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US10203973B2 High availability service virtual machine in virtualization environment
A service virtual machine provides service to any number of virtual machines on a hypervisor over a first communication channel. When an anomaly is detected within the provided service, any virtual machine using the first communication channel switches to a second communication channel and receives service from a second virtual machine. The second virtual machine may execute upon the same computer or on a different computer. Hooking points within the hypervisor provide a means for the service virtual machines to monitor traffic and provide service to the protected virtual machines. When a service virtual machine is suspended, it is repopulated, upgraded or rebooted, and then restored to service. Once restored, any protected virtual machine may be switched back to the restored service virtual machine. Virtual machines may be switched to a different communication channel by modifying a configuration file. Both communication channels may be in use at the same time.
US10203972B2 Framework for networking and security services in virtual networks
Methods, computer-readable storage medium, and systems described herein facilitate registering and consuming network services on a virtual network. A virtual machine management server (VMMS) is configured to receive a service definition associated with a network service. The VMMS creates one or more service profiles based on the service definition. The VMMS configures a plurality of hosts based on the one or more service profiles such that the network service is usable, via a virtual network, by one or more virtual machines within the plurality of hosts.
US10203971B2 Cognitive screen sharing with contextual awareness
A method for cognitive screen sharing protection is provided. The method may include, in determining a screen sharing session of a client computing device associated with a user has been initiated, receiving, by a processor, a plurality of pertinent state data associated with the client computing device. The method may also include assigning an initial binary status to at least one display window of at least one open application on the client computing device. The method may further include, in determining a change has occurred to the screen sharing session, updating each assigned binary status. The method may also include detecting an undesirable sharing situation on the client computing device based on the updated binary status of the at least one display window. The method may further include performing a precautionary action based on the detected undesirable sharing situation.
US10203966B2 Application launcher and management framework for a network device
An application launcher and management framework (ALM framework) is provided for enabling and managing the execution of external applications (e.g., third party applications) on a network device. The ALM framework enables external applications to be executed and managed on a network device based upon configuration information specified for the external applications. In certain embodiments, the ALM framework enables an external application to be executed within the network device's network operating system (NOS) as if the application was provided as part of the NOS. By enabling the external application to be integrated with the network device's NOS, the ALM framework enables several services provided by the NOS to be made available to the external application.
US10203965B2 Data processing method and system for intercepting signals between a peripheral device and a software application
The present invention relates to a data processing method, including the steps of intercepting a signal within a communications channel between a predefined peripheral device for a computing system and an application executing on the computing system and processing the signal and performing one or more actions in response to the processing. At least one action affects onward transmission of one or more signals within the communications channel. A data processing system is also described.
US10203963B2 Method for configuring storage system connection, device and storage system
A method for configuring a connection in a storage system is provided. A configuring device determines that the configuring device cannot communicate with a first control board, and identifies route information related to the first control board in a route information table. The route information is route information between an adapter card and the first control board. The configuring device modifies the identified route information by changing an address of the first control board in the route information to an address of a second control board.
US10203957B2 Processor with improved alias queue and store collision detection to reduce memory violations and load replays
A register alias table for a processor including an alias queue, load and store comparators, and dependency logic. Each entry of the alias queue stores instruction pointers of a pair of colliding load and store instructions that caused a memory violation and a valid value. The store comparator compares the instruction pointer of a subsequent store instruction with those stored in the alias queue, and if a match occurs, indicates that a store index of the subsequent store instruction is valid. The load comparator determines whether the instruction pointer of a subsequent load instruction matches an instruction pointer stored in the alias queue. If so, dependency logic provides a store index, if valid, as dependency information for the subsequent load instruction.
US10203954B2 Instruction and logic to provide conversions between a mask register and a general purpose register or memory
Instructions and logic provide conversions between a mask register and a general purpose register or memory. Some embodiments, responsive to an instruction specifying: a destination operand, a mask length corresponding to a number of mask data fields, and a source operand; values are read from data fields in the source operand, corresponding to the specified mask length, and stored to corresponding data fields in the destination operand specified by the instruction, wherein one of the source or the destination operands is a mask register. Values indicative of masked vector elements may be stored to any data fields in the destination operand other than the number of data fields corresponding to the specified mask length. For some embodiments, the other one of the source or the destination operands may be a general purpose register or a memory location.
US10203952B2 Transparently splitting and rewriting data-base object bundles to database entities
The current subject matter relates to an approach for splitting and rewriting database object bundles into database entities or subunits. For example, cyclical dependencies between a first parameter file and a second parameter file can be identified. The first parameter file can be partitioned into a plurality of subunits comprising a first subunit and a second subunit. The second parameter file, the first subunit, and the second subunit can be reordered to a call order that ensures there are no cyclical dependencies.
US10203950B2 Method for upgrading firmware of adapter, mobile terminal, and adapter thereof
A method of upgrading firmware of an adapter includes transmitting a set of n data blocks of first upgrade file to the adapter, receiving a first response information of the adapter based on the set of n data blocks, and determining that the updating procedure of the adapter fails when the first response information indicates that the adapter fails to receive all of the n data blocks. In the method, a mobile terminal transmits the upgrade file to the adapter and the adapter sends determination information to the mobile terminal after the adapter receives the upgrade file having a predetermined size. In a time interval, if the mobile terminal fails to receive the determination information or the adapter does not receive the upgrade file, the upgrading firmware of the adapter fails.
US10203948B2 Systems management based on semantic models and low-level runtime state
Various embodiments manage deployable computing environments. In one embodiment, a semantic model of a computing environment is analyzed. The computing environment is deployed based on the analysis of the semantic model. The deployment of the computing environment includes executing one or more automation scripts. One or more changes in a state of the computing environment are identified, for each automation script executed during the deployment of the computing environment, based on executing the automation script. The semantic model is updated based on the one or more changes in state identified for each automation script.
US10203947B2 Efficient over-the-air software update for a connected vehicle
The disclosure includes a system and method for providing a wireless software update for a connected vehicle. The connected vehicle includes a processor, an engine, a battery, a non-transitory memory storing a vehicle application and a wireless antenna that is powered by the battery and operable to receive a monitor module from a wireless network while the battery is not being charged. The processor is communicatively coupled to the battery, the wireless antenna and the non-transitory memory. The monitor module is written in an aspect language and includes a software patch for the vehicle application. The wireless antenna receives the monitor module from the wireless network while leaving a sufficient charge in the battery to enable the battery to start the engine. The processor installs the monitor module in the vehicle application stored in the non-transitory memory. Installation of the monitor module provides the software patch for the vehicle application.
US10203944B1 Systems and methods for dynamically customizing software programs
The disclosed computer-implemented method for dynamically customizing software programs may include (i) receiving, from a client device, a request for a software program with client-specific customization requirements and (ii) providing, to the client device, a digitally signed download manager for downloading a client-specific version of the software program that satisfies the client-specific customization requirements, where the digitally signed download manager provides the client-specific version of the software program to the client device by (a) downloading, from the backend computing system, both the software program and client-specific data that satisfies the client-specific customization requirements and (b) customizing, using the client-specific data, the software program in a manner that satisfies the client-specific customization requirements. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10203940B2 Compiler with type inference and target code generation
Systems and methods for a compiler with type inference is described herein. The compiler includes a computer program having one or more variables and context of the variables. The compiler has a type selector to infer a type of the variable using the context of the variable and dereference the variable using the inferred type. Prior to executing the computer program, the compiler carries out a type check of the variable by accessing a recommended type of the variable and comparing the recommended type and the types associated with the context of the variable.
US10203930B2 Display method and display control apparatus
In this display method, an information processing apparatus converts, for each of plural display surfaces that are parts of an entire screen, a position and size of a window in a coordinate system of the entire screen into a position and size of the window in a coordinate system of the display surface according to arrangement of the plural display surfaces, and transmits, for each of the plural display surfaces, the position and the size of the window in the coordinate system of the display surface to a display control apparatus that has a display device that provides the display surface. And each of plural display control apparatuses receives contents data from a terminal, and displays an image rendered based on the received contents data according the received position and size of the window in the coordinate system of a display surface of the display control apparatus.
US10203928B2 Display device, method and device for adjusting information channels thereof
A display device as well as a method and a device for adjusting information channels of the same are disclosed. The adjusting method includes: turning the display device on; transmitting a picture to a display screen (1) of the display device for display, the picture comprising a plurality of sub-pictures in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of sub-screens (11) which are spliced to form the display screen (1); acquiring an image displayed on the display screen (1); processing the acquired image, comparing the processed image with the picture, and identifying arrangement sequence of a plurality of information channels of the display device; and adjusting the respective information channels such that the image displayed by the display screen (1) is the same as the picture. The adjusting method compares the image displayed on the display screen of the display device with the original picture, identifies and adjusts the respective information channels, so there is no need for viewing the display system for confirmation every time the line sequence is adjusted, thereby achieving a quick and convenient adjustment.
US10203922B2 Image forming apparatus, method performed in the image forming apparatus, and storage medium
An image forming apparatus forms an image on a printing medium based on a print job and includes at least one memory containing instructions and at least one processor executing the instructions. The instructions are executed to set whether or not to delete a selected print completed job for which printing has been completed for each of a first user group in which a user instructing the printing is charged a fee at the time of performing printing based on the print job, and a second user group in which a user instructing the printing is not charged the fee at the time of performing printing based on the print job.
US10203917B2 Mobile terminal, method for controlling mobile terminal, printing apparatus, and storage medium
A mechanism that enables a device to autonomously control disconnection of communication is needed in situations where document data or photos of variable data size are transmitted and received wirelessly. In a wireless communication system, an image forming apparatus and a mobile terminal wirelessly communicate with each other. The image forming apparatus determines whether or not a predetermined condition is met, in a state where the wireless communication with the mobile terminal has been established. In the case of determining that the predetermined condition is met, the image forming apparatus breaks the wireless connection with the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal, upon detecting that the wireless communication has been disconnected, breaks the wireless connection with the image forming apparatus.
US10203910B2 Hardware apparatuses and methods for distributed durable and atomic transactions in non-volatile memory
Hardware apparatuses and methods for distributed durable and atomic transactions in non-volatile memory are described. In one embodiment, a hardware apparatus includes a hardware processor, a plurality of hardware memory controllers for each of a plurality of non-volatile data storage devices, and a plurality of staging buffers with a staging buffer for each of the plurality of hardware memory controllers, wherein each of the plurality of hardware memory controllers are to: write data of a data set that is to be written to the plurality of non-volatile data storage devices to their staging buffer, send confirmation to the hardware processor that the data is written to their staging buffer, and write the data from their staging buffer to their non-volatile data storage device on receipt of a commit command.
US10203909B2 Nonvolatile memory modules comprising volatile memory devices and nonvolatile memory devices
A nonvolatile memory module may include a nonvolatile memory device, a nonvolatile memory controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory device, a volatile memory device configured as a cache memory of the nonvolatile memory device, and a module controller configured to receive a command and an address from an external device, external to the nonvolatile memory module, and to send a volatile memory command and a volatile memory address to the volatile memory device through a first bus and a nonvolatile memory command and a nonvolatile memory address to the controller through a second bus in response to the received command and address. The volatile memory device is configured to load two or more cache data on each of two or more memory data line groups and two or more tags on each of two or more tag data line groups in response to the volatile memory address.
US10203906B2 Data backup apparatus and method
When a data backup apparatus is powered on, a quantity of dead blocks and a quantity of live blocks are counted. After the data backup apparatus is powered off, a proportion occupied by dead blocks corresponding to each sequence access identifier at the power-on time point in a total quantity of sampled cache blocks corresponding to the sequence access identifier, is calculated according to the counted quantities of dead blocks and live blocks that correspond to the sequence access identifier at the time point when the data backup apparatus is powered on. The calculated proportion is compared with a preset threshold, and a dead block in a volatile memory unit is predicted according to a comparison result. During backup, a cache block that is predicted to be a dead block is not backed up.
US10203886B2 Data writing method, memory control circuit unit and memory storage apparatus for writing data from buffer memory and moving valid data
A data writing method, a memory control circuit unit and a memory storage apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining whether receiving a predetermined command from a host system. The method also includes: if receiving the predetermined command from the host system, writing at least one buffer data from a buffer memory into a first physical erasing unit, selecting at least one second physical erasing unit from the physical erasing units, and writing at least one valid data of the at least one second physical erasing unit into the first physical erasing unit in response to the predetermined command.
US10203878B2 Near memory accelerator
A computing system includes a host processor, an access processor having a command port, a near memory accelerator, and a memory unit. The system is adapted to run a software program on the host processor and to offload an acceleration task of the software program to the near memory accelerator. The system is further adapted to provide, via the command port, a first communication path for direct communication between the software program and the near memory accelerator, and to provide, via the command port and the access processor, a second communication path for indirect communication between the software program and the near memory accelerator. A related computer implemented method and a related computer program product are also disclosed.
US10203861B2 Messaging window overlay for a browser
A system and process for launching a messaging window such as a chat bot, especially on a mobile platform, such a smart phones and tablets, is described. The process begins with displaying a web page with webpage contents in a browser window with a primary top bar and a display window. In response to receiving user input to scroll the webpage contents of the browser window are scrolled in a horizontal direction, a vertical direction, or a combination thereof. Also, a secondary top bar, as a previously invisible graphical element within the webpage contents of the web page is now displayed in substantial position and with the substantially the same appearance to look like the primary the top bar. In response to receiving user input in the vicinity of the secondary top bar, the system triggers a presentation of a messaging window or chat window.
US10203855B2 Customized user-controlled media overlays
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging and imaging software and systems by enabling users to generate customized media overlays that can be shared with other users. For example, media overlays can be generated by the system and displayed in conjunction with media content (e.g., images and/or video) generated by an image-capturing device (e.g., a digital camera). In some embodiments, existing media overlays may be used by users to create derivative media overlays. The system may track usage of media overlays and any derivatives created based thereon, and allow users to control the distribution and use of their overlays in future derivatives. In some embodiments, for example, a user can modify an overlay they created and cause the modification to propagate to all derivative overlays based on the user's overlay.
US10203852B2 Content selection in web document
Techniques for selection of content within web documents are described herein. In implementations, a selection tool for a browser or other client application is configured to analyze web documents to recognize different regions in the arrangement of content for the document. The selection tool may parse the underlying structure of a webpage (e.g., the mark-up code and DOM structure) to identify different discrete regions in the webpage. In addition or alternatively, the selection tool may use optical recognition techniques to visually analyze the webpage as it appears when rendered and detect different discrete regions based on the visual analysis. Recognized regions are configured as portions of the content that are individually selectable. These selectable regions may be exposed and made accessible in various ways to enable users to toggle selection of the regions quickly and easily.
US10203845B1 Controlling the rendering of supplemental content related to electronic books
Architectures and techniques are provided to control the rendering of supplemental content associated with electronic books. For example, electronic books may be associated with content that is in addition to the content originally provided to an individual acquiring the electronic book, such as annotations, social networking site information, media outlet information, and the like. Individuals may control the supplemental electronic book content that is rendered via their client devices via actuation of a physical input device or a representation of an input device shown via a touch sensitive display. The amount of supplemental content that is rendered may correspond to information associated with a specified number of categories of supplemental electronic book content based on a supplemental content rendering level. In other implementations, the amount of supplemental electronic book content that is rendered may correspond to an amount of supplemental content to be rendered for each category of supplemental content.
US10203835B2 Display processing method and apparatus
A display processing method and apparatus applicable to an electronic device are described. The electronic device has a display area divided into a first area and a second area. The display processing method includes acquiring object information of an object to be displayed; acquiring display position information of the object; displaying the object in a first display mode when the display position information corresponds to the first area; and displaying the object in a second display mode when the display position information corresponds to the second area, the first display mode being different from the second display mode.
US10203834B2 Component data visualization method
A method of creating a graphical representation of a plurality of components that are grouped in a plurality of component groups, wherein the component groups are formed based on two or more different group types, and values of one or more selectable metrics are associated with the components, the method including the steps of: detecting a selection of the one or more metrics; retrieving metric values for the selected metric associated with components belonging to component groups of a first group type; determining the relative proportion of the retrieved metric values across components that are members of a second type component group; and graphically representing the first type component group using one or more first icons that are graphically represented based on the retrieved metric values, and positioned within a section of the graphical representation based on the determined relative proportion.
US10203829B2 Display panel with touch detection function, method of driving the same, driving circuit, and electronic unit
There are provide a display panel with a touch detection function, in which display operation is less affected by touch detection operation, a method of driving the display panel with a touch detection function, a driving circuit, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detection function. The display panel with a touch detection function includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes; one or more touch detection electrodes; and a drive section selectively applying a DC drive signal or an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes.
US10203827B2 Apparatus and method for TFT fingerprint sensor
A low cost, two-dimensional, fingerprint sensor includes a pixel array, each pixel including a switch and a pixel electrode for forming a capacitance with a fingertip. One or more active transmission electrodes are spaced from a selected row of the pixel array, and transmit a carrier signal into the finger without direct coupling into the selected pixels. Signals sensed by the pixel array are coupled to an independent integrated circuit, and connections between the IC and the pixel array are reduced by demultiplexing row select lines, and by multiplexing sensed column data. Differential sensing may be used to improve common mode noise rejection. The fingerprint sensor may be conveniently incorporated within a conventional touchpad LCD panel, and can mimic the performance of lower density touchpad pixels.
US10203813B2 Touch module and touch screen
In a touch module, a ultrasonic wave emitted by the ultrasonic generator undergoes a total reflection in the third substrate. When a location of the second substrate is pressed to contact a location of the third substrate, a part of the ultrasonic wave undergoing the total reflection in the third substrate escapes out of the third substrate, and an intensity of the ultrasonic wave received by the ultrasonic receiver, corresponding to a contacted location on the third substrate, becomes weak, and a pressed location on the second substrate is determined by detecting a condition where the intensity of the ultrasonic wave received by the ultrasonic receiver becomes weak during loading a touch scan signal in turn on the touch scanning lines.
US10203808B2 Position input device and display device having position input function
A touch panel pattern TPP includes detection electrodes 38, driving electrodes 39, floating electrodes 45, and reference width floating electrode 48, a smallest width floating electrode 49, and an intermediate width floating electrode 50 that are included in the floating electrodes 45. The smallest width floating electrode 49 is disposed at an end-side one of the floating electrodes 45 with respect to a second direction and has a smallest width. The intermediate width floating electrode 50 is disposed closer to the end-side one than the reference width floating electrode 48 is and closer to a middle than the smallest width floating electrode 49 is and has a width FW2 smaller than that of the reference width floating electrode 48 and larger than that of the smallest width floating electrode 49.
US10203807B2 Method for sampling output from a grid based digitizer sensor
Signals from a plurality of sensing lines of a grid based digitizer sensor based is combined based on matrix multiplication with a Hadamard Matrix. The combining provides a plurality of signal combinations. Each of the plurality of signal combinations is sampled with a different Analog to Digital Converters (ADC) in a group of ADCs. The sampling is performed simultaneously. The sampled outputs from the group of ADCs are post processed including multiplying an inverse of the Hadamard Matrix with the sampled outputs from the group of ADCs. The presence of an object interacting with the grid based digitizer sensor is detected based on the post processing.
US10203804B2 Input device, and control method and program therefor
A degree of approach of an object in positions of a detection surface is periodically detected by a sensor unit, a group of detection data items indicating a result of the detection is generated in every one of cycles. The group of detection data items generated in the sensor unit is acquired in every one of cycles by a detection data acquisition unit. In the error determination unit, it is determined in every one of cycles whether there is an error in the detection operation due to noise based on a degree of a temporal change and a degree of a positional change in the detection data. When it is determined by the error determination unit that there is an error in the detection operation of one cycle, a process of acquiring the detection data generated in the one cycle is skipped in the detection data acquisition unit.
US10203793B2 Updating a display by applying pressure
A display device is described which can be updated by applying pressure with a passive object. The display device comprises a transparent top conductor layer, a middle conductor layer and a bottom conductor layer. The middle conductor layer is segmented into a plurality of independent areas and a pixel of the display device is defined based at least in part on the way that the middle conductor layer is segmented. The display device further comprises an electrophoretic ink layer between the top and middle conductor layers, a layer of piezo-electric material between the middle and bottom conductor layers, and an electrical connection between the bottom and top conductor layers.
US10203792B2 Display device with built-in touch sensors
A display device includes a display panel having a pixel array and built-in touch sensors, with a shared common electrode, driven between display and touch sensing periods; a display drive circuit outputting image data to the display panel during the display period; a common voltage regulator outputting common voltage data to indicate a common voltage to be applied to the common electrode during the touch sensing period; and a touch sensing circuit decoding the common voltage data during the touch sensing period to vary the common voltage and applying the varied common voltage to the common electrode. The common voltage regulator determines an average value of image data for each line of the pixel array and outputs a first common voltage data to decrease the voltage level of the common voltage when the average value is at or above a preset threshold and corresponds to positive image data.
US10203791B2 Display substrate, touch panel and display panel, and fabricating method thereof
The present application discloses a display substrate having a first area for bonding a driver integrated circuit. The display substrate includes a base substrate; an overcoat layer on the base substrate in a second area of the display substrate; the overcoat layer having an interface portion in an area abutting the first area, the interface portion having a plurality of teeth and a plurality of slits, two adjacent teeth being spaced apart by a slit; and a conductive line layer on a side of the overcoat layer proximal to the base substrate, having a plurality of conductive lines extending from the second area to the first area; each of the plurality of conductive lines electrically connected to a signal line in the second area.
US10203781B2 Integrated free space and surface input device
In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing integrated free space and surface inputs are provided. An integrated free space and surface input system includes a mixed-input pointing device for interacting and controlling interface objects using free space inputs and surface inputs, trigger buttons, pressure sensors, and haptic feedback associated with the mixed-input pointing device. Free space movement data and surface movement data are tracked and determined for the mixed-input pointing device. An interface input is detected for the mixed-input pointing device transitioning from a first input to a second input, such as, from a free space input to a surface input or from the surface input to the free space input. The interface input is processed based on accessing the free space movement data and the surface movement data. An output for the interface input is communicated from the mixed-input pointing device to interact and control an interface.
US10203768B2 Blind key pad
A key pad device provides the same function as a keyboard or keypad with a mistake proof design that allows one hand use and only requires three fingers. Each of the primary two fingers has nine pressure points, or keys, whose location is accessible by moving left to right, up and down, forward and back, side to side, and center. A thumb toggle can operate in one of three positions—up, down or not toggled.
US10203766B2 Display apparatus for vehicle
Disclosed is display apparatus for a vehicle including a display unit, a gesture sensing unit located around the display unit for sensing a 3D gesture made by an object, and a processor for generating a control signal based on the 3D gesture. The gesture sensing unit includes a first light-emitting unit for emitting a first group of rays along a first optical path, a second light-emitting unit for emitting a second group of rays along a second optical path, and a light-receiving unit for receiving a first group of reflected rays formed when the first group of rays is reflected by the object and a second group of reflected rays formed when the second group of rays is reflected by the object.
US10203764B2 Systems and methods for triggering actions based on touch-free gesture detection
Systems, methods and non-transitory computer-readable media for triggering actions based on touch-free gesture detection are disclosed. The disclosed systems may include at least one processor. A processor may be configured to receive image information from an image sensor, detect in the image information a gesture performed by a user, detect a location of the gesture in the image information, access information associated with at least one control boundary, the control boundary relating to a physical dimension of a device in a field of view of the user, or a physical dimension of a body of the user as perceived by the image sensor, and cause an action associated with the detected gesture, the detected gesture location, and a relationship between the detected gesture location and the control boundary.
US10203760B2 Display device and control method thereof, gesture recognition method, and head-mounted display device
The present invention provides a display device and a control method thereof, a gesture recognition method and a head-mounted display device. The display device of the present invention comprises a display unit, an open type head-mounted display, an image acquisition unit and a gesture recognition unit. The control method thereof comprises steps of: providing, by the open type head-mounted display, a virtual 3D control picture to a user; acquiring, by the image acquisition unit, an image of action of touching the virtual 3D control picture by the user; judging, by the gesture recognition unit, a touch position of the user in the virtual 3D control picture according to the image acquired by the image acquisition unit, and sending a control instruction corresponding to the touch position to a corresponding execution unit. The present invention may be used for controlling a display device.
US10203758B2 Arrangement, method and computer program for controlling a computer apparatus based on eye-tracking
A computer apparatus is associated with a graphical display presenting at least one GUI-component adapted to be manipulated based on user-generated commands. An event engine is adapted to receive an eye-tracking data signal that describes a user's point of regard on the display. Based on the signal, the event engine produces a set of non-cursor controlling event output signals, which influence the at least one GUI-component. Each non-cursor controlling event output signal describes a particular aspect of the user's ocular activity in respect of the display. Initially, the event engine receives a control signal request from each of the at least one GUI-component. The control signal request defines a sub-set of the set of non-cursor controlling event output signals which is required by the particular GUI-component. The event engine delivers non-cursor controlling event output signals to the at least one GUI-component in accordance with each respective control signal request.
US10203757B2 Systems and methods for shape input and output for a haptically-enabled deformable surface
One illustrative computing device disclosed herein includes a first sensor configured to detect a position associated with a deformable surface and transmit a sensor signal associated with the position; and a processor in communication with the sensor, the processor configured to: receive the sensor signal; determine a haptic effect based at least in part on the sensor signal; and transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect. The illustrative computing device also includes a haptic output device in communication with the processor, the haptic output device configured to receive the haptic signal and output the haptic effect.
US10203755B2 Input apparatus and control method for input apparatus
An input apparatus has a touch sensor 11 configured to detect a touch input, a piezoelectric element 12 mounted on the touch sensor 11, and a control unit 15 configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face 11a of the touch sensor 11 based on an output signal of the piezoelectric element 12 and, when the pressure load detected satisfies a standard to provide a tactile sensation, to drive the piezoelectric element 12 such that the tactile sensation is provided to an object pressing the touch face 11a.
US10203747B2 Workload placement based on heterogeneous compute performance per watt
An apparatus for selecting a function includes a comparison module that compares energy consumption characteristics of a plurality of processors available for execution of a function, where each energy consumption characteristic varies as a function of function size. The apparatus includes a selection module that selects, based on the size of the function, a processor from the plurality of processors with a lowest energy consumption for execution of the function. The apparatus includes an execution module that executes the function on the selected processor.
US10203744B2 Display apparatus and method for controlling power usage of the display apparatus
The present application discloses a display apparatus including a display panel; a backlight module; a motion sensor for detecting a motion parameter of the display apparatus and generating a motion parameter signal representing the motion parameter; at least one signal processor for comparing the motion parameter with a threshold value, and generating a power off signal if the motion parameter is greater than the threshold value; and a controller for controlling a state of the backlight module; the controller is configured to control the backlight module in a power off state upon receiving the power off signal.
US10203743B2 Reference voltage circuits in microcontroller systems
A microcontroller system includes a higher power reference voltage circuit and a lower power reference voltage circuit configured to draw less power than the higher power reference voltage circuit when enabled. The system includes a power state logic controller configured to enable the lower power reference voltage circuit to provide a first regulated voltage during a power saving mode, and, on exiting the power saving mode, enable the higher power reference voltage circuit to provide a second regulated voltage.
US10203732B2 Multifunctional interconnection system for an electronic cabinet and cabinet comprising such a system
An electric cabinet provided with an interconnection system for devices such as computers received in the cabinet. The interconnection system includes at least one waveguide forming part of the frame of the cabinet. The waveguide is provided with openings disposed facing housings for receiving the aforementioned devices. The openings being dimensioned to form a barrier to the passage of radio-frequency wireless communication waves to be transmitted through the waveguide and to form a barrier to external waves.
US10203729B1 Portable electronic device
A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a display unit, an input unit, and a hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism is detachably connected the display unit and pivotally connected to the input unit, wherein the hinge mechanism includes a housing, a stopper, and an elastic element. The elastic element connects the housing to the stopper. When the portable electronic device is in a closed state, the stopper is in an initial position relative to the housing. When the display unit and the hinge mechanism are rotated relative to the input unit around a rotation axis and the portable electronic device is in an open state, the elastic element exerts an elastic force on the stopper, and the stopper slides to an outer side relative to the housing from the initial position and partially covers the display unit.
US10203725B2 Double display device and wearable apparatus
The present disclosure provides a double display device and a wearable apparatus including the double display device, the double display device including: a first display module and a second display module arranged in parallel and connected slidably with each other, the first display module including a first display panel, the second display module including a second display panel; and a common driving component configured to provide a first driving signal to the first display panel and provide a second driving signal to the second display panel.
US10203719B2 Devices and methods for dispensing hand sanitizer
A portable sanitizer dispenser for use with a cellular phone includes a hand sanitizer dispenser configured to releasably engage at least one surface of a cellular phone. The sanitizer dispenser includes a compressible cavity defined therein configured to retain a sanitizer therein. The sanitizer dispenser further includes a nozzle disposed on an outer surface thereof. The nozzle is in fluid communication with the compressible cavity such that when pressure is applied to the compressible cavity, sanitizer is expelled from the nozzle.
US10203697B2 Real-time image-based vehicle detection based on a multi-stage classification
The present disclosure is directed to an autonomous vehicle having a vehicle control system. The vehicle control system includes a vehicle detection system. The vehicle detection system includes receiving an image of a field of view of the vehicle and identifying a region-pair in the image with a sliding-window filter. The region-pair is made up of a first region and a second region. Each region is determined based on a color of pixels within the sliding-window filter. The vehicle detection system also determines a potential second vehicle in the image based on the region-pair. In response to determining the potential second vehicle in the image, the vehicle detection system performs a multi-stage classification of the image to determine whether the second vehicle is present in the image. Additionally, the vehicle detection system provides instructions to control the first vehicle based at least on the determined second vehicle.
US10203696B2 Determining drivability of objects for autonomous vehicles
Aspects of the disclosure relate to maneuvering a vehicle. As an example, sensor information identifying a set of objects as well as a set of characteristics for each object of the set of objects is received from a perception system of a vehicle. The set of objects is filtered to remove objects corresponding to vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians. An object within an expected future path of the vehicle is selected from the filtered set of objects. The object is classified as drivable or not drivable based on the set of characteristics. Drivable indicates that the vehicle can drive over the object without causing damage to the vehicle. The vehicle is maneuvered based on the classification such that when the object is classified as drivable, maneuvering the vehicle includes driving the vehicle over the object by not altering the expected future path of the vehicle.
US10203687B2 Numerical control device
A numerical control device controlling a machine tool capable of machining on orthogonal three axes includes a parameter storage to store a noise-command allowable width to be used for determining whether to perform movement based on a movement command, and a path-correction processor to compare an absolute value of a movement amount according to a movement command in a command non-target axis direction that is a direction of an axis not included in a designated plane with the noise-command allowable width when a machining program block includes the movement command in the command non-target axis direction, determine the movement command in the command non-target axis direction to be a noise command when the absolute value of the movement amount according to the movement command in the command non-target axis direction is smaller, and perform path correction to set a movement amount according to the noise command to zero.
US10203682B2 Position controller for controlling a rotation center of a tilting head
Disclosed is a position controller for a tilting head in a machining center. The position controller includes an offset attachment having a body combined to the tilting head and a spherical contact secured to the body, an offset detector built in the machining center such that the offset detector move out into a process area of the machining center and automatically detects a tool offset from a contact point with the spherical contact, a storing unit individually storing first and second tool offsets by respective rotation positions of the tilting head, and an operator generating a transform offset of the first tool offset by a rotational transform and a center error vector from the transform offset and the second tool offset. Accordingly, the center error of the tilting head is automatically detected and corrected in the machining center.
US10203674B1 System and method for providing constraint-based heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system optimization with the aid of a digital computer
HVAC load can be shifted to change indoor temperature. A time series change in HVAC load data is used as input modified scenario values that represent an HVAC load shape. The HVAC load shape is selected to meet desired energy savings goals, such as reducing or flattening peak energy consumption load to reduce demand charges, moving HVAC consumption to take advantage of lower utility rates, or moving HVAC consumption to match PV production. Time series change in indoor temperature data can be calculated using only inputs of time series change in the time series HVAC load data combined with thermal mass, thermal conductivity, and HVAC efficiency. The approach is applicable for both winter and summer and can be applied when the building has an on-site PV system.
US10203672B2 Portable electronic device equipped with sensor unit, sensor control system, and sensor control method
A portable electronic device includes: a sensor unit configured to measure a condition of a user and/or an environment where the user is located; an action pattern storage unit configured to store therein an action pattern; and a control unit configured to control the sensor unit, wherein the control unit controls, with reference to the action pattern storage unit, an operation state of the sensor unit such that the operation state is adapted to an action state of the user.
US10203667B2 Apparatus and method for predicting windup and improving process control in an industrial process control system
A method includes identifying one of multiple regions in a range where an output (OP) value used to implement a manipulated variable is located. The manipulated variable is associated with an industrial process, and the OP value represents an output of a downstream controller. The method also includes calculating an achievable manipulated variable (MV) limit for the manipulated variable based on the region in which the OP value is located. For example, when the OP value is located in one region, the achievable MV limit could match a user-specified limit or be based on a gain between the OP value and a value of a process variable. When the OP value is located in another region, the achievable MV limit could track the value of the process variable with a gap.
US10203665B2 Managing home automation system based on behavior and user input
Methods and systems are described for controlling settings of an automation system, such as a home and/or business automation system. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for controlling settings of an automation system includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory which are executable by a processor to receive instructions about an intended action by a user of the home automation system, continuously detect behavior of the user with the home automation system, determine whether the intended action has occurred based on the detected behavior, and adaptively update one or more settings of the home automation system when the intended action is determined to have occurred.
