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US10564755B2	Flexible touch panel, manufacturing method thereof, and touch device with the same A flexible touch panel located on an OLED substrate is provided. The flexible touch panel includes a conductive layer, a first insulation layer, a first electrode layer, a second insulation layer, a second electrode layer, and a protection layer disposed in a serial. The conductive layer is disposed on a packaging layer of the OLED substrate. The first insulation layer and the first electrode layer are stacked on the conductive layer. The first electrode layer, the second insulation layer, and the second electrode layer form a capacitor structure for sensing a touch signal. The conductive layer is utilized for inputting a first voltage signal. The first voltage signal has the conductive layer expelling electric field lines generated by the first electrode layer to shield signal interference between the first electrode layer and a cathode layer of the OLED substrate. A manufacturing method thereof and a touch device are also provided.
US10564751B2	Electronic device and input method of electronic device An electronic device according to various examples comprises: a touch screen display including a touch panel; a processor electrically connected to the display; and a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory can be set to store instructions that, when executed, enable the processor to: receive, from the touch panel, data related to contact or proximity of an external object to the touch screen display; determine an area detected by the touch panel through the contact or the proximity on the basis of at least a part of the data; determine at least a part of the area having a relatively stronger signal strength in the area; determine at least another part of the area having a relatively weaker signal strength in the area; and display an image or a change in an image on the display on the basis of positions and/or sizes of the determined areas.
US10564746B2	Display device and method of manufacturing the same A display device and a method of manufacturing a display device are disclosed. In one aspect, the display devices includes display area configured to display an image, a non-display area adjacent to the display area, and a first substrate having a first side and including a touch sensor in the display area and a touch sensor pad in the non-display area. The display device also includes a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, the second substrate including a pixel in the display area and a connecting pad in the non-display area, and a conductive member configured to electrically connect the touch sensor pad and the connecting pad. An inter-bar is interposed between the first and second substrates and between the first side of the first substrate and the touch sensor pad.
US10564744B2	Flexible display device Disclosed herein is a flexible display device having a bending sensor mounted in a layer that is tensioned or a layer that is compressed in order to increase the magnitude of voltage output from the bending sensor. The flexible display device includes at least two bending sensors mounted in a layer that is tensioned and/or a layer that is compressed when the flexible display device, including a plurality of layers, is bent.
US10564743B2	Touch sensor device having a circular touch sensing area A touch sensor device includes a touch sensing area including touch sensors sequentially disposed in a first direction extending away from an imaginary central point, in which an area of each touch sensors gradually increases as a distance thereof away from the imaginary center point increases, at least one of the touch sensors includes a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode adjacent to each other, a width of the first touch electrode decreases along a second direction, and a width of the second touch electrode increases along the second direction.
US10564731B2	Processing of gesture-based user interactions using volumetric zones Systems and methods for processing gesture-based user interactions within an interactive display area are provided. The display of one or more virtual objects and user interactions with the one or more virtual objects may be further provided. Multiple interactive areas may be created by partitioning an area proximate a display into multiple volumetric spaces or zones. The zones may be associated with respective user interaction capabilities. A representation of a user on the display may change as the ability of the user to interact with one or more virtual object changes.
US10564717B1	Apparatus, systems, and methods for sensing biopotential signals An interactive system (e.g., a head-mounted-display device) may include (1) a facial coupling subsystem having electrodes configured to conduct at least one biopotential signal (e.g., an EOG or EMG signal) generated by a user's body, (2) a receiving subsystem electrically connected to the facial coupling subsystem and configured to receive, from the user's body via at least one electrode of the facial coupling subsystem, the biopotential signal, and (3) a detection subsystem electrically connected to the receiving subsystem and configured to (a) determine at least one characteristic of the biopotential signal and (b) use the at least one characteristic of the biopotential signal to determine a gaze direction of an eye of the user and/or a facial gesture of the user. Various other apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10564707B2	System management controller For system management applied to a computer system, a power supply of the computer system starts to power a motherboard and a CPU thereon. A reset holding module in a system management controller holds the CPU in a Power-on Reset (PoR) state. The system management controller executes an operation requested by a user. The reset holding module releases the CPU from the PoR state in response to the system management controller completing the operation.
US10564701B2	System and method for operating a microcomputer in sleep-mode and awake mode with low power event processing Microcomputer with a sleep mode system uses a non-volatile memory stack for saving system variables, then switches the microcomputer completely off to go into sleep-mode. In sleep-mode, the microcomputer sleep mode system uses a low powered clock and sensors to trigger time events and device events that power up the microcomputer when needed. When in awake-mode, the microcomputer logs any data from connected device(s). The microcomputer turns on an internet radio and transmits data logged, updates its clock time and receives any configuration updates before powering back down into sleep-mode.
US10564689B2	Method for managing power for power failure prevention based on smart plug and apparatus using the same Disclosed herein are a smart plug-based power management method for preventing a power failure and an apparatus for the method. The power management method includes acquiring load amount information for each of multiple loads corresponding to power management targets, checking a maximum amount of power that is capable of being generated by a solar power generator, setting a power supply mode based on at least one of whether power is being supplied from a power system and a result of a comparison of the load amount information with the maximum amount of power, and performing power management so as to prevent a power failure by interrupting a supply of power so as to correspond to the power supply mode based on multiple smart plugs for controlling corresponding ones of the multiple loads.
US10564686B2	Method for controlling operation of electronic device and electronic device using the same Provided are an electronic device and a method for controlling an operation of the electronic device. The method may include sensing a temperature of at least one component forming a portion of the electronic device and generating a first signal based on the sensed temperature; sensing at least one of a movement of the electronic device, an approach state of an object to the electronic device, and a contact state of the object with the electronic device and generating a second signal based on at least one of the movement of the electronic device, the approach state of the object, and the contact state of the object; and controlling an operation of the at least one component based on at least one of the first signal and the second signal.
US10564683B2	Handheld electronic device for receiving and displaying status information PDAs can be used to provide their users with various functions. One such function is the ability to contact other users who are stored in the PDA as contacts, for example by telephone of text message. The decision as to whether or not a particular user should be contacted may be influenced by the location of that user. For example, if a contact is nearby, then it may be more likely that the user of the PDA would want to contact them. The present embodiments provide a PDA on which the location of one or more contacts can be displayed. Furthermore, the location of a particular contact can be shown on a map on the screen of the PDA simply by tilting the PDA through a predetermined angle about a horizontal axis. Thus, the map can be displayed in an intuitive and straightforward manner.
US10564680B1	Electronic device and click pad thereof A click pad which is applied to an electronic device includes a top board, a circuit board, a metal elastic board, a conductive connection layer, a bottom bracket and a restoration unit. The circuit board is located under the top board and connected to the top board. The metal elastic board under the circuit board includes a metal elastic board main body and a connection part. A buffer gap is formed between the metal elastic board main body and the circuit board. The connection part connects to the metal elastic board main body. The conductive connection layer connects to the circuit board and the connection part. The bottom bracket under the metal elastic board includes a protruding part. The protruding part supports the metal elastic board main body. The restoration unit supports the circuit board.
US10564676B2	Rollable display apparatus A rollable display apparatus includes a flexible display panel, a panel extension sheet connected to the flexible display panel, and a housing module. The flexible display panel is configured to be loaded into and unloaded from the housing module. The rollable display apparatus further includes a roller part in the housing module that has a double roller structure. The roller part is configured to individually wind and unwind each of the panel extension sheet and the flexible display panel.
US10564674B2	Information processing device An information processing device (11) includes, as a second connection section for connecting a first member (3) and a second member (4) with each other, a flexible hinge (19) that allows for rotation at least from (i) the angle at which a portion of a flexible display (7U) which portion is on the front surface of the second member (4) is in contact with a portion of the flexible display (7L) which portion is on the front surface of the first member (3) to (ii) the angle at which the portion of the flexible display (7U) which portion is on the front surface of the second member (4) is flush with the portion of the flexible display (7L) which portion is on the front surface of the first member (3).
US10564668B2	Systems and methods for screen color temperature control using RGBW front light An electronic reading device includes an adjustable RGBW front light and an ambient light sensor. Additionally, the electronic reading device includes circuitry configured to receive a signal corresponding to a brightness level from the ambient light sensor, receive a signal corresponding to a current screen color temperature, calculate a predetermined mixture of light based on at least one of the brightness level or the current screen color temperature, Wherein the calculation allows the current screen color temperature to remain the same regardless of the brightness level, and display the predetermined mixture of light via the adjustable RGBW front light.
US10564657B2	Method of torque control and apparatus thereof A method of torque control and a torque control apparatus for a pneumatic torque tool are provided. The method includes: connecting a torque control apparatus between an air supply system and a pneumatic torque tool; under predetermined working and control conditions, driving the pneumatic torque tool at the first and second working air pressures to calibrate output torque, and to obtain maximum and minimum torque values; constructing correspondence curve between air pressure and torque value based on the first and second working air pressures and the maximum and minimum torque values obtained; entering any target torque value ranging from minimum torque value to maximum torque value of the correspondence curve to obtain a corresponding working air pressure value and drive the pneumatic torque tool; and verifying whether all working and control conditions are controlled within a predetermined range of variation to control the output torque.
US10564646B2	Autonomous mobile robot An autonomous mobile robot includes: a sensor that acquire sensing information by sensing at least one of a situation around the autonomous mobile robot and a state of the autonomous mobile robot; storage that stores a first condition; a transmitter; and a processor that, in operation, performs operations including: judging whether the sensing information satisfies the first condition; and controlling the transmitter to output a collision preventing signal to a predetermined range outside of the autonomous mobile robot when it is judged that the sensing information satisfies the first condition. The collision preventing signal is a signal that inhibits a different autonomous mobile robot from entering the predetermined range.
US10564644B2	Speed planning method and apparatus and calculating apparatus for automatic driving of vehicle A speed planning method and apparatus and a calculating apparatus for automatic driving of a vehicle. The method comprises: using a training sample set to perform machine learning to obtain a machine learning model (S110); partitioning an input space, and obtaining a decision result corresponding to a determined partition based on the obtained machine learning model to form a partition decision table of each partition corresponding to the corresponding decision result (S120); and obtaining each dimensional feature vector of a vehicle while driving in real time as an input feature, determining an input partition to which the input feature belongs, and querying the partition decision table based on the determined partition to obtain the corresponding decision result (S130). The present disclosure effectively solves the problem that a model trained by means of machine learning cannot be locally adjusted and easily modifies the decision of a certain partition without affecting the decision results of other partitions at all. The intuitive nature of a partition decision table can effectively help to find and solve problems in the machine learning process. The partition decision table can speed up the decision process.
US10564643B2	Time-warping for autonomous driving simulation Autonomous driving simulation using recorded driving data is disclosed. A method of simulating autonomous driving includes receiving recorded driving data from a recorded autonomous vehicle (AV), the recorded driving data includes decision-making data generated using a first decision-making algorithm, sensing data, and movement data including positions of the recorded AV; obtaining simulation data from the recorded driving data by excluding the decision-making data from the recorded driving data; and simulating, by a simulation AV, a second decision-making algorithm using the simulation data. The simulating the second decision-making algorithm includes determining a first position of the simulation AV at a first time and adjusting a playback speed of the simulation data based on a difference between the first position and a second position of the positions of the recorded AV at the first time.
US10564636B2	Method and arrangement for operating two redundant systems A method and an arrangement having redundant systems operating in parallel in a cyclic mode and reciprocally checking a result of the task of the other system on a regular basis, and wherein one system is selected or confirmed for the productive mode in the fault situation found, where a characteristic variable concerning an operating parameter is picked up for each of the systems in multiple/all cycles and used for updating statistical parameters, where at least when a disparity between results of the two systems is found, a current operating parameter is correlated with the statistical parameter for each system, and where the system for which the current operating parameter differs from the statistical parameter less is detected as the correctly operating system and used for the productive mode such that the degree of fault coverage can be increased and hence the availability of the overall system increased.
US10564634B2	Method for setting mounting position of target substrate and film forming system In a method for setting a mounting position of a target substrate, the test substrate is transferred to a second position deviated from a first position. A mask has expected arrangement position where a non-film formation region has a preset width when the target substrate is mounted at the first position and subjected to a film formation. The film is formed on the test substrate at the second position by using the mask. Width of the non-film formation region formed on the test substrate after the film formation is measured. Actual arrangement position of the mask is specified based on a direction and a distance of the deviation of the second position from the first position and the measured width of the non-film formation region. The first position is corrected such that the non-film formation region has the preset width based on the actual arrangement position of the mask.
US10564626B2	Planning of computer numerical control (CNC) machining operations with the aid of a digital computer A Web-based system and method creates one or more qualitatively distinct process plans for machining a part. The surfaces of the part are modeled and parameters for a plurality of CNC machining tools are obtained, including the orientations along which the tool cuts away raw material. A maximal set of translations for each tool is also obtained, where each translation includes a collision-free orientation of the tool and a maximal machinable volume of material removable from the part in that orientation. A search engine navigates through a hierarchically-structured search space that starts at an initial state and transitions to successive states based on actions that satisfy a cost constraint function. Each state and each action includes a tool, orientation of the tool, and a maximal machinable volume. The search ends when a goal condition is satisfied. The actions constitute the process plan.
US10564625B2	High speed tool path Improvements in a high speed smooth tool path is presented where the high speed smooth tool path to be used for primarily finishing for finishing any type of walls (negative/positive drafted) for any given bounded region be it 3, 4, 5, . . . n sided shape. The tool path incorporates a combined strategy for finishing the walls while removing any excess material leftover from a previous larger diameter cutter. This tool-motion can be utilized for roughing the regions by approximating the walls by offsetting the regions inwards. The finished boundaries are offset inwards and then cut using these methods. This is optimized as opposed to moving the cutter at a consistent speed in the cutting path. This is performed to eliminate the wasted tool-motion to the maximum extent. This technique is implemented for roughing any closed or open bounded areas regardless of the walls being straight, drafted (negative/positive or both).
US10564607B2	Apparatus comprising an electroluminescent display An electronic apparatus comprising an electro-luminescent display device, an information display window defined on an outward facing surface of the display device to form a data display portion having a characteristic pixel density, a digital assembly to output data to the display device for display on the information display window, a viewing window through which information displayed on the information display window is viewable from outside of the apparatus, and a translucent plastic light filter disposed between the viewing window and the information display window; wherein the translucent plastic filter has a transmittance which is adapted to visually conceal the information display window or make the underlying information display window not visible when under sunlit ambient illuminations.
US10564581B1	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor, a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a detector, and a controller. The charging unit charges the photoreceptor. The exposure unit exposes the photoreceptor charged by the charging unit to light and forms an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor. The developing unit develops the electrostatic latent image that has been exposed by the exposure unit and formed on the photoreceptor. The transfer unit transfers an image obtained by development by the developing unit to a transfer object. The detector detects strip developer, which is a strip-shaped developer image formed on the transfer object. The controller controls at least one of the charging unit, the exposure unit, the developing unit, and the transfer unit, based on a length of the strip developer in a conveying direction detected by the detector, such that timings for varying potentials of the photoreceptor and the developing unit in a same direction are equal to each other.
US10564580B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a flexible rotating fixing belt, a pressing member, a heating part, a guide member and a contact force changing part. The pressing member forms a pressing area with the fixing belt. The heating part heats the fixing belt from an outside of the fixing belt. The guide member comes into contact with an inner circumferential face of the fixing belt to support the fixing belt so as to face the heating part. The contact force changing part moves the guide member in directions close to or away from the fixing belt to change a contact force between the guide member and the fixing belt depending on a pressure of the pressing area.
US10564576B2	Image forming apparatus that performs a process of rotating a new endless belt before an image forming operation An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion that forms a toner image on a recording material, and a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member, which form a nip therebetween in which the toner image, formed on the recording material by the image forming portion, is heated. A belt unit includes an endless belt that externally heats the first rotatable member, and a supporting mechanism rotatably supporting the endless belt. A moving mechanism moves the belt unit so as to be movable between a contact position and a spaced position. In addition, a controller executes a process in which one of the belt unit with a new endless belt and a new belt unit with a new endless belt is moved to the contact position, and then, the new endless belt is rotated for a predetermined time by the first rotatable member.
US10564548B2	Exposure apparatus, manufacturing method of flat-panel display, device manufacturing method, and exposure method An exposure apparatus that scans and exposes each of a plurality of areas on a glass substrate, by irradiating the substrate with an illumination light via a projection optical system and relatively driving the substrate with respect to the illumination light, is equipped with: a substrate holder that levitates and supports a first area of the substrate; a substrate carrier that holds the glass substrate levitated and supported by the substrate holder; an X coarse movement stage that drives the substrate holder; an X voice coil motor that drives the substrate carrier; and a controller that controls the X coarse movement stage and the X voice coil motor so that the substrate holder and the substrate carrier are driven, respectively, in scanning exposure. Accordingly, an exposure apparatus with improved position controllability of an object can be provided.
US10564545B2	Photosensitive resin composition, lithographic printing plate precursor, and method for producing lithographic printing plate A photosensitive resin composition contains a polymer compound having a linking group represented by Formula A-1 in the main chain; and an infrared absorbing material. In Formula A-1, R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, and X1 is a specific linking group.
US10564544B2	Photoresist composition A photoresist composition comprising an acid generator and a resin which comprises one or more structural units (a1) derived from a monomer (a1) having an acid-liable group, all of monomers (a1) showing a distance of Hansen solubility parameters between the monomer (a1) and butyl acetate in the range of 3 to 5, the distance being calculated from formula (1): R=(4×(δdm−15.8)2+(δpm−3.7)2+(δhm−6.3)2)1/2 (1) in which δdm represents a dispersion parameter of a monomer, δpm represents a polarity parameter of a monomer, δhm represents a hydrogen bonding parameter of a monomer, and R represents a distance of Hansen solubility parameters, and at least one of the monomers (a1) showing a difference of R between the monomer (a1) and a compound in which an acid is removed from the monomer (a1) in the range of not less than 5.
US10564540B2	Method of using equipment method and system for manufacturing mask or display substrate The present disclosure relates to a method of using an equipment for manufacturing or using a mask or a display substrate; and the method includes: providing a master plate; setting, on the master plate, a plurality of measuring points corresponding to positions of the mask or the display substrate where a pixel position accuracy measurement is to be implemented, according to the mask or the display substrate to be measured; and placing the master plate in a coordinate system of the equipment, and measuring error values between the equipment and the master plate at the measuring points.
US10564535B2	Projection type image display apparatus and information display method on projection type image display apparatus A display of various types of information on a subdisplay provided to a main body of a projector can be maintained even after supply of power source is stopped. According to a representative embodiment, included are: a power source connection unit connecting a power supply line for supplying, from outside, power used in a projection type image display apparatus; a nonvolatile display device provided separately from an image projection unit and displaying at least character information; and a processing unit displaying information on one or more predetermined items on the nonvolatile display device, and a state of displaying information on the nonvolatile display device is maintained even in a state where the power supply line is not connected to the power source connection unit.
US10564534B2	Light source apparatus and projector A light source apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an excitation light source and a wavelength converter including a transparent phosphor and a base. The wavelength converter has a light incident area, a first area, and a second area, and the wavelength converter includes a second reflector (angle changer) provided in a portion corresponding to the second area.
US10564530B2	Projector with homogenized cooling of light source array A projector includes a light source device and a cooling device. The light source device includes a first light source having a plurality of first light emitting elements, a second light source having a plurality of second light emitting elements, and a light combining member adapted to combine light. The cooling device includes a first cooling section adapted to cool the first light emitting elements with a liquid refrigerant so that a first temperature difference increases in a first direction, and a second cooling section adapted to cool the second light emitting elements with a liquid refrigerant so that a second temperature difference increases in a second direction. The first and second light sources are arranged so that an illuminance distribution caused by the first temperature difference and an illuminance distribution caused by the second temperature difference are canceled out in the light combining member.
US10564527B2	Device and system for maintaining a level horizon of a supported camera A mounting head, a system incorporating the mounting head and a support such as a monopod, and a system including the mounting head, the monopod, and a camera enable a photographer to tilt a monopod or other camera support while maintaining a substantially level horizon of an image. An upper head assembly and a lower head assembly are connectable to the camera and the monopod respectively. The assemblies are interconnected by a universal joint which allows the upper assembly to remain level as roll and pitch vary. A resilient member dampens relative motion of the head assemblies. As a photographer moves the camera to capture a scene, force is transmitted from the photographer's hands via the mounting head through the monopod. The photographer maintains a level horizon as the monopod tilts. A test apparatus enables design of a resilient member for desired interaction with selected classes of equipment.
US10564526B2	Extendible L-plate for camera equipment A two-piece extendable L-plate provides clearance between a camera and a quick-release receiver securing the camera to a support permitting a camera having cables connected to the side of the camera's body to be secured in either a landscape or a portrait orientation.
US10564519B2	Optical lighting accessory for mobile phone devices with camera and flash An optical lighting accessory is described for use with a handheld mobile device in photography or videography applications. The handheld mobile device includes at least a rear-facing camera and light source. The optical lighting accessory includes an accessory case having optical light ports and an attachment member for securing the device to the accessory case, an optical element coupled to at least one of the optical light ports, the optical element configured to receive, capture and communicate a plurality of light rays emitted by the light source, and a light diffuser layer coupled to the optical element and configured to receive the light rays communicated by the optical element, the light diffuser layer transforms the light rays into a diffused light source, the diffuser layer is configured to communicate the diffused light source to the rear-facing camera.
US10564515B2	Blade driving device To enable achievement of a reduction in the thickness in a blade driving device that includes a driving member, and to enable a reduction in size of an installation area in a blade driving device that includes a driving member. The blade driving device 1 comprises a base member 2 that has an opening 2A, one or more blade members 3 that operate so as to advance into the opening 2A or withdraw from the opening 2A, and a driving member 4 that is supported on the base member 2 and that moves within a plane that is perpendicular to an optical axis that passes through the opening 2A, for driving the blade member, wherein the driving member 4 is disposed at a position that overlaps the blade member on the periphery of the opening 2A.
US10564500B2	Pixel structure with multilayered common electrodes and touch panel thereof A pixel structure includes a scan line, a data line, a switching element, a planarization layer, a first common electrode, a common line, a first insulating layer, a pixel electrode, a second insulating layer, and a second common electrode. The switching element includes a source and a drain. The common line is located on the planarization layer and directly connected with the first common electrode. The planarization layer is located on the scan line, the data line, and the switching element. The pixel electrode is electrically connected with the drain through a first contact hole, wherein the first contact hole penetrates through the planarization layer and the first insulating layer. The second common electrode is electrically connected with the first common electrode through a second contact hole, wherein the second contact hole penetrates through the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. A touch panel is also provided.
US10564498B2	Display systems and related methods involving bus lines with low capacitance cross-over structures Display systems and related methods involving bus lines with low capacitance cross-over structures are provided. A representative display system includes: a first structure comprising: a plurality of scan lines extending in a first direction; and a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction and crossing over the scan lines at respective cross-over locations, each of the plurality of data lines having a pair of side walls spaced apart from each other at each of the cross-over locations, with each of the side walls exhibiting a height higher than portions of the data lines not located at the cross-over locations.
US10564496B2	Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof and display device The present application provides an array substrate, which is divided into a plurality of pixel units, wherein each pixel unit is provided therein with a light filtering structure, the light filtering structure includes a first light shielding part and a second light shielding part, the second light shielding part includes a second light shielding part body and a light transmitting hole penetrating through the second light shielding part body, a light transmitting gap exists between a inner boundary of an orthographic projection of the second light shielding part body on a layer in which the first light shielding part is provided and a boundary of the first light shielding part, a transparent light transmitting space is formed above the first light shielding part, and the light transmitting gap allows light with a predetermined wavelength to transmit therethrough.
US10564491B2	Display device and electronic apparatus A display device includes a plurality of signal lines that are so juxtaposed as to be extended along one direction, a plurality of common drive electrodes that are so juxtaposed as to be extended along the signal lines, and a plurality of display elements that are each connected to a respective one of the plurality of signal lines and are each connected also to the common drive electrode that makes a pair with the connected signal line. Scan driving of the plurality of display elements is performed in the direction of the signal lines.
US10564486B2	Liquid crystal display and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a liquid crystal display that achieves both reliability and a narrowed-down frame at a relatively high level. In a liquid crystal display according to an aspect of the present invention, alignment films are disposed on a surface of an array substrate and a surface of a counter substrate. The alignment films are each disposed in a display region and each have an overlap with part of the inside of a sealant. The surfaces of the substrates in the overlaps each have an uneven surface. All over an outer edge portion of the sealant, a portion is disposed in which the sealant is joined to the surfaces of the individual substrates without the alignment films interposed therebetween.
US10564485B2	Liquid crystal display panel, fabrication method for the same and curved-surface display apparatus The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel, which comprises a color film substrate, an array substrate and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the color film substrate and the array substrate, said array substrate has a pixel electrode where a surface is disposed with a number of recesses and a number of terraces, said number of recesses and said number of terraces are disposed in evenly intersectional arrangement, said respective recess is located at a position between two interconnected pixels, said respective recess is disposed with a first spacer, said respective terrace is disposed with a second spacer, a height of said first spacer protruded from said terrace is larger than a height of said second spacer protruded from said terrace, said first spacers and said second spacers are extended into the liquid crystal layer, for support of between said color film substrate and said array substrate.
US10564483B2	Display device having seal member being directly connected to junction portions A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device having a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, and a sealing member formed in a peripheral portion of at least one of the substrates. The method includes forming the sealing member, disposing the liquid crystal layer inside the sealing member, and bonding the first substrate to the second substrate. In forming the sealing member, a ring-shaped portion that seals the liquid crystal layer inside the sealing member, a first sealing layer and a second sealing layer that face each other to be separated from each other are formed. In the bonding of the first substrate to the second substrate, a junction portion is formed in which the first and second sealing layers are pressed and joined outside the sealing member so as to form the ring-shaped portion.
US10564481B2	Method for aligning liquid crystals and liquid crystal alignment system A method for aligning liquid crystals is provided, and includes steps of providing a first substrate, forming a first electrode layer and a first alignment film on the first substrate; a second substrate, forming a second electrode layer and a second alignment film on the first substrate; forming a liquid crystal layer between the first alignment film and the second alignment film; providing an electrode plate and disposing the electrode plate on a side of the first substrate away from the first electrode layer; and applying a driving voltage between the electrode plate and the second electrode layer to align on the liquid crystal layer.
US10564474B2	Liquid crystal display panel and liquid crystal display device Disclosed is a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate which are disposed opposite to each other. The first substrate is provided, on a side thereof facing the second substrate, with a first polarizer film. The second substrate is provided thereon with a second polarizer film. A quantum-dot layer is provided between the first polarizer film and the first substrate, so that light can first pass through the quantum-dot layer and excite the quantum-dot layer, then enter the first polarizer film, and finally shine out through the second polarizer film. The liquid crystal display panel provided by the present disclosure will exhibit better display effect and have a higher transmissivity.
US10564466B2	Display panel assembly, display device and driving method thereof Provided is a display panel assembly, comprising a display panel and a plurality of optical micro-structures arranged at a light outgoing side of the display panel. The display panel comprises a plurality of pixel groups, each of the plurality of pixel groups comprising one pixel or a plurality of pixels sequentially arranged. Each of the plurality of optical micro-structures corresponds to a plurality of pixel groups sequentially arranged, for modulating light emitted from the corresponding pixel groups to different fields of view. A display device and a driving method thereof are also provided.
US10564452B2	Display module and manufacturing method thereof The disclosure is directed to a display module and a manufacturing method thereof. The display module includes a display panel, a buffer structure, a fixing element, and an outer frame. The outer frame has a side frame portion and a bottom frame portion. The side frame portion and the bottom frame portion form a space. The display panel is in the space. The display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed oppositely. The first substrate has a first side surface. The second substrate has a second side surface adjacent to the first side surface. The buffer structure contacts the first side surface and the second side surface. The fixing element contacts the display panel and the outer frame. The side frame portion is between the buffer structure and the fixing element.
US10564446B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program for establishing a representation of a spectacle lens edge A computer-implemented method for establishing the representation of the edge of a spectacle lens or of a left spectacle lens and a right spectacle lens for a spectacle wearer is disclosed. The method includes: providing image data relating to the spectacle wearer with a worn spectacle frame; calculating information data derived from the image data; calculating a deterministically optimizable cost function linking the information data with spectacle lens data, wherein the spectacle lens data describe the spatial extent of at least one spectacle lens held in the spectacle frame; and setting a curve of an edge of the spectacle lens or of the left spectacle lens and the right spectacle lens by optimizing the cost function.
US10564434B2	Display control device for vehicle A display control device for a vehicle includes: a display controller that displays a predetermined display image on a windshield of the vehicle; a visibility reducing area detector that detects a presence or an absence of a visibility reducing area which reduces a visibility of the display image on the windshield; and a gaze detector that detects a gaze of a driver. When the display image overlaps with the visibility reducing area and the driver does not keep the gaze on the display image, the display controller moves the display image to an outside of the visibility reducing area.
US10564424B2	Image display device and display apparatus An image display device including: an image formation device; and an optical system that brings an image from the image formation device to an eyeball of an observer. 0 (degrees)≤ω2<ω1≤25 is satisfied where an image-formation-device first strike point is where an extended line of an optical axis of the optical system intersects with an image exit surface of the image formation device, a first normal line is normal to the image exit surface of the image formation device passing through the first strike point, an image-formation-device second strike point is where an extended line of a pupil center line of the eyeball of the observer intersects with the image exit surface of the image formation device, a second normal line is normal to the image exit surface of the image formation device passing through the second strike point.
US10564420B2	Midair interaction with electronic pen projection computing system A system and method that allows an electronic pen to interact with projected content in midair without the need for a tangible surface. The pen has a holographic projector that is extendible into a position where it forms a holographic surface and a content projector that is oriented to project content onto the holographic surface formed by the holographic projector. The electronic pen body includes a slot dimensioned to house said holographic projector. The holographic projector can be connected to the pen by a mechanical linkage that locks the holographic projector into position. The electronic pen has sensors for detecting and measuring movement of the pen as well as detecting and measuring user contact with the pen to detect and respond to dynamic movements used to interact with the displayed content.
US10564411B2	Illumination device and endoscope An illumination device comprises: an optical member that is provided with a circular ring-shaped or horseshoe-shaped light-guiding layer and diffusion layer, which are laminated in a central axis direction, the light-guiding layer having a light-entrance surface facing a tangential direction; and a light-introducing member that is disposed at the radially outer side of the optical member and that introduces illumination light into the light-guiding layer from the light-entrance surface, in the tangential direction; wherein the diffusion layer diffuses the illumination light entering from the light-guiding layer by volume scattering, and the optical member is formed, at least, of one end surface in the axial direction and emits the illumination light emitted from the diffusion layer.
US10564408B2	Microscope comprising a movable objective-camera system with rolling shutter camera sensor and a multi-color strobe flash and method for scanning microscope slides with proper focus An apparatus for scanning microscope slides is provided. The apparatus includes an objective; a specimen stage; a camera sensor configured to capture a first plurality of images at a first rate while focus is changed in continuous motion; and a flash unit configured to flash at a second rate, wherein the first rate and the second rate are synchronized.
US10564397B2	Optical imaging system An optical imaging system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element with positive refractive power, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, and a fifth lens element. Each of the fourth lens element and the fifth lens element includes at least one aspheric surface. The fourth lens element and the fifth lens element are made of plastic. The fifth lens element includes a concave image-side surface and at least one inflection point. An axial distance is formed between each of the first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element, and the fifth lens element, and the optical imaging system further comprises a stop.
US10564389B2	Electronic device and method of controlling same Disclosed are an electronic device and a method of controlling the same. An electronic device includes: a camera; a sensor module; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to determine at least one of a movement of the electronic device and a movement of an object in images acquired by the camera, determine, based on the movement of the electronic device or the movement of the object, an output period for light outputted by the sensor module, and determine depth information of the images based on reflected light corresponding to the outputted light received by the camera.
US10564381B2	Illumination device An illumination device including: a light source including a light emitting element that emits light; a first optical element that transmits the light; a second optical element that transmits the light transmitted by the first optical element; a holder that holds the second optical element; and a spring member including at least one spring portion that generates spring force by being deflected, the spring member pressing the second optical element against the holder with the spring force to hold the second optical element against the holder, wherein the first optical element and the second optical element deflect a center portion in a long edge direction of the at least one spring portion with respect to ends in the long edge direction of the at least one spring portion.
US10564373B1	Interferometric imaging systems with exchangeable imaging modules A modular assembly for an imaging system can allow precision alignment to occur in isolated manufacturing stages, with the separate components being assembled together in later stages. An exemplary system includes a support structure, multiple imaging modules exchangeably coupled to the support structure and each including lenslets and a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) device arranged to receive light from the lenslets, multiple fiber arrays each connected to corresponding one of the multiple imaging modules, and a camera system connected to the fiber arrays. The lenslets the PIC device can be integrally coupled prior to assembly with the support structure, so that precise alignment of the lenslets with respect to the PIC device is performed in isolation.
US10564372B2	Optical fiber alignment mechanisms using key elements An optical fiber alignment mechanism (100) operates to align optical fibers (102). The mechanism can include a key element (120, 130) arranged on the cladding (112) of an optical fiber (102). The key element (120, 130) can engage with a corresponding element of another optical fiber (102) to align the cores (108) of the mating optical fibers. The key element (120) of an optical fiber (102) can also be inserted into a corresponding keyway (226) of a fiber alignment hole (222) of a ferrule (200) such that the optical fiber (102) is oriented properly within the ferrule (200).
