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US10599288B2	Method and device for displaying an application interface A method for displaying an application interface on a terminal. The method includes determining a first application of an application group. The application group includes multiple identical applications installed on the terminal, and the first application is a most recently used application of the multiple identical applications. The method further includes displaying application indication information in a specific area in an interface of the terminal, for indicating the first application.
US10599281B2	Devices and methods for modifying temporally dependent content elements of electronic communications An electronic device includes a wireless communication circuit and one or more processors. The one or more processors are operable to the one or more processors to detect an inability of the wireless communication circuit to transmit an electronic communication that includes one or more temporally dependent content elements. When this occurs, the one or more processors monitor a duration during which the wireless communication circuit is unable to transmit the electronic communication. Later the one or more processors alter the one or more temporally dependent content elements as a function of the duration to obtain a modified electronic communication, which is transmitted from the wireless communication circuit.
US10599276B2	Common mode noise reduction in capacitive touch sensing The present disclosure is directed to a system and method to remove common mode noise projected onto a touch sensor array from a display. The system is configured to activate two rows of electrodes at the same time, while coupling remaining rows of electrodes to ground. A first one of the two activated rows is used for detection of a touch and a second one of the two activated rows is used to detect common mode noise from the display. The common mode noise detected by the second row is removed from signals received from a plurality of columns of the touch sensor array.
US10599273B2	Display panel including electrode blocks connected by bridge structure and display device A display panel and a display device include first electrodes arranged in first direction and extending in second direction, and second electrodes arranged in second direction and extending in first direction; any two adjacent first electrode blocks in each first electrode are electrically connected to each other by a first connection electrode; any two adjacent second electrode blocks in each second electrode are connected to each other by a bridge structure, each bridge structure includes at least two bridges; each first connection electrode includes a first overlapping electrode and a first non-overlapping electrode, orthographic projections of the first overlapping electrode and the bridges on the display panel overlap, and orthographic projections of the first non-overlapping electrode and the bridges on the display panel do not overlap; and the first overlapping electrode has a length in the first direction smaller than the first non-overlapping electrode in the first direction.
US10599261B2	User interface selection through intercept points Approaches presented herein provide for user interface selection through a touch sensitive bezel. More specifically, a touch sensitive bezel, in a device having a display at least partially surrounded by the touch sensitive bezel, has a set of sensors that detect a presence of a finger of a user on the touch sensitive bezel. The touch sensitive bezel senses a touch of a user finger to the bezel indicating a section of the display. A position on the display associated with the indicated section is determined. A confirming action by the user can also be sensed and a selection of an item at the position on the display is registered in response to sensing the confirming action.
US10599258B2	Wired electrode for touchscreen panel, touchscreen panel using the same and manufacturing method of the same Provided are a wired electrode that can reduce a resistance generated in a signal line and reduce occurrence of disconnection, and a touch screen panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The wired electrode for the touch screen panel includes a contact unit electrically connected to one end of an electrode pattern generating a touch signal; a bonding unit configured to transmit the touch signal detected in the electrode pattern by contacting an external driving circuit; and a signal line unit configured by a plurality of first signal lines connected to the contact unit and a plurality of second signal lines connected between the plurality of first signal lines and the bonding unit to connect the contact unit and the bonding unit.
US10599256B2	Program, electronic device, system, and control method with which touch target is predicted on basis of operation history The present invention is a program for causing an electronic device having a display unit and a contact-type position input unit to execute displaying a screen including objects associated with events on the display unit; detecting, in the case where a touch on the contact-type position input unit is detected and two or more objects are located within a predetermined distance from the detected touched coordinates; selecting candidate objects in the case where the touch is detected, the candidate objects being the two or more objects located within the predetermined distance from the detected touched coordinates; determining weights relating to the occurrence of individual candidate events, the candidate events being events associated with the individual selected candidate objects, on the basis of the candidate events, a sequence of events executed immediately before, and event history information; and executing or presenting the candidate event having the highest weight.
US10599252B2	Intelligent terminal control method utilizing touch contact location and pressure The present invention relates to the terminal field, and particularly, to a terminal control method. The method includes: displaying an object management window; detecting a user input performed in the object management window, where the user input includes a screen touch position and a pressure value; determining, according to the screen touch position, the object selected by the user; and performing an operation, when the pressure value is greater than or equal to a preset threshold, the object selected by the user. By using the method and apparatus provided in the present disclosure, an operation can be quickly performed on an object in the object management window, which improves user experience.
US10599250B2	Using finger touch types to interact with electronic devices An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive surface, for example a touch pad or touch screen. The user interacts with the touch-sensitive surface, producing touch interactions. The resulting actions taken depend at least in part on the touch type. For example, the same touch interactions performed by three different touch types of a finger pad, a finger nail and a knuckle, may result in the execution of different actions.
US10599234B2	Executing gestures with active stylus In one embodiment, a stylus with one or more electrodes and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic for transmitting signals wirelessly to a device through a touch sensor of the device has one or more sensors for detecting movement of the stylus.
US10599219B2	Method of providing a haptic effect and electronic device supporting the same Disclosed is a method of providing a haptic effect and an electronic device for supporting the same. The method according to various embodiments includes detecting a first input, determining a haptic object or texture corresponding to the first input in response to the first input, and providing a haptic feedback based on the determined texture at a location where the first input is detected.
US10599217B1	Kinematic model for hand position A wearable device to be worn on a body part includes deformation sensors and a controller. The controller instructs the deformation sensors to measure deformation forces. The controller determines a position of the body part based on the measured deformation forces and a transfer function that maps deformation forces to positions of a same or corresponding body part. The transfer function is generated based on measurements from calibration and deformation sensors to sense corresponding positions of the body part and deformation forces. A calibration sensor may include a magnetic field generator and a magnetic flux sensor. The wearable device may be a glove and the body part may be a hand.
US10599214B2	Systems and methods for gaze input based dismissal of information on a display According to the invention, a method for dismissing information from a display device based on a gaze input is disclosed. The method may include determining that an object has been displayed on a display device. The method may also include determining an area on the display device associated with the object. The method may further include determining a gaze location of a user on the display device. The method may additionally include causing the object to not be displayed on the display device, based at least in part on the gaze location being located within the area for at least a first predetermined length of time.
US10599213B2	Method for remotely controlling virtual content and apparatus for the same Disclosed herein are a method for remotely controlling virtual content and an apparatus for the method. The method for remotely controlling virtual content includes acquiring spatial data about a virtual space, creating at least one individual space by transforming the virtual space in accordance with a user interaction area that corresponds to a user based on the spatial data, visualizing the at least one individual space in the user interaction area and providing an interactive environment which enables an interaction between the user's body and a virtual object included in the at least one individual space, and controlling the virtual object in response to a user interaction event occurring in the interactive environment.
US10599210B2	Processor, computing device including the same and method of selecting low power mode of the same An application processor including at least one core, at least one first cache respectively connected to the at least one core, the at least one first cache associated with an operation of the at least one core, a second cache associated with an operation of the at least one core, the second cache having a storage capacity greater than the first cache, a cache utilization management circuit configured to generate, a power control signal for power management of the application processor based on a cache hit rate of the second cache; and a power management circuit configured to determine, a power state level of the application processor based on the power control signal and an expected idle time, the power management circuit configured to control the at least one core, the at least one first cache, and the second cache based on the power state level may be provided.
US10599209B2	Dynamic power management Power supply efficiency may be provided. First, a total power supply capacity may be determined comprising a sum of a plurality of supply capacities respectively corresponding to a plurality of power supplies serving a plurality of components. Next, a load value corresponding to the plurality of components may be determined. A number of the plurality of power supplies may then be powered down. The number of power supplies powered down may comprise a value that may cause a remaining number of the plurality of power supplies serving the plurality of components to operate within an efficiency range.
US10599204B1	Performance efficiency monitoring system A monitoring system may receive data indicating work performed by a set of computing devices during a given period of time and may receive data indicating an amount of power consumed by the set of computing devices and support systems that support the set of computing devices during the given period of time. The monitoring system may normalize the amounts of work performed by different types of computing devices in the set and determine an aggregate amount of work performed by the set. The monitoring system may also determine an aggregate amount of electrical power consumed by the set of computing devices and support system that support the set of computing devices during the given period of time. A monitoring system may use the aggregate amount of work performed and aggregate amount of power consumed during the given period of time to determine a performance index efficiency for the set.
US10599181B2	Auxiliary electronic device attachable to a wearable electronic device An auxiliary electronic device attachable to a wearable electronic device. The auxiliary device includes a housing, electronic circuitry within the housing, and an attachment mechanism configured to attach the auxiliary electronic device to the wearable device while the device is being worn by a user. In some embodiments the electronic circuitry includes a power transmitting unit that can wirelessly transmit power to charge a rechargeable battery within the wearable electronic device. In some embodiments the attachment mechanism includes a pair of lugs that extend, from opposite ends of the housing, above the housing towards a center of the auxiliary device and are adapted to fit within corresponding recesses of the wearable electronic device.
US10599176B1	Bandgap reference circuit and high-order temperature compensation method A bandgap reference circuit and a high-order temperature compensation method are disclosed. The bandgap reference circuit includes: a starting circuit, a bias circuit and a high-order compensated bandgap reference voltage generating circuit, where a compensation method of the high-order compensated bandgap reference voltage generating circuit is to perform curvature correction by using a sub-threshold current of a CMOS transistor to obtain a high-order temperature-compensated bandgap reference voltage source circuit. The present circuit has the advantages that a manner not increasing circuit complexity can be adopted for implementation, the accuracy of a bandgap reference source can be greatly improved, and power consumption, chip area and cost are reduced.
US10599175B1	Time synchronized frequency and voltage regulation of electric power balancing areas Systems, methods, and computer program products are described for controlling power of a balancing area having a plurality of distributed energy resources of a power system. A high frequency controller having a memory and at least one data processor of one distributed energy resource of the balancing area continuously receives (i) data including a phasor data stream having time-synchronized phasor measurements derived from the plurality of distributed energy resources of the balancing area and (ii) real-time energy levels of the plurality of distributed energy resources. The high frequency controller determines a power set point pair having a desired frequency set point and a desired voltage set point based on a combination of the real-time energy levels and the time-synchronized phasor measurements. The high frequency controller continuously dispatches the power set point pair to the plurality of distributed energy resources to enable control and/or monitoring of a frequency component of the phasor data stream.
US10599170B2	Internal voltage generation circuit and memory device including the internal voltage generation circuit Provided herein may be an internal voltage generation circuit and a memory device having the same. The internal voltage generation circuit may include an integration circuit configured to generate an initial voltage that increases with a constant slope based on an input voltage, a selection circuit configured to compare a feedback voltage with a reference voltage and then output the initial voltage or the reference voltage as an output voltage, and a first internal voltage generation circuit configured to generate an internal voltage by being supplied with an external supply voltage or by being blocked from being supplied with the external supply voltage based on a result of a comparison between the output voltage and the feedback voltage and to generate the feedback voltage by dividing the internal voltage.
US10599161B2	Image space motion planning of an autonomous vehicle An autonomous vehicle that is equipped with image capture devices can use information gathered from the image capture devices to plan a future three-dimensional (3D) trajectory through a physical environment. To this end, a technique is described for image-space based motion planning. In an embodiment, a planned 3D trajectory is projected into an image-space of an image captured by the autonomous vehicle. The planned 3D trajectory is then optimized according to a cost function derived from information (e.g., depth estimates) in the captured image. The cost function associates higher cost values with identified regions of the captured image that are associated with areas of the physical environment into which travel is risky or otherwise undesirable. The autonomous vehicle is thereby encouraged to avoid these areas while satisfying other motion planning objectives.
US10599157B2	Autonomous movement system A movable object includes a sensing device for detecting traveling-route reflector on a travel surface so that a region outside a floor projection region of the movable object, in particular the traveling-route reflector forward, can be detected. Detecting the traveling-route reflector across a wide range of areas allows traveling control, such as gradual deceleration before entering a curve, speed regulation based on a turning radius at the curve so that centrifugal force on a rider or load is not too great. Also the movable object can detect a branch point or an intersection beforehand, decelerate, and notify the user for user's instruction regarding the traveling direction. Furthermore, for a movable object autonomously traveling with an item mounted thereon, a single sensing device detects the traveling-route reflector and also serves as a safety sensor for avoiding collision with any other objects therearound.
US10599153B2	Method of autonomous operation of a compression apparatus A method for autonomous operation of a compression apparatus for compressing a ground, the method comprising the steps: choosing a surface to be processed of the ground; preparing the compression apparatus or at least a portion of the surface to be processed so that the compression apparatus automatically processes the surface to be processed in an autonomous operation so that substantially each spot of the surface to be processed is processed at least once; moving a position-determination device along a path which represents at least a portion of an outer boundary of the surface to be processed and capturing position data by the position determination device at least in an intermittent manner while moving the position determination device along the path; generating electronic information regarding a position of the outer boundary of the surface to be processed based on captured position data of the path.
US10599151B1	Transformer (modifier) design for controlling articulated vehicles smoothly The present invention relates to a practical approach to alleviate or remove the jerky heading change in ArVs. The rate of change of articulation angle in heading kinematics is effectively canceled. This modification (also called as transformer) can be done such that articulated vehicles can change their heading similar to front wheel-steered vehicles.
US10599149B2	Salient feature based vehicle positioning Apparatus, methods, and computer readable mediums for determining a position of a vehicle are provided. Imaging devices may be coupled to movable objects, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). One or more images may be captured by an imaging device, such as a camera. Salient features within the one or more images may be determined. A distance from the vehicle to the salient features may be calculated and a position of the vehicle may be determined.
US10599147B1	Control systems for open ocean aquaculture A computer-implemented method includes receiving data from one or more sensors that detect one or more environmental parameters associated with an autonomous submersible structure, determining one or more navigation parameters based on the one or more environmental parameters and one or more viability profiles associated with cargo contained within the autonomous submersible structure and that specify constraints on the one or more environmental parameters, and controlling, based on the one or more navigation parameters, a propulsion system of the autonomous submersible structure.
US10599142B2	Display device and control method for display device An HMD includes an image display section worn on a head of a user, an HMD communication section configured to receive a captured image transmitted by a vehicle, a position estimating section configured to estimate a position of the vehicle in a real space on the basis of the captured image received by the HMD communication section, and a display control section configured to cause the image display section to display the captured image received by the HMD communication section and information concerning the position of the vehicle estimated by the position estimating section.
US10599129B2	Method for data normalization One variation of a method for normalizing manufacturing data includes: identifying a type of the digital component description document, including a set of part descriptor entries describing a set of physical parts, based on categories of physical parts described in part descriptor entries within the digital component description document; accessing a set of part descriptor rules corresponding to the type of the digital component description document; detecting deviation of a part descriptor entry, in the set of part descriptor entries, from a part descriptor rule in the set of part descriptor rules; at the user portal, serving a prompt to manually correct the part descriptor entry; and, in response to alignment between the digital component description document and the set of part descriptor rules, importing the set of part descriptor entries into the component library.
US10599125B2	Numerical controller Provided is a numerical controller capable of calculating an optimum feed rate in machining in which cutting is performed in a different direction from a direction of a spindle axis. The numerical controller includes a tool data storage unit for storing tool data related to a tool attached to the spindle axis, a command analyzer for reading and analyzing a command block from the machining program, and generating movement command data for relatively moving the spindle axis with respect to the workpiece and spindle axis rotation command data for rotating the spindle axis, and a cutting speed controller for calculating a recommended cutting feed rate of the spindle axis based on the tool data of the tool, and clamping a cutting feed rate of the spindle axis included in the movement command data at the recommended cutting feed rate when the cutting feed rate of the spindle axis is larger than the recommended cutting feed rate.
US10599124B2	Tool path generating method A tool path generation method includes inputting a first function derived from a polynomial expression including a plurality of coefficients representing a first curved surface, generating a first tool path based on the first function, inputting the first tool path to an NC device of a machine tool and machining a workpiece by relative movement between a tool and a workpiece along the first tool path, measuring the shape of the workpiece at a plurality of measurement points on a surface of the machined workpiece, calculating, for each of the measurement points, a symmetrical position with respect to the first curved surface in a direction perpendicular to the first curved surface as a correction point, obtaining a second function representing a second curved surface based on a series of position data of the correction points, and generating a second tool path based on the second function.
US10599123B2	Machine tool with function to automatically modify cutting conditions The machine tool according to the present invention has: a function to set upper limits and lower limits for cutting conditions including a cutting width, a cutting depth, and a cutting load of a tool; a function to set a range and a modification condition of the machining program modifying the cutting width or the cutting depth of the tool; a function to modify, based on the modification condition, a movement amount of a block that orders a feeding operation of the machining program; a function to calculate a load imposed upon cutting, based on a cutting condition obtained prior to modification of the machining program and a variation in the modified movement amount; and a function to determine whether or not the calculated load and the modified movement amount fall within the set ranges between the upper limits and the lower limits of the cutting width or cutting depth and the cutting load.
US10599119B2	Ladder-program managing device A ladder-program managing device includes: a database that has a ladder-program-storing region in which ladder program for individually controlling a plurality of pieces of machinery are stored, and that contains ladder-program-history information storing, in association with each other, identification information for identifying contents of alterations that have already been applied to the plurality of pieces of machinery and correction programs required to perform the alterations; and a database managing portion that manages the database, wherein the database managing portion is provided with an identification-information-searching portion that searches for, in the ladder-program-history information, identification information corresponding to an alteration content to be applied to an alteration-target machinery, and a merging portion that identifies the correction program corresponding to the searched identification information in the ladder-program-history information, and that merges the correction program with the ladder program for the alteration-target machinery.
US10599108B2	Building management system with delta view mode A building management system includes building equipment that operate to affect a variable state or condition in a building, an interface generator configured to generate a graphical user interface, and a system manager. The graphical user interface includes user-configurable options with current settings that define a current system state. The user interface also includes a delta view mode button configured to allow a user to request to enter a delta view mode relative to a comparison system state defined by a comparison setting for each of the user-configurable options. The system manager is configured to identify one or more unchanged user-configurable options by determining the user-configurable options for which the current setting matches the comparison setting. The interface generator is further configured to hide the unchanged user-configurable options in the graphical user interface in response to a user request to enter the delta view mode.
US10599099B2	Timepiece mechanism The present invention proposes a timepiece mechanism comprising: a lever, rotatable about a lever axis, the angular position of the lever representing a first value, wherein a zero value of the first value corresponds to a reference direction, a sliding block mounted to move in translation on the lever in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of the lever and comprising a guide-mark element whose trajectory in translation relative to the lever is secant to the lever axis, the radial position of the guide-mark element with respect to the lever axis representing a second value, an output device formed of a deformable parallelogram in a plane perpendicular to the lever axis, the parallelogram including a first side, which is stationary with reference to the lever axis and perpendicular to the reference direction, a second side, which is opposite to the first side and linked in translation to the guide-mark element in the direction perpendicular to the reference direction, the angular position of the third and fourth sides of the parallelogram, which are adjacent to the first side, being substantially proportional to the product of the first and second values.
US10599097B2	Image and/or video capture from different viewing angles of projected mirror like reflective holographic image surface Systems, methods, and computer program products are presented. The system, for instance, includes a mobile device having a hologram emitter, an imager, memory, at least one processor in communication with memory, and program instructions executable by one or more processor via the memory to perform a method including projecting, from the hologram emitter of the mobile device, a holographic image having a mirror-like reflective surface at a position and an orientation from the mobile device, and obtaining, from the imager of the mobile device, image data and/or video data of a reflection of an object reflected off the projected holographic mirror-like reflective surface.
US10599094B2	Photosensitive member cartridge and process cartridge A photosensitive member cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus for forming an image, includes a frame; a photosensitive drum on which and which is provided in the frame; a transfer member for transferring an image formed on the drum onto the sheet; a mounting portion for detachably mounting a developing cartridge including a developer carrying member onto the drum and a memory for storing information; a first electrical contact provided on the frame and electrically connectable with a main assembly electrical contact provided in the main assembly when the cartridge is mounted to the main assembly; and a second electrical contact provided on the frame for electrically connecting the memory and the first electrical contact portion with each other when the developing cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion.
US10599084B2	Image forming apparatus, image forming method, control program, and image formation management system An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a continuous transfer medium on the basis of image data of a job; and a controller configured to manage the job and control the image forming unit, wherein the controller has a function of adjusting an image print position on the continuous transfer medium when a job medium width size specified in the job is different from a fed medium width size used in printing.
US10599081B2	Image forming apparatus and voltage application method An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearer to bear a latent image, a potential sensor having a vibrator driven by a drive frequency to detect a surface potential of the latent image bearer, a developer bearer to bear developer that develops the latent image on the latent image bearer, and a power supply to apply a superimposed voltage obtained by superimposing an alternating voltage on a direct current voltage on the developer bearer. The frequency of the alternating voltage is not a multiple of the drive frequency and is a value obtained by adding a predetermined value to a multiple of the driving frequency.
US10599080B2	Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a casing, a fixing member, a pressuring member, a pressure adjusting part and a correction biasing part.The fixing member heats a toner image on a medium while rotating inside the casing.The pressuring member forms a pressuring area with the fixing member while rotating inside the casing to pressure a toner on the medium passing through the pressuring area. The pressure adjusting part presses one of the fixing member and the pressuring member to the other to pressurize the pressuring area, and releases pressing of the one to depressurize the pressuring area.The correction biasing part, in a case where a supporting shaft part supporting the other by the casing penetrates the casing, biases both sides in an axial direction of the supporting shaft part extended to the outside of the casing in a similar direction to a pressurizing direction of the pressure adjusting part.
US10599072B2	System and method for generating auditable secure seeds from real-world data An interface receives a first digital signature of real-world data. A memory stores the first digital signature as seed data. The interface receives a second digital signature of real-world data. The memory stores the second digital signature as seed data. A processor generates first draw seed based, at least in part, on the seed data. The processor generates a first draw result based upon the first draw seed and a drawing algorithm. The interface receives a second draw result from a remote entity, the second draw result based, at least in part, on the first digital signature and the second digital signature. The processor determines whether the first draw result and the second draw result are in agreement. Upon a determination that the first draw result and the second draw result are in agreement, the interface communicates at least one of the first draw result and the second draw result.
US10599070B2	Developing device and image forming apparatus therewith to prevent degradation in charging performance A developing device includes a developer container, a developer carrier, first and second stirring/transporting members, a driving motor, first and second magnetic permeability sensors, and a control portion. The first magnetic permeability sensor is arranged in a first conveying chamber in the developer container, in a region other than a part facing a communication portion and senses the toner concentration in developer in the developer container. The second magnetic permeability sensor is arranged in a second conveying chamber in the developer container, in a region between a regulating portion and a downstream end of the developer carrier in the second direction. The control portion controls the supply amount of developer based on the output value of the first magnetic permeability sensor, and calculates the stable volume of developer in the developer container based on the difference between the output values of the first and second magnetic permeability sensors.
US10599067B2	Process unit A process unit has an image carrying unit having an image carrying member configured to be rotatable about a first axis extending in a first direction, and a developing agent removing member, a developing unit having a developing agent carrying member configured to be rotatable about a second axis parallel to the first axis, and a waste developing agent collecting unit configured to collect the developing agent removed by the removing member from the image carrying member. The waste developing agent collecting unit is arranged on one side in the first direction with respect to the developing unit such that the waste developing agent collecting unit faces the developing unit, and the developing unit is connected to the waste developing agent collecting unit such that the developing unit being movable in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction with respect to the waste developing agent collecting unit.
US10599056B1	Position measuring method, position measuring apparatus, and semiconductor device manufacturing method According to one embodiment, in a position measuring method, alignment measurement in a light exposure process is executed by irradiating a first mark with light having a wavelength of λ1, with respect to a processing object that includes a first layer and a second layer stacked above a substrate and a resist applied on the second layer. The first mark is provided in the first layer and includes a plurality of segments arranged at a pitch smaller than a resolution limit given by light having the wavelength of λ1. Then, overlay measurement is executed by irradiating the first mark and a second mark with light having a wavelength of λ2 shorter than the wavelength of λ1. The second mark has been formed by performing a light exposure and development process to the resist, and includes a plurality of segments arranged at the pitch.
US10599055B1	Self aligning systems and methods for lithography systems A method of aligning a plate containing a substrate is disclosed wherein multiple cameras with distinct fields of view are aligned with mark cells that are within the field of view of each of the multiple cameras.
US10599048B2	Metrology apparatus, method of measuring a structure, device manufacturing method Metrology apparatus and methods are disclosed for measuring a structure formed on a substrate. In one arrangement, different components of a radiation beam are selectively extracted after reflection from the structure and independently detected. For each component, radiation is selected from one of a plurality of predetermined regions in a downstream pupil plane of the optical system downstream from the structure. Radiation is further selected from one of two predetermined orthogonal polarization states. The predetermined orthogonal polarization states are oriented differently as a pair for each of at least a subset of components comprising radiation selected from different predetermined regions in the downstream pupil plane.
US10599045B2	Exposure method, exposure system, and manufacturing method for semiconductor device According to an embodiment, focus sensitivity information in which focus sensitivity expressing a relation between an aberration correction value set in an exposure device and a best focus when a pattern is formed on a first substrate by exposure of the exposure device using the aberration correction value, and the pattern are correlated is input. Moreover, on the basis of the focus sensitivity information and a surface height difference of a second substrate, the aberration correction value in which best focuses for a pattern group to be formed on the second substrate by exposure satisfy a first condition is calculated. In addition, the second substrate is exposed by the exposure device using the aberration correction value satisfying the first condition.
US10599040B2	Lithographic apparatus and associated method A method of determining compatibility of a patterning device with a lithographic apparatus. The method includes determining an intensity distribution of a conditioned radiation beam across a sensor plane of an illumination system of the lithographic apparatus. The method further includes using the determined intensity distribution to calculate a non-uniformity of intensity caused by contamination and/or degradation of a collector. The method further includes determining the effect of the non-uniformity on a characteristic of an image of the patterned radiation beam. The method further includes determining the compatibility of the patterning device with the lithographic apparatus based on the effect of the non-uniformity on the characteristic.
US10599034B2	Method for manufacturing MEMS devices and nano devices with varying degrees of hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity in a composite photoimageable dry film A three-dimensional (“3D”) structure for handling fluids, a fluid handling device containing the 3D structure, and a method of making the 3D structure. The method includes providing a composite photoresist material that includes: (a) a first layer devoid of a hydrophobicity agent and (b) at least a second layer comprising the hydrophobicity agent. The composite photoresist material is devoid of an adhesion promotion layer between layers of the composite photoresist material.
US10599025B2	Light source device and projector A light source device includes a blue laser emitting element, a red laser emitting element, a phosphor for emitting fluorescence, a diffusely reflecting element, a polarization splitting/combining element configured to guide a first polarization component of a blue laser beam and a red laser beam to the diffusely reflecting element, and guide a second polarization component of the blue laser beam to the phosphor, a first wave plate, a light combining element, and a second wave plate. The polarization splitting/combining element splits a red first polarization component, a green component and a red second polarization component, and guides first composite light to the second wave plate, the first composite light being formed by combining the green component, the red first polarization component. The light combining element combines a part of second composite light and the red second polarization component with each other to generate illumination light.
US10599022B2	Diffuser plate, display device, projection device, and lighting device There is provided a diffuser plate, a display device, a projection device, and a lighting device that can achieve flat diffusion angle distribution characteristics while reducing a high-order diffraction component, the diffuser plate including: a single lens group positioned on a surface of a transparent substrate, in which curvature radii of respective single lenses composing the single lens group are varied as a whole, and peak positions of the respective single lenses are located irregularly, and a lens surface shape of at least one of the single lenses in the single lens group satisfies Equation 1 and Equation 2.
US10599020B2	Swivel camera mount locking mechanism A swivel mount locking apparatus is configured to mount a camera system onto a target user, an object, or a surface. The camera system is mounted on a swivel component which can be rotated to a variety of different positions relative to a base component. To fix the camera position, a locking protrusion of a release lever in the base component is compressibly inserted into a detent located on the swivel component. When a new orientation of the camera system is desired, a user may forcibly pivot the release lever away from the swivel component to decouple the locking protrusion from the detent. The user can then rotate the mounted camera system and the swivel component to the new orientation relative to the base component. At the new orientation, the user may recouple the locking protrusion of the release lever into a different detent of the swivel component, thereby fixing the camera system into the desired, new orientation.
US10599014B2	Camera module The present invention relates to a camera module, comprising: a lens barrel including a body part, and an extension part extending outwardly from the body part; a front body including a through hole into which the body part is inserted, and a placing part on the top of which the extension part is disposed; and an adhesive disposed between the extension part and the placing part, wherein a concave-convex part may be formed on the placing part. The present invention has an effect of enhancing adhesive force between the lens barrel and the front body, thereby maintaining airtightness of an inner space and improving reliability and stability.
US10599013B2	Systems and methods for transmitting underwater signals The disclosed technology is directed to a floating system capable of facilitating transmitting underwater signals (e.g., images captured underwater) to an abovewater device. The system includes a first housing, a second housing, an antenna, a signal emitter, a signal converter, and a signal interface. The first and second housings collectively form an enclosed space. The antenna is vertically positioned on the top surface of the first main body. The signal emitter and the signal converter are positioned in the enclosed space and coupled to the antenna. The signal interface is positioned on the bottom surface of the second housing and coupled to the converter. A user can connect an underwater camera to the signal interface and transmit images captured underwater to another abovewater device through the floating system.
US10599010B2	Illumination device, display apparatus, and control method An illumination device includes a first housing, a second housing having a light source, capable of rotating with respect to the first housing, a driving unit configured to rotate the second housing about a first axis in a first direction and/or a second axis orthogonal to the first axis in a second direction, with respect to the first housing, and a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, information indicating an irradiation direction of light from the light source, wherein the display control unit changes information about the first direction included in the information indicating the irradiation direction displayed on the display unit, according to a rotation angle of the second housing in the second direction.
US10599009B2	Optical unit with shake correction function and having a rolling drive mechanism An optical unit with a shake correction function may include a movable body having an optical module, a swing support mechanism, and a holder; a fixed body which turnably holds the movable body around the axial line; a magnetic swing drive mechanism structured to swing the optical module; and a magnetic rolling drive mechanism structured to turn the movable body around the axial line. The magnetic rolling drive mechanism may include a rolling drive magnet which is fixed to the fixed body and a rolling drive coil and a magnetic sensor which are fixed to the movable body so as to face the rolling drive magnet. Power feeding to the rolling drive coil may be controlled based on an output from the magnetic sensor so as to set the movable body at a home position around the axial line.
US10599008B1	Method and device for ultrafast group-velocity control via optical parametric amplification in chirped quasi-phase-matching structure Ultrafast group-velocity control method and device thereof comprising a signal path successively comprising a seed laser source, a pulse stretcher, and a first pulse compressor; a pump path comprising a pump laser source; an amplifier comprising a nonlinear crystal with chirped poled-period; and an idler path successively comprising a spectral filter and a second pulse compressor after amplifier. Both chirped signal pulse from the pulse stretcher and pump pulse from the pump source incident into the amplifier, where energy continuously transfers from the pump pulse to the chirped signal pulse and a newly generated idler pulse. The amplified chirped signal pulse is directly compressed by first pulse compressor and the generated idler pulse is firstly filtered by the spectral filter and then compressed by the second pulse compressor. After amplification and compression, both signal and idler are delayed, and group delay is adjusted by the pump intensity.
US10599004B2	Display device substrate, display device, electronic apparatus, and method for manufacturing display device substrate A first substrate includes: a first base material including an insulating layer; and a partition wall disposed on the insulating layer. The insulating layer and the partition wall are formed of a resin material. The partition wall has a higher hardness than the insulating layer. A protective film that protects the insulating layer is disposed on a surface of the insulating layer. A portion of the protective film is located between the partition wall and the insulating layer.
US10599002B2	Electro-chromic panel and display apparatus including the same An electro-chromic panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate. the first substrate includes a bottom portion, an upper portion disposed higher than the bottom portion, the upper portion being spaced apart from bottom portion and surrounding the bottom portion, and slope portions disposed between the bottom portion and the upper portion to connect a boundary of the bottom portion and an inner boundary of the upper portion. A first electrode is disposed on the bottom portion and a predetermined portion of a slope portion connected to one side of the bottom portion, a second electrode is disposed to overlap the bottom portion and a slope portion connected to other sides of the bottom portion, and an electro-chromic device is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate in a first groove defined by the bottom portion and the slope portion.
US10599000B2	Smart window The present disclosure provides a smart window including a first base layer and a second base layer positioned to face each other; a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer respectively positioned at inner surfaces of the first base layer and the second base layer; and an electrolyte layer interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, wherein the first conductive layer includes a plurality of first nanostructures, and the second conductive layer includes a plurality of second nanostructures having a different average length from the plurality of first nanostructures.
US10598983B2	Liquid crystal display device having four polarizers with different degrees of polarization A liquid crystal display device includes: a first polarizing plate, a first liquid crystal cell, a second polarizing plate, a third polarizing plate, a second liquid crystal cell, and a fourth polarizing plate, which are arranged from a front side to a back side in this order. P1, P2, P3, P4 represent degrees of polarization of the first polarizing plate, the second polarizing plate, the third polarizing plate, and the fourth polarizing plate, respectively, one of a relational expression of P1>P2, P3, P4, a relational expressions of P4>P1, P2, P3, and a relational expression of P1, P4>P2, P3 is satisfied.
