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US10443989B1	Ballistic projectile target base with transitional target image, and method of making same An impact marking target includes a base. A transitional target image carried by a front surface of the base includes a halo-defining portion having a highly visible first color. Transitional target indicia formed against the halo-defining portion have a second color that contrasts with the first color for marking discrete regions of the transitional target image. The transitional target image includes an ink that is permanently bonded to and not dislodgeable from the front surface of the base. An exterior target image is applied over the base covering the transitional target image. The exterior target image includes a dislodgeable ink having a third color that contrasts with the first color. The exterior target image also includes exterior target indicia that positionally correspond with the transitional target indicia. A transparent film is interposed between the halo-defining portion and the exterior target image.
US10443986B2	Smoke screen generator The present invention provides a smoke screen generator with a high diffusion rate of a smoke screen.Ends at both sides of a cylindrical housing are closed by a first closure 20 and a second closure 30 respectively, and a flow path changing member 60 is attached at an interval in an axial direction from the second closure 30. At the time of actuation, a smoke screen source passes through a smoke screen source discharge port 38, first discharge flow paths 44, 45 and 46, and a second discharge flow path 47 and is discharged from a final discharge port 48. Since the smoke screen source is radially discharged from the final discharge port 48, a diffusion rate of a smoke screen increases.
US10443975B2	Holstering system A holstering system including a base member and a holster that defines at least one opening adapted to receive and removably retain a firearm or other personal safety device. An articulating fastening mechanism removably mounts the holster to the base member. The fastening mechanism includes a first attachment member that defines an axis perpendicular to the base member and the holster and at least one second attachment member spaced from the first attachment member. The second attachment member is movable about a predetermined arcuate path relative to the axis defined by the first attachment member so as to change the angular orientation of the opening of the holster relative to the base.
US10443968B2	Arrow rest An arrow rest arrangement in a capture style arrow rest for an archery bow. The arrow capture portion may be formed as an inverted brush. The arrow capture portion defines a central aperture through which an arrow shaft extends. The aperture may include two straight slanted lower side portions forming a “V” profile to support the arrow.
US10443966B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing video shooting guns and personal safety management applications In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing video shooting guns and personal safety management applications. An exemplary personal safety device may include, for example, a processor and a memory to execute instructions; a rechargeable battery to electrically power the personal safety device; a front facing video camera to capture video data of a scene anterior to a front face of the personal safety device; a rear facing video camera to capture video data of a scene posterior to a rear of the personal safety device; an audio capture device to capture audio data from an environment within which the personal safety device is to operate; a trigger to initiate recording of the front facing video camera, the rear facing video camera, and the audio capture device when triggered by an operator of the personal safety device; and a transceiver to transmit the recorded video data from the front and rear cameras and the captured audio data to a remote location over a network. According to another embodiment, a holster operates in conjunction with a body camera to activate audio and video capture and streaming upon removal of a firearm from the holster. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US10443960B2	Phase change material evaporator and heat dissipating apparatus using the same A heat dissipating apparatus has a phase change material evaporator, a condenser, a refrigerant output tube, and a refrigerant input tube. The evaporator has a base having an evaporation chamber, a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, a reinforcement panel mounted in the evaporation chamber and dividing the evaporation chamber into two spaces, and multiple heat conduction fins separately arranged in the two spaces. An opening area of the refrigerant outlet is larger than an opening area of the refrigerant inlet. The evaporator, the refrigerant output tube, the condenser and the refrigerant input tube form a closed refrigerant circulation loop with a refrigerant filled therein. Gas pressure of a gas-phased refrigerant in the two spaces can be increased. With pressure difference between the refrigerant outlet and the refrigerant inlet, the gas-phased refrigerant can be accelerated to flow toward the refrigerant outlet and flowability of the refrigerant can be increased.
US10443959B2	Integral heat exchanger manifold guide vanes and supports An embodiment of a heat exchanger according to the disclosure includes a core configured to receive and place a plurality of mediums in at least one heat exchange relationship, and a first manifold connected to and in fluid communication with the core at a first manifold/core interface. The first manifold includes a first end distal from the core with at least one port adapted to receive or discharge a first medium of the plurality of mediums, and a second end joined to the core at the first manifold/core interface adapted to transfer the first medium to or from a plurality of first heat exchange passages in the core. A plurality of first guide vanes in the manifold defining individual layers for the first medium, and a plurality of second guide vanes divide ones of the individual layers into a plurality of first discrete manifold flow passages extending at least part of a distance from the first end to the second end of the first manifold.
US10443955B2	Tube with a reservoir of phase-change material for a heat exchanger The present invention relates to a tube (1) with a reservoir of phase-change material for a heat exchange bundle (100) of a heat exchanger, said tube (1) with a reservoir of phase-change material including: two flow plates (3) which are configured to be assembled with one another in a fluid-tight fashion and form at least one duct (31) in which a first heat-transfer fluid flows between said flow plates (3), at least one reservoir plate (5) including cavities (51), said reservoir plate (5) being configured so that it can be assembled in fluid-tight fashion on an external face of one of the two flow plates (3) so as to close the cavities (51) and form housings for the phase-change material, said cavities (51) projecting from the external face of the reservoir plate (5) so that that a second heat-transfer fluid can circulate between said cavities (51).
US10443940B2	Raw material supply method A raw material supply process that supplies a raw material into a flash smelting furnace and supplies a first gas contributing to a reaction of the raw material into the flash smelting furnace, includes: a raw material passage that is provided out of a lance through which the first gas passes, the raw material passing through the raw material passage; and an adjuster that adjusts a distribution of the raw material by blowing a second gas to the raw material passing through the raw material passage.
US10443937B2	Paint baking oven and paint baking method A paint baking oven comprises an oven body and a hot air supplier that supplies hot air into the oven body. The paint baking oven bakes a wet coating applied to a vehicle body while conveying the vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a body exterior part and a narrow portion. The oven body is configured to include a spot baking region in which the hot air is blown primarily toward the narrow portion to locally bake a coating film applied to the narrow portion.
US10443934B2	Substrate handling and heating system A system for heating substrates while being transported between the load lock and the platen is disclosed. The system comprises an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed above the alignment station. The LEDs may be GaN or GaP LEDs, which emit light at a wavelength which is readily absorbed by silicon, thus efficiently and quickly heating the substrate. The LEDs may be arranged so that the rotation of the substrate during alignment results in a uniform temperature profile of the substrate. Further, heating during alignment may also increase throughput and eliminate preheating stations that are currently associated with the processing chamber.
US10443931B2	Method and device for the cryogenic decomposition of air The method and the device arc used for the cryogenic decomposition of air in a distillation column system for separating nitrogen and oxygen, said system having a first high-pressure column (23), a low-pressure column (25, 26), and three condenser-evaporators, namely a high-pressure column head condenser (27), a low-pressure column bottom evaporator (28), and an auxiliary condenser (29; 228).
US10443928B2	Active magnetic regenerative liquefier using process gas pre-cooling from bypass flow of heat transfer fluid A process for liquefying a process gas that includes: introducing a heat transfer fluid into an active magnetic regenerative refrigerator apparatus that includes a low magnetic or demagnetized field section; continuously diverting a bypass portion of the heat transfer fluid from a cold side of the low magnetic or demagnetized field section into a bypass flow heat exchanger at a first cold inlet temperature; and continuously introducing the process gas into the bypass flow heat exchanger at a first hot inlet temperature and discharging the process gas or liquid from the bypass flow heat exchanger at a first cold exit temperature; wherein the temperature difference between bypass heat transfer first cold inlet temperature and the process gas first cold exit temperature is 1 to 5 K.
US10443925B2	Refrigerator The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment therein, an illumination device for illuminating the interior of the storage compartment, a door hinged to the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment, the door having an opening formed therein and a panel assembly having a front panel provided at the front thereof, a knock sensor module including a microphone module for sensing a sound wave generated by knock vibration applied to the door and a module microcomputer for determining whether the knock vibration is a predetermined knock based on the sensed sound wave, and a controller provided separately from the module microcomputer for receiving a knock-on signal from the module microcomputer and operating the illumination device such that light is transmitted through the panel assembly, whereby the interior of the storage compartment can be seen from outside the door.
US10443920B2	Multifunctional chamber and refrigerator Provided is a multifunctional chamber and a refrigerator. The chamber comprises a door body, an inner container enclosed by a plurality of plate bodies, at least one opening provided in at least one of the plurality of plate bodies, a moisture preserving module disposed at the opening and used for regulating and controlling the humidity of the chamber, an upper cover movably disposed on the moisture preserving module, and at least one air port provided in at least one of the plurality of plate bodies and used for discharging moisture from the chamber. When the chamber is at a high-humidity mode, the upper cover moves at the moisture preserving module to expose the moisture preserving module; and when the chamber is at drying mode, the upper cover completely covers the moisture preserving module.
US10443919B2	Self-cooling food or beverage container having a heat exchange unit using liquid carbon dioxide and having a dual function valve A self-chilling food or beverage container including an outer container and a heat exchange unit (HEU) secured internally of said outer container and having liquid carbon dioxide (CO2) therein, the HEU including a valve member which provides a restricted orifice in one position to allow the liquid CO2 to pass from the liquid state directly to the gaseous state while maintaining pressure in the HEU to keep the residual CO2 in the liquid state and in a second position to provide a substantially unrestricted flow path to permit liquid CO2 to be inserted into the HEU.
US10443918B2	Configurable insulated storage container A portable insulated storage container includes an insulated body, an insulated lid, and a retainer. The insulated body has an internal cavity for storing one or more items. The internal cavity is selectively and reversibly configurable into two or more storage areas. The insulated lid engages the insulated body to close the internal cavity. The insulated lid includes receptacles each configured for receiving a cold pack or other thermal device. Each of the receptacles aligns with a respective one of the storage areas when the insulated lid engages the body. The retainer removably retains the cold pack in one of the receptacles.
US10443897B2	Pipeline system and drainage container for receiving liquid flowing through a pipeline system A pipeline system in a linearly concentrating solar power station comprises at least one pipeline which is connected at one end to a converger and at a second end to a distributor. The converger and the distributor are arranged at a different geodetic height. When the converger lies on top pressurized gas can be fed into the converger and the distributor is connected to a drainage container. When the distributor lies on top pressurized gas can be fed into the distributor and the converger is connected to a drainage container. The drainage container is lower than the converter and the distributor.
US10443895B1	Mounting systems for securing a solar array and clamping systems thereof Mounting systems for securing a solar array to a mounting frame and clamping systems thereof are disclosed. The clamping systems may include one or more hooks for connecting a solar panel module to mounting frame. The hooks may be disposed on one or more wings of a clamp plate that extend from a rail structure of the clamp plate. The rail structure may form a rail chamber which receives a mounting rail.
US10443884B2	Cabinet for air handler units A plurality of panels affixed to one another used for construction of an air handler unit including a first panel member having first circumference affixed to a second panel member having a second circumference; wherein the second circumference is smaller than the first circumference to form a first flange.
US10443873B1	Energy reduction Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for energy reduction are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving data from a thermostat, an HVAC system, and one or more temperature sensors associated with a property. The actions further include generating an HVAC performance model based on the received data from the thermostat, the HVAC system, and the one or more temperature sensors associated with the property. The actions further include receiving user data indicating user presence and user preferences. The actions further include identifying an energy penalty score. The actions further include receiving weather data. The actions further include creating an energy routine based on the HVAC performance model, the user data, the identified energy penalty score, and the received weather data. The actions further include transmitting an instruction including the energy routine to one or more devices.
US10443870B2	Evaporative HVAC apparatus An evaporative HVAC apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus provides an at least one absorbent wicking layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface, and an at least one thermal layer also having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The second surface of the at least one thermal layer is formed immediately adjacent to the first surface of the at least one wicking layer. An at least one fluid line is in fluid communication with the at least one wicking layer. Thus, a fluid is selectively delivered to the wicking layer through the at least one fluid line which, in turn, permeates the at least one thermal layer and evaporates into the air located immediately adjacent the exposed first surface of the at least one thermal layer, thereby affecting the temperature of the air.
US10443860B2	Hydraulic system A hydraulic system includes at least one circulation pump assembly (2) provided with a speed controller (26), at least one hydraulic circuit (A, B) connected to the circulation pump assembly (2) as well as at least one mechanical switch device (86, 88; 120, 122) which is mechanically subjected to pressure by a fluid in the hydraulic circuit (A, B) and which can be moved into at least two different switch positions. The mechanical switch device (86, 88; 120, 122) moves by the circulation pump assembly (2) hydraulic coupling via the fluid. The speed controller is configured to initiate a movement of the switch device (86, 88; 120, 122), by at least one hydraulic force acting upon the switch device (86, 88; 120, 122) and causing a movement of the switch device (86, 88; 120; 122) via the hydraulic circuit, via a speed adaptation of the circulation pump assembly (2).
US10443856B2	Wave rotors with temperature control features A wave rotor combustor includes an inlet plate, an outlet plate, and a rotor drum assembly positioned therebetween. The inlet plate is formed to include an inlet port arranged to receive a mixture of fuel and air. The outlet plate is formed to include an outlet port arranged to receive combusted gasses flowing out of the wave rotor combustor. The rotor drum assembly is arranged to rotate relative to the inlet and outlet plates and to combust the fuel and air mixture as part of a combustion process. Conditioned air is passed through the wave rotor combustor to regulate a temperature distribution of the wave rotor combustor.
US10443842B2	Control method using vibration control The present disclosure provides a method for controlling combustor cans of a gas turbine. Detectors disposed on combustor cans are operable to detect combustion vibration values of the combustor cans. The combustion vibration value is compared to a reference value. Combustor cans having a combustion vibration value greater than a reference value are assigned to a first group, and combustor cans having a combustion vibration value not greater than the reference value are assigned to a second group. The output of each combustor can in the first group is regulated to lower the combustion vibration value, thereby improving the stability of the gas turbine.
US10443841B2	Methods and devices for even distribution of solid fuel materials Methods, devices and systems for processing of solid materials, particularly fuel material solids such as carbonaceous fuel solids such as of granular form, to provide or result in an even distribution of the solid material. Hoppers are provided with plurality of outlet orifices, each of the outlet orifices adapted to flow therethrough a combination of gas and the solid material to pneumatically convey the solid material to a distribution manifold. The distribution manifold includes a plurality of tubes with each tube having a plurality of exit orifices wherein each exit orifice passes an equal portion of the combination of the gas and the solid material.
US10443832B2	Collars for light fixtures A light fixture can include a housing having at least one wall and a collar limiting feature disposed at a top end of the at least one wall. The light fixture can also include a collar disposed around the at least one wall, where the collar abuts against the collar limiting feature and is rotatable relative to the housing, where the collar includes a first cover coupling feature. The light fixture can further include a cover coupled to the collar, where the cover includes a first collar coupling feature, where the first collar coupling feature couples to the first cover coupling feature of the collar. The housing can be rotatable relative to the collar and the cover when the cover is decoupled from the collar, where the housing can be held in a fixed position relative to the collar and the cover when the cover is coupled to the collar.
US10443829B2	Edge-lit lighting device A circular edge-lit lighting device includes a light emitting panel (LEP) and a first light emitting diode (LED) light source positioned proximal to a first location on a narrow outer perimeter edge of the LEP. The first LED light source is configured to emit a first light into the LEP through the narrow outer perimeter edge. The first light has a first intensity level. The circular edge-lit lighting device also includes a second LED light source positioned proximal to a second location on the narrow outer perimeter edge the LEP. The second LED light source is configured to emit a second light into the LEP through the narrow outer perimeter edge. The second light has a second intensity level. The first location and the second location are different locations.
US10443827B2	Light fixture and wireway assembly A light fixture and wireway assembly is provided in a low-profile configuration wherein at least a portion of a plurality of wireways are disposed in a stacked configuration with a low-profile, edge-lit LED light engine. In one configuration, at least portions of two to four individual wireways are disposed in a stacked configuration with a low-profile, edge-lit LED light engine powered by an LED power supply also disposed within the outer perimeter of the overall assembly. Each wireway can be accessed through a single wireway wall without requiring conduit outside of the outer perimeter of the assembly.
US10443810B1	Disposable dual walls lampshade insect trap Our invention combines a disposable dual walls lampshade in a specific arrangement to create a space to accommodate the attracting, killing, holding and disposing of insects on a light device. It separates the catching space from the lighting area for keeping a clean lighting. The disposable dual walls lampshade comprises of an internal wall and an external wall, the two walls sealed in bottom edges and has a small open in the top, it forms a one workable piece. All insects will always be caught inside by applied sticky material or chemical agent, insect dead body is trapped in the space between inside of the external wall and outside of the internal wall. Since the dead insects always kept inside the cavity, there is no directly way to touch dead insect, it is safe for children and pets because the special arrangement of the double walls.
US10443804B2	Vehicle headlight with two filaments and mounting of such a lamp within a reflector The invention relates to a headlight for a vehicle, comprising a concave reflector and a lamp arranged within the reflector to reflect light from the lamp to create an illumination beam with a bright/dark boundary. The lamp comprises a transparent vessel including a longitudinal axis, at least a first and second filament arranged within the vessel. A baffle arranged proximate to the first filament, and comprising first and second upper side edges. The first filament is arranged above a plane including the upper side edges. A different plane is through the center of the first filament and is arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The upper side edges are arranged symmetrically to a baffle symmetry axis extending from the center of the first filament centrally between the upper side edges. The lamp is arranged within the reflector rotated around said longitudinal axis by a rotation angle of 2°-20°.
US10443794B2	Planar light source and illumination apparatus The present invention provides a planar light source and an illumination apparatus which have higher design property than that of conventional ones. The planar light source includes: a planar light emitting panel which has a light emitting surface; and a decorative member which covers the light emitting surface of the planar light emitting panel. A light emitting region which emits light when the planar light source is turned on and a non-light-emitting frame region which surrounds the light emitting region are provided on the light emitting surface. The decorative member has a pattern forming section. The pattern forming section includes a frame shielding section which covers entirety of the frame region in the front view, and a light-emission shielding section which extends from the frame shielding section so as to divide the light emitting region into a plurality of regions.
US10443786B2	Compressor-less cooling system An apparatus includes a separator tank, a heat exchanger, a compressor-less heat separator, and a fluid cooler. The separator tank separates a first refrigerant into a vapor component and a liquid component. The heat exchanger is exposed to a load. The heat exchanger uses the liquid component of the first refrigerant to remove heat from a space proximate the load. The space includes at least one of a refrigeration unit and walk-in cooler or freezer. The compressor-less heat separator extracts heat from the vapor component of the first refrigerant and uses electrical power to move the heat to a second refrigerant. The fluid cooler removes heat from the second refrigerant.
US10443785B2	Method and system for optimizing the filling, storage and dispensing of carbon dioxide from multiple containers without overpressurization This invention relates to a novel method and system for dispensing CO2 vapor without over pressurization. The system includes one or more liquid containers and one or more vapor containers. The system is designed to operate in a specific manner whereby a restricted amount of CO2 liquid is permitted into the vapor container through a restrictive pathway that is created and maintained by a shuttle valve during the filling operation so that equalization of container pressures is achieved, thereby allowing shuttle valve to reseat when filling has stopped. During use, a pressure differential device is designed to specifically isolate the vapor container from the liquid container so as to preferentially deplete liquid CO2 from the vapor container and avoid over pressurization of the system until the vapor container. The system is operated so that at least 50% of the CO2 product is dispensed from the vapor container. The system also includes novel control methodology for performing pre-fill integrity checks to ensure safety of subsequent dispensing of CO2 liquid from a source vessel to the onsite CO2 containers.
US10443779B2	Electronic device An electronic device including a base and an inclination-adjusting element is provided. The base has a receiving recess. The inclination-adjusting element is disposed within the receiving recess. The inclination-adjusting element includes a shaft and an eccentric wheel. The eccentric wheel is configured to rotate around the shaft to raise or lower the base.
US10443771B2	Crimping processes for hose assemblies and hose assemblies produced thereby Processes for securing a fitting to a hose end, and a hose assembly produced thereby. The fitting has an interior portion, exterior portion, and cavity therebetween. An end of the hose is located within the cavity and compressed between the interior and exterior portions. The exterior portion of the fitting has at least first and second circumferential crimped portions axially spaced apart along the fitting length, and first and second portions of the hose are compressed within the first and second circumferential crimped portions. The exterior portion of the fitting has an annular-shaped bubble portion between the first and second circumferential crimped portions. The bubble portion has a diameter larger than diameters of the first and second circumferential crimped portions, and the hose has a portion radially expanded into an annular-shaped cavity surrounded by the bubble portion as the hose is compressed at the first and second portions thereof.
US10443770B2	Tool for mounting and dismounting pipe clamp In a tool for mounting and dismounting a pipe clamp provided by the present creation, a first end portion and a movable second end portion are separately disposed on a base, and a connecting rod mechanism is used to convert circular motion into linear motion of the second end portion by force, so as to reduce the distance between the second end portion and the first end portion, thereby achieving an effect that the annular inner diameter of a pipe clamp is increased when the pipe clamp is held between the first end portion and the second end portion.
US10443768B1	Vacuum hose-pipe adapter A vacuum hose-pipe adapter that includes a sidewall bifurcated into two portions, wherein the first portion includes a first distal terminal end defining a distal pipe opening a first portion length separating a first proximal end and the first distal terminal end, and a sidewall inner surface of a frustro-pyramidal shape and enclosed configuration tapering in diameter from the distal pipe opening along the first portion length and the second portion with a second distal terminal end opposing the first distal terminal end and defining a distal hose opening, with a recessed bottom wall, with a sidewall inner surface enclosing and defining a first a first hose diameter, and with a second hose sidewall projecting from the recessed bottom wall, toward the distal hose opening, and enclosing and defining a second hose diameter less than the first hose diameter, thereby allowing fluid to flow therein and between the openings.
US10443767B2	Coupling assembly A coupling assembly for releasably interconnecting fluid passages comprises male and female coupling members, which are mated by inserting a probe and socket of the members respectively. Each coupling member has a first end arranged for connection to a fluid passage. When mated in use, the coupling assembly provides a straight fluid conduit between the fluid passages comprising through-bores in each of the coupling members coincident along a first longitudinal axis. When mated in use, the probe and socket are arranged coincident on a second longitudinal axis, which is inclined to the first axis. Sealing means comprising an annular sealing ring proximate each of the socket and probe are arranged, when mated in use, either side of an intersection between the through-bore and socket. The sealing arrangement is such that fluid within the fluid conduit exerts a net force resisting separation of said coupling members.
US10443764B2	Transfer mechanism A transfer mechanism (28) for providing linear vertical displacement of a fitting (46) on a flexible tubular conduit (48). The transfer mechanism includes a clamping mechanism (34) adapted to connect and secure a fitting (46) on a flexible tubular conduit (48) to the transfer mechanism (28); and a conveyor system (30) configured to linearly displace the clamping mechanism (34) from a first position towards a second position.
US10443759B2	Noise attenuation trim assembly A control valve trim assembly has a solid, one-piece unitary body having an inner surface and an outer surface. A plenum is formed within the body and is spaced apart from the inner surface and the outer surface. A plurality of first openings are formed in the inner surface of the body and are in fluid communication with the plenum via a corresponding first fluid passages formed through the body. A plurality of second openings are formed in the outer surface of the body and are in fluid communication with the plenum via a corresponding second fluid passages through the body.
US10443757B1	Faucet A faucet may comprise a main body, a control valve, and two press buttons. The main body is hollow to form a valve chamber therein, and the control valve is configured to be positioned in the valve chamber. A top end of the main body is connected to a water outlet tube, and a lower end thereof is configured to axially insert into the valve chamber. After the control valve is positioned in the valve chamber, a locking ring is engaged with and secured at a lower end of the valve chamber, and a water inlet tube is configured to axially penetrate through the locking ring to connect to the control valve. Each of two lateral sides of the main body has an installing hole, and two installing holes located at two corresponding positions are configured to receive and couple with the two press buttons respectively.
US10443755B2	Hydraulic valve A hydraulic valve including a valve housing including a longitudinal axis, a receiving opening extending along the longitudinal axis, a first flow through opening of a supply connection, a second flow through opening of an operating connection, a third flow through opening of a tank connection, wherein the first flow through opening, the second flow through opening and the third flow through opening are configured at least partially flowable by a hydraulic fluid flowing through the valve housing, and a valve piston with a control groove which valve piston is axially displaceable in the valve housing in the receiving opening along the longitudinal axis, wherein the flow forces of the hydraulic fluid imparted upon the valve piston are oriented away from a first switching position of the hydraulic valve where the hydraulic fluid flows from the first flow through opening into the second flow through opening.
US10443746B2	Pressure reducing valve unit A main spool (24) has a throttle passage (30) that, when the main spool (24) moves to an axial other side against a first return spring (27) in a main spool insertion hole (13), communicates a pilot pressure chamber (25) with a first tank port (15) and limits a flow amount of hydraulic oil to be discharged to the first tank port (15) from the pilot pressure chamber (25). When the main spool (24) moves to the axial other side along the main spool insertion hole (13), the throttle passage (30) communicates the pilot pressure chamber (25) with the first tank port (15) before a state where a first pump port (17) is communicated with an output port (16) and a state where the output port (16) is blocked from the first tank port (15).
US10443742B2	Packing apparatus and related methods to identify proper loading for valve packing An apparatus to identify proper loading for valve packing includes a packing follower for a fluid control valve. The packing follower has a cavity to receive a spring and at least a portion of a packing spacer. The apparatus also includes a first aperture disposed on an outer surface of the packing follower extending to the cavity to expose a portion of the spring.
US10443737B2	Slide component In an embodiment, a slide component includes one slide part 5 provided, on a low-pressure side of a sealing face thereof, with a negative pressure generation mechanism 10 including a negative pressure generation groove 10. The negative pressure generation groove 10a communicates with a high-pressure fluid side and is separated from a low-pressure fluid side by a land portion R. Another slide part 1 is provided, in a sealing face thereof, with at least one interference groove 15 communicating with the high-pressure fluid side for producing pressure variations in a fluid in the negative pressure generation groove 10a. The at least one interference groove 15 has an end 15a on an inside-diameter side extending to a position to radially overlap the negative pressure generation groove 10a.
US10443732B2	Oil slinger with convective cooling of radial surface Oil slinger systems include a seal runner comprising an annular radial member having a radius (R) and an outer axially extending member having an axial length (L) such that a ratio (L/R) is between 0.8 and 1.4, the annular radial member disposed at a first angle with respect to the outer axially extending member, a heat shield in mechanical communication with the seal runner, and a volume bounded by an outer face of the annular radial member and an inner face of the heat shield. Methods of radial convective cooling include pumping a cooling liquid through the oil slinger system and convectively cooling the oil slinger.
US10443725B2	Shift-by-wire module illumination strategy for vehicle A vehicle includes a shift by wire (SBW) module that allows for electronic shifting between various gears, such as park, neutral, drive, etc. The SBW module includes one or more buttons that enable the shifting between the various gears. When the park gear is selected, a light source illuminates a symbol or a portion of the button associated with placing the vehicle into park. A controller is programmed to darken or dim the light source in response to an operator pressing one of the buttons while the vehicle is in the park gear. For example, when the vehicle is already in park, another depression of the park button can darken or dim the light source associated with the park button.
US10443717B2	Control method and control device for transmission mechanism A vehicle includes an engine as a drive source and a continuously variable transmission. The continuously variable transmission includes a torque converter having a lockup clutch. When simultaneous execution of an upshift of the continuously variable transmission and a lockup engagement of the lockup clutch is required in accordance with an accelerator depression operation, the LU engagement control of the lockup clutch is started in accordance with an LU engagement request. On the other hand, the upshift control uses the continuously variable transmission to place the starting of the control with respect to the upshift request on standby and cancels the standby when the LU engagement control of the lockup clutch enters a lockup engagement completion region and starts the upshift control (delayed control).
US10443716B2	Abnormality detection for hydraulic circuit and abnormality detection method for hydraulic circuit An abnormality detection device for a hydraulic circuit including an oil pump, a switching unit switching between a fully discharged state and a partial discharge, a pressure regulator, a pressure regulation controller and a hydraulic detector, The device includes: a storage storing a maximum discharge pressure of oil capable of being discharged in the partially discharged state; a switching controller performing control of switching into the fully discharged state; and a determination unit determining that the switching unit has a fixation abnormality of the partially discharged state when a hydraulic pressure approximately corresponds to the maximum discharge pressure in the partially discharged state in a state where a hydraulic pressure higher than the maximum discharge pressure in the partially discharged state is set as a target hydraulic pressure and the pressure regulator is controlled in an effort to achieve the target hydraulic pressure after the switching control.
US10443706B2	Gearbox lubrication system According to one embodiment, a rotorcraft includes a body, a rotor blade, a drive system that can be operated to rotate the rotor blade, and an emergency valve control unit. The drive system contains a first gearbox assembly, a second gearbox assembly, a first lubrication system that can deliver lubricant to the first gearbox assembly, and a second lubrication system that can deliver lubricant to the second gearbox assembly. The drive system also contains an emergency valve that can be opened to deliver lubricant from the first lubrication system to the second gearbox assembly. The emergency valve control unit can instruct the emergency valve to open.
US10443703B2	Lubrication control device for transmission A lubrication control device for a transmission includes an oil pump, a heat exchanger, an oil quantity control valve, a first bypass oil passage, and an electronic control unit. The heat exchanger is connected between the oil pump and a lubricated portion of the transmission. The oil quantity control valve includes an inflow port, a supply port, and a discharge port. The supply port is connected to the heat exchanger. The oil quantity control valve is configured to control a supply oil quantity as a flow rate of the oil flowing from the inflow port to the supply port and discharge a residue of the oil from the discharge port. The first bypass oil passage is connected to the discharge port. The electronic control unit is configured to adjust the oil quantity control valve such that the supply oil quantity increases as a temperature of the oil increases.
US10443698B2	Power transmitting apparatus An object of the present disclosure is to provide a power transmitting apparatus which can sufficiently damp the torque variation and also can further improve the fuel consumption. For achieving the object of the present disclosure above, there is provided a power transmitting apparatus of a vehicle comprising a damper mechanism including dampers having spring properties for damping torque variations of an engine and being able to arbitrarily and selectively transmit or cut off a driving power of an engine to wheels characterized in that the power transmitting apparatus further comprises a spring property switching device for arbitrarily switching spring properties of the damper mechanism; and a spring property controller for actuating the spring property switching device to switch the spring properties according to the running state of the vehicle.
US10443690B2	Heavy-duty industrial transmission A heavy-duty industrial transmission is provided that can be implemented in a frac pump system with planetary gearsets with straightforward shift methodologies, slow back-driven speeds, and no recirculating torque in any of the ranges. The heavy-duty transmission has a high number of ranges and may be configured with no reverse range, no countershaft, no overdrive range(s), small and consistent steps of ratios between ranges, and a deep or large reduction ratio of the lowest range, such as at least about a 5:1 reduction. The heavy-duty industrial transmission may have a four-stage planetary arrangement that is configured to provide nine (9) ranges for the transmission that only requires two double pack shifts, with the remaining shifts being single pack shifts.
US10443689B2	Gear train The present disclosure relate to a gear train comprising an input and an output wherein power is transferred between input and output via two or more gears (13) in parallel, such as a planetary gear train. Each of the two or more gears (13) are bevelled, and arranged to rotate about a respective gear shaft (15), and each of the gears (13) are displaceable in the axial direction of its gear shaft (15). An equalizing arrangement (25) is provided that interconnects the gears (13) such that they are subjected to a similar force of application in their respective axial directions.
US10443688B2	Driving device having motor and gearbox A driving device includes a motor and a gearbox. The gearbox includes a first sun gear, first planetary gears surrounding and engaged with the first sun gear, and a first internal gear ring surrounding and engaged with the first planetary gears. The first sun gear is coaxially fixed to a rotary shaft of the motor. Meshing planes of the first sun gear and the first planetary gears are slanted with respect to the rotary shaft. Each of the first planetary gears is subjected to an externally-exerted first force and exerts a transverse component of force toward the rotary shaft on the first sun gear. The motor structure of the driving device is simplified, which makes the driving device have a more compact structure, lighter weight and lower cost.
US10443683B2	Bearing and eccentricity correction method A bearing that rotatably supports a rotating shaft includes an inner wheel that supports the rotating shaft in a manner to be coaxial with the rotating shaft; an outer wheel provided radially outside the inner wheel; and a plurality of rolling bodies that are provided in a ring-shaped gap between the inner wheel and the outer wheel. The inner wheel is provided with a correcting section that corrects eccentric rotation of the rotating shaft.
US10443670B2	Damping device A damping device according to one embodiment includes a base member fixed to a vibration suppression target, a first coil spring, a second coil spring, and a weight member. The first coil spring includes a first fixed-side end turn portion supported on a first support portion of the base member, a first effective portion, and a first movable-side end turn portion. The second coil spring includes a second fixed-side end turn portion supported on a second support portion of the base member, a second effective portion, and a second movable-side end turn portion. Each of the first coil spring and the second coil spring is deflected in a longitudinal direction along the axis, and a transverse direction perpendicular to the axis. The weight member is arranged between the first coil spring and the second coil spring, and moves in the longitudinal direction and the transverse direction.
US10443659B2	Damper disc assembly A clutch disc assembly includes a hub flange, an output hub, an intermediate hub, a plurality of first elastic members, and a plurality of second elastic members. Power from an engine is input into the hub flange. The output hub can be coupled to an input shaft of the transmission. The intermediate hub is arranged between the hub flange and the output hub in a diameter direction such that relative rotation with the hub flange by an angle greater than or equal to a first angular range is prevented, and such that relative rotation with the output hub by an angle greater than or equal to a second angular range is prevented. The plurality of first elastic members couple the hub flange and the intermediate hub elastically in a rotation direction. The plurality of second elastic members couple the intermediate hub and the output hub elastically in the rotation direction.
