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US10365904B2	Interactive code optimizer Methods and devices for generating program code representations may include receiving program code or edited program code for an application executing on the computer device. The methods and devices may include receiving an identification of a selected pipeline from a plurality of pipelines that defines a plurality of passes of actions to execute on the program code or the edited program code to optimize the program code or the edited program code. The methods and devices may include running the selected pipeline and generate optimizer output with a program code representation of the program code.
US10365900B2	Broadening field specialization Three extensions to the conventional field specialization process are disclosed. The first extension is cross-application value flows, where a value transfers out of one application and subsequently into another application. The second extension is an inter-application analysis. Static and dynamic analysis is performed by a Spiff Toolset not just on the source code of a single application, but also across the data read and written by that application. The third extension is invariant cross-application termination, verifying the possibility of an invariant originating in an application and terminating in a specialization opportunity in a separate application. An ecosystem specification is disclosed to enable such field specialization broadening. This specification states which applications are involved, what input data sources are read, what intermediate and final data products are produced, and what services are invoked, thereby providing valuable information on how intermediate results are communicated among the various applications.
US10365897B1	Model ring component A system and method creates a plurality of different ring components for a referenced model included within a parent model. The ring components include values for one or more model-level, block-level, and signal-level attributes of the referenced model. One or more ring components are selected and assigned to the referenced model in the context of the parent model. During execution of the parent model, information from the selected ring component is accessed and used to control execution of the referenced model. During code generation for the parent model, information from the selected ring component is accessed and used to control the code generation process for the referenced model.
US10365885B1	Systems and methods for composition of audio content from multi-object audio Embodiments are related to processing of one or more input audio feeds for generation of a target audio stream that includes at least one object of interest to a listener. In some embodiments, the target audio stream may exclusively or primarily include the sound of the object of interest to the listener, without including other persons. This allows a listener to focus on an object of his or her interest and not necessarily have to listen to the performances of other objects in the input audio feed. Some embodiments contemplate multiple audio feeds and/or with multiple objects of interest.
US10365876B2	Automatic real-time configuration of a multi-head display system A computer-implemented method includes a step of generating a clipped image by applying a display map to a feedback image of a plurality of display devices that display a set of training frames. The method also includes a step of learning a first set of rules that transform the clipped image to match the set of training frames and a step of generating a rendered surface by applying the display map to an input image. Additionally, the method includes a step of generating a set of render frames by applying the first set of rules to the rendered surface and a step of sending the set of render frames to be displayed by the plurality of display devices.
US10365867B2	Printer and server One of a plurality of setting screens corresponding to a plurality of printers may be generated based on original data stored in a server. Each of the plurality of setting screens may be for permitting designation of a content of each setting item matching a print condition that a corresponding printer is capable of performing. The server may acquire specific printer identification information for identifying a specific printer from a terminal device, store target data of a print target and supply specific data, which is for representing a specific setting screen corresponding to the specific printer, to the terminal device. The server may acquire setting information indicating a designated content of each setting item designated via the specific setting screen and supply to the specific printer print data according to the target data and the designated content of each setting item indicated by the setting information.
US10365857B2	Memory system A memory system capable of being connected to a host, includes a non-volatile memory that includes a plurality of non-volatile memory dies, and a controller that is electrically connected to the non-volatile memory. The controller is configured to manage the plurality of non-volatile memory dies as a plurality of die sets, each die set including two or more of the non-volatile memory dies to which priorities are assigned respectively, select one die set from the plurality of die sets based on an identifier received from the host, and select, based on the assigned priorities, a non-volatile memory die from the selected die set as a writing destination die of write data received from the host.
US10365852B2	Resumable replica resynchronization Systems and techniques are described for transferring data. A described technique includes determining that a first replica of an object stored at a first host has become available to a distributed storage system after previously being unavailable to the distributed storage system. The object includes a range of memory addresses at which data of the object is stored. In response to determining that the first replica has become available, resyncing data for the first replica is obtained. The resyncing data indicates whether each range of memory addresses is synchronized at the first replica with other replicas of the object. Tracking data for the first replica is obtained. The tracking data indicates whether data stored at the range of memory addresses of the object has been modified at a second replica while the first replica was unavailable. The resyncing data is updated based on the tracking data.
US10365851B2	Apparatuses and methods for data movement The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for data movement. An example apparatus comprises a memory device. The memory device includes an array of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the array via a plurality of sense lines. The sensing circuitry includes a sense amplifier and a compute component coupled to a sense line and configured to implement operations. A controller in the memory device is configured to couple to the array and sensing circuitry. A shared I/O line in the memory device is configured to couple a source location and a destination location.
US10365848B2	Space reservation for distributed storage systems Techniques are described for reserving space on a destination node or volume for increasing the likelihood of a successful data transfer in a distributed storage environment. A reservation may be retried at one or more destinations if the reservation fails at a first destination. In some embodiments, the data-transfer process can be paused or terminated prior to data being transferred to one or more destinations if a reservation fails. Reserving space on a destination node or volume can increase the likelihood of a successful data transfer, which can increase the likelihood of efficient resources usage in a storage system.
US10365846B2	Storage controller, system and method using management information indicating data writing to logical blocks for deduplication and shortened logical volume deletion processing A storage controller includes a processor and a memory to store first management information indicating data writing to each of a plurality of logical blocks, corresponding to a plurality of physical blocks of a storage device. The processor is configured to receive a write request to write data to a first logical block and assign a first physical block to the first logical block. The processor is also configured to record in the first management information that data has been written in the first logical block, identify a second logical block in which data has been written, write the addresses of the plurality of physical blocks as second management information, read an address of a second physical block assigned to the second logical block from the second management information, and release the second physical block. The memory may store third management information indicating the number of assignments to each logical block in a plurality of logical volumes corresponding to a storage area, and assign a physical block to a logical block so as to remove duplicate data, or de-duplicate data, in the storage area. A bit map may be stored as the first management information.
US10365842B2	System and method for reducing power consumption of memory Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with power consumption in memory devices are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for improving performance and reducing power consumption in memory may include tracking whether individual units of a memory system are active or inactive. The method may also include placing inactive individual units of the memory system in a self-refresh mode, such that the inactive individual units self-refresh their contents. The method may further include placing active individual units of the memory system in a command-based refresh mode, such that the active individual units are refreshed in response to a received command to refresh their contents.
US10365835B2	Apparatuses and methods for performing write count threshold wear leveling operations Apparatuses and methods for commands to perform wear leveling operations are described herein. An example apparatus may include a memory configured to receive a wear leveling command and to perform a wear leveling operation responsive to the wear leveling command. The memory may further be configured to recommend a wear leveling command be provided to the memory responsive to a global write count exceeding a threshold. The global write count may be indicative of a number of write operations performed by the memory since the memory performed a wear leveling operation.
US10365810B2	Control system user interface Embodiments include systems and methods comprising a gateway located at a premise forming at least one network on the premise that includes a plurality of premise devices. A sensor user interface (SUI) is coupled to the gateway and presented to a user via a remote device. The SUI includes at least one display element. The at least one display element includes a floor plan display that represents at least one floor of the premise. The floor plan display visually and separately indicates a location and a current state of each premise device of the plurality of premise devices.
US10365808B2	Metadata-based navigation in semantic zoom environment Navigation using metadata exposed in a semantic zooming environment. The semantic zooming environment has multiple zoom levels. For a given displayed object, the displayed object may not just be a different size, but actually be displayed differently at each semantic zoom level. At one or more of the semantic zoom levels, a displayed object may have displayed metadata of the displayed object. A user may interact with the metadata to trigger a query on that metadata against a data source, causing an entire collection of objects to be populated that also have some relationship to that same metadata. The collection of objects may itself be populated within a semantic zoom environment that additionally exposes metadata, allowing the process to repeat. Thus, the principles described herein allow advanced navigation techniques whereby data may be narrowed down and/or change direction, easily by users manipulating metadata exposed in semantic zoom environments.
US10365803B2	Method for generating touch control instruction of keyboard, and computer program product and non-transitory computer readable medium of touch control instruction A method for generating a touch control instruction, includes: loading an instruction condition definition table, where the instruction condition definition table includes a plurality of touch control instructions, and each touch control instruction includes a plurality of instruction conditions and definition values corresponding to the instruction conditions; reading a first key signal output by a physical keyboard corresponding to a touch on a keycap; recognizing a touch control event according to multiple consecutive first key signals; obtaining a plurality of detection values of the touch control event and comparing the detection values with the definition values; if the detection values match definition values of all instruction conditions of a touch control instruction, stopping tracing of the touch control event; and executing the matched touch control instruction.
US10365801B2	User interface evaluation device and user interface evaluation method A user interface evaluation device comprises a design information acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a plurality of components arranged on a user interface screen of the software; a component recognition resource acquisition unit configured to acquire, for each component, component recognition resources which are resources required for recognizing the respective components; and a conformity probability estimation unit configured to calculate, using a probability density function with a total sum of the acquired component recognition resources as a random variable, conformity probability which is a probability that necessary recognition resources which are resources required for recognizing information output on the user interface screen meet predetermined requirements.
US10365794B2	Systems and methods for displaying notifications received from multiple applications Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying notifications received from multiple applications. In some embodiments, an electronic device can monitor notifications that are received from the multiple applications. Responsive to receiving the notifications, the electronic device can control the manner in which the notifications are displayed while the device is operating in a locked or an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the electronic device can allow users to customize how notifications are to be displayed while the device is in the locked and/or unlocked states.
US10365788B2	Contextual determination of emotion icons A method, computer program product, and system for contextual determination of emotion icons. The method includes, for a particular user, determining an emotion icon to automatically input into a message, based on a class of the user, a current mood of the user, and the recipient of the message. The determined emotion icon is then inserted into the message.
US10365786B2	Dynamic display of icon data Embodiments include a computing system configured to display an icon label with a dynamic display characteristic. The system may receive an indication of an icon representing a data object, determine a type of the data object, and based on the determined type, dynamically determine a label that is associated with the data object and includes a dynamic display characteristic. A user interface display is generated that includes the icon having a display portion configured to display the label with the dynamic display characteristic.
US10365778B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate including a pixel area, and a peripheral area enclosing at least one side of the pixel area, a plurality of pixels provided in the pixel area, each of the plurality of pixels including a light-emitting area from which light is emitted, a light-emitting element which is provided in each of plurality of the pixels and which emits the light, a pixel circuit which is provided in each of the plurality of pixels and which drives the light-emitting element, and a conductive pattern which is disposed between the substrate and the pixel circuit and which overlap the pixel circuit in a plan view. Pixels of the plurality of pixels each may include a sensing unit which is electrically connected to the conductive pattern and which senses a touch of a user.
US10365775B2	Method and system for sensing impedance change in the local space between electrodes A receiver stage of a sensor system includes a receiver electrode and a loop filter. The loop filter is configured to activate electrical oscillation and thus the receiver stage when a capacitance measurement reaches a threshold and issue the capacitance measurement upon activation of the receiver stage. The capacitance measurement includes capacitance with respect to an inactive transmitter electrode.
US10365773B2	Flexible scan plan using coarse mutual capacitance and fully-guarded measurements A touch controller for flexible scanning operation is disclosed. The touch controller can include circuitry configured to perform coarse detection scans, select a fine scan type based on results from the coarse detection scans, and perform a fine scan corresponding to the selected fine scan type. A fine mutual capacitance scan can be performed when conditions corresponding to a poorly grounded or ungrounded object or user are detected based on the coarse detection scans. A fine fully-bootstrapped self-capacitance scan can be performed when conditions corresponding to a well-grounded object or user are detected based on the coarse detection scans. A touch processor can be configured to sense touch events from the fine scan.
US10365770B2	Information processing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium An information processing apparatus according to embodiments of the present invention includes an input obtaining unit configured to repeatedly obtain an input image that is obtained through imaging by an imaging unit oriented in a direction intersecting with a predetermined surface, the input image having pixels each representing a distance along the direction, an identifying unit configured to identify, in the obtained input image, an object area where an object that is present between the predetermined surface and the imaging unit is imaged, and a correcting unit configured to correct a distance represented by each pixel in the input image repeatedly obtained by the input obtaining unit, by using a correction value obtained based on a difference between a distance represented by a pixel of a portion of the input image excluding the object area and reference distance between the imaging unit and the predetermined surface.
US10365765B2	Electronic device and method for processing touch input A method for processing a touch or a gesture input made though the touch panel of the electronic device is provided. An electronic device includes a display having a touch panel for receiving a touch or a gesture input, a processor which is electrically connected to the display, and a memory which is electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions, executable to configure the processor to receive the gesture input made through the touch panel, to detect touch coordinates corresponding to the gesture input on the touch panel, to determine predictive coordinates corresponding to the touch coordinates, to determine whether to compensate the predictive coordinates based on a movement direction of the gesture input, to determine target coordinates corresponding to the predictive coordinates based on a movement speed of the gesture input, and to display at least one object at the target coordinates on the display.
US10365755B2	Display device with touch detection function and display method Each of frame display periods is for performing a display operation based on image information on one frame and each of detection surface touch detection periods is from when touch detection is started to when the detection is completed on the entire detection surface. At least one frame display period of the frame display periods and at least one detection surface touch detection period of the detection surface touch detection periods are started based on a display synchronization signal. The display operation and the touch detection operation are performed in a time-division manner in the one frame display period. The length of the one detection surface touch detection period is longer than the one length of the frame display period.
US10365744B2	Sensing unit for sensing touch, display including sensing unit, and method for manufacturing the same Embodiments disclosed herein provide a sensing unit including: a plurality of first electrodes disposed on a substrate; a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the substrate; a plurality of first connection parts, each of which is disposed between two adjacent first electrodes among the plurality of first electrodes so as to connect the plurality of first electrodes in a first direction; and a plurality of second connection parts that are disposed in a layer that is different from that of the plurality of first connection parts, each of the second connection parts being disposed between two adjacent second electrodes among the plurality of second electrodes so as to connect the plurality of second electrodes in a second direction that is different from the first direction.
US10365742B2	Touch panel display A touch display panel, including a first substrate; a plurality of pixel units on first substrate and arranged in array; a touch electrode layer on first substrate, including a plurality of touch electrodes arranged in array and insulated from each other, a touch signal line layer, including a plurality of touch signal lines; a control circuit for providing touch signal to touch electrode, each touch signal line electrically connecting one touch electrode with control circuit, and each touch electrode electrically connected with at least one touch signal line; an insulation layer between touch electrode layer and touch signal line layer, including a plurality of through holes, touch electrodes electrically connected with touch signal lines via through holes; wherein distribution density of through hole is not more than 0.1 and defined as: ratio of the number of through hole to the number of pixel unit covered by one touch electrode.
US10365741B2	Touch display screen testing method and touch display screen testing device A touch display screen testing method and a touch display screen testing device are provided. The method includes: applying a direct current signal to a gate driving circuit of the touch display screen to turn on gate electrodes of the touch display screen simultaneously, to detect a display defect of the touch display screen, in a first testing stage of an electric performance testing process at a Cell stage of a touch display screen.
US10365735B2	Device that manages power provided to an object sensor A hand-held device with a sensor for providing a signal indicative of a position of the hand-held device relative to an object surface enables power to the sensor at a first time interval when the hand-held device is indicated to be in a position that is stationary and adjacent relative to the object surface, enables power to the sensor at a second time interval shorter than the first time interval when the hand-held device is indicated to be in a position that is moving and adjacent relative to the object surface, and enables power to the sensor at a third time interval when the hand-held device is determined to be in a position that is removed relative to the object surface.
US10365733B2	Electronic pen An electronic pen includes: a tubular casing; a rod-shaped core body that projects outside of the casing through an opening of the casing, the opening being formed on one side in axial direction of the casing; a pen pressure detector disposed within a hollow portion of the casing, wherein the pen pressure detector, in operation detects a pen pressure applied to the core body; a core body insertion member disposed between the pen pressure detector and the opening of the casing within the hollow portion of the casing, the core body insertion member housing the core body movably in the axial direction of the casing and having a hollow space closed on a side of the pen pressure detector by a barrier; and a first sealing member that separates the hollow space of the core body insertion member from the hollow portion of the casing.
US10365731B2	Keyplate system for an input device An input device including a housing and a depressible key plate disposed thereon. The key plate includes a front user-accessible portion, a pivot support portion, and a rear portion. A shaft is disposed in the pivot support portion, where the key plate rotates with respect to the shaft. A force sensor is disposed in the housing and in contact with a bottom surface of the front portion of the key plate, and activates in response to receiving a predetermined force by the bottom surface of the front portion of the key plate. The depressible key plate depresses in response to receiving a predetermined depression force on the top surface. A biasing mechanism is disposed in the housing and in contact with the bottom surface of the rear portion of the key plate to provide an upward force tuned to be substantially equal to the predetermined depression force.
US10365730B2	Input device with track ball Certain embodiments include a computer mouse including a housing having a bottom surface and a trackball disposed in the housing, where the bottom surface of the housing includes a first planar region, a second planar region, and a spine both common to and dividing the first and second planar regions. The first and second planar regions can be on different planes, where, when in operation, the computer mouse is configured to rest on a work surface, when the computer mouse is configured such that the first planar region of the bottom surface is parallel to the work surface, the computer mouse is tilted at a first angle relative to the work surface, and when the computer mouse is configured such that the second planar region of the bottom surface is parallel to the work surface, the computer mouse is tilted at a second angle relative to the work surface.
US10365725B2	Portable computer keyboard A travel-proofed portable computer keyboard with keys sealed against dust and minor impacts includes an alphanumeric keyboard, a numeric keypad, and a first locking mechanism. The alphanumeric keyboard includes an open cavity. The numeric keypad is received in or protruding from the cavity. The numeric keypad includes a first notch and a second notch. The first locking mechanism includes an engaging member which can lock the numeric keypad in place. The numeric keypad is held in the cavity of the alphanumeric keyboard when the engaging member engages the first notch of the numeric keypad, thereby facilitating the carrying of the computer keyboard. The numeric keypad is held to protrude from the cavity of the alphanumeric keyboard when the engaging member engages the second notch of the numeric keypad, thereby enabling the use of the computer keyboard.
US10365721B2	Apparatus and method for performing a variable data capture process A method and apparatus for performing a variable data capture process at a data capture device comprising a data capture module and a trigger mechanism is provided. In operation, the data capture device detects an initial activation of the trigger mechanism. In response to the activation, data capture is initiated at the data capture module. A continued activation of the trigger mechanism subsequent to the initial activation is also detected. Following the detection of the continued activation of the trigger mechanism, the device identifies an obtained gesture and performs a data capture operation based on the identified gesture.
US10365715B2	Wearable wireless HMI device A wearable gesture control interface apparatus samples first sensor data from one or more sensors in response to user motion, stores the first sensor data in memory, and determines whether the first sensor data meets a first threshold. If the first sensor data meets the first threshold, the interface apparatus samples second sensor data from the one or more sensors in response to subsequent user motion, stores the second sensor data in the memory, traces the first and second sensor data stored in the memory, and determines whether the second sensor data does not meet a second threshold. If the second sensor data is less than the second threshold, the interface apparatus performs pattern recognition on the traced first and second sensor data, and identifies a first gesture based on the pattern recognition of the traced first and second sensor data.
US10365714B2	System and method for dynamic content delivery based on gaze analytics A method of presenting content to a subject based on eye position measurements includes presenting the subject with content. While presenting the content to the subject, one or more of the subject's eye positions is measured. The method includes continuously performing the operations of: generating an attention metric using the one or more measured eye positions; based on the attention metric, determining an attention state of the subject; and determining a trajectory of the one or more eye positions. In accordance with detecting a change in the attention state of the subject, the presentation of the content is modified based on the trajectory of the one or more eye positions so as to present different content than if the attention state of the subject had remained the not attending state.
US10365710B2	Head-mounted display device configured to display a visual element at a location derived from sensor data and perform calibration A head-mounted display device includes: a camera; an inertial sensor in a fixed or adjustably fixed spatial relationship with the camera; a display; and a processor. The processor is configured to derive a first position of a feature element in an image frame in an image data sequence using an image frame, and derive a second position of the feature element using a sensor data sequence and the spatial relationship. The processor is further configured to display, with the display, a display image containing: i) a first visual element at a first location corresponding to the first position, and ii) a second visual element at a second location corresponding to the second position. The processor is further configured to perform calibration when a received signal indicates that the camera and inertial sensor are not sufficiently calibrated.
US10365709B2	MEMS scanning display device Examples are disclosed that related to scanning image display systems. In one example, a scanning display system comprises a laser light source comprising two or more offset lasers, a scanning mirror system configured to scan light from the laser light source in a first direction at a higher frequency, and in a second direction at a lower frequency to form an image, and a controller configured to control the scanning mirror system to scan the laser light an interlaced pattern to form the image, and to adjust one or more of a scan rate in the second direction and a phase offset between a first frame and a second frame of the interlaced image.
US10365705B2	System and methods for prioritized multi-node server and infrastructure availability during power capacity loss A method may include monitoring a power capacity of power supply units of a chassis, responsive to determining that the power capacity is lesser than a first minimum power capacity required for full operation of all of the modular information handling systems and information handling resources of the chassis and greater than a threshold power capacity for triggering operation in a minimal operational state of the chassis, causing at least one of the plurality of modular information handling systems and the information handling resources to reduce power consumption, and responsive to determining that the power capacity is lesser than the threshold power capacity and greater than a second minimum power capacity for a minimal operational state of the modular information handling systems and information handling resources, causing at least one of the plurality of modular information handling systems and the information handling resources to operate in the minimal operational state.
US10365690B2	Flexible display device and method for compensating image of flexible display device A flexible display device according to example embodiments includes a rollable display panel, a housing accommodating the rollable display panel in a rolled state and including an opening portion through which the rollable display panel is pulled out, an optical sensor disposed at the opening portion and configured to detect luminance of the rollable display panel while the rollable display panel is rolled or unrolled, a controller configured to compensate image data based on detection data generated by the optical sensor, and a display panel driver configured to control a display of rollable display panel.
US10365674B2	Active-matrix substrate, display panel and display device including the same A technique is provided that reduces dullness of a potential provided to a line such as gate line on an active-matrix substrate to enable driving the line at high speed and, at the same time, reduces the size of the picture frame region. On an active-matrix substrate (20a) are provided gate lines (13G) and source lines. On the active-matrix substrate (20a) are further provided: gate drivers (11) each including a plurality of switching elements, at least one of which is located in a pixel region, for supplying a scan signal to a gate line (13G); and lines (15L1) each for supplying a control signal to the associated gate driver (11). A control signal is supplied by a display control circuit (4) located outside the display region to the gate drivers (11) via the lines (15L1). In response to a control signal supplied, each gate driver (11) drives the gate line (13G) to which it is connected.
US10365673B2	Digitally controlled AC protection and attenuation circuit A protection and attenuation circuit for sensitive AC loads is described. The circuit provides AC power protection and attenuation utilizing high-efficiency switch-mode techniques to attenuate an AC power signal by incorporating a bidirectional, transistorized switch driven from a pulse width modulation signal, PWM. The circuit monitors characteristics of the AC power signal driving a known load and characteristics of the load or other elements and determines the duty cycle of the pulse width modulated signal, PWM, based upon the duration and amplitude of the over-voltage, over-current, over-limit or other event.
US10365672B2	Method and system for monitoring temperature of wafer A system includes a cooling device, a memory, and a processor. The cooling device is configured to detect a temperature of a wafer and to provide air to the wafer. The memory is configured to store computer program codes. The processor is configured to execute the computer program codes in the memory to: determine whether the temperature of the wafer meet a predetermined requirement; adjust the temperature of the wafer on condition that the temperature does not meet the predetermined requirement; and control the cooling device to detect the temperature of the wafer again, in order to verify whether an adjusted temperature of the wafer meet predetermined requirement.
US10365671B1	Sensor window heating apparatus During operation, a facility may utilize many sensors, such as cameras, to generate sensor data. Some of these sensors may be housed within protective enclosures. The enclosures may be inside specially controlled environments, such as refrigerators, freezers, and so forth. During operation of the facility, moisture may accumulate on these enclosures, impairing the ability of the camera to acquire an image through the window. Described are devices to selectively heat a viewable area of the window such that moisture accumulation is reduced with minimal power use.
US10365665B2	Automatic detection system for detecting disruptions in the flow to a dispensing apparatus An automatic detection system is provided for detecting disruptions in the flow of liquid from a liquid container or containers to a dispensing apparatus. Two embodiments of the system are disclosed. In the first embodiment, a single liquid container is utilized. In the second embodiment, two liquid containers are utilized. In both embodiments, an optical sensor is employed to detect a disruption in the flow of liquid from the liquid containers to the dispensing apparatus.
US10365663B2	Tether orientation sensor for controlling the position of a tethered aircraft An unmanned aerial vehicle has a substrate. A tether sensor is mounted on the substrate. The tether sensor determines an orientation of the tether relative to the substrate. A micro controller, receiving the measured orientation from the tether sensor, determines an orientation of the tether relative to the substrate, and as a function of the orientation, determines a corrective value and outputs the corrective value to the unmanned aerial vehicle as at least one of a roll output and a pitch output control signal.
US10365661B2	Navigation for a robotic working tool A robotic work tool system (200) comprising a charging station (210) and a robotic work tool (100), said robotic work tool (100) comprising a position determining device (190) and a controller (210), wherein said controller (210) is configured to determine a current position for the robotic work tool (100) based on the position determining device (190), determine a first distance from the current position to said charging station (210), cause said robotic work tool (100) to travel a predetermined distance or for a predetermined time, determine a new current position for the robotic work tool (100) based on the position determining device (190), determine a second distance from the new current position to said charging station (210), determine if the second distance is larger than the first distance; and if so, cause the robotic work tool (100) to turn towards the charging station (210).
US10365654B2	System for safe passenger departure from autonomous vehicle Systems and methods for controlling an autonomous vehicle based on a passenger-initiated action are provided. In one example embodiment, a computer implemented method includes detecting, by one or more computing devices on-board an autonomous vehicle, a first status change of a vehicle door. The first status change is associated with a first user action associated with the vehicle door. The method includes detecting a second status change of the vehicle door. The second status change is associated with a second user action associated with the vehicle door. The method includes determining one or more vehicle actions based at least in part on at least one of the first status change or the second status change associated with the vehicle door. The method includes providing one or more control signals to one or more systems on-board the autonomous vehicle to implement the vehicle actions.
US10365650B2	Methods and systems for moving object velocity determination Systems and method are provided for controlling an autonomous vehicle. The systems and methods obtain first and second time spaced point clouds based on three-dimensional position data, of a scene outside of the autonomous vehicle, from sensor of the autonomous vehicle. The systems and methods position align a static aspect of the scene in the first point cloud with a static aspect of the scene in the second point cloud to obtain position aligned first and second point clouds. The systems and methods determine, via a processor, a velocity of a moving object in the position aligned first and second point clouds. The systems and methods perform an autonomous vehicle control function using the velocity of the moving object.
US10365638B2	Scheduling process for automated mattress manufacturing Disclosed herein methods for scheduling the automated manufacturing of mattresses. Aspects include receiving a plurality of customer orders for mattresses, wherein each of the plurality of customer orders includes a due date and organizing the plurality of customer orders into production batches based on the due dates. Aspects also include analyzing a first production batch of the daily production schedule and responsively creating an optimized hour production batch and based on a determination that the optimized first production batch exceeds a performance threshold 1, dispatching the first hourly production batch to an automated manufacturing system for production. Based on a determination that the optimized first hour production batch does not exceed the performance threshold, aspects further include analyzing a second production batch and modifying the optimized first production batch and the second production batch to create an optimized second production batch.
US10365626B2	Extending the functionality of a programmable logic controller (PLC) with apps without changing the PLC programming A programmable logic controller comprises a processor, a PLC operating environment, a device memory, and an app container. The PLC operating environment is configured to execute a controller automation program providing a plurality of skill functions. The device memory comprises a plurality of apps which are configured to perform a discrete set of automation functions using the plurality of skill functions. The app container is logically separate from the PLC operating environment and configured to provide a runtime environment for the apps.
US10365620B1	Interoperability of secondary-device hubs Traditional home-automation systems utilize a single hub for controlling secondary devices within a home. The techniques described herein, meanwhile, utilize multiple hubs within the environment and/or located remotely from the environment. For instance, an environment may include multiple electronic devices, each configured to control one or more secondary devices within the environment. In addition, a remote service may be configured to control one or more secondary devices within the environment. As such, each controlling device stores and executes an instance of a control engine, rather than relying on a single instance of a control engine located at a single controlling hub.
US10365601B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device, an image density detector, and a processor. The processor controls the image forming device to form a first test toner image, and controls the image density detector to detect an image density at the plurality of positions of the first test toner image. The processor adjusts an image forming condition so that the image density detected at each of the plurality of positions becomes a target image density, controls the image forming device to form a second test toner image based on the adjusted image forming condition, controls the image density detector to detect an image density at the plurality of positions of the second test toner image, determines whether a streak exists in the second test toner image based on the detected image densities, and executes a countermeasure to prevent an occurrence of the streak.
US10365596B1	Fuser including endless belt and sliding sheet A fuser includes a rotatable member, a belt, a pressure member, and a sliding member. The pressure member sandwiches the belt together with the rotatable member to form a nip portion. The sliding member is sandwiched between an inner peripheral surface of the belt and the pressure member. The sliding member includes a front surface, which faces the inner peripheral surface of the belt. The front surface includes a plurality of first dimples and a plurality of second dimples. The first dimples are arranged in a zone corresponding to a first part of the nip portion. The second dimples are arranged in a zone corresponding to a second part of the nip portion, to which a pressure smaller than a pressure applied in the first part is applied. Each of the first dimples is of a shape that can release lubricant more easily than each of the second dimples.
US10365579B2	Image forming system for forming a light corrected image based upon both a light emitting device and an image forming device, image forming method, and non-transitory recording medium An image forming system includes a light emitting device, a controller, an image forming device, an acquiring device, a calculator, and a storage device. The controller corrects an amount of light, which is outputted from the light emitting device, based on a first correction value stored in the storage device. The image forming device forms a test image with the amount of light corrected based on the first correction value. The acquiring device acquires density information indicating a characteristic of density of the test image. The calculator calculates a second correction value based on the density information and calculates a third correction value based on the first correction value and the second correction value. The controller corrects the amount of light based on the third correction value. The image forming device forms a target image with the amount of light corrected based on the third correction value.
US10365571B2	Electrostatic latent image developing toner An electrostatic latent image developing toner includes a plurality of toner particles containing a non-crystalline polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin. The toner particles contain as the crystalline polyester resin a dispersoid of crystallized crystalline polyester resin (CPES) domains. The CPES domains of the CPES dispersoid have an aspect ratio of at least 3.40 and no greater than 10.0 in terms of number average value. The toner particles have a roundness of at least 0.950 and no greater than 0.970 in terms of number average value. In a cross-sectional image of each of the toner particles, a ratio of a total area occupied by the CPES dispersoid to a cross-sectional area of the toner particle is at least 10.0% and no greater than 30.0%. The non-crystalline polyester resin includes a repeating unit derived from alkenyl succinic anhydride. The crystalline polyester resin includes a repeating unit derived from n-butyl methacrylate.
US10365568B2	Control method of movable body, exposure method, device manufacturing method, movable body apparatus, and exposure apparatus In a beam irradiation apparatus in which a movable body holds an object, a mark detection system detects a first mark on the movable body while moving the movable body in a first direction and changing an irradiation position of a measurement beam in the first direction, the mark detection system detects a second mark while moving the movable body in the first direction and changing the irradiation position of the measurement beam in the first direction, a controller controls a position of the movable body in a second direction intersecting the first direction during a time period between the detection of the first mark and the detection of the second mark, and the controller controls the movement of the movable body to adjust a positional relation between the object on the movable body and a processing beam, based on results of the detection of the first and second marks.
US10365553B1	Projector-use luminescent wheel and manufacturing method therefor, and projector-use light emitting device Provided is a luminescent wheel for a projector, which has a novel structure in which a phosphor layer is hard to break even if its thickness is reduced; a manufacturing method therefor; and a light emitting device for a projector. A luminescent wheel for a projector includes: a phosphor layer (11) which has a first principal surface (11a) and a second principal surface (11b) located on an opposite side to the first principal surface (11a) and is capable of being excited by the entry of excitation light to emit fluorescence; a first glass layer (12) provided on the first principal surface (11a) of the phosphor layer (11); and a second glass layer (13) provided on the second principal surface (11b) of the phosphor layer (11).
US10365551B2	Wavelength conversion member including phosphor A wavelength conversion member comprises: a substrate; and a wavelength conversion layer. The wavelength conversion layer contains a first phosphor and a second phosphor. The second phosphor has a higher thermal conductivity than the first phosphor. In the wavelength conversion layer, a volume of the second phosphor is larger than a volume of the first phosphor. The wavelength conversion layer includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is located closer to the substrate than the second portion, and is in direct contact with the second portion. Thicknesses of the first portion and the second portion are equal to each other. A volume V11 of the first phosphor in the first portion, a volume V12 of the second phosphor in the first portion, a volume V21 of the first phosphor in the second portion, and a volume V22 of the second phosphor in the second portion satisfy V11/V12
US10365550B2	Systems, devices, and methods for focusing laser projectors Systems, devices, and methods for focusing laser projectors are described. A laser projector includes N≥1 laser diodes, each of which emits laser light having a divergence. Each laser diode is paired with a respective primary or collimation lens to at least reduce a divergence of the laser light that the laser diode produces. Downstream from the primary lens(es) in the optical path(s) of the laser light, a single dedicated secondary or convergence lens converges the laser light to a focus. By initiating the convergence of the laser light at the secondary or convergence lens as opposed to at the primary or collimation lens(es), numerous benefits that are particularly advantageous in laser projection-based wearable heads-up displays are realized.
US10365549B2	Systems, devices, and methods for focusing laser projectors Systems, devices, and methods for focusing laser projectors are described. A laser projector includes N≥1 laser diodes, each of which emits laser light having a divergence. Each laser diode is paired with a respective primary or collimation lens to at least reduce a divergence of the laser light that the laser diode produces. Downstream from the primary lens(es) in the optical path(s) of the laser light, a single dedicated secondary or convergence lens converges the laser light to a focus. By initiating the convergence of the laser light at the secondary or convergence lens as opposed to at the primary or collimation lens(es), numerous benefits that are particularly advantageous in laser projection-based wearable heads-up displays are realized.
US10365546B1	Vehicle projection system and method of using An image projection system (10) having a projector (12) having an interchangeable optical slide holder (14) configured to adaptively focus an object slide (20) onto a surface (16, 42) of a vehicle (17). The system includes an image management system (18) associated with the projector. The image management system is for selectively associating one object slide at a time with the interchangeable optical slide holder for projection of the selected object slide (20a) upon the surface.
