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US10146565B2	Method for executing a computer program with a parameterised function A method for executing a program includes: storing, in a table associated with each address of a specialized code of a parameterized function, a value of each of specialized parameters for generating the specialized code, and each time the address of a specialized code must be modified, deleted from, or added to the table, a microprocessor generates and records in a memory a search routine written in machine language of the microprocessor, this search routine containing, coded as constants, each address and each specialized parameter value stored in the table, such that the search routine does not include any reading operation of the value of a specialized parameter or of the address of a specialized code outside the continuous address range in which this search routine is recorded, and the microprocessor runs this recorded search routine directly.
US10146561B2	Executing applications from a semiconductor nonvolatile memory A processor-based device (e.g., a wireless device) may include a processor and a semiconductor nonvolatile memory to directly execute an application (e.g., an execute-in-place application) using an associated database. Within a flash memory, in one embodiment, an executable program may be separately stored in a non-fragmented manner from a resident database that includes program management information for use in an execution that does not involve a random access memory, saving time and resources.
US10146554B2	Extraction of operating system-specific characteristics via a communication interface Systems and methods for specifying extended descriptor information in a device accessed using a communication interface are disclosed. One method includes transmitting a request to a device from a host computing system, and receiving an extended capability descriptor identifying to the host computing system at least one extended descriptor set stored on the device. The extended capability descriptor identifies a minimum operating system version able to support a corresponding extended descriptor set.
US10146546B2	Load replay precluding mechanism An apparatus including first and second reservation stations. The first reservation station dispatches a load micro instruction, and indicates on a hold bus if the load micro instruction is a specified load micro instruction directed to retrieve an operand from a prescribed resource other than on-core cache memory. The second reservation station is coupled to the hold bus, and dispatches one or more younger micro instructions therein that depend on the load micro instruction for execution after a number of clock cycles following dispatch of the first load micro instruction, and if it is indicated on the hold bus that the load micro instruction is the specified load micro instruction, the second reservation station is configured to stall dispatch of the one or more younger micro instructions until the load micro instruction has retrieved the operand. The resources include an advanced programmable interrupt controller (APIC), configured to perform interrupt operations.
US10146543B2	Conversion system for a processor with an expandable instruction set architecture for dynamically configuring execution resources A conversion system that converts a standard executable program according to a predetermined ISA into a custom executable program executable by a general purpose processor. The processor includes a PEU that is programmable to execute a UDI. The conversion system includes a PEU programming tool that converts a functional description of a processing operation to be performed by the PEU of the processor into programming information for the PEU to perform the processing operation in response to the UDI. A converter converts the standard executable program into the custom executable program and includes an optimization routine that replaces a portion of the standard executable program with the specified UDI and that inserts the UDI into the custom executable program, and that further inserts a UDI load instruction that specifies the UDI and a location of the programming information in the custom executable program.
US10146520B1	Updating a running application on a computing device A computing device configured for updating a running application is described. The computing device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The computing device executes an old application. The computing device also renames an old application file that is currently in use. Furthermore, the computing device stores a new application file in the same folder as the old application file. The computing device additionally determines whether a new application is set up successfully. The computing device further executes the new application if the new application is set up successfully.
US10146518B1	Smart retention policy appliance for legal compliance A software package retention system that uses pre-defined rules to retain software packages based on how the packages are used, and not merely based on a package's date/time of creation (age) or type. A retention policy server in the system integrates with the build, deployments, and artifact storage systems of a software supplier/vendor to ensure appropriate retentions are met for audit and regulatory compliance and unneeded artifacts or packages are purged to save storage space and lower operational costs. The server has the capability to monitor software deployments to the customer and to developer test environments, and to make rule-based decisions on when and how to run retention policy clean-up jobs and on what packages. With increasing reliance on frequent build and release of software packages across the software industry, package management post-release using the rule-based retention policy provides an efficient and cost-effective solution for legal compliance with retention requirements.
US10146512B1	Feature switching kits A system and method for feature switching in software applications. A feature switching action (FSA) is received and at least one user device is identified based on the received FSA. At least one feature switching instruction (FSI) is generated based on the received FSA and the FSI is sent to at least one of the identified user devices. A feature switching instruction response (FSIR) is received from each user device that received a FSI and a feature switching action response (FSAR) is generated based on the received FSIRs.
US10146508B2	True random number generator A random number generator includes a photon source and one or more photon detectors of the SPAD type (311) configured to detect a photon flow equal to λ, wherein the photons are generated by the photon source. The random number generator furthermore includes an electronic sampler. The electronic sampler is configured in such a way as to detect the arrival time t of a photon incident on each SPAD photon detector (311) for each one of the observation windows Tw, and are also configured in such a way as to convert the arrival time t into a binary sequence. In the generator of the invention the photon source and the electronic sampler are configured in such a way that the product λ*Tw is lower than or equal to 0.01.
US10146500B2	Transform-based audio codec and method with subband energy smoothing A transform-based codec and method with energy smoothing for mitigating vector quantization errors (such as “birdies”) during the encoding process. Embodiments of the codec and method use an encoder to apply in combination an orthogonal transformation and a vector permutation to frequency transform coefficients. In some embodiments the transformation is performed first followed by the permutation and in other embodiments the order is reversed. The order used is reversed at the decoder. A smoothing parameter containing the level of energy smoothing to be applied is passed from the encoder to the decoder and used by both to compute a transform matrix and an inverse transform matrix. In some embodiments the transform matrix is a fraction Hadamard matrix that is invertible, energy preserving, controllable, and stable.
US10146493B2	Method for starting a screen of a dual-screen mobile device Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for starting a screen of a mobile device including a first screen and a second screen, the method including: detecting a screen starting operation; detecting and obtaining at least one of a first measurement parameter corresponding to the first screen, and a second measurement parameter corresponding to the second screen; determining a screen to be started, from the first screen and the second screen according to the detected at least one of the first measurement parameter and the second measurement parameter; and starting the determined screen. The embodiments of the disclosure enable the screen to be started adaptively to thereby avoid the user from operationally selecting the screen manually so as to improve the convenience in starting the screen.
US10146487B2	Information processing system, apparatus, and method An information processing system includes first and second information processing apparatuses. The first information processing apparatus transmits a request for status notification to the second information processing apparatus, which transmits a response of the status notification to the first information processing apparatus. The second information processing apparatus transmits a header of the response to the first information processing apparatus when receiving the request for the status notification from the first information processing apparatus, and transmits a part of a body of the response to the first information processing apparatus in response to the occurrence of a status change to be reported in the second information apparatus. The part of the body includes information on the status change. The second information processing apparatus transmits a last part of the body of the response to the first information processing apparatus when the status notification becomes unnecessary.
US10146478B1	Providing concurrent access to shared computing resources by interleaving commands and maintaining a consistent object state Techniques are disclosed for managing access to shared computing resources in a computing system which include representing resources as objects and managing access to those objects using the construct of a resource instance manager. A set of resource instance managers respond to all commands requesting access to a set of respective shared resources. Access to each shared resource is managed by a unique resource instance manager for that resource which maintains a consistent state for that shared resource. When commands are designed according to an appropriate model and processed by a set of resource instance managers disclosed herein, multiple processes may execute in parallel without causing deadlocks or introducing data corruption.
US10146476B2	Wireless communication device, method for controlling wireless communication device, game system, and memory system According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a first interface, a first memory, a wireless antenna, a second memory and a second interface. The first interface is capable to electrically connect to a first host device. The first interface communicates with the first host device in accordance with an SD interface. The first memory includes a nonvolatile memory which operates based on power supplied through the first interface from the first host device. The wireless antenna generates power based on a radio wave from a second host device. The second memory is capable to operate based on power generated by the wireless antenna. The second memory has a memory capacity lower than the first memory. The second interface is capable to operate based on power generated by the wireless antenna. The second interface is connected to the second memory and the first interface.
US10146473B2	Systems and methods of subject state change notification Systems and methods for notifying one or more observers of one or more state changes are provided. For instance, at least one subject can be configured to write data to a buffer in a shared memory space. One or more observers can have an associated notification group that includes one or more buffer identifiers corresponding to a buffer in the shared memory space. A scheduler can be configured to detect one or more state changes associated with one or more buffers in the shared memory space and to provide an update notification to at least one observer based at least in part on the one or more detected state changes.
US10146470B2	Server based disaster recovery by making use of dual write responses A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for asynchronous replication. The mechanism creates a record in a write log in a host computing device for a write command and marking the record as uncommitted. The mechanism maintains a copy of data to be written by the write command at the host computing device. The mechanism issues the write command from the host computing device to a primary storage controller at the primary storage site. Responsive to receiving an acknowledgement from the primary storage controller that the data have been written to the primary storage site, the mechanism marks the record as unreplicated. Responsive to receiving an acknowledgement from the primary storage controller that the data have been replicated to a secondary storage site, the mechanism erases the record in the write log and deleting the copy of data.
US10146463B2	Method and apparatus for a virtual system on chip A virtual system on chip (VSoC) is an implementation of a machine that allows for sharing of underlying physical machine resources between different virtual systems. A method or corresponding apparatus of the present invention relates to a method that includes a plurality of virtual systems on chip and a configuring unit. The configuring unit is arranged to configure resources on the method for the plurality of virtual systems on chip as a function of an identification tag assigned to each virtual system on chip.
US10146458B2	Proxying read requests when performance or availability failure is anticipated A method includes receiving, by a read threshold number of storage units of a dispersed storage network (DSN), the read threshold number of read requests regarding the read threshold number of encoded data slices of a set of encoded data slices. The method further includes determining, by each storage unit of the read threshold number of storage units, whether the storage unit is capable of processing a respective read request. When a particular storage unit is not capable of processing the respective read request, the method further includes sending, by the particular storage unit, a proxy read request to another storage unit that is not in the read threshold number of storage units. The method further includes determining, by the other storage unit, whether the other storage unit is capable of processing the proxy read request and, when it is, processing the proxy read request.
US10146451B2	Reducing read disturb in data storage A memory controller includes a data modulator and a data demodulator. The data modulator is configured to translate original data into modified data according to a conversion operation and write the modified data to the array of memory locations. The modified data generated by the conversion operation reduces a likelihood of the original data suffering a read disturb in the array of memory locations.
US10146440B2	Apparatus, system and method for offloading collision check operations in a storage device Provided are an apparatus, system and method for offloading collision check operations in a memory storage device to a collision check unit. A collision check unit includes a collision table including logical addresses for pending Input/Output (I/O) requests. An I/O request is received to a target logical address addressing a block of data in the non-volatile memory. The logical address is sent to the collision check unit. Resources to transfer data with respect to the transfer buffer to data for the I/O request are allocated in parallel while the collision check unit is determining whether the collision table includes the target logical address. The collision check unit determines whether the collision table includes the target logical address and returns indication of whether the collision table includes the target logical address indicating that current data for the target logical address is already in the transfer buffer.
US10146436B1	Efficiently storing low priority data in high priority storage devices Efficiently storing low priority data in high priority storage devices is described. A system receives a request from an application to store a data chunk received from the application. The system determines a priority of the application. The system executes a write command to store the data chunk to a high priority storage device. If the application is low priority and the identifier of the received data chunk is a duplicate of any of the identifiers of the data chunks that were previously stored in the high priority storage device, the system stores, into the high priority storage device, the received data chunk as a low priority reference to a data chunk that was previously stored in the high priority storage device.
US10146430B2	Mobile terminal device, operation method, program, and storage medium A mobile terminal device includes a touch panel where a specified input operation is performed with an indicator, an input detection unit, and an operation determination unit. The input detection unit detects the pattern of the input operation based on the position of the indicator on the touch panel, and decreases the frequency of execution of processing arranged to detect the input operation performed on the touch panel when an input operation performed on the touch panel is not detected over a specified time period. When the pattern of the input operation is detected in the case where the execution frequency of the processing arranged to detect the input operation is low, the operation determination unit causes a controlled unit determined to be an operation target in relation to the pattern of the input operation to execute a specified operation.
US10146429B2	Character recognition method, apparatus and device Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel method for recognizing characters that are input through touch strokes on a touch-sensitive sensor (e.g., a touch-sensitive display screen or a touch-sensitive surface) of a device (e.g., a mobile device, a remote control, a trackpad, etc.). In some embodiments, the sensor has a space-constrained area for receiving the touch input. In some embodiments, the method places no limitations on where the user can write in the space provided by the device. As such, successive characters might not follow each other in the space. In fact, later characters might overlap earlier characters or they might appear before earlier characters.
US10146420B2	Electronic device, graph display method and storage medium for presenting and manipulating two dimensional graph objects using touch gestures An electronic device includes a display device and a processor. The display device includes a touch panel. The processor (i) generates a graph image to be displayed on the display device, (ii) when the generated graph image is displayed on the display device, acquires an object specified by a user, the object being contained in the graph image, and (iii) when the user performs a touch operation on the displayed graph image, changes a display style of the graph image according to a type of the acquired object and displays the graph image in the changed display style.
US10146418B2	In-lane exception handling This disclosure describes, generally, methods and systems for implementing in-lane exception handling. The method includes displaying, on a user terminal display device, a first user interface (UI) configured to display application data in organized rows and columns, receiving, by a data management system, updates and/or edits to the application data, and calculating, by the data management system, the updated and/or edited application data. The method further includes analyzing, by the data management system, the updates and/or edits to determine one or more of associated errors, warnings, and exceptions, and displaying, within the first UI, a graphical representation for each of the errors, warnings, and exceptions in the row and/or column of the application data where the error, warning, or exception has occurred.
US10146416B2	Systems and methods for sensory interface Systems, methods, and protocols for sensory memes are disclosed. Such a system can include: a computer processor and a sensory module configured to execute on the computer processor to enable the computer processor to: receive, from a first computing device, a sensory meme including multiple sensory signals, the sensory meme defined based on instructions from a first user; provide the sensory meme for playback by a second computing device, the playback involving concurrent output of the sensory signals, the second computing device receiving user input in response to playback of the sensory meme; receive a request from the second computing device after playback of the sensory meme; and provide content to the second computing device in response to the second request.
US10146412B2	Method and electronic device for providing information According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for providing information by an electronic device comprises recognizing at least one object from an image displayed on a screen of the electronic device, displaying at least one primary information item associated with the recognized object, and when at least one of the at least one primary information item is selected, displaying a secondary information item associated with the selected primary information item on the screen. Other various embodiments are also provided herein.
US10146407B2	Physical object detection and touchscreen interaction An input device, such as a multifunction straight edge or a keyboard, has a recognizable contact shape when placed on a touchscreen display surface of a computing device. The contact shape of the input device can be a defined pattern of contact points, and a location and orientation of the input device on the touchscreen display surface is determinable from the defined pattern of the contact points. The input device includes an interaction module that interfaces with a companion module of the computing device. The companion module can initiate a display of an object responsive to the input device being recognized on the touchscreen display surface. The interaction module can receive a user input to the input device, and communicate the user input to the companion module of the computing device to modify the display of the object on the touchscreen display surface.
US10146402B2	User terminal device for displaying different content for an application based on selected screen and display method thereof A user terminal device including a screen processor which creates home screen divided into a plurality of spaces provided with different features from each other, a storage which stores data and programs that can be matched with at least one space, a display which displays one space from among the plurality of spaces, and a controller which controls the display to convert the space displayed on the display to another space according to a user's manipulation is provided. The controller controls the screen processor to constitute the plurality of spaces by using data and programs matched with the plurality of spaces, respectively.
US10146399B2	Audio-visual navigation and communication dynamic memory architectures According to one embodiment, a plurality of spatial publishing objects (SPOs) is provided in a multidimensional space in a user interface. Each of the plurality of spatial publishing objects is associated with digital media data from at least one digital media source. The user interface has a field for the digital media data. A user is provided via the user interface with a user presence that is optionally capable of being represented in the user interface relative to the plurality of spatial publishing objects. The digital media data associated with the at least one spatial publishing object are combined to generate a media output corresponding to the combined digital media data.
US10146394B2	Event listening integration in a collaborative electronic information system In an embodiment, a computer-implemented data processing method comprises, in a collaborative electronic information management system that is hosted using a collaboration computer, establishing operation of a plurality of event listener units, wherein each of the event listener units is configured to communicate with or listen for a plurality of application events that have been generated by a particular corresponding external application; determining that one or more of the application events relate to a particular content item from among a plurality of content items that are managed in the system; generating and causing displaying, as a part of a graphical user interface of the system for a user account associated with a user computer, a set of notifications comprising one or more first notifications generated from the system and one or more second notifications that are based upon the application events, in association with data identifying the particular content item.
US10146393B2	Method and apparatus pertaining to radiation treatment plan optimization states A control circuit stores a plurality of radiation treatment plan states as pertain to optimization of a given radiation treatment plan. The control circuit detects a user's selection of a particular one of the plurality of radiation treatment plan states and responsively displays dose distribution information as corresponds to that selected state. The control circuit can automatically store at least some of those states and/or can provide the user with an opportunity to selectively save a particular state. The control circuit can provide the user with an opportunity to modify optimization objectives such that at least two of the states correspond to different optimization objectives for the radiation treatment plan. The control circuit can also display a radiation treatment plan state selector to facilitate the user selecting the particular state. An individual selector for each state can provide a visual indication of merit as pertains to each such state.
US10146383B2	Disappearing button or slider An input device is operable to detect input. The input device is a deflection based capacitive sensing input device. Deflection of a metal frame of the input device causes a change in capacitance that is used to control a function of an electrical device. The input device appears invisible because it is made of the same material as the housing it is contained in. Invisible backlit holes may make the input selectively visible or invisible to the user.
US10146376B2	Light coupling in TIR-based optical touch systems A touch-sensitive apparatus operates by light frustration (FTIR) and comprises a light transmissive panel that defines a front surface and a rear surface, a light emitter optically connected to the panel so as to generate light that propagates by total internal reflection inside the panel, and a light detector optically connected to the panel to receive propagating light from the emitter. The emitter is a VCSEL array including a number of VCSELs driven to collectively form one light emitter, and a light coupling mechanism connecting the emitter to the panel is configured to give light from a plurality of the VCSELs in the VCSEL array substantially the same spread in the panel.
US10146370B2	Touch panel device having state restoration function In a touch panel device, an output control unit controls a process of outputting touch information acquired by a sensing unit and a touch detection unit of a touch sensor panel to host equipment, where the information indicates presence or absence and a coordinate of a touch of an indicator to the touch sensor panel. A state sensing unit senses an operation state of the sensing unit or the touch detection unit. A state restoration unit restores the sensing unit or the touch detection unit in the abnormal state to a normal state, based on a detection result of the state sensing unit. Upon detecting an abnormal state in the state sensing unit, an output control unit stops an output of the touch information to the host equipment for a fixed period of time.
US10146367B2	Synchronization method and touch signal processing system using the same A synchronization method for a touch signal processing system is provided. The touch signal processing system includes a first and a second detecting unit. The method includes the following steps. First, the second detecting unit sends a sync start signal to the first detecting unit and then switches to an idle mode. After receiving the sync start signal, the first detecting unit sends a wake-up signal through a first hardware pin to the second detecting unit. The first detecting unit is then put on hold for a predetermined delay time. After receiving the wake-up signal through a second hardware pin, the second detecting unit switches to a working mode. The first detecting unit which has been put on hold for the predetermined delay time and the second detecting unit that is in the working mode respectively drive one or more analog-to-digital converters, so as to detect touch signals.
US10146365B2	Display device with touch detection function According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function performs image display and touch detection in a time division manner in one frame period. The display device includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix in a display region in which an image is displayed; a display function layer having an image display function for displaying an image in the display region; a plurality of touch detection electrodes opposed to the pixel electrodes; and a detection unit that performs noise detection. The one frame period includes a plurality of display operation periods for displaying the image and a plurality of detection operation periods for performing at least touch detection. The detection unit performs the noise detection in a period that is included in the detection operation period and shorter than one of the detection operation periods in the one frame period.
US10146352B2	Pressure-detecting sensor A pressure-detecting sensor that includes a piezoelectric sensor, a rectangular plate member, and an attaching member. The piezoelectric sensor is attached to the plate member via the attaching member so that the piezoelectric sensor is located in the vicinity of an end of the plate member in the longitudinal direction of the plate member, and such that the longitudinal direction of the piezoelectric sensor is parallel to the transverse direction of the plate member. The attaching member is composed of a sticky agent having an elastic constant of 106 Pa or lower. The piezoelectric sensor has a shape having aspect ratio of 2.5 or higher.
US10146351B2	Position-sensing and force detection panel In one embodiment, a sensor includes a voltage driver operable to provide an alternating voltage and an integrator circuit. The sensor further includes a first variable resistance element coupled to a first output of the voltage driver and an input of the integrator circuit. The integrator circuit is operable to measure a parameter of the first variable resistance element over a period of time. The sensor further includes circuitry operable to determine, based on the measured parameter, an amount of force applied to a touch sensing panel.
US10146348B2	Display device with substrate units and a display function layer According to one embodiment, a display device includes first and second substrate units, a display function layer, and a drive element. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate, a display unit, and a circuit unit. The first substrate has a first surface including a display region and a peripheral region. The display unit is provided in the display region, and includes first lines, second lines, switch elements, pixel electrodes, and third lines. The circuit unit is provided in the peripheral region, and is electrically connected to one of the second lines and one of the third lines. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and fourth lines. The display function layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. The drive element is provided on the peripheral region. At least a portion of the circuit unit is disposed between the drive element and the first substrate.
US10146347B2	Display device having an integrated display panel and touch panel In an aspect, a display device including: an entire window, said entire window including a display area and a non-display area outside the display area; a display panel; a first adhesive layer disposed on the display panel; a touch screen panel disposed on the first adhesive layer; a first light blocking member disposed on the touch screen panel; a second adhesive layer disposed on the touch screen panel and the first light blocking member; and a protection window disposed on the second adhesive layer is provided.
US10146346B2	Touch display device with capacitor having large capacitance A touch display device including a touch display panel and a data line driving circuit is provided. The touch display panel includes a plurality of pixels and a first shift register unit. The first shift register unit provides a first shifted signal to a first portion of the pixels. A first transistor receives a clock signal, is coupled to an output node, and outputs the first shifted signal. A second transistor receives a first trigger signal, is coupled to the first transistor. A third transistor is coupled to the second transistor, receives a first operation voltage and a second trigger signal. A fourth transistor is coupled to the first source, receives a second operation voltage and the second trigger signal. A capacitor is coupled between the first transistor and stacked by a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a third metal layer.
US10146342B2	Apparatus and method for controlling operation of an electronic device An apparatus and a method for controlling an operation of an electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting a first input or a second input corresponding to a proximity distance of an input instrument in proximity to a display screen; identifying an input combination which includes at least one of the first input, the second input, or a combination of the first and second inputs which are inputted at a predetermined time interval; and performing a predetermined function corresponding to the identified input combination.
US10146338B2	Electronic pen implementing sensor drift compensation The invention concerns a method to detect and evaluate movement patterns and pen positions of an electronic pen with inertial measurement sensors during writing on a two-dimensional writing substrate, comprising: •an initial specification of two axes X, Y, that are orthogonal to each other on the writing substrate, and an axis Z that is perpendicular to the two-dimensional writing substrate, •whereby the X-axis defines the predominant writing direction, as well as a compensation of undesired drift in the pen position signal of the electronic pen to be output, comprising: •a moving average process during a predefined time interval and a predetermined frequency of the pen movements on the writing substrate, determined by the inertial measurement sensors during writing through integration of the sensor data of the measurement sensors, along the two said axes X, Y, that are orthogonal to each other, and a •periodic comparison of currently determined moving average values with initial average values and/or with previously determined moving average values, as well as the •subtraction of deviations, arising during said comparison between currently determined moving average values and initial average values and/or deviations between currently determined moving average values and previously determined moving average values from a pen position signal to be output.
US10146334B2	Passive optical and inertial tracking in slim form-factor Apparatus and systems directed to a wireless hand-held inertial controller with passive optical and inertial tracking in a slim form-factor, for use with a head mounted virtual or augmented reality display device (HMD), that operates with six degrees of freedom by fusing (i) data related to the position of the controller derived from a forward-facing optical sensor located in the HMD with (ii) data relating to the orientation of the controller derived from an inertial measurement unit located in the controller.
US10146329B2	Method and apparatus for providing different user interface effects for different motion gestures and motion properties A method for providing a mechanism by which different user interface effects may be performed for different motion events may include receiving an indication of a motion event at a motion sensor, determining a motion gesture of the motion event, determining a motion property of the motion event, and enabling provision a user interface effect based on the motion property of the motion event. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
US10146327B2	Input system and operating method thereof An input system includes a memory unit, a fingerprint detecting unit, an input interface and a processing unit. The memory unit stores n hot-key profiles and n fingerprint files corresponding to the n hot-key profiles. The fingerprint detecting unit reads a fingerprint of a first user and issues a first data corresponding to the fingerprint of the first user. The input interface receives a first hot-key input of the first user. The processing unit is connected with the memory unit, the fingerprint detecting unit and the input interface. The processing unit recognizes the first user according to a result of comparing the first data with the n fingerprint files, selects a first hot-key profile corresponding to the first user from the n hot-key profiles, and converts the first hot-key input into a first function input according to the first hot-key profile.
US10146323B1	Magnetometer-based gesture sensing with a wearable device A wearable computing device such as a head-mounted display (HMD) may be equipped with a magnetometer for detecting presence and motion of a hand-wearable magnet (HWM). The HMD may analyze magnetic field measurements of the magnetometer to determine when the HWM moves within a threshold distance of the magnetometer, and may thereafter determine one or more patterns of motion of the HWM based the magnetic field measurements. The HMD may operate in a background detection state in order to determine a background magnetic field strength and to monitor for magnetic disturbances from the HWM. Upon occurrence of a trigger event corresponding to magnetic disturbance above a threshold level, the HMD may transition to operating in a gesture detection state in which it analyzes magnetometer measurements for correspondence with known gestures. Upon recognizing a known gesture, the HMD may carry out one or more actions based on the recognized known gesture.
US10146317B2	Vehicle accessory operation based on motion tracking A vehicle includes a vehicle computing system (VCS) and a vehicle accessory system that may be a window wiper mechanism, a power lift gate, a door lock mechanism, a convertible mechanism or a sunroof mechanism. The VCS communicates with an activity tracking band worn on a wrist of a vehicle occupant. The activity tracking device detects motion of the wrist of the occupant, and is capable of exchanging that data with the VCS. The VCS generates at least one output signal based on data from the activity tracking device. For example, a controller may activate a window wiper mechanism based on signals indicative of a detected long wiping motion.
US10146314B2	Automated haptic setting generation A system and method of generating a set of preferred haptic settings for a user based on haptic settings chosen by other similar users is presented. The method includes maintaining a database of haptic software applications with associated haptic configuration settings. When a user loads a haptic software application such as a computer game or video, a server receives a communication identifying the particular computer game or video and the identity of the user. The server searches the database for other users of the computer game or video where the other users have similar setting preferences as the user. The server calculates a preferred set of configuration settings and sends those settings to the user where a haptic output device produces haptic effects based on the preferred set of configuration settings. A system that generates haptic setting based on similar users is also presented.
US10146307B2	Rotation of visual content on a display unit A graphics presentation apparatus including a display unit, an eye-tracking module, and a data output module. The eye-tracking module registers image data representing at least one eye of a user of the apparatus. Furthermore, the eye-tracking module determines, based on the registered image data, an orientation of the at least one eye relative to the display unit. Finally, in response thereto, the eye-tracking module generates a control signal controlling the data output module to produce visual content with such orientation on the display unit that a misalignment between the orientation of said at least one part and the orientation of the at least one eye of the user is minimized.
US10146300B2	Emitting a visual indicator from the position of an object in a simulated reality emulation An apparatus for virtual reality object position includes a processor and memory that stores executable code to determine a position of an object in a simulated reality (“SR”) emulation with respect to a position of a user. The SR emulation is viewable by the user with an SR viewer. The SR viewer has a limited field of view. The code is executable to determine a position of the field of view of the SR viewer with respect to the object, and to emit a visual indicator from a direction of the object and in a direction of the user. The visual indicator is visible in the field of view of the SR viewer, and the visual indicator within the field of view includes an indication of the position of the object with respect to the user.
US10146297B2	Device power saving during exercise A method includes: supporting a normal operation mode during which functionalities of a portable apparatus are available through an operating system of the apparatus, wherein the operating system includes a plurality of layers including a kernel and library functions-layer; supporting a limited operation mode during which the apparatus is configured to execute a physical activity algorithm based on physical activity data corresponding to a physical activity session performed by a user of the apparatus, wherein the physical activity algorithm applies a direct low-level hardware access bypassing at least the layers above the kernel and the library functions-layer; and switching between the normal operation mode and the limited operation mode.
US10146291B2	Method, apparatus, and system for improving resume times for root ports and root port integrated endpoints A serial point-to-point link interface to enable communication between a processor and a device, the high speed serial point-to-point link interface including a transmitter to transmit serial data, a receiver to deserialize serial data, and control logic to implement a protocol stack. The protocol stack supports a plurality of power management states, including an active state, a first off state, in which a supply voltage is maintained, and a second off state, in which the supply voltage is not to be provided to the device. The protocol stack provides a default recovery time to allow the device to begin a transition from the first off state to the active state prior to accessing the device. The protocol stack further provides for accessing the device prior to expiration of the default recovery time to complete the transition based on a device-advertised recovery time.
US10146288B2	Adaptive power consumption management in smart devices A system including an intelligent power management device including a plurality of sub-devices, a communication component communicatively connect the device to a communication network, wherein an intelligent power management (IPM) agent is continually run on the device and is configured to save power consumption on the device based on a plurality of power management policies including power management actions for controlling power consumption of a sub-device, wherein the power management policy is received from a remote server, and wherein the IPM agent is configured to adaptively change, using historic usage data of a plurality of users of the intelligent power management device, the power management actions to optimize a power saving on the plurality of sub-devices for each of the plurality of users.
US10146286B2	Dynamically updating a power management policy of a processor In one embodiment, A processor includes a logic to receive performance monitoring information from at least some of a plurality of cores and determine, according to a power management model, a performance state for one or more of the plurality of cores based on the performance monitoring information, and a second logic to receive the performance monitoring information and dynamically update the power management model according to a reinforcement learning process. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10146285B2	Method for extending hold time of power supply units Various examples of the present technology provide systems and methods for monitoring an AC power to a computing system, generating a power failure signal when the AC power is determined abnormal, and cause one or more components of the computing system to be switched to a low power mode or shut down to reduce power consumption of the computing system. In particular, the various embodiments of the present technology provide a method to extend hold time of a power supply unit (PSU), thus extend power-on time of a server system during an input power interruption.
US10146282B2	System and method for monitoring and controlling a performance state change The present disclosure relates to a method and system for securing a performance state change of one or more processors. A disclosed method includes detecting a request to change a current performance state of a processor to a target performance state, and adjusting an operating level tolerance range of the current performance state to include operating levels associated with a transition from the current performance state to the target performance state. A disclosed system includes an operating system module operative to transmit a request for a performance state change of at least one processing core. The system includes performance state control logic operative to change the performance state of the at least one processing core based on the request. The system further includes performance state security logic operative to adjust, in response to the request, an operating level tolerance range of the current performance state to include operating levels associated with a transition from the current performance state to the target performance state.
US10146270B2	Hinge structure and electronic device A hinge structure includes a fixing component and a pivoting base. The fixing component includes a fixing base and at least three torsion hooks. The fixing base includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to each other. The at least three torsion hooks are disposed side by side between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. Each of the torsion hooks includes a fixing end portion and a pressing end portion opposite to each other. The fixing end portion of the torsion hook at center is fixed to the first sidewall, and the pressing end portion is close to the second sidewall. The two fixing end portions of the two torsion hooks at two sides are respectively fixed to the second sidewall, and the two pressing end portions are respectively close to the first sidewall. A pivoting base is rotatably disposed at the torsion hook, and the three pressing end portions respectively press the pivoting base. An electronic device having a hinge structure is further provided.
US10146258B2	Optical image sensor for display integration An electronic device including an optical sensor for optically sensing an image of an input object such as a user's fingerprint is provided. The electronic device includes a display layer, a detector, a pinhole layer, a cover layer and an illuminator. The display layer is configured to generate light within a visible light spectrum. The detector is configured to be sensitive to a wavelength of light. The pinhole layer is located above both the display layer and the detector. The cover layer is located above the pinhole layer, and the illuminator is configured to illuminate a sensing region of the cover layer with the wavelength of light. Further, the pinhole layer has an array of pinhole apertures formed in a material substantially transparent to the light generated by the display layer and substantially opaque to the wavelength of light from the illuminator.
US10146255B2	Accessory communication device An accessory includes a main body including a communication module that is configured to communicate with a predetermined network, and a container having a main body-coupling portion that is located at an upper side of the container and that is configured to separably couple to the main body. The main body includes an exposed portion that is positioned at an upper part of the main body and exposed to an outside of the main body based on the main body being coupled to the container, and a side member that defines a side surface of the exposed portion. An upper end of the side member has an outer corner facing outward from a central axis of the main body. The outer corner of the upper end of the side member defines an upper edge of the main body, the outer corner having a predetermined curvature.
US10146251B2	Semiconductor device The present invention solves a problem that the phases of clocks obtained by frequency-dividing PLL clocks output from local PLL circuits cannot be made the same in a plurality of data transfer blocks. A local PLL circuit outputs a PLL clock obtained by multiplying a common external clock. A frequency divider outputs a feedback clock obtained by frequency-dividing the PLL clock to the local PLL circuit. An FIFO buffer temporarily holds data input from the outside. The FIFO buffer outputs the held data on the basis of a frequency-divided PLL clock. A clock generator generates a frequency-divided PLL clock obtained by frequency-dividing the PLL clock. The clock generator controls the phase of the frequency-divided PLL clock on the basis of a common start signal.
US10146250B2	Method and circuit for adjusting the frequency of a clock signal In a general aspect, a method for adjusting an oscillator clock frequency can include applying a first control value to a first oscillator, applying a second control value, different from the first control value, to a second oscillator, measuring a frequency of each of the first and second oscillators, determining, by interpolation, a corrected frequency measurement of the second oscillator depending on a frequency deviation measured between the first and second oscillators when subjected to a third control value, on the third control value, and on the control value applied to the second oscillator, determining by interpolation a new first control value depending on the measured frequency of the first oscillator, on the corrected frequency, on the first and second control values, and on a desired frequency, and applying the new first control value to the first oscillator.