US10443656B2	Rolling-element bearing unit for wheel bearing assembly A rolling-element bearing unit for a wheel bearing assembly of a vehicle includes a rolling-element bearing with an outer ring, a an inner ring, a bearing interior between the outer ring and the inner ring and a plurality of rolling elements in the bearing interior. The inner ring has an inner ring surface facing the bearing interior and a first and a second axial end surface. A first seal assembly includes a retainer fixed on the bearing outer ring and a seal element configured to slidingly seal against the bearing inner ring surface or against a slip sleeve carried by the bearing inner ring. The retainer is an angle bracket having an axially extending annular leg and a radially inwardly extending annular flange, and radially inwardly extending flange projects radially inwardly beyond the bearing inner ring surface, for example, over a step in the first axial end surface.
US10443655B2	Combination bearing and seal assembly with common outer body A combination bearing and seal assembly includes a tubular outer body connectable with an outer member and having first and second axial ends, opposing inner and outer surfaces and a bearing outer raceway on the outer body inner surface. A tubular inner body is disposed within an outer body bore and is disposeable about and coupleable with the rotatable member. The inner body has inner and outer surfaces, opposing outer and inner axial ends, the inner axial end providing a generally radial seal contact surface, and a bearing inner raceway on the inner body outer surface. Rolling elements disposed between the outer and inner raceways rotatably couple the outer and inner bodies and form a bearing. An annular seal is within the outer body bore, is coupled with the tubular outer body and has a generally radial sealing surface sealingly engageable with the inner body contact surface.
US10443653B2	Sliding member and method for manufacturing sliding member A sliding member having a supporting layer composed of an iron-based metallic material and a sliding layer formed on a surface of the supporting layer and composed of a copper-based metallic material. The surface of the supporting layer and the sliding layer have non-flat surfaces. A sliding surface having a non-flat surface is formed on the surface of the sliding layer. The sliding layer is formed on the roughened surface of the supporting layer by thermal spraying. The surface of the sliding layer is then subjected to a shot blasting treatment to form the sliding surface which has an uneven surface having an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of more than 0 μm and 2.0 μm or less, a ten-point average roughness (Rz) of more than 0 μm and 7.5 μm or less and a surface hardness (Hv) of 150-250, and which slidably supports an object to be slid.
US10443647B2	Power transmission shaft A corrugated portion is formed in one end edge portion of the metallic shaft main body (2), and a triangular corrugated portion (11) is formed in an end edge portion of the shaft auxiliary body (3) on the metallic shaft main body side. The metallic shaft main body (2) and the shaft auxiliary body (3) are integrated by being linearly arranged by way of meshing that brings a side of the triangular corrugated portion (9) on the main body side and a side of the triangular corrugated portion (11) on the auxiliary body side into contact with each other. A fiber orientation angle (θ) of the fiber reinforced plastic of the shaft auxiliary body (3) is set so as to be in the same direction as a direction of stress generated in a hypotenuse of each triangular portion under a torque load state.
US10443646B2	Efficient bowden cable system An apparatus includes a housing that includes an inner space, an inlet connected to the inner space, and a plurality of outlets connected to the inner space. The housing allows an inner cable of a Bowden cable to pass therethrough such that the inner cable passes through the inlet, the inner space, and any of the plurality of outlets. The apparatus also includes an inner hub rotatably mounted in the inner space of the housing. The inner hub is configured to receive and guide the inner cable passing through the housing such that the inner cable forms a curved path about the inner hub. The apparatus includes a socket configured to receive the Bowden cable. The socket can be coupled to the housing at a plurality of different positions to select any of the plurality outlets such that the inner cable of the Bowden cable passes through the selected outlet.
US10443641B2	Clamp assembly for mounting panels to I-beams A clamp assembly is provided for securing a panel or fairing to an I-beam, and comprises a pair of side blocks and a clamping block, together with a single bolt to secure them in place. Each of the side blocks as an inclined wedge surface, and the T-shaped clamping block has similarly sloped wedge surfaces along the sides of the leg of the T. When a bolt this passed through side legs of the side blocks, and through or under the clamping block, a sliding and wedging action between the inclined and sloped wedge surfaces occurs. Moreover, a clamping action between the top surface of the clamping block and the lower surface of the lower flanges of the I-beam is also induced.
US10443629B2	Operation device and hydraulic system An operation device includes: an operating unit; a pilot valve that outputs a pilot pressure corresponding to an operating amount of the operating unit; an operating amount detection sensor that outputs an operating amount signal corresponding to the operating amount of the operating unit; a first bar code provided on the pilot valve and containing pilot pressure actual measurement information indicating a relationship between the operating amount of the operating unit and an actual measurement value of the pilot pressure outputted from the pilot valve; and a second bar code provided on the pilot valve and containing operating amount signal actual measurement information indicating a relationship between the operating amount of the operating unit and an actual measurement value of the operating amount signal outputted from the operating amount detection sensor.
US10443627B2	Vacuum producing device having a suction passageway and a discharge passageway entering through the same wall Venturi devices that create vacuum have a housing defining a motive passageway converging toward a suction chamber, a discharge passageway diverging away from the suction chamber, and a suction passageway in fluid communication with the suction chamber. Within the suction chamber, a motive exit of the motive passageway is generally aligned with and spaced apart from a discharge entrance of the discharge passageway to define a Venturi gap, and the suction passageway enters the suction chamber at a position that generates about a 180 degree change in the direction of suction flow from the suction passageway to the discharge passageway. The motive passageway may terminate in a spout protruding into the suction chamber disposed spaced apart from all one or more sidewalls of the suction chamber and may subdivide downstream of the single entrance into two or more subpassageways each leading to one of two or more motive exits.
US10443623B2	Heat exchanger outlet deflector An engine bleed air system of an aircraft, comprising a heat exchanger which comprises a rectangular core with a rectangular outlet section, a cylindrical outlet duct and a transition area between the rectangular outlet section of the rectangular core and the cylindrical outlet duct, and at least a downstream system, further comprising a flow deflector located at least in the cylindrical outlet duct, such that the outlet flow characteristics homogeneity are improved and a particular flow deflection and distribution of the outlet flow is achieved, avoiding the damage of the at least one downstream system. The invention also provides a method for homogenizing the temperature of the outlet flow of a heat exchanger outlet in an engine bleed air system of an aircraft.
US10443615B2	Alignment of flanged components A component including a first flange located in a first section of the component, the first flange including a contact surface. The component also including a second flange located in a second section of the component. The first flange is configured to attach to the second flange, and the second flange includes a contact surface configured to contact the contact surface of the first flange. The contact surface of the first flange and the contact surface of the second flange each has an undulating surface profile, where each undulating surface profile is defined by at least one peak point and at least one trough point connected by a curved line extending in at least one of a radial or a circumferential direction relative to a central axis of the component.
US10443608B2	Impeller The impeller includes a blade formed either entirely or partially from fiber reinforced plastic, a boss member that supports the blade, a plate that presses a root portion of the blade against the boss member; and a fastening portion that fastens the boss member to the plate, wherein the root portion of the blade has an undercut shape, the boss member has an excavated portion, the excavated portion is shaped identically to all or a part of the undercut shape or shaped such that a gap is formed between the excavated shape and all or a part of the undercut shape, and the root portion of the blade is fastened by a fastening force via the boss portion and the plate in a condition where a clearance is provided between the boss member and the plate.
US10443604B2	Systems and methods to clamp an impeller to a compressor shaft Systems and methods to clamp an impeller on a shaft in a centrifugal compressor. The embodiments as disclosed herein may include clamping individual impeller independently to the shaft, which may reduce the tolerance stack-up effect of a plurality of impellers. The impeller can be clamped to the shaft by positioning, for example, a relatively stiff support (e.g. a shaft locknut) on a front side of the impeller. The impeller can also be clamped to the shaft by a relatively flexible support to compensate for e.g. thermal expansion/contraction of the impeller. The embodiments as disclosed herein are particularly suitable for a multi-stage impeller.
US10443603B2	Method for compressing an incoming feed air stream in a cryogenic air separation plant A method for compression of an incoming feed air stream using at least two variable speed compressor drive assemblies controlled in tandem is provided. The first variable speed drive assembly drives at least one compression stage in the lower pressure compressor unit driven while the second variable speed drive assembly drives higher pressure compression stage disposed either in the common air compression train or the split functional compression train of the air separation plant. The first and second variable speed drive assemblies are preferably high speed, variable speed electric motor assemblies each having a motor body, a motor housing, and a motor shaft with one or more impellers directly and rigidly coupled to the motor shaft via a sacrificial rigid shaft coupling.
US10443600B2	Gas estimation device and vacuum pumping device A gas estimation device for estimating a flow rate and a gas type of gas to be vacuum-pumped by a vacuum pumping device including a vacuum pump and an automatic pressure control valve connected to a suction port of the vacuum pump, comprises: a correlation data storage section configured to store first correlation data containing correlation data regarding an opening degree control gain value of the automatic pressure control valve and correlation data regarding an effective exhaust velocity of the vacuum pumping device and second correlation data indicating a correlation among a flow rate, a gas type, and a motor current value in the vacuum pump; and a first estimation section configured to estimate the flow rate and the gas type of the gas to be vacuum-pumped by the vacuum pumping device based on at least the first correlation data and the second correlation data.
US10443588B2	Mini pump with integrated valve core tool A mini pump comprising a linear hand pump assembly and a valve core tool is disclosed. The linear hand pump assembly is configured to operate along a longitudinal pump axis and comprises a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The valve core tool is releasably coupled to the first end and has a central tool axis and a cavity centered on, and running parallel to, the central tool axis. The cavity passes through at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the tool and is shaped to mate with a valve core such that, with respect to rotation about the tool axis, the valve core is rotationally fixed to the tool. The pump axis and the tool axis are collinear when the tool is coupled to the assembly. The valve core tool and the pump assembly may be threadedly coupled.
US10443579B2	Tip extensions for wind turbine rotor blades and methods of installing same The present disclosure is directed to tip extensions for wind turbine rotor blades and methods of installing same. The method includes removing a removable blade tip of a lightning protection system from the rotor blade so as to expose a down conductor of the lightning protection system. The method also includes securing a conductive extension to the down conductor. Moreover, the method includes sliding the first end of the tip extension over the conductive extension so as to overlap the rotor blade at the tip end. In addition, the method includes securing the removable blade tip to the conductive extension at the second end of the tip extension. Further, the method includes securing the tip extension to the rotor blade.
US10443575B2	Wind turbine comprising a planetary gear system A wind turbine generator includes a gearbox, wherein the gearbox includes a planetary gear system, wherein the planetary gear system includes a carrier assembly, wherein the carrier assembly includes a carrier supporting at least one planetary gear that is rotatably mounted through a bearing on a shaft, wherein the shaft is fixed in a bore defined by the carrier. The carrier assembly includes interlocking means to prevent angular movement of the shaft relative to the bore. This improves the robustness of the coupling between the shaft and the bore of the carrier.
US10443573B2	Wind turbine having a reduced radar cross section A wind turbine comprising a support structure and one or more turbine blades is disclosed, that incorporates means for reducing the radar cross section (RCS), wherein the support structure is notionally divided into an upper section in the shadow of the blade sweep area, and a lower section beneath the upper section, wherein the upper section is adapted to have the means for reducing the RCS, and the lower section does not have the said adaptation. The invention makes use of the realization that the blade masking the tower as it rotates (or the blade being masked by the tower if facing away from a radar), contributes significantly to interference to radar systems, and so localized application of e.g. RAM can give good RCS reduction at a lower cost than treating the whole structure.
US10443569B1	Wind or water based power generating system A wind operated electrical power generating system integrating a wind powered turbine with an electric power generator. The generator is capable of outputting a power level that is greater than a power level obtained by the turbine when the system is operating at an operational rotational speed. The power output is optimized by increasing a load upon the generator. The optimization is based upon the rotational speed of the elements of the system. The system adjusts the load applied to the generator as the system meets each of a plurality of predetermined rotational speeds. The load adjustment can be provided by manual or automated intervention. The system can integrated the generator directly within the turbine or remotely. In a remote configuration, a hydraulic pump obtains power from the turbine and transfers the power by flow of hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor drives the generator.
US10443567B2	Method for estimating a wind speed at a wind turbine A fast-converging and reliable method for estimating a wind speed at, for example, a wind turbine comprising a rotor carrying a set of variable pitch angle wind turbine blades. The estimated wind speed is iteratively derived using a wind turbine rotor rotational speed, a turbine blade pitch angle, and a derived initial estimated wind speed. The initial estimated wind speed is based on the rotational speed and an initial tip speed ratio. The initial tip speed ratio is selected to be a value greater than a minimum tip speed ratio, wherein the minimum tip speed ratio defines a control region stability limit as a function of the pitch angle. Thus, for a given pitch angle, a minimum tip speed ratio is derived as a limit or boundary point between a stable control region and an unstable control region.
US10443561B1	Hydroelectric power generation device for operation with water flow of sanitary piping A hydroelectric power generation device is structure to utilize water flowing to generate electrical power that could be supplied to a bathroom installation and is generally made up of a functional main body, a battery assembly, and a power generation module. The functional main body has two opposite sides each including a mounting end formed thereon. The functional main body forms therein a receiving chamber. The power generation module includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor is coupled, in a manner of being rotatable, to an axle, which is coupled to a vane wheel. Water flowing into the device drives the vane wheel and the rotor to rotate simultaneously so that magnetic interaction between the rotor and the stator generates electrical power that is supplied to a sensor controlling supply of water flow. A sleeve is fit over the axle for correcting and stably supporting the axle in rotation.
US10443558B2	Lubricants with calcium and magnesium-containing detergents and their use for improving low-speed pre-ignition and for corrosion resistance A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine with reduced low-speed pre-ignition events and corrosion resistance. The oil composition includes a base oil, one or more overbased calcium sulfonate detergents, one or more overbased calcium phenate detergents, and one or more overbased magnesium-containing detergents. A ratio of ppm of calcium to TBN of the oil composition is less than 170; a ratio of ppm of magnesium to total soap content in wt. % is greater than 700; and there are limited amounts of boron and molybdenum, and all weight percentages and ppm values being based on the total weight of the oil composition. The compositions give low LSPI ratios and pass the Ball Rust test.
US10443548B2	Air intake system for a work vehicle In one aspect, an air intake system for supplying air to an engine of a work vehicle may include a cooler box having a first wall and a second wall, with the first and second walls at least partially defining a chamber within the cooler box. The air intake system may also include a screen defining at least a portion of the first wall of the cooler box. Furthermore, the air intake system may include an air filter assembly defining at least a portion of the second wall of the cooler box. The air filter assembly may be configured to remove particles present in the air exiting the chamber of the cooler box through the air filter assembly. The air exiting the cooler box through the air filter assembly may be supplied to the engine for combustion.
US10443545B2	Reusable high pressure and high temperature energetic ignition system An energetic ignition arrangement may comprise a pressure vessel arrangement, comprising a pressure vessel, and an ignition system arrangement. The ignition system arrangement may comprise an ignitor housing coupled to the pressure vessel and defining a sealing aperture, a seal disposed in the sealing aperture, and an electric match extending through the ignitor housing, wherein at least the ignitor housing and the pressure vessel are reusable after the energetic ignition arrangement has been employed in an ignition event.
US10443542B2	System for locking a thrust reverser with flaps, comprising locks for an intermediate opening position The present disclosure relates to a system for locking the position of the flaps of a thrust reverser of a turbojet nacelle, said flaps being controlled by actuators, each one swinging about a tranverse pivot in order to partially close off the air stream so as to guide it forwards, further including locks for locking the flaps in an intermediate opening position, between the closed position and the open position.
US10443537B2	Piston including a composite layer applied to a metal substrate A piston for a heavy duty diesel engine including a composite layer forming at least a portion of a combustion surface is provided. The composite layer has a thickness greater than 500 microns and includes a mixture of components typically used to form brake pads, such as a thermoset resin, an insulating component, strengthening fibers, and an impact toughening additive. According to one example, the thermoset resin is a phenolic resin, the insulating component is a ceramic, the strengthening fibers are graphite, and the impact toughening additive is an aramid pulp of fibrillated chopped synthetic fibers. The composite layer also has a thermal conductivity of 0.8 to 5 W/m·K. The body portion of the piston can include an undercut scroll thread to improve mechanical locking of the composite layer. The piston can also include a ceramic insert between the body portion and the composite layer.
US10443535B2	Ion current use for combustion resonance detection, reduction and engine control A system and method for detection, reduction of combustion resonance and engine control is provided. The system senses ion current within one or each cylinder of a multi-cylinder engine and determines combustion resonance from the ion current signal. In addition, the system may determine an engine control strategy to reduce combustion resonance based on the feedback from the ion current signal.
US10443523B2	Supervisory control system to select PTO clutch engagement method based on real-time inertial load estimation A method for controlling power takeoff (PTO) clutch engagement includes determining an output clutch speed, adjusting a clutch current at a predetermined rate, estimating an inertial load of a PTO implement and adjusting the clutch current for one or more times at a time interval, and selecting a clutch control algorithm configured for the inertial load of the PTO implement.
US10443521B2	Exhaust emission control system of engine An exhaust emission control system of an engine is provided, which includes a NOx catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage for storing NOx within exhaust gas when an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas is lean, and reducing the stored NOx when the air-fuel ratio is approximately stoichiometric or rich. A processor executes a NOx reduction controlling module for performing a NOx reduction control in which a fuel injector performs a post injection to control the air-fuel ratio to a target ratio, and an EGR controlling module for controlling an EGR valve to recirculate EGR gas. In the NOx reduction control, the EGR controlling module controls an opening of the EGR valve to a target opening smaller than when the NOx reduction control is not performed. The NOx reduction controlling module starts the control after the EGR valve opening is controlled to the target opening.
US10443513B2	Emergency shutoff device and emergency shutoff system provided with same The emergency shutoff device is provided with a casing (21) in which inflow ports (22) through which control oil flows into a space (A1) provided therein and a plurality of outflow ports (23) through which the control oil flows outside of the space (A1) are formed; and a switching unit (24) configured to slide along an inner circumferential surface of the casing (21) in which the space (A1) is formed, to change its position relative to the plurality of outflow ports (23), and thus to switch a circulation state of the control oil in the space (A1). The switching unit (24) switches the circulation state between the first circulation state in which the control oil is circulated from a first inflow port (221) to a first outflow port (231) and the third circulation state in which an open and closed state of a test outflow port (236) is switched while the control oil is being circulated from the first inflow port (221) to the first outflow port (231).
US10443510B2	Model based bump-less transfer between passive and active mode operation of three-way check valve for liquid fuel delivery in gas turbine systems A method using an inverse three-way valve model with feed-forward fuel flow control is provided for controlling liquid fuel flow in a turbine power generation system to achieve a bump-less driven watts (dwatt) power output during fuel mode transitions between passive mode and active mode operations of a three-way check valve that delivers liquid fuel to the turbine combustor nozzles. The method utilizes an inverse fluid flow model for a three-way check valve which is based upon a valve position surrogate for the three-way check valve to develop a calculated estimate of a fuel spike/dwatt oscillation likely to occur during mode transitions of the three-way check valve and to produce a feed-forward control used to modulate a fuel path bypass valve within the turbine fuel supply circulation system that provides the liquid fuel to the three-way valve during transfers of valve operation between passive and active mode operations.
US10443507B2	Gas turbine engine bowed rotor avoidance system A bowed rotor prevention system for a gas turbine engine of an aircraft is provided. The bowed rotor prevention system includes a bowed rotor prevention motor operable to drive rotation of a starting spool of the gas turbine engine through an engine accessory gearbox. The bowed rotor prevention system also includes a controller operable to engage the bowed rotor prevention motor and drive rotation of the starting spool until a bowed rotor prevention threshold condition is met or a bowed rotor prevention shutdown request to halt rotation of the starting spool is received.
US10443497B2	Ice protection system for gas turbine engines A gas turbine engine includes devices, systems, and methods for de-icing using heat of compression and expelling the de-icing medium into a gas flow path of the engine.
US10443494B2	System and method for providing highly reactive fuels to a combustor A system and related method for providing a highly reactive fuel to a combustor of a gas turbine are disclosed herein. The system includes a fuel supply system that is in fluid communication with a fuel supply. The fuel supply system includes multiple fuel circuits. Each fuel circuit individually feeds fuel to a corresponding fuel distribution manifold. The system further includes a steam injection system. The steam injection system includes at least one flow control valve that is in fluid communication with at least one of the fuel circuits. The flow control valve provides for fluid communication between a superheated steam source and the fuel circuit during both fueled operation and during non-fueled operation of the corresponding fuel circuit.
US10443492B2	Airfoil shape for twelfth stage compressor rotor blade A system is provided, including an airfoil. The airfoil includes a first suction portion of a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z of a suction side as set forth in TABLE I to a maximum of three decimal places, wherein the X and Y values of the suction side are coordinate values that couple together to define suction side sections of the first suction portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z coordinate value, the suction side sections of the first suction portion of the nominal airfoil profile are coupled together to define the first suction portion, the airfoil includes an airfoil length along a Z axis, the first suction portion comprises a first portion length along the Z axis, the first portion length is less than or equal to the airfoil length, and the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z are non-dimensional values convertible to dimensional distances.
US10443491B1	Opposed piston engine with serial combustion chambers An opposed piston engine has a driveshaft with at least two combustion cylinders serially aligned along a center cylinder axis so as to be coaxial, where the center cylinder axis is parallel with but spaced apart from the driveshaft axis. A cam is disposed between adjacent combustion cylinders, as well as adjacent the outermost end of each combustion cylinder in order to reciprocatingly drive piston pairs disposed in each combustion cylinder.
US10443487B2	Non-circular gears for rotary wastegate actuator A vehicle powertrain includes an engine having an air intake system and an exhaust system. A turbocharger includes a turbine section connected to the exhaust system and a compressor section connected to the air intake system. A wastegate is disposed in the exhaust system and movable between an open and a closed position by an actuator system. The actuator system includes a gear mechanism for moving the waste gate from a closed to an open position and including a pair of noncircular gears.
US10443480B2	Exhaust duct An exhaust duct has a riser duct section which is connected to an exhaust port having such an inlet port at a lower portion of the riser duct section as is connected to an exhaust port for the combustion gas. The riser duct section extends upward along an external surface of the combustion box. A horizontal direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction is defined as a lateral direction, then the riser duct section is formed into a flat shape having a smaller dimension in the front-to-back direction than the dimension in the lateral direction. Fluctuations in width between front-side and back-side plate parts of the riser duct section are devised to be restrained, and increase in size can be avoided. The riser duct section has a rail inside the riser duct section, the rail being elongated in the vertical direction and connecting together the front-side and the back-side plate parts.
US10443477B2	Counter-swirl mixer An aftertreatment system may include an exhaust gas passageway and a mixer assembly. The exhaust gas passageway may receive exhaust gas from an engine. The mixer assembly is disposed within the exhaust gas passageway and may include an upstream baffle, a downstream baffle, and a tube extending between and connected to the upstream and downstream baffles. The tube may include an inner surface defining a first flow path through the mixer assembly. The upstream and downstream baffles may be attached to each other, the tube and the exhaust gas passageway. The upstream and downstream baffles may cooperate to define a second flow path through the mixer assembly. The second flow path may extend in a rotational direction around an outer surface of the tube.
US10443476B2	Catalyst device A catalyst device includes a catalyst support, a tubular portion, which accommodates the catalyst support, a holding mat, which holds the catalyst support, an insulator provided over the outer circumferential surface of the tubular portion, and a heat insulating member arranged between the insulator and the tubular portion. The region of the outer circumferential surface of the tubular portion between the upstream end and the downstream end in the exhaust gas flowing direction is divided into two subregions arranged in a direction of the axis of the tubular portion. Of the two subregions, the subregion on the upstream side is defined as an upstream subregion, and the subregion on the downstream side is defined as a downstream subregion. The area that is covered with the heat insulating member in the downstream subregion is smaller than the area that is covered with the heat insulating member in the upstream subregion.
US10443470B2	Nitrogen oxide signal multiplexing system Nitrogen oxide multiplexing systems are provided. Various embodiments provide for systems comprising an aftertreatment component configured to treat exhaust exiting an engine, a sensor, a conduit, and a switching device. The sensor is configured to detect nitrogen oxide in the exhaust from both upstream of and downstream of an aftertreatment component. The conduit has a first end positioned upstream of the aftertreatment component and a second end communicable with the sensor positioned downstream of the aftertreatment component. The conduit receives a sample of the exhaust flowing from upstream of the aftertreatment component through the first end and delivers the sample of the exhaust to the sensor through the second end. The switching device is connected to the conduit and configurable to selectively prevent the flow of exhaust upstream of the aftertreatment component from reaching the sensor.
US10443468B2	Fuel addition system The fuel addition system comprises: a fuel addition valve, a fuel tank, a first pressure storage chamber storing fuel to be supplied to a fuel injector, a supply pump increasing a pressure of fuel inside the fuel tank and supplying the fuel to the first pressure storage chamber, a pressure reduction valve discharging fuel stored in the first pressure storage chamber, a pressure reduction fuel passage supplying fuel discharged from the first pressure storage chamber to the fuel addition valve, and a control device controlling the fuel addition valve and the pressure reduction valve. The control device detects or estimates a temperature of fuel supplied to the fuel addition valve and, when injecting fuel from the fuel addition valve, controls an amount of fuel discharged from the first pressure storage chamber through the pressure reduction valve so that the temperature of the fuel becomes a reference temperature or more.
US10443452B2	Methods of hot and cold side charging in thermal energy storage systems The present disclosure provides pumped thermal energy storage systems that can be used to store electrical energy. A pumped thermal energy storage system of the present disclosure can store energy by operating as a heat pump or refrigerator, whereby net work input can be used to transfer heat from the cold side to the hot side. A working fluid of the system is capable of efficient heat exchange with heat storage fluids on a hot side of the system and on a cold side of the system. The system can extract energy by operating as a heat engine transferring heat from the hot side to the cold side, which can result in net work output. Systems of the present disclosure can employ solar heating for improved storage efficiency.
US10443441B2	Valve device and jet engine with a valve device A valve device of a jet engine includes a body, a seat and a flow path between an inlet and an outlet that can be closed and opened. Depending on an actuating force that results from a fluid pressure at a front surface of the body facing the inlet, as well as from a closing force applied to the body, the body can be transferred between open and closed states, and can be transferred into an operational state in which the flow path is opened by a setting device depending on an ambient pressure. The flow path can be opened via the setting device such that a flow cross-section of the flow path corresponds to at least 80% of the flow cross-section of the flow path in the area of the inlet across the entire extension of the flow path between the inlet and the outlet.
US10443434B2	Turbine airfoil platform segment with film cooling hole arrangement A turbine airfoil segment includes inner and outer platforms that are joined by at least one airfoil. The airfoil includes leading and trailing edges that are joined by spaced apart first and second sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface. At least one of the inner and outer platforms includes film cooling holes that have external breakout points that are located in substantial conformance with the Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 1 for the inner platform or Table 2 for the outer platform. The Cartesian coordinates are provided by an axial coordinate, a circumferential coordinate, and a radial coordinate, relative to a zero-coordinate. The film cooling holes have a diametrical surface tolerance relative to the specified coordinates of 0.20 inches (5.0 mm).
US10443425B2	Blade outer air seal fin cooling assembly and method A blade outer air seal according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a body to be distributed circumferentially about a blade array. The body has a plurality of grooves, which can, for example, improve the aerodynamic efficiency of a turbine. A fin is between a first groove and a second groove of the plurality of grooves. The fin extends radially from the body and terminates at a radially inner fin face that provides one or more cooling outlets.
US10443417B2	Ceramic matrix composite ring shroud retention methods-finger seals with stepped shroud interface The present disclosure is directed to a retention assembly for a gas turbine component including a first and a second gas turbine wall respectively defining a first and a second surface. A retainer, positioned between the first and the second surfaces, includes a flange, which contacts the first surface. A plurality of fingers extends outwardly from the flange. A first finger portion extends away from the first turbine wall toward the second wall. A second finger portion connected to the first finger portion extends substantially parallel to the flange. The second finger portion of a first finger of the plurality of fingers is positioned in a first slot defined in the second surface. The second finger portion of a second finger of the plurality of fingers adjacent to the first finger is positioned on the second surface adjacent to the first slot.
US10443414B2	Turbine casing, turbine, core for casting turbine casing, and method for producing turbine casing A turbine casing includes: a shroud of a cylindrical shape defining an operational flow path between the shroud and a hub of a turbine rotor; a scroll outer peripheral wall continuing from an end side of the shroud and extending along a circumferential direction of the shroud; and a partition wall disposed inside the scroll outer peripheral wall and dividing an inside of the scroll outer peripheral wall into a first scroll flow path and a second scroll flow path disposed adjacent to each other in an axial direction of the shroud. The shroud, the scroll outer peripheral wall, and the partition wall are formed integrally by casting. The partition wall has a widening section which partially increases a communication area between at least two of the first scroll flow path, the second scroll flow path, and the operational flow path, in the circumferential direction of the shroud.
US10443410B2	Ceramic matrix composite (CMC) hollow blade and method of forming CMC hollow blade A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) hollow blade includes a CMC airfoil, which includes at least one airfoil CMC ply, at least one cavity CMC ply, and an insert. The airfoil CMC ply defines the contour of the CMC airfoil including a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, a first side extending from the first edge to the second edge, and a second side opposite the first side. The cavity CMC ply defines a cavity within the CMC airfoil. The insert is located between the first edge and the cavity. The insert is wrapped by a CMC ply such that the CMC ply extends along the insert from the first side of the CMC airfoil across the mean camber line of the CMC airfoil and to the second side of the CMC airfoil. The CMC ply terminates on the second side of the CMC airfoil.
US10443409B2	Turbine blade with ceramic matrix composite material construction A turbine blade of ceramic matrix composite material construction adapted for use in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The turbine blade includes a root, an airfoil, and a platform. The root is adapted to attach the turbine blade to a disk. The airfoil is shaped to interact with hot gasses moving through the gas path of a gas turbine engine and cause rotation of the turbine blade when the turbine blade is used in a gas turbine engine. The platform is arranged between the root and the airfoil and is shaped to block gasses from the gas path migrating toward the root when the turbine blade is used in a gas turbine engine.
US10443404B2	Film and impingement platform cooling for serpentine cooled turbine blades A serpentine turbine blade can include: a platform having a top surface; an air foil on the top surface of the platform; a trailing edge turnaround formed in the platform; and a filmhole formed in the platform, wherein the filmhole is connected to the trailing edge turnaround through an impingement cavity in the platform. The air foil includes an internal cooling cavity providing a coolant to the trailing edge turnaround. The impingement cavity comprises a pre-impingement cavity connected to the trailing edge turnaround, a post-impingement cavity connected to the filmhole, and an impingement slot connecting the pre-impingement cavity and the post-impingement cavity to each other.
US10443403B2	Investment casting core An apparatus relating to engineering the geometry for a ball-chute support feature in an investment casting core. The investment casting core is for an airfoil region having at least one serpentine feature and at least one inlet feature coupled to the at least one serpentine feature by a ball-chute support feature. The investment casting core is leached out to form cooling passages in the airfoil.
US10443396B2	Turbine component cooling holes A turbine component includes an internal surface, an external surface and a cooling hole. The cooling hole includes an inlet disposed on the internal surface, an outlet disposed on the external surface and a flow passage in fluid communication between the inlet and outlet. The flow passage includes a metering section extending from the inlet to a metering end, a diffusion zone extending from the metering end to the outlet, and a hooded region defined by a portion of the diffusion zone covered by a hood. The cooling hole also includes a vane extending across the flow passage, wherein a portion of the vane is disposed within the hooded region.
US10443390B2	Rotary airfoil A rotary airfoil in a gas turbine engine is provided. The airfoil includes opposed pressure and suction sides joined together at chordally opposite leading and trailing edges. The pressure and suction sides extend in a span direction from a root to a tip. An axial component of a center of gravity of a cross-section taken chordally toward the tip of the airfoil being upstream relative to an axial component of a center of gravity of a cross-section taken chordally toward the root of the airfoil. A method for forming such blade is also presented.
US10443386B2	Automated ceramic matrix composite ply layup Methods for forming ceramic matrix composite (CMC) components are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method comprises automatically laying up CMC plies. Laying up plies includes transferring a CMC ply to a layup tool; applying heat to the CMC ply; and stacking the CMC ply with at least one other CMC ply. In various embodiments, CMC plies may be laid up using an automated machine. In some embodiments, a CMC ply may be transferred to a layup tool using an automated machine and the CMC ply may be stacked with at least one other CMC ply using the automated machine.
US10443385B2	In situ gas turbine prevention of crack growth progression via laser welding Methods for material build-up on a tip of a blade of a gas turbine engine are provided. The method can include inserting a material supply adjacent to the tip and directing a laser onto the interface of the material supply and the tip such that the material supply melts and attaches to the tip. Methods are also provided for remotely stopping a crack in a component of a gas turbine engine. The method can include inserting an integrated repair interface attached to a cable delivery system within a gas turbine engine; positioning the tip adjacent to a defect within a surface of the component; supplying a new material to the fillable area to fill the defect; and directing a laser to the new material within the fillable area to fuse the new material to the component within the defect.
US10443384B2	Kinetic energy atom-powered engine A device for converting the kinetic energy of molecules into useful work includes an actuator configured to move within a fluid or gas due to collisions with the molecules of the fluid or gas. The actuator has dimensions that subject it to the Brownian motion of the surrounding molecules. The actuator utilizes objects having multiple surfaces where the different surfaces result in differing coefficients of restitution. The Brownian motion of surrounding molecules produce molecular impacts with the surfaces. Each surface then experiences relative differences in transferred energy from the kinetic collisions. The sum effect of the collisions produces net velocity in a desired direction. The controlled motion can be utilized in a variety of manners to perform work, such as generating electricity or transporting materials.
US10443382B2	System and method for hang-up assessment and removal A system and method for relieving hang-ups, comprising a mobile command vehicle operative to transport a robotic vehicle to a control location remote from a hang-up location; the robotic vehicle operative to advance from the control location to the hang-up location, scan the hang-up location, transmit scanning information to the command vehicle, and receive positioning commands to position the robotic vehicle for drilling into the hang-up location, implant an explosive, and withdraw.
US10443381B2	Adjustable mine ventilation system and method A vertically and laterally adjustable frame for a mine ventilation structure having two or more pairs of adjustable height support columns, and a plurality of adjustable length support beams, each support beam mounted to and spanning between a pair of the support columns. A mine overcast and a method of assembling an overcast in an intersection within a mine are also provided, with the overcast including a vertically and laterally adjustable frame, and a plurality of side and ceiling panels mounted to the frame.
