Document	Document Title
US10521495B2	Authenticated access to accredited testing services A service control system controls access to secured online testing services, such as accredited or standardized tests, examinations in educational courses, tutoring services, and continuing professional development courses or seminars. The secured services may be published by an educational publishing platform and made available to users through online configured browser applications executing on the users' devices. Based on access conditions associated with a secured testing service and the capturing and processing of one or more images, the service control system determines how users are authorized to access the services. When users have been authorized to access a service or a subset of the service, the service may be distributed through the browser applications executing on the users' devices.
US10521489B2	Machine learning to predict numerical outcomes in a matrix-defined problem space Systems and methods for predicting feature values in a matrix are disclosed. In example embodiments, a server accesses a matrix, the matrix having multiple dimensions, one dimension of the matrix representing features, and one dimension of the matrix representing entities. The server separates the matrix into multiple submatrices along a first dimension, each submatrix including all cells in the matrix for a set of values in the first dimension. The server provides the multiple submatrices to multiple machines. The server computes, using each machine, a correlation between values in at least one second dimension of the matrix and a value for a preselected feature in the matrix, the correlation being used to predict the value for the preselected feature based on other values along the at least one second dimension. The server provides an output representing the computed correlation.
US10521483B2	Ranking test framework for search results on an online social network In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a first set of scored results received from a client system of a first user, the first set of scored results including: one or more results, each having a rank with respect to the other results, generated by a first search algorithm, and one or more scores inputted by the first user corresponding to the results. The method includes calculating a discounted cumulative gain for each scored result based on the rank and score of the result. The method includes generating a second search algorithm based on the calculated gains and the first search algorithm, the second search algorithm including a modification of the first search algorithm to improve the ranking of results, and, if a quality metric of the second search algorithm is higher than a quality metric of the first, substituting the second search algorithm for the first.
US10521478B2	Relationship detection within biometric match results candidates Systems and methods for enhancing confidence in a biometric search result include submitting one or more biometric samples to a biometric search engine. In response to the one or more submitted biometric samples, a plurality of candidates identified as potentially associated with the one or more submitted biometric samples is received from the biometric search engine. Each identified candidate has associated biographic information. The biographic information associated with each identified candidate is submitted to a relationship detection engine. In response to the submitted biographic information, an identified relationship between at least one of the identified candidates and one or more other individuals is received from the relationship detection engine.
US10521477B1	Optimized location identification Disclosed are various embodiments for optimizing location searches using geohash codes. A common prefix for a plurality of geohash codes associated with a respective one of a plurality of bounding boxes is identified, wherein each of the plurality of bounding boxes represents a geographic area. A location identifier from another computing device is received. A geohash code based at least in part on the location identifier is identified. The geohash code is then compared with the common prefix for each of the plurality of bounding boxes. Next, a list of common prefixes that match the geohash code. A list of respective geographic areas is returned to the other computing device based at least in part on the list of common prefixes.
US10521476B2	Dynamically updatable offline grammar model for resource-constrained offline device An offline semantic processor of a resource-constrained voice-enabled device such as a mobile device utilizes an offline grammar model with reduced resource requirements to parse voice-based queries received by the device. The offline grammar model may be generated from a larger and more comprehensive grammar model used by an online voice-based query processor, and the generation of the offline grammar model may be based upon query usage data collected from one or more users to enable a subset of more popular voice-based queries from the online grammar model to be incorporated into the offline grammar model. In addition, such a device may collect query usage data and upload such data to an online service to enable an updated offline grammar model to be generated and downloaded back to the device and thereby enable a dynamic update of the offline grammar model to be performed.
US10521473B2	Shortest path computation in large networks Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for determining the shortest distance between vertices in relatively large graphs. In an embodiment a method includes identifying an original graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, identifying a plurality of hub nodes from within the original graph, creating a hub matrix comprising the plurality of hub nodes and the shortest distance between the plurality of hub nodes, and determining a shortest distance between the at least two nodes using the original graph and/or the hub matrix.
US10521470B1	Methods for using extracted features to perform an action associated with selected identified image Methods and systems to perform methods comprising receiving, at a computer system from a first electronic device a first electronic media work; extracting one or more features therefrom; determining that at least a portion of the first electronic media work corresponds to a first reference media work based on a matching of the extracted features against a database of reference features; receiving, from a second electronic device, a query related to the first electronic media work; linking the query to action information in an action database based upon determining that at least a portion of the first electronic media work corresponds to the first reference media work; generating machine-readable instructions associated with the action to be performed based at least in part on the linking of the query to the action information; transmitting, to the second electronic device, the machine-readable instructions; and logging an event associated with the machine-readable instructions.
US10521467B2	Using cinematic techniques to present data The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using cinematic techniques to present data. Embodiments of the invention can be used to infer and generate cinematic techniques or combinations thereof based on a model and user action. Cinematic techniques can be used to meet the data exploration and analysis requirements of a user. As such, embodiments of the invention permit users (including non-programmers) to employ cinematic techniques (possibly in combination with other techniques) to gain insights into their data and also convey appropriate emotional messages.
US10521461B2	System and method for augmenting a search query System and method for augmenting a search query by identifying at least one visual element suggestion for the search query is disclosed.
US10521458B1	Efficient data clustering A data processing technique includes: accessing a matrix (M) representing a graph; wherein: the graph comprises a plurality of nodes to be clustered and a plurality of edges; an edge in the plurality of edges represents an association between two of the plurality of nodes; and an entry of the matrix has a corresponding edge among the plurality of edges. The technique further includes performing an operation on the matrix to generate a result matrix, the operation includes a multiplication function on the matrix; and identifying one or more clusters among the plurality of nodes, based at least in part on the result matrix, including detecting one or more vertices among the plurality of nodes using the result matrix.
US10521457B2	Subject matter expert knowledge mapping using dynamic clustering The example embodiments are directed to a system and method that applies knowledge developed by a subject matter expert with respect to a physical asset. In one example, the method includes receiving knowledge and issue resolution information developed of subject matter experts in association with historical issues for an asset, generating a plurality of data clusters for the asset based on the knowledge, wherein each historical issue of the asset is mapped to a cluster and includes a plurality of resolutions for the issue, receiving a new issue and new issue information, and processing the new issue by extracting keywords from the new issue information and assigning the new issue to a data cluster from among the plurality of data clusters based on the extracted keywords, and outputting, to a display, a cause of the new issue and potential solutions for the new issue.
US10521454B2	Reorganization of partition by growth space with LOB columns Systems and methods are provided for reorganizing a partition-by-growth database with LOB columns. An example method includes creating a partition assignment table by performing a logical reorganization of the partition-by-growth database, wherein an assignment of at least one base table row and its corresponding LOB in the partition assignment table differs from a current assignment of the at least one base table row. The method also includes performing a base table reorganization based on the partition assignment table in parallel with a LOB auxiliary table reorganization based on the partition assignment table and a LOB dataset assignment table. The method may also include applying changes to the reorganized base tables and the reorganized LOB auxiliary tables using the partition assignment table.
US10521449B1	Cross-region replication architecture One or more computing nodes located in a first region may maintain a first collection of data items. A second set of one or more computing nodes in a second region may maintain a collection of data items that is at least a partial replica of the first collection. Notifications of changes to the first collection may be transmitted, via a broadcast communications channel, to a replication module, which may be included in a client application. The replication module may transmit requests to update the second collection of data based on changes to the first collection. Conflicts may be resolved through a last-write wins policy.
US10521446B2	System and method for dynamically refactoring business data objects A system and method for the dynamic refactoring of business data object classes is provided. The system may comprise a refactoring engine configured to interact with a business process management (BPM) environment. The refactoring engine may retrieve a business data object from the BPM environment. The business data object may include various object linkages, such as object attachments, object assignments, and a business data object audit history. Based on a second business data object class, the refactoring engine may refactor the business data object and the various object linkages.
US10521445B2	System for visually exploring coordinated relationships in data A method of visualizing relationship data is illustrated. The method includes receiving relationship data comprising a first type of entities, a second type of entities, and data representative of relationships between an entity of the first type and an entity of the second type, generating, based on the data representative of relationships, a bicluster connecting the entity of the first type to the entity of the second type, and generating a visualization based on the bicluster generated, wherein the visualization includes a first column representative of the first type of entities, and a second column representative of the second type of entities, wherein each row of the visualization corresponds to the generated bicluster.
US10521443B2	Systems and methods for maintaining a time series of data points The systems and methods described herein can maintain time series of data points. The system can access at least one of a plurality of electronic activities transmitted or received via electronic accounts of one or more data source providers or a plurality of record objects of one or more systems of record of the one or more data source providers; maintain an association between each electronic activity or record object and a timestamp corresponding to when the electronic activity was sent or received by an or when the record object was last updated; maintain a plurality of node profiles; and generate, for a particular time, a confidence score of a value of a field-value pair of a node profile only using the data of the plurality of electronic activities or the plurality of record objects that correspond to the value and have a corresponding timestamp prior to or contemporaneous with the particular time.
US10521439B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program for data mining One or more data mining processes may be executed based on control parameters to discover a plurality of result patterns in a data set. The discovered result patterns are presented to a user. Information on one or more selected result patterns, where the selection involves the user's subjective interest, is received. The control parameters are automatically updated based on the received information on the selected result patterns.
US10521437B2	Resource portfolio processing method, device, apparatus and computer storage medium The invention provides a resource portfolio processing method, device, apparatus, and computer storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring search popularity ratings to which respective network resources belong, based on search volume data of the respective network resources in a network resource portfolio; evaluating the portfolio value of the network resource portfolio to obtain an evaluation result, based on the search popularity ratings to which the respective network resources belong; determining whether or not the network resource portfolio needs to be adjusted based on the evaluation result. The technical solutions of the invention solves the problem of how to determine whether it is necessary to adjust a network resource portfolio so as to facilitate the timely adjustment of the network resource portfolio and give full play to the advantages of network resources.
US10521435B2	Scaling dynamic authority-based search using materialized subgraphs A method that includes generating, in a query pre-processor, a set of pre-computed materialized sub-graphs by executing a pre-processing dynamic random-walk based search for a bin of terms. The method also includes receiving, in a query processor, a search query having at least one search query term. In response to receiving the search query, the method includes accessing the set of pre-computed materialized sub-graphs. The accessing includes accessing a text index based on the search query term to retrieve a corresponding term group identifier and accessing the corresponding pre-computed materialized sub-graph based on the term group identifier. The method also includes executing a dynamic random-walk based search on only the corresponding pre-computed materialized sub-graph and based on the executing, retrieving nodes in the dataset and transmitting the nodes as results of the query.
US10521424B1	Educational learning searching using personalized relevance scoring A system for educational learning searching includes an input interface and a processor. The input interface is configured to receive a request to search for educational information. The processor is configured to determine a first set of search results from one or more real-time sources; determine a second set of search results from one or more static sources; determine a combined set of search results based at least in part on the first set of search results and the second set of search results; and provide the combined set of search results, wherein the combined set of search results is sorted based at least in part on personalized relevance scoring.
US10521420B2	Analyzing search queries to determine a user affinity and filter search results According to embodiments of the present invention, machines, systems, computer-implemented methods and computer program products for retrieving information pertaining to an affinity of a user are provided. In some embodiments, a search query is received from a user. The search query is analyzed to determine a bias of the user. The social media activity of the user is evaluated to determine affinity indicators for the user. Prior searches and selection of search results by the user is evaluated to detect patterns of the user. An affinity of the user is determined based on the bias, affinity indicators, and patterns. Initial search results are generated that satisfy the search query, and the initial search results are filtered based on the determined affinity of the user to produce search results in accordance with the determined affinity of the user.
US10521419B1	Identifying an issue associated with data A data intelligence platform may include a role-based workbench component configured to control access to or use of the data intelligence platform to identify an issue associated with data associated with an organization. The data intelligence platform may include a data intelligence component configured to: process the data to identify the issue related to the data, or perform a set of actions related to fixing the issue related to the data based on a result of processing the data. The data intelligence platform may include a data management component configured to facilitate access to a corpus component or to a source of the data. The data intelligence platform may include the corpus component configured to facilitate processing of the data to identify the issue or to perform the set of actions.
US10521416B2	Incrementally retrieving data for objects to provide a desired level of detail A computer-implemented method is provided, for retrieving data and metadata according to a data harvesting criteria into an indexed repository, comprising providing a user interface allowing a user to define data harvesting criteria for adjusting a subset of data and metadata on an indexed repository. Responsive to a user utilizing the user interface by defining the data harvesting criteria, the subset of data and metadata on the indexed repository is adjusted according to the data harvesting criteria.
US10521401B2	Data object lockdown One or more techniques and/or computing devices are provided for data object retention. For example, a data retention policy may specify that files of a volume are to be locked down for a lockdown retention period (e.g., locked into a read only state for 4 months) when such files are not changed within an auto commit time period (e.g., files not changed within 13 hours). Waiting for a data scanner to evaluate files for lockdown may result in files violating the data retention policy until the data scanner evaluates such files. Accordingly, a file may be considered to be in the locked down state (e.g., instantaneous lockdown), such that commands to modify or delete the file are blocked, based upon a difference between a current time of an internal compliance clock and a current value of a data object change field exceeding the auto commit time period.
US10521400B1	Data reduction reporting in storage systems Methods and apparatus are provided for reporting space savings due to data reduction in storage systems. An exemplary method comprises establishing a leaf pointer for a plurality of allocation units of data in a storage system; for at least a first allocation unit of data matching a second allocation unit of data, replacing the leaf pointer for the first allocation unit with a deduplication pointer to the leaf pointer of the second allocation unit; determining a total number of pointers as a sum of a number of the leaf pointers and a number of the deduplication pointers; determining a difference between the total number of pointers and the number of leaf pointers; and providing a data reduction attributed to deduplication based on the difference. The allocation units of data are optionally also compressed. Data reduction attributed to the compression can optionally be determined independent of the data reduction attributed to the deduplication.
US10521393B2	Remote direct memory access (RDMA) high performance producer-consumer message processing A method, system and computer program product for remote direct memory access (RDMA) optimized producer-consumer message processing in a messaging hub is provided. The method includes initializing a shared memory region in memory of a host server hosting operation of a messaging hub. The initialization provides for a control portion and one or more data portions, the control portion storing an index to an available one of the data portions. The method also includes transmitting to a message producer an address of the shared memory region and receiving a message in one of the data portions of the shared memory region from the message producer by way of an RDMA write operation on a network interface of the host server. Finally, the method includes retrieving the message from the one of the data portions and processing the message in the messaging hub in response to the receipt of the message.
US10521387B2	NAND switch In a memory system, a switch is connected between a controller and multiple non-volatile storage units, where the switch comprises first and second pins, a data bus, and a plurality of enable outputs. Each of the enable outputs of the switch is connected to an enable input of one of the non-volatile storage units. The switch is configured to transmit a signal to enable a communication path between the controller and one of the non-volatile storage units and to receive data over the data bus to be stored in one of the non-volatile storage units when the first and second pins are not asserted. In addition, the switch is configured to receive a command to be executed by one of the non-volatile storage units when the first pin is not asserted and the second pin is asserted. The switch is also configured to receive an address of a storage location within one of the non-volatile storage units when the first pin is asserted and the second pin is not asserted.
US10521385B2	Inter-device digital audio A method for reconfiguring a bus device from a first configuration into a second configuration, wherein the second configuration is not visible to, and is not selectable by, an unauthorized host device that connects to the bus device through a peripheral port of the bus device is described. In the bus device, a received message transmitted by the authorized host device through the peripheral port of the bus device to which the authorized host device is connected is parsed and an instruction to reconfigure the bus device from the first configuration into the second configuration is detected. Responsive to detecting the instruction, a daemon signals reconfiguration of the bus device into the second configuration, and responsive to the daemon signaling, the bus device is reconfigured into the second configuration. Other embodiments are also described.
US10521372B2	Electronic device and method for controlling same Electronic devices according to various embodiments of the present invention comprise: a connector for communicating serial data to an external electronic device; a nonvolatile memory; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: acquire identification information of the external electronic device via the connector; confirm whether or not a designated mode of the external electronic device is supported at least on the basis of the identification information; based on the identification that the external electronic device supports the designated mode, acquire first additional information associated with the external electronic device; based on the identification that the external electronic device does not support the designated mode, acquire second additional information associated with the external electronic device; and store the identification information or at least a part of the second additional information in the nonvolatile memory.
US10521353B2	Data storage device and operating method thereof A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller configured to control an operation of the nonvolatile memory device. The controller includes an RAM in which a category table that categories with respect to LBAs are defined and a read voltage table that read voltages with respect to the categories are set are stored and a controller configured to, when a read request and an LBA to be read are received from a host apparatus, determine a category corresponding to the LBA with reference to the category table and perform a read operation on a read-requested memory cell of the nonvolatile memory device by applying a read voltage corresponding to the determined category to the memory cell with reference to the read voltage table.
US10521351B2	Temporarily suppressing processing of a restrained storage operand request Processing of a storage operand request identified as restrained is selectively, temporarily suppressed. The processing includes determining whether a storage operand request to a common storage location shared by multiple processing units of a computing environment is restrained, and based on determining that the storage operand request is restrained, then temporarily suppressing requesting access to the common storage location pursuant to the storage operand request. The processing unit performing the processing may proceed with processing of the restrained storage operand request, without performing the suppressing, where the processing can be accomplished using cache private to the processing unit. Otherwise the suppressing may continue until an instruction, or operation of an instruction, associated with the storage operand request is next to complete.
US10521338B2	Method, system and device for memory device operation Disclosed are methods, systems and devices for operation of memory device. In one aspect, bit positions of a portion of a memory array may be placed in a first value state. Values to be written to the bit positions may be determined subsequent to placement of the bit positions in the first value state. Values at selected ones of the bit positions may then be changed from the first value state to a second value state while maintaining remaining unselected ones of the bit positions in the first value state so that the bit positions store or represent the values determined to be written to the bit positions.
US10521317B1	Compressing data to be replicated utilizing a compression method selected based on network behavior An apparatus comprises a first storage system comprising a plurality of storage devices. The first storage system is configured to participate in a replication process with a second storage system. The first storage system is further configured to identify data to be replicated to the second storage system as part of the replication process, to obtain information characterizing network behavior of at least one network connecting the first storage system to the second storage system, to select a compression method from a set of available compression methods based on the obtained information characterizing the network behavior of said at least one network, to compress the data to be replicated to the second storage system utilizing the selected compression method, and to provide the compressed data to the second storage system.
US10521315B2	High availability handling network segmentation in a cluster A system and method for responding to a virtual machine (VM) network failure for a host in a network partition in a high availability (HA) cluster. The method includes providing a plurality of network partition response options; and receiving a selection of a first network partition response option from the plurality of network partition response options, the selected first network partition response option causing a processor to transfer execution of a VM on the host to a second host that has VM network connectivity upon detecting a VM network failure for the host.
US10521314B2	Cross-referenced irregular field storage in databases Improved database consistency and consistency checking may be provided by cross-referenced split data storage for irregular fields using auxiliary pointers. A fixed-size memory slot may be allocated to a database table in a database system, where the fixed-size memory slot has an address. A variable-size memory slot may be allocated to the database table, where the variable-size memory slot has a different address. For an irregular field in the database table, one or more properties of the irregular field may be stored in the fixed-size memory slot. The one or more properties may include a first pointer which may have the address of the variable-size memory slot. For the irregular field in the database table, at least a portion of data of the irregular field and a second pointer, which may have the address of the fixed-size memory slot, may be stored in the variable-size memory slot.
US10521312B1	Downtime management during database instance patching A system for updating a database instance with a patch or new binary image. A database instance includes a database engine and a client-side storage layer driver to manage database state information and volume geometry state information associated with client process connections to a volume of a storage layer of a database system during the patching process. The database engine and the client-side storage service driver save database state information and volume geometry state information, execute the new binary image, and restore the updated database engine with the database state information and volume geometry state information. The new binary image may be executed using a fork/exec model, wherein file descriptors used to identify sockets used in existing client connections are preserved, enabling restoration of the client connections without interruption or downtime.
US10521311B1	Prioritized leadership for data replication groups Data replication groups may be used to store data in a distributed computing environment. A data replication group may include a set of nodes executing a consensus protocol to maintain data durably. In order to increase efficiency and performance of the data replication group leadership and/or fitness information may be determined for each node of the set of nodes executing the consensus protocol. The fitness information may be based at least in part on information associated with computing resource in the distributed computing environment and one or more constraints on assignment of a role of master node in the data replication group. The master node may be responsible for advancing the data replication group.
US10521302B1	Managing mapped raid extents in data storage systems A technique for use in managing mapped RAID extents is disclosed. A neighborhood matrix denoting a distribution of neighboring physical storage portions across the N physical storage devices of the pool is created and initialized. A disk extent consumed array denoting a disk consumption metric is created and initialized. Disks in an extent pool are analyzed to identify a least consumed disk in the extent pool and a disk extent is allocated from the identified disk. The allocated disk extent is configured as a first disk extent for a first RAID extent. The neighborhood matrix and disk extent consumed array are updated appropriately. All the disks in the extent pool are analyzed to identify a valid disk extent that will result in the lowest variance value in the neighborhood matrix. The identified valid disk extent is allocated and the neighborhood matrix and disk extent consumed array are again updated.
US10521296B2	Performing an additional decoding operation on an identified set of bits of a data block A data block may be identified. A first decoding operation may be performed on the data block. An unsuccessful correction of an error of the data block associated with the first decoding operation may be determined. A set of bits of the data block that caused the unsuccessful correction of the error of the data block may be identified. In response to identifying the set of bits of the data block that is associated with the unsuccessful correction of the error, a second decoding operation on the set of bits of the data block may be performed. The second decoding operation may be different than the first decoding operation.
US10521294B2	Patrol scrub periods based on power status In one implementation, a memory module with on-die error correction code (ECC) with scrub operation capabilities and a programmable patrol scrub period is coupled to a memory controller that causes error correction operations to perform based on a power status of an energy storage device.
US10521287B2	Background reads to condition programmed semiconductor memory cells Method and apparatus for managing data in a semiconductor memory, such as but not limited to a three dimensional (3D) NAND flash memory array. In some embodiments, the memory has non-volatile memory cells arranged into addressable blocks. Each memory cell is configured to store multiple bits. A program/read control circuit programs data sets to and reads data sets from the memory cells in the addressable blocks to service a sequence of host access commands. The circuit concurrently performs background reads in conjunction with the servicing of the host access commands. The background reads result in the reading of a different data set from each of the addressable blocks over each of a succession of time intervals of selected duration. The background reads condition the memory cells prior to a first read operation associated with the host access commands.
US10521272B1	Testing in grid computing systems Techniques are disclosed for testing applications and systems used to provide a high performance computing (HPC) system, such as a cluster or grid. A grid computing system is tested using a “shadow mode” approach, where information regarding a parallel computing job launched on a first instance of a computing grid is recorded, stored, and used to replay the parallel computing job on a second instance of the computing grid. For example, the parallel computing job may be executed using a production build of grid applications and replayed on a candidate build of grid applications. Output from executing the parallel computing job is also captured in order to provide a reference result which may be compared with candidate results generated by replaying the parallel computing job. The parallel computing job may specify a set of inputs and execution logic along with any other requirements or dependencies needed to accurately replay the parallel computing job.
US10521253B2	Framework for automated globalization enablement on development operations Techniques provide a framework for dynamic globalization enablement for an application during software development. A globalization development operation information system (GDOIS) retrieves source code for the application, which is assigned to support specified globalization features. The GDOIS evaluates the source code for each of the plurality of specified globalization features. Upon determining that the source code does not include at least a first specified globalization feature, the GDOIS identifies an application programming interface (API) associated with the feature. The GDOIS inserts source code associated with the API into the source code for the application.
US10521249B1	Gesture Fingerprinting Various implementations related to gesture fingerprinting are described. In one such implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving input from a user entered via an input device; determining a gesture and one or more attributes associated with the gesture based on the input; matching the gesture to a gesture model for the user using the one or more attributes; and optimizing the gesture model based on subsequent input received from the user.
US10521248B2	Electronic device and method thereof for managing applications A method for managing applications of an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a graphical representation of at least one second application within a graphical representation of a first application, detecting a user input on at least one portion of the graphical representation of the at least one second application displayed in the at least one background portion of the graphical representation of the first application, and performing at least one action on the at least one second application based on the user input while accessing the first application.
US10521246B1	Application programming interface endpoint analysis and modification In an example, a computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to access an application programming interface (API) endpoint, log the access of the API endpoint in an API usage log, analyze the API usage log to determine characteristics associated with the API endpoint, de-parameterize the API endpoint according to the analysis of the API usage log to generate a modified API endpoint, generate a mapping of the modified API endpoint to the API endpoint, and implement the modified API endpoint in a software application.
US10521235B1	Determining problem dependencies in application dependency discovery, reporting, and management tool Techniques for monitoring operating statuses of an application and its dependencies are provided. A monitoring application may collect and report the operating status of the monitored application and each dependency. Through use of existing monitoring interfaces, the monitoring application can collect operating status without requiring modification of the underlying monitored application or dependencies. The monitoring application may determine a problem service that is a root cause of an unhealthy state of the monitored application. Dependency analyzer and discovery crawler techniques may automatically configure and update the monitoring application. Machine learning techniques may be used to determine patterns of performance based on system state information associated with performance events and provide health reports relative to a baseline status of the monitored application. Also provided are techniques for testing a response of the monitored application through modifications to API calls. Such tests may be used to train the machine learning model.
US10521232B2	Data processing apparatus and method for processing a SIMD instruction specifying a control value having a first portion identifying a selected data size and a second portion identifying at least one control parameter having a number of bits that varies in dependence on a number of bits comprised by the first portion A data processing apparatus comprises a processing circuit and instruction decoder. A bitfield manipulation instruction controls the processing apparatus to generate at least one result data element from corresponding first and second source data elements. Each result data element includes a portion corresponding to a bitfield of the corresponding first source data element. Bits of the result data element that are more significant than the inserted bitfield have a prefix value that is selected, based on a control value specified by the instruction, as one of a first prefix value having a zero value, a second prefix value having the value of a portion of the corresponding second source data element, and a third prefix value corresponding to a sign extension of the bitfield of the first source data element.
US10521228B2	Data read-write scheduler and reservation station for vector operations The present disclosure provides a data read-write scheduler and a reservation station for vector operations. The data read-write scheduler suspends the instruction execution by providing a read instruction cache module and a write instruction cache module and detecting conflict instructions based on the two modules. After the time is satisfied, instructions are re-executed, thereby solving the read-after-write conflict and the write-after-read conflict between instructions and guaranteeing that correct data are provided to a vector operations component. Therefore, the subject disclosure has more values for promotion and application.
US10521220B1	Systems and methods for coordinating the deployment of components to defined user groups Systems and methods are provided for coordinating the deployment of frontend assets to defined user groups. Individual groups of users may be assigned to a track comprising a set of frontend assets. Each set of frontend assets may comprise each of the individual components required to generate an entire frontend for an application. In some embodiments, different versions of a single component may be assigned within different tracks. As such, one set of users may be provided a first version of an application and a second set of users may be provided a second version of that application. By associating a new or updated version of a component to a given track, a new or updated version of a component not yet ready for widespread deployment may be provided to only a limited number of users.
US10521213B2	Technique for efficiently upgrading software in a video content network At a carousel origin server, an indication is obtained that at least one of a plurality of consumer premises equipment connected to a video content network requires a software upgrade. Responsive to obtaining the indication, the carousel origin server loads onto a carousel at least one image required for the software upgrade. The at least one image required for the software upgrade is broadcast from the carousel to the at least one of the plurality of consumer premises equipment, for a predetermined period. Subsequent to the predetermined period, the at least one image required for the software upgrade is removed from the carousel.
US10521205B2	Hostable compiler utilizing type information from a host application A hostable compiler interacts with a host application to enable the host application to execute program code supported by the hostable compiler. The host application and the hostable compiler exchange data through an interface that allows the hostable compiler to receive type information pertaining to data elements used applications executing within the host application process. This type information may then be used by the hostable compiler in the compilation of source code to infer a type for data elements used in the source code that are not declared yet associated with a value of an expression used in an application executed within the host application process.
US10521201B2	Information processing apparatus and method A memory holds a code pattern, a first template indicating a format of a program which defines that a system performs certain processing in response to a processing request, and a second template indicating a format of a program which sends the processing request to the system via a network. A processor generates, by acquiring a first program, detecting a first code matching the code pattern in the first program, and using the first code and the first template, a second program which defines that the system performs processing corresponding to the first code. The processor generates, by detecting a second code dependent on the first code in the first program and using the second code and the second template, a third program to be executed by another system different from the system.
US10521198B2	Dynamic preview of database-populated web pages Disclosed embodiments relate to previewing dynamic web pages via an online editor interface. Operations include storing a plurality of data elements for display on a plurality of web pages; storing instructions for enabling organization of the data elements into a plurality of groups; providing instructions to a browser to display an interface for enabling a user to add data elements to the database, to associate each added data element with at least one of the plurality of groups, and to modify the at least one of front-end code and back-end code; executing instructions to generate the plurality of scrollable virtual web pages; and providing instructions to the browser to display a preview interface configured to display the plurality of scrollable virtual web pages.
US10521195B1	Guided definition of an application programming interface action for a workflow A computing system includes persistent storage configured to store definitions of actions for integration into workflows, and a software application configured to define an action that invokes a function of an application programming interface (API). The software application obtains a specification and identifies therein definitions of a uniform resource locator (URL) that addresses the API, the function, an input of the function, and an output of the function. The software application generates an input variable of the action that corresponds to the input of the function and an output variable of the action that corresponds to the output of the function. The software application determines a first mapping between the input variable and a URL parameter of the API and a second mapping between the output variable and a response from the API. The first and second mappings are stored in in the persistent storage to define the action.
US10521193B2	Monitoring system and monitoring method Provided is a monitoring system including an operation results acquisition unit that acquires time series data of each of a plurality of indexes that indicate operation results of a monitoring target; an overall index generation unit that produces time series data of an overall index by combining a plurality of index values at a same time point based on the time series data of each of the plurality of indexes; and a change point detection unit that analyzes the time series data of the overall index, and detects a point where a significant change appears in the overall index values, as a change point in a status of the monitoring target.
US10521192B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium An information processing apparatus connected to multiple devices and a server via a network includes a number-of-licenses acquiring unit, a display controller, and an installation controller. The number-of-licenses acquiring unit acquires, from the server, number-of-licenses information indicating the number of licenses, which is the number based on which a user is capable of using application software. The display controller performs control to display information indicating the application software and information indicating the devices in a form of a list. The installation controller performs control to install the application software into at least one of the devices when an operation for dragging and dropping the information indicating the application software onto the information indicating the at least one device is received from the user. The display controller performs the control to display information indicating the acquired number-of-licenses information adjacent to or over the information indicating the application software.
US10521187B2	Presenting visual information on a display For presenting visual information on a display, a processor determines to show visual information in response to an audible command from a user. The processor further identifies a display that is viewable by the user and accessible via communication hardware. In addition, the processor presents the visual information on the display via the communication hardware.
US10521182B2	Method and terminal for controlling grouping play of playing system The present disclosure provides a method and a terminal for controlling grouping play of a playing system. A playlist is set independently of a playing device group, and one or more playlists can be applied to one or more playing device groups according to actual needs. Add or removal of the playlist with regard to the playing device group can be achieved via operations on a graphic label of the playing device group and a graphic label of the playlist on a user interface of a terminal.
US10521177B2	User interface based on system-state information A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display (such as a cellular telephone) provides a wireless remote control for an entertainment device (such as a consumer-electronic device). Based on device-state information that specifies a current state of the entertainment device (which is received from an audio/video (A/V) hub that communicates with the entertainment device) and one or more related states of the entertainment device, the portable electronic device may generate a user interface that includes one or more virtual command icons. Note that the one or more related states are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states. Then, the portable electronic displays the user interface on the touch-sensitive display. In this way, the portable electronic device dynamically adapts the user interface.
US10521176B2	Integrated learning using multiple devices An access code can be generated by a primary device and interpreted by a secondary device for the purpose of presenting, on the secondary device, additional content related to an application running on the primary device. The access code can be a two dimensional graphic or QR code that can be easily captured by a camera unit of the secondary device. Once captured, additional content related to the running application can be identified and displayed on the secondary device.
US10521168B2	Encrypted document printing utilizing multiple networks In one example of the disclosure, an encrypted document and an encryption key for decrypting the encrypted document are received from a computer. Presence data for a printer is received via a first wireless network. A user instruction to print the encrypted document at the printer is received. A credential is received from the printer via the first wireless network, where the credential for communication with the printer via a second wireless network with greater bandwidth than the first wireless network. The encrypted document and the encryption key are sent to the printer, where the printer is to utilize the encryption key to decrypt the encrypted document and is to print the document following decryption.
US10521165B2	Communication apparatus and printer A communication apparatus includes a communication unit for executing a first communication mode in which wireless communication is performed with a terminal device via an external access point and a second communication mode in which the communication apparatus serves as a master station to directly and wirelessly communicate with the terminal device without using the external access point, and a control unit for controlling the communication unit. In the first communication mode, the communication unit can perform communication using a frequency band set by the control unit from a first frequency band and a second frequency band including a specific frequency band, and in the second communication mode, the communication unit can perform communication using the first frequency band and does not perform communication using the specific frequency band.
US10521163B2	Image forming apparatus, state controlling method for the apparatus, and image forming system An image forming apparatus includes a communication device that receives print data from an external information device; a storage device that stores the print data; an image forming unit that prints out the print data; and a control unit that performs control so as to select any of multiple power states at least including a quick response available state and a response available state. The control unit transmits the print data to an external image forming apparatus in response to a request from the external image forming apparatus, determines whether at least one external certain image forming apparatus is capable of communication if a power-off request is submitted in the quick response available state, and makes the transition to the response available state if the external certain image forming apparatus is not capable of communication.