US10146249B2	Adaptive rate-matching first-in first-out (FIFO) system A control system controls First-In First-Out (FIFO) settings of a receiving system. The control system includes a FIFO settings controller that receives a first signal indicative of a first frequency of data received by the receiving system. The FIFO settings controller receives a second signal indicative of a second frequency of a clock that reads the data received by the receiving system. The FIFO settings controller determines a difference (e.g., a parts-per-million (PPM) difference) between the first frequency and the second frequency. The FIFO settings controller sends a third signal indicative of instructions to adjust FIFO configuration settings based on the PPM difference.
US10146248B2	Model calculation unit, control unit and method for calibrating a data-based function model A model calculation unit for calculating a data-based function model in a control unit is provided, the model calculation unit having a processor core which includes: a multiplication unit for carrying out a multiplication on the hardware side; an addition unit for carrying out an addition on the hardware side; an exponential function unit for calculating an exponential function on the hardware side; a memory in the form of a configuration register for storing hyperparameters and node data of the data-based function model to be calculated; and a logic circuit for controlling, on the hardware side, the calculation sequence in the multiplication unit, the addition unit, the exponential function unit and the memory in order to ascertain the data-based function model.
US10146245B2	I-V converting module An I-V converting module includes: a current output sensor, an I-V transforming circuit, a sampling and holding circuit, a source follower, a loop switch, and a bypass circuit. A drain of the source follower is connected to an input/output end of the sampling and holding circuit. A source of the source follower is connected to an input end of the I-V transforming circuit and an output end of the current output sensor, and a gate of the source follower is connected to an output end of the I-V transforming circuit via the loop switch, and to the bypass circuit. When the loop switch is closed and the bypass circuit is disabled, a feedback loop formed by the source follower, the I-V transforming circuit and the loop switch is conducted, and the I-V converting module enters into a sampling setup stage.
US10146244B2	Voltage reference circuit A voltage reference circuit comprising: a main amplifier, having an output-terminal for providing a reference-voltage-output-signal, wherein the output-terminal is connected to the first-input-terminal; an offset-stage, connected to at least one of a first-input-terminal and a second-input-terminal of the main amplifier; and a PN junction. The PN junction is configured, in use, to provide a junction-voltage, between the first-junction-terminal and the second-junction-terminal, wherein the junction-voltage decreases with increasing temperature. The offset-stage is configured, in use, to provide an offset-voltage between the first-input-terminal and the second-input-terminal, wherein the offset-voltage increases with increasing temperature.
US10146231B2	Liquid flow control based upon energy balance and fan speed for controlling exhaust air temperature A computer-implemented method regulates exhaust air temperature from direct interface liquid-cooled (DL) nodes in a rack information handling system (RIHS). The method includes receiving a first input corresponding to a desired ambient temperature of an exterior space and a second input is corresponding to an amount of heat being dissipated from functional components operating within an interior space of at least one LC node. An ambient temperature reading of the exterior space is received. A flow rate is calculated for liquid flowing through an air-to-liquid heat exchange (ATLHE) subsystem that results in an amount of heat exchange in the ATLHE subsystem, which generates exhaust air at a temperature that causes a change in the ambient temperature towards the desired ambient temperature. The flow rate is dynamically adjusted of the liquid flowing through the ATLHE subsystem to the calculated flow rate.
US10146227B2	Driving assistance apparatus An in-vehicle driving assistance apparatus includes an automatic garage leaving control unit that performs automatic garage leaving cooperation control in which the automatic garage leaving control unit cooperates with a shutter control apparatus to cause a vehicle to automatically leave the garage. The automatic garage leaving control unit acquires vehicle surrounding information on presence or absence of abnormality around the vehicle when the automatic garage leaving control unit accepts an automatic garage leaving request signal, transmits an open request signal requesting to open a shutter to the shutter control apparatus when the automatic garage leaving control unit determines based on the vehicle surrounding information that a space around the vehicle is safe, and suspends the automatic garage leaving cooperation control when the automatic garage leaving control unit determines that abnormality is present around the vehicle.
US10146226B1	Autonomous vehicle sequential railcar loading and alignment Method and apparatus are disclosed for autonomous vehicle sequential car loading and alignment. A vehicle comprising a wireless communication module and a processor. The processor determines whether the vehicle will fit inside a string of railcars based on capacity and dimension data received from the railcars. When the vehicle fits, the processor autonomously navigates the vehicle to a farthest available space on the string of railcars, and positions the vehicle within the space to satisfy spacing requirements.
US10146223B1	Handling sensor occlusions for autonomous vehicles The technology relates to identifying sensor occlusions due to the limits of the ranges of a vehicle's sensors and using this information to maneuver the vehicle. As an example, the vehicle is maneuvered along a route that includes traveling on a first roadway and crossing over a lane of a second roadway. A trajectory is identified from the lane that will cross with the route during the crossing at a first point. A second point beyond a range of the vehicle's sensors is selected. The second point corresponds to a hypothetical vehicle moving towards the route along the lane. A distance between the first point and the second point is determined. An amount of time that it would take the hypothetical vehicle to travel the distance is determined and compared to a threshold amount of time. The vehicle is maneuvered based on the comparison to complete the crossing.
US10146217B2	Controlling real world objects in an industrial installation A method for controlling real world objects in an industrial installation, which is performed in a server node and includes the steps of: receiving a connection establishment request having a user identity; authenticating the user identity; establishing a connection; receiving a service request, wherein the service request includes a reference to an aspect object and a reference to an aspect of the aspect object; forwarding the service request and the user identity to a service dispatcher module; determining a target service provider from the reference to the aspect object by querying a directory server module; and sending the service request and the user identity to the target service provider.
US10146216B2	Autonomous process interface systems based on data distribution service middleware A collaborative automation platform and associated method include a fault-tolerant control server hosting one or more virtual controllers, and a fault-tolerant input/output server hosting a virtual input/output system. The collaborative automation platform also includes a master autonomous process interface system connected to the virtual input/output system, via a local area input/output network. The collaborative automation platform also includes a plurality of distributed autonomous process interface systems connected to the master autonomous process interface system, wherein each distributed autonomous process interface system is hardwired to a plurality of field instruments. The collaborative automation platform also includes real-time DDS middleware configured for execution with the fault-tolerant control server, the fault-tolerant input/output server, the master autonomous process interface system, and the plurality of distributed autonomous process interface systems.
US10146192B2	Method for adjusting at least one control parameter of an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a method for adjusting at least one control parameter (KP) of an internal combustion engine (200) by means of at least two setting parameters (SP), having the following steps: determining an optimum steady-state combination (110) of the at least two setting parameters (SP) in order to obtain the setpoint value (104) under steady-state boundary conditions, producing a functional dynamic relationship (120) between the control error (100), a setting expenditure (130) for the at least two setting parameters (SP) and the determined steady-state combination (110), optimizing the dynamic relationship (120) in order to determine an optimum dynamic combination (140) of the at least two setting parameters (SP), and using the optimum dynamic combination (140) for the following adjustment step during the adjustment of the at least one control parameter (KP).
US10146178B2	Image forming apparatus that cools inside of apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a developing device forming a toner image on the image carrier; a transfer section arranged at downstream from the developing device in a rotation direction of the image carrier and transfers the toner image onto a recording sheet; a fixing section arranged at downstream from the transfer section in a conveyance direction of the recording sheet and fixes the toner image transferred to the recording sheet on the recording sheet; an air path guiding air taken from an outside of the image forming apparatus to the developing device; and a control section that, when operating the developing device under a cooling mode for cooling the developing device, controls the developing device and causes the developing device to reduce an amount of developer on a developing roller so as to be smaller than that of under image forming operation.
US10146170B2	Image forming apparatus having a seal member which is disposed at an opening of a developing device and of which a tip end contacts with an image carrier An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an electrification device, an exposing device, developing device, and a control unit. The developing device includes a developing roller for supplying toner to the image carrier, a developing container for storing developer containing the toner, and a seal member for preventing leakage of the toner from a gap between the image carrier and the developing container. The control unit is capable of executing a seal member cleaning mode, in which it forms an electrostatic latent image pattern having exposed parts and unexposed parts whose boundaries exist at a predetermined or less interval over the entire area in a width direction of an image forming area of the image carrier when an image is not being formed, and drives the image carrier to rotate so that the electrostatic latent image pattern passes the seal member.
US10146169B2	Cleaning blade, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A cleaning blade including an elastic member configured to be in contact with a surface of a cleaning-target member to remove deposited matter deposited on the surface of the cleaning-target in member, wherein the elastic member includes a base and a surface layer formed of a cured product of a curable composition, the surface layer is formed on at least part of a bottom surface of the base including a contact part to be in contact with the cleaning-target member, where the bottom surface of the base is a surface of the base facing a downstream side along a traveling direction of the cleaning-target member relative to the contact part, and an average film thickness of the surface layer at the contact part is 10 μm or greater but 100 μm or less.
US10146168B2	Belt cleaning device, image forming apparatus In a belt cleaning device, a pivot member supports a first rotation shaft of a cleaning roller in a rotatable manner, and is supported by a second rotation shaft of a collection roller. An elastic member keeps the cleaning roller contact with an endless belt at a position. A first seal portion, fixed to the pivot member, is in contact with the collection roller. A housing has a first space storing the cleaning roller and the collection roller, and a second space storing waste toner rubbed off from the collection roller by a blade. The housing supports the second rotation shaft. The second seal portion is fixed to one of an inner surface of the housing and the pivot member, and is in contact with the other. The blade, the first seal portion, and the second seal portion partition the housing into the first space and the second space.
US10146162B2	Image forming apparatus Two types of correction data, first correction data and second correction data, are used to correct density on the basis of reading results obtained by a reading unit reading a test image formed on a sheet. The first correction data is data for correcting image density in the rotation axis direction of the photoconductor. The correction using the first correction data is performed in each of multiple areas on the photoconductor which correspond to an area in which a toner image of the test image is formed. The second correction data is data for correcting image density in the rotation axis direction of the photoconductor. The correction using the second correction data is performed in areas outside the area in which the toner image of the test image which is read by the reading unit is formed.
US10146160B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a heating body, a heating source, a pressuring body, a driving source, a moving part and a cooling part. The driving source rotates one body of the heating and pressuring bodies. The moving part moves the pressuring body relatively to the heating body at timing after the medium passes the nip between the heating and pressuring bodies to separate the pressuring body from the heating body. The cooling part cools the pressuring body separated from the heating body. If fixing operation is carried out when a specific value obtained in the last fixing operation by dividing a passing period of the medium through the nip by a rotating period of the one body, is smaller than a reference value, the timing is made early in comparison with a case where the specific value is equal to or more than the reference value.
US10146154B2	Powder container, powder supply device, and image forming apparatus including same A powder container includes a powder chamber for containing powder for forming images, a powder outlet formed in a face of the powder container, and a shutter assembly to open and close the powder outlet and including first and second shutters. The first shutter is movable between a sealing position to close the powder outlet and an open position to open the powder outlet and includes a pressed member to cancel retention of the first shutter at the sealing position. The second shutter includes a pressing projection that interferes with the pressed member of the first shutter and is movable between a shielding position to cover the pressed member without interference between the pressing projection and the pressed member and a releasing position to press the pressed member with the pressing projection.
US10146145B2	Measurement apparatus, lithography apparatus, and method of manufacturing article The present invention provides a measurement apparatus that measures a position of an object, the apparatus including a detector configured to detect a mark formed on the object and generate a detection signal, and a processor configured to obtain the position of the object based on the detection signal, wherein the processor is configured to obtain the position of the object based on a portion of the detection signal that is limited based on information about a tolerance regarding a measurement precision for the object.
US10146136B2	Reflecting coating with optimized thickness An illumination system for an optical arrangement such as an EUV lithography apparatus, having: at least one optical element which has at least one optical surface, on which a coating which reflects illumination radiation is applied, and an actuator device aligning the optical surface in at least two angular positions in the radiation path. The coating either has a thickness (dOPT1) at which a mean value (½(R1+R2)) formed from a thickness-dependent reflectivity (R1, R2) of the coating at the at least two angular positions is maximized or has a thickness (dOPT2) at which a maximum change (max(ΔR1/R1, ΔR2/R2)) in the reflectivity (R1, R2) caused by a thickness tolerance of the coating is minimized at the respective angular positions or else the reflecting coating has a thickness (dO2) at which the reflectivity (R1, R2) of the coating has the same magnitude in the at least two angular positions.
US10146130B2	Composition for base, and directed self-assembly lithography method A composition for a base of a directed self-assembling film includes a compound including an oxo acid group, and a solvent. The compound is preferably represented by formula (1). A represents an organic group having 10 or more carbon atoms and having a valency of n. B represents an oxo acid group. n is an integer of 1 to 200. In a case where n is 2 or greater, a plurality of Bs are identical or different. AB)n (1)
US10146129B2	Photosensitive resin composition, black pixel defining layer using the same and display device A photosensitive resin composition, a black pixel defining layer, and a display device, the composition including a binder resin; a black colorant; a photopolymerizable monomer; a photopolymerization initiator; and a solvent, wherein the solvent includes a first acetate solvent and a second acetate solvent and a boiling point difference between the first acetate solvent and the second acetate solvent is about 10° C. to about 60° C.
US10146127B2	Spacer and manufacturing device for the same A spacer manufacturing device is disclosed. The device includes a photo mask having a central light-transmitting region and a peripheral light-transmitting region disposed at a periphery of the central light-transmitting region; and an exposure device right opposite to the photo mask. Light emitted from the exposure device is irradiated to a negative photoresist material after passing through the photo mask, the light intensity passing through the peripheral light-transmitting region is less than the light intensity passing through the central light-transmitting region. A spacer is also disclosed. Only one exposure process is required to realize the spacer having a convex-shaped cross section. The process is simple and the manufacturing cost is low. At the same time, flatness of the convex shoulder of the spacer having a convex-shaped cross section is adjustable, which can satisfy the requirement for manufacturing spacers having different specifications.
US10146125B2	Glass substrate for mask blank, mask blank, photomask, and method for manufacturing glass substrate for mask blank A glass substrate for a mask blank includes a rectangular-shaped main surface on which a film having a circuit pattern is to be formed. The main surface includes a quadrangular peripheral frame and a square-shaped center area defined by excluding the frame. The center area has a longitudinal length of 142 mm and a lateral length of 142 mm. A surface morphology of the center area is expressed by { z ⁡ ( x , y ) = ∑ k = 0 N 1 ⁢ ∑ l = 0 N 2 ⁢ a kl ⁢ P k ⁡ ( x ) ⁢ P l ⁡ ( y ) P k ⁡ ( x ) = 1 2 k ⁢ k ! ⁢ d k dx k ⁡ [ ( x 2 - 1 ) k ] P l ⁡ ( y ) = 1 2 l ⁢ l ! ⁢ d l dy l ⁡ [ ( y 2 - 1 ) l ] . A flatness of a sum of compositing all of aklPk(x)Pl(y) is less than or equal to 20 nm when a sum of k and l is greater than or equal to 3 and less than or equal to 9. The flatness is less than or equal to 20 nm when a sum of k and l is greater than or equal to 10 and less than or equal to 30.
US10146119B2	Light source device, illumination device, and projector A light source device, an illumination device, and a projector which are capable of thinning a bundle of light beams while being low in a focal magnification ratio, and are small in size are to be provided. The light source device includes a first light source unit adapted to emit a first light beam, a second light source unit adapted to emit a bundle of light beams including a second light beam and a third light beam, a reduction optical system adapted to reduce the bundle of light beams, and a combining optical system adapted to combine the first light beam and the reduced bundle of light beams with each other. The combining optical system is provided with a light transmitting area and a light reflecting area.
US10146118B2	Illumination device and display unit A first illumination device includes a light source that emits light having directivity, and a uniform illumination optical system including a first fly-eye lens that includes a plurality of lenses two-dimensionally arranged and allows light based on emitted light from the light source to pass through the first fly-eye lens. An illumination target region has a planar shape having a side extending along a direction substantially parallel to a long-axis direction or a short-axis direction of an intensity distribution shape of emitted light from the light source, and a periodic direction of an array of the lenses in the first fly-eye lens is inclined with respect to the long-axis direction or the short-axis direction.
US10146116B2	Integrated light pipe for optical projection An optical device includes a first plate having a first transparent region defining an exit face of the device, and a second plate having a second transparent region defining an entrance face of the device. At least one lens is formed over at least one of the first and second transparent regions. First and second planar reflectors are spaced apart and fixed between the first and second plates in mutually-parallel orientations diagonal to the first and second plates, thereby defining an optical path through the device from the entrance face, reflecting from the first and second reflectors, through the exit face and passing through the at least one refractive surface.
US10146112B2	Projecting type image display apparatus including light source control unit and cooling control unit An image display apparatus including a light source; a light source control unit configured to control electric power to be supplied to the light source; a light source cooling unit configured to cool the light source; a cooling control unit configured to control the light source cooling unit; an image display device; an illumination optical system configured to introduce light from the light source to the image display device, and a projecting optical system configured to project light modulated by the image display device. When the light source control unit receives a turn-off command, the light source control unit first lowers electric power to be supplied to the light source to a predetermined electric power lower than normal electric power to be supplied when the lamp is on, and then blocks the supply of the electric power to the light source, thereby turning the light source off.
US10146107B2	Autonomous traveling apparatus An autonomous traveling apparatus includes: an apparatus main body; an autonomous traveling control portion which causes the apparatus main body to autonomously travel with a designated traveling parameter; a boom provided on the apparatus main body; a lifting and lowering control portion which lifts and lowers a position of one end of the boom to a designated height on the apparatus main body; and a state control portion which controls the autonomous traveling control portion so that the traveling parameter is limited based on the position of the one end of the boom or controls the lifting and lowering control portion so that the position of the one end of the boom is limited based on the traveling parameter. With such a configuration, provided is the autonomous traveling apparatus capable of safely performing autonomous traveling, and lifting and lowering of the one end of the boom.
US10146102B2	Multispectral iris device The invention relates to an iris device (1) for optical imaging systems (71), comprising an aperture arrangement (5) and to a medical imaging system (72) comprising a sensor (15), in particular a camera (15a). Conventional iris devices (1) known from the art unavoidably suffer a necessary trade-off between the depth of field and the amount of light transmitted through the optical system (71), i.e. in particular the amount of light incident on the sensor (15). This disadvantage results from the fact that iris devices (Wo one) of the art transmit or reject light in the same way for all wavelengths (43), i.e. show a spectrally flat transmission property. The disadvantages of prior art iris devices (1) are overcome by the present invention by providing an aperture arrangement (5) which comprises simultaneously at least two apertures (5a) coaxially arranged with respect to a light-transmission direction (70), each of the at least two apertures (5a) limiting light in a different spectral band (49) of the at least two discrete non-overlapping spectral bands (49). The inventive medical imaging system (72) solves the above disadvantages by further comprising at least one inventive iris device (1).
US10146091B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes gate lines extending in a first direction, data lines crossing the first direction and having polarities of data voltages consecutively repeated every four data lines, and pixels which each comprise three sub-pixels. One of the three sub-pixels has a width in the first direction different from a width in the first direction of another sub-pixel of the three sub-pixels. Each of the three sub-pixels is connected to a corresponding gate line and a corresponding data line. The polarities of the data voltages applied to a first data line and a third data line are opposite and the polarities of the data voltages applied to a second data line and a fourth data line are opposite. The pixels arranged between two adjacent data lines among the plurality of data lines are alternately connected to the two adjacent data lines.
US10146090B2	Minimizing border of a display device Display devices with a minimized border and methods of manufacturing display devices are described herein. In one example, a display unit is provided, the display unit having a display active area disposed between an encapsulation layer and a substrate such that the encapsulation layer encloses the display active area between a surface of the encapsulation layer and a surface of the substrate. A section of the display unit is cut at one edge of the display unit such that a portion of the encapsulation layer and a portion of the substrate are removed from the display unit while no display active area is removed. The cut section of the display unit is then sealed.
US10146088B2	Backlight module, liquid crystal display device and backlight adjustment method thereof The present invention provides a backlight module, a liquid crystal display device and a backlight adjustment method thereof; the backlight module comprises a light guide plate and a LED light bar located at an incident side of the light guide plate, and the LED light bar comprises a driving chip, LED lamps of at least two different color temperatures, which are alternately aligned, and the LED lamps of the same color temperature are coupled in series to construct a route, and each route is coupled to an adjustable resistance in series, and the routes constructed by the LED lamps after parallel connection are all coupled to the driving chip to construct a driving circuit, and the backlight module further comprises a control module, and the control module is coupled to the driving circuit.
US10146087B2	Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device including the same A backlight unit comprises a plurality of point light sources facing a rear surface of a liquid crystal panel; a bottom cover comprising a lower surface supporting the plurality of point light sources and two or more side surfaces disposed between the lower surface of the bottom cover and the liquid crystal panel; and a support side in contact with a first side surface of the bottom cover's side surfaces and in contact with the lower surface of the bottom cover in order to change a path of light from the plurality of point light sources toward the liquid crystal panel, the support side including a plurality of support side members oriented at different angles relative to the bottom cover.
US10146086B2	Mirror display, half mirror plate, and electronic device The present invention provides a mirror display that sufficiently prevents a decrease in the screen luminance in the display mode while sufficiently increasing the reflectance in the mirror mode, and also gives excellent production efficiency. The mirror display includes a half mirror plate including at least two half mirror layers; and a display device arranged on the backside of the half mirror plate, the display device including a polarizer, the at least two half mirror layers including at least one reflective polarizer, the transmission axis of the polarizer and the transmission axis of the at least one reflective polarizer being substantially parallel to each other or substantially perpendicular to each other, the mirror display configured to switch a display mode allowing display light to be emitted from the display device and to pass through the half mirror plate and a mirror mode preventing display light from being emitted from the display device, the mirror display exhibiting a sum of the transmittance in the display mode and the reflectance in the mirror mode of 100% or higher.
US10146084B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels and outputting an image through a first surface; and a first polarizer attached to the first surface of the display panel, the first polarizer transmitting linearly-polarized light of a first direction and reflecting linearly-polarized light of a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein when a voltage is not applied, the display device is used as a mirror mode and the first polarizer reflects external light, and when a voltage is applied, the display device is used as an image display mode and an image from the display panel is outputted through the first polarizer.
US10146080B1	Method for manufacturing display device The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a display device includes providing an array substrate with a plurality of pixel unit areas formed on a surface thereof; defining a dividing line; dividing the pixel unit areas to a pixel calculating area, a predetermined displaying area, and a predetermined shielding area, and dividing the pixel calculating area to a first part and a second part by the dividing line; calculating areas of sub pixels according to light extraction efficiencies and effective light extraction areas of the sub pixels; forming a shielding layer according to the areas of the sub pixels.
US10146070B2	Optical modulator and method of manufacturing same An optical phase modulator 100 according to an embodiment of this disclosure comprises a rib-type waveguide structure 110 comprising: a PN junction 106 comprising Si and formed in a lateral direction on a substrate; and a Si1-xGex layer 108 that is doped with a p-type impurity and comprises at least one layer laminated on the PN junction 106, so as to be electrically connected to the PN junction 106.
US10146069B2	Display and fabricating method thereof, and fabricating method of photosensitive film The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display and a fabricating method thereof, and a fabricating method of a photosensitive film. The display comprises: a display screen for displaying a picture, and a photosensitive film disposed on a light emergent surface of the display screen, wherein the photosensitive film is configured to automatically adjust corresponding transmittance according to a gray level brightness of the picture displayed by the display screen, and the transmittance of the photosensitive film increases with the increase of the gray level brightness of the picture displayed by the display screen. The display provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can increase the contrast ratio without changing the existing design, thereby improving the display effect of the display.
US10146065B2	Ophthalmic apparatus with a passive event-based coloration system The present invention discloses methods and apparatus for methods and apparatus for manufacturing an Ophthalmic Lens with passive event coloration mechanisms, which may not require a power source. In some embodiments, the passive event coloration mechanisms may be combined with Rigid Inserts or Media Inserts, wherein the inserts may provide additional functionalities.
US10146060B2	Display apparatus, 3D film and control method thereof A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel; a backlight configured to irradiate visible ray to the display panel in a 2D mode, and configured to irradiate ultraviolet ray to the display panel in a 3D mode; and a 3D film disposed between the display panel and backlight, wherein the 3D film comprises: a pattern formed by a plurality of lines distanced from one another by a predetermined distance; and a coating layer that is formed on one side of the plurality of lines pattern and transmits or reflects light patterned by the plurality of lines pattern, per line. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent deterioration of resolution of a screen image, provide a simple structure and enable a change to and from a 2D mode and a 3D mode.
US10146056B2	Image display apparatus having a diffraction optical element An image display apparatus includes a light source configured to emit image light, a scanning mirror configured to reflect the image light from the light source, and a reflective diffraction optical element configured to change a direction of the image light from the scanning mirror to a different direction in addition to regular reflection. The scanning mirror is arranged at a position and a height as different from an observing point as possible. A direction of extension of an interference fringe of the reflective diffraction optical element intersects incident light from the light source.
US10146041B1	Systems, devices and methods for automatic microscope focus An automatic focus system for an optical microscope that facilitates faster focusing by using at least two offset focusing cameras. Each offset focusing camera can be positioned on a different side of an image forming conjugate plane so that their sharpness curves intersect at the image forming conjugate plane. Focus of a specimen can be adjusted by using sharpness values determined from images taken by the offset focusing cameras.
US10146034B2	Cata-dioptric system and image capturing device Disclosed is a cata-dioptric system. A cata-dioptric system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a reflecting optical system that reflects incident light through a plurality of reflective surfaces; and a refracting optical system that refracts the reflected incident light, wherein the respective internal diameters of the plurality of reflective surfaces are disposed on the same perpendicular line as the external diameters of other reflective surfaces adjacent to the respective internal diameters of the plurality of reflective surfaces, or at a closer distance from a perpendicular line including the top surface of the refractive optical system.
US10146031B2	Zoom lens and imaging device The zoom lens consists of, in order from the object side, a first lens group that has positive refractive power, a second lens group that has a negative refractive power, a third lens group that has a positive refractive power, a stop, and a fourth lens group that has a positive refractive power. During zooming, the second lens group and the third lens group move, and the other lens groups and the stop remain stationary. The second lens group consists of, in order from the object side, a second A lens group that has a cemented lens at a position closest to the image side, consists of three or less lenses, and has a negative refractive power, a second B lens group that consists of one or more negative single lenses, and a second C lens group that consists of a cemented lens and has a negative refractive power.
US10146024B2	Apical conduit method and system Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing installation of optical fiber, non-fiber lines, and/or power lines in a ground surface. In various embodiments, a foldable base might be placed in a channel in a ground surface. The foldable base might include a base portion, two side wall portions, at least two points of articulation, and two plug contacts. Each point of articulation allows each side wall portion to fold relative with the base portion, forming a cavity. One or more lines may be placed within the cavity. A plug, placed above the lines in the cavity, may engage with the two plug contacts to secure the plug to the foldable base. Capping material, placed in microchannel on a top surface of the plug, may flow beyond the microchannel and over any openings between the plug and the foldable base and between the foldable base and edges of the channel.
US10146022B1	PoE electrical/optical data signal converter system An electrical/optical signal conversion system includes a PoE powering device with powering device electrical data ports, and a PoE powered device (PD) with a power controller coupled to PoE-powered signal conversion subsystems that each include an electrical/optical signal converter coupled to a PD electrical data port and a PD optical data port. The PD electrical data ports receive power and electrical data signals transmitted by a powering device electrical data port, transmit the electrical data signals to their electrical/optical signal converter, and provide the power to the power controller. The corresponding PD optical data port then receives power from the power controller that was provided by the PD electrical data port, receives optical data signals from the electrical/optical signal converter that were converted from the electrical data signals transmitted by the PD electrical data port, and transmits the optical data signals to a first optical signal device.
US10146021B2	Modular monitored patch panel system A modular fiber optic patch panel system is disclosed. The system includes an enclosure and at least one patch panel module mounted in the enclosure. The enclosure includes a chassis with multiple module bays, each configured to receive a corresponding patch panel module. The patch panel modules each include a module housing, an input connector and an output connector. An optical directional coupler is connected to the input connector and a photodiode is positioned adjacent the optical directional coupler to measure an optical power level conveyed on the optical fiber. A data acquisition device is connected to the photodiode to capture the optical power level data and a microcontroller is connected to the data acquisition device to store the data.
US10146020B1	MEMS steering mirrors for applications in photonic integrated circuits An integrated optical assembly includes an optics mount. The optics mount has disposed thereon a light source for providing a beam of light and a lens configured to focus the beam of light. The integrated optical assembly includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) mechanically coupled to the optics mount. The PIC has disposed thereon a grating coupler for receiving the beam of light and coupling the beam of light into a waveguide. The integrated optical assembly includes a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirror configured to receive the beam of light from the lens and redirect it towards the grating coupler. A position of a reflective portion of the MEMS mirror is adjustable to affect an angle of incidence of the beam of light on the grating coupler.
US10146012B2	Polarity changeable connector Optical fiber connectors configured to allow ease of change of the connector polarity by providing lockable outer housing. In an embodiment, an optical fiber connector comprises an inner housing, a key disposed along a side of the inner housing, wherein the inner housing includes at least one protrusion configured to lock the key, and an outer housing disposed around at least a portion of the inner housing and the key. The outer housing may be configured to be pulled rearward relative to the inner housing, and further configured to unlock the key to allow slideably moving the key from a first position to a second position.
US10146006B2	Reflective sheet having receiving slot for receiving light source, backlight module and display screen using the same A reflective sheet, a backlight module and a display screen. The reflective sheet includes a first sheet body disposed between a light guide plate and LED light sources, a second and a third sheet bodies respectively formed by bending and extending from upper and lower edges of the first sheet body, a fourth sheet body formed by bending and extending from an edge of the third sheet body. The first, the third and the fourth sheet bodies are enclosed commonly to form a receiving slot where the LED light sources are disposed. The first sheet body has multiple light transmitting holes such that lights of the LED light sources can enter the light guide plate. A surface of the first sheet body except the light transmitting holes can reflect lights leaked from gap regions among the LED light sources back to the light guide plate to increase light utilization rate.
US10145999B2	Polarizing beamsplitter that passes s-polarization and reflects p-polarization An optical element includes a transparent substrate having a planar front surface, and a multilayer structure, which is formed on the front surface of the substrate and includes multiple thin film layers, including an outer layer that is exposed to ambient air. The multilayer structure defines, at a target wavelength, a series of resonant cavities that create, for a beam of light at the target wavelength that is incident on the optical element at a target angle, a passband for an s-polarization component of the beam and a stopband for a p-polarization component of the beam.
US10145996B2	Photochromic articles that include photochromic-dichroic materials The present invention relates to photochromic articles that include a substrate and at least one photochromic material that is adapted to change from an unactivated form to an activated form by exposure to radiation substantially in the wavelength range from 380 to 450 nanometers when measured over a range of from 380 to 700 nanometers. The photochromic article is also adapted to retain at least 12 percent of the delta OD measured in the Outdoor Test when tested in the Behind the Windshield Test. The photochromic material can be selected from certain compounds including, for example, fluoranthenoxazines, naphthopyrans, phenanthropyrans, fluoranthenopyrans, and indenonaphthopyrans, which each have bonded thereto at least one chiral or achiral lengthening group that provides the photochromic compound with dichroic properties. The present invention also relates to methods of forming a photochromic article.
US10145990B2	Optical film and display device comprising the same An optical film includes a polarizer and a first adhesive layer on the polarizer, where the first adhesive layer has a haze value of 90% or more.
US10145982B2	Pop-up long-term monitoring base station for seafloor heat flow A pop-up monitoring base station for seafloor heat flow includes a recovery unit, a discarding unit and a cable chopping mechanism. The recovery unit includes a recovery support, internally accommodating two acoustic release devices provided with closable hooks on bottoms thereof and loaded with floating balls. The discarding unit includes a discarding support, below which a heat flow probe is fixedly connected. The recovery unit and the discarding unit are fixed together through a steel wire rope with two ends connected with the closable hooks at the bottoms of the acoustic release devices. A cable extends from the discarding unit through the cable chopping mechanism fixed on the bottom of the recovery support and connects with the floating balls. The cable can be chopped off and/or pulled out automatically to realize successful separation between the recovery unit and the discarding unit.
US10145979B2	Gamma-ray detectors for downhole applications Methods and related systems are described for gamma-ray detection. A gamma-ray detector is made depending on its properties and how those properties are affected by the data analysis. Desirable properties for a downhole detector include; high temperature operation, reliable/robust packaging, good resolution, high countrate capability, high density, high Z, low radioactive background, low neutron cross-section, high light output, single decay time, efficiency, linearity, size availability, etc. Since no single detector has the optimum of all these properties, a downhole tool design preferably picks the best combination of these in existing detectors, which will optimize the performance of the measurement in the required environment and live with the remaining non-optimum properties. A preferable detector choice is one where the required measurement precision (logging speed) is obtained for all of the required inelastic elements and/or minimization of unwanted background signals that complicate the data analysis.
US10145976B2	Arrays of receive antennas for magnetic resonance measurements A nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus for estimating properties of an earth formation includes a carrier configured to be deployed in a borehole in the earth formation and at least one transmitting assembly disposed in the carrier and configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field in a volume of interest within the earth formation. The apparatus also includes at least one receiving assembly disposed in the carrier and configured to detect a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal originating in the volume of interest. In this apparatus, the receiving assembly includes at least a first longitudinal region with a loop coil and a butterfly coil, the loop coil central axis being located over a region of the magnet assembly where a static magnetic field is predominantly along an azimuthal direction to the carrier and the butterfly coil being at least partially overlapped with the loop coil to reduce mutual coupling.