US10365542B2	Lens barrel and camera provided with same A lens barrel is detachably attached to a camera body, and includes an exterior unit, a rear frame, a tripod mount, and a tripod lock screw. The exterior unit includes an optical system. The rear frame is mounted to the exterior unit so as to be rotatable around an optical axis. An outer peripheral surface of the lens barrel is configured with the exterior unit and the rear frame. The tripod mount is provided on the rear frame to be fixed to a tripod. The tripod lock screw fixes a rotational position around the optical axis of the rear frame to the camera body at a predetermined rotational position, in a state in which the lens barrel is mounted to the camera body.
US10365532B2	Power distribution networks for electrochromic devices Various embodiments herein relate to power distribution networks for optically switchable windows. In some embodiments, a system for monitoring and maintaining a power distribution network of optically switchable windows of a site is provided. The system includes a control panel monitor which is configured to determine a control panel voltage and current at a terminal of a control panel. The system further includes sense circuitry which is configured to determine a first window controller voltage and current for a first window controller of a plurality of window controllers. The system further includes one or more controllers which are configured to generate voltage network data based on a combination of the control panel voltage and current and the first window controller voltage and current. The system then determines an error condition in the power distribution network based on the voltage network data.
US10365521B2	Array substrate and liquid crystal display panel The present invention provides an array substrate and a LCD panel. The array substrate, which comprises: a display area and a peripheral area, wherein the display area has at least two types of pixel electrodes, gate lines and data lines, which are arranged in rows and columns, one of the gate line is connected to two columns of the corresponding pixel electrodes and two of the data lines are connected to one row of the corresponding pixel electrodes. By the above description, the present invention can resolve requirements of testing HG2D (half-gate two-data line) drive circuit.
US10365519B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel, a transparent protective member, and a transparent adhesive material. The liquid crystal panel is an in-plane switching liquid crystal panel including a TFT substrate, a counter substrate sandwiching a liquid crystal layer between the counter substrate and the TFT substrate, and a transparent conductive film being provided on a surface opposite to the liquid crystal layer of the counter substrate, a side of the transparent conductive film being a side of a display surface. The transparent protective member covers a surface on the side of the display surface of the liquid crystal panel. The transparent adhesive material attaches the transparent protective member on the surface on the side of the display surface. The transparent conductive film has a film thickness ranging from 120 nm to 160 nm.
US10365517B2	Liquid crystal display device A display device may include the following elements: a first color filter, which has a first color; a first pixel electrode, which overlaps the first color filter and includes a first stem electrode and a first branch electrode, wherein the first branch electrode is oriented at an acute angle with respect to the first stem electrode; a second color filter, which has a second color different from the first color; and a second pixel electrode, which overlaps the second color filter, immediately neighbors the first pixel electrode, and includes a second stem electrode and a second branch electrode, wherein the second stem electrode is aligned with the first stem electrode, and wherein a shape of a combination of the second stem electrode and the second branch electrode is a mirror image of a shape of a combination of the first stem electrode and the first branch electrode.
US10365514B2	Liquid crystal display device and electronic device An active matrix liquid crystal display device including a counter substrate and an element substrate firmly attached with each other with a sealant, and a liquid crystal layer between the counter substrate and the element substrate is provided. The counter substrate is provided with at least a resin layer. An outer end portion of the resin layer is not exposed to the outside atmosphere. The resin layer and the sealant at least partly overlap with each other when seen from a cross section of the liquid crystal display device. A moisture impermeable layer is formed between the resin layer and the sealant.
US10365506B2	Optical modulator Provided is an optical modulator in which a phenomenon of a resonance mode or the like is prevented from being generated in a recess portion of a housing that mounts a flexible printed circuit and of which broadband characteristics are improved.There is provided an optical modulator in which an optical modulation element is mounted inside a housing, in which at least a portion of an electric line is connected to an external circuit board 7 through a flexible printed circuit 6, and which is disposed on the external circuit board. A recess portion (area indicated with a dotted line D) that mounts the flexible printed circuit is formed on an outer bottom surface of the housing and at a part where the flexible printed circuit is connected, and means for preventing a resonance mode or the like (for example, a corrugated shape 21) is provided such that a resonance mode of a microwave and a millimeter wave or a parallel plate mode is prevented from being generated among a surface A of the recess portion facing the flexible printed circuit, an electric wiring part B provided on the flexible printed circuit overlapping the surface A when seen in a plan view, an electric wiring part C provided on the external circuit board overlapping the surface A when seen in a plan view.
US10365486B2	Head up display A head up display (HUD) includes a housing having an opening, a transmission mechanism disposed in the housing, a cover connected to the transmission mechanism and a drive mechanism configured to drive the transmission mechanism. The cover is movable between a closed position wherein the cover hides the opening and an opened position wherein the cover is located within the housing by the transmission mechanism. While the cover moves from the closed position to the opened position, the cover moves to an intermediate position below the opening in a vertical way, and moves away from the intermediate position below the opening to the opened position in sequence.
US10365464B1	Extending optical microscopes to provide selective plane illumination microscopy A system for converting a vertical optical microscope unit to provide selective plane illumination microscopy includes an illumination source unit configured to generate a light sheet along a longitudinal axis to illuminate a sample placed in a vertical optical detection axis of the vertical optical microscope unit. The illumination source unit is configured to generate the light sheet along the longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to the vertical optical detection axis of the vertical optical microscope unit. The illumination source unit is configured to produce an excitation at a plane in the sample that generates fluorescent emissions. A detection sensor is placed in a detection optical path of the vertical optical detection axis of the vertical optical microscope unit. The detection sensor is configured to detect the fluorescent emissions to provide selective plane illumination microscopy.
US10365451B2	Lens array and camera module including same A lens array of an embodiment comprises: a plurality of lenses arranged along an optical axis direction between an object and an image forming plane; a first spacer placed among the plurality of lenses; and an elastic member placed between the lower surface of the first spacer and an upper surface of at least one lens between first and second lenses, which have different widths, face the lower surface of the first spacer, and are arranged side by side along the optical axis direction among the plurality of lenses.
US10365434B2	Integrated target waveguide devices and systems for optical coupling Integrated target waveguide devices and optical analytical systems comprising such devices are provided. The target devices include an optical coupler that is optically coupled to an integrated waveguide and that is configured to receive optical input from an optical source through free space, particularly through a low numerical aperture interface. The devices and systems are useful in the analysis of highly multiplexed optical reactions in large numbers at high densities, including biochemical reactions, such as nucleic acid sequencing reactions. The devices provide for the efficient and reliable coupling of optical excitation energy from an optical source to the optical reactions. Optical signals emitted from the reactions can thus be measured with high sensitivity and discrimination. The devices and systems are well suited for miniaturization and high throughput.
US10365432B1	Optical device with reduced back reflection An integrated circuit that reduces back reflection of an optical signal is described. This integrated circuit may convey an optical signal in an optical waveguide defined in a layer in the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may split the optical signal into portions of the optical signal using an optical splitter, and may convey the portions of the optical signal in at least two arms of the optical waveguide. Then, the integrated circuit may establish a predefined phase offset between the portions of the optical signal using at least a phase-offset device in one of the two arms. Furthermore, the integrated circuit may optically couple the portions of the optical signal at optical coupling interfaces at ends of the two arms. Note that the predefined phase offset may reduce the back reflection of the optical signal at the optical splitter to less than a threshold value.
US10365425B1	Optical waveguide crossing structure A method for fabricating an optical waveguide crossing structure. The method includes preparing a plate structure including a crossing part array and a guiding part array, each crossing part of the crossing part array being arranged at a gap from a plurality of guiding parts of the guiding part array. The method further includes preparing a waveguide structure including a first waveguide core array, a second waveguide core array and a tank, the tank being formed by removing a crossing region of the first waveguide core array and the second waveguide core array. The method further includes injecting an underfill into the tank. The method further includes depositing the plate structure on the waveguide structure so that the crossing part array and the guiding part array are inserted in the tank. The method further includes curing the underfill.
US10365423B2	Light guide body comprising an injection-moulded mat and light channels Disclosed is a light guide mat (1) for the production of a block- or cuboid-shaped light guide body (21), which mat is arranged in a casting mold and can be sealed in a pourable, curable casting compound (24), wherein the light guide mat (1) consists of longitudinal and transverse struts (2, 3) connected to one another in the form of a grid, which struts consist at least partially of a light-conducting plastic, wherein profiled light guide elements (4) consisting of an at least partially light-conducting plastic are integrally formed at the point of intersection of the longitudinal and transverse struts (2, 3), an end face (6) of which elements being formed as light-emitting surfaces on the upper face (22) of the light guide body (21), wherein at least the longitudinal struts (2) of the light guide mat (1) are formed as light channels (5) for receiving point-like, light-generating elements, and the light channels (5) are integrally formed on the face of the light guide elements (4) near to the bottom.
US10365416B2	Low-contrast metasurfaces Disclosed herein are metasurfaces formed on a substrate from a plurality of posts. The metasurfaces are configured to be optically active at one or more wavelengths and in certain embodiments are configured to form lenses having unexpectedly strong focusing power. In particular, the metasurfaces are formed from “low-contrast” materials, including CMOS-compatible materials such as silicon dioxide or silicon nitride. Accordingly, the disclosed metasurfaces are generally CMOS compatible and therefore embody a new paradigm in metasurface design and manufacturing.
US10365411B2	Hardcoat film, polarizing plate, liquid crystal display, and method for manufacturing hardcoat film A hardcoat film including a support and a hardcoat layer, in which the support contains a resin as a main component, a film thickness of the hardcoat layer exceeds 20 μm, the hardcoat layer contains a structure derived from a compound which has one alicyclic epoxy group and one ethylenically unsaturated double bond group and has a molecular weight equal to or less than 300, and a structure derived from a compound which has 3 or more ethylenically unsaturated double bond groups, a radical polymerization initiator and a cationic polymerization initiator.
US10365410B2	Optical element and display device A optical element prevents a contaminant component adhering to the edge thereof from spreading through the capillary action and thus from forming a stain. A display device includes the element. An optical element includes a front surface provided with projected portions at a pitch equal to or shorter than the wavelength of visible light, the front surface having a contact angle with water of 100° or greater at least at an edge and preferably having a contact angle with hexadecane of 20° to 100° at least at an edge. A display device includes such an optical element.
US10365409B2	Substrate with antireflection coating and method for producing same A substrate is provided with an abrasion resistance antireflection coating. The coated substrate includes a multilayer antireflection coating on at least one side. The coating has layers with different refractive indices, wherein higher refractive index layers alternate with lower refractive index layers. The layers having a lower refractive index are formed of silicon oxide with a proportion of aluminum, with a ratio of the amounts of aluminum to silicon is greater than 0.05, preferably greater than 0.08, but with the amount of silicon predominant relative to the amount of aluminum. The layers having a higher refractive index include a silicide, an oxide, or a nitride.
US10365404B2	Determining terrain model error Described herein is a method of determining a terrain of a mine worksite. The method may include determining positions of a surface of the worksite from measurements relating to the worksite's terrain. The method may also include determining errors corresponding to the determined positions. The method may also include generating a terrain model that maps the positions and the errors corresponding the positions.
US10365399B2	Method for infrared imaging detection and positioning of underground tubular facility in plane terrain The present invention provides a method for infrared imaging detection and positioning of an underground tubular facility in a plane terrain. Demodulation processing is performed on an original infrared image formed after stratum modulation is generated on the underground tubular facility according to an energy diffusion Gaussian model of the underground tubular facility, so as to obtain a target image of the underground tubular facility. The method comprises: obtaining an original infrared image g formed after stratum modulation is generated on an underground tubular facility; setting an initial value h0 of a Gaussian thermal diffusion function according to the original infrared image g; using the original infrared image g as an initial target image f0, and performing, according to the initial value h0 of the Gaussian thermal diffusion function, iteration solution of a thermal diffusion function hn and a target image fn by by using a single-frame image blind deconvolution method based on a Bayesian theory; and determining whether an iteration termination condition is met, and if the iteration termination condition is met, determining that the target image fn obtained by means of iteration solution this time is a final target image f; and if the iteration termination condition is not met, continuing the iteration calculation. By means of the method, the display of the infrared image of the original underground tubular facility is clearer, and the real structure of the underground tubular facility can also be inverted.
US10365392B2	Multi-step borehole correction scheme for multi-component induction tools Various resistivity logging tools, systems, and methods are disclosed. At least some system embodiments include a logging tool and at least one processor. The logging tool provides transmitter-receiver coupling measurements that include at least direct coupling along the longitudinal tool axis (Czz), direct coupling along the perpendicular axis (Cxx or Cyy), and cross coupling along the longitudinal and perpendicular axes (Cxz, Cyz, Czx, or Czy). The processor performs a multi-step inversion of said transmitter-receiver coupling measurements to obtain values for model parameters. Based at least in part on the model parameters, the processor determines borehole corrections for the transmitter-receiver coupling measurements and may further provide one or more logs derived from the borehole corrected transmitter-receiver coupling measurements. In at least some embodiments the logging tool assembly further collects borehole size measurements and measurements of borehole fluid resistivity for use in performing the inversion and determining the borehole corrections.
US10365386B2	System and method for salt surface updating via wavefield redatuming A method is described for improving subsalt seismic imaging using wavefield redatuming. The method redatums the source wavefield and receiver wavefield to the salt surface. It cross-correlates the redatumed wavefields and uses the time cross-correlations to update the salt surface. The method may be executed by a computer system.
US10365385B2	Apparatus, method and system for sparse detector An apparatus, system, and method involving one or more sparse detectors are provided. A sparse detector may include an array of scintillator crystals generating scintillation in response to radiation and an array of photodetectors generating an electrical signal in response to the scintillation. A portion of the scintillator crystals may be spaced apart by substituents or gaps. The distribution of the substitutes or gaps may be according to a sparsity rule. At least a portion of the array of photodetectors may be coupled to the array of scintillator crystals. An imaging system including an apparatus that may include one or more sparse detectors is provided. The imaging system may include a processor to process the imaging data acquired by the apparatus or system including the one or more sparse detectors. The method may include preprocess the acquired image data and produce images by image reconstruction.
US10365375B2	Method and apparatus for ionosphere depletion detection A method of detecting a plasma depletion in the ionosphere includes comparing the large scale ionosphere trend with a local temporal slope of vertical or slant delay. In one example, the local temporal slope of delay is calculated phase data extracted from GPS signals at a GPS receiver, and the large scale trend is determined from broadcast ionosphere grid point delay data.
US10365366B2	Adjustable range viewing of sonar imagery during trip replay Sonar imagery captured during a trip on a body of water can be played back to users, forming a trip replay. However, since the depth of the body of water varies drastically over the course of the trip, the resulting sonar image captured and played over the trip replay may result in loss of detail near shallow depths (even though such detail was captured and is available). Embodiments of the present invention seek to provide the ability to zoom in on portions of the sonar image during trip replay. Additionally, further zoom features, such as bottom lock and canopy lock, provide additional functionality.
US10365363B2	Mobile localization using sparse time-of-flight ranges and dead reckoning Mobile localization of an object having an object positional frame of reference using sparse time-of-flight data and dead reckoning can be accomplished by creating a dead reckoning local frame of reference, including an estimation of object position with respect to known locations from one or more Ultra Wide Band transceivers. As the object moves along its path, a determination is made using the dead-reckoning local frame of reference. When the object is within a predetermine range of one or more of the Ultra Wide Band transceivers, a “conversation” is initiated, and range data between the object and the UWB transceiver(s) is collected. Using multiple conversations to establish accurate range and bearing information, the system updates the object's position based on the collected data.
US10365361B2	System and method for deriving spatial sequence of multiple objects on an interactive surface The inductive/capacitive coupling technology and the radio frequency identification devices (RFID) technology are applied to analyze the relative position of multiple RFID tagged objects located within a finite three-dimensional space. The RFID tags of the objects are read by an antenna at a series of resonance frequencies, with an effective reading range of the antenna changing as the resonance frequency changes. The spatial sequence of the objects is derived based on the information of multiple sets of RFID tags in multiple readings. The technology can be applied to a variety of toys and teaching tools, such as the Tower of Hanoi game.
US10365349B2	Radar device A radar device includes: radar transmitting circuitry which, in operation, generates Nt radar signals by modulating Nt transmission code sequences and transmits the radar signals via Nt transmission antennas, Nt being more than 1; and radar receiving circuitry which, in operation, receives reflection wave signals via Nr reception antennas and performs Doppler frequency analysis, Nr being more than 1. The radar transmitting circuitry stores a predetermined pulse sequence and Nt or more orthogonal code sequences, second half elements of the Nt or more orthogonal code sequences are arranged in an order reverse to first half elements of the Nt or more orthogonal code sequences and generates each of the Nt transmission code sequences by multiplying elements of the predetermined pulse sequence by elements of the Nt or more orthogonal code sequences different from each other.
US10365344B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus An MRI system according to an embodiment includes an MRI sequence controller and an MRI system controller. Serving as a prescan unit, the MRI sequence controller performs a prescan for acquiring a sensitivity distribution of a coil. Serving as a main scan unit, the MRI sequence controller performs a main scan for acquiring signals of a magnetic resonance image. Serving as a corrector, the MRI system controller corrects the sensitivity distribution in accordance with a distortion that is contained in the magnetic resonance image and that results from the performing of the main scan. Serving as a generator, the MRI system controller generates an output magnetic resonance image using the corrected sensitivity distribution.
US10365343B2	Multi-echo length and offset varied saturation (Me-LOVARS) method for chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MR imaging A novel approach for CEST MR imaging is called Multi-echo Length and Offset VARied Saturation (Me-LOVARS) CEST. This method allows efficient collection of additional CEST data without penalty in scan time, which could be useful for enhancing the contrast, increasing the specificity or improving quantification of exchange. As CEST-MRI has shown promise at both the pre-clinical and clinical levels, including for detecting and grading brain tumors and evaluating ischemia, using either endogenous CEST contrast or through administration of CEST contrast agents. This fast and robust imaging method is suitable for accelerating image collection and widening the scope of applications for CEST-MRI.
US10365332B2	System and method to reduce data handling on lithium ion battery monitors An example method to reduce data handling on lithium ion battery monitors is provided and includes receiving a request from a micro-controller for data associated with one or more cells, receiving signals corresponding to monitored properties from the cells, calculating derivative properties from the monitored properties, dividing a default data into a plurality of portions, and sending the derivative properties and one of the portions to the micro-controller according to at least a first compute logic option or a second compute logic option. The default data can include cell voltages, auxiliary inputs, stack voltage, reference output voltage, analog voltage output, analog voltage input, temperature, and reference buffer voltage. The default data is provided sequentially to the micro-controller in as many consecutive read backs as the number of portions, where each portion corresponds to the default data measured at a distinct time instant.
US10365329B2	Measurements in switch devices Magnetoresistive sensors are used to measure a load current of a switch. In some implementations, additionally a further current sensor may be used. In other implementations, more than one magnetoresistive sensor may be provided.
US10365325B2	Semiconductor memory device Techniques for memory I/O tests using integrated test data paths are provided. In an example, a method for operating input/output data paths of a memory apparatus can include receiving, during a first mode, non-test information at a data terminal of a first channel of the memory apparatus from a memory array of the first channel via a first data path, receiving during a first test mode, first test information at the data terminal of the first channel from a first additional data path coupling the first channel with a second channel of the memory apparatus, and wherein an interface die of the memory apparatus includes the first data path and the additional data path.
US10365321B2	Method and apparatus for identifying defects in a chemical sensor array An apparatus including an array of sensors including a plurality of chemical sensors and a plurality of reference sensors, each chemical sensor coupled to a corresponding reaction region for receiving at least one reactant, and each reference sensor comprising a field effect transistor having a gate coupled to a corresponding reference line and an access circuit for accessing the chemical sensors and the reference sensors and a controller to apply bias voltages to the reference lines to select corresponding reference sensors, acquire output signals from the selected reference sensors, and identify one or more defects in the access circuit based on differences between the acquired output signals and expected output signals.
US10365310B2	Impedance estimation device and estimation method for power distribution line The present application relates to an impedance estimation device and estimation method for a power distribution line, and particularly to an impedance estimation device and estimation method for a power distribution line that estimate the impedance of a power distribution line formed of power distribution wires from a pole transformer to a plurality of consumers and a plurality of lead-in wires.
US10365288B2	Citrullinated brain and neurological proteins as biomarkers of brain injury or neurodegeneration The present invention relates to the field of biomarkers. More specifically, the present invention relates to biomarkers useful in diagnosing brain injury or neurodegeneration. In one embodiment, a method for diagnosing brain injury in a patient comprises the steps of (a) obtaining a sample from the patient; (b) determining the ratio of citrullinated to unmodified arginine residues at one or more arginine residues of one or more brain injury biomarker proteins; and (c) correlating the ratio to a patient having brain injury or to a patient not having brain injury, thereby providing the diagnosis.
US10365281B2	Biomarkers of rapid progression in advanced non-small cell lung cancer Methods and kits for identifying rapidly progressing lung cancer in a subject are provided. The method includes obtaining a biological sample from the subject and assaying a level of a biomarker in a biomarker panel in the biological sample where the panel includes at least one biomarker selected from Table I or Table II. The method further includes determining with the subject is treatment naive or has received at least one treatment; and comparing the level of the biomarker in the subject's sample to a cutoff value listed in Table I for treatment naive subjects or Table II for previously treated subjects. The method further includes determining whether the subject's level is above or below the cutoff value to determine whether the subject has rapidly progressing lung cancer.
US10365276B2	Device and method for the detection of particles The present invention relates to devices and methods for the qualitative and/or quantitative detection of particles. In particular, the invention relates to devices for the detection of particles, comprising a reaction chamber formed within a chamber body between a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is located opposite to the first surface, and one or more displacers, wherein the distance between the first surface and the second surface is variable via the one or more displacers at least in one or more parts of the surface area of the first surface and/or second surface. The invention also relates to corresponding methods for the detection of particles.
US10365268B2	Methods for identifying modulators of membrane potentials in bipolar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder The present invention provides methods to modulate key elements along the DAG signaling pathway as well as a diagnostic assay, device and methods of using the same to diagnose bipolar disorder (BD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods to identify diagnostic markers and drug targets for BD and ADHD. Methods of identifying effective compounds responsible for membrane potentials and excitabilities influencing bipolar disorder (BD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Methods of identifying an effective compound that modulates the activity of Ca2+/CaM enzyme and compounds involved in changing the K+ gradient across the plasma membrane thereby increasing or decreasing the membrane potential ratio (MPR™) values. The invention provides methods of identifying a compound that modulates the activity of PKC which is an important protein of the DAG signaling pathway. Methods of identifying a compound that modulates DAG and its related enzymes along the DAG signaling pathway are provided. These compounds decrease or increase the membrane potential ratio (MPR™) in BD and ADHD patients.
US10365265B2	Method for testing a biological sample in doping and/or drug tests The present teachings describe a method for testing a biological sample, including (a) obtaining a biological sample from a mammal, (b) acquiring at least two extracellular endogenous metabolic products from the biological sample, (c) detecting the at least two extracellular endogenous metabolic products from the extract, (d) determining a pattern on the basis of the presence or the mass ratio of the at least two extracellular endogenous metabolic products, (e) comparing the pattern with the pattern from a retention sample.
US10365263B1	Prediction of crude oil blend compatibility and blend optimization for increasing heavy oil processing Methods and systems for predicting crude oil blend compatibility and optimizing blends for increasing heavy crude oil processing are described. The method includes receiving ratios of physical parameters of crude oils for optimization of crude oil blend. The physical parameter ratios are based on Kinematic Viscosity (V), Sulphur (S), Carbon Residue (C), and American Petroleum Institute (API) gravity. The crude oil blend compatibility (K model) is determined and generated using the physical parameter ratios. The K model is developed by coefficients obtained by regression analysis between the ratios of physical parameters of known crude oils and composite compatibility measure determined from multiple compatibility test results of the known crude oils. The predicted crude oil blend compatibility can be used for optimizing heavy crude oil processing.
US10365260B2	Image based surveillance system A method incorporating the steps of a display of a gas detection system depicting a map of a predetermined geographic area and a plurality of portable gas detectors on the map via a respective gas detector icon, a programmed processor of the gas detection system identifying a number of gas detectors of the plurality of portable gas detectors within a predetermined portion of the area depicted on the display, the number exceeding a threshold value and a programmed processor of the gas detection system replacing the icons of the identified gas detectors within the portion with a group icon.
US10365255B2	Vibration analysis device which calculates cycle of vibration of tool with respect to workpiece A vibration analysis device calculates a vibration cycle which occurs during a period in which a workpiece is processed by a machine tool, and includes a tangential velocity calculation unit which calculates a velocity in a tangential direction of a movement path of a processing point by using positional information of a drive axis. The vibration analysis device comprises a movement distance calculation unit which calculates a first movement distance of the processing point on the movement path by using the velocity in the tangential direction. The vibration analysis device comprises a vibration cycle calculation unit which calculates a vibration cycle corresponding to streaks on the basis of previously measured streak intervals on the workpiece and the first movement distance of the processing point.
US10365253B2	Method for manufacturing outer joint member for constant velocity universal joint and ultrasonic flaw detection method for welded section A manufacturing method is used for an outer joint member of a constant velocity universal joint. The outer joint member includes a cup section having track grooves formed in an inner periphery of the cup section, which are engageable with torque transmitting elements, and a shaft section formed at a bottom portion of the cup section. The outer joint member is constructed by forming the cup section and the shaft section as separate members, and by welding a cup member forming the cup section and a shaft member forming the shaft section to each other. The manufacturing method at least includes welding the cup member and the shaft member by irradiating a beam to joining end portions of the cup member and the shaft member, and inspecting a welded portion formed in the welding by a plurality of ultrasonic flaw detection methods with one probe.
US10365249B2	Method for manufacturing outer joint member of constant velocity universal joint and ultrasonic flaw detection-inspection method for a welded portion A manufacturing method is used for an outer joint member of a constant velocity universal joint. The outer joint member includes a cup section having track grooves formed in its inner periphery, which are engageable with torque transmitting elements, and a shaft section formed at a bottom portion of the cup section. The manufacturing method includes welding the cup and shaft members by irradiating a beam to joining end portions of the cup and shaft members, causing an outer surface including the welded portion to be formed into a flat smooth surface by removal processing, irradiating ultrasonic waves to the flat smooth surface with one probe at an incident angle which prevents total reflection in a circumferential angle beam flaw detection method, and setting a focal point of the ultrasonic waves to positions from a surface to an inside of the welded portion, to thereby perform inspection.
US10365247B2	Movable member assembly having a sensor assembly A sensor assembly is provided includes a sensor housing, a first sensor, and a second sensor. The sensor housing operatively connected to a body having a first end and a second end. The first sensor is disposed within the sensor housing. The second sensor is disposed within the sensor housing and is spaced apart from the first sensor. The first sensor and the second sensor face towards a first position feature and a second position feature that is disposed on a movable member that is received within the body.
US10365245B2	Gating element in ion mobility spectrometers The invention relates to a gating element for switching or modulating the ion current in ion mobility spectrometers, particularly in miniature ion mobility spectrometers (IMS) operated at atmospheric pressure, where the ion current of an ion source is modulated with a continuous modulation function and the mobility spectrum is generated from the measured ion current by a correlation analysis with the modulation pattern. The invention proposes using a layered plate with apertures (apertured plate) rather than a grid (or a series of grids), said apertured plate comprising at least three conductive and two insulating (or low-conductivity) layers arranged alternately, which are firmly bonded with each other.
US10365244B2	Ion-sensitive structure and method for producing the same An ion-sensitive structure includes a semiconductor structure and a layer stack disposed on the semiconductor structure having a doped intermediate layer including a doping material and a first metal oxide material. The semiconductor structure is configured to change an electric characteristic based on a contact of the ion-sensitive structure with an electrolyte including ions.
US10365231B2	Optical phase measurement method and system A method and system are presented for use in optical measurements on patterned structures. The method comprises performing a number of optical measurements on a structure with a measurement spot configured to provide detection of light reflected from an illuminating spot at least partially covering at least two different regions of the structure. The measurements include detection of light reflected from said at least part of the at least two different regions comprising interference of at least two complex electric fields reflected from said at least part of the at least two different regions, and being therefore indicative of a phase response of the structure, carrying information about properties of the structure.
US10365222B2	Biochip for Raman quantitative analysis of biological samples Object: To provide a biochip for use in exhaustive analysis of a particular protein including DNA (deoxyribose nucleic acid) in a body fluid through Raman quantitative analysis.Resolving Means: Aqueous solution of metal complexes including plasmon metal selected from the group consisting of Au, Ag, Pt and Pd is supplied dropwise onto a carrier metal having an electrode potential of metal less noble than complex metal, followed by precipitation of nanometric quantum crystals from the metal complex on the carrier metal, the metal complex being so selected as to have a complex stability constant (log β) that is expressed by the following equation (I) correlating with the electrode potential E of the carrier metal: E°=(RT/\|Z\|·F)In(βi) (I) (wherein E° represents the standard electrode potential, R represents a gas constant, T represents the absolute temperature, Z represents the ion valency, and F represents the Faraday constant), the surface property of the metal complex quantum crystals on the carrier metal being subsequently adjusted in dependence on an object to be detected in the aqueous solution prior to the precipitation or after the precipitation.
US10365216B2	Advanced in-situ particle detection system for semiconductor substrate processing systems An FI having an in-situ particle detector and a method for particle detection therein are provided. In one aspect, the FI includes a fan, a substrate support, a particle detector, and an exhaust outlet. The fan, substrate support, and particle detector are arranged such that, in operation, the fan directs air towards the exhaust outlet and over a substrate on the substrate support to create laminar flow. The particle detector, positioned downstream from the substrate support and upstream from the exhaust outlet, analyzes the air and detects particle concentration before the particles are exhausted. The collected particle detection data may be combined with data from other sensors in the FI and used to identify the source of particle contamination. The particle detector may also be incorporated into other system components, including but not limited to, a load-lock or buffer chamber to detect particle concentration therein.
US10365213B2	Reliable fluorescence correction method for two-color measurement fluorescence system Methods and devices use in two-color measurement systems. The methods and devices include methods of making corrections, methods of calculating correction factors, fluorescence scanners, and microarray chips. The said methods and devices enable a user to correct fluorescence intensities for errors caused by the occurrence of FRET and/or cross-talk when two fluorophores are used in two-color fluorescence arrays.
US10365205B1	Water quality sensor A water quality sensor includes a housing including a light transmissive bucket mounted in an electrical washing appliance and a light transmissive inner barrel mounted in the bucket, an actuation module mounted in the inner barrel for detecting a water quality of a washing solution in the electrical washing appliance. Thus, if the bucket is cracked during manufacturing or due to a collision, the contact actuation module can still be well protected by the inner barrel, so that the washing solution in the electrical washing machine does not directly flow into contact with the actuation module to cause an accidental short circuit of the circuit substrate of the actuation module, improving the water resistance and service life of the water quality sensor.
US10365204B2	Long path cell The invention relates to a long path cell (10), in particular a Herriott cell, with (a) a primary mirror (12) and (b) a secondary mirror (14). According to the invention, it is provided that the primary mirror (12) has a first primary mirror segment (42.1) and at least one second primary mirror segment (42.2), which radially surrounds the first primary mirror segment (42.1), whereby the primary mirror segments (42) differ in their curvatures (R42.1, 42.2) or focal lengths, the secondary mirror (14) has a first secondary mirror segment (44.1) and at least one second secondary mirror segment (44.2) which radially sur-rounds the first secondary mirror segment (44.1), whereby the secondary mirror segments (44) differ in their curvatures (R42.1, R42.2) or focal lengths, the first primary mirror segment (42.1) and the first secondary mirror segment (44.1) are arranged in relation to each other such that a light beam is reflected back and forth between the two, and that the second primary mirror segment (42.2) and the second secondary mirror segment (44.2) are arranged in relation to each other such that a light beam is reflected back and forth between the two.
US10365203B2	Method and apparatus for automated whole blood sample analyses from microscopy images A method and apparatus for identifying one or more target constituents (e.g., white blood cells) within a biological sample is provided. The method includes the steps of: a) adding at least one colorant to the sample; b) disposing the sample into a chamber defined by at least one transparent panel; c) creating at least one image of the sample quiescently residing within the chamber; d) identifying target constituents within the sample image; e) quantitatively analyzing at least some of the identified target constituents within the image relative to one or more predetermined quantitatively determinable features; and f) identifying at least one type of target constituent within the identified target constituents using the quantitatively determinable features.
US10365195B2	Process and apparatus to determine the degree of separation of two solution streams The invention provides a method, and apparatus, for determining the degree of separation (DOS) of a polymer solution into a polymer-rich stream and a solvent-rich stream, said method comprising the following: adding to a liquid-liquid separation vessel the polymer solution, which comprises a polymer, a solvent and an anti-solvent; separating the polymer solution into a polymer-rich stream and a solvent-rich stream; removing at least some the polymer-rich stream from at least one outlet P on the vessel, and measuring the actual solution density of this polymer-rich stream using at least one flow meter; removing at least some of the solvent-rich stream from at least one other outlet S on the vessel, and measuring the actual density of the solvent-rich stream using at least one flow meter; and wherein the degree of separation (DOS) is determined by the following equation (Eqn. 1): DOS=[actual solution density (polymer-rich steam)−actual solution density (solvent-rich stream)]/[theoretical solution density (polymer-rich stream)−theoretical solution density (solvent-rich stream)] (Eqn. 1).
US10365194B2	High temperature densitometer device and steam quality measurement method and device A method for measuring two-phase mixture quality in a fluid may include providing a densitometer with a densitometer body, a resonator tine, a drive transducer, and a pickup transducer. The method may also include exposing the resonator tine to the fluid and oscillating the resonator tine with the drive transducer. In addition, the method may include measuring the oscillation of the resonator tine with the pickup transducer, and determining a density of the fluid based on the measured oscillation of the resonator tine. The method may also include determining a two-phase mixture quality based on the determined density.
US10365188B2	Microfluidic devices for investigating crystallization Microfluidic devices and methods for investigating crystallization and/or for controlling a reaction or a phase transition are disclosed. In one embodiment, the microfluidic device includes a reservoir layer; a membrane disposed on the reservoir layer; a wetting control layer disposed on the membrane; and a storage layer disposed on the wetting control layer, wherein the wetting control layer and the storage layer define a microfluidic channel comprising an upstream portion, a downstream portion, a first fluid path in communication with the upstream and the downstream portions, and a storage well positioned within the first fluid path, wherein the wetting control layer includes a fluid passageway in communication with the storage well and the membrane, and wherein the wetting control layer wets a first fluid introduced into the microfluidic channel, the first fluid comprising a hydrophilic, lipophilic, fluorophilic or gas phase as the continuous phase in the microfluidic channel.
US10365187B2	Method for rapid and precise manipulation of a tiny volume of liquid droplets An apparatus and method are provided for rapid and precise manipulation and transfer of tiny liquid droplets. by dynamically introducing microstructures with relatively high surface energy to a non-wettable surface, which surface has in-situ switchable adhesion to liquid droplets. By penetrating microstructures on the background surface, the chemical property of the surface is locally modified. Capillary bridges will form between microstructures and liquid droplets which lead to high adhesive forces. When the microstructures are retracted, the capillary bridges either pinch-off or recede, which drastically reduces the adhesion. With proper chemical modification, the surface can either manipulate a liquid droplet in air or in an immiscible carrier liquid. Tiny droplets with volumes down to nanoliter scale can be prepared and dispensed by using the surface.