US10203656B2 Processing cartridge
A processing cartridge detachably mounted to an electronic imaging device is provided. The processing cartridge comprises a first housing, and a power receiving component configured to receive a driving force from a driving component of the electronic imaging device. The processing cartridge has a first position and a second position in the imaging device, and the processing cartridge is able to move in a longitudinal direction of the processing cartridge between the first position and the second position. When the processing cartridge is in the first position, the power receiving component disengages with the driving component, and the power receiving component is unable to receive the driving force from the driving component, and when the processing cartridge is in the second position, the power receiving component moves in an opposite direction and the power receiving component is able to receive the driving force from the driving component.
US10203652B2 Cartridge and drum unit for electrophotographic image forming apparatus
A cartridge mountable to a printer, said printer including a coupling guide contactable to a coupling of the cartridge to guide the coupling member. A case of the cartridge is provided with a hole for exposing a free end portion of the coupling to an outside of the cartridge, and a retracted portion provided in downstream of the hole with respect to the mounting direction of the cartridge. When the cartridge is mounted to a main assembly of the printer, the coupling guide enters the retracted portion from which the coupling member has retracted.
US10203647B2 Bearing member, end member, photoreceptor drum unit, developing roller unit, process cartridge, and manufacturing method of bearing member
An end member (40) is disposed in an end portion of a columnar rotating body (20, 306), comprises: a bearing member (41); and a shaft member (70), in which the bearing member includes a main body (45) having a tubular body (46) and a holding portion (50) disposed on an inner side of the tubular body, and an intermediate member (60) held by the holding portion of the main body, in which one end side of the shaft member is held by the intermediate member, the intermediate member is snap-fit jointed to the holding portion of the main body to be rotatable around one axis, and the shaft member is snap-fit jointed to the intermediate member to be rotatable around an axis which is different from the axis of rotation of the intermediate member.
US10203636B1 Fixing device and image forming device
A fixing device includes a belt holding member, a fixing belt, a pressing roller, and a peeling member. The pressing roller forms a fixing nip portion through which a recording medium as a fixing target passes between the pressing roller and the fixing belt. The peeling member separates the recording medium having passed through the fixing nip portion from the fixing belt. The peeling member includes a guide wall which guides the recording medium having passed through the fixing nip portion. The guide wall includes a belt facing portion which faces the outer surface of the fixing belt in a non-contact state, and an extending portion which extends to the outside in the width direction of the fixing belt continuously from the belt facing portion. The belt holding member includes an abutting surface which abuts on the extending portion of the end face of the guide wall.
US10203631B2 Developer supply container and developer supplying system
In the case that a developer supply container is provided with a feeding portion for feeding a developer by receiving a rotational force and a pump portion for discharging the developer by reciprocation, and the rotational force and a reciprocating force are received from a main assembly side of an image forming apparatus, there is a liability that a driving connection is not properly established between a portion of the developer supply container for receiving the reciprocating force and a portion of the main assembly side for applying the reciprocating force. The developer supply container is provided with a drive converting mechanism for converting the rotational force received from the main assembly side to a force for operating a volume changing type pump.
US10203628B1 Toner agitator assembly
A toner agitator assembly according to one example embodiment includes a shaft rotatable about a rotational axis. A wiper extends outward from the shaft and is rotatable with the shaft. The wiper is composed of a flexible film material. The wiper includes at least two fingers formed in a distal end of the wiper relative to the shaft. The fingers are individually deflectable counter to an operative rotational direction of the shaft.
US10203624B2 Image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus include a latent image bearer, charger, latent image forming unit, developing unit, receiver unit, transfer unit, information acquisition unit, and correction unit. The charger charges the latent image bearer with a predetermined charging potential. The latent image forming unit forms an electrostatic latent image on the latent image bearer. The developing unit develops the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image. The receiver unit receives the toner image from the talent image bearer. The transfer unit applies a predetermined transfer bias to transfer the toner image to the receiver unit. The information acquisition unit acquires residual image generation determination information. When predetermined residual image generation condition is satisfied, a correction unit corrects image forming condition such that surface potential unevenness of the latent image bearer subsequent to transfer is smaller than that generated where predetermined residual image generation condition is not satisfied.
US10203623B2 Toner for developing electrostatic image
It is an object to suppress yellowing of a binder resin while obtaining an image with a high degree of whiteness and to suppress occurrence of image defects when printing at a high temperature and a high humidity.A toner for developing an electrostatic image, the toner including: white toner base particles containing a binder resin and titanium oxide having an average particle size of from 130 to 600 nm; and an external additive including strontium titanate.
US10203614B2 Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and method for producing device
Exposure apparatus exposes a substrate by irradiating the substrate with exposure light via a projection optical system and a liquid. The exposure apparatus is provided with a liquid immersion mechanism for supplying the liquid and recovering the liquid. The liquid immersion mechanism has an inclined surface, which is opposite to a surface of the substrate and is inclined with respect to the surface of the substrate, and a liquid recovering port of the liquid immersion mechanism is formed in the inclined surface. A flat portion is provided between the substrate and the projection optical system. A liquid immersion area can be maintained to be small.
US10203608B2 Exposure apparatus and device manufacturing method having lower scanning speed to expose peripheral shot area
An exposure apparatus includes a substrate stage having a substrate holder to hold a substrate, a gap being formed between an edge of the held substrate and a surface surrounding the held substrate, and a controller that controls an exposure operation in which shot areas of the substrate are exposed sequentially and respectively with an image through liquid of a liquid immersion area which covers a portion of an upper surface of the substrate. The controller moves the substrate stage at a first speed to expose one of the shot areas to the image through the liquid, moves the substrate stage at a second speed, that is lower than the first speed, to expose another one of the shot areas to the image through the liquid, and during the exposing of the another one of the shot areas, the liquid immersion area is formed over a portion of the gap.
US10203607B2 Optical element unit for exposure processes
An optical element unit including a first optical element module and a sealing arrangement is disclosed. The first optical element module occupies a first module space and includes a first module component of a first component type and an associated second module component of a second component type. The first component type is optical elements and the second component type being different from the first component type. The sealing arrangement separates the first module space into a first space and a second space and substantially prevents, at least in a first direction, the intrusion of substances from one of the first space and the second space into the other one of the first space and the second space. The first module component at least partially contacts the first space and, at least in its area optically used, not contacting the second space. The second module component at least partially contacts the second space.
US10203597B2 Structure-manufacturing method using step-and-repeat imprinting technique
A method of manufacturing a structure for suppressing in-mask curing corrosion while minimizing influence on shape stability of a fine pattern to be transferred to a resin layer. A method of manufacturing a structure is provided including: lamination forming, forming a lamination including, on a transparent substrate, a resin layer of an imprinting photo curable resin composition containing a photopolymerizable monomer and 0.1 parts or more respectively of a photo initiator and a polymerization inhibitor based on 100 parts of the monomer; covering, pressing a fine pattern of a mold on the resin layer and covering the lamination with a shading mask to cause a part of a region where the mold is pressed on to be exposed; curing the resin layer in the exposed region by radiating curing light to the resin layer; and repeating steps by moving the mold to an uncured area.
US10203593B2 Light source device having a retardation plate and projection display apparatus including the light source
A light source device according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of solid-state light source units; a polarization combination mirror for combining polarized lights incident from the plurality of the solid-state light source units; a half-wavelength plate having a strip shape, for converting a polarization azimuth of one of polarized lights coming from the polarization combination mirror; another half-wavelength plate for controlling proportions of intensities of polarization components of the polarized lights incident from the former half-wavelength plate; a dichroic mirror for separating the polarized lights incident from the latter half-wavelength plate; a phosphor plate for emitting light, upon being excited by the polarized light having been separated by the dichroic mirror.
US10203590B2 Illuminator and projector
An illuminator includes a light source, a collimation system on which a light beam flux emitted from the light source is incident, and a light forming system including a lens array including a plurality of lenses. The plurality of lenses each have a lens surface having a non-rotationally symmetric free-form surface. The light forming system is configured to cause the plurality of lenses to divide the light beam flux having passed through the collimation system into a plurality of sub-light beam fluxes and the plurality of sub-light beam fluxes to be incident on an illuminated area.
US10203586B2 Method for automatically focusing on specific movable object, photographic apparatus including automatic focus function, and computer readable storage medium for storing automatic focus function program
A method capable of performing an automatic focus function upon a specific movable object in a real-time manner, the method being applicable to a photographic apparatus with the automatic focus function, includes: capturing real-time image within a field of view (FOV) of a lens; comparing images of a plurality of image areas of the real-time image with a feature image of the specific movable object to identify an image area corresponding to the feature image of the specific movable object; and, performing automatic focus on the identified image area.
US10203570B2 Array substrate, display panel and display device
An array substrate, a display panel and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes: a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of common electrodes disposed on a base substrate. The plurality of gate lines are extended in a first direction, the plurality of data lines are extended in a second direction. Each of the common electrodes includes an overlap section which overlaps at least one of the data lines in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate. A gap is provided between the overlap sections of two adjacent common electrodes in the second direction, the two adjacent common electrodes overlap the same data lines in the direction perpendicular to the base substrate. An intersection of the data line and the gate line between the two adjacent common electrodes is located within the gap.
US10203569B2 Array substrate and display panel
An array substrate including a substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines disposed on the substrate, which intersect to define a plurality of pixel units, a common electrode including a planar shape disposed above the pixel units, a plurality of strip slits are disposed within a region of the common electrode that corresponds to the pixel units, major axes of a plurality of the strip slits corresponding to the same row of pixel units are parallel to each other, extension lines of the major axes of the strip slits corresponding to a row of the pixel units intersect extension lines of the major axes of the strip slits corresponding to an adjacent row of the pixel units; wherein, a first angle is defined between the major axis of one of the strip slits and a direction perpendicular to the gate lines.
US10203564B2 Array substrate, liquid crystal module and display device including pixel sub-units having different electric field intensities
The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a liquid crystal module and a display device. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units includes at least three pixel sub-units; each of the pixel sub-units includes at least one electric field unit group; the electric field unit group includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode; the first pixel sub-unit includes a first electric field unit group; the second pixel sub-unit includes a second electric field unit group corresponding to the first electric field unit group; the third pixel sub-unit includes a third electric field unit group corresponding to the first electric field unit group; the first electric field unit group, the second electric field unit group and the third electric field unit group have different electric field intensities.
US10203561B2 Display substrate, liquid crystal panel, display device and manufacturing method of display substrate
The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a liquid crystal panel, a display device and a manufacturing method of a display substrate. The display substrate includes a plurality of pixel regions and grooves between adjacent pixel regions. The display substrate further includes a spacer layer including a filler filled into the grooves and a supporting part protruding from the filler. The filler includes a filler grid.
US10203560B2 Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device which includes a liquid crystal panel, and the method includes transforming the liquid crystal in a liquid crystal panel into a solid state before processing the liquid crystal panel, and transforming the liquid crystal in the liquid crystal panel into a liquid state after the liquid crystal panel is processed. In the method, the liquid crystal in a liquid crystal panel is transformed into a solid state before processing the liquid crystal panel, which can greatly enhance the pressure resistance of the liquid crystal panel, and prevent the pressure in the processing from breaking the liquid crystal panel.
US10203555B2 Process for producing a phase difference control component and liquid crystal display device
There are provided a phase difference control component, which can realize a liquid crystal display device having a wide angle of visibility, has excellent phase difference symmetry and can realize optical compensation, and a process for producing the same. The phase difference control component comprises a base material; and a phase difference control layer formed of a fixed liquid crystal material provided on the base material through an aligning film and is characterized in that the angle of liquid crystal molecules, present at the interface of the aligning film and the phase difference control layer, to the base material being substantially 0 (zero) degree.
US10203554B2 Wavelength conversion member, backlight unit, and liquid crystal display device
The invention provides a wavelength conversion member including a wavelength conversion layer which includes a second cured product and a first cured product dispersed as spheres in the second cured product, the first cured product being obtained by curing a first polymerizable composition including a quantum dot and a first polymerizable compound, and the second cured product being obtained by curing a second polymerizable composition including a second polymerizable compound. The invention further provides a backlight unit and a liquid crystal display device including the wavelength conversion member.
US10203549B2 Backlight unit and display device including backlight unit
A backlight unit can include a frame including a bottom and a sidewall extending from the bottom; at least one substrate located on the frame, and a plurality of light sources mounted on the at least one substrate; and a reflecting sheet located on the at least one substrate, in which the reflecting sheet includes a first sheet part located on the bottom, the first sheet part including a plurality of holes corresponding to the plurality of the light sources; and a second sheet part extended from the first sheet part, the second sheet part including a horizontal dot area located along a long side of the reflecting sheet and a vertical dot area located along a short side of the reflecting sheet, and at least one of the horizontal dot area and the vertical dot area comprising first areas and second areas. Further, the first areas correspond to outermost holes among the plurality of holes, and the second areas are located between the first areas, the first areas and the second areas include a plurality of dot areas, each of the dot areas includes a plurality of dots, a size of dots included in one of the plurality of dot areas is different from a size of dots included in another of the plurality of dot areas in the first area, a size of dots included in one of the plurality of dot areas is different from a size of dots included in another of the plurality of dot areas in the second area.
US10203548B2 Backlight assembly and display device
The embodiments of the present invention provide a backlight assembly and a display device. The direction of light for display can be adjusted without increasing the thickness of the display device. The backlight assembly comprises: an adjustable liquid crystal lens; a first polarizer located on a light input side of the adjustable liquid crystal lens; a determining unit configured for determining an output direction for light from the backlight assembly; and a controlling unit configured for controlling a tilt angle of the liquid crystal in the adjustable liquid crystal lens based on the output direction determined by the determining unit, thereby ensuring light from the backlight assembly propagating in the determined output direction.
US10203545B2 Display panels and polarizers thereof
The present disclosure relates to a display panel and the polarizer thereof. The polarizer includes a dielectric layer and a wire grid structure array arranged on the dielectric layer. Each of the wire grid structures includes three first wire grid units and a second wire grid unit. The first wire grid units and the second wire grid unit respectively include a plurality of wire grids spaced apart from each other. By configuring the grid-spaces and the duty cycle ratio of the first wire grid unit and the second wire grid unit corresponding to the R sub-pixel, the G sub-pixel, the B sub-pixel, and the W sub-pixel, the white CIE composited by the R sub-pixel, the G sub-pixel, and the B sub-pixel and the white CIE of the W sub-pixel may be matched so as to enhance the white-point drifting issue of the display device.
US10203540B2 Display panel and display device
A display panel and a display device are provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, relating to a field of display technology. The display panel comprises a pixel array substrate and an opposite substrate which is located opposite to the pixel array substrate, the pixel array substrate comprising a pixel array and a substrate on which the pixel array is arranged; the pixel array comprises a plurality of columns of sub-pixels, a light-shielding wall being provided between any two adjacent columns of sub-pixels; and a first length of the light-shielding wall in a direction perpendicular to the substrate is smaller than a spacing between the pixel array substrate and the opposite substrate. By providing the light-shielding wall which is enabled to shield sub-pixels(s) so as to decrease a visual range of the display panel, between any two adjacent columns of sub-pixels within the pixel array, a peep-proof aim can be achieved by the embodiments of the present disclosure. And the first length of the light-shielding wall in a direction perpendicular to the substrate is smaller than a spacing between the pixel array substrate and the opposite substrate, such that neither the thickness of the display panel nor that of the display apparatus can be increased by providing the light-shielding wall.
US10203530B1 Pixel driving circuit and LCD panel
The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. A first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal of the second switch are connected with a data line, a common electrode line, a second pixel electrode, respectively. The first terminal, the second terminal, and the third terminal of the second switch are turned on, and a voltage of the second pixel electrode is between a data voltage provided by the data line and a common voltage provided by the common electrode line, such that a predetermined voltage difference is formed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.
US10203512B2 Collimating lens
A collimating lens includes at least two lens groups, each having an aspherical surface. The collimating lens also includes a flat diffraction lens disposed nearest to an image plane.
US10203511B2 Polarization conversion system and method for projecting polarization encoded imagery
A polarization conversion system separates light from an unpolarized image source into a first state of polarization (SOP) and an orthogonal second SOP, and directs the polarized light on first and second light paths. The SOP of light on only one of the light paths is transformed to an orthogonal state such that both light paths have the same SOP. A polarization modulator temporally modulates the light on the first and second light paths to first and second output states of polarization. First and second projection lenses direct light on the first and second light paths toward a projection screen to from substantially overlapping polarization encoded images. The polarization modulator may be located before or after the projection lenses. The polarization-encoded images may be viewed using eyewear with appropriate polarization filters.
US10203510B2 Fresnel liquid crystal lens panel, manufacturing method thereof and 3D display
There is disclosed a Fresnel liquid crystal lens panel for a naked eye three-dimensional display, a manufacturing method thereof, and a 3D display using the same. The Fresnel liquid crystal lens panel comprises: a Fresnel liquid crystal lens panel for a naked eye three-dimensional display, comprising: a first substrate comprising a first transparent substrate and a first electrode; a second substrate comprising a second transparent substrate and a plurality of second electrodes; a liquid crystal layer divided into a plurality of lens regions to form a Fresnel liquid crystal lens; and a plurality of insulating barrier blocks being located at an inner side of the second substrate and arranged between two adjacent side lobes of the Fresnel liquid crystal lens. Since the adjacent side lobes are partitioned by means of the insulating barrier block at the boundary therebetween, the crosstalk within the lens region is reduced.
US10203502B2 Image display apparatus
The image display apparatus includes an optical system causing a light flux entering from an original image through an entrance surface to reflect at a part of reflective surfaces, causing the reflected light flux to form an intermediate image, and then causing the light flux to reflect at another part of the reflective surfaces and exit from an exit surface toward an exit pupil located in a first direction. The optical element includes a first optical portion, a second optical portion provided in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the first optical portion, and a connection portion to be connected to a holding portion provided in the apparatus. The connection portion is formed on a side face of the first optical portion so as to be included within a maximum width of the second optical portion.
US10203493B2 Optical systems for multi-sensor endoscopes
There is provided herein an optical system for a tip section of a multi-sensor endoscope, the system comprising: a front-pointing camera sensor; a front objective lens system; a side-pointing camera sensor; and a side objective lens system, wherein at least one of said front and side objective lens systems comprises a front and a rear sub-systems separated by a stop diaphragm, said front sub-system comprises, in order from the object side, a first front negative lens and a second front positive lens, said rear sub-system comprises, in order from the object side, a first rear positive lens, an achromatic sub-assembly comprising a second rear positive lens and a third rear negative lens, wherein the following condition is satisfied: f(first rear positive lens)≤1.8f, where f is the composite focal length of the total lens system and f(first rear positive lens) is the focal length of said first rear positive lens.
US10203485B2 Optical image capturing system
A six-piece optical lens for capturing image and a six-piece optical module for capturing image are provided. In the order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis includes a first lens element with refractive power, a second lens element with refractive power, a third lens element with refractive power, a fourth lens element with refractive power, a fifth lens element with refractive power and a sixth element lens with refractive power. At least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the six lens elements is aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US10203480B2 Lens system
A single focal length lens system which, in order from an object side to an image side, includes a first unit, an aperture diaphragm, and a second unit is provided. The second unit includes a cemented lens having positive optical power, and a joint surface of the cemented lens is an aspheric surface. The cemented lens satisfies a condition: |dn/dt1|MAX≤2.67×10−5 (|dn/dt1|MAX: A Maximum Value of Absolute Values of Relative Refractive Index temperature coefficients in an atmosphere at 0 to 20° C. with respect to light having a wavelength range of 580 to 640 nm, which is calculated for each of lens elements constituting the cemented lens).
US10203479B2 Image pickup lens
Embodiments relate to an image pickup lens including a first lens having both convex surfaces, a second lens in the form of a positive meniscus lens and a third lens in the form of a negative meniscus lens, the first lens to the third lens being arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side. The first lens to the third lens are formed of the same material.
US10203471B2 Lens driving module
A lens driving module is provided which includes a base and an electrical terminal to electrically connect to an external circuit. The electrical terminal includes a first segment, a second segment, and a middle segment positioned between the first segment and the second segment. The electrical terminal is inserted into the base, and the first segment and the second segment are exposed to the exterior via a light emitting side surface, and the middle segment is exposed to the exterior via a light receiving side surface.
US10203464B1 Adapter panel with lateral sliding adapter arrays
An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining rearward cable connections and forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. Openings permitting access to the rearward and forward cable connections of the adapters are provided. The chassis further including a removable rear chassis portion to provide access to cable routing areas within the chassis interior.
US10203458B2 Optical module implementing with optical source, optical modulator, and wavelength detector, and a method to assemble the same
An optical module and a method of assembling the optical module are disclosed. The optical module comprises a laser unit, a modulator unit, and a detector unit mounted on respective thermo-electric coolers (TECs). The modulator unit, which is arranged on an optical axis of the first output port from which a modulated beam is output, modulates the continuous wave (CW) beam output from the laser unit. On the other hand, the laser unit and the detector unit are arranged on another optical axis of the second output port from which another CW beam is output. The method of assembling the optical module first aligns one of the first combination of the laser unit and the modulator unit with the first output port and the second combination of the laser unit and the detector unit, and then aligns another of the first combination and the second combination.
US10203448B1 Backlight assembly, backlight module and display device
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a backlight assembly, a backlight module, and a display device. The backlight assembly of the present disclosure comprises a light guide plate and a light bar, wherein an edge of a light-entering end of the light guide plate comprises one or more first edge segments and one or more second edge segments, and the one or more first edge segments protrude from positions of the edge of the light-entering end of the light guide plate other than the one or more second edge segments in a direction facing away from the light guide plate. The light bar comprises one or more LED light bars disposed on one or more light-entering side of the one or more first edge segments and one or more line light sources disposed on one or more light-entering sides of the one or more second edge segments.
US10203445B2 Backlight unit, display panel and display device
A backlight unit, a display panel and a display device are provided. The backlight unit includes a plurality of fixed supports (4) and a back plate (1) provided with a receiving space. Each of the fixed supports (4) is connected to an outer side of a side wall of the back plate (1) and includes a blocking part (41) protruding into upper portion of the receiving space of the back plate (1).
US10203444B2 Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes: a display panel having a display surface; a light-guiding plate over the display surface, the light-guiding plate including a bottom surface facing the display surface; a light source on a side surface of the light-guiding plate; and a low-refractive-index medium layer between the bottom surface and the display surface, a refractive index of the low-refractive-index medium layer being lower than a refractive index of the light-guiding plate by at least about 0.15.
US10203435B2 EUV mirror and optical system comprising EUV mirror
An EUV mirror has a multilayer arrangement applied on a substrate. The multilayer arrangement includes a first layer group having ten or more first layer pairs. Each first layer pair has a first layer composed of a high refractive index first layer material having a first layer thickness, has a second layer composed of a low refractive index second layer material having a second layer thickness and has a period thickness corresponding to the sum of the layer thicknesses of all the layers of a first layer pair. The layer thicknesses of one of the layer materials are defined, depending on the period number, by a simply monotonic first layer thickness profile function, e.g. by a linear, quadratic or exponential layer thickness profile function. The layer thicknesses of the other of the layer materials vary, depending on the period number, in accordance with a second layer thickness profile function.
US10203424B2 Stud sensor
The present invention discloses a stud sensor, which is used for detecting the object hidden behind a surface, including a first capacitor plate, a second capacitor plate, a first detection circuit coupled to the first capacitor plate, a second detection circuit coupled to the second capacitor plate and a micro control unit. The first detection circuit processes the voltage signal corresponding to the first capacitance of the first capacitor plate and outputs a first voltage signal to the micro control unit. The second detection circuit processes the voltage signal corresponding to the second capacitance of the second capacitor plate and outputs a second voltage signal to the micro control unit. The micro control unit compares the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal to determine the position information including the central position of the object. The stud sensor of the invention also includes an output module to show the position information of the object, an input module to input instructions to the micro control unit. The invention has the properties of small size, high integration, fast response speed, high precision and good anti-interference.
US10203419B2 Detector component for an X-ray or gamma ray detector
There is provided a detector component for an X-ray or gamma ray detector, the detector component comprising: a scintillating crystal having a plurality of scintillation crystal pixels and a photodetector. Each scintillating crystal pixel has one or more light exit faces. The photodetector is associated with at least one of the light exit faces of each scintillating crystal pixel, wherein a first and a second scintillating crystal pixel are arranged adjacent to one another, wherein a X-ray or gamma ray interaction with the first scintillating crystal pixel causes the generation of at least one photon, and optical cross talk of the at least one generated photon occurs between the first and the second scintillating crystal pixel, such that the X-ray or gamma ray interaction within the first scintillating crystal pixel is detected in use at the photodetector associated with a light exit face of the second scintillating crystal pixel.
US10203418B2 Method for estimating the position of a portable device
Method for estimating the position of a portable device which includes: a first estimation step (11), in which is estimated the position and the extension of a first spatial region (100) where the portable device is located and; a second estimation step (12), in which is estimated the position of the portable device by the selection of the position where the portable device is located among the positions included in the first spatial region (100).
US10203408B2 Method and apparatus for detection and ranging fault detection and recovery
A system for vehicular detection and ranging fault detection, notification, and recovery is provided. The system may include at least one detection and ranging device, at least one camera, and at least one physical processing unit configured with program instructions. The processing unit may be configured to analyze detection and ranging data of an object from the detection and ranging device, analyze image data received of the object from the at least one camera and, based on a comparison, detect a detection and ranging fault.
US10203407B2 Illumination device and detection method thereof
An illumination device is provided. The illumination device includes a lamp body, a stage, at least one first light source, a first radiator, and a first feed conductor. The stage is disposed in the lamp body. The first light source is disposed on the stage. The first opening is formed on the first radiator, the first light source corresponds to the first opening, and the first radiator transmits a first wireless signal. The first feed conductor is connected to the first radiator.
US10203406B2 FMCW radar device and FMCW radar signal processing method
The FMCW radar device includes: a range observation period setting section configured to set a plurality of range observation periods; a modulated frequency width setting section configured to set, for the respective plurality of range observation periods, a plurality of modulated frequency widths; a beat signal generation section configured to generate, for the respective plurality of range observation periods, beat signals based on the transmission signal and the reception signal; and a pass bandwidth setting section configured to set pass bandwidths of the beat signals generated by the beat signal generation section, in which the modulated frequency width setting section sets, for the respective plurality of range observation periods, the plurality of modulated frequency widths so that a difference among maximum frequencies of the beat signals generated for the respective plurality of range observation periods becomes zero or falls within a predetermined range.
US10203405B2 Multitone radar with range determination and method of use
Method for determining distance to target using a multitone nonlinear radar system comprising providing a transmitter that transmits a signal comprising at least two predetermined frequency components; receiving transmitted signal upon reflection from target; determining the phase relationships of the frequency components when signal strikes target; determining distance the signal has travelled to target based upon the phase relationship of the frequency signal components at the time of reflection from target; computing the distance to target. A system comprising a transmitter subsystem that transmits radar signal comprising at least two frequency components; a receiver subsystem configured to receive a return signal comprising intermodulation and harmonic products; at least one processor configured to extract frequency samples from the return signal within a frequency range, apply a window function to the extracted frequency samples and perform an inverse fast Fourier transform on the resulting function to create a range profile.
US10203403B2 Low-cost underwater acoustic system for real-time three-dimensional imaging
Examples described herein include an acoustic system for the imaging of underwater objects, comprising an underwater transceiver antenna of electro-acoustic type, and control and processing means configured to carry out an imaging step.
US10203397B2 Methods and apparatus for improving time of arrival determination
Devices, systems, and methods for improving performance in positioning systems. Performance may be improved using disclosed signal processing methods for separating eigenvalues corresponding to noise and eigenvalues corresponding to one or more direct path signal components or multipath signal components.
US10203395B2 Quality assurance apparatus and method for magnetic resonance based radiation therapy planning
A system (20) for quality assurance of a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging device (23) used in magnetic resonance based radiation therapy planning includes a phantom (10) weighing less than 18.2 kg (40 lbs.). The phantom includes a three dimensional spatial distribution of MR and CT imagable elements (12) located in an MR and CT inert foam support (14), and an MR and CT inert external support structure (16) which surrounds and hermetically seals the foam support. The spatial distribution is sized to completely fill an imaging volume of the magnetic resonance imaging device.
US10203385B2 Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method
A magnetic resonance apparatus of the present embodiment includes: a gantry which includes a static field magnet, a gradient coil and an RF coil to image an object; processing circuitry; a memory that stores processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to detect at least one position of an aortic valve and a pulmonary valve from three-dimensional image data including a heart of the object, as at least one characteristic region inside the heart, specify a position of an imaging cross-section substantially orthogonal to a bloodstream path inside the heart based on the position of the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve, and cause the gantry to image the imaging cross-section of the object at the specified position of the imaging cross-section.
US10203383B2 Magnetic resonance magnet unit having a magnet housing
A magnet unit for a magnetic resonance apparatus has a superconducting basic field magnet, a vacuum vessel, within which the superconducting basic field magnet is situated, and a cylindrical magnet housing. The magnet housing has a housing surface having a first sub-area and a second sub-area, with the first sub-area inwardly offset from the outside, in the direction of a longitudinal extent of the magnet unit, in relation to the second sub-area.
US10203377B2 Device, method, and non-transitory recording medium storing program for specifying abnormality-occurrence area of secondary battery system
An apparatus for specifying an abnormality-occurrence area of a secondary battery system includes an information transmission unit for outputting block voltage values and an average block voltage value, an information acquisition unit for acquiring information about a module accommodating a block that has output a block voltage value when the difference between a reference block voltage value obtained from the correlation between the block voltage value and the average block voltage value and the block voltage value is equal to or greater than a preset voltage threshold, a notification reception unit for receiving a notification about the occurrence of an abnormality in a secondary battery, and a module specification unit for specifying at least the module corresponding to the latest module information as the module in which an abnormality occurred when the notification reception unit receives a notification.
US10203374B2 System and method for sensing battery capacity
One embodiment of the invention includes a battery sense system. The system includes a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a battery and a memory configured to store predetermined data associated with steady-state and transient behaviors of the battery relative to a depth of discharge (DOD) of the battery. The system also includes a controller configured to measure a voltage of the battery and to calculate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery based on the voltage, the predetermined data, and the temperature.
US10203366B2 Transducer reliability testing
A transducer reliability testing and VCSEL failure prediction method are provided. The method includes applying a testing temperature and a constant current to a VCSEL for a testing time. The method monitors a forward voltage of the VCSEL and determines if a first change in forward voltage is above a first predetermined threshold over the testing time and if a second change in forward voltage is above a second predetermined threshold over a portion of the testing time. The method determines failure of the VCSEL if either of these predetermined thresholds are exceeded. The method determines passage of the VCSEL if the first change in the forward voltage and the second change in the forward voltage are both below the first predetermined threshold and the second predetermined threshold, respectively.
US10203354B2 Cantilever for a scanning type probe microscope
The present invention provides a cantilever for a scanning type probe microscope, the cantilever including a support portion, a lever portion extending from the support portion, a protrusion portion formed on a free end side of the lever portion, an apex angle of the protrusion portion being an acute angle, and a probe in which a fine wire formed at a distal end of the protrusion portion is coated with a functional film, and a major axis/minor axis ratio of a cross-sectional shape of the probe is smaller than a major axis/minor axis ratio of a cross-sectional shape of the fine wire.
US10203353B2 Method and system for positioning using near field transducers, particularly suited for positioning electronic chips
Method for positioning and orienting a first object relative to a second object. The method includes positioning a near field transducer having an aperture on the first object, and directing a laser light toward the aperture of the near field transducer on the first object to create an evanescent wave on the other side of the aperture. Positioning a sensor on the second object for detecting the effervescent wave from the near field transducer. Providing an algorithm, and using information obtained from the sensor on the second object in the algorithm to control a nanopositioning system to position one of the first object and the second object in a desired position and orientation relative to the other one of the first object and the second object.
US10203344B2 Compositions and methods for detecting vitamin D
Compounds include carbamate derivatives of vitamin D including vitamin D3 and vitamin D2. The compounds are useful in methods and kits for determining the presence and/or amount of vitamin D including vitamin D analogs and metabolites thereof in a sample suspected of containing the same.
US10203333B2 Electronically neutral metal complexes as biological labels
The invention relates to electronically neutral metal complexes as luminescent labels. The positive charge of the metal ion in the complex is neutralized by the negatively charged groups that are covalently linked to the nitrogen-containing diimine ligands, such as 2,2-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline and their derivatives. The electronic neutrality reduces the impact of the metal complexes on the biological and/or biochemical activities of the labeled biomolecules, while the intensity of luminescent emission under electrochemical excitation is enhanced. These luminescent metal complex labels are useful in bioanalytic methodology development, with luminescence as the signal modality, such as electrochemiluminescence.
US10203320B2 Label free method for assessing chemical cardiotoxicity
A label-free resonant waveguide grating biosensor imager system for measuring beat patterns and dynamic mass redistribution (DMR) signals of cultured cardiomyocytes in the absence and presence of a drug molecule. The disclosure also provides a method using the imager system for analyzing the beat patterns and the DMR signals of the cardiomyocytes to assess drug-induced cardiotoxicity.
US10203312B2 System for measuring carbon emission in power system
The present disclosure provides a system for measuring carbon emissions in a power system. The system includes: generation carbon meters, distributed respectively in generators in the power system; network carbon meters, distributed respectively in nodes in the power system; consumption carbon meters, distributed respectively in consumers in the power system; and a center server, in which each carbon meter is configured to collect data for measuring the carbon emissions. The center server is configured to acquire the collected data and to measure the carbon emissions according to the acquired data, and to send measuring results to the corresponding carbon meter. Then each carbon meter is further configured to display according to the measuring results. The carbon emission may be measured in real time.
US10203311B2 Gas emission detection device, system and method
An emission monitoring system includes at least one gas analyzer for measuring a concentration of a first gas and a concentration of a second gas, a positioning system for determining the location of the at least one gas analyzer when the concentration of the first gas is measured. A method for monitoring emissions at an industrial site and a computer-implemented event detection system applies the steps of detecting the presence of a gas emission event based on a first detection ratio calculated from the measured concentration of the first gas, the measured concentration of the second gas, a background concentration of the first gas and a background concentration of the second gas.
