the top part of a corresponding lower vertical support in the lower building module. Diaphragm plates sandwiched between the upper and lower vertical supports are used to tie horizontally placed modules together.
US10907335B2
A two section telescoping toilet mounting flange for the installation and connection of a toilet to a waste water pipe consisting of an upper male section attached to the toilet base thru toilet base mounting holes and a lower female section with threaded holes for top bolting and mounting of the toilet to a floor and plumbing.
US10907329B2
A pull-down faucet includes a spout and a water hose movable within the spout. A spray hose connector is attached to the discharge end of the water hose. A sprayhead is in fluid communication with the spray hose connector and the water hose, and is movable between a docked position adjacent the discharge end of the spout, to an undocked position away from the spout. A magnet is secured to the interior of the spray hose connector, and a metallic element is secured near the discharge end of the spout.
US10907325B2
A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography that is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. When the actual topography positioned below the final design topography is sloped, the controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a locus positioned below the final design topography and below the actual topography, and a sloped locus that is positioned below the final design topography and above the actual topography.
US10907321B2
Disclosed are a construction machine and a method of controlling a construction machine. The construction machine includes: a first pump and a second pump; an engine which provides available torque to the first pump and the second pump; a first joystick and a second joystick which control actuators operated by a working fluid discharged from the first pump and the second pump; a joystick operation amount acquiring unit which acquires operation amounts of the first joystick and the second joystick; and a control unit which adjusts a torque distribution ratio with respect to the first pump and the second pump in accordance with the operation amounts of the first joystick and the second joystick when a sum of required torque of the first pump and required torque of the second pump is higher than the available torque.
US10907316B2
An offshore platform for use in combination with an offshore rig comprises an upper deck defining an upper deck aperture which is alignable with a rig aperture of the offshore rig, when said offshore rig extends over the upper deck, to permit objects to extend between the offshore rig and through the upper deck. The offshore platform further includes a sheath arrangement aligned with the upper deck aperture and extending upwardly relative to the upper deck to be alignable with the rig aperture, wherein the sheath arrangement defines a confinement zone for confining objects which pass downwardly from the offshore rig through the rig aperture.
US10907305B2
An enhanced paper for printing, including a substrate, an ablation resistant coating applied to the substrate, wherein the enhanced paper is ablation resistant so that it is not damaged by a light beam that illuminates enhanced paper with a fluence that ablates ink or toner but would damage standard printing paper that is made from cellulose fiber and is non-ablation resistant; and wherein the enhanced paper has physical properties of the standard printing paper for printing with laser printers and ink printers.
US10907302B2
A method of forming a roofing-grade asphalt mixture can include mixing a bio-asphalt including a partially oxidized bio-source material, a bitumen source material different from the bio-asphalt, and particles to form the roofing-grade asphalt mixture. In an embodiment, the bitumen source material can have a softening point of at least approximately 102° C. and a penetration distance no greater than approximately 20 dmm. In another embodiment, the roofing-grade asphalt mixture can have a softening point of at least approximately 104° C., a penetration distance no greater than approximately 12 dmm, a viscosity of at least approximately 3000 cps at a temperature of 177° C., or any combination thereof. The roofing-grade asphalt mixture can be applied to a base material to form a roofing product.
US10907297B2
A drying apparatus includes a compartment for containing objects to be dried, a closed-loop air pathway and a regeneration heat exchanger. The closed-loop air pathway includes a cooling element and a heating element, and is configured to extract from the compartment air that includes moisture in the form of vapor, to evacuate heat energy from the extracted air to an external fluid flow by cooling using the cooling element so as to remove at least some of the moisture from the air, to reheat the air using the heating element, and to re-introduce the reheated air into the compartment. The regeneration heat exchanger is inserted in the closed-loop air pathway and is configured to transfer heat from the air extracted from the compartment to the air exiting the cooling element in the closed-loop air pathway.
US10907295B2
A washing machine appliance and nozzle assembly is provided herein. The washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub positioned within the cabinet, a wash basket, and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly may be mounted within the cabinet and configured to provide wash fluid to the tub. The nozzle assembly may include an extendable nozzle, a supply line, and a nozzle valve. The extendable nozzle may be movable between retracted and extended positions. The extendable nozzle may define a fluid path extending in fluid communication between a nozzle inlet and a nozzle outlet. The supply line may extend to the extendable nozzle in fluid communication therewith to provide a flow of wash fluid to the extendable nozzle. The nozzle valve may be positioned within the extendable nozzle in fluid communication with the supply line upstream from the nozzle outlet.
US10907288B1
A household appliance for performing a cycle of operation on an article according to a cycle of operation. The household appliance includes a cabinet defining a treating chamber that is configured to receive the article. The cabinet also includes at least one consumable, a controller, a user interface, and a luminary communication interface.
US10907285B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for automatic edge positioning and guiding of a moving web, such as a textile fabric or carpet, onto a conveyor system comprising manufacturing operations such as sewing, for example. More in particular an apparatus is provided including mechanics, optics and control for steering and positioning the side edges of the moving web in order to correct for misalignment, and hence sewing can occur appropriately.
US10907279B2
Disclosed herein are spandex fibers having reduced friction. The spandex fibers have a sheath-core cross-section with a lubricating additive is included in the sheath. A fusing additive is optionally included where a coalesced multifilament spandex yarn is desired.
US10907268B2
A method for producing a multi-layer bus bar unit includes preparing a plurality of metal flat plate-shaped bus bars, each with electrode terminal parts at two or more locations, depositing a coating film over an entire surface of each bus bar by electrodeposition coating, subjecting a coating film of a predetermined bus bar to a heating treatment so that the coating film is completely cured, subjecting another bus bar to a heat treatment so that the bus bar is semi-cured, and obtaining a multi-layer structure by alternately overlapping, and then subjecting to a pressure and heating treatment, the bus bar with the completely-cured coating film and the bus bar with the semi-cured coating film, so that the semi-cured coating film is completely cured and the plurality of bus bars adhere to each other by the completely-cured coating film.
US10907266B2
The present invention relates to applying at least one ultra/mega sonic device and its reflection plate for forming standing wave in a metallization apparatus to achieve highly uniform metallic film deposition at a rate far greater than conventional film growth rate in electrolyte. In the present invention, the substrate is dynamically controlled so that the position of the substrate passing through the entire acoustic field with different power intensity in each motion cycle. This method guarantees each location of the substrate to receive the same amount of total sonic energy dose over the interval of the process time, and to accumulatively grow a uniform deposition thickness at a rapid rate.
US10907263B2
Disclosed are methods of synthesis of an oxidized nickel foam electrode incorporating iron including the step of subjecting a nickel foam electrode to repetitive cyclic voltammetric scans in a basic solution containing iron. Also disclosed is an oxidized nickel foam electrode the oxidized nickel foam incorporating iron, and use of such an electrode as a catalyst for oxygen evolution reaction. Also disclosed is a water splitting device such as an electrolyzer including such an electrode.
