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US10606416B2	Touch sensing apparatus and method for assembly A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed comprising a panel that defines a touch surface, a plurality of light emitters and detectors arranged along a perimeter of the panel. The light emitters are arranged to emit a respective beam of emitted light that travels above the touch surface, wherein the light detectors are arranged to receive detection light from the emitted light. The plurality of light emitters and detectors are arranged above the touch surface and are connected to a substrate extending in a direction parallel with a normal axis of a plane in which the panel extends. A method of assembling a touch sensing apparatus is also disclosed.
US10606410B2	Method for calibrating touchscreen panel with industrial robot and system, industrial robot and touchscreen using the same A method for calibrating a touchscreen panel and the system, the industrial robot and the touchscreen panel using the same. The method including the steps of: (a) defining at least one area of the touchscreen with predetermined accuracy for position measuring; (b) recording a plurality of kinematic parameters of the industrial robot on a plurality of first touch points on the at least one area of the touchscreen; (c) recording a plurality of first position values on the plurality of first touch points on the at least one area of the touchscreen; (d) determining a first calibration data for the kinematic model of the industrial robot using the kinematic parameters and using the first position values; (e) computationally correcting errors of the kinematic model of the industrial robot using the first calibration data; (f) recording a plurality of second position values on a plurality of second touch points on the at least one area with at least a portion of its border extending outwards; (g) determining a second calibration data for the touchscreen using the kinematic parameters and using the second position values; (h) computationally correcting errors of position measurement of the touchscreen using the second calibration data; and iteratively repeating the steps (b) through (h) for different postures of the industrial robot until the iteration step no longer results in significant improvement of the error correction of the kinematic model of the industrial robot.
US10606409B2	Method of processing sensing signals and related processor A method for processing sensing signals in a sensing system includes receiving at least one sensing signal; performing a first operation on the at least one sensing signal to determine whether the at least one sensing signal satisfies a first predetermined condition; performing a second operation on the at least one sensing signal after a second predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied, wherein the second predetermined condition comprises a condition that the first predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied, wherein the second operation provides more sensing information than the first operation; and not performing the second operation on the at least one sensing signal after a third predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied, wherein the third predetermined condition comprises a condition that the first predetermined condition is determined to be unsatisfied.
US10606390B2	Touch detection device and display device with the same According to one embodiment, a touch detection device includes first detection electrodes in a detection area, second detection electrodes in the detection area, extending to intersect the first detection electrodes, first control lines connected to the first detection electrodes, respectively, and provided in a non-detection area, and second control lines connected to the second detection electrodes, respectively, and provided in the non-detection area. The second control lines overlap the first control lines at a plurality of positions as seen in plan view, such that areas of overlapping portions in which the first control lines overlap the second control lines are substantially equalized.
US10606387B2	In-cell touch display panel The present invention discloses an in-cell touch display panel. The in-cell touch display panel comprises a TFT array substrate and an opposite substrate. A display circuit and a first bonding area are disposed on the TFT array substrate. A display driver chip provides a display driving signal to the display circuit through the first bonding area. A touch electrode layer and a second bonding area are disposed on the opposite substrate. A touch driver chip provides a touch driving signal to the touch electrode layer through the second bonding area. The in-cell touch display panel provided by the present invention disposes the touch structure and its driver chip on the opposite substrate. Manufacturing of the in-cell touch display panel has become easier. And also reduce the interference of the driving signal generated from the touch structure on the display function of the display panel.
US10606381B2	Display system, input device, display device, and display method A display system includes a display device and an input device. The display device includes a display for displaying images, an image signal processor for displaying images on the display, and a receiver for receiving signals from the input device. The input device includes a detector that detects a target color at a partial area of the display so as to acquire target color information, a storage unit for storing registered color information, a color determination processor that carries out a color determination process for determining whether or not the target color information matches the registered color information so as to generate a color determination signal, and a transmitter for transmitting the color determination signal. The image signal processor carries out a color change process of sequentially changing target colors but suspends the color change process when the receiver receives the color determination signal.
US10606378B2	Dynamic reconfigurable display knobs Embodiments are disclosed for systems and methods for operating a display actuator to provide user-configurable actions. An example device for a human-machine interface includes a display on a first surface of the device, an input interface adapted to detect one or more of touch input, rotation input, and push input directed to the device, a controller configured to generate control instructions based on input received from the input interface, the control instructions including display instructions for controlling output on the display, and an output interface configured to send at least a subset of the control instructions from the controller to a receiving device, the device being removably coupled to the receiving device.
US10606363B2	Vehicle display system and method A method for a display system of a motor vehicle is provided. The motor vehicle comprises one or more seats for occupants of the vehicle, the position and/or orientation of the seats within an interior of the motor vehicle being variable. The method comprises: determining a position and/or orientation of the seats; determining an orientation at least a first portion of an image to be displayed by the display system according to the position and/or orientation of the seats; and displaying the image such that at least the first portion of the image is in the determined orientation. A display system for a motor vehicle is also provided.
US10606362B2	Terminal device and control method A terminal device and a control method are disclosed. The terminal device comprising a display transparent cover comprises: a communication unit for communicating with an external device; a rollable display unit stored in a housing and exposed from the housing; a sensing unit for sensing a gesture input on the display transparent cover; and a controller, wherein the rollable display unit has, when stored in the housing, an indicating region seen to the outside through the display transparent cover and displays indicating information in the indicating region, and the controller displays notification information about received data in the indicating region in the case of receiving the data through the communication unit, and can move the displayed notification information to an extended first region if the rollable display unit extends a preset first length or more.
US10606360B2	Three-dimensional tilt and pan navigation using a single gesture Systems and methods for providing tilt and pan navigation within a three-dimensional environment in response to a single gesture are provided. An exemplary computer-implemented method includes receiving, by one or more computing devices, data describing a drag performed by a user. The computer-implemented method includes, in response to the drag, incrementally adjusting, by the one or more computing devices, a tilt angle of a virtual camera until the tilt angle equals one of a maximum tilt angle or a minimum tilt angle, and panning, by the one or more computing devices, the virtual camera with respect to a rendering of a three-dimensional model. An exemplary system includes a client device and a server in operative communication over a network.
US10606349B1	Infrared transparent backlight device for eye tracking applications A backlight device includes a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface. The backlight device is configured to emit light in a first optical band through the second surface toward a display panel of a head-mounted display (HMD). The display panel is configured to convert the light from the backlight device to image light. The backlight device is transparent to light in a second optical band that is different than the first optical band. An eye tracking system illuminates an eyebox with light in the second optical band. A camera assembly positioned adjacent to the first surface of the backlight device. The camera assembly is configured to capture images of the eye in the second optical band through the backlight device, the display panel. The eye tracking system determines eye tracking information based at least in part on the captured images.
US10606347B1	Parallax viewer system calibration A parallax viewer system allows 3D content, such as 360 degree 3D panoramas or other 3D environments, to be viewed by a user through a traditional 2D screen. A parallax viewer system operating on a user device can use a user-facing camera and a 2D screen to simulate a 3D environment for a user viewing the 2D screen. By changing the rendered view of the 3D environment as the user's head moves with respect to the screen, the parallax viewer system can provide many of the immersion benefits of a VR or 3D display using a traditional 2D display. In some implementations, the parallax viewer system can be calibrated to work in new situations (for example, on a new user device) by determining the relationship between the user-facing camera and the screen used to display the virtual environment.