US10521158B2	Memory system and operating method of the same A memory system includes: a memory device that includes a plurality of memory blocks each of which includes a plurality of pages that store data; and a controller suitable for performing command operations corresponding to a plurality of commands received from a host on the plurality of memory blocks, applying pass voltages to a dummy region of the memory device when the command operations are performed, detecting first parameters for the plurality of memory blocks based on the applied pass voltages, and copying and storing data stored in first memory blocks in second memory blocks among the plurality of memory blocks based on the first parameters.
US10521150B2	Data processing method and device for nonvolatile memory and storage medium The present disclosure provides a data processing method and a device for a nonvolatile memory and a storage medium. The data processing method comprises: performing a full erase operation on the nonvolatile memory if a full erase operation command is received, such that the nonvolatile memory enters an initial state, wherein the initial state refers to a state in which all operations performed on the nonvolatile memory are valid; in the initial state, storing a data if the data is written in the memory is detected, wherein the data comprises a flag information; detecting the flag information if a data readout command triggered by a user is received; and identifying that the nonvolatile memory is in a default state and prohibiting the user from reading the data stored in the nonvolatile memory if the flag information is detected as an unreadable flag information.
US10521148B2	Data storage device backup A Data Storage Device (DSD) includes a memory and a non-volatile storage. Data related to one or more write requests is received in a write buffer of the memory from a host to modify a file system volume stored in a file system volume area of the non-volatile storage. The data related to the one or more write requests is de-staged into the file system volume area in at least one block to be modified in the file system volume by the one or more write requests. The data related to the one or more write requests is compiled into a backup slice in a backup buffer of the memory, and de-staged into a backup archive area of the non-volatile storage.
US10521142B2	Flash memory controller A flash memory controller for controlling a flash memory module includes a communication interface for receiving a first data and a second data; and a processing circuit for dynamically controlling a data writing mode of the flash memory module according to an amount of stored data in the flash memory module. If the amount of stored data in the flash memory module is less than a first threshold when the communication interface receives the first data, the processing circuit controls the flash memory module so that the first data is written into the first data block under an one-bit-per-cell mode. If the amount of stored data in the flash memory module is greater than the first threshold when the communication interface receives the second data, the processing circuit controls the flash memory module so that the second data is written into the second data block under a two-bit-per-cell mode.
US10521138B2	Memory system and operating method for re-building map data according to operation logs A memory system including a nonvolatile memory device storing operation logs and map data; a volatile memory for temporarily storing the map data; and a controller flushing the map data from the volatile memory into the nonvolatile memory device by units of map data groups, and rebuilding the map data by selectively reading the map data by the units of map data groups from the nonvolatile memory device into the volatile memory according to the operation logs, wherein the operation logs indicate: locations of first and last pages to store the flushed map data; a start of an error management operation to a program error during the flushing of the map data; and a location of a last page storing normally flushed map data before an occurrence of the program error.
US10521136B2	Memory system and method for operating the same for increasing a read reclaim count value A memory system includes: a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks; and a controller suitable for selecting one or more first memory blocks based on a predetermined condition among the plurality of the memory blocks in a booting section, and increasing a read reclaim count value of one or more second memory blocks among the one or more first memory blocks for which a number of failed bits of read data exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US10521135B2	Data system with data flush mechanism A data storage system includes a head node and mass storage devices. The head node is configured to flush data stored in a storage of the head node, based at least in part on one or more triggers being met, from the storage of the head node to a set of the mass storage devices of the data storage system. The flushed data is written to a segment of free storage space across the set of the mass storage devices allocated for the given data flush operation. In some embodiments, a head node may flush both current version data and point-in-time version data to the set of mass storage devices. Also, the data storage system maintains an index that indicates storage locations of data for particular portions of a volume before and after the data is flushed to the set of mass storage devices.
US10521123B2	Additive library for data structures in a flash memory Systems and methods for managing data structures in a flash memory. A library is provided that supports read requests and write requests. The library allows reads and writes to be implemented without requiring the client to understand how the data structure is implemented in the flash memory.
US10521112B2	Layered clustered scale-out storage system A mega cluster storage system includes clusters of multiple storage modules. Each module is able to access a portion of the data within the mega cluster and serves as a proxy in order for another storage module to access the remaining portion of the data. A cluster is assigned to a unique cluster volume and all the data within the cluster volume is accessible by all of the modules within the cluster. Each host connection to the mega cluster is associated with a particular cluster volume. A module that receives a host I/O request determines whether the I/O request should be satisfied by a module within its own cluster or be satisfied by a module within a different cluster. The module may forward the I/O request to a module within a different cluster as indicated by a distribution data structure that is allocated and stored within each storage module.
US10521103B2	Display control device and display control method A display control device includes a touch panel and a controller. The controller includes a display section and a receiving section. The display section displays at least one object on the touch panel. The receiving section receives a slide operation on one of the at least one object. When the slide operation is received by the receiving section, the display section determines based on the slide operation a display range to be displayed on a transition-target screen corresponding to the one object and displays the display range on the touch panel.
US10521092B2	Methods and devices for adjusting chart magnification asymmetrically A method is performed at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display. The method includes displaying a chart on the display. The chart has a horizontal axis and a vertical axis. The horizontal axis includes first horizontal scale markers. The vertical axis includes first vertical scale markers. The method also includes detecting a first touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a location on the display of the chart. The method further includes, while detecting the first touch input: horizontally expanding a portion of the chart such that a distance between first horizontal scale markers increases; and maintaining a vertical scale of the chart such that a distance between first vertical scale markers remains the same.
US10521090B2	Dashboard generation based on user interaction Provided is a method for automatically identifying a long loading time for a user selection. An initial user input against a selection element for an application running on an electronic device is received. The initial user input is transmitted to a server for processing the initial user input. One or more additional user inputs are received after the server has begun processing the initial user input. Statistical analysis techniques are utilized to determine a selection attempt value. The selection attempt value is compared to a predetermined retry rate criteria. The selection attempt value is determined to satisfy a threshold. An action is performed in response to determining that the selection attempt value satisfies the threshold.
US10521084B2	Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface for viewing and managing electronic calendars In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display. The computer-implemented method includes displaying a multiweek calendar on the touch screen display, detecting a contact on an individual day in the multiweek calendar, and in response to detecting the contact on the individual day, displaying at least a portion of a list of events on the contacted individual day while continuing to display the multiweek calendar, wherein the list of events on the contacted individual day includes an invitation to an event.
US10521083B2	Object based browsing suitable for use in applications A method, system and computer program product for object based browsing suitable for use in various applications is provided. The method includes receiving one or more working lists. Thereafter, one or more rules corresponding to the one or more working lists are checked. One or more context menus for the one or more working lists are then dynamically generated based on the checking.
US10521078B2	Systems and methods for accelerating user interactions on touchscreen devices Disclosed systems and methods provide an integrated hypermedia engine (IHE) that monitors and predicts user activity on spawned document windows and spliced network management CLI/GUI sessions. In embodiments, the IHE pro-actively assists a user to efficiently use device-related documentation in an intuitive manner that requires minimal user interaction and, thereby, reduces the likelihood of human error, e.g., when configuring network devices involves multi-tiered, dynamic configuration paths. The IHE may acts as bridge between document windows and spliced network management sessions, for example, to enable seamless transfer of a CLI command from a document window to an inline GUI panel launched by a CLI session when constructing a command line. In embodiments, a context-ware IHE may create and take advantage of documentation tags by interpreting relationships between commands to enable auto-navigation of the document. Certain embodiments provide for monitoring and mapping a CLI/GUI output back to the appropriate documentation.
US10521074B2	System and method for a back stack in a multi-application environment A system and method for a back stack in a multi-application environment, wherein the method comprises adding an entry to a last-in-first-out (LIFO) data structure, the entry comprising application state information descriptive of an application state of a software application and display state information descriptive of a display state of a display surface of a touch screen device, adjusting a LIFO data structure pointer to reflect a revised LIFO data structure state resulting from the adding the entry, receiving a back button actuation indication, in response to receiving the back button actuation indication, restoring the software application to the application state and restoring the display surface to the display state, and readjusting the LIFO data structure pointer to reflect an original LIFO data structure state that existing prior to the adding the entry.
US10521068B2	Portable device and screen displaying method thereof A portable device and a screen displaying method of a portable device are provided. The method includes displaying a screen of an executed application on a screen of a portable device; detecting an approaching direction of an external device by using a sensor; and overlapping a directional layer for content sharing corresponding to the approaching direction of the external device, on the screen of the application.
US10521066B2	Resistive touch panel The invention provides a touch panel including: two resistive layers; a plurality of spacer dots disposed between the two resistive layers, the spacer dots spacing the two resistive layers apart from each other, the two resistive layers facing each other; and a glass panel bonded to an underside of one of the resistive layers to provide support, the one of the resistive layers positioned opposite from a touch surface, wherein one side of the glass panel has at least one region including a material having a modulus of elasticity different from a modulus of elasticity of the glass panel, the one side of the glass panel being adjacent to the one of the resistive layers. With this configuration, the touch sensitivity in the at least one region is differentiated from that of the remaining regions.
US10521059B2	Touch panel, mutual capacitive touch screen, and touch display device A touch panel includes a substrate, a first touch electrode disposed over the substrate and including a first sub-electrode and a second sub-electrode electrically coupled to each other, and a second touch electrode disposed over the substrate and intersecting the first touch electrode. The first sub-electrode and the second sub-electrode are arranged in an extension direction of the first touch electrode. The first sub-electrode includes a first strip-shaped electrode. The second sub-electrode includes a second strip-shaped electrode. An angle between an extension direction of the first strip-shaped electrode and an extension direction of the second strip-shaped electrode is non-zero.
US10521058B2	Touch panel including connection electrodes formed differently in first area than second area and display apparatus including the same A touch panel includes a substrate, detection electrodes, and connection electrodes. The substrate includes a planar surface portion and a curved surface portion adjacent to the planar surface portion in a first direction, the curved surface portion including an active region and another region disposed outside the active region. The detection electrodes are disposed on the substrate. The detection electrodes are arranged in the first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction. The connection electrodes electrically connect adjacent detection electrodes arranged in a same direction as one another. A connection electrode of the connection electrodes connecting detection electrodes adjacent to each other of the detection electrodes arranged in the first direction is disposed in the active region of the curved surface portion. The connection electrode includes a portion extending in a different direction than the first direction.
US10521051B2	Position based jitter removal An input device (100) is configured to detect force being applied to an input region (120) of the device (100) by an input object (140), in addition to the position of the input object (140) using touch sensing methods. The input device (100) applies a position-based jitter force filter to the force sensor data to compensate for a non-uniform response across the input device (100), as well as the movement of an input object (140).
US10521046B2	System and method for disabled user assistance Embodiments of a system and method for assisting disabled users can include: a display configured to receive an input from the disabled user; a set of tactile cues proximal the display; and a processing system configured to: store an assistance map, and map the touch input to a digital input based on the assistance map.
US10521038B2	Touch display device and method of manufacturing the same A touch display device includes: a first substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines on the first substrate, and crossing each other to define a plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of thin film transistors connected to respective ones of the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, the plurality of thin film transistors being in respective ones of the plurality of pixel regions, and a plurality of bar-shaped sensing electrodes crossing the gate lines, wherein, to determine whether a touch is performed, the touch display device is configured such that: gate signals are transmitted to the plurality of gate lines, a direct current (DC) voltage is applied to the plurality of bar-shaped sensing electrodes, and a change in ripple component of the DC voltage applied to the bar-shaped sensing electrodes is received.
US10521033B2	Touch sensor assembly and refrigerator door including same A touch sensor assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sensor housing disposed at a rear surface of an external member on which a touch operation unit on which a user touches is marked, a sensor PCB accommodated in the sensor housing, and an elastic member which is disposed at a rear side of the sensor PCB and presses the sensor PCB toward a rear surface of the external member, wherein the elastic member is mounted in an elastic member accommodation portion formed at a bottom surface of the sensor housing.
US10521030B2	Transforming a control stick movement space Examples are disclosed that relate to computing devices and methods for transforming output of a control stick. In one example, a method comprises: receiving a dead zone inflection point defining a boundary of a dead zone region and a playspace region within a first normalized unit-area movement space of the control stick, mapping the first normalized unit-area movement space to a second normalized unit-area movement space, using a scaling function comprising the dead zone inflection point, scaling each axis of the second normalized unit-area movement space to generate a scaled second normalized unit-area movement space, transforming the scaled second normalized unit-area movement space to a scaled first normalized unit-area movement space, receiving position data representing a current position of the control stick, and transforming the current position to a transformed position in the scaled first normalized unit-area movement space.
US10521029B1	Touch pad module and computing device using same A touchpad module includes a circuit board, a switch and a conductive raised structure. The circuit board includes a first conducting part and a second conducting part. The switch is installed on the circuit board. The switch includes a metal dome. The metal dome includes a first portion corresponding to the first conducting part and a second portion corresponding to the second conducting part. When the metal dome is subjected to deformation, the first portion of the metal dome is contacted with the first conducting part. The conductive raised structure is arranged between the second conducting part and the second portion of the metal dome. Since a gap is formed between the circuit board and the second portion of the metal dome, the contact area between the metal dome and the circuit board is reduced. Consequently, the generated noise is reduced.
US10521026B2	Passive optical and inertial tracking in slim form-factor Systems are provided that include a wireless hand-held inertial controller with passive optical and inertial tracking in a slim form-factor. These systems are configured for use with a head mounted virtual or augmented reality display device (HMD) that operates with six degrees of freedom by fusing (i) data related to the position of the controller derived from a forward-facing optical sensor located in the HMD with (ii) data relating to the orientation of the controller derived from an inertial measurement unit located in the controller.
US10521018B2	Human body-based interaction method and interaction apparatus Embodiments of the present application disclose a human body-based interaction method and interaction apparatus. The method includes: acquiring phase change information of a second signal; the second signal being formed by a first signal through transmission of at least one transmission medium, the at least one transmission medium including the body of a user; and according to a first corresponding relationship between at least one phase change information and at least one motion and/or posture information of the user, determining motion and/or posture information of the user corresponding to the phase change information. At least one example embodiment of the present application determines motion and/or posture information of a user merely by using phase change information of a signal transmitted through the user's body, so that determination of the motion and/or posture information of the user is more convenient and accurate.
US10521013B2	High-speed staggered binocular eye tracking systems A method, an electronic device and a non-transitory computer readable medium for are provided. The method includes capturing a first eye and a second eye. The method also includes identifying a first position of the first eye and a second position the second eye. Additionally, the method includes staggering the capture of the first eye and the second eye, wherein the first eye is captured prior to capturing the second eye. The method also includes identifying the first gaze direction with respect to a display. The method further includes mapping the second gaze direction of the second eye based on the identified first gaze direction, prior to capturing the second eye.
US10521012B2	Method for automatically identifying at least one user of an eye tracking device and eye tracking device The invention relates to a method for automatically identifying at least one user of an eye tracking device (10) by means of the eye tracking device (10), wherein user identification data of the at least one user are captured by a capturing device (14) of the eye tracking device (10). Under the first condition that at least one profile (P1, P2, P3) with associated identification data (I1, I2, I3) of at least one specific user is stored in a storage medium (20), the stored identification data (I1, I2, I3) of the at least one profile (P1, P2, P3) are compared with the captured user identification data, and under the second condition that the captured user identification data match the stored identification data (I1, I2, I3) according to a predefined criterion, the at least one user is identified as the at least one specific user, for whom the at least one profile (P1, P2, P3) was stored.
US10521011B2	Calibration of inertial measurement units attached to arms of a user and to a head mounted device A system including: a sensor module having an inertial measurement unit and attached to the head of a user. The sensor module is initially calibrated to measure its orientation relative a reference pose. To recalibrate the sensor module according to a calibration pose, a camera of the sensor module is used to capture an image of at least one optical mark (e.g., configured on devices held in hands in the calibration pose in front of the user). A direction identified from the image is rotated according to the rotational transformation between the reference pose and the calibration pose measured by the sensor module and then projected on to a horizontal plane relative to the reference pose. The angle in the horizontal plane between the projected direction and the front facing direction is used for the calibration of the subsequent orientation measurements of the sensor module.
US10521007B2	Sensors having a connecting frame and method for composite sensors A technique for sensing involving one or more individual sensing tiles that are physically connected to a frame with electrical and communications wiring integrated into the frame and with corresponding physical, electrical and communication connectors on the tiles and the frame.
US10521006B2	Report updated threshold level based on parameter An example computing device includes a battery to power the computing device, a first operating system (OS), a second OS, and a hypervisor. The hypervisor is to: monitor a parameter of the first OS related to power to be drawn by the computing device for the first OS to enter a hibernate state; monitor a parameter of the second OS related to power to be drawn by the computing device for the second OS to enter the hibernate state; set a first modified remaining battery capacity of the first OS based on an actual remaining battery capacity of the battery and the parameter of the first OS; and set a second modified remaining battery capacity of the second OS based on the actual remaining battery capacity and the parameter of the second OS.
US10521005B2	System and method for full range control of dual active bridge A power converter includes primary and secondary bridges, a transformer, and a controller configured to generate a switching mode map that correlates each of a plurality of switching modes to a respective set of value ranges of system parameters of the power converter. The sets of system parameter value ranges are contiguous and non-overlapping across the switching mode map, each of the plurality of switching modes includes gate trigger voltage timings for commuting at least one of the primary and secondary bridges. The controller is configured to obtain a plurality of measured system parameter values, select from the switching mode map one of the plurality of switching modes that correlates to the set of system parameter values containing the plurality of measured system parameter values, and adjust gate trigger voltage timings of at least one of the primary and secondary bridges, according to the selected switching mode.
US10521004B2	Remote power down control of a device In remote power down control of a device configured for externally initiated remote power down, such as over a network, all externally connected sources of valid power down requests for the device is monitored; and the device is powered down in response to a combination of either of a received power down request and a time out with respect to each of the sources of valid power down requests for the device.
US10521000B2	Electronic apparatus and battery information providing method thereof An electronic apparatus for providing battery information is provided. The electronic apparatus includes at least one battery, a processor supplied with power from the at least one battery that is configured to operate using the power and to control the electronic apparatus, a battery voltage determination unit connected to the at least one battery in parallel with the processor, and supplied with power directly from the at least one battery, the battery voltage determination configured to operate with the power, and to output a control signal when a voltage of the at least one battery satisfies a designated condition, and a battery information output unit configured to output battery information according to the control signal the is output by the battery voltage determination unit. Also, other embodiments may be implemented.
US10520972B2	Bandgap reference circuit A bandgap reference (BGR) circuit is provided. The BGR circuit includes a first node, a second node, and a third node. A first resistive element is connected between the second node and the third node. The BGR circuit is operative to provide a reference voltage as an output. The BGR circuit further includes a current shunt path connected between the first node and the third node, the current shunt path being operable to regulate a voltage drop across the first resistive element.
US10520963B2	Voltage monitoring circuit that manages voltage drift caused from negative bias temperature instability Regulating voltages at inputs of an electronic device by performing at least the following: receiving, at a voltage monitoring circuit, a monitoring voltage corresponding to a power system, determining, at the voltage monitoring circuit, whether the monitoring voltage is equal to or exceeds a monitoring threshold voltage, receiving, at the voltage monitoring circuit, an output indicating whether an inputted reference voltage and an inputted feedback voltage at a comparator circuit differs, regulating, at the voltage monitoring circuit, a feedback voltage to match the inputted reference voltage based on the output and a determination that the monitoring voltage is equal to or exceeds the monitoring threshold voltage, and providing, from the voltage monitoring circuit, the feedback voltage as an updated inputted feedback voltage for the comparator circuit.
US10520958B2	Pressure control device A pressure control device maintains a pressure within a target of pressure control at a set pressure. The pressure control device includes a correction circuit that corrects a pressure signal, which represents the pressure within the target of pressure control that is detected by a pressure sensor, such that the pressure signal approaches a set pressure signal representing the set pressure; a comparison circuit that compares the corrected pressure signal with the set pressure signal; and a valve drive circuit that controls an opening and closing of a flow control valve based on a comparison result from the comparison circuit. The correction circuit is a filter circuit. The frequency characteristic of the filter circuit has a peak at a prescribed frequency, and corrects the pressure signal so as to raise a component of the prescribed frequency of the pressure signal.
US10520956B2	One-gauge one-turn regulator manifold A one-gauge one-turn regulator manifold includes a manifold body, a spring set, a knob set, an annular dial and one inlet pressure gauge. The outlet pressure is selected and adjusted by turning a control knob without a pressure gauge. The control knob with a marker indicating the outlet pressure from zero to maximum is rotatable within one turn. The knob set contains one adjusting screw which is used to fine-tune the pressure, and thus the outlet air pressure is calibrated as expected. The annular dial with pressure tick marks is located between the control knob and the manifold body. The outlet pressure is easy to selected and controlled by turning the knob to the desired pressure makers on the dial without the pressure gauge.
US10520955B2	Vehicle control system with track temperature sensing A work vehicle may include an engine, a drive train driven by the engine, and a track system including at least one track. The track system is connected to the drive train. The work vehicle may further include a temperature sensor configured to sense a track temperature of the at least one track and a vehicle control system configured to receive the track temperature and to determine misalignment of the at least one track based at least in part upon the sensed track temperature.
US10520952B1	Devices, systems, and methods for transmitting vehicle data Systems and methods for coordinating and controlling vehicles, for example heavy trucks, to follow closely behind each other, or linking to form a platoon. In one aspect, on-board controllers in each vehicle interact with vehicular sensors to monitor and control, for example, relative distance, relative acceleration or deceleration, and speed. In some aspects, a lead vehicle can wirelessly transmit information from various electronic control units (ECUs) to ECUs in a rear vehicle. A rear vehicle can then apply transformations to the information to account for a desired following distance and a time offset. ECUs onboard the rear vehicle may then be controlled based on the ECUs of the lead vehicle, the desired following distance, and the time offset.
US10520951B2	Vehicle formation management Systems and methods for managing a formation of vehicles include at least one of the vehicles having a crossbar switch and a unidirectional antenna coupled to the crossbar switch. The vehicle is configured to form several networks, each including the vehicle and each other vehicle of the formation, using the crossbar switch and the antenna.
US10520947B2	Machine learning for event detection and classification in autonomous vehicles The present disclosure provides systems and methods for automatic event detection and classification for autonomous vehicles. One example method includes obtaining, by one or more computing devices, vehicle data descriptive of vehicle conditions associated with an autonomous vehicle during an autonomous driving session. The method includes extracting, by the one or more computing devices, a plurality of features from the vehicle data. The method includes determining, by the one or more computing devices using a machine-learned classifier, a classification for each of one or more candidate events based at least in part on one or more of the plurality of features that are respectively associated with the one or more candidate events. The method includes associating, by the one or more computing devices, the classification determined for each of the one or more candidate events with the vehicle data.
US10520945B2	System and method for delivering products using lock boxes via autonomous ground vehicles A method for unloading and loading a lock box are provided. An autonomous ground vehicle (AGV) stores a lock box to be delivered. The lock box includes a box body, a first set of stands and a second set of stands, and a first set of wheels and a second set of wheels. The first set of stands can extend of the lock box outwardly to contact the ground. The second set of stands can extend out of the lock box outwardly to contact the ground. It is determined that the package has been removed from the lock box and the lock box is automatically loaded onto the AGV.
US10520942B1	Autonomous vehicle control system and method An autonomous vehicle control system. The system includes a first autonomous vehicle control center at a first location, and a second autonomous vehicle control center at a second location. The system also includes a controller configured to receive a first data input from the first autonomous vehicle control center and indicative of a first characteristic of the first autonomous vehicle control center, to receive a second data input from the second autonomous vehicle control center and indicative of a second characteristic of the second autonomous vehicle control center, and to receive a third data input indicative of an autonomous vehicle transport request or an autonomous vehicle storage request. The controller is also configured to select the first autonomous vehicle control center or the second autonomous vehicle control center based at least in part on the first data input, the second data input, and the third data input. Further, the controller is configured to instruct fulfillment of the autonomous vehicle transport request or the autonomous vehicle storage request based on the selection.
US10520941B2	Suggesting alternative pickup and drop off locations for autonomous vehicles Aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode. For instance, a first location corresponding to a location where the vehicle is to pick up or drop off a passenger is received. A first cost for the vehicle to reach the first location is determined. A second location based on the first location is identified, and a second cost is determined based on a cost for the vehicle to reach the second location and a cost for the passenger to reach the second location. The first cost is compared to the second cost, and a notification is sent based on the notification. In response to sending the notification, instructions to proceed to the second location are received, and in response to receiving the instructions, the vehicle is controlled in the autonomous driving mode to the second location to pick up or drop off the passenger.
US10520938B2	Geographic area monitoring systems and methods through interchanging tool systems between unmanned vehicles In some embodiments, unmanned aerial task systems are provided that comprise multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) each comprising: a UAV control circuit; a motor; and a propulsion system coupled with the motor and configured to enable the respective UAVs to move themselves; and wherein a first UAV control circuit of a first UAV of the multiple UAVs is configured to identify a second UAV carrying a first tool system configured to perform a first function, cause a notification to be communicated to the second UAV directing the second UAV to transfer the first tool system to the first UAV, and direct a first propulsion system of the first UAV to couple with the first tool system being transferred from the second UAV.
US10520933B2	System and method for removing a workpiece from a manufacturing fixture A flay assembly for separating a workpiece from a manufacturing fixture has a horizontal beam assembly and a pair of vertical beam assemblies. The horizontal beam assembly includes a horizontal beam having a horizontal drive motor. Each vertical beam assembly includes a vertical beam operably engaged to the horizontal drive motor and has a workpiece attachment assembly operably engaged to a vertical drive motor. The workpiece attachment assembly has an attachment mechanism attachable to the workpiece. The horizontal drive motor and the vertical drive motors are operable in a manner to move the vertical beams away from each other along a horizontal drive axis while simultaneously moving each workpiece attachment assembly along a vertical drive axis to cause the attachment mechanisms to pull the workpiece side portions away from the manufacturing fixture while a center support of the horizontal beam maintains a workpiece crown in contact with the manufacturing fixture.
US10520928B2	Safety industrial controller providing diversity in single multicore processor Different cores of a multicore processor are used to provide diagnostics of sophisticated hardware without full redundancy by static assignment of the cores during individual cycles of the control program and comparison of the outputs. A method of automatically generating diverse programs for execution by these cores may modify one program to compile two different instructions without functionally changing that program through the use of DeMorgan equivalents and diverse compiler optimizations.
US10520919B2	Systems and methods for receiving sensor data for an operating additive manufacturing machine and mapping the sensor data with process data which controls the operation of the machine Method, and corresponding system, for receiving and processing sensor data for an additive manufacturing machine. The method includes determining values of the sensor data relative to time; and determining tool positions relative to time based on process data which controls operation of the additive manufacturing machine. The method further includes determining the sensor data values at the working tool positions based on a correlation of the values of the sensor data relative to time and the working tool positions relative to time. A representation of the sensor data values at the working tool positions is displayed by a user interface device.
US10520913B2	Numerical controller A numerical controller analyzes a machining program, generates movement command data for moving a main spindle relative to a workpiece, causes an interpolation unit to perform interpolation processing based on the generated movement command data, and generates and outputs interpolation data for each interpolation cycle. Further, the interpolation unit performs provisional interpolation processing according to command speed F on a non-rotating coordinate system, converts a start point and an end point of provisional interpolation to positions on a rotating coordinate system to obtain speed F′ on the rotating coordinate system, obtains a ratio r of the speed F′ to the command speed F, and performs main interpolation processing at speed of F/r.
US10520911B2	Control systems for machines A control system for a machine comprising a plurality of independently replaceable machine modules comprises a controller operable to control operation of the machine. Memory stores machine data for use by the controller. Communication means are operable to provide communication for data transfer between the controller and the memory. The memory includes a plurality of memory modules associated with respective machine modules. Each of the memory modules is replaceable with the respective associated machine module and independently of other memory modules. The communication means is operable to provide communication for data transfer between the controller and a replacement memory module associated with a replacement machine module.
US10520909B2	Method, system and related devices for operating multiple cranes in unison A crane control system for controlling a plurality of cranes is provided. The crane control system in some embodiments includes a master controller unit, at least one computer readable memory for storing a plurality of tokens, each token from the plurality of tokens associated with a respective crane from the plurality of cranes, and a processing unit responsive to commands inputtable by an operator of the master controller unit to send the commands to individual cranes from the plurality of cranes, wherein the processing unit associates the commands with respective tokens to control the cranes associated with those tokens. The crane control system in some embodiments also includes a processing unit that is responsive to a signal indicative of a synchronization loss to issue a command to bring the plurality of cranes into a safe condition, such as an emergency stop, or a corrective action.
US10520902B2	Mobile electronic device and smartwatch A mobile electronic device comprises a housing, a display mounted on the housing and displaying an image, a strap connected to the housing to fix the housing to a part of a user's body and including a touch input portion, the touch input portion comprises a plurality of unit areas, and a controller configured to generate a control command based on the user's touch input in at least one of the plurality of unit areas and an application being executed, and control the mobile electronic device according to the control command.
US10520901B2	Clock screening with programmable counter-based clock interface and time-to-digital converter with high resolution and wide range operation A subranging time-to-digital converter (TDC) is disclosed that includes two ring oscillators for determining a time difference between two clock edges.
US10520899B2	Electronic timer An electronic interval timer in a regular dodecahedron case is described. The timer is set by orienting the timer so that the face with the time desired is uppermost. The timer is free of buttons, switches, and electronic displays. It is sealed for ruggedness and water-resistance, and free of a battery door. Detection of motion, taps, and orientation is via an accelerometer and a processor; it is free of mechanical motion and orientation switches. The timer indicates start and end of set time intervals with speech announcements or tones. Two time intervals may run concurrently by orienting the timer to a second time. The timer may be programmed via an orientation sequence. Taps may be used to request a time remaining announcement or to set volume. Functions include a stopwatch. Shells have seam lines on polyhedral edges and pin-and-socket connections for strength. A molded air-gap provides for pressure equalization while maintaining water resistance.
US10520896B2	Electronic watch clasp systems and methods Embodiments of a watch can include a watch having an analog watch face, a first watch band portion, a second watch band portion and an analog watch face. The watch can include a digital clasp having a digital display and a circuit board associated with a controller.
US10520890B2	Timepiece regulator, timepiece movement and timepiece having such a regulator A timepiece regulator comprising an inertial regulating member which is mounted on a support by an elastic suspension so as to be able to oscillate in translation, along a main direction of translation.
US10520888B2	Image forming apparatus and process cartridge An image forming apparatus, including a casing, a toner cartridge, and a process cartridge, is provided. The toner cartridge detachably attached to the casing stores toner therein. The process cartridge detachably attached to the casing includes a developing unit and a drum unit. The developing unit includes a developer roller and a toner conveyer tube. The toner conveyer tube has a first opening, through which the toner from the toner cartridge is acceptable into the toner conveyer tube while the toner cartridge and the process cartridge are attached to the casing. The drum unit includes a photosensitive drum supporting the toner conveyer tube by contacting a circumferential surface of the toner conveyer tube. The developing unit is pivotable with respect to the drum unit with the toner conveyer tube and the drum unit being slidable on each other.
US10520885B2	Process unit A process unit includes a drum frame supporting a photoconductor drum and a development frame supporting a development roller. The development cartridge is swingably supported by the drum frame at a coupling joint provided at a first side of the development frame and a support portion provided at a second side of the development frame. A center of rotation of the development roller is located in a position shifted from a line segment connecting a center of rotation of the coupling joint and a center of rotation of the photoconductor drum to an upstream side with respect to a direction of rotation of the coupling joint as viewed in an axial direction of the development roller, such that the development roller is pressed against the photoconductor drum by the action of the rotatory force received by the coupling joint.
US10520882B2	Developer supply container and developer supplying system A developer supply container includes a developer accommodating body configured to contain developer. A developer discharging body is provided in fluid communication with the developer accommodating body, with the developer discharging body having a discharge opening configured to discharge the developer from the developer discharging body, and with the developer accommodating body being rotatable relative to the developer discharging body. A track is provided at each of opposite sides of the developer discharging body.
US10520879B2	Developing cartridge including electrode to which adapter is detachably attachable A developing cartridge includes a developing roller rotatable about a first axis extending in an axial direction of the developing roller, a casing having an outer surface positioned at one end of the casing in the axial direction, an electrode electrically connected to the developing roller and positioned at the outer surface, the electrode extending in the axial direction, a gear, a protrusion, and an adapter having an electric conductivity and detachably attachable to the electrode, the adapter being electrically connected to the electrode in a state where the adapter is attached to the electrode. A total length of the electrode and the adapter in the axial direction in the state where the adapter is attached to the electrode is greater than a length in the axial direction of the electrode in a state where the adapter is detached from the electrode.
US10520878B2	Image forming apparatus having developing cartridge movable relative to photosensitive drum An image forming apparatus includes a developing cartridge, a photosensitive drum, a lever, and an electrical connector. The developing cartridge includes a developing roller rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction, a memory storing information related to the developing cartridge, and an electrical contact electrically connected to the memory. The photosensitive drum is rotatable about a second axis extending in the first direction. The lever moves the developing cartridge between a first position where a surface of the developing roller contacts a surface of the photosensitive drum and a second position where the surface of the developing roller separates from the surface of the photosensitive drum. The electrical connector contacts the electrical contact in the second position of the developing cartridge, and separates from the electrical contact in the first position of the developing cartridge.