US10907262B2
The present invention concerns a membrane-less electrolyzer comprising a fluidic channel for receiving an electrolyte fluid; a first electrode and a second electrode located inside the fluidic channel, the first and second electrode permitting to extract a first gas and a second gas inside the fluidic channel from the electrolyte fluid, the first electrode and second electrode being separated by solely a surrounding fluid in the fluidic channel or the electrolyte; and a first fluidic transport channel for transporting the first gas to a first outlet and a second fluidic transport channel for transporting the second gas to a second outlet.
US10907239B1
A method for producing a particulate titanium alloy product can include preparing a composite particulate oxide mixture with TiO2 powder and at least one alloying element powder. The composite particulate oxide mixture can be co-reduced using a metallic reducing agent under a hydrogen atmosphere at a reduction temperature for a reduction time sufficient to produce a hydrogenated titanium alloy product. The hydrogenated titanium alloy product can then be heat treated under a hydrogen atmosphere and a heat treating temperature to reduce pore size and specific surface area to form a heat treated hydrogenated titanium product. The heat treated hydrogenated titanium product can be deoxygenated to reduce residual oxygen to less than 0.2 wt % to form a deoxygenated hydrogenated titanium product as a particulate. The deoxygenated hydrogenated titanium product can optionally be dehydrogenated to form the titanium alloy product as a particulate.
US10907227B2
Described is a method of modifying material properties of a workpiece using a high-pressure-torsion apparatus, comprising a working axis, a first anvil, a second anvil, and an annular body, comprising a first recirculating convective chiller, a second recirculating convective chiller, and a heater, positioned between the first recirculating convective chiller and the second recirculating convective chiller along the working axis. The method comprises compressing the workpiece along a central axis of the workpiece and. simultaneously with compressing the workpiece along the central axis, twisting the workpiece about the central axis. The method further comprises. while compressing the workpiece along the central axis and twisting the workpiece about the central axis, translating the annular body along the working, axis of the high-pressure-torsion apparatus, collinear with the central axis of the workpiece, and heating the workpiece with the heater.
US10907226B2
Described is a method of modifying material properties of a workpiece using a high-pressure-torsion apparatus, comprising a working axis, a first anvil, a second anvil, and an annular body, comprising a first total-loss convective chiller, a second total-loss convective chiller, and a heater, positioned between the first total-loss convective chiller and the second total-loss convective chiller along the working axis. The method comprises compressing the workpiece along a central axis of the workpiece and, simultaneously with compressing the workpiece along the central axis, twisting the workpiece about the central axis. The method further comprises, while compressing the workpiece along the central axis and twisting the workpiece about the central axis, translating the annular body along the working axis of the high-pressure-torsion apparatus, collinear with the central axis of the workpiece, and heating the workpiece with the heater.
US10907225B2
Stabilized volatile briquettes and processes and apparatuses for making and using the same are provided. The stabilized volatile briquette includes a volatile material and a thermoplastic binder material such that the thermoplastic binder material binds the volatile material together to define a briquette that is stable. The process includes mixing a volatile waste material and a thermoplastic binder material to form a briquette mixture, shearing the briquette mixture, extruding the briquette mixture to form a thermoplastic briquette extrusion, and hardening the thermoplastic briquette extrusion to form a stabilized volatile briquette. The apparatus includes an extruder, a heating portion operably connected to the extruder, and a heated die operably connected to the heating portion such that the extruder, the heating portion, and the heated die are configured to gradually heat a thermoplastic binder material such that the thermoplastic binder material binds a provided volatile material together.
US10907224B2
A direct reduction system and process for reducing a metal oxide to a metal, including and utilizing: a process gas line configured to deliver a portion of a process gas to a reformer operable for reforming the process gas to form a reformed gas; a bustle gas line configured to deliver the reformed gas to a shaft furnace as a bustle gas, wherein the shaft furnace is operable for reducing the metal oxide to the metal; and a direct recycle line including a direct recycle cooler configured to selectively deliver a portion of the process gas to the bustle gas line while circumventing the reformer, thereby selectively cooling and lowering the moisture content of the bustle gas delivered to the shaft furnace. Optionally, the direct reduction system further includes a reheat line configured to deliver a portion of the bustle gas to the shaft furnace as reheat gas.
US10907219B2
This disclosure describes compositions and methods that involve a first modular component and a second modular component. The first modular component includes a first target molecule coupled to a first dimerizing moiety. The second modular component includes a second target molecule coupled to a second dimerizing moiety. The first dimerizing moiety dimerizes with the second dimerizing moiety when the first dimerizing moiety binds a chemical induced proximity (CIP) inducer.
US10907218B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for determining the presence and/or amount of pathogenic Leptospira in a test sample. In particular, substantially purified oligonucleotide primers and probes are described that can be used for qualitatively and quantitatively detecting pathogenic Leptospira nucleic acid in a test sample by amplification methods. The present invention also provides primers and probes for generating and detecting control nucleic acid sequences that provide a convenient method for assessing internal quality control of the Leptospira assay.
US10907204B2
Improved methods and compositions are provided herein for primer extension target enrichment of target polynucleotides.
US10907203B1
The invention pertains to analyzing the DNA methylation levels at specific genetic loci. The DNA methylation levels at the specific genetic loci can be used to detect the presence in a sample of a specific body fluid, for example, semen containing sperm, saliva, or blood. Particularly, the DNA methylation levels at the genetic loci corresponding to SEQ ID NOs: 1, 7, 13, and 19 are used to detect sperms, saliva or blood cells. The DNA methylation levels at the specific loci can be determined by high-resolution melt (HRM) analysis or sequencing of the amplicons produced using specific primers designed to amplify the specific loci. Kits containing the primers and reagents for carrying out the methods disclosed herein are also provided.
US10907201B2
The present invention relates to compositions, methods and kits which can be used to amplify nucleic acids with the advantage of decreasing user time and possible contamination. The dried reagent composition of the invention can be used for easy processing and amplification of nucleic acid samples.
US10907184B2
Methods and compositions are provided for ionic liquid processing of biomass.
US10907179B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a polyisoprenoid with which it is possible to enhance the rubber synthesis activity of rubber particles to increase natural rubber production. The present invention relates to a method for producing a polyisoprenoid in vitro, which involves the use of a gene coding for a cis-prenyltransferase (CPT) family protein and a gene coding for a Nogo-B receptor (NgBR) family protein, and further involves the use of rubber particles bound to proteins encoded by these genes; or a method for producing a polyisoprenoid, which includes introducing into a plant a vector in which a promoter having a promoter activity that drives laticifer-specific gene expression is linked to a gene coding for a CPT family protein and a gene coding for a NgBR family protein, to express proteins encoded by the genes specifically in laticifers.
US10907178B2
In an illustrative embodiment, automated multi-module cell editing instruments comprising one or more flow-through electroporation devices or modules are provided to automate genome editing in live cells.