US10203310B2 Chemical detection of substances by utilizing a sample medium impregnated with solid test chemicals
In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to substance detecting assemblies that include: (1) a sample medium (e.g., filter paper); and (2) a solid test chemical (e.g., zinc) impregnated with the sample medium. In some embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods of A making an assembly for detecting a substance by: (1) providing a sample medium; (2) providing a solid test chemical; and (3) impregnating the sample medium with the solid test chemical. In further embodiments, the present disclosure pertains to methods for detecting a substance by: (1) collecting the substance on a sample medium that is impregnated with a solid test chemical; and (2) initiating a reaction of the substance with the solid test chemical on the sample medium to generate a color that corresponds to the substance. In some embodiments, the sample medium is then inserted into a chemical detection unit for the detection of the substance.
US10203309B2 Chromatogram display method, chromatogram display device, and chromatograph comprising said device
Chromatographs of a measurement target sample measured in FID and MS are displayed on display unit in a time range defined with reference to the retention index of the target component computed based on the standard retention time and calibration retention time for the target component in FID. The retention index is not readily influenced by difference in column length, thus making it possible to display the peaks of the target component measured with FID and MS in a corresponding time range by displaying the chromatograms on display unit in a time range defined with reference that retention index. Therefore, even in cases where the retention times of the target component in FID and MS are different, measurement results for an identical target component from FID and MS can be easily compared.
US10203308B2 Sample concentration device
A controller for controlling the operations of an autosampler, a sample push unit, and a make-up unit includes a pump stop timing setting unit for setting a first timing T1 of completion of dilution of a sample, and a subsequent second timing T2 of completion of trapping of a sample in the trap column, a dilution control unit for causing a solvent delivery pump for make-up of the make-up unit to operate, and for stopping operation of the solvent delivery pump for make-up at the first timing T1 set by the pump stop timing setting unit, and a sample push control unit for causing a solvent delivery pump for sample push of the sample push unit to operate, and for stopping operation of the solvent delivery pump for sample push at the second timing T2 set by the pump stop timing setting unit.
US10203307B2 Microfluidic devices for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and microscopic imaging
Systems, methods, and apparatus provide integration of microscopic imaging and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry on a microfluidic device. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a first wafer, a second wafer, and an emitter. The emitter is disposed between the first wafer and the second wafer. The first wafer defines a sample input hole. The first wafer and the second wafer define a first channel, the first channel including a first end and a second end. The first end of the first channel is proximate the sample input hole. The first channel is configured to contain separation media. The second end of the first channel is proximate the emitter.
US10203304B2 Gel electrophoresis and transfer combination using conductive polymers and method of use
A precast gel and blotting membrane combination unit and method of use. The device includes two plates, each plate having a conductive opaque region with conductive polymers and a transparent region having static-dissipative polymers. Between the plates are a gel matrix and blotting membrane. The device is placed in a tank capable of both performing the electrophoresis phase and transfer phase of a western blot. During the electrophoresis phase, current flows from a pair of electrophoresis electrodes to separate proteins by size. The user can visualize the extent of protein separation by observing a tracking dye through the transparent region. After the electrophoresis phase, voltage is switched to a pair of transfer phase electrodes. The device allows current to flow through the conductive opaque regions of the plates to transfer separated proteins to a blotting membrane directly after electrophoresis without having to remove or reorient the device in the tank.
US10203300B2 Methods and apparatus for measuring analytes using large scale FET arrays
Methods and apparatus relating to very large scale FET arrays for analyte measurements. ChemFET (e.g., ISFET) arrays may be fabricated using conventional CMOS processing techniques based on improved FET pixel and array designs that increase measurement sensitivity and accuracy, and at the same time facilitate significantly small pixel sizes and dense arrays. Improved array control techniques provide for rapid data acquisition from large and dense arrays. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in a wide variety of chemical and/or biological processes. In one example, chemFET arrays facilitate DNA sequencing techniques based on monitoring changes in hydrogen ion concentration (pH), changes in other analyte concentration, and/or binding events associated with chemical processes relating to DNA synthesis.
US10203290B2 Method for defect indication detection
Methods, apparatus and computer-readable media for detecting potential defects in a part are disclosed. A potential defect may be automatically detected in a part, and may be reported to an operator in various ways so that the operator may review the defect and take appropriate action.
US10203289B2 Inspection system and a method for inspecting a diced wafer
An inspection system and a method for inspecting a diced wafer. The method includes: acquiring multiple images of multiple portions of the diced wafer according to a predefined image acquisition scheme; locating multiple unique features within the multiple images; and assigning a die index to each die of the multiple dice and associating between the multiple dice and multiple reference dice in response to locations of the multiple unique features and to at least one expected die dimension.
US10203284B2 Hardware and mobile software for operation of portable instruments for nucleic acid amplification
The present disclosure provides methods and hardware for real-time amplification and detection of nucleic acid molecules.
US10203273B2 Method of sterilizing and testing the integrity of dialyzers
Methods of combined sterilization and integrity testing of dialyzers such as hollow fiber dialyzers are disclosed. Sterilization and integrity testing may be performed by treating the dialyzer with a sterilization fluid for sterilizing at least the blood-side compartment of the dialyzer and for wetting the dialysis membrane of the dialyzer with the sterilization fluid, and carrying out an integrity testing of the dialysis membrane wetted with the sterilization fluid, wherein the sterilization fluid is selected from aqueous solutions containing peroxide and/or ozone, the peroxide being selected from peroxides which disintegrate into water, oxygen and/or volatile organic compounds, and from aqueous solutions containing chlorine, bromine and/or iodine.
US10203271B1 Particle interaction characterization using overlapping scattering and concentration measurements
Disclosed in one general aspect is a particle interaction characterization instrument that comprises a flow cell for a liquid sample that includes suspended particles and a light source positioned to illuminate the suspended particles in the liquid sample fluid in the sample vessel. A first scattering detector is positioned to receive light from the light source that has been scattered by the particles suspended in sample fluid in the sample vessel at at least one predetermined scattering angle. An ultraviolet transmittance detector is positioned to receive a portion of the light from the source that passes through the suspended particles without being absorbed or scattered. Interaction analysis logic is responsive to both the scattering detector and the ultraviolet detector, and is operative to derive at least one interaction property for the suspended particles.
US10203268B2 Methods for measuring and modeling the process of prestressing concrete during tensioning/detensioning based on electronic distance measurements
Methods are disclosed for nondestructive testing and measuring the structural health of prestressed concrete structures, such as slabs, columns, girders, bridges, towers, elevated storage tanks, silos, cooling towers, wind power generation towers, liquefied gas storage tanks, nuclear power containment buildings, and the like. Measurements are made as the structure undergoes tensioning and detensioning operations. By measuring actual movements of cardinal points on the structure, in an absolute three-dimensional coordinate system, and comparing the measurements to a model—as tension on a tendon is changed—a margin of safety is assured. High accuracy measurements are made by electronic distance measurement (EDM) instruments over hundreds of meters, which yield coordinates of cardinal points with an uncertainty of the order of one part per million. The methods are proposed as possible alternatives to prior failures of post-tensioned concrete, including the Las Lomas Bridge, the Kapiolani Interchange On-Ramp, Turkey Point Unit 3 Nuclear Power Plant, and Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Power Plant. An extensive review of the most closely related prior arts is included.
US10203265B2 Optical fiber evaluation method and optical fiber evaluation device
An optical characteristic of a coupled multi-core optical fiber is evaluated without core alignment, one of plural cores thereof being arranged as a center core at the center of a cladding thereof, a total number of spatial modes being a number of the cores or greater, (a fiber length)×(a power coupling coefficient between the cores) being 10 or greater. The coupled multi-core optical fiber is joined to a dummy fiber, having a core at the center of a cladding having the same shape and dimension as those of the coupled multi-core optical fiber, by causing one ends of the fibers to face each other and aligning the fibers with reference to the circumferences of the fibers. Light is launched to the coupled multi-core optical fiber joined to the dummy fiber, and a light measurement unit measures the light passing through the fibers.
US10203264B2 Noise management for optical time delay interferometry
An integrated fiber interferometry interrogator for generating superimposed waves is disclosed. The system is optimized for efficiency and vibration attenuation. The system comprises an optical light source for generating a first signal, a first signal splitter which splits the first signal into a reference signal and an interrogation signal, optical modulators for modulating the signals, a fiber coupler connected to a fiber under test, an isolator, a circulator with a plurality of connections for directing the signals, a signal mixer for mixing the signals into superimposed waves, and photo diodes for receiving the superimposed waves.
US10203257B2 Physical-quantity detection device
In order to improve sensor characteristics and minimize variation in said characteristics, a pressure sensor is positioned upstream of a humidity sensor so as to help prevent water from contacting the humidity sensor and dust from adhering to the humidity sensor. This physical-quantity detection device 300 is characterized by having a detection unit 422 that detects humidity, a detection unit 421 that detects pressure, a circuit board 400 that has an electronic circuit that processes detection signals, and a housing 302 that accommodates the circuit board 400. The physical-quantity detection device 300 is also characterized in that the detection units 422, 421 are laid out on the surface of the circuit board 400 in a straight line in the direction in which a gas being measured flows, with the detection unit 421 that detects pressure positioned upstream of the detection unit 422 that detects humidity.
US10203254B2 Strain sensor with thermally conductive element
Embodiments are directed to a strain sensor having a thermally conductive element and methods related to the use thereto. In one aspect, an embodiment includes a substrate. A first strain-sensitive element may be positioned on a first surface of the substrate and a second strain-sensitive element may be positioned on a second surface of the substrate. The embodiment may further include a thermally conductive post positioned within the substrate and extending beyond at least one of the first or second surfaces. The embodiment may further include a thermally conductive plate separated from the substrate and attached to the thermally conductive post.
US10203250B2 Temperature correcting device
A temperature correcting device includes: a power supply that supplies electric power to a terminal machine; a lapsed time obtain part that acquires a lapsed time after the power supply stops the supply of electric power; a temperature detector disposed in the terminal machine to detect a temperature inside the terminal machine as an internal temperature; and an external temperature estimation part that estimates a temperature out of the terminal machine as an external temperature by correcting the internal temperature using a temperature correction value which changes with the lapsed time.
US10203247B2 Systems for providing illumination in optical metrology
A system for providing illumination to a measurement head for optical metrology is configured to combine illumination beams from a plurality of illumination sources to deliver illumination at one or more selected wavelengths to the measurement head. The intensity and/or spatial coherence of illumination delivered to the measurement head is controlled. Illumination at one or more selected wavelengths is delivered from a broadband illumination source configured for providing illumination at a continuous range of wavelengths.
US10203239B2 Method of controlling air conditioner based on level of condensed water
A method of controlling an air conditioner includes a step of sensing the capacitance of condensed water through a plurality of electrode pads to sense the level of condensed water stored in a condensed water storage part during cooling, a step of sensing an increase in the level of condensed water and calculating an amount of condensed water that is generated per unit time based on the sensed increase in the level of condensed water, a step of comparing the sensed level of the condensed water with a drainage level stored in a memory, and a step of operating a drainage pump based on the sensed level of condensed water or the calculated amount of condensed water that is generated per unit time.
US10203227B2 Marker for application to surfaces at high and sustained operating temperatures
There is provided a marker system for applying to surfaces operating at high temperatures, the marker system comprising a marker and a temperature resilient medium capable of securing the marker system onto a high temperature surface; wherein the medium contains an inorganic matrix to secure the marker to a surface; wherein the marker comprises a fingerprint to render the marker unique; and wherein the marker system further comprises indicator material to indicate the presence of the marker. Further provided is a composition comprising the marker system. Further provided are engines, exhaust systems and/or catalytic converters or other surfaces operating at high temperatures comprising a surface impregnated with the marker system.
US10203216B2 Duration-based customized media program
Systems, devices, apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for building customized media programs for a specified duration are provided. An example media-playback device for generating customized media programs for a route to a specified duration includes a user preferences engine to determine a user's listening preferences, a duration engine to determine a duration of the route, and a duration-based media program engine for building a playlist of news and entertainment media content based on the duration of the route and the preferences of the user.
US10203215B2 Systems and methods for identifying socially relevant landmarks
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for identifying socially relevant landmarks that can facilitate wayfinding providing a landmark based route map that is easy to read and is dynamically updated by known and new landmarks based on their social relevance. GPS (Global Positioning System) locations help in identifying active zones and social media data associated with users in the zone help to identify candidate landmarks in the active zone that may be registered as new landmarks. Weights may be assigned to the landmarks based on periodicity and temporal factors to make the landmarks socially relevant and hence effective in wayfinding.
US10203211B1 Visual route book data sets
Route images that have been acquired along delivery routes may be automatically analyzed for visual saliency (e.g., based on image motion, image content, sensor information, carrier actions, etc.) and stored along with related route information as part of a visual route book data set. The route images may be acquired by carriers utilizing mobile recording devices (e.g., mobile phones, wearable cameras, vehicle mounted cameras, etc.) while travelling along delivery routes for delivering items. For assisting a carrier in navigating along a delivery route, route images and related route information, such as visual cues associated with salient objects or features, may be selected from the visual route book data set and presented to the carrier (e.g., as part of a visual route summary and/or as based on a current location of the carrier).
US10203209B2 Resource-aware large-scale cooperative 3D mapping using multiple mobile devices
A method includes: receiving, with a computing platform, respective trajectory data and map data independently generated by each of a plurality of vision-aided inertial navigation devices (VINS devices) traversing an environment, wherein the trajectory data specifies poses along a path through the environment for the respective VINS device and the map data specifies positions of observed features within the environment as determined by an estimator executed by the respective VINS device; determining, with the computing platform and based on the respective trajectory data and map data from each of the VINS devices, estimates for relative poses within the environment by determining transformations that geometrically relate the trajectory data and the map data between one or more pairs of the VINS devices; and generating, with the computing platform and based on the transformations, a composite map specifying positions within the environment for the features observed by the VINS devices.
US10203204B2 Rotation angle detection device
A first acceleration sensor is arranged on a crank mounted to a crankshaft so as to be located at a position away from the crankshaft by a distance r1, and the first acceleration sensor detects acceleration a1 in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the crank. A second acceleration sensor is arranged on the crank mounted to the crankshaft so as to be located at a position away from the crankshaft by a distance r2 different from the distance r1, and the second acceleration sensor detects acceleration a2 in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the crank. A measurement module control part calculates information regarding a rotation angle of the crank based on a1, a2, r1, and r2.
US10203200B2 Analyzing root causes of process variation in scatterometry metrology
Method, metrology modules and RCA tool are provided, which use the behavior of resonance region(s) in measurement landscapes to evaluate and characterize process variation with respect to symmetric and asymmetric factors, and provide root cause analysis of the process variation with respect to process steps. Simulations of modeled stacks with different layer thicknesses and process variation factors may be used to enhance the analysis and provide improved target designs, improved algorithms and correctables for metrology measurements. Specific targets that exhibit sensitive resonance regions may be utilize to enhance the evaluation of process variation.
US10203194B2 Method and device for measuring the thickness of a coating layer on a running strip
A method and device for measuring the thickness of a coating material layer of a running strip according to which, by means of an eddy current sensor for at least one area of the strip, a quantity is measured, representative of the thickness of the coating layer and the thickness of the coating layer is determined from the measured quantity and from at least one calibration value. The measurement made with an eddy current sensor comprises the measurement of the complex impedance of a coil facing the running strip for a low excitation frequency and a high excitation frequency and the elaboration of a quantity representative of the thickness of the coating layer from said complex impedance measurements. A device for applying the method and a coating installation equipped with the device.
US10203193B2 Apparatus and methods to find a position in an underground formation
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods related to finding a position in an underground formation. Apparatus and methods can include receiving signals from a receiver in an underground formation in response to signals generated from transmitting sources, each of the transmitting sources located at a known position; and processing the received signals, based on the signals generated from the transmitting sources, to determine the position of the receiver. A number of techniques can be applied to processing the received signal. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10203186B2 High impact strength lighted nock assembly
A high impact strength lighted nock assembly for an arrow that is activated when the arrow is fired with a bowstring. The lighted nock assembly includes a nock molded from a high impact strength, transparent polymeric material containing at least 10% by weight reinforcing fibers. The nock includes a head configured to engage with the bowstring and a shank configured to couple with a rear end of the arrow. The shank includes a recess extending in a distal end of the shank toward the head. A light assembly including a light emitting device is located in the recess in the shank that is electrically coupled to a battery. A switch is electrically coupled to the light emitting device and the battery that is triggered when the arrow is fired to activate the light emitting device.
US10203176B1 Mount for holding and locking a firearm
A mount for holding and locking a firearm thereto. The mount includes an upwardly extending support mounted to a base, in turn, fixedly securable to a surface. The top end portion of the support is configured to extend into the magazine well of the firearm and has a mount pin slidably moveable into the firearm preventing removal of the firearm from the mount. A mechanism is provided for controllably moving the mount pin.
US10203171B2 Adjustable multi-pass heat exchanger system
In various implementations, a heat exchanger system may include one or more flow paths. At least one of the flow paths may be associated with more than one pass and/or fluid flow through the flow path may be restricted. A setting of the heat exchanger system may include associations between flow path(s) and/or pass(es). A setting for the heat exchanger system may be determined, and the heat exchanger system may be allowed to operate in the determined setting, in some implementations.
US10203167B2 Matching network cooling block
A cooling block and method therefor are provided. The cooling block defines a plurality of straight channels, the straight channels including an inlet channel, a diagonal channel, a transverse channel, and an outlet channel, the straight channels being serially communicative to provide a continuous path for coolant flow, wherein the diagonal channel meets the transverse channel at an acute angle at a diagonal and transverse channel junction.
US10203166B2 Heat recovery apparatus and method
A grey water heat recovery apparatus has first and second passes arranged in counter-flow orientation. The heat recovery apparatus is made from commonly available materials. It has a hot side for grey water, and a cold side for fresh water under pressure. The heat recovery apparatus extracts heat from grey water to pre-heat water for a water heater. The fresh water is carried in passes in series, each pass being immersed in a grey water sump in a plastic pipe. The water level in the sump is high enough to immerse the dominant portion of the fresh water pass in grey water. Both ends of the fresh water coil are carried out through the same upper end pipe closure, without a penetration in the pipe wall. The entire assembly may be enclosed in a unitary external housing with easily accessible connection fittings.
US10203154B1 Lighting assembly and cooler system
A cooler has a rear, front, side walls, a bottom wall. The upper edges of the front, rear, and side walls form an upper periphery. A chamber is formed Between the front, rear, side, and bottom walls. A peripheral lighting assembly has an inverted U-shaped housing located above the upper periphery forming a passageway. A plurality of light emitting diodes have connecting wires. Each Light emitting diode has an inner section, an outer section, and a central section. The inner section of each light emitting diode is located within the passageway. A lid has an upper surface. The lid has a lower surface with a lower periphery. A hinge pivotally couples the lid to the cooler allowing movement between raised and lowered orientations. The lid is of a size and shape to rest in contact with the peripheral lighting assembly.
US10203140B2 Refrigerant control system for a flash tank
A refrigeration system is provided, such as for use with chillers. The system uses a tube-side condenser, such as a microchannel condenser, along with a shell-side evaporator such as a falling film evaporator. A flash tank economizer is disposed between the condenser and the evaporator, and an inlet valve to the flash tank is controlled based upon subcooling of condensate from the condenser. The vapor exiting the flash tank may be fed via an economizer line to a system compressor. Liquid phase refrigerant combined with some gas phase refrigerant exits the flash tank and is directed through an orifice before entering the evaporator.
US10203139B2 Cooling device
The present invention provides precise temperature control of a cooling chamber and comprises: a cooling chamber; a refrigeration circuit having a compressor, a condenser installed at the outlet side of the compressor, an evaporator, installed between the outlet side of the condenser and the inlet side of the compressor, for cooling the cooling chamber, and a decompression means installed at the inlet side of the evaporator; and a refrigerant control unit which has a refrigerant control valve installed between the condenser and the evaporator, and which adjusts the refrigerant flow rate that flows into the evaporator by controlling the opening/closing time of the refrigerant control valve.
US10203137B2 Sorption module
A sorption module may include a housing enclosing a working chamber including a sorption zone and a phase change zone arranged therein. The sorption module may also include a sorption structure, which may be arranged in the sorption zone and coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to a sorption path for guiding a sorption path medium, and a phase change structure, which may be arranged in the phase change zone and coupled in a heat-transmitting manner to a phase change path for guiding a phase change path medium. The sorption module may further include a control device configured to control a fluidic connection through which a working medium may be reversibly displaceable between the sorption zone and the phase change zone. The control device may include an actuator configured to control the fluidic connection depending on an adjustment of the actuator and an actuating drive configured to adjust the actuator.
US10203136B2 Air conditioning system and method for controlling same
An air conditioning system includes a plurality of indoor units installed in the same indoor space, an outdoor unit and a control device. The indoor units include respective usage-side heat exchangers capable of setting set temperatures individually. The outdoor unit includes a heat-source-side heat exchanger conducting heat exchange with refrigerant circulating through the usage-side heat exchangers. The control device calculates a representative temperature related value shared by the indoor units using the set temperatures of the indoor units, and switches the indoor units between thermo-ON and thermo-OFF based on the representative temperature related value. The control device calculates the representative temperature related value based on a plurality of temperature differences between the set temperatures and control temperatures in the indoor units.
US10203135B2 Regenerative refrigerator
A disclosed regenerative refrigerator including a regenerator filled with a regenerative material for accumulating cooling of a refrigerant gas, wherein the regenerator is divided into a central region and a peripheral region on a cross-sectional face of the regenerator, and a specific heat of the central region is larger than a specific heat of the peripheral region.
US10203129B2 Air diffuser outlet system
An air diffuser having a single air inlet has air outlets straddling a wall of a structure to distribute air to two or more rooms of the structure. The air diffuser includes an adjustable baffle that selectively directs air toward the first and second rooms. The air diffuser includes an acoustic dampener that prevents sound from moving through the air diffuser from one room to the next.
US10203126B2 Rotation detection for ring-shaped user input member of smart-home device
According to one embodiment, a thermostat includes a main body, a rotatable input component that is rotatably coupled with the main body, and a rotation detection system that is configured to sense user rotation of the rotatable input component. The rotatable input component is configured to be rotated by a user to enable the user to provide input to the thermostat. The rotation detection system includes a magnetic component that is positioned on an inner surface of the rotatable input component and that is magnetized so as to have a plurality of alternating north and south magnetic regions. The rotation detection system also includes a sensor that is positioned adjacent the magnetic component. The sensor is configured to detect polarity changes as the rotatable input component and magnetic component are rotated relative to the sensor.
US10203121B2 Air conditioner and method for controlling the same
An air conditioner (AC) indoor unit includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger arranged inside the housing; a blower fan for sucking in air at the inlet to be subject to heat exchange with the heat exchanger, and discharging the heat-exchanged air out of the outlet; and an air flow control device for controlling an air flow discharged from the outlet by sucking in air around the outlet. The AC indoor unit may control the direction of a discharged air flow without a conventional blade structure, thereby increasing an amount of discharged air, reducing circulation noise, and enabling design differentiation.
US10203119B2 Low profile damper system for ovens
A damper system comprises a damper slide adapted to couple to a wall with a first outlet. In one embodiment, the damper slide has a first opening and is adapted to operate in a first position and a second position. In the first position, the first opening is at least partially aligned with the first outlet. The first opening and the first outlet are at least partially offset in the second position.
US10203116B2 Screw top grate for portable stove
A portable, collapsible holder for a cooking container has a threaded collar that screws onto the neck of a chafing dish fuel container. Three panels are each rotatably connected to the collar with an offset hinge. The panels rotate between a first collapsed position in which the panels contact a top surface of the collar and a second position in which the panels are in a deployed position at an angle of about 105 to 155 degrees outward from the top surface. Rotation stops on the panel and collar limit the rotation.
US10203114B2 Sleeve assemblies and methods of fabricating same
A sleeve assembly for a combustion system is provided. The sleeve assembly includes a liner defining a combustion chamber having a flow axis and a primary combustion zone. The liner has a forward end and an aft end such that the liner circumscribes the flow axis. The sleeve assembly also includes a shell circumscribing the liner such that a cooling duct is defined between the liner and the shell. The shell includes a unisleeve having a forward end and an aft end. The aft end of the unisleeve is positioned axially upstream of the aft end of the liner, defining a gap between the aft end of the liner and the aft end of the unisleeve. The unisleeve is mounted to the liner at circumferentially spaced locations along an axial plane between the forward end and the aft end of the unisleeve.
US10203105B1 Outdoor projector
An outdoor projector has a casing, a projecting set, and a rotating set. The casing has a shell, a lens set, and a wire base. An operating space is formed in the shell. An opening is formed through a front end of the shell. A wire hole is formed through a rear end of the shell. The projecting set is located in the operating space of the casing and has a support frame, a main light unit, and an auxiliary light unit. The support frame is combined with the shell and is located in the operating space. The main light unit and the auxiliary light unit are combined with the support frame. The rotating set is located in the operating space and has an electric machine and a gear base. The electric machine is combined with the support frame. The gear base rotatably abuts the support frame.
US10203097B2 Extruded channel plate as basis for integrated functions
The invention provides a multi-channel plate (100) comprising (i) a plurality of parallel arranged channels (1) and (ii) at least a light source (10) configured to provide light source light (11), wherein a first channel (110) includes a light transmissive part (12), wherein the light source (10) is configured to provide light source light (11) downstream from the light transmissive part (12) and external from the first channel (110) as a first lighting function, and wherein the multi-channel plate (100) includes a second channel (120), configured to provide an additional function different from said first lighting function.
US10203075B1 Bendable LED bar
Disclosed herein is a light-emitting diode (LED) bar which can be desirably bent at various angles in vertical and lateral directions. The bendable LED bar includes: a plurality of LED units each configured such that one or more LEDs are surface-mounted on a rectilinear bar-shaped printed circuit board (PCB) substrate; and one or more bending units electrically connected between the plurality of LED units spaced apart from each other at regular intervals in a front-back direction, and configured to connect the plurality of LED units in a joint fashion so that each of the plurality of LED units can be bent within a predetermined angle. Each of the bending units includes a plurality of rectilinear spring-shaped connection copper lines and a casing mold. The casing mold enables the LED units to be bent in vertical and lateral directions.
US10203064B2 Locking release mechanism for an articulated support arm
Various embodiments concern locking release mechanisms that allow an articulated support arm to be moved between various vertical orientations. A locking release mechanism may include a handle release mechanism positioned within the handle of the articulated support arm, and a gas spring release mechanism positioned within the body of the articulated support arm. The articulated support arm can include a gas spring that remains locked until the handle release mechanism is activated, e.g. by applying pressure to a grip actuator. Other embodiments concern cable management techniques for articulated support arms. Oftentimes, an articulated support arm will include cables routed through the arm that are configured to support an attachment. For example, the cable(s) may be adapted for audio signals, video signals, power, etc. The cable(s) can be readily cleaned and/or serviced when routed through an articulated support arm composed of one or more removable pieces.
US10203059B2 Dual-air tap inflation nozzle for inflation pump
A dual-air tap inflation nozzle includes a body, a first cap assembly, a second cap assembly, a slidable valve slidably disposed in the body, and a lever member. The body has a first end, a second end, a first passage and a second passage in communication to the first passage. The first cap assembly is mounted to the first end and has a third diameter. The second cap assembly is mounted to the second end and has a fourth diameter larger than the third diameter. The lever member is abutable against the slidable valve to cause the second passage to move in relation to the first passage. Thus, the second passage is in communication with a first inflatable space or a second inflatable space of the body.
US10203055B2 Connecting device for tubes and guide ring with forced circulation in potential retention areas
A connection device comprising a body defining a channel having at least one tube end reception segment. Centering means for centering the tube end are arranged in a zone extending between the outer surface of the tube, a facing surface of the segment, and the sealing element. The centering means include positioning elements that are arranged to co-operate with a surface of the segment and with an outer surface of the tube and to define at least one sweeping duct for sweeping the zone, the duct having at least one inlet in the vicinity of which there extends at least one deflector arranged to insert, into the sweeping duct, fluid diverted from the flow traveling through the device, and at least one outlet for returning the fluid that has passed through the sweeping duct back to the flow.
US10203051B2 “Flexible-rigid” air pipe
A pipe for forming air flow pipelines in a structure that includes a flexible tube made from composite material, the tube having, on the length of same, sections for which the wall of the tube is stiffened by means of structural elements made from a rigid composite material incorporated into the wall of the tube. The structural elements are configured and arranged at the surface of the tube in such a way as to form a lattice framework surrounding the wall of the tube. The pipe further includes electrical conductors, disposed longitudinally on the wall of the pipe, the electrical conductors having a straight path at the stiffened sections of the pipe and a meandering path at certain of the non-stiffened sections of the pipe, the meandering allowing the conductor to tolerate the possible twisting of the pipe when it is installed in the structure.
US10203041B2 Grooved valve stems for wheel-side installation
Described are valve stems for wheels or other pressure vessels that may be installed from the exterior of a wheel or pressure vessel without access to the interior, pressure retaining areas. The valve stem may include a body with a barrel and taper. A neck may be between the body and a base that includes a flange, a flange landing, and an air aperture. An air channel runs vertically through the valve stem to allow air to pass from one side of the valve stem to another with a valve core or other flow control device. The base of the valve stem may include a groove that allows the valve stem to be installed into a hole by twisting such that the groove may ride along the rim of the hole and guide the valve stem into a fully seated and sealed position.
US10203029B2 Motor drive unit
A motor drive unit having an electromagnetic brake serving as an inboard brake that may also be used as a parking brake is provided. In the motor drive unit, output torque of a drive motor is distributed to a first driveshaft and a second driveshaft. The motor drive unit comprises: an electromagnetic brake device that stops rotation of an output shaft by contacting a brake stator to a brake rotor; a brake motor that generates torque when energized; and an engagement force generating device that generates an engagement force to engage the brake member with the rotary member when the output torque of the brake motor is applied thereto, and that maintains the engagement between the brake member and the rotary member when current supply to the electromagnetic brake device and the brake motor is stopped.
US10203024B2 Drive transmission device
A drive transmission device includes a clutch mechanism. The clutch mechanism includes a drive transmission member that is coupled to a first rotation member via a torque limiter and is arranged in a fitting part of a second rotation member and a third rotation member, and a transmission member moving part that includes a first gap and a second gap, the first gap being formed in the fitting part and having a width wider than the thickness of the drive transmission member and the second gap being formed in the fitting part and having a width that is equal to or smaller than the thickness of the drive transmission member, the transmission member moving part being formed in such a way that the width thereof becomes smaller about a rotation axis in the fitting part.
US10203019B2 Damper device
In a damper device according to an embodiment, a third member is configured to be rotatable about a rotation center, rotate integrally with a first member in a first section, and rotate integrally with a second member in a second section. A first friction member has a first friction face that generates a friction torque along with relative rotation of the first member and the second member, and a second friction member has a second friction face that generates a friction torque along with relative rotation of the second member and the third member.
US10203015B2 Dust boot, method of manufacturing dust boot, and shock absorber
A dust boot includes a tubular boot body and an annular flange portion linked to an upper end of the boot body. In an outer side of the flange portion, an angle between the flange portion and a line perpendicular to an axis of the boot body is set to be larger than 0° and smaller than 90°.
US10203009B2 Apparatus for thermal insulation on an actuating apparatus for disk brakes
An apparatus for thermal insulation on an actuating apparatus, which can be loaded with a pressure medium, of a disk brake having a piston which slides in a cylinder for the axial displacement of the brake linings against a brake disk, in particular a partially lined disk brake having an insulation body made from non-thermally conducting/poorly thermally conducting material for the insulation of the components of the actuating apparatus with respect to a brake lining. It is possible for a substantially circularly annular, metallic brake lining to be inserted into an insulation body which is made from ceramic material and separates the piston from the brake lining in a thermally insulating manner. The insulation body is configured with side faces which adjoin the circularly annular brake contact face so as to run toward the annular circumferential face in a convexly rounded manner in the direction of the piston.
US10202988B2 Cushion mechanism for a hydraulic cylinder
A hydraulic assembly includes a barrel having a head port disposed proximate an end of the barrel, a piston assembly disposed within the barrel and movable relative thereto, the piston assembly including a bore terminating at a back wall, the bore defining a longitudinal axis, and a plunger at least partially received within the bore and translatable along the longitudinal axis. The plunger includes a main body having an end facing the head port, a shoulder extending radially-outwardly from the main body, and a passageway extending through the main body. A spring is disposed in a first region defined between the shoulder and the back wall, the spring configured to exert a biasing force on the shoulder.
US10202983B2 Fan
Described is a fan assembly comprising a body comprising an air inlet, an air outlet, and means for generating an air flow through the body. The fan assembly also comprises a nozzle removably mounted on the body for receiving the air flow from the body and for emitting the air flow, and a filter surrounding at least a portion of the body upstream from the air inlet. The filter being held captive on the fan assembly between the nozzle and a portion of the body while remaining free to move relative to the body and the nozzle. The filter is removable from the fan assembly only after removal of the nozzle from the body.
US10202980B2 Centrifugal compressor apparatus and method for preventing surge therein
There is provided a centrifugal compressor apparatus including a centrifugal compressor that centrifugally compresses a gas, an electric motor that rotatably drives the centrifugal compressor, a current detector that detects a drive current I of the electric motor, and an exhaust valve that discharges a compressed gas to a lower pressure section. The centrifugal compressor apparatus (A) detects the drive current I at a sampling cycle ts, (B) updates, as a current threshold, in real time, a value “(moving average)−n×(standard deviation)” for which a plurality of drive currents measured in a sampling period tp serves as a population, where n is a positive number in the range of 3 to 4 and, (C) determines that surging has occurred when the exhaust valve is closed and the drive current I is below the current threshold X, and (D) further opens the exhaust valve to discharge the compressed gas when determining that surging has occurred.