US10520877B2	Image forming apparatus including a cover and a cover support An image forming apparatus includes a cover support portion openably and closably supporting the cover on the image forming apparatus. The cover support portion includes a clamping portion and a pressure member. The clamping portion is configured to contact and clamp part of the cover or part of the cover support portion in a turning radius direction of the cover. The pressure member is mounted to the clamping portion to press the clamping portion.
US10520870B2	Image forming apparatus with reduced long period gap variation An image forming apparatus includes a drive device including a first drive transmission passage through which a driving force of a drive source is transmitted to a developer bearer via a first joint and a second drive transmission passage through which the driving force is transmitted to a rotary body via a second joint. The first drive transmission passage and the second drive transmission passage are defined such that one of a first drive transmission ratio to the first joint of the first drive transmission passage and a second drive transmission ratio to the second joint of the second drive transmission passage is an integral multiple of the other of the first drive transmission ratio from the drive source to the first joint of the first drive transmission passage and the second drive transmission ratio from the drive source to the second joint of the second drive transmission passage.
US10520865B2	Fixing device, image forming apparatus and holding member forming method A fixing device includes a fixing member, a heat source, a pressing member and a holding member. The holding member includes a base plate and a sliding sheet. The base plate includes a main body and a projection. The main body has one face facing an inner circumferential face of the fixing member and the other face opposite to the one face. The projection is formed on the other face. The sliding sheet has a through hole into which the projection is fitted. The sliding sheet is wrapped around the main body with the projection fitted into the through hole. The sliding sheet is subjected to a heat treatment at a temperature higher than a maximum temperature where a temperature of the fixing member reaches when the fixing member is heated by the heat source.
US10520863B2	Roller device, fixing device, and image forming apparatus The cleaning member is disposed to be opposite to the first roller with the second roller being provided therebetween. Compared to a case when the second roller is placed at a first position on a side of the first roller, if the second roller is placed at a second position on a side of the cleaning roller, a pressure between the second roller and the first roller becomes smaller, and a pressure between the second roller and the cleaning member becomes larger.
US10520862B2	Image heating apparatus having an opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes an air blowing port using a plurality of shutter members An image heating apparatus includes a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member, which are configured to form a nip in which a toner image is fixed on a recording material, an air blowing mechanism, and a duct configured to guide air from the air blowing mechanism toward an end portion of the first rotatable member with respect to a longitudinal direction of the first rotatable member. The image heating apparatus also includes an opening and closing mechanism configured to open and to close an air blowing port of the duct. The opening and closing mechanism includes a plurality of shutter members configured to close the air blowing port in cooperation with each other.
US10520854B2	Cartridge A cartridge for mounting in an image forming apparatus includes a developer storage chamber, a discharge port fluidly connected to the developer storage chamber, a toner storage chamber, a fluid communication path extending in a first direction and fluidly connecting the toner storage chamber to the developer storage chamber, an auger disposed in the fluid communication path, rotatable inside the fluid communication path about a rotation axis extending in the first direction, and configured to transport the toner from the toner storage chamber along the fluid communication path toward the developer storage chamber when rotated about the rotation axis, and a sealing member disposed on the auger and configured to seal a gap between the auger and an inner surface of the fluid communication path when the sealing member is inside the fluid communication path and move along the first direction when the auger is rotated about the rotation axis.
US10520847B1	Exposure head, image formation apparatus, reading head, and reading apparatus An exposure head according to one or more embodiments may include: a light emitting element board on which light emitting elements are arranged; a holder that holds the light emitting element board and is provided with an opening; a transparent cover arranged at a position to shield the opening, such that a first attachment surface of the holder is attached to a second attachment surface of the transparent cover by using an adhesive; and an optical system arranged between the light emitting element board and the transparent cover. The exposure head satisfies an expression defined as θ1<θ2, where θ1 is a contact angle on the first attachment surface representing wettability of the first attachment surface, and θ2 is a contact angle on the second attachment surface representing wettability of the second attachment surface.
US10520828B2	Liquid immersion member, exposure apparatus, exposure method, device fabricating method, program, and recording medium A liquid immersion exposure apparatus includes a liquid immersion member which forms a liquid immersion space under an emitting surface of an optical member. The liquid immersion member includes a first member disposed in a periphery of the optical member, and a second member which is movable relative to the first member and includes a liquid recovery port that recovers at least a portion of liquid in the liquid immersion space. The second member is moved in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical member so that a relative speed between the second member and an object below the liquid immersion member is smaller than a relative speed between the first member and the object. The second member has an outer surface facing radially outward relative to the optical axis of the optical member, the outer surface does not face toward any surface of the first member.
US10520806B2	Pellicle for EUV mask and fabrication thereof The present disclosure provides a method in accordance with some embodiments. A wafer is grinded from a back side. The wafer is inserted into an opening defined by a frame holder. The frame holder is attached to a carrier through a temporary layer. A front side of the wafer is attached to the temporary layer. Thereafter, the wafer is etched from the back side until the wafer reaches a predetermined thickness. Thereafter, the frame holder and the wafer therein are separated from the temporary layer and the carrier.
US10520799B2	Light source apparatus and projector with rotor cooling mechanism [Solving Means] A light source apparatus includes a light source unit, a rotor, and a ventilation structure. The light source unit includes a light source, an optical device that collects light from the light source at a light collecting position, and a housing having an opening at the light collecting position that houses the light source and the optical device. The rotor has a wavelength conversion region that is arranged on a light irradiation region which is irradiated with light, the light being collected at the light collecting position and emitted outside the housing via the opening, the rotor being disposed rotatably about a rotation axis. In the ventilation passage, at least a part of the rotor is arranged.
US10520797B2	Projection system, control device, and control method of projection system A projector system includes a plurality of projectors, in which a projector A and a projector B, and the projector B and a projector C are connected by a daisy chain method via each of cables, and the projector A outputs control information which controls the projector B or the projector C to the projector B via a data line of the cable along with image data and the projector B extracts and processes the control information input from the data line of the cable.
US10520794B2	Camera, setting method of camera, and setting program of camera Provided are a camera capable of preventing an erroneous operation with a compact configuration and has high operability, a setting method of the camera, and a setting program of the camera. A top surface of an operation dial is divided into a plurality of regions. An item to be changed in the setting by the operation dial is set in each divided region. Contact with each divided region is detected, and the setting change of the item set in a region where the contact is detected is validated. In a case where the operation dial is rotationally operated, a setting of the item whose setting change is validated is changed in response to an operation.
US10520792B2	Range finder A range finder includes a laser transmitter, a laser receiver, a large-aperture objective lens unit, an image sensing device, a display device and a microphone. The laser transmitter is configured to emit a laser beam to a measured object. The laser receiver is configured to receive a reflected laser beam reflected by the measured object. The objective lens unit is configured to allow visible light reflected by the measured object to pass therethrough, includes an objective lens and a focusing lens and has a length defined by the objective lens and the focusing lens. The image sensing device is configured to receive the visible light passing through the objective lens and generate an image signal. The length is constant when the objective lens unit is moved with respect to the image sensing device for focusing operation.
US10520790B2	Ultra-high power single mode green fiber laser operating in continuous wave and quasi-continuous wave regimes A single-mode (SM) Green fiber laser is configured to operate in a Green spectral range in a continuous-wave (CW) or quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) mode. The Green laser is configured with a pump source, outputting narrow-linewidth pump light at a fundamental wavelength in one (1) micrometer spectral range, and a single-pass second harmonic generator (SHG), such as a nonlinear LBO crystal, frequency doubling the pump light to output Green light at a signal wavelength. The pump light source is configured to have a MOPFA configuration with a SM seed which emits the SM pump light with a linewidth narrower than 0.2 nm, and at least one ytterbium (“Yb”) fiber amplifier receiving and amplifying the SM pump light at the fundamental wavelength while maintaining the linewidth narrower than 0.2 nm. The SM Green fiber laser operates with a wall plug efficiency between 15% and 30% in a 510-540 nm signal wavelength range and a power range between about 50 W and kW-levels.
US10520782B2	Display devices, systems and methods capable of single-sided, dual-sided, and transparent mixed reality applications The display includes a transparent display (TD) element or layer such as at least one Transparent Organic Light Emitting Diode (TOLED) element and at least one active shutter (AS) element or layer such as a liquid crystal shutter. The AS may be opaque or transparent. The TD may be transparent or display or emit light in mixtures of color. Black may be displayed by a TD pixel by having the TD be transparent and turning an AS opaque. Each display is composed of elements that can have many states. The states can be used to create different display modes. Devices with these displays can have many form factors and configurations. These devices may change display modes based on spatial context as determined by any one of various environmental and configuration sensors.
US10520780B2	Electroactive device provided with a trilayer bus bar An electroactive package is disclosed that includes an active film and a pair of transparent conductive layers positioned on opposite sides of the active film. The transparent conductive layers each include an overhang section that extends beyond an edge of the active film, with the overhang sections being located at a periphery of the electroactive package. A bus bar is disclosed that comprises a pair of electrically-conductive layers and an insulative layer positioned between the electrically-conductive layers. The bus bar extends along at least a portion of the periphery of the electroactive package and is positioned between the overhang sections of the transparent conductive layers. Also disclosed are electroactive windows, and methods of making them.
US10520776B2	Liquid crystal display device According to an aspect, a liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate provided with a first electrode portion that includes a plurality of strip electrodes arranged in a first direction and that is configured to generate a transverse electric field in the first direction; a liquid crystal layer in which liquid crystal molecules are oriented in the first direction when the transverse electric field is not generated; a second substrate facing the first substrate across the liquid crystal layer; and an electrode provided at the second substrate.
US10520775B2	Liquid crystal display panel, method of making the same, display device including liquid crystal display panel The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display panel and a display device. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a plurality of rectangular pixel inlays including at least two main photo spacers, the plurality of rectangular pixel arrays being disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
US10520774B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same Provided are a method of manufacturing a display apparatus and the display apparatus. A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes preparing a first substrate including a display; adhering a second substrate to the first substrate by using a sealing element; exposing the sealing element by using a blocking member including a plurality of blocking patterns arranged apart from one another; and cutting the first substrate and the second substrate along portions thereof inside the blocking member.
US10520764B2	Display screen, display device and mobile terminal The present disclosure provides a display screen, a display device, and a mobile terminal. The display screen includes a light-shielding panel and a display panel. The light-shielding panel is provided with a hollow-out groove, and the hollow-out groove is configured so that a fingerprint module is fastened in the hollow-out groove. The display panel is superposed on a side of the light-shielding panel towards a user. A side of the display panel towards the light-shielding panel is provided with an ink layer. An orthographic projection area of the ink layer on the light-shielding panel coincides with the hollow-out groove. Chromaticity of the ink layer is consistent with chromaticity of a side of the light-shielding panel towards the display panel.
US10520761B2	Method of producing substrate having alignment mark A method of producing a substrate having an alignment mark includes a process of forming a lower layer side metal film on a substrate and forming a lower layer side alignment mark base having a lower layer side alignment mark that is a hole, a process of forming an upper layer side metal film on the substrate and the lower layer side metal film, a process of forming a photoresist film on the upper layer side metal film and forming a lower layer side alignment mark overlapping portion overlapping a part of the lower layer side alignment mark with patterning, an etching process of removing with etching selectively portions of the lower and upper layer side metal films not overlapping the lower layer side alignment mark overlapping portion and forming an upper layer side alignment mark that is the upper layer side metal film, and a photoresist removing process.
US10520752B2	Method for determining an optical function of an ophthalmic lens adapted to a wearer A method implemented by computer means for determining an optical function of an ophthalmic lens adapted to a wearer, the method comprising: a wearer data providing step, during which wearer data comprising at least an indication of the hearing sensitivity of the wearer and an indication of the ophthalmic prescription of the wearer are provided, an optical function determining step, during which an optical function adapted to the wearer is determined based at least on the wearer data.
US10520750B2	Hinge for spectacles and corresponding spectacles Some embodiments are directed to a hinge for spectacles including an optical frame front and at least one temple linked to a tenon of the optical frame front, the hinge including a first part linked to the tenon and a second part linked to the temple, the first part and the second part being linked by a link device mounted along an axis of the hinge and being movable between an open position and a closed position; when passing from the open position to the closed position, an opening is formed between the outer surfaces of the first and second parts. The first and second parts each include a conduit opening opposite each other in the open position, and the hinge includes a hinge member mounted along the hinge axis between the first part and the second part.
US10520743B2	Backlight module, display device and method for driving the same A backlight module, a display device and a method for driving the same are disclosed, such that brightness of display device can be increased when rendering 3D display. The backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light-splitting structure and an edge light source, wherein the light-splitting structure includes a plurality of strip-shaped first light-splitting units and a plurality of strip-shaped second light-splitting units, the first light-splitting unit and second light-splitting unit are alternately disposed on the light output surface of the light guide plate, each of first light-splitting unit and second light-splitting unit comprises at least one grating strip, the first light-splitting unit is configured for directing light to output towards a first position external to the backlight module, and the second light-splitting unit is configured for directing light to emit towards a second position external to the backlight module. The backlight module is applied into the display device, such that the display device achieves 3D display function.
US10520734B1	Optical system An electronic device may include a display with a concave surface. A linear polarizer may be formed on the concave surface. A quarter wave plate may receive light from the linear polarizer. A catadioptric lens may have first and second lens elements. The first lens element may have first and second opposing surfaces. The second lens element may have opposing third and fourth surfaces. The first surface may be convex and may face the display. The fourth surface may be concave. The second surface may be concave. The third surface may be convex and may match the second surface. An additional quarter wave plate may be formed as a coating on the third surface. A partially reflective coating may be formed on the first surface. A reflective polarizer may be formed as a coating on the fourth surface. An additional polarizer may be formed on the reflective polarizer.
US10520722B2	Systems and methods for using a MEMS projector to determine an orientation of a photosensor of an HMD or another controller A method for determining an orientation of a photosensor of a controller with respect to a projector is described. The method includes generating, by a beam generator of the projector, a beam. The method further includes modifying a direction of travel of the beam using a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) mirror that moves in a pattern, detecting the beam, calculating a time at which the beam is detected, and determining based on the pattern and the time an orientation of the beam to determine the orientation of the photosensor.
US10520719B2	Image acquisition device An image acquisition device including: an imaging optical system forming two images having parallax; and an element acquiring the parallax images, the imaging optical system includes: a first negative lens group having negative refractive power; a first positive lens group having positive refractive power; and a second positive lens group having positive refractive power, the first negative lens group includes two negative lens groups disposed side by side in the parallax direction and having central axes respectively, the first positive lens group is a common lens group having a single central axis, and light rays emitted from the negative lens groups pass therethrough, the second positive lens group includes two positive lens groups disposed side by side in the parallax direction and having central axes respectively and the first positive lens group includes a moving lens group moved along the central axis of the first positive lens group.
US10520717B2	Binocular capable of measuring distance and prism module thereof A prism module includes a first prism including a first surface, a second surface and a third surface, a roof prism including a roof surface and a fourth surface, a second prism including a fifth surface, a sixth surface and a seventh surface, and a third prism including a light access surface, a first reflecting surface and a second reflecting surface. A light source is disposed above the second prism and adjacent to the first and the roof prisms. A light beam emitted by the light source enters and is reflected by the third prism, enters the second prism through the seventh surface, passes through the sixth surface, enters the first prism through the third surface, and is reflected by the second surface to leave the prism module. The light beam leaving the prism module is parallel to a baseline passing through the first, the second and the fourth surfaces.
US10520710B2	Telecentric optical apparatus A telecentric optical apparatus that is capable of suppressing an increase in the number of components as well as achieving high precision optical axis alignment, is provided. The telecentric optical apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that it is provided with: a first telecentric lens surface that is provided on an object side; a second telecentric lens surface that is provided on an image side and that shares a focus position with the first telecentric lens surface; and an optical path trimming part that is provided, between the first telecentric lens surface and the second telecentric lens surface, in an outside region, which is located on a side further out than a light passing region having a center thereof located at the focus position, and that changes an optical path such that a light beam incident on the outside region is prevented from contributing to image formation.
US10520705B2	Imaging lens system, image capturing unit and electronic device An imaging lens system includes six lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The sixth lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The image-side surface of the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point.
US10520691B2	Round and small diameter optical cables with a ribbon-like optical fiber structure An optical fiber cable including an optical fiber ribbon in a pipe, wherein the ribbon includes at least two optical fibers arranged side by side, and wherein at least two of the optical fibers are bonded intermittently along a length of the fibers.
US10520688B2	Fiber optic connector with releasable pull/push tab using a removal tool A fiber optic connector having a push/pull tab wherein the push/pull tab travel is removed from connector housing using a tool.
US10520676B2	Splice-on fiber optic connector The present disclosure relates to a splice-on connector configuration having connector body defining a forward fiber buckling region and a rearward splice encapsulation region. The splice encapsulation region can be filled with curable adhesive. The splice encapsulation region can also function to anchor a fiber optic cable.
US10520673B2	Protection layers for polymer modulators/waveguides A polymer waveguide/modulator including a lower cladding layer, a polymer core, an upper cladding layer, a first protection/barrier layer sandwiched between the lower cladding layer and the core, and a second protection/barrier layer sandwiched between the core and the upper cladding layer. The protection/barrier layers designed to protect the cladding layers and the core from solvents and gases and to prevent current leakage between the cladding layers and the core. The first protection/barrier layer is optically transparent and designed with a refractive index less than, greater than, or the same as the refractive index of the core and approximately equal to the refractive index of the lower cladding layer. The second protection/barrier layer is optically transparent and designed with a refractive index less than, greater than, or the same as the refractive index of the core and approximately equal to the refractive index of the upper cladding layer.
US10520671B2	Fiber with depressed central index for increased beam parameter product A method includes generating a multimode laser beam having an initial beam parameter product (bpp) and directing the multimode laser beam to an input end of a fiber so as to produce an output beam at an output of the fiber with a final bpp that is greater than the initial bpp. Another method includes measuring a base bpp associated with a multimode laser beam generated from a laser source and emitted from an output fiber output end, determining a bpp increase for the multimode laser beam, and selecting a bpp increasing optical fiber having an input end and an output end so that the multimode laser beam with the base bpp coupled to the input end has an output bpp at the output end of the bpp increasing optical fiber corresponding to the determined bpp increase.
US10520668B2	Method for producing multicore optical fiber and multicore optical fiber Provided is a method for producing a multicore optical fiber (MCF) in which variations in positions of cores relative to the outer shape of the MCF are small. The method includes: an integrating step of heating a common cladding tube and a core rods, thereby integrating the tube with the core rods to form a core-cladding composite body including a plurality of cores and a common cladding and having a noncircular cross-sectional shape; an outline detecting step of detecting the outline of the composite body; an optical fiber preform forming step of machining the outer circumferential surface of the composite body using results obtained in the outline detecting step to form the preform having a flat surface; and a drawing step of drawing one end of the preform under heating to obtain the MCF. Also provided is a MCF for which a rotation alignment operation is easily performed.
US10520663B2	Illumination system based on active and passive illumination devices Illumination systems are described for illuminating a target area, e.g., a floor of a room, using active illumination devices in optical communication with passive illumination devices. The active and passive illumination devices of the illumination system are configured and arranged relative to each other in a variety of ways so a variety of intensity distributions can be provided by the illumination system. Such illumination system is implemented to provide light for particular lighting applications, including office lighting, garage lighting, or cabinet lighting.
US10520659B1	Light-emitting pad structure and manufacturing method thereof A light-emitting pad structure and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The light-emitting pad structure includes: a pad unit, including a main pad body and a light-emitting module, and the main pad body has a top wall, a bottom wall and a lateral annular wall; a light-guiding strip, bent for being surrounded at a periphery of the lateral annular wall and arranged corresponding to the light-emitting module; a light-pervious fabric member having a middle segment and an outer segment, the middle segment is adhered to the top wall, the outer segment is adhered to the bottom wall, so that the light-pervious fabric member is formed with an accommodation bag arranged to cross the lateral annular wall and enclose the light-guiding strip; and a bottom plate adhered to and covering the bottom wall and the outer segment.
US10520656B2	Circular polarization plate for organic EL display device and organic EL display device There is provided a circularly polarizing plate for an organic EL display apparatus, which has an excellent antireflection function and has an excellent organic EL panel-protecting function. A circularly polarizing plate according to the present invention is used in an organic EL display apparatus. The circularly polarizing plate includes in this order: a polarizer; a retardation layer functioning as a λ/4 plate; a barrier layer; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer having a barrier function. An angle formed between an absorption axis of the polarizer and a slow axis of the retardation layer is from 35° to 55°.
US10520652B2	Lens Module The present disclosure provides a lens module. The lens module includes a lens barrel with an accommodation space; a lens group accommodated in the accommodation space; a filter, a bracket and a sensor set by an image side of the lens group and outside the accommodation space. The bracket includes a top wall forming an optical aperture and a side wall extending from the top wall to the image side. The top wall has a first surface facing towards an object side, a second surface arranged opposite to the first surface and a third surface connecting the first surface to the second surface and enclosing the optical aperture. The bracket further includes a first hollow cavity arranged near the third surface, and the first hollow cavity is filled with a black light absorption substance.
US10520649B2	Method of displaying an enhanced three-dimensional image The present invention relates to an image-capturing apparatus and methods, a recording medium, a program and a display device that allows for the displaying of enhanced integral images. In particular, the present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and methods, a recording medium, a program and a display device and a display method which provide images of an object having enhanced three-dimensional resolution while allowing various viewpoints of the images.
US10520642B2	Rock movement sensor for use during blasting The present invention provides a rock movement sensor including an inertial measurement assembly, a control assembly responsive to said inertial measurement assembly and a communication assembly coupled to the control assembly. The control assembly is arranged to determine a displacement associated with a blast or drop based on signals from the inertial measurement assembly. The communication assembly is preferably a wireless communication assembly. A surface unit corresponding to the rock movement sensor is provided which includes a processor programmed to operate a communications assembly to receive displacement data from the rock movement sensor. Consequently, the movement of an ore body due to a blast may be determined by locating a number of the rock movement sensors at known locations about the ore body prior to the blast and subsequently retrieving data values indicating a displacement relative to the known locations from the rock movement sensor post blast.
US10520636B2	Whole-body transmission x-ray scanner and methods for whole-body scanning A whole-body transmission x-ray scanner includes an x-ray source, an x-ray camera, a controller, and a positioner aligning the source and camera to point x-rays towards the camera and moving the source and camera synchronously to scan and acquire radiographic images of an object located therebetween. The positioner includes a closed-loop cable alignment assembly fixed to the source and to the camera to maintain alignment of the source and camera during a scanning mode in which the source and camera move from one end of the object to another end. The positioner includes a motor controlled by the controller, a bi-directional crossover slide track bearing assembly connected to the source, and a conveyor connected to the motor and bearing assembly such that, actuation of the motor by the controller moves the slide track bearing assembly in a loop that correspondingly move the source and camera along a single linear axis.
US10520635B2	Apparatus and method for determining earth's near-surface properties with on-time measurements from airborne time-domain electromagnetic data A device and method for calculating electrical properties of a surveyed underground formation. The method includes selecting a waveform having multiple current transition rates; placing a time-domain electromagnetic (TEM) system above the underground formation while generating with a transmitter a transient primary magnetic field during an on-time period and no magnetic field during a following off-time period, due to the waveform; and recording with a receiver magnetic related data generated by the earth as a result of the transient primary magnetic field. The receiver records the magnetic related data during the on-time period using plural on-time gates sampling.
US10520634B2	Downhole detection tool The present invention concerns a downhole cable or control line detection tool. More particularly, but not exclusively, this invention concerns a method and apparatus for the downhole detection of a cable or control line associated with the external wall of a well casing. A downhole tool for the detection of downhole cable or control lines is provided. The downhole tool comprises an eddy current sensor, the eddy current sensor being arranged to be proximate to the internal wall of a well casing. The eddy current sensor is arranged for pulsed operation. The downhole tool further comprises a mechanism for rotating the eddy current sensor, with an axis of rotation parallel with the longitudinal axis of a well casing.
US10520627B2	Modeling an elastic stiffness tensor in a transverse isotropic subsurface medium Modeling an elastic stiffness tensor in a transverse isotropic subsurface medium acquires well log data for at least one well passing through the transverse isotropic subsurface medium. The transverse isotropic subsurface medium is divided into an effective anisotropic layer and an isotropic layer. The effective anisotropic layer elastic parameters are modeled, and the isotropic layer elastic parameters are modeled using the effective anisotropic layer elastic parameters and the acquired well log data. The modeled effective anisotropic layer elastic parameters and the modeled isotropic layer elastic parameters are used to upscale the effective anisotropic layer and the isotropic layer into the transverse isotropic subsurface medium comprising a single layer and to determine the five members of the elastic stiffness tensor for the transverse isotropic subsurface medium.
US10520622B2	Method and apparatus performing super-virtual surface wave interferometry A method for estimating surface waves generates incident, back-scattered, virtual back-scattered and super-virtual back-scattered traces. The stacked super-virtual back-scattered traces are an estimate of the surface waves.
US10520619B2	FWI model domain angle stacks with amplitude preservation A method, including: obtaining a seismic dataset that is separated into subsets according to predetermined subsurface reflection angle ranges; performing, with a computer, an acoustic full wavefield inversion process on each of the subsets, respectively, to invert for density and generate respective density models; generating acoustic impedances for each of the subsets, as a function of reflection angle, using the respective density models; and transforming, using a computer, the acoustic impedances for each of the subsets into reflectivity sections, wherein the transforming includes normalizing the reflectivity sections by their respective bandwidth.
US10520615B1	Fluid resonant seismic surveying Methods, systems, and devices for the location of oil and gas deposits are disclosed. The technology is based on the recording of natural (i.e. not man-made) oscillations of oil and gas environments under the influence of the energy of resonances of the gravitational tides. The recording is performed by low-frequency geophones (0.1-10 Hz). The resonances are recorded, graphed, and analyzed. The time of the onset of the resonances of 14-day gravitational tides is pre-calculated by adding the tidal waves from the Moon, the Sun, and the stress wave arising in the Earth's lithosphere in connection with the periodic oscillation of the position of the barycenter of the Earth-Moon system. The calculation of the time of the onset allows for the prediction of optimal times for surveying according to the method of the present invention.
US10520611B2	Structured detectors and detector systems for radiation imaging Detector module designs for radiographic imaging include first and second layers of scintillator rods or pixel arrays oriented in first and second directions. The first and second directions are transversely oriented to define a light sharing region between the first and second layers. Encoding features may be disposed in, on or between the first and second layers, and configured to modulate propagation of optical signals therealong or therebetween.
US10520607B2	Beam tracking method at the time of terminal blocking and terminal including the same A beam tracking method and a terminal including the same. The terminal may measure power of a signal received from a base station and determine whether there is a behavior change of the terminal. Further, the terminal may determine whether the signal is blocked using the measured power and the behavior change of the terminal and perform the beam tracking through a secondary beam if it is determined that the signal is blocked.
US10520603B2	Tunnel detection system and method for a motor vehicle A tunnel detection system for a motor vehicle comprises a radiofrequency signal receiver provided to receive a radiofrequency signal coming from a source external to the vehicle; a controller communicating with the radiofrequency signal receiver, the controller being configured to detect at least one amplitude variation in the radiofrequency signal received by the receiver; the controller is configured to determine at least one correspondence level representative of the difference between the detected amplitude variation in the radiofrequency signal and at least one predetermined reference signal amplitude variation representative of the amplitude variation in a signal received by the receiver when the receiver travels into a tunnel; the controller is configured to compare the determined correspondence level with a predetermined minimum correspondence threshold, and detect the tunnel being travelled through by the detection system when the determined correspondence level is greater than or equal to the predetermined minimum correspondence threshold.
US10520602B2	Pulsed laser for lidar system In one embodiment, a laser system includes a seed laser configured to produce optical seed pulses. The laser system also includes a first fiber-optic amplifier configured to amplify the seed pulses by a first amplifier gain to produce a first-amplifier output that includes amplified seed pulses and amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). The laser system further includes a first optical filter configured to remove from the first-amplifier output an amount of the ASE. The laser system also includes a second fiber-optic amplifier configured to receive the amplified seed pulses from the first optical filter and amplify the received pulses by a second amplifier gain to produce output pulses. The output pulses have output-pulse characteristics that include: a pulse repetition frequency of less than or equal to 100 MHz; a pulse duration of less than or equal to 20 nanoseconds; and a duty cycle of less than or equal to 1%.
US10520595B2	Positioning method, apparatus, and mobile terminal A positioning method and a mobile terminal in order to improve track fitting precision, eliminate erroneous track determining, improve a positioning presentation effect, and automatically set a suitable positioning frequency. The method includes determining, by the mobile terminal, an expected journey L, where the expected journey is an expected value of a distance traveled by the mobile terminal between two consecutive times of positioning, obtaining a speed value v of the mobile terminal, adjusting a positioning frequency according to the expected journey L and the speed value v of the mobile terminal such that a deviation of a distance traveled by the mobile terminal between two consecutive times of positioning from the expected journey L is less than a specified threshold, and performing positioning according to an adjusted positioning frequency.
US10520588B2	Maintaining clean laser lens windows using light absorbing materials Laser sensor lenses and methods for maintaining clean laser sensors lenses are disclosed. One method may include applying a coating having first and second components to an exterior surface of a lens of a laser sensor, the first component including a thermogenic light-absorbing (TLA) material; and irradiating the TLA material from a light source within the laser sensor to generate heat from the TLA material to cause the second component to form an active coating. The light source may be a laser of a LiDAR sensor. The heat from the TLA material may cause the second component to cure, solidify, or undergo a phase change. The active coating may be at least one of hydrophobic, oleophobic, and hydrophilic. In another embodiment, a removable cover having a TLA material may be positioned proximate the lens window and irradiated to heat the lens window (e.g., to melt ice thereon).
US10520582B2	Method for iterative target location in a multiple receiver target location system An disclosed method includes receiving, from receivers, TOA data associated with location tag transmissions; determining a first set of the receivers based on the received TOA data; calculating a first tag location estimate for the first set of the receivers by applying a minimizing function to a first set of the TOA data corresponding to the first set of the receivers; determining a first data quality indicator (DQI) for the first tag location estimate; and when the first DQI for the first tag location estimate does not meet a threshold: determining, for the first set of the TOA data, impacts of respective delays on the minimizing function; determining, based on the impacts of the respective delays on the minimizing function, a second set the receivers different from the first set of the receivers; and calculating a second tag location estimate for the second set of the receivers.
US10520581B2	Sensor fusion for autonomous or partially autonomous vehicle control A variety of methods, controllers and algorithms are described for fusing sensor data obtained from different vehicles for use in the at least partial automatic control of a particular vehicle. The described techniques are well suited for use in conjunction with a variety of different vehicle control applications including platooning, convoying and other connected driving applications including tractor-trailer truck platooning applications.
US10520576B2	Method and apparatus for providing indoor travel path based on beacon A method and apparatus provide an indoor travel path based on a beacon. In an embodiment, the apparatus extracts, as a target beacon, at least one beacon device corresponding to at least one destination and also extracts, as an intermediate beacon, one or more beacon devices intervening between the target beacon and a user's terminal device. Then the apparatus establishes a link connecting the target beacon and the intermediate beacon and, based on the established link, calculates one or more paths configured to start from a current location of the terminal device, to pass through the intermediate beacon, and to arrive at the target beacon. Further, the apparatus selects a travel path having the minimum number of link hops from among the calculated paths and offers it to the terminal device.
US10520564B2	High frequency coil and magnetic resonance imaging device In a multi-channel array coil used as an RF coil of an MRI apparatus, even when magnetic coupling occurs between the respective sub-coils, it is possible to suppress the influence of a current flowing through the sub-coil of a coupling counterpart to maintain the desired sensitivity and suppress deterioration of image quality. Therefor, even when magnetic coupling occurs between sub-coils constituting the multi-channel array coil used as the RF coil of the MRI apparatus, the sub-coils are connected to a signal processing circuit so that a phase difference between a rotating magnetic field generated by the influence of a current flowing through the sub-coil of the coupling counterpart and a rotating magnetic field generated by the sub-coil is less than 90 degrees.
US10520561B2	System and method for hyperpolarizing a substance and quenching radicals therein A system for hyperpolarizing a substance is provided. The system includes a cryostat, a polarizer, and a shuttle. The cryostat is operative to generate radicals within the substance by exposing the substance to electromagnetic radiation. The polarizer is operative to hyperpolarize the substance via the radicals, and to quench the radicals within the substance by adjusting a temperature of the substance after the substance has been hyperpolarized. The shuttle is operative to transport the substance while maintaining hyperpolarization of the substance.
US10520553B2	Methods and system for a battery Various embodiments of the present technology may include methods and system for a battery. According to various embodiments, the methods and system may operate to establish continuity between the RSOC values that are computed before and after a change in the charge mode of the battery. During a constant voltage charge mode, the methods and apparatus further estimate the RSOC value according to a linear relationship between the charging current and the RSOC.
US10520544B2	Versatile testing system A chip package assembly testing system and method for testing a chip package assembly are provided herein. In one example, an IC test system is provide that includes a robot, an input queuing station, an output queuing station, and a test station. The test station includes a first and second test interfaces. The first test interface is configurable to receive and communicatively connect with a first chip package assembly having one arrangement of solder ball connections. The second test interface is configurable to receive and communicatively connect with a second chip package assembly having a different arrangement of solder ball connections. The test station also includes a first test processor configured to test the chip package assembly connected through the first interface utilizing a predetermined first test routine and a second test processor configured to test the chip package assembly connected through the second interface utilizing a predetermined second test routine.