US10598979B2	Color filter substrate and manufacturing method thereof A color filter substrate includes a base substrate and a color filter formed on the base substrate, wherein the color filter includes at least one color area; the color filter substrate further includes at least one of at least one kind of fluorescent powder or at least one antireflective film, wherein each kind of fluorescent powder in the at least one kind of fluorescent powder corresponds to one color area in the color filter; each antireflective film in the at least one antireflective film corresponds to one color area in the color filter, the fluorescent powder is configured to convert light, of which a color is different from a color of a corresponding color area, in incident light into light of which a color is the same with the color of the corresponding color area.
US10598978B2	Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus A second substrate of an electro-optical device includes a first light-shielding layer formed around a display region, and a peripheral region of a first substrate is provided with a second light-shielding layer, a third light-shielding layer, and a translucent region overlapping neither the second light-shielding layer nor the third light-shielding layer. A maximum incident angle θ of light-source light being incident on an electro-optical layer from the second substrate, a maximum width W of the translucent region, and a thickness d between an end portion on an edge of the third light-shielding layer at a side opposite to the first light-shielding layer, and the first light-shielding layer satisfy the following relationship: W<2×d×tan θ.
US10598977B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus including a display, a prism module and a filter layer is provided. The prism module is disposed on the display. The prism module includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of prism structures. The prism structures are located on the transparent substrate, and a plurality of tips of the prism structures is located away from the display. The filter layer is disposed between the prism module and the display, or the prism module is disposed between the filter layer and the display.
US10598976B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, the liquid crystal layer being enclosed by a sealing member, a first protrusion in one of the first substrate and the second substrate in a region inner to the sealing member, the first protrusion protruding toward the other of the first substrate and the second substrate, and a resin component bonding the other of the first substrate and the second substrate and the first protrusion to each other.
US10598974B2	On-vehicle display device An on-vehicle display device includes a fixed panel fixed to a vehicle body, a display unit, and a bracket that fixes the display unit to the fixed panel. In the display unit, the display cover plate is provided with an overhang which laterally overhangs from a display area, and the overhang has a back side supported by a support piece of the bracket without being fixed to the fixed panel.
US10598973B2	Display device A display device includes a cover bottom, a guide panel, and a guide holder. The cover bottom includes a horizontal portion covering a back surface of a light guide plate and a vertical portion extended from the horizontal portion that covers a side of the light guide plate. The guide panel includes a liquid crystal display panel supporter disposed under a liquid crystal display panel and positioned on the same plane as an optical sheet in parallel with the optical sheet, and an extension that is extended from the liquid crystal display panel supporter that covers the vertical portion. The guide holder is disposed between the light guide plate and the vertical portion. The optical sheet includes a protrusion protruding toward the vertical portion. The guide holder includes a body, a stopper protruding from the body, and a first boss protruding from the body.
US10598972B2	Liquid crystal panel protective cover and liquid crystal panel packaging component The present disclosure discloses a liquid crystal panel protective cover includes a cover body and a plurality of protectors. A plurality of limiting portions are provided on the edge of the cover body, the plurality of protectors are respectively fixed in the plurality of limiting portions, the protectors are for abutting a packing tape strapped to the cover body. The disclosure also discloses a liquid crystal panel packaging component, which includes a pallet, a box body and a liquid crystal panel protective cover body, the box is disposed on the pallet, and the liquid crystal panel protective cover body covers the opening of the box. According to the liquid crystal panel protective cover body and the liquid crystal panel packaging component described above, the plurality of protectors are provided on the edge of the cover to prevent the packing tape from sliding on the cover body to prevent the packing tape from damaging the cover.
US10598961B2	Glasses Glasses controls light that is to enter an eye. The glasses includes an optical element and a control section. The optical element includes a liquid crystal layer that refracts the light. The control section controls refraction of the light by forming an electric potential gradient in a saw-tooth shape in the liquid crystal layer through application of control voltage to the liquid crystal layer.
US10598957B2	Contact lens comprising a superior lenticular aspect Disclosed herein is a contact lens comprising a rounded, minus-carrier, lenticular-like curve over a central, upper portion of the lens that allows the contact lens to translate upwards in downgaze.
US10598953B2	Optical unit with shake correction function and having a rolling support mechanism An optical unit includes a subject-side rotary bearing part located on a subject side of an optical module and an image-side rotary bearing part located on an image side of the optical module. The two rotary bearing parts disposed on both the subject side and the image side of the optical module make it possible to restrain the tilt of the optical module and restrain backlash during a rotation of the optical module around an optical axis. This prevents the optical module from becoming a cantilever state and a twisting load from being applied due to an impact. Thus, it is possible to reduce the possibility of breakage of the rotary bearing parts due to an impact. A movable body includes a rotary bearing holder which swingably supports the optical module. A rolling magnetic-drive mechanism is disposed between the rotary bearing holder and a fixed body.
US10598946B2	Stereoscopic displays with addressable focus cues The present invention relates generally to stereoscopic displays, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to stereoscopic displays with addressable focus cues.
US10598943B2	Method and apparatus for collimating light from a laser diode A bi-acylindrical lens collimates a divergent elliptical laser beam. A first surface of the bi-acylindrical lens is shaped to form a first acylindrical lens, and a second surface of the bi-acylindrical lens is shaped to form a second acylindrical lens. The first acylindrical lens collimates the divergent elliptical laser beam on the fast axis, and the second acylindrical lens collimates the diverging elliptical laser beam on the slow axis.
US10598939B2	Compact eye-tracked head-mounted display Eye-tracked head-mounted displays are provide which, in one aspect, may utilize the same optics for eyetracking and image viewing, with a selected portion of the optics used for an eyetracking optical path and a selected portion of the display optics used for an image viewing optical path.
US10598938B1	Angular selective grating coupler for waveguide display An optical coupler for a waveguide-based display includes a slanted surface-relief grating that includes a plurality of regions. Different regions of the plurality of regions of the slanted surface-relief grating have different angular selectivity characteristics for incident display light. Display light for different viewing angles is diffracted by different regions of the slanted surface-relief grating.
US10598937B2	Polarizing optical system There is provided an optical system, including a light-transmitting substrate having at least two major surfaces parallel to each other edges, and an optical device for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection. The device includes a polarization sensitive reflecting surface.
US10598935B2	Hybrid lens with a silicone fresnel surface A method for making a hybrid lens includes providing, in a mold having a first Fresnel pattern, (i) a first lens and (ii) a silicone material comprising silicone and curing the silicone material in the mold to form a hybrid Fresnel lens. The cured silicone material is mechanically coupled with the first lens; and the cured silicone material has a second Fresnel pattern that corresponds to the first Fresnel pattern. A hybrid lens made by this method is also described. A hybrid lens includes a first lens mechanically coupled with a cured silicone material. The cured silicone material has a Fresnel pattern on a surface that faces away from the first lens.
US10598931B2	Laser light source device for head-up display and head-up display system using the same Disclosed are a laser light source device for a head-up display and a head-up display system using the same, the laser light source device for the head-up display including a plurality of light sources which emit laser light and a condensing unit which condenses the laser light emitted from the light sources, is connected to an image forming unit that generates an image for displaying information on a vehicle operation using the laser light, and provides the condensed laser light to the image forming unit.The laser light source device for the head-up display according to the present disclosure and the head-up display system using the same have advantages that optical alignment is not easily destroyed even under harsh operating environment such as a vehicle where considerable vibration and temperature change are introduced, because the whole part of the condensing unit is optically connected by the optical fibers with a high stability on the contrary to a conventional bulk-optic based system.
US10598929B2	Measurement method and system Methods and systems for determining an individual gaze value are disclosed herein. An exemplary method involves: (a) receiving gaze data for a first wearable computing device, wherein the gaze data is indicative of a wearer-view associated with the first wearable computing device, and wherein the first wearable computing device is associated with a first user-account; (b) analyzing the gaze data from the first wearable computing device to detect one or more occurrences of one or more advertisement spaces in the gaze data; (c) based at least in part on the one or more detected advertisement-space occurrences, determining an individual gaze value for the first user-account; and (d) sending a gaze-value indication, wherein the gaze-value indication indicates the individual gaze value for the first user-account.
US10598922B2	Refractive beam steering device useful for automated vehicle LIDAR An illustrative example device for steering radiation includes an optic component including a plurality of concave surfaces on at least one side of the optic component, a plurality of radiation sources respectively aligned with the plurality of concave surfaces, and at least one actuator that selectively moves the optic component relative to the plurality of light sources to selectively change a direction of respective beams of radiation passing through the plurality of concave surfaces.
US10598912B2	Objective optical system for ATR measurement An objective optical system includes a convex secondary mirror configured to reflect a measurement light irradiated from an infrared microscope, a concave primary mirror configured to reflect the measurement light reflected by the secondary mirror, a prism to which the measurement light reflected by the primary mirror is irradiated, and a light shielding means provided on an optical path of the measurement light between the primary mirror and the prism to shield a part of the light beam of the measurement light.
US10598911B2	Objective An objective includes a first lens group that has a positive refractive power and a second lens group that has a negative refractive power. The objective includes a first negative lens and satisfies 0.005≤do1/ho1≤0.1 (1) 0.005≤hmin/hl≤0.72 (2) 10 mm≤L≤100 mm (3) 0.1≤L/f≤31 (4) when do1 is a thickness of the first negative lens, ho1 is an axial marginal ray height on a lens surface on the object side of the first negative lens, hmin is a minimum value of an axial marginal ray height in the second lens group, hl is a height of an axial marginal ray on a lens surface of the objective that is situated closest to the image side, L is a length of the objective, and f is a focal length of the objective.
US10598902B2	Camera optical lens The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, in an order from an object side to an image side, an aperture stop, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The first lens is made of glass material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, and the fifth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10598901B2	Camera optical lens The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of glass material, the third lens is made of plastic material, the fourth lens is made of glass material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10598898B2	Camera lens The present disclosure discloses a camera lens. The camera lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens having a negative refractive power, a third lens having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens having a negative refractive power, a fifth lens having a positive refractive power, and a sixth lens having a negative refractive power. The camera lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10598893B2	Optical imaging lens The present disclosure provides for various embodiments of optical imaging lenses. An optical imaging lens may comprise at least seven lens elements positioned in an order from an object side to an image side. By controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least an inequality, the optical imaging lens may exhibit better optical characteristics, the total length of the optical imaging lens may be shortened, and the view angle and f-number may also be improved.
US10598890B2	Lens assembly and electronic device including the same A lens assembly according to the present disclosure includes at least one lens, a spacer, and a barrel. The at least one lens having an effective region configured to refract light, a flange region formed on at least a part surrounding the effective region, and a first cut formed on a sub region of the flange region. The spacer includes a second cut formed to correspond to the first cut and is configured to maintain a distance between multiple lenses mounted in the barrel. Moreover, the barrel is configured to receive the at least one lens and the spacer, in which the lens and the spacer are disposed inside the barrel such that the first cut and the second cut correspond to a third cut formed on an outer circumferential surface of the barrel. Various embodiments of the lens assembly and an electronic device including the same are described herein.
US10598877B2	Active optical cable with common laser hub Active optical cable (AOC) includes at least one optical fiber constituting a signal transmission medium and a plurality of optical data transceivers disposed at separate connector ends of the AOC assembly. The AOC includes a common laser source in a common laser hub (CLH) providing a source optical signal to the optical data transceivers. The optical data transceivers modulate the source optical signal to form modulated optical data signals. In some scenarios described herein, the CLH is disposed at an intermediate location along a length of the AOC between the separate connector ends of the AOC. Further, a central processor can be provided in the CLH to facilitate consolidated data processing operations for the plurality of optical data transceivers.
US10598874B2	Fabrication method of high aspect ratio solder bumping with stud bump and injection molded solder, and flip chip joining with the solder bump A technique for fabricating bumps on a substrate is disclosed. A substrate that includes a set of pads formed on a surface thereof is prepared. A bump base is formed on each pad of the substrate. Each bump base has a tip extending outwardly from the corresponding pad. A resist layer is patterned on the substrate to have a set of holes through the resist layer. Each hole is aligned with the corresponding pad and having space configured to surround the tip of the bump base formed on the corresponding pad. The set of the holes in the resist layer is filled with conductive material to form a set of bumps on the substrate. The resist layer is stripped from the substrate with leaving the set of the bumps.
US10598872B2	Off-axis micro-mirror arrays for optical coupling in polymer waveguides A micro-mirror array for optical coupling in a waveguide array including, a transparent body having a slanted portion, a sidewall portion, and a bottom portion, the sidewall portion and the bottom portion each respectively facing the slanted portion, and wherein a complementary shape of a conventional form off-axis mirror is arranged on the slanted portion, and a reflective coating on at least a portion of the complementary shape.
US10598862B2	Optical modulator Provided is an optical element module including: a substrate; an optical modulator unit that is formed in the substrate and includes an optical waveguide; a first lens unit that is disposed on an end surface of the substrate, and includes a lens portion at which a signal light beam emitted from the optical modulator unit is collimated; and a second lens unit that introduces the signal light beam passing through the first lens unit to an optical fiber. The optical modulator unit includes a Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide, a Y-branch coupler of the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide includes an output waveguide through which a signal light beam is guided, and a radiated light beam waveguide through which a radiated light beam is guided, and an unnecessary light beam removing unit, which suppresses input of a higher-order mode light beam propagating through the output waveguide or a leaked light beam propagating through the inside of the substrate into the optical fiber through the lens portions of the first lens unit, is provided between the output waveguide and the radiated light beam waveguide in the vicinity of an end of the substrate.
US10598858B2	Fiber optic connection device with an in-line splitter A fiber optic connection device having a casing with a first end and a second end is disclosed. An optical splitter is positioned in the casing and has an input proximal to the first end of the casing and an output proximal to the second end of the casing. A first optical interface is located adjacent to the first end and is in optical communication with the input of the optical splitter. The first optical interface includes a first optical fiber interconnection point. A second optical interface is located adjacent the second end of the casing and is in optical communication with the output of the optical splitter. The second optical interface includes a second optical fiber interconnection point. In some embodiments, the casing may provide protection from environmental elements.
US10598857B2	Techniques for reducing polarization, wavelength and temperature dependent loss, and wavelength passband width in fiberoptic components A pin hole or aperture is located or formed adjacent to the end surface of one or more of the input ports or fibers, or adjacent to one or more of the output ports or fibers, of a fiberoptic component. The aperture allows light to enter (or exit) the core of the associated fiber, and the non-transparent layer that surrounds the aperture blocks light from entering or exiting the cladding layer of the associated fiber. This blocking of the evanescent field in the cladding layer serves to reduce the polarization, wavelength, and temperature dependencies of the light coupling to the output port(s) or fiber(s) of the optical component. It can also reduce the passband width of the selected wavelength in tunable optical filter applications. The non-transparent layer surrounding the aperture can be made reflective, and light that is reflected by the non-transparent layer can be used for optical power monitoring.
US10598853B2	Optical structure and method of forming the same Various embodiments may provide an optical structure. The optical structure may include a substrate. The optical structure may also include a core layer configured to carry optical light. The core layer may include germanium. The optical structure may further include an intermediate layer separating the substrate and the core layer so that the substrate is isolated from the core layer. The intermediate layer may include one or more materials selected from a group consisting of III-V materials, dielectric materials, and chalcogenide materials. A width of the core layer may be smaller than a width of the intermediate layer. A refractive index of the core layer may be more than 4. A refractive index of the intermediate layer may be smaller than 3.6.
US10598852B1	Digital-to-analog converter (DAC)-based driver for optical modulators A data driver includes pre-driver circuitry coupled to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) via a plurality of bit lines. The pre-driver circuitry is configured to receive a plurality of first voltages corresponding to respective bits of a digital codeword. Each of the first voltages may have one of a first voltage value or a ground potential based on a value of the corresponding bit. The pre-driver circuitry is further configured to drive a plurality of second voltages onto the plurality of bit lines, respectively, by switchably coupling each of the bit lines to ground or a voltage rail based at least in part on the voltage values of the plurality of first voltages. The voltage rail provides a second voltage value that is greater than the first voltage value. The DAC converts the plurality of second voltages to an electrical signal which is an analog representation of the digital codeword.
US10598848B2	Light emitting device comprising a lightguide with a glass core layer In one aspect, a light emitting device comprises a lightguide formed from a film with a glass core layer and a thickness less than 0.5 millimeters, a plurality of strips extending from a lightguide region forming a light input surface, a light emitting region, and a light source positioned to emit light into the light input surface. In one embodiment, the light emitting device comprises a cladding layer optically coupled to the glass core layer. In one embodiment, a largest dimension of the light emitting region in a plane comprising the light emitting region divided by an average thickness of the glass core layer in the light emitting region is greater than 500. The light source may comprise a peak wavelength between 350 nanometers and 400 nanometers or between 800 nanometers and 1200 nanometers. The glass core layer may be a borosilicate glass.
US10598840B1	Light modules and devices incorporating light modules According to one implementation an assembly is provided that facilitates a coupling of one or more light diffusing optical fibers to one or more light emitting diodes. According to one implementation the assembly includes a light emitting diode positioned inside a cavity of a frame that is equipped with means to directly or indirectly electrically couple the anode and cathode of the light emitting diode to a printed circuit board. A proximal end portion of the light diffusing optical fiber is supported inside a through opening of a lid positioned over a front side of the frame. The light diffusing optical fiber includes a core that is surround by a cladding. According to some implementations the proximal end of the light diffusing optical fiber is butt-coupled to the light emitting diode with there being no gap between the proximal end of the fiber and the light emitting side of the light emitting diode.
US10598838B2	Pixel level polarizer for flexible display panels Disclosed herein are display panels, display panel stacks, and techniques to manufacture such display panel stacks where a polarizer is provided for each illumination element of the display panel stack. A polarizer can be formed onto each individual illumination element once the illumination element is transferred to the backplane. The polarizer can be arranged to polarize light emitted from the illumination element and light incident on the display from ambient.
US10598830B2	Screen member, image display apparatus, and object apparatus A screen member irradiated with image display light is provided. The screen member includes an optical element having an optical surface configured to reflect or refract light, wherein an absolute value of a local curvature of the optical surface changes in one direction of a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical element, and becomes a local minimum at at least one position.
US10598823B2	Films including triazine-based ultraviolet absorbers The present application generally relates to EAA films including at least one triazine-based ultraviolet absorber. The present application also generally relates to retroreflective sheeting including an EAA film including a triazine-based ultraviolet absorber. One embodiments of the present application relates to a film, comprising poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid) and a triazine-based UVA. Another embodiment of the present application relates to retroreflective sheeting, comprising: a plurality of cube corner elements; and a body layer adjacent to the cube corner elements, the body layer including poly(ethylene-co-acrylic acid) and a triazine-based UVA.
US10598819B2	Systems and methods to build sedimentary attributes A method and system for computing and visualizing sedimentary attributes may include receiving, by a processor, paleo-geographic coordinates representing predicted approximate positions of particles of sediment deposited at a time period when a layer was originally formed. The processor may numerically compute or determine a sedimentation rate that varies laterally along the layer. The processor may determine a sedimentary attribute based on the lateral variation of the sedimentation rate along the layer with respect to the paleo-geographic coordinates. A monitor or display may display the sedimentary attribute of the layer in the present-day geological space.
US10598814B2	Measuring source rock potential using terahertz analysis The present disclosure describes methods and systems for determining source rock potential in a subterranean region of a hydrocarbon reservoir. One method includes: receiving, a terahertz (THz) scanning image from an in-situ THz scanner that is attached to a wellbore at a first subterranean location, wherein the wellbore extends into the subterranean region of the hydrocarbon reservoir; identifying, components of a source rock in the first subterranean location based on the THz scanning image; and determining, the source rock potential at the first subterranean location based on the identified components of the source rock.
US10598810B2	Optical magnetic field sensor units for a downhole environment A magnetic field sensor unit for a downhole environment includes an optical fiber, a magnetic field sensor, and an optical transducer. The sensor unit also includes a sealed housing that encloses the magnetic field sensor and the optical transducer. The optical transducer is configured to generate a light beam or to modulate a source light beam in the optical fiber in response to a magnetic field sensed by the magnetic field sensor. Related magnetic field measurement methods and systems deploy one or more of such magnetic field sensor units in a downhole environment to obtain magnetic field measurements due to an emitted electromagnetic field.
US10598807B2	Correction of sea surface state A method for correction of a sea surface state can include receiving geophysical data from a seismic survey, wherein the seismic survey utilizes a plurality of receivers disposed in a body of water and at least one source in the body of water, actuated at a plurality of shot points. The method can include identifying, in the geophysical data, a wavefield based on the actuation of the at least one source, and determining, based on the identified wavefield, a sea surface state at the at least one source at one of the plurality of shot points.
US10598800B2	Fabrication of a scintillator material of elpasolite type The present disclosure relates to a process for fabricating a crystalline scintillator material with a structure of elpasolite type of theoretical composition A2BC(1-y)MyX(6-y) wherein: A is chosen from among Cs, Rb, K, Na, B is chosen from among Li, K, Na, C is chosen from among the rare earths, Al, Ga, M is chosen from among the alkaline earths, X is chosen from among F, Cl, Br, I, y representing the atomic fraction of substitution of C by M and being in the range extending from 0 to 0.05, comprising its crystallization by cooling from a melt bath comprising r moles of A and s moles of B, the melt bath in contact with the material containing A and B in such a way that 2s/r is above 1. The process shows an improved fabrication yield. Moreover, the crystals obtained can have compositions closer to stoichiometry and have improved scintillation properties.
US10598799B1	Method for the directional discrimination of penetrating charged particles A method and a device for the directional discrimination of penetrating charged particles uses a one-dimensional transparent dielectric column which is surrounded by a specular reflector. The column is coupled to a photon counter and is enclosed in a light baffle to exclude external photons. Penetrating charged particles passing through the column interact with the column electromagnetically, producing photons which internally reflect down the column and are counted by the photon counter. The penetration depth of the charged particles through the column is deduced from the photon count by application of theoretical means. The resulting penetration depth is geometrically fit within the dimensions of the column, yielding a discrimination of the variance of the charged particle's trajectory from the pointing direction of the column. In an embodiment, a particle's magnetic rigidity is ascertained by photon counting.
US10598780B2	Method and system for displaying an area A method for displaying an area on a display device, such as a graphical user interface (GUI), by displaying a front view of the area generated from front view data and a top view of the area generated from top view data according to a first line-of-sight; processing an interaction between an operator and one of the front view and the top view of the GUI; and displaying on the same display device an updated front view of the area and an updated top view of the area, wherein the updated front view and the updated top view are generated from the front view data and top view data according to a second line-of-sight, and wherein the first line-of-sight and the second line-of-sight have a common origin. The method is particularly useful for visualising, for example, an open cut mine. An apparatus for working the method is also described.
US10598774B2	Object detection apparatus An object detection apparatus drives a piezoelectric vibrator to transmit an ultrasonic wave, and receives a reflected wave that is reflected from an object. The object detection apparatus includes the piezoelectric vibrator, a drive circuit that supplies drive power which drives the piezoelectric vibrator, and a resistor section that is connected in parallel with the piezoelectric vibrator and has a resistance value that is variable.
US10598772B2	Sensor, sensor system and measuring method The present invention achieves a sensor that can be used more efficiently than before. The sensor (1) includes: an operator (11) that accepts a mechanical operation of a user, and generates an operation input value corresponding to the operation; a communication portion (12) that receives a communication input value; and a CPU (14) that changes sensitivity of the sensor (1) according to a later input one of the operation input value and the communication input value.
US10598768B2	Multipath mitigation for time of flight system A time-of-flight (ToF) system disclosed herein provides a method of separating a direct component of light collected by a time of flight (ToF) detector from a global component of light collected by the ToF detector by acquiring a first image represented by a first matrix in response to illuminating a target with a light source using a first spatial pattern, acquiring a second image represented by a second matrix in response to illuminating the target with the light source using a second spatial pattern, the second spatial pattern being different than the first spatial pattern, and determining one or more parameters of the direct component of light and the global component of light based on analysis of the first matrix and the second matrix.
US10598767B2	Measurement of transceiver performance parameters in a radar system Methods for monitoring of performance parameters of one or more receive channels and/or one or more transmit channels of a radar system-on-a-chip (SOC) are provided. The radar SOC may include a loopback path coupling at least one transmit channel to at least one receive channel to provide a test signal from the at least one transmit channel to the at least one receive channel when the radar SOC is operated in test mode. In some embodiments, the loopback path includes a combiner coupled to each of one or more transmit channels, a splitter coupled to each of one or more receive channels, and a single wire coupling an output of the combiner to an input of the splitter.
US10598763B2	System and method for concurrent communication of different signal types by a radar A method for concurrent transmission of different signal types by a radar system includes: receiving a waveform request for transmitting a first signal type and a second signal type; determining whether the first signal or the second signal is optimized; when the first signal is optimized: transmitting the first and the second signal simultaneously in separate bands; and when the second signal is optimized: determining a time gap between transmission of the second signal, and adjusting pulse repetition interval (PRI) or pulse width of the first signal to fit in the time gap, transmitting the second signal, and transmitting the first signal in the time gap between the transmission of the second signal.
US10598753B2	GPU based implementation of sense (a parallel MRI algorithm) using left inverse method A method including: constructing coil sensitivity encoding matrix; inversing of the coil sensitivity encoding matrix using Left Inverse method; and multiplying inverse of coil sensitivity encoding matrix with an under-sampled data matrix using a GPU residing on a host computer.
US10598735B2	Method and apparatus for estimating battery life corresponding to characteristic of usage based on pattern information A method and apparatus for estimating a battery life are provided. The apparatus includes a battery information collector, a model determiner, and a battery life estimator. The battery information collector is configured to collect battery information from a battery. The model determiner is configured to select a battery degradation model representing pattern information corresponding to the battery information. The battery life estimator is configured to estimate battery life information based on the selected battery degradation model.
US10598729B1	Device monitoring using satellite ADCs having local voltage reference Systems and methods for monitoring a number of operating conditions of a programmable device are disclosed. In some implementations, the system may include a root monitor including circuitry configured to generate a reference voltage, a plurality of sensors and satellite monitors distributed across the programmable device, and a network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect system coupled to the root monitor and to each of the plurality of satellite monitors. Each of the satellite monitors may be in a vicinity of and coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of sensors via a local interconnect.
US10598728B2	Scan chain circuit supporting logic self test pattern injection during run time A scan chain for testing a combinatorial logic circuit includes a first scan chain path of flip-flops connected to the combinatorial logic circuit for functional mode operation during runtime of the combinatorial logic circuit. A second scan chain path of flip-flops is also connected to the combinatorial logic circuit and supports both a shift mode and a capture mode. The second scan chain path operates in shift mode while the first scan chain path is connected to the combinatorial logic circuit for functional mode operation. The second scan chain is then connected to the combinatorial logic circuit when run time is interrupted and operates in capture mode to apply the test data to the combinatorial logic circuit.
US10598726B2	Self-test circuit and self-test method for comparator A self-test circuit and a self-test method for a comparator are provided. A first output terminal of the comparator is coupled to an input terminal of a first inverter, and a second output terminal of the comparator is coupled to an input terminal of a second inverter. The comparator operates in a reset phase or a comparison phase according to a clock. The self-test method includes steps of: coupling the first output terminal and the second output terminal so that the comparator enters a test mode; and in the test mode, controlling the comparator to operate in the reset phase or the comparison phase according to the clock. In the test mode, the first output terminal and the second output terminal have substantially the same voltage.
US10598713B2	ESD failure early warning circuit for integrated circuit An ESD failure early warning circuit for an integrated circuit is disclosed, including a positive voltage stress generation module, a negative voltage stress generation module, a buck module, a warning output module, capacitors C006, C007, and diodes D001, D002, D003, D004 and D005. The ESD failure early warning circuit can report a warning timely when there is an ESD event in the monitored integrated circuit, to improve the reliability of the device effectively. Moreover, the stress voltage generated by the positive voltage stress generation module and the negative voltage stress generation module is adjustable, so the stress voltage can be set flexibly by a user according to actual condition of the monitored integrated circuit. The present invention has high flexibility and wide application prospect.
US10598701B2	Method for operating a power generation system A method for operating a power generation system coupled to a power grid during a grid unbalance event, a method for determining an injection current to be supplied into a power grid by a power generation system, and a method for addressing an asymmetric grid fault in a power grid connected to a power generation system are provided. The methods may be carried out based on a reactive or an active power/current priority.
US10598683B2	Methods for measuring the speed and direction of a gas flow A monitoring device includes a cavity assembly with a plurality of cavities. Openings of the plurality of cavities are distributed about a flow-facing surface of the cavity assembly. A gas pressure sensor is disposed within each of the cavities, and is configured to measure an absolute pressure of a gas flow which flows past the monitoring device. Gas pressure measurements from the pressure sensors may be used to determine a flow speed and a flow direction of the gas flow. More specifically, a mapping may be used to map the logarithm of the difference between the maximum and minimum pressures to a flow speed. Further, a lookup table may be used to map a pattern of pressure measurements to a flow direction.
US10598677B2	Smear transporting apparatus, smear image capture system, and smear analysis system A smear transporting apparatus transports a smear slide on which a sample is smeared to a smear-image capture apparatus. The smear transporting apparatus includes a smear-container transport part that transports a first smear container accommodating smear slides to a smear pickup position; a smear transfer part that picks a smear slide whose image is to be captured by the smear-image capture apparatus from the first smear container transported to the smear pickup position, transfers the smear slide to the smear-image capture apparatus, and places the smear slide whose image has been captured by the smear-image capture apparatus in a second smear container different from the first smear container; and a storage that stores the first smear container and the second smear container.
US10598673B2	Container comprising haemoglobin fractions The present invention relates to a container comprising haemoglobin fractions, wherein said container comprising at least two compartments, wherein a first compartment comprises O2Hb (oxyhaemoglobin) and a second compartment comprises MetHb (methaemoglobin), optionally wherein O2Hb is stabilized. The invention also relates to a kit for determining the reliability of a CO-oximetry device, wherein said kit comprises said container and to a method for determining the reliability of a CO-oximetry device using said container.
US10598672B2	Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating loss and/or distortion of taste or smell Disclosed herein are methods for diagnosing a subject with loss and/or distortion of taste or smell, e.g., hyposmia, dysosmia, anosmia, phantosmia, hypogeusia, dysgeusia, phantogeusia, and/or ageusia. Also disclosed herein are methods and compositions for treating a subject for loss and/or distortion of taste or smell, e.g., hyposmia, dysosmia, anosmia, phantosmia, hypogeusia, dysgeusia, phantogeusia, and/or ageusia.
US10598665B2	Analysis of genomic DNA, RNA, and proteins in exosomes for diagnosis and theranosis The present invention provides that exosomes from human body fluid samples contain double stranded genomic DNA that spans all chromosomes and may be used to determine the mutation status of genes of interest in diseases, such as cancer. Furthermore, the present invention provides the use of exosomes to produce therapeutic proteins and for their use in therapy as well as the detection of cancer cell-derived exosomes to diagnose cancer and monitor therapeutic response.
US10598659B2	Lateral flow blotting assay A lateral flow apparatus is provided.
US10598657B2	Immunoassay utilizing trapping conjugate Test devices are provided for determining the presence of a first ligand in a sample. In some embodiments depletion conjugates are used to deplete the ligands different from but related to the first ligands from the sample. In some embodiments, interim binding agents are used to enhance the test signal.
US10598653B2	Methods of blocking cancer stem cell growth Disclosed herein are antibodies against GPR49 and uses of such antibodies. The antibodies can be monoclonal, humanized, or fully human antibodies against GPR49, hybridomas or other cell lines expressing such antibodies, nucleic acids and vectors comprising nucleic acids encoding for such antibodies, and methods of blocking cancer stem cell growth with such antibodies.
US10598652B2	Methods of diagnosing post-operative complications using serum nitric oxide levels Disclosed herein are methods of using serum nitric oxide levels to diagnose subjects as having or likely to develop a post-operative complication.
US10598649B2	Device and method for certifying the life cycle of an organic product The present invention relates to a device that allows the certification the entire life cycle of an organic product. The invention is characterized by four basic aspects: —it allows to carry out automatic samplings to detect the water quality, including that in which fish/shellfish/mussel are bred; the biological liquids (urine), the solute in distilled water, the content of litter of farming livestock; —it checks and guarantees that the sampling system has not been opened or modified; —it generates alarms in real time and keeps track of them, for the purposes of the certification of the agro-alimentary product; —it stores the information/samples in a “black box” accessible only to the analyzing and certifying bodies.
US10598647B2	Gas sensor and manufacturing method of the same According to one embodiment, a gas sensor is disclosed. The gas sensor includes a substrate region, a first electrode provided on the substrate region, and a movable structure above the first electrode. The movable structure includes a deformable member which deforms by absorbing or adsorbing a predetermined gas, a heat member which heats the deformable member, and a second electrode. The gas sensor further includes a first cavity region which is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US10598640B2	Method for baseline correction in a chromatogram The invention discloses a method for correcting a baseline in a chromatogram obtained using a buffer with at least one UV-absorbing component which is a weak acid or a weak base. The method comprises the steps of:a) providing a chromatography system with a chromatography column and a UV detector downstream of the chromatography column;b) providing UV extinction coefficients at a wavelength λ for the acid form and the base form of the UV-absorbing component(s) and a dissociation constant for the component(s),c) obtaining a chromatogram with the UV detector at wavelength λ using the buffer under a set of conditions where pH and/or conductivity is varied between these conditions,d) for a plurality of said conditions calculating the concentrations of the acid and base forms using the dissociation constant(s) and values for pH and conductivity values, ande) calculating UV absorption values of the acid and base forms from the concentrations and UV extinction coefficients under the conditions in question and subtracting the UV absorption values from the chromatogram.