US10202976B2 System and method for emissions testing a compressor, turbine, or engine
A mobile compressed natural gas (CNG) vessel and unloader are used to supply CNG to a compressor during regulatory emissions testing of the compressor (e.g., U.S. EPA's Quad J testing). CNG output by the compressor is recirculated to an inlet of the unloader so that it is reused during the emissions testing. Lean CNG from the vessel may be used to power the compressor during the testing. The unloader ensures that the compressor is run at at least a predetermined load factor during the emissions testing.
US10202975B2 Method for determining cavitation in pumps
A method for determining cavitation in a pump is disclosed. The method includes detecting, by a sensor, a pressure of a fluid pumped by the pump and determining, by a controller, whether the pressure exceeds a pressure range. Cavitation is determined when the pressure exceeds the pressure range. The method includes selectively incrementing or decrementing, by the controller, a counter value of a counter based on determining whether the pressure exceeds the pressure range. The counter value is incremented when the pressure exceeds the pressure range, and decremented when the pressure does not exceed the pressure range. The method includes determining, by the controller, whether the counter value exceeds a threshold value, and generating, by the controller, an alert when the counter value exceeds the threshold value and causing, by the controller, the alert to be displayed via a display.
US10202973B1 Intelligent force reducing double-acting counterweight
A movable counterweight that can reduce lifting and lowering torque. In one embodiment, a beam pumping unit can have a movable beam counterweight attached to a positioning drive on the beam and can be intelligently positioned to achieve lowest net torque required by one or more of a prime mover and lowest net gear torque in in the speed reducer. Optionally, positioning can be calculated by one or more of monitoring current requirements of the motor and monitoring the beam load with a load cell, which can then be merged with crank position readings and processed into signals sent to the positioning drive, which causes the counterweight to move to the best position along the on the length of the beam to achieve one or more of near to lowest current draw by the prime mover and lowest net gear torque in in the speed reducer.
US10202970B2 System, method, and apparatus for infusing fluid
A peristaltic pump, and related system method are provided. The peristaltic pump includes a cam shaft, first and second pinch-valve cams, first and second pinch-valve cam followers, a plunger cam, a plunger-cam follower, a tube receiver, and a spring-biased plunger. The first and second pinch-valve cams are coupled to the cam shaft. The first and second pinch-valve cam followers each engage the first and second pinch-valve cams, respectively. The plunger cam is coupled to the cam shaft. The plunger-cam follower engages the plunger cam. The tube receiver is configured to receive a tube. The spring-biased plunger is coupled to the plunger-cam follower such that the expansion of the plunger cam along a radial angle intersecting the plunger-cam follower as the cam shaft rotates pushes the plunger cam follower towards the plunger and thereby disengages the spring-biased plunger from the tube. A spring coupled to the spring-biased plunger biases the spring-biased plunger to apply the crushing force to the tube.
US10202965B2 Method and system for estimating the surface condition of a rotating blade
A method is disclosed for estimating the surface condition of a blade rotating about a rotational axis in an air or fluid stream. The method involves measuring blade deformations indicative of blade loads acting on the blade to identify actual blade loads (P,R,T), measuring blade-state information (Ψ,Ω,,V) indicative of a blade operational state to identify a given blade operational state (α,Q), providing a clean-surface aerodynamic map (c) relating blade loads to an ensemble of blade operational states when the blade surface is in a clean state, providing a dirty-surface aerodynamic map (d) relating blade loads to an ensemble of blade operational states when the blade surface is in a dirty state, estimating the surface condition of the blade by comparing the distance of the actual blade loads (P,R,T) to the blade loads given by the clean-surface aerodynamic map (c) at the given operational state (α,Q), and the distance of the actual blade loads (P,R,T) to the blade loads given by the dirty-surface aerodynamic map (c) at the given operational state (α,Q).
US10202957B2 Push button starting system module for outdoor power equipment
A self-contained starting module for outdoor power equipment that has control circuit and a start button. The starting module includes internal control circuit that can be either microprocessor based or analog. The control circuit receives a start signal from a start button of the starting module. The control circuit monitors for the presence of an enable device and, upon activation of the start button and the presence of the enable device, provides electric power to the electric load of the power equipment. When the start button is depressed for longer than a minimum engagement period, the control circuit initiates operation of the engine. If the start button is pressed for less than the minimum engagement period, the control circuit activates the electric load for an auxiliary period without starting the engine. During engine operation, if the start button is depressed, the operation of the engine is terminated.
US10202949B2 Control device for vehicle having a relief valve
A control device for a vehicle includes a low-pressure fuel sensor that detects a pressure of fuel stored in a low-pressure delivery pipe, and a control device that controls a feed pump based on a detected value from the low-pressure fuel sensor. The control device causes a relief valve to be opened when variation in power required in an engine continues to remain within a prescribed range for a prescribed period. With this structure, a control device for a vehicle can be provided which allows the relief valve to be opened with reduced variation in air-fuel ratio.
US10202945B2 Method and device for controlling a motor-vehicle internal combustion engine fitted with a fuel injection system and an exhaust gas recirculation system
Embodiments are provided herein for controlling a motor-vehicle internal combustion engine fitted with a fuel injection system and an exhaust gas recirculation system. In one example, in a deceleration phase a closed exhaust gas recirculation circuit is formed, a mass (mcirc) of an air quantity enclosed therein is determined, a first oxygen content (O2,exh1, O2,man1) of the air quantity is detected, a test injection is carried out with an injection valve, a second oxygen content (O2,exh2, O2,man2) of the air quantity is detected, and the fuel mass (mfuel) injected in the test injection is determined from the mass (mcirc) of the air quantity and the first and the second oxygen content (O2,exh1, O2,man1, O2,exh2, O2,man2). The disclosure also relates to a corresponding device for controlling a motor-vehicle internal combustion engine fitted with a fuel injection system and an exhaust gas recirculation system.
US10202944B2 Method for diagnosing the operation of the purging of a canister
A method for diagnosing operation of a valve to purge a canister of an internal combustion engine, the method, carried out during a purge, including: a) detecting, at an instant to, that the purge valve is open; b) executing a forced closing of the valve at an instant t2; c) measuring a pressure P1m of the intake manifold and calculating a corresponding modelled pressure P1c, at an instant t1 between the instant t0 and the instant t2; d) measuring a pressure of the manifold P2m and calculating a corresponding modelled pressure P2c, at an instant t3 after the instant t2; e) calculating a deviation E1 between P1m and P1c and calculating a deviation E2 between P2m and P2c; f) calculating a criterion C=E1−E2; and g) diagnosing malfunction of the purge valve if the criterion C is lower than a predetermined threshold value Cs.
US10202927B2 Fueling strategy for controlled-autoignition engines
Methods and systems for controlling combustion performance of an engine during recompression HCCI combustion are provided. The method includes regulating a valve actuation timing and a fuel injection timing to cause a combustion phasing of at least one cylinder of the engine to approach a target combustion phasing, and estimating current combustion state information based on the combustion phasing. The current combustion state information includes at least one of a temperature, a pressure, and a pre-combustion charge composition associated with the at least one cylinder. The method further includes determining a target fuel injection amount, and determining whether the target fuel injection amount would require actuator settings that violate predetermined constraints in order to cause the combustion phasing to approach the target combustion phasing. A fuel injection amount is adjusted when the target fuel injection amount would require actuator settings that violate the predetermined constraints.
US10202917B1 System and method to filter engine signals
Systems and methods for controlling an engine with cylinders that may be selectively activated and deactivated are presented. In one example, coefficients of a finite impulse response filter are adjusted responsive to changes in engine induction ratio so that undesirable frequencies output from engine sensors may be attenuated to improve engine control.
US10202916B2 Control device for internal combustion engine
In a diesel engine, displacement of an amount of fuel injection is calculated on the basis of a reference amount of heat production and an actual amount of heat production, and an amount of fuel injection from an injector is corrected on the basis of the displacement of an amount of fuel injection. Displacement of a heat production rate gradient is calculated by subtracting an actual heat production rate gradient from a reference heat production rate gradient, displacement of an amount of intake air on the basis of the displacement of heat production rate gradient and the displacement of the amount of fuel injection, and the amount of intake air is corrected by adjusting a supercharging pressure of a turbocharger on the basis of the displacement of the amount of intake air. Accordingly, it is possible to adjust the amount of fuel injection and the amount of intake air.
US10202908B2 Oil pressure control for a variable camshaft timing system
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an oil pressure supplied to an engine and a variable cam timing (VCT) responsive to a condition of the VCT system. In one example, a method may include adjusting the oil pressure based on engine speed, engine load, and engine oil temperature, and responsive to a request to shift the VCT system during specific engine operating conditions, increasing the oil pressure to an upper threshold oil pressure for the duration of the shift.
US10202903B2 Apparatus and method for air particle separation in a gas turbine engine
A particle separator for removing particles in a flow of air is provided. The particle separator having: a conduit for directing air towards a curved section of the conduit; and a drum in fluid communication with the conduit proximate to the curved section of the conduit, wherein particles in the air travelling towards the curved section will contact a surface of the drum.
US10202892B2 Supercharger system for motorized vehicles and related transportation
A supercharger system is disclosed herein having a front end, a rear end, an inlet and an outlet, the system contained within a housing, wherein the supercharger system includes a rotor assembly, and a plurality of intake runners that comprise an interlaced cross-runner pattern, wherein the supercharger system comprises a front drive, front inlet configuration and an inverted orientation.
US10202891B2 Precombustion chamber gas engine
An object is to provide a precombustion-chamber gas engine in which occurrence of knocking is restricted. The precombustion-chamber gas engine includes: a cylinder; a cylinder head; a piston delimiting a main combustion chamber with the cylinder head; a precombustion-chamber cap delimiting a precombustion chamber inside thereof and including a plurality of nozzle holes through which the precombustion chamber is in communication with the main combustion chamber; an intake valve for opening and closing an intake port that opens on the cylinder head; and an exhaust valve for opening and closing an exhaust port that opens on the cylinder head. In a planar view where the cylinder head is seen from below, there are at least one intake-side nozzle hole and at least one exhaust-side nozzle hole, and a total nozzle-hole area of the at least one intake-side nozzle hole is larger than that of the at least one exhaust-side nozzle hole.
US10202887B2 Cooling water passage structure for internal combustion engine
A cooling water passage structure (10) for an internal combustion engine (1) provided with a supercharger (8), comprises a passage forming member (14) attached to a main body (2) of the internal combustion engine, and internally defining a branch passage (13) communicating with an outlet (12B) of a main body water jacket (12) formed in the main body of the internal combustion engine, and a water temperature sensor (80) provided in the passage forming member to detect a temperature of the cooling water flowing through the branch passage. The water temperature sensor is positioned in a part of a main supply passage (31) defined in the passage forming member closer to an inlet end of the main supply passage than a junction between the main supply passage and a supercharger return passage (34) is.
US10202876B2 Lash adjuster
A lash adjuster includes a bottomed cylindrical body and a cylindrical plunger reciprocably inserted into the body and having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall. The plunger has a low-pressure chamber. The peripheral wall of the plunger includes an annular band portion abutting against an upper part of a peripheral wall of the body. The peripheral wall of the plunger has a plurality of plunger oil holes located below the band portion. The plunger oil holes include respective lower ends defining a level of the oil stored in the low-pressure chamber. The plurality of plunger oil holes are located at a common height position of the peripheral wall of the plunger coming close to the band portion.
US10202851B2 Rotor for a radial compressor and a method for construction thereof
A rotor for a radial compressor is provided. An axial shaft of the radial compressor includes longitudinal axial shaft segments. The rotor includes rotor discs, which are placed adjacent to one another, and which extend along a longitudinal axis of the radial compressor. The rotor discs include the respective axial shaft segments and impellers. A coupling means is provided to couple the rotor discs with one another. The coupling means permits reversible axial splitting of the axial shaft into the respective axial shaft segments.
US10202844B2 Method and system for transmitting a data frame of an electromagnetic telemetry signal to or from a downhole location
Methods, techniques, and systems for transmitting a data frame of an electromagnetic (EM) telemetry signal to or from a downhole location can be performed using multi-channel transmissions in which at least two different channels at two different frequencies are used to send a long header and the data frame. At least a portion of the long header is transmitted at a first frequency, and at least a portion of the data frame and any remaining portion of the long header not transmitted at the first frequency are transmitted at one or more additional frequencies different from each other and the first frequency. In one example, only two channels are used: one channel is used to transmit all of the long header, another channel is used to transmit all of the data frame, and either of the channels is used to transmit an identifier identifying the type of the data frame.
US10202838B2 Verification of swelling in a well
A method of verifying swelling of a swellable material in a well can include connecting a transmitter to a sensor which senses a parameter indicative of degree of swelling of the swellable material, and conveying a receiver into an interior of a tubular string. The transmitter transmits to the receiver an indication of the degree of swelling of the swellable material. A packer swelling verification system can include a swellable material which swells in a well, and a well tool which is conveyed to the packer in the well. The well tool receives an indication of a degree of swelling of the swellable material. A method of verifying whether a swellable material has swollen in a well can include positioning a conductor proximate the swellable material, whereby the conductor parts in response to swelling of the swellable material, and detecting whether the conductor has parted.
US10202836B2 Methods for fracturing formations using aggregating compositions
Methods of fracturing a formation including using a fracturing fluid including an aggregating composition including heterocyclic aromatic amines, substituted heterocyclic aromatic amines, poly vinyl heterocyclic aromatic amines, co-polymers of vinyl heterocyclic aromatic amine and non amine polymerizable monomers (ethylenically unsaturated mononers and diene monomers), or mixtures or combinations thereof in the absence of phosphate esters or amine-phosphate reaction products during fracturing operations to alter self-aggregating properties and/or aggregation propensities of the particles, surfaces, and/or materials in or entrained in the fluid.
US10202828B2 Self-degradable hydraulic diversion systems and methods for making and using same
Systems and methods for treating formation intervals including forming a low permeability layer on a surface of the interval and pumping a treating fluid, where the treatment fluid is diverted through the layer permitting improved treatment uniformity across the formation or intervaland permitting a longer interval to be treated, where the layer comprises self-degradable material that degrade over time without harm to the formation or interval surfaces.
US10202821B2 Method of plugging a well
A method of plugging a well includes providing a tubing in a wellbore, wherein in a location for a well plug, the tubing is provided with an internal cable section placed inside of the tubing and/or an external cable section placed outside of the tubing, the external cable section including a fluid-tight cable suitable for forming a sealing part of the well plug, and forming a plug in the well in the location for the well plug without pulling the tubing from the wellbore.
US10202818B2 Expandable sealing assembly and downhole system
A sealing assembly configured to seal within an annulus, the sealing assembly including a support body including a backing ring having a substantially wavy sectional shape, and a plurality of ribs extending radially outwardly from the backing ring; and, a sealing member supported on the support body, the sealing member including a radially exterior sealing component, at least a portion of the radially exterior sealing component disposed between adjacent ribs on a radial exterior surface of the hacking ring, and, a radially interior sealing component disposed on a radial interior surface of the backing portion.
US10202809B2 Threaded joint for steel pipes
A threaded joint in which the outer peripheral face of the pin nose has a single tapered shape, the seal face of the box has an outwardly convex curved shape, and a seal point xp defined by equation (1) is greater than or equal to 0.2 inches, x p = ∫ x 1 x 2 ⁢ p ⁢ ⁢ x ⁢ ⁢ d ⁢ ⁢ x F ⁢ ⁢ F = ∫ x 1 x 2 ⁢ p ⁢ ⁢ d ⁢ ⁢ x ( 1 ) where p is a contact face pressure, x is a distance from an end of the pin in a pipe axis direction, and x1 and x2 are respectively a lower limit and an upper limit of a domain of x corresponding to the seal portion.
US10202805B2 Roof mounted ladder safety bracket
A roof mounted ladder safety bracket comprises a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, a first hinge and a second hinge. The first plate and the second plate are rotably coupled via the first hinge and the second plate and the third plate are rotably coupled via the second hinge. The first plate further comprises a plurality of arms extending therefrom, each of the plurality of arms comprises thereon at a distal end, a hook having an open end facing outward in a first direction and the open end of the hook is configured to be temporarily attached to a leg of a ladder. The third plate further comprises at least one opening configured to enable the ladder safety bracket to be temporarily coupled to a roof structure. The roof mounted ladder safety bracket secures to the ladder via the open end of the hook by using a locking mechanism and secures to the roof structure via the at least opening by nailing a nail through a portion of the at least one opening.
US10202796B2 Press fit storm window system
A system for mounting a panel within an existing window frame. The system includes an elongated fin portion and an elongated carrier. The fin portion has a ridge section, an extension extending from the base end of the ridge section, and a crosspiece coupled to a distal end of the extension. The ridge section tapers from its base end to a deflectable and compressible tip of the ridge section. The crosspiece includes a pair of shoulders at opposite ends of the crosspiece. Each shoulder protrudes laterally beyond the extension. The elongated carrier has a receiving slot opposite a panel gap. The receiving slot has a neck laterally narrower than an interior cavity of the receiving slot. The receiving slot is configured to securely receive the crosspiece of the bulb and to confine the shoulders of the crosspiece.
US10202789B2 Door check and release mechanism
A check and release mechanism for holding a door in a desired opened position against the force of a closing cylinder which is separate but alongside a door closing actuator which acts to close the door upon its release, the catch and release mechanism includes a catch and release operator rod separate from an actuator operator rod and parallel thereto moved, the door catch and release operating rod has a latch element pivotally mounted to one side of the catch and release operator rod and is moved along a guide slot in a catch and release mechanism case, by continued opening movement of the door into an enlarged engagement chamber in the case, and the leading end of the latch element engages a first fixed feature therein at the approximate location where it is desired to hold the door open. That engagement causes a slight tilting of the latch element and stops further opening advance of the door and operating rod. A slight retraction of the door and the catch and release operating rod causes a trailing end of the tilted latch element to engage a second fixed feature in the chamber which causes the latch element to tilt further in the same direction preventing further closing movement of the door. The engagement of the latch element with the second fixed feature is released by manually moving the door back in the opening direction, causing one side of the tilted latch element to engage the first fixed feature to tilt the latch element further, and upon release the door again moves in the closing direction and the opposite side of the latch element then contacts the second fixed feature be pivoted so as to again be in alignment with the guide slot, allowing the door to close with the latch element advancing down the guide slot.
US10202788B2 Door outer handle
A door outer handle which can be easily attached to an outer panel from the outside and in which the size of a counter weight is sufficiently ensured is provided. A door outer handle has an elongated shape. A hinge portion provided at one end of the door outer handle is inserted into a first attachment hole, and a counter weight provided at the other end of the door outer handle is inserted into a second attachment hole. An outer circumferential surface of the counter weight, which is located farthest from a contact point, is formed in an arc shape with a first radius, centered at the contact point. Furthermore, an inner circumferential surface of the counter weight, which is located closer to the contact point than the outer circumferential surface, is also formed in an arc shape with a second radius, centered at the contact point.
US10202787B2 Retaining feature for an adjustment rod clip
An adjustment rod assembly includes an adjustment rod clip with a top portion, a bottom portion, and a clip connector coupling the top portion and the bottom portion, a lever to receive the bottom portion of the adjustment rod clip, and a cover, including a recessed cover to receive the top portion of the adjustment rod clip, and at least one retaining feature extending from the recessed cover portion, wherein the at least one retaining feature releasably engages the adjustment rod clip to prevent the rotation and translation of the adjustment rod clip.
US10202786B1 Equipment rack
A lockable equipment rack for a backpack blower is presented. A lockable equipment rack includes adjustable components configured to storage of a variety of backpack blowers. The equipment rack can be installed in a variety of locations, for example a trailer, and securely store the backpack blower. The lockable equipment rack prevents theft of the backpack blower and tampering of its components.
US10202767B2 Lighting system for simulating natural lighting and including an infared light source
A lighting system to simulate a window open to the sky and comprising an optical system including: a visible optical source, which emits visible optical radiation; and a chromatic optical device, which includes a diffusion region and defines a first emission surface arranged downstream of the diffusion region. The chromatic device receives the visible optical radiation and generates, on the first emission surface, a visible output beam, which has an angular luminance profile that exhibits a peak with FWHM below 20° in two planes, mutually orthogonal and containing the direction of maximum luminance. In each point of the first emission surface, the visible output beam comprises a direct component, emitted in the direction of the luminance peak, and a diffuse component emitted at angles that differ by more than 40° from the direction of the direct component. The CCT of the diffuse component is at least 1.2 times higher than the CCT of the direct component. The lighting system also includes an infrared source, which defines a second emission surface and emits, downstream of the second emission surface, an infrared output beam substantially without visible components.
US10202759B2 Dynamic, fire-resistance-rated thermally insulating and sealing system having a F-rating of 120 min for use with curtain wall structures
Described is an approved dynamic construction for effectively thermally insulating and sealing of a safing slot between a floor of a building and an exterior wall construction wherein the exterior wall construction comprises a curtain wall configuration defined by an interior wall glass surface including one or more aluminum framing members, wherein the vision glass extends to the finished floor level below. The dynamic, thermally insulating and sealing system comprises a first element for receiving the insulating elements and positioned in the zero spandrel area of a glass curtain wall construction including only vision glass to maintain thermally insulating and sealing of the safing slot during exposure to fire and heat as well as movement in order to maintain a complete seal extending across the safing slot.
US10202752B2 Building construction
A building is constructed from a plurality of rectangular wall sections secured to one another. At least some wall sections are formed of an upper and a lower beam, vertical studs extending between the upper and lower beams and a wall panel secured to the beams and to the studs. In the invention, each beam is formed of an elongate metal sheet folded through a right angle about at least one longitudinally extending line to define at least a horizontal first plate, and a vertical second. A plurality of separately formed sheet metal brackets are secured to at least one of the plates of the folded metal sheet at preset distances from one another along the length of the beam and secured to the ends of the studs.
US10202746B2 Fill valve assembly
A fill valve assembly for use in a water storage tank including: a tube; an inlet valve assembly supported by the tube and including an inlet valve and a valve lever operatively coupled to the inlet valve, the inlet valve being on in a first position of the valve lever, and being off in a second position of the valve lever; a float constrained for axial movement in a direction along the tube and coupled to the valve lever; and a linkage assembly positioned between the valve lever and the tube and pivoting between a first upright position wherein the valve lever is maintained in the first position and a second folded position, the linkage assembly including a pivot axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tube, the float coupled to linkage assembly and constrained from axial movement when the linkage assembly is in the upright position.
US10202745B1 System for mounting a sink
A system for mounting a sink under a countertop including one or more flexible supports and anchors to secure a sink wherein sealant may not be required.
US10202731B2 Method for planning and designing debris flow drainage channels and applications thereof
A method for planning and designing a debris flow drainage channel is provided. The position and total length of the drainage channel and a longitudinal slope of a gully bed of the drainage channel are determined. An inlet section, an outlet section and an acceleration section of the drainage channel are formed as fully lined channel type. After determining the length of the inlet section and the included angle between the side wall of the inlet section and the main channel, the length of the outlet section and the included angle between the side wall of the outlet section and the main channel, and the length of the acceleration section, the channel type and the length of the main channel section are also determined.
US10202726B2 Paint-striping laser guidance system and related technology
A system configured in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a paint-striping machine having a carriage, an outrigger operably connected to the carriage, and a downwardly oriented nozzle carried by the outrigger. The carriage moves along pavement while the nozzle dispenses paint, thereby forming a paint stripe on the pavement. The system further includes a guidance system operably connected to the paint-striping machine. The guidance system includes a light-emitting device and a mounting and containment assembly that provides an adjustable connection between the light-emitting device and the paint-striping machine. The light-emitting device forms a planar light region having a vertical orientation. The mounting and containment assembly includes an adjustment mechanism operable to move the light-emitting device relative to the paint-striping machine, thereby changing a yaw angle of the planar light region.
US10202711B2 Tunable surface
An article can have a surface with selected wetting properties for various liquids.
US10202706B2 Silicon carbide single crystal wafer and method of manufacturing a silicon carbide single crystal ingot
Provided is a SiC single crystal wafer, which is manufactured from a SiC single crystal ingot grown by the sublimation-recrystallization method, and which brings about high device performance and high device manufacture yield when used as a wafer for manufacturing a device. The SiC single crystal wafer has, in a surface thereof, a basal plane dislocation density of 1,000 dislocations per cm2 or less, a threading screw dislocation density of 500 dislocations per cm2 or less, and a Raman index of 0.2 or less. Further provided is a method of manufacturing a SiC single crystal ingot, including controlling heat input from a side surface of the single crystal ingot during growth of a single crystal, to thereby grow the crystal while changes in the temperature distribution of the single crystal ingot are reduced.
US10202704B2 Side feed system for Czochralski growth of silicon ingots
A Czochralski growth system is described comprising a growth chamber, a feed port, and a feed chamber comprising a container for feedstock and a feeder. The feed port is disposed in at least one side wall of the growth chamber, and the feed chamber is attached to the growth chamber at the feed port. The feeder is insertable into the growth chamber through the feed port and supplies the feedstock into the growth chamber. Preferably this system can be used for producing silicon ingots using a continuous Czochralski method.
US10202700B2 Oxygen-consuming electrode and method for producing same
An oxygen-consuming electrode, in particular for use in chloralkali electrolysis, having a novel catalyst coating and also an electrolysis apparatus are described. Furthermore, its use in chloralkali electrolysis, fuel cell technology or metal/air batteries is described. The oxygen-consuming electrode comprises at least a support which in particular is electrically conductive, a layer containing a catalyst and a hydrophobic layer, characterized in that it contains gallium in addition to silver as catalytically active component.
US10202692B2 Copper-clad aluminum composite wire
A copper-clad aluminum composite wire that can reduce an amount of copper to be used. A structure of the copper-clad aluminum composite wire includes: a wire made of an aluminum material, where a surface of the wire made of an aluminum material is sequentially provided with an intermediate metal layer and a copper layer; and assuming that a thickness of the copper layer is t1, a density of the copper layer is ρ1, a thickness of the intermediate metal layer is t2, a density of the intermediate metal layer is ρ2, a radius of the wire made of an aluminum material is R, and a density of the wire made of an aluminum material is ρ3, t 1 = ( R + t 2 ) 2 + K 1 × ( t 2 2 + 2 ⁢ ⁢ t 2 × R ) ⁢ ⁢ ρ 2 + K 1 × R 2 ⁢ ρ 3 ( 1 - K 1 ) × ρ 1 - R - t 2 , where 0.02≤K1≤0.12. The copper-clad aluminum composite wire can be widely applied to the communication industry.
US10202690B2 Substrate treating apparatus and method
Disclosed is an apparatus and method of processing substrate, which facilitates to improve deposition uniformity of a thin film deposited on a substrate, and to control quality of a thin film, wherein the apparatus includes a process chamber; a substrate supporter for supporting at least one of substrates, wherein the substrate supporter is provided in the bottom of the process chamber; a chamber lid confronting the substrate supporter, the chamber lid for covering an upper side of the process chamber; and a gas distributor for locally distributing activated source gas on the substrate, wherein the gas distributor locally confronting the substrate supporter is provided in the chamber lid, wherein the gas distributor forms plasma by the use of plasma formation gas, and activates the source gas by distributing the source gas to some of plasma area for formation of the plasma.
US10202687B2 Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus
There is provided a substrate processing method using a processing chamber that is provided with a first process gas supply region, a first exhaust port through which a first process gas supplied to the first process gas supply region is exhausted, a second process gas supply region, a second exhaust port through which a second process gas supplied to the second process gas supply region is exhausted, and a communication space through which the first exhaust port and the second exhaust port communicate with each other, wherein an exhaust pressure in the first exhaust port is set higher than an exhaust pressure in the second exhaust port by a predetermined pressure so as to perform a substrate process while preventing infiltration of the second process gas into the first exhaust port.
US10202684B2 Method for neutral beam processing based on gas cluster ion beam technology and articles produced thereby
A method for Neutral Beam irradiation derived from gas cluster ion beams and articles produced thereby including optical elements.
US10202681B2 Copper-gallium sputtering target
A Ga-containing and Cu-containing sputtering target has a Ga content of from 30 to 68 at %. The sputtering target contains only CuGa2 as Ga-containing and Cu-containing intermetallic phase or the proportion by volume of CuGa2 is greater than the proportion by volume of Cu9Ga4. The sputtering target is advantageously produced by spark plasma sintering or cold gas spraying. Compared to Cu9Ga4, CuGa2 is very soft, which aids the production of defect-free sputtering targets having homogeneous sputtering behavior.
US10202664B2 High strength cold rolled steel sheet
The present invention relates to high strength cold rolled steel sheet suitable for applications in automobiles, construction materials and the like, specifically high strength steel excellent in formability. In particular, the invention relates to cold rolled steel sheets having a tensile strength of at least 980 MPa and a method for producing such steel sheet.
US10202658B2 Methods for determining hypersusceptibility of HIV-1 to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
This invention relates to methods for determining hypersusceptibility of HIV-1 viruses to non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) based on the viral genotypes. The methods generally comprise detecting, in a gene encoding reverse transcriptase of the HIV-1, the presence of a mutation at codon 65, 69, or 74 alone or in combination with one or more mutations at certain other codons. Combinations of mutations associated with hypersusceptibility to NNRTIs are also disclosed.
US10202656B2 Dividing of reporter proteins by DNA sequences and its application in site specific recombination
Methods and constructs for inserting an intron into a reporter protein coding sequence in a eukaryotic cell and their application of monitoring and reporting genomic modifications are provided. Various related compositions, cells and kits are also provided.
US10202641B2 Error correction in amplification of samples
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for correcting errors in sample amplification, including the errors occurred in determining the number of targets in samples. In some embodiments, the method comprises: stochastically barcoding a plurality of targets in the samples using oligonucleotides comprising stochastic barcodes to generate stochastically barcoded targets; contacting one or more defined barcoded primers with each of the one or more samples; and determining an amplification noise.
US10202633B2 Polypeptide substrate for the detection of von Williebrand factor cleaving protease ADAMTS13
In a first aspect, there is provided an isolated polypeptide substrate for a disintegrin-like and metallopeptidase with thrombospondin type-1 motif, 13 (ADAMTS13) that is from 45 to 70 amino acids in length and has an amino acid sequence that is substantially similar to part of the von Willebrand factor A2 domain sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, with one or more of the following modifications: (i) the amino acid corresponding to position 1599 of SEQ ID NO: 2 is mutated from Q to K; (ii) the amino acid corresponding to position 1610 of SEQ ID NO: 2 is mutated from N to C; and (iii) the amino acids corresponding to Q1624 to R1641 of SEQ ID NO: 2 are deleted. In another aspect, there is provided an ADAMTS13 polypeptide substrate that is from 50 to 75 amino acids in length and has an amino acid sequence that is substantially similar to part of the von Willebrand factor A2 domain sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2, with one or more of the following modifications: (i) the amino acid corresponding to position 1599 of SEQ ID NO: 2 is mutated from Q to K; (ii) the amino acid corresponding to position 1610 of SEQ ID NO: 2 is mutated from N to C; (iii) the amino acid corresponding to position 1629 of SEQ ID NO: 2 is mutated from G to E; and (iv) the amino acids corresponding to G1631 to R1641 of SEQ ID NO: 2 are deleted.
US10202630B2 Temperature shift for high yield expression of polypeptides in yeast and other transformed cells
Methods for producing heterologous proteins are disclosed. In particular, the present disclosure provides improved methods of producing desired proteins, including multi-subunit proteins such as antibodies, with a higher yield and improved purity. In exemplary embodiments, the transformed cells are a yeast, e.g., methylotrophic yeast such as Pichia pastoris.
US10202629B2 Methods for amplification of nucleic acids utilizing clamp oligonucleotides
The present invention provides methods of amplifying a target nucleic acid utilizing a clamp oligonucleotide comprising a first target-binding region on the 3′-terminus and a second target-binding region on the 5′-terminus and tether region in between. The tether region may comprise a variety of user-defined sequences or elements that allow for further manipulation of the target nucleic acid. Such as, for example, capture followed by amplification, identification and/or sequencing. The target-binding regions bind to the target nucleic acid, the 3′-terminus functions as a primer to initiate extension across the target nucleic acid sequence and ligation of the gap results in formation of a circularized nucleic acid. This circular template can be used in a variety of processes, including amplification and sequencing.
US10202623B2 Recombinant cell, and method for producing 1,4-butanediol
An object of the present invention is to provide a series of techniques for producing 1,4-butanediol from methanol or the like. Provided is a recombinant cell prepared by introducing a gene encoding at least one enzyme selected from the group consisting of succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, succinyl-CoA synthase, CoA-dependent succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, 4-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase, 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA transferase, 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA reductase, 4-hydroxybutyraldehyde dehydrogenase, and alcohol dehydrogenase, into a host cell which is a methylotroph, wherein the gene is expressed in the host cell, and the recombinant cell is capable of producing 1,4-butanediol from at least one C1 compound selected from the group consisting of methane, methanol, methylamine, formic acid, formaldehyde, and formamide.
US10202618B2 Method of treating type I diabetes using an AAV vector encoding uracortin 2
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides methods for treating, ameliorating or protecting (preventing) an individual or a patient against a disease, an infection or a condition responsive to an increased paracrine polypeptide level in vivo comprising: providing a paracrine polypeptide-encoding nucleic acid or gene operatively linked to a transcriptional regulatory sequence; or an expression vehicle, a vector, a recombinant virus, or equivalent, having contained therein a paracrine-encoding nucleic acid or gene, and the expression vehicle, vector, recombinant virus, or equivalent can express the paracrine-encoding nucleic acid or gene in a cell or in vivo; and administering or delivering the paracrine polypeptide -encoding nucleic acid or gene operatively linked to a transcriptional regulatory sequence, or the expression vehicle, vector, recombinant virus, or equivalent, to an individual or a patient in need thereof, thereby treating, ameliorating or protecting (preventing) the individual or patient against the disease, infection or condition responsive to an increased paracrine polypeptide level.
