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US10038462B2	Digital cancellation of receiver nonlinear distortion in carrier aggregation systems A method of sparse digital cancellation of receiver nonlinear distortion in carrier aggregation systems is proposed. A reference signal generator generates possible candidate reference signals to be included in a dictionary matrix D. A sparsity-based solution is then applied to dynamically select reference signals based on the RF transceiver configuration. Based on the auto-correlation and cross-correlation with an observed radio signal, a subset of reference signals is selected from the dictionary matrix to match the distortion signal. The number of selected reference signals is flexibly determined based on the design constraints on complexity and power consumption. A greedy sparse estimation approaches, e.g., Orthogonal Matching Pursuit (OMP) can be used for reference signal selection. The reference signal selection is dynamic and adapts itself for different channel responses through correlating the observed radio signal with the dictionary reference signals.
US10038454B2	Reference voltage generator for an analog-digital converter and method for analog-digital conversion Analog-digital converter configured for conversion of an input voltage, represented by a pair of input potentials, into a binary code using successive approximation. The analog-digital converter comprises a reference voltage generator (RVG) supplying a first pair of reference potentials and a second pair of reference potentials. The analog-digital converter further comprises a switched capacitor array (SCA) configured to receive the first and the second pair of reference potentials as well as a control unit (CTRL) coupled to the switched capacitor array (SCA) and configured to switch capacitors of the switched capacitor array (SCA) either to the first pair of reference potentials or to the second pair of reference potentials depending on a progress of the conversion.
US10038453B1	Capacitor calibration An analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator, a capacitive digital-to-analog converter (DAC), and calibration circuitry. The capacitive DAC is coupled to the comparator, and includes a plurality of capacitors. The calibration circuitry is configured to adjust a value of each of the capacitors, and includes binary search circuitry and error correction circuitry. The binary search circuitry applies a binary search over a first number of bits of a multi-bit adjustment value used to adjust the value of one of the capacitors, and averages a first number of comparator output samples to determine each of the first number of bits. The error correction circuitry applies an error correction to the multi-bit adjustment value generated by the binary search, and averages a second number of comparator output samples for the error correction. The second number of comparator output samples is greater than the first number of comparator output samples.
US10038450B1	Circuits for and methods of transmitting data in an integrated circuit A circuit for transmitting data in an integrated circuit device is described. The circuit comprises a first data width conversion circuit configured to receive a first portion of transmit data to be transmitted in parallel; a first parallel-in, serial-out circuit configured to receive an output of the first data width conversion circuit; a first reset timer configured to provide a first reset signal to enable resetting the first data width conversion circuit; a second data width conversion circuit configured to receive a second portion of the transmit data; a second parallel-in, serial-out circuit configured to receive an output of the second data width conversion circuit; and a second reset timer configured to provide a second reset signal to enable resetting the second data width conversion circuit.
US10038449B2	Temperature compensation circuit and radar apparatus A temperature compensation circuit includes: an oscillation circuit configured to include a replica amplifier of a target amplifier to be subjected to temperature compensation and oscillate by feeding an output of the replica amplifier back to an input; a time measurement circuit configured to measure a measured rise time taken from a start of oscillation of the oscillation circuit until an amplitude of an oscillation signal reaches a specific amplitude in the oscillation circuit; and a control circuit configured to compare a reference rise time of the oscillation circuit measured under a reference condition and the measured rise time and change a driving condition of the replica amplifier such that the measured rise time becomes substantially equal to the reference rise time.
US10038448B2	Hierarchical statisically multiplexed counters and a method thereof Embodiments of the present invention relate to an architecture that uses hierarchical statistically multiplexed counters to extend counter life by orders of magnitude. Each level includes statistically multiplexed counters. The statistically multiplexed counters includes P base counters and S subcounters, wherein the S subcounters are dynamically concatenated with the P base counters. When a row overflow in a level occurs, counters in a next level above are used to extend counter life. The hierarchical statistically multiplexed counters can be used with an overflow FIFO to further extend counter life.
US10038445B1	Component authentication utilizing multi-level arbiter A method for component authentication includes delaying an input signal along a first propagation path and a second propagation path, each propagation path including a same number of delay stages. A plurality of control inputs alters the first propagation path to include at least one delay stage from the second propagation path, and alters the second propagation path to include at least one delay stage from the first propagation path. A time difference between a first output of the first propagation path and a second output of the second propagation path is quantized into a plurality of time bins represented by a multi-bit output. The multi-bit output is transformed with a non-linear transform to provide a response output.
US10038443B2	Directional proximity switch assembly A proximity switch assembly is provided and includes a proximity sensor comprising a first electrode comprising first fingers and a second electrode comprising second fingers, wherein the first and second fingers are interdigitated with a varying density and a variable spacing therebetween along a first direction. The proximity switch assembly also includes control circuitry processing a signal in response to a user activation of the proximity sensor and determining sliding activation of the sensor in the first direction. The switch assembly may determine a tap, stable press and sliding activations.
US10038433B2	Device for correcting multi-phase clock signal A device for correcting a multi-phase clock signal includes a first duty ratio adjusting circuit (DRAC) to adjust a duty ratio of a first clock signal; a variable delay line (VDL) delaying a second clock signal; a second DRAC adjusting a duty ratio of the VDL output; first and second differential clock generating circuits (DFCGs) generating differential signals from first and second DRAC outputs, respectively; an edge combining circuit combining edges of outputs from the DFCGs; a duty ratio detecting circuit (DRDC) detecting a duty ratio of a first DRAC output or a first DFCG output in a first mode and of an edge combining circuit output in a second mode; a first control circuit controlling the first and second DRACs using a DRDC output in the first mode; and a second control circuit controlling the VDL using the DRDC output in the second mode.
US10038432B2	Duty correction circuit A duty correction circuit may be provided. The duty correction circuit may include a control circuit configured to generate a duty correction control signal by detecting edges of first and second differential clock signals. The duty a duty correction clock signal generation circuit may be configured to generate a duty correction clock signal according to edges of the duty correction control signal.
US10038427B2	Power path switching in an electronic device including a plurality of charging ports Exemplary embodiments are directed to power path switching between multiple charging ports of an electronic device. A device may include a charging port of a plurality of charging ports for coupling to a power supply via an over-voltage protection circuit. The device may further including a comparison unit configured to couple the charging port to the power supply based at least partially on a comparison between a voltage at an input of the over-voltage protection circuit coupled to the charging port with a voltage at the output of the over-voltage protection circuit coupled to the power supply.
US10038426B2	Temperature compensated constant current system and method A current reference circuit includes a voltage generating device, a resistor, one or more diodes, and a thermal bridge including one or more metal alloy contacts disposed on a substrate. The voltage generating device and the resistor have similar temperature coefficients. The diodes are thermally connected to the voltage generating device through the substrate. The metal alloy contacts are coupled between the diodes and the resistor. The diodes form a reverse bias junction when the compensation circuit is energized such that the thermal bridge may provide thermal conduction between the voltage generating device and the resistor.
US10038423B2	Notch filter A high-pass notch filter includes an input port, an output port, a third SAW resonator, a first inductor element, and a second inductor element. The first SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a first frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The second SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a second frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The third SAW resonator is configured to resonate in parallel at a third frequency corresponding to the attenuation band. The first inductor element has one end and another end. The one end is connected between the first SAW resonator and the third SAW resonator, and the other end is grounded. The second inductor element has one end and another end. The one end is connected between the second SAW resonator and the third SAW resonator, and the other end is grounded.
US10038422B2	Single-chip multi-frequency film bulk acoustic-wave resonators A single-die multi-FBAR (film bulk acoustic resonator) device includes multiple FBARs having different resonant frequencies formed over a single substrate. The FBARs include piezoelectric layers having different thicknesses but with upper electrodes formed at a same height over the substrate, lower electrodes at different heights over the substrate, and different sized air gaps separating the lower electrodes from the substrate.
US10038419B1	Last mile equalization An audio playback system performs a method including identifying a first type of audio included in a first audio stream, tagging the first audio stream with a first digital tag corresponding to the first type of audio, identifying a second type of audio included in a second audio stream, tagging the second audio stream with a second digital tag corresponding to the second type of audio, rendering the first audio stream with a first equalization profile applied thereto, the first equalization profile selected responsive to the audio playback system detecting the first digital tag in the first audio stream, and rendering the second audio stream with a second equalization profile different than the first equalization profile applied thereto, the second equalization profile selected responsive to the audio playback system detecting the second digital tag in the second audio stream.
US10038415B2	Power amplifier matching circuit with DVCs Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to power amplifier matching circuits used for matching impedance and harmonic control in a device, such as a cellular phone. In one example, a power amplifier matching circuit includes two DVCs, four inductors, a transistor, and a capacitor. Utilizing the two DVCs, the impedance matching ratio and the center frequency of the circuit are capable of adjustment as needed. Moreover, the inclusion of the two DVCs may also prevent harmonic frequencies from undesirably passing through the power amplifier matching circuit to the antenna of a cellular device. The power amplifier matching circuit may be used in conjunction with an amplifier, where the output of the amplifier is proportional to the current in the circuit.
US10038414B2	RF switch with split tunable matching network An improved architecture for a radio frequency (RF) power amplifier, impedance matching network, and selector switch. One aspect of embodiments of the invention is splitting the functionality of a final stage impedance matching network (IMN) into two parts, comprising a base set of off-chip IMN components and an on-chip IMN tuning component. The on-chip IMN tuning component may be a digitally tunable capacitor (DTC). In one embodiment, an integrated circuit having a power amplifier, an on-chip IMN tuner, and a selector switch is configured to be coupled to an off-chip set of IMN components. In another embodiment, an integrated circuit having an on-chip IMN tuner and a selector switch is configured to be coupled through an off-chip set of IMN components to a separate integrated circuit having an RF power amplifier.
US10038401B2	Systems and methods for fault detection A fault detection module acquires Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry (SSTDR) data pertaining to an electrical system, such as a photovoltaic string. A fault may be detected by use of difference data, calculated by comparing the SSTDR autocorrelation data to baseline SSTDR autocorrelation data previously acquired from the electrical system. The cumulative difference in the SSTDR autocorrelation data may indicate the presence of a fault and/or the location of the fault within the electrical system.
US10038398B2	Motor control, apparatus, motor control method, control system, information processing program and recording medium The present invention realizes a motor control apparatus and the like capable of obtaining an appropriate frequency characteristic. The motor control apparatus of the present invention includes a command value generating portion (10), a torque saturation detecting portion (61) for determining whether a driving value based on a command value exceeds a driving value capable of being output from the apparatus, a current saturation detecting portion (71), a voltage saturation detecting portion (72), and a command value correcting portion (20) for correcting the command value when the driving value is determined as being exceeded.
US10038397B2	Multiple engine condition matching via electrical power extraction control A multi-engine power system is described that includes a load requiring a total amount of electrical power, a first engine configured to provide a first portion of the total amount of electrical power to be provided to the load, and a second engine configured to provide a second portion of the total amount of electrical power to be provided to the load. The system further includes a controller configured to determine the total amount of electrical power to be provided to the load, estimate a respective service time associated with each of the first and second engines, and control each of the first and second engines to provide the total amount of electrical power to the load and to coordinate the respective service times associated with the first and second engines.
US10038395B2	Energy harvesting system A system, in certain embodiments, includes a joint and an energy harvesting system. The energy harvesting system includes an energy conversion system configured to convert kinetic energy from movement of the joint into electrical energy.
US10038393B1	Single-phase non-isolated inverter The present invention discloses a single-phase non-isolated inverter, comprising: a first DC-side capacitor, a second DC-side capacitor, a first switch unit, a second switch unit, a third switch unit, a fourth switch unit, a fifth switch unit, a sixth switch unit, a seventh switch unit, and an eighth switch unit. When the single-phase non-isolated inverter is operated at a zero-voltage switching state, the seventh switch unit and the eighth switch unit are switched to short circuit for forming a short-circuit path between the bus lines. Briefly speaking, this novel single-phase non-isolated inverter has reactive power capability. In addition, according to an adjusting signal of a PI controller, micro controller of the single-phase non-isolated inverter is able to properly adjusts the duty cycle of a switch unit driving signal of the fifth switch unit and the sixth switch unit, so as to cancel the capacitor voltage unbalance between two DC-side capacitors.
US10038389B2	Method for controlling a converter A method for controlling a converter including a resonant circuit, where the converter is controlled such that control switches are switched into a first state at the occurrence of an event that is related to a dependent variable of the converter and are switched into a second state at the occurrence of an event that is not related to a dependent variable of the converter, and the method may be employed in a converter or an inductive power transfer transmitter.
US10038388B2	Converter having a low conduction loss and driving method thereof A converter and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The converter includes a transformer, a main switch, a clamp switch, and a switching controller. Here, the switching controller controls a turn-on time of the main switch and a turn-off time of the clamp switch corresponding to an output load.
US10038371B2	Device for synchronizing variable frequency DC/DC current converters The invention concerns a device (3) for synchronizing at least two DC/DC converters. It is characterized in that it comprises receiving means (21A, 21B, 23A, 23B) for receiving a switching signal generated by each of the converters; means (25) for detecting a transition type of the received switching signals; means (27) for generating a synchronization signal when a transition is detected; and means (27, S1, S2) for supplying the synchronization signal to one of the converters, said means (27, S1, S2) being configured to supply the synchronization signal to a different converter and in an order of succession each time a transition is detected.
US10038367B2	Control of an electrical converter An electrical system including a three phase AC input supply and three or more H-bridge converter cells. Each H-bridge converter cell has: an active front end rectifier for receiving the three phase AC input supply and transforming it into a DC supply, thereby providing a rectifier current ii; a capacitor suitable to receive a capacitor current iC, the capacitor smoothing the DC supply; and an inverter suitable to receive an inverter current io, wherein io=ii−iC, said inverter transforming the received inverter current io into a single phase AC supply. The system also including a control subsystem, which provides a signal to each active front end rectifier to vary its respective rectifier current ii such that the difference between the rectifier current ii, provided by the active front end rectifier, and the inverter current io, received by the inverter, is substantially zero.
US10038359B2	Rotor and method of forming A rotor casting includes a lamination stack and a cast structure including proximal and distal cast end rings respectively adjacent proximal and distal end faces of the lamination stack. Cast axial ribs are distributed radially on a peripheral surface of the lamination stack and extend between the proximal and distal cast end rings. Cast feed members extend axially from the proximal cast end ring and are respectively positioned radially between an adjacent pair of axial ribs. In one example, cast bar segments integral to the proximal and distal cast end rings are formed in axial slots of the lamination stack. In one example, a bar insert in each axial slot has insert ends that extend respectively from the proximal and distal end faces of the lamination stack and are fully encapsulated respectively in the proximal and distal cast end rings. A method of forming the rotor casting is provided.
US10038356B2	Generator rotor refurbishing system and method of repairing a generator rotor A generator rotor refurbishing system includes a cutting tool configured to cut generator rotor bars. The cutting tool includes a guide track configured and disposed to be fixedly mounted relative to a generator rotor and a cutting head block moveably mounted relative to the guide track. The cutting tool is configured and disposed to produce a fixed depth cut through a generator rotor bar. A cleaning system is configured for substantially simultaneously cleaning first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar. The cleaning system includes a guide member and a cleaning assembly moveably mounted to the guide member. The cleaning assembly includes a plurality of cleaning members arranged to clean each of first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar.
US10038355B2	Electric machine having rotor and stator cooling assembly A cooling assembly is disclosed for use with an electric machine having a housing, a shaft rotatably supported within the housing, a rotor operatively coupled to rotate with the shaft, and a stator annularly surrounding the rotor. The cooling assembly may have an axial passage formed along a longitudinal axis of the shaft and configured to direct cooling oil from a first end of the shaft towards a second end of the shaft opposite the first end of the shaft. The cooling assembly may also have an angled passage fluidly connected to the axial passage and configured to redirect the cooling oil towards a gap between an outer surface of the rotor and an inner surface of the stator. The cooling assembly may further have an arcuate groove formed along the outer surface of the rotor and configured to sling the cooling oil towards opposing ends of the rotor.
US10038349B2	Multi-phase modular coil element for electric motor and generator Aspects and embodiments disclosed herein include a highly efficient electric motor which can be embodied in several configurations, including a standard motor, a hub motor, a linear motor, or other motor configuration. In one example, there is provided a motor comprising a rotor including a plurality of magnets and a stator including at least one coil module, the at least one coil module including a plurality of coils of conductive material, the plurality of coils arranged horizontally displaced from one another and retained in a matrix material of the at least one coil module.
US10038346B2	Transmission unit, reception unit, and communication system A transmitter includes: a transmission control circuit that determines whether or not to perform an emphasis on a data signal, based on a transition pattern of the data signal; and a transmission driver that selectively performs the emphasis based on a result of the determination by the transmission control circuit, to generate at least one transmission signal.
US10038342B2	Power transfer system with shielding body, power transmitting device with shielding body, and power transfer method for power transmitting system The present invention provides a power transfer system capable of reducing electromagnetic energy that disappears into a medium as a resistor when the coil of a power transmitting device and the coil of a power receiving device are apart from each other, in such a way that the power transmitting device of the power transfer system is equipped with a backside dielectric body and a shield body. A power transmitting device (11) faces a power receiving device (12) through a medium. The power transmitting device (11) comprises: a power transmission coil (111); a containment portion (112) having a first surface (112A) facing the power receiving device and a second surface (112B) on the opposite side of the first surface and having a dielectric body covering the power transmission coil (111); a backside dielectric body (113) provided on the second surface (112B) of the containment portion and having a first surface (113A) facing the containment portion and a second surface (113B) on the opposite side of the first surface; and a shield body (114) provided on the second surface (113B) of the backside dielectric body.
US10038337B1	Wireless power supply for rescue devices The present disclosure may provide an electric transmitter which may be used to provide wireless power transmission (WPT) while using suitable WPT techniques such as pocket-forming. Transmitter may operate as power source for rescue devices where wired power sources are not feasible because local infrastructure may be damaged or destroyed. In some embodiments, transmitters may include one or more antennas connected to at least one radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) and one microcontroller. In other embodiments, transmitters may include a plurality of antennas, a plurality of RFIC or a plurality of controllers. In addition, transmitters may include communications components which may allow for communication to various electronic equipment including phones, computers, GPS and others.
US10038336B2	Power duplication apparatus for HVDC system and control method therefor The present invention relates to a power duplication apparatus for an HVDC system and a control method therefor, and the power duplication apparatus for an HVDC system comprises: a first independent power generator receiving first input power so as to generate and output first power; a second independent power generator receiving second input power so as to generate and output the first power; a first power supplier selectively receiving the first power output, respectively, from the first independent power generator and the second independent power generator so as to convert the first power into second power having a smaller size than that of the first power and output the same; a second power supplier for selectively receiving the first power output, respectively, from the first independent power generator and the second independent power generator so as to convert the first power into the second power having a smaller size than that of the first power and output the same; a first HVDC controller for receiving the second power output from the first power supplier so as to activate the same and control an HVDC converter; a second HVDC controller for receiving the second power output from the second power supplier so as to activate the same and control the HVDC converter; and a power monitoring controller for enabling the first power output from the first independent power generator or the second independent power generator, so as to generate the first power having the same size as that of the first reference power if the first power has a size different from that of the first reference power by comparing the sizes of the first power and pre-stored first reference power, to be transferred to the first power supplier and second power supplier.
US10038333B2	Methods and devices for inductive coupling into power lines An electronic device is provided, including a housing having a back surface. The device includes a rechargeable battery, a capacitor, an inductor coil connected to the capacitor, the inductor coil being disposed around an axis oriented perpendicular to the back surface, a rectifier circuit connected to the inductor coil to output a direct current (DC), a DC-DC converter connected to the rectifier circuit, configured to trickle charge the battery with current received from the rectifier circuit, a test load switchably connected to the DC-DC converter, and a feedback circuit configured to detect a voltage level of the test load and provide an indication of the voltage level.
US10038332B1	Systems and methods of wireless power charging through multiple receiving devices Disclosed is a system including RF circuitry configured to generate an RF signal; a plurality of unit cells configured to receive the RF signal and to cause an RF energy signal having a center frequency to be present within the unit cells; and receiver circuitry configured to charge an electronic device in response to an antenna of the electronic device receiving the RF energy signal when the antenna is tuned to the center frequency and positioned in a near-field distance from one or more of the unit cells.
US10038324B2	Methods, circuits and articles of manufacture for controlling wireless power transfer responsive to controller circuit states A wireless power transfer circuit can include an input port that can be configured to couple to a power source, an ac excitation circuit having a port coupled to the input port, a resonant circuit coupled to the ac excitation circuit, and a controller circuit that can be configured to operate the ac excitation circuit. The wireless power transfer circuit can operate to inductively transfer power from the resonant circuit and the controller circuit can be configured to change an operating frequency of the ac excitation circuit and change a configuration of the resonant circuit responsive a change in indicated efficiency of the wireless power transfer.
US10038320B2	Phase selection for polyphase electrical installation A method for balancing a polyphase network for supplying an installation including a plurality of sockets for plugging-in electrical equipment, wherein a phase selector is inserted for each socket, between a system for supplying a polyphase voltage and the socket, and intercepts a command signal for energizing the socket. Once an energizing command has been received from one of the monophase equipments, the least charged phase is selected for powering the equipment, the evaluation of the least charged phase being carried out upstream of the system.
US10038316B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device is provided in which burning of a semiconductor element can be prevented without incorporating a fuse. The semiconductor device, which includes a plurality of semiconductor elements that are connected in parallel between a direct current power source and a load, is configured to simultaneously turn ON or OFF the plurality of semiconductor elements. The semiconductor device includes a voltage detection means for detecting a voltage value across a fixed potential and a connection node for the plurality of semiconductor elements and for the load, a determining means for determining, if the semiconductor elements are OFF, whether or not a voltage value detected by the voltage detection means is higher than a predetermined voltage value; and a means for turning the plurality of semiconductor elements ON when the unit determines that the detected voltage value is higher than the predetermined voltage value.
US10038314B2	Wire harness installation structure There is provided a wire harness structure which prevents an extraordinary displacement of a wire harness, and immediately discharges water from the wire harness when the water such as rain water splashes on the wire harness so that the freezing of the residing water and undesirable cutting of wires due to the freezing can be prevented. At an extending portion 13c of the wire harness, a strip-like plate spring 27 and the wires 31 are integrally combined together, and are covered with a mesh-like protective member 33 so that water will not reside therein. Even when water such as rain water splashes on the extending portion 13c, the water is discharged through mesh holes of the protective member 33, and will not reside in the extending portion 13c. Therefore, the freezing of the residing water can be prevented, and the cutting of the wires 31 can be prevented from occurring.
US10038308B2	Quantum cascade semiconductor laser A quantum cascade semiconductor laser includes: a semiconductor mesa having a core layer extending in a direction of a first axis, and an end face extending in a direction of a second axis intersecting the direction of the first axis, and the semiconductor mesa being disposed on a principal surface of a substrate; and a reflective layer disposed on the end face of the semiconductor mesa, the reflective layer including a first semiconductor film in contact with the core layer, the core layer having a superlattice structure, the superlattice structure including a quantum well layer and a barrier layer, and the first semiconductor film of the reflective layer having a bandgap equal to or smaller than that of the quantum well layer.
US10038301B1	Hybrid mode-locked laser with tunable number of comb lines A hybrid laser structure (comprising III-V gain material and a silicon-based photonic integrated circuit) is configured to control the number of generated mode-locked wavelengths by including an optical wavelength filter within the photonic integrated circuit portion of the laser cavity. The optical wavelength filter is used to control the number of comb lines that are supported by the laser cavity, filtering out a set of non-selected mode-locked wavelengths to control the generated number. The optical filter may be passive or active, and the number of generated comb lines may be fixed or adjustable, as desired.
US10038290B2	Electrical device Various examples of a connector device for connecting an electronic device with an external electronic device are described. An electronic device may comprise a first universal serial bus (USB)-type first plug including a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a fourth terminal, and a fifth terminal, a second USB-type second receptacle including a sixth terminal, a seventh terminal, an eighth terminal, a ninth terminal, and a tenth terminal, a first conducting line electrically connecting the first terminal and the sixth terminal, a second conducting line electrically connecting the second terminal and the sixth terminal, a third conducting line electrically connecting the third terminal and the eighth terminal, a fourth conducting line electrically connecting the fourth terminal and the ninth terminal, a fifth conducting line electrically connecting the fifth terminal and the tenth terminal, a first resistor connected to the second conducting line, and a second resistor connected between the second terminal and the seventh terminal to enable a first electronic device connected to the first plug to recognize a second electronic device connected to the second receptacle.
US10038286B2	Electrical connector with wires soldered upon internal printed circuit board and embedded within insulator A first terminal module and a second terminal module are integrally assembled with the base, and each of the first terminal module and the second terminal module includes the insulator and the corresponding terminals embedded therein. The first terminal module and the second terminal module are stacked with each other with a metallic shielding plate therebetween. A plurality of wires are located behind the first and second terminal modules. An internal printed circuit board is located between the terminals and the wires in the front-to-back direction to respectively connect to the terminals and the wires. Each of the terminal modules is equipped with a metallic grounding bar connected to the printed circuit board and the wires.
US10038282B2	High speed electrical connector An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector. At least one of the electrical connectors may comprise an insulating housing comprise a plurality of housing portions. The housing portions may support pairs of electric signal contacts, which may be arranged to carry differential signals. The electrical signals contacts may be edge coupled or broadside coupled. The insulating housing may further comprise a plurality of conductive ground shields which may be arranged to electrically shield adjacent pairs of electrical signals contacts. In one implementation, a shield may have walls shaped and positioned to surround a pair of electric signal contacts on three sides. The walls of a shield may extend along the direction of mating.
US10038275B2	Stackable deformable electrical connector system A stackable connector system having upper and lower members is provided. The upper member has a first set of upper connections including studs or jacks and a second set of upper connections including studs or jacks that are opposite the first set of upper connections. The lower member includes a first set of lower connections including studs or jacks that are opposite the second set of upper connections. The second set of upper connections and the first set of lower connections have parallel axes that are misaligned in an unplugged state. The misalignment creates deformation of the upper member and/or lower member during insertion of the studs into the jacks when the second set of upper connections and the first set of lower connections are plugged together. The deformation creates a resultant force between the second set of upper connections and the first set of lower connections.
US10038263B1	Connector with a slider for preventing an adverse effect due to the extra length of a flat cable A connector is capable of preventing an adverse effect due to the extra length of a flat cable. The connector includes: a main body to which a terminal of the flat cable having notches formed on both sides can be connected; a slider having engaging portions engageable with the notches, respectively, and configured to reciprocate relative to the main body along an insertion direction of the flat cable; and an actuator which sandwiches and fixes the flat cable in cooperation with the main body.
US10038260B2	Method for molding electrical connector An electrical connector. Multiple first and second terminals are arranged respectively on upper and lower surfaces of a tongue to form upper and lower rows. A middle shielding sheet is insert molded in the tongue and located between the first and second terminals, and has a first middle hole across a central line thereof along a front-rear direction. A width of the first middle hole along a transverse direction is greater than that of at least one USB 2.0 terminal. The first middle hole is located between the USB 2.0 terminals in the upper and lower rows. The middle shielding sheet has first holes respectively at two transverse sides of the central line. A front edge of the first middle hole extends forward beyond a rear edge of the first holes. The length of the first middle hole along the front-rear direction is shorter than that of each first hole.
US10038242B2	Antenna component An antenna component providing a large output. The antenna component includes a magnetic core and a coil antenna including a first coil portion to an nth coil portion (n being an integer more than two) wound around the magnetic core. The first coil portion to the nth coil portion are electrically connected in series and are spaced apart from each other and arranged in the order from the first to nth coil portions. The number of turns of each of the second coil portion to the (n−1)th coil portion is smaller than the number of turns of each of the first coil portion and the nth coil portion.
US10038236B2	Antenna apparatus provided with radome An antenna apparatus includes: an antenna that performs either transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves having a predetermined frequency; a case provided with a mounting surface on a predetermined surface, mounting the antenna on the mounting surface; a radome formed of a transmissive material allowing the electromagnetic waves to pass therethrough, mounted on the mounting surface so as to cover the antenna. A groove portion is formed on the mounting surface. The radome has a thickness corresponding to a value of ½ wavelength of the electromagnetic waves propagating therethrough multiplied by m, where m is positive integer number. The groove portion is formed in a direction forming a predetermined angle with respect to a normal direction of an opening surface of the antenna, to have a depth defined as ½ wavelength of the electromagnetic waves propagating in the groove portion multiplied by n, where n is positive integer number.
US10038235B2	Multi-mode, multi-band antenna A multi-mode, multi-band antenna system for a handheld wireless device includes a Quadrafilar Helix Antenna (QHA) that radiates circularly polarized waves is fed by a co-axial cable. The co-axial cable is also used in combination with the QHA as a monopole antenna. Because of the distinct electromagnetic field patterns of the QHA versus the combination of the QHA and the co-axial cable operating as a monopole antenna, the cross coupling between the two modes is low. In certain embodiments the co-axial cable can itself be formed into a helix in order to reduce the physical length of the antenna system while maintaining an electrical length desired to supported certain frequency bands in the monopole mode. According to certain embodiments a post which also serves to increase the effective electric length of the co-axial cable and thereby support a lower frequency band is provided along the centerline of the QHA.
US10038234B2	Antenna structure and wireless communication device using same An antenna structure includes a housing, a first feed portion, a first ground portion, and a second ground portion. The housing defines a slot, a first groove, and a gap. The housing is divided into a first portion and a second portion by the slot, the first groove, and the gap. The first portion is further divided into a first radiating portion and a second radiating portion by the first feed portion. A first portion of the housing extending from the first feed portion to the first gap forms the first radiating portion. A second portion of the housing extending from the first feed portion to the groove forms the second radiating portion. The second radiating portion is shorter than the second portion. The second portion is shorter than the first radiating portion. The first portion activates a first operation mode and the second portion activates a second operation mode.
US10038229B2	Battery A battery including a heat absorbing layer that has a large endotherm per unit volume. The battery comprises at least one heat absorbing layer, the at least one heat absorbing layer comprising an inorganic hydrate and at least one organic heat absorbing material selected from the group consisting of a sugar alcohol and a hydrocarbon.
US10038226B2	Cooling plate for lithium-ion battery pack A cooling plate for a battery pack with a plurality of battery cells is provided. The cooling plate includes a cooling fin with a substantially planar surface and a perimeter. The cooling plate includes a frame abutting the cooling fin and forming a seal with the cooling fin adjacent the perimeter of the same. The frame and the cooling fin define at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid outlet, and a flow channel therebetween. The at least one fluid inlet and the at least one fluid outlet are disposed through the seal and are in fluid communication with the flow channel. The flow channel is disposed adjacent the perimeter and in heat transfer communication with the substantially planar surface of the cooling fin. A battery pack with the cooling plate, and a method for controlling a temperature of the battery pack, are also provided.
US10038225B2	Battery watering event detection using a temperature sensor A method of battery cell monitoring includes measuring a temperature of an electrolyte in a battery cell using a temperature sensor, outputting from the temperature sensor a plurality of electrolyte temperature signals indicative of the temperature of the electrolyte over time, providing the plurality of electrolyte temperature signals to a system controller, determining by the system controller a sudden transition in the electrolyte temperature signals, and logging a watering event data indication in a memory in response to calculating the sudden transition.
US10038224B2	Power supply device A plurality of required DC voltages are outputted. A power supply device includes: a first switch circuit corresponding to the plurality of battery devices, and that includes a switch for connecting a negative pole terminal, by which negative pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a first switch for connecting a positive pole terminal, by which positive pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a switch for bypassing, by which the battery devices are bypassed; and a second switch circuit corresponding to the plurality of battery devices, and that includes a second switch for connecting a positive pole terminal, by which positive pole terminals of the battery devices are connected, and a switch for connecting, by which the negative pole terminals of the battery devices are connected to a positive pole terminal of the other battery device.
US10038223B2	Method of charging a lithium-sulphur cell A method for charging a lithium-sulphur cell, said method comprising: monitoring the voltage, V, of a cell during charge as a function of time, t, or capacity, Q, determining, in a voltage region in which the cell transitions between the first stage and second stage of charge, the reference capacity, Qref, of the cell at which dV/dt or dV/dQ is at a maximum, terminating charge when the capacity of the cell reaches a.Qref, where a is 1.1 to 1.4.
US10038222B2	Secondary cell state detector A condenser is connected to both electrodes of a secondary cell. A first switch is provided between a positive electrode of the secondary cell and a one-side plate of the condenser. An MCU turns ON the first switch when the secondary cell is in a first state to connect both electrodes of the secondary cell to both plates of the condenser, and then turns OFF the first switch. In addition, thereafter, the MCU detects a state of the secondary cell based on a differential voltage output from a differential amplifier circuit when the secondary cell is in a second state.
US10038213B2	Group IV metal or semiconductor nanowire fabric A method is provided for making a fabric. The method comprises (a) providing a composition comprising a plurality of nanocrystals disposed in a liquid medium, the nanocrystals comprising a material elected from the group consisting of a Group IV element; (b) applying the composition to a porous substrate, thereby removing at least a portion of the liquid medium from the nanocrystals; and (c) removing the nanocrystals from the porous substrate as a self-supporting mass.