US10907173B2
Compositions having pesticidal activity and methods for their use are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polypeptide sequences having pesticidal activity, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules encoding the pesticidal polypeptides, DNA constructs comprising the nucleic acid molecules, vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells comprising the vectors, and antibodies to the pesticidal polypeptides. Nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides provided herein can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in organisms of interest. The compositions and methods provided herein are useful for the production of organisms with enhanced pest resistance or tolerance. Transgenic plants and seeds comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a pesticidal protein of the invention are also provided. Methods are provided for producing the polypeptides disclosed herein, and for using those polypeptides for controlling a pest. Methods and kits for detecting polypeptides of the invention in a sample are also included.
US10907172B2
The invention relates to methods of producing a desired phenotype in a plant by manipulation of gene expression within the plant. The method relates to means to increase expression level of a bHLH subgroup 1b gene expression or activity, wherein a desired phenotype such as increased heat tolerance relative to a wild type control plant following heat stress results in reduced flower abortion and increased yield. Included are plants produced by said methods. The invention also relates to nucleic acid sequences and constructs useful such methods and methods of generating and isolating plants having increased expression of a bHLH subgroup 1b expression or activity.
US10907168B2
A method of increasing expression of an heterologous protein of interest in a plant or portion of the plant is provided. The method comprises treating the plant or portion of the plant with a jasmonate-pathway activator, and introducing a nucleotide sequence operably linked to a regulatory region derived from a DNA plant virus and encoding the heterologous protein of interest into the plant or portion of the plant. Alternatively, the plant or plant portion may comprise the nucleic acid and encoding the heterologous protein of interest, and the plant or portion of the plant is treated with the jasmonate pathway activator. The treated plant is incubated under conditions to permit expression of the nucleotide sequence encoding the heterologous protein of interest.
US10907163B1
The subject invention provides materials and methods for single-step detection of small molecules, e.g., natural and synthetic cannabinoids, in a sample. The subjection invention provides nucleic acids materials, e.g., aptamers (nucleic acid oligonucleotides) that can bind to natural and/or synthetic cannabinoids. The method for detecting a natural or synthetic cannabinoid in a sample comprises contacting the sample with an aptamer-based sensor selective for the natural or synthetic cannabinoid, and sensitively and rapidly detecting the natural or synthetic cannabinoid in the sample. The aptamer-based sensor comprises aptamers that can specifically binds to natural and/or synthetic cannabinoids with nanomolar dissociation constant.
US10907160B2
Provided herein are methods for decreasing LRRK2 mRNA expression. Such methods are useful to ameliorate LRRK2 associated diseases. Such LRRK2 associated diseases include Parkinson's Disease, including non-LRRK2 mediated Parkinson's Disease.
US10907158B2
Provided are antisense morpholino oligomers targeted against bacterial virulence factors such as genes that contribute to antibiotic resistance or biofilm formation, or essential genes, and related compositions and methods of using the oligomers and compositions, for instance, in the treatment of an infected mammalian subject.
US10907157B2
Antisense agents and RNA interference agents useful for treating diseases and conditions the treatment of which can benefit from reducing the expression of double homeobox 4 and/or double homeobox 4c, more particularly facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, are described. Methods, uses and further products employing such agents are also described.
US10907155B2
It is an object of the present invention to specify miRNA associated with the treatment and/or prevention of various cancer species, from among various miRNAs associated with cancer, and to provide a novel pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing cancer which targets the specified miRNA. According to the present invention, provided are a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing cancer comprising, as an active ingredient, an antisense polynucleotide shown as hsa-miR4454, a combination drug comprising the aforementioned pharmaceutical composition and another antitumor agent, and a method for treating and/or preventing cancer, using the above-described pharmaceutical composition or combination drug.
US10907150B2
Described herein are modified guide RNAs such as a single guide RNA including, from 5′ to 3′, a single-stranded protospacer sequence, a first complementary strand of a binding region for the Cas9 polypeptide, an aptamer that binds a biotin-binding molecule, and a second complementary strand of the binding region for the Cas9 polypeptide. Also described is an RNP complex including the modified guide RNA and a Cas9 polypeptide or active fragment thereof. Also included are methods of modifying target genes in cells using the modified guide RNAs.
US10907149B2
The invention provides a method for genetic analysis in individuals that reveals both the genetic sequences and chromosomal copy number of targeted and specific genomic loci in a single assay. The present invention further provide methods for the sensitive and specific detection of target gene sequences and gene expression profiles.
US10907146B2
The present invention relates to a ribonucleic acid (RNA) extraction method using a solid subject, the method including activating a subject with a reactive amine group, injecting a sample having 1×101 to 1×103 cells/ml and a dimethyl suberimidate (DMS) compound or a dimethyl pimelimidate (DMP) compound into the subject, and forming a complex having the RNA within the sample and the compound, and extracting the RNA by treating elution buffer to the subject on which the complex is formed. The subject, particularly, the thin film device used for extracting the RNA, has improved hydrophilicity compared to the conventional silicon substrate, so that RNA is extracted more efficiently.
US10907138B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and formulations containing a TATk-CDKL5 fusion protein. Also disclosed are methods of producing a TATk-CDKL5 fusion protein from vectors containing a TATk-CDKL5 cDNA and methods of transducing cells with the vectors containing a TATk-CDKL5 cDNA and the TATk-CDKL5 fusion protein.
US10907128B2
The invention relates to a liquid supply interface for a cell culture system for supplying cell cultures found in different cell culture containers with a nutrient medium, wherein the liquid supply interface comprises: a housing defining a flow area; a first connection formation for the liquid-transferring connection of a first fluid line to the housing; a second connection formation formed separately from the first for the liquid-transferring connection of a second fluid line to the housing; a third connection formation formed separately from the first two for the liquid-transferring connection of the housing to a third fluid line; a coupling formation formed separately from the connection formations, which is formed for the producible and detachable liquid-transferring coupling contact according to the operation, with a corresponding counter-coupling formation of a cell culture container.
US10907127B2
An algae cultivation system includes generating a translating hydraulic jump wave that travels across a gas-liquid interface of an algae cultivation fluid contained in the algae cultivation system. The translating hydraulic jump wave has Froude number greater than 1.
US10907124B2
The present invention relates to biomimetic membrane compositions and methods for making and using them.
US10907113B2
A lubricating grease composition includes a base oil, a thickener, and a solid lubricant, wherein the base oil is a synthetic hydrocarbon oil with a kinematic viscosity of 600 to 2000 mm2/s at 40° C., the thickener is a barium complex soap, and the solid lubricant is an inorganic fine particle with Mohs hardness of 3 to 6 and an average particle size of 10 to 40 μm.
US10907111B2
This invention relates to the use of a metallic or non-metallic detergent which is a hydrocarbyl-substituted salicylic acid or a derivative thereof in a non-aqueous lubricant composition as an inhibitor of lead corrosion associated with ashless, organic ester, anti-wear additives and/or friction modifiers.