US10598636B2	Ultrasonic weld analysis for orthotropic steel decking systems in bridges A system provides for the calculation of the penetration depth of a weld in an orthotropic steel decking system. Weld scan section data is accessed and each scan section along the weld seam is processed to find the amount of penetration as a percentage of the thickness of the rib leg metal at the weld location. The amount of penetration is calculated by finding ultrasonic reflections recorded as voxels that have the greatest magnitude within an area of contiguous magnitudes and then determining the location of those voxels relative to the weld geometry and distance along the thickness of the rib leg steel. A report for each section scan and the entire weld seam may be generated for review by a weld inspector that allows for spot inspections of specified areas along the weld seam for possible weld remediation.
US10598628B2	Gas sensor and method of manufacturing the same A gas sensor includes a sensor element having electrode pads, metal terminal members connected to the respective electrode pads, separators, and lead wires connected to the rear ends of the metal terminal members. Each metal terminal member has a forward locking portion and a rear locking portion provided at the forward and rear ends, respectively. The separator is composed of a forward separator and a rear separator connected to each other. The forward separator includes a first locking portion having a rearward-facing surface, and the rear separator includes a second locking portion having a forward-facing surface. The metal terminal member is held between the forward separator and the rear separator in a state in which the forward locking portion is in locking engagement with the rearward-facing surface and the rear locking portion is in locking engagement with the forward-facing surface.
US10598620B2	Nondestructive tester The invention provides a nondestructive tester that includes a coil for positioning adjacent a surface of an object, a voltage source connected to the coil to apply a forward power to the coil, a measurement circuit connected to the coil to measure a reflected power from the coil due to the forward power, and an analyzer connected to the measurement circuit and determining a result of a function of the reflected power to the forward power and utilizing a result of the function to determine whether a feature presence at or below the surface.
US10598619B2	Thermal properties measuring device A thermal properties measuring device is for measuring a thermal property of an object to be measured. The thermal properties measuring device includes a heating element, a measurement window, and at least one thermometer. The heating element is configured to be heated to a first temperature. The measurement window and the heating element are disposed according to a specific geometric relationship. The measurement window is configured to provide a heat transfer path between the object and the heating element. The thermometer is configured to measure an initial temperature of the to-be-measured object, and to measure a measured temperature after the heating element is heated. The measured temperature of the object is different from the initial temperature of the object. The thermal property of the object is associated with the specific geometric relationship, the first temperature, the initial temperature, the measured temperature and an environment temperature.
US10598618B2	Detachable boiling point detector for brake fluid A detachable boiling point detector for brake fluid includes a holding portion and a detecting portion connected to the holding portion. The holding portion has a connecting portion, and an assembling end of the detecting portion is detachably connected to the connecting portion. The detecting portion has a heater and a temperature sensor which are connected to a first port. A first circuit board and a second circuit board are assembled in the holding portion and spaced by a distance. A second port is assembled on the second circuit board and facing the detecting portion. The first port is detachably combined with the second port. When the detecting portion is connected to the holding portion, the first port and the second port are combined with each other at a connection between the assembling end and the connecting portion.
US10598616B2	X-ray reflectometer The X-ray reflectometer of the present invention includes: an irradiation angle variable unit (10) configured to vary an irradiation angle of a focused X-ray beam (6) with a sample surface (8a); a position sensitive detector (14) which is fixed; and a reflection intensity calculation unit (15) configured to, per reflection angle of reflected X-rays (13) constituting a reflected X-ray beam (12), integrate a detected intensity by a corresponding detection element (11), for only the detection elements (11) positioned within a divergence angle width of the reflected X-ray beam (12) in the position sensitive detector (14), in synchronization of variation in the irradiation angle (θ) of the focused X-ray beam (6) by the irradiation angle variable unit (10).
US10598606B2	Method and device for inspecting spatial light modulator, and exposure method and device A method for inspecting a spatial light modulator includes: performing such control that in an inspection target area in an array of mirror elements, the mirror elements in a first state in which incident light is given a phase change amount of 0 and the mirror elements in a second state in which incident light is given a phase change amount of 180° (π) become arrayed in a checkered pattern; guiding light having passed the inspection target area to a projection optical system with a resolution limit coarser than a width of an image of one mirror element, to form a spatial image; and inspecting a characteristic of the spatial light modulator from the spatial image. This method allows us to readily perform the inspection of the characteristic of the spatial light modulator having the array of optical elements.
US10598598B2	Cell counter Cell counters and methods of their use are disclosed herein. The cell counters include a sample mounting system that includes a base, which includes a mounted lower sample surface and a cover having a mounted upper sample surface; a bright-field light source incorporated in the cover; an objective lens mounted below the sample mounting system; optionally, a fluorescence excitation source in optical communication with the sample mounting system; and an imaging system in optical communication with the bright-field light source and the objective lens. The mounted sample surfaces are configured for repeated use, such that disposable sample cartridges are not needed.
US10598590B2	Sensor device and a method of detecting a component in gas A sensor device comprising a planar substrate defining a substrate plane and a waveguide for guiding an electromagnetic wave. The waveguide extends in a length direction in a waveguide plane parallel to the substrate plane and has a width and a height wherein the width to height ratio is more than 5. The height of the waveguide is less than the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave. The waveguide is supported on the substrate by a support structure extending from the substrate to the waveguide, along the length direction of the waveguide, having a width which is smaller than the width of the waveguide. The invention further relates to a method of detecting a component in gas and a method of fabricating a sensor device.
US10598582B2	Orthogonal superposition rheometer An orthogonal superposition rotational rheometer that applies a rotational torque and an orthogonal axial oscillatory stress to a fluid. The rheometer uses a cylindrical bob in a double wall cup to apply shear rotational and axial forces to the fluid. Openings in the top section of the cylindrical bob reduce surface tension effects on the force measurement. Fluid pumping effects at the bottom of the rheometer's double wall cup are minimized by openings in the inner wall of the double wall cup that allow fluid to be displaced when the bob moves downwards.
US10598579B2	Cutting insert for cutting, milling or drilling of metal, a tool holder and a tool provided therewith A cutting insert for cutting, milling or drilling of metal includes a sensor for detecting a predetermined wear of the cutting insert caused by operation thereof on a metal work piece, wherein the sensor includes at least two contact regions through which the sensor is connectable to external measuring circuitry. The sensor has at least two leads, which are connected to a respective of the at least two contact regions, wherein each lead presents a respective free end positioned such that, upon the predetermined wear caused by the operation of the cutting insert on a metal work piece, the free ends will be connected to each other by the metal work piece or by a chip resulting from the operation of the cutting insert on the metal work piece.
US10598578B2	Tensile stress measurement device with attachment plates and related methods A tensile stress measurement device is to be attached to an object to be measured. The tensile stress measurement device may include an IC having a semiconductor substrate and tensile stress detection circuitry, the semiconductor substrate having opposing first and second attachment areas. The tensile stress measurement device may include a first attachment plate coupled to the first attachment area and extending outwardly to be attached to the object to be measured, and a second attachment plate coupled to the second attachment area and extending outwardly to be attached to the object to be measured. The tensile stress detection circuitry may be configured to detect a tensile stress imparted on the first and second attachment plates when attached to the object to be measured.
US10598575B2	Sizable tunable enrichment platform for capturing nano particles in a fluid The invention provides enrichment platform devices for size-based capture of particles in solution. The enrichment platform device is useful for label-free capture of any particle. The invention relates to enrichment platform devices using nanowires and vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. The invention provides methods for making the enrichment platform devices. The invention provides methods for using the enrichment platform devices for filtering particles, capturing particles, concentrating particles, and releasing viable particles.
US10598574B2	Control of industrial water treatment via digital imaging A method of analyzing a substrate contacting a fluid present in an industrial system is provided. The method comprises creating a series of digital images of the substrate while contacting the fluid present in the industrial system. A region of interest in the series of digital images of the substrate is defined. A corrosion feature in the region of interest in the series of digital images of the substrate is identified. The corrosion feature in the region of interest in the series of digital images of the substrate is analyzed to determine a corrosion trend of the industrial system. In certain embodiments of the method, the fluid is industrial water, and the industrial system is an industrial water system.
US10598562B2	Gas detection systems and methods using measurement position uncertainty representations In some embodiments, a natural gas leak detection system generates display content including indicators of remote and local potential leak source areas situated on a map of an area of a gas concentration measurement survey performed by a vehicle-borne device. The remote area may be shaped as a wedge extending upwind from an associated gas concentration measurement point. The local area graphically represents a potential local leak source area situated around the gas concentration measurement point, and having a boundary within a predetermined distance (e.g. 10 meters) of the gas concentration measurement point. The local area may be represented as a circle, ellipse, or other shape, and may include an area downwind from the measurement point. Size and/or shape parameters of the local area indicator may be determined according to survey vehicle speed and direction data, and/or wind speed and direction data characterizing the measurement point.
US10598552B2	EMI-compatible mechanical temperature threshold sensor A fluid temperature sensor may include a housing having an inlet, an indicator coupled to the housing, and a container disposed within the housing. The container may include a thermo-sensitive housing containing a thermal sensing element. The thermal sensing element may be configured to expand in response to reaching a threshold temperature thereby moving the container from a closed position to an open position. Fluid may flow through the inlet and fill the housing in the open position of the container to actuate the indicator into an activated position.
US10598541B2	Vehicle wheel assembly having improved monitoring capabilities for various vehicle conditions and monitoring device for accomplishing such monitoring A monitoring device includes a housing adhered to a drop well of a wheel inside of a vehicle tire. The housing rotates with the wheel. An electrical circuit disposed within the housing. The electrical circuit including a load sensing device disposed within the housing. The load sensing device sensing forces exerted on the wheel. A transceiver coupled to the electrical circuit. The transceiver communicates load data sensed by the load sensing device to components exterior of the wheel.
US10598539B2	Method and apparatus for intelligent airflow sensors A sensor capable of detecting both airflow in spirometry and a full range of sound frequencies is provided. The airflow sensor includes a movable flap with one or more integrated strain gauges for measuring displacement and vibration. The sensor may be a bidirectional elastic flap airflow sensor that is capable of providing data needed for both spirometry and auscultation measurements. The sensor is provided in connection with a software module that analyzes sensor output waveforms and provides for correction functions that correct for certain non-linear response functions of the flap. The correction functions are also suitable for non-medical fluid flow metering applications. Additional devices may also be affixed to the flap, such as sensors for the ambient level of various chemicals, sensors for temperature, sensors for humidity and microphones.
US10598537B2	Systems and methods for liquid level detection with optoelectronic interfaced dual thermistor bead sensor A liquid level detection system for determining a liquid level includes a level sensor configured to be at least partially disposed in a liquid storage vessel and exposed to liquid. A first optoelectronic interface is operatively connected to the level sensor for providing power thereto. A second optoelectronic interface is operatively connected to the first optoelectronic interface. A fiber optic cable optically connects the first optoelectronic interface to the second optoelectronic interface to provide photonic power to the first optoelectronic interface and to transmit data from the first optoelectronic interface to the second optoelectronic interface.
US10598534B2	Density measuring device The density measuring device serves for measuring density, ρ, of a flowable medium and comprises a measuring device electronics (ME) as well as a measuring transducer (MT) electrically connected therewith. The measuring transducer includes a measuring tube (10), an oscillation exciter (41) for exciting and maintaining oscillations and an oscillation sensor (51) for registering oscillations of the at least one measuring tube. The measuring device electronics is adapted by means of an oscillation measurement signal (s1) as well as an exciter signal (e1) to adjust a drive force effecting wanted oscillations (namely oscillations with a predetermined wanted frequency, fN) of the measuring tube. The drive force is adjusted in such a manner that during a predetermined phase control interval a phase shift angle, φN, by which a velocity response, VN, of the measuring tube Is phase shifted relative to a wanted force component, FN, of the drive force, is less than −20° and greater than −80°, and/or the wanted frequency has a frequency value, which corresponds to greater than 1.00001 times, equally as well less than 1.001 times, a frequency value of an instantaneous resonant frequency of the measuring tube. Moreover, the measuring device electronics is adapted based on the oscillation measurement signal (s1) present during the phase control interval to ascertain at least one frequency measured value, Xf, which represents the wanted frequency for the phase control interval, as well as also with application of the frequency measured value, Xf, to generate a density measured value, Xρ, representing a density, ρ.
US10598532B2	Meter electronics for two or more meter assemblies A meter electronics (100) for two or more meter assemblies (10a, 10b). The meter electronics (100) includes a processor (110) and one or more signal processors (120) communicatively coupled to the processor (110). The one or more signal processors (120) are configured to communicatively couple to a first meter assembly (10a) and a second meter assembly (10b). Accordingly, only one meter electronics can be employed to control the two or more meter assemblies, which may reduce the costs associated with employing two meter electronics.
US10598529B2	Enhanced differential thermal mass flow meter assembly and methods for measuring a mass flow using said mass flow meter assembly A differential thermal mass flow meter assembly (1) for measuring a mass flow of a gas or liquid is disclosed, wherein it comprises: a flow channel (2), in which the gas or liquid is flowing, at least two heating elements (4, 4′, 4″) arranged in the flow direction on the inside wall (3) of said flow channel (2), at least one thermal sensor (5) arranged in the flow direction up-stream said heating elements (4, 4′, 4″) on the inside wall (3) of said flow channel (2), at least one thermal sensor (6″) arranged in the flow direction down-stream said heating elements (4, 4′, 4″) on the inside wall (3) of said flow channel (2), as well as a method of measuring the mass flow of a gas or liquid using said differential thermal mass flow meter assembly.
US10598528B2	Milk meter An apparatus includes a tube, first and second pairs of electrodes, a reference device, and a processor. The processor determines a speed of a fluid traveling between the first and second pairs of electrodes and determines a reference conductance of the fluid using the reference device. The processor also determines a measured conductance of the fluid using at least one of the first and second pairs of electrodes and determines, based on the reference conductance and the measured conductance, a cross-sectional area of the fluid at an electrode. The processor further adds a correction factor to the determined speed to produce a bulk speed of the fluid. The processor further determines a volumetric flow rate of the fluid based on the bulk speed and the determined area and determines a volume of the fluid based on the determined volumetric flow rate.
US10598521B2	Metrology system Apparatuses, systems and methods associated with a metrology system for high-speed, non-contact coordinate measurements of parts are disclosed herein. In embodiments, the metrology system includes a metrology bridge to be coupled to a measurement assembly. The measurement assembly may include a stage moveable across multiple independent axes. The bridge may include a housing, mounting members coupled to the housing, and a plurality of sensors mounted within the housing. The mounting members may rotatably couple the housing to the measurement assembly. Further, sensor elements of the plurality of sensor devices may be aligned along a length of the housing and may be directed out of the housing.
US10598518B2	Sensor device removably attachable to a drug delivery device A sensor device (2) is removably attachable to a drug delivery device (12). The sensor device comprises an array (20) of optical sensors arranged within the sensor device such that, when the sensor device is attached to the drug delivery device, the drug delivery device having a first movable element (14) which is configured to move along a path parallel to the longitudinal axis of the drug delivery device, each optical sensor is operable to detect light received at different locations along the linear path and to output a signal indicative of an amount of detected light; and circuitry (21) configured to receive the signals output from the optical sensors and, based on the received signals, to determine information associated with a location along the path of the first movable element.
US10598511B2	Detector arrangement in connection with a mobile work machine The invention relates to a detector arrangement and method for determining a mutual position or a mutual state of motion of at least two structural parts of a mobile work machine. The arrangement comprises detectors configurable to determine at least in one direction of measurement at least two different measured variables in order to determine at least structural-part-specific position or state of motion information for each direction of measurement. The arrangement further comprises a data processing means for receiving measurement signals describing measured variables as well as for determining a mutual position or state of motion of the structural parts on the basis of the structural-part-specific position or state of motion information.
US10598508B2	Systems and methods for EMS navigation user interface A method for interfacing with a user of an EMS navigation system according to embodiments of the present invention includes displaying on a device screen a series of display screens that are navigationally linked by a series of navigation buttons, wherein the series of display screens comprises a home screen, and wherein each display screen of the series of display screens comprises a home button linking to the home screen, wherein each navigation button of the series of navigation buttons appearing in a display screen of the series of display screens is larger than any other buttons in the display screen, and wherein each navigation button of the series of navigation buttons appearing on the display screen of the series of display screens is adjacent to a left edge or a right edge of the device screen.
US10598506B2	Audio navigation using short range bilateral earpieces A method for providing binaural audio navigation with a set of earpieces including a left earpiece and a right earpiece is provided. The method includes obtaining a generalized position of a user of the set of the earpieces, obtaining a destination for the user of the set of the earpieces, sensing head orientation and movement with inertial sensors of the set of earpieces, applying a binaural synthesis algorithm using the generalized position, a destination, head orientation and movement to create a plurality of virtual sound sources, and transducing binaural audio based on the virtual sound sources at speakers within the set of the earpieces in order to provide binaural audio navigation to the user. The plurality of virtual sound sources may include a main virtual sound source providing a continuous audio cue. The plurality of virtual sources may include auditory landmark cues.
US10598501B2	Apparatus and associated methods for use in live navigation An apparatus comprising a processor and memory Including computer program code, the memory and computer program code configured to, with the processor, enable the apparatus at least to: for a defined road Journey through a road network from a start location lo an end location, assign respective sub-portions of the defined road journey to each of a group of mobile devices associated with one or more travellers for the road journey according to at least one predefined assignment criterion, wherein each of the group of mobile devices is configured For provision of live mapping data for live navigation of the respective sub-portion of the road journey, and wherein the at least one predefined assignment criterion comprises a discontinuity criterion configured to assign two or more consecutive sub-portions of the road journey to be discontinuous.
US10598495B2	Method for designing a navigation path and method for orienting a sighting member from said navigation path A method of performing a navigation calculation on the basis of a hybrid inertial navigation system on board a vehicle includes performing a hybrid first navigation calculation and an inertial second navigation calculation, calculating in real time a difference between the first navigation calculation and the second navigation calculation, and subjecting the difference to lowpass filtering having a convergence time longer than a period of the Kalman filter and shorter than the Schuler period, and using the filtered difference to correct the second navigation calculation.
US10598492B2	Resonant fiber optic gyroscope with hollow core fiber A resonant fiber optic gyroscope comprises: a ring resonator including a fiber coil fabricated from a first type of hollow core fiber; a light source to produce at least two light beams, wherein a first light beam is configured to travel in a clockwise direction in the ring resonator and a second light beam is configured to travel in a counterclockwise direction in the ring resonator; a filter resonator assembly coupled between the light source and the ring resonator including: at least two short pieces of optical fiber shorter in length than the fiber coil, the at least two short pieces of optical fiber fabricated from the first type of hollow core fiber; and wherein prior to the beams entering the ring resonator, a plurality of reflective devices are configured to condition the beams such that they excite the fundamental mode of the hollow core fiber within the ring resonator.
US10598480B2	Wafer probing A method of determining a minimum permissible tip diameter of probing needles of a probe card for wafer probing is described. The method includes performing a plurality of contact procedures of at least one probing needle to a plurality of bonding pads on a wafer. The plurality of contact procedures is performed at different stress applied by the at least one probing needle to the bonding pads. A chart of indentation depths of the plurality of bonding pads caused by the contact procedures at different stress is determined. A set of calibration coefficients based on the chart is determined, wherein the set of calibration coefficients allows to compute a predicted indentation depth as a function of stress. The minimum permissible probing needle tip diameter is determined based on an evaluation of the function.
US10598479B2	Three-dimensional measuring device removably coupled to robotic arm on motorized mobile platform A motorized mobile platform includes a robotic articulated arm and a triangulation scanner for performing three-dimensional measurements, the robotic arm and the triangulation scanner removably coupled with connectors.
US10598477B2	Dynamic determination of metal film thickness from sheet resistance and TCR value Metal film thickness can be determined using the sheet resistance, resistivity, and temperature coefficient of resistivity for the metal film. Variation in film thickness measurements caused by resistivity can be reduced or eliminated. A probe head may be used for some of the measurements of the metal film. The probe head can include a temperature sensor used during sheet resistance measurements. A wafer on a chuck is heated, such as using the chuck or the probe head, for the measurements.
US10598466B2	Bullet projectile resistant drywall structure A bullet projectile resistant drywall structure for building a rifle bullet resistant separation wall, the drywall structure comprising a plurality of drywall profiles arranged in a manner so as to form a drywall sub structure capable of attaching building boards thereto, each drywall profile having a base portion and connected thereto parallel extending flange portions with an outer site capable of fixing building boards thereto by screws; a plurality of inner gypsum fiber boards arranged between the drywall profiles so as to extend between adjacent base portions of the drywall profiles and a plurality of outer gypsum fiber boards respectively attached to both outer sides of the parallel extending flange portions.
US10598455B2	Magazine ammunition loader A magazine loader include a main body, a rounds abutment, and a rounds cavity in communication with a magazine cavity. A plurality of rounds are provided to the rounds cavity and are moveable along a movement plane abuttingly defined by first and second rounds cavity sides, at least one upper cavity abutment, and at least one lower cavity abutment. With a magazine positioned within the magazine cavity, as rounds are slidably moved towards the magazine cavity, pivot points of each round successively abuts a downwardly angled portion of the second rounds cavity side and pivots to angle a second round end of each round towards the magazine, so that each round successively enters the magazine.
US10598449B2	Self-rotating tube cleaning nozzle assembly A self-rotating tube cleaning nozzle assembly is disclosed that includes at least one debris exclusion feature. The nozzle assembly includes a main body defining an internal fluid passageway, a nozzle mounted to the main body, and a sleeve rotatably disposed about the main body. In one aspect, the sleeve having at least one discharge port in fluid communication with the main body internal fluid passageway for discharging a spray and rotating the sleeve about the main body. The debris exclusion feature is defined between the main body and the sleeve and includes a stepped portion on an exterior surface of the main body that faces and overlaps with a complementarily shaped stepped portion on an interior surface of the sleeve. The debris exclusion feature forms a tortuous pathway that eliminates or reduces contaminant ingress.
US10598447B2	Compositions containing nano-bubbles in a liquid carrier An apparatus for producing a composition that includes nano-bubbles dispersed in a liquid carrier includes: (a) an elongate housing comprising a first end and a second end, the housing defining a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, and an interior cavity adapted for receiving the liquid carrier from a liquid source; and (b) a gas-permeable member at least partially disposed within the interior cavity of the housing. The gas-permeable member includes an open end adapted for receiving a pressurized gas from a gas source, a closed end, and a porous sidewall extending between the open and closed ends having a mean pore size no greater than 1.0 μm. The gas-permeable member defines an inner surface, an outer surface, and a lumen. The housing and gas-permeable member are configured to form a composition that includes the liquid carrier and the nano-bubbles dispersed therein.
US10598441B2	Heat sink A heat sink includes a base plate thermally connectable to a heat generating element and having a flat plate shape, a first heat radiating fin thermally connected to the base plate, and a second heat radiating fin disposed adjacently to a side end portion of the first heat radiating fin and thermally connected to the base plate. A surface of the first heat radiating fin is not parallel to a surface of the second heat radiating fin.
US10598438B2	Support fixture In one embodiment, a fixture for supporting a body in an oven includes a plurality of support ribs to support the body, and a support element to support and connect the plurality of support ribs. Each support rib has a length, a width, a thickness, and a first end. The length extends from the support element to the first end, and the width extends perpendicular to the length. The length varies across the width of at least one support rib. In another embodiment, a fixture for supporting a body in an oven includes a plurality of connected support ribs to support the body. Each support rib is spaced from at least one other support rib. The length differs for at least a first support rib of the plurality of support ribs with respect to at least a second support rib of the plurality of support ribs.
US10598429B2	Cooling device comprising of a knob providing the adjustment of the compartment temperature The present invention relates to a cooling device (1) comprising at least one compartment (2) wherein foodstuffs desired to be cooled are placed, at least one door (3) providing access into the compartment (2) and a push-release type knob (4) that is situated on the surface, facing the inner volume of the compartment (2), of one of the compartment (2) walls, that enables the compartment (2) temperature (T) to be changed by the user and that has an active position wherein the temperature adjustment is performed by rotating the knob (4) and a passive position to which the knob (4) is changed by being pushed when the desired temperature value is set.
US10598428B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator includes: a cabinet; an upper door; a lower door that is a drawer type door; a draw-out rail that connects the lower door to a storage space in the cabinet and that guides insertion and withdrawal of the lower door in a front-rear direction; an elevation assembly that is located in the lower door, that elevates an object stored in the lower door in a state in which the lower door is withdrawn, and that elevates the object relative to the lower door; and a door restriction device configured to selectively restrict an opening movement of the upper door based on whether the lower door is opened or closed. The door restriction device is configured to restrict the opening movement of the upper door based on the lower door being opened, and to allow the opening movement of the upper door based on the lower door being closed.
US10598426B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator includes: a cabinet that defines an upper storage space and a lower storage space; a front panel door that opens and closes the lower storage space; a drawer that inserts into and withdraws from the lower storage space, the drawer including an accommodation portion; a driving device located in the front panel door and configured to generate power; and an elevation device located in the drawer and configured to elevate, relative to the drawer, at least part of the accommodation portion of the drawer. The driving device is configured to couple to the elevation device through a rear surface of the front panel door and through a front surface of the drawer that faces the rear surface of the front panel door. The driving device is further configured to, in a state of being coupled to the elevation device, provide the power for operation of the elevation device.
US10598414B2	Method for controlling a variable capacity ejector unit A method for controlling a variable capacity ejector unit (7) arranged in a refrigeration system (1) is disclosed. An ejector control signal for the ejector unit (7) is generated, based on an obtained temperature and an obtained pressure of refrigerant leaving a heat rejecting heat exchanger (3), or on the basis of a high pressure valve control signal for controlling an opening degree of a high pressure valve (6) arranged fluidly in parallel with the ejector unit (7). The ejector control signal indicates whether the capacity of the ejector unit (7) should be increased, decreased or maintained. The capacity of the ejector unit (7) is controlled in accordance with the generated ejector control signal. The power consumption of the refrigeration system (1) is reduced, while the pressure of the refrigerant leaving the heat rejecting heat exchanger (3) is maintained at an acceptable level.
US10598406B2	Heat exchanger The present invention relates to a heat exchanger that can enhance thermal efficiency by enabling combustion heat of combustion gas generated by the combustion of a burner to be maximally returned to a heating medium, the heat exchanger being provided with a heat exchange unit having heating medium flow channels through which a heating medium flows and combustion gas flow channels through which combustion gas combusted in the burner flows to be alternately formed and adjacent to each other in spaces between a plurality of plates, wherein the heat exchange unit comprises: a sensible heat unit which surrounds the outer side of a combustion chamber, is formed of one side area of the plates, and heats the heating medium by using sensible heat of combustion gas generated by the combustion of the burner; and a latent heat unit which is formed of the other side area of the plates, and heats the heating medium by using latent heat of water vapor included in combustion gas that has finished undergoing heat exchange in the sensible heat unit, wherein a flow channel cap is coupled to the rear of the sensible heat unit so as to provide a flow channel for combustion gas in order to enable combustion gas that passed through the combustion gas flow channels formed on the upper part of the sensible heat unit to enter into the combustion gas flow channels of the latent heat unit.
US10598402B2	Air conditioner An air conditioner includes an infrared camera capturing a thermal image; a living-body detection unit detecting a living body present in an air-conditioning space based on the thermal image; a movement-distance calculation unit that calculates a movement distance of the detected living body; a temperature-control determination unit; a notification unit notifying the detected living body that it is likely to develop heat stroke or hypothermia; and a drive control unit performing the air-conditioning operation. The temperature-control determination unit provides an instruction to perform notification processing when an elapsed time, where the temperature of the detected living body is outside a normal range and the movement distance is less than a threshold value, exceeds a notification time threshold value. The temperature-control determination unit also provides an instruction to perform air-conditioning operation when the elapsed time exceeds a control time threshold value that is greater than the notification time threshold value.
US10598390B2	System for cleaning circulating oven air with reduced thermal disruption An air cleaning system for an oven that includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product includes a catalytic assembly and a preheater. The catalytic assembly may be configured to clean air expelled from the cooking chamber. The preheater may be configured to receive hot, cleaned air from the catalytic assembly in an outlet duct to transfer heat to fresh air provided from outside the oven in an inlet duct to preheat the fresh air to heated input air prior to provision of the heated input air into the cooking chamber.
US10598388B2	Appliance with electrovibration user feedback in a touch panel interface A cooking appliance includes a plurality of electrically controlled heating elements operable to elevate a temperature of food items. A user interface includes a touch-sensitive circuit that is operatively-connected to an external surface of the cooking appliance for altering operational settings of the electrically controlled heating elements. An electrovibration feedback circuit is coupled to the external surface that generates a vibratory feedback that is sensible by the user's finger at the external surface in response to adjustments of the operational settings. The electrovibration feedback circuit creates an electrostatic force on the user's finger that simulates friction between the user's finger and the external surface.
US10598385B2	Solid fuel stove The present invention includes a stove with an efficiently-burning fuel bay and chimney that permits ascending combusted gases to cook food on a cooking shelf. The fuel bay may include a grate that is angled commensurate with a fuel-addition chute.
US10598377B2	Combustion-powered fastener driving tool fuel cell assembly Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a combustion-powered fastener driving tool fuel cell assembly including a fuel cell, fuel cell adapter, and fuel cell adapter cap for a combustion-powered fastener driving tool. The fuel cell, the fuel cell adapter, and the fuel cell adapter cap enable both the fuel cell adapter and the fuel cell adapter cap to be attached to a fuel cell and particularly a sealing member of the fuel cell in one efficient step. This single step process can be done manually or automatically, and is substantially more efficient and less time-consuming than the known fuel cell assemblies.
US10598373B2	Method and device for generating steam comprising a scale container and steamer appliance with such a device The present invention relates to a device (1) for generating steam. The device (1) comprises a plate (2) forming a surface, and a heating element (3) to heat the plate (2) to a predetermined temperature being at least above water evaporation temperature. The plate (2) is inclined at an angle compared to the horizontal direction to define an upper end and a lower end. The device (1) also comprises a water inlet arrangement (4) for dispensing water onto the plate (2) proximate the upper end, a control unit (11) to control the flow of water dispensed onto the plate (2), and a scale collection container (5) disposed adjacent to the plate (2). The control unit (11) is configured to control the flow of water dispensed onto the plate (2) and the temperature of the plate (2) so that substantially all the water dispensed onto the plate (2) evaporates before it reaches the lower end (15) of the plate (2). This invention allows an easy scale collection, thanks to the inclination angle of the plate's surface that causes the dislodged scale to travel down the plate's surface toward the lower end of the plate and, ultimately, into the container.
US10598370B2	Mounting pedestal, light-emitting device, moving-body lighting device, and moving body A mounting pedestal is disposed on a wheeled vehicle and a light emitter is mounted on the mounting pedestal. The mounting pedestal includes a metal layer and an insulating layer stacked on the metal layer. The insulating layer has a major surface facing in a direction of travel of the wheeled vehicle and a heat escape port in which solder that joins the light emitter and the metal layer is disposed. The mounting pedestal has a step which arranges the major surface into a plurality of major surfaces.
US10598367B2	Light module A light module serves for inserting into a housing of a semiconductor lamp and comprises: a driver (2), a cooling element, a light generator, abutting the cooling element, with at least one semiconductor light source, which is electrically connected with the driver, and an optical refraction element covering the at least one semiconductor light source, wherein the refraction element is fastened on the cooling element and presses the light generator onto the cooling element. A semiconductor lamp comprises a housing open at the front into which the light module is inserted from the front side and on which the light module is fastened. A method serves for producing a semiconductor lamp, wherein at least the driver, the cooling element, the light generator and the refraction element are assembled into an individually manageable light module and the light module is then inserted into a housing. The invention is also applicable to replacement or retrofit lamps, in particular with a pin base, particularly a bipin base, e.g. to retrofit lamps for replacing halogen lamps, for example of the type MR16.
US10598344B2	Solid state light sources with common luminescent and heat dissipating surfaces A solid-state light source with LEDs contained in a light recycling cavity emits both light and heat from heat extracting light emitting elements which form the light recycling cavity. Eliminating appended heat sinks makes these light sources ultra lightweight. The light sources can be attached and supported by suspended ceilings without affecting the seismic properties of the ceiling. The heat extracting light emitting elements are combined with a reflector to make directional light sources, which can be attached to ceilings with small magnets. Because the heat extracting light emitting elements transfer the heat from the light source to the illuminated area there is no requirement for disturbing or penetrating the ceiling barrier to a heat sink on the plenum side of the ceiling. This enables a contiguous acoustic ceiling. Further, the light sources are made from non flammable materials and therefore do not affect the fire rating of the ceiling.
US10598343B2	LED light apparatus An LED light apparatus includes a back cover, a surrounding wall, a light source and a surface ring. The back cover has a top side and a back cover inner side. The surrounding wall is connected to the back cover. The light source is fixed to an inner wall side of the surrounding wall. The surface ring has a surface ring inner side connected to the surrounding wall. The surface ring inner side, the inner wall side and the back cover inner side form a light movement space. The back cover inner side has a three-dimension curve surface for reflecting light to the light opening of the surface ring.
US10598340B2	LED lamp light distribution system and illumination system An LED lamp light distribution system and illumination system, the illumination system comprises an LED lamp light distribution system, and at least one illuminated surface. The LED lamp light distribution system comprises an LED chip, a lens, and a light reflecting device. The lens comprises a lens optical axis, a light source setting groove, and an exit surface. The light source setting groove comprises a first contour line, and the exit surface comprises a first exit surface contour line. The first contour line and the first exit surface contour line complete the convergence of the emergent light of the LED chip toward the lens optical axis. The light source setting groove comprises a second contour line, the exit surface comprises a second exit surface contour line, and the second contour line and the second exit surface contour line complete the diffusion of the emergent light of the LED chip away from the lens optical axis. The illuminated surface is perpendicular to the reflecting plate and the lens optical axis. The illumination system can provide users with specific lighting effects to meet the needs of users.