US10365185B2	Vehicle suspension system bracket pocket dimensional verifier tools and methods of use Methods to use a tool for dimensional verification of a vehicle frame suspension system bracket pocket having first and second cam slots, the tool including a first sub-assembly configured for insertion through and registration of the first cam slot; a second sub-assembly configured for insertion through and registration of the second cam slot; and an intermediate sub-assembly disposed between and attachable to the first and second sub-assemblies via a shaft, the intermediate sub-assembly including an extension rod receiving feature defining at least one extension rod receiving aperture; wherein the sub-assemblies lock against the bracket walls to define a horizontal center axis and are adjustable to determine and register a center point along an intersecting vertical center axis between the first and second cam slots that is alignable with the at least one extension rod receiving aperture.
US10365183B2	Abnormality diagnosis system of air-fuel ratio sensor The abnormality diagnosis system of an air-fuel ratio sensor comprising an exhaust purification catalyst, an upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor provided at an upstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst, a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor provided at a downstream side of the exhaust purification catalyst, and a diagnosis device diagnosing the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor for abnormality based on outputs of these air-fuel ratio sensors. The diagnosis device judges that the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor suffers from an abnormality if the output air-fuel ratio of the upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor has become a rich air-fuel ratio richer than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, and the output air-fuel ratio of the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor air-fuel ratio has changed from an air-fuel ratio richer than a lean judged reference air-fuel ratio to an air-fuel ratio leaner than the lead judged reference air-fuel ratio. As a result, it is possible to accurately diagnose an abnormality of a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor when using an air-fuel ratio sensor as a downstream side sensor.
US10365182B2	Method for performing vibration detection on a machine tool A method for performing vibration detection on a feed system of a machine tool is implemented by a detecting device, and includes: calculating a target frequency range associated with a rotation speed of the machine tool; detecting vibration of the feed system in a static state; calculating a smoothed signal according to detected result, the smoothed signal including a plurality of noise amplitude values distributed across the target frequency range; identifying a measurement frequency that corresponds with a smallest one of the noise amplitude values; calculating a suggested rotation speed based on the measurement frequency; and detecting vibration of the feed system rotating at the suggested rotation speed.
US10365174B2	Load detection apparatus having a strain detection element attached to a connection portion opposite the circuit board A load detection apparatus includes an input member for receiving input of a load, a tubular body having a strain element configured to generate a strain due to the load inputted to the input member, a strain detection element fixed to a face of the strain element opposite its face that comes into contact with the input member, the strain detection element being configured to detect the strain generated in the strain element, a circuit board mounted to oppose the strain detection element in a tube axis direction of the tubular body, the circuit board being configured to input detection information of the strain detection element, and a connection member having a first connection portion to be electrically connected to the strain detection element and a second connection portion to be electrically connected to the circuit board.
US10365173B2	Signal processing circuit and method with pressure-sensitive sensor array A signal processing circuit with a pressure-sensitive sensor array includes a pressure-sensitive sensor array with M rows and N columns, and an excitation source adapted for outputting positive and negative excitation voltages, wherein: the positive output terminals of the sensing units at a same row of the pressure-sensitive sensor array are connected with each other and act as an output of the row; the negative output terminals of the sensing units at a same column of the pressure-sensitive sensor array are connected with each other and act as an output of the column; so that the whole pressure-sensitive sensor array has a positive excitation input end, a negative excitation input end, M row output signals and N column output signals. The signal processing circuit and method are capable of significantly decreasing an amount of output signal wires of the sensor, reducing connection areas, and improving reliability.
US10365172B2	Tactile sensor that includes two sheets each having at least either flexibility or elasticity A tactile sensor includes: a first sheet having at least either flexibility or elasticity; and a second sheet having at least either flexibility or elasticity and having a first surface facing the first sheet and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface includes a plurality of protruding shapes. Each of the plurality of protruding shapes includes an enclosed space inside, the enclosed space being defined by the first surface of the second sheet and the first sheet. At least one first electrode pattern is disposed on the first sheet in the enclosed space of each of the plurality of protruding shapes. At least one second electrode pattern is disposed on the first surface in the enclosed space of each of the plurality of protruding shapes.
US10365170B2	Method and device for indicating the fuel consumption and/or efficiency of a heating unit A method indicates to a user the fuel consumption and/or efficiency of a heating installation having a heat pump with a thermal compressor, a heating fluid distribution circuit and radiators receiving a first quantity of energy Q1. The method includes the steps: A—of determining, over a predetermined time period a second quantity of energy Q2, corresponding to the supply of heat energy used to drive the compressor, B—of determining, over the same predetermined time period, a third quantity of energy Q3 corresponding to free energy taken from the external environment, C—of displaying the quantities Q2 and Q3, in relation to the predetermined time period, on a display screen and/or in a document for invoicing the customer.
US10365168B2	Electronic device and method for determining temperature in the electronic device An electronic device detachable from and attachable to a user and a method of determining a temperature in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a battery mounted in the housing, a coupling member connected to a part of the housing and configured to detachably couple the electronic device to a part of the user's body, a conductive member disposed on one surface of the housing or on one surface of the coupling member and exposed externally, in electrical connection to the battery, a temperature sensor electrically connected to the conductive member, and a circuit electrically connected to the battery, the conductive member, and the temperature sensor, wherein the circuit is configured to monitor a value of a current or a voltage received through the conductive member, and to charge the battery using the current or operate the temperature sensor, based on at least a part of the monitored value.
US10365158B2	Low-noise spectroscopic imaging system A spectral imaging device (12) includes an image sensor (28), an illumination source (14), a refractive, optical element (24A), a mover assembly (24C) (29), and a control system (30). The image sensor (28) acquires data to construct a two-dimensional spectral image (13A) during a data acquisition time (346). The illumination source (14) generates an illumination beam (16) that illuminates the sample (10) to create a modified beam (16I) that follows a beam path (16B) from the sample (10) to the image sensor (28). During the data acquisition time (346), the control system (30) controls the illumination source (14) to generate the illumination beam (16), and controls the image sensor (28) to capture the data. Further, during the data acquisition time (346), an effective optical path segment (45) of the beam path (16B) is modulated.
US10365155B2	System for computing exposure to solar radiation of an individual System for calculating the exposure to sun radiation received on the different parts of the body by a person, comprising a wearable device (1) that communicates with a telecommunication mobile device (2) and a remote computing unit (3) operatively connected to satellites (4) to receive georeferenced data related to solar irradiation over time and set to associate the solar irradiance data to the geographical position, the posture and the orientation of the person (P) or of parts of the person's body.
US10365153B1	Reducing extraneous signals for sensors A signal barrier for a sensor device can include at least one wall that forms an inner space, wherein the at least one wall comprises a material for reducing an amount of a signal from entering the inner space, wherein the at least one wall is configured to be disposed adjacent to a transceiver element of the sensor device, wherein the transceiver element is directed to the inner space.
US10365151B2	Inspection probe Disclosed is an inspection probe of an inspection system that includes an ultrasonic probe that is freely movable on a test object and irradiates the test object with an ultrasonic wave to detect a reflected wave, and a calculation unit that executes arithmetic processing according to a detection result according to the ultrasonic probe to acquire a flaw detection result of the test object. The inspection probe includes a chassis that is freely movable on a sheet material where a two-dimensional pattern disposed on the test object and indicating a position on the test object is drawn. The ultrasonic probe is fixed to the chassis so that an incident point of an ultrasonic wave that is incident onto an opposing surface of the test object from the ultrasonic probe is within an angle of view of the reader which reads the two-dimensional pattern.
US10365150B2	Travel facilitation system A system for facilitating travel includes a handheld device for weighing luggage that is electronically linked with an application server via a smart device. The device includes electronics disposed within a housing configured to conform to a luggage handle. Lifting the luggage with the device disposed against its handle causes the luggage weight to impart a force onto the housing. This force is sensed by the electronics and converted into a weight measurement that is displayed on the smart device and sent to the application server. Weight measurements stored on the application server can be integrated with airline flight information, such as baggage restrictions, to provide certain advantages. For instance, weight measurements can be retrieved by a traveler to ensure baggage compliance. Additionally, historical luggage data can reviewed by an airline on a flight-based level to prepare for atypical cargo loads or on a traveler-basis to incentivize light baggage travel.
US10365149B2	Bed based weight sensors for physiological analysis A weight sensor may include a weighing platform and a load cell coupled to the platform to sense a weight applied to the platform, the load cell may include a deformable plate with one or more strain gauges arranged to provide an electrical signal representing the weight applied to the platform, and a base supporting the load cell, wherein the deformable plate is movably mounted to the base at only three contact points, the contact points allowing lateral movement of the plate when the plate deforms in response to a weight applied to the platform. The weight sensor makes it possible to monitor the weight and weight shifting of two people sharing the bed. The weight sensor is self-centering when a load is applied off-center to the platform, which is beneficial when used underneath a bed, e.g., under a bed leg or other support member which may not be aligned.
US10365148B2	Method for ascertaining the net weight of a product in a single product range The invention relates to a method for ascertaining a net weight of a product in a product range, plurality of contiguous product ranges form a product chain and a total weight of the product chain is ascertained. The product chain is X-rayed to ascertain values that correspond to the radiation that penetrates a defined range of the product chain. The ascertained values are used to ascertain a total value for the entire product chain. A product range with a single product is selected by means of evaluation of the ascertained values. A value of the product range is formed from the ascertained values. A gross weight of the product range is ascertained therefrom. The net weight used for the single product is approximately the weight or the net weight is ascertained from the difference between the weight and a prescribed or ascertained weight of the product range without a product.
US10365143B2	Measurement ring for fluid flow in a pipeline A measurement ring for a pipeline includes a body having a central hole extending along a longitudinal axis of the body and at least one tap for measuring fluid flow parameters in the pipeline. The at least one tap includes a threaded portion on a circumferential surface of the body extending through the body towards the central hole, and a first channel extending from the threaded portion to the central hole.
US10365140B2	Measured dose dispensers and methods of using same A dispensing closure for dispensing flowable product from a squeeze container includes a closure body having an upper deck and a dispensing orifice within the upper deck. A timing piston extends downwardly from the upper deck and is located adjacent to the dispensing orifice. The timing piston is movable between an open position wherein a flared piston neck is spaced from the dispensing orifice, and a closed position wherein the flared piston neck closes off the dispensing orifice. A timing vent within the upper deck is in communication with a piston chamber to allow air to escape the piston chamber. An air intake orifice within the upper deck allows air to enter the piston chamber, and a ball valve structure adjacent the bottom surface of the upper deck cooperates with the air intake orifice to control the flow of air through the air intake orifice.
US10365138B1	In-line ultrasonic attenuation end treatment for use with an ultrasonic gas flow meter An end treatment for use with an ultrasonic gas flow meter includes an attenuation section having a pipe extending in a longitudinal direction and containing a set of alternating, spaced, and vertically oriented first and second plates located between an inlet end and an outlet end of the pipe. Each plate includes a first end connected to an inside wall of the pipe and a second end extending past a longitudinal centerline of the pipe to define a gap between the end of the plate and a respective opposing inside wall of the pipe. As the gas traverses the plates by flowing through the gaps, the ultrasonic waves are prevented from reflecting back to the flow meter.
US10365135B2	Flexible magnetic-based flow meter and method for making a flexible flow meter A flexible magnetic assembly based flow rate measurement device or flow meter, and method of sensing flow rate of a fluid using a flow rate measurement device are disclosed. The device comprises three separable chambers such as, a basal chamber, a mid-chamber and a top chamber. The basal chamber with an inlet and an outlet, is incorporated with a main sensitive component i.e. flexible magnetic assembly along flow path of a fluid that enter from the inlet and exit from the outlet of the basal chamber. The mid-chamber comprises a magnetic sensor, placed over the flexible magnetic assembly is configured to sense the changes in magnetization value. The top chamber comprises a processor and a display unit, is configured to process, convert and display the magnetization value. Further, a method of fabricating flexible magnetic assembly for a flow rate measurement device is also disclosed.
US10365130B2	High light efficiency pointer illumination A pointer for an instrument cluster assembly of a motor vehicle is provided. The pointer includes a pointer arm and a light distributor formed of light conducting material. The pointer arm has a proximal end and a distal end. The light distributor is disposed at the proximal end. The light distributor has a light receiving side and a light reflecting surface. The light distributor is configured to receive rays through the light receiving side. The light reflecting surface is configured to reflect rays into the pointer arm. The light receiving side has an inner portion and an outer portion. The inner portion is disposed closer to the distal end of the pointer arm than the outer portion is with respect to the distal end. Angled surfaces are disposed on the inner portion. The angled surfaces are configured to refract rays toward the light reflecting surface.
US10365125B2	Rotary encoder A rotary encoder assembly comprises an annular track comprising an alternating pattern of at least two different encoding regions; a first detector and a second detector each arranged to produce a respective alternating output signal as the track of encoding regions rotates about its axis past the detector, the combined values of the two output signals assuming a plurality of unique states with the states changing from one to another as the encoder rotates. A memory stores compensation values, each value being associated with a respective one of the possible state changes that can occur when the combined values of the two output signals change upon movement of the encoder track, and each indicative of an average error in the position at which the corresponding change of state occurs. A processing means in use generates a position signal that is updated when there is a change in the combined states of the output signals of the two detectors, the position signal being corrected by an amount indicated by the compensation value associated with the latest change in state.
US10365113B1	Transport communication pairing A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable storage medium, in one embodiment, associating at least one wireless device and at least one user, requesting audio information from at least one remote source by the at least one wireless device, receiving the audio information from the remote source, broadcasting an audio identifier to the at least one wireless device, using the audio information, authenticating the association between the at least one wireless device and at least one transport, based on the audio information, determining at least one characteristic of the at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection and determining at least one probable route of the at least one transport based on the at least one characteristic and at least one of at least one route history and at least one input destination.
US10365111B1	Method and system for crowd- sourced barometric fingerprint data repository A method and system of updating a crowd-sourced data repository. The method is executed in a processor of a server computing device 108 and comprises storing a fingerprint map of an indoor facility in the crowd-sourced data repository, the fingerprint map having positioning fingerprint data that includes barometric fingerprint data, receiving, at the crowd-sourced data repository, at least one of mobile device signal data and mobile device sensor data correlated with a sequence of positions describing a movement of a mobile device along a trajectory relative to the indoor facility, the sensor data including mobile device barometric pressure measurements for at least a pair of contiguous positions in the sequence of positions. Then, based on identifying a pattern match between the mobile device barometric pressure measurements and the barometric fingerprint data over the at least a pair of contiguous positions, automatically updating, using the processor, the crowd-sourced data repository by adding the mobile device barometric pressure measurements to the barometric fingerprint data of the crowd-sourced data repository.
US10365109B2	Travel distance estimation device A travel distance estimation device is provided. The travel distance estimation device includes an estimated velocity determination unit that successively estimates an estimated velocity of a movable object based on an acceleration integrated value and a velocity initial value a travel distance calculation unit that successively calculates an estimated travel distance of the movable object based on the estimated velocity, and a past velocity correction unit that determines corrected past velocities by correcting pre-correction past estimated velocities so that the corrected past velocities are continuous with the velocity initial value determined this time. The pre-corrected past estimated velocities are the estimated velocities that were successively determined. The travel distance estimation device further includes a travel distance correction unit that recalculates based on the corrected past velocities an estimated travel distance.
US10365099B2	Installation space exploration method for a substance and readable media having the program therefor A method for exploring an installation space of an article includes acquiring a point cloud of an indoor space including a number of point data with three-dimensional scanning. The method also includes acquiring obstacle data and passage data from the point cloud. The method further includes exploring an installation space of the article to determine a space where an obstacle is placed in the obstacle data and a space where a passage is present, as a space where the article is allowed to be installed.
US10365098B2	Terminal device A terminal device having a rotatable image capture component, including a magnetic body and a sensor. A change in the magnetic flux caused by rotation of the magnetic body is identified by the sensor, and used to identify whether the image capture component is in a front-facing state or a rear-facing state. The magnetic body is mounted in a connector of the image capture component or at an end of the connector. The sensor is mounted on a circuit board using a bottom surface perpendicular to a Z-axis of the sensor. When the image capture component is at a front-facing position and a rear-facing position, an angle between a connection line, which connects a south pole and a north pole of the magnetic body, and a radial line of an image capture unit included in the image capture component is less than a preset value in a rotation direction.
US10365095B2	Rolling virtual wheel spindle calibration A vehicle wheel alignment system and method is provided for performing a rolling wheel axis of rotation and wheel spindle point calculation every time an alignment is performed. Embodiments include an aligner having a target fixedly attachable to a wheel of the vehicle; a camera for viewing the target and capturing image data of the target; and a data processor. The data processor receives the image data from the camera, and determines a vector pointing from the target origin to a wheel spindle point based on the captured target image data, when the vehicle is rolled while the wheel is on a substantially flat surface such that the wheel and target rotate a number of degrees. The data processor is further adapted to calculate an alignment parameter for the vehicle based at least in part on the wheel axis of rotation and the coordinates of the wheel spindle point.
US10365094B2	Optical device and method for wheel alignment A method for aligning wheels of a vehicle is described herein. In an implementation, a plurality of images of a wheel of the vehicle is captured. The plurality of images comprises a LED image of the wheel, a laser image of the wheel, and a control image of the wheel. The method further comprises identifying, automatically, a rim coupled to the wheel based on the plurality of images. Further, the wheel is aligned based on the identified rim.
US10365092B2	Electronic angle measuring device for a bending machine for measuring the bending angle between the legs of a metal sheet An electronic angle measuring device for measuring the bending angle between the legs (4) of a metal sheet (5) having a sensor element (7) which delivers angle-equivalent signals in a contact-free manner to a signal processing device (9) comprising a microprocessor and a memory unit which is connected to a digital display (10) is described. In order to create advantageous measurement conditions, it is proposed that a sensor element (7) which deflects a laser beam through a rotating mirror onto the two legs (4) of the metal sheet (5) and which forms a measured value from the reflection beam received in the emission direction, the signal processing device (9) with the microprocessor and the memory unit as well as the digital display (10) form an angle measuring device (6) which can be fastened to an upper tool (1) of a bending machine and which can be used as a manual measuring device (6).
US10365090B2	Imaging device and imaging method In an aspect of the invention, first and second images having parallax are acquired by an imaging unit (202) including a first imaging part (202A) and a second imaging part (202B), and an angle between an imaging direction of the imaging unit (202) and a normal direction of a flat surface of an object to be inspected having the flat surface is calculated on the basis of the acquired first and second images. The pan/tilt of the imaging unit (202) are controlled by a pan/tilt control unit (210), but images for inspection showing the object to be inspected are taken and acquired by the imaging unit in a case in which the calculated angle is controlled to an angle within an allowable angle range.
US10365088B2	Distributed measuring device and method for simultaneously measuring strain and temperature based on optical frequency domain reflection The present invention discloses a distributed device for simultaneously measuring strain and temperature based on optical frequency domain reflection, comprising a tunable laser, a 1:99 beam splitter, a main interferometer system, a light source phase monitoring system based on an auxiliary interferometer, an acquisition device and a computer processing unit, wherein the main interferometer system comprises two Mach-Zehnder interferometers, and two optical fibers having different cladding diameters are arranged in parallel as sensing fibers. Due to the difference in temperature and strain coefficients of optical fibers of the same diameter, the temperature and strain values during changing the temperature and strain simultaneously can be obtained by matrix operation, thereby achieving an effect of eliminating cross sensitivity of temperature and strain sensing in optical frequency domain reflection.
US10365087B2	Orthogonal state measuring device An orthogonal state measuring device includes a measurement table and a CCD camera displacing in X, Y, and Z directions relative to the measurement table and measuring a work piece placed on the measurement table. The orthogonal state measuring device further includes a wide angle surveillance camera, a computer main body, and a display. The wide angle surveillance camera captures in one pass an image that is capable of configuring a bird's-eye image of the work piece, the bird's-eye image encompassing an entire field over which the CCD camera is capable of relative displacement. The computer main body generates the bird's-eye image based on the image and defines a position of the CCD camera on the bird's-eye image, then configures navigation maps in which the position of the CCD camera is composited on the bird's-eye image. The display displays the navigation maps.
US10365083B2	Motor control system A motor control system includes a motor, a rotational angle sensor that detects a rotational angle of a motor shaft of the motor, a torque sensor that detects shaft torsion torque between the motor shaft, and an output shaft fixed to a load member driven by the motor, and a motor controller that controls the motor. The motor controller estimates a rotational angle of the output shaft, based on the rotational angle of the motor shaft, the shaft torsion torque, and torsional rigidity obtained in advance with respect to a region between the motor shaft and the output shaft, and controls the motor, using the estimated rotational angle of the output shaft.
US10365081B2	Checking tool for measuring distance between adjacent sinking grooves in inner hole of mechanical part A checking tool for measuring a distance between adjacent sinking grooves in an inner hole of a mechanical part, including: a gage block, end cover, sliding piece, pin, base, pin seat, support, measuring rod, spring, barrel, and dial indicator. An inner end face of the base is provided with the sliding piece, at least three concentric circular arc grooves are on the end face, paired eccentric arc grooves are on the sliding piece, the pin connected to the pin seat runs through the base and sliding piece, which is axially limited by the end cover, and the seat rotates relative to the base to realize radial expansion displacement of the sliding piece. A measuring head is formed by the dial indicator, measuring rod, spring and barrel. By positioning the edges of adjacent sinking grooves in an inner hole, measurement for a distance between the grooves is converted into depth measurement.
US10365079B2	Igniter and ignition device for downhole setting tool power charge A downhole setting tool having a first housing, a second housing having a chamber connected to the first housing, a power charge positioned within the chamber, an igniter connected to a portion of the power charge, and an ignition device connected to the igniter. The ignition device is configured to actuate upon receipt of an electrical signal. The ignition device is configured to ignite the igniter. The ignition device may rapidly heat up or apply a voltage or current to the igniter. The igniter is configured to cause the detonation of the power charge to set a device within a wellbore. The igniter may be embedded into the power charge with the ignition device positioned within a cavity in the igniter. The igniter may be a pyrotechnic material or may release high energy heat upon application of voltage or current.
US10365072B1	Trap wobbler A trap wobbler includes a base with an inclined bearing seat and a bearing supported on the inclined bearing seat, a trap frame connector pivotally coupled to the bearing of the base for enabling the trap frame connector to be biased relative to the base, and a throwing trap fastened to the trap frame connector. When the throwing arm of the throwing trap is rotated to throw a clay, the inertia force thus generated causes the throwing trap and the trap frame connector to swing left and right. As long as the throwing arm is continuously controlled to continue throwing a clay before stopping of the swinging action of the throwing trap, the left and right swinging motions and amplitudes of the throwing trap is continuously increased.
US10365070B2	Ballistic resistant article with non-uniformly distributed matrix material and method to manufacture said article A ballistic resistant article includes at least one consolidated composite, wherein the at least one consolidated composite includes a layer A and a layer B bonded to one another. Each, layer A and B exhibits a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a cross-section extending from the first surface to the second surface, and includes a network of fibers having a strength of at least 800 mN/tex (1100 MPa), and the fibers in each layer A and B are impregnated with a matrix material. The matrix material is distributed along the cross-section of each layer in a concentration gradient in which the concentration starts with a maximum value on the first surface, decreases along the cross-section and reaches a minimum value on the second surface. The matrix material includes a mixture of a polychloroprene, and a random copolymer of vinyl chloride and an acrylic ester.
US10365057B2	Smart gun technology Systems and methods to use, monitor, and control a firearm technology including smart components embedded into a portion of the firearm and communicatively coupled to the firearm, are disclosed. Use of such smart components may permit the firearm to display and/or send alerts regarding status updates (such as power levels of a battery, indication of need of maintenance, or status of enablement or disablement). Further, use of such smart components may permit the firearm to recognize authorized users to permit one or more firearm operations, to be tracked via inventory control tags, to communicate with remote devices such as a cell phone, to charge an internal power supply, to prevent unauthorized tampering of the device, to enable voice control operations, and/or to inject a destructive solution into the firearm based on unauthorized use, wherein the solution may permanently destroy the firearm functionality.
US10365054B2	Weapon drive, and weapon drive with a weapon emergency stop An emergency stop device for a weapon with a drive for transporting a breech block of the weapon. At least one guide, at least one connecting rod guided in the guide, and at least one lever are provided. When a shot is not being fired, the kinematic system is deactivated. When a shot is being fired, the at least one guide is moved rearwards, and the at least one connecting rod is guided upwards along the guide such that the lever exerts a lever movement, by means of which the transport of the breech block is made possible. The weapon drive has a complete control slide for transporting the breech block of the weapon. A bolt is laterally embedded in the transverse slide, said bolt being integrated below the complete control slide of the drive in a movable manner in the slide.
US10365044B2	Heat exchanger and gas turbine plant provided therewith The heat exchanger is provided with a body, multiple heat transfer tubes (20) which are arranged inside of the body, and multiple support plates (30) which are arranged at intervals along the longitudinal direction of the heat transfer tubes (20) and in which multiple tube insertion through-holes (40) for inserting the multiple heat transfer tubes (20) are formed. Between two support plates (30) adjacent in the longitudinal direction among the plurality of support plates (30), the shapes of the tube insertion through-holes (40) for one heat transfer tube (20) are different.
US10365043B2	Stirring fan for heat treatment apparatus, and heat treatment apparatus including the same A shaft of a stirring fan for a heat treatment apparatus includes a blade fixing portion for fixing a plurality of blades. The blade fixing portion has a cylindrical portion extending in a shaft direction of the shaft. A hole inside the cylindrical portion is open to one end face of the shaft. The stirring fan has a discharge portion for discharging gas inside the cylindrical portion to the outside of the blade fixing portion. The discharge portion is open to the outside of the blade fixing portion, at a position away from the one end face of the shaft.
US10365035B2	Domestic refrigeration appliance with an electrical part on a front wall on a bearing rib as well as method for producing a domestic refrigeration appliance A domestic refrigeration appliance includes a housing in which an inner container is disposed. The inner container has walls delimiting a receiving chamber for food. A bearing rib for supporting a separating plate is formed or molded on a side wall of the inner container. An electrical part disposed on the front face of the bearing rib extends through a passage in the front face and projects into the receiving chamber. A method for producing a domestic refrigeration appliance is also provided.
US10365023B2	Refrigeration system with integrated air conditioning by parallel solenoid valves and check valve A system includes a heat exchanger coupled to an air conditioning system, and a flash tank is coupled to refrigeration cases, and houses a first refrigerant. The system includes solenoid valves coupled to the flash tank, where the solenoid valves reduce a pressure of the first refrigerant flowing from the flash tank to the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may be coupled to the solenoid valves, and the heat exchanger may be configured to receive an amount of the first refrigerant from the solenoid valves, receive a second refrigerant from the air conditioning system, where the second refrigerant is associated with an air conditioning load, and provide cooling to the second refrigerant, using the first refrigerant. Finally, the system includes a check valve coupled to the flash tank, where the check valve reduces a pressure of the first refrigerant flowing from the flash tank away from the solenoid valves.
US10365022B2	Liquid line charge compensator An apparatus for reducing discharge pressure includes a compensator reservoir and a compensator line. The compensator line connects the compensator reservoir and a liquid line. The liquid line connects an outdoor heat exchanger and an indoor heat exchanger of a reversible HVAC system. The compensator line includes a connection to the compensator reservoir and a connection to the liquid line. A first expansion device is disposed in the liquid line and configured to only act on refrigerant flowing towards the outdoor heat exchanger. A second expansion device disposed in the liquid line and configured to only act on refrigerant flowing towards the indoor heat exchanger. The compensator is operable to receive refrigerant, driven by pressure, from the HVAC system, and further operable to allow refrigerant to flow back into the HVAC system.
US10365017B2	Self-adjusting end clamp The invention is a new stabilized racking system for solar cell panels on a surface through a novel use of ballast weights and a wind optimized design. The system is further optimized to fit a range of sizes and thicknesses of modules through a combination of self adjusting end clamps, adjustable tilt legs, and unique wind screen design. The system can include an array of individual solar panel systems that are reinforced in both lateral directions to reduce the amount of ballast weight required.
US10365006B2	Air diffuser with manual and motorized plates A mechanism for opening and closing a damper valve of a diffuser mechanism is provided. Embodiments of the invention include a damper construction that selectively alters the amount of air flow through a diffuser grille using a three-plate damper valve. The three-plate damper valve includes a manual plate, a fixed plate, and a motorized plate. The manual plate is manually rotatable around a central axis, while the motorized plate is mechanically rotatable about the same axis. The motorized plate is mechanically and/or remotely controlled using a stepper motor coupled to the motorized plate. Further, the diffuser mechanism includes a sensor for determining the location of the motorized plate with respect to a starting position. As such, multiple configurations of the manual plate and the motorized plate may be used to alter the air flow through the resulting channels of the damper mechanism.
US10365005B2	Stainless steel foil laminated plastic HVAC duct and method of making same A flame-resistant, insulated, plastic HVAC duct including a channel configured for conveying forced air and a duct wall forming the channel, the duct wall including a plastic layer disposed between a thermally insulating layer and a metal foil layer. The metal foil layer is arranged to form an outer surface of the duct wall, and the thermally insulating layer is arranged to form an inner surface of the duct wall. A second metal foil layer may be disposed between the thermally insulating layer and the plastic layer.
US10365004B2	Control method and communication device A first detection unit detects a horizontal air-blowing position inputted by a user using a plan view of a room included in an operation screen. A second detection unit detects a vertical air-blowing position inputted by the user using a profile view included in the operation screen. A generation unit determines an airflow direction of an air conditioner from the horizontal air-blowing position detected by the first detection unit and the vertical air-blowing position detected by the second detection unit, and generates control data that specifies the determined airflow direction.
US10365002B2	Remote controller of air-conditioning system A remote controller of an air-conditioning system enables operation state diagnosing. A remote controller of an air-conditioning system having an outdoor device, and an indoor device connected to the outdoor device includes a communication unit that performs bidirectional communication with the indoor device in a wired or wireless manner, and a memory that has stored therein operation-state diagnosing tables for every operation mode that are used in maintenance and inspection of the air-conditioning system. An appropriate one of the operation-state diagnosing tables is used according to an operation mode and an operation time of the air-conditioning system.
US10365001B2	HVAC system with multivariable optimization using a plurality of single-variable extremum-seeking controllers A HVAC system for a building includes a plant and a plurality of single-variable extremum-seeking controllers (ESCs). The plant includes HVAC equipment operable to affect an environmental condition in the building. Each of the single-variable ESCs is configured to perturb a different manipulated variable with a different excitation signal and provide the manipulated variables as perturbed inputs to the plant. The plant uses multiple perturbed inputs to concurrently affect a performance variable. The single-variable ESCs are configured to estimate a gradient of the performance variable with respect to the each manipulated variable and independently drive the gradients toward zero by independently modulating the manipulated variables.
US10364995B2	Unit with recovery wheel and economizer and method of control Ventilating units that include a recovery wheel, a supply air outlet from the wheel, an outdoor air supply fan that moves outdoor air through the recovery wheel, an economizer damper that opens to bring outdoor air directly into the supply air outlet, and an exhaust air discharge fan that moves exhaust air through the recovery wheel and to outdoors; HVAC units that include air conditioning with an air handler supply fan, a recovery wheel, an economizer section, an outdoor air supply fan, and controls; and methods of controlling airflow in an HVAC unit that include controlling an economizer damper based on outdoor and return air temperature and enthalpy or dew point. Some ventilating units connect to a packaged air handler and other ventilating units include the air handler, cooling coil, and air handler supply fan. Some embodiments include another damper that opens to bypass the recovery wheel for power exhaust.
US10364991B2	Oven An oven in which a cooking space in a cooking chamber is dividable into a plurality of individual cooking spaces by a partition member. The oven includes a door assembly including a main door rotatably combined with a main body and provided with a plurality of openings corresponding to the respective plurality of individual cooking spaces and a plurality of individual doors rotatably combined with the main body to open and close the respective plurality of openings. The door assembly may selectively open and close the entirety of the cooking space or the respective plurality of individual cooking spaces, and thus a heat loss or danger of burn generated due to opening and closing the main door when only the individual cooking space is used may be prevented.
US10364990B2	Cooking appliance A cooking appliance includes a cabinet defining an external surface of the cooking appliance, a cavity that is provided in the cabinet and that defines a cooking space, a heater module provided at an upper part of the cabinet, the heater module including an encapsulation part that is configured to pass through the cavity, and a module bracket configured to fix the heater module to the cavity.
US10364985B2	Bio-fuel furnace A bio-fuel furnace for use in waste management, non-combustible particulate collection and useable energy production. The bio-fuel furnace includes a combustion unit, a particle separator, an airflow management system. The combustion unit includes a modular ceramic core of stacked cylindrical sections, which store thermal energy. The stacked core sections form an internal combustion chamber and an expansion chamber. The airflow management system regulates airflow through the combustion unit and the particle separator forcing super heated ambient air into the combustion unit and drawing exhaust air from the particle separator to precisely control both the combustion process and the storage of useable thermal energy. The airflow management system includes a series of preheat coils wrapped around the ceramic core, an inlet fan which forces ambient air through the coil into the combustion unit and an exhaust fan that draws exhaust air through the separator and from the combustion unit.
US10364982B2	Method for reconditioning fuel nozzle assemblies A method of reconditioning and fabricating turbine components is provided. In one embodiment, the method is performed on a fuel nozzle assembly of a gas turbine, and comprises providing a pre-assembled fuel nozzle assembly having a base, a body extending from the base to a fuel nozzle tip, an inner assembly, and an outer assembly. The method further comprises removing at least a portion of the fuel nozzle tip and the inner assembly, coupling and joining a replacement inner assembly to the base, and coupling and joining a replacement fuel nozzle tip to the replacement inner assembly and to the outer assembly to provide a reconditioned fuel nozzle.
US10364981B2	Method for decreasing nitrogen oxides of a pulverized coal boiler using burners of internal combustion type A method for decreasing nitrogen oxides of a pulverized coal boiler using burners of internal combustion type including during the operation of the boiler, ignition sources in the burners of internal combustion type mounted on side walls of the boiler are always in a working state, and igniting the pulverized coal in the burners in advance; decreasing secondary air amount in a primary combustion zone of the boiler so that the primary combustion zone is in a relatively strong reducing atmosphere and an oxygen-deficient condition for inhibiting generation of NOx is created; and supplying remaining air from an upper part of a furnace of the boiler in a form of over-fire air, so that a deep air staging is carried out in the total furnace. Thus, the NOx generation of combustion can be effectively controlled on the premise of not decreasing efficiency of the boiler.