US10606335B2	System and method for dynamically adjusting voltage frequency A dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS) system is provided. The DVFS system includes: a computation unit, a power management unit (PMU), a hardware activity monitor (HAM), and a hardware voltage monitor (HVM). The HAM monitors a working status and temperature information of the computation unit, and determines whether to update an operating voltage and frequency of the computation unit according to the working status, the temperature information, and a previous determination result. When the HAM determines to update the operating voltage and frequency, the HAM generates a first control signal to the PMU to calibrate the operating voltage and frequency. The HVM detects timing information of the computation unit and determine whether to fine-tune the operating voltage according to the detected timing information. When the HVM determines to fine-tune the operating voltage, the hardware monitor generates a second control signal to the PMU to fine-tune the operating voltage.
US10606334B2	Information processing apparatus for determining level of power saving of processor according to return time notified by device connected to processor, and power saving method for processor An information processing apparatus includes a processor and a first device. The processor executes an operating system and a power control application, which operates on the operating system and controls a power mode of the information processing apparatus. The first device is connected to the processor to communicate with the processor, and notifies the operating system of a return time. The power control application notifies the first device of information indicating the power mode of the information processing apparatus. Based on the information notified by the power control application, the first device determines a return time of which the operating system is to be notified, and notifies the operating system of the determined return time. Based on the return time notified by the first device, the operating system determines a power saving state to which the processor is to shift, and shifts the processor to the determined power saving state.
US10606318B1	Hinge mechanism and mode detector for foldable display device In a general aspect, a foldable electronic device may include a processor, a memory, a first housing including a first hinge portion, a second housing, a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing, a hinge assembly including a second hinge portion rotatably coupled to the first hinge portion of the first housing, wherein the hinge assembly is configured for providing relative rotation of the first housing with respect to the second housing, and a mode detector assembly configured to detect configurations of the electronic device and configured to generate a signal indicating a change of mode of operation of the display. The mode detector assembly may include at least a flexible connection member and a spring member. The spring member may be disposed in the first hinge portion of the first housing or in the second hinge portion of the hinge assembly or in the first hinge portion of the first housing and in the second hinge portion of the hinge assembly, and a portion of the flexible connection member may be disposed in the first hinge portion of the first housing.
US10606316B2	Flexible computing device that includes a plurality of displays A flexible electronic device that includes a flexible substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface and interconnects extending between the upper surface and the lower surface; a flexible display mounted directly to the upper surface of the flexible substrate such that the flexible display is electrically connected to the flexible substrate; a first encapsulant mounted to the upper surface of the flexible substrate such that the flexible display is at least partially embedded within the first encapsulant; an electronic component mounted to a lower surface of the flexible substrate such that the electronic component is electrically connected to the flexible substrate; a second encapsulant mounted to the lower surface of the flexible substrate such that the electronic component is at least partially embedded within the second encapsulant; a flexible casing that surrounds the electronic component and the second encapsulant.
US10606314B1	Electronics stand An electronics stand includes a mount on which an electronic device is mounted and a plate member coupled to the mount. The plate member includes: a first plate having a first side connected to the mount and a second side opposite the first side of the first plate; a second plate having a first side foldably connected to the second side of the first plate and a second side opposite the first side of the second plate; a restrictor including a first part foldably connected to the first plate and a second part foldably connected to the first part and the second plate; magnetic materials disposed in the second plate and the second part where at least one of the magnetic materials generates a magnetic force; and a magnetic shield member disposed in the second plate or the second part which includes the magnetic material generating the magnetic force.
US10606313B2	Multi-component communication devices and methods Various arrangements of communication devices are presented. A combined battery and processing unit may be present that includes a housing, a battery, one or more processors; a microphone, and a speaker. The battery and the one or more processors may be permanently installed within the housing. The communication device could include a wristband, having a wristband housing defining a slot that opens on a first side and a second side of the wristband, to removably install the combined battery and processing unit within the slot of the wristband while the wristband is being worn by a user.
US10606300B2	Methods and apparatuses including a process, voltage, and temperature independent current generator circuit Apparatuses, methods, and current generators that generate current are described. An example apparatus includes a current source configured to provide a current. The current source may be coupled to a voltage source via a transistor. The transistor may be configured to provide the voltage source to the current source based on a voltage of a gate of the transistor. The example apparatus may further include an amplifier configured to provide a voltage to the gate of the transistor based on a voltage differential between two inputs. The voltage differential between the two inputs may adjust due to process, voltage or temperature changes such that the current provided by the current source remains constant.
US10606297B2	Demand response dispatch system employing weather induced energy consumption A method for dispatching buildings in a demand response program event including generating data sets for each of the buildings, each set having energy consumption values along with corresponding time and outside temperature values, where the energy consumption values within each set are shifted by one of a plurality of lag values relative to the corresponding time and outside temperature values, and where each of the plurality of lag values is different from other ones of the plurality of lag values; performing a machine learning model analysis on each set to yield machine learning model parameters and a residual; determining a least valued residual from all residuals yielded, the least valued residual indicating a corresponding energy lag for the each of the buildings; and using energy lags for all of the buildings to generate a dispatch schedule for the demand response program event according to a prioritization of the energy lags.
US10606295B1	Sharing redundant regulator phases within a phase-redundant voltage regulator apparatus A phase-redundant voltage regulator apparatus includes groups of regulator phases, each having a multi-phase controller (MPC) connected to each regulator phase. The MPC transfers, to control logic, phase fault signals and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) phase control signal received from the regulator phases of a phase group. Spare regulator phases include output ORing devices to limit current flow into spare regulator phase outputs. Output switching devices are configured to electrically couple spare regulator phase outputs to a common regulator output. Control logic is connected to the phase groups MPC and asserts phase enable signals to, transfers PWM phase control signals to, and receives phase fault signals from the spare regulator phases. The control logic electrically interconnects a spare regulator phase to a phase group including a failed regulator phase in response to receiving a phase fault signal from an MPC.
US10606291B2	Power output control module for a power distributor A power output control module for power distribution is installed inside a power distributor that is connected to an AC power source and multiple electronic devices to control the AC power outputted to the electronic devices. The power output control module continuously detects whether the AC power inputted is normal. When the AC power source is disconnected by accident, a latch relay is controlled to switch to be open, so that the AC power source and the electronic devices are disconnected. This prevents the instantaneous surge current from damaging the electronic devices when the AC power source resumes its normal output and also increases the safety and reliability of electronic devices.
US10606278B2	Constraint relaxation in a navigational system Systems and methods are provided for navigating an autonomous vehicle using reinforcement learning techniques. In one implementation, a navigation system for a host vehicle may include at least one processing device programmed to: receive, from a camera, a plurality of images representative of an environment of the host vehicle; analyze the plurality of images to identify a navigational state associated with the host vehicle; provide the navigational state to a trained navigational system; receive, from the trained navigational system, a desired navigational action for execution by the host vehicle in response to the identified navigational state; analyze the desired navigational action relative to one or more predefined navigational constraints; determine an actual navigational action for the host vehicle, wherein the actual navigational action includes at least one modification of the desired navigational action determined based on the one or more predefined navigational constraints; and cause at least one adjustment of a navigational actuator of the host vehicle in response to the determined actual navigational action for the host vehicle.