US10564368B2	Optical fiber connector assembly Optical fiber connector assembly for a fiber optic cable comprising an optical fiber having an end portion terminated with a ferrule and rod members (4). The optical fiber connector assembly comprises: a ferrule holder (110) configured to hold the end portion of the optical fiber (10), the ferrule (30) and the rod members (4); a connector (190) having an internal passageway for housing the ferrule holder (110); a locking member (180) extending lengthwise and having an internal passageway for the end portion of the fiber optic cable (1). There is also disclosed a pre-connectorized fiber optic cable comprising a fiber optic cable and the optical fiber connector assembly mounted upon an end portion of the fiber optic cable.
US10564367B1	MT connector assembly and method therefor A fiber optic connector assembly has an MT connector. The MT connector has a housing. A first slot is formed in a front surface of the housing. The first slot extends across a width of the front surface of the housing and partially down a length of the housing. A pair of slots is formed in a rear surface of the housing. The pair of slots extends across a width of the rear surface of the housing and partially down the length of the housing. An aperture is formed through a side surface of the housing and between the pair of slots. The aperture extends completely through the housing. An opening is formed in a central area of the rear surface of the housing and in communication with the aperture. A channel is formed between the first slot and the aperture connecting the first slot to the aperture. At least one securing pin is formed within the first slot.
US10564364B2	Optical fiber assembly An optical housing assembly includes a housing member having a first face and a second face. The first face has a plurality of first cavities and the second face has a plurality of second cavities. Each of the first cavities is aligned with one of the second cavities and each of the first cavities and each of the second cavities has a housing locking member. Each of a plurality of first adapter inserts have a first mounting section inserted into one of the first cavities, a first receptacle configured to receive a first optical fiber connector therein, and a first connector latching member. Each of a plurality of second adapter inserts has a second mounting section inserted into one of the second cavities, a second receptacle, and a second connector latching member.
US10564358B2	Micromechanically actuated deformable optical beam steering for wavelength tunable optical sources, filters and detectors Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) has enabled telecommunication service providers to fully exploit the transmission capacity of optical fibers. State of the art systems in long-haul networks now have aggregated capacities of terabits per second. Moreover, by providing multiple independent multi-gigabit channels, WDM technologies offer service providers with a straight forward way to build networks and expand networks to support multiple clients with different requirements. In order to reduce costs, enhance network flexibility, reduce spares, and provide re-configurability many service providers have migrated away from fixed wavelength transmitters, receivers, and transceivers, to wavelength tunable transmitters, receivers, and transceivers as well as wavelength dependent add-drop multiplexer, space switches etc. However, to meet the competing demands for improved performance, increased integration, reduced footprint, reduced power consumption, increased flexibility, re-configurability, and lower cost it is desirable to exploit/adopt monolithic optical circuit technologies, hybrid optoelectronic integration, and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS).
US10564348B2	Passive aligning optical coupler array An optical coupler array can include an elongated optical element having a coupler housing structure and at least one longitudinal waveguide embedded in said housing structure. The housing structure can have an outer cross sectional shape comprising a first side comprising one or more curved portions and a second side comprising one or more flat portions. The second side can be disposed at a distance from the at least one longitudinal waveguide such that waveguiding properties are preserved and not disturbed.
US10564342B2	Light diverging structure, backlight module and display device A light diverging structure, a backlight module and a display device are provided. The light diverging structure includes a substrate and multiple light diverging units arranged on the substrate and spaced from each other. The multiple light diverging units are used to diverge an incident light into at least two beams of emergent light propagated in different directions, the at least two beams of emergent light propagated in the different directions form a light band having a preset curvature. The backlight module includes multiple light sources, a light guide plate and the light diverging structure. The light diverging structure is arranged between a light-entering face of the light guide plate and the multiple light sources.
US10564340B2	Multispectral light source device A multispectral light source device includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting diodes, a cover body and a light guide body. The light-emitting diodes are disposed on the substrate. A plurality of waveband lights with different wavelengths are emitted by the light-emitting diodes. The cover body is disposed on the substrate, and the light-emitting diodes are covered by the cover body. The light guide body is disposed on the substrate. The light guide body has a light guide outlet. The substrate has a first diameter, the light guide outlet has a second diameter, and the ratio of the first diameter to the second diameter is in a range between 9 to 15, so that the waveband lights are moved and converged in the light guide body and emitted through the light guide outlet. As a result, the product can be miniaturized, and the handheld detection instrument can be implemented.
US10564331B2	Cube corner sheeting having optically variable marking Retroreflective sheeting having a structured layer of cube corner elements and an at least one optically variable mark therein, and methods of making same.
US10564322B2	Diffractive antiglare in a multi-layered display A multi-layered display including an upper display screen, and a lower display screen arranged so as to at least partially overlap with the upper display screen is described. An antiglare layer is disposed on the upper display screen. The antiglare layer includes a diffraction pattern configured to blur ambient reflections without substantially affecting transmitted light. The diffraction pattern may have a quarter wavelength thickness. Method for forming the multi-layered display is also provided.
US10564320B2	Compound, photosensitive resin composition including the same, and color filter A compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, a photosensitive resin composition including the same, and a color filter manufactured using the photosensitive resin composition are provided. In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the specification.
US10564317B2	Reservoir mesh creation using extended anisotropic, geometry-adaptive refinement of polyhedra One example herein involves a method that includes identifying, based on a received reservoir specification: a set fractures including 2.5 dimensional (2.5D)-permitting fractures; and other fractures. The method further includes generating an intermediate reservoir model including an extrusion mesh which models the 2.5D-permitting fractures in a three-dimensional (3D) space. In response to determining that cells in the mesh should be refined in a direction within the 3D space, the method anisotropically refines cells in the mesh corresponding to the other fractures. The method also includes resolving a fracture network within the intermediate reservoir model using the refined cells and then generating a reservoir earth model using the fracture network.
US10564310B2	Dielectric logging with broadband excitation A method for performing a formation physical action includes: transmitting a first time-domain transient electromagnetic (EM) signal into a borehole and the formation using a downhole EM wave propagation tool, the first EM signal having frequency domain components in a range of at least 1 MHz to 1 GHz; receiving a second time-domain transient EM signal due to the transmitting of the first EM signal, the second EM signal having frequency domain components in the range of at least 1 MHz to 1 GHz; calculating attenuation and phase shift S-parameters as a function of frequency using the first and second EM signals; assigning to the formation at least one of a resistivity value and a permittivity value of a reference that matches or is within a selected range of the attenuation and phase shift S-parameters; and performing the physical action using the at least one of the resistivity value and the permittivity value.
US10564299B2	Temperature compensation for silicon photomultiplier based detector A SiPM tile includes SiPM arrays on a detector die, each of the SiPM arrays including a first plurality of microcells and a second plurality of reference microcells dispersed on the die, each reference microcell including an optically-opaque mask, a readout circuit each including a respective charge sensitive amplifier (CSA) connected to one of the reference microcells, each CSA configured to accumulate the dark current of the reference microcell during a selected time window, a hybrid temperature control circuit configured to receive an output signal from each CSA, and to determine the real-time temperature of the die based on the received output signal, to provide the real-time temperature to a temperature compensation and correction control unit that adjusts a cooling/heating system flow provided to the die, the adjustment based on the real-time temperature. A method for compensating the operating temperature variation of the SiPM tile is also disclosed.
US10564296B2	Distributed kalman filter architecture for carrier range ambiguity estimation Methods and apparatus for determining navigation data (124) using carrier range measurements obtained by a GNSS receiver for a plurality of GNSS satellites, the apparatus comprising: a first Kalman filter (100) configured to determine an a posteriori estimate of a first state vector based at least in part on a first set of GNSS measurements (104) obtained by the, and/or a further, GNSS receiver and an a priori estimate of the first state vector, the first state vector comprising carrier range ambiguity values relating to the plurality of GNSS satellites and a position of the, and/or the further, GNSS receiver; and a second Kalman filter (102) configured to determine an a posteriori estimate of a second state vector, which comprises the navigation data (124), based at least in part on a second set of GNSS measurements (106) obtained by the, and/or a further, GNSS receiver, an a priori estimate of the second state vector, and carrier range ambiguity data (126) based on the carrier range ambiguity values determined in the a posteriori estimate of the first state vector.
US10564291B1	Global positioning system (GPS) receivers for munitions A GPS receiver device can include at least one radio frequency (RF) chip implementing at least three RF modules configured to process RF signals received over at least three RF channels. Each RF module can be associated with a respective RF channel. Each RF module can include (1) a frequency demultiplexer and (2) at least two parallel circuits coupled to the frequency demultiplexer. Each of the parallel circuits can include (i) a RF amplifier connected to a respective output port of the frequency demultiplexer and (ii) an analog bandpass filter connected in series to the RF amplifier. The GPS receiver device can include a circuit board on which the at least one RF chip is mounted. The circuit board can have a breadth (e.g., length, width, or diameter) less than or equal to 1.65 inch.
US10564278B2	Systems and methods for object localization and path identification based on RFID sensing A networked radio frequency identification system includes a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tag readers, a computer in signal communication with the RFID tag readers over a network, and a software module for storage on and operable by the computer that localizes RFID tags based on information received from the RFID tag readers using a network model having endpoints and oriented links. In an additional example, at least one of the RFID tag readers includes an adjustable configuration setting selected from RF signal strength, antenna gain, antenna polarization, and antenna orientation. In a further aspect, the system localizes RFID tags based on hierarchical threshold limit calculations. In an additional aspect, the system controls a locking device associated with an access point based on localization of an authorized RFID tag at the access point and reception of additional authorizing information from an input device.
US10564276B2	Adaptive process noise description for improved kalman filter target tracking A system and method to perform target tracking with a radar system that uses a Kalman filter include predicting a predicted target position of a target detected by the radar system in a frame. The frame is a period of time to transmit from every transmit element of the radar system in turn and receive the reflections from a range of the target. The method also includes determining an actual target position of the target detected by the radar system based on reflections received by the radar system for the frame, and computing a process noise covariance matrix Q for a next frame, immediately following the frame, based on the predicted target position and the actual target position. Predicting a position of the target in the next frame is based on the process noise covariance matrix Q.
US10564271B2	Systems, methods and devices for highly-parallelized QUS-value determination for characterizing a specimen A quantitative ultrasound (QUS) system for characterizing a specimen, the system comprising an ultrasound transducer operable to transmit ultrasound signals into the specimen along multiple adjacent scan lines extending axially within the specimen, and collect returned ultrasound signals therefrom and generate RF signals based on said returned ultrasound signals, wherein said RF signals are associated with respective ones of said scan lines to represent a characteristic of the specimen at each of multiple locations within the specimen along each of said scan lines; and a parallelizable processing unit communicatively coupled to said ultrasound transducer and operable to concurrently compute from said RF signals respective QUS values representative of said characteristic for each of a plurality of said multiple locations in parallel, wherein successive parallel outputs of said respective QUS values are characteristic of the specimen along each of said multiple scan lines.
US10564270B2	Methods and systems for calibrating sensors A method for calibrating sensors devices mounted on a machine is disclosed. The method includes transforming a first 3D point cloud to generate a transformed first 3D point cloud based on an alignment of the first 3D point cloud with a 3D model of the machine. The first 3D point cloud includes 3D point cloud of one or more features of a terrain around the machine, and the machine. The method further includes aligning a second 3D point cloud with the transformed first 3D point cloud based on the one or more features of the terrain, to determine one or more transformation parameters. Thereafter, one or more calibration parameters for the second sensor device is extracted from the one or more transformation parameters. The second sensor device is calibrated based on the one or more calibration parameters.
US10564263B2	Chip-scale LIDAR with a single MEMS scanner in a compact optical package A LIDAR system, optical coupler for a LIDAR system and method of optical communication. The LIDAR system includes an optical coupler having a chip-side face in optical communication with a photonic chip and a scanner-side face in optical communication with a scanner, the optical coupler comprising a polarization rotator and a birefringent wedge. A first beam of light is transmitted from the first location toward a chip-side face of an optical coupler to direct the first beam of light, via the optical coupler, along an optical path at a scanner-side face of the optical coupler. A second beam of light is received along the optical path at the scanner-side face and directed the second beam of light toward a second location.
US10564256B2	Beam sharpening radar system and method A radar system, such as a weather radar system, includes a radar antenna and a processor. The processor is configured to cause a first radar beam to be provided using a first portion of the radar antenna. The processor is configured to cause a second radar beam to be provided using a phase adjusted portion of the antenna and a remaining portion of the radar antenna. A radar method and system can allow multiple low-loss overlapping radar beams to be rapidly generated to support a sequential lobbing process which may be used to generate intra-beam target angle estimates. The production of these overlapping beams does not require mechanical antenna movement but beam selection is controlled by a simple electronic switch in some embodiments.
US10564253B2	Methods and apparatus for light-based positioning and navigation Systems, methods, mobile computing devices and computer-readable media are described herein relating to light-based positioning. In various embodiments, light sources (106) may be commissioned to selectively energize one or more LEDs (520) to emit light carrying a coded light signal. The coded light signal may convey information about a location of a lighting effect (102) projected by the one or more LEDs onto a surface (104). In various embodiments, mobile computing devices (100) such as smart phones or tablets may detect these coded light signals from the lighting effects and/or from the light sources, extract the location information, and utilize it to determine their locations within an environment.
US10564244B2	Ascertaining an item of movement information describing a movement in an at least partially moved examination region A method is provided for ascertaining at least one item of movement information describing a sought movement as a partial movement of an overall movement in an at least partially moved examination region. In the method, at least one excitation signal having a first frequency band is output and receiving signals generated by the excitation signal are recorded with a receiving coil arrangement, (e.g., a receiving coil arrangement of a magnetic resonance device), having a plurality of receiving channels. The coils of the receiving coil arrangement are designed to record a receiving frequency band including the first frequency band, wherein for ascertaining the movement information the complex receiving signals of the receiving channels are combined at one instant according to a combination specification ascertained over a period by an analysis of the receiving signals that identifies at least one component of a movement that contributes to the sought movement.
US10564243B2	System and method for phase cycling magnetic resonance fingerprinting (phc-MRF) A system and method is provided for performing a magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) study in the face of inhomogeneous magnetic fields. The process includes performing a balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP) pulse sequence multiple times to acquire a multiple MRF datasets from at region of interest (ROI) in a subject, wherein performing the multiple bSSFP pulse sequences includes cycling through multiple phase patterns that differ across the multiple times. The process also includes comparing the multiple MRF datasets with a MRF dictionary to determine at least one tissue property indicated by each of the multiple MRF datasets, producing an aggregated indication of the at least one tissue property, and producing at least one map of the at least one tissue property using the aggregated indication of the at least one tissue property.
US10564240B2	Method and system for magnetic resonance imaging using slice selective pulses An MRI pulse sequence is disclosed. The pulse sequence involves a plurality of slice selective pulses (51,55) which each individually have a desired rotation that is less than or equal to the total desired rotation. The slice selective pulses each cause a rotation about respective axes, which may be different to each other. Optionally phase correction (re-phasing) gradients (53, 56) can also be included in the pulse sequence.
US10564218B2	Systems and methods for debugging access In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a host system with information handling resources, a management controller configured to provide out-of-band management of the information handling system, and a debugging circuit. The debugging circuit may receive a plurality of serial data streams from the management controller and the plurality of information handling resources, and provide access to at least a subset of the plurality of serial data streams to a debugging information handling system via a wireless interface.
US10564216B2	Multiple rate signature test to verify integrated circuit identity Screening a batch of integrated circuits (IC) may be done with test patterns provided in a sequence of test vectors. The sequence of test vectors may be fetched from a memory coupled to a tester and then one or more bits from each test vector may be provided to the tester. A test pattern is formed by updating a latch in a periodic manner with a bit value from a same bit position from each of the sequence of test vectors. The test pattern may then be applied to an input pin of a device under test and a resulting signal may be monitored on an output pin of each one of the batch of ICs. A slow speed ICs may be screened by treating each IC that passes both a fast pattern test and a slow speed pattern test as a failure, for example.
US10564215B2	System and method of semiconductor characterization A system for characterizing a semiconductor sample is disclosed. The system comprises a measurement subsystem, a data analysis subsystem, and a statistical analysis subsystem coupled to each other via an interconnection. The measurement subsystem excites a semiconductor sample by shining light on one or more points in the semiconductor sample to generate electron hole pairs, which creates a change in conductivity of the semiconductor sample. The measurement subsystem measures one or more voltage decay curves corresponding to the one or more points in the semiconductor sample based on the changes in conductivity, and transmits the measured voltage decay curves to the data analysis subsystem. The data analysis subsystem extracts one or more normalized decay curves from the transmitted measured voltage decay curves, which the data analysis subsystem then transmits to the statistical analysis subsystem. The statistical analysis subsystem analyzes the transmitted normalized decay curves.
US10564208B1	Systems and methods for testing conductive microwire A system and method for testing the quality of a conductor is disclosed. Specifically, a system of testing a conductor using voltage source generator that is capacitively-coupled through the conductor to voltage detector is disclosed. The voltage source generates a varying voltage signal which induces a voltage signal in the capacitively coupled microwire conductor. The voltage detector that is also capacitively-coupled to the conductor measures the induced voltage. Using the detected voltage signal, the voltage detector determines whether there are any conductive breaks in the conductor.
US10564202B2	Device, system and method for automatic test of integrated antennas A test set-up for testing a system-in package with an integrated antenna is described herein. According to one exemplary embodiment, the test set-up includes a carrier with an RF probe arranged thereon and a test socket with resilient electric contacts. The test socket is mounted on the carrier and provides an electric contact to interconnects of the package when it is placed on the test socket. The test socket has an opening which is arranged superjacent to the RF probe.
US10564182B2	Measuring device and method for determining mass and/or mechanical properties of a biological system The invention relates to a measuring device and a method for determining mass and/or mechanical properties of a biological system.
US10564174B2	Optical sensing apparatuses, method, and optical detecting module capable of estimating multi-degree-of-freedom motion A method capable of estimating multi-degree-of-freedom motion of an optical sensing apparatus includes: providing an image sensor having a pixel array having a plurality of image zones to sense and capture a frame; providing and using a lens to vary optical magnifications of a plurality of portion images of the frame to generate a plurality of reconstructed images with different of field of views, the portion images of the frame respectively corresponding to the image zones; and estimating and obtaining a motion result for each of the reconstructed images to estimate the multi-degree-of-freedom motion of the optical sensing apparatus.
US10564172B2	Systems and methods for detection, analysis, isolation and/or harvesting of biological objects Systems and methods provide for detection and controlled interaction with one or more objects. The system can include an imaging subsystem (20), a tool subsystem (26) containing one or more tools, a stage subsystem (16) and a control system (40). The control system (40) can integrate controls for each of the other subsystems, which controls can be implement desired functions over a variety of process parameters to perform the controlled interaction.
US10564171B2	Diagnostic chip A microfluidic diagnostic chip may comprise a substrate, a plurality of fluidic slots extending through the substrate, a plurality of microfluidic channels each coupled to a respective one of the plurality of fluidic slots to receive a plurality of fluids from the plurality of fluidic slots, and a mixing region in fluid communication with the plurality of fluidic slots to receive the plurality of fluids such that the plurality of fluids are to mix. A diagnostic chip may comprise a number of fluid slots defined through a substrate and a plurality of microfluidic channels coupled to the fluid slots to receive from the fluid slots a plurality of different fluids wherein the microfluidic channels combine and mix the plurality of different fluids.
US10564170B2	Sample container carrier, laboratory sample distribution system and laboratory automation system A sample container carrier for a laboratory sample distribution system is presented. The sample container carrier comprises a magnetic element that is arranged such that a magnetic move force applied to the sample container carrier depends on an angularity. A laboratory sample distribution system comprising such a sample container carrier and a laboratory automation system comprising such a sample distribution system are also presented.
US10564157B2	Analyte detection utilizing nanoporous glass analyte concentrator An analyte capture device and related systems and methods are provided. The analyte capture device includes a glass material, an outer surface defined by the glass material, and a plurality of pores formed in the glass material along at least a portion of the outer surface. The analyte capture device is exposed to an environment containing an analyte for a period of time such that the analyte is captured within the plurality of pores of the glass material. The concentration of the analyte within the glass material is greater than a concentration of the analyte within the environment. The analyte capture device is then removed from the environment, and a property of the analyte within the analyte capture device is detected via an analyte detection system.
US10564155B2	Dual swab fluid sample collection for split sample testing and fingerprint identification device An apparatus for testing a fluid sample including a sample receiving member having an opening for receiving a fluid sample, wherein the sample receiving member comprises at least a first and second sample collection chambers, a sample retention member, in fluid communication with the first sample collection chamber, to retain a portion of the fluid sample, and at least one test strip, in fluid communication with the second collection chamber, to indicate the presence or absence of at least one analyte in the fluid sample, wherein the first collection chamber is not in fluid communication with the second collection chamber.
US10564151B2	Method for determining the total amount and/or concentration of an analyte in the presence of a binding molecule as well as kits, compositions and uses relating thereto The present invention relates to a method for determining the total amount and/or concentration of an analyte in the presence of a binding molecule as well as kits, compositions and uses relating thereto.
US10564139B2	Sensor element A heater part of a planar sensor element includes: a Pt heater element; and an insulating layer including 90-99.9 wt % of an insulating material having a different coefficient of thermal expansion from a solid electrolyte forming a base part of the element. The heater part other than a heater electrode is buried in the base part. The insulating layer includes: a porous portion having a porosity of 20-40%; and a dense portion having a porosity of 4% or less. The heater element is covered with the dense portion. A laminated portion in which the porous portion and the dense portion are laminated has a total thickness of 25-100 μm. The dense portion has a thickness of 5 μm or more. A thickness ratio of the dense portion to the porous portion is 0.05 to 2.0.
US10564137B2	Pre-assembled separation columns There is provided an integrated system for liquid separation, such as LC, CE, affinity chromatography, and ion exchange chromatography, comprising a column and end-fittings embedded in a plastic material, such as a thermoplastic polymer. The system may further comprise an electrospray emitter directly connected with the outlet of the column, wherein a substantial part of the emitter is covered with the polymer material. There is also provided a method by which a separation column along with the accompanying end fittings for connection with adjacent liquid conduits is embedded in a polymer matrix. This configuration e.g. ensures that the factory-made, correct attachment of the fittings to the column is preserved (since the matrix prevents further user intervention, accidental or otherwise). Accordingly, the responsibility for the correct attachment of the fittings is shifted from the end user to the manufacturer.
US10564129B2	Method and arrangement for acoustically testing the mechanical integrity of a cartridge The present invention relates to a method of testing the mechanical integrity of a cartridge (10) containing a medicament and being arranged inside a drug delivery device (20). The invention also relates to a testing arrangement and to a respective drug delivery device, wherein the method comprises the steps of: acoustically stimulating the cartridge (10), measuring of the cartridge's (10) acoustic response (60) to the acoustic stimulation (32), comparing the acoustic response (60) with a standard response (62) of an intact cartridge (10), and determining the mechanical integrity of the cartridge (10) on the basis of the comparison.
US10564126B2	Optical polarization inspection device and method An inspection apparatus comprises a light output unit configured to output first light having a first wavelength and second light having a second wavelength, a magneto-optical crystal arranged so that a reflection film faces a measurement target, a light detection unit configured to detect the first light and the second light, and a light guide optical system configured to guide the first light and the second light toward the magneto-optical crystal and the measurement target, and guide the first light reflected by the magneto-optical crystal and the second light reflected by the measurement target toward the light detection unit. The light guide optical system comprises an optical path switching element configured to perform switching between optical paths of a plurality of optical elements so that the first light and the second light are selectively incident on the light detection unit.
US10564124B2	Controlling gas-phase ion interactions A mass spectrometer or ion mobility spectrometer is disclosed comprising: a first device for separating ions or molecules according to a physicochemical property; an ion mobility separation device for receiving and separating at least some of said ions or ions derived from said molecules according to their ion mobility; a gas supply connected to said ion mobility separation device for supplying gas into said ion mobility separation device; and a control system configured to adjust said gas supply so as to change the composition of gas within the ion mobility separation device as a function of time.
US10564119B2	Direct sequencing device with a top-bottom electrode pair A DNA sequencing device includes a first layer having a nanochannel formed therein, and a pair of electrodes arranged vertically relative to each other and spaced apart to define an electrode gap. The electrode gap is exposed in the nanochannel, and the electrode gap is in the range of about 0.3 nm to about 2 nm.
US10564107B2	Structured substrates for optical surface profiling This disclosure provides methods and devices for the label-free detection of target molecules of interest. The principles of the disclosure are particularly applicable to the detection of biological molecules (e.g., DNA, RNA, and protein) using standard SiO2-based microarray technology.
US10564102B2	Optics for analysis of microwells In one aspect of the present disclosure an optical measurement device includes a sample holder defining a sample plane, wherein the sample holder is configured to arrange a sample carrier including an array of measurement positions in the sample plane, an illumination unit configured to illuminate the sample plane, a detector and an optical imaging system configured to image the sample plane including the array of measurement positions onto the detector, the optical imaging system including two or more curved reflective elements adapted to image the sample plane onto the detector with a magnification of between 2:1 and 1:2 and the detector being configured to take an image of all measurement positions of the array of measurement positions at a time.
US10564100B1	Analysis of viable and nonviable cells Provided are methods, for selectively analyzing a cell sample. Viable cells are dyed with a membrane-permeable fluorescent dye, and nonviable cells are dyed with a membrane-impermeable fluorescent quenching dye. The cells are illuminated to cause fluorescent emission from the membrane-permeable fluorescent dye in the viable cells and the membrane-impermeable fluorescent quenching dye in the non-viable cells. The cells are then quenched for at least a portion of fluorescence of the membrane-permeable fluorescent dye in the nonviable cells by the membrane-impermeable fluorescent quenching dye. The cells are then analyzed for viable and nonviable cells.
US10564090B2	System and method for retrieving and analyzing particles A system and method for isolating and analyzing single cells, including: a substrate having a broad surface; a set of wells defined at the broad surface of the substrate, and a set of channels, defined by the wall, that fluidly couple each well to at least one adjacent well in the set of wells; and fluid delivery module defining an inlet and comprising a plate, removably coupled to the substrate, the plate defining a recessed region fluidly connected to the inlet and facing the broad surface of the substrate, the fluid delivery module comprising a cell capture mode.
US10564089B2	Cross-instrument method and system for cell population discrimination The present invention provides methods and systems to combine the capabilities of a hematology analyzer with those of a flow cytometer to yield a far more powerful analytical system than either device alone. In one embodiment, a method of analyzing a cell sample includes receiving a first data generated by an analysis of a first aliquot of the sample on a first particle analyzer having a fluorescence measurement device such as a flow cytometer, detecting at least one unresolved cell population in the first data, and accessing a second data stored on a storage device wherein the second data was previously generated by interrogating a second aliquot of the sample using at least one of a cell volume measurement device and a cell conductivity measurement device in a second particle analyzer such as a hematology analyzer. The unresolved cell population in the first data is then resolved using the second data. Corresponding system embodiments are also disclosed.
US10564087B2	Methods for quantifying particulates in cell culture Provided are methods for quantifying and/or detecting sub-visible particulates in cell cultures. Specifically, the methods comprise a step of breaking down, e.g., lysing, cells in a cell culture. The methods can further comprising filtering the cell culture through a filter. Further provided are methods of quantifying sub-visible particulates that do not pass through the filter using a microscope.
US10564085B2	Device and method for measuring precipitation A device and method for measuring precipitation, in particular snowfall or hail, which has a measuring chamber for receiving a precipitation particle, at least one light source for radiating the measuring chamber with light, and at least one sensor for sensing an intensity of the light radiating through the measuring chamber. At least two measurement areas, which are arranged one below the other, are provided in the measuring chamber, and the intensity of the light radiating through each of the measurement areas can be detected separately.
US10564084B2	Rapid characterization of the solubility of amphiphiles Disclosed is a process and device allowing for fast measurements of the physicochemical properties of amphiphiles (lipids, surfactants, soaps, . . . ). A Marangoni flow is created and characterized using amphiphiles to be characterized. The observed flow is characterized, and using the disclosed process, one can deduce from this measurement many important physicochemical parameters of the amphiphiles such as their critical micellar concentration. Compared to existing techniques, the disclosed process offers the advantage that it requires a single experiment to deduce the parameters, when other techniques (pendant drop method, conductometry, etc . . . ) require the measurement of a quantity (interfacial tension, conductometry) against a systematically varied parameter (amphiphile concentration, . . . ). The disclosed process and devices are ideal to characterize and/or screen rapidly amphiphiles molecules based on their interaction with a solvent.
US10564082B2	Sensor having porous material or particulate material as receptor layer According to improvement of the receptor layer of various sensors of the type for detecting physical parameters (for example, a surface stress sensor, QCM, and SPR), all of high sensitivity, selectivity, and durability are achieved simultaneously. A porous material or a particulate material, e.g., nanoparticles, is used in place of a uniform membrane which has been conventionally used as a receptor layer. Accordingly, the sensitivity can be controlled by changing the membrane thickness of the receptor layer, the selectivity can be controlled by changing a surface modifying group to be fixed on the porous material or particulate material, and the durability can be controlled by changing the composition and surface properties of the porous material or particulate material.
US10564076B2	Compositions and methods for analytical sample preparation Aspects of the present disclosure include a system for analytical sample preparation. In some embodiments, the system includes a container having disposed therein an analytical sample treatment composition including α-cyclodextrin and/or an α-cyclodextrin co-polymer. Also provided is a method of reducing matrix effects in an analytical sample. In some embodiments, the method includes: contacting a sample including a matrix-interfering agent and an analyte with a cyclodextrin composition to produce a matrix-cyclodextrin complex, wherein the cyclodextrin composition comprises an α-cyclodextrin and/or an α-cyclodextrin co-polymer; separating the complex from the contacted sample to produce a matrix-reduced composition; and detecting the analyte in the matrix-reduced composition. Kits and compositions for use in the subject systems and methods are also provided.
US10564064B2	Method of leak testing a low conductivity part A method of leak testing a fluid passage of a part manufactured from a low conductivity material includes measuring an electrical resistance between an interior wall surface of the fluid passage of the part, and an exterior wall surface of the fluid passage of the part. The measured electrical resistance is compared to a threshold value to determine if the measured electrical resistance is equal to or greater than the threshold value, or if the measured electrical resistance is less than the threshold value. The threshold value is equal to a nominal wall thickness of the fluid passage multiplied by a resistivity of the material used to form the part. The part passes the leak test when the measured electrical resistance is equal to or greater than the threshold value. The part fails the leak test when the measured electrical resistance is less than the threshold value.
US10564062B2	Human-machine interface for gas valve This disclosure relates generally to valves, and more particularly, to gas valve assemblies. In one example, a valve leakage test and/or other tests may be performed on a valve assembly including a valve body with a first valve and a second valve, where the valves may be positioned across a fluid path in the valve body with an intermediate volume between the valves. A human machine interface (HMI) may be in communication with the valve assembly to initiate and/or monitor tests on the valve assembly. The HMI may include a start button on a user interface for initiating the tests on valve assembly. The HMI may receive results of the tests (e.g., valve leakage tests) in real time during the test and display the results of the tests on a display of the HMI in real time.
US10564055B2	Circuit for determining mechanical stress levels based on current gains A stress sensor includes a semiconductor die to which a mechanical stress is applied. The semiconductor die includes at least one bipolar junction transistor; at least one current source configured to inject at least one current through the at least one bipolar junction transistor; and a processing circuit configured to measure a first current gain and a second current gain of the at least one bipolar junction transistor based on the at least one injected current, to determine a first mechanical stress level based on the first current gain, to determine a second mechanical stress level based on the second current gain, and to generate a mechanical stress level signal based on the first mechanical stress level and the second mechanical stress level, wherein the mechanical stress level signal represents the applied mechanical stress, at least a portion of which is applied to the at least one bipolar junction transistor.
US10564048B2	Semiconductor device and power conversion device According to the present invention, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, resistance of which changes in accordance with temperature, an external resistor connected in series with the semiconductor chip and a detector configured to detect, while a first voltage is applied between both ends of a series circuit formed by the semiconductor chip and the external resistor, a second voltage applied between both ends of the external resistor, wherein the detector calculates a temperature of the semiconductor chip from the second voltage.
US10564044B2	Thermometer including color changing illumination portion Embodiments include a thermometer for measuring a temperature of a living being, including inside a cavity or on an external surface of the living being. The thermometer includes a temperature sensing probe coupled to the proximal end of the housing, a power source, light source, and processor. The light source can be configured to illuminate a portion of the housing near the temperature sensing probe. In some embodiments, the light source is configured to emit light in a plurality of colors. At least one of the plurality of colors may be indicative of a pre-measurement state. Some of the plurality of colors can be indicative of a specific temperature range. In some embodiments, the processor is operatively coupled to the power source, the temperature sensing probe, and the light source.
US10564041B2	Multi-band heat flux gauge A noncontact temperature sensing device receives radiative emissions from a sensed object to measure radiant heat flux and computes a temperature using multiple photodiode sensors, or elements, each sensitive to a different bandwidth of near IR light. The device samples a fluctuating heat source such as a flame or explosion at a fast sampling frequency, and compares corresponding or simultaneous readings in each bandwidth for computing a ratio of the respective bands and determining a temperature via ratio pyrometry. Multiple sensors of adjacent bands each receive corresponding readings of near IR emissions, perform fast, concurrent sampling to mitigate inconsistencies of heat source fluctuations, and compute a temperature based on a ratio between the sampled readings of the different bands. Near IR detection allows common and inexpensive photodiodes to be employed, and the photoelectric rather than thermoelectric sensing allows faster sampling and at a greater distance from the sensed heat source.