US10364977B2	Electrical outlet cover with integrated lighting A lighting device and system having a faceplate and a backplate. The faceplate or the backplate may have an arm or a set of arms having electrical conductors to connect or couple to the electrical contact points of an outlet, plug, or switch. The electrical conductors can receive a voltage from a voltage source such as an AC voltage source. A voltage regulation circuit may provide for the regulation or conversion of the voltage source. A switch can allow for a control circuit connected to the voltage regulation circuit to be bypassed or switch from one operational mode to another operational mode. The operational modes may be in an emergency lighting mode, and a nightlight mode. The voltage source can be connected to a light source or sensor through the control circuit or the switch, and the light source may be activated based on the output of the sensor.
US10364974B2	Flat panel lighting device and driving circuitry The light fixture includes a frame configured to define a channel, and a substantially flat light emitting diode (LED) panel disposed within the frame. Power circuitry is disposed within the first channel, the power circuitry being configured to electrically couple the substantially flat LED panel to an external AC power supply. The power circuitry is sized to be positioned within the first channel and has a length and a width, the length-to-width ratio being at least 5 to 1, and optionally at least 10 to 1. The power circuitry is configured to convert an AC input into a DC output suitable for powering the substantially flat light emitting diode (LED) panel. The substantially flat light emitting diode (LED) panel includes an optically transmissive panel, and an array of LEDs disposed adjacent to an edge of the optically transmissive panel and disposed adjacent at least one edge of the frame.
US10364973B2	Light effect material with metalized layer A metalized layer can be added between a light effect material and a viewer so that components creating a light material viewing effect are masked by the metalized layer when the light material viewing effect is not activated. The metalized layer, light effect material and or an article of manufacture incorporating them can be designed so that the light material viewing effect, when activated, enhances a visual design (such as artwork). The metalized layer can be incorporated into a self-contained module or be separately incorporated into an article of manufacture.
US10364965B1	System and fastener for coupling a light-emitting device to a composite panel assembly In an example, a fastener for coupling a light-emitting device to a composite panel assembly is described. The fastener includes a fastener head including an anchor portion and a retainer portion. The fastener also includes a plug extending from the anchor portion of the fastener head. The plug includes an axial retention structure configured to axially retain the plug in a bore of a composite panel assembly. The retainer portion extends as a cantilever structure from the anchor portion. The retainer portion is configured to press a light-emitting device toward a light-transmission channel of the composite panel assembly when the plug is axially inserted in the bore of the composite panel assembly.
US10364964B2	Lighting apparatus A lighting apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus includes a first light source module and a second light source module surrounding the first light source module. A half beam angle of the first light source module is smaller than a half beam angle of the second light source module. A correlated color temperature of light from the first light source module is higher than a correlated color temperature of light from the second light source module.
US10364960B2	Low profile LED luminaire with low bright to dark ratio A luminaire includes a housing having a back wall and several side walls, a diffuser provided at a front of the housing, and a plurality of LED strips disposed on the back wall of the housing. The height of the housing is less than 3 inches, with internal dimensions such that X:Y=1:7 and Z is <1.5 inch, wherein X is the minimum distance between one of the LED strips and the diffuser, Y is the maximum distance, along a plane parallel to the back wall, between a center of one of the LED strips to an edge of the back wall, and Z is the distance, along a plane parallel to the diffuser, between an edge of the back wall and a front edge of the side wall sharing the edge with the back wall. The LED strips are configured to have a Full Width Half Max beam angle α>100°, and emit <50 lumens.
US10364955B2	Illumination module for a motor vehicle An illumination module for a motor vehicle that includes at least one organic electroluminescent diode capable of being received in a support equipped with means for connecting same to a device for supplying electrical power and/or controlling a lighting and/or signaling assembly of the vehicle. The support has at least one connection bar formed in a flexible base material impregnated with conducting material, arranged in layers.
US10364953B2	Solar-powered lantern with simulated Edison bulb A solar-powered lantern uses light-emitting diodes to simulate an old-fashioned Edison-type bulb. The lantern comprises a housing having an upper edge defining an upper surface, a lower edge defining a lower surface, and a sidewall between the upper and lower edges. The lower edge of the housing transitions into a shade portion that extends downwardly from the housing. In the preferred embodiment the housing is cylindrical, and the shade is a conical shade having an upper edge coinciding with the lower edge of the housing. A light bulb also extends downwardly from the lower surface of the housing, and the light bulb is surrounded by a cage. A solar panel is disposed on the upper surface of the housing. A rechargeable battery is disposed in the housing, and the rechargeable battery is recharged with electrical energy generated by the solar panel.
US10364952B1	Landscape lighting junction device A landscape lighting junction device includes a junction body having a first portion and a second portion connectable together in a closed position defining an interior cavity. The junction device may further include a terminal block disposed in the junction body to facilitate the electrical connection of a power source to at least one lighting fixture. The junction device may further include a predetermined amount of viscous sealant disposed in the junction body.
US10364949B1	Elongate light An elongate light includes a main body, being an extruded flexible plastic member, including a frame portion, a base board and two wing portions which are integrally formed of one piece. A longitudinal direction of the main body is defined as a first direction. The base board and the frame portion are connected to form a tubular structure. The two wing portions extend outwardly from two sides of the base board toward a direction away from the frame portion. A side of the base board away from the frame portion has at least one lighting element.
US10364941B2	Modular gas extraction system for pressurized gas bottles Pressurized gas bottles with integrated valves, in which a plurality of functional supports are integrated in an extraction unit, are equipped with complex fall protection means. Moreover, in such a valve, a new approval procedure is carried out for the entire valve in the event of multiple modifications, for example when supplementing it with an additional function. In order to reduce the effort associated with this, an extraction fitting for a pressurized gas bottle is provided with a modular design, wherein a base module comprising the shut-off member and a fall protection device securing the shut-off member complies with legal requirements regarding fall protection and the shut-off device of the pressurized gas bottle. All further functionalities of the extraction fitting are integrated in at least one additional module, which is connected to the base module in a fixed but removable manner and without impairing the fall safety.
US10364938B2	Underwater energy storage using compressed fluid A compressed fluid energy storage system includes a submersible fluid containment subsystem charged with a compressed working fluid and submerged and ballasted in a body of water, with the fluid containment subsystem having a substantially flat portion closing a domed portion. The system also includes a compressor and an expander disposed to compress and expand the working fluid. The fluid containment subsystem is at least in part flexible, and includes an upper portion for storing compressed energy fluid and a lower portion for ballast material. The lower portion may be tapered proximate the flat portion to prevent it from being collapsed by ballast materials. The region between the fluid and the ballast has exchange ports to communicate water between the inside and outside of the containment subsystem. In other embodiments, an open-bottomed fluid containment system is held in position underneath a ballast system by a tensegrity structure.
US10364932B2	Hybrid high temperature insulation According to one aspect, a hybrid high temperature thermal insulation includes a mix of inorganic granules. The granular mix includes at least 70 weight percent porous inorganic granules in the form of expanded perlite, and at most 30 weight percent second porous inorganic granules other than expanded perlite. The hybrid insulation also includes a binder. In example formulations, the second porous inorganic particles may be made from crushed aerogel, from fumed silica, from precipitated silica, or from other substances. The hybrid insulation may be formed into preferred shapes, for example a board shape or a semi-cylindrical shape configured to fit over a round tube of a predetermined diameter.
US10364931B1	Composition and method for preparing corrosion resistant multifunctional coatings A multifunctional coating method involves cleaning a surface, applying a layer of corrosion-resistant alloy coating to the surface, and applying an oleo-hydrophobic composite coating over the corrosion-resistant alloy coating. An oil and gas pipe has an inner surface with a multifunctional coating applied using the multifunctional coating method, and has an inner oleo-hydrophobic composite coating, beneath the inner oleo-hydrophobic composite coating a corrosion-resistant alloy coating, and beneath the corrosion-resistant alloy coating untreated pipe or any other metallic substrate.
US10364925B2	Seal ring element A seal ring, a method of providing a fluid seal and end fitting are disclosed. The seal ring which provides a fluid seal between a polymer layer and an end fitting of a flexible pipe comprises an annular body that has a cross section comprising a first arm portion (500) and further arm portion (510) extending in a spaced apart relationship away from a body end portion (530).
US10364921B2	Wedge of a lead-through system The present invention concerns a compression wedge of a lead-through system. The compression wedge comprises a number of wedge elements (1, 2, 3, 4). At least one of the wedge elements (1, 2, 3, 4) has a core (9, 10, 11, 12) of a harder material than an outer part surrounding the core (9, 10, 11, 12). The part surrounding the core (9, 10, 11, 12) is made of an elastic material. The wedge is moved between a non-compression state and a compression state by means of one single screw (6) co-operating with a socket (7).
US10364913B2	Flow-control device with reduced weight A device for regulating flow rate of a gas in a duct, the device including a valve member having an actuator, the valve member being configured in such a manner as to shut off the duct selectively, wherein movement of the valve member is controlled by the resultant firstly of pressure in the duct upstream from the valve member acting on a proximal surface of the valve member, and secondly of a control pressure applied to a distal surface of the valve member of area greater than that of the proximal surface of the valve member, the control pressure being established in an amplification chamber having a feed line and an emptying line, one of the feed and emptying lines presenting a flow rate that is constant and the other presenting a flow rate that is variable and that is controlled by an actuator.
US10364909B2	Fluid flow control device and system A fluid flow control device includes a resilient substrate translatable between a first flattened position and a second extended position, and an actuator attached to the resilient substrate. The actuator is configured for translating the resilient substrate from the first flattened position to the second extended position. The actuator is formed from a shape memory alloy transitionable between a first state and a second state in response to a change in temperature of the shape memory alloy. A fluid flow control system includes a rotor shield and the fluid flow control device attached to the rotor shield.
US10364899B2	Valve, in particular vacuum valve A valve (1), in particular a vacuum valve, having at least one valve housing (2), at least one closure element (3), and at least one valve seat (4). The valve seat (4) surrounds at least one valve opening (5) of the valve (1), and the closure element (3) can be moved back and forth between at least one open position, in which the closure element (3) at least partly releases the valve opening (5), and a closed position, in which a sealing surface (8) of the closure element (3) is pressed against the valve seat (4) in order to close the valve opening (5), by at least one closure element drive (6, 7). At least one surface (9) of the valve (1) has an average surface roughness RZ less than or equal to 0.4 um, preferably less than or equal to 0.25 um.
US10364898B2	Metering valve and device for dispensing a fluid product comprising such a valve A fluid dispenser valve including a valve body extending along a longitudinal axis between a first axial end and a second axial end, the valve body containing a metering chamber; and a valve member that slides axially in the valve body between a rest position and a dispensing position, for selectively dispensing the contents of the metering chamber. The metering chamber is connected, in the valve member rest position, to a fluid reservoir, to fill the metering chamber by gravity when the valve is upsidedown with the metering chamber below the reservoir while the valve member is in the rest position, and to empty the metering chamber by gravity when the valve is upright. The valve body includes a first hole and a second hole, to fill and to empty the metering chamber, the first hole being axially offset along the longitudinal axis relative to the at second hole.
US10364891B2	Method and apparatus for making helical coil spring type seal The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a helical coil spring type seal. The method of the present invention is able to make the stacked layers of ring sharing the same center point during the making of the helical coil spring type seal.
US10364890B2	Double cup-shaped piston for a disc brake A double cup-shaped piston for a disc brake including an electromechanical parking brake device. An aspect of the invention permits an improved compromise between easier operability, rationalized component logistics in piston production, reduced hydraulic volume uptake in cooperation with the wheel brake periphery, and enhanced fatigue strength under maximum collective stress, in particular for heavy-duty applications of a disc brake with an electromechanical parking brake device. The problem is solved by the presence of a piston wall, which is provided, on the one hand, to sit with a free edge on a rear plate of a friction lining, and wherein the piston, on the other hand, includes an integral dome which forms an open receptacle for an actuator arranged diametrically to the edge of the piston.
US10364888B2	Control device for continuously variable transmission A control device for a continuously variable transmission includes: a line pressure generating-section configured to generate a line pressure; a pilot valve configured to supply a pilot pressure regulated so as not to exceed a first predetermined pressure when the line pressure exceeds the first predetermined pressure; a control section configured to generate the clamping forces by controlling the pilot pressure; a line pressure increase section configured to increase the line pressure to be greater than the first predetermined pressure when the control to increase the line pressure is performed when the line pressure is lower than the first predetermined pressure.
US10364886B2	Hydrostatic and direct drive transmission A hydrostatic driveline has a power source and a hydrostatic pump in driving engagement with the power source; a primary driveline shaft in driving engagement with the power source. The driveline also has a first transmission portion and a second transmission portion in driving engagement with the first transmission portion. A hydrostatic motor is in fluid communication with the hydrostatic pump and is in driving engagement with the first transmission portion. A vehicle output is in driving engagement with the second transmission portion. The primary driveline shaft is also in driving engagement with the second transmission portion. The hydrostatic driveline may be operated in a hydrostatic mode or in a direct drive mode using the primary driveline shaft and the second transmission portion.
US10364885B2	Load-dependent regulation of hydraulic motors Method for the load-dependent regulation of a hydrostatic drive (1), with a closed hydraulic fluid circuit comprising a first hydraulic motor (5) and, parallel to this, a second hydraulic motor (6), whereby both hydraulic motors (5 and 6) are capable of being powered by a hydraulic pump (3) via a high-pressure line (7) and a low-pressure line (8) and are mechanically coupled to each other via a transmission (70). The displacement of the first hydraulic motor (5) can be adjusted proportionally to an electrical signal of an electronic control system (50) by means of an electro-proportional control valve (10) and the displacement of the second hydraulic motor (6) can be adjusted by means of a pressure-proportional control valve (20) which is hydraulically connected to the high-pressure line (7) via a control pressure line (21). The pressure-proportional control valve can be activated by means of a control pressure which is dependent on the high pressure. By means of automatic opening of the pressure-proportional control valve (20) dependent on the high pressure, proportional to the exceedance of a predefinable pressure limit in the high-pressure line (7), the displacement of the second hydraulic motor (6) is adjusted by means of a second servo control unit which can be controlled via the pressure-proportional control valve (20). By means of the electronic control system (50), the actual volume flow passing through the first hydraulic motor (5) is determined and compared with a target value for the volume flow. Based on a deviation between the actual and target value for the volume flow, the electronic control system (50) calculates an adapted control signal and transmits this to the electro-proportional control valve (10), as a result of which the displacement of the first hydraulic motor (5) is adaptable by means of a first servo control unit (14), which is controlled via the electro-proportional control valve (10).
US10364882B2	Clutch and steering device A clutch for use in a steer-by-wire steering device for a vehicle is configured to switch between mechanically coupling and uncoupling a torque transmission path between a steering member operated by a driver and a wheel-turning unit configured to turn wheels. The clutch includes a position change member and a conduction path. The position change member is configured to change between a first position and a second position to switch between mechanically coupling and uncoupling the torque transmission path. The conduction path includes two points that come into contact with or separate from each other in accordance with positional change of the position change member. The conduction path is connected to an electric circuit configured to detect a change in a resistance value of the conduction path.
US10364880B2	Oil quieting direction control baffle A baffle includes a disk, a rim, a peripheral portion, and an outlet. The rim is connected to and circumferentially surrounds a portion of the disk. The peripheral portion is connected to and circumferentially surrounds the rim. The peripheral portion forms a channel. The outlet is fluidly connected to the channel of the peripheral portion. The outlet includes a cover and a series of openings. The cover caps a distal end of the outlet. The series of openings is disposed on a portion of the outlet and is fluidly connected to the channel via the outlet.
US10364876B2	Four-wheel driving apparatus for vehicle A four-wheel driving apparatus for a vehicle may include a planetary gear set including a sun gear, a carrier, and a ring gear, and provided so that the sun gear is coupled to a transmission output shaft; a counter shaft provided in parallel to the transmission output shaft; a sleeve included in the counter shaft, receiving operating force of a shift fork to slide along a longitudinal direction of the counter shaft, and provided to be selectively coupled to any one of the sun gear and the carrier of the planetary gear set according to a sliding position; a center differential connected to a front differential through a front output shaft and connected to a rear differential through a rear output shaft; and a transfer gear device disposed to connect between the counter shaft and any one of the front output shaft and the rear output shaft.
US10364871B2	Linear drive mechanism of the screw and nut type with perfect rolling contact The mechanism includes a threaded shaft extending along a longitudinal axis; a nut arranged coaxially with the threaded shaft; a plurality of rolling bearings interposed between the threaded shaft and the nut, each of the bearings comprising an outer race fixed to the nut, an inner race which is arranged coaxially with the outer race and is rotatable relative to the outer race about an axis of rotation, and a plurality of rolling members interposed between the outer race and the inner race; and a corresponding plurality of rings, each of which is fixed to the inner race of a respective bearing so as to rotate therewith about the same axis of rotation, and is interposed between the inner race of the bearing and the threaded shaft in such a manner that an inner surface of the ring is in contact with a screw thread of the threaded shaft.
US10364864B2	Damper device A damper device that includes an input element to which torque from an engine is transferred; an output element; a first intermediate element; a second intermediate element; a first elastic body that transfers torque between the input element and the first intermediate element; a second elastic body that transfers torque between the first intermediate element and the output element; a third elastic body that transfers torque between the input element and the second intermediate element; a fourth elastic body that transfers torque between the second intermediate element and the output element; and a fifth elastic body that transfers torque between the first intermediate element and the second intermediate element.
US10364859B2	Bush for vehicle A bush for a vehicle includes: an inner cylindrical member; a substantially cylindrical rubber member provided outside the inner cylindrical member; and a substantially cylindrical metal spring member inserted between the inner cylindrical member and the rubber member. A gap portion for allowing the metal spring member to be elastically deformed in a radial direction of the metal spring member is provided between the inner cylindrical member and the metal spring member. The bush for a vehicle works such that when impact force belonging to a relatively low vibration frequency area or impact force resultantly accompanied with great displacement is inputted into the bush for a vehicle, mainly the rubber member absorbs vibrations; and when impact force belonging to a relatively high vibration frequency area is inputted into the bush for a vehicle, mainly the metal spring member absorbs vibrations.
US10364857B2	Disc brake apparatus A disc brake apparatus structured such that, on receiving a pressing force from an operating spring, a piston arranged within a cylinder formed in a caliper body presses a piston side pad. The disc brake apparatus includes a support part formed in a part of the caliper body, a reaction force receiver provided on and projected from the lateral side of the piston and opposed to the support part, and cam parts interposed between the support part and the reaction force receiver and, on receiving a rotation force, capable of spreading the distance between the support part and the reaction force receiver to thereby release the pressing force.
US10364855B2	Disc brake caliper A disc brake caliper includes an outer body, an inner body, and joining parts connecting the inner body and the outer body with each other at both end portions in a circumferential direction of a rotor so as to form an opening part. An inward end edge of both end edges in the circumferential direction of at least one of the joining parts, which defines an end part of the opening part in the circumferential direction, is inclined relative to an axial direction of the rotor towards a central part in the circumferential direction of the outer body from the inner body side to the outer body side, so that a length of the opening part in the circumferential direction is shortened from the inner body side to the outer body side.
US10364854B2	Clutch assembly In an aspect, a method is provided for controlling a clutch assembly having first and second rotatable clutch members. The method includes providing a wrap spring clutch having first and second ends. The phase angle between the first and second ends determines a diameter of the wrap spring clutch. One of the clutch members is connected with the first end. The method further includes obtaining a target value indicative of a target speed for the second clutch member, and determining through measurement an actual value that is indicative of an actual speed of the second clutch member. The method further includes changing the phase angle between the first and second ends of the wrap spring clutch to generate a selected amount of slip between the wrap spring clutch and the other of the first and second clutch members, based on the target value and the actual value.
US10364852B2	Apparatus employing shear forces to transmit energy having flow altering structures configured to increase heat rejection from a working fluid and related method A device that employs shear forces to transmit energy includes an outer housing assembly, a disk, and a reservoir with a working fluid. The disk is received in and rotatable relative to the outer housing assembly. A working cavity is formed between a rotor portion of the disk and the outer housing assembly into which the working fluid is received to create shear forces. A plurality of flow altering structures are disposed on the outer housing assembly and are configured to reduce a thickness of a boundary layer of the working fluid in the working cavity in areas that are local to the flow altering structures.
US10364828B2	Variable stator vane mechanism To provide a variable stator vane mechanism, for an axial flow compressor, which is excellent in durability, has a simple structure, and is realized at low cost. The variable stator vane mechanism for adjusting a mounting angle of a stator vane of an axial flow compressor includes: an arm coupled to the stator vane; a rotation ring coupled to one end portion of the arm and located at an outer surface of a casing of the axial flow compressor; a driving machine configured to rotate the rotation ring to cause the stator vane to pivot via the arm; and a friction pad mounted on the casing. The rotation ring is in frictional contact with the friction pad.
US10364816B2	Remote pump managing device A remote pump manager is provided. The remote pump manager includes pressure sensors or a depth sensor operating to determine the change in pressure of a pump, a flow sensor operating to determine flow rate of fluid exiting the pump, a power meter operating to determine power data related to operation of the pump, and a management device having a programmable logic controller and a display. The pressure sensors, the flow sensor and the power meter are in communication with the management device. The management device operates to determine pump efficiencies, wherein the programmable logic controller automatically determines pump efficiency data in response to receiving real time data from the pressure sensors, the flow sensor and the power meter and automatically delivers the pump efficiency data to the display for displaying the determined pump efficiency data.
US10364814B2	Vacuum pump An object is to reduce an adhesion amount of a product in a vacuum pump as a whole and effectively prevent occurrence of a trouble in a vacuum pump electric system due to a magnetic flux leak. A vacuum pump includes a rotor enclosed in a pump case, a rotating shaft fixed to the rotor, a supporting means that rotatably supports the rotating shaft, a driving means that rotates the rotating shaft, and thread-groove-exhaust-portion stators that form thread grove exhaust passages between the thread-groove-exhaust-portion stator and an outer circumferential side of or an inner circumferential side of the rotor. A heating portion is provided below the thread-groove-exhaust-portion stators. The heating portion includes a yoke, a coil, and a heating plate. The heating portion heats the yoke and the heating plate with electromagnetic induction heating by feeding an alternating current to the coil.
US10364810B2	Reciprocating compressor, compression section unit, and maintenance method of reciprocating compressor A reciprocating compressor is provided with a compression section which compresses gas, and a crank section which has a crankshaft and drives the compression section. The compression section is provided with a wall body portion which includes a cylinder and constitutes a wall body of the compression section, a cylinder head attached to the cylinder, a piston which reciprocates within the cylinder, a piston rod which couples the crankshaft and the piston, and at least one sealing member fixed to the wall body portion and disposed in the circumference of the piston rod. The wall body portion has a first boundary wall which forms the boundary with the crank section in the crank section side with respect to the at least one sealing member and acts as a division surface when the crank section and the compression section are separated.
US10364800B2	Assembly system and method for assembling a tower for a wind generator The invention has for object a system for assembling a tower for a wind generator consisting of a plurality of blocks, comprising: a structure for lifting each one of said blocks, and a structure for supporting said lifting structure, the lifting structure being moveable in relation to the support structure between a block-gripping position and a block-holding position, the lifting structure comprising a body for gripping each block.
US10364794B2	Wheel-hub driven wind turbines A wheel-hub driven wind turbine apparatus is disclosed. One embodiment of the apparatus may include a body and at least one vertical-axis wind turbine blade mounted on the body to translate wind forces exerting on the at least one vertical-axis wind turbine blade to the body, causing the body to move. The apparatus may also include at least one wheel-hub attached to the body and configured to rotate when driven by the movement of the body. The apparatus may also include at least one generator coupled to the at least one wheel-hub to generate electrical power when driven by the rotation of the at least one wheel-hub.
US10364790B2	Wave energy recovery apparatus with an energy transfer arrangement This invention relates to a wave energy recovery apparatus with an energy transfer arrangement comprising at least a base, a reciprocating panel, a pivot shaft for the reciprocating panel, a control system, and a driving and power-take-off (PTO) arrangement equipped with an actuating mechanism (6), and one or more power-take-off (PTO) units to convert kinetic energy of waves or tidal currents to another type of energy, each PTO unit comprising a hydraulic power transmission mechanism having hydraulic cylinders with pistons inside the hydraulic cylinders. The pistons are fastened with their free ends to the common connecting plate that is arranged to move all the pistons simultaneously inwards into the hydraulic cylinders and to draw all the pistons simultaneously outwards from the hydraulic cylinders.
US10364789B2	Pumped hydro tower Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a power generation system having a wind power system comprising a wind tower and a pumped liquid energy storage system configured to store liquid in an interior volume of the wind tower, wherein the pumped liquid energy storage system is a closed-loop system.
US10364788B2	Igniter assembly with improved insulation and method of insulating the igniter assembly An igniter assembly comprising an ignition coil assembly connected to a firing end assembly by an extension, with a valve assembly disposed in a pressure chamber of the extension, is provided. The valve assembly includes a valve stem biased toward the ignition coil assembly by a spring to seal the pressure chamber. The valve assembly is used to evacuate contents from the pressure chamber by pressing the valve stem toward the spring and allowing contents of the pressure chamber to travel through and past the valve stem and out of the pressure chamber. The valve assembly is also used to fill the pressure chamber with an insulating medium by pressing the valve stem toward the spring and allowing the insulating medium to travel through and past the valve stem and into the pressure chamber after evacuating the contents out of the pressure chamber.
US10364777B2	Intake apparatus of V-type internal combustion engine An intake apparatus of a V-type internal combustion engine including first cylinders arranged along a first direction in a first bank and second cylinders arranged along the first direction in a second bank, the intake apparatus includes a surge tank, first branch paths, second branch paths, and a protrusion. The surge tank is provided above the first and second banks. The surge tank includes a lower wall, an air inlet, first air outlets, and second air outlets. The first air outlets are arranged along the first direction in the lower wall. The second air outlets are arranged along the first direction in the lower wall. The first branch paths connect the first outlets to the first cylinders. The second branch paths connect the second outlets to the second cylinders. The protrusion is provided on the lower wall between a closest first air outlet and a closest second air outlet.
US10364773B2	Gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine comprising a fan, a bypass duct positioned downstream of the fan and defined by an inner casing and an outer casing, a series of outlet guide vanes arranged downstream of the fan, the outlet guide vanes extending between the inner casing and the outer casing of the bypass duct; and a bifurcation positioned downstream of the outlet guide vanes and extending between the inner casing and the outer casing. The bifurcation comprises a leading edge, and the leading edge of the bifurcation is shaped so as to protrude axially forward by a varying distance from the inner casing to the outer casing so as to improve uniformity of a static pressure field formed, in use, immediately upstream of the bifurcation.
US10364772B2	Oil flow control for an engine by deflection An engine is provided with a cylinder block and a ladderframe having a portion of an oil conduit and a deflector. The engine has a metal-to-metal seal positioned between the ladderframe and block to circumferentially surround the oil conduit, and has a gasket seal positioned between the ladderframe and block to be outboard and spaced apart from the oil conduit. The deflector is positioned between the metal-to-metal seal and the gasket seal. An engine component is provided with a member having a deflector and forming an oil conduit. The deflector has an arcuate deflector surface following an outer wall of the oil conduit to redirect oil escaping the oil conduit. A ladderframe is configured to provide a deflection surface, with the deflection surface positioned to guide high pressure oil away from adjacent RTV seals.
US10364771B2	Control system of internal combustion engine A main injection of fuel from a fuel injector into a combustion chamber is made to auto-ignite. During the compression stroke after the main injection and before the auto-ignition of the fuel injected during the main injection, a first auxiliary injection and a second auxiliary injection are successively injected from the fuel injector. By controlling the injection timing of the first auxiliary injection, the ignition timing of a spark plug, and the injection timing of the second auxiliary injection, the fuel injected during the first auxiliary injection is made to burn by flame propagation combustion by the ignition action of the spark plug, the fuel injected during the second auxiliary injection is made to be injected inside the flame propagation combustion region, and the fuel injected during the second auxiliary injection is made to burn by diffusive combustion before auto-ignition of the fuel injected during the main injection occurs.
US10364769B2	Systems and methods for detecting gasoline direct injection fuel injector combustion seal leaks Systems and methods utilize a controller configured to perform a diagnostic routine for a combustion seal provided between a gasoline direct injection (GDI) fuel injector and a combustion chamber of a cylinder of a GDI engine. The diagnostic routine comprises determining one of (i) a period for the injector coil current to reach a peak current and (ii) a resistance of the injector coil while the injector coil current is saturated, determining whether the determined period or the determined injector coil resistance is greater than a respective threshold indicative of a predetermined temperature of the injector coil, and when the determined period or the determined injector coil resistance is greater than its respective threshold, detecting a combustion seal leak fault. Based on the combustion seal leak fault, the controller may modify operation of the engine to prevent potential heat damage to the engine.
US10364767B2	Hybrid vehicle During idle operation of an engine, on satisfaction of a predetermined condition including a condition that a vehicle speed is not higher than a reference value, a hybrid vehicle controls the engine with adjusting a throttle position such that a rotation speed of the engine becomes equal to target idle rotation speed or is in a predetermined rotation speed range including the target idle rotation speed. On non-satisfaction of predetermined condition, the hybrid vehicle controls the engine with setting the throttle position to a fixed value, The reference value is set to provide larger value when the rotation speed of the engine becomes equal to or lower than a predetermined rotation speed that is lower than the target idle rotation speed and is higher than a resonance rotation speed of the vehicle, compared with a value when the rotation speed of the engine is higher than the predetermined rotation speed.
US10364762B2	Systems and methods for inferring fuel vapor canister loading rate Methods and systems are provided for indicating a restriction in a fuel system vapor recovery line. Responsive to such an indication, methods and systems are provided for taking mitigating actions such that an entirety of a vehicle fuel system and evaporative emissions system, including a fuel filler system, may be diagnosed as to a presence or absence of undesired evaporative emissions, even with the restriction in the vapor recovery line present. In this way, undesired evaporative emissions may be reduced or avoided, completion rates for such tests may be increased, and customer satisfaction may be improved.
US10364756B2	Intake air control device A fixing shaft portion of a valve shaft is fixed to a throttle valve at first and second locations by first and second fixing members. A first bearing includes an inner race fixed to a first rotatable shaft portion of the valve shaft, and an outer race fixed to a valve body. A second bearing includes a slidable portion axially slidably fitted to a second rotatable shaft portion of the valve shaft and a fixing portion fixed to the valve body. A linear expansion coefficient of the throttle valve and a linear expansion coefficient of the valve body are set to be larger than a linear expansion coefficient of the valve shaft in an axial direction. A first distance measured from a center point of the throttle valve to the first location is larger than a second distance measured from the center point to the second location.
US10364749B2	Cooling air heat exchanger scoop A heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine includes a cooling air scoop that has a leading edge nose that is positioned adjacent to a downstream-most stator cascade of a fan section of the gas turbine engine. The cooling air scoop subtends only a sector of a circumference of the gas turbine engine. The heat exchanger also includes a cold side that is connected to the cooling air scoop and a hot side that is connected to a compressor section of the gas turbine engine.
US10364748B2	Finger seal flow metering A seal includes two layers, each layer including a base and fingers extending from the base. The fingers are separated by slots and the fingers include orifices. The slots of each layer are laterally spaced apart from each other. The orifices of one of the layers are partially overlapped by the orifices of the other layer so that the areas of the partially overlapped orifices extend beyond the areas of the overlapping orifices.
US10364745B2	Air intake arrangement An intake for channeling air flowing past a propeller to an inlet of an aircraft engine that drives the propeller with a drive shaft, the intake including: a static cowling that extends along an axis and that flares outward at an upstream end of the static cowling, and an intake slot that is formed in the static cowling. The intake slot connecting to a passage of the inlet of the aircraft engine, the intake slot including an arched opening that extends less than 360 degrees of a circumference of the static cowling, and the intake slot having a downstream lip with a curved profile that blends into the static cowling.
US10364743B2	Grid scale energy storage systems using reheated air turbine or gas turbine expanders Electrical power systems, including generating capacity of a gas turbine, where additional power is generated from an air expander and gas turbine simultaneously from a stored compressed air and thermal system.
US10364732B2	Valve device for exhaust flow passage A valve device for an exhaust flow passage includes a toggle mechanism, in which a support-side link member and a valve-side link member form a first stopper mechanism and a second stopper mechanism. The first stopper mechanism is configured to limit a link angle formed by the support-side link member and the valve-side link member by abutment of a first support-side stopper portion formed in the support-side link member and a first valve-side stopper portion formed in the valve-side link member against each other. The second stopper mechanism is configured to limit the link angle by abutment of a second support-side stopper portion formed in the support-side link member and a second valve-side stopper portion formed in the valve-side link member.
US10364728B2	System and method for assembling an exhaust aftertreatment assembly A system for assembling an exhaust after-treatment assembly having a plurality of exhaust after-treatment blocks is described. Each of the plurality of exhaust after-treatment blocks is disposed adjacent to at least one other exhaust after-treatment block. Each exhaust after-treatment block has one or more catalyst substrates. Each catalyst substrate includes a first face, a second face, and a plurality of side faces. The system includes at least one flange member to surround the one or more catalyst substrates about the side faces. The system further includes a locking arrangement including one or more clips on the flange member and a bracket member configured to engage with the one or more clips in the flange members of the adjacent exhaust after-treatment blocks.
US10364720B2	Methods for inserting wires into a gaseous emissions treatment unit A method is disclosed for loading elongate wire lengths into elongate cells of a honeycomb ceramic substrate unit for a gaseous emissions treatment assembly, the cells each having a small cross-sectional area, the area shape matching the cross-sectional shape of the loaded wire lengths and marginally greater in area size than the wire lengths. A wire length is formed with a generally pointed end tip by pulling adjacent parts of a wire along the wire axis respectively in opposite directions from a desired wire breakage site. The tension and timing of the pulling operation are selected so that a desired tip profile is achieved. Initial alignment is done using machine vision. Subsequent adjustment is effected in dependence on feedback from sensors mounted close to the end of a wire insertion arm. Breakage and push insertion of wires is done using alternating gripping and moving of chucks or collets which have aperture shapes close in profile to the outer profile of the wire lengths.
US10364719B2	Exhaust gas purification system, and NOx purification capacity restoration method There is provided an exhaust gas purification system including: a NOx storage-reduction catalyst that is provided in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine to reduce and purify NOx in exhaust gas; a degree of deterioration estimation module 120 for estimating a degree of deterioration of the NOx storage-reduction catalyst; a regeneration control unit 100 for executing a regeneration process in which exhaust gas is enriched so as to restore a NOx storage capacity of the NOx storage-reduction catalyst; an interval setting module for setting a target interval from an end of the regeneration process to a start of the subsequent regeneration process by the regeneration control unit; and an interval target value correction module for correcting the target interval based on the degree of deterioration that is estimated by the degree of deterioration estimation module.