US10606274B2	Visual place recognition based self-localization for autonomous vehicles Methods and systems herein can let an autonomous vehicle localize itself precisely and in near real-time in a digital map using visual place recognition. Commercial GPS solutions used in the production of autonomous vehicles generally have very low accuracy. For autonomous driving, the vehicle may need to be able to localize in the map very precisely, for example, within a few centimeters. The method and systems herein incorporate visual place recognition into the digital map and localization process. The roadways or routes within the map can be characterized as a set of nodes, which can be augmented with feature vectors that represent the visual scenes captured using camera sensors. These feature vectors can be constantly updated on the map server and then provided to the vehicles driving the roadways. This process can help create and maintain a diverse set of features for visual place recognition.
US10606266B2	Tracking a target moving between states in an environment An apparatus is provided for tracking a target moving between states using an iterative process. The apparatus receives sensor data for a current state i, and applies a cubature information filter and an H-infinity filter thereto to respectively produce an estimate for the upcoming state i+1 and a measure of error thereof, and adjust the measure of error. The apparatus then defines a consensus estimate of the upcoming state i+1 and a consensus adjusted measure of error thereof from the estimate and adjusted measure of error, and a second estimate and second adjusted measure of error that is received from at least one second apparatus tracking the target. The apparatus then applies a cubature information filter to the consensus estimate of the upcoming state i+1 and the consensus adjusted measure of error to predict the upcoming state i+1.
US10606265B2	Method of controlling at least one actuator for controlling an aircraft, an associated control system, and a corresponding aircraft A method of controlling at least one actuator for controlling an aircraft. The method comprises data acquisition steps performed using at least two mutually distinct sensors, the sensors being suitable for taking mutually distinct measurements of at least one flight parameter of the aircraft. Calculation steps generate at least two mutually distinct control laws for controlling the actuator(s). The control laws are functions of the respective measurements. The method controls the actuator(s) sequentially with a first control law in alternation with a second control law.
US10606260B2	Ocular navigation of unmanned aerial vehicle Herein is disclosed an unmanned aerial vehicle navigation system including one or more cameras configured to detect user image data; and one or more processors configured to determine from the user image data a user eye orientation; select according to a selection criterion a navigation behavior based on the user eye orientation; and determine a navigation instruction to cause the unmanned aerial vehicle to travel in accordance with the navigation behavior.
US10606257B2	Automatic parking system and automatic parking method There is provided an automatic parking system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. The automatic parking system includes: a smart key recognition processor recognizing a smart key positioned in a first area; a sensor unit acquiring images around a subject vehicle if the smart key is recognized, and converting the acquired image into external images and synthesizing the images; a parking space recognizing sensor periodically receiving the external images and sequentially comparing the consecutive external images using an image recognition technology to recognize parking areas; and a controller calculating a moving path between a current position of the subject vehicle and an optimal parking area among the parking areas and controlling the subject vehicle based on the moving path, in which the parking space recognizing sensor may detect the parking areas in consideration of a length and a width of the subject vehicle.
US10606250B2	Production management device and production system A production management device is communicably connected to a plurality of slave control devices respectively connected to a plurality of machine tools, and also communicably connected to a master control device for preparing an overall operation plan of the plurality of machine tools. The production management device acquires data on a machine type and an operation condition of each of the plurality of machine tools from the slave control device. The production management device selects, on the basis of the data, an alternative machine tool to be substituted for a specific machine tool from among the plurality of machine tools. Furthermore, the production management device substitutes the alternative machine tool for the specific machine tool.
US10606244B2	Method of inwardly decreasing coloring contour of color 3D object A method of inwardly decreasing a coloring contour of a color 3D object includes: performing an object-slicing on a 3D object to generate records of object print-route information of printing layers; performing an image-slicing on the 3D object to generate records of color-printing information of the printing layers, wherein each color-printing information respectively involves an original coloring contour (3) of each printing layer; performing an inward decrease on the records of color-printing information to generate records of updated color-printing information, wherein each updated color-printing information involves an inwardly decreased coloring contour (4) of each printing layer, and the inwardly decreased coloring contour (4) is spaced from the original coloring contour (3) by an inwardly decreased distance (D); and causing a storage to store the records of object print-route information as route files, and storing the records of updated color-printing information as image files.
US10606231B2	Computer-mediated reality including physical damping feedback A computer-mediated physical damping feedback system includes a motion damping device, a voltage conversion controller, and a voltage generator controller. The motion damping device is worn by a participant present in a real-world environment, and is configured to vary a moveable flexibility of the participant in response to receiving an electrical voltage. The voltage conversion controller is in signal communication with a computer-mediated environment engine (CMEE) controller, and is configured to determine a voltage level of the electrical voltage based at least in part on the interaction between the participant and a computer-mediated environment. The voltage generator controller is in signal communication with the motion damping device and the voltage conversion controller. The voltage generator controller is configured to generate the electrical voltage at the voltage level that induces the stress applied by the motion damping device.
US10606227B2	Method for automatic switching of a communication resistor of a hart device in or out Method for automatic switching of a communication resistor of a HART device in or out, wherein the method comprises steps as follows: transmitting a test signal on an electrical current loop; reading from the electrical current loop a test voltage signal, which is based on the transmitted test signal; comparing the test voltage signal with a reference signal; connecting the communication resistor into the electrical current loop when the test voltage signal exceeds the reference signal.
US10606222B2	Identifying home automation correlated events and creating portable recipes A method for creating at least one portable environment recipe associated with at least one user and associated with an underlying architecture, whereby the underlying architecture includes an underlying actuator architecture or an underlying sensor architecture is provided. The method may include collecting a plurality of behavior data associated with the underlying architecture and the at least one user, wherein the at least one user is located at a first location. The method may further include analyzing the collected plurality of behavior data. The method may also include identifying at least one behavior pattern based on the analyzed plurality of behavior data. The method may include creating the at least one portable environment recipe based on the identified at least one behavior pattern. The method may also include uploading the created environment recipe to a repository.
US10606221B2	Identifying home automation correlated events and creating portable recipes A method for creating at least one portable environment recipe associated with at least one user and associated with an underlying architecture, whereby the underlying architecture includes an underlying actuator architecture or an underlying sensor architecture is provided. The method may include collecting a plurality of behavior data associated with the underlying architecture and the at least one user, wherein the at least one user is located at a first location. The method may further include analyzing the collected plurality of behavior data. The method may also include identifying at least one behavior pattern based on the analyzed plurality of behavior data. The method may include creating the at least one portable environment recipe based on the identified at least one behavior pattern. The method may also include uploading the created environment recipe to a repository.
US10606218B1	Ceramic weave for low-cost, structural, antenna-permeable watch case A composite housing of an electronic device can include a substrate having a shape that partially defines an internal volume of the electronic device and includes ceramic fibers arranged in a weave pattern and embedded in a matrix material. The composite housing can also include an overmold material at least partially surrounding the substrate and an antenna integrated into the overmold material.
US10606216B2	Watch case comprising removable horns Watch case including: a case middle; removable horns; and at least one nut. The nut is inserted in a housing formed in the thickness of the case middle. A nut portion protrudes to the outside of the case middle. A removable horn-retaining screw is engaged in each nut. The thickness required to accommodate the screw is not supported by the case middle, but by the projecting nut portion. It is thus possible to make case middles that are very thin, and therefore light-weight, while at the same time ensuring attachment of the horns to the case middle.
US10606210B2	Development device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus There are demands for stable connections of contact points between a process cartridge, including a development device, and an image forming device. A development contact point, a first contact point, and a second contact point are disposed in this order on the inside in a perpendicular direction with respect to an insertion direction in which a development device is inserted into an image forming apparatus.
