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US10360682B2	Method and system for analyzing blood flow condition The present application relates to a method and system for analyzing blood flow conditions. The method includes: obtaining images at multiple time phases; constructing multiple vascular models corresponding to the multiple time phases; correlating the multiple vascular models; setting boundary conditions of the multiple vascular models respectively based on the result of correlation; and determining condition of blood vessel of the vascular models.
US10360679B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing program, and image processing method According to some aspects, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes at least one processor configured to receive an image of a plurality of images. The information processing apparatus further includes at least one storage medium configured to store processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method. The method includes setting at least one axial direction in the image, wherein the image includes an analysis target. The method further includes determining motion information for the analysis target by analyzing motion of the analysis target to identify, with respect to the at least one axial direction, at least one of a motion amount of the analysis target and a motion direction of the analysis target.
US10360665B2	Systems and methods for solving inverse problems using a coupled autoencoder Motion blur occur when acquiring images and videos with cameras fitted to the high speed motion devices, for example, drones. Distorted images intervene with the mapping of the visual points, hence the pose estimation and tracking may get corrupted. System and method for solving inverse problems using a coupled autoencoder is disclosed. In an embodiment, solving inverse problems, for example, generating a clean sample from an unknown corrupted sample is disclosed. The coupled autoencoder learns the autoencoder weights and coupling map (between source and target) simultaneously. The technique is applicable to any transfer learning problem. The embodiments of the present disclosure implements/proposes a new formulation that recasts deblurring as a transfer learning problem which is solved using the proposed coupled autoencoder.
US10360653B2	Host-based GPU resource scheduling Examples allocate and schedule use of graphics processing unit (GPU) resources among a plurality of users executing virtual machines (VMs) or processes. During initialization, shares representing proportional access to the GPU resources are assigned and then adjusted based on graphics command characteristics. Quantum is allocated among the VMs based on the shares. At runtime, graphics commands from the VMs are queued and iteratively sent to the GPU based on a comparison between allocated quantum and a threshold quantum. In this manner, the GPU resources are fairly shared among the VMs.
US10360641B2	Hybrid electronic lockbox A method of managing an electric lockbox, such as to reduce processing times associated with remittance processing, may include receiving, by one or more computing devices at a financial institution, a batch file and/or one or more physical remittances at lockbox associated with a payee, the batch file and any physical remittances comprising information associated with a plurality of financial transactions between one or more payors and the payee. The one or more computing devices may then determine whether at least a portion of the information corresponds to a payee preference. A report may be communicated to the payee, the report including a record of the plurality of financial transactions as a set of documents corresponding to the payee preference. In some cases, the report may include at least a portion of the remittance information associated with the plurality of financial transactions deposited into an account associated with the payee.
US10360630B2	Basket creation system and method An apparatus and method is provided for modeling and generating basket data for non-transparent exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for share creation and redemption. Portfolio data, including start of day positions for the ETF and trading information for trades executed by a fund management computer (FMC) during the trading day, is transmitted from the FMC to a basket modeling application computer (BMA). The BMA receives, stores and electronically time-stamps the portfolio data in the native FMC format, and captures, decrypts, stores, and time-stamps encrypted T−1 basket data and creation order data from a primary market trading computer (PMTC) in native PMTC format, this data including creation orders executed by the PMTC during the trading day. The BMA technically validates and transforms the data to form a composite image of the ETF portfolio, applies a set of rules to generate today's basket data (T basket), and disseminates the T basket.
US10360627B2	Systems and methods to provide account features via web based user interfaces A portal to provide user interfaces to users to access and/or purchase account features in connection with websites of issuers. The user interfaces have white label configurability that allows the issuers to customize the labeling of the user interfaces such that the user interfaces can be perceived as part of the websites of the issuers of the consumer accounts of the respective users. The user interfaces are configured to present, in a user friendly way, the account features currently in the consumer accounts, as well as optional account features that can be purchased at additional costs.
US10360615B2	Connecting people within physical spaces Facilitating conversations among people within physical spaces is described. An interaction tablet can be housed within a physical space and configured to receive profile information from mobile devices of customers. The profile information can indicate conversational topics that customers are interested in within the physical space. Similarities between conversational topics of customers can be determined and those customers can be recommended to engage in a conversation regarding that conversational topic. One customer can also be provided information regarding what another customer prefers to purchase from the physical space and, therefore, use the purchase to facilitate a conversation to create a more engaging environment within the physical space.
US10360612B1	Consolidation of product data models A model consolidation process combines multiple configuration models into a single unified configuration model that contains the union of the allowable combinations (i.e. combinations that are buildable) from each of the original models. An aspect of at least one embodiment of the model consolidation process is that it allows models to be combined in such a way that any incompatibilities or contradictions between models are detected and automatically resolved where possible. If an incompatibility is detected that cannot be automatically resolved, then the configuration models should not be combined. Instead if this incompatibility case occurs, at least one embodiment of the model consolidation process produces a description of the problem encountered and report the problem along with the necessary information required for a human to resolve it.
US10360604B2	Apparatus and method of scanning products and interfacing with a customer's personal mobile device Methods and apparatuses are provided to allow a customer to acquire product information from a scanning system. For example, in some embodiments, a method performed by a control circuit comprises establishing a wireless communication connection between a user's personal mobile device and a portable scanning system configured to optically scan identification codes of distinct products; wirelessly receiving at the mobile device product identifying information from the scanning system of each product scanned by the scanning system and available for purchase at the retail store; associating, at the mobile device, a plurality of the product identifying information received from the scanning system with each of a plurality of user specified product information locally accessible through the mobile device; and communicating from the mobile device to a checkout system, during a checkout process, the product identifying information received from the scanning system of each product scanned by the scanning system.
US10360597B2	System and method for contextual services experience A contextual services delivery system may comprise a services repository containing services instructions and a contextual services delivery module. The contextual services delivery module may deliver different contextual services to a smartphone and/or a POS terminal in response to a context environment, in order to provide a user with a customized contextual services experience.
US10360595B2	Advertising system and method using in-app advertisement module The present invention relates to an advertising system and method using an in-App advertisement module, which is capable of displaying an advertisement on a lock screen through an advertisement module which is inserted in one or more application and is installed in parallel to the applications and distributing saved rewards to the applications according to a user input through the lock screen on which the advertisement is displayed, thereby allowing the saved rewards to be used as points.
US10360590B2	Auto recognition of acquirable entities A method of identifying, to a user, acquirable entities that the user may be interested in is disclosed. The method includes at a component configured to analyze information across a plurality of applications, analyzing in one or more of the applications being used by a user, content in the one or more applications. The method further includes based on the content, identifying one or more acquirable entities from the content. The method further includes identifying to the user the identified acquirable entities.
US10360563B1	Architecture for a system and method for work and revenue management There is disclosed a system and method for processing requests over an architecture. The architecture may utilize logical partitioning to distribute work load across multiple logical servers in an efficient manager. The system may comprise a router, a directory, at least one logical server, and a wallet server. The router may receive a request from a consumer via the consumer's device and extract a value from the request that identifies the consumer. The router may access the directory, which may contain a map that matches consumers with logical servers, to determine which logical server to forward the request to. The router may then pass the request to the determined logical server. The logical server may process the request by utilizing both generic and network or market specific plug-in processing. If the logical server determines that it does not have the necessary resources or loans to complete a request, then it may communicate with the wallet server to obtain additional loans of wallets containing usage resource. The logical server may generate a reply to the router for audit and transaction assurance, to generate an optional acknowledgement to the system generating the external request.
US10360547B2	Processing payment at a point of sale with limited information A consumer at a POS is able to obtain instant credit from a third party payment provider by providing identification information, such as from a driver's license, through a sales associate at the POS and by providing directly the last four digits of the consumer's social security number (SSN). When the consumer wants to make subsequent purchases through the payment provider, the sales associate need only enter the consumer's last name, zip code, and date of birth for the payment provider to locate and retrieve the consumer's account. The consumer may then enter the last four digits of the consumer's social security number, such as into a PIN pad at the POS, and have the information processed by the payment provider.
US10360543B2	Scraping resistant system and method for placing orders through an internet shopping service A third-party server exposes a first set of data from a content based website. Access to a second set of data requires that a token be assigned to a specific web browser and corresponding to a specific subset of protected data, the token containing no information that can be used to gain access to other protected data.
US10360537B1	Generating and applying event data extraction templates Techniques are described herein for generating and applying event data extraction templates. In various implementations, a data extraction template may be applied to structured communications to extract, from each structured communication, event data associated with a transient markup language path indicated in the data extraction template. The data extraction template may include an event-related semantic data type assigned to the transient markup language path and a strength of association between the transient structural path and the event-related semantic data type. Feedback may be obtained concerning event data extracted from one or more of the structured communications. Based on the feedback, the strength of association between the transient markup language path and the event-related semantic data type may be altered. The data extraction template may then be applied to a subsequent structured communication to extract new event data from the structured communication based on the altered strength of association.
US10360531B1	Robot implemented item manipulation A technology is provided for robot implemented item manipulation. In one example, a method includes analyzing one or more items including a target item for manipulation, using machine vision rules, to identify the target item. When a determination is made that the robot is unable to perform the manipulation, a request may be transmitted requesting human assistance. An electronic response may be received in response to the request which includes an instruction for manipulating the target item. The robot may manipulate the target item using the instruction.
US10360526B2	Analytics to determine customer satisfaction A computer-implemented method for analyzing customer satisfaction is presented. The computer-implemented method may include capturing visual images related to individuals and order consumables, determining, by a processor, at least one measurable metric to predict variations indicating different satisfaction levels, and dynamically refining parameters if the variations exceed one or more thresholds. The computer-implemented method further includes receiving the captured visual images of the individuals and the order consumables by least one camera in communication with the processor.
US10360521B2	Dynamic location recommendation for public service vehicles A recommendation system for generating location recommendations for drivers of public service vehicles is disclosed. The system segments a map of an area of interest into segments or regions and analyzes historical call data to estimate demand in the regions. The analysis also determines values of the calls in the regions. For example, the analysis estimates the probability of the calls and values of such calls in each region. The analysis may include time patterns to improve accuracy of the estimation. By using the results of the analysis along with current information, such as current location of a vehicle, current time, and real-time traffic information, a holding location recommendation is generated.
US10360517B2	Distributed hyperparameter tuning system for machine learning A computing device automatically selects hyperparameter values based on objective criteria to train a predictive model. Each session of a plurality of sessions executes training and scoring of a model type using an input dataset in parallel with other sessions of the plurality of sessions. Unique hyperparameter configurations are determined using a search method and assigned to each session. For each session of the plurality of sessions, training of a model of the model type is requested using a training dataset and the assigned hyperparameter configuration, scoring of the trained model using a validation dataset and the assigned hyperparameter configuration is requested to compute an objective function value, and the received objective function value and the assigned hyperparameter configuration are stored. A best hyperparameter configuration is identified based on an extreme value of the stored objective function values.
US10360516B2	Automated dynamic data quality assessment In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for automated dynamic data quality assessment. One aspect of the subject matter described in this specification includes the actions of receiving a data quality job including a new data sample; and, if the new data sample is determined to be added to a reservoir of data samples, sending a quality verification request to an oracle; receiving a new data sample quality estimate from the oracle; and adding the new data sample and estimate to the reservoir. A second aspect of the subject matter includes the actions of receiving, from a predictive model, a judgment associated with a new data sample; analyzing the new data sample based in part on the judgment to determine whether to send a new data sample quality verification request to an oracle; and, if a new data sample quality estimate is received from the oracle, determining whether to add the new data sample and the judgment to the reservoir.
US10360511B2	System and method to estimate region of tissue activation A computer-implemented method for determining the volume of activation of neural tissue. In one embodiment, the method uses one or more parametric equations that define a volume of activation, wherein the parameters for the one or more parametric equations are given as a function of an input vector that includes stimulation parameters. After receiving input data that includes values for the stimulation parameters and defining the input vector using the input data, the input vector is applied to the function to obtain the parameters for the one or more parametric equations. The parametric equation is solved to obtain a calculated volume of activation.
US10360504B2	Generalized faceted browser decision support tool Embodiments of the present invention provide a faceted browser for decision-making that enables interactive visualization of a decision space as choices are made. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a selection of a first choice from a user. The first choice is displayed in a user interface that includes a plurality of facets, each facet including a plurality of choices. The method further comprises disabling at least one second choice in response to the selection of the first choice, and determining a first result set in response to the selection of the first choice. The user interface is then updated in real-time to display the selected status of the first choice, the disabled status of the second choice, and the first result set to the user.
US10360493B2	NFC/RF mechanism with multiple valid states for detecting an open container, and methods of making and using the same A wireless (e.g., near field or RF) communication device, and methods of manufacturing and using the same are disclosed. The wireless communication device includes a receiver and/or transmitter, a substrate with an antenna thereon, an integrated circuit, and one or more protection lines. The antenna receives and/or transmits or broadcasts a wireless signal. The integrated circuit processes the wireless signal and/or information therefrom, and/or generates the wireless signal and/or information therefor. The integrated circuit has a first set of terminals electrically connected to the antenna. The protection line(s) are on a common or different substrate as the antenna. The protection line(s) sense or determine a continuity state of a package or container on which the communication device is placed or to which the communication device is fixed or adhered, and are electrically connected to a second set of terminals of the integrated circuit different from the first set of terminals.
US10360484B2	Barcode-reading system A barcode reader is disclosed. The barcode reader may include a semiconductor package and an optic system. The semiconductor package may include a plurality of silicon dies stacked vertically and interconnected by through-silicon vias (TSVs) or wires. A first die positioned on top of the plurality of stacked silicon dies includes a photo sensor array and image read-out circuitry. The image read-out circuitry is coupled to the photo sensor array and configured to generate a frame of image data, wherein the frame of image data is a sequence of values, each value representing an intensity of illumination focused on one of the photo sensors. The optic system is configured to focus an image of a barcode on the photo sensor array. The optic system includes a lens assembly and a mirror. The mirror folds an optical path behind the lens assembly onto the array of photo sensors.
US10360478B2	Systems and methods for inline object detection using a hue saturation value A system and method for inline object detection using hue saturation value. One method includes determining, with an electronic processor running a single object classifier, a hue saturation value range. The method includes receiving a digital image including an object. The method includes detecting, without reloading the single object classifier, a macroblock from the digital image, the macroblock associated with the object. The method includes determining a target region within the macroblock. The method includes determining a quantity of pixels in the target region having a hue saturation value within the hue saturation value range. The method includes, when the quantity of pixels exceeds a threshold, completing object classification of the macroblock.
US10360467B2	Device and method to generate image using image learning model At least some example embodiments disclose a device and a method for generating a synthetic image and a different-angled image and eliminating noise. The method may include receiving input images, extracting feature values corresponding to the input images using an image learning model, the image learning model permitting an input and an output to be identical and generating a synthetic image based on the feature values corresponding to the input images using the image learning model.
US10360463B2	Method and apparatus of verifying usability of biological characteristic image A method and an apparatus of verifying a usability of a biological characteristic image are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a biological characteristic image uploaded by a terminal; verifying a digital watermark included in the biological characteristic image; and if verification is passed, determining that the biological characteristic image is usable. The technical solution of the present disclosure can ensure that a biological characteristic image generated in a device can only be used in that device, thus avoiding a security problem which may be caused by the theft and interception of a biological characteristic image of a user when storing or transmitting the image using a biological recognition technology.
US10360457B2	Video conferencing system and related methods A computer implemented method includes extracting one or more portions from a first video stream of a first physical environment; transmitting captured video data via a first communication link to one or more electronic display devices disposed within a second physical environment, wherein the captured video data includes the one or more extracted portions and the captured video data includes a preview portion that includes a first portion of a frame of the first video stream; and transmitting a second video stream of a second field of view of the first physical environment to at least one of the one or more electronic display devices disposed within the second physical environment via a second communication link, wherein the second video stream is generated in response to a selection of the preview portion of the captured video data made by a user located in the second physical environment.
US10360451B2	Determining images having unidentifiable license plates An approach for processing an image is presented. A category specifying characteristics of a shape of a license plate is determined. Based on the category, characteristics of objects in the image are determined to match the characteristics of the shape of the license plate. Another category specifying characteristics of a font of characters in an identifier included in the license plate is determined. Based on the other category, the characteristics of the objects in the image are determined to not match the characteristics of the font. Based on the characteristics of the objects in the image not matching the characteristics of the font, the image is determined to not include an identifiable license plate. Responsive to determining the image does not include the identifiable license plate, the image is determined to be invalid and a manual character recognition process for determining identifiers in license plates is bypassed.
US10360434B2	Multi-pass adaptive voting for nuclei detection in histopathological images Methods, apparatus, and other embodiments detect nuclei in histopathological images. One example method includes accessing a histopathology image that includes a plurality of pixels, generating a gradient field map based on the histopathology image, generating a refined gradient field map based on the gradient field map, calculating a voting map for a member of the plurality of pixels based, at least in part, on the refined gradient field map and a voting kernel, generating an aggregated voting map based on the voting map, computing a global threshold, and identifying a nuclear centroid based on the global threshold and the aggregated voting map.
US10360431B2	Electronic device including pin hole array mask above optical image sensor and related methods An electronic device may include an optical image sensor and a pin hole array mask layer above the optical image sensor. The electronic device may also include a display layer above the pin hole array mask layer that includes spaced apart display pixels, and a transparent cover layer above the display layer defining a finger placement surface capable of receiving a finger adjacent thereto.
US10360425B2	Creation and management of dynamic quick response (QR) codes In response to detecting a configured quick response (QR) code change event associated with an item displayed in a retail environment, a changed dynamic QR code is displayed that includes an encoded new unique value. The changed dynamic QR code is changed from a previously-displayed dynamic QR code and is changed based upon a set of contemporaneous data elements associated the retail environment within which the item is displayed.
US10360424B2	Illuminator for DPM scanner A compact illuminator for a direct part marking (DPM) scanner is provided to perform dual-field, multi-color, multi-directional, multi-distance illumination functions. The illuminator can selectively provide dark field and bright field illumination with broad spectrum white or narrow band color, in combination with directions for near contact distance as well as far distance barcode readings. Specifically, illuminator includes a front edge illuminator with customized LED optics, a dome diffuser, an LED board assembly, and a reflective sleeve surrounding the dome diffuser. The board assembly can further include an alternative on/off plural point source bright field spot illuminating system. A method for scanning DPM indicia focuses on generating illumination light using an illumination assembly, illuminating the DPM indicia, detecting reflected and/or scattered light, and capturing under different illumination conditions and combining at least two consecutive images of the DPM indicia, followed by processing and decoding the obtained image.
US10360423B2	Image sensor with range and light-level detection Systems and methods for selectively illuminating objects located within the field-of-view of an image sensor used to capture images in a machine-readable symbol reader. In an active illuminated reading mode, a light source illuminates objects as the image sensor captures images. In a self-illuminated object reading mode, used to capture images of smartphone, tablet, or other self-illuminating displays, the image sensor captures images without the light source illuminating the objects. The machine-readable symbol reader transitions between the two modes based upon distance and light-level measurements taken of the various objects that are within the field-of-view of the image sensor.
US10360406B2	Method of obfuscating data A system and method for obfuscating data includes random numbers generated by applying a one-way compression function to auxiliary inputs which may at least include a secret key and a data partner identifier. For each row of data to be obfuscated, the following is performed: a plurality of data blocks is constructed from the each row of data to be obfuscated, wherein the number (n) of the data blocks is predetermined; a dot product is generated which is obtained by: generating a plurality of products by multiplying each of the plurality of data blocks with an exclusive one of the plurality of random numbers and summing the plurality of products; and an obfuscated form of the each row of data to be obfuscated is generated by determining a remainder of a modulo operation which is performed using the dot product as dividend and a predetermined integer value as divisor.
US10360401B2	Privacy protection in network input methods Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product for preventing certain sensitive private or personal information of a user from being recorded or stored and/or uploaded by a third party input method editor while the user is entering information into a computer that is part of a network. The method includes a processor creating a model containing privacy information about a user of a computer; extracting the privacy information from the model; analyzing the information entered into the computer by the user; determining that the user has entered any of the privacy information into the computer; and if the processor has determined that the user has entered any of the privacy information into the computer, preventing any recording, storing or uploading of the privacy information.
US10360399B2	System and method for detecting fraud and misuse of protected data by an authorized user using event logs A system and method are provided for detecting fraud and/or misuse of data in a computer environment through generating a rule for monitoring at least one of transactions and activities that are associated with the data. The rule can be generated based on one or more criteria related to the at least one of the transactions and the activities that is indicative of fraud or misuse of the data. The rule can be applied to the at least one of the transactions and the activities to determine if an event has occurred, where the event occurs if the at least one criteria has been met. A hit is stored if the event has occurred and a notification can be provided if the event has occurred. A compilation of hits related to the rule can be provided.
US10360398B2	Secure disk access control A request is received from a security tool, the request relating to an event involving data records in a storage device. An application programming interface (API) is used to interface with secure storage functionality of the storage device, the secure storage functionality enabling a set of secure storage operations. A security operation is caused to be performed at the storage device involving the data records based at least in part on the request. In one aspect, the set of secure storage operations can include a direct read operation, a direct write operation, a copy-on-write operation, and a save-attempted-write operation.
US10360397B2	Secure retrieval of cloud-based sensitive data by obfuscating data access patterns Cloud-based data is securely retrieved by obfuscating access patterns. A cloud storage system receives a request for data from a remote client that specifies a key. Thereafter, the cloud storage system iterates through an index to identify all locations corresponding to the specified key. Such index is generated by applying a series of j hash functions to each key resulting in a j different tables forming part of the index. Using the index, the cloud storage system returns data from the identified locations to the client. As each write operation works by using non-deterministic encryption, the write operation changes the records stored in this data structure, and when the record is not changed, the algorithm simply rewrites the data which is stored in the data structure by rewriting the same value back again. However since, a nondeterministic encryption is utilized, it makes it indistinguishable as to when new data was written and when existing data is rewritten.
US10360386B2	Hardware enforcement of providing separate operating system environments for mobile devices Using an ARM processor, a method is provided for endpoint computing systems such as mobile devices or laptops to provide a hardware isolated runtime environment for multiple operating systems (OS's). OS isolation is performed by hardware ARM Security Extensions added to ARMv6 processors (or higher) and controlled by a software Secure Monitor Module (SMM). The invention therefore comprises hardware enforcement mechanisms configured by the SMM to confine each OS to its own respective resources (kernel, RAM, drivers, storage). The invention is applicable to systems with different OS switching mechanisms, such as full computer system reboot to switch OS's, suspension of one OS and resuming another, or using a virtual machine hypervisor to execute several OS's in parallel.
US10360378B2	Analysis device, analysis method and computer-readable recording medium Provided is an analysis device with which it is possible to find information relating to the intention and purpose of an attacker. The analysis device is provided with a purpose estimating means that estimates the purpose of behavior, based on predetermined behavior in the computer and knowledge information that includes the relation between the behavior and the purpose of executing the behavior.
US10360376B2	Method for operating a computer unit, and such a computer unit A method is supplied for operating a computer unit, wherein on the computer unit an application can be executed which can access the functions of a crypto API, wherein the functions of the crypto API can be supplied by at least one crypto implementation on the computer unit. The method therein includes the following steps of: executing the application on the computer unit; checking what crypto implementations are available on the computer unit; and selecting one of the available crypto implementations as that crypto implementation which supplies the functions of the crypto API.
US10360372B1	Preventing timestamp-based inference attacks In an example embodiment, a method for protecting against timestamp-based inference attacks in a computer system is provided. A timestamp corresponding to a time when confidential data is submitted to the computer system by a user is recorded. A modification value based on a frequency of submissions of confidential data to the computer system is selected. The timestamp is altered by adding the modification value to the timestamp.
US10360368B2	Application interface and display control in an analyte monitoring environment Systems, devices, and methods are provided for the control of interfacing between applications that facilitate the monitoring of diabetes running on a mobile device, including the authentication of a third party user interface application by a sensor interface application. Control of the display of current analyte levels and critical events is also provided.
US10360362B2	Apparatuses and methods for fast onboarding an internet-enabled device Various aspects directed towards automating an onboarding procedure are disclosed. In a first aspect, an administrative communication associated with onboarding an onboardable device is received by an access point (AP) device, such that the administrative communication originates from a device different than the onboardable device. The AP device then enables the onboardable device to access a secure network based on the administrative communication. In another aspect, an identifier is transmitted from an onboardable device while the onboardable device operates in an AP mode. The onboardable device then receives credentials associated with accessing a secure network via an AP device. Here, the credentials received from the AP device are in response to an authentication of the identifier by an administrator. The onboardable device then connects to the secure network by utilizing the credentials.
US10360359B2	Enabling single finger tap user authentication and application launch and login using fingerprint scanning on a display screen Single tap launch and login to a secure application is provided. User authentication information is verified based on fingerprint data in response to the data processing system receiving an input via a finger of a user on a display screen to execute the secure application. The user authentication information is passed to the secure application as an invoking parameter to execute the secure application. Content corresponding to the secure application is received in response to execution of the secure application.
US10360358B2	Biometric authenticated content A method for biometric authentication has the steps of sending a confidential communication to an intended recipient through the system, the intended recipient providing one or more biometric identifiers to view the communication, wherein the one or more biometric identifiers are unique to the intended recipient, the system verifying the one or more biometric identifiers against one or more stored biometric identifiers, the system accepting the one or more biometric identifiers further has the steps of the system displaying the confidential communication on the mobile device, and the user continues to provide the one or more biometric identifiers, the system continuously verifying the one or more biometric identifiers while the communication is displayed wherein when the verification is uninterrupted of fails the communication is hidden.
US10360357B2	Personal identification using action sequences detected by sensors A method modifies a physical device for use by a particular person. One or more processors receive information from a sensor indicating a detection by the sensor of a sequence of actions performed by an unidentified person. The sequence of actions are physical actions performed in a particular order, and the physical actions are disparate types of physical movements performed by the unidentified person. One or more processors compare the sequence of actions performed by the unidentified person a known sequence of actions for a particular person. In response to the sequence of actions performed by the unidentified person matching the known sequence of actions for the particular person, one or more processors identify the unidentified person as the particular person and then modify a physical device for use by the particular person.
US10360352B2	System and method for event-based vehicle operation Embodiments of a method and/or system for facilitating event-based vehicle operation can include determining a vehicle route; determining geographic regions for the vehicle route; monitoring the determined geographic regions for events; determining an event of interest from the detected events; and/or dynamically facilitating modification of vehicular operation of the vehicle based on the event of interest, such as in response to determination of the event of interest.
US10360350B2	Medical inventory management of storage container An inventory system for wirelessly taking inventories of mobile medical dispensing carts comprises an easily assemblable and disassemblable enclosure comprising interconnected electrically conductive walls to form a Faraday cage. The interior space defined by the walls is large enough to accept the mobile carts. RFID readers are placed within the enclosure directed at the mobile cart to excite and read the RFID tags disposed on the medical articles within the cart. The walls of the enclosure are flexible and one of the walls is rolled up and down to act as a door to the interior space. A host computer stores the inventory of the cart and compares it against a previous inventory existence for resupply purposes. The host computer also detects expired and recalled medical articles in the cart. If a recalled article is detected, the host computer determines if a substitute article exists.
US10360339B2	Method for integrated circuit manufacturing Provided is an integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing method. The method includes receiving an IC design layout, wherein the IC design layout includes multiple IC regions and each of the IC regions includes an initial IC pattern. The method further includes performing a correction process to a first IC region, thereby modifying the initial IC pattern in the first IC region to result in a first corrected IC pattern in the first IC region, wherein the correction process includes location effect correction. The method further includes replacing the initial IC pattern in a second IC region with the first corrected IC pattern.
US10360336B2	Microfluidics planar placement and routing algorithm A method of developing a physical design layout of microfluidic system chip can include receiving a planarized graph of a netlist including vertices representing microfluidic components. The vertices can be expanded into components, where each component includes a first dimension and a second dimension. The components can be shifted to a position where the first and second dimension of each component do not overlap with the first dimension and the second dimension of any other component. A flow route can be determined based on the first and second dimension of each component and the position of each component, the flow route including channels connecting two or more of the components.
US10360329B2	Multi-cycle signal identification for static timing analysis Embodiments relate to multi-cycle signal identification for static timing analysis. An aspect includes identifying, in a circuit under test, a multi-cycle signal, the multi-cycle signal having a longer period than a main clock signal of the circuit under test. Another aspect includes mapping a plurality of additional signals of the circuit under test onto the multi-cycle signal, the plurality of additional signals each having a shorter period than the multi-cycle signal. Yet another aspect includes performing static timing analysis of the circuit under test based on the multi-cycle signal.
US10360326B2	Method for determining vibratory contact stress at a blade attachment A modal analysis is performed on a blade and disk assembly of a turbomachine, including selecting a target vibration frequency at which a target amplitude of vibration has been measured for a target node during operation, and deriving modal velocity vectors from the target amplitude at the target node. A transient analysis is performed on a numerical model of the blade and disk assembly, including modeling the connection between the blade and disk such that the connection is characterized by a first degree of flexibility representative of a first set of actual operating conditions at the connection, and introducing a perturbation to the transient analysis at an initial steady state condition by applying the modal velocity vectors suddenly to a plurality of nodes of the numerical model while maintaining the initial steady state condition.
US10360320B2	Computer-aided modeling of a bent sheet object A modeling application is provided with functionality that adds a bend between two flat sheets.
US10360316B2	Integration of simulation of a machine for industrial automation Methods and systems for creating and running and industrial control system simulation are described herein. The simulation may include animation of a complex machine linked with the industrial control device controlling the complex machine. The simulation may also include links to the physical I/O and other modules of the industrial controller to enhance the functionality of the simulation. This may increase the likelihood that the timing and functionality of the simulation may be more like real-time operation of the industrial control system. This may enhance the system design and save time of system design and start-up and troubleshooting of the operational industrial control system.
US10360315B2	Construction field management method and construction field management device The object is to enable easy acquisition of an element that is not design data. The technique is characterized in that when generating construction field management information used to manage a construction field, a construction field management device acquires measurement data that is three-dimensional shape data measured by a measurement device, and compares design data created by a designer with the acquired measurement data, thus extracting non-design data that is not the design data, from the measurement data. Also, as the non-design data, data of a scaffolding/tool and a component of the design data in a temporarily placed state are extracted, and the status of these is analyzed and displayed on a display unit.
US10360309B2	Call center SMS-MMS language router A method and system enables language translation and routing of Person-to-Person (P2P) messages. Customer messages are diverted to various alternate destinations in an enterprise based on the language of the messages. Enterprise alternate destinations include language capable call center customer service representatives (CSRs), language specialized call centers, and personnel in various departments in an enterprise having language skills. The CSRs and other personnel can communicate through the call centers or using data enabled devices. Information collected from the messages can be used to determine the appropriate destination.
US10360295B2	Device and method for editing text in portable terminal A device and a method for editing text in a portable terminal are provided. The device includes displaying content comprising at least one unit of text, receiving an input of at least one unit of text through a first display area, changing to an editing mode for editing the content when the input text is released from the first display area while dragging the input text to replace a specific word included in the content located at a second display area, and replacing the specific word with the input text when the input text is completely dragged to the specific word.
US10360294B2	Methods and systems for efficient and accurate text extraction from unstructured documents According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for extracting text from unstructured documents. The method includes creating a spatial index for storing information about words on a page of a document to be analyzed; using the spatial index to detect white space that indicates boundaries of columns within the page, aggregate words into lines, identify lines that are part of a header or footer of the page, and identify lines that are part of a table or a figures within the page; and joining lines together to generate continuous text flows. In one embodiment, the continuous text is divided into sections. In one embodiment, references within the document are identified. In one embodiment, inline citations within the document body are replaced with the corresponding reference information, or portions thereof.
US10360288B2	Web page design snapshot generator Aspects provide multilevel design characterization of a web page via identifying different individual graphic element (text characters, images or graphical control elements) displayed within a web page layout, and determining linear groupings thereof (horizontal rows or vertical columns) as a function of differences in their positioning relative to each other. Aspects further identify clusters of the linear groupings and individual graphic elements as a function of clustering indicia (layout pattern indicia, gap level indicia or cluster group indicia), identify repetitive groupings of the clusters as unique list region collections, and determine a tree structure for the unique list region collections that identifies unique list region collections having more dominant element type, size, alignment, style or class name attribute values within the web page layout as root nodes, and others having less dominant element attribute values as child nodes relative to the root nodes.