US10364718B2	On-board CO2 capture and storage with metal organic framework In general, this disclosure describes method of capturing and storing CO2 on a vehicle. The method includes contacting an vehicle exhaust gas with one or more of a first metal organic framework (MOF) composition sufficient to separate CO2 from the exhaust gas, contacting the separated CO2 with one or more of a second MOF composition sufficient to store the CO2 and wherein the one or more first MOF composition comprises one or more SIFSIX-n-M MOF and wherein M is a metal and n is 2 or 3. Embodiments also describe an apparatus or system for capturing and storing CO2 onboard a vehicle.
US10364716B2	Exhaust gas control apparatus for internal combustion engine and exhaust gas control method for internal combustion engine An exhaust gas control apparatus includes a first catalyst, a filter, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to alternately execute lean control and rich control multiple times. The lean control is control for, over a period longer than a period from when a target air-fuel ratio is set to a predetermined lean air-fuel ratio until an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing out from the first catalyst becomes greater than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, setting the target air-fuel ratio to the predetermined lean air-fuel ratio. The rich control is control for, over a period longer than a period from when the target air-fuel ratio is set to a predetermined rich air-fuel ratio until the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing out from the first catalyst becomes smaller than the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio, setting the target air-fuel ratio to the predetermined rich air-fuel ratio.
US10364714B2	Device for the separation of oil droplets and/or oil mist A device for the separation of oil droplets and/or oil mist from blow-by gases of an internal combustion engine with a valve for the control of the gas stream through the air-oil separator. The valve has a valve body with at least two or several gas passage openings as well as a valve closure for the closure of gas passage openings of the valve body.
US10364712B2	System for variable actuation of a valve of an internal-combustion engine Described herein is a system for variable actuation of an engine valve of an internal-combustion engine, where the system is able to actuate the engine valves, selectively, in a four-stroke operating mode and in a two-stroke operating mode, on the basis of the operating conditions of the engine.
US10364710B2	Engine valve and method of producing the same An engine valve and a method of producing the engine valve are provided. The engine valve includes a shaft part and an umbrella part formed at one end of the shaft part. The engine valve opens and closes an intake port or an exhaust port of a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. Further, at least a portion of the engine valve that extends from the umbrella part to a position on the shaft part in a longitudinal direction thereof includes a valve body made of steel or nickel alloy, and a core member made of copper or copper alloy and provided inside the valve body.
US10364707B2	Retention assembly for gas turbine engine components Component retention assemblies and flowpath assemblies are provided. An exemplary retention assembly comprises a flange attached to a support structure, a retention ring received in a flange groove, and an attachment bracket comprising a component of a gas turbine engine. A first segment of the attachment bracket is axially disposed between the flange and a support structure first portion, and a second segment of the attachment bracket is radially disposed between the flange and a support structure second portion. The flange axially loads and the retention ring radially loads the attachment bracket into the support structure. An exemplary flowpath assembly comprises a retention assembly including a flange attached to a casing, a retention ring, and a CMC attachment bracket comprising a plurality of CMC components. The flange axially loads the attachment bracket into an axial stop, and the retention ring radially loads the attachment bracket into the casing.
US10364706B2	Meter plate for blade outer air seal One exemplary embodiment according to this disclosure relates to a system includes a blade outer air seal (BOAS), and a meter plate. A portion of the meter plate is provided radially outward of a radially outermost surface of the BOAS.
US10364704B1	Positioning bodies relative to one another using spring element(s) and an elastomeric body A system is provided that includes an assembly adapted to support a first body relative to a second body. An elastomeric body is configured with a mounting aperture for receiving the first body. The elastomeric body includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion. A frame wraps about a perimeter of the elastomeric body. The frame is configured with a first window and a second window. The first protrusion extends through the first window to a distal end of the first protrusion. The second protrusion extends through the second window to a distal end of the second protrusion. Spring elements are adapted to mount to the second body. The elastomeric body is disposed between the first and the second spring elements such that the first spring element engages the distal end of the first protrusion and the second spring element engages the distal end of the second protrusion.
US10364679B2	Gas turbine engine compressor rotor vaporization cooling A gas turbine engine rotor includes a rotor that provides a cooling cavity. The cooling cavity has a first chamber and a second chamber that are fluidly connected to one another by a passageway. At least one of the first and second rotor portions is configured to support a blade that is fluidly isolated from the cavity. A phase change material is arranged in the cavity. The phase change material is configured to be arranged in the first chamber in a first state and in the second chamber in the second state. The passageway is configured to carry the phase change material between the second and first chambers once changed between the first and second states.
US10364676B2	Systems and methods for monitoring longwall mine roof stability Systems and methods are described for monitoring a condition of a mine roof using a longwall mining system. A plurality of powered roof supports is controlled to apply an adjustable support pressure on a mine roof. A condition of the mine roof is monitored based on the adjustable support pressure applied to the roof by a respective actuator of each powered roof support. In some implementations, the condition of the mine roof is monitored by generating and analyzing a graphical pressure map based on the adjustable support pressure applied by each powered roof support and a relative position of a shearer moving across the mine face. In some implementations, roof collapse events are detected based on temporally similar changes in the adjustable support pressure applied by multiple adjacent powered roof supports as indicated by the graphical pressure map.
US10364661B2	System and a method for separating liquid and gas flowing through a multiphase pipeline A system for separating liquid and gas flowing through a multiphase pipeline, said system comprising: A riser (8) having an upper end (2) and a lower end (10), said riser being at its lower end configured to receive fluid from said multiphase pipeline (4) and having means for delivering (5) of gas at its upper end, said riser further comprising valve means (6) for adjusting the flow at which the gas is delivered through the upper end of said riser; a pipe (7) to be arranged outside or inside the riser, said pipe having an upper part (3) and a lower part (9), where the lower part is connected to or inserted into the riser, thereby creating a liquid flow path between the riser and the lower part of the pipe, said pipe having a liquid intake (11) configured to receive liquid from a liquid column in said riser, and said upper end of said pipe being configured to deliver said liquid, said pipe further comprising means for adjusting the flow at which said liquid is delivered through the upper end of said pipe; level measuring means adapted for measuring the position of a surface (18) of said liquid column in said riser; control means capable of controlling said valve means, such that the position of the surface of said liquid column can be adjusted by adjusting the flow at which gas/liquid is delivered via said liquid flow path and through the upper end of said riser and/or said lower part (9) of said pipe (7).
US10364643B2	Methods for formulating a cement slurry for use in a subterranean salt formation using geometric modeling Methods including experimentally determining a salt creep profile for a single salt or intercalated salts in a subterranean formation, designing a proposed cement slurry based on the salt creep profile, experimentally determining whether the proposed cement slurry is capable of forming a wellbore load resistant cement sheath based on actual thermal and thermo-mechanical properties of the proposed cement slurry, theoretically determining whether the proposed cement slurry is capable of forming the wellbore load resistant cement sheath by designing an electronic, cross-section geometric model of the subterranean salt formation and simulating a condition of the wellbore loads on the cured proposed cement slurry using the geometric model, establishing a final cement slurry capable of forming the wellbore load resistant cement sheath, and performing a final cementing operation with the final cement slurry in the subterranean salt formation.
US10364642B1	Degradable downhole tools and components Degradable downhole tools, tool components, and balls are formed from a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) compound. The PVA compound exhibits strength and elasticity properties that are comparable to existing degradable downhole polymers and further exhibits degradability properties that are superior to existing degradable downhole polymers. For different components, the PVA compound may include a reinforcing material such as fiberglass. Usage of tools, tool components, and balls formed from the disclosed materials eliminates the requirement that such equipment be drilled out after use as the PVA compound quickly degrades in standard downhole fluids.
US10364640B2	Packer setting during high flow rate A packer is used for setting downhole in tubing subject to downhole flow at a high flow rate. The packer includes a setting element, a slip element, and a packing element. The setting element is disposed on the packer toward an uphole end and is activated hydraulically to move in a downhole direction toward a downhole end of the packer. The slip element is disposed toward the downhole end and is moveable outward toward the tubing in a first stage in response to the movement of the setting element. The packing element is disposed on the other elements and is at least partially carried by the setting element. The packing element is compressible outward toward the tubing in a second stage, after the first stage, in response to the movement of the setting element. Additionally, a choke ring or other element disposed on the packer at least downhole of the packing element can move outward toward the tubing in response to the setting movement to restrict the downhole flow in the annulus to a lower flow rate.
US10364635B2	Adjustable isolation sleeve A system for coupling to equipment at a well includes a connector and/or an outer sleeve sub engageable with the connector, each including an internal bore. An isolation sleeve includes a seal and is positioned at least partially within the internal bore, in which the seal is axially movable with respect to the internal bore so as to be positionable to seal against the equipment.
US10364631B2	Downhole assembly including degradable-on-demand material and method to degrade downhole tool A downhole assembly includes a downhole tool including a degradable-on-demand material including: a matrix material; and, an energetic material configured to generate energy upon activation to facilitate the degradation of the downhole tool; and, a triggering system including: an electrical circuit having an open condition and a closed condition, the electrical circuit configured to be in the closed condition after movement of an object downhole that engages directly or indirectly with the triggering system; and, an igniter within the electrical circuit, the igniter arranged to ignite the downhole tool in the closed condition of the electrical circuit. In the open condition of the electrical circuit the igniter is inactive, and in the closed condition of the electrical circuit the igniter is activated.
US10364629B2	Downhole component having dissolvable components An apparatus that is usable with a well includes a first component and a second component. The first component is adapted to dissolve at a first rate, and the second component is adapted to contact the first component to perform a downhole operation and dissolve at a second rate that is different from the first rate.
US10364619B2	Integral electrically isolated centralizer and swell packer system A field created integral electrically isolated centralizer and swell packer system for wellbore tubulars having in series over the wellbore tubular, a first end ring, a swell packer portion over a first and second primer optionally with cured resin, a second end ring, wherein the end rings inhibit axial movement of the swell packer portion. Integral with the swell packer portion an electrically isolating centralizer; a cured resin bonded to the wellbore tubular filling all hollow spaces of the centralizer portion integrally forming a high strength bond, while excluding bonding to the first and second end rings, the cured resin configured to cure to a hardness of at least 50 shore A and withstand temperatures and pressures within a wellbore for at least twenty-four hours without melting, while specifically excluding a sand screen.
US10364615B2	Brazed polycrystalline diamond compact A thermally stable polycrystalline diamond compact is created by (i) preforming an annular thermally stable polycrystalline from a diamond plate, (ii) preforming a substrate with a projection that has an interfacial mating surface that is a negative topology of the annular thermally stable polycrystalline, (iii) and brazing the two components together. The resulting polycrystalline diamond compact can be made thermally stable because cobalt and other catalysts can be leached out of the thermally stable polycrystalline. The thermally stable polycrystalline can be attached to the substrate by brazing, which due to the topology of the thermally stable polycrystalline and the substrate with a projection will unexpectedly have sufficient blaze shear strength to be used in demanding applications.
US10364614B2	Polycrystalline ultra-hard constructions with multiple support members Polycrystalline ultra-hard constructions comprise a polycrystalline ultra-hard material body and two or more support members attached to the body by braze material. The support members include a backside support member and a side support member. The side support member is a one- or two-piece construction, and is positioned circumferentially around and extends axially along the body or both the body and the backside support member such that a working surface of the body remains exposed. The support members can be configured to provide a mechanical attachment or interlocking attachment with the body or another support member. The braze materials used in the construction can be different and selected to enhance the attachment and/or reduce the creation of thermal stress within the construction during assembly. The support members can be selected having different thermal expansion characteristics that also operate to reduce the thermal stress during construction assembly.
US10364613B1	Polycrystalline diamond compact including a non-uniformly leached polycrystalline diamond table and applications therefor In an embodiment, a polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDC”) includes a substrate and a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table bonded to the substrate. The PCD table defines an upper surface and at least one peripheral surface. The PCD table includes a plurality of bonded diamond grains. The PCD table includes a first region adjacent to the substrate that includes a metallic constituent disposed interstitially between the bonded diamond grains thereof, and a leached second region extending inwardly from the upper surface and the at least one peripheral surface that is depleted of the metallic constituent. The leached second region exhibits a leach depth profile having a maximum leach depth that is measured from the upper surface. A leach depth of the leach depth profile decreases with lateral distance from a central axis of the PCD table and toward the at least one peripheral surface.
US10364612B2	Roller cutting element construction Roller cutters comprise a diamond-bonded body joined to an infiltration substrate. An extension is joined to the substrate and includes first section having a diameter sized the same as the substrate, and an integral second section having a diameter smaller than the substrate. The extension is joined to the substrate during an HPHT process. The first section has a thickness greater than that of the infiltration substrate. The second section has an axial length greater than the combined thickness of the substrate and the first section. The extension has a strength and/or toughness greater than the substrate as a result of its material composition, e.g., the amount of binder phase material and/or the size of hard phase material. The roller cutter is rotatably disposed within a pocket internal cavity, wherein the pocket is attached to a drill bit.
US10364607B2	Whipstock assemblies with a retractable tension arm A whipstock assembly includes a whipstock providing a ramped surface, and a mill releasably coupled to the whipstock with a shear bolt and providing a mill profile. A tension arm is pivotably coupled to the whipstock and movable between a stowed position, where the tension arm is received within a cavity defined in the ramped surface, and an engaged position, where an engagement head of the tension arm mates with the mill profile to assume at least a portion of a tensile load assumed by the shear bolt.
US10364593B2	Closure release device A closure release device includes a housing fixedly attached to a closure and an actuating lever rotatably disposed on an axis of rotation on the housing. A crank lever is rotatably disposed on the axis of rotation. A coupling member is to selectively couple the actuating lever to the crank lever for rotation together. A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator is to selectively cause the coupling member to selectively couple the actuating lever to the crank lever. The SMA actuator is electrically actuated. The crank lever is to connect to a latch to selectively release or engage the latch in response to a coupling state of the actuating lever with the crank lever and an actuation state of the actuating lever.
US10364588B2	Shelter system A shelter system includes a shelter. A shelter includes a number of vertical support legs and a collapsible truss section interconnecting the vertical support legs. The shelter system includes a canopy secured to the shelter. The shelter system includes a connection member connecting the canopy to a separate self-supporting tent structure.
US10364585B2	System and method for maintaining water quality in large water bodies The present application relates to an innovative and optimized method and system for maintaining water quality in water bodies such as excavated inland structures and floating structures with bottoms comprising flexible membranes, using a simplified economic filtration system and degreasing system that requires much smaller filtration equipment than conventional centralized filtration systems and provides for consumption of significantly lower amounts of energy. The method of the invention allows activating a chemical application system, mobile suctioning device, and/or degreasing system based on information regarding turbidity, the color of the bottom of the water body, and amount of greases on the surface water layer of the water body, to adjust the water quality parameters within their limits.
US10364583B2	Deployable self-sustaining shelter An expandable, mobile structure is capable of sustaining a retracted state and an expanded state, and may be capable of alternately using public utilities as a power supply, or a self-contained “off-grid” power supply. This allows for use of the mobile structure in a multitude of locations, which are not governed by the presence or absence of an available external power supply. The structure may operate in an “on-grid” power mode when in an expanded condition, and in an “off-grid” mode in a retracted condition. The structure includes a different number of zones within the structure in the retracted state as compared to the expanded state. A modular HVAC system provides a different flow path of air in the retracted state and the expanded state.
US10364577B2	Rapid deployment communication tile Various embodiments are described that relate to a rapid deployment communications tile. As opposed to running various data and/or power wires, a construction crew can use set of tiles that have built in data and/or power transmission capabilities. These tiles can be keyed such that they interlock together to form a relatively uniform surface, such that the surface can also be used as a floor. Further, the tiles can have hardware components that enable the data and/or power transmission capabilities. These hardware components can be environmentally protected such that their performance is not subject to environmental factors.
US10364574B2	Continuous screw tightening machine with washer stacking supply mechanism In a continuous screw tightening machine with washer stacking supply mechanism, in conjunction with retreating of a tightening machine, a washer is placed on a seat surface portion of a washer feeding body of a washer sequential supply mechanism and reliably supplied to a tightening possible position one by one and the one screw is supplied by a screw sequential supply mechanism between the washer and a bit so as to be in concentric arrangement, in conjunction with advancing of the tightening machine, the washer sequential supply mechanism is set to a feeding preparation attitude of the subsequent washer, and the screw sequential supply mechanism is constituted to be set to a feeding preparation attitude of the subsequent screw, and the screw is tightened and fixed together with the washer at the tightening target spot by rotation/driving of the bit advanced to the tightening possible position by a driving machine.
US10364570B2	Building forms and method of assembling same A building form system including a plurality of forms for assembling into a wall template that is filled with concrete to create a building wall. The system includes a corner form assembly comprising an inner corner form and an outer corner form for disposition on a corner footing. The outer corner form includes walls angled from a bend. A pair of connectors are disposed on opposite ends from the bend. The inner corner form includes corresponding connectors for attachment to the outer corner form around a preset vertical rebar in the corner footing. The system further includes a base form extending between a first pair of connectors that include a peripheral wall disposed directly therebetween and the second pair of connectors for mating engagement with the first that include an inset wall spaced inwardly therefrom. Spacing between the peripheral and inset wall of adjacent base forms accommodating vertical rebar.
US10364564B2	Super drainage system and method for flood control A super drainage system and a method for flood control comprise an open channel, a reinforced concrete conduit (RCC) inside the open channel. The RCC has a bottom slab supported on a riverbed, a bank-side wall for retaining bank soils, and a top slab elevated above a predetermined level. The RCC supports a road below the top of river banks for traffic traveling along the river banks during normal weather conditions. The traffic is either on the top slab or on the bottom slab. During extreme weather conditions, traffic is evacuated from the super drainage system and the entire space is available for water conveyance.
US10364562B2	Sanitary washing device A sanitary washing device according to an embodiment comprises: a heating part; a first temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of water heated by the heating part; a second temperature sensor provided downstream of the first temperature sensor and configured to sense temperature of the water; a nozzle provided downstream of the second temperature sensor and configured to jet the water toward human private parts; and a controlling part configured to determine that the second temperature sensor is abnormal when change of the temperature sensed by the first temperature sensor is larger than a predetermined first value and change of the temperature sensed by the second temperature sensor is smaller than a predetermined second value.
US10364560B2	Trap water removal apparatus and method of use A device and method of using a device for removing water from the trap of a plumbing appliance. In one embodiment, the apparatus provides a housing within which is movably mounted a plunger. An elongate hose is provided at one end of the housing to receive trap water therein upon actuation of the plunger or an inflatable member is provided at one end of the housing to force the trap water by inflating same by actuation of plunger. The disclosure also relates to methods of removing trap water using the apparatus described herein.
US10364556B2	Tension-based mechanical coupling device A mechanical-coupling device is described. The mechanical-coupling device includes a toggle bolt with a fixture in a bolt head that remateably mechanically couples to an attachment tool. The device may further include an anchor nut having an anchor wing or tab. During mechanical coupling of the anchor nut to the bolt with a mounting material, such as a wall, countertop or sink, between the bolt head and the anchor nut, the fixture may convey a pulling force, from the attachment tool, that results in fixing a position of the anchor nut with the anchor wing or tab in a deployed position. Moreover, the fixture may convey a rotational torque, from the attachment tool, about a symmetry axis of the bolt that rotates the bolt relative to the fixed position of the anchor nut so that a distance between the bolt head and the anchor nut decreases.
US10364550B2	Hydraulic drive system of work machine Disclosed is a hydraulic drive system capable of improving the fuel efficiency of a work machine by reducing the pressure loss and drag loss of a hydraulic pump. There are provided an electric motor M; a third pump P3 driven by the electric motor; a third pump hydraulic line L3 to which the delivered hydraulic fluid from the third pump is supplied; a third directional control valve V4 provided in the third pump hydraulic line, switch-operated by an arm operation device 19, and controlling the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied to the arm cylinder 8 from the third hydraulic pump; and a controller 18 drive-controlling the electric motor, wherein the controller drives the third pump by the electric motor when a swing/arm combined operation is detected by pilot pressure sensors S6, S7, S10, S11.
US10364548B2	Method of optimizing performance of machines at a worksite A method of controlling machines for performing operations at a worksite is disclosed. The method includes receiving pre-construction terrain data, design terrain data, and resource data and then defining a plurality of constraints based on the data. Operations of the machines are simulated based on the data. The method includes estimating process variables associated with the operations and defining and scheduling tasks to be performed by the machines. The method includes collecting real time data from the worksite and updating the estimated process variables and the scheduled tasks of the machines based on the collected real time data. Instructions are then provided to the machines for executing the tasks.
US10364545B2	Bracket assembly for linkage assemblies of machines A bracket assembly for coupling an implement to an arm of a machine includes a bracket with a plate and a bushing. The plate includes an opening having an inner wall including a number of engagement structures arranged along an axial direction of the opening. The engagement structures are longitudinally spaced apart from each other. The bushing is adapted to be inserted and positioned into the opening. The bushing includes a cylindrical portion with an outer surface, an end, and a plurality of mating structures arranged on the outer surface, along an axial direction of the cylindrical portion. The mating structures are longitudinally spaced apart from each other. An engagement between the engagement structures and the mating structures facilitate multiple positions of the end relative to the plate.
US10364543B2	Method and apparatus for portable stake mounting A stake assembly provides an earth anchor and includes a stake having a longitudinal axis and an upper portion and a lower portion. The stake is attached to a cup having a sidewall defining a closed perimeter and a top wall substantially closing the sidewall, the sidewall having an open bottom end. The stake passes through the top wall with the upper portion above the top wall and the lower portion below the top wall. When the stake is pounded or screwed into the ground the cup captures soil which adds resistance to the stake being removed from the ground. One embodiment has the cup at an oblique angle to the top wall.
US10364542B2	Open end friction pile The Open End Friction Pile comprises of four steel plates, four brackets, and one driving head. The steel plates have a first bend line and a second bend line that are equidistant from a distal end. The first bend line and second bend line of the steel plates are equidistant from each other creating a center portion. The brackets have a first bend line and a second bend line that are equidistant from a distal end. The first bend line and second bend line of the brackets are equidistant from each other creating a center portion. The bracket has a third bend line along the center portion. One bracket is connected to one steel plate along the distal ends and center portion. All four steel plates and four brackets concurrently connect along the distal ends to form two open-ends. A driving head is connected covering the top open-end.
US10364537B2	Constructing apparatus and method of guide line for road An apparatus is for constructing a guide line for a road. The apparatus includes a painting apparatus part that stores a lane paint, is driven by receiving power, and supplies the lane paint. A nozzle part is installed in the painting apparatus part and sprays the lane paint supplied from the painting apparatus part on a road to form a guide line for a road including at least one of a directional mark and a lane. An adjustment part is installed in the painting apparatus part and adjusts at least one of a location and an interval of the lane paint sprayed from the nozzle part.
US10364534B2	Pavement repair system A pavement repair system is provided utilizing solid phase auto regenerative cohesion and homogenization by liquid asphalt oligopolymerization technologies. The system is suitable for use in repairing asphalt pavement, including pavement exhibiting a high degree of deterioration (as manifested in the presence of potholes, cracks, ruts, or the like) as well as pavement that has been subject to previous repair and may comprise a substantial amount of dirt and other debris (e.g., chipped road paint or other damaged or disturbed surfacing materials). A system utilizing homogenization by liquid asphalt oligopolymerization is suitable for rejuvenating or repairing aged asphalt, thereby improving properties of the paving material.
US10364533B2	Hydrophobically sized fibrous web and a method for the preparation of a sized web layer A hydrophobically sized fibrous web layer, preparation of a fibrous web or a fiber-based coating, a multilayer board product having at least a middle layer formed of said fibrous web, as well as use of a heat-sensitive surfactant for said methods and products, whereby microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) and hydrophobic size are brought to a foam with water and the heat-sensitive surfactant, the foam is supplied to a forming fabric of a paper or board machine, dewatered by suction of air through the forming fabric, and dried to a web product. Alternatively the foam may be supplied onto a premade fibrous web and dried to form a coating layer. The hydrophilic functionality of the surfactant contained in the web may be destroyed by heating. Pulp of a greater fiber length, such as CTMP, may be included, to provide improved wet and dry tensile strength for the paper and board products.
US10364516B2	3D woven fiber structure, a fiber preform obtained from such a fiber structure, and a composite material part including such a preform A fiber preform is formed by a fiber structure woven by three-dimensional weaving with a plurality of layers of warp yarns interlinked by weft yarns of a plurality of layers of weft yarns, the fiber preform having a first portion and a second portion that extend one another in the weft direction and that are at an angle to each other. In the fold zone and in each weft plane of the fiber structure, two weft yarns situated in a region adjacent to an outside face of the fiber structure situated on the inside of the corner present paths that cross, so that less curvature is imposed on these yarns.
US10364513B2	Radiation protective material The invention concerns a radiation protective material, which comprises a fibrous material with composite filaments including a radiopaque substance. The filaments are structured in a regular pattern to form the radiation shielding material.
US10364511B1	Magneto dielectric composite materials and microwave applications thereof A system for incorporating ferromagnetic materials into several microwave application is described. The system employs a multi-layer substrate. A substrate for receiving microwave signals uses a base layer which has tunable elements and a nanofiber layer which uses magnetic nanotubes. The nanofibers have a high aspect ratio and the nanofiber layer is embedded in the base layer.
US10364497B2	Vapor based site-isolated processing systems and methods Embodiments provided herein describe systems and method for processing substrates. A substrate is provided. A showerhead is positioned above the substrate. The showerhead includes a plurality of injection ports, at least one isolation channel, and at least one exhaust port on a bottom surface thereof. The at least one isolation channel separates the plurality of injection ports into two or more sections. The at least one exhaust port is positioned within the at least one isolation channel. The plurality of injection ports are not in fluid communication with the at least one exhaust port within the showerhead. At least one processing fluid is caused to be delivered from the plurality of injection ports onto the substrate. At least some of the at least one processing fluid is caused to be removed from the substrate through the at least one exhaust port.
US10364496B2	Dual section module having shared and unshared mass flow controllers A dual section module with mass flow controllers, for processing wafers, includes: dual process sections integrated together; at least one mass flow controller (MFC) each shared by the dual process sections and provided in a gas line branching into two gas lines, at a branching point, connected to the respective interiors of the dual process sections and arranged symmetrically between the dual process sections; and at least one mass flow controller (MFC) each unshared by the dual process sections and provided in a gas line connected to the interior of each dual process section.
US10364495B2	Method for producing a thin film The present invention relates to an aluminum compound represented by general formula (I). The present invention also relates to a thin film-forming raw material that contains this aluminum compound. In general formula (I), R1 and R2 each independently denote a straight chain or branched alkyl group having 2-5 carbon atoms, and R3 denotes a methyl group or ethyl group. It is preferable for R1 and R2 to be ethyl groups. This compound has a low melting point, exhibits satisfactory volatility, has high thermal stability, and is suitable for use as a raw material used to form a thin film by a CVD method.
US10364493B2	Exhaust apparatus and substrate processing apparatus having an exhaust line with a first ring having at least one hole on a lateral side thereof placed in the exhaust line An exhaust apparatus using a gas curtain instead of a mechanical opening/closing structure is provided. The exhaust apparatus includes: a first region; a second region connected to the first region; a third region connected to the first region; and a first gas line connected to the second region, wherein when gas is supplied to the first gas line, the first region does not communicate with the second region but communicates with the third region.
US10364491B2	Process to chemically modify polymeric materials by static, low-pressure infiltration of reactive gaseous molecules Disclosed herein are methods for diffusing precursors into polymer substrates, including methods of chemically modifying polymeric materials by static, low-pressure infiltration of reactive gaseous molecules.
US10364484B2	Method and alloys for low pressure permanent mold without a coating A method and alloys for low pressure permanent mold casting without a coating are disclosed. The method includes preparing a permanent mold casting die that is devoid of die coating or lubrication along the die surface, preparing a permanent mold casting alloy, pushing the alloy into the die under low pressure, cooling the permanent mold casting, and removing the casting from the die. One alloy has 4.5-11.5% by weight silicon; 0.45% by weight maximum iron; 0.20-0.40% by weight manganese; 0.045-0.110% by weight strontium; 0.05-5.0% by weight copper; 0.01-0.70% by weight magnesium; and the balance aluminum. Another alloy has 4.2-5.0% by weight copper; 0.005-0.45% by weight iron; 0.20-0.50% by weight manganese; 0.15-0.35% by weight magnesium; 0.045-0.110% by weight strontium; 0.50% by weight maximum nickel; 0.10% by weight maximum silicon; 0.15-0.30% by weight titanium; 0.05% by weight maximum tin; 0.10% by weight maximum zinc; and the balance aluminum.
US10364481B2	Single-phase alloy of gold and tungsten A single-phase alloy is formed, as weight percentages, of N % of gold, M % of tungsten, with N+M=100, M≥8 and N≥60. Also disclosed is a process for preparing such an alloy use of such an alloy and decorative sheets made from such an alloy.
US10364476B2	Method and device for producing a press-quenched part A method and device for producing a press-quenched part having a rim hole with a collar formed at the periphery of the rim hole includes inserting a temperature-controlled die into the rim hole of the part. The temperature of the temperature-controlled die is controlled such that the temperature of the part in a region of the collar is held above the martensite start temperature of the material from which the part is made. While the temperature of the collar is being held above the martensite start temperature, the remainder of the part is press quenched.
US10364470B2	Long non-coding RNA expressed in aggressive cancer The invention described in the application relates to a long non-coding RNA expressed in cancer. The invention thus provides methods and compositions for evaluating levels of the long non-coding RNA to assess the aggressiveness of a cancer and for modulating levels of the long non-coding RNA.
US10364467B2	Using size and number aberrations in plasma DNA for detecting cancer Analysis of tumor-derived circulating cell-free DNA opens up new possibilities for performing liquid biopsies for solid tumor assessment or cancer screening. However, many aspects of the biological characteristics of tumor-derived cell-free DNA remain unclear. Regarding the size profile of plasma DNA molecules, some studies reported increased integrity of tumor-derived plasma DNA while others reported shorter tumor-derived plasma DNA molecules. We performed an analysis of the size profiles of plasma DNA in patients with cancer using massively parallel sequencing at single base resolution and in a genomewide manner. Tumor-derived plasma DNA molecules were further identified using chromosome arm-level z-score analysis (CAZA). We showed that populations of aberrantly short and long DNA molecules co-existed in the plasma of patients with cancer. The short ones preferentially carried the tumor-associated copy number aberrations. These results show the ability to use plasma DNA as a molecular diagnostic tool.
US10364452B2	Strip-based electrochemical sensors for quantitative analysis of analytes Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for providing test strip electrochemical sensors for rapid quantitative analysis of analytes in physiological fluids. In one aspect, an electrochemical sensor includes a substrate; an electrode contingent including a first electrode having a coating of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a second electrode on the substrate; and an entrapment layer formed on the first electrode to attach an enzymatic substance capable of causing a redox reaction in the presence of a target analyte of a fluid sample which produces a redox-active product, in which the entrapment layer is structured to include a conductive polymer film that is reversibly dopable to conduct charge carriers across the entrapment layer and at the first electrode. For example, the electrochemical sensor can be provided on a disposable test strip to quantify L-DOPA levels in whole blood, plasma, or serum samples.
US10364448B2	Method for producing L-α-amino acid compound Isolated oxidases, isolated polynucleotides encoding the oxidases, and methods of using the oxidases to produce α-oxocarboxylic acid compounds or L-α-amino acid compounds are described.
US10364432B2	Antisense oligonucleotide directed removal of proteolytic cleavage sites from proteins The invention relates to means and methods for removing a proteolytic cleavage site from a protein comprising providing a cell that expresses pre-mRNA encoding the protein with an anti-sense oligonucleotide that induces skipping of the exonic sequence that encodes the proteolytic cleavage site, the method further comprising allowing translation of mRNA produced from the pre-mRNA.
US10364430B2	Identification of a JAK2 mutation in polycythemia vera The present invention concerns the V617F variant of the protein-tyrosine kinase JAK2, said variant being responsible for Vaquez Polyglobulia. The invention also relates to a first intention diagnostic method for erythrocytosis and thrombocytosis allowing their association with myeloproliferative disorders, or to the detection of the JAK2 V617F variant in myeloproliferative disorders allowing their reclassification in a new nosological group.
US10364425B2	Recombinant or transgenic factor VII composition, each factor VII molecule having two N-glycosylation sites with defined glycan units The invention is related to a composition of recombinant or transgenic Factor VII, each molecule of Factor VII of the composition exhibiting two N-glycosylation sites, wherein, among all the molecules of FVII of the composition, the rate of Galα1,3G al glycan moieties is comprised between 0 and 4%. The invention is also related to a process for preparing such a composition of FVII.
US10364402B2	Lubricating composition containing an oxyalkylated aromatic polyol compound The disclosed technology provides a lubricating composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and 0.01 wt % to 10 wt % of an oxyalkylated aromatic polyol compound, wherein the aromatic compound has at least one alkoxy group represented by —OR1 group, R1 is hydroxyalkyl, or a (poly)ether group, and either: at least one hydroxyl group, or at least one alkoxy group represented by —OR1 group, where R1 is alkyl, or a (poly)ether group, or at least one oxyalkyl group represented by —OR1, where R1 is hydroxyalkyl or a (poly)ether group. The disclosed technology further relates to a method of lubricating a mechanical device (such as an internal combustion engine) with the lubricating composition. The disclosed technology further relates to the use of the oxyalkylated aromatic polyol compound in the lubricating composition to a passenger car internal combustion engine at least one of (i) control of fuel economy, (ii) control of corrosion, (iii) cleanliness, and (iv) control of bore wear.
US10364399B2	High octane unleaded aviation fuel Method for manufacture of unleaded aviation gasoline. The method includes blending a high octane alkylate, an effective amount of selected alkyl benzenes and of selected aromatic amines to improve the functional engine performance to avoid harmful detonation sufficient to meet or exceed selected standards for detonation performance requirements in full scale aircraft piston spark ignition engines designed for use with Grade 100LL avgas. Suitable alkylated benzenes may include a mixture of xylene isomers. Selected aromatic amines, such as N-methyl-p-toluidine, may be added to increase MON. The high octane alkylate may be an aviation alkylate, or iso-octane, or both, and may utilize high octane alkylates having a motor octane number of between about ninety-seven (97) and about one hundred (100). Suitable amounts of iso-pentane, n-butane, and iso-butane may be used for providing vapor pressure in a commercially acceptable range.
US10364396B2	Method for thermal conversion of ketoacids and hydrotreament to hydrocarbons The present disclosure relates to thermal conversion of ketoacids, including methods for increasing the molecular weight of ketoacids, the method including the steps of providing in a reactor a feedstock comprising at least one ketoacid. The feedstock is then subjected to one or more C-C-coupling reaction(s) by heating the feedstock to temperature of 200-500° C. in the absence of a catalyst.