US10606209B2	Housing and image forming apparatus A housing includes a body portion, including an opening, and a cover portion that covers the opening. The cover portion includes a first cover and a second cover that is perpendicular to the first cover. The first cover includes a cover body that is platy. A projection projects from the cover body. A first attachment is mounted on the projection and attaches the first cover to the body portion. A second attachment is disposed on the first attachment and attaches the second cover to the first cover.
US10606208B2	Developer container, image formation unit, and image formation apparatus A developer container according to an embodiment includes: a container having a space that contains a developer; an optical system includes a first optical member including first end face exposed to a containing space in the container and a second optical member including a second end face exposed to the containing space and being opposed to the first end face in a first direction, and on which the light is incident through the second end face; a shaft provided in the containing space to be rotatable about the first direction; a cleaning member provided to the shaft to be movable in the first direction to clean the first and second end faces by passing through a gap with a rotation of the shaft; and a guide member provided upstream of the optical system and that comes into contact with the cleaning member to guide the cleaning member to a gap.
US10606202B2	Image forming apparatus to calculate film thicknesses of a photoconductor film of a photoconductor, image forming method, and non-transitory recording medium storing image forming program An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a charging roller to charge the photoconductor, a power source to apply a charging bias to the charging roller, a current sensor to generate a feedback signal representing an output current flowing from the charging roller to the photoconductor, a memory, and circuitry. The circuitry calculates film thicknesses of a photoconductor film of the photoconductor at a plurality of points of time based on a voltage of the charging bias and the output current, calculates travel distances of the photoconductor charged at the plurality of points of time, associates the film thicknesses with the travel distances, stores the film thicknesses and the travel distances in the memory, calculates a present estimated film thickness based on the film thicknesses and the travel distances, and calculates an estimated film thickness range corresponding to a present travel distance based on the present estimated film thickness.
US10606197B2	Endless belt, fixing device, image forming apparatus, and method of manufacturing endless belt An endless belt includes a base layer having an endless belt shape, an elastic layer provided on the base layer, and a surface layer provided on the elastic layer. The surface layer contains fluororesin. The surface layer is provided with at least one mark portion formed through alteration of the surface layer by spot irradiation with laser light having an ultraviolet-region wavelength.
US10606196B2	Fuser temperature control in an imaging device A fuser assembly includes a heated member and a backup member defining a fusing nip. Toner fuses to media in the nip at a fusing temperature and process speed during an imaging operation. Upon receipt of a command to commence imaging, a controller operates a heater to heat the fuser assembly to a first temperature less than the fusing temperature and operates a motor to rotate the fuser assembly at a speed lower than the process speed to prevent overheating the heated and backup members. Before a first media reaches the fusing nip, a speed of the motor is increased to the process speed to properly advance the media through the nip at the process speed. Upon the first media arriving at the fusing nip, the controller increases the temperature of the heater to a second temperature greater than the first temperature to prevent cold offset.
US10606188B2	Powder container, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A powder container includes a rotator and a coil disposed adjacent to the rotator. The rotator is configured to rotate in a predetermined direction. The coil is configured to be rotated by contact with the rotator and divided into a plurality of divided coil portions along a rotation center of the coil in an axial direction of the coil. A plurality of coil centers of the plurality of divided coil portions is eccentric relative to the rotation center.
US10606187B2	Powder container, powder supply device, and image forming apparatus including same A powder container includes a powder chamber for containing powder for forming images, a powder outlet formed in a face of the powder container, and a shutter assembly to open and close the powder outlet and including first and second shutters. The first shutter is movable between a sealing position to close the powder outlet and an open position to open the powder outlet and includes a pressed member to cancel retention of the first shutter at the sealing position. The second shutter includes a pressing projection that interferes with the pressed member of the first shutter and is movable between a shielding position to cover the pressed member without interference between the pressing projection and the pressed member and a releasing position to press the pressed member with the pressing projection.
US10606185B2	Developing device A developing device includes: a developer carrying member (sleeve); a regulating portion including an edge portion at a closest position to a surface of the sleeve or a flat portion tilted, at the closest position, by an angle of 2 degrees or less relative to a contact flat plane contacting the surface of the sleeve; and a rectifying portion connected with the edge or flat portion. The rectifying portion has a concavely curved surface such that a rate of a decrease in gap between the rectifying portion and the contact flat plane increases toward a downstream side of the developer feeding direction and is formed by smoothly connecting rectilinear or curved lines each of 0.2 mm or less except for the edge portion so that the gap between the rectifying portion and the contact flat plane is monotonically decreases toward the downstream side of the developer feeding direction.
US10606184B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a draw-up member that draws a liquid developer containing oil and toner up from a storage part in which the liquid developer is stored while rotating; a cylindrical member that is disposed so as to face the draw-up member, receives the liquid developer from the draw-up member while rotating, and has a circumferential surface on which a film of the liquid developer is formed, the cylindrical member having an elastic part having a circular cross section and a coating film that covers the elastic part and is made of a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether; and a formation member having a circumferential surface on which an image is formed by the liquid developer received by the cylindrical member.
US10606177B2	Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method, and storage medium There is provided a substrate processing apparatus, including: a mounting table configured to mount a substrate with a pattern mask formed on the substrate inside a process container; a depressurization mechanism configured to perform a pressure-decreasing process of depressurizing an interior of the process container to have a pressure of 1 Pa or lower; a light irradiation mechanism configured to irradiate the substrate with a vacuum ultraviolet light after the interior of the process container is depressurized so that an internal pressure of the process container reaches a pressure of 1 Pa or lower; and a controller configured to output a control signal such that an average depressurization rate inside the process container performed by the depressurization mechanism becomes 250 Pa/sec or lower while the interior of the process container is depressurized from 10,000 Pa to 1 Pa.
US10606174B2	Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern A resist composition including a polymeric compound having a structural unit derived from a compound represented by general formula (a0-1), an onium salt having an anion moiety with a specific structure, and a photodecomposable base which is decomposed upon exposure and then loses the ability of controlling of acid diffusion. In formula (a0-1), Rax0 represents a polymerizable group-containing group; Wax0 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group having a valency of (nax0+1), provided that Rax0 and Wax0 may together form a condensed ring structure; nax0 represents an integer of 1 to 3; Yax01 represents a carbonyl group or a single bond; Rax01 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent.
US10606173B2	Photosensitive siloxane composition [Object] To provide a composition capable of forming a cured film having low permittivity and excellence in chemical resistance, in heat resistance and in resolution; and further to provide a production process employing the composition. [Means] The present invention provides a composition comprising: an alkali-soluble resin, namely, a polymer comprising a carboxyl-containing polymerization unit and an alkoxysilyl-containing polymerization unit; a polysiloxane; a diazonaphthoquinone derivative; a compound generating acid or base when exposed to heat or light; and a solvent.
US10606155B2	Light source device and image display device A light source device including a plurality of solid-state light sources, and a cooling member having a plurality of cooling surfaces, the cooling member being configured to cool the plurality of solid-state light sources provided on the respective cooling surfaces.
US10606154B2	Projection lens structure A projection lens structure includes a first group of lens, an aperture stop and a second group of lend. The aperture stop is arranged at a rear of the first group of lens to form a long-focus lens with a focal length between 30-80 mm and the second group of lens is arranged at a rear of the aperture stop to form a short-focus lens with a focal length between 20-30 mm. With the long-focus lens and the short-focus lens operated correspondingly, the structure of the projection lens is simple and the manufacturing cost is low without affecting the quality of produced images.