US10145946B2	Generating a tomographic image based on sensor information An image processing device for capturing an ultrasonic image is provided with a probe to generate an ultrasonic wave and receives a reflective wave reflected at an object. A detection unit to detect one or more physical quantities of the probe. A display unit to display a tomographic image showing a cross-section of a predetermined position of the object, out of the ultrasonic image of the object. A sensor information acquisition unit to acquire a detection result by a sensor unit as sensor information. In a tomographic image generation unit, regarding the sensor information as a parameter, a reference tomographic image is transformed according to a change of the parameter, to generate the tomographic image. A display control unit to control the display unit to display the generated tomographic image. The present technique can be applied to an ultrasonic examination device.
US10145944B1	System and method for LADAR-based optic alignment and characterization An optical alignment system includes a LADAR sub-system including: a laser source and a probe configured to deliver probe illumination from the laser source to a first optical surface of the optical system and an additional optical surface of the optical system. The probe is further configured to receive a first measurement signal from the first optical surface and an additional measurement signal from the additional optical surface of the optical system. The system also includes a detector configured to receive a first combined signal and an additional combined signal from an optical coupling assembly. The system further include a controller configured to determine a relative distance between the first optical surface and the additional optical surface based on the first combined signal or the additional combined signal.
US10145932B2	Method for instrumenting a container intended to be set moving in particular in order to mix an assortment of materials The method for instrumenting a container, especially intended to receive an assortment of materials, capable of being set moving in a preset coordinate system, said method comprises the following steps: placing at least one communicating element in the container on an internal surface of the container; and tracking the location of each communicating element over time in the preset coordinate system.
US10145925B2	MRI with reconstruction of MR phase image A method for magnetic resonance (MR) phase imaging of a subject includes: (i) for each channel of a multi-channel MRI scanner, acquiring MR measurements at a plurality of voxels of the subject using a pulse sequence that reduces MR measurement phase error; and (ii) for each voxel, determining reconstructed MR phase from the MR measurements of each channel to form an MR phase image of the subject. The step of determining reconstructed MR phase may be performed for each of the voxels independently.
US10145919B2	Charge balance modeling system for MRI sequences An imaging system comprises determination of a charge block for each building block of an MRI pulse sequence and for each readout event of the MRI pulse sequence, determination, for each charge block, of a charge per request associated with the charge block, determination, for each charge block, of an associated charge reduction based on a charge per request associated with the charge block and on a charge available to the charge block after execution of a previous charge block of the MRI pulse sequence, determination, for each charge block associated with a non-zero charge reduction, of a flip angle of a corresponding building block of the MRI pulse sequence based on a charge per request and a charge reduction associated with the charge block, and control of a radio frequency system to deliver the MRI pulse sequence based on the determined flip angles of each building block of the MRI pulse sequence corresponding to a charge block associated with a non-zero charge reduction.
US10145913B2	Methods and apparatus for magnetic field shimming According to some aspects, a method of producing a permanent magnet shim configured to improve a profile of a B0 magnetic field produced by a B0 magnet is provided. The method comprises determining deviation of the B0 magnetic field from a desired B0 magnetic field, determining a magnetic pattern that, when applied to magnetic material, produces a corrective magnetic field that corrects for at least some of the determined deviation, and applying the magnetic pattern to the magnetic material to produce the permanent magnet shim. According to some aspects, a permanent magnet shim for improving a profile of a B0 magnetic field produced by a B0 magnet is provided. The permanent magnet shim comprises magnetic material having a predetermined magnetic pattern applied thereto that produces a corrective magnetic field to improve the profile of the B0 magnetic field.
US10145902B2	Storage battery capacity measurement device A storage battery capacity measurement device is provided in in-plant equipment including a storage battery system connected to an intra-equipment electric wire. The storage battery system includes plural storage batteries connected in parallel to the intra-equipment electric wire. The storage battery capacity measurement device is configured to execute a determining one storage battery among the plural storage batteries as a measurement target storage battery, and at least one storage battery other than the measurement target storage battery as a measurement support storage battery, discharging an electricity amount of the measurement target storage battery from an upper limit to a lower limit, and charging the discharged electricity amount to the measurement support storage battery, and calculating a discharge capacity of the measurement target storage battery, based on an integrated value of a current flowing through the measurement target storage battery during discharge.
US10145901B2	Method for the management of the electrical current supply in a motor vehicle This disclosure relates to a method for the management of the electrical current supply in a motor vehicle having a combustion engine, wherein the charge state of a battery is detected and characterized as a discrete variable that indicates whether the prevailing charge state is below or above a calibrated threshold value. If the discrete variable indicates that the prevailing charge state is below the calibrated threshold value, the battery is charged using a relatively high voltage over a predetermined time period in such a manner that all cells of the battery are charged. If the discrete variable indicates that the prevailing charge state is above the calibrated threshold value, different temperature-dependent voltage set points of an electric generator in the vehicle are set in dependence upon a prevailing energy conversion efficiency level of the drivetrain that is detected and characterized as a further discrete variable.
US10145898B2	Battery signature identification system A system for authenticating a rechargeable battery and for detecting counterfeit batteries includes battery characteristics detection circuitry and a battery. Battery characteristics detection circuitry performs an authentication routine on the battery such that battery characteristics of the battery are measured. Battery characteristics include state of health, state of charge, internal resistance, relaxation time, and impedance. The battery is validated by comparing the battery characteristics to validation parameters provided by a manufacturer. If battery characteristics are within ranges of the validation parameters, then the battery is authenticated as originating from a particular manufacturer or batch. If validation fails, then the device is disabled or protected. In one example, validation parameters are stored and compared locally on a device. In another example, the device communicates battery characteristics to a remote entity that performs the validation. In another example, the device receives validation parameters from the remote entity and performs the validation locally.
US10145894B1	Defect screening method for electronic circuits and circuit components using power spectrum anaylysis A method involving the non-destructive testing of a sample electrical or electronic device is provided. The method includes measuring a power spectrum of the device and performing a Principal Component Analysis on the power spectrum, thereby to obtain a set of principal components of the power spectrum. The method further includes selecting a subset consisting of some of the principal components, and comparing the subset to stored reference data that include representations in terms of principal components of one or more reference populations of devices. Based at least partly on the comparison, the sample device is classified relative to the reference populations.
US10145880B2	Electric field sensor and image forming apparatus therewith An electric field sensor has a semiconductor stack, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The semiconductor stack includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductive type and a second semiconductor layer of a conductive type opposite to the first conductive type stacked on the first semiconductor layer. The first electrode is arranged on one side of the semiconductor stack in the lamination direction. The second electrode is arranged on the other side of the semiconductor stack in the lamination direction. The electric field sensor detects the intensity of an electric field in the direction orthogonal to the lamination direction based on a current passing through the semiconductor stack.
US10145878B2	Test equipment and testing methods based on harmonic beamforming Apparatus and methods for radio frequency emissions testing based on harmonic beamforming are provided herein. In certain configurations, a method of emissions testing of cellular communication assemblies for emissions compliance is provided. The method includes transmitting a signal beam using an antenna array of a respective cellular communication assembly after manufacture thereof, the signal beam including a fundamental lobe and one or more harmonic lobes. The method further includes determining one or more testing locations of the signal beam based on detecting a direction of the fundamental lobe using test equipment, the testing locations corresponding to locations associated with the harmonic lobes. The method further includes evaluating a level of harmonic emissions at each of the one or more testing locations using the test equipment to establish whether or not the respective cellular communication assembly complies with emissions testing.
US10145877B1	Adaptive noise reduction in a signal analyzer In an exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, a signal analyzer includes at least one noise reduction system in the form of an adaptive noise reduction system. The adaptive noise reduction system executes an adaptive noise floor extension (NFE) procedure that includes determining a predicted standard deviation of a response by the signal analyzer to intrinsic noise in the signal analyzer when various signal processing parameters desired by a user are applied to an input signal. The predicted standard deviation is then used in the signal analyzer to select and apply various noise subtraction values upon the input signal before displaying of a signal spectrum of the input signal upon a display of the signal analyzer. The adaptive NFE procedure is directed at reducing or eliminating various ambiguities and/or errors in the displayed signal spectrum.
US10145864B2	Sensored electrical jumper A sensored electrical jumper comprises a conductor having a first end and a second end, the first end including a first connection interface and the second end including a second connection interface, a sensor section including at least one sensor disposed over the conductor between the first and second ends, the sensor section sensing at least one of current and voltage of the conductor, and a sensor output conduit extending from the sensor and oriented substantially perpendicular to the conductor axis to protect at least one sensor output wire from leakage current or other potential electrical damage.
US10145858B2	Automatic analyzing apparatus An automatic analyzing apparatus capable of obtaining an analysis result of a specimen high in urgency in a shorter time is provided. When a first rack 50 is present in a sampling line 103 and an analysis request for a second rack higher in the degree of urgency for analysis than the first rack 50 is detected, a control unit unloads the first rack 50 onto a transport line 100 through a return line 102, allows the first rack 50 to stand by at a rack standby position 120 on a transport line 101 between a loading line 101 and the return line 102 under control, and loads the second rack from the transport line 101 onto the sampling line 103 through the loading line 101 and transports the second rack to the dispensing position 111 under control while allowing the first rack 50 to stand by.
US10145855B2	Methods and dose packs for monitoring medication adherence Provided herein are methods and dose packs for the monitoring of medication adherence. In one aspect, the dose pack comprises comprise a multiplicity of doses of an agent and a multiplicity of doses of a marker and be configured to isolate a pair of at least one of the multiplicity of doses of the agent and at least one of the multiplicity of doses of the marker for co-administration of the pair to the subject according to the dosing schedule. In another aspect, the method comprises obtaining a sample from the subject subsequent to the conclusion of a monitoring window and analyzing the sample for the presence or absence of a marker or a degradation product thereof.
US10145854B2	Systems and methods for test strips with extended dynamic ranges An extended range test strip includes a simple system where the end user can determine the concentration of the analyte at high concentration with a single drop of whole blood. A single drop of blood spreads across a spreading layer and into multiple reagent stacks. Multiple reagent stacks of the test strip may be configured to test for different ranges by adding a peroxide modulator. Readings from multiple reagent stacks producing a colorimetric response may be tested simultaneously. Working from the lowest range to the highest range of reagent stacks, the first reagent stack to be less than its maximum range is considered to be the reagent stack that is producing a colorimetric response related to the actual amount of analyte in the sample.
US10145851B2	Discovery and validation of cancer biomarkers using a protein analysis methodology to analyze specimens Methods are provided for the analysis, including the serial analysis, of very small samples of tissue. The methods utilize a nanofluidic proteomic immunoassay (NIA) to quantify total and low-abundance protein isoforms in a small amount of lysate. NIA detection accurately measure oncoprotein expression and activation in limited clinical specimens, including isoforms that differ in post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation, and the like. The NIA detection method combines isoelectric protein focusing and antibody detection in a nanofluidic system.
US10145848B2	Small-molecule hydrophobic tagging of fusion proteins and induced degradation of same The present invention includes compounds that are useful in perturbing or disrupting the function of a transmembrane or intracellular protein, whereby binding of the compounds to the transmembrane or intracellular protein induces proteasomal degradation of the transmembrane or intracellular protein. The present invention further includes a method of inducing proteasomal degradation of a transmembrane or intracellular protein. The present invention further includes a method of identifying or validating a protein of interest as a therapeutic target for treatment of a disease state or condition.
US10145842B2	Microfluidic device, system and method A combination of capillary forces and gas pressure is used to control the movement of liquid samples within a microfluidic device. A liquid sample introduced to a proximal portion of a capillary channel of a microfluidic device moves by capillary action partway along the capillary channel. As the liquid sample moves, a pressure of a gas acting upon a distal gas-liquid interface of the liquid sample increases by an amount sufficient to stop further movement of the liquid sample. To initiate further movement of the liquid sample, a pump connected to a distal portion of the capillary channel decreases the pressure of the gas acting upon the distal gas-liquid interface of the liquid sample by an amount sufficient to permit the liquid sample to move by capillary action further along the capillary channel of the microfluidic device.
US10145841B2	Method for detecting antigen, and apparatus using same The present invention provides a method for detecting an antigen in an analysis sample, the method including: (a) contacting an analysis sample with a detection antibody with which a marker generating a detectable signal is combined and which specifically binds to the antigen; (b) contacting a capture antibody with the resultant product of step (a), the capture antibody specifically binding to an antigen to be detected; (c) contacting the detection antibody, with which the marker generating a detectable signal is combined, with a reference substance which is bound to a surface of a solid substrate and which includes an epitope to which the detection antibody specifically binds; (d) measuring signals generated from the markers of the resultant product of step (b) and the resultant product of step (c); and (e) analyzing the measured signals to determine the presence or absence and amount of the antigen in the analysis sample. The method for detecting an antigen of the present invention can control the flow and the reaction time of an analysis sample, thereby improving sensitivity and minimizing the influences by the concentration of the analysis sample or the temperature of the detection reaction, and thus improving stability, reliability, and reproducibility of data, when compared with the conventional method for detecting an antigen. Accordingly, the method and apparatus for detecting an antigen of the present invention can be easily operated without specialized skills, thereby instantly obtaining the presence or absence and amount of detection antigen in the analysis sample through on-site diagnosis.
US10145834B2	Systems and methods for non-flammable indication of incendivity Incendivity test systems and methods are disclosed. Incendivity test systems include a non-flammable gas mixture and a test article in a test chamber. The non-flammable gas mixture includes a thermally reactive reagent that is formulated to thermally react to produce a reaction product. Incendivity test systems also include an energy source configured to apply an energy discharge such as a simulated lightning strike to the test article. Incendivity test systems also include a detection device configured to measure an indicator species in the non-flammable gas mixture (e.g., the thermally reactive reagent and/or the reaction product). Incendivity test methods include contacting the test article with the non-flammable gas mixture, applying the energy discharge to the test article, and then measuring the amount of the indicator species and determining the incendivity of the test article in response to the energy discharge based upon the amount of the indicator species.
US10145833B2	Detection method A method of analysis of a hydrocarbon fuel for the presence of a micro-organism comprises contacting a fuel sample with an aqueous diluent and with an antibody reactive with the micro-organism, or reactive with a metabolite or breakdown product produced by the micro-organism, to detect the presence or absence of the micro-organism.
US10145823B2	Gas chromatography (GC) column heater control using multiple temperature sensors An apparatus for heating a GC column is described. The apparatus includes first and second temperature sensors. Temperature data are used to set power provided to a heating element of the apparatus.
US10145822B2	Tri-mode probe with automatic skew adjustment A probe, including a first input configured to receive a first input signal, a second input configured to receive a second input signal, a first cable connected to the first input, a second cable connected to the second input, an electronically adjustable delay connected to the first cable, the electronically adjustable delay configured to delay the first input signal to remove a skew between the first input signal and the second input signal, and an amplifier configured to receive the first input signal from the electronically adjustable delay and a second input signal.
US10145818B2	Accurate and interference-free multiplexed quantitative proteomics using mass spectrometry Embodiments are directed to a method, a computer readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, perform a method, and a system for performing mass spectrometry analysis. Molecules of different samples may be labeled with a chemical tag, allowing a multiplexed analysis of multiple samples. The labeled molecules may be fragmented, each fragmented molecule creating at least two separate ions. The relative abundance of each of the heavier ions, which may comprise the original molecule from the sample, may be measured. A relative abundance of the labeled molecules in each of the samples may be determined from the measured relative abundances of the heavier ions.
US10145808B2	Beam generation unit and X-ray small-angle scattering apparatus A micro beam generation unit capable of simultaneously capturing anisotropic images in a high signal-to-background ratio with a compact configuration and an X-ray small-angle scattering apparatus are provided. A micro beam generation unit 110 generates X-rays having a micro spot size, with which a sample is irradiated, in order to detect diffracted X-rays by a one-dimensional detector or a two-dimensional detector. The micro beam generation unit 110 includes a slit 115 that is provided on an X-ray optical path and reshapes X-rays into parallel beams, and two channel-cut monochromator crystals 117 and 118 that are arranged in arrangement of (+, −, −, +) and remove parasitic scattering of parallel beams reshaped by the slit. Accordingly, it is possible to simultaneously obtain anisotropic images in a high signal-to-background ratio with a compact configuration.
US10145805B2	Apparatus and methods of inspecting ceramic honeycomb bodies An inspection apparatus and method to automatically inspect ceramic honeycomb bodies during the manufacturing thereof. The apparatus includes a light source to shine light through channels of the ceramic honeycomb body, a lens to receive at least a portion of the light transmitted through channels of the ceramic honeycomb body, a camera to capture images of the transmitted light, a support chuck to support the honeycomb body, and a controller to receive the captured images, to analyze each captured image, to adjust the support chuck and/or the lens based on the analysis, and to align the ceramic honeycomb body channels and the lens optical axis.
US10145796B2	Illumination filter for an illumination filter system of a surgical multispectral fluorescence microscope having a spatial filter pattern The invention relates to an illumination filter (36, 44) for an illumination filter system (2) for medical imaging, in particular multispectral fluorescence imaging, as performed e.g. in a microscope (1) or endoscope, in particular a multispectral fluorescence microscope. The present invention provides an illumination filter for medical imaging, in particular a multispectral fluorescence imaging, that is capable of capturing simultaneously more than one fluorescence signal, and allow a homogeneous illumination for obtaining different images from the object illuminated by comprising a spatial filter pattern (43) masking a defined filtering fraction of a first illumination path (47) on the filter and masking a defined filtering fraction of a second illumination path (48, 49, 50) on the filter, wherein the filtering fraction of the first and the second illumination paths (47, 48, 49, 50) are different. The invention further relates to an illumination filter system (2) for medical imaging, in particular multispectral fluorescence imaging, as performed e.g. in a microscope (1) or endoscope, in particular a multispectral fluorescence microscope, comprising such illumination filter (36, 44).
US10145775B2	Apparatus and methods for determining swelling reactivity of materials under subterranean wellbore conditions Methods and apparatuses for determining the swell of a subterranean formation sample when contacted with a fluid at subterranean conditions.
US10145768B2	Smear preparation apparatus and smear preparation method The time period necessary for a staining process is shortened, and the apparatus is downsized. This smear preparation apparatus includes: a staining vessel for storing a staining liquid therein so as to allow a plurality of glass slides each having a sample smeared thereon to be immersed therein; and a transfer unit for holding and transferring each glass slide. The staining vessel includes a plurality of first holders configured to hold the glass slides. The staining vessel is configured such that a plurality of glass slides held by a plurality of the first holders are immersed in the stored staining liquid, and the transfer unit is configured to put in/take out the glass slides one by one with respect to a plurality of the first holders of the staining vessel.
US10145765B2	Method of suppressing background rise in color reagent solution, color reagent solution, reagent kit, and measuring apparatus A method is provided for suppressing, in a color reagent solution which is used to measure a component within a sample and which contains an oxidative color reagent dissolved therein, a background rise that occurs when the color reagent solution is stored. The method includes adjusting a hydrogen ion exponent (pH) of the color reagent solution so as to be strongly acidic. The hydrogen ion exponent is preferably adjusted to 2.9 or below or to 2.1 or below. The color reagent solution is preferably used to measure the degree of oxidative stress. The oxidative color reagent is preferably a phenylenediamine derivative.
US10145760B2	Status of an irrigation pump A pump, including a compression compartment configured to receive, between first and second sides of the compartment, a flexible container holding a fluid and having an outlet; The pump also has a pump mechanism that is coupled to drive the first and second sides of the compartment together so as to force the fluid out of the container through the outlet. There are first and second electrodes the are fixed respectively to the first and second sides. The pump also includes a processor that is coupled to measure a capacitance between the first and second electrodes and to estimate, responsively to the capacitance, a volume of the fluid remaining in the container.
US10145759B2	Apparatus for estimating oscillation within combustion device Disclosed herein is a combustion oscillation estimating apparatus which estimates combustion oscillation in a combustion chamber connected with a burner so that a flame is injected by the burner, the combustion oscillation estimating apparatus including an input unit which receives data including an inlet pressure of the burner, and a control unit which detects a pressure in the combustion chamber based on a shape from the burner to the combustion chamber, a temperature distribution in the combustion chamber, and a shape of the flame. The combustion oscillation estimating apparatus may improve estimation accuracy of the combustion oscillation in the combustion chamber.
US10145753B2	Apparatus and method for dynamically balancing rotors A rotor is statically or dynamically balanced by driving the rotor to rotate at a desired speed, measuring an imbalance in the rotor, calculating an adjustment to be made in a mass distribution of the rotor based on the measured imbalance, and adjusting the mass distribution to reduce the imbalance. Mass adjustment is done by operating a laser to ablate material from the rotor according to operating parameters based on the adjustment calculated. The foregoing is done while the rotor is rotating.
US10145752B2	Management apparatus for measurement equipment The data-accepting part accepts normal time information data and non-normal time information data, which are outputted from measurement equipment connected to the management apparatus, the data-identifying part identifies the normal time information data and the non-normal time information data based on the difference in the transmission path of the data, or based on identification information given to the data, and the data-output part outputs the above-mentioned normal time information data and the non-normal time information data, such that an operator identifies the information data.
US10145743B2	Superconducting thermal detector (bolometer) of terahertz (sub-millimeter wave) radiation A superconducting thermal detector (bolometer) of THz (sub-millimeter) wave radiation based on sensing the change in the amplitude or phase of a resonator circuit, consisting of a capacitor (Csh) and a superconducting temperature dependent inductor where the said inductor is thermally isolated from the heat bath (chip substrate) by micro-suspensions. The bolometer design includes a thin film inductor located on the membrane, a single or/and multi-layered thin film capacitor, and a thin film absorber of incoming radiation. The bolometer design can also include a lithographic antenna with antenna termination and/or a back reflector beneath the membrane for optimal wavelength detection by the resonance circuit. The superconducting thermal detector (bolometer) and arrays of these detectors operate in a temperature range from 1 Kelvin to 10 Kelvin.
US10145738B2	Optical filter system and fluorescence detection system An optical detection filter has a transmission spectrum for detecting fluorescence light of a plurality of different fluorescent dyes. In the range between 350 nm and 1000 nm, the transmission spectrum has a first stopband (DS1) from Dλ1 to Dλ2, a first passband (DD1) from Dλ2 to Dλ3, a second stopband (DS2) from Dλ3 to Dλ4, a second passband (DD2) from Dλ4 to Dλ5, a third stopband (DS3) from Dλ5 to Dλ6, and a third passband (DD3) from Dλ6 to Dλ7. The stopbands (DS1, DS2, DS3) each have a mean transmittance of at most 0.01, typically at most 0.001 or at most 0.0001, and the passbands (DD1, DD2) each have a mean transmittance of at least 0.5, typically at least 0.8 or at least 0.9; wherein 350 nm≤Dλ1
US10145732B1	Systems and methods for measuring ultraviolet exposure This disclosure relates to measuring ultraviolet (UV) exposure. One example system includes an electronic sensor chip that includes a UV sensor that measures a UV intensity reading, an inertial measurement unit that acquires movement data of the UV sensor, and at least one processor. The system further includes a light pipe that guides light towards the UV sensor and a diffuser that has an angle-dependent transmission function and covers an end of the light pipe. Example operations can be performed by the processor include determining a solar incidence angle between a direction of the sun and a normal direction of the UV sensor, computing an estimation of a maximum UV intensity at normal incidence based on the UV intensity reading, the solar incidence angle, and the angle-dependent transmission function of the diffuser, and outputting a UV index based on the estimation of the maximum UV intensity at normal incidence.
US10145730B2	Testing device for laser illumination systems Apparatus and methods are described, including an apparatus for testing a light beam emitted by a light source. The apparatus includes a transparent substrate, a first face of the substrate being shaped to define a plurality of optical deflectors. At least one optical detector is positioned to face a second face of the substrate that is not opposite the first face. Each one of the deflectors is configured to deflect a portion of the light beam toward the detector, when the light beam is passed through the first face of the substrate. Other applications are also described.
US10145727B2	Method and structure for diminishing signal interference of transmission path of optical fibre interference system A method for diminishing the signal interference of a transmission path of an optical fiber interference system, belonging to the technical field of optical fiber sensing. A wavelength division multiplexer (19) is connected in series to the end of an induced optical fiber, a wavelength component (λ2) is separated from an operating path by means of the wavelength division multiplexer (19) so as to measure a signal picked up by a transmission path, and the signal is removed from overall interference sensing signals by taking same as a reference, thereby obtaining a target measurement signal. Also provided is a structure for diminishing the signal interference of a transmission path of an optical fiber interference system. The method and the structure are simple; moreover, the device connected to the end of an induced optical fiber is passive, so that power supply is not required, and it is easy to implement. The present invention can be used for a sensing structure with a single measurement point and can be used in a sensing structure with a plurality of discontinuous measurement points as well.
US10145723B2	Cart enclosure for weighing a cart inserted therein A dispenser having an interior portion that is dimensioned for receiving a wheeled cart that is configured for storing items to be dispensed from the dispenser. The cart may, for example, be supported by at least two non-swiveled wheels disposed adjacent a first end of the cart and at least one swiveled wheel disposed adjacent a second end of the cart. In particular embodiments, the dispenser includes a pivotable wheel support that is adapted for: (A) supporting the cart's non-swiveled wheels; and (B) while supporting these non-swiveled wheels in respective, substantially fixed positions relative to the pivotable wheel support, pivoting from: (1) a first position in which the cart is positioned outside the dispenser; to (2) a second position in which the cart is positioned within the dispenser's interior. This may assist in loading the cart into the dispenser.
US10145721B2	Flexible float-type liquid level measurement device A flexible float-type liquid level measurement device includes an outer tube securement member, a signal connection module, a flexible outer tube, a suspension member, a flexible supporting unit and a magnetic floating ball. The signal connection module is arranged on one end of the outer tube securement member. The flexible outer tube is connected to the outer tube securement member. The suspension member is connected to another end of the flexible outer tube. The flexible supporting unit is arranged inside the flexible outer tube, and the flexible supporting unit includes one end connected to the outer tube securement member and another end connected to the suspension member. The magnetic floating ball is moveably mounted onto the flexible outer tube. Accordingly, the elongated deformation of the flexible outer tube can be prevented while the measurement accuracy and useful lifetime of the measurement device can be increased.
US10145706B2	Navigation system and navigation method In a navigation method, coordinates and additional information concerning several places, so-called places of interest, are stored as data in a memory. Surrounding-area parameters are predefined by which, with respect to arbitrary places, one surrounding area respectively is defined which surrounds the place. During a traveling movement with a navigation device, one pertaining surrounding area respectively is acquired by use of the surrounding-area parameters and the respective current location of the navigation device. By way of the stored coordinates, at least one of the stored places of interest is determined which is situated in the acquired surrounding area. The additional information stored with respect to the determined place of interest is outputted by way of a user interface.
US10145699B2	System and methods for real-time escape route planning for fire fighting and natural disasters A forest fire real-time escape route planning system may include a processor that receives real-time Geographical Information System data. The system may include a firefighter endurance and route-planning model for determining, based on data received by the processor, one or more firefighter evacuation routes to one or more safe areas. The model may determine a rating for each evacuation route based on a degree of risk. The model may predict a rate of fire progression based on fire fuel proximate the fire. They system may include a transmitting device for communicating the one or more firefighter evacuation routes along with the rating for each evacuation route to a mobile device. The mobile device may be configured to display the one or more firefighter evacuation routes overlaid on a map depicting a current location of a firefighter relative to the fire.
US10145697B2	Dynamic destination navigation system The claimed subject matter provides a method for navigating to dynamic destinations. The method includes associating a leader mobile device with a follower mobile device. The method also includes displaying, on the follower mobile device, a first path from a follower vehicle to a first location of a leader vehicle. The follower vehicle is associated with the follower mobile device. The leader vehicle is associated with the leader mobile device. The method further includes displaying, on the follower mobile device, a second path from the follower vehicle to a second location of the leader vehicle.
US10145694B2	Technologies for providing information to a user while traveling Technologies for providing information to a user while traveling include a mobile computing device to determine network condition information associated with a route segment. The route segment may be one of a number of route segments defining at least one route from a starting location to a destination. The mobile computing device may determine a route from the starting location to the destination based on the network condition information. The mobile computing device may upload the network condition information to a crowdsourcing server. A mobile computing device may predict a future location of the device based on device context, determine a safety level for the predicted location, and notify the user if the safety level is below a threshold safety level. The device context may include location, time of day, and other data. The safety level may be determined based on predefined crime data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10145685B2	Angular velocity sensor element and angular velocity sensor using same An angular velocity sensor element includes a fixing part, an extension part, a twisted extension part, a drive vibrator, a detection vibrator, and a counter beam. The extension part has a first end coupled to the fixing part, and a second end. The twisted extension part has a first end coupled to the second end of the extension part, and a second end. The drive vibrator has a first end coupled to the second end of the twisted extension part, and a second end. The drive vibrator is provided with a drive electrode. The detection vibrator is coupled to the second end of the drive vibrator, and is provided with a first detection electrode. The counter beam is coupled to the second end of the twisted extension part, disposed substantially parallel to the drive vibrator, and configured to vibrate in a direction opposite to a vibration direction of the drive vibrator.
US10145682B2	Reduction of errors of a rotating device used during the determination of coordinates of a workpiece or during the machining of a workpiece A method for reducing errors in a rotating device permitting rotation of a workpiece about a rotational axis during the determination of co-ordinates or during the machining of the workpiece. The workpiece is rotated about the rotational axis and first and second measuring signals of a first and a second course of the workpiece surface are generated by the coordinate measuring device while the device is positioned at different first and second circumferential positions of the rotational axis. The first and the second measuring signals are used for separating redundant surface information and error information contained in the signals. The redundant surface information relates to the workpiece surface revolving around the rotational axis and the error information relates to errors in the rotating device resulting from deviations between actual positions and orientations of the rotational axis and corresponding ideal positions and orientations.
US10145677B2	Method and apparatus for examining brain injury due to impact An impact test system includes a head model having a head exterior component; a skull component; a brain component; a fluid component; an interior cavity surface; and a translucent cover, wherein the head model is coupled with a mount, the brain component and fluid components are configured within the interior cavity, and wherein the translucent cover is configured over a portion of the brain component and fluid component. A mount is configured to a least partially restrain the head model. A camera is configured to take a plurality of images of the brain and the fluid components through the translucent cover when the head model is under an impact force.
US10145672B2	Detection of position, orientation and scale of work pieces using retroreflective surfaces A method and apparatus in which retroreflective materials and surfaces are used for determining the position, orientation and scale of work pieces in order to accurately place process beams thereon for the purpose of surface patterning or treatment.
US10145664B2	Coordinate measuring machine and method for operating a coordinate measuring machine A coordinate measuring machine including a workpiece support for mounting a workpiece to be measured; a mechanism for moving a sensor in a first coordinate direction and a second coordinate direction perpendicular thereto. The mechanism includes: a first measurement slide guided in the first coordinate direction along two parallel guides arranged on opposite sides of the workpiece support. The first measurement slide spans the support. The first slide is driven via a first drive, which drives the first slide along a first guide of the guides, and is driven via a second drive, which drives the first slide along the second of the guides; a second measurement slide guided movably in the second coordinate direction along the first measurement slide. The second slide is assigned a position measuring system, via which the position of the second measurement slide relative to the first measurement slide can be determined; a controller, which actuates the first and second drive. The controller includes a force feedforward control, which, depending on the detected position (xactual) of the second measurement slide and depending on a setpoint acceleration (asetpoint) to be set of the first measurement slide, brings about an actuation of the first drive and/or of the second drive in such a way that the torques which as a result of the acceleration of the first measurement slide by the first drive and by the second drive relative to a rotation axis (Rz) which is perpendicular to the first and second coordinate directions at least partly or completely compensate for one another.
US10145650B1	Vehicle mounted interior handgun holster A handgun holster for an automobile interior can be attached to the interior components of a vehicle securely and can be adjusted to fit most vehicle moldings underneath the vehicle's steering wheel.
US10145644B1	Bow balancing tool A bow balancing tool according to various embodiments can include a mounting assembly, a floating bracket and a cradle assembly which provides a user an indication on where the bow is balanced to provide an improved shooting experience, better aiming stability and ultimately a more accurate configuration. The mounting assembly includes an elongated mounting plate attached to a housing having a pivotable shaft. The mounting assembly is configured to attach the bow balancing tool to the at least one flat surface. The floating bracket is attached to the pivotable shaft. The cradle assembly includes a clamping hub section, a clamping block section and a protective mechanism. The cradle assembly is attached to the floating bracket and holds the bow in a balanced configuration.
US10145639B2	Configurable weapon station having under armor reload A vehicle-mounted weapon station is configurable to adjust the height of a rotational elevation axis thereof. The weapon station is provided with at least one fixed hanging ammunition container that is reloadable under the armored protection of the vehicle and the weapon station shell. The weapon station may have both electrically-powered and manually-powered drive systems for rotating a pedestal about an azimuth axis relative to the vehicle, and for rotating weaponry and operational units about the elevation axis, wherein the electrical and manual drive systems transmit power through the same output gear.
US10145633B1	Jig for manufacturing of firearm lower receiver An improved jig for manufacturing a firearm lower receiver is comprised of a power tool mount; an adapter; a guide plate with plate screws; a rear support with mounting screws; a front support; and at least one of a carriages with at least one locating pin. A guide plate is disposed below the top surface of a lower receiver in conjunction with an adapter. The jig is a universal fitment and includes a bearing to support a rotary tool and at least one guiding feature can be used to facilitate in the guidance of the rotary tool without placing the rotary tool in direct contact with any of the guidance features. A removable locating pin is situated a long the front and rear takedown pin holes of a firearm receiver that is not threaded and is provided with at least one of a pull, string or other handle.
US10145616B2	Method and system for the denitrification of flue gases by means of SNCR (selective non-catalytic reduction) and downstream catalyst for ammonia decomposition A method for denitrification of flue gases and a system, wherein flue gases generated in a rotary kiln are conveyed to a calcining zone for the deacidification of raw cement meal. Aqueous ammonia solution, ammonia, or ammonia-releasing substances for denitrifying the flue gases injected into the calcining zone according to the method of selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR), and the flue gas stream, together with an ammonia slip generated during the denitrification, is passed through a heat exchanger and through at least one dedusting device. The flue gas is guided through a exhaust gas line via a catalyst for the decomposition of excess ammonia with residues of nitrogen oxide in accordance with a method of selective catalytic reduction (SCR), wherein the catalyst is arranged in a reactor provided in the exhaust line, and is no larger than is required for a sufficient decomposition of the ammonia.