US10364393B2	Process and apparatus for continuous production of densified charcoal The invention relates to an apparatus and method for the production of densified charcoal from organic material that can be used for example as chemical reagents, fuels, or absorbents. The reaction vessel defines a flow path extending from the input to the vessel, through to the output from the vessel, in which the thermal decomposition of the organic material progresses as the organic material passes through the reaction vessel. The vessel includes a reaction zone for autogenous reaction of organic material in a reaction bed of the organic material. Pressure can be applied to the bed of organic material to increase the density of the resultant charcoal. Acoustic emitters may also be used to enhance the densification process.
US10364391B2	Quantum dot, quantum dot film and LED package and display device including the same A quantum dot includes a seed and a core enclosing the seed. The core is grown from the seed to improve size uniformity of the core. The seed includes a first compound without Cd. The first compound may be GaP. The core may include a second compound including elements from group XIII and group XV. The second compound may be InP. The quantum dot may also include a first shell of a third compound enclosing the core. The third compound may be ZnSe or ZnS. The quantum dot may also include a second shell of a fourth compound enclosing the first shell. The fourth compound may be ZnS when the third compound is ZnSe. Embodiments also relate to a quantum dot including first to third elements selected from XIII group elements and XV group elements and fourth to sixth elements selected from XII group elements and XVI group elements.
US10364382B2	Curable polysiloxane compositions and pressure sensitive adhesives made therefrom Curable compositions include at least one polydiorganosiloxane with at least two hydroxysilyl moieties, at least one hydroxyl-functional polyorganosiloxane resin, and at least one photoactivatable composition that, upon exposure to radiation, generates at least one base selected from amidines, guanidines, phosphazenes, proazaphosphatranes. The curable compositions can be coated on substrates and cured to form coatings, including pressure sensitive adhesives.
US10364371B2	Antireflection film, optical member, and method of producing optical member An antireflection film includes a first layer including hollow particles. The first layer includes the hollow particles, a binder, and a fluorine compound; has a refractive index of 1.22 to 1.30; and has a contact angle between the surface thereof and n-hexadecane of 50° to 70°.
US10364364B2	Photo curable ink composition A photo curable ink composition includes a photo-reactive binder, a water soluble polymeric sensitizer, a water soluble photoinitiator, a colorant, and a balance of water. The water soluble polymeric sensitizer includes a functionalized anthrone moiety, a polyether chain, and an amide linkage or an ether linkage attaching one end of the polyether chain to the functionalized anthrone moiety. The water soluble photoinitiator having a formula (I) of: wherein n is any integer from 1 to 5 and M is a metal with a valence from 1 to 5.
US10364363B2	Radiation curable binder dispersion An example of a radiation curable binder dispersion includes water and a radiation curable binder dispersed therein. The radiation curable polyurethane is formed from a polyisocyanate; an acrylate or methacrylate having at least two hydroxyl functional groups and having an acrylate functional group or a methacrylate functional group; another acrylate or methacrylate having one hydroxyl functional group or one amino functional group; and one of i) a homopolymer or copolymer of poly(ethylene glycol) having one or two hydroxyl functional groups or one or two amino functional groups at one end of its chain; or ii) a combination of i and a compound including a carboxylic functional group.
US10364350B2	Vesicular system and uses thereof Disclosed is a vesicular system comprising a surface with a vesicle immobilized thereon. The immobilized vesicle has a circumferential membrane of an amphiphilic polymer. The vesicle is coupled to a surface by means of a molecule with a non-polar moiety. The non-polar moiety comprises a main chain of 3 to about 30 carbon atoms and 0 to about 12 heteroatoms selected from Si, O, S, and Se. The molecule with the non-polar moiety is coupled to the surface via a covalent or non-covalent bond. A portion of the non-polar moiety is integrated in the circumferential membrane.
US10364346B2	ABS-based resin composition and method article manufactured therefrom Disclosed are an ABS-based resin composition and a molded article manufactured therefrom. More particularly, the ABS-based resin composition according to the present disclosure includes (a) 22.5 to 50% by weight of a vinyl cyan compound-conjugated diene-based rubber-like polymer-aromatic vinyl compound copolymer resin; (b) 47.5 to 75% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyan compound copolymer resin; (c) 1 to 6% by weight of a polyether ester amide resin; and (d) 1.5 to 3% by weight of an ethoxylated alkylamine-based antistatic agent, thereby providing a high humidification amount and less deformation. Accordingly, the present disclosure relates to an ABS-based resin composition suitable for application to disks for air washers, humidifiers, and the like, and a molded article manufactured therefrom.
US10364331B2	Composite electrolyte membrane and method for manufacturing same The present application relates to a composite electrolyte membrane and a method for manufacturing the same. The composite electrolyte membrane according to the present application includes: a poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymer including the repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 and the repeating unit represented by Chemical Formula 2; and a core-shell particle including an inorganic particle core and a basic organic polymer shell.
US10364328B2	Method for pretreating lignocellulose by using acid-base mixture catalyst The present invention relates to a method for pretreating lignocellulose by using an acid-base mixture catalyst. The method pretreats lignocellulose, by using a mixture catalyst of an acid and a base, so as not to pass through additional neutralization steps, and carries out pretreatment and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation through an identical single reactor process, thereby having an effect of producing ethanol in an excellent production yield from lignocellulosic biomass while simplifying the total process and reducing equipment costs and total processing costs.
US10364321B2	Batch process for making polybutylene terephthalate A batch process for preparing polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) includes heating a solid PBT oligomer having an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of 0.1 to 0.2 dL/g and a carboxylic acid end group concentration [CEG] of 90 to 180 mmol/kg at a temperature and pressure defined herein to form melted homogeneous PBT oligomer containing 0 to 300 ppm tetra(C1-C8 alkyl) titanate catalyst, and polycondensing the melted homogeneous PBT oligomer in the presence of a tetra(C1-C8 alkyl) titanate catalyst, reducing the pressure, and maintaining the temperature at approximately 245-260° C. for a sufficient time to provide PBT having an IV of 0.55 and 1.20 dL/g. The PBT oligomer can be prepared by heating a mixture of 1,4-butane diol and purified terephthalic acid in the presence of a tetra(C1-C8 alkyl) titanate catalyst.
US10364320B2	Biodegradable polyester composition A biodegradable polyester composition based on a total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, including a weight content of cyclopentanone which is 0.5 ppm-85 ppm is provided. The cyclopentanone is added into the composition and controlling the content of cyclopentanone in the composition within a range of 0.5 ppm-85 ppm to realize a lubrication degree of a film of biodegradable polyester during a blow molding process. When a velocity of film blowing is 176 Kg/h, a range of a film thickness is less than 0.2 μm and a relative deviation of the film thickness is less than 1%.
US10364311B2	HFO-1234ZE copolymers The present invention provides 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234ze) copolymers comprising 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of vinyl fluoride (VF), vinylidene fluoride (VF2), tetrafluoroethylene (TFE), chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE), hexafluoropropylene (HFP), and perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) (PAVE), wherein said alkyl contains 1 to 5 carbon atoms, the copolymers being a fluoroplastic or a fluoroelastomer, depending upon monomer content.
US10364309B2	Supported polymerisation catalysts A supported polymerisation catalyst system comprises: (a) a polymerisation catalyst, (b) a cocatalyst, and (c) a porous support, and is characterised in that the porous support has been pretreated with (i) a chemical dehydration agent and (ii) a hydroxy compound wherein the hydroxy compound is not a cocatalyst or component thereof. The preferred polymerisation catalyst is a transition metal compound for example a metallocene and by use of the supported catalyst systems improved activity may be achieved.
US10364308B2	Thermoplastic polyolefin compositions This invention relates to a thermoplastic polyolefin composition with (a) a polypropylene having a melting point of greater than 130° C. and a melt flow rate from 10 to 80 g/10 min; (b) an ethylene-propylene copolymer with 40 wt % to 80 wt % ethylene derived units and a Mooney Viscosity (1+4, 125° C.) of greater than 20 Mooney units, a Mw/Mn of from 1.8 to 4.0, and a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 to 300,000 g/mole; and (c) a propylene-based elastomer having 5 wt % to 25 wt % ethylene derived units and having a melting point of less than 110° C. and a Mw/Mn from 2.0 to 4.0; wherein the room temperature notch impact of the thermoplastic polyolefin composition is at least four times greater than the room temperature notch impact of a composition without the propylene-based elastomer.
US10364301B2	Modified isobutylene-isoprene rubber, production method for same and cured material of same The present invention provides: a modified isobutylene-isoprene rubber including a structural unit of Chemical Formula I, a production method for the same, and a cured material formed by thermally curing the same (in Chemical Formula I, X is an alkyl group including at least two carboxyl groups). The modified isobutylene-isoprene rubber exhibits excellent characteristics in terms of adhesive properties, flexibility, water vapor transmission resistance and transparency.
US10364295B2	Recombinant monoclonal antibodies and corresponding antigens for colon and pancreatic cancers Purified or highly pure recombinant monoclonal antibodies that bind to human colorectal and pancreatic carcinoma-associated antigens (CPAA), along with nucleic acid sequences encoding the antibody chains, and the amino acid sequences corresponding to said nucleic acids and uses for said sequences are provided.
US10364294B2	Methods of preparation of conjugates The present invention is directed to methods of preparing a conjugate of a cell-binding agent and a drug (such as a cytotoxic compound). The methods comprise the use of an imine reactive compound to enable efficient conjugations of cytotoxic compounds with cell binding agents.
US10364293B2	Polypeptide binding to extracellular domain of epidermal growth factor receptor The present invention relates to a polypeptide capable of binding specifically to the extracellular domain of epidermal growth factor receptor, a polynucleotide that encodes the polypeptide, an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide, a recombinant microorganism having the expression vector introduced therein, and a method of producing the polypeptide using the recombinant microorganism. The polypeptide according to the present invention can bind to the extracellular domain of epidermal growth factor receptor with a high binding affinity comparable to those of existing monoclonal antibodies that are widely used as targeted therapeutic agents, thereby inhibiting the activity of the epidermal growth factor receptor. The polypeptide is useful for the development of agents for the prevention or diseases associated with overexpression of epidermal growth factor receptor.
US10364288B2	Anti-GPIIB/IIIA antibodies or uses thereof The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding molecules thereof which specifically bind the α and/or β subunits of the non-active form of the GPIIb/IIIIa receptor. The antibodies and antigen-binding molecules can be genetically fused and/or conjugated to heterologous moieties and used, for example, as targeting moieties. The invention also includes methods for screening for these antibodies, as well as methods of making and methods of using chimeric molecules derived from the antibodies.
US10364284B2	High affinity antibodies that neutralize Staphylococcus enterotoxin B Provided herein are antibodies that specifically bind and neutralize Staphylococcus enterotoxin B. In addition, nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, and cells that express such antibodies are provided. Also provided are methods for treating diseases mediated by, and for neutralizing Staphylococcus enterotoxin B.
US10364275B2	Methods for treating inflammatory responses or diseases caused by inflammation using ApoA-I binding protein (APOA1BP) The invention provides pharmaceutical compounds and formulations comprising nucleic acids and polypeptides for regulating (including upregulating or inhibiting) the expression of ApoA-1 Binding Protein (APOAIBP, AIBP, or AI-BP) and methods for making and using them. In alternative embodiments, APOAIBP-inhibiting pharmaceutical compositions and formulations of the invention are administered to an individual in need thereof in an amount sufficient to stimulate tissue revascularizaton, e.g., supporting or stimulating revascularization of heart tissue, e.g., after a cardiac ischemia. In alternative embodiments, pharmaceutical compositions and formulations of the invention that comprise APOAIBP nucleic acids and polypeptides or result in an increase in expression or activity of APOAIBP nucleic acids and polypeptides are administered to an individual in need thereof in an amount sufficient to treat, prevent, reverse and/or ameliorate a dyslipidemia, e.g., to treat, prevent, reverse and/or ameliorate conditions responsive to increasing cholesterol efflux from cells, including cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis.
US10364269B2	Processes for the preparation of carfilzomib or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of carfilzomib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also relates to a process for the preparation of amorphous form of carfilzomib.
US10364261B2	DNA alkylating agents Provided herein are compounds of formula I: wherein the variables are defined herein, processes of making them, and methods of treating cancer comprising administering such compounds.
US10364258B2	Heteroaryl inhibitors of PDE4 The present invention relates to compounds and methods useful as inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory diseases and other diseases involving elevated levels of cytokines and proinflammatory mediators.
US10364254B2	Compounds for use in antibacterial applications The present invention relates to novel compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, corresponding pharmaceutical compositions and treatment methods or uses as antibacterials for bacterial infections.
US10364247B2	Preparation and use of novel protein kinase inhibitors The invention provides novel compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent cancer.
US10364243B2	2-(het)aryl-substituted fused bicyclic heterocycle derivatives as pesticides The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which the R1, R2a, R2b, R3, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and n radicals are each as defined above, to the use thereof as acaricides and/or insecticides for controlling animal pests and to processes and intermediates for preparation thereof.
US10364236B2	Compositions and methods for treating neurodegenerative diseases Compounds, and compositions, methods, and uses thereof, are described herein for treating neurodegenerative diseases and disorders. In particular, vasopressin receptor modulators, and compositions, methods and uses thereof, are described herein for treating neuropsychiatric aspects of neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and Alzheimer's Disease.
US10364235B2	Insecticidal compounds The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): where A1, A2, A3, A4, G, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1; or a salt or N-oxide thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for preparing compounds of formula (I), to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal and molluscicidal compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) and to methods of using the compounds of formula (I) to control insect, acarine, nematode and mollusc pests.
US10364223B2	Organic compound, electrochromic element, optical filter, lens unit, image pickup apparatus, and window member Provided is an organic compound, which is represented by the general formula (1): in the general formula (1), R1 and R2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms, an aryl group, an aralkyl group, and a heteroaryl group, R3 and R4 are each independently selected from an alkyl group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, and an alkoxy group having 1 or more and 10 or less carbon atoms, and A1− and A2− each independently represent a monovalent anion.
US10364218B2	Method of producing epsilon-caprolactam A method of producing ε-caprolactam from 3-oxoadipic acid includes: step 1 of mixing at least one selected from the group consisting of 3-oxoadipic acid and salts thereof with a catalyst and a solvent in the presence of hydrogen to produce 3-hydroxyadipic acid; and step 2 of reacting the 3-hydroxyadipic acid which is a product of step 1, a salt or carboxylic acid derivative thereof, or a mixture of these with hydrogen and ammonia.
US10364217B2	Chemical compounds The present invention relates to novel compounds of polyfunctionalized polyethylene and polypropylene glycols, their synthesis and their use, in particular as tracers in applications related to oil and gas production, and especially as specific markers of various target fluids.
US10364216B2	Alkenyl sulfate ester or salt thereof Provided are a novel compound useful for adjusting sweetness or saltiness or inhibiting ENaC, and use thereof.An octenyl sulfate ester of the following Formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein the wavy line represents any one of cis- or trans-configuration.
US10364213B2	Method for producing α-hydroxyisobutyric acid amide and reactor The present invention provides a method for producing α-hydroxyisobutyric acid amide by hydration of acetone cyanohydrin under the presence of a catalyst composed mainly of manganese oxide using a reactor in which at least two reaction regions are connected in series, the method being characterized by comprising: a step (B) of cyclically supplying at least a portion of a reaction liquid withdrawn from at least one reaction region to a first reaction region (I) in the reactor; and a step (b1) of further cyclically supplying at least a portion of the reaction liquid withdrawn from at least one reaction region to at least one reaction region other than the first reaction region. The method is also characterized in that an oxidizing agent is supplied to at least one reaction region in the reactor.
US10364212B2	Process for the preparation of enclomiphene citrate having needle shaped crystal habit An improved and well reproducible process for the preparation of Enclomiphene citrate having needle shaped crystal habit is provided. It is also related to a solid form of Enclomiphene citrate.
US10364200B2	Processes and systems for the conversion of acyclic hydrocarbons This invention relates to processes and systems for converting acyclic hydrocarbons to alkenes, cyclic hydrocarbons and/or aromatics, for example converting acyclic C5 hydrocarbons to cyclopentadiene in a reactor system. The process includes contacting a feedstock comprising acyclic hydrocarbons with a catalyst material in at least one reaction zone to convert at least a portion of the acyclic hydrocarbons to a first effluent comprising alkenes, cyclic hydrocarbons and/or aromatics. A co-feed comprising H2, C1-C4 alkanes and/or C1-C4 alkenes may also be provided to the at least one reaction zone.
US10364198B2	Heavy petroleum residue derived iron incorporated sp2 carbon nanogranules for improved synthesis of light olefins Disclosed are sp2 carbon nanogranules with iron incorporated from heavy petroleum residue of a refinery. The nanogranules may be used for improved synthesis of light olefins (C2-C4) from syngas in a single step Fischer Tropsch synthesis to lower olefins, (FTO). The efficient iron incorporated carbon nanogranules derived from low value heavy petroleum residue are very attractive as a catalytic system for direct synthesis of light olefin (C2-C4) from syngas at CO conversion up to 30%.
US10364197B2	Heat treated ceramic substrate having ceramic coating A heat treated ceramic article includes a ceramic substrate and a ceramic coating on the ceramic substrate. The ceramic coating is a non-sintered ceramic coating that has a different composition than the ceramic substrate. The heat treated ceramic article further includes a transition layer between the ceramic substrate and the ceramic coating, the transition layer comprising first elements from the ceramic coating that have reacted with second elements from the ceramic substrate, wherein the transition layer has a thickness of about 0.1 microns to about 5 microns.
US10364196B2	Multi-functional coating system for cementitious composite materials Improved coating formulations for cementitious composite building materials are disclosed herein. The coating formulations provide both sealer and primer functions, particularly for substrates in a high alkaline environment, such as fiber cement composite materials. The coating formulations can be applied in a cost-effective single step; exhibit improved adhesion, blocking resistance, water resistance characteristics
US10364194B2	Composite material and method for preparing the same A method for preparing a ceramic-modified carbon-carbon composite material. The method includes preparing and thermally treating a carbon fiber preform, and depositing pyrolytic carbon on the carbon fiber preform in a chemical vapor infiltration furnace, to yield a porous carbon-carbon composite material; placing the carbon-carbon composite material deposited with the pyrolytic carbon on a zirconium-titanium powder mixture, and performing a reactive melt infiltration, to yield a carbon-carbon composite material modified by non-stoichiometric zirconium titanium carbide; and placing the carbon-carbon composite material modified by non-stoichiometric zirconium titanium carbide in a powder mixture including carbon, boron carbide, silicon carbide, silicon, and an infiltration enhancer, and performing an embedding method, to form a ceramic-modified carbon-carbon composite material.
US10364188B2	Composition for refractory material A composition for a refractory material comprising a base mixture having a composition in oxide (mol %) as follows: SiO2 between 69% and 73%; Al2O3 between 22% and 28%; TiO2 between 0.4% and 1%; Fe2O3 between 0.2% and 1%; CaO between 0.1% and 1%; MgO between 0.1% and 1%; K2O between 0.5% and 2%; Na2O between 0.1% and 0.5%; and comprising a filler mixture comprising at least one from between a schamotte and a smelting agent.
US10364187B2	Jamb spray mixes including fused silica and methods of utilizing the mixes A jamb spray mix comprising: 0.1% to 10% phosphate by weight based on total weight of dry ingredients in the mix, 5% to 15% plasticizer by weight based on total weight of dry ingredients in the mix, the balance of dry ingredients including fused silica particles and impurities, and at least 20% water by weight based on total weight of the mix. In certain non-limiting embodiments, a coating of the jamb spray mix is applied to a refractory brick surface region in a coke oven using an air pressurized applicator and associated nozzle.
US10364179B2	Method for manufacturing glass cliche using laser etching and apparatus for laser irradiation therefor A method for manufacturing a glass cliché using laser etching includes a dipping step for dipping a glass cliché, which will be etched, into an etching solution, a patterning step for irradiating laser to the glass cliché dipped in the etching solution to form a pattern therein, and a washing step for washing the patterned glass cliché. This method allows making a cliché with a high aspect ratio and fine line widths in comparison to a conventional cliché manufacturing method using photoresist for etching, and also ensures more efficient energy consumption and higher etching efficiency rather than an etching method using laser only.
US10364174B2	Glass furnace regenerators formed of one-piece load-bearing wall blocks Glass furnace regenerators having opposed pairs of side and end walls formed of refractory blocks, wherein at last one of the side and end walls of the regenerator comprise an interlocking plurality of refractory blocks, and wherein the refractory blocks are self-supporting and load-bearing one-piece pre-cast structures of a refractory material. Tie back bars may be provided to operatively connect a wall formed of the refractory blocks to externally provided buckstays to allow relative movement between the refractor blocks forming the wall and the buckstays (e.g., as may be required due to the blocks undergoing thermal expansion during use).
US10364157B2	Process for producing high grade hydromagnesite and magnesium oxide The present invention provides a process for producing high purity hydromagnesite from a source of magnesium chloride. The process involves preparation of a magnesium chloride brine of a specific concentration and reacting with sodium carbonate, while maintaining the reaction at a specific temperature range to form a hydromagnesite precipitate. The product can be calcined to generate high purity magnesium oxide compounds.
US10364154B1	Systems and methods to strengthen sand proppant Methods and systems for cost effectively transforming lower quality sands into higher quality sands for use as proppants in fracking operations. One or more of an attrition process, a microwaving process and a tumbling process, and systems therefor, are disclosed and shown to be applied to sands having inferior physical properties in order to increase the performance of those sands as proppants in hydrocarbon formation fracturing.
US10364150B2	Duel utilization liquid and gaseous fuel reformer and method of reforming A dual utilization liquid and gaseous fuel CPOX reformer that includes reaction zones for the CPOX reforming of liquid and gaseous reformable fuels. A reforming method is also provided. The method comprises reforming a first gaseous reformable reaction mixture comprising oxygen-containing gas and vaporized liquid fuel and before or after this step, reforming second gaseous reformable reaction mixture comprising oxygen-containing gas and gaseous fuel to produce a hydrogen-rich reformate.
US10364145B2	Process for manufacturing a microelectronic device having a black surface, and microelectronic device A roughened silicon surface is formed by a process including repetitively performed roughening cycles. Each roughening cycles including a step for depositing a non-planar polymeric layer over an area of a silicon body and a step for plasma etching the polymeric layer and the area of the silicon body etch in a non-unidirectional way. As a result, a surface portion of the silicon body is removed, in a non-uniform way, to a depth not greater than 10 nm.
US10364144B2	Hermetically sealed package for mm-wave molecular spectroscopy cell Disclosed examples provide gas cells and a method of fabricating a gas cell, including forming a cavity in a first substrate, forming a first conductive material on a sidewall of the cavity, forming a glass layer on the first conductive material, forming a second conductive material on a bottom side of a second substrate, etching the second conductive material to form apertures through the second conductive material, forming conductive coupling structures on a top side of the second substrate, and bonding a portion of the bottom side of the second substrate to a portion of the first side of the first substrate to seal the cavity.
US10364134B2	Crane mat system and method A stack of crane mats can be lifted by a sling which engages two or more lifting portions mounted to recessed walls. The lifting portions are configured such that a sling can lift a stack of mats. Each lifting portion includes an arm having a proximal end attached to a recessed wall of the mat and a distal end attached to a plate. A protrusion is mounted on each arm such that when the mats are stacked, the protrusions over lower mats are nested within recessed cutouts of upper mats. After a stack is landed, the sling may retain one or more upper crane mats and lift them away from a lower crane mat.
US10364132B2	Pipe lifting and orienting apparatus and method A pipe lifting apparatus and method related thereto are provided, wherein the pipe has a base with outriggers, a vertically extending beam having a pulley at its upper end and a cable attached to a winch and extending over the pulley. The pulley and winch are oriented so that the cable extends naturally in line with a vertex between two of the outriggers such that, when a pipe in a vertical sleeve is attached to the distal end and is lifted by the cable, the pipe passes adjacent to the vertex. The apparatus is configured to raise pipes from a vertical pipe sleeve used in floating roofs of above-ground storage tanks. The apparatus can be used to raise and lower pipes and to move them around the upper surface of the floating roof of the tanks.
US10364122B2	Ejecting windowed and non-windowed media An infeed module of a valuable media depository is configured to track media edge detection during ejection processing. When sensors of the infeed module report conditions that would otherwise indicate that media has exited or been retracted back into the infeed module during ejection processing, reporting of the conditions are delayed or modified based on a tracked edge detection status. Thereby permitting the infeed module to perform proper ejection processing on both windowed and non-windowed media regardless of the dimensions present for any windowed portions of the media.
US10364112B2	Center feed roll dispensing apparatus A center feed roll dispensing apparatus including: a roll support that extends in a first direction from a first end to a second end; an end wall located in the first direction with respect to the first end of the roll support, the end wall comprising a dispensing aperture; and a roll stop located in the first direction with respect to the first end of the roll support and spaced from the end wall.
US10364108B2	Sheet feed device and image forming apparatus including the same The sheet feed device includes a sheet containing cassette with a sheet stacking plate therein, a sheet feed part enabled to feed a sheet within the sheet containing cassette set in a setting position, a first sensing mechanism, a lift mechanism, a drive mechanism, and a controller. The lift mechanism includes a cassette-side coupling member for transmitting driving force to the sheet stacking plate. The drive mechanism includes a main body-side coupling member coupled with the cassette-side coupling member. When the first sensing mechanism has sensed that no sheets are stacked on the sheet stacking plate, the controller makes the main body-side coupling member rotate reverse to move down the sheet stacking plate and, even after the sheet stacking plate lowers, makes the main body-side coupling member continue to be rotated reverse so as to move out the sheet containing cassette from the setting position.
US10364101B2	Spiral conveyor system A spiral conveyor system with a positive drive system includes a rotating drum with at least one rib that is attached to drum. The rib includes a drive face for engaging a conveyor belt. The height of the rib above of the surface of the drum varies along a length of the drive element. The rib may be directly attached to the drum or may be a part of a drive element attached to the drum. The conveyor belt includes at least one belt surface configured to engage the at least one drive face, such as a protruding tab with a flat surface.
US10364092B2	Single action dispensing device with sliding sleeve A dispensing device that attaches to a container has: (a) a hollow tube with opposing entrance and exit ends with a connector on the entrance end and a wall defining a flow channel; (b) a sleeve with opposing entrance and exit ends slidably extending over the hollow tube; (c) a sealing gasket between and contacting the hollow tube and sleeve; (d) a trigger mount rigidly attached to the hollow tube or container; (e) a trigger hingedly connected to the trigger mount and operatively connected to the sleeve; (f) an elastic element between the trigger and the hollow tube and/or container; wherein the exit end is closed and there is an opening through the hollow tube wall proximate to the exit end; the sleeve has an open dispensing end, reduces in inside diameter at dispensing end and engages the hollow tube when closed and disengages from the hollow tube when open.
US10364084B2	Flexible package with tamper-evident anti-counterfeiting label and method of making the same A flexible package having a tamper evident product authentication label secured thereto and methods of making the same are disclosed. The package includes at least one panel having a heat seal line. The label has an outer surface with authentication indicia appearing thereon and an inner surface adhesively secured to the package adjacent the heat seal line. The label includes peripheral portions that are frangible, with one of the frangible peripheral portions of the label being located within a portion of the area made up by the heat seal line. Accordingly, attempted removal of the label from the package will cause the label to tear, leaving at least a portion of the peripheral edge of the label secured to the package to thereby prevent reuse of the label.
US10364082B2	Contact lens packaging and methods of manufacturing packaged contact lenses A contact lens package includes a sealed contact lens package and a wrap coupled to the sealed contact lens package. The wrap has one or more panels. One of more of the panels includes a printed surface that includes a unique device identifier, which is provided in both human readable form that includes numbers or letters, or both, and machine readable form, such as a bar code. A method of manufacturing a contact lens package includes providing the sealed contact lens package and coupling the wrap to the sealed contact lens package.
US10364057B2	Pet water container and bowl A container for storing liquid having a bowl removably secured on a lower end thereof. The container defines an interior volume for storing liquid, such as water. The container includes an upper end having a body and an opening, wherein the opening can receive liquid therethrough. A lower end of the container includes threading disposed around an exterior thereof, between a first and second end. A bowl is removably securable to the threading of the lower end of the container so as to allow a user to selectively detach the bowl from the container and fill the bowl with liquid stored within the container. In one embodiment, the lower end of the container includes a smaller width than a width of the body of the upper end so as to allow a sidewall of the bowl to align with a sidewall of the body.
US10364054B2	M-shaped fully automatic winding machine Disclosed is an M-shaped fully automatic winding machine provided with a main controller, a film clamping device, an automatic film cutting device, and a film lifting device. The film clamping device is provided on an M-shaped turntable, is driven to work by a second electric motor and uses a storage battery as a power source. A secondary controller controlling the second electric motor to work is also provided on the M-shaped turntable, is in a communication connection with the main controller via wireless data and is controlled by the main controller. A film clamping working position of the film clamping device is in front of an upright post when the M-shaped turntable turns to the angle of the original position. The M-shaped winding machine is also provided with a storage battery charging connection device. When the M-shaped turntable turns to the angle of a charging position, a turntable upper part and a turntable outer part of the charging connection device can be electrically connected. A driving electric motor of a film frame lifting device, the driving electric motor of the M-shaped turntable, and the power devices in the automatic film cutting device and the film lifting device are controlled by the main controller. The M-shaped winding machine can realize automatic film clamping and fully automatic film winding.
US10364051B1	Efficient stationkeeping strategy for the three apogee (TAP) orbit A stationkeeping strategy for a satellite disposed in a TAP orbit includes controlling parameters of the orbit such that, for a constellation of two satellites disposed in the orbit, the constellation provides substantially continuous coverage of a polar region. The stationkeeping strategy includes one or more of: establishing an initial Right Ascension of Ascending Node (RAAN) of the operational orbit such that naturally caused orbital drift results in a mid-life RAAN of approximately 0 degrees (360 degrees); and controlling Argument of Perigee (ARGP), only indirectly, by performing orbit maintenance maneuvers only to directly control one or more of the operational orbit apogee altitude, the operational orbit perigee altitude, and inclination within a respective required range.
US10364049B2	Supporting maintenance of aircraft A system for supporting maintenance of an aircraft is provided. The system includes a plurality of database importers. The database importers import a plurality of datasets from a plurality of data sources to a database with a composite dataset including data of the plurality of datasets. The system also includes a database-management system (DBMS) to manage the database. The system further includes a client application coupled to the DBMS. The client application receives a user request for a demand for replacement aircraft parts for maintenance during an in-service lifecycle of the aircraft. In response to the user request, the client application predicts and thereby produces a prediction of the demand based on the data retrieved from the composite dataset.
US10364045B2	Engineered material arresting system and methods for forming same A vehicle arresting system includes a base layer comprising a crushable aggregate and a cover layer comprising a cementitious material having an oven-dry density of 100 lb/ft3 or less. The system also may include an arrestor bed and a plurality of anchors. Each anchor includes a support rod coupled to an associated puck, each support rod being secured to a foundation that supports the arrestor bed, and each puck being embedded in the cover layer slab of the arrestor bed. Additionally, each support rod is coupled to its associated puck via a shear link breakable at a predetermined load. A method for arresting a vehicle includes depositing a base layer on a region where the vehicle is to be arrested, the base layer comprising an aggregate, and depositing a cover layer over the base layer, the cover layer including a cementitious material having an oven-dry density of 100 lb/ft3 or less.
US10364044B2	Combined information for object detection and avoidance Described is an imaging component for use by an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) for object detection. As described, the imaging component includes one or more cameras that are configured to obtain images of a scene using visible light that are converted into a depth map (e.g., stereo image) and one or more other cameras that are configured to form images, or thermograms, of the scene using infrared radiation (“IR”). The depth information and thermal information are combined to form a representation of the scene based on both depth and thermal information.
US10364042B2	Multispectral sensor fusion system for platform state estimation An electronic landing platform state module is configured to generate a state estimation of a platform surface at sea includes a plurality of electronic platform state process modules configured to receive an output from a respective spectral sensor. The plurality of electronic platform state process modules are further configured to output a monitored spectral platform state signal in response to applying a spectral process on a respective output. Each spectral process corresponds to a particular spectral modality of the respective spectral sensor. The electronic landing platform state module further includes an electronic platform state estimator module configured to determine a corrected dynamic state of the platform in response to fusing together the individual monitored spectral platform state signals.
US10364041B2	Twin centrifugal single spool engine An auxiliary power unit may comprise a twin centrifugal compressor including a first blade. A turbine may be disposed aft of the twin centrifugal compressor. The turbine may include a second blade. The first blade comprises a first material and the second blade comprises a second material. The first material may the same as the second material. The twin centrifugal compressor may include forward centrifugal compressor and an aft centrifugal compressor disposed aft of the forward centrifugal compressor.
US10364040B2	Air separation system for fuel stabilization A system for generating inert gas includes a source of pressurized air. An air separation module including at least one permeable membrane is operable to separate the pressurized air into oxygen-enriched air and inert gas-enriched air. A fuel tank containing a fuel is arranged downstream from said air separation module. The inert gas-enriched air output from said air separation module interacts with said fuel to remove dissolved oxygen from said fuel.
US10364035B2	Synergetic noise absorption and anti-icing for aircrafts Systems and methods are provided for an inductive coil anti-icing and noise absorption system. In certain versions, the inductive coil anti-icing and noise absorption system may include an inductive coil and a skin. The inductive coil may generate electromagnetic fields and may electromagnetically couple with the skin. The skin, upon electromagnetically coupling with the inductive coil, may increase in temperature and the increase in temperature may melt or prevent the formation of ice on the skin. The skin or a portion of the skin may be porous and may allow incorporation of a sound absorbing liner. The sound absorbing liner may attenuate noise generated by the aircraft (e.g., noise generated by the aircraft engine). Certain versions may include a plurality of inductive coils and a plurality of skins.
US10364019B2	Aircraft flap mechanism This invention relates to an aircraft flap mechanism, entirely contained within each flap, such that each flap can be activated independently of any other. The mechanism includes electric, pneumatic or hydraulic motors which activate the movement of the flaps.The invention results in a compact, light, low cost, reliable and easy to maintain mechanism. Furthermore, due to the fact that the mechanism is entirely contained within the flap it maximizes internal wing space.
US10364017B2	Structural component The present invention relates to structural component for an aircraft. The structural component comprises a body with a first surface and a lug that extends out of the first surface. The body and lug comprise a composite material and are integrally formed.
US10364009B2	Fuel cell watercraft A fuel cell watercraft includes: a hull; an electric motor serving as a power source adapted to generate propulsion of the hull; a fuel cell unit adapted to supply electric power to the electric motor; a hydrogen fuel tank adapted to supply hydrogen fuel to the fuel cell unit; a secondary battery serving as an auxiliary power supply for the fuel cell unit; and power regulation means for regulating the electric power supplied to the electric motor, in which the hull includes first and second storage spaces isolated from each other, the first and second storage spaces include equipment hatches able to be opened and closed by lid members, the fuel cell unit and the hydrogen fuel tank are housed in the first storage space, and the secondary battery and the power regulation means are housed in the second storage space.