US10606148B2	Optical low-pass filter and imaging apparatus An optical low-pass filter includes a stack of N (N≥3) optical anisotropic layers each configured to separate an incident ray into a plurality of rays, wherein the following condition is satisfied: Ds≤0.50 Da, where Da [μm] is a total value of ray separation widths of the first to (N−1)th optical anisotropic layers among the N optical anisotropic layers, and Ds [μm] is a distance between a ray having a maximum phase difference and a ray having a minimum phase difference among the rays separated by the first to (N−1)th optical anisotropic layers.
US10606143B2	Multimode interferometer, Mach-Zehnder modulation device A multimode interferometer includes: a multimode waveguide mesa having a top face extending in a direction of a first axis, a first side face and a second side face that extend in the direction of the first axis, and a first end face and a second end face that are arranged in the direction of the first axis; and a waveguide mesa connected to the first end face at a port; first and second waveguide mesas connected to first and second ports on the second end face. The multimode waveguide mesa has a first side edge line shared by the top face and the first side face, and an end line shared by the top face and the first end face. The first side edge line forms an acute angle with the end line at an outer vertex where the first side edge line and the end line meet.
US10606140B2	Liquid crystal display device A first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor are provided. In the first transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to a first wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to a gate terminal of the second transistor; a gate terminal is electrically connected to a fifth wiring. In the second transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to a third wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to a sixth wiring. In the third transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to a second wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to the gate terminal of the second transistor; a gate terminal is electrically connected to a fourth wiring. In the fourth transistor, a first terminal is electrically connected to the second wiring; a second terminal is electrically connected to the sixth wiring; a gate terminal is connected to the fourth wiring.
US10606139B2	Pixel structure A pixel structure includes a substrate, first and second gate lines, first and second data lines, and at least one pixel unit. The first and second gate lines and the first and second data lines are over the substrate and intersect with each other. The pixel unit is disposed on the substrate. The pixel unit includes first and second active devices, a common electrode, and first and second pixel electrodes. The first and second active devices are electrically connected to the first data line, and electrically connected to the first and second gate lines respectively. The common electrode is connected to a common potential source. The first and second pixel electrodes are over the common electrode and electrically connected to the first and second active devices respectively. At least one second branch electrode of the second pixel electrode shrinks from its one side to another side.
US10606136B2	Variable focal length liquid crystal lens assembly comprising a plurality of first and second conductive lines that cross each and structure thereof The instant disclosure provides a variable focal length liquid crystal lens assembly and structure thereof. The liquid crystal lens structure includes a first electrode set, a second electrode set and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second electrode sets. The second electrode set includes first and second electrode structures, the first electrode structure including a first transparent insulating layer and a first electrode layer disposed on the first transparent insulating layer, the second electrode structure including a second transparent insulating layer and a second electrode layer disposed on the second transparent insulating layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first conductive lines and the second electrode layer includes a plurality of second conductive lines. The first and the second conductive lines are separated from each other and are arranged alternately for providing a matrix electric field to the liquid crystal layer.
US10606135B2	Liquid crystal panel, method for fabricating thereof and display apparatus The present invention discloses a liquid crystal panel, includes a color filter substrate, an array substrate, a liquid crystal disposed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate, a chip on film, a driver chip and a circuit board disposed on the chip on film, one end of the chip on film is bonded to an end face of the array substrate and is electrically connected with a metal line array in the array substrate, the other end of the chip on film is bound with the circuit board. The invention also discloses a method for fabricating a liquid crystal panel and a display apparatus. When applying signal to the liquid crystal panel, the chip on film is bonded to the end face of the array substrate to realize the conduction of the metal line array avoiding the longer bonding region extended from a side of the TFT substrate.
US10606126B2	Liquid crystal display device The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display device including a light source unit which supplies light to a liquid crystal panel, a lower polarizing plate disposed below the liquid crystal panel, an upper polarizing plate, a light absorption filter, and a fluorescent filter disposed above the liquid crystal panel. According to the present disclosure, when a laser pointer in a visible ray region illuminates after implementing a display image, light irradiated by the laser is absorbed by the fluorescent filter and the light absorption filter to convert the light into red, green, and blue light to be emitted, thereby improving visibility in accordance with illumination of a laser pointer.
US10606123B2	Display device having a light conversion member and method for fabricating the same A display device includes a backlight unit. A display module configured to display an image is disposed on the backlight unit. A light conversion member is disposed between the display module and the backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a light source unit configured to generate light and a light guide plate configured to guide the light generated by the light source unit. The light conversion member includes a transfer layer disposed on the backlight unit and a light conversion layer disposed on the transfer layer.
US10606121B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus including a light emitting part including a plurality of light emitting diodes spaced apart from each other, and a light conversion part configured to convert light emitted from the light emitting part, in which the light emitting diodes include at least one first light emitting diode and at least one second light emitting diode, the light conversion part emits red light through wavelength conversion of light emitted from the at least one first light emitting diode, and the at least one second light emitting diode emits green light.
US10606120B2	Display device A display device includes: a liquid crystal layer disposed between a first substrate and a second substrate; a color conversion layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including a first light emitter configured to absorb first color light outputted from a light source and to emit second color light that is different from the first color light; a pixel electrode overlapping a display area; a first transistor connected to the pixel electrode; a driving circuit including a second transistor and providing a driving signal to the first transistor; a light blocking member disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the first transistor; and an polarizing layer disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the color conversion layer and including a wire grid pattern overlapping the display area and a reflection pattern extending from the wire grid pattern to overlap the non-display area.
US10606112B2	Display device including quantum dot color filter A display apparatus includes a blue light blocking layer to block a blue light which is not converted by a color conversion layer, and a reflection preventing layer over the blue light blocking layer to prevent reflection of external light incident thereon.
US10606107B2	Display substrate and display device A display substrate and a display device are disclosed. The display substrate includes an active area and a non-active area, and an afterimage removing device for adsorbing charged ions by forming a potential difference is provided in the non-active area.
US10606103B2	Concave display A concave display including a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium, a color filter layer, an optical film and an active device layer is provided. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The display medium is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The color filter layer is disposed on the first substrate. The active device layer is disposed on the first substrate or the second substrate. The optical film is disposed on the first substrate. The optical film is further away from the display medium than the color filter. The optical film includes a base material and optical microstructures embedded in the base material, wherein a refractive index of each of the optical microstructures is smaller than a refractive index of the base material.
US10606097B2	Camera module having a buffer unit A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a first Printed Circuit Board (PCB) configured to have an image sensor mounted thereon; a housing unit disposed over the first PCB; a holder module spaced apart from a bottom surface within the housing unit at a specific interval and configured to have a first coil wound on its outer circumferential face and to include at least lens therein; a second PCB combined with the bottom surface of the holder module; a third PCB disposed over the holder module; and a plurality of wire springs each configured to have one end connected to the second PCB and the other end connected to the third PCB.
US10606082B2	Projection device for smart glasses, method for displaying image information with the aid of a projection device, and control unit A projection device for smart glasses. The projection device includes an image-generation unit for generating at least one first ray of light representing first image information, and a second ray of light representing second image information. The first ray of light and the second ray of light differ from each other with regard to a beam divergence. In addition, the first image information and the second image information differ from each other with regard to a perceivable image sharpness. Moreover, the projection device includes at least one deflection element, which is configured to display the first image information within a first field of view of an eye using the first ray of light, and to display the second image information within a second field of view of the eye disposed outside the first field of view, using the second ray of light.