US10564035B2	Device and method for spectrum determination The present invention relates to improvement in accuracy in a device and a method for determining whether a spectrum of a target sample coincide with a standard spectrum or not.A spectrum determination device 10 determines whether a sample spectrum coincides with a reference spectrum or not by the reference spectrum obtained from a spectrum group. The spectrum determination device 10 comprises a storage unit 26 for storing the reference spectrum, and a determination unit 28 for comparing the reference spectrum and the sample spectrum to determine a sample 20 from the comparison result. The reference spectrum is set with a differing weighting for each point. The determination unit 28 calculates an individual coincidence with the sample spectrum for each point of the reference spectrum, and calculates a coincidence of the sample spectrum with the reference spectrum by the individual coincidence and the differing weighting to determine the sample 20.
US10564031B1	Methods and systems for determining errors based on detected sounds during operation of a robotic device An example method includes determining a plurality of frequency ranges corresponding to a plurality of types of errors, where the plurality of frequency ranges are associated with sounds occurring during operation of a robotic device. The method also includes detecting, based on sensor data from at least one audio sensor of the robotic device, a sound during a given operation of the robotic device. The method also includes determining that a frequency of the detected sound is within a particular frequency range of the plurality of frequency ranges. Based on the frequency being within the particular frequency range, the method also includes determining a type of error of the plurality of types of errors corresponding to the particular frequency range. The method also includes providing an output signal indicating an error of the determined type.
US10564027B1	Escape system for a sinking car and ultrasonic component thereof An escape system for a sinking car and an ultrasonic component thereof are illustrated. In the present disclosure, an ultrasonic signal transmitting unit capable of emitting ultrasonic is installed on the car. When the car falls into the water, based upon an acoustic resistance concept which the ultrasonic propagated in air collides and transmits into the water, a difference between a reflection or transmittance rate of the ultrasonic and a corresponding set value can be calculated, or alternatively, a difference between a reflection time deviation or a reflection distance of the ultrasonic and a corresponding set value can be calculated. Therefore, a warning signal indicating that the car falls into the water can be fast sent, and this makes sure that the rescue opportunity which the car falls into the water can be grasped to decrease the damage or death of the user.
US10564021B1	Pitcher and mixing ruler for preparing and dispensing beverages A ruler for mixing the ingredients of a selected beverage is slidably received in a vertical slot formed on the inside wall of a pitcher. The beverage ingredients for mixing are listed on each side of the ruler. The list of ingredients for each beverage is color coded to distinguish one beverage from another. The amount and order for mixing the ingredients in the pitcher are identified by parallel spaced measuring lines extending from the bottom to the top of the ruler. The lowermost measuring line on the ruler identifies the first ingredient added to the pitcher. The remaining ingredients are sequentially added to the pitcher to the level of the measuring line identifying each ingredient. The ingredients for mixing are added to the pitcher without requiring the volume of each ingredient to be separately measured and added. With the mixing ruler being releasably attached to the pitcher a set of mixing rulers for a collection of beverage recipes is available for use in mixing beverages in the pitcher.
US10564018B2	Composite panel edge treatments and joints and cargo body having same A cargo body includes a floor configured to support a cargo load and a roof positioned above the floor. The roof includes a roof panel having a composite construction including a first skin, a second skin, and a core positioned between the first and second skins. The cargo body includes first and second lateral sidewalls, each having an upper rail extending along an upper edge thereof. An edge portion of the roof panel is joined to one of the first and second upper rails.
US10564017B2	Ultrasonic flowmeter and method using partial flow measurements Ultrasonic flowmeter for measuring the flowrate of a fluid based on transit times of opposite propagating ultrasonic wave packets, including two ultrasonic transducers arranged at a flow tube for transmitting and receiving the ultrasonic wave packets through a fluid; a control circuit configured for operating the ultrasonic transducers to transmit and receive co-propagating and counter-propagating ultrasonic wave packets, and to determine transit times between transmission and reception of the ultrasonic wave packets; wherein the control circuit is further configured to continuously determine the flowrate of the fluid based on sequential application of separate flow measurement sequences and flow estimation sequences, the flow measurement sequence including transmitting and receiving a co-propagating wave packet and a counter-propagating wave packet, determining a transit time difference between the co-propagating and the counter-propagating wave packets, determining the speed of sound in the fluid, and calculating the flowrate based on the transit time difference and the speed of sound; and the flow estimation sequence including transmitting and receiving a co-propagating wave packet and/or a counter-propagating wave packet, and based on the co-propagating or the counter-propagating wave packet, determining whether a fluid condition of the fluid has changed since the previous flow measurement.
US10564013B2	Position sensor Position sensors include processing circuits. The processing circuits include first and second measurement circuits that each process at least one common sensor signal. A measurement processing circuitry is arranged to use the measurements from each measurement circuit, typically in a time interleaved manner, so that whilst the measurement processing circuitry is using the measurements from one measurement circuit, measurements obtained in the other measurement circuit can be used to determine calibrations that can be used to calibrate subsequent measurements obtained from that measurement circuit.
US10564011B2	Linear piezoelectric motor and slider drive system thereof A linear piezoelectric motor and a slider drive system thereof are disclosed. The linear piezoelectric motor includes a piezoelectric ceramic element and a base structure. The piezoelectric ceramic element includes a first region, a second region and an interval region located between the first and the second region, wherein the first and the second region may be formed by a first and a second power signal supplied by a power supply to form a first and a second standing wave, respectively. The interval region is a quarter wavelengths. The first and the second standing wave have a phase difference so as to form a traveling wave. The base structure disposes the piezoelectric ceramic element and has a pectinate structure to increase the amplitude of the first and the second standing wave, thereby enabling the piezoelectric motor to be driven.
US10564009B2	Position sensor, position measuring device and method for the operation thereof A position signal generator for an electronic position measuring device is disclosed. In an embodiment, the position signal generator includes a signal generation device for generating a periodic magnetic signal, and an electric power supply device for supplying the signal generation device with electric energy. The position of the position signal generator is determined via the position measuring device.
US10564008B2	Inductive displacement sensors A transducer for an inductive displacement sensor includes a secondary winding of 2N turns of alternating directions extending in a zone of length Dtot, the winding including: a first coiled conductive section forming N half-turns, extending between a first end of the winding, situated at the midpoint of the length Dtot, and a first point of the winding, situated at one end of the length Dtot; a second section forming N half-turns, extending between the first point and a second intermediate point situated at the midpoint of the length Dtot; a third section forming N half-turns, extending between the second point and a third intermediate point situated at a second end of the length Dtot; and a fourth section forming N half-turns, extending between the third point and a second end of the winding situated at the midpoint of the length Dtot.
US10564006B2	Static reference resolver circuit A sensor, and method of using the sensor, includes a primary resolver circuit and a static reference resolver circuit. The primary resolver circuit is configured to provide first and second primary analog outputs. The primary analog outputs are indicative of a sensed condition of the sensor. The static reference resolver circuit includes a transformer and is configured to generate first and second reference analog outputs indicative of a reference condition of the sensor. The first and second reference analog outputs match the first and second primary analog outputs when the sensed condition is equivalent to the reference condition.
US10563994B2	Safe routing for navigation systems Examples provided herein describe a navigation system to identify routes that take safety considerations into account. The system accesses safety data from various sources and computes safety data for individual road segments of a map database at multiple times for each road segment. The road segment safety data is used when determining routes for requested trips, including estimating the times that the various road segments on the route will be traversed and determining the safety of each road segment at that time.
US10563988B2	Sensor-less indoor navigation assistance Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing navigation assistance are described herein. A navigation assistance request is received for commuting between the start waypoint and the destination waypoint. Based on the received request, the angle-orientation coordinates included in the angle-based navigation instruction are converted to direction-based navigation instructions. Finally, the direction-based navigation instructions are provided to a user. In one embodiment, the direction-based navigation instructions are stored in a directed weighted graph. The directed weighted graph may be used to determine navigation instructions for an intersection point. In one embodiment, crowdsourcing is used to collect the navigation instructions.
US10563986B2	Cladding-pumped waveguide optical gyroscope A waveguide optical gyroscope (WOG) is disclosed. One WOG may comprise an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) source, a sensor comprising a waveguide loop disposed in a first cladding material interposed between layers of at least a second cladding material having an index of refraction lower than an index of refraction of the first cladding material, wherein the sensor is configured to receive an output signal of the ASE source, and a pump source configured to pump the first cladding material with an in-plane pump signal.
US10563984B2	Method and device for determining rotational rate An angular rate sensor has a ring, a plurality of sensor-drivers, circuitry, a controller, an energy sensor, and an output signal generator. The sensors-drivers may be capacitors, inductors, or a sensor having a piezoelectric material. The sensor-drivers each have a component that vibrates along with the ring, and the sensor-drivers are arranged in cooperating sets, each cooperating set having two sensor-drivers positioned 180° apart. The circuitry can selectively engage some of the cooperating sets as sensors and others of the cooperating sets as drivers. Those sets used as sensors sense motion of the ring. Those sets used as drivers apply forces to the ring. Some of the drivers cause the ring to vibrate at its natural frequency, and some of the drivers seek to inhibit motion of the ring at particular locations. Locations at which drivers seek to inhibit motion are those locations that would be nodes in the absence of angular motion.
US10563978B2	Apparatus and method for measuring a three dimensional shape Provided are an apparatus and a method for measuring a three dimensional shape with improved accuracy. The apparatus includes a stage, at least one lighting unit, a plurality of image pickup units and a control unit. The stage supports an object to be measured. The lighting unit includes a light source and a grid, and radiates grid-patterned light to the object to be measured. The image pickup units capture, in different directions, grid images reflected from the object to be measured. The control unit calculates a three dimensional shape of the object from the grid images captured by the image pickup units. The present invention has advantages in capturing grid images through a main image pickup portion and sub-image pickup portions, enabling the measurement of the three dimensional shape of the object in a rapid and accurate manner.
US10563974B2	Method for measuring a height map of multiple fields of view and combining them to a composite height map with minimized sensitivity to instrument drift A method for measuring a height map of multiple fields of view on a surface of a substrate with an optical profilometer and combining them to a composite height map, the method includes: moving the profilometer relative to the surface from field to field along a route; measuring height maps of fields on the surface along the route with the profilometer; and, combining a plurality of height maps of measured fields by normalizing said height maps to each other to produce a composite height map of the surface; wherein the route is configured to minimize sensitivity to height drifting of the profilometer during combining a plurality of the height maps.
US10563973B2	All surface film metrology system A system is configured to perform metrology on a front surface, a back surface opposite the front surface, and/or an edge between the front surface and the back surface of a wafer. This can provide all wafer metrology and/or metrology of thin films on the back surface of the wafer. In an example, the thickness and/or optical properties of a thin film on a back surface of a wafer can be determined using a ratio of a greyscale image of a bright field light emerging from the back surface of the wafer under test to that of a reference wafer.
US10563969B2	Apparatus and method to compensate bearing runout in an articulated arm coordinate measurement machine A method and apparatus for correcting errors in a bearing cartridge used in a portable articulated arm coordinate measurement machine (AACMM) is provided. The method includes providing a cartridge having a first bearing and a second bearing arranged in a fixed relationship to define an axis, the cartridge further including an angle measurement device configured to measure a rotation of a portion of the cartridge about the axis. A plurality of angles is measured with the angle measurement device. A first plurality of displacements is determined at a first position along the axis, each of the first plurality of displacements being associated with one of the plurality of angles. Compensation values are determined based at least in part on the plurality of angles and the first plurality of displacements.
US10563968B2	Tape measure and recorder device An apparatus for measuring a distance from the apparatus to an object; the apparatus includes a housing, a retractable-tape, a laser-rangefinder, a controller, a digital-display, and a power supply. The apparatus is useful for providing an improved measuring apparatus for measuring the distance, and for recording a plurality of distances within the apparatus.
US10563957B1	In-line flashlight system for firearms A flashlight mounting system for mounting a flashlight on a firearm includes a light barrel, which is sized and shaped for containing a flashlight and which is mountable on the firearm, a light activator plug positioned inside the light barrel, a light control member positioned on the outside of the light barrel, and a connector, which extends through a slotted hole in the light barrel and connects the light control member to the light activator plug. Sliding the light control member on the outside of the light barrel moves the light activator plug on the inside of the light barrel to push and activate an on-off switch on the flashlight in the light barrel.
US10563955B2	Small fire-arm sight mount A weapon sight interface for mounting a device on a weapon having a rear sight and front sight, including an enhanced rear sight for replacing the rear sight of the weapon, having a base for installing in a dovetail slot of the weapon, an elongated tail that extends along the barrel of the weapon; and one or more tritium dots or white dots configured to enable use of the enhanced rear sight as a rear sight of the weapon; and also having a quick release interface for attaching to the device and locking onto the enhanced rear sight, having guides to securely fit onto the enhanced rear sight, a quick release lever, which in a lint position causes the guides to lock onto the enhanced rear sight and in a second position releases the enhanced rear sight so that the quick release interface can slide off.
US10563953B2	Retention device Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide an adjustable retention system for an implement holster (such as a handgun holster, for example). The retention device of the adjustable retention system can be temporarily or permanently coupled to a holster, and includes at least one retention bump protruding from a surface of a base of the device.
US10563950B2	Archery training system Disclosed is a finger release aid for archery shooting training with an archery training device. The archery training system provides an archer the ability to safely condition psychologically and physically without the need of a bow and arrow while maintaining the sensation of using a bow and arrow. Dry firing the archery training system with the finger release aid mimics the actions of finger shooting an arrow while using a traditional archery bow. Instant feedback for users is provided when they have maintained proper form during the draw, hold, and release phases used during finger shooting.
US10563946B2	Inverted pistol table stand system and device A pistol table stand system includes a pistol; a pistol table stand, including a bottom plate, and a pistol holder, including a holder protrusion that matches an ejection port of a pistol, and right and left side-flanges; such that the pistol can be positioned on the pistol holder in an inverted position between the right and left side-flanges.
US10563944B2	Gun barrel sound suppressor A gun barrel sound suppressor incorporating a housing having a breach end, a muzzle end, and a barrel axis extending between those ends; a bullet passage conduit aligned with the barrel axis; a first annular gas outlet port opening the bullet passage conduit; a first annular gas inlet port further opening the bullet passage conduit, the first annular gas inlet port being positioned muzzlewardly from the first annular gas outlet port; a first circumferentially extending “U” channel having a web, having a breachward arm having a distal end, and having a muzzleward arm having a distal end, wherein the distal end of the first breachward arm communicates with the first annular gas outlet port, and wherein the distal end of the first muzzleward arm communicates with the first annular gas inlet port.
US10563943B2	Weapon locking apparatus A locking apparatus having a magnetic lock for releasably securing an article, such as a weapon, and for deterring unauthorized removal of the secured article from the apparatus. The locking apparatus has a lock head with a sliding latch that can be moved between opened and closed positions in response to a magnetic lock to which coded signals are transmitted by the user via a control module to actuate the magnetic lock.
US10563939B1	Forward assist for a firearm A forward assist that includes at least some of a plunger; a partially rotatable, spring biased pawl extending from a portion of the plunger; a projection extending from a first end of the plunger; and at least one head having a recess formed in at least a portion of the, wherein the head recess is mateable with the projection of the plunger, and wherein the head is secured to a first end of the plunger via interaction of the projection and the head recess.
US10563927B2	High temperature thermal energy exchange system with horizontal heat exchange chamber and method for exchanging thermal energy by using the high temperature thermal energy exchange system High temperature thermal energy exchange system with horizontal heat exchange chamber and method for exchanging thermal energy by using the high temperature thermal energy exchange systemA high temperature thermal energy exchange (heat) exchange system is provided. The high temperature thermal energy exchange system comprises at least one horizontal heat exchange chamber with chamber boundaries which surround at least one heat exchange chamber interior of the heat exchange chamber, wherein the chamber boundaries comprise at least one inlet opening for guiding in an inflow of at least one heat transfer fluid into the heat exchange chamber interior and at least one outlet opening for guiding out an outflow of the heat transfer fluid out of the heat exchange chamber interior, at least one heat storage material is arranged in the heat exchange chamber interior such that a heat exchange flow of the heat transfer fluid through the heat exchange chamber interior causes a heat exchange between the heat storage material and the heat transfer fluid and the heat high temperature thermal energy exchange system is developed such that horizontal heat exchange flows of the heat transfer fluid through the heat exchange chamber interior differ from each other in vertical direction. The horizontal heat exchange flows are different in vertical direction of the heat exchange chamber. The heat transfer fluid is led into heat exchange channels via the inlet openings and is led out of the heat exchange channels via the outlet openings. Preferably, the heat transfer fluid is air with ambient pressure. An operating temperature of the high temperature thermal energy exchange system is more than 600 ° C.
US10563926B2	Lattice boiler evaporator An evaporator suitable for a thermal dissipation module. The thermal dissipation module includes a tube or pipe and fluid. The evaporator includes a housing, a first heat dissipation structure and a second heat dissipation structure disposed in a sealed chamber of the housing. The chamber is configured to communicate with the pipe, and the fluid is configured to flow in the pipe and the chamber. The first heat dissipation structure and a second heat dissipation structure provide a plurality of fluid flow passages through which the fluid flows and evaporates. A manufacturing method of the evaporator is also disclosed.
US10563925B2	Cooling assembly for service vehicle A cooling assembly, for a service vehicle, includes a frame arranged to define an internal cavity, with the frame having six faces: a bottom face, a top face, and four side faces. The first face is configured to be mounted on the service vehicle. Three of the four side faces are each configured to have at least one cooler mounted thereon. A remaining one of the four side faces is positioned facing an engine of the service vehicle and has a barrier element to restrict drawing air through the remaining one of the four faces.
US10563921B2	Delimitation for reduction of the dust emissions for a cooler for cooling hot bulk material A cooler (1) for cooling hot bulk goods (17) preferably iron ore sinter: The cooler has a grate surface (16) for holding the hot bulk goods (17) to be treated to reduce the dust emissions and at the same time to also enable maintenance measures on the cooler (1). Covers are located in the region of the feed point (2) and the removal point (3). The device herein provides an additional boundary, which prevents the removal of dust particles of size over 150 μm. The boundary is a stationary first wall (12) and a stationary second wall (11) and the boundary extends over a partial segment, and preferably over the entire region, of the uncovered grate surface (16). A supporting structure (18) is provided, to which the first wall (11) and the second wall (12) are fastened.
US10563915B2	Instrument air system and method An instrument air system and method is disclosed herein. The instrument air system includes a shaft-driven air compressor configured to generate instrument air by compressing atmospheric air, a power take off configured to derive drive torque from a driven rotary shaft of the process, wherein the power take off may include a concentrically-mounted clamping collar adapted to frictionally engage the driven rotary shaft, a torque-transfer assembly configured to transfer the drive torque derived by the power take off to the shaft-driven air compressor, wherein the torque-transfer assembly comprises a set of interoperating gears including a ring gear operably coupled to the clamping collar, and an instrument-air pathway configured to supply the instrument air generated by the shaft-driven air compressor to the pneumatic process-control subsystem. The instrument air system and method is useful for reducing hydrocarbon emissions of a process using a pneumatic process-control subsystem.
US10563914B2	Methods and systems for integration of industrial site efficiency losses to produce LNG and/or LIN A method includes receiving input corresponding to a proposed configuration of a liquefaction facility and identifying a plurality of components utilized to produce LNG and/or LIN at the facility. The method includes determining an alternative configuration that is different from the proposed configuration. Determining the alternative configuration may include identifying resources accessible to a proposed location for the liquefaction facility and whether at least one of the resources accessible to the proposed location corresponds to a resource generated by a component identified by the proposed configuration, and determining whether to omit at least one component of the plurality of components identified by the proposed configuration. The method includes omitting the at least one component from the alternative configuration, and generating a report based on the proposed configuration and the alternative configuration. The report includes information indicating a difference between the proposed configuration and the alternative configuration.
US10563911B2	Cold storage assembly A cold storage assembly for viewing and accessing frozen goods includes a box, a cooling module, and a lid. The box defines an interior space, is insulated, and has a top that is open. The cooling module is coupled to the box is configured to lower the temperature of the interior space. A shelving module is slidably coupled to the box and is positioned in the interior space. An actuator that is operationally coupled to the shelving module is positioned to selectively lift the shelving module from the interior space so that a user is positioned to selectively position articles on the shelving module. A first window is positioned in a front of the box to allow the user to view the articles that are positioned on the shelving module within the interior space. The lid, which is insulated, is selectively couplable to the box to close the top.
US10563892B2	Method and system for estimating loss of refrigerant charge in a refrigerant vapor compression system A level sensor is configured to provide a receiver level indicating an amount of the refrigerant present in the receiver and a level model provides a heat rejecting heat exchanger estimate indicating an amount of the refrigerant present in the heat rejecting heat exchanger based on a temperature of the refrigerant. From the sensor and the model, a loss of refrigerant from the refrigerant vapor compression system is estimated.
US10563878B2	Controlling temperature regulating device based on user's internal body temperature and skin temperature received from wearable devices A control for a temperature regulating device which adjusts the temperature according to the body temperature of the user and control parameters of the temperature regulating device.
US10563876B2	Setup routine to facilitate user setup of an HVAC controller An HVAC controller may be programmed to execute a guided set up routine that may guide a user through configuring the thermostat to control a particular HVAC system configuration based, at least in part, on which wires from the HVAC system are connected to terminals of the HVAC controller. The guided set-up routine may be accessible through a user interface provided at a remote device that a user may utilize to interact with the HVAC controller from a remote location.
US10563874B2	Humidification system A dry fog diffuser comprises a support. A shroud is mounted to the support. The shroud comprises a tubular elbow having an inlet end and an outlet end. The shroud is mounted with a long side of the elbow including a drain port facing downward. An atomizing nozzle is mounted at the inlet end of the elbow and aligned with an axis of the elbow at the inlet end. The nozzle is connected, in use, to a water supply and an air supply. The diffuser produces a dry fog exiting shroud at the outlet end of the tubular elbow.
US10563869B2	Operation and turndown of a segmented annular combustion system The present disclosure is directed to the operation and turndown of a segmented annular combustion system. The method includes injecting, via a fuel nozzle, a combustible mixture into a primary combustion zone between an adjacent pair of integrated combustor nozzles and burning the combustible mixture. The method further includes flowing air and injecting fuel into a premixing channel defined within a first integrated combustor nozzle to produce a second combustible mixture. The second combustible mixture is injected into a secondary combustion zone where it is combusted. The flow of combustion gases is accelerated, via turbine nozzles of the integrated combustor nozzles, toward turbine blades of a downstream turbine section. The method permits turndown of the combustion system by reducing or shutting off fuel to various components of the combustion system.
US10563861B2	Process system management system, server apparatus, management program, and management method A management system includes a map information storage unit, an association information storage unit, a map information generation unit, a display unit, and an operation unit. The map information generation unit generates display arrangement map information and display process map information for displaying an arrangement map that indicates arrangement positions and a process map that indicates a connection relationship of a plurality of system devices that constitute a process system. Also, the map information generation unit generates the display process map information in a display mode that enables other system devices associated with a designated system device to be identified, based on information stored in the association information storage unit.
US10563857B2	Battery-operated laser or light source for performing surgical procedures Lighting for use with in conjunction with a surgical apparatus is disclosed. The light sources can be used in a sterile environment without compromising the sterile nature of that environment.
US10563856B2	Heat dissipation structure with splitted chimney structure A heat dissipation structure (2) for a lighting device (1) is provided. The heat dissipation structure comprises at least two separate heat sinks (20, 10) for a light source (3) and a driver (7) for the light source, respectively. Each heat sink comprises fins (11, 21, 22) and a wall arrangement (15, 25). The at least two separate heat sinks are disposed along an axial direction of the lighting device. The fins of the at least two separate heat sinks are enclosed by the wall arrangements to form a chimney structure (30) arranged along (such as substantially parallel with) the axial direction of the lighting device. Further, the chimney structure comprises at least two sub-chimney structures (31, 32) arranged fluidly in parallel. The sub-chimney structures provide (accelerate) two air flows in parallel within the chimney structure, whereby cool air flows through the two sub-chimney structures simultaneously, which reduces heat concatenation.
US10563853B2	LED lamp having passive heat dissipating element and heat dissipating channel An LED (light emitting diode) lamp comprises: a lamp shell including a lamp head, a lamp neck and a sleeve, the lamp head connects to the lamp neck which connects to the sleeve; a passive heat dissipating element having a heat sink connected to the lamp shell; a power source having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the power source is disposed in both the lamp neck and the lamp head of the lamp shell, and the second portion of the power source is disposed in the heat sink of the passive heat dissipating element; a light emitting surface connected to the heat sink of the passive heat dissipating element and comprising LED chips electrically connected to the power source; a first heat dissipating channel formed in a chamber of the lamp shell for dissipating heat generated from the power source while the LED lamp is working; a second heat dissipating channel formed in the heat sink and between the fins and the base; and a lamp cover connected with the heat sink and having a light output surface and an end surface, wherein the end surface is formed with a vent to let air flowing from outside of the LED lamp into both the first heat dissipating channel and the second heat dissipating channel through the vent; wherein the first heat dissipating channel comprises a first end on the light emitting surface to allow air flowing from outside of the LED lamp into the chamber, and a second end on the upper portion of the lamp neck of the lamp shell to allow air flowing from inside of the chamber out to the LED lamp; wherein the second heat dissipating channel comprises a third end on the light emitting surface to allow air flowing from outside of the LED lamp into the second heat dissipating channel, and flowing out from spaces between every adjacent two of the fins; wherein the ratio of power of the LED lamp to heat dissipating area of the heat sink is 1:20˜30; wherein the light emitting surface further comprises an aperture configured to simultaneously communicate with both the first end of the first heat dissipating channel and the third end of the second heat dissipating channel, the aperture is located in a central region of the light emitting, and the aperture forms an air intake of both the first heat dissipating channel and the second heat dissipating channel.
US10563850B2	Outer casing for a recessed lighting fixture The recessed lighting fixture includes a light source module and a driver housed within a unified casting, and within a shared outer casing. The outer casing may be coupled to a hangar holder that is movably coupled to a corresponding hangar bar. The outer casing, including the light source module and driver installed therein, may move both 1) in the length direction of the hangar bar and 2) perpendicular to the length direction of the hangar bar. The recessed lighting fixture may have less bulk and size than traditional recessed lighting fixtures. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10563845B2	Luminaire Provided is a light fixture comprising: a) a base; b) two housings for housing at least one light source each, the light source housing placed on the base, each housing configured for removable attachment to an accessory; c) an accessory for removably attaching to the housing; wherein the fixture is configured to be used with interchangeable accessories. Provided is light fixture comprising: a) a rectangular base; b) two housings for housing at least one light source each, the light source housings placed on the base; c) four LED boards as the light source, wherein each of the housings have two LED boards, all of the four LED boards placed in parallel configuration; each housing having an LED board facing a first end and a second end of the rectangular base in a parallel configuration to the end of the rectangular base, each of the housings configured for removable attachment of an accessory; and d) an accessory for removably attaching to the two housings.
US10563839B2	System and method for preventing light spill A luminaire includes a plurality of light modules that have a light source at one end, an exit aperture at the other end, and a light source cover. A first baffle forms sides of first shielding compartments that correspond to the light modules. A light shield that includes a plurality of shield apertures that correspond to the plurality of light modules. Each shield aperture fits around a corresponding light module. The light shield is mounted on a proximal end of the first baffle and the exit aperture of each light module is located in a corresponding first shielding compartment. The light shield is configured to reduce light spill from the first shielding compartments toward the proximal ends of the light modules. The luminaire also includes a plurality of output lenses that correspond to the plurality of first shielding compartments. The output lenses are coupled to a distal end of the first baffle and the edges of each lens are coated with a light absorbing coating. The luminaire further includes a second baffle that forms sides of a plurality of second shielding compartments that correspond to the plurality of output lenses. A proximal end of the second baffle couples to the output lenses.
US10563837B2	Lamp for vehicle and lamp assembly for vehicle comprising same The present invention provides a lamp for a vehicle including a housing in which an open surface is formed, a first substrate on which a light source is mounted and which is disposed in the housing such that the light source faces the open surface, a second substrate electrically connected to the first substrate and perpendicularly coupled to the first substrate, a terminal part coupled to an end portion of the second substrate to be in contact with a terminal of a socket connected to an external power source, and a lens coupled to the housing to cover the open surface, and thus may provide an advantageous effect in that areas of a heat sink and the substrate are minimized while electrical connectivity is secured.
US10563831B2	Emergency lighting assembly having heat conducting member An emergency lighting assembly is provided having a housing with one or more adjustable lamp assemblies for aiming the light at selected areas. The lamp assembly is mounted in the housing by a ball and socket arrangement. The lamp assembly has a substantially spherical shape with a front section made of a heat conducting material and a rear section made of a plastic material. The front section has an opening on a front side having a lens and a base spaced from the front side supporting the light source. The light source in one embodiment is an LED which is coupled to the front section to conduct heat from the LED away from the LED and the housing. The rear section has an opening in the rear side that receives a fixed stop member to limit pivoting movement of the lamp assembly with respect to the housing. The rear section also includes a projection oriented to contact the stop member to limit rotation of the lamp assembly with respect to the housing.
US10563829B2	Fastening device and a system for fastening lighting devices to a false ceiling A fastening device for fastening lighting devices to T-shaped profiles of a false ceiling. The fastening device may include a shaped flat body of electrically insulating material having conductive tracks embedded therein. The conductive tracks may have first ends and second ends that protrude from opposite ends of the flat body. The conductive tracks may be configured for establishing an electrical connection between a lighting device and a power supply source located above the false ceiling.
US10563828B2	Lamp A lamp includes a casing, an elastic cover and a main body. The casing has an opening. The elastic cover covers the casing. The main body is disposed at the casing, and includes a base plate, a rotating element, a moving element, a linking-up element and a force member. The rotating element is pivoted to the base plate and located at the opening. The moving element is disposed at the base plate. Two ends of the linking-up element are connected to the rotating element and the moving element, respectively. The force member is connected to the moving element. When the force member receives a force, the moving element is moved from a first position to a second position, the linking-up element brings the rotating element to rotate away the base plate, and the rotating element is protruded from the opening, and pushes against the elastic cover.
US10563827B2	Solar powered illumination system The illumination system includes at least one solar panel, a charge controller, a rechargeable battery, an illumination unit connected to the battery through the controller, and a base frame supporting the solar panel and illumination unit at a top portion thereof, with the battery provided in a bottom portion of the base frame.
US10563825B2	Light flux control member, light-emitting device and illumination device A portion of the light from the light emitted by a light-emitting element enters the entrance region, then, is reflected by the first reflective surface on the same side as this entrance region with respect to the optical axis serving as a boundary, and is caused to exit from the second reflective surface on this same side. Another portion of the light enters the entrance region, is reflected by the second reflective surface and the third reflective surface, in this order, on the same side as this entrance region with respect to the optical axis serving as the boundary, is then caused to exit from the connection surface on this same side, re-enters from the first reflective surface or the connection surface on the opposite side with respect to the optical axis, and is then caused to exit from the second reflective surface on this opposite side.
US10563823B2	LED or-and laser bulb The current invention (1) has more than one bulb-base, or (2) has more than one optics-elements and at least one is optics-lens for 180 of degree flat or ½ ball, ⅔ ball, sphere, dome shape top cover of the said LED or-and Laser light-device or Bulb which has refractive or-and reflective or other optics properties to enlarge the image or lighted patterns to wider range or big area, or (3) has built-in or add-on flexible bendable arms or string-wire or conductive-wire to can change position, or direction or orientation of LED or-and Laser light beam by variety choices of moveable parts, or (4) can offer near-by and far-away illumination, image, lighted patterns, projection light, or any combination with all market available light effects or digital data display images, or (5) has more than one light beam emit out from LED or-and Laser light-device or bulb which under controller or IC or circuitry, or (6) has more than one functions to emit light beam which may be selected from power failure, remote control, Infra-red controller, blue-tooth, wifi Wi-Fi, internet, App software, motion sensor and wireless with multiple-way communication to trigger at least one of the light beam to offer illumination or-and project image or-and lighted patterns effects.
US10563821B2	Cartridge for storing compressed air The cartridge includes a body containing the air and a head closing the body. There is a filling channel, which connects the outside of the cartridge to the body and which includes a filling non-return valve preventing the air from exiting the body. The head includes an inflation channel, which connects the filling channel to the body and includes an inflation non-return valve preventing the air from exiting the body. An inflation organ is movably mounted on the inflation channel to permit opening of the inflation non-return valve.
US10563818B1	Basalt-based pressure vessel for gas storage and method for its production A pressure vessel includes a first (base or innermost) layer composed of a resin-impregnated woven sleeve with chopped basalt fibers assembled in the voids of the sleeve and impregnated with an epoxy resin. A second and third layer is composed of continuous basalt fiber filaments arranged in a helical pattern, with the helical angle of the second layer being not equal to that of the third layer. A fourth layer is composed of continuous basalt fibers arranged in a hoop pattern. The fifth (outermost) layer is composed of randomly oriented chopped basalt fibers impregnated with a resin matrix and compacted with the subsequent wound filaments at up to ten pounds of tension.
US10563815B2	Outdoor platform flooring attachment device An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a blade configured for extending between adjacent floor panels and having a bottom portion thereof that defines a floor member engaging recess for engaging a bottom side of the floor member and a hook on an end thereof for engaging a vertical side of the floor member. A mount to which the blade is translatable about and engaged with a top surface of the adjacent floor panels when installed on a floor surface is provided. A linear translator is selectively directed to translate the blade relative to the mount such that the distance between a bottom surface of the mount and the floor member engaging recess is varied in order to securely receive the floor member therebetween. A related method is also disclosed.