US10598336B2	Light device for motor vehicles A light device for motor vehicles, especially a signal lamp, comprises a carrier housing (1), covered by a translucent cover (2), and an inner chamber (3) wherein at least one light source for generating light rays is mounted, and a transparent optical part (5) with at least one output surface for the output of at least a part of light rays from the transparent optical part. The light device further comprises at least one macrotexture (8) the surface of which consists of individual surfaces designed for transmission and/or reflection of a part of light rays, the macrotexture and the transparent optical part arranged in such a way that in a view of the inner chamber (3) towards the output surface through the translucent cover from the outside of the light device, the impression of a spatial effect is produced, which is even visible with the light source being off.
US10598318B1	Light source and method for making a light source A light source fabrication process to fabricate a customized light source includes attaching a plurality of light emitting diodes to a circuit board, where each light emitting diode is configured to emit light within a same wavelength range. Further, the light source fabrication process includes applying a first phosphor layer to a first set of light emitting diodes of the plurality of light emitting diodes and applying a second phosphor layer to a second set of light emitting diodes of the plurality of light emitting diodes. The phosphor layers are applied to the light emitting diodes using one of a screen printing process and an inkjet printing process. The first phosphor layer is different from and has different optical properties from the second phosphor layer.
US10598310B2	Systems and methods for single handed operation of an adjustable stand A disclosed adjustable stand may include a stand base, a stand cradle rotatably coupled to the stand base, and a handle rotatably coupled to the stand cradle. The adjustable stand, when the handle is rotated to an adjustment position and the stand cradle is rotated to a rotational position with respect to the stand base, may set an angle of the stand cradle with respect to the stand base to a selected angle. The adjustable stand, when the handle is rotated to a retention position, may lock the angle of the stand cradle to the selected angle.
US10598300B2	Protecting subsea structures A protective cover for a subsea elongate element, such as a pipeline, has an open end and a barrier attached to a cover to extend across and close an open end. The barrier is flexible to conform to and surround an elongate element extending from under the cover and protruding through the barrier. This prevents rocks of a rock berm from getting under the cover through the open end.
US10598297B2	Servovalve A servovalve includes a fluid transfer valve assembly comprising a supply port and a control port, a moveable valve spool arranged to regulate flow of fluid from the supply port to the control port in response to a control signal, and a drive assembly configured to axially move the valve spool relative to the fluid transfer assembly in response to the control signal to regulate the fluid flow. The drive assembly includes a steerable member moveable by an amount determined by the control signal to cause corresponding movement of the valve spool. The drive assembly further includes piezoelectric actuator means configured to move said steerable member in response to the control signal.
US10598296B2	Valve with interchangeable outlet connections for high purity gases A valve is disclosed with a clamp mechanism that accepts interchangeable outlet connections. The interchangeable outlook connections may have different sealing geometries, where different sealing geometries are specified to be used with different gases. For use with a particular gas, the valve may be configured with the interchangeable outlook connection with the sealing geometry that is appropriate for that gas.
US10598291B2	Guided check valve A spring-driven guided check valve which eliminates fluttering of the disc as it moves between the open and closed position against a seat. A disc has an integrated guide which slides against a sleeve inside the body of the valve. This configuration only allows linear movement of the seat in a direction towards (and away) from an inlet face without changing the orientation of the disc. The disc is held in a constant orientation and thus cannot shift at an inclined attitude (flutter). Thus, once the valve closes and the disc makes contact with the seat, the entire disc would contact the entire seat at the same point in time because of the parallel orientation of the disc to the contacting surface of the seat.
US10598290B2	Cartridge provided with ECO function for a single-armed mixing faucet A cartridge provided with ECO function for a single-armed mixing faucet, that comprises a cylindrical housing that has a cylindrical inner cavity and wall with a central axis; an arm that can be moved, and an actuator disc connected to the control ceramic disc of a pair of water-mixing ceramic discs, wherein the actuator disc comprises a pair of parallel planar walls extending in radial direction, wherein the spacing between the parallel walls decreases at predetermined distances from the center of rotation of the actuator disc, the cartridge comprises an arced limiting element that has a pair of spaced arms, the limiting element being movable only in radial direction relative to the actuator disc, and the radial position of the limiting element, and the limiting element being movable substantially without any effort.
US10598282B2	Pistons Pistons are disclosed herein. An apparatus includes an actuator defining a first chamber; and a piston disposed in the first chamber, the piston including a second chamber and a seal groove in which a seal is disposed, the second chamber to receive fluid from the first chamber to enable a force imparted by the fluid within the second chamber to urge the seal into sealing engagement with a surface defining the first chamber.
US10598279B2	Motor control strategy for electric shift-by-wire system Disclosed herein is a motor control strategy of an electric shift-by-wire (SBW) system and is a method of performing PWM waveform simulation control in order to solve an impact/noise occurrence problem in a motor control process. A method of controlling the electric motor of an electric SBW system includes determining whether a current stage and a target stage are identical, rotating the motor in the direction of the target stage when the current stage and the target stage are not identical, performing motor OFF control when the current stage and the target stage are identical, performing reverse driving duty control when a difference between the current position and target position of the motor is less than a first setting value, and stopping the motor when the difference between the current position and target position of the motor is less than a second setting value.
US10598277B2	Control device that handles erroneous clutch engagement In a vehicle in which a continuously variable transmission, which is connected to an electric motor via a clutch, is operated using oil pressure of an oil pump driven by the motor, erroneous engagement of the clutch is quickly determined. The vehicle has the motor serving as a vehicle driving source, the oil pump connected to the motor, the continuously variable transmission, the clutch interposed between the motor and the continuously variable transmission, a clutch control means for controlling the clutch such that the clutch enters into a completely-engaged, slip-engaged, or release state, and a vehicle control means for controlling the motor such that the motor rotates at a target rotation speed. Also provided is an erroneous engagement handling control means that executes torque adjustment control to decrease an output torque of the vehicle driving source when the clutch is determined to be in an erroneously completely engaged state.
US10598267B2	Rotor for cam phaser with improved geometry A rotor for a cam phaser, the rotor rotating about a rotation axis and the rotor including a first face; a receiving face arranged opposite to the first face; a central portion; at least one lobe that is arranged at the central portion and which extends away from the central portion in a radial direction; and a cam shaft receiving recess provided at the receiving face and configured to receive a cam shaft, wherein the cam shaft receiving recess includes an inside surface, wherein at least two cam shaft centering elements are arranged at the inside surface for centering the cam shaft, and wherein the cam shaft centering elements are configured as protrusions. The invention also relates to a joining kit.
US10598266B2	Motor vehicle balancing For the operation of a gearless clutch-controlled differential unit with a first clutch and a second clutch, without abandoning the possibility of assigning different torques to the clutches, it is provided that a control variable originally generated by a control variable unit is supplied to the first clutch unchanged while the control variable is supplied to the second clutch subject to the intermediate connection of an individual control element. The first and second clutches have clutch characteristics that are distinct from one another.
US10598260B2	Multi-speed planetary transmission A multi-speed transmission including a plurality of planetary gearsets and a plurality of selective couplers to achieve at least nine forward speed ratios is disclosed. The plurality of planetary gearsets may include a first planetary gearset, a second planetary gearset, a third planetary gearset, and a fourth planetary gearset. The plurality of selective couplers may include a number of clutches and a number of brakes. The multi-speed transmission may have four planetary gearsets and six selective couplers. The six selective couplers may include four clutches and two brakes.
US10598255B2	Self-contained reduction gear with two ratios, and system with engine and reversible electrical machine including this reduction gear The reduction gear includes a pair of gears installed in parallel between two shafts and each provided with a mobile wheel free to move axially to engage in turn with one of the shafts and to transmit movement with different ratios. Since the gear teeth are helical, opposite forces on the reduction gear make it changeover from one reduction ratio to the other. No external control is necessary. Application to mechanical transmissions between an engine and a reversible electrical machine (starter or generator), that starts the motor with a large speed reduction and generates electricity with a smaller reduction.
US10598253B2	Gear transmission device A drive gear and a driven gear meshing therewith are provided. The driven gear has a plurality of areas that provide driving loads variable with a rotational angle. Tooth widths of tooth portions included in the plurality of areas are set different from each other.
US10598251B2	Vibration damping link and method therefore A vibration damper including a frame having at least a first cavity, a frame first end and a frame second end spaced from the frame first end; a shaft slidably coupled to and extending into the frame where the shaft extends through the first cavity; a first vibration isolator disposed within the first cavity where the shaft extends through the first vibration isolator so as to capture the first vibration isolator within the first cavity where the first vibration isolator interfaces with the frame second end; and a second vibration isolator disposed on the shaft, where the shaft extends through the second vibration isolator so as to capture the second vibration isolator on the shaft where the second vibration isolator interfaces with the frame second end opposite the first vibration isolator, where the first vibration isolator and the second vibration isolator act only in compression.
US10598244B2	Switchable damper A switchable damper comprises a housing having a longitudinal axis, a plunger displaceable along the longitudinal axis, a piston arranged between the housing and the plunger, a friction lining arranged on the piston and a switching unit, which is switchable between a blocking arrangement, in which the piston is blocked with respect to a displacement along the longitudinal axis, and a free-moving arrangement, in which the piston is released with respect to a displacement along the longitudinal axis.
US10598239B2	Vehicle braking systems and methods A method in which at least one piezoceramic sensor, which converts every mechanical force to which it is subjected into an electrical signal and having a Curie temperature higher than 200° C., is solidarized directly onto the surface of a metal support element of a vehicle braking element, which during use faces a vehicle element to be braked. While in contact with such a surface, an electrical circuit is implemented that picks up and eventually processes the electrical signal, the electrical circuit being connected with a connector integrated with the metal support element. An electrically insulating layer sandwiches the at least one piezoceramic sensor and the electrical circuit, and a block of friction material with an underlying damping layer is formed upon the electrically insulating layer. After forming the block of friction material, the piezoceramic sensor is polarized by applying a predetermined potential difference thereto by means of the connector.
US10598238B2	Slack adjuster for a drum brake of a vehicle air braking system A slack adjuster is provided for a drum brake of a vehicle air braking system. The slack adjuster comprises a gear set including (i) a worm wheel having an outer circumferential surface, and (ii) a worm shaft having a longitudinal central axis and meshed with the worm wheel. The worm shaft is rotated in one direction about its longitudinal central axis when the drum brake is applied and adjustment is required and in an opposite direction about its longitudinal central axis when the drum brake is released. The slack adjuster further comprises an anti-reversing member having an inner circumferential surface facing the outer circumferential surface of the worm wheel. The anti-reversing member allows rotation of the worm wheel when the drum brake is applied and prevents rotation of the worm wheel when the drum brake is released.
US10598233B2	Overrunning coupling and control assembly and system to prevent the inadvertent engagement of the assembly Overrunning coupling and control assembly and control system for use therein are provided. The system includes a control member mounted for controlled shifting movement between the coupling faces of first of second coupling members. A one-way locking member such as a detent is pivotally connected to the control member via a selector arm for movement between a disengaged position in which the control member is permitted to shift or rotate relative to the second coupling member and an engaged position between the control member and a locking member engaging portion of the second coupling member to lock the control member and the second coupling member together to prevent the control member from inadvertently shifting in a first direction relative to the second coupling member in the absence of an actuator command signal received by a bi-directional actuator subassembly including the selector arm connected to the control member.
US10598230B2	Drive shaft coupling A drive shaft coupling is provided, such as a coupling used with a formula delivery appliance. The drive shaft coupling generally includes a drive gear and a driven gear, with one of the drive gear and driven gear having a biasing member to allow axial translation. The drive shaft coupling is generally configured to transfer rotation from the drive gear to the driven gear. In one aspect, the drive shaft coupling is capable of alignment and coupling of the drive gear and driven gear upon the radial sliding of the coupling from a non-engagement position to an engagement position.
US10598228B2	Torque transmission device A torque transmission device includes a shaft which has shaft teeth around its outer circumference, a hub which has hub teeth on an inner circumference, wherein the hub is arranged on the shaft in such a way that the shaft teeth and the hub teeth mesh with one another in order to transmit torque. The torque transmission device furthermore includes at least one spring element which passes entirely through the hub and is supported on the shaft and the hub and exerts a spring force on the hub and the shaft, wherein at least a component of the spring force is directed in such a way that around the entire circumference of the shaft and hub adjacent flanks of the shaft teeth and the hub teeth are pushed together.
US10598226B2	Bearing device for vehicle wheel A bearing device (1) for a vehicle wheel is provided with: a magnetic encoder (7) provided to an inner-side end of an inner race (4), which is an inward member; a cover (11) for covering an inner-side opening (2B) of an outer race (2), which is an outward member, the cover having opened therein a sensor attachment hole (11H) in which an opening (11A) and a thin-walled bottom (11B) are formed; and a magnetic sensor (9) disposed facing the magnetic encoder across the bottom. The magnetic sensor is inserted into the sensor attachment hole in the cover through the opening (11A). The bottom (11B) in the sensor attachment hole is formed in such a shape as to bulge toward the inner side.
US10598214B2	Bearing element A bearing element has at least one inner ring element and at least one outer ring element, wherein, between the inner ring element and the outer ring element, a sliding bearing system is disposed that is formed by at least two sliding bearings. The sliding bearings have a sliding face, which cooperates with a running face of the opposite ring element. In the new condition of the sliding bearing, the sliding face of the sliding bearing, viewed in cross section, has at least one first sub-portion and one second sub-portion, wherein a tangent constructed on the first sub-portion is disposed at a first angle relative to the central longitudinal axis and a tangent constructed on the second sub-portion is disposed at a second angle relative to the central longitudinal axis, wherein the first angle has a magnitude different from that of the second angle.
US10598210B2	Drive shaft A drive shaft is formed by welding two spline shaft heads to a hollow middle section of tubing. The spline shaft head includes teeth which are crowned to permit an angular offset of the drive shaft relative to cylindrical splines of connectors, such that the end faces of the teeth define a barrel shape. The teeth of the spline shaft head include a side face curvature, defining a football-shaped tooth cross-section. Torque is rotationally transmitted across a permitted angular offset of the drive shaft relative to cylindrically arranged linear splines of drive and driven connectors (i.e., relative to the engine output axis of rotation and the differential input axis of rotation), thereby avoiding the use of prior art universal joints.
US10598204B2	Anti-vibration locking connector A connector includes a body having gear teeth. A first sleeve is rotatably coupled to the body. A moveable member is positioned in a hole of the first sleeve. A second sleeve is movable with respect to the first sleeve between a locked and unlocked positions. A releasable locking member is positioned between the moveable member and the gear teeth. In the unlocked position of the second sleeve, a recess formed in the second sleeve is aligned with the opening. Upon rotation of the first sleeve, the moveable member is translated into the recess as the releasable locking member travels along the gear teeth. In the locked position of the second sleeve, the recess is rotationally spaced from the opening, and, the releasable locking member is sandwiched between the gear teeth and the moveable member to prevent rotation of the first sleeve with respect to the connector body.
US10598199B1	Clamping apparatus A clamping apparatus includes a housing, two clamping arms, at least one manual actuator and a push member. The housing has a receiving area provided with a recessed region. The two clamping arms are assembled with the housing at two sides thereof, and are movably linked to each other via a main pinion disposed inside the housing. The push member is disposed in the recessed region and protrudes partially from the receiving area. When the push member is pressed toward an interior of the recessed region, the initial locking state is released so that the two clamping arms can move for clamping a mobile device. The manual actuator is assembled with the housing at a side thereof, and extends partially into the housing to mesh with the main pinion. A user can operate the manual actuator to concurrently drive the two clamping arms to open via the main pinion.
US10598192B2	Acoustic-resonance fluid pump A fluid pump includes a pump body having upper and lower parts, each comprising a substantially cylindrical side wall closed at one end by a substantially circular end wall and partially closed at the opposite end by an actuator disposed in a plane substantially parallel to and between the end walls. A single cavity is thereby formed having upper and lower portions. The cavity encloses the actuator and is bounded by the end walls and side walls of the pump body and the surfaces of the actuator. A substantially open actuator support structure connects the actuator to the pump body and enables free flow of fluid between the upper and lower cavity portions. At least two apertures are provided through the pump body walls, at least one of which is a valved aperture. All of the apertures located substantially at the centres of the end walls are valved apertures. In use, the actuator oscillates in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the end walls causing an acoustic wrapped standing wave to exist in the cavity and thereby causing fluid flow through said apertures.
US10598184B2	Turbocharger A turbocharger includes: a bearing provided in a turbocharger body, and configured to rotatably support a turbine shaft in an insertion hole formed in the bearing; and an opposing portion which faces an end surface of the bearing in an axial direction of the turbine shaft. An end-surface guide portion is provided to any one of an opposing surface of the bearing which faces the opposing portion, and an opposing surface of the opposing portion which faces the bearing. The end-surface guide portion configured to make the insertion hole and an outer peripheral edge of the end surface of the bearing in radial directions of the turbine shaft communicate with each other extends forward in a rotational direction of the turbine shaft from a part of the end surface of the bearing which communicates with the insertion hole.
US10598183B2	Aeromechanical identification systems and methods An aero damping measurement system is provided. The system includes a shroud defining a tunnel, a hub disposed within the tunnel, and a plurality of blades coupled to the hub. The blades may rotate about the hub. A gas pressure probe may have a tip extending to the tunnel to deliver a pressurized burst into the tunnel. An aeromechanical identification system may include a pressurized gas source, a valve in fluid communication with the pressurized gas source, and the gas pressure probe may be in fluid communication with the valve. The valve may control a flow of a pressurized gas from the pressurized gas source into the gas pressure probe. A pressure sensor may be coupled to the gas pressure probe and configured to measure a pressure within the gas pressure probe.
US10598173B2	Variable displacement pump and a method for regulating the pump A variable displacement pump comprising a pumping piston (10), cylinder head (2); a rotating shaft (3); regulating means (4) of the displacement of the pump, said means in turn comprising: a structure (41) having a variable inclination; a fluid-dynamic actuator (42) for regulating an inclination of said structure (41); command means (43) for the actuator (42), which assume a non-equilibrium and an equilibrium position, said command means (43) in turn comprising: a sliding body (431) being able to take at least a first position in which it places a chamber (420) acting on said actuator (42) in communication with a first zone (51) at least initially having a pressure that is different from a pressure present in said chamber (420); a sliding element (432) with respect to the sliding body (431) for resetting said equilibrium configuration, said sliding element (432) being distinct from said actuator (42) and being mechanically actuated in consequence of a variation of an inclination of said structure (41).
US10598165B2	Electric-driven air pump An electric-driven air pump includes an outer housing unit, an electric-driven mechanism and a piston mechanism. The outer housing unit includes a connecting seat with a gas outlet section, and a cylinder with a cylinder chamber. The electric mechanism is mounted to the outer housing unit and includes a motor. The piston mechanism includes a driven piston disposed in the cylinder chamber, a threaded driving rod formed with a helical guide slot, rotated by the motor, and connected to the driven piston such that rotation of the threaded driving rod drives reciprocal movement of the driven piston in the cylinder chamber, and a guide pin fixed in the driven piston and extending into the helical guide slot to be driven along the helical guide slot.
US10598159B2	Wind turbine bearings In one aspect, a dual pitch bearing configuration for coupling a rotor blade to a hub of a wind turbine. The dual pitch bearing configuration including a first pitch bearing and at least one additional pitch bearing disposed axially a distance LB from the first pitch bearing. The dual pitch bearing configuration further including one or more spacers disposed between the first pitch bearing and the at least one additional pitch bearing and extending the distance LB. The dual pitch bearing disposed radially within one of a blade root of the rotor blade, a hub extension or a bearing housing and coupled thereto. The dual pitch bearing configuration minimizing moment loading on the first pitch bearing and the at least one additional pitch bearing. A wind turbine including the dual pitch bearing configuration is further disclosed.
US10598156B2	Hybrid vertical/horizontal axis wind turbine for deep-water offshore installations A wind-driven power generating system with a hybrid wind turbine mounted on a floating platform that heels relative to horizontal in the presence of a prevailing wind. The hybrid turbine has a turbine rotor with at least two rotor blades, each mounted to a turbine shaft by at least one strut, and the system is configured so that the shaft forms a predetermined non-zero operating heel angle relative to vertical in the presence of a prevailing wind at a predetermined velocity. The blades and struts are airfoils with predetermined aerodynamic characteristics that generate lift forces with components in the direction of rotation around the shaft of the blades and struts at the operating heel angle to drive an electrical generator carried by the platform. The system can be designed to generate maximum power at the predetermined heel angle or essentially constant power over a range of heel angles.
US10598154B2	Wind turbine tower A wind turbine tower configured to support a wind turbine nacelle and a rotor, and with a tower wall of an inner surface and an outer surface. The tower is tethered by a number of cables, each cable extending between a first end anchored to an anchoring element and an opposite, second end attached to the tower at an attachment element. Two cables extending from two different anchoring elements are attached to the tower such that longitudinal projection lines from the second ends of the two cables converge at a convergence point, which lies at a location at a certain height and inside the tower wall thickness. Alternatively, the convergence point lies inside the tower within a distance of three wall thicknesses from the wall inner surface as measured at the height and in a direction perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis of the tower. The invention further relates to a method of erecting a wind turbine tower tethered by cables and configured for supporting a rotor assembly, and wherein the tower comprises a number of tower sections joined to each other. The method comprises positioning a first tower section, attaching at least some of the tethering cables to a second tower section while the second tower section is on the ground, lifting the second tower section with the attached cables onto the first tower section, and joining the second tower section to the first.
US10598151B2	System and method for micrositing a wind farm for loads optimization The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for micrositing a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines. The method includes (a) determining, via a loads optimization function, one or more wind directions with or without turbine shadow for each of the wind turbines in the wind farm, (b) determining, via the loads optimization function, at least one additional wind parameter for each of the wind directions, (c) calculating, via simulation, loads for each of the wind turbines in the wind farm based on the identified wind directions with or without turbine shadow for each of the wind turbines in the wind farm and the at least one additional wind parameter for each of the wind directions, and (d) determining a site layout for the wind farm based on the calculated loads.
US10598150B2	Wind turbine with optical pressure sensors and method for operating a wind turbine Wind turbine with at least one rotor blade and at least one optical pressure sensor arranged on the rotor blade, and method for operating the wind turbine.
US10598149B2	Wind turbine rotor blade with vortex generators A rotor blade of a wind turbine including at least one vortex generator is provided. The vortex generator is attached to the surface of the rotor blade and is located at least partially within the boundary layer of the airflow flowing across the rotor blade. The vortex generator is exposed to a stagnation pressure, which is caused by the fraction of the airflow passing over the vortex generator and of which the magnitude depends on the velocity of the fraction of the airflow passing over the vortex generator. The vortex generator is arranged and prepared to change its configuration depending on the magnitude of the stagnation pressure acting on the vortex generator. Furthermore, an aspect relates to a wind turbine for generating electricity with at least one such rotor blade.
US10598139B2	Variable fluid flow apparatus with integrated filter The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a fluid flow trim apparatus includes an outer housing defining a cavity having an interior surface and an end wall having an orifice therethrough, a valve body comprising a first valve portion disposed at least partly within the cavity, the first valve portion and the interior surface defining a first fluid flow path, a second valve portion in contact with the interior surface and defining a second fluid flow path. A third valve portion is disposed at least partly within the cavity between the first and second valve portions. The second fluid flow path fluidically connects the third valve portion to a trim cavity. A filter media extends from the first valve portion to the second valve portion and divides a third fluid flow path fluidically connecting the first and seconds fluid flow paths.
US10598138B2	Hermetically sealed tank system A hermetically sealed fuel tank system includes a hermetically sealed fuel tank, a fuel pump configured to supply fuel from within the hermetically sealed fuel tank to an internal combustion engine, and a pressure regulating valve. The pressure regulating valve is disposed within the hermetically sealed fuel tank and is configured to regulate the fuel pressure of the fuel supplied from the fuel pump to the internal combustion engine. The pressure regulating valve includes a pressure regulating chamber and a backpressure chamber partitioned by a diaphragm. An ambient air introduction passage is fluidly connected to the backpressure chamber and is configured to introduce air from the atmosphere outside the fuel tank into the backpressure chamber.
US10598123B2	Ladder frame for internal combustion engine A ladder frame for an internal combustion engine includes a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall, crank caps, and first joining portions and second joining portions. Each crank cap includes an arc-shaped center portion, a first lateral portion and a second lateral portion. Each first lateral portion is joined to the first lateral wall via each first joining portion, and each second lateral portion is joined to the second lateral wall via each second joining portion. Each center portion includes a supporting portion that rotatably supports the crankshaft, the center portion including a recess to which the residual portion is joined, on the opposite side to the supporting portion. Respective thicknesses of the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion are the same as that of the center portion. The recess is provided with a projection embedded in the residual portion.
US10598105B2	Method for controlling a forced induction engine A method for controlling a forced induction engine includes: determining a first air pressure upstream of an air compressor, the air compressor supplying compressed air to the engine; determining a second air pressure downstream of the air compressor; determining a limit air flow rate to the engine corresponding to the surge limit of the air compressor based at least in part on the first and second air pressures; and controlling a throttle valve actuator to position the throttle valve at a position providing an air flow rate that is greater than or equal to the limit air flow rate. A vehicle power pack having a control unit implementing the method and a vehicle having the vehicle power pack are also disclosed.
US10598103B2	Method for reinforcing anti-engine stall and vehicle A method for reinforcing anti-engine stall may include performing a cam timing control for measuring engine speed of an engine wherein when abnormality of a crank position detector is detected by a controller, engine speed of the engine is controlled to be higher than that at the time when the abnormality of crank position detector occurs while maintaining position for cam phase control operation of a variable timing system.
US10598093B2	Power generation system using closed or semi-closed Brayton cycle recuperator A power generation system includes a turbine having an outlet. A high temperature recuperator has an inlet and is connected to the turbine outlet. A low temperature recuperator is connected to the high temperature recuperator. Each of the high and low temperature recuperators include a plurality of matrix panels interconnected together that define hot fluid channels and cold fluid channels arranged adjacent to each other in a counterflow and stair-step configuration. A compressor is connected to the low temperature recuperator and turbine.
US10598086B2	Compound engine assembly with cantilevered compressor and turbine A compound engine assembly with an engine core including at least one internal combustion engine, a compressor, and a turbine section where the turbine shaft is configured to compound power with the engine shaft. The turbine section may include a first stage turbine and a second stage turbine. The turbine shaft is rotationally supported by a plurality of bearings all located on a same side of the compressor rotor(s) and all located on a same side of the turbine rotor(s), for example all located between the compressor rotor(s) and the turbine rotor(s), such that the compressor rotor(s) and the turbine rotor(s) are cantilevered. A method of driving a rotatable load of an aircraft is also discussed.
US10598084B2	Cooling and lubrication system for a turbocharger In a lubrication and cooling system for an electric machine operably driven by a turbine, a rotatable shaft may extend through an electric machine housing and a first and second bearing may be operably spaced apart from each other and coupled to the rotatable shaft. Furthermore, an electromagnetic rotor may be coupled to the rotatable shaft and disposed between the first and second bearings. A stator may be fixedly attached within the electric machine housing such that the electromagnetic rotor freely rotates along with the rotatable shaft. Additionally, a fluid passage defined in the electric machine housing delivers a portion of fluid to lubricate the first and second bearings and the remaining portion of fluid to circumferentially flow around the stator such that the fluid is in thermal communication with an outside surface of the stator to help maintain a desired operating temperature of the electric machine.
US10598076B2	Flow control valve A flow control valve includes a housing including an inflow port and an outflow port which communicates with the inflow port, a valve body housed in the housing and formed in a cylindrical form, the valve body allowing and prohibiting a fluid to flow between the inflow port and the outflow port by moving in an axial direction, an actuator moving the valve body in the axial direction, and a partition wall arranged between the valve body and the inflow port and causing a flow path from the inflow port to the valve body to be branched towards an outer peripheral side of the valve body.
US10598073B2	Exhaust system of internal combustion engine An exhaust system includes a turbine housing and an air-fuel ratio sensor. The turbine housing includes a first collecting exhaust pipe including a first passage, a second collecting exhaust pipe including a second passage, and a junction exhaust pipe including a junction passage. The first passage and the second passage are arranged in parallel. When an inner wall forming the junction passage is defined into a first continuous inner wall and a second continuous inner wall, the air-fuel ratio sensor is provided in the first continuous inner wall so as to protrude toward the center of the junction passage. A guide portion that protrudes toward the center of the junction passage is provided in the first continuous inner wall on the upstream side of the air-fuel ratio sensor.
US10598069B2	Method and system for regenerating a gasoline particulate filter Methods and systems are presented for regenerating a particulate filter. In one example, vehicle speed control mode parameters may be adjusted in response to an amount of soot stored in a particulate filter being greater than a first threshold. The vehicle speed control parameters may be returned to base values in response to the amount of soot stored in the particulate filter being less than a second threshold.
US10598067B2	Exhaust purification system of controlling injection amount of reducing agent Provided is an exhaust purification system that may include: a first catalyst installed on a rear exhaust pipe of an engine; a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst installed on the rear exhaust pipe of the first catalyst; a reducing agent injector which is installed on an exhaust pipe between the first catalyst and the SCR catalyst and configured to inject a reducing agent; and a controller configured to control an amount of reducing agent injected from the reducing agent injector. /The controller may calculate a total amount of ammonia adsorbed in the SCR catalyst, a required amount of reducing agent based on a total amount of ammonia adsorbed in the SCR catalyst, and the amount of nitrogen oxide introduced into the SCR catalyst, and then control a reducing agent injector to inject the required amount of reducing agent.
US10598051B2	Energy storage system There is disclosed an energy storage system. In particular, there is disclosed a chemisorption based energy storage system, able to provide electricity, heating or cooling depending on the desired energy output. The energy storage system includes a first chemical reactor containing a first sorbent material and a second chemical reactor containing a second sorbent material. The first and second chemical reactors are in mutual fluid connection such that a refrigerant fluid can flow from the first chemical reactor to the second chemical reactor, and from the second chemical reactor to the first chemical reactor. The first and second chemical reactors are further provided with means for putting heat in to, or taking heat out of, the first and/or the second chemical reactors. A heat exchanger module is also provided. The heat exchanger module is configured to select from a plurality of available heat sources, a heat source having the highest temperature and an expander module selectively connected to the first chemical reactor and the second chemical reactor via the heat exchanger module. The heat source is arranged to heat the refrigerant fluid prior to the refrigerant fluid passing through the expander module, and the heat exchanger is configured to recover a surplus heat from the highest temperature heat source. The expander module is configured to expand the refrigerant fluid. The means for putting heat in to, or taking heat out of, the first and/or the second chemical reactors provides a flow of refrigerant fluid between the expander module and the first and second chemical reactors, and wherein the expander module is operable to expand the refrigerant fluid to provide a variable work output depending on energy storage requirements.
US10598050B2	Scissor type compression and expansion machine used in a thermal energy recuperation system A compression and expansion machine is disclosed that includes a body with at least one chamber about an axis of symmetry, and pistons rotating about the axis of symmetry and dividing the chamber into cells rotating with the pistons. The invention also includes a device for coordinating the movement of the pistons and configured so that, during one rotation cycle, each of the cells performs at least one first expansion/contraction cycle corresponding to a stage of compressing a first stream of gas passing through this cell and at least one second expansion/contraction cycle corresponding to a stage of expanding a second stream of gas passing through this cell.
US10598048B2	Auxiliary rotation device for a gas turbine engine and a method of cooling a rotor of a gas turbine engine using an auxiliary rotation device There is disclosed an auxiliary rotation device 28 for a gas turbine engine 10. The auxiliary rotation device 28 comprises: an electric machine 30 configured to be coupled to a rotor of the gas turbine engine 10; and a dedicated electrical storage device 32 coupled to the electric machine 30. During a period of powered operation of the gas turbine engine 10 the electric machine 30 is configured to act as a generator so as to charge the dedicated electrical storage device 32. Following the period of powered operation of the gas turbine engine 10 the electric machine 30 is configured to act as a motor by discharging the dedicated electrical storage device 32 so as to cause the rotor to rotate for a period of time to provide even cooling of the rotor around its circumference. There is also disclosed a method of cooling a rotor of a gas turbine engine 10 using an auxiliary rotation device 28.
US10598046B2	Support straps and method of assembly for gas turbine engine A method of assembling a portion of a gas turbine engine, includes assembling a plurality of static structure rings; attaching a plurality of support straps to an outer diameter of the plurality of static structure rings to form a cartridge; inserting the cartridge at least partially into an outer case assembly along an engine axis.
US10598041B2	Inlet performance measurement system for gas turbine engine A performance measurement system of an inlet of a gas turbine engine includes a probe strut configured for installation to a case strut of an inlet case of a gas turbine engine. The probe strut includes one or more probes extending therefrom configured to measure one or more characteristics of an airflow past the one or more probes, a first attachment point configured to secure the probe strut to a hub portion of the inlet case, and a second attachment point configured to secure the probe strut to an outer case portion of the inlet case. A data acquisition module is located at a central longitudinal axis of the inlet and is operably connected to the probe to collect sensed data therefrom. The probe strut and the data acquisition module are configured to be installed, removed, and/or relocated without removal of the inlet case from the gas turbine engine.
US10598036B2	Assembly for sealing a gap between components of a turbine engine An assembly for a turbine engine includes a case, a guide vane arrangement and a flexible seal ring. The case extends circumferentially around an axis, and includes a first seal land. The guide vane arrangement is located radially within the case, and includes a second seal land. The seal ring at least partially seals a gap between the first seal land and the second seal land. The seal ring includes a first leg and a second leg that is connected to the first leg at a corner of the seal ring. The first leg is axially engaged with the first seal land. The second leg is axially engaged with the second seal land.