US10145615B2	Structures of composite crucibles and high temperature adiabatic method in arc heating process thereof A structure of composite crucibles and a high temperature adiabatic method in an arc heating process are disclosed. The structure may include a conventional water-cooled copper platform on which one or more graphite platform(s) are disposed and the topmost graphite platform is configured for disposing one or more metallic specimen(s). When arc smelts the metallic specimen(s) in the furnace in vacuum, and the heat of the metallic specimen(s) is transferred to the graphite platform, the graphite platform can reduce heat loss and improve heat preservation so as to cause the metallic specimen(s) to remain stable for the process of heating and melting to complete. The heat of the graphite platform is further transferred to the copper platform for lowering the temperature of the graphite platform.
US10145614B2	Furnace door sealing device for low-pressure diffusion furnace A furnace door sealing device for a low-pressure diffusion furnace is provided. The furnace door sealing device includes a furnace door, a fixed shaft and a fixed base which are coaxially arranged in sequence from front to back. A bearing pedestal is fixed at the center of the rear end surface of the furnace door. A centripetal knuckle bearing is arranged in the bearing pedestal. An outer ring of the centripetal knuckle bearing is fixed in the bearing pedestal. An inner ring of the centripetal knuckle bearing fixedly sleeves the front end of the fixed shaft. The rear end of the fixed shaft is fixed in the fixed base. A supporting plate is also fixed on the front end surface of the fixed base. Multiple spring adjusting assemblies are arranged on the supporting plate at an interval.
US10145607B2	Method for operating a refrigeration system for a cargo container A method for operating a refrigeration system in order to perform temperature control of a closed volume is disclosed. The refrigeration system comprising a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator connected in series in a refrigerant flow path. The refrigeration system further comprises one or more fans arranged to cause a flow of air across the evaporator.The compressor is controlled by switching the compressor on or off in accordance with a measured temperature, Tsup, of air which has passed across the evaporator and is being supplied to the closed volume, and in order to achieve a set point temperature, Tset, in the closed volume. During this a compressor switching pattern is determined.Temperature fluctuations inside the closed volume are minimized, and energy is conserved.
US10145602B2	Active gas-gap heat switch with fast thermal response An active gas-gap heat switch may significantly reduce the time required to transition between the open and closed states, reduce the heat require to warm the getter, and reduce the heat that leaks from the getter to the switch body. A thermal interface at one end of the active gas-gap heat switch may include a plurality of fins. A getter assembly may be hermetically attached to the thermal interface and a containment tube may surround and house the plurality of fins.
US10145601B2	Outdoor unit and refrigeration cycle apparatus including the outdoor unit An outdoor unit according to the present invention includes an air-sending-device chamber including a heat exchanger disposed at least on the rear side within an outdoor unit body, a propeller fan having a plurality of blades and disposed on the front side of the heat exchanger, and a bell mouth disposed on the front side of the propeller fan to face an air outlet, a machine chamber in which a compressor is disposed, and a partition plate that separates the air-sending-device chamber and the machine chamber. The partition plate has a protruding shape protruding from the air-sending-device chamber toward the machine chamber. The partition plate has, on the side of the air-sending-device chamber, a recessed area corresponding to the protruding shape. The amount of recess of the recessed area is maximized at a position equal in height to the center of rotation of the propeller fan.
US10145600B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator includes a main body including a freezing-compartment inner case forming a freezing compartment and a refrigerating-compartment inner case forming a refrigerating compartment, and a heat transfer module including a thermosiphon part having a portion provided in the freezing-compartment inner case and another portion provided in the refrigerating-compartment inner case and having a closed loop in which working fluid for transferring heat flows and a heating member coupled to one side of the thermosiphon part to heat the working fluid. Other configurations are possible.
US10145588B2	Ejector refrigeration cycle An ejector refrigeration cycle has a compressor, a radiator, an ejector, a swirl flow generator, an evaporator, and an oil separator. The compressor compresses refrigerant, mixed with refrigerant oil compatible with a liquid-phase refrigerant, and discharges the high-pressure refrigerant. The ejector has a nozzle and a body having a refrigerant suction port and a pressure increasing part. The swirl flow generator is configured to cause a decompression boiling in the refrigerant by causing the refrigerant to swirl about a center axis of the nozzle. The oil separator separates the refrigerant oil from the high-pressure refrigerant compressed by the compressor and guides the refrigerant oil to flow to a suction side of the compressor. The oil separator decreases a concentration of the refrigerant oil in the refrigerant, which is to flow into the swirl flow generator, so as to promote the decompression boiling of the refrigerant in the swirl flow generator.
US10145584B2	Method of and system for flame sensing and diagnostic A method of determining presence of a flame in a furnace of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The method comprises determining, using a controller, whether a processor signal (G) is active, responsive to a determination that the processor signal (G) is active, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of a flame-test input control signal, an output state of a first comparator, responsive to a determination that the output state of the first comparator is high, determining, using the controller prior to assertion of the flame-test input control signal, an output state of a second comparator, and responsive to a determination that the output state of the second comparator is low, transmitting, using the controller, a notification that a flame is present.
US10145583B2	Heating apparatus Heating apparatus includes an air inlet, a plurality of air outlets, an impeller, a motor for rotating the impeller to draw air through the air inlet, a user interface for allowing a user to select a rotational speed of the motor from a user selectable range of values, and a plurality of heater assemblies each comprising at least one positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heating element for heating air passing from the air inlet to a respective air outlet. The magnitude of a current drawn by the heater assemblies is detected, and the rotational speed of the motor is controlled independently from the rotational speed selected by the user depending on a characteristic of the current drawn by the heater assemblies.
US10145578B2	HVAC controller with checkout utility A zone control panel that is easy and intuitive to use and to program. In some embodiments, a zone control panel may be configured to have an easy to use, single level menu structure with, for example, a configuration mode and/or a checkout mode. The configuration mode may, if present, include a number of menu screens sometimes without any sub-menu levels. Likewise, the checkout mode may, if present, include a number of menu screens sometimes without any sub-menu levels. A mode selector may be provided to select a particular mode, after which, the menu screens that correspond to the selected mode may be sequentially displayed to the user. Other features and aspects are also disclosed.
US10145577B2	User interfaces for HVAC schedule display and modification on smartphone or other space-limited touchscreen device A novel small format touch screen user interface for displaying, adding and editing program setpoints is described. When editing a setpoint the user's input is constrained such that the user can only alter one parameter (either time or temperature). As soon as the user begins to drag a setpoint icon in either a horizontal (i.e. adjusting time), or vertical (i.e. adjusting temperature), the other parameter is constrained. Additionally, the disclosed user interface includes displaying information as to how the setpoint was most recently added or adjusted. For example the display can be used to indicate whether a setpoint was added or adjusted (1) on the thermostat itself; (2) by an automated learning algorithm; (3) by a user on a web client; or (4) by a user using a mobile client (such as a smart phone or tablet PC). Further, the name of the particular device is also displayed if known.
US10145574B2	Vent port for a refrigerated cabinet The vent port employs a pair of mated housing parts that define a space for two flap valves. Each flap valve is formed of an aluminum bracket with an aperture for the passage of air and a silicone flap that closes over the aperture. The flap valves are oriented so that gravity enhances the closing of the flaps. Resistors are mounted on the brackets to heat the brackets at a low wattage. In one embodiment, the flap valves are vertically arranged over each other. In another embodiment, the flap valves are horizontally disposed in criss-crossing relation.
US10145566B2	Oven door A door (1) for an oven (100) for closing and opening a cooking chamber (120) of the oven (100), comprising a frame (20) able to be hinged to the oven (100), and a first panel (30) fixed to the frame (20), comprising at least a second panel (31,32) associated to the frame (20) removably by means of jointing fastening elements (24,213,222).
US10145565B2	Door for a domestic cooking oven The present invention relates to a door (3) of a domestic cooking oven (1), in particular of the pyrolytic type. The door (3) comprises at least a first and a second plate (31, 32) and a first and a second upright beam (8, 9). The first plate (31) defines an outer surface of the door (3) and the two upright beams (8, 9) receiving at least the second plate (32) are fixed internally relative thereto. The door (3) further comprises a first and a second locking element (14, 15) removably engaged to the first and second upright beams (8, 9) and configured to be selectively movable between an operating position, wherein they are engaged to the respective upright beams (8, 9) in such a way as to lock at least the second plate (32) in a mounting position, and at least one unlocked position, wherein they enable the second plate (32) to be extracted from the door (3).
US10145559B2	Gas turbine engine with igniter stack or borescope mount having noncollinear cooling passages A combustor for a gas turbine engine comprising a combustion liner defining a combustion chamber, wherein the combustion liner has at least one opening into which a combustor liner mount is received. The combustor liner mount can have at least one cooling passage defined therein having an inlet defining an inlet axis and an outlet defining an outlet axis, wherein the inlet axis is not collinear with the outlet axis for providing enhanced cooling to at least one of the combustor liner mount and an adjacent combustion component, such as an igniter or a borescope plug.
US10145557B2	Diffuse combustion method and apparatus A method supplies reactants, including fuel gas, to burners that discharge the reactants into a furnace process chamber. In a stable flame mode of operation, stable flames are projected from the burners into the furnace process chamber. At a time when the furnace process chamber has a temperature at or above an autoignition temperature of the fuel gas, a diffuse combustion mode is initiated by supplying a selected burner with additional reactants, including reactants diverted from another burner, to blow off the stable flame at the selected burner.
US10145550B2	Lighting unit A downlight assembly comprising:—(i) a mounting ring having a tubular body with an opening at a rear, the mounting ring being formed from a material that withstands temperatures used for fire rating tests and having a lower peripheral annular flange extending outwardly from a bottom end of the tubular body, and an upper peripheral annular flange extending inwardly from an upper end of the tubular body, said upper peripheral annular flange enabling the rear of the mounting ring to be substantially closed if required; (ii) a solid state lighting element comprising one or more LEDs mounted on a circuit board formed from a material having a melting point lower than 1000 degrees C.; (iii) a heat sink formed from a material having a melting point lower than 1000 degrees C. and being in thermal contact with the solid state lighting element and located substantially outside the mounting ring; and (iv) intumescent material wherein the intumescent material is adapted to expand to fill or occlude the tubular body in the event of a fire.
US10145545B2	Organic light-emitting element having quick disconnect means A light-emitting element includes at least one flat light emitter having a first electrical contact portion formed on a side surface, and a housing partially surrounding the side surface of the flat light emitter, the housing including a second electrical contact portion formed on an inner surface of the housing and configured to mate with the first electrical contact portion.
US10145538B2	Light-emitting apparatus, calibration coefficient calculation method, and method for calibrating captured image of examination target item Provided are a light-emitting apparatus that can suppress manufacturing cost to a low level and perform light emission with high uniformity using a simple configuration, a calibration coefficient calculation method using the light-emitting apparatus, and a method for calibrating a captured image of an inspection target object. A plurality of light-emitting diodes arranged at equal intervals on the circumference of a virtual circle, and a milky white-colored emission window, which is provided on a top surface portion separated from the light-emitting diodes, has an outer edge that is smaller than the circumference on which the light-emitting diodes are arranged, and allows light of the light-emitting diodes to pass therethrough, are included. The diameter of the virtual circle on which the light-emitting diodes are arranged and a separation distance between the light-emitting diodes and the emission window are set to predetermined distances.
US10145534B2	Linear lighting apparatus A linear lighting apparatus, comprises a plurality of lighting sources aligned along a main axis of the apparatus a cylindrical lens with its axis parallel to the main axis of the apparatus, said cylindrical lens being suitable to receive most of the light emission generated by the lighting sources and to emit a substantially collimated light beam, and a reflector suitable to reflect at least a portion of the light emission not refracted by the cylindrical lens.
US10145533B2	Compact holographic illumination device There is provided a color sequential illumination device comprising in series: first and second light sources; a condenser lens; and a grating device. The grating device comprises at least one Bragg grating. The condenser lens directs light from the first and second sources into the grating device at first and second incidence angles respectively. The grating device diffracts light from the first and second sources into a common direction. Desirably, the Bragg gratings are Electrically Switchable Bragg Gratings. In one embodiment of the invention the light sources are Light Emitting Diodes. Alternatively lasers may be used.
US10145530B2	Arrangement of a heatsink in a headlamp An arrangement of a heatsink for insertion in a headlamp, and a holder being provided in the headlamp, in which the heatsink is held. At least one semiconductor light source is provided, which can be cooled with the heatsink (10). A clamping element is provided, with which the heatsink is arranged in a holding manner on the holder and by means of which one or more semiconductor light sources are directly or indirectly held on the heatsink.
US10145524B2	Dual graphic wheel for an automated luminaire An automated luminaire with dual over-sized graphic wheels that can be inserted and positioned into or out of the light path of the luminaire together as a unit and each graphic wheel can be rotated independent of the other wheel.
US10145520B1	Light assembly A light assembly includes at least one power pack, multiple wire units, multiple connection parts and multiple light units. The at least one power pack includes a first sensor and a first locking portion. The wire units each have a first wire and two second connectors. A second connection portion is connected to each of two ends of the first wire, and connected to the first connection portion. The second connectors each are threadedly connected to the first locking portion. Each connection part is between the two wire units. The connection parts each have at least three third connection portions which are connected to the second connectors. The multiple light units are respectively connected to the multiple connection parts. The light units each include a fourth connector and a light part which is connected to the third connection portion by the second wire.
US10145519B1	Adjustable optic and lighting device assembly A lighting device assembly includes: a heat sink; a light source attached to one end of the heat sink; and an optic assembly including an optic having a recess to receive at least a portion of the light source, the optic being configured to pivot about the light source while the portion of the light source remains within the recess.
US10145514B2	Cold-box system and method for power management aboard ships A cold-box system includes: a bulk gas tank, and a plurality of cold-box compartments operationally associated with the bulk gas tank. A cold-box apparatus includes a plurality of cold-box compartments operationally associated with a bulk gas tank. In one embodiment the cold-box compartments may be spaced apart from the tank aboard a waterborne platform. The system and apparatus provide redundancy regarding power aboard ship for the bulk gas tank.
US10145510B2	Mobile compressed gas refueler A fully contained, mobile, compressed natural gas (CNG), compressed breathing air, or other compressed gas refueling unit, and methods of use of said refueling unit, that use a pneumatically powered booster pump to provide a consistent, high pressure filling of CNG storage tanks without using an external power source.
US10145508B2	Fluid storage tank with plurality of partition plates A fluid storage tank according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first outer wall section that forms a front face in the length direction, the width direction and the height direction so as to form a space portion in which a fluid is stored; a plurality of partition plates arranged along the length direction of the first outer wall portion to divide the space portion into the plurality of sub-space portions; and an end portion located between the outermost partition plate of the plurality of partition plates and the first outer wall portion, wherein each of the partition plates is formed with a fluid through hole comprising: a gas through hole located on the top of the partition plate; and a liquid through hole located on the bottom of the partition plate so that fluids between the sub-pace portions are in communication with each other.
US10145498B2	Flange joining structure and seal body used therein Provided is a flange joining structure having excellent earthquake resistance, for which the joining operation can be performed simply and easily, similar to conventional practice. A flange joining structure provided with a first member having a first annular flange part, a second member having a second annular flange part, and a seal body placed between the first member and the second member, these components being connected and joined together by a bolt and a nut. The seal body has an annular base part formed from a metal plate and an elastic seal part provided integrally to the annular base part, the elastic seal part being provided so as to cover the annular base part, and the elastic seal part of the seal body sealing the space between the first annular flange part and the second annular flange part.
US10145496B2	Rotary shouldered connections and thread design A thread structure in accordance to one or more embodiments includes a thread extending helically along the cylindrical member in spaced thread turns, the thread having a crest extending between a first flank and a second flank and a root extending between the thread turns, the root having a curvature defined by a portion of an ellipse tangentially adjoining the first and second flank at respective flank transition points, the ellipse having a major axis extending parallel to the axis and a minor axis extending perpendicular to the major axis and through a root bottom.
US10145495B2	Tubular threaded connection A threaded tubular connection including a first tube and a second tube is provided. The first tube includes a pin member which extends from an end of a main body of the first tube to a terminal end of the first tube. The second tube includes a box member which extends from an end of a main body of the second tube to a terminal end of the second tube. A cross-sectional area of a pin critical cross-section is within approximately ±5% of cross-sectional area of a box critical cross-section of the box member. The cross-sectional areas of each of the pin and box critical cross-sections are within approximately ±5% of the sum of the cross-sectional areas of a box intermediate critical cross-section of the box member and a pin intermediate critical cross-section of the pin member.
US10145493B2	Slip-on connector to grip and seal on smooth OD pipe/casing and method of use In general, a connector designed to slip on a tubular, or an extension thereof, may be locked onto the tubular and a seal created around the tubular to keep pressure trapped inside the tubular. Generally, the connector is slipped over and makes contact with the tubular via a sliding sleeve seal cover. In certain embodiments, when sufficient force is placed on the connector, one or more shear pins, which are holding the sleeve, are sheared, allowing the connector to be lowered onto the tubular and the seal to make contact with the tubular. The connector may be locked onto the tubular by means of a one piece slip energized by a cam typically held in place mechanically by one or more ratchets.
US10145491B2	Side load free EGR valve actuation A device for converting a rotational motion of a valve element into a translational motion of same having a valve element bearing-supported such that it is translationally movable along a translation axis, a cam element with a cam curvature. The cam element is rotatable about an axis of rotation, wherein connected with the valve element is a stem by means of which the valve element can be moved translationally along the translation axis and which comprises an engagement element in engagement with the cam curvature. The engagement element is braced from two sides of the cam element by the stem, and wherein, by rotation of the cam element about the axis of rotation, the engagement element is guided along the cam curvature such that the stem executes a translational motion whereby the valve element executes a translational motion.
US10145490B2	Enhanced pilot stage servovalve Servovalve with jet-type pilot stage including an ejector for ejecting a jet of fluid that is movable relative to a deflector adapted to generate a pressure differential that can be used to move a power distribution member of the servovalve, the ejector projecting radially from a column extending along a longitudinal axis and to which the ejector is fastened, being in fluid communication with a central passage of the column via which the ejector is fed with fluid, the column having a first end pivotably engaged in a part of the servovalve in the vicinity of a pressure feed thereof and via which the fluid is introduced into the central passage of the column, the column having a second end loaded by a torque motor to apply selectively to the column a rotation torque about the longitudinal axis in either direction relative to a rest position.
US10145488B2	Solenoid valve A solenoid valve includes a sleeve, a spool valve, and a solenoid part. The solenoid part has an electromagnetic coil, a solenoid core, a plunger that moves in the axial direction with respect to the solenoid core, and a stopper that is interposed between the plunger and the solenoid core to restrict movement of the plunger. The solenoid core includes a cylindrical part and an extended part. The cylindrical part has an opposing surface facing the plunger in the axial direction and a contact surface that is contacted by the stopper. The extended part is extended in the axial direction from an outer peripheral end of the cylindrical part. At least a part of the opposing surface of the cylindrical part is located closer to the plunger than the contact surface.
US10145484B2	Valve cover The presently-disclosed subject matter includes valve covers. The valve covers can protect valves from exposure as well as from tampering. In some embodiments the valve cover comprises a cap that includes a top end and a side wall that is substantially cylindrical. Embodiments of valve covers also include a plug on an interior side of the top end of the cap that projects toward the opening of the cap. When the valve cover is installed, the plug can extend beyond an opening of the valve.
US10145481B2	Pneumatic valve Provided is a pneumatic valve in which a seal member; a shaft provided with a valve body capable of abutting against the seal member; and a valve-actuating pressure chamber that moves the shaft in an axial direction to actuate the valve body is provided within a valve casing. The shaft has a first member that receives pressure from the valve-actuating pressure chamber, and a second member that includes the valve body and is movable relative to the first member in the axial direction. The pneumatic valve further has a stopper that is provided in a movement path of the first member, and a disc spring that is sandwiched between the first member and the second member, has elastic energy accumulated therein in a state where the first member is in contact with the stopper, and presses the valve body against the seal member.
US10145479B2	Diaphragm valve Provided is a diaphragm valve that is capable of increasing its flow rate and is capable of suppressing variation among the diaphragm valves in the flow rates. In a diaphragm valve 1, a fluid that has flown into the fluid inflow channel 2a enters a fluid outflow channel 2b via through holes 22a of a seat holder 5. On a bottom surface 13 of a depression 2c of a body 2, a seat receiving surface 13a that receives a seat 4 is flush with a seat-holder receiving surface 13b that receives a seat holder 5. In the bottom surface of the depression 2c of the body 2, an annular groove 14 facing through holes 22 of the seat holder 5 is formed.
US10145471B2	Variator bypass clutch A dog clutch operable to bypass a variator of a transmission is disclosed. The dog clutch includes a housing engaged with an input ring of the variator. The dog clutch also includes a piston engaged with the housing and movable from a first position in which the piston is disengaged from an output ring of the variator to a second position in which the piston is engaged with the output ring. The variator input ring and output ring are locked together when the dog clutch is in the second position to prevent the variator from producing continuously variable torque output. The variator is operable to produce continuously-variable torque output when the dog clutch is in the first position.
US10145462B2	Shaft internal lubrication with rifling grooves According to an aspect, a shaft internal lubrication system includes a shaft body having an outer wall and a central bore defining an inner wall. The shaft internal lubrication system also includes a plurality of lubrication holes axially distributed along the central bore and fluidically connecting the inner wall and the outer wall. At least one rifling groove on the inner wall forms a lubrication flow path to two or more of the lubrication holes. The shaft internal lubrication system further includes a feed tube within the central bore operable to drip feed a lubricant to the inner wall.
US10145448B2	Attachment device An attachment device that includes two portions of cord extending from a junction point from which a loop also extends. A locking element brings the portions of cord together at a site other than that of the junction point. The locking element is able to be passed through the loop to close the device on itself and ensure locking. The locking element is also able to slide along the portions of cord, thereby allowing the attachment device to be adjustable.
US10145425B2	Clutch carrier assembly A clutch carrier includes a stamped carrier and a hub portion. The stamped carrier has a first circumferential wall, a second circumferential wall axially and radially offset from the first circumferential wall, and a first radial wall extending radially inward from the second circumferential wall. The hub portion has a third circumferential wall extending from the first radial wall, a fourth circumferential wall axially and radially offset from the third circumferential wall, and a second radial wall connecting the third and fourth circumferential walls. In some example embodiments, the first circumferential wall includes a plurality of axially extending fingers for driving engagement with a clutch plate. In an example embodiment, each of the plurality of axially extending fingers includes a groove for receiving a retaining ring.
US10145418B2	Bearing assembly with inner ring and lubrication therefor A bearing assembly comprises an outer ring and an inner ring radially inward of the outer ring and cooperating therewith to form a roller volume. The inner ring has opposed faces including slots extending axially and circumferentially spaced. The slots extend axially to openings into the opposed axial faces and communicate with partial circumferential slots in the inner circumferential surface and in fluid communication with the roller volume through passages in the inner ring. A first plurality of the axial slots has a radial depth increasing from a first of the axial faces to the respective partial circumferential slot. A second plurality of the axial slots has a radial depth increasing from the second of the axial faces to the respective partial circumferential slot. Bearing elements are in the roller volume rollingly disposed against the outer ring and the inner ring.
US10145390B2	Pressure accumulator A pressure accumulator includes a membrane (4) forming a movable separating element between media spaces (6, 8) and made of contiguous layers (16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26) of different materials. At least one layer of a basic structure (16, 20) has filaments. A gas-tight impregnation (24) is disposed between layers (18) made of an elastomer.
US10145385B2	Pump A liquid pump has a pump housing defining a pump chamber. A motor is accommodated within the pump housing and separated from the pump chamber by an end cap. An impeller disposed within the pump chamber is driven by the motor. The pump chamber has an inlet and one or more outlets. The outlets are located on a sidewall of the pump chamber and extend in a direction substantially tangential to an outer circumference of the pump chamber. Each outlet has a first end near the pump chamber, and a second end remote from the pump chamber. A cross-sectional area S1 of the first end is smaller than a cross-sectional area S2 of the second end, forming a diffuser within the outlet.
US10145378B2	Rotary machine A rotary machine characterized by being equipped with: a rotary drive part; a drive shaft that is rotated about a horizontally extending axis by the rotary drive part; a large gear that is fixed to the drive shaft; a bearing part that rotatably supports the drive shaft, and to which a lubrication oil is supplied; multiple pinions that are driven by being engaged with the large gear; multiple compression parts that are arranged so as to correspond to the multiple pinions and are respectively rotated by the pinions; and a plate that is installed between the bearing part and the large gear and covers at least a portion of the bottom half of the large gear so as to separate the large gear and the bearing part from each other.
US10145377B2	Canned motor pump thrust shoe heat shield A heat shield for a thrust bearing assembly of a pump. The heat shield includes a member having an inner surface and an outer surface. A raised flange is formed on a perimeter of the inner surface. The raised flange is configured to seal with a back surface of a thrust shoe holder, and form a cavity between the inner surface and the back surface of the thrust shoe holder. At least one weep hole is on the flange. The weep hole is configured to allow water to enter the cavity to form an insulating stagnant water layer.
US10145373B2	Rotary compression mechanism A rotary compression mechanism includes: a shaft attached to a casing; a drive cylinder rotatably supported on the shaft; a rotor provided inside the drive cylinder; a transfer mechanism connecting the drive cylinder and the rotor in rotational motion at a constant speed; and a partition plate dividing a space defined between an inner periphery of the drive cylinder and an outer periphery of the rotor. The rotor has a second rotation center which is eccentric with respect to a first rotation center of the drive cylinder such that the outer periphery of the rotor is in contact with the inner periphery of the drive cylinder at a contact portion. The partition plate has a structure by which one end of the partition plate is let in and out in a vicinity of the inner periphery of the drive cylinder or in a vicinity of the outer periphery of the rotor.
US10145370B2	Double-headed piston type swash plate compressor A double-headed piston type swash plate compressor includes a rotation shaft, a housing, a swash plate, two cylinder bores, a double-headed piston, and two shoes. The double-headed piston includes two shoe holders, a neck, two heads, and two coupling portions. Each of the coupling portions includes an outer portion and an inner portion. A direction orthogonal to both of an opposing direction of the inner portion and the outer portion and the axial direction of the double-headed piston is referred to as a widthwise direction. The inner portion includes a narrow portion and a wide portion. The wide portion projects out of the narrow portion in the widthwise direction and has a larger width than the narrow portion. An outer surface of the wide portion is slidable on a wall surface of the corresponding cylinder bore when the double-headed piston reciprocates in the cylinder bores.
US10145365B2	Integrated thermal storage, heat exchange, and steam generation Heat exchange apparatus (24, 80) includes first heat transfer tubes (50), contained within an enclosure (43) and coupled to receive a first fluid heated by an energy source (22, 36). Second heat transfer tubes (52) are interleaved with the first heat transfer tubes within the enclosure so as to heat a second fluid contained in the second heat transfer tubes by transfer of heat from the first fluid, and are coupled to output the heated second fluid to drive target equipment (30). A heat storage medium (48) fills the enclosure.
US10145363B2	Method for performing up-tower maintenance on a gearbox bearing of a wind turbine The invention relates to a method for performing up-tower maintenance on a gearbox bearing of a wind turbine. In particular, a method for performing up-tower maintenance on a gearbox of a wind turbine is disclosed. The gearbox has at least one bearing with an outer race and an inner race that rotates with respect to the outer race. The method includes forming a through-hole in a front cover of the gearbox, the front cover being stationary with respect to an axis of rotation of the bearing. The method also includes forming a recess in the outer race of the bearing. Further, the method includes inserting a connecting member through the through-hole and the recess so as to prevent movement of the outer race of the bearing with respect to a torque arm of the gearbox.
US10145356B1	Nodes for multiple aerial vehicles connected to a single ground station Airborne wind turbine systems with multiple aerial vehicles connected via multiple tethers to a single ground station are disclosed. A node is coupled to the tethers. The node includes a drive system. At a proximate end of the node, each of the tethers is adjacent to neighboring tethers. And at a distal end of the node, each of the tethers is separated from the neighboring tethers. The airborne wind turbine system includes a control system configured to operate the drive system to translate the node along the tethers.
US10145353B2	Shutter valve and device for generating energy from sea waves comprising such valves A shutter valve for alternatingly allowing and stopping a high pressure water flow, such as in a device for generating energy from sea waves, comprising a tube section (201) having a rectangular cross section, wherein a multitude of vanes (202) are rotatably mounted in the tube section (201), wherein the vanes have a relatively large rectangular longitudinal cross section in a first direction, a relatively flat rectangular longitudinal cross section in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, and a generally flat cross section in a third direction perpendicular to said first and second directions, said third direction being the axis of the vane (202), wherein the circumferential wall around the axis of each vane forms a closed water impermeable surface, wherein the axes of said multitude of vanes all extend in a parallel manner, characterized in that the distances between the axes of adjacent vanes are approximately half the distance between the outer tips of the vanes, seen in the cross section in said third direction, such that when the vanes are rotated to the closed position the lower half of the front surfaces and upper half of the back surfaces of all vanes form a single closed front surface and a single closed back surface, each in substantially a single flat plane perpendicular to the flow axis of the valve, said surfaces closing the opening of said tube section, and the other half of said front surfaces and the other half of said back surfaces of said vanes rest against each other.
US10145351B2	Heating device for fluid A heating device for heating of a fluid, particularly in a vehicle or vessel, comprising at least one heating element in a housing with a house wall and a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The wall or a part of this or a part of the house wall is a heat conductor for conducting heat between the heating element and at least one of the fluid channels. At least one chamber is defined by the at least one wall and a portion of the housing wall, or by walls in pairs between the fluid channels. The heating element is mountable in the chamber, which has an opening towards the outside of the housing. The opening is not fluidly connected to the fluid channels. The heating element can be a PTC element.
US10145347B2	Fuel rail To obtain a fuel rail that maintains low hardness and good formability before being formed into a tube stock, can be made to easily form a thin absorbing wall surface, and has a high hardness and pressure resistance so as to be usable not only at a fuel pressure of 400 kPa or less, but also at a relatively high fuel pressure of 400 kPa or more. A fuel rail for port injection that is provided with a fuel pressure absorbing wall surface 1 and is used at a fuel pressure of 200 kPa to 1400 kPa. The fuel rail comprises an iron alloy that includes chemical components of C, Si, Mn, P, S, Nb, and Mo. The fuel rail has an internal volume of at least 60 cc and an amount of change in internal volume, when pressure is applied, of at least 0.5 cc/MPa. A bainitic structure can be precipitated by brazing the fuel rail in a furnace during manufacturing.
US10145344B2	Structure of GDI fuel delivery pipe Disclosed herein is the structure of a GDI fuel delivery pipe. The structure of a GDI fuel delivery pipe includes: a main pipe configured to flow fuel through a hollow formed therein; a plurality of injector cups formed in cylindrical shapes having open lower ends, and configured to be coupled and fastened to the main pipe, to flow fuel therethrough, and to be coupled to respective injectors; a plurality of mount holders configured to form tubular parts each having a bolt hole in a lengthwise direction, and to be coupled and fastened to the main pipe; and fastening members configured to fasten the plurality of injector cups or mount holders to the main pipe by being coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the main pipe at both left and right ends thereof while surrounding the outer circumferences of the plurality of injector cups or mount holders.
US10145337B2	Electrode ignition and control of electrically operated propellants Electrical ignition of electrically operated propellant in a gas generation system provides an ignition condition at an ignition surface between a pair of electrodes that satisfies three criteria of a current density J that exhibits a decreasing gradient along an axis normal to an ignition surface, is substantially constant across the ignition surface and exceeds an ignition threshold at the ignition surface. These criteria may be satisfied by one or more of an angled electrode configuration, a segmented electrode configuration or an additive to the electrically operated propellant that modifies its conductivity. These configurations improve burn rate control and consumption of the available propellant and are scalable to greater propellant mass to support larger gas generation systems.
US10145322B2	Method and system for pre-ignition control Methods and systems are provided for improving the detection and mitigation of high speed pre-ignition. In one example, high speed pre-ignition is detected based on concurrent or sequential changes in an integrated knock sensor output in a knock window as well as a pre-ignition window. The high speed pre-ignition is addressed using cylinder fuel deactivation and/or engine load limiting to reduce the risk for run-away pre-ignition.
US10145315B2	Systems and methods for a split exhaust engine system Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, an intake valve timing, exhaust valve timing of a first set of exhaust valves coupled to the first exhaust manifold, and a position of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve in an EGR passage may be adjusted in coordination with one another in response to a condition at a compressor. The EGR passage may be coupled between the intake passage, upstream of the compressor, and the first exhaust manifold.
US10145314B2	Motor vehicle, control unit and method for controlling a phase angle of a camshaft A control unit for controlling a phase angle of a first camshaft of an internal combustion engine includes a first characteristic diagram signal generator for determining a dynamic setpoint phase angle of the first camshaft, a second characteristic diagram signal generator for determining a static setpoint phase angle of the first camshaft, and a first interpolator for determining a corrected setpoint phase angle of the first camshaft based on the dynamic setpoint phase angle of the first camshaft and on the static setpoint phase angle of the first camshaft. A motor vehicle including a control unit for controlling a phase angle of a first camshaft of an internal combustion engine and a method for controlling a phase angle of a first camshaft of an internal combustion engine are also provided.
US10145309B2	Gas turbine fuel control system A method of controlling a flow of a fuel mixture of different types of fuel in a gas turbine engine is described which includes determining a combustive energy value of an input of the fuel mixture in the engine, extracting fuel schedule data from a fuel schedule established for a reference fuel, determining a desired fuel mixture flow rate by adapting the fuel schedule data to the fuel mixture based on the combustive energy value, and controlling a fuel metering device of the engine such that the fuel mixture flow rate corresponds to the desired fuel mixture flow rate.
US10145307B2	Compact aero-thermo model based control system Systems and methods for controlling a fluid based engineering system are disclosed. The systems and methods may include a model processor for generating a model output, the model processor including a set state module for setting dynamic states of the model processor, the dynamic states input to an open loop model based on the model operating mode, the model generates current state derivatives and synthesized parameters as a function of the dynamic states and the model input, wherein a constraint on the current state derivatives is based a series of modules, each member of the series of modules arranged in at least a primary stream group and a secondary stream group corresponding to a component of the system. The model processor may further include an estimate state module for determining an estimated state of the model.