US10360284B1	Statistical facility monitor A statistical facility monitor has a consumption percentile meter. The consumption percentile meter reads in utility consumption data from a monitored facility over a period of time. The consumption percentile meter then reads in a cumulative distribution of consumption percentile versus normalized utility consumption for similar reference facilities. The cumulative distribution is based on other facilities in the same facility class as the monitored facility. The consumption percentile meter uses the cumulative distribution to determine the consumption percentile for the monitored facility relative to the reference facilities. The meter then outputs the consumption percentile.
US10360277B2	Controlling data migration A machine may be configured to migrate data among databases. For example, the machine determines a control signal value that indicates a migration state of a migration of member profile data associated with one or more members of a Social Networking Service (SNS) from one or more legacy databases to a consolidated database. The machine accesses member profile data at the one or more legacy databases, and causes a replication of the member profile data at the consolidated database. The causing of the replication includes transforming the member profile data from a schema associated with the one or more legacy databases to a schema associated with the consolidated database. The machine performs a data equivalency test. The machine, based on a result of the data equivalency test, modifies the control signal value to indicate a further migration state of the migration of the member profile data.
US10360274B2	Suggested out of network communication recipients Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems and machine readable medium for recommending an out-of-network communication by determining a set of potential recommended members of a social networking service based upon one or more recommendation criteria. In some examples the recommendation criteria may include: a profile similarity to a previous target of an out-of-network communication, a degree of correspondence between an interest and intent of the sending member, and a likelihood of response.
US10360261B2	Propagating a snapshot attribute in a distributed file system A storage system includes a distributed file system. An attribute of a particular entity in the file system relates to a snapshot. In response to an operation in the storage system, it is determined whether the snapshot attribute is to be propagated to another entity of the file system.
US10360254B1	Intelligent and context aware reading systems Methods and systems for supplying content to a user including generating, configuring content data for presentation on a display of a user computing device, transmitting the content data to the display of the user computing device for display on the user computing device, collecting, behavior data of the user sensed by the tracking module, generating engagement data based on the collected behavior data, determining supplemental content configured for presentation on a display of the user computing device and displaying the supplemental content to the user on the user computing device.
US10360250B2	Text conversion Methods and system for text conversion are described. In one embodiment, free-form text associated with an item may be received. The item may be identified based on the free-form text. The item may be compatible with a parent item. The parent item may be identified based on the free-form text. An item descriptor may be identified in the free-form text. The item descriptor may be a particular term of the free-form text. Compatibility-based text may be constructed for the item based on identification of the parent item and the item descriptor. The compatibility-based text may be capable of being used to identify a plurality of matching items. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
US10360248B1	Method and system for processing search queries using permission definition tokens In general, in one aspect, the invention relates to a method for servicing requests, the method includes receiving, from a client system, a first request comprising a query, determining a first user associated with the first request, modifying the query to obtain a first modified query, where the first modified query includes a first permission definition token associated with the first user, processing the modified query to obtain a first object from a content repository, and providing the first object to the client system.
US10360246B2	Method, system, and apparatus for searching and displaying user generated content The present disclosure discloses a method, system and apparatus for searching and displaying user generated content. The method includes displaying a street view on a browser of a user's terminal, determining a geographical range within which the street view lies, wherein the geographical range comprises geographical location information of the street view and a surrounding area covered within a predefined range measured from the geographical location information of the street view, determining a plurality of UGC which have been posted within the geographical range; and displaying on the browser, the plurality of UGC posted within the geographical range of the street view.
US10360239B2	Automated definition of data warehouse star schemas An automated system for defining a star schema for a data source. The system based on automatically gathered information from the data source such as entities and columns, entity column types and lengths, entity keys, relationships between and within entities, measures, workflow and correlated attributes, specialized entities, an update frequency of entities and columns, and grouping of entity and column updates associated with the source database automatically determines facts, dimensions, dimension hierarchies, measures, workflow specific measures (if data source has workflows) and workflow correlated attribute specific measures (if data source has temporal, priority, ownership and progress tracking attributes) to come up with a star schema for the data source.
US10360237B2	Secure data replication One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for secure data replication. For example, a first storage controller may host first storage within which storage resources (e.g., files, logical unit numbers (LUNs), volumes, etc.) are stored. The first storage controller may establish an access policy with a001 second storage controller to which data is to be replicated from the first storage. The access policy may define an authentication mechanism for the first storage controller to authenticate the second storage controller, an authorization mechanism specifying a type of access that the second storage controller has for a storage resource, and an access control mechanism specifying how the second storage controller's access to data of the storage resource is to be controlled. In this way, data replication requests may be authenticated and authorized so that data may be provided, according to the access control mechanism, in a secure manner.
US10360234B2	Recursive extractor framework for forensics and electronic discovery A method, a system, and a computer program product for data extraction are disclosed. At least one container of data is analyzed to determine format of at least a portion of data contained in the container. Based on the determined format of the portion of data, at least one extractor in a plurality of extractors is selected to extract the portion of data from the container. The portion of data is extracted from the container and a structure of the extracted portion of data is generated for performing analysis of a content of the extracted portion of data.
US10360231B2	Dynamically switching between data sources In various embodiments, a data integration system is disclosed which enables dynamically switching between sources for loading data into a data warehouse by utilizing a source-dependent data store at the data warehouse.
US10360224B2	Image and data capture and machine learning for automatic generation of search queries Automatically capturing information and performing content searching may include extracting features from data content, for example, captured via an image capturing device or by another method. Features extracted from the data content are structured into an ontology graph representing keywords and contextual relationships. Search queries are generated based on the ontology graph, by inputting the ontology graph to a query generating machine learning model trained to predict one or more search queries. The search queries are executed and one or more search results are presented on a user interface, for example, a display device. Based on received feedback on the search results, the machine learning model is retrained.
US10360223B2	Selecting content items provided to groups including a social networking system user based on interaction with the content items by social networking system users A social networking system maintains various groups that each include one or more users and maintains information describing interactions by users with the social networking system. The social networking system selects various content items provided to groups including the user based on amounts of interaction with content items provided to groups including the user by other social networking system users as well as amounts of time since the social networking system obtained various content items provided to the groups. Information describing the selected content items is presented to the user by the social networking system outside of pages of content maintained by the social networking system for groups to which the selected content items were provided.
US10360221B2	Method, system, and client for content management A method of producing the results of a search for content for display on a client is described. The method comprises: identifying a plurality of objects of interest; uploading an image of each of the plurality of objects to a server; uploading captured content to the server, the captured content including the plurality of objects; performing, on the server, recognition of each of the objects in the captured content; generating a confidence score indicating the probability of each of the recognized objects being present in the content; receiving, from the client, an object selection, wherein the results of the search are arranged on the basis of the selected object; and generating the results of the search on the server for downloading to the client for display on the client, wherein a representation of the captured content is located between a representation of the selected object and another of the plurality of objects, the distance between the representation of the captured content and the plurality of objects being determined in accordance with the confidence score.
US10360212B2	Guided keyword-based exploration of data A method for guided keyword-based exploration of data stored in a database includes providing, with a processing device, valid query templates for the data, wherein the provided valid query templates include static parts and dynamic parts; selecting those of the provided valid query templates that match a user-provided keyword; generating valid queries from the selected valid query templates using the data; and querying the data using a user-selected valid query selected from the generated valid queries.
US10360210B2	Optimizing single-value database read operations using a single value cache The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for optimizing single-value database read operations. One computer-implemented method includes initializing, by a computer, a single value cache associated with a created database table where a column of the database table contains a single or unique data value, verifying that the created database table is in a useable state, performing an operation on the database table, and retrieving the data value from the single value cache without locking the column containing the single or unique data value.
US10360208B2	Method and system of process reconstruction A method is provided for process reconstruction, including extracting system type attributes and associated system identification attributes from pieces of data, each system type attribute containing information identifying the type of system that generated the data, and each system identification attribute containing information identifying the system that generated the data; extracting a process identification attribute from the pieces of data that identifies the pieces of data as belonging to a process instance; determining a hierarchy of functions based on a grouping operation, the hierarchy being based on the system type attributes and the system identification attributes; generating a configuration file for applying reconstruction methods that is set to selectively apply each of the reconstruction methods based on the hierarchy of functions and a mapping table that pairs the system type attributes and the reconstruction methods; and applying the reconstruction methods to the pieces of data according to the configuration file.
US10360194B2	Systems and methods for real time data management in a collaborative environment Systems and methods for real time data management in a collaborative environment. In one embodiment, the systems and methods dynamically link stakeholders, through a collaborative environment, to current and updated data. The systems and methods also cross-reference data objects between stakeholders for calling data objects by a common name, and determine a preferred method for each operation related to processing data for a data object.
US10360191B2	Establishing overlay trust consensus for blockchain trust validation system The system, method, and computer program product described herein provides a built-in feedback mechanism for a blockchain to sanction validator nodes that consistently “vote” in a manner that does not match the ultimate consensus. The method includes receiving a vote on whether to add a transaction to the blockchain, comparing the vote to a consensus decision on whether to add the transaction to the blockchain, determining based on the comparison that the vote does not match the consensus decision, in response to determining that the vote does not match the consensus decision, incrementing a value associated with the validator node in a feedback registry, determining that the value associated with the validator node is above a predetermined threshold value, and in response to determining that the value associated with the validator node is above the predetermined threshold, proposing a sanction of the validator node to the plurality of validator nodes.
US10360180B2	Digest listing decomposition To identify slice errors, a processing module of a computing device in a dispersed storage network (DSN) sends first list digest requests to at least first and second dispersed storage (DS) units. The requests indicates a first range of slice names to include in a first list digest. The processing module receives digest responses from the DS units, and compares the digest responses to determine whether they identify the same slices. If they do not identify the same slices, the processing module sends second list digest requests indicating a sub-range of the first range of slice names to include in second list digests. The sub-range continues to be narrowed until the processing module identifies at least one sub-range of slice names where a slice error exists.
US10360171B2	Communicating a message request transaction to a logical device A general input/output communication port implements a communication stack that includes a physical layer, a data link layer and a transaction layer. The transaction layer includes assembling a packet header for a message request transaction to one or more logical devices. The packet header includes a format field to indicate the length of the packet header and to further specify whether the packet header includes a data payload, a subset of a type field to indicate the packet header relates to the message request transaction and a message field. The message field includes a message to implement the message request transaction. The message includes at least one message that is selected from a group of messages. The group of messages to include a message to unlock a logical device, a message to reset a logical device, a message to indicate a correctable error condition, a message to indicate an uncorrectable error condition, a message to indicate a fatal error condition, a message to report a bad request packet, a message to indicate power management and a message to emulate an interrupt signal.
US10360166B2	Multi-protocol io infrastructure for a flexible storage platform A flexible storage system. A storage motherboard accommodates, on a suitable connector, a storage adapter circuit that provides protocol translation between a host bus interface and a storage interface, and that provides routing, to accommodate a plurality of mass storage devices that may be connected to the storage adapter circuit through the storage motherboard. The storage adapter circuit may be replaced with a circuit supporting a different host interface or a different storage interface.
US10360160B2	System and method for adaptive cache replacement with dynamic scaling of leader sets According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a cache and a cache replacement unit. The cache may be arranged in a plurality of cache sets each configured to store data. A number of cache sets are designated as leader cache sets and each leader cache set is associated with a first replacement policy or a second replacement policy. The cache replacement unit may be configured to monitor an effectiveness of the first replacement policy and, at least, the second replacement policy to accurately predict cache line replacement. The cache replacement unit may be configured to select the first replacement policy or the second replacement policy to be a dominant replacement policy. The cache replacement unit may be configured to dynamically scale the number of cache sets that are designated as leader cache sets based at least in part upon the effectiveness of the dominant replacement policy.
US10360150B2	Techniques for managing memory in a multiprocessor architecture Techniques for managing memory in a multiprocessor architecture are presented. Each processor of the multiprocessor architecture includes its own local memory. When data is to be removed from a particular local memory or written to storage that data is transitioned to another local memory associated with a different processor of the multiprocessor architecture. If the data is then requested from the processor, which originally had the data, then the data is acquired from a local memory of the particular processor that received and now has the data.
US10360145B2	Handling large writes to distributed logs A system includes writing of log data in chunks over a first range of heap log sequence positions of a heap log stored in the non-volatile memory system, and writing of a heap anchor marker in a first anchor stream of a transaction log stored in the non-volatile memory system, at a first transaction log sequence position of the transaction log, wherein the first anchor stream is associated with a first stream of the transaction log, and the heap anchor marker identifies the first range of heap log sequence positions of the heap log.
US10360144B2	Storage apparatus and non-volatile memory device including a controller to selectively compress data based on an update frequency level A storage apparatus includes a non-volatile memory and a controller to determine whether or not to compress data at a time when a non-volatile memory device receives the data from a host apparatus. A storage controller transmits a specified logical address range, an update frequency level of the specified logical address range, and specified data to a device controller. The update frequency level may indicate whether data is Hot or Cold. On the basis of the update frequency level of the specified logical address range, the device controller determines whether to compress the specified data. When a determination is made to compress the specified data, the device controller compresses the specified data to generate compressed data, and writes the compressed data into a non-volatile memory which may be a flash memory device. A degradation rank of physical blocks in the flash memory may include at least Young and Old. Reclamation processing including selecting a migration destination on the basis of the updated frequency level may also be performed. When a determination is made not to compress the specified data, the device controller writes the specified data into the non-volatile memory.
US10360143B2	Parallel use of integrated non-volatile memory and main volatile memory within a mobile device A mobile device having parallel use of non-volatile memory and main memory is presented. The mobile device includes a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, a memory controller functionally coupled to the non-volatile memory and the volatile memory, and a processor coupled to the memory controller. The processor addresses both the non-volatile memory and the volatile memory utilizing a continuous memory map. Alternatively, a mobile device may include a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory, a memory controller coupled to the volatile memory, a processor coupled to the memory controller. The processor may address the volatile memory during normal operation. The mobile device may further include a shadow copy controller coupled to the non-volatile memory and the memory controller, where the shadow copy controller copies information stored in a designated portion of the volatile memory into the non-volatile memory.
US10360142B2	Proactive and selective regression testing based on historic test results In an approach to reducing regression test duration, one or more computer processors receive a first code change. The one or more computer processors retrieve one or more historic code changes relevant to the first code change. The one or more computer processors determine whether one or more failed test cases are relevant to the one or more historic code changes, where the one or more relevant failed test cases and the one or more historic code changes are stored in a table of test history. In response to determining the one or more historic code changes are relevant to one or more failed test cases, the one or more computer processors retrieve the one or more relevant failed test cases from the table of test history.
US10360141B2	Automated application test system An automated application test system comprises a plurality of clients (3) providing test interfaces to corresponding users, and a network of test nodes (4a) connected to the clients (3); wherein each said test node (4a) comprises one or more test devices locally connected to the test node (4a); and an agent (6) arranged to execute one or more test applications on the locally connected test devices (4b) in accordance with requests from the clients (3).
US10360139B2	Identifying transport-level encoded payloads Identifying transport-level encoded payloads includes identifying transport-level encoded payloads from a recorded script in a display, determining multiple decoding option for at least one of the transport-level encoded payloads where the multiple decoding options includes a recommended chain, and displaying multiple decoding options with at least one of the transport-level encoded payloads.
US10360135B2	Privilege test and monitoring Testing code. A method includes identifying in code being executed on a computing system a specification of a permission set. The method further includes dynamically, as the code is running changing a permission level of the computing system to match the permission set. The method further includes executing code at the computing system within the permissions in the permission set. The method further includes during execution, for actions performed in the execution, determining if the permission set includes sufficient permissions for the action to be performed.
US10360134B2	System, method and computer program product for detecting infeasible events in dynamic programs A computer-implemented method for determining infeasible conditions is disclosed. The method comprises executing a backward-bounded symbolic analysis on a control flow graph of a dynamic program.
US10360126B2	Response-time baselining and performance testing capability within a software product A method of measuring performance of a computerized system is provided. A test component integrated in a client application module is configured to generate an application specific workflow to be delivered to a computing environment of one or more computing devices for measuring the performance of the computerized system. The integrated test component of the client application module is executed to deliver the application specific workflow to a server system in the computing environment. Performance data is collected based on at least one response received from the computing environment to measure the performance of the computerized system.
US10360125B2	Methods and apparatus to communicatively couple field devices to a remote terminal unit Methods and apparatus to communicatively coupled field devices to a remote terminal unit are disclosed. The example apparatus includes a base rack for a remote terminal unit in a process control system. The example apparatus further includes a first termination module to be inserted in a first termination slot of the base rack. Wires communicatively coupled to a field device are to be terminated on the first termination module. The example apparatus also includes a first control module separate from the first termination module to be inserted in a first control slot of the base rack. The first control module is to be communicatively coupled with the first termination module via a backplane of the base rack. The first control module is to control communications with the field device.
US10360124B2	Dynamic rate adjustment for interaction monitoring Methods and systems for implementing dynamic rate adjustment for interaction monitoring are disclosed. At an entity, the collection of trace information is initiated according to a first sampling rate. The trace information is indicative of interactions between the entity and one or more additional entities. A second sampling rate is determined based at least in part on information external to the entity. The second sampling rate is determined after the collection of the trace information is initiated at the entity according to the first sampling rate. At the entity, the collection of additional trace information is initiated according to the second sampling rate.
US10360119B2	Data recovery in a distributed storage system A system, method, and machine-readable storage medium for recovering data in a distributed storage system are provided. In some embodiments, the method includes identifying a failing storage device of a first storage node having an inaccessible data segment. When it is determined that the inaccessible data segment cannot be recovered using a first data protection scheme, a first chunk of data associated with the inaccessible data segment is identified and a group associated with the first chunk of data is identified. A second chunk of data associated with the group is selectively retrieved from a second storage node such that data associated with an accessible data segment of the first storage node is not retrieved. The inaccessible data segment is recovered by recovering the first chunk of data using a second data protection scheme and the second chunk of data.
US10360112B2	Restoration of data when point in time copy operations are performed during asynchronous copy Consistency groups are asynchronously copied to a remote computational device, from a local computational device, wherein point in time copy operations are performed at the local computational device while the consistency groups are being asynchronously copied to the remote computational device. Indicators are stored at the remote computational device to identify those point in time copy operations that are to be restored as part of a recovery operation performed at the remote computational device in response to a failure of the local computational device.
US10360111B2	Self-adaptive parallel database page flusher Execution of a page flusher is initiated in an in-memory database system in which pages are loaded into memory and having associated physical disk storage by a resource flush thread using a queue. Thereafter, pages are identified that have been loaded into the memory of the database system and which have been modified. These identified pages are to be flushed to the physical disk storage. Each page is assigned with a different ordered physical page number. These identified pages are added to the queue. Subsequently, asynchronous write I/O is triggered causing the identified pages to be flushed to the physical disk storage and stored in the physical disk storage according to their assigned physical page numbers such that, if at least one predetermined performance condition is met, a subset of the identified pages in the queue are flushed to physical disk storage.
US10360109B2	Variable checkpointing in a streaming application with one or more consistent regions A variable checkpoint mechanism in a streams manager checkpoints a streaming application based on periodic time periods for checkpoints. The variable checkpoint mechanism can take a checkpoint before a periodic time period ends when a spike is coming, or can take a checkpoint after the periodic time period ends when there is backpressure in a consistent region of the streaming application. When there is no anticipated spike coming and when there is no backpressure in a consistent region of the streaming application, the checkpoint is performed at the normal end of the periodic time period for checkpoints. In this manner the checkpoint timing of the variable checkpoint mechanism can be adjusted real-time to minimize the negative impact of checkpointing on the performance of the streaming application.
US10360104B2	ECC memory controller to detect dangling pointers A system and method of utilizing ECC memory to detect software errors and malicious activities is disclosed. In one embodiment, after a pool of memory is freed, every data word in that pool is modified to ensure that an ECC error will occur if any data word in that pool is read again. In another embodiment, the ECC memory controller is used to detect and prevent non-secure applications from accessing secure portions of memory.
US10360096B2	Error handling in transactional buffered memory Data is sent from a memory buffer device to a host device over a link. An error in the data is determined. A read response cancellation signal is sent to the host device to indicate the error to the host device, where the read response cancellation signal is to be sent subsequent to the data being sent from the memory buffer device to the host device.
US10360093B2	Detecting anomalous states of machines The state of a system is determined in which data sets are generated that include a plurality of data instances representing states of one or more components of a computer system. The data instances generated by one or more data set sources that are configured to output a data instance in response to a trigger associated with the one or more components. The data instances are normalized by the application of one or more rules. The data instances from individual data set sources are separately collated to generate groups of time-specific collated data instances. State types may be assigned to each of the collated data instance groups. Distributions of state-types across the groups may be determined and a list of infrequent state-types may be generated based on the determined distributions of state-types across the groups.
US10360090B2	Determination method, determination apparatus, and recording medium A determination method includes obtaining, from a computer, history information of change time points indicating times at which processing for making a change to a program is executed; determining a predetermined time interval indicating an interval of the change time points; determining a first time period later than a latest change time point extracted from the history information, and a second time period earlier than the first time period; obtaining, from the computer, log messages including history of operations and operation time points corresponding to the operations; extracting, from the log messages, a first appearance pattern indicating a pattern of operations that appeared in the first time period and a second appearance pattern indicating a pattern of operations that appeared in the second time period; and determining whether a failure occurred in the first time period, based on a difference between the first appearance pattern and the second appearance pattern.
US10360088B2	Randomized compiling for quantum computation In a general aspect, randomized compiling techniques for quantum computing are described. In some aspects, an initial quantum-logic gate sequence is received. A modified quantum-logic gate sequence is generated by applying virtual random gates to the initial quantum-logic gate sequence, such that the initial quantum-logic gate sequence is logically equivalent to the modified quantum-logic gate sequence. The modified quantum-logic gate sequence can be provided to a quantum information processor for execution.
US10360083B2	Attributing causality to program execution capacity modifications Techniques are described for managing program execution capacity, such as for a group of computing nodes that are provided for executing one or more programs for a user. In some situations, dynamic program execution capacity modifications for a computing node group that is in use may be performed periodically or otherwise in a recurrent manner, such as to aggregate multiple modifications that are requested or otherwise determined to be made during a period of time. In addition, various operations may be performed to attribute causality information or other responsibility for particular program execution capacity modifications that are performed, including by attributing a single event as causing one capacity modification, and a combination of multiple events as possible causes for another capacity modification. The techniques may in some situations be used in conjunction with a fee-based program execution service that executes multiple programs on behalf of multiple users of the service.
US10360079B2	Architecture and services supporting reconfigurable synchronization in a multiprocessing system A synchronization method in a multiprocessor system is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of synchronization mechanisms for synchronizing data to be accessed by a plurality of concurrently executable tasks, analyzing design information and runtime information for application software that includes the concurrently executable tasks, identifying, based on the analysis, software architecture patterns for the concurrently executable tasks that access a shared variable, and associating, based on the analysis, each of the software architecture patterns to one or more of the synchronization mechanisms. The method further includes generating synchronization table entries for a synchronization table that identify the shared variable, the software architecture pattern for the concurrently executable tasks that access the shared variable, and the one or more synchronization mechanisms associated with the software architecture pattern and also includes accessing the shared variable using the one or more synchronization mechanisms identified in the synchronization table.
US10360076B1	Prioritized rebalancing of distributed file system A method of balancing the data stored in a distributed file system. The method comprises analyzing the distributed file system to identify a degree of transience of files in the file system, to identify storage categories of files as being one of write once or write a plurality of times, and to identify files that are a single minimum allocatable unit in size or less, where the analyzing is performed by a data balancing application. The method further comprises determining by the data balancing application a prioritized sequence of file migration manifests, where each file migration manifest identifies a file to be migrated, the source location of the file, and the destination location of the file, where the determining is performed based on the analysis and migrating files by the data balancing application as defined in the file migration manifests in the determined sequence.
US10360075B2	Allocating a global resource in a distributed grid environment A technique for allocating a global resource in a distributed grid environment includes receiving from slave resource managers use and demand data associated with the global resource by each consumer in a respective region. A master resource manager computes an allocation of the global resource for each consumer and for each region based on the use data and the demand data. The master resource manager then communicates to each slave resource manager an amount of the global resource allocated to each consumer in each respective region controlled by a respective slave resource manager and a total allocation of the global resource for the region controlled by the respective slave resource manager.
US10360069B2	Automated transfer of neural network definitions among federated areas An apparatus includes a processor to: perform a testing job flow at least partly within a testing federated area to test a neural network defined by configuration data specifying hyperparameters and trained parameters thereof; and perform a transfer flow to transfer an object indicative of results of the testing from the testing federated area to another federated area, wherein: in response to the degree of accuracy falling below a predetermined minimum threshold, the processor is caused to transfer a specification of the degree of accuracy or a portion of inaccurate output to a training federated area in which the neural network was at least partly trained; and in response to the degree of accuracy exceeding a predetermined maximum threshold, the processor is caused to transfer a copy of the neural network configuration data to a usage federated area in which the neural network is to be made available for use.
US10360067B1	Dynamic function calls in an on-demand network code execution system Systems and methods are described for providing dynamic function calls in an on-demand code execution system, whereby a task can be invoked on the on-demand code execution system based on functionality provided by the task, rather than an identifier of the task. The on-demand code execution system can enable tasks to register as providing a given functionality, and when a call is received to implement the functionality (e.g., from another task on the on-demand code execution system), the on-demand code execution system can select a task based on those registered. In some instances, the selected task may be based on a combination of execution cost of the task (e.g., compute costs utilized to execute the task) and invocation costs of the task (e.g., compute costs utilized to initiate execution of the task on the on-demand code execution system).
US10360060B2	Virtual machine monitor to I/O stack conduit in virtual real memory Provided is a virtual interface, a “Forwarder” and a Virtual Block Storage Device (VBSD). The virtual interface is the interface between a Command/Response Queue (CRQ), which receives CRQ commands from a virtual machine monitor, and a common interface of the Forwarder. The Forwarder receives I/O commands in a format associated with the common interface and converts the commands into a generic I/O format. The reformatted command is transmitted to the VBSD. The virtual machine monitor sends a read or write (R/W) request to the virtual interface, which passes the request to the Forwarder. The Forwarder receives the request, converts the request into a form readable by the VBSD and transmits the converted request to the VBSD. The VBSD transmits the request to a block storage device and returns the response to the Forwarder. The Forwarder replies to the request from the virtual interface with the response from the ABSD. The virtual interface then responds to the virtual machine monitor.
US10360057B1	Network-accessible volume creation and leasing A data volume can be created on a network-accessible storage device in a data center for use by a virtual machine instance. More specifically, a management system of the data center may request storage servers to allocate space for the data volume. Prior to receiving confirmation that the data volume has been created, the management system may further request the storage servers to establish a lease that authorizes the virtual machine access to the data volume.
US10360055B2	Processors, methods, and systems to enforce blacklisted paging structure indication values A method of an aspect includes receiving an indication of an attempt by a virtual machine to modify a paging structure identification storage location to have a given value. It is determined that the given value matches at least one of a set of one or more blacklist values. The attempt by the virtual machine to modify the paging structure identification storage location to have the given value is trapped to a virtual machine monitor. Other methods, apparatus, and systems are also disclosed.
US10360037B2	Fetch unit for predicting target for subroutine return instructions A fetch unit configured to, in response to detecting a subroutine call and link instruction, calculate and store a predicted target address for the corresponding subroutine return instruction in a prediction stack, and if certain conditions are met, also cause to be stored in the prediction stack a predicted target instruction bundle. The fetch unit is also configured to, in response to detecting a subroutine return instruction, use the predicted target address in the prediction stack to determine the address of the next instruction bundle to be fetched, and if certain conditions are met, cause any valid predicted target instruction bundle in the prediction stack to be the next bundle to be decoded.
US10360033B2	Conditional transaction end instruction A Conditional Transaction End (CTEND) instruction is provided that allows a program executing in a nonconstrained transactional execution mode to inspect a storage location that is modified by either another central processing unit or the Input/Output subsystem. Based on the inspected data, transactional execution may be ended or aborted, or the decision to end/abort may be delayed, e.g., until a predefined event occurs. For instance, when the instruction executes, the processor is in a nonconstrained transaction execution mode, and the transaction nesting depth is one at the beginning of the instruction, a second operand of the instruction is inspected, and based on the inspected data, transaction execution may be ended or aborted, or the decision to end/abort may be delayed, e.g., until a predefined event occurs, such as the value of the second operand becomes a prespecified value or a time interval is exceeded.
US10360024B2	Method and apparatus for execution of distributed workflow processes The system provides a method and apparatus for the dynamic distribution, deployment, and configuration of optimizable code modules for use with software workflows running on a single compute device or across a network connected grid of compute devices. The system comprises one or more collections of software and data modules stored in a content catalog, conforming to a defined interface, and having metadata conforming to a schema that enables the modules to be statically or dynamically optimized by the controlling workflow and a workflow manager. The system provides a service that enables code modules to be located, deployed, configured, and updated by the controlling workflow, the workflow manager, or a remote manager.
US10360015B2	Updating virtual machine images Remote computing resource service providers allow customers to execute virtual computer systems in a virtual environment on hardware provided by the computing resource service provider. The virtual computer systems may be suspended for an indeterminate amount of time and saved as images in one or more storage systems of the service provider. Periodically, updates for the virtual computer systems are required. In order to update virtual computer systems that are stored in a suspended state, an offline patch and indirection map is generated and used to update the virtual computer systems.
US10360012B2	Dynamic selection of deployment configurations of software applications A method and system are for deploying a software application. The software application is deployed in a default deployment configuration onto a computing system. The default deployment configuration includes interacting software components of the software application. One or more operating indicators of an execution environment of the software application are monitored. From the monitored one or more operating indicators, it is ascertained that a critical condition of the execution environment exists. In response to having ascertained that the critical condition exists, an alternative deployment configuration is selected from one or more alternative deployment configurations of the software application, each alternative deployment configuration having one or more groups of the software components aggregated into corresponding aggregated software components. The software application is re-deployed in the selected alternative deployment configuration onto the computing system.
US10360011B2	Private computer network installations Software such as operating system software, firmware, and other software components may be installed onto target servers in private computer networks. In some embodiments, virtual machines and/or virtual machine images including guest operating systems and automated installation (AI) components, may be generated and configured to perform software installations onto target servers. For example, a virtual machine generator may be configured to create, install, and configure new virtual machines with specifications based on one or more target devices in a private network. An installation device in communication with the private network may store and/or execute the customized virtual machines to perform software installations onto target devices within the private network.
US10360006B2	Source code generation device, source code generation method, and recording medium A source code described in a programming language for an ETL tool is generated from a source code described in a procedural programming language. A source code acquisition unit acquires a source code described in a procedural programming language and in which a group of instructions that handles one or more variables is described. A processing block generation unit generates a group of processing blocks associated with the group of instructions described in the source code acquired. A port setting unit sets, in a group of processing blocks associated with a group of instructions executed between execution of an instruction that handles first a variable focused on and execution of an instruction that handles last the variable focused on, among the group of processing blocks generated, an input port and an output port for transmitting data referred to by the variable focused on. A port connection unit connects the input port and the output port set.
US10359998B2	Runstream generator Systems and methods that include receiving a plurality of programs, wherein each of the plurality of programs performs at least one function. The systems and methods further include parsing the plurality of programs. The systems and methods further include generating control statements configured to create an executable file. The executable file is configured to perform the functions performed by the plurality of programs.
US10359994B2	Computer system for processing heterogeneous measurements from various metrology apparatuses with a view to estimating values of features of microelectronic devices, corresponding method and computer program A computer system processing heterogeneous measurements from various metrology apparatuses includes a processor, a storage, and a software platform. The storage includes a recording of direct models expressing the heterogeneous measurements as a function of predefined features of electronic devices or parameters for processing the measurements. The software platform includes a functional cost calculation module and an interface selecting one of plural cost functions. The functional module provides an estimation of a cost by comparison of the heterogeneous measurements with an estimation of the measurements obtained by an application of the direct models to values of predefined features or processing parameters. The software platform includes a functional solver module and an interface selecting one of plural solvers, for an iterative optimization by the solver of the values based on the output of the cost calculation module and by inversion of the direct models.
US10359992B2	Sound effect configuration method and related device A sound effect configuration method and a mobile terminal are provided. The method comprises: parameters of sound effect are loaded in a running memory of the mobile terminal; responsive to detection of a playing control instruction for an audio stream of a target application, it is determined whether the parameters of sound effect loaded in the running memory comprise a parameter of sound effect corresponding to the target application; responsive to determining that the parameters of sound effect loaded in the running memory comprise the parameter of sound effect corresponding to the target application, the parameter of sound effect corresponding to the target application is read from the running memory; and the audio stream of the target application is configured by virtue of the parameter of sound effect.