US10520534B1	Integrated shielding for motor and test antenna de-coupling A measurement system for measurements of a device under test (DUT) is provided. The measurement system includes a first test antenna configured to send radio frequency (RF) radiation to the DUT and to receive RF radiation sent by the DUT. The system further includes a positioning device, including at least one motor, configured to move the DUT about at least one axis of rotation. The system further includes a geometrical fixture configured to absorb RF radiation and to de-couple or shield the DUT from unintended or spurious RF radiation of one or more of the at least one motor and the first test antenna.
US10520528B2	Dew resistant module for test socket and electronic component testing device having the same A dew resistant module for a test socket, and an electronic component testing device having the same are provided. An enclosure body is provided to circumscribe the test socket; and a test socket base plate provided on top of the test socket and enclosure body. A cover is provided to cover the test socket, enclosure body and test socket base plate. With the provision of the enclosure body and the cover, the test socket, test socket base plate and a portion of the thermal head are prevented from coming into contact directly with the atmosphere, whereby condensation or dewing is prevented, thermal insulation achieved and energy consumption minimized.
US10520527B2	Miniature device for ultra high sensitivity and stability probing in vacuum The present disclosure relates to in situ transmission electron microscope (TEM) holders with improved stability and electrical sensitivity. The holders feature a front bearing seal and a rear bearing seal which allow the holders to achieve high sensitivity, high stability, large range of motion and high vacuum isolation. The bearings use a PEEK insulating disk as a pivot point for translation and tilting motion, and use O-rings to dampen vibrations, provide electrical and vacuum insulation, and to set a grabbing force between the bearing and the probe.
US10520525B2	Symmetric MEMS piezoelectric accelerometer for lateral noise reduction Apparatus and associated methods relate to maximizing a signal to noise ratio of an accelerometer by inhibiting signals arising from movements of a proofmass in directions perpendicular to a direction of intended sensitivity. The direction of intended sensitivity of the accelerometer is along an axis of the proofmass. The accelerometer is rendered substantially insensitive to lateral accelerations of the proofmass by making the accelerometer axially symmetric. Two axially-asymmetric acceleration sensing devices are axially engaged in such a manner as to render the coupled sensing devices substantially axially-symmetric. In some embodiments, each acceleration sensor has an axially-thin membrane portion extending from a proofmass portion. The two acceleration sensors can be engaged in an antiparallel fashion at projecting ends of the proofmass portions. An engagement surface will be located about halfway between the axially-thin membrane portions of the two acceleration sensors, thereby causing mechanical symmetry about the engagement surface.
US10520519B2	Arrangement for preparing a plurality of samples for an analytical method The invention relates to an arrangement for preparing a plurality of samples for an analytical method, comprising a carousel with a solid housing and moveable receiving parts for the sample containers; a control for controlling the receiving parts in the carousel; and a sample receiving device for providing the sample for the analytical method. Said arrangement is characterized in that one or more stations for preparing samples are provided on the carousel, the receiving parts for the sample containers of the carousel can be positioned on said stations. Said arrangement also comprises a centrifuge with pairs of opposite lying receiving parts provided for the sample containers, and said receiving parts are arranged such that they can move on the centrifuge for the sample holder such that a transfer of a sample holder between a receiving part in the carousel and a receiving part in the centrifuge can be carried out. The control takes place by the same control which is also provided for controlling the carousel.
US10520512B2	Method for predicting the risk of a subject for contracting diabetes mellitus and/or metabolic syndrome or for diagnosing metabolic syndrome in a subject Subject matter of the present invention is a method for predicting the risk of a subject for contracting diabetes mellitus and/or metabolic syndrome or for diagnosing metabolic syndrome in a subject wherein said subject is non-diabetic, comprising the following steps determining the level of pro-neurotensin or fragments thereof of at least 5 amino acids in a bodily fluid obtained from said subject; and correlating said level of pro-neurotensin or fragments thereof with the risk of said subject for contracting diabetes mellitus and/or metabolic syndrome, wherein an elevated level is predictive for an enhanced risk of getting diabetes mellitus and/or metabolic syndrome, or wherein an elevated level correlates to the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in a subject wherein said subject is non-diabetic.
US10520511B2	Multimeric protein purity determination Improved capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE), affinity capillary electrophoresis (ACE), and partially filled-ACE (PF-ACE) systems and methods for the detection and quantification of specific molecular entities in a mixture thereof are provided. During manufacturing, heterodimeric bispecific antibodies are often produced along with homodimer species, which can confound quantification of the bispecific antibody. Disclosed are capillary electrophoretic systems and methods of detecting a specific homodimer in the mixture of bispecific heterodimer and homodimers. A ligand capable of binding one of the subunits of the bispecific antibody is contacted with the mixture to form a complex having a reduced electrophoretic mobility, thereby enabling detection of the unbound homodimer.
US10520508B2	Predictive baseline biomarkers for use of vascular disrupting agents The present disclosure relates to the biological markers Ferritin and IL-8 that are predictive for patient response to treatment with a vascular disrupting agent. In particular, the present disclosure relates to biological markers predictive for cancer patient response to treatment with a vascular disrupting agent, as well as methods of treating a cancer patient with a vascular disrupting agent.
US10520507B2	Methods for determining the risk of cardiovascular disease in a subject having a chronic viral infection through the measurement of lysophosphatidic acid A method for determining the risk of cardiovascular disease in a subject having a chronic viral infection includes determining a level of determining a level of at least one lysophophatidic acid (LPA) subtype in the subject, wherein the LPA subtype is selected from the group consisting of LPA 16:0, 18:1, 18:2, and 20:4 and comparing the determined level of the at least one LPA to a control level, wherein an increased level of at least one LPA subtype is indicative of the subject having an increased risk of cardiovascular disease associated with the chronic viral infection.
US10520502B2	Identification of bitter ligands that specifically activate human T2R receptors and related assays for identifying human bitter taste modulators The present invention relates to the discovery that specific human taste receptors in the T2R taste receptor family respond to particular bitter compounds. Also, the invention relates to the discovery of specific hT2R9 alleles and their disparate activity in functional assays with the same biter ligands. The invention further relates to the use of these T2R receptors in assays for identifying ligands that modulate the activation of these taste receptors by specific bitter ligands and related compounds. These compounds may be used as additives and/or removed from foods, beverages, cosmetics and medicinals in order to modify (block) T2R-associated bitter taste. Also T2R ligands may be used as therapeutics to treat and modulate T2R associated gastrointestinal and metabolic functions as well as treat gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases such as eating disorders, food sensing, fod absorption, obesity, diabetes, Crohn's disease, celiac disease, et al.
US10520499B2	Methods of diagnosing and treating autism The present invention provides diagnostic methods for determining the risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in a fetus or child by detecting in a biological sample from the mother antibodies that bind to one or more biomarkers selected from the group consisting of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), guanine deaminase (GDA), collapsin response mediator protein 1 (CRMP1), stress-induced phosphoprotein 1 (STIP1), alpha subunit of the barbed-end actin binding protein Cap Z (CAPZA2), Y Box Binding Protein 1 (YBX1), eukaryotic translation and elongation factor 1A1 (EEF1A1), microtubule-associated protein Tau (MAPT), dihydropyrimidinase-like protein 2 (DPYSL2), dynamin 1-like protein (DNM1L), radixin (RDX), moesin (MSN), and ezrin (EZR). The invention further provides methods of preventing or reducing the risk of a fetus or child developing an ASD by administering to the mother an agent that blocks the binding of maternal antibodies to the one or more fetal biomarkers listed above or by removing from the mother antibodies that bind to the one or more fetal biomarkers.
US10520493B2	Method for assessment of neural function by establishing analysis module A method for assessment of neural function by establishing an analysis module is revealed. The first step of the method is to capture images of the cultured cells with a plurality of fluorescence labeling by a fluorescence microscopy system for image analysis. The cultured cells include neurons and non-neuronal cells. Then select neurons with neurites having fluorescence labeling and exclude non-neuronal cells according to an area and a fluorescence intensity of nucleus. Also calculate an area of the neuronal cell body, a length of the neurites and a number of processes and branches to verify outgrowth of the neurites of the neurons. Next calculate a number of synaptic puncta having fluorescence labeling on the area of the neurites having fluorescence labeling defined in Step 2 to verify formation of the synaptic puncta of the neurons for assessment of neural function.
US10520488B2	Method and measuring device for determination of the growth rate of biofilm A method for determination of the growth rate of biofilm using an electrical impedance analyses is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: bringing a culture medium fluid in contact to an electrode structure, having biofilm grown within the fluid culture medium with the biofilm arranged in distance to the electrodes structure, so that the fluid culture medium is placed between the growing biofilm and the electrode structure; measuring the impedance of the electrodes structure over a monitoring time, and determining the growth rate of the biofilm as a function of the reduction rate of the impedance values measured on the electrode structure.
US10520487B2	Electric-field imager for assays This disclosure describes an electric-field imaging system and method of use. In accordance with implementations of the electric-field imaging system, a fluid sample can be placed on top of a pixel-based impedance sensor. An image of the target analytes can be created immediately afterwards. From this image, computer imaging algorithms can determine attributes (e.g., size, type, morphology, volume, distribution, number, concentration, or motility, etc.) of the target analytes.
US10520485B2	Analytical method for determining the concentration of oxidized nanofibrillar cellulose in a sample The present invention provides a method for determining carbonyl ratio and/or concentration of oxidized nanofibrillar cellulose in a sample. In accordance with the invention oxidized nanofibrillar cellulose comprised in the sample is enzymatically hydrolyzed into oxidized cellobioses which are specific markers to oxidized nanofibrillar cellulose. The cellobioses may be then analyzed and quantified to reveal the amount of oxidized nanofibrillar cellulose in the sample. A method for determining the concentration of oxidized nanofibrillar cellulose in a sample comprises steps of providing an analytical sample of material comprising oxidized nanofibrillar cellulose; hydrolyzing the analytical sample to breakdown products of oxidized nanofibrillar cellulose in presence of one or more enzymes; subjecting the breakdown products to a separation analysis to reveal the relative amounts of the breakdown products; and determining the concentration of oxidized nanofibrillar cellu-lose.
US10520484B2	Aging testing apparatus and use thereof The embodiments herein relate generally to subterranean formation operations and, more particularly, to enhancing aging testing to characterize settling of particulates in treatment fluids for use in subterranean formation operations. The embodiments use a test cell apparatus comprising a test cell body having an open end for receiving a treatment fluid into an interior of the test cell body, the interior having a floating piston for separating the treatment fluid from a pressurization fluid; a sampling port extending from the open end and having a sample valve for receiving samples of the treatment fluid from the sampling port; a pressure input for pressurizing the interior; and a sealing assembly adapted to be inserted into the test cell body in contact with the interior to fluidly seal the open end and through which the sampling port extends, the sealing assembly comprising a retainable test cell cap.
US10520482B2	Systems and methods for monitoring agricultural products The present invention relates to systems and methods for monitoring agricultural products. In particular, the present invention relates to monitoring fruit production, plant growth, and plant vitality. According to embodiments of the invention, a plant analysis system is configured determine a spectral signature of a plant based on spectral data, and plant color based on photographic data. The spectral signatures and plant color are associated with assembled point cloud data. Morphological data of the plant can be generated based on the assembled point cloud data. A record of the plant can be created that associates the plant with the spectral signature, plant color, spectral data, assembled point cloud data, and morphological data, and stored in a library.
US10520478B2	Fluidless column oven for gas chromatography system A system for performing gas chromatography analyses in accordance with the present disclosure includes an analytical column and a column oven. The analytical column has an inlet portion coupled to an injector for receiving a material sample and an outlet portion coupled to a detector. The analytical column is adapted to direct the material sample from the injector to the detector. The column oven is adapted to heat the analytical column for separating constituent components of the material sample for detection by the detector.
US10520471B2	Modified electrode buffers for stain-free protein detection in electrophoresis Proteins that are electrophoretically separated in a gel are derivatized to produce fluorescent emissions by incorporating halo-substituted organic compounds into one or both of the electrode buffer solutions at the two ends of the gel. The halo-substituted compounds used are ones that bear an electric charge at the pH of the buffer solutions and gel, and the polarity of the charge on the compounds is such that the compounds migrate from the electrode buffer into the gel under the electrophoretic influence concurrently with the migration of the proteins into the gel. Once the proteins are separated and distributed within the gel and the gel is fully penetrated with the halo-substituted compounds, the gel is irradiated with ultraviolet light to induce a reaction between the halo-substituted compounds and the proteins through the tryptophan residues on the proteins, producing fluorescent reaction products.
US10520470B2	Temperature compensation method for gas sensor module using change of heater current A temperature compensation method for a gas sensor module using a change of heater current, may include deriving an output voltage equation of the gas sensor module from a cell reaction equation of an electrolyte and deriving the output voltage equation to an equation for a fluctuation temperature which varies depending on a sensor temperature and an unknown type compensation coefficient; deriving the fluctuation temperature to heater current indicating a current value of a heater formed in the gas sensor module and deriving the output voltage equation by the heater current and the compensation coefficient; and measuring output voltage depending on current of heaters at two or more points to determine the compensation coefficient of the output voltage equation, and the output voltage is configured to be compensated with the change of the heater current measured by the gas sensor module regardless of an external temperature.
US10520467B2	CMOS compatible BioFET The present disclosure provides a bio-field effect transistor (BioFET) and a method of fabricating a BioFET device. The method includes forming a BioFET using one or more process steps compatible with or typical to a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) process. The BioFET device may include a substrate; a gate structure disposed on a first surface of the substrate and an interface layer formed on the second surface of the substrate. The interface layer may allow for a receptor to be placed on the interface layer to detect the presence of a biomolecule or bio-entity.
US10520457B2	Sensor of volatile substances with integrated heater and process for manufacturing a sensor of volatile substances A sensor of volatile substances including: a sensitive layer, of a sensitive material that is permeable to a volatile substance and has an electrical permittivity depending upon a concentration of the volatile substance absorbed; a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure capacitively coupled together and arranged so that a capacitance between the first electrode structure and the second electrode structure is affected by the electrical permittivity of the sensitive material; and a supply device, configured to supply a heating current through one between the first electrode structure and the second electrode structure in a first operating condition, so as to heat the sensitive layer.
US10520456B2	Combustion experiment device Provided is a combustion experiment device, which includes a reaction tube into which a sample fluid flows and to which a temperature gradient in which a temperature rises toward a downstream side is imparted, and a burner part that is configured to flow a combustible gas along and around the reaction tube from the downstream side to an upstream side of the reaction tube and to maintain a flame surrounding the reaction tube from the outside in a radial direction of the reaction tube.
US10520453B2	Image acquisition device, image acquisition method, and image correction program Provided are an image acquisition device and an image acquisition method capable of acquiring the internal and external contours of a measured object with a high degree of accuracy. An image acquisition device 1 includes: a first X-ray source 10 that applies X-rays having a first focal point size; a first detector 20 that detects X-rays applied from the first X-ray source 10 and having passed through a measured object O; a first image generation means 30 that generates a first X-ray CT image on the basis of the X-rays detected by the first detector 20; a second X-ray source 40 that applies X-rays having a second focal point size smaller than the first focal point size; a second detector 50 that detects X-rays applied from the second X-ray source and having passed through the measured object O; a second image generation means 60 that generates a second X-ray CT image on the basis of the X-rays detected by the second detector 50; and an image correction means 70 that corrects the first X-ray CT image generated by the first image generation means 30 on the basis of the second X-ray CT image generated by the second image generation means 60.
US10520451B2	Diffraction based overlay metrology tool and method of diffraction based overlay metrology Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for determining overlay of a pattern on a substrate with a mask pattern defined in a resist layer on top of the pattern on the substrate. A first grating is provided under a second grating, each having substantially identical pitch to the other, together forming a composite grating. A first illumination beam is provided under an angle of incidence along a first horizontal direction. The intensity of a diffracted beam from the composite grating is measured. A second illumination beam is provided under the angle of incidence along a second horizontal direction. The second horizontal direction is opposite to the first horizontal direction. The intensity of the diffracted beam from the composite grating is measured. The difference between the diffracted beam from the first illumination beam and the diffracted beam from the second illumination beam, linearly scaled, results in the overlay error.
US10520449B2	Inspection method and inspection device for the closure control of containers Implementations disclose methods and devices for closure control of containers. A method includes performing, by an inspection apparatus, optical 3D measuring of a closed container, the closed container comprising a closure coupled to the container; generating, by the inspection apparatus, 3D data based on the optical 3D measuring; and processing, by an evaluation device, the 3D data to determine at least one of tightness or correct seating of the closure relative to the container.
US10520440B2	Gas-phase delivery system for molecule sensing apparatus Molecule sensing apparatus. The apparatus has first and second chambers, an input port extending into the first chamber, a fluid channel extending from the first chamber to the second chamber, and a surface-enhanced substrate in the second chamber.
US10520437B1	High sensitivity sensor utilizing ultra-fast laser pulse excitation and time delayed detector A system for imaging a biological target includes a light excitation source providing an excitation laser pulse. The system also includes an objective lens that receives reflections of the excitation laser pulse. The system further includes a reimaging optical lens that generates an image of an entrance pupil of the objective lens. The system includes a time-delayed detector that detects the image of the entrance pupil.
US10520434B2	Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy method having time-correlated single-photon counting, which method permits higher light intensities A fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy method with time-correlated single photon counting includes periodically exciting a sample to emit fluorescence photons, with a measurement interval being defined between each two successive excitation light pulses. A value characterizing fluorescence decay behavior is determined based on detection times of detected fluorescence photons, and imaging is performed based one the value. An analog detector signal is sampled within a plurality of sampling intervals within a respective one of the measurement intervals and is converted into a sequence of discrete signal values associated with the sampling intervals. It is determined based thereon whether more than a predefined number of fluorescence photons has been detected within the respective measurement interval. If more than the predefined number of fluorescence photons has been detected, the respective measurement interval is discarded in the step of determining the value characterizing the fluorescence decay behavior.
US10520433B2	Turbidimeter Various turbidimeters are described that can detect light directly in a substantially circular, e.g., encompassing, manner such that an increased amount of scattered light from a sample vial may be detected by a light detector, e.g., a photodiode or photodiode array. In an embodiment, a substantially circular photodiode array is provided to directly detect scattered light in an arc about the sample vial. In other embodiments, light guides are provided in an arc element that guides light to a detector or detectors. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10520422B2	Optical micro-particles detector An optical micro-particle detector including a light source, a gas channel and a plurality of optical detectors is provided. The light source is configured to generate a light beam. The gas channel has at least one curved segment. The curved segment has a light entrance and a plurality of light exits. The light beam from the light source enters the gas channel through the light entrance. The plurality of optical detectors are optically coupled to the light exits, respectively.
US10520420B2	Flow cytometer signal peak identification employing dynamic thresholding Methods of evaluating particle attributes in a sample fluid subjected to flow cytometry investigation in a flow cytometer instrument, methods of processing time series signal data traces output by a flow cytometer instrument, and a flow cytometer system are provided. In the methods and systems, data points comprising time series signal data traces corresponding with detection during the flow cytometry investigation of light from the sample fluid in one or more wavelength ranges indicative of the presence of one or more particle attributes in the sample fluid are batch-processed using a batch-specific signal peak threshold determined as a function of a batch-specific noise characteristic to identify signal peaks in the batch of data points indicative of the presence of the one or more particle attributes in the sample fluid.
US10520419B2	Cartridge for a magnetic flow cytometer, a magnetic flow cytometer, and method for analysing a sample with such a cartridge The invention relates to a cartridge (1) for a magnetic flow cytometer, mainly extending in a x-y-plane, with an inlet (2) for injecting a sample (15) into the cartridge (1), a blister (3) for a buffer solution (21) with magnetic markers to mark pregiven particles (16, 16′) of the sample (15), an outlet, and a fluid channel (9), the fluid channel (9) comprising a first part that connects the inlet (2) with the blister (3) and a second part that connects the first part with the outlet, wherein the second part of the fluid channel (9) comprises an enrichment zone (5) with mechanical guiding structures to focus marked particles (16, 16′) of the sample (15) in a predetermined subsection of the fluid channel (9) and a measuring zone (6) between the enrichment zone (5) and the outlet, the measuring zone (6) comprising a magnetic field sensor (14) in the predetermined subsection of the fluid channel (9) in order to provide simplified and accelerated means for measuring particles, in particular concentrations of particles, of a sample.
US10520418B2	Systems and methods for diagnosing a fluidics system and determining data processing settings for a flow cytometer The present set of embodiments relates to systems and methods for diagnosing a fluidics system and determining data processing settings for a flow cytometer. Systems and methods for diagnosing a fluidics system require accurate measurement and interpretation of fluctuations within the fluid delivery system. Systems and methods for determining data processing settings require an accurate measurement of peak times among various channels and being able to adjust time delay settings wherein peak time is the measurement of time elapsed from the beginning of the data collection time window to the highest peak in the window.
US10520416B2	Substrate treating method for a substrate treating apparatus that carries out etching treatment of substrates A substrate treating apparatus includes a circulating line having a treating tank for storing a phosphoric acid aqueous solution, a circulating pump for feeding the phosphoric acid aqueous solution, a heater for circulation for heating the phosphoric acid aqueous solution, a filter for filtering the phosphoric acid aqueous solution, the circulating line causing the phosphoric acid aqueous solution discharged from the treating tank to flow in order of the circulating pump, the heater for circulation and the filter, and returning the phosphoric acid aqueous solution from the filter to the treating tank. The apparatus also includes a branch pipe branching from the circulating line between the heater for circulation and the filter for extracting the phosphoric acid aqueous solution from the circulating line, and a concentration measuring station connected to the branch pipe for measuring silicon concentration in the phosphoric acid aqueous solution by potentiometry.
US10520406B2	Tensile specimen, method for producing a tensile specimen, device for carrying out a tensile test, and method for carrying out a tensile test A tensile specimen, in particular a fiber-composite-material tensile specimen, includes a test portion which comprises a fiber material and a tensile stress direction which is predetermined for a material test, and a force-introduction portion, wherein the fiber material in the force-introduction portion extends at least in part along a face which is oriented obliquely to the tensile stress direction.
US10520404B2	Biomolecule extraction device and biomolecule extraction method A biomolecule extraction device and method for use thereof are disclosed. The biomolecule extraction device has an insertion part, a body part and at least on discharge port. The insertion port is insertable in a body part, and is configured to fix a sample of collected biomass containing biomolecules. The body part is configured to receive a lyses buffer and contact the surface of the fixed biomass with the lyses buffer to extract the biomolecules from the biomass when the insertion part is inserted in the body part. The at least one discharge part is disposed in the insertion part or the body part for discharging biomass lysate containing the extracted biomolecules.
US10520403B2	Apparatuses for heating microscope slides carrying specimens A slide processing apparatus controls the temperature and orientation of a microscope slide carrying one or more specimens. The apparatus heats the specimen-bearing microscope slide while the slide is oriented to both facilitate adhesion between the specimens and the slide and control movement of the specimens relative to the microscope slide. A slide dryer of the apparatus conductively heats the specimens using a conductive slide heater that physically engages the microscope slide.
US10520400B1	Stream sampler—mass reduction system for flowing powders A device for obtaining samples from a flowing powder stream and performing their immediate analysis using a spectroscopic method is provided. Systematic sample size reduction is achieved to provide representative samples and their immediate (real-time) analysis. The powder blends may come from pharmaceutical, vitamin and nutraceutical products, which must fulfill blend homogeneity requirements. All parts of the batch will have the same probability of being selected as a sample. Samples are obtained without disturbing or changing the composition of the powder blend during the sampling process. Unlike the sample thief commonly used in the pharmaceutical industry, the device of the invention does not disturb the powder blend and does not change the properties of the powder blend during the sampling.
US10520399B2	Liquid sampling The invention provides a liquid sampler for the automated sampling of liquids at dedicated pre-determined intervals. The liquid sampler includes a liquid inlet connectable to a liquid circuit containing a liquid to be sampled, a sampling reservoir for collecting a liquid sample, and a sampling pump connected to the liquid inlet, operable to extract a discrete amount of liquid from the liquid inlet and to discharge the discrete amount of liquid into the sampling reservoir.
US10520380B2	Small six-dimensional force and torque sensor A small six-dimensional force and torque sensor, includes a cylindrical housing, a base disposed on the inner wall of the cylindrical housing, eight first elastic beams of the same size and structure for connecting the base, a central boss disposed at the center of the cylindrical housing, four second elastic beams of the same size and structure for connecting the central boss with the first elastic beams. The four second elastic beams are arranged in a cross shape. The eight first elastic beams and the four second elastic beams are respectively attached with a plurality of strain gauges, thus forming full bridge circuits. The sensor is simple in structure, small in size, can realize self-decoupling of the structure in six directions, and is suitable to be used in combination with current industrial systems.
US10520376B2	Load cell having a computation unit which computes displacement amount of the diffraction grating In one aspect, a load cell includes an elastic body, first optical unit, second optical unit, detector, and computation unit. The first optical unit has a light source, a first diffraction grating on which light from the light source is incident, and a light-receiving unit. The first optical unit is fixed to a first end portion of the elastic body and arranged within a hollow portion of the elastic body. The second optical unit has a second diffraction grating on which diffracted light from the first diffraction grating is incident to generate interference light. The second optical unit is fixed to a second end portion of the elastic body and arranged within the hollow portion. The detector detects the interference light. The computation unit computes a relative displacement amount of the second diffraction grating relative to the first diffraction grating on the basis of a signal obtained by the detector.
US10520375B2	Force detection apparatus and robot A force detection apparatus includes a plurality of piezoelectric sensor parts placed around a first axis, and two fastening portions provided in correspondence with the piezoelectric sensor parts and applying precompression to the corresponding piezoelectric sensor part, wherein the two fastening portions are placed so that the piezoelectric sensor part may be located between the portions along a direction of the first axis. Further, four of the piezoelectric sensor parts are provided around the first axis. Furthermore, the plurality of piezoelectric sensor parts has a plurality of piezoelectric substrates.
US10520372B2	Optical manufacturing process sensing and status indication system An optical manufacturing process sensing and status indication system is taught that is able to utilize optical emissions from a manufacturing process to infer the state of the process. In one case, it is able to use these optical emissions to distinguish thermal phenomena on two timescales and to perform feature extraction and classification so that nominal process conditions may be uniquely distinguished from off-nominal process conditions at a given instant in time or over a sequential series of instants in time occurring over the duration of the manufacturing process. In other case, it is able to utilize these optical emissions to derive corresponding spectra and identify features within those spectra so that nominal process conditions may be uniquely distinguished from off-nominal process conditions at a given instant in time or over a sequential series of instants in time occurring over the duration of the manufacturing process.
US10520371B2	Optical fiber temperature sensors, temperature monitoring apparatus, and manufacturing methods An optical fiber temperature sensor including a lead-in fiber and black body emitter. The lead-in optical fiber includes a fiber end, and the black body emitter is fused on the fiber end, wherein the black body emitter is made up of a melted high emissivity material included integrally in melted silica. Further embodiments include temperature monitoring apparatus with one or more optical fiber temperature sensors, and electronic device processing apparatus including optical fiber temperature monitoring. Numerous other aspects and embodiments are included.
US10520368B2	Electronic apparatus and surface temperature estimation method therefor An electronic apparatus includes a housing, a substrate in the housing, components on the substrate, a reference temperature sensor, temperature sensors for the respective components, and an arithmetic processing unit. The arithmetic processing unit estimates an outside air temperature by using a reference temperature, temperatures acquired by the temperature sensors, first transfer functions, second transfer functions, and third transfer functions, and estimates a surface temperature of the housing based on the outside air temperature. Each first transfer function is defined based on a thermal resistance and a thermal time constant from a component to the reference temperature sensor. Each second transfer function is defined based on a thermal resistance and a thermal time constant from a component to an individual temperature sensor. Each third transfer function is defined based on a thermal resistance and a thermal time constant from a component to a surface of the housing.
US10520359B2	Terminal and method for detecting luminance of ambient light A terminal and a method for detecting luminance of ambient light, where the terminal includes a processor, an ambient light sensor, and a screen. The ambient light sensor and the screen are both coupled to the processor. A light-sensitive element of the ambient light sensor faces the screen and is located on a lower surface of the screen. After the screen is lit up, the processor adjusts first luminance of the screen to a value below a first threshold within a visual persistence time of human eyes. The ambient light sensor detects luminance of first ambient light of the terminal within the visual persistence time of human eyes. The terminal may eliminate non-ambient light that enters the ambient light sensor such that the ambient light sensor may detect luminance of relatively real ambient light.
US10520358B2	Spectrophotometer and method for carrying out a spectrophotometric measurement The present invention relates to a spectrophotometer comprising a light source; and a light sensor for measuring the light emitted by the light source and passing through or reflected a sample; and being characterized by an offset generator for applying an offset value to an output of the light sensor. The invention further relates to a method for performing a related spectrophotometric measurement.
US10520354B2	Apparatus and method for diagnosing rotor shaft An apparatus and method for diagnosing rotor shaft are disclosed herein. The apparatus for diagnosing a rotor shaft that is installed in a bearing so that the rotor shaft is rotated around an axis of rotation includes a measurement unit, a calculation unit, an image generation unit, and a diagnosis unit. The measurement unit measures first vibration signals at two points of the rotor shaft located on a surface perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The calculation unit generates second vibration signals, which are vibration signals at points located in a plane identical to the plane of the two points of the rotor shaft at which the first vibration signals are measured, based on the first vibration signals. The image generation unit generates an image based on the second vibration signals. The diagnosis unit diagnoses the rotor shaft based on the generated image.
US10520352B1	System to validate load cell data Shelves or other fixtures may be used to hold items at a facility. Load cells at the shelf may be used to acquire weight data indicative of changes as items are added or removed from the shelf. The shelves may be part of a fixture that includes a door that results in air movement with respect to the shelves when opened or closed. This air movement may produce weight data that is erroneously indicative of an event, such as a pick or place, even when no actual event has taken place. Weight data from load cells of a shelf may be analyzed to determine a trajectory associated with changes in the weight data over time. A portion of the space may be designated as being associated with invalid weight data. If the trajectory avoids this portion of the space, the weight data may be deemed valid.
US10520350B2	Controlled batch distribution A method of generating batches of food items, includes transferring food items to a weight determination means where the weight of the food items are obtained for single food items and/or food items in groups, and generating a plurality of batches based on the obtained weight of the single food items and/or food items in groups. The step of generating batches is controlled such that the weight of batches is within a pre-defined weight range, and such that the distribution of the batches within the weight range is pre-defined.
US10520349B2	Circuit for simulating a capacitance fuel probe A circuit for simulating a capacitance fuel probe, the circuit comprising: an input for receiving an alternating current (AC) excitation signal; an output for outputting an output signal representing a capacitance of the simulated fuel probe; a single reference capacitance; a first amplifier connected to the reference capacitance, the first amplifier being configured to cause a current flow through the reference capacitance; a second, variable gain, amplifier, the second, variable gain amplifier being configured to output an AC signal representing a multiple of the current flow through the reference capacitance, wherein the AC signal output by the second amplifier is used to generate the output signal.
US10520341B2	Instrument for measuring air speed by means of parabolic movement and measuring method The invention relates to an instrument for measuring air speed by means of parabolic movement and to a measuring method, wherein the measuring instrument is formed by a cubic structure (1) that holds a screwable, flexible container (2) which releases—where air speed needs to be measured—a drop of liquid, the drop falling on one of the concentric circles located on an interchangeable plate (3) that is positioned on a flat base (4) of the device and perpendicular to the axial end of the outlet for the drop of liquid. Depending—on the height—the movement with which the drop falls, the air speed can be determined by means of the horizontal range of the parabolic movement followed by the drop of liquid, and evaluated using the distance between the point of impact of the drop on the surface with respect to the center. The direction of the air speed can also be determined from angle formed by the projection of the vertical plane above which projection the air moves in relation to the x-axis of the x-y plane located above the interchangeable plate (3).
US10520335B2	Winding configuration for inductive position encoder An electronic position encoder is provided including a scale, a detector and a signal processing configuration. The scale extends along an x-axis direction and includes a signal modulating scale pattern. The detector includes sensing elements and a field generating coil that surrounds an interior coil area. The field generating coil includes first and second elongated portions that each extend along the x-axis direction, connected by an end portion. The elongated portions have a nominal generating trace width dimension along the y-axis direction that is at least 0.1 times the nominal interior coil area width dimension in various embodiments. In various implementations, a conductive shield region of the detector may reduce the effect of a shielded end section of the end portion of the field generating coil on the sensing elements. The shielded end section may be located on a different PCB layer than the elongated portions.
US10520332B2	System and method to manage utility meter communications A method for managing communications within a network comprising utility meters, each associated and connected to at least one utility management center through at least one intermediate data concentrator. A message is sent by a utility meter to the destination data concentrator. This message includes metering data measurement reported by said utility meter, its utility meter identifier, the destination data concentrator identifier and the management center identifier. Then, on the basis of several metering data measurements, a metering counter differential consumption value is calculated by difference of two metering counter consumption indexes measured by the utility meter within a time period interval. Then, a report containing at least the metering counter differential consumption value is sent from the destination data concentrator towards the utility management center to which said utility meter is associated.
US10520323B1	Map reports from vehicles in the field Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for assessing validity of a map using image data collected by a laser sensor along a vehicle path. The method may compile image data received from the laser sensor. The map subject to assessment may define an area prohibiting entry by a vehicle.
US10520317B2	In-situ wheel position measurement using inertial measurement units (IMUs) Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the in-situ determination of vehicle wheel position using an inertial measurement unit (IMU). In one aspect as the wheel is rotating, gyroscope measurements are used to find a slip angle defined between the direction of wheel travel and the direction of vehicle travel, to determine a toe alignment condition for the wheel. System and methods are also presented for using an accelerometer to measure slip angle and camber angle. Using an accelerometer or gyroscope, instantaneous wheel angle measurements can also be made to predict vehicle movement, and aid in autonomous steering and in-situ wheel alignment adjustments.