US10145303B2	Gas turbine efficiency and regulation speed improvements using supplementary air system continuous and storage systems and methods of using the same The present invention discloses a novel apparatus and methods for augmenting the power of a gas turbine engine, improving gas turbine engine operation, and reducing the response time necessary to meet changing demands of a power plant. Improvements in power augmentation and engine operation include additional heated compressed air injection, steam injection, water recovery, exhaust tempering, fuel heating, and stored heated air injection.
US10145298B2	Gas flow and energy conversion apparatus An internal combustion engine comprising an engine block comprised of a main cavity, an intake plenum, and an exhaust plenum; a crankshaft supported within the main cavity of the engine block; a rotating piston assembly contained within the main cavity of the engine block and comprised of a rotatable cylinder housing having a housing axis of rotation and comprised of a plurality of pistons contained in combustion cylinders; and a rotating valve ring contained within the engine block and surrounding the rotating piston assembly, and comprised of intake ports, ignition energy ports, and exhaust ports corresponding to each of the plurality of combustion cylinders. The rotatable cylinder housing has an axis of rotation that is parallel to and offset from the crankshaft axis of rotation.
US10145294B2	Charge air cooler shroud mounting system with one fixed and three floating attachment points A charge air cooler shroud mounting system is provided. The charge air cooler shroud has a body having a four point attachment system including a mounting aperture, a first lug, a second lug and a third lug. The mounting aperture provides a fixed point of attachment while the lugs provide a plurality of floating points of attachment.
US10145284B2	Exhaust after-treatment system including sliding mode ammonia controller An automotive vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and an exhaust system. The exhaust treatment system includes a dosing system that injects NH3 into an exhaust gas stream generated by the engine. An SCR device stores an amount of the NH3 and converts NOx into diatomic nitrogen (N2) and water (H2O) based on the stored amount of the NH3. The vehicle further includes an SCR status estimator device and a controller. The SCR status estimator device determines an NH3 coverage ratio (R), which indicates a stored amount of NH3 with respect to a maximum NH3 storage capacity of the SCR device. The controller determines a target NOx reduction efficiency (ηNOx) of the SCR device, and an NH3 coverage ratio set point (Rsp) based on the ηNOx. The controller also generates an NH3 control signal (u) that controls the dosing system based on a comparison between the R and the Rsp.
US10145272B2	Rocker arm A rocker arm includes a roller, a support shaft coaxially mounted in the roller and having a first end portion and a second end portion, walls including at least a first wall and a second wall arranged along the rotation axis and opposite each other with having the roller therebetween, the first wall having a first through hole through which the first end portion is inserted and the second wall having a second through hole through which the second end portion is inserted, and plate portions including at least a first plate portion and a second plate portion arranged opposite each other with having the first wall, the second wall and the support shaft therebetween. The first plate portion is in contact with a first end surface of the first end portion and the second plate portion is in contact with a second end surface of the second end portion.
US10145265B2	Method for balancing a turbofan engine or other rotating system A method for balancing rotating machinery, such as gas turbine engines, to minimize vibrations. The method involves operation of the engine for a period of time at varying power levels and ranges of other operational parameters representative of the system operating envelope to obtain vibration data (amplitude and phase) for the full range of dynamic responses of interest. This usually includes time at elevated power settings until the engine reaches thermal stability, altitude variation, etc. as well as the full engine operating range. The full set of vibration data measured during the engine run is analyzed to generate unique unbalance states. The unique unbalance states are then analyzed and the mean unbalance state is identified. Balancing masses can then be installed or removed in accordance with a balance solution that is equal and opposite to the mean unbalance state.
US10145261B2	Vane position sensor installation within a turbine case A measuring system for sensing vane positions that comprises a turbine, a target, and a sensor. The turbine includes a plurality of articulating vanes, with each vane being coupled to a sync ring that is configured to position the plurality of articulating vanes in accordance with a degree of rotation by the sync ring. The target is coupled to a first position of the turbine within a first region that is associated with a first vane of the plurality of articulating vanes. The sensor is coupled via a bracket to a second position of the turbine within the first region. The sensor is configured to detect an orientation of the target that corresponds to a vane position of the first vane.
US10145260B2	Accessory drive case for a turboprop A turbomachine including an accessory drive case, connected to the engine shaft via a radial shaft, wherein the accessory drive case also includes: a primary shaft which is driven by the radial shaft via a bevel gearbox, and assemblies for mechanically driving accessories, driven by the primary shaft and configured such that the related accessories lie at the upper portion and on at least one of the side edges of the engine case.
US10145246B2	Staggered crossovers for airfoils An airfoil according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil section having an external wall and an internal wall. The internal wall defines a first reference plane extending in a spanwise direction and through a thickness of the internal wall. A first cavity and a second cavity are separated by the internal wall. A plurality of crossover passages within the internal wall connects the first cavity to the second cavity. Each of the plurality of crossover passages defines a passage axis. The plurality of crossover passages are distributed in the spanwise direction and arranged such that the passage axis of each of the plurality of cooling passages intersects a surface of the second cavity. The plurality of crossover passages include a first set of crossover passages and a second set of crossover passages positioned on opposite sides of the first reference plane. The passage axis of each of the first set of crossover passages is arranged at a first vertical angle relative to a spanwise axis, and the passage axis of each of the second set of crossover passages is arranged at a second, different vertical angle relative to the spanwise axis. A casting core for an airfoil is also disclosed.
US10145244B2	Rotorcraft rotor blade assembly A rotorcraft rotor blade assembly includes a stub spar extending less than a full span of the rotor blade assembly. An upper skin portion extends substantially the full span of the rotor blade assembly. A lower skin portion extends substantially the full span of the rotor blade assembly. The stub spar is positioned between the upper skin portion and the lower skin portion.
US10145222B2	Over-coupling screen communication system A screen system having a first screen sub including a first base pipe wrapped with a first screen section; a second screen sub including a second base pipe wrapped with a second screen section; and a pipe coupling assembly joining the first and second base pipes. A section of filter material extends between the first and second screen sections, and extends over the pipe coupling assembly, thereby forming an annular flow path from the first screen section to the second screen section over the pipe coupling assembly.
US10145218B2	Suppressing oscillations due to pattern switching in low drawdown wells From a simulation engine simulating the field operation, simulation variable values corresponding to grid cells are obtained. The grid cells represent at least a portion of the field for simulating the field operation. The simulation variable values are analyzed to generate a scaling factor and adjusted according to the scaling factor to generate adjusted simulation variable values. The scaling factor controls intermediate result deviation between computation iterations of simulating the field operation. Using the simulation engine, a simulation result is generated based at least on the adjusted simulation variable values. A field operation is performed based on the simulation result.
US10145208B2	Annulus installed 6 zone control manifold A method of controlling a plurality of downhole tools in a wellbore, using first and second codes transmitted by hydraulic line to first address and then actuate the desired tool. A dedicated line is provided for terminating all actuated tools.
US10145203B2	System and method of using heat sources and alloys in down-hole applications A chemical reaction heat source for use in heaters used in down-hole applications is provided. The heat source has a fuel composition that comprises thermite and a damping agent. The use of the thermite mix enables the heaters of the present invention to generate hotter temperatures down wells. This in turn allows the use of Bismuth/Germanium alloys, which have higher melting points, to enable the production of plugs for the abandonment of deeper wells where subterranean temperatures are higher.
US10145200B2	Method and system for controlling slip joint packer activation The invention provides a system and method for controlling packer activation in a riser slip joint. The system comprises a first electronically actuated valve disposed between a first packer and a fluid pressure source for the actuation of the first packer. A second electronically actuated valve is disposed between a second packer and a fluid pressure source for the actuation of the second packer. A control unit is operable to actuate the first and/or second electronically actuated valve in response to at least one input signal to control the activation of the first and second packers, and is configured to control the actuation of the first and second electronically actuated valves independently.
US10145193B2	Axially separating drill bucket There is provided an Axially separating drill bucket for drilling large holes in the earth by which a drilling operator can perform the drilling operation with the Axially Separating Drill Bucket, incorporating a spring loaded latching mechanism and a hydraulic cylinder within a drill head casing, and remove the excavated material in one operation. The unit can be raised to the surface where the bucket portion is moved up or down from the drill head to empty the excavated material. A spring loaded latching mechanism is disclosed having a pushrod which activates the latch by making contact with an external force. A centrally located hydraulic cylinder power assists the drill head to be raised and lowered to remove the material collected within the drill bucket.
US10145192B1	Soil sampling assembly A soil sampler assembly includes a utility vehicle and a soil sampler module coupled to the utility vehicle. The utility vehicle includes a cab, and the soil sampler module is configured to deposit a soil sample in the cab. For example, the soil sampler assembly includes a conveyor system configured to convey the soil sample to the cab. The conveyor system includes a central conveyor and a lateral conveyor that feeds the central conveyor. The central conveyor is on a travel track. The soil sampler assembly further includes a sampler arm assembly. The sampler arm assembly includes a power cylinder, a guide cylinder, a transfer block, and a probe. The probe has a tip, and the tip of the probe includes an outer surface defining an outer taper bore and an inner surface defining an inner taper bore.
US10145173B2	Motorized system with position calibration A motorized system that allows for calibration by a user, and that features circuit protection and detection of motor stoppage. A motorized window-blind system is an example of such a system and is disclosed herein. In particular, a circuit is featured that comprises a TRIAC, or “triode for alternating current,” and TVS diodes, or “transient-voltage-suppression diodes,” providing voltage protection to various types of motor-related electronic components. A controller is disclosed that features measurement of voltage that is induced on a secondary winding of a motor, in order to detect certain events that occur during the operation of the motor. A calibration method is also disclosed that can account for one or both of the protection circuit and event-detecting controller. The calibration method accounts for human interaction and, in doing so, is intended toward making a calibration process of a motorized household system less prone to human error.
US10145172B2	Slatted roller blind A roller blind is disclosed which provides horizontal slats for directional shading, enabling the application of a screen fabric which allows a greater portion of visible light to pass therethrough. The disclosed slatted roller blind is free from the usage of ladder cords and is simplistic in design. The disclosed slatted roller blind maintains a compact formation of a roller shade when retracted and has greater resistance to skewing along the longitudinal axis of the roller while being retracted. Furthermore, the disclosed slatted roller blind design is capable of being utilized as an outdoor or indoor blind.
US10145167B1	Closure member with decorative panel A door panel comprises a body, first and second skins on opposite sides of the body, each having an opening aligned with the other opening, a first lip portion being provided on the first skin and adjacent the opening for holding a decorative panel and a pair of coupling elements provided on the first and second skins respectively and extending therebetween for inter-engagement to thereby fix relative positions of the first and second skins. The first and second skins define a space therebetween for receiving filling material to form the body, and include a partition in and extending across the space to delineate a portion of the space separate from the openings for receiving the filling material to form the body.
US10145164B2	Vehicle tailgate assembly A vehicle tailgate assembly includes a tailgate adapted to pivotally latch to a vehicle cargo box. A hinge pivot is coupled to the tailgate and includes an electromagnetic cylinder and a vane hub positioned within the cylinder and coupled to at least one of the tailgate and the cargo box. The vane hub is configured to rotate within the cylinder. A vane is coupled to the vane hub. A magnetorheological fluid is positioned around the vane.
US10145163B2	Home appliance having movable handle A home appliance includes a cabinet. The home appliance further includes a door that defines a penetration hole that is located in a front surface of the door. The home appliance further includes a handle. The home appliance further includes a handle link that is configured to rotate about a handle link rotating shaft that is located inside the door, wherein a portion of the handle link is exposed outside the door through the penetration hole and a length of the portion of the handle link varies based on an opening angle of the door. The home appliance further includes a link that is configured to convert a rotation motion of the door into a rotation of the handle link and that is configured to guide rotation of the door based on the handle link being restrained by having a variable length.
US10145159B2	Collapsible child conveyance device Aspects and embodiments of the present disclosure are directed generally to a a hinge for a child conveyance device including a means for coupling two non-circular elements that rotate with respect to one another, wherein the two non-circular elements are configured to avoid the pinching of fingers during rotation.
US10145158B2	Cabinet A cabinet 10 having at least one door 32 which may be selectively and removably placed within the generally hollow storage compartment 14 of the cabinet 10 and which may be also moved outside of the compartment 14 and allowed to selectively articulate along movement arc 120 and to be selectively placed in a closed position in which the at least one door 32 overlays the storage cavity or compartment 14.
US10145155B2	Door handle assembly for a motor vehicle with handle guidance The invention relates to a door handle having a handle for a motor vehicle, which handle is arranged in a handle housing and which is displaceable from a rest position into an operating position by means of a rotation around a rotation axis, wherein a handle hook arranged on the free end of the rear side of the handle is kinematically coupled with a deflection lever, wherein the deflection lever directly or indirectly acts on a motor vehicle door lock when being displaced from the rest position into the operating position in order to effect a release of the lock and to enable opening the motor vehicle door, the handle hook comprising at least one guidance element by means of which the handle hook is guided in a corresponding profile of the handle housing, the guidance element performing a form-fit with the handle hook.
US10145152B2	Door handle with removable cap The invention relates to a door handle (10) for a vehicle door of a motor vehicle, with a removable cover element (11), in particular for covering a lock cylinder (101), wherein the lock cylinder (101) is provided for unlocking and locking a door lock, and wherein the cover element (11) can be transferred between at least two positions (I, II), specifically a covered position (I), in which in particular the lock cylinder (101) is covered by the cover element (11) so as to be inaccessible from the outside, and an open position (II), in which in particular the cylinder lock (101) is uncovered by the cover element (11), and a tension means (12) for actuating the door lock, wherein the tension means (12) can be mechanically operatively connected with the cover element (11) in the open position (II) of the cover element (11), so as to actuate the door lock by pulling on the cover element (11). It is also possible to initially detach the tension means from the cover element, for example by undoing a corresponding connection between the tension means and cover element, such as a form- and/or force fitting connection, clip and/or clamp connection, bayonet connection or the like, and then initiate the opening process directly on the tension means. To this end, the invention proposes that a triggering device (14) be provided for the cover element (11), so as to automatically transfer the cover element (11) into the open position (II), in particular in an emergency situation.
US10145149B2	Cammed lever-activated locking system A cammed lever is configured to nest and lock with a cam follower at a recess formed on the cammed lever or the cam follower. Upon rotation of the lever, the cam follower and the cammed lever are disengaged at the recess to form a gap when the cammed lever is rotated upon outward movement of a drawer or drawer slide. The lock assembly includes the cammed lever and cam follower in a stacked array for use in a storage unit having multiple drawers. Preferably, only one drawer is permitted to open in the stacked array. The cammed lever, when unlocked, is permitted to rotate between the open and closed positions. When locked, the cam follower prevents rotation of the cammed lever to an open position. An optional sliding bracket is provided for added security when the drawers are locked.
US10145148B2	Direct action window lock A window latch for a sliding window having a sliding sash including a latch plate and a housing. The housing includes an engagement element movable relative to the housing from a locked position operatively engaged with the latch plate to an unlocked position disengaged from the latch plate. A handle is operatively coupled to the engagement element and movable from a first position to a second position in a first direction corresponding to the direction the sliding sash to which the handle is attached moves to an open position. The handle operatively moves the engagement element from the locked position to the unlocked position as the handle is moved in the first direction toward the second position.
US10145147B2	Low-consumption clutch actuating mechanism for electronic cylinders in locks and method for operating the same Clutch actuating mechanism for electronic cylinders in locks and method for operating the same.The clutch actuating mechanism for an electronic cylinder in locks relates, in particular, to a clutch actuating mechanism which is responsible for storing the energy supplied by the motor and returning said energy to the clutch at the moment it passes from a clutched position to a declutched position, all of this being carried out with reduced energy consumption. It also relates to the method for operating said mechanism.
US10145127B2	Assemblies and methods for aligning and leveling tiles A method and assembly for laying and leveling adjacent tiles. The assembly includes a base member having a bottom plate and a cam tool. The cam tool is pivotally combined with the base member so that the cam tool rotates relative to the base member about an axis of rotation. The cam tool has a handle combined with a cam member. The cam member has a tile engaging surface around its outer periphery with a first portion that is a first distance from the axis of rotation and a second portion that is a second distance from the axis of rotation. Rotation of the cam tool around the axis of rotation causes the distance between the tile engaging surface and the bottom plate to change. One or more tiles is adapted to be placed between the tile engaging surface of the cam member and the bottom plate of the base member. The tiles are compressed between the tile engaging surface and the bottom plate as the cam tool is rotated to a desired position.
US10145121B1	Canopy A canopy including a flexible cover and a framework. The cover carries two rods, one secured to each of the opposite sides of the cover. Each of the rods has a gear attached to each of its ends. Brackets attached to the four corners of the framework each include a socket sized to receive the rod end, and, also, each bracket includes a pawl. When the rod is positioned in the socket, the gear on the rod is aligned with the pawl on the bracket to complete a ratchet tensioning mechanism that can be operated to progressively tighten the cover over the framework. To install the cover, the cover is rolled up on the rods and placed on the framework. The cover is then unrolled from the rods towards opposite sides of the framework where the rods are secured in the bracket sockets, tightened by the ratchet mechanisms, and secured by a locking pin. The operation is simply reversed when the cover is to be stored on top of the framework, or removed for storage elsewhere.
US10145109B2	Post sleeve assembly A post sleeve provides a substantially permanent base for supporting a post for a fence or sign, and from which one post can be removed and replaced with another post. The sleeve includes a concrete body that is poured on site, using a sleeve core prepositioned in the post hole, and around which wet concrete is poured. After the concrete is cured, the core is removed, leaving a post sleeve cavity configured to receive a post. The core can be rigid, or can include a flexible shell and stiffener. A preformed post sleeve top can be attached to the sleeve core and positioned therewith in the post hole, to become a permanent part of the post sleeve, once the concrete cures. A drain is attached to the core, and remains in the sleeve when the core is removed, and can be a percolation chamber, or passage extending below the sleeve.
US10145106B2	Slat roof and method for adapting a slat roof A slat roof (1) comprising beams (2), several slats (3) arranged parallel to one another therebetween and slat shafts (4) by means of which these slats (3) are rotatably fastened to the beams (2), wherein the slat shaft (4) of at least one slat (3) is provided, on at least one end by means of which it is attached to said beam (2), with at least one radial projection (5) and the respective beam (2) comprises a fitting opening (8) with a shaft opening (6) through which the slat shaft (4) extends and an insertion opening (7) which ends in the shaft opening (6) in such a manner that the slat shaft (4), in a first position with the radial projection (5) at the location of the insertion opening (7), can be fitted through the fitting opening (8) by its end and, in a different position, the radial projection (5) engages behind a part (9) of the beam (2) which delimits the shaft opening (6) adjacent to the insertion opening (7). In addition, a method for adapting a slat roof to form a slat roof (1) as described.
US10145102B2	Wall assembly Disclosed is a wall assembly including preformed building blocks and a trellis type support member for maintaining the building blocks in place in the desired orientation. The wall assembly further includes at least one support for holding the trellis upright. The individual blocks are connected to the supporting trellis for added stability. Although not every block in the wall need be connected to the trellis support member in order to achieve the desired added stability, it is preferred to connect each block in the wall to the trellis. Connectors are provided for connecting the blocks to the trellis. Each block preferably is connected to the trellis by at least one connector, most preferably by a pair of connectors. To accommodate relative movement or shifting of the blocks during installation and in situ, the connectors are preferably movably connected to the trellis or the block, or both.
US10145100B2	Damp proof course article A damp proof course article (20) for forming a damp proof course in a substrate (10) is disclosed. The damp proof course article comprises an absorbent member (22) and a damp proof course material absorbed into the absorbent member. The damp proof course material comprises an active agent, wherein the active agent comprises an alkoxysilane.
US10145093B2	Mold The improved mold assembly for cultured marble molding is provided. The mold assembly can comprise a male mold portion and a female mold portion. The assembly can further comprise a molding tool. The molding tool can have a side wall having an upper curved s and a lower curved portion. The molding tool can be constructed from a flexible and/or soft material. The lower curved portion of the molding tool can be coated with a gel coat having a first color. The molding tool can facilitate molding of a countertop having a recessed bowl portion having a color different from a counter portion of the countertop.
US10145089B1	Water conduit flow indicator The water conduit flow indicator is a device that is configured to be installed between a spigot and a water conduit in order to provide an audible alarm that water fluid is flowing through the device. The water conduit flow indicator is further defined with a housing that features an inlet and an outlet. The housing includes an internal partition that separates a fluid side from a dry side. Located within the housing is a pair of impeller blades. The pair of impeller blades is further defined with a fluid impeller blade and a dry impeller blade. The dry side of the housing includes a ringer bell that comes into contact with the dry impeller blade such that as the dry impeller blade rotates, the ringer bell generates an audible noise that alerts an end user as to the fluid flow occurring through the water conduit flow indicator.
US10145065B2	Roll cover A roll cover is particular suited for use in an apparatus for producing or surface finishing a fibrous web, such as a web of paper or of cardboard. The roll cover is formed on a roll core of metal or of a fiber-reinforced plastic and includes a matrix system wherein fillers are provided. The fillers provided are three or more in number and they have different median particle sizes.
US10145050B2	Descaling device of washing machine A descaling device is disposed in a washing machine for descaling. The descaling device includes a main body and a descaling assembly. The descaling assembly includes a connecting rod and a descaling rod which are connected to each other. The connecting rod is linked by the main body to rotate. The descaling rod is bent at an angle relative to the connecting rod. The descaling rod is a brush. The descaling rod is linked by the connecting rod to rotate for descaling. The descaling device can descale and clean a larger area of the inner and outer tanks of the washing machine efficiently.
US10145049B2	Drum washing machine A drum washing machine capable of driving a drum and a rotating body to rotate by a driving part, is provided. The driving part includes: a driving motor; a first rotating shaft fixed to the drum; a second rotating shaft fixed to the rotating body; a first pulley, which is fixed on the first rotating shaft and connected with the driving motor via a first transmission belt; a second pulley, which is connected with the driving motor via a second transmission belt and has an outer diameter different from that of the first pulley; and a clutch mechanism part, configured to switch a driving form of the driving part between a biaxial driving form and a drum independent driving form.
US10145040B2	Knit reinforcing fabric A knit fabric suitable as a reinforcement for tubular elastomeric articles or a fiber-reinforced composite structure wherein (i) the fabric comprises a plurality of first filamentary yarns (first yarns) having a tenacity of 2.5-56 g/dtex and a linear density of 222-10000 dtex that form the loops of the knit of the fabric, (ii) the fabric further comprises at least one second filamentary yarn having a tenacity of 2.5-56 g/dtex and a linear density of 222-10000 dtex that, within a course of the fabric, passes in a helical direction in front of all first yarns in that course and is intertwined with at least some of the first yarns in an adjacent course, and (iii) within a course of the fabric, the length of second reinforcement yarn to the length of first yarn is in the ratio of from 1.0:1.72 to 1.0:6.0.
US10145036B1	Items with conductive yarn A fabric-based item may have fabric with conductive strands of material. The conductive strands of material may include conductive yarn formed from insulating fibers and conductive fibers. The conductive fibers may be metal wires. The insulating fibers in the conductive yarn may hide the conductive fibers from view. The fabric may be woven fabric or other fabric with intertwined strands of material. The woven fabric may include conductive and insulating warp yarns and conductive and insulating weft yarns. Conductive yarn may be coupled to capacitive touch sensor circuitry and may form a capacitive touch sensor grid or other capacitive touch sensor electrode structures. Conductive yarn may also be soldered or otherwise coupled to electrical components.
US10145032B2	Cross lapper The cross lapper for forming a nonwoven fabric from a fiber web includes in its infeed area a smooth cover belt or an array of linear elements spaced a certain distance apart and arranged parallel to each other to cover the fiber web being carried along on the upper run of a first web conveyor belt. The first end section of the cover belt or of the array of linear elements is connected to the upper carriage of the cross lapper. During operation of the cross lapper the fiber web moves along the bottom surface of a cover section of the cover belt or of the array of linear elements. The cross lapper comprises a compensating mechanism to compensate for the changes in the length of the cover section which occur as the upper carriage moves transversely back and forth.
US10145027B2	Fiber comprising polyethylene blend The present disclosure is directed to a fiber that is composed of a polymeric blend including (i) 95 wt % to 99 wt % of a high density ethylene-based polymer having a Mw/Mn from 2.0 to 3.0 and (ii) from 5 wt % to 1 wt % of a low density ethylene-based polymer having a melt index from 5 g/10 min to 15 g/10 min. The fiber has a density from 1 denier to 2 denier and a 3% secant modulus from 8.5 g/denier to 20 g/denier.
US10145015B2	Hydrogen generating system and method using geothermal energy A method of and apparatus for producing electricity, hydrogen gas, oxygen gas, pure water using a geothermal heat are disclosed. A low voltage (such as less than 0.9V) is applied to a prepared solution containing hydrogen generating catalysts to generate hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen are used to drive a gas turbine to generate electricity. The oxygen and hydrogen are combusted to generate heat and pure water. This process is advantageous in many aspects including desalinating salt/sea water using geothermal heat.
US10145013B2	Wafer carrier having retention pockets with compound radii for chemical vapor desposition systems A wafer carrier for use in a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system includes a plurality of wafer retention pockets, each having a peripheral wall surface surrounding a floor surface and defining a periphery of that wafer retention pocket. Each wafer retention pocket has a periphery with a shape defined by at least a first arc having a first radius of curvature situated around a first arc center and a second arc having a second radius of curvature situated around a second arc center. The second arc is different from the first arc, either by its radius of curvature, arc center, or both.
US10144997B2	7xxx series aluminum alloy member excellent in stress corrosion cracking resistance and method for manufacturing the same An aluminum alloy member resistant to cracking and having high strengths and excellent stress corrosion cracking resistance is manufactured by crushing a 7xxx aluminum alloy extrudate. Specifically, a 7xxx aluminum alloy extrudate containing Zn of 3.0-8.0%, Mg of 0.4-2.5%, Cu of 0.05-2.0%, and Ti of 0.005-0.2%, in mass percent, and prepared through press quenching is subjected to a reversion treatment, to crushing within 72 hours after the reversion treatment, and then to aging. The reversion treatment includes heating at a temperature rise rate of 0.4° C./second or more, holding in a temperature range of 200-550° C. for longer than 0 second, and cooling at a rate of 0.5° C./second or more. The ratio of the tensile residual stress σrs to the 0.2% yield stress σ0.2 after aging and the total content X of Mg and Zn satisfy a condition specified by Expression (1): Y≤−0.1X+1.4 (1).
US10144993B2	Catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction and preparation method of the same Provided is a catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction comprising an alloy comprising at least one selected from Pt, Pd and Ir supported on a carbon carrier functionalized with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM). The catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction has electronic ensemble effects by virtue of the carbon carrier functionalized with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM), and thus shows improved oxygen reduction activity and durability as compared to conventional catalysts supported on carbon.
US10144990B2	Processes and systems for preparing lithium carbonate There are provided processes comprising submitting an aqueous composition comprising lithium sulphate and/or bisulfate to an electrolysis or an electrodialysis for converting at least a portion of said sulphate into lithium hydroxide. During electrolysis or electrodialysis, the aqueous composition is at least substantially maintained at a pH having a value of about 1 to about 4; and converting said lithium hydroxide into lithium carbonate. Alternatively, lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate can be submitted to a first electromembrane process that comprises a two-compartment membrane process for conversion of lithium sulfate and/or lithium bisulfate to lithium hydroxide, and obtaining a first lithium-reduced aqueous stream and a first lithium hydroxide-enriched aqueous stream; and submitting said first lithium-reduced aqueous stream to a second electromembrane process comprising a three-compartment membrane process to prepare at least a further portion of lithium hydroxide and obtaining a second lithium-reduced aqueous stream and a second lithium-hydroxide enriched aqueous stream.
US10144987B2	Sensors Embodiments of the present invention provide an electromagnetic sensor (400) for detecting a microstructure of a metal target, comprising: a magnetic device (410, 420) for providing an excitation magnetic field; a magnetometer (430) for detecting a resultant magnetic field induced in a metal target; and a calibration circuit (450, 551, 552, 553, 554) for generating a calibration magnetic field for calibrating the electromagnetic sensor, wherein the calibration reference magnetic field is generated by an electrical current induced in the calibration circuit by the excitation magnetic field.
US10144974B2	Methods and reagents that specifically detect, distinguish and quantify IFN-LAMBDA2 mRNA from IFN-LAMBDA3 mRNA in humans The present invention provides a method of specifically detecting IFN-λ2 mRNA or IFN-λ3 mRNA. There is provided a qRT-PCR method specifically detecting, discriminating and quantifying IFN-λ2 and IFN-λ3 mRNA in a biological sample obtained from a human. There is provided qRT-PCR methods and primers and probes that specifically detect IFN-λ2 mRNA but not IFN-λ3 mRNA and vice versa in humans in order to detect, quantify and discriminate IFN-λ2 mRNA and IFN-λ3 mRNA.
US10144966B2	Methods of nucleic acid sequences analysis using solid supports containing identifier sequences Improved solid supports and methods for analyzing target nucleotide sequences are provided herein. Certain improvements are directed to efficiently preparing nucleic acids that comprise nucleotide sequences identical to or substantially identical to one or more target nucleotide sequences, or complement thereof. The prepared nucleic acids include a reference sequence that facilitates sequence analysis. The solid supports and methods provided herein minimize the number of steps required by published sequence analysis methodologies, and thereby offer improved sequence analysis efficiency.
US10144962B2	Differential tagging of RNA for preparation of a cell-free DNA/RNA sequencing library In various aspects, the present disclosure provides methods, compositions, reactions mixtures, kits, and systems for sequencing both RNA and DNA from a single source sample. In some embodiments, RNA is treated so as to differentiate RNA sequences from DNA sequences derived from the same sample. In some embodiments, the RNA and DNA are cell-free polynucleotides.
US10144960B2	Methods for fast nucleic acid amplification Devices are provided for performing polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
US10144951B2	Method and materials to deplete impurities for extraction and purification of nucleic acids from stool Provided herein is materials and method relating to nucleic acids extraction and purification from biological samples such as stool. In particular, binding protein(s) is used to facilitate the extraction and purification of nucleic acids from stool samples, more specifically, depleting and blocking inhibitors and impurities from stool samples and resulting in a highly concentrated and purified nucleic acids preparation.
US10144943B2	Semi-continuous process for the production of rhamnolipids at high yield and titer Provided is a semi-continuous fermentation method of a rhamnolipid producing microorganism to produce rhamnolipids. The fermentation may be run as a batch process but at the end of the fermentation, at least about 70% of the fermentation medium comprising one or more rhamnolipids is drawn out and the new culture medium (feedstock) is fed in as a replacement. This process may be repeated for at least about one month without having to sacrifice RL yield and titer. It allows the fermenter to be utilized at a higher capacity with less downtime for clean-up compared to batch and fed batch fermentation strategies.
US10144935B2	DNA plasmids with improved expression The present invention relates to the production and use of covalently closed circular (ccc) recombinant plasmids, and more particularly to vector modifications that improve expression of said DNA molecules in the target organism.
US10144934B2	Targeted/TGF-ßRII fusion proteins and methods for making same The present invention relates generally to the field of generating fusion proteins to be used in cancer therapy, and more specifically, to nucleotide sequences encoding the fusion proteins, wherein the chimeric fusion proteins comprises at least one targeting moiety and at least one immunomodulatory moiety that counteracts the immune tolerance of cancer cells.
US10144933B2	Chiral nucleic acid adjuvant having immunity induction activity, and immunity induction activator ProblemThe purpose of the present invention is to provide: a chiral nucleic acid adjuvant having immunity-inducing activity and an immunity-inducing activator.SolutionThe present invention relates to an adjuvant which comprises oligonucleotides which comprise two to four sequences each represented by 5′-X1CpG X2-3′ and has a length of 14 to 32 nucleotides, wherein a nucleic acid at 3′ end side of at least two CpG motifs is connected by phosphorothioate linkage, wherein each nucleic acids at 3′ end and 5′ end of the oligonucleotide is S type nucleic acids connected by phosphorothioate linkage, and wherein the oligonucleotide comprises at least one nucleic acid without phosphorothioate modification. The present invention relates to an immunity-inducible activator comprising the adjuvant.
US10144931B2	Antisense nucleic acids The present invention provides an oligomer which allows exon 45 skipping in the human dystrophin gene.
US10144930B2	Inhibitors of MYH7B and uses thereof The present invention provides nucleic acid inhibitors of MYH7B and compositions thereof. The present invention also provides methods of treating or preventing a cardiac disorder such as cardiac hypertrophy, myocardial infarction, or heart failure in a subject by administering to the subject an inhibitor of MYH7B. The present invention further provides methods of modulating the activity or expression of β-MHC in cardiac cells of a subject by administering to the subject an inhibitor of MYH7B.
US10144925B2	Preparation method of yeast cell immobilization medium and application thereof Provided is a preparation method of a yeast cell immobilization medium, which comprises the following steps: (1) boiling a fiber material in boiling water and drying the fiber material; (2) soaking the fiber material in a surface modified aqueous solution with a concentration of 1-100 g/L, using hydrochloric acid to adjust a PH of the solution to 7.0, fully rinsing the fiber material in deionized water and drying the fiber material; (3) soaking the fiber material in a cross-linking agent aqueous solution with a concentration of 1-100 g/L, fully rinsing the fiber material in deionized water and drying the fiber material; and (4) attaching the fiber material to supporting framework. Also provided is the yeast cell immobilization medium prepared using the preparation method and a method for producing ethanol using the yeast cell immobilization medium.
US10144910B2	Cell culture apparatus for co-culture of cells A multilayered cell culture apparatus for the co-culturing of at least two cell types is disclosed. The cell co-culture apparatus is defined as an integral structure having a plurality of cell culture chambers in combination with tracheal space(s). The body of the apparatus has imparted therein gas permeable membranes in combination with tracheal spaces that will allow the free flow of gases between some cell culture chambers and the external environment. In addition, some cell culture chambers may have limited access to air creating relatively lower oxygen content cell culture chambers. The size of the apparatus, and location of an optional neck section, allows for its manipulation by standard automated assay equipment, further making the apparatus amenable to high throughput applications.