US10359990B2	Audio track selection and playback A computing device detects a first playback condition indicating a presence of a user in a zone in a media playback system. The computing device determines a second playback condition that corresponds to the detected presence of the user in the zone. Characteristics of at least one audio track are compared to (i) the indication of the presence of the user in the zone and (ii) the second playback condition. Audio content is identified based on the comparison and the identified audio content is played in the zone.
US10359984B2	Image display device and image display method An image display device and image display method. The image display device includes: a plurality of display screens spliced together, a corresponding gravity sensor integrated in each display screen, a logic circuit electrically connected with each display screen and each gravity sensor respectively, and a memory electrically connected with the logic circuit. The gravity sensor determines a placing direction of a corresponding display screen. The logic circuit automatically adjusts an access sequence of the image information in the memory according to the placing directions of the display screens determined by the gravity sensors, and outputs the accessed image information to the corresponding display screens, so that the image display device can normally display images when the display screens are placed right way up and/or placed up side down.
US10359982B2	Head-mounted display apparatus worn on user's head A head-mounted display apparatus worn on the head of a user and a method for controlling the head-mounted display apparatus are disclosed. The head-mounted display apparatus includes a gesture sensor that detects a swipe gesture manipulation that indicates a direction, the swipe gesture manipulation being performed in a manipulation space, a display, a processor, and a memory storing a program. The program, when executed by the processor, executes a switching operation, in which first display information to be displayed on the display is switched to second display information according to the direction indicated by the swipe gesture manipulation detected by the gesture sensor.
US10359980B2	Image forming apparatus that performs notification when stored log information reaches a threshold value, and information processing system The image forming apparatus of the present invention is an image forming apparatus that transmits log information, including: a log information generation unit configured to generate the log information in accordance with a job; a storage control unit configured to cause a log information storage unit to store the generated log information; a log information deletion unit configured to delete log information stored in the log information storage unit so that the number of pieces of log information stored in the log information storage unit does not exceed a storage upper limit; and a log loss information addition unit configured to add log loss information to log information to be stored in the log information storage unit in a case where the log information is deleted by the log information deletion unit.
US10359978B2	Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium An MFP (image processing apparatus) activates a specific AP by a software AP mode for using a setting service that allows an external apparatus to perform network setting to cause the MFP to connect to a network by the software AP mode. If the MFP receives, from a mobile terminal via a WLAN I/F, a connection request to the activated specific AP, the MFP executes processing to limit the number of external apparatuses (mobile terminals) that can connect to the specific AP to use a WLAN setting service. The MFP limits, for example, the number of the external apparatuses that can connect to the specific AP to one.
US10359969B1	Creating virtual machine snapshots without interfering with active user sessions Systems and methods for creating virtual machine snapshots. An example method comprises: receiving a request to create a snapshot of a virtual machine running on a host computer system; protecting from modification a plurality of virtual memory pages of the virtual machine; responsive to detecting an attempt to modify a virtual memory page of the plurality of memory pages, copying the virtual memory page to a queue residing in a random access memory (RAM) of the host computer system; making the virtual memory page writable; retrieving the virtual memory page from the queue; writing the virtual memory page to a disk of the host computer system; and responsive to exhausting the queue, completing creation of the snapshot of the virtual machine.
US10359966B2	Capacity based load balancing in distributed storage systems with deduplication and compression functionalities A logical group of data blocks stored in a first node is migrated to a second node according to a method that includes determining a first metric for each logical group of data blocks stored in the first node, the first metric representing a total size of the data blocks in the logical group, determining a second metric for each logical group of data blocks stored in the first node, the second metric representing a total size of the data blocks in the logical group that are uniquely stored in the first node, and selecting a logical group of data blocks for migration from the first node to the second node based on the first metric and the second metric.
US10359962B1	System and method for storing a database on flash memory or other degradable storage A system and method stores a database file into Flash memory or other write-constrained storage.
US10359959B1	Energy optimized power state declarations for solid state drives A solid state device is disclosed comprising an array of memory units, an interface connected to the memory units, at least one arrangement to monitor a temperature of the solid state device and an arrangement to monitor low power mode statistics of the solid state device and compare the low power mode statistics to a critical usage point power threshold at a temperature measured, wherein the arrangement to monitor the low power mode statistics of the solid state device is further configured to change a power mode of the solid state device based upon the low power mode statistics.
US10359957B2	Integrated circuit device that includes a secure element and a wireless component for transmitting protected data over short range wireless point-to-point communications An integrated circuit device that includes a wireless component and a secure element is herein disclosed and enabled. The integrated circuit device includes a protected memory area for storing protected data that is implemented to be not accessible by a user, but is accessible by a memory controller included in the integrated circuit device. The memory controller accesses the protected data with a combination of security operations that may include cryptography, decryption, or encryption. The integrated circuit device further includes a wireless interface for establishing a short range wireless point-to-point communication with wireless computing devices or readers for transmitting the protected data that is encrypted. The integrated circuit device functions as a security key requiring the presence of the integrated circuit device when accessing and using the protected data. The wireless integrated circuit device can be included in, or embodied as, any wireless communication device, such as a smart phone.
US10359952B1	Method and system for implementing writable snapshots in a virtualized storage environment Disclosed is an improved approach for implementing and maintaining writable snapshots. An efficient approach is provided for implementing snapshots that can be used to immediately create snapshots without incurring any detectable delays in providing access to the new snapshots. Also described are improved metadata structures that can be used to implement and maintain the writable snapshots.
US10359936B2	Selecting a primary storage device A method for determining a primary storage device and a secondary storage device for copies of data comprises determining metrics data for at least two storage devices located on different servers in a computing environment. The method further comprises adjusting the metrics data using a predefined weighting factor for read data blocks rates and a predefined weighting factor for written data blocks rates, where the predefined weighting factor for the written data blocks rates is higher than the predefined weighting factor for the read data blocks rates. The method further comprises selecting a storage device of the at least two storage devices as a primary storage device based, at least in part, on the adjusted metrics data for each of the at least two storage devices.
US10359932B2	Method and apparatus for providing character input interface A method and an apparatus for providing a character input interface are provided. The method for providing a character input interface in a terminal having a touchscreen, includes simultaneously displaying a first keyboard on a first region and a second keyboard including second keyboard language selection keys on a second region by the touchscreen in a character inputting mode; and changing a language of the second keyboard to a language corresponding to a second touched keyboard language selection key touched while maintaining a language of the first keyboard when input touching the second keyboard language key is received.
US10359931B2	Remote operation apparatus, remote operation system, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program A remote operation apparatus includes: a display that displays a desktop screen of an apparatus to be remotely operated; and a controller that displays an input field and displays a soft keyboard in a case in which a specific operation is performed on a displayed desktop screen, and enables text input to the input field with the soft keyboard.
US10359925B2	Method and apparatus for operating function in touch device A method for operating a function in a touch device capable of simultaneously changing an option and executing the function based on an input touch event during execution of a function using a function button provided in a certain mode which is executed in a touch device supporting touch based input and an apparatus thereof is provided. The method includes executing a second function associated with option setting according to a touch event input to a function button; and executing a first function allocated to the function button according to an option value set by the second function when the input touch event is released.
US10359918B2	System and method for preventing unintended user interface input The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a processing device comprising a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The method comprises detecting a selection event at a position in the GUI, as input via the GUI. The method also comprises deciding that the detected selection event relates to a first graphical control element in the GUI which was present in said position at a point of time a predetermined time period before the detection of the selection event. The method also comprises executing an action associated with the first graphical control element.
US10359907B2	Portable electronic device with interface reconfiguration mode A portable electronic device displays a plurality of icons (e.g., graphical objects) in a region in a touch-sensitive display; detects a predefined user action, with respect to the touch-sensitive display, for initiating a predefined user interface reconfiguration process; and varies positions of one or more icons in the plurality of icons in response to detecting the predefined user action. The varying includes varying the positions of the one or more icons about respective average positions.
US10359896B2	Conductive film and display device including the same With respect to a conductive film according to the present invention, in a case where in one or more metal thin wires forming a irregular wiring pattern, one continuous line segment which extends in the longitudinal direction of the subpixels of the display unit and which can be regarded as one traverse one or more subpixels in the longitudinal direction, in a case where a total length of one or more traverse subpixels in which the one line segment is traversed in the longitudinal direction is set as a length L μm and a coverage in which one line segment covers one or more traverse subpixels is set as C %, the length L and the coverage C of one line segment of the irregular wiring pattern that is overlapped with a pixel arrangement pattern of the display unit are included in a region below a line represented by equations below, in a case where 0
US10359887B2	Capacitive sensor filtering apparatus, method, and system A transform is used to transform raw sensor data from the time domain to the frequency or sequency domain. The transformed data falls into several signal bins. The transformed data in at least one of the signal bins is analyzed to determine whether a touch event or release event has occurred.
US10359885B2	Touch induced flicker mitigation for variable refresh rate display Touch induced flicker for variable refresh rate (VRR) displays can be reduced by adjusting one or more voltages. Synchronization of touch sensing operations after an immediate exit can introduce flicker issues into the VRR display. In some examples, the touched induced flicker can be reduced or eliminated by tuning the voltage on a common electrode (Vcom) to a tuning point that reduces a maximum error below a threshold, irrespective of refresh rate. In some examples, touch induced flicker can be reduced or eliminated by monitoring average Vcom, and when the change in average Vcom exceeds a threshold, Vcom can be adjusted to counteract the change in average Vcom due to the variable refresh rate and/or immediate exit. In some examples, touch induced flicker can be reduced or eliminated by applying a direct current (DC) pedestal to pixel gate lines during touch sensing scans.
US10359884B2	Ground detection for touch sensitive device Ground detection of a touch sensitive device is disclosed. The device can detect its grounded state so that poor grounding can be selectively compensated for in touch signals outputted by the device. The device can include one or more components to monitor certain conditions of the device. The device can analyze the monitored conditions to determine the grounding condition of the device. The device can apply a function to compensate its touch signal outputs if the device determines that it is poorly grounded. Conversely, the device can omit the function if the device determines that it is well grounded.
US10359881B2	Control device, input system, and control method There is provided a control device. An operation detecting unit configured to detect an operation of a user on an operation surface of a panel. A drive unit configured to drive a vibrating element attached to the panel, thereby vibrating the panel. If the operation detecting unit detects the operation, the drive unit drives the vibrating element while switching between a first vibration mode and a second mode different in at least some vibration frequencies, thereby sequentially giving different types of vibration different in at least some frequencies to the panel.
US10359874B2	Integrated active matrix touch panel An integrated touchscreen comprises display pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix of rows and columns to minimize the reduction in aperture ratio of the display pixels. A matrix of touch element is defined in the display pixels, with a touch unit cell encompassing a group of display pixels. A touch element is comprised of a matrix of touch unit cells. The common electrodes of the display pixels encompassed in the touch element are electrically connected together to form a common electrode for the touch element. The touch unit cell includes conductive lines extending in the row direction and conductive lines extending in the column direction. The touchscreen comprises a controller that can operate in either one of a self-capacitance touch sensing mode and a mutual-capacitance touch sensing mode.
US10359873B2	Touch display screen An embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a touch display screen including: a display unit including: an upper substrate; a lower substrate located below the upper substrate and opposed to the upper substrate, the lower substrate is arranged with a plurality of thin film transistors, a driving circuit and a printed circuit board, a plurality of the thin film transistors is electrically connected to the driving circuit, the driving circuit is electrically connected to the printed circuit board; a touch unit including: a first touch electrode is electrically connected to the printed circuit board through a first lead; a second touch electrode electrically insulated from the first touch electrode, the second touch electrode is electrically connected to the printed circuit board through a second lead. The present disclosure has the advantage of reducing the cost.
US10359868B2	Method and apparatus for controlling object movement on screen The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for controlling an object movement on a screen. The method senses a first change in a position of a pointing device in a coordinate system to obtain a first displacement, and controls the object movement by a first displacement output ratio according to the first displacement. The method senses a second change in a position of the pointing device in a coordinate system to obtain a second displacement, and controls the object movement by a second displacement output ratio when a difference between a direction of the first displacement and a direction of the second displacement exceeds a first angle threshold, wherein the second displacement output ratio is lower than the first displacement output ratio.
US10359866B2	Method for using a two-dimensional touchpad to manipulate a three dimensional image A method manipulates a 3D image in three dimensions using two-dimensional gestures on a touchpad. The method moves the 3D image within an x-y plane in the direction of a multiple-finger linear gesture. A number of fingers used for the multiple-finger linear gesture is programmed in an instinct library associated with the touchpad. The method detects a multiple-finger linear gesture on a mutual capacitance touchpad and rotates the 3D image in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture about an axis in the x-y plane perpendicular to the multiple-finger linear gesture. The method also rotates the 3D image about the x-y plane in the direction of the multiple-finger linear gesture at a speed proportional to the speed of the multiple-finger linear gesture.
US10359861B2	Electronic device and control method thereof A plurality of modules are connected to the front side and back side of an electronic device via corresponding attachment/detachment units. The electronic device includes an orientation detection unit that detects the orientation of the electronic device. Based on a selection of a module to be removed and a touch operation on a touch panel of the electronic device, the selected module is determined to be either on the front side or the back side of the electronic device. When the electronic device is in an orientation suitable for removal of the selected module, the module is disconnected from the electronic device by a corresponding attachment/detachment unit.
US10359846B2	Wearable device gesture detection The description relates to smart rings. One example can include a finger band configured to accommodate a user's finger. This example can also include a set of pressure sensors positioned on an inner surface of the finger band and configured to sense changes to tendons of the user's finger as pressure differentials and to output associated signals. The example can further include a gesture component configured to interpret the signals from the set of pressure sensors to identify individual actions performed by the user's finger.
US10359843B2	Electronic apparatus and display control method thereof An electronic apparatus wearable for a user and a display control method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes an interactive display device, a supplementary input device and a processor device. The interactive display device displays a user interface. The processor device coupled to the interactive display device and the supplementary input device detects a clockwise movement and a counter-clockwise movement performed on the supplementary input device, wherein the clockwise movement and the counter-clockwise movement are associated with a function under an operation mode of the electronic apparatus. When one of the clockwise movement and the counter-clockwise movement is detected, the processor device correspondingly performs is the function. When the function is an interface rotation function, the processor device rotates the user interface on the interactive display device in accordance with the detected clockwise movement and the detected counter-clockwise movement.
US10359842B2	Information processing system and information processing method An information processing system includes: first and second information processing apparatuses; a detector that detects an eye-gaze direction of a user that uses the first information processing apparatus; a gaze point information generator that generates, on the basis of the eye-gaze direction, gaze point information indicating a position at which the user gazes on first screen information commonly displayed on the first and second information processing apparatuses; and a display controller that controls a display image to be displayed on the second information processing apparatus when calibration for determining a correspondence relation between the eye-gaze direction of the user and an actual gaze position is executed. The display image is generated on the first screen information and includes a second image displayed at a position indicated by the gaze point information and a third image displayed at a gaze instruction position at which the user is made to gaze.
US10359838B2	Hand and finger line grid for hand based interactions An approach is provided that maps a user's hand into a number of areas. The approach detects when a selection of one of the mapped areas by the user, such as by using a finger from the user's other hand. The approach then identifies an input that corresponds to the area selected by the user. This input is then transmitted to the information handling system for processing.
US10359835B2	Method and apparatus for causing display of notification content A method comprising receiving an indication of an invocation input associated with invocation of display of, at least part of, a notification content associated with a notification, determining at least one input aspect of the invocation input, determining an interaction preference based, at least in part, on the input aspect, and causing display of, at least part of, the notification content in compliance with the interaction preference is disclosed.
US10359833B2	Active-core-based performance boost A hardware system is disclosed for active-core-based performance boost. In an example aspect, the hardware system includes multiple cores and a power mode manager. Each core can be powered up if active or powered down if inactive. The power mode manager manages a power mode collection including an independent power mode collection and an active-core-dependent power mode collection. The power mode manager includes a software-accessible power mode manager and a hardware-reserved power mode manager. The software-accessible power mode manager provides a power-mode-triggering pathway to enable software to trigger activation of an independent power mode of the independent power mode collection. The hardware-reserved power mode manager excludes the software from being able to trigger activation of a dependent power mode of the active-core-dependent power mode collection and triggers activation of a dependent power mode of the active-core-dependent collection based on a number of active cores of the multiple cores.
US10359830B2	Optical touch input device and driving method thereof Disclosed are an optical touch input device which divisionally adjusts optical output of a light emitting unit before and during a touch operation to reduce power consumption, and a driving method thereof, the optical touch input device includes a display panel, a plurality of infrared light emitting elements disposed on two adjacent sides of the display panel, a lens unit disposed on the remaining two adjacent sides of the display panel and reflecting light emitted from the infrared light emitting elements, a light receiving unit disposed on the two adjacent sides of the display panel, and a touch control unit including a touch coordinate calculation unit to calculate a set of coordinates of a touch point and a light emission control unit to divide optical outputs of the infrared light emitting elements into optical output during touch and optical output during non-touch and to lower the optical output during non-touch.
US10359826B2	Use of volatile memory as non-volatile memory A computing device may comprise a processor, a volatile memory and a non-volatile storage device. An operating system or firmware of the device may cause one or more pages of the volatile memory to be treated, by applications executing on the computing device, as non-volatile memory pages. A maximum number of pages that may be treated as non-volatile may be determined based on an amount of energy available in a battery and an amount of energy needed to transfer a page of memory to the non-volatile storage device.
US10359824B2	Display apparatus for supplying power to external apparatus and control method of the same A display apparatus including a display configured to display an image; a connecting section configured to connect with an external apparatus that includes at least one operating section and a charging section to be charged with power to be supplied to the operating section; a power supply configured to supply power to the external apparatus connected to the connecting section; and a controller configured to receive information about power used by at least one operating section of the external apparatus connected to the connecting section, determine a level of power supplied to the external apparatus according to the received power information and usage power of the display, and control the power supply to supply power having the determined level to the external apparatus.
US10359807B2	Wearable health interface for controlling Internet of Things devices A system and method enabling a wearable device to control an Internet of Things device. The wearable device includes at least one sensor, a communications interface configured to transmit an action command to the Internet of Things device in response to a triggering event, and a processor configured to analyze sensor data and determine whether a triggering event has occurred. When a triggering event occurs, the wearable device transmits an action command to control the Internet of Things device.
US10359806B2	Pressure sensing to identify fitness and comfort of virtual reality headset A sensor generates signals representing whether a computer game headset is being worn properly so that the wearer may be advised. The sensor may be a pressure sensor or motion sensor or stretch sensor on the headset, or it may be a camera that images the wearer and uses image recognition to determine if the headset is on correctly.
US10359796B1	Buffer circuit for enhancing bandwidth of voltage regulator and voltage regulator using the same A buffer circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a feed-forward circuit and a resistive bias circuit. The first transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, wherein the first terminal of the first transistor is served as an input terminal of the buffer circuit. The second transistor has a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the second terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the third terminal of the first transistor and served as an output terminal of the buffer circuit. The feed-forward circuit has a first terminal and a second terminal respectively coupled to the first terminal of the second transistor and the second terminal of the first transistor. The resistive bias circuit has a first terminal and a second terminal respectively coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor and the first terminal of the feed-forward circuit.
US10359790B2	Multi piece HVAC controller housing with latches and guiding features A Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) controller includes a first cover secured to a second cover, with HVAC components housed by the first cover and the second cover. The first cover may include two or more latches to secure the first cover to the second cover. In some cases, the second cover may include two or more latch receivers each configured to receive one of the two or more latches of the first cover as the first cover and the second cover are brought together. The first and second covers may include one or more guide features. The guide features may be configured to guide movement of the first cover relative to the second cover as the first cover and the second cover are brought together.
US10359783B2	Transportation system A system includes at least partially autonomous vehicles, at least partially separated interconnected roadways, and a management system. Each of the vehicles is configured to cooperate with another vehicle or an area controller. The management system is configured to receive requests to transport, which may have respective start points and respective destinations. Additionally, the management system is configured, responsive to receiving the request, to assign a vehicle to fulfill the request. The assigned vehicle is configured to transport a person from the respective start point, at least in part via the interconnected roadways, to the respective destination.
US10359775B2	Managing electricity usage for an appliance One embodiment provides a method including: prior to an initial period of operation of an appliance, storing in memory a first set of characteristics of the appliance; during an initial period of operation of the appliance, learning a second set of characteristics of the appliance; during subsequent operation of the appliance: detecting an adverse operating condition of the appliance; and based on the first set of characteristics, the second set of characteristics and the detected adverse operating condition, determining a corrective action to be taken with regard to the appliance, the corrective action comprising at least one of: switching off the appliance and warning a user of the detected adverse operating condition. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10359773B2	Safety assurance using fault trees for identifying dormant system failure states Techniques of safety assurance using fault trees for identifying dormant system failure states are provided. Both operational failure events, as well as diagnostic failure events are included in a fault tree and the operational failure events are then correlated with the diagnostic failure events, which enables an identification of the dormant system failure states. A component fault tree can be used.
US10359772B2	Fault-tolerant method and device for controlling an autonomous technical system through diversified trajectory planning An innovative method is provided by which a complex electronic system for controlling a safety-critical technical process, for example driving an autonomous vehicle, can be implemented. A decision is made between simple and complex software, wherein the simple software is implemented on error-tolerant hardware and wherein a plurality of different versions of the complex software are simultaneously implemented in independent fault containment units (FCU) and wherein a result that is to be transmitted to the actuators is selected by a decider from the results of the complex software that is implemented using the simple software.
US10359771B2	Prediction of false alarms in sensor-based security systems Techniques for detecting changes in operational characteristics of a group of sensor devices are described. The techniques collect sensor information from plural sensor devices deployed in a system, with the collected sensor information including sensor data and sensor device metadata. The techniques continually analyze the collected sensor information to detect changes in the operational characteristics of a sensor device in the group of sensor devices. Upon detection of changes in the operational characteristics of the sensor, a database that stores maintenance organization contact information is accessed and a request is generated for maintenance on the sensor device, which request is sent to the maintenance organization.
US10359770B2	Estimation of abnormal sensors Provided is an estimation apparatus including a memory device having program code stored thereon, and at least one processor operatively coupled to the memory device. The at least one processor is operable to execute program code stored on the memory device to calculate, for each of a plurality of sensor groups that each include two sensors among a plurality of sensors, a degree of outlierness of target data serving as an examination target relative to a reference data distribution of output from the sensor group, and to estimate a sensor among the plurality of sensors to be a source of outlierness, based on a comparison of the degrees of outlierness of the sensor groups that include the at least one sensor to the degrees of outlierness of the sensor groups that lack the at least one sensor.
US10359768B2	Method and apparatus for the automated determination of an action region for an emergency stop actuation device in an industrial plant Method and apparatus for the automated determination of an effective area for an emergency stop device(s) in an industrial plant is provided. In modern flexible installations, as will be increasingly found, (such as cyberphysical systems), the layout of the plant will be dynamically changeable. In such an environment, it is often impossible to manually prepare complete safety plan in advance for each potential environment. The proposed methods and apparatuses allow automatic calculations of operational configurations and effective regions of emergency stop devices in an industrial plant, allowing easy positioning of such devices. An improved method for recalculating the effective region after the layout of the plant or portions thereof changed is also provided.
US10359762B2	Processing unit, method for operating a processing unit and use of a processing unit A processing facility having at least one processing station and at least one covering at least partly surrounding the processing station. The covering has at least one viewing window. Improved error correction is then made possible if a display unit displays at least one item of information about the processing station on the viewing window.
US10359758B2	Tool information read/write device and machine tool having the same A tool information read/write device capable of being used in an automatic tool changer to which a conventional tool information read/write device cannot be applied, and a machine tool having the tool information read/write device. The read/write device has an arm section attached to a turret support part; a base section attached to the arm section; a slide section arranged on the base section so as to be linearly moved; a read/write head section attached to the slide section and configured to read/write information to a data carrier of a tool held by the turret; a drive section which drives the slide section so that the slide section reciprocates between a read/write position and an evacuation position; and a control section which controls the drive section in conjunction with a motion of the automatic tool changer.
US10359757B2	Control logic diagram analysis device and control logic diagram analysis method A control logic diagram analysis device that efficiently creates a control logic diagram, and a method thereof. The control logic diagram analysis device includes a control logic diagram analysis rule application unit, a control logic diagram template component generation unit, and a control logic diagram project-specific part extraction unit. The control logic diagram analysis rule application unit sequentially applies a control logic diagram analysis rule to the control logic diagram from a lower layer level. The control logic diagram template component generation unit acquires the control logic diagram analysis rule having an agreement section within the control logic diagram. The control logic diagram project-specific part extraction unit extracts an element in the control logic diagram corresponding to the control logic diagram analysis rule having the agreement section within the control logic diagram.
US10359745B2	Building system commissioning automation Devices, systems, and methods for building system commissioning automation are described herein. One device includes a controller of a plurality of building system devices having logic to receive a set of commands specified by a sequence of operations (SOO) script, execute the set of commands to run an SOO check on the plurality of building system devices, and generate a report including results of the SOO check.
US10359737B2	Flexible-pivot mechanical component and timekeeping device including same Disclosed is a flexible-pivot mechanical component of the type with separate intersecting blades, particularly for timepieces. The mechanical component includes an attachment portion and a movable portion that are connected by first and second resilient blades that intersect in a contactless manner at an intersecting point. The flexible-pivot mechanical component is combined with an adjustment unit making it possible to adjust the position of the intersecting point.
US10359725B2	Power source device and image forming apparatus A power source device includes a control substrate and a power source substrate. The control substrate has a modulation signal generating integrated circuit that outputs a modulation signal modulated to generate an AC voltage. The power source substrate generates a high AC voltage by demodulating the modulation signal which is output from the modulation signal generating integrated circuit of the control substrate.
US10359715B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including: a charging member configured to charge a photosensitive member at a charging portion by a charging voltage in which an alternate-current voltage is superimposed on a direct-current voltage; a transfer member configured to transfer a toner image formed on the photosensitive member to a recording material at a transfer portion; and a controller configured to control the charging voltage, a predetermined area of the photosensitive member passing through the transfer portion during a trailing edge of the recording material passing through the transfer portion, wherein the controller controls a value of a peak-to-peak voltage of the alternate-current voltage when the predetermined area passes through the charging portion to be larger than a value of a peak-to-peak voltage when an area that becomes the image area other than the predetermined area passes through the charging portion.
US10359706B1	Integrated scanning electron microscopy and optical analysis techniques for advanced process control A sample analysis system includes a scanning electron microscope, an optical and/or eBeam inspection system, and an optical metrology system. The system further includes at least one controller. The controller is configured to receive a first plurality of selected regions of interest of the sample; generate a first critical dimension uniformity map based on a first inspection performed by the scanning electron microscope at the first selected regions of interest; determine a second plurality of selected regions of interest based on the first critical dimension uniformity map; generate a second critical dimension uniformity map based on a second inspection performed by the optical and/or eBeam inspection system at the second selected regions of interest; and determine one or more process tool control parameters based on inspection results and on overlay measurements performed on the sample by the optical metrology system.
US10359704B2	Lithography model for three-dimensional patterning device A computer-implemented method for simulating a scattered radiation field of a patterning device including one or more features, in a lithographic projection apparatus, the method including: determining a scattering function of the patterning device using one or more scattering functions of feature elements of the one or more features; wherein at least one of the one or more features is a three-dimensional feature, or the one or more scattering functions characterize scattering of incident radiation fields at a plurality of incident angles on the feature elements.
US10359702B2	Development processing apparatus, development processing method, and storage medium Provided is a development processing apparatus including a rotary holding unit configured to hold and rotate a wafer, a developer supply unit including a nozzle having a liquid contact surface facing a surface of the wafer and an ejection port opening to the liquid contact surface, and a controller. The controller is configured to: while the wafer rotates, execute a control of causing a developer to be ejected from the ejection port and moving the nozzle from an circumference side to a rotation center side of the wafer; after execution of the control, execute a control of moving the nozzle from the rotation center side to the outer circumference side of the wafer; and during execution of the control, execute a control of gradually reducing the rotation speed of the wafer as the center of the liquid contact surface approaches the outer circumference.
US10359697B2	Imprinting template substrate, method for manufacturing the same, imprinting template substrate manufacturing apparatus, and method for manufacturing semiconductor apparatus An imprinting template substrate has a protruded portion, and a protective layer on a side surface of the protruded portion, and having a contact angle higher with respect to a resist material than a contact angle of the protruded portion with respect to the resist material. Even when the template is pressed to the resist, the resist hardly adheres to the side surface of the template. An imprinting process using the present template forms a pattern on a semiconductor substrate and then a semiconductor apparatus is manufactured.
US10359695B2	Method of fabricating an integrated circuit with non-printable dummy features The present disclosure provides one embodiment of an IC method that includes receiving an IC design layout, which has a plurality of main features and a plurality of space blocks. The IC method also includes calculating an optimized block dummy density ratio r0 to optimize a uniformity of pattern density (UPD), determining a target block dummy density ratio R, determining size, pitch and type of a non-printable dummy feature, generating a pattern for dummy features and adding the dummy features in the IC design layout.
US10359692B2	Laser illumination system and method for eliminating laser speckle thereof A laser illumination system and a method for eliminating laser speckles thereof are revealed. The laser illumination system includes laser module emitting a laser beam, a scanning unit for scanning the laser beam to form scanning beams, and a diffractive optical element which the scanning beams are passed through to form illuminating beams that are projected to an area to be illuminated or an object. Thus an image detecting unit can capture an image of the area or the object. The scanning beams are converted into the illuminating beams by the diffractive optical element that causes changes in spatial phase redistribution or light energy distribution thereof. One point in the area or on the object shows energy of partial light of at least two of the laser beams. Thus a laser speckle of the image can be eliminated by the superposition of the energy of the partial light.
US10359690B2	Actively stabilized payload support apparatus and methods A payload stabilizer and methods for stabilizing a payload suitable for use with video camera payloads. The stabilizer has a feedback system providing supplemental torques to the payload through a gimbal.
US10359689B2	Flashlight device A flashlight device includes a light source and a flash lens. A microstructure film with a microstructure pattern is disposed on the flash lens. After plural light beams from the light source pass through the flash lens and the microstructure film, a flash of light is provided to an environment. The plural light beams are shaped by the at least one microstructure film while the plural light beams pass through the microstructure film, and/or a spectrum distribution of the plural light beams is modulated after the plural light beams pass through the microstructure film.
US10359687B2	Method to generate terahertz radiation and terahertz radiation source The present application relates to generating terahertz radiation, wherein a pump pulse is subjected to pulse front tilting, the thus obtained pump pulse having tilted pulse front is coupled into a nonlinear optical medium and THz pulse is generated by the optical medium in nonlinear optical processes, particularly by means of optical rectification by the pump pulse. The application also relates to a terahertz radiation source (100), comprising a pump source (10) for emitting a pump pulse and a nonlinear optical medium for generating THz pulse. The pump source (10) and the nonlinear optical medium define together a light path, said light path is arranged to guide the pump pulse from the pump source (10) to the nonlinear optical medium. A first optical element (20) having angular-dispersion-inducing property and imaging optics (30) are disposed in the light path after each other in the propagation direction of the pump pulse.
US10359685B2	Three-dimensional circuit using bicontinuous structures A three-dimensional circuit includes a hyperbolic bicontinuous structure forming a substrate; circuits formed on a first surface of the hyperbolic bicontinuous structure; and electrically conductive traces formed between the circuits. The electrically conductive traces are formed two-dimensionally on the first surface of the hyperbolic bicontinuous structure. The electrically conductive traces are effectively three-dimensional traces between the circuits.
US10359683B2	Portable attachment and communication system The present disclosure relates to a portable attachment and communication system that enable a desired image to be displayed with flexibility and lower power consumption in an article worn or carried by a human.The portable attachment is an article including a display body made of an electrophoretic display, the article being carried or worn by a user. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a portable attachment, etc. Examples of the portable attachment carried by a user are a bag, a wallet, a key holder, etc. Examples of the portable attachment worn by the user are a hair accessory, a tie, a watch, clothing, etc.
US10359679B2	Electrochromic materials and optical systems employing the same Devices and methods related generally to electrochromic materials and their use. In some embodiments, the electrochromic materials are for use on an optical substrate, such as a lens, a semi-finished lens blank, and the like. Some embodiments include an electrochromic stack including nanostructured materials. Some embodiments include an electrochromic stack including nanostructured electrochromic materials. Some embodiments include one or more ion-conducting layers. Methods of making electrochromic stacks having nanostructured materials and/or ion-conducting layers are also discussed.