US10563811B2	Display wall mount The present disclosure provides a display wall mount, configured for mounting a display on a wall. The display wall mount includes a first connecting mechanism, an intermediate connecting mechanism and a second connecting mechanism. The first connecting mechanism is coupled to the wall. The first connecting mechanism includes a wall plate coupled to the wall and a connecting frame capable of sliding relative to the wall plate. The second connecting mechanism is coupled to the display. Two ends of the intermediate connecting mechanism are rotatablely coupled to the connecting frame and the second connecting mechanism respectively. The display wall mount can adjust the mounting position of the connecting frame conveniently, thereby facilitating to adjust the mounting position of the display. The display can adjust a viewing angle through the first connecting mechanism, the intermediate connecting mechanism and the second connecting mechanism, which is convenient for using.
US10563807B2	Composite conical sleeve A device for repairing pipelines comprises a sleeve adhered to a pipeline, said sleeve being made of a cured composite material in the form of a truncated cone with a cylindrical passage passing along an axis, the diameter of the passage being equal to the outer diameter of the pipeline being repaired, and a side wall, the inner surface of the side wall corresponding to the outer surface of the sleeve, wherein the side wall is made of a cured composite material. The invention provides improvement of performance reliability of the repaired pipeline.
US10563799B2	System for coupling two tubes The system comprises a clamping collar having a clamping band suitable for being tightened around the abutting ends of the two tubes. The collar has a retaining tab that presents a fastener portion whereby said retaining tab is fastened to the band of the collar and that extends substantially axially towards an attachment portion of said retaining tab whereby said retaining tab is suitable for being attached to the first tube in the vicinity of its first end.
US10563797B2	Structure for preventing leak at synthetic resin tube joint Disclosed is a structure for preventing a leak at a synthetic resin tube joint, which includes a synthetic resin tube including a tapered portion at an end portion; a ferrule inserted into the end portion of the synthetic resin tube and including a tapered portion corresponding to the tapered portion of the synthetic resin tube; a fitting which accommodates the synthetic resin tube and the ferrule, and includes a tapered portion corresponding to the tapered portion of the synthetic resin tube and a protrusion formed on the tapered portion of the fitting, and a nut which engages with the fitting.
US10563783B2	Pressure regulating device In a general aspect, a pressure regulating device helps achieve a correct inflation pressure of an inflatable object. In some aspects, an inflation device includes an inlet, and outlet, and a vent port. The inflation device also includes one or more interior surfaces that define a gas-delivery pathway fluidly-coupling the inlet and the outlet. A flow restriction is disposed along the gas-delivery pathway between the inlet and the outlet. Moreover, an opening is disposed along the gas-delivery pathway adjacent the flow restriction and downstream thereof. The inflation device also includes a gas-exhaust pathway fluidly-coupling the opening and the vent port. A first chamber of the gas-exhaust pathway is in fluid communication with the opening, and a second chamber of the gas-exhaust pathway is in fluid communication with the vent port. A pressure-relief valve is configured to control gas flow between the first chamber and the second chamber.
US10563781B2	Valve core A valve core includes housing, which is a hollow cylindrical structure with both ends defined as an open end and a through end respectively; a base mounted on the housing to close the open end of the housing; a fixed valve plate mounted on the base, which is unable to rotate relative to the base; a movable valve plate which is rotationally arranged on the fixed valve plate; a manipulation assembly, one end of which is configured on the movable valve plate to manipulate the movable valve plate to rotate relative to the fixed valve plate, and the other end of which is extended to penetrate the through end of the housing.
US10563777B2	Flat bottom valve A flat bottom ball valve is provided in the present disclosure. According to an example, the flat bottom ball valve includes a valve body, a valve core, a valve rod, a bonnet and a flow path. The valve core is mounted inside the valve body. The valve rod is mounted on two opposite sides of the valve body, perpendicular to a liquid flow direction and capable of driving the valve core to turn over. The bonnet is movably mounted on the valve body and parallel to the valve rod. The flow path is defined inside the valve body and connects two ends of the valve body. The valve core includes a main body part, a connecting part formed by extending symmetrically from two sides of the main body part, an accessory defined on the main body part and a first mounting hole in the connecting part to engage with the valve rod. The valve core swings around the valve rod along a path above the valve rod and is capable of being hermetically engaged with the valve body to turn off/on the flow path. A horizontal center line of the main body part is parallel to a horizontal center line of the first mounting hole in the liquid flow direction of the flow path.
US10563775B2	Vacuum valve The present invention relates to a vacuum valve, and more particularly, to a vacuum valve including a valve housing with a blade, a main shaft, a vertical moving part, a horizontal moving part, a horizontal moving unit, and a main body bracket. Opening and closing guide holes are obliquely formed in both side surfaces such that cam rollers, having passed through the vertical moving guide grooves, are inserted into the grooves so as to guide the fore and aft movement of the blade according to the vertical movement of the horizontal moving unit.
US10563767B2	Sealing apparatus A sealing apparatus sealing a gap between two members mutually relatively rotatable about an axis in an internal combustion engine, the sealing apparatus comprises an elastic body portion. The elastic body portion is an elastic body including an annular attaching portion attached to one of the two members and centered about the axis, and a seal portion in close contact with another of the two members in a manner in which the other of the two members is slidable. The seal portion includes an annular seal lip portion centered about the axis and an annular dust lip centered about the axis on an atmospheric side on an opposite side of a sealed fluid side with respect to the seal lip portion. The seal lip portion includes a lip tip portion which is an annular projecting body projecting toward the axis and grease is applied to the seal lip portion. The grease contains at least one of a synthetic hydrocarbon oil and a mineral oil as a base oil and has a low temperature starting torque of 25 N·cm or less at −30° C.
US10563751B2	Cooling apparatus for continuously variable transmissions Embodiments for a cooling apparatus for a continuously variable transmission are provided. The cooling apparatus includes a housing that may enclose a drive assembly, a driven assembly, and a belt of the continuously variable transmission. A fan may pull air into the housing via an intake opening. The air may be circulated around the enclosed components and exhausted through an output opening of the housing.
US10563749B2	Power transmission device A power transmission device that includes a differential ring gear that meshes with a drive pinion gear to which power from a transmission is transmitted; a differential gear including a differential case coupled to the differential ring gear; a case that houses the differential ring gear and the differential gear; and a resinous partition that partitions an inside of the case into a differential chamber where the differential ring gear and the differential gear are placed and a working oil reservoir chamber to reserve working oil, wherein the partition includes a magnetic plate fixed to a lower part of a side surface thereof that faces the working oil reservoir chamber, and a magnet magnetically attracted and attached to the magnetic plate.
US10563739B2	Bi-triaxial photoconductive switch module Methods, systems, and devices describe bi-triaxial photoconductive switch modules that that eliminate the need for external DC blocking capacitors, while providing a highly compact structure that can produce bipolar output waveforms conducive to feeding to radio-frequency (RF) devices, such as antennas. Some implementations of the disclosed bi-triaxial photoconductive switch modules utilize unified cast-in-place capacitors that can be designed with an appropriate geometry, volume and orientation to provide desired energy storage capacity while eliminating or reducing parasitics.
US10563733B2	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicles A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft configured to receive torque of an engine and an output shaft configured to output torque. The planetary gear train further includes a plurality of planetary gear sets comprising rotation elements, a first plurality of shafts connected to one of the rotation elements of the plurality of planetary gear sets, and a second plurality of shafts. Each of which is selectively connected to a transmission housing and fixedly connected to one of the rotation elements of the plurality of planetary gear sets that is not fixedly connected with any of the first plurality of shafts.
US10563732B2	Power transmission device A first clutch, a first planetary gear mechanism, a second planetary gear mechanism, a third planetary gear mechanism, a fourth planetary gear mechanism, and a third clutch are arranged along an input shaft in that order from a driving source. The input shaft includes first and second input shafts that are coaxially connected together through a first spline engagement portion and capable of being separated from each other in an axial direction. The first spline engagement portion is disposed between the first clutch and a first element of the third planetary gear mechanism on the input shaft. The first clutch is connected to the first input shaft. The first element of the third planetary gear mechanism and the third clutch are connected to the second input shaft. The first element of the third planetary gear mechanism is removably connected to the second input shaft through a second spline engagement portion.
US10563731B2	Transmission based on gears with spiral toothed transitions A transmission comprising: a casing having: a first shaft having a truncated cone portion, a second shaft parallel to and spaced away from the truncated cone portion, a first gear mounted on the second shaft, the first gear being configured for rotation with the second shaft, the first gear being in connection with the first shaft, a linear actuator connected to the first gear, the linear actuator allowing to position the first gear at any one of a plurality of positions along the second shaft, the truncated cone portion having, at its beginning and its end, a respective one of a set of gears with a respective diameter and a respective number of teeth being proportionate to a diameter of the truncated cone portion, at least two counter-wound spiral gear tracks extending between the respective one of the set of gear s and another one of the set of gears.
US10563729B2	Hyper-cycloidal differential A cycloidal differential includes a driven body and a first cycloidal drive having a first input member rotationally fixed to the body and a first output member configured to connect with a first half shaft. The differential further includes a second cycloidal drive having a second input member rotationally fixed to the body and a second output member configured to connect with a second half shaft. An eccentric shaft, of the differential, extends through the driven body and is connected between the first and second cycloidal drives.
US10563728B2	Gear transmission apparatus A first gear pair includes a first pinion on an input shaft and a first ring gear on an intermediate shaft. A second gear pair includes a second pinion on the intermediate shaft and a second ring gear on an output shaft. A first case that stores the first gear pair is coupled to a base member in a rotatable manner around an input shaft rotational axis. A second case is coupled to the first case in a rotatable manner around an intermediate shaft rotational axis.
US10563724B2	Torsional vibration damper having a bearing device A viscous torsional vibration damper includes: a) an annular damper housing, which bounds a damper chamber; b) an inertia ring arranged in the damper chamber; c) a bearing device, which supports the inertia ring in the damper housing and which has at least one bearing element with an axial bearing region and/or a radial bearing region, d) a shear gap between the inertia ring and the damper housing, which shear gap is filled with a viscous fluid, e) wherein a plurality of the axial bearing segments and/or a plurality of the radial bearing segments is circumferentially distributed on the at least one bearing element.
US10563693B2	Hub-bearing unit configured for mounting on the knuckle of a suspension A hub-bearing unit is provided with a hub, rotatable, with an axially outer flange portion configured for engagement with a rotatable element of a motor vehicle, a bearing unit provided with a fixed radially outer ring, configured for engagement with a fixed element of the motor vehicle, a first, axially outer, crown of rolling bodies, and a second, axially inner, crown of rolling bodies, interposed between the radially outer ring and the hub. The radially outer ring is held in position with respect to the knuckle by a stop ring, positioned on the axially inner side of the radially outer ring in a seat formed on the radially outer ring.
US10563692B1	Dust boot with grease relief A dust boot for a suspension assembly, particularly a ball joint, includes a side wall with at least one relief opening and a cover that overlies the at least one relief opening.
US10563688B2	Nut runner A nut runner apparatus for screw-coupling a nut to a bolt, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes a nut socket into which the nut is removably inserted, a heating device that heats the nut to thermally expand the nut, an actuating device that rotates the nut socket to screw-couple the nut thermally expanded by the heating device to the bolt, and a cooling device that cools the nut screw-coupled to the bolt to thermally contract the nut.
US10563682B2	Filter clamp lock Embodiments of the invention include a band clamp assembly. The band clamp assembly includes a drive rack and a housing including a receiving hole, a rotatable drive gear, and a locking pawl. The band clamp is movable to a locking position by advancing the drive rack through the receiving hole in the housing. A first side of the drive rack is designed to engage the rotatable drive gear and the locking pawl is designed to engage a second side of the drive rack.
US10563678B2	Pressure vessel arrangement providing piston position feedback, pressure vessel, and method for providing piston position feedback in a pressure vessel A pressure vessel arrangement includes a pressure vessel and an optical sensor arrangement. The pressure vessel includes: a cylinder construction having a cylinder wall extending from a cylinder wall first end to a cylinder wall second end, and having an internal surface forming an interior region; a first end cap closing the cylinder wall first end and having an optical window located therein to permit passage of light therethough and into the interior region; a second end cap closing the cylinder wall second end; and a piston constructed to slide within the cylinder construction interior region along a direction between the cylinder all first end and the cylinder wall second end and along the cylinder construction internal surface to separate the interior region into a first end interior region and a second end interior region. The pressure vessel is constructed to withstand a fatigue test of one million cycles at 5,000 psi without failure. The optical sensor arrangement is located outside of the optical window and includes an emitter for emitting light through the optical window and into the interior region and receiving for receiving light reflected from the piston. Also included is a method for providing a piston position feedback in a pressure vessel.
US10563676B1	Hydrosymbiosis Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for controlling one or more fluid actuated devices; e.g., actuators such as hydraulic cylinders. A method is provided, for example, involving actuation fluid, a first actuator and a second actuator. During this method, a quantity of the actuation fluid within the second actuator is pressurized using a quantity of the actuation fluid within the first actuator.
US10563674B2	Multi-hydraulic control circuit A multi-control hydraulic circuit supplies receivers with hydraulic fluid delivered by a pump with an output controlled by the pressure of a control line depending on a load pressure of the receivers, and delivers the hydraulic fluid at a regulated pressure. The hydraulic circuit consists of hydraulic modules each associated with a receiver having a distributor which regulates the variable output supplying the receiver via a pressure compensator connected at its inlet to the outlet of the variable choke of the distributor, and at its outlet. The plunger manages the connection between its inlet and its outlet. The pressure compensator has a fluid link equipped with a choke and connects the outlet to the control line, irrespective of the position of the plunger.
US10563659B2	Series fan structure A series fan structure includes at least one first combining part and a series fan assembly, which has a first fan and a second fan mated with the first fan. The first fan has a first base and a lateral side, which together internally define a first passage. The first base is outwardly extended to form a plurality of a first supporting portions connected to the first lateral side. A first connecting space is defined among the first supporting portions and communicated with the first passage. The second fan has a second base and a lateral side, which together internally define a second passage, which is communicated with the first passage and the first connecting space. The first combining part is located in the first connecting space and connected to the first supporting portions and has a plurality of first holes communicated with the first and the second passage.
US10563656B2	Fluidics module, device and method for pumping a liquid A fluidics module rotatable about a rotational center includes first and second chambers and a compression chamber. First and second fluid channels are provided between the first and second chambers and the compression chamber, respectively. The flow resistance of the second fluid channel is smaller, for a flow of liquid from the compression chamber to the second chamber, than a flow resistance of the first fluid channel for a flow of liquid from the compression chamber to the first chamber. Upon rotation at a high rotational frequency, liquid is initially introduced from the first chamber into the compression chamber via the first fluid channel, so that a compressible medium is compressed within the compression chamber. Subsequently, the rotational frequency is reduced, so that the compressible medium within the compression chamber will expand and so that, thereby, liquid is driven into the second chamber via the second fluid channel.
US10563650B2	Compressor Provided is a compressor capable of calculating the correct time remaining before maintenance. The compressor is provided with: a compressor body that compresses fluid; a motor that drives the compressor body; a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the compressor; a pressure sensor that detects the pressure of the compressed fluid outputted from the compressor body; and a calculation unit that calculates the time remaining before maintenance for the compressor body, using the temperature of the compressor and the pressure of the compressed fluid assigned with respective predetermined weights. The calculation unit changes the weighting of the temperature according to the pressure of the compressed fluid or the operation rate of the compressor body.
US10563649B2	Hydraulic fracturing system and method for optimizing operation thereof A hydraulic fracturing system includes an engine, transmission, and hydraulic fracturing pump. A driveshaft is coupled between the transmission and the hydraulic fracturing pump to transfer torque from the engine to the hydraulic fracturing pump. The hydraulic fracturing system also includes an advisory system including a display, a memory storing fuel consumption data and component durability data, and a controller. The controller is programmed to receive pump flow and pressure settings, identify an optimal transmission gear based on the pump flow and pressure settings, the fuel consumption data and the component durability data, and cause the optimal transmission gear to be displayed on the display.
US10563644B2	Device for improving the vacuum in the housing of a machine The disclosure relates to a device for improving a vacuum in the housing of a machine, in particular a centrifugal-mass energy store, comprising a rotor, for example a shaft having a centrifugal mass arranged thereon, which rotor is supported on at least one superconducting bearing in a contactless manner and is arranged in a vacuum container. In order to maintain the operating state of the superconducting bearing, the superconducting bearing is thermally connected to a cold source cooled by a cryogenic medium. According to the invention, the vacuum in the vacuum container is improved by means of an adsorber thermally connected to a cooling apparatus. The cooling of the adsorber occurs preferably by means of evaporated cooling medium from the superconducting bearing.
US10563641B2	Distribution device for hydraulic machine The device has an internal distributor to be disposed in a casing portion (10A), and has a body (15) that has an outside axial face (15B) provided with two grooves (17, 19) respectively for feed and for discharge. The distributor has distribution ducts (23A, 23B, 23C) that open out in a distribution radial face and a cylinder capacity selector that has a slide (50) suitable for being moved in an axial bore (53) for connecting the distribution ducts to one or the other of the grooves. The device further has a control chamber (52) provided between a first end wall (15′) of the bore and the first end (50A) of the slide, and an opposing spring (55) disposed in a return chamber (52′) situated at the second end (53″) of the bore and closed, at the end closer to the distribution face (15A), by a second end wall (55′) of the distributor.
US10563638B2	Wind power generation group cooling system design method and cooling system for harsh environment A design method of a heat dissipation system of a wind generator system for severe environments includes constructing an outer air duct of the heat dissipation system; determining a suction air amount of the outer air duct; setting an air velocity of an air inlet of the outer air duct; determining an area of the air inlet of the outer air duct; providing the air inlet; and designing a settling chamber. With these steps, the original heat dissipation system of the wind generator system is additionally provided with the outer air duct. Further, the area of the air inlet is controlled to allow the air velocity at the air inlet to be 3 m/s to 4 m/s, thus rare or no suspended substances are suctioned into the outer air duct, and the radiators of the original heat dissipation system suction cooling air from the outer air duct.
US10563630B2	Injection valve for an internal combustion engine The disclosure relates to an injection valve for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having a cooling device for cooling the injection valve. The mentioned cooling device is a thermosiphon cooling device, wherein the thermosiphon cooling device comprises a reservoir volume, and wherein the cooling element has a thermally conductive connection to the reservoir volume.
US10563627B2	Air cleaner unit and engine having the same An air cleaner device may include an air housing which has a hose outlet; an air duct which is protrudingly formed at one side of the air housing toward a front side of an engine compartment and introduces outside air; a filter casing which includes a filter seating portion which is formed in the air housing to face the air duct; and an air filter which is installed on the filter seating portion.
US10563626B2	Electrostatic flame control technology A method of controlling fuel injection into a combustor of a gas turbine engine including: applying a first electrical charge to fuel such that the fuel becomes a charged fuel; and applying a second electrical charge to a component of the combustor, wherein the first electrical charge is applied to the fuel at a first frequency and the second electrical charge is applied to the component at a second frequency such that at least one of a selected tone, a selected screech, and a selected noise is produced by spraying the charged fuel through the component and into a combustion chamber of the combustor from a fuel nozzle.
US10563622B2	Evaporated fuel processing device An evaporated fuel processing device including a purge passage through which a purge gas sent from a canister to an intake passage passes, a pump sending the purge gas to the intake passage, a control valve switching between a communication state and a cutoff state, a branch passage branching from the purge passage at an upstream end and joining the purge passage at a downstream end, a pressure specifying unit comprising a small diameter portion disposed on the branch passage, and specifying a pressure difference of the purge gas passing through the small diameter portion between an upstream side and a downstream side, and an estimation unit estimating a flow rate of the purge gas sent from the pump by using an evaporated fuel concentration in the purge gas that is estimated using an air-fuel ratio and the pressure difference.
US10563617B2	Electrically operated propellant for solid rocket motor thrust management Electrically operated propellant is used to supplement the thrust provided by solid rocket motor (SRM) propellant to manage thrust produced by a SRM. The gas produced by burning the electrically operated propellant may be injected upstream of the nozzle to add mass and increase chamber pressure Pc, injected at the throat of the nozzle to reduce the effect throat area At to increase chamber pressure Pc or injected downstream of the throat to provide thrust vector control or a combination thereof. Certain types of electrically operated propellants can be turned on and off provided the chamber pressure Pc does not exceed a self-sustaining threshold pressure eliminating the requirement for physical control valves.
US10563613B2	Coanda device for a round exhaust nozzle A gas turbine engine system is disclosed herein. The gas turbine engine system includes an engine core configured to discharge air through an exhaust nozzle along a central axis and a thrust director arranged near the exhaust nozzle and configured to redirect the discharge air by applying flow to the discharge air near the exhaust nozzle.
US10563603B2	Method for controlling an internal combustion engine A method of controlling an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, in particular a stationary internal combustion engine, wherein actuators of the internal combustion engine are actuable in crank angle-dependent relationship and/or sensor signals of the internal combustion engine can be ascertained in crank angle-dependent relationship, for compensation of a torsion of a crankshaft, by which torsion deviations in the crank angle occur between a twisted and an untwisted condition of the crankshaft, wherein for at least two of the cylinders a cylinder-individual value of the angle deviation is ascertained and the crank angle-dependent actuator or sensor signals are corrected in dependence on the detected angle deviation.
US10563594B2	Systems and methods for predicting fuel circuit leaks A system includes a combustor assembly which receives a fuel-oxidant mixture. The system includes a control valve which controls a fuel flow into the combustor assembly. The system includes one or more sensors which measure one or more properties. The system includes a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors and the control valve. The controller receives data from the one or more sensors indicative of operating conditions of the combustor assembly. The controller determines a predicted fuel flow for a first fuel line of a plurality of fuel lines based in part on the data received from the one or more sensors. The controller calculates a difference between a commanded fuel flow and the predicted fuel flow. The controller adjusts an operation of the control valve associated with a gas turbine engine when the difference is greater than a threshold.
US10563586B2	Fuel injector for a turbine engine A fuel injector (10) such as an injector for an annular combustion chamber of a turbine engine, comprising a downstream head (16) having a central outlet (22) and an annular peripheral outlet (24) surrounding the central outlet (22), and an injector arm (12) upstream of the head (16) comprising coaxial central channel (18) and annular channel (20), characterised in that the central channel (18) is in fluid communication with the peripheral outlet (24) and the annular channel (20) is in fluid communication with the central outlet (22).
US10563581B2	System and method of compressor inlet temperature control with eductor A system includes a controller configured to control a heated flow discharged from an outlet of an eductor to an inlet control system to control a temperature of an intake flow through a compressor inlet of a compressor of a gas turbine system. The controller is configured to control a turbine extraction gas (TEG) flow to a motive inlet of the eductor. The controller is configured to control a suction flow to a suction inlet of the eductor. The TEG flow is extracted through a turbine casing, and the heated flow includes the TEG flow and the suction flow.
US10563575B2	Arrangement of a switching valve module in a connecting rod of a reciprocating internal combustion engine A switching valve module is provided in a connecting rod of a reciprocating internal combustion engine in order to control a distributing device for changing the compression ratio of a cylinder unit of the reciprocating internal combustion engine. In order to provide an arrangement of a mechanically actuated switching valve module which can be advantageously integrated into the connecting rod, the switching valve module should be arranged in a module housing of which at least partly has an outer cylindrical contour and a transverse through-bore for receiving a control slide valve, and the cylindrical section of the switching valve module can be inserted into a receiving bore in the connecting rod that is transverse to a longitudinal central axis of a connecting rod bearing eye.
US10563574B2	Length-adjustable connecting rod with a cylinder-piston assembly with an oil filter A length-adjustable connecting rod for an internal combustion engine, comprises a first connecting rod member, a second connecting rod member and at least one cylinder-piston assembly for adjusting the first connecting rod member relative to the second connecting rod member. The cylinder-piston assembly can be actuated by way of a hydraulic adjustment mechanism, where the hydraulic adjustment mechanism comprises at least one oil filter in order to filter the engine oil of the internal combustion engine flowing into the cylinder-piston assembly. The invention further relates to an internal combustion engine with such a length-adjustable connecting rod and the use of such a cylinder-piston assembly for a length-adjustable connecting rod of an internal combustion engine.
US10563572B2	Charging device for an internal combustion engine and operating method for the charging device A charging device for an internal combustion engine, having an exhaust turbocharger and a recuperation-charger having a compressor-turbine and an electromechanical motor-generator coupled thereto. The high-pressure side of the compressor-turbine is connectable, by a valve arrangement, to the outside air supply line before the exhaust turbocharger on one side and on the other side, to the charge air supply line after the exhaust turbocharger. Outside air can be suctioned or charge air blasted via the low-pressure side of the compressor-turbine. The recuperation-charger is switched, by the valve arrangement and the motor-generator, between a standard mode, an amplifier mode and a recuperation mode, wherein the recuperation-charger operates on one side in the amplifier mode, driven by the motor-generator, as a compressor for pressure increase in the outside air supply line or, on another side, driven by the charge air flow, acts as a turbine for energy recovery by the motor-generator.
US10563568B2	Prechamber for an internal combustion engine, internal combustion engine comprising a prechamber of this type and method for designing and/or producing a prechamber of this type A prechamber for an internal combustion engine, including a surface that is situated in the interior of the prechamber and that is impinged by a flow during the operation of the prechamber. The surface has at least one first surface region and at least one second surface region, wherein the first surface region has a defined texture, whereas the second surface region is untextured.
US10563558B2	Exhaust heat recovery unit An exhaust heat recovery unit that includes: a lead-in pipe that leads a heat medium from outside an exhaust pipe, via an inlet portion of an heat exchanger, into the heat exchanger; a lead-out pipe that leads the heat medium out from the heat exchanger, via an outlet portion of the heat exchanger, outside the exhaust pipe; and a pair of seal members that seal a space between the inlet portion and the lead-in pipe and a space between the outlet portion and the lead-out pipe, with at least one of the pair of seal members including an O-ring disposed in a position in which the at least one of the pair of seal members does not contact exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust pipe and in which the at least one of the pair of seal members contacts the heat medium.
US10563552B2	Oil pan assembly An oil pan assembly for a vehicle engine includes an oil pan having a sectioned base, a sidewall, and a peripheral flange operatively configured to be coupled to an engine block; and a plurality of openings in the oil pan operatively configured to attach the oil plan to an engine block via a plurality of corresponding fasteners.
US10563551B2	Continuous variable valve duration apparatus and engine provided with the same A continuous variable valve duration apparatus may include a camshaft, a cam unit on which a cam is formed, of which the camshaft is inserted thereto and of which a relative phase angle with respect to the camshaft is variable, an inner bracket transmitting rotation of the camshaft to the cam unit, a wheel housing in which the inner bracket is rotatably inserted, on which a guide groove parallel to the camshaft is formed, and on which a guide hole vertical to the camshaft is formed, a guide portion including a guide shaft inserted into the guide hole for guiding movement of the wheel housing and a control portion including a control shaft disposed parallel to the camshaft and inserted into the guide groove, and the control portion selectively rotating the control shaft for the relative position of the wheel housing with respect to the camshaft to be changed.
US10563543B2	Exhaust diffuser The present disclosure provides an exhaust diffuser for a gas turbine engine. The exhaust diffuser may include a hub, a casing, and a strut extending between the hub and the casing. The hub may include an angled configuration about the strut and a substantially flat configuration downstream of the angled configuration.
US10563528B2	Turbine vane with ceramic matrix composite airfoil A turbine vane adapted for use in a gas turbine engine is described in this application. The turbine vane illustratively includes ceramic matrix composite components adapted to be coupled to metallic components.
US10563527B2	Flow distribution device and method Systems and methods provide a flow distribution device that includes a duct for a heat recovery steam generators having a duct an expansion portion extending from an inlet portion. The expansion portion has a larger cross-sectional area than the inlet portion. The flow distribution device includes a guide vane having a curved surface. The guide vane is positioned in the duct to extend from at least a part of the inlet portion into the expansion portion.
US10563514B2	Fastback turbulator A structure for disrupting the flow of a fluid is provided, the structure comprising: a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall spaced apart from one another a distance across an X-axis; and a turbulator extending between the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall, the turbulator extending away from the floor. The turbulator includes a first front surface extending between the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall, a second front surface extending between the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall, a first rear surface extending between the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall, the first rear surface extending between the first front surface and the floor, and a second rear surface adjoining the first rear surface and extending between the first lateral wall and the second lateral wall, the second rear surface extending between the second front surface and the floor.
US10563509B2	Method and apparatus for rotating sleeve engine hydrodynamic seal An improved sealing system for a poppet valve rotating sleeve internal combustion engine with rotating liners. A hydrodynamic face seal assembly includes a spring pre-load assembly provides a uniform loading to a primary sealing ring. A secondary seal is provided between the primary sealing ring and the cylinder head. Hydrodynamic face seal features are provided either on the mating face of the primary sealing ring or on the annular face of the rotating liner. The hydrodynamic face seal features include an inner sealing zone, and an outer loading zone with a plurality of hydrodynamic lift pads, and dam features which create converging surfaces. A lubricant is provided to the annular face of the rotating liner, so that a lubricant layer can be maintained between the primary sealing ring mating face and the rotating liner.
US10563505B2	Sample capture prioritization A method for determining formation fluid sample quality includes analyzing sample capture data to identify distinguishing features indicative of whether a successful sample capture has occurred within a downhole tool. The method further includes prioritizing, based on the analysis, the sample capture data for transmission to a surface system.
US10563492B2	Method for electrically enhanced oil recovery A method of electrically enhancing oil-recovery from an underground rock formation comprising an oil-bearing reservoir is herein detailed. According to the method a controlled electrical charging potential between two or more electrically conductive elements is imposed for a charging time sufficient to cause a capacitive charging of the rock formation, the charging being followed by lowering or maintaining the charging potential below 40 mV per running meter between the conductive elements; during oil withdrawal. Further, a capacitor charging pump having feedback means for use with the method is detailed.
US10563490B2	Mechanical pumping hydraulic unit The present invention relates to an improved mechanical pumping hydraulic unit for use in oil production or hydrocarbon extraction. The unit is characterized in that it has one motor (1-25), which activates a dual pump (1-15) at one end of the shaft and activates a fan (1-26) at the opposite end of the same shaft. The dual pump (1-15) provides power to the hydraulic power circuit (1-13) and to the hydraulic recirculation circuit (1-14). The motor (1-25), along with the pump (1-15) and the fan (1-26), are inside a metal structure (1-8), or focusing element, which serves to propel air sent by the fan (1-26) through the radiator (1-14-3) and to protect all the components of said unit, such as a tank (1-3) for the hydraulic oil, a compartment or casing for the electrical components (1-5), and a component or dry chamber (1-2) for the hydraulic instrument panel (1-7).
US10563487B2	System and related methods for fracking and completing a well which flowably installs sand screens for sand control A system and method for successively fracking a wellbore at spaced intervals along tubing having therein frac ports each openably closed by a sliding sleeve. The system has at least one actuation member and at least one cylindrical sand screen sub insertable into the tubing. Each actuation member has a collet sleeve with a radially-outwardly biased protuberance of a first profile configured to matingly engage an interior groove profile on at least one of the sliding sleeves and slide the sliding sleeve downhole to open the corresponding port. Each cylindrical sand screen sub has a dissolvable plug member or burst plate disposed on one end thereof allowing for the sand screen to be forced into the well by pressure acting against the plug or plate, and has a resiliently-outwardly biased protuberance configured for engaging a mating profile on the tubing and retaining the sand screen sub in a desired position.
US10563485B2	Shunt tube assembly entry device A shunt tube entry device comprises one or more inlet ports, a shroud disposed at least partially about a wellbore tubular, and a shunt tube in fluid communication with the chamber. The shroud defines a chamber between the shroud and the wellbore tubular, and the chamber is in fluid communication with the one or more entry ports.
US10563473B2	Method and apparatus for retrieving a tubing from a well An interface tool and apparatus for retrieving a tubing from a well at least partly filled with a liquid, the tubing having first and second end portions. The apparatus includes an anchor for engaging tubing; sealing module for sealing first end portion of the bore of tubing; injector for injecting a low density fluid into tubing in or at an elevation below sealing module; and sealing cable connecting to a surface of the well. Apparatus includes first and second tool string sections, and interface tool configured for connecting first tool string section and second tool string section.
US10563469B2	Collecting drilling microchips Multiple wires run parallel to one another. Each of wires is spaced apart from each adjacent wire at a distance less than a width of an encased microchip. Each of the plurality of wires includes a plurality of straight segments in a plane and bent segments that connect two of the plurality of straight segments. For each of the wires, each bent segments includes a first end, a second end, and a curved portion curved away from the plane. The first end is connected to at least one of the straight segments and separated from the second end a distance greater than the width of the encased microchip. The curved portion includes a diameter greater than the width of the encased microchip.
US10563468B2	Automatic auxiliary workover rig An automatic auxiliary workover rig includes a silo body arranged on a skid-mounted baseplate, a guide-roller type elevator, a random-folding type traveling block rigid guide device, a truck-mounted folding type manipulator, a slip, a flatcar up-down adjustment device, a detecting and conveying device, and a transfer device. The automatic auxiliary workover rig cooperates with an existing workover rig to complete ascending and descending of a sucker rod of an oil pipe during minor overhaul. The slip is located above a wellhead blowout preventer, and is configured to clamp and loosen the oil pipe of a wellhead. The silo body is configured to store and output the oil pipe. The truck-mounted folding type oil pipe manipulator garbs the oil pipe and then ascend and descend the oil pipe, meanwhile the manipulator is equipped with a height adjusting device to realize flexible joint in tube thread fastening and unfastening.