US10038211B2	Fuel cell stack manufacturing method A fuel cell stack manufacturing method includes: a step of disposing a fuel cell stack so as to be sandwiched between a first fastening member and a second fastening member; a step of temporarily fastening the fuel cell stack by inserting a jig into a hole-form first connecting portion formed on each end portion of the first fastening member and a second connecting portion formed on each end portion of the second fastening member while applying pressure to the fuel cell stack at a predetermined load; a step of performing aging processing on the temporarily fastened fuel cell stack in order to advance creep deformation of the fuel cell stack; and a step of inserting a pin into the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion while reapplying the pressure.
US10038208B2	Fuel cell system When a current value is not greater than a reference value, a control unit estimates a discharge amount of a fuel gas based on a lost amount of the fuel gas and a consumed amount by electrical generation of the fuel gas, the lost amount being calculated based on a decrease rate of pressure in a supply passage during an opening period of a discharge valve, the consumed amount by electrical generation being calculated based on the current value during the opening period, and when the current value is greater than the reference value, the control unit estimates the discharge amount based on the differential pressure during the opening period.
US10038206B2	Humidification apparatus for fuel cell system A humidification apparatus for a fuel cell system is provided herein. A membrane humidifier includes humid air inlets, through which humid air discharged from a cathode of a fuel cell stack is introduced, and air outlets, through which air humidifying dry air in hollow fiber membranes is discharged, an air line connected from a cathode outlet of the fuel cell stack to the humid air inlets of the membrane humidifier to supply humid air. Exhaust lines are connected to the air outlets. A flow control valve is provided in the air line and controls the introduction of humid air into the humid air inlets, respectively. An exhaust valve is also provided to open and close flow paths of the exhaust lines. A controller controls the opening and closing of the flow control valve and the exhaust valve based on operating conditions of the fuel cell stack.
US10038201B2	Fuel cell component with embedded power connector An exemplary fuel cell component includes a plate comprising an electrically conductive material. An electrical connector includes a first portion embedded in the plate. A second portion of the electrical connector extends from the plate. The second portion is configured to make an electrically conductive connection with another device.
US10038190B2	Positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using positive electrode active material A transition metal composite hydroxide can be used as a precursor to allow a lithium transition metal composite oxide having a small and highly uniform particle diameter to be obtained. A method also is provided for producing a transition metal composite hydroxide represented by a general formula (1) MxWsAt(OH)2+α, coated with a compound containing the additive element, and serving as a precursor of a positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary batteries. The method includes producing a composite hydroxide particle, forming nuclei, growing a formed nucleus; and forming a coating material containing a metal oxide or hydroxide on the surfaces of composite hydroxide particles obtained through the upstream step.
US10038184B2	Negative electrode active material, negative electrode and battery Provided is a negative electrode active material that can improve the discharge capacity per volume and/or charge-discharge cycle characteristics. The negative electrode active material according to the present embodiment contains an alloy phase and ceramics. The alloy phase undergoes thermoelastic diffusionless transformation when releasing or occluding metal ions. The ceramics is dispersed in the metal phase. The content of ceramics in the alloy phase is more than 0 to 50 mass % with respect to the total mass of the alloy phase and the ceramics.
US10038178B2	System and method for producing a strip of electrical energy storage complex A system and method for producing a strip of electrical energy storage complex The present invention concerns a method for producing a strip of electrical energy storage complex, the method comprising the steps consisting of: —unwinding (100) a strip of continuous material, —longitudinally cutting (200) the strip of material so as to form at least two strands of material from the strip of material, —transversely separating (300) the strands of material in a separating direction that extends: —in a winding plane of the strands of material, —perpendicular to a winding direction of the strands of material, —forming (400) at least one electrolyte layer on the separated strands of material in order to obtain a complex, and —longitudinally cutting (500) the complex to obtain the strip of electrical energy storage complex.
US10038177B2	Method for manufacturing storage battery electrode, storage battery electrode, storage battery, and electronic device To provide a method for forming a storage battery electrode including an active material layer with high density in which the proportion of conductive additive is low and the proportion of the active material is high. To provide a storage battery having a higher capacity per unit volume of an electrode with the use of a storage battery electrode formed by the formation method. A method for forming a storage battery electrode includes the steps of forming a mixture including an active material, graphene oxide, and a binder; providing a mixture over a current collector; and immersing the mixture provided over the current collector in a polar solvent containing a reducer, so that the graphene oxide is reduced.
US10038176B2	Electric work vehicle An electric work vehicle includes a plurality of battery mounting portions, a plurality of battery packs that can be detachably mounted to the battery mounting portions, a main body contact provided for each one of the battery mounting portions and electrically connected with the battery back mounted to the battery mounting portion, a power feeding circuit to which the main body contact is parallel connected, a battery switch configured to block flow of electric power from the battery pack to the power feeding circuit, a switch operating portion for operating the battery switch, a charged amount estimating portion for estimating a charged power of the battery pack mounted to the battery mounting portion, an electric motor driven by power fed from at least one battery pack via the power feeding circuit, and a driving wheel receiving power transmitted from the electric motor.
US10038172B2	Rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab; a first current collection plate electrically connected to the first electrode tab; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; a cap assembly including a cap plate sealing the top-end opening of the case; a connecting pin located between the first current collection plate and the cap plate and electrically connecting the first current collection plate and the cap plate; and a first terminal unit electrically contacting the first current collection plate and protruding through the cap plate.
US10038167B2	Thick-ETL OLEDs with sub-ITO grids with improved outcoupling An organic light emitting device is described. In certain embodiments, the device has a transparent substrate, a transparent grid layer disposed over the substrate, and an OLED disposed over the grid layer. The OLED can include an anode, a cathode, and at least one organic layer between the anode and cathode. A refractive index of the transparent grid layer is less than or equal to a refractive index of the transparent substrate. In certain embodiments, the at least one organic layer includes an electron transport layer having a thickness of at least 50 nm. In certain embodiments, the refractive index of the transparent grid layer is less than n=1.20, or in certain embodiments, less than n=1.05. Methods of manufacturing an organic light emitting device are also described.
US10038164B2	Method of manufacturing a display device and a display device A method of manufacturing a display device, includes steps of forming a first inorganic film, forming a first organic film so as to cover the first inorganic film, removing a part of the first organic film, forming a second inorganic film so as to cover the first inorganic film and a region of the first organic film that has not been removed in the step of removing the part of the first organic film, forming a second organic film so as to cover the second inorganic film, removing a part of the second organic film, and forming a third inorganic film so as to cover the second inorganic film and a region of the second organic film that has not been removed in the step of removing the part of the second organic film. A thickness of the first organic film is different from that of the second organic film.
US10038160B2	Organic light emitting device According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an organic light emitting element includes: a first electrode; an organic emission layer disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the organic emission layer. The first electrode includes a first sub-electrode including a first metal, a second sub-electrode disposed on the first sub-electrode and including a transparent conductive material, and a barrier layer disposed on the second sub-electrode and including a second metal in the form of an oxide.
US10038154B2	Flexible display device with chamfered polarization layer There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.
US10038150B2	Metal complexes for use as dopants and other uses The invention relates to electrochemical devices comprising complexes of cobalt comprising at least one ligand with a 5- or six membered, N-containing heteroring. The complex are useful as p- and n-dopants, as over of electrochemical devices, in particular in organic semiconductors. The complexes are further useful as over-discharge prevention and overvoltage protection agents.
US10038144B2	Organic light emitting device An organic light-emitting device including a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer; and an electron transport region between the emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the hole transport region includes a first compound represented by Formula 1-1 or Formula 1-2, and wherein the electron transport region includes a second compound represented by Formula 2:
US10038143B2	Polymer compound, material for electronic elements, material for organic electroluminescent elements, and organic electroluminescent element Provided are a polymer compound, which comprises a copolymer containing at least a unit B, and a unit A and/or a unit C referring to repeating units A, B and C, and which has a weight-average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 1,500,000; a material for electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices comprising the compound; an organic electroluminescent device having an anode, a cathode and an organic thin film layer, wherein at least one organic thin film layer contains the polymer compound; a coating liquid containing the polymer compound and a solvent; and a method for producing an organic electroluminescent device using the coating liquid. Also provided is a polymer compound suitable to a coating method; a material for electronic devices and a material for organic electroluminescent devices comprising the compound; and an organic EL device, a coating liquid and a method for producing an organic EL device using the compound.
US10038138B1	High temperature volatilization of sidewall materials from patterned magnetic tunnel junctions A process flow for forming and encapsulating magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) nanopillars is disclosed wherein MTJ layers including a reference layer (RL), free layer (FL), and tunnel barrier layer (TB) are first patterned by reactive ion etching or ion beam etching to form MTJ sidewalls. A plurality of MTJs on a substrate is heated (annealed) at a station in a process chamber to substantially crystallize the RL, FL, and TB to a body centered cubic (bcc) structure without recrystallization from the edge of the device before an encapsulation layer is deposited thereby ensuring lattice matching between the RL and TB, and between the FL and TB. The encapsulation layer is deposited at the same station as the anneal step without breaking vacuum, and preferably using a physical vapor deposition to prevent reactive species from attacking MTJ sidewalls. Magnetoresistive ratio is improved especially for MTJs with critical dimensions below 70 nm.
US10038134B2	Electroacoustic transduction film and manufacturing method of electroacoustic transduction film Provided are an electroacoustic transduction film in which conversion between a vibration and a voltage is able to be appropriately performed without the occurrence of dielectric breakdown of the air between upper and lower thin film electrodes even when a high voltage is applied therebetween, a user is able to be prevented from coming into contact with a piezoelectric layer, and high productivity is achieved, and a manufacturing method of an electroacoustic transduction film. A piezoelectric layer which stretches and contracts in response to a state of an electric field, an upper thin film electrode formed on one principal surface of the piezoelectric layer, a lower thin film electrode formed on the other principal surface of the piezoelectric layer, an upper protective layer formed on the upper thin film electrode, and a lower protective layer formed on the lower thin film electrode are included, and a groove which penetrates the thin film electrode and the protective layer is formed in at least a portion of an outer peripheral portion in a surface direction of at least one of the upper thin film electrode and the upper protective layer, or the lower thin film electrode and the lower protective layer.
US10038131B2	Thermoelectric power generation and mineral extraction from brines Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus that uses a brine from a well that is used to both generate electricity and recover valuable minerals present in the brine. The method and apparatus uses a hydrophobic membrane to separate water vapor from the brine to concentrate the brine that is then used to recover the minerals.
US10038119B2	Light emitting device, light emitting device package, light unit, and method of manufacturing same The embodiment relates to a light emitting device, a method of fabricating the same, a light emitting device package, and a lighting system. According to the embodiment, a light emitting device includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second conductive semiconductor layer, a first electrode electrically connected with the first conductive semiconductor layer, a second electrode electrically connected with the second conductive semiconductor layer, an insulating member provided on the light emitting structure while exposing the first electrode and the second electrode, a third electrode provided on the first electrode, and a fourth electrode provided on the second electrode. The third electrode includes a first part of the third electrode directly making contact with the first electrode and a second part of the third electrode, which is provided on the first part of the third electrode and has a horizontal width wider than the first part of the third electrode, and the fourth electrode includes a first part of the fourth electrode directly making contact with the second electrode and a second part of the fourth electrode, which is provided on the first part of the fourth electrode and has a horizontal width wider than the first part of the fourth electrode. The light extraction efficiency and the heat radiation characteristic may be improved, and the reliability may be improved.
US10038117B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device A semiconductor light-emitting device comprises an epitaxial structure comprising an main light-extraction surface, a lower surface opposite to the main light-extraction surface, a side surface connecting the main light-extraction surface and the lower surface, a first portion and a second portion between the main light-extraction surface and the first portion, wherein a concentration of a doping material in the second portion is higher than that of the doping material in the first portion and, in a cross-sectional view, the second portion comprises a first width near the main light-extraction surface and second width near the lower surface, and the first width is smaller than the second width.
US10038109B2	Silver solar cell contacts Solar cell conductor formulations made are from two silver powders having different particle size distributions, an aluminum powder, and two frit glass compositions having softening points in the range of 250-700° C. and whose softening points differ by at least 10° C.
US10038098B2	Method for manufacturing thin film transistor, thin film transistor and display panel The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor includes the processes of forming a gate electrode on a surface of a substrate, forming an insulation film on the surface of the substrate on which the gate electrode is formed, forming a first amorphous silicon layer on the surface of the substrate on which the insulation film is formed, annealing a plurality of required places separated from each other on the first amorphous silicon layer by irradiating the same with an energy beam to change the required places to a polysilicon layer, forming a second amorphous silicon layer by covering the polysilicon layer, forming an n+ silicon layer on a surface of the second amorphous silicon layer, etching the first amorphous silicon layer, the second amorphous silicon layer and the n+ silicon layer.
US10038093B2	FIN field effect transistors having liners between device isolation layers and active areas of the device An integrated circuit device includes a fin-type active area protruding from a substrate; a plurality of liners sequentially covering lower side walls of the fin-type active area; a device isolation layer covering the lower side walls of the fin-type active area with the plurality of liners between the device isolation layer and the fin-type active area; and a gate insulating layer extending to cover a channel region of the fin-type active area, the plurality of liners, and the device isolation layer, and including protrusions located on portions of the gate insulating layer which cover the plurality of liners.
US10038080B1	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first dummy gate over a substrate; forming at least one epitaxy structure in contact with the first dummy gate; forming a spacer layer in contact with the first dummy gate and the epitaxy structure; and replacing the first dummy gate with a metal gate stack.
US10038078B2	Integration process of finFET spacer formation A novel plasma process is introduced as an improvement over conventional plasma processes during formation of spacers for FinFET devices. Under this novel plasma process, an oxide layer is grown over sidewall materials and low energy plasma gas is used for the over-etching of the corner areas of the sidewalls. The oxide layer can effectively protect the sidewall materials during the over-etching by the low energy plasma gas and thus to reduce the aforementioned CD losses introduced by the low energy plasma gas. This improved low energy plasma etching technique can protect the fin structure from CD losses as compared to the conventional low energy plasma process, and also avoid damaging fin silicon structure with reduced Si losses as compared to the conventional high energy plasma process.
US10038075B2	Silicon-on-nothing transistor semiconductor structure with channel epitaxial silicon-germanium region An improved transistor with channel epitaxial silicon and methods for fabrication thereof. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a transistor includes: forming a gate stack structure on an epitaxial silicon region, a width dimension of the epitaxial silicon region approximating a width dimension of the gate stack structure; encapsulating the epitaxial silicon region under the gate stack structure with sacrificial spacers formed on both sides of the gate stack structure and the epitaxial silicon region; forming a channel of the transistor having a width dimension that approximates that of the epitaxial silicon region and the gate stack structure, the epitaxial silicon region and the gate stack structure formed on the channel of the transistor; removing the sacrificial spacers; and growing a raised epitaxial source and drain from the silicon substrate, with portions of the raised epitaxial source and drain in contact with the epitaxial silicon region.
US10038060B2	Graphene NMOS transistor using nitrogen dioxide chemical adsorption An n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistor comprises a graphene channel with a chemically adsorbed nitrogen dioxide (NO2) layer formed thereon. The NMOS transistor may comprise a substrate having a graphene layer formed thereon and a gate stack formed on a portion of the graphene layer disposed in a channel region that further includes a spacer region. The gate stack may comprise the chemically adsorbed NO2 layer formed on the graphene channel, a high-k dielectric formed over the adsorbed NO2 layer, a gate metal formed over the high-k dielectric, and spacer structures formed in the spacer region. The adsorbed NO2 layer formed under the gate and the spacer structures may therefore attract electrons from the graphene channel to turn the graphene-based NMOS transistor off at a gate voltage (Vg) equal to zero, making the graphene-based NMOS transistor suitable for digital logic applications.
US10038059B2	Semiconductor device An improvement is achieved in the performance of a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a coupling transistor made of a p-channel MOSFET and formed in an n−-type semiconductor region over a base made of a p-type semiconductor. The coupling transistor has a resurf layer as a p-type semiconductor region and couples a lower-voltage circuit region to a higher-voltage circuit region to which a power supply potential higher than the power supply potential supplied to the lower-voltage circuit region is supplied. The semiconductor device has a p-type semiconductor region formed in the portion of the n−-type semiconductor region which surrounds the coupling transistor in plan view.
US10038057B2	Junction interlayer dielectric for reducing leakage current in semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a p-doped layer including a doped III-V material on the substrate. A dielectric interlayer is formed on the p-doped layer. An n-type layer is formed on the dielectric interlayer, the n-type layer including a high band gap II-VI material to form an electronic device.
US10038052B2	Semiconductor device with channelstopper and method for producing the same A vertical semiconductor device comprises a substrate having a front surface and a back surface, an active area (AA) located in the substrate, having a drift region doped with a first dopant type, an edge termination region (ER) laterally surrounding the active area (AA), a channelstopper terminal provided at the front surface and located in the edge termination region (ER), and a first suppression trench located on a side of the channelstopper terminal towards the active region (AA), and provided adjacent to the channelstopper terminal. Further, a production method for such a semiconductor device is provided.
US10038051B2	Vertical potential short in the periphery region of a III-nitride stack for preventing lateral leakage A semiconductor die includes a substrate and a semiconductor body supported by the substrate and having a periphery which is devoid of active devices and terminates at an edge face of the semiconductor die. The semiconductor body includes a first III-nitride semiconductor layer and a plurality of second III-nitride semiconductor layers below the first III-nitride semiconductor layer. An uninsulated connection structure extends vertically in the periphery of the semiconductor body and provides a vertical leakage path for at least some of the second III-nitride semiconductor layers to the substrate, to a metallization layer disposed above the substrate, or to both. A corresponding method of manufacturing the semiconductor die is also described.
US10038035B2	Organic light-emitting display panel and forming method thereof The present disclosure provides an organic light-emitting display panel. The organic display panel comprises a substrate, an organic light-emitting structure disposed on the substrate, a package layer covering the organic light-emitting structure. The package layer comprises at least one non-organic block layer and at least one organic block layer, and a block pole. The block pole comprises a first block pole and a second block pole. The second block pole is disposed at the periphery of the first block pole. The at least one non-organic block layer comprises an outmost non-organic block layer. The first block pole is at least covered by the outmost non-organic block layer. The at least one organic block layer can partially cover the first block pole or not cover the first block pole at all. The at least one non-organic block layer can partially cover the second block pole or not cover the second block pole at all.
US10038033B2	Image sensor An image sensor is provided. The image sensor includes a pixel sensing circuit corresponding to at least a first pixel region and a second pixel region adjacent to each other, a pixel electrode disposed on the pixel sensing circuit, and a opto electrical conversion layer including a photo sensing layer and a carrier transport layer disposed on the pixel sensing circuit and the pixel electrode. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the pixel sensing circuit and includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are coplanar and have different polarities. The first electrode or the second electrode located in the first pixel region is adjacent to the first electrode or the second electrode having the same polarity located in the second pixel region.
US10038032B2	Semiconductor memory device, semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing the same According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of first wirings, second wirings, a plurality of memory cells, selection gate transistors, and a third wiring. The first wirings are disposed in a first direction along a surface of a substrate and in a second direction intersecting with the surface of the substrate. The selection gate transistors are connected to respective one ends of the second wirings. The third wiring is connected in common to one end of the selection gate transistors. The selection gate transistor includes first to third semiconductor layers laminated on the third wiring and a gate electrode. The gate electrode is opposed to the second semiconductor layer in the first direction. The second semiconductor layer has a length in the first direction smaller than lengths of the first semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer in the first direction.
US10038028B2	Image sensor including depletion inducing layer An image sensor may include a pixel array where a plurality of unit pixels are arranged in a two dimensional matrix, wherein each of the unit pixels includes: a substrate including a photoelectric conversion element; one or more depletion inducing layers formed in the photoelectric conversion element; an inter-layer dielectric layer formed over the substrate; and one or more floating electrodes formed in the inter-layer dielectric layer to overlap each of the depletion inducing layers.
US10038025B2	Via support structure under pad areas for BSI bondability improvement Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an integrated chip having a via support structure underlying a bond pad. The integrated chip has an image sensing element arranged within a substrate. A bond pad region extends through the substrate, at a location laterally offset from the image sensing element, to a first metal interconnect wire arranged within a dielectric structure along a front-side of the substrate. A bond pad is arranged within the bond pad region and contacts the first metal interconnect wire. A via support structure is arranged within the dielectric structure and has one or more vias that are separated from the bond pad by the first metal interconnect wire. One or more additional vias are arranged within the dielectric structure at a location laterally offset from the bond pad region. The one or more vias have larger sizes than the one or more additional vias.
US10038009B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices Provided are a semiconductor device, a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, and an electronic system adopting the same. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor pattern, which is disposed on a semiconductor substrate and has an opening. The semiconductor pattern includes a first impurity region having a first conductivity type and a second impurity region having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type. A peripheral transistor is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor pattern. A first peripheral interconnection structure is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the semiconductor pattern. The first peripheral interconnection structure is electrically connected to the peripheral transistor. Cell gate conductive patterns are disposed on the semiconductor pattern. Cell vertical structures are disposed to pass through the cell gate conductive patterns and to be connected to the semiconductor pattern. Cell bit line contact plugs are disposed on the cell vertical structures. A bit line is disposed on the cell bit line contact plugs. A peripheral bit line contact structure is disposed between the bit line and the first peripheral interconnection structure. The peripheral bit line contact structure crosses the opening of the semiconductor.
US10037993B2	Method of making a FinFET device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate; an isolation region over the semiconductor substrate; and two fin features over the semiconductor substrate and protruding above the isolation region. The two fin features are generally aligned along their longitudinal direction. The device further includes two gate structures disposed over a top surface of the isolation region and engaging top surface and sidewalls of the two fin features respectively. The device further includes source and drain features disposed over the fin features and on both sides of each of the gate structures. The device further includes a first structure disposed between and protruding above the fin features, wherein a bottom surface of the first structure is below the top surface of the isolation region.
US10037992B1	Methods and apparatuses for optimizing power and functionality in transistors A transistor device is provided. The transistor device includes a group of fins formed in a substrate, where the group of fins comprises at least one enabled fin and at least one disabled fin. Each of the fins has first and second fin portions. The first fin portion encompasses a drain region and the second fin portion of the fins encompasses a source region. These two regions are separated by a channel region. A gate structure is formed over the fins and channel region and in between the first fin portion and the second fin portion of the fins. The transistor device further includes a conductive structure. The conductive structure shorts the first fin portion of the at least one disabled fin to the second fin portion of the at least one disabled fin.
US10037991B2	Systems and methods for fabricating FinFETs with different threshold voltages Systems and methods are provided for fabricating semiconductor device structures on a substrate. A first fin structure is formed on a substrate. A second fin structure is formed on the substrate. A first semiconductor material is formed on both the first fin structure and the second fin structure. A second semiconductor material is formed on the first semiconductor material on both the first fin structure and the second fin structure. The first semiconductor material on the first fin structure is oxidized to form a first oxide. The second semiconductor material on the first fin structure is removed. A first dielectric material and a first electrode are formed on the first fin structure. A second dielectric material and a second electrode are formed on the second fin structure.
US10037980B2	Fabricating method of a semiconductor light emitting device A fabricating method of a semiconductor light emitting device includes disposing a plurality of non-conductive walls on a substrate. An alignment position is formed between every two adjacent non-conductive walls. A plurality of semiconductor light emitting units on a first carrier board are respectively aligned to the alignment positions. The semiconductor light emitting units are divided into a plurality of groups. The semiconductor light emitting units in one of the groups are dissociated from the first carrier board. Thus, the semiconductor light emitting units in the group fall into the corresponding alignment positions due to gravity. Each of the semiconductor light emitting units is electrically connected with the substrate through a first electrode. A conductive layer is formed on the semiconductor light emitting units. Accordingly, the semiconductor light emitting units are electrically connected together to the conductive layer through second electrodes.
US10037976B2	Scalable package architecture and associated techniques and configurations Embodiments of the present disclosure describe scalable package architecture of an integrated circuit (IC) assembly and associated techniques and configurations. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) assembly includes a package substrate having a first side and a second side disposed opposite to the first side, a first die having an active side coupled with the first side of the package substrate and an inactive side disposed opposite to the active side, the first die having one or more through-silicon vias (TSVs) configured to route electrical signals between the first die and a second die, and a mold compound disposed on the first side of the package substrate, wherein the mold compound is in direct contact with a sidewall of the first die between the active side and the inactive side and wherein a distance between the first side and a terminating edge of the mold compound that is farthest from the first side is equal to or less than a distance between the inactive side of the first die and the first side. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10037969B2	Integrated circuit structure with active and passive devices in different tiers An integrated circuit structure includes a two-tier die including a first tier and a second tier over and bonded to the first tier. The first tier includes a first substrate including a semiconductor material, an active device at a surface of the first substrate, and a first interconnect structure over the first substrate, wherein the first tier is free from passive devices therein. The second tier includes a second substrate bonded to and in contact with the first interconnect structure, and a second interconnect structure over the second substrate, wherein metal lines in the second interconnect structure are electrically coupled to the first interconnect structure. The second tier further includes a plurality of through-vias penetrating through the second substrate, wherein the plurality of through-vias lands on metal pads in a top metal layer of the first interconnect structure, and a passive device in the second interconnect structure.
US10037966B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor The joint reliability in flip chip bonding of a semiconductor device is enhanced. Prior to flip chip bonding, flux 9 is applied to the solder bumps 5a for flip chip bonding over a substrate and reflow/cleaning is carried out and then flip chip bonding is carried out. This makes is possible to thin the oxide film over the surfaces of the solder bumps 5a and make the oxide film uniform. As a result, it is possible to suppress the production of local solder protrusions to reduce the production of solder bridges during flip chip bonding and enhance the joint reliability in the flip chip bonding of the semiconductor device.
US10037955B2	Packaging devices and methods of manufacture thereof Packaging devices and methods of manufacture thereof for semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a packaging device includes a contact pad disposed over a substrate, and a passivation layer disposed over the substrate and a first portion of the contact pad. A post passivation interconnect (PPI) line is disposed over the passivation layer and is coupled to a second portion of the contact pad. A PPI pad is disposed over the passivation layer. A transition element is disposed over the passivation layer and is coupled between the PPI line and the PPI pad. The transition element comprises a first side and a second side coupled to the first side. The first side and the second side of the transition element are non-tangential to the PPI pad.
US10037950B2	Semiconductor device having features to prevent reverse engineering It is desirable to design and manufacture electronic chips that are resistant to modern reverse engineering techniques. Disclosed is a method and device that allows for the design of chips that are difficult to reverse engineer using modern teardown techniques. The disclosed device uses devices having the same geometry but different voltage levels to create different logic devices. Alternatively, the disclosed uses devices having different geometries and the same operating characteristics. Also disclosed is a method of designing a chip using these devices.
US10037948B2	Invisible compartment shielding A method for shielding a compartment in a module of an electronic device includes molding the module using a mold material that activates when a laser is applied. The method also includes cutting a trench on the mold of the module around a certain portion of the module using the laser. The method further includes plating the trench using a certain metal. The method also includes filling the trench with a filler material. The method further includes encapsulating the module, the mold, the trench, and the filler material.
US10037945B2	Package structure and three dimensional package structure A package structure is disclosed. The package structure includes at least a lead, for delivering at least a signal; at least a routing layer, connected to the at least a lead, where at least a first hole is formed through the at least a routing layer; a die, disposed on the at least a routing layer, where at least a second hole is formed through the die, and the die generates or receives the at least a signal; and a molding cap, for covering the at least a routing layer and the die; where the at least a signal is delivered through the at least a first hole and the at least a second hole.
US10037944B2	Self-aligned contact process enabled by low temperature Self-aligned contacts of a semiconductor device are fabricated by forming a metal gate structure on a portion of a semiconductor layer of a substrate. The metal gate structure contacts inner sidewalls of a gate spacer. A second sacrificial epitaxial layer is formed on a first sacrificial epitaxial layer. The first sacrificial epitaxial layer is adjacent to the gate spacer and is formed on source/drain regions of the semiconductor layer. The first and second sacrificial epitaxial layers are recessed. The recessing exposes at least a portion of the source/drain regions. A first dielectric layer is formed on the exposed portions of the source/drain regions, and over the gate spacer and metal gate structure. At least one cavity within the first dielectric layer is formed above at least one of the exposed portions of source/drain regions. At least one metal contact is formed within the at least one cavity.
US10037936B2	Semiconductor package with coated bonding wires and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor package includes a carrier substrate having a top surface, a semiconductor die mounted on the top surface, a plurality of bonding wires connecting the semiconductor die to the carrier substrate, an insulating material coated on the bonding wires, and a molding compound covering the top surface and encapsulating the semiconductor die, the plurality of bonding wires, and the insulating material.
US10037935B1	Lead frame with dummy leads for burr mitigation during encapsulation Embodiments of a lead frame for a packaged semiconductor device are provided, one embodiment including: a die pad; a first row of active lead fingers that are laterally separated from one another along their entire length; a package body perimeter that indicates placement of a package body of the packaged semiconductor device, wherein the package body perimeter is located laterally around the die pad; a first dummy lead finger positioned in parallel next to an initial active lead finger of the first row of active lead fingers, wherein the first dummy lead finger and the initial active lead finger are laterally separated from one another along their entire length, and wherein the first dummy lead finger is separated from the package body perimeter by a gap distance; and a first tie bar connected to an outside edge of the first dummy lead finger.
US10037921B2	Structure and formation method of fin-like field effect transistor A structure and a formation method of a semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate and a fin structure over the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor device also includes a gate stack covering a portion of the fin structure and an epitaxially grown source/drain structure over the fin structure and adjacent to the gate stack. The semiconductor device further includes a semiconductor protection layer over the epitaxially grown source/drain structure. The semiconductor protection layer has an atomic concentration of carbon greater than that of the epitaxially grown source/drain structure.
US10037920B2	Method for semiconductor device fabrication A method of forming a semiconductor device includes receiving a substrate with a gate structure and forming a spacer layer over the substrate and the gate structure. The method further includes implanting carbon into the spacer layer at an angle tilted away from a first direction perpendicular to a top surface of the substrate, which increases etch resistance of the spacer layer on sidewalls of the gate structure. The method optionally includes implanting germanium into the spacer layer at the first direction, which decreases etch resistance of the spacer layer overlaying the gate structure and the substrate. The method further includes etching the spacer layer to expose the gate structure, resulting in a first portion of the spacer layer on the sidewalls of the gate structure. Due to increased etch resistance, the first portion of the spacer layer maintains its profile and thickness in subsequent fabrication processes.
US10037914B2	Semiconductor transistor device and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor transistor device includes a substrate having an active area and a trench isolation region surrounding the active area, a gate oxide layer, a gate, a spacer on a sidewall of the gate, a doping region on one side of the gate, an insulating cap layer covering the gate, the spacer and the doping region, and a redistributed contact layer (RCL) on the insulating cap layer. The RCL extends from the active area to the trench isolation region. A contact plug is disposed above the trench isolation region and is electrically connected to the gate or the doping region through the RCL.
US10037913B2	Interconnect structures with enhanced electromigration resistance Interconnect structures are provided that include an intermetallic compound as either a cap or liner material. The intermetallic compound is a thermal reaction product of a metal or metal alloy of an interconnect metallic region with a metal of either a metal cap or a metal layer. In some embodiments, the metal cap may include a metal nitride and thus a nitride-containing intermetallic compound can be formed. The formation of the intermetallic compound can improve the electromigration resistance of the interconnect structures and widen the process window for fabricating interconnect structures.
US10037910B2	Wafer holder and method for manufacturing the same A wafer holder 10 includes a resin adhesive layer 16 between a ceramic electrostatic chuck 12 and a metal cooling plate 14. The adhesive layer 16 includes a first layer 16a in contact with the electrostatic chuck 12, a second layer 16b in contact with the cooling plate 14, and an intermediate layer 16c located between the first layer 16a and the second layer 16b. Heat resistance of each of the first layer 16a and the intermediate layer 16c is higher than heat resistance of the second layer 16b, flexibility of the second layer 16b is higher than flexibility of each of the first layer 16a and the intermediate layer 16c, and the layers are in hermetic contact with each other.
US10037901B2	Substrate liquid treatment apparatus, method of cleaning substrate liquid treatment apparatus and non-transitory storage medium A substrate liquid treatment apparatus includes: at least one processing unit that processes a substrate with a treatment liquid; a storage tank that stores the treatment liquid; a circulation line through which the treatment liquid discharged from the storage tank into the circulation line is returned to the storage tank; a branch supply line that is branched from the circulation line to supply the treatment liquid to the processing unit; a recovery line that returns to the storage tank the treatment liquid having been supplied to the substrate in the processing unit; a distribution line connecting the circulation line and the recovery line; and a shutoff valve, provided on the distribution line, that is opened when cleaning of the recovery line is performed.
US10037886B2	Method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device using graphene and hexagonal boron nitride A method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device having a contact formed between a p-type silicon carbide semiconductor body and a metal electrode, includes forming on a surface of the p-type silicon carbide semiconductor body, a graphene layer so as to reduce a potential difference generated in a conjunction interface between the p-type silicon carbide semiconductor body and the metal electrode; forming an insulator layer comprising a hexagonal boron nitride on a surface of the graphene layer; and forming the metal electrode on a surface of the insulation layer.