US10443371B2	Directional button excitation for ranging applications The structural integrity and reliability of a downhole tool or mandrel may be improved by implementation of a design and configuration that does not require several separate components to be coupled together. A button recessed within an insulation layer may be installed within a groove or recess of the downhole tool. The isolation layer electrically isolates the button from the downhole tool. The button and the isolation layer are installed such that the top surface of either does not extend beyond the outer surface of the downhole tool. Recessing the button and isolation layer in this manner prevents undue wear on the downhole tool as well as the button and isolation layer. The buttons may be arranged so that when excited the buttons may detect the presence of a target objects located at various distances, directions, and orientations from the downhole tool.
US10443365B2	Systems and methods to monitor the characteristics of stimulated subterranean hydrocarbon resources utilizing electrochemical reactions with metals Methods and systems for characterizing a wellbore extending into a geologic structure comprising a reservoir of subterranean hydrocarbons comprising: providing a first fluid composition comprising a base metal into the first wellbore; wherein corrosion of the base metal in the first wellbore results in electrochemical oxidation of the base metal and electrochemical reduction of a reducible species that generates a gaseous product; providing at least one sensor in proximity to the first wellbore; and receiving a signal detected by the sensor at a monitoring unit, wherein the sensor senses a signal resulting from corrosion of the base metal; wherein the signal is used to determine information relating to the characteristics of the first wellbore and extraction of hydrocarbons therefrom.
US10443359B2	Multilateral well optimization and system Provided are methodologies and systems employing an array of independently operated flow control valves at an uphole location in each of a plurality of legs of a multilateral well to facilitate resolution and effective execution of efficient production plan and to improve performance. Along each leg of the multilateral well, a flow-control valve may be located downhole of a confluence between the respective leg and another leg and uphole of the well completion portion (production and/or injection component) of the respective leg. Each valve is operable independently of each other and of any valving in the completion component. Data regarding the nature and rate of production from each leg may be acquired from downhole sensors located at or about each flow control valve. The acquired data may be processed through a reservoir-well computerized model to resolve optimal valve settings across the valve array.
US10443357B2	Systems and methods for cloud-based commissioning of well devices A method may include receiving, via at least one processor of a cloud-computing system, an indication that a portion of a workflow is complete. Here, the workflow is associated with commissioning one or more well devices at a hydrocarbon site. The method may then include identifying one or more subsequent portions of the workflow to be performed and sending the one or more subsequent portions to one or more computing devices associated with one or more users assigned to the one or more well devices.
US10443344B2	Downhole valve system The present invention relates to a downhole valve system (1) for controlling inflow of a fluid from and to a formation (100), comprising a casing (2) having an inner surface (3), an outer diameter (ODc) and an inner diameter (IDc), and a cross section (Ac) defined by the inner diameter, the casing comprising a plurality of valves (4, 4a, 4b, 4c) arranged spaced apart from each other for controlling the flow of the fluid to and from the formation through the casing, and a plurality of autonomous operating adjusting devices (5) each controlling one of the plurality of valves and each autonomous operating adjusting device comprising a body (6) having an outer body diameter (Db) and a body cross section (Ab), the plurality of autonomous operating adjusting devices being fastened inside the casing in order to allow the fluid to flow between the outer body diameter of the body of the autonomous operating adjusting device and the casing. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for controlling an inflow of fluid by controlling a plurality of valves in a downhole valve system according to the present invention.
US10443343B2	Threaded packing element spacer ring An extrusion ring is attached at a mandrel end to a gage ring as well as a softer ring that is disposed between the extrusion ring and the mandrel. The softer ring acts as an extrusion barrier along the mandrel. On setting the softer ring protects a free end of an extrusion ring from contact with the sealing element by extending axially at least as far as the extrusion ring and preferably further. The sealing element being softer than the adjacent softer ring allows the extrusion ring to push the softer ring out past the end of the extrusion ring and allows the softer ring to fill a void space adjacent the free end of the extrusion ring and to the sealing element. Relative motion between the rings at the attachment location is prevented.
US10443339B2	Elastomeric materials A bore tool can include a component that includes a longitudinal axis and a perimeter surface disposed at one or more radii from the longitudinal axis; and an elastomeric component disposed about the perimeter surface where the elastomeric component includes an elastomeric material that includes carbon-based nanoplatelets.
US10443332B2	Downhole tool with retrievable electronics Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for a downhole tool apparatus, that may include at least one pocket disposed within the downhole tool, which may include a tool electronic connection point; a latching mechanism; and a retrievable module; wherein the retrievable module may include: a module electrical connection point, wherein the tool electrical connection point and the module electrical connection point are electrically connected; a retrieving and running feature, wherein the module electrical connection point and the retrieving and running feature are on substantially opposite ends of the retrievable module; and wherein the latching mechanism engages the retrievable module to hold the retrievable module in the at least one pocket.
US10443314B2	Methods for forming instrumented cutting elements of an earth-boring drilling tool A method of forming an instrumented cutting element comprises forming a free-standing sintered diamond table having at least one chamber in the free-standing sintered diamond table, providing a doped diamond material within the at least one chamber, and attaching a substrate to the free-standing sintered diamond table to form an instrumented cutting element. The instrumented cutting element includes the doped diamond material disposed within the sintered diamond table on the substrate. A method of forming an earth-boring tool comprises attaching at least one instrumented cutting element to a body of an earth-boring tool. The at least one instrumented cutting element has a diamond table bonded to a substrate. The diamond table has at least one sensing element disposed at least partially within the diamond table. The at least one sensing element comprises a doped diamond material.
US10443311B2	Top surface drilling device and methods for drilling a core in a top surface A top surface drilling device has a core bit and a drill head disposed in the core bit. The drill head has a smaller diameter than that of the core bit, and the core bit and the drill head can be driven at different angular speeds.
US10443308B2	Drilling apparatus with a fixed internally tilted driveshaft A drilling apparatus having a drive section and a bearing section axially distal to the drive section. The bearing section includes a bearing housing having a bearing housing bore defining a bearing housing bore axis, a sleeve assembly received within the bearing housing bore, the sleeve assembly having a sleeve assembly bore defining a sleeve assembly bore axis, a driveshaft received within the sleeve assembly bore, and a bearing assembly for rotatably supporting the driveshaft within the sleeve assembly bore. The sleeve assembly includes a plurality of axially arranged sleeve sections. The sleeve assembly bore axis is oblique to the bearing housing bore axis. The sleeve sections may be received within the bearing housing bore so that they maintain a fixed angular position relative to each other and relative to the bearing housing, and so that they maintain a fixed axial position relative to the bearing housing.
US10443305B2	Detachable tray for a ladder A detachable tray for a ladder includes a container for retaining supplies, a bracket assembly pivotally coupled to the container that is adapted to be releasably secured to the ladder, and a handle pivotally connected to the container to facilitate tray transport. The bracket assembly includes a rung engaging bracket that is movably connected to a base by a pair of transverse threaded members. A gap is defined between the bracket and the base that is dimensioned to fittingly receive one side rail of the ladder, the width of the gap being adjustable to accommodate side rails of varying widths. A support block is slidably coupled to a side of the base by a pair of posts. Together, the base and the support block apply a firm abutment force against the opposite side of the side rail than the bracket, thereby stabilizing the tray in place on the ladder.
US10443302B2	Window shade A window shade includes a reel and an aperture control module respectively assembled with a head frame, and a panel assembly including transversal vanes respectively connected with two panels. The reel is rotatable to wind and unwind the panel assembly. The aperture control module includes a positioning arm connected with a rubbing roller, and is operable to rotate the rubbing roller relative to the positioning arm and to displace the positioning arm and the rubbing roller between two positions, the rubbing roller being displaced away from a sidewall of the head frame in a first position and pressing the panel assembly against the sidewall in a second position, the rubbing roller being further rotatable relative to the positioning arm in the second position to cause relative sliding between the two panels for switching the panel assembly from a closed state blocking light passage to an open state allowing light passage.
US10443299B1	Vacuum insulated glass panel with structured pillar unit A vacuum insulating glass panel is provided that includes two sheets of glass spaced apart by a predetermined distance, a structured pillar unit disposed between the two sheets of glass where the predetermined distance is a height of the structured pillar unit, and a wall interconnecting edges of the two sheets of glass, wherein space enclosed by the two sheets of glass and the wall is vacuumed to a predetermined pressure level. Vacuum compressive pressure from outer surface of two sheets of glass toward internal vacuum space provides semi-permanent life time. The structure pillar unit may be made of glass or engineering plastic, enabling mass production at affordable price with better quality compared to conventional products.
US10443293B2	Door system with sensor unit for contactless passenger compartment monitoring A door system for a public transit vehicle includes at least one door opening and a door that closes this door opening, wherein a sensor unit performs three-dimensional and touch-free scanning of a passenger compartment in the area of the door opening. A process of monitoring and controlling such a door system includes the steps of touch-free and three-dimensional scanning of a passenger compartment in the area of a door opening with a sensor unit, and measuring distances, shapes, and movements of objects by evaluating the readings from touch-free and three-dimensional scanning.
US10443285B2	Damping hinge A damping hinge includes a first joining part; a revolving part pivotably connected to the first joining part and being capable of revolving among a first position, a second position and a third position; a supporting module arranged within the first joining part for pressing the revolving part to keep the revolving part and the first joining part staying in a relative position; a second joining part fastened to the revolving part for connecting the upper cover; a first enforcement frame arranged on the first joining part; and a damping module including a damper holder pivotably connected to the second joining part, a damper consisting of a damper core fastened on the damper holder as a fixed end and an actuating portion as a free end being able to move up and down, a damper spring connected between the second joining part and the damper holder.
US10443278B1	Gate lifter latch A gate lifter latch having a striker assembly having a striker pin, the striker assembly mounted to the free end of a gate, and a catch lifting assembly mounted to a latch post, the catch lifting assembly having a pivoting lift arm that receives a striker pin, such that during closure of the gate the pivoting lift arm pivots upward and raises the striker pin and free end of the gate. The gate lifter latch may further have a manual or automatic gate latch assembly for securement of the gate in the closed position. The components of the gate lifter latch are preferably structured such that the gate lifter latch may be disassembled and reassembled for use with either a left or right inswing or outswing gate.
US10443275B2	Vehicle handle device A vehicle handle device: a resin handle support member having one surface in a vehicle width direction which faces one surface of a metal panel of a vehicle door; a handle rotatably supported by the handle support member and causing a locking device to perform a transition from a latched state to an unlatched state; a metal bolt penetrating through a through-hole and a bolt inserting hole, and having a head portion facing the other surface of the handle support member; a metal nut facing the other surface of the panel and screwed with the bolt; and a metal spacer positioned between the head portion and the other surface of the panel, and whose both end portions come into contact with the head portion and the one surface of the panel.
US10443273B2	Protective case A portable protective case for the safe transport and storage of measuring devices and other electrical equipment. The protective case is designed to protect a valuable and sensitive measuring device located inside it against theft, unauthorized use and/or potentially harmful environmental influences. The case comprises communication means for sending and receiving data via a wireless network, as well as for receiving localization data, which enable the communication unit to provide at least a rough location of the case.
US10443264B1	Digital door lock assembly A digital door lock assembly which includes an exterior assembly is disclosed. The exterior assembly includes a PCB which includes an RF chip for receiving and processing an RF signal, a controller chip for receiving and processing signals output from number keypads, and a regulator supplying an operating voltage to the RF chip and the controller chip, wires which are connected to the RF chip, the controller chip, and the regulator through the PCB, and a housing which has a storage space into which a key lock cylinder including a spindle and first screw holes is inserted, and includes a first hole and second holes that are formed at a bottom of the storage space SS and through which the spindle passes.
US10443263B2	Removable insulated floor for a portable shelter A removable insulated floor for use with a portable shelter, the floor including a central section defining a ground engaging area and having at least three layers, at least one side wall extending upward from and being connected to the central section at an edge of the ground engaging area and having an outward facing side wall fastener, the central section includes at least one opening, and a central section fastener is connected to an upper layer of the central section and is located proximate the at least one opening, and at least one patch having a patch fastener connected to a lower surface of the patch and being releasably connected to the central section fastener located proximate the at least one opening. The floor is usable in combination with a portable shelter having complementary fasteners for releasable connection of the floor to the shelter.
US10443262B2	Intelligent pod management and transport An exchange station has openings for drones, a passenger check-in/check-out bay for processing passengers, a drone connect/release bay, having apparatus adapted to manage passenger pods mounted on smart chassis, and a computerized control system in wireless communication with control circuitry in the drones and smart chassis, guiding smart chassis with mounted passenger pods and drones, to make the exchange of pods from the smart chassis to drones. A passenger entering the passenger check-in bay is loaded into a pod mounted on a smart chassis, the pod with passenger is transported to the drone-connect/release bay, and the pod is there joined to a bare drone and disconnected from the smart chassis, the drone leaving with the passenger pod to a destination, and the smart chassis traveling away from the drone connect-release bay.
US10443247B2	Fiber enforced thin brick sheet and process A fiber enforced sheet for use as a wall or floor covering which comprises of adhered thin bricks bonded to a fiber-reinforced, backing layer. Thin brick is adhered to the fiber enforced sheet. The fiber enforced backing increases strength and rigidity to the thin brick during handling, and installation permits the thin bricks to be adhered to proper specification and spacing to be cut using ordinary tile or thin brick tools.
US10443235B2	Advanced curtain wall top-down renovation A curtain wall renovation system for an exterior of a building includes a plurality of new mullions attached to a top surface of a first floor slab of a first floor and extending downwardly external to the building and below an outer edge of the first floor slab, and a temporary weather shield system assembled in a second floor below the first floor and inset from an outer edge of a second floor slab. The temporary weather shield system includes a plurality of dry anchoring devices fastened to a top surface of the second floor slab, a plurality of temporary mullions supported on the top surface of the second floor slab and each including a bottom and a top, and a plurality of reusable panels, each reusable panel being secured to two laterally adjacent temporary mullions of the plurality of temporary mullions.
US10443234B2	Curtain wall system and components thereof A curtain wall system including panel units to be secured to a building structure between the building structure and an external space. Each panel unit includes a first mullion segment, a second mullion segment, and one or more panels. The first mullion segment of each of the panel units is attachable to a secured second mullion segment of an installed one of the panel units, to provide a mullion assembly defining a central cavity therein in which a central volume of air is isolated for at least partially thermally insulating the building structure relative to the external space, and a boundary region between the central cavity and the external space. Each mullion assembly includes one or more thermal insulator elements to at least partially define one or more thermal breaks between the external space and the boundary region.
US10443224B1	Multi-part sump pump bucket A multi-part sump pump bucket for a sump pump installation is shown and described. The multi-part sump pump bucket may comprise at least two complementing sections which may be united to form an open receptacle, and a cap installable over the complementing sections after assembly of the latter. The open receptacle may include a raised section of floor for supporting the sump pump up off the floor, to assist with liquid pickup. The complementing sections may include flanges bearing holes for receiving fasteners, to assist with assembly of the receptacle. The cap may have openings for a liquid discharge conduit and electrical circuitry.
US10443223B2	Flush toilet A flush toilet includes a body including a body inner wall forming the majority of the bowl surface of a bowl and a connecting portion connecting this outside wall and body inner wall; a rim including a rim inner wall forming a portion of the bowl surface, joined to the top end of the body; and a rim spout portion spouting flush water into the bowl. This rim spout portion respectively forms a rim conduit formed by joining a body and a rim, and a rim spout port; the joining surface between the body inner wall forming the rim conduit and the rim inner wall is set to a lower position from the rear side of the bowl toward the front; and the bottom surface of the rim conduit is set to a lower position from the upstream end toward the downstream end of the rim conduit.
US10443222B2	Toilet A control assembly for a toilet and includes a control unit with a case for receiving a voice control panel therein which receives voice commands from users to activate a linear driving member to move a shaft connected thereto which moves linearly relative to the at least one linear driving member. A movable member is connected to the shaft so as to press a button connected to a toilet body to flush. The number of the buttons, the linear driving members, the shafts and the movable members can be increased to perform more actions.
US10443220B2	Device for providing improved drainage An overflow assembly for a bathtub includes an elbow having a first threaded section and a retainer nut having a second corresponding threaded section. The retainer nut is configured to threadably mount onto the elbow. The overflow assembly further includes an overflow cover including at least one overflow opening and at least one vent opening defined therein. The overflow cover is configured to engage with the retainer nut and substantially cover the first threaded section and the retainer nut.
US10443219B2	Faucets providing water-and-air flow A faucet having a faucet base, a water hose, a faucet head, and a chamber is provided. A water valve is provided in the chamber and includes a driving member and a control valve movable between a first position enabling mixing of water and air and a second position enabling shut-off of a water flow. The faucet head further includes a control member movably coupled with the faucet head to enable operating the control valve within the water valve using magnets by operating the control member from or near a side of the faucet head.
US10443218B2	Faucets providing mixed water and air flow A faucet having a faucet base, a water hose, a faucet head, and a chamber is provided. A water valve is provided in the chamber and includes a driving member and a control valve movable between a first position enabling mixing of water and air and a second position enabling shut-off of a water flow. The faucet head further includes a sliding member slidably coupled with the faucet head to enable a user to operate the control valve within the water valve by operating the sliding member from a side of the faucet head.
US10443211B2	Self-propelled pavement material placing machine and methods for backfilling micro-trenches A machine for backfilling pavement material into a trench defined within a pavement surface includes a frame defining a longitudinal axis and having at least one wheel. The frame being configured to move along the pavement surface. A hopper supported on the frame and including an inlet opening configured to receive pavement material and an outlet opening configured to discharge pavement material into the trench. The machine also includes a compactor supported on the frame and aligned with the hopper along the longitudinal axis. The compactor is configured to compact the discharged pavement material within the trench.
US10443210B2	Digging and backfill apparatus A mobile digging and backfill system for removing and collecting material above a buried utility. The system comprises a mobile chassis, a collection tank mounted to the chassis, a water pump mounted to the chassis for delivering a pressurized liquid flow against the material for loosening the material at a location, a vacuum pump connected to the collection tank so that an air stream created by the vacuum pump draws the material and the fluid from the location into the collection tank, and at least one backfill reservoir mounted to the chassis for carrying backfill for placement at the location.
US10443205B2	Concrete foundation, method for producing a concrete foundation for a wind power tower, and positioning device for positioning jacket pipes in a concrete foundation In a method for producing a concrete foundation for a wind power tower externally preloaded and made of precast concrete parts, a formwork for the concrete foundation is erected, core elements for producing passage openings in the concrete foundation for the loading elements are positioned and fixed on the formwork, and the concrete foundation is cast. A measurement reference system is established in order to position the core elements, at least one first positioning aid having an adapter device for a core element and having at least one reference segment is provided on the formwork. A corresponding concrete foundation is produced in accordance with the described method. A positioning device for orienting core elements in a concrete foundation comprises at least one first positioning aid, which has an adapter device for a core element and at least one reference segment for calibrating the first positioning aid.
US10443201B2	Soil compactor and method for operating a soil compactor A soil compactor is described. The soil compactor includes at least two vibrating compacting rollers rotatable about a respective roller axis of rotation. The soil compactor further includes a vibration excitation arrangement assigned to each vibrating compacting roller of the at least two vibrating compacting rollers for generating a vibrating movement of the at least two vibrating compacting rollers. The soil compactor also includes a sensor arrangement assigned to the soil compactor for providing a feedback signal indicative of sound or a structural vibration of the soil compactor. The soil compactor yet further includes a control unit receiving the feedback signal for controlling at least one vibration excitation arrangement, based on the feedback signal, such as to act on a phase offset of the vibrating movements of the at least two vibrating compacting rollers with respect to one another.
US10443193B2	Emulated wood with pores and fibers and fabrication method thereof A method for fabricating emulated wood with pores and fibers, comprising: immersing a plurality of synthetic fibers configured parallel in a plane into a resin so that the resin is coated on the surfaces of the plurality of synthetic fibers and in the gaps between the plurality of synthetic fibers; placing the plurality of synthetic fibers between two sheets, wherein the two sheets are planar sheets made from a uniform composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer, a foaming agent, and a crosslinking agent; carrying out a heat-press process on the two sheets so that the foaming agent undergoes microcellular foaming and forms dense closed pores in the two sheets, and so that the composition on inner surfaces of the two sheets expands towards the plurality of synthetic fibers and penetrates through the gaps between the plurality of synthetic fibers; and cooling the two sheets to yield an emulated wood board.
US10443192B2	Powdery water-soluble cationic polymer composition The invention relates to powdery, water-soluble, cationic polymer composition comprising at least two different cationic polymers, namely a first cationic polymer and a second cationic polymer, which differ in chemical nature and molecular weight, as well to a method for producing such powdery, water-soluble, cationic polymer composition, and to its use for promoting flocculation in solid-liquid separation, for example as a retention aid in paper manufacture, and in sludge dewatering/wastewater purification.
US10443190B2	Fire resistant composite roofing membrane A composite roofing membrane containing a single ply roofing membrane containing a first membrane, a scrim, and a second membrane. The first side of the first membrane forms the upper surface of the composite roofing membrane and contains a thermoplastic polymer. The scrim has a machine and cross-machine direction and contains a yarn or fiber selected from the group consisting of polyester and glass, and a tensile strength in the machine direction is at least about 100 N/cm2. The second membrane contains a thermoplastic polymer. The composite roofing membrane also contains a fire resistant fleece containing a plurality of FR rayon staple fibers and a plurality of char scaffold fibers selected from the group consisting of partially oxidized acrylonitrile and silica staple fibers.
US10443189B2	Fibers sized with polyetherketoneketones Fibers sized with a coating of amorphous polyetherketoneketone are useful in the preparation of reinforced polymers having improved properties, wherein the amorphous polyetherketoneketone can improve the compatibility of the fibers with the polymeric matrix.
US10443187B2	Apparatus for cleaning a fabric and a method thereof The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for cleaning of fabric. Image capturing units in the apparatus captures images of the fabric. A control unit in the apparatus identifies region of stain in the fabric based on the images and activates an ejecting unit for cleaning the fabric. The ejecting unit applies a selected cleaning agent on the region of stain. A motorized wiper and a sucking mechanism are operated on the region of stain to remove stain from the fabric. In an embodiment, the apparatus may also be used for ironing the fabric. However, the fabric is ironed within an optimal temperature range suitable for the type of fabric being ironed, thereby preventing over-heating and/or burning of the fabric. Thus, the apparatus disclosed herein facilitates both cleaning and ironing of the fabric.
US10443185B2	Portable steam generator base for iron A portable steam generator includes a steam generator base including a water reservoir and a steam generation unit that is operatively fluidly connected with the water reservoir for water supply to the steam generation unit. The portable steam generator also includes an iron including a sole plate with openings so that steam can pass through the sole plate. The portable steam generator also includes a flexible hose between the steam generation base and the iron including a steam conduit that is operatively fluidly connected with both the steam generation unit and an internal cavity of the iron for supply steam to the iron. A plurality of handles allow grasping and provide portability to the steam generator.
US10443184B2	Control method for laundry treating apparatus A laundry treating apparatus comprises a drum receiving clothes; a fan supplying air to the drum; a heater heating the air supplied to the drum; and a dry level sensing unit determining a dry level of the clothes. A control method comprises setting a dry time; supplying air to the clothes by operating the fan or operating the fan and the heater, and controlled to be performed for the dry time; and resetting the dry time, when the dry level measured by the dry level sensing unit at a time past a preset reference time period from the start of the air supply step is less than a preset reference dry level, wherein resetting the dry time step adds more time to the reference time period.
US10443182B2	Customer selection of desired remaining moisture in clothing via user interface at machine or portable electronic device A method of controlling the clothes dryer includes offering one or more preset dryness levels that may be selected using a programmable dryness level selector to establish a drying cycle. Each of the preset dryness levels may correspond to a stored remaining moisture content. The method additionally includes sensing a remaining moisture content of a load of fabric in the clothes dryer and displaying the remaining moisture content of the load of fabric to a user. The method further includes automatically stopping the clothes dryer using a controller configured to determine when the remaining moisture content of the load of fabric reaches the selected preset dryness level. The one or more preset dryness levels may be customizable by saving a target remaining moisture content for each preset dryness level.
US10443179B2	Laundry treatment apparatus A laundry treatment apparatus that includes a cabinet having an opening; a drawer dischargeable from the cabinet through the opening; a receiving unit provided in the drawer for receiving water and laundry; a drain pump for discharging water from the receiving unit; a drain channel extending through a reference point set to be higher than a highest level of water that can be stored in the receiving unit, the drain channel being located outside the cabinet; and a connection channel located in the cabinet for connecting the drain pump and the drain channel to each other, wherein at least a portion of the drain pump is located lower than a bottom surface of the receiving unit is disclosed.
US10443177B2	Laundry treating apparatus A laundry treating apparatus comprising a tub; a drum mounted in the tub; a passage provided in the drum and configured to allow water to flow from a first portion of the drum to a second portion of the drum; an agitator rotatably provided in the drum and configured to agitate the water held in the drum; and a filter device configured to filter the water flowing through the passage, wherein the filter includes a body defining a storage space; an inlet configured to allow water into the body from the passage; a filter provided in the body and configured to filter foreign substances from the water drawn into the body and release the water into the drum; and a plurality of projections projected from the body and configured to hold the filtered foreign substances to the body, wherein a cross-sectional area of the projected unit is 25% to 50% of a cross sectional area of the body area.
US10443170B2	Arrangement comprising a visible seam and a lighting apparatus, use thereof, and method for producing the arrangement The invention relates to an arrangement comprising a visible seam, which is arranged in a sheet material part. The arrangement also includes a lighting apparatus, which is arranged beneath an underside of the sheet material part. The visible seam has an upper thread and a lower thread. The lower thread extends along the underside of the sheet material part in a direction (R). The upper thread has first thread portions along the upper side of the sheet material part and is guided, at stitch holes formed during the sewing process, through said stitch holes via second thread portions. By means of the lighting apparatus, emitted light passes into the second thread portions, into the stitch holes, and from there into the first thread portions. Some of the light propagates along the first thread portions, starting from an adjacent second thread portion, whereas another portion of the light exits from the first thread portion. In this way, the upper thread of the visible seam is illuminated.
US10443166B2	Braided textile sleeve with integrated opening and self-sustaining expanded and contracted states and method of construction thereof A protective textile having at least one integrated opening and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes a braided, tubular wall extending lengthwise in relation to a central longitudinal axis between opposite ends. The wall has a first state with a decreased length, increased cross-sectional area and a second state with an increased length, decreased cross-sectional area, as viewed in cross-section taken generally transversely to the central longitudinal axis. The wall further includes braided, heat-set yarns imparting a bias on the wall, wherein the bias causes the wall to remain substantially in the first and second states absent some externally applied force. The wall also includes at least one opening having a circumferentially continuous periphery bounding the opening, wherein the periphery is formed, at least in part, by braided yarns reversing direction from one S or Z helical direction to the opposite S or Z helical direction.
US10443165B2	Knitting method for double-jacquard mesh cloth A weaving method of double jacquard mesh cloth comprises: first, basic organizations of guide bars are defined, then weaving of double-jacquard mesh cloth of weave; the guide bars laying yarns comprise: ground guide bar GB1 works in the front needle bar in cooperation with the jacquard pattern guide bar JB1, weaves and forms a jacquard pattern effect on the grey cloth front side; the ground guide bar GB6 and the jacquard guide bar JB2 together weaves and forms base cloth of grey cloth, and the jacquard guide bar JB2 weaves and forms a V-point jacquard effect on the grey cloth front side; the ground guide bar GB5 weaves and forms front-back-side connection threads of grey cloth, and by weaving performed by the ground guide bar GB5, the front side and the back side of grey cloth are one-piece-woven and connected into one piece, and double jacquard mesh cloth is woven and formed.
US10443160B2	Breathable light weight unidirectional laminates Lightweight, breathable, non-woven fibrous materials and composite articles incorporating the same are provided. Composite articles are formed by merging an open, non-woven grid formed from high tenacity elongate bodies with at least one substrate, forming an article having excellent tensile strength, excellent breathability and a unique aesthetic appearance.
US10443158B2	Method for the safe starting and/or stopping of a rotor of a rotor spinning machine and the rotor spinning machine A method is provide for the safe starting and/or stopping of a rotor of a rotor spinning machine for the production of yarn, the spinning machine having a multiple number of rotors that rotate in a respective rotor housing covered by a lid. Each rotor is driven by its own motor and is held in at least one radially and/or axially active magnetic bearing by means of a position controller. Each motor is in communication with a control unit through a data connection to control the rotor in various operating states. One or more of the following conditions is checked against predetermined target values or states: (1) control for the drive of the rotor; (2) position control for the active magnetic bearings; (3) data connection for controlling the motor. In the event that the predetermined target values or states are not met, start of the rotor is blocked or the motor that is already running is selectively stopped.
US10443150B2	Toroidal plasma processing apparatus with a shaped workpiece holder A plasma processing apparatus includes a toroidal-shape plasma vessel comprising a process chamber. A magnetic core surrounds a portion of the toroidal-shape plasma vessel. An RF power supply having an output that is electrically connected to the magnetic core energizes the magnetic core, thereby forming a toroidal plasma loop discharge in the plasma chamber. A workpiece holder is positioned in the toroidal-shape plasma vessel and includes at least one face. A plasma guiding structure is shaped and dimensioned so as to constrain a section of plasma in the toroidal plasma loop to travel substantially perpendicular to a normal to the at least one face.
US10443149B2	Method of producing crystal A method of producing a crystal includes a step of preparing a solution containing carbon and a silicon solvent, and a seed crystal of silicon carbide; a step of contacting a lower face of the seed crystal with the solution; a step of raising a temperature of the solution to a first temperature zone; a step of relatively elevating the seed crystal with respect to the solution in a state where a temperature of the solution is being lowered from the first temperature zone to a second temperature zone; a step of raising a temperature of the solution from the second temperature zone to the first temperature zone; and a step of relatively elevating the seed crystal with respect to the solution in a state where a temperature of the solution is being lowered from the first temperature zone to the second temperature zone.
US10443143B2	Method for producing a chromium coating and a coated object To produce a trivalent chromium based coating on an object, a layer of nickel phosphorus alloy is deposited on the object, an intermediate layer of another metal or metal alloy or ceramic is deposited on the NiP layer, and a chromium layer is deposited from a trivalent chromium bath on the intermediate layer. The coated object is subjected to one or more heat treatments to harden the coating and to produce multiphase layers including at least one layer containing crystalline Ni and crystalline Ni3P and at least one layer containing crystalline Cr. The intermediate layer can consist of copper, molybdenum, a metal alloy or a non-metallic solid, such as an oxide, nitride or carbide of a metal.
US10443130B2	Plasma processing apparatus with shower plate having protrusion for suppressing film formation in gas holes of shower plate There is provided a plasma processing apparatus which includes a plasma generating antenna equipped with a shower plate and configured to supply a first gas and a second gas into a processing vessel. The apparatus includes a drooping member installed to protrude downward from a lower end surface of the shower plate. An outer surface of the drooping member spreads outward as it goes from a top end to a bottom end thereof. The shower plate includes a plurality of first and second gas supply holes through which the first and second gases are supplied into the processing vessel, respectively. Each of the first gas supply holes is disposed inward of the outer surface of the drooping member. Each of the second gas supply holes is disposed outward of the outer surface of the drooping member. An orifice portion is formed in the through-hole.
US10443129B2	Epitaxial growth device An epitaxial growth device comprises a reaction chamber defined by a substrate setting portion, a ceiling board and a sidewall portion, a heating member and reactant gas-introduction member. The ceiling board is fixed to a ring-like support portion having a through-hole as viewed from above. A diameter of the through-hole becomes reduced gradually toward a substrate-side. The ceiling board is fixed to an end portion of the substrate-side of the through-hole.
US10443128B2	Vessel and method for delivery of precursor materials A vessel for conveying a precursor-containing fluid stream from a precursor material contained within the vessel using a carrier gas. The vessel defines an interior volume segmented into an upper volume and a lower volume, the upper volume being in fluid communication with the lower volume, the lower volume containing substantially all of the precursor material and being separated from the upper volume by a separator. The vessel includes a diffuser tube that extends from an inlet port, through the separator and has a distal end having a plurality of openings formed therein and extends along the bottom interior wall of the vessel.
US10443125B2	Flourination process to create sacrificial oxy-flouride layer An article comprises a body having a coating. The coating comprises a Y—O—F coating or other yttrium-based oxy-fluoride coating generated either by performing a fluorination process on a yttrium-based oxide coating or an oxidation process on a yttrium-based fluorine coating.
US10443110B2	High toughness and high tensile strength thick steel plate and production method therefor A high toughness and high tensile strength thick steel plate has a plate thickness of 100 mm or more, wherein a reduction of area in a center of the plate thickness by tension in a plate thickness direction is 40% or more. Thus, a high tensile strength thick steel plate with excellent strength and toughness in a center of the plate thickness can be obtained with no need for a larger production line, even in the case of producing a high strength thick steel plate for which the addition amount of alloying element needs to be increased.
US10443106B2	Methods and compositions for identifying sulfur and iron modifying bacteria The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying specific bacterial species, which are sulfur and iron oxidizers and/or reducers, from wall board (e.g., dry wall) and/or a patient tissue or body fluid. The method comprises the steps of extracting and recovering DNA of the bacterial species from the wall board and/or the patient tissue or body fluid, amplifying the DNA, hybridizing a probe to the DNA to specifically identify the bacterial species, and specifically identifying the bacterial species. Kits and nucleic acids for use in the methods are also provided. Methods for eliminating the sulfur and iron oxidizing and/or reducing bacteria from wall board using a zeolite are also provided.