US10598016B2	Combination of two interconnected shafts for high-speed rotors A shaft joint has an inverse conical stopper. The joint is a combination of interconnected shafts, with one shaft being inserted into the other. The interface between the two shafts can be of any type: press-fit, thermally shrank, threaded, etc. Besides, the shaft-to-shaft interface can be also either bonded or non-bonded.
US10597998B2	Adjusting survey points post-casing for improved wear estimation Disclosed embodiments include a method for estimating casing wear including the operations of: obtaining locations of survey points along a borehole, said survey point locations representing a borehole trajectory; casing at least a portion of the borehole with a casing string; deriving locations of adjusted survey points that represent a casing trajectory along said portion of the borehole, the casing trajectory being different from the borehole trajectory; estimating, as a function of position along said casing string, a side force of a drill string against the casing string; computing, as a function of position along the casing string, casing wear based at least in part on the side force; and generating a notification of any positions where casing wear exceeds a threshold.
US10597991B2	Control systems for fracturing operations A system can include a low pressure manifold that includes an inlet and a plurality of outlets and a high pressure manifold that comprises a plurality of inlets and an outlet. The system can include a flow path that comprises one of the outlets of the low pressure manifold and one of the inlets of the high pressure manifold. The system can further include a pump that includes a portion of the flow path and a valve coupled with one of the low pressure manifold and the high pressure manifold. The system can further include a control system coupled with the valve and the pump, and the control system can include a processor that is configured to make a determination of whether the valve is in fluid communication with the flow path and control at least one of the valve and the pump based on the determination.
US10597986B2	Method and apparatus for bi-directionally anchoring a liner in a borehole A technique facilitates hanging of a liner in a borehole. According to the technique, a liner hanger and a liner may be deployed downhole into a borehole. A wellbore anchoring device of the liner hanger is initially actuated to engage a surrounding surface and to resist downward movement of the liner. Additionally, a hold down anchor is subsequently actuated to resist upward movement of the liner. The hold down anchor may be released via mechanical manipulation of the liner hanger.
US10597982B2	Systems and methods for evaluating and optimizing stimulation efficiency using diverters The disclosure pertains to the determining the efficiency of stimulation operations in a hydrocarbon well. Stimulation is performed in a hydrocarbon well and various data is obtained therefrom. The data is used to develop a simulation of fluid flow in the well and the simulation is used to model a synthetic tracer log, which corresponds to a modeled level of efficiency. Numerous synthetic tracer logs may be generated in this way so that tracer logs are available for a variety of different stimulation efficiencies. In order to determine the efficiency of an actual stimulation, the real tracer log of the stimulated well may be compared to the synthetic tracer logs in search of a match. When the real tracer log matches a synthetic tracer log the modeled efficiency of the synthetic log may be used as the actual or true efficiency of the real well stimulation.
US10597981B2	Drilling engineering analysis roadmap builder for hydrocarbon reservoir modeling Methods, systems, and computer program products for developing and presenting wellbore pipe string related operation engineering parameter roadmaps in hydrocarbon reservoir modeling are disclosed. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a plurality of depth intervals, associating different computational model calculations with each depth interval, selecting input parameter values for each set of computational model calculations, generating computational model results for each set of computational model calculations associated with each interval to yield a graphical interval plot for the depth interval; and displaying a plurality of graphical interval plots together on a wellbore roadmap. A control list for the roadmap is correspondingly generated and dynamically linked to the wellbore roadmap so that individual entries in the control list are associated with individual interval plots.
US10597980B2	External trap apparatus and method for safely controlling tool string assemblies An external trap apparatus (70) and a method for safely controlling drilling tool string components during oil field drilling operations includes a collar clamp (72) affixed to a drilling tool string lubricator (80) and configured with laterally spaced first and second vertical rails (120, 122) depending therefrom and configured to support a coaxially aligned guide plate (232) and a reinforced catcher plate assembly (164) carrying a tool-end receiving funnel receptacle (202) and first and second energy absorbing crush cylinders (160, 162). When the drill string (82) is raised or withdrawn from the well (28), the funnel receptacle (202) can be rotated into coaxial alignment to catch the drill string's end or downhole tool, in the event of an inadvertent loss of control of the drill string (82).
US10597978B2	Hydraulically assisted shear bolt A shear bolt can include a body having a shear portion. A port in the body may be used for introducing a fluid into the body. A core disposed in the body may include a chamber at least partially surrounded by the shear portion. A fluid pressure in the chamber and exerted against the shear portion may be increasable in response to the fluid being introduced through the port, such as to increase an amount of stress in the shear portion and prime the shear bolt for shearing. Additionally or alternatively, a support structure positioned in the chamber may be frangible to reduce support to the shear portion in response to the fluid being introduced through the port, for example, to contribute to priming the shear bolt for shearing.
US10597976B2	Ball drop tool and methods of use Disclosed examples include a ball drop tool located in a drill string. The ball drop tool may be a drilling stabilizer that includes a drilling stabilizer housing having an interior passage to be coupled to a drill string. A at least one stabilizing blade is on an external surface of the housing. The stabilizing blade includes a hollow compartment to hold at least one ball. A gate valve couples the hollow compartment of the stabilizing blade to the interior passage. Gate valve circuitry is coupled to the gate valve for controlling operation of the gate valve to controllably release one or more of the balls.
US10597975B2	Downhole completion system Downhole completion system (100) arranged in a borehole, comprising a production casing (2) having an axial extension with an opening (4) for providing fluid communication between the borehole and the inside of the casing, a sleeve (5) arranged at least partly movably along or rotatably around the axial extension for opening, choking or closing the fluid communication and a sleeve control (7) for moving the sleeve (5) to open, choke or close the opening (4), wherein the sleeve control comprises a first part having at least one member (9) engaging the profile, a second part having a fixation unit (11) fixating the sleeve control in the casing, an actuator (12) for moving the first part in relation to the second part, a power supply (14), such as a battery, supplying power to the actuator (12), and a first communication module (15) for receiving control signals from surface.
US10597972B2	Autonomous pressure control assembly with state-changing valve system A method and apparatus are provided for controlling wellbore pressure within a wellbore during a perforation event by changing a state of a valve system multiple times. Information generated about the wellbore pressure within the wellbore may be received. A state of the valve system, which is positioned relative to a chamber within the wellbore, may be changed multiple times based on the information received to create a plurality of pressure conditions that substantially match a reference pressure profile. Each of the plurality of pressure conditions is selected from one of an underbalance condition and an overbalance condition.
US10597960B2	Activation mechanism for a downhole tool and a method thereof An activation method and a mechanism in which a pressure or flow sensor senses the pressure or flow rate of the treatment fluid being pumped through the drill string. A controller powered by a power source monitors the sensed pressure or flow rate within a first time window and via a suitable activator activates a first downhole tool or operation mode thereof if the sensed pressure or flow rate is stable with that time window. The controller monitors the sensed pressure or flow rate within a second time window and activates a second downhole tool or second operation mode of the first downhole tool if the sensed pressure or flow rate is stable with that time window. In one embodiment, the sensed pressure is combined with a rotation sensor sensing the rotation of the drill string. The controller logs the starting time for the pumping and the rotation.
US10597959B2	Methods for enhancing cuttings transport and hole cleaning in oil and gas wells Methods for enhancing transport rate of particles of size Dm in a cuttings bed within an annulus of a wellbore during drilling operations. One method comprises estimating, with a computer, a current particle size distribution (PSD) of a particle bed including particles of size Dm within a measured depth (MD) range of the wellbore; calculating, with the computer, a target PSD of the MD range using a using a one-dimensional transient model incorporating a particle transport model; determining, with the computer, a pumping PSD to achieve the target PSD within the MD range; and adding the pumping PSD to a drilling fluid flowing within the annulus, thereby enhancing the transport rate of particles of size Dm within the MD range. The particle transport model may be a surface-based transport model.
US10597956B2	Bit change mechanism for a drill rig A bit changer assembly includes a bit basket actuator assembly configured to be coupled to a drill rig. The bit basket actuator assembly includes an actuator, a guiderail, and a bit basket that is movably coupled to the guiderail via actuation of the actuator. The bit changer assembly also includes a bit carousel configured to be coupled to the drill rig, such that the bit carousel is rotatably and vertically moveable relative to the drill rig.
US10597954B2	Sequencing for pipe handling A method sequence for handling tubulars into or out of a wellbore, the method comprising: moving a tubular string into or out of a wellbore via a top drive; moving tubular stands to and from a setback position and a stand handoff position via a transfer bridge racker and a setback guide arm; moving tubular stands to and from the stand handoff position and a well center position via a tubular delivery arm and a lower stabilizing arm; building stands and breaking down stands offline via a mousehole and operating a roughneck on joints between the tubular stands and the tubular string.
US10597951B2	Multi-layer coating and related methods of application A downhole tool includes a circumferential band having a plurality of axially adjacent weld beads forming a wear resistant surface along a particular axial length of the tool and at least one circumferential multi-layer coating applied axially adjacent the band on either end. The multi-layer coating includes a first layer, exhibiting a first color, applied directly onto the tool surface, and a second wear-resistant layer, exhibiting a second color different from the first color, applied directly onto the first layer. The second layer wears or is removed by a certain amount, such that the first color of the first layer is revealed to indicate the extent of wear and/or that the tool should be removed from service and refurbished by applying a new wear-resistant coating.
US10597943B2	Drilling system including a driveshaft/housing lock The present disclosure provides a drilling system, and a method of operating a downhole tool. The drilling system, in one embodiment, includes a housing defining a first longitudinal dimension, a driveshaft positioned within the housing and defining a second longitudinal dimension. In this embodiment, the housing and driveshaft are operable to slide relative to one another along the first longitudinal dimension and the second longitudinal dimension, and rotate relative to one another. The drilling system, in accordance with this embodiment, further includes a load sensor operable to sense the housing and driveshaft sliding relative to one another, and a locking mechanism operable to lock or unlock the relative rotation of the housing and the driveshaft in response to the load sensor sensing the housing and driveshaft sliding relative to one another thereto.
US10597934B2	Reversible window shutter A reversible window shutter includes a frame and reversible panel inserts. The panel inserts can be attached to the frame in a first position in which a first side of the panel inserts are visible through the frame, and a second position in which a second side of the panel inserts are visible through the frame. Each side of the panel inserts can have a different design or style, giving the user the ability to change the visible style of the window shutter. Each panel inserts may be a two-part insert, with each panel insert part having an outer surface with a decorative design, and an inner surface with connection features configured to engage the connection features of the other panel insert part.
US10597926B2	Clutch, motor, and power window device A clutch is configured, when a driving-side rotor is in a non-driven-rotated state, to prevent rotation of a driven-side rotor by setting a rolling element in a lock state in which the rolling element is held by a control surface and a collar. The clutch is configured so that when the driving-side rotor is driven and rotated in the lock state, the driving-side rotor pushes the rolling element via two circumferential holders in a rotation direction to release the rolling element from the lock state. Each of the two circumferential holders includes a guide portion configured to guide the rolling element toward a radially inner side of the collar when the rolling element is released from the lock state.
US10597923B2	Stop position damping device and arrangement with stop position damping device A stop position damping device (13) for a sliding element (11) that is slidably arranged in a sliding direction (R) relative to a stationary element (12) includes a structural unit (14) and an activating part (15) that are connected to one of the two elements (11), (12) respectively. The structural unit (14) has a base carrier (21) at which a damping cylinder supporting arrangement (23) is pivotably mounted with one and around a first pivot axis (S1). At the opposite free end (24), the damping cylinder supporting arrangement (23) is supported without guidance at the base carrier (21) via a biasing element (25), wherein the biasing element (25) creates a torque around the first pivot axis (S1). In an area that is closer to the free end (24) as to the first pivot axis (S1), a catch part (45) can move in a length direction (L) relative to the damping cylinder supporting arrangement (23). If an unintended collision occurs between the activating part (15) and the catch part (45), the damping cylinder supporting arrangement (23) with the catch part (45) can pivot away from the activating part (15).
US10597917B2	Stretchable adjustable-stiffness assemblies A stretchable adjustable-stiffness assembly includes a casing and first and second friction layers. The casing can be fluidly sealed and includes an interior compartment containing a fluid. The fluid can shift between a first interior pressure and a second interior pressure less than the first interior pressure and an exterior pressure. The first and second friction layers are disposed within the interior compartment. The assembly can shift between relaxed and fixed configurations. In the relaxed configuration, the fluid has the first interior pressure, the casing is stretchable between a first dimension and a second dimension greater than the first dimension, and the assembly has a first stiffness. In the fixed configuration, the first fluid has the second interior pressure, the casing length is fixed, the first and second friction layers are engaged, and the assembly has a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness.
US10597914B2	Vehicle door latch device A vehicle door latch device comprises an outside lever, a locking lever, a holding member, an opening link and a spring. The spring applies an urging force, smaller than an elastic holding force of the holding member in an unlocking direction, to the opening link. A coil is held in a holding recess of a rotation central portion of the opening link. The first arm engages with the outside lever, and the second arm engages with the opening link. If a panic state occurs, the locking lever can rotate to an unlock position, and the opening link returns to an initial position before a releasing action and is moved to the unlock position by the urging force of the spring.
US10597910B2	Universal door lock-driving assembly A universal door lock-driving assembly is installed in an exterior space of a door panel. The door panel is furnished with at least one of an embedded lock cartridge, an embedded vertical-extending lock bar assembly and an exposed vertical-extending lock bar assembly. The universal door lock-driving assembly includes a base set, an action unit, a driving member and a slidable unit. The slidable unit can assemble a first assembling member and a second assembling member. The first assembling member can apply a penetration slot on the base set to generate interaction with the embedded lock cartridge or the embedded vertical-extending lock bar assembly. The second assembling member can interact with an exposed lock bar. Thus, the universal door lock-driving assembly can be used to unlock at least the lock cartridge and the lock bar assembly.
US10597906B2	Tamper-resistant lock A locking system includes a tamper-resistant lock and key. The tamper-resistant lock can include a cylindrical lock body with an upper portion having an engagement surface defining a pattern of engagement features, a housing, and a hidden component sized and shaped to fit within the housing that includes an internal lock base into which the cylindrical lock body fastens and a padlock pin configured to secure the internal lock base to a hasp or staple. The key operable for use with the tamper-resistant lock can include a cylindrical key body defining an engagement cavity configured to receive the engagement surface of the cylindrical lock body, a set of complementary engagement features, a plurality of retractable engagement members, and a retractable collar at least partially covering the cylindrical key body.
US10597905B2	Facilitating security screening of traveler's luggage Method of making airline luggage inspection secure while accommodating the needs of the traveler comprises making a special lock available to airline travelers, the special lock having a combination lock portion and a master key lock, the master key lock portion receiving a master key that can open the master key lock portion of any special lock of this type. The special lock is designed to be applied to an individual piece of airline luggage and has indicia conveying to luggage purchasers that the special lock is “approved” by a luggage screening authority and conveying to the luggage screening authority that the special lock can be opened using the master key. The method includes providing the luggage screening authority directly or indirectly with exclusive access to the master key. The manufacturers and/or providers of the master key and special lock retain copies of the master key.
US10597898B1	Fence brace system The present invention comprises a brace adapted to secure a fence rail to a fence post. This brace may optionally be installed onto an existing fence. The present invention may also be installed on a new fence. The brace may be adapted to support fences with cylindrical fence posts or rectanguloid fence posts and rectanguloid fence rails. Optional embodiments include braces for fence corner pieces. The brace may further optionally be adapted to secure fences on a steep incline. The invention includes a first fence rail brace member adapted to connect to 2 or more sides of a first fence rail; the first fence rail brace member is fused to a first side of a fence post brace member, the fence post brace member being adapted to connect to 2 or more sides of the fence post.
US10597895B1	City system An ecological city system is provided including a core structure and a set of circularly arranged structures having various functions surrounding the core. A plurality of radially arranged transportation structures provide transportation between the circularly arranged structures and the core structure. The ecological city system sustains inhabitant life via a closed loop system for maximizing ecological sustainability, ecological harmony, inhabitant safety, and economic performance and efficiency.
US10597891B2	Bleacher umbrella caddy An umbrella holder holds an umbrella and attaches to sports bleachers. Holder includes a hollow tube for placing an umbrella handle and a threaded rod screwed in the tube for tightening or releasing the umbrella handle. An attaching mechanism is fixed to the hollow tube and includes a means for clamping holder to sports bleachers.
US10597885B2	Pool return fitting assembly A pool return fitting assembly with a pool return body, a pool return cover with an opening aligned with the pool return body's opening. The outer surface of the pool return cover may include an uneven surface bordering the opening with barriers projecting out from the pool return cover away from the pool return body, the barriers separated by channels in fluid communication with the opening through the pool return cover. A fin is positioned within the opening of the pool return cover and tapers towards the interior surface of the pool return body as the fin extends farther away from the pool return cover.
US10597881B1	Wall system A wall system including a plurality of panel assemblies, each having a reduced thickness for use in connection with a portion of a building structure. The panel assembly comprises two panel members disposed in interconnecting relation, collectively defining an air gap that is generally filled with a filler material such as concrete. Removable support members are further included and disposed on an outside face of a corresponding panel member. The removable support members may comprise corrugated steel panels that may be held in place along with the panel members by retainers that interconnect the panels and/or removable support members. Wire mesh may be disposed within the air gap. One or more panel assemblies may be interconnected via a connecting assembly. The connecting assembly may comprise a U-shaped channel with one or more apertures.
US10597868B2	Sealing strip for sealing joints between elements, and method for producing a sealing strip The invention relates to a sealing strip (1) for sealing a joint (11) between two elements (12), in particular between building components, wherein the sealing strip (1) extends in a longitudinal direction (L) and has, in cross-sectional profile, two fastening portions (2) between which there are provided two separate adjacent sealing portions (3) which are separated from one another by a predetermined bending point (4) which runs in the longitudinal direction (L), wherein the sealing portions (3) each have a chamber (6) which is filled with a compressible foam, wherein the sealing strip (1) is formed from a sheet material (9).
US10597864B1	Structural member assemblies, beams, and support structures comprising same A beam can comprise a plurality of steel channel members that extend along a longitudinal axis. The plurality of steel channel members can cooperate to define an interior volume that is configured to receive concrete therein. The plurality of steel channel members can comprise a first C-shaped channel member defining a channel therein and having first and second flanges. The channel of the first C-shaped channel member can define a portion of an outer boundary of the interior volume. The first and second flanges can extend into the interior volume. A plurality of internally projecting members can be spaced along the longitudinal axis. The plurality of internally projecting members can extend into the interior volume from a steel channel member of the plurality of steel channel members. A strap can extend across the interior volume so that when the interior volume is filled with concrete, the strap engages the concrete.
US10597858B2	Lamp module and bidet device including same A lamp module according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a lamp having electrode terminals at both ends thereof; a bracket portion including first and second brackets coupled to both ends of the lamp so that the electrode terminals of the lamp are supported; and a cover glass having the lamp and the bracket portion inserted and coupled therein, and having a cavity such that one surface of the bracket is externally exposed, wherein the first bracket may be provided with a communication portion for communicating the inside and the outside of the cover glass.
US10597854B1	Sensing faucet for integration of soap supply with water exit A sensing faucet for the integration of soap supply with water exit includes a main body configured with a mounting portion having a first mounting zone and second mounting zone, where the first mounting zone is used to accept a water supply module, and the second mounting zone a soap supply module, where an obtuse angle is formed between the first and second mounting zones. With the above structure, the soap supply module can conform to a human factor design besides the water and soap supply modules are integrated with each other in the same sensing faucet, allowing users direct soap supply according hand washing habits without needing to touch any other components, and the hand cleaning convenience can then be achieved.
US10597849B2	Method and system for burying a pipeline in a bed of a body of water A method for burying a pipeline in a bed of a body of water which includes: making a trench with a bottom surface in a bed of a body of water via a bed working vehicle advanced in an advancing direction; advancing a floating unit in the body of water; releasing a pipeline in the body of water via a tensioner and along a lay device tilted in an adjustable manner and constrained to the floating unit; guiding the pipeline to the bottom surface of the trench via a guide vehicle advanced on the bed of the body of water; and controlling the tensioner, the floating unit, the lay device, the bed working vehicle, and the guide vehicle to minimize stress along the pipeline.
US10597846B2	System and method for positioning a lift arm on a power machine A method of controlling a lift arm actuator and a tilt actuator to control positioning of an implement carrier coupled to a lift arm of a power machine. An activation signal is received from an enabling input device. A lift arm control signal is received from a lift arm control input commanding movement of the lift arm. The lift arm actuator is controlled responsive to receipt of both of the activation signal and the lift arm control signal to move the lift arm to a target lift arm position and to move the implement carrier to or maintain the implement carrier at a target implement carrier orientation relative to a gravitational direction.
US10597844B2	Single cylinder hydraulic coupler The single cylinder hydraulic coupler includes a hydraulic cylinder system, a first pivot linkage system, a second pivot linkage system, a first spring system, a second spring system, a first locking pin system, and a second locking pin system. The single cylinder hydraulic coupler couples an attachment to a machine with increased efficiency and reliability over conventional methods.
US10597843B2	Utility loader with high lift loader arms and unifying hand grip for dual traction control levers A compact utility loader is operated by a standing operator at the rear of a frame. A loader arm assembly comprises a scissors linkage on either side of the frame nesting around the prime mover. Each scissors linkage has an upper loader arm that is pivoted at its rear end to rears ends of a pair of lower loader arms such that the pivot connections to the upper loader arm move upwardly and forwardly relative to the frame during elevation of the loader arm assembly to provide a high lift capability. The frame is self-propelled by a differential drive and steering system that is operated by dual levers. A hand grip extends between and unifies the operation of the levers to permit the operator to more easily move the levers in the ways that are needed to provide either straight motion of the frame or turns of the frame.
US10597842B1	Excavation shoring Apparatus and associated methodology contemplating an excavation shoring apparatus, having a pipe sized to circumferentially enclose at least one human user working in a subterranean excavation. A plurality of channel brackets is attached to the pipe, each channel bracket forming an elongated cross-sectional profile defining a channel having a longitudinal axis extending along the channel bracket. The excavation shoring apparatus also has a plurality of selectively removable legs, each leg forming an elongated cross-sectional profile defining a beam. Each channel is configured to receivingly engage the beam in a closely-mating slidable relationship. The excavation shoring apparatus also has a plurality of removable fasteners, each connecting one of the legs to the respective channel bracket by simultaneously passing through an opening in the channel bracket and a selected opening of a plurality of openings in the leg. The selected opening in the leg corresponds to a desired position of the leg along the longitudinal axis.
US10597841B2	Foundation pile installation device A foundation pile end piece is provided that includes a ring-shape connection housing, where a proximal end of the ring-shape connection housing is configured to secure to a bottom end of a foundation pile, a moveable tip, where a distal end of the ring-shape connection housing is configured to fixedly hold the moveable tip, where the moveable tip is disposed to oscillate transversely with respect to a central axis of the ring-shape connection housing, where the moveable tip is configured to displace soil from the bottom end of the foundation pile according to actuation of the oscillation.
US10597835B2	Surrogate for concrete divider Surrogates for roadside objects, such as concrete dividers, can be used for vehicle testing. A surrogate for a concrete divider can have substantially the same size and/or shape as the concrete divider that the surrogate is mimicking. The surrogate can be configured to exhibit substantially the same characteristics as their actual counterpart concrete divider when sensed by one or more vehicle sensors (e.g., cameras, radar sensors, and/or LIDAR sensors). Such surrogates can be used to test autonomous vehicles, one or more vehicle sensors, a vehicle sensor system, and/or one or more vehicle system (e.g., a road departure mitigation system). The surrogates can be configured to withstand being crashed into by a test vehicle without being damaged and without damaging the test vehicle.
US10597833B2	Wire mesh and method for producing a coil for a wire mesh A wire netting, in particular a safety net, includes a plurality of helices which are braided with one another and at least one of which is manufactured of at least one single wire, a wire bundle, a wire strand, a wire rope and/or another longitudinal element with at least one wire, and which includes at least one first leg, at least one second leg and at least one bending region connecting the first leg and the second leg to one another. In a longitudinal view in parallel to a longitudinal direction of the helix, the bending region includes at least one bending zone with a bending curvature and at least one first transition zone which is connected to the first leg and has a first transition curvature that differs from the bending curvature.
US10597822B2	Method and arrangement for fiber flow equalization in a refiner A refiner segment for a refiner for defibrating has a refining surface comprising a group of first bars and second bars, each having a first end directed in the direction of an inlet zone and a second end directed in the direction of a refining zone, where the second ends of the first bars are interlaced with the first ends of the second bars to form first grooves between the first bars, and second grooves between the second bars. The second ends of the first bars have a guiding surface decreasing from an upper surface of the first bars down towards the bottom of the second grooves, and the first ends of the second bars have a guiding surface increasing from the bottom of the first grooves up to a top of the second bars, such that the guiding surfaces form an equalization groove.
US10597815B2	Laundry treatment apparatus A laundry treatment apparatus dries laundry by sending air to the laundry while the laundry is hung on a hanger, and dehumidifies surrounding air of the laundry to reduce a drying time of the laundry. The laundry treatment apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a cabinet which has an air inlet; a dehumidifying unit which is provided inside the cabinet, and dehumidifies air suctioned into the cabinet through the air inlet; a first blower unit which is provided at a top portion of the cabinet, and discharges the air dehumidified in the cabinet by the dehumidifying unit; and a second blower unit which is provided over the cabinet with a distance therebetween, has a hanging part on which a hanger is hung, and suctions air to send the air to the laundry hung on the hanger.
US10597810B2	Laundry treatment apparatus A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum having a cylindrical shape, a first support member to rotatably support an open front drum surface, an opening formed through the first support member to allow the drum to communicate with a cabinet opening, a second support member to rotatably support an open rear drum surface, a driving unit to rotate the drum, a first mounting portion provided at a selected one of the support members and disposed below a horizontal line passing through a rotation center of the drum, a second mounting portion provided at the selected support member and disposed above the horizontal line, and a drum support unit configured to rotatably support a circumferential surface of the drum and to be separably coupled to either the first mounting portion or the second mounting portion in an interchangeable manner.
US10597807B2	Front-loading washing machine having rotatable observation windowed door Provided is a drum-type washing machine having a rotatable viewing window comprising: a front panel of the housing of the washing machine, an access opening provided on the front panel, and a viewing window disposed on the access opening, wherein a hinge component is provided between the viewing window and the front panel of the housing to allow the rotation of the viewing window along a horizontal orientation and along a vertical orientation to the open position. When the viewing window opened to a small degree along the horizontal direction, it then could rotate upwards to open, and accordingly nearly half the space occupied by opening the viewing window of traditional front loading washing machine could be saved. Furthermore, the automatic opening could be achieved.
US10597798B1	Methods and compositions for cooling yarns and fabrics, and articles comprising same In one aspect, the disclosure relates to composite fibers having a structure comprising a core component and sheath component, wherein each of the core component and the sheath layer independently comprise a polymer and a disclosed cooling composition. In various further aspects, the present disclosure pertains to single-covered yarn comprising a core yarn comprising a disclosed composite fiber comprising a core component and a sheath component. In still further aspects, the present disclosure pertains to a fabric, such as a denim fabric, comprising a disclosed single-covered yarn. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
US10597794B2	High purity polymer derived 3C SiC, methods compositions and applications Organosilicon chemistry, polymer derived ceramic materials, and methods. Such materials and methods for making polysilocarb (SiOC) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) materials having 3-nines, 4-nines, 6-nines and greater purity. Processes and articles utilizing such high purity SiOC and SiC.
US10597787B2	Electrochemical reaction device An electrochemical reaction device includes: an electrolytic solution tank to store an electrolytic solution; an oxidation electrode disposed in the electrolytic solution tank; a reduction electrode disposed in the electrolytic solution tank; and a generator connected to the oxidation electrode and the reduction electrode. At least one of the oxidation electrode or the reduction electrode has a porous structure containing fine pores.
US10597775B2	Film forming method and film forming apparatus A film forming apparatus comprises a film forming vessel comprising a first mold and a second mold that is arranged to be opposed to the first mold. The first mold is configured to include a first recessed portion and a first planar portion arranged around the first recessed portion and an exhaust port in a bottom portion of the first recessed portion. The film forming apparatus also comprises a seal member placed between the first planar portion of the first mold and the second mold. The seal member is configured to keep inside of the film forming vessel airtight; and an exhaust device connected with the exhaust port. The work is placed away from the first planar portion such that a film formation target part of the work faces an internal space of the first recessed portion when the film forming vessel is closed. A film forming method comprises (a) forming a film on part of the work by the film forming apparatus; (b) opening the film forming vessel after the (a); and (c) at a start of the (b), evacuating the film forming vessel via the exhaust port by the exhaust device.
US10597769B2	Method of fabricating a magnetic stack arrangement of a laminated magnetic inductor Embodiments are directed to a method of forming a magnetic stack arrangement of a laminated magnetic inductor having a high frequency peak quality factor (Q). A first magnetic stack is formed having one or more magnetic layers alternating with one or more insulating layers in a first inner region of a laminated magnetic inductor. A second magnetic stack is formed opposite a surface of the first magnetic stack in an outer region of the laminated magnetic inductor. A third magnetic stack is formed opposite a surface of the second magnetic stack in a second inner region of the laminated magnetic inductor. The insulating layers are formed such that a thickness of an insulating layer in the second magnetic stack is greater than a thickness of an insulating layer in the first magnetic stack.
US10597760B2	High-strength steel material for oil well and oil well pipes There is provided a high-strength steel material for oil well having a chemical composition consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.60-1.4%, Si: 0.05-1.00%, Mn: 12-25%, Al: 0.003-0.06%, P: ≤0.03%, S: ≤0.03%, N: <0.1%, Cr: ≥0% and <5.0%, Mo: ≥0% and <3.0%, Cu: ≤0% and <1.0%, Ni: ≥0% and <1.0%, V: 0-0.5%, Nb: 0-0.5%, Ta: 0-0.5%, Ti: 0-0.5%, Zr: 0-0.5%, Ca: ≥0% and <0.005%, Mg: ≥0% and <0.005%, B: 0-0.015%, the balance: Fe and impurities, wherein Nieq [=Ni+30C+0.5Mn] is 27.5 or higher, a metal micro-structure is a structure consisting mainly of an FCC structure, a total volume fraction of ferrite and α′ martensite is less than 0.10%, and a yield strength is 862 MPa or higher.
US10597759B2	Non-oriented electrical steel sheet having high magnetic flux density and motor A non-oriented electrical steel sheet having a chemical composition comprising C: not more than 0.010 mass %, Si: 1.0-7.0 mass %, Mn: 0.001-3.0 mass %, sol. Al: 0.0001-3.5 mass %, P: 0.01-0.2 mass %, S: not more than 0.010 mass %, N: not more than 0.010 mass % and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a ratio (P120/Fe700) of a peak-peak height P120 of P near to an electronic energy of 120 eV to a peak-peak height Fe700 of Fe near to an electronic energy of 700 eV in an Auger differential spectrum obtained by analyzing a broken surface of a grain boundary through Auger electron spectroscopy is not less than 0.1 and a sheet thickness is 0.10-0.50 mm, and a motor using such a non-oriented electrical steel sheet as an iron core.
US10597750B2	Apparatus and a method for treatment of mined material with electromagnetic radiation The present disclosure provides an apparatus for treatment of mined material. The apparatus comprises a source for generating electromagnetic radiation and a microwave inlet region for exposing fragments of the mined material to the electromagnetic radiation. Further, the apparatus comprises a reflective structure adjacent the microwave inlet region and providing, or surrounding, a passage for guiding the fragments of the mined material to the microwave inlet region. The reflective structure is arranged to attenuate penetration of the electromagnetic radiation from the microwave inlet region into the passage during throughput of the fragments of the mined material.
US10597746B2	High-strength steel having a high minimum yield limit and method for producing a steel of this type A high-strength steel having a minimum yield strength of 1300 MPa may include 0.23% to 0.25% by weight carbon, 0.15% to 0.35% by weight silicon, 0.85% to 1.00% by weight manganese, 0.07% to 0.10% by weight aluminium, 0.65% to 0.75% by weight chromium, 0.02% to 0.03% by weight niobium, 0.55% to 0.65% by weight molybdenum, 0.035% to 0.05% by weight vanadium, 1.10% to 1.30% by weight nickel, 0.0020% to 0.0035% by weight boron, and 0.0007% to 0.0030% by weight calcium. The high-strength steel may also include iron, unavoidable impurities, and at least one of the following: at most 0.012% by weight phosphorus, at most 0.003% by weight sulfur, at most 0.10% by weight copper, at most 0.006% by weight nitrogen, at most 0.008% by weight titanium, at most 0.03% by weight tin, at most 2.00 ppm hydrogen, at most 0.01% by weight arsenic, or at most 0.01% by weight cobalt. A method for producing such high-strength steel is also disclosed.
US10597744B2	Method for treating toughness and hardness of drill bit buttons A method, performed by a centrifuge, for treating toughness and hardness of drill bit buttons is provided. The centrifuge comprises a chamber formed by a stationary side wall and a bottom which is rotatable around a rotation axis, the bottom comprising one or more protrusions which at least partly extends between the rotation axis and the side wall, the side wall comprising at least six pushing elements arranged around a periphery of the side wall. The method comprises rotating, by rotation of the bottom with the protrusions, the drill bit buttons around the rotation axis, pushing, by the pushing elements, the drill bit buttons from the side wall during the rotation of the bottom, collectively forming the drill bit buttons into a torus shape at the bottom of the chamber for inducing collisions between the drill bit buttons, thereby treating the toughness and hardness of the drill bit.