US10364006B2	Modified CO2 cycle for long endurance unmanned underwater vehicles and resultant chirp acoustic capability A carbon dioxide cycle power generation system includes storage collectively storing portions of carbon dioxide liquid and gas and a transfer connection selectively directing flow of the carbon dioxide through a turbine. The system cycles between different seawater depths in order to employ at least one of seawater pressure and seawater temperature in creating the carbon dioxide flow. Inlet/outlet control valves on variable volume tanks, positioned below movable pistons within the respective tank, selectively allow seawater into or out of a lower portion of the respective tank below the piston to pressurize the carbon dioxide therein relative to the carbon dioxide within the other tank when at depth rather than near the surface. Inhibited versus uninhibited heat transfer between storage portions and the seawater allows different seawater temperatures at depth and near the surface to create the carbon dioxide flow. Acoustic communications may be driven concurrent with the turbine.
US10364002B2	Water lock to prevent water ingress The invention provides an element (210) comprising: (i) an electrical component (1220); (ii) an optical medium (270) comprising medium material (275) comprising a silicone transmissive for one or more of UV radiation and visible radiation, wherein the electrical component (1220) is embedded in the optical medium (270); (iii) an electrical connector (510) for functionally coupling the electrical component (1220) external to the optical medium (270), wherein the electrical connector (510) is embedded in the optical medium (270) over at least part of its length; and (iv) a water barrier (530) at least partly embedded in the optical medium (270) and configured to enclose at least part of the electrical connector (510).
US10363998B2	Aquatic vessel and paddle An aquatic vessel basically includes a floating body, a submersible propulsion unit and a communication device. The floating body has an above water level surface and a below water level surface. The submersible propulsion unit is disposed on the floating body beneath the below water level surface of the floating body. The communication device is disposed on the floating body above the above water level surface of the floating body. The communication device is wired to the submersible propulsion unit, and is configured to wirelessly communicate with a control module.
US10363997B1	Pontoon boat having an occupancy compartment A pontoon boat includes at least two pontoon tubes, a platform supported on the at least two pontoon tubes, and an occupancy compartment capable of containing at least one occupant, the occupancy compartment having a length, a width, an upper portion extending vertically above the platform that includes a ceiling, and a lower portion extending vertically below the platform and into one of the at least two pontoon tubes, the lower portion including a floor surface for supporting the occupant. An entrance to the occupancy compartment is provided in the upper portion that permits the occupant to enter and exit the occupancy compartment.
US10363996B2	Unmanned surface vehicle and method of using the same An unmanned surface vehicle (USV) including a main body; a slideway; and an automatic recovery unit. The slideway includes pulleys, slide rails, sleepers, end plates disposed at two sides of the sleepers, and baffle plates. The automatic recovery unit includes a buoy, a connection rod, a downhaul, an electromagnetic fixer, a winch, an upper cable, a storage box, and a recovery net. The slideway is fixed on the afterdeck of the main body and the tail end of the slideway sticks out the side boundary of the afterdeck. The baffle plates are disposed on the upper end of the end plates. The vertical height of the end plates is larger than the maximum vertical height of the pulleys and the slide rails. The baffle plates on the upper end of the end plates limit the displacement of the buoy in the vertical direction.
US10363993B2	Retractable wing The invention relates to a retractable wing equipping a watercraft. The wing includes a first support upright, a first end of which engages with the hull of the watercraft and a second end of which supports a first hydrofoil. The wing is characterized in that the first hydrofoil and first support upright engage with one another by way of an articulated connection having a degree of freedom in rotation about an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis passing through the ends of the first support upright, allowing the hydrofoil to fold parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US10363987B2	Compression piston A compression damper of a shock absorber includes: a single adjustable fluid circuit configured for controlling a damping rate associated with multiple compression speeds of the shock absorber, wherein the single adjustable fluid circuit includes a fluid passageway through a base valve; and a positionally adjustable floating shim stack positioned at one end of the fluid passageway, the positionally adjustable floating shim stack configured for selectively blocking a flow of fluid through the fluid passageway.
US10363980B2	Bicycle controlling device A bicycle controlling device including a lifting controller, a shifting controller, a height adjusting assembly, an electric rear derailleur and a seat height controller is disclosed. The lifting controller and the shifting controller are respectively adapted to generate and emit a lifting control signal or a shifting control signal. The height adjusting assembly is positioned in the seat tube and can be controllably lifted or fixed at a height. The seat height controller is fixed to the seat tube, and includes a wireless signal receiver, a control circuit and a motor. The wireless signal receiver is adapted to receive/transmit the lifting/shifting control signal to the control circuit, which is electrically connected with the electric rear derailleur and the motor, and controls the motor/the electric rear derailleur with the received lifting/shifting control signal. The motor can mechanically control the lifting of the height adjusting assembly or fix its height.
US10363976B2	Vehicle aerodynamic apparatus A vehicle having a first lateral diffuser provided on a first side of the vehicle and a second lateral diffuser provided on a second side of the vehicle. The first and second lateral diffusers are movably mounted and can be displaced from a retracted position to at least a first deployed position.
US10363975B2	Insert with integrated fastener A method for locally reinforcing or baffling a structure having a hollow cavity is disclosed. The present invention provides an insert that includes a carrier, a thermally expandable material located on at least a portion of the carrier, and at least one integrally formed attachment that projects outwardly from the carrier. The inserts of the present invention are preferably placed within a hollow cavity in a transverse direction so that once the insert is sealed into place via the thermally expandable material, the hollow cavity is separated into two separate chambers.
US10363964B2	Stay drop-off structure in case of impact load input A stay includes a first-bolt hole portion fastened to a body frame by a first bolt, a second-bolt hole portion fastened to a subframe by a second bolt, a recessed portion disposed between the first-bolt hole portion and the second-bolt hole portion and recessed downward, and a cutout portion continuous with the first-bolt hole portion and formed by cutting out a part of the recessed portion. The dimension of the recessed portion in its depth direction is equal to or larger than the dimension of the head portion of the first bolt in its height direction. The widthwise dimension of the cutout portion in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the stay is set to be smaller than the largest outer diameter of the head portion of the first bolt.
US10363962B2	Spindle system for wheel alignment correction A spindle sleeve and washer for adjusting the camber, toe, or thrust angle of a vehicle wheel to a desired predetermined angle which allows for use of existing hub and spindle assembly without permanent modification to the vehicle.
US10363961B2	Method and device for operating a plurality of vehicles A method for operating a plurality of vehicles includes sending over a communication network and to a first vehicle navigation data for an autonomous navigation of the first vehicle in a parking facility, the first vehicle being assigned as a guide vehicle to a second vehicle that is to autonomously follow the first vehicle, a target signal being sent to the second vehicle via the communication network while the second vehicle is following the guide vehicle during the autonomous navigation of the guide vehicle in the parking facility, the signal indicating that the second vehicle is to terminate the following and to park at a target position.
US10363960B2	Method and device for assisting a maneuvering process of a motor vehicle A maneuvering process of a motor vehicle is assisted in at least partially automated fashion from a present position into a target position. A multiplicity of possible trajectories from the present position into the target position are determined. One of said trajectories is defined as the trajectory to be followed by the vehicle during the maneuvering process on the basis of a predefined criterion. The definition is performed repeatedly during the execution of the maneuvering process, with the trajectory to be followed being updated in each case.
US10363956B2	Steering control apparatus In a return control unit, a driver steering correcting unit calculates a correction amount outputted in relation to any calculation quantity in a calculation process for a return control amount, based on a steering torque and steering wheel position-related information, such that the return control amount is maintained or increased when a steering torque is applied in a returning direction towards a neutral position of a steering wheel, and the return control amount is reduced when the steering torque of which an absolute value is equal to or greater than a predetermined critical value is applied in a turning direction away from the neutral position of the steering wheel. The steering wheel position-related information is information of which a value when the steering wheel is at the neutral position is zero and the value is positive or negative based on a steering wheel position in relation to the neutral position.
US10363953B2	Steering column for a motor vehicle A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a supporting unit and a displacement unit. The supporting unit may be connectable to a chassis of the motor vehicle, and the displacement unit may be displaceable relative to the supporting unit along a displacement path in a crash event. The steering column may further include an energy absorption element positioned between the supporting unit and the displacement unit. In a crash event, the energy absorption element may absorb energy over the displacement path. In some examples, the energy absorption element includes local laser solidifications that help control an energy absorption level of the energy absorption element.
US10363948B2	Train control device, train control method and computer program product According to an embodiment, a train control device includes an acceleration detection unit and a train control unit. The acceleration detection unit detects acceleration of a train along a rotation radius direction, when the train is turning and passing a curved section of a rail line with a cant. The train control unit sets a passing speed of the train passing through the curved section so that a state of the train is placed in a balanced cant, based on a direction of the detected acceleration.
US10363946B2	Hybrid pneumatic regenerative system for railway vehicles A pneumatic regenerative system for a railway vehicle equipped with a plurality of axles includes a plurality of pneumatic drive mechanisms coupled to each of the plurality of axles. Each pneumatic drive mechanism includes an accumulator and a pneumatic device. The pneumatic device may in some examples be a reversible air motor device. The accumulator is operable to receive and store pressurized air. The reversible air motor device is coupled to the accumulator and one of the plurality of axles of the vehicle. The reversible air motor device is operable in a first configuration and a second configuration. During a braking operation of the railway vehicle, the reversible air motor device in the first configuration is driven by rotation of the one of the plurality of axles to generate and store pressurized air in the accumulator. During an acceleration operation, of the railway vehicle the reversible air motor device receives pressurized air from the accumulator to drive rotation of the one of the plurality of axles.
US10363941B2	System and method for controlling a vehicle A vehicle is provided including an electronic power steering system, an electronic throttle control system, and a stability control system.
US10363924B2	Control device and control method for vehicle A vehicle includes an engine, an automatic transmission, a second clutch for engine disconnection, a rotating electric machine, a first clutch for rotating electric machine separation, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit switches the first clutch from a release state to an engagement state in a case where a collision of the vehicle occurs, the first clutch is in the release state, and a rotation speed of the rotating electric machine is higher than an input shaft rotation speed of the automatic transmission. In a case where the collision of the vehicle occurs, the first clutch is in the release state, and the rotation speed of the rotating electric machine is lower than the input shaft rotation speed of the automatic transmission, the first clutch is maintained in the release state.
US10363921B2	Clunk mitigation techniques for pedal tip-in and tip-out events A control system and method for a vehicle having a powertrain comprising a torque generating system and an automatic transmission each utilize a pedal position sensor configured to measure a position of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle and a controller configured to, based on the accelerator pedal position, detect a pedal tip-in or tip-out event and, in response to detecting the pedal tip-in or tip-out event: (i) determine a desired output torque for the torque generating system corresponding to the pedal tip-in or tip-out event and (ii) command the torque generating system to gradually transition, over a period, from its current output torque to the desired output torque to mitigate clunk caused by abrupt contact between gear teeth of the torque generating system shaft and the automatic transmission shaft.
US10363916B2	Pressure control apparatus and pressure control method thereof Disclosed herein are a pressure control apparatus and a pressure control method thereof. The pressure control apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive an input of a current pressure value of a brake apparatus detected by a detection apparatus when drive of the brake apparatus is prepared, a determination unit configured to determine whether the input current pressure value is a preset standard pressure value, and a control unit configured to receive the current pressure value, transfer a determination command to the determination unit, transfer a hydraulic adjustment command to the brake apparatus so that the current pressure value reaches the standard pressure value when the current pressure value is not the standard pressure value, and cause an on/off operation of the brake apparatus to be iterated a predetermined number of times for a predetermined time.
US10363912B2	Hydraulic brake actuators and related methods Example hydraulic brake actuators and related methods are disclosed herein. An example hydraulic brake actuator includes a rotary valve disposed in a bore of a housing. The rotary valve includes a shaft rotatably disposed within a sleeve. The sleeve and the shaft have ports that align at certain rotational positions to create a flow path between the bore and an inner chamber of the shaft. The example hydraulic brake actuator also includes a pump coupled to the shaft to increase and decrease a pressure within the inner chamber of the shaft.
US10363907B2	Fluid exchange machine A machine for replacing used transmission or power steering fluid in a vehicle with new transmission or power steering fluid includes a frame having a housing. The machine includes a pair of service hoses that extend from the machine and connect to the vehicle for placing the machine in the fluid flow. New, used, and axillary fluid tanks are provided. A pump and a manifold are associated with two of the tanks. The pumps provide for the selective withdraw or insertion of fluid into or out of the tanks. A display on the housing presents an operator of the machine with various tasks or options the machine can perform. A processor controls activation of the pumps and other electrical components based on inputs received by the display. Scales are provided under one or more of the tanks for determining the amount of fluid going into and out of the tanks during the exchange process.
US10363906B2	Wiper for liquid level sensors in automotive washer bottle Provided is a sensor wiper for a sensor pin used for fluid level detection. The sensor wiper comprises at least one swinging wiper having a wiper head for rotational association with a sensor pin, and an arcuate arm connected at a head end thereof to the wiper head. A plurality of inwardly directed radial elements are associated with the wiper head for engagement with the sensor pin. Sloshing action of fluids act upon the arcuate arm to move the wiping head, thereby causing the radial elements to engage and wipe the sensor pin.
US10363903B2	Vehicle keyless system and on-vehicle device of vehicle keyless system In a vehicle keyless system 1, an on-vehicle device 10 receives a command signal transmitted from a portable device 2 and controls a predetermined on-vehicle component. The portable device 2 transmits, as a main signal MS, a command signal including ID information unique to the portable device 2, and then transmits a sub signal LP subsequent to the main signal MS. The on-vehicle device 10 transitions to a sleep state when the command signal transmitted as the main signal MS is received and the ID information included in the received main signal MS does not match with ID information stored in an EEPROM 14 as ID information unique to the portable device 2 to which the on-vehicle device 10 is available.
US10363902B2	Anti-theft remote keyless entry system using frequency hopping with amplitude level control A method for defeating a two-thief attack on a passive RKE system by using frequency hopping. Radio frequency signals are transmitted between a fob and a vehicle. The transmitted signals hop between at least two radio frequency transmitting channels in a particular pseudo-random pattern known to the vehicle. At the vehicle, the transmitted signals are received in a process that is sequentially adjusted to take account of the known characteristics of each portion of the known pattern. Anomalies in the pattern of the received signals are detected and, if the anomalies exceed permissible limits, access to said vehicle is blocked.
US10363888B2	Wire harness A wire harness to be installed in a vehicle includes an electric wire and a protective tube that protects the electric wire. The electric wire is provided at the lower part of a vehicle body of the vehicle and the protective tube covers the electric wire and includes ferromagnetic materials.
US10363883B2	Road finishing machine with retainer device for supporting and positioning a sensor unit A road finishing machine comprises a height-adjustable screed mounted to a chassis of the road finishing machine for laying a paving layer, and at least one retainer device for supporting and positioning at least one sensor unit. The retainer device comprises at least one supporting arm module, at least one sensor module including the sensor unit, and at least one link that may be movably positioned at the supporting arm module to which the sensor module may be mounted and which mounts the sensor module to the supporting arm module. Furthermore, the sensor module comprises a retainer with a mounting plate which is releasably mounted to the link.
US10363877B2	Load space covering device A device, kit, and method that utilize a cover for covering a load space of a vehicle. The cover is movable between a retracted position in which the load space is uncovered and a deployed position in which the load space is at least partially covered. A detector is used for detecting an object in the path of the cover, such that damage to the object or cover may be avoided during deployment of the cover.
US10363873B2	Work vehicle and image displaying method for work vehicle A work vehicle includes a vehicle body, cameras, circuitry, and a display. The vehicle body has a peripheral area surrounding the vehicle body and a work equipment attachable to the vehicle body. The peripheral area is divided to allocated areas. The cameras are provided on the vehicle body to capture images of the allocated areas, respectively. The circuitry is configured to convert the images captured by the cameras to partial overhead images via view-point transformation, respectively. The circuitry is configured to composite the partial overhead images based on an image composition pattern that is changeable to produce a peripheral overhead image of the peripheral area. The display is to display the peripheral overhead image.
US10363865B2	System and method for vehicle safety lighting Methods and systems for vehicle safety lighting are disclosed, including a system having a multi-axis accelerometer that detects acceleration of the vehicle along a first axis and a second axis normal to the first axis, and outputs a corresponding first axis acceleration measurement and a second axis acceleration measurement. A controller is coupled to the multi-axis accelerometer, and to an array of light emitter elements (LELs). The controller is configured to determine a vehicle deceleration, based at least in part on a combination of the first axis acceleration measurement and second axis acceleration measurement, and to detect the vehicle deceleration exceeding a brake light threshold and, based at least in part on the detection, output a deceleration light signal to the array of LELs. Digital filtering prevents operation of the safety lighting by accelerometer outputs unrelated to axial deceleration, such as will occur upon encountering a hill, or, in the case of a motorcycle or the like, leaning into a turn.
US10363861B2	Timing correction in a communication system One example includes a communication system. The system includes a data transmitter configured to generate a digital communication signal and a data receiver configured to receive the digital communication signal. The system also includes a pulse-width distortion (PWD) correction circuit arranged between the data transmitter and the data receiver and being configured to adjust at least one timing parameter associated with the communication signal.
US10363858B1	Deployable amphibious runway A vehicle is provided for drone stowage and transport as a means to extend the range of smaller drones and unmanned underwater vehicles. The transport vehicle is launched from a mother ship and provides for moving drones and underwater unmanned vehicles to desired launch and recovery points. The vehicle is based on current hovercraft vehicles and is adapted for stowage of drones while remaining compatible with existing mother ships. The vehicle includes foldable deck sections, which can be extended to provide launching and landing runways for flying drones. Lifts and ramps are incorporated for loading, launching and recovering flying drones, floating drone vessels and underwater unmanned vehicle drones.
US10363856B1	Stowable payload carrier The stowable payload carrier (SPC) apparatus and system described herein may be used in conjunction with a robot. The SPC includes a payload holder assembly, the payload holder assembly being configured to receive one or more payloads of a plurality of different sizes, the payload holder assembly being adjustable to accommodate dimensions of the one or more payloads of the plurality of different sizes. The SPC also includes an actuation device configured to cause the payload holder assembly to rotate, extend and/or retract among one or more deployed configurations and a stowed configuration, the actuation device being operably coupled to the payload holder assembly, wherein the actuation device payload holder assembly is configured to be accessible by a manipulator arm.
US10363852B2	Apparatus and method for customizing a vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes a group of first inflatable bladders, each first bladder having a respective first valve coupled therewith and a pump coupled with each of the first valves. The seat further includes a controller in communication with the pump and with the first valves to cause the pump to inflate the first group of bladders to a predetermined pressure and to close the valves to maintain a subsequent inflation level of each of the first bladders.
US10363849B2	Vehicle seat The present disclosure provides a vehicle seat including: a seat cushion frame that forms a frame of a seat cushion to support buttocks and thighs of a seated occupant; a center section spring that spans along a seat front-rear direction of the seat cushion frame at a center section in a seat width direction; and two end section springs, disposed at a same position in a seat up-down direction as the center section spring in a seat side view, that span along the seat front-rear direction of the seat cushion frame at two end sections in the seat width direction, and that are set with a higher spring constant than the center section spring.
US10363848B2	Back frame for vehicle seat A back frame to be used in a seatback of a vehicle seat is provided. The back frame for a vehicle seat includes a frame main body, a beam member, a bracket, and an extending portion. The frame main body includes two side frames that extend in an approximately up-down direction and that are disposed spaced apart from each other in a seat width direction. The beam member is formed in a rod-like shape, is disposed between the two side frames, and extends in the seat width direction. The bracket couples the beam member to the frame main body. The extending portion is provided in an end of the bracket and extends in a direction away from the end of the bracket. The bracket includes, in the end thereof, a welded portion welded to an outer circumferential surface of the beam member.
US10363830B2	Fuel cell vehicle A fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack, a fuel tank, a body-side mounting portion, a main fuel pipe, a securing mechanism, and an elastic pipe. The fuel cell stack is disposed in a front section of the fuel cell vehicle. The fuel tank is disposed in a rear section of the fuel cell vehicle. The main fuel pipe connects the fuel tank and the body-side mounting portion. The elastic pipe is connected to the fuel cell stack at a first end of the elastic pipe and connected, via the securing mechanism, to the body-side mounting portion at a second end of the elastic pipe opposite to the first end such that the second end of the elastic pipe is disengaged from the body-side mounting portion when a load larger than a predetermined threshold load is applied to the securing mechanism.
US10363828B1	Systems and methods for regulating charging of electric vehicles A converter includes a plurality of switching elements, at least one capacitance, and a resonant circuit. The plurality of switching elements include a first switching element coupled to a first control signal line that controls switching of the first switching element, a second switching element coupled to a second control signal line that controls switching of the second switching element, a third switching element coupled to a third control signal line that controls switching of the third switching element, and a fourth switching element coupled to a fourth control signal line that controls switching of the fourth switching element. The plurality of switching elements, the resonant circuit, and the at least one capacitance operate to convert a first voltage into a second voltage that charges a first battery and a second battery.
US10363819B2	Meter cluster assembly A meter cluster assembly including a bezel and a meter cluster body for an instrument panel. The bezel includes a finished surface on an aspect, with at least one tab and a plurality of interspaced fins on an opposite aspect. The fins are of sufficient dimensions to, in part, provide the structural integrity necessary to reduce the profile of the finished surface. The fins and tabs allow for seating of the bezel within a trench of the meter cluster body, thus framing the instrument panel. The meter cluster body is generally a wall bounding a space configured to accommodate meters. The meter cluster body includes a lip at the front edge of the wall. The lip may provide a tactile feature and may provide indicia on a visible surface, aiding installation of a clip disposed on a hidden surface of the meter cluster body.
US10363815B2	Method for operating a multi-axle drive device and corresponding multi-axle drive device A device and a method for operating a multi-axle drive device. The multi-axle drive device has a synchronizing clutch present in an operative connection between a first output shaft and a connecting shaft and at least one separating clutch present in an operative connection between the connecting shaft and a second output shaft. The synchronizing clutch and the separating clutch are disengaged in a first operating state and are engaged in a second operating state. When a shifting variable exceeds a first shifting threshold during the first operating state, the synchronizing clutch is at least partially engaged and the separating clutch is engaged only when a second shifting threshold is exceeded.
US10363814B2	Transfer case with oil distribution A transfer case includes a primary output shaft, a secondary output shaft, a clutch, and a hub. The clutch includes a plurality of interleaved plates for selectively rotationally coupling the primary output shaft to the secondary output shaft. The hub rotationally couples the primary output shaft and the clutch. The hub includes an outer annular member and an inner annular member. The inner annular member is rotatable within the outer annular member for the hub to selectively release oil into the clutch.
US10363813B2	Integrated motor and axle apparatus and method An apparatus (e.g., for a vehicle) includes a housing, an oscillation bearing, and a hollow rotor shaft. The housing has a first end and a second end, and includes a first end cap at the first end thereof and a second end cap at the second end thereof. The oscillation bearing is housed within the second end cap. The hollow rotor shaft extends through the housing from the first end to the second end, and has a first shaft end having an interior spline surface, and a second shaft end. The interior spline surface of the hollow rotor shaft is configured to receive a splined end of an internal rear drive shaft and a splined end of a front drive shaft.
US10363811B2	Vehicle speed controlled active grille shutter system An active grille shutter system for use in a moving vehicle is provided herein and includes at least one vane angularly displaceable between an open position and a closed position, a motor having a hold current applied thereto for maintaining the at least one vane in a vane position, and a controller for adjusting the amount of hold current being applied to the motor based on vehicle speed.
US10363810B2	Air intake grille assembly, and methods of use and manufacture thereof Some embodiments are directed to an air intake grille assembly of a vehicle operable in forward and backward directions of travel across a surface. The air intake grille assembly can include a frame defining an opening. The air intake assembly can also include a plurality of louvers extending laterally across the opening, at least one of the plurality of louvers having a double curve shape defining first and second curve portions, wherein the first and second curve portions each have a different radius of curvature.
US10363808B2	Wheel drive motor and in-wheel motor drive assembly The wheel drive motor according to the invention includes a motor shaft (35) having a large diameter portion (35d) located at a central part in the axial direction and a small diameter portion (35b) located on a first side in the axial direction, a bearing (36b) rotatably supporting the small diameter portion (35b), and a rotor (24) secured to an outer circumferential surface (35j) of the large diameter portion (35d). An end part (24p) of the rotor (24) located on the first side in the axial direction projects over an end face (35e) of the large diameter portion (35d) located on the first side in the axial direction toward the side on which the small diameter portion (35b) is.
US10363804B2	Vehicle electrically driving assembly A vehicle electrically driving assembly, connected to the rear or front axle half shaft of the vehicle, that includes: an electric motor, a speed reducer, an electromagnetic tooth-mounted clutch and a differential. The speed reducer has multiple stages of gears, an input shaft and an intermediate shaft; the differential is connected between the axle half shafts; the electromagnetic tooth-mounted clutch is installed on the input shaft or the intermediate shaft of the speed reducer or on the axle half shafts. When the electromagnetic tooth-mounted clutch is in engagement, driving force of the electric motor is transmitted to the vehicle axle via the speed reducer and the electromagnetic jaw clutch, to provide an auxiliary driving force to the vehicle. When the power of the entire vehicle is insufficient at the acceleration phase, the electrically driving assembly, by using the electromagnetic jaw clutch, provides an auxiliary driving force to the entire vehicle.
US10363802B2	Motor vehicle A motor vehicle includes a body, a roof which is adjustable between a closed position and an opened position and has at least one front roof part and a rear roof part, two opposite side pillars, and two opposite rear pillars. The front roof part is connected rotatably to the two side pillars and the rear roof part is connected rotatably to the two rear pillars. The two side pillars and the two rear pillars are movably connected to the body. In the opened position of the roof, the rear roof part forms a folding top compartment lid, below which the front roof part, the two side pillars, and the two rear pillars are stowed.
US10363801B2	Tonneau cover access panel A tonneau cover access panel assembly connectable to a tonneau cover assembly that eliminates the need for side rails to both locate and tension the top cover. The tension works to seal out environmental elements and holds the tonneau cover and locating bows of the tonneau cover in place. The tonneau cover access panel holds the rear of the tonneau in the closed tension state keeping the tonneau secured and tight until the cover is opened by an operator. The tonneau cover access panel assembly is movable between a closed position and a fully open position, and, is movable between at least a first open position and the closed position for more limiting access to the cargo bed of the vehicle when desired. The tonneau cover access panel assembly also reduces weight and complexity.
US10363800B2	Tarpaulin bracket system A tarpaulin system for an open cargo hold. The tarpaulin system includes a tarpaulin, a plurality of bows, a plurality of connectors, a cable, and a tail end system. The plurality of connectors connects the plurality of bows to the cable while the tarpaulin is draped atop the plurality of bows. The tarpaulin bracket system allows for quick, and easy, replacement, or fixing, of the plurality of connectors or damaged bows allowing for much easier and efficient replacement while traveling in harsh environments.
US10363799B2	Coach door of vehicle openable and closable regardless of order A coach door of a vehicle is provided. The door includes a hinge assembly that has a first hinge hinged to a vehicle body and a second hinge hinged to the first hinge and engaged with a rear end of a rear door. An opening start device rotates the rear end of the rear door to the outside of the vehicle at an early stage of opening of the rear door and a closing end device rotates the rear end of the rear door to the inside of the vehicle at a last stage of closing of the rear door. A guide unit is configured to guide a front end of the rear door to move the front end of the rear door in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at the initial stage of opening of the rear door and the last stage of closing of the rear door.
US10363795B2	Chiller-accumulator system for an engine with a forced induction system A chiller system includes an intercooler configured to cool compressed charge air received from a turbocharger or a supercharger, a low temperature cooling circuit fluidly coupled to the intercooler, the low temperature cooling circuit circulating a coolant to provide cooling to the intercooler and including a low temperature radiator configured to cool the coolant, a chiller-accumulator loop having a combined chiller-accumulator, a chiller bypass line bypassing the chiller-accumulator, and a charging valve configured to selectively provide coolant to at least one of the chiller-accumulator loop and the chiller bypass line, and an air conditioner circuit circulating a refrigerant and having a primary circuit and a bypass circuit. Refrigerant is selectively supplied to the chiller-accumulator to further cool the coolant in the chiller-accumulator loop after the coolant is cooled by the low temperature radiator, thereby providing increased cooling to the intercooler and the compressed charge air to increase engine performance.
US10363793B2	Housing for accommodation and temperature regulation of an electronic device and vehicle provided with such housing A novel housing for an electronic device is located in the passenger compartment of a vehicle. The housing is used to maintain the temperature of the electronic device within its operating temperature range. The housing includes air inlets and outlets through which the temperature-regulated air current from the air conditioning system of the vehicle passes. The temperature-regulated air currents from the air conditioning system that are used to maintain a comfortable temperature in the passenger compartment are also used to regulate the temperature of the electronic device. Thus, the housing allows the temperature of the electronic device to be regulated exclusively using the air current from the air conditioning system. The air duct from the air conditioning system can be connected directly to the housing or can end a distance from the housing so that the air current from the duct is directed to strike the outside of the housing.
US10363789B2	Top mount assembly with bushing having integral anti-vibration feature A suspension mount assembly for coupling a first component and a second component of a vehicle comprises a housing including a bore and a first shoulder. The housing is adapted to be coupled to the first component of the vehicle. An elastomeric bushing includes a bore adapted to receive the second component of a vehicle. The elastomeric bushing includes a first portion, a spaced apart ring portion, and a web portion interconnecting the ring portion of the first portion. The ring portion, the web portion and the first portion are integrally formed with one another. A cap includes a peripheral portion having a second shoulder. The elastomeric bushing is positioned within the housing bore with the ring portion being engaged with the first shoulder. The first shoulder cooperates with the second shoulder to trap the ring portion between the housing and the cap and provide a seal and vibration isolator therebetween.
US10363787B2	Eccentric adjuster for adjusting a connecting point for a link of a hub carrier, and hub carrier comprising the eccentric adjuster An eccentric adjusting unit is disclosed, for example, for adjusting a connection point for a control arm of a wheel suspension. The unit may include an electric motor and an eccentric gear section. The eccentric gear section may have an input shaft and an output shaft, wherein the input shaft is configured to be driven by the electric motor and the output shaft rotates eccentrically with respect to an output axis of rotation and can be in operative connection with the connection point or forms this connection point. The eccentric gear section may have a star wheel gear stage.
US10363780B2	Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire is provided in the tread portion with zigzag crown circumferential grooves 3 having pitch length Pc, zigzag shoulder circumferential grooves 4 having pitch length Ps, crown lateral grooves 5 inclined at an angle θc, and shoulder lateral grooves 6 inclined at an angle θs wherein Ps>Pc and θs<θc. Both ends of the respective crown lateral grooves 5 are connected to the zigzag groove segments 3a or 3b of the crown circumferential grooves 3 which groove segments 3a or 3b are inclined with respect to the tire axial direction to the opposite direction to the inclining direction of the crown lateral grooves 5. The number NS of the shoulder lateral grooves 6 is more than the number Nc of the crown lateral grooves 5.
US10363772B2	Turkey fan favorite A display device for spreading a turkey's tail feathers in a fan-like display is provided. The device consists of a U-shape with 3 rubber quill clips, 1 located at the top, 1 located on one end of the device and 1 located on remaining end of the device. The rubber clips allow the quills in the middle of the fan as well as the quills near the base on opposite sides to be used to hold the turkey fan in a set position. When installed the device is invisible to view. This device is a multipurpose toot and can be used for taxidermy use in preserving the turkey fan. This device may be used as a mounting mechanism for wall display. A mounting mechanism may further be provided for the mounting of an object to the turkey fan such as the beard, or a pole for the use of the fan as a decoy in the field or a mount on the wall or shelf.
US10363764B2	Portable printer and methods This is disclosed a portable printer that is easy to load with an ink ribbon cartridge and record members web supplies, that is simple, has relatively few parts, is lightweight and has a small footprint.
US10363762B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit that ejects a liquid to a medium, a liquid storage unit including at least one liquid container for storing the liquid and located on a front side of the apparatus, an operation panel located on the front side of the apparatus, and through which operations are inputted, and a medium output tray located on the front side of the apparatus to receive the medium discharged. The liquid storage unit and the medium output tray are both protruding forward with respect to the operation panel. The liquid storage unit includes a pivotal cover that opens and closes at least a part of the liquid container, a lock unit that locks the cover with a lock device when the cover is closed, and a lock device mounting base on which the lock device is mounted.
US10363761B2	Flexible packaging printer with multiple print lanes An imaging device or printer for depositing ink on continuously moving media, such as a film web in a vertical fill form seal machine (i.e., a stick pack machine), that allows for printing on multiple print lanes while eliminating the need for shuttling of print heads or expensive lasers. In one embodiment, plurality of print head assemblies are fixed into a grid during a print operation, whereby the grid of print head assemblies are capable of printing within multiple print lanes while the media is continuously moving, without shuttling any of the print heads.
US10363759B2	Cutting mechanism and recording apparatus There is provided a cutting mechanism including: a cutter blade that can cut a medium, a cutter unit to which the cutter blade is attached, a first pinion gear that is rotatably attached to the cutter unit, and a rack gear that can mesh with the first pinion gear, in which the first pinion gear and the rack gear are configured with inclined teeth, and the cutter unit moves while the pinion gear is rotated in state of meshing the pinion gear and the rack gear.
US10363749B2	Liquid discharging head, liquid discharging apparatus, and manufacturing method of liquid discharging apparatus A liquid discharging head includes an external cover portion which is connected to a liquid discharging apparatus and which discharges a liquid from a nozzle, in which the external cover portion includes a first gas hole for communicating a first gas flow path which is provided inside the external cover portion with an atmosphere, a second gas hole for carrying a gas between a second gas flow path which is provided inside the external cover portion and the liquid discharging apparatus, and a first liquid hole for carrying the liquid between a liquid flow path which is provided inside the external cover portion and the liquid discharging apparatus, and in which the first gas hole and the second gas hole are disposed separately in the external cover portion.
US10363743B2	Liquid ejecting head having nozzle with electrostatic propensity A liquid ejecting head has a nozzle forming surface to which a nozzle section through which liquid is ejected is open, wherein an electrostatic propensity of the nozzle section due to contact with the liquid is lower than an electrostatic propensity of the nozzle forming surface due to contact with the liquid. The amount of fluorine per unit area in the nozzle section is smaller than the amount of fluorine per unit area in the nozzle forming surface.
US10363737B2	Liquid ejecting head with connection mechanism for a flexible circuit and circuit board A liquid ejecting head includes a pair of connectors that can be connected to each other, a flexible circuit on which one of the connectors is mounted, a circuit board on which another one of the connectors is mounted, a driver element that generates a driving force for ejecting liquid from a nozzle in response to an electric signal that is supplied from the flexible circuit to the circuit board via the pair of connectors, and a locking mechanism that locks connection between the connector of the circuit board and the connector of the flexible circuit.