US10359662B2	Display device comprising a conductive contact portion having a first protrusion and a second protrusion electrically connected by a conductive connection According to one embodiment, a display device comprises an insulating substrate, a pixel in a display area, a scanning line extending in a first direction, a signal line extending in a second direction, a shield line between the insulating substrate and the scanning line, a pixel electrode in the pixel, and a first switching element including a first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer is provided between the scanning line and the shield line, and comprises an intersection area in which the first semiconductor layer intersects the scanning line. The shield line overlaps the intersection area, and is electrically connected to the scanning line through a contact portion.
US10359660B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate having a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a first side surface, and a second substrate having a third surface opposed to the first surface, a fourth surface opposite to the third surface and a second side. The first substrate has a first inclined surface which is continuous with the first surface and the first side surface, the second substrate has a second inclined surface which is continuous with the fourth surface and the second side surface, and a first width of the first inclined surface is less than a second width of the second inclined surface.
US10359653B2	Thin-plate LN optical control device A thin-plate LN optical control device includes: a thin-plate LN optical waveguide element which includes an optical waveguide formed by thermal diffusion of Ti in a substrate made of lithium niobate, and a control electrode that is formed on the substrate and is configured to control a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide, and in which at least a part of the substrate is thinned; and a housing that accommodates the thin-plate LN optical waveguide element in an air-tight sealing manner. Oxygen is contained in a filler gas inside the housing.
US10359651B2	Apparatus and method of controlling optical modulator bias based on eye-amplitude monitoring Disclosed is technology for controlling a bias using an integrated circuit (IC) instead of using a pilot tone. A bias control apparatus includes a photodetector configured to convert at least a portion of data included in an output from an optical modulator to an electrical signal; a power detector configured to convert a root mean square (RMS) value of an amplitude of the converted data to an analog voltage; a comparator configured to compare the output voltage and a pre-stored track hold value; and a bias controller configured to control a bias voltage to be within a preset range from an optimal voltage based on the comparison result.
US10359650B1	Apparatuses and methods for low energy data modulation A method is provided. The method comprises: injecting an optical carrier signal into an unbent optical waveguide between two reflectors, where the distance between two reflectors in the center of the two reflectors is substantially zero and the two reflectors undergo substantially a π phase shift where the two reflectors are adjacent; creating standing waves between the two reflectors in the center, and a single resonance due to constructive interference; applying a varying electric field across the unbent optical waveguide centered between two reflectors and extending a length less than or equal to a combined length of the two reflectors; and generating a modulated carrier signal at at least one of an input and an output of the unbent optical waveguide between the two reflectors.
US10359648B2	Smart contact lenses for augmented reality and methods of manufacturing and operating the same Example embodiments disclose a smart contact lens for augmented reality and methods of manufacturing and operating the smart contact lens. The smart contact lens includes a first contact lens, a display unit in a center region of the first contact lens, a peripheral device on the first contact lens and around the display unit, the peripheral device being connected to the display unit, and a passivation layer covering the display unit and the peripheral device. The method of manufacturing the smart contact lens includes forming a display unit; mounting the display unit in a center region of a first contact lens, forming a peripheral device on the first contact lens, around the display unit and in connection with the display unit, and forming a passivation layer to cover the display unit and the peripheral device.
US10359645B2	Multifunction contact lens The present disclosure relates to therapeutic optical devices configured to provide corneal reshaping for correction of refractive errors of an eye, as well as a peripheral refractive effect on on-axis and/or off-axis light to provide regulation of refractive error development in the eye. Related methods for designing therapeutic optical devices and treatment of an eye with a multifunction therapeutic optical device are also provided.
US10359615B2	Camera module A camera module which collects incoming dirt and dust so as to prevent the accumulation of same on an optical element of the image-capturing process includes a microscope base and an optical filter unit. The microscope base includes a supporting portion. A first gap is formed in the supporting portion. The optical filter unit filter and adhesive layer formed on the optical filter. The optical filter is bonded on the supporting portion by the adhesive layer. The optical filter comprises a filter area in the optical filter. A surface of the adhesive layer facing away from the optical filter is adhesive. A second gap is formed in the adhesive layer. The filter area is exposed from the second gap. Parts of the adhesive layer and the filter area are exposed from the first gap.
US10359611B2	Zoom lens and camera device A zoom lens has in order from the object side, at least a foremost, first lens group having positive refractive power, a succeeding, second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and a rearmost lens group having negative refractive power. The zoom lens meets requirements as defined in formulas regarding a displacement of the first lens group, a focal length of the zoom lens at the wide-angle end, a focal length of the zoom lens at the telephoto end, a focal length of the first lens group, and a focal length of the third lens group.
US10359606B2	Optical image capturing system An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US10359603B1	Lightweight adaptive metal cooled mirrors The present disclosure generally pertains to lightweight adaptive metal cooled mirrors and methods of producing the same. The metal mirror surface is integrated with and supported by metal channels which are physically incorporated into the mirror surface through an additive manufacturing process. These channels are nominally conformal with the desired mirror surface shape. A liquid or gaseous coolant may be directed through some or all of the channels to cool the mirror surface. The mirrors are produced through an additive manufacturing process which allows for the creation of a unitary optical mirror containing finely spaced channels.
US10359601B2	Surveillance system and surveillance device A surveillance system includes a ring-shaped track, a first support frame, at least one first roller, at least one second roller and a lens module. The ring-shaped track has an outside flanged portion and an inside flanged portion. The at least one first roller is disposed on the first support frame and leans against the outside flanged portion. The at least one second roller is disposed on the first support frame and leans against the inside flanged portion, such that the ring-shaped track is sandwiched in between the at least one first roller and the at least one second roller. The lens module is disposed on the first support frame.
US10359598B2	Plastic barrel, optical lens assembly, imaging apparatus and electronic device A plastic barrel includes an object-end portion, an image-end portion and a tube portion. The object-end portion includes an object-end surface and an object-end hole, wherein the object-end surface includes a plurality of annular grooves, which are disposed coaxially to a central axis, and each of the annular grooves includes a stepped surface. The image-end portion includes an image-end opening. The tube portion connects the object-end portion and the image-end portion.
US10359593B2	Bladed chassis systems A bladed chassis system facilitates installation of the bladed chassis system and replacement of the blades at the chassis. For example, a front panel of the blade can be opened either upwardly or downwardly at the discretion of the user. Blades can be inserted and removed from the front and/or the rear of the bladed chassis system at the discretion of the user. Cables can be routed to the rear of the chassis system from either of two sides at the discretion of the user. The blades carried by the chassis have fiber management trays that can be rotationally oriented in any desired rotational position at the discretion of the user.
US10359588B2	Electronic/photonic chip integration and bonding An optical waveguide device comprising: one or more photonic chips, the one or more photonic chips including: a first portion of a photonic chip comprising an array of first components, each of the first components having an optical input and an electrical output; and a second portion of a photonic chip comprising an array of second components, each of the second components configured to receive an electrical input; the optical waveguide device further comprising: an integrated circuit; the integrated circuit forming an electrical bridge between the electrical outputs of the first components and respective electrical inputs of the second components; wherein the integrated circuit is directly mounted onto the one or more photonic chips; and/or wherein the integrated circuit is located between the first portion of a photonic chip and the second portion of a photonic chip.
US10359585B2	Device for coupling and/or decoupling optical signals In order to further develop a device (100a, 100b, 100c, 100d, 100e, 100f) for coupling optical signals into at least one waveguide (10), wherein the device (100a, 100b, 100c, 100d, 100e, 100f) comprises at least one electro-optical converter (28) which sends out the optical signals in the direction of the axis or of the core (12) of the waveguide (10), in such a way that active alignment of the waveguide (10) is not necessary, it is proposed that the electro-optical converter (28) is incorporated, in particular embedded, in at least one send-site optical subassembly (40), and that the send-site optical subassembly (40) comprises at least one guiding channel (46) for aligning the waveguide (10) with respect to the electro-optical converter (28), in particular relative to the output port or to the active surface (30) of the electro-optical converter (28). The corresponding is true for a device (140a, 140b, 140c, 140d, 140e, 140f) for decoupling optical signals from at least one waveguide (10).
US10359578B2	Connector engagement sensing mechanism A connector assembly includes an adapter, a housing device, a ferrule assembly, and a sensor. The housing device is received by the adapter and has a bore, a front end, and a rear end opposite the front end. A ferrule of the ferrule assembly is within the bore of the housing device and has a mating end extending beyond the front end of the housing device. The sensor is mounted on the rear end of the housing, the rear end of the ferrule assembly, or on the adapter confronting and spaced apart from the housing device or the ferrule assembly. The sensor is configured for detecting a force applied by the housing device or the ferrule assembly, respectively. An electrical characteristic of the sensor changes to indicate a predetermined force has been applied by the housing device or the ferrule assembly, respectively.
US10359576B2	SC low profile connector with optional boot Low profile optical fiber connectors comprising a ferrule, a plug frame configured to receive the ferrule, and an outer housing configured to receive the plug frame. The outer housing may be configured to protrude less than about 2 mm from one end of an adapter when the low profile optical fiber connector is inserted into the adapter. The connector may include a boot sized such that the boot protrudes from the end of the adapter by less than about 15 mm.
US10359574B2	Infrared transmitting epoxyless fiber optic connector and fiber optic cable Systems and methods are provided for mechanically encapsulating an infrared transmitting optical fiber, removing any power coupled to the cladding of the infrared optical fiber, and bridging the thermal properties between the optical fiber and the mechanical ferrule used. Embodiments of the present disclosure have several advantages over prior systems. For example, in an embodiment, the transmitting ferrule does not require epoxy to mount the fiber to the ferrule, isolates the front face of the fiber, and allows for high power to be incident on the connector without damage by reducing the thermal induced stress and managing any stray light coupled to the core.
US10359573B2	Resonant waveguide-granting devices and methods for using same Waveguide gratings, biosensors, and methods of using a waveguide grating, including as a biosensor.
US10359558B2	Light guide composition, backlight module having light guide composition and display device having backlight module A light guide composition includes a substrate and a first microstructure layer. The substrate has a first main surface. The first microstructure layer is disposed on the first main surface. A refractive index of the substrate with respect to a first light wavelength is greater than a refractive index of the first microstructure layer with respect to the first light wavelength, a refractive index of the substrate with respect to a second light wavelength is smaller than a refractive index of the first microstructure layer with respect to the second light wavelength, and the first light wavelength is smaller than the second light wavelength.
US10359555B2	Lighting systems and devices including same A lighting system is disclosed. The lighting system comprises at least one light source comprising a light emitting diode (LED) and one or more phosphors optically coupled to the LED to convert at least a portion of original light emitted by the LED to provide a modified LED light having a first predetermined spectral output, and an optical material that is optically coupled to at least a portion of a surface of a light guide plate and optically coupled to receive at least a portion of the modified LED light and to convert at least a portion of the modified LED light to at least one predetermined wavelength to provide modified light having a second predetermined spectral output, wherein the optical material comprises one or more types of quantum confined semiconductor nanoparticle. A device including a lighting system is also disclosed.
US10359553B2	Method for manufacturing polarizer having locally depolarized area, and polarizer, polarizing plate and image display device manufactured by using same The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a polarizer including preparing a polyvinyl alcohol-based polarizer dyed with at least one of iodine and dichroic dye; forming a depolarized area by locally bringing a bleaching solution into contact with some areas of the polarizer; and acid treating at least the depolarized area using an acid solution, a polarizer and a polarizing plate manufactured by using the same.
US10359552B2	Methods, systems, and apparatus for reducing the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles An optical filter may reduce the frequency and/or severity of photophobic responses or for modulating circadian cycles by controlling light exposure to cells in the human eye in certain wavelengths, such as 480 nm and 590 nm, and a visual spectral response of the human eye. The optical filter may disrupt the isomerization of melanopsin in the human eye reducing the availability of the active isoform, whereas the attenuation of light weighted across the action potential spectrum of the active isoform attenuates the phototransduction cascade leading to photophobic responses. Embodiments of an optical filter are described. In one embodiment an optical filter may be configured to transmit less than a first amount of light in certain wavelengths, and to transmit more than a second amount of light weighted across the visual spectral response. Methods of use and methods of manufacturing optical filters are also described.
US10359550B2	Multi-layered reflective insulation system The present invention relates generally to multi-layered reflective insulating composites and a method of fabricating those composites. The present invention comprises a multi-layered reflective insulation system comprising a first protective layer; a first scattering optic layer; microsphere film layers; a polyblend foam layer; a second scattering optic layer; and a second protective layer. The present invention also comprises a method of manufacture of a multi-layered reflective insulation system comprising a first protective layer; a first scattering optic layer; microsphere film layers; a polyblend foam layer; a second scattering optic layer; a second protective layer; securably disposing the layers on top of each other; and securably attaching the layers. The multi-layered reflective insulation system provides a cost-effective and efficient insulation system.
US10359547B2	Optical device and use of the device The present invention relates to an optical device (100) and a use of the optical device (100). The optical device (100) comprises: —a source electrode (2); —a drain electrode (4); —a gap area (6) between the source electrode (2) and the drain electrode (4); —a cluster (8) being positioned in the gap area (6) for connecting and disconnecting the source electrode (2) and the drain electrode (4) and for changing optical and/or plasmonic properties of the gap area (6); and an optical coupling element (10) for bringing light into and out of the gap area (6).
US10359536B2	Surface calibration of a wellbore resistivity logging tool Surface calibration of a resistivity logging tool is accomplished using a variety of methods in which separate external loop transmitters and receivers are utilized for calibration.
US10359535B2	Electrode-based tool measurement corrections based on measured leakage currents An example system includes an electrode-based tool for deployment in a downhole environment, where the electrode-based tool having a plurality of current electrodes, at least one voltage monitoring electrode, at least one return electrode. The electrode-based tool also includes electronics to measure leakage current between at least one of the plurality of current electrodes and the at least one return electrode as current from at least one of the plurality of current electrodes is injected into the downhole environment and flows to the at least one return electrode. The system also includes at least one processor configured to derive a corrected downhole environment parameter based at least in part on the measured leakage current.
US10359533B2	Method of establishing formation resistivity In a method of processing resistivity log data, two or more resistivity log measurements of differing depths of penetration of an invaded formation are generated. The deepest and shallowest of the resistivity log measurements are combined in accordance with a non-linear combination algorithm that is modulated by a parameter. The value of the parameter used varies in dependence on a comparison between deep and shallow log measurements. The results of the comparison are forward modelled from sample data. A modified log output is generated as a result of combining the deepest and shallowest of the resistivity log measurements in accordance with the non-linear combination algorithm.
US10359528B2	Systems and methods for randomizing firing times of simultaneous sources in marine surveys Computational systems and methods for randomizing the order in which multiple sources are fired in simultaneous source acquisition are described. In one aspect, pseudo-randomly shifted time delays are generated for each shot interval of a marine-survey-time line. Each shifted time delay is assigned to one or the sources. The sources within each shot interval are fired based on the shifted time delays.
US10359525B2	Methods to image acoustic sources in wellbores A method including selecting a forward model based on a modeled well structure and including a single modeled acoustic source located in a modeled wellbore and a plurality of modeled acoustic sensors located in a modeled source area, simulating an acoustic signal generated by the single modeled acoustic source and received by each modeled acoustic sensor, calculating phases of the simulated acoustic signals received at each modeled acoustic sensor, obtaining with a principle of reciprocity a plurality of modeled acoustic sources in the modeled source area and a single modeled acoustic sensor in the modeled wellbore, calculating phase delays of the simulated acoustic signals between each modeled acoustic source and the single modeled acoustic sensor, detecting acoustic signals generated by a flow of fluid using acoustic sensors in a wellbore, and processing the acoustic signals using the phase delays to generate a flow likelihood map.
US10359524B2	Interactive salt model modification A method for making changes to a salt model are described. In particular, an algorithm allows a user to interactively edit a salt model to reflect migrated seismic data to improve model accuracy without having to select horizons that overlap or are sealed or decrease the resolution of the horizons. Instead, sealed horizon pairs are automatically generated from the edited data using a new algorithm.
US10359518B2	Vector data encoding of high definition map data for autonomous vehicles Embodiments relate to methods for efficiently encoding sensor data captured by an autonomous vehicle and building a high definition map using the encoded sensor data. The sensor data can be LiDAR data which is expressed as multiple image representations. Image representations that include important LiDAR data undergo a lossless compression while image representations that include LiDAR data that is more error-tolerant undergo a lossy compression. Therefore, the compressed sensor data can be transmitted to an online system for building a high definition map. When building a high definition map, entities, such as road signs and road lines, are constructed such that when encoded and compressed, the high definition map consumes less storage space. The positions of entities are expressed in relation to a reference centerline in the high definition map. Therefore, each position of an entity can be expressed in fewer numerical digits in comparison to conventional methods.
US10359492B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus with eddy current correction using magnetic resonance signals in which influence of metabolite is suppressed According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes an acquiring part and an analysis part. The acquiring part is configured to acquire magnetic resonance signals for an analysis by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The analysis part is configured to perform correction processing of magnetic resonance signals for an eddy current correction and obtain a frequency spectrum of the magnetic resonance signals for the analysis by the eddy current correction using magnetic resonance signals after the correction processing. The correction processing removes an influence of a magnetic resonance signal component from a predetermined metabolite.
US10359491B2	System and method for velocity selective pulses with arbitrary shape using MRI The present invention is directed to a system and method for magnetic resonance imaging including an extended Fourier transform-based velocity-selective pulse train design with a pair of refocusing pulses within each velocity encoding step and accompanying phase cycling between different velocity encoding steps. The present invention is robust to B0/B1 field inhomogeneity and eddy current effects. The utility of this technique, through a velocity-selective inversion pulse, is demonstrated in a 2D velocity-selective arterials spin labeling study, which shows a reasonable agreement in CBF quantification with the standard PCASL method.
US10359486B2	Rapid determination of a relaxation time During operation, a system may apply a polarizing field and an excitation sequence to a sample. Then, the system may measure a signal associated with the sample for a time duration that is less than a magnitude of a relaxation time associated with the sample. Next, the system may calculate the relaxation time based on a difference between the measured signal and a predicted signal of the sample, where the predicted signal is based on a forward model, the polarizing field and the excitation sequence. After modifying at least one of the polarizing field and the excitation sequence, the aforementioned operations may be repeated until a magnitude of the difference is less than a convergence criterion. Note that the calculations may be performed concurrently with the measurements and may not involve performing a Fourier transform on the measured signal.
US10359483B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and radio frequency coil unit According to one embodiment, a radio frequency coil unit includes coil elements, first switching parts and second switching parts. The coil elements are arranged in a first direction and a second direction. Each of the first switching parts and each of the second switching parts are installed in a corresponding coil element of the coil elements and switch the corresponding coil element between an on state and an off state. At least two of the first switching parts are connected in series in the first direction by a first control signal line. At least two of the second switching parts are connected in series in the second direction by a second control signal line.
US10359479B2	Efficient thermal drift compensation in DNV vector magnetometry A system for magnetic detection of an external magnetic field is described. The system includes a nitrogen vacancy (NV) diamond material having a plurality of crystallographic axes, a radio frequency (RF) excitation source, an optical excitation source, an optical detector, and a controller. The RF radio frequency excitation source is configured to provide RF excitations to the NV diamond material to excite electron spin resonances corresponding to the RF excitations. The controller determines the spectral position corresponding to some of the electron spin resonances, determines a measured four-dimensional projection of a magnetic field based on the determined spectral positions of a subset of all of the plurality of spin resonances, where the number of spin resonances in the subset is one half of a total number of the spin resonances, and determines an estimated three-dimensional magnetic field based on the measured four-dimensional magnetic field projections.
US10359469B2	Non-intrusive on-chip analog test/trim/calibrate subsystem An on-chip built-in self-test (BIST) circuit (10) uses a controller (16), analog-to-digital converter (ADC) (15), and digital-to-analog converter (DAC) (12) to sense voltage and/or temperature measures at predetermined circuit locations (19), to detect one or more idle states for an analog block during normal operation, to initiate a built-in self-test of the analog block during the idle state(s) by sending input test signals over a first bus (13) to the analog block, and to process analog test signals received over a second bus (14) from the analog block to generate digital built-in self-test results for the analog block so that the performance analyzer can analyze the digital built-in self-test results in combination with any voltage and/or temperature measurements to evaluate selected performance measures for the analog block against one or more performance criteria.
US10359465B2	Method for characterizing a soft fault in a cable A method for characterizing a fault affecting a cable in which a reference signal s of limited time support is injected and a measurement r of the reflection of the reference signal s in the cable is taken, comprises the following steps: identifying a section of the measurement r corresponding to a fault, this measurement section being called the signature of the fault; generating a modified reference signal s′, of parameterizable amplitude, equal to the sum of the reference signal s and of the reference signal s inverted and delayed by a parameterizable delay; determining conjointly the values of the parameterizable delay and of the parameterizable amplitude that minimize the error between the modified reference signal s′ and the signature of the fault; and deducing therefrom an estimation of the length of the fault from the determined value of the delay.
US10359464B2	Cable and associated continuity monitoring system and method A cable, an associated monitoring system and methods are provided which monitor the continuity of current of electrical components such as sensor signals from sensors used in connection with a medical apparatus. The cable includes a proximal end for coupling with a processing unit and a distal end with or for coupling to sensors. The processing unit generates a continuity signal that travels through the cable via an inductor coil conductor to a distal end inductor coil which imparts the signal to sensor signal conductors of the cable. The continuity signal is carried back to the processing unit with signals from the sensors. Circuitry of the processing unit can detect the returning continuity signals to indicate proper connectivity of the sensor signals. The connection status information of the sensors can be displayed to inform a doctor or other operator of the medical apparatus of sensor signal continuity.
US10359455B2	Method for detecting a defective measurement of an extensive electrical quantity In an electric network (1) which comprises an upstream supply (2) and at least two downstream outlets, the supply and the outlets are each provided with a sensor (6) for measuring an extensive electric quantity and each sensor conducts, in a synchronous way with the other sensors, a measurement of this quantity depending on a parameter. This method comprises at least N measurements of the value on the upstream supply and on each downstream outlet conducted for different values of the parameter p. Then, the relationship between the measurements is formalized, for each value of the parameter p with the equation: M ⁡ ( p j ) = ∑ i = 1 N ⁢ a i ⁢ m i ⁡ ( p j ) A system with N equations and N unknowns is generated, the unknowns being the gains ai, the system of equations is solved, by calculating each gain, and the gains are controlled. If all the gains are equal to 1, it is considered that no sensor has conducted a faulty measurement. If at least one of the gains is different from 1, it is considered that at least one sensor has conducted a faulty measurement.
US10359441B2	Reagent station for an automated analysis device The invention relates to a reagent station (1) for an automated analysis device, comprising a first and a second reagent container storage (2, 10) and a transfer apparatus (20) which transfers reagent containers (16) between the first and the second reagent container storage (2, 10). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for loading an automated analysis device with reagent containers.
US10359418B2	Cell analysis apparatus and method Devices and methods that measure one or more properties of a living cell culture that is contained in liquid media within a vessel, and typically analyzes plural cell cultures contained in plural vessels such as the wells of a multiwell microplate substantially in parallel. The devices incorporate a sensor that remains in equilibrium with, e.g., remains submerged within, the liquid cell media during the performance of a measurement and during addition of one or more cell affecting fluids such as solutions of potential drug compounds.
US10359413B2	Systems and methods for monitoring calibration of moisture sensors A method and system for calibrating moisture sensors in a concrete production plant are disclosed. The moisture sensor is in communication with a computer database through a transceiver. The moisture sensor records numerous readings of moisture for aggregate used in concrete production, which are stored in the database. Separately, a manual sample of aggregate taken from the production line is determined to have a moisture content, which is the baseline for calibrating the sensor. This record is also entered into the database. The moisture sensor reading and the manual sample record are compared for multiple iterative readings to determine whether a sensor requires further calibration.
US10359411B2	Diagnosis method for internal fault of oil-immersed electric apparatus The present invention is a diagnosis method for internal fault of an oil-immersed electric apparatus using a silicone oil as an insulating oil. The method diagnoses an internal fault of the oil-immersed electric apparatus based on a first concentration ratio that is a concentration ratio between two gases selected from an analysis gas group consisting of hydrogen gas, methane gas, ethane gas, and ethylene gas contained in the, silicone oil, and a second concentration ratio that is a concentration ratio between the other two gases selected from the analysis gas group. A combination of the two gases and a combination of the other two gases are a combination of ethylene gas and hydrogen gas, a combination of ethane gas and hydrogen gas, a combination of ethylene gas and methane gas, or a combination of methane gas and ethane gas.
US10359408B2	System and process for jet fuel equipment and procedure quality control The present invention is directed to a system and process for monitoring jet fuel quality control procedural compliance. One system of the current invention includes a portable computer in communication with a server over network, an equipment database, and a report module. In exemplary process, jet fuel equipment is input into the system and stored in the equipment database, along with the process for its inspection. Inspector profiles are input into the system. The system facilitates notification of required inspections for a facility. The system presents an interface guiding an inspector through inspection of jet fuel and jet fuel equipment inspections. The input is stored by the system, whereby the report module generate reports based on inspection reports, equipment, and facilities.
US10359404B2	Noise level estimation method, measurement data processing device and program for processing measurement data In a method for estimating a noise level representing the magnitude of a noise component from measurement data, first waveform data composed of high frequency noise components extracted from assumed noise data are divided into segments so that each section where positive values successively occur or each section where negative values successively occur in the first waveform data is defined as one segment. A segment-width threshold is determined based on the distribution of the widths of the segments. Second waveform data composed of high frequency noise components extracted from measurement data are divided into segments in the same manner. Each segment having a width larger than the threshold is excluded from the segments in the second waveform data, to create a first segment group. The noise level is determined based on the heights or areas of the plurality of segments included in the first segment group.
US10359400B2	Multi-focus optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy with ultrasonic array detection A probe for use with an imaging system, including a scanning device configured to receive a first light beam from a light source, a beam-divider configured to split the first light beam into a plurality of second light beams, and a focusing device configured to focus each of the second light beams on respective locations in an object of interest is disclosed.
US10359395B2	Nanopore-based analysis of protein characteristics Methods for nanopore-based protein analysis are provided. The methods address the characterization of a target protein analyte, which has a dimension greater than an internal diameter of the nanopore tunnel, and which is also physically associated with a polymer. The methods further comprise applying an electrical potential to the nanopore system to cause the polymer to interact with the nanopore tunnel. The ion current through the nanopore is measured to provide a current pattern reflective of the structure of the portion of the polymer interacting with the nanopore tunnel. This is used as a metric for characterizing the associated protein that does not pass through the nanopore.
US10359393B2	Gas sensor A gas sensor includes a housing, an insulator, an inner cover, and an outer cover. An inner peripheral hole of the housing includes a rear end side hole and a front end side hole portion and a rear end side hole portion. A step portion which is formed in a slant shape is provided at a boundary between the front end side hole portion and the rear end side hole portion. The inner cover has a large-diameter portion which faces the step portion. The insulator has a flange which holds the large-diameter portion between itself and the step portion. A burr is formed on the surface of the large-diameter portion. The burr faces the surface of the step portion. This avoids inclination of the cover relative to the inner peripheral hole of the housing and obviates the risk of damage to or breakage of a device body.
US10359390B2	Systems and methods to compensate for sources of error during electrochemical testing A method is disclosed for determining analyte concentration that includes applying a first electrical potential excitation pulse to a body fluid sample in an analyte sensor, and a first current response of the body fluid sample to the first pulse is measured. A second excitation pulse is applied to the body fluid sample in the analyte sensor, and a second current response of the body fluid sample to the second pulse is measured. An analyte level in the body fluid sample is determined by compensating for sources of error based on the first current response to the first pulse.
US10359387B2	Hydraulic hoses with life-sensing capability and methods therefor A system and methods for predicting structural failure of at least a portion of a wall of a fluid containment vessel. The wall has an innermost layer for contact with a fluid contained by the vessel and an outermost layer parallel with the innermost layer. The system includes strain-sensing means within a portion of the wall and surrounded by the at least one reinforcement layer including at least one conductor parallel to the innermost layer of the wall. Changes are sensed in an electrical property associated with the at least one conductor resulting from distortion of the wall of the vessel causing distortion of the at least one conductor.
US10359383B2	Method of detecting galvanic insulation integrity A method of assessing galvanic electronic isolation of two components at a joint of the two components includes measuring a first electrical resistance at a first condition across a joint of two components and comparing the first electrical resistance to a threshold resistance. The comparison of the first electrical resistance to the threshold resistance is indicative of a degree of electrical isolation of the two components. A second electrical resistance is measured at a second condition and the second electrical resistance is compared to the first electrical resistance. The result of the comparison of the second electrical resistance to the first electrical resistance is indicative of a type of electrical connection between the two components.
US10359380B2	Methods and systems for measuring melting temperatures The invention relates to methods and systems for measuring the melting point of a material. The method and systems of the invention may reduce the time required to determine the melting point of one or more samples. Furthermore, the methods and systems of the invention result in an accurate and precise measurement of the melting temperature. Thus, the method and system of the invention are preferred over current methods for measuring the melting point.
US10359376B2	Sample holder for X-ray analysis A sample holder 2 for holding a capillary 40 for X-ray analysis has a first thermal transport member 36 on the base portion 14 on one side of a longitudinal slit 12 and a second thermal transport member 38 on the base portion 16 on the other side. The thermal transport members 36, 38 are compressed between a frame 30 and the base portion 14, 16 in the transverse direction to urge the edges of the first and second thermal transport members together, to hold a capillary 40 longitudinally aligned with the longitudinal slit 12.
US10359370B2	Template substrate for use in adjusting focus offset for defect detection Disclosed is a template substrate for use in adjusting a focus offset to detect a defect using an optical image obtained by irradiating a substrate with light emitted from a light source. The template substrate includes a first pattern constructed with a repetitive pattern that is not resolved by the wavelength of the light source, and at least one alignment mark that is arranged on the same plane as the first pattern. The alignment mark includes a second pattern constructed with a repetitive pattern that is not resolved by the wavelength of the light source, and a programmed defect that is provided in the second pattern and not resolved by the wavelength of the light source. The alignment mark includes the second pattern, and a region, where the second pattern is not arranged but a mark used in alignment is formed by contrast with a region where the second pattern is arranged.
US10359367B2	Inspection apparatus and inspection method There is provided an inspection apparatus, including: an illuminator configured to irradiate a pattern, a detector configured to detect a reflected light from the pattern, and a calculator configured to compare a first change and a second change to calculate a deviation between the first and second changes. The first change which is a change, of a detection result of a pattern formed by a plurality of first exposure conditions, with respect to the first exposure conditions. The second change which is a change, of a detection result of a reflected light, from a pattern, generated by irradiating the pattern with the illumination light. The pattern is formed by a plurality of second exposure conditions each having a predetermined interval in a range which has at least one part overlapping with a range of the first exposure conditions, with respect to the second exposure conditions.
US10359366B2	Substrate for surface enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy and devices using same It is problematic to provide a substrate for surface enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy capable of being incorporated and used as a detector of a flow system such as a liquid chromatographic device, and a surface enhanced Raman scattering spectroscopy device and a liquid chromatographic device using same. The above problem is solved by providing a substrate body, pores formed penetrating said substrate body, and particles arranged on an exposed surface of said substrate body not to close the pores, and by an analyte being passed through said particles in-between and said pores.
US10359365B2	Optical sensor An optical sensor for the ascertainment within a medium of a measured value of a measured parameter of process automation technology, comprising: a light source for transmitting transmission light; a prism; and a receiver for receiving reception light and generating a reception signal therefrom, wherein the measured value is ascertainable from the reception signal, wherein a first optical path from the light source to the medium is defined at least via the prism, wherein a second optical path from the medium to the receiver is defined at least via the prism, wherein the transmission light passes through the prism and is transformed within the medium into reception light, which passes through the prism to the receiver, and wherein the first optical path and the second optical path are essentially parallel to each other.
US10359358B2	Methods for non-intrusively determining indications of wholesomeness of items of packaged aliment A non-intrusive method for determining an indication of wholesomeness of an unopened item of packaged aliment comprising the steps of illuminating an unopened item of packaged aliment with electromagnetic energy at a plurality of different wavelengths through a suitably transparent region of the packaging so as to interact with the packaged aliment; obtaining spectral information regarding the interaction of the plurality of different wavelengths with the packaged aliment as subsequent spectral information; interrogating the packaging to access original spectral information regarding a previous interaction of the plurality of wavelengths with the same unopened item of packaged aliment and associated with the packaging; comparing some or all of the subsequent spectral information with some or all of the original spectral information to obtain a measure of their spectral deviation; and determining an indication of wholesomeness of the unopened item of packaged aliment in dependence of the obtained measure of spectral deviation.