US10597741B2	High-strength steel sheet and method for manufacturing the same A high-strength steel sheet and a method for manufacturing a high-strength steel sheet having excellent phosphatability and excellent corrosion resistance after electrodeposition coating has been performed, even in the case where the contents of Si and Mn are high. The method may comprise annealing a steal sheet by using a continuous annealing method, performing a heating process, controlling the maximum end-point temperature of a steel sheet in the annealing furnace, controlling the traveling time of the steel sheet, and controlling the dew point of the atmosphere.
US10597730B2	Method of diagnosing cancer A method of diagnosing cancer in a mammal is provided. The method includes the steps of determining in a nucleic acid-containing sample from the mammal the degree of DNA methylation of a target region within the hTERT promoter from the nucleotide at about position −157 to the nucleotide at about position −580, or a corresponding target region in a TERT promoter in a mammal other than a human, to yield a sample methylation signature, determining the baseline degree of DNA methylation of the target region in a control sample to yield a control methylation signature, comparing the sample methylation signature to the control methylation signature and rendering a diagnosis of cancer when there is at least 1.5 times more methylation in the sample methylation signature as compared to the control methylation signature. Methods of determining tumour grade and progression, predicting survival and determining whether or not a mammal is a candidate for telomerase-targeted or demethylation therapy are also provided.
US10597722B2	Predictive analysis for myocardial infarction Compositions, systems and methods for the diagnosing the risk of acute myocardial infarction are provided. The methods described herein relate to the use of biomarkers, such as gene expression profiles, and analytical tools for providing information to a health care provider or the patient, that is relevant to the cardiovascular health of the patient.
US10597714B2	Automated priming and library loading device Provided herein are methods and apparatus for the identification of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms in food and environmental samples. The disclosure solves existing challenges encountered in identifying food borne pathogens, including pathogens of the Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria, and Escherichia genera in a timely and efficient manner. The disclosure also provides methods for differentiating a transient versus a resident pathogen, correlating presence of non-pathogenic with pathogenic microorganisms, distinguishing live versus dead microorganisms by sequencing.
US10597712B2	Nanopore-based polymer analysis with mutually-quenching fluorescent labels The invention is directed to a method for determining a monomer sequence of a polymer that is translocated through a nanopore. Monomers of the polymer are labeled with fluorescent labels such that in free solution fluorescent labels of adjacent monomers substantially quench each other and wherein the nanopore constrains fluorescent labels within its bore into a constrained state wherein no detectable fluorescent signal can be generated. By exciting the fluorescent label of each monomer as it exits the nanopore and transitions from a constrained state to a quenched state with an adjacent fluorescent label, a fluorescent signal can be generated by the exiting fluorescent label that allows its monomer to be identified, thereby permitting a monomer sequence to be determined from a sequence of fluorescent signals as the polymer translocates through the nanopore.
US10597711B2	Phase-protecting reagent flow orderings for use in sequencing-by-synthesis A method for nucleic acid sequencing includes: disposing a plurality of template polynucleotide strands, sequencing primers, and polymerases in a plurality of defined spaces of a sensor array; exposing template polynucleotide strands to a series of flows of nucleotide species, the series comprising a sequence of random flows; and obtaining, for each of the series of flows of nucleotide species, a signal indicative of how many nucleotide incorporations occurred for that particular flow to determine a predicted sequence of nucleotides corresponding to the template polynucleotide strands.
US10597710B2	Ligase activity Compositions and methods are provided for ligating polynucleotides having a length that is greater than 8 nucleotides on an RNA splint. The ligation reaction provides consistent results in high or low ATP concentrations. The reaction can occur rapidly and is generally at least 10 fold more efficient than T4DNA ligase under optimal conditions for T4DNA ligase and the reaction time is less than 6 hours for example, less than 1 hour.
US10597707B2	Multiplex Y-STR analysis Novel Y-STR multiplex analysis designs, primer design, allelic ladders, methods of use and kits are disclosed, including the use of primer sets designed to provide amplicons for at least 11 Y-STR loci having a base pair size of less than about 220 bp, as well as the use of primer sets designed to provide amplicons for at least 22 Y-STR loci including at least 5 rapidly mutating loci.
US10597706B2	Methods and kits for reducing adapter-dimer formation The current teachings relate to methods for reducing adapter-dimer formation, particularly when preparing nucleic acids of interest for subsequent amplification and/or sequencing. Also described are kits for use in performing certain disclosed methods.
US10597705B2	Enhanced ligation reactions In some embodiments, methods for ligating nucleic acid ends comprise: conducting a nucleic acid ligation reaction in the presence of at least one agent that generates a ligatable terminal 5′ phosphate group by removing an adenylate group from a terminal 5′ phosphate of a nucleic acid. In some embodiments, an aprataxin enzyme can catalyze removal of an adenylate group from a terminal 5′ phosphate of a nucleic acid. In some embodiments, methods for ligating nucleic acid ends comprise: conducting a nucleic acid ligation reaction in the presence of an aprataxin enzyme under conditions suitable for ligating nucleic acid ends.
US10597704B2	Nucleic acid classification A method and system for classifying a target nucleic acid includes exposing, in a test system, one or more capture probes to the target nucleic acid. The one or more capture probes is attached to a surface. A first hybridization condition is established in the test system. A first degree of hybridization of the one or more capture probes with the target nucleic acid under the first hybridization condition is determined. A second hybridization condition in the test system is established. A second degree of hybridization of the one or more capture probes with the target nucleic acid under the second hybridization condition is determined and the target nucleic acid is classified by comparing the first and the second degrees of hybridization.
US10597696B2	Detection of Niemann-Pick disease comprising detection of lysozyme and cathepsins Provided herein are methods for detecting an increased probability or risk of neurodegeneration in a subject. In some embodiments the method comprises assaying a sample from the subject for lysozyme and/or cathepsin S and detecting the lysozyme and/or cathepsin S from the sample, wherein an increased lysozyme and/or cathepsin S compared to levels in a control subject sample indicate an increased probability or risk of neurodegeneration. Methods of treatment and screening assays for determining drug effectiveness are also provided herein.
US10597695B2	Modified creatinase The invention relates to a mutant polypeptide having creatine amidinohydrolase activity, where the polypeptide both retains thermostable activity in the presence of reagents that modify thiol groups. The invention further relates to methods for producing the mutant polypeptide; and to a sensor comprising the mutant polypeptide for use in the measurement of creatinine in samples of physiological fluids. Additionally, the invention teaches how to use the mutant polypeptide to enhance the life-time of a creatinine sensor, and a method for producing the sensor.
US10597691B2	Isothermal amplification under low salt condition Provided herein are methods and kits for isothermal nucleic acid amplifications that use a target nucleic acid template; a reaction mixture comprising a DNA polymerase having a strand displacement activity, a deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) mixture, a primer with a 3′ end and a 5′ end, a molecular crowding reagent, and a buffer solution for amplifying the target nucleic acid template. The buffer solution maintains a low salt concentration of the reaction mixture, and wherein the salt concentration results in a melting temperature (Tm) of the primer at least 10° C. below the reaction temperature. The amplification is effected under isothermal condition.
US10597684B2	Methods and organisms with increased carbon flux efficiencies The invention is directed to a non-naturally occurring microbial organism comprising a first attenuation of a succinyl-CoA synthetase or transferase and at least a second attenuation of a succinyl-CoA converting enzyme or a gene encoding a succinate producing enzyme within a multi-step pathway having a net conversion of succinyl-CoA to succinate.
US10597679B2	Switchable Cas9 nucleases and uses thereof Some aspects of this disclosure provide compositions, methods, systems, and kits for controlling the activity and/or improving the specificity of RNA-programmable endonucleases, such as Cas9. For example, provided are guide RNAs (gRNAs) that are engineered to exist in an “on” or “off state, which control the binding and hence cleavage activity of RNA-programmable endo-nucleases. Some aspects of this disclosure provide mRNA-sensing gRNAs that modulate the activity of RNA-programmable endo-nucleases based on the presence or absence of a target mRNA. Some aspects of this disclosure provide gRNAs that modulate the activity of an RNA-programmable endonuclease based on the presence or absence of an extended DNA (xDNA).
US10597677B2	Chromobacterium subtsugae genome Disclosed herein is the nucleotide sequence of the Chromobacterium subtsugae genome. Also provided are the nucleotide sequences of open reading frames in the C subtsugae genome (i.e., C. subtsugae genes). In addition, the amino acid sequences of proteins encoded by the C. subtsugae genome are provided. Nucleic acids, vectors and polypeptides comprising the aforementioned sequences are also provided. Homologues, functional fragments and conservative variants of the aforementioned sequences are also provided. Compositions having pesticidal, bioremedial and plant growth-promoting activities comprising C. subtsugae genes and proteins, and methods for the use of these compositions, are also provided.
US10597676B2	Compositions and methods for controlling Leptinotarsa Disclosed herein are methods of controlling insect pests, in particular Leptinotarsa spp. which infest crop plants, and methods of providing plants resistant to such pests. Also disclosed are polynucleotides and recombinant DNA molecules and constructs useful in such methods, insecticidal compositions such as topical sprays containing insecticidal double-stranded RNAs, and solanaceous plants with improved resistance to infestation by Leptinotarsa spp. Further disclosed are methods of selecting target genes for RNAi-mediated silencing and control of Leptinotarsa spp.
US10597674B2	HPPD variants and methods of use In the present invention, HPPD polypeptides and plants containing them showing a full tolerance against one or more HPPD inhibitor herbicides belonging to various chemical classes are described. A set of mutant HPPD polypeptides have been designed which have either no or only a significantly reduced affinity to HPPD inhibitor herbicides and, at the same time, the rate of dissociation of the HPPD inhibitors of the mutant HPPD polypeptide is increased to such an extent that the HPPD inhibitors no longer act as slow-binding or slow, tight-binding inhibitors but, instead of this, have become fully reversible inhibitors. In particular, isolated polynucleotides encoding mutant HPPD polypeptides conferring tolerance to HPPD inhibitor herbicides belonging to various chemical classes are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed.
US10597673B2	Plants having increased tolerance to herbicides The present invention refers to a plant or plant part comprising a polynucleotide encoding a wildtype or mutated cellulose synthase (CESA) polypeptide, the expression of said polynucleotide confers to the plant or plant part tolerance to CESA-inhibiting herbicides, such as azines.
US10597672B2	Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides, and methods of using same for increasing nitrogen use efficiency of plants Provided are isolated polypeptides which are at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NOs: 202-219, 221-292, 295-327, 4064-4175, 4177-4210, 4212-4580, 4582-4603, 4605-4749, 4751-4778, 4780-5223, 5225-5493, 5522-5807, 5812, 5815-5816, 5828-6679, 6689-6690, 6708-6785, 6792-6892 or 6893, isolated polynucleotides which are at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NOs: 1-91, 94-201, 328-2317, 2320-2321, 2323, 2326-3835, 3838-3840, 3842-3843, 3848, 3850-3852, 3854, 3856-3953, 3955-4061 or 4062, nucleic acid constructs comprising same, transgenic cells expressing same, transgenic plants expressing same and method of using same for increasing yield, abiotic stress tolerance, growth rate, biomass, vigor, oil content, photosynthetic capacity, seed yield, fiber yield, fiber quality, fiber length, and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant.
US10597667B2	Stress tolerance in plants Transcription factor polynucleotides and polypeptides incorporated into nucleic acid constructs, including expression vectors, have been introduced into plants and were ectopically expressed. Transgenic plants transformed with many of these constructs have been shown to be more resistant to disease (in some cases, to more than one pathogen), or more tolerant to an abiotic stress (in some cases, to more than one abiotic stress). The abiotic stress may include, for example, salt, hyperosmotic stress, water deficit, heat, cold, drought, or low nutrient conditions.
US10597661B2	Polynucleotide agents targeting patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3 (PNPLA3) and methods of use thereof The invention relates to polynucleotide agents targeting a Patatin-Like Phospholipase Domain Containing 3 (PNPLA3) gene, and methods of using such polynucleotide agents to inhibit expression of a PNPLA3 gene and methods of treating subjects having Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and/or a PNPLA3-associated disorder.
US10597653B2	Methods for selecting and amplifying polynucleotides The invention provides methods for generating a nucleic acid library. Target-specific primer-probes are hybridized to a target nucleic acid fragment to create a hybridization product. Each of the target-specific primer-probes comprises a target-specific sequence and a first adaptor sequence. The target nucleic acid fragment comprises a target genomic region of interest, wherein said target genomic region of interest comprises an exon of a gene and the target-specific primer-probes are tiled across the exon of the gene. The target nucleic acid fragment further comprises a second adaptor sequence different from said first adaptor sequence. Following hybridization, the target-specific primer-probes are extended to create double-stranded extension products and further amplified, thereby generating the nucleic acid library.
US10597628B2	Device for receiving fluid A device (10), for receiving fluid, having a block (12) which comprises: a chamber (14) comprising a top and a bottom; and a chamber outlet (20) at the bottom of the chamber (14). The block (12) further comprises a magnetic stirrer (30) suspended in the chamber (14), wherein the magnetic stirrer (30) terminates above the bottom of the chamber (14), and is rotatably supported inside the chamber (14). The block (12) further comprises a microchannel (26) fluidly connected to the chamber (14) via the chamber outlet (20). The microchannel (26) may be fluidly connected to a downstream reservoir (24), and an upstream reservoir (22). The device (10) is suited for mixing a bead/cell suspension and an oil-based fluid in the microchannel (26) such that they form an emulsion which comprises a plurality of droplets, wherein at least one of the droplets encapsulates a bead/cell.
US10597624B2	Algae cultivation systems and methods adapted for weather variations Algae cultivation systems and methods account for weather variations that can affect algae cultivation. In one system, an open raceway algae cultivation system includes a channel having a high section and a low liquid collection section. The channel is sloped to allow substantially all of an algae cultivation fluid in the high section to flow downwardly into the low liquid collection section. A barrier is removably positioned in the high section and a drain is positioned in the high section such that, when substantially all of the algae cultivation fluid has collected in the low liquid collection section, any rainwater that falls in the high section flows into the drain, without the rainwater mixing with the algae cultivation fluid in the low liquid collection section.
US10597623B2	Multiwell cell culture system having rotating shafts for mixing culture media and method of use thereof A cell culture system and method of generating organoids is provided. The system includes a multiwell culture plate having shafts for mixing culture media within wells of the culture plate. The multiwell culture plate includes a base substrate having a plurality of culture wells, and a shaft operably associated with each culture well, each shaft being configured to mix media present in each culture well and having a gear adapted to operably associate with a gear on a shaft associated with an adjacent culture well. The system further includes a motor having a drive shaft in operable communication with the shaft gears of the multiwell culture plate. The system can be widely used as a standard platform to generate stem cell-derived human organoids for any tissue and for high-throughput drug screenings, toxicity testing, and modeling normal human organ development and diseases.
US10597620B2	Taste modifiers comprising a chlorogenic acid A consumable comprising an ingredient or ingredients that cause an off-taste in the consumable, and a chlorogenic acid provided in a concentration sufficient to mask or modify the off-taste. The chlorogenic acid may be supplied as an extract from a botanical source obtained by extraction at 30-80° C. with water and/or a polar organic solvent. The method of making an off-taste by addition of a chlorogenic acid to a consumable is also claimed.
US10597613B2	Multiuse, enzymatic detergent and methods of stabilizing a use solution Stabilized use solutions of low phosphorus, alkali metal carbonate detergents employing enzymes for cleaning compositions are disclosed. In particular, the present invention is a composition for, and method of, removing soils, preventing redeposition of protein soils and reducing foam, using stabilized enzyme cleaning compositions, namely use solutions of the same.
US10597610B2	Antimicrobial hard surface cleaner comprising a thickening copolymer The need for a thickened liquid hard surface cleaning composition having improved transparency in addition to antimicrobial efficacy is provided by formulating the hard surface cleaning composition with an antimicrobial agent and a hydrophobic alkali swellable emulsions (HASE) comprising a thickening polymer having a certain ratio of monomers.
US10597607B2	Method for producing polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing composition Provided is a method for producing a polyunsaturated fatty acid while preventing deterioration of a silver salt solution. A method for producing a composition comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid, comprising: supplying an aqueous solution comprising a silver salt into a reaction vessel to contact the aqueous solution with a raw material solution comprising an alkyl ester of the polyunsaturated fatty acid; and collecting the aqueous solution comprising the silver salt which has been contacted with the raw material solution from the reaction vessel, wherein the supply of the aqueous solution comprising the silver salt into the reaction vessel and the collection of the aqueous solution comprising the silver salt from the reaction vessel are carried out concurrently with each other.
US10597595B2	Processing biomass Techniques for processing biomass are disclosed herein. A method of preparing cellulosic ethanol having 100% biogenic carbon content as determined by ASTM 6866-18, includes treating ground corn cobs with electron beam radiation and saccharifying the irradiated ground corn cob to produce sugars. The method also includes fermenting the sugars with a microorganism. In addition, an unblended cellulosic-biomass derived gasoline with a research octane number of greater than about 87, as determined by ASTM D2699 is disclosed.
US10597588B2	Process and system to separate diluent The present disclosure provides a process and system for treating a feed diluent to produce a retentate product that is enriched in a heavy diluent component. The process includes: applying the feed diluent to a feed side of an organic solvent nanofiltration membrane; causing the light diluent component in the diluent to preferentially pass through the membrane in comparison to the light diluent component in the feed diluent; and producing the retentate product that is enriched in the heavy diluent component in comparison to the heavy diluent component in the feed diluent.
US10597585B2	Method of producing hydrocarbons A method of producing normally solid, normally liquid and optionally normally gaseous hydrocarbons involves contacting a gas mixture comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide with a catalyst under elevated temperature and pressure, to convert at least part of the hydrogen and carbon monoxide into hydrocarbons. An effluent is withdrawn from the reactor and subjected to a separation step to form at least a heavy fraction and a light fraction. The heavy fraction comprises normally solid hydrocarbons, while the light fraction comprises unconverted syngas and normally liquid and optionally normally gaseous hydrocarbons.The light fraction is sent to a light ends stripper operating at a temperature of maximally 200° C. to obtain a hydrocarbons fraction comprising normally liquid hydrocarbons. The heavy fraction is subjected to flash evaporation or steam stripping to obtain a hydrocarbon stream of normally solid hydrocarbons (comprising mainly C10+ hydrocarbons).
US10597583B2	Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device Shown are a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as high maximum temperature, low minimum temperature, low viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy and large negative dielectric anisotropy, or having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics, and an AM device including the composition. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having low viscosity as a second component, and may contain a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a third component, a specific compound having high maximum temperature or low viscosity as a fourth component, or a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive.
US10597582B2	Acrylate-based sulfur scavenging agents for use in oilfield operations Composition for the removal or inactivation of hydrogen sulfide or soluble sulfide ion other species comprising ionizable sulfur (e.g., mercaptans, thiols, etc.) using compositions containing acrylate and/or derivatives thereof are provided. Methods for the removal or inactivation of hydrogen sulfide or other sulfur species in oilfield sites and other related applications using compositions containing acrylate and/or derivatives thereof are provided.
US10597580B2	Quantum dots, production methods thereof, and electronic devices including the same A quantum dot having a perovskite crystal structure and including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1: ABX3+α Chemical Formula 1 wherein, A is a Group IA metal selected from Rb, Cs, Fr, and a combination thereof, B is a Group IVA metal selected from Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, and a combination thereof, X is a halogen selected from F, Cl, Br, and I, BF4, or a combination thereof, and α is greater than 0 and less than or equal to about 3; and wherein the quantum dot has a size of about 1 nanometer to about 50 nanometers.
US10597578B2	Multifunctional foaming composition with wettability modifying, corrosion inhibitory and mineral scale inhibitory/dispersants properties for high temperature and ultra high salinity The present invention is related to the obtaining and using of multifunctional foaming compositions with wettability modifying, corrosion inhibitory and inhibitory/dispersants mineral scale properties with high stability in environments of high temperature, high pressure and tolerance to high concentrations of divalent ions such as calcium, magnesium, strontium and barium. The multifunctional foaming compositions are obtained from the combination of supramolecular complexes resulting from interactions of alkyl amido propyl hydroxysultaines and/or alkyl amido propyl betaines and/or alkyl hydroxysultaines and/or alkyl betaines and anionic surfactant of type alkyl hydroxyl sodium sulfonate and alkenyl sulphonates of sodium, with cationic surfactants as tetra-alkyl ammonium halides and copolymers derivatives of itaconic acid/sodium vinyl sulfonate and/or terpolymers derived from itaconic acid/sodium vinyl sulphonate/aconitic acid. These multinational foaming compositions control the gas channeling and favorably change the wettability and increase the recovery factor of crude oil in naturally fractured reservoirs of carbonate type and heterogeneous lithology. In addition to this, the multifunctional foaming compositions of this invention exhibit anti-corrosive properties in typical environments of production tubing of crude oil and antifouling/dispersants of mineral salts as calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, barium and strontium in the reservoir and in the production and injection pipelines.
US10597577B2	Esteramides and subterranean treatment fluids containing said esteramides Water-in-oil subterranean treatment fluids with improved stability and environmental compatibility comprise esteramides as emulsion stabilizer.
US10597570B2	Spray dried emulsifier compositions, methods for their preparation, and their use in oil-based drilling fluid compositions Spray dried emulsifier compositions are described, which have desirable emulsifying and wetting characteristics. Among other advantages, the solid particulate emulsifier compositions greatly reduce transportation costs and simplify the logistics and environmental concerns associated with shipping large volumes of solvent-containing liquids. The emulsifier comprises (1) a carboxylic acid terminated fatty amine condensate or (2) a modified tall oil or (3) a blend of (1) and (2) that is converted to its alkali or alkaline earth metal salt and spray dried.
US10597565B2	Hydraulic fluid and fuel resistant sealants Compositions that are resistant to hydraulic fluid and aviation fuel contain sulfur-containing prepolymers and solvent-resistant organic fillers. The compositions are useful in aerospace sealant applications.
US10597564B2	Internally incorporated phenolic resins in water-based (meth)acrylate adhesive compositions, pre-adhesive reaction mixtures, methods, and articles Cationic or zwitterionic polymer adhesives, adhesive articles, aqueous polymerizable pre-adhesive reaction mixtures, and methods of preparation that include internal incorporation of a phenolic resin. The aqueous polymerizable pre-adhesive reaction mixtures include one or more cationic (meth)acrylate monomers, one or more low Tg nonionic monomer having a (meth)acryloyl group, optionally one or more anionic (meth)acrylate monomers, and one or more phenolic resins.
US10597563B2	Laminates made using hot melt adhesives based on a blend of propylene polymers made using single-site catalysts A laminate comprises a primary substrate and a secondary substrate mated with the primary substrate through contact with a hot melt adhesive. The hot melt adhesive comprises a polymer blend based on a low molecular weight semicrystalline propylene based polymer and a high molecular weight essentially amorphous propylene based polymer, both of which are prepared by using single-site catalysts. The composition further contains a compatible tackifier, a plasticizer, an antioxidant, and optionally a wax, a filler, a colorant, a UV absorber, another polymer, or combinations thereof. Particularly preferred applications include nonwoven disposable diaper and feminine sanitary napkin construction, diaper and adult incontinent brief elastic attachment, diaper and napkin core stabilization, diaper backsheet lamination, industrial filter material conversion, and surgical gown and surgical drape assemblies.
US10597554B2	Primer coating composition The present invention relates to a primer coating composition that includes, (a) a (meth)acrylic polymer that includes hydroxyl groups, and which has a Tg of at least 30° C. The primer coating composition further includes, (b) a polyester that includes hydroxyl groups, and which has a weight average molecular weight of less than 3000, and a hydroxyl value of at least 100. The primer coating composition also includes, (c) a crosslinking agent having at least two isocyanate groups. The present invention also relates to a coated article that includes a repaired area that includes a primer coating formed from the primer coating composition of the present invention. The primer coating compositions, in accordance with some embodiments, provide reduced or minimal ringing defects.
US10597550B2	Aqueous polymer dispersion and process of making the same An aqueous polymer dispersion and an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous polymer dispersion; and the aqueous coating composition capable of providing coating films with excellent tannin blocking and satisfactory early block resistance and sandability.
US10597543B2	Method for repairing or reinforcing structure, method for producing repaired or reinforced structure, and adhesive sheet There is provided a method for repairing or reinforcing a structure. The method includes the steps of: providing an adhesive sheet comprising an adhesive layer comprising at least a curable resin composition whose curing is promoted by irradiation with ionizing radiation and a curing aid which generates a basic substance by irradiation with ionizing radiation; attaching the adhesive sheet to a surface of the structure; and curing the adhesive layer of the adhesive sheet in a state where the adhesive layer is exposed.
US10597542B2	Methods of applying active components Method for applying an active component comprising providing a composition comprising: (a) at least one active component selected from a lubricating agent, an insecticidal agent, and an herbicidal agent; and (b) a carrier in an amount effective to solvate or emulsify said active component, said carrier comprising a monochlorotrifluoropropene; and removing the carrier from the composition.
US10597535B2	Bitumen/polymer composition having improved mechanical properties Thermally crosslinkable bitumen/polymer composition based on at least one elastomer of S-B1-B2 type, with S a styrene polymer or other vinylaromatic polymer, B1 and B2 polybutadienes, the composition including an adjuvant of olefinic polymer type, the composition having improved mechanical properties. Use of these compositions in the fields of road applications such as hot bituminous mixes; warm bituminous mixes; cold bituminous mixes, for example cold-poured bituminous mixes or emulsion gravels; or surface dressings, for example fluxed bitumens or emulsions; and in the fields of industrial applications, for example in the manufacture of internal and external coatings.
US10597532B2	Polyester polyols and methods of making and using the same Polyester polyols are generally disclosed, including methods of making and using them. In some embodiments, the polyester polyols are incorporated into a block copolymer, such as a polyurethane block copolymer. In some embodiments, the polyurethane block copolymers can be used as compatibilizing agents, which can be used, for example, in polymer blends, polymer alloys, solutions, emulsions, as well as in extruded and injection molded articles. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the polyurethane block copolymer is derived from a renewable source.
US10597531B2	Electrically conductive particle foams based on thermoplastic elastomers Foam beads based on thermoplastic elastomers and having a coating comprising at least one electrically conductive substance, processes for producing same by coating the foam beads with an emulsion of a conductive substance in a plasticizer, and also processes for producing bead foams by joining the foam beads together thermally via high-frequency electromagnetic radiation.
US10597527B2	Heavy oil demulsifier This invention provides a composite type heavy oil demulsifier and its preparation methods. The demulsifier includes two effective constituents. The constituent I is an amino nonionic dendritic polyether and the constituent II is a dendritic ester acid. The structural formula is presented as Formula I and II, respectively. The demulsifier has good abilities in interfacing between oil and water and reducing viscosity. It has good demulsification performance in breaking crude oil emulsion and is useful in heavy crude oil production and petroleum refining.
US10597526B2	Resin composition A resin composition is disclosed that includes a thermosetting base resin; a curing agent; an inorganic filler; and at least one fluorine resin powder selected from polyvinylidene fluoride, polychlorotrifluoroethylene, and a tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether)/chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer, and a semiconductor device which is fabricated by being sealed using a sealant formed of the resin composition.
US10597524B2	Methacrylic resin, methacrylic resin composition, film, and production method Provided are a methacrylic resin composition and a film containing a methacrylic resin that includes: 50 mass % to 97 mass % of a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit (A); 3 mass % to 30 mass % of a structural unit (B) having a cyclic structure-containing main chain; and 0 mass % to 20 mass % of another vinyl monomer unit (C) that is copolymerizable with a methacrylic acid ester monomer. The methacrylic resin satisfies the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) the methacrylic resin has a weight average molecular weight of 65,000 to 300,000 as measured by GPC; and (2) the total content of specific components is 0.01 mass % to 0.40 mass % as determined by GC/MS.
US10597522B2	Polypropylene compositions The invention relates to a composition comprising (a) polypropylene having a melt mass flow rate as measured in accordance with ISO 1133 using a 2.16 kg weight and at a temperature of 230° C. in the range from 10 to 40 g/10 min and (b) a polymer preferably chosen from the group consisting of polyoxymethylene, polyamide and mixture thereof, wherein the amount of component (b) is from 0.005 to 5 wt % based on the total weight of the components (a) and (b) and wherein the polypropylene has a melt temperature TmPP and a crystallization temperature TcPP, the polymer has a melt temperature TmP and a crystallization temperature TcP, wherein the TcP is 5-40° C. higher than TcPP, wherein the Tm and Tc are determined using Differential Scanning Calorimetry according to ASTM D 3418-08 using a scan rate of 10° C./min on a sample of 10 mg and using the second heating cycle.
US10597517B2	Curable resin composition and sealing material using same The present invention aims to provide a resin composition containing a cyanate ester compound which can reduce the formation of carbamate compounds so that the resin composition can be suitably used as an sealing material. The present invention relates to a curable resin composition containing a cyanate ester compound and a dehydrating agent.
US10597514B2	Composition comprising poly-lactide-based polymer A composition includes a polymer having a poly-lactide and at least one compound of formula (I), where L1 is C1-8alkylene or C3-6cycloalkylene; L2 is C1-6alkylene; L3 is C1-6alkylene; L4 is C1-6alkylene; L5 is C1-6alkylene; n is an integer selected from 1, 2, 3 or 4; m is an integer selected from 1, 2, 3 or 4; R1 is H; or C1-6alkyl; R2 is H; or C1-6alkyl. The poly-lactide is poly-L-lactide comprising a content of D isomer of at least 10% by weight based on the total weight of the poly-L-lactide; poly-D-lactide comprising a content of L isomer of at least 10% by weight based on the total weight of the poly-D-lactide; poly-DL-lactide; poly(meso-lactide); or mixtures thereof.
US10597511B2	Reactive flame retardant blends for flexible polyurethane foam The present invention provides dialkyl phosphorus-containing compounds, namely reactive mono-hydroxyl-functional dialkyl phosphinates in a blend with a phosphate compound, said blend serving as highly efficient reactive flame retardant blend in flexible polyurethane foam. The invention further provides fire-retarded polyurethane compositions comprising said the reaction product of the flame retardant blend with polyol and isocyanate foam forming components.
US10597508B2	Electromagnetic wave shielding material and layered body for electromagnetic wave shielding There is provided an electromagnetic wave shielding material excellent in moldability and developing a good electromagnetic wave shielding function. The electromagnetic wave shielding material 1 contains a synthetic resin 11, and an exfoliated graphite 12 being a layered body of graphene and having a number of graphene layers of 200 or smaller and an aspect ratio of 20 or higher.
US10597496B2	Platinum (II) diene complexes for controlled siloxane crosslinking A process for cross-linking siloxane and organic polymers comprising reacting (a) a silyl hydride with (b) an unsaturated polymeric compound in the presence of (d) a platinum diene compound with a chelating dianionic ligand.
US10597495B2	Aged polymeric silsesquioxanes An aged polymeric silsesquioxane comprising a product of heating a cured polymeric silsesquioxane of formula (I) (see specification) at a temperature of from 460° to 700° C., a formulation comprising the aged polymeric silsesquioxane and at least one additional constituent, methods of making and using the aged polymeric silsesquioxane, and manufactured articles and devices containing the aged polymeric silsesquioxane.
US10597491B2	Metal fine particle dispersant containing branched polymer compound having ammonium group A complex that includes a metal fine particle dispersant including a branched polymer compound having an ammonium group and having a weight average molecular weight of 500 to 5,000,000; and a metal fine particle, wherein the metal fine particle includes platinum (Pt) or palladium (Pd), the metal fine particle dispersant includes a branched polymer compound of Formula (1):
US10597488B2	Process for preparing poly(ester-carbonate)s and poly(ester-carbonate)s prepared thereby A method of preparing a poly(ester-carbonate) includes contacting an aqueous solution including a dicarboxylic acid with a first solution including phosgene and a first organic solvent in a tubular reactor to provide a first reaction mixture. A dihydroxy aromatic compound, the corresponding dialkali metal salt of the dihydroxy aromatic compound, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, water, and a second organic solvent are combined to provide a second reaction mixture. The method further includes introducing the first reaction mixture, the second reaction mixture, and a second solution comprising phosgene to a tank reactor, wherein the tank reactor has a first pH of 7 to 10. The pH is optionally raised to 9 to 11 to provide a third reaction mixture including the poly(ester-carbonate). Poly(ester-carbonate)s prepared according to the method described herein are also disclosed.
US10597487B2	Straps produced from renewable raw materials An extruded strap is produced of a material containing renewable raw materials and the ends of which strap can be welded together. A method for producing the extruded strap and a method for strapping an article using the extruded strap are also provided.
US10597485B2	Production methods for glassy liquid-crystalline epoxy resin and glassy liquid-crystalline epoxy resin composition, storage methods for liquid-crystalline epoxy resin and liquid-crystalline epoxy resin composition, glassy liquid-crystalline epoxy resin and glassy liquid-crystalline epoxy resin composition, liquid-crystalline epoxy resin and liquid-crystalline epoxy resin composition, and production method for cured epoxy resin A production method for a glassy liquid-crystalline epoxy resin, comprising a process of cooling a liquid-crystalline epoxy resin to cause transition into a glassy state.