US10037885B2	Atomic layer deposition sealing integration for nanosheet complementary metal oxide semiconductor with replacement spacer A semiconductor device including a gate structure present on at least two suspended channel structures, and a composite spacer present on sidewalls of the gate structure. The composite spacer may include a cladding spacer present along a cap portion of the gate structure, and an inner spacer along the channel portion of the gate structure between adjacent channel semiconductor layers of the suspended channel structures. The inner spacer may include a crescent shape with a substantially central seam.
US10037880B2	Electrostatic ion trap mass spectrometer utilizing autoresonant ion excitation and methods of using the same Methods of operation of electrostatic ion trap mass spectrometers in which ions are autoresonantly driven at selected higher integer (>2) multiples of ion oscillation frequencies are provided. Excitation at multiples higher than the fundamental or double the fundamental ion oscillation frequency significantly improves both signal intensity and mass resolution. Each method allows excitation exclusively at one selected frequency that is an integer multiple of an ion's natural oscillation frequency, and thereby virtually eliminates ion excitation at unwanted harmonic frequencies. The resultant mass spectra are therefore clean, and do not display spectral features associated with rf excitation at unintended multiple harmonic frequencies. This has been demonstrated explicitly for 4× and 6× modes, and it is fully implementable at any odd or even multiples of ion oscillation frequencies. With implementation of a new method, mass spectrometers can be operated at faster mass scan rates, giving faster response times, without degradation of signal to noise or resolution over the existing technology instruments. Equivalently, with implementation of a new method, mass spectrometers can be operated with superior signal to noise ratios without degradation of response times or resolution.
US10037878B2	Blanking out of pulses in pulsed lasers for LDI mass spectrometers The invention relates to optically pumped and pulsed solid-state lasers which are used in mass spectrometers in particular for ionization by matrix-assisted laser desorption (MALDI) and which operate at pulse frequencies of up to 10 kilohertz or even higher. The invention proposes that, instead of interrupting the clocked sequence of the laser operation, individual light pulses or groups of light pulses are blanked out so that subsequent light pulses do not have a higher energy density, in accordance with the requirements for LDI processes. Methods and devices for the blanking out of light pulses are provided which are, in particular, low cost and considerably less complex than other methods.
US10037871B2	Method of manufacturing electron multiplier body, photomultiplier tube, and photomultiplier A method of manufacturing an electron multiplier body, the method includes a step of preparing a first plate-like member having a surface and a back surface and a pair of second plate-like members, a step of forming, in the first plate-like member, a hole portion reaching from the front surface to the back surface, a step of constituting a laminated body by laminating the first and second plate-like members on each other so that the first plate-like member is interposed between the pair of second plate-like members to form a channel defined by the hole portion in the laminated body, a step of integrating the laminated body, a step of constituting a main body portion by cutting the integrated laminated body so that the channel is open, and a step of forming a resistive layer and a secondary electron multiplication layer on an inner surface of the channel.
US10037862B2	Charged particle detecting device and charged particle beam system with same A charged particle detecting device includes: a holding structure; a first charged particle detector at the terminal portion of the holding structure; a second charged particle detector at the terminal portion of the holding structure; a detector head at the terminal portion of the holding structure; and a first electrode which is transmissive for the first and second species of charged particles covering an entrance opening of the detector head.
US10037858B2	Electric switch assembly A rotary switch assembly, including a rotary contact and a stationary contact, and a rotary actuator for rotating the rotary contact such as to connect with and disconnect from the stationary contact. The rotary actuator includes a shield for shielding the rotary contact from a side that faces the stationary contact when the rotary contact and the stationary contacted are being disconnected from each other.
US10037857B2	Light emitting keyboard A light emitting keyboard is provided. The keyboard includes: a plurality of keys, wherein each of the keys has a light source; and a controller, for turning on the light source of at least one second key when a user presses one of the plurality of keys.
US10037856B2	Electrical system, and electrical switching apparatus and guard member therefor A guard member is for an electrical switching apparatus of an electrical system. The electrical system includes at least one electrical conductor. The electrical switching apparatus has a housing. The guard member includes a base portion structured to receive the electrical conductor, a number of coupling portions extending from the base portion and being structured to be coupled to the housing, and a plurality of petal portions extending from the base portion away from the number of coupling portions. At least one of the petal portions is orientated at an acute angle with respect to the base portion.
US10037854B2	Energy accumulation basket The present invention relates to an energy accumulation basket, formed by holders provided with multiple housings where there are arranged capacitors held by their ends between holders, the inner walls of the housings having indentations where respective accessory elastic projections are housed, whereby capacitors arranged in the housings fit within the perimeter, and where conformations are defined on the outer face of each holder, said conformations protruding into the housings for supporting the end of the corresponding capacitor, the capacitors being axially retained in the respective housings by means of the conformations of the holders.
US10037851B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body including an inner layer portion including ceramic dielectric layers and internal electrodes, and outer layer portions including ceramic dielectric layers. External electrodes connected to the internal electrodes are provided on both ends of the laminated body. The main constituent of the inner layer portion is a perovskite-type compound represented by ABO3. The outer layer portions include first outer layers and second outer layers respectively containing oxides that differ from each other in main constituents, and boundary reaction layers are provided between the first outer layers and the second outer layers. First ceramic dielectric layers outside the boundary reaction layers differ in color from second ceramic dielectric layers inside the boundary reaction layers.
US10037850B2	Multilayer film capacitor A multilayer film capacitor having a composite stack disposed between two electrodes where the composite stack includes at least one thermoplastic conductive layer and at least one thermoplastic insulating layer. The total thickness of the conductive layers is at least 3 times the total thickness of the insulating layers. The conductive layers may include a thermoplastic polymer blended with conductive particles at a concentration higher than a percolation threshold.
US10037841B2	Magnetic field structures, field generators, navigation and imaging for untethered robotic device enabled medical procedure A magnetic field generating apparatus comprises two or more co-facing, coaxial magnetic field generators configured to generate equivalent magnetic fields directed toward a symmetrically central convergence plane; a magnetically shielding encasement configured to contain all of the associated magnetic fields generated by the coaxial magnetic field generators; and articulation frames and supports for positioning of the apparatus about a fixed point, wherein the generated magnetic fields are counter-rotated relative to one another.
US10037838B2	Thermistor element A thermistor element satisfies 4≤(d/ed) when a first distance is d, which is a shortest distance between a first internal electrode and a second external electrode, whereas a second distance is referred to as ed, which is a shortest distance between the first internal electrode and a fifth internal electrode, in a cross section of a body including an L direction and a T direction thereof.
US10037835B2	Quench protected structured superconducting cable Quench protected structured (QPS) superconducting cables, methods of fabricating the same, and methods of bending the same are disclosed. The methods of bending the QPS superconducting cables can be employed to produce windings. The QPS superconducting cables can rapidly drive a distributed quench to a normal conducting state in a superconducting cable if a region of the cable spontaneously quenches during high current operation.
US10037829B2	Multi-leaf collimator with leaf sliding means using rolling elements The leaves of a multi-leaf collimator can be driven more easily and hence more quickly if they are supported on a ball-race instead of in a sliding groove. A recirculating path is preferred, in which the rolling elements of the ball-race support the leaf over part of their path and then return to a start of the path. In addition, the rolling elements could be driven by a drive screw in order to drive the leaf.
US10037820B2	System and method for managing past, present, and future states of health using personalized 3-D anatomical models A computer generated 3-D model of the human body (avatar) is created by aggregating personal health and medical data of a user. This data may include data derived from the user's electronic medical record. The user's physical characteristics are entered into the software to generate a personalized avatar that resembles him or her. Data regarding the user's medical history and physical characteristics are visualized on the avatar to map the past and present states of the user, and may be modified by a set of health variables for the purpose of projecting a future body image over established time intervals.
US10037818B2	Switched interface stacked-die memory architecture Systems and methods disclosed herein include those that may receive a memory request including a requested memory address and may send the memory request directly to an address decoder associated with a stacked-die memory vault without knowing whether a repair address is required. If a subsequent analysis of the memory request shows that a repair address is required, an in-process decode of the requested memory address can be halted and decoding of the repair address initiated.
US10037807B2	Boosting channels of memory cells A method for programming a non-volatile memory device includes concurrently boosting channels of memory cells in a selected memory string and an unselected memory string of the memory device, discharging the boosted channels of the memory cells in the selected memory string, and programming a selected memory cell in the selected memory string after discharging the boosted channels in the selected memory string.
US10037805B2	Method and controller for programming non-volatile memory A method is provided for programming a non-volatile memory having a plurality of word lines, the method comprising: applying a pass voltage to a selected word line among the plurality of word lines; and applying one of first and second program voltages to the selected word line by increasing the pass voltage, wherein the applying of one of the first and second program voltages increases the pass voltage with a single increment.
US10037802B2	Phase change memory with an incrementally ramped write-reference voltage and an incrementally ramped read-reference voltage Structures and methods for a multi-bit phase change memory are disclosed herein. A method includes establishing a write-reference voltage that incrementally ramps over a write period. The increments of the write-reference voltage correspond to discrete resistance states of a storage cell of the multi-bit phase change memory.
US10037785B2	Scan chain operation in sensing circuitry Examples include apparatuses and methods related to scan chain operation in sensing circuitry. A number of embodiments include an apparatus comprising an array of memory cells coupled to sensing circuitry having a sense amplifier and a compute component, the sensing circuitry to receive a scan vector and perform a scan chain operation on the scan vector.
US10037772B2	Low magnetic flux density interface layer for spin torque oscillator A magnetic field-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) head is provided, which includes a recording main pole, a seed layer, and a spin torque oscillator (STO) positioned over the main pole, in this order, in a stacking direction from a leading side to a trailing side of the recording head. The STO comprises a spin polarized layer (SPL), an interlayer with fcc structure, and a field generating layer (FGL), in this order in the stacking direction. The FGL comprises a low magnetic flux density interface (LMFDI) layer with bcc structure that directly contacts the interlayer.
US10037769B1	Magnetic disk device and write processing method According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk, a head including a main pole configured to apply a recording magnetic field to the disk, and side shields provided in a first direction with respect to the main pole and possessing a magnetic field in the magnetization direction of the first direction, and a controller configured to output a recording current in which a magnitude of a first electric current and a magnitude of a second electric current opposite to the first electric current in direction of the current are different from each other to the head according to the magnetic field of the side shields.
US10037765B2	Apparatus and method of reducing noise and audio playing apparatus with non-magnet speaker An audio apparatus is provided. The audio apparatus includes an input configured to receive an audio signal containing noise; a period estimation unit configured to estimate a period of a noise pattern in the audio signal; a noise reducer configured to subtract and remove the noise pattern from the audio signal in a frequency domain by using the estimated period of the noise pattern; a noise updater configured to update the noise pattern according to a change in amplitude of the noise; and an output configured to output the audio signal obtained by removing the noise pattern.
US10037759B2	Voice processing device, voice processing method, and non-transitory recording medium that stores program A voice processing device includes: an acquirer which acquires feature quantities of vowel sections included in voice data; a classifier which classifies, among the acquired feature quantities, feature quantities corresponding to a plurality of same vowels into a plurality of clusters for respective vowels with unsupervised classification; and a determiner which determines a combination of clusters corresponding to the same speaker from clusters classified for the plurality of vowels.
US10037758B2	Device and method for understanding user intent A voice recognizer 3 generates plural voice recognition results from one input speech 2. For each of the voice recognition results, an intent understanding processor 7 estimates an intent to thereby output one or more candidates of intent understanding results and scores of them. A weight calculator 11 calculates standby weights using setting information 9 of a control target apparatus. An intent understanding corrector 12 corrects the scores of the candidates of intent understanding result, using the standby weights, to thereby calculate their final scores, and then selects one from among the candidates of intent understanding result, as an intent understanding result 13, on the basis of the final scores.
US10037751B2	Single coil hum-cancelling pickup for musical instruments An improved hum-cancelling pickup (humbucker) comprises a single integrated coil. The device includes a bobbin having a top plate and a bottom plate interconnected by a plurality of magnetic pole pieces and a fine enameled wire wound around the magnetic pole pieces a plurality of turns so as to form a coil; the coil having dual inner and outer wrappings each wound around the magnetic pole pieces in a direction reverse of the other wrapping. The inner and outer wrappings of the coil are coupled to a single magnetic field that can be positioned at a single location along the strings of a musical instrument, allowing for improved fidelity of string signals while cancelling signals induced in the coil by ambient magnetic fields.
US10037744B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus transmits a picture acquisition request for getting picture information to an external image apparatus connected through a predetermined interface to the display apparatus from the external image apparatus at predetermined intervals and gets a plurality of pieces of picture information from the external image apparatus to be displayed. The plurality of pictures may be switched at predetermined intervals, for example, to be displayed, so that the plurality of pictures may be displayed in a so-called slide show manner. A plurality of pictures for thumbnail may be produced from the plurality of pieces of picture information and be arranged together to be displayed in one picture screen of a display device.
US10037737B2	Common voltage adjustment circuit, common voltage adjustment method, display panel and display device The present disclosure provides a common voltage adjustment circuit, a common voltage adjustment method, a display panel and a display device. The common voltage adjustment circuit includes: a filter unit; and a control unit configured to, at a compensation stage, enable a common voltage feedback line to be electrically disconnected from a second input end of a common voltage negative-feedback amplification unit and enable a reference common voltage output end to be electrically connected to the second input end of the common voltage negative-feedback amplification unit through the filter unit, and at a non-compensation stage, enable the common voltage feedback line to be electrically connected to the second input end of the common voltage negative-feedback amplification unit and enable the reference common voltage output end to be electrically disconnected from the second input end of the common voltage negative-feedback amplification unit.
US10037722B2	Detecting breakage in a display element The disclosed subject matter relates to diagnostic procedures and related device architectures that check the operating health of a display element of a host electronic device. In certain embodiments, a display apparatus for an electronic device includes a display element, a display controller, a conductive trace, and a detection circuit. The display element has an array of pixel elements formed overlying a substrate and arranged to define a viewable display area. The display controller is coupled to control activation of the array of pixel elements. The conductive trace is formed overlying the substrate and is arranged to bypass the display controller in a layout that does not interfere with visibility of the pixel elements. The detection circuit is coupled to the conductive trace, and it operates to check electrical continuity of the conductive trace to obtain an indication of health of the display element.
US10037721B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus 10 and a support arrangement 16 and flexible display member 14. A support arrangement 16 includes an elongate support member 44 with an upper transverse member 54 at its upper end, and urge resiliently upwardly therefrom. A lower transverse member 48 is provided the lower end of the elongate support member 44. The upward resilient urging of the upper transverse members 54 applies tension to a display member extending between the lower and upper transverse members 48, 54.
US10037716B2	Endotracheal intubation training device for medical emergency training An endotracheal intubation training device includes a head portion comprising an open mouth, a jaw located below the mouth, a tongue inside the mouth, and an elastic member disposed below the tongue; an airway portion comprising a trachea extending from the head and communicating with the mouth, and a glottis positioned inside the trachea; and a glottis narrowing portion disposed to surround the airway portion and configured to control a size of the glottis.
US10037713B2	System and method for providing additional content on a webpage In various example embodiments, a system and method for providing additional content on a webpage are provided. In example embodiments, a server receives a trigger for a rule generation process. In response to the receiving of the trigger, the server initiates the rule generation process. The server receives a selection of an element on a webpage to which additional content is to be added without revising source code for the webpage. A user interface panel is displayed through which inputs to configure a content rule for the element and to configure the additional content to be added to the element are received. The server receives the inputs via the user interface panel, and generates, based on the inputs, a rule set that includes the content rule and the additional content. The rule set is stored to a rules database.
US10037706B1	Aircraft movement limits for safe flight A value for an aircraft movement limit is received where the aircraft movement limit is associated with a manned aircraft. The aircraft movement limit is automatically set to the value. A pilot instruction is received and a control signal for the aircraft is generated using the pilot instruction and the aircraft movement limit.
US10037705B1	Air traffic control flight management Methods, devices, and systems for air traffic control flight management are described herein. One device includes a memory, and a processor to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to receive airport information associated with an airport, generate, using the airport information, a card panel including a number of flight cards, wherein each respective one of the number of flight cards corresponds to a different respective aircraft at the airport, and a user interface configured to display the card panel in a timeline view in a single integrated display.
US10037701B2	Watercraft navigation safety system Apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium for navigation safety and collision prevention are described herein. The apparatus may cause the collection of marine electronic data from marine data sources. Marine data sources may include a radar system, a sonar system, a position system, a tracking system, and/or a chart system. The apparatus may further determine, based upon the marine electronic data, the presence of a hazard in the projected path of the watercraft. The apparatus may determine if the hazard is within a threshold distance and, in response, may cause the watercraft to stop before reaching the hazard. In some instances, the apparatus may transmit a warning alert to the watercraft operator, and after a predetermined period of time without response by the operator, the apparatus may cause the watercraft to stop to prevent collision with the hazard.
US10037695B2	Personalized route indices via crowd-sourced data Traffic incident information may be clustered to determine geographical locations in which a statistically-increased level of traffic incidents occur. Indices indicative of vehicle operating conditions within the locations may be generated according to crowd-sourced event information factors and an index function including coefficients defining contributions of the factors to the indices. The coefficients may be optimized to minimize error between the index-predicted statistically-increased level areas and the clustered traffic incident information.
US10037688B2	Communication system for connecting field devices to a higher-order control device To be able to achieve shorter communication cycles, the invention proposes a communication system which is able to connect field devices to a higher-order control device. For this purpose, a connection device is provided which is connectable to a higher-order control device via a transmission medium. The connection device has at least one first port and at least one second port, to each of which a field device may be connected. The connection device has at least one functional device which is switchable between at least one first port and at least one second port. The functional device is designed to generate output data intended for the second port in response to the input data arriving at the first port.
US10037685B2	Connected gateway for switching power sources Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are presented herein for providing lower level physical-layer gateway functionalities and upper-level application functionalities; a system designed with flexible configurations in order to support a wide range of connected applications. The system includes a processor that executes machine instructions to perform operations. The operations comprise: receiving sensor data from a sensor device located in a building; converting the sensor data from a raw state to a physical measurement; and activating an abatement device situated in the building as a function of the physical measurement.
US10037682B1	Systems and methods for remotely activating an emergency protocol A system, method, and device are provided for activating an emergency protocol when a weak point on a user device is compromised as a result of an applied stress. The system comprises the user device and its relationship with a network element. When the weak point on the user device undergoes stress and breaks, a distress signal is sent to the network element. The network element then proceeds to activate the emergency protocol which may include placing a call to an emergency response team.
US10037680B1	System and method for analyzing information pertaining to a plurality of users for managing the movement of the plurality of users present in a pre-defined geographical area Disclosed is a system and method for analyzing information pertaining to a plurality of users for managing movement of the plurality of users such as crowd present in a pre-defined geographical area. The system includes a database, a wearable unit, and a processing unit. The database configured stores plurality of user IDs corresponding to plurality of users. The wearable unit includes one or more sensors, and a communication unit. The sensors acquire user information, wherein the wearable unit has a unique user ID and the user information includes at least one of: physiological information, quality of air around user, and location of the user. The communication unit to transmit the user information over the communication network. The processing unit communicatively configured with the database in order to perform analysis of the user information received from the wearable unit and further transmits one or more command data to the communication unit.
US10037674B2	Equipment, dressing, and garment wireless connectivity to a patient bed A system comprises a patient bed having a reader to read wireless signals. In some embodiments a wound dressing has a transmitter that transmits wireless signals to the reader of the patient bed. In other embodiments, a garment has a transmitter that transmits wireless signals to the reader of the patient bed. In still further embodiments, other medical equipment has a transmitter that transmits wireless signals to the reader of the patient bed.
US10037673B1	Motion-based lighting system with intelligent alerts A method includes receiving a first signal indicating a first movement in first predefined zone at a first time. A first activation signal is communicated to cause a first light source in the first predefined zone to be activated and provide downward illumination in the first predefined zone. A second activation signal is communicated to cause a second light source that in a second predefined zone to be activated and provide downward illumination in the second predefined zone. Responsive to an absence of receiving a second signal indicating a second/return movement in the first predefined zone at or before a second time that is after the first time, an alarm signal is transmitted that is indicative of an occurrence of a potential non-normal event.
US10037669B2	Fall detection and reporting technology Fall detection and reporting technology, in which output from at least one sensor configured to sense, in a room of a building, activity associated with a patient falling is monitored and a determination is made to capture one or more images of the room based on the monitoring. An image of the room is captured with a camera positioned to include the patient within a field of view of the camera and the captured image of the room is analyzed to detect a state of the patient at a time of capturing the image. A potential fall event for the patient is determined based on the detected state of the patient and a message indicating the potential fall event for the patient is sent based on the determination of the potential fall event for the patient. Techniques are also described for fall detection and reporting using an on-body sensing device.
US10037658B2	Billiard combined proposition wagering system A billiard combined proposition wagering system is disclosed, including an interactive controller constructed to: provide an interactive application display; communicate initialization data; communicate skill outcome data; receive wagering telemetry data; update a wagering user interface; a chance-based controller constructed to: receive incoming credit data; receive chance outcome request data; determine a chance outcome for a chance-based proposition; communicate chance outcome data; receive combined outcome data; update one or more credit meters; and communicate updated credit meter data; the process controller operatively connecting the interactive controller and the chance-based controller, and constructed to: receive initialization data; communicate chance outcome request data; receive chance outcome data; determine object values by assigning each outcome to one or more objects associated with the interactive application; receive skill outcome data; update object values; determine billiard combined outcome; communicate combined outcome data; receive updated credit meter data; generate and communicate the wagering telemetry data.
US10037654B2	User selectable gamblng game hybrid game A hybrid game having a user selectable gambling game is provided. The hybrid game includes a real world engine constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of real world credits from a real credit wager for a plurality of gambling games, an entertainment software engine constructed to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon skillful execution of the entertainment game to earn a payout of game world credits, and a game world engine constructed to manage the entertainment software engine and communicate gameplay gambling event occurrences based upon skillful execution of the entertainment game that trigger at least one wager in the gambling game to the gambling game, receive entertainment game variable data from the entertainment software engine to determine what type of gambling game to execute, from a plurality of gambling games, and initiate a gambling game, from the plurality of gambling games, in the real world engine utilizing the real credit wager, based upon the entertainment game variable data received from the entertainment software engine.
US10037646B2	Managing medications at the bedside Systems and methods for dispensing medications to hospitalized individuals through a first apparatus containing optional medications that is configured to be replenished by optional medication from a central storage location. Some embodiments provide that the first apparatus is associated with an individual patient. The first apparatus is preferably secured at a location near the individual patient, such as, for example, within the individual patient's room. By creating multiple dispensing apparatuses, a caregiver who administers required medications no longer has to retrieve optional medications from a central storage location.
US10037643B2	Bill processing device A bill processing device includes: a loading unit that feeds a bill having a pair of serial number information; a reading unit that reads the pair of serial number information from the fed bill; a determining unit that determines whether at least a portion of the pair of serial numbers match each other; a stacking unit that stacks the bill in a case where the determining unit has determined that the at least a portion of the pair of serial numbers match each other; and a reject unit that receives the bill in a case where the determining unit has determined that the at least a portion of the pair of serial numbers do not match each other.
US10037642B2	Devices and accessories for use in wireless guest engagement systems A guest engagement system and associated methods provide seamless engagement with guests of facilities through the use of wireless sensing technologies. The system makes use of individual guest devices which are carried by guests and used to automatically identify and authenticate the guests throughout the facility. Services can thereby be seamlessly provided to the guests throughout the facility. The services include automatic unlocking of doors, including hotel or state room doors, based on the guests' immediate proximity to their assigned room's door. The services also include automated payment services provided at checkout or vending terminals, and automated log-on to interactive displays and portals, among others, based on secure wireless authentication of the guest devices.
US10037637B1	Security system To ensure that guest abnormal behavior can be easily found by visual inspection. A security system includes a staff electronic name tag device (SENTD), a guest electronic name tag device (GENTD), a monitoring device, a guest management device, and a gate device. The SENTD displays the face image of the staff who is assigned with the SENTD. The GENTD includes a display unit and a first wireless communication unit. The display unit displays the face image of the guest to which the GENTD is assigned. The photographing unit photographs the face image of the guest in the facility and outside the monitoring area. The second wireless communication unit wirelessly communicates with the first wireless communication unit of the guest electronic tag unit. The holder registration unit transmits the photographed face image of the guest to the GENTD in the second wireless communication unit for display.
US10037628B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and program There is provided an image processing device including: a data storage unit storing feature data indicating a feature of appearance of one or more physical objects; an environment map building unit for building an environment map based on an input image obtained by imaging a real space and the feature data, the environment map representing a position of a physical object present in the real space; a control unit for acquiring procedure data for a set of procedures of operation to be performed in the real space, the procedure data defining a correspondence between a direction for each procedure and position information designating a position at which the direction is to be displayed; and a superimposing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the direction for each procedure at a position in the input image determined based on the environment map and the position information, using the procedure data.
US10037626B2	Interaction with virtual objects based on determined restrictions Motion and/or rotation of an input mechanism can be tracked and/or analyzed to determine limits on a user's range of motion and/or a user's range of rotation in three-dimensional space. The user's range of motion and/or the user's range of rotation in three-dimensional space may be limited by a personal restriction for the user (e.g., a broken arm). The user's range of motion and/or the user's range of rotation in three-dimensional space may additionally or alternatively be limited by an environmental restriction (e.g., a physical object in a room). Accordingly, the techniques described herein can take steps to accommodate the personal restriction and/or the environmental restriction thereby optimizing user interactions involving the input mechanism and a virtual object.
US10037618B2	System and method for image processing and generating a body model Images of foreground objects in a scene are generated by causing electromagnetic radiation to be emitted having a first spectral power distribution from a surface of a first foreground object, which is adjacent or at least partially obscured by a second foreground object. A first image of both of the first and second foreground objects is acquired while the first foreground object emits electromagnetic radiation with the first spectral power distribution. A second image of the first and second foreground objects is acquired while the first foreground object is not emitting electromagnetic radiation or is emitting electromagnetic radiation with a second spectral power distribution which is different to the first spectral power distribution. An alpha matte of the first and second foreground objects is generated based on a comparison of the first image and second image.
US10037611B2	Method and apparatus for generating map data from images A method for mapping a geographical location of a feature in a satellite image is provided. An image of a geographical surface is obtained, the image comprising a plurality of pixels, data indicating the latitude and longitude of each vertex of the image and data relating to a grid corresponding to the image is obtained. A grid location of a feature in the image is received, the grid location identifying a cell in the grid. The grid location is translated into a geographical location, which comprises calculating a pixel space location of at least one vertex of the identified grid cell; converting the pixel space into a latitude/longitude space based on the obtained data indicating the latitude and longitude of each vertex; and determining the latitude and longitude of the at least one vertex of the identified cell, based on the calculated pixel space location and the latitude/longitude space.
US10037607B2	Topology determination for non-overlapping camera network Image-matching tracks the movements of the objects from initial camera scenes to ending camera scenes in non-overlapping cameras. Paths are defined through scenes for pairings of initial and ending cameras by different respective scene entry and exit points. For each of said camera pairings a combination path having a highest total number of tracked movements relative to all other combinations of one path through the initial and ending camera scene is chosen, and the scene exit point of the selected path through the initial camera and the scene entry point of the selected path into the ending camera define a path connection of the initial camera scene to the ending camera scene.
US10037600B2	Bias-free regularization for spectral phase-unwrapping in differential phase contrast imaging Methods and related apparatus (SP) to correct phase shift image data for phase wrapping artifacts. The data is detected at a detector (D) of an imaging system (IM) including interferometric equipment (G0, G1, G2). In a phase unwrapping method that involves optimizing an objective function with regularization, a two-sage approach is proposed. The measured data is processed in one stage with regularization and in the other stage without regularization. This allows improving the accuracy of the corrected (phase unwrapped) phase shift data because an undesirable bias caused by the regularization can be avoided.
US10037592B2	Digital quaternion logarithm signal processing system and method for images and other data types A system and method for improving the detail of an input digital signal, such as a signal comprising a two dimensional image, can be implemented by computing first and second order gradients of the input signal. These gradients can be represented as quaternions. The logarithm of the quaternions can be used to determine the magnitude and orientation of gradient vectors in the input signal. This gradient magnitude and gradient orientation information can be used to construct an output digital signal that has greater detail than the input digital signal.
US10037589B2	Parallel image processing system System and method for a parallel image processing mechanism for applying mask data patterns to substrate in a lithography manufacturing process are disclosed. In one embodiment, the parallel image processing system includes a graphics engine configured to partition an object into a plurality of trapezoids and form an edge list for representing each of the plurality of trapezoids, and a distributor configured to receive the edge list from the graphics engine and distribute the edge list to a plurality of scan line image processing units. The system further includes a sentinel configured to synchronize operations of the plurality of scan line image processing units, and a plurality of buffers configured to store image data from corresponding scan line image processing units and outputs the stored image data using the sentinel.
US10037584B2	Obtaining social relationship type of network subjects Social network behavior data of two network subjects whose social relationship type is required to be determined is obtained. The network social behavior data of the two network subjects to be determined is discretized by a preset manner in such a way that each of the social behavior is discretized into N levels according to a quantity of each social network behavior. A merged probability of each social relationship type to which the two network subjects belong is calculated according to a conditional probability that each level of network social behavior corresponds to each social relationship type. A social relationship type having the largest merged probability is initially determined as a social relationship type of the two network subjects. The present techniques effectively utilized network social behavior data, implement determination of social relationship type, and improve user network experiences.
US10037579B2	Route risk mitigation A method is disclosed for mitigating the risks associated with driving by assigning risk values to road segments and using those risk values to select less risky travel routes. Various approaches to helping users mitigate risk are presented. A computing device is configured to generate a database of risk values. That device may receive accident information, geographic information, vehicle information, and other information from one or more data sources and calculate a risk value for the associated road segment. Subsequently, the computing device may provide the associated risk value to other devices. Furthermore, a personal navigation device may receive travel route information and use that information to retrieve risk values for the road segments in the travel route. An insurance company may use this information to determine whether to adjust a quote or premium of an insurance policy. This and other aspects relating to using geographically encoded information to promote and reward risk mitigation are disclosed.
US10037567B2	Trading tools for electronic trading Tools for trading and monitoring a commodity on an electronic exchange using a graphical user interface and a user input device. The tools will aid the trader in determining the status, trends in the market, and the trader's position in the market.
US10037563B2	Simplified orders using words or phrases A user communicates, such as through text, a phrase or word to quickly place and pay for an order. The phrase corresponds to details of the order and one phrase can contain orders with multiple merchants. Once the phrase is communicated, a service provider or merchant determines the order from the phrase and processes the order, which may include transmitting order details to the merchant(s) and processing the payment(s) to the merchant(s) on behalf of the user.
US10037550B2	System and method for identifying offline consumer interests for online personalization by leveraging multimedia inputs A system, method and computer implemented program product for enabling a user to retrieve information from a telecommunication network. The system, in accordance with the present invention comprises a handheld device, using which multimedia inputs, typically photographs of objects of interest could be captured. Subsequently, the images are processed by a processor and relevant keywords describing the image are extracted. A search is carried out for information comprising the extracted keywords, and the retrieved information is shared with the user, via the handheld device. A third party service provider or an online merchant portal or establishment provides an updated detail to the user based on retrieved updated user profile comprising the updated user preferences and interests.
US10037548B2	Application recommendations based on application and lifestyle fingerprinting Disclosed are various embodiments that employ application fingerprinting and lifestyle fingerprinting, where each application fingerprint is associated with a corresponding application and is generated based at least in part on a static analysis and a dynamic analysis of the corresponding application. In one embodiment, an identification of an application is received, and a group of users are determined that have a preference for the application based at least in part on lifestyle fingerprint data and application fingerprint data. Correspondingly, a particular user is identified with a lifestyle fingerprint that is similar to lifestyle fingerprints of the group of users, whereby the particular application is transmitted to the particular user.
US10037544B2	Technologies for collecting advertising statistics in a privacy sensitive manner Generally, this disclosure provides technologies for collecting ad statistics in a privacy sensitive manner. In some embodiments the technology includes a system which includes a plurality of client devices, each hosting a context information management (CIMM) module in a secure processing environment. Each CIMM may be operable to select ads for display and calculate statistics for each of the selected ads. The CIMMs may generate a vector representative of those statistics, and may encrypt that vector using additive homomorphic encryption. The encrypted vector may be associated with a statistics collection counter, which may be incremented each time an encrypted vector is calculated. Each CIMM may compare the incremented counter value to a threshold, and may distribute the encrypted vector to another CIMM for further statistical tabulation if the incremented value is less than the threshold. In this way, the technologies described may ensure that a minimum statistical sample size is collected prior to the transmission of ad statistics to an ad network or advertiser, potentially maintaining or protecting user privacy.
US10037540B2	Framework for marketplace analysis A marketplace diagnostics framework for analyzing and managing online marketplaces.