US10359356B2	Tool abnormality determination system A tool abnormality detection system corrects a monitoring range for a load on a tool in an Mth cycle by using load data of at least one of 1st to (M−1)th cycles (where M is an integer of 2 or more), wherein processing work on a single workpiece corresponds to a single cycle, and the load data is data about the load on the tool in the cycle.
US10359355B2	High temperature fluid sample aging cell Exemplary embodiments of a high temperature aging cell provide a metal-to-metal fluid seal, and generally include a central tension post containing a flange having an inclined surface; and a seal ring concentrically arranged thereon, its outer circumference positioned at least partly intermediate the flange and the cell interior surface. In various embodiments, a thrust ring retains the seal ring; a thrust washer engages the thrust ring; a tension ring is attached to the tension post for biasing the thrust ring toward the flange; and an outer cap retains various components in relation to the aging cell. A pressure control device allows for pressure elevation.Exemplary embodiments of a sample aging method generally include aging a liquid sample by sealing the sample in the cell via biasing of the seal ring into sealing engagement with an interior surface of the cell. Subsequent sample treatment may involve elevating its temperature and/or pressure.
US10359354B2	Chip assembly, flow cell and flow cytometer for characterizing particles The present relates to a chip assembly, a flow cell and a cytometer for characterizing particles in a sample solution. The chip assembly comprises a pair of chips, at least one of the chip defining on its inner surface at least two channels, the two channels defining therebetween a common intersecting area. Each channel is adapted for receiving one or more optical fibers. The chips define a through-hole extending throughout the chip assembly in a transverse direction relative to the channels and passing through the common intersecting area. The flow cell comprises the chip assembly, an excitation fiber and at least one collection fiber extending through respective channels; the collection fiber for collecting light scattered or emitted by particles flowing through the through-hole and excited by an excitation light transported by the excitation fiber. The flow cytometer comprises a light source for generating the excitation light and the flow cell.
US10359348B1	Helmet impact simulator and method A head impact test apparatus is configured to enable viewing a head model including a brain component that may be at least partially surrounded by a fluid component and within a skull component. A head model may be a cross-sectional model of a person's head and have a translucent cover extending over the cross-sectional plane to enable viewing and image capture of the components of the head model. A camera may be configured to take a plurality of images during an impact test. These images may be analyzed to determine the acceleration and deformation of the brain component. An impact element is configured to impact the head model and the head model may have any type of helmet thereon. A helmet component may comprise a helmet cover. The test may be used to determine the effectiveness of helmets and helmet covers in reducing brain trauma.
US10359345B2	Method for preparing liquid-state dripping or coating pathological quality control product and uses thereof Provided are a method for preparing a liquid-state dripping or coating pathological quality control product, and uses thereof. The method comprises: selecting and determining a control with a control value, and processing the control; adding an ethanol solution to the processed control for preserving for standby use, with the amount of the ethanol solution added depending on the amount of a precipitate; and performing setting of a positive or negative control by means of dripping or smearing. The pathological quality control product is a suspension or homogenate of micro tissue sections, cell/cultured cell sections, or cultured cells. Another aspect of the present invention provides a use of the liquid-state dripping or coating pathological quality control product as a positive or negative control in immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, special staining and other tissue staining detection, or as a standard quality control product for pathological internal quality control and external quality control.
US10359344B2	Composition for clearing of biotissue and clarity method for biotissue using thereof The present invention relates to a composition for clearing biotissue and a clarity method for biotissue using the same. The composition for clearing biotissue and the clarity method for biotissue using the same of the present invention do not need a high price electrophoresis apparatus and expensive solutions, and can not only be applied to various biotissues including brain, liver, lung, kidney, intestine, heart, muscle, and blood vessel, without damaging any of them but also prevent bubble formation, color change, and dark sediment; improve the clarity of biotissues; and help antibody-staining of the cleared tissues. Therefore, it is useful to identify the reason of various diseases through structural imaging of biotissue and to establish a treatment method.
US10359329B2	Sensing system with different upper layers A structure which detects the application point, intensity and area of the force and the pressure applied, along with the touch, and the forces applied in vertical direction to the sensor as well as the combined forces, which has reduced power consumption. The sensing system has an intermediate layer; a light source located under the intermediate layer; an image sensor located under the intermediate layer; a first fiber optic bundle; a second fiber optic bundle; a control unit which analyzes the image captured by the image sensor using image processing techniques; and a data link for data communication between the image sensor and the control unit.
US10359328B1	Tension gauge for bandsaw blades Devices and methods of measuring a handsaw or other cutting blade are described. The device may be in the form of a tension gauge that includes a first plate associated with a moveable protrusion such as a pin that deflects the blade and a second plate that is pivotably attached to the first plate and includes two or more fixed pins.
US10359321B2	On-chip circuit and method for accurately measuring die temperature of an integrated circuit An integrated circuit and method are provided for accurately measuring the temperature of a die of the integrated circuit. Pairs of diodes are driven with different currents in order to generate a series of thermal voltages. The ADC measures the series of thermal voltages against an external reference voltage. Based on these thermal voltage measurements, the ADC calculates the die temperature. The different currents used to generate the series of thermal voltages are selected at specific ratios to each other in order to promote the ability of the ability of the ADC to calculate the die temperature using standard components and logic of an ADC. These thermal voltages are generated and measured using integrated components of the die for which a temperature measurement is being provided, thus reducing several sources of inaccuracies in conventional die temperature measurement techniques. Addition embodiments are provided for detecting defective diodes based on comparisons of the thermal voltage outputs.
US10359310B2	Sensor circuit A directional characteristic of light that is incident on a light-receiving unit is adjusted in accordance with whether a proximity-illumination sensor is caused to act as a proximity sensor or to act as an illumination sensor. The proximity-illumination sensor (50) includes a light-receiving area selection unit (101) that selects light-receiving sensitivity of which of a first light-receiving area and a second light-receiving area is made higher in accordance with whether the proximity-illumination sensor (50) is caused to act as the proximity sensor or to act as the illumination sensor.
US10359302B2	Non-linear interactions with backscattered light Using hDVS techniques to detect a disturbance in a coherent Rayleigh backscatter caused by the presence of another optical signal in the fiber. The interaction can be caused by a pump pulse travelling shortly after a probe pulse and at a frequency close to that of the probe plus or minus a Brillouin frequency shift. This results in gain or attenuation of the backscatter signal. The Brillouin shift is a function of temperature and strain.
US10359299B2	Electric field type time-grating angular displacement sensors An electric field type time-grating angular displacement sensor, including a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes m rotor electrodes. The rotor electrodes cover a circle on a surface of a rotor body with equal space. The stator includes 4m stator electrodes. The stator electrodes cover a circle on a surface of a stator body with equal space.
US10359298B2	Electrical power switch control with shopping function A device to be connected to first electrical power wiring and for displaying electrical power usage information of at least one first electrical load connected to the first electrical power wiring, the device including terminals to electrically connect to the first electrical power wiring of a building, a controller to receive information representing at least a current to the at least one first electrical load, determine first electrical power usage information of the at least one first electrical load using the received information, a user interface to display the determined first electrical power usage information of the at least one first electrical load, and a communications interface to transmit the determined first electrical power usage information to at least one second electrical device for display, and receive determined second electrical power usage information of at least one second electrical load from the at least one second electrical device for display.
US10359294B2	Interactive digital map on a portable device A digital map of a geographic area is displayed in a map sheet in a software application executing on a portable device. Several individually selectable location indicators are displayed over the digital map in the map sheet. In response to a first one of the several location indicators being selected on the map sheet, an informational sheet related to the selected location indicator is generated, where the informational sheet occludes a portion of the map sheet. In response to a gesture applied to the informational sheet, (a) a selection of a second one of the several location indicators is automatically indicated on the map sheet, and (b) the informational sheet is updated to display information related to the newly selected location indicator.
US10359292B2	Deep learning allergen mapping An entry on an allergen map may be generated by a computer system where a deep learning model is trained using online content data. Allergen content data which contains geographic data may be detected from the online content data. The allergen content data may be analyzed by the computer system and tagged with a quality and intensity indicator. Based on the tagging and the geographic location, an allergen map may be generated.
US10359291B2	Determining network maps of transport networks This disclosure relates a processor determining a network map of a transport network by. The processor optimises for each of multiple sets of nodes a travel cost of trips with a start node and an end node in that set. This way, the processor selects from each of the multiple sets one node as a hub. The travel cost is based on whether the start node or end node is the hub. The processor then optimises for each node a direct travel time between that node and a hub to select an optimised hub for that node. Finally, the processor determines a network map comprising the selected hubs connected by a first transport mode and the remaining nodes connected to the selected hub by a second transport mode. Passengers need to change less often at the hub because the hub is placed at the most popular destination or origin.
US10359281B2	System and method for generating canvas representations reflecting solar installation potential of a geographic area A system and method for generating canvas representations of solar panel installation potential in a geographic area. The method includes: identifying, based on at least one location parameter, a plurality of addresses, wherein the at least one location parameter represents a geographic area including the plurality of addresses; extracting an image of a geographic area including the plurality of addresses; causing a determination of an installation layout for the plurality of addresses based on the extracted image; causing a generation of at least one solar analytic for each of the plurality of addresses based on the determined installation layout; and generating, based on the installation layout and the at least one solar analytic for each address, a canvas representation for the geographic area.
US10359274B2	Device for determining the quality of a corrugated board web A device for determining the quality of a moving corrugated board web with at least one cover web and at least one corrugated web. A quality determination sensor arrangement, which includes a first quality determination sensor unit facing the corrugated board web, is provided for determining the quality of the corrugated board web on its first side, and a second quality determination sensor unit, facing a second side of the corrugated board web opposite the first side, for determining the quality of the corrugated board web on its second side. The device includes an evaluation unit that is in signal contact with the quality determination sensor arrangement and evaluates signals from the quality determination sensor arrangement related to the quality of the corrugated board web.
US10359268B2	Stroke sensor and saddle riding type vehicle A stroke sensor includes: a shaft that extends in an axial line direction; a detected body that is fixed to the shaft; a housing that extends along the shaft, that houses the shaft, and that supports the shaft slidably in the axial line direction; and a detection body that detects a movement amount of the detected body which moves in accordance with sliding of the shaft, wherein the shaft includes a plurality of shaft members that are connected to each other in the axial line direction and that are formed of metal, and a slide part that is in contact with an inner wall of the housing and that slides so as to regulate a movement of the shaft in a direction that is crossed with the axial line is provided on each of the plurality of shaft members.
US10359248B2	Free-floating rifle rail and barrel locking system(s)/assemblies A free-floating rifle rail and barrel locking system that provides a barrel assembly and rail assembly, which is detachable from the main body of a rifle without tools. This is advantageous for quick field breakdown and/or rifle modification. The user has the option to disassemble the rifle for easy transport, to change barrel length, to change barrel caliber or change rail configurations. The rails are free-floating, meaning the rails do not come in contact with the barrel and thus do not impact the precision of the rifle.
US10359246B2	Magazine assembly A magazine assembly having an elongated housing with a channel dimensioned to contain a plurality of stacked ammunitions between a first and second end of the housing. A spring loaded follower is mounted within the housing channel and is adapted to abut against one end of the stacked ammunition adjacent the second end of the housing and urge the stacked ammunition towards the first end of the housing. A tactile indicator assembly is mounted to the housing which cooperates with the follower to indicate the position of the follower between the ends of the housing and thus the amount of ammunition remaining in the magazine.
US10359239B1	Heat exchange member and heat exchangers utilizing the heat exchange member A heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchange member that includes a first extruded member having a first end and a second end. The first extruded member forms a plurality of fluid passages that are in fluid communication with the first end of the first extruded member and the second end of the first extruded member. At least one of the fluid passages is an inlet fluid passage and at least one of the fluid passages is an outlet fluid passage. A plug is fixedly coupled to the second end of the first extruded member. The plug forms a plug fluid passage that fluidically interconnects the inlet fluid passage at the second end of the first extruded member with the outlet fluid passage at the second end of the first extruded member.
US10359238B2	Heat exchanger and side plate A side plate for use in a heat exchanger having a width dimension and a first and a second row of parallel arranged tubes extending in the direction of the width dimension. A first and a second header are arranged at one common end of the width dimension to receive the ends of the tubes in the first and second rows, respectively. The side plate includes a first body section joined to and extending from the first header, the first body section defining a first outer periphery. The side plate includes a second body section joined to and extending from the second header, the second body section defining a second outer periphery. The second outer periphery is spaced apart from the first outer periphery such that each one of the first and second body sections is allowed to more relative to the other in the direction of the width dimension.
US10359232B2	Bag drying apparatus A bag drying apparatus. The bag drying apparatus includes a panel having a panel slot with an open first end that is accessible from a first end of the panel. The panel is adapted to couple with a board with a board slot having an open first end accessible from a second end of the board. When the panel and board are interlocked, the bag drying apparatus is configured to receive and to maintain an inverted bag in an open position. In one embodiment, the bag drying apparatus is modular, allowing the selective configuration and customization of panels and boards.
US10359228B2	Liquefaction method and system A system and method for liquefaction of a natural gas stream utilizing a plurality of asymmetric parallel pre-cooling circuits. The use of asymmetric parallel cooling circuits allows for greater control over each refrigerant stream during the cooling process and simplifies process control by dedicating heat exchangers to performing similar duties.
US10359227B2	Refrigerator and method for controlling the same According to an embodiment for a refrigerator, a plurality of touch parts may be manipulated to enter into a special mode, thereby preventing the refrigerator from malfunctioning. The touch sensitivity adjustment of the refrigerator due to the touch manipulation of the refrigerator may be visualized.
US10359220B2	Systems, methods and apparatus for servicing a refrigeration system Systems, methods and apparatuses for servicing a refrigeration system are described herein. A system may include a fluid source and a device is capable of coupling to the fluid source, a measuring device and a fluid receiving system. The device may include a valve disposed passage disposed in a body of the apparatus that communicates with the fluid source, the measuring device and the fluid receiving system. A portion of the valve being engageable with a self-sealing valve of the refrigerant supply while inhibiting fluid flow between the fluid source and the measuring device and/or between the measuring device and the fluid receiving system.
US10359217B2	Continuous adsorption cooling system with air-cooled heat rejection unit An intermittent operation based continuous absorption system (IOBCAS) which supports cooling effect during the daytime without the use of a solution pump is provided. The IOBCAS may utilize an isochoric process for pressurization of the system and the system may include a plurality of generator-absorber units that intermittently operate in succession to provide a continuous refrigeration cooling effect during the daytime. The system of the present disclosure enables the plurality of generator-absorber units to switch between a generation, absorption, and heat recovery mode of operation to provide cooling effect during the daytime which a higher coefficient of performance compared with conventional intermittent system.
US10359211B2	Refrigeration and air conditioning device A refrigeration and air conditioning device, which is an outdoor unit of a refrigeration and air conditioning device provided with a heat exchanger within a housing (2) and blowers (3) arranged on the housing, the housing (2) being provided with a side cover covering the sides, a base (9) covering the bottom and a foot portion (10) arranged below the base (9), the foot portion (10) being provided with a raised portion (10b) upwardly bending an end face (10c) of a lower surface of the foot portion. The refrigeration and air conditioning device increases rigidity without increasing costs.
US10359205B2	Energy recovery ventilation smoke evacuation A control system, comprising one or more smoke sensors, each configured to measure a level of smoke at a location within a building and to output a smoke level signal based at least in part upon the measured level of smoke. A controller configured to receive the smoke level signals and to control an operation of one or more energy recovery ventilation systems in a first mode of operation to recover energy when the smoke level signal is below a predetermined value and in a second mode of operation to evacuate smoke when the smoke level signal is above the predetermined value.
US10359201B2	Heat exchanger and refrigeration cycle device A heat exchanger includes: a heat transfer pipe in which refrigerant flows; and a spiral groove formed at an inner peripheral surface of the heat transfer pipe. A height of an inner wall of the groove in a radial direction of the heat transfer pipe is equal to or greater than 0.1 [mm], and when a wetted edge length of the heat transfer pipe is S, an inclination angle between a pipe axis direction of the heat transfer pipe and a longitudinal direction of the groove in a section of the heat transfer pipe parallel with the pipe axis direction is θ, and a length of the heat transfer pipe is L, the inclination angle θ is an acute angle, and a wetted area S×L/cos θ of the heat transfer pipe satisfies S×L/cos θ≥0.5 [m2].
US10359200B2	Home appliance having a flue gas air diverter A home cooking appliance includes a housing having a cooktop surface on a top of the housing, a burner on the cooktop surface, a cooking grate disposed above the burner, a cooking compartment in the housing, an oven flue that exhausts air from the cooking compartment, and a flue gas air diverter configured to divert the air exiting from the oven flue under a portion of the cooking grate.
US10359195B2	Fuel supply nozzle for minimizing burning damage A fuel supply nozzle for injecting fuel into a combustor in a shape of a pipe having an outer peripheral wall and an inner peripheral wall extended from a route to a tip. The fuel supply nozzle includes a first fuel discharge passage formed at the inside of the inner peripheral wall extending from the route to the tip, at least one or more vanes disposed on the outer peripheral wall spaced apart from the tip by a given distance and having vane fuel outlets communicating with the first fuel discharge passage, and a burning section formed on a given area adjacent to the tip to allow a thickness between the outer peripheral wall and the inner peripheral wall to be lower than the other section thereof.
US10359187B2	Heating unit with LEDs and venting A heating unit includes a housing defining a thermal cavity and has a first longitudinal edge and an opposing second longitudinal edge, a reflector assembly disposed within the thermal cavity, a heating element, and a lighting element. The housing defines a vent positioned at least one of laterally between a central longitudinal plane of the housing and the first longitudinal edge and laterally between the central longitudinal plane and the opposing second longitudinal edge. The reflector assembly is coupled to an interior surface of the housing. A spacer is positioned between the reflector assembly and the interior surface forming an air gap therebetween. The heating element extends within the central longitudinal plane and is at least partially surrounded by the reflector assembly. The lighting element is positioned along at least one of the first longitudinal edge and the opposing second longitudinal edge such that the vent is positioned laterally between the lighting element and the heating element.
US10359183B2	Systems and methods for lighting fixtures Examples of the present disclosure are related to systems and methods for lighting fixtures. More particularly, embodiments disclose lighting fixtures utilizing metal core PCB (MCPCB) for thermal, mechanical, and/or optical controls.
US10359182B2	Ring power bar hanger for modular lighting fixture A modular lighting system that includes power bars that can transfer power and hangers that support that support the power bars which can be vertically offset from each other. A hanger can have two cylindrical members that each engage one of the power bars, and rods can extend between the cylindrical members to provide both mechanical support and electrical connection between the power bars.
US10359181B2	Substrate for light emitting device and manufacturing method of substrate for light emitting device An electrode pattern (13) formed on a ceramics layer (2) in a substrate for a light emitting device (circuit board (320)) of the present invention includes a first metal layer (5), a second metal layer (7), and an electrode terminal unit (10), and the thickness of a part at which the electrode terminal unit (10) is not formed in the electrode pattern (13) is at least equal to or greater than 35 μm. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress heat resistance to be low.
US10359175B2	Light-emitting film The present application relates to a light-emitting film, a method of manufacturing the same, a lighting device and a display device. The present application may provide a light-emitting film capable of providing a lighting device having excellent color purity and efficiency and an excellent color characteristic. The characteristics of the light-emitting film of the present application may be stably and excellently maintained for a long time. The light-emitting film of the present application may be used for various uses including photovoltaic applications, an optical filter or an optical converter, as well as various lighting devices.
US10359167B2	Vehicular lighting The objective of the invention is to provide vehicular lighting such that unevenness in the light distribution occurring on a road surface is minimized upon consideration of workability when performing an adjustment by aiming, or the like. This vehicular lighting forms a light distribution having a cut-off line CL, and comprises a light source (30) and a lens (50) disposed on the forward side of the light source (30). The entry surface (51) of the lens (50) wherefrom light from the light source (30) enters comprises: an upper side entry surface (54) on an upper side from the center of the entry surface (51), wherein first light diffusing portions (54a) for diffusing the light are disposed; a lower side entry surface (56) on a lower side from the center of the entry surface (51), wherein second light diffusing portions (56) for diffusing the light are disposed; and a middle entry surface (55) including the center of the entry surface, wherein third light diffusing portions (55b) and fourth light diffusing portions (55a) for diffusing the light are disposed, and having straight-through portions (55c) wherein no third light diffusing portions (55b) and no fourth light diffusing portions (55a) are disposed. The light diffusion width for each of the third light diffusing portions (55b) is larger than the light diffusion width for each of the fourth light diffusing portions (55a).
US10359162B2	Lighting device with off-axis reflector and light source A lighting device includes a body defining a central axis, a reflector defining an optical axis at an angle with respect to the central axis, and a planar light source defining a surface inclined with respect to a first plane orthogonal to the optical axis. The optical axis being inclined towards one side of the central axis such that the light emission direction of the planar light source is inclined towards an opposite side with respect to the central axis.
US10359159B2	Liquid cooled venue light LED based searchlight/sky light including, in a basic embodiment, a housing; an LED array supported in/by the housing, a heat sink in communication with the LED array, and a reflector supported in the housing such that the LED array is supported by the housing a distance sufficient above the reflector to allow the light emitted by the LED array to be reflected by the reflector. The reflector is preferably a parabolic reflector such that the light emitted by the LED array is reflected by the parabolic reflector in an intense collimated beam. The LED array may be supported above the parabolic reflector a distance equal to the focal length of the parabolic reflector. A power supply may also be included to regulate the electrical current applied to the LED array.
US10359156B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a substrate, a plurality of LEDs arranged in rows and columns above the substrate, and a wavelength converting member above the plurality of LEDs. The wavelength converting member includes a plurality of fluorescent portions arranged in rows and columns and a lattice-shaped light shielding portion between the plurality of fluorescent portions. One or more row-direction spacing regions are located directly below a corresponding one of the rows of the fluorescent portions, and one or more column-direction spacing regions are located directly below a corresponding one of the columns of the fluorescent portions. One or more row-direction light-shielding regions of the light-shielding portion are respectively located directly above a corresponding one of the rows of the LEDs, and one or more column-direction light-shielding regions of the light-shielding portion are respectively located directly above a corresponding one of the columns of the LEDs.
US10359150B2	System for storing a pressurized gas and method for emptying a storage container for a pressurized gas A system for storing a pressurized gas in a motor vehicle is provided, having a storage container and at least one thermally activatable safety valve for emptying the storage container. The safety valve activates automatically at a corresponding high temperature. The storage container has an additional activatable emptying device, which has an interface for an external energy source. The interface can be connected to the external energy source in order to empty the storage container in a targeted manner. Also provided is a method for emptying a storage container for a pressurized gas in a motor vehicle.
US10359143B2	Pipe liners and the installation thereof A pipe liner has an elongate duct of thin laminated thermoplastic layers and remains relatively flexible and folded to a flat form. In this form, opposing sides of the duct are pressed into close proximity aided by folding of the duct, so the liner can be stored efficiently. In use, the liner is inserted into a pipe. The liner is subsequently heated and pressed against the inner surface of the pipe to form a close fit. Once the liner cools, it sets in place providing a close fitting pipe lining. In order to ensure adequate and even heating of the pipe liner during installation, heating is provided within the liner. The heating may comprise: a plurality of conductive filaments; electromagnetic susceptor material; or a plurality of magnetic particles.
US10359139B2	Connector A connector assembly (2100,3100) includes a unitary female connector portion (100) manufactured from a singular material that includes a waisted, tapering intermediate section (101) disposed between a compression ring (102) and a luminal connector (103) and one or more finger-grasping surfaces (108,109) disposed along the waisted, tapering intermediate section. A unitary male connector portion (1200,2200), which can be single ended or double-ended, includes a protruding male connector portion (1202,2202), one or more luminal connectors (1203,2203,2233) and a convex frustum (201,1201) disposed between the protruding male connector portion and the single ended luminal connector.
US10359137B1	Pipe seal and pipe joint A pipe gasket is positioned within a pocket in a socket portion of a first end of a first pipe and the end of a spigot pipe is inserted into the socket with the gasket sealing the gap between the pipes. The gasket in one form comprises a blunt rounded nose portion, a central body portion with an insert embedded therein and a rear sealing portion comprising first and second projections, such as fins, that diverge and respectively engage the first pipe and the second pipe.
US10359133B2	Threaded connection for pipe or tube and method of producing the threaded connection for pipe or tube An objective of the present invention is to provide a threaded connection for pipe or tube having an excellent anti-misalignment property and an appropriate shouldering torque, and further having excellent corrosion resistance and an excellent adhesiveness of a solid lubricant coating, and to provide a method of producing the threaded connection for pipe or tube. The threaded connection for pipe or tube according to the present embodiment includes a pin and a box. The pin and the box have contact surfaces including thread portions and unthreaded metal contact portions. The threaded connection for pipe or tube comprises an alloy plating layer consisting of a Zn—Ni alloy on the contact surface of at least one of the pin and the box, a phosphating layer, and a solid lubricant coating. These are stacked in an order of the alloy plating layer, phosphating layer, and the solid lubricant coating, from a contact surface side.
US10359128B2	Lattice control cage for a regulator A fluid valve includes a valve body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. A fluid passageway connects the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. A trim assembly is located within the fluid passageway and the trim assembly cooperates with a control member to control fluid flow through the fluid passageway. The trim assembly includes a cage having a lattice structure.
US10359126B2	Integrated flow control valve with flowrate feedback A flow control valve assembly has at least one manifold having an inlet flow port, an outlet flow port, and a flow channel provided there between, the flow channel having an inlet chamber, a variable area chamber and an outlet chamber, with fluid flowing from the inlet flow port to the inlet chamber, the variable area chamber and the outlet chamber, in that order, before exiting the outlet flow port. The flow control valve assembly further includes a float assembly having a fitting, a float extending through the flow channel from the fitting and which is limited for its movement inside the variable area chamber, a measuring device that measures the displacement of the float and which is secured to the fitting and positioned outside the flow channel, and a connecting rod which connects the float to the measuring device and extends through the flow channel.
US10359123B2	Fluid pressure regulator with reverse flow capability A fluid pressure regulator includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a valve assembly disposed in the housing, and one or more check valves disposed within the housing. The one or more check valves may be closed when a regulator inlet pressure is greater than a regulator output pressure. When the regulator output pressure is greater than the regulator input pressure, the one or more check valves may open and flow may occur from the outlet of the fluid regulator to the inlet of the fluid regulator, even if the valve assembly is in a closed position.
US10359107B2	Roller chain sprocket with resilient cushion rings having improved durability and noise characteristics A roller chain sprocket includes a body with a hub and a row of teeth that extends circumferentially around the hub such that the hub extends axially outward on opposite first and second sides of the row of teeth. The teeth are separated from each other by tooth spaces, wherein each of said tooth spaces is bisected by a radial tooth space centerline. First and second elastomeric cushion rings are respectively bonded to the hub on the opposite first and second sides of the row of teeth, with cushion ring extending circumferentially about the hub and including a plurality of compression pads separated from each other by axially extending transverse grooves. Each of the compression pads includes a planar or otherwise flat outer surface that is connected to a respective preceding one of the grooves by a leading corner surface and connected to a respective trailing one of the grooves by a trailing corner surface. Each of the grooves is located radially inward from a respective associated one of the tooth spaces such that the tooth space centerline is circumferentially aligned with the trailing corner surface that connects the groove to a preceding one of the compression pads. The compression pads provide both primary compression for a meshing chain link row and secondary compression for the next-meshing, upstream chain link row.
US10359094B2	Flywheel A computer controlled support and stabilization unit comprising of a vertical array of magnets for levitating a flywheel containing fluid, a computer controlled adjustable bearing support that can clamp and unclamp the rotating center shaft of a flywheel containing fluid between a plurality of bearings, a computer controlled adjustable magnetic lifting support for lifting the flywheel containing fluid to reduce the forces placed on the vertical array of magnets for levitating a flywheel containing fluid and reduce the forces placed on the plurality of bearings clamping the rotating center shaft of a flywheel containing fluid.
US10359083B2	Reverse input blocking clutch In a locking type reverse input blocking clutch, smooth finished surfaces having no directionality are formed, by barrel polishing, on surfaces brought into contact with rollers while rotation is being transmitted from the input side to the output side, i.e. an inner peripheral cylindrical surface of an outer ring and a surface of a lid portion opposed to the rollers. With this arrangement, it is possible to reduce the sliding resistance between the rollers and the outer ring and between the rollers and the lid portion, without the need to reduce the forces of springs for pushing the rollers into narrow portions of wedge-shaped spaces. This in turn makes it possible to reduce the torque necessary to transmit rotation from the input side to the output side, while maintaining high locking performance.
US10359082B2	Torsional damper for a vehicle transmission system A torsional damper for vehicle transmission systems comprises an input element rotationally movable around an axis and exhibiting at least one window comprising two angularly spaced lateral edges and a radially external edge. An output element is rotationally movable around the axis and exhibits at least one window comprising two angularly spaced lateral edges and a radially external edge. An elastic return member capable of being received simultaneously in the window of the input element and the window of the output element generates a force acting against rotation of the output element with respect to the input element. An additional element is rotationally movable around the axis and integral with one of the input element and output element. The additional element exhibits an edge comprising at least one region projecting radially into the window of the input element and output element with which the additional element is integral.
US10359077B2	Rolling bearing with abnormality detector The present invention provides an abnormality detector for a rolling bearing including an outer race, and an inner race. The abnormality detector includes a filter configured to prevent metal pieces contained in lubricating oil flowing through the bearing space between the outer and inner races from passing through the filter, while allowing the lubricating oil to pass through the filter so as to flow to the outside space of the bearing space; an electric circuit including a pair of permanent magnets mounted, as a pair of electrodes, to the filter so as to be spaced apart from each other, and lines extending from the respective electrodes to a power source; and an output detector configured to detect a change in electrical output from the electric circuit when metal pieces adhere between the pair of permanent magnets, thereby detecting the state of metal pieces contained in the lubricating oil.
US10359074B1	Miniature slider structure and linear slide A miniature slider structure having foot portions and a linear slide are provided. The linear slide includes a slider and a slide rail. The slider straddles the slide rail so that the slider can be reciprocated on the slide rail. The slide rail extends in a direction. The slider includes a plate and two opposite foot portions extending downward from the plate. The slider straddles the slide rail through the foot portions. The plate has a mounting surface. Through the polishing process on the mounting surface of the plate, the roughness Ra of the mounting surface is controlled to be in the range of 0.01 microns to 0.1 microns so as to reduce the deformation of the foot portions when the working platform is installed.
US10359073B2	Wheel bearing and hub system A wheel bearing and hub system (WBHS) that functions to facilitate a vehicle wheel hub and tire to rotate with an axle. The WBHS includes a wheel bearing assembly and a wheel hub. The bearing assembly has an outer member with inward extending slots and an inner member that is located and secured within the outer member. The inner member has an outer race, an inner race, a plurality of ball bearings and a retainer within a channel between the hub races, and a center opening. The wheel bearing assembly is inserted into the center of the wheel hub, which has a front member and a rear member. An axle is then inserted into and attached within the channel, thereby facilitating the rotation of the axle and wheel hub.
US10359061B2	Electro-hydraulic actuator This present invention relates to a remote electro-hydraulic actuator for actuating of mechanical devices, such as a valve in an internal combustion exhaust pipe. The actuator includes a multi-vane rotational assembly that flows the working fluid through strategically sized flow channels within the structure of the rotational assembly. The size of the holes are sized to help the stability of the valve and can also be provided with pressure check valves or reed valves to dampen the rotation of the valve and reduce any instabilities due to pulsations driven back via the output shaft.
US10359047B2	Elongated permanent ring management with a plurality of axially directed magnetized zones and magnetic bearing with such a ring magnet The present invention is directed to a magnet for a magnetic bearing arrangement, a bearing arrangement comprising said magnet, and a vacuum pump comprising said bearing arrangement. In particular the invention can be particularly useful in a magnetic bearing arrangement that reduces stray magnetic fields for a turbomolecular vacuum pump, although it is understood that the invention is not limited to this field and other applications will be understood by the skilled person.