US10202615B2 Mammalian genes involved in toxicity and infection
The present invention relates to cellular proteins that are involved in toxicity and infection or are otherwise associated with the life cycle of one or more pathogens.
US10202611B2 Vectors and methods for improved plant transformation efficiency
Methods and compositions for improved bacterial-mediated plant transformation are provided. The methods generally allow plant transformation with reduced vector backbone integration and a high frequency of low-copy transformation events. Vectors for achieving these results are described, as are methods for their use.
US10202610B2 Recombinant K1-5 bacteriophages and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides compositions including recombinant K1-5 bacteriophages, methods for making the same, and uses thereof. The recombinant K1-5 bacteriophages disclosed herein are useful for the identification and/or antibiotic susceptibility profiling of specific bacterial strains/species present in a sample.
US10202607B2 Cleavable fusion tag for protein overexpression and purification
Provided are compositions and methods for enhancing recombinant protein production. The compositions and methods involve use of Ribose Binding Protein (RBP) as a segment of a fusion polypeptide, whereby the RBP segment enhances production of the fusion protein. The fusion proteins contain the RBP sequentially in a single fusion protein with a polypeptide for which enhanced expression is desired. Recombinant expression vectors encoding the fusion proteins that contain and RBP segment are included, as are cells that contain the expression vectors. Methods for separating fusion proteins and for liberating a polypeptide segment that is part of the fusion protein are also provided.
US10202605B2 Methods of identifying and treating poor-prognosis cancers
The present invention relates generally to methods for identifying cancer patients with a poor prognosis, and to therapeutic modalities for improving prognosis by combating metastasis and abrogating chemoresistance in cancer cells. Embodiments of the present invention provide an objective means of prognostication regarding the long-term outcome of an incident of cancer, breast cancer in particular. Therapeutic modalities include immunotherapy and anti-sense therapy. Prognosis is determined by measuring the number of copies of the metadherin gene in the patient's cells.
US10202604B2 Methods of using microRNA-141
Provided herein are methods of treating a cancer in an individual. A microRNA-141 oligonucleotide or mimic that increases the expression of microRNA-141 in the cancer cell is administered to the individual. Also provided is a method of inhibiting proliferation of a cancer cell and treating a cell associated with a cancer. The cell is contacted with the microRNA-141 oligonucleotide or mimic.
US10202603B2 Modulation of huntingtin expression
Provided herein are methods, compounds, and compositions for reducing expression of huntingtin mRNA and protein in an animal. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, delay, or ameliorate Huntington's disease, or a symptom thereof.
US10202599B2 Selective antisense compounds and uses thereof
The present invention provides oligomeric compounds. Certain such oligomeric compounds are useful for hybridizing to a complementary nucleic acid, including but not limited, to nucleic acids in a cell. In certain embodiments, hybridization results in modulation of the amount activity or expression of the target nucleic acid in a cell.
US10202596B2 Porous membrane having immobilized enzyme, porous membrane composite including the same, and preparation method thereof
Disclosed herein is a porous membrane having an immobilized enzyme wherein the enzyme is immobilized within pores which are three-dimensionally connected to each other. The porous membrane having the immobilized enzyme is three-dimensionally crosslinked in a molecular level wherein nanopores of 5 to 100 nm are interconnected, so that the immobilized enzyme may be in contact with a reactant in all directions, and the reaction solution may be easily diffused, thereby proceeding with the catalytic reaction fast and conveniently without deterioration of material transport.
US10202592B2 Polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US10202589B2 Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with altered PAM specificity
Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with altered and improved PAM specificities and their use in genomic engineering, epigenomic engineering, and genome targeting.
US10202587B2 Vulcanisaetal phosphotriesterase-like lactonases (PLL) having enhanced properties and the uses thereof
Provided is a mutated hyperthermophilic PTE having a lactonase activity derived from a hyperthermophilic phosphotriesterase corresponding to the consensus sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, the mutated PTE including the at least one mutation chosen amongst 55 putative positions and the mutated PTE having enhanced properties. Also provided are compositions including the mutated hyperthermophilic PTE and the uses thereof, notably as bioscavenger of organophosphate compounds or as quorum quencher of the bacteria using lactones to communicate.
US10202575B2 System for switching over the exhaust air of a bioreactor
A system (1) is provided for switching over exhaust air of a bioreactor (2) that has a disposable container (3). The system (1) has at least two exhaust air ducts (4, 5) connecting the disposable container (3) to exhaust air filters (6, 7, 18, 18′). A valve (8) is disposed in at least one of the at least two exhaust air ducts (4, 5) and enables the associated exhaust air filter (6, 7, 18, 18′) to be freed.
US10202571B2 Co-incubating confined microbial communities
This invention provides devices and methods that enable co-incubation of microorganisms. Also provided are methods of making such devices for co-incubation of microorganisms, and various applications of such devices.
US10202548B1 Modification of sand with superhydrophobic silica/wax nanoparticles
The modification of sand with superhydrophobic silica/wax nanoparticles may provide for water storage, applicable, for example, in desert environments. In particular, highly thermal stable superhydrophobic coats for sand are made of nanoparticles composed of superhydrophobic silica capped with paraffin wax. Superhydrophobic sand modified by such nanoparticles addresses issues of water storage in desert environments, capitalizing on sand resource utilization. Superhydrophobic sand, as modified, has excellent water repellency and great water-holding capacity. The superhydrophobic sand modified with superhydrophobic silica/wax nanoparticles can be applied for the desert water storage for agriculture and planting.
US10202541B2 Fracturing fluid and method of use
The disclosure describes aqueous fracking fluid comprising crosslinked cationic cellulose, methods for preparing the aqueous fracking fluid, and methods of using the aqueous fracking fluid.
US10202540B2 Zirconium gel particle combination flooding system and preparation method thereof
The invention belongs to the field of oilfield chemistry and specifically relates to a zirconium gel particle combination flooding system. The zirconium gel particle combination flooding system comprises multi-scale 1 zirconium gel particles, polyether nonionic surfactant, and water as mixing liquid; the weight percentage of multi-scale zirconium gel particles in the combination flooding system ranges from 0.16% to 0.24%; the weight percentage of polyether nonionic surfactant in the combination flooding system ranges from 0.1% to 0.4%; the rest is water, and the sum of the weight percentage of the each component is 100%. The multi-scale zirconium gel particles and polyether nonionic surfactant of the present invention perform good synergistic effect, which reduces the oil/water interfacial tension to the order of magnitude of 10−3 mN/m, significantly improves the displacing efficiency of the flooding agent, avoids the adverse effects caused by polymer viscosity loss in binary combination flooding or ternary combination flooding and the adverse effects caused by alkalis, as well as improves the flooding performance of the combination flooding system.
US10202533B2 High-temperature high-pressure (HTHP) stable synthetic polymer for water based oil-well servicing fluids
Stable water based High-Temperature-High-Pressure (HTHP) and/or Non-HTHP crosslinked copolymers for oil and gas applications consist of (i) a crosslinked, linear polyvinyl amide/polymerizable carboxylic acid) copolymer, having a composition, by weight, of 25-75 wt. % of a vinyl amide monomer selected from vinyl pyrrolidone, vinyl caprolactam, N-vinyl-N-methylacetamide and mixtures thereof, and 25-75 wt. % of a polymerizable carboxylic acid monomer selected from acrylic acid, (meth)acrylic acid, crotonic acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid and mixture thereof; and (ii) a crosslinker in an amount of 0.01-5% based on weight of total monomers. Also discloses relevant compositions comprising said copolymer and method of use thereof.
US10202532B2 Drilling fluid and method for drilling a wellbore
A method for drilling a wellbore into a formation uses a mixed metal-viscosified drilling fluid including at least 1% potassium salt and/or at least 0.05% calcium sulfate; circulating the drilling fluid through the well; and drilling into a formation. An anionic thinner may be added if the clay concentration of the drilling fluid reaches a problematic level to adversely affect pumpability of the fluid.
US10202529B2 Silicone composition and method for manufacturing heat-conductive silicone composition
A silicone composition that contains an organopolysiloxane having at least two aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon groups per molecule, a filler containing an aluminum powder and a zinc oxide powder, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having two or more SiH groups per molecule, and a platinum group metal catalyst, in which when a storage and loss elastic modulus G″ of the silicone composition is measured by means a viscoelasticity measurement apparatus capable of measuring shear modulus, the silicone composition can provide a cured product wherein G′ after 3,000 seconds from the start of holding is 10,000 Pa or less, G′ after 7,200 seconds from the start of holding is 100,000 Pa or less, and G′ exceeds G″ after 800 seconds or more from the start of holding. As a result, there is provided a silicone composition excellent in crushability, spreadability, and heat conductivity.
US10202517B2 Polymer compositions and coatings
This document provides polymer compositions (e.g., biopolymer compositions) and coatings. For example, methods and materials related to polymer compositions (e.g., biopolymer compositions) and coatings as well as methods and materials for making and using such compositions (e.g., biopolymer compositions) and coatings are provided.
US10202516B2 Printed matter, printer, and printing method
A printed matter is provided. The printed matter comprises a print medium and a print layer on the print medium. The print medium comprises a porous layer having an average pore diameter of from 100 to 400 nm and an average thickness of from 1 to 50 μm. The print layer comprises silver and an aliphatic compound having amino group and hydroxyl group, and has an average thickness of from 50 to 300 nm.
US10202509B2 Colouring composition comprising starch derivatives as a hydrocolloid
The present invention relates to a colouring composition to be used in the manufacture of food and pharmaceutical products.
US10202498B2 Composite plastic part with improved adhesion between the plastic components contained in the composite plastic part
The present invention relates to a plastic composite component (CC) which has a first plastic component (C1) and a second plastic component (C2) and comprises a polyethyleneimine (PEI) for improving the adhesion between C1 and C2. The present invention further relates to a process for producing this plastic composite component (CC), to a process for improving the adhesion between a first plastic component (C1) and a second plastic component (C2) in a plastic composite component (CC) and to the use of polyethyleneimine for improving the adhesion between a first plastic component (C1) and a second plastic component (C2) in a plastic composite component (CC).
US10202495B2 Enzymatically modified lignins
The present invention relates to water-soluble modified lignins preparable by enzymatic reaction of at least one water-insoluble lignin with at least one organic compound which possesses at least one group selected from primary or secondary amino group, hydroxyl group and phenyl group and has an average molecular weight in the range from 75 to 2500 g/mol. The water-soluble modified lignins are preparable under mild conditions in a simple process. They can be used as dispersants for mineral binder compositions, where they act as plasticizers and in so doing prolong the setting time to much less of an extent than the water-insoluble lignins used in their preparation.
US10202488B2 Isocyanate-free synthesis of carbonate-modified polymers
The present invention relates to an isocyanate-free and preferably solvent-free process for preparing polymers containing five-membered cyclic carbonate groups. In particular, the present invention is directed to a process for preparing polymers bearing cyclic carbonate groups by reacting carboxyl-bearing polymers selected from the group including polyesters based on di- or polyols and di- or polycarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof or poly(meth)acrylates, with hydroxyl-functionalized five-membered cyclic carbonates, without addition of isocyanates.
US10202485B2 Polymerizable composition for optical material, optical material, and method of manufacturing optical material
The polymerizable composition for an optical material of the present invention includes: (A) a compound having a carbon-carbon triple bond and at least one group selected from an isocyanate group and an isothiocyanate group in a molecule; and (B) a polythiol compound.
US10202484B2 Shape-memory-self-healing polymers (SMSHPS)
A shape-memory self-healing polymeric network (SMSHP) is useful as a molded part, a coating, or as a matrix for a composite that can be repaired by heating to a controlled temperature. The SMSHP has thermally reversible repeating units where a thermally reversible adduct is situated between two common linking units formed during a polymerization process between thermally reversible monomers and cross-linking monomers. Optionally, other repeating units can be present from other monomers. Shape-memory results when the SMSHP is warmed to a temperature in excess of its glass transition temperature and self-healing then proceeds when a higher temperature is achieved where thermally reversible adducts dissociates to complementary groups that subsequently reform the adduct without distortion of the memorized shape. The thermally reversible adducts can be Diels-Alder (DA) adducts in a polyurethane, poly urea, or amine epoxy SMSHP network.
US10202480B2 Block copolymer
The present application provides the block copolymers and their application. The block copolymer has an excellent self assembling property and phase separation and various required functions can be freely applied thereto as necessary.
US10202467B2 Methods and compositions for increasing α-L-iduronidase activity in the CNS
Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating a subject suffering from a deficiency in α-L-Iduronidase in the CNS. The methods include systemic administration of a bifunctional fusion antibody comprising an antibody to a human insulin receptor and an α-L-Iduronidase. A therapeutically effective systemic dose is based on the specific CNS uptake characteristics of human insulin receptor antibody-α-L-Iduronidase fusion antibodies as described herein.
US10202466B2 Linked peptide fluorogenic biosensors
Biosensors, compositions comprising biosensors, methods of producing biosensors, and methods of using biosensors are disclosed. The biosensors comprise a fluorogen-activating peptide and a blocking peptide. The fluorogen-activating peptide and blocking peptide are covalently linked through a peptide linker. The blocking peptide associates with the fluorogen-activating peptide thereby blocking an active domain of the fluorogen-activating peptide when the linker is in an unmodified state. The peptide linker may contain an amino acid sequence that is specifically recognized as a modification substrate by a cognate enzyme. The fluorogen-activating peptide and the blocking peptide at least partially disassociate when the linker is modified by an enzyme, thereby allowing the fluorogen-activating peptide to bind a cognate fluorogen and modulate a fluorescence signal.
US10202465B2 Methods for treating conditions associated with MASP-2 dependent complement activation
In one aspect, the invention provides methods of inhibiting the effects of MASP-2-dependent complement activation in a living subject. The methods comprise the step of administering, to a subject in need thereof, an amount of a MASP-2 inhibitory agent effective to inhibit MASP-2-dependent complement activation. In some embodiments, the MASP-2 inhibitory agent inhibits cellular injury associated with MASP-2-mediated alternative complement pathway activation, while leaving the classical (C1q-dependent) pathway component of the immune system intact. In another aspect, the invention provides compositions for inhibiting the effects of lectin-dependent complement activation, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a MASP-2 inhibitory agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US10202463B2 Cell-based anti-cancer compositions with reduced toxicity and methods of making and using the same
Isolated pluralities of T cells which recognize at least one epitope of an intestinal cancer antigen or CNS cancer antigen and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are disclosed. Methods of making a plurality of T cells that recognize at least one epitope of an intestinal cancer antigen or CNS cancer antigen are also disclosed. Methods of treating an individual who has been diagnosed with cancer of a mucosal tissue or preventing such cancer in an individual at elevated risk are disclosed as are nucleic acid molecules that comprise a nucleotide sequence that encode proteins that recognize at least one epitope of an intestinal cancer antigen or CNS cancer antigen and T cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules.
US10202458B2 IGF-1R antibody and its use as addressing vehicle for the treatment of cancer
The present invention relates to an antibody, in particular a monoclonal antibody, capable of binding to IGF-1R, as well as the amino and nucleic acid sequences coding for said antibody. From one aspect, the invention relates to an antibody, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, capable of binding to IGF-1R and, by inducing internalization of IGF-1R, being internalized into the cell. The invention also comprises the use of said antibody as an addressing product or vehicle in conjugation with other anti-cancer compounds such as toxins, radio-elements or drugs, and the use of same for the treatment of certain cancers.
US10202457B2 Anti-DEspR monoclonal antibody targeted therapy and imaging for cancer and stroke
Provided herein are novel compositions comprising anti-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof derived from 6G8G7 and 7C5B2 anti-DEspR variant antibodies, including fully human, composite engineered human, humanized, monoclonal, and polyclonal anti-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof, and methods of their use in a variety of therapeutic applications. The compositions comprising the anti-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof described herein are useful in diagnostic and imaging methods, such as DEspR-targeted molecular imaging of angiogenesis, and for companion diagnostic and/or in vivo non-invasive imaging and/or assessments.
US10202456B2 Method for producing polypeptides using PDK-inactivated cells
Provided is a recombinant cell including inactivated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK) gene, a composition for producing a polypeptide of interest including the recombinant cell, and a method of producing a polypeptide of interest using the recombinant cell.
US10202454B2 Anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies and fragments thereof
The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery of monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to the cytoplasmic domain of PD-L1 antibodies useful for diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic applications, as well as immunoglobulins polypeptides, and nucleic acids thereof.
US10202443B2 TDP-43-binding polypeptides useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
Provided herein are antigen-binding constructs such as antibodies that bind to the RRM-1 domain of TDP-43. The antigen-binding constructs are capable of blocking the interaction of TDP-43 with NF-κB in cells. Also provided herein are method of using the antigen-binding constructs in the treatment of diseases associated with TPD-43 proteinopathy, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemperal lobar degeneration (FTLD), Lewy body disease and motor neuron disease.
US10202440B2 Methods of treating and preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections and associated conditions
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for preventing and treating Staphylococcus aureus in a subject. Therapeutic compositions of the present invention comprise leukocidin E and/or D proteins or polypeptides and anti-leukocidin E and/or D antibodies. The invention further relates to methods of identifying inhibitors of LukE/D cytotoxicity and inhibitors of LukE/D-leukocyte binding.
US10202433B2 IL-15 mutant polypeptides as IL-15 antagonists and encoding nucleic acids
The present relates to interleukin 15 (IL-15) antagonists and uses thereof, in particular for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases. In particular, the present invention relates to an IL-15 mutant polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 wherein the leucine residue at position 45 is substituted by an aspartic acid residue, the asparagines residue at position 65 is substituted by a lysine residue and the leucine residue at position 69 is substituted by an arginine residue.
US10202432B2 Dual targeting drug carrier and application thereof
A dual targeting drug carrier is provided. The dual targeting drug carrier comprises a first targeting molecule and a second targeting molecule, wherein the targeting molecule comprises peptide, protein or antibody. The targeting molecule can bind to specific receptors, proteins, or glycoproteins to recognize the specific tumor cells, tissues, or organs. The dual targeting drug carriers are further conjugated with imaging agents, radioactive molecules (radiopharmaceuticals, isotopes, or chemotherapeutic drugs) or nanoparticles to form a conjugate.
US10202428B2 Compositions and methods for the delivery of oxygen
H—NOX proteins are mutated to exhibit improved or optimal kinetic and thermodynamic properties for blood gas O2 delivery. The engineered H—NOX proteins comprise mutations that impart altered O2 or NO ligand-binding relative to the corresponding wild-type H—NOX domain, and are operative as physiologically compatible mammalian blood O2 gas carriers. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, kits, and methods that use wild-type or mutant H—NOX proteins for the treatment of any condition for which delivery of O2 is beneficial.
US10202426B2 Flagellin compositions and uses
The present invention relates to compositions comprising improved flagellin derived constructs and methods of using the same in the treatment of various diseases.
US10202421B2 Tumor-targeting compounds
The invention relates to a novel compounds targeting human cancer cells, a method for synthesis of such compounds, and use of such compounds in treating cancer.
US10202418B2 Hydroxy-ethylene derivatives for the treatment of arthrosis
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I and in particular medicaments comprising at least one compound of the formula I for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions in the triggering of which cathepsin D is involved, in particular for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of arthrosis, traumatic cartilage injuries, arthritis, pain, allodynia or hyperalgesia.
US10202413B2 Neuroactive enantiomeric 15-, 16- and 17-substituted steroids as modulators for GABA type-A receptors
The present disclosure is generally directed to neuroactive enantiomeric 15-, 16- and 17-substituted steroids with additional optional substituents at carbons 3, 4, 6, 7, 10 and 13, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use as, for example, modulators for GABA type-A receptors. The present disclosure is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
US10202409B2 1, 1′ -bis(phosphino)ferrocene ligands for alkoxycarbonylation
Compound of formula (I) where R2, R4 are each independently selected from —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl; the R1, R3 radicals are each a —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl radical; R1, R3 may each independently be substituted by one or more substituents selected from —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —O—(C1-C12)-alkyl-(C6-C20)-aryl, —O—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —S—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —S—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —COO—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —COO—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —CONH—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —CONH—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —CO—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —CO—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —N—[(C1-C12)-alkyl]2, —(C6-C20)-aryl, —(C6-C20)-aryl-(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl-O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl-(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl-O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —COOH, —OH, —SO3H, —NH2, halogen; R2, R4, if they are —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl or —(C6-C20)-aryl, may each independently be substituted by one or more substituents selected from —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —O—(C1-C12)-alkyl-(C6-C20)-aryl, —O—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —S—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —S—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —COO—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —COO—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —CONH—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —CONH—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —CO—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —CO—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —N—[(C1-C12)-alkyl]2, —(C6-C20)-aryl, —(C6-C20)-aryl-(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl-O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl-(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl-O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —COOH, —OH, —SO3H, —NH2, halogen. The invention also relates to Pd complexes of the compound according to the invention, and to the use thereof in an alkoxycarbonylation process.
US10202397B2 Anti-cancer compounds targeting Ral GTPases and methods of using the same
Methods of inhibiting the growth or metastasis of a cancer in a subject by inhibiting a Ral GTPase in the subject, and small molecule inhibitors of Ral GTPases useful in the methods of the invention. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of the invention, and methods of using the same.
US10202395B2 Macrocycle with repeating triazole-carbazole units
Disclosed herein are compositions of tricarbazole triazolophane (tricarb) of Formulas (I), (II) and (III): wherein R of Formula (I) is selected from a group consisting of alkyl (for example, C6-C18), alkyl-substituted phenyl derivatives, and substituted glycol derivatives, among others, or a combination thereof, and R, R′ and R″ of Formulas (II) and (III) are independently selected from a group consisting of alkyl (for example, C6 to C18), alkyl-substituted phenyl derivatives, and substituted glycol derivatives, or a combination thereof. The disclosure presents examples of thin films composed of the same as well as methods of binding anions from the same.
US10202392B2 Synthesis of lactams
Methods for the synthesis of lactams are presented whereby a carboxylic acid of the formula HOOC—OR—NH-LG, wherein OR is an organic moiety and LG is a leaving group, is reacted with an acid, such as an organic acid, in particular a strong acid, and a dehydrating agent, which may be one in the same such as a strong acid anhydride, such that the amount of acid added allows for the desired transformation to take place without the loss of the leaving group (LG) before the cyclization, and recovering the lactam.
US10202388B2 Fused-ring compounds, pharmaceutical composition and uses thereof
This disclosure is related to a fused-ring compound of formula (I) and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the fused ring compound of formula (I) and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, preparation methods thereof, and use thereof in modulating activity of indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO) and/or tryptophan 2, 3-dioxygenase (TDO). This disclosure further provides methods of treating IDO and/or TDO-associated diseases, including cancer, viral infection and autoimmune diseases.
US10202383B2 8-[3-amino-piperidin-1-yl]-xanthines, the preparation thereof and their use as pharmaceutical compositions
The present invention relates to substituted xanthines of general formula wherein R1 to R3 are as defined herein, the tautomers, the stereoisomers, the mixtures, the prodrugs thereof and the salts thereof which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibiting effect on the activity of the enzyme dipeptidylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV).
US10202380B2 Pesticidally active tetracyclic derivatives with sulfur containing substituents
Compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
US10202379B2 Substituted polycyclic carbamoyl pyridone derivative prodrug
The present invention provides a compound having antiviral effects, particularly having growth inhibitory activity on influenza viruses, a preferred example of the compound being a substituted 3-hydroxy-4-pyridone derivative prodrug having cap-dependent endonuclease inhibitory activity.
US10202372B2 Trisubstituted pyrido[2,3-D]pyrimidines, methods for preparing same and therapeutic uses thereof
The present invention relates to compounds of the following general formula (I): wherein: R1 is notably a group —NRaRb, Ra and Rb forming together with the nitrogen atom onto which they are bound, a heterocycle comprising from 5 to 30 atoms, R2 is notably an aryl comprising from 5 to 30 atoms, and R3 is notably an alkenyl comprising from 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
US10202366B2 Methods of promoting wound healing using CRM1 inhibitors
The invention generally relates to the use of nuclear transport modulators, e.g., CRM1 inhibitors, and more particularly to a compound represented by structural formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ring A, X, R1, R2 and n are as defined and described herein, in a method for promoting wound healing in a subject.
US10202363B2 Compounds, compositions and methods
The disclosed subject matter provides certain polymorphic forms of Compound (I) as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising Compound (I) or such polymorphic forms, and methods of using or making such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. It has now been discovered that Compound (I) can exist in multiple crystalline forms (polymorphs). One particular crystalline form, Form II, has been found to be more thermodynamically stable and, thus, likely more suitable for bulk preparation and handling than other polymorphic forms. Efficient and economic methods have been developed to prepare Compound (I) and Form II in high purity on a large scale. In animal studies, Form II has demonstrated safety and efficacy in treating depressive disorders and, when micronized, improved absorption compared to non-micronized Form II.
US10202362B2 Inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase
This present disclosure is directed to compounds of formula (I): where R1a, R3, Y, and Z are described herein, as single stereoisomers or as mixtures of stereoisomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, polymorphs, ammonium ions, N-oxides or prodrugs thereof; which are leukotriene A4 hydrolase inhibitors and therefore useful in treating inflammatory disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds described herein and methods of preparing the compounds described herein are also provided.
US10202355B2 Hydantoins that modulate bace-mediated app processing
In certain embodiments hydantoin compounds are provided herein that are effective to inhibit BACE activity against APP. Without being bound to a particular theory, it is believed the activity of the hydantoins identified herein appears to be associated with binding to BACE and/or to APP particularly when these moieties form a BACE/APP complex. Accordingly, it is believed the compounds described herein represent a new class of compounds designated herein as APP-Binding-BACE Inhibitors (ABBIs) and provide a new mechanism to modulate APP processing. The hydantoins described herein appear to show improved brain permeability and functional BACE inhibition.
US10202352B2 Process for preparation of aminopyrazole
The present disclosure relates to an improved diazotization process for the preparation of 5-amino-3-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl) pyrazole.
US10202351B2 Pyrazolyl derivatives as pest control agents
The invention comprises novel pyrazolyl derivatives of the general formula (I) Also described are processes for preparing the compounds of the formula (I). The compounds according to the invention are especially suitable for controlling insects and archnids in agriculture, and ectoparasites in veterinary medicine.
US10202347B2 Compound, production method therefor, and use of said compound
The present application provides novel compounds having anti-cancer or anti-Helicobacter pylori activity, pharmaceutical compositions and method for producing and using the novel compound.
US10202343B2 MIF modulators
The invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that modulate levels of MIF expression and treat disorders associated with high or low levels of MIF expression.
US10202340B2 Glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors and therapeutic methods using the same
Glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of using the glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors in the treatment of diseases and conditions wherein inhibition of glucosylceramide synthase provides a benefit, like Gaucher disease and Fabry disease, also are disclosed.
US10202336B2 Plant for urea production
Plant for the synthesis of urea, comprising: a synthesis section comprising at least one reactor, a compressor for supplying CO2 to said synthesis section, a gas turbine for the operation of said CO2 compressor and a heat recovery steam generator; the heat source of said heat recovery steam generator consists of the exhaust gases of said gas turbine, and at least one steam flow produced by said heat recovery steam generator is used as heat source for at least one component of said urea plant.
US10202332B2 Method for preparing 2-amino-N-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl) acetamide
Disclosed are methods for preparing compounds of Formula 1 and 1A. The first method utilizes a benzyl carbamate amine protecting group and an intermediate of Formula 4. The second method utilizes a tert-butyl carbamate amine protecting group and an intermediate of Formula 7. The third method utilizes a dibenzyl amine protecting group. Also disclosed is a compound, phenylmethyl N-[2-oxo-2-[(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)amino]ethyl]carbamate (a compound of Formula 4). Further disclosed is a method for preparing a compound of Formula 14 from a compound of Formula 15 and a compound of Formula 1 or 1A.
US10202326B2 Polyprenylated phloroglucinol compounds as potent P-glycoprotein inducers
The present invention relates to the polyprenylated phloroglucinol compounds of formulae I and II. The present invention also provides synthesis and p-glycoprotein induction activity of the alkyl- and acyl-polyprenylated phloroglucinol compounds. Further, use of the compounds as p-glycoprotein inducers and methods of treatment of Alzheimer's disease using compounds of the invention are also provided.
US10202314B2 Controlled release fertilizer employing epoxidized fatty acid triglyceride oil as a coating additive
A controlled release fertilizer material comprising a particulate plant nutrient surrounded by at least one coating comprising the reaction product of a mixture comprising a polyol, an isocyanate, a wax and an epoxidized fatty acid triglyceride oil.
US10202309B2 Cubic boron nitride sintered body cutting tool
A cBN sintered material cutting tool is provided. The cBN cutting tool includes a cutting tool body, which is a sintered material including cBN grains and a binder phase, wherein the sintered material comprises: the cubic boron nitride grains in a range of 40 volume % or more and less than 60 volume %; and Al in a range from a lower limit of 2 mass % to an upper limit Y, satisfying a relationship, Y=−0.1X+10, Y and X being an Al content in mass % and a content of the cubic boron nitride grains in volume %, respectively, the binder phase comprises: at least a Ti compound; Al2O3; and inevitable impurities, the Al2O3 includes fine Al2O3 grains with a diameter of 10 nm to 100 nm dispersedly formed in the binder phase, and there are 30 or more of the fine Al2O3 grains generated in an area of 1 μm×1 μm in a cross section of the binder phase.
US10202307B2 Sintered ceramic material, powder composition for obtaining thereof, manufacturing process and ceramic pieces thereof
The present application discloses a sintered ceramic material having high fracture toughness and bending strength, which is obtained from an yttria-stabilized Zirconia powder, the powder composition for obtaining said material, sintered ceramic pieces and manufacturing process thereof. One of the solutions of the present invention discloses a sintered ceramic material which is obtained from an yttria-stabilized zirconia powder, comprising between 1.8 and 2.1 mol % yttria, wherein the sintered ceramic material has a percentage of tetragonal phase greater than 90% at room temperature, a grain size between 0.1 to 0.25 μm, the bending strength is between 1150-2100 MPa, and simultaneously a toughness greater than 10 MPa·m1/2. This material may be applied in different sintered ceramic pieces, including pieces for the automotive sector, for diverse machinery, ornamental applications such as timepieces or pieces for biomedical applications, among others.
US10202304B2 Component for low-temperature applications
The present disclosure relates to a component for low-temperature applications, a process for producing such a component, and the use thereof.
US10202302B2 Lithium containing glass with high and low oxidized iron content, and products using same
A low infrared absorbing lithium glass includes FeO in the range of 0.0005-0.015 wt. %, more preferably 0.001-0.010 wt. %, and a redox ratio in the range of 0.005-0.15, more preferably in the range of 0.005-0.10. The glass can be chemically tempered and used to provide a ballistic viewing cover for night vision goggles or scope. A method is provided to change a glass making process from making a high infrared absorbing lithium glass having FeO in the range of 0.02 to 0.04 wt. % and a redox ratio in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 to the low infrared absorbing lithium glass by adding additional oxidizers to the batch materials. A second method is provided to change a glass making process from making a low infrared absorbing lithium glass to the high infrared absorbing lithium glass by adding additional reducers to the batch material. In one embodiment of the invention the oxidizer is CeO2. An embodiment of the invention covers a glass made according to the method.
US10202300B2 Strengthened glass articles, edge-strengthened laminated glass articles, and methods for making the same
A method of manufacturing a laminated glass article is disclosed that includes forming a laminated glass article with at least one glass cladding layer and a glass core layer adhered to the glass cladding layer. The glass core layer is amenable to crystallization and optionally has a viscosity amenable to forming by a fusion lamination method. The method further includes removing a portion of the laminated glass article such that the glass core layer is exposed on at least one edge of the laminated glass article, and crystallizing at least a portion of the exposed glass core layer. A crystallized or semi-crystallized surface of the exposed glass core layer has a lower CTE than a remainder of the glass core layer. A laminated glass article and a glass article having a crystalline or semi-crystalline surface portion that is integral with a bulk of the glass body are also disclosed.
US10202299B2 Glass film ribbon manufacturing method and glass film ribbon manufacturing device
Provided is a glass film ribbon manufacturing device (1), including: a transverse conveyance unit (4), which is configured to convey a glass film ribbon (G) in a transverse direction; and a cleaving unit (5), which is arranged on a conveyance path of the transverse conveyance unit (4), and is configured to cleave the glass film ribbon (G) along a preset cleaving line extending in a longitudinal direction, the transverse conveyance unit (4) including a wrinkle-smoothing unit (14) configured to smooth a wrinkle generated in the glass film ribbon (G) before the glass film ribbon (G) is cleaved by the cleaving unit (5).
US10202295B2 Water biotreatment unit
A water treatment unit has a support housing vertically extending between a support housing upper end and a support housing lower end. The support housing includes a pair of opposing primary housing walls and a pair of opposing secondary housing walls. Each of the secondary housing walls is formed separately from, and mechanically joined to, each of the primary housing walls. Each of the primary housing walls is perforated to allow airflow in a first direction laterally through a treatment cavity defined by the housing walls. A plurality of hangers extend in the first direction between the primary housing walls and are supported by the support housing. The hangers are mutually spaced between the secondary housing walls across the treatment cavity (23). A plurality of biotreatment membranes each carry a biomass culture and are draped over, and supported by, one of the hangers to define two opposing membrane walls each extending downwardly from the hanger.