US10037535B2	Loyalty program parameter collaboration Collaborative constituents collaborate to develop a loyalty program within a transaction processing system. Transmissions addressed to the collaborative constituents are formed and received from the collaborative constituents containing suggested parameters for the loyalty program. At least one remaining parameter for the loyalty program that a set of remaining collaborative constituents have agreed upon is determined. Another transmission addressed to each of the collaborative constituents in the set of remaining collaborative constituents is formed, the another transmission including the remaining parameters for the loyalty program.
US10037534B2	Method and system for authorizing card account transactions by geographic region A method and system for authorizing card account transactions by geographic region by providing data for a user interface displaying geographic regions and merchant locations each corresponding to the location of a merchant where a transaction using a card account may be initiated, receiving a user interface selection representing a request to authorize or restrict card account transactions, receiving authorization requests for desired transactions, and authorizing or restricting the transactions in accordance with the request.
US10037525B2	Control system and method A wireless connection may be established between a mobile device and a reader device and/or a sensor. The reader device and/or sensor may authenticate the mobile device. The reader device and/or sensor may receive a credential or token from the mobile device. An action may be performed based on certain criteria such as if the credential or token is valid.
US10037520B2	Drive through order system and vehicle detection A drive through order system having a vehicle detection system that includes at least two sensors, each affixed to an immovable object, a CPU coupled to a computer readable medium containing instructions to process information from the sensors using fuzzy logic and to output an indicator signal reflecting the presence of a vehicle within a volume sensed by the sensors. In some embodiments, a learn mode supports alteration of fuzzy logic processing parameters. In various embodiments, the system is upgradable and sensor types can be changed and/or new sensors added. In some embodiments, fuzzy logic processing information is modified in dependence upon temporal information.
US10037516B2	Secure transactions using a point of sale device Systems and methods are provided for secure transactions according to one or more embodiments. According to an embodiment, a method for providing secure transactions comprises initiating a transaction via a point of sale device having a one time password generator. The method also comprises generating at least one password by the point of sale device. The method further comprises associating the at least one password with account information. The method further comprises transmitting the password associated with the account information to a remote location. If the transmitted password matches predetermined associated information at the remote location, the method further comprises confirming the transaction.
US10037515B1	Systems and methods for driver authentication through embedded sensing Systems and methods for driver authentication through embedded sensing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for driver authentication through embedded sensing may include a vehicle that may include a plurality of sensors, each sensor sensing at least one of a characteristic of a vehicle occupant and a movement of the vehicle occupant; at least one computer processor executing a computer application, the computer application receiving and processing data from the plurality of sensors; and a communication interface. The system may further include a back-end server in communication with the vehicle communication interface and a plurality of locations in communication with the back-end server. In one embodiment, the characteristic may be a biometric characteristic of the vehicle occupant.
US10037510B2	System and method for calibration and mapping of real-time location data A method of mapping the location of at least one object in three dimensional space, relative to an initial point in three dimensional space by an EIR terminal which contains a microprocessor, memory, a scanning device, a motion sensing device, and a communication interface. The method includes scanning a signal of decodable indicia located at a pre-defined area of a physical object, locating the decodable indicia within this signal, decoding the decodable indicia into a decoded message. The decoded message is an identifier for said physical object, which is then displayed. After receiving an interface command, the EIR terminal is placed in mechanical contact with the pre-defined area of the physical object and a first spatial position is stored as a point of origin in the EIR terminal.
US10037506B2	Benchmarking through data mining A system with access to regularly updated information regarding an entity can generate information regarding the performance of that entity. For example, values of various key performance indicators (KPIs) can be determined. One or more of the values can be compared to a corresponding threshold or range. Based on the results of the comparisons, an alert can be generated and sent to a user associated with the entity, a user interface (UI) that presents information to the user about the entity can include information regarding the KPIs, or both. The system may have access to data regarding a number of similar entities. Using the data for the similar entities, one or more benchmarks for the KPIs of the entity can be determined. The KPIs can be compared to the benchmarks and the results shown in a UI, an alert, or both.
US10037505B2	System and method for processing and dynamically segregating business assets Systems and methods for protecting business assets are provided. More specifically, provided herein is a system for protecting business assets, comprising a Series LLC computer system in electronic communication with one or more third party computer systems over a network to electronically receive asset information and liability information therefrom, an asset database in electronic communication with the Series LLC computer system, the asset database populated with the asset information received from the one or more third party computer systems, a liability database in electronic communication with the Series LLC computer system, the liability database populated with the liability information received from the one or more third party computer systems, a Series LLC management engine executed by the Series LLC computer system to automatically create Series LLC data by processing the asset information and the liability information to dynamically segregate business assets and liabilities, and a user interface engine of the Series LLC computer system to generate a user interface to present Series LLC data to a user.
US10037503B2	System and method for managing supply of service Disclosed herein are a system and a method for managing supply of service. The system may include at least one processor that performs the operations including receiving a plurality of orders for a service; marking a locus based on the plurality of orders, the marked locus relating to a first number of orders of the plurality of orders, the first number of orders sharing a first characteristic, and the marked locus relating to a first location; and identifying at least one provider of the service to whom information relating to the marked locus is to be delivered.
US10037501B2	Energy management costs for a data center A method and computer program product for managing energy management costs of a data center is disclosed. The method and computer program product include computing an energy cost estimate based on available energy rates which include wholesale electricity prices for periods of time of an hour. Embodiments of the method and computer program product include establishing fees for processing jobs. The fees are based on at least one wholesale electricity price. Embodiments of the method and computer program product include processing jobs based on scheduling-factors. Example scheduling-factors include factors related to timing, duration, environment, cost, or priority.
US10037497B2	Information provision device, information provision method, and information provision program An information provision device according to one embodiment includes a receiving unit, an extraction unit, a setting unit and a presentation unit. The receiving unit receives search criteria. The extraction unit extracts reservation acceptance information of the target facility corresponding to a past determination target period based on the search criteria by referring to a storage unit storing reservation acceptance information of a facility. The setting unit calculates a rate of decrease from an initial number of vacancies in the target facility during the past determination target period based on the extracted reservation acceptance information, and when there is a date of change when the number of vacancies has changed to be less than a specified threshold during the determination target period, sets an estimated date for a reservation request. The presentation unit outputs the value set-as estimate information for reservation request.
US10037492B2	Selecting a window treatment fabric A fabric selection tool provides an automated procedure for recommending and/or selecting a fabric for a window treatment to be installed in a building. The recommendation may be made to optimize the performance of the window treatment in which the fabric may be installed. The recommended fabric may be selected based on performance metrics associated with each fabric in an environment. The fabrics may be ranked based upon the performance metrics of one or more of the fabrics. One or more of the fabrics, and/or their corresponding ranks, may be displayed to a user for selection. The recommended fabrics may be determined based on combinations of fabrics that provide performance metrics for various façades of the building. Using the ranking system provided by the fabric selection tool, the user may obtain a fabric sample and/or order one or more of the recommended fabrics.
US10037490B2	Performing average pooling in hardware Methods and systems for receiving a request to implement a neural network comprising an average pooling layer on a hardware circuit, and in response, generating instructions that when executed by the hardware circuit, cause the hardware circuit to, during processing of a network input by the neural network, generate a layer output tensor that is equivalent to an output of the average pooling neural network layer by performing a convolution of an input tensor to the average pooling neural network layer and a kernel with a size equal to a window of the average pooling neural network layer and composed of elements that are each an identity matrix to generate a first tensor, and performing operations to cause each element of the first tensor to be divided by a number of elements in the window of the average pooling neural network layer to generate an initial output tensor.
US10037488B1	Mobile device with improved charging capability and casement structure The present invention relates to an apparatus and method offering an improved approach to charging mobile devices, such as an illustrative specialized compact bar code scanner, without need for cumbersome wires or charging cradles, through an innovative casement having an integrally contained, or recessed (flush-mounted) swing-out USB connector which avoids severing or disconnection of wires between the swing-out USB connector and the mobile device over the course of repeated use. The present invention also relates to an improved casement structure for mobile devices and payment processing module encased therein.
US10037486B2	RF module and RF system An RF system is provided that includes an RFID card and a reader-writer device. The RFID card includes a substrate, an RFIC element, an antenna coil, and a deformation sensor. The reader-writer device and the RFID card transmit and receive predetermined information between an antenna coil of the RFID card and an antenna coil of the reader-writer device through a magnetic field. The RFIC element transmits the first signal via the antenna coil when the deformation sensor does not detect bending deformation of the substrate, and the RFIC element transmits the second signal via the antenna coil when the deformation sensor detects the bending deformation of the substrate.
US10037481B2	System and method for an otitis media database constructing and an image analyzing The invention provides a system and a method for an otitis media database constructing. The steps of method comprise: First, receiving a plurality of tympanic membrane images, wherein the tympanic membrane images are ear infection in different types. Second, choosing one of the tympanic membrane images, then classifying into a plurality of anatomic regions based on a plurality of tissue types. Coding each of anatomic regions with a numerical number to describe its morbid condition, and obtaining an eigenvalue through collecting the numerical number of each anatomic region. Furthermore, repeatedly choosing other one of tympanic membrane images until each tympanic membrane image obtaining the eigenvalue. And obtaining a matrix through collecting the eigenvalue of each tympanic membrane image, then generating an otitis media database.
US10037475B2	Hybrid multi-camera based positioning A positioning server is connected to a collection of access points, base stations, NFC stations, and image or video cameras and the collected data is used for positioning objects. A plurality of electronic devices are paired with an object by tracking the position of the object based on imaging and the position of electronic devices based on RF signals in vicinity of the object. Once a device is paired with an object, the propagation channel profile measured through the electronic device is used to develop and tune a database of channel profiles versus location. This database is used based on signature/profile matching and correlation for positioning devices and objects that do not have pairing or have poor image-based positioning accuracy or reliability. When a device is detected that cannot be paired with any object, or a device that is unpaired from a previously associated object, a theft or loss alert is generated.
US10037471B2	System and method for image analysis A method for image analysis, including recording an image sequence at a vehicle system mounted to a vehicle; automatically detecting an object within the image sequence with a detection module; automatically defining a bounding box about the detected object within each image of the image sequence; modifying the image sequence with the bounding boxes for the detected object to generate a modified image sequence; at a verification module associated with the detection module, labeling the modified image sequence as comprising one of a false positive, a false negative, a true positive, and a true negative detected object based on the bounding box within at least one image of the modified image sequence; training the detection module with the label for the modified image sequence; and automatically detecting objects within a second image sequence recorded with the vehicle system with the trained detection module.
US10037469B2	Image location through large object detection Camera pose optimization, which includes determining the position and orientation of a camera in three-dimensional space at different times, is improved by detecting a higher-confidence reference object in the photographs captured by the camera and using the object to increase consistency and accuracy of pose data. Higher-confidence reference objects include objects that are stationary, fixed, easily recognized, and relatively large. In one embodiment, street level photographs of a geographic area are collected by a vehicle with a camera. The captured images are geo-coded using GPS data, which may be inaccurate. The vehicle drives in a loop and captures the same reference object multiple times from the substantially same position. The trajectory of the vehicle is then closed by aligning the points of multiple images where the trajectory crosses itself. This creates an additional constraint on the pose data, which in turn improves the data's consistency and accuracy.
US10037456B2	Automated methods and systems for identifying and assigning attributes to human-face-containing subimages of input images The present document is directed to methods and systems that identify and characterize subimages in images that each includes an image of a human face. In certain implementations, values for attributes, such as age, ethnicity, and gender, are assigned to face-containing subimages by the currently disclosed methods and systems. In these implementations, multiple feature-extractors output feature vectors that are distributed among attribute classifiers which consist of individual classifiers and, more often, multiple individual classifiers within aggregate classifiers. Attribute classifiers return indications of attribute values along with a probability value. Attribute classifiers are ordered with respect to reliability and applied in reliability order to generate attribute-assignment paths through a logical attribute-assignment tree, with uncertain attribute assignments generating multiple lower-level pathways.
US10037450B2	Information code image display system, information code image display terminal, information code image display program, server, and information code image generating program An information code image display system includes an area specifying part, an image generation part, and a display controller. The area specifying part specifies an area as a conversion target area, the area being a part of a base image displayed in a display area of a display part. The image generation part generates a base-image-attached information code image by applying an information code to a conversion target image corresponding to the conversion target area. The display controller displays in the display part the base-image-attached information code image and a remaining image obtained by excluding an image of the conversion target area from the base image.
US10037445B2	Systems and methods for managing coverage area of wireless communication devices Embodiments of the present invention include a wireless access point that acquires and processes radio frequency identification (RFID) information. The wireless access point may be coupled to a network of RFID readers over a wireless network. The RFID readers may read a plurality of RFID tags and transmit information to one or more readers. The readers may, in turn, transmit the RFID information to a wireless access point. The wireless access point may include a middleware layer for performing a variety of RFID data processing functions. In one embodiment, the wireless RFID reader network may be used to improve positioning of readers and tags, and may include a GPS system or position assisted GPS system at the reader and/or tag level.
US10037438B2	Setting security features of programmable logic devices Systems and methods are disclosed for allowing security features to be selectively enabled during device configuration. For example, a programmable integrated circuit device is provided that receives configuration data and security requirement data. Control circuitry compares enabled security features in the device against the security requirements, and can configure the programmable integrated circuit device with the configuration data or prevent such configuration. Control circuitry may also use the security requirement data to set security features within the device.
US10037412B2	Patient health state compound score distribution and/or representative compound score based thereon A method includes generating at least first and second histograms respectively for at least first and second sets of vital sign measurements using at least first and second predetermined bins. The first and second sets of the vital sign measurements each include at least two measurements acquired at different times, and the first and second vital sign are different vital signs. The method further includes generating a first score distribution for the first vital sign by mapping each bin of the first predetermined bins to a corresponding predetermined score. The method further includes generating a second score distribution for the second vital sign by mapping each bin of the second predetermined bins to a corresponding predetermined score. The method further includes generating a compound score distribution for the first and second vital signs based on the first and second score distributions, the compound score distribution indicates a patient's health state.
US10037408B2	Apparatus for preventing unauthorized access to computer files and for securing medical records Apparatus for identifying the writer or receiver of a document, where identifying information for each of a plurality of registered human individuals is stored in a database, calls for capturing local images of an individual producing or receiving information and determining whether this individual is the same as one of the registered individuals whose identifying information is stored in the database. The identifying information stored in the database includes both an alphanumeric identifier and at least one image of a unique, visually observable biologic identifier on a body portion of each registered individual. The accuracy of user identification is enhanced by allowing the sender of information to supply visual content which modulates the appearance of a biologic identifier of the user. A human gatekeeper further hardens the system against inappropriate access. Utilization of the system for the document of critical encounters such as medical events is provided.
US10037397B2	Memory cell including vertical transistors and horizontal nanowire bit lines An integrated circuit design tool includes a cell library. An entry in the cell library comprises a specification of the cell including a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor can include a first set of nanowires or 2D material strips arranged in parallel to form a channel structure, and a gate conductor disposed across the first set of nanowires or 2D material strips. The second transistor can include a second set of nanowires or 2D material strips arranged in parallel to form a channel structure, and a gate conductor disposed across the first set of nanowires or 2D material strips. The number of nanowires or 2D material strips in the first set can be different from the number of nanowires or 2D material strips in the second set, so that the drive power of the individual transistors can be set with finer granularity.
US10037394B1	Hierarchical timing analysis for multi-instance blocks Electronic design automation systems, methods, and media are presented for hierarchical timing analysis with multi-instance blocks. Some embodiments involve generation of a combined timing context for all instances of a multi-instance block. Such embodiments may merge timing context information with multi-mode multi-context (MMMC) views for different instances of a multi-instance block. Other embodiments involve efficient merging of instance timing contexts during block level static timing analysis. Various different embodiments involve separate or hybrid merged timing analysis based on a user selection.
US10037392B1	System and method for designing irrigation systems A computing device is described that is configured to display a graphic visualization for modeling an irrigation system, such as a center pivot irrigation system. In an implementation, the computing device includes a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The computing device also includes one or modules stored in memory and executable by the processor. The one or more modules are configured to instruct the processor to receive a command for placing one or more representations of a center pivot irrigation system within a graphical representation of a cultivation area and to receive one or more operational parameters of the center pivot irrigation system. The one or more modules are also configured to instruct the processor to model operation of the center pivot irrigation system based upon the one or more operational parameters.
US10037390B2	Techniques to simulate production events Techniques to simulate production events are described. Some embodiments are particularly directed to techniques to simulate production events based on randomization across a distribution of production events. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a simulation application operative to simulate one or more commands in a simulated environment using a task hierarchy, the simulation application comprising a configuration component, a command generation component, and an execution component, wherein simulating the one or more commands comprises executing one or more task commands. The configuration component may be operative to receive the task hierarchy from the data store, the task hierarchy comprising a plurality of task entries, each task entry comprising a list of task entries or a task command, the list of task entries comprising probabilities associated with each task entry in the list of task entries, wherein task commands correspond to the simulated environment representing a production environment. The command generation component may be operative to determine the one or more task commands by traversing through the task hierarchy based on the associated probabilities until the one or more task commands are reached. The execution component may be operative to execute the one or more task commands as one or more simulated commands in the simulated environment. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10037379B2	Voice input and output database search method and device A voice input and output database search method that includes: extracting at least one candidate keyword represented by a word or phrase from text information included in a search result; memorizing the extracted candidate keyword and a search state including the search result from which the candidate keyword is extracted in correspondence; and after a new search condition that is different from the search condition and is provided by a voice message has been recognized and a search has been conducted in accordance with this recognized search condition, when a backtracking keyword represented by a word or phrase is recognized together with a backtracking directive that is represented by a word or phrase and backtracks to a search state, controlling on the basis of memory contents so as to backtrack to a search state memorized in correspondence with a candidate keyword that corresponds to the recognized backtracking keyword.
US10037378B1	Techniques for classifying and labeling data Techniques for classifying and labeling data are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for classifying and labeling data comprising one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to distribute training data across a plurality of hosts. Each of the hosts may be assigned a random subset of the training data, and configured to cluster its own subset independently. The one or more processors may be further configured to label each cluster of the training data. The one or more processors may be further configured to receive new data, associate the new data with a plurality of the clusters of the training data, and assign the new data a label. The label may be chosen from labels of the plurality of the clusters. And the label may have a maximum associative factor of the new data.
US10037368B1	Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for performing a free-form query Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for performing a free-form query are disclosed. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for performing a free-form query includes receiving free-form information for requesting information about a computing system, converting the free-form information into at least one compatible query for querying at least one data set, querying, using the at least one compatible query, the at least one data set for the information about the computing system, and providing the information about the computing system.
US10037367B2	Modeling actions, consequences and goal achievement from social media and other digital traces Systems, methods, and computer storage media are provided for analyzing a large amount of social media data from a large population of social media users and constructing correlational data models between one or more events that occur within each user's timeline. Social media posts directed to personal experiences of a large number of social media users are extracted. Event timelines are generated for each of the social media users, based on their personal experiences. The event timelines are analyzed with a particular event of interest to measure correlations between events occurring within the timelines and the particular event of interest. Using the measured correlations, a correlational data model is thereby constructed. The correlational data model may be used for application to decision-making calculations by one or more systems in an active or passive manner.
US10037364B1	User interface portlet data cascade actuator apparatuses, methods and systems The User Interface Portlet Data Cascade Actuator Apparatuses, Methods and Systems (“UIPDCA”) transforms database data sets, user interface widget data selections inputs via UIPDCA components into cascading UI subsequent views data selections and channel outputs. In one embodiment, the UIPDCA may include a data cascade user interface view apparatus. The UIPDCA's processor issues instructions from a UI view component to generate and broadcast a first event message that specifies a data source parameter associated with a user selection and the channel associated with the UI view component. The UIPDCA's processor issues instructions from a subsequent UI view component to update UI widget elements based on result of executing a query modified using parameters specified in the first event message, and to generate and broadcast a second event message that specifies a data source parameter associated with a default selection and the channel associated with the subsequent UI view component.
US10037362B1	Mining procedure dialogs from source content An embodiment of the invention may include a method, computer program product and computer system for human-machine communication. The method, computer program product and computer system may include a computing device that maps linguistic data of source content to a vector. The computing device may cluster the linguistic data of source content. The computing device may determine a plurality of segments based on the mapped linguistic data and the clustered linguistic data. The computing device may transform a segment of the plurality of segments into representative data, the representative data is a function of the remaining plurality of segments.
US10037358B2	Data classification A method for managing data in an enterprise by identifying data of interest from among a multiplicity of data elements in an enterprise, the method including characterizing data of interest at least by at least one non-content based data identifier thereof and at least one access metric thereof, the at least one access metric being selected from data access permissions and actual data access history and selecting data of interest by considering only data elements from among the multiplicity of data elements which have the at least one non-content based data identifier thereof and the at least one access metric thereof.
US10037352B1	Methods for editing hierarchical data Methods for Editing Hierarchical Data are provided. Data subsets of hierarchical data are copied. Workstreams are generated and sent to users. An edit to a first workstream from a first user and an edit to a second workstream from a second user are received. The hierarchical data in the general database is edited according to the edits made by the first user and the second user. A full organization view of persons and positions in the organization that includes the edits made by the first user and the second user is displayed.
US10037350B1	Systems and methods of a mortgage pricing service Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for creating and using a common, generic, data/object model to represent information grids or lookup tables, such as a mortgage asset pricing information grid, mortgage asset re-pricing grid, and credit risk pricing grid. The common model allows a common software representation for logically different attributes.
US10037348B2	Database management system with database hibernation and bursting A data processing network includes a database management for a plurality of databases serviced by a server comprising a plurality of data processors. Each server data processor includes a copy of the database management system and a monitor for measuring and analyzing various parameters for each server data processor and each included database and performing various methods transparently to a user. For example, when a parameter or combination thereof indicates that a database in one data processor is inactive or requires additional resources, that database is set to an inactive state or is transferred to another data processor with greater resources, respectively. An inactive database is recalled upon receipt of a request for access to that database. A database in a data processor of greater resources can be returned to a server data processor or another data processor with fewer resources. These operations are transparent to database users and independent of user or administrator intervention.
US10037347B2	Methods for reconciling transactions and devices thereof A method for reconciling transactions iteratively by segregating data into homogeneous data sets. The method includes acquiring transactions from two or more systems and comparing with a set of configurable predefined matching rules. Applying, based on the result of the comparison, one or more rules on the acquired transactions. The transactions of the two or more systems are scanned and a user defined function is applied on the transactions of the two systems. A value of the user defined function is calculated. If the value of the user defined function is residual value, a configurable criteria is applied on the value of the user defined function. A residual transaction is created in one of the systems and the value of the user defined function is recalculated. If the value of the user defined function is null value, indicates the transactions are reconciled.
US10037314B2	Mobile reports A mobile data analysis system is provided that enables mobile device location tracking, secure messaging, and real-time sharing of intelligence information, among other features. In one embodiment, a mobile data analysis system includes functionality for generating mobile reports. In this context, a mobile report represents information collected by a mobile device user and provided as input to a report form displayed by an associated mobile device. The collected information may, for example, include information relating to an activity or event, information relating to a particular person, entity, or location, or any combination thereof. A mobile report may be based on a report template. A report template defines one or more data fields and other property information to be included in a mobile report based on the report template. A mobile report may be sent to a server that generates one or more data objects, and one or more data object links between the data objects, based on input data contained in a mobile report.
US10037306B2	Approximation of non-linear functions in fixed point using look-up tables Computing a non-linear function ƒ(x) in hardware or embedded systems can be complex and resource intensive. In one or more aspects of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for computing a non-linear function ƒ(x) accurately and efficiently in hardware using look-up tables (LUTs) and interpolation or extrapolation. The apparatus may be a processor. The processor computes a non-linear function ƒ(x) for an input variable x, where ƒ(x)=g(y(x),z(x)). The processor determines an integer n by determining a position of a most significant bit (MSB) of an input variable x. In addition, the processor determines a value for y(x) based on a first look-up table and the determined integer n. Also, the processor determines a value for z(x) based on n and the input variable x, and based on a second look-up table. Further, the processor computes ƒ(x) based on the determined values for y(x) and z(x).
US10037303B2	Collecting and delivering data to a big data machine in a process control system A device supporting big data in a process plant includes an interface to a communications network, a cache configured to store data observed by the device, and a multi-processing element processor to cause the data to be cached and transmitted (e.g., streamed) for historization at a unitary, logical centralized data storage area. The data storage area stores multiple types of process control or plant data using a common format. The device time-stamps the cached data, and, in some cases, all data that is generated or created by or received at the device may be cached and/or streamed. The device may be a field device, a controller, an input/output device, a network management device, a user interface device, or a historian device, and the device may be a node of a network supporting big data in the process plant. Multiple devices in the network may support layered or leveled caching of data.
US10037296B2	Power handling in a scalable storage system Systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for data storage systems are provided herein. In one example, a data storage assembly is provided. The data storage assembly includes a plurality of storage drives each comprising a PCIe host interface and solid state storage media, with each of the storage drives configured to store and retrieve data responsive to storage operations received over an associated PCIe host interface. The data storage assembly includes a PCIe switch circuit coupled to the PCIe host interfaces of the storage drives and configured to receive the storage operations issued by a plurality of host systems over a shared PCIe interface and transfer the storage operations for delivery to the storage drives over selected ones of the PCIe host interfaces. The data storage assembly includes holdup circuitry configured to provide power to at least the storage drives after input power is lost to the data storage assembly.
US10037294B2	Semiconductor device, electronic component, and electronic device A semiconductor device including a memory which can perform a pipeline operation is provided. The semiconductor device includes a processor core, a bus, and a memory section. The memory section includes a first memory. The first memory includes a plurality of local arrays. The local array includes a sense amplifier array and a local cell array stacked thereover. The local cell array is provided a memory cell including one transistor and one capacitor. The transistor is preferably an oxide semiconductor transistor. The first memory is configured to generate a wait signal. The wait signal is generated when a request for writing data to the same local array is received over two successive clock cycles from the processor core. The wait signal is sent to the processor core via the bus. The processor core stands by for a request for the memory section on the basis of the wait signal.
US10037288B2	Memory protection at a thread level for a memory protection key architecture A processing system includes a processing core to execute a task and an input output (IO) memory management unit, coupled to the core. The IO memory management unit includes a storage unit to store a page table entry including an identifier of a memory domain and a protection key associated with the identifier. The protection key indicates whether a memory page in the memory domain is accessible. The IO memory management unit also includes a protection key register comprising a field indexed by the protection key, the field including a set of bits reflecting a memory access permission associated with the protection key. The protection key register is, responsive to receiving a request from an IO device to store data associated with the process or the thread of the process, to one of allow or deny permission to access the memory page in the memory domain for storage of the data associated with the process or the thread of the process based on the protection key.
US10037283B2	Updating least-recently-used data for greater persistence of higher generality cache entries Techniques for improving translation lookaside buffer (TLB) operation are disclosed. A particular entry of the TLB is to be updated with data associated with a large page size. The TLB updates replacement policy data for that TLB entry for that large page size to indicate that the TLB entry is not the least-recently-used. To prevent smaller pages from evicting the TLB entry for the large page size, the TLB also updates replacement policy data for that TLB entry for the smaller page size to indicate that the TLB entry is not the least-recently-used.
US10037278B2	Operation processing device having hierarchical cache memory and method for controlling operation processing device having hierarchical cache memory An operation processing device including: processors, first cache corresponding to each processors; and a second cache shared by the processors, wherein the second cache includes; a data retaining unit that retains data, a first information retaining unit that retains first management information of data in the first cache, a second information retaining unit that retains second management information of data in the data retaining unit, a classifying unit that classifies a request performed by referencing the first management information and not referencing the second management information as a first type request and classifies a request performed by referencing the second management information as a second type request, a second processing unit that references the second management information to perform the second type request, and a first processing unit that references the first management information and does not reference the second management information to perform the first type request.
US10037270B2	Reducing memory commit charge when compressing memory A set of memory pages from a working set of a program process, such as at least some of the memory pages that have been modified, are compressed into a compressed store prior to being written to a page file, after which the memory pages can be repurposed by a memory manager. The memory commit charge for the memory pages compressed into the compressed store is borrowed from the program process by a compressed storage manager, reducing the memory commit charge of the compressed storage manager. Subsequent requests from the memory manager for memory pages that have been compressed into a compressed store are satisfied by accessing the compressed store memory pages (including retrieving the compressed store memory pages from the page file if written to the page file), decompressing the requested memory pages, and returning the requested memory pages to the memory manager.
US10037269B2	Managing memory in a computer system 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 so as 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.
US10037262B2	Accelerated test automation framework A system for establishing an automation framework includes a script of unresolved references. A reference resolution mechanism resolves the unresolved references to a plurality of software entities. A reusable library communicatively coupled to the reference resolution mechanism collects the resolved references. A recollection mechanism recollects resolved references that are referred to in the script and an execution engine executes the script by referencing the reusable library.
US10037245B2	Raid system performance enhancement using compressed data and byte addressable storage devices A method for operating a RAID storage system includes configuring the RAID storage devices to receive in a read or write command a byte count, receiving a first data block to write to the storage system, compressing the received first data block to generate a first compressed data block, and then storing the first compressed data block memory. The method additionally includes executing a set of RAID operations to perform a partial stripe update, including: retrieving a second compressed data block from memory; determining a physical size of the second compressed data block; generating, based on the second compressed data block and the physical size, redundant data corresponding with the second compressed data block; and writing the second compressed data block and the redundant data by transmitting a write command including the second compressed data block, the redundant data, and the physical size to the set of RAID storage devices.
US10037233B2	System having in-memory buffer service, temporary events file storage system and events file uploader service Computer-implemented methods and systems are provided for writing events to a data store. An application server generates events, the data store that stores the events, and a temporary events file storage system (TEFSS) temporarily stores groups of events as events files. When events are unable to be written directly to the data store, an indirect events writer is invoked that includes event capture threads each being configured to generate a particular events file, and write it to the TEFSS. Each events file includes a plurality of events flushed from an in-memory buffer service. An events file uploader service reads the events file(s) from the TEFSS, and then writes the events from each of the events files to the data store.
US10037231B1	Method and system for jointly determining computational offloading and content prefetching in a cellular communication system Provided is a method and system in a mobile wireless communication network for jointly determining computational offloading and data prefetching for a plurality of user equipments (UEs) in the mobile network. The method includes using a decision module in the mobile wireless communication network to process data indicative of mobile wireless communication network status including statuses of one or more UEs attached to the network. The decision module is configured to determine if the status of the mobile wireless communication network including said one or more UEs is sufficient to support joint computational offloading and data prefetching by at least one of the UEs. In the case that a positive determination is made, the decision module transmits a message to a UE to enable it to offload part of its computational load to one of a network edge computing node, a mobile wireless communication network server, and server in a network connected to the mobile wireless communication network; and to prefetch data to one of the network edge computing node, the mobile wireless communication network server, and a mobile wireless communication network data cache.
US10037223B2	Method and system for providing virtual desktop service using cache server Provided herein is a system and method for providing a virtual desktop service using a cache server, the system including a host server configured to provide the virtual desktop service to a user's device using a virtual machine, a distributed file system configured to store data for the virtual machine, and a cache server configured to, when a request to process data reading is received from the virtual machine inside the host server, pre-read a data segment for the requested process of data reading from the distributed file system and store the pre-read data segment in a cache, and perform the process of data reading using the cache.
US10037222B2	Virtualization of hardware accelerator allowing simultaneous reading and writing Technologies are generally provided to virtualize hardware acceleration. In some examples, a coprovisor component may be configured to multiplex multiple domains' requests to access a hardware accelerator such as a field programmable gate array (FPGA), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or a comparable accelerator in a paravirtualized environment. Hyper-requesting may be employed for hardware acceleration virtualization, where a hardware acceleration module concurrently loads a portion of data of a request for a first accelerator application and a portion of data of another request for a second accelerator application and simultaneously processes the two portions of data. Directly situated on a device driver layer, the coprovisor may schedule portions of access requests to the hardware accelerator at the same time through direct memory access (DMA) context switching.
US10037210B2	Apparatus and method for vector instructions for large integer arithmetic An apparatus is described that includes a semiconductor chip having an instruction execution pipeline having one or more execution units with respective logic circuitry to: a) execute a first instruction that multiplies a first input operand and a second input operand and presents a lower portion of the result, where, the first and second input operands are respective elements of first and second input vectors; b) execute a second instruction that multiplies a first input operand and a second input operand and presents an upper portion of the result, where, the first and second input operands are respective elements of first and second input vectors; and, c) execute an add instruction where a carry term of the add instruction's adding is recorded in a mask register.
US10037195B2	Method, mobile device and system for creating new mobile application by fusing existing program stacks A method, mobile device and system for creating new mobile applications by fusing existing program stacks are disclosed. The system includes a number of mobile devices and a remote server. By using a modification program installed in the mobile device, the stacks can be restored to source codes, objects and user interfaces. Drag-and-drop editing and moderate modification on the source codes can be processed, further simplifying steps for creating new mobile applications. It not only benefits learners to study programming at younger ages, but also enables the creation of an on-line store which allows innovative stacks to be shared or sold thereby.