US10606078B2	Optical element An optical element for a display device that can be placed on the head of a user and generate an image as a virtual image. The optical element having a first part, which comprises an optically effective structure, and a second part connected to one another by an adhesive composition comprising a ultra material. The first part material comprises one or more cycloolefin polymers, the first and third material are different from one another, and the second part material and third material in each case comprise at least one organic polymer. The refractive index differences for at least one wavelength between 380 nm and 800 am between the first and the second material and between the second and the third material are in each case ≤0.02. The method of producing the optical element and the display device comprising the optical element are also provided.
US10606076B2	Dual-image head-up display Disclosed herein are devices, methods and systems for implementing a dual image head-up display incorporating a single picture generating unit (PGU). The aspects disclosed herein obviate a blind wall construction and achieve the results created by systems employing two distinct PGUs. The aspects disclosed herein are also directed to an optimized backlighting system and construction for employment with the disclosed HUD systems.
US10606070B2	Ocular optical system An ocular optical system for imaging of imaging rays entering an eye of an observer via the ocular optical system from a display screen is provided. A side facing towards the eye is an eye-side, and a side facing towards the display screen is a display-side. The ocular optical system includes a first lens element, a second lens element, and a third lens element from the eye-side to the display-side in order along an optical axis. The first lens element, the second lens element, and the third lens element each include an eye-side surface and a display-side surface. The second lens element has positive refracting power, and the display-side surface of the second lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis.
US10606053B2	Testing device, for body fluid analysis, using natural light A testing device for body fluid analysis includes: a sheet unit having a sheet of which a first surface receives body fluid of a user to be deposited thereon; a contact unit having a magnifying lens group for magnifying the body fluid deposited on the sheet, the contact unit being provided with a first side at which the magnifying lens group is placed to face the first surface of the sheet and being provided with a second side at which a guide adhering to a photographing means obtaining an image of the body fluid magnified by the magnifying lens group or coming into contact with around an eye of the user is placed; and a light source unit placed to face a second surface of the sheet of the sheet unit in a direction facing the contact unit with the sheet unit in between.
US10606049B2	Ultra-short distance projection lens with refractive meridional image surface and refractive sagittal image surface being isolated The present invention relates to an ultra-short distance projection lens with a refractive meridional image surface and a refractive sagittal image surface being isolated, including a display chip, a refractive lens group, and a rotationally symmetric reflector. The display chip undergoes imaging by the refractive lens group to form, between the refractive lens group and the rotationally symmetric reflector, a meridional intermediate image and a sagittal intermediate image that are isolated, wherein the two images undergo imaging by the rotationally symmetric reflector and astigmatism is eliminated on a screen, to form a clear picture. The present invention has a simple structure, a projection ratio 0.27 to 0.31, a magnification ratio 170 times to 220 times, and ultra-small distortion, has an optical structure that cancels out astigmatism, high resolution, very desirable tolerance, and relatively low mounting precision requirements on optical parts, and has a very high yield in mass production.
US10606045B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus using the same A zoom lens comprises four lens unit, and at the time of zooming, each of a distance between a first positive lens unit and a first negative lens unit and a distance between a second negative lens unit and a second positive lens unit changes, and a distance between the first positive lens unit and the second negative lens unit widens more at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end, and the first positive lens unit includes an object-side sub-lens unit and an image-side sub-lens unit, and an aperture stop is disposed between the object-side sub-lens unit and the image-side sub-lens unit, and the first negative lens unit includes a negative lens and a positive lens, and a refracting surface nearest to an image in the first negative lens unit is concave toward the image side, and a refracting surface nearest to an object in the second positive lens unit is concave toward the object side, and a refracting surface nearest to the image in the second positive lens unit is convex toward the image side, and the zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
US10606037B2	Camera optical lens The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens, including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of glass 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.
US10606033B2	Optical image capturing system An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US10606030B2	Optical mechanism An optical mechanism is provided. The optical mechanism includes a fixed member, a movable member, an optical element, a first sensing magnet and a first sensing element, wherein the movable member is movably connected to the fixed member, and the optical element is disposed on the movable member. The first sensing magnet corresponds to the optical element and has a first magnetic polar direction. The first sensing element corresponds to the first sensing magnet for detecting the rotation of the first sensing magnet around a first axis relative to the fixed member, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to the first magnetic polar direction.
US10605987B2	Re-based integrated photonic and electronic layered structures Systems and methods describe growing RE-based integrated photonic and electronic layered structures on a single substrate. The layered structure comprises a substrate, an epi-twist rare earth oxide layer over a first region of the substrate, and a rare earth pnictide layer over a second region of the substrate, wherein the first region and the second region are non-overlapping.
US10605973B2	Light guide plate and display device Disclosed are a light guide plate and a display device. The light guide plate includes a flat plate portion and a fixed portion, the fixed portion is arranged around a periphery of the flat plate portion, forms an installation groove for placing optical films in cooperation with the flat plate portion, a surface for forming a bottom of the installation groove in the flat plate portion forms a light emergence surface of the light guide plate; gap structures corresponding to light source particles of a light bar are formed at a first side of the fixed portion, and bottoms of the gap structures form a light incidence surface of the light guide plate which is perpendicular to the light emergence surface; and a surface of the flat plate portion back on to the installation groove forms an installation surface for installing a reflection sheet and the light bar.
US10605972B2	Long film and method for producing same A long-length film formed of a resin containing a polymer having crystailizability, wherein the long-length film has an orientation axis perpendicular to a long side direction of the long-length film, the long-length film has an Nz factor Nz1 satisfying (formula 1), the long-length film has a birefringence Δn satisfying (formula 2), and the polymer has a crystallization degree X satisfying (formula 3): 1.0≤Nz1≤1.15 (formula 1) 0.01≤Δn≤0.1 (formula 2) 15%≤X (formula 3).
US10605967B2	Retroreflective elements including particles The present disclosure generally relates to retroreflective elements including a core and a plurality of glass or glass-ceramic beads adjacent to the core. The retroreflective elements further include a plurality of particles having a diameter that is less than the diameter of the glass or glass ceramic beads in the retroreflective elements. The present disclosure also generally relates to articles (including, for example, retroreflective roadway liquid pavement markings) including these retroreflective elements and methods of making and using these retroreflective elements.
US10605965B2	Optical diffusing films and methods of making same Optical diffusing films are made by microreplication from a structured surface tool. The tool is made using a 2-part electroplating process, wherein a first electroplating procedure forms a first metal layer with a first major surface, and a second electroplating procedure forms a second metal layer on the first metal layer, the second metal layer having a second major surface with a smaller average roughness than that of the first major surface. The second major surface can function as the structured surface of the tool. A replica of this surface can then be made in a major surface of an optical film to provide light diffusing properties. The structured surface and/or its constituent structures can be characterized in terms of various parameters such as optical haze, optical clarity, Fourier power spectra of the topography along orthogonal in-plane directions, ridge length per unit area, equivalent circular diameter (ECD), and/or aspect ratio.