US10202292B2 System and method of water purification utilizing an ionomer membrane
A water purification system utilizes an ionomer membrane and mild vacuum to draw water from source water through the membrane. A water source may be salt water or a contaminated water source. The water drawn through the membrane passes across the condenser chamber to a condenser surface where it is condensed into purified water. The condenser surface may be metal or any other suitable surface and may be flat or pleated. In addition, the condenser surface may be maintained at a lower temperature than the water on the water source side of the membrane. The ionomer membrane may be configured in a cartridge, a pleated or flat plate configuration. A latent heat loop may be configured to carry the latent heat of vaporization from the condenser back to the water source side of the ionomer membrane. The source water may be heated by a solar water heater.
US10202290B1 Oil skimmer
An apparatus for removing oil or other pollutants from the surface of water, comprising a platform having a left side wall, a right side wall, a rear wall, a front opening, a floor, and a bottom, one or more ballasts which adjust the platform floor relative to a level of oil on the water surface, wherein the oil flows from the front opening across the floor to the rear wall, a rear location near the rear wall to collect the oil from the platform floor; and a pump connected to the rear location that removes the oil from the rear location to a storage area which does not affect the ballast of the platform. The skimmer vessel can work stationary in the water, and does not require a propeller means, as the oil will continue to flow into the skimmer as the oil is pumped out of the rear by the gravity flow to the rear of the vessel.
US10202285B1 Dual screen treatment system
Vaults, boxes, systems, and methods of treatment systems to capture pollutants from storm water runoff and prevent the conveyance of these pollutants from entering a receiving water body or landscape area, which is designed to be a part of a local permanent storm water drainage infrastructure. A single treatment box, vault and system combines both drainage conveyance, multi-level treatment techniques, variable hydraulic capabilities, and easy and inexpensive methods for servicing the system. A flow spreader can split incoming water to pass into dual screen filtration systems. The system can include components selected from a shelf beneath the spreader, at least one baffle, skimmer, deflectors, media filtration and water pressure lines with spray heads for cleaning debris on a sloped floor.
US10202275B2 Process for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a microelectromechanical structure and an associated integrated electronic circuit and corresponding semiconductor device
A process for manufacturing an integrated semiconductor device, envisages: forming a MEMS structure; forming an ASIC electronic circuit; and electrically coupling the MEMS structure to the ASIC electronic circuit. The MEMS structure and the ASIC electronic circuit are integrated starting from a same substrate including semiconductor material; wherein the MEMS structure is formed at a first surface of the substrate, and the ASIC electronic circuit is formed at a second surface of the substrate, vertically opposite to the first surface in a direction transverse to a horizontal plane of extension of the first surface and of the second surface.
US10202266B2 Low profile compact tool carriers
Compact tool carriers having a loader mounted to a low-profile mainframe are disclosed. In some embodiments, the pivot points of the mainframe about which the loader is pivoted are low relative to the mainframe to reduce the mainframe size and to lower the center of gravity to improve the stability of the compact tool carrier during use.
US10202256B2 Interfacing destination entry system with building security using switches
A system and method for interfacing a destination entry system with existing security infrastructure of a space. The destination entry system may include at least one destination entry device configured to receive a destination request from a user and an interface device to facilitate communication between the destination entry system and a security system). The interface device may be configured to receive credentials of the user from the security system, co-relate the credentials with areas within a space that the user is authorized to access, identify which one of the at least one destination entry device originated the destination request from the user and communicate the authorized areas and the identified one of the at least one destination entry device to the destination entry system.
US10202246B2 Pedestal for supporting an adhesive melter and related systems and methods
A method of supplying adhesive particulates from a hopper to an adhesive melter is described. Initially, a flow tube is fluidly coupled between the adhesive melter and the hopper. Next, forced air is supplied through the flow tube to move the adhesive particulates from the hopper into the adhesive melter for melting the adhesive particulates into a fluid adhesive.
US10202243B1 Air pressure assisted conveyance system
Disclosed are various embodiments for using air pressure to increase or decrease the force of static friction between an item and the surface of a conveyance system. The conveyance system can include a track and a conveyor segment affixed to the track. The conveyor segment can include an air permeable surface on which an item can be placed. Mounted underneath the air permeable surface is an air displacement device.
US10202241B2 Rack component and rack system
A rack component having a component body with a front, back, top, base, width between the front and the back, and an aperture extending through the component body near the top, the top of the component body configured to be the negative of a cut-out on the base, such that the cut-out on the base of one component body can receive the configuration on the top of an adjacent component body below it. A rack system using a series of the rack components is also disclosed.
US10202238B2 Locking device for a container
A locking device for a container is provided. The locking device contains a weighted mechanism having a mounting block and at least one paddle mounted on the mounting block. The weighted mechanism is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The at least one paddle having two opposing ends. A first end is mounted to the mounting block by a rotatable coupling to allow the paddle to pivot thereon. A second end of the paddle is detachably mounted to a surface of the mounting block, such that a sudden jerking or jarring motion, such as by impact with the ground, causes the second end to detach from the mounting block to block the weighted mechanism from moving from the locked position to the opened position.
US10202237B1 Structures and methods using an integrated ruffle to reduce dust released during emptying of bulk bags
An improved bulk bag for containing dry bulk, granular, and/or pulverized materials designed to prevent dust cloud escape and migration during discharge/emptying of the materials in bulk bag using an integrated dust barrier skirt affixed to the exterior of the bulk bag and telescopable to create a dust cloud curtain prior to content discharge.
US10202236B2 Portable vertical fluid storage tank
A vertical fluid storage tank including a body extending from a first end to a second end and including a substantially oval-shaped cross-section, a top wall connected to the first end of the body, a bottom wall connected to the second end of the body, at least one access opening positioned on the top wall configured for access to an interior cavity of the body, and at least one discharge valve connected to the body. The storage tank is configured to be arranged in at least two positions. The at least two positions include a first position in which the storage tank is arranged parallel to a surface, and a second position in which the storage tank is arranged perpendicular to the surface. A walkway may be positioned in the interior cavity of the body.
US10202235B2 Disposable sealant liquid canister for an inflatable article repair and relative production method
A disposable canister filled with sealant liquid has an inner closure for retaining the sealant liquid inside the canister; a compressed-air inlet conduit; an outlet conduit for receiving the sealant liquid when the closure is in an open position; a first portion having one of the inlet and outlet conduits; and a second portion; the first and second portions being joined by a weld to form a tank which holds the sealant liquid in a ready-for-use position by means of the closure.
US10202234B2 Bed linen packaging
A packaged bed linen includes a packaging box and at least one bed linen disposed in the packaging box. The packaging box has a back panel, four side panels, a first front panel, and a second front panel attached to one of the side panels. The second front panel is configured to fold relative to a side panel to which it is attached. The first front panel is an interior front panel enclosed within the packaging box when the packaging box is in a closed configuration. The second front panel is an exterior front panel. The exterior front panel includes an exterior side panel configured to lay adjacent a side panel when the packaging box is in the closed configuration, and includes an attachment device securing the exterior side panel to the adjacent side panel in the closed configuration.
US10202233B2 Method of making an aerosol container
An aerosol container includes a main body portion that is constructed and arranged to withstand aerosol pressurization within a range that is about 90-180 psig and a threaded finish portion that is unitary with the main body portion. The threaded finish portion has at least one helical thread, a support ledge beneath the helical thread and a secondary flange that is positioned beneath the support ledge. The secondary flange has an outer circumference that is noncircular in at least one location, whereby it may be engaged during a capping operation to prevent rotation of the container during capping. A method of making an aerosol container in which a preform is capped before the blow molding process is also disclosed.
US10202232B2 Dispenser with multi-directional pushbar
A product dispenser includes a housing adapted to receive a refill unit having a product reservoir. A multidirectional pushbar is carried by the housing and movable in a plurality of directions to actuate the pump. The multidirectional pushbar may be carried by a collar pivotally secured around a pushbar support member in the shape of a spherical zone. Pivoting movement of the multidirectional pushbar is converted into an actuating force by a transfer mechanism, which may include a vertically movable carriage. In other embodiments, the multidirectional pushbar may include ramped surfaces and may support a carriage having rolling elements. Lateral movement of the multidirectional pushbar causes the carriage to roll up the ramped surfaces and actuate a pump to dispense a product.
US10202229B2 Easy opening packaging article made from heat-shrinkable film exhibiting directional tear
A heat-shrinkable packaging article has one or more tear initiators for initiating a manual tear that can be propagated to open a package and allow a product to be readily removed therefrom, without the use of a knife or scissors or any other implement. The tear initiators are present in a skirt and/or header of the article. The skirt and/or header has a first side and a second side. In one embodiment, some or all of the first side of the skirt and/or header can be heatset in order to reduce the shrink and curling of the skirt and/or header. This improves identification and utilization of the tear initiators by a consumer upon shrinking the packaging article around the product. In another embodiment, the skirt and/or header has a plurality of pairs of tear initiators to allow portions of the package to be torn off to expose a portion of the product that can then be sliced off while the remainder of the packaged product remains covered by a remainder of the film.
US10202227B2 Plasticizer blend for chlorine stability of water-soluble films
Disclosed herein are water-soluble films comprising a mixture of a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol copolymer including an anionic monomer having a pendant carboxyl group, and a plasticizer blend comprising a first plasticizer comprising sorbitol and a secondary plasticizer selected from the group consisting of glycerol, trimethylolpropane, diglycerol, glycerol propylene oxide polymers, glycerol diacetate, 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol and a combination thereof, wherein (i) when the total plasticizer in the film is less than 12 PHR, then the plasticizer blend comprises sorbitol, glycerol, and at least one additional secondary plasticizer; (ii) when the total plasticizer in the film is at least 12 PHR and less than 20 PHR, then the plasticizer blend comprises sorbitol, glycerol, and at least one additional secondary plasticizer selected from diglycerol, trimethylolpropane and a combination thereof; and (iii) when the total plasticizer in the film is 20 PHR or greater, then sorbitol comprises at least ⅓ of the total plasticizer.
US10202225B2 Cap with toy device
A cap (1) with guarantee seal (14) for flexible packages (100) has a toy compartment (22, 44) and a ball (42) free to move by agitation of the cap, in the toy compartment (22, 44).
US10202215B2 Method for packaging medical supplies
A method of packaging medical supplies includes overlapping a front film onto a back film, at least one of the front and back film being transparent and bacteria impermeable and does not transmit molecules as large as or larger than O2, extending a material that is gas permeable and bacteria impermeable along an opening side of at least one of the front and back film, and sealing the periphery of the front and back films except for the opening to form a packaging bag; inserting medical supplies in the packaging bag and then sealing the bag; sterilizing an interior of the packaging bag with EO gas injected through the material that is gas permeable and bacteria impermeable, removing the gas after sterilization and drying; and sealing the packaging bag so that the material that is gas permeable and bacteria impermeable does not communicate with the inside of the packaging bag.
US10202212B2 Method and apparatus for boxing rectangular articles
A rectangular article boxing method of the present invention includes: a step of erecting upright and aligning a bundle of rectangular articles, gripping, lifting, transferring, and lowering the bundle and inserting the bundle between a first guide and a second guide disposed at a predetermined interval in a carton; a step of displacing the first guide to above the upright bundle; a step of moving the inserted bundle to a position in contact with the existing bundle and holding the bundles with the second guide; a step of holding the upright bundles with the first guide in place of the second guide; and a step of displacing the second guide to a position at the predetermined interval from the first guide to receive the bundle to be conveyed next.
US10202209B2 Launch vehicle and system and method for economically efficient launch thereof
The present disclosure relates to a launch system, a launch vehicle for use with the launch system, and methods of launching a payload utilizing the launch vehicle and/or the launch system. The disclosure can provide for delivery of the payload at a terrestrial location, an Earth orbital location, or an extraorbital location. The launch vehicle can comprise a payload, a propellant tank, an electrical heater wherein propellant, such as a light gas (e.g., hydrogen) is electrically heated to significantly high temperatures, an exhaust nozzle from which the heated propellant expands to provide an exhaust velocity of, for example, 7-16 km/sec, and sliding electrical contacts in electrical connection with the electrical heater. The launch vehicle can be utilized with the launch system, which can further comprise a launch tube formed of concentric electrically conductive tubes, as well as an electrical energy source, such as a battery bank and associated inductor.
US10202204B1 Aircraft-runway total energy measurement, monitoring, managing, safety, and control system and method
A total runway safety system (TRSS) and method measures, monitors, manages, and informs flight crew on the progress of takeoffs and landings and of any hazardous runway conditions. In some embodiments, the TRSS measures, monitors, and informs flight crew of longitudinal and lateral runway tracks thus preventing overruns and veer-offs during takeoffs and landings. In some embodiments, backscatter of infrared laser beams emitted by the aircraft is used to evaluate groundspeed and the reflectivity of the runway surface to make estimates of the surface conditions, roughness and contamination, which affects rolling and braking efforts and acceleration. In some embodiments TRSS evaluates runway surface and predicts tire-surface rolling and braking coefficient of friction. In some embodiments, GPS and similar navigation data, and ATC/airport reported runway braking conditions are evaluated along with the infrared laser, ultrasound and digital images to find best estimates of the runway remaining, current speed, acceleration, and jerk.
US10202198B2 Life-saving equipment for unmanned air vehicles
The life-saving equipment for unmanned air vehicles includes a container with an opening, a parachute, consisting of a parachute canopy, suspension lines and a harness, where the parachute can be folded inside the container, a stopper which divides the inner space of the container into the combustion chamber and the storage chamber for storing the parachute, where the storage chamber is arranged between the stopper and the container opening and where the stopper is designed to be slid out of the container through the opening, and a gas pyro actuator placed in the combustion chamber and connectable to the activation line.
US10202193B2 Reconfigurable payload systems (RPS) with operational load envelopes for aircraft and methods related thereto
Reconfigurable payload systems (RPS) and methods of configuring and using the same with operational load envelopes are disclosed that may be employed to enable external aircraft payloads to be rapidly interchanged or swapped out together with associated internal equipment within a given aircraft so as to modify or change payload capability of the aircraft, e.g., to meet a particular mission and/or to enable use of future payload types as they are developed. The RPS and associated methods may be implemented to allow multiple different payload systems to be swapped in and out on a given aircraft as required based on needs for a given mission.
US10202188B2 Flying and walking drone
The present application discloses an apparatus capable of walking and flight. This apparatus includes a central section supported by a plurality of limbs, wherein a distal end of each of the plurality of limbs defines a contact surface. These limbs are configured to generate a walking-type motion in which the contact surfaces of the limbs cooperate with an environmental surface in a manner sufficient to propel the central section relative the environmental surface. The apparatus further includes a motor operably coupled to at least one limb of the plurality of limbs, wherein the motor is drivingly coupled to a propeller, and wherein the motor and propeller are configured to propel the central section in flight.
US10202186B2 Selectively thrusting propulsion units for aerial vehicles
Aerial vehicles may include propulsion units having motors with drive shafts that may be aligned at a variety of orientations, propellers with variable pitch blades, and common operators for aligning the drive shafts at one or more orientations and for varying the pitch angles of the blades. The common operators may include plate elements to which a propeller hub is rotatably joined, and which may be supported by one or more linear actuators that may extend or retract to vary both the orientations of the drive shafts and the pitch angles of the blades. Operating the motors and propellers at varying speeds, gimbal angles or pitch angles enables the motors to generate forces in any number of directions and at any magnitudes. Attributes of the propulsion units may be selected in order to shape or control the noise generated thereby.
US10202174B2 Buoy with integrated motion compensation
A floating buoy includes a buoy hull having a tower that extends outwardly from the hull. A plurality of sensors are mounted either on the buoy hull, within the buoy hull, and/or on the tower. The plurality of sensors includes at least one met-ocean sensor, at least one ecological sensor, and at least one wind speed measurement sensor. The floating buoy further includes an autonomous power system that is configured to provide electrical power to each of the plurality of sensors. The wind speed measurement sensor may be a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) wind speed measurement sensor, a surface level wind speed sensor, an ultrasonic wind speed sensor, or SODAR.
US10202168B2 Bicycle electronic system
A bicycle electronic system comprising a battery unit, at least one operating unit and a power supply and communication bus, each of said units being connected to said bus is provided. The system comprises first means or controller for switching-off/(re)switching-on able to be activated/deactivated by a user and second means or controller for switching-off/(re)switching-on suitable for disconnecting/connecting said battery unit from/to said power supply and communication bus in response to the activation/deactivation of said first means or controller for switching-off/(re)switching-on. A battery unit and a method for switching-off/(re)switching-on a bicycle electronic system are also described.
US10202164B2 Actuation device for a control cable for a bicycle gearshift
The described actuation device comprises a casing, intended for the attachment to the handlebar of the bicycle, a cable-winding bobbin, angularly mobile in the casing about a main axis of the device, a first driving mechanism, acting on the bobbin to rotate it in a first angular direction, a second driving mechanism, acting on the bobbin to rotate it in a second angular direction opposite the first, as well as indexer assembly for removably holding the bobbin in predetermined angular positions. In accordance with the invention, the indexer assembly comprise first countering member, to counter the rotation of the bobbin in the first direction, and second countering member, distinct from the first countering member, to counter the rotation of the bobbin in the second direction. Asymmetric operation is thus obtained which allows active actuation to be set both for upward gearshifting and for downward gearshifting.
US10202160B2 Front fender of saddle-type vehicle
A front fender that can guide a relative wind to an engine while suppressing increases in the weight and the number of parts. The front fender includes a main body part having a substantially reverse U-shaped section opened downward and step parts extending from left and right end parts of this main body part toward both lateral sides, at least at a part of the front fender on the front side relative to left and right fork tubes. The step parts are formed to extend from a front part of the front fender toward the upper rear side along an upper edge contour line in side view of the front fender and then extend toward the lower rear side at a part near the front side of the fork tubes.
US10202159B2 Absolute acceleration sensor for use within moving vehicles
A communication system for a vehicle comprises a mechanism for sensing a change in speed of the vehicle and a control device for sending a signal to a headlight activation circuit to modulate the vehicle's headlights based upon the change in speed. In particular, a headlight of the vehicle is able to be modulated as the vehicle reduces speed and/or is decelerating as it approaches an intersection. Additionally, the headlight of the vehicle is able to be modulated as the vehicle accelerates from a stopped position or reaches a certain traveling speed. The headlight activation circuit is able to modulate the headlight between an on position and an off position or modulate the headlight between a high beam position and a low beam position. Consequently, the vehicle is better seen as it approaches likely congestion areas such as intersections and slowing or stopped traffic and attempts to enter traffic.
US10202153B2 Platform trailer with reinforced neck
A trailer neck reinforcement structure includes a first beam reinforcement structure that includes: (i) a first beam inner insert connected to an inner side of the first beam; and, (ii) and a first beam outer insert connected to an outer side of the first beam. A second beam reinforcement structure includes: (i) a second beam inner insert connected to an inner side of the second beam; and, (ii) and a second beam outer insert connected to an outer side of the second beam. Internal cross members extend between the first beam inner insert and the second beam inner insert. A first group of external cross members are located between the first beam outer insert and the left side rail, and a second group of external cross members are located between the second beam outer insert and the right side rail. Each external cross member comprises an inner segment connected to an outer segment.
US10202142B2 Rack guide device and steering apparatus including same
A rack guide device includes a rack guide, a blocking member, a plate spring and a holding member. The rack guide is accommodated in an accommodating portion that is formed in a housing through which a rack shaft is inserted so as to move towards or away from the rack shaft and that supports the rack shaft so that the rack shaft slides in an axial direction thereof. The blocking member is fixed to an external opening end provided on an opposite side of the accommodating portion to a side thereof that faces the rack shaft. The disc spring is interposed between the blocking member and the rack guide to bias the rack guide towards the rack shaft. The holding member holds the disc spring and is directly or indirectly held to the rack guide or the blocking member through frictional engagement.
US10202134B2 Train information managing apparatus
A train information managing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a terminal apparatus that communicates with a train-mounted device; and a central apparatus that communicates with the terminal apparatus and the train-mounted device. In at least one of the terminal apparatus and the central apparatus, a processing system that includes a signal processing unit is duplicated, the signal processing unit generating a command signal for the train-mounted device and receiving a response signal made in response to the command signal, and at least one of the signal processing units that receive a response signal from the train-mounted device transmits, to another of the signal processing units, information indicating receipt of the response signal so as to be used to determine a failure in one of the processing systems.
US10202129B2 Bellows, E.G. of a gangway between two articulately connected vehicles
A bellows of a gangway between two articulately connected vehicles, of a canopy roof of an air passenger stair or a bridge or of a gangway into a building, comprises several successively arranged frames and all the frames are divided, preferably in a plane, on two opposite sides, thus forming several bellows parts.
US10202109B2 Brake system for a vehicle and method for operating a brake system for a vehicle
A brake system includes a brake activation element, an activation-element-coupling device having a first piston which is moved into a first internal chamber of the activation-element-coupling device by activating the brake activation element, a master brake cylinder with a second piston to which a driver braking force is transmitted in a driver braking mode to move the second piston into a second internal chamber of the master brake cylinder, a braking medium reservoir, which is hydraulically disconnected from the second internal chamber when the second piston moves a minimum travel distance, and at least a first wheel brake cylinder and at least a first pump. In an external force braking mode, movement of the second piston is prohibited despite the driver's braking force, and the at least one first pump pumps a braking medium volume out of the braking medium reservoir into the at least one first wheel brake cylinder.
US10202108B2 Brake apparatus and brake system
A brake apparatus improved in mountability on a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a master cylinder 4 that generates hydraulic brake pressure by a driver's brake operation, and a stroke simulator 5 that creates an artificial operation reaction force of a brake operation member when the brake fluid flown out of the master cylinder 4 enters the stroke simulator 5. The master cylinder 4 and the stroke simulator 5 are integrally arranged to overlap each other in a perpendicular direction (as viewed from the perpendicular direction) when installed in the vehicle.
US10202105B2 Cleaning arrangement for the cleaning of vehicle windows, and wiper device
The invention relates to a cleaning arrangement (40) for the cleaning of vehicle windows, wherein the cleaning arrangement (40) has a base body (131) with at least one spray opening (42, 43), wherein the base body (131) is able to be connected to a wiper arm (10), and wherein the base body (131) has a supply connection (51) for a cleaning fluid, which supply connection (51) is hydraulically connected to the spray opening (42, 43) via a connecting duct (121). According to the invention, it is provided that a feed connection (141) branches off from the connecting duct (121), which feed connection (141) opens in a connecting chamber (140) of the base body (131), and that the connecting chamber (140) is able to be closed by means of a closure cap (95).
US10202099B2 Utility vehicle
A utility vehicle includes a seat having a seat cushion and a seat back, a seat back cover which covers a rear surface of the seat back, and a seat belt for restraining the occupant to the seat. The seat belt includes a belt, a tongue plate, an anchor disposed outside a seat cushion in a vehicle width direction, a buckle, and a retractor disposed substantially above the anchor for winding the belt. The seat back cover extends over the rear surface of the seat back and extends to a rear side of the retractor.
US10202092B1 Vehicle alarm system
A vehicle alarm system for inhibiting a passenger from being left in a vehicle includes a vehicle has a processor, a pair of rear seats, a theft alarm and door locks. The processor selectively generates an alarm sequence and the processor is electrically coupled to the theft alarm and the door locks. A plurality of pressure sensors is each positioned within an associated one of the rear seats. Each of the pressure sensors detects when a passenger is seated in the associated rear seat. The processor generates the alarm sequence when the vehicle is turned off and at least one of the pressure sensors detects the passenger in the associated rear seat. Moreover, the theft alarm is turned on when the processor generates the alarm sequence to alert that at least one passenger remains in the vehicle thereby inhibiting the passenger from is injured by heat exposure.
US10202090B2 Circuit for controlling an acceleration, braking and steering system of a vehicle
A circuit for controlling an acceleration, braking and steering system of a vehicle having at least two separate motors for actuating the acceleration and braking system, at least two separate motors for actuating the steering system and at least one electronic control unit for controlling the motors. The control unit comprises three identical CPUs and one programmable logic component. Each of the CPUs generates control signals for the motors depending on input control signals and sensor signals of the motors and forwards these control signals to the programmable logic component. The programmable logic component, depending on its programming, forwards the control signals of one of the CPUs to the motors.
US10202085B2 Fastener
A fastening element includes a gripping portion having a gripping face and a back face opposite the gripping face, an anchoring portion comprising an anchor proximal end affixed to the gripping portion and an anchor distal end, the anchoring portion comprising at least one resilient clip configured to anchor the fastening element in a substrate with a retention force greater than an insertion force necessary for inserting the anchoring portion into a mounted position on a substrate.
US10202084B2 System for fastening a door module to a car door
A car fastening system includes a metal clip and a plastics locking body. When an insertion portion of the metal clip is completely inserted into a door module opening, at least two supporting tabs rest on an upper side of the door module and at least two first latching legs engage behind the opening. The insertion portion of the metal clip forms a receptacle for the plastics locking body. By insertion of the plastics locking body into the receptacle, at least two second latching legs are pressed elastically outwards out of an inoperative position such that the latching legs engage behind an opening in the car door. When the plastics locking body is completely inserted into the receptacle, a shifting movement of the second latching legs in order to release the engagement behind the opening in the car door is blocked by the plastics locking body.
US10202063B1 Support bracket for a tractor-trailer semi-truck cab rack
A unitary support bracket for a tractor-trailer semi truck cab rack. The device comprises a metal panel surrounded by a metal flange. The unitary construction and curved design provide structural support for the heavy loads borne by tractor-trailer semi truck cab rack.
US10202051B2 Speed control for back-drive power actuator
A back-drive speed control system for incorporation into an actuated vehicle seating system includes an actuator having a permanent magnet and a coil that can move relative to each other to create a voltage across a first terminal and a second terminal. The actuator is adapted to move a linkage in an actuated vehicle seating system. A biasing member moves one or both of the permanent magnet and the coil such that the first terminal has a positive potential relative to the second terminal. The back-drive speed control system further includes a first diode and a Zener diode in series connected across the first terminal and the second terminal such that the forward current direction of the first diode is oriented in the opposite direction to the forward current direction of the Zener diode.
US10202049B2 Air-cooled fuel-cell vehicle
An air-cooled fuel-cell vehicle includes: a drive motor for the vehicle; an air-cooled fuel cell; an intake duct which is placed on a vehicle front side relative to the fuel cell and guides air to the fuel cell; an air-intake shutter mechanism which opens and closes the intake duct; a storage chamber provided on the vehicle front side relative to a passenger compartment of the vehicle and accommodates the fuel cell, the intake duct, and the air-intake shutter mechanism; a controlling portion which controls the air-intake shutter mechanism; and a collision detector which detects a front collision of the vehicle. The controlling portion controls the air-intake shutter mechanism to a closed side when the front collision of the vehicle is detected, and the intake duct includes a tubular metal plate portion or a resin portion containing an elastomer component.
US10202044B2 Mid-engine extended range electric vehicle
A mid-engine extended range electric vehicle includes a vehicle body, a turbo shaft engine, a battery pack, an electric generator, a vehicle control unit, drive motors, a gas controller, a battery controller, a gas storage tank and an intake box. Wherein the vehicle body includes a main body, bottom structure thereof forms frames of the vehicle; the engine is arranged on the frames between front and rear axles and near to the rear axle; an output shaft axis of the engine is located on a symmetry plane of the vehicle body, and an air inlet thereof faces tail of the vehicle; the intake box is communicated with the air inlet and is communicated with intake grilles on a covering piece of the vehicle body via pipelines. The vehicle has features of high effective energy conversion, good operating performance, long endurance mileage and high strength body.
US10202042B2 Electric vehicle power conversion system
A power conversion system includes a controller to control discharge of a smoothing condenser based on at least one signal received through an input. The at least one signal indicates a failure of a discharge circuit configured to discharge the smoothing condenser The controller controls discharge of stored charge in the smoothing condenser through parasitic resistance components of a power system which includes the smoothing condenser. The power conversion system may be used with an electric vehicle.
US10202039B2 Control device for engine
A control device for controlling an engine based on a vehicle operating state is provided, which includes a steering angle detector for detecting a vehicle steering angle, and a processor configured to execute a basic target torque determining module for determining a basic target torque based on a vehicle operating state, a slip controller for acquiring the steering angle from the steering angle detector, detecting a slip state of wheels based on part of the vehicle operating state, and determining a torque control amount based on the slip state, a torque reduction amount determining module for acquiring the steering angle and determining a torque reduction amount based thereon, a final target torque determining module for determining a final target torque based on the basic target torque, the torque reduction amount, and the torque control amount, and an engine controlling module for controlling the engine to output the final target torque.
US10202036B2 Fuel tank and fuel tank mounting structure
In a fuel tank, high-rigidity portions are formed to protrude to an inner side from a part of a wall portion inside the fuel tank, the wall portion defining a closed space. A built-in part is fixed to the high-rigidity portions, and is also fixed to the horizontal portion. Therefore, when the fuel tank is deformed, deformation of the high-rigidity portions is restrained, so displacement of the built-in part is restrained. As a result, deformation is restrained in the horizontal portion of the fuel tank fixed to the built-in part that is restrained from being displaced when the fuel tank is deformed.
US10202034B2 Active grille shutter multi part modular frame
An active grille shutter arrangement having a modular frame. The active grille shutter arrangement includes a primary frame piece defining a width and height of an aperture of the modular frame, wherein in the primary frame piece has a motor housing, and upper frame portion having a first end and a second end, a lower frame portion having a first end and a second end and the motor housing extends between the upper frame portion and the lower frame portion. There is a plurality of secondary frame pieces. The modular frame of the active grille shutter arrangement is formed by the connection of the primary frame piece in the secondary frame piece, wherein the modular frame defines the aperture. The active grille shutter arrangement further includes a plurality of vanes rotatably positioned between the first end cap and the second end cap for controlling the amount of air flowing through the one or more apertures of the modular frame. The motor housing of the frame piece extends between the upper frame portion and the lower frame portion.
US10202031B2 Apparatus and method for delivering power in a hybrid vehicle
A method and apparatus for delivering power to a hybrid vehicle is disclosed. The apparatus includes an apparatus for delivering power to a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle including a powertrain having a power take-off coupling, the powertrain including an engine and a transmission. The apparatus includes an electric motor operable to generate a torque, the motor being coupled to transmit a starting torque through the power take-off of the powertrain for starting the engine.
US10202020B2 Electric compressor control system and electric compressor for vehicular air conditioning device provided with said system
The present invention suppresses electromagnetic noise generated from a substrate on which a microcomputer and the like are mounted. An electric compressor control system has regions divided by a plurality of ground patterns formed on a substrate. On the substrate, a vehicle information obtaining line is formed so as to traverse the regions divided by the plurality of ground patterns, and the vehicle information obtaining line is connected to a microcomputer provided on the substrate. On the vehicle information obtaining line, a coil is provided at a location that traverses the region and the region divided by the different ground patterns. The coil reduces noise generated from the vehicle information obtaining line.
US10202010B2 Motor vehicle
A motor vehicle is provided having a towing lug at a front end of the motor vehicle. The towing lug is directly accessible. A longitudinal axis of the towing lug is arranged substantially vertical or downward at an angle, such that a free end of the towing lug, at which a lug section of the towing lug is formed, points downward in the direction of a roadway.
US10202009B2 Trailer hitch architecture adaptable to multiple conventional drawbar sizes having drawbar adaptor size-reducing sleeve for attachment pin
The disclosed inventive concept provides a trailer hitch arrangement for use with a drawbar that is adaptable to universally use a high strength conventional hitch pin. Particularly, a reducing pin sleeve is fitted into the hitch pin hole of the drawbar. The inner diameter of the reducing pin sleeve is less than the hitch pin hole conventionally formed in the drawbar while the inner diameter of the reducing pin sleeve is the same as that of the receiver. When the drawbar is fitted into the receiver, the reducing pin sleeve is captured therein, thus preventing side-to-side movement relative to the drawbar. The disclosed inventive concept allows vehicle owners having a standard 3″ receiver trailer hitch which conventionally includes a ⅝″ hitch pin hole to safely and effectively handle above 20,000 lbs. trailer rating by insertion of the hitch pin sleeve into the ¾″ hitch pin hole provided in the drawbar.
US10202000B2 Automobile wheel having vibration damping function
This invention relates to an automobile wheel having a vibration damping function. The automobile wheel includes a disk member connected with an axle hub and a rim member for mounting a tire. A hub cap is to be attached to or detached from one side of the disk member. A vibration damping plate in a shape corresponding to the hub cap is placed on one side of the hub cap to be in contact with the disk member. Vibration damping bushings are positioned at the vibration damping plate to be in contact with the disk member. The vibration damping plate and vibration damping bushings work together to attenuate vibration of the wheel.
US10201996B2 Tape-like member, tape cartridge, and tape printing device
A tape cartridge including a tape member, a tape core on which the tape member is wound, and a cartridge case in which the tape member and the tape core are accommodated. The tape member includes a folded tape main body having a print portion on a first side of the fold and a non-print portion on a second side of the fold. The folded tape main body includes an adhesive layer that pastes the print portion and the non-print portion together. An outermost surface of the print portion forms a print surface. The adhesive layer is provided on an inner surface of the print portion. A first release agent layer is provided abutting the adhesive layer. A second release agent layer is provided on an inner surface of the non-print portion such that the second release agent layer contacts the adhesive layer and the first release agent layer.
US10201994B2 Ink jet printer
A head unit of an ink jet printer is formed with a mist removing space for removing an ink mist generated when an UV ink is discharged by an ink jet head from a gap between the head unit and a table, where the mist removing space is formed with a gas introducing port, arranged at a position between the ink jet head and the LED, for the gas to be introduced from the gap side between the head unit and the table to the mist removing space, an intake port for the gas to be suctioned from the mist removing space toward a sirocco fan side by an airflow generated by the sirocco fan, and a gas discharging port, arranged separately from the intake port, for the gas to be discharged from the mist removing space.