US10597484B2	Polyisocyanurate plastics having high thermal stability The present invention relates to a polyisocyanurate plastic obtainable by catalytic trimenzation of a polyisocyanate composition A) which contains oligomeric polyisocyanates and is low in monomeric diisocyanates, where the isocyanurate structure content in the polyisocyanate composition A) is at least 50 mol %, based on the sum total of the oligomeric structures from the group consisting of uretdione, isocyanurate, allophanate, biuret, iminooxadiazinedione and oxadiazinetrione structure that are present in the polyisocyanate composition A). The present invention further relates to a transparent element comprising or consisting of the polyisocyanurate plastic. The invention likewise relates to a process for producing the polyisocyanurate plastics.
US10597475B2	Polymers containing S-vinylthio alkanols Process for preparing polymers comprising S-vinylthioalkanol as monomer by radical polymerization, the polymerization being carried out in aqueous solution, with the proviso that no N-vinylpyrrolidone as monomer is used for preparing the polymers, and also polymers prepared by such processes. Copolymer consisting of S-vinyl-2-thioethan-1-ol and one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid, maleic anhydride, and vinylphosphonic acid. Mixtures, preferably aqueous compositions, comprising polymers or copolymers. Use of polymers, copolymers, or aqueous compositions as concrete plasticizers, wetting agents, in cosmetics, as adhesive constituent, in emulsion polymerization, for metal surface treatment, in coatings applications, in paints, in laundry detergents, in washing detergents, as encapsulating material or as enveloping material.
US10597472B2	In-line blending process An in-line blending process for polymers comprising: (a) providing two or more reactor-low pressure separator units (1,7) in parallel configuration, each reactor-low pressure separator unit comprising one reactor (2,8) fluidly connected to one low pressure separator (3,9) downstream and further a recycling line (5,11) connecting the low pressure separator (3,9) back to the corresponding reactor (2,8); (b) polymerizing olefin monomers having two or more carbon atoms in each of the reactors (2,8) in solution polymerisation; (c) forming an unreduced reactor effluents stream including a homogenous fluid phase polymer-monomer-solvent mixture in each of the reactors (2,8), (d) passing the unreduced reactor effluents streams from each of the reactors (2,8) through the corresponding low pressure separators (3,9), whereby the temperature and pressure of the low pressure separators (3,9) is adjusted such that a liquid phase and a vapour phase are obtained, whereby yielding a polymer-enriched liquid phase and a polymer-lean vapour phase, and (e) separating the polymer-lean vapour phase from the polymer-enriched liquid phase in each of the low-pressure separators (3,9) to form separated polymer-lean vapour streams and separated polymer-enriched liquid streams; (f) combining the polymer-enriched liquid streams from step (e) in a further low-pressure separator and/or a mixer (13) to produce a combined polymer-enriched liquid stream (16); (g) reintroducing the polymer-lean vapour streams from step (e) via recycling lines (5,11) into the corresponding reactors (2,8).
US10597455B2	Methods and compositions for treating and preventing disease associated with alpha-v beta-8 integrin Methods and compositions comprising integrin β8 antibodies are provided.
US10597453B2	Antitumor immune checkpoint regulator antagonists Antitumor antagonists that bind specifically to immune checkpoint regulator are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of treating proliferative disorders with the antitumor antagonists.
US10597450B2	Antibodies against kidney associated antigen 1 and antigen binding fragments thereof Novel antibodies and antigen binding fragments that specifically bind to KAAG1 and which may be used in the treatment, detection and diagnosis of cancer comprising KAAG1-expressing cells are disclosed herein. Cells expressing the antibodies and antigen binding fragments as well as methods of detecting and treating cancer using the antibodies and fragments are also disclosed. Cancer indications which may benefit from such treatment or detection include ovarian cancer, renal cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer, as well as melanomas.
US10597446B2	Method of treatment comprising purified recombinant IL-13 antibody Purified recombinant polypeptides isolated from Chinese hamster ovary host cells, including antibodies, such as therapeutic antibodies, and methods of making and using such polypeptides are provided.
US10597442B2	Compositions and methods for modified B cells expressing reassigned biological agents Compositions and methods are disclosed herein for producing one or more immunoglobulins in an isolated cytotoxic B lymphocyte cell line. An isolated cell line includes an isolated B lymphocyte cell line capable of expressing at least one exogenously incorporated membrane immunoglobulin capable of binding to a first antigen and at least one endogenous secreted immunoglobulin capable of binding to a second antigen, and further capable of expressing at least one exogenously incorporated recombinant B cell receptor that signals for expression of cytotoxic effector molecules.
US10597432B2	Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against small cell lung cancer and other cancers The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10597427B2	Diabetes-inducible bacterium The present invention provides a diabetes-inducing bacterium and use thereof, and a reagent and a detection method for detecting the bacterium. According to the present invention, enteric colonization of the diabetes-inducing bacterium can be prevented, and diabetes can be treated and/or prevented.
US10597426B2	Polypeptide compound and preparation method and use thereof The invention discloses a polypeptide compound and a preparation method and application thereof. The polypeptide compound has a structural formula as follows: (XAXBXCXDXE-X)2KY, or {(XAXBXCXDXE-X)2K}2KY, or {({XAXBXCXDXE-X}2K)2K}2KY, where, XA is a polar amino acid molecule, XB and XE are alkaline amino acid molecules (the same or different), XC and XD are non-polar amino acid molecules (the same or different), K is lysine (Lys, K), and X and Y are null, or any one or more amino acid or chemical groups. The polypeptide compound provided in the invention has an effect of enhancing the immune function of a body and has an application potential of being developed into a clinical medicine capable of enhancing the immune function of a body.
US10597424B2	Agonists of guanylate cyclase and their uses This invention provides novel guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) agonists and their therapeutic use. The agonists may be used either alone or in combination with one or more additional agents.
US10597422B2	Process for making chloro-substituted nucleoside phosphoramidate compounds The present invention is directed to a process for making Chloro-Substituted Nucleoside Phosphoramidate Compounds of formula (I): which are useful for the treatment and prophylaxis of HCV infection. The present invention is also directed to compounds that are useful as synthetic intermediates for making the compounds of formula (I).
US10597420B2	Derivatives of amphotericin B Disclosed are derivatives of amphotericin B (AmB) characterized by improved therapeutic index compared to AmB. The AmB derivatives include C16 ureas, carbamates, and amides according to Formula (I); C3′-substituted C16 ureas, carbamates, and amides according to Formula (II); C16 acyls according to Formula (III); C2′epi-C16 ureas, carbamates, and amides according to Formula (IV); and C16 oxazolidinone derivatives according to Formula (V). Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the AmB derivatives, and therapeutic methods of using the AmB derivatives.
US10597417B2	Processes for the preparation of GalNAc acid derivatives The invention comprises a new process for the preparation of GalNAc derivatives of the formula I wherein n is an integer between 0 and 10 and its salts, corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers thereof. The GalNAc acid derivative of formula I can be used for the preparation of therapeutically valuable GalNAc oligonucleotide conjugates.
US10597416B2	Complexes The present invention provides a complex of formula (1), wherein, M is palladium or nickel, R1 and R2 are independently organic groups having 1-20 carbon atoms, or R1 and R2 are linked to form a ring structure with the phosphorus atom, R3 is selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted aryl, substituted and unsubstituted heteroaryl, and substituted and unsubstituted metallocenyl, R4 is an organic group having 1-20 carbon atoms, n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, and X is an anionic ligand. The invention also provides a process for the preparation of the complex, and its use in carbon-carbon or carbon-nitrogen coupling reactions.
US10597411B2	Compositions and methods for inhibiting arginase activity The disclosure relates to a novel class of compounds that exhibit activity inhibitory activity toward arginase, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the disclosure. Also provided herein are methods of treating cancer with the arginase inhibitors of the disclosure.
US10597407B2	Energy storage molecular material, crystal dielectric layer and capacitor The present disclosure provides an energy storage molecular material, crystal dielectric layer and capacitor which may solve a problem of the further increase of volumetric and mass density of reserved energy associated with some energy storage devices, and at the same time reduce cost of materials.
US10597403B2	Condensed cyclic compound, composition including the condensed cyclic compound, organic light-emitting device including the condensed cyclic compound, and method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting device A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula (1): wherein, in Formula (1), groups and variables are the same as described in the specification.
US10597396B2	Beta-lactamase inhibitors This invention pertains generally to compounds of Formula (A), as further described herein, which act as beta-lactamase inhibitors, and salts, crystalline forms and formulations thereof. In certain aspects, the invention pertains to methods of using such compounds in combination with a beta-lactam antibiotic to treat infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria, including drug-resistant strains.
US10597394B2	Organic compounds This invention relates to particular substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carbolines, their prodrugs, in free, solid, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or substantially pure form as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in the treatment of diseases involving 5-HT2A receptor, serotonin transporter (SERT) and/or pathways involving dopamine D1/D2 receptor signaling systems, and/or the treatment of residual symptoms.
US10597392B2	Tetrahydropyridopyrazines as modulators of GPR6 The present invention provides compounds of formula I: which are useful as modulators of GPR6, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for treatment of conditions associated with GPR6, processes for making the compounds and intermediates thereof.
US10597391B2	Urea-containing isoxazole derivatives as FXR agonists and methods of use thereof The present invention provides compounds of Formula I, Pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of using these compounds to prevent or treat FXR-mediated or TGR5-mediated diseases or conditions.
US10597388B2	Pyridazinone herbicides Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein X is O, S or NR5; or X is —C(R6)═C(R7)—, wherein the carbon atom bonded to R6 is also bonded to the carbon atom bonded to R4, and the carbon atom bonded to R7 is also bonded to the phenyl ring moiety in Formula 1; and R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, G and W are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling undesired vegetation comprising contacting the undesired vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US10597382B2	Tetrazole containing apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 inhibitors and methods of use thereof The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, ester, stereoisomer, tautomer, solvate, hydrate, or combination thereof: which inhibit the Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK-1), which associated with autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, inflammatory diseases, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from ASK-1 related disease. The invention also relates to methods of treating an ASK-1 related disease in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. The present invention specifically relates to methods of treating ASK-1 associated with hepatic steatosis, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcohol steatohepatitis disease (NASH).
US10597379B2	Histone demethylase inhibitors The present disclosure relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted pyridine derivative compounds, and compositions (including pharmaceutical compositions) that include these compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition of at least one histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer or neoplastic disease, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer, melanoma, retinoblastoma, or multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.
US10597377B2	Somatostatin modulators and uses thereof Described herein are compounds that are somatostatin modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of somatostatin activity.
US10597358B2	Synthesis of carbamate or urea compounds The invention pertains to the synthesis of carbamate and urea compounds. In particular the invention is directed to the synthesis of carbamate and urea compounds which may be used in the production of compounds that are used to stabilize nitrocellulose. The method of the invention comprises preparing a carbamate or urea derivative comprising reacting an amine and a carbonate or carbamate in the presence of an ionic liquid.
US10597356B2	Process for the catalytic reversible alkene-nitrile interconversion The present invention refers to processes for catalytic reversible alkene-nitrile interconversion through controllable HCN-free transfer hydrocyanation.
US10597352B1	Stable alkyl benzidine composition and methods of making and using same Stable formulations of alkyl benzidine compounds and methods of making and using same. To prepare a stable formulation, a short chain diol having fewer than six carbon atoms and an alkyl benzidine compound are combined together in solution at low pH and the solution is heated with moderate heat in the range of about 50° C. to 80° C. The stable formulation may contain dimers and/or trimers of the short chain diol. The stable formulation can be used to detect total chlorine in aqueous solution, to detect total chlorine in dialysis water, or as a colorimetric substrate in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays.
US10597341B2	Method for inerting activated carbon in biogas purification equipment Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods of preparing a biogas purification system. Embodiments include flushing an adsorber with a gas stream that is separable by the downstream biogas purification process. Other embodiments include using the separable gas stream to flush a saturated adsorber. Additional embodiments include using a gas stream comprised of CO2.
US10597336B2	Porous ceramic structure A porous ceramic structure has a porosity of 20% to 99%, and includes one principal surface and another principal surface opposite to the one principal surface. At least one cut is formed from the one principal surface toward the other principal surface. An aspect ratio of a divided portion divided by the cut is greater than or equal to 3.
US10597323B2	Heat treatable coated glass pane A coated glass pane comprising at least the following layers: a glass substrate and at least one absorbing layer based on at least one metal silicide and/or metal silicide nitride wherein the at least one absorbing layer is embedded between and contacts two layers based on an (oxi)nitride of Si and/or an (oxi)nitride of Al and/or alloys thereof.
US10597318B2	Bioreactor for sulfate reduction Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a bioreactor, a floating bioremediation platform system, and a process for reducing sulfates, in surface water.
US10597316B2	System for implementation or de-pollution and revitalization of artificial or natural lakes A system for implementation or de-pollution and revitalization of artificial or natural lakes, inserted in land block and street structures around them, aiming at modulation in the artificial or natural lakes, insertion of dividing walls made of vinyl curtain, land dykes, concrete walls, or any other way, dividing the artificial or natural lake in isolated places, so there is no contact between the water of each module, considering that each module can be used for different activities, such as bathing, water sports, fishing, etc., considering that the water of the artificial or natural lake is de-polluted through the portable or the stationary treatment unit and preferably, conditioned into containers.
US10597305B2	Methods for treating lithium-containing materials The disclosure relates to methods for preparing lithium hydroxide. For example, such methods can comprise mixing a lithium-containing material with an acidic aqueous composition optionally comprising lithium sulfate and thereby obtaining a mixture; roasting the mixture under suitable conditions to obtain a roasted, lithium-containing material; leaching the roasted material under conditions suitable to obtain a first aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate; submitting the first aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate to an electromembrane process under suitable conditions for at least partial conversion of the lithium sulfate into lithium hydroxide and to obtain a second aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate, the electromembrane process involving a hydrogen depolarized anode; optionally increasing concentration of acid in the second aqueous composition; and using the second aqueous composition comprising lithium sulfate as the acidic aqueous composition optionally comprising lithium sulfate for mixing with the lithium-containing material and to obtain the mixture.
US10597302B2	Reactor for preparing hydrogen cyanide by the andrussow process, equipment comprising said reactor and process using such an equipment The present invention relates to a reactor (201) for preparing hydrogen cyanide by the Andrussow process, to an equipment (200) comprising said reactor and to a process for preparing hydrogen cyanide by the Andrussow process. The reactor (201) comprising at least one gas inlet (I) for reactant gases mixture, a catalyst (203), a porous support for the catalyst (204), a porous sub support (205, 206) and at least one outlet (P8) for the reaction products. According to the invention, said reactor has a cone frustum shaped metallic casing (210) and comprises inside the metallic casing, a gas distributor (202) located between the gas inlet and the catalyst, said distributor comprising at least one cone frustum element (D1, . . . Dn) having an upper base directed towards the gas inlet (I).
US10597301B2	Ammonia production method A high-concentration ammonia production method includes: synthesizing ammonia through electrolysis using water and nitrogen as raw materials; subjecting a resultant generation gas to treatment using an ammonia separation membrane or an ammonia PSA to separate the generation gas into high-concentration ammonia and a residual gas; recycling the residual gas as a nitrogen gas raw material of an ammonia synthesis reactor, and liquefying the high-concentration ammonia recovered through the ammonia separation membrane or the ammonia PSA; and subjecting an unliquefied gas separated from liquefied ammonia to the treatment using the ammonia separation membrane or the ammonia PSA again. According to the present disclosure, ammonia is synthesized by adopting an electrolysis method in which the synthesized ammonia substantially does not contain hydrogen, in combination with ammonia separation and recovery treatment using membrane separation or PSA. With this, high-concentration ammonia can be synthesized and recovered with high efficiency through an entire process.
US10597300B2	EMM-28, a novel synthetic crystalline material, its preparation and use A novel synthetic crystalline material, EMM-28, can be synthesized in the presence of an organic structure directing agent (Q) selected from one or more of the following dications: EMM-28 may be used in organic compound conversion reactions and sorptive processes.
US10597297B2	Enriched acid gas for sulfur recovery A system of enriching acid gas for feeding a sulfur recovery unit includes a contactor configured to separate an acid gas stream into a carbon dioxide rich stream and a purified acid gas stream, where the acid gas stream includes hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and hydrocarbons; a regenerator in fluid communication with the contactor such that the regenerator is configured to separate the purified acid gas stream to create a hydrogen sulfide rich stream and a hydrogen sulfide lean stream; and a recycle stream conduit fluidly coupled between the regenerator to the contactor and configured to supply at least a portion of the hydrogen sulfide rich stream from the regenerator to the contactor.
US10597294B2	Integrated methods for chemical synthesis Among other things, the present invention encompasses the applicant's recognition that epoxide carbonylation can be performed industrially utilizing syngas streams containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide and varying amounts carbon dioxide. Contrary to expectation, the epoxide carbonylation reaction proceeds selectively in the presence of these mixed gas streams and incorporates excess CO in the syngas stream into valuable chemical precursors, resulting in hydrogen streams substantially free of CO. This is economically and environmentally preferable to performing WSGR which releases the excess carbon as CO2. The integrated processes herein therefore provide improved carbon efficiency for processes based on coal or biomass gasification or steam methane reforming.
US10597290B2	Process for filling etched holes using first and second polymers A process for filling one or more etched holes defined in a frontside surface of a wafer substrate. The process includes the steps of: depositing a layer of a thermoplastic first polymer onto the frontside surface and into each hole until the holes are overfilled with the first polymer; depositing a layer of a photoimageable second polymer different than the first polymer; selectively removing the second polymer from regions outside a periphery of the holes; exposing the wafer substrate to a controlled oxidative plasma so as to reveal the frontside surface of the wafer substrate; and planarizing the frontside surface to provide holes filled with a plug of the first polymer only, each plug having a respective upper surface coplanar with the frontside surface.
US10597286B2	Monolithic phase change heat sink A monolithic vapor chamber heat dissipating device uses a phase change liquid and one or more wicks to dissipate heat from a heat-generating system. The phase change liquid and one or more wicks may be directly coupled to the heat-generating system, or may be coupled to an intermediate evaporator substrate. The phase change liquid vaporizes as it absorbs heat from the heat-generating system. When the vapor rises and encounters a condenser substrate, the vapor condenses and transfers the heat to the condenser substrate. The condensed vapor is drawn by gravity and the one or more wicks to the phase change liquid coupled to the heat-generating system.
US10597284B2	Fuel tank vent and shutoff valve A non-pressure valve is provided, and includes a tubular housing having an inlet and an outlet. The tubular housing forms a fluid flow path. The non-pressure valve also includes a sliding sleeve coupled with the outlet, a spring disposed between the sliding sleeve and the tubular housing, and a flow-through mount disposed within the tubular housing adjacent the sliding sleeve. The flow-through mount is coupled with a bulb. The bulb is configured to engage the sliding sleeve and impede the flow of fuel. The non-pressure valve also includes a hose fluidly coupling the non-pressure valve with a remote fuel vent. The flow-through mount may include a plurality of bypass openings positioned in the fluid flow path and configured to divert a portion of the fuel flow through a hose to the remote fuel vent.
US10597283B2	Erroneous refueling prevention device An erroneous refueling prevention device restricts or allows insertion of a refueling gun into a refueling passage depending on an outer diameter of the refueling gun. The device includes a flap configured to open or close the refueling passage by a turn of the flap about a first turn pivot; and a switch configured to be unlocked from the flap by a turn of the flap to a half-opened state, and to turn about a second turn pivot. The switch includes a protrusion detector configured to, in response to the turn, project to a position where the protrusion detector faces the refueling passage. The switch restricts or allows a turn of the flap from the half-opened state to a fully-opened state, depending on a turn amount of the switch to be determined by a contact relationship between the protrusion detector and the refueling gun.
US10597282B2	Mass based low product indicator A dispenser dispenses a consumable product from a container. The container is supported within a housing by a container holder. The container holder is vertically moveable within a movement range in the housing. A biasing structure biases the container holder upwardly. A sign is connected to move up and down with the container holder. An indicator associated with the sign is vertically fixed relative to the housing. When an amount of product remaining in the container reaches a low level, the biasing force of the biasing structure will lift the container holder, causing the indicator to be aligned with a portion of the sign that gives a visual cue to a user that the amount of product remaining is at a low level.
US10597281B2	Methods and systems to record the flow of a liquid using an electronic pourer An electronic pourer can be used with an inventory system for inventory and/or accounting purposes. In one embodiment, the electronic pourer includes an orientation determining subsystem configured to determine an orientation of the electronic pourer, a wireless communication subsystem, a processing subsystem having at least one processing core, and a power source configured to power up the electronic pourer. The processing subsystem can be coupled to the orientation determining subsystem and the wireless communication subsystem to determine whether liquid has been dispensed from the electronic pourer based on the angular displacement of the orientation determining subsystem, and transmit information to an external computing device via the wireless communication subsystem. In another embodiment, the electronic pourer is equipped with a subsystem.
US10597275B2	Soft robotic actuators for positioning, packaging, and assembling Exemplary embodiments relate to applications for soft robotic actuators in the manufacturing, packaging, and food preparation industries, among others. Methods and systems are disclosed for fixing target objects and/or receptacles using soft robotic actuators, for positioning target objects and/or receptacles, and/or for diverting or sorting objects. By using soft robotic actuators to perform the fixing, positioning, and/or diverting, objects of different sizes and configurations may be manipulated on the same processing line, without the need to reconfigure the line or install new hardware when a new object is received.
US10597270B2	Shopping facility track system and method of routing motorized transport units Some embodiments include a track system comprising: an elevated track system comprising a series of elevated tracks that are positioned elevated above a sales floor and products distributed over at least a portion of the sales floor of a retail store, and configured such that multiple motorized transport units travel along the series of elevated tracks in traversing at least portions of the retail store.
US10597269B2	Lift base with retractable wheels A transportable jack system includes a jack disposed on a base. The base includes a base plate with a plurality of wheel openings formed therein, and a biasing member disposed between a wheel and the base plate. The biasing member is configured from a single piece of material consisting of a top horizontal portion, a bottom horizontal portion, and an angled middle portion disposed between the top horizontal portion and the bottom horizontal portion. The biasing member biases the base away from a ground surface when a load applied to the jack is below a predetermined threshold and deforms when the load is above the predetermined threshold, wherein the deformation allows the base plate to contact the ground surface.
US10597262B2	Pipe handling apparatus Pipe handling apparatus with an insert (4) configured to be inserted into a pipe to be handled (23). One or more clamping members (19) are moveably mounted relative to the insert. One or more actuators (17) are operable to urge the clamping members (19) towards the insert (4) thereby to grip the wall of the pipe to be handled (23). The insert (4) may be cylindrical. Multiple clamping members (19) may be spaced around the insert (4). The clamping members (19) may extend axially along the insert (4). The apparatus is suitable for handling flexible pipes (23) formed from multiple layers of helically wound metal strands.
US10597249B2	Method and apparatus for stacker module for automated composite-based additive manufacturing machine A stacker component of an apparatus for automated manufacturing of three-dimensional composite-based objects for aligning registration of sheets. The stacker includes a sheet catcher; a frame having a base plate with the base plate having tapered registration pins to align a stack of substrate sheets. The registration pins are mounted in the base plate and project vertically to a location just below the sheet catcher. The stacker also has a presser with a press plate and a belt driver system that moves the press plate up and down allowing the press plate to exert downward pressure on the stack and a slide system with two guide rails that enable the base plate to be loaded and unloaded. A conveyor can be disposed so that after a substrate sheet exits a powder or printing system, the sheet is conveyed onto the sheet catcher.
US10597247B2	Printing apparatus Automatic sheet feeding of an installed roll is performed more reliably. To this end, a leading end of a sheet is detected on the basis of a change in an output value of a sensor while causing a roll to rotate in a winding direction using a sensor capable of detecting a distance to the sheet separated from the roll. After the detection, the roll is caused to rotate in a feeding direction, and a feeding state of the sheet is determined on the basis of a change in the output value of the sensor.
US10597234B2	Carton unloader tool for jam recovery A controller of a robotic material handling system performs a method that conveys articles from a pile within a confined space. One or more articles per operation are robotically moved onto a vertically-positionable nose conveyor surface conveys toward a narrower rearward conveyor. Controller detects a jammed article that is at least partially supported by the nose conveyor and that has failed to fully convey onto the rearward. The controller attempts to dislodge the jammed article by causing at least one of: (i) vertically repositioning the nose conveyor surface; and (ii) activating at least one of the two or more parallel conveyors of the nose conveyor surface to run in a forward direction. After the attempt to dislodge, the controller activates at least one parallel conveyor that is contact with the jammed article in a rearward direction.
US10597229B2	Stacker crane with an improved sliding mechanism The present invention relates to a stacker crane (2) for transporting, inserting and picking containers of biological material test tubes in/from locations (3) of a plurality of shelves (4) of a warehouse (1) for storing containers of biological material test tubes. The stacker crane (2) is able to move the containers of biological material test tubes in the three Cartesian directions x, y and z, so as to reach the locations (3), wherein the stacker (2) comprises a first carriage (21) and a second carriage (22) able to slide independently of, and to be released from, the first carriage (21) in direction y.
US10597226B2	Float and evaporation suppressing method A float floating in a liquid has a spherical body having a spherical shape from which parts are cut off so as to form a regular hexagonal shape when viewed from one direction. In addition, the float is shaped so as to form a regular hexagonal shape when viewed from the above-mentioned one direction, and the floats are arranged in a honeycomb geometry to thereby reduce the contact area between the liquid and air.
US10597223B2	Box-in-box container A box blank useful for forming a container includes a first layer comprising paperboard, a second layer comprising a paper layer and a foil layer, and an adhesive layer adhering the first layer to the second layer, wherein the foil layer is between the paperboard and the paper layer.
US10597215B2	Panel fixing device The present disclosure discloses a panel fixing device, including a box, a pressing member and an expansion agent. The inner wall of the frame of the box is provided with a limiting groove, the pressing member is movably disposed in the limiting groove, the frame has a receiving through hole connecting with the limiting groove, the expansion agent is received in the receiving through hole, and the expansion agent is used for pushing the pressing member after being expanded so that the pressing member compresses the panel accommodated in the box. An injection channel of the expansion agent is reserved on the box. After inflating the expansion agent, the pressing member is pushed by the expansion force, so that the pressing member compresses the panel in the box to limit the panel so as to prevent the box from causing a second impact during the dropping process.
US10597206B2	Medicine container cover A cover for a medicine container is provided. The cover contains a deactivating material within it which can, upon release into a medicine container, deactivate and/or destroy a medicine within the container. The cover may have an automated release mechanism which controls release of the deactivating material into the medicine container.
US10597203B1	Container A container includes a first cover, a second cover, a rotating shaft, an acting element, and the multiple bending elastic piece. The rotating shaft is engaged between the first cover and the second cover, such that the first cover and the second cover are rotatable relative to each other. The acting element is connected to the rotating shaft. The multiple bending elastic piece includes a fixing portion and an interfering portion. The fixing portion is fixed to the first cover. The interfering portion is located between the fixing portion and the rotating shaft. While the rotating shaft is rotated relative to the first cover, the acting element changes a bending degree of the multiple bending elastic piece with the rotation of the rotating shaft, thereby enabling the interfering portion to selectively contact opposite sides of the acting portion.
US10597198B2	Reclosable vacuum-tight pouch and resealable vacuum-tight closure mechanism therefor A resealable vacuum-tight closure mechanism has a first closure element that includes a first base and a second closure element that includes a second base. A first contact surface on a first interlocking profile depends from the first base and a second contact surface on a second interlocking profile depends from the second base. The first and second contact surfaces provide a maximum occlusion distance when the first and second interlocking profiles are in an occluded state. A first sealing member extends from the first base, has a first length, is spacedly disposed from the first interlocking profile, and has a first sealing surface disposed thereon. A second sealing member extends from the second base, has a second length, is spacedly disposed from the second interlocking profile, and has a second sealing surface disposed thereon that is complementary to the first sealing surface. A sealing reservoir protrusion is disposed between the first sealing member and the first interlocking profile and has a volume sufficient to form a first gastight seal in a first occluded space between the first and second closure elements and bounded by the first and second occluded sealing members and the first and second occluded interlocking profiles upon formation of an end-stomp at an end of the first and second closure elements. A sum of the first and second lengths of the respective first and second sealing members is greater than or about equal to a length necessary to maintain a second gastight seal between the first and second sealing surfaces when the first and second interlocking profiles are in the occluded state.
US10597196B2	Tamper-evident mesh material and methods of manufacture therefor The present invention is directed to tamper-evident mesh material, methods of manufacture therefor, and tamper-evident bags manufactured therefrom. The tamper-evident mesh material of the present invention may be used, for example, in the manufacture of a variety of tamper-evident security bags for use in applications where it is desirable to detect any traces or evidence of tampering with or of unauthorized access to the contents of the bag.
US10597188B2	Configurable container assembly A configurable container assembly is described. Embodiments of the configurable container assembly can include a container having a plurality of slots located around a perimeter of a top of the container. The slots can be configured to receive protrusions of one or more accessories. The configurable container assembly can be implemented in a closed configuration and an open configuration.
US10597176B1	Balloon filling and tying tool A balloon tool having a U-shaped body, first and second side walls extending outward from an end of the U-shaped body to form a slot between the side walls and the U-shaped body, and a tooth extending outward from the second side wall toward the first side wall to present a gap between a distal end of the tooth and the second side wall. The balloon tool is preferably configured for tying a knot in a balloon by sliding the neck of a balloon into the slot and through the gap, wrapping the neck of the balloon around the U-shaped body, inserting an end of the balloon between the U-shaped body and the portion of the neck wrapped around the U-shaped body, and sliding the neck of the balloon back out through the gap. The balloon tool preferably includes a hollow channel for filling a balloon with fluid.
US10597170B2	Arrangement in catapult The invention relates to a launching cylinder of a catapult and to a catapult. The launching cylinder comprises a frame inside which are a pneumatic pressure space for launching purpose and a hydraulic pressure space for returning purpose. The pressure spaces are separated from each other by means of a piston assembly.
US10597164B2	Aircraft having redundant directional control An aircraft has an airframe with a two-dimensional distributed thrust array attached thereto having a plurality of propulsion assemblies that are independently controlled by a flight control system. Each propulsion assembly includes a housing with a gimbal coupled thereto that is operable to tilt about first and second axes responsive to first and second actuators. A propulsion system is coupled to and operable to tilt with the gimbal. The propulsion system includes an electric motor having an output drive and a rotor assembly having a plurality of rotor blades that rotate in a rotational plane to generate thrust having a thrust vector. Responsive to a thrust vector error of a first propulsion assembly, the flight control system commands at least a second propulsion assembly, that is symmetrically disposed relative to the first propulsion assembly, to counteract the thrust vector error, thereby providing redundant directional control for the aircraft.
US10597158B2	Device for use in vehicle A device for use in a vehicle having an entertainment system. The device includes an information processing system including a data processor and memory in communication with one another, with the data processor executing a control system. The device includes an electronic paper display connected in communication to the control system and displaying information in accordance with commands received from the control system. The device includes a communication module connected in communication with the information processing system, with the communication module being connectable to the vehicle entertainment system. The communication module is configured to receive information from the vehicle entertainment system according to at least one communication protocol and communicate the information to the control system, in which the control system generates commands for the electronic paper display in accordance with information received from the vehicle entertainment system.
US10597157B1	Unmanned aerial vehicle fleet management An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes one or more sources of propulsion, a power source, and communication system. The UAV also includes a controller coupled to the communication system, the power source, and the one or more sources of propulsion. The controller includes logic that when executed by the controller causes the UAV to perform operations, including measuring a power source charge level of the UAV; sending a signal including the power source charge level of the UAV to an external device; receiving movement instructions from the external device; and engaging the one or more sources of propulsion to move the UAV from a first location on a storage rack to a second location within a storage facility.
US10597155B2	Shadow casting drone The present invention relates to systems for protecting against sun's damaging rays, and against unwanted onlookers like drones. The systems comprise a drone and a covering member attached to the drone. In one aspect, a Flight Control System, FCS, flies the drone in a selected spot. In one embodiment, the covering member acts like an overhead covering, and a measuring device provides the FCS information for flying the drone on a holding position over a stationary user. In another embodiment, a measuring device enables the FCS to fly the drone over a non-stationary user and to tracking him. Further, the FCS adjusts the drone position with respect to the position of either the sun or a detected drone in the sky. In another embodiment, a radio control, transmitter receiver, pair is used to communicate user's requests to the FCS. One request may be to turn on the motors.
US10597153B1	Heliplane craft An aircraft has a substantially cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis, a cockpit, counter-rotating propellers of an overall diameter substantially greater than a maximum diameter of the body, DC motors powering the propeller sets, a battery compartment at a lower extremity of the cylindrical body, enclosing a DC battery, fixes wings extending a substantial distance away from the cylindrical body in a first direction, a rudder in a plane parallel to the axis of the cylindrical body, landing struts extending from a lower and outer extremity of each wing and of the providing a support structure for the aircraft; and controls operable to move the rudder and the wing flaps, and to manage power and rpm of the counter rotating propellers. The aircraft may lift vertically in hovering flight, transition to level flight, and return to hovering flight to land again.
US10597143B2	Low moment rotor hub In one embodiment, a rotor hub comprises a hub body, and a plurality of blade grips configured for attaching a plurality of rotor blades. The rotor hub further comprises a plurality of centrifugal force bearings coupled to the plurality of blade grips, wherein a focus of the plurality of centrifugal force bearings is aligned with a centerline of a rotor mast. The rotor hub further comprises a plurality of drive links configured to transfer torque to the plurality of rotor blades, wherein the plurality of drive links is positioned to correspond with a leading edge side of the plurality of rotor blades. The rotor hub further comprises a plurality of pitch horns configured to adjust a pitch of the plurality of rotor blades.