US10605962B2	Imaging device using plurality of lenses An imaging device using a plurality of lenses according to the present disclosure includes: a compound eye through which a detected image is obtained by a plurality of lenses; a measurement matrix storage unit in which at least one measurement matrix is stored; and an image recovery unit configured to recover an image from the detected image using a digital signal processing technique using sparse representation using the measurement matrix. According to the present disclosure, an imaging device may be obtained which may improve the resolution of an image even while a wide undistorted FOV, an infinite depth, and fast motion recognition, which may be obtained using compound eyes, are achieved. Accordingly, discrimination of an object by the compound eyes may be improved, so that a human having camera-type eyes may acquire image information while advantages of the compound eyes are maximized.
US10605960B2	Antireflection film containing inorganic particles and manufacturing method thereof An antireflection film including a hard coating layer; and a low refractive index layer including a binder resin and hollow and solid-type inorganic nanoparticles dispersed in the binder resin. The solid-type inorganic nanoparticles are distributed more than the hollow inorganic nanoparticles near the interface between the hard coating layer and the low refractive index layer. The hollow inorganic nanoparticles have a thickness of a shell layer to a particle radius ratio of 0.3 or less. A method for manufacturing an antireflection film including: coating a resin composition including a photocurable compound or a (co)polymer thereof, a fluorine-containing compound containing a photoreactive functional group, a photoinitiator, and hollow and solid-type inorganic nanoparticles onto a hard coating layer, drying at a temperature of 35° C. to 100° C. and photocuring the same. The hollow inorganic nanoparticles have a ratio of the thickness of a shell layer to the particle radius of 0.3 or less.
US10605957B2	Gas permeable ophthalmic lens material and gas permeable ophthalmic lens of such material A gas permeable ophthalmic lens material comprises a tetraethoxysilane and an ionic silane. The ionic silane comprises positive charges and negative charges. The lens made therefrom thus comprises positive and negative charges, thus the gas permeable ophthalmic lens is hydrophilic, and prevents adhesion of bacteria in allowing the surface of the human eye to breath. A gas permeable ophthalmic lens made of the gas permeable ophthalmic lens material is also provided.
US10605951B2	Method of determining CEC and other properties from multi-frequency dielectric measurements Techniques involve inverting a dielectric dispersion model based on the geometrical and electrochemical effects that affect dielectric dispersion in fluid-saturated rocks and other porous formation with formation data and measurements to obtain further formation characteristics. A workflow involves using multi-frequency dielectric measurements of the dielectric constant and the conductivity of the formation for reservoir evaluation. The workflow also involves determining formation data such as matrix permittivity, formation temperature, pressure, and porosity, etc., and inverting the formation data and the multi-frequency dielectric measurements with the dielectric dispersion model to determine formation characteristics such as volumetric fraction of water in the formation, the formation water salinity and the Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC), etc. From the CEC log, in combination with other measurements, clay typing may be performed and swelling clays may be identified.
US10605948B2	Borehole imaging sensor assembly A system and method for minimizing the standoff effect on an imaging tool in a borehole are provided. The imaging tool may include a sensor assembly for transmitting current in the direction of the formation to obtain complex measurements having a real part and an imaginary part. The real-part measurement may be sensitive to, or affected by, the resistivity of the formation and the standoff of the imaging tool. The imaginary-part measurement may be affected by only to standoff. A computing device may determine a ratio using the imaginary-part measurement and corresponding to change in standoff at various imaging tool azimuths. The ratio may be applied to the real-part measurement to enhance the resolution of image data corresponding to formations adjacent to the wellbore.
US10605945B2	Shieldings for metal detector heads and manufacturing methods thereof Systems and methods for shielding a metal detector head include placement of conductive shielding around the coils of the head to reduce the effects of capacitance variation between the coils and their surroundings.
US10605940B2	Method for selecting horizon surfaces A method to select a representative subset of a plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches from geophysical subsurface imaging data, including: defining a score function on one or more horizon surfaces or surface patches; calculating, by a computer, the score for each of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches with regard to other horizon surfaces or surface patches and whether the other horizon surfaces or surface patches have been selected or not for inclusion or exclusion in the subset of the plurality of horizon surfaces; selecting, by a computer, one or more of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches to be included in the subset of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches or excluded from the subset of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches based on their respective scores; iteratively repeating the selecting and calculating steps until a stopping condition is reached and the subset of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surface patches is determined; and performing interpretation on the subset of the plurality of horizon surfaces or surfaces patches.
US10605938B2	4D noise suppression The present disclosure includes a method for suppressing 4D noise. The method includes calculating a first similarity map based on the similarity of one of one or more first 3D images and a second 3D image. The first and second 3D images are derived from first and second surveys, respectively. The method also includes calculating a second similarity map based on the similarity of one of the one or more first 3D images and a third 3D image, which is derived from the second survey. The method also includes calculating a third similarity map based on the similarity of first and second 4D images, which are based on differences between the 3D images. The method also includes generating a composite 4D image based at least on the first, second, and third similarity maps. The present disclosure may also include associated systems and apparatus.
US10605934B2	Apparatus with thermal stress relief mechanism for heat generating coil and associated methods Embodiments related to marine acoustic vibrator for marine geophysical surveys. An embodiment may include an apparatus, wherein the apparatus may comprise: a coil element comprising a coil; a coil clamp constraining motion of the coil element in at least one direction; and a spring disposed in a load path of the coil clamp. Additional apparatus and methods are disclosed herein.
US10605926B2	Satellite navigation receiver and method for switching between real-time kinematic mode and relative positioning mode An offset module or navigation positioning estimator determines a reference frame bias between precise point positioning (PPP) reference frame and an RTK reference frame, where the PPP reference frame is associated with relative position estimates generated by the relative position estimator and where the RTK reference frame is associated RTK position estimates generated by the RTK position estimator. Upon loss of the RTK correction signal, the navigation positioning estimator or controller switches to a relative position mode based a last available RTK position. The relative position estimator determines an estimated relative position based on time-differenced phase measurements by the mobile receiver in the relative position mode. The relative position estimator or offset module offsets the estimated relative position in the relative position mode.
US10605924B2	Method and apparatus cross segment detection in a lidar system The present application generally relates communications and hazard avoidance within a monitored driving environment. More specifically, the application teaches a system for improved target object detection in a vehicle equipped with a laser detection and ranging LIDAR system by simultaneously transmitting multiple lasers in an array and resolving angular ambiguities using a plurality of horizontal detectors and a plurality of vertical detectors.
US10605912B1	Storm top adaptive beam scan A weather radar system includes a non-transitory processor-readable medium that causes a processor to control a radar antenna to conduct a vertical radar scan of a weather cell over a vertical scan area and first and second horizontal scan segments of a horizontal radar scan over first and second horizontal scan areas; receive radar return data indicative of a characteristic of each scan area; determine a first and second altitude of a storm top of the weather cell for first and second locations based on the characteristic of a scan area; and cause a display device to display storm top height data indicative of the storm top of the weather cell based on the radar return data. The first horizontal scan segment is conducted at the first altitude and the second horizontal scan segment is conducted at the second altitude and with a higher resolution than the other radar scans.
US10605908B2	Motion detection based on beamforming dynamic information from wireless standard client devices In a general aspect, motion is detected using wireless signals. In one example, a wireless standard protocol message is transmitted by a wireless communication device through a space to one or more neighbor devices. A corresponding wireless standard protocol response including beamforming information feedback is received from each of the one or more neighbor devices in response to the wireless standard protocol message. Motion of an object in the space is detected based on the beamforming information feedback from each of the neighbor devices.