US10037189B2	Distributed double-precision floating-point multiplication The present embodiments relate to circuitry that efficiently performs double-precision floating-point multiplication operations, single-precision floating-point multiplication operations, and fixed-point multiplication operations. Such circuitry may be implemented in specialized processing blocks. If desired, each specialized processing block efficiently may perform a single-precision floating-point multiplication operation, and multiple specialized processing blocks may be coupled together to perform a double-precision floating-point multiplication operation. Inter-block signaling circuits may generate rounding information and propagate the rounding information together with partial product results from a current specialized processing block to another specialized processing block.
US10037179B2	Print restriction change control for an image forming system and image forming apparatus Setting change for an image forming device may include determining whether the image forming device is currently performing print processing. In some examples, if the image forming device is currently performing print processing, the setting change may be delayed. In other examples, the setting change may be implemented irrespective of the print processing. In one arrangement, the setting change may be specific to a particular entity (e.g., a user).
US10037176B2	Printer-end page sequencing of document pages multipage-captured by portal terminal An image processing system includes a portable terminal and an image processing apparatus. The portable terminal includes a transmission processing unit that transmits each of the image data in units of the page of the document. The image processing apparatus includes a reception processing unit, a determination processing unit, and an output processing unit. The reception processing unit receives each of the image data in units of the page of the document transmitted from the portable terminal. The determination processing unit determines a page sequence of each of the image data in units of the page of the document based on each of the image data in units of the page of the document received by the reception processing unit. The output processing unit outputs each of the image data in units of the page of the document received by the reception processing unit in accordance with the page sequence.
US10037175B2	Image processing apparatus, method for registration of electronic data included in print request based on conference association An image processing apparatus executes a print process by a processor, in response to a print request from a terminal apparatus. The processor receives the print request including electronic data; executes the print process based on the electronic data included in the print request; and executes a registration process for associating the electronic data with information about a conference in which displaying the electronic data is shared among terminal apparatuses participating in the conference. In response to receiving the print request, the processor executes the print process if the print process based on the electronic data is to be executed, or the registration process for associating the electronic data included in the print request, with the information about the conference relating to a user being a request source of the print request, if the displaying the electronic data is to be shared.
US10037170B2	Motherboard and a method for boot-up A motherboard is to be disposed in a local server, and includes a platform controller hub (PCH) that transmits a command associated with read access to image file data, and a baseboard management controller that includes a memory unit and a processor unit which is electrically connected between the memory unit and the PCH. The memory unit stores an image file data associated with boot-up data of the local server. The processor unit receives the command from the PCH, and interprets the command so as to retrieve the image file data stored in the memory unit. The processor unit performs format conversion upon the image file data so as to generate a packet which conforms to protocols of the PCH, and transmits the packet to the PCH.
US10037162B2	Storage management device, storage management method, and computer-readable recording medium A monitoring unit acquires load information on a Tier pool that includes therein a plurality of volumes. A maximum performance calculating unit calculates, on the basis of the load information on the volumes acquired by the monitoring unit, an entire bandwidth of the Tier pool. A bandwidth management unit calculates, on the basis of the minimum guarantee bandwidth for each of the predetermined volumes, each of individual bandwidths such that the sum total of the individual bandwidths allocated to the respective volumes corresponds to the entire bandwidth calculated by the maximum performance calculating unit 101 and allocates the calculated individual bandwidths to the respective volumes.
US10037160B2	Storage device dynamically allocating program area and program method thereof A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including memory blocks divided into a first memory area and a second memory area; and a memory controller. In the case of programming specific attribute data, the memory controller determines a memory area in which the specific attribute data will be programmed according to a wear out ratio of the first memory area and a wear out ratio of the second memory area. The wear out ratio is a ratio of the current maximum erase count of memory blocks of a memory area with respect to the allowable maximum erase count of the memory area.
US10037159B2	Memory system and operating method thereof A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of blocks and a plurality of page buffers which respectively correspond to the blocks, wherein each of the blocks includes a plurality of pages in which data is stored, and a controller suitable for backing up data, which is stored in a memory included in the controller, in the page buffers when an operation mode is about to change to a power save mode.
US10037158B2	Vertically integrated storage Various systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for accessing a storage device are described. Techniques are described for vertically integrating the various software functions and hardware functions for accessing storage hardware. In some embodiments, the system is implemented using non-volatile memory.
US10037129B2	Modifying a segment of a media item on a mobile device Systems and methods for permitting selection and modification of a set of video segments on a mobile device is described. A user interface is provided on a screen of the mobile device to allow a user to select any of a plurality of original video segments of an original video. A selection of at least one of the original video segments is received via the user interface. A request for a modification to the selected at least one original video segment can also be received via the user interface. The systems and methods can cause a modification of the selected at least one original video segment to be performed to provide at least one modified video segment. The at least one modified video segment can be presented via the user interface.
US10037120B2	Image supply device, image display system, method of controlling image supply device, image display device, and recording medium An image supply device used with an image display device and an operation detection device adapted to detect an indication location in accordance with a position indication operation on a display surface includes a drawing section adapted to generate a superimposition image to be displayed while being superimposed on an original image based on the indication location detected by the operation detection device, a first image generation section adapted to generate a first composite image by superimposing the superimposition image generated by the drawing section on the original image, a second image generation section for generating a second composite image by superimposing an operating image for instructing a process of the superimposition image generated by the drawing section on the first composite image in response to a change in the original image, and an output section adapted to output the second composite image to the image display device.
US10037119B2	Dynamic configuration of touch sensor electrode clusters An apparatus of one embodiment includes a sensor having a plurality of electrodes and a controller having a processor and a memory. The memory includes logic operable to configure the plurality of electrodes of the sensor to form a first cluster pattern including a first cluster and a second cluster. The first cluster and the second cluster each include two or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. The logic is further operable to determine a value associated with a capacitance of a first cluster and configure, in response to determining the value, the plurality of electrodes to form a second cluster pattern. The second cluster pattern includes a third cluster and a fourth cluster. The third cluster and the fourth cluster each include two or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes and the third cluster is interleaved with the fourth cluster such that an electrode of the third cluster is positioned between two electrodes of the fourth cluster.
US10037113B2	Touch device and manufacturing method thereof A touch device includes a cover plate, a carrying structure, a first sensor layer, a dielectric layer and a second sensor layer. The carrying structure is disposed on the cover plate and includes a film layer and a buffer layer stacked on each other. The film is located between the cover plate and the buffer layer. The first sensor layer is at least disposed on the carrying structure. The first sensor layer and the cover plate are respectively located at two opposite sides of the carrying structure. The dielectric layer is disposed on the first sensor layer. The dielectric layer and the carrying structure are respectively located at two opposite sides of the first sensor layer. The second sensor layer is at least disposed on the dielectric layer. The second sensor layer and the first sensor layer are respectively located at two opposite sides of the dielectric layer.
US10037110B2	Touch panel A touch panel includes a first transparent conductive wire and a second transparent conductive wire. The first transparent conductive wire is of a first conductive layer and the second transparent conductive wire is of a second conductive layer. The first transparent conductive wire includes a first conductive portion parallel to a first axis and a second conductive portion parallel to a second axis, wherein the first transparent conductive portion and the second transparent conductive portion commonly have a first overlapping area. The second transparent conductive wire includes a third conductive portion parallel to the first axis and a fourth conductive portion parallel to the second axis, wherein the third transparent conductive portion and the fourth transparent conductive portion commonly have a second overlapping area. The projection centroid of the first overlapping area is not in the same position as the projection centroid of the second overlapping area.
US10037096B2	Display panel and display apparatus having the same The present application discloses a display panel comprising a display substrate in a display area and a display circuit board electrically connected to the display substrate; a touch button in a touch button area and a touch button circuit board electrically connected to the touch button; and a connecting line for connecting the display circuit board and the touch button circuit board, the connecting line substantially outside of the display area.
US10037081B2	Systems and methods for haptic fiddling Systems and methods for haptic fiddling are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor signal indicating an interaction with an electronic device is received by the electronic device. In response to receiving the sensor signal, the electronic device may output an output signal. The output signal may be output to a display, a haptic output device, an audio device, and/or another output device. The output signal can correspond to a modality. After outputting the output signal, another sensor signal indicating another interaction with the electronic device may be received by the electronic device. This interaction may be associated with the previously-received interaction. In response to receiving this interaction, the electronic device may output another output signal to the same output device(s) and/or different output device(s). The second output signal may correspond to one or more different modalities than the previous output signal.
US10037080B2	User physical attribute based device and content management system Systems and methods for device and content management include determining a user is viewing virtual reality content from a user device. Body information associated with the user while the user is viewing the virtual reality content is received through a network from the user device. User engagement information associated with the virtual reality content being viewed by the user is determined using the body information. A first content management action based on the virtual reality content being viewed by the user is generated using the user engagement information. A first notification associated with the first content management action that causes a first change to the virtual reality content being viewed by the user is sent through the network to the user device.
US10037074B2	Computer power management based on sensor data from remote devices A method is disclosed for performing actions in a computing device based on sensor data from remote devices. While in a power-savings mode, the computing device monitors for activity associated with a mobile device. Based on the monitoring for activity data, the computing device receives an indication that a user of the mobile device intends to use the computing device. Based on the indication, the computing device switches from the power-saving mode to a warming mode, the warming mode comprising restoring power to the one or more components and initiating loading the operational state of the computing device before the user physically interacts with the computing device.
US10037069B2	Dynamic link width modulation Described herein are embodiments of an apparatus configured for dynamic link width modulation, a system including an apparatus configured for dynamic link width modulation, a method for dynamic link width modulation, and computer-readable media having instructions that, if executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform a dynamic link width modulation method. An apparatus configured for dynamic link width modulation may include a first counter for determining a length of a queue of packets at a source of a link, a second counter for determining a rate of utilization of the link, and a power control unit configured to modify a width of the link based at least in part on the length of the queue and the rate of utilization. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10037067B2	Enabling a non-core domain to control memory bandwidth in a processor In one embodiment, the present invention includes a processor having multiple domains including at least a core domain and a non-core domain that is transparent to an operating system (OS). The non-core domain can be controlled by a driver. In turn, the processor further includes a memory interconnect to interconnect the core domain and the non-core domain to a memory coupled to the processor. Still further, a power controller, which may be within the processor, can control a frequency of the memory interconnect based on memory boundedness of a workload being executed on the non-core domain. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10037061B1	Multiple-stage cooling system for rack A multi-stage air moving system for cooling servers in a rack includes a rack-level air moving device that moves air through the rack, one or more server-level air-moving devices that move air through one or more of the servers, one or more sensors, and an air flow control system. The sensors sense characteristics of air in the rack. The air flow control system includes one or more controllers. The one or more controllers control the rack-level air-moving device and the server-level air moving devices in response to one or more sensed characteristics.
US10037058B2	Multiaxial hinge and electronic device using the same In order to provide a multiaxial hinge suitably used in an electronic device, such as a notebook PC having a flexible display sheet, and an electronic device using such a multiaxial hinge, the multiaxial hinge is a multiaxial hinge used as attached below a flexible and touch-operable display sheet for opening and closing the first casing and the second casing, the display sheet being attached so as to cover both inner surfaces of the both casings, several hinge shafts are provided, wherein a first bracket attached to the first casing and a second bracket attached to the second casing are coupled together via several coupling parts, and a synchronous rotation unit, a stopper and a friction unit either all in cooperation or one independently from other are provided on each of the hinge shafts, the multiaxial hinge is designed such that a bent portion is formed on the inner surfaces in a closed state of the first casing and the second casing, and that the first casing and the second casing are flush in a fully opened state of the casings.
US10037057B2	Friction hinge A friction hinge is described. Generally, the friction hinge provides a variable torque profile for a movable component.
US10037056B2	Optical touch device and foldable frame assembly thereof An optical touch device includes a foldable frame assembly, two image sensing units and two light emitting units. The foldable frame assembly comprises a first frame, a second frame, a third frame and a fourth frame. The two image sensing units are disposed on opposite ends of the fourth frame respectively. The two light emitting units are disposed on opposite ends of the fourth frame respectively and adjacent to the two image sensing units respectively. The frames of the foldable frame assembly are pivotally connected to each other such that the frames can rotate with respect to each other so as to be folded or expanded.
US10037053B2	Wearable device assembly having athletic functionality A wearable device assembly has a housing supporting a controller and a display. The display may comprise one or more light guides, where each guide is operatively coupled to an LED. Each LED may light the edge of a guide such that a refraction surface is illuminated. The controller may selectively illuminate the one or more light guides using the LEDs to indicate a level of activity of the user.
US10037048B1	Methods for optimizing circuit performance via configurable clock skews An integrated circuits with sequential logic circuitry is provided. The sequential logic circuitry may including latching circuits that receive clock signals from on-chip or off-chip clock sources. The clock signals may exhibit clock skew that is native to the integrated circuit. The natively existing clock skew can be leverage to perform time borrowing to help optimize circuit performance. The desired clock skew can be achieved by intelligent placement of the clock sources and deliberate routing of the clock signals from the clock sources to respective types of clock distribution networks on the integrated circuit.
US10037046B1	Regulating temperature-compensated output voltage A low-voltage bandgap reference circuit includes a current source supplying a reference voltage rail. The circuit further includes a Vbe loop branch coupled to the reference voltage rail to obtain a Vbe voltage with a negative temperature coefficient. The circuit further includes a ΔVbe loop branch to obtain a ΔVbe voltage, the ΔVbe loop branch employing a fractional Vbe voltage, to provide a reduced, positive temperature coefficient. The circuit further includes a feedback amplifier that sets identical voltages from the loop branches on inputs of the amplifier A to regulate an output voltage of the circuit on the reference voltage rail at a temperature-compensated value below 1.2V.
US10037036B2	Method and arrangement for determining safe vehicle trajectories A method and arrangement for determining safe vehicle trajectories for a vehicle equipped with sensors for monitoring a surrounding environment, taking into account sensing limitations, as well as a vehicle including such an arrangement. The method includes detecting observable obstacles, detecting unobservable areas, adding virtual obstacles in unobservable areas, associating each observable obstacle and each virtual obstacle with one or more hypothetical events and assigning an occurrence probability to each combination of obstacle and one or more events, and determining safe vehicle trajectories based on both observable obstacles and virtual obstacles and the occurrence probability of each combination of obstacle and one or more events.
US10037034B2	Semi-autonomous dolly Various systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system comprises a track comprising one or more sections, the track including track indicators readable by a track indicator sensor and used to determine a dolly's position on the track, and the dolly including one or more sensors and a processor, the one or more sensors including the track indicator sensor, the processor executing instructions that control an operation of the dolly including moving the dolly at least semi-autonomously along the track based on the track indicators, wherein moving the dolly at least semi-autonomously includes one of moving the dolly autonomously and moving the dolly semi-autonomously.
US10037026B2	Systems and methods for fault analysis A system, includes machinery; and a protection monitoring system, comprising a processor configured to: analyze a trend of one or more data measurements of the machinery for one or more patterns indicative of a potential future fault within the machinery in the trend; and provide a fault prediction based upon the analysis of the trend.
US10037009B2	Movement and electronic timepiece A power saving movement includes a center wheel and pinion driving a minute hand and minute detection wheel. A gear ratio of the center wheel/pinion with respect to the minute detection wheel is 1/M. The minute detection wheel has N minute detection portions which are disposed on the same rotation trajectory as the center wheel & pinion. N and M are integers. The minute detection wheel transmittable portions are disposed at an interval of 360°/N. A pair of the center wheel transmittable portions are disposed in parallel at an unequal angular interval of a center axle of the center wheel & pinion. An angular interval of the center wheel transmittable portions adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the center axle of the center wheel & pinion is set to magnification of 360°/(M×N).
US10037005B2	Methods using a series of sequential timekeeping periods A method displaying a series of sequential timekeeping periods on a timekeeping device includes, at a beginning of a time period, rotating an indicia dial in a first direction, and aligning a first set of indicia on the indicia dial with a corresponding set of apertures on a cloaking dial, thereby displaying a first 12-hour period of time on the timekeeping device. The method further includes, at an ending of the time period, rotating the indicia dial in a second direction opposite the first direction, and aligning a second set of indicia on the indicia dial with the corresponding set of outer dial apertures of the cloaking dial, thereby displaying a second 12-hour period of time on the timekeeping device.
US10037003B2	Cartridge mounting mechanism and process cartridge thereof A process cartridge is provided. The process cartridge includes a housing, a rotation member rotatably mounted in the housing, and a support mounted on the housing. The rotation member includes a station unit and a drive unit coupled to the rotation unit. The drive unit further comprises a drive transmission device and an actuating rod coupled to the drive transmission device. The support includes a notch allowing the actuating rod to pass through. When the actuating rod receives an applied force, the actuating rod swings in a plane defined by a longitudinal direction and a horizontal direction of the process cartridge.
US10036993B2	Image forming apparatus and foreign matter removing method An image forming apparatus includes a potential applier, a cleaning device and a hardware processor. The cleaning device includes an abutting member abutting a surface of the image carrier and removes residual toner on the surface of the image carrier by means of the abutting member after a toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier is transferred to a transfer material. In a cleaning mode for removing a foreign matter attached to the abutting member of the cleaning device, the hardware processor controls the potential applier to alternately apply a first potential and a second potential which is lower than the first potential to the image carrier so as to periodically change a potential of the abutting member without causing saturation.
US10036987B2	Removable fixing device having a convex guide and image forming apparatus A fixing device is removably installed inside an apparatus body including an apparatus guide. The fixing device includes a convex guide guided along the apparatus guide and a heater to heat a recording medium to fix a toner image on the recording medium. The heater includes a lateral end in a longitudinal direction of the heater. The lateral end is disposed inside the convex guide.
US10036985B2	Image forming apparatus equipped with a fixing device A fixing device includes a heat rotating body, a pressure applying rotating body, a heat leveling rotating body for equalizing temperature distribution of a rotating body which is one of the heat rotating body and the pressure applying rotating body, and a brush rotating body which includes a plurality of fibers for cleaning a surface of the heat leveling rotating body. A switching unit switches a contact state between the heat leveling rotating body and the rotating body which is the one of the heat rotating body and the pressure applying rotating body, between a state in which the heat leveling rotating body makes contact with the rotating body and a state in which the heat leveling rotating body is separated from the rotating body, by moving integrally the heat leveling rotating body and the brush rotating body making contact with each other.
US10036983B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus with an upstream-downstream tension difference An image forming apparatus includes a forming part that forms an image on a ribbon-like medium that is being transported; and a fixing part disposed downstream of the forming part in a medium transport direction, the fixing part including multiple fixing members, which are arranged in the transport direction and fix the image to the medium by applying heat and pressure to the medium. An upstream-downstream tension difference, in the medium transport direction, of the fixing member located on the most upstream side in the transport direction is greater than those of the other fixing members in the medium transport direction.
US10036969B2	Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate satisfying a condition (A); an undercoat layer satisfying conditions (B) and (C), disposed on the conductive substrate, and containing metal oxide particles; and a photosensitive layer disposed on the undercoat layer: condition (A): in the case where depressions existing in the surface of the conductive substrate are observed with a laser microscope, the width of the largest depression is 400 μm or less, and the depth of the depression is 15 μm or less; condition (B): in the case where the undercoat layer is subjected to a Cole-Cole plot analysis, an angular frequency ωmax at which a complex impedance component is maximum is from 2.0 rad to 25.0 rad; and condition (C): volume resistivity obtained from the Cole-Cole plot analysis of the undercoat layer is from 7.0×107Ω to 1.0×109Ω.
US10036956B2	Method of making relief image printing elements A method of flood exposing a photocurable printing blank to actinic radiation from a UV LED light source, wherein a high intensity UV LED light source is modulated to a lower intensity. The method includes the steps of: (a) positioning the photocurable printing blank in an exposure unit, wherein the exposure unit comprises one or more high intensity UV LED light sources; (b) modulating intensity of the one or more high intensity UV LED light sources to a lower intensity; and (c) flood exposing the photocurable printing blank through the photographic negative or the digitally imaged mask layer to actinic radiation from the one or more modulated UV LED light sources.
US10036955B2	Portable image-forming device A portable image-forming device includes a housing, an exposure member for exposing an instant film disposed inside of the housing by means of a light radiating from the screen of a portable display device, a shading member linked in movement with the exposure member so as to shade the instant film, a traction member connected to the exposure member so as to move the exposure member to a pre-exposure position, and a developing-agent-spreading member for spreading a developing agent, which is provided on the instant film, over the entire instant film. The traction member and the developing-agent-spreading member are manually operated by a user.
US10036953B2	Photoresist system and method A photoresist includes a group which will decompose that is attached to a hydrocarbon backbone at multiple points along the hydrocarbon chain. With such an attachment, the group which will decompose will cleave from one point in order to generate a desired shift in polarity while still remaining bonded to the hydrocarbon backbone. This prevents the group which will decompose from leaving the photoresist, thereby reducing or eliminating volume losses associated with exposure and post-exposure baking.
US10036948B2	Environmental-surrounding-aware OPC The present disclosure provides a method of performing optical proximity correction (OPC). An integrated circuit (IC) design layout is received. The design layout contains a plurality of IC layout patterns. Two or more of the plurality of IC layout patterns are grouped together. The grouped IC layout patterns are dissected, or target points are set for the grouped IC layout patterns. Thereafter, an OPC process is performed based on the grouped IC layout patterns.
US10036945B2	Light emission control circuit, light source apparatus, and projection-type video display device This light emission control circuit controls a first switching element for controlling a current that flows to a light-emitting element connected between a first node and one end of an inductor, and a second switching element for controlling a current that flows from the other end of the inductor to a second node. The light emission control circuit has a driving circuit that generates a first control signal for controlling the first switching element, and a switching control circuit that generate a second control signal for controlling the second switching element, and deactivates the second control signal in order to bring the second switching element into an off-state, during a period during which the first switching element is in an off-state.
US10036940B2	Lens apparatus and image projector using the same To provide a lens apparatus and image projector using the same capable of easily fitting a projected image to a spherical screen by adjusting a field curvature, the lens apparatus according to the present invention includes a first optical system for changing the field curvature by moving in an optical-axis direction, a control unit for moving the first optical system to a target position in the optical-axis direction specified based on a predetermined amount input as a field curvature amount while a relationship between a position of the first optical system in the optical-axis direction and the field curvature amount is previously stored, a position detection unit for detecting a reference position of the first optical system in the optical-axis direction, and a movement amount detection unit for detecting a movement amount of the first optical system from the reference position to the target position in the optical-axis direction.
US10036938B2	Light recycling for projectors with high dynamic range Projection systems and/or methods for efficient use of light by recycling a portion of the light energy are disclosed. In one embodiment, a projection display system is disclosed comprising a light source; an integrated rod that receives light from said light source at a proximal end that comprise a reflective surface which may reflecting/recycle light down said integrating rod; and a modulator comprising at least one moveable mirror that reflects light received from the integrating rod in either a projection direction or a light recycling direction. In other embodiments, dual and multiple modulator projector display systems are disclosed. A first modulator may affect either a pre-modulated halftone image or may affect a highlights modulated image for a desired image to be displayed. A second modulator may be provided for primary modulation of a desired image.
US10036931B2	Color display device The present invention provides a full color display device in which each pixel can display multiple high-quality color states. More specifically, an electrophoretic fluid is provided which comprises four types of particles, dispersed in a solvent or solvent mixture and each pixel can display at least five different color states.
US10036927B2	Automatic anti-glare device for vehicles An automatic anti-glare device for vehicles includes: a transmissive liquid crystal panel disposed between a windshield of a vehicle and the head of an occupant; a sun detector that detects a position of the sun; an eyepoint detector that detects a position of the eyes of the occupant; and a controller that forms a light-shielding region in the transmissive liquid crystal panel based on a result of the detection of the sun detector and a result of the detection of the eyepoint detector. When the position of the sun on the transmissive liquid crystal panel moves in a range that does not depart from a stationary region virtually provided on the transmissive liquid crystal panel, the controller maintains the position of the light-shielding region.
US10036922B2	Liquid-crystal display device A liquid-crystal display device includes a thin-film transistor (“TFT”) array flat substrate, an opposing flat substrate, a liquid-crystal layer including liquid-crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy between the TFT array flat substrate and the opposing flat substrate, a pattern electrode between the TFT array flat substrate and the liquid-crystal layer, a first liquid-crystal alignment layer including an electric field sensitive polymer compound between the pattern electrode and the liquid-crystal layer, a patternless electrode between the opposing flat substrate and the liquid-crystal layer and a second liquid-crystal alignment layer between the patternless electrode and the liquid-crystal layer where the electric field sensitive polymer includes a main chain, vertically-aligned side chains, and liquid-crystalline side chains including a mesogen unit having at least two cyclic combinations, a polar group coupled with an end of the mesogen unit, and a flexible group coupled with another end of the mesogen unit.
US10036917B2	Display device A display device include a display panel with first and second substrates facing each other, a window part provided on the display panel and including a light-blocking region provided at an edge region thereof, an adhesive part provided between the display panel and the window part, and a plurality of optical patterns provided on an edge region of a bottom surface of the first substrate.
US10036912B2	Display substrate, method for manufacturing the display substrate, liquid crystal display device and OLED display device The embodiments of the present invention disclose a display substrate, a method for manufacturing the display substrate, a liquid crystal display device and an OLED display device. The display substrate comprises: a base substrate; and multiple metal touch electrodes formed in the same layer on the first/second side of the base substrate; each touch electrode comprising an emitting electrode and a receiving electrode. Since the multiple metal touch electrodes are formed in the same layer on the first/second side of the base substrate, this technology uses mask plates as less as possible; the resistance is relatively small; the high temperature annealing is not required; and the scratch resistance ability is strong; many defects of the existing single layer ITO touch panel technology can be eliminated effectively.
US10036911B2	Tiled display device A tiled display device includes a first display module including a first display panel configured to display an image, and first top chassis blocks disposed to surround the first display panel, and a second display module including a second display panel configured to display an image associated with the image displayed in the first display panel, and second top chassis blocks disposed to surround the second display panel. The first and second display modules are disposed in a tiled form, and each of the first top chassis blocks and the second top chassis blocks are spaced apart from each other by a first distance.
US10036908B2	Medical monitor, electronic apparatus, and video display unit According to one embodiment, a medical monitor includes a housing, a display panel, a phototransmissive front panel and a support portion. The phototransmissive front panel includes a first surface, a second surface and a locking surface. The first surface faces the display screen. The second surface is located on an opposite side to the first surface and is exposed to an outside. The locking surface is provided along at least one side of the second surface and is located inward of the second surface in the housing in a thickness direction of the display panel. The support portion is provided in the housing. The support portion faces the locking surface from the outside in the thickness direction of the display panel.
US10036902B2	Method of determining at least one behavioural parameter A method of determining at least one behavioral parameter of a wearer for designing an ophthalmic eyeglass lens includes: a) acquiring a first data set from a first representation of the head of the wearer in three dimensions; b) determining the relative position in space of at least three particular points of the head based on the data set; c) acquiring a second data set from a second representation of the head in a natural posture, including at least one image of each of the three particular points; d) identifying the image of each of the particular points from step b) on the representation of step c); e) deducing information relating to the position and/or to the orientation of the head of the wearer during the determination of the second representation from this identification; and f) determining the behavioral parameter of the wearer based on the information from step e).
US10036901B2	Lenses with electrically-tunable power and alignment An optical device (24, 60) includes an electro-optical layer (40, 62), having an effective local index of refraction at any given location within an active area of the electro-optical layer that is determined by a voltage waveform applied across the electro-optical layer at the location. An array of excitation electrodes (46, 68, 72), including parallel conductive stripes extending over the active area is disposed over one or both sides of the electro-optical layer. Control circuitry (48, 70, 74) is coupled to apply respective control voltage waveforms to the excitation electrodes and is configured to concurrently modify the respective control voltage waveforms applied to excitation electrodes so as to generate a specified phase modulation profile in the electro-optical layer.
US10036897B2	Camera lens suspension with integrated electrical leads Embodiments of the invention include a camera lens optical image stabilization suspension assembly having a support member, a moving member movably coupled to the support member, and smart metal alloy wires coupled between the support and moving members. The moving member includes flexure arms that have integrated conductive traces.
US10036894B2	Image display and liquid crystal lens therefor A three-dimensional (“3D”) image display device includes a display panel, and a liquid crystal lens part disposed on the display panel and which selectively provides a two-dimensional (“2D”) image and a 3D stereoscopic image, where the liquid crystal lens part includes: a lower substrate including a plurality of linear electrodes which are disposed in different layers; an upper substrate including a plate electrode; and a lens liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, where the linear electrodes in the different layers are alternately arranged in a unit zone of the liquid crystal lens part, and where two adjacent linear electrodes of the linear electrodes are spaced apart from each other when viewed from a top view.
US10036886B2	Broadband optics for manipulating light beams and images Pointing and positioning system of light beams and images including a plurality of cycloidal diffractive waveplates, each waveplate capable of deviating a generally broadband light beam over a predetermined angle. The lateral translation and deviation angles of the light beams are controlled by controlling the relative distance, rotational position, and the diffraction efficiency of at least one in the plurality of waveplates.
US10036884B2	Display including electrowetting prism array A display including an electrowetting prism array is provided. The display includes: a light source, a 2-dimensional (2D) display for providing an image using light from the light source, a prism array in which a refractive power of one or more prisms of the prism array is adjustable in real time, and an optical element which increases a refraction of light transmitted therethrough. In the display, the optical element may be disposed in front of or behind the prism array. The optical element may be a convex lens, a Fresnel lens, a holographic optical element (HOE), a diffraction optical element (DOE), or a second electrowetting prism array. The convex lens may be a variable focus lens.
US10036881B2	Digital microscope system for a mobile device A digital microscope system configured for use with the built in camera of a mobile device is provided. The digital microscope system has a lens and an advanced lighting system incorporated into a case designed to fit a particular mobile device, where the case positions the optics of the case over the lens of the built in camera and the camera built in flash. When combined with an application program (app) running on the mobile device held within the case, the optics of the case combined with the built in camera of the mobile device becomes a powerful digital microscope with a user adjustable magnification. In a specific embodiment the adjustable magnification ranges from 1× up to 200× optical magnification.
US10036871B2	Lens barrel provided in image pickup apparatus, and image pickup apparatus A lens barrel which stably secures strength of a lens barrel without hampering miniaturization thereof. In an inner peripheral portion of a rotary cylinder rotatively driven while being inhibited from moving in a direction of an optical axis on an outer peripheral side of a straight advance cylinder which is movable in the direction of the optical axis while being inhibited from rotating on an outer peripheral side of a cam cylinder and has a through cam groove through which a first projecting portion of the cam cylinder passes, second projecting portions are provided on opposite sides of a straight advance groove of the rotary cylinder, with which the first projecting portion is to be engaged, in a circumferential direction. In an outer peripheral portion of the straight advance cylinder, circumferential grooves with which the second projecting portions are to be engaged are provided in the circumferential direction.
US10036869B2	Monolithic lens mount A monolithic lens mount is formed by an annular body which is divided through material recesses into an outer mount ring, an inner mount ring and three connection structures which are arranged so as to be offset by 120° relative to one another. The connection structures in each instance form a chain of at least three, preferably five, connection webs which transition into one another and which are constructed as radial connection webs and axial connection webs. The axial flexural stiffness and radial flexural stiffness and the torsional stiffness of the connection structures can be determined via the dimensioning of the radial connection webs and axial connection webs.
US10036862B2	Connector In a connector, a guide member to which an optical connector is fixed is provided with a first guide portion. The optical connector is provided with a second guide portion at a tip portion, in a mating direction, of a holding member thereof. The optical connector has a ferrule with a tip, and the tip is located between the first guide portion and the second guide portion in the mating direction. When the connector is connected to a structural body and before the optical connector reaches an accommodating portion, the first guide portion performs rough positioning of the optical connector with respect to the accommodating portion in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction. When the connector is connected to the structural body, the second guide portion guides the optical connector into the accommodating portion.
US10036858B2	System and method of automatically inserting fiber A system for automatically inserting fibers is disclosed. The system comprises a cable having a plurality of fibers, a ferrule having a plurality of bores, a moving mechanism movable in a first direction, a second direction, and a third direction that are perpendicular to each other, a cable holder mounted on the moving mechanism and holding the cable, and a vision device. The moving mechanism moves the cable holder under the guidance of the vision device to align the plurality of fibers with the ferrule and insert the plurality of fibers into the plurality of bores.
US10036851B1	Waveguide system with polarization rotator and polarization splitter A polarization rotator rotates a portion of light received from an input surface to an orthogonal polarization. A polarization splitter is coupled to the polarization rotator and includes a channel waveguide section that transmits the rotated portion of the light towards an output surface. The splitter also includes a splitter waveguide separated from the channel waveguide section by a dielectric gap. The splitter waveguide couples an unrotated portion of the light away from a target region of the output surface.
US10036841B2	Lengthy stretched film, and manufacturing method and use thereof A lengthy stretched film made of a thermoplastic resin, having, over the width direction of at least 1300 mm, a value of an orientation angle θ to a take-up direction in a range of 40° to 50° and fluctuation thereof of 1.0° or less, and a value of an average Nz coefficient in a range of 1.3 to 2.0 and fluctuation thereof of 0.10 or less. A lengthy circularly polarizing plate constituted by laminating the lengthy stretched film with a lengthy polarizer. A reflective display type liquid crystal display device provided with the circularly polarizing plate constituted by trimming the lengthy circularly polarizing plate to a desired size.