US10201992B2 Image recording apparatus provided with first and second conveying rollers and first and second motors
An image recording apparatus includes first and second conveying passages, a recording portion for recording images, first and second conveying rollers, first and second motors, a power transmission mechanism switchable between a first state and a second state, and a controller. In the first state of the mechanism, the controller drives the first motor to rotate the first and second conveying rollers, thereby conveying a recording medium along the first conveying passage in a first conveying direction. During this conveyance, the controller controls the recording portion to record an image on one surface of the recording medium. Then, the controller switches the mechanism from the first state to the second state, and drives the second motor in the second state of the mechanism to rotate the second conveying roller independently of the first conveying roller, thereby conveying the recording medium along the second conveying passage in a second conveying direction.
US10201990B2 Duplex printing
In one example a method is disclosed for printing duplex images. The method includes printing an image on side A of media, including an alignment mark. Detecting the alignment mark with a sensor. The velocity of the media is determined when the alignment mark is detected. Printing an image on side B of the media where the location of the image on side B is dependent on the velocity of the media. In another example a printer is disclosed that uses the method to print duplex images.
US10201984B2 Printing system
According to one example, there is provided a printing system. The printing system comprises a print engine to print a print job on media in a print zone, a heating module to apply heat to media in a heating zone and a media handling system to move media through a media path comprising the print zone and the heating zone. The system further comprises a controller to determine when a printing operation is stopped, and when it is so determined to control the heating module to stop heating and to control the media handling system to continue advancing media through the media path until a predetermined condition is met.
US10201974B2 Process for producing liquid discharge head
A process for producing a liquid discharge head including a substrate having a liquid supply path passing through from its first surface to second surface and an discharge port forming member having a discharge port communicating with the supply path through a flow path, the process including providing a first layer of photosensitive resin in a region covering an opening of the supply path in the first surface; forming a latent image of a pattern of the flow path in the first layer by exposure; providing a second layer of negative photosensitive resin on the first layer; curing a portion, opposing to the opening of the supply path in the first surface, of the second layer; forming a latent image of a pattern of the discharge port in the second layer by exposure; and developing latent images of patterns of the flow path and discharge port.
US10201973B2 Method and inkjet printer for acquiring gap information
An inkjet printer including an inkjet head, a head scanning unit, a wave shape generating mechanism to deform a recording medium into a predetermined wave shape, an obtaining device to obtain information concerning a type of the recording medium to be used in a printing operation, a gap information storing device to store gap information related to a gap between an ink discharging surface and the recording medium in association with a predetermined type of the recording medium, the gap information being acquired from a predetermined range in the recording medium, and a correcting device to correct the gap information according to the type of the recording medium obtained by the obtaining device when the type of the recording medium obtained by the obtaining device is different from the predetermined type of the recording medium stored in association with the gap information, is provided.
US10201972B2 Recording element substrate and liquid ejection head
A recording element substrate includes: a substrate on which a plurality of energy generating elements that generate energy used for ejecting liquid are arranged side by side, an ejection port forming member in which ejection ports are formed at positions corresponding to the plurality of energy generating elements, a plurality of supply passages which are channels extending in a thickness direction of the substrate and through which liquid is supplied to the energy generating elements, and a support member that is formed between the substrate and the ejection port forming member and supports the ejection port forming member, in which supply ports that are apertures of the plurality of supply passages are linearly arranged side by side on the substrate, and a plurality of support members are provided side by side between adjacent supply ports on the substrate in a direction in which the supply ports are aligned.
US10201960B2 Lamination device
A lamination device that laminates a laminate material on a front surface of a substrate includes a transport unit that transports the substrate in a transport direction, and first and second pressurizing units that pressurize the laminate material disposed on the front surface of the substrate. The second pressurizing unit is movable in the transport direction at a velocity higher than a transportation velocity of the substrate. When the laminate material is laminated on the substrate transported, the first pressurizing unit laminates the laminate material on the substrate from a central portion between an upstream end of the substrate in the transport direction and a downstream end of the substrate in the transport direction toward the upstream side of the transport direction, and the second pressurizing unit laminates the laminate material on the substrate from the central portion of the substrate toward the downstream side of the transport direction.
US10201952B2 Multilayer film for flexible wrapping
A subject of the present invention relates to a multilayer (or laminate) film, that can be used in the field of flexible wrapping, comprising at least 2 thin layers of material bonded together by a layer of an adhesive composition based on a styrene block copolymer. It also relates to a lamination process suitable for the manufacture of said film.
US10201950B2 Device for producing composite material, composite material produced using same, and method for producing composite material
The present invention provides a device for producing a composite material, including: a mat production unit that produces a mat which forms a polymer film having a plurality of fiber layers; a fiber production unit that produces a wide-width fiber which is formed of a plastic resin with a single direction fiber layer; and a composite material production unit to which the mat and the double width fiber are supplied so that the mat and the wide-width fiber are laminated according to a predetermined order of lamination. Also, the present invention provides a composite material produced using the device and a method for producing said composite material.
US10201936B2 Jig and processing method using jig
A jig for assisting in aligning a plurality of rectangular workpieces is in the form of a plate having a plurality of grooves parallel to each other. The grooves have respective one ends aligned straight with each other and have a depth smaller than the thickness of the workpieces. After the workpieces have been fitted in the respective grooves, an adhesive tape is applied to the workpieces and the workpieces are transferred from the jig to the adhesive tape, so that the workpieces are arrayed in alignment with each other on the adhesive tape. The workpieces on the adhesive tape are prevented from being placed in different positions and orientations, and can subsequently be processed efficiently.
US10201931B2 Additive manufacturing system and process with material flow feedback control
A liquefier assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system, which includes a rigid member having a gap, a liquefier tube operably disposed in the gap, one or more heater assemblies disposed in the gap in contact with the liquefier tube, and configured to heat the liquefier tube in a zone-by-zone manner, preferably one or more thermal resistors disposed in the gap between the rigid member and the heater assemblies, and preferably one or more sensors configured to operably measure pressure within the liquefier tube. The one or more heater assemblies may be operated to provide dynamic heat flow control.
US10201929B2 Raft techniques in three-dimensional printing
The strength of a bond between two adjacent layers of a three-dimensional print is weakened by initiating fabrication of a top layer at a height greater than the processing height for the print. This technique may be used in particular at the interface between a raft or other support and an object being fabricated, after which the printing process may return to a regular process height for additional layers used to fabricate the remainder of the object.
US10201926B2 Thermoforming machine and method of instituting a format change
Format change method for a thermoforming machine and a thermoforming machine. A station of the machine includes an upper tool and a lower tool, at least one of the upper and lower tools being suitable for moving in a substantially vertical actuating direction during the operation of the machine. In the method, the upper tool is supported on the lower tool and both tools are subsequently withdrawn from the station and are replaced with new tools. When withdrawing the upper and lower tools from the station and when introducing the new tools therein, the tools are moved simultaneously and jointly in a replacement direction different from the actuating direction.
US10201924B2 High-molecular polysilane and method for the production thereof for producing pre-ceramic molded bodies
A method produces a polysilane by reacting at least two silane monomers and at least one alkali metal. The silane monomers have the following structural units: at least one aryl group, at least one alkyl group, at least one alkenyl group, and at least three halogen atoms. Wherein at least three of the halogen atoms are bonded to a silicon atom of one of the silane monomers, and the reaction step takes place in an ether-containing solvent, particularly preferably dioxane. The obtained polysilane has a high molecular mass and, at 100° C., a viscosity of 1,500 to 3,000 Pa·s. The polysilane is very suitable for being processed to form silicon carbide fibers and fiber composites.
US10201920B2 Apparatus for forming polymer, comprising polymer backflow prevention portion
The present invention provides an apparatus for forming a polymer, comprising: a chamber having a predetermined pressure and storing a molten polymer resin; a foaming agent injection portion connected to the chamber and supplying a foaming agent, which is supplied from the outside, into the chamber by forming a pressure equal to or higher than the pressure inside the chamber; and a polymer backflow prevention portion provided at the foaming agent injection portion, and through which the supplied foaming agent passes so as to increase a contact surface area with the polymer resin, thereby preventing the backflow of the polymer resin.
US10201916B2 Gas dispersion manufacture of nanoparticulates, and nanoparticulate-containing products and processing thereof
In one aspect, the present invention relates to a method of making multi-phase particles that include nanoparticulates and matrix, which maintains the nanoparticulates in a dispersed state. A flowing gas dispersion is generated that includes droplets of a precursor medium dispersed in a gas phase. The precursor medium contains liquid vehicle and at least a first precursor to a first material and a second precursor to a second material. The multi-phase particles are formed from the gas dispersion by removing at least a portion of the liquid vehicle from the droplets of precursor medium. The nanoparticulates in the multi-phase particles include the first material and the matrix in the multi-phase particles includes the second material.
US10201910B2 Wood preservative formulation
According to the present invention there is provided the use of one or more low aromatic or substantially low aromatic solvents as a carrier, for efficacious use within a preservative formulation for treating wood or other cellulosic species. The invention also provides for a wood preservative formulation comprising such a carrier. In an embodiment, the carrier is selected from the commercially-available range of Exxsol® D and Isopar® fluids.
US10201904B2 Synchronizing and braking mechanism for gripper jaws
A device for gripping an object that includes a main body having a first and a second endplate, a baseplate, at least one guide rail, and a first jaw and a second jaw, each receiving the at least one guide rail. The device also includes a first pulley assembly and a second pulley assembly respectively attached to the baseplate and a chain loop respectively attached to the first pulley assembly and the second pulley assembly. The chain loop includes a first chain length and a second chain length and a first link and a second link that attaches the first chain length and the second chain length. Each of the first link and second link include at least one dowel pin. The chain loop is attached to the first jaw and the second jaw by the at least one dowel pin of each of the first link and second link.
US10201894B2 Collet hydraulic hammer bushing
A bushing assembly for a reciprocating device is provided. The bushing assembly includes a hollow bushing housing, a collet guide member, and an adjuster mechanism. The hollow bushing housing has a substantially cylindrical shape and an angled inner sidewall. The collet guide member is disposed radially inward from and contacts the angled inner sidewall of the hollow bushing housing. The adjuster mechanism contacts a lower surface of the collet guide member and urges the collet guide member along the angled inner sidewall of the hollow bushing housing.
US10201889B2 Fully rotatable grinder guard assembly and method for making same
A fully rotatable guard assembly (200) for use with a tool having a rotating disc includes at least one rotatable bearing (215, 223) for positioning on a shaft behind a rotating disc (207). A shield (203) works with the rotatable bearing (215, 223) for preventing sparks or other debris from being projected toward a user. A brake lever (241) is attached to the shield (203) for allowing the user to position the shield (203) at a predetermined position in relation to the rotating disc. The shield (203) is configured to cover approximately one-half (½) of the rotating disc (207) such that the position of the shield (203) can be easily rotated through use of the brake lever (241) for enabling the user to move the shield (203) such that the rotating disc (207) can access a workpiece.
US10201878B2 Laser cutting head with controllable collimator having movable lenses for controlling beam diameter and/or focal point location
A laser cutting head includes a controllable collimator with movable collimator lenses for controlling beam diameter and/or focal point location. The laser cutting head may be used in a laser cutting system with a control system for controlling the position of the movable collimator lenses. The lenses may be moved, for example, to adjust the beam spot size for cutting different types of material or material thicknesses. The lenses may also be moved to adjust a focal point back to the workpiece after changing the distance of the laser cutting head relative to the workpiece.
US10201874B2 Method and apparatus for realizing tubular optical waveguides in glass by femtosecond laser direct writing
Apparatus and method for realizing tubular optical waveguides in glass by femtosecond laser direct writing. Irradiation in glass with focused femtosecond laser pulses leads to decrease of refractive index in the modified region. Tubular optical waveguides of variable mode areas are fabricated by forming the four sides of the modified regions with slit-shaped femtosecond laser pulses, ensuring single mode waveguide with a mode field dimension compatible with direct coupling to single-mode optical fibers.
US10201873B2 Friction stir spot welding device and friction stir spot welding method
A friction stir spot welding device includes a pin member, a shoulder member, a rotation driving unit, a tool driving unit, a position detector, and a controller, wherein the controller sets as reference position of the tip end surface of the pin member or shoulder member at a time point when the pin member tip end surface or shoulder member contacts an obverse surface of an object and controls the tool driving unit reducing a pressing force to the object by the pin member and pressing force to the object by the shoulder member in a next welding process, and/ or controls the rotation driving unit reducing the pin member rotational speed and shoulder member rotational speed in the next welding process, in case where a first position is the position of the tip end surface of the pin member or the shoulder member is within a first region.
US10201868B2 Systems and methods for gesture control of a welding system
A motion detection system having detection circuitry, motion recognition circuitry, and communication circuitry is provided. The detection circuitry is configured to detect gestures or motions of a welding system operator. In some embodiments, the detection circuitry is configured to detect gestures or motions of a welding operator via an accessory device, where the accessory device is in wireless communication with the motion detection system. The motion recognition circuitry receives the detected gestures or motions, and translates the detected gestures or motions into a welding command. The welding command is communicated to a welding system via the communications circuitry, and is configured to adjust an operating parameter of the welding system.
US10201866B2 Method and soldering device for selective soldering with at least one solder nozzle and another functional element which are moved synchronously by a movement device
A soldering apparatus for selective soldering, comprising a solder bath for holding the molten solder at least one solder nozzle a solder pump for conveying solder from the solder bath through the solder nozzle a movement device for the relative movement of the solder nozzle and an assembly to be soldered wherein several solder nozzles are provided in several solder nozzle assemblies, with each solder nozzle assembly having one or more solder nozzles and wherein each solder nozzle assembly may be assigned an assembly, and the movement device is designed for synchronous movement of the several solder nozzle assemblies relative to the respective assemblies in the horizontal X-Y plane, and the soldering machine is so designed that the individual solder nozzle assemblies and the respective assemblies may be moved towards one another and independently of one another in the vertical direction (Z-direction) by means of a coupling device.
US10201863B2 Chop saw for a cutting machine
The invention relates to a chop saw for a cutting machine, having an axis of rotation (2) and comprising a circular first sawtooth disk (4) and a first carrier (3) holding the first sawtooth disk (4), wherein the first saw tooth disk (4) has a plurality of sawteeth (5) over the circumference thereof and/or on the flat surfaces thereof, and wherein the first carrier (3) is symmetrical along the axis of rotation (2), and wherein the first carrier (3) has, on a first carrier surface (7), a retaining mandrel (9) for holding the chop saw (1) in a machine chuck of the cutting machine, and wherein the first sawtooth disk (4) is positioned on a second carrier surface (8) of the first carrier (3), which faces away from the first carrier surface (7), and wherein the chop saw (1) has a second sawtooth disk (11), which is arranged parallel to the first sawtooth disk (4). According to the invention, an outside first disk diameter (DA1) of the first sawtooth disk (4) is smaller than an outside second disk diameter (DA2) of the second sawtooth disc (11), and an axial distance (A) is formed between the first sawtooth disk (4) and the second sawtooth disk (11).
US10201862B2 Cutting tool having a coolant chamber with an integrally formed coolant deflection portion and tool body
A cutting tool includes a replaceable cutting insert and a tool body. The tool body includes a tool body surface and an insert pocket recessed therein. The cutting insert is releasably retained in the insert pocket. The tool body includes at least one coolant duct that has an outlet orifice that opens out in a coolant chamber. The coolant chamber is bounded on a side opposite the outlet orifice by a coolant deflection portion that is integrally formed with the tool body in a unitary one-piece construction and at least partially overhangs the outlet orifice in a direction towards the insert pocket. The coolant deflection portion has a chamber deflection surface configured to deflect a coolant in the direction of a cutting edge of a cutting insert seated in insert pocket.
US10201858B2 Drill bit with an exchangeable cutting portion
A drill bit, which is rotatable in a direction of rotation about an axis of rotation, is disclosed. The drill bit has a cutting portion with an annular portion where the annular portion has a first end on which is a cutting element and has at a second end a first insertion element. The drill bit has a drill shaft portion with a cylindrical drill shaft which has at an end, towards the cutting portion, a second insertion element. In a direction of insertion parallel to the axis of rotation, the insertion elements form a plug-in connection and can be additionally connected by way of at least one pin element which is movable in at least one slit-shaped clearance.
US10201855B2 Cutting insert, tool body and cutting tool
A cutting insert having a first end surface, a second end surface, and a peripheral side surface. The peripheral side surface includes a rake surface, a front flank and a first cutting edge located in an intersecting edge between the rake surface and the front flank. The first end surface includes a central surface and a side flank located closer to the front flank as compared to the central surface. An intersecting edge between the central surface and the peripheral side surface serves as a first edge, and an intersecting edge between the side flank and the peripheral side surface serves as a second edge, and an angle formed by the first cutting edge and the first edge serves as a first angle α, and an angle formed by the first cutting edge and the second edge serves as a second angle β, wherein α is smaller than β.
US10201852B2 Silver particle synthesizing method, silver particles, conductive paste producing method, and conductive paste
A silver particle synthesizing method includes reducing a dispersant from first silver particles each covered with the dispersant to obtain second silver particles. The method further includes synthesizing third silver particles each having a larger particle diameter than the second silver particles by causing a reaction between a silver compound and a reductant in a liquid phase containing the second silver particles.
US10201851B2 Casting device and mold replacement method for casting device
A casting apparatus includes an upper frame to which an upper mold is attached, a lower frame to which a lower mold is attached, an opening/closing mechanism, a first main link member whose central portion is provided with a rotating shaft, a first auxiliary link member whose central portion is provided with a rotating shaft, and a drive unit. The upper frame, the lower frame, the first main link member, and the first auxiliary link member constitute a first parallel link mechanism.
US10201849B2 Composition, a method for preparing said composition, a method for preparing a rigidified fabric, the rigidified fabric so obtained, a filtration device, methods for the manufacture of the filtration device, installation, process and use of said filtration device for the filtration of a liquid metal or an alloy thereof
A composition for preparing a rigidified fabric made of heat resistant fibers or threads of heat resistant fibers, preferably of woven threads made of heat resistant fibers, said composition comprising a mixture of a product A and a product B, the product A being obtained by polymerization of carbohydrate units, natural or synthetic, preferably a saccharide, and more preferably a sugar such as glucose, fructose, galactose, sucrose, maltose, lactose, etc.; and the product B consisting of at least one additive such as a binding agent. A method for preparing said composition, a method for preparing a rigidified fabric of heat resistant fibers, the method for the manufacture of filtering devices, filtering devices so obtained, their use for the filtering of metal, and installation and process involving said filtering devices.
US10201844B2 Apparatus and method for manufacturing laminated iron core
In manufacturing a laminated iron core by laminating and bonding iron core laminates blanked from a sheet steel strip into a prescribed profile, the adhesive agent can be applied to the iron core laminates in a stable manner without regard to the arrangement and the number of the application spots on each iron core laminate. The metallic die machine (1) is provided with an adhesive agent application unit (12) configured to apply an adhesive agent to a prescribed area of the sheet steel strip (W) corresponding to the iron core laminates (2), and the adhesive agent application unit is provided with a casing (44) defining a plurality of adhesive agent storage chambers (55-57) for storing the adhesive agent before the adhesive agent is applied to the prescribed area. The casing is provided with a plurality of ejection orifices (H1 to H3) each communicating with a corresponding one of the adhesive agent storage chambers and configured to eject the adhesive agent.
US10201842B2 Pipe bending for reel-lay operations
A method and an apparatus bend a pipe to mitigate internal wrinkling, with particular benefit when bending a lined pipe upon spooling. Bending is performed continuously by advancing the pipe through a bending zone while an internal mandrel is held at the bending zone to resist wrinkling. In one variant, the mandrel includes longitudinally-spaced pipe-engaging elements and a tensile link between the elements allows relative movement between the elements. A hold-back connection on one of the elements applies hold-back force to that element to be transmitted to the other element via the tensile link. In another variant, the mandrel includes an elongate pipe-engaging body with a hold-back connection at one end of the body. The body is flexible to bend with the pipe and is shaped to engage an inner surface of the pipe along most of the length of the body.
US10201841B2 Sheet transitioning in spiral formed structures
Spiral forming devices, systems, and methods can be used to join edges of a of a stock material, in a curved configuration, along one or more joints to form tubular structures, such as conical and/or cylindrical structures (e.g., frusto-conical structures). A planar form of the stock material can be formed from a plurality planar sheets coupled to one another in an abutting relationship. By controlling relative orientation and shapes of the plurality of planar sheets forming the stock material and/or by controlling a position of a roll bender used to curve the planar form of the stock material into the curved configuration, the curved configuration of the stock material can be controlled through transitions between sheets to facilitate rolling the sheets to a desired diameter with a reduced likelihood of dimples or other errors and to facilitate fit up between adjacent sheets in the curved configuration.
US10201835B1 Mounting System for a wire screen panel
A system for mounting a wire screen panel to a frame for screening particulate materials. The frame has a stringer with a ferrule defined therein. The system comprises a screen panel having a first plurality of wires and a second plurality of wires disposed. The screen panel has a first side and a second side disposed opposite from the first side. The screen panel has a first end and a second end disposed opposite from the first end. A plate is disposed along at least a portion of the length of the first side of the screen panel. A fastener having a shaft and a head portion is configured and arranged to extend adjacent to the plate and to engage with a bushing disposed in the ferrule in the stringer. The head portion of the fastener engages with the plate on the side of the plate opposite the stringer such that the screen panel is fixed in position relative to the frame.
US10201826B2 Liquid coating method, liquid coating apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium
Disclosed is a liquid coating method. The method executes processes of: coating a coating liquid in a spiral form on a surface of a substrate by ejecting the coating liquid from the ejection nozzle while moving the ejection nozzle in a predetermined direction between the rotary axis and a peripheral edge of the substrate during rotation of the substrate; making a linear velocity at an ejection position of the coating liquid from the ejection nozzle substantially constant by reducing a number of rotations of the substrate as the ejection position is positioned closer to the peripheral edge of the substrate; and making an ejection flow rate of the coating liquid ejected from the ejection nozzle substantially constant by changing a gap between the ejection port of the ejection nozzle and the surface of the substrate based on a flow rate of the coating liquid before ejection from the ejection nozzle.
US10201823B2 Paint sprayer attachment
A paint sprayer attachment that prevents over spray mist from dispersing into the open air, thus allowing a user to operate a paint sprayer without wearing a mask, includes a spray hood, a first edger, a second edger, a first roller assembly, and a second roller assembly. The spray hood is a thin-walled, dome-like structure to which the first edger, the second edger, the first roller assembly, and the second roller assembly are attached. The first edger and the second edger enclose the sides of the spray hood, and provide non-abrasive surfaces for applying paint to a desired surface. A first paint roller from the first roller assembly and a second paint roller from the second roller assembly are positioned at opposite ends of the spray hood, wherein the first paint roller and the second paint roller enclose the front and back of the spray hood.
US10201822B2 Controllable variable spray gun for a central-pivot sprinkler and a central-pivot sprinkler
The central-pivot sprinkler contains a central-pivot sprinkler and a controllable variable spray gun. The controllable variable spray gun has a spray gun main body (2), a booster pump (7), and a spray gun connecting pipe (16). A water inlet of the booster pump (7) is communicated with a sprinkler pipe (15) of the central-pivot sprinkler. A water outlet of the booster pump (7) is connected to a water inlet of the spray gun main body (2) by means of the spray gun connecting pipe (16). The forepart of the spray gun main body (2) is provided with a spray nozzle (12). The tail portion of the spray gun main body (2) can be mounted at the end of a crossing-body (1) of the central-pivot sprinkler by means of a spray gun horizontal-rotation mechanism.
US10201814B1 Hammer
The various embodiments disclosed and pictured illustrate a hammer for comminuting various materials. The embodiments pictured and described herein are primarily for use with a rotatable hammermill assembly. The double end hammer includes a connection portion having a slot therein and two contact ends for delivery of energy to the material to be comminuted. The contact ends may be formed with a cavity therein. The contact ends may also be formed with an angle on the contact end periphery. The cavity and/or the angle on the contact end periphery may be used with hammers other than the double end hammers.
US10201806B2 Catalyst and process for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins
The present invention relates to a catalyst for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins, wherein the catalyst comprises one or more zeolites of the MFI, MEL and/or MWW structure type and particles of one or more metal oxides, the one or more zeolites of the MFI, MEL and/or MWW structure type comprising one or more alkaline earth metals selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and combinations of two or more thereof, wherein the catalyst displays a water uptake of 9.0 wt.-% or less, as well as to a process for the production thereof and to its use, in particular in a process for converting oxygenates to olefins.
US10201805B2 Exhaust gas purification apparatus
A exhaust gas purification apparatus is provided with; a substrate having a wall-flow structure and including entry-side cells, exit-side cells, and a porous partition; a first catalyst region formed in small diameter pores having relatively small pore diameters among internal pores in the partition; and a second catalyst region formed in large diameter pores having relatively large pore diameters among the internal pores in the partition. The first catalyst region contains a support and any one or two species of precious metal selected from Pt, Pd, and Rh loaded on the support, while the second catalyst region contains a support and any one or two species of precious metal selected from Pt, Pd, and Rh loaded on the support and other than at least the precious metal present in the first catalyst region.
US10201803B2 Polymer-metal organic framework materials and methods of using the same
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are polymerized metal organic framework compositions and polymer compositions, and methods of making and using the same.
US10201799B2 Packing element for a structured packing with specific mounting clips
The present invention relates to a packing element for a structured packing including at least two adjacent corrugated sheets, wherein each of the corrugated sheets has a plurality of alternately oriented peaks and troughs, wherein adjacent corrugated sheets are oriented such that the corrugations of the adjacent corrugated sheets intersect in crisscross fashion with the corrugations of the corrugated sheets extending obliquely relative to the vertical direction, wherein each corrugated sheet contacts each of the adjacent corrugated sheets at points of intersection between the corrugations of the corrugated sheet and those of the adjacent corrugated sheets, wherein all corrugated sheets are tied together by means of at least one rod, wherein the at least one rod penetrates the corrugated sheets perpendicularly to the longitudinal section of the corrugated sheets, wherein on the at least one rod before the first corrugated sheet of the packing element and/or after the last corrugated sheet of the packing element at least one mounting clip is provided for fixing the corrugated sheets on the rod, wherein the mounting clip has a central part forming a coupling portion for coupling the mounting clip to the rod and two opposing lateral parts forming a clamping portion for a clamping engagement with the corrugated sheet, wherein the lateral parts are connected with the central part and angled with respect to the central part.
US10201796B2 Plasmonic assisted systems and methods for interior energy-activation from an exterior source
A method and a system for producing a change in a medium disposed in an artificial container. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one of a plasmonics agent and an energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy through the artificial container to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the plasmonics agent or the energy modulation agent.
US10201791B2 Method for producing carbon particles by detonation
A production method of a carbon particle by a detonation method includes a step of disposing an explosive substance in a periphery of a raw material substance, and a step of subjecting the explosive substance to a detonation. The explosive substance is a liquid at normal temperature and normal pressure. The raw material substance contains an aromatic compound having 3 or more nitro groups.
US10201787B2 Slurry dispenser for radioisotope production
A slurry dispensing system is disclosed. A peristaltic pump may direct a flow of slurry out of a horizontal mixer to a slurry dispenser. This slurry dispenser may be operated on a programmed manner by a controller to dispense slurry into a container. Both a bypass valve and a dispensing valve of the slurry dispenser may be opened/closed on a programmed basis by the controller to deliver slurry to a container, such as a glass column. Slurry may be intermittently directed into a metering chamber of the slurry dispenser, while the remainder of the slurry being directed into the slurry dispenser may be recirculated back to the horizontal mixer.
US10201785B2 Device for dispensing carbonated water
A system and method is described for providing different levels of carbonated water on demand. The system includes a pressurized chamber to hold at least one of water and carbonated water, a gas canister to dispense carbon dioxide (CO2) into the pressurized chamber, a controller to control the dispensing of the CO2 according to level of carbonation required and a valve to vent excess gas from the pressurized chamber after carbonation.
US10201770B2 Fuel filter for vehicle
A fuel filter for a vehicle may include an upper case with a fuel inlet at a first side; a lower case provided in a structure having a fuel outlet and bonded to a second side of the upper case; and a main filter disposed in an inner space by bonding the upper case and the lower case and filtering fuel, wherein a first auxiliary filter assembly filtering the fuel toward an inner diameter of the main filter is mounted on a first surface of the main filter and a second auxiliary filter assembly filtering the fuel toward a second surface of the main filter is mounted on the second surface of the main filter.
US10201768B2 Adaptor for a chromatography column
An adaptor for a chromatography column, the adaptor comprising a substantially circular bottom plate provided with an end surface; a ring shaped wall element arranged at the periphery of the bottom plate. The bottom plate and the wall element having a common axis and the adaptor is provided with a filter connection arrangement for removably connecting a filter on the end surface of the bottom plate of the adaptor.
US10201753B2 Gaming machine and program thereof
A gaming machine of the present invention operates such that when a plurality of positions are inputted, positional information is generated based on the plurality of positions and sign information, indicative of a sign passing across the plurality of positions, is generated based on the positional information upon which comparison is made between sign information, indicative of the signs passing across the plurality of positions, and preliminarily stored sign data to discriminate a correlation between the sign information and the sign data.
US10201752B2 System for interactive sports analytics using multi-template alignment and discriminative clustering
A system is described for interactively analyzing plays of a sporting event based on real-world positional tracking data. Using positional information regarding the players and/or ball and/or other objects obtained from a tracking system, along with identified event data and contextual information, the system processes a library of plays (e.g., one or more seasons' worth of a league's contests) into a searchable database of plays using multiple alignment templates and discriminative clustering techniques. A user interface is described for interacting with the database in a graphical manner, whereby users can query a graphical depiction of a play and receive the most similar plays from the library, along with statistical information relating to the plays. The user interface further permits the user to modify the query graphically (e.g., moving or exchanging players, ball trajectories, etc.) and obtain updated statistical information for comparison.
US10201746B1 Near-realistic sports motion analysis and activity monitoring
A method and apparatus for the detection, analysis, and identification of realistic human body and limb movements during sports actions for multiple uses comprises collecting the health information of the move, using the moves as a training and monitoring techniques in live usage settings, and as inputs to simulators and video game environments. At least one body-worn sensor transmits values wirelessly to a computing device that records the moves and calculates the health statistics then uses a machine-learning algorithm to analyze and identify the moves. These algorithms then output information and can simulate realistic moves, identify how far from these realistic moves the actual move is, and apply these moves to an electronic game. These algorithms, through various techniques, can distinguish movements, identify many different fine-grain movements, and enforce the full completion of these moves before registering them, thus preventing cheating in a realistic gaming scenario.
US10201736B2 Easy fold locking mechanisms
The present disclosure relates to a gaming-table support locking apparatus including a first hinge bar, a second hinge bar, and a tab connector. The first hinge bar is connected to a first bar of a gaming-table and includes a tab notch. The second hinge bar is connected to a second bar of a gaming-table, is rotatably connected to the first hinge bar, and includes a window. The tab connector includes a base, a locking section, and a release section. The base is configured to connect to the second hinge bar at the window. The locking section extends through the window for engaging the tab notch to form a secure connection. The release section, connected to the locking section, extends through the window for receiving a force from a user. The release section may be depressed toward the base, causing the locking section to disengage from the tab notch.
US10201735B2 Heating a sports device
A sports device configured to generate thermal energy to warm surfaces. In one implementation, the sports device embodies a lacrosse stick with a shaft and head. The shaft includes a thermal core with a phase change material that can retain and dissipate heat over an extended period of time.
US10201730B2 Exercise device and method of exercising using said device
An exercise device (1) having a base (2); a wall (3) extendable away from said base to a closure (4). The base, wall and closure defining a space (7) therebetween adapted to receive exercise equipment (10). A plurality of mounting means (12) locatable about said wall. A plurality of display means (14) each operatively associated with a respective one of said mounting means. The display means adapted in use to display an exercise to be performed by a user, so that in use said users positioned adjacent said device are provided information as to exercises to be performed at a particular location.
US10201729B2 Exercise device having damped oscillating foot platforms
An exercise device including two foot platforms riding on elongated rails for longitudinal motion relative thereto. The platforms are directly connected to each other by one or more elastic elements. The platforms are also connected by linear and/or rotary dampers to provide motion damping. In addition, weights and/or flywheels may be used to smooth the oscillations. When the two platforms are side-by-side, the elastic elements run in a substantially crosswise direction. A seated user may place the user's feet on the platforms and move his/her feet and lower legs back and forth in a scissoring motion to move the platforms in opposing directions along the rails. In so doing, the user overcomes the resistance of the elastic elements and dampers connecting the platforms. This provides the user with exercise and its accompanying benefits.
US10201724B2 Exercise machine resistance adjustment system
An exercise machine resistance adjustment system for providing an exerciser the ability to immediately adjust the resistance force by changing their body position on the movable carriage or end platforms. The exercise machine resistance adjustment system generally includes a frame, a carriage movably positioned on the frame, a spring connected to the carriage to apply a biasing force to the carriage, one or more left projections within the carriage adapted for a left hand of an exerciser to grasp, and one or more right projections within the carriage adapted for a right hand of an exerciser to grasp. The exerciser is able to efficiently adjust the amount of resistance force applied to the carriage by repositioning their hands (or feet) from a first set of projections at a first distance to a second set of projections at a second distance from the first end of the exercise machine.
US10201713B2 Threaded connector assembly and methods of making and using the same
A connector assembly includes a receptacle body that defines a portion of a connector lumen and further includes connector contacts disposed within the receptacle body along the connector lumen. The connector assembly further includes a rotational member that defines another portion of the connector lumen and includes a head portion and an elongated portion. The elongated portion defines an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface is rotatably coupled to the receptacle body. Fastener threading is disposed along at least a portion of the inner surface of the elongated portion. The receptacle body and rotational member are configured and arranged to receive a portion of a lead or a lead extension in the connector lumen.