US10359043B2	Oil-free screw compressor An oil-free screw compressor has a screw rotor including a screw and a shaft, a bearing supporting the shaft, a first shaft seal device disposed between the screw and the bearing and including a first seal opposite to the shaft, and a first communication portion communicating the inner periphery face and the outer peripheral face of the first shaft seal device, a second shaft seal device disposed between the first shaft seal device and the bearing and including a second seal opposite to the shaft, and a second communication portion communicating an inner periphery face and the outer peripheral face of the second shaft seal device, and a casing including an atmosphere communication portion connected to both of the first communication portion and the second communication portion on the inner peripheral face of a shaft accommodation space.
US10359042B2	Check valve and liquid supply apparatus having the same A check valve which allows liquid to flow in one direction while preventing liquid from flowing in a direction reverse to said one direction, the check valve comprising: an inflow port allowing liquid to flow therein; an outflow port allowing liquid to flow out thereof; a valve seat provided between the inflow port and the outflow port, the valve seat having a valve hole through which the inflow port communicates with the outflow port; a valve chamber provided between the valve seat and the outflow port; a valve element disposed in the valve chamber, the valve element opening and closing the valve hole; a plurality of holding surfaces located radially outside the valve element, the holding surfaces extending in an axial direction; and an elastic member supported on the holding surfaces and set in the valve chamber, the elastic member applying an elastic force directed toward the valve hole to the valve element.
US10359041B2	Modulating pump lever An apparatus includes a chamber, a valve coupled to the chamber, a pump coupled to the chamber, a control circuit coupled to the pump, and a lever coupled to the valve, the pump, and the control circuit. Operation of the valve and the pump is controlled based on a position of the lever.
US10359036B2	Fluid transportation device A fluid transportation device includes a valve cover, a valve body, a valve membrane and a valve chamber seat. The valve cover has two openings. The valve body includes an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The valve membrane is arranged between the valve body and the valve chamber seat, having two valve plates respectively close an inlet valve channel and an outlet valve channel of the valve chamber seat. The valve chamber seat forms a pressure chamber which is sealed and covered by an actuator. The valve cover is sleeved on the valve body and tightly fitted to the inner wall of an outer sleeve to assemble the device, in which a first gasket is disposed between the valve body and the valve membrane, and a second gasket is disposed between the valve membrane and the valve chamber, by which sealing effect is improved and backflow is prevented.
US10359034B2	Cryopump A cryopump includes a cryocooler which includes a first cooling stage, a second cooling stage having a tip stage surface, and a cryocooler structure portion which extends in an axial direction from the first cooling stage to the second cooling stage, a radiation shield which is thermally coupled to the first cooling stage and includes a shield front end which defines a shield main opening and a shield bottom portion having a cryocooler insertion hole which receives the cryocooler structure portion such that the tip stage surface faces the shield main opening, a cap member which surrounds the tip stage surface in a non-contact manner and is thermally coupled to the first cooling stage, and a second stage cryopanel which is disposed between the cap member and the first cooling stage in the axial direction and is thermally coupled to the second cooling stage.
US10359027B2	Hydroelectric power generating system The hydroelectric power generating system includes a reservoir for retaining a body of water and an outer vessel that surrounds a peripheral wall of the reservoir. A circumferential canal extends between an upper portion of the reservoir peripheral wall and the outer vessel. One or more penstocks extend below the canal between the reservoir and the outer vessel. Each penstock has one or more hydroelectric turbine generators installed therealong. A plurality of primary wind turbines can be disposed on a peripheral wall of the reservoir and a plurality of air columns can be disposed within the reservoir to generate auxiliary power.
US10359026B2	Power output changes by ramping de-rated power output and de-rated rotor speed A method and associated control arrangement are disclosed for controlling a de-rated power output of a wind turbine generator, where the wind turbine generator is associated with a predetermined power ramp rate upper limit and operating with a de-rated rotor speed. The method includes ramping the power output from an initial power level to a target power level during a ramping interval. During a first portion of the ramping interval, the power output is ramped at a first power ramp rate less than the power ramp rate upper limit. The method further includes ramping the rotor speed to a predetermined rotor speed value contemporaneously with ramping the power output during the first portion of the ramping interval. The first power ramp rate is determined such that a difference between the power output and the target power level is monotonically decreasing during the entirety of the ramping interval.
US10359017B2	Electromagnetically actuated rate control valve, in particular for controlling the delivery rate of a high-pressure fuel pump An electromagnetically actuable rate control valve for controlling a delivery rate of a high-pressure pump includes an electromagnet, a valve element, an armature shaft, and at least one strength element. The valve element is movable in an axial direction and is configured to open and to close the electromagnetically actuable rate control valve. The armature shaft transmits a force. The force is produced by the electromagnet and acts on the valve element in the axial direction. The at least one strength element is configured to raise at least the strength of the armature shaft. The armature shaft includes a needle region adjacent to the valve element and an armature region remote from the valve element. The needle region and the armature region are integral with each other.
US10359016B2	Water separator with a water overflow secured by means of a float valve A water separator for water contained in fuel has a water separator housing with a separator element. A water collecting chamber is arranged in operation of the water separator below the separator element. A water collecting chamber through opening fluidically connects the water collecting chamber with the separator element. A drainage through opening has a first end which leads, for draining water from the water separator, out of the water separator. A second end is connected fluidically by an overflow valve to the water collecting chamber. The overflow valve has a float closing off a connection between drainage through opening and water collecting chamber when a water filling level has not reached the overflow valve. The float has an average density of 700 kg/m3 to 1,000 kg/m3 so that the float, when the water filling level is reached, opens the connection between water collecting chamber and drainage through opening.
US10359011B2	Vertical air intake system; air cleaner; and filter element An air filter element includes a filter arrangement, an elbow, and a filter element seal member. The filter arrangement includes a filter media pack having a dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet, wherein air flowing through the clean air outlet flows in a first axial direction and the clean air outlet defines a filter arrangement cross sectional area. The elbow has a first end constructed to extend from the filter arrangement clean air outlet, a second end wherein air flowing through the second end flows in a second axial direction, and an air flow enclosure extending from the elbow first end to the elbow second end. The air flow enclosure includes an air deflector constructed to direct air from the first axial direction to the second axial direction, wherein the second axial direction is different from the first axial direction, and an interior volume between the elbow first end and the elbow second end. The filter element seal member is located on the elbow second end, wherein the filter element seal member is constructed to seal to a clean air intake, the filter element seal member located on the elbow second end defining a seal member cross sectional area. The filter element can be characterized as having a ratio of the seal member cross sectional area to the filter arrangement cross sectional area of at least 0.5. The filter element can have a z-filter media pack for a pleated media pack. The air filter element can be arranged in an air cleaner.
US10359008B2	Differential fueling between donor and non-donor cylinders in engines A method for use with an internal combustion engine having both donor and non-donor cylinder groups includes: injecting a fuel in one, or both, of the groups; injecting a second fuel in both groups at a first substitution rate; recirculating an exhaust emission from the donor cylinder group to both groups; combusting a mixture of air, the first fuel, the second fuel and the exhaust emission in both cylinder groups; and lowering the substitution rate of the second fuel in one, or both, of the cylinder groups. Other methods of controlling an engine and a system are also disclosed.
US10359005B2	Solid propellant rocket motor A solid propellant rocket motor has a tubular casing accommodating a mass of solid propellant material and at least one opening for the space in the casing to communicate with the outside closed by a closing head; the closing head being coupled to the casing by means of one or the other of two blocking portions with different strength both carried by a movement device which can be elastically deformed and operated from the outside.
US10358997B1	Method for controlling a marine internal combustion engine A method for controlling a marine internal combustion engine includes operating the engine in a lean-burn mode, wherein a first fuel/air equivalence ratio of an air/fuel mixture in a combustion chamber of the engine is less than 1. The method includes comparing a change in operator demand to a delta demand deadband; comparing a speed of the engine to an engine speed deadband; and comparing a throttle position setpoint to a throttle position threshold. The method also includes immediately disabling the lean-burn mode in response to: (a) the change in operator demand being outside the delta demand deadband, and (b) at least one of: (i) the engine speed being outside the engine speed deadband, and (ii) the throttle position setpoint exceeding the throttle position threshold. The engine thereafter operates according to a set of mapped parameter values configured to achieve a second fuel/air equivalence ratio of at least 1.
US10358980B2	Fuel supply apparatus for aircraft engine Two systems of a first pump unit and a third pump unit that supply fuel of a fuselage fuel tank, and a second pump unit and a fourth pump unit that supply fuel of fuel tanks in both right and left wings are provided corresponding to a left-wing engine and a right-wing engine, respectively. A supply source of the fuel to be supplied to the left-wing engine or the right-wing engine is switched by switching of the pump unit to be turned on.
US10358977B2	Phase change material cooling system for a vehicle A system is disclosed one form of which is an aircraft that includes a pod capable of housing a work providing device. The pod can also include a thermal conditioning system and a power generation device that can be powered from the work providing device. The pod can provide thermal conditioning services and power services to a payload aboard the aircraft. In one non-limiting form the payload is a directed energy member that can be cooled using the thermal conditioning system and powered using the power generation device.
US10358975B2	Compressed air energy storage and power generation device A compressed air energy storage and power generation device comprises a motor, a compressor, a pressure accumulation tank, an expander, and a generator. The motor is driven by a fluctuating input power. The compressor is mechanically connected to the motor and compresses air. The pressure accumulation tank is fluidly connected to the compressor and stores air compressed by the compressor. The expander is fluidly connected to the pressure accumulation tank and is driven by compressed air supplied from the pressure accumulation tank. The generator is mechanically connected to the expander and generates power to be supplied to a user. A cooling water flow path, whereby water flows inside a cooling water pipe for cooling air that is a working fluid, is provided inside a casing of the compressor. As a result, a compressed air energy storage and power generation device can be provided that is capable of efficiently reducing compressive axial force and of reducing power consumption.
US10358970B2	Cooling assembly for temperature control Methods and systems are provided for cooling assembly configured to control a temperature of a vehicle component relying on cooling from a cooling air stream. In one example the cooling assembly may include a plurality of blades fixed to a surface of a cooling device. The cooling assembly may be bimetallic so that a position of the blades is self-regulatory and automatically adjusted based on heat conduction.
US10358969B2	Coolant control valve with thermoelectric generator A coolant control valve (CCV) includes an outer housing, an actuator, a valve body, and one or more thermoelectric generators (TEGs). The outer housing includes at least one inlet and at least one outlet. The TEG is operatively connected to the actuator and can be a lone source of power to the CCV or assist a primary power source. The CCV can utilize a power management device that can receive power input from either the TEG or the primary power source. The TEG has a first surface and a second surface, either of which can be exposed to air or a cooling system fluid or coolant; the coolant can be water, ethylene glycol, a combination thereof, or any other fluid that is utilized in a system that provides temperature management for a component or system.
US10358963B2	Exhaust purification system of internal combustion engine An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprising at least two exhaust treatment catalysts arranged in an engine exhaust passage, a hydrogen feed source, and a plurality of hydrogen feed passages for feeding hydrogen from the hydrogen feed source to the exhaust treatment catalysts. When warming up the exhaust treatment catalysts, hydrogen is fed from the hydrogen feed source through the corresponding hydrogen feed passage to the exhaust treatment catalyst with the larger rise of the exhaust removal rate when hydrogen is fed among the exhaust treatment catalysts.
US10358961B2	Exhaust apparatus for diesel engine An exhaust apparatus for a diesel engine rapidly burns an unburned deposit in an upstream exhaust catalyst with heat of a heater. The exhaust apparatus includes a downstream exhaust cleaner, an upstream exhaust catalyst provided in an exhaust passage, upstream of the downstream exhaust cleaner, a heater disposed at an exhaust inlet of the upstream exhaust catalyst, and an engine starter apparatus. A control unit controls the power supply to the heater and an engine start process is performed by the engine starter apparatus. A start command unit is connected to the control unit. When the engine has been stopped and then the start command unit gives the control unit a start command, the control unit powers the heater without performing an engine start process, thereby keeping the engine stopped for a predetermined period of time after the start command has been given, and subsequently performing the engine start process.
US10358958B2	Exhaust gas heat exchanger and sealing device for the same An exhaust gas heat exchanger including connection points for the exhaust gas flow, for connecting the exhaust gas heat exchanger to an exhaust gas supply line for supplying a hot exhaust gas and an exhaust gas withdrawal line for withdrawing the exhaust gas flow cooled in the exhaust gas heat exchanger. The exhaust gas flow flows through the exhaust gas heat exchanger in a bundle of exhaust gas guiding pipes in a flow direction. The exhaust gas heat exchanger is provided with at least one coolant supply connection and at least one coolant withdrawal connection. Coolant is guided in a coolant channel in the exhaust gas heat exchanger, inside which it flows around the bundle of exhaust gas guiding pipes. The coolant channel includes at least two regions which differ in terms of the flow direction of the exhaust gas flow by divergent flow directions of the coolant.
US10358957B2	Muffler and/or exhaust apparatus and method of manufacture Mufflers with unique configurations which, in certain (but not all) embodiments, improve engine performance. In other embodiments, improved manufacturing processes and methods for making mufflers. In particularly preferred embodiments, methods for making motorcycle mufflers with swaging techniques. In still other preferred embodiments, swaged motorcycle mufflers with improved exhaust flow. In still other embodiments, aftermarket mufflers which can be assembled to a variety of engine exhaust systems utilizing a universal coupler.
US10358947B2	Combined cycle gas turbine plant This combined cycle gas turbine plant has a gas turbine (104) and a steam turbine (106) mounted on the same shaft. A control system is configured for switching the plant from a rated mode of operation, in which the plant is operated on gas turbine output and steam turbine output, to a reduced load mode of operation, in which the plant is operated on gas turbine output alone. The switch from the rated mode of operation to the reduced load mode of operation occurs if plant demand decreases below a predetermined threshold. The steam turbine is run under full speed no load conditions in the reduced load mode of operation, and is heated using controlled steam admission, to maintain the steam turbine in a heated ‘stand-by’ state.
US10358933B2	Turbine tip clearance control method and system A method of controlling a rotor tip clearance in a gas turbine engine (10). The method comprises determining an engine or component remaining useful life Tr, and controlling a tip clearance control arrangement (38) to maintain a rotor tip clearance (36) at a target tip clearance Dtarget. The target tip clearance Dtarget is determined in accordance with a function of remaining engine life Tr.
US10358922B2	Turbine wheel with circumferentially-installed inter-blade heat shields A turbine wheel assembly adapted for use in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The turbine wheel assembly includes a disk configured to rotate about an axis during operation of the gas turbine engine, turbine blades coupled with the disk, and heat shields arranged between turbine blades. The turbine wheel assembly includes components optionally made from ceramic matrix composite materials such as the turbine blades and/or heat shields.
US10358910B2	Magnetic sensor rotation and orientation about drill A drilling system, comprising a drill string; and a ranging tool mounted on the drill string, the ranging tool comprising a magnetic sensor pair comprising a first magnetic sensor and a second magnetic sensor mounted radially opposite one another on the ranging tool, wherein each of the magnetic sensors is structured and configured to detect at least a radial component and a tangential component of a magnetic field; a rotatable assembly, comprising a motor structured and arranged to actuate rotation of the magnetic sensor pair around the drill string; and an electronics package connected to at least one of the magnetic sensor pair, and the motor, wherein the electronics package comprises a controller and a wireless telemetry device.
US10358904B2	Methods and systems for control of wellbore trajectories There are described methods for controlling the direction of a wellbore trajectory during directional sliding drilling by means of a drill string having a drill bit rotatable, by means of a mud motor, around a drill bit rotation axis at its lower end, the direction of the drill bit rotation axis defining a tool face, wherein one of the methods comprises the following steps: a2) obtaining data indicative of the torque of the mud motor; and b2) calculating a reactive twist angle of the drill string by multiplying the obtained torque from step a2) by the torsional drill string compliance, wherein the method further comprises the step of: c2) rotating the drill string, by means of a drill string rotation means, an angle substantially equal to but in the opposite direction of the calculated reactive twist angle. There are also described systems for executing the methods as well as computer program products comprising instructions for causing a processor to perform the methods as described herein.
US10358883B2	Multi-run retrievable battery pack for electronic slickline tools A downhole tool assembly includes a downhole tool and an anchor. The anchor is positionable at a downhole work site and includes a wet-connect port for engaging a battery pack. The tool operates until the battery runs low on power, when a low battery power alert is activated. The tool may be anchored at the work site while the battery is disconnected and retrieved to the surface for replacement. One or more charged batteries are then deployed and connected to the tool without having to remove the tool from the worksite or reposition the tool. The tool may be coupled to a wireline cable or a slickline cable or coiled tubing having a conductive wire for delivering low-voltage power to the tool. While the low-voltage power may not be adequate to operate the tool at full load, the power may be used to charge the tool during downtime.
US10358881B2	Self-cleaning filter An assembly can include a filter body having an open end and a closed end. The filter body can also include a plurality of perforations. A fan may be positionable within the filter body. The fan may include a mount that extends along a length of the fan. A blade may be coupled to and extend from the mount. The fan may also include an outer edge of the blade for contacting an inner surface of the filter body.
US10358872B2	Drilling tool with non-synchronous oscillators and method of using same Apparatus and method for drilling a wellbore using non-synchronous oscillators. An apparatus for drilling a wellbore includes a tubing string and a bottom hole assembly coupled to the tubing string. The bottom hole assembly includes a first oscillator and a second oscillator. The first oscillator is configured to restrict fluid flow and induce pressure pulses in the tubing string at a first frequency. The second oscillator is configured to restrict fluid flow and induce pressure pulses in the tubing string at a second frequency. The first frequency is different from the second frequency.
US10358871B2	Platform system A modular platform system utilizing a number of components including a platform. The platform is configured so that each of the components may interchangeably connect to any side of the platform. The components include, for example, handrails and stairways, as well as other platforms. The platform and most of the components are formed from single, continuous pieces of metal.
US10358867B2	Pull cord switching mechanism for controlling a window covering A motorized window covering switching mechanism is described herein. The switching mechanism includes a deflectable arm and a pull cord. The deflectable arm is connected to a first contact, and the pull cord is connected to the deflectable arm such that, as the pull cord is tugged, the deflectable arm deflects to move the first contact toward a second contact, thereby converting gestures of the pull cord into electrical signals that control a motorized window covering. In some embodiments, cord gestures that deflect the deflectable arm include pull sequences, numbers of pulls, strength of pulls, or combinations thereof. Additionally, in some embodiments, a controller receives the cord gestures and translates the cord gestures into operational commands to control and operate a window covering gearbox assembly.
US10358853B2	Friction hinge A friction hinge is described. In at least some implementations, the described friction hinge enables a support component to be adjustably attached to an apparatus, such as a computing device. According to various implementations, a friction hinge includes different friction stages where movement of the hinge is based on different activity mechanisms.
US10358842B2	Lock cylinder, key and key blank A lock cylinder comprises a cylinder housing, a disk housing rotatably supported about a cylinder axis in the cylinder housing, a plurality of rotatably supported disk tumblers arranged along the cylinder axis in the disk housing, wherein each disk tumbler has a reception opening for a key, and a blocking element which is arranged in front of the disk tumblers, with respect to the key introduction direction, and is rotationally coupled to the disk housing. The blocking element is movable by a rotation of the key in an unlatching direction out of a blocking position in which the blocking element engages into a reception recess at the inner wall of the cylinder housing into a release position in which the blocking element is out of engagement with the reception recess.
US10358837B2	Beach entry fiberglass pool body A fiberglass swimming pool system, including a fiberglass swimming poll body defining an interior volume for holding water and positioned in an excavation, a fiberglass flange operationally connected to the fiberglass swimming pool body, a fiberglass lip extending from the flange away from the fiberglass swimming pool body, an elongated fiberglass riser wall extending perpendicularly from the flange, a fiberglass ramp extending from the elongated fiberglass riser wall into the interior volume, and a deck extending over the lip and operationally connected to the fiberglass ramp at the riser wall. The fiberglass ramp has an angle of decline of between one and fifteen degrees.
US10358836B2	Molding system for swimming pool copings A molding system for a swimming pool coping having a track for receiving a pool cover includes an adaptor configured to be positioned at least partially within the track, the adaptor having a front wall, a lower portion extending from the front wall, an upper portion extending from the front wall, and an upper flange extending from the upper portion. The molding system may further include a spacer configured to be at least partially positioned between and abut against the lower portion and the upper portion of the adaptor. A tool for removing a molding system includes a blade having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an edge, a base connected to the blade opposite the edge having an abutment arranged substantially coplanar with the bottom surface, and a handle connected to the blade disposed along an axis that is obliquely angled with respect to the bottom surface.
US10358834B2	Scaffold bracket Various implementations described herein are directed to a scaffold bracket. In one implementation, the scaffold bracket may include a mounting bracket having a first face and a second face opposite of the first face. The scaffold bracket may also include a first scaffolding node attached to the first face and configured to couple to a first member. The scaffold bracket may further include a second scaffolding node attached to the first face and configured to couple to a second member.
US10358831B2	Floor covering, floor element and method for manufacturing floor elements Floor covering, made of floor elements, which, at least at two opposite sides, comprise a male and a female coupling part, which allow that two of such floor elements can be interconnected at the respective sides at the respective sides by pushing one of these floor elements with the associated male coupling part, by means of a downward movement, home into the female coupling part of the other floor element, wherein at least one of said coupling parts, either the male coupling part or the female coupling part, is made as least partially in a filled synthetic material composite, such as extruded wood.
US10358824B2	Shingle sealing arrangements An exemplary shingle includes at least one coated shingle sheet defining a headlap portion and a tab portion each having opposed upper and lower surfaces. A first line of adhesive is adhered to one of the upper surface of the headlap portion and the lower surface of the tab portion, and includes a first thermally activated adhesive material. A second line of adhesive is adhered to one of the upper surface of the headlap portion and the lower surface of the tab portion, and includes a second thermally activated adhesive material having a minimum activation temperature less than a minimum activation temperature of the first thermally activated adhesive material.
US10358822B2	Integrated cross bar with mounting tab for grille A cross bar and mounting tab being a single piece for mounting a linear bar grille.
US10358821B2	Thermoplastic truss structure for use in wing and rotor blade structures and methods for manufacture The present disclosure generally relates to thermoplastic truss structures and methods of forming the same. The truss structures are formed using thermoplastic materials, such as fiber reinforced thermoplastic resins, and facilitate directional load support based on the shape of the truss structure. In one example, multiple two-dimensional patterns of fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin are disposed on one another in a saw tooth pattern, sinusoidal pattern, or other repeating pattern, and adhered to one another in selective locations. The two dimensional patterns may then be expanded in a third dimension to form a three-dimensional, cross-linked truss structure. The three-dimensional, cross-linked truss structure may then be heated or otherwise treated to maintain the three-dimensional shape.
US10358818B2	Partition wall element and partition wall A partition wall element having a plate-shaped stand base and a wall element extending at a right angle thereto. The wall element can be fastened non-positively and/or positively to the stand base so that the wall element stands with its end side on the stand base. Linear electric conductors for at least one electric circuit and/or data lines of a data bus extend over the length of the stand base, wherein the at least one electric circuit and the at least one data bus or the at least one data connection can be connected to at least one electric circuit and at least one data bus or a data connection of the wall element. A partition wall can be built up from such a partition wall element in a simple and flexible manner, on which partition wall electrical and/or data connections can be made available without interfering cables.
US10358814B2	Expansion/control joint for stucco surfaces and related systems and methods An expansion/control joint for use within a stucco or plaster wall includes a first base panel having a first stucco stop wall formed on the first base panel and extending from the first base panel. A second base panel has a second stucco stop wall formed on the second base panel and extends from the second base panel. The second stucco stop wall is positioned spaced a distance from the first stucco stop wall. A single expansion joint is connected between the first and second stucco stop walls and extends the spaced distance between the first and second stucco stop walls.
US10358812B2	Joist hanger A joist hanger includes a joist retention member, one or more flanges disposed at a top portion of the joist retention member, and a bracket having at least one arm thereof coupled to at least one or more flanges. A system for constructing a structure having a defined fire-rating along a wall that has a top plate and at least one vertical support member can include a joist hanger and fire resistant construction material. The joist hanger can include a joist retention member, a flange coupled to the joist retention member, and a bracket coupled to the flange. The flange is selectively attached to the top plate of the wall. The bracket at least partially defines a space between the vertical support member and the joist retention member, the fire resistant construction material being disposed within the space. The bracket is selectively attached to one or more of the vertical support member or the fire resistant construction material by an attachment mechanism.
US10358810B2	Discharge socket and flush toilet having same The present invention is a discharge socket connecting a toilet main body and a discharge pipe. The discharge socket has a vertical conduit portion; and a bent conduit portion including an inflow port connected to the vertical conduit portion; an outflow port, connected to an inlet port of the discharge pipe; and a flow path, the flow path having a bent portion. A projecting portion is disposed on the bent portion, the projecting portion forming a projecting space which projects outward from the flow path. The projecting portion is formed so that the flow direction of discharge water flowing from the bent conduit portion into the inlet portion of the discharge pipe is changed to the center direction of the discharge pipe by the discharge water returning to the projecting space after flowing from the flow path into the projecting space.
US10358805B2	Fixing device for wall-mounted type toilet and toilet system A wall-mounted type toilet fixing device includes a flush water tank device that is hidden in an area behind a wall, and a fixing unit, the fixing unit includes support portions, a toilet fixing portion, a pair of left and right legs, and a drain pipe connection, and the pair of legs are disposed outside from the drain pipe connection and inside from a side wall of a toilet body in elevation view, and are disposed laterally asymmetrically to each other with respect to a central axis passing through a center of the drain pipe connection and dividing the fixing unit equally in a left-right direction, in a state where the toilet body is fixed to the toilet fixing portion.
US10358802B2	Shower head water collection structure A shower head water collection structure includes a curved pendant, a fixing member, a temperature sensor, a temperature display, a pipe, and a water collection tank. The curved pendant is a hollow housing having a semi-circular arc shape. The curved pendant has an opening at a top thereof and a plurality of through holes at a bottom thereof. One side of the curved pendant is recessed downward from the top to form a curved groove portion for placement of a shower head. The temperature display displays the temperature of the water flowing out of the shower head detected by the temperature sensor. The pipe has one end connected to the bottom of the curved pendant and another end connected to the water collection tank. The initial water flow of the shower head flows through the through holes and the pipe to the water collection tank for recycling.
US10358801B2	Frequency modulated sprayer A sprayer including a fluid carrier having an inlet configured to receive water from a water source and an outlet for emitting water, and including a vibration source coupled to a portion of the fluid carrier between the inlet and the outlet. When the sprayer is in a first mode of operation, water is emitted from the outlet in a first pattern; and when the sprayer is in a second mode of operation, the vibration source is configured to oscillate the fluid carrier such that water is emitted from the outlet in a second pattern.
US10358798B2	Work vehicle and method of controlling operation A work vehicle detects pressure of hydraulic oil supplied to an arm cylinder. The work vehicle determines operation details for an arm. The work vehicle includes a relief valve capable of setting a relief pressure of hydraulic oil in a hydraulic circuit at one of a first set pressure and a second set pressure that is greater than the first set pressure. The work vehicle sets the relief pressure of the relief valve at the first set pressure, on the conditions that the detected pressure is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and that it is determined that the operation details indicate an excavation operation. The work vehicle sets the relief pressure of the relief valve at the second set pressure when the conditions are not satisfied.
US10358792B2	Excavating equipment for excavating surfaces, in particular solid surfaces, and operating machine equipped with said excavating equipment Equipment (10) for excavating solid surfaces S such as for example made of asphalt or cement or similar solid material, in particular for obtaining or excavating trenches in said solid surfaces, said equipment (10) comprising working or excavating means (16) rotatably supported by a main frame (11), and a setting frame (30) which defines at least one contact portion (33) substantially flat and adapted to be put into contact with a corresponding portion of the surface S to be worked on, wherein the position of said setting frame (30) with respect to said main supporting frame (11) may be set so as to set the working depth K of said working means (16); wherein the said setting frame (30) is rotatably not constrained to said main supporting frame (11) in such a way that the setting frame, regardless of the particular working conditions, always perfectly lies on the surface to be worked on S.
US10358779B2	Apparatus and method for a screed extension control system A screed extension control system adapted for use on a screed assembly having a main screed, a main screed contact surface, a screed extension, and a screed extension contact surface. The screed extension control system comprises a slope actuator, a height actuator, at least one sensor, and a controller that is adapted to receive feedback from the at least one sensor. A virtual pivot point location is defined by a position where the main screed contact surface and the screed extension contact surface intersect. The controller causes at least one of the slope actuator and the height actuator to move between an extended position and a retracted position to control the position of the virtual pivot point location along the length of the main screed. A method for adjusting the screed extension position relative to the main screed.
US10358775B2	Grass protection mat and method of constructing the same A grass protection mat that includes a plurality of bodies formed with grass passing spaces and one or more contraction-expansion compensatory connectors connecting a plurality of bodies. The grass protection mat and compensating compensates for contraction or expansion of the mat units.
US10358768B2	Method for manufacturing long lasting phosphorescent fabrics and fabrics obtained from the same A method for manufacturing long lasting phosphorescent fabrics and articles of clothing including fabric for use in fields such as security, domestic, sports, health, professional, etc., includes (i) preparing a composition for dyeing having a strontium aluminate pigment doped with europium and dysprosium; (ii) coating a starting fabric with the composition by air knife coating or cylinder; (iii) drying; and (iv) polymerizing. The fabrics thus obtained have long lasting phosphorescent properties and a high resistance to washing, maintaining the factory specifications of the starting fabric with respect to its mechanical properties, comfort, breathability and/or high visibility properties, if relevant.
US10358762B2	Drainage device of washing machine, and washing machine A washing machine has cleaning particles provided between an outer barrel and an inner barrel. A water outlet on the outer barrel communicates with a drainage device including a drain valve body having a particle receiving and discharging chamber and a drainage chamber. The particle collecting and discharging chamber has a water inlet. The drainage chamber has a water outlet. A particle filtering structure is provided between the particle receiving and discharging chamber and the drainage chamber. One side of the particle collecting and discharging chamber has an opening with a sealing cover including an outer cover and an insertion portion inserted through the opening, and fitting the edge wall of the particle receiving and discharging chamber. An inner wall of the insertion portion has a plurality of protrusions for supporting the cleaning particles. Gaps between the protrusions are smaller than a minimum diameter of the cleaning particles.
US10358758B2	Inner tub of water-saving washing machine An inner tub of a water-saving washing machine comprises a balance ring, a tub body and a tub bottom. An annular block groove which opens downward is arranged inside an upper end of the tub body, the annular block groove is provided with a plurality of drain holes for draining water outside of the inner tub. The balance ring is mounted on the upper end of the tub body and cooperates with the tub body to form the annular block groove. Or, the annular block groove is integrally formed inwardly from an edge of the tub body. Or, an annular bending piece is mounted on the upper end of the tub body, the annular bending piece and the tub body cooperate or the annular bending piece itself constitute the annular block groove.
US10358755B2	Variable stroke drive system for tufting machine A variable stroke drive system for a tufting machine includes a series of drive assemblies mounted along the frame of the tufting machine. Primary drive shafts extend through the drive assemblies and are each driven by a drive motor. A series of first drive members are mounted to the primary drive shafts and are linked to associated second drive members such that the driving of the first drive members by the primary drive shafts in turn drives the second drive members. Cam arms are connected to the second drive members and to rocker arms to which push rods are mounted, the cam arms being vertically reciprocated by the rotational movement of the second drive members so as to drive the reciprocation of the push rods, and thus the needle bar(s) connected thereto along a desired stroke or reciprocating path of travel. Controlling the rate at which the primary drive shafts are driven enables control of the stroke of the needle bar(s).
US10358747B2	Pulley for installation in a pulley mechanism of a jacquard machine A pulley for installation in a pulley mechanism of a Jacquard machine has a shaft, a housing having two flank bodies, which are provided to fasten the shaft, so that this shaft extends substantially between the flank bodies, and a pulley wheel, which is provided to be arranged between the two flank bodies so as to be directly rotatable around the shaft. The shaft, prior to assembly of the pulley, is provided with cavities and/or projecting portions for the post-assembly axial securement of the flank bodies in both axial directions.
US10358744B2	Method for preparing macroscopic fibres of TiO2 by continuous one-way extrusion, fibres obtained and uses The invention relates to a method for manufacturing macroscopic fibers of titanium dioxide (TiO2) by continuous extrusion in a one-way flow, to the macroscopic fibers of TiO2 that can be obtained by such a method, to the use of said fibers in heterogeneous photocatalysis for decontamination of organic pollutants from gaseous environments, and to a method for decontaminating gaseous environments, in particular air, using such fibers.