US10520315B2	Frequency modulation MEMS triaxial gyroscope A frequency modulation MEMS triaxial gyroscope, having two mobile masses; a first and a second driving body coupled to the mobile masses through elastic elements rigid in a first direction and compliant in a second direction transverse to the first direction; and a third and a fourth driving body coupled to the mobile masses through elastic elements rigid in the second direction and compliant in the first direction. A first and a second driving element are coupled to the first and second driving bodies for causing the mobile masses to translate in the first direction in phase opposition. A third and a fourth driving element are coupled to the third and fourth driving bodies for causing the mobile masses to translate in the second direction and in phase opposition. An out-of-plane driving element is coupled to the first and second mobile masses for causing a translation in a third direction, in phase opposition. Movement-sensing electrodes generate frequency signals as a function of external angular velocities.
US10520311B2	Gyro sensor apparatus A gyro sensor apparatus includes a driving section that supplies a driving signal, which is for vibrating a sensing element of a vibration-type gyro sensor in a drive axis direction, to the sensing element, and a processing unit that receives a first vibration signal having an amplitude proportional to a driving vibration amplitude, which is an amplitude of vibration in the drive axis direction of the sensing element and a second vibration signal having an amplitude proportional to Coriolis force generated in the sensing element due to an angular velocity of the sensing element. The processing unit is configured to calculate a ratio of Coriolis force to the driving vibration amplitude based on the first vibration signal and the second vibration signal and output a result of the calculation as a result of detection of the angular velocity of the sensing element.
US10520279B2	Firearm accessory mounting interface An accessory mounting interface for a firearm, and a related method, are disclosed. The interface has a firearm accessory, a first elongated fastener, and a second fastener rotationally mated to the first elongated fastener. The first elongated fastener has right-handed threading and is arranged through a through hole in the firearm accessory with a first end extending below first and second halves of a first slot protrusion of the firearm accessory. The second fastener has a length greater than a width, the length measured along a longitudinal axis of the second fastener, the second fastener having a plurality of straight edges. At least one of the plurality of straight edges prevents the second fastener from rotating further than a closed position when the at least one of the straight edges abuts a sidewall of an elongated slot in the firearm.
US10520277B1	Self-defense apparatus A self-defense apparatus includes a sleeve portion, an adapter portion connected to the sleeve portion, and a weapon. The sleeve portion includes one of a fastener or a fastener-receiving passage. The sleeve portion includes a proximal sleeve portion, a distal sleeve portion, a proximal end surface, an outer side surface, and a distal end surface. The sleeve portion defines an implement-receiving cavity that extends axially into the proximal end surface. The proximal end surface and a proximal portion of the outer side surface define a handle portion of the sleeve portion. The distal end surface and a distal portion of the outer side surface define a distal sleeve portion having an adapter-interfacing body of the sleeve portion. The adapter portion includes the other of the fastener and the fastener-receiving passage. The adapter portion defines an adapter body. The weapon is defined by the adapter body and the adapter-interfacing body.
US10520271B2	Integrally suppressed handgun An integrally suppressed firearm in one embodiment includes a rear firing portion defining an axial projectile bore and front suppressor portion. The suppressor portion includes a longitudinal stack of sound suppression baffles each defining a gas expansion chamber in fluid communication with the projectile bore. A mounting rod extends rearward from a front end cap of the suppressor portion and threadably engages a mounting adapter that removably couples the suppressor portion to the firing portion. A muzzle cap disposed inside a rearmost baffle removably couples the mounting adapter to the firing portion. When tightened, the rod axially compresses the baffle stack and forms a combustion gas tight enclosure without need for an additional external pressure retention tube or sleeve. The baffles are configured to form a press-fit frictional interlock with each other such that the baffle stack is self-supporting. An optional accessory rail may be coupled to the adapter.
US10520265B2	Method for applying a slurry coating onto a surface of an inner diameter of a conduit A method for creating a coating onto an inner diameter of conduit, whereby an injection nozzle is moved in a forward direction until its tip is aligned with the end of the conduit. Slurry is pumped from a reservoir into the injection nozzle and then is discharged through the tip of the injection nozzle. The slurry flows, distributes and spreads onto the surface of the conduit. The conduit is rotated and the nozzle is retracted as slurry continues to discharge from the nozzle to coat the remainder of the conduit.
US10520262B2	Heat exchanger A heat exchanger is provided capable of suppressing formation of frost, thereby achieving enhanced heat exchange efficiency refrigerator. The heat exchanger includes refrigerant tubes vertically spaced apart from one another, and heat exchanging fins spaced apart from another in a longitudinal direction of the refrigerant tubes while being coupled to surfaces of the refrigerant tubes. Each heat exchanging fin includes fitting slots formed at one lateral end of the heat exchanging fin and vertically arranged to receive a plurality of refrigerant tubes, and moisture guide valleys extending vertically to downwardly guide moisture on the heat exchanging fin. Each moisture guide valley includes a first moisture guide valley arranged along a virtual line extending through a boundary between a curved portion of the corresponding fitting slot and each straight portion of the fitting slot, and a second moisture guide valley to guide moisture to the first moisture guide valley.
US10520246B2	Refrigerator Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. Specifically, a refrigerator that is capable of enabling a user to easily introduce or remove goods into or from the refrigerator is disclosed. More specifically, a refrigerator that is capable of enabling a drawer for receiving goods to be more conveniently used is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment with a food introduction port formed in the front thereof, a door hingedly connected to the cabinet for opening and closing the storage compartment, a plurality of drawers disposed in the storage compartment, the drawers being arranged vertically, a moving frame extending vertically so as to correspond to the height at which the drawers are disposed, the moving frame being configured to selectively push the drawers such that the drawers are moved toward the food introduction port, an electric driving unit coupled to the moving frame for moving the moving frame toward the food introduction port, and a controller for controlling the electric driving unit to move the moving frame when it is sensed that the door is open.
US10520243B2	Exterior member for home appliance and manufacture method thereof An exterior member for a home appliance includes a front panel that defines an exterior of the home appliance, that is configured to cover a display assembly that includes a plurality of LEDs, and that includes a displaying part that defines a plurality of first through-holes at positions corresponding to the plurality of LEDs, the displaying part being configured to display operating information of the home appliance by transmitting light from the plurality of LEDs through at least a portion of the plurality of first through-holes. The exterior member further includes a front surface coating layer that is located on a front surface of the front panel and that is configured to shield the plurality of first through-holes. The exterior member further includes a hole-filling member that is configured to fill the plurality of first through-holes by coating a rear surface of the displaying part with a material.
US10520241B1	Drip tray for a snow blower The drip tray for a snow blower comprises a drip tray and a ramp. The ramp allows the snow blower to be pushed or propelled to the drip tray and the drip tray collects melt water originating at the snow blower. Melt water may be contained within the drip tray by three walls of the drip tray, an elevation of a portion of the ramp, and/or an inclination of the drip tray floor. In some embodiments, the drip tray may comprise a plurality of drain holes in the drip tray floor and a water reservoir under the drip tray floor for collecting the melt water.
US10520239B2	Refrigerator appliance and air duct therefor A refrigerator appliance and air duct are provided herein. The refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, an internal liner, and an air duct. The internal liner may be positioned within the cabinet and define a chilled chamber. The air duct may include a duct body and a plurality of resilient fingers. The duct body may extend between a first end to a second end. The duct body may define a fluid exchange path between the first end and the second end. The duct body may further define a first fluid opening at the first end in fluid communication with the fluid exchange path. The plurality of resilient fingers may be radially-spaced apart about the fluid opening. The plurality of resilient fingers may extend integrally from the duct body against the internal liner at the first end of the duct body.
US10520237B2	Refrigeration cycle comprising a common condensing section for two separate evaporator-compressor circuits A refrigeration cycle of a refrigerator includes a first refrigeration cycle in which a first refrigerant flows along a first refrigerant tube and a second refrigeration cycle in which a second refrigerant flows along a second refrigerant tube. First and second compressors compress each of the first and second refrigerants, and a combined condenser condenses each of the first and second refrigerants. First and second expansion valves phase-change each of the first and second refrigerants passing through the combined condenser, and first and second evaporators change the refrigerant passing through each of the first and second expansion valves into a low-temperature low-pressure gaseous refrigerant.
US10520236B2	Off-time detector for stand-alone ice making appliances Stand-alone ice making appliances and methods of controlling stand-alone ice making appliances are provided. An appliance includes a container defining a first storage volume for receipt of ice, a water tank defining a second storage volume for receipt of water, and a pump in fluid communication with the second storage volume. The appliance further includes an ice maker which is in fluid communication with the pump for receiving water from the pump. The appliance further includes an off-time detector configured to provide a signal indicative of whether the ice maker has been unpowered for a time period sufficient to begin ice production without overheating.
US10520226B2	Cryocooler A cryocooler include a pressure control valve, a valve housing which accommodates the pressure control valve, a motor which includes a motor output shaft, a reduction mechanism which connects the motor output shaft to the pressure control valve in a power transmittable manner, and a magnetic shield case which encloses the motor and is hermetically connected to the valve housing. The motor may include a motor case from which the motor output shaft protrudes. The magnetic shield case may enclose the motor outside the motor case.
US10520224B2	Drive with integrated inclination sensor A drive can include a positional sensor within an outer housing of the drive so as to provide an output indicative of a position of the drive. The positional sensor can be an inclinometer. The inclinometer can be used for feedback control of an inclination of the drive. The drive can further include control electronics within the same housing, so as to provide feedback control of a motor of the drive. The control electronics can include an input for receiving a requested inclination and can be configured to drive the motor until the inclinometer outputs a signal indicative of the requested angle.
US10520223B2	Robotic heliostat calibration system and method A robotic controller for autonomous calibration and inspection of two or more solar surfaces wherein the robotic controller includes a drive system to position itself near a solar surface such that onboard sensors may be utilized to gather information about the solar surface. An onboard communication unit relays information to a central processing network, this processor combines new information with stored historical data to calibrate a solar surface and/or to determine its instantaneous health.
US10520209B2	Motion tracking Apparatuses, methods, apparatuses and systems for tracking motion are disclosed. One method includes identifying a group of sensors that includes a plurality of neighboring sensors sensing motion greater than a threshold during a time interval, and tracking motion, comprising linking the group to at least one past group of at least one past time interval.
US10520205B2	Thermostat Discussed generally herein are systems and methods for comfort level regulation in a building. A comfort level regulation system for a building can include a plurality of air intakes configured to draw air into the building, and a processor configured to open the one or more air intakes of the plurality of air intakes as a function of an orientation of the building, the location of the air intake relative to the orientation of the building, air temperatures inside and outside the building, and humidity inside and outside the building.
US10520200B1	Multi-fuel grill apparatus A multi-fuel grill apparatus comprising a burner, a burner cover positioned over and spaced from the burner, a solid fuel tray and/or a firebox basin. The burner cover may comprise a lower flame deflector having opposite, downwardly-extending first angled walls linked at a substantially centered cover angled wall joint and/or an upper debris deflector having a top wall and opposite, downwardly-extending deflector angled walls. The solid fuel tray may comprise opposite tray angled side walls configured to seat on the deflector angled walls so as to selectively suspend the tray between two burner covers. The firebox basin may have an upwardly-extending protrusion having opposite basin angled walls linked at a basin angled wall joint substantially vertically aligned with one or more of the burner and the cover angled wall joint. A vent may be formed in the front panel of the grill body adjacent to one or more controls for communicating with the firebox basin.
US10520199B2	Methods and systems for heat treating a food product Methods for heat treating food products include controlling a temperature of a heating element to a maximum temperature correlated to a desired temperature for the food product. A sensed temperature of the heating element may be used to control the maximum temperature. An oven includes a heating element and a temperature sensor configured to sense the temperature of the heating element, and a controller that limits the temperature the heating element based on output from the temperature sensor.
US10520190B2	Device for the ignition/re-ignition of the flame for a gas burner, for example in a cooktop, and corresponding method A device for igniting/re-igniting the flame for a gas burner, for example for a cooktop, is capable of receiving a supply voltage from a supply source. The device is furthermore configured for receiving a signal representing the presence of the flame. The flame ignition/re-ignition device is configured for activating a spark activation circuit (70) configured for generating sparks for igniting the flame when the signal representing the presence of the flame indicates absence of flame, and interrupting the generation of sparks when the signal indicates presence of flame. Furthermore, the flame ignition/re-ignition device comprises an anti-inversion circuit (40) configured for uncoupling the flame ignition/re-ignition device from the direction of insertion of a supply plug for the device into a domestic power outlet, making the device insensitive to the polarity adopted in the connection between the plug and the power outlet.
US10520189B2	Multiple piece firebox for kamado grill A multiple piece firebox for placement within the kettle of a fuel-burning cooking vessel comprising a base formed of a refractory material on the floor of the kettle supporting an upper chamber formed of a refractory material. In a preferred embodiment, a plurality of mating side wall members define the upper chamber.
US10520185B2	Heater device for heating liquefied gas A device housing having a hollow portion including a gas intake pipe projectingly provided to an outer periphery of an instrument body, having a heater built therein and attached to the instrument body. In the hollow portion, a heating wall formed by a bulge extending from the outer end side to the inner end side in the axial direction of the intake pipe and the heater for heating are internally provided. Between the heating wall and a gas intake pipe, and between the heating wall and an inner wall of the housing, inner and outer gas flow paths are formed a liquefied gas introduction side opening is provided at an outer end side of the outer gas flow path, and the outer end side of the inner gas flow path is communicated with a gas intake opening of the tip of the gas intake pipe.
US10520180B1	Lamp A lamp, including a lamp cover, the lamp cover is in the shape of a strip having openings at both ends, and the lamp cover is respectively provided with two side walls and a top surface along a direction away from the light emitting surface, and the two side walls and the top surface form an accommodating cavity; a PCB board, the PCB board being mounted in the accommodating cavity along the length direction of the lamp cover; the lamp also includes a conductive component connected to an external power supply, and the conductive component is electrically connected to the PCB board.
US10520175B2	Collimation and homogenization system for an LED luminaire Disclosed is an LED light source automated luminaire with a multi sided elongated light collimator/mixer/integrator with receiving lens and output lens both with spill shields and where the receiving spill shield is nesting in the output spill shield. The elongated integrator has a square input cross-section and a hexagon or octagon output cross section and is tapered so that the input cross section is smaller than the output cross section.
US10520169B2	Snap in retrofit panel A retrofit lighting fixture for retrofitting a pre-existing lighting fixture. The pre-existing lighting fixture includes electrical wiring and a troffer having a recessed center portion and an outer perimeter edge, which together form a hollow inner cavity, the electrical wiring extending into the cavity. The retrofit lighting fixture includes a lighting panel, a spring and a magnet. The lighting panel has light sources and electrical wiring. The lighting panel electrical wiring is connected to the electrical wiring of the pre-existing lighting. The spring has a first end connected to the lighting panel and a second end connected to the magnet. The magnet is attached to the recessed center portion of the troffer, and the spring is configured to pull the lighting panel against the outer perimeter edge of the troffer. In some applications the retrofit lighting fixture is a LED lighting fixture.
US10520166B2	Flashlight unit A flashlight unit includes a housing having an opening including a lens and a light source located in the housing for emitting light through the lens in a lighting direction. The light source is movable in the lighting direction, relative to the lens, for adjusting light emission. The flashlight unit has an adjusting mechanism including a rotatable member for adjusting the position of the light source in the lighting direction, relative to the lens. There is also a limiter for limiting rotational movement of the rotatable member when the light source reaches a predetermined position.
US10520165B1	Laser illumination lighting device with solid medium freeform prism or waveguide An example lighting device has a luminaire. The luminaire includes a laser light source configured to be driven by electrical power to emit laser light rays, a phosphor plate, and a solid medium freeform prism or waveguide. The solid medium freeform prism or waveguide confines incoming laser light ray emitted from the laser light source inside the solid medium until conversion into illumination lighting by the phosphor plate. The solid medium includes an input surface or lens coupled to the laser light source, an output surface, and a highly reflective internal surface to reflect laser light rays to propagate inside the solid medium until emission through the output surface. The phosphor plate is coupled to the output surface of the solid medium to convert the reflected laser light rays into the illumination lighting to emit from the luminaire.
US10520163B2	Light bundle control member, light emitting device, and illuminating device A light bundle control member of the present invention comprises: an entry plane on which light emitted from a light emitting element becomes incident; two reflecting planes which are arranged across the entry plane in positions opposing the light emitting element, and which respectively reflect some of the light entering via the entry plane in two directions that are substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the light emitting element and opposed to each other; and two output planes which are arranged opposing each other across the two reflecting planes, and which respectively cause the light reflected by the two reflecting planes to be externally output. Each of the two output planes has a plurality of first ridges arranged thereon, wherein, as viewed from the output plane side, a ridge line of the plurality of first ridges is substantially parallel with the optical axis of the light emitting element.
US10520157B2	Laser based light source with tailored illumination pattern A vehicle headlight has a laser-based light source comprising: a laser for emitting laser light, a light converting device with a light converter for converting the laser light to converted light with a peak emission wavelength greater than a peak emission wavelength of the laser light, and an optical arrangement for providing a transformed focused image of the laser on the light converter, thereby broadening the image in at least a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the laser-based light source, such broadening being independent from a second direction being perpendicular to the optical axis and to the first direction.
US10520154B2	Lighting device for a motor vehicle provided with a guided electrical cable harness Lighting device for a motor vehicle, including: a housing, a printed circuit provided with at least one light source of light-emitting diode type, and provided with an electromagnetic shielding cage, the printed circuit extending along a printed circuit plane and being fixed inside the housing, an electrical cable harness fixed by a first end to the printed circuit and fixed by a second end to the housing, characterized in that the electrical cable harness has a run whose projection along an axis at right angles to the printed circuit plane does not intersect the projection of the cage along the axis at right angles to the printed circuit plane and in that the electrical cable harness includes a portion extending parallel to a lateral edge of the cage.
US10520152B2	Laser-based light source with light emission control The invention describes a laser-based light source (100) which is adapted to use the angular dependence of the reflection of polarized laser light (10) at a surface of a conversion material to control especially the color point of light emitted by means of the laser-based light source (100). The reflected laser light is within a first wavelength range and the converted light is in a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range such that the color point of the light emitted by means of the laser-based light source (100) in a defined solid angle depends on the ratio between reflected and converted light. The invention further describes a corresponding method of light emission control, a vehicle headlight (200) comprising such a laser-based light source (100) and a lighting system comprising such vehicle headlights (200).
US10520145B2	Antiglare LED wall light apparatus An antiglare LED wall light apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises an elongated base member; an elongated shield detachably secured to the base member; a light source mounted within the shield; and baffles secured to the shield at horizontally spaced apart intervals. The shield comprises an elongated body having an inner surface and an opposing outer surface, the body extending outwardly and vertically downward from an upper end of the body to a lower end of the body; an arcuate tab integrally connected to the upper end of the body; a vertical member extending downwardly from the inside surface of the body; an upper ledge extending horizontally outward from an upper end of the vertical member, the upper end fixedly attached to the body; and a lower ledge extending horizontally outward from a lower end of the vertical member, the lower ledge parallel to the upper ledge forming a mounting channel.
US10520144B1	Linear LED lighting with adhesive wings An elongate, flexible printed circuit board (PCB) has a central section that carries LED light engines and other components, and a pair of wings, one on each side of the central section, adjacent to the central section. The wings carry adhesive to secure the PCB to a substrate, and may be separated from the central section in some cases by fold or score lines. The LED light engines may be positioned on a first side of the PCB and electrically connected to one or more components on a second side of the PCB. Taken together, the wings may have the same width as the central section, or they may have a greater width.
US10520139B2	Light emitting diode (LED) lighting device Various embodiments provide a light emitting diode (LED) module, an LED lighting device comprising an LED module, and methods for manufacturing an LED module and/or an LED lighting device. In one embodiment, the LED lighting device comprises a housing comprising a metal shell and defining a central opening; and an LED module having one or more LEDs mounted about a periphery of a first surface of the LED module. The LED module is oriented and retained within the central opening of the housing such that the first surface faces out of the central opening. Furthermore, the LED module is secured to the housing via the metal shell.
US10520136B2	System and method for refueling a vehicle tank with liquified petroleum (LP) gas A vehicle has a fuel system that includes a controller that determines when the vehicle is in a refuel mode or a run mode based on a connection of a refuel nozzle to a vehicle connection of the vehicle. The controller controls a fuel pump input selector, a vehicle fuel pump, and a fill/run fuel selector such that fuel is pumped from a storage tank external to the vehicle into a vehicle fuel tank by way of the vehicle fuel pump in the refuel mode, and fuel is pumped to an engine of the vehicle from the vehicle fuel tank by way of the vehicle fuel pump in the run mode.
US10520135B2	Vacuum heat-insulating material, and heat-insulting container, dwelling wall, transport machine, hydrogen transport tanker, and LNG transport tanker equipped with vacuum heat-insulating material A vacuum heat-insulating material includes: an outer cover material; and a core material which is sealed in a tightly closed and decompressed state on the inside of the outer cover material. Outer cover material has gas barrier properties and satisfies at least one of a condition that a linear expansion coefficient is 80×10−5/° C. or lower when a static load is 0.05 N within a temperature range of −130° C. to 80° C., inclusive, a condition that an average value of a linear expansion coefficient is 65×10−5/° C. or higher when a static load is 0.4 N within a temperature range of −140° C. to −130° C., inclusive, a condition that an average value of a linear expansion coefficient is 20×10−5/° C. or higher when a static load is 0.4 N within a temperature range of −140° C. to −110° C., inclusive, and a condition that an average value of a linear expansion coefficient is 13×10−5/° C. or higher when a static load is 0.4 N within a temperature range of +50° C. to +65° C., inclusive.
US10520133B1	Method and system of mounting a VESDA system within a support structure A method of mounting a VESDA system, having a flange insert device and series of individual sampling tubes and system components, within a support structure. The method comprises the steps of: cutting an aperture through the support structure; inserting the flange insert device within the surface structure; threading the individual sampling tube through the flange insert device; securing the flange insert device within the system components; affixing the flange insert device to the surface structure; and camouflaging the flange insert device with a respective substance.
US10520128B2	Touch screen tablet holder for aircraft yoke assembly A personal computer holder for attachment to an aircraft yoke assembly having a control rod and a yoke. The personal computer holder has a hook that is snap-fitted to the control rod. A slider is slidingly connected to the hook. A personal computer holder is pivotally connected to the hook and a personal computer is attached to the personal computer holder. The slider is pushed and pulled to adjust the viewing angle of the personal computer. In a preferred embodiment the personal computer is a touch screen tablet.
US10520121B2	Load bearing flexible conduit A load bearing flexible conduit system (10) for use in a body of water and adapted for deployment from a reel (100) located on a water going vessel into the body of water is disclosed. The system comprises a number of lengths (12) of load bearing flexible conduit, each length of load bearing flexible conduit provided with an inner layer (44) having a throughbore and a load bearing outer layer (50). A joint (30) for connecting the lengths together has a body having a longitudinal axis and a throughbore and at least one flexible coupling to permit at least one of the said one ends of the respective first and second lengths of load bearing flexible conduit to move relative to the longitudinal axis of the joint. The lengths of load bearing flexible conduit are sufficiently flexible such that they are capable of being stored, prior to use, on a reel (100) and are further capable of being at least partially payed out from the reel into the body of water during use.
US10520107B2	Biasing device for linkage system and method of making and using the same A number of variations may include a product comprising: a linkage system comprising: a first and second lever; a first interconnecting component and second interconnecting component operably connected to the first and second levers; a link bar having a first end with a first opening for receiving the first or second interconnecting component, and providing a clearance between the first opening and the first or second interconnecting component and; a second end with a second opening for receiving the first or second interconnecting component and providing a clearance between the second opening and the first or second interconnecting component; and a biasing device having a first and second end for engagement with the first and second interconnecting components and at least one section to allow for increasing or decreasing its length.
US10520104B2	Fuel cutoff valve A fuel cutoff valve has: a valve mechanism that cuts off a communication between a fuel tank and a canister; an upper space defined above the valve mechanism; a tube body that has a tube passage to be communicated with the upper space and introduces a fuel gas to the canister; a retaining chamber defined by a first fuel shielding portion and a second fuel shielding portion to retain a liquid fuel stored in the upper space; a liquid reservoir portion defined between the tube body and the first fuel shielding portion to store the liquid fuel flowing out of the retaining chamber; and a communication portion through which the retaining chamber communicates with the liquid reservoir portion; wherein the communication portion is formed at a position deviated from the tube body so as not to overlap the tube body, when the tube body is seen in its axial direction.
US10520103B1	Intelligent retrofit seismic wave detector and valve shutoff device A retrofit valve shutoff device comprises a coupling key for coupling with an actuator of a shutoff valve, an accelerometer for making acceleration measurements in three directions, a motor, and a processing unit. The processing unit determines the arrival of seismic P-waves when the ratio of vibrations' power in the vertical direction with respect to a sum of the vibrations' power in the three directions exceeds a first threshold. The processing unit then determines the arrival of seismic S-waves when the sum of the vibrations' power in the three directions exceeds a second threshold. The processing unit then determines the arrival of seismic surface waves when the sum of the vibrations' power in the three directions exceeds a third threshold. The processing unit then sends a signal to the motor to rotate the coupling key and the actuator of the shutoff valve to close the shutoff valve.
US10520093B1	Radial shaft seal Radial shaft seal includes an outer diameter member, a primary sealing lip, and a lip energizer. The primary sealing lip is spaced radially from the outer diameter member. The lip energizer is positioned radially between the outer diameter member and the primary sealing lip. The lip energizer moves to an engaging position with the outer diameter member forming a section of material between the outer diameter member and the primary sealing lip. The outer diameter member, the primary sealing lip, and the lip energizer can be formed from a single piece of material, and in one embodiment, an elastomer.
US10520079B2	Transmission controller A transmission controller comprises an actuator which changes a roller position of a toroidal CVT to adjust the tilt motion angle of a power roller; a tilt motion angle information generation unit which generates information of the tilt motion angle; a position estimation unit which derives an estimated value of the roller position; and a position control unit which derives an operation command value of the actuator so that a deviation between a command value of the roller position and the estimated value of the roller position is cancelled. The position estimation unit is configured to derive the estimated value based on the information of the tilt motion angle which is generated by the tilt motion angle information generation unit, and the operation command value, and to compensate the estimated value based on an environment parameter which affects an operation of the power roller.
US10520069B2	Ball screw A ball screw includes a load path and a non-load path defined between the screw shaft and the screw nut with the two ends of the non-load path respectively connected to the load path and a reflow channel of the return tube. The ball screw defines an imaginary horizontal plane and an imaginary sloping surface that are intersected with each other at the center axis of the screw shaft. The imaginary horizontal plane passes through the non-load path. The imaginary sloping surface passes through the junction between the non-load path and the load path. The imaginary sloping surface defines a negative included angle within 1˜3 degrees with respect to the imaginary horizontal plane to reduce the impact force rendered by each rolling member to the return tube, enhancing operational smoothness and reducing operational noise.
US10520063B2	Mechanical virtual elliptical drive A mechanical virtual elliptical drive, including an input motor, a wobble plate, a stator gear, and an output plate. The input motor may have a rotation axis, a substantially flat surface, and a rounded protrusion extending from the flat surface. The wobble plate may have a wobble axis disposed at a non-zero angle relative to the rotation axis. The rounded protrusion of the motor may engage a substantially flat face of the wobble plate, thereby causing the wobble plate to nutate around the stator gear.
US10520056B2	Impact absorbing apparatus An impact absorbing apparatus includes a first chamber including a first chamber wall and a first valve disposed in the first chamber wall. The impact absorbing apparatus includes a second chamber including a second chamber wall and a second valve disposed in the second chamber wall. A plurality of connecting pillars connects the first chamber to the second chamber. The plurality of connecting pillars is configured to shift position in response to a first impact. The first valve is configured to pass air in and out of the first chamber. The second valve is configured to pass air in and out of the second chamber.
US10520052B2	Bicycle disc brake rotor A bicycle disc brake rotor is provided with a base rotor plate and a surface region. The base rotor plate includes an outer portion that is formed of iron. The outer portion has first and second base surfaces facing in opposite axial directions. The surface region is formed by a diffusion process on the base rotor plate. The surface region has a corrosion resistant characteristic which is superior to the base rotor plate.
US10520047B2	Method for warming-up a pneumatic clutch actuator A method for controlling a pneumatic actuator (1) of a transmission having at least one sealing element (6, 7), arranged between two elements (2, 3) of the clutch actuator (1) that move relative to one another, and within a specifiable operating temperature range in which leakproofness of the clutch actuator (1) is ensured. The clutch actuator (1) is acted upon with compressed air from an air supply system for actuating a shifting and/or starting clutch arranged between a drive aggregate and a transmission. In order to warm up the clutch actuator (1), if a temperature of the clutch actuator (1) is lower then a glass transition temperature of the at least one sealing element (6, 7), the drive aggregate is operated at a higher rotational speed compared to the idling speed of the drive aggregate.
US10520046B2	Low backlash multimode clutch A low-backlash multimode clutch includes a one-way bearing allowing rotation in a first direction as well as a number of actuatable pawls in one race and a number of receiving slots having engagement faces in the other race. The engagement faces are tilted such that when the pawls are actuated, any torque applied in the first direction tends to force the pawls outward but the pawls are retained inward, such as by actuator rods. In this way, the one-way clutch may be selectively locked and unlocked with zero backlash against the one-way bearing.
US10520045B2	Vehicle transmission A vehicle transmission includes a plurality of clutches, a shaft, and a pressure relief valve. The plurality of clutches each define a balance dam chamber. The shaft partially defines a pressurized fluid circuit that includes each balance dam chamber. The shaft also defines an outlet. The pressure relief valve is disposed within the shaft between the pressurized fluid circuit and the outlet. The pressure relief valve is configured to open at a threshold pressure of the fluid circuit, wherein the threshold pressure decreases as rotational speed of the shaft increases.
US10520044B2	Method of producing a sliding sleeve for a synchronous manual transmission assembly and sliding sleeve produced by means of the method A sliding sleeve for a synchronous manual transmission assembly is produced by the following steps: a tubular blank is provided in which an internal toothing arrangement is present, and the blank which is provided with the internal toothing arrangement is further processed to form a plurality of sliding sleeves.
US10520043B2	Dual clutch assembly with neutral function and transmission assembly A dual clutch assembly comprises a rotatable second input shaft that surrounds and is concentric with a rotatable first input shaft. A rotatable hub surrounds the first input shaft. A first and a second clutch rotor are connected to the rotatable hub. The first clutch rotor comprises a pulley coupling and a clutch surface. The second clutch rotor comprises a clutch surface. A stationary electromagnetic assembly is mounted between the first clutch rotor and the second clutch rotor. A first armature assembly is coupled to the first input shaft and is configured to couple to the first clutch surface of the first clutch rotor in response to a first electromagnetic signal. A second armature assembly is coupled to the second input shaft and is configured to couple to the clutch surface of the second clutch rotor in response to a second electromagnetic signal.
US10520039B2	Isolating decoupler An isolating decoupler comprising a hub, a pulley journalled to the hub, a torsion spring having a first torsion spring end welded directly to the hub, a wrap spring having a first wrap spring end welded directly to a second torsion spring end, a wrap spring outer surface fictionally engaged with a pulley inner surface, and a wrap spring second end temporarily engagable with the torsion spring first end whereby the frictional engagement between the wrap spring outer surface and the pulley inner surface is progressively released as a torque load increases.
US10520035B2	Variable volume bearing compartment A bearing compartment assembly includes a bearing compartment with a bearing and a plenum, a buffer system that supplies pressure to an exterior of the bearing compartment, and a reactive volume vessel connected to the bearing compartment. The reactive volume vessel has a displaceable member that is movable between two positions, one of which adds additional volume to the bearing compartment.
US10520022B2	Linear motion device Provided is a linear motion device having higher rigidity, higher load resistance, and superior guiding precision. In this linear motion device, a linearly moving element 2 that moves linearly relative to a rail element 1 is provided, load paths 4 through which rolling elements 3 move are provided between the rail element 1 and the linearly moving element 2, and endless rolling element circulation paths are formed in which the load paths 4 are made to communicate via return paths 5 with no-load paths 6, wherein the rolling elements 3 are cylinders of which the length is at least three times the diameter, the rolling elements 3 are configured so as to circulate through the endless rolling element circulation paths while being rotatably held by rolling element holders 10 configured by spacers 8 provided between adjacent rolling elements 3 and belt-shaped linking elements 9 that link spacers 8 together at both ends, the no-load paths 6 are formed by placing no-load path-constituting members 12 in linear holes 11 formed in the linearly moving element 2, and the no-load path-constituting members 12 are configured such that the end surfaces of the rolling elements 3 are opened on the outward sides and the linking elements 9 of the rolling element holders 10 are exposed.
US10520019B2	Slide module A slide module comprises an outer rail, a ball rail, first balls and second balls. The outer rail has a first inner surface and a second inner surface. The ball rail has a first holding section and a second holding section. The first balls are rollably disposed in a plurality of first holes of the first holding section in which the first ball is contacted with the first inner surface and the second holding section and distant from the second inner surface. The second balls are rollably disposed in a plurality of second holes of the second holding section in which the second ball is contacted with the second inner surface and the first holding section and distant from the inner surface. Thereby, the ball rail is capable of moving along the axial direction with respect to the outer rail through the first balls and the second balls.