US10563465B2	Downhole vibratory tool for placement in drillstrings A downhole vibratory tool for placement in drillstrings which creates vibration in the drillstring while drilling. A rotary drive rotates in response to fluid flow through it, rotating a rotor having a lower end engaging an upper end of a mandrel. The mandrel is held in a main body such that it is rotationally locked with respect to the main body, but can move longitudinally within a restricted range. The lower end of the rotor and the upper end of the mandrel have interfacing surfaces. Rotation of the rotor and interaction of the interfacing surfaces creates a back-and-forth movement of the mandrel with respect to the rest of the tool, creating the desired vibratory motion.
US10563460B2	Actuator controlled variable flow area stator for flow splitting in down-hole tools Systems and methods divide flow in a wellbore into a plurality of flow paths. A first one of the flow paths extends to a down-hole turbine that is responsive to fluid flow to provide rotational motion to an electric generator or other down-hole tool. A second flow path may extend to an independent down-hole tool, to a port communicating with the wellbore, to a bypass channel extending around the turbine, or to any other down-hole location. The turbine includes a stator having adjustable blades such that an open flow area through the turbine may be selectively controlled. A flow distribution between the first and second flow paths can be controlled where specific flow areas are needed at specific flow rates, for example.
US10563457B2	Photovoltaic module hoist A hand-powered photovoltaic module hoist having a sled that slides along a ladder, and a pulley assembly mounted at the top of the ladder with a first cord to lift the sled and a second safety release cord to permit the sled to descend down the ladder. The sled is not attached to the ladder and the pulley assembly is a removable frame that is hung onto rungs of the ladder such that the hoist can quickly be installed on a standard ladder.
US10563453B2	Weatherstripping assemblies for garage doors and other applications, associated apparatuses, and associated methods of use An apparatus includes: an elongate weatherstrip, which forms in cross-section: a blade; a retainer connector adjacent a first face and partway between opposed ends of the blade; and one or more sealing members along a second face of the blade. A method includes installing a weatherstripping assembly on a door, window, door frame, or window frame, of a building or vehicle.
US10563439B2	Concealed hinge for doors A concealed hinge for the rotatable movement of a door fixed to a door frame. The hinge includes: a fixed hinge body anchorable to the frame; a movable hinge body anchorable to the door; a connecting assembly for mutual connection of the fixed hinge body and movable hinge body so that the latter rotates with respect to the former about a first longitudinal axis between an open position and closed position. The fixed (or movable) hinge body includes a first (or second) box-shaped element concealedly insertable within the door (or frame). The first (or second) box-shaped element defines a second axis parallel to the first axis. The connecting assembly protrudes from the first box-shaped element in the open position of the movable element, the first box-shaped element being susceptible to internally contain the connecting assembly in the closed position of the movable element.
US10563438B1	Hinge device with helical gear A pivoting device having helical gear includes a first shaft and a second shaft, wherein the first shaft has a first rod, the first rod has a first axial gear, and the second shaft has a second rod, the second rod has a second axial gear. A first connecting plate is connected between the first shaft and the second shaft, and a connecting gear set is arranged between the first shaft and the second shaft, the connecting gear set meshes with the first axial gear and the second axial gear. One end of the connecting gear set is connected to the first connecting plate, and the other end of the connecting gear set is connected a second connecting plate. The first torque set is connected between the first shaft and the second shaft. A third connecting plate is connected between the first shaft and the second shaft.
US10563437B2	Flush comfort handle The invention relates to a handle device (10) for a closing device (80) for a movable part (70), such as a door, flap or the like, of a vehicle (100) comprising a handle part (20) which can be supported in a movable manner relative to the movable part (70). The closing device (80) can be connected to the handle part (20) via a connection element (16), and the handle part (20) is used to actuate the closing device (80). The handle part (20) can be moved at least between a rest position (Ia) and an operating position (Ib). In the rest position (Ia), the handle part (20) can be designed to be flush with the outer contour of the movable part (70) in particular, and in the operating position (Ib), the handle part (20) can protrude from the movable part (70) such that the handle part (20) can be gripped by an operator. According to the invention, the handle part (20) can be moved from the operating position (Ib) into an additional trigger position (Ic), in which a mechanical actuation of the handle part (20) can be transmitted to the connection element (16), whereby the closing device (80) can be actuated.
US10563435B2	Double ratchet, double pawl vehicular latch with soft stop on reset A low release effort eccentric double ratchet, double pawl vehicle latch includes a ratchet, a primary pawl, an auxiliary ratchet and a secondary pawl. A drive mechanism including a gear cam wheel sequences movement of the secondary pawl to open and reset the latch. Upon reset, the drive mechanism actuates the auxiliary ratchet back to a closed state in a soft manner without using a hard stop; instead the latch has a cushioning spring that is used to softly stop the gear train during the reset absorbing motor energy and thus eliminating impact noise.
US10563433B2	Deformable outside handle rear hook or plunger A handle for doors of motor vehicles includes an outer portion that can be grasped by a user, and an inwardly-extending plunger or hook that operably interconnects the handle to the door latch via a bell crank (that is part of the handle base or chassis depending on the type of handle architecture used). The plunger is made of a ductile material such as metal, and includes a crumple zone that causes the plunger to deform axially and/or bend sidewardly in the event an axial and/or a bending impact load.
US10563432B2	Security apparatus including a remote actuator assembly A security apparatus for a portable electronic device includes a cable having a length, a first end, and a second end. The security apparatus also includes a lock head coupled to the first end of the cable. The lock head is configured to selectively engage the portable electronic device and is movable by the cable between a first position, in which the lock head is secured to the portable electronic device, and a second position, in which the lock head is unsecured from the portable electronic device. The security apparatus further includes an actuator assembly coupled to the second end of the cable and spaced a distance from the lock head along the length of the cable. The actuator assembly is operable to actuate the cable to move the lock head between the first position and the second position.
US10563431B2	Ceramic spine security cable A cable lock including a lock body having a locking mechanism with a locked state and an unlocked state. A ceramic body cable includes a plurality of nested ceramic bodies and a cord, wherein each one of the plurality of ceramic bodies includes a center portion having an aperture. Each aperture of the plurality of nested ceramic bodies forms a channel through which the cord is positioned. Each of the ceramic bodies also includes a projection and a space such that the projection of one of the ceramic bodies overlaps the space of an adjacent ceramic body. A mesh sleeve is positioned on an exterior of the ceramic body cable and a shrunken heat shrinkable tube is positioned over the mesh sleeve. The combined ceramic body cable, mesh sleeve, and shrunken heat shrinkable tube are coupled to the lock body.
US10563426B2	Blocking device and system for mechanical lock Blocking devices to stop movement of mechanical or magnetic coded rotors, pins or discs immediately when the plug is turned.
US10563419B2	Tower for a wind power plant A tower for a wind power plant, including a tower section having multiple structural support elements which, arranged horizontally next one another, form part of an outer wall of the tower. The wall elements that are arranged directly next to one another are rigidly interconnected via horizontal end sections of the wall elements and not—or only in certain sections—via vertical edges of the wall elements. Expediently, the vertical edges of the wall elements, which are in each case arranged directly adjacent to one another, are arranged entirely or in certain sections at a distance from one another in the horizontal direction. A connection element, preferably a flange, is formed on each of the horizontal end sections for connecting the wall elements to a substrate, to other wall elements of a further tower section, to a tower head supporting a wind turbine, and/or to an adapter element.
US10563418B2	Friction damper for a building structure A multi-load friction damper includes opposed gusset-side plates defining a slip channel. First and second brace-side plates are received within the slip channel and form first and second frictional engagements respectively. The frictional force of the first and second frictional engagements may be different. A multi-layer friction damper includes a central gusset-side plate and first and second outer gusset-side plates. First and second brace-side plates are received between the central gusset-side plates and the first and second outer gusset-side plates to form first, second, third and fourth frictional engagements. A multi-damper assembly includes a gusset engagement member and brace engagement member. A plurality of friction dampers extend between the gusset engagement member and the brace engagement member.
US10563412B1	Acoustic flooring assembly A flooring assembly comprising a flooring unit comprising a stability core layer having a plurality of edge surfaces, two of which have an interlocking mechanism for attachment to the edge surfaces of the stability core of adjacent flooring units, and a sound attenuating acoustic layer attached to the bottom surface of the stability core layer.
US10563410B2	Impervious wall panel A water impervious wall panel system includes an intermediate first wall panel composed of a waterproof core and a decorative surfacing attached to the core, wherein the intermediate first wall panel is provided with tongue-and-groove edges. The water impervious wall panel system also includes an end second wall panel composed of a waterproof core and a decorative surfacing attached to the core, wherein the end second wall panel is provided with a tongue-and-groove edge and a rolled edge. One of the tongue-and-groove edges of the intermediate first wall panel and the tongue-and-groove edge of the end second wall panel form an interlocking system having a contact area adjacent to a front face of the intermediate first wall panel and the end second wall panel and a gap adjacent a rear face of the intermediate first wall panel and the end second wall panel, the contact area surface extending across less than the thickness of the intermediate first wall panel and the end second wall panel so as to provide a tight joint at the front face and eliminate visible gaps.
US10563407B2	Waterproof side trim system for exterior of buildings A system for providing siding to a building is disclosed. The system utilizes components which have their own brackets with attachment flanges in order to connect directly to an exterior wall of the building. The brackets contain their own integrated water control systems, which co-act with those of other components to control and direct water into vertical channels and out from behind the siding system. These flanges double as self-contained flashing. In all the system presents a roof-to-foundation siding system that is self-contained and fully transitional from one piece to another.
US10563403B1	Multi-leg fiber reinforced concrete The multi-leg fiber reinforced concrete is concrete in which fibers have been embedded to prevent the concrete from being fractured due to cracks developing therein. Each fiber has multiple legs, defining two and three dimensional structures. At least one fiber is embedded in a volume of concrete, where the at least one fiber has at least first and second legs respectively extending along first and second directions. The first and second directions are angularly oriented with respect to one another between 45° and 135°, with each of the first and second legs having a free end and a fixed end. Each free end has a substantially Z-shaped contour. The fixed ends of the first and second legs may be joined together to define a two-dimensional fiber structure. The at least one fiber may be partially coated with a polymeric material, such as polypropylene.
US10563402B1	Method of connecting a circular concrete-filled steel tubular column to a reinforced concrete footing The method of connecting a circular concrete-filled steel tubular column to a reinforced concrete footing provides a process for constructing a circular concrete-filled steel tubular column anchored in a reinforced concrete footing. A tubular member is partially embedded in a cavity formed in a block of reinforced concrete, such that a pair of flanges thereof is positioned adjacent to and above a base surface of the cavity. A steel tube is partially inserted into the cavity, such that rotation of the steel tube will cause the pair of flanges to interlock with a pair of slots at the lower end of the steel tube, locking the steel tube in place with respect to the tubular member and the block of reinforced concrete. The cavity is filled with concrete grout to secure the column, and the steel tube is filled with concrete to form the circular concrete-filled steel tubular column.
US10563398B1	Method of stiffening a frame supported panel A method of stiffening a frame supported panel by inducing a new condition on the panel is disclosed. When a fixed/continuous/dropped condition is induced on a continuous panel by bonding polyurethane to the panel's backside and to the sides of supporting frame members, the panel's load capacity can be greatly increased, with the lower the panel's flexural stiffness, the greater the increase in load capacity. This enables weaker, lighter, thinner and less costly panels to to become stiffer, stronger and more versatile.
US10563396B2	Sealing string for sealing a joint between components, and method for manufacturing same A sealing cord for sealing a joint between two building elements includes a sealing profile, lateral portions, and a fastener. The sealing profile has a compressible sealing material. The lateral portions extend from the sealing profile in several directions transversely relative to a longitudinal direction. The fastener is on an exposed side of each of the lateral portions. The exposed side of each of the lateral portions is coupled to the sealing profile to the two building elements.
US10563373B1	Manhole assembly A manhole assembly including a base, riser, and cap. The base having an upper surface forming a bench, a bottom surface, and a radially outward surface with penetrations there through; and a radial spigot in the radially outward upper edge of the base. The base having a corrosive-resistant layer covering the channels, bench, and radial spigot. Also disclosed is a riser comprised of a corrosive-resistant polymer pipe having a radially outward surface, an inner surface and a bottom surface in contact with, supported by, and sealed to the radial spigot. The cap having a radial spigot, and access hole; the radial spigot in the radially outward bottom edge of the cap resting upon and sealed to an upper edge of the riser. The radially outward surface of the cap and base are aligned with the radially outward surface of the riser.
US10563371B2	Gabion, noise barrier wall comprising such a gabion, and process for executing such a gabion The present invention concerns a gabion (1) comprising: a cage (10) basically box-shaped, made up of a bottom (11), two frontal walls (12, 13) and two side walls (14, 15). That bottom, frontal and side walls are all formed from meshes respectively (11.1, 12.1, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1) that are fixed to each other; two compartmenting partitions (20, 30), that each connect the side walls to one other within the interior of the cage so that the internal volume (V10) of the cage is divided into: two frontal compartments (C1, C2) that are each filled with a filler material (70) made up of aggregate that cannot pass through the respective meshes of the bottom, the frontal or the side walls, nor through the compartmenting partitions in such a way that it is retained within those frontal compartments, and an intermediate compartment (C3), bounded by the compartmenting partitions and which is able to receive a granular acoustic insulation material (2); and at least one lifting partition (50, 60), that fixedly connects the frontal walls (12, 13) to each other within the cage extending through each of the frontal compartments and the intermediate compartment, which, opposite the bottom (11), is provided with at least one grab handle (51, 61), and which, for the part that is set out in the intermediate compartment, is suited to allowing the acoustic insulation material granules (2) to pass through it in such a way that the acoustic insulation material may spread freely, within the intermediate compartment, on either side of the lifting partition.
US10563370B2	Bolting adapter mechanism for sonic pile driving A sonic pile driving adapter is configured to couple a drill head to a member to be pile driven. The adapter includes an upper attachment portion for selectively attaching to the drill head and a lower mounting portion. The lower mounting portion has first and second side plates configured to be inserted into the member. The first and second side plates include a first plurality of through holes corresponding to a second plurality of through holes provided on the member. The adapter also includes a plurality of brackets with a third plurality of through holes. A plurality of fasteners extends through the first, second and third pluralities of through holes, thereby coupling the sonic pile driving adapter and the drill head to the member. The adapter and method of use allow for efficient transfer of oscillating energy to the member and more effective pile driving.
US10563361B2	System and method for customizing a playing field A customizable playing field includes a turf system comprising a tile with a turf layer. The tile overlays a subfloor, defining a reservoir thereunder. A forced air system includes a pipe disposed within the reservoir and operatively coupled to a pump; and a sensor. A control system controls the pump, and includes a processor in data communication with at least one input/output device and computer memory. The computer memory has a program with machine readable instructions that, when effected by the processor, perform the following steps: if the temperature is above a predetermined threshold as measured by the sensor, forcing a cool fluid through the pipe; and if the temperature is below a predetermined threshold as measured by the sensor, forcing a warm fluid through the pipe.
US10563352B2	Energy efficient process for preparing nanocellulose fibers A scalable, energy efficient process for preparing cellulose nanofibers is disclosed. The process employs a depolymerizing treatment with one or both of: (a) a relatively high charge of ozone under conditions that promote the formation of free radicals to chemically depolymerize the cellulose fiber cell wall and interfiber bonds; or (b) a cellulase enzyme. Depolymerization may be estimated by pulp viscosity changes. The depolymerizing treatment is followed by or concurrent with mechanical comminution of the treated fibers, the comminution being done in any of several mechanical comminuting devices, the amount of energy savings varying depending on the type of comminuting system and the treatment conditions. Comminution may be carried out to any of several endpoint measures such as fiber length, % fines or slurry viscosity.
US10563350B2	Rope assembly The present invention relates to a rope assembly (1) consisting of at least one rope (2) that is made of textile fibre material and is folded back to form two substantially parallel rope portions (2′, 2″), wherein load distribution between the two rope portions is enabled and the rope portions are surrounded by a common sleeve (4). The rope assembly according to the invention is particularly suitable as a winch rope or as a rope for drive pulley drives, e.g., as a lift cable, in Koepe hoists and in capstans.
US10563348B2	Air permeable composite for seating applications A composite formed by combining a perforated face layer and a backing scrim to make a material having sufficient airflow, tear strength and aesthetic features applicable to seating.
US10563347B2	Antibacterial/antifungal finished product production method, and antibacterial/antifungal finished product produced by the method According to the present disclosure, a resin product is brought into contact with a treatment liquid containing an antibacterial antifungal compound (A) of a quaternary ammonium salt compound having a molecular weight of not greater than 1500 and, in this state, heat-treated under a normal atmospheric pressure or under an increased pressure, whereby the antibacterial antifungal compound (A) is immobilized on at least a surface of the resin product. Thus, an excellent antibacterial/antifungal finished product having water resistance and laundry durability is provided.
US10563342B2	Systems and methods for liquid-based lint collection A screen-free, liquid-based lint collection system is disclosed. The system comprises an initial air-lint conduit. The air-lint conduit is coupled to a lint collection reservoir. The system further comprises a spray assembly and a sensor. The spray assembly is configured to spray a liquid into the lint-collection reservoir. The sensor monitors the level of the liquid collected in the lint-collection reservoir.
US10563339B2	Laundry washing machine and method for controlling a laundry washing machine Laundry washing machine (1) having an outer casing (2), a washing tub (3), arranged inside the casing (2), a rotatable drum (4), arranged in axially rotating manner inside the washing tub (3) and designed to receive laundry to be washed, and a detergent dispensing assembly (12), designed for supplying laundry detergent into the washing tub (3). The washing machine also has a water softening system (14), designed to receive fresh water from a water mains (13) and reduce the hardness degree of the fresh water in order to supply softened water to the detergent dispensing assembly (12) and/or to the washing tub (3), during one or more softened water laundry washing phases of a laundry washing program. A control panel is configured to allow an operator to input information associated with the kind of laundry to be washed, and an electronic controller (15) is configured to receive information and to control water softening system (14) in order to perform one or more softened water laundry washing phases during washing program, based on received laundry information.
US10563338B2	Personalized laundry appliance Laundry appliances use machine learning models and/or personalization to provide better treatments. As one example, a laundry appliance has a chamber in which laundry items are placed for treatment. Sensor(s) are positioned to sense contents of the chamber or to sense the laundry items as they are loaded into the chamber. The machine learning model uses data from these sensors to determine various attributes of the laundry items and/or the treatment, such as the type of fabric and/or how dirty the items are, and the treatment process is controlled accordingly. Personalized data, such as an individual's preferences for laundry treatments or his sensitivities and allergies, may also be used to personalize the treatment process.
US10563331B2	Fabric clamp adapted to pass under presser foot of sewing machine A fabric clamp that passes under the presser foot of a sewing machine is provided. The clamp has a loop of resilient strip folded over upon itself, an upper slotted lever, and a lower slotted lever. The resilient strip has an upper portion, the terminus of which defines an upper planar jaw, and a generally planar lower portion, the terminus of which defines a lower planar tongue, joined by a curvilinear central portion. The upper portion of the resilient strip passes through the upper lever. The lower portion of the resilient strip passes through the lower lever. The total transverse width of the portions of the tongue is no more than about 12 mm. The curvilinear portion urges the jaw and tongue together. When the upper jaw and the tongue are adjacent and the levers are urged together, the jaw and the tongue are displaced from adjacent deployment.
US10563327B2	Industrial fabric An industrial fabric is a web woven from warp yarns made of monofilaments and weft yarns made of monofilaments. The warp yarns are of a double-layer structure. One of warp yarn basic units comprises four sub-units, two sub-units being located on an upper layer, the other two sub-units being located on a lower layer. The warp yarns on the upper layer and the warp yarns on the lower layer are vertically overlapped, wherein at least two sub-units comprise two parallel narrow warp yarns. Upper warp yarns and lower warp yarns are identical in texture structure, or one surface is identical to the other surface after rotating by 180 degrees. The industrial fabric is stable in structure and good in overall consistency. The upper surface is good in flatness, the surface is free from defects, and the quality and intensity of the fabric are improved.
US10563321B2	Wafer producing method A wafer is produced from a compound single crystal ingot having an end surface. A separation plane is formed by setting the focal point of a laser beam inside the ingot at a predetermined depth from the end surface. The depth corresponds to the thickness of the wafer to be produced. The laser beam is applied to the end surface to form a modified layer parallel to the end surface and cracks extending from the modified layer, thus forming the separation plane. The ingot has first atoms having a larger atomic weight and second atoms having a smaller atomic weight, and the end surface of the ingot is set as a polar plane where the second atoms are arranged in forming the separation plane. After producing the wafer from the ingot, the first end surface is ground to be flattened.
US10563315B2	Process for preparing lead by electroreduction with ammonium chloride and ammonia A process for preparing lead by electroreduction with an ammonium chloride and an ammonia is disclosed. In the process, an ammonium chloride aqueous solution is used as an electrolyte, a lead compound is used as a raw material, titanium is used as an anode, stainless steel or lead is used as a cathode, and a direct-current electric field is applied in an electrolytic bath; the lead compound is reduced to metal lead after obtaining electrons at the cathode; and at the anode, ammonia is oxidized to nitrogen for escaping, and H+ ions are generated simultaneously; sulfate radical ions and chloride ions in the lead compound enter the solution to form ammonium sulfate and ammonium chloride; and the lead monoxide and lead dioxide in the lead compound are reduced to a metal lead and OH− ions are simultaneously released to combine with the H+ ions to form water.
US10563311B2	Steel sheet for container and method for producing steel sheet for container A steel sheet for a container includes a steel sheet, a Sn coated layer which is provided as an upper layer of the steel sheet and contains Sn in an amount of 560 to 5600 mg/m2 in terms of Sn metal, and a chemical treatment layer which is provided as an upper layer of the Sn coated layer and contains a Zr compound in an amount of 3.0 to 30.0 mg/m2 in terms of Zr metal and a Mg compound in an amount of 0.50 to 5.00 mg/m2 in terms of Mg metal.
US10563301B2	Mask set for deposition and method of manufacturing display panel using the same A deposition mask set includes a first mask, a second mask, and a third mask. Each of the first, second, and third masks includes a first edge substantially parallel to a first direction, a second edge substantially parallel to a second direction, and a plurality of openings. Each of the openings includes a first opening side that is substantially parallel to a third direction and a second opening side that is substantially parallel to a fourth direction, and each of the openings corresponds to one of a first, second, or third color area at one of pixel areas. The third and fourth directions are not parallel to the first and second directions, and the first, second, and third color areas are adjacent to each other in the third direction.
US10563294B2	Component having active cooling and method of fabricating A method of fabricating a component having active cooling with film holes and other exposed holes is provided. The method includes the step of providing a component including at least one aperture disposed on a surface of the component and fluidly connected to at least one fluid flow passage, the at least one aperture comprising a floor extending from the at least one fluid flow passage to the surface of the component, and a ceiling facing the floor. The method further includes the step of applying a thermal barrier coating over at least a portion of a substrate. The method further includes the step of removing a portion of the thermal barrier coating covering the at least one aperture. The method further includes the step of forming with an additive manufacturing method one or both of a sharp-edged hood of the at least one aperture and at least one feature disposed on the floor.
US10563289B2	Process for refining niobium-based ferroalloys Refined niobium-based ferroalloys are provided by removing lead and other impurities therefrom by a process comprising charging niobium ore concentrate and/or niobium oxide or a mixture of niobium oxides to a metallothermic reaction chamber, admixing the ore concentrate and/or niobium oxide with a reducing agent, initiating a metallothermic reaction, under reduced pressure; and allowing the reaction product to solidify and cool; crushing the reaction product or crushing the niobium-based ferroalloy previously reduced in open air, and charging the crushed product to a melting crucible within a vacuum induction melting furnace, lowering the pressure within the furnace to below 1 mbar, and melting the crushed product while vaporizing the impurities contained therein.
US10563280B2	High manganese steel sheet having high strength and excellent vibration-proof properties and method for manufacturing same The present invention relates to a high-strength and high-manganese steel sheet suitable for an outer panel or a vehicle body of a transport vehicle and, more specifically, to a high-strength and high-manganese steel sheet having excellent vibration-proof properties and a method for producing the same.
US10563278B2	Rail manufacturing method and manufacturing equipment Rail-manufacturing equipment that performs forced cooling on at least a head of a hot rail hot-rolled at or heated to the austenite region temperature or higher. The rail-manufacturing equipment includes a head-cooling header configured to jet a cooling medium toward the head of the rail, a head thermometer configured to measure surface temperature of the head of the rail, and a controller configured to adjust jet of the cooling medium from the head-cooling header. The controller includes a temperature-monitoring unit configured to monitor measurement results by the head thermometer during the forced cooling, and a cooling-rate controller.
US10563276B2	High-performance NdFeB permanent magnet comprising nitride phase and production method thereof A high-performance NdFeB permanent magnet including a nitride phase and a production method thereof are provided. A main phase of the NdFeB permanent magnet has a structure of R2T14B; a grain boundary phase is distributed around the main phase and contains N, F, Zr, Ga and Cu; a composite phase containing R1, Tb and N exists between the main phase and the grain boundary phase and includes a phase having a structure of (R1, Tb)2T14(B, N). R represents at least two rare earth elements, and includes Pr and Nd; T represents Fe, Mn, Al and Co; R1 represents at least one rare earth element, and includes at least one of Dy and Tb; the main phase contains Pr, Nd, Fe, Mn, Al, Co and B; and the grain boundary phase further contains at least one of Nb and Ti. Through placing partially B by N, a magnetic performance is increased.
US10563274B1	Stave cooler system and method A stave cooler system for cooling one or more cooling elements mounted in a metallurgical furnace. The system includes a stave cooler assembly having an inner end portion with an end part comprising a body and a number of fins extending from the body, each fin being formed to bend upon engagement of an outer part of each said fin respectively with an outer wall of the cooling element, to securely engage at least the outer part of each fin with an inner borehole wall partially defining the inner part when the end part is inserted into the inner part of the hole.
US10563269B2	Broad detection of dengue virus serotypes Processes for detecting Dengue virus (DENV) nucleic acid in a sample are provided including producing an amplification product by amplifying DENV nucleotide sequence and detection of an amplification by hybridization of a probe or other technique. The processes use primers or probes with introduced mutations and or degenerate bases that provide excellent superiority in detection and serotyping of DENV in a sample.
US10563268B2	Long non-coding RNA and use thereof in detection of intramuscular fat in pigs A method of predicting variation of porcine intramuscular fat profile. The method includes detecting a BRCA1 gene and/or a JAML gene, or an expression product thereof. The disclosure also provides a method of selecting and breeding pigs. The method includes detecting a BRCA1 gene and/or a JAML gene, or an expression product thereof.
US10563265B2	Use of RHOA in cancer diagnosis and inhibitor screening Disclosed are a novel method of detecting cancer, a method of screening inhibitors and anticancer agents that target cancer-related molecules, RHOA polypeptide having mutation and a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide as a therapeutic agent for cancer, and a method of detecting cancer using the polypeptide or polynucleotide. Also disclosed are a vector and a host cell comprising the polynucleotide, a method of screening therapeutic agents for cancer comprising the polypeptide and/or the polynucleotide, and a therapeutic agent for cancer comprising siRNA having a silencing effect on RHOA mutant.
US10563259B2	Method of treatment based on polymorphisms of the KCNQ1 gene The invention provides methods for the administration of compounds capable of prolonging a QTc interval and methods for predicting whether an individual is predisposed to such QTc prolongation.
US10563255B2	Intermittent detection during analytical reactions Methods, devices, and systems for performing intermittent detection during analytical reactions are provided. Such methods facilitate collection of reaction data from disparate reaction times. Further, such methods are useful for reducing photo-induced damage of one or more reactants in an illuminated analytical reaction at a given reaction time. In preferred embodiments, the reaction mixture is subjected to at least one illuminated and non-illuminated period and allowed to proceed such that the time in which the reaction mixture is illuminated is less than a photo-induced damage threshold period.
US10563243B2	Bioavailability of metal ions Provided herein is a method for determining the bioavailability of a metal ion in a composition comprising a source of the metal ion, wherein the metal ion has antimicrobial activity, and wherein the method comprises: a) incubating a sample of the composition with bacterial cells, and b) determining the viability of the bacterial cells after incubation. The method is useful for determining the effect of agents on the bioavailability of metal ions in a composition.
US10563242B2	Enzyme electrode and biosensor using the same The disclosure discloses an enzyme electrode comprising; an electrode comprising a current collector; a monolayer-forming molecule bound to the surface of the current collector; and a glucose dehydrogenase comprising a cytochrome C subunit bound to the monolayer-forming molecule; wherein electrons are transferred between the glucose dehydrogenase and the current collector by oxidation-reduction reaction of the glucose dehydrogenase.
US10563240B2	High efficiency, small volume nucleic acid synthesis The disclosure generally relates to compositions and methods for the production of nucleic acid molecules. In some aspects, the invention allows for the microscale generation of nucleic acid molecules, optionally followed by assembly of these nucleic acid molecules into larger molecules. In some aspects, the invention allows for efficient production of nucleic acid molecules (e.g., large nucleic acid molecules such as genomes).
US10563233B2	Cementation methods The present invention provides methods for mineral precipitation and/or cementation of permeable or fractured non-porous materials using isolated urease.
US10563232B2	Microorganisms having increased lipid productivity The present invention provides mutant microorganism that have higher lipid productivity than the wild type microorganisms from which they are derived while biomass at levels that are within approximately 50% of wild type biomass productivities under nitrogen replete conditions. Particular mutants produce at least twice as much FAME lipid as wild type while producing at least 75% of the biomass produced by wild type cells under nitrogen replete conditions. Also provided are methods of producing lipid using the mutant strains.
US10563220B2	Compositions and methods for efficient targeting of transgenes The invention provides recombinant DNA molecules and constructs useful for providing efficient transgene sub-cellular localization of proteins in transgenic plants. Recombinant DNA molecules and constructs for conferring herbicide tolerance or resistance to plants are further provided, as well as plants exhibiting herbicide tolerance and methods for producing or utilizing such plants.
US10563216B2	Compositions and methods of delivering molecules to plants Compositions and method of delivering a molecule to a plant are provided. In an embodiment, an avenic acid transporter is introduced into a plant. The plant may be a non-graminacious or dicotyledonous plant which does not comprise the transporter in the wild type form. The transporter may be modified to increase uptake of avenic acid along with iron chelated by the avenic acid and/or a molecule conjugated with the avenic acid. Further embodiments provide for conjugating the avenic acid with a molecule for uptake and delivery to the plant. In this manner plant health may be improved by uptake of iron where it would otherwise not occur and/or uptake of the conjugated molecule. The molecule may be a molecule that improves health of the plant. Still further embodiments provide for analogs of avenic acid. Embodiments provide for interplanting Avena sativa which natively produces avenic acid with another plant. Additional embodiments provide for time release of avenic acid provided to a plant.
US10563211B2	Recombinant microorganisms and methods for producing cannabinoids and cannabinoid derivatives The present disclosure provides genetically modified host cells that produce a cannabinoid, a cannabinoid derivative, a cannabinoid precursor, or a cannabinoid precursor derivative. The present disclosure provides methods of synthesizing a cannabinoid, a cannabinoid derivative, a cannabinoid precursor, or a cannabinoid precursor derivative.
US10563210B2	Method for producing interleukin-2 protein using methylotrophic yeast The present invention relates to a method for producing an interleukin-2 protein using methylotrophic yeast. The method for producing interleukin-2 according to the present invention shows high cell growth and protein synthesis rates by use of the established optimal cell line, and produces a large amount of a protein comprising interleukin-2 by use of the established optimal culture conditions utilizing methanol that is an inexpensive carbon source. In addition, the method according to the present invention isolates and purifies the protein by a simple process. Accordingly, the method according to the present invention highly pure interleukin-2, and thus has a significant effect on the mass-production of interleukin-2.
US10563199B2	Antisense nucleic acid for treating amyotrophy There has been a demand for a novel antisense nucleic acid or the like capable of inhibiting myostatin at the mRNA level. The present invention provides a specific antisense oligomer which allows exon 2 skipping in the myostatin gene or induces degradation of mRNA of the myostatin gene.
US10563197B2	Use of a combination of Dbait molecule and PARP inhibitors to treat cancer The present invention relates to the combination of a PARP inhibitor with a Dbait molecule for treating cancer.
US10563191B2	Innovative discovery of therapeutic, diagnostic, and antibody compositions related protein fragments of tryptophanyl tRNA synthetases Provided are compositions comprising newly identified protein fragments of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides that encode them and complements thereof, related agents, and methods of use thereof in diagnostic, drug discovery, research, and therapeutic applications.
US10563187B2	Glucoamylase variants with altered properties The present invention relates to variants of a parent glucoamylase having altered properties (e.g., improved thermostability and/or specific activity). In particular, the present invention provides compositions comprising the variant glucoamylases, including starch hydrolyzing compositions, animal feed compositions and cleaning compositions. The invention also relates to DNA constructs encoding the variants and methods of producing the glucoamylase variants in host cells.
US10563182B2	DNA polymerases with increased 3′-mismatch discrimination Disclosed are mutant DNA polymerases having increased 3′-mismatch discrimination relative to a corresponding, unmodified polymerase. The mutant polymerases are useful in a variety of disclosed primer extension methods. Also disclosed are related compositions, including recombinant nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells, which are useful, e.g., for production of the mutant DNA polymerases.