US10605898B2	3D measurement device with accessory interface A 3D measuring device is provided. The device includes a measuring head with a light transmitter and a light receiver. A control and evaluation device is coupled to the light transmitter and light receiver and determines the distance to the object. An accessory interface allows an accessory device to be mechanically connected to the measuring head and can be electrically connected to the control and evaluation device. The accessory interface includes a receiving section and a contact section. The receiving and contact sections are arranged such that the accessory device can be inserted into the accessory interface in an insertion direction in order to electrically and mechanically couple the accessory device to the accessory interface. A support structure having an integral slot is coupled to the measuring head. The slot has the receiving section for the mechanical connection and the at least one contact section.
US10605896B2	Radar-installation-angle calculating device, radar apparatus, and radar-installation-angle calculating method A first data group, which indicates reflection wave intensities from reflection points for radar directions indicating directions in which the corresponding reflection points exist relative to a radar apparatus and distances from the radar apparatus to the reflection points, and a second data group, which indicates Doppler velocities of the reflection points for the radar directions and the distances from the radar apparatus to the reflection points, are used to generate a third data group, which indicates the reflection wave intensities of the reflection points. A radar moving direction relative to a moving direction of the vehicle for each frame is generated based on the third data group. The radar moving direction when the moving direction of the vehicle is straight ahead is estimated using the radar moving direction in a predetermined number of frames, and the radar installation angle is calculated using the estimated radar moving direction.
US10605895B2	Radar operation in a nuclear-scintillated environment The present disclosure relates to enabling a radar system relates to identify airborne and spaceborne objects in a nuclear-scintillated environment. In some embodiments, the radar system transmits a plurality of narrowband signals corresponding to a plurality of consecutive segments of a linear frequency modulated (LFM) waveform. The radar system receives a plurality of echo signals corresponding to the plurality of narrowband signals being reflected from an airborne or spaceborne object. Upon processing the plurality of echo signals to generate a plurality of waveform segments, the radar system combines the plurality of waveform segments to produce a composite waveform. Then, the radar system applies a matched filter to the composite waveform using the LFM waveform to identify the airborne or spaceborne object.
US10605887B2	Systems and methods for revenue meter testing Continuous monitoring of an electric power system during testing of a primary electric power meter is described herein. Electric power system signals or test signals may be selectively supplied to the primary electric power meter. Electric power system signals may be supplied to a secondary meter while a test signal is applied to the primary electric power meter. The secondary meter may record and/or transmit monitoring functions and communicate the results of the monitoring functions to the primary electric power meter while the test signals are supplied to the primary electric power meter.
US10605883B2	System and method for producing distortion free magnetic resonance images using dual-echo echo-planar imaging Described here are systems and methods for correcting magnetic resonance data for off-resonance effects arising from the use of a multi-echo echo planar imaging (“EPI”) pulse sequence. Reference data are acquired, from which phase maps are computed in a distorted coordinate space associated with geometric distortions associated with the multi-echo EPI acquisition. Images reconstructed from the magnetic resonance data are demodulated using the distorted phase maps to produce distortion free images of the subject. Advantageously, the systems and methods can be used to reconstruct distortion free images from magnetic resonance data that is otherwise prone to image distortions from off-resonance errors, including data acquired from hyperpolarized nuclear spin species such as hyperpolarized carbon-13.
US10605880B2	Respiratory phase-resolved 3D body imaging using iterative motion correction and average A method for performing 3D body imaging includes performing a 3D MRI acquisition of a patient to acquire k-space data and dividing the k-space data into k-space data bins. Each bin includes a portion of the k-space data corresponding to a distinct breathing phase. 3D image sets are reconstructed from the bins, with each 3D image set corresponding to a distinct k-space data bin. For each bin other than a selected reference bin, forward and inverse transforms are calculated between the 3D image set corresponding to the bin and the 3D image set corresponding to the reference bin. Then, a motion corrected and averaged image is generated for each bin by (a) aligning the 3D image set from each other bin to the 3D image set corresponding to the bin using the transforms, and (b) averaging the aligned 3D image sets to yield the motion corrected and averaged image.
US10605875B2	Contrast system and methods for reflective markers A contrast system and methods for improving optical detection during a medical procedure, the system involving: a tracking marker, each tracking marker comprising a tracking marker coupling feature; and a contrast element, each contrast element comprising a contrast element coupling feature and an optically non-reflective feature, the contrast element coupling feature configured to complement the tracking marker coupling feature, each contrast element configured to respectively accommodate, by backing, each tracking marker, and contrast element configured to respectively facilitate coupling each tracking marker with a trackable object through a background object via at least one of a contrast element fastening feature and a trackable object fastening feature, whereby at least one of optical contrast and imaging in relation to the tracking marker and the background object is enhanced, false detection of the tracking marker is minimized, and optical detection of the tracking marker is improved.
US10605869B2	Battery voltage detector Voltage-dividing resistors are arranged in parallel with a first DC power supply. A first switch is electrically connected to a first resistor and a second resistor and includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. A second switch switches supply of a power voltage from a second DC power supply. A voltage comparator includes a first and a second input terminals. A reference power supply is connected to the first input terminal of the voltage comparator and outputs a reference voltage. The first terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to the second input terminal of the voltage comparator. The control terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to a positive voltage side of the second DC power supply. When the power voltage is supplied to the control terminal, and allows a voltage to be applied to the first and the second resistors.
US10605868B2	Performance tracking of an electrical energy storage system A method for predicting a performance of an electrical energy storage system includes receiving, as input, time series of data points pertaining to a plurality of operational parameters of the electrical energy storage system. The input time series is provided to a model that simulates dynamics of the electrical energy storage system. A plurality of performance indicators of the electrical energy storage system may be calculated based on the simulated dynamics of the electrical energy storage system.
US10605853B2	Method and device for extended insulation fault location in an ungrounded power supply system and method for status monitoring of the power supply system A method for insulation fault location in a branched, ungrounded power supply system includes determining an insulation fault position being carried out in combination with evaluating information for identifying a faulty cable outlet according to the method of time-domain reflectometry. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for insulation fault identification in a branched power supply system and for status monitoring of the branched power supply system, an image of all reflection positions on the power supply system being carried out based on a method of time-domain reflectometry. Moreover, the invention relates to a device for insulation fault location in a branched, ungrounded power supply system having the function units insulation fault test apparatus and insulation fault evaluation device having a measuring current transformer, the device comprising a time-domain reflectometer having a controller so as to implement the method according to the invention.
US10605852B2	Concomitant impedance protection method for half-wavelength transmission line A concomitant impedance protection method for a half-wavelength power transmission line includes that: three-phase currents and three-phase voltages of a relay protection device mounting position at an M side and a relay protection device mounting position at an N side of the half-wavelength power transmission line are acquired respectively; it is judged whether starting amounts of an M side and an N side meet starting conditions or not; a failure point F is determined according to a time difference when the starting amounts of the M side and the N side meet the starting conditions; and a relay protection action of the half-wavelength power transmission line is started according to concomitant impedance of the half-wavelength power transmission line. According to the method, a failure may be located by a time-difference method according to a characteristic of the failure, by compensating the voltages and currents on two sides of the line to construct concomitant impedance, and failures in the region of line can be correctly reflected. Since concomitant impedance protection effectively utilizes two-terminal electrical information, the fault can be quickly and reliably operated in the line region, misoperation on the failures out of the line