US10520013B2	Roller for deflecting or guiding a metal strip to be coated in a metal melt bath A roller may be used to deflect or guide a metal strip to be coated in a metal melt bath. The roller may comprise a steel roller shell and steel bearing journals that are connected to the roller shell and arranged coaxially to each other for a rotary supporting of the roller. Disposed on each bearing journal may be a substantially cylindrical or circular disk-shaped connection portion that is made of steel and that extends radially in a direction of the roller shell. At least one of the connection portions may have at least one through opening that emerges at an end face of the roller shell. Further, a filling made of one or more filling elements that have at least one closed cavity may be arranged in the roller shell. The filling may have a structure that is symmetrical about an axis of rotation of the roller.
US10520012B1	Rod end having wear mitigation features for an augmenter nozzle on a jet engine turbine A rod end includes a shaft and a head extending from the shaft. The head has an opening extending therethrough. The rod end includes a spherical bearing rotatably disposed in the opening. The spherical bearing is manufactured from an austenitic stainless steel alloy that includes 16 to 17 weight percent chromium and 0.1 to 0.18 weight percent nitrogen.
US10520009B2	Consumer product suction cup ensemble A consumer product or toy suction cup ensemble includes a housing, a suction cup formation, and a relief valve formation. A collar element may be included in certain embodiments. The housing includes a stem-letting aperture. The suction cup formation includes a collapsible cup portion and a stem portion. The stem portion includes a valve-letting passage. The stem-letting aperture receives the stem section. The relief valve formation includes a valve stem and a valve upper portion. The valve stem includes opposed valve stem grooves that extend from a valve stem end and have a groove length lesser than the valve stem thereby forming a valve-sealing portion. The valve stem is receivable in the valve-letting passage. The collar element of certain embodiments includes an outer collar periphery and an inner slot portion. The inner slot portion accepts the collar-receiving stem section and the outer collar periphery is wider than stem-letting aperture.
US10520007B2	Mounting hardware An assembly includes a simulated nut-and-washer member and a mounting device. The simulated nut-and-washer member includes a base plate simulating a washer, and a cylindrical portion simulating a nut and having a top surface and an outer sidewall with a plurality of faces, the top surface defining a first circular opening having a first diameter. An inner annular surface is disposed radially inward from the outer sidewall and defines a second circular opening disposed coaxial with the first circular opening and having a diameter that is less than the first diameter. The mounting device is configured to be received through the first and second circular openings, and it has a head portion that is configured to contact the inner annular surface.
US10520006B1	Fastener protection caps and methods Fastener protection caps which shield a fastener from material applied in sandblasting, painting and other processes include a cap wall including at least one side cap wall portion having a first wall end and a second wall end, and an end cap wall portion at the first wall end. A cap interior may be defined by the cap wall. The cap interior may be sized and configured to accommodate at least a portion of a mechanical fastener. At least one wall bevel may be provided at the second wall end of the cap wall. Fastener protection methods are also disclosed.
US10520000B2	Connecting device and display screen with the same A connecting device and a display screen with the same. Wherein, the connecting device includes: a first connecting member, including a first fixed part, a first movable part and a first elastic part positioned between the first fixed part and the first movable part, the first fixed part being provided with a first component connecting part and the first movable part being provided with a mounting through hole; and a second connecting member matched with the first connecting member, the first movable part having a connection state of causing the hole wall of the mounting through hole to extend into the accommodation groove and a separation state of causing the hole wall of the mounting through hole to extend out of the accommodation groove and the first movable part being in the connection state only under the action of the first elastic part.
US10519998B2	Expansion anchor having a double coating An expansion anchor, including at least one anchor body as a first element and at least one bolt as a second element, wherein the bolt has an expansion body, which pushes the anchor body radially outward when the expansion body is moved in an extraction direction in relation to the anchor body is provided. A double coating having an inner layer and an outer layer covering the inner layer is provided on one of the two elements in an area of contact with the other element, wherein the outer layer has a coefficient of friction with respect to the other element that is greater than a coefficient of friction of the inner layer with respect to the other element.
US10519997B2	Piece of furniture, and furniture fitting for connecting furniture parts A furniture fitting for connecting furniture parts of upholstered furniture has a first fitting part for fastening to a first furniture part and a second fitting part fastenable to a second furniture part. The first fitting part has a base and two axles arranged parallel to one another and parallel to the base. A first one of the axles is fixedly connected to the first fitting part and a second one of the axles is displaceably mounted relative to the first axle perpendicular to the axles against a force of an energy storage device. The second fitting part has a first and a second mount for the first and second axle and is positioned on the first axle with the first mount to pivot around the first axle. The second axle latches into the second mount during pivoting to connect the two fitting parts to each other.
US10519994B2	Mounting arrangement A mounting arrangement 10 for mounting a dog guard 12 in a vehicle. The mounting arrangement 10 includes a bracket part 22 mountable to the dog guard 12. The bracket part 22 includes an opening 30 with a concave contact surface 34 around the opening 30. A fixing member 36 is provided threadably mountable to the end of a bar 52 which extends through the opening 30. The fixing member 36 has a sleeve 44 with a lower convex annular contact surface 48 engageable against the bracket part contact surface 34. The other end of the bar 52 is engageable with for instance a fixing hook provided on the floor of the boot of a car.
US10519977B2	Centrifugal pump A centrifugal pump is provided, which includes a rotor assembly and a shaft. The rotor assembly includes an injection molded body and a shaft sleeve, the rotor assembly is injection molded taking the shaft sleeve as an injection molding insert, and the impeller injection molded body and the shaft sleeve are fixed by injection molding. The rotor assembly is rotatably supported on the shaft by the shaft sleeve, and the shaft sleeve is processed by injection molding or forging. The shaft sleeve is of a hollow structure, and the shaft sleeve includes a body. A central hole is formed in the body. The shaft sleeve further includes an impeller limiting portion configured to limit a rotating movement and an axial movement of the shaft sleeve with respect to the injection molded body.
US10519972B2	Airfoil shape for sixth 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.
US10519967B2	Seal ring mounting method for turbocharger, and turbocharger It is intended to provide a seal ring mounting method for a turbocharger and a turbocharger with the seal ring, whereby the seal ring is less likely to be affected by other parts. An annular protrusion (12j) for restricting a position of a seal ring (16) in the radial direction is provided at a tip portion (12h) of an inner peripheral wall (12b) of a turbine housing (12), and the seal ring (16) is mounted between a side surface (36c) of a nozzle plate (36) and a first step portion (12k) of the tip portion (12h) of the inner peripheral wall (12b) so that the outer periphery of the seal ring (16) is restrained by the annular projection (12j).
US10519965B2	Method and system for fiber reinforced composite panels A composite panel structure and a method of fabricating the composite panel structure are provided. A fan assembly includes a plurality of blades circumferentially spaced about a fan disk. Each blade of the plurality of blades extends radially outwardly from the disk to a blade tip. A fan case assembly circumscribes the plurality of blades. The fan case assembly includes a radially outer casing including a radially inner side, an inner structure including an inner surface and a honeycomb layer extending along the radially inner side, and a composite panel structure including an inner surface and extending circumferentially along the inner structure inner surface. The composite panel structure includes short fiber tows extending only partially along at least one of a circumferential path, an axial path, and a diagonal path in the composite panel structure.
US10519962B2	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.
US10519960B2	Fan failure detection and reporting A fan failure detection and reporting system organizes fans having similar characteristics into groups. The system establishes, for a given fan group, one or more reference characteristics and identifies, for each reference characteristic, a measure of tolerance. The system identifies as a problem fan a fan having a performance characteristic, obtained via monitoring, which exceeds a corresponding reference characteristic for the group to which the fan belongs by the measure of tolerance for the corresponding reference characteristic, and generates a notification that at least identifies the problem fan. In embodiments, the system is capable of determining the fan characteristics that are used for grouping and for identifying problem fans by monitoring the fans during operation thereof. Consequently, the system is capable of detecting problem fans even when the system initially has limited or no knowledge concerning the fans.
US10519958B2	Systems and methods to provide lubricant to a bearing Systems and methods to help provide lubricant to a bearing in a compressor are disclosed. The embodiments disclosed herein generally are directed to systems and methods to provide a lubricant flow to the bearing, where the lubricant flow relies on the rotation of a shaft of the compressor, so that the lubricant flow can be independent of a power supply.
US10519951B2	Vane pump seal A seal tube assembly of a pump system is provided. The seal tube assembly includes a single seal tube having a first axial end sealably coupled to a first vane pump and a second axial end sealably coupled to a second vane pump. The single seal tube includes transverse contact surfaces at the first axial end and transverse contact surfaces at the second axial end. The single seal tube is formed to define a first seal tube cavity at the first axial end and a second seal tube cavity at the second axial end.
US10519949B1	Superimposed standing valve The present invention is an improved superimposed standing valve and related method of harvesting oil and gas using a conventional rod pump equipped with the improved superimposed standing valve. The present invention includes a valve cylindrical sleeve disposed between a top cylinder and a main standing valve such that the valve cylindrical sleeve can slide along the top cylinder a fixed valve stroke. A plurality of openings are sealed and unsealed by the movement of the valve cylindrical sleeve. The present invention isolates the pump from the head pressure of the oil and gas inside of the tubing thereby enabling the standing valve of the pump to remain open on both the upstroke and the downstroke. As a result, the improved superimposed standing valve increases pump efficiency and reduces the risk of gas locking. Its cylindrical sealing surfaces also prevent solid formation particles from gravitating downward into the pump chamber.
US10519947B2	Compressor with flooded start control A system and method for flooded start control of a compressor for a refrigeration system are provided. A sensor generates sensed data corresponding to a condition of the refrigeration system. A control module is configured to operate the compressor in a flooded-start control mode including operating the compressor according to a cycle with a first time period during which the compressor is on and a second time period during which the compressor is off. The control module operates the compressor in an initial time period, without using the flooded-start control mode, with liquid refrigerant present in the compressor and monitors the sensed data from the sensor. The control module operates the compressor in the flooded start control mode after determining the first time period, the second time period, or a number of cycles, based on the sensed data monitored during the initial time period.
US10519945B2	Method for generating a flow of fluid A method for generating a flow of fluid, implemented in a device including a membrane (2) provided with at least one hole (20) and elements (4) generating back-and-forth movements, wherein a flow is generated through the membrane by actuating the membrane, at least in the region of the at least one hole (20), according to a mode of deformation of the at least one hole, causing the at least one hole to open and close and disturbing the fluid in order to generate the flow. The device suitable for implementing the method is also described.
US10519942B2	Methods of operating a pump to reduce or eliminate pump backlash errors A method of operating a pump can include advancing a stepper motor one or more additional steps in a first direction after detecting a first change in a limit sensor state corresponding to a piston reaching an end of its travel in a first direction. After advancing the stepper motor the additional step or steps in the first direction, the stepper motor can be reversed and advanced in a second direction until a second change in the limit sensor state is detected. The stepper motor can then be advanced in the second direction a predetermined number of steps associated with a full travel of the piston.
US10519932B2	Imaging array for bird or bat detection and identification An automated system for mitigating risk from a wind farm. The automated system may include an array of a plurality of image capturing devices independently mounted in a wind farm. The array may include a plurality of low resolution cameras and at least one high resolution camera. The plurality of low resolution cameras may be interconnected and may detect a spherical field surrounding the wind farm. A server is in communication with the array of image capturing devices. The server may automatically analyze images to classify an airborne object captured by the array of image capturing devices in response to receiving the images.
US10519929B2	System and method for minimizing energy loss due to yaw untwist of a wind turbine The present disclosure is directed to a method for minimizing energy loss caused by yaw untwist of a nacelle of a wind turbine. The method includes monitoring, via at least on sensor, one or more wind conditions near the wind turbine. The method also includes processing, via a controller, the one or more wind conditions for a given time interval. Further, the method includes monitoring, via the controller, a position of the nacelle. The method also includes triggering, via the controller, a yaw untwist operation when the position of the nacelle has rotated from an original position above a predetermined yaw threshold and the processed wind conditions are below a predetermined wind condition threshold.
US10519924B2	Pool cleaner generator module with magnetic coupling A pool cleaner generator module with magnetic coupling. The generator module can include a housing, a paddle wheel, a magnetic follower, and a generator. The generator can power components of the pool cleaner, such as light emitting diode (LEDs). The housing can be removably coupled to the pool cleaner and can include a flow directing portion positioned in a fluid path of the pool cleaner. The paddle wheel can be located adjacent to the flow directing portion and can rotate in response to fluid flow through the fluid path. The generator can be magnetically coupled to the paddle wheel and can generate power through rotation of the paddle wheel. The LED can be coupled to the generator and can receive the generated power from the generator to illuminate an area adjacent to the pool cleaner.
US10519920B2	Automatic two-mode high reduction power transmission system An automatic two-mode high reduction power transmission system. A power transmission system includes a first device that delivers a first input and receives a second output. A second device delivers a second input and receives a first output. A power transmission has two planetary gear sets and operates in a first mode at a first speed ratio, where the first input is received from the first device and in response, the first output is delivered to the second device. The power transmission operates in a second mode at a second speed ratio that is different than the first speed ratio, where the second input is received from the second device and in response, the second output is delivered to the first device. A pair of freewheel mechanisms automatically couple one of the first or second devices with the power transmission to provide the two modes.
US10519915B2	Fuel injection device nozzle plate A nozzle plate has a plurality of blades in the area that surrounds the nozzle hole on the outer plane of the bottom wall part. When the fuel is injected from the nozzle hole and the pressure in the vicinity of the nozzle hole is reduced, the plurality of blades guide a flow of air from the radially outward side of the bottom wall part to the radially inward side of the bottom wall part and generates a swirling flow of the air about the center of the bottom wall part. The swirling flow of the air about the center of the bottom wall part changes to a helical flow by receiving kinetic momentum from fine particles of the fuel injected from the nozzle hole and the helical flow of the air transports the fine particles of the fuel.
US10519908B2	Device for supplying fuel to engine A merge and discharge unit has: a reservoir unit in which fuel can be collected; a first merge unit for merging into the reservoir unit the fuel from an upstream site upstream of the merge and discharge unit on a fuel supply route; a second merge unit for merging into the reservoir unit the fuel from a first fuel return route; a first discharge unit for discharging a portion of the fuel of the reservoir unit into a downstream site downstream of the merge and discharge unit on the fuel supply route; and a second discharge unit for discharging a remaining portion of the fuel of the reservoir unit into a second fuel return route.
US10519904B2	Vehicle air duct for reducing intake noise An air duct for a vehicle functions to reduce intake noise and includes an outer housing configured having a pipe shape so that outside air is introduced into an engine therethrough. The air duct also has an inner pipe fixed in the outer housing so that an outer surface of the inner pipe is spaced apart from an inner surface of the outer housing, thereby partitioning the inside of the outer housing in a radial direction. A space between the inner pipe and the outer housing communicates with the inside of the inner pipe.
US10519901B2	Low-pressure EGR valve having a condensate line An Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Valve is disclosed including a housing having a first side configured to be coupled with a fresh air inlet, a second side configured to be coupled with an outlet, and an exhaust-gas inlet defined at a bottom of the housing. The housing may include one or more inner surfaces defining at least one path to direct a condensate, when present at any point on a bottom surface of an inside of the housing, to a low point within the housing directed by gravity. The outlet may be configured to be fluidically coupled with a turbo compressor.
US10519891B2	Control device for internal combustion engine In order to provide a highly precise and highly responsive humidity detection means with which diagnosis is easy, this control device for an internal combustion engine is characterized in that two or more sensors for detecting the humidity of the atmosphere or a gas mixed with the atmosphere are provided in the middle of the flow in an intake air passage of the internal combustion engine, at least one of these sensors being a relative humidity sensor for detecting the relative humidity, at least one other of the sensors being an absolute humidity sensor for detecting the absolute humidity, and the relative humidity sensor being arranged upstream from the absolute humidity sensor.
US10519888B2	Fuel system diagnostics A method and apparatus for in situ operating an internal combustion engine comprising determining at least one combustion characteristic for a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, comprising an actual heat release signal for the combustion chamber; and inputting the actual heat release signal into a diagnostic logic tree for diagnosing changes in combustion characteristics due to at least one of: a malfunctioning fuel injector, a start of combustion timing error; and a change in fuel quality; and performing a mitigation technique to compensate for the changes in combustion characteristics.
US10519886B2	Air flow rate measuring device The present disclosure provides an air flow rate measuring including a casing and a sensor. The casing includes a main-bypass passage that defines an inlet and an outlet, a sub-bypass passage that branches off from the main-bypass passage at a branching area, and a guiding wall that changes, at a position upstream of the branching area, a flow direction of the passing air taken in from the inlet. The inlet and the guiding wall are arranged in an arranging direction along a flow direction of the intake air in the duct. The guiding wall includes an inlet side surface that faces the inlet and is not perpendicular to the arranging direction.
US10519882B2	Internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine comprises a fuel injector, a spark plug, an evaporated fuel purge device purging evaporated fuel in the fuel tank into an intake passage, and a control device. The control device can perform spark assist control for sequentially injecting premix-forming fuel and injecting ignition assist fuel from the fuel injector, while controlling the fuel injector and spark plug so as to make an air-fuel mixture formed by the injection of ignition assist fuel burn by the spark plug by flame propagation and to make the remaining fuel burn using the heat released by the flame propagation combustion by premixed compression self-ignition, and the control device makes the injection amount of premix-forming fuel decrease without changing the injection amount of ignition assist fuel when purging evaporated fuel into the intake passage by the evaporated fuel purge device compared to when not purging it.
US10519881B2	Compressor pressure ratio control Embodiments of the present invention described herein include a control system for a vehicle. The control system includes a control module that dynamically computes a first power value (PC) to be generated by a compressor based on an estimation model of the compressor. The control system further includes a power term estimator module that dynamically computes a second power value (PU) based on a measured compressor pressure ratio (βcmeas) of the compressor. The control module further computes an amount of power to be generated by an engine (Ptdes) by adding the first power value and the second power value. The control module further adjusts an actuator position to generate the amount of power to be generated.
US10519879B2	Determining in-cylinder pressure by analyzing current of a spark plug In determining an in-cylinder pressure by analyzing a secondary current detected by a secondary current detection resistor, an engine controller is configured to detect an engine revolution speed and a discharge duration during which the secondary current flows. The discharge duration is correlated with a gas pressure between electrodes of a spark plug at ignition timing, that is, an in-cylinder pressure, and is different depending on the engine revolution speed. The engine controller is further configured to estimate the in-cylinder pressure at ignition timing based on the engine revolution speed and the discharge duration. An amount of time-dependent change in mechanical compression ratio, caused by accumulation of deposits, is detected based on the estimated in-cylinder pressure at ignition timing.
US10519871B2	Support assembly for a propeller shaft A turbo propeller engine comprises a housing circumferentially extending around a longitudinal axis and disposed around a gearbox. The turbo propeller engine includes a propeller outside of the housing and a shaft surrounded in part by the housing and extending along the longitudinal axis. The shaft has a front end and a rear end. The propeller is mounted to the front end. The rear end is in a driven engagement with an output of the gearbox. The shaft is rotatably supported by a first bearing and by a second bearing separated from the first bearing by an axial distance along the longitudinal axis. The first and second bearings are disposed on opposite sides of the gearbox. The first bearing is disposed between the shaft and the housing, the second bearing is disposed between the housing and a component of the gearbox to rotatingly support the component of the gearbox.
US10519868B2	System and method for cleaning cooling passages of a combustion chamber Systems and methods are provided for cleaning one or more cooling passages associated with a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine has a compressor section upstream from the combustion chamber. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a pressurized fluid from a source; directing the pressurized fluid through an inlet of a chamber such that a portion of a plurality of particles within the chamber is entrained within the pressurized fluid; and injecting the pressurized fluid with the entrained portion of the plurality of particles downstream from the compressor section through an end wall of a diffuser and deswirl system of the gas turbine engine or through a plenum upstream from the combustion chamber to clean the one or more cooling passages associated with the combustion chamber.
US10519862B2	Gas turbine engine with rotor centering cooling system in an exhaust diffuser A gas turbine engine having a rotor centering cooling system for cooling struts within an exhaust diffuser and turbine case to reduce tip rub during hot restarts is disclosed. In particular, the rotor centering cooling system may be positioned within struts in the exhaust diffuser downstream from a turbine assembly for limiting thermal gradients between top and bottom struts to prevent the exhaust bearing body from becoming off-center during steady state operation as a result of the top struts becoming hotter than the bottom struts. The rotor centering cooling system may reduce the temperature at the exhaust diffuser and turbine case, thereby reducing the thermal gradient between the top and bottom struts and top and bottom of the turbine case. As such, the exhaust bearing body remains centered, thereby preventing a tighter blade tip clearance at the top of the turbine assembly than at the bottom of the assembly.
US10519856B2	Power train A power train includes: an engine including an engine case; a transmission including a transmission case that is fastened to the engine case; an electric motor provided inside the transmission case; and a heat insulator provided between the engine case and the transmission case, and being lower than thermal conductivity of the engine case and thermal conductivity of the transmission case.
US10519848B2	Precombustion-chamber type gas engine and operation control method of same A precombustion-chamber type gas engine, comprising includes: a check valve disposed in the precombustion-chamber gas supply passage and configured to block a backflow of fuel gas from a precombustion chamber; a supply pressure control valve which is disposed on an upstream side of the check valve in the precombustion-chamber gas supply passage and which is capable of adjusting a pressure of the fuel gas to be supplied to the precombustion chamber; a torch strength information acquisition device configured to obtain torch strength information correlated to strength of a torch from the injection nozzle, on the basis of a pressure in the main chamber and a pressure in the precombustion chamber; a precombustion-chamber gas supply amount calculation device configured to calculate an amount of the fuel gas to be supplied to a precombustion-chamber gas supply amount, on the basis of the torch strength information and correlation information representing a correlation between the torch strength information, a thermal efficiency, and the precombustion-chamber gas supply amount; and a precombustion-chamber gas supply pressure control device configured to control the supply pressure control valve on the basis of the precombustion-chamber gas supply amount calculated by the precombustion-chamber gas supply amount calculation device.
US10519839B2	Exhaust purification system of internal combustion engine An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprises a catalyst 20, an air-fuel ratio sensor 41, a current detection device 61, a voltage application device 60, a voltage control part 71 and an air-fuel ratio control part 72. The air-fuel ratio control part controls the air-fuel ratio so that the output current of the air-fuel ratio sensor becomes a predetermined target value. The voltage control part performs at least one of voltage lowering control setting the applied voltage to a first voltage lower when the air-fuel ratio becomes higher than a lean judged air-fuel ratio, and a voltage raising control setting the applied voltage to a second voltage when the air-fuel ratio becomes lower than a rich judged air-fuel ratio. The reference voltage is a voltage at which the output current of the air-fuel ratio sensor becomes zero when the air-fuel ratio is the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio.
US10519837B2	Combustion system A combustion system operated at low cost is provided. A combustion system 1 includes a combustion device 10 that burns fuel, an exhaust line L1 through which exhaust gas flows, the exhaust gas being generated through combustion of the fuel in the combustion device 10, a dust collector 50 that is disposed in the exhaust line L1 and that collects dust in the exhaust gas, and a denitration device 90 that is disposed in the exhaust line L1 and that removes nitrogen oxide from the exhaust gas using a denitration catalyst. The denitration device 90 is disposed downstream from the dust collector 50 in the exhaust line L1. The denitration catalyst contains 43 wt % or more of vanadium pentoxide and has a BET specific surface area of 30 m2/g or more.
US10519836B2	Catalyst structure A catalyst structure, which makes it possible to reduce the flow passage resistance and raise the purification rate, is provided. A catalyst structure provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine comprises a base member which is formed by combining wire-shaped members, wherein the wire-shaped members do not include any wire-shaped member which is arranged to be orthogonal to a flow direction of an exhaust gas, and the wire-shaped members include wire-shaped members which are arranged obliquely with respect to the flow direction of the exhaust gas. The change in the cross-sectional area of the base member is suppressed by arranging the wire-shaped members obliquely with respect to the flow direction of the exhaust gas.
US10519834B2	Reducing agent injection device and exhaust gas treatment method A reducing agent injection device includes a honeycomb structure and a urea spraying device spraying a urea water solution in mist form. In addition, the reducing agent injection device includes a carrier gas inlet that introduces carrier gas f between the urea spraying device and the honeycomb structure. The exhaust gas treatment method of the present invention supplies the urea water solution from the urea spraying device into the cells from the first end face of the honeycomb structure body to generate the ammonia, while introducing the carrier gas f from the carrier gas inlet, and injecting the ammonia to the outside to treat exhaust gas containing NOX.
US10519833B2	System and method for improving the performance of a selective catalyst reduction system in a heat recovery steam generator A method for controlling emissions from a power plant having an ammonia injection grid that includes a plurality of ammonia injection points includes the steps of injecting ammonia into a flow of exhaust gas at an injection location, the injection of ammonia defining a spatial distribution of ammonia across an exhaust gas flowpath, measuring at least one parameter of the exhaust gas downstream from the injection location, comparing a measured value for the at least one parameter of the exhaust gas to a threshold value for the at least one parameter and, if the measured value for the at least one parameter exceeds the threshold value for the at least one parameter, automatically modifying the spatial distribution of ammonia injection across the exhaust gas flowpath.
US10519829B2	Exhaust purification system An exhaust purification system includes an exhaust passage. Exhaust gas flows through the exhaust passage. A burner is arranged in the exhaust passage. A combustion space for fuel in the burner is a part inside the exhaust passage. A NOx adsorbent is located downstream of the combustion space in the exhaust passage. The NOx adsorbent adsorbs nitrogen oxide contained in the exhaust gas. A selective reduction catalyst is located downstream of the NOx adsorbent in the exhaust passage. An adding valve is located between the selective reduction catalyst and the combustion space in the exhaust passage. A connection passage is connected to the adding valve. Urea water flows through the connection passage toward the adding valve. A part of the connection passage runs through the combustion space.
US10519825B2	Crankshaft lubricating oil passage structure for V-type engine A crankshaft lubricating oil passage structure of a V-shaped engine includes a main oil passage and a sub oil passage. The V-shaped engine includes a pair of banks. The pair of banks includes cylinders and is disposed in a V shape with respect to the crankshaft. The V bank angle as an included angle of the cylinders of the respective banks is set at a narrow angle. The main oil passage is provided between the pair of banks in the cylinder block or the crankcase. The sub oil passage extends from the main oil passage to the bearing portion of the crankshaft and guides lubricating oil to the bearing portion. The main oil passage is formed by connecting divided passage portions that are divided partway in an axial direction by an oil passage connection member that is a separate member from the cylinder block or the crankcase.
US10519821B2	Engine valve system A valve system for an engine includes two cams each having a follower, a summation lever coupled to the followers, a lash adjuster, a valve actuating rocker pivotably coupled to the summation lever and resting on the lash adjuster, a control spring urging the summation lever to compress the lash adjuster, a stop limiting an expansion of the control spring, a bore, a plunger which moves in the bore, and an abutment surface. The control spring acts on the summation lever via the plunger. A plunger end engages with the summation lever. A point of contact between the plunger and the summation lever is displaced in a direction transverse to a plunger axis during a pivoting movement of the summation lever. A plunger shoulder is arranged a distance from the plunger end to contact the abutment surface to limit a plunger displacement in a direction compressing the lash adjuster.
US10519818B2	Valve duration control apparatus and engine provided with the same A continuous variable valve duration system may include a camshaft, a first cam portion including a first cam, into which the camshaft is inserted and of which a relative phase angle of the first cam with respect to the camshaft is variable, a rocker shaft disposed parallel to the camshaft, a first rocker arm rotatably disposed to the rocker shaft of which a first end contacts with the first cam and a second end is connected to a first valve, an inner bracket to transmit rotation of the camshaft to the first cam portion, a slider housing into which the inner bracket is rotatably inserted, on which a control hole is formed and on which a guide portion is formed for guiding movement of the slider housing, an eccentric shaft inserted into the control hole, and a control portion to selectively rotate the eccentric shaft.
US10519810B2	Manipulation of turbomachine combustors Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the manipulation of turbomachine combustors. An apparatus according to the present disclosure can include: a bracket body including an operative head configured to removably attach a turbomachine combustor; a rotatable joint rotatably coupled to the bracket body through a gear bearing, wherein the gear bearing is configured to rotate the bracket body relative to the rotatable joint; and a suspended member rotatably coupled to the rotatable joint at a first end, and coupled to a suspension joint at a second end, wherein the rotatable joint rotates the gear bearing and the bracket body relative to the suspended member to center the gear bearing about a predetermined axis of rotation.
US10519805B2	Turbine case coupling A first case includes a first plurality of threads, a second case includes a second plurality of threads, an interface provides at least one of anti-rotation or alignment with respect to the first case and the second case, and a nut includes a third plurality of threads configured to engage with the first plurality of threads and a fourth plurality of threads configured to engage with the second plurality of threads.
US10519802B2	Modulated turbine vane cooling A vane structure includes a baffle movably mounted within an aperture, the baffle movable to control a cooling flow between a first cooling cavity and a second cooling cavity.
US10519795B2	Ring molded article manufacturing method and ring material Various implementations include a method of manufacturing a ring molded article. The ring molded article has two convex portions which respectively protrude on both sides of the ring molded article in a direction of a center axis thereof and extend in a direction of a circumference of the ring molded article. The ring material is placed inside two molds on which concave portions respectively corresponding to the convex portions are formed. The ring material is supported by a region on an outer peripheral side from an outer peripheral side corner in the concave portion of one of the two molds and a region on an inner peripheral side from an inner peripheral side corner in the concave portion of another of the two molds. The ring material is then forged so as to be pressed by the two molds in a direction of a center axis of the ring material.
US10519792B2	Run-in coating based on metal fibers The present invention relates to a run-in coating for a turbomachine, in particular for an aero engine, to be attached to a seal between a rotor and a stator, wherein the run-in coating comprises a metallic scaffold having interstices which are filled with an inorganic-nonmetallic filler material, and wherein the metallic scaffold is formed from an arrangement of metal fibers (9). The invention also relates to a corresponding turbomachine.
US10519790B2	Turbine shroud assembly A turbine component includes an outer shroud arranged within a turbine and further including opposed extending portions. The component further provides an inner shroud shielding the outer shroud from a gas path within the turbine during operation of the turbine and including opposed arcuate portions extending around and in direct contact with a corresponding extending portion of the outer shroud for supporting the inner shroud from the outer shroud. The component further provides a load path forming region at least partially extending between facing surfaces of each arcuate portion and corresponding extending portion. During operation of the turbine, load path forming regions extend into direct contact between at least a portion of the facing surfaces of each arcuate portion and corresponding extending portion, resulting in formation of a loading arrangement having generally evenly distributed radial load forces at the load path forming regions.
US10519788B2	Composite airfoil metal patch A composite airfoil comprises a leading edge and a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, a tip at a radial outer end of the airfoil, a shank at a radial inner end of the airfoil, a dovetail connected to the shank, and a metal patch disposed between the dovetail and the shank.
US10519785B2	Turbine blades having damper pin slot features and methods of fabricating the same A turbine blade includes an airfoil that extends radially between a root end and a tip end, a platform coupled to the root end, and a shank that extends radially inwardly from the platform. The shank includes a cover plate. The cover plate includes an outer surface, an opposite inner surface, and a contoured face that at least partially defines a damper pin slot. The contoured face extends from the outer surface to a first blend edge. The cover plate also includes a blended surface that extends from the first blend edge to a second blend edge. The second blend edge intersects with the inner surface.
US10519781B2	Airfoil turn caps in gas turbine engines Airfoils having hollow bodies defining first and second airfoil cavities and having inner and outer diameter ends, a first airfoil platform at one end of the hollow body having a gaspath surface and a non-gaspath surface, wherein the hollow body extends from the gaspath surface. A first cavity opening is formed in the non-gaspath surface of the platform to fluidly connect to the first airfoil cavity and a second cavity opening in the platform is fluidly connected to the second airfoil cavity. A first turn cap is fixedly attached to the first airfoil platform on the non-gaspath surface covering the first and second cavity openings of the first airfoil platform and defines a first turning cavity such that the first cavity opening in the first airfoil platform is fluidly connected to the second cavity opening in the first airfoil platform by the first turning cavity.
US10519780B2	Dual-walled components for a gas turbine engine Techniques for forming a dual-walled component for a gas turbine engine that include chemically etching at least one of a hot section part or a cold section part to form an etched part having plurality of support structures and bonding the etched part to a corresponding cold section part or a corresponding hot section part to form a dual-walled component, with the plurality of support structures defining at least one cooling channel between the at least one of the hot section part or the cold section part and the corresponding cold section part or the corresponding hot section part.
US10519771B2	Rock breaking seismic source and active source three-dimensional seismic combined advanced detection system using tunnel boring machine A rock breaking seismic source and active source three-dimensional seismic combined detection system uses a tunnel boring machine for three-dimensional seismic combined detection by active seismic source and rock breaking seismic source methods. Long-distance advanced prediction and position recognition of a geological anomalous body are realized using the active source seismic method. Machine construction is adjusted and optimized according to the detection result; real-time short-distance accurate prediction of the body is realized using the cutter head rock breaking vibration having weak energy but containing a high proportion of transverse wave components as seismic sources and adopting an unconventional rock breaking seismic source seism recording and handling method. An area surrounding rock quality to be excavated is represented and assessed. A comprehensive judgment is made to the geological condition in front of the working face with the results of active source and rock breaking seismic source three-dimensional seismic advanced detection.