US10443104B2	Breast cancer susceptibility gene GT198 and uses thereof It has been discovered that the human GT198 gene (gene symbol PSMC3IP) at chromosome 17q21 acts as a tumor suppressor. The mutation of the GT198 gene causes the increased dominant negative splice variant activity and leads to the loss of wild type GT198 function, and in turn, induces breast and ovarian cancers. One embodiment provides compositions and methods for treating or alleviating one or more symptoms associated with cancer due to the GT198 gene mutations. Another embodiment provides methods and compositions for detecting cancer due to the mutation of the GT198 gene. Still another embodiment provides methods for identifying compounds, antibodies and natural product molecules that are useful for treating cancer due to the mutations of the GT198 gene. Preferably the disclosed compositions antagonize or interfere with the biological activity of splice variants of GT198.
US10443096B2	DNA sequencing by synthesis using modified nucleotides and nanopore detection This disclosure is related to a method of sequencing a single-stranded DNA using deoxynucleotide polyphosphate analogues and translocation of tags from incorporated deoxynucleotide polyphosphate analogues through a nanopore.
US10443093B2	Fluorous oligonucleotide microarray A fluorous-modified composition, a fluorous nucleoside, nucleotide, or oligonucleotide microarray, a compositional detection process, a process of forming a fluorous nucleoside, nucleotide, or oligonucleotide microarray, and fluorous nucleoside, nucleotide, or oligonucleotide microarray processes are disclosed. The fluorous-modified composition includes a linker, a nucleoside, nucleotide, or oligonucleotide connected to the linker, and a fluorous domain connected to the linker. The fluorous-modified composition includes at least one terminal perfluoroalkyl group in the fluorous domain, a solid-phase attachment group connected to the linker, or a combination thereof. The compositional detection process includes using the fluorous microarray for compositional detection. The processes of forming a fluorous microarray include transfer blotting the fluorous-modified composition to form a fluorous microarray and the spotting of reaction mixtures containing a fluorous-modified nucleoside, nucleotide, or oligonucleotide. The fluorous microarray includes a fluorous-modified conductive surface and fluorous nucleoside, nucleotide, or oligonucleotides positioned on the fluorous-modified surface. The fluorous microarray process includes using information corresponding to a compositional detection process.
US10443089B2	Methods of multiplexing DNA sensors and localizing DNA sensor The present disclosure relates to a method of multiplexing DNA sensors and optionally measuring pH in cell, a method of localizing DNA sensor in Golgi Network of scFv-Furin expressing cell and a method of identifying optimal location of fluorophore pair on the DNA sensor for multiplexing DNA sensors. The DNA sensors of the present disclosure follow independent cellular pathways and do not interact with or compromise functionality of another DNA sensor.
US10443086B2	Methods, devices and systems for emulsion/droplet PCR The present invention relates generally to the use of a class of surfactants for emulsion and droplet polymerase chain reaction (“PCR”) mixtures. The class of surfactants consists of those having the chemical formula R—(OCH2CH2)n—OH, wherein R is an alkyl group consisting of 12 to 18 carbons and n is 2 to 25. The present invention also relates to methods, devices, systems, and kits incorporating the above-described class of surfactants.
US10443085B2	Method for detecting nucleic acid and nucleic acid detection kit Disclosed is a method for detecting a nucleic acid using a substance that suppresses, in the labeling step of the post-staining method, detachment of a target nucleic acid that has once hybridized with a capture probe immobilized on a support, which method enables detection of the target nucleic acid with a sensitivity equivalent to or higher than that achieved by a method using sodium ion even in cases where the substance is used at a lower concentration. The method for detecting a nucleic acid comprises the steps of: (1) hybridizing a capture probe with a target nucleic acid to form a double-stranded nucleic acid; bringing the formed double-stranded nucleic acid into contact with a solution containing a labeling substance and a divalent metal cation at a concentration of not less than 10 mM to introduce the labeling substance into the double-stranded nucleic acid; and detecting the labeling substance introduced into the double-stranded nucleic acid.
US10443081B2	Methods for the expression of peptides and proteins The present invention lies in the field of molecular biology, recombinant peptide and protein expression and relates to methods comprising nucleic acid sequences comprising allocrites of T1SSs or fragments thereof for the efficient production of recombinant Pe OIs and Pr OI. The allocrites or fragments thereof improve the expression of PeOI and Pr OI as IB and function as IB-tags.
US10443079B2	Synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids by recombinant cell The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells or plants which produce long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a group of new enzymes which possess desatorase or elongase activity that can be used in methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
US10443078B2	Pichia kudriavzevii NG7 microorganism and uses thereof The present invention relates to: a novel Pichia kudriavzevii microorganism NG7 showing heat resistance and acid resistance; a composition, for producing organic acid or alcohol, which comprises the microorganism and a culture of the same; and a method, for producing an organic acid or alcohol, which comprises culturing the microorganism.
US10443074B2	Modification of cells by introduction of exogenous material The present disclosure provides methods and devices for rapid and efficient modification of a variety of cell types, including mammalian cells, plant cells, archaea, yeasts, and bacteria, by novel methods of introducing exogenous materials, e.g. nucleic acids.
US10443066B2	Plant regulatory elements and uses thereof The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules and constructs, as well as their nucleotide sequences, useful for modulating gene expression in plants. The invention also provides transgenic plants, plant cells, plant parts, and seeds comprising the recombinant DNA molecules operably linked to heterologous transcribable DNA molecules, as are methods of their use.
US10443062B2	Genes that improve tolerance to lignocellulosic toxins when overexpressed in yeast The present invention provides isolated gene sequences useful in increasing lignocellulosic toxin tolerance in yeast. Such engineered yeast are useful in methods of biofuel production, particularly ethanol production. Methods of bioengineering recombinant yeast with increased lignocellulosic toxin tolerance are also provided.
US10443059B2	Pharmaceutical composition and method for reducing scar formation Disclosed herein is a pharmaceutical composition for reducing scar formation in a subject in need thereof. The pharmaceutical composition includes a mixture of three nucleic acids and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A method for reducing scar formation in a subject in need thereof is also disclosed herein.
US10443055B2	Compounds that target MYC microRNA responsive elements for the treatment of MYC-associated cancer Novel mIR-330 agents and their methods of use are provided. Methods of treating MYC-associated cancers are provided.
US10443050B2	Sample processing methods A method of processing a sample may include introducing a sample into a vessel, the vessel having proximal and distal ends, the sample being introduced into the proximal end of the vessel; incubating the sample in the vessel with a substance capable of specific binding to a preselected component of the sample; propelling components of the incubated sample, other than the preselected component, toward the proximal end of the vessel by clamping the vessel distal to the incubated sample and compressing the vessel where the incubated sample is contained; propelling the preselected component toward a distal segment of the vessel by clamping the vessel proximal to the preselected component and compressing the vessel where the preselected component is contained; and mixing the preselected component with a reagent in the distal segment of the vessel.
US10443042B2	Serum-free in vitro directed differentiation protocol for generating stem cell-derived beta cells and uses thereof Disclosed herein are methods for generating SC-β cells using chemically defined, completely serum free media, and isolated populations of SC-β cells for use in various applications, such as cell therapy.
US10443040B2	Method for preparing antigen-specific cytotoxic T-cells by using activated B-cells and use thereof Disclosed in the present application are: a method for preparing in vitro/ex vivo antigen-specific cytotoxic T-cells by using B cells treated with biological response modifier; and a use thereof. The cytotoxic T-cells prepared by the method of the present application can be used advantageously for treating infectious disease and cancer and the like.
US10443033B2	Lactobacillus rhamnosus RHT-3201 (KCTC 10833BP) conjugated to polysaccharide polymer binder, and use thereof for prevention or treatment of atopic diseases The present invention relates to heat-killed Lactobacillus rhamnosus conjugated to a polysaccharide polymer binder, a preparation method therefor and a use thereof. The heat-killed Lactobacillus rhamnosus conjugated to a polysaccharide polymer binder of the present invention has an excellent therapeutic effect for atopic diseases, and particularly has high industrial applicability because membrane adhesion competitiveness, which is an advantage of existing lactic acid bacteria, is significantly improved, thereby exhibiting dermatitis preventing, alleviating and treating effects of the same level as steroid-based drugs.
US10443032B2	Device and method for isolation of corneal endothelial cells An apparatus (8) for isolating corneal endothelial cells (34) (CECs) includes a base portion (10) having an interior recessed opening (14) with a bottom surface (16). A convex projection (18) is centrally located on the bottom surface (16) and is configured to receive an inverted cornea (32). A top portion (12) is configured to mate with the base portion (10). The top portion (12) includes a fluid chamber (24) with a lower surface (20). The lower surface (20) has an opening (22) therein in which the convex projection (18) projects when the top portion (12) is mated with the base portion (10).
US10443026B2	Polygonal scaffold and manufacturing method thereof, and protein modulator and manufacturing method thereof A polygonal scaffold includes at least three polyproline II (PPII) helix rods and at least three connectors. Each of the PPII helix rods is composed of a plurality of repeat units represented by Formula (i), and at least one of the PPII helix rods has at least one hydrogen atom of at least one of the repeat units being substituted by a first chemical handle for connecting a ligand. Each of the connectors is a divalent organic group, and every two of the PPII helix rods are connected by one of the connectors to form a closed ring. Therefore, with the uniform composition, the PPII helix rods have a stable helical structure under aqueous conditions, and a desired rigidity can be provided.
US10443020B2	Hard surface cleaning composition The invention is in the field of cleaning compositions. There is need for compositions that foam copiously when articles are washed. However the foam should rinse-off as quickly as possible in minimum number of rinses-cylces so that the process becomes sustainable. Disclosed is an aqueous cleaning composition comprising: (i) total Active Detergent (AD) level of 5 to 30% by weight, of which at least one-third is non-soap anionic surfactant; and, (ii) 0.1 wt % to 2 wt % of an antifoaming system containing saturated hydroxy fatty acid and saturated non-hydroxy C14-18 fatty acid, where the ratio between the amount of said saturated hydroxy fatty acid to that of said saturated non-hydroxy C14-18 fatty acid is from 1:0.75 to 1:5 parts by weight and where the pH of said composition is from 2 to 7.
US10443017B1	Process and method for the recovery of oil from the processing of grains into biofuels and other chemicals A method of recovering an extraction aid from distillers corn oil, by directing stillage containing distillers oil and an extraction aid to a centrifugal separator, recovering a light phase from the centrifugal separator, the light phase containing at least a portion of the distillers oil and at least a portion of the extraction aid, cooling the light phase and causing a precipitate to form, and recovering a precipitate from the cooled light phase containing at least a portion of the extraction aid. A method of recovering distillers oil.
US10443013B2	Viscosity index improver, method for producing the same and lubricating oil composition A viscosity index improver comprising a polymer which has a high viscosity index and good shear stability and which exhibits sufficient solubility in a lubricating base oil, a process for producing the same, and a lubricating oil composition containing the viscosity index improver are provided, wherein the viscosity index improver comprising a polymer satisfying the following (1) to (4): (1) weight-average molecular weight (Mw) of 200,000 or more and 600,000 or less; (2) number-average molecular weight (Mn) of 90,000 or more; (3) molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) of 4.0 or less; and (4) branching degree of 1.0 or more.
US10443011B2	Lubricants with overbased calcium and overbased magnesium detergents and method for improving low-speed pre-ignition A lubricating oil composition and method of operating a boosted internal combustion engine. The lubricating oil includes greater than 50 wt. % of a base oil, one or more overbased calcium-containing detergents, one or more overbased magnesium-containing detergents and one or more molybdenum compounds and leads to a more than 60% reduction in LSPI compared to the LSPI of a reference oil and passes the Ball Rust Test. The ratio of wt % calcium from the overbased detergents to wt. % of magnesium from the overbased detergents is less than 11.9. A ratio of total ppm of magnesium to total TBN of the lubricating oil in mg KOH/g is greater than 19. A ratio of the total ppm of calcium to the total TBN of the lubricating oil is less than 222. The oil and method may reduce low-speed pre-ignition events in a boosted internal combustion relative to commercially available lubricating oils.
US10443010B2	Polytriglycerides Disclosed herein are polyketone triglyceride compositions containing 8 to 16 ketone carbonyl moieties per triglyceride unit and methods of making. Also disclosed are polyimine triglyceride compositions having has 8 to 16 nitrogen moieties per triglyceride unit and methods of making. Also disclosed are polyamine triglyceride compositions containing 8 to 16 nitrogen moieties per triglyceride unit and methods of making.
US10443007B2	High-octane unleaded aviation gasoline Various compositions of matter, methods of making compositions of matter, and methods of using compositions of matter are disclosed. In some embodiments, compositions useful as aviation gasoline, sometimes called “avgas”, are disclosed. In some embodiments, mesitylene is used in compositions of matter, Additives may be employed in the disclosed compositions of matter. In some embodiments, the composition of matter has a motor octane number of about 99 or higher. In some embodiments, the compositions of matter have reduced or no heteroatom constituents, and/or may have reduced or no metal constituents. In some embodiments, compositions of matter disclosed herein may have certain performance characteristics equal to better than currently available 100LL compositions.
US10442999B2	Radiant tube support system for fired heaters Apparatus and methods are described for novel radiant tube coil support designs that are insertable through holes in the casing walls of fired heaters from the outside of the heater.
US10442997B2	Plastic pyrolysis Disclosed are methods of reduction of chlorine in pyrolysis products derived from a mixed plastics stream. Methods may comprise: (a) causing pyrolysis of a plastic feedstock to produce a first stream of C1-C4 gaseous hydrocarbons and light gas olefins and a second stream comprising the remaining pyrolysis components. The second stream and hydrogen gas may be fed into a hydrocracker to produce a third stream of gaseous C1-C4 hydrocarbon gases and a fourth stream comprising the remaining hydrocracker components. The fourth stream may be fed to either (i) a steam cracker to produce a fifth stream comprising C1-C4 gaseous hydrocarbons and light gas olefins, a sixth stream comprising C6-C8 hydrocarbons and a seventh stream comprising hydrocarbons heavier than C8; or (ii) a fluidized catalytic cracker to produce an eighth stream comprising C1-C4 gases and light gas olefins and a ninth stream comprising hydrocarbons that are C5 or greater.
US10442994B2	Liquid crystal alignment composition, liquid crystal alignment film and liquid crystal display element The present invention relates to a photo-alignment composition for the alignment of liquid crystals. Further the present invention relates to the liquid crystal alignment film and coating layer prepared from the said composition and the use to fabricate optical and electrooptical elements and devices.
US10442991B2	Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device Shown is a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as high maximum temperature, low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large dielectric anisotropy and small frequency dependence, or has a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics, and an AM device including the composition. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having large positive dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having small viscosity as a second component, and may contain a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a third component, a specific compound having positive dielectric anisotropy as a fourth component or a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a fifth component.
US10442989B2	Scintillation crystal, a radiation detection system including the scintillation crystal, and a method of using the radiation detection system A scintillation crystal can include Ln(1-y)REyX3, wherein Ln represents a rare earth element, RE represents a different rare earth element, y has a value in a range of 0 to 1, and X represents a halogen. In an embodiment, RE is Ce, and the scintillation crystal is doped with Sr, Ba, or a mixture thereof at a concentration of at least approximately 0.0002 wt. %. In another embodiment, the scintillation crystal can have unexpectedly improved linearity and unexpectedly improved energy resolution properties. In a further embodiment, a radiation detection system can include the scintillation crystal, a photosensor, and an electronics device. Such a radiation detection system can be useful in a variety of radiation imaging applications.
US10442988B2	Method for preparing water-dispersible quantum dots, colloid and a method for preparing the colloid The method for preparing water-dispersible core-shell quantum dots stabilized with a layer of hydrophilic surface ligands includes making a core of PbS nanocrystals, and obtaining the shell of CdS layer and the surface ligands of dithiocarbamates obtained by reacting amino acids with carbon disulphide, while maintaining the photoluminescence. The emulsion formed of an aqueous solution of amino acid and carbon disulphide includes adding a solution of PbS/CdS in chloroform (CHCl3). Then, the contents are stirred vigorously for at least 20 hours, then the phases are separated. The upper, aqueous phase, being a solution of PbS/CdS/DTC-amino acid residue, is subjected to purification. The present invention is also colloid and a method for preparing colloid.
US10442987B2	Fluorescent member, optical component, and light emitting device A fluorescent member includes: a plurality of fluorescent particles; an inorganic binder; and a plurality of pores. An upper surface of the fluorescent member is a light extraction surface of the fluorescent member. The plurality of pores are localized in a vicinity of at least one of the plurality of fluorescent particles in a cross section that is parallel to the upper surface of the fluorescent member and extends through the fluorescent particles and the pores.
US10442984B2	Smart fracturing fluid Methods and compositions for treating subterranean formations, and more specifically, to smart fracturing fluids. In one or more embodiments, the methods comprise providing a fracturing fluid that comprises a base fluid and an additive having a high dielectric constant; and introducing the fracturing fluid into least a portion of a subterranean formation. In one or more embodiments, the compositions comprise a base fluid and an additive having a high dielectric constant.
US10442983B2	Mitigation of condensate banking using surface modification The present application relates to methods and systems for mitigating condensate banking. In some embodiments, the methods and systems involve altering the wettability of a rock formation in the vicinity of a wellbore for a gas condensate reservoir.
US10442981B2	Hydroxypropyl betaine based zwitterionic geminal liquids, obtaining process and use as wettability modifiers with inhibitory/dispersants properties of asphaltenes The present invention is related to the obtaining and use of zwitterionic geminal liquids based on hydroxypropyl betaine, as wettability modifiers of rocks such as limestone, dolomite, sandstone, quartz or heterogeneous lithologies, in the presence of brines with high content of divalent ions as calcium, magnesium, barium and strontium, at high temperature and high pressure conditions during the application of enhanced oil recovery processes.The zwitterionic geminal liquids based hydroxypropyl betaine of the present invention have also the property of acting as inhibitors/dispersing of asphaltenes, both at extraction and production operations of petroleum industry, thus allowing to increase the level of crude oil production. An additional advantage presented by zwitterionic geminal liquid based on hydroxypropyl betaine which can be dissolved in distilled water, brine, aliphatic hydrocarbons or other polar and nonpolar solvents.
US10442973B1	Super-amphiphobic strongly self-cleaning high-performance water-based drilling fluid and drilling method The invention relates to the field of petroleum drilling fluids, and discloses a super-amphiphobic strongly self-cleaning high-performance water-based drilling fluid comprising polymeric super-amphiphobic agent and a drilling method. The polymeric super-amphiphobic agent comprises structural units A derived from acrylamide, structural units B derived from methyl methacrylate, structural units C derived from butyl acrylate, structural units D derived from a compound represented by the following formula (1), structural units E derived from a silane coupler, and nano-titania; wherein the nano-titania is bonded to the polymeric super-amphiphobic agent via the structural unit E, and the silane coupler is a silane coupler having double bonds; R is a C3-C8 perfluoroalkyl group. A water-based drilling fluid additive prepared from the polymeric super-amphiphobic agent in the present invention has excellent wettability, inhibition, lubrication, reservoir protection, and rheology and fluid loss properties.
US10442972B2	Drilling fluid composition containing treated date pit particles and methods of use thereof A drilling fluid composition including a viscosifier, treated date pit particles which are i) de-oiled and ii) treated with a base or both a base and an acid, and an aqueous base fluid, wherein the treated date pit particles are present in an amount of 0.01-5 wt %, relative to a total weight of the drilling fluid composition. A method of making the drilling fluid composition by de-oiling date pit particles, treating with a base or a base and an acid in a freeze/thaw process, and adding the freeze/thaw mixture to the viscosifier and the aqueous base fluid. A process for drilling a subterranean geological formation with the drilling fluid composition.
US10442965B2	Panel edge enclosures The present invention contemplates a method for enclosing a panel edge comprising forming a panel structure having at least one edge, applying a reformable epoxy resin material onto the at least one edge, and contacting the reformable epoxy resin material within about 10 minutes, or even about 5 minutes of applying the reformable epoxy resin material such that the reformable epoxy resin material is below its glass transition temperature and dry to the touch upon contact.
US10442961B2	Composition, process for producing sheet, sheet, laminate, and laminate with device wafer Provided are a composition which has good elastomer solubility, is thus capable of increasing a concentration of solid contents, and is capable of forming a film having excellent drying properties, surface morphology, and heat resistance, a process for producing a sheet, a sheet, a laminate, and a laminate with a device wafer. This composition includes an elastomer having a 5% thermal mass reduction temperature of 375° C. or higher when heated at an elevation rate of 20° C./min from 25° C., a solvent represented by the following General Formula (1) and having a boiling point of 160° C. or higher, and a solvent having a boiling point of lower than 120° C. In General Formula (1), R1 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group.
US10442956B2	Solvent-free polyurethane liquid membrane The present disclosure relates to a two-component composition containing a polymer polyol, a dial chain extender, an aldimine of formula (I), optionally additional polyols and diphenylmethandiisocyanates in the two components. The composition is particularly suitable as a manually applicable solvent-free liquid film for coating and/or sealing floors and roofs. It also has a long open time, cures quickly and without complications in a wide temperature and humidity range, has a high level of strength and is weather resistant.
US10442941B2	Curable compositions A heat stable radiation curable epoxy resin composition for preparing an ink composition including: (a) at least one divinylarene dioxide compound; (b) at least one photoinitiator compound; (c) at least one pigment; and (d) at least one optional additive wherein the at least one photoinitiator compound is a triarylsulfonium salt; wherein the at least one pigment is (i) a cyan pigment, or (ii) a magenta pigment; a process for preparing the above heat stable radiation curable epoxy resin composition; and a cured inkjet ink product prepared by curing the above heat stable radiation curable epoxy resin composition.
US10442939B2	Method for increasing the scratch resistance of plastic cuvettes In the field of consumable materials for automatic analytical instruments, a method for producing transparent plastic cuvettes with increased scratch resistance includes contacting exclusively an outer surface of the transparent plastic cuvette with a liquid comprising at least one surfactant or with a triglyceride and subsequently drying the outer surface such that scattered-light optical properties of the transparent plastic are not adversely affected.
US10442937B2	Intumescent coating composition An intumescent coating composition that includes an epoxy resin binder, an epoxy reactive diluent, a curing agent and an acid catalyst. The curing agent includes a mixture of polyimide, polyetheramine, and an amine functional monomer, wherein the amine multifunctional monomer is different from the polyetheramine. The acid catalyst is effective to form a phosphoric acid on thermal decomposition. The coating composition has a viscosity of between 20,000 and 140,000 mPa/s at 20° C. and shear rate 1.5 s−1 when measured within 1 minute of mixing the components. The invention also includes a coated substrate having the intumescent coating composition coated on at least a portion thereof.
US10442936B2	Coatings having improved resistance to stains and dirt The invention relates to aqueous coating compositions based on an aqueous polymer dispersion as binder, having high performance levels of resistance to stains and dirt without specialist functional monomers. Said aqueous polymer dispersion having an MFFT between 0 and 50° C. comprises polymer particles obtained by emulsion polymerization in at least two steps with at least two polymer phases P1 and P2, P1 representing from 75 to 90% by weight of P1+P2 having a Fox Tg1 from 0 to 40° C. and P2 having a Fox Tg2 from 0 to 40° C., said polymer P2 representing from 10 to 25% by weight of the sum of polymers P1 and P2 and having a calculated Hansch parameter <2.0 and at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer bearing an acetoacetoxy and/or amine or ureido functional group, said acetoacetoxy and/or amine or ureido functional group being borne by the external surface of P2 phase.
US10442932B2	Self-assembled nano-structure particle and method for preparing Novel, nano-structured particles are formed by introducing a selected solid of interest into a structured fluid matrix formed by a dispersion of a small molecule host vessel components, such as a native or modified polysaccharide, cavitand, simple sugar, simple polyol or other similarly structured molecule known to be useful as a host vessel, in an acidic medium or other solvent, whereby the particle size of the introduced solid is reduced and or limited in the structured fluid matrix, by incorporation into or attachment to, the host vessel. The simple, one-step mixing process results in stabilized colloidal dispersions of the nanoparticles useful in a wide variety of applications.
US10442927B2	Flame-retardant polyphenylene ether resin composition having high rigidity and high impact strength Disclosed is a flame-retardant polyphenylene ether resin composition having high rigidity and high impact strength. More particularly, disclosed is a flame-retardant polyphenylene ether resin composition having high rigidity and high impact strength which enhances environmental stress cracking resistance and impact resistance, compared to general materials, while exhibiting superior mechanical strength such as flame retardancy, tensile strength, flexural strength, flexural modulus, etc. through addition of particularly glass fiber, maleic anhydride-grafted polyphenylene ether, a thermoplastic styrenic elastomer, an ethylene terpolymer and an epoxy resin to a polyphenylene ether resin, and thus, may be used as a material of automobile battery cell modules or electric/electronic components.
US10442920B2	Means for increasing the molecular weight and decreasing the density of ethylene interpolymers employing homogeneous and heterogeneous catalyst formulations A continuous solution polymerization process is disclosed wherein at least two catalyst formulations are employed. A first homogeneous catalyst formulation is employed in a first reactor to produce a first ethylene interpolymer and a first heterogeneous catalyst formulation is employed in a second reactor to produce a second ethylene interpolymer. Optionally a third ethylene interpolymer is formed in a third reactor. The resulting ethylene interpolymer products possess desirable properties in a variety of end use applications, for example in film applications. A means for increasing the molecular weight of the first ethylene interpolymer is disclosed and/or a means for increasing the temperature of the first reactor, relative to a third homogeneous catalyst formulation. A means for reducing the (α-olefin/ethylene) weight ratio in the first reactor is disclosed and/or reducing the density of the first ethylene interpolymer, relative to a third homogeneous catalyst formulation.
US10442915B2	Rubber composition for conveyor belt, and conveyor belt A rubber composition capable of forming a conveyor belt. The rubber composition for a conveyor belt contains: rubber components including natural rubber and butadiene rubber; a vulcanizing agent; a vulcanization accelerator; carbon black; chlorinated paraffin; and antimony trioxide. A mass ratio of content of the natural rubber to content of the butadiene rubber (natural rubber content:butadiene rubber content) is 25:75 to 45:55.
US10442906B2	Method for preparing an oxide film on a polymeric substrate Various embodiments refer to a method for preparing an oxide film on a polymeric substrate, wherein the oxide film is a titanium oxide film (which is optionally niobium- or silicon-doped) or silicon oxide film. The method comprises contacting a polymeric substrate with a liquid reagent comprising a polyalkoxysilane such as 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane to form a layer of the polyalkoxysilane on the polymeric substrate by self-assembly, and contacting said layer with an aqueous mixture comprising (i) titanium tetrafluoride and/or a fluorine-containing titanium complex such as ammonium hexafluorotitanate and/or a fluorine-containing silicon complex such as ammonium hexafluorosilicate, and (ii) a fluorine scavenger such as boric acid, at a temperature of less than about 100° C. to obtained the oxide film on the polymeric substrate. An oxide film prepared by said method is also provided.
US10442905B2	Polyurethane pultrusion article The invention provides a polyurethane pultrusion article comprising a polyurethane pultrusion composite and a coating layer applied thereon, wherein the polyurethane pultrusion composite comprises a polyurethane resin matrix and a reinforcement material, and is prepared by a polyurethane pultrusion process, wherein the polyurethane resin matrix is prepared from a polyurethane composition comprising: A) an isocyanate component comprising one or more polyisocyanates; B) an isocyanate-reactive component comprising: b1) a first polyether polyol having a functionality of 2-3 and a hydroxyl number of 10-120 mgKOH/g; b2) a second polyether polyol having a functionality of 3-8 and a hydroxyl number of 810-1900 mgKOH/g; b4) one or more isocyanate-reactive flame retardants. The polyurethane pultrusion article provided by the invention has both favorable flame retardance and good adhesion between the coating layer and the composite.
US10442904B2	Method for preparing chitosan complex film A method for preparing a chitosan complex film comprises: (1) reacting polyvinyl alcohol-124 with butanedioic anhydride to obtain a modified polyvinyl alcohol; (2) formulating the modified polyvinyl alcohol-124 into a 0.4 wt % aqueous solution, then adding the aqueous solution containing 0.4 wt % of modified polyvinyl alcohol-124 dropwise into an acetic acid solution at a concentration of 0.4 wt % chitosan to obtain a mixed solution; (3) adjusting the pH value of the mixed solution with a 0.01 wt % NaOH solution to pH 5.5, and removing surface bubbles after standing for one hour to obtain a casting solution; (4) pouring the casting solution into a culture dish, placing the culture dish into an oven at 60° C. and drying to a constant weight to obtain the chitosan complex film. The materials used in the method are inexpensive, and the reaction is not complicated, so the cost of the product is not high.
US10442901B2	Powder compositions comprising bimodal/multimodal particles, and articles prepared therefrom A powder composition including a plurality of thermoplastic particles having an optimized particle size and particle size distribution is disclosed. The powder composition includes a plurality of thermoplastic particles having a bimodal particle size distribution or a trimodal particle size distribution. Also disclosed are methods of preparing three-dimensional articles, methods of preparing a powder coating, and articles prepared by the methods.
US10442896B2	Room temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition and cured product thereof Provided is a room temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition that is superior in fast curably, can form a cured product superior in storage stability and durability, and can further be produced in an industrially advantageous manner using more highly versatile materials.The room temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition contains: (A) an organopolysiloxane represented by the following general formula (1) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, and n represents an integer of not smaller than 1; (B) a hydrolyzable organic silicon compound and/or a partial hydrolysis condensate thereof represented by the following general formula (2) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R2 represents an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group, and a represents an integer of 1 to 3; and (C) a curing catalyst.
US10442873B2	Radical polymerization method and polymerization reaction apparatus A radical polymerization method that enables synthesis, at a high conversion rate, of polymers having a relatively uniform molecular weight and is applicable to various monomers, and an apparatus used for the method. A reaction solution containing monomer and initiator is continuously or intermittently circulated in the apparatus and is heated in a heating-initiation unit to a predetermined temperature simultaneously across a radial direction of a cross section of the flow path whereby the initiator located in a particular volume of the reaction solution is cleaved all at once. The apparatus includes a heating medium production unit 10, a heating medium-reaction solution mixing unit 20, a cooling unit 30, and a recovery unit 40 for a reaction mixture, all communicatively connected by the flow path and optionally a heating reaction unit 60, a cooling unit 70, and a recovery unit 80, all communicatively connected by the flow path.
US10442869B2	Anti-IL-17A Antibodies The monoclonal IgG-type antibodies were suggested comprising variable domains represented by a combination of VHH-derivative with a variable domain of the light chain VL. Said antibodies can comprise amino acid substitutions at positions 44 and 45 (Kabat numbering) or combinations thereof. Antibodies of the invention possess increased affinity and improved aggregation stability.
US10442866B1	Antibodies binding OX40 and uses thereof An isolated monoclonal antibody that specifically binds human OX40. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the antibody, an expression vector, a host cell and a method for expressing the antibody are also provided. The present invention further provides an immunoconjugate, a bispecific molecule, a chimeric antigen receptor, an oncolytic virus and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody, as well as a treatment method using an anti-OX40 antibody of the invention.
US10442861B2	Molecular constructs with targeting and effector moieties for treating infectious diseases The present disclosure provides various molecular constructs having a targeting element and an effector element. Methods for treating various diseases using such molecular constructs are also disclosed.
US10442850B2	Compositions and methods for enhancing coagulation factor VIII function Factor VIII variants and methods of use thereof are disclosed.
US10442842B2	Cleavage resistant photoluminescent proteins and applications thereof Photoluminescent proteins resistant to protein cleavage reagents are described herein. In being resistant to cleavage reagents, such photoluminesncent proteins can reduce the number of digestion or cleavage products, thereby simplifying quantification and purification of recombinant protein compositions. In some embodiments, a photoluminescent protein described herein comprises an amino acid sequence having an absence of internal methionine residues.
US10442833B1	Synthesis of ursolic acid nanoparticles The synthesis of ursolic acid nanoparticles includes dissolving ursolic acid powder in methanol, boiling water for five minutes, and adding the methanol solution to the boiled water dropwise at a flow rate of 0.1-0.3 ml/min under ultrasonic conditions. After sonication for 20 minutes, the contents are stirred for about 15 minutes, and then dried. Particle size distribution studies and TEM micrographs confirm the resulting product comprises nanoparticles. In vitro testing confirms the ursolic acid nanoparticles exhibit greater anticancer activity than conventional-size particles, and that the nanoparticles exhibit antimicrobial effect against gram positive and gram negative bacteria, as well as fungi.
US10442825B2	Method of hydrosilylation implementing an organic catalyst derived from germylene The present invention concerns a method for the hydrosilylation of an unsaturated compound comprising at least one ketone function, one aldehyde function, one alkene function and/or one alkyne function, with a compound comprising at least one hydrogen-silyl function implementing an organic catalyst of tri-coordinated germanium.
US10442820B2	Antitumoral compounds A compound of general formula I, wherein X, R1-R4 take various meanings, for use in the treatment of cancer.
US10442816B2	Synthesis of substituted salicylaldehyde derivatives Among other things, the present invention encompasses methods of synthesizing salicylaldehyde derivatives comprising the steps of: a) providing salicylaldehyde or a derivative thereof, b) forming an anhydro dimer of the provided salicylaldehyde compound, c) performing one or more chemical transformations on the anhydro dimer and d) hydrolyzing the anhydro dimer to provide a salicylaldehyde derivative different from that provided in step (a).
US10442814B2	Pharmacologically active compounds The present invention relates to compounds of formula I shown below: wherein Q is as defined herein. The compounds of formula I act as selective positive allosteric modulators of strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptors. The present invention further relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or conditions in which strychnine-sensitive alpha 1-glycine receptor activity is implicated (such as, for example, chronic pain. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US10442804B2	Compounds for the treatment of hepatitis B virus infection The present disclosure generally relates to compounds and pharmaceutical compositions which may be used in methods of treating a hepatitis B virus infection.
US10442796B2	2,3,5-substituted thiophene compound as protein kinase inhibitor The present invention relates to a novel 2,3,5-substituted thiophene compound having inhibitory activity against kinases, an anticancer agent including the compound as an active ingredient, and a method for preparing the compound.
US10442794B2	Processes for preparing pyridine carboxamide derivatives Processes for preparing pyridinecarboxamide derivatives are provided. In particular, process for preparing pyridinecarboxamide derivatives represented by general formula (I) are provided, wherein the substituents of the formula (I) are defined in the specification.