US10036840B2	Circular polarizing plate and bendable display device There is provided a circularly polarizing plate capable of realizing a bendable display apparatus in which an excellent reflection hue is obtained and a color change due to bending is suppressed. A circularly polarizing plate according to the present invention is used in a bendable display apparatus. The circularly polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a retardation film arranged on one side of the polarizer. In-plane retardations of the retardation film satisfy a relationship of Re(450)
US10036839B2	Direction-selective interferometric optical filter A direction-selective interferometric optical filter for spectrometric devices, at least includes an arrangement of two layered one-dimensional photonic structures. Each of the two structures contains a defect layer, and each photonic structure has a dispersion function in the energy momentum space (E, kx, ky), wherein kx and ky are momentum components of transmitted photons of the photonic structures for a defined energy (frequency/wavelength) E in the energy momentum space. Both photonic structures have opposite interfaces which are at a plane-parallel distance from one another. In this case, the dispersion functions of both photonic structures cross or intersect in the energy momentum space and produce a cut set of rays of waves on the surfaces of the dispersion functions at a particular energy, wherein a ray of waves contains waves selectively chosen through the filter at an angle, while other waves are reflected by the filter at other angles.
US10036837B2	Mother substrate, light-control member, method for manufacturing light-control member, and display device A light-control member (13) includes a substrate (39); light-shielding layers (40) provided in a first area (A1) on one surface (39a) of the substrate (39); a light-diffusion section (41) provided in an area other than the light-shielding layers (40) in the first area (A1) and formed of light transmitting material; and a support section(45) provided in a second area (A2) positioned on an outer side of the first area (A1) on the one surface (39a), in which the light-diffusion section (41) has a light emitting end surface (41a) in contact with the one surface (39a) of the substrate (39), a light incident end surface (41b) opposing the light emitting end surface (41a) and having an area greater than an area of the light emitting end surface (41a), and a reflective surface (41c) which is in contact with the light emitting end surface (41a) and the light incident end surface (41b) and on which light incident from the light incident end surface (41b) is reflected, and a formation area of the support section (45) per unit area in the second area (A2) is greater than a formation area of the support section (45) per unit area in the first area (A1).
US10036834B2	Curved display device The present invention provides a curved display device, and relates to the field of display technology. The curved display device comprises a plane display panel and a gradient index lens provided at light exit side of the plane display panel, wherein the gradient index lens makes light exiting from the plane display panel converge toward a center of display surface of the curved display device. In the present invention, by adding a gradient index lens to a traditional plane display panel and using refraction effect of light by the gradient index lens, curved display is achieved without curving the display panel, thus poor display caused by curving the display panel is effectively avoided.
US10036833B2	Superhydrophilic coatings A superhydrophilic coating on a substrate can be antireflective and antifogging. The coating can remain antireflective and antifogging for extended periods. The coating can include oppositely charge inorganic nanoparticles, and can be substantially free of an organic polymer. The coating can be made mechanically robust by a hydrothermal calcination.
US10036829B2	Fault removal in geological models Method for transforming a discontinuous, faulted subsurface reservoir into a continuous, fault-free space where a complete geological model based on selected geological concepts can be built and updated efficiently. Faults are removed in reverse chronological order (62) to generate a pseudo-physical continuous layered model, which is populated with information according to the selected geological concept (68). The fault removal is posed as an optimal control problem where unknown rigid body transformations and relative displacements on fault surfaces are found such that deformation of the bounding horizons and within the volume near the fault surface are minimized (63). A boundary-element-method discretization in an infinite domain is used, with boundary data imposed only on fault surfaces. The data populated model may then be mapped back to the original faulted domain such that a one-to-one mapping between continuous and faulted spaces may be found to a desired tolerance (72).
US10036826B2	Inversion techniques for real-time well placement and reservoir characterization A method is disclosed herein. The method includes disposing an electromagnetic logging tool in a borehole penetrating a formation, the electromagnetic logging tool being part of a drill string in the formation, the drill string having a drill bit. The method includes acquiring measurements using the electromagnetic logging tool. Further, the method includes using a processor, applying a pixel-based inversion to the acquired measurements to determine at least one formation property, wherein applying the pixel-based inversion includes using adaptive regularization.
US10036821B2	User suite for interactive optimal stacking of wide azimuth seismic data A method for generating an improved stack from wide azimuth data. This is accomplished by displaying gather traces in a geometrically sensible way that depends on gather and processing type. Once a gather is available in such a manner, a geoscientist can use various geometric or freehand shapes to indicate which traces from the gather to stack and which to ignore. Given sufficient computing power, this can be done interactively, allowing a geoscientist to determine a set of traces that create an optimal stack at a single location in the output cube. Multiple locations can be improved in this manner and a final stack can be generated that contains a blended agglomeration of all of the improvements.
US10036820B2	Expert guided knowledge acquisition system for analyzing seismic data A method includes retrieving a seismic data set, receiving training data that includes one or more seed points of an identified geobody, determining a geobody trajectory of the identified geobody, based on the one or more seed points of the identified geobody, displaying the geobody trajectory, receiving inputs expanding the geobody trajectory, shrinking the geobody trajectory, confirming the geobody trajectory, or a combination thereof, training a classification algorithm using the geobody trajectory, running the classification algorithm on the seismic data set, receiving an output of one or more sets of voxels from the classification algorithm, skeletonizing the one or more sets of voxels to present the one or more sets of voxels as a set of possible geobody trajectories, and retraining the classification algorithm based on feedback received from a reviewer.
US10036815B2	Radiation detector, and method for producing the same In this radiation detector, a scintillator block (3) and a light guide (5) are optically coupled such that surfaces of side peripheral portions (25) face surfaces of scintillator crystals, among scintillator crystals configuring the scintillator block (3), which are positioned at side edge portions. Accordingly, scintillator light generated at the side edge portions of the scintillator block (3) becomes incident on the side peripheral portions (25) more reliably. As a result, a radiation detector (1) according to the present invention is capable of achieving high resolution in DOI detection. Furthermore, resin curing is used to integrally form the side peripheral portions (25) comprising a plurality of blocks, and thus a complex assembly step during production of the light guide (5) does not need to be performed. Accordingly, production of the light guide (5) is facilitated, and thus low production costs of the radiation detector according to the present invention can be achieved.
US10036813B2	Verification of trustworthiness of position information transmitted from an aircraft via a communications satellite An apparatus and method of verifying the trustworthiness of position information from an onboard tracking system on an aircraft. An onboard tracking system message comprising onboard tracking system position information indicating a first position of the aircraft is generated by the onboard tracking system and transmitted to an off board aircraft tracking system via a communications satellite in a satellite communications system. The satellite communications system adds a header comprising transmitter position information identifying a second position for transmission of the onboard tracking system message received by the communications satellite to the onboard tracking system message to form a message. The message is received from the satellite communications system by the off board aircraft tracking system and the first position from the onboard tracking system message is compared to the second position from the header to determine whether the onboard tracking system position information is trustworthy.
US10036809B2	Real-time warning for distracted pedestrians with smartphones Studies have shown that using smartphones while walking increases the probability of pedestrians colliding with obstacles. Techniques are presented for providing real-time warnings to distracted users of smartphones. The techniques are implemented by an application which makes use of sensors commonly found in most smartphone. By estimating distances to nearby objects using acoustic signals, a generalized solution is achieved without requiring any prior knowledge of the user's environment. The process can be enhanced by using images acquired from the phone's rear camera.
US10036801B2	Methods and apparatus for increased precision and improved range in a multiple detector LiDAR array Methods, systems, and computer program products for acquiring three-dimensional LiDAR information of a scene are disclosed. According to one aspect, acquiring three-dimensional information includes emitting N pulses in a sequence with each successive pulse having a relative time shift to the sampling reference, thus producing a reconstructed sampled signal with an effective sampling rate of N times the sampling reference. According to another aspect, acquiring three-dimensional information includes emitting two or more frequencies, the differences of each pair of differing frequencies being designated as Δf, and sampling the return information with the use of a sampling reference. Frequency analysis is performed on the sampled information to determine the reference times at which the Δf signals occur and the signal intensity of the Δf signals at each time. Systems as described herein can be utilized for autonomous vehicle navigation, collision avoidance and navigation systems for UAVs, roadway surface texture analysis, non-contact friction analysis, and in-motion deflectometer measurement.
US10036799B2	Device system and method for determining the relative orientation between two different locations A device for determining relative orientation between two locations including an imager, an inertial-orientation-sensor firmly attached to the imager for determining information relating to the orientation thereof and which exhibits drift and a processor coupled with the imager and with the inertial-orientation-sensor. The processor determines a first orientation-measurement and first time-tag when the device is oriented with a first-orientation-indicator located at a first location. The processor determines a second-orientation-measurement and second time-tag when the device is oriented with a second-orientation-indicator located at a second location. The processor determines a third-orientation-measurement and third time-tag when the device is oriented again with the first-orientation-indicator. The processor determines the drift associated the inertial-orientation-sensor according to difference between the first-orientation-measurement and the third-orientation-measurement the respective time-tags associated therewith. The processor determines an angle-difference between the first-orientation-indicator and the second-orientation-indicator according to the first-orientation-measurement and the second-orientation-measurement, the first and second time-tags and the drift.
US10036791B2	Magnetic resonance method and apparatus in which data are acquired along k-space spokes originating from k-space center In a method and a magnetic resonance system for acquiring MR data in a predetermined volume segment of an examination subject, an RF excitation pulse is radiated and MR data are acquired along trajectories extending radially through the center of k-space. The MR data of one k-space spoke, which corresponds to one half of a trajectory, are acquired while gradients are switched. Starting from the same RF excitation pulse, only MR data of one k-space spoke are acquired by starting in the k-space center, acquiring the MR data continuously up to the k-space periphery. The echo time is greater than 1 ms.
US10036788B2	Force-compensated gradient coil A cylindrical superconducting magnet system for use in magnetic resonance imaging has axially aligned primary superconducting coils that are situated within an outer vacuum chamber (OVC). A thermal radiation shield surrounds the primary superconducting coils within the OVC. A primary gradient coil assembly is axially aligned with the primary superconducting coils and is situated radially within the primary superconducting coils. The cylindrical superconducting magnetic system also includes a secondary gradient coil assembly, that is radially situated outside of the primary superconducting coils and that is mechanically attached to the primary gradient coil assembly.
US10036785B2	Temperature-compensated magneto-resistive sensor In one aspect, an integrated circuit (IC) includes a sensor that includes a first magnetoresistive (MR) element and a second MR element less active to a presence of a magnetic field than the first MR element. The second MR element includes a metal layer diffused into other layers of the second MR element.
US10036782B2	Battery condition detection in hand hygiene product dispensers Systems and methods for detection and analysis of battery condition information may be used with respect to, for example, battery powered hand hygiene product dispensers. The battery condition information may be used to identify potential low battery conditions, the type of dispenser, the type or form of product dispensed, and/or to detect occurrence of a battery replacement event in a hand hygiene product dispenser. The battery condition information may further be used to determine a number of dispenses remaining for a hand hygiene product dispenser. The battery condition information may further be used to provide battery condition information for battery operated hand hygiene product dispensers in hand hygiene compliance systems.
US10036770B2	Semiconductor device with test mode circuit A semiconductor device includes a plurality of test entry selection units configured to selectively activate a plurality of test entry signals in response to a test entry code, and a plurality of test operation blocks, corresponding to the respective test entry signals, each configured to be reset in response to activation of the corresponding test entry signal to perform a set test operation corresponding to a test selection code.
US10036765B2	Reducing hysteresis effects in an accelerometer In some examples, the disclosure describes an accelerometer having improved hysteresis effects, the accelerometer including a proof mass assembly including a proof mass, a support structure, and a flexure flexibly connecting the proof mass to the support structure to allow the proof mass to move about the plane defined by the support structure. Some examples may include at least one thin film lead including an electrically conductive material on the flexure, where the at least one thin film lead provides an electrical connection between an electrical component on the support structure and an electrical component on the proof mass, and where the at least one thin film lead comprises at least one of a yield strength greater than pure gold or a thermal expansion coefficient less than pure gold.
US10036759B2	Pathway specific markers for diagnosing irritable bowel syndrome The present invention provides methods for aiding in the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in an individual. In particular, the present invention is useful for determining whether the individual does not have either celiac disease or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and has IBS and/or a subtype thereof. Thus, the present invention provides an accurate diagnostic prediction of IBS and is useful for guiding treatment decisions.
US10036755B2	Multiprotein assemblies The present invention provides compositions and methods of use in investigations of the formation of mulitprotein assemblies implicated in disease. Also provided are assays for screening candidate compounds of potential utility in preventing and/or treating such diseases by preventing the assembly of or disrupting the function of multiprotein assemblies.
US10036740B2	Trimethylamine as a biomarker of prebiotic efficacy for weight gain prevention The present invention relates generally to the field of nutrition and health. In particular, the present invention relates to trimethylamine as a biomarker in urine of the efficacy of prebiotics for the prevention of diet induced weight gain.
US10036735B2	Imaging through scattering media with high signal to noise ratio and resolution Systems and methods are disclosed to enhance three-dimensional photoacoustic imaging behind, through, or inside a scattering material. Some embodiments can increase the optical fluence in an ultrasound transducer focus and/or enhance the optical intensity using wavefront shaping before the scatterer. The photoacoustic signal induced by an object placed behind the scattering medium can serve as feedback to optimize the wavefront, enabling one order of magnitude enhancement of the photoacoustic amplitude. Using the enhanced optical intensity, the object can be scanned in two dimensions and/or a spot can be scanned by re-optimizing the wavefront before post-processing of the data to reconstruct the image. The temporal photoacoustic signal provides information to reconstruct the third-dimensional information.
US10036734B2	Ultrasonic sensor with bonded piezoelectric layer This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus related to an ultrasonic sensor for detecting ultrasonic energy. In some implementations, the ultrasonic sensor includes a piezoelectric receiver layer bonded with an adhesive to an array of pixel circuits disposed on a substrate, each pixel circuit in the array including at least one thin film transistor (TFT) element and having a pixel input electrode electrically coupled to the pixel circuit. Methods of forming ultrasonic sensors include bonding piezoelectric receiver layers to TFT arrays.
US10036731B2	Weld testing system and method for a welding assembly A non-destructive weld testing system for testing spot welds includes a weld monitoring tool monitoring at least one weld characteristic of the spot welds and generating weld data based on the at least one weld characteristic; a weld analysis tool analyzing the weld data to determine a weld quality of each spot weld based on analysis criteria; and a non-destructive weld testing tool configured to test spot welds. The weld testing system causes the weld testing tool to target testing of spot welds determined by the weld analysis tool to have a weld quality beyond a threshold weld quality. The weld testing tool may be a robot-mounted phased array transducer generating weld test data based on testing results and provides feedback to the weld analysis tool correlating to the weld test data. The weld analysis tool updates the analysis criteria based on the weld test data.
US10036726B2	Cartridge for diagnostic testing The present invention relates to a cartridge for conducting diagnostic assays. The cartridge consists of an assembly of components that are easily assembled. The cartridge provides means for receiving a patient sample, precisely controlling fluid introduction, onboard storage of assay fluid and conducting different assay protocols and detection of a plurality of analytes. Methods of use for the cartridge are described. The disclosed invention is suitable for point of care environments or any place where rapid, ultrasensitive testing is required.
US10036717B2	Nanostructured lanthanum oxide humidity sensor A thin film gas sensor device includes a substrate, a nanostructured thin film layer, and a first and a second electrode. The nanostructured thin film layer is supported by the substrate and is formed with a semi-conductor material including holes. The semiconductor material is configured to undergo an increase in a density of the holes in the presence of a target gas, thereby decreasing an electrical resistance of the nanostructured thin film layer. The first and the second electrodes are supported by the substrate and are operably connected to the nanostructured thin film layer, such that the decrease in electrical resistance can be detected.
US10036714B2	Image capturing device and inspection apparatus and inspection method An image capturing device comprising, a light source configured to emit light having a predetermined wavelength, a polarization beamsplitter configured to receive the light from the light source, a Faraday rotator configured to rotate a polarization plane of the light via the polarization beamsplitter by changing the intensity of the magnetic field, an objective lens configured to illuminate an inspection target with the light transmitted through the Faraday rotator and a sensor configured to capture an optical image of the inspection target by causing the light reflected by the inspection target to be incident through the objective lens, the Faraday rotator, and the polarization beamsplitter.
US10036702B2	Method, device and sensor for determining an absorption behavior of a medium A method is used to determine an absorption behavior of a medium. The method includes establishing an absorption coefficient of the medium using a first intensity value and at least one second intensity value and a length different between a first measurement distance and a second measurement distance. The first intensity value represents a measured first light intensity after passing over a first measurement distance in the medium. The second intensity value represents a measured second light intensity after passing over a second measurement distance in the medium. The first intensity value and the second intensity value are measured using light with a common initial intensity.
US10036682B2	Underwater drain leakage detection apparatus An underwater drain leakage detection apparatus for a swimming pool is provided including an elongated pole and a housing connected to one end of the pole. A flexible leak detection tube is connected to the housing at a first end thereof and is in liquid communication with the inside of the housing. The housing is positioned over a suspected leak area below the surface of the water in the pool by suitable manipulation of the elongated pole by the pool leak specialist. A suitable dye substance then is inserted into the distal top or free end of the leak detection tube while the latter is positioned just below the surface of the swimming pool water by the leak specialist. The dye is observed from above the surface of the swimming pool water to determine whether there is a leak. If there is a leak in the area of the pool covered by the housing, the dye easily will be observed to move downward along the tube.
US10036661B2	Thermal flow meter In a thermal flow meter that can simplify a manufacturing process and that has high measurement accuracy, a circuit package includes a passage portion, in which an air flow sensing portion is arranged, and a processing unit, in which a circuit is arranged. The circuit package is fixed to a fixing portion integrally formed with the circuit package, and the passage portion of the circuit package is held in a bypass passage. At least a portion of an end spaced apart from a fixing wall of the passage portion of the circuit package is exposed in the bypass passage.
US10036658B2	Sensor assembly A sensor assembly includes a housing, a shield member, a magnetic field sensor, and a sensing magnet. The housing is configured to be mounted at least proximate to an electromagnetic coil that generates a first magnetic field to cause a movable component to move linearly along an axis based on the strength of the first magnetic field. The sensing magnet is configured to be coupled to the movable component to move therewith. The magnetic field sensor and the sensing magnet are disposed within a shielded chamber defined by the shield member, which is ferrous to shield the magnetic field sensor and sensing magnet from the first magnetic field. The magnetic field sensor detects an electrical characteristic responsive to a second magnetic field produced by the sensing magnet to monitor a position of the movable component along the axis.
US10036652B2	Utilization of mechanical quadrature in silicon MEMS vibratory gyroscope to increase and expand the long term in-run bias stability A method for self-compensation of the bias draft of the quadrature signal of a gyroscope. The method is a combination of a variety of sub-methods, which can include quadrature compensation, can be used to achieve the highest possible stability. The calibration methods include a temperature self-sensing algorithm utilizing the drive-mode resonance frequency for calibration of thermal drift in the mechanical parameters of the system, a sideband-ratio approach for direct detection of mechanical drive-mode amplitude, modifying the AC and DC components of the amplitude gain control (AGC) for improved stability, and an approach for compensation of thermal drift in the sense-mode pick off system by utilizing mechanical quadrature. By using some or all of the four methods of calibration above, the highest level of long term in-run bias stability can be achieved.
US10036647B2	Systems and methods for the determination of a user's 4D trajectory A system and method for maintaining a user's four dimensional (4D) trajectory is disclosed. The system can comprise a plurality of databases related to the user's personal preferences, historical actions, and travel data, among other things. The system can receive requests for appointments, or trajectory information requirements (TIRs), via a user interface, by e-mail, text message, or by other communication means. The TIR can include a date, location, time, and duration. The system can compare the TIR to the locations and timespans of adjacent calendar events to determine if the TIR conflicts with adjacent event. If the TIR does not conflict, the system can add the TIR to the user's overall 4D trajectory. If, on the other hand, the TIR does conflict, the system can delete the TIR and/or send a cancellation message via the user interface.
US10036640B2	Method of embedding map feature data into a raster graphics file A method for providing map data composed of providing geospatial map data pre-rendered into a plurality of raster graphic files, where each of the raster graphic files comprising a plurality of image pixels each having pixel data information Additional map data is embedded into at least one of the raster graphic files by altering the pixel data information The additional map data is then delivered simultaneously with the raster graphics files.
US10036630B1	Three-dimensional imaging using a multi-phase projector An apparatus for inspecting a surface of an object has a first light source operative to illuminate the object without producing a patterned image onto the object. A second light source projects a patterned image produced from a first polarized light from the second light source onto the object, wherein the first polarized light is polarized in a first polarization direction. A third light source projects the patterned image produced from a second polarized light from the third light source onto the object, wherein the second polarized light is polarized in a second polarization direction different from the first polarization direction. An imaging device views the surface of the object when the object is illuminated separately by the first, second and third light sources respectively for determining a profile of the surface of the object.
US10036619B2	Armor-piercing cavitation projectile A projectile has a body with an axis and a meplat disposed substantially orthogonal to the axis. The meplat is bounded by a substantially square edge.
US10036610B2	Weaponized defensive ax tool A tool. A firearm, a blade and an ancillary device are disposed within or on the tool. The firearm comprises a barrel through which a bullet passes to exit the firearm, a firing pin moveable to a firing position by operation of a firing pin control, a firing pin lock retaining the firing pin in the firing position when in the locked position, a biasing member for applying a force to the firing pin with the firing pin restrained against the force by the locked position of the firing pin lock. A trigger releases the firing pin lock from the locked position, such that the force causes the firing pin to strike the charge proximate the bullet. The bullet then exits the barrel.
US10036607B2	Barrel of a gun A gun barrel that consists of a frame tube that encloses a barrel tube that is used to induce rotation to a projectile. The gun barrel as a whole constitutes an electric motor. The barrel tube is a permanent magnet and acts as the rotor of the motor. The stator coils of the motor are located outside the barrel tube and are used to induce rotation to the rotor, i.e., the barrel tube.
US10036606B2	Suppressor cover assembly and method A firearm suppressor cover assembly and method of protecting a user while firing a weapon are disclosed. The cover assembly has an insulating cover assembly, a one or more clamps, one or more standoffs per clamp, and an optional heat shield. The standoffs are coupled to the one or more clamps and in contact with the insulating cover assembly thereby forming an air gap between the suppressor and the insulating cover assembly. The heat shield may be arranged within the air gap.
US10036604B2	Systems and methods for a palm firearm Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for a palm firearm. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards a two shot firearm with a series of linkages and slide mechanisms to engage firing pins, which may reduce the size of the firearm while retaining the firearm's effectiveness.
US10036603B2	Gas apparatus and methods for gas operated firearms A gas operated firearm includes a barrel with an integrally formed gas block as one piece with the barrel. A barrel nut is assembled over the integral barrel and gas block, securing the rear barrel end to a firearm receiver. Gas tube or piston assembly and field replacement are enhanced, along with accommodation of increased size barrels and integral muzzle end devices, no longer limited by internal dimensions of separately added gas blocks.
US10036599B1	Thermal energy storage assembly A thermal energy storage assembly characterized by a housing having first and second chambers characterized by first and second phase-change media, respectively, is generally provided. The housing includes first and second housing portions and a partition structure, the housing portions and the partition structure united about their peripheries via an ultrasonic weldment so as to delimit the housing chambers. The second housing chamber includes condenser and evaporator chamber portions or segments. The partition structure and the second housing portion are selectively united via ultrasonic weldment in furtherance of forming tensioning elements within same. A wicking structure and spacing element reside within the second housing chamber to aid phase-change of the second phase change media.
US10036594B2	Apparatus for closing the slag doorway and for cleaning the slag doorway and channel of a metallurgical furnace and relative method A method and apparatus closing a slag doorway and cleaning the slag doorway and channel of a metallurgical furnace including walls defining a slag doorway and a slag channel that crosses the slag doorway and has a bottom. The apparatus includes a support structure associable with the furnace, at least one slag-breaking body including a lower border that, under mounting conditions of the apparatus on the furnace, is directed towards the bottom and at a definable height, the slag-breaking body being associated with the support structure in a movable manner along the slag channel away and/or towards the slag doorway to wipe, with its lower border, the bottom or a parallel plane, and a vibrating or oscillating mechanism associated with the slag-breaking body to confer a vibrating or oscillating movement with non null component incident the bottom, during a travel performed during its movement away or towards the slag doorway.
US10036573B2	Hot water supply system A hot water supply system provided on a water pipeline, which includes a water inflow side and a water outlet side. The hot water supply system includes a plurality of water heaters; each includes a conduit, a heating device, a calculating unit, and a control unit. The conduit includes an inlet section, an outlet section, and a heating section in sequence, wherein the inlet section and the outlet section are connected with the water inflow side and the water outflow side respectively; the heating device heats the heating section; the calculating unit estimates a heating workload needed. If the heating workload of any water heater exceeds a predetermined upper limit workload thereof, the control unit of one water heater controls the other idle heating device to heat water, which ensures that water temperature of water provided to the water outflow side would reach a demanded water temperature.
US10036572B1	Hot water recirculation system technologies Technologies for use with a hot water recirculation system containing a hot water source, a booster pump downstream from the sensor, a conduit connecting the booster pump and water source, a flow sensor external to the conduit for sensing water flow within the conduit, and a plumbing fixture downstream from the pump are provided. The technologies enable a controller to couple to the sensor and the pump, and operate in a calibration mode and a control mode. Such operations can increase energy efficiency of the pump and increase operational longevity of the pump.
US10036568B2	Fluid flow measurement and control In at least one illustrative embodiment, a fluid flow control apparatus may comprise a fluid network including a plurality of parallel branches, each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches being fluidly coupled between an inlet and an outlet of the fluid network. Each parallel branch of the plurality of parallel branches may comprise a pressure-independent flow control device configured to limit fluid flow through the respective parallel branch to a reference flow amount irrespective of a pressure at the inlet of the fluid network.
US10036561B2	Indoor unit for air conditioner An indoor unit of an air conditioner includes a housing, a fan and a heat exchanger. The housing includes an upper base plate provided with an air inlet, a lower base plate detachably mounted to the upper base plate, and a front cover detachably mounted to the upper base plate; the fan is detachably mounted to the lower base plate; and the heat exchanger is detachably mounted to the upper base plate, in which the heat exchanger includes a supporting seat and a heat exchanger core body mounted to the supporting seat. The upper base plate is provided with a first positioning portion; the supporting seat is provided with a second positioning portion; and the first positioning portion cooperates with the second positioning portion to position the heat exchanger core body on the upper base plate.
US10036556B2	Coated glass or glass ceramic substrate with haptic properties A coated glass or glass ceramic substrate with a local-area and/or full-area layer having haptic properties is provided. The layer has a haptically perceptible texture and includes texturing inorganic and/or polysiloxane-based particles that are fixed on the substrate by a layer-forming material. The particles cause protrusions on the layer and so produce the haptically perceptible texture. The substrate is also provided, at least partially, with at least one additional layer.
US10036550B1	Traffic cross-guard reflective mat The traffic cross-guard reflective mat is adapted for use by traffic officers. The traffic cross-guard reflective mat is a highly visible reflective mat that is designed to attract attention from a distance. The traffic officer stands on the traffic cross-guard reflective mat in order to benefit from the attention drawn by the traffic cross-guard reflective mat. The traffic guard reflective mat comprises a mat, a plurality of reflective surfaces and a plurality of lights.
US10036545B2	Downlight and lighting system A downlight is provided. The downlight includes an insulating housing, a power supply assembly, a reflection cup, a LED light source, and a diffusion cover, wherein, the interior of the insulating housing is divided into a first cavity and a second cavity, the power supply assembly is arranged in the first cavity, the reflection cup is arranged in the second cavity, the LED light source is arranged in the reflection cup and connected with the power supply assembly, the reflection cup is configured to dissipate the heat of the LED light source and reflect the light from it to the open end of the second cavity, and the diffusion cover encapsulated in the open end of the second cavity is configured to diffuse the light.
US10036544B1	Illumination source with reduced weight Illumination sources including a light generation portion comprising an LED assembly configured to output light at a first intensity while generating a first quantity of heat per unit time are disclosed. The heat dissipation portion comprises an MR-16 form factor heat sink configured to dissipate at least the first quantity of heat per unit time, wherein the light generation portion and the heat dissipation portion are characterized a first mass, and wherein a ratio of the first intensity to the first mass is within a range of about 10 lumens per gram to about 30 lumens per gram.
US10036538B2	Method and apparatus for uniform illumination of a surface Disclosed is a lighting system (10) that illuminates a surface (16) with a uniform illumination pattern (12). The lighting system includes a plurality of lighting units (14) that each emit a light beam that has a variable vertical illumination distribution and a variable horizontal illumination distribution. The intensity of each light beam is uniform in a central region of the horizontal illumination distribution, and non-uniform at each end of the horizontal illumination distribution. Similarly, the intensity of each light beam is uniform in a central region of the vertical illumination distribution, and largely non-uniform at each end of the vertical illumination distribution. The light beams overlap in the region of horizontal nonuniformity in order to create an illumination pattern that appears uniform.
US10036534B2	High bay light fixture A high bay light fixture includes a substantially disc-shaped base, disposed horizontally so as to define an upper surface, a lower surface and a vertical axis. Groups of first light emitting diodes (LEDs) couple with the lower surface of the base. The LEDs within each group of first LEDs are arranged along one or more arcs of substantially constant radius relative to the vertical axis. At least one lower optic couples with the lower surface of the base such that the lower surface and the lower optic enclose the groups of the first LEDs. A plurality of second LEDs couples with the upper surface of the base. Upper optics couple with the upper surface of the base, such that the upper surface of the base and each of the upper optics enclose at least one of the second LEDs.
US10036531B2	Camera flash with fresnel optic A camera flash is provided with a lens element adjacent a light source, wherein the lens element has a plurality of concentric ridges projecting from a surface of the generally planar member to define facets of a Fresnel lens, and wherein the plurality of concentric ridges define a generally square or rectangular shape having rounded corners.
US10036528B2	Vehicle combination lamp A vehicle lamp includes first and second lamp units separated by a gap, each having a housing and an outer lens defining a chamber, and a band-shaped light emission portion separated by the gap. The band-shaped light emission portion of the first lamp unit includes a light guiding body having an inclined end face, an incident end face proximate a light source, and a light guiding body between the inclined end face and the incident end face. A reflector, positioned behind the inclined end face, is configured to extend around and behind portions of the second housing and the second outer lens of the second lamp unit. Light from the light source is projected into the incident end face, conducted by the light guiding body to the inclined end face, and reflected by the inclined end face rearward towards the reflector which then reflects the light forward to illuminate the gap between the band-shaped light emission portions.
US10036512B2	Multi-double block and bleed system for an orifice fitting A system and method for providing a multi-double block and bleed configuration in an orifice fitting to provide an additional barrier of protection between the pressurized flow stream and the environment outside the flowmeter. The multi-double block and bleed system includes a first pair of blocking valves located below a second pair of blocking valves. The multi-double block and bleed system further includes a first vent valve positioned between blocking valves of the first pair blocking valves, a second vent valve positioned between blocking valves of the second pair of blocking valves, and a third vent valve positioned between the first and second pairs of blocking valves. The pairs of blocking valves and the vent valves are arranged to provide double block and bleed during all phases of orifice plate installation and removal.
US10036506B1	Remote control location assembly A remote control location assembly for locating a remote control includes a remote control that may be manipulated for remotely controlling an electronic device. A base is provided and the base is positioned on a support surface. A pole is coupled to the base and a flag is coupled to and extends laterally away from the pole. The flag enhances visibility of the base. An adhesive pad is positioned on the base. The adhesive pad adheres to the remote control when the remote control is positioned on the base. In this way the remote control is easily located when the remote control is not being used.
US10036505B2	Ceramic-backed elbow A ceramic-backed elbow featuring an extended chamber which alters the flow of fluent through the elbow section. This chamber is lined with a ceramic material and ceramic tiles. The remainder of the elbow is similarly coated with a ceramic mixture. The elbow could be placed into a coating pan upon the tiles being adhered to the elbow, and the entire elbow may be coated with an abrasive-resistant coating. A thin metal skin may then be applied over the entire surface of the coating.
US10036503B2	Shim to maintain gap during engine assembly Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a tube of an engine of an aircraft configured to transfer a fluid, a boss of the engine, and a shim coupled to at least one of the tube and the boss that is configured to maintain a gap between the tube and the boss when the engine is assembled.
US10036497B2	Joint restraint devices and methods of using same A joint restraint for deforming an outer diameter of a pipe for insertion into a socket. The joint restraint can selectively mount to a portion of an irregularly shaped pipe having a maximum outer diameter that differs from a desired substantially constant outer diameter. The joint restraint can have a circumferential ring body surrounding a central axis. A plurality of jacking assemblies can be secured to a portion of the ring body. Each jacking assembly can have a frame and a jacking bolt. The frame can have a threaded aperture that can receive the jacking bolt. Each jacking bolt can be selectively actuatable for radial movement relative to the central axis to deform the pipe proximate the maximum outer diameter of the pipe by selectively urging an outer surface of the pipe to the desired substantially constant outer diameter.