US10563174B2	Proteins increasing pancreatic beta cell number and methods of use Disclosed herein are bacterial proteins that increase pancreatic beta (β) cell number and/or proliferation, methods of increasing β cell number and/or proliferation using such proteins, and methods of treating or inhibiting diabetes in a subject by administering such proteins to the subject. In some embodiments, the protein has at least 80% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth as any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-7, or fragments thereof. Recombinant vectors including a nucleic acid encoding the protein (such as a nucleic acid encoding a protein with at least 80% sequence identity to any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1-7 or fragments thereof) operably linked to a heterologous promoter are also disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of identifying compounds that increase β cell number and/or proliferation by determining the effect of test compounds on β cell number or proliferation in zebrafish pancreas.
US10563173B2	Autoserum-containing bone marrow cell culture system, autoserum-containing bone marrow cell culture method, and method for producing medicinal composition comprising autoserum-containing cultured bone marrow cells as active ingredient To provide an autoserum-containing bone marrow cell culture system, whereby bone marrow cells, which are collected from a subject without using an anticoagulant, are subjected to an anticoagulation treatment using a medium in a liquid-tight state, cultured and then further cultured using the serum of said subject which is prepared in a liquid-tight state; an autoserum-containing bone marrow cell culture method; and a method for producing a medicinal composition which comprises, as the active ingredient, autoserum-containing cultured bone marrow cells. [Solution] An autoserum-containing bone marrow cell culture system for culturing bone marrow cells, which are collected from a subject without using an anticoagulant, using the serum of said subject, said system comprising a bone marrow cell suspension-storing device, a collected blood-storing device, an autoserum-acquiring device, and a bone marrow cell-culturing device.
US10563165B2	Organic waste digester system An organic waste digester system is provided. The system includes a heated hopper unit within the housing to receive organic waste. An agitation mechanism mixes the organic waste along with a microbe mixture to aid breakdown of the waste. Liquefied organic waste is discharged through an outlet and conveyed to a drying unit downstream of the hopper unit. The drying unit includes a microwave dryer unit.
US10563164B1	Plate reader Reader and plate methods, operations, and systems for observing a biological sample are shown and described. In one embodiment, a reader device includes selecting a plate type between at least two plate type selections on a user interface. One embodiment includes aligning a peel plate within a tray holder nest to define a semi-fixed processing position. One embodiment includes transporting a peel plate from a loading position into a focal alignment with an imaging device for monitoring biological growth, when present.
US10563163B2	Cross-scale modeling of bioreactor cultures using Raman spectroscopy Aspect of the disclosure relate to methods of assessing a bioreactor culture that involve determining a culture parameter of the manufacturing-scale bioreactor culture using a model that relates a Raman spectrum to the culture parameter. Related bioreactor system are also provided.
US10563161B2	Bioreactors with multiple or adjustable-position agitator designs Described herein are bioreactor support structures configured to be used with containers having different designs, and methods for making and using such bioreactors. The support structures described herein may include two or more agitator motors and control systems or an adjustable-position agitator motor, a removable spacer and/or lid, multiple configurations for ports and probes, and multiple exhaust filter heating blankets. Also described herein are methods of manufacturing a multi-agitator motor or adjustable-position agitator motor bioreactor, as well as methods of modifying an existing support structure to be used with a container not originally designed to be used with the existing support structure, and methods for operating these bioreactors.
US10563146B2	Preparation and use of aminoalkylphosphonic acid dilakyl ester compounds in a lubricant for antiwear, friction reduction, and/or micropitting prevention In accordance with the disclosure, one aspect of the present application is directed to a lubricant additive composition. The lubricant additive composition includes a component or mixture of components selected from (a) an aminoalkylphosphonic acid dialkyl ester; (b) a cyclized product of an aminoalkylphosphonic acid dialkyl ester; and a mixture of (a) and (b). Preparation and use of the additive composition in a lubricant for antiwear and/or friction reduction are also disclosed.
US10563143B2	System for automatic solids flow in a gasifier An automated system is described for processing biomass using a series of mechanisms that operate in unison to maintain solids flow through small gasifiers that are otherwise prone to blockage. The system can include: a fixed bed gasifier having upright cylindrical walls defining a biomass gasification chamber therein, the gasifier configured to produce synthesis gas and a carbonaceous product and ash; a device for metering biomass to the gasifier; a device for selectively filtering gasification products; a device for impacting the cylindrical walls with a force; a device for radially mixing carbon in the reduction zone without vertical displacement of gasifier products; one or more material presence sensors which detect the amount and status of biomass within the gasification chamber; and a processor system which takes input from material presence sensor and activates one or more of said devices.
US10563136B2	Process for producing BTX from a mixed hydrocarbon source using pyrolysis The present invention relates to a process for producing BTX, comprising pyrolysis, aromatic ring opening and BTX recovery. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a process installation to convert a pyrolysis feedstream into BTX, comprising a pyrolysis unit, an aromatic ring opening and a BTX recovery unit.
US10563128B2	Methods for aerosol capture Methods for aerosol capture are provided. In some embodiments, the method of aerosol capture may include passing an aerosol through a material in a bulk liquid phase to gather at least a portion of one or more components of the aerosol. The gathered portion of the one or more aerosol components may include at least a hydrocarbon compound. In some embodiments, the gathered portion of the one or more aerosol components includes at least a component of a liquid hydrocarbon. In some embodiments, the material in the bulk liquid phase may include a liquid hydrocarbon, which may include a hydrocarbon fuel.
US10563103B2	Hydrophobic and highly elastic two-component polyurethane composition having mechanical properties and adhesive properties not dependent on temperature A two-component polyurethane composition includes a first component, including at least one polybutadiene polyol P1 having an average molecular weight of 2,000 to 10,000 g/mol and an average OH functionality of 2.1 to 4, and a second component, including at least one polyisocyanate and optionally at least one isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer. The composition also contains at least one hydrophobic diol P2 having an average molecular weight of 500 to 5,000 g/mol, selected from polybutadiene diols, polyester diols, polycarbonate diols, polyether diols having a repeat unit having at least 4 C atoms, and/or at least one hydrophobic compound P3, which is terminated with amino groups and has an average molecular weight in the range of 200 to 2,000 g/mol. The ratio of the number of hydroxyl groups from P1 to the number of hydroxyl and primary and secondary amino groups from P2 and P3 is 2:1 to 16:1.
US10563095B2	Adhesive composition sheet, method of producing same, and semiconductor device Provided is an adhesive composition sheet containing an organic compound and inorganic particles, the adhesive composition sheet including a structure obtained by stacking a layer A that contains at least an organic compound and a layer B that contains an organic compound and inorganic particles, the layer A having a content rate of the organic compound larger than the content rate of the organic compound in the layer B, and the layer A and/or the layer B containing anisotropically shaped inorganic particles. The present invention provides an adhesive composition sheet excellent in thermal conductivity and insulating properties after cured.
US10563078B2	Ink set and recording method using the same An ink set includes a reaction liquid containing coagulant; a first ink containing a color material; and a second ink containing a color material. The ink set is used for recording on a non-absorptive recording medium or a low-absorptive recording medium and for imparting the reaction liquid, the first ink, and the second ink to the recording medium in a superimposed manner in this order.
US10563071B2	Method for producing conductive polymer-containing dispersion The present invention provides a method for producing a conductive polymer-containing dispersion, including: a polymerization step of polymerizing a monomer for obtaining a conjugated conductive polymer in a dispersion medium including the monomer and seed particles converted into a colloid protected by a polyanion.
US10563069B2	Prevention of biofilm formation Antibacterial coatings and methods of making the antibacterial coatings are described herein. A first branched polyethylenimine (BPEI) layer is formed and a first glyoxal layer is formed on a surface of the BPEI layer. The first BPEI layer and the first glyoxal layer are cured to form a crosslinked BPEI coating. The first BPEI layer can be modified with superhydrophobic moieties, superhydrophilic moieties, or negatively charged moieties to increase the antifouling characteristics of the coating. The first BPEI layer can be modified with contact-killing bactericidal moieties to increase the bactericidal characteristics of the coating.
US10563065B2	Pearlescent pigments obtained by wet oxidation The present invention relates to pearlescent pigments, to a process of manufacturing such pearlescent pigments based on a wet oxidation step as well as to the use of such pearlescent pigments.
US10563060B2	Thermoplastic resin composition, and molded product and method for producing same A thermoplastic resin composition comprising: a block copolymer (a) having 60 to 80% by mass of a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and 40 to 20% by mass of a conjugated diene monomer unit; and a copolymer (b) having 60 to 90% by mass of a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and 40 to 10% by mass of an unsaturated nitrile monomer unit, wherein the block copolymer (a) has at least one polymer block (S) primarily having a vinyl aromatic monomer unit, the block copolymer (a) has at least one tan δ peak of dynamic viscoelasticity at a temperature in a range of −73 to −10° C., and a mass ratio (a)/(b) of the block copolymer (a) to the copolymer (b) is 1/99 to 80/20.
US10563054B2	Thermoplastic elastomer composition of an elastomer and a non-elastomeric polyolefin which is functionalized with an anhydride of an organic carboxylic acid A thermoplastic elastomer composition of an elastomer and a non-elastomeric polyolefin which is functionalized with an anhydride of an organic carboxylic acid is disclosed. Furthermore, the invention also relates to the use of a mixture of an elastomer and a cross-linking agent for the elastomer for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition. A further subject of the invention is the use of a non-elastomeric polyolefin which is functionalized with an anhydride of an organic carboxylic acid for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a thermoplastic elastomer composition for producing an article/composite material with a polyamide. The invention also relates to a process for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition as well as a composite material made of the thermoplastic elastomer composition with a polyamide.
US10563048B2	Compositions comprising parenchymal cellulose particulate material The invention relates to a composition comprising a plant-derived cellulose particulate material comprising less than 30 wt % extractable glucose; and extractable xylose in an amount of at least 3% of the amount of extractable xylose in the starting plant material, and an agent selected from the group comprising natural ionic polymers or natural non-ionic polymers; synthetic water dispersible polymers, and/or associative thickeners, and its various uses, including as a drilling fluid.
US10563045B2	Stabilization of mixed catalyst polyethylene The present disclosure relates to systems including a ternary stabilization package that contains a first phosphite, a second phosphite and a primary antioxidant is used in combination with a polyethylene that is polymerized with a mixed catalyst system that contains two different types of catalysts. In some embodiments the stabilized polyethylene exhibits improved color performance.
US10563044B2	Fire-retardant polyesters The invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 10 to 97% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester B) from 1 to 20% by weight of a phosphinic salt C) from 1 to 20% by weight of a nitrogen-containing flame retardant D) from 0.5 to 30% by weight of a dicarboxylic salt of the formula where R1 to R4 are mutually independently halogen or hydrogen, with the proviso that at least one moiety R1 to R4 is halogen, x=from 1 to 3 m=from 1 to 9 n=from 2 to 3 M=alkaline earth metal, Ni, Ce, Fe, In, Ga, Al, Pb, Y, Zn, Hg E) from 0 to 50% by weight of other additives, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to E) gives 100%.
US10563041B2	Rubber composition for coating steel cord and tire An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition which is excellent in cord adhesiveness, steering stability and elongation at break. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for coating a steel cord comprising not less than 0.12 part by mass of zinc benzoate and/or zinc t-butylbenzoate, 0.03 to 0.30 part by mass of fatty acid cobalt salt in terms of cobalt element, and less than 0.5 part by mass in total of a fatty acid having 16 to 22 carbon atoms and a fatty acid derived from the fatty acid cobalt salt which has 16 to 22 carbon atoms based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, and a tire having a breaker and/or a carcass obtained by use of the rubber composition for coating a steel cord.
US10563038B2	Polycarbonate resin composition and molded article produced therefrom A polycarbonate resin composition and a molded article manufactured using the same. The polycarbonate resin composition includes: (A) a polycarbonate resin including end groups, wherein the end groups include a hydroxyl group (—OH) in an amount of about 1% to about 20% based on the total weight (100 wt %) of all end groups; and (B) a metal compound comprising at least one of a metal oxide, a heavy metal complex oxide, and a copper salt. The polycarbonate resin composition and a molded article manufactured using the same can have excellent properties in terms of impact strength, flexural strength, and processability.
US10563032B2	Method for producing flame retardant polyurethane foams using halogen-free flame retardants The present invention relates to a process for producing flame-retarded polyurethane foams, in particular flexible polyurethane foams, using halogen-free flame retardants, wherein the resulting flame-retarded polyurethane foams exhibit low emission values coupled with good mechanical properties. The present invention further relates to halogen-free flame retardants.
US10563031B2	Polyester film and manufacturing method thereof The present invention relates to a transfer polyester film. More particularly, the present invention relates to a transfer polyester film and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the transfer polyester film has a coating layer with an excellent releasing property so that at the time of forming a hard coating layer in order to impart a surface gloss to an interior product, the transfer polyester film may be attached to a surface of the hard coating layer so as to allow the surface of the hard coating layer to be smoothly formed in a step of coating and curing a hard coating solution and may be removed after completely curing the hard coating layer.
US10563027B2	Polyethylene films and production of such films A method of forming a finished film comprising extruding a molten polyethylene comprising a diene terpolymer modifier through a die opening to form a film, wherein the diene-terpolymer modifier is a terpolymer comprising ethylene-derived units, C3 to C10 α-olefin derived units, and diene-derived units; causing the film to progress in a direction away from the die opening; cooling the film at a distance from the die opening, the distance adjusted to allow relaxation of the molten polyethylene prior to solidification and/or crystallization upon cooling; and isolating a finished film therefrom. Desirably, the polyethylene is a linear low density polyethylene, and the die and cooling is suitable for forming a blown film.
US10563023B2	Carbon fiber composite, a medium incorporating the carbon fiber composite, and a related method Carbon fiber composite additives, media incorporating the carbon fiber composites, and related methods are provided herein. In some aspects, a composition includes at least one medium; and a carbon fiber composite incorporated with the at least one medium, the carbon fiber composite including one or more carbon fibers with an epoxy resin matrix applied thereto to produce a composition having improved characteristics and filtration performance.
US10563013B2	Process for producing polyimides A solvothermal synthesis process for polyimides is provided. The process uses solution polymerization of monomers in an appropriate solvent, by mixing the solvent and the monomers and heating the mixture under pressure at temperatures exceeding the respective boiling point at normal pressure. The process produces essentially completely crystalline polyimides by a) mixing and heating the solvent and the monomers by either (i) heating the solvent up to solvothermal conditions and subsequently adding the monomers to initiate the reaction, or (ii) mixing the monomers with the solvent and heating the mixture up to solvothermal conditions within a period of 5 min, the reaction temperature TR being held below the solid-state polymerization temperature TP of the monomers during the polymerization; and b) carrying out the solution polymerization until essentially complete conversion is achieved.
US10563012B2	Biodegradable side chain liquid crystal elastomers: smart responsive scaffolds (SRS) for tissue regeneration Controlled biodegradable smart responsive scaffold (SRS) materials enhance attachment and viability of cells, i.e. actively guiding their expansion, proliferation and in some cases differentiation, while increasing their biomechanical functionality is an important key issue for tissue regeneration. Chemically build-in functionality in these biodegradable SRS materials is achieved by varying structural functionalization with biocompatible liquid crystal motifs and general polymer composition allowing for regulation and alteration of tensile strength, surface ordering, bioadhesion and biodegradability, bulk liquid crystal phase behavior, porosity, and cell response to external stimuli. Liquid crystal modification of such polymeric scaffolds is an ideal tool to induce macroscopic ordering events through external stimuli. None of these approaches have been demonstrated in prior art, and the use of biocompatible scaffolds that respond to a variety of external stimuli resulting in a macroscopic ordering event is a novel aspect of the present invention.
US10563010B2	Polymer having unsaturated cycloaliphatic functionality and coating compositions therefrom A polymer is provided that preferably includes at least one unsaturated cycloaliphatic group. In one embodiment, the polymer is combined with an optional crosslinker and an optional carrier to form a coating composition suitable for use in coating articles such as packaging articles. In one embodiment, the polymer has at least one unsaturated cycloaliphatic group that is at least bicyclic.
US10563004B2	Memory foam based on thermoplastic polyurethane The present invention relates to a process for producing a molding (FK), comprising the production of a thermoplastic polyurethane, comprising the reaction of at least one polyisocyanate composition, at least one chain extender, and at least one polyol composition, the production of a molding (FK) from the thermoplastic polyurethane, the heating of the molding (FK) to a temperature below the temperature at which the molding (FK) is permanently deformable, and above the switching temperature of the thermoplastic polyurethane, the compressing of the heated molding (FK) to give a molding (FK), and the cooling of the molding (FK) to a temperature below the switching temperature of the thermoplastic polyurethane, and also to the moldings obtainable or obtained by such a process.
US10562999B2	Copolymers having phosphorus group-carrying monomeric units A copolymer, in particular a dispersant for solid particles, in particular a dispersant for mineral binder compositions, including a polymer backbone and sidechains bound thereto. Said copolymer includes at least one phosphorus group-carrying monomeric unit M1 and at least one sidechain-carrying monomeric unit M2, the copolymer having, in a direction along the polymer backbone, a non-random distribution of the monomeric units M1 and/or of the monomeric units M2.
US10562995B2	Photocurable composition, denture base, and plate denture Provided is a photocurable composition including a monomer component including: a monomer (X) containing, within one molecule, two aromatic rings and two (meth)acryloyloxy groups, and having an Mw of from 400 to 580, and a monomer (H) containing, within one molecule, at least one of a hydroxyl group or a carboxy group, and a (meth)acryloyloxy group, and having an Mw of from 100 to 700; and a photopolymerization initiator. The composition has a functional group value (a) of from 0.5×10−3 to 2.0×10−3 mol/g. Functional group value (a)=(nH/MH)×PH Formula (a) wherein nH represents the total number of hydroxyl groups and carboxy groups contained in one molecule of the (meth)acrylic monomer (H); MH represents the Mw of the (meth)acrylic monomer (H); and PH represents the mass ratio of the (meth)acrylic monomer (H) with respect to the total amount of the (meth)acrylic monomer component.
US10562990B2	Catalyst for the polymerization of olefins A catalyst for the homopolymerization or copolymerization of CH2═CHR olefins, made from or containing the product obtained by contacting: (i) a solid catalyst component made from or containing Ti, Mg, Cl, and an internal electron donor compound, wherein the solid catalyst component contains from about 0.1 to about 50 wt % of Bi, based upon the total weight of the solid catalyst component; (ii) an alkyl aluminum compound and, (iii) an external electron donor compound having the formula: (R1)aSi(OR2)b wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl radicals with 1-8 carbon atoms and a is 0 or 1 and a+b=4.
US10562980B2	Humanized antibodies The present disclosure provides humanized antibodies, including antibodies comprising an ultralong CDR3 and uses thereof.
US10562979B1	Hybridoma cell line of secreting meloxicam monoclonal antibodies and application thereof A hybridoma cell line of secreting meloxicam monoclonal antibodies with a preservation number of hybridoma cell line of CGMCC No. 14700 belongs to the field of food safety immunological detection. The. BALB/c mice are immunized through one time immunization with complete freund's adjuvant, three times of booster immunization with incomplete freund's adjuvant and one time of rush immunization with meroxicam complete antigen without adjuvant; the spleen cells from BALB/C mice immunized with high potency and low value of IC50 are fused with murine myeloma cells; and then the hybridoma cell line is obtained through indirect competitive ELISA screening and three sub-clones. The monoclonal antibody secreted by this cell line has good specificity and detection sensitivity to meloxicam (value of IC50 is 0.1 ng/ml), being suitable for detection of meroxicam in food.
US10562966B2	Antibodies of the class IGG4 The present invention provides an antibody of the class IgG4 comprising at least one heavy chain which comprises a CH1 domain and a hinge region, wherein in each heavy chain: a. the inter-chain cysteine at position 127, numbered according to the Kabat numbering system, in the CH1 domain is substituted with another amino acid; and b. one or more of the amino acids positioned in the upper hinge region is substituted with cysteine.
US10562954B2	Fusion protein inhibiting TACI-BAFF complex formation and preparation method therefor and use thereof The present invention provides a fusion protein inhibiting TACI-BAFF complex formation and preparation method therefor and use thereof. Specifically, the fusion protein of the present invention is of high biological activity for blocking BAFF/APPRIL, and may significantly lower the serum IgM concentration in normal Balb/c mice as well as the serum IgM and IgE concentration in C57/B6 mice with asthma. The TACI-Fc fusion protein of the present invention may be used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, including asthma, systemic lupus eythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis, etc., and may also be used in the treatment of B cell enrichment-related diseases, including multiple myeloma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, macroglobulinemia and plasmacytic leukemia, etc.
US10562951B2	Process for preparing recombinant insulin using microfiltration The use of two tandem microfiltration (MF) steps in a process for making recombinant insulin is described. The two MF steps in a single downstream purification unit operation reduce both soluble and insoluble impurities and exchange the insulin product into a suitable buffer for downstream purification.
US10562943B2	Lactobacillus acidophilus surface layer protein A (SlpA) as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of inflammatory diseases The current invention provides a recombinant bacterium, the recombinant bacterium being genetically modified to decrease or eliminate the display of lipoteichoic acid (LTA), surface layer protein B (SlpB) and surface layer protein X (SlpX) on the surface of said bacterium. Efficacious therapies for a subject suffering from an inflammation mediated disease are also provided. The methods of the current invention comprise administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of the recombinant L. acidophilus cells or a therapeutically effective amount of the isolated surface layer protein A (SlpA) or a non-naturally occurring derivative thereof. The recombinant L. acidophilus cells or SlpA isolated from L. acidophilus can be in a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and/or excipient. In an embodiment of the invention, the pharmaceutical composition is administered orally.
US10562935B2	Stapled peptides and uses thereof Cyclized peptides derived from the hyaluronan binding region of RHAMM are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using the peptides and pharmaceutical compositions are also provided. The peptides and pharmaceutical compositions can be used for the treatment of cancer, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, and fibrotic disorders.
US10562924B2	Phosphorus-containing compound, and curable epoxy resin composition containing same The purpose of the present invention is to provide a phosphorus-containing compound having reactivity with a glycidyl group, specifically a phosphorus-containing compound represented by general formula (I). (In the formula, m represents a numerical value of 1 to 10; R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group; R3 represents an alkyl group, an alkanediyl group, an alkanetriyl group, an alkanetetrayl group or an aromatic group; X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; Y represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —NR4—; and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group.)
US10562920B2	Ln(III) and Ga(III) metallacrown complexes The present invention concerns heterometallic metallacrown compounds incorporating Ga(III) and Ln(III) cations, with a templating ligand such as salicylhydroxamic acid or derivatives thereof, wherein said metallacrown contains at least one repeating [—Ga—N—O—] sub-unit where the N—O derives from the templating ligand.
US10562919B2	Complex and process for preparing complex An object of the present invention is to provide a novel complex having at least one carbon-carbon double bond and/or carbon-carbon triple bond. The present invention provides a complex represented by formula (1): ((RCOO)8M5(OH)2)n (1) wherein in the formula (1), M is a metal atom, R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or an alkynyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, a plurality of R may be identical to or different from each other, at least one of R is the alkenyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms or the alkynyl group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 or more.
US10562914B2	Imidazoles as histone demethylase inhibitors The present invention relates to imidazole derivatives of Formula (I), wherein A, R, R1, and R2 are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and to their use in therapy.
US10562899B2	Fused tricyclic urea compounds as Raf kinase and/or Raf kinase dimer inhibitors Provided are certain fused tricyclic urea compounds and salts thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of use therefor.
US10562895B2	Pyrroloquinoline quinone B crystal form and preparation method therefor The present invention relates to the technical field of chemical drugs and crystal form processes, and to a pyrroloquinoline quinine B crystal form and a preparation method therefor. The present invention comprehensively characterizes the pyrroloquinoline quinine B crystal form by virtue of means such as X-ray powder diffraction analysis, thermo-gravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry analysis so as to find the fact that the pyrroloquinoline quinine B crystal form is high in crystallinity and low in hygroscopicity, and a regular crystal form can be formed, thereby facilitating process treatment and improvement of physical and chemical properties of a medicine, and improving the patent medicine performance. The preparation method for the pyrroloquinoline quinone B crystal form provided in the present invention is simple, easy to control, and high in reproducibility.
US10562893B2	Benzimidazoles derivatives as Tec kinases family inhibitors The present invention relates to a novel family of covalent kinases inhibitors. Compounds of this class have been found to have inhibitory activity against members of the Tec kinase family, particularly ITK, BTK, BMX, Tec and/or RLK. The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, solvate of salt, stereoisomer, tautomer, isotope, prodrug, complex or biologically active metabolite thereof and its use in therapy.
US10562871B2	Synthesis of sulfur containing ammonium and phosphonium borates The present disclosure relates to the preparation of sulfur containing ammonium and phosphonium borates KA, wherein K is a compound of formula (I), and A is an anion of formulae (IIa) or (IIb) by bringing into contact ammonium borates with sulfur containing ammonium or phosphonium halides or sulfonates.
US10562870B2	Prodrugs of riluzole and their method of use Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include substituted riluzole prodrugs useful for the treatment of cancers including melanoma, breast cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer through the release of riluzole. Prodrugs of riluzole have enhanced stability to hepatic metabolism and are delivered into systemic circulation by oral administration, and then cleaved to release riluzole in the plasma via either an enzymatic or general biophysical release process.
US10562866B2	Amorphous trisodium sacubitril valsartan and a process for the preparation thereof The amorphous form of trisodium sacubitril valsartan and methods for the preparation thereof are disclosed herein.
US10562860B2	Hydantoin containing deoxyuridine triphosphatase inhibitors Provided herein are dUTPase inhibitors, compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions.
US10562856B2	DNA2 inhibitors for cancer treatment Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for inhibiting DNA2.
US10562848B2	Inhibitors of TNF superfamily costimulatory interactions and methods for uses of the same Disclosed herein are inhibitors of TNF superfamily costimulatory interactions, and methods for their use in modulating TNF superfamily costimulatory interactions and treating immune system related disorders. In particular, disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein the substituents are described herein.
US10562843B2	Preparation of (R,R)-fenoterol and (R,R)- or (R,S)-fenoterol analogues and their use in treating congestive heart failure This disclosure concerns the discovery of (R,R)- and (R,S)-fenoterol analogues which are highly effective at binding β2-adrenergic receptors. Exemplary chemical structures for these analogues are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions including the disclosed (R,R)-fenoterol and fenoterol analogues, and methods of using such compounds and compositions for the treatment of cardiac disorders such as congestive heart failure and pulmonary disorders such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
US10562842B2	Use of polyaminoisoprenyl derivatives in antibiotic or antiseptic treatment The present invention relates to the use of polyaminoisoprenyl derivatives in antibiotic or antiseptic treatment of bacteria including those presenting multiple drug resistance (MDR), in particular as efflux pump inhibitors. It also relates to novel polyaminoisoprenyl derivatives, compositions comprising the same, process for preparing the same, and use thereof in antibiotic or antiseptic treatment.
US10562840B2	Bio-based estolide compositions Levulinic-capped estolides having improved physical properties that make them more desirable and suitable as bio-based industrial or commercial products are disclosed. The physical properties of the disclosed estolide compositions have surprisingly low pour points that are substantially lower than previously known estolide compounds and superior to petroleum-based compounds designed for similar applications.
US10562826B2	Three-part plant nutrient system The present invention is incorporated in a three-part primary nutrient system for facilitating the growth of a plant in any growing media. The first part of the nutrient system comprises calcium and nitrogen and is devoid of phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sulfur, and trace minerals. The second part of the nutrient system comprises nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sulfur, and trace minerals and is devoid of calcium. The third part of the nutrient system comprises potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur, and trace minerals and is devoid of nitrogen and calcium.
US10562816B2	Non-calcined cementitious compositions, non-calcined concrete compositions, non-calcined concrete and preparation methods thereof The present invention provides non-calcined cementitious compositions comprising micron inorganic particles, which can be used as a binder material; and provides non-calcined concrete compositions; non-calcined concretes are also provided, which exhibit similar or better physical and mechanical properties than those prepared with traditional cements do. The present invention also provides the preparation methods of the non-calcined cementitious compositions, the non-calcined concrete compositions and the non-calcined concretes.
US10562812B2	Coated article having metamaterial-inclusive layer, coating having metamaterial-inclusive layer, and/or method of making the same Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to coated articles having a metamaterial-inclusive layer, coatings having a metamaterial-inclusive layer, and/or methods of making the same. Metamaterial-inclusive coatings may be used, for example, in low-emissivity applications, providing for more true color rendering, low angular color dependence, and/or high light-to-solar gain. The metamaterial material may be a noble metal or other material, and the layer may be made to self-assemble by virtue of surface tensions associated with the noble metal or other material, and the material selected for use as a matrix. An Ag-based metamaterial layer may be provided below a plurality (e.g., 2, 3, or more) continuous and uninterrupted layers comprising Ag in certain example embodiments. In certain example embodiments, barrier layers comprising TiZrOx may be provided between adjacent layers comprising Ag, as a lower-most layer in a low-E coating, and/or as an upper-most layer in a low-E coating.
US10562810B2	Low dielectric glass composition, fibers, and article Glass compositions and glass fibers having low dielectric constants and low dissipation factors that may be suitable for use in electronic applications and articles are disclosed. The glass fibers and compositions of the present invention may include between 45.0 to 58.0 weight percent SiO2; greater than 18.0 weight percent B2O3 and no more than 26.0 weight percent B2O3; greater than 16.0 weight percent Al2O3 and no more than 23.0 weight percent Al2O3; between 0.25 to 12.0 weight percent P2O5; greater than 0.25 weight percent CaO and less than 5.00 weight percent CaO; less than 4.50 weight percent MgO; greater than 0.25 weight percent CaO+MgO and less than 5.00 weight percent CaO+MgO; less than 0.80 weight percent Fe2O3; and less than 0.50 weight percent TiO2. Further, the glass composition has a glass viscosity of 1000 poise at a temperature greater than 1350 degrees Celsius.
US10562807B2	Transparent, dyed cook top or hob with improved colored display capability and a method for the manufacturing of such a cook top or hob Transparent, dyed cook top or hob with improved color display capability, consisting of a glass ceramic with high quartz mixed crystals as predominant crystal phase, whereby the glass-ceramic contains none of the chemical refining agents arsenic oxide and/or antimony, with transmission values of greater than 0.1% in the range of the visible light within the entire wavelength range greater than 450 nm, a light transmission in the visible of 0.8-2.5% and a transmission in the infrared at 1600 nm of 45-85%.
US10562806B2	Ion exchangeable glass with high crack initiation threshold Alkali aluminosilicate glasses that are resistant to damage due to sharp impact and capable of fast ion exchange are provided. The glasses comprise at least 4 mol % P2O5 and, when ion exchanged, have a Vickers indentation crack initiation load of at least about 7 kgf.
US10562804B2	Burner design for particle generation A method of producing bi-modal particles includes the steps of igniting a first precursor gas using a primary burner thereby producing a first plurality of particles of a first size, fluidly transporting the first plurality of particles down a particle tube, igniting a second precursor gas using a secondary burner thereby producing a second plurality of particles of a second size, flowing the second plurality of particles into the first plurality of particles, and capturing the first and second plurality of particles.
US10562803B2	Tool for a glass-bending process A tool for holding at least one glass pane by means of suction in a bending process, comprising a frame-like, convex contact surface and a cover having a peripheral air guide plate that surrounds the contact surface at least in regions is described. The tool is suitable for generating a first, reduced pressure in a first pressure region between the air guide plate and the contact surface; a second pressure in a second pressure region, which is arranged in a central region inside the contact surface, wherein the second pressure is greater than the first pressure.
US10562791B2	Process for preparation of granular material The present disclosure provides for a method for producing porous granular composite iron having high permeability, hydrophilicity, reactivity, and capacity for treatment of inorganic and organic contaminants. The method may include the steps of: mixing iron powder, or iron/metal mixture and adsorbent powders, with surface modifier and binder compounds to form a granular material. This granular material is used in a filter, vessel, and in situ permeable reactive barrier by passing a contaminated liquid stream through a bed of the granular product for removal of the contaminants. The porous granular iron materials have low bulk density, do not fuse together and can be regenerated for reuse.
US10562789B2	Evaporation panels The present disclosure is drawn to an example evaporation panel, which can include an evaporation shelf that is laterally elongated and horizontally oriented and can include an upper surface and a lower surface. A second evaporation shelf can also be included that is laterally elongated and positioned in parallel beneath the evaporation shelf. The second evaporation shelf can have a second upper surface. The evaporation panel can further include a support column between the first evaporation shelf and the second evaporation shelf. The support column can include a plurality of stacked and spaced apart evaporation fins oriented in parallel with the evaporation shelf.
US10562785B2	Fluorescent material, scintillator, scintillator array, and radiation detector A fluorescent material has a composition represented by (Gd1−α−β−γRαCeβTbγ)3+a(Al1−u−vGauScv)5−bO12, wherein: R is at least one of Y and Lu; a, b, α, β, γ, u and v satisfy ranges below: 0≤a ≤0.1, 0≤b≤0.1, 0≤α≤0.8, 0.0003≤β≤0.005, 0.02≤γ≤0.2, 0.27≤u≤0.75, and 0≤v≤0.02; a relative density is 99% or more; and an effective atomic number is 35 or more and 60 or less.
US10562779B2	Process for producing polycrystalline silicon Deposition on a sightglass in a reactor for CVD deposition of silicon is reduced by conducting a first purge gas stream substantially parallel to the reactor end surface of the sightglass, and conducting a second purge gas stream within the sightglass tube at an angle from the sightglass surface toward the interior of the reactor.