US10907104B1
A syngas generator is disclosed as an exothermic gas generator that can accommodate high combustion temperatures of a natural gas/oxygen flame. The generator consists of four sections: a heavily insulated combustion chamber, a catalyst chamber, a spray chamber, and a heat exchanger. These four sections may be arranged in series and tightly bolted together to form a gas-tight system. Natural gas, oxygen and steam are supplied to a burner at the inlet end of the combustion chamber. This mixture is ignited and the resulting hot process gas is then fed into a catalyst bed where it reacts with the steam and is converted to carbon monoxide and hydrogen (syngas). The syngas is fed to a Fischer-Tropsch unit to create liquid fuel.
US10907103B2
A process for extracting bitumen from mined oil sand is provided, comprising: preparing an oil sand slurry comprising oil sand and water; conditioning the oil sand slurry by pumping the oil sand slurry through a hydrotransport pipeline under shear conditions that reduce the formation of water-in-bitumen emulsions in the conditioned oil sand slurry and increase the size of bitumen-air aggregates; and subjecting the conditioned oil sand slurry to gravity separation to produce a bitumen froth having enhanced bitumen recovery and reduced water-in-bitumen emulsions, a middlings layer and sand tailings.
US10907095B2
The present invention relates to novel phosphor mixtures and to a light-emitting device which comprises at least one of the novel phosphor mixtures. The phosphor mixtures can be used in phosphor-converted LEDs with a semiconductor that emits in the violet spectral region. The present invention furthermore relates to a lighting system which may comprise the light-emitting devices according to the invention, and to a dynamic lighting system. The present invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the phosphor mixtures according to the invention and to the use thereof in light-emitting devices for use in general lighting and/or in specialty lighting.
US10907090B2
Methods include introducing a multistage treatment fluid into one or more intervals of a wellbore, wherein the treatment fluid contains one or more stages of a polymer-forming composition and one or more stages of a spacer fluid and initiating polymerization of the one or more stages of polymer-forming composition. Methods may include designing a multistage treatment fluid containing one or more stages of a polymer-forming composition and one or more stages of a spacer fluid, wherein or more stages of the polymer-forming composition comprises a thermosetting polymer; and pumping the multistage treatment fluid into a wellbore, wherein the pumping rate is determined by constructing a model based upon (a) the minimum pumping rate determined from the critical reaction temperature and the downhole temperature, (b) the fracture closing time, (c) the temperature within one or more fractures, and (d) the maximum pumping rate.
US10907087B2
A method for isolating a first region and a proximate second region of a subterranean formation is disclosed that includes introducing an asphaltene composition into the first region of the subterranean formation, the asphaltene composition including asphaltene dissolved in a solvent, and after introducing the asphaltene composition, introducing an aqueous composition to the first region to precipitate the asphaltene in the first region. The precipitated asphaltene forms a barrier that isolates the second region from at least a portion of the first region.
US10907083B2
A combination of three polymers including a crosslinked acrylamide-TBAS copolymers in inverse emulsion form, N-vinyl pyrrolidone-acrylamide-TBAS terpolymer, and crosslinked N-vinyl pyrrolidone-acrylamide-TBAS acts as high temperature, high pressure fluid loss control additives for water-based drilling fluids systems. The combination is particularly useful for high salt, high density drilling fluids, and high temperature applications.
US10907081B2
Provided is a group of rare-earth regenerator material particles having an average particle size of 0.01 to 3 mm, wherein the proportion of particles having a ratio of a long diameter to a short diameter of 2 or less is 90% or more by number, and the proportion of particles having a depressed portion having a length of 1/10 to ½ of a circumferential length on a particle surface is 30% or more by number. By forming the depressed portion on the surface of the regenerator material particles, it is possible to increase permeability of an operating medium gas and a contact surface area with the operating medium gas.
US10907080B2
In one aspect, compositions are described herein. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a latent heat storage material having a solid-to-gel transition between about −50° C. and about 100° C. at 1 atm. In some embodiments, a composition comprises a foam and a latent heat storage material dispersed in the foam, the latent heat storage material having a solid-to-gel transition between about −50° C. and about 100° C. at 1 atm.
US10907068B2
The present invention relates to a cell membrane-mimicking brush polymer having surface properties mimicking a cell membrane and a self-assembly capability by means of a cell membrane mimicking functional group introduced to a brush terminal, and a method for preparing same.
US10907063B2
An ink composition according to the present invention contains a polymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein an amount of organic sulfonic acid measured at a temperature of 25° C. by using a water extraction method is 50 ppm or less, and an amount of water measured by a Karl Fischer method is 0.50 mass % or less with respect to a total mass of the ink composition. Also, an ink-jet ink set according to the present invention includes the above-described ink composition of the present invention. Also, an ink-jet printing system according to the present invention uses the above-described ink composition of the present invention and an ink-jet recording apparatus, and the ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink heating portion and an ink filter.
US10907049B2
The present invention relates to a furnace black having a STSA surface area of at 130 m2/g to 350 m2/g wherein the ratio of BET surface area to STSA surface area is less than 1.1 if the STSA surface area is in the range of 130 m2/g to 150 m2/g, the ratio of BET surface area to STSA surface area is less than 1.2 if the STSA surface area is greater than 150 m2/g to 180 m2/g, the ratio of BET surface area to STSA surface area is less than 1.3 if the STSA surface area is greater than 180 m2/g, and the STSA surface area and the BET surface area are measured according to ASTM D 6556 and to a furnace process wherein the stoichiometric ratio of combustible material to O2 when forming a combustion gas stream is adjusted to obtain a k factor of less than 1.2 and the inert gas concentration in the reactor is increased while limiting the CO2 amount fed to the reactor. Also provided is an apparatus for conducting the process according to the present invention.
US10907034B2
Provided is a pneumatic tire achieving a balanced improvement of steering stability, fuel economy, and processability. The pneumatic tire is formed from a rubber composition which includes: a rubber component; a plasticizer component; and a filler component. The rubber component includes: a diene rubber; and a copolymer containing an aromatic moiety as a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and an ethylene moiety as a structural unit derived from ethylene. The ethylene moiety is present in an amount of 15 to 70% by mass based on 100% by mass of the total structural units of the copolymer excluding the aromatic moiety. The copolymer is present in an amount of 5 to 60% by mass based on 100% by mass of the rubber component. The rubber composition satisfies the following relationship: B/A=0.45 to 0.65.
US10907030B2
A method for inhibiting whisker growth on a metallic substrate susceptible to whisker growth (e.g., tin, zinc, cadmium, indium, silver, lead, aluminum, gold, aluminum, gold, and alloys thereof), the method comprising coating a surface of the metallic substrate with a charge dissipative (CD) polymer, or more particularly, an electrostatically dissipative (ESD) polymer, that inhibits whisker growth on said surface under conditions where whisker growth would otherwise occur. In some embodiments, the CD or ESD polymer does not possess the necessary strength and/or thickness to function as a physical barrier for whisker growth. In particular embodiments, the CD or ESD polymer prevents the onset of whisker formation or growth, thus not requiring the CD or ESD polymer to function as a physical barrier.