US10036494B2	Seal with lip projections Seals for mechanical couplings and fittings have sealing surfaces with one or more projections that form closable leak paths between the coupling or fitting and pipe elements being joined. The leak paths close when the coupling or fitting is properly installed. Otherwise, the leak paths remain open to ensure that improperly installed couplings and fittings can be discovered during pressure testing and before service pressure is applied.
US10036482B1	Actuator with safety mechanism An actuator with a safety mechanism includes a gear box (10), a motor (20), a driven gear (30), a transmission (40), a retractable tube (50) and a push switch (60). The transmission (40) has a guiding threaded rod (41) and a touch element (42). When the retractable tube (50) is limited during moving, the transmission (40) will linearly move toward a direction of the retractable tube (50) and the motor (20) is stopped operating by touching the push switch (60) with the touch element (42). Thereby, an anti-pinch effect and increase of safety of using products can be accomplished.
US10036475B2	Lubrication system for a gate valve The present invention provides method for providing lubrication to a gate sealing element located between first and second housing sections of a gate valve having a moveable gate, wherein the gate is moved by energizing an actuator. The method includes the steps of providing a lubricant for lubricating the gate sealing element, providing a lubricant passageway for supplying the lubricant to the gate sealing element, providing a moveable plunger element for moving the lubricant from the cartridge to the gate sealing element via the lubricant passageway, and moving the gate to move the plunger element to cause the lubricant to move from the cartridge to the gate sealing element.
US10036474B2	Vented lift off seal assemblies A seal assembly includes a first sealing ring defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced depressions configured to form a lift off seal with the first sealing ring rotating and to prevent leakage radially with the first sealing ring at rest. At least one ventilation channel extends from a respective edge of one of the depressions to an edge of the first sealing ring and is configured to relieve pressure with the first sealing ring at rest. The first sealing ring can have an inner diameter and an outer diameter such that the plurality of depressions are defined between the inner and outer diameters.
US10036470B2	Continuously variable transmission (CVT) ratio control A vehicle includes an engine with an associated engine-speed sensor, and wheels each having a respective wheel-speed sensor. The vehicle also includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) coupled to the engine and configured to operate at variable input-to-output ratios. At least one controller is programmed to reduce the operating ratio of the CVT in response to the engine-speed sensor indicating the engine is operating at idle speed and the wheel-speed sensor indicating the velocity is approximately zero. This provides less noise, vibration and harshness in the vehicle due to the reduced ratio that is possible during conditions in which a vehicle launch in that reduced ratio may not be acceptable.
US10036465B2	Bicycle component A bicycle component is provided that is capable of suppressing rattling against a frame. The bicycle component includes a housing, a first attaching part and an adjustment member. The housing is configured to rotatably support a crankshaft. The first attaching part is provided to the housing and configured to be attached to a frame. The adjustment member has at least a portion which is configured to be disposed in a gap that is formed between the first attaching part and the frame while in a state in which the first attaching part is attached to the frame.
US10036463B2	Robot and gear device A robot includes a first member, a second member that is provided so as to be movable around the first member, and a gear device that transmits driving force from one of the first member and the second member to the other. The gear device includes a contact portion where two surfaces come into contact with each other and a lubricant, which is disposed on the contact portion and of which a change rate of worked penetration caused by a worked stability test is within a range of −16% to +16% inclusive.
US10036462B2	Vehicle differential A differential barrel includes a body having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween. A ring gear support member extends outwardly at the second end. A ring gear support surface forms a first section of the intermediate portion. The ring gear support surface defines a first outer diameter of the intermediate portion. A ring gear alignment surface forms a second section of the intermediate portion. The ring gear alignment surface defines a second outer diameter of the intermediate portion. A ring gear is mounted to the outer surface of the body and includes an inner annular surface including a first region defining a first inner diameter and a second region defining a second inner diameter. The first region establishes an interference fit with the ring gear support surface. The second inner diameter is no more than about 0.05-inches (1.27-mm) greater than the second outer diameter.
US10036461B2	Differential gear case and method for processing same A differential gear case is provided that includes a container housing of a differential gear, the container housing having on an outer surface thereof an annular flange that extends around an axis of rotation of the container housing, and one of two areas of the container housing that are separated by the annular flange being formed with an opening that is communicated with a containing space formed in the container housing. The area of the container housing that is formed with the opening is provided with a fixing portion used for fixing the differential gear case. The fixing portion includes two flat surfaces that are in parallel with a plane surface containing the axis of rotation of the container housing and arranged around the axis of rotation keeping a space therebetween.
US10036460B2	Powertrain system with variator speed balancing A powertrain system for a machine includes a hydraulic variator assembly coupled with a mechanical transmission, and a speed balancing system including a hydraulic accumulator, and being configured to limit a speed balancing error between first and second variators in the variator assembly by commanding adjustment of a valve mechanism to fluidly connect a hydraulic accumulator with one of the variators to increase a fluid flow rate therethrough. The hydraulic accumulator can be charged by way of an implement system in a machine driven by way of the powertrain system.
US10036458B2	Multi-axis final drive assembly A final drive assembly for a vehicle drive axle having first and second axle-shafts that are configured to rotate about a common first axis. The final drive assembly includes a first gear-set configured to be operatively connected to the first axle-shaft. The final drive assembly also includes a second gear-set configured to be operatively connected to the second axle-shaft. The final drive assembly additionally includes an electric motor configured to provide an electric motor torque input to each of the first and second gear-sets and arranged on a second axis that is parallel to the first axis.
US10036456B2	Drive assembly provided with a continuously variable transmission and a direction reversing mechanism A drive assembly including a CVT and a direction reversing mechanism is described herein. The direction reversing mechanism is such that the output of the drive assembly may rotate at variable speed in a first direction and at a fixed speed in a second direction.
US10036451B2	Transmission A constant mesh gear transmission has an input shaft (21, 22), two layshafts (31, 35) and an output shaft (23). Gear wheels are selectively connectable to shafts to provide forward and reverse speed ratios. Reverse speed ratio is via a sleeve (85, 86) of a reverse layshaft (35). The sleeve can also re-circulate torque to a forward layshaft (31) to provide an additional low forward speed ratio. Two sleeves and two additional low forward speed ratios are disclosed.
US10036449B2	Axle assembly having a sun gear positioning arrangement An axle assembly having a sun gear that may be received in a housing assembly. A washer may be received in a groove on the sun gear. A snap ring may inhibit axial movement of the washer with respect to the sun gear. A housing snap ring and a thrust washer may cooperate to inhibit axial movement of the washer with respect to the housing assembly.
US10036438B2	Pad retaining spring for a brake pad and brake pad retainer for a disc brake on a motor vehicle A pad retaining spring for a brake pad on a disc brake includes a spring section which can be mounted captively and so that it can be radially deflected at an edge of the pad carrier plate. The lining retaining spring has a partial section designed as a clamping section which extends at an angle from one end of the spring section of the pad retaining spring. A brake pad retainer for a disc brake on a motor vehicle is also provided.
US10036435B2	Vehicle clutch control systems A vehicle having a clutch which connects an engine with a driveline which includes a multi-ratio gearbox, the clutch having an actuator which can be operated by a vehicle driver to engage and disengage the clutch, the actuator also having a control system arranged to move the clutch between fully engaged and fully released positions through a range of positions allowing variable levels of clutch slip in order to automatically reduce torsional vibrations in the driveline. The control system is configured to recognize a plurality of predetermined Vehicle Operation Modes defined by the combination of a Clutch Slip Status criterion as hereinbefore defined with one or more of the hereinbefore defined operating criteria of Manual Clutch Position Control Input Interface Status, Release Bearing Position Status and Slip Velocity Demand Status and, dependent on the recognized Vehicle Operation Mode, the control system applies a different clutch control strategy to achieve the required level of clutch slip to damp vibration in the driveline and provide transition between the different Vehicle Operation Modes without exciting an uncomfortable level of vibration in the driveline.
US10036432B2	Transmission one-way clutch assembly A one-way clutch assembly for a transmission includes a housing and a bearing support plate. The housing has an outer circumferential portion with an undulating spline profile, an inner circumferential portion, and a radial portion connecting the outer and inner circumferential portions. The bearing support plate is fixed to the housing radial portion. In an example embodiment, the inner circumferential portion includes an outer surface including a spline for engaging a transmission component. In an example embodiment, the bearing support plate includes integral rivet posts for fixing to the radial portion.
US10036430B2	Clutch device A clutch device comprising a counterplate, a pressure plate displaceable to a limited extent in an axial direction to frictionally clamp a clutch disc between the pressure plate and the counterplate, a lever element acting on the pressure plate to displace the pressure plate in an axial direction, a central flange at least partially disposed between the pressure plate and the lever element and having at least one opening for the pressure plate and/or the lever element to pass through, and a wear compensation device for automatically adapting to clutch wear, wherein to prevent any undesired wear compensation, the lever element is engageable with the central flange.
US10036419B2	Roller of a support arrangement for a rotary milking platform A roller of a support arrangement for a rotary milking platform, where the support arrangement includes a first rail member fixedly connected to the rotary platform, a second rail member stationarily arranged in a position below the platform, and a plurality of rollers arranged in a vertical space between the first rail member and the second rail member. Each roller includes a peripheral surface comprising a contact surface to be in contact with a contact portion of the first rail member and a contact portion of the second rail member. The peripheral surface of the roller includes two beveled surfaces arranged at opposite sides of the contact surface which are located at a smaller distance from a rotary axis of the roller than the contact surface.
US10036416B2	Swivel connector assembly A swivel connector assembly has a pin member, a collar member, and a connector. The connector defines a partially-open ring with arm ends spaced apart from each other. The collar member has recesses to receive the arms and permit the connector to pivot about the arms. The pin member extends through a central aperture of the collar member, with the collar member permitted to rotate about the pin member while coupled to the connector.
US10036411B2	Plastic component and method for producing a plastic component A plastic component with at least one fastening element attached to the plastic component, wherein the fastening element comprises at least one attachment section for attachment to the plastic component and at least one fastening section for fastening a part to be mounted on the plastic component, wherein the plastic component is composed of a plastic matrix, wherein the attachment section of the fastening element is integrated in a first area of the plastic matrix, and wherein reinforcement fibers are integrated in a second, different area of the plastic matrix, wherein the attachment section of the fastening element comprises at least one form element projecting from a surface of the attachment section, wherein the at least one form element is integrated in the first area of the plastic matrix.
US10036410B2	Article for blind fastening to a support The invention concerns an article comprising a first part fitted with flexible lugs, a second part with a foot configured to be moved in rotation in relation to the first part, and with a head to which the foot is connected, and a blocking element, a guide zone and a locking zone configured to allow the rotation then the locking in rotation of the second part in relation to the first part, in order for the article to pass from a waiting configuration, in which the element is in the guide zone and the lugs are in a rest position, to a locked configuration in which the element is in the locking zone, the lugs are in a working position in which they are spaced in relation to the rest position and the second part is blocked in relation to the first part.
US10036403B2	Variable volume induction nozzle A variable volume induction nozzle is designed for use with a variable speed fan, where fan speed is adjusted in response to variable exhaust gas flow volume in order to conserve energy. In order to maintain a minimum exhaust discharge velocity to ensure adequate plume height, an axially-extendable, upwardly tapered flow-impinging pod within the nozzle creates a variable annular nozzle outlet opening. As opposed to a circumferentially-constricted outlet opening, the variable annular outlet produces a uniform discharge velocity profile conducive to the induction of ambient air through a windband.
US10036401B2	Recirculating pump inlet A pump includes a housing having an internal surface defining a volute configured to receive a pump impeller therein, an extension tube fluidly coupled to the volute, a wall of the extension tube having an internal surface disposed opposite an external surface, and a bonnet having an internal surface defining a first inlet aperture and a second inlet aperture therethrough, the first inlet aperture and the second inlet aperture being in fluid communication with the volute via the extension tube. The internal surface of the bonnet and the external surface of the extension tube define a bonnet flow path therebetween, the first inlet aperture of the bonnet being in fluid communication with the volute via the bonnet flow path.
US10036399B2	Mechanical seal lubrication system Disclosed is a pump which comprises a mechanical seal lubricated by supplying lubricant from an external oiler. When there is no fluid flowing through the pump and the pump is in operation, the temperature of the mechanical seal rises. The lubricant from the oiler is supplied to the center of the mechanical seal through entry lines, and serves to maintain temperature within the pump and seal, while also avoiding failure of the seal. The lubricant keeps the mechanical seal cool and lubricated at all times.
US10036396B2	Field configurable fan operational profiles A system, apparatus, and procedure for controlling a fan module. The system comprises a chassis having a backplane, at least one fan module arranged in the chassis, and a profile switch. In one embodiment, the profile switch is arranged in the chassis. Each fan module includes at least one fan and a fan module controller arranged to receive a control signal from a shelf controller. The profile switch is arranged to signal the fan module controller so as to control the at least one fan based on operating profiles corresponding to selected switch positions of the switch.
US10036393B2	High speed switch reluctance motor on a turbocharger A rotor assembly (164) is provided for a switched reluctance motor (160) in which nonmetallic, nonconductive pins (5) pass through a stack (2) of magnetic laminate plates (3).
US10036386B2	Structure for stabilizing an orbiting scroll in a scroll compressor A scroll compressor includes one or more stage of compression disposed within a compressor housing. One or more of the stages includes a stationary scroll member including a base and a generally spiral wrap extending from the base of the stationary scroll member. One or more of the stages further includes an orbiting, scroll member including a substantially circular base and a substantially spiral wrap extending from the base of the orbiting scroll member. A coupling is disposed between the first scroll member base and the second scroll member base and in surrounding relationship to the first and second scroll member spiral wraps. At least one stabilizing pad is disposed between the first scroll member base and the second scroll member base and in axial thrust force relationship with the coupling to at least partially prevent tipping of the second scroll member.
US10036382B2	Pneumatic reciprocating fluid pump with improved check valve assembly, and related methods A pneumatic reciprocating fluid pump for pumping a fluid includes at least one check valve assembly that includes a check valve body insert, a ball within the valve body insert, and an annular sealing ring member disposed within a seat ring receptacle. The sealing ring member has dimensions smaller than corresponding dimensions of the seat ring receptacle, such that the sealing ring member is capable of moving within the seat ring receptacle. The ball is configured to slide back and forth between a first position and a second position within the check valve body insert responsive to forward and reverse flow of fluid therethrough. In one position, the ball is seated against the sealing ring member and prevents reverse flow of the fluid through the check valve assembly, and forward flow of the fluid through the check valve assembly is enabled when the ball is in another position.
US10036380B1	Peristaltic pump head and related methods A peristaltic pump head includes a housing assembly adapted for mounting to a drive mechanism, a roller assembly arranged with the housing assembly and a flexible conduit extending through the housing assembly and engageable by the roller assembly to impel fluid therethrough. The roller assembly and the flexible conduit are removable from the housing assembly without disconnecting the entire housing assembly from the drive mechanism. The roller assembly can include an axially extending drive shaft, a roller control body fixedly mounted to the drive shaft, at least a first end plate rotatably mounted about the drive shaft, and at least a first roller arm pivotably mounted to the first end plate. The flexible conduit can include a length of hollow tubing made of an elastomeric material, and at least one overmolded end fitting made of a rigid polymeric material and fused to an end of the hollow tubing.
US10036371B2	Scotch yoke arrangement A portable, refrigerant recovery unit for transferring refrigerant from a refrigeration system to a storage tank. The recovery unit includes two, opposed piston heads rigidly attached to respective piston rods that extend along a common fixed axis. The piston rods are rigidly attached to the yoke member of a scotch yoke arrangement. In operation, incoming refrigerant from the system is simultaneously and continuously directed to the opposing piston heads wherein the forces of the pressurized refrigerant on them counterbalance or neutralize one another. The recovery unit also has a cooling fan driven by the motor for driving the scotch yoke in which the fan is driven through a step up gearing arrangement. In operation, the drive shaft of the motor is rotated at a first rate and the driven shaft of the fan is driven at a greater rate (e.g., twice the first rate) by the step up gearing arrangement.
US10036365B2	System and method for converting fluid motion into electrical power A system is provided for converting fluid motion into electrical power, with the system being deployable in a body of fluid. The system includes a support structure and a movable structure connected to the support structure. The support structure includes a generator assembly configured to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy and provide electric power from the electrical energy. The movable structure has three or more degrees of freedom, and is configured to generate mechanical energy for conversion by the generator assembly during a power generation phase of a power cycle in which the fluid motion acts on the movable structure. The movable structure has a first configuration during the power generation phase and a second, different configuration during a recovery phase of the power cycle, with the movable structure in the first configuration having a greater surface area normal to the flow of fluid.
US10036354B2	Intake apparatus of internal combustion engine A valve body unit (11) in which a plurality of valve bodies (17) which open and close intake passages (10) are attached on a rotational shaft (16) is inserted into inner sides of housing passages (28) of a housing (12) and, thereafter, a holder (13) is mounted in the housing (12) to rotatably support the valve body unit (11). A flange (14) is fixed onto an upper surface of the housing (12) on the holder (13) by means of a vibration welding and the holder (13) is retained with this flange (14) and the housing (12).
US10036335B2	Systems and methods for diagnosing an engine Methods and systems are provided for an engine. A condition of the engine may be diagnosed based on information provided by signals from a generator operationally connected to the engine and/or other signals associated with the engine. Different types of degradation may be distinguished based on discerning characteristics within the information. Thus, a degraded engine component may be identified in a manner that reduces service induced delay.
US10036334B2	Fuel valve for injecting gaseous fuel into a combustion chamber of a self-igniting internal combustion engine and method A fuel valve includes a housing, a nozzle with nozzle holes opening to a volume inside the nozzle at the front end of the housing, a gaseous fuel inlet port in the housing connected to high pressure gaseous fuel, an axially displaceable valve needle received in a longitudinal bore in the housing, and rests on a valve seat in a closed position and has lift from the valve seat in an open position, the valve seat placed between a fuel chamber and an outlet port, the fuel chamber connected to the fuel inlet port, the outlet port connected to the volume in the nozzle, an actuator system for moving the needle between the closed and open positions, an ignition liquid inlet port connected to high pressure ignition liquid, and a conduit connecting the ignition liquid inlet port to the fuel chamber, the conduit including a fixed flow restriction.
US10036325B2	Variable flow compressor of a gas turbine A system and medium for controlling a fuel gas compressor of a gas turbine system that compresses a gaseous fuel for consumption in a high-pressure combustor. Moreover, the compressor is configured to generate a discharge pressure for the combustor based at least in part on a load demand for the gas turbine system.
US10036319B2	Separator assembly for a gas turbine engine A separator assembly for removing entrained particles from a fluid stream passing through a gas turbine engine includes a first particle separator for separating the fluid stream into a reduced-particle stream and a particle-laden stream, and emitting the particle-laden stream through a scavenge outlet. Another particle remover is fluidly coupled to the scavenge outlet to remove more particles from the air stream.
US10036311B2	Engine An engine is disclosed of the V-configuration having an integrated engine and transmission. The engine has a crankshaft which directly couples to drive the water pump, oil pump and transmission clutch. The water pump has a drive shaft coupled to the crankshaft that extends across the crankcase from a first to a second side. The water pump includes a housing where at least a portion is defined in the face of the crankshaft.
US10036306B2	Method and systems for a charge air cooler bypass The present disclosure concerns a charge cooler with an air cooler in a first air path and with a bypass in a second air path which is connected in parallel to the first air path, wherein a thermal insulation is assigned to the bypass which thermally isolates the bypass from the air cooler, wherein the air cooler has a double-walled base body with an outer wall and with an inner wall, wherein the thermal insulation is arranged on the inner wall. The present disclosure also concerns a valve for such a charge cooler, and a turbo-charged internal combustion engine with such a charge cooler, and a motor vehicle with such an internal combustion engine.
US10036304B2	Leading-air type two-stroke air-cooled engine To balance a “low-temperature scavenging effect” and a “high-temperature scavenging effect.” A scavenging system applicable to a leading-air type two-stroke air-cooled engine has a low-temperature scavenging passage and a high-temperature scavenging passage. The low-temperature scavenging passage has first and second passages and includes scavenging ports at upper end parts thereof. The high-temperature scavenging passage has first and second passages and includes scavenging ports at upper end parts thereof. An air is filled through a piston groove into the passages. The low-temperature scavenging passage has a relatively small capacity. The high-temperature scavenging passage has a relatively large capacity.
US10036303B2	Lawn mower A lawn mower includes a pair of left and right main frames 17, an engine E mounted to the pair of left and right main frames 17, a radiator for cooling water that cools the engine E, a cooling fan 11 for feeding cooling air to the radiator, and a hood 9 accommodating the engine E, the radiator and the cooling fan 11. An air deflector plate 34 is provided between the pair of left and right main frames 17 and configured to change direction of cooling exhaust air flowing toward a ground surface.
US10036301B2	Engine exterior body To provide an exterior body to attach to an engine body, where the exterior body is not limited to where it may be installed, is safe and has excellent dust proofing capability. An engine exterior body (2) is provided with a frame body (20) configured to attach to an engine body (1); a shaft part (21) projecting from the surface of the frame body (20); and a rotator body (22) including a hole part (22a) loosely fitted and retained on the shaft part (21). The rotator body (22) rotates about the shaft part (21) by way of the vibrations transmitted to the shaft part (21) when engine body operates without receiving power from the engine body (1).
US10036300B2	Water jacket for cylinder block A water jacket for a cylinder block may include a first main body formed inside the cylinder block at a first side thereof, and a second main body formed at a second side thereof, and in which coolant flows, a first sub-body formed at an upper portion of the first main body, and a second sub-body formed at an upper portion of the second main body, each of the first and second sub-bodies being connected to an inside of a cylinder head to flow a coolant into an upper portion of the cylinder block and the cylinder head, a first insert member disposed between the first main body and the first sub-body to partition the first main body and the first sub-body, and a second insert member disposed between the second main body and the second sub-body to partition the second main body and the second sub-body.
US10036297B2	NOx estimation using local state-space models Implementations described herein relate to utilizing discrete transient local state space models to modify an output from a steady state NOx estimation model to provide a final estimated NOx value. An engine operating space, defined by a speed and injection quantity map, is subdivided into several discrete local state spaces and a transient model is developed for each discrete state space to output a NOx estimation correction value. The transient models may be a regression model or the transient model may be an empirical map of data values. The NOx estimation correction value modifies a steady state NOx value to calculate the final NOx estimated value. The final NOx estimated value is then output to another component, such as a controller as an input for controlling one or more components of an engine, an aftertreatment system, and/or a diagnostic system.
US10036289B2	Oil level monitoring system An oil level monitoring system includes a tube that may be fluidly coupled to an internal combustion engine. Thus, the tube may be in fluid communication with an oil reservoir in the internal combustion engine. A monitoring unit is removably inserted into the tube. The monitoring unit may be in fluid communication with the oil reservoir. The monitoring unit is substantially hollow. Thus, oil from the oil reservoir may be contained within the monitoring unit when the monitoring unit is inserted into the tube. The monitoring unit is comprised of a translucent material. Thus, the monitoring unit facilitates a level of the oil to be observed within the oil reservoir when the monitoring unit is removed from the tube.
US10036286B2	Check valve plate positioner for camshaft phaser A camshaft phaser, including: an axis of rotation; a stator including a radially outermost surface with a plurality of teeth; a locking plate including a first side facing in a first axial direction, a bore in the first side, and a through-bore; a check valve plate axially located between the locking plate and the stator and including a through-bore and a displaceable valve flap aligned, in the first axial direction, with the through-bore for the locking plate; and a bushing disposed in the bore in the first side and in the through-bore for the check valve plate. The bushing extends past the locking plate in the first axial direction.
US10036285B2	Heat transfer process The use of a refrigerant in organic Rankine cycle systems including at least one hydrofluoroolefin, having at least four carbon atoms represented by the formula (I) R1CH═CHR2 in which R1 and R2 independently represent alkyl groups having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, substituted with at least one fluorine atom, optionally with at least one chlorine atom.
US10036284B2	Rotating gas turbine blade and gas turbine with such a blade A rotating gas turbine blade is disclosed which includes an airfoil with a suction side and a pressure side, the airfoil extending in a radial direction from a blade root to a blade tip. The blade tip includes a tip shroud, the airfoil having internal cooling passages for a cooling medium, which extend through the tip shroud. Outlet ports are provided above a selected internal airfoil cooling passage for the cooling medium to be ejected above the tip shroud in a direction of the blade's pressure side. Dust accumulation is avoided at the tip end of the selected internal cooling passage.
US10036276B2	High durability turbine exhaust case A turbine exhaust case has an outer housing to be secured within a gas turbine engine and a central hub. Struts extend between the outer housing and the central hub. The struts are formed at least in part of a first material. The central hub is formed at least in part of a second material.
US10036274B2	Variable pivot center VTG vanes and vane pack assembly A vane pack assembly (14) for a variable turbine geometry turbocharger is a stand-alone assembly and can be assembled and transported apart from the turbocharger. The vane pack assembly (14) includes a plurality of guide vanes (16) spaced apart in a circumferential direction and a plurality of pivot centers (38). Each one of the pivot centers (38) corresponds with one of the guide vanes (16). A location of the pivot centers (38) relative to the guide vanes (16) changes as an angular position of the guide vanes (16) is adjusted.
US10036272B2	Providing power to a data center Techniques for providing power to a data center includes transferring heat from a computer data center to warm a fluid stored within an energy regeneration system; circulating the warmed fluid to a flow of compressed gas stored within the energy regeneration system during a discharging process that expands the compressed gas; generating energy with the energy generation system from the discharging process; and providing at least a portion of the generated energy to the computer data center as electrical power.
US10036262B2	Turbomachine impellor rotor with device for feathering the blades of the impellor The present invention relates to a rotor for a turbomotor impeller, with variable-pitch blades, comprising blade roots capable of rotating in a blade supporting structure and a device for feathering the blades. Said feathering device comprises at least one flyweight secured to a crank connected by a gear set to at least one of said blade roots.
US10036260B2	Damper mass distribution to prevent damper rotation A damper seal for a gas turbine engine rotor assembly has an axially elongated body with a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side, and a suction side. The elongated body includes a first enlarged portion formed on the pressure side at the leading edge and a second enlarged portion formed on the suction side adjacent the trailing edge.
US10036258B2	Gas turbine engine component having vascular engineered lattice structure A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things a wall and a vascular engineered lattice structure formed inside of the wall. The vascular engineered lattice structure defines a hollow vascular structure configured to communicate a fluid through the vascular engineered lattice structure. The vascular engineered lattice structure has at least one inlet hole and at least one outlet hole that communicates the fluid into and out of the hollow vascular structure.
US10036243B2	Low profile magnetic orienting protectors A system for providing information about a region of interest in a borehole, comprises a tubular passing through the region of interest, an optical fiber deployed on the outside of the tubular in the region of interest and optically connected to a light source and optical signal receiving means, at least one metal strip deployed on the outside of the tubular adjacent to the optical fiber, wherein the strip has at least one longitudinal face that is flat or concave so as to conform to the outside of the tubular, and means for holding the optical fiber and the metal strip in a fixed azimuthal location with respect to the tubular.
US10036240B2	Drillhead assembly with chambered sonde housing A drill assembly with a drill body coupled to a drilling string and a sonde body having a least one chamber defined therein for receiving locating electronics therein. In disclosed embodiment, the one or more chambers may be provided and the electronics can include a battery, a sensor, a transmitter, an antenna and connecting wires. One or more secure windows may be provided in the sonde body to allow the locating electronics to wirelessly transmit outside of the sonde body. The electronics may be potted within the chamber with a solidifying potting agent to improve durability of the electronics in a drilling environment.
US10036236B1	Setting tool igniter system and method There is a downhole tool that includes a switch sub having a bore and a bulkhead extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the bulkhead has a bulkhead bore that fluidly communicates with (i) the bore and (ii) an outside of the switch sub; and an igniter system located inside the bulkhead. The igniter system is configured to ignite an energetic material.
US10036235B2	Assembly and method for expanding a tubular element In an expansion assembly (1), an expandable bottom plug (10) is arranged below a primary expander (6) for expanding a tubular element (2). The expandable bottom plug (10) includes an expandable tubular clad element with a sealing section for sealing the expanded clad element to a lower portion of the expanded tubular element (2), and an anchoring section for anchoring the expanded clad element to the lower portion of the expanded tubular element. A secondary expander (22) is provided for radially expanding the clad element in the lower portion of the expanded tubular element by axial movement of the secondary expander through the clad element.
US10036230B2	Hydraulic flow restriction tube time delay system and method A hydraulic time delay system and method in a wellbore tool is disclosed. The system/method includes an actuation mechanism which allows pressure to act on a functional piston in the wellbore tool. The movement of the piston is restrained by a partially or filled reservoir which is allowed to exhaust through a flow restriction element. The restriction element comprises standard metal tubing with a known inner diameter and is cut to an exact length as predicted by fluid dynamic modeling. A time delay and rate of piston movement desired for the downhole tool, between a trigger event such as pressure and a functional event, can be tuned with parameters that include the length and diameter of the tubing, reservoir fluid viscosity, porous material with permeability in the tube, and number of tubes in parallel.
US10036229B2	Time delay toe sleeve A downhole tool, such as a toe sleeve, has an insert movably disposed in the housing's bore and sealably enclosing a second part of the communication path from a first port. A barrier disposed between the first and second parts of the communication path is breachable in response to a level of the applied pressure in the housing's bore. At least one retainer is engaged between the insert and the housing and at least temporarily retains the insert toward a closed position. The at least one retainer is at least partially composed of a dissolvable material and at least partially dissolves in response to the applied pressure communicated through the communication path to the second part. The at least one retainer when at least partially dissolved permits the applied pressure to initiate movement of the insert, such as from a closed position toward an opened position.
US10036213B2	Connection structure between pipe body and joint of aluminum alloy drill pipe A connection structure between a pipe body and a joint of an aluminum alloy drill pipe is provided, and the connection structure comprises a first joint provided with an internal thread section, wherein an internal thread tooth bottom of the internal thread section is an inclined surface; and a second joint provided with an external thread section which is able to be fitted with the internal thread section and has threads of a complete tooth shape, a tooth height of the external thread section being larger than that of the internal thread section. The internal thread tooth bottom is designed as an inclined surface such that an external thread tooth crest is squeezed against the internal thread tooth bottom and plastically deformed along the inclined surface of the tooth bottom during an engagement, so that the engaged threads are self locked to effectively prevent the loosing of the engaged threads.
US10036210B2	Method and system for deploying an electrical submersible pump in a wellbore A method for deploying a pump system in a wellbore includes coupling the pump system to one end of a tubing encapsulated cable. The cable is extended into a wellbore drilled through a subsurface fluid producing formation. The tubing encapsulated cable has an outer tube extending substantially continuously from the end thereof connected to the pump system to a surface end of the cable. The outer tube is made from material selected to exclude fluid in the wellbore from an interior of the outer tube. The cable includes at least one electrical conductor disposed inside the outer tube, wherein a rated load current of the at least one electrical conductor is selected such that substantially continuous electrical current drawn by the electrical load device exceeds the rated current of the at least one electrical conductor.
US10036207B2	Rotary drill bit and method for designing a rotary drill bit for directional and horizontal drilling A multi-layer downhole drilling tool designed for directional and horizontal drilling is disclosed. The drilling tool includes a bit body including a rotational axis extending therethrough. A plurality of primary blades are disposed on exterior portions of the bit body and a plurality of secondary blades are disposed on exterior portions of the bit body between the primary blades. The drilling tool further includes a plurality of first-layer cutting elements disposed on exterior portions of the primary blades and a plurality of second-layer cutting elements disposed on exterior portions of the secondary blades. The second-layer cutting elements are track set with the first-layer cutting elements in an opposite track set configuration.
US10036204B2	Optimized production via geological mapping Optimizing deposit production in a well includes localizing the low resistivity fluid deposits in a geological formation. Once the deposits are mapped, production of the fluid deposit from the geological formation is optimized based on the localizing. The optimization may include adjustment of at least one of a drilling parameter or a production parameter.
US10036198B2	Self-tensioning magnetic tracks and track assemblies A magnetic track assembly including an elongate channel having an open side, an end wall, and two parallel side walls; a first magnet disposed within the elongate channel near an interior side of the end wall; a compartment defined within the elongate channel spaced from the first magnet; and a screen receiver disposed within the compartment and including a second magnet arranged facing the first magnet. In the magnetic track assembly, the first and second magnets are of opposite polarity and the screen receiver is loosely disposed within the compartment such that a magnetic bond is intact between the first and second magnets when the first and second magnets are close together and the magnetic bond is broken when the first and second magnets are pulled apart.
US10036188B1	Hinge and a foldable electronic device with the same A hinge includes a base frame, a mechanically transmitting assembly and two support frames. The base frame defines two guideways disposed opposite to each other in a front-and-rear direction. The mechanically transmitting assembly is mounted on the base frame and partly disposed in the guideways. Each support frame has an arcuate frame body slidably engaging the respective guideway and coupled with the mechanically transmitting assembly, and a support frame body disposed outwardly of the base frame. The support frames are rotatable about a rotating axis relative to the base frame to make synchronous rotation in opposite rotational directions through the mechanically transmitting assembly. The rotating axis is disposed above the base frame.