US10442792B2	Synthetic route to anti-viral agents The invention provides methods of synthesizing a viral protease inhibitor in high yield, without using expensive catalysts or challenging reaction conditions.
US10442789B2	Modified amino acids comprising tetrazine functional groups, methods of preparation, and methods of their use Provided herein are modified amino acids comprising a tetrazine groups according to Formula I: polypeptides, antibodies, payloads and conjugates comprising these modified amino acid residues derived from the modified amino acids, and methods of producing the polypeptides, antibodies, payloads and conjugates comprising the modified amino acid residues. The polypeptides, antibodies, payloads and conjugates are useful in methods of treatment and prevention, methods of detection and methods of diagnosis.
US10442777B2	Use of substituted oxadiazoles for combating phytopathogenic fungi The present invention relates to the use of novel oxadiazoles of the formula I or an N-oxide and/or their agriculturally useful salts for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, or to a method for combating phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which process comprises treating the fungi or the materials, plants, the soil or seeds to be protected against fungal attack, with an effective amount of at least one compound of formula I or an N-oxide or an agriculturally acceptable salt thereof; and to agrochemical compositions comprising at least one such compound and to agrochemical compositions further comprising seeds.
US10442772B2	Benzimidazol-2-amines as mIDH1 inhibitors The present invention relates to benzimidazol-2-amines of general formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11 and R12 are as defined herein, to methods of preparing said compounds, to intermediate compounds useful for preparing said compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising said compounds and to the use of said compounds for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease, in particular of neoplasms, as a sole agent or in combination with other active ingredients.
US10442767B2	Use of fluorinated derivatives of 4-aminopyridine in therapeutics and medical imaging The present disclosure provides novel compounds, including compounds that bind to potassium channels, methods for their manufacture, and methods for their use, including their use to diagnose and/or assess traumatic brain injury and use to treat demyelinating diseases, and/or in vivo imaging of the central nervous system, and to diagnose and/or assess the progression of MS or other diseases.
US10442759B2	1-sulfonamido-4-aryloxy compounds, and preparation method and medicinal application thereof Compounds of formula (I) having 1-sulfonamido-4-aryloxy as a basic backbone. A preliminary activity test showed that the compounds provide excellent interference of a binding of Nrf2 by Keap1, thereby activating Nrf2. The compounds have a potential anti-inflammatory activity and can be used to treat a plurality of inflammation-associated diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, atherosclerosis, chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes, gastroenteritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and the like.
US10442757B2	Synthesis of tyrosine derived diphenol monomers A method for preparing diphenol compounds includes adding a hydroxyphenyl carboxylic acid, a tyrosine ethyl ester, hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate and a solvent and stirring to produce a first solution. EDCI HCl is added to the first solution to produce a first mixture. Ethyl acetate is added to the first mixture to produce a second mixture. The second mixture is added to sodium chloride to produce a third mixture having layer separation. An aqueous layer is removed from the third mixture. The third mixture is extracted with reagents after the aqueous layer has been removed from the third mixture to produce a fourth mixture. Magnesium sulfate is added to the fourth mixture to produce a fifth mixture. The fifth mixture is filtered to produce filtrate. The filtrate is concentrated. Crystallization of the concentrated filtrate is induced. Methylene chloride is added to the crystallized filtrate to produce a solid product.
US10442756B2	Compounds and compositions for intracellular delivery of therapeutic agents The disclosure features novel lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include a novel lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, and PEG lipids. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactics such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactics to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.
US10442754B2	Mining collectors A family of amine mining collectors that uses alkoxylates allows for the easy adjustment of solubility and molecular weight useful because anionic and cationic mineral collectors require such varying degrees of solubility and molecular weight. The family of the present invention allows for the optimization of both parameters and an increase in collector efficiency.
US10442750B2	Method for producing vinyl acetate The invention relates to a method for producing vinyl acetate, said method being characterized in that a) the gaseous product mixture leaving the reactor is cooled to a temperature of 100° C. to 120° C. using one or more heat exchangers, b) the thus obtained product mixture is supplied to a distillation column which is equipped with filling elements (pre-dehydration column), c) the pre-dehydration column head product which substantially contains wafer, vinyl acetate, and ethylene is cooled, and the condensate (head product condensate) produced in the process is separated into a water phase and an organic phase (vinyl acetate phase), which substantially comprises vinyl acetate, in a phase separator, d) at least 99 wt. % of the acetic acid contained in the product mixture is separated via the bottom of the pre-dehydration column, and the head product of the pre-dehydration column contains <0.1 wt. % of acetic acid, measured in the water phase of the head product condensate, e) the ethyl acetate contained in the product mixture is separated via the bottom of the pre-dehydration column in such a quantity that the head product of the pre-dehydration column contains <600 wt. ppm ethyl acetate, measured in the vinyl acetate phase of the head product condensate, f) 70 to 100 wt. % of the vinyl acetate phase is recirculated into the pre-dehydration column, and g) a product mixture is drawn at the bottom of the pre-dehydration column, said product mixture containing 10 to 60 wt. % of vinyl acetate.
US10442749B2	Recovery of 3-hydroxypropionic acid A method for recovering a composition enriched in 3-hydroxypropionic acid by providing the fermentation broth, acidifying the fermentation broth; reducing the total sulfate ion and phosphate ion concentration of the resulting aqueous solution to produce a reduced ion aqueous solution; distilling the resulting reduced ion aqueous solution and recovering the resulting aqueous distillation product comprising 3-hydroxypropionic acid.
US10442744B2	Method of producing hydrochlorofluoroolefin and method of producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene There is provided an industrially advantageous and efficient method of producing a Z-isomer of HCFO-1224yd or HCFO-1223xd by isomerizing an E-isomer thereof. The method produces HCFO (Z-isomer) by causing specific HCFO (E-isomer) contained in a raw material composition to undergo an isomerization reaction under a condition where the HCFO (E-isomer) is isomerized.
US10442742B2	Process for xylene production with energy optimization A method for producing xylenes from a heavy reformate feed includes the steps of introducing the heavy reformate feed and a hydrogen feed to a dealkylation reactor, reacting the heavy reformate feed with the hydrogen gas in the presence of the dealkylation catalyst in the dealkylation reactor to produce a dealkylation effluent, introducing the dealkylation effluent to a splitter unit, separating the dealkylation effluent into a light gas stream, a toluene stream, a benzene stream, a C9 aromatics stream, a C10+ aromatics stream, and a mixed xylene stream in the splitter unit, introducing the toluene stream, the C9 aromatics stream, and a hydrogen stream into a transalkylation reactor, reacting the toluene stream and the C9 aromatics stream in the presence of the transalkylation catalyst to produce a transalkylation effluent, introducing the transalkylation effluent to the splitter unit, and separating the transalkylation effluent in the splitter unit.
US10442737B2	Cutting inserts with cross-holes and green bodies and methods for making such cutting inserts and green bodies A green body for a cross-hole, compacted cutting insert, as well as a cutting insert, equipment for making a green body, and method for making a green body, wherein the green body includes a first side, a second side, and a side surface extending between the first side and the second side entirely around the first side and the second side. The green body includes a quadrilateral-shaped cross-hole extending through the green body from a first location on the side surface to a second location on the side surface on an opposite side of the green body from the first location. The quadrilateral-shape of the cross-hole can assist in achieving a more uniform density of compactable material in the green body.
US10442732B2	Gypsum slurries with linear polycarboxylate dispersants A gypsum slurry includes water, a hydraulic component including calcium sulfate hemihydrate and a linear polycarboxylate dispersant. The linear polycarboxylate anionic dispersant includes a first monomeric repeating unit and a second monomeric repeating unit. The first repeating unit of the linear polycarboxylate dispersant is an olefinic unsaturated carboxylic acid repeating unit or salt thereof. The second repeating unit of the linear polycarboxylate dispersant is a vinyl sulfonate. The slurry can be made into a gypsum panel. Methods of making gypsum slurry and a gypsum panel are also disclosed.
US10442731B2	Industrial fluids with dilution resistance and tunable viscosity, and methods of making and using industrial fluids Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for increasing the viscosity of a calcium-containing fluid by addition of a modifying agent. The resulting enhanced viscosity fluid may be used in a variety of applications including drilling, to create an enhanced-viscosity fluid, and demolition/mining to create an expansive putty for use in underwater and overhead applications.
US10442722B2	Optical glass A high refraction low dispersion optical glass, the components thereof including, by weight percentage: B2O3: 1-30%; SiO2: 0-20%; La2O3: 25-55%; Gd2O3: 5-40%; Y2O3: 0-25%; Yb2O3: 0-10%; Ta2O5: 0-10%; Nb2O5: 1-30%; TiO2: 0-10%; ZrO2: 0.5-20%; WO3: 0-10%; ZnO: 0-15%; R2O: 0-10%; RO: 0-10%; Al2O3: 0-10%; GeO2: 0-10%; Bi2O3: 0-10%. A high refraction low dispersion environmentally friendly optical glass having excellent light transmittance may be obtained by reducing the Ta2O5 content within the glass components and introducing suitable amounts of rare earth oxide components having a high refraction low dispersion effect.
US10442720B2	Method of forming hole in glass substrate by using pulsed laser, and method of producing glass substrate provided with hole Disclosed is a method of forming a hole in a glass substrate by using a pulsed laser, the method including (1) preparing the glass substrate including a first surface and a second surface that face each other; (2) forming a concave portion on the first surface by irradiating, with a first condition, the pulsed laser onto the first surface of the glass substrate through a lens; and (3) forming the hole by irradiating the pulsed laser onto the concave portion with a second condition such that energy density of the pulsed laser is less than or equal to a processing threshold value of the glass substrate.
US10442715B2	Chromium-containing water treatment method The present invention provides a chromium-containing water treatment method that allows treatment of water that contains chromium (chromium-containing water) at low cost. A chromium-containing water treatment method according to the present invention comprises: a reduction step in which chromium-containing water 11 and a liquid 12 containing 5-50 ppm of hydrogen sulfide are mixed, and the mixture is adjusted to pH 3.5 or lower and ORP 200-400 mV by adding an acid 13 thereto, so as to reduce chromium contained in the water; and a precipitation separation step in which a neutralizing agent is added to a solution 11′ obtained via the reduction step so as to adjust the solution 11′ to pH 8-9, thereby precipitating and separating, as a hydroxide, the reduced chromium contained in the solution.
US10442710B2	Polysaccharide agents and methods of their use for removing solids from water Polysaccharide agents for removing solids from an aqueous suspension and methods for using the polysaccharide agents to remove solids from an aqueous suspension.
US10442707B1	In-line urine filtration system A biological filtration system for the neutralization of urine and other pool biologicals within a water filtration system of a pool or spa, providing for the neutralization of urine, bacteria, viruses and other biologicals, using a UVC lamp, a urease reaction chamber, a nitrifying bacteria reaction chamber and a nitrate filter prior to return to the water inlet supply line of the pool or spa.
US10442698B2	Production of a hexafluorophosphate salt and of phosphorous pentafluoride A process for producing a hexafluorophosphate salt comprises neutralizing hexafluorophosphoric acid with an organic Lewis base, to obtain an organic hexafluorophosphate salt. The organic hexafluorophosphate salt is reacted with an alkali hydroxide selected from an alkali metal hydroxide (other than LiOH) and an alkaline earth metal hydroxide, in a non-aqueous suspension medium, to obtain an alkali hexafluorophosphate salt as a precipitate. A liquid phase comprising the non-aqueous suspension medium, any unreacted organic Lewis base and any water that has formed during the reaction to form the precipitate, is removed. Thereby, the alkali hexafluorophosphate salt is recovered.
US10442695B2	Production of polycrystalline silicon by the thermal decomposition of silane in a fluidized bed reactor Processes for producing polycrystalline silicon by thermal decomposition of silane are disclosed. The processes generally involve thermal decomposition of silane in a fluidized bed reactor operated at reaction conditions that result in a high rate of productivity relative to conventional production processes.
US10442693B2	Porous nanostructured polyimide networks and methods of manufacture Porous three-dimensional networks of polyimide and porous three-dimensional networks of carbon and methods of their manufacture are described. For example, polyimide aerogels are prepared by mixing a dianhydride and a diisocyanate in a solvent comprising a pyrrolidone and acetonitrile at room temperature to form a sol-gel material and supercritically drying the sol-gel material to form the polyimide aerogel. Porous three-dimensional polyimide networks, such as polyimide aerogels, may also exhibit a fibrous morphology. Having a porous three-dimensional polyimide network undergo an additional step of pyrolysis may result in the three dimensional network being converted to a purely carbon skeleton, yielding a porous three-dimensional carbon network. The carbon network, having been derived from a fibrous polyimide network, may also exhibit a fibrous morphology.
US10442678B2	Dispensing meter and nozzle for fluid dispensing A nozzle for dispensing fluid includes a nozzle stem that controls the flow of fluid out of a dispensing end of the nozzle. The nozzle stem includes an overmolded stem tip on a reduced diameter portion of the nozzle stem. The overmolded stem tip is formed from a compliant material and includes a sealing portion and a tip cone extending from the sealing portion.
US10442676B1	Mobile auxiliary distribution station An auxiliary distribution station is configured to be used in cooperation with a primary distribution station. The auxiliary distribution system includes a mobile vehicle, an auxiliary hose reel and auxiliary hose, a lift, a tank, a pump, an auxiliary meter, and a tank hose. The auxiliary hose is configured to be fluidly connected with a hose of the primary distribution station. The lift is configured to move and deploy the auxiliary hose reel from the mobile vehicle. The pump is operable to pump fluid from the tank, through the meter, and through the tank hose.
US10442671B2	Nozzle with isolation porting Disclosed is a beverage dispensing system for dispensing a non-mixed fluid along with a post-mix fluid. The post-mix fluid is formed by mixing a base beverage with at least one beverage additive. For example, the beverage dispensing system may dispense a post-mix fluid (e.g. cola) and a non-mixed fluid (e.g. spirits) separately. In some embodiments, the post-mix fluid may be dispensed simultaneously with the non-mixed fluid from separate fluid outlet ports. In other embodiments, the post-mix fluid may be dispensed from a first fluid outlet port and, subsequently, the non-mixed fluid may be dispensed from a second fluid outlet port.
US10442663B2	Cage lighting device for elevator and installation method therefor In a cage lighting device for an elevator, a lighting cover includes a main cover, a first auxiliary cover opposing a first cage wall, and a second auxiliary cover opposing a second cage wall. Respective dimensions of the first and second auxiliary covers in a lengthwise direction of the lighting cover are smaller than a dimension of the main cover in the lengthwise direction of the lighting cover. By loosening a first auxiliary cover fastening tool, the first auxiliary cover becomes capable of sliding in the lengthwise direction relative to a lighting cover attachment member between a position adjacent to the main cover and a position contacting the first cage wall.
US10442655B2	Inertia braking payout device and package system A payout device that includes a carton, a rotatable member, and a slot is provided. The carton can include an opening that provides an egress for elongated flexible material stored within the carton. The rotatable member can be disposed within the carton, the rotatable member can have a circumference, and the elongated flexible material can be wound around the rotatable member. The slot can rotatably support the rotatable member, the slot can have a round shape that is larger than the circumference of the rotatable member, at least a portion of the rotatable member can be slidable within the slot between a payoff position and a braking position, the rotatable member can be rotatable within the slot when in the payoff position for dispensing the elongated flexible material from the opening in the carton, and the payoff position can be elevated relative to the braking position.
US10442648B2	Dispenser apparatus and method of use for laminating and dispensing transfer tape in a paper web turn-up system An apparatus and method for assembling, dispensing and using a laminated paper web transfer tape, an embodiment of the apparatus having a pair of transfer tape spools enclosed within a cartridge dispenser, one transfer tape spool containing a first tape component of the laminated transfer tape and the other transfer tape spool containing a second tape component of the laminated transfer tape, the first tape component being the combination of a substrate having adhesive on both sides and a release liner, the second tape component being a cover flap member having a release coating over at least a majority of one side. The components are unwound from the spools and pressed together such that they become joined along a longitudinal edge strip, then dispensed from the housing. The cover flap member covers one of the adhesive sides of the transfer tape substrate until the moment just prior to transfer of a continuous paper web from a full web spool to an empty web spool, the cover flap member being opened to expose the adhesive by air pressure or resistance. The cartridge dispenser is removed retained within a dispenser frame.
US10442642B2	Method for loading a media feeder to accommodate users with disabilities A media feeder including a tray arranged to hold media, a motor arranged to move the tray in a first direction and a second direction opposite the first direction, a sensor arranged to detect at least one position of the tray, a processor arranged to execute a set of steps, and a memory element arranged to store the set of steps. The set of steps includes: receiving a first input from a user selecting a first loading preference; moving the tray with the motor in the first direction a first distance from the first position to a second position; loading a first quantity of media into the tray; and, moving the tray in the second direction until a first sheet of the first quantity of media is in a feeding position.
US10442638B2	Method and apparatus for conveying articles, piece goods and/or bundles within at least two conveying path sections The invention relates to a palletizing apparatus (10) and a method for conveying articles (16), piece goods, and/or bundles (18) and/or palletizable article layers, piece good layers, and/or bundle layers (20) with at least two conveyor line sections (12, 14), each in a particular conveying direction (28, 29). Each conveyor line sections include consecutive handling stations, grouping stations, and/or transfer stations (32, 33, 40, 44, 48, 50), which lead to a central loading station (24), where the article layers, piece good layers, and/or bundle layers (20) are stacked on top of each other and/or palletized in a common loading place (25). The loading station (24) is located between at least two vertically adjustable support surfaces and/or conveying surfaces (52). The common loading place (25) is supplied with article layers, piece good layers, and/or bundle layers (20).
US10442635B2	Conveying device having several outputs Disclosed is a conveying device including an upstream conveying unit for receiving products from at least one upstream station, an accumulation surface along which the upstream conveying unit circulates, a loading unit for moving the products from the upstream conveying unit to the accumulation surface, a downstream conveying unit for clearing the products, and an unloading unit for moving the products from the accumulation surface to the downstream conveying unit. The downstream conveying unit includes a plurality of independent moving unit receiving the products in receiving zones which are successively distributed from the edge of the accumulation surface opposite the edge along which the upstream conveying unit extends. Also disclosed is a corresponding method.
US10442634B2	Tablet inspection apparatus A tablet inspection apparatus includes a supply unit including a rotary plate inclinedly disposed, and a transfer plate having a downwardly inclined surface, inclined outwardly on the same level as top dead center of the rotary plate while rotating with the rotary plate around the rotary plate, a first rotary unit inclinedly disposed with respect to the supply unit, and formed such that suction force is applied in a certain section in a circumferential direction, and a second rotary unit installed on one side of the first rotary unit, and formed such that suction force is applied in a certain section in a circumferential direction.
US10442630B2	Supporting and transferring mechanism and supporting and transferring device A supporting and transferring mechanism and a supporting and transferring device are provided. The supporting and transferring mechanism includes a gas supply portion, a supporting ball and an accommodating portion. An accommodating space is formed in the accommodating portion and the supporting ball is provided in the accommodating space. The gas supply portion is communicated with the accommodating portion to supply a gas of preset pressure into the accommodating space, so as to lift the supporting ball in the accommodating space such that a part of a surface of the supporting ball protrudes out of the accommodating portion. The part of the surface of the supporting ball protruding out of the accommodating portion supports and transfers the plate-like article.
US10442627B2	Chain conveyor and coupler link for same A conveyor chain includes a first link, a second link, and a coupler link. The first link includes a first sprocket-engaging portion and a second sprocket-engaging portion, each protruding laterally away from one another. The second link includes a first sprocket-engaging portion and a second sprocket-engaging portion, each protruding laterally away from one another. The coupler link couples the first link to the second link, and the coupler link is positioned laterally between the first sprocket-engaging portion and the second sprocket-engaging portion of each link. The coupler link includes a first joint pivotably coupled to the first link and a second joint pivotably coupled to the second link. The first joint permits pivoting movement of the first link about a plurality of axes, and the second joint permits pivoting movement of the second link about a plurality of axes.
US10442623B2	Travelling vehicle system A movable rail is retracted even when positions of an upstream rail and a downstream rail fluctuate, and an increase in distance between the upstream rail or the downstream rail and the movable rail is reduced or prevented. The movable rail is movable between a first position and a second position, and an extendable rail is provided on the upstream rail. The extendable rail includes one end coupled with the upstream rail and the other end defining a free end, and extending and contracting with an elastic member. The extendable rail contracts while leaving room for the other end of the extendable rail to be pushed by the movable rail moving toward the first position and further contract. When the movable rail moves to the second position, a space through which a fire shutter provided in the building is able to pass is provided between the other end and the downstream rail.
US10442615B2	Method and transportation container for protecting temperature sensitive products Embodiments pertain to a method and apparatus for protecting temperature sensitive products during air, ground, or sea transportation. Embodiments relate to a chamber built inside a trailer or sea container where temperature sensitive products are placed to have additional protection against the environmental conditions encountered during the transportation and distribution periods. The dimensions and modularity of the chamber can vary depending on the trailer or sea container the chamber is designed to be used with. This chamber can be preassembled and inserted into the desired trailer or sea container or can be assembled inside the trailer or sea container. The chamber system can include insulated and or non-insulated walls, conveyor system, ventilation system, temperature and asset (trailer or sea container) location tracking.
US10442597B1	Retention package with article-loading aperture and method of making and using the same Containers having packaging structures, and integral packaging structures that form an outer container and include packaging structures are disclosed. The packaging structures include a support frame including at least a platform panel having first and second opposed faces, the support frame further including an article-loading aperture. A flexible sheet overlies at least a portion of the first face of the platform panel and the article-loading aperture. An article-receiving area between the flexible sheet and the platform panel is accessible to an article only by loading through the article-loading aperture.
US10442596B2	Packaging for polysilicon and method for packaging polysilicon Reduction of contamination and the proportion of fines fractions in the packaging of rod form polysilicon is achieved by directly filling a plastic bag with polysilicon from a cleaning bowl by a rotating motion which causes polysilicon chunks to slide into the bag.
US10442595B2	Multi-compartment food package with suspended topping container A multi-compartment food package is disclosed including a food bowl to hold a first food (e.g., hummus) and an independent second food container to hold a second food (e.g., a topping to be added to the first food). In one embodiment, a peel-off film is removably attached across the first food container below the top thereof. A lid is detachably connected to the first food container to surround the second food container. The lid has an annular container retaining groove formed therein and extending downwardly therefrom towards the first food container. The second food container is surrounded and frictionally engaged by the annular container retaining groove, whereby the second food container is removably attached to and suspended downwardly from the lid to be received through the top of the first food container and seated on the peel-off film located below the top thereof.
US10442593B2	Load cap A load cap (10) comprises a central portion (12) having an edge (14), and a rim arrangement (16) on the edge. The rim arrangement comprises a plurality of corrugations (20) extending substantially parallel to the edge.
US10442591B2	Or relating to closures A closure (910) comprising a base (912) and a lid (914), the base and lid being joined by a hinge arrangement (932) so that the lid is movable between a closed position and an open position, the hinge arrangement comprising a main hinge (981) and a separate auxiliary hinge (995), in which the lateral extent of the main hinge is greater than the lateral extent of the auxiliary hinge.
US10442563B2	Fuel additive bottle for use with capless fuel system A fuel additive bottle has a neck and thread pattern that allows insertion into a capless fuel system so the bottle's contents can be poured by gravity into a fuel tank. The neck of the bottle is elongated and has a diameter of approximately 0.854″, and the novel thread pattern includes thread interruptions that form at least one threadless path. In use, the spring loaded tabs of a capless fuel system are depressed by the threadless path portion of bottle, thereby triggering the self-sealing mechanism to open, so the fluid receiving aperture is exposed. The use of the threadless paths facilitates the safe and easy entry and removal of the bottle from the capless fuel system.
US10442552B2	Flying device and image-capturing device There is provided a flying device that includes a flying mechanism, a frame, and a covering member. The flying mechanism includes a propeller and a drive mechanism that rotatably drives the propeller. The frame surrounds the flying mechanism and supports the covering member. The covering member covers at least an upper face side of the propeller and a lower face side of the propeller.
US10442551B2	Fuse pin model differential or exclusion feature A fastening system having differentiable components includes a first fuse pin with a first mating figure and being configured to shear upon the application of a first predetermined load and a first receiver with a second mating feature. The first and second mating features correspond and permit the insertion of the first fuse pin into the first receiver to selectively connect components. The system may include a second fuse pin having a third mating feature and being configured to shear upon the application of a second predetermined load, which may differ from the first predetermined load. The second fuse pin having a third mating feature that prevents the insertion of the second fuse pin into the first receiver. The first fuse pin may be configured to connect together components of a first aircraft and the second fuse pin may be configured to connect together components of a different aircraft.
US10442550B2	Surfacing film for composite structures A layered construction is provided having a storage modulus G′t25 at 25° C., comprising: a) a cured polymeric composite having a storage modulus G′s25 at 25° C.; and b) a cured surfacing film bound thereto; wherein G′t25 is not greatly elevated over G′s25, typically not more than 118% of G′s25. In some embodiments the cured surfacing film comprises an electrically conductive layer, typically a metal layer. In some embodiments the cured surfacing film comprises a cured epoxy resin which may optionally be a chain-extended epoxy resin and may excludes phosphorus. The resulting layered construction may display high erosion resistance, high corrosion resistance, and high resistance to microcracking. In another aspect, methods of making the subject layered constructions are provided.
US10442545B2	Liquid measurement system for a tank A liquid measurement system for determining a quantity of a liquid within a tank includes a pressurized air supply, a valve connected to the pressurized air supply with the valve able to introduce a known mass of air into the tank, a pressure sensor able to measure the change in air pressure within the tank, and a processor operatively connected to the valve and the pressure sensor. The processor is able to determine the volume of the liquid within the tank from the known mass of air introduced into the tank and the change in air pressure within the tank.
US10442544B2	Engine degradation management via multi-engine mechanical power control A multi-engine power system is described that includes at least a first engine and a second engine configured to jointly provided mechanical power to the multi-engine power system. The multi-engine power system further includes a controller configured to estimate a deterioration factor of the first engine. The controller is further configured to adjust, based on the deterioration factor of the first engine, a first amount of mechanical power being provided by the first engine to increase a service time of the first engine, and adjust, based on the first amount of mechanical power being provided by the first engine, a second amount of mechanical power being provided by the second engine to compensate for the adjustment to the first amount of mechanical power.
US10442539B2	Anti-ice system for thermally fragile materials In one embodiment, a system may comprise an electro-thermal heating element and a controller. The electro-thermal heating element may be configured to heat a structure, and the controller may be configured to: identify a target temperature for the structure; identify a target rate of temperature change for the structure; identify a target voltage for heating the structure at the target rate of temperature change; and apply the target voltage to the electro-thermal heating element.
US10442537B2	Deployable table assembly A table assembly movable between stowed and deployed configurations. A base portion is attachable to a surface, and a table portion is moveable between retracted and extended positions. The table portion includes upper and lower surfaces. An arm portion has first and second ends, the first end engaging the base portion and the second end disposed within the table portion. The table portion is slidably moveable along a longitudinal axis of the arm portion between the retracted and extended positions, and rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the arm portion between generally vertical and generally horizontal positions when the table portion is in the extended position.
US10442535B2	Aircraft monument In a preferred embodiment, an aircraft monument is adapted for being mounted against an aft-facing bulkhead of the aircraft. The monument may have an aisle-accessible compartment that includes comestible item dispensers and lower footwell regions to accommodate the passengers seated immediately aft of the monument. The monument may also include an aft-facing wall that is readily removal during a maintenance operation so as to facilitate servicing of a heater or chiller unit disposed inside the monument.
US10442530B2	Suspension for aircraft tail wheel A reciprocating shock absorber combined with a coil spring are interposed between the fuselage of an aircraft and the tail wheel. When the tail wheel engages the runway, its attachment pivots, thereby compressing the shock absorber and the coil spring. This results in smooth transfer of forces from the tail wheel to the fuselage and to the pilot and passengers. If desired, one or more tension springs may counteract the forces imposed by the coil spring to restore the extended configuration of the coil spring and shock absorber.
US10442517B2	Marine reduction gear A marine reduction gear makes it possible to reduce the installation space of an electrical rotating machine. A marine reduction gear includes: an input shaft coupled to an output shaft of an engine; an output shaft coupled to a propeller shaft that rotates a screw propeller; a gearbox accommodating an input gear provided on the input shaft and an output gear provided on the output shaft, the gearbox supporting a first bearing that supports the output shaft in a rotatable manner; and an electrical rotating machine including: a central shaft that rotates together with the output shaft; a rotor fixed to the central shaft; and a stator surrounding the rotor. The gearbox supports the stator and a second bearing that supports the central shaft of the electrical rotating machine in a rotatable manner.
US10442506B2	Universal offshore platform, and buoyancy regulation method and stable power generation method thereof The invention discloses a universal offshore platform. The platform includes a truss body forming the support system of the platform. the truss body is a three-dimensional stable rigid support and comprises an underwater surface layer, a water surface layer and an overwater surface layer from bottom to top. It comprises a first floating body component, a second floating body component and several sporadic single floating bodies. The universal offshore platform of the present invention can be used independently, be used as a constitutional unit of a marine base and is less adversely affected by the wave motion. A buoyancy regulation method based on a universal offshore platform ensures stability of the platform and a power generation system based on the universal offshore platform takes full advantage of the energy of the waves to generate electricity.
US10442505B2	Offshore lifting of a load with heave compensation A lifting apparatus comprises: a base part, a lifting rope, a sheave assembly, a first rotatably mounted sheave, around which the rope passes and from which the rope extends downwardly to a load, a second rotatably mounted sheave and a drive for moving the sheave assembly. The sheave assembly is mounted for pivotal movement relative to the base part about an axis of pivoting spaced from the axis of rotation of the first sheave and coincident with the axis of rotation of the second sheave. During movement of the load relative to the base part, the first sheave is moved by the drive to compensate for that relative movement, the movement of the first sheave being such that the vertical component of the movement of the first sheave relative to the load is less than the vertical component of the movement of the base part relative to the load.
US10442502B2	Shock absorbing arrangement configured to withstand impact shock The present disclosure relates to a shock absorbing arrangement suitable e.g. for ship installed structures comprising a rod, a resilient member arranged in connection to the rod, a structure element and a locking member arranged in connection to the structure element. The locking member is arranged to detachably lock the structure element at a resting position at the rod and the locking member, or the structure element, is supported by the resilient member. The resilient member is configured such that a spring force of the resilient member acts to maintain the structure element essentially at the resting position at the rod. The locking member is further configured to release the structure element from the resting position when being exposed to a force exceeding a predetermined holding force, whereupon the resilient member acts to reinstate the locking of the structure element at the resting position at the rod. The present disclosure further relates to a shock absorbing structure comprising such shock absorbing arrangements.
US10442498B2	Actuator device for a bicycle gearshift and respective bicycle gearshift A motorized bicycle gearshift that is movable between first and second operative configurations and includes a pre-loaded elastic element that is responsive to gearshift changes between the first and second operative conditions.
US10442496B2	Bicycle sprocket assembly A bicycle sprocket assembly comprises a sprocket support member. The sprocket support member comprises a central cylindrical portion and a plurality of sprocket support portions. The plurality of sprocket support portions extends radially outwardly from the central cylindrical portion with respect to a rotational center axis of the bicycle sprocket assembly. At least one sprocket support portion of the plurality of sprocket support portions comprises at least one radially extending surface, at least one axially extending surface, and an interior cavity. The at least one radially extending surface extends radially relative to the rotational center axis to support at least one of the at least one sprocket. The at least one axially extending surface extends in an axial direction parallel to the rotational center axis.
US10442493B2	Caliper group of a disc brake for a bicycle and method for mounting a caliper group on a load-bearing element of a bicycle A hydraulically operated disc brake caliper group with a fixing side faced towards a load-bearing element when mounted on it. The fixing side is configured to substantially rest directly on the load-bearing element, and a hydraulic connector is positioned at the fixing side of the caliper body.This configuration makes it possible to house the tube entirely in the load-bearing element of the bicycle, and to have complete closure of the opening on the load-bearing element. Furthermore, if vibrations generated while the bicycle is in motion loosen the fasteners, they can be retightened without having to dismount the caliper group.
US10442492B2	Articulating, locking bicycle stem An articulating bicycle stem is disclosed herein wherein the stem comprising a handlebar-receiving region, a rotatable member receiving region, a rotatable inner member connected to the handlebar receiving member and received in an outer casing of the rotatable member receiving region. A stem body intervenes the rotatable member receiving region and a steering tube connector. The rotatable member receiving region may include a first releasable locking mechanism for selectively securing the rotatable inner member and inhibiting rotation of the rotatable inner member relative to the outer casing, and thus the handlebars, in at least one of a storage position or a riding position. A method of reducing the footprint of a bicycle is also provided and a kit of part therefor is also provided.
US10442482B2	Vehicular body assembly locking apparatus and method A vehicle body positioning and locking devices for use in assembling a vehicle body positioned on a movable vehicle support positioned at a vehicle build station. The locking device includes a remote vehicle locking device for selectively securing and locking a vehicle body to a support pallet. The support pallet is accurately and precisely positioned at a build station through alignment and inserting engagement of locating pads in at least one four-way and at least one two way receiver mounted to a build station foundation. A compliant body clamp design is included to provide a desired clamping force between the pallet and a vehicle body across a range of motion of the body clamp to accommodate vehicle build variances.
US10442481B2	Method of rebuilding a used piece of equipment comprising replacing an interal combustion engine with a rechargeable battery power system Conventional internal combustion engine technology has been around for decades and historically has been the primary power source for virtually all industrial equipment. It relies on carbon-based fuels, is loud, polluting, and the machines it powers are expensive to operate and maintain. A self-contained, rechargeable battery system is provided that possesses superior power than comparable diesel and gas engines. The rechargeable battery power system generates zero emissions, is virtually maintenance free, is quiet, and recharges overnight via a standard electrical outlet. The rechargeable battery power system can be installed in new and used construction equipment (light towers, excavators, generators) and may be used wherever a source of power is required, for example, in vans and boats, and in supplemental power systems including smart grid applications. It can be safely used indoors, in neighborhoods and other locations sensitive to the side effects of internal combustion engines.