US10201711B2 Pacing device with acoustic sensor
In at least one example, a medical device is provided. The medical device includes at least one therapy electrode, at least one acoustic sensor, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one therapy electrode and the at least one acoustic sensor. The at least one processor is configured to deliver at least one pacing pulse via the at least one therapy electrode and to analyze processed acoustic data to determine whether the at least one pacing pulse resulted in capture.
US10201703B2 Integrated surface stimulation device for wound therapy and infection control
The present invention provides a thin and flexible device and method of use thereof for wound treatment and infection control. The integrated surface stimulation device may comprise a complete wireless stimulation system in a disposable and/or reusable flexible device for widespread use in multiple therapeutic applications. The invention would be situated on the skin surface of a patient and would be activated so as to reduce the overall occurrence of infections and/or increase wound healing rates. As provided, the device will comprise an integrated power supply and pre-programmable stimulator/control system on a flexible polymeric substrate layer with areas of stimulating electrodes, applied using techniques such as those found in additive manufacturing processes. The device is especially valuable in treating biofilm-based infections.
US10201700B2 Termination of a shield within an implantable medical lead
A shield located within an implantable medical lead may be terminated in various ways at a metal connector. The shield may be terminated by various joints including butt, scarf, lap, or other joints between insulation layers surrounding the lead and an insulation extension. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection to a single metal connector. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection by passing between an overlapping pair of inner and outer metal connectors. The metal connectors may include features such as teeth or threads that penetrate the insulation layers of the lead. The shield may terminate with a physical and electrical connection by exiting a jacket of a lead adjacent to a metal connector and lapping onto the metal connector.
US10201696B2 Universal defibrillation electrode pad assembly for adult and pediatric subjects
A defibrillation electrode pad includes an electrode section and a CPR administration section. The electrode section and the CPR administration section are positioned in the defibrillation electrode pad relative to each other such that the CPR administration section is located above a sternum of an adult subject and the electrode section is located in a position appropriate for the administration of a defibrillation shock to the adult subject when the defibrillation electrode pad is oriented in a first orientation and such that the CPR administration section is located above a sternum of a pediatric subject and the electrode section is located in a position appropriate for the administration of a defibrillation shock to the pediatric subject when the defibrillation electrode pad is oriented in a second orientation different from the first orientation.
US10201670B2 Pressure relief arrangement for open surgery insufflation system
A surgical humidification system includes a source of gas flow and a humidifier that receives the gas flow and outputs a humidified gas to a delivery conduit. The delivery conduit has an outlet and a suitable interface, such as a diffuser, is connected to the outlet. The interface can be positioned near or within an open surgical cavity of a patient to supply the humidified gas to the cavity. The system also includes a pressure relief arrangement that operates to relieve pressure from the system above a normal operating pressure. The pressure relief arrangement can be located in a non-sterile portion of the system, such as upstream from the humidifier, for example.
US10201668B2 Automatic needle insertion apparatus
The present disclosure provides an automatic needle insertion apparatus, including a frame, a bearing device on the frame and configured to bear thereon a body part into which a needle is to be inserted, an acquisition device on the frame and configured to acquire vascular information of the body part, a needle insertion device on the frame and configured to execute a needle insertion operation and a needle withdrawal operation on the body part, and a first control device connected to the needle insertion device and the acquisition device and configured to control an operating state of the needle insertion device in accordance with the vascular information acquired by the acquisition device.
US10201664B2 Dose capturing cartridge module for drug delivery device
An electronic logging unit adapted to be housed in a drug-filled cartridge having an axially displaceable piston and an outer cavity formed between the piston and the cartridge proximal opening, the logging unit comprising a general axis, a first distal portion adapted to engage the cartridge piston, and a second proximal portion adapted to engage a rotating element having a rotational axis corresponding to the general axis. The unit is provided with sensor means adapted to detect the amount of relative rotation between the first and second portions, and storage means adapted to store data representing detected amounts of relative rotation.
US10201655B2 Methods and devices for inserting a needle
An apparatus provides targeted placement of openings for infusing fluids into a body. The apparatus provides a driving force to a penetrating medical device, such as a needle, when the apparatus tip encounters material of high resistance. When the apparatus tip encounters a low resistance material, no further driving force is applied to the apparatus due to contraction of an element made of interlaced flexible elements. A multi-opening needle is provided in some embodiments wherein placement of one of the openings in a target region with a relatively lower external pressure allows pressurized fluid to exit the needle while openings remaining in higher pressure, non-target regions do not release substantial amounts of the fluid.
US10201654B2 Programming and bolus monitoring device for an implantable drug pump
A programming device for an implantable drug pump includes a display device, a communication device, and a controller. The communication device is adapted to facilitate a communication link between the programming device and an implantable drug pump. The controller adapted to receive bolus data stored on the implantable drug pump when the communications link has been established, to process the bolus data, and to control the display device to generate a visual representation of numbers of bolus attempts for multiple periodic time intervals.
US10201652B2 Acoustophoretic separation of lipid particles from red blood cells
A system for removing lipids from blood during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery is disclosed. The system uses an acoustophoretic separator having improved trapping force. The transducer of the acoustophoretic seperator includes a ceramic crystal. Blood flows through the separator, and lipids are trapped and removed.
US10201643B2 Delivery-and-fluid-storage bridges for use with reduced-pressure systems
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are presented that facilitate the provision of reduced pressure to a tissue site by using a delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge, which separates liquids and gases and provides a flow path for reduced pressure. In one instance, a delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge includes a delivery manifold for delivering reduced pressure to a treatment manifold at the tissue site and an absorbent layer proximate the delivery manifold adapted to receive and absorb liquids. The delivery manifold and the absorbent layer are encapsulated in an encapsulating pouch. A first aperture is formed proximate a first longitudinal end of the delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge for fluidly communicating reduced pressure to the delivery manifold from a reduced-pressure source, and a second aperture is formed on a patient-facing side of the delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge. Reduced pressure is transferred to the tissue site via the second aperture. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed.
US10201641B2 Sustained release intraocular implants and methods for treating ocular vasculopathies
Biocompatible intraocular implants include an alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist and a polymer associated with the alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist to facilitate release of the alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist into an eye for an extended period of time. The alpha-2 adrenergic receptor agonist may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix of a two biodegradable polymers. The implants may be placed in an eye to treat one or more ocular conditions, such as an ocular vasculopathy or glaucoma, among others.
US10201639B2 Drug-eluting medical implants
Disclosed are medical implants for placement within a lumen of a patient. The implants comprise a polymer and drug-coated metal structure having a tubular configuration and designed to deliver the drug to target tissue at tailored linear drug elution rate.
US10201636B2 Cardiovascular prostheses
Cardiovascular prostheses for treating, reconstructing and replacing damaged or diseased cardiovascular tissue that are formed from acellular extracellular matrix (ECM). The cardiovascular prostheses comprise various compositions, such as ECM based compositions, and structures, such as particulate structures, mesh constructs, encasement structures, coated structures and multi-sheet laminate structures.
US10201629B2 Container system
A container system having a container assembly including a lid having a fastener and an attacher, and a container having a first-cavity, and a second-cavity. A multi-purpose container system having internal cavities for varying purposes. The second-cavity having an inner volume suitable for removably containing at least one item including a scented-item for providing air freshening via ventilated perforations for odor eliminating.
US10201614B2 Cytotoxic and anti-mitotic compounds, and methods of using the same
Compounds having cytotoxic and/or anti-mitotic activity are disclosed. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed. Also disclosed are compositions having the structure: (T)-(L)-D), wherein (T) is a targeting moiety, (L) is an optional linker, and (D) is a compound having cytotoxic and/or anti-mitotic activity.
US10201611B2 Pharmaceutical composition comprising estetrol derivatives for use in cancer therapy
The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing estrogen-sensitive tumours in a mammal, said method comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an estrogenic component to said mammal, wherein the estrogenic component is selected from the group consisting of:substances represented by the following formula in which formula R1, R2, R3, R4 independently are a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group with 1-5 carbon atoms; precursors capable of liberating a substance according to the aforementioned formula when used in the present method; and mixtures of one or more of the aforementioned substances and/or precursors. The estrogenic component according to the invention does not have undesirable proliferative effects on breast and/or endometrial tissue and displays sufficient estrogenicity to prevent that its administration will lead to hypoestrogenism and/or climacteric complaints.Other aspects of the invention relate to pharmaceutical compositions, drug delivery systems and kits comprising the aforementioned estrogenic component in combination with an estrogen suppressant.
US10201608B2 Polynucleotides encoding humanized anti-CD40 antibodies
The present disclosure relates to anti-CD40 antibodies, such as humanized anti-CD40 antibodies, that may be used in various therapeutic, prophylactic and diagnostic methods. The antibodies generally block the ability of CD40 to bind CD154 and do so without activating the cell expressing CD40 (e.g., a B cell). The present antibodies or fragments thereof may be used to reduce complications associated with organ or tissue transplantation.
US10201603B2 Therapeutic compositions and methods for treating HIV including identification and manipulation of particular domains associated with immunogenicity
Selection of HIV vaccine antigens by use of intrapatient sequence variation to identify mutations in the HIV envelope glycoprotein that affect the binding of broadly neutralizing antibodies and polypeptides identified by these methods.
US10201601B2 Compositions and methods for increasing immunogenicity of glycoprotein vaccines
The present invention relates to the microbial immunogens engineered to bear α-gal epitope(s) for induction of potent humoral and cellular immune responses when administered to subjects having anti-Gal antibodies. In one embodiment, the present invention provides compositions and methods for propagating influenza virus in human, ape, Old World monkey or bird cells that have been engineered to express an α1,3galactosyltransferase (α 1,3GT) gene to produce virions bearing hemagglutinin molecules containing α-gal epitopes, to increase the immunogenicity of the influenza virus. In another embodiment, the present invention provides fusion proteins between influenza virus hemagglutinin and a microbial peptide or protein of interest, and enzymatic processing of this fusion protein to carry α-gal epitopes, to increase the immunogenicity of the microbial peptide or protein of interest.
US10201597B2 Codon-optimized lentiviral vector for stem cell reprogramming
The invention relates to methods and materials that can be used to product cytotoxic T cells that target cancer cells expressing the cancer-testis antigen NY ESO-1. Illustrative embodiments of the invention include peripheral blood stem cells transduced with a lentiviral vector that comprises a codon optimized TCR alpha and beta chain polypeptides specific for NY ESO-1. These gene-modified cells are useful, for example, in a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation setting to treat patients diagnosed with NY ESO-1 positive cancers.
US10201596B2 Peptide conjugated particles for the treatment of allergy
The present invention provides compositions comprising peptide-coupled biodegradable poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG) particles In particular, PLG particles are surface-functionalized to allow for coupling of peptide molecules to the surface of the particles (e.g., for use in eliciting induction of immunological tolerance).
US10201588B2 Materials and methods of treating dyslipidemia
Described herein are materials and methods for treating dyslipidemia in a mammalian subject in need thereof comprising administering a growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) antagonist or variant thereof to the subject.
US10201571B2 Nanoparticle compositions and methods for treating onychomychosis
A nanoparticle composition for treating onychomycosis includes spherical-shaped nanoparticles having a particle size and a particle size distribution and coral-shaped nanoparticles having a particle size and a particle size distribution mixed within a penetrating solvent configured to deliver the nanoparticles to target area of a nail and/or surrounding tissue. The nanoparticle composition can be mixed with a carrier to provide or augment application of the nanoparticle composition to a target area. The penetrating solvent can deliver the nanoparticles to an infected area within the nail and/or at the bed of the nail so as to kill or deactivate the fungal microbes causing the onychomycosis.
US10201569B2 Pharmaceutical formulations for the treatment and prevention of trauma-induced neuropathology and neurodegeneration
Novel multi-component formulations, procedures and methods for use in treating neuropathology and neurodegeneration incident to trauma are provided. Multi-component formulations of the invention comprise biologically active forms of any two, any three, or all four of at least one neurosteroid or neuroactive steroid, such as progesterone or synthetic progestin, at least one anti-epileptic or anticonvulsant, such as gabapentin, pregabalin or valproic acid, at least one NK-1 receptor antagonist, such as aprepitant, casopitant or vestipitant, at least one lithium-containing or lithium-related drug. The provided formulations are configured or adapted to prevent or reduce the incidence and severity of neurological damage caused by trauma, or the risk of such damage. Formulations, procedures and methods of the invention advantageously effect both neuroprotective actions to prevent or reduce secondary injuries, and neurotrophic actions to repair and restore cells and tissues affected by the trauma, and are especially useful in treating injury or trauma to nerve cells, to neural support cells and to neural support tissues.
US10201563B2 Method of treating sinusitis, including chronic sinusitis
The present application discloses a method for treating acute and chronic sinusitis, and in particular, severe chronic sinusitis by exposing affected tissue of the sinus and contiguous tissue in the, nasal cavity and greater oral cavity to effective amounts of chlorine dioxide as a bioactive agent. Compositions and methods of treatment are disclosed herein.
US10201561B2 Antiviral fiber assembly with cellulose sulfate
An object of the present invention is to provide an antiviral fiber assembly in which an antiviral agent is retained with chemical stability over a long period of time, and which is gentle to the human body. A further object of the present invention is to provide a fiber assembly with cellulose sulfate that can exhibit sufficient antiviral activity over a long period of time. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a textile product obtained using such a fiber assembly.The present invention provides a fiber assembly with cellulose sulfate, wherein the hyaluronidase inhibitory activity is 50% or higher; and a process for producing a fiber assembly with cellulose sulfate, including treating a fiber assembly with an aqueous cellulose sulfate solution and drying, then treating the same with a pH buffer solution and drying.
US10201558B2 Compositions of selenoorganic compounds and methods of use thereof
The present application relates to compositions comprising selenium compounds, such as 5′-Methylselenoadenosine, a compound of Formula (I), and combinations thereof, and methods of using the same for inhibiting β amyloid aggregation, ApoE4 expression, p38 or Tau protein phosphorylation, or increasing Neprilysin and Insulin Degrading Enzyme expression.
US10201544B2 Method of synthesising ADCs using affinity resins
This invention relates to a solid phase method of synthesizing biomolecule-drug conjugates. In particular, this invention relates to a solid phase method of synthesizing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). This invention also relates to intermediate methods of producing immobilized, chemically modified biomolecules, e.g. antibodies. The invention also relates to various uses of capture resins and to biomolecule-drug conjugates, intermediate products and compositions prepared by the methods of the invention.
US10201542B2 Formulations of pyrimidinedione derivative compounds
The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions of pyrimidinedione derivative compounds and methods of preparing and uses thereof. The disclosure also relates to methods of enhancing bioavailability of pyrimidinedione derivative compounds in pharmaceutical compositions administered to a subject and methods of reducing the amount of a pyrimidinedione derivative compound in a pharmaceutical composition while achieving the same bioavailability in a subject.
US10201541B1 Compositions and methods for treating HCV
This disclosure is directed to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise two or more therapeutic agents that, inter alia, are useful for inhibiting hepatitis C virus (HCV) and methods for inhibiting HCV by co-administering two or more anti-HCV therapeutic agents.
US10201525B2 Tetrazole-substituted arylamides as PX2 and PX2/3 antagonists
A method of antagonizing P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptors or treating a disease misregulation of P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptors treating a patient with a compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. wherein, R1 is optionally substituted tetrazolyl, R2 is optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted pyridinyl or optionally substituted thienyl, and R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. Also provided are methods of using the compounds for treating diseases associated with the P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist and methods of making the compounds.
US10201520B2 Bicyclic compound and use thereof for medical purposes
Since a compound represented by the general formula (I) (wherein definition of each group is as described in the specification), a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof has strong and sustaining intraocular pressure lowering activity and, further, has no side effect on eyes such as ocular stimulating property (hyperemia, corneal clouding etc.), aqueous humor protein rise etc., it has high safety, and can be an excellent agent for preventing and/or treating glaucoma etc.
US10201512B2 Autoimmune disorder treatment using RXR agonists
The present specification provides RXR agonist compounds, compositions comprising such RXR agonists, and methods using such compounds and compositions to treat an autoimmune disorder, inflammation associated with an autoimmune disorder and/or a transplant rejection as well as use of such RXR agonists to manufacture a medicament and use of such compounds and compositions to treat an autoimmune disorder, inflammation associated with an autoimmune disorder and/or a transplant rejection.
US10201506B2 Nanoparticulate and macroparticulate formulations
The present invention is directed to particles prepared via the polymerization of at least one surfactant and an isocyanate-containing compound. Pharmaceutical compositions prepared using these particles are also described.
US10201502B2 Tamper-resistant tablet providing immediate drug release
The invention relates to a tamper-resistant tablet comprising (i) a matrix material in an amount of more than one third of the total weight of the tablet; and (ii) a plurality of coated particulates in an amount of less than two thirds of the total weight of the tablet; wherein said particulates comprise a pharmacologically active compound and a physiologically acceptable polymer, preferably a polyalkylene oxide; and form a discontinuous phase within the matrix material; which preferably provides under in vitro conditions immediate release of the pharmacologically active compound in accordance with Ph. Eur.; and method of using said tablet to treat pain and other conditions.
US10201495B2 Topical skin formulations
A method of treating dry skin or moisturizing skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to the skin a composition comprising 0.0001% to 5% w/w of a hydrolyzed algae extract comprising exopolysaccharides from Halymenia durvillei, and 0.0001% to 5% w/w of a saccharide isomerate comprising an exopolysaccharide synthesized by Vibrio alginolyticus, wherein at least one of skin permeability is decreased, filaggrin production is increased, skin moisture is increased, occludin production is increased, or TNFα production is inhibited in the skin.
US10201486B2 Method of making a hair growth product
A composition and method for treating hair loss is disclosed. The composition comprises water-soluble ionizable metal and non-metal components, aqueous and alcohol-based solvents, potassium iodide and citrus essential oil, and is preferably provided as a non-aerosol spray product that is applied to the hair and scalp. The invention further provides a method of making and using the composition.
US10201480B2 Feeding tube assembly with a light element attachable thereto
A feeding tube assembly comprising a feeding tube body and an optical system. The feeding tube body includes an administration lumen and an optical lumen. The optical lumen is isolated relative to the administration lumen, with the distal end opening corresponding to the distal opening of the administration lumen. The optical system includes an optical element and an end dispersion element. The optical element is positioned within the optical lumen and the first end of the optical element is attachable to a fiber optic line. The end dispersion element is positioned at the second end of the optical element and is structurally configured to disperse light transmitted through the optical element.
US10201476B2 Pressure-regulating vial adaptors
According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, an adaptor configured to couple with a sealed vial can include a connector interface. The adaptor can include one or more access channels (e.g., passages). In some cases the one or more access channels are in fluid communication with the connector interface. The adaptor can include a piercing member. The piercing member can include a regulator channel. The adaptor can include a regulator assembly. The regulator assembly can include a first regulator inlet. In some cases, the regulator includes a second regulator inlet. One or more of the first and second regulator inlets can include a filter configured to filter fluid passing into and/or out of the respective regulator inlets. One or more valves can be positioned between the first and/or second regulator inlets and the piercing member.
US10201470B2 Device for delivery of resonant frequencies to treated muscles
A drumming device for delivering a repetitive percussive strike to muscles below a skin surface comprises a main housing enclosing an electric motor with a shaft having a fixed rotational speed, a drive pulley, a toothed belt encircling the drive pulley and a driven pulley with an integral cam mounted on the pulley such that the rotating shaft causes the driven pulley to rotate at a predetermined number of cycles per second, the assembly causing a repetitive, reciprocal movement of a plunger body a fixed distance and at 16.6 cycles/sec, the plunger movable in a downward direction following contact with the cam, such that the plunger reciprocates within the housing when the cam member contacts the plunger causing the plunger shaft to move laterally outward. When the massaging device is properly position in contact with the skin the moving plunger causes muscle spindles to vibrate at their resonant frequency.
US10201464B2 Chassis arrangement for an electrically powered wheelchair and an electrically powered wheelchair comprising the same
The present disclosure relates to a chassis arrangement (1) for an electrically powered wheelchair (35). The chassis arrangement (1) comprises a main chassis member (3) having a first side panel (3a) defining a first side of the main chassis member (3), and a second side panel (3b) defining a second side of the main chassis member (3), the second side being opposite to the first side, wherein each of the first side panel (3a) and the second side panel (3b) has spring attachment arrangements (3g, 3h) for attachment of spring assemblies (9a, 9b, 11a, 11b), wherein each of the first side panel (3a) and the second side panel (3b) has pivot arm attachment arrangements (3e, 3f) for attachment of pivot arms (5a, 5b, 7a, 7b), wherein the main chassis member (3) has a torsional stiffness greater than 1200 Nm/degree. An electrically powered wheelchair comprising a chassis arrangement (1) is also presented herein.
US10201460B1 Double gusset cloth diaper along with method for making the same
A double gusset cloth diaper including an inner surface and an outer surface forming an hourglass shape, having a groin area proximate a center line of the reusable diaper and defining at least one recess therebetween. A fluid absorbent material is removably located in the recess through the opening. A first gusset is attached to the reusable diaper to form a first seal between the inner surface and the legs of the user. A second gusset is attached to the reusable diaper proximate the first gusset. The gussets are formed of an elastic material attached to the wrong side of the inner surface in a channel formed by stitching the inner surface to form channels.
US10201455B2 System for inner ear drug delivery via trans-round window membrane injection
The present disclosure discussed a handpiece for trans-canal delivery of a therapeutic substance to the inner ear. The handpiece can be inserted into the middle ear via a surgical tympanotomy approach. The handpiece can enable a controlled injection of a therapeutic substance directly through the round window membrane and into the inner ear. The direct delivery of the therapeutic substance to the inner ear can enable the delivery of a precise amount of therapeutic substance into the inner ear. Because the therapeutic substance is delivery directly to the inner ear the delivery of the therapeutic substance is not subject to limitations on molecule size and inconsistent diffusion rates that are present when therapeutic substances are diffused across the round window membrane.
US10201438B2 Magnetic prosthetic implants and methods thereof
Prosthetic implant devices and related methods are provided. The prosthetic implant devices includes an internal component and an external component. The internal component has an implant portion associated with one or more rare earth magnets. The internal component being of a size and shape suitable for surgical implantation into the residual limb of the amputee. The implant portion being of a size and shape suitable for surgical implantation into a bone within the residual limb of the amputee. The one or more rare earth magnets generating at least one magnetic field. The external component having a prosthetic connection associated with a magnetic element. The magnet element being in adaptable magnetic association with the at least one magnetic field generated by the one or more rare earth magnets.
US10201431B2 Expandable intervertebral implants and instruments
Systems for interbody fusion of adjacent bone portions may include an expanding implant and related instruments. An expanding implant may be formed as a linkage which is movable between a compact configuration and an expanded configuration. A shaft of the implant may increase and decrease in length to move between the compact and expanded configurations, and an implant width perpendicular to the length may be increased in the expanded configuration. The implant width may increase more in a first direction than a second direction opposite the first direction. An inserter instrument may releasably grasp the spacer and transform the implant between the compact and expanded configurations.
US10201429B2 Artificial knee joint implant
In an artificial knee joint implant, an increase in constraint force of a femur component and a tibia component in the anterior-posterior direction and the left-right direction of a patient is enabled, and an increase in an allowable degree of medial pivot motion is enabled. An artificial knee joint implant has a femur component to be fixed to a distal portion of a femur of a patient, and a tibia component to be fixed to a proximal portion of a tibia of the patient. Femur sliding faces of the femur component and tibia sliding faces of the tibia component each include a region in which the curvature radius varies in a predetermined direction.
US10201426B2 Prosthetic implant support structure
A prosthetic system that includes a prosthetic implant and a support structure secured to an inner surface of the cavity in the end of the bone is disclosed. The support structure defines a channel that extends through the length of the support structure. The prosthetic implant is received in the channel, and a portion of the prosthetic implant is secured to an inner surface of the channel by an adhesive. The stem of the prosthesis beyond the channel may be cemented or uncemented. The support structure may have an approximately funnel shape. The support structure may be a hollow porous cylindrical sleeve. The support structure may comprise a pair of partially hemispherical components arranged in spaced apart relationship thereby defining a channel between the pair of components. The support structure may comprise a plurality of pedestals secured to the inner surface of the cavity of the bone.
US10201422B2 Delivery system for collapsible heart valve
A delivery system for delivering a collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes a valve support structure for supporting a collapsible prosthetic heart valve, and a distal sheath movable in a longitudinal direction relative to the valve support structure between a first position in which the distal sheath is adapted to surround a collapsible prosthetic heart valve supported on the valve support structure, and a second position in which the distal sheath is adapted to expose the collapsible prosthetic heart valve for deployment. The distal sheath is at least partially formed of an inner polymer layer, an outer polymer layer, and a tubular supporting member sandwiched between the inner polymer layer and the outer polymer layer.
US10201415B2 Method and apparatus for preparation and insertion of an intraocular lens into the eye of a patient
Apparatus for guiding surgical formation of a pair of symmetrical sclerectomies in an eye of a patient, including a multi-diameter generally circular cutout portion including at least a first and second portions having corresponding first and second diameters, the cutout portion being arranged for placement over the limbus of the eye and for centering the limbus within one of the first and second portions, thereby enabling estimating the diameter of the limbus, and at least first and second series of sclerectomy guiding apertures formed about the cutout portion, each guiding aperture of the first series having a paired guiding aperture in the second series formed 180° thereapart relative to a center of the cutout portion, the at least first and second series of sclerectomy guiding apertures together including at least one pair of guiding apertures having a diameter therebetween which is wider than at least one of the first and second portions.
US10201414B2 Introducer for a side branch device
An introduction arrangement for a fenestrated or branched stent graft (13) intended for deployment into the lumen of a vessel having a blind vessel extending from it. The introducer (1) has a distal end intended to remain outside a patient in use and a proximal end with a nose cone dilator (11) and an arrangement to retain the branched stent graft distally of the nose cone dilator. A sheath (15) on the introducer extends over the branched stent graft to the nose cone dilator. An indwelling catheter (21) extends from the distal end of the introducer and enters the fenestration or side arm and through to the nose cone dilator, the indwelling catheter has a guide wire (29) extending through it. The guide wire can be extended beyond the nose cone dilator in use before the sheath is withdrawn from the branched stent graft so that it can be snared from the contra-lateral artery.
US10201411B2 Pessary with applicator
An intravaginal pessary device in an applicator is provided. The device has a top and a bottom, and a sidewall that extends between the top and the bottom. The sidewall, top and bottom form an outer periphery defining a total area of the device. The pessary device has a maximum diameter that is less than about 25 mm. The pessary device and applicator exhibit a maximum expulsion force that is below 1500 grams.
US10201409B2 Dental appliance having ornamental design
A dental appliance having an integrally formed reservoir and/or an ornamental design integrated thereon. The ornamental design can be selected or customized by a patient. The design can be created by directing energy to the dental appliance to alter a material property of at least a portion of the appliance to create the design. Alternatively, a groove or recess can be formed on a surface of the appliance to either mechanically retain an ornamental design or the groove or recess can be filled with ink to form the design. The appliance, including the integrally formed reservoir, can be formed using direct fabrication techniques.
US10201394B2 Medical manipulator system
In order to improve work efficiency of inserting manipulators into proximal ends of an over tube, a medical manipulator system includes: manipulators having, at the proximal ends, proximal-end driving parts; an over tube having channels through which the manipulators pass; and a base provided with support parts to which proximal end parts of the over tube are attached, and driving sources that supply driving force to the proximal-end driving parts, wherein each support part includes a movable part movable between a first position where the longitudinal axis of the proximal end part is supported horizontally and a second position where the proximal end is supported at a further position from the top surface, and an urging part that moves the movable part to the second position during the proximal-end driving part is not connected to the driving source.
US10201391B2 Methods of using a robotic spine system
A method of using a robotic guidance system for performing surgery on a spine is provided. The method includes utilizing a computerized tomographic scan image of a location on a spinal column of a patient, such that the computerized tomographic scan image is connected to a computer and visible on a monitor connected to the computer. The method also includes attaching a coupling component to the spinal column of the patient, coupling a marker to the coupling component, and imaging, with a fluoroscope, the view of the spinal column of the patient, wherein the fluoroscope image is transmitted to the computer and visible on the monitor and the at marker is clearly visible in the fluoroscope image. The method also includes positioning a cannula, with a robotic mechanism, to a first position relative to a vertebra in the spinal column of the patient, drilling a passage through the cannula into bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient, inserting a guidewire through the cannula into the passage in the bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient, and positioning a screw into the bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient.
US10201378B2 Injection device for biological tissue repair
An injection device is provided for repairing biological tissues and comprises a body, a chamber, an exterior tube, and a screw rod. The chamber is connected with the body and used for accommodating a repairing material. The exterior tube is connected with the chamber. The screw rod is disposed inside the chamber and the exterior tube. The threads of the screw rod disperse the repairing material. By using the threads of the screw rod and a driving force originating from the end of the screw rod, the repairing material is delivered into an organism.
US10201372B2 Cannula for a surgical instrument
This disclosure relates to a cannula for a surgical instrument used for cutting selected tissue in a body cavity while under visual inspection. A kit containing the cannula and methods for performing surgical procedures using the cannula are also described.
US10201358B2 Articulating syndesmosis targeting guide device and method
Aligning the syndesmosis joint by a novel device and method includes establishing a first plane by attaching a bone plate to the posterolateral aspect of the distal fibula. A second transverse plane arranges perpendicular to the first nominal plane. A syndesmosis targeting guide device includes a post having a post axis extending perpendicular to the first plane and in the second plane. The device includes a curvilinear slider guide extending along an arc in the second plane. The slider is positioned to a first position and fixing that first position to establish a fixed entry point in the fibula wherein the fixed entry point lies in the second plane and further thereby establishing a desired trajectory in the second plane wherein the trajectory includes the fixed entry point based on the slider first position.
US10201354B1 Tourniquet safety sleeve for reducing limb injury
A sleeve for use with a tourniquet cuff to protect a patient's limb from tourniquet-related injury includes a stretchable body extending longitudinally over a sleeve length between a proximal end and a distal end. The body has a tubular shape, and the sleeve length is greater than a width of the tourniquet cuff. The body tapers from the proximal end to the distal end such that a proximal end circumference is greater than a distal end circumference. The body is formed to apply substantially uniform pressure to the patient's limb from the proximal end of the sleeve to the distal end of the sleeve varying only within a predetermined pressure range.
US10201352B2 Robotic Assisted clip applier
A medical instrument comprising an end effector comprising a first jaw configured to be repositionable with respect to a second jaw, the first and second jaws removably mounted to an open-ended occlusion clip, the end effector configured to configured to be removably coupled to an open-ended occlusion clip with a pair of terminal ends and first and second robotic arms, and wherein the end effector includes at least one of a cavity and a projection configured to be engaged by at least one of the first and second robotic arms.
US10201350B2 Inflatable implant
Described is an inflatable implant suitable for placement in the human body and left there for an indeterminate and potentially lengthy period of time. The implant is one that has a low profile when introduced into the body and a larger profile when it is inflated with one or more filler materials. Depending upon design and use choices the delivered implant may be removable and adjustable in situ in size, position, location, form, and rigidity. Indeed, in some variations, the design of the implant may be such that it may be removed at a potentially fairly lengthy time after implantation. The implant includes at least one bladder wall that generally is at least partially non-elastic (or unexpandable) after the preselected size is reached. The bladder wall will define at least one fillable volume and may form more than one independent fillable volumes. The bladder wall, in some variations, may be partially elastic or expandable to permit adjustment of implant size or configuration after or during delivery. The implant may be used as a supporting structure in a variety of differing body tissues and structures, e.g., in the spine or as a prosthetic in plastic surgery. The implant may also be used in conjunction with other components (often having a springed bias) as a source of movement in controlling the opening of a lumen or duct, that is to say, as a type of on-off valve or as a controlled flow valve. The implant may be used as an occludant within, or adjacent to, a variety of natural or abnormal anatomical body openings, e.g., vascular and genital lumina, aneurysms, ducts, septal defects, fistulae, esophagus, etc. The wall and filler material may be selected to deliver treatment materials the locale of the implant site or to remove amounts of harmful materials from such a region. The implant may, with an appropriate filler material or bladder wall material, be used in cooperation with an appropriate radio frequency (RF) source to cause the increase of a localized internal temperature and a resulting tissue change such as coagulation, ablation, or the like. Methods of using the implant are also described.
US10201343B2 System for delivering an anchor
A system for treating a prostate includes a cartridge, a handle configured to receive the cartridge, and an anchor assembly. The cartridge includes the anchor assembly and the handle includes an actuator and a spring mechanism loaded with mechanical energy. The cartridge and handle mate via pivoting and are aligned via alignment features.
US10201342B2 Radio transparent retractor system and method of using radio transparent retractor system
A retractor system for use in spinal surgical procedures includes at least two retractor blades, each of the at least two retractor blades, a shim and a shim inserter. The shim has an expansion band and the shim inserter is configured to slide the shim between and along the at least two retractor blades and dispose the shim at a distal end of the at least two retractor blades. The shim spreads the at least two retractor blades away from each other when the shim insert slides the shim between and along the at least two retractor blades and the shim prevents the distal end of each of the at least two retractor blades from closing in on each other due to musculature load when the shim is disposed at the distal end of the at least two retractor blades.
US10201339B2 Triple pronged clip
A device for treating tissue includes a capsule extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and including a lumen extending therein and a clip slidably received within the lumen of the capsule. The clip includes a middle prong, a first outer prong and a second outer prong. The first prong is coupled to the middle prong so that the first prong is movable relative to the middle prong between a first open configuration and a first closed configuration. The second outer prong coupled to the middle prong so that the second prong is movable relative to the middle prong between a second open configuration and a second closed configuration. The first and second outer prongs are independently movable relative to the middle prong to be moved between the first and second open configurations to the first and second open configurations and the first and second closed configurations.