US10562776B2	Diamond single crystal, tool, and method for producing diamond single crystal The present diamond single crystal is a diamond single crystal containing nitrogen atoms, in which a concentration of the nitrogen atoms changes periodically along a crystal orientation of the diamond single crystal, and an arithmetic average value Aave, a maximum value Amax, and a minimum value Amin of the distance of one period along the crystal orientation satisfy the relationship expressed by the following equation (I): (Amax)/1.25≤(Aave)≤(Amin)/0.75 (I).
US10562761B2	Waterproof microphone and associated packing techniques Aspects of the disclosure provide a waterproof packaging technique for fabricating waterproof microphones in mobile devices. A device based on the waterproof packaging technique can include a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device, a housing enclosing the MEMS device, and a liquid-resistant air inlet passive device (LRAPD) on the housing. The LRAPD can include at least one channel connecting an exterior of the housing with a chamber formed between the housing and the MEMS device. An inside surface of the channel can be coated with a liquid-repellant coating. In some examples, the liquid-repellant coating can be a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) coating.
US10562760B2	Support pillar The present invention disclosed a micro acoustic collector with a lateral cavity, comprising: a base metal layer; a movable film, an annular side wall; a lateral metal layer. The movable film faces towards the base metal layer to form a hollow space. The lateral metal layer is formed at a side of the movable film and around the movable film, fixed by the annular side wall and spaced apart from peripheral of the movable film by a distance, and the lateral metal layer faces towards the base metal layer to form a lateral cavity to assist an acoustic collection.
US10562755B2	Liquid food dispenser system and method A system and method for dispensing fluids is introduced. A preferred embodiment comprises a sealed tank, a bag containing fluid inside the sealed tank, an outlet for dispensing the liquid in the bag, and a pressure generating device to create pressure in the sealed tank.
US10562750B2	Beverage dispensing device for dispensing different types of beverages or beverage components A beverage dispensing device dispenses different types of beverages or beverage components. At least one type of beverage is a malt based beverage or beverage component. The dispensing device has multiple supply lines each extending from a corresponding supply source and having a controllable supply line valve as well as a controlling device for sequentially setting the controllable supply line valves. A beverage dispensing device contains multiple beverages or beverage components to be dispensed into a receptacle after every sequence step has been executed and during a single tapping cycle.
US10562742B2	Self-maintaining crane system within a hostile environment A self-maintaining crane system including a bridge, a trolley, a hoist, and sensors for use within a hostile environment, such as a wastewater treatment facility, is presented. The bridge is movable away from the bridge home position and back toward the bridge end position. The trolley is movable away from the trolley home position and back toward the trolley end position. The cable is extendable away from the hoist home position and retractable toward the hoist end position. The sensors separately determine whether the bridge, trolley, and cable engage a home position and end position. Sensors facilitate automated movement of bridge, trolley, and cable so as to minimize functional impairment of the crane system by the hostile environment.
US10562738B2	Elevator system comprising with a safety monitoring system with a master-slave hierarchy An elevator system has a drive, a car, a plurality of safety function components for providing safety functions at various positions, and a safety monitoring system with a plurality of safety monitoring units for monitoring all of the safety function components. The monitoring units have an input interface for reading in data or signals and an output interface for outputting control signals to an assigned member of the safety function components, at least some of the monitoring units being connected via data exchange channels. The monitoring units are organized in a master-slave hierarchy, with one unit designed as a master unit, and at least one other unit designed as a slave unit. The decentralized and distributed monitoring units, each having data processing capability, and the master-slave organization result in the elevator system exhibiting a high security level with low cabling complexity and cost expenditure, in particular for high rise elevators.
US10562732B2	Sheet post-processor and image forming system provided with the same A sheet post-processor of this disclosure is provided with a punching device and a registration roller. The punching device is capable of forming punch holes along a first side end edge of a sheet parallel to a sheet width direction orthogonal to a sheet conveyance direction and a second side end edge of the sheet parallel to the sheet conveyance direction. The registration roller is disposed downstream of the punching device in the sheet conveyance direction. The punching device includes a punch unit that forms punch holes through a sheet and an edge sensor that detects the second side end edge of a sheet. In a case of forming punch holes along the second side end edge of a sheet, without skewing of the sheet being corrected by the registration roller, the edge sensor detects the second side end edge, while the punch unit forms punch holes through the sheet.
US10562730B2	Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes: a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet conveyed in a conveyance direction; conveyance rollers arranged downstream of the recording unit in the conveyance direction to be apart from each other in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction; first spur rollers arranged opposingly to the conveyance rollers respectively and configured to nip the sheet between the conveyance rollers and the first spur rollers; second spur rollers arranged between the mutually adjoining first spur rollers respectively in the width direction; and a first guide member arranged upstream of the first spur rollers and the second spur rollers in the conveyance direction; and having a first guide surface configured to guide the sheet to a nip position at which the sheet is nipped by the conveyance rollers and the first spur rollers.
US10562729B2	Sheet stacking device, counter ejector and box making machine Provided are a sheet stacking device, a counter ejector and a box making machine, wherein: a hopper unit stacks sheet-like cardboard boxes; feeding rolls feed a cardboard box to the hopper unit; and a guiding device is disposed between the feeding rolls and the hopper unit and includes a first guide part that extends in a horizontal direction and guides a lower surface of the cardboard box and a second guide part that extends in a vertical direction and guides a rear end of the cardboard box. Due to this configuration, the occurrence of damage to box making sheets in high-speed conveying of the box making sheets can be suppressed and the box making sheets can be appropriately stacked in a prescribed posture.
US10562723B2	Item inventory management system with vacuum operated robotic card sorter A system for robotic sorting includes a bin system comprising a plurality of bins for holding items to be sorted, where each bin is configured to hold more than one of the items. The system further includes an item handling system configured to travel to each of the plurality of bins. The item handling system utilizes a vacuum force to remove an item held in one of the plurality of bins. The item handling system further utilizes one or more curvature generation devices to enable card manipulation. Additionally, the system includes a drive system coupled to the item handling system. The drive system is configured to move and position the item handling system over each of the plurality of bins. The system also includes a control system coupled to the drive system and the item handling system. The control system controls movement of the item handling system and the drive system.
US10562720B2	Transport system, processing system, and control method of transport system A transport system includes a plurality of coils; and a carriage that has a magnet and is movable in a first direction along the plurality of coils in accordance with electromagnetic force to which the magnet is subjected from the plurality of coils, and the carriage has a movable mechanism that is provided so as to be able to interlock with the magnet and is driven by electromagnetic force to which the magnet is subjected in a second direction intersecting with the first direction from the plurality of coils.
US10562716B2	Conveyor apparatus A conveyor apparatus that conveys articles supported by a plurality of arranged article supports. The conveyor apparatus including infilling members, being disposed between the article supports. In one embodiment, an infill plate serving as the infilling member is urged to a tray by springs, so that the infill plate is kept in contact with the tray.
US10562715B2	Method and apparatus to diagnose a linear synchronous motor system A method and system for detecting and reporting component failures in a linear drive system may identify failed position sensors, failed position magnets, and failed drive coils in the linear drive system. As a mover travels along a track segment in the linear drive system, signals corresponding to the position of the mover and to the current commanded in each drive coil are stored. Analysis of the stored signals identifies whether one of the position sensors along the track segment, one of the position magnets on the movers, or one of the drive coils, used to propel the movers along the track, has failed.
US10562708B2	Roller system having spaced apart external rotor motor A roller system has a frame, a plurality of rollers (supported by the frame) forming a roller plane, and an external rotor motor (“motor”) spaced from the roller plane. As an external rotor motor, the motor has a stator and an external rotor radially outward of the stator to substantially circumscribe the stator. To kinetically couple the motor with the rollers, the system also has a transmission coupling coupled with the external rotor and at least one of the rollers. The transmission coupling and external rotor are configured so that rotation of the external rotor causes the at least one roller to rotate in response to a torque received through the transmission coupling.
US10562705B2	Storage and retrieval system A storage array in an automated storage and retrieval system includes storage spaces arrayed on racks along picking aisles, multiple level decks, where at least one deck communicates with each aisle, where the decks and aisles are configured to define a rolling surface for an autonomous transport vehicle at each level of the decks, racks along at least one aisle at each level are at multiple rack levels that are accessed from a respective rolling surface that is common to the multiple rack levels, and a vertical pitch between rack levels varies for a portion of a respective aisle, the vertical pitch between at least two rack levels of the portion of the respective aisle is related to another vertical pitch between at least two other rack levels of another aisle portion of the respective aisle so the vehicle effects multiple picks in ordered sequence in a common aisle pass.
US10562695B2	Thermally insulated container and method for making same A first aspect the present invention provides a thermally insulated container comprising a lid and a main body moulded from a single piece of expanded foam with outwardly tapering inner walls, necessitated by the moulding process. The container is arranged to be closed by the lid so that cool packs in the container extend from a base inside the main body to inside the lid, wherein the inner surface of the walls of the lid are tapered such that positioning the lid on the main body, with the cool packs arranged around the inner surfaces of the walls, causes the cool packs to be aligned so that they extend vertically, perpendicular to an inner surface of the base of the main body. This permits regular rectangular cool packs to be used to assist assembly and to provide a regular parallel sided space inside of the cool packs, in which a product to be shipped may be housed.According to a second aspect of the invention there is provided a method of moulding such a container, wherein the provision or absence of an insert on the mould tool permits the container to have, or not to have, provision to accommodate an insulation panel layer, without altering the inner or outer dimensions of the container formed by the method.
US10562679B2	Tamper-evident closing element and receiving structure A combination of a closing element (28) and a receiving structure (24) is provided wherein the closing element (28) and receiving structure (24) are in an initially assembled orientation which prevents, but which can be subsequently operated to permit, communication through the receiving structure (24). The receiving structure (24) includes at least one laterally projecting shear member (40) and a spout (30) defining (A) an access passage (32). The closing element (28) has an aperture (78) for receiving a shear member (40) of the receiving structure (24). At least one frangible bridge (78) extends across a portion of the aperture (74) for being severed by the shear member (40) during relative rotation between the closing element (28) and the receiving structure (24).
US10562672B2	Sound dampening blending container A blending system includes a blending container having a base surface. The container also has a side wall extending upwardly from said base surface and a sound sleeve extending upwardly from said base surface and encasing the side wall. The container may also have a viscoelastic material positioned between the side wall and the sound sleeve extending upwardly from said base surface. In one embodiment, a blender has a base containing a motor and the container described above and the container is able to attach and engage with the motor and the base.
US10562670B1	Fragrance dispenser refill with locking bottle A refill for a commercial fragrance dispenser includes a bottle that is capable of irremovably locking into place within a respective fragrance distribution elements, or cage. Such a configuration may prevent inadvertent spilling of fragrance from the bottle. A lock preventer may enable the bottle to be stored within the cage while preventing full insertion of the bottle of the refill into the receptacle of the cage of the refill until assembly of the bottle with the cage and of the cage with the body of a commercial fragrance dispenser are desired. Methods for refilling fragrance dispensers, in which the bottle of a refill is locked within a cage of the refill and coupled to the cage or dispenser, are also disclosed.
US10562665B2	Resealable beverage can lid A resealable beverage can lid is disclosed having a lid having a top side having a scored opening and a bottom side, a first rivet formed in the lid and extending outwardly from the top side of the lid, the first rivet having an indentation formed in the bottom side of the lid, a tab portion connected to the first rivet, the tab portion being magnetized, a second rivet connected to the indentation of the first rivet, and a closure element connected to the second rivet, movement of the tab portion capable of moving the closure element.
US10562652B2	Spouted sachet Described herein are a packaged food product and methods of making and using the packaged food product. In some embodiments, the packaged food product comprises a spouted sachet or packet containing one or more flowable food products, such as ketchup or other condiments.
US10562651B1	Apparatus for inserting an insert into the throat of a liquid container An apparatus is provided for inserting container inserts into the throats of liquid containers. The apparatus includes an elongated and inclined container insert support tray having an outer end and an inner end with the insert support tray being mounted on a support frame. The insert support tray is vibrated to cause the container inserts therein to move towards the inner end thereof. An insert positioner is mounted at the inner end of the container insert tray. The apparatus also includes a vertically disposed inserter which is mounted on a sub-frame which is horizontally movably mounted on the support frame. The inserter is vertically movable to insert a container insert positioned therebelow into the throat of the container.
US10562650B2	Corrugated payload adaptor structure A spacecraft. The spacecraft includes a rocket engine; a first stage connected to the rocket engine; and a payload stage connected to the first stage. The spacecraft also includes a payload structure inside the payload stage between a first compartment of the payload stage and a second compartment of the payload stage. The payload structure may be a single shell that has a corrugated shape such that an inside surface and an outside surface of the payload structure vary in shape to form the corrugations.
US10562643B1	Contingency landing site map generation system A computer system determines contingency landing sites for an aircraft, piloted or autonomous. The computer system decomposes data from various types of maps into multiple separate risk maps, which can include: one for the risk to people being present on the ground at the landing site; one for the risk of damage to property on the ground at the landing site; one for the risk of damage to the aircraft; and/or one for the risk to people on-board the aircraft. From these maps, the computer system generates a contingency landing site map that the aircraft can use to determine an appropriate landing site in the case of an emergency. The computer system can also perform landing simulations to determine the various risks.
US10562631B2	Systems and methods for wirelessly transmitting electrical signals to an overhead stowage bin assembly of a vehicle A vehicle includes an internal cabin, and a system for wirelessly transmitting electrical signals between a first component and a second component within the internal cabin. The system includes a first circuit including a first coil secured to the first component. The first coil is electrically connected to one or both of a power source or a data source onboard the vehicle. A second circuit includes a second coil secured to the second component. The second coil is electrically connected to an electrical device secured to the second component. The first circuit is separated from the second circuit by a gap. The first coil is configured to receive one or more electrical signals from the power source and/or the data source. The electrical signals are induced in the second circuit by the first circuit and transmitted to the electrical device.
US10562630B2	Aircraft with partition system An aircraft partition system that includes a first partition assembly having an attachment assembly configured to be secured to a first seat track, and a divider wall having first and second opposing sides and extending upwardly from the attachment assembly.
US10562628B2	Restraint assembly for cargo system A restraint assembly includes a fitting base, a bushing, and a restraint roller disk, according to various embodiments. The fitting base includes a fitting lower surface and a fitting upper surface that is angled relative to the fitting lower surface, according to various embodiments. The fitting base may be configured to be coupled, via an anchor, to a rail upper surface of a guide rail of the cargo system. In various embodiments, the bushing is configured to be disposed about the anchor. In various embodiments, the restraint roller disk includes a roller upper surface and a roller lower surface, wherein the restraint roller disk is configured to be rotatably coupled about the bushing and the roller lower surface is configured to engage the fitting upper surface of the fitting base.
US10562623B1	Remotely controlled VTOL aircraft A remotely controlled VTOL aircraft includes an autopilot subsystem outputting helicopter control signals, and an autopilot subsystem outputting fixed wing control signals. A transition control subsystem is configured to receive said helicopter control signals, said fixed wing control signals, and a transition control signal. Control signals to be applied to the VTOL aircraft controls are calculated as a function of the transition percentage and weighting factors applied to the helicopter control signals and said fixed wing control signals.
US10562622B2	Apparatus and method for controlling stability of unmanned aerial vehicle The present invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle that can maintain stability by changing positions of rotating rotors when one of the rotating rotors malfunctions, and a method for controlling stability of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes: a main body; a plurality of support bars that are arranged while forming an angle with each other along a circumferential direction of the main body and extended to an outer side from the main body; a plurality of rotating rotors that are respectively provided to the support bars and generate thrust; motors that are respectively connected to the rotating rotors to drive the rotating rotors; drivers that change positions of the respective rotating rotors along the circumferential direction of the main body by moving the support bars with respect to the main body; and a controller that maintains horizontal stability of the main body by controlling the drivers.
US10562617B2	Rotor hub vibration attenuator A vibration attenuation system for attenuating vibrations in a mast of an aircraft includes a weight attached to the mast but free to orbit about the mast. The weight can be comprised of one or more weight assemblies. Embodiments can include a single weight, or plural weight assemblies wherein each weight assembly can include a mechanical interconnecting mechanism so that each weight assembly receives feedback regarding the position and movement of one or more other weight assemblies. Each weight can be associated with a spring that urges the weight towards a neutral position. Rotation of the mast can cause the weight to orbit about the mast and self-excite such that the weight acts against the urging of the spring towards an attenuating position.
US10562609B2	High trim demand relief A flight control system includes a flight control computer operable in a flight state and a ground state. A high demand trim relief logic is operable by the flight control computer in the ground state. The high demand trim relief logic is configured to automatically modify the neutral position of a rotor when a command input to the flight control computer to control the rotor is near an allowable limit.
US10562604B2	System for holding a forward pressure bulkhead via non-parallel rods attached to the floor A zone is provided between the forward pressure bulkhead in an aircraft and the floor. The nose section of the aircraft in which the flat surface pressure bulkhead including at least one transverse frame comprises at least two rods, of which one of the front ends is attached to the bulkhead and/or the frame and the other rear end is attached to a structural element, the two rods further apart from the front to the rear, thus providing a work space. Therefore, the rods provide a more comfortable work area while picking up part of the loads from the bulkhead to the floor.
US10562601B2	Personal flotation device with passive location and identification system and method of use A Personal Flotation Device (PFD), in the form of a vest or like garment, and having a quiver-like receptacle attachment, hinged to the garment for flexibility, is provided. The quiver attachment houses a mast and flag attached to a small flotation device, such that when the user enters the water the flotation device causes the mast and attached flag to rise so that the flag can be seen from a distance and the wearer identified thereby. The quiver element is attached such that it can place the extended mast and flag unobtrusively and at a distance from the wearer's head for comfort. The quiver element comprises a housing for the mast and flotation device and is permeable to water; the quiver element is shaped to guide the mast and flag linearly at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the wearer. The device allows for the flag to be interchanged with other flags so as to better identify the wearer from other users.
US10562598B1	Retriever system for a marine equipment and method A retriever system for retrieving a marine equipment. The retriever system comprises a hollow body having a first opening, a cap adapted to close the first opening of the hollow body and adapted to be removed. A buoyancy assembly housed in the hollow body and adapted to exit the hollow body when the cap is removed. A linkage system maintains the buoyancy assembly linked to the hollow body of the retriever system. The buoyancy assembly comprises first inflatable element and a second inflatable element, and an inflating system configured to, when activated, inflate the first inflatable element, so as to enable exiting of at least the second inflatable element of the buoyancy assembly out of the hollow body. Said inflating system is configured to start or to continue inflating the second inflatable element when said second inflatable element is out of the hollow body.
US10562596B1	Floating and / or storable platform for mounting electrical and / or mechanical and / or pneumatic components The invention relates to a floatingly mounted and/or mountable platform for the assembly of electrical and/or mechanical and/or pneumatic structural elements in an area of water. It comprises, on the one hand, at least one platform which has at least one floating body or which forms the floating body itself, the floating body being designed such that it always holds an assembly upper side of the platform above a water level in order to be able to mount the electrical and/or mechanical and/or pneumatic structural elements on a surface of the assembly upper side. On the other hand, the invention comprises at least one anchoring element which is mounted on a floor region of a body of water below and distanced from the platform, i.e. below the water level. The invention is characterised in that both the anchoring element and the platform each have at least one magnet element such that the platform is held in the vertical direction by the anchoring element preferably only by the magnetic force that is generated between the two magnet elements.
US10562595B2	Pivoting and folding rigid panel boat top A top mountable on a boat. The top includes a tower having an upper tower portion pivotally connected to a lower tower portion, and a cover connected to the upper tower portion and having a plurality of rigid panels hingedly connected to one another. The top is pivotable and foldable from an erected orientation in which the upper rigid tower portion is positioned directly above the lower rigid tower portion and the rigid panels are oriented in a parallel planar relationship above the upper rigid tower portion to a storage orientation. In the storage orientation the upper rigid tower portion is pivoted relative to the to the lower rigid tower portion and the rigid panels are oriented in a folded orientation relative to one another.
US10562591B2	Power unit for vehicle including a clutch actuator A power unit for a vehicle includes an engine that is a power source, a gear shift apparatus, a twin clutch type transmission that intermittently switches power transmission between the engine and the gear shift apparatus, and a clutch actuator that controls intermittent switching of the twin clutch type transmission, the engine includes a crankcase and a pair of cylinders installed on the crankcase so that a V-bank is formed therebetween, and the clutch actuator is installed on the cylinders so that the clutch actuator overlaps a region of the V-bank.
US10562580B2	Shared infrared (IR) bicycle and methods A preferred IR-bicycle comprises an infrared (IR) sensor and non-IR electronics. The IR sensor detects a person in the proximity of the IR-bicycle (i.e. a nearby person). Once the IR sensor detects a nearby person, the non-IR electronics switches from a first mode to a second mode, wherein the power consumption in the first mode is substantially lower than that in the second mode.
US10562572B2	Pillar framework structure and vehicle body module structure There is provided a pillar framework structure including: a pillar lower that extends in a vehicle vertical direction; a joining member that is joined to an upper portion of the pillar lower and that is configured from die-cast aluminum; and a pillar upper that is joined to the joining member, and that extends in a vehicle upward direction and a vehicle rearward direction.
US10562568B2	Vehicle control device A vehicle control device includes a control unit configured to execute one of a plurality of assist controls based on an input of an execution command signal that is externally given. The control unit includes a control state switching unit that executes, based on an input state of the execution command signal, switching of a control state to execute the assist control. The control state includes a first control state and a second control state, the control state being switched from one of the first and second control states to the other of the first and second control states based on the input state of the execution command signal. When one control state of the first and second control states is being executed and when execution of the other control state is commanded, the control state switching unit switches the control state such that the other control state is executed.
US10562563B2	Device and method for controlling electric motor Provided is a control device 150 for an electric motor 140 which includes multiple energization systems each including an inverter and coils corresponding to different phases, and which generates a steering assist force in an electric power steering system. Control device 150 diagnoses whether any of inverters 1A and 1B fails, and, when either of the inverters is diagnosed as having failed, reduces the output ratio of the failing inverter to 0% while increasing the output ratio of the normally operating inverter to 100% so as to prevent a drop in the total output from all the inverters after the failure-positive diagnosis. If steering operation is performed after the failure-positive diagnosis, control device 150 performs overheat protection processing for gradually lowering the limit value for the total output from all the inverters in accordance with the sensed temperature of the normally operating inverter.
US10562562B2	Electric power steering apparatus An electric power steering apparatus that easily obtains equivalent steering torques to vehicle information such as a steering angle without being affected by a road surface state and aging-changes of mechanism characteristics of a steering system. The apparatus includes a torsion bar provided in a column shaft of a steering wheel of a vehicle, and assist-controls a steering system by driving and controlling a motor connected to the column shaft based on a current command value. A target steering torque generating section generates a target steering torque based on vehicle driving information, a converting section converts the target steering torque into a target torsional angle, and a torsional angle control section calculates the current command value so that a torsional angle of the torsion bar follows the target torsional angle; and performs a control so that a detection torque of the torsion bar follows a value depending on driving information.
US10562561B2	Electrical power steering control using system state predictions An embodiment of a method of controlling one or more components of a vehicle includes receiving a reference steering command and one or more measurement signals related to a steering system of a vehicle, and estimating, by a processing device, a state of the steering system based on the one or more measurement signals, the steering system including at least a handwheel and a steering motor. The method also includes determining a maximum state achievable by the steering system at one or more times subsequent to receiving the one or more measurement signals, and controlling, by a control module, the steering system based on the steering reference command and the maximum state.
US10562552B2	System for railway monitoring A system for monitoring a grade crossing is provided. The system may include a sensor co-located with a signage apparatus. The sensor may include a sensing area covering a portion of the grade crossing and a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor. The processor may be configured to receive data originating from the sensor and transmit said data to an analytics module communicatively coupled to the system.
US10562539B2	Systems and methods for control of vehicle functions via driver and passenger HUDs Method and apparatus are disclosed for transferring control of one or more vehicle functions from a driver HUD to a passenger HUD. An example vehicle includes a driver HUD, a passenger HUD, and a processor. The processor is configured for enabling control of one or more vehicle functions via the driver HUD responsive to determining that the vehicle speed is below a threshold. The processor is also configured for transitioning control of the one or more vehicle functions from the driver HUD to the passenger HUD responsive to determining that the vehicle speed has increased above the threshold.
US10562538B2	Object interaction prediction systems and methods for autonomous vehicles Systems and methods for determining object motion and controlling autonomous vehicles are provided. In one example embodiment, a computing system includes processor(s) and one or more tangible, non-transitory, computer readable media that collectively store instructions that when executed by the processor(s) cause the computing system to perform operations. The operations include obtaining data associated with a first object and one or more second objects within a surrounding environment of an autonomous vehicle. The operations include determining an interaction between the first object and the one or more second objects based at least in part on the data. The operations include determining one or more predicted trajectories of the first object within the surrounding environment based at least in part on the interaction between the first object and the one or more second objects. The operations include outputting data indicative of the one or more predicted trajectories of the first object.
US10562527B2	Method and device for controlling a vehicle A method for controlling a vehicle. A piece of hazard area information, which represents at least one hazard area in the surroundings of the vehicle, and a piece of approach information, which represents an approach to the vehicle of at least one further vehicle driving next to the vehicle, are read in. Using the approach information, at least one collision parameter of a collision between the vehicle and the further vehicle is ascertained. Finally, a control signal is generated, using the collision parameter and the hazard area information, to steer the vehicle in a direction facing away from the hazard area.
US10562522B2	Control apparatus for vehicular power transmitting system A control apparatus for a power transmitting system of a vehicle includes a drive mode control portion for selectively establishing one of first and second engine-braking drive modes in which a braking torque of the engine is applied to the vehicle. The first engine-braking drive mode is established in an engaged state of the first coupling device, while the second engine-braking drive mode is established in an engaged state of the second coupling device. The drive mode control portion switches the power transmitting system between the first and second engine-braking drive modes, such that the engine speed is held constant in the process of switching between the first and second engine-braking drive modes.
US10562517B2	System and method of controlling driving of vehicle when battery charging is limited A method of controlling driving of a vehicle when battery charging is limited is provided. The method includes calculating a target wheel torque from a speed of the vehicle, calculating a target motor torque from a differential gear device of the vehicle, and calculating a discharge power of a hybrid starter generator when the target motor torque and a motor charging limitation torque are compared with each other and the target motor torque is greater than the motor charging limitation torque. A fuel injection of the vehicle is blocked and an engine clutch is disengaged when the discharge power of the hybrid starter generator and a discharging limitation power of the hybrid starter generator are compared with each other and the discharge power of the hybrid starter generator is less than the discharging limitation power of the hybrid starter generator. Additionally, an engine reference speed of the vehicle is determined.
US10562512B2	Methods and systems for operating a driveline of a hybrid engine powertrain Methods and systems are provided for adjusting clutch pressures and electric machine torques as a function of a stability metric threshold(s) in order to balance performance and charging of an onboard energy storage device. In one example, a method includes during an upshift of a transmission from a first gear to a second gear, adjusting a clutch pressure of the transmission to adjust slippage of a clutch in response to a vehicle stability control parameter exceeding a threshold. In this way, torque delivered to a transmission output shaft may be reduced, which may increase vehicle stability.
US10562506B2	Brake pressure control unit A brake pressure control unit for a motor vehicle brake system, having an electric motor, the rotational movement of which is transformed by a ball screw drive into a translational movement of a piston, in order for it to be possible to build up a defined brake pressure in a wheel brake independently of the actuation of a brake master cylinder. The electric motor is received in a first housing and the piston is received in a second housing which is arranged diametrically with respect to the first housing, and a third housing with two diametrical end surfaces is arranged between the first and the second housing, on which end surfaces the first and the second housing are fixed.
US10562493B2	Method, computer program and device for reducing interference of temporary communication resources used for wireless communication between a transportation vehicle key and a transportation vehicle A method, a computer program, and a device for reducing interference of temporary communication resources used for a wireless communication between a transportation vehicle key and a transportation vehicle. The method includes determining whether interference of the temporary communication resources is present and switching off the device causing the interference or adjusting the use of the temporary communication resources for the wireless communication between the transportation vehicle key and the transportation vehicle in response to interference being present.
US10562490B2	Occupant restraining device for vehicle The occupant restraining device for a vehicle has a seatbelt, a collision predicting sensor, a braking device that enlarges a gap between a vehicle occupant and a seatback of a vehicle seat, an explosive-type pretensioner and electric motor that retract the seatbelt, and a control section that, in a case in which a front collision of the vehicle is sensed in advance by the collision predicting sensor, enlarges the gap between the vehicle occupant and the seatback by the braking device and starts retracting of the seatbelt by the explosive-type pretensioner and the electric motor, and at least until forward movement of the vehicle occupant starts after occurrence of the front collision, continues to input load to the vehicle occupant from the seatbelt and continues to move the vehicle occupant toward a vehicle rear side.
US10562483B2	Coated base fabric for an airbag, airbag, and method of producing coated base fabric for an airbag A coated base fabric for an airbag has a fabric composed of polyamide fibers provided with a resin coating, wherein the polyamide fibers which compose the base fabric have a total fineness of not less than 100 dtex and not more than 250 dtex and a tenacity of not less than 8.1 cN/dtex and the coated base fabric has a basis weight of not more than 170 g/m2, packability of the base fabric in accordance with ASTM D6478-02 of not more than 1,400 cm3, a tear strength in a warp direction and a weft direction of not less than 200 N and an edgecomb resistance in the warp direction and the weft direction of not less than 200 N.
US10562482B2	Vehicle airbag An assembly includes an airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position has a first portion, a second portion extending transversely from the first portion, and a corner therebetween. The airbag includes a stay fixed to and rigid relative to the airbag, the stay having a bendable portion at the corner and extending from the bendable portion along the first portion and the second portion when the airbag is in the inflated position.
US10562480B2	Arm rest An arm rest attachable to a seat for a vehicle occupant to sit on includes a pair of side members, a front member, and an airbag. The pair of side members are configured to be at left and right sides of the vehicle occupant when the vehicle occupant is seated. The side members extend in a front-rear direction and are coupled to the seat. The front member is configured to be in front of the vehicle occupant when the vehicle occupant is seated and is coupled to at least one of the pair of side members. The airbag is configured to deploy toward the vehicle occupant from the front member. When the vehicle occupant comes into contact with the deployed airbag, the airbag is supported by a reactive-force member from which a reactive force is obtained as a result of the airbag abutting on the reactive-force member.
US10562471B2	Grommet A grommet which can prevent unintended deformation of an annular lip portion is provided. The annular lip portion is configured to be compressed in a compression direction corresponding to a direction perpendicular to a plane of a panel member. Thus, even if the annular lip portion is formed with a large length to ensure a pushing force against a planar portion, a tip edge of the annular lip portion is unlikely to be located in the vicinity of a first flange portion. Therefore, the annular lip portion is avoided from contacting the other members, preventing unintended deformation of the annular lip portion.
US10562467B2	Bonding structure, imaging apparatus, and on-vehicle camera A bonding structure for fixing a plate member inside a housing storing the plate member includes an opening, a fixing portion, adhesive, and a transmissive portion. The opening connects a first space surrounded by the housing and a first surface of the plate member facing the housing with a second space located by a second surface of the plate member opposite the first surface. The fixing portion faces the first surface, is positioned in accordance with the opening, and includes an ultraviolet transmissive material. The adhesive is ultraviolet curing adhesive located at the opening and fixing the fixing portion and the plate member to each other. The transmissive portion is located at the periphery of a side surface of the plate member and transmits ultraviolet light.
US10562464B2	Vehicle mounted crash impact attenuator A sensor support assembly comprising a frame member adapted to be fixed on a vehicle structure and a support member adapted to be inserted in a recess defined in the frame member, the recess defining an axis along which the support member can switch from a normal position to a collapse position, the support member being guided during the displacement.
US10562463B1	Vehicle load carrier with integrated handling wheels A hitch carrier is provided that for mounting does not require the user to lift the full weight of the carrier at once, that is free standing in an upright position when unattended, and that may be drag braked from rolling movement to being parked upright.
US10562459B2	Ladder storage assembly The present invention relates to a storage assembly for storing a foldable ladder within a structure. The assembly includes a first protrusion connectable to first rails of the ladder. The assembly includes a second protrusion connectable to second rails of the ladder. Each of the protrusions includes an enlarged distal end portion. The assembly includes a linear guide track connectable to the structure and to which the distal end portions of the protrusions are slidably received and retained when the ladder is in a folded position. The ladder couples to the structure thereby.
US10562453B2	Adjustment instrument for an exterior vision unit for a vehicle The invention concerns an adjustment instrument for an exterior vision unit for a vehicle. The adjustment instrument comprises a housing which is pivotably adjustable relative to a base between a park position and an overfold position via a drive position. The adjustment instrument furthermore comprises an electric drive unit provided in the housing, which cooperates via an output element with a driving ring provided with force transmission cams. The force transmission cams in the drive position are supported on a housing cam track of the housing, and upon electrically driven pivoting of the housing are supported on a base cam track of the base. In and near the drive position the force transmission cams can cooperate directly with the housing.
US10562452B2	Rear-view mirror simulation A method displays information graphically on an image captured by an optical system used to simulate a rear-view mirror system of a vehicle. The method includes capturing the image and identifying an object in the image. The method the assigns a priority level to the object based on a predetermined criterion. The object is altered based on its priority level to create an altered object. An altered object may have a changed color, a colored halo surrounding it, or a colored object inside it. Other possible ways to alter the way the object looks are possible. The altered object is displayed in the image in place of the object to alert a vehicle operator of its presence and the priority level associated therewith.