US10597139B2	Latching device for a foldable wing arrangement A latching device for a wing including a support structure (29), a latching bolt (35) having a longitudinal axis (36) and being slidably supported by the support structure (29) such that the latching bolt (35) is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The latching device (27) includes a first hydraulic actuator (47a) and a first connector assembly (38a) adapted to be connected to a first hydraulic system of an aircraft (1), and at least one second hydraulic actuator (47b) and a second connector assembly (38b) connected to a second hydraulic system. The first hydraulic actuator (47a) and the second hydraulic actuator (47b) are adapted to effect movement of the latching bolt (35) from the extended position into the retracted position independent of the other one of the at least one first hydraulic actuator (47a) and the at least one second hydraulic actuator (47b).
US10597137B2	Thermal insulators having cold side flap seals Thermal insulators having cold side flap seals are described. An example thermal insulator includes a first thermal blanket and a second thermal blanket to be coupled to the first thermal blanket. The first thermal blanket includes a first insulation section, a flap, and a second insulation section. The flap extends laterally from the first insulation section and has a first portion laterally adjacent the first insulation section and a second portion laterally adjacent the first portion. The second insulation section is located on the first portion. The second thermal blanket includes a third insulation section, a fourth insulation section, and a seal. The fourth insulation section has a third portion laterally adjacent the third insulation section and a fourth portion laterally adjacent the third portion. The seal is to be compressed between the third portion and the second portion when the second thermal blanket is coupled to the first thermal blanket.
US10597136B2	Aircraft brace housing a fluid transfer line An aircraft including a wing, a fuselage and at least one brace extending between the wing and the fuselage. The brace houses at least one fluid transfer line between the wing and the fuselage, such as an engine air bleed line, a hydraulic line or a fuel pipe. Use in particular to equip high-winged aircraft.
US10597134B2	Adhesive joints for aircraft An adhesive joint for an aircraft includes a first aircraft component having a first surface forming one or more isolation grooves, a second aircraft component having a second surface and an adhesive forming a bondline between the first and second surfaces to bond the first aircraft component to the second aircraft component. The adhesive substantially fills the one or more isolation grooves to form at least one disbond arrest boundary. The at least one disbond arrest boundary is operable to prevent a disbond in the bondline from traversing therethrough, thereby preventing the disbond from propagating along the bondline across the at least one disbond arrest boundary.
US10597126B2	Watercraft securing system and method of use A floating dock includes a frame, a float, and first and second dock posts. The frame has a first longitudinal section and a second longitudinal that define a slip there between. The dock posts are operatively secured to and project upward from the frame and are on opposite sides of the slip. The posts have self-adjusting line systems including a slide, an elongate member, an upper stop, a lower stop, and a line. The slide is slidable along the elongate member between the upper stop and the lower stop. The line is coupled to the slide. The line is adapted to tether the slide to a watercraft. The slides are capable of moving independently to allow vertical translation, pitch, and roll of the watercraft while the watercraft is secured within the slip.
US10597120B2	Clamp with locking tab to secure boat windshield A bottom trim clamp assembly secures a windshield and bottom trim member with connecting structure to a boat surface. The bottom trim clamp assembly includes a base clamp securable to the boat surface and having at least one base tab cooperable with the connecting structure. A locking tab selectively securable to the base clamp is also cooperable with the connecting structure. The clamp assembly can be secured to the boat surface prior to shipping to facilitate full installation of the windshield after shipping.
US10597118B2	Watercraft device with hydrofoil and electric propeller system A method and system for providing a watercraft device are disclosed. The watercraft device comprises a board, a throttle coupled to a top surface of the board, a hydrofoil coupled to a bottom surface of the board, and an electric propeller system coupled to the hydrofoil. The electric propeller system powers the watercraft device using information generated from the throttle. A center of buoyancy in a non-foiling mode of the watercraft device and a center of lift in a foiling mode of the watercraft device are aligned.
US10597103B2	Saddle-type vehicle A saddle-type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, a pillion step supported by the vehicle body frame and on which a foot of a passenger is to be placed, a passenger seat supported by the vehicle body frame and on which the passenger is to be seated, an exhaust pipe configured to guide an exhaust gas discharged from an engine to an outside, an exhaust pipe cover covering the exhaust pipe from a lateral outside thereof, and a guard body extending laterally outward from the vehicle body frame, wherein the guard body is disposed below the pillion step and to protrude laterally from an opening part formed in the exhaust pipe cover.
US10597101B2	Crown fork supported bicycle carrier Disclosed is a bicycle carrier having a support mast, an elongate support member extending from the support mast, and a cradle disposed along the elongate support member. The cradle is for receiving a fork crown of a bicycle. The cradle includes a first hook member extending angularly relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate support member and a second hook member extending angularly relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate support member. The first hook member and the second hook member are spaced-apart so as to allow the fork crown to be received by the cradle. A head tube of the bicycle is disposed between the first hook member and the second hook member. The first hook member and the second hook member are disposed between fork tubes of the bicycle.
US10597094B2	Vehicle frame construction and method A vehicle frame construction and method includes an elongated hollow frame member having a plurality of interior sides and a reinforcement member. The reinforcement member is formed from a thermoplastic polymer and is installed so as to be arranged within the elongated hollow frame member to reinforce each interior side of the elongated hollow frame member in a plane orthogonally oriented relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongated hollow frame member.
US10597088B2	Active vehicle pillar arrangement for selective wind noise, wind throb, snow buildup and moisture control An apparatus is for use with a pillar adjacent to a vehicle window, such as a windshield. The apparatus includes a molding for positioning adjacent to the pillar, the molding forming a channel in a deployed condition for receiving moisture from the vehicle windshield, or for reducing the effects of wind throb when a single vehicle window is open. An actuator may be associated with the molding for activating a non-deployed condition of the molding for reducing the effects of wind noise. The molding may include a passage for receiving an airflow and transmitting it to an outlet for directing fluid away from the molding, the pillar and adjacent side window. In the deployed condition, the molding may project from a surface of the pillar and in the non-deployed condition may be substantially flush with the surface of the pillar.
US10597080B2	Method and device for operating a motor vehicle traveling driverlessly within a parking facility A method for operating a motor vehicle driving driverlessly within a parking facility includes determining, for a predefined target trajectory to be traversed by the motor vehicle within the parking facility, that point in the target trajectory until which safe driverless driving of the motor vehicle is possible; and driverlessly driving the motor vehicle, based on the predefined target trajectory, out to the determined point.
US10597076B2	Vehicle steering control device Provided is a steering control device (10) for a vehicle (12), including a front wheel steering device (14) and a rear wheel steering device (42). When a magnitude of a steering angle (MA) is large in a state in which rear wheels are steered by the rear wheel steering device in the same phase with respect to front wheels, the steering control device carries out calculation so as to increase a rear wheel target correction steering angle Δδbt for a correction steering for the rear wheels (18RL and 18RR) toward an opposite phase direction with respect to the front wheels (18FL and 18FR) compared with when the magnitude of the steering angle is small, and controls the rear wheel steering device based on the target correction steering angle Δδbt, thereby increasing a slip angle toward the inside of a turn of the vehicle.
US10597066B2	Energy absorption element for a steering column of a motor vehicle and steering column for a motor vehicle An energy absorption element for a steering column of a motor vehicle may comprise a deformation element, a first fastening element, and a second fastening element. The deformation element may be connected to the first fastening element and to the second fastening element and is arranged in a force flux with respect to a force that can be exerted on the first fastening element relative to the second fastening element. To achieve improved security against damage due to unauthorized use or inadvertent damage and, in the process, requiring little outlay on manufacturing and installation, a predetermined breaking element may be connected to the first and second fastening elements parallel to the deformation element in the force flux.
US10597065B2	Vertical position adjustment device for steering wheel In a clamped state where the interval between both the pressing parts is reduced and both the clamped plate parts are clamped by both the support plate parts, vertical distances from an outer peripheral surface of the adjustment rod to an upper surface and a lower surface of an inner surface of one through-hole of both the through-holes are different, vertical distances from the outer peripheral surface of the adjustment rod to an upper surface and a lower surface of an inner surface of the other through-hole of both the through-holes are different, and sides, where the vertical distance from the outer peripheral surface of the adjustment rod to the inner surface is smaller, are on opposite sides with respect to the vertical direction in one through-hole and the other through-hole.
US10597064B2	Position adjustment device for steering wheel Non-circular portions (41) are provided in two positions of an adjusting rod (17a) in an axial direction, and the non-circular portions (41) are disposed inside of telescopic-adjusting long holes (16a) of a displacement bracket (13a). Up-down-direction clearances (44a and 44b) which are present between opposite edges of each of the non-circular portions (41) in an up-down direction and inner surfaces of each of the telescopic-adjusting long holes (16a) in the up-down direction in a state where a position of a steering wheel can be maintained are less than up-down-direction clearances (43a and 43b) which are present between the opposite edges of each of the non-circular portions (41) in the up-down direction and the inner surfaces of each of the telescopic-adjusting long holes (16a) in the up-down direction in a state where the position of the steering wheel can be adjusted.
US10597053B2	Operations monitoring in an area A solution for monitoring an area including one or more restricted zones is provided. The solution can include one or more monitoring assemblies deployed to acquire image data of the area and independently monitor operations within the area at each monitoring assembly. A monitoring assembly can include one or more local alert components to generate an audible or visual alarm to local personnel. Data regarding static features present in the area can be used to create a registration map of the field of view, which can subsequently enable accurate determination of the three-dimensional location of a target using two-dimensional image data and/or identify an extent of a restricted zone even when one or more of the static features are obscured. Monitoring a target over a series of images can be used to determine whether an alert condition is present.
US10597049B2	Railway truck with elastomeric suspension A railway freight car truck is provided with an elastomeric suspension device between the bolster end and the sideframe spring support surface. The elastomeric device is usually of an elongated oval shape. The elastomeric device takes the place of one or more rows of coil springs that comprise the suspension resting on the sideframe support surface. The freight car truck bolster is supported on the coil springs under empty car conditions and both the coil springs and the elastomeric device under fully loaded car conditions.
US10597048B2	Carbody of railcar A carbody of a railcar includes: a roof bodyshell; a supporting body provided under the roof bodyshell, the supporting body being attached to the roof bodyshell in a state of being positioned in the vertical direction; a rotating body which is threadedly engaged with the supporting body and rotates relative to the supporting body about an axis extending in a vertical direction to be displaced relative to the supporting body in the vertical direction; and a support target member supported by the roof bodyshell through the supporting body and the rotating body, the support target member being attached to the rotating body in a state of being positioned in the vertical direction, a vertical distance between the roof bodyshell and the support target member being adjustable by displacement of the rotating body relative to the supporting body.
US10597047B2	Method and transport vehicle for loading and unloading A transport vehicle includes a container for receiving bulk material which is disposed on a vehicle frame and is pivoted, together with a bottom conveyor belt and a third conveyor belt, relative to the vehicle frame about a pivot axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle in order to maintain a horizontal conveying plane, relative to a transverse direction of the vehicle, for the bottom conveyor belt and the third conveyor belt, independently of a transverse inclination of the track. Thus, a problem-free bulk material transport is possible even in the event of a transverse inclination of the track. A method of loading and unloading a transport vehicle which is mobile on a track is also provided.
US10597044B2	In-vehicle system An in-vehicle system is mountable on a vehicle having an automated driving function for automatically controlling at least one of steering and a vehicle speed of the vehicle. The in-vehicle system includes: an information presentation unit configured to present information related to automated driving to a driver of the vehicle; and a call management unit connectable to a mobile terminal capable of wireless communication. When a situation in which the information presentation unit presents information related to automated driving is detected, the call management unit automatically restricts an operation of the mobile terminal.
US10597029B2	Dynamic parking using an assistance system A method to park a vehicle in a parking space using a parking assistant is provided. The course of a parking maneuver is dynamically adapted to boundaries of the parking space that are changed during the parking maneuver by determining whether and in which direction the boundaries of the parking space change during the parking maneuver. An originally determined first trajectory is replaced by a second trajectory that is adapted to changed boundaries of the parking space and along which the parking maneuver is continued.
US10597027B2	Control apparatus of hybrid vehicle A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle which, when a travel mode is switched from a second mode (EV mode) to a first mode (series mode), can warm an exhaust purification catalyst appropriately to suppress deterioration of an exhaust gas, is provided. The control apparatus comprises selection means 32 which selects the first mode as a travel mode of a vehicle 10, if a required output is equal to or higher than a determination threshold value, or selects the second mode, if the required output is lower than the determination threshold value; and threshold value changing means 33 which lowers the determination threshold value, if the temperature of the exhaust purification catalyst is lower than a predetermined temperature.
US10597022B2	Coordinated torque and speed control systems and logic for hybrid electric vehicles Presented are model-based control systems for operating parallel hybrid powertrains, methods for making/using such systems, and motor vehicles with parallel hybrid powertrains and model-based torque and speed control capabilities. A method for controlling operation of a hybrid powertrain includes receiving a command signal for a hybrid powertrain operation associated with a driver input and a current operating mode of the powertrain. A desired output torque for executing the powertrain operation is then determined. The method determines if a speed differential between an engine speed of an engine and a torque converter output speed of a torque converter is less than a calibrated threshold; if so, the method responsively engages a clutch device to operatively connect the engine's output member to the transmission's input member. Engine torque is then coordinated with motor torque such that the sum of the engine and motor torques is approximately equal to the desired output torque.
US10597019B2	Vehicle control apparatus A vehicle control apparatus is provided with: a controller (i) configured to set first brake fluid pressure associated with wheels on one of left and right sides out of a plurality of wheels to be higher than second brake fluid pressure associated with wheels on the other side in order to turn a vehicle in one direction, and configured (ii) to then increase the second brake fluid pressure by using a fluid pressure difference between the first brake fluid pressure and the second brake fluid pressure, and (iii) to set the first brake fluid pressure to be lower than the second brake fluid pressure while holding the second brake fluid pressure in order to turn the vehicle in another direction, which is different from the one direction.
US10597016B2	Brake system for a motor vehicle A brake system for a motor vehicle. A braking pressure source and at least one wheel brake, which can be impinged by brake pressure provided by the brake pressure source. The brake pressure is provided with at least one pressure piston arranged so that it is linearly displaceable in a pressure cylinder, and with an engine for displacing the pressure piston in the engine which is coupled to pressure piston via a gear. At the same time the gear is provided with force transmission paths which are at least partially parallel to each other and arranged in an operative connection between the engine and the pressure piston.
US10596997B1	User interface of autonomous delivery vehicle An automated delivery vehicle includes a user interface for controlling access to a designated cargo within the vehicle. The user interface provides access to the cargo for a first period and activates second keys in response to receiving an access code via first keys while the vehicle is parked. The user interface provides, for a second period, access to the cargo and prevents the vehicle from moving in response to one of the activated second keys being actuated.
US10596995B2	Method to lock, unlock and start a vehicle The disclosure relates to a method to lock, unlock and start a vehicle without using a radio key or electronic vehicle key. According to the disclosure, the function of starting the vehicle without actively using the key is blocked when the vehicle is locked. When the vehicle is unlocked in a manner secured against relay station attacks, the possibility exists of starting the vehicle without actively using the key.
US10596988B2	Hybrid bumper beam for a vehicle and method for manufacturing the same A bumper beam for a vehicle including a bumper beam body having a tubular portion extending in a vehicle width direction, the bumper beam having a metal section and a composite section, wherein the metal section and the composite section are coaxial, the composite portion being along an inner surface of the metal section.
US10596979B2	Device for capturing optical information A device for capturing optical information configured for being installed in a recess of an exterior surface of a vehicle, comprising at least an imaging means configured for obtaining optical information of the surroundings of the vehicle. The imaging means are movable between an operating position and a non-operating position, wherein in the non-operating position the imaging means is able to be located in the recess of the vehicle. The device also comprises a protective cover configured for being able to cover the opening of the recess when the imaging means is in an operating position outside the recess.
US10596973B2	Double opening storage device An opening and closing mechanism of a double opening storage device including a box main body and a lid body includes a rod and an engagement hole corresponding to a first rotating shaft, a rod and an engagement hole corresponding to a second rotating shaft, first and second biasing members that engage the rods with the engagement holes, first and second operation units that displace the rods in an engagement-releasing direction by an opening operation, and a malfunction prevention device that prevents the opening operation of the first operation unit and the second operation unit from being performed at the same time. The malfunction prevention device includes a base member, first and second stoppers that are respectively rotatable around a first shaft and a second shaft with respect to the base member, and a spring member which is interposed between the first and second stoppers.
US10596971B2	Retractable vehicle step A retractable step for use with a vehicle comprises a stepping member having an upper stepping surface, a first arm, and a second arm. The first arm has a first end pivotally attached to the vehicle, and a second end pivotally attached to the stepping member. The second arm also has a first end pivotally attached to the vehicle, and a second end pivotally attached to the stepping member. The first and second arms can be generally planar linkages.
US10596963B2	Fatigue alarm apparatus and method A fatigue alarm apparatus having a fatigue detector, a control unit and a stimulus alarm generator is illustrated. The fatigue detector detects whether a driver is drowsy. The control unit is electrically connected to the fatigue detector and the stimulus alarm generator. When the fatigue detector detects that the driver is drowsy, the stimulus alarm generator controlled by the control unit to generate two stimulus alarms having a rest time period therebetween, and then, after an interval period elapses, the control unit determines whether an alarming procedure of generating the two stimulus alarms is to be interrupted or repeated, wherein the rest time period is less than the interval period.
US10596962B1	Automotive chandelier assembly An automotive chandelier assembly includes a cage that has a plurality of openings extending therethrough. Thus, the cage has a grid-like structure to pass light therethrough and the cage is positionable to replace a dome light cover in a vehicle. A plurality of refractors is provided and each of the refractors is positioned within a respective one of the openings in the cage. Each of the refractors refracts light passing through the respective opening to produce a chandelier effect when the dome light is turned on. A plurality of ornaments is provided and each of the ornaments is suspended from housing. Each of the ornaments is comprised of a light refracting material to produce a chandelier effect when the dome light is turned on.
US10596961B2	Vehicular interior lighting device and roof module A vehicular interior lighting device includes a main body portion fixed to a roof, a first light source and a second light source accommodated in the main body portion, a light shielding cover portion covering the first and second light sources from below, a light guide member having a protruding portion protruding along the inside surface from a gap between the main body portion and the cover portion, and a condensing lens disposed between the second light source and the light guide member. The light guide member has a diffusion portion formed on a surface of the protruding portion facing downward and a reflecting portion reflecting light emitted from the second light source toward a part of the diffusion portion. The diffusion portion emits light in whole by light emitted from the first light source and partially emits light by light emitted from the second light source.
US10596956B1	Lighting apparatus for vehicle A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include a first optical system including a first light source module realizing a predetermined level of resolution using a plurality of individual light-emitting diode chips disposed in a lattice pattern and a first image-forming lens module forming an image; a second optical system including a second light source module having a same configuration as the first light source module and a second image-forming lens module forming an image; a first image projected by the first optical system and a second image projected by the second optical system have different angles of departure; and the first image and the second image are projected onto a road as a third image having an overlapping shape of the first image and the second image.
US10596947B2	Cup holder A cup holder including a case for receiving a cup, having an opening and a bottom opposite to the opening; a rotational arm including a first arm member rotatably connected to the case, and a second arm member rotatably connected to the first arm member and having a retaining member for holding the cup; and a platform slidably arranged in the case to move between a first position in which the platform is positioned at the opening of the case, and a second position in which the platform is positioned at the bottom of the case, the platform an abutting portion extending downwardly therefrom to abut against the first arm member. When the platform moves from the first position to the second position, the abutting portion abuts against the first arm member to rotate the rotational arm toward the case and the retaining member is disposed inside the case.
US10596938B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a lower frame which supports the seat cushion to be lifted and lowered and to be advanced and retreated along a floor in conjunction with the lifting and lowering, a finisher which covers a lower side frame; and a flexible cover which is hung from the side portion of the seat cushion such that a lower edge part is engaged in the finisher, and is expanded and folded in accordance with the lifting and lowering of the seat cushion, wherein: the finisher includes a guiding part which guides the lower edge part of the cover to be movable in an advancing and retreating direction of the seat cushion; and the lower edge part of the cover includes a guided part which is engaged with the guiding part to be movable in the advancing and retreating direction of the seat cushion.
US10596930B2	Trackable baby carriage with detachable and trackable car seat A trackable baby carriage system, including a trackable baby carriage to communicate with a mobile device, and a detachable and trackable car seat detachably disposed within the trackable baby carriage to hold a child therein and to communicate with the mobile device, such that the mobile device independently tracks a location of the trackable baby carriage and the detachable and trackable car seat.
US10596927B2	Vehicle seating assembly A vehicle seating assembly includes an upper seatbase pivotably coupled to a lower seatbase at a front end by a front hinge. The lower seatbase is slidably coupled to a rail. A seatback is pivotably coupled to a rear end of the upper seatbase by a rear hinge.
US10596922B2	Method and system for utilization of regenerative braking energy of rail vehicles The invention relates to an energy distribution and consumption system comprising: a group of rail vehicles provided with regenerative braking means; a group of electrically powered bus vehicles each comprising an onboard battery; an electrical energy storage means adapted for storing electrical energy generated by a rail vehicle during braking thereof; a plurality of charging stations, each adapted for connecting to bus a vehicle, for charging the onboard battery thereof with electrical energy from said electrical energy storage means; wherein said group of rail vehicles is adapted for providing a substantially predetermined net supply of electrical energy to said electrical energy storage means during a predetermined time period, wherein said group of bus vehicles is adapted for substantially consuming at least said net amount of electrical energy within said predetermined time period.
US10596917B2	Vehicle and electrical system with dual battery modules An electrical system includes cables, a DC charge connector, first and second battery modules, a splice device, and a controller. Each battery module has first, second, third, and fourth electrical connectors receiving a respective one of the cables. The battery modules are connected to each other via the cables, and further have first, second, third, and fourth switches that connect battery cell strings to one or more connectors. The charge connector is connected to one of the cables between the first electrical connectors. The splice device connects the charge connector to the first connector of the first battery module and to a pair of the cables. A charging current may be split between the battery modules. The controller selectively establishes parallel charging, parallel drive, and separate drive and charging modes for each battery module. The system may have an independent drive mode.
US10596914B2	Low power proximity detection apparatus A proximity detection apparatus including a detection circuit is provided. The detection circuit is configured to receive a proximity signal indicative of a first voltage level and a reference signal indicative of a second voltage level and to receive a wake up signal at predetermined intervals. The detection circuit is further configured to compare the first voltage level to the second voltage level in response to the wake up signal and to generate a first output indicative of an external power source being electrically coupled to a vehicle to charge one or more batteries in the vehicle based on the comparison of the first voltage level to the second voltage level.
US10596903B2	Networked intoxication vehicle immobilization A vehicle immobilization system includes a detection element operable to detect a level of an intoxicant in a user's breath. A control module is operable to receive a signal from the detection element indicating the level of intoxicant in the user's breath, and to selectively restrict operation of a vehicle based on the level of intoxicant in the user's breath exceeding a threshold. A wireless relay is operable to replace a standard relay in the vehicle, and to wirelessly communicate with the control module such that the control module is operable to control the wireless relay to selectively restrict operation of the vehicle.
US10596886B2	Soft front cockpit cover A foldable roof assembly having a soft panel top assembly for a vehicle in sealing engagement with a hard top portion of a roof. The soft panel top assembly has a fixed portion attached to the vehicle and a lightweight pivotal portion that folds back to provide the occupant a quick and easy open air effect. Two door rails of the soft panel top assembly are connected to the vehicle. Two side bows are attached to a first bow member, which is secured to a windshield frame when in a closed position, and are connected at a pivot point created with a bracket attached to the door rails to allow the pivotal portion to pivot to an open position. The soft panel top assembly includes a rear header that is a wireframe and engages with seals in the hard top roof portion to provide a weatherproof seal.
US10596882B2	Windshield for low speed vehicles such as golf cars Provided is a windshield for a low speed vehicle such as a golf car. The windshield comprises a hinge and a top mount allowing the windshield to fold up for improved upper body safety and improved air circulation.
US10596873B2	Vehicle suspension control system and method of operation thereof An air management system and method are provided. The system includes a pressurized air source. A manifold block is coupled to the pressurized air source and includes a plurality of suspension valves in fluid communication with the pressurized air source and each defines a suspension orifice of a first diameter for controlling air flow to and from a plurality of air springs. A manifold pressurization valve is in fluid communication with the plurality of suspension valves and the pressurized air source and defines a manifold pressurization orifice of a second diameter that is less than the first diameter of the suspension orifice for opening under high pressure to allow pressurized air into the manifold block. An electronic control unit controls the manifold pressurization valve and the plurality of suspension valves to equalize a high pressure differential across the plurality of suspension valves from the plurality of air springs.
US10596870B2	Vehicular arm component manufacturing method and vehicular arm component Method of manufacturing a vehicular arm component having a particular torsional rigidity and a sufficient tensile strength. Method of manufacturing a vehicular arm component 1 having a hollow shape in open cross-section by subjecting workpiece W, which is a flat plate, extending in an XY plane to pressing in stages such that two side surfaces W1, W2 of the workpiece in an XZ plane formed by the X direction and a Z direction face one another across a gap G, the method including a restriking process in which a protrusion 113 disposed on a restriking die 110 to be extended in the X direction is arranged in the gap between the two side surfaces facing one another and the two side surfaces are brought into contact with the protrusion such that the workpiece is pressed from an outer periphery to an inner periphery.
US10596869B2	Ball assembly for measuring tongue weight of a trailer A ball assembly for attachment to a ball mount is described. The ball assembly can include a ball post that is securable to a ball mount. A hitch ball is slidably coupled to the ball post at a ball end of the ball post. A load gauge is disposed at the gauge end of the ball post. A load transfer element is operably associated with both the hitch ball and the load gauge so as to cause a load measurement to display on the load gauge based upon a load applied to the hitch ball.
US10596858B2	Pneumatic tire First direction ridge patterns and second direction ridge patterns are lined-up alternately at a tire side portion. Plural main ridges 22A through 22D and sub-ridges 26A through 26D, which project-out from a bottom surface 18A, are formed at a first direction ridge pattern 20. The respective ridges are disposed in parallel such that ridge extending directions are a same direction. Light reflection patterns are different at a main ridge region 24 and a sub-ridge region 28.
US10596855B2	Tire A tire includes a tread portion provided with a first main groove disposed between the tire equator and a tread edge and extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction; outward transverse grooves extending axially outwardly from the first main groove; and inward transverse grooves extending axially inwardly from the first main groove. The first main groove is a zigzag groove including axially outer segments extending along the tire circumferential direction; axially inner segments extending along the tire circumferential direction and positioned axially inside the axially outer segments; and oblique segments linking therebetween. Each of the axially outer segments is connected with one of the outward transverse grooves and one of the inward transverse grooves.
US10596845B2	Bound edge tabs for notebook A tab is provided for notebooks and binders. The tab is placed within the space otherwise occupied by a binding, and thus is protected from wear and does not appreciably increase the overall size of the notebook or binder. The tab may be located at a corner of the binding or at an intermediate point along the binding.
US10596841B2	Droplet discharging apparatus A droplet discharging apparatus (10) includes a supporting section (20) including a supporting surface (21) that supports a medium M, a first head (81) including a first nozzle that discharges first liquid onto the medium supported by the supporting surface (21), a second head (82) including a second nozzle that discharges second liquid that promotes curing of the first liquid by reacting with the first liquid onto the medium M supported by the supporting surface (21), a carriage (83) that reciprocally travels in a width direction while holding the first head (81) and the second head (82), an air sending section (70) that generates airflow in the front direction in an discharging area facing the supporting surface, and a shielding section (85) that shields the airflow in the front direction in the discharging area R1.
US10596837B2	Digital thermal binder and powder printing A method of forming a digital print on a surface (2) by applying powder of dry ink (15) including colourants (7) on the surface, bonding a part of the dry ink (15) powder to the surface (2) by a digital heating print head (80) such that the digital print is formed by the bonded dry ink colourants (7) and removing non-bonded dry ink (15) from the surface (2).
US10596832B2	Printer and dryer for drying images on coated substrates in aqueous ink printers An aqueous ink printer includes a dryer that enables coated substrates printed with aqueous ink images to be adequately dried before discharge of the substrates. The dryer has a housing, a plurality of laser diodes, and a controller configured to operate the laser diodes with reference to ink coverage densities in an ink image and a speed of a media transport moving the substrate bearing the ink image as the substrate passes the plurality of diodes. The controller varies the intensity of the radiation emitted by the laser diodes to correspond with the ink coverage density opposite each laser diode as the ink image passes through the dryer.
US10596826B2	Thermal head and thermal printer A thermal head includes: a head base body including a substrate and a plurality of heat generating sections disposed on the substrate; connection portions which are electrically connected to the head base; a connection member which is electrically connected to the connection portions; and a first cover member which covers the connection portions, the first cover member including a plurality of protruding portions provided on an upper surface of the first cover member at predetermined intervals in a main scanning direction.
US10596822B2	Printing apparatus and printing method A printing apparatus performing printing by an inkjet scheme includes: an inkjet head; and a controller, configured to control the operation of a main scan driver and a sub scan driver to perform a main scanning operation multiple times on each position on a medium. In the main scanning operation, for at least part of ejection positions serving as ejection targets of ink droplets in the main scanning operation, the controller causes the inkjet head to eject an ink droplet in accordance with a mask for selecting part of the at least part of ejection positions.
US10596821B2	Rocker valve A rocker valve includes a number of rails to transitionally connect an arm of a spring to the rocker valve such that the arm of the spring transitions across the rocker valve to actuate the rocker valve, a first side of the rocker valve to selectively engage with a valve seat based on a position of the arm of the spring relative to the first side of the rocker valve, and a number of pivot arms to pivot the rocker valve between a closed position and an open position such that the first side of the rocker valve selectively engages with the valve seat to regulate pressure inside a print head assembly.
US10596812B2	Printing apparatus and control method thereof According to an embodiment of the present invention, to improve processing performance, a printing apparatus that performs printing by using a printhead formed by a plurality of headchips includes one CPU, a table configured to store processing contents set by the CPU, and a plurality of processing units configured to process, in parallel, printing data to be used in each headchip by commonly using the table and in accordance with the processing contents set in the table. In addition, the apparatus includes a plurality of control units configured to wait for the completion of the processing of each processing unit, synchronize the plurality of processing units for next processing, and cause each of the processing units to execute the next processing in accordance with the processing contents set in the table.
US10596804B2	Indirect printing system An indirect printing system is disclosed having an intermediate transfer member (ITM) in the form of an endless belt that circulates during operation to transport ink images from an image forming station. Ink images are deposited on an outer surface of the ITM by one or a plurality of print bars. At an impression station, the ink images are transferred from the outer surface of the ITM onto a printing substrate. In some embodiments, the outer surface of the ITM 20 is maintained within the image forming station at a predetermined distance from the one or each of the print bars 10, 12, 14 and 16 by means of a plurality of support rollers 11, 13, 15, 17 that have a common flat tangential plane and contact the inner surface of the ITM. In some embodiments, the inner surface of the ITM is attracted to the support rollers, the attraction being such that the area of contact between the ITM and each support roller is greater on the downstream side than the upstream side of the support roller, referenced to the direction of movement of the ITM.
US10596795B2	Decorative-sheet manufacturing method A method for producing a decorative sheet includes the steps of: (α) pressing a thermoplastic resin film (a) on a preheated rotating heating drum, and then pressing a transfer film (b) having a hot-melt adhesive layer, a resin coating, a release coating layer, and a film base material in order such that the hot-melt adhesive layer is positioned in the film (a) side; (β) feeding/supplying a pressed body obtained in the Step (α) between a rotating design-imparting roll and a rotating receiving roll such that the transfer film (b) is positioned in the design-imparting-roll side; and (γ) sequentially passing a laminated sheet obtained in the Step (β) through a first chill roll whose temperature is set to 50° C. to 90° C., and a second chill roll whose temperature is set to a temperature of 20° C. to 70° C. which is lower than the first-chill roll temperature to cool the laminated sheet.
US10596781B2	Structure having solid particles distributed on the surfaces thereof A structure including a formed body (1) and solid particles (3) distributed on a surface of the formed body (1) by being externally added thereto, wherein the solid particles (3) are held on the surface of the formed body (1) in a form of being covered with a very small amount of an oily liquid (5), and an air layer (7) is present in gaps among the solid particles (3) that are close to the surface of the formed body (1).
US10596779B2	Composite material structure This composite material structure is provided with: a first composite member arranged facing a heating element , the first composite member including PAN-based carbon fibers; a second composite member arranged between the heating element and the first composite member, the second composite member including pitch-based carbon fibers; and a cushioning element provided between the first composite member and the second composite member, the cushioning element being joined to each of the first composite member and the second composite member, and having lower rigidity than those of the first composite member and the second composite member. The first composite member is provided so as to be linked to an adjacent structure, while the second composite member and the cushioning element are provided so as to be separated from the structure.
US10596776B1	Pine straw baling apparatus and method An apparatus and method for baling plant materials such as grasses, leaves and pine straw a hydraulic power unit, a conveyor operatively coupled to the hydraulic power unit, a hopper for depositing the material on a proximal end of the conveyor and a baler operatively coupled to the hydraulic power unit and arranged for receiving a material from the conveyor. The power unit, conveyor and baler are supported on a trailer. An electronic control system is operatively coupled to the hydraulic power unit, the conveyor and the baler for automatically suspending operation of the conveyor when the baler contains a sufficient amount of material for initiating bundling of the material and automatically resuming operation of the conveyor following dispensing of a bundle of the material from the baler.
US10596774B2	Dual mold replace center rib Assemblies and methods for fabricating one or more molded tire treads are provided along with systems for manufacturing a plurality of tread mold configurations from interchangeable elements.

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