US10519762B2	Lateral support for downhole electronics Apparatus include a downhole tool comprising an outer member; and a probe body positioned inside the outer member; an electronics carrier positioned inside the probe body; and a lateral support system, including members cooperating to maintain a relative position of the electronics carrier with respect to the probe body, and a biasing member. The plurality of members may include an outer support ring having an axial passage therethrough for receiving the electronics carrier, the outer support ring having an inner surface; and an inner support ring within the probe body having an axial passage therethrough for receiving the electronics carrier, the inner support ring having an outer surface. The biasing member may be configured to urge a member of the plurality of members against an inner surface of the probe body by urging the outer surface of the inner support ring against the inner surface of the outer support ring.
US10519760B2	Recoverable module for subsea environments and uses thereof A recoverable module is configured for subsea environments, and is suitable for use in the processing of fluids linked to the oil industry, and subsea fluid separation equipment or equipment involving any process performed through liners. The recoverable module for subsea environments includes a separating vessel provided with an inlet and two underflow and overflow or tailing outlets, in addition to a cover which has a set of removable liners fastened to its interior.
US10519757B2	Multi-directional enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) method Methods for multi-directional enhanced oil recovery (MEOR) are disclosed that involve removal of oil from a reservoir that has an injection well, a producing well, and a plurality of lenses that contain oil and that each span between the injection well and the producing well. One method, among others, involves recovering primary oil from a primary set of lenses via the producing well by alternating injection one or more times of water and an injection gas, or IG (e.g., carbon dioxide, ethane, natural gas, nitrogen, etc., or any combination thereof) into the injection well so that the water and IG enter the primary set in a first direction and move the primary oil in the first direction. The method further involves recovering secondary oil from a secondary set of lenses that is different than the primary set via the injection well by alternating injection one or more times of water and the IG into the producing well so that the water and carbon dioxide enter the secondary set in a second direction that is different than the first direction (e.g., opposite) and therefore move the secondary oil in the second direction.
US10519750B2	Reclosable multi-zone isolation using a pull-force lock mechanism A reclosable multi-zone isolation tool including a mandrel assembly with a pull-force lock feature. The tool includes an outer and inner tubular having an annular flow path defined there between, and a central flow path defined by the inner tubular. The annular flow path is in fluid communication with the first zone, while the central flow path is in fluid communication with the second zone. A sleeve is positioned in the annular flow path and moveable between an open and closed position. A mandrel assembly is slidingly positioned within the inner tubular and coupled to the sleeve to actuate the sleeve between the open and closed position only when a push force is applied. If a pull force is applied, the mandrel assembly “locks out,” thereby preventing movement of the sleeve.
US10519749B2	Adjustable steam injection tool An adjustable fluid injection tool for use in a wellbore may be used to provide steam to a wellbore annulus. The tool may be adjusted immediately before being positioned in a well. Fluid may exit an inner space of the tool into an accumulation chamber, after which the fluid may exit the tool through one or more adjustable valves. An adjustable valve may be formed between a valve seat of a shroud and a valve plug of a plug sleeve. The plug sleeve may be positioned around a tubular of the tool and able to translate linearly with respect to the shroud by rotating the plug sleeve, thus adjusting the adjustable valve and controlling fluid flow out of the tool.
US10519745B2	Magnetic flow valve for borehole use A valve for a plug passage features opposed perforated magnetic discs that repel each other to stay apart allowing flow through the openings of the spaced discs. When a predetermined flow rate is exceeded, the magnetic repelling force is overcome and one disc moves toward the other to shut off flow as contact between the discs closed the openings between them. One way is to offset the openings and guide the moving disc axially while rotationally locking the moving disc. Another way is to spirally guide the moving disc so that openings initially aligned rotate out of alignment. One or more edge slots can be provided in each disc to sweep out debris that can settle between the discs that would otherwise impede the moving disc from contacting the stationary disc for passage closure.
US10519741B2	Annular barrier and downhole system for low pressure zone An annular barrier for being expanded in an annulus includes a tubular part mounted as part of the well tubular structure, the tubular part including an opening and an inside having an inside pressure, an expandable metal sleeve surrounding the tubular part and having an inner face facing the tubular part and an outer face facing the wall of the borehole, each end of the expandable metal sleeve being connected with the tubular part, an annular space between the inner face of the expandable metal sleeve and the tubular part, and a valve system having a first valve and a second valve, the second valve allowing pressurised fluid into the annular space to expand the expandable metal sleeve and preventing fluid from flowing from the annular space to the inside of the tubular part.
US10519734B2	Downhole milling tool apparatus A downhole milling tool apparatus for use in milling through hard substances, such as barite, found in underground wells, providing a stepped increase of diameters and positioning of carbide cutters and appropriate positioning of fluid ports and channels, to provide removal of cuttings and cooling and lubricating of the cutting head, in turn providing more efficiency and a better rate of penetration (ROP).
US10519728B2	Standing pipe rack back system A manipulable elevator system for jointed tubulars on a service, work-over or completion rig which moves the elevator and any tubing grasped by the elevator away from (or toward) the centre-line of a wellbore being served by the rig is provided which permits use of a vertical pipe racking without the need for a rig worker to man the monkey-board, especially useful to provide for safe vertical pipe-racking for pressure-controlled or snubbing rig environments, and saving operational time and expediting turnaround back to production, while maintaining operational safety; the elevator's maneuvering controlled remotely, typically powered hydraulically.
US10519721B2	Nested bearing and seal for roller cone drill bit The present disclosure relates to nested bearings and seals for use in roller cone drill bits. The bearing may include a bearing member, such as a flange or bushing, that is nested with a seal boss.
US10519717B2	Pressure compensation system for a rotary drilling tool string which includes a rotary steerable component Disclosed herein is a pressure compensation system for a bottom hole assembly. The disclosed pressure compensation system improves the responsiveness of a hydraulically actuated component carried by the bottom hole assembly.
US10519715B2	Intermediate rung apparatus for a ladder An intermediate rung apparatus for use with a ladder includes a first hook, legs, and an intermediate rung. The first hook is configured to extend over a rung of the ladder and couple the intermediate rung apparatus to the ladder. The intermediate rung apparatus also includes legs extending from the first hook. The legs are configured to extend in a downward direction substantially parallel to vertical supports of the ladder when the intermediate rung apparatus is coupled to the ladder. The intermediate rung apparatus further includes an intermediate rung connected to the legs and configured to extend in a direction substantially parallel to the rung of the ladder when the intermediate rung apparatus is coupled to the ladder. In some embodiments, a mount may be used to support the intermediate rung apparatus and/or the ladder.
US10519711B2	Garage door window assembly A method to form a garage door window assembly, the method including providing (N) first trim members and (N) second trim members, wherein (N) is 3 or greater, releaseably attaching an (i)th first trim member to an (i)th second trim member to form an (i)th trim assembly, where (i) is 1 to (N). Releaseably affixing a (j)th trim assembly to a (j+1)th trim assembly, where (j) is 1 to (N−1).
US10519709B2	Flashing retainer assembly The present invention provides an improved method for mounting and securing Flashing at exterior wall fenestration openings by using a three part system, Mounting Channel, Flashing, and Retaining Clip. The Mounting Channel is mounted at the opening or transition area when the framing is complete. The Flashing is inserted into the Mounting Channel. The Flashing is held in place with a Retaining Clip that uses tension to retain the Flashing in place. In this manner, the Flashing can be installed without the need for any mechanical fasteners and is designed to attach Flashing in a manner that allows fenestration to seal directly to the Air Barrier and reduce thermal bridging. Further, because the Flashing can be installed after all other exterior building components are installed, it is less likely that the Flashing will be damaged during the construction process.
US10519705B2	Intelligent safety door The present invention concerns a motorized door comprising an array of n detection cells distributed along the length of the leading edge, capable of detecting the presence and distance, Δx, from said detection cell of a body positioned between said detection cell and a distal transverse edge. The detection cells are coupled to a CPU which triggers different actions during the closing of the shutter, depending on the proportion, P=n1/n of the number, n1, of detection cells identifying the presence of a body at a same time located at a distance, Δx≤Δxs, wherein Δxs is a predefined safety distance. (a) if P≤Ps, wherein Ps is a predefined safety proportion, the detected body is considered as an accidental obstacle and the CPU is programmed to instantly stop the movement of the shutter; (b) if P>Ps, the CPU considers that the detected body is a distal transverse edge defining the end of the closure run, and orders to decrease the closing speed of the shutter until the leading edge contacts the distal transverse edge.
US10519704B2	Glove box assembly with living hinge and methods of installing the same A glove box assembly includes a first tab adapted for coupling to a dashboard substrate. A glove box door includes a second tab. The glove box assembly includes a living hinge. A hinge pin is located within the tabs. The tabs are pivotably coupled to the hinge pin and the living hinge retains a longitudinal position of the hinge pin.
US10519697B1	Tamper proof tag for watches Disclosed is a tamper proof tag and accompanying method for verifying that a watch is authentic and has not been tampered with. The tamper proof tag, when affixed to the watch, ensures that the watch is authentic and prevents a user from tampering with the watch. The tamper proof tag also allows the watch to be worn while the tamper proof tag is affixed to watch and is minimally obstructive to the aesthetics of the watch. This provides a purchasing user with confidence that the watch is authentic, while also allowing the user to try on the watch without having to remove the tamper proof tag. The tamper proof tag also protects the seller from a user that may attempt to tamper with the watch after purchase. For example, the seller may condition returns for a sold watch on the tamper proof tag remaining affixed to the watch.
US10519695B2	Cathode lock and method allowing the cathode lock to switch between normally-opened state and normally-closed state A cathode lock comprising: a lock body 1 mounted on a door or on a door frame and a lock tongue capable of locking with the lock body 1. A lock catch 6 capable of locking with the lock tongue is arranged on the lock body 1. A solenoid 9 capable of generating an electromagnetic force when electrified is also mounted on the lock body 1. A breaking apparatus 10 capable of jamming the lock catch is connected to one end of the solenoid 9. The solenoid 9 is electrified to generate the electromagnetic force, and the breaking apparatus 10 is driven into motion under the effect of the electromagnetic force, thus allowing the breaking apparatus 10 to either be abutted against or separated from the lock catch 6. Also disclosed is a method for cathode lock to switch between a normally-opened state and a normally-closed stated.
US10519693B2	Key cover A cover for a key is disclosed. The cover includes: a first wall; a second wall opposite to the first wall; and an outer wall extending between the first wall and the second wall, the outer wall defining a pair of slots extending therethrough, the slots being positioned opposite to each other on the outer wall, wherein the first wall, the second wall, and the outer wall define a closed chamber for receiving a bow of the key and an opening to the chamber.
US10519688B2	Apparatus and method for identifying operational status of umbrella, parasol or shading system utilizing lighting elements An umbrella includes a first lighting element, a second lighting element, a first electrical component associated with the first lighting element, a second electrical component associated with the second lighting element, and a computing device. The computing device includes one or more processors, one or more physical memory devices and computer-readable instructions being executable by the one or more processors to 1) receive first status message or signals from the first electrical component; 2) receive second status message or signals from the second electrical component; 3) generate first light element commands based, at least in part, on the received first status messages and communicate the generated first light element commands to the first light element; and 4) generate second light element commands based, at least in part, on the received second status messages and communicate the generated second light element commands to the second light element.
US10519683B2	Lattice mast structure and method for increasing the stability of a lattice mast structure The invention relates to a lattice mast structure which comprises a plurality of supports which are designed as steel profiles and between which transverse and/or diagonal struts extend, wherein the lattice mast structure comprises at least one reinforcing bar, wherein the reinforcing bar extends in the longitudinal direction of a support, the reinforcing bar follows the course of the support, the reinforcing bar is connected to the support at at least two points which are remote from one another, with the result that the reinforcing bar forms a structural unit with said support with respect to the force flow and the reinforcing bar is designed as an at least two-part composite component which is formed as a structural unit consisting of an element which predominantly transfers tensile forces and an element which predominantly transfers compressive forces.
US10519676B2	Mechanical locking system for floor panels Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a vertical folding locking system on short edges that only locks vertically and a mechanical locking system on long edges that prevents displacement along the long edges. A locking system for primarily rectangular floor panels with long and short edges installed in parallel rows, which allows that the short edges may be locked to each other with a vertical movement without a horizontal connection and that such horizontal connection is accomplished by the locking system on the long edges including a first and second horizontal locking perpendicular to the edges and along the edges.
US10519674B2	Floor covering, floor element and method for manufacturing floor elements Floor covering, made of floor elements, which, at least at two opposite sides, comprise a male and a female coupling part, which allow that two of such floor elements can be interconnected at the respective sides at the respective sides by pushing one of these floor elements with the associated male coupling part, by means of a downward movement, home into the female coupling part of the other floor element, wherein at least one of said coupling parts, either the male coupling part or the female coupling part, is made as least partially in a filled synthetic material composite, such as extruded wood.
US10519669B1	Rotating gutter system The rotating gutter system is configured for use with a pitched roof. The pitched roof is further defined with a fascia. The rotating gutter system is configured to capture and remove water from the pitched roof. The rotating gutter system is a self-cleaning system. Specifically, each gutter rotates such that debris will fall out of the rotating gutter system allowing for the smooth flow of water through the rotating gutter system. The rotating gutter system is assembled in the same manner as a traditional gutter system. The rotating gutter system comprises a gutter structure and a plurality of segmented bushings. The gutter structure handles the collection and transport of water from the pitched roof. The plurality of segmented bushings: a) attach the gutter structure to the fascia of the pitched roof; and, b) rotate the gutters contained in the gutter structure in order to clean the rotating gutter system.
US10519664B1	Method and system for ensuring leak-free roof installation The present invention is a first system and method for detecting correct installation of a roofing envelope and a second system and method for detecting leaks during the installation of a roofing envelope. The first and second systems and methods may operate independently or in combination.
US10519661B2	Metal roofing material A metal roofing material according to the present invention comprises: a front substrate 2 having a body portion 20, the body portion 20 being comprised of a metal sheet and being formed into a box shape; a back substrate disposed on a back side of the front substrate 2 so as to cover an opening of the body portion 20; a core material filled between the body portion 20 and the back substrate, the metal roofing material being arranged side by side on a roof base together with other metal roofing materials, wherein at least one edge indicator 22 in the form of protrusion is provided at an edge portion of a top plate 20a of the body portion 20.
US10519658B1	High strength, low density columnar structure A high strength, low density modular columnar structure. In the preferred embodiment, each module is a prism or cuboid having three or four vertical rectangular sides which meet in the module corners. The module ends perpendicular to the sides are the module faces. At least one face has a brace panel. The brace panels and the face are preferably the same shape, but off-set. A plurality of preferably triangular brace arms extends to the module corners. Each brace panel is preferably provided with a centrally located aperture. The lower face of each module is preferably provided with a lip, while the upper face is configured to receive the lip. A cylindrical column extends vertically through the center of each module, and a plurality of struts extends radially from each column. A stack of modules may be secured with a bolt run through the module apertures, an adhesive, or simply gravity.
US10519657B1	Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing joists Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a two piece bracket constructed to reinforce a wooden joist. The wooden joist defines a central aperture. The central aperture is constructed to substantially surround a portion of a utility conduit passing therethrough. The two piece bracket is constructed to be positioned against one side of the wooden joist. The two piece bracket comprises a first piece and a second piece.
US10519651B2	Fire resistant tunnel expansion joint systems A fire resistant tunnel expansion joint system for installation between substrates of a tunnel. The system includes a fire protection barrier applied at a predetermined thickness to the substrates and a fire resistant tunnel expansion joint. The tunnel expansion joint includes a core and a fire retardant infused into the core. The core is configured to define a profile to facilitate the compression of the tunnel expansion joint when installed between the substrates. The fire protection barrier and the fire resistant tunnel expansion joint are each capable of withstanding exposure to a temperature of at least about 540° C. or greater for about five minutes.
US10519647B2	Shipping container expansion insert An expansion insert for converting an ISO shipping container into a housing unit is provided, the insert having a compacted form reversibly convertible to a expanded form. The insert has a frame assembly torsionally hinged to a roof assembly and a floor assembly. Two pivot walls and a sidewall are also built into the insert. The insert may be compacted for shipping, expanded after insertion into an ISO container, and compacted again on the ISO container.
US10519642B2	Adjustable sensor device for a plumbing fixture A sensing device for a plumbing fixture includes an electronics housing including a rear wall. The rear wall includes a tool passage therethrough and a fastener head pocket in communication with the tool passage. The device further includes a fastener including head carried in the fastener head pocket of the rear wall of the electronics housing and a body extending away from the head and establishing a fastener axis. The device further includes a sensor assembly including a sensor housing having a first portion coupled to the electronics housing and a second portion carried on the body of the fastener and configured for movement relative to the electronics housing along the body of the fastener.
US10519641B2	Light-emitting rotary knob and flushing toilet cover The utility model discloses a light-emitting rotary knob. The light-emitting rotary knob comprises a rotary knob body, a connecting base and a PCB, wherein a plurality of LED light-emitting bodies are mounted on the PCB, a connecting concave hole is formed in one end of the connecting base, the rotary knob body is provided with a concave cavity and connected with the connecting base in a sleeving mode through the other end of the connecting base by means of the concave cavity, the PCB is mounted on the connecting base, and the multiple LED light-emitting bodies guide out light through the rotary knob body. Preferably, the connecting base comprises a cylindrical body, a protruding part extends out from the middle of one end of the cylindrical body, the connecting concave hole extends into the cylindrical body from the end face of the protruding part, a through hole is formed in the middle of the PCB, the protruding part is sleeved with the PCB through the middle through hole, the multiple LED light-emitting bodies are distributed around the through hole, and the cylindrical body is located in the concave cavity. The light-emitting rotary knob of the utility model has a good prompt effect, correct operation can be ensured, and the grade of a flushing toilet cover can be improved easily.
US10519638B2	External hair strainer Disclosed are various embodiments for an external hair catcher. The external hair catcher can include a rim positioned on a first plane. In some instances, the external hair catcher can include a button positioned on a second plane parallel to the first plane. In other instances, the external hair catcher can include a suction cup protruding from the button in the direction of the rim. Moreover, the external hair catcher can include a plurality of spokes connecting an inner diameter of the rim to an outer diameter of the button, each of the plurality of spokes comprising a bend.
US10519629B2	Working machine A determination portion determines whether a working device is at a receivable posture which allows a receiving device to receive a radio signal transmitted from a transmission device 5 or the working device is at an unreceivable posture which does not allow the receiving device to receive the radio signal transmitted from the transmission device based on posture information detected by a posture sensor. Then, when determining that the working device 4 is at the unreceivable posture, the determination portion sets the receiving device in a power saving mode. On the other hand, when determining that the working device takes the receivable posture with the receiving device being set in the power saving mode, the determination portion returns the receiving device 6 to a normal power mode.
US10519625B2	Dredger actuated from land A dredging system for the removal and cleaning of sediment in bays, port entrances, navigable channels, docks, watercourses, lakes or reservoirs, which is provided with means for excavating, dragging and removing the bottom of the waterway and means for regulation and support, the driving force for which is provided from land, which facilitates extraction of sediments directly onto the land, immediately leaving a planar surface on the sea bed. The aforesaid is achieved by controlling the excavator means and very closely controlling the cutting depth, all in a shorter period of time and at lower cost.
US10519623B2	Stand of front loader, front loader, and work vehicle with supporting-time guiding hole A stand of a front loader includes: a main body that is disposed on a boom and swings between a supporting position in which the main body supports a front loader and a storage position in which the main body is stored; a grounding-member swing shaft that is disposed on the main body and engages with the boom to hold the main body in the storage position; a swinging member swingably disposed on the boom; and an engagement lever disposed on the swinging member, wherein the main body has a guiding hole that guides the engagement lever to regulate a swinging range of the main body.
US10519611B2	Bearing pad A bearing pad for receiving and retaining the substantially vertically oriented structural members of a module for use in constructing a pathway and supporting the pathway module on a ground surface can include a main body member having a lower ground engaging surface and a first slot defined by a first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member. The first slot can be planar and disposed transversely to the lower ground engaging surface of the main body member. The vertically oriented structural member that can be received and retained in the first slot by the first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member.
US10519605B2	Method of marking cellulosic products Methods for marking cellulosic products, including cellulosic fibers such as lyocell and cellulosic films, including methods for marking such products with a detectable nucleic acid marker to identify and validate the origin or authenticity of the products or items manufactured using such products. Detectably-marked cellulosic products marked with nucleic acid markers for authentication, validation and tracking are also provided.
US10519600B2	Yankee dryer cylinder with improved internal geometry A Yankee dryer cylinder (1) having a cylindrical shell (10) having a central portion (11), a first and a second end portion (12, 13) and a longitudinal axis (101). At an internal surface (14), the cylindrical shell (10) includes a plurality of circumferential grooves (15). The cylinder (1) includes a first and a second head (20, 30) fixed, respectively, to the end portions (12, 13) of the cylindrical shell (10). The shell (10) includes a first and a second group of circumferential end grooves (15a, 15b, 15′a, 15′b) positioned respectively at the first and the second end portion (12, 13) and a third group of circumferential grooves positioned at the central portion (11). The grooves of the first and of the second group have a width that is greater than the width of the circumferential grooves positioned at the central portion, to uniformly distribute the loads in operating conditions.
US10519594B2	Supercritical fluid material scouring Supercritical fluid (“SCF”) is used to scour a target material to leave scour elements, such as oligomers and oils from the target material. Carbon dioxide (“CO2”) is introduced into a pressure vessel also containing the target material to be scoured. The CO2 is raised in temperature and pressure to a SCF state. The CO2 is recirculated within the pressure vessel to scour the target material. An exchange of the CO2 is occurs allowing for the scoured elements to be removed from the CO2 and therefore from within the pressure vessel. Operation variables such as temperature, pressure, time, internal flow rate, and CO2 exchange are adjusted to achieve a scouring of the target material.
US10519585B2	Appliance having dampening portion Systems for shipping and operation dampening an appliance having a housing, a moveable tub member inside the housing, and a dampening portion are provided. The housing includes at least one sidewall, with the dampening portion disposed at least partially between the moveable tub member and the at least one side wall. The dampening portion includes a resilient material having at least one surface extending at least partially along the sidewall or tub member.
US10519584B2	Vibration damper and washing machine including the same A vibration damper and a washing machine including the same are disclosed. The vibration damper includes a tappet, a supporting rod slidably coupled to the tappet, a friction unit disposed inside the tappet and configured to rub the supporting rod, and a cap coupled to one end of the tappet and including a plurality of supporting blocks. The plurality of supporting blocks support an outer circumference of the supporting rod with non-uniform bearing power.
US10519579B2	Nonwoven fabrics of short individualized bast fibers and products made therefrom Nonwoven textile fabrics in accordance with the present invention are formed primarily of individualized bast fibers substantially free of pectin having a mean length less than 6 millimeters. The nonwoven fabric can include staple fibers and/or pulp fibers. Individualized bast fibers include fibers derived from the flax and hemp plants. The nonwoven textile fabric is formed into a web while in a dry state and subsequently bonded to produce a nonwoven fabric.
US10519563B2	Device and method for continuous VGF crystal growth through rotation after horizontal injection synthesis The invention provides a device and method for continuous VGF crystal growth through rotation after horizontal injection synthesis, and belongs to the technical field of semiconductor crystal synthesis and growth. According to the used technical scheme, the device comprises a furnace body, a synthesis and crystal growth system positioned in a furnace cavity, and a heating system, a temperature measuring system, a heat preservation system and a control system matched therewith, wherein the synthesis and crystal growth system comprises a crucible and a volatile element carrier arranged on a horizontal side of the crucible, and the volatile element carrier is communicated with the crucible through an injection pipe to realize horizontal injection synthesis; the furnace body has a rotational freedom degree by means of a matched rotating mechanism, so that after the direct horizontal injection synthesis of a volatile element and a pure metal element, the entire furnace body is controlled by the rotating mechanism to slowly rotate, such that a high-purity compound semiconductor crystal is prepared through continuous VGF crystal growth after crystal synthesis, and the condition that a seed crystal is molten by the pure metal before VGF crystal growth can be avoided; and the method has characteristics of simple steps, easy operation and control, and is suitable for the industrial production of semiconductor crystals.
US10519556B2	Process for recycling waste carbide The present invention provides a process for recycling waste carbide, wherein the waste carbide is directly used as anode and electrolyzed in the molten salt, comprising the following steps: 1) the vacuum dehydrating of the molten salt electrolyte; 2) electrolyzing the waste carbide, which is used as anode, and an inert electrode, which is used as cathode in the molten salt electrolyte with the electrolysis temperature of 350˜1000° C.; 3) separating and collecting the metal powder obtained by electrolysis from molten salt medium. According to the technical solutions of the present invention, tungsten and cobalt ions can be dissolved from the anode material-waste carbide directly into the molten salt medium and deposited on the cathode plate with being driven by the electrolysis voltage, to obtain the metal powder particles. The tungsten, cobalt and other products obtained by electrolysis can be used as carbide materials, high temperature structural materials, weapons materials, photocatalytic materials, etc., and can be applied to the fields of processing production, aerospace, military industry, environment and energy, and the like. This method has a short process, has no solid/liquid/gas waste emissions, and is environment-friendly.
US10519554B2	Water splitting method and system An electrode is presented for use in an oxidation process. The electrode comprises a substrate having an electrically conductive surface carrying a chiral system. The chiral system is configured for controlling spin of electrons transferred between the substrate and electrolyte during the oxidation process.
US10519553B2	Method for dissociating water using photosystem II (PSII) The invention relates to a method for dissociating an aqueous solution which includes electrochemical oxidation of the aqueous solution in the presence of pulsed light, said pulsed light being generated from a first source of light energy with a predetermined pulse frequency value, using an enzyme composition based on a first enzyme complex PSII, isolated from a second enzyme complex PSI, with production of oxygen, free electrons and free protons in the aqueous solution, characterised in that said light energy has a variable energy value over time, said method also including a step of modulating said predetermined pulse frequency value of said pulsed light.
US10519552B2	Deposited material structure with integrated component A method for forming a metallic structure having a secondary component includes positioning the secondary component on a main formation surface of a main tool, the main formation surface corresponding to a desired shape of a first layer of material. The method also includes depositing a layer of material on the secondary component and the main formation surface using a cold-spray technique such that the layer of material bonds to the secondary component. The method also includes removing the layer of material and the secondary component to form the metallic structure.
US10519542B2	Purging method A purging method for purging an interior of a processing container of a substrate processing apparatus after a film forming process is executed on a wafer in the processing container, includes a first process of pressurizing a first gas in a first line of the substrate processing apparatus and then discharging the first gas into the processing container, and a second process of supplying a second gas into the processing container. The second process is executed after execution of the first process, the first gas includes an inert gas, and the second gas includes a hydrogen gas, a nitrogen-containing gas, a rare gas or a combination of these gases.
US10519541B2	Reactor system for sublimation of pre-clean byproducts and method thereof A reactor system and related methods are provided which may include a heating element in a wafer tray. The heating element may be used to heat the wafer tray and a substrate or wafer seated on the wafer tray within a reaction chamber assembly, and may be used to cause sublimation of a native oxide of the wafer.
US10519530B2	Magnesium alloy and method of preparing the same The present disclosure provides a magnesium alloy and a preparation method and an application thereof. Based on the total weight of the magnesium alloy, the magnesium alloy includes 0.8-1.4 wt % of rare earth element, 0.01-0.2 wt % of R, 0.8-1.5 wt % of Mn, 0-0.01 wt % of Fe, 0-0.01 wt % of Cu, 0-0.01 wt % of Ni, 0-0.01 wt % of Co, 0-0.01 wt % of Sn, 0-0.01 wt % of Ca, and 96.84-98.39 wt % of Mg, wherein R is at least one selected from Al and Zn.
US10519523B2	Infrared heating method, infrared heating and forming method of steel sheet and automobile component obtained thereby, and infrared heating furnace An infrared heating method comprises: wholly infrared heating a steel sheet uniformly up to a temperature which is A3 point or above; and temperature distribution controlling, wherein, after the wholly infrared heating, partial lowering of a light intensity of infrared rays irradiated toward the steel sheet is performed to provide a first region having a temperature of A3 point or above and a second region having a temperature less than A1 point in the steel sheet.
US10519522B2	Method for purifying oses without adjusting pH The method for purifying oses from hemicellulose originating from lignocellulosic biomass includes eliminating the cellulose matrix and the solid residues and/or the suspended materials from the acid hydrolysate containing oses in order to obtain a clarified hydrolysate, and subjecting the clarified hydrolysate, without adding any basic chemical reagent to increase the pH to at least one step of ultrafiltration and/or to at least one step of nanofiltration, so as to obtain a filtrate containing the majority of the pentoses and a retentate containing the species likely to precipitate under the effect of an increase in the pH. The filtrate is treated by at least one step of electrodialysis so as to recover the acid catalyst from an acid-supplemented solution, and obtain a deacidified filtrate.
US10519518B2	Real-time PCR point mutation assays for detecting HIV-1 resistance to antiviral drugs Disclosed are compositions including primers and probes, which are capable of interacting with the disclosed nucleic acids, such as the nucleic acids encoding the reverse transcriptase or protease of HIV as disclosed herein. Thus, provided is an oligonucleotide comprising any one of the nucleotide sequences set for in SEQ ID NOS:1-89, and 96-104. Also provided are the oligonucleotides consisting of the nucleotides as set forth in SEQ ID NOS:1-89, and 96-104. Each of the disclosed oligonucleotides is a probe or a primer. Also provided are mixtures of primers and probes and for use in RT-PCR and primary PCR reactions disclosed herein. Provided are methods for the specific detection of several mutations in HIV. Mutations in both the reverse transcriptase and the protease of HIV can be detected using the methods described herein.
US10519512B2	STK32C gene relevant to breast cancer and use thereof The present invention relates to the serine threonine kinase 32C (STK32C) gene relevant to breast cancer and a use thereof, and particularly, to a composition for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of breast cancer using the STK32C gene. In the present invention, changes in breast cancer cells according to STK32C gene expression differences were identified, and a breast cancer inhibitory effect according to the inhibition of expression of the STK32C gene and YB-1, which is a substrate protein, were newly verified, and thus target therapies are expected in treatment of breast cancer through more fundamental approaches.
US10519506B2	Identification of metastasis-specific miRNA and hypomethylation signatures in human colorectal cancer The present invention includes methods and biomarkers for diagnosing or detecting colorectal cancer metastasis in a human subject by comparing the Alu repeat methylation level in the biological sample to an Alu repeat methylation control level from a normal non-cancerous sample from the human subject, wherein a decrease in the Alu repeat methylation level is indicative of colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer metastasis. The invention also includes methods and biomarkers for diagnosing or detecting colorectal cancer (CRC) metastasis in a human subject by determining a level of expression of let-7i, miR-10b, miR-320a, and miR-221 in the sample from the one or more biological samples; and comparing the level of expression of let-7i, miR-10b, miR-320a, and miR-221 in the sample with the level of expression of let-7i, miR-10b, miR-320a, and miR-221 from normal colorectal tissue, wherein high expression of at least on of let-7i or miR-320a is indicative of a good prognosis for the CRC, while the low expression of at least one of miR-10b or miR-221 is indicative of a good prognosis for the CRC or CRC metastasis.
US10519488B2	Method of identifying sequence variants using concatenation Described herein, among other things, is a method of sequencing, comprising: concatenating a plurality of fragments of genomic DNA to produce concatenated DNA; sequencing the concatenated DNA to produce a plurality of sequence reads, wherein at least some of the sequence reads comprise: at least the sequence of the 3′ and/or 5′ ends of a fragment that corresponds to the locus of interest and sequence of one or both of the fragments that flank the fragment in the concatenated DNA; and grouping the sequence reads that corresponds to the locus of interest using, for each of the grouped sequence reads: the 3′ and/or 5′ end sequences; and/or the flanking sequence.
US10519485B2	Dual quencher probes The present invention provides nucleic acid probes comprising two quenchers of excited state energy, and methods of their use.
US10519477B2	Self-sufficient process for the production of biomass hydrolysate with reduced salt content The present invention is directed to a self-sufficient process for the production of biomass hydrolysate with reduced salt content as well as the de-salted hydrolysate produced after the inventive process and the use of the de-salted hydrolysate as a fermentation medium.
US10519474B2	Recombinant microorganism for improved production of fine chemicals Recombinant microorganism for improved production of fine chemicals The present invention relates to a recombinant nucleic acid molecule, a recombinant micro-organism, to a method for producing alanine and to the use of the recombinant nucleic acid molecule or the recombinant microorganism for the fermentative production of alanine.
US10519473B2	Microorganism having multiple genes encoding PHA synthase and method for producing PHA using same A PHA copolymer which is slowly crystallized is improved in crystallization speed to improve the melt workability of the PHA copolymer in working such as injection molding, film molding, blow molding, fiber spinning, extrusion foaming or bead foaming, thereby improving the resultant articles in productivity. A method for the improvement is a method for producing a PHA mixture, including the step of culturing a microorganism having both of a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a copolymer PHA (A) and that is derived from the genus Aeromonas, and a gene encoding a PHA synthase that synthesizes a PHA (B) different in melting point from the copolymer PHA (A) by 10° C. or more to produce, in a cell of the microorganism, two or more PHAs different in melting point from one another by 10° C. or more simultaneously.
US10519469B2	Methods and systems for producing products using engineered sulfur oxidizing bacteria Methods and systems for producing a biofuel using genetically modified sulfur-oxidizing and iron-reducing bacteria (SOIRB) are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include the following: providing a SOIRB that have been genetically modified to include a particular metabolic pathway to enable them to generate a biofuel; feeding a first source of ferric iron to the SOIRB; feeding sulfur, water, and carbon dioxide to the SOIRB; producing at least the first particular biofuel, a first source of ferrous iron, sulfate, excess ferric iron, and an SOIRB biomass; electrochemically reducing the excess ferric iron to a second source of ferrous iron; providing an iron-oxidizing bacteria that have been genetically modified to include a particular metabolic pathway to enable them to generate a second biofuel; producing at least the second biofuel, a second source of ferric iron, and an IOB biomass; and feeding the second source of ferric iron to the SOIRB.