US10442470B2	Vehicle side structure A vehicle side structure has: a front door and a rear door; a side sill that is arranged under the front door and the rear door; a side sill garnish that is fixed to the side sill; and a molding member that is arranged between lower ends of the front door and the rear door and an upper end of the side sill garnish, and that protrudes more outside in a lateral direction than the lower ends of the front door and the rear door. The molding member includes: a front door lower portion; a rear door lower portion; and a center pillar outer portion that is arranged outside in the lateral direction of a lower portion of the center pillar. The front door lower portion and the rear door lower portion are recessed more inside in the lateral direction than the center pillar outer portion.
US10442464B2	Parking assistance apparatus, on-vehicle camera, vehicle, and parking assistance method A parking assistance apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor extracts a parking space from a surrounding image of a vehicle and generates an image in which a target parking position is in overlap with the parking space, the surrounding image being captured by an imaging apparatus provided in the vehicle. The memory stores history information associating a parking position of the vehicle with the parking space. The processor adjusts a position of the target parking position in the image on the basis of the history information.
US10442457B2	Steering column having an adaptable pivot support A steering column may comprise a casing tube and a steering spindle that is mounted in the casing tube so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis. The steering column may further comprise fastening elements for fastening the steering column on the vehicle body. The steering column may include a pivot bearing for height adjustment of the steering column. The pivot bearing may be provided on a region of the steering column that is remote from the steering wheel. Further, the pivot bearing may be disposed or formed in a supporting element that is fastened non-releasably on the casing tube.
US10442453B2	Child stroller apparatus A child stroller apparatus includes a stroller frame, and an adapter assembled with the stroller frame and having a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion, each of the first and second coupling portions being configurable as a mount for installation of a detachable part. The adapter is movable relative to the stroller frame to displace the first and second coupling portions, a first position of the adapter configuring the first coupling portion as the mount while maintaining an angle between the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion, and a second position of the adapter configuring the second coupling portion as the mount while maintaining the angle between the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion.
US10442450B2	Dolly edge support device Example edge support devices for a dolly are described. The edge support devices include a body including first and second body sections angled relative to each other, a first engagement assembly extending from a bottom surface of the first body section, and a second engagement assembly extending from a bottom surface of the second body section. The first and second engagement assemblies each include a central protrusion and pairs of side protrusions configured to be inserted into openings in the supporting surface of the dolly. The pairs of side protrusions of the first and second engagement assemblies engage the respective openings of the dolly to detachably couple the body of the edge support devices to the dolly.
US10442448B2	Height adjustable secondary suspension for a rail vehicle A secondary suspension system for a railcar comprises a chassis, a primary spring, a levelling actuator, a first hydraulic circuit and a secondary spring. The levelling actuator is adapted to be connected to the carbody. A piston shoulder, located at the lower portion of the piston and below an opening in the chassis, reaches farther than the opening so as to be capable of catching the chassis. The secondary spring is at least partially positioned underneath the piston shoulder. The piston is operative to adopt a high position inside the body under a pressure of a hydraulic fluid injected in a lower chamber below a piston head. This makes the piston shoulder abut against the chassis, thereby compressing the primary spring between the body and the chassis without compressing the secondary suspension.
US10442445B2	Auto rack car conversions and deck adjustments A system includes a railcar, a first side screen, a second side screen, and an adjustment system. The railcar includes a roof section. The first side screen is coupled to a side of the railcar. The second side screen is coupled to the side of the railcar. The second side screen overlaps a portion of the first side screen. The adjustment system is coupled to the railcar and is operable to adjust a vertical position of the roof section.
US10442432B2	Lead vehicle monitoring for adaptive cruise control Method and apparatus are disclosed for lead vehicle monitoring for adaptive cruise control. An example vehicle includes a communication module for V2V communication, a camera, a sensor, and an adaptive cruise control unit. The adaptive cruise control unit is to determine an acceleration oscillation value of a lead vehicle based upon measurements collected via at least one of the camera and the sensor and send, via the communication module, an instruction to the lead vehicle to activate cruise control responsive to determining the acceleration oscillation value exceeds a threshold.
US10442430B2	Collision avoidance assistance device A collision avoidance assistance device includes: a target detection unit for detecting a target; a process execution unit for executing a collision avoidance assistance process in the case where it is determined that the target satisfies an execution condition; an image recognition unit for recognizing a target in an image; a position P acquisition unit for acquiring a position P, in a vertical direction, of the target; a size RS estimation unit for estimating an actual size RS of the target; and an execution condition setting unit for setting the execution condition to be stricter in the case where the following conditions J1 and J2 are satisfied or the following conditions J3 and J4 are satisfied than in other cases: (Condition J1) in the image, the position P is below a range α; (Condition J2) the size RS is smaller than a range β; (Condition J3) in the image, the position P is above the range α; and (Condition J4) the size RS is larger than the range β.
US10442424B2	Hybrid vehicle When an accelerator operating speed is greater than a quick depression threshold value, a start threshold value is set to a value that is smaller than a selection threshold value between a single-drive mode and a double-drive mode in an EV drive mode. Then, when a required torque becomes greater than the start threshold value, an engine is started.
US10442423B2	Transmission internal PTO clutch and method of control A power take-off (PTO) drive assembly for a transmission includes a shaft defining a shaft axis, a PTO gear defined radially about the shaft axis, and a clutch assembly positioned between the shaft and the PTO gear and having an engaged position and a disengaged position. When the clutch assembly is in the engaged position, torque is transferred from the shaft to the PTO gear. When the clutch assembly is in the disengaged position, torque is not transferred from the shaft to the PTO gear.
US10442421B2	Method and device for determining the functional capability of a brake system, brake system for a vehicle A method for determining the functional capability of a brake system with a wheel brake and a movable brake piston includes setting first and second braking forces on the brake piston with a hydraulic pressure generator and an electromechanical actuator, respectively, to set a parking brake force at the wheel brake. The method further includes actuating the actuator to set a third braking force on the brake piston with a value lower than the first and second braking forces. The hydraulic pressure generator is then actuated to set the first braking force after the third braking force is set. The actuator is then actuated to set the second braking force after the first braking force is set. The functional capability of the brake system is determined when the operating current during application of the second braking force temporarily corresponds to an open-circuit current of the actuator.
US10442409B2	Vehicle roof snow removal A roof-rack for a vehicle and method of operation where the siderails and the crossbars are both automatically movable via a control circuit to clear snow from a vehicle roof.
US10442408B2	Driving support device A driving support device includes a camera (21) for taking an image of a peripheral region of an own vehicle through a protection window (211), and a driving support module (10) for displaying a peripheral region screen on a display (50), to thereby support driving of the own vehicle by a driver. The device further includes a washer (22) capable of selectively carrying out any one of air washing of spraying air toward the protection window without spraying liquid and liquid washing of spraying liquid toward the protection window, and a switch section (530) for receiving an operation of instructing which of the air washing and the liquid washing is carried out. The driving support module causes the washer to carry out the air washing when a first operation is carried out; and cause the washer to carry out the liquid washing when a second operation is carried out.
US10442403B2	Wiper apparatus A wiper apparatus which removes foreign matters from a windshield by rotating by a pivot of a vehicle may include an arm piece connected to one end of an arm retainer to connect a wiper blade, and a coupling portion having a step portion formed to extend along a longitudinal direction so that an upper surface of the arm piece and an upper surface of the arm retainer form a same surface when coupled to correspond to a coupling hole formed in the arm retainer.
US10442402B2	Sensor and cleaning apparatus An apparatus includes a sensor supported by a sensor arm and a wiper blade. The sensor includes a cylindrical windows having an obstructed portion and a viewing portion. The wiper blade is attached to the sensor and movable across the viewing portion from a resting position contacting the obstructed portion.
US10442398B2	Vehicle control system Provided is a vehicle control system that performs detection and authentication of an electronic key being present in a detection range on a periphery of a vehicle, on the basis of polling performed by an on-vehicle apparatus. Any one of the on-vehicle apparatus and a first electronic key includes: a determination section configured to determine whether or not communication, between the on-vehicle apparatus and the first electronic key, in which the first electronic key returns a signal in response to a signal transmitted from the on-vehicle apparatus is continuously performed for not less than a predetermined time period; and a first processing section configured to restrict a response, by the first electronic key, to a first polling signal transmitted from the on-vehicle apparatus, when the determination section has determined that the communication is continuously performed for not less than the predetermined time period.
US10442397B2	Two step smart key start system An ignition start system in which authentication of a key is carried out twice, first to activate the ignition switch to allow starting the engine and second at the time when the brake is applied. The two step authentication prevents driving off in a car that has been started without having the key for security purposes and also to avoid inconvenient situations that can otherwise occur.
US10442396B2	Load limiting seatbelt retractor A seatbelt retractor includes a base, a spool, a cylinder, a sleeve and a cylinder lock. The spool is rotatably coupled to the base and has a piston portion. A smaller initialization piston extends from the piston portion. The cylinder is engaged with the piston portion and therewith defines a first chamber. The sleeve is within the cylinder and receives the initialization piston. The sleeve and the initialization piston define an initialization chamber. The cylinder lock in a first condition rotatably fixes the cylinder to the base. Damping fluid is disposed in the chamber.
US10442395B2	Anchor bracket including both a seatbelt webbing attachment portion and a cargo securement attachment portion A vehicle comprising a floor portion; a row of seating; and a first anchor bracket including: a seatbelt webbing attachment portion to which a first seatbelt webbing, configured to secure an occupant to the row of seating, is attached; and a cargo securement attachment portion to which a cargo securement device, configured to secure one or more pieces of cargo above the floor portion adjacent the row of seating, is attached. The vehicle can further include a second anchor bracket including a seatbelt webbing attachment portion to which a second seatbelt webbing, configured to secure an occupant to the row of seating, is attached, and a cargo securement attachment portion to which the cargo securement device is attached. The first anchor bracket and second anchor bracket can be identically shaped and interchangeable during assembly of the vehicle. The first anchor bracket and second anchor bracket can be shaped differently.
US10442389B2	Gas generator The present invention provides a gas generator includinga housing having a circumferential wall provided with gas discharge ports,a cylindrical filter being disposed inside the housingan ignition device chamber being formed inside a cup-shaped ignition device chamber housing fitted to the cylindrical wall of the bottom plate of the housing, and accommodating an ignition device,a combustion chamber being located between the cylindrical filter and the ignition device chamber housing and being charged with a gas generating agent,the ignition device chamber housing having a flange at an opening thereof and being fitted to the cylindrical wall such that the flange is abutted against the bottom plate,an annular retainer being disposed between the cylindrical filter and the ignition device chamber housing and having an annular base portion and an annular wall extending from an outer circumferential edge of the annular base portion toward the top plate, andthe annular wall being abutted against an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical filter, the annular base portion being abutted against the bottom plate of the housing, and the annular base portion and the flange of the cup-shaped ignition device chamber housing not being overlapped in a thickness direction.
US10442386B2	Vehicular curtain air bag device There is provided a vehicular curtain air bag device including a curtain air bag, the curtain air bag including: a rear seat chamber that inflates and deploys between a head of a rear seat occupant and a vehicle interior side section from an upper end section of the vehicle interior side section; and a headrest chamber extending from a rear end section of the rear seat chamber, the headrest chamber inflating and deploying between a headrest of a rear seat and the vehicle interior side section in a vehicle width direction.
US10442382B2	Method and control unit for controlling at least one assistance function in the event of a rollover of a vehicle, and assistance system A method for controlling at least one assistance function in the event of a rollover of a vehicle. The vehicle includes at least one acceleration sensor with zero point feedback. The method includes reading in a sensor signal and ascertain or reading a feedback signal. The sensor signal represents acceleration values detected by the at least one acceleration sensor. The feedback signal represents control values for the zero point feedback of the at least one acceleration sensor. The method also includes determining an occurrence of a rollover as a function of a result of comparisons. Furthermore, the method includes providing a rollover signal for output to the at least one assistance function. The rollover signal represents a recognized rollover of the vehicle.
US10442380B2	Side member distal end structure A side member distal end structure includes: a side member distal end part and a lid member disposed forward of a distal end of the side member distal end part. The side member distal end part includes: a closed section part whose sectional shape orthogonal to the vehicle front-rear direction has a closed section structure; and a flange part in which a first panel and a second panel are joined to each other, the flange part being disposed outer than the closed section part and extending along the vehicle front-rear direction. The lid member includes a side plate part partially joined to an outer surface which is a part of the closed section part and is disposed forward of the flange part. In the vehicle front-rear direction, a plate surface of the side plate part faces the flange part.
US10442361B2	Extruded multi-layer molded running board A vehicle running board includes opposing vertical walls extending along a length of a tubular structure and including a carbon-fiber component. Opposing horizontal walls extend between the opposing vertical walls and include a glass component. The opposing vertical and opposing horizontal walls form the tubular structure having a generally rectilinear cross section. A polymer outer covering extends over the opposing vertical and opposing horizontal walls.
US10442360B2	Interior rearview mirror assembly with display and tilt mechanism An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mirror head having a reflective element. A display device is disposed in the mirror head and behind the reflective element. The display device, when actuated, is viewable through the reflective element. The mirror head is adjustable between a mirror mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views rearward of the vehicle via the reflective element, and a display mode orientation, where the driver of the vehicle views images displayed by the display device through the reflective element. When in the display mode orientation, the reflective element is angled upward or downward relative to the orientation of the reflective element when in the mirror mode orientation. An actuator is pivotally mounted at the mirror head and includes a pivot element that adjustably mounts the mirror head at a mirror mount that attaches at the interior surface of the vehicle.
US10442351B2	Navigation terminal, navigation system, wearable terminal, navigation method, and recording medium A navigation terminal includes a communicator, an alerter, and a processor. The processor obtains destination information indicating a user's destination, obtains first location information indicating the location of the navigation terminal, starts navigation according to a route calculated based on the destination information and the first location information, obtains second location information indicating the location of the navigation terminal after starting the navigation, starts the alerter when the distance from the location indicated by the second location information to a predetermined spot on the route becomes smaller than or equal to the first distance, and causes the communicator to transmit a control signal to a wearable terminal of the user to vibrate a vibrator in the wearable terminal when the distance from the location indicated by the second location information to the predetermined spot becomes smaller than or equal to a second distance smaller than the first distance.
US10442349B2	Lighting element and loudspeaker for a motor vehicle A lighting element for a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle includes a diffuser; an elongated light guide, wherein the light guide is at least partially accommodated in the diffuser; and a reflector arranged on an inner side of the diffuser and having a reflective surface facing the light guide. The reflector is configured to reflect light from the light guide to an outer side of the light guide. The reflector has a rough surface in order to reflect light from the light guide diffusely.
US10442343B2	Vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes a computer and an illumination mechanism. The computer serves as a vehicle extractor that extracts a tail lamp of a preceding vehicle, a preceding vehicle recognizer that recognizes the preceding vehicle on a basis of the extracted tail lamp, and a light-distribution controller that determines light distribution of a headlamp. The illumination mechanism switches between a low beam and a high beam on a basis of instruction issued by the light-distribution controller. The vehicle extractor determines, on a basis of an angle of view and a depth distance of a block in the image, and a cut-off line angle of the high beam, whether the block is irradiated with the high beam, and changes, on a basis of a result of the determination as to whether the block is irradiated, thresholds that determine whether the tail lamp is the tail lamp.
US10442332B2	Seat backrest and seat including the same A seat backrest is provided, comprising a framework (1) including an upper portion (10), a lower portion (20), a central support portion (40) and two side portions (30) formed integrally by injection molding a thermoplastic material; and an elongated reinforcement (60) embedded in the side portion (30) and the central support portion (40) by overmolding and extending along the side portion (30), the reinforcement (60) being configured to bend along a boundary (35) between the side portion (30) and the central support portion (40). A seat including the backrest is also provided.
US10442330B2	Monocoque and semi-monocoque passenger seats with ergonomic design Described are ergonomic passenger seats that may include monocoque or semi-monocoque seat backs, cellular suspension cushions, and tray tables with support arms that may be located within the interior volume of the monocoque or semi-monocoque seat backs when in their stowed positions. The passenger seats offer enhanced passenger comfort and space while providing a lightweight, simple to manufacture design. Monocoque and semi-monocoque seat backs may form integral parts of passenger seats to support additional loads without need for heavy, complex structures. The space within the monocoque or semi-monocoque seat back may then be used for storage or suspension cushions that offer improved comfort with a lighter seat frame. Monocoque and semi-monocoque seat backs may also facilitate the adoption of several other seating mechanisms, such as new seat mounts that allow for improved seat motion that allows for passenger recline with reduced impingement on other passengers' space.
US10442322B2	Easy-entry vehicle seat The invention relates to a vehicle seat comprising: a seating portion having a seat frame with a pair of frame members and a cross member arranged between the pair of frame members; a seat base for supporting the seating portion; a height-adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height of the seat frame with respect to the seat base, and comprising at least one height-adjustment link; and an easy-entry mechanism for displacing the seating portion with respect to the seat base at least along a longitudinal axis between a use position and an easy-entry position, and comprising at least one easy-entry link being pivotably mounted on the seat base and pivotably connected with the height-adjustment link, the height-adjustment link connecting the easy-entry link with the cross member.
US10442318B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes: a seat frame that serves as at least a portion of a skeletal structure; a fixed bracket that is fixed on the indoor wall, the fixed bracket including a connection part having a connection surface that is substantially orthogonal to a seat width direction and extending in a substantially vertical direction; a link member in which one end is swingably connected with the connection part and the other end is connected with the seat frame, the link member being swingable in a direction substantially parallel with the seat width direction set as a swinging center axis; and a regulation part which extends from the connection part in a direction substantially parallel with the swinging center axis, the regulation part being configured to regulate, by abutting on the link member in the seat front-and-rear direction, that the link member swings beyond a preset swinging range.
US10442305B2	Vehicle control system A system includes; a first power line connectable with a first fuse and feeds electric power from a battery to a controller; a second power line connectable with a second fuse and feeds electric power from the battery to the controller; a first detector that detects whether the first fuse is connected; a second detector that detects whether the second fuse is connected; and the controller that causes specific equipment to operate upon detection of receipt of a signal by a receiver that operates intermittently to receive signals from a mobile terminal. The controller sets a cycle of operation of the receiver to a first cycle when the first fuse is connected, and set the cycle of operation of the receiver to a second cycle longer than the first cycle, when it is detected that the first fuse is not connected, and the second fuse is connected.
US10442303B2	Charging control apparatus and control method therefor The present invention relates to a charging control apparatus and a control method therefor. A charging control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a communication unit which performs wireless communication with at least one communication device including a vehicle; a charging connector electrically connected to a charging inlet provided in the vehicle; a locking unit which is disposed in the charging connector, so as to perform or release locking between the charging connector and the charging inlet; a control unit which checks whether the ID of the vehicle, received by the communication unit, is included in a pre-stored authentication information list, in response to an electrical connection between the charging connector and the charging inlet, and when the ID of the vehicle is included in the pre-stored authentication information list, determines whether to release the locking between the charging connector and the charging inlet, depending on the location of a previously authenticated portable device, and controls the locking unit according to the determination.
US10442302B2	Battery charging control methods, electrical vehicle charging methods, battery charging control apparatus, and electrical vehicles Battery charging control methods, electrical vehicle charging methods, battery charging control apparatus, and electrical vehicles are described. In one arrangement, battery charging control methods include accessing price information for electrical energy supplied by an electrical power distribution system and controlling an adjustment of an amount of the electrical energy from the electrical power distribution system used to charge a rechargeable battery at different moments in time using the price information. Other arrangements are described.
US10442300B2	Vehicle communications, power management, and seating systems A system for facilitating communication between a vehicle and a user includes a vehicle having a rechargeable battery and a communication and control subsystem. The communication and control subsystem is communicatively coupled to the battery to gather and transmit vehicle information, which may include battery information and a vehicle identifier. The system also includes a charging station having a charging station identifier and an electrical coupling between the charging station, a power source, and the vehicle. The electrical coupling is operable to charge the battery and includes a communicative coupling. The control subsystem is operable to receive communications from the user via the communicative coupling.
US10442289B2	Opening/closing apparatus for fuel tank An opening/closing apparatus for a fuel tank of a vehicle includes: a fuel passage forming portion forming a fuel passage guiding a liquid fuel to the fuel tank; an insertion-side opening/closing valve mechanism opening and closing a filler port of the fuel passage; a liquid discharge path allowing an internal region of the fuel passage forming portion to communicate with the outside through a liquid discharge port formed in a portion of the fuel passage forming portion, the portion closer to the fuel tank than the insertion-side opening/closing valve mechanism; an opening/closing valve mechanism opening and closing the liquid discharge port by a valve body; and a valve body regulating mechanism regulating the valve body to close the liquid discharge port when the insertion-side opening/closing valve mechanism opens the filler port.
US10442282B2	Vehicle drive system A vehicle drive system includes a left-wheel drive unit having a first motor and a first transmission, a right-wheel drive unit having a second motor and a second transmission, and a motor control unit. Each of the first and second transmissions has a first to third rotational elements. The first motor is connected to the first rotational element of the first transmission. The second motor is connected to the first rotational element of the second transmission. The left wheel is connected to the second rotational element of the first transmission. The right wheel is connected to the second rotational element of the second transmission. The third rotational element of the first transmission and the third rotational element of the second transmission are coupled to each other. Each of the first and second transmissions has a fourth rotational element which is supported to revolve around by the second rotational element.
US10442281B2	Window assembly, window pane, and window guiding profile A window assembly (150) of a side window opening of a motor vehicle comprises a door frame member (22) having an outer surface (26), a movable window pane (130) having an outer window surface (132) and a guiding member (140), and a window guiding profile (100). The window guiding profile (100) is fastened to the door frame member (22) and guides the window pane (130) along a direction of movement between an open position and a closed position. The window guiding profile (100) includes a sealing portion (105) for sealing the window pane (130), an accommodating opening (104), and a guiding leg (101). The guiding leg (101) comprises a locating member (110) which cooperates with the guiding member (140) to prevent a movement of the window pane (130) out of the accommodating opening (104).
US10442280B2	Waterproof top door for trailer A trailer has a container with top doors having a frame and weatherproof thermoplastic inserts. Sealing flaps are provided at edges of the top doors to make sealing contact with sidewall top rails or top edges of end walls and tailgate. The top doors have angled extensions with grooves for ball gaskets to overlap in hand-in-hand fashion to form a reliable seal where the top doors come together. The system provides a weatherproof means to enclose the container to prevent or deter entry of water.
US10442275B2	Vent register with hollow actuator carrying a fragrance element A vent register includes an adjustable vane, an actuator carried on the adjustable vane and a fragrance element carried on the actuator. A related method of distributing a fragrance in a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle is also disclosed.
US10442274B2	Ejector refrigeration cycle device and low outside temperature operation thereof An ejector refrigeration cycle device includes: a radiator that dissipates heat from a refrigerant discharged from a compressor; an ejector module that decompresses the refrigerant cooled by the radiator; and an evaporator that evaporates a liquid-phase refrigerant separated in a gas-liquid separation space of the ejector module. A grille shutter is disposed as an inflow-pressure increasing portion between the radiator and a cooling fan blowing the outside air toward the radiator. The grille shutter is operated to decrease the volume of the outside air to be blown toward the radiator when an outside air temperature is equal to or lower than a reference outside air temperature, thereby increasing the pressure of the inflow refrigerant to flow into a nozzle passage of the ejector module.
US10442272B2	Method and system for defrosting a heat exchanger A method for defrosting a heat exchanger of a refrigeration circuit is provided. The method includes monitoring a compressor suction parameter at a suction line to a compressor of the refrigeration circuit. The method also includes determining a compressor suction parameter threshold. Also, the method includes initiating a defrost mode of the refrigeration circuit when the compressor suction parameter is less than or equal to the compressor suction parameter threshold.
US10442267B2	Vehicle suspension control system and method for eliminating manifold exhaust noise on compressor start An air management system and method are provided. The system includes a compressor and a reservoir tank coupled to the compressor. A manifold block has a plurality of valves and is coupled to the reservoir tank and the compressor for controlling air flow. At least one pressure sensor is coupled to the manifold block. The compressor includes a boost valve for selectively directly connecting the reservoir tank and an air inlet of the compressor. An electronic control unit is coupled to the valves, compressor, and the at least one pressure sensor and is configured to provide pressurized air from the reservoir tank to the air inlet, determine a pressure difference between the manifold block and the boost valve, and retain pressure in the manifold block in response to the pressure difference being less than a predetermined amount to reduce startup torque of the compressor without exhausting the manifold block.
US10442257B2	Determining tire leak rate Examples of techniques for determining tire leak rate are disclosed. In one example implementation, a method includes receiving, by a processing device, temperature data, pressure data, tire characteristics, and an estimated leak rate associated with the tire. The method further includes calculating, by the processing device, a temperature normalized fused pressure after fusing the temperature data and the pressure data. The method further includes determining, by the processing device, the tire leak rate based at least in part on a decay of the temperature normalized fused pressure over time. The method further includes providing, by the processing device, an alert to an operator of the vehicle that a leak is detected based at least in part on a comparison between the tire leak rate and a leak rate threshold.
US10442256B2	System for tire pressure monitoring for a utility vehicle A system for monitoring tire pressure of at least one vehicle tire of a utility vehicle includes a pressure sensor for detecting an internal tire pressure of the at least one vehicle tire and an electrically controllable tire inflation system for varying the internal tire pressure. The system also includes a monitoring unit disposed in communication with the pressure sensor and the tire inflation system. The monitoring unit identifies a defect-induced loss of pressure in the at least one vehicle tire based on the detected internal tire pressure, determines a temporal progression of the detected defect-induced loss of pressure, calculates a volume flow necessary for continuous compensation of the pressure loss based on the temporal progression, and controls the volume flow into the at least one vehicle tire via the tire inflation system.
US10442252B2	Tire with high strength corrugated sidewalls A tire having a pair of high strength sidewalls lying opposite one another, wherein each sidewall has a plurality of plies that are shaped during manufacture to have a series of pleats or corrugations formed therein and stretching from the tire beads radially outward along the sidewalls. Each of the series of sidewall corrugations includes a pattern of alternating inwardly extending depressions and outwardly extending projections that extend continuously around the tire. The corrugations provide the sidewalls with an integral structural reinforcement, whereby the tire is advantageously capable of providing run flat support and avoiding damage to the rim on which the tire is mounted. According to a preferred embodiment, the tire herein disclosed is ideally suited for use on a motorcycle rim.
US10442249B2	Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire includes: a tread portion; grooves formed on the tread portion; and land portions defined by the grooves, wherein each of the land portions includes: a pair of side walls which opposedly face each other with the groove sandwiched therebetween; a first projecting ridge formed on one of the pair of side walls; and a second projecting ridge formed on the other side wall, the first projecting ridge and the second projecting ridge extend along the groove, at least one of the first projecting ridge and the second projecting ridge is inclined such that a position of the projecting ridge in a groove depth direction changes along the groove, and the first projecting ridge intersects with the second projecting ridge as viewed in a width direction of the groove.
US10442243B2	Method for producing a wheel rim with a rim base of fiber composite material The invention relates to a method for producing a wheel rim having a rim base of a fiber composite material. The problem to be solved by the invention is that of improving the production of the wheel rim, and especially to ensure a reliably functioning wheel structure which can be achieved with little financial and technical outlay. The problem is solved in that during the production of the rim base (2) a connection element (3, 13, 21, 31, 42, 51) is joined to the rim base (2), said connection element (3, 13, 21, 31, 42, 51) being designed and arranged in such a way that a wheel disc (4, 14, 22, 36, 45) can be connected to said connection element (3, 13, 21, 31, 42, 51).
US10442241B2	Methods and apparatus to produce high performance axisymmetric components A material and method for manufacturing components. The method includes squeeze casting the material into a component of a desired shape and flow-forming the component that has been squeeze cast to refine the shape of the component. The method also includes heat treating the component to enhance the microstructure of the component and machining the component to further refine the shape.
US10442231B1	Textile pretreatment for digital printing The present teachings include a process, system and article for forming a printed image on a textile. The process includes coating the solution of an orthosilicate to form a silica network on the textile. The process includes applying an ink composition to the textile having the silica network on the textile, forming an image.
US10442229B2	Inkjet recording device and test chart detection method An inkjet recording device includes: an inkjet head that forms an image on a recording medium by ejecting ink containing a phosphor onto the recording medium; an ultraviolet light source that irradiates the image formed on the recording medium with ultraviolet rays; and an imager that detects fluorescence emitted by the image by the irradiation of the ultraviolet rays.
US10442227B2	Stalling operation of imaging devices Examples of stalling of operation of imaging devices are described herein. In an example, the imaging device includes an input roller assembly to transport a medium in the imaging device and a line feed roller assembly disengagably coupled to the input roller assembly to selectively drive the input roller assembly. To stall the operation of the imaging device, a line feed shaft of the line feed roller assembly can be automatically disengaged from the input roller assembly to discontinue advance of the medium along a print path.
US10442225B2	Wiper roll to cause friction on a print medium A device (2) includes a media roll (4) to output a print medium (M) in a forward direction (26) and a wiper roll (6) to contact the surface of the print medium (M) at a rotation speed to cause friction on the print medium (M). The device (2) may determine a radius (r2) of the media roll (4) outputting the print medium (M) and, based on this radius (r2), adapt parameters such as the rotation speed of the wiper roll and a back tension (T2) exerted by the media roll (4) on the print medium (M) so as to control the friction caused by the wiper roll (6) on the print medium (M).
US10442214B2	Waterless UV inkjet transfer system and method A solid blanket receives a flood layer of very thin (e.g., about 10 μm or less) image receiving UV curable coating, which may be a clear, substantially clear, or tinted UV ink. A lower viscosity digital ink image may then be printed on top of the flood layer, for example by jetting UV ink on top of the flood layer. The lower viscosity UV digital ink sits on top of the thicker UV curable coating and maintains its location by surface tension interaction with the coating. The combination of ink and coating is then partially cured to a tacky state at which point it is transferred to print media via a conformable pressure nip. Since the lower viscosity jetted inks are not responsible for directly wetting the media, media latitude widens greatly. Further, no dampening fluid or fountain solution is needed to aid the transfer or the imaging.
US10442205B2	Printing fluid cartridge for a pumped printing fluid system A printing fluid cartridge (104) for a pumped printing fluid system containing a pump (110) is described, the printing fluid cartridge (104) comprising a housing (120) defining an interior chamber (122); a collapsible bag (124) within the chamber for holding a supply of printing fluid (126); and a fluid connection member (106) for forming a fluid connection between the collapsible bag (124) and an upstream side of the pump (110). The housing (120) includes a structure allowing the application of manual pressure to the collapsible bag (124) to urge printing fluid out of the collapsible bag through the fluid connection member (106) to the upstream side of the pump (110) to displace air (130) in the fluid connection member (106) and the pump (110).
US10442200B2	Robust printhead chip mounting suitable for long inkjet printheads An inkjet printhead includes: a rigid elongate manifold having ink supply channels extending along its length and a plurality of ink outlets defined therein; a shim attached to the manifold, the shim having a plurality of shim apertures for receiving ink from the ink outlets; and a plurality of printhead chips adhesively bonded directly to the shim, each printhead chip receiving ink from one or more of the ink outlets. The the shim is formed of a metal alloy having a CTE of 5 ppm/° C. or less.
US10442189B2	Printing apparatus, method for controlling printing apparatus, and recording medium A printing apparatus having a first power state and a second power state, which saves more power than the first power state, includes a detection unit configured to detect a temperature around the printing apparatus, a holding unit configured to hold background temperature data indicating the temperature around the printing apparatus, a control unit configured to, based on the background temperature data held in the holding unit and temperature data detected by the detection unit, shift the printing apparatus from the second power state to the first power state, and an update unit configured to update the background temperature data held in the holding unit.
US10442179B2	3D printer with spool and material container A 3D printer has a gantry configured to move in a plane substantially parallel to a build plane, and a platen configured to support a part being built. The platen is configured to move in a direction substantially normal to the build plane. A head carriage is carried by the gantry, and a print head is carried by and retained in the head carriage. A material container has a material container body and a material container cover configured to allow loading of a spool containing a supply of a consumable filament for printing with the 3D printer, the spool mounted on an axle containing a spool chip and electrical contacts. The material container body includes a first and second axle channels configured to accept first and second ends of the axle. The first axle channel has a number of electrical contacts and is tapered to orient the axle to align the axle contacts with the first axle channel contacts. A material well has first and second well edge landings at a first radius from the central longitudinal axis, the well edge landings extending toward each other from inner edges of the material well inwardly toward a center of the material well. An extension well extends laterally from the first and second well edge landings to a second radius larger than the first radius.
US10442176B2	Additive layer manufacturing A doctor device configured for use in recoating in an operating additive layer manufacturing apparatus. The doctor device includes at least one blade having a first surface and a second surface. The at least one blade is configured to move in a first direction and a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction. The first surface is configured to bend in the second direction upon the at least one blade moving in the first direction and contacting a surface of an additive layer, and the second surface is configured to be rigid upon the at least one blade moving in the second direction and contacting the surface of an additive layer, such that the at least one blade does not bend.
US10442174B2	Material feeder for engineering polymer ejection system for additive manufacturing applications A 3D printer including a pin actuated printhead having an orifice through which a material is ejected, a material chamber to hold the material to be ejected, a channel connecting the material chamber to the orifice, a pin chamber, and an actuated pin within the pin chamber, wherein the actuated pin extends through the pin chamber to eject the material from the orifice. The printhead is configured to eject a material with a viscosity of 10,000 cP or more at an elevated temperature. The 3D printer further includes a material delivery system having a filament driver and a filament heater.
US10442170B2	Device, special paper, and method for producing shaped articles The invention relates to a device, a special paper and a method for producing three-dimensional objects.
US10442162B2	Illuminable composite pane A composite pane is presented. The composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are bonded to each other via an intermediate layer. The composite pane further includes a light-diffusing glass fiber that is suitable for emitting light by diffusion via its side wall along its extension length. According to one aspect, the glass fiber is arranged, in sections, between the intermediate layer and the outer pane, and is arranged, in sections, between the intermediate layer and the inner pane. According to another aspect, the glass fiber is routed through an opening in the intermediate layer.