US10907024B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a porous material, at least providing a mixture (I) comprising a composition (A) comprising components suitable to form an organic gel and a solvent (B), reacting the components in the composition (A) in the presence of the solvent (B) to form a gel, and drying of the gel obtained in step b), wherein the composition (A) comprises a catalyst system (CS) comprising a catalyst component (C1) selected from the group consisting of alkali metal and earth alkali metal, ammonium, ionic liquid salts of a saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acid and a carboxylic acid as catalyst component (C2). The invention further relates to the porous materials which can be obtained in this way and the use of the porous materials as thermal insulation material and in vacuum insulation panels, in particular in interior or exterior thermal insulation systems as well as in water tank or ice maker insulation systems.
US10907018B2
This invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the adhesion of resin compositions to substrate materials. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the adhesion of ROMP compositions to substrate materials using an adhesion promoter composition, where the adhesion promoter composition comprises a pre-reacted mixture comprising at least one compound containing at least two isocyanate groups and at least one compound comprising a heteroatom-containing functional group and a metathesis active olefin, where the adhesion promoter composition is storage stable and/or possesses in-resin storage stability when added to a resin composition, particularly a cyclic olefin resin composition, such as a ROMP composition. The polymer products produced via ROMP reactions of the invention may be utilized for a wide range of materials and composite applications. The invention has utility in the fields of polymer and materials chemistry and manufacture.
US10907015B2
Described is a method for the production of a moisture curable composition whereby the reactive end groups of a reactive polymer are reacted with a cross-linking agent for forming a prepolymer, whereby the method is operated in batch mode and the production of the prepolymer occurs in a mixing vessel, characterized in that the reactive polymer and the cross-linking agent, as well as the additional ingredients necessary for the production step in the mixing vessel, are introduced into the closed mixing vessel and react without opening the mixing vessel, and the mixing takes place without opening the mixing vessel, and the product is removed from the mixing vessel without opening the mixing vessel.
US10907012B2
A novel polycarbonate diol is useful as a raw material for producing a polycarbonate diol-based polyurethane with a high degree of hardness, superior abrasion resistance, and superior hydrophilicity. The polyurethane is useful in paints, coating agents, synthetic leathers, artificial leathers, and highly-functional elastomers, or the like. The polycarbonate diol is also useful for producing an active-energy radiation curable polymer composition giving a cured film having superior contamination resistance and high degree of hardness. The curable polymer composition contains a urethane(meth)acrylate oligomer obtained from the polycarbonate diol. The polycarbonate diol is obtained, for example, by reacting two specific types of diols with diester carbonate in the presence of a transesterification catalyst. The catalyst has a metal of Group 1 or 2 on the periodic table. A metal content of the transesterification catalyst is 100 weight ppm or less.
US10907005B2
Aqueous prepolymer dispersions are provided, as are methods for making aqueous prepolymer dispersions. For example, an aqueous polyurethane prepolymer dispersion may be prepared by a process. The process may include contacting a soybean oil polyester polyol and an isocyanate reactive monomer together in a first mixture. The isocyanate reactive monomer may be functionalized with a tertiary amine salt of an isocyanate-unreactive organic acid. The process may include contacting the first mixture with a diisocyanate to form a neutralized polyurethane prepolymer. The process may include contacting the neutralized polyurethane prepolymer with water to form the aqueous polyurethane prepolymer dispersion.
US10907001B2
Polymers having mechanical properties approaching or exceeding commercial elastomers and engineering thermoplastics, but improved biostability, are described herein. In one embodiment, the polymers have a hard segment containing one or more disulfoxide or disulfone moieties and a soft segment connected to the hard segment to form an elastomeric polymer. The polymer is resistant to oxidation and/or hydrolytic degradation, particularly in vivo, which allows for the use of these materials in implants/devices which are implanted for an extended period of time. The ratio or percentage by weight of soft segment to hard segment can be varied based on the physical and mechanical properties of the desired device.
US10906996B2
Provided is a polymerization catalyst including a metal complex obtained by mixing at least one ketimine derivative selected from the group consisting of a β-ketimine compound and a tautomer thereof with a compound having at least one metal selected from among Group 4 and 5 transitional metals, an organoaluminum compound, and a halogen compound.
US10906994B2
Processes disclosed are capable of converting biomass into high-crystallinity nanocellulose with surprisingly low mechanical energy input. In some variations, the process includes fractionating biomass with an acid (such as sulfur dioxide), a solvent (such as ethanol), and water, to generate cellulose-rich solids and a liquid containing hemicellulose and lignin; and mechanically treating the cellulose-rich solids to form nanofibrils and/or nanocrystals. The crystallinity of the nanocellulose material may be 80% or higher, translating into good reinforcing properties for composites. The nanocellulose material may include nanofibrillated cellulose, nanocrystalline cellulose, or both. In some embodiments, the nanocellulose material is hydrophobic via deposition of some lignin onto the cellulose surface. Optionally, sugars derived from amorphous cellulose and hemicellulose may be separately fermented, such as to monomers for various polymers. These polymers may be combined with the nanocellulose to form completely renewable composites.
US10906991B2
The invention relates to an ex vivo method for the generation of a bispecific antibody, comprising the steps of: a) providing a first antibody having a first binding specificity, wherein said first antibody comprises an IgG4-like CH3 region, b) providing a second antibody having a second binding specificity which differs from said first binding specificity, wherein said second antibody comprises an IgG4-like CH3 region, c) incubating said first and second antibodies together under reducing conditions which allow the cysteines in the core hinge region to undergo disulfide-bond isomerization, and d) obtaining a bispecific antibody. The invention furthermore relates to bispecific antibodies obtainable by the method of the invention.
US10906990B2
The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody or antibody fragment thereof as a human IgG antibody including at least one lysine derivative in a constant region of the human IgG antibody; a modified antibody or antibody fragment thereof, wherein the lysine derivative is modified; a nucleic acid including a nucleotide sequence encoding the antibody or antibody fragment thereof; a vector including the nucleic acid; a transformed cell obtained by introducing the vector into a host cell; a method for producing the antibody or antibody fragment thereof; and a composition containing the antibody or antibody fragment thereof.
US10906977B2
The present invention provides antagonists and methods of use thereof in the treatment of cancer and abnormal immune suppression diseases.
US10906976B2
The present invention provides for a novel method for inhibiting an undesirable immune response, especially in transplant recipients such as those having received an allogeneic stem cell transplant. Also disclosed are related compositions and kits for inducing immunotolerance.
US10906974B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide an antibody specifically binding to GPR20-positive tumor cells such as GIST, a pharmaceutical product comprising the antibody and having therapeutic effects on a tumor, a method for treating a tumor using the aforementioned pharmaceutical product, and the like. It is another object of the present invention to provide an anti-GPR20 antibody having internalization activity, an antibody-drug conjugate containing the antibody, and the like.