US10144898B2	Lubricant compositions for improved high pressure free-radical polymerizations The invention provides a composition comprising at least the following: an oil, and at least one compound selected from Compounds 1 through 3, or a combination thereof, as described herein. The composition can be used to improve the high pressure, free-radical polymerizations of ethylene-based interpolymers, and to reduce polymer build-up in reciprocation devices throughout the process.
US10144897B2	Basic ashless additives A lubricant composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and an N-hydrocarbyl-substituted δ-aminoester or δ-aminothioester provides exhibits basicity and good seal performance. In certain embodiments the N-hydrocarbyl substituent comprises a hydrocarbyl group of at least 3 carbons atoms, with a branch at the 1 or 2 position of the hydrocarbyl chain.
US10144891B2	Method for preparing coal mixture for cokemaking, coal mixture, and method for producing coke Provided is a method for preparing a coal mixture used for the purpose of producing coke with desired strength by taking into account the compatibility between coals for cokemaking. In the case of preparing a coal mixture, used as at least one portion of a coal blend for cokemaking, containing two or more types of coals with different surface tensions, the blending ratio of each of the coals is adjusted using the surface tension of a semicoke mixture obtained from the coal mixture as an indicator.
US10144878B1	Systems and methods for producing liquid fuels from landfill gases In some embodiments, method for producing liquid fuel from landfill gas, the method including providing landfill gas to a tri-reformer, performing a tri-reforming process on the landfill gas within the tri-reformer to convert the landfill gas into synthesis gas, wherein the tri-reforming process combines carbon dioxide reforming, steam reforming, water-gas shifting, and methane oxidation and wherein the synthesis gas has a H2:CO ratio of approximately 2:1, providing the synthesis gas to a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) reformer, and converting the synthesis gas into liquid fuel within the FTS reformer.
US10144873B2	External gas heating device of coal pyrolyzing furnace Disclosed is an external gas heating device of a coal pyrolyzing furnace. The external gas heating device is positioned on the middle part of a coal pyrolyzing furnace body and around the outer wall of a carbonizing chamber and comprises more than one group of first gas heater and second gas heater that have the same structure and a gas reversing device. The gas reversing device supplies air and purified gas into a combustion chamber of the first gas heater to be combusted and meanwhile sucks hot waste gas from a combustion chamber of the second gas heater. In the same way, the gas reversing device supplies air and purified gas into the combustion chamber of the second gas heater to be combusted and meanwhile sucks hot waste gas from the combustion chamber of the first gas heater.
US10144869B2	Silicate phosphor and method for producing the same Provided are a blue phosphor and a method of easily producing the phosphor, the phosphor being excited at a wavelength of about 400 nm, which is an emission wavelength of a near-ultraviolet LED, to emit high-intensity light and having a small change of emission intensity due to a change of an excitation wavelength. The phosphor is silicate phosphor that is represented by a composition formula of Ba1−xEuxZrSiyO3+2y (where 0.001≤x≤5 and 2.5≤y≤3); has a diffraction pattern of BaZrSi3O9 as a powder x-ray diffraction pattern; has an emission intensity at an excitation wavelength of 400 nm, the emission intensity being 40% or higher of an emission intensity at an excitation wavelength of 300 nm; and has an emission intensity change ratio represented by (Iex380 nm−Iex420 nm)/Iex380 nm×100, emission intensity change ratio being 30% or lower in a range of excitation wavelengths of 380 nm to 420 nm.
US10144868B2	Water-insoluble metal hydrate containing an alkali metal and preparation methods thereof The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing a water-insoluble metal hydroxide, and a use thereof. The water-insoluble metal hydroxide of the present invention is conveniently and efficiently prepared s through the high-temperature heat treatment step two times and the washing step, and thus contains a small amount of an alkali metal and has a high crystallinity and a phase purity. The water-insoluble metal hydroxide of the present invention or metal oxide therefrom exhibits an absorption wavelength at a low wavelength range (for example, 490 nm or less) and a light emitting wavelength at a high wavelength range (for example, from 500 nm or more to less than 1,100 nm). Accordingly, the water-insoluble metal hydroxide of the present invention may be efficiently used in various applications such as a fire retardant, an antacid, an adsorbent and so forth, and may also be doped with another metal ion to be utilized as a raw material for fabricating a catalyst, a fluorescent material, an electrode material, a secondary battery material and the like.
US10144864B1	Methods for determining an optimal surfactant structure for oil recovery Methods for determining an optimal surfactant structure for oil recovery are described. These methods systematically evaluate surfactants' phase behavior at ambient and at reservoir conditions; cloud point from ambient to reservoir conditions; dynamic interfacial tension at ambient and at reservoir conditions, including crude oil bubble images and fitting drop profiles; static contact angles at ambient conditions and dynamic contact angles at reservoir conditions; spontaneous imbibition at ambient conditions; and forced imbibition at reservoir conditions.
US10144861B2	Surface active additives for oil-based mud filter cake breakers Described is a method including emplacing a breaker fluid into a wellbore drilled with an oil-based drilling fluid that forms an oil-based filter cake. The breaker fluid includes a non-oleaginous base fluid and a surfactant blend comprising an alkyl polyglycoside, an ethoxylated alcohol, and a triethyleneglycol monobutyl ether. The method further includes allowing the breaker fluid to break the oil-based filter cake.
US10144859B1	Loss circulation compositions (LCM) having Portland cement clinker Portland cement clinker LCMs that include Portland cement clinker to mitigate or prevent lost circulation in a well are provided. A Portland cement clinker LCM may include Portland cement clinker, Portland cement, a carrier fluid, and an inorganic consolidation activator. Another Portland cement clinker LCM may include Portland cement clinker and a crosslinked fluid, such as a polyuronide crosslinked via calcium ions or a polysaccharide crosslinked via divinyl sulfone. Yet another Portland cement clinker LCM may include Portland cement clinker and polymer fibers or particulate glass. Methods of lost circulation control using a Portland cement clinker LCM are also provided.
US10144858B2	Methods and compositions including a curable resin and organophilically-modified clay for subterranean oil well applications Compositions including a curable resin and organophilically-modified clay for subterranean oil well applications and methods of using the same. A method of treating a subterranean formation including placing in a subterranean formation a curable composition that includes at least one of a curable organic resin and a thermosetting polymer. The curable composition also includes an organophilically-modified clay.
US10144855B2	Working fluid composition for refrigerator The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the present invention comprises a refrigerant comprising a first refrigerant component and a second refrigerant component, and having a global warming potential (GWP) of 500 or less, wherein the first refrigerant component is at least one selected from difluoromethane and tetrafluoropropene, and the second refrigerant component is at least one selected from carbon dioxide and a hydrocarbon having 3 to 4 carbon atoms; and a refrigerating machine oil comprising at least one selected from a polyol ester, a polyvinyl ether and a polyalkylene glycol compound as a base oil, wherein a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of the base oil is 2.5 or more and 5.8 or less.
US10144853B2	Adhesive compound with reduced yellowness index Adhesive compounds and methods contain at least one reactive resin, at least one elastomer, at least one polar photoinitiator and, optionally, a non-aqueous solvent. The adhesive compounds and method further containing a non-ionic surfactant for reducing the yellowness index of the cured adhesive compound, having a reduced yellowing tendency after the crosslinking step. The adhesive compound may be preferably a pressure-sensitive adhesive compound and the elastomer may be preferably a non-polar elastomer.
US10144848B2	Thermally curable coating systems The invention relates to a curable coating composition, a method for curing a curable coating composition and an article comprising a cured composition. The curable coating composition of the invention comprises a thermally curable component and plasmonic particles. The method of the invention concerns a method for curing a curable coating composition comprising plasmonic particles and comprises: exposing the curable coating composition to light comprising electromagnetic waves that are at least partially concentrated by the plasmonic particles.
US10144847B2	Polyimide-based solution and polyimide-based film produced using same The present invention relates to a polyimide-based solution that can be used to produce an isotropic transparent polyimide-based film with high heat resistance and excellent mechanical properties as well as high transmittance. A coating of the polyimide-based solution on a substrate has a haze of 1% or less after storage at a temperature of 30° C. and a humidity of 70% for 30 minutes.
US10144840B2	One-pot, high-performance recycling of polymer waste using renewable polymer synthesis Curable formulations, cured formulations, and mixtures and composites thereof are described herein, as well as methods of making and using the formulations, mixtures, and composites.
US10144839B2	Colored resin particle dispersion A colored resin particle dispersion having improved fixation to the printed item immediately after printing and improved color development properties for the printed item, and an inkjet ink containing the colored resin particle dispersion. The colored resin particle dispersion contains colored resin particles, a basic dispersant, and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the colored resin particles contain a colorant and a (meth)acrylic-based resin, and the (meth)acrylic-based resin has a unit A having a carboxyl group, a unit B having a phosphoric acid group and/or a phosphate ester group, and a unit C having an aromatic ring.
US10144832B2	Black fine particulate near-infrared reflective material, method for manufacturing same, and usage for same Provided is a black fine particulate near-infrared reflective material which is a perovskite-type complex oxide containing at least an alkaline earth metal element, titanium element, and manganese element, having a BET specific surface area within a range of 3.0-150 m2/g. The Hunter L value, as an indicator of blackness, is 30 or less, and the reflectivity at a wavelength of 1200 nm, as an indicator of near-infrared reflective power, is 40% or above.
US10144831B2	Optical film comprising primer layer containing polyester resin and polarizing plate using same The present invention relates to an optical film including: a base material film; and a primer layer containing a polyester resin and water-dispersible minute particulates on at least one surface of the base material film and having a refractive index difference of 0.03 or less from the base material film, in which the polyester resin includes polyester glycol formed by a reaction of polybasic acid including an aromatic carboxylic acid compound and an aliphatic carboxylic acid compound at a mole ratio of 1:9 to 9:1 and polyol, adhesion force between the optical film and a functional coating layer is excellent, and a rainbow phenomenon is reduced and an optical property is excellent due to a small refractive index difference.
US10144830B2	Pretreatment fluids with ammonium metal chelate cross-linker for printing media A pretreatment fluid for printing media with a pigment ink composition includes a liquid vehicle, at least one polymeric binder having pendant carboxyl groups, and an ammonium metal chelate cross-linker.
US10144824B2	Halogen free resin composition and prepreg and laminated board prepared therefrom The present invention relates to a halogen-free resin composition and a prepreg and a laminated board prepared therefrom. The halogen-free resin composition contains the following components in parts by weight: 50-100 parts of an epoxy resin; 20-70 parts of benzoxazine; 5-40 parts of a polyphenyl ether; 5-40 parts of allyl benzene-maleic anhydride; 10-60 parts of a halogen-free flame retardant; 0.2-5 parts of a curing accelerator, and 20-100 parts of a filler. The prepreg and laminated board prepared from the halogen-free resin composition have comprehensive performances such as a low dielectric constant, a low dielectric loss, an excellent flame retardance, heat resistance, cohesiveness and moisture resistance, etc., and are suitable for use in a halogen-free high multilayer circuit board.
US10144821B2	Composition comprising glass fiber and two or more types of resin Disclosed is a composition containing at least two types of resins and long glass fibers. The composition includes: a resin blend including at least two types of unit resins; long glass fibers having a length of 10 mm or more; and a rubber-based resin, wherein the long glass fibers and the rubber-based resin are used in an amount of 3-30 parts by weight and 0.5-25 parts by weight, respectively, based on 100 parts by weight of the resin blend.
US10144818B2	Resin compositions and methods for making and using same Resins compositions and methods for making and using same. The resin composition can include a glyoxalated polyacrylamide resin and a polyamide-epihalohydrin resin. The polyamide-epihalohydrin resin can include a polyamine partially crosslinked with a bridging moiety and having azetidinium ions. The bridging moiety can be derived from a functionally symmetric crosslinker. A fiber product can include a plurality of fibers and the resin composition, where the resin composition can be at least partially cured.
US10144814B2	Ultraviolet absorber and synthetic resin composition Provided is an ultraviolet absorbing agent that efficiently absorbs ultraviolet rays in a wide wavelength region, and in particular, has a strong absorbability in the UV-A region. Also, a synthetic resin composition having excellent weatherability is provided. Provided is an ultraviolet absorbing agent including a triazine-based compound represented by Formula (1) below. Also, a synthetic resin composition containing the ultraviolet absorbing agent is provided. R2, R3, and R4 in the triazine-based compound represented by Formula (1) below are each preferably a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and particularly preferably a hydrogen atom.
US10144796B2	Polymerizable composition, optical member, plastic lens, and eyeglass lens Provided are a polymerizable composition allowing obtainment of an optical component with reduced striae, an optical component obtained from the polymerizable composition, a plastic lens containing the optical component, and a spectacle lens including a lens substrate including the optical component. The polymerizable composition of the present disclosure contains an isocyanate component which contains alicyclic polyisocyanate (A-1) having two or more isocyanate groups and non-cyclic aliphatic polyisocyanate (A-2) having two or more isocyanate groups, and a polythiol component which contains polythiol (B-1) having four or more mercapto groups and two or more sulfide bonds and polythiol (B-2) having two or three mercapto groups and two or three ester bonds. The optical component is obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition of the present disclosure. The plastic lens contains the optical component of the present disclosure. The spectacle lens includes a lens substrate which includes the optical component.
US10144792B2	Method for producing electric wire, method for producing molded artile, and method for producing resin material containing modified fluororesin A method for producing an electric wire or a molded article with improved abrasion resistance is described. The method uses a fluororesin via electron beam irradiation in air at a temperature where the fluororesin does not melt. A method for producing a resin material containing a modified fluororesin is also described.
US10144781B2	Anti-CXCR4 antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates The present invention provides antibodies and related molecules that bind to chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4). The invention further provides antibody-drug conjugates comprising such antibodies, antibody encoding nucleic acids, and methods of obtaining such antibodies. The invention further relates to therapeutic methods for use of these antibodies and anti-CXCR4 antibody-drug conjugates for the treatment of a disorder associated with CXCR4 function or expression (e.g., cancer), such as colon, RCC, esophageal, gastric, head and neck, lung, ovarian, pancreatic cancer or hematological cancers.
US10144779B2	Anti-CTLA-4 antibodies and methods of use thereof The instant disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to human CTLA-4 and antagonize CTLA-4 function. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these antibodies, nucleic acids encoding these antibodies, expression vectors and host cells for making these antibodies, and methods of treating a subject using these antibodies.
US10144776B2	Treatment of central nervous system disorders by intranasal administration of immunoglobulin G The present invention provides, among other aspects, methods and compositions for treating a central nervous system (CNS) disorder by delivering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition of pooled human immunoglobulin G (IgG) to the brain via intranasal administration of the composition directly to the olfactory epithelium of the nasal cavity. In particular, methods and compositions for treating Alzheimer's disease are provided.
US10144772B2	Method for treating melanoma The present invention relates to a TNFα blocking agent for use in the treatment and prevention of melanoma in a subject in whom melanoma cells express MHCI and in whom stroma cells exhibit TNF expression.
US10144770B2	Chimeric receptors and uses thereof in immune therapy Disclosed herein are chimeric receptors comprising an extracellular domain with affinity and specific for the Fc portion of an immunoglobulin molecule (Ig) (e.g., an extracellular ligand-binding domain of F158 FCGR3A or V158 FCGR3A variant); a transmembrane domain (e.g., a transmembrane domain of CD8α); at least one co-stimulatory signaling domain (e.g., a co-stimulatory signaling domain of 4-1BB); and a cytoplasmic signaling domain comprising an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM) (e.g., a cytoplasmic signaling domain of CD3ζ). Also provided herein are nucleic acids encoding such chimeric receptors and immune cells expressing the chimeric receptors. Such immune cells can be used to enhance antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity and/or to enhance antibody-based immunotherapy, such as cancer immunotherapy.
US10144768B2	Antibody cytokine engrafted compositions and methods of use for immunoregulation The present disclosure provides antibody cytokine engrafted proteins that bind to and stimulate intracellular signaling through interleukin 10 receptor. Provided antibody cytokine engrafted proteins find use in enhancing anti-inflammatory cell responses, and reducing pro-inflammatory effects in the treatment, amelioration and prophylaxis of immune related disorders. Additionally provided are polynucleotides and vectors that encode antibody cytokine engrafted proteins and host cells capable of producing antibody cytokine engrafted proteins, as well as methods of combining antibody cytokine engrafted proteins with other therapeutics in treating immune related disorder.
US10144767B2	Anti-microbial peptides and coatings Antimicrobial peptides and methods of use are provided.
US10144765B2	Template-fixed peptidomimetics The template-fixed β-hairpin peptidomimetics Cyclo(-Tyr-His-Cys-Ser-Ala-DPro-Dab-Arg-Tyr-Cys-Tyr-Gln-Lys-D-Pro-Pro), disulfide bond between Cys4 and Gysl1, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, with X being Ala or Tyr, have CXCR4 antagonizing properties and can be used for where cancer is mediated or resulting from CXCR4 receptor activity.
US10144761B2	Chiral specific boron-containing compounds and their use in treating cancer or amyloidosis Useful chiral specific boron-containing compounds, such as boronate, boronate esters, boranamines, borane diamines, boranamine thioesters, and boronic mono/di-thioesters, have been prepared. These compounds and compositions containing them are useful as anti-cancer or anti-amyloidosis agents.
US10144758B2	Deuterated bile acids This disclosure relates to deuterated bile acid compositions. A deuterated compound is selected from the bile acids such as ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) and tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), and their derivatives, analogs and salts. At least one of the hydrogen atoms in the compound is replaced with deuterium. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the deuterated bile acids.
US10144757B2	Synthetic bile acid compositions and methods Bile acids and related compositions and methods of synthesis and use. More specifically, deoxycholic acid and related compositions, said compositions being free of all moieties of animal origin and free of pyrogenic moieties.
US10144756B2	Stable solid forms of regadenoson A process for the preparation of the amorphous form of Regadenoson of formula is disclosed together with new crystalline polymorphic forms E, F and G and methods for their preparation. Regadenoson amorphous form can be prepared in mild reaction conditions with high chemical purity (>99.6%) and high stability to the heating. A particularly thermodynamically stable anhydrous crystalline form of Regadenoson (form G) is also disclosed, provided with high stability not when exposed to 90% RH at 25° C. for 96 hour, but also to the heating up to 200° C.
US10144753B2	Anthracycline derivatives for treating tumor diseases The invention relates to anthracycline derivative compounds for treating tumor diseases, and related methods, compositions, and kits.
US10144751B1	Highly isoselective catalyst for alkene hydroformylation Ligands for use with catalyst compositions used in hydroformylation reactions are described herein. The ligands are used with various octofluorotoluene or hydrocarbon solvents and achieve an increase in isoselectivity with an increase in temperature, an increase in TON with an increase in temperature, and/or will show isoselectivity that is surprisingly high in comparison to the hydroformylation reactions using common solvents.
US10144750B2	Dioxolane analogues of cytidine for the treatment of cancer The invention provides compounds of the formula: R1 is OR11, or NR5R5′; R2 is H or F; R5 is H, OH, C1-C6 alkyl, OH, C(═O)R6, O(C═O)R6 or O(C═O)OR6; R5′ is H or C1-C6 alkyl; R6 is C1-C6 alkyl or C3-C7 cycloalkyl; R13 is H, phenyl, pyridyl, benzyl, indolyl or naphthyl wherein the phenyl, pyridyl, benzyl, indolyl and naphthyl is optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 R22; and the other variables are as defined in the claims, which are of use in the treatment of cancer, and related aspects.
US10144748B1	Anti-inflammatory zinc(II) complex The anti-inflammatory zinc(II) complex, viz., crystalline bis(chloro)-(N,N′-(2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diyl)bis(1-(2-chlorophenyl)-methanimine))-zinc zinc(II) complex, may be used as an anti-inflammatory. The compound has the formula: This complex is prepared by reaction of a Schiff base, namely, N,N′-bis(2-chlorobenzylidene)-2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine, with zinc chloride in alcohol to form a precipitate, which is removed by filtration, followed by slow evaporation of the filtrate to obtain the crystalline product. In vivo testing showed that the above zinc(II) complex exhibited good anti-inflammatory effect. It is thought that the present zinc-based anti-inflammatory avoids the gastrointestinal side effects of conventional NSAIDs due to the coordinated zinc complex.
US10144738B2	Pyrazolo[1,5-A]PYRAZIN-4-YL derivatives A compound having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein A, A′ and A″ are independently O, C═O, etc.; R0 and R are independently H, Br, Cl, F, or C1-C6 alkyl; R1 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, or hydroxy(C1-C6 alkyl); R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, etc.; R6, R7 and R8 are each independently H, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy(C1-C6 alkyl), etc.; and, n is 0, 1, 2 or 3. Also provided are methods of treatment as Janus Kinase inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention and combinations thereof with other therapeutic agents.
US10144735B2	Immune response modifier compositions and methods The present invention provides an immune response modifier (IRM) composition that includes an IRM moiety and a second active moiety covalently linked to the IRM moiety, wherein the covalent link comprises a labile bond directly attached to the IRM moiety.
US10144730B2	Inhibitors of c-Jun-N-terminal kinase (JNK) The present invention provides novel compounds according to Formula (I): where Ring A, Ring B, X, L1, L2, RA, RC, RD, RE, m, n, and p are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of human diseases associated with kinase activity, for example, proliferative diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, inflammatory diseases, and cardiovascular diseases.
US10144728B2	Alkylation of picolinamides with substituted chloroacylals utilizing a crown ether catalyst A process for the alkylation of picolinamides with substituted chloroacylals to produce a structure of Formula (III), wherein the reaction is performed in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst and an inorganic halide co-catalyst.
US10144722B2	Carbazole end capped bipyridine compounds and process for preparation thereof The present invention is to provide highly solid state emissive fluorophores of the formula 1 and 2 useful for the solid state lighting. The formula 1 and 2 have good solid state emission in blue and green region respectively. The zinc complexes of formula 1A and 2A have yellow and red emission respectively in solid state. The present invention also provide high solid state emissive assay of formula 1 and 2 to convert UV light into visible light by coating the color tunable materials on the 365-nm emitting solid state LED. The present invention further provides carbazole end-capped bipyridine for screening of metal salts with different counterions in solutions. The discrimination of the various metal salts can be monitored by noting the fluorescence change in solution. The zinc salts with different counterions have different emission color in solution. The present invention also develop a new two photon active fluorescent Zn2+ specific probe for detecting Zn2+ in cellular environments. Assay with formula 3 is used as a fluorescent probe for two photon imaging of Zn2+ ions in HeLa cells. The high two photon absorption cross section and fluorescence quantum yield of formula 3 made it as a useful probe for detecting Zn2+ in cellular environment by two photon excited fluorescence imaging.
US10144721B2	P38 MAP kinase inhibitors There is provided inter alia a compound of formula (I): wherein R1, J, Ar, L, X, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification, for use in the treatment of inflammatory disorders.
US10144709B2	Piperidine compounds, pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and its use Piperidine compounds and pharmaceutically useful salts thereof, a pharmaceutical composition including an effective amount of the racemic or enantiomerically enriched piperidine compounds to treat gastrointestinal diseases, and a method of treating gastrointestinal diseases in a mammal are provided.
US10144704B2	Crystal forms of verapamil hydrochloride Novel crystal forms of (R)-(+)-verapamil hydrochloride are disclosed.
US10144700B2	Adenylyl cyclase inhibitors for neuropathic and inflammatory pain The invention generally relates to adenylyl cyclase inhibitor compounds and methods for treating neuropathic or inflammatory pain by using those compounds.
US10144695B2	Metal soap and manufacturing method therefor A metal soap, including metal soap particles in which a fatty acid has from 6 to 22 carbons, and an inorganic crystal nucleating agent with an average particle size of 0.01 to 20 μm absorbed internally into the metal soap particles, wherein the cumulative diameter at 50% of the metal soap particles on a volumetric basis is 1.0 to 30.0 μm, and the internal absorption rate A, represented by formula (1) below, is 30% or greater. Internal absorption rate A=100−(X/X′)=100 Formula (1) X; amount of inorganic crystal nucleating agent contained within metal soap X′; amount of inorganic crystal nucleating agent contained within pulverized metal soap passed through a 325-mesh filter (wherein X and X′ are average values obtained by elemental analysis at three locations in an area of 15 μm square, using a scanning electron microscope/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDX).
US10144693B2	Catalyst for the gas phase production of carboxylic acids Carboxylic acids are prepared by a one-step gas phase process comprising the step of contacting under halogen-free hydroxycarbonylation conditions an alkene, carbon monoxide, water, and a solid sulfide-containing catalyst.
US10144671B2	Process for hydrophobization of concrete A process for hydrophobization of concrete or mortar using an aqueous dispersion containing an alkylketene dimer, at least one emulsifier and a condensation product of phenol sulfonic acid and formaldehyde, naphthalene sulfonic acid and formaldehyde, or naphthalene sulfonic acid, phenol, formaldehyde and urea; and the concrete or mortar obtainable by the process. The process allows effective mass and surface hydrophobization of concrete.
US10144670B2	Chemically strengthened glass The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass, in which CT1 and CT5 satisfy CT5/CT1≤0.85, the CT1 satisfies CT1>−38.7×ln(t/1000)+48.2 [MPa] and an internal energy density rE satisfies rE≤23.3×t/1000+15 [kJ/m2]. CS is a surface compressive stress value [MPa], σ (x) is a compressive stress value [MPa] at a position x in a depth direction, DOL is a compressive stress depth [μm], and t is a sheet thickness [μm].
US10144669B2	Self-optimizing chemical strengthening bath for glass Apparatus, systems and methods for improving strength of a thin glass member for an electronic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the glass member can be strengthened chemically using a monitored ion exchange process in which the glass member is disposed in a glass ion exchange bath. In one embodiment, the glass member can pertain to a cover glass for housings of electronic devices.
US10144667B2	Downstream rolls for glass manufacture and methods A downstream roll for glass manufacture comprises at least one millboard piece. At least a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the downstream roll comprises infiltrated ceramic particles. The infiltrated ceramic particles are infiltrated to a depth of about 1 mm to about 10 mm. Further examples of the disclosure include methods for manufacturing a glass ribbon and a downstream roll for glass manufacture.
US10144661B2	System and method for softening water for use in a scrubber The present invention relates generally to the field of emission control equipment for boilers, heaters, kilns, or other flue gas-, or combustion gas-, generating devices (e.g., those located at power plants, processing plants) and, in particular to a new and useful method and apparatus designed to improve the water supplied to non-calcium-based, aqueous wet SOx scrubbers. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a system and method for softening water for use in non-calcium-based, aqueous wet SOx scrubbers.
US10144659B2	Cod abatement process for electrochemical oxidation The invention relates to an effluent COD treatment procedure by anodic oxidation combining the use of two different types of anode with a suitable apportionment of current. The first type of anode comprises an anode based on diamond doped-synthetic diamond. The second type of anode comprises an anode with high oxygen overvoltage containing tin and antimony oxides.
US10144655B2	Systems and methods for distillation of water from seawater, brackish water, waste waters, and effluent waters The present invention relates to water purification using solar energy. More specifically, systems and methods according to the present invention collect solar energy to heat non-potable water in a super-insulated structure. Compressed heated air is injected to evaporate water vapor out of brackish water, saltwater, or dirty water, thereby creating saturated air. The saturated air is drawn through a cooling tower and distilled water is precipitated. The systems and methods employ heat recovery and recycling processes to maximize energy efficiency.
US10144651B2	Method for producing aprotic solutions that contain zinc bromide and lithium bromide The invention relates to a method for producing aprotic solutions that contain zinc bromide and lithium bromide, the reaction of the reactants to the product being carried out as a one-pot reaction.
US10144646B2	Carbon material, material for a battery electrode, and battery The present invention provides a carbon material and a material for a battery electrode which is suitable for use as an electrode material for an aqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, which material comprises optical structures having a specific shape, and in which material the ratio IG/ID (R value) between the peak intensity (ID) of a peak in a range of 1300 to 1400 cm−1 and the peak intensity (IG) of a peak in a range of 1580 to 1620 cm−1 measured by Raman spectroscopy spectra when particles of the carbon material are measured with Raman microspectrometer is 0.38 or more and 1.2 or less and the average interplanar spacing d002 of plane (002) by the X-ray diffraction method is 0.335 nm or more and 0.338 nm or less; and a secondary battery excellent in charge/discharge cycle characteristics and large current load characteristics.
US10144641B2	System and method for high pressure, passive condensing of water from hydrogen in a reversible solid oxide fuel cell system A method for passively removing water from a stream of hydrogen gas includes receiving a stream of hydrogen gas that is water-saturated, having an initial pressure below about 1 psig and an initial temperature above about 25° C., compressing the stream of hydrogen gas to an elevated pressure, chilling the compressed stream of hydrogen gas to a low temperature, and condensing water from the compressed and chilled stream of hydrogen gas until the water content of the stream of hydrogen gas is below about 100 ppm.
US10144635B2	Integrated multi-sensing systems This invention describes the structure and function of an integrated multi-sensing systems in stacked configuration. Integrated systems described herein may be configured to form a microphone, pressure sensor, gas sensor or accelerometer. The method uses Fabry-Perot Interferometer in conjunction with light source and a photodetector integrated in stacked configuration. It also describes a configurable method for tuning the integrated system to specific resonance frequency using electrostatic actuators.
US10144631B2	Tap for dispensing a beverage A tap for dispensing a beverage has a housing defining a channel for dispensing and a dispensing valve arranged in the housing. The valve is operable by a handle and connected via a tap drive shaft and a gear transmission to a valve drive shaft. The gear transmission has at least two cooperating gear wheels. The gear transmission could have a variable gear ratio. A method for manufacturing a tap for dispensing a beverage is disclosed.
US10144626B2	Fork carriage apparatus for a materials handling vehicle A materials handling vehicle is provided including a vehicle power unit, a monomast coupled to the vehicle power unit, and a fork carriage apparatus supported on the monomast. The fork carriage apparatus includes a mast carriage assembly directly coupled to the monomast for vertical movement, a fork carriage mechanism to which forks are mounted, and a reach mechanism coupled to the mast carriage assembly and to the fork carriage mechanism for actuating the fork carriage mechanism to move between an extended position and a retracted position.
US10144623B2	Brake failure in variable frequency drive motors A variable frequency drive motor system includes a variable frequency drive motor and a controller coupled to the motor. The controller includes a rectifier, a direct current (DC) link bus, and an inverter. The controller is configured to determine that a brake has failed. In response to the determination that the brake has failed, the controller is configured to determine that power to the controller from a power supply has been interrupted. In response to the determination that power to the controller has been interrupted and a determination that a DC voltage across the DC link bus is below a first threshold value, the controller is configured to drive the motor at a faster speed.
US10144622B2	Modular hoist drum for power shovel A modular hoist drum is disclosed for use with a power shovel. The modular hoist drum may have a first outer body, a second outer body, and an anchor body that are hollow and generally cylindrical. The anchor body is connected between the first outer body and the second outer body. The anchor body may include an internal anchor configured to receive a ferrule.
US10144607B2	Reel-up for reeling of a fiber web A reel-up for reeling of a fiber web (W) around a reel spool (15B) to form a parent roll (20B; 20A) by use of a reeling nip (N) between a reeling cylinder (10) of the reel-up and the parent roll (20B) under reeling, has a primary reeling position and a secondary reeling position. The reel-up (10) has the reeling cylinder (10), substantially horizontal guides (14) and for each end of the reel spool (15A; 15B), loading arms (12,13; 16,17) and carriages (18) and the primary reeling position is fixed.
US10144606B2	Pillow napkin dispensing system and method A dispenser for pillow napkins is provided that includes a carton having a bottom panel, opposite left and right panels extending vertically from the bottom panel, opposite front and back panels positioned between the left and right panels and extending vertically from the bottom panel, and a top panel extending parallel to the bottom panel. Left and right supports are positioned within a cavity of the carton. A plurality of pillow napkins are wound about a spool. The spool is positioned in the cavity such that the spool rotatably engages the left and right supports and the pillow napkins are spaced apart from the top and bottom panels. Methods of use are provided.
US10144599B2	Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet feeding device A sheet feeding device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet container to accommodate a recording medium, a sheet feeding body to press a surface of the recording medium in the sheet container and feed the recording medium in a sheet conveying direction, a pair of sheet position regulators to regulate a position of the recording medium in a sheet width direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction, and a load applier to contact the surface of the recording medium and apply a load to the recording medium at the surface. The recording medium is brought to move toward one of the pair of sheet position regulators while the recording medium is being fed. A lower face position in a standby state of the sheet feeding body is lower than a lower face position in a standby state of the load applier.
US10144594B2	Method for orienting tube components Method for orienting tube components (2), such as heads or stoppers, comprising a step of measuring the angular position (6) of a component followed by a step of orienting said component, in which step the angular correction of the component is determined especially while taking into account the measured signal (8); method characterized in that said angular correction is also determined while taking into account a modelled parasitic signal (15). The invention also comprises a device using said method.
US10144593B2	Conveyor speed control Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory processor readable media of the various embodiments enable intelligent speed control of conveyors (e.g., singulator conveyors, sortation conveyors, etc.) in a material handling system.
US10144590B2	Lug loader Embodiments provide methods, systems, and apparatuses for loading workpieces in a flow direction into the spaced apart lugs on a lugged conveyor with the workpieces oriented transverse to the flow direction. The lug loader includes an array of pairs of endless conveyors configured to convey workpieces toward a lugged conveyor. The first and second endless conveyors of each pair are spaced laterally apart across the flow direction and aligned substantially in the flow direction. The array can form a continuous or discontinuous transport surface. Some pairs of endless conveyors in the array may overlap one or more other pairs of endless conveyors in the array. At least one pair of endless conveyors in the array may include two or more endless conveyors that are independently driven at different speeds and/or in different directions to de-skew a workpiece.
US10144584B2	Intermediate container for a front loading refuse container A collection arm for a refuse vehicle or intermediate container has a collection arm adapted to be coupled with the refuse vehicle or the intermediate container. The refuse arm includes a pivot mechanism to secure it with a bumper of the vehicle or with the container. A telescopic boom is adapted to couple with the pivot mechanism. The boom has a grasping mechanism coupled with an end of the telescopic boom. The grasping mechanism moves garbage cans from a pick up position to an empty position.