US10442161B2	Composite pane with illumination Composite pane, in particular a laminated side pane for a side window of a vehicle. The composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane that are bonded to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer. The intermediate layer has, at least in some sections, a cutback relative to a pane edge, and at least one light-diffusing optical fiber. The optical fiber is at least partially arranged in the region of the cutback, between the outer pane and the inner pane.
US10442151B2	Glass substrate and method for manufacturing the same, cover glass and method for manufacturing the same, personal digital assistant, and display device In a glass substrate for extracting therefrom a plurality of cover glasses to protect a protection object, plural concave portions are provided in a front surface or back surface of the glass substrate. The glass substrate includes plural thin portions formed by providing the plural concave portions and a thick portion connecting to the thin portion, and a haze value of the thin portion is 8% or less.
US10442149B2	Pressing device This pressing device includes an actuator, a pressing unit provided on a movable element of the actuator, a movement quantity detector for detecting a movement quantity of the movable element and outputting movement quantity information indicating the movement quantity, and a drive device that moves the pressing unit to press a pressed object by supplying a drive current to the actuator based on the movement quantity information. The drive device controls an operation of the pressing unit using position control processing based on current information indicating the drive current and the movement quantity information. When the speed of the pressing unit is decelerated down to a predetermined lower limit speed, the drive device controls the speed of the pressing unit to be constant based on the current information, and when the current reaches a predetermined current value, determines that the pressing operation is performed.
US10442147B2	Method for preparing a tension member, in particular a carbon tension member, in the production of a belt A method for treating a tension member in the production of a belt. The belt includes at least a belt body made of a polymer material having elastic properties, a cover layer as a belt backing, and a substructure having a force-transmission zone. The tension member has a ribbed design and is embedded in the belt body. The tension member is treated with an overall treatment mixture which forms a cross-linked polymer that on the one hand enters into a mechanical connection with the tension member and on the other hand forms an adhesive connection with the belt body.
US10442145B2	Bottle unit for puncture repair By the present invention, an inner lid is easily removed by upward thrusting of a sheath tube while detachment of the inner lid during storage is suppressed. An extraction cap is provided with: a cap body provided with a barrel part, a top-end part of which attaches to a mouth of a bottle container, and an air supply tube standing from a bottom portion of the barrel part and forming a first flow channel; and a sheath tube arranged and retained around an exterior of the air supply tube so as to be able to slide up and down. An inner lid is fitted on a top-end part of the air supply tube. An annular first retaining protrusion extending in the circumferential direction is formed on an external peripheral surface of the air supply tube, and a second retaining protrusion retained by the first retaining protrusion and comprising a plurality of retaining protrusions arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction is formed on an internal peripheral surface of the inner lid.
US10442141B2	Stereoscopic modeling apparatus and stereoscopic modeling method A stereoscopic modeling apparatus is provided. The stereoscopic modeling apparatus includes a modeling tank, a liquid discharger, and a powder supplier. In the modeling tank, a powder layer including a powder is formed and a modeling layer in which the powder in the powder layer is bonded into a required shape is laminated. The liquid discharger discharges a modeling liquid to the powder in the modeling tank. The powder supplier supplies the powder to the modeling tank. The powder supplier supplies the powder to the powder layer while at least a part of the modeling liquid discharged from the liquid discharger and adhered to a surface of the powder layer remains existing on an outermost surface of the powder layer.
US10442132B1	Three-dimensional printing of auxetic/non-auxetic combo objects A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional printed (3D-printed) object on a base plate. The method includes: depositing at least one block of a first material in a first layer directly onto the base plate; and depositing at least one block of a second material either in the first layer adjacent to the one or more blocks of the first material, or in a second layer directly onto the at least one block of the first material in the first layer. The first material is one of a non-auxetic structure or an auxetic structure, and the second material is the other one of the non-auxetic structure or the auxetic structure.
US10442125B2	Injection mold, molding tool comprising the mold and methods of use thereof An injection mold that has an injector mold plate with a first injector mold plate face and an opposite second injector mold plate face, an ejector mold plate having a first ejector mold plate face and an opposite second ejector mold plate face, with the first injector mold plate face faces the first ejector mold plate face, at least one tempering medium channel connecting a tempering medium inlet of the injection mold to a tempering medium outlet of the injection mold, wherein the at least one tempering medium channel traverses an area of at least one of the second injector mold plate face and/or the second ejector mold plate face and defines a free opening in the respective mold plate face along at least a length of the at least one tempering medium channel.
US10442117B2	Laser based tyre mold vent cleaning process and device A vent hole cleaning system is disclosed. The cleaning system is comprised of a housing containing a work table and a support column. The system further comprises a robotic arm mounted on the support column. Further, a subsystem is mounted at an end, opposite to the support column, of the robotic arm. The subsystem may comprise a scanner configured to generate a contour profile of a mold. Further, a vision system may be mounted on the subsystem. The vision system may be communicably connected to the scanner. Further, the system may comprise a cleaning head communicably connected to the vision system and the scanner to enable precision positioning on the mold.
US10442112B2	Method for producing an engineered wood board and engineered wood board production installation A method for producing an engineered wood board. The method includes production of the substrate and application of a fluid to an application area of the substrate by means of an applicator, where the monitoring of the application occurs by means of an infra-red camera such that an inhomogeneity of the application can be detected.
US10442110B2	Wood treatment for dimensional stabilization A process is provided for treating wood products including lumber, plywood and other engineered wood products comprising the steps of contacting a composition comprising a polypropylene glycol, a high molecular weight polyethylene glycol, a polyether polyol having low solubility in water, or a polytetrahydrofuran, or hydrophobic polyether polyol, with the wood product. The invention also provides wood products comprising a polypropylene glycol, a high molecular weight polyethylene glycol, a polyether polyol having low solubility in water, or a polytetrahydrofuran, or hydrophobic polyether polyol, that have greater dimensional stability compared to an untreated wood product.
US10442102B2	Machines and methods for cutting products to produce reduced-size products therefrom Machines and methods suitable for performing cutting operations on products to yield a reduced-size product, for example, slicing and strip-cutting elongate food products. Such a method includes simultaneously delivering products to annular-shaped cavities of a rotating impeller. The products are simultaneously delivered with a feed unit that has a feed chute extension that protrudes into an interior of the impeller. The feed chute extension defines feed chutes that are aligned with the annular-shaped cavities of the impeller and direct the products to circumferential series of pockets within the annular-shaped cavities. The products are held within the pockets by centrifugal force as the products are carried past a slicing knife to form a first longitudinal cut through each of the products during a rotation of the impeller and to produce therefrom a substantially longitudinally sliced product.
US10442101B2	Method for aligning substrate and apparatus for cutting substrate using the same A method for aligning a substrate and an apparatus for cutting a substrate using the same are provided. In one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for aligning a substrate comprises a stage on which the substrate is seated and reference pins provided to project from an upper surface of the stage. Each reference pin has a substrate support surface which supports one side of the substrate. An upper end of the substrate support surface is formed so as to project further toward the substrate than a lower end thereof.
US10442100B2	Travelling planetary cutter A travelling planetary cutter (10), comprising: a cutting head assembly (11) comprising a rotating cutting assembly (30) comprising a blade guide block (32) carrying a cutting blade (34), wherein the blade guide block (32) is disposed for axial movement on a cutting block (33) so that cutting blade (34) may be moved towards and away from bearings (36) disposed on the cutting block (33); a blade cam block (42) also comprising part of the rotating cutting assembly (30) and itself comprising a blade cam (44) defining a cam surface (45), wherein axial movement of blade cam (44) of blade cam block (42) in direction (43) forces cam surface (45) to act upon a bearing (46) on blade guide block (32) to cause blade guide block (32) to move towards a workpiece to be cut (14) until cutting blade (34) engages workpiece (14) against bearings (36) while cutting blade (34) is rotated as part of rotating cutting assembly (30) to cut workpiece (14) wherein a speed of rotation of cutting blade (34) is maintained constant even while a diameter of workpiece (14) being cut decreases.
US10442094B1	Multipurpose machete with spur knife and removable storage handle assembly The present invention is a multipurpose machete assembly comprising of a no tool removable handle/scales, a ferrocium rod or bottle with cap holder or mount and a multi-purpose blade. The blade has a spur knife for precision work, a gut hook, a spear point/digging point, a recessed area for holding dirt, a cooking pan, a special toothed high efficiency saw, a hook/gaff, a forward lanyard hole, a hammer/pommel/knob, a flat area for scrapping, a long strait or flat section for using as a draw knife, and holes through blade for processing cordage.
US10442093B2	Safety utility blades, assemblies and methods of manufacturing A safety blade for use with a knife assembly having a handle with a cutting head engagement portion, the safety bade comprising (a) a blade body, a bade attachment having a first inner edge and a second inner edge, a first blade shield, a second blade shield, a first blade cutting edge, and a second blade cutting edge, and (b) a handle adaptor having a body portion and a handle engagement portion with a handle securing mechanism. The first blade cutting edge is positioned between the first blade shield and the first inner edge, and the second blade cutting edge is positioned between the second blade shield and the second inner edge.
US10442084B2	Robot, robot system and server A robot controlled by a controller includes a recording part that records sensor information on a sensor, and a transmission part that transmits the sensor information to the controller or an external apparatus.
US10442083B2	Domestic robotic system and method A domestic robotic system includes a robot and data storage operable to store data defining a boundary of a working area, the robot includes a payload actuable to perform work on a portion of the working area adjacent the robot, at least one processor, a first positioning system, one or more sensors operable to sense directly the boundary of the working area and a current distance of the robot thereto, a second positioning system, which uses data from the sensors. The processor is programmed to operate in (i) an area coverage mode, wherein the processor, using the first positioning system and the stored data defining the boundary of the working area, navigates the robot around the working area, with the payload active, and (ii) a boundary proximity mode, wherein the processor, using the second positioning system, navigates the robot around the working area, in proximity to the boundary.
US10442081B2	Device and method for estimating possible existence region of specific state quantity of mobile robot An arithmetic processing unit 40 estimates a possible existence region of a specific state quantity by performing polyhedron projection processing for finding a projection region obtained by projecting a convex polyhedron to a subspace representing the specific state quantity, where the convex polyhedron is within a space configured with the contact reaction forces of a plurality of contacting portions (13, 23) of a mobile robot 1 and the specific state quantity as variable components and where the convex polyhedron is specified by a mechanical relation between the contact reaction forces and the specific state quantity and by a linear inequality representing a contact reaction force constraint condition.
US10442065B2	Stud miss indicator for fastener driving tool A stud miss indicator system for a fastener driving tool includes at least one sensor generating at least one signal based on forces generated by a fastener driving operation, a software program configured for receiving the at least one signal, for evaluating the at least one signal as to a fastener being either improperly driven or properly driven, and the program generating at least one appropriate output signal reflective of the evaluation.
US10442063B2	Self-forming socket assembly A self-forming socket assembly includes a socket having an operational end and a connection end. A recess is defined in the operational end and a passage is defined in the connection end and communicates with the recess. A board is rested on a shoulder in the recess and includes a central hole and multiple bores. Each bore has a gripping pin retractably inserted therein, and includes a polygonal section. A bit movably extends through the passage of the socket and the central hole of the board. The bit is positioned in the central hole of the board or positioned to protrude beyond the recess.
US10442060B2	Socket drive improvement Sockets, for example, hexagon sockets, dodecagonal sockets, and splined sockets, that have inner surface geometries adapted to engage a flank of a fastener at a point away from a corner of the fastener. In general, the sockets engage the flank of the fastener at a distance of about 30 to 60 percent of half a length of the flank away from the corner of the fastener. This increases the strength and life of the socket, reduces a risk of the fastener becoming locked or stuck in the socket, and reduces the risk of the fastener being stripped or the socket slipping on the fastener.
US10442057B2	Carbonate PCD and methods of making the same A polycrystalline diamond body, and a method for making a carbonate polycrystalline diamond body includes combining a first quantity of diamond particles with a first quantity of magnesium carbonate to form a first layer in an enclosure, the first layer having a working surface, and placing a second quantity of magnesium carbonate in the enclosure forming a second layer, the first layer and the second layer forming an assembly. A quantity of at least one of silicon or aluminum is mixed in with or placed adjacent to at least one of the first layer or the second layer. The assembly, including the at least one of silicon or aluminum, is sintered at high pressure and high temperature, causing the at least one of silicon or aluminum to infiltrate at least one layer of the assembly, forming a polycrystalline diamond body.
US10442055B2	Lubricated mechanical polishing A lubricated mechanical polishing (LMP) process is provided that uses hard nanoparticles of less than 5 nm diameter dispersed in a fluid lubricant as a polishing slurry to produce an ultra-smooth surface on a hard metallic or non-metallic substrate with a sub-nanometer surface roughness substantially less than that produced by silica chemical mechanical polishing.
US10442053B2	Method for handling a lens A carrier device (10) is for handling a lens (12) which is received therein and which has a lateral edge (21), in particular for handling an eyeglass lens (12) in a machining or finishing process. The carrier device (10) comprises a main body (14) and has a connecting member (24) for releasably connecting the main body (14) to the received lens (12). The connecting member (24) forms, with the main body (14), a protective cover (15) surrounding the lateral edge (21) of the received lens (12) and a surface (30) of the received lens (12) directed toward the main body (14). The connecting member (24) is releasably connected to the main body (14).
US10442051B2	Processing system having function for maintaining processing accuracy A processing system having a function for appropriately maintaining processing accuracy, without depending on a degree of abrasion of a tool. An unused tool used in a machine tool is captured by using a camera mounted on a robot, so as to obtain a reference image of the tool. Next, an image of the tool is captured after a predetermined number of processing operations carried out. An average amount of tool abrasion per one processing operation is calculated based on the two images, so as to estimate a current amount of tool abrasion. Based on the estimation result and a previously input limit amount of abrasion, the number of remaining possible processing operations of the tool is calculated and output.
US10442050B2	Rotary table device and method of controlling the rotary table device In a method of controlling a rotary table device, a clamp mechanism drive unit is controlled to unclamp a brake disk. Thereafter, a pressure of working fluid supplied to an unclamp fluid chamber is decreased, and a motor drive unit is controlled to rotate a motor. Then, the abrasion quantity of the piston and the clamp member is calculated based on a reference pressure and a pressure when the load torque of a spindle exceeded a reference load torque.
US10442045B2	Telescopic cover and method for adjusting the position of a telescopic cover An uppermost cover member of a telescopic cover is fixed to a movable member (a saddle or a table), whereas a lowermost cover member of the telescopic cover is fixed to a stationary member (a pedestal or the saddle) of a machine tool, the stationary member being stopped with respect to a direction of movement of at least the movable member. Attached members, which project outwardly along the direction of movement from the telescopic cover, and which are attached by fastening members to the stationary member, are provided on the cover member. The telescopic cover is provided with a skirt, which is capable of sliding along the direction of movement with respect to the cover member, and which covers the attached members.
US10442043B2	Torque tool, socket selection mechanism, and methods of use The invention provides a subsea torque tool (10) for a subsea vehicle system (such as an ROV), a drive head selection mechanism (30), and a method of use. The tool comprises a tool housing and a plurality of torque drive heads (22, 24, 26). The drive mechanism (17, 18, 20, 28) is operable to rotate the plurality of torque drive heads, and the drive head selection mechanism is used to select a drive head to impart a torque to a subsea device. The drive head selection mechanism comprises a rotary actuator (14, 32), and rotation of the rotary actuator effects axial movement of at least one of the plurality of drive heads between an operative position and an inoperative position. In another aspect, the drive head selection mechanism comprises an actuator operable from the exterior of the torque tool. In a preferred embodiment, the drive heads are sockets (22, 24, 26), and the selection mechanism comprises a rotary actuator and a cam mechanism. The at least one socket may be permitted to rotate with respect to the cam mechanism when a driving torque is applied to the torque sockets.
US10442042B2	Method and device for determining the elongation and/or compression of a profiled sealing element A method for determining the elongation and/or compression of a profiled sealing element applied to a body includes drawing the profiled sealing element, which exists as an endless profiled element, from a store and, with the help of an application roller and by means of an adhesive surface present on the profiled sealing element, rolling the profiled sealing element onto the body part along a line intended for the attachment. A measuring roller, which rolls on the profiled sealing element without slip, is arranged at a small distance before a drive system for the profiled sealing element. The length sensed by the measuring roller corresponds to the length of the profiled sealing element applied to the body along an application distance having a defined length.
US10442036B2	Test plate for approving steel or metal welding parameters: method of approving steel and metal welding parameters: under matched butt welded plates A test method is provided to reproducibly test under matched HY100 welds to robustly establish the production parameters for the welding process. The test method comprises forming a ‘U’ shaped groove in a plate to which steel members are welded on the reverse side. The steel members comprise transverse members that extend across the weld. The transverse members are arranged at a density of at least four members for each 0.5 m length of weld and preferably five transverse members. The steel members further comprise longitudinal stiffeners that extend parallel to the weld. The longitudinal stiffeners are arranged at a density of two stiffeners per 0.4 m width of the plate. The high density of stiffeners has provided a reproducible and reliable weld test method that is capable of being used to establish and approve production parameters for the welding process of under matched HY100 welds.
US10442031B2	Optimization of the activation of adhesive agents by laser radiation The present invention relates to devices with which, for example, narrow surfaces of preferably plate-like workpieces can be provided with a coating material. The device includes a laser for outputting a laser beam to a laser beam emitter, wherein the laser beam is directed onto the coating material or onto the workpiece in such a manner that the laser beam forms a plane of reference with solder on the surface of the coating material or the workpiece.
US10442021B2	Reamer An insert portion (3) of a reamer (1) is fixed, using screws (8), to a leading end portion of a body (2A). The insert portion (3) is configured by overlaying an insert (4) for finish machining and an insert (5) for rough machining, and forms a right hand cut right hand helix. On respective mating faces of the inserts (4, 5), convex portions and concave portions of the mating face of the insert (4) overlap with concave portions and convex portions of the mating face of the insert (5). The reamer (1) can enlarge a hole formed in a workpiece or change a shape of the hole. The inserts (4, 5) simultaneously cut an inner peripheral face of the hole, and can thus perform rough machining and finish machining in one pass. By overlapping the convex portions and the concave portions of each of the mating faces of the inserts (4, 5), they partially overlap in their respective thickness directions. A protrusion length of the insert portion (3) can thus be shortened.
US10442019B2	Workpiece feed/clamp apparatus and cutting machine A feed/clamp apparatus includes a feed vise mechanism provided upstream from a cutting position, and a downstream vise mechanism provided just downstream from the cutting position. The feed vise mechanism includes first/second feed vise jaws, a downstream moving cylinder for moving the first feed vise jaw, and a downstream shifting cylinder for shifting the second feed vise jaw. The downstream vise mechanism includes first/second downstream vise jaws, a downstream moving cylinder for moving the first downstream vise jaw, and a downstream shifting cylinder for shifting a second downstream vise jaw. A vise surface of the second downstream vise jaw is located on one side of the vise reference position when the downstream shifting cylinder is located its stroke end on the one side. A thrust force of the downstream shifting cylinder toward the one side is made equal to a thrust force of the downstream moving cylinder toward another side.
US10442018B2	Rail stop system for a sliding saw A rail system for a power tool has a base defining a work surface for supporting a workpiece, a support mounted to the base, a number of elongated rails slidably supported by the support for movement relative thereto, a yoke engaged to the number of elongated rails for movement with the elongated rails, and a power tool assembly supported by a yoke for performing an operation on the workpiece. A rail stop is movably mounted to one of the support and the yoke, the rail stop including a stop surface adapted to abut the other of the support and the yoke when the rail stop is in a first position between the yoke and the support. The rail stop is movable to a second position different from the first position.
US10442012B2	Machining tool A machining tool (1) comprises a clamping section (2), which extends along a central axis (M), a cutting section (3), which adjoins the clamping section (2) and has a nominal diameter (DN), and at least one cooling duct (4), which preferably extends in the clamping section (2) and in the cutting section (3), wherein the cross-sectional shape of the cooling duct (4) is arranged in a cross-sectional region (Q) of the respective section (2, 3) in which the equivalent stress under a machining load has a value which is as small as possible, and/or wherein the cross-sectional shape of the cooling duct (4) is defined by an inner curve segment (5), an outer curve segment (6), which is arranged at a distance from the latter, and by means of two tangents (7) connecting the two curve segments (5, 6).
US10442009B2	Drill with removable chuck A power tool including a motor and a rotatable spindle driven by the motor to hold and drive a first bit. There is a recess located on the spindle. The power tool also includes a removable chuck with a lock member and a locking collar. The locking collar includes a locking position in which the locking collar biases the lock member into the recess to retain the chuck on the spindle. The locking collar also includes a release position in which the lock members are able to exit the recess and the chuck is able to be removed from the spindle by a user. The locking collar is axially movable from the locking position to the release position.
US10441998B2	Casting method and casting device Molten metal M is raised to the vicinity of a gate 11 of a cavity 9C by increasing the pressure in a holding furnace 5 with gas, and thereafter the cavity 9C is filled with the molten metal M by decreasing the pressure in the cavity 9C by suction and further increasing the pressure in the holding furnace 5. Thereafter, the decompression of the cavity 9C is stopped after a preset filling time, and the compression of the holding furnace 5 is stopped when solidification of the molten metal M is completed. In this way, the suction is minimized, and it becomes possible to employ a simple decompression part 14. A reduction in equipment cost and production cost is thereby achieved, and a reduction in casting cycle time is also achieved.
US10441997B2	Casting mold, insert for a casting mold, a cast part and a casting method therefor A metal casting method and a plastic injection molding method in which an insert is molded in molten material such that no molten material enters the interior of the insert. The usage of a wire thread insert as insert has the advantage that for example in an aluminum cast part thread holes can be produced already as part of the casting process. For this purpose, the casting mold, the insert, as well as the casting method are described.
US10441994B2	Protecting net A net and method for creating the same, the net comprising: cables in two or more directions, wherein the cables in each of the directions are made of at least a first construct or a second construct, wherein each cable of a first construct in the first direction has neighboring cables in the first direction made of the second construct, and each cable of the first construct in the second direction has neighboring cables in the second direction made of the second construct.
US10441992B2	Can bottom former assembly An actuator assembly for dynamically or manually positioning a dome die and clamp ring of a can bottom former assembly. The actuator assembly is also usable for other purposes where accurate and repeatable adjustments in position are needed. The actuator assembly may include an anchor member and at least one torsion rod having a torque end and an actuation end, with 2 bends at or near the actuation end, such that a torque applied to the torque end creates a substantially linear actuation force at or near the actuation end of the torsion rod.
US10441990B2	Crossbar support assemblies, bolster cart assemblies, and methods of adjusting a datum for locating a crossbar A crossbar support assembly that supports a crossbar includes a support post, a bracket, a riser, and a lock assembly. The bracket is secured to a distal end of the support post. The lock assembly is configured to releasably secure the riser to the bracket. The lock assembly includes a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. In the locked configuration the riser is inhibited from moving with respect to the bracket. In the unlocked configuration the riser is permitted to move with respect to the bracket. The crossbar support assembly may include an adjustment assembly that adjusts a position of the riser with respect to the bracket when the lock assembly is in the unlocked configuration.
US10441989B2	Method for manufacturing a line component According to the manufacturing method of the invention the line component, in particular an additively fabricated line component, comprises a line element for conducting a fluid from a first opening to a second opening, and a line branching connected with the line element for conducting the fluid to a third opening, wherein an outer region of the line component is designed load-compliant by means of a numerical optimization program and thereby includes a multitude of irregular topological structures in its outer region. In the manufacturing method of the line component a notch is incorporated on the inside of the line element, which serves to relieve a tension in a highly loaded state of the line component or the line element, a particle-filled gas stream is guided through the interior of the line component, in order to smooth the inside of the line component and/or the line component is subjected to a pressurization, in order to produce a plastic deformation on an inner surface of the line component.
US10441988B2	Apparatus and method for checking inclination of cushion pad An apparatus for checking an inclination of a cushion pad includes: a plurality of height position detectors that detect a plurality of respective height positions in a vertical direction at a plurality of positions different in a horizontal direction of the cushion pad; an inclination measurement unit that measures information on an inclination of the cushion pad in accordance with the plurality of height positions detected by the plurality of respective height position detectors; and an input/output unit that outputs the information on an inclination of the cushion pad measured by the inclination measurement unit to a display or a printer in a visible manner.
US10441982B2	Plug for rolling of seamless steel pipe, method for manufacturing the same and method for manufacturing seamless steel pipe using the same A plug for rolling of a seamless steel pipe, the plug having an oxide layer composed of a cobalt-base oxide on a surface of a coating layer formed by coating a surface of a base metal with cobalt or a cobalt-base alloy, a method for manufacturing the plug and a method for manufacturing a seamless steel pipe using the plug.
US10441978B2	Fiber sheet A fiber sheet having both a bulky feel and softness is provided. A fiber sheet (1) is provided with a surface sheet layer (5) and a softness imparting layer (6). The fiber sheet (1) is subjected to embossing and a binder is applied to the fiber sheet (1). The softness imparting layer (6) is constituted by a plurality of fibers; and the fibers exist densely in a compressed state in a region of a boundary face between the surface sheet layer (5) and the softness imparting layer (6). Additionally, the surface sheet layer (5) is a paper material formed from pulp paper or a material including pulp as a principal raw material; and the softness imparting layer (6) is formed from crushed pulp or a material including crushed pulp as a principal raw material. Furthermore, the surface sheet layer (5) is manufactured by a paper making process; and the softness imparting layer (6) is formed by laminating crushed pulp along a flow of an airflow on a surface of the surface sheet. Moreover, depressions are formed via the embossing and, thereafter, the binder is applied.
US10441974B2	Ultrasonic transducer and ultrasonic probe including the same An ultrasonic transducer and an ultrasonic probe including the same are provided. The ultrasonic transducer includes a piezoelectric layer configured to convert an electric signal and an ultrasound into each other, and a dematching layer having a uniform thickness, the dematching layer being arranged on a partial region of the piezoelectric layer and configured to reflect the second ultrasound wave that is incident on the dematching layer.
US10441966B2	Coating apparatus A coating apparatus is provided. The coating apparatus includes a coater, configured to move and perform coating along a first direction, the coater includes a coating head and a coating head movement mechanism, the coating head movement mechanism is configured to make the coating head move along a plane intersected with the first direction and rotate in the plane intersected with the first direction.
US10441965B2	Spray pattern of nozzle systems A system and method for dispersing fluids from an agricultural vehicle includes a sprayer that dispenses the fluids and a controller cooperative with a plurality of sensors to sense vehicle travel speed, vehicle travel direction, wind speed, wind direction, and the heights of first and second nozzles from the ground surface. The controller includes a memory storing a look-up table having fan angles of the first and second nozzles, and a processor that computes first and second spray pattern on the ground surface based on the fluid dispensed through the respective first and second nozzles. The processor determines an overlap region between the first and second spray patterns, compares the determined overlap region with a pre-determined overlap, and takes corrective action automatically by changing travel speed of the vehicle or changing a duration of time the fluids are dispensed from the first and second nozzles.
US10441952B2	Device for preparing and/or treating a biological sample The present invention relates to a device for preparation and/or treatment of a biological sample comprising a set of storage chambers and/or reaction chambers intended for receiving a fluid, the chambers being separated by walls so as to constitute a set of adjacent chambers. It also relates to an analysis apparatus capable of using such a device and also a method of using this device.The device comprises a base and a drawer comprising the set of adjacent chambers, the drawer being movable relative to the base, the drawer comprising a contact surface on which emerge first means for placing in fluidic communication linked to the volume of at least one chamber, the contact surface of the drawer being intended to be positioned facing a contact surface of the base comprising at least one position at which there are arranged second fluidic communication means linked to detection means.The invention has a preferred application in the field of medical diagnosis.
US10441941B2	Preparation method of alumina supported cerium oxide powder material The present invention discloses a preparation method of an alumina supported cerium oxide powder material. A cerium organometallic precursor is effectively decomposed into CeO2 nanoparticles at 500-700° C. in an oxygen atmosphere condition by using a chemical vapor deposition method, and the CeO2 nanoparticles are evenly dispersed on an Al2O3 support. The decomposition of the CeO2 precursor is accelerated by changing experimental parameters of reaction between organic materials and oxygen, so as to control the size and microstructure of powder, thereby achieving the preparation and even dispersion of cerium oxide nanoparticles, and avoiding the problem of generation of toxic waste liquor during reaction. The method of the present invention is simple, has a short preparation period, and the cerium oxide nanoparticles prepared are evenly dispersed, can be used as catalytic materials and functional materials, and have a broad application prospect in multiple fields.
US10441940B2	Polymers grafted with organic phosphorous compounds for extracting uranium from solutions Complexing or chelating agents that offer strong, selective bonding with uranium as well as a broad pH range of effectiveness, specifically including the pH range around 8.2, together with the acrylic double bonds required for radiation-induced grafting on polymers to remove uranium from a solution such as seawater. The novel adsorbing species are phosphorus-containing molecules, in particular organic phosphates, phosphonates and phosphoric acids. Organic phosphorus compounds, for example, organic phosphates, phosphonates, and phosphoric acids, are attached to polymer fibers to form fibers, fiber fabrics or membranes that are effective, or show activity, in uranium adsorption.
US10441939B2	Filled microporous membranes The present invention is directed to a method for treating a surface of a filled microporous membrane. The microporous membrane includes a polyolefinic matrix, inorganic filler distributed throughout the matrix, and a network of interconnecting pores throughout the membrane. The method includes sequentially (1) contacting the membrane with a first treatment composition comprising an epoxy-silane which is in intimate contact with the inorganic filler; (2) subjecting the membrane of (1) to conditions sufficient to effect a first reaction between the inorganic filler and the silane groups of the epoxy-silane compound; (3) contacting the membrane of (2) with a second treatment composition comprising polyalkylene polyamine, an amine functional polysaccharide and/or an amino silane; and (4) subjecting the membrane of (3) to conditions sufficient to effect a second reaction. Treated membranes also are provided.
US10441934B2	Device for efficient mixing of laminar, low-velocity fluids A gas delivery system and method for delivering reactants such as a first gas through a first conduit and a second gas through at least one second conduit, for example, through a plurality of second conduits. The plurality of second conduits may each have a length, wherein at least a portion of the length is entirely disposed within the first conduit. In an implementation, the first conduit may deliver carbon monoxide and the one or more second conduits may deliver carbon monoxide doped with a catalyst such as iron pentacarbonyl. The first and second gases may be introduced into a reaction vessel such as a reactor chamber and used to form carbon nanotubes.
US10441924B2	Fabrication of highly CO2 selective metal-organic framework membrane using liquid phase epitaxy approach Embodiments include a method of making a metal-organic framework membrane comprising contacting a substrate with a solution including a metal ion and contacting the substrate with a solution including an organic ligand, sufficient to form one or more layers of a metal-organic framework on a substrate. Embodiments further include a defect-free metal-organic framework membrane comprising MSiF6(pyz)2, wherein M is a metal, wherein the thickness of the membrane is less than 1,000 μm, and wherein the metal-organic framework has a growth orientation along the [110] plane relative to a substrate.
US10441922B2	Dual function composite oxygen transport membrane A dual function composite oxygen transport membrane having a layered structure of mixed conducting oxygen transport materials on a first side of a porous substrate and a reforming catalyst layer on an opposing second side of the porous substrate. The layered structure of the mixed conducting oxygen transport materials contains an intermediate porous layer of mixed conducting oxygen transport materials formed on the porous substrate with a dense impervious layer of mixed conducting oxygen transport materials over the intermediate porous layer, and an optional surface exchange layer of mixed conducting oxygen transport materials over the dense impervious layer. The layered structure and the reforming catalyst layer are formed in separate steps.
US10441913B2	End cap for an assembly used in the preparation of compressed gas An End Cap for an Assembly Used in the Preparation of Compressed Gas An end cap for attaching to one or more filter elements and respective filter bowls is disclosed. The end cap has a tubular body formed by extrusion and this body has a series of apertures formed therein. The apertures include an end aperture for attachment to a filter bowl and another end aperture for attachment to another filter bowl or to a sealing disc. The body also has a pair of sidewall apertures to act as inlet and outlet the filter assembly. The end cap also has a plastic insert for insertion into the body, the insert having a conduit portion for directing a stream of gas from the inlet to a filter element through one of the end apertures.
US10441912B2	Air cleaner Disclosed is an air cleaner a body, a cover detachably provided on a front side of the body and configured to have an intake hole to take air into the body, a filter case disposed between the body and the cover such that a filter is attached to the filter case, and an authorized filter sensor attached to the filter and the filter case to sense whether the filter is authorized, wherein the authorized filter sensor includes a transmitting member attached to a lower end portion of the filter or included in the lower end portion of the filter and a detecting member provided on the filter case to sense the transmitting member and detect a variable electrical property.
US10441904B2	Freezing resistant liquid filter A freezing resistant liquid filter including a housing having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet and a freezing compensating filter element disposed within the housing and including a folded filter medium having a plurality of interstices and freezing compressible elements located at the interstices.
US10441903B2	Filter with electrical signature anti-counterfeiting feature An anti-counterfeiting mechanism for a filter element to specifically, and preferably uniquely, identify a filter with a conductive pattern or path of conductive materials preferably either embedded (thin film circuit) under the surface, or over molded on, a portion of the filter. The conductive materials are preferably positioned at the filter end cap. The resistance of the filter element is an identifier that is preferably associated with the OEM manufacturer's labeling (such as product number) and/or other branding of the component. This electrical resistance signature permits rapid identification of counterfeit filters.
US10441902B2	Strainer A strainer is provided in an interior of an injection pipe serving as an injection opening through which a liquid containing a reducing agent is injected into a tank body. In the strainer, a front end portion, having a substantially triangular or substantially trapezoidal shape when a cross section is taken along a plane including an axis of a strainer body having a substantially cylindrical shape, is formed integrally with a front end of the strainer body.