US10906969B2
Methods of treating acute thyroid eye disease (TED) by administering a inhibitor, e.g., a VEGF-A inhibitor, e.g., an anti-VEGF antibody, optionally in combination with hyaluronidase, by periorbital or intraorbital injection. Also compositions comprising a VEGF inhibitor and hyaluronidase.
US10906967B2
The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to transthyretin (TTR). The antibodies can be used for treating or effecting prophylaxis of diseases or disorders associated with TTR accumulation or accumulation of TTR deposits (e.g., TTR amyloidosis). The antibodies can also be used for diagnosing TTR amyloidosis and inhibiting or reducing aggregation of TTR, among other applications.
US10906963B2
The present invention relates to variants of the anti-tenascin antibody F16 which are modified to abolish N-glycosylation at positions 88 to 90 in the VL domain. This results in dramatically improved properties, such as improved binding affinity and tumour biodistribution in vivo. Variant F16 antibody molecules and methods for their production and use are provided.
US10906949B2
Provided herein are compositions, systems, kits, and methods for treating nervous system injuries caused by trauma or neurodegeneration or aging in a subject by administering a CSPG or SOCS3 reduction peptide (CRP and SRP respectively), or a nucleic acid sequence encoding the CRP or SRP, wherein both the CRP and SRP comprise a cell membrane penetrating domain, and a lysosome targeting domain, and the CRP further comprises a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (CSPG) binding domain, and the SRP further comprises a suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 (SOCS3) binding domain.
US10906943B2
The invention relates to a fusion protein comprising a polypeptide of interest, a transmembrane domain and an HIV gag polypeptide, or their functionally equivalent variants. The invention also relates to the polynucleotides, vectors, host cells and virus-like particles expressing or presenting said fusion proteins and to the pharmaceutical, immunogenic or vaccines composition containing said fusion proteins, polynucleotides, vectors, host cells and virus-like particles and their use in human and veterinary medicine.
US10906937B2
Isolated peptides are disclosed. The peptide comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-5 and 11-15, with the proviso that the amino acid sequence does not consist of SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 15 or SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the peptide is no longer than 50 amino acids. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising same and uses thereof for treatment of diseases associated with serotonin transport and/or αVβ3 activity are also disclosed.
US10906921B2
A curing agent or a curing accelerator which is easy to synthesize and may cure an epoxy resin and the like, or may accelerate the curing is provided. A curing agent or a curing accelerator according to some embodiments of the present invention has a highly-coordinated silicon structure.
US10906914B2
Compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are disclosed Formula I. The variables X1, X2, and R1-4 are disclosed herein. The compounds are useful for treating cancer and related proliferative diseases. Pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds of Formula I and methods of treatment comprising administering compounds of Formula I are also disclosed.
US10906913B2
Disclosed are compounds having enhanced potency in the modulation of NMDA receptor activity. Such compounds are contemplated for use in the treatment of diseases and disorder such as learning, cognitive activities, and analgesia, particularly in alleviating and/or reducing neuropathic pain. Orally available formulations and other pharmaceutically acceptable delivery forms of the compounds, including intravenous formulations, are also disclosed.
US10906906B2
The invention relates to particular substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines, the compounds of formula I: in free, solid, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or substantially pure form as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in the treatment of central nervous system (CNS) diseases involving the 5-HT2A receptor, the serotonin transporter (SERT), pathways involving the dopamine D1 and D2 receptor signaling system, and/or the μ-opioid receptor.
US10906902B2
Provided herein are processes for the preparation of (S)-(2R,3R,11bR)-3-isobutyl-9,10-dimethoxy-2,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-1H-pyrido[2,1-a]isoquinolin-2-yl 2-amino-3-methylbutanoate di(4-methylbenzenesulfonate), or a solvate, hydrate, or polymorph thereof.
US10906886B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or stereoisomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are inhibitors of factor XIa andor plasma kallikrein which may be used as medicaments.
US10906875B2
The invention provides heterocyclic compounds with quaternary centers and methods of preparing compounds. Methods include the method for the preparation of a compound of Formula (II): comprising treating a compound of Formula (I): with a transition metal catalyst and under alkylation conditions as valence and stability permit.
US10906861B2
Described are methods of making organic compounds by metathesis chemistry. The methods of the invention are particularly useful for making industrially-important organic compounds beginning with starting compositions derived from renewable feedstocks, such as natural oils. The methods make use of a cross-metathesis step with an olefin compound to produce functionalized alkene intermediates having a pre-determined double bond position. Once isolated, the functionalized alkene intermediate can be self-metathesized or cross-metathesized (e.g., with a second functionalized alkene) to produce the desired organic compound or a precursor thereto. The method may be used to make bifunctional organic compounds, such as diacids, diesters, dicarboxylate salts, acid/esters, acid/amines, acid/alcohols, acid/aldehydes, acid/ketones, acid/halides, acid/nitriles, ester/amines, ester/alcohols, ester/aldehydes, ester/ketones, ester/halides, ester/nitriles, and the like.
US10906854B2
Methods of preparing Pt/SrTiO3 photocatalysts comprising strontium titanate nanoparticles and platinum doped on a surface of the strontium titanate nanoparticles are described. Processes of oxidizing cycloalkanes to cycloalkanols and/or cycloalkanones by employing the Pt/SrTiO3 photocatalysts are specified. A method for recycling the photocatalyst is also provided.
US10906848B2
A method of manufacturing and optimizing energetic propellant grains includes generating an optimal surface area to mass fraction burned ratio profile for a predetermined solid structure including propellant grains; using the profile as a target function of a topological optimization process to generate a 3D form of a propellant grain; developing a negative of the 3D form of the propellant grain; mixing and densifying the negative with an energetic material in an uncured form in a mixer to create a structure including the energetic material and embedded negative; and solvating the negative from the structure, wherein the negative comprises a 3D propellant grain. The developing of the negative of the 3D form of the propellant grain may occur using a predetermined material in an additive manufacturing process. The negative may be soluble in the predetermined material, and the energetic material may be insoluble in the predetermined material.
US10906844B2
Apparatus and method for converting organic waste into compost, having: a chamber, with an entry portal disposed near a top and one side of the chamber, and with an exit portal disposed at a bottom of the chamber; an auger extending at a level along a length of the chamber and adjacent to the top of the chamber; a collection chamber disposed under part of the chamber, aligning with the exit portal, and having a door for access therein; a bin fitting entirely within the collection chamber and removable therefrom; a blower for introducing controlled air; sensors to detect the level of organic waste in the chamber relative to the auger; a rotating gate between the exit portal and the collection chamber providing intermittent opening and closing of the chamber to the bin therebelow; and a feedback circuit for delivering a switching signal from the sensors.