US10144582B2	Cargo container apparatus including a sandwich structure and a track A container apparatus includes a sandwich structure. In another aspect, a cargo-securing or logistics track is attached to a sandwich structure of a container apparatus which employs at least one core sheet including alternating peaks and valleys therein in addition to at least one adhesively bonded outer face sheet. Yet another aspect of a container apparatus includes a depression in a sandwich structure adapted to receive a flush mounted track or post therein. Another aspect of a container apparatus includes a ship-lap and/or bent peripheral flange at a panel-to-panel interface seam.
US10144578B2	Bicycle packaging structure A bicycle packaging structure for a bicycle including a bicycle frame is provided. The bicycle packaging structure includes an exhibition box and at least one fixing member. The exhibition box includes a lower plate, a side plate surrounding the lower plate, an accommodating space formed by the lower plate and the side plate, and an exhibition opening at one side of the side plate away from the lower plate. The bicycle frame is accommodated in the accommodating space and mounted on the lower plate by the at least one fixing member. Thus, the bicycle frame may be directly exhibited through the exhibition opening and be sold to eliminate conventional complications of box opening and assembly for exhibition and post-exhibition re-boxing. The bicycle frame is placed in the exhibition box for carrying outdoors to achieve objects of recycling and reducing costs and burden on the environment.
US10144575B2	Combination food pad container and dispenser A combination food pad container and dispenser includes an elongated flexible film container sized and shaped to slidably surround a plurality of horizontally stacked food pads that have at least one planar surface. The container has a surrounding wall, a closed top and a closed bottom. The surrounding wall has at least one perforation in the front wall orthogonal to the planar surface. At least one mounting aperture is located adjacent the top. A rack for supporting the food pad dispenser has at least one protrusion that is sized and shaped to fit through the at least one aperture. The surrounding wall includes front, rear, first and second side walls attached to the closed top and the closed bottom. The at least one mounting aperture is located in an extension of the rear wall or a two layer segment formed as an extension of the rear wall and the top.
US10144572B2	Dual fluid cartridge assembly A dual fluid cartridge assembly includes a cartridge, a flange, and a piston tube. The cartridge defines a channel and includes an flange. The flange defines a cavity that extends from a cavity opening to a cavity base. The cavity opening is positioned within the channel of the cartridge, and the cavity base is positioned external to the cartridge. The piston tube has an extended end, and is positioned at least partially within the channel. The extended end is positioned within the cavity.
US10144566B2	High strength cable tie arrangement A cable tie of unitary structure includes a flexible, elongated band having a linear array of first inclined teeth on a first surface thereof and a retaining housing and a tapered portion on opposed ends of the band. The housing includes an elongated slot aligned with the band for receiving the band's tapered end portion in sliding engagement to form a closed loop for receiving and retaining plural aligned elongated elements such as cables. Upper and lower surfaces of the housing include respective plural spaced slots defined by respective upper and lower spaced crossed members aligned transverse to the length of the band when inserted in the slot. Inner distal ends of each of the lower cross members are each provided with respective plural sets of second inclined teeth each adapted to engage a respective one of the first teeth on the band to securely maintain the cables in fixed position.
US10144565B2	Storage apparatus and related discipline methods An apparatus and related discipline methods comprising a housing with enclosure for receiving an object. A lock mechanism secures the object within the enclosure of the apparatus. Upon completion of one or more goals as communicated by communication components attached to the apparatus, the object may be retrieved.
US10144557B2	Stackable lid of a container A lid for a container includes snap-fit hooks for interlocking engagement in complementing latching openings of an outwardly projecting flange of a jacket of the container, and stacking parts disposed on a lower side of the lid close to the periphery for form-fitting engagement in complementing stacking parts on an upper side of a further said lid, when the lids are stacked. The lower side of the lid and the upper side of the further lid have each a central region that forms a contact area via which compressive forces are transmissible in the presence of a contact between the contact areas of the lower side of the lid and the contact area of the upper side of the further lid.
US10144552B2	Paper bag A paper sack for bulk material such as cement, gypsum, granulate, animal feed or similar, having a base, preferably a cross bottom or block bottom, and having an upper part which is disposed opposite the base and in which a valve tube is optionally arranged for filling the paper sack, wherein the paper sack has at least one paper layer having an overlap which is sealingly adhesively bonded toward the sack interior; and wherein the layer of the paper layer facing the sack interior has an air-permeable region in the region of the overlap which is covered by the layer of the paper layer facing the sack exterior. The at least one paper layer at least regionally has a water-repellent/water-tight coating facing the sack exterior.
US10144547B2	Medical labeling apparatus with drug information Provided is a labeling apparatus that generates a label for labeling a drug container at a healthcare facility. The labeling apparatus includes a code reader that reads a computer-readable code encoding a drug to be stored by the drug container and transmits a signal indicative of the identity of the drug in response to reading the computer-readable code. A non-transitory computer-readable memory stores a drug formulary comprising a plurality of drug entries. A processing component is configured to identify, from the formulary, the identity of the drug corresponding to the computer-readable code and receives a patient identity from a computer-accessible source. A printer is operable to print label content identifying the specific drug onto a label that is to be applied to the drug container. The label content includes the identity of the drug and the patient identity encoded by a label code that is computer-readable.
US10144545B2	Device and method for feeding pouches to a carousel A method of supplying pouches intended for containing liquid, viscous, or granular products to a carousel includes the steps of: positioning pouches along a first zone that is part of a first feeding component for feeding the pouches to the carousel; moving the pouches in the first zone as far as the carousel; and picking up the pouches from the first zone via the carousel; The method further includes positioning pouches along a second zone that is part of a second feeding component for feeding the pouches to the carousel. The step of positioning pouches along the second zone occurs in part simultaneously with picking up the pouches from the first zone; moving the pouches located in the second zone as far as the carousel queuing the pouches behind the pouches located in the first zone; and picking up the pouches from the second zone via the carousel.
US10144538B1	Floor jack with temporary shipping handles and packaging therefor This invention is directed towards the packaging of heavy articles such as floor jacks and similar equipment. The package is adapted to allow a heavy article to be rolled out of the package without lifting. The packaging is designed to engage with temporary handles positioned on the packaged article to make it easier for an end user to maneuver the packaged article and to remove the article from the packaging.
US10144537B2	Systems and methods for dispensing radioactive liquids Systems and methods for dispensing radioactive liquids using a liquid dispensing apparatus are described. The apparatus includes a support arm rotatable about a rotation axis, an actuator operatively connected to the support arm and configured to at least one of rotate the support arm about the rotation axis and displace the support arm in a direction parallel to the rotation axis, and a pipette assembly mounted to the support arm. The pipette assembly includes a pipette tip defining an opening through which liquids are aspirated and dispensed, a piston, and a stepper motor operatively connected to the piston to control linear displacement of the piston.
US10144535B2	Cryogenic hydrogen radiation shield for human spaceflight The disclosed subject matter relates to a radiation shielding apparatus including a cryogenic vessel and a cryogenic hydrogen radiation shielding material capable of providing a radiation shield, the cryogenic hydrogen radiation shielding material including cryogenic hydrogen.
US10144531B2	Reorientation of a spinning spacecraft using gimbaled electric thrusters Apparatus and methods for controlling a spacecraft for a transfer orbit. The spacecraft includes a propulsion subsystem with electric thrusters that are installed with two-axis gimbal assemblies. The spacecraft also includes a controller that identifies a target spin axis for the spacecraft, determines an actual spin axis for the spacecraft during the transfer orbit, determines gimbal angles for the electric thruster(s) that adjust the actual spin axis toward the target spin axis, and initiates a burn of the electric thruster(s) at the gimbal angles.
US10144527B2	Flight controller with generator control A flight controller system includes an electronic speed control throttle input from which an anticipated electrical power demand is determined. The flight controller system includes a controller that determines a throttle input for a generator in order to satisfy the anticipated electrical power demand. The flight controller system includes an electronic speed control throttle output providing a delayed electronic speed control throttle signal.
US10144525B2	Aircraft engine pylon to wing mounting assembly Pylon mounting assemblies are provided for mounting an engine (e.g., a turbojet engine) to a wing of an aircraft. The pylon mounting assemblies include an upper pylon connection member, and a lower pylon connection box, wherein the upper pylon connection member and the lower pylon connection box respectively include multiple opposed pairs of connection lobes. At least one pair of the connection lobes includes a pin connection to restrict degrees of freedom thereat along an x-axis and a mutually perpendicular z-axis, while at least one other pair of connection lobes includes a connection rod to restrict degrees of freedom thereat along the z-axis.
US10144524B2	Assembly for mounting a turbine engine to a pylon An assembly is provided for mounting a turbofan engine to a pylon. The turbofan engine includes a fan section and an engine core. The mounting assembly includes a fan case, a first mount and a second mount. The fan case is configured to house the fan section of the turbofan engine. The first mount is connected to the fan case, and configured to mount the fan case to the pylon. The second mount is connected to the fan case, and configured to mount the fan case to the pylon.
US10144509B2	High performance VTOL aircraft The present disclosure relates to a high performance Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) aircraft for executing hovering flight, forward flight, and transitioning between the two in a stable and efficient manner. The VTOL aircraft provides a highly stable, controllable and efficient VTOL aircraft. The preferred comprises: (1) a pusher propeller configuration with strategic placement which maximizes the effective use of thrust, (2) four propellers which allow for the highly-controllable and mechanically simple control methods used in multirotor aircraft, (3) electric motors which create mechanically simple, lightweight and reliable operation, (4) and a tandem wing configuration which is stable, controllable and efficient in both hovering and forward flight. The VTOL aircraft is capable of full runway, short runway or vertical takeoffs or landings, having unobstructed forward view for camera and sensor placement; and providing a compact, mechanically simple and low-maintenance VTOL aircraft design.
US10144505B2	Aircraft flight control using a required time of arrival index A method includes receiving, at a flight management system of an aircraft, a required time of arrival (RTA) of the aircraft at a first location. The method includes receiving, at the flight management system, an input indicating an RTA index value. The method further includes modifying a speed of the aircraft based on the RTA and the RTA index value. The speed is determined by the flight management system as part of a flight plan of the aircraft.
US10144504B1	Decoupled hand controls for aircraft with vertical takeoff and landing and forward flight capabilities Hand controls for an aircraft, including a single axis hand control which is configured to control movement of an aircraft along a vertical axis where the aircraft includes a plurality of rotors that are attached to the aircraft at a fixed position and the plurality of rotors rotate independently of one another. The hand controls further include a three axis hand control which is configured to control movement of the aircraft within a plane defined by a roll axis and a pitch axis, as well as about a yaw axis.
US10144487B1	Collapsible high-performance multi-hulled watercraft for use in a variety of settings Embodiments described herein provide a collapsible high-performance multi-hulled watercraft which may be easily assembled/disassembled and comprised of a plurality of symmetrically shaped planar hulls which are laterally spaced and provide a shallow water draft; a deck platform releasably attached and overlying the plurality of symmetrically shaped planar hulls having at least one seat, marine radar, translucent protective shield and skid plate; and at least one propulsion unit which may releasably attached to the platform and which extends below the water line to enable high performance stability and maneuverability to the vessel.
US10144481B2	Control module mounted on handlebar of bicycle A control module, which is mounted on a handlebar of a bicycle, includes a base, a grip, a control bar, and a bolt. The base has a hole, and the hole has a first section and a second section, wherein the second section is bigger than the first section. The base is fitted to the handlebar whereby a sidewall of the first section touches the handlebar. The grip is fitted to the handlebar, and has a portion received in the second section of the hole of the base. The control bar is provided on the base to control a brake module or a derailleur module. The bolt is provided on the base, wherein both the base and the grip are fixed to the handlebar at the same time by tightening the bolt.
US10144478B2	Pressure control steering A personal transport vehicle may include a first wheel and a second wheel, a first motor configured to drive the first wheel, and a second motor configured to drive the second wheel. The vehicle may also include at least one platform for supporting a driver, a plurality of pressure sensors to detect pressure applied by the driver on the platform, and a control circuit coupled to the plurality of pressure sensors to determine a pressure differential across the plurality of pressure sensors. The control circuit may generate, based on the pressure differential, control signals for the first motor and the second motor to drive the first wheel and the second wheel to turn the vehicle.
US10144476B2	Scooter with rotational connection A scooter device that can be propelled by side to side movement of a user is disclosed. The scooter device includes at least a first front wheel, at least a second and a third rearward located wheel, a frame structure through which the first wheel is coupled to the second and third wheels, wherein the second and third rearward located wheels are mounted in a biased direction arrangement and a steering mechanism that has a vertically ascending control member and is coupled to the first wheel such that turning of the steering mechanism achieves a turning of the first wheel, the steering mechanism further coupled to the frame structure such that the steering mechanism may be tilted relative to the frame structure. The frame structure can includes a first foot placement platform extending above the second wheel and a second foot placement platform extending above the third wheel.
US10144469B2	Bicycle saddle shape holder apparatus A bicycle saddle apparatus includes a pair of saddle shape holding members that support a mid-section of a saddle base extending between the front and rear attachment sites of the rails. Each saddle shape holding member may include a rod with two opposite end portions. A first saddle-attaching portion of each rod is coupled to the saddle base. A second, opposite post-attaching portion of each rod is coupled to a top portion of a seat post or to a rail that is coupled to the seat post. The rods extend symmetrically from the seat post to left and right sides of the saddle mid-section.
US10144459B2	Sightseeing touring vehicle with theater The present invention discloses a sightseeing-touring vehicle with theater that has open plan architecture with wide openings (windows) that surround the sightseeing-touring occupants. The open-space architecture provides optimal views of surrounding sights, including a view of a large video display while maintaining all the creature comforts of a conventional vehicle for patrons inside.
US10144458B2	Connection arrangement between a fiber-plastic composite profiled part and a vehicle body frame part and method for producing same A connection arrangement is provided between a fiber-plastic composite profiled part and a vehicle body frame part. An intermediate piece is connected to the vehicle body frame part. The intermediate piece has a connection portion which is plug-connected and adhesively bonded to an end of the fiber-plastic composite profiled part. The end of the fiber-plastic composite profiled part is plugged onto the connection portion of the intermediate piece and is adhesively bonded on the inner surface to the connection portion.
US10144452B2	Active adaptive haptic multi-function knob A backup assist system for a vehicle reversing a trailer includes an input element, including a base and a rotary element rotatably coupled with the base. The system further includes a controller causing a rotation of the rotary element relative to the base to be constrained in a first rotational movement mode that is biased toward a center position. The controller further interprets a first instantaneous position of the rotary element as a trailer control commanding position and outputs a vehicle steering command based thereon.
US10144448B2	Electric power steering apparatus An electric power steering apparatus including a torque sensor to detect a steering torque and a motor control unit to control a motor that applies an assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle, including: a function to switch a control system of the motor between a torque control system to control a motor output torque and a position/speed control system to control a steering angle of a steering in accordance with a predetermined switching trigger. The fade processing time from the torque control system to the position/speed control system and the fade processing time from the position/speed control system to the torque control system are individually set.
US10144444B2	Snowmobile This specification relates to a snowmobile. Each of the right suspension and the left suspension includes a damper capable of expanding and contracting according to the vertical movement of the lower arm and a spring that exerts spring force in the expansion/contraction direction of the damper. The cylinder of the right damper and the cylinder of the left damper are connected to each other through a hydraulic fluid channel so that the hydraulic fluid flows between the cylinder of the right damper and the cylinder of the left damper. This snowmobile can reduce the difference in contact pressure on snow surface between the left ski and the right ski, when the vehicle turns.
US10144441B2	Operation of a rail vehicle comprising an image generation system The invention relates to a rail vehicle including an image generation system for capturing a space outside the rail vehicle. The image generation system includes four image generation devices, each of which, during operation of the image generation system, generates two-dimensional images of the space. A first and a second of the four image generation devices are disposed at a first distance from one another on the rail vehicle and form a first stereo pair, which captures a first shared portion of the space from different viewing angles. A third and a fourth of the four image generation devices are disposed at a second distance from one another on the rail vehicle and form a second stereo pair, which detects a second shared portion of the space from different viewing angles. The first shared portion of the space and the second shared portion of the space have a shared spatial region.
US10144440B2	Methods and systems for data communications A communication system includes a first wireless communication device disposed onboard a vehicle system having two or more propulsion-generating vehicles that are mechanically interconnected with each other. The communication system also includes a controller configured to be disposed onboard the vehicle system and operatively connected with the first wireless communication device in order to control operations of the device. The controller is configured to direct the first wireless communication device to switch between operating in an off-board communication mode and an onboard communication mode. When the first wireless communication device is operating in the off-board communication mode, the device is configured to receive remote data signals from a location that is disposed off-board of the vehicle system. When the first wireless communication device is operating in the onboard communication mode, the device is configured to communicate local data signals between the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system.
US10144432B2	Method for controlling the claw coupling of a gearbox Method for controlling the claw coupling of two gearbox elements initially rotating at different speeds when the driver or the box computer requests claw coupling, characterized in that, in a first phase, the difference in rotational speed of the rotary elements is brought by a regulator to a non-zero reference value without any translational movement of the rotary elements toward one another, and in that the movement of the rotary elements until they are claw-coupled occurs in a second phase that begins when the difference in rotational speed reaches its desired value, during which phase the difference perceived by the regulator is modulated by a factor (F) that is a function of the raw difference between the measured value and the reference value.
US10144423B2	Driving assistance device for vehicle This brake ECU executes vehicle downhill control for adjusting the braking force to be applied to a vehicle by actuating a brake actuator such that the vehicle body speed does not exceed a target speed. Also, in cases where the accelerator pedal is being operated in a state where the vehicle downhill control is being executed, the brake ECU changes the target speed such that, the longer the operation duration which is the duration for which the accelerator is operated, the higher the target speed.
US10144419B2	Vehicle dynamic control system for emergency handling A driver assistance system of a vehicle includes a control operable to control steering of the vehicle and braking of the vehicle responsive to determination of an emergency driving event. The control operates in a normal operation mode and an emergency mode. The control, responsive to determination of an emergency driving event, engages the emergency mode. The control, responsive to determination of a lane in which the vehicle is traveling, and responsive to an emergency mode activation, may control the steering of the vehicle to steer the vehicle along the determined lane. Optionally, the control may not control braking of the vehicle to quickly stop the vehicle responsive to an input from the driver indicative of the driver not wanting to stop the vehicle.
US10144415B2	Limp home mode drive method and system for hybrid vehicle A limp home mode drive method and system for a hybrid vehicle are provided. The method includes prohibiting an operation of an overdrive brake that is included in a transmission for the hybrid vehicle and is driven by an electric oil pump when the hybrid vehicle is being driven and the electric oil pump is not operated. A speed of the hybrid vehicle is then limited based on a heat value of a rotation driver included in the transmission and a torque of a drive motor driving the transmission is limited based on a temperature of the drive motor. A mechanical oil pump included in the hybrid vehicle is operated to enable limp home driving of the hybrid vehicle.
US10144413B2	Anti-jerk control system and method of eco-friendly vehicle An anti-jerk control system and method of an eco-friendly vehicle are provided to prevent a driver from sensing a difference in vehicle starting at an initial stage when the vehicle is parked on a downhill road. The anti-jerk control method uses a motor as a driving source and includes calculating an actual speed of the motor, calculating a model speed of the motor, and acquiring a gradient of a road, on which the vehicle is located, using a gradient detector. Additionally, the method includes determining a speed offset value that corresponds to the acquired gradient, compensating the model speed by the speed offset value, and calculating a motor vibration component using a difference between the compensated model speed and the actual speed of the motor. Then, anti-jerk compensation torque is calculated using the calculated motor vibration component.
US10144406B2	Power transmission apparatus A power transmission apparatus that is mountable on a vehicle includes a planetary gear mechanism, a first motor generator, a second motor generator, and a stepped automatic transmission with parallel gears. The first motor generator and an output side shaft of the stepped automatic transmission are configured to be coupled to a power input shaft from an engine provided in the vehicle via the planetary gear mechanism. An input side shaft of the stepped automatic transmission is configured to be coupled to the power input shaft. The second motor generator is coupled to the output side shaft of the stepped automatic transmission.
US10144404B2	Vehicle having brake system and method of operating A vehicle includes a brake pedal, a master cylinder, a braking circuit with a wheel cylinder, and a brake pressure generator with strokable piston. A pedal feel simulator is coupled to the master cylinder through a switchable valve, the simulator providing a reaction force. An isolation valve closes to isolate the braking circuit from the master cylinder and the simulator circuit. A controller is programmed to connect the simulator circuit with an outlet of the brake pressure generator, and to stroke and retract the piston at a designated diagnostic time. The controller observes a pressure decrease as the piston retracts and checks whether the pressure-decrease to piston-retraction relationship is within a predetermined acceptable range for continued operation of a brake-by-wire mode in which the master cylinder is coupled to the simulator circuit and decoupled from the braking circuit.
US10144403B2	Electronic configurable equalizing reservoir backup system An equalizing reservoir backup system that offers air brake control to the operator when the air brake network has failed or when the computer control equipment of the air brake system has failed. The system includes an equalizing reservoir backup module that is programmed to receive the electrical signals from human machine interface and configuration messages from the computer controlled braking system via the network and to control the train brake pipe via equalizing reservoir control. The equalizing reservoir backup module follows network pressure commands when commanded to do so or transforms handle commands into equalizing pressure when commanded to do so or when communications with the network have been lost. As a result, the backup system can be used when the network has failed or when the computer equipment has failed.
US10144401B2	Inspection valve According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it provides an inspection valve installed at a flow path connecting a reservoir to a chamber of a master cylinder, comprising: a housing at which a bore is formed and having one side at which an inlet hole is formed; a plunger provided to be movable along the bore of the housing; a seat member configured to close one side of the bore and through which an outlet hole passes; and an elastic member having one side supported by the plunger and the other side supported by the seat member, wherein the plunger is provided to block the outlet hole when a hydraulic pressure flowing in through the inlet hole is greater than an elastic force of the elastic member.Also, according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it provides an inspection valve installed at a bypass flow path connecting a front side of a check valve to a rear side thereof at a reservoir flow path connecting a reservoir to a master cylinder, comprising: a housing at which a bore is formed and having one side at which an inlet hole communicating with the master cylinder is formed; a plunger provided to be movable along the bore of the housing; a seat member configured to close one side of the bore and through which an outlet hole communicating with the reservoir passes; and an elastic member having one side supported by the plunger and the other side supported by the seat member, wherein the check valve is provided at the reservoir flow path and enables fluid to flow in a direction from the reservoir to the master cylinder, and the plunger is provided to block the outlet hole when a hydraulic pressure flowing in through the inlet hole is greater than an elastic force of the elastic member.
US10144399B2	Vehicle acceleration and deceleration control device A target acceleration/deceleration setting unit (28) of a vehicle acceleration/deceleration controller (16) sets a target acceleration or deceleration at a location at which a curve starts to be a predetermined maximum deceleration, sets a target acceleration or deceleration at a location at which the curve ends to be a predetermined maximum acceleration, sets a target acceleration or deceleration at a predetermined intermediate location between the location at which the curve starts and the location at which the curve ends to be zero, and sets a target deceleration D (Ld) at a location to which the travelling distance from the location at which the curve starts is Ld and a target acceleration A (La) at a location to which the travelling distance from the predetermined intermediate location is La to satisfy respective predetermined relations.
US10144397B2	Method of providing stopped-vehicle movement mode, driver assistance apparatus providing the same, and vehicle including driver assistance apparatus A driver assistance apparatus includes a sensor unit sensing an obstacle around a vehicle; a memory storing a stopped-vehicle movement range; a brake driving control unit turning on or off a vehicle brake; and a processor controlling the brake driving control unit to turn on or off the vehicle brake according to the obstacle around the vehicle and the stopped-vehicle movement range, wherein the processor provides a stopped-vehicle movement mode in which the vehicle moves, when a user is not in the vehicle.
US10144388B2	Detection and classification of restraint system state Systems and method are provided for controlling a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method for determining the state of a restraint system provided within a vehicle includes incorporating one or more marker components into a restraint system component located within the vehicle, then receiving sensor data associated with the position of one or more of the marker components. The method further includes determining, with a processor, a state of the restraint system based on the sensor data.
US10144378B2	Vehicle air dam structure, and methods of use and manufacture thereof Some embodiments are directed to a crossbar structure for use with a vehicle having a front bumper assembly, the crossbar structure being configured to extend across an opening in the front bumper assembly. The crossbar structure can include a hollow bar defining a front face and a rear face, the hollow bar being configured to extend across the opening. The crossbar structure can also include ribs extending between opposing interior surfaces of the hollow bar, the ribs being formed in a zig-zag pattern along a direction of elongation of the hollow bar and exposed from the rear face thereof.
US10144367B2	Molded and shaped acoustical insulating vehicle panel and method of making the same A molded and shaped acoustical insulating vehicle panel having a dry-laid needled fibrous composite composed of a first portion of about 50 to 80 percent meltable binder fibers and about 20 to 50 percent stable fibers and having a second portion of about 20 to 50 percent meltable binder fibers and 50 to 80 percent of staple fibers. The meltable binder fibers are in a molded and resolidified state such that the resolidified binder fibers of the first portion form a substantially continuous, semi-impervious, densified skin integrally associated with and bonded to a surface of the first portion. The molded composite is in such a heat and pressure molded state that the composite has over a predominance of its area a density of from about 12 to 22 lbs./cubic foot (192 to 352 kg/cubic meter) and the panel is sufficiently rigid as to be self-supporting.
US10144366B2	Fastening system A fastening system has at least one holding part (7) that can be fitted to a component (1) and that on one side, has a flat carrier part (29L-35) provided with adhering or hooking elements (15) projecting on one side. The opposite side at the carrier part has at least one fastener (17). A sealing device (31; 41) is on the fastener (17).
US10144363B2	Mounting assembly of vehicular utility part mounting member and vehicular interior part In a mounting assembly of a vehicular utility part mounting member and a vehicular interior part, the vehicular utility part mounting member includes first and second walls extending from a cover member to be opposite each other and configured to have a vehicular utility part therebetween, an extended wall including first and second extended portions extending from extended distal end portions of the first and second walls to an outside of the cover member and parallel to the cover member, and a connection portion connecting end portions of the first and second extended portions that are outside the cover member. The vehicular utility part arranged in a space inside the extended wall has an exposed portion that is disposed outside the cover member and the exposed portion overlaps an insertion hole edge of the insertion hole of the vehicular interior part.
US10144360B2	Restraints control module attachment assembly A bracket and restraints control module assembly attached to the tunnel in the floor of a vehicle. The bracket includes a base plate and an intermediate plate supporting the restraints control module. The intermediate plate defines a plurality of holes and is secured by a limited slip connector assembly that extend through laterally elongated slots defined by the base plate and holes in the intermediate plate, respectively. The connector assembly is tightened to a predetermined level of torque so that the intermediate plate can slide relative to the base plate on upper and lower slide surfaces when a collision force of sufficient magnitude is applied to the bracket and RCM assembly.
US10144356B2	Condensation detection for vehicle surfaces via light transmitters and receivers Method and apparatus are disclosed for condensation detection for vehicle surfaces via light transmitters and receivers. An example vehicle includes a side mirror including a front surface and a back surface, a light transmitter adjacent to the front surface for emitting a light beam toward the side mirror, a first light sensor adjacent to the back surface for detecting a first light intensity of the light beam, and an opaqueness detector that determines whether condensation is on the side mirror based upon the first light intensity.
US10144352B2	Vision display system for vehicle A vision display system for a vehicle includes a rear backup camera, a driver side camera, a passenger side camera, a front camera, and a display system including a video display screen. Rear backup video images derived from image data captured by the rear backup camera may be displayed by the video display screen for no more than ten seconds after shifting of the vehicle transmission of the vehicle out of reverse gear. Upon the engine of the vehicle being first started after initial ignition on of the vehicle, priority may be given to display by the video display screen of rear backup video images. Within two seconds after shifting of the vehicle transmission of the vehicle into reverse gear, rear backup video images may be displayed by the video display screen.
US10144347B1	Illuminator assembly for a safety belt buckle An illuminator assembly for use in a conventional safety seat belt buckle is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the illuminator assembly comprises a base including a substrate mountable internally of the buckle housing. A light source is mounted on the substrate. The light source has a light emitting surface for emitting incoherent, visible optical radiation or light rays when the light source is energized. A lens has a light-transmissive input surface aligned to receive light rays emitted from the light emitting surface of the light source. A light-transmissive output surface is configured to be placed proximate an opening slot in the buckle housing. A waveguide is intermediate the input surface and the output surface. The waveguide may be configured to guide or direct light rays to the output surface in a direction generally orthogonal to the direction of the light rays emitted by the light source.
US10144346B1	Voice-recognition/voice-activated vehicle signal system A control system is operable within a host vehicle to control the operation of signaling apparatus indicative of a driver intent to execute right, left or U-turn actions. The control system includes a voice recognition circuit for activating turn signal devices within the vehicle. In some embodiments, a wireless link facilitates aftermarket applications while in other embodiments original equipment manufacturer is accommodated.
US10144332B2	Child seat having an object holder A child seat includes a shell body, and an object holder including a bracket, a support base, and a flexible linking member having a first and a second end respectively attached to the bracket and the support base. The bracket is movably assembled with the shell body so that the object holder is movable between a storage state and a deployed state, and the support base is movable relative to the bracket between a collapse position where the support base is received within an opening defined through the bracket, and an expanding position where the support base is hung below the bracket.
US10144330B1	Deployable headrest A deployable headrest assembly for a seat is provided. The headrest assembly includes a headrest slidably coupleable to the seat such that the headrest is movable from a stowed position, in which the headrest is stowed within a seat back of the seat, to a deployable position, in which the headrest extends from the seat back. The headrest is expandable from a collapsed state to an expanded state such that the headrest has a thickness that is larger in the expanded state than in the collapsed state, the headrest being retractable into the stowed position in the seat back when in the collapsed state.
US10144329B2	Headrest A headrest includes a reverse input blocking clutch and a displacement mechanism. The reverse input blocking clutch includes input and output shafts that respectively receive and output rotational torque, an outer ring and a side plate in which rotation is restricted, cylindrical rollers that control blocking of the rotational torque reversely input from the output shaft and transmission of the rotational torque from the input shaft through engagement and disengagement between the outer ring and output shaft, and a cage to retain the cylindrical rollers. The displacement mechanism has one end fixed to stays and another end fixed to a headrest main body positioned at a top of a seat back, and displaces the headrest main body through the rotational torque from the output shaft of the reverse input blocking clutch. The another end of displacement mechanism has the side plate of the reverse input blocking clutch mounted thereto.
US10144328B2	Bearing for use in sliding head restraint The present disclosure relates to bearings, guide sleeves and head restraint assemblies for automobiles.
US10144325B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes: a first frame member that forms a framework of the vehicle seat and extends in a seat vertical direction or in a seat front-and-rear direction; a second frame member that extends in a seat width direction; and a component mounting bracket that allows to mount a component and is provided in an inside-seat corner portion of a connecting part of the first frame member and the second frame member, wherein the first frame member or the second frame member has a hole into which a portion of the component is inserted when the component is mounted in the component mounting bracket.
US10144317B2	Vehicle seat A seat back pad 70 has a groove 73 for tucking a skin material therein, formed at borders between a central portion 71 and side portions 72. A hole (slot hole 74) is formed in a bottom of the groove 73 along the groove 73. A tuck-in wire 76 for tucking the skin material in includes a plurality of tuck-in portions 76A provided along the groove 73, and a connecting portion (detour portion 76B) detouring around the hole and connecting the tuck-in portions 76A. With this configuration, when an upper body of an occupant P subsides into a seat back S2 in a rear-end collision of a vehicle, the central portion 71, defined by the groove 73 as a border, is easily and sufficiently moved rearward relative to the left and right side portions 72. Furthermore, the tuck-in wire 76 is not exposed through the hole, and thus adhesion between the seat back pad 70 and the tuck-in wire 76 can be improved.
US10144316B2	Seat modules for a mining vehicle A mining shuttle car that trams on underground roadways includes a conveyor system and an operator's compartment adjacent to the conveyor system. The operator's compartment includes a rotatable seat and a control station. The operator's seat module is coupled to one or more joysticks that control the car, and the operator's seat module and the control station are mounted on a rotatable platform so as to be rotatable as a unit between a plurality of secured positions for operating the mining shuttle car. Forward movement of the joystick control relative to the seat steers the shuttle car about a point in front of the seat, and rearward movement of the joystick control relative to the seat steers the shuttle car about a point behind the seat. Forward and rearward movement of one of the joysticks steers the mining shuttle car in the same manner regardless of the rotational position of the rotational position of the seat.
US10144310B1	Adjustment device for adjusting a longitudinal position of a vehicle seat An adjustment device for adjusting a longitudinal position of a vehicle seat comprises a first guide rail, a spindle extending along a longitudinal axis, a holding device connecting the spindle to the first guide rail, a second guide rail being linearly movable along the longitudinal axis with respect to the first guide rail, and a gearing fixed to the second guide rail, the gearing being in operative connection with the spindle to move the second guide rail relative to the first guide rail. The holding device herein comprises a body fixed to the first guide rail and made from a plastics material. In this way an adjustment device is provided which may reduce the complexity in particular of the fixation of the spindle to its associated, first guide rail.
US10144292B2	Sanity monitor for power module Described herein is a method and sanity monitoring system for power modules that detect abnormal conditions with respect to transistors in the power modules. A sanity monitor is added to each transistor. The sanity monitor can include a sensor that detects voltage, current, temperature, magnetic fields or similar parameters that indicate a health of a transistor. A failure handling device receives measurements from the sanity monitors and determines whether the measured parameters are within expected ranges for the transistors. If an abnormality is detected, the failure handling device performs a corrective action. For example, the failure handing device can reduce the overall current in a power stage to prevent remaining transistors from failing. The failure handling device additionally informs the driver, (e.g., via an input/output (I/O device), of the problem, indicating that the driver should bring the car to service.