US10562450B2	Enhanced lane negotiation A time to lane crossing that is a measure of a time for a vehicle to cross from a lane to another lane, is determined. A lane negotiation characteristic that is a measure of a mean vehicle offset front the lane, is determined. A first mechanism is actuated in a wearable device when the time to lane crossing is below a first threshold and the lane negotiation characteristic exceeds a second threshold. A second mechanism is actuated in the vehicle when a lane negotiation controller detects an imminent lane departure.
US10562449B2	Accelerometer-based external sound monitoring during low speed maneuvers Method and apparatus are disclosed for accelerometer-based external sound monitoring during low speed maneuvers. An example vehicle includes accelerometers affixed to windows of the vehicle, speakers located inside the vehicle, and an infotainment head unit. Each of the speakers is uniquely associated with one of the accelerometers. The infotainment head unit, when a speed of the vehicle satisfies a threshold, selects a zone corresponding to a direction of travel of the vehicle. Additionally, the infotainment head unit plays signals captured by the accelerometers associated with the selected zone on the corresponding speakers.
US10562438B2	Light-emitting element driving semiconductor integrated circuit, light-emitting element driving device, light-emitting device, and vehicle A light-emitting element driving semiconductor integrated circuit constitutes at least part of a light-emitting element driving device that is configured to drive a first and a second light source when the first light source is not short-circuited and drive the second light source when the first light source is short-circuited and that includes an output capacitor. The light-emitting element driving semiconductor integrated circuit has a controller configured to control the resistance value of a variable resistor connected in series with the first and second light sources according to the voltage across a resistor connected in series with the first and second light sources.
US10562427B2	Vehicle seat and head rest for a vehicle seat The present invention relates to a head rest arrangement for a vehicle seat and a vehicle seat comprising such head rest. The head rest arrangement comprises a cushion portion and a back portion. The head rest arrangement further comprises a displacement arrangement enabling at least the cushion portion to be displaced between at least a first position and a second position with respect to the vehicle seat after being mounted thereto. The displacement arrangement comprising a lock mechanism adapted to lock the cushion portion in the first position and the second position. The displacement arrangement comprises an actuator operable by a user to unlock the lock mechanism. The actuator is made from a compliant material and actuated via a pulling force in a first direction.
US10562418B2	Load leg and child safety seat assembly therewith A load leg adapted for a child safety seat includes a first telescoping member, a second telescoping member, a third telescoping member, a first engaging assembly, a second engaging assembly, and an operating member. The first engaging assembly is movably disposed on the first telescoping member for engaging with or disengaging from the second telescoping member. The second engaging assembly is movably disposed on the second telescoping member for engaging with or disengaging from the third telescoping member. The operating member is for driving the first engaging assembly and the second engaging assembly simultaneously to allow relative sliding movement of the first telescoping member and the second telescoping member and relative sliding movement of the second telescoping member and the third telescoping member at the same time, which provides a convenient way to extend the load leg between the child safety seat and a floor of a vehicle.
US10562413B2	Seat rail device for vehicle seat A vehicle seat adapted for use in a vehicle includes a seat rail device arranged to extend between the vehicle seat and a vehicle to mount the vehicle seat to the vehicle. The seat rail device includes a lower rail coupled to the floor of the vehicle in a fixed position, an upper rail coupled to the vehicle seat and configured to be adjustable along a longitudinal axis relative to the lower rail, and a sensor device configured to detect a least one longitudinal position of the upper rail relative to the lower rail.
US10562412B1	Intelligent seat systems An ISS is a seating system that actively adjusts to improve an occupant's comfort, performance, and safety in a specific driving environment. The ISS determines the occupant's posture, position on the seat surface, and/or physiological state, for example, by applying a machine vision process. The ISS can further determine a driving environment. The ISS adjusts its settings and settings of the vehicle according to one or more factors such as an occupant's posture, the occupant's physiological state, the occupant's preferences, and/or the driving environment. The ISS can include a state machine that determines a current state and determines if a change has occurred such that the system should shift to another state that best suits this change. The ISS makes adjustment according to system settings associated with the best suitable state.
US10562402B2	Control system for hybrid vehicle A control system for a hybrid vehicle that can reduce a power loss resulting from shifting an operating mode from motor mode to hybrid mode is provided. A transmission that is adapted to distribute torque applied to an input element to a reaction element and an output element, and to change a ratio between a first torque delivered to the reaction element and a second torque delivered to the output element. A controller is configured to start an engine in a high mode in which a torque ratio of the output element to the input element is small if the vehicle speed is higher than a threshold value, and to start the engine in a low mode in which the torque ratio is greater if the vehicle speed is lower than the threshold value.
US10562401B2	Motor driving control apparatus and electrically assisted vehicle A motor driving control apparatus in the embodiment includes: a first controller configured to control powering and regeneration of a motor; a second controller configured to control the first controller; and assistant circuitry configured to activate the second controller in a stop state, when a counter electromotive force caused by the motor, which is rotated without control by the first controller, satisfies a predetermined condition, before a power-on instruction for the motor driving control apparatus is made or in a state where the power-on instruction for the motor driving control apparatus is not made.
US10562394B2	System and method for executing gesture based control of a vehicle system A method and system for executing gesture based control of a vehicle system that include receiving at least one signal that pertains to at least one muscle movement from sensors disposed within a gear shift knob. The method and system also include determining at least one gesture based on the at least one signal. Additionally, the method and system include determining an interaction command with the vehicle system based on the at least one gesture. The method and system further include outputting the interaction command to the vehicle system.
US10562390B2	Operating liquid container system for motor vehicles with improved misfuelling protection The present invention discloses an operating liquid container system comprising at least one operating fluid container, a quality and/or filling level sensor arranged in the operating liquid container, for determining at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or a filling level of the operating liquid container, and a display device arranged in a tank recess and/or tank flap of the operating fluid container system, wherein the display device is connected to the quality and/or filling level sensor by means of a data line for transmitting data from the quality and/or filling level sensor to the display device, wherein the data represents at least one quality characteristic of the operating liquid contained in the operating liquid container and/or the filling level of the operating liquid container.
US10562388B2	Parallel hybrid power transmission mechanism A rotary tilling apparatus separates a power transmission system starting from a flywheel to a passive movement device through an elastic coupler from another power transmission system starting from the flywheel to a rotor of a motor generator, and thereby reduces a load applied to the rotor and prevents the power transmission system of the passive movement device from providing a negative effect to an engine and the rotor. A parallel hybrid power transmission mechanism includes an engine, a crank shaft disposed on the engine, a motor generator, a passive movement device configured to receive a motive power of the motor generator, an input shaft disposed on the passive movement device, a flywheel coupled to the crank shaft, an elastic coupler configured to couple the flywheel to the input shaft, and a rotor disposed on the motor generator and coupled to the fly wheel.
US10562386B2	Motor vehicle having reduced engine movement caused by collision A motor vehicle includes an engine assembly housed in a bay, a subframe adjacent a bottom of the bay, a bulkhead adjacent a rear of the bay, and a catch structure extending laterally across the bay above the subframe and adjacent an upper end of the bulkhead. A lower catch hook is coupled to the engine assembly and configured to engage the subframe and transfer load from the engine assembly to the subframe when the engine assembly moves toward the bulkhead during a collision. An upper catch hook is coupled to the engine assembly and configured to engage the catch structure and transfer load from the engine assembly to the catch structure when the engine assembly moves toward the bulkhead during the collision. The catch structure may be a cable connected to left and right suspension towers.
US10562384B2	Dual action truck bed cover A dual action truck cover provides two modes, actions or ways to access contents in a truck bed. Side rails can be mountable to a cargo box so as to be pivotable between a raised position to provide a rear opening in an open pivot arrangement, and a lowered or closed pivot arrangement. The side rails can be spaced apart to define an inter-rail area therebetween. A door can include a plurality of elements hingedly coupled together and extending between the side rails and movable between a closed door arrangement wherein the elements cover the inter-rail area, and an open door arrangement in which the elements are positioned to permit access through the inter-rail area. The door can move between the open and closed arrangements by rolling up the hingedly coupled elements together or folding the elements together.
US10562371B2	Air conditioning system An air conditioning system has a heat pump, a first-liquid-medium circuit in which a first liquid medium circulates, a second-liquid-medium circuit in which a second liquid medium circulates, a heat source, a connection switching device, and a controller. The connection switching device switches between a connection state in which the heat source is connected to the second-liquid-medium circuit and a disconnection state in which the heat source is disconnected from the second-liquid-medium circuit. The controller controls the connection switching device to switch between the connection state and the disconnection state based on a heat-related physical quantity relating to a heat of the first-liquid-medium circuit, a heat-related physical quantity a heat of the second-liquid-medium circuit, a heat-related physical quantity the heat generated by the heat source, or a heat-related physical quantity a heat of the heat pump.
US10562362B2	Cage to cage locking mechanism The present disclosure provides a system and method for securing the connection between drawbars of carts and hitches. The system and method involves limiting the drawbar's freedom to pivot once the drawbar is coupled to a hitch.
US10562356B2	Rotary union for tire inflation system A rotary union having a housing, a shaft rotatably disposed within the housing, and a tube having a first end sealingly disposed within the shaft and a second end sealingly coupled to the housing. A tire inflation system may comprise a rotary union externally mounted to a vehicle wheel end or mounted to a vehicle fairing.
US10562352B2	Non-pneumatic tire In a non-pneumatic tire, a plurality of first to third curved sections (21d) to (21f) and (22d) to (22f) curved in a tire circumferential direction are formed at first and second elastic connecting plates (21) and (22) in an extension direction in which the first and second elastic connecting plates extend, in a tire side view when a non-pneumatic tire (1) is seen from a tire width direction (H), curved directions of the first to third curved sections neighboring in the extension direction are opposite to each other, and each of the first and second elastic connecting plates, and inflection sections (21g), (21h), (22g) and (22h) disposed between the first to third curved sections neighboring in the extension direction has a smaller cross-sectional area than other portions.
US10562346B2	Vehicle wheel with sub air chamber The vehicle wheel (1) of the present invention is characterized by including: a main body (13) which forms a sub air chamber (SC) in a space surrounded by a top plate (25a), a bottom plate (25b) and a pair of side plates (25c, 25d); and edge portions (14a, 14b) which extend from the main body (13), and are respectively fitted into a pair of grooves (17a, 17b) formed in a well portion (11c) so as to attach the main body (13) to the well portion (11c). The edge portions (14a, 14b) respectively extend from the joints (25e, 25f) between the top plate (25a) and the side plates (25c, 25d).
US10562345B2	Segmented wheel and method and system for controlling a segmented wheel An adaptable wheel has a central hub, radial segments connected to the central hub at a proximal end and extending radially from the central hub, each radial segment having a linear actuator configured to change a length of the radial segment; a shoe connected to a distal end of the radial segment for contacting a surface being traversed by the wheel; and a locking mechanism for selectively preventing linear motion of the linear actuator. A control system for an adaptable wheel includes a distance sensor on a vehicle for determining distance to a surface in the path of the vehicle and a computer for receiving distance information from the distance sensor and, responsive to the distance information, determine a desired length of a segment of an adaptable wheel for maintaining a hub of a wheel level, and provide control signals to a linear actuator of the segment.
US10562329B2	Apparatus for printing on an object having a curved surface A printing module configured to print a label on a curved surface of an article includes an expandable printing mechanism configured to be expanded to an open configuration for receiving the article or contracted to a closed configuration placing the curved surface in an operative position with respect to a print head and an article moving assembly configured to grasp and hold the article and effect relative movement between the curved surface and the print head. The printing mechanism includes contact elements, such as rollers, that contact or otherwise engage the article when the printing mechanism is in the closed configuration and maintain the curved surface in the operative position with respect to the print head during relative movement between the curved surface and the print head.
US10562323B2	Conveying device, printing apparatus, and drying device A conveying device to convey a conveyed object includes a supporter, a blower, a negative pressure generator, and a divider. The supporter has a front surface to support the conveyed object. The supporter has an air-permeable structure. The blower blows air toward the front surface of the supporter. The negative pressure generator creates a negative pressure state in a space at a back surface side of the supporter. The negative pressure generator includes a suction unit to suck air in the space through a plurality of suction ports. The suction ports are disposed away from and opposed to a back surface of the supporter. The divider is disposed away from the back surface of the supporter between the suction ports and the back surface of the supporter in the space. The divider has a plurality of ventilation holes smaller in opening area than each of the suction ports.
US10562321B2	Heating apparatus, image applier, and image applying method A heating apparatus includes an apparatus body, a receiver, a heating device, and a partition. The receiver holds a heating target so that the heating target is insertable into and removable from the apparatus body. The heating device is disposed above the receiver, to heat the heating target. The partition partitions an upper space above the heating device into a first space facing the heating device and a second space facing an upper surface portion of the apparatus body.
US10562308B1	System and method for priming an ink delivery system in an inkjet printer A jumper is configured to replace a printhead connected to an ink delivery system to enable a controller operating the ink delivery system to prime the ink supply conduit and the ink waste conduit of the ink delivery system. The jumper includes a pressure impedance element that simulates a pressure drop across the printhead when the printhead is connected to the ink delivery system. The jumper enables the ink supply conduit and the waste ink conduit to be primed with reduced risk of air being urged into the inkjets of the printhead once the printhead is reconnected to the ink delivery system.
US10562307B2	Printhead maintenance Example methods for the maintenance of printheads are provided, the printheads comprising a reservoir containing a printing fluid with particles in suspension, and a nozzle plate. Example methods may comprise capping the nozzle plate of the printhead, and rotating the capped printhead. Example maintenance devices for printheads are also provided, comprising a support with a socket to attach a printhead to the support, a drive unit to rotate the support about a rotation axis, and a control unit connected to the drive unit to perform a predetermined rotation cycle.
US10562295B2	Masked quartz crystal microbalance for calibrating and monitoring inkjet dispensers A fluid dispenser calibration system includes a fluid dispenser having a plurality of nozzles, a balance having a balance surface, and a mask positioned between the fluid dispenser and the balance surface. A nozzle pitch is a distance between two adjacent nozzles. The balance measures mass of fluid dispensed from a single nozzle and measures a change in mass on the balance surface. The balance surface has a linear dimension that is greater than the nozzle pitch. The mask includes an aperture and a catch region. The aperture allows fluid dispensed from the single nozzle to impact the balance surface. The catch region catches fluid dispensed from remaining nozzles in the plurality of nozzles.
US10562291B2	Measured sensor distance correction Example implementations relate to determining a correction factor that converts a measured sensor distance (228) to a calibrated sensor distance (222). The measured sensor distance may be based on an amount of substrate advancement through a web printing press (202) between detecting a mark (226-1, . . . , 226-N) on the substrate (204) at a first sensor (212) and detecting the mark at a second sensor (214). The calibrated sensor distance (222) may be the separation between the first sensor and the second sensor.
US10562288B2	Additive manufacturing system with ultrasonic inspection and method of operation An additive manufacturing system includes an ultrasonic inspection system integrated in such a way as to minimize time needed for an inspection process. The inspection system may have an ultrasonic phased array integrated into a build table for detecting defects in each successive slice of a workpiece and such that each slice may be re-melted if and when defects are detected.
US10562284B2	Self-indicating backing paper and methods for use Example systems and methods are described including backing paper for use with uncured pre-impregnated material. An example system includes a backing paper having a first surface and a second surface. The system also includes a coating material positioned on the first surface of the backing paper. A blowing agent is encapsulated within the coating material.
US10562283B2	Acrylic resin laminate film, manufacturing method therefor, and melamine decorative board Provided is an acrylic resin laminate film which has an excellent bonding property, resistance to water blushing, and an excellent external appearance. This acrylic resin laminate film is provided with: an acrylic resin layer (I) comprising an acrylic resin composition (A); and an acrylic resin layer (II) comprising a resin composition (B) that contains a reactive group-containing acrylic resin (B-1). (B) contains 10-100 mass % of (B-1), and 0-90 mass % of (B-2), which is an acrylic resin other than (B-1), with respect to 100 mass % of the total of (B-1), and (B-2), and further contains 0-50 parts by mass of (C), which is an additive other than (B-1), and (B-2), with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total of (B-1), and (B-2). (B-1) contains a monomer unit which has a substituent that reacts with an amino group, or a methylol group. The content of the monomer unit that has the reactive substituent is 3 mass % or more with respect to 100 mass % of (B).
US10562282B2	Multilayer composite The invention relates to multilayer composites having improved weathering properties without reducing flame retardation properties. The composites have a fluoropolymer layer over a thermoplastic layer. The multilayer composite may be a fluoropolymer layer directly over a relatively flammable substrate or non-flammable substrate (like PVC), or it may be a fluoropolymer layer over a relatively flammable cap layer, over a substrate (that is flammable or non-flammable). The composite is formed using coating, coextrusion and/or lamination techniques. The multilayer composite is especially useful in articles having surfaces that are used in a relatively horizontal position, including decking, railings, roofing and window profiles. The composites provide improved weathering for the substrate without a reduction in flame-resistance, when compared to the substrate without the outer fluoropolymer layer. The multi-layer composite also provides enhanced chemical resistance, hardness, scratch and mar, and water resistance.
US10562274B1	Glass fastening and sealing systems A glass fastening system includes a fastener having a first portion embedded along an interlayer within a laminated glass portion and a second portion extending outward from an exterior surface of the laminated glass portion for use in attachment to a support structure. Another glass fastening system includes a fastener having a first portion adhered to an exterior surface of a glass pane and a second portion extending from the first portion away from the exterior surface for use in attachment to a support structure. A glass sealing system includes a pair of glass panes having offset edge portions and a seal including an overmold portion capturing the edge portions. Another glass sealing system includes a seal having an internal portion embedded within a laminated glass portion and an external portion extending along an exterior surface of the laminated glass portion.
US10562272B2	Laminated glass article with low compaction and method for forming the same A strengthened glass article (100), such as a substrate for a p-Si based transistors, includes first and second glass cladding layers (104, 106) and a glass core layer (102) disposed therebetween. A coefficient of thermal expansion [CTE] of each cladding layer (104, 106), which can be made of the same glass, is at least 1×10−7° C.−1 less than that of the core layer (102). Each of the core and cladding layers has a strain point less than 700° C. A compaction of the glass article (100) is at most about 20 ppm [see FIG. 1]. A method includes forming a glass article and/or heating a glass article to a first temperature of at least about 400° C. The glass article has a glass core layer (102) and a glass cladding layer (104, 106) adjacent to the core layer. The glass article is maintained at a temperature within a range of from 400° C. to 600° C. for a holding period from 30 to 90 minutes and subsequently cooled to a temperature of at most 50° C. over a cooling period from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. The glass article (100) for heat strengthening may have been produced by the fusion overflow down draw process, e.g. as depicted in FIG. 3.
US10562268B2	Laminates There is provided a laminate, comprising a base material, a transparent electrostatic ink composition selectively disposed on portions of the base material, the transparent electrostatic ink composition comprising a thermoplastic resin, and a charge adjuvant and/or a charge director; a substrate adhered to the base material at the portions of the base material by the transparent electrostatic ink composition. A process for preparing a laminate and a blister pack are also disclosed.
US10562258B2	Polymeric rule die, and formulations therefor Die and counter-die systems, polymeric rule dies for such systems, and polymeric formulations suitable for producing such rule dies using digital rule writing. There is provided a rule die for pressure-contacting of a cardboard workpiece surface, including: (a) a die body; and (b) at least one elongate polymeric rule, each rule having: (i) a first elongate base surface adhesively attached to a surface of the die body; and (ii) an elongate protrusion, distally protruding from the die body, the elongate protrusion having an elongate die surface, the elongate die surface including a polymeric material, the elongate die surface having a contact surface adapted to contact the workpiece surface; the contact surface having a length of at least 5 mm and a first width (W) within a range of 0.4 to 1.0 mm, the rule having a height (H) within a range of 1.0 to 4.5 mm; wherein, over a total length of the contact surface, the contact surface having at most 5 surface pocks/meter, the pocks having a diameter above 0.1 mm.
US10562249B2	Cube corner retroreflective sheeting having channels Retroreflective sheeting comprising cube corner microstructure and having channels substantially parallel to a longitudinal, peripheral edge of the sheeting.
US10562247B2	Method for manufacturing waterproof zipper A method for manufacturing waterproof zipper is completed in following steps. Firstly, a release paper is provided, a release side of which is provided with the shape, such as glossy surface, matte surface, figures, patterns, trademarks and characters, required by client. Afterwards, a liquid hot melt glue is applied to the release side, and a heating procedure is performed on the liquid hot melt glue. Subsequently, a zipper is provided, and a hot rolling procedure is performed on the zipper, release paper and liquid hot melt glue, one side of a zipper tape without zipper teeth being bound to the liquid hot melt glue and release paper by hot rolling, the liquid hot melt glue being formed as a waterproof layer. Finally, the release paper is peeled off, so as to form the shape on a surface of waterproof layer contacted with the release side, and complete the waterproof zipper.
US10562243B2	FRP shaping jig and method of shaping FRP structure A core (20) and a bag (22, 24) are provided which are used to shape an FRP structure (10; 30). The bag (22, 24) has a core bag section (24) which covers the outer circumference of the core (20), and a coverture bag section (22) which covers a plurality of fiber components (12, 14; 12, 14, 16).
US10562242B2	Method and apparatus for application of thermosetting tape on surfaces There is provided a method for applying thermosetting tape on contoured resilient surfaces off an object which comprises biasing selected section(s) of the resilient member to minimize tape and object distortion. There is also provided a tape laying apparatus configured to enable the optimization of automatic tape application on resilient contoured surfaces and minimize tape and object distortion.
US10562239B2	Method for forming a fabric preform insert for a composite tank Y-joint A method and apparatus for forming a joint. A composite insert may be placed into a joint region for a first structure. The composite insert may comprise a structure having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion all extending from a junction; and a resin impregnated into the structure to form the composite insert. The second structure may be laid up. The composite insert may be bonded to the first structure and the second structure.
US10562238B2	High lap shear strength, low back face signature UD composite and the process of making Fabrication of ballistic resistant fibrous composites having improved ballistic resistance properties. More particularly, ballistic resistant fibrous composites having high interlaminar lap shear strength between component fiber plies or fiber layers, which correlates to low composite backface signature. The high lap shear strength, low backface signature composites are useful for the production of hard armor articles, including helmet armor.
US10562237B2	Anchoring in a lightweight building element A method of anchoring a connector in a heterogeneous first object that includes a first building layer and, distally of the first building layer, an interlining layer. The method includes providing the first object and the connector, which includes thermoplastic material in a solid state; contacting the connector with the first building layer; applying a first mechanical pressing force to the connector until the first building layer is pierced by the connector and a distal portion of the connector reaches into the interlining layer; applying a second mechanical pressing force and mechanical vibration to the connector until a flow portion of the thermoplastic material is flowable and penetrates structures of the first object, and a distally facing abutment face of the head portion abuts against the metal profile in a region next to the opening; and letting the thermoplastic material resolidify to yield a positive-fit connection.
US10562217B2	Abrasion amount estimation device and abrasion amount estimation method for check valve of injection molding machine An abrasion amount estimation device stores a learning result obtained through supervised learning performed based on a feature amount, which is extracted from a physical amount which is acquired in injection performed by an injection molding machine, and information related to an abrasion amount of a check valve which has been attached to the injection molding machine in the injection. The abrasion amount estimation device estimates an abrasion amount of a check valve which has been attached to the injection molding machine in the injection based on the learning result which is stored and the feature amount which is extracted.
US10562214B2	Method for producing a vehicle substructure, and vehicle substructure A method for producing a vehicle substructure with at least one first component, and also a vehicle substructure, are described herein. The first component is connectable to a second component by an installation connection. The first component is manufactured from a material which is not suitable for reversible deformations. A latching device having a deformable latching element is attached here to the first component. For this purpose, the first component is inserted into an injection molding device and is insert-molded with a reversibly deformable plastic. The latching device is produced here by injection molding and attached to the first component.
US10562213B2	Device for producing injection molded body and method of producing the same The present invention addresses the problem of manufacturing first and second members with different materials when molding injection molding body one after another using first to third molds disposed at 120 degrees from each other on a turntable that performs reciprocating motion at 120 degrees and using fourth to sixth molds provided opposite to the first to third molds, respectively. According to the solution, first to third injection devices are disposed on the sides of fourth to sixth molds, respectively, the first injection device is caused to perform primary injection to mold a first member, and the second and third injection devices are caused to perform primary injection to mold a second member and secondary injection to integrate the first and second members with each other, whereby the first and second members can be manufactured with different materials one after another.
US10562212B2	Process and apparatus to injection mold continuous lengths of hollow plastic articles A method and apparatus for manufacturing continuous ribbed pipes of thermoplastic resin material comprises the following successive steps. A length of pipe is injection molded in a mold cavity between a collapsible male mold element and female mold elements, the latter being shaped to provide integral ribbing on the outer surface of the pipe. After sufficient setting, the female mold elements are disengaged and the male mold element is collapsed and disengaged. A plunger then pushes the pipe length axially along the male mold element. The female mold elements and the collapsed male mold element are then re-engaged such that the one end of the formed pipe forms a closure for the mold cavity at the downstream end. Further material is again injected into the cavity which fuses with the one pipe end and which forms a further pipe length. These steps are repeated until the desired length of pipe is formed.
US10562211B2	System for removing support structure from three-dimensional printed objects using microwave energy A system for manufacturing a three-dimensional object facilitates the removal of support material from the object. The system includes a controller configured to move a platen to position the object at a position opposite a microwave radiator and then operate the microwave radiator to change the phase of the support material from solid to liquid. The controller either monitors the expiration of a predetermined time period or a temperature of the object to determine when the microwave radiator operation is terminated. The microwave radiation does not damage the object because the support material has a dielectric loss factor that is greater than the dielectric loss factor of the object.
US10562187B2	Robot, robot control device, and robot system The robot that is configured to display a third image related to a second image when a first operation is accepted and a first image is picked up and the second image included in the first image is selected, to set a condition for a process on an object whose image is picked up when an information of the third image is accepted, and to carry out the process based on the set condition.
US10562186B1	Method and control system for verifying and updating camera calibration for robot control A robot control system and a method for camera calibration verification is presented. The robot control system is configured to perform a first camera calibration, and to control a robot arm to move a verification symbol to a reference location. The robot control system further receives, from a camera, a reference image of the verification symbol, and determines a reference image coordinate for the verification symbol. The robot control system further controls the robot arm to move the verification symbol to the reference location again during an idle period, receives an additional image of the verification symbol, and determines a verification image coordinate. The robot control system determines a deviation parameter value based the reference image coordinate and the verification image coordinate, and whether the deviation parameter value exceeds a defined threshold, and performs a second camera calibration if the threshold is exceeded.
US10562179B2	Articulated shaft structure of robot and robot The articulated shaft structure includes: a first joint member; a second joint member supported rotatable about a first axis; a ring-like output hypoid gear fixed to the second joint member coaxially with the first axis; a gear assembly attached to the first joint member; and a motor, wherein the gear assembly includes a housing member, an input hypoid gear, and gears, the housing member including a second joining surface fixed to a first joining surface, the input hypoid gear being supported by the housing member rotatable about a second axis, the gears decelerating rotation of the motor and transmitting the rotation to the input hypoid gear, the first joining surface is parallel to the first axis, the second joining surface is perpendicular to the second axis, and the bolt is fastened radially outside of the gears of all kinds assumed to be used, the kinds being defined by reduction ratios.
US10562173B2	Articulating assemblies for cleaning tools and methods of use An adapter and method for a tool, a mop or other cleaning equipment provides, selectively, a universal joint or pivoting joint, and one that is easily adjustable.
US10562167B2	Striking tool An improved technique relating to mounting of a battery in an impact tool which has a handle configured to move with respect to a tool body. A hammer drill has a body, a handle part and a battery mounting part. The handle part is configured to slide with respect to the body under a biasing force of a coil spring. The battery mounting part has a plurality of mounting parts. At least one of the mounting parts of the battery mounting part is connected to the handle part and slides together with the handle part with respect to the body during operation.
US10562163B2	Driving tool A driving tool includes a flywheel, a driver held to be movable between an initial position and a driving position along an movement axis, a ring member configured to transmit rotational energy of the flywheel to the driver, and a driver moving mechanism configured to move the driver with respect to the ring member from the initial position to a transmitting position. When the driver is placed in the initial position, the ring member is disposed loosely around the outer periphery of the flywheel. When the driver is moved to the transmitting position by the driver moving mechanism, the ring member is frictionally engaged with the driver and with the flywheel, rotated by the flywheel, and transmits the rotational energy to the driver, thereby pushing the driver from the transmitting position toward the driving position.
US10562161B2	Torque wrench A torque wrench for applying a torque to a fastener includes a handle, a user interface carried by the handle, and a fastener drive. The fastener drive can be detachably engaged with the handle and also include a head shaped to receive a fastener. The user interface can indicate an applied torque on the fastener.
US10562160B2	Impact tool and method of controlling impact tool An impact tool includes: a motor; a trigger; a controller configured to control driving power supplied to the motor using a semiconductor switching element according to an operation of the trigger; a striking mechanism configured to drive a tip tool continuously or intermittently by rotation force of the motor, the striking mechanism including a hammer and an anvil. The controller drives the semiconductor switching element at a high duty ratio when the trigger is manipulated. The motor is driven so that the duty ratio is lowered before a first striking of the hammer on the anvil is performed and the first striking is performed at a low duty ratio lower than the high duty ratio.
US10562159B2	Bolt tightening system The present application thus provides a bolt tightening system. The bolt tightening system may include a bolt, a nut, and a bolt tightening tool. The bolt tightening tool may include an adapter and a chamber. One of the adapter and the chamber applies a torque to the bolt and one holds the nut.
US10562145B2	Method and device for managing replacement time for consumable part of machine tool In order to monitor replacement time for a consumable part of a machine tool, the present invention defines a time period after the power of the machine tool is turned off until the next turn-on thereof as a pause time for the consumable part, and provides a notification that the replacement time for the consumable part has come when the pause time is not less than a predetermined threshold.
US10562137B2	Systems and methods for canister inspection, preparation, and maintenance A travel system (20) for a canister storage, transfer, or transport system generally includes a support structure (22), at least one traveling device (24) for preparing, inspecting, and/or repairing the canister, and a base ring (26) for supporting the traveling device and providing for rotational movement of the traveling device relative to the support structure.
US10562125B2	Controlling plasma arc torches and related systems and methods In some aspects, methods for preserving a usable life of a plasma arc electrode consumable installed in a plasma arc torch can include measuring a characteristic of an electrical signal being provided to the torch to generate a plasma arc between the torch and a workpiece to be processed; monitoring the characteristic during operation of the torch over a time period; comparing the characteristic to a threshold value; and, responsive to determining that a measured characteristic meets and/or exceeds the threshold value, initiating an arc extinguishing sequence to preserve the life of the electrode.
US10562123B2	Welding system with arc control A method and apparatus for controlling arc/short between a wire and a work piece is described. A current path parallel to the wire/work is provided. The voltage drop across the parallel path can be preset, to limit the wire/work voltage, or it can be controlled to a desired level. The control can be in response to feedback.
US10562112B2	Method for processing sputtering target and method for manufacturing sputtering target product Disclosed is a method for processing a sputtering target comprises: processing a sputtering target by rotating a cutting tool which has a blade portion with an arc-shaped concave curved surface on a cross section along the axis, around an axis thereof, to chamfer the target at a corner portion between a sputtering surface and a side surface in the sputtering target with an arc-shaped concave curved surface of a blade portion in such a manner that the corner portion is approximated to an arc-shaped aimed R face, wherein the sputtering target is chamfered at the corner portion in such a manner that a curvature radius Ra of the concave curved surface in the blade portion is equal to or more than a curvature radius Rb of the aimed R face on the cross section along the axis and that both ends of the concave curved surface in the blade portion are positioned away from the sputtering target.
US10562109B2	Tapered drill bit and automated process A tapered drill bit having a proximal end and a distal end includes a shank extending from the distal end at least partially towards the proximal end of the tapered drill bit and a body coupled to the shank. The body includes a tapered portion and the body extends from the shank to the proximal end of the tapered drill bit. The tapered drill bit further includes at least one flute extending from the proximal end along a portion of the body. The tapered drill bit also includes a conduit extending from an inlet aperture at the distal end to an outlet aperture, wherein the outlet aperture is formed through the at least one flute.
US10562101B2	Methods of making metal matrix composite and alloy articles In one aspect, methods of making freestanding metal matrix composite articles and alloy articles are described. A method of making a freestanding composite article described herein comprises disposing over a surface of the temporary substrate a layered assembly comprising a layer of infiltration metal or alloy and a hard particle layer formed of a flexible sheet comprising organic binder and the hard particles. The layered assembly is heated to infiltrate the hard particle layer with metal or alloy providing a metal matrix composite, and the metal matrix composite is separated from the temporary substrate. Further, a method of making a freestanding alloy article described herein comprises disposing over the surface of a temporary substrate a flexible sheet comprising organic binder and powder alloy and heating the sheet to provide a sintered alloy article. The sintered alloy article is then separated from the temporary substrate.
US10562086B2	Hydraulic screw-down device used in small-size rolling mill or roll press machine and hydraulic control method using the same In a small-size rolling mill or a roll press machine, to provide a hydraulic screw-down device compatible with the plate thickness accuracy without using a hydraulic control servo valve.A hydraulic screw-down device that is comprised of a screw to move a piston arranged in a booster cylinder back and forth, and a motor that gives rotational force to the screw controlling freely the rotational angle of the screw so as to move the piston to the purpose position. A screw-down cylinder connected with the booster cylinder through piping makes a ram in the screw-down cylinder move vertically by the move of oil caused by the movement of the piston in the booster cylinder and thereby enables push-up and push-down of the mill roll.

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