US10036178B2	Expanding structures, and device and method for expanding the same Devices for accumulating material within a limited space, such that at most insignificant amount of material leaves the device prior to the device being at full capacity. One embodiment comprises an expandable structure to be filled, comprising a material receiving member for receiving expansible material, such that the expansible material is inserted into the member and expands within the member prior to part of the material exiting the material receiving member into another member, wherein the expansible material expands and rigidizes within the material receiving member and within the another member to form a rigid structure having a required form.
US10036169B2	Method for producing panels and panel produced according to the method Floor panels include: an upper face, a lower face and two pairs of opposite side edges; a base coat layer, a primer layer, at least one decorative layer and a wear-resistant layer are applied at least to a press skin on the upper face; a base coat layer and a counteracting layer are applied to the lower face of the core; the upper face and the lower face of the core have the press skin that arose during pressing; the base coat layer has at least partly penetrated into the press skin on the upper face; the primer layer is arranged between the base coat layer and the decorative layer; the wear-resistant layer contains corundum particles and cellulose fibers; the decorative layer consists of a water-based paint; connecting mechanism and locking mechanism are attached to the side edges in order to connect and lock a plurality of panels without glue.
US10036168B2	Raised floor comprising a profiled element A profiled element for laying raised floors, which comprises a first flat portion that extends longitudinally and a second flat portion that extends longitudinally in the same direction as the first portion and is arranged transversely with respect to the arrangement of the first portion, grip protrusions for an adhesive for coverings or floors being defined on the second flat portion.
US10036166B1	Protective cap for gable end of roof ridge Roof ridge end caps are installed at the highest elevations of the peaks of gabled roofs to prevent damage caused by the roosting habits of birds. Exemplary roof ridge end caps of the invention include a roof ridge end cap peak formed by angularly connected side panels, opposed and adjustable face panels that may be moved apart or together to adjust the angle at the peak and a tail portion, each of which provides a further covering function to the area around a roof peak. Also disclosed are methods of installing the roof ridge end caps to prevent bird damage and deterioration at the peak edges of a roof in which the roof ridge end cap is attached in a clockwise rotational displacement to the face of the building fascia to secure it over the roof tip.
US10036163B1	Seismic perimeter attachment clip Seismic perimeter attachment clip for attaching a grid runner to wall molding comprising sheet metal base and slide elements, the base having a tab constructed and adapted to be secured with a screw to the wall molding and having a projection extending perpendicularly from the base, the slide being constructed and adapted to be attached to a grid runner, the base and slide providing a cam surface and a cam follower surface, the surfaces being mutually indexable to a home position, the cam surface being configured to raise the slide and an attached grid runner from an elevation at the home position when the slide is extended from the tab in response to longitudinal movement of the attached grid runner whereby an end of the attached grid runner is elevated above a lower flange of the wall molding as the end passes over a distal edge of the lower flange.
US10036161B1	Architectural building block system An architectural building block system including a block having three side walls, each having an inside surface and an outside surface, the three side walls cooperate to form a triangular tube having three corners, the outside surface of each of the three side walls extending outwardly from the inner surface to the outer surface and the inside surface of each of the three walls is disposed substantially at right angle to each of the inner surface and the outer surface; and three channel pairs, each configured to receive a rebar, each channel pair including a first channel disposed on one of the three side walls on the inner surface and a second channel disposed on a corner of the three corners that is opposingly disposed from one of the three side walls.
US10036157B2	Relocatable habitat unit A construction set and method for assembling a single-level Relocatable Habitat Unit (RHU) requiring a plurality of flat panels that include male (M) and female (F) lock connectors located on their respective peripheries and a frame constructed from a plurality vertical corner posts and horizontal beams. The panels are a wall panel, a ceiling panel, or a floor panel. The entire RHU can be assembled using a single, hand-operated tool to engage a selected M lock with a selected F lock in addition to other securing hardware. First the floor is established and leveled. Next, starting at a corner, the walls are erected around the floor using vertical corner posts and horizontal beams. Finally, the roof is created. The hand-operated tool is used for each task.
US10036149B2	Electronic plumbing fixture fitting with electronic valve having low seal force The present invention provides an electronic plumbing fixture fitting with an electronic valve having a low seal force, such as an electronic faucet with an electronic valve having a low seal force.
US10036143B2	Non-invasive thermal dispersion flow meter with fluid leak detection and freeze burst prevention A non-invasive thermal dispersion flow meter with chronometric monitor for fluid leak detection includes a heater, an ambient temperature sensor and a flow rate sensor which are configured to sense the temperature of a fluid in a conduit, and then monitor the flow of that fluid through the conduit. The fluid flow sensor is incorporated into a Wheatstone bridge circuit, which is used to provide increased sensitivity to the outputs of the sensors. Based upon the ambient temperature sensor readings, the flow rate sensor and heater may be adjusted to optimize the operation of the system to detect leaks. An alternative embodiment utilizes a single sensor and separate heater which work together to determine heat propagation times which in turn is used to calculate flow rate. Based on the sensor readings, the flow may be adjusted to prevent damage and leaks by relieving the system of excess pressure.
US10036141B2	Control system for work vehicle, control method and work vehicle A control system for a work vehicle having a work implement includes a first operating lever for the work implement, a first operating member and a controller. The first operating member is provided on the first operating lever. The controller is configured to perform an automatic control of the work implement. The controller is configured to perform a function of the automatic control, which is allocated to the first operating member, in response to operating the first operating member when a performance condition, including that the first operating lever is located in a neutral position thereof, is satisfied.
US10036139B2	Machine input device having multi-axis tool control An input device is disclosed for use with a machine having a work tool. The input device may have a handle with proximal and distal ends. The input device may also have a proportional control element located at the distal end, and configured to pivot in a first direction to generate a first signal and to pivot in a second direction to generate a second signal. The work tool may have a first axis of rotation that is generally horizontal relative to a ground surface and generally perpendicular relative to a travel direction, and a second axis of rotation that is generally vertical relative to the ground surface and generally perpendicular relative to the first axis. The first signal may be indicative of a desire to pitch the work tool about the first axis, and the second signal may be indicative of a desire to yaw the work tool about the second axis.
US10036132B2	Twist box guardrail terminal This guardrail terminal design incorporates an impact head of open front configuration adapted with the rear portion as a funnel disposed with the narrow end of the funnel facing forward which will flatten the W beam guardrail as it moves down the beam when impacted by a vehicle. Tension is maintained on the beam by flat strips connected from the beam through top open front of the impact head and is attached to a front anchor post. A wedge shaped reverse direction bracket with slotted bolt holes such that the slots open toward the traffic direction disposed at the back of the impact head where it connects to the guardrail will allow for reverse direction impacts to be accounted for.
US10036130B2	Slab bridge structure A slab bridge structure having improved rigid connection strength between bridge girders and concrete piers. The slab bridge structure has a rigid connection structure in which slab concrete (3) is poured between side surfaces of bridge girders (1) arranged in line in a bridge width direction, throughout a longitudinal direction of the bridge girders, connection concrete (12) in which bridge girder portions (1′) supported by a bridge seat (2a) of a concrete pier (2) that supports the bridge girders are embedded is further added onto the bridge seat, and the slab concrete and the concrete pier are concrete-joined through the connection concrete, the slab bridge structure further includes: a connecting rod (13) embedded in the concrete pier and projecting upward from the bridge seat of the pier; and a connecting plate (14) connecting upper end portions of the adjacent bridge girder portions.
US10036129B2	Vibratory compacting machine A vibratory compacting machine may include an engine, a main frame supporting the engine, and a compacting element mounted on the main frame and driven by the engine. The vibratory compacting machine may further include a vibratory system housed within the compacting element and configured to rotate about a rotation axis to vibrate the compacting element. The vibratory compacting machine may further include a control system configured to control a direction of rotation of the vibratory system. The control system may reverse the direction of rotation of the vibratory system when a predetermined number of pass counts is reached or when a predetermined density of the compactable material is reached.
US10036128B2	Tamping machine for railway ballasts, railway car and use of tamping machine for making and regenerating railway ballasts A tamping machine, particularly for regenerating railway ballasts, includes: a supporting frame, a vibrating tamping hammer pivoted to the frame, and a hydraulic actuator engaged with a thrusting portion of the tamping hammer. The actuator includes first and second axially aligned sections engaged with each other, one of which is engaged with the thrusting portion of the tamping hammer and the other section is engaged with an abutment portion. The first section is extendable while the second section is supplied by distributing means having an alternate cyclical operation for enabling the tamping hammer to vibrate. The second section is a jacket extending between a first and second longitudinal ends, and a piston slidingly movable inside the jacket. The jacket is closed at the first and second longitudinal ends; the piston exhibits an overall axial size defined by respective thrusting opposite faces of the piston itself, which is entirely contained inside the jacket.
US10036122B2	Composite material comprising bio-filler and specific polymer A composite material comprising 10-98 wt. % of a bio-based particulate or fibrous filler and at least 2 wt. % of a polyester derived from an aliphatic polyalcohol with 2-15 carbon atoms and a polyacid, wherein the polyacid comprises at least 10 wt. % of tricarboxylic acid.Preferably, the filler is in the form of particles, fibers, and/or random or non-random layers. A plant-based filler may be used, in particular a cellulosic or lignocellulosic material, more in particular one or more materials selected from wood chips, wood flakes, sawdust, pulp, e.g., pulp of (recycled) paper or other fiber pulp, and plant-derived fibers such as cotton, linen, flax, and hemp. An animal-derived filler, in particular an animal-derived fiber such as wool, hair, silk, or feathers may also be used.Preferably the polyalcohol is selected from one or more of glycerol, sorbitol, xylitol, mannitol, 1,2-propane diol, 1,3-propane diol, and 1,2-ethane diol, in particular glycerol. The polyacid preferably is an aliphatic diacid or triacid with 3-15 carbon atoms. Examples of suitable acids include citric acid, succinic acid, and itaconic acid.The composite material according to the invention has fire-retardant properties, which makes it particularly suitable for applications where fire-retardancy is an issue.
US10036120B2	Shoe press belt There is provided a shoe press belt for a papermaking machine, comprising one or more resin layers. At least a part of the resin layers comprises a polyurethane resin comprising polymeric MIDI as an ingredient. The polyurethane resin may be a resin obtainable by reacting one or more curing agent(s) having an active hydrogen group, polymeric MDI and one or more urethane prepolymer(s) having a terminal isocyanate group, the urethane prepolymer(s) being obtainable by reacting one or more isocyanate compound(s) with one or more polyol(s).
US10036118B2	Wire element arrangement in an energy recovery device A plurality of wire elements for use in an energy recovery device comprising Shape Memory Alloy or other Negative Thermal Expansion (NTE) material, wherein at least one wire element is fixed at one end and free to move at a second end, such that the wire elements are arranged adjacently and are in friction or interference contact with each other and are secured at the outer perimeter of wires utilising a securing means. In such arrangement, during the operation of the bundle arrangement in a heat engine system, the plate elements act to transmit the aggregated force generation of the wire grouping and thus usefully recover and transmit power.
US10036110B2	Vibration limiter of washing machine A vibration limiter of a washing machine is disclosed. The vibration limiter includes a housing installed at one of a cabinet and a tub, a contact plate disposed within the housing such that the contact plate comes into contact with the other of the cabinet and the tub when the tub vibrates, a spring for elastically supporting the contact plate, a rotating member rotatable by at least one of the spring and the contact plate, and an oil damper engaged with the rotating member. The oil damper complementarily acts with the spring, to effectively absorb vibration. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the size of the spring and to secure enhanced reliability even after prolonged use.
US10036101B2	Gas-phase synthesis of epitaxial semiconductor wires from seed crystals The present invention provides a method and a system for forming wires (1) that enables a large scale process combined with a high structural complexity and material quality comparable to wires formed using substrate-based synthesis. The wires (1) are grown from catalytic seed particles (2) suspended in a gas within a reactor. Due to a modular approach wires (1) of different configuration can be formed in a continuous process. In-situ analysis to monitor and/or to sort particles and/or wires formed enables efficient process control.
US10036100B2	Apparatus for producing silicon single crystal An apparatus for producing a silicon single crystal by a Czochralski method with a chamber having a heater therein to heat a raw material and to cool the chamber by a coolant, including: measuring an inlet temperature, outlet temperature, and flow rate in a passage of the coolant to cool the chamber with flowing in the chamber; calculating a removed heat quantity from the chamber based on the measured values of the inlet temperature, outlet temperature, and flow rate; controlling heater power based on the value of the removed heat quantity. This provides an apparatus which can pull a single crystal in a crystal diameter and a crystal pulling rate closer to the target values by controlling the heater power based on a removed heat quantity from the chamber calculated by the measured values of temperatures and a flow rate of the coolant.
US10036090B2	Trap mechanism, exhaust system, and film formation device A trap mechanism is provided in the middle of an exhaust passage through which an exhaust gas, which is exhausted from a film formation device body that forms a thin film on the surface of a workpiece (W), flows, and recovers a gas to be collected that is contained in the exhaust gas by cooling and liquefying the gas to be collected. The trap mechanism includes: a housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a partitioning member that partitions the inside of the housing into retention spaces; communication paths that communicate the retention spaces with one another; and cooling jackets that cool the communication paths to cool the exhaust gas. With this structure, the exhaust gas is adiabatically expanded while being cooled, and the gas to be collected is efficiently cooled and liquefied.
US10036080B2	System and method including multi-circuit solution extraction for recovery of metal values from metal-bearing materials The present disclosure relates to a metal recovery process comprising a solvent extraction process. In an exemplary embodiment, the solution extraction system comprises a plant with a first and second circuit. A high-grade pregnant leach solution (“HGPLS”) is provided to the first and second circuit, and a low-grade pregnant leach solution (“LGPLS”) is provided to the second circuit. The first circuit produces a rich electrolyte, which can be forwarded to a primary metal recovery, and a low-grade raffinate, which can be forwarded to a secondary metal recovery process. The second circuit produces a rich electrolyte, which can also be forwarded to the primary metal recovery process. The first and second circuits are in fluid communication with each other.
US10036076B2	Primers and probes for detection and discrimination of types and subtypes of influenza viruses Methods of detecting influenza, including differentiating between type and subtype are disclosed, for example to detect, type, and/or subtype an influenza infection. A sample suspected of containing a nucleic acid of an influenza virus, is screened for the presence or absence of that nucleic acid. The presence of the influenza virus nucleic acid indicates the presence of influenza virus. Determining whether the influenza virus nucleic acid is present in the sample can be accomplished by detecting hybridization between an influenza specific probe, influenza type specific probe, and/or subtype specific probe and an influenza nucleic acid. Probes and primers for the detection, typing and/or subtyping of influenza virus are also disclosed. Kits and arrays that contain the disclosed probes and/or primers also are disclosed.
US10036063B2	Method for sequencing a polynucleotide template A method of determining the sequence of a target nucleic acid is provided. The method can include the steps of (a) performing a defined number of incremental extension cycles to produce a population of nucleic acid fragments having different portions of the target nucleic acid wherein the individual nucleic acid fragments in the population have a defined length that is correlated with the number of incremental extension cycles; (b) determining the sequence of the first end of individual nucleic acid fragments in the population, thereby providing first end sequences; (c) determining the sequence of the second end of individual nucleic acid fragments in the population, thereby providing second end sequences; and (d) determining the sequence of the target nucleic acid based on the first end sequences, the second end sequences and the defined length.
US10036062B2	Primer middle sequence interference PCR technology Provided is a primer middle sequence interference PCR method, and the method uses one segment of a non-complemented or same-sequence base of the middle sequence of primers to perform antisense interference inside and outside the primer molecules, so as to competitively destroy the polymerization among the primers to selectively inhibit amplification of the primer dimer (PD).
US10036058B2	Portable testing device for analyzing biological samples A portable testing device includes a housing with an integrated touchscreen display and a receptacle in which a sample holder containing a biological sample and reagent mixture can be placed. The portable testing device further includes an optical assembly positioned in the housing, an electronic assembly that is configured to receive data from the optical assembly and transmit it for display on the touchscreen display, and a power supply in the housing to power the portable testing device. The optical assembly includes an excitation filter that extends across the entire optical assembly and an emission filter that extends across the entire optical assembly.
US10036055B2	Methods for making nucleotide probes for sequencing and synthesis Compositions and methods for making a plurality of probes for analyzing a plurality of nucleic acid samples are provided. Compositions and methods for analyzing a plurality of nucleic acid samples to obtain sequence information in each nucleic acid sample are also provided.
US10036053B2	Determination of variants produced upon replication or transcription of nucleic acid sequences A method of determining whether or not a nucleic acid having an expected sequence or one or more variants of the expected sequence are present in a sample containing nucleic acids after replication, transcription or editing (or other transformation) of a substrate nucleic acid. The method involves deciding an expected sequence likely to be formed in the sample upon the replication, transcription or editing of the substrate nucleic acid, and possible variants of the expected sequence, providing primer pairs for a polymerase chain reaction, reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction or ligase chain reaction, carrying out the polymerase chain reaction or reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction in one or more steps to form amplicons, and analyzing the amplicons to determining whether or not a nucleic acid having the expected sequence and/or variants are present in the sample. The primers of the primer pairs are designed to anneal to regions of the nucleic acid of the expected sequence and the variants, the regions being selected to reveal unambiguously the presence or absence in the sample of the nucleic acid of the expected sequence or the variants thereof according to the presence or absence of specific amplicons amplified by the primers.
US10036050B2	Cellobiohydrolase variants and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to cellobiohydrolase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of producing and using the variants.
US10036044B2	Genetic engineering of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 for rapid and high yield production of vanillin from ferulic acid The present invention relates to an improved biocatalytic process for producing vanillin from ferulic acid based on a genetically engineered Pseudomonas strains, as well as to said Pseudemonas strains.
US10036041B2	Method for positioning and integrating transgene and use thereof Provided in the present invention is a method for positioning and integrating transgene and a use thereof. Specifically provided is a variant loxP element. The sequence “ATAAT” of an reverse repeated sequence in a wild type loxp locus is mutated into “CACCT”, i.e., a variant loxp element. Also provided in the present invention are a construct comprising the variant loxP element, a vector or host cell comprising the construct and a method for preparing a transgenic animal using the vector and the host cell.
US10036039B2	Cocal vesiculovirus envelope pseudotyped retroviral vectors Provided herein are Cocal vesiculovirus envelope pseudotyped retroviral vectors that exhibit high titers, broad species and cell-type tropism, and improved serum stability. Disclosed Cocal vesiculovirus envelope pseudotyped retroviral vectors may be suitably employed for gene therapy applications and, in particular, for the ex vivo and in vivo delivery of a gene of interest to a wide variety of target cells.
US10036024B2	siRNA compositions that specifically downregulate expression of a variant of the PNPLA3 gene and methods of use thereof for treating a chronic liver disease or alcoholic liver disease (ALD) The invention provides siRNA compositions that specifically downregulates expression of a variant of the PNPLA3 gene and methods of use thereof for treating a chronic liver disease or alcoholic liver disease (ALD).
US10036021B2	5′ triphosphate oligonucleotide with blunt end and uses thereof The present invention provides an oligonucleotide which is capable of activating RIG-I and inducing an anti-viral, in particular, an IFN, response in cells expressing RIG-I. The present invention further provides an oligonucleotide which is capable of activating RIG-I and which has target gene-silencing activity. The oligonucleotide of the present invention has a double-stranded section of at least 19, preferably at least 21 bp, at least one 5′ triphosphate, and at least one blunt end which bears a 5′ triphosphate. The present invention further provides the use said oligonucleotide for inducing an anti-viral, in particular, an IFN, response in vitro and in vivo. The present invention additionally provides the use of said oligonucleotide for preventing and/or treating diseases or conditions such as infections, tumors/cancers, and immune disorders.
US10036012B2	Compositions and methods for targeted nucleic acid sequence enrichment and high efficiency library generation The present invention provides methods, compositions and kits for targeted nucleic acid sequence enrichment in a nucleic acid sample and for high efficiency nucleic acid library generation for next generation sequencing (NGS). Specifically, the methods, compositions and kits provided herein are useful for the production and capture of amplification-ready, target-specific and strand-specific regions of interest from nucleic acid samples containing complex DNA.
US10036010B2	Recognition tags for TGase-mediated conjugation The present application relates to methods for the functionalization of antibodies using transglutaminase, in particular antibodies lacking Fc regions. Also disclosed herein are peptide tags for transglutaminase, linking reagents, functionalized antibodies, multi-specific antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions, and method of treating disease and/or conditions.
US10036001B2	Recombinant cellular iysate system for producing a product of interest The embodiments described herein pertain to cells, and methods for preparing cells, that can be used as biocatalysts by altering enzymes that compete for a substrate or product of a pathway of interest such that the targeted enzyme is sensitive to a site-specific protease, which protease is expressed but relocated in the cell to a site where it is not in contact with the targeted enzyme in the intact cell. Upon cell lysis, the protease contacts the target enzyme, which is then inactivated by protease cleavage.
US10035991B2	Non-transgenic herbicide resistant plants The present invention relates to the production of a non-transgenic plant resistant or tolerant to a herbicide of the phosphonomethylglycine family, e.g., glyphosate. The present invention also relates to the use of a recombinagenic oligonucleobase to make a desired mutation in the chromosomal or episomal sequences of a plant in the gene encoding for 5-enol pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). The mutated protein, which substantially maintains the catalytic activity of the wild-type protein, allows for increased resistance or tolerance of the plant to a herbicide of the phosphonomethylglycine family, and allows for the substantially normal growth or development of the plant, its organs, tissues or cells as compared to the wild-type plant irrespective of the presence or absence of the herbicide. The present invention also relates to a non-transgenic plant cell in which the EPSPS gene has been mutated, a non-transgenic plant regenerated therefrom, as well as a plant resulting from a cross using a regenerated non-transgenic plant having a mutated EPSPS gene.
US10035982B2	Method of preparing autologous cells and methods of use for therapy A method for expanding mesenchymal cells derived from autologous bone marrow in autologous culture medium which can be used in a clinical setting, and a business method for performing such expansions in the future as a service for patients. A method for expanding mesenchymal cells derived from autologous bone marrow in autologous culture medium including a diagnostic kit for the autologous cell therapy to determine whether a patient will respond to the autologous cell therapy for treatment of a disease, in which said kit comprising a system for detecting gene and protein expression comprising at least two isolated DNA molecules wherein each isolated DNA molecule detects expression of a gene that is differentially expressed in the tissue of the patient that is intended to be the source of the autologous cell therapy.
US10035977B2	Caustic free low temperature ware wash detergent for reducing scale build-up Caustic-free detergent compositions are provided. Detergent compositions including an aminocarboxylate, water conditioning agent, non-caustic source of alkalinity and water beneficially do not require the use of additional surfactants and/or polymers to provide suitable detergency and prevent scale build-up on treated surfaces. The detergent compositions are used with a sanitizer to employ the caustic-free detergent compositions are particularly suitable for use as low temperature ware wash detergents that beneficially reduce scale build-up. Methods of employing the caustic-free detergent compositions are also provided.
US10035970B2	Friction-reducing compound, method of producing same, and lubricant composition A lubricant composition for improving fuel economy of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine includes a base oil and a friction-reducing compound. The friction reducing compound has the following general formula: wherein R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having 8 or more carbon atoms, each R1 is an independently selected hydrocarbon group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, and n is 1.
US10035965B2	Method for producing Syngas from carbon based material “Syngas” is produced from carbon based material in a system comprising means for feeding material into the system, means for combustion thereof, means for use of Syngas and means for extraction of combustion residues, combustion means comprise: a sealed combustion chamber; device for injection of gas into the combustion chamber; device for monitoring the quantity of gas introduced/to be introduced into the combustion chamber, where the method comprises: introducing the material into a combustion chamber, wherein the combustion chamber has a constant temperature between 300 and 600° C.; residence of the material therein for 5-13 hours; which allows combustion to decompose organic molecules of the material producing Syngas, continuously drawn off, and carbonous residues; residence of the carbonous residues at the temperature for 7-13 hours with excess air; the excess air for completely incinerating the carbonous residue; and use of the Syngas and extraction of the ash produced by the above.
US10035964B2	Circulating fluidized bed gasification or combustion system The present invention is related to a circulating fluidized bed gasification or combustion system (1) using coal or biomass as raw material and comprising a combustion/gasification reactor (2); a cyclone (3) which is in connection with the reactor (2) so as to seperate solid particles from gas flow; a downcomer (4) which is in connection with the reactor (2) and the cyclone (3), extends along the reactor (2), and enables solid particles captured by the cyclone (3) to be sent to the combustion/gasification reactor (2) again; a distributing plate (5) which is in connection with the reactor (2) and provides primary gas supply to the system (1) homogeneously; at least one conduit which is positioned parallel to the downcomer (4); an ejector (7) which is positioned on the downcomer (4) vertically, comprises at least one nozzle (6) spraying pressurized gas towards the reactor (2).
US10035956B2	Compound and liquid-crystal composition employing the same A compound and a liquid-crystal composition employing the same are provided. The compound has a structure represented by Formula (I) wherein Za and Zb are independently A1, A2, A3 and A4 are independently single bond, Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 are independently single bond, R is independently hydrogen, or C1-4 alkyl group; R1 and R2 are independently single bond, —O—(CH2)n—, —CH═CH—(CH2)2—, —(CH2)2—CH═CH—, —CH═CH—, or —C≡C—; n is an integer from 1 to 6; B1 and B2 are independently and, R3 is hydrogen, or methyl group.
US10035952B2	PDMS-based ligands for quantum dots in silicones The invention provides a process for the production of a light converter comprising a siloxane polymer matrix with light converter nano particles embedded therein, the process comprising (a) mixing (i) light converter nano particles having an outer surface grafted with grafting ligands and (ii) curable siloxane polymers, and (b) curing the curable siloxane polymers, thereby producing the light converter; wherein the grafting ligands comprise siloxane grafting ligands having x1 Si backbone elements, wherein at least one Si backbone element of each siloxane grafting ligand comprises a side group having a grafting functionality; wherein the curable siloxane polymers have y1 Si backbone elements; and wherein x1 is at least 20, wherein y1 is at least 2, and wherein x1/y1≥0.8.
US10035937B2	Low GWP heat transfer compositions The present invention relates, in part, to heat transfer compositions, methods, and uses thereof that include (a) from about 17% to about 40% by weight of HFC-32; (b) from about 51% to about 83% by weight of a tetrafluoropropene; and (c) from greater than about 0% to less than about 9% by weight of CO2. The amount of component (c) improves one or more of a capacity, efficiency, discharge temperature, discharge pressure, and/or energy consumption of the composition, particularly in a low or medium temperature refrigeration system and as compared to composition lacking component (c) and/or the refrigerant R-404A.
US10035931B2	Highly tackified acrylate pressure sensitive adhesives The present invention relates to a radiation crosslinkable pressure sensitive adhesive precursor comprising: a) an acrylate base polymer; b) a co-polymerized type (II) photocrosslinker, in a amount greater than 0.05 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of acrylate base polymer; c) a co-polymerized hydrogen-donating monomer; and d) a tackifying resin, in an amount greater than 40 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of acrylate base polymer. The present invention is also directed to a method of preparing a radiation crosslinked pressure sensitive adhesive.
US10035930B2	Adhesives and related methods Cure in place pressure sensitive adhesive compositions are described that comprise one or more of a bodying component, a structural diluent, a radical diluent as well as additives such as crosslinkers, external catalysts, photoinitiators and stabilizers/process aids. The bodying component can be acrylic or non-acrylic.
US10035927B2	Coloring composition for decoration, decorative material, base material having decorative material, transfer material, touch panel, and information display device A coloring composition for decoration includes a compound having at least a structure represented by Formula 1 in a molecule, a compound having at least a structure represented by Formula 2 in a molecule, and a pigment. In the formulae, Ra represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group other than a vinyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group, and Rb represents a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, or an aralkyl group.
US10035917B2	Moisture and ultraviolet light barrier composition A composition for the creation of a protective barrier on a wide variety of materials to prevent the deterioration and degradation caused by exposure to moisture and sun over time.
US10035906B2	Dilution index This disclosure relates to ethylene interpolymer compositions. Specifically, ethylene interpolymer products having: a Dilution Index (Yd) greater than 0; total catalytic metal ≥3.0 ppm; ≥0.03 terminal vinyl unsaturations per 100 carbon atoms, and; optionally a Dimensionless Modulus (Xd) greater than 0. The disclosed ethylene interpolymer products have a melt index from about 0.3 to about 500 dg/minute, a density from about 0.869 to about 0.975 g/cm3, a polydispersity (Mw/Mn) from about 2 to about 25 and a CDBI50 from about 20% to about 97%. Further, the ethylene interpolymer products are a blend of at least two ethylene interpolymers; where one ethylene interpolymer is produced with a single-site catalyst formulation and at least one ethylene interpolymer is produced with a heterogeneous catalyst formulation.
US10035892B2	Flame-retardant expandable polymers The present relates to flame-retardant expandable polymers and to polymer foams and to the use thereof. These flame-retardant expandable polymers and polymer foams can be contained in one or several pressurized containers. According to the present, at least one of the following phosphorus compounds is used as a flame retardant: phosphorus compound according to formula (Ia): (Ia) 10-hydroxy-9, 10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide (DOPO-OH); or the salts thereof according to formula (Ib): (Ib) (DOPO-OR); or the ring-opened hydrolysates thereof according to formula (Ic): (Ic).
US10035891B2	Modified thermoplastic polyurethane rolling film and preparation method This present invention discloses a modified thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) rolling film and relates to a preparation method thereof. The modified thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) rolling film comprises: 100 parts by weight of TPU resin, 3 to 8 parts by weight of Thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) resin, 5 to 10 parts by weight of Thermo Plastic Silicone Vulcanizate (TPSiV) resin, 5 to 15 parts by weight of TPU color masterbatch, 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight of antioxidant, 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight of light stabilizer, 10 to 15 parts by weight of flame retardant, and 0.03 to 0.1 parts by weight of compound lubricant. This kind of rolling film has a uniform thickness and high surface gloss, and is yellowing resistant, abrasion resistant, flame retardant, and low-temperature resistant.
US10035890B2	Xyloglucan film The present invention relates to films comprising a xyloglucan comprising not more than 11 mol % galactose residues, as well as a method for making such films, and its use as an oxygen barrier.
US10035871B2	Urethane-crosslinked biodegradable elastomers Among other things, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for an elastomeric cross-linked polyester material. Such an elastomeric cross-linked polyester material, in some embodiments, comprises a plurality of polymeric units of the general formula (-A-B—)p, wherein p is an integer greater than 1; and a plurality of urethane cross-links each of which covalently links two polymeric units to one another, which two linked polymeric unit each had at least one free hydroxyl or amino group prior to formation of the crosslink.
US10035865B2	Preparation of chlorinated polyvinyl chloride The present disclosure relates to a process for the preparation of CPVC which includes reacting PVC with chlorine at a pre-determined temperature in the presence of at least one irradiation source having wavelength ranging from 254 and 530 nm while maintaining the radiant flux from 1.5 to 2 W/kg of PVC, irradiance at 0.13 W/cm2 and the number of photons emitted per second from 3×1018 to 5×1018, under agitation, for a time period ranging from 3 to 4 hours to obtain CPVC. The CPVC prepared from the afore-stated process has a whiteness index ranging from 89 to 96, a yellowness index ranging from 1.23 to 1.73 and stability ranging from 648 to 684 seconds. The rate of the chlorination reaction after employing the afore-stated process parameters ranges from 1.6 to 4.36 mole/hour/kg.
US10035848B2	Antibody targeting cell surface deposited complement protein C3d and use thereof An anti-C3d antibody or antibody fragment; method for use thereof to kill cancer cells; and related methods and compositions.
US10035847B2	Amyloid protofibril antibodies and methods of use thereof The invention relates to methods for obtaining antibodies that recognize amyloid protofibrils and antibodies that recognize one or more amyloid protofibrils. Also provided are methods of using the antibodies to prevent or inhibit amyloid disease in a subject, to diagnose amyloid disease in a subject, and to detect amyloid protofibrils in a sample.
US10035838B2	Immunotherapy against melanoma and other cancers The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10035814B2	Guanine analogs as telomerase substrates and telomere length affectors This invention relates to compounds useful for inhibiting telomere elongation. More specifically, the invention provides nucleotide analogs that are incorporated into telomeres by telomerase thereby inhibiting elongation of telomeres. The compounds are use in treating cancer and other cell proliferative diseases.
US10035810B2	5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[b]thieno-[2,3-d]azepine derivative There is provided a 5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[b]thieno-[2,3-d]azepine derivative which is useful in the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and for the prevention of disease associated with RSV infection. (Formula (1)).
US10035809B2	Substituted 2,3,4,5,7,9,13,13a-octahydro-1,5-methanopyrido[1′,2′:4,5]pyrazino[1,2-a][1,3]diazepines and methods for treating viral infections Compounds for use in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are disclosed. The compounds have the following Formula (I): including stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, X, W, Y1, Y2, Z1, and Z4 are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed.

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