US10358741B2	Seed material for liquid phase epitaxial growth of monocrystalline silicon carbide, and method for liquid phase epitaxial growth of monocrystalline silicon carbide Provided is an inexpensive seed material for liquid phase epitaxial growth of silicon carbide. A seed material 12 for liquid phase epitaxial growth of a monocrystalline silicon carbide includes a surface layer containing a polycrystalline silicon carbide with a 3C crystal polymorph. Upon X-ray diffraction of the surface layer thereof, a first-order diffraction peak corresponding to a (111) crystal plane is observed as a diffraction peak corresponding to the polycrystalline silicon carbide with a 3C crystal polymorph but no other first-order diffraction peak having a diffraction intensity of 10% or more of the diffraction intensity of the first-order diffraction peak corresponding to the (111) crystal plane is observed.
US10358733B2	Aluminum smelter and method to compensate for a magnetic field created by the circulation of the electrolysis current of said aluminum smelter This aluminum smelter comprises a line of electrolytic cells arranged transversely to the line, one of the cells comprising anode assemblies and electrical conductors mounted and connecting the anode assemblies. Rising and connecting conductors extend upwardly along two opposite longitudinal edges of the cell. In addition, the aluminum smelter comprises a first electrical compensating circuit extending under the cell and which can be traversed by a first compensating current in the opposite direction to that of the electrolysis current, a second electrical compensating circuit extending on one side of the line that can be traversed by a second compensating current in the same direction as the electrolysis current.
US10358730B2	Additive for high-purity copper electrolytic refining and method of producing high-purity copper The additive for high-purity copper electrolytic refining of the present invention is an additive which is added to a copper electrolyte in electrolytic refining for high-purity copper and is formed of a non-ionic surfactant that includes a hydrophobic group containing an aromatic ring and a hydrophilic group containing a polyoxyalkylene group, in which a dispersion term dD of the Hansen solubility parameters satisfies 10≤dD≤20, a polarity term dP of the Hansen solubility parameters satisfies 6≤dP≤9, and a hydrogen bonding term dH of the Hansen solubility parameters satisfies 9≤dH≤11.
US10358729B2	Separator, an electrochemical cell therewith and use thereof therein An ion-permeable web-reinforced separator, said ion-permeable web-reinforced separator comprising two separator elements separated by an (optionally integrated) substantially hollow by-pass channel, wherein the separator elements each comprise a binder and a metal oxide or hydroxide dispersed therein and the separator elements have a bubble point of at least 1 bar (0.1 MPa) and a back-wash resistance of at least 1 bar (0.1 MPa) and optionally have a specific resistance less than 4 Ω-cm at 30° C. in 6M potassium hydroxide solution; an electrochemical cell involving the production or consumption of at least one gas, said electrochemical cell comprising said ion-permeable web-reinforced separator; and the use thereof in an electrochemical cell involving the production or consumption of at least one gas.
US10358723B2	System and method for surface modification by laser diffusion A method of forming surface modified substrates includes providing a substrate of material (M) having a bulk portion and an outer surface integrated with the bulk portion. A coating is deposited including metal organic molecules including at least one metal X or particles of metal X onto the outer surface. The coating is laser irradiated with a laser beam, where atoms of metal X diffuse into the outer surface to form a modified surface layer including both M and atoms of metal X on the bulk portion. The modified surface layer has a thickness of at least 1 nm, and a 25° C. electrical conductivity that is at least 2.5% above or 2.5% below a 25° C. electrical conductivity in the bulk portion.
US10358721B2	Semiconductor manufacturing system including deposition apparatus Provided is a semiconductor manufacturing system having an increased process window for stably and flexibly performing a deposition process. The semiconductor manufacturing system includes a gas supply device functioning as a first electrode and including a plurality of injection holes, a reactor wall connected to the gas supply device, and a substrate accommodating device functioning as a second electrode, the substrate accommodating device and the reactor wall being configured to be sealed together via face sealing. A reaction gas supplied from the gas supply device toward the substrate accommodating device is discharged to the outside through a gas discharge path between the gas supply device and the reactor wall. The first electrode includes a protruded electrode adjacent to an edge of the gas supply device.
US10358716B2	Forming iron nitride hard magnetic materials using chemical vapor deposition or liquid phase epitaxy A hard magnetic material includes α″ Fe16N2. In some examples, the hard magnetic material may be formed by a technique utilizing chemical vapor deposition or liquid phase epitaxy.
US10358710B2	Wear resistant coating A method of forming a wear resistant and galling resistant coating for abrasive environments and a feed material for the method are disclosed. The feed material is for forming a wear resistant and galling resistant coating on a substrate by a welding process that heats the feed and the substrate. The feed material comprises 35 to 50 wt % titanium nitride particles and a balance of commercially pure titanium or titanium alloy particles and incidental impurities. The method involves delivering the feed material to a surface of a substrate and exposing the feed material and the substrate to sufficient energy to cause at least the commercially pure titanium or titanium alloy particles in the feed to melt and at least some of the titanium nitride particles in the feed to melt, thereby forming a melt pool. On solidification of the melt pool, at least some of the titanium nitride particles are embedded in a matrix formed from melt pool, thereby forming a wear resistant and galling resistant coating on the substrate. A wear resistant and galling resistant coating formed of the feed material is also disclosed.
US10358707B2	Ferritic stainless steel plate which has excellent ridging resistance and method of production of same A Cr-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet is desired with improved corrosion resistance and rust resistance as well as improved ridging resistance. To achieve these results, the ferritic stainless steel sheet derives the relationship between Ap, which shows the γ-phase rate at 1100° C. due to a predetermined ingredient, and Sn in ferritic stainless steel which becomes a dual phase structure of α+γ in the hot rolling temperature region, applies and adds Sn, and hot rolls the steel to give a total rolling rate of 15% or more in 1100° C. or higher hot rolling to thereby obtain ferritic stainless steel sheet which has good ridging resistance, which also has excellent corrosion resistance and rust resistance, and which can be applied to general durable consumer goods, wherein 0.060≤Sn≤0.634−0.0082Ap and 10≤Ap≤70.
US10358696B1	Wrought machinable brass alloy A wrought machinable low copper, silicon, zinc alloy having a copper content between about 66 weight percent and about 69 weight percent and wherein the silicon content is between about 1.53 weight percent and about 2.0 weight percent.
US10358692B2	Process for metal extraction with sorption leaching in wet solids A hydrometallurgical process is provided for the selective extraction of one or more target metals from ore, concentrates, tailings, slags or other metal bearing solids, by combining simultaneously leaching with sorption in the state of wet solids. The sorption and leaching are performed simultaneously, which reduces the required number of process stages in comparison to conventional technologies. Performing the sorption leaching in wet solids enables a significant increase in the concentration of leaching agents in relation to target metal(s) content in solids, at the same addition rate of said leaching agents, improving thermodynamic conditions and leaching kinetics for dissolving target metal(s). The invention has the main advantage of improving metal recoveries at a reduced consumption rate of leaching agents.
US10358683B2	Compositions and methods for determining whether a subject would benefit from co-receptor inhibitor therapy The present invention provides methods and compositions for determining whether a subject would benefit from co-receptor inhibitor therapy. In certain aspects, the methods can be used to determine whether a subject infected with a dual-mixed tropic population of HIV would benefit from CCCR5-inhibitor therapy or CXCR4-inhibitor therapy, the methods comprising determining whether the HIV population is a homogeneous or heterogeneous population of HIV, wherein the nature of the homogenous or heterogenous population of HIV indicates whether the patient would benefit from co-receptor inhibitor therapy.
US10358681B2	Microrna-based method for assessing the prognosis of a prostate cancer patient The present application concerns a new in vitro method for assessing the prognosis of a prostate cancer patient, comprising measuring the expression level of at least two miRs selected from group of miRs consisting of: miR-106a-5p, miR-10b-5p, miR-133a-3p, mi R-152-3p, miR-185-5p, miR-193a-5p, miR-221-3p, miR-23a-3p, miR-30d-3p, miR-326, mi R-374b-5p, miR-615-3p and mi R-625-3p in a RNA sample from prostate cells obtained from said patient, wherein a changed expression level of said at least 2 miRs, as compared to a reference expression profile, is indicative of the prognosis of said prostate cancer patient.
US10358671B2	Protein production method This invention relates to a method for producing a protein of interest, comprising introducing a protein expression vector which comprises a gene fragment a gene fragment comprising a DNA encoding a protein of interest and a selectable marker gene and transposon sequences at both terminals of the gene fragment, into a suspension mammalian cell; integrating the gene fragment inserted between a pair of the transposon sequences, into a chromosome of the mammalian cell to obtain a mammalian cell capable of expressing the protein of interest; and suspension-culturing the mammalian cell; and a suspension mammalian cell capable of expressing the protein of interest.
US10358666B2	Algae and method for producing same, and method for producing biomass using said algae The present invention provides a method of biomass production using a modified alga having suppressed expression of ATG8.
US10358662B2	Integrated fermentation and electrolysis process The invention provides schemes for the integration of a fermentation process, with an electrolysis process, and a C1-generating industrial process. In particular, the invention provides process for utilizing electrolysis products, for example H2 and/or O2, to improve the process efficiency of at least one of the fermentation process or the C1-generating industrial process. More particularly, the invention provides a process whereby, H2 generated by electrolysis is used to improve the substrate efficiency for a fermentation process, and the O2 generated by the electrolysis process is used to improve the composition of the C1-containing tail gas generated by the C1-generating industrial process.
US10358659B2	Methods and compositions for RNA-directed target DNA modification and for RNA-directed modulation of transcription The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms.
US10358649B2	In vivo assembly of transcription units Methods of providing gene suppression DNA in a eukaryotic organism comprising introducing a first DNA segment and at least one second DNA segment into the genome of the organism. One of the DNA segments contains a promoter and a transcribable DNA. Another DNA segment contains at least part of the transcribable DNA. When inserted in tandem, the DNA segments are assembled in vivo forming a recombinant transcription unit. RNA transcribed from the transcription unit can form double-stranded RNA.
US10358646B2	Treatment of tumor suppressor gene related diseases by inhibition of natural antisense transcript to the gene The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that modulate the expression of and/or function of Tumor Suppressor genes, in particular, by targeting natural antisense polynucleotides of Tumor Suppressor genes. The invention also relates to the identification of these antisense oligonucleotides and their use in treating diseases and disorders associated with the expression of Tumor Suppressor genes.
US10358645B2	Treatment of erythropoietin (EPO) related diseases by inhibition of natural antisense transcript to EPO Oligonucleotide compounds modulate expression and/or function of Erythropoietin (EPO) polynucleotides and encoded products thereof. Methods for treating diseases associated with Erythropoietin (EPO) comprise administering one or more oligonucleotide compounds designed to inhibit the EPO natural antisense transcript to patients.
US10358643B2	Poly oligomer compound with biocleavable conjugates The invention relates to the field of oligonucleotide therapeutics, and in particular to poly oligo oligonucleotides conjugates where two or more antisense oligonucleotides are covalently linked by physiologically labile linkers, and to a biocleavable functional group such as a conjugate group.
US10358641B2	Monoliths with attached recognition compounds, arrays thereof and uses thereof Provided herein are monoliths with attached recognition compounds which selectively bind ligands, methods of preparing such monoliths, arrays thereof and uses thereof. For example, monoliths provide herein can be used in columns and arrays thereof.
US10358639B2	Engineered phenylalanine ammonia lyase polypeptides The present invention provides engineered phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) polypeptides and compositions thereof, as well as polynucleotides encoding the engineered phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) polypeptides.
US10358634B2	Recombinant polymerases with increased phototolerance Provided are compositions comprising recombinant DNA polymerases that include amino acid substitutions, insertions, deletions, and/or exogenous features that confer modified properties upon the polymerase for enhanced single molecule sequencing. Such properties include increased resistance to photodamage, and can also include enhanced metal ion coordination, reduced exonuclease activity, reduced reaction rates at one or more steps of the polymerase kinetic cycle, decreased branching fraction, altered cofactor selectivity, increased yield, increased thermostability, increased accuracy, increased speed, increased readlength, and the like. Also provided are nucleic acids which encode the polymerases with the aforementioned phenotypes, as well as methods of using such polymerases to make a DNA or to sequence a DNA template.
US10358629B2	Regulating stem cells Provided are methods for producing progenitor/precursor cells from a population of initiating cells (ICP) that have a density of less than 1.072 g/ml and at least 25% of which are CD31Bright by in vitro stimulating the ICP with different factors.
US10358628B2	Differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into single hormonal insulin positive cells The present invention provides methods to promote the differentiation of pluripotent stem cells. In particular, the present invention provides methods to produce a population of cells, wherein greater than 10% of the cells in the population express markers characteristic of single hormonal pancreatic beta cells.
US10358626B2	Perfusion filtration systems Provided herein are tubular membrane filter elements, tangential flow filtration systems comprising such filter elements and methods of using such filter elements and filtration systems.
US10358624B1	Low-VOC cleaning substrates and compositions A cleaning composition for sanitizing and/or disinfecting hard surfaces, comprising: a cationic biocide, surfactant and low levels of VOC solvents. The cleaning composition is adapted to clean a variety of hard surfaces without leaving behind a visible residue and creates low levels of streaking and filming on the treated surface. The cleaning composition contains less than 5% by weight of VOCs. The cleaning composition may be used alone as a liquid or spray formulation or in combination with a substrate, for example, a pre-loaded cleaning wipe.
US10358620B2	Aminoalcohol salts of alkylbenzene sulfonic acids and their use in detergent formulations Provided are amine-neutralized anionic surfactants and their use in detergent formulations. The amine-neutralized anionic surfactants are of the formula I, as described herein.
US10358616B2	Lubricants containing quaternary ammonium compounds A driveline device is lubricated with a composition of an oil of lubricating viscosity and an oil-soluble quaternary ammonium compound, such as a succinimide or succinamide material or dispersant further containing a quaternary nitrogen atom, and a thiadiazole compound.
US10358611B2	Staged hydrotreating and hydrocracking process and apparatus An apparatus and process is disclosed for hydrocracking a hydrocarbon feed stream following hydrotreating the feed stream. A separator removes diesel and lower boiling materials in a hydrotreated stream before a hydrocracking reactor, so only liquid materials heavier than diesel are hydrocracked in a hydrocracking reactor. A vapor hydrotreated stream and the hydrocracked stream are separated and fractionated together.
US10358603B1	Method for producing fuel from plastic or rubber waste material A method for producing fuels such as liquid and solid fuels from waste materials comprising rubber or plastic waste, is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) grounding said waste material into chips or flakes, (b) transferring the chips or flakes via a transmission system to a viscous fluid disorder tank, (c) introducing a catalyst to the transferred chips or flakes in the tank, (d) heating the chips or flakes with catalyst using a heating jacket or a coil in a reservoir of the tank at a predetermined temperature, (e) mixing the molten chips or flakes with catalyst using a helical butterfly stirrer inside the reservoir at a predetermined time and temperature to decompose the waste material, and (f) filtering the decomposed waste material to produce the fuel. This method is simple, quick and economical for producing different characteristics of fuel without any environmental lesions and contamination.
US10358597B2	Method of improving photoluminescence of silicon nanoparticles A method of improving the photoluminescence of silicon nanoparticles is provided along with a description of the silicon nanoparticle compositions prepared therefrom. The method generally comprises exposing a composition comprising silicon nanoparticles having a mean particle diameter not greater than 5 nm and a fluid to a non-ambient condition selected from (i) elevated temperature, (ii) elevated humidity, (iii) elevated pressure exerted by an oxygen-containing gas, (iv) a hydrogen plasma, (v) hydrogen gas, (vi) ultraviolet radiation, and (vii) and a combination of at least two of (i)-(vi). Optionally, the silicon nanoparticles may be prepared by a gas phase reaction. The exposure of the silicon nanoparticle compositions to the non-ambient condition results in improved photoluminescence. In particular, the exposed nanoparticles exhibit increased maximum emission intensity and luminescent quantum efficiency. Moreover, these improvements are accompanied by a blue shift in the emitted light to a shorter wavelength.
US10358593B2	Method of forming a mixture of barite particles, chelating agent and bentonite for fracturing A drilling fluid composition that contains micronized barite particles with a particle size in the range of 1 to 5 μm, and also a method of fracturing a subterranean formation using the drilling fluid composition. Various embodiments of the micronized barite particles and the method of making thereof, the drilling fluid composition, and the method of fracturing a subterranean formation are also provided.
US10358591B2	Composition for heat cycle system, and heat cycle system To provide a composition for a heat cycle system having favorable lubricating properties and comprising a working fluid for heat cycle which has a low global warming potential and which can replace R410A and a heat cycle system employing the composition.A composition for a heat cycle system comprising a working fluid for heat cycle containing trifluoroethylene, and a refrigerant oil (for example, an ester refrigerant oil, an ether refrigerant oil, a polyglycol refrigerant oil or a hydrocarbon refrigerant oil), and a heat cycle system employing the composition for a heat cycle system.
US10358584B2	Fluoropolymer blend and articles thereof Described herein is a composition, article and method thereof, wherein the composition comprises (i) a fluoropolymer and (ii) an ionic liquid.
US10358583B2	Adhesive composition and adhered roofing system prepared using the adhesive composition The invention is directed to an adhesive composition including at least one rubber component, a solvent, and at least one powdered superabsorber polymer. The invention also relates to a method for bonding a roofing membrane to a substrate using the adhesive composition as a contact adhesive, to fully adhered membrane roofing system, and to the use of adhesive composition for adhering roofing membranes to substrates by contact bonding.
US10358580B2	Adhesive composition, resin cured product obtained from adhesive composition, method for manufacturing semiconductor device using adhesive composition, and solid-state imaging element An adhesive composition comprising (a) a compound having at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups, (b) a thermal polymerization initiator, (c) a hindered phenolic compound, (d) a thioether compound and (e) a compound having a thiol group.
US10358577B2	Ultraviolet-curable resin composition and optical fiber In an ultraviolet-curable resin composition for an optical fiber coating, the polarity parameter ET(30) of the resin composition is 47 to 61.
US10358574B2	Coating compositions containing lactam-functionalized polymer An aqueous coating composition comprising at least 0.5 wt % of a lactam-functionalized polymer is disclosed. The lactam-functionalized polymer includes lactam-functionalized polyacetal polyether, polyhemiaminal polyether or polyaminal polyether. The aqueous coating composition can increase an open time of a water-borne latex paint. A method of increasing an open time for an aqueous coating composition of a water-borne latex paint using the lactam-functionalized polymer is also disclosed.
US10358559B2	Colored organic peroxide compositions Stable organic peroxide compositions include at least one organic peroxide (e.g., tert-butyl hydroperoxide), at least one dye (e.g., an FD&C dye), and at least one alcohol (e.g., propylene glycol, tert-butanol, and/or glycerin).
US10358554B2	Thermoformed structural composites The present invention is generally directed to methods and systems for making thermoformed structural elements and composites, including the use of composites, dissimilar or variable processing materials. End products can have the same outward appearance as those products made by more demanding, more expensive extrusion process or injection process, but the end products can be pre-engineered to have significantly, unexpectedly, improved physical and chemical properties.
US10358526B2	Moisture-curing polyether carbonate containing alkoxysilyl groups The present invention relates to a method for producing polyether carbonates containing alkoxysilyl groups in which (a) an unsaturated polyether carbonate polyol is reacted with (b) an alkoxysilane compound of formula (II) Si(X)m(R1)n(R2)o (II), where X═H, Y—S—H and Y=C1-C22 alkylene, C6-C14 arylene, C7-C14 aralkylene, C7-C14 alkylarylene; R1=C1-C8 alkoxy, C7-C20-aralkoxy, C6-C14 aroxy, C7-C20 alkylaroxy; R2=C1-C22 alkyl, C6-C14 aryl, C7-C14 aralkyl, C7-C14 alkylaryl, and m and n represent, independently of one another, an integer ≥1, o is zero or an integer ≥1 and m+n+o=4. The invention further relates to the production of a polyurethane polymer using such a polyether carbonate, a cross-linked, siloxane group containing polymer and a molded part containing or consisting of said cross-linked polymer.
US10358517B2	Amphiphilic block copolymer; composition, membrane, and separation module thereof; and methods of making same An amphiphilic block copolymer comprises a poly(phenylene ether) block or a poly(phenylene ether) copolymer block and a hydrophilic block or graft. A method of making the amphiphilic block copolymer comprises polymerization of a hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of poly(phenylene ether) or a poly(phenylene ether) copolymer to make the amphiphilic block copolymer. A porous asymmetric membrane comprises a poly(phenylene ether) or poly(phenylene ether) copolymer, and the amphiphilic block copolymer comprising a poly(phenylene ether) block or a poly(phenylene ether) copolymer block, and a hydrophilic block or graft. The porous asymmetric membrane is made by phase-inversion of a dope solution of the poly(phenylene ether) or poly(phenylene ether) copolymer and the amphiphilic block copolymer in a coagulation bath.
US10358503B2	Antibody-based molecules selective for the {P}Ser404 epitope of Tau and their uses in the diagnosis and treatment of tauopathy The present invention relates to antibody-based molecules (including single domain antibody fragment, scFv molecules, antibodies, antibody fragments, diabodies, and the epitope-binding domains thereof) that are capable of immunospecifically and selectively binding to the {p}Ser404 Epitope of Tau. Such antibody-based molecules are useful to detect pathological Tau protein conformer if present in a biological sample, especially in conjunction with the diagnosis and/or treatment of Alzheimer's disease or other tauopathy, and thus provide a diagnostic for Alzheimer's disease and other Tau pathologies. The antibody-based molecules of the present invention have particular utility as diagnostic markers for, Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies and as pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of such conditions.
US10358500B2	Humanized antibodies that bind LGR5 Disclosed herein are humanized anti-LGR5 antibodies for the treatment of cancer. Antibodies disclosed herein may bind LGR5 without disrupting LGR5-RSPO1 binding or signaling, and may disrupt LGR5 signaling through Wnt that is independent of RSPO1. Also disclosed are heavy and light chain polypeptide sequences for the biding of LGR5, for example without disrupting LGR5-RSPO binding or signaling.
US10358498B2	Human anti-FGFR4 antibody The present invention relates to novel antibodies against the FGF receptor 4 (FGFR4) and to the medical use thereof, in particular for the diagnosis prevention or treatment of diseases associated with FGFR expression, over expression or hyperactivity.
US10358496B2	Low dose immune checkpoint blockade in metastatic cancer A method of treating cancer comprising and reducing autoimmune side effects in administration of anti-CTLA-4 antibodies. The invention provides methods for low dose immune checkpoint (IC) treatment of metastatic cancer by delivering anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 antibodies to cancer patients. Methods also provide for IL-2 stimulation for the activation of T cells against tumor cells. The invention further provides methods for daily cyclic high fever response (hyperthermia) during IL-2 therapy. The methods provide treatment of metastatic cancer without unacceptable autoimmune side effects.
US10358493B2	Bispecific format suitable for use in high-through-put screening The present disclosure relates to a novel bispecific protein complex and a method of using the complexes to screen for synergistic or novel biological function. The bispecific format is particularly suitable for high-throughput screening because all of its components can be expressed from cells as individual units and the units can be assembled simply by mixing without employing conjugation or coupling chemistry.
US10358492B2	Bispecific IgG antibodies as T cell engagers Bispecific IgG antibodies which bind to CLEC12A and an antigen on an immune effector cell are provided.
US10358479B2	Multivalent heteromultimer scaffold design and constructs Provided herein are multifunctional heteromultimer proteins. In specific embodiments is a heteromultimer comprising: at least two polypeptide constructs, each polypeptide construct comprising at least one cargo polypeptide attached to a transporter polypeptide, said transporter polypeptides derived from a monomeric native protein such that said monomeric constructs associate to form the heteromultimer and said transporter polypeptides associate to form a quasi-native structure of the monomeric native protein or analog thereof. These therapeutically novel molecules encompass heteromultimers comprising constructs that function as scaffolds for the conjugation or fusion of therapeutic molecular entities (cargo polypeptides) resulting in the creation of bispecific or multivalent molecular species. Provided herein is a method for creation of bispecific or multivalent molecular species.
US10358474B2	Compositions and methods for TCR reprogramming using fusion proteins Provided herein are T-cell receptor (TCR) fusion proteins (TFPs), T-cells engineered to express one or more TFPs, and methods of use thereof for the treatment of diseases, including cancer.
US10358471B2	Fusion proteins of collagen-binding domain and parathyroid hormone Fusion proteins containing active agonist or antagonist fragments of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and parathyroid hormone related peptide (PTHrP) coupled to a collagen-binding domain are presented. The fusion proteins can be used to promote bone growth, to promote hair growth, to prevent cancer metastasis to bone, to promote immune reconstitution with a bone marrow stem cell transplant, to promote mobilization of bone marrow stem cells for collection for autologous stem cell transplant, and to treat renal osteodystrophy. Pharmaceutical agents comprising a collagen-binding polypeptide segment linked to a non-peptidyl PTH/PTHrP receptor agonist or antagonist are also presented.
US10358470B2	Glycosylated polypeptide and pharmaceutical composition containing same The object of the present invention is to provide a glycosylated polypeptide having uniform sugar chain structure which has interferon β activity. It was found that a glycosylated polypeptide having uniform sugar chain structure as well as having interferon β activity can be prepared by a method comprising a step of synthesizing a glycosylated peptide fragment and at least two peptide fragments and a step of linking the glycosylated peptide fragment and the at least two peptide fragments.
US10358469B2	Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of cancer The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of cancer. In particular, the present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising or consisting of i) an amino acid sequence ranging from the phenylalanine residue at position 380 to the leucine residue at position 384 in SEQ ID NO: 1 or, ii) an amino acid sequence having at least 70% of identity with the amino acid sequence ranging from the phenylalanine residue at position 380 to the leucine residue at position 384 in SEQ ID NO: 1, or iii) an amino acid sequence which is a retro-inverso of the amino acid sequence ranging from the phenylalanine residue at position 380 to the leucine residue at position 384 in SEQ ID NO: 1 or, iv) an amino acid sequence which is retro-inverso of the amino acid sequence having at least 70% of identity with the amino acid sequence ranging from the phenylalanine residue at position 380 to the leucine residue at position 384 in SEQ ID NO: 1.
US10358458B2	4′-vinyl substituted nucleoside derivatives as inhibitors of respiratory syncytial virus RNA replication The application discloses compounds of Formula I wherein the variable substituents are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of Formula I are useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by RSV.
US10358449B2	Xanthine derivative The present invention relates to a Xanthine derivative as shown in formula (I), wherein, R is selected from: R1 is selected from cyano or methoxycarbonyl; R2 is selected from hydrogen and halogen atoms, a linear or branched C1-6 alkyl group which is substituted or unsubstituted by 1 to 5 halogen atoms, a linear or branched C1-6 alkoxy group which is substituted or unsubstituted by 1 to 5 halogen atoms; X and Y are each independently selected from C or N; and n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4.
US10358445B2	Respiratory formulations and compounds for use therein The present invention relates to respiratory formulations comprising a compound of formula (I): and use of said compounds and compositions in treatment, for example in the treatment of an inflammatory disease or a respiratory disorder, in particular an inflammatory mediated and/or virally mediated respiratory disorder such as asthma and COPD or the treatment or prevention of viral infection, for example infection by influenza virus, rhinovirus or RSV. The invention also extends to certain novel compounds of formula (I).
US10358436B2	Kinase inhibitors and method of treating cancer The invention is directed to a compound represented by the following structural formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: Compounds represented by this structural formula are kinase inhibitors and are therefore disclosed herein for the treatment of cancer. Definitions for the variables in the structural formula are provided herein.
US10358430B2	Oligomeric (TH)FP, production and uses therefor A method for the isolation of oligomeric 2, 2-difurylpropane (DTHFP) suitable for use on an industrial scale. A method can include using oligomeric 2, 2-difurylpropane, in particular, its use can be as a polar modifier for butadiene and styrene butadiene polymerization so is to produce rubber. Utilizing the material as an alternative to DTHFP in rubber production avoids subsequent leaching of the DTHFP into the environment as the oligomeric 2, 2-difurylpropane (DTHFP) gives rise to much lower levels of leaching.
US10358429B2	Epoxidation using peroxygenase The invention relates to enzymatic methods for epoxidation of a non-cyclic aliphatic alkene, or a terpene.
US10358420B2	Process for preparing an N-methyl-substituted triacetonamine compound An N-methyl-substituted triacetonamine compound can be produced by reacting at least one triacetonamine compound with formaldehyde under reductive conditions.
US10358418B2	Resin compositions The present disclosure is directed to resins and to polymers, copolymers, and blends formed therefrom.
US10358412B2	Method of preparing difluorinated alcohol compound A method of preparing a difluorinated alcohol compound is provided. The difluorinated alcohol compound can be easily synthesized when an aldehyde and N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide are reacted in the presence of L-proline, and thus the method has advantage in that preparation processes are simple and reagents are economical and safe, compared to the related-art methods. Therefore, the preparation method can be effectively applied to prepare a difluorinated alcohol used in various applications for raw materials such as functional medicines, agricultural chemicals, polymerizable compounds, etc.
US10358402B2	Process and apparatus for producing fluorinated alkenes Provided is a process for producing fluorinated alkenes by providing a microwave plasma in a reactor chamber, introducing a protective gas feed into the reactor chamber, and contacting a conversion feed comprising at least one fluorinated linear or branched alkane with the plasma. Also provided are an apparatus and the use of the process and the apparatus.
US10358392B1	Process for making a powdered amorphous explosive A process for converting a crystalline energetic material to an amorphous energetic material that is less susceptible to accidental detonation initiation by mechanical insults. The process includes forming the amorphous energetic material as a deposition of a vapor of the crystalline energetic material sublimed from a hot surface in a vacuum. The deposition is onto a cryogenically cold surface of a dry ice layer. The deposition solidifies as a layer of amorphous energetic material. Subliming the dry ice layer therein breaking the layer of amorphous energetic material into a powder of the amorphous energetic material; and collecting the powder.
US10358386B2	Sheet glass product fabrication with growth-limited glass bump spacers Methods of forming a sheet glass product comprising a plurality of growth-limited glass bump spacers. According to the methods, a glass pane of the sheet glass product is irradiated with laser radiation to locally heat the glass pane at a plurality of spacer localities and induce growth of a plurality of glass bump spacers in the glass pane. The growth of the plurality of glass bump spacers is limited by utilizing a growth-limiting plate comprising a scattering surface portion. The scattering surface portion of the growth-limiting plate mitigates damage to the growth-limiting plate and may also mitigate damage to the glass pane. Vacuum insulated glass products and systems for forming a growth-limited sheet glass product are also provided.
US10358383B2	Wear-resistant liquid-based coatings for glass A sol-gel method for forming durable, scratch-resistant coatings on glass substrates. Zirconia coatings, for example, are formed from a solution of zirconium oxychloride octahydrate in an organic, polar, aprotic solvent such as dimethylformamide. Annealed coatings, which optionally include an additive such as graphene, have a low coefficient of friction and can exhibit high hardness and hydrophobicity.
US10358380B2	Lithium silicate glass ceramic and glass with divalent metal oxide Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses containing specific oxides of divalent elements are described which crystallize at low temperatures and are suitable in particular as dental materials.
US10358379B2	Heat-insulating member, low-melting glass composition, and sealing material paste There is disclosed a heat-insulating member including a pair of substrates and an airtight sealing part, in which the airtight sealing part is formed in an outer peripheral part between the pair of substrates to form a space between the pair of substrates, the space being in a vacuum or reduced pressure state, a sealing material that forms the airtight sealing part includes a low-melting glass, and the low-melting glass contains a vanadium oxide, barium oxide, phosphorus oxide, and tungsten oxide, in which the following two relational expressions are satisfied in terms of oxide contents: V2O5+BaO+P2O5+WO3≥90 and V2O5>BaO>P2O5>WO3 (wherein unit: mol %). Thereby, influence on environmental impact can be reduced and maintenance of airtightness and an improvement in acid resistance can be achieved.