US10363734B2	Method for making lithographic printing plates On-press developable, negative-working lithographic printing plate precursors are used to provide lithographic printing plates. Such precursors are prepared with a substrate and one or more negative-working, infrared radiation-sensitive imagable layers. The substrate is prepared by two separate anodizing processes to provide an inner aluminum oxide layer having an average dry thickness (Ti) of 650-3,000 nm and inner micropores having an average inner micropore diameter (Di) of <15 nm. A formed outer aluminum oxide layer comprises outer micropores having an average outer micropore diameter (Do) of 15-30 nm; an average dry thickness (To) of 130-650 nm; and a micropore density (Co) of 500-3,000 micropores/μm2. The ratio of Do to Di is greater than 1.1:1, and Do in nanometers and the outer aluminum oxide layer micropore density (Co) in micropores/μm2, are further defined by the outer aluminum oxide layer porosity (Po) as: 0.3≤Po≤0.8 wherein Po is 3.14(Co)(Do2)/4,000,000.
US10363733B2	Photosensitive resin composition, planographic printing plate precursor, method for producing planographic printing plate, and polymer compound Provided are a photosensitive resin composition which enables production of a lithographic printing plate precursor having a non-image portion which has good solubility in an alkali aqueous solution and which enables production of a lithographic printing plate having excellent chemical resistance and excellent printing durability, a lithographic printing plate precursor obtained by using the photosensitive resin composition, a method for producing a lithographic printing plate, and a new polymer compound. The photosensitive resin composition of the present invention contains: a polymer compound which has an amine bond or a quaternary ammonium salt bond, and at least one bond selected from the group consisting of a urea bond, a urethane bond, and a carbonate bond in the main chain and has a sulfonamide group or a phenolic hydroxyl group in the main chain and/or the side chain; and an infrared absorbing material.
US10363728B2	Method for the production of labels, and multi-layer composite A method produces labels having multiple sheets glued together in a first surface region of the basic label and lying loosely on top of each other in a second surface region. After printing an anti-adhesion layer in first surface regions and a frame region, webs are applied and printed to produce lowermost label sheets. An anti-adhesion layer is printed onto the last web in third surface regions lying between the first and/or second surface regions and the frame region. After punching the material web between the third surface regions and the first and/or second surface regions, an outermost web is applied and printed. By punching a frame through all webs, a lattice take-off is severed, simultaneously forming an outermost sheet section in each third surface region projecting laterally beyond the lowermost label sheets.
US10363679B2	Water bearing and food cutting assembly A method for lubricating a radial bearing of a food cutter assembly is disclosed. The method can include receiving a supply of water at a housing for rotationally mounting a spindle body having a rotational axis, where the housing includes a radial bearing proximate to a thrust disc of the spindle body. The thrust disc can include opposing surfaces extending radially from the rotational axis of the spindle body and a circumferential surface between the opposing surfaces. The water can be directed through fluid passages extending from a port in the housing through the radial bearing to the spindle body and across the opposing surfaces and the circumferential surface to the spindle body. The spindle body may be rotated while the water is directed through the fluid passages to create a water film between the housing and the spindle body that reduces friction between the housing and the spindle body.
US10363678B2	Saw guide and method of using same A saw guide can include pivotally connected arcuate sections having a plurality of slots formed therein to receive and guide saw blades as they cut a workpiece, such as a pipe or tube. The slots are of varying width so that the saw guide can be used with different saws. For example, the saw guide can include a first slot sized to receive and guide the blade of a reciprocating saw, and a relatively narrower second slot, sized to receive the blade of a portable band saw. The saw guide can include a locking mechanism to securely hold the saw guide on the workpiece, and a stopping mechanism for preventing the saw blade from cutting into the saw guide.
US10363664B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and recording medium An information processing apparatus acquires an image of multiple objects, acquires positions and orientations of the objects based on the image, and decides the holding order of the objects based on the positions and orientations and a direction that is set.
US10363663B2	Electronic device and cradle thereof An electronic device, capable of being placed on a cradle, may include a camera module configured to acquire an image, a sensor module configured to sense information regarding an orientation of the electronic device, a processor configured to determine a target orientation of the electronic device based on the acquired image and a communication module configured to transmit the information regarding the orientation of the electronic device and information regarding the target orientation of the electronic device to the cradle.
US10363658B2	Angle detection method, angle detection apparatus, rotation drive apparatus, robot apparatus, and storage medium To provide an angle detection method with which a control for positioning an output shaft using an input shaft encoder and output shaft encoder at a high accuracy and a torsional feedback control can be realized and an angle detection apparatus that executes the angle detection method. In a robot arm constituted by an input shaft encoder, an output shaft encoder, a motor, a reduction gear, and the like, an output shaft encoder detection error is corrected by setting rotation position information using a periodicity of rotations of the input shaft encoder as a reference. When the input/output shaft encoder detection error is corrected in this manner, the control for positioning the output shaft at a high accuracy and the torsional feedback control can be realized.
US10363653B2	Attachment device for a hand tool An attachment device for use with a hand tool having a handle portion with a distal end includes a connection member having a connection point, and a receiver coupled to and extending axially from the connection member to define a central channel having an open end. The receiver is configured to receive at least a portion of the handle portion within the central channel via the open end. The receiver is configured to permit the insertion of the handle portion into the central channel while restricting the removal of the handle portion therefrom.
US10363645B2	Controller and conveyance system A workpiece simulation part estimates the amount of movement of the workpiece from drive information and estimates the current position of the workpiece by adding the amount of movement to the previous position of the workpiece, the drive information being generated for, among at least one actuator, an actuator that is assumed to constrain the workpiece under the constraint conditions. A sensor simulation part uses the current position of the workpiece to generate sensor simulation information. An input/output switching part transmits the drive information to the workpiece simulation part and transmits the sensor simulation information as alternate information of the sensor information to the control-program execution part.
US10363637B2	Molding system A molding system for assembling a part by moving a workpiece gripped by a hand of a robot toward a mold of an injection molding machine, while rotating a molded article supported on the mold and the workpiece relative to each other, whereby the molded article and the workpiece are screw-engaged. The molding system includes a rotation detector for detecting a rotational amount between the molded article and the workpiece, an assembled state judging unit for judging if the assembled part is in a predetermined state, and a control unit for relatively rotating and displacing the molded article and the workpiece until the rotational amount exceeds a predetermined rotational amount and the assembled state becomes the predetermined state.
US10363636B2	Device and method for transmitting a mechanical force for driving a pressing device for press fittings The invention is based on the technical problem of improving the pressing in of large press fittings, said problem being solved by a device for transmitting a mechanical force for driving a pressing device for press fittings, having a storage container (4) for hydraulic fluid, having a pump cylinder (8), having a working cylinder (12), having a first line (14) for connecting the storage container (4) to the pump cylinder (8), having a second line (16) for connecting the pump cylinder (8) to the working cylinder (12), and having a third line (18) for connecting the working cylinder (12) to the storage container (4), wherein means (20) for preventing a return flow into the storage container (4) are provided in the first line (14), wherein means (22) for preventing a return flow into the pump cylinder (8) are provided in the second line (16), wherein switching means (24) for opening and closing the third line (18) are provided, and wherein the swept volume (VA) of the working cylinder (12) is configured to be greater than the swept volume (VP) of the pump cylinder (8). The invention also relates to a corresponding method.
US10363635B2	Systems for removing items from a container An example system includes a moveable arm, a pick tool connected to the arm, and a controller. The pick tool includes a first finger, a second finger disposed opposite the first finger, a first handler disposed at a first end of the first finger, and a second handler disposed at a first end of the second finger. Rotation of the first and second handlers while first and second forces are applied to an item by the first and second handlers, respectively, causes movement of the item.
US10363630B2	Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method for performing laser processing while controlling reflected light A laser processing method is performed in a laser processing apparatus which outputs a laser beam from a processing head to a workpiece, to perform laser processing while controlling reflected light of the output laser beam to a prescribed value or less. The laser processing method includes the step of, before performing laser processing for the workpiece, increasing laser power stepwise from laser power lower than laser power included in a processing condition of the laser processing, to emit a laser beam from a laser oscillator, and measuring reflected light by a reflected light sensor, and the step of deciding an output condition for decreasing reflected light based on a measured value of the reflected light and the prescribed value, and the step of decreasing reflected light before performing the laser processing by irradiating the workpiece with a laser beam for a predetermined period of time on the decided output condition.
US10363628B2	Automatic and semi-automatic welding systems and methods Methods and devices for control for an automated welding system are provided. Disclosed control methods may include receiving a data set including one or more features of a joint to be welded and receiving a weld procedure for the joint to be welded. The weld procedure for the joint is determined based on a sample virtual weld performed by an operator, a stored procedure developed for a substantially similar weld joint, or a combination thereof. The method may further include determining one or more desired changes to the weld procedure based on the received features of the joint to be welded and generating an updated weld procedure by altering one or more parameters of the received weld procedure in accordance with the one or more desired changes, wherein the one or more parameters are included within a predetermined allowable data set.
US10363620B2	Saw band including a chip separator tooth A saw band (1) includes a chamfered tooth (10) including two effective cutting edge portions (7) being arranged in the region of the chamfer (15) between which an ineffective cutting edge portion (8) of the first tooth (10, 11) is formed. In this way, five cutting channel portions (18) are formed by only two geometrically differently designed teeth (10).
US10363619B2	Reciprocating saw blade A reciprocating saw blade for improving vibration and cordless runtime includes an elongated body having a front end portion and a rear end portion. An elongated cutting edge extends from the front end portion to the rear end portion and defines a longitudinal axis. An opposite non-cutting back edge extending from the front end portion to the rear end portion. The body has a thickness of approximately 0.89 mm to approximately 1.15 mm. A tang coupled to the rear end portion is configured to be coupled to a tool holder of a powered reciprocating saw. The cutting edge comprises a plurality of teeth and gullets. The teeth have a kerf width of approximately 1.29 mm to approximately 1.56 mm and are arranged in a pattern of alternating tooth pitch of a smaller first tooth pitch and a larger second tooth pitch.
US10363603B2	Method for producing a component and an apparatus for working the method A powder deposition apparatus for producing a component comprises a base plate, an annular stack of heating elements, accommodating the base plate, one or more insulating elements, being interleaved between adjoining heating elements, a mechanism operable to deposit a plurality of layers of a powder material onto the base plate, and a laser energy source operable to selectively fuse a portion of the deposited layer. The annular stack of heating elements is sized such that a predetermined clearance is defined between the component and the annular stack of heating elements.As successive layers of the powder material are deposited onto the base plate, the base plate is lowered into the stack of heating elements, the heating elements being actuated sequentially to maintain a pre-determined temperature profile in the deposited layers.
US10363602B2	Metal nanoparticles, and preparation method therefor Metal nanoparticles according to the present invention have at least a bimodal size distribution in which the ratio obtained by dividing the area of a first peak, which has the smallest median size on the basis of the median size of peaks in the size distribution of the metal nanoparticles, by the total area of all peaks constituting the size distribution meets 0.4-0.8, and are capped with a capping layer containing an organic acid.
US10363599B2	Hot forming of cooling galleries in steel pistons A piston, particularly a piston for use in a diesel engine, particularly a heavy duty diesel engine, is formed from a billet of metal, such that the finished piston has a mass that is at least 50%, and, more preferably, up to about 62%, of the mass of the billet. Other than finishing steps, the piston is formed with a closed gallery, without loss of mass through machining processes.
US10363595B2	Cemented carbide necking tool A necking tool for manufacturing of metal beverage cans, the necking tool being a cemented carbide comprising in wt % of about 18 to about 63 WC, of about 21 to about 30 TiC, of about 0 to about 27 TiN, of about 0 to about 12 NbC, of about 0 to 2 Cr3C2, of about 8 to about 14 Co and of about 0 to about 6 Ni.
US10363581B2	Automatic distributing equipment An automatic distributor is disclosed. The automatic distributor comprises a base, a storage device mounted on the base to store a plurality of components with different shapes thereon, a recognition device configured to recognize the components stored on the storage device, and a pickup device configured to pick up the components based on a recognition result of the recognition device.
US10363578B2	System, apparatus and method for separating materials using a screen bed and vacuum An apparatus/system for separating a mixture of solid materials has a screening bed, an expansion chamber in gaseous communication with the screening bed, a filter in gaseous communication with the expansion chamber, an air flow producer in fluid communication with the filter. The screening bed includes a star-shaped agitators and the air flow is a vacuum from the screening bed through pathway.
US10363565B2	Portable cyclone dust separator and corresponding dedusting system The present invention discloses a portable cyclone dust separator, which comprises a first stage cyclone separation unit having an intake for suctioning air to be dedusted, the air suctioned through the intake rotating around a first rotational axis in the first stage cyclone separation unit; and a second stage cyclone separation unit having an air inlet, the air inlet being configured to be adapted to suction the air, which needs to be dedusted secondarily by the second stage cyclone separation unit, from the first stage cyclone separation unit, the air suctioned through the air inlet rotating around at least one second rotational axis in the second stage cyclone separation unit, wherein the first rotational axis is disposed to be nonparallel to the second rotational axis. The present invention also discloses a dedusting system comprising such a portable cyclone dust separator. The portable cyclone dust separator of the present invention is fit for the operating orientations within the greater angular range.
US10363558B2	System and method for serial processing of multiple nucleic acid assays The present invention relates to systems and methods for the real time processing of nucleic acid during polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and thermal melt applications. According to an aspect of the invention, a system for the rapid serial processing of multiple nucleic acid assays is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes, but is not limited to: a microfluidic cartridge having microfluidic (flow-through) channels, a fluorescence imaging system, a temperature measurement and control system; a pressure measurement and control system for applying variable pneumatic pressures to the microfluidic cartridge; a storage device for holding multiple reagents (e.g., a well-plate); a liquid handling system comprising at least one robotic pipettor for aspirating, mixing, and dispensing reagent mixtures to the microfluidic cartridge; systems for data storage, processing, and output; and a system controller to coordinate the various devices and functions.
US10363556B2	Automated experiment apparatus and automated experiment method using the same The present invention provides an automated experiment apparatus and an automated experiment method using the same for putting a sample into a pressure vessel and automatically performing a chemical and/or physical reaction of the sample under a predetermined temperature and pressure. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to automatically perform an experiment from the beginning to the end without intervention of an user. As a result, it is possible to prevent a risk of gas leakage and human exposure to a harmful gas due to a manual operation. The apparatus comprises a controller which is configured to automatically perform a reaction process under a predetermined temperature and pressure in a state in which a sample holding member is air-tightly fixed to a pressure vessel and the sample is accommodated in a sample receiving chamber of the pressure vessel.
US10363549B2	Chromium oxyfluoride catalysts having high fluorination activity X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) is used to assess or predict the catalytic activity of a chromium oxyfluoride catalyst in a reaction wherein a chlorinated compound is converted to a fluorinated compound.
US10363548B2	Aluminum based metallic glass powder for efficient degradation of AZO dye and other toxic organic chemicals The present invention provides amorphous bi-functional catalytic aluminum metallic glass particles having an aluminum metallic glass core and 2 or more transition metals disposed on the surface of the aluminum metallic glass core to form amorphous bi-functional aluminum metallic glass particles with catalytic activity.
US10363544B2	Particulate water-absorbing agent It is an object to provide a particulate water-absorbing agent having a high fluid retention capacity under pressure and reduced moisture absorption blocking properties, and a method for producing the same.A particulate water-absorbing agent including a water-insoluble metal phosphate including an anion of a phosphoric acid compound and a divalent or trivalent metal cation, the water-insoluble metal phosphate having a crystallite size of less than 0.15 μm, wherein the particulate water-absorbing agent has a fluid retention capacity under pressure of 2.06 kpa of 20 g/g or more.
US10363540B2	Production apparatus and production method for fine particles A production apparatus for fine particles includes a vacuum chamber, a material feeding device connected to the vacuum chamber and feeding material particles from a material feeding port into the vacuum chamber, electrodes arranged in the vacuum chamber for generating plasma and a fine particle collection device connected to the vacuum chamber and collecting fine particles. The fine particles are produced from the material by generating electric discharge inside the vacuum chamber. The apparatus includes an inner chamber which forms an outside space with respect to the vacuum chamber installed between a wall of the vacuum chamber and a plasma generation region and gas supply pipes which supply a gas to the outside space between the wall of the vacuum chamber and a wall of the inner chamber.
US10363538B2	Substrate for biochips and method for producing same A substrate for biochips, in which carboxyl groups are immobilized on a substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon; and a method for producing the substrate are disclosed. The substrate for biochips comprises a substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon; and an acrylic polymer having free carboxyl groups in the molecular structure thereof, which acrylic polymer is immobilized on the surface of the substrate. The method for producing the substrate comprises irradiating the substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon with ultraviolet light during the acrylic polymer having free carboxyl groups in the molecular structure thereof contacts the substrate.
US10363530B2	Wireless blending device and system A blending device includes a motor, a motor controller, and a wireless controller configured to receive a wireless signal. The motor controller may be configured to alter the operations of the motor based the wireless signal. The wireless signal may include a blending program to be carried out by the blending device. The blending device may include one or more sensors configured to sense parameters of the blending device. The wireless signal may include information related to the sensed parameters. A blending device network may be formed by providing a second blending device having a wireless controller in communication with the first blending device wireless controller. The first and second blending devices may share information over the network.
US10363525B2	Filtration module A filtration module includes a stack of at least two spacers. At least one spacer in the stack includes a first and a second outer plate and at least one internal permeate channel arranged in between the first and second outer plates such that the outer plates form two of the walls that define at least one internal permeate channel. The at least one internal permeate channel extends between two opposite side, other than the first and second outer plates, of the spacer. Moreover, the first and second outer plates of at least one spacer are porous or perforated and a filtration membrane is attached to the first and second outer plate of at least one spacer such that liquid transferred across the membrane is further transported through the pores or perforations to the at least one internal permeate channel. The spacers of the stack are separated by separate elongated distance-pieces that are attached to the outer plates along the edge to the opposite sides between which the internal permeate channels extend, thereby forming filtrate channels between adjacent spacers in the stack, and wherein the filtrate channels extend in a direction other than the direction of the permeate channels. A method for producing a filtration module and a filtration device are also disclosed.
US10363519B2	Aqueous alkanolamine composition and process for the selective removal of hydrogen sulfide from gaseous mixtures The present invention relates to an aqueous alkanolamine solution and use therein a process for the selective removal of hydrogen sulfide from gaseous mixtures comprising hydrogen sulfide. The aqueous alkanolamine solution consists of —an amino compound with the formula: R1R2NCH2CH(OH)CH2OH wherein R1 and R2 independently represent methyl, ethyl, propyl or isopropyl groups —and bis(2-hydroxyethyl)methylamine, —optionally one or more of a physical solvent, an antifoaming agent, an antioxidant, a corrosion inhibitor, a film former, a chelating agent or a pH adjuster and —water The process for selectively removing hydrogen sulfide, comprising the step of contacting the gaseous mixture with the aqueous alkanolamine solution, preferably wherein the temperature of the aqueous alkanolamine solution is equal to or greater than 140° F.
US10363512B2	Filter cylinder having dust cleaning device of dust collector A filter cylinder having a dust cleaning device of a dust collector is provided. The filter cylinder has a cylindrical outer frame. An HEPA filter is provided inside the filter cylinder. The inner wall of the filter is provided with a collar. A cleaning device is disposed in the filter cylinder. The cleaning device includes a bracket. Two ends of the bracket are each provided with a flap member corresponding to the inner wall of the collar. The cleaning device is rotatable in the filter cylinder, with the flap member to flap the collar and further to vibrate the filter, so that the dust adsorbed to the filter drops from the filter to enhance the structural strength of the filter and to prolong the service life of the filter.
US10363507B2	Filter housing The present invention relates to an air filter housing for supplying air to a space, said air filter housing being configured to be arranged in a ceiling of said space, said housing having a mouth facing downward, said mouth comprising a sealing surface configured to receive a panel type air filter comprising a frame and a filter medium held within said frame, such that a sealing connection between said sealing surface and said frame is achieved, characterized in that said filter housing further comprises at least one resilient member arranged below the sealing surface such that when a panel type air filter is inserted into the mouth, the resilient member will be deformed by the filter frame as the filter passes the resilient member, and resume its original shape once the filter has passed, such that the filter is retained between the sealing surface and the resilient member. The present invention further relates to the use of a filter housing in a cleanroom, and to a method of mounting a panel type air filter in an air filter housing.
US10363504B2	Filter device for filtering liquids The invention relates to a filter device (1) for filtering liquids, comprising: a filter element (2) having an interior (3) for accommodating a liquid, and a compensating element (5) made of elastically deformable material for accommodating a liquid volume that increases when the liquid freezes. The compensating element (5) is arranged in the interior (3), and a gap (6), in particular an annular gap, for accommodating the liquid is formed between the compensating element (5) and the filter element (3).
US10363501B2	Magnetic filter for a central heating system A magnetic filter 10 includes first and second separation chambers 10, 12. The separation chambers 10, 12 each have an inlet and an outlet, and the separation chambers 10, 12 are joined together such that the inlets of the first and second chambers are adjacent, and the outlets of the first and second chambers are adjacent. An inlet port arrangement 28 connects both inlets to a single inlet pipe, and an outlet port arrangement 30 connects both outlets to a single outlet pipe.
US10363500B2	Double-action pusher centrifuge and pusher base device A double-action pusher centrifuge separates a mixture into solid cake and liquid. The pusher centrifuge includes a screen drum rotatable about an axis and in which a pusher base device is arranged to be movable along the axis of rotation. The solid cake is displaced by an outer ring region of the pusher base device. A plurality of axial passage openings are disposed in the outer ring region and connect front and rear regions of the screen drum. A feed unit is arranged at an inflow disk such that the mixture can be introduced via the feed unit and the inflow disk into empty space on the screen drum on displacement of the solid cake. An inflow gap applies the mixture into the empty space, and is between an inflow edge of the inflow disk and a pusher base plate of the pusher base device with an inflow region.
US10363496B2	Method for purification of monoclonal antibodies Disclosed is a method for purification of monoclonal antibodies or of a fusion protein between the Fc segment of an antibody and a second polypeptide, including a) an affinity chromatography step on a resin having as a matrix a crosslinked methacrylate polymer gel, on which the protein A is grafted, b) a viral inactivation step, c) a chromatography step exchanging cations on a resin having a crosslinked agarose gel matrix, on which sulfonate groups (—SO3—) are grafted using dextran-based spacer arms, d) a chromatography step exchanging anions on a hydrophilic membrane of polyethersulfone coated with a crosslinked polymer on which quaternary amine groups (Q) are grafted, and e) a nanofiltration step using a filter having an asymmetric polyethersulfone double membrane with a porosity of approximately 20 nm.
US10363494B2	Device for distributing gas and liquid in catalytic distillation columns The present invention describes a device for supplying the catalytic zone of a reactive distillation column using a liquid stream as the reaction stream, the flow of liquid in the reactive zone being of the upflow type and gas not encountering the liquid in the reactive zone.
US10363487B2	Systems and methods for determining game level attributes based on player skill level prior to game play in the level A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein for a System Tuner for customizing a player's experience. The System Tuner calculates a player skill level for a player. The System Tuner modifies at least one attribute of a second game level based on the player skill level prior to game play of the player in the second game level. The System Tuner detects game play of the player in the second game level. The System Tuner identifies a difference between a current rate of progression of the player and a reference rate of progression. The System Tuner triggers the modified attribute of the second game according to an extent of the difference between the current rate of progression and the reference rate of progression.
US10363479B2	Methods for controller pairing with assigned differentiating color/player Methods and systems of pairing controllers for game play are presented. In one example, a method of pairing controllers to a base computing device for playing a game executed on the base computing device is provided. The method includes receiving a pairing request from one of a first or a second controller. The pair request is generated in response physical contact between the first and second controllers. The method assigns the first and second controllers as a first pairing for a first player and assigns the first pairing to a first color. The method includes transmitting the first color to the first or second controllers, such that at least one of the first and second controllers for the first pairing is configured to illuminate in the first color. Additional pairs of controllers will be assigned a different color, so that each player has a differentiated color on their respective controller.
US10363475B2	Athleticism rating and performance measuring system A universal athleticism rating system and related athletic performance measuring systems for accurately detecting and recording athletic performance are disclosed. The athleticism rating system evaluates individual athletes against a common, standardized, set of athletic performance tests. Each athlete performs the athletic tests and his or her scores in the individual tests are entered into a standardized calculation to produce a single athletic performance score. The related performance measuring system is preferably a timing system that ensures quick, easy, and accurate collection of athletic event timing related data without the need for the athlete to wear any special detection devices or the like. In a preferred embodiment, the performance measuring system integrates with the rating system to provide seamless athletic data collection and rating of athletes.
US10363464B2	Putter with integral sightline and sole plate A putter having a body with a striking surface, an upper surface that is visible to a player when in the address position and a sole plate that is coupled to a bottom surface of the body. The upper surface includes at least one aperture and the sole plate includes a sightline projection that extends into the aperture to form a sightline on the putter that is visible to the player.
US10363459B2	Golf ball An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent shot feeling and resilience as well as improved durability and abrasion resistance. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and one or more cover layers disposed outside the spherical core, wherein at least one layer of the cover layers contains: (A) a base resin containing (a-1) an ionomer resin and having a material hardness of 58 or less in Shore D hardness; and (B) a polyrotaxane having a cyclodextrin with at least a part of hydroxyl groups thereof being modified with a caprolactone chain via —O—C3H6—O— group, a linear molecule piercing through a cyclic structure of the cyclodextrin, and blocking groups located at both terminals of the linear molecule to prevent disassociation of the cyclodextrin.
US10363457B2	Golf balls with aerodynamic subsurfaces The present invention provides a golf ball having an aerodynamic subsurface for packing dimples. More particularly, the invention relates to a golf ball having an exterior surface and at least a first subsurface containing at least two dimples located solely on the subsurface and lying below the exterior surface of the golf ball. The present invention also describes a method for creating the dimple pattern including providing a spherical section having an exterior surface and at least a first subsurface, arranging at least two dimples located solely on the first subsurface and then tessellating the spherical surfaces around the golf ball.
US10363454B2	Portable fitness monitoring methods Portable fitness monitoring methods are disclosed. In an embodiment, a portable fitness monitoring method includes a method for providing audible output to a user during an athletic activity using a portable fitness monitoring device. The method includes the steps of receiving an audio feedback file package that includes a first audio feedback file, updating the audio feedback file package, and processing the updated audio feedback file package to provide audible output to the user through an audio output device during the athletic activity.
US10363441B2	Respirator mask for CBRN or other protection A respirator mask wearable by a wearer for protecting the wearer against inhalation of noxious agents (e.g., chemical agents, biological agents, radiological agents, and/or other poisonous or otherwise harmful agents that can cause disease, injury or death), such as a CBRN mask, may be configured to enhance protection of the wearer (e.g., by providing ballistic protection in addition to protecting against noxious agent inhalation) while reducing a burden on the wearer, such as by reducing respiratory resistance, improving visibility, and/or facilitating use of the mask (e.g., connection or disconnection of a filter, conduit, or other air-providing device to or from a breathing interface of the mask).
US10363440B2	Line-focused ultrasound transducer and high-intensity line focused ultrasound generator including same The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a line-focused ultrasound transducer and a high intensity line-focused ultrasound generation device including the same in which ultrasound is focused in a line so that the treatment time can be reduced and the structure can be simplified. A line-focused ultrasound transducer which focuses in a line shape includes: a therapeutic piezoelectric member having a hollow semi-cylindrical shape; a first electrode portion which is provided on an inner surface of the therapeutic piezoelectric member; and a second electrode portion which is provided on an outer surface of the therapeutic piezoelectric member in correspondence with the first electrode portion.
US10363436B2	Radiotherapy apparatus using inertial characteristics for delivery planning A method for dealing with the effects of inertia in a radiotherapy apparatus is disclosed. The method may include catering for inertia in advance by incorporating inertia factors into an output from a delivery control system which adapts the treatment plan by incorporating the inertia factors, or by including the inertia factors as a constraint in the treatment planning process. The instructions delivered to the geometry items may reflect their inertia behavior and can therefore be followed very closely. This may indicate that a departure from that plan will be correspondingly more likely to indicate an error by the geometry item. When a geometry item needs to accelerate or decelerate, less error may arise and thus the error-checking regime may not necessarily make allowances for such departures from the intended path, thereby tightening the error tolerances. Error-checking may be safely carried out locally for each component.
US10363421B2	Electrode placement and stimulation based on brown adipose tissue temperature Systems and methods for spinal cord electrode placement and spinal cord stimulation their use for treatment of conditions such as obesity are disclosed. In one example approach, during placement of a spinal cord stimulating electrode in a target region of the brain of a patient, a temperature of brown adipose tissue may be monitored, e.g., via a supraclavicular temperature sensor implanted in the patient, and used to identify an optimal location of electrode stimulation which causes an increase in BAT temperature. Additionally, BAT temperature measurements may be used to provide regulated closed-loop control to increase efficiency of spinal cord stimulation while reducing energy consumption of the pulse generator. Further, core temperature measurements may be obtained from the electrode in the spinal cord and used to adjust spinal cord stimulation.
US10363419B2	Nerve stimulator system Devices, systems and methods for treating at least one of a condition or a symptom of a patient by positioning a stimulation device at a target site adjacent to or near a nerve within a patient. The stimulation device comprising an antenna and one or more electrodes. Transmitting electrical energy to the antenna and generating electrical impulses within the stimulation device with the electrical energy and applying the series of electrical impulses to the nerve via the electrode. The electrical impulses sufficient to modulate the nerve and treat the condition or symptom of the patient; and which have on periods where the electrical impulses are generated and applied to the nerve and off periods between the electrical impulses, where the electrical energy is transmitted to the antenna.
US10363417B2	Implant fixation and impact displacement protection systems A cochlear implant system is described which includes an implant housing containing a stimulation processor for processing externally produced communications signals to generate electrical stimulation signals for the cochlea of an implant patient. The implant housing lies substantially in a plane and has an outer perimeter adapted to fit within a surgically prepared housing recess in skull bone of the implant patient. Multiple housing fixation features are located on the outer perimeter and cooperate to develop lateral force in the plane of the implant housing between the implant housing and adjacent skull bone of the housing recess to fixedly secure the implant housing within the housing recess.
US10363403B2	System for reducing local discomfort A device for targeted delivery of a substance to an airway may include a conduit and at least two applicators. The conduit may include a proximal end and a bifurcated distal portion having two distal ends. Each applicator may be coupled with one of the distal ends of the conduit and may be configured to direct the substance out of the applicator toward one of two sides of an airway. A method for targeted delivery of a substance to an airway may involve advancing a substance delivery device into the airway, contacting two sides of the airway with at least two applicators of the substance delivery device, such that each applicator contacts the airway near a glossopharyngeal nerve and/or a superior laryngeal nerve on each of the two sides of the airway, and delivering the substance through the applicators to contact the airway along the two sides.
US10363402B2	Sinus dilation catheter A balloon dilation catheter includes a substantially rigid inner guide member and a movable shaft coupled to a balloon that is slidably mounted on the substantially rigid inner guide member. To treat a sinus cavity of a subject using the balloon dilation the substantially rigid inner guide member is advanced into a drainage pathway of the sinus (e.g., frontal recess) of the subject via a nasal passageway. The shaft and balloon are advanced in a distal direction over the substantially rigid inner guide member to place the balloon in the drainage pathway. The balloon is inflated to expand or otherwise remodel the drainage pathway.
US10363399B2	Dual-layer balloon design and method of making the same An expandable medical balloon, the expandable medical balloon comprising a first balloon wall, the first balloon wall comprising a first balloon layer of polyethylene terephthalate having a first intrinsic viscosity, the first layer is outer to a second layer of polyethylene terephthalate, the second balloon layer of polyethylene terephthalate having a second intrinsic viscosity, the second layer is an inner layer, wherein the intrinsic viscosity of the first balloon layer is higher than the intrinsic viscosity of the second balloon layer by about 0.05 dl/g or more.
US10363387B2	Patient interface and aspects thereof A patient interface has a single loop headstrap and a mask for covering at least the nostrils of the user. The single loop headstrap extends from the mask at either end. A short length of supple conduit is coupled to the mask by a swivel or ball joint to allow rotation of the conduit relative to the mask through different angles and orientations.
US10363376B2	Safety device for a medical needle A safety device for shielding a medical needle, includes a hand grip element; a cannula held at the hand grip element; a base with laterally protruding, flat wings, the base having a guide opening which is spaced apart from the underside and in which the cannula is guided; and a connecting structure which connects the handle element with the base and includes two elongated sections connected in a row with one another by at least one joint and the connecting structure is connected at one end by at least one joint with the hand grip element and, at the other end, by at least one joint with the base, the elongated section of the connecting structure, which is connected with the base has a wall element which protrudes transversely at its base end, and the connecting structure can be unfolded from a first state into a second extended state.
US10363375B2	Pre-filled injection device A pre-filled injection device includes a tubular containment body extending between a first and second openings, inside which are hermetically separated first and second containment chambers. A first substance is contained in the first containment chamber. First and second plugs inside the tubular body define the second containment chamber, and slide inside the tubular body. A second liquid substance inside the second containment chamber is intended to be mixed inside the tubular body with the first substance for reconstituting an injectable solution. A dosing reservoir has an inlet and an outlet, the inlet being in communication with the first containment chamber so that the first containment chamber extends between the first plug and the dosing reservoir inlet. The dosing reservoir contains a fraction of the injectable solution. The first plug includes a projecting appendix passing through and entering the dosing reservoir to eject the fraction of solution.
US10363373B2	Medicament delivery device A medicament delivery device is presented having an elongated housing extending in a longitudinal direction, which housing is arranged to accommodate a medicament container, an end cap arranged with a first attachment element designed to engage with a second attachment element on the housing for attaching the end cap to the housing, a rotator rotatably arranged inside the housing, an activator axially slidable with respect to the housing from an extended position to a retracted position and operably connected to the rotator such as to rotate the rotator from an initial non-activated rotational position and an activated rotational position when the activator is moved from the extended to the retracted position. The rotator further comprises a blocking element arranged to cooperate with the first attachment element for preventing disengagement of the first attachment element from the second attachment element when the rotator is in the activated rotational position.
US10363371B2	Medical syringe, gasket to be used for syringe, and gasket production method A laminated gasket (13) to be used for a medical syringe is provided, which includes a main body (14) made of an elastic material, and a film (15) provided on a surface of the main body (14). The gasket (13) has a circumferential surface portion (17) to be brought into contact with an inner peripheral surface (16) of a syringe barrel (11) of the syringe. The gasket (13) further includes a projection (22) provided on a surface portion of the film (15) present in the circumferential surface portion (17) as extending circumferentially of the gasket. The projection (22) has a height of not less than 15 μm and not greater than 55 μm and a width of not less than 30 μm and not greater than 75 μm. With this arrangement, the laminated gasket is excellent in sealability.

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