US10441897B2	Process system for separating chemicals, distillation column arrangement, and method of separating chemicals An arrangement for separating chemicals comprises a first distillation column (100) and the first distillation column (100) receives a mixture that comprises water and at least two organic acids and extractant that comprises at least one of the following: hexanol, an ester of hexanol with said at least one organic acid and 2-methylpentanol. The first distillation column (100) forms a heterogeneous azeotrope of water and extractant at its top (104) on the basis of reactive heteroazeotropic extractive distillation not controlling chemical reactions between the extractant and said at least two organic acids, said first distillation column (100) removing the azeotrope through its top (104) for separating water from the organic acid.
US10441889B2	Shooting game in three-quarters view A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a game program causing a computer to execute functions includes moving each of a game medium in a game field including a plurality of regions, along respective paths set in accordance with a movable path and a moving speed set in the game medium associated with a first player and an attribute of the region; displaying a selection object so that the selection object is shown in at least one of the plurality of regions according to an operation by a second player; changing an attribute of a region in which the selection object is shown and an attribute of regions contained in an influence range set in the selection object; and moving, when the attribute of the region in which the selection object is shown is changed, the game medium according to the attribute of the region in which the selection object is shown, the movable path and the moving speed set in the game medium.
US10441888B2	Dynamic adjustment of game controller sensitivity based on audio analysis An electronic device may receive a plurality of channels of game and/or chat audio during play of a game. The electronic device may detect one or more sounds on one or more of the audio channels during the monitoring of the plurality of audio channels. The electronic device may control, based on the detected one or more sounds, operation of a game controller that interacts with the game during play. The controlling of the operation of the game controller may comprise adjusting sensitivity of the game controller. The electronic device may determine directionality of the detected one or more sounds and adjust the sensitivity of the game controller based on the determined directionality of the detected one or more sounds. The electronic device may increase and/or decrease the sensitivity of the game controller in response to changes in the determined directionality of the detected one or more sounds.
US10441881B2	Controller for a games console A hand held controller for a games console comprising an outer case and at least one control located on the controller. The controller is shaped to be held in at least one hand of a user such that the at least one control is operable by the user. The at least one control extends through an aperture provided in the outer case, and wherein the controller comprises a removable buffer mounted within the aperture.
US10441880B2	Handheld controller with spring-biased third finger button assembly A handheld controller with spring-biased third-finger button grip detection is disclosed. The handheld controller can include a third-finger button on the handle and having a lever arm pivotally connected to the controller's main body so the third-finger button is movable between depressed position and released positions. A button-biasing member is pivotally connected to another portion of the main body and has a second lever arm that presses against the first lever arm to bias the third-finger button toward the released, extended position.
US10441878B2	Game controller An example of a game controller includes within a housing a first substrate on a front surface and a second substrate on a back surface. On a front surface of the first substrate, switches for various operation buttons are provided, and on a back surface of the first substrate, an NFC antenna is provided. Further, on a second substrate, a control circuit for controlling contactless communication performed using the NFC antenna, a control circuit for controlling operation data indicating whether or not the operation buttons are pressed, and the like are placed.
US10441877B2	Game pieces for use with touch screen devices and related methods There is provided a system and method for communicating with a first peripheral device, of a plurality of peripheral devices, using a touch-sensitive system that has a processor and a touch surface. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method includes detecting, using the processor, a plurality of touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system that are made by the first peripheral device. The method further includes identifying, using the processor, the first peripheral device based on the plurality of touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system that are made by the first peripheral device. The method additionally includes communicating data, using the processor, to a receptive circuit of the first peripheral device in response to the identifying of the first peripheral device.
US10441875B2	Low light game system and method A kit of parts for playing a capture the flag game in low-light conditions is disclosed herein. The kit can include a number of flags, each of the flags carrying one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) operable to provide a visual signal; a number of territory markers, each of the territory markers carrying one or more LEDs operable to provide a visual signal; and a number of jail markers, each of the jail markers carrying one or more LEDs operable to provide a visual signal. The flags, the territory markers, and the jail markers are configured to be selectively disposable upon or attachable to the terrain.
US10441874B2	Electronic game board system communicating at least one game-play-data Disclosed is an electronic game board system communicating at least one game-play-data to an external device. The system includes a contactless communication unit (CCU), an electronic game board and one or more play items. The contactless communication unit communicates with the external device, and further provides alternating electric field. The electronic game board includes plurality of the play fields to receive the alternating electric field, wherein the playfields serially interconnected with each other. The play item capacitively transmits the game play data to the contactless communication unit. The contactless communication unit generates a processed-game-play-data defining a status of the play item placed on the play field, and the contactless communication unit further transmits the processed-game-play-data to the external device.
US10441873B2	Methods of forming playing card-handling devices An apparatus for handling cards has a dispensing end. The dispensing end has a base plate for supporting cards being manually removed. An upper plate with a U-shaped opening is spaced above the base plate and defines a slot for cards to pass. First and second spaced apart card guides define side edges of the slot. The first card guide is shorter than the second card guide, creating an offset in a first direction of travel of cards being removed. A method of removing cards is also disclosed, enabling movement of cards in at least two directions due to the presence of a card guide offset.
US10441870B2	Protective articles and methods thereof Disclosed herein are wearable articles and methods for the manufacture and use thereof. The wearable articles can comprise compression elements, gripping elements, and support elements containing a rate-sensitive materials which can operate to prevent injury.
US10441868B2	Full scale digital replay and practice system for use by positional players in a team-based sport A system for providing player training including a grid of individually powered, processor controlled and communicable lighting elements and sensors which are embedded within a playing surface associated with the event, the lighting elements interfacing with at least one of a player worn sensor and/or a remote processor device for providing a visual illustration of any number of parameters associated with an actual player performance, including real time motion progressions of the player which are represented on the field surface and/or recreated on a processor driven screen which films or otherwise tracks the event. The simulated progressions can further replicate the desired motions of the positional player's intended motions or those of an opposing positional player and in lieu of the actual player being on the playing surface.
US10441865B2	Reflex training device A reflexive training device having a rotating member that rotates around an axis while also traveling perpendicular to the plain of rotation to present the rotating member at variable vertical locations during use.
US10441862B2	Automatic scoring system for beer pong game and online beer pong game system The present invention discloses an automatic scoring system for a beer pong game to implement an automatic scoring function of the beer pong game using a radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, comprising: a game table equipped with a RFID reader and a plurality of RFID antennas; a plurality of game cups with electronic tags being attached at bottoms thereof; at least one game ball with an electronic tag embedded therein, and a computer that processes data read by the reader from the electronic tags and controls a scoring procedure of the beer pong game, wherein the RFID antennas are placed at a plurality of predetermined positions in a game zone of the game table, the plurality of predetermined positions corresponding to possible positions of the game cups placed according to game rules. The present invention also discloses an online beer pong game system, comprising the automatic scoring system for a beer pong game as mentioned above, which online beer pong game obtains game data in real-time from a computer of the automatic scoring system using a cloud storage technology and a mobile phone application, such that competitors of the beer pong game can online participate in the game, track game scores and statistics, compare results with other competitors on a global scale.
US10441854B2	Golf balls having a foam center with regions of different hardness Golf balls having a multi-layered core made of a foamed composition are provided. The core preferably has a foam inner core (center) and surrounding thermoset or thermoplastic outer core layer. Preferably, a polyurethane foam composition is used to form the foam center. The foam inner core preferably includes a fully-foamed center region and a partially or completely-collapsed foam outer region. The hardness of the fully-foamed region is different than the hardness of the collapsed foam region. Non-foamed thermoset or thermoplastic materials such as polybutadiene rubbers or ethylene acid copolymer ionomer may be used to form the outer core layer. The ball further includes a cover that may be multi-layered. The foam cores have good resiliency.
US10441851B2	Graphene core for a golf ball A golf ball with a core comprising polybutadiene and graphene is disclosed herein. The golf ball has a single core comprising polybutadiene and graphene. Alternatively, the golf ball has a dual core with an inner core comprising polybutadiene and graphene. Alternatively, the golf ball has a dual core with an outer core comprising polybutadiene and graphene.
US10441850B1	Graphene core for a golf ball with a soft cover A golf ball with a core comprising polybutadiene and graphene, and a soft cover is disclosed herein. The golf ball has a dual core with an outer core comprising polybutadiene and graphene. The soft cover is preferably composed of a highly neutralized polymer, a first ionomer, a second ionomer, and a paraloid impact modifier.
US10441849B2	Golf ball incorporating at least one layer of neutralized acid polymer composition containing low molecular weight acid wax(es) as sole acid polymer component and low molecular weight non-acid wax(es) in the non-acid polymer component Golf ball comprising layer(s) comprised of neutralized acid polymer composition consisting of mixture of: (a) low molecular weight acid-containing wax(es); (b) non-acid polymer(s) including at least one low molecular weight non-acid wax such as high density oxidized polyethylene homopolymers; ethylene maleic anhydride copolymers; polypropylene maleic anhydride copolymers; polypropylene homopolymers; ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers; high density oxidized homopolymers; oxidized copolymers; polyethylene micronized waxes; polytetrafluoroethylene micronized waxes; emulsifiable low molecular weight non-acid waxes; non-emulsifiable low molecular weight non-acid waxes; and/or chemically modified low molecular weight non-acid waxes; and (c) organic acid(s) or salt thereof. Molecular weight of each low molecular weight acid-containing wax is about 500 to 7000, or up to 30,000. Interactions between components (a), (b), and (c) advantageously produce layer of ionomeric material having heat stability, processability, and well-retained durability, adhesion, CoR, compression and targeted feel without need for blending high and low molecular weight acid-containing polymer(s).
US10441840B2	Collapsible strength exercise machine An exercise machine includes a standing platform, a pivot connection incorporated into the standing platform, an upright structure attached to the standing platform at the pivot connection, and a movable element connected to the upright structure where the movable element is movable during the performance of an exercise. The upright structure is rotated about the pivot connection in a transverse orientation to the standing platform when the exercise machine is in an operational mode and the upright structure is rotated about the pivot connection in an aligned orientation with the standing platform when the exercise machine is in a storage mode.
US10441838B1	Dumbbell support and exercise device The dumbbell support and exercise device is configured for use with a plurality of readily and commercially available dumbbells. The dumbbell support and exercise device is an exercise stand configured for use with resistance based strength exercises. The dumbbell support and exercise device receives and supports the plurality of dumbbells. The weight applied through the plurality of dumbbells is then used in resistance based exercises for strength training purposes. The dumbbell support and exercise device comprises a base, a plurality of weight stands, and a bar.
US10441823B2	Oxygen-providing material with the function of skin whitening The present invention provides an oxygen-providing material with the function of skin whitening, characterized in that said oxygen-providing material comprises a solid oxygen source, an activator, and a catalyst; wherein the solid oxygen source is selected from the group consisting of peroxide and percarbonate; wherein the oxygen-providing material with the function of skin whitening can be placed in household products, said household products comprising respirator, mask, facial mask, bra, chest paste, spill proof pad, sanitary napkin, diaper, panty liner, disposable hygiene product, band-aids, wrapping sponge, and box-shaped container.
US10441822B2	Skincare compositions This invention relates to skincare compositions, in particular compositions effective in the treatment of acne vulgaris, and to methods of treatment of the skin that involve the application of such compositions, wherein the compositions comprise salicylic acid or a salt thereof in combination with at least two actives selected from the group consisting of lactic acid or a salt thereof; glycyrrhizinic acid or a salt or a derivative thereof; bisabolol; cetylhydroxyproline palmitamide; allantoin; niacinamide; and Epilobium angustifolium extract.
US10441820B2	Systems and methods for opening of a tissue barrier in primates Systems and methods for cavitation-guided opening of a targeted region of tissue within a primate skull are provided. In one example, a method includes delivering one or more microbubbles to proximate the targeted region, applying an ultrasound beam, using a transducer, through the skull of the primate to the targeted region to open the tissue, transcranially acquiring acoustic emissions produced from an interaction between the one or more microbubbles and the tissue, and determining a cavitation spectrum from the acquired acoustic emissions.
US10441795B2	System and method for assessing and selecting stimulation vectors in an implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy device Systems and methods for providing CRT therapy to a patient with an implanted multi-site pacing medical device. In one example, an intrinsic electrical delay associated with each of two or more left ventricle electrodes may be determined. The intrinsic electrical delay associated with each of the two or more left ventricle electrodes may be compared to an electrical delay threshold. If the electrical delay associated with one or fewer left ventricle electrodes is greater than the electrical delay threshold, a single left ventricle electrode may be selected for use during subsequent CRT therapy. If the electrical delay associated with more than one left ventricle electrode is greater than the electrical delay threshold, two or more of the left ventricle electrodes may be selected for use during subsequent CRT therapy.
US10441753B2	Vascular access configuration One embodiment is directed to a system for creating translumenal vascular access, comprising a dilator adaptor member having proximal and distal ends and defining a dilator adaptor lumen therethrough, wherein the dilator adaptor lumen is defined by an inner diameter profile sized to accommodate insertion of one or more portions of a guidewire, and wherein the dilator adaptor is further defined by an outer diameter profile sized to accommodate at least partial insertion of the proximal end of the dilator adaptor into a dilator member lumen formed through a dilator member, the dilator member being coupleable to an introducer catheter member through an introducer member lumen formed through the introducer member.
US10441751B2	Catheter fixing band Provided is a catheter fixing band for fixing a tube bent and connected to a catheter to the catheter fixing band.According to the present disclosure, a catheter fixing band includes: a body detachably fixed to a human body and having a catheter hole open to expose a portion of the human body; and a cover unit detachably attached to the body to open or close the catheter hole, in which the cover unit includes a fixing member fixing the catheter to a predetermined position of the cover unit, and has a shape forming integral concept in relation to flow of fluid in the catheter when the cover unit covers the catheter hole and the catheter is fixed to the fixing member.
US10441745B2	Neurovascular catheter with enlargeable distal end A neurovascular catheter is provided, such as for distal neurovascular access or aspiration. The catheter includes an elongate flexible tubular body, having a proximal end, a distal end and a side wall defining a central lumen. A distal zone of the tubular body includes a tubular inner liner, a tie layer separated from the lumen by the inner liner, a helical coil surrounding the tie layer, an outer jacket surrounding the helical coil, and an opening at the distal end. Adjacent windings of the helical coil are spaced progressively further apart in the distal direction. The opening at the distal end of the tubular body is enlargeable from a first inside diameter for transluminal navigation to a second, larger inside diameter to facilitate aspiration of thrombus into the lumen.
US10441743B1	Vibrating infant garment An infant garment is disclosed that can provide certain vibrations, in an evenly distributed manner, that can mimic patting and massaging of the infant, thereby providing a calming effect to the infant and promote relaxation and sleep and further prevent irritability, fussing, crying, and screaming, among other advantages. In particular, the infant garment can include a first compartment disposed in a middle region of the garment, wherein the compartment can also include a first flap and a second flap, and wherein the first flap at least partially overlaps the second flap. In addition, the infant garment may also include a second compartment disposed within the first compartment, wherein the second compartment is elastic. Further, the infant garment may also include a vibrating electronic device disposed within the elastic second compartment and secured therein.
US10441740B2	Humidification breathing apparatus control A humidification breathing apparatus for generating and delivering humidified air to a patient at a desired humidity proximate the patient, the apparatus comprising an air flow path and a controller for controlling operation of the humidification breathing apparatus, wherein the controller is configured to operate the humidification breathing apparatus to control humidity at a point in the flow path to achieve the desired delivered humidity proximate the patient based on the patient exhaled humidity and flow.
US10441735B1	Combined laryngeal-bronchial lung separation system The present disclosure describes systems and apparatuses related to a bronchial blocking tube and/or a laryngeal mask or similar device, and methods for using the same. In an exemplary airway device, the device may comprise a mask portion being defined at a distal end of the airway device, and may be configured and dimensioned to be positioned in a hypopharyngeal area of a patient to cover and seal around a glottis of the patient; and a channel portion extending from a proximal end of the airway device to the mask portion. The channel portion may include first and second channels, wherein the second channel may obliquely merge with the first channel proximate to an opening of the first channel. In an exemplary embodiment, a third channel may form a combined pharyngeal-gastric access channel.
US10441734B2	Inhaler An inhaler comprising a source of inhalable composition. An outlet flow path is provided for the composition from the source to a composition outlet at an outlet end of the inhaler. Means are provided to generate a flow of composition from the source along the outlet flow path and out of the composition outlet when suction is applied to the outlet end. A pair of air outlets at the outlet end are arranged on opposite sides of the composition outlet through which air is drawn in respective air jets when suction is applied to the outlet end. The composition and air outlets are arranged such that, in use, the pair of air jets impinge on the composition plume.
US10441733B2	Powder dispersion devices and methods A dry powder inhaler may include a powder storage, an inlet channel, a dispersion chamber, and an outlet channel. A geometry of the inhaler may be such that a flow profile is generated within the dispersion chamber that causes an actuator to oscillate, enabling the actuator when oscillating to deaggregate powdered medicament within the dispersion chamber to be aerosolized and entrained by the air and delivered to a patient through the outlet channel.
US10441729B2	Autoinjector with selectable release mode An injection device for administering a liquid medicament includes a generally elongate housing, a syringe holder in which a syringe can be placed, said syringe containing a medication, a stop and a needle on the distal area thereof, a needle protection housing which is arranged so it can be moved axially on the housing and which protrudes at a certain distance from the distal end of the housing.
US10441728B2	Needle safety device and drug delivery device The invention refers to a needle safety device (1) comprising a needle cap (5) arranged to cover and protect a needle (4), a needle shield (6) relatively movable with respect to a drug delivery device (2) to cover and protect the needle (4) and a needle cap remover (7). The needle cap remover (7) has an outer part (8) adapted to be arranged to the needle shield (6) and an inner part (9) adapted to carry the needle cap (5), wherein the outer part (8) comprises a front end (10) having an opening (11) which at its edge exhibits a projection (12) directed inwards adapted to catch a front projection (13) of the inner part (9) and the inner part (9) comprises a back end (14) having a grip member (15) adapted to grip a back end (16) of the needle cap (5).
US10441724B2	Drive mechanism for a delivery device A drive mechanism for a delivery device is presented. The drive mechanism comprises a housing (24) and a piston rod (6) having a longitudinal axis (x) and a piston rod feature (17). The drive mechanism further comprises a drive member (1) being movable with respect to the housing (24). The drive member (1) comprises a drive feature (15). The drive feature (15) is selectively engageable with the piston rod feature (17) by the radial displacement of the drive member (1) with respect to the piston rod (6). When the drive member (1) is in the first position, the drive member (1) is disengaged from the piston rod (6), and when the drive member (1) is in the second position, the drive feature (15) is engaged with the piston rod feature (17). When the drive member (1) moves distally with respect to the housing (24), said distal movement is transferred to the piston rod (6) such that the piston rod (6) moves distally with respect to the housing (24).
US10441718B2	Device for the prevention of overdose by opiate and depressant users An automated wearable device measure physiological signals, and when parameters which cause the wearer to be at risk are measured, the device delivers an antidote for a given medical condition. This prevents overdose or medical conditions from occurring.
US10441714B2	Protective case for an auto-injector The application describes a protective case for an auto-injector. The medicament contained within these auto-injectors can be susceptible to degradation due to exposure to extreme temperatures and light. Thus, one embodiment of the protective case reduces the rate of heat transfer between the internal storage compartment of the case and the external atmosphere by including particularly configured vacuum chambers. Additionally, as auto-injectors become smaller, portability can be desirable. Thus, another embodiment of the protective case includes low-profile cases that allow the user to keep the auto-injector with them, e.g., by attaching the case to a common everyday item.
US10441712B2	Continuous infusion device A device (2) for continuous infusions has a housing (4) in which an infusion appliance seat (6) is provided for receiving an infusion appliance (18) with at least one container (22) that can be pressed empty by means of a ram (20), which infusion appliance seat (6) extends along a main axis of extent (AA) from a ram-side end (26) to an outlet-side end (28). The continuous infusion device (2) moreover has an actuator (30) for automatically emptying the infusion appliance (18), a drive (32) for moving a ram abutment/actuation element (24) of the actuator (30), and a control arrangement (72) by means of which a speed of advance of the actuator (30) is adjustable. Provision is made here that the main axis of extent (AA) of the infusion appliance seat (6) has a predetermined relief angle (W) in relation to a support plane (E) of the housing (4), and here the outlet-side end (28) is arranged above the ram-side end (26) of the infusion appliance seat (6).
US10441707B2	System and method for extracorporeal temperature control Improved systems and methods for extracorporeal blood temperature control and patient temperature control, e.g., for induced hypothermia and optional normothermia, may include or otherwise employ a heat exchanger for cooling/warming of a fluid, a thermal exchange module having fluidly isolated first and second volumes, and a fluid pump for circulating the fluid through the heat exchanger and the first volume of the thermal exchange module. A blood pump may be provided for the flow of blood through the second volume of the thermal exchange module, and a first controller may be provided for providing output signals for use in operation of the heat exchanger to selectively control thermal exchange between the fluid circulated through the first volume of the thermal exchange module and the blood flowed through the second volume of the thermal exchange module, thereby providing for selective cooling/warming of the blood. A multi lumen catheter may be utilized for the flow of blood from a patient vascular system to the second volume of the thermal exchange module, and for flow of blood from the second volume of the thermal exchange module back to the patient vascular system. The circulated fluid may be optionally circulated through a patient contact pad(s) for contact cooling/warming, wherein patient cooling/warming may be provided in a first mode via blood cooling/warming in the thermal exchange module, and patient cooling/warming may be provided in a second mode via thermal exchange by the contact pad(s).
US10441691B2	Fluid extraction device, applicator device and associated methods A device for removing fluid from a body, the device comprising an array of microneedles and a housing; the array of microneedles being disposed within the housing and the housing defining a chamber. The microneedles are moveable between a disengaged position and an engaged position where, in use in the engaged position, the microneedles penetrate the surface of a body. The chamber is adapted to surround the surface of the body through which the microneedles penetrate when in the engaged position. The chamber is configured for connection to a vacuum device such that negative pressure can be applied to the chamber.
US10441684B2	Monolithic composite orthopedic implants and associated methods Implementations described herein provide for junctionless monolithic composite implants and methods for manufacturing the same. The implant includes a monolithic composite body having a first region comprising a first metal alloy, a second region comprising a second metal alloy, and a transition region disposed between the first region and the second region formed from a bonded mixture of the first alloy and the second alloy. In one example, the transition region is a sintered mixture of the first alloy and the second alloy. In another example, the transition region is disposed at a region of minimum stress within the monolithic composite body under physiological loading conditions of the implant.
US10441678B2	Implant for tissue repair including chitosan Mono- and multi-layered implants include at least one porous layer made from a freeze dried aqueous solution containing chitosan, the solution having a pH of less than about 5.
US10441671B2	Disinfecting apparatus A disinfecting apparatus for cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing a wide variety of devices used by medical personnel, law enforcement and correctional facilities, body art establishments, and the like, comprises a top portion, an upper portion that includes a main tank, and a lower portion that includes a water pump and reservoir tank. The water pump conveys the disinfectant solution from the main tank through a filter to the piping system that delivers the disinfectant solution to the plurality of jets that dispense the disinfectant solution to the devices held on a removable holding device within the interior chamber. The devices are then further sanitized and sterilized by a blower and UV-C light exposure.
US10441669B2	Multifunctional chelators, complexes, and compositions thereof, and methods of using same Multifunctional chelators, metal complexes thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of making and use in diagnostic imaging and treatment of cellular disorders.
US10441643B2	Methods and materials for treating cancer This document provides methods and materials for treating cancer. For example, methods and materials for treating cancer using combinations of antigens are provided. For example, VSV vectors designed to express a GNAQ antigen, a TYRP1 antigen, and an N-RAS antigen can be used to reduce the number of cancer cells (e.g., uveal melanoma cells) within a mammal (e.g., a human). In some cases, VSV vectors designed to express a BRAF antigen, a TOPO-11a antigen, and a YB-I antigen can be used to reduce the number of cancer cells (e.g., skin melanoma cells) within a mammal (e.g., a human). The composition can comprise less than 50 separate nucleic acid molecules.
US10441639B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising plasminogen and uses thereof Pharmaceutical compositions comprising plasminogen or a biologically active variant thereof are disclosed. In an embodiment, the composition comprises a tonicity modifier, a bulking agent, and a stabilizing agent and has a pH of about 3.0 to about 10.0. In another embodiment, the composition contains an amount of particles in suspension equal to or greater than 10 μm which is lower than 6000 particles per 100 ml, and preferably lower than 2000 particles per 100 ml. Uses of these compositions as a medicament is contemplated. Various therapeutic uses of these pharmaceutical compositions is also contemplated.
US10441632B2	Anti-wrinkle and anti-aging cosmetic composition comprising green fluorescent protein-human epidermal growth factor fusion protein as effective component A method for treating wrinkle or aging on a skin of a subject includes applying to the skin a composition that includes a green fluorescent protein-human epidermal growth factor fusion protein as an effective component. Since the fusion protein has an excellent anti-oxidation activity and a high skin cell proliferation effect, it can be advantageously used as a raw material of functional cosmetics having excellent skin regeneration effect like improvement of skin wrinkles and skin whitening.
US10441630B2	Topical formulations and uses thereof Provided herein include formulations for topical administration, such as ophthalmic formulations, and methods of using such formulations. In some aspects and embodiments the formulations may include a polyoxyl lipid or fatty acid, and or a polyalkoxylated alcohol and may include nanomicelles. Also include methods of treating or preventing diseases or conditions, such as ocular diseases or conditions.
US10441626B2	Microparticles comprising GNRH made by PGSS A pharmaceutical formulation comprising a solid matrix of one or more biodegradable polymers, the solid matrix including a pharmaceutically active substance or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof distributed homogeneously or substantially homogeneously within the matrix; wherein the pharmaceutically active substance is, for example, a gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), a GnRH agonist or a GnRH antagonist.
US10441624B2	Application of dipeptide as ace enzyme activity inhibitor An application of dipeptide as an ACE enzyme activity inhibitor. Virtual screening is performed on 400 types of dipeptide based on ACE inhibiting effects thereof according to a detected ACE enzyme crystal structure by using self-developed software and adopting a molecular docking method, experiments are conducted to verify the ACE inhibitory activity of the dipeptide obtained by virtual screening, and it finds out that the dipeptide with the N terminal as cysteine has better ACE inhibitory activity.
US10441617B2	Breeding, production, processing and use of medical cannabis The invention provides compositions and methods for the breeding, production, processing and use of medical cannabis.
US10441608B2	Continuous methods for treating liquids and manufacturing certain constituents (e.g., nanoparticles) in liquids, apparatuses and nanoparticles and nanoparticle/liquid solution(s) resulting therefrom This invention relates generally to novel methods and novel devices for the continuous manufacture of nanoparticles, microparticles and nanoparticle/liquid solution(s). The nanoparticles (and/or micron-sized particles) comprise a variety of possible compositions, sizes and shapes. The particles (e.g., nanoparticles) are caused to be present (e.g., created and/or the liquid is predisposed to their presence (e.g., conditioned)) in a liquid (e.g., water) by, for example, preferably utilizing at least one adjustable plasma (e.g., created by at least one AC and/or DC power source), which plasma communicates with at least a portion of a surface of the liquid. At least one subsequent and/or substantially simultaneous adjustable electrochemical processing technique is also preferred. Multiple adjustable plasmas and/or adjustable electrochemical processing techniques are preferred. The continuous process causes at least one liquid to flow into, through and out of at least one trough member, such liquid being processed, conditioned and/or effected in said trough member(s). Results include constituents formed in the liquid including micron-sized particles and/or nanoparticles (e.g., metallic-based nanoparticles) of novel size, shape, composition, zeta potential and properties present in a liquid.
US10441581B2	Substituted pyrazolo[1,5-A]pyridine compounds as RET kinase inhibitors Provided herein are compounds of the Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein A, B, X1, X2, X3, X4, Ring D, E, Ra, Rb, n and m have the meanings given in the specification, which are inhibitors of RET kinase and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases which can be treated with a RET kinase inhibitor, including RET-associated diseases and disorders.
US10441580B2	Iloperidone for the treatment of schizophrenia Aspects of the invention relate generally to the treatment of schizophrenia in an individual and, more specifically, to the treatment of an individual with iloperidone, an iloperidone metabolite, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of preventing schizophrenic relapse in an individual diagnosed with schizophrenia, the method comprising: administering to the individual iloperidone, an iloperidone metabolite, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof at a daily dose between about 12 mg and about 16 mg following a period in which the individual's schizophrenia was stabilized.
US10441573B2	DBH inhibitors for treating memory loss The present invention relates to the use of DBH inhibitors (e.g., disulfiram and Nepicastat), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, for treating subjects with certain types of memory loss, for instance memory loss associated with a neurodegenerative disease, disorder, or condition, such as Alzheimer's Disease.
US10441569B2	Self-emulsifying formulations of DIM-related indoles Disclosed herein are self-emulsifying compositions and formulations of Diindolylmethane (“DIM”) and certain derivatives of DIM, their uses and methods of making. In particular, the disclosed compositions comprise a DIM-related indole as an active agent and a carrier, wherein the carrier comprises a solvent, one or more surfactants with an HLB of greater than 7, and one or more co-surfactants with an HLB equal to or less than 7. In certain aspects of the invention, the compositions disclosed herein show improved bioavailability.
US10441568B2	Nitroxide radicals for the treatment of diseases of the respiratory tract Cyclic nitroxide compounds including, but not limited to, compounds having the general formula I: wherein the dashed line and R1-R8 are as defined herein, are disclosed herein for use in treating diseases and disorders of the respiratory tract and/or respiratory tract remodeling.
US10441559B2	Method of treating neuropathic pain with a synergistic pharmaceutical composition comprising palmitoylethanolamide and L-acetylcarnitine A method of controlling the inflammatory and/or neuropatic pain of various origins by administering a pharmaceutical composition containing palmitoylethanolamide, to a human or animal patient. In particular, the present invention relates to the administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and L-acetylcarnitine (LAC), optionally in addition with an antioxidant compound, such as a polyphenol, alpha-lipoic acid, or L-acetylcysteine to a patient.
US10441554B2	Oral amphetamine composition In various embodiments, the present invention is directed to oral pharmaceutical compositions. For example, in some embodiments, the present invention is directed to taste-masked compositions. In some embodiments, the taste masked compositions comprise a highly water soluble drug such as amphetamine, e.g., in the form of a salt such as amphetamine sulfate. In various embodiments, the present invention is directed to taste-masked, orally disintegrating compositions.
US10441548B2	Aggregating microparticles for medical therapy The present invention is a surface treated drug-loaded solid (e.g., non-porous) microparticle that aggregates in vivo to form a consolidated larger particle for medical therapy. In one embodiment, the particles are used for ocular therapy. Processes for producing the surface treated microparticle and injectable formulations which include the surface treated microparticle are also provided. When used in the eye, long-term consistent intraocular delivery can be achieved without disrupting vision and minimizing undesirable inflammatory responses.
US10441541B2	Methods and compositions for treating osteoarthritis and promoting cartilage formation The invention provides methods and compositions for treating or inhibiting the development of osteoarthritis in a subject having osteoarthritis or at risk for developing osteoarthritis and for stimulating or increasing cartilage production or formation in a subject. The methods feature administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more agent from among adenosine, an adenosine receptor agonist, and an agent that upregulates or increases the amount of or the biological activity of adenosine, or an analog or derivative thereof. The adenosine receptor may be an A1, A2A, A2B and A3 adenosine receptor. The agent that upregulates or increases the amount of or the biological activity of adenosine may be dipyridamole or ticagrelor. The composition may be administered via intraarticular injection such as injection into the synovial fluid of a joint. The composition may be effective to reduce or inhibit degeneration or damage to cartilage or to stimulate or increase cartilage production or formation. The composition may be a liposomal composition or contain a liposome.
US10441534B2	Method for treating gynecological diseases The present invention relates generally to a combination for use in the treatment of gynaecological diseases and associated disabling symptoms thereof, in a subject in need thereof, said pharmaceutical combination for use comprising co-administering a suitable pharmaceutical composition for oral administration comprising a first progesterone receptor modulator and a pharmaceutical composition suitable for vaginal and/or intrauterine administration comprising a second progesterone receptor modulator.
US10441533B2	Ophthalmic compositions comprising polyether substituted polymers The present invention relates to ophthalmic solutions and devices comprising at least one water soluble polymer having a molecular weight of at least about 500,000 Daltons and comprising linear or branched polyether pendant groups having a molecular weight of at least about 300.
US10441530B2	Skin penetration enhancing systems for polar drugs The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and related methods for the topical administration of polar drugs. In a particular embodiment, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active pharmaceutical agent that is a polar drug, such as potassium 2,5-dihydroxybenzenesulfonate, at least one occlusive agent, and at least one stabilizer.
US10441528B2	Devices, formulations, and methods for delivery of multiple beneficial agents The present invention relates to osmotic delivery devices, formulations, and methods for delivery of two or more beneficial agents. In one aspect, the present invention provides osmotic delivery devices useful for substantially concurrent administration of two or more beneficial agents. In another aspect, the present invention provides beneficial agent formulations for use in the osmotic delivery devices. The formulations include formulations wherein beneficial agents are soluble in the vehicle, suspension formulations comprising particle formulations of one or more beneficial agent, and combinations thereof. Further, methods for treatment of a variety of diseases or conditions using two or more beneficial agents are disclosed, wherein the methods are preferably practiced using the osmotic delivery devices and/or formulations of the invention.
US10441521B2	Method for straightening, conditioning and colouring hair, especially hair with substantial curl A method for straightening and dyeing keratinous fibers includes the following steps: A) treating the fibers with a straightening agent (G), B) treating the fibers with a conditioner (K), and C) treating the fibers with a coloring agent (F). The straightening composition (G) includes at least one alkalizing agent selected from sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, and/or guanidinium hydroxide, the conditioner (K) and/or the coloring agent (F) include(s) at least one reducing agent selected from thiolactic acid, thioglycolic acid, cysteine, sodium sulfide, sodium sulfite, sodium thiosulfate, sodium dithionite, and/or cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, and the coloring agent (F) includes at least one direct acid dye.
US10441518B2	Compositions for treating the hair The disclosure relates to compositions for treating keratinous substrates, such as the hair, comprising 3-butoxypropylamine and at least one carboxylic acid, as well as systems and methods for treating keratinous substrates with the compositions.

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