US10144286B2	Operating unit having a capacitive touch panel An operating element in a vehicle includes a capacitive touch panel and a capacitive sensor unit configured to detect a user approaching the touch panel. When the capacitive sensor unit detects the approaching user, a first control unit activates the touch panel, such that the touch panel may be activated from a sleep mode by a single movement, and such that the user can, at the same time, perform inputs using the touch panel.
US10144284B2	Four-wheel drive vehicle control system and methods Methods and systems are provided for operating a four-wheel drive powertrain of a vehicle. In one example, a method may comprise: in response to a desired shift from a four-wheel drive mode to a two wheel-drive mode: decreasing a transfer case torque output to a secondary driveline to a lower first level and disengaging a disconnect device of the secondary driveline; increasing the transfer case torque output from the lower first level to a higher second level over a duration; and after the duration, reducing the transfer case torque.
US10144278B2	Air guide system for a motor vehicle Air guide system (10) for a motor vehicle, comprising a support structure (12) having an air passage opening (14), an air damper assembly (16) having at least one air damper (18) which is provided on the support structure (12) so that it can pivot about a damper axis (20) between a closed position (FIG. 1(a)) and an open position (FIG. 1(c)) in order to adjust a flow cross-section of the air passage opening (14), the flow cross-section being minimal in the closed position (FIG. 1(a)), and the air damper (18) comprising two opposing damper longitudinal edges (22) extending substantially in the direction of the damper axis (20), and an air guide means (24) for guiding air (L) flowing through the air passage opening (14) downstream of the air passage opening (14), wherein the air guide means (24) comprises one or more air guide walls (26), an air guide wall (26) of the air guide means (24) being assigned to at least one, preferably each, air damper (18) of the air damper assembly (16), and, for the respective air damper (18), the assigned air guide wall (26) extending from an air-damper-side edge (28) of the air guide wall (26) away from the damper axis (20) of the air damper (18), and, in a central region of the damper axis, which extends over at most 80 percent of the length (b) of the damper axis (20), the minimum distance (d) of the damper axis (20) of the air damper (18) in the closed position to the air-damper-side edge (28) of the assigned air guide wall (26) is less than the average distance (a) between the damper longitudinal edges (22), preferably less than half, particularly preferably less than a tenth of the average distance (a) between the damper longitudinal edges (22).
US10144268B2	Air conditioning device for vehicle An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes a door control unit that controls multiple blowing port doors or an air mix door to prevent a heat generated from a heater core from leaking out of an air conditioning case before air conditioning of a vehicle interior is determined to be started. The air conditioning device includes an air conditioning control unit that performs the air conditioning of the vehicle interior by controlling the multiple blowing port doors to open at least one of multiple blowing ports and blow out a heat in the air conditioning case as hot air to the vehicle interior from the at least one blowing port after the air conditioning in the vehicle interior is determined to be started.
US10144267B2	Mode door with integrated stratification features A device for guiding air for an air conditioning system of a motor vehicle. The air conditioning system includes air outlets. The device is designed so that it encloses a volume and within the volume at least one air channel extending continuously from an inlet to an outlet is formed. The device is arranged in such a way that can be shifted in a continuously variable manner in a direction between two end positions, wherein the device in the end positions in each case closes an air outlet.The device may be arranged in an air conditioning system for a motor vehicle with means for conveying, for cooling and for heating an air mass flow, including a housing with a mixing chamber, in which the device for guiding air is arranged.
US10144263B2	Vehicle-height adjusting device A vehicle-height adjusting device includes: a vehicle-height adjusting unit that adjusts a vehicle height through extension and contraction thereof, which is disposed between each wheel and a vehicle body of a vehicle; a control unit that controls actuation of the vehicle-height adjusting unit; an obstacle detecting unit that detects an obstacle that is present within a predetermined range from the vehicle; a steering-angle detecting unit that detects an steering angle of the vehicle; and an identification unit that identifies a portion of the vehicle that overlaps the obstacle, based on a detection result by the obstacle detecting unit and a detection result by the steering-angle detecting unit, in which the control unit controls at least one of the vehicle-height adjusting unit, based on an identification result of the identification unit.
US10144250B2	Heavy duty pneumatic tire A heavy duty pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion provided with circumferentially continuously extending main grooves and axial grooves connecting between the main grooves to form blocks. The main grooves include a zigzag crown main groove disposed on each side of the tire equator, and a zigzag shoulder main groove disposed axially outside each crown main groove, wherein the groove width of the crown main groove is less than the groove width of the shoulder main groove. The axial grooves include crown axial grooves circumferentially dividing crown blocks disposed between the crown main grooves and each having a substantially hexagonal tread, and middle axial grooves circumferentially dividing middle blocks disposed between each crown main groove and the adjacent shoulder main groove and each having a substantially hexagonal tread, wherein the groove width of the middle axial grooves is more than the groove width of the crown axial grooves.
US10144249B2	Device for the production of tread of a tire casing The device for producing a tire component by winding, comprises: a helicoidal external wall, and means for adjusting a diameter of the wall.
US10144248B2	Bicycle coasting mechanism The present invention is directed to a torque transmitting bicycle freewheel coasting mechanism comprising a drive body, a driven body and rolling bearing elements supporting and spacing these bodies during coasting. The rolling element bearings are elastically deformable and, during the application of a sufficiently large driving force to the drive body, they deform to allow relative movement between the bodies to bring one body into contact with the other body. This movement is small and the load is carried directly from one body to the other body without damage to the rolling element bearings. The bodies are only highly loaded by drive loads during torque transmission. During coasting, the flexible balls or rollers spring back and support the bodies in a spaced relationship in a normal bearing fashion. The flexible rolling bearing elements are not hard so bearing raceways can be formed directly into the bodies.
US10144238B2	Laser markable compositions, articles and documents A laser markable composition includes (a) an aqueous medium; (b) a leuco dye; (c) an optothermal converting agent; and (d) a color developing agent, characterized in that the color developing agent is a polymer particle capable of forming an acid upon exposure to heat.
US10144228B2	Print media guide In one example, a media guide for use in a printer having a print bar and a print zone adjacent to the print bar includes a movable blocker downstream from the print zone along a media path and movable though a range of motion to block print media from leaving the media path when exiting the print zone.
US10144227B2	Recording substrate treatment apparatus, printing system and method of drying A recording substrate treatment apparatus includes transporting mechanism for transporting a sheet of a recording substrate through a first chamber in the interior space of the recording substrate treatment apparatus; a first suction device arranged for removing a gaseous medium from the first chamber; and an impingement device, arranged for providing a first flow of the gaseous medium at the outer surface of the transporting mechanism. The first suction device is fluidly connected to the impingement device, such that in operation the impingement device receives a first flow of the gaseous medium from the first suction device. With this arrangement, the impingement flow is balanced with an air flow directly extracted from the first chamber of the recording substrate treatment apparatus. A printing system including such a recording substrate treatment apparatus and a method of drying a recording substrate using such a recording substrate recording apparatus are also disclosed.
US10144205B2	Apparatus and method for forming three-dimensional objects using a tilting solidification substrate An apparatus and method for making a three-dimensional object from a solidifiable material using a linear solidification device is shown and described. The apparatus includes a solidification substrate that is tiltable relative to a film about a tilting axis. Layers of the solidifiable material solidify in contact with a film located between the most recently solidified object layer and a solidification substrate that comprises the solidification substrate assembly. The tilting of the solidification substrate relative to the film allows the substrate to be used to squeeze excess solidifiable material from between the film and the most recently solidified object surface while minimizing or eliminating the formation of bubbles in the solidifiable material which can prolong object build times. In addition, tilting the solidification substrate before separating an adhered object surface from the film breaks any vacuum formed between the substrate and the film which reduces the forces involved in separating the object form the film.
US10144197B2	Precious metal sheet display and method of manufacturing A precious metal sheet display includes a sheet of precious metal cut into a form, and a layer of ink on the sheet such that the ink, the metal, and the form together create a recognizable image.
US10144185B2	Method and apparatus for high-temperature post-curing of UV-cured photopolymers Methods, systems and apparatuses are disclosed for making and post-processing a 3-D printed object for laminate-forming tooling, and components made using post-processed 3-D printed laminate-forming tooling.
US10144181B2	Continuous liquid interphase printing A method of forming a three-dimensional object, comprises providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid; irradiating the build region through the optically transparent member to form a solid polymer from the polymerizable liquid while concurrently advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form the three-dimensional object from the solid polymer, while also concurrently: (i) continuously maintaining a dead zone of polymerizable liquid in contact with the build surface, and (ii) continuously maintaining a gradient of polymerization zone between the dead zone and the solid polymer and in contact with each thereof, the gradient of polymerization zone comprising the polymerizable liquid in partially cured form. Apparatus for carrying out the method is also described.
US10144151B2	Frame integrated vacuum hot press apparatus A frame integrated vacuum hot press comprises a frame chamber including a vacuum space having an opened side; a door installed to the frame chamber to open or close the opened side of the vacuum space; a heating chamber including a heating space and a heater heating an object to be formed which is loaded in the heating space; and a cylinder which is connected to the frame chamber to apply pressure to the object to be formed which is loaded in the heating space of the heating chamber.
US10144150B2	Hatschek process for the production of fiber cement plates A Hatschek process for the production of profiled fiber cement plates is provided. The process comprises the steps of: (i) providing an endless fiber cement multilayered slab stacking at least one monolayer of a first type having a first width and at least one monolayer of a second type of monolayers having a second width, the at least one monolayer of a second type of monolayers extending in transverse direction beyond the at least one monolayer of a first type of monolayer: (ii) accumulating at least one layer of the endless fiber cement multilayered slab on a profiled accumulator roll having a recess along at least part of its circumference whereby the at least first monolayer is provided within the recess; (iii) removing the accumulated slab from the accumulator roll; and (iv) curing the uncured fiber cement plate.
US10144149B2	Stiff mycelium bound part and method of producing stiff mycelium bound parts A self-supporting composite body comprising a substrate of discrete particles and a network of interconnected mycelia cells extending through and around the discrete particles and bonding the discrete particles together is characterized in being stiff and in having a density of greater than 18 pounds per cubic foot (pcf). The method of making the composite body includes compressing a mass of biocomposite material comprised of discrete particles and a network of interconnected mycelia cells in the presence of moisture into a compressed body having a density in excess of 18 pcf. Compression may take place batch wise in a press or continuously between a pair of movable endless conveyors.
US10144146B2	Work device The invention relates to a work device with a guide rail (4) on which a chain (5) is driven in a circulating manner. The work device has a clamping device (15) for the chain (5). The clamping device (15) has a clamping element (16) which acts on en the guide rail (4) in the direction (19) of the longitudinal central axis (18) of the guide rail (4). The clamping device (15) has a rotatably mounted adjusting element (17) which is connected to the clamping element (16) via a threaded connection (20). A rotation of the adjusting element (17) about its rotational axis (21) causes a movement of the clamping element (16) in the direction (19) of the longitudinal central axis (18) of the guide rail (4). The outer circumference of the adjusting element (17) has a threaded portion (22) with at least one turn (23), said threaded portion being provided for engaging with at least one threaded portion (24) of the clamping element (16). The adjusting element (17) has an actuating contour (39) so that a user can rotate the adjusting element (17), said actuating contour comprising at least one depression. The largest spacing (b) between the threaded portion (22) of the adjusting element (17) and the rotational axis (21) is at least as large as the largest spacing (a) between the actuating contour (39) and the rotational axis (21).
US10144142B1	Spacer for razor blade for creating and maintaining a stubble shave appearance A razor blade assembly that is capable of creating a stubble-like appearance via a manual, low-cost razor. The assembly includes a spacer that maintains a gap or clearance between a blade edge and a surface to be shaved. This gap or clearance facilitates an effect of a shadow- or stubble-like appearance upon the surface.
US10144136B2	Panel holding device and panel holding method A panel conveyance system includes a pin member, a bar pad facing a panel right lower portion, a block pad facing a panel left lower portion, a bar guide positioned outside an outer edge end of the panel left lower portion, and a conveyance robot. The panel conveyance system further includes a panel take-out control unit that hangs a panel on a pin member, and a temporary retention control unit that causes the bar pad to come into contact with a surface of the panel right lower portion, causes the block pad to come into contact with a surface of the panel left lower portion, and causes the bar guide to come into contact with the panel left lower portion to temporarily retain the panel while keeping the panel hung on the pin member, and a holding control unit that holds the temporarily retained panel with a clamp.
US10144134B2	Enclosure for a target processing machine The invention relates to an assembly for enclosing a target processing machine. The assembly comprises an enclosure and a transfer unit. The enclosure comprises a base plate for arranging said target processing machine thereon, side wall panels, which are fixed to said base plate, and a top wall panel which is fixed to said side wall panels. In addition, the enclosure comprises an access opening in a side wall of the enclosure. The transfer unit comprising one or more transfer elements for moving the transfer unit with respect to the base plate. The transfer unit further comprises a door panel which is arranged for closing the access opening, wherein the door panel is movably mounted to the transfer unit by means of a flexible coupling which allows a movement of the door panel with respect to the transfer unit at least in a direction towards and/or away from the enclosure.
US10144133B2	Robotic device tester A system, method, and device may include software and hardware which simplify and quicken configuration of the system for testing a device, enhance testing procedures which may be performed, and provide data via which to easily discern a cause and nature of an error which may result during testing. A camera may capture still images of a display screen of a tested device and another camera may capture video images of the tested device and a partner device. A wizard may be used to generate a configuration file based on one previously generated for a similar device. A mount for a tested device may be structured so that: it is suitable for mounting thereon a plurality of differently structured devices; and adjustments in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in a plane and adjustments of an angle of the device relative to the plane may be easily made.
US10144131B2	Operation monitoring server and operation monitoring system An operation monitoring server includes a storage apparatus configured to store instructions, and a processor configured to operate based on the instructions. The processor is configured to acquire state information on at least one of a monitoring target device or a base location in which the monitoring target device is placed. The processor is configured to select, based on the acquired state information, one of a plurality of service request processing apparatus each having a function of processing a service request received from the monitoring target device.
US10144129B2	Robot, control device for a robot, and method for operating a robot The invention relates to a robot, a robot control device, and a method for operating a robot. The robot includes an arm having a plurality of members following one after the other, an attaching device for attaching an end effector and drives for moving the members, and a control device connected to the drives. In another aspect, a computer program running on the control device issues a command for the robot arm to carry out an application step. At least one abort condition of the command from a plurality of abort conditions is detected, the execution of the application step is aborted on the basis of the detected abort condition, and simultaneously with the detection of the abort condition information is passed to the computer program about the abort condition on the basis of which the execution of the application step was aborted.
US10144118B2	Driving portion of wrench A wrench includes a body having a mounting hole. Three first driving portions and three second driving portions are formed in the inner periphery of the mounting hole, and the first and second driving portions are located alternatively to each other. Three first recesses and three second recesses are formed in the inner periphery of the mounting hole, and the first and second recesses are located alternatively to each other. Each first recess is connected between the first and second driving portions. The mounting hole is used to mount to an object which is rotated when the wrench is rotated.
US10144110B2	Work tool A power tool for driving an accessary removably held between first and second clamp parts includes a first shaft having the first clamp part, a second shaft for moving the second clamp part, a holding member movable relative to the second shaft, a moving member for moving the holding member, and a biasing member for biasing the moving member. The second shaft is disposed inside the first shaft. The holding member enables the second clamp part and the first clamp part to hold the tool accessary therebetween in a first position, and disables the second clamp part and the first clamp part from holding the tool accessary in a second position. The moving member moves the holding member from the first position to the second position, and the biasing member biases the moving member when the holding member is located in the second position.
US10144109B2	Polisher, polishing tool, and polishing method A polisher includes a wafer carrier, a polishing head, a movement mechanism, and a rotation mechanism. The wafer carrier has a supporting surface. The supporting surface is configured to carry a wafer thereon. The polishing head is present above the wafer carrier. The polishing head has a polishing surface. The polishing surface of the polishing head is smaller than the supporting surface of the wafer carrier. The movement mechanism is configured to move the polishing head relative to the wafer carrier. The rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the polishing head relative to the wafer carrier.
US10144102B2	Pipe beveling tool A pipe beveling tool has an arcuate pipe adapter mechanically attached to a wedge member, which is itself mechanically attached to a connecting bracket which is itself mechanically fastened to a disc cover member in such a way that both the disc cover member, and the connecting bracket clamp onto a grinding tool section proximal a grinding disc by way of tightening thereonto. The pipe adapter has a pair of flaps hingedly attached to a fixed adapter member so as to adapt to various pipe diameters.
US10144101B2	Headstock assembly for machine tool A headstock assembly for a machine tool includes a mount having a female threaded bore, a headstock mounted slidably relative to the machine base, a drive member mounted on the headstock, a spindle, and a spindle extension. The spindle has an intermediate segment disposed in a chamber of the headstock and coupled to be driven by the drive member so as to permit the spindle to rotate about a spindle axis. The spindle extension is coupled to be rotatable with the spindle, and has a male threaded segment configured to be in threaded engagement with the female threaded bore so as to permit the headstock to be linearly moved relative to the mount.
US10144100B2	Method of preparation for restoring tooth structure A method for producing a dentist tool includes simulation of predetermined horizontal, vertical, and tilt movements to be followed by a cutting tool to remove a predetermined part of tooth structure for further treatment of a tooth. An overlay is determined to fit the tooth by determining a first guiding edge within the overlay corresponding to the predetermined movements and determining a second guiding edge within the overlay spaced apart from the first guiding edge and corresponding to the predetermined movements. The first and second guiding edges are provided to contact the cutting tool so as to guide horizontal, vertical, and tilt movements of the cutting tool such that the cutting tool follows the predetermined horizontal, vertical, and tilt movements for removal of the predetermined part of tooth structure. The determined overlay is produced with the first and second guiding edges and such that it fits the tooth.
US10144089B2	Laser processing apparatus A laser processing apparatus includes: a head main body housing an optical system; and a nozzle that is fastened to the head main body by thread fastening and that applies the laser beam to a workpiece. The nozzle has a nozzle hole through which the laser beam passes. A pressure chamber is formed between the head main body and the nozzle. The pressure chamber is a space surrounded by a bottom surface of the head main body, the bottom surface intersecting with a fastening direction in which the head main body and the nozzle are fastened together by thread fastening, and a bottom surface of the nozzle, the bottom surface intersecting with the fastening direction. The pressure chamber is supplied with air or assist gas. The nozzle has a communication hole that provides communication between the pressure chamber and the nozzle hole.
US10144084B2	Smart grid welding system Welding system and method permit exchange of data with Smart Grid monitors and/or controllers. The welding systems include a welding power supply configured to convert power between the power grid and the welding power supply. A grid interface cooperates with control circuitry to transmit data to and/or from the grid monitors and/or controllers on the grid side. The control circuitry may control operation of the welding power supply based upon data from the grid. The system may include power generation devices (e.g., engine-drive generators) and energy storage devices (e.g., batteries). The control circuitry may control operation of such devices, the exchange of power between them, and the draw of power from the grid or the application of power to the grid based upon the data exchanged with the grid monitors and/or controllers.
US10144083B2	Multi-operator engine driven welder system An engine driven welder includes a generator configured to provide an electrical output, an engine coupled to the generator, an air compression system coupled to the engine, a first welding system coupled to the generator, and a second welding system. The engine is configured to drive the generator, and the air compression system is configured to provide a pneumatic output. The first welding system is configured to provide a first weld output, and the second welding system is configured to provide a second weld output. The second weld output is independent of the first weld output in an independent mode, and the second weld output is combined with the first weld output as a combined weld output in a parallel mode.
US10144082B2	Welder generator engine speed control An engine-driven welder generator is controlled based upon power draw for welding and other applications. Once a welding arc is initiated, the power draw is monitored. The engine speed, and therefore the power output of the generator, may be increased or maintained based upon the power draw. The power draw may include both welding power draw and auxiliary power draw. The engine speed is increased in increments. The initial engine speed and subsequent increments may depend upon particular welding processes or regimes.
US10144076B2	Wire electric discharge machine capable of starting machining from short-circuit state Even if a machining gap between a wire electrode and workpiece is in a short-circuit state at a start of machining by a wire electric discharge machine, a high-frequency voltage in a pulse shape is applied and a small current is supplied to an extent that the wire electrode is not fused only in an initial fixed time at the start of machining. Then, the short circuit is released, though instantaneously, and a discharge occurs in that instant and the short circuit state is eliminated by discharge repulsion thereof and therefore, machining can be started.
US10144075B2	Flat file The object of the invention is a flat file which is suitable for lifting off films from intermediate layers.
US10144069B2	Indexable milling insert having side supporting valley, and a milling tool Milling inserts having surfaces designed for supporting the insert relative to a milling cutter body, and a milling tool are provided. The milling insert has a first end surface, a second end surface, and a side surface extending between the first end surface and the second end surface At least one cutting edge is defined by an intersection of at least one of the first end surface and the second end surface with the side surface. The at least one cutting edge includes a radiused component having a first end and a second end and first and second components at the first and the second ends of the radiused component, respectively. The first and second components are less curved than the radiused component. The side surface has at least one substantially V-shaped valley formed by first and second support surfaces.
US10144058B2	Method for manufacturing round billet of Ni-containing high alloy having improved internal quality Provided is a method for manufacturing a round billet of Ni-containing high alloy including steps of continuously casting a molten steel by using a casting mold, thereby obtaining a rectangular billet, and shaping the rectangular billet into round billet by forging/rolling, wherein the casting mold has a shape such that a w/h ratio between long side length (w) and short side length (h) of a cross section of the rectangular billet perpendicular to the casting direction of rectangular billet is 1.0 to 2.0, the chemical composition of molten steel is, by mass %: C: 0.005 to 0.250%, Si: 0.05 to 2.00%, Mn: 0.05 to 3.00%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.004% or less, Cu: 0.01 to 3.00%, Cr: 10 to 35%, Ni: 10 to 80%, Mo: 1.5 to 10.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.300%, N: 0.001 to 0.300%, W: 0.00 to 6.00%, Ti: 0.00 to 2.00%, and the balance: Fe and impurities.
US10144052B2	Hot forming of cooling galleries in steel pistons A piston, particularly a piston for use in a diesel engine, particularly a heavy duty diesel engine, is formed from a billet of metal, such that the finished piston has a mass that is at least 50%, and, more preferably, up to about 62%, of the mass of the billet. Other than finishing steps, the piston is formed with a closed gallery, without loss of mass through machining processes.
US10144044B2	Treatment of trade effluent from food waste disposal systems A bioprocess comprises regulating pH of trade effluent wastewater, adding and mixing a first bio-additive, adding and mixing a flocculant/coagulant, filtering through a filter device, adding, mixing of a second bio-additive with aeration, and adding and mixing of a third bio-additive with aeration. Treatment can be discontinued or continued by adding and mixing of hydrogen peroxide with aeration, and optionally exposing treated effluent to UV disinfectant. The treated effluent can be recycled or disposed. Compositions of bio-additives 1, 2 and 3 comprise a group of highly selective and effective microorganisms and enzymes that are immobilized on carrier support matrices from a group of alginate, chitosan, polyacrylamides, k-carrageenan and agarose.
US10144037B2	System and method for adjusting contents of an automation tray Presently disclosed embodiments are directed to a system and method for controlling/adjusting a position of mail product or other contents in an automated mail tray. Specifically, the disclosed embodiments utilize an automated mail tray with a ridged construction to allow automation equipment to adjust, load, and unload mail product in a structured manner. An adjustment feature, along with a moveable bottom surface of the mail tray, may be used to adjust a position of mail product in the automated mail tray into a vertical position. In some embodiments, the system may actuate the adjustment feature in response to sensor feedback that the mail product has fallen from the vertical position. Once the mail is in the vertical position, the moveable tray bottom may lift the mail product until it is elevated out of the tray for movement into other automation equipment without tray wall interference.
US10144036B2	Method and apparatus for mitigating interference affecting a propagation of electromagnetic waves guided by a transmission medium Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for detecting an accumulation of a liquid on a transmission medium that may interfere with the propagation of guided electromagnetic waves on a surface of the transmission medium, and directing a device to remove at least a portion of the liquid accumulating on the surface of the transmission medium to mitigate the interference. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10144035B1	Low-frequency sound source for underwater sound propagation research and calibration A variable inductor includes a three-limbed core first section having an inductor winding wound about a medial limb. An air gap is disposed in the medial limb. The inductor includes a second section having a control limb in which a first end of the control limb is connected to a first outer limb of the three-limbed core, and a second end of the control limb is connected to a second outer limb of the three-limbed core. A control winding is wound about the control limb. The inductor may be used in a control circuit to control a power signal driving a transducer. The inductor may be controlled by a signal derived from a comparison of a voltage phase of a power signal to the transducer and a phase of the current traversing the transducer. A system may include the control circuit, including the variable inductor, and the transducer.
US10144031B2	Fluid ejection device A fluid ejection device is a fluid ejection device adapted to eject a fluent material including an actuator, and a drive signal supply section adapted to output a signal used to drive the actuator, wherein the actuator includes a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric element connected in series to each other. The drive signal supply section is capable of outputting a first drive waveform and a second drive waveform having a voltage change part steeper than that of the first drive waveform to the first piezoelectric element and the second piezoelectric element, outputs the second drive waveform to the second piezoelectric element in a case of outputting the first drive waveform to the first piezoelectric element, and outputs the first drive waveform to the second piezoelectric element in a case of outputting the second drive waveform to the first piezoelectric element.
US10144023B2	Tilt action pump A device for dispensing a cosmetic product may include a container configured to hold a volume of cosmetic product, the container having a closed lower end and an open upper end, a pump assembly disposed at least partially within the open upper end of the container, and a tip connected to the pump assembly, the tip having an outlet for dispensing the cosmetic product. The pump assembly and tip may be configured such that manually tilting the tip actuates the pump assembly to deliver a portion of the volume of cosmetic product to the outlet.
US10144020B2	Pump for under counter dispensing system A piston pump with a piston chamber-forming body and a piston-forming element relatively coaxially reciprocally movable to dispense liquid and air from a discharge outlet, which the discharge outlet is fixed relative to the piston chamber-forming body.
US10144006B2	Method and catalyst system for the production of para-xylene A catalyst system is disclosed for producing para-xylene from a C8 hydrocarbon mixture comprising ethylbenzene and at least one xylene isomer other than para-xylene. The catalyst system comprises a first catalyst bed and a second catalyst bed. The first catalyst bed comprises a first zeolite and a rhenium hydrogenation component. The first zeolite has a constraint index from 1 to 12, an average crystal size from 0.1 to 1 micron and has been selectivated to have an ortho-xylene sorption time of greater than 1200 minutes based on its capacity to sorb 30% of the equilibrium capacity of ortho-xylene at 120° C. and an ortho-xylene partial pressure of 4.5±0.8 mm of mercury. The second catalyst bed comprises a second zeolite and a rhenium hydrogenation component. The second zeolite has a constraint index ranging from 1 to 12 and an average crystal size of less than 0.1 micron.
US10144002B2	Multi-metallic catalyst system and use of the same in preparing upgraded fuel from biomass The present disclosure provides a multi-metallic catalyst system comprising at least one support, and at least one promoter component and an active component comprising at least two metals uniformly dispersed on the support. The present disclosure also provides a process for preparing the multi-metallic catalyst system. Further, the present disclosure provides a process for preparing upgraded fuel from biomass. The process is carried out in two steps. In the first step, a biomass slurry is prepared and is heated in the presence of hydrogen and a multi-metallic catalyst that comprises at least one support, at least one promoter component, and an active component comprising at least two metals to obtain crude biofuel as an intermediate product. The intermediate product obtained in the first step is then cooled and filtered to obtain a filtered intermediate product. In the second step, the filtered intermediate product is hydrogenated in the presence of the multi-metallic catalyst to obtain the upgraded fuel. The fuel obtained from the process of the present disclosure is devoid of heteroatoms such as oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur.
US10143998B2	Activation energy reducers for catalytic oxidation of gaseous mixtures The present invention provides materials for improving the ignition of gaseous reactants in metal catalyzed oxidation reactions comprising a metal catalyst gauze, preferably, a platinum/rhodium catalyst gauze, having in contact therewith, from 0.25 to 1.5 wt. %, based on the weight of the metal catalyst gauze, of one or more pieces of previously used metal catalyst gauze. Further, methods of making the metal catalyst materials comprise shaping the pieces of previously used metal catalyst gauze and placing them equidistant from each other in contact with or on the surface of the metal catalyst gauze. And methods of using the materials comprise feeding into the reactor a gas mixture of oxygen or air and one or more reactant gases, and igniting the gas mixture at the surface of one or more or all of the pieces of previously used metal catalyst.
US10143997B2	Stabilized rhenium-based heterogeneous catalyst and use thereof The present invention relates to a stabilized rhenium-based heterogeneous catalyst, obtainable by a process comprising contacting a rhenium-based heterogeneous catalyst with a stabilizing agent at a temperature in a range from 0-100° C., the stabilizing agent comprising an aliphatic hydrocarbon compound and use thereof.
US10143978B2	Beverage carbonation method In a method of carbonating a beverage using a carbon dioxide diffusing stone, temperature is measured in a flow of that beverage immediately before the flow changes from laminar to effervescent, thereby obtaining a true temperature at which carbon dioxide is diffused into the beverage. In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable controller having connectors joinable to a gas pressure regulator of a gas cylinder and to any one of several beverage carbonation containers. The portable controller has instruments therein for controlling a flow of carbon dioxide gas to the beverage in any one of the containers and for controlling a pressure gradient of the carbon dioxide gas in the beverage over a period of time. There is also provided an elongated carbon dioxide diffusing stone assembly having an elongated temperature probe well extending parallel to and immediately below a diffusing stone.
US10143967B2	Apparatus and method for gaseous emissions treatment with directed induction heating An assembly for treating gaseous emissions includes a substrate body having cells for the passages of emissions gas. Lengths of metal wire are located in selected ones of the cells and an induction heating coil is mounted adjacent the substrate body for generating a varying electromagnetic field. In this way the metal wires are heated, resulting in heating of the substrate body and heating of exhaust gas flowing in the cells. The metal wires are distributed non-uniformly through the substrate body to obtain a desired heating pattern.
US10143961B2	Method and system for purification of natural gas using membranes Natural gas may be purified by removing C3+ hydrocarbons and CO2 in respective first and second gas separation membrane stages to yield conditioned gas lower in C3+ hydrocarbons and CO2 in comparison to the un-conditioned natural gas.
US10143952B2	Filter frame A filter frame provided in the present invention comprises a frame body including a plurality of frame strips which are combined together to form filter net disposing area, a filter net fixing member, an upper circumferential surface connecting member, a lower circumferential surface connecting member, and an adjacent member. The upper circumferential surface connecting member and the lower circumferential surface connecting member are respectively disposed along the upper circumferential surfaces and the lower circumferential surfaces of the frame strips in such a manner that the filter frame is connected to a second filter frame and/or a third filter frame along the normal direction of the filter net disposing area. The adjacent member is disposed along the outer circumferential surface of the frame strip to form an adjacent channel extending along the frame strip in such a manner that the filter frame is adjacently connected to a fourth filter frame.
US10143950B2	Filter for fluids and an additive container for a filter A filter (10) for liquid has a filter housing (14) with at least one hollow filter element (12). The filter element at least partially surrounded by a liquid guidance region (54). At least one additive chamber (50) of an additive dispensing device (38) is disposed on the side of the liquid guidance region (54) opposite the corresponding exterior side of the hollow filter element (12) by means of at least one partition (42). The at least one partition has at least one dispensing port (52) by means of which the at least one additive chamber (50) can be fluidically connected to the liquid guidance region (54). The at least one dispensing port (52) is closed with at least one closure element (58) at least in the original condition of the additive dispensing device (38), this closure element being dissolvable by the liquid to be treated to release the at least one first dispensing port (52) during operation of the filter (10).
US10143946B2	Device for removing impurities from a liquid and method for cleaning a corresponding device A device for removing impurities from a liquid, preferably sewage, includes a pivoted filtering drum having a filtering surface, equipped with a drum drive operatively connected to the filtering drum to turn the filtering drum around a rotating axis. A cleaning system cleans the filtering surface and has a guide and a spray nozzle arrangement movable back and forth along the guide. Cleaning liquid can be sprayed on the filter surface. The spray nozzle arrangement may include at least one carrier movable back and forth along the guide and at least one spray nozzle mounted on the carrier so that it can be moved around an axis. A related method for cleaning a corresponding device is disclosed.
US10143931B2	Toy construction set A toy construction set includes first and second construction elements, a pin, and a fastener including a body and a head. Each of the first and second construction elements includes through-holes and grooves on two major surfaces, respectively, of the construction element. A thickness of each groove is substantially the same. At at least one end of each groove, an edge of the groove is curved. The pin includes a body having a cavity and a member. A first portion of an edge of the member is curved, and a second portion of the edge of the member is straight. A thickness of the member is not larger than the thickness of each groove. The member of the pin is fixed in place in one of the grooves of the first construction element when the first and second construction elements are coupled by the pin and the fastener so as to constrain the pin from rotating with respect to an axis of the body of the pin.
US10143929B2	Portable electronic device A portable electronic device 100 includes a horizontally long casing, both ends of which are gripped by a user's both hands, respectively. The device further includes a LCD fit into the front face of the casing 10. Outwardly projecting bulges are respectively formed at both sides of the rear face of the casing where fingers of the user gripping the casing 10 placed. Since the fingers and palms are naturally flexed to fit to the dome-like bulges 42L, 42R, the portable electronic device 100 fits comfortably in the user's hands. The operability is hard to be degraded even if the device is vibrated strongly during a game play with the device.
US10143927B2	Utilizing a social network account to provide additional functionality to a gaming network account A method to provide additional gaming network functionality links a user's gaming network identity with the user's social network identity. Linkage of the user's gaming network and social network identities establishes a two way communication link by which a gaming (social) network service can obtain information from, and send information to, a social (gaming) network service on behalf of the user. The gaming (social) network service may obtain information regarding the social (gaming) network relationships of the user's social (gaming) network identity and suggest gaming (social) network relationships to the user based on the social (gaming) network relationships. The gaming (social) network service additionally enables a user having linked identities to post gaming (social) network related messages as social (gaming) network messages via their social (gaming) network identity.

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