US10519468B2	Cells containing CRISPR hybrid DNA/RNA polynucleotides The present disclosure provides DNA-guided CRISPR systems; polynucleotides comprising DNA, RNA and mixtures thereof for use with CRISPR systems; and methods of use involving such polynucleotides and DNA-guided CRISPR systems.
US10519460B2	Use of heterologous expressed polyketide synthase and small molecule foldases to make aromatic and cyclic compounds A method for producing individual or libraries of tri- to pentadecaketide-derived aromatic compounds of interest by heterologous expression of polyketide synthase and aromatase/cyclase in a recombinant host cell.
US10519459B2	Plant promoter from Panicum virgatum This disclosure concerns compositions and methods for promoting transcription of a nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell, employing a promoter from a Panicum virgatum (Pavir.J00490) egg cell gene. Some embodiments relate to a promoter from a Panicum virgatum (Pavir.J00490) egg cell gene that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Other embodiments relate to a 3′ UTR from a Panicum virgatum (Pavir.J00490) egg cell gene that functions in plants to promote transcription of operably linked nucleotide sequences.
US10519456B2	Simultaneous gene editing and haploid induction The presently disclosed subject matter relates to using a haploid inducing line (whether existing or created) and transforming the haploid line so that it encodes cellular machinery capable of editing genes. The transformed haploid inducing line is used as a parent in a cross between two plants. During pollination, the parental gametes fuse to form an embryo; and the gene editing machinery is also delivered to the embryo at this time. During embryonic development, one set of parental chromosomes are lost, and the gene editing machinery operates on the remaining set of chromosomes. Thus, at least one haploid progeny with edited genes is produced from the cross.
US10519454B2	Genome editing using Campylobacter jejuni CRISPR/CAS system-derived RGEN The disclosure provided herewith relates to a Campylobacter jejuni CRISPR/CAS system-derived RGEN and a use thereof.
US10519447B2	Therapeutic UNA oligomers and uses thereof This invention provides UNA oligomers for regulating the expression of a target gene. The UNA oligomers contain UNA monomer linkers, and may contain one or more nucleotides modified with a 2′-O-methyl group, one or more nucleotides modified with a 2′-deoxy-2′-fluoro group, and one or more phosphorothioate or chiral phosphorothioate intermonomer linkages. UNA oligomers can be used as active agents for preventing or treating disease.
US10519444B2	Methods of reducing expression of X-inactivation escapee genes and autosomal genes Inhibitory nucleic acids, e.g., antisense oligonucleotides (ASO) against PAR-TERRA RNA or other chromosome-specific TERRA transcripts (i.e., inclusive of chromosome-specific subtelomeric sequences), and methods of use thereof to downregulate expression of escapee genes on the inactive X chromosome, expression from the active X chromosome, subtelomeric autosomal loci (e.g., FSHD locus), or expression of autosomal genes involved in growth control and apoptosis, e.g., in cells and subjects with supernumerary X chromosomes and/or cancer and other human diseases.
US10519442B2	Twist signaling inhibitor compositions and methods of using the same The present invention relates to compositions comprising TWIST signaling inhibitors and optionally one or more anti-cancer agents, and methods of using the compositions for the treatment of cancer.
US10519427B2	Method for porcine circovirus production and PCV2 vaccines This invention relates to a method for rapid production of PCV2 such that an optimum yield of the virus can be obtained. This invention also relates to the vaccine useful against PCV2 which includes the PCV2 propagated using such a method.
US10519426B2	Compositions featuring an attenuated Newcastle disease virus and methods of use for treating neoplasia The present invention provides methods for inducing regression of tumors in human subjects, the methods utilize a modified mesogenic strain of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) with modified F protein cleavage site, which is non-pathogenic to poultry (lentogenic), but exhibits oncolytic properties. The disclosed methods provide safe, effective and reliable means to induce regression of a tumor in an individual in need thereof. These methods overcome the drawbacks of using pathogenic strains of viruses for human therapy.
US10519422B2	Method of producing human retinal pigment epithelial cells The invention relates to a method of producing a retinal pigment epithelial cell from a human pluripotent stem cell, and a method of treating or preventing a retinal disease by using the produced cell. The retinal pigment epithelial cell is prepared by (a) inducing differentiation of a human pluripotent stem cell into a pigment cell by adhesion cultivation of a human pluripotent stem cell in a medium containing a Nodal signal inhibitor and a Wnt signal inhibitor in the absence of a feeder cell to give a culture containing the pigment cell, (b) subjecting the obtained culture to further adhesion culture to give a culture containing a pigment cell colony, and (c) isolating the pigment cell from the obtained culture and culturing the cell to give a retinal pigment epithelial cell.
US10519415B2	Attachment device for single use containers This disclosure relates to equipment utilized to manufacture chemical agents, particularly biopharmaceuticals, using Disposable Containers (DCs).
US10519402B2	Treatment compositions The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
US10519401B2	Cleaning composition A hand dishwashing cleaning composition comprising a surfactant system including an anionic surfactant and an amine oxide co-surfactant wherein the weight ratio of the surfactant system to the amine oxide is from about 1.5:1 to about 4.5:1 and wherein the composition further includes a protease and an enzyme stabilizer selected from the group consisting of: potassium salts of halides, sulfates, sulfites, carbonates, hydrogencarbonates, nitrates, nitrites, phosphates, formates, acetates, propionates, citrates, maleates, tartarates, succinates, oxalates and lactates; a peptide aldehyde, peptide ketone, a hydrosulfite adduct thereof; a phenyl boronic acid, a derivative thereof and mixtures thereof.
US10519398B1	Methods for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct and system therefore The present invention relates generally to corn dry-milling, and more specifically, to methods for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct produced in a corn dry-milling process for making ethanol and a system therefore. In one embodiment, a method for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct includes, in a corn dry-milling process for making ethanol, separating the whole stillage byproduct into an insoluble solids portion and a thin stillage portion. The thin stillage portion is separated into a protein portion and a water soluble solids portion. Next, the protein portion is dewatered then dried to define a high protein corn meal that includes at least 40 wt % protein on a dry basis.
US10519395B2	Lubricant composition containing an antiwear agent The invention provides a lubricant composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity and a (thio)phosphoric acid salt of an N-hydrocarbyl-substituted gamma- (γ-) or delta- (δ-)amino(thio)ester. The invention further relates to a method of lubricating a mechanical device with the lubricant composition.
US10519394B2	Method for preventing or reducing low speed pre-ignition while maintaining or improving cleanliness A method for preventing or reducing low speed pre-ignition in an engine lubricated with a lubricating oil while maintaining or improving cleanliness by using as the lubricating oil a formulated oil. The formulated oil has a composition including a lubricating oil base stock as a major component, and at least one boron-containing compound and at least one overbased calcium detergent as minor components. The at least one boron-containing compound includes at least one borated dispersant, or a mixture of a boron-containing compound and a non-borated dispersant. The boron to nitrogen ratio for the at least one boron-containing compound is less than or equal to about 0.3 and the lubricating oil is essentially free of elemental magnesium. The lubricating oils of this disclosure are particularly advantageous as passenger vehicle engine oil (PVEO) products.
US10519385B1	Upgrading jet fuel using spent FCC equillibruim catalyst Spent zeolite equilibrium catalyst from the fluidized catalytic cracker has a useful function as an adsorbent for jet fuel. Redirecting such spent catalyst saves costs for refinery operations in two ways. The first is by avoiding the costs for disposing of such catalyst as hazardous waste. The second is to reduce the cost of procuring sorbent for the jet fuel decontamination process. Since zeolite is primarily silica and conventional sorbents are also silica, zeolite catalysts are chemically similar. And the equilibrium catalyst may be regenerated in the FCC after its becomes saturated with jet fuel contaminants and re-used.
US10519381B2	Bitumen extraction process A process for the extraction and recovery of bitumen from oil sands using deionized silicate solutions. Bitumen is recovered in a process comprising contacting a deionized silicate solution with an ore sand oil to produce a froth comprising bitumen and a tailings stream comprising water, sand and clay fines and optionally unrecovered bitumen. Preferably the tailings stream is dewatered and recovered water may be recycled to the extraction process.
US10519378B2	Recycling and material recovery system The present invention relates to recycling tires and the like utilizing a microwave service controlling the pressure from such a process enables a more even temperature and helps prevent the build-up of explosive gas.
US10519376B2	Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal composition satisfies at least one of characteristics such as high maximum temperature, low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large dielectric anisotropy and high stability to ultraviolet light, or having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics. The liquid crystal composition contains a quencher as an additive, and may contain a specific compound having large positive dielectric anisotropy as a first component, a specific compound having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a second component, or a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a third component.
US10519373B2	Bark and wood fiber growing medium A method for making a growing medium includes a step of combining tree bark and/or wood components together to form an initial composition; heating the initial composition to a temperature greater than about 149° C. under steam in a pressurized vessel; processing the initial composition through a refiner with a plurality of opposing disks to obtain the fibrous growing medium, the refiner separating fibers from each other; wherein the growing medium has total porosity of 88 volume % or more.
US10519368B2	Phosphor, manufacturing method thereof, and light-emitting device using the phosphor A red-light emitting phosphor is provided, having a basic composition represented by Ka(Si1-x,Mnx)Fb and also having a particular Raman spectrum, wherein the intensity ratio I1/I0, which is a ratio of (I1) the peak in a Raman shift of 600±10 cm−1 assigned to Mn—F bonds in the crystal to that (I0) in a Raman shift of 650±10 cm−1 assigned to Si—F bonds in the crystal, is 0.09 to 0.22. This phosphor is produced by bringing a silicon source in contact with an aqueous reaction solution containing potassium permanganate and hydrogen fluoride, wherein a molar ratio of hydrogen fluoride to potassium permanganate is 87 to 127.
US10519364B2	Proppant aggregate particulates for use in subterranean formation operations Proppant aggregates comprising proppant particulates and a binding agent, wherein the proppant particulates in the absence of the binding agent pack together to exhibit a conductivity of less than about 3000 millidarcy-feet when exposed to operational conditions, the operational conditions having a closure stress of greater than about 1000 pounds per square inch and a temperature of greater than about 50° F.
US10519361B2	Consolidating composition including glycerol with two epoxides for treatment of subterranean formations Various embodiments disclosed relate to compositions for treatment of subterranean formations and a method of using the same, such as for consolidation treatments. In various embodiments the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method includes obtaining or providing a composition. The composition 5 includes a propane including at least one hydroxy substituent and at least two epoxide substituents. The composition also includes a hardening agent. The method includes placing the composition in a subterranean formation.
US10519358B2	(Meth)acrylic copolymers as rheological additives in drilling fluids and drilling fluids comprising such copolymers The invention relates to a drilling fluid in the form of a water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion comprising at least components (A) to (D), wherein component (D) is at least one (meth)acrylic copolymer, which contains at least one of structural units (D1), (D2) and (D3) to introduce at least one hydroxyl and/or amino functionality into the copolymer and which further contains at least one structural unit (D4), a use of said (meth)acrylic copolymer as rheological agent in drilling fluids, which are water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions, as well as to a method of producing oil and/or natural gas or of preparing the production thereof comprising the step of using the inventive drilling fluid for generating and/or operating a drill hole.
US10519357B2	Flaky date fruit cap for moderate to severe loss control A lost circulation material (LCM) having date fruit caps is provided. The date fruit cap LCM includes date fruit caps from a date tree. The date fruit caps have multiple flakes (for example, three flakes) attached at one end to an end cap and free at the other end. The date fruit caps may be obtained from the waste product of date tree and date fruit processing. The date fruit cap LCM may be added to a drilling fluid (for example, a drilling mud) to mitigate or prevent such lost circulation in a well. Methods of lost circulation control with the date fruit cap LCM are also provided.
US10519351B2	Method for making quick drying adhesive available for architectural use under low temperature A method includes preparing a solvent, adding the solvent into a mixture to dissolve the mixture and to form a mixing solution, adding a filler and an additive into the mixing solution, and using a three-shaft mixer to stir and blend the solvent, the filler, the mixing solution and the additive to form a sticky quick drying adhesive. The temperature is controlled under 40° C. in the above steps. The solvent includes heptane, acetone, N-hexane and toluene which are mixed in a predetermined weight proportion. The mixture includes C9 hydrocarbon resin, C5 and C9 co-polymer hydrocarbon resin and styrene-butadiene. The filler includes calcined kaolin, calcium carbonate, anti-oxidant and fumed silica. The additive includes monoethylene glycol. Thus, the quick drying adhesive is extruded outward at a low temperature state (−15° C.).
US10519344B2	Adhesive tape for jacketing elongate material such as especially cable looms and jacketing method An adhesive tape, especially for wrapping cables, consisting of a preferably textile carrier and of a pressure-sensitive adhesive which is applied on at least one side of the carrier and is in the form of a dried polymer dispersion, the polymer being synthesized from: a) 40% to 90% by weight of n-butyl acrylate and/or 2-ethylhexyl acrylate b) 0% to 10% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having an acid or acid-anhydride function c) 60% to 10% by weight of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monofunctional monomers different from (a) and (b) d) 0% to 1% by weight of a difunctional or polyfunctional monomer and the pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising between 15 and 100 parts by weight of a tackifier (based on the mass of the dried polymer dispersion).
US10519342B2	Hard coating composition and hard coating film using the same The present invention provides a hard coating composition comprising: an alkoxysilane compound or polysiloxane resin having an epoxy group, an acrylate compound having an isocyanate group, a photopolymerization initiator and a solvent; a hard coating film formed using the same; and an image display device having the hard coating film. The hard coating film according to the present invention can minimize the occurrence of curling while having excellent hardness.
US10519339B2	Method for applying a coating to a polymeric substrate A single-step method for applying a coating to a polymeric substrate comprising: exposing a photoreactive compound and a polymeric compound in an aqueous solvent to ultraviolet radiation in the presence of the polymeric substrate to obtain a covalently bound coating thereon comprising a reaction product of the photoreactive compound and the polymeric compound. More particularly, a method of applying a coating to a polymeric substrate in order to reduce the adsorption of analytes in solution to the substrate by imparting properties to the substrate similar to the properties of the coating applied.
US10519333B2	Multifunctional alcohol dispersions of carbon nanotubes New carbon nanotube (CNT) compositions and methods of using those compositions are provided. Raw carbon nanotubes are mechanically dispersed via milling into multifunctional alcohols and mixtures of multifunctional alcohols and solvents to form pastes or dispersions that are viscous enough to be printed using standard means such as screen printing. These pastes or dispersions are stable in both dilute and concentrated solution. The invention allows films to be formed on substrates (e.g., plastics, glass, metals, ceramics).
US10519331B2	Ink, inkjet recording method, inkjet recording apparatus, and recorded matter Provided is an ink containing water, a plurality of organic solvents, a color material, and resin particles, wherein the plurality of organic solvents contain at least one compound having a hydrogen bond term δH, which is a Hansen solubility parameter, of 4.1 MPa1/2 or higher but 9.5 MPa1/2 or lower and a boiling point of 170° C. or higher and at least one diol compound containing 3 or 4 carbon atoms.
US10519330B2	Ink, ink accommodating unit, recording method, recording device, and recorded matter An ink contains a volatile solvent, a pigment including an inorganic hollow particle having a spherical form, and a resin particle.
US10519325B2	Waterborne coating composition A waterborne coating composition including: an aqueous emulsion polymer having a copolymerized Phosphorous-acid monomer, an aqueous dispersion of cement, and a solid inert filler, each in certain amounts, is provided. A method for providing a coated substrate employing the waterborne coating composition that has been subsequently activated and the coated substrate so formed are also provided.
US10519313B2	Color material dispersion liquid for color filter, color resin composition for color filter, color material, color filter, liquid crystal display device, and light-emitting display device Disclosed is a color material dispersion liquid for a color filter, the dispersion liquid being capable of forming a high-luminance coating film with excellent light resistance; a color resin composition for a color filter, the composition being capable of forming a high-luminance coating film with excellent light resistance; a color material that has, while it can form a high-luminance coating film, excellent light resistance; a high-contrast, high-luminance color filter; a liquid crystal display device including the color filter; and a light-emitting display device including the color filter. The color material dispersion liquid for a color filter, includes: (A) a color material, (B) a dispersant and (C) a solvent, wherein the color material (A) contains a cerium lake color material of an acid dye.
US10519309B2	Heat treated polymer powders The invention relates to heat treatment of polymorphic semicrystalline or crystallizable polymers to increase the content of the highest melting crystalline form. Such heat treatment results in a polymer powder that has a consistent, uniform melting range, improved flow and improved durability of the powder particle size for applications that require powder flow at elevated temperatures. In addition to improved powder properties, the articles produced from the powders also exhibit better physical properties in both appearance and in mechanical properties. Thus the invention also includes polymer powders and articles produced by the described processes.
US10519307B2	Treatment of calcium carbonate containing materials for increased filler load in paper The present invention concerns a process for preparing self-binding pigment particles from an aqueous suspension of calcium carbonate containing material, wherein an anionic binder and at least one cationic polymer are mixed with the suspension.
US10519303B2	Resin composition containing ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer, laminate, and molded article Provided is a resin composition, comprising: an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A); an isobutylene-based copolymer (B) containing a halogen atom; and a halogen scavenger (C), wherein a mass ratio (B/A) of the isobutylene-based copolymer (B) to the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) is from 5/95 to 45/55, and a content of the halogen scavenger (C) is from 0.01 to 1 part by mass based on 100 parts by mass of a total of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and the isobutylene-based copolymer (B). Such a resin composition is excellent in gas barrier properties and flexibility and stably produced over a long period of time.
US10519291B2	Material and method for an artificial rock The invention relates to modifying synthetic fiber sponge, such as polyester or polyurethane foam, with an epoxy-, polyester, or acrylic-resin to induce an engineered rock product for use as stone replacement in a variety of applications. The method for manufacturing comprises: producing a foam block; shaping the foam block into any regular or irregular shape; weathering the shaped foam block; infusing the weathered foam block with a resin; curing the infused foam block; and finishing the cured foam block. The artificial rock comprises a foam block shaped to resemble a rock, an exterior of the foam block infused with a resin.
US10519287B2	Compositions comprising a fiber material and a thermoplastic binder The invention relates to compositions comprising a fiber material and a specific thermoplastic binder. The thermoplastic binder comprises at least one thermoplastic polyurethane polymer, wherein said thermoplastic polyurethane polymer comprises a reaction product of (i) at least one semi-crystalline polyester polyol, and (ii) at least one polyisocyanate. The molar ratio of the NCO groups of said polyisocyanate (ii) to the sum of OH groups of said polyester polyol (i) is less than 1.00:1 and the thermoplastic polyurethane polymer has (a) a melting enthalpy of at least 20 J/g, (b) a melting point (Tm) of >70° C., and (c) an average number molecular weight (Mn) of 5,000 to 80,000 g/mol. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced composite comprising a cured thermosetting polyurethane polymer matrix reinforced by the composition according to the present invention. Moreover, a method for the manufacture of the fiber-reinforced composite according to the present invention and use of the composition or the fiber-reinforced composite in railway vehicles, automotive vehicles, aircraft vehicles, boats, space vehicles, motorbikes, bicycles, sporting goods, helmets, functional clothing, shoes, construction parts in bridges and buildings or wind turbine blades are described.
US10519283B2	Polymeric composition The invention relates to a polymeric composition, comprising: at least one thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of at least about 220° C.; inorganic particulates having an average particle size in the range up to about 100 nanometers dispersed in the thermoplastic resin, the inorganic particulates having an index of refraction in the range from about 1.4 to about 3; and an effective amount of at least one dispersant to disperse the inorganic particulates in the thermoplastic resin. The polymer composition may be a high temperature thermoplastic suitable for forming, such as by molding, optical articles such as lenses.
US10519277B2	Poly(aryl ether) compositions for polymer-metal junctions and polymer-metal junctions and corresponding fabrication methods Adhesive compositions are described that significantly improve the adhesion of polymer overmold compositions to metal substrates in polymer-metal junctions. The adhesive compositions include one or more poly(aryl ether) polymers, where each of the poly(aryl ether) polymers is, independently, a poly(aryl ether sulfone) polymer or a poly(aryl ether ketone) polymer. The overmold composition includes at least one poly(aryl ether ketone) polymer. Polymer-Metal junctions can be formed by, for example, dip-coating, spin-coating, extruding, or injection molding the adhesive composition and/or the overmold composition onto the metal substrate. Desirable applications settings for the polymer-metal junctions described include, but are not limited to electrical wiring.
US10519276B2	Use of alcohols which contain at least two urethane groups for producing polyether carbonate polyols The present invention relates to a method for producing polyether carbonate polyols by attaching alkyloxides and carbon dioxide to H-functional starter compounds, characterized in that at least one alcohol containing at least two urethane groups is used as the H-functional starter compound. The invention further relates to polyether carbonate polyols containing a structural unit of the formula (IV), wherein: R1 denotes a linear or branched C2 to C24-alkylene, which optionally can be interrupted by heteroatoms of O, S or N and can be substituted, preferably by CH2—CH2 or CH2—CH(CH3); R2 denotes a linear or branched C2 to C24-alkylene, C3 to C24-cycloalkylene, C4 to C24-alkylene, C5 to C24-aralkylene, C2 to C24-alkenylene, C2 to C24-alkynylene, each of which can optionally be interrupted by heteroatoms such as O, S or N and/or can be substituted with alkyl, aryl and/or hydroxyl groups, preferably C2 to C24-alkyls; R3 denotes H, linear or branched C1 to C24-alkyl, C3 to C24-cycloalkyl, C4 to C24-aryl, C5 to C24-aralkyl, C2 to C24-alkenyl, C2 to C24-alkynyl, each of which can optionally be interrupted by heteroatoms such as O, S or N and/or can each be substituted with alkyl, aryl and/or hydroxyl groups, preferably H; R4 denotes H, a linear of branched C1 to C24-alkyl, C3 to C24-cycloalkyl, C4 to C24-aryl, C5 to C24-aralkyl, C2 to C24-alkenyl, C2 to C24-alkynyl, each of which can optionally be interrupted by heteroatoms such as O, S or N and/or can each be substituted with alkyl, aryl and/or hydroxyl groups, preferably H; R5 denotes a linear or branched C2 to C24-alkylene, which can optionally be interrupted by heteroatoms such as O, S or N and can be substituted, preferably by CH2—CH2 or CH2—CH(CH3); and wherein R1 to R5 can be identical or different to each other.
US10519264B2	Polymer particles Polymer particle embolics and methods of making same are described. The particle embolics can be used as embolization agents.
US10519256B2	Supported catalyst compositions having improved flow properties and preparation thereof Supported catalyst compositions, useful in olefin polymerization, and having improved flow properties are disclosed. The catalyst compositions may be characterized by low macro pore volume and high bulk density. Methods for preparing the catalyst compositions are also disclosed.
US10519253B2	Antibodies targeted to fungal cell wall polysaccharides A compound comprising one or more polysaccharide moieties each independently represented by the formula β(1→4)-[GlcNH-R]n-2,5-anhydromannose, wherein n is a positive integer from 3 to 500, and R is H or an acyl group, is described. The compound can be manufactured by (a) reacting chitosan with an acylating agent sufficient to partially N-acylate the chitosan, yielding a modified chitin/chitosan mixed polymer; and (b) reacting the modified chitin/chitosan mixed polymer with a deaminating agent to cleave the mixed polymer at the unacylated chitosan moieties. The compound can be used to immunize against fungal infection. Antibodies specific to the compound, and the use of such antibodies to protect against fungal infection are also described.
US10519251B2	Fabs-in-tandem immunoglobulin and uses thereof The present invention provides multivalent and multispecific binding proteins that are capable of binding two or more antigens, or two or more epitopes. The present invention also provides methods of making and using such multivalent and multispecific binding proteins, including methods of using such binding proteins for prevention or treatment of various diseases, or for detecting specific antigens in vitro or in vivo.
US10519250B2	Parathyroid hormone receptor 1 (PTH1R) antibodies and uses thereof The present disclosure relates, in general, human antibodies against human parathyroid hormone receptor 1 (PTH1R) and methods of use of such antibodies in the treatment of cancer, Humoral Hypercalcemia of Malignancy (HHM), or Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and cachexia.
US10519248B2	Bispecific HER2 and CD3 binding molecules Provided herein are compositions, methods, and uses involving bispecific binding molecules that specifically bind to HER2, a receptor tyrosine kinase, and to CD3, a T cell receptor, and mediate T cell cytotoxicity for managing and treating disorders, such as cancer. Also provided herein are uses and methods for managing and treating HER2-related cancers.
US10519245B2	Antibodies which bind insulin-like growth factor receptor-1 (IGF1R) and methods of use thereof to treat cancer There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-IGF1R antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind IGF1R, IGF1R-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and IGF1R-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having IGF1R related disorders or conditions, including various inflammatory disorders and various cancers.
US10519244B2	Chimeric canine anti-CD20 antibody The disclosure relates to caninized chimeric anti-CD20 antibodies to the canine protein CD20 and methods of use to treat certain disorders such as non-Hodgkins B-cell lymphoma in dogs.
US10519243B2	Anti-CD40 antibodies The present disclosure provides novel anti-CD40 antibodies, compositions including the new antibodies, nucleic acids encoding the antibodies, and methods of making and using the same.
US10519240B2	Anti-FGFR1c antibody-FGF21 fusion proteins The present invention provides agonists of FGF21 signaling. In particular, the present invention provides FGF21 receptor (FGF21R) agonists that are capable of simultaneously binding βKlotho (KLB) and/or FGFR1c to mimic the signaling activity of FGF21. The present invention also provides anti-FGF21 and anti-KLB/FGFR1c antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof. Also provided are methods of treating various metabolic disorders by administering the FGF21R agonists and/or anti-FGF21 antibodies to a subject in need thereof.
US10519236B2	Antibodies specific to delta 1 chain of T cell receptor Disclosed herein are antibodies specific to a delta1 chain of a γδ T cell receptor and methods of using such for modulating γδ T cell bioactivity. Such anti-Delta1 antibodies may also be used to treat diseases associated with γδ T cell activation, such as solid tumors, or for detecting presence of γδ1 T cells.
US10519232B2	Agents for use in the treatment of retinal inflammation The present invention relates to preventive and/or therapeutic agents for use in the treatment of retinal inflammation, and more specifically of Age-related macular degeneration and Retinitis pigmentosa, wherein said agents are selected from an IL-6 inhibitor, an APOE inhibitor and/or a Fas activator as an active ingredient.
US10519228B2	Methods for reducing drug-induced liver injury The present disclosure provides methods of treating a patient with infliximab or alternative therapies to reduce the risk of developing, and/or severity of, an adverse drug reaction such as drug-induced liver injury. The methods include identifying patients at risk for developing DILI by determining the presence or absence of one or more HLA alleles in the patients.
US10519225B2	Anti-PACAP antibody Antibodies to human pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide, compositions comprising such antibodies, and methods of using such antibodies for the treatment of pain including headache and/or migraine.
US10519214B2	Methods and compositions for chimeric antigen receptor targeting cancer cells The present invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) that recognizes B7-H3 (CD276), as well as methods of use in the treatment of diseases and disorders.
US10519213B2	Fusion proteins of collagen-binding domain and parathyroid hormone Fusion proteins containing active agonist or antagonist fragments of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and parathyroid hormone related peptide (PTHrP) coupled to a collagen-binding domain are presented. The fusion proteins can be used to promote bone growth, to promote hair growth, to prevent cancer metastasis to bone, to promote immune reconstitution with a bone marrow stem cell transplant, to promote mobilization of bone marrow stem cells for collection for autologous stem cell transplant, and to treat renal osteodystrophy. Pharmaceutical agents comprising a collagen-binding polypeptide segment linked to a non-peptidyl PTH/PTHrP receptor agonist or antagonist are also presented.
US10519210B2	Multi-level specific targeting of cancer cells A compound comprising, in combination: a cell surface binding ligand or internalizing factor, such as an IL-13Rα2 binding ligand; at least one effector molecule (e.g., one, two, three or more effector molecules); optionally but preferably, a cytosol localization element covalently coupled between said binding ligand and said at least one effector molecule; and a subcellular compartment localization signal element covalently coupled between said binding ligand and said at least one effector molecule (and preferably with said cytosol localization element between said binding ligand and said subcellular compartment localization signal element). Methods of using such compounds and formulations containing the same are also described.
US10519206B2	Genetically modified higher plants with increased photosynthesis and/or biomass production, methods and uses thereof The technology provided herein generally relates relates to genetically modified higher plants, for example C3 and C4 plants, and subsequent generations thereof, comprising stable and/or transient expression of at least one gene-product (e.g. mRNA or protein) of the “Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CO2 concentrating mechanism” (CCM), wherein the expression takes place in the intermembrane space and/or one or more subcellular compartments of the chloroplasts of the higher plant, and wherein this expression increases one or more of the characteristics selected from the group of photosynthetic rate, photosynthetic carbon fixation, chlorophyll level and/or biomass of the genetically modified higher plant (T0) and/or of the T1 and/or T2 generation or any subsequent plant generation of said genetically modified higher plant.
US10519202B2	Tuberculosis TB vaccine to prevent reactivation The present invention discloses a vaccine or immunogenic composition that can be administered to latently infected individuals to prevent reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection caused by species of the tuberculosis complex microorganisms (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. africanum), The invention is based on a number of M. tuberculosis derived proteins and protein fragments which are constitutively expressed in different stages of the infection. The invention is directed to the use of these polypeptides, immunologically active fragments thereof and the genes encoding them for immunological compositions such as vaccines.
US10519201B1	Soybean variety 5PWYL70 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PWYL70 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PWYL70, cells from soybean variety 5PWYL70, plants of soybean 5PWYL70, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PWYL70. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PWYL70 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PWYL70, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PWYL70, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PWYL70. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PWYL70 are further provided.
US10519198B2	Selective recovery Provided herein are methods of selective screening. In addition, various targeting proteins and sequences, as well as methods of their use, are also provided.
US10519195B2	Antibody purification method, antibody obtained therefrom, novel antibody purification method using cation exchanger, and antibody obtained therefrom The first embodiment of the present invention is a method for purifying an antibody or a substance derive from an antibody, wherein a carrier 1 having an affinity ligand with affinity for the antibody or the substance derived from the antibody and a carrier 2 having a cation exchange group are used to prepare an integrated column 1 connecting a column containing the carrier 1 and a column containing the carrier 2 or a column 2 having the mixture of the carrier 1 and carrier 2, the antibody or the substance derived from the antibody is applied to the column 1 or the column 2, and then the adsorbed antibody or substance derived from the antibody is eluted from the column 1 or the column 2. The second embodiment of the present invention is a method for using a carrier having a cation exchange group, wherein a solution containing an antibody or a substance derived from an antibody is applied to a carrier having a cation exchange group having a carboxyl group-containing ligand and pKa of 4.0 or more, and the antibody or the substance derived from the antibody is eluted by an acidic buffer having pH of 4.0 or less.
US10519193B2	Steroidal compound, composition containing the same and use thereof Disclosed are a steroidal compound as shown in formula (I) and a drug composition containing the same, or a crystal form, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a hydrate or solvate, a stereoisomer, a prodrug, a metabolite or an isotopic variant thereof. The compound can be used as a CYP17 enzyme inhibitor, and has better pharmacokinetic parameters, which can improve drug concentration of the compound in an animal, thereby improving the efficacy and safety of the drug, and in turn the compound may be applied in the preparation of the drug for treating CYP17 enzyme-related diseases (such as prostate cancer).
US10519191B2	Bile acid analogs as FXR/TGR5 agonists and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (IA) and Formula (IB), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9 and m are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of use of these compounds for treating a TGR5 mediated disease or condition.
US10519186B2	Nucleotide hemi-sulfate salt for the treatment of hepatitis C virus A hemi-sulfate salt of the structure: to treat a host infected with hepatitis C, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms, including solid dosage forms, thereof.
US10519181B2	Heterobifunctional inhibitors of E-selectins and CXCR4 chemokine receptors Compounds, compositions, and methods for treatment and/or prevention of cancer and inflammatory diseases, and for releasing cells such as stem cells (e.g., bone marrow progenitor cells) into circulating blood and enhancing retention of the cells in the blood are disclosed. For example, heterobifunctional compounds that inhibit both E-selectins and CXCR4 chemokine receptors are described and pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one of the same.
US10519178B2	Bi-nuclear main group metal phosphorescent emitter A bi-nuclear phosphorescent emitter according to the following formula is disclosed. The emitter may include metal atoms M1 and M2, fluorescent emitter ligands LF, LF′, terminal ligands LT, LT′, and bridging ligands LV, LV′, wherein M1 and M2 are In, Tl, Sn, Pb, Sb, and Bi; LF and LF′ are comprise substituted or non-substituted C6-C70 aromatics or heteroaromatics; LV and LV′ are fluorinated or non-fluorinated, bi-dentate C2-C30 heteroalkyl or heteroaromatics; LT and LT′ are fluorinated or non-fluorinated, mono-, bi-, or tri-dentate C2-C30 O—, S—, N, heteroalkyl or heteroaromatics; and n and m are 1 or 2 independently of one another.
US10519176B2	Crystalline forms Preparation and characterization of novel forms of (1-hydroxy-2-imidazol-1-yl-1-phosphono-ethyl) phosphonic acid, suitable for pharmaceutical compositions in drug delivery systems for humans.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10