US10358377B2	Glass sheet having a high transmission in the infrared The invention relates to a glass sheet having a high transmission in the infrared that comprises, in percentages by weight: SiO2 55-85% Al2O3 0-30% B2O3 0-20% Na2O 5-25% CaO 0-20% MgO 0-15% K2O 0-20% BaO 0-20% Total iron (expressed in Fe2O3 form)0.002-0.04%; the composition furthermore comprising at least two components from chromium, selenium, copper, cerium, manganese and antimony; the chromium (expressed in Cr2O3 form) being in a maximum content of 0.02% by weight; the selenium (expressed in Se form) being in a maximum content of 0.08% by weight; the copper (expressed in CuO form) being in a maximum content of 0.04% by weight; the cerium (expressed in CeO2 form) being in a maximum content of 0.8% by weight; the manganese (expressed in MnO form) being in a maximum content of 1.6% by weight; the antimony (expressed in Sb2O3 form) being in a maximum content of 0.8% by weight; and the composition being according to the formula: [10.02(Cr2O3/Fe2O3)+4(Se/Fe2O3)+2.73(CuO/Fe2O3)+0.7(CeO2/Fe2O3)+0.23(MnO/Fe2O3)+0.11(Sb2O3/Fe2O3)]≥A; A being equal to 0.30.
US10358375B2	Scribing wheel having fine structure recess Disclosed herein is a scribing wheel having a predetermined thickness and a disk shape. The scribing wheel includes: a wheel body configured in such a way that at least a peripheral edge portion thereof is gradually reduced in thickness from the center to the radial outside; and a cutter part including recesses and cutting blade teeth which are alternately arranged along the peripheral edge portion. Each recess is formed by a combination of side recess portions formed in opposite side surfaces of the peripheral edge portion of the wheel body and an edge recess portion formed in the peripheral edge of the wheel body.
US10358371B2	Apparatus and method for producing glass products from a glass melt while avoiding bubble formation An apparatus and a method for producing glass products from a glass melt, avoiding bubble formation, are disclosed, wherein the apparatus includes a crucible and an internally component for processing the glass melt, and wherein, for heating the glass melt, the apparatus comprises an AC generator which energizes the crucible or stirring crucible via electrical connection elements. The component or stirring system is connected via a current-limiting choke having a variable impedance with the power supply elements. The impedance of the current-limiting choke is adjusted so that a AC density existing in the glass melt lies between a lower limit value and an upper limit value. By means of a choke and by adjusting the impedance it can be achieved that the AC load of the system can be minimized and that simultaneously the water decomposition reaction at the precious metal surfaces can positively be influenced.
US10358368B2	Optimisation of a pulp treatment method Disclosed is a method for treating pulp, particularly a method for treating sludge from wastewater treatment plants, for producing energy and/or organic materials that have undergone hygienization, including at least the following steps: a step of aerated or non-aerated thermal hydrolysis of the pulp, a digestion step, a dehydration step and a step of recirculating part of the dehydrated pulp into the step of thermal hydrolysis.
US10358367B1	Method and apparatus for treating shale gas waste water Organo clay and activated carbon are mixed to form a particle mixture. The particle mixture is contacted with waste water having chlorides and other contaminants, such as organic materials, heavy metals, chlorides, and low level radio nuclei in solution. Acids, oxidizing chemicals, and compressed air are added to pretreat and to treat the waste water. The mixture is filtered with catalytic activated carbon filters to remove the remaining contaminants. The filters produce a clean chloride solution that is discharged or is subjected to a finishing process to produce a marketable chloride product.
US10358366B2	Spiral wound filtration assembly including integral bioreactor A spiral wound filtration assembly including: i) a pressure vessel comprising a feed port, concentrate port and permeate port; ii) at least one spiral wound membrane module comprising at least one membrane envelop wound around a permeate tube which forms a permeate pathway to the permeate port; and iii) a bioreactor having a cylindrical outer periphery extending along an axis (Y) from a first end to a second end, an inlet located near the first end, and an outlet located near the second end; wherein the spiral wound membrane module and bioreactor are serially arranged within the pressure vessel.
US10358361B2	System and method for remediation of wastewater including aerobic and electrocoagulation treatment The present invention relates to a system or method for the remediation of wastewater with a treatment media in tandem with an electrocoagulation system. The system and method also include cleaning elements for cleaning distribution lines within the system and for cleaning the electrocoagulation system.
US10358351B2	Fine particle coal, and systems, apparatuses, and methods for collecting and using the same Methods, apparatuses, and systems to collect fine particle coal are provided herein. For example, these methods, apparatuses, and systems may be incorporated into a coal processing plant to collect a portion of the fine particle coal that is normally lost in the system. A fine particle coal also is provided. The fine particle coal may have a particle size of 1000 μm or smaller and a water content of from about 5% to about 20%, by weight.
US10358344B2	Emissive article with light extraction film An emissive article includes an OLED having a light emission surface, a circular polarizer, and a light extraction film optically between the OLED and the circular polarizer and being optically coupled to the light emission surface. The light extraction film includes a two-dimensional structured layer of extraction elements having a first index of refraction and a pitch in a range from 400 to 800 nm and a backfill layer including a material having a second index of refraction different from the first index of refraction.
US10358341B2	Multi-frequency excitation Embodiments of multi-frequency excitation are described. In various embodiments, a natural frequency of a device may be determined. In turn, a first voltage amplitude and first fixed frequency of a first source of excitation can be selected for the device based on the natural frequency. Additionally, a second voltage amplitude of a second source of excitation can be selected for the device, and the first and second sources of excitation can be applied to the device. After applying the first and second sources of excitation, a frequency of the second source of excitation can be swept. Using the methods of multi-frequency excitation described herein, new operating frequencies, operating frequency ranges, resonance frequencies, resonance frequency ranges, and/or resonance responses can be achieved for devices and systems.
US10358330B2	Scissor arm assembly for a scissor lifting mechanism of an aerial work platform The invention relates to a scissor arm assembly for a scissor lift, comprising two scissor arms (124, 125) pivotally mounted about a shaft (70). Each arm is made of a tubular beam having a local reinforcement plate (80, 81, 82) welded on either side. Each arm (124, 125) has two through-holes (101, 102; 103, 104) for the shaft (70), each of which is made in a respective side of the beam and the corresponding reinforcement plate. The shaft (70) is circumferentially supported in each hole by both the wall of the beam and the corresponding reinforcement plate (80, 81, 82). The shaft is free of support inside the beam between the two through-holes (101, 102; 103, 104). This avoids having to weld, on either side of the scissor beam, a part inserted therein to house the shaft (70).
US10358325B2	Open wheel vehicle speed jack A jack for raising of an exposed hub or axle of an off-road vehicle is provided. The jack has an elongated base member including an upper end and a foot portion with the upper end including a pivot attachment area. An articulating over center arm assembly is pivotably attached at the pivot attachment area of the elongated base member. The assembly includes an offset over-center arm portion with a leverage handle on a first end and a pivoting adjustable strap portion on a second end. When the strap is attached to the axle or suspension member of a hub or axle the handle may be lowered and the base pivots wherein the strap end is moved upward and temporarily secured in the up position at full actuation of the handle for raising of the wheel for removal of the wheel.
US10358315B2	Systems and methods of manufacturing flexible spring members for gas spring assemblies Systems include a creel assembly supporting a plurality of spools containing at least one cord having an indeterminate length such that a plurality of cords are supported on the creel assembly. A tensioner assembly operative to tension approximately equal predetermined lengths of the plurality of cords received from the creel assembly. A building mandrel supported for rotation and translation. A head assembly supported in fixed relation to the building mandrel. The head assembly is positioned co-axially such that the building mandrel can pass through an opening in the head assembly during translation. Methods of manufacture are included, as are flexible spring members and gas spring assemblies.
US10358314B2	Method and device for creating packs of printed products A postpress system (1) and method for producing and processing product units (P), in particular printed end products (P) with printed product collections comprising a plurality of products, selected from the group of wrapping products, and a plurality of part products and/or inserts, to make route adapted stacks or packs, at least some of the printed end products (P) being product units which have been customized for specific addressees are proposed. By using feed devices (3) which each comprise a supply conveyor (31), a preparation circuit (32) with a plurality of transport units (321) and an output conveyor (33), printed products (D) are fed in a controlled fashion to the holding units (21) with reliability. A sorting device (6) with at least one directing group with at least one gate (62), a transit section (612) and at least one supply section is used to correct faults, or deviations in the product sequence from the production sequence.
US10358311B2	Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus incorporating the sheet conveying device A sheet conveying device, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a first detector to detect an angle deviation of a recording medium to a sheet conveying direction, a second detector to detect a lateral shift of the recording medium to a width direction, a third detector to detect at least one of the angle deviation and the lateral shift after correction of the angle deviation detected by the first detector and the lateral shift detected by the second detector, and a rotary body to perform a primary movement by (1) rotating in the sheet conveying direction and returning to a reference position and by (2) moving in the width direction and returning to the reference position, and a secondary movement by performing at least one of (1) and (2) after the primary movement.
US10358304B2	Portable loading ramp A loading device for users to move vehicles onto an elevated platform, using an inclined structure formed of a plurality of horizontal sections that are each adjustable so as to adjust the width of the inclined structure.
US10358301B2	Method of distributing airport baggage In order, e.g., to improve distribution of baggage in an airport, a solution comprises positioning two or more empty totes above each other, so that the two or more empty totes are supported by a tote station by support members 206, determining, by a control system, when either a single empty tote should be released from the tote station or two or more empty totes should be released from the tote station together and at once, and in response to the determination releasing single empty totes from the tote station or releasing two or more empty totes on top of each other from the tote station. A lowermost 1604 of the two or more empty totes on top of each other supports one or more empty totes 1606 on top of it and the lowermost empty tote is, when released, supported by a support conveyor 204.
US10358297B2	Portable belt conveyor system A belt conveyor system for creating an overland material transport assembly on a ground surface comprises a frame configured for transportation over the ground surface, a plurality of pivotally connected conveyor belt support sections, a head pulley assembly mounted to the first end of the frame, a tail pulley assembly mounted to one of the conveyor belt support sections, and a conveyor belt. The frame includes first and second elongate rails, each of which have a first support surface and a second support surface spaced from the first support surface. The plurality of pivotally connected conveyor belt support sections are supportable on the frame in a transport configuration wherein the plurality of support sections are accordion-folded relative to one another and are generally perpendicular to the first and second elongate rails. The plurality of pivotally connected conveyor belt support sections are movable to a material transport configuration wherein the plurality of support sections are unfolded to be generally parallel to the first and second rails. The belt conveyor is carried by the head pulley assembly, the plurality of conveyor belt support sections and the tail pulley assembly.
US10358296B2	Systems and methods for delivering asphalt concrete The present invention relates to systems and methods for mixing various components of asphalt concrete in a mixer and then dispensing the asphalt concrete from the mixer. While the mixer can include any suitable component, in some instances, it includes a heated container, a mixing mechanism that is configured to mix asphalt and an aggregate to form the asphalt concrete within the heated container, and an auger that is configured to force the asphalt concrete out from the heated container. In some cases, a portion of the auger is disposed in a heated cover. In some cases, the cover further comprises a gate that is configured to open (and close) to allow the asphalt concrete to flow from (and be retained in) the heated container. Other implementations are also described.
US10358295B2	Transport device A transport device includes a conveyor, a plurality of movable guide rails each of which is provided at a corresponding one of a plurality of locations along a lateral width direction, a drive shaft disposed to extend along the lateral width direction, and an actuator configured to drivingly rotate the drive shaft. A plurality of cam members are fixed to the drive shaft in respective fixing attitudes. Each movable guide rail of a plurality of movable guide rails is configured to be moved to change a height thereof depending on a fixing attitude of corresponding one of the cam members as the actuator drivingly rotates the drive shaft.
US10358294B2	Collapsible conveyor rack A collapsible conveyor rack for supporting a conveyor is disclosed to include a bottom rack unit including a frame body and a pivot connector, a folding unit including a pivot connector pivotally connected to the pivot connector of the bottom rack unit for allowing biasing of the folding unit relative to the bottom rack unit and a retractable portion connected to the pivot connector of the folding unit, a retracting unit including a retractable portion coupled to and retractable relative to the retractable portion of the folding unit, and a driving mechanism for moving the retracting unit relative to the folding unit.
US10358292B1	Elastic conveyor belt and transport system Provided is an elastic conveyor belt for a transport system for conveying goods in a conveying direction along a conveyor belt plane of the conveyor belt, the conveyor belt including, on a carrying side of the conveyor belt, a carrying surface which is oriented along the conveyor belt plane and is intended for carrying the goods, and, on a guide side of the conveyor belt, a guide surface which is oriented along the conveyor belt plane and is intended for guiding the conveyor belt, and, in the guide surface, at least one groove for the engagement of a guide element for guiding the conveyor belt along the conveying direction, a longitudinal axis of the groove being oriented along the conveying direction.
US10358291B2	Picking system and picking method In a picking system, commodities are efficiently transported to a picking area and a shipment area by one type of transportation vehicle travelling along a travelling route including a diverging section and a merging section. The picking system is provided with a transportation vehicle, racks, picking units, the shipment area, and a controller configured and programmed to control the transportation vehicle. The picking units are provided with a carrying-in station to which the transportation vehicle transports a container and a carrying-out station from which the transportation vehicle transports the container and the picked commodities. The transportation vehicle transports a container containing ordered commodities from the racks to a carrying-in station, the picked commodities to the shipment area, and a container after picking the commodities to the racks.
US10358279B2	Bag container dispenser and dispenser rack A bag container dispenser includes a bag container. The container is formed of resilient material and has a bottom, a top, first and second sides, a front, a back and a removable access panel. The access panel has a top segment that includes a portion of the top and a connected front segment. The front segment has a height that extends from the bottom to the top. Stacked bags are sized and shaped to fit within the bag container. Each of the bags has a front wall, a back wall, an open top and a closure mechanism. The bags are dispensable from the container through an opening provided by removal of the access panel which may have a removable cover. A dispenser rack has a horizontal platform sized and shaped to support the bag container. Peripheral guards extend upward from the platform and constrain movement of the container during dispensing.
US10358277B2	Storage system and method for storing material A storage system for storing material such as sample tube caps comprises a drawer with a reservoir, the drawer being movable between a first position and a second position. A storage container is arranged below the reservoir of the drawer when the drawer is arranged in the first position. A transport device is configured to retrieve material from the storage container and to transport the material out of the storage container. Therein, the reservoir of the drawer comprises a bottom with at least one closable opening.
US10358269B2	Hinged closure for a container A closure for a container comprises a base and a cap comprising a top member and a body member; and a connecting member extending between and connecting the base and the cap, the cap being mobile between a first, closed position and a second, opened position, the body member further comprising a recess in the body member where the connecting member is fastened along a first hinge to the recess at a side thereof proximate to the top member, such that when the cap is disposed in the first, closed position the connecting member lies within the recess substantially flush with an exterior surface of the body member; the connecting member being capable of rotating through at least 90° about the first hinge in which the connecting member comprises a plurality of intermediate hinges providing rotation of the connecting member over a deflection of at least 270°.
US10358268B2	Opening cover A medical apparatus that includes an apparatus body that has a surface with an opening and a cover coupled to the apparatus body about an axis of rotation angled to the surface. The cover is operable to rotate about the axis of rotation to move between a first position wherein the cover closes the opening and a second position wherein the cover is moved to allow access to the opening.
US10358267B2	Vented cap assembly A vented cap adapted to accumulate an overflow of liquid from a reservoir and vent gas from the reservoir to atmosphere. The vented cap includes an insert and a shell. The insert includes a projection extending longitudinally from a floor pan. The shell includes an outer skirt joined to and extending longitudinally outwardly from the floor pan and is attached to a top. The top and the outer skirt define a headspace between the floor pan and the top. The projection extends into a portion of the headspace and defines a projection aperture, allowing liquid and gas to flow into the headspace. The vented cap further includes a vent in fluid communication between the headspace and atmosphere.
US10358257B2	Vented container end closure A metallic container end closure is provided that generally comprises a dispensing opening and a vent opening. The vent opening improves pourability through the dispensing opening and provides an alternative option for consuming the contents of the container. The end closure may include features to ease opening of the vent opening, such as stiffeners and/or vent form features.
US10358244B2	Rotatable sealing jaw assembly for a form, fill and seal machine A form, fill and seal machine includes a support frame having an L-shaped track with first and second track portions. A sealing jaw assembly includes first and second guides moveable along the track from a first position, wherein the first and second guides are positioned in the first track portion, to a second position, wherein the first and second guides are positioned in the second track portion. The sealing jaw assembly is rotated 90 degrees as the first and second guides are moved from the first position to the second position. A method of converting a form, fill and seal machine from a first configuration to a second configuration is also provided.
US10358240B2	Method for making capsules A packaging machine for making capsules of the type including a container having an inlet opening and a bottom and at least one substantially disc-shaped element associated with the container, including a movement system by which the containers are directed along a predetermined path in a feed direction; a movement means by which a continuous web for defining the disc-shaped elements is moved along a second predetermined path; a cutoff station where the disc-shaped elements are cut from the continuous web and which is positioned along the second predetermined path and an associating station where the disc-shaped elements are associated with the containers and which is positioned along the predetermined path; the associating station is distinct from the cutoff station and the machine includes a transfer system by which the disc-shaped elements are transferred from the cutoff station to the associating station.
US10358231B2	Method and system for pilot decision aid for the aircraft piloting and associated computer program product This decision aid method includes the following steps: acquiring (110) operating states of systems, the operating states being determined by a monitoring system; determining (120) an availability state of each operational capacity, based on the operating states of only the systems of the aircraft implementing that operational capacity, each availability state being chosen from among the group consisting of: a normal state, a downgraded state, an impacted state and a lost state; selecting (150) one or more operational capacities based on the current movement context of the aircraft; communicating (150) the availability state of each selected operational capacity to the pilot.
US10358229B2	Aircraft An aircraft including trailing edge flaps, a wing mounted propulsor positioned such that the flaps are located in a slipstream of the first propulsor in use when deployed. The aircraft further including a thrust vectorable propulsor configured to selectively vary the exhaust efflux vector of the propulsor in at least one plane. The thrust vectorable propulsor includes a ducted fan configurable between a first mode, in which the fan provides net forward thrust to the aircraft, and a second mode in which the fan provides net drag to the aircraft. The fan is positioned to ingest a boundary layer airflow in use when operating in the first mode.
US10358228B2	AFT engine nacelle shape for an aircraft An aircraft is provided including a fuselage and an aft engine. The fuselage defines a top side, a bottom side, and a frustum located proximate an aft end of the aircraft. The frustum defines a top reference line extending along the frustum at a top side of the fuselage, and a bottom reference line extending along the frustum at a bottom side of the fuselage. The top and bottom reference lines meet at a reference point aft of the frustum. The fuselage further defines a recessed portion located aft of the frustum and indented inwardly from the bottom reference line. The aft engine includes a nacelle extending adjacent to the recessed portion of the fuselage such that the aft engine may be included with the aircraft without interfering with, e.g., a takeoff angle of the aircraft.
US10358225B2	Mechanism and method for arming/disarming the actuation of an emergency slide A mechanism for arming and disarming an actuation of an emergency slide retained on a door of an aircraft and selectively configurable between an armed configuration and a disarmed configuration. The mechanism includes at least one transport hook extending radially from the rotating shaft and rotatable therewith about the longitudinal axis of the shaft. The transport hook has interconnected top and bottom portions defining a carrying slot therebetween. In the disarmed configuration, the transport hook receives the girt bar in the carrying slot, such that the transport hook carries the girt bar upon opening of the door. In the armed configuration, the transport hook is pivoted away from the girt bar and oriented such as to move over the girt bar without contact therewith upon opening of the door.
US10358211B2	Rotor apparatus A rotor apparatus is provided and includes a first rotor shaft disposed to rotatably support a first rotor, a second rotor shaft disposed to rotatably support a second rotor and first and second bearing elements disposed to support the first rotor shaft within the second rotor shaft and to pre-load the first rotor shaft in one of tension and compression and the second rotor shaft in the other one of tension and compression.
US10358210B2	Aircraft actuator The invention relates to an actuator. More specifically, but not exclusively, an aircraft pitch damper which comprises an actuator. The actuator comprises a first chamber charged with gas and a second chamber charged with gas. An intermediate chamber containing liquid is located between the first chamber and second chamber. A piston rod extends towards the first chamber through the second chamber and intermediate chamber. A first piston head is associated with and partially defines the first chamber, and a second piston head is associated with and partially defines the second chamber. The piston rod is arranged to abut and move with the first piston head in a first direction, the piston rod further arranged to abut and move with the second piston head in a second direction.
US10358202B2	Electric marine propulsion systems with drive trains, and associated systems and methods The present technology is directed generally to electric marine propulsion systems with drive trains, and associated systems and methods. In representative embodiments, the disclosed technology includes pre-assembled transmission cartridges, gear reduction planetary gears, and/or component support arrangements that can increase the life of the system and/or reduce manufacturing costs.
US10358196B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle system and methods for use A drone equipped with a camera, a wireless communication module, an acoustic sensor, a GPS receiver, software and collapsible floatation device patrols above swimmers. The camera and acoustic sensor capture the video and audio of the swimmers. The information is either streamed to a command center or processed by the onboard software. With audio and video analysis capabilities, software is used to detect a swimmer in distress (SID). Alternatively the information is streamed to lifeguard or volunteers all over the world to spot SID. Another detection method is to let swimmer wear a wearable emergency notification device, which sends wireless signals comprising GPS location data. A SID presses a button to indicate rescue request and the drones fly over by GPS signal guidance. Solar power is used as the optional power source of the drones, which would allow the to sustain operation for a prolonged period of time. Once a SID is identified, the drone or drones fly over the SID and drops the collapsible floatation device.
US10358195B1	System for effectively increasing the stroke range of an actuator and deflection angle of a fluid hinge trim tab system for attitude control and stabilization of a watercraft A system and method for effectively increasing the stroke range of an actuator and deflection angle of a fluid hinge trim tab system for attitude control and stabilization of a water craft includes at least one actuator (20), a scissor joint (25) made up of a rigid structural member (27) and hinge member (33), a scissor hinge mount (35), and an elongate substantially planar surface (32). The scissor joint (25) is connected to the scissor hinge mount (35) and the elongate substantially planar surface (32) at opposite ends. Extension of actuator ram (36) allows for rotation of the rigid structural member (27) which creates a rotational angle (48) and an angle of deflection (40) between the elongate substantially planar surface (32) and the hull (21) of the water craft, which effectively increases the stroke length of the actuator (20). The system also allows for retraction of the actuator (20).
US10358193B2	Hydrofoil assembly for watersports and associated methods of manufacture Hydrofoil assemblies that can be attached to a board used for watersports are disclosed herein. A hydrofoil assembly may include, for example, a mast a coupleable to a fuselage at a lower portion of the mast and coupleable to a board at an upper portion of the mast, and front and rear wings coupleable to the fuselage. A hydrofoil mast may include, for example, first and second composite sections bonded together to form a hollow load-bearing mast structure. Leading and trailing elements made of a material that is softer than the composite mast structure may be adhered to the mast structure to complete a hydrodynamic profile of the mast.
US10358189B2	Wake-modifying device for a boat A recreational sport boat includes a hull, having starboard and port sides and a transom, and a wake-modifying devices positioned aft of the transom. The wake-modifying device includes a plate-like member and at least one downturned surface. The wake-modifying device is pivotable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position about a pivot axis. When a wake-modifying device is in the deployed position, the downturned surface is lower than it is in the non-deployed position so as to be able to modify the boat's wake.
US10358187B2	Snowmobile A snowmobile has an air intake system integrated into the snowmobile body, and with air intake vents facing rearwardly towards the rider. The air intake system includes a plenum defined by a portion of the body and ducting extending within the body. The ducting is porous to allow the air input noise to be dissipated within the engine compartment. The snowmobile further comprises couplings which may be realigned to accommodate wear. A frame coupler allows multiple differently configured frame tubes to be connected to the tunnel. The chassis of the snowmobile includes a casing for receiving the gears which drive the belt.
US10358186B2	Bicycle sprocket and bicycle sprocket assembly A bicycle sprocket comprises a sprocket body, sprocket teeth, and at least one shifting facilitation area. The sprocket teeth include at least one first tooth and at least one second tooth. The at least one first tooth includes a first tooth center plane defined to bisect a first maximum axial width. The at least one second tooth includes a second tooth center plane defined to bisect a second maximum axial width. The second tooth center plane is offset from the first tooth center plane in an axial direction. The at least one shifting facilitation area is configured to facilitate a shifting operation of the bicycle chain.
US10358184B2	Bicycle pedal A bicycle pedal comprises a pedal axle, a pedal body, and a cantilever bearing structure. The cantilever bearing structure is rotatably coupling the pedal body to the pedal axle about a rotational axis. The cantilever bearing structure comprises a first bearing and a second bearing. The first bearing has at least two rows. The first thrust load ratio is larger than the first radial load ratio. The second bearing has at least one row. The second bearing has a second radial load ratio and a second thrust load ratio. The second radial load ratio is larger than the second thrust load ratio.
US10358182B2	Vehicle height adjustment device A vehicle height adjustment device includes a spring having one end supported on a vehicle body side and another end supported on a wheel side. An adjustor includes an accommodation chamber accommodating fluid and adjusts a length of the spring in accordance with an amount of fluid in the accommodation chamber. A storage chamber stores fluid. A guide passage guides fluid from the accommodation chamber to the storage chamber. An actuator includes an operation rod to press a push rod. A valve body closes the guide passage when seated on a seat and opens the guide passage when pressed and detached from the seat by the push rod. A press member includes a contact portion and a shaft. The press member presses and seats the valve body on the seat. An accommodation member accommodates the valve body and the contact portion. A support member supports the shaft movably.
US10358173B2	Device and method for subdividing vehicle cab and/or storage space into a number of sub-portions A device for subdividing vehicle cabs and/or storage spaces into a number of sub-portions, comprising a number of deformable walls and a drive unit for moving the walls between an open position, in which the walls do not subdivide the cab and/or the storage space, and a closure position, in which the walls subdivide the cab and/or the storage space into the sub-portions. The walls become deformed during movement between the closure position and the open position. Also included is a method for subdividing vehicle cabs and/or storage spaces into a number of sub-portions and a vehicle.
US10358170B2	Truck bed foldable shelf A truck bed foldable shelf includes a platform and a support hingedly attached to the platform with a first hinge at one end and hingedly attached to a truck bed rim at an opposing end with a second hinge, spaced apart from the first hinge, such that the shelf is configured to freely hang under the lip in a stowed position and lie in a horizontal orientation in a raised position.
US10358167B2	Vehicle front structure A vehicle front structure includes a radiator support upper, a first connection member and a second connection member. The radiator support upper is provided with a connected portion on an inner side with respect to both ends of the radiator support upper in a vehicle width direction. When viewed in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the first connection member connects the connected portion with a bumper reinforcement in an oblique direction such that a portion of the first connection member, connected to the connected portion, is located on an inner side in the vehicle width direction with respect to a portion of the first connection member, connected to the bumper reinforcement. The second connection member connects the radiator support upper with a vehicle component. A portion of the second connection member, connected to the radiator support upper, is located on a central axis of the first connection member.
US10358166B2	Vehicle front section structure A vehicle front section structure includes: a suspension tower to which an upper end portion of a strut of a suspension is attached; a dash panel that demarcates an engine compartment from a cabin; an instrument panel reinforcement that bridges a right and left pair of front pillars; an intervening member that is disposed between the suspension tower and the dash panel; a connecting portion that is disposed on the instrument panel reinforcement and that is configured to be connected with a steering support member for supporting, via a steering column, a steering wheel in which an airbag is stored; a brace that couples the dash panel and the steering support member to each other; and a weak portion that is formed in the instrument panel reinforcement on the vehicle front side thereof and at a vicinity of a vehicle width direction inner side of the connecting portion.
US10358162B2	Steering control device A steering control device includes a controller configured to execute turning processing of controlling a controlled variable to a command value corresponding to an operation of a steering wheel by controlling a turning-side actuator in a cutoff state, the controlled variable being at least one of a turning angle of the steered wheels and a turning angle rate that is a changing rate of the turning angle; and transmission switching processing of controlling a switching device such that the switching device is switched from the cutoff state to a transmission state on condition that an absolute value of a difference between the controlled variable and the command value continues to be equal to or larger than a threshold when the turning processing is executed.
US10358160B2	Steering wheel Provided is a steering wheel which includes a spacer (19) having a first base portion (32) and a second base portion (33) which are respectively disposed on a front side and a rear side with a rim metal core portion (28) interposed therebetween and are engaged with each other to cover the rim metal core portion (28), in which the first base portion (32) and the second base portion (33) are each divided into a plurality of portions at positions different from each other in a circumferential direction of the rim metal core portion (28).
US10358152B2	Method and apparatus for gauge-face lubrication A gauge-face lubrication assembly and related methods of use in which a removable and replacable applicator member is positioned proximate a gauge-face for lubrication of a rail member. Generally, the replaceable applicator member can be molded of a resilient polymeric material having shaped-memory properties. The replaceable applicator member includes one or more molded lubricant channels for delivering lubricant supplied by a lubrication system to the gauge-face. Each molded lubricant channel can include a molded seal for sealably engaging a lubrication bracket that retains the applicator member in position against the gauge-face. The removable applicator member can further include a liner for physically engaging the gauge-face and protecting removable applicator member. The applicator member can include a coupling portion that insertably interfaces with a bracket channel defined in the lubrication bracket, whereby the applicator member can be removed and replaced in the event of damage or wear.
US10358151B2	Railcar truck roller bearing adapter-pad systems A railcar truck and adapter pad system for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. Many different features of the pad and/or the adapter-pad interface are configured to improve stiffness characteristics to satisfy both curving and high speed performance of the railcar truck.
US10358133B2	Electric bicycle transmission systems, methods, and devices A derailleur-based electronic transmission system for an electric bicycle comprises a wheel; a driven sprocket set coupled to the wheel via at least a first one-way clutch, the driven sprocket set comprising two or more concentric sprockets of different effective diameters; a drive chain configured to engage the driven sprocket set; an electronically controllable derailleur configured to move the drive chain among the two or more sprockets; a pedal crank configured to cause rotation of the driven sprocket set by providing a user pedal force to the driven sprocket set through at least a second one-way clutch and the drive chain; a motor configured to cause rotation of the driven sprocket set by providing an electromechanical force to the driven sprocket set through at least a the drive chain; and an electronic controller configured to, responsive to a determination that a shift should occur at a time when neither the pedal crank nor the motor is causing rotation of the driven sprocket: operate the motor to rotate the driven sprocket at a rotational speed less than or equal to a current rotational speed of the wheel; and operate the derailleur to cause the shift to occur while the driven sprocket is being rotated by the motor.
US10358120B2	Stop maintaining system of vehicle A vehicle stop maintaining system is provided, which includes a foot brake mechanism for braking vehicle wheels by applying hydraulic brake pressure according to brake pedal depression, a brake force control mechanism for braking the wheels by controlling a pressurizer, an electric parking brake mechanism for braking the wheels by operating an electric brake mechanism, and a controller comprising a processor for entering a first stop mode when a vehicle stopped state is detected. The processor executes a first determining module for determining existence of an interruptive factor, and a second determining module for determining a failure of the electric parking brake mechanism. If the interruptive factor exists, the controller executes a second stop mode. If the electric parking brake mechanism is determined as failed under the second stop mode, the controller operates a notification device for issuing a notification to a vehicle driver.
US10358114B2	Method and apparatus for dynamic vehicle key generation and handling A system includes a processor configured to generate a new access key, responsive to a vehicle shutdown. The processor is also configured to connect to a previously identified user wireless device. The processor is further configured to deliver the new access key to the user wireless device, responsive to connection to the wireless device and locally store a copy of the new access key in a file designated for reference for a next-access attempt.
US10358108B2	Adaptive, deployable restraint element for a vehicle safety system, airbag module, and vehicle safety system having a restraint element of this type, and use of the fin ray effect in an adaptive restraint element An adaptive deployable restraint element (10) for a vehicle safety system comprising at least two leg elements (11, 12) at least in portions arranged in V-shape relative to each other between which at least one cross brace (13, 14, 15) connecting the leg elements (11, 12) is arranged, wherein the leg elements and/or the cross brace (13, 14, 15) are/is inflatable. The invention further relates to an airbag module and an occupant safety system comprising such restraint element as well as to the use of the fin ray effect in an adaptive restraint element.
US10358107B2	Front passenger seat airbag device A front passenger seat airbag device includes a module case; a front passenger seat airbag configured such that, in a folded state, a height of a first airbag section positioned at a vehicle outer side is lower than a height of a second airbag section positioned at a vehicle inner side, and widths of the first airbag section and the second airbag section are substantially the same; an inflator disposed at a bottom side of the module case; and a raising member disposed at a bottom portion of the module case, and that raises a height of a first support face supporting the first airbag section to be higher than a height of a second support face supporting the second airbag section, such that a height of an upper face of the first airbag section is substantially aligned with a height of an upper face of the second airbag section.

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