US10906842B2
A method of processing a CMC component includes preparing a fiber preform having a predetermined shape, and positioning the fiber preform with tooling having holes facing one or more surfaces of the fiber preform. After the positioning, a clamping pressure is applied to the tooling to force portions of the one or more surfaces of the fiber preform into the holes, thereby forming protruded regions of the fiber preform. During the application of the clamping pressure, the fiber preform is exposed to gaseous reagents at an elevated temperature, and a matrix material is deposited on the fiber preform to form a rigidized preform including surface protrusions. After removing the tooling, the rigidized preform is infiltrated with a melt for densification, and a CMC component having surface bumps is formed. When the CMC component is assembled with a metal component, the surface bumps may reduce diffusion at high temperatures.
US10906841B2
The present disclosure concerns a porous body made of a ceramic-matrix composite material for an acoustic attenuation panel and a method of manufacturing the porous body. The porous body includes a plurality of interwoven ceramic fibers, a metal oxide matrix, and a plurality of channels interwoven with the ceramic fibers and interconnected together. The channels define at least one cavity. In one form, at least one channel is wrapped around a ceramic fiber. In another form, at least one ceramic fiber and at least one channel are twisted together. In yet another form, at least one channel is wrapped around a ceramic fiber and twisted with the ceramic fiber. The present disclosure also concerns an acoustic attenuation panel including the porous body and an aircraft propulsion unit having such a panel.
US10906831B2
A method for making a glass ribbon that includes: flowing a glass into a caster having a width (Wcast) from about 100 mm to about 5 m and a thickness (t) from about 1 mm to about 500 mm to form an a cast glass; cooling the cast glass in the caster to a viscosity of at least 108 Poise; conveying the cast glass from the caster; drawing the cast glass, the drawing comprising heating the cast glass to an average viscosity of less than 107 Poise and drawing the cast glass into a glass ribbon having a width (Wribbon) that is less than Wcast; and thereafter cooling the glass ribbon to ambient temperature. Further, the cast glass during the cooling, conveying and drawing steps is about 50° C. or higher.
US10906825B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems involving wastewater treatment systems are provided. The descriptions include a wastewater conduit with a pair of curved infiltrative surfaces. These curved infiltrative surfaces pass wastewater from within the conduit to outside of the conduit.
US10906821B2
Methods are provided for treating intimately dispersed mixtures of water, bitumen, and fine clay particles, such as oil sands mature fine tailings (MFT). Select methods use dissolved silicate ions and a base (alkali), optionally in combination with a biopolymer, to flocculate a slurry. A mixing regime is disclosed involving the addition to MFT of silicate ions in solution and alkali, to initiate aggregation/destabilization of clay particles. Methods are exemplified that provide distinct sediment layers in conjunction with the release of residual bitumen (for example 40-50% of the initial bitumen content). In these exemplified embodiments, a densely packed bottom layer containing ˜75 wt. % solids showed high yield stress values (3.5-5.5 kPa) and entrapped little residual bitumen (0.2-0.3 wt. %). The methods accordingly segregate a material suitable for reclamation.
US10906819B2
A method for a water bottle comprising, coupling a cap to bottle housing such that an interior of the water bottle and the cap form a water-tight region, receiving a button push on the cap, determining with a light sensor whether visible light is present in a vicinity of a UV LED light source disposed within the cap, in response to the push of the button, initiating providing with a UV LED light source UV light to the interior in response to the push of the button and in response to absence of the visible light within the vicinity of the UV LED light source, and inhibiting providing with the UV light to the interior after a period of time after the initiating providing UV light to the interior or in response to determining the visible light being present in the vicinity of the UV LED light source.
US10906818B2
The invention provides methods and systems for washing adsorptive media with minimal water consumption. More specifically, the invention provides methods and systems for in situ regeneration and/or sanitization of adsorptive media, such as activated carbon, using back-and-forth washing.
US10906815B2
A zeolite crystal has an AFX structure and a hexagonal plate shape. Ratio of a maximum Feret diameter (L1) in a plan view with respect to a plate thickness in a side view is greater than or equal to 2.
US10906814B2
A method for producing nanoplates derived from a layered material, includes the steps: (a) mixing particles of said layered material with a carrier liquid to form a dispersion of said particles in said carrier liquid; (b) pressurizing the dispersion to a pressure of at least 10 kpsi; and (c) forcing the dispersion along a microfluidic channel under said pressure, to apply a shear rate of at least 105 s−1 to said particles in the dispersion. Exfoliation of nanoplates from said particles is thereby caused. The nanoplates may be graphene nanoplates, for example. Steps (b) and (c) may be repeated for a number of cycles in order to promote exfoliation. The method may be carried out using a microfluidizer.
US10906811B2
A composition includes a few-layer phosphorene nanomaterial comprising at least one of mono-, bi-, and n-layer phosphorene nanosheets, where n is an integer selected from 3 to 6; deoxygenated water; and at least one amphiphilic surface active component.
US10906810B2
High quality, catalyst-free boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) that are long, flexible, have few wall molecules and few defects in the crystalline structure, can be efficiently produced by a process driven primarily by Direct Induction. Secondary Direct Induction coils, Direct Current heaters, lasers, and electric arcs can provide additional heating to tailor the processes and enhance the quality of the BNNTs while reducing impurities. Heating the initial boron feed stock to temperatures causing it to act as an electrical conductor can be achieved by including refractory metals in the initial boron feed stock, and providing additional heat via lasers or electric arcs. Direct Induction processes may be energy efficient and sustainable for indefinite period of time. Careful heat and gas flow profile management may be used to enhance production of high quality BNNT at significant production rates.
US10906805B2
The method includes two technological segments (i) a reduction segment and (ii) an oxidation segment that are interconnected by various support technological processes for the regeneration of solutions and gases and heat recuperation. The reduction segment includes an electrolysis that is performed from a solution of chloride salts of an energy carrier. During the electrolysis, these elements reduce to a lower oxidation state, solidify on the electrodes or precipitate to a solid state. The solid substance thus obtained is the energy carrier that can be stored outside of the electrolyser until a need for additional energy emerges. During the electrolysis, chlorine gas develops that is collected and dissolved in water. An HCl solution is regenerated, which is used in the oxidation segment. Oxygen is released in this process. The energy that has thus been stored in the oxidation potential of the energy carrier is released during a spontaneous chemical reaction between the energy carrier and the HCl solution in the oxidation segment. In this chemical reaction, the oxidation state of the chemical elements which constitute the energy carrier is increased to an oxidation state identical to that from before the beginning of the electrolysis. The reaction product hydrogen is formed that represents a high calorific fuel. This fuel can be immediately converted to heat or electrical energy, without a need for intermediate storage, by known methods. Only water enters the entire method, oxygen and hydrogen leave, while the cycle is closed/cyclic for the remaining substances.
US10906796B2
A refrigerator utilizes a dispenser control with a multi-function control paddle to perform multiple dispenser functions in response to different types of actuation of the control paddle. The control paddle may be positioned below one or more dispenser openings and pivotable in multiple directions about one or more axes such that placement of a container below the one or more dispenser openings and against different actuation regions of the control paddle will initiate different dispenser functions.
US10906788B2
A conveying device includes: a main movement body; a main conveying mechanism that conveys the main movement body; and a controlling device that controls operation of the main conveying mechanism including a plurality of winches attached to the main movement body and multiple cables one wound around each winch; each winch includes a cylindrical drum rotatable about an axis line thereof and driving device that rotates the drum, and is wound around corresponding one of the drums of the respective corresponding winches helically in an axis direction of the drums multiple times, and have distal ends supported by supporting bodies corresponding to the respective winches; and the controlling device conveys the main movement body to an arbitrary position on a conveying path between the supporting bodies corresponding to the respective winches by controlling operation of a driving device of each winch disposed on the main movement body.
US10906781B2
A pneumatic vertical transportation device comprises an expandable cylinder, a carriage rack, an air piping controller, and an air exhauster. The expandable cylinder includes a bellow body, with one end hanging carriage rack and the other end connected with a fixing plate. The expandable cylinder is connected with the air piping controller. While the carriage rack is rising, the air exhauster draws air from the bellow body through the air piping controller to gradually decrease pressure inside. Once pressure difference exceeds weight of the carriage rack, the carriage rack begins to rise. Volume of the expandable cylinder is reduced such that the lower disc of the expandable cylinder approaches top, and the expandable cylinder is maintained at low pressure state. While the carriage rack is descending, air is fed into the expandable cylinder through the air piping controller to gradually expand the bellow body, letting the carriage rack descend.
US10906777B2
The invention concerns a safety arrangement of an elevator facility for safeguarding a work environment in an elevator shaft by actuating an actuator ensuring that an elevator car is not moving unintentionally during a safety situation, the elevator facility having a control system to which the safety arrangement is connected. According to the invention the safety arrangement comprises hydraulic activation means including a suspended floating platform being vertically movable, under which platform a sensing hydraulic cylinder is installed for activating the actuator upon loading of the platform.
US10906775B2
Disclosed is an elevator control system configured to control movement of an elevator car (12) along an elevator hoistway (26) between a starting position and a destination position (L2), the control system comprising a car holding position monitoring unit configured to monitor whether the elevator car (12) has moved upwards or downwards in the hoistway (26) during a holding period (68) where the car (12) was intended to remain stationary at the destination position (L2). The car holding position monitoring unit is configured to: Receive a first trigger signal (62) from a first car position reference system (40); upon receipt of the first trigger signal, receive signals from a further car position reference system to detect a first indicator (66) indicative of a travel distance (X2) between the position of the elevator car (12) in the hoistway (26) when receiving the first trigger signal (62) and the position of the elevator car (12) in the hoistway (26) when stopping at the destination position (L2); upon receipt of a further service call for the elevator car (12), receive further signals from the further car position reference system and receive a second trigger signal (70A) from the first car position reference system (40) to detect a second indicator (74A) indicative of a travel distance between the position of the elevator car (12) in the hoistway (26) at the end of the holding period (68) and the position of the elevator car (12) in the hoistway (26) when the elevator car (12) receives the second trigger signal (72A) from the first car position reference system (40); and detect whether the elevator car (12) has moved during the holding period (68) based on a comparison of the first indicator (66) and the second indicator (74A).
US10906771B2
A kit of separate components for assembly of a cable reel apparatus that includes a pre-wound coil of cable, a bag, first and second frames having a geometry configured to fit inside of the base of the bag, and first and second flanges. The first flange is configured for engaging the first frame and has a first hub portion on the inner surface of the first flange. The second flange is configured for engaging the second frame has a second hub portion on the inner surface of the second flange. The first and second hub portions are sized to fit within the inner diameter of the coil of cable and are configured to releasably couple with one another to form a hub member for supporting the coil of cable between the first and second flanges.
US10906769B2
A core for winding sheet material is proved. The core comprises a cylindrical tube having a longitudinally oriented slot formed therein, and a strip of soft material located in the slot. Because of the geometry of the slot and the strip, the strip may be softer in the central region but firmer where the core transitions from the relatively soft strip to the relatively hard tube. The leading edge of the sheet material imbeds itself into the soft central region of the strip as additional layers are wound around the core.
US10906768B2
Technology is provided for a cable management spool assembly. The cable management spool assembly includes a spool and one or more arcuate covers. The spool includes a flange portion having a first side configured to confront a mounting surface and a second side opposite the first side. A drum portion extends from the second side of the flange portion and one or more latches extend away from the first side of the flange portion. The latches are positioned to engage one or more corresponding mounting features of the mounting surface. The arcuate covers are coupled to the spool and are pivotable between an open position where a cable may be wound on the drum portion and a closed position where the cable is retained on the drum portion.
US10906763B2
A system for supporting a reel of stamping foil (2) that is mounted rotatably, includes: two flanges (9, 9′) connected to the shaft of the reel (2, 2′) that is positioned between the flanges, each flange having a rotary shaft extending outward of the reel; two end walls (7, 7′) mounted spaced apart on a guide surface (3′), each wall end having at least one upwardly oriented notch (10, 10′) arranged to receive the shaft of each flange (9, 9′); and a brake (13) which cooperates with and slows the rotation of the reel (2).
US10906762B2
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a control unit for executing a stop process of stopping a second sheet in a state in which the second sheet is nipped by a second conveyance portion, and a conveyance restart process of restarting conveyance of the second sheet stopped by the second conveyance portion. The control unit has a first mode in which the conveyance restart process is performed at a first timing at which a first time has elapsed since a first sheet has passed a reference position, and a second mode in which the conveyance restart process is performed at a second timing at which a second time longer than the first time has elapsed since the first sheet has passed the reference position.
US10906758B2
Apparatus for air flow limiting comprise a vertically oriented tube, a sail assembly positioned in the tube and moveable therewithin responsively to air flow through the tube to limit rate of air flow through the tube and halt air flow through the tube upon air flow rate through the tube exceeding a preselected value, and a moveable stop for adjustably changing the length of travel of the sail assembly thereby changing the maximum amount of air flow.
US10906755B1
Material moving apparatus, systems and methods are presented which can include an air material mover. Airflow through orifices can create a localized vacuum such that the uppermost or top layer of material can be separated from the stack of material. The airflow can interact with the material to produce flutter, which assists in separating lower layers from the uppermost layer. A material gripper can grip the uppermost or top layer of material for removal from the stack and repositioning in a work area.
US10906753B1
A cyclic type layered storage and output equipment includes a first pick-and-place device and a second pick-and-place device set at two opposite sides of an automatic material distribution and storage machine for delivering drill bits for detection and storing the detected drill bits by using horizontal transportation and layered storage technology. It can reduce the equipment space. After the overall inspection is completed, all the stored drill bits are transferred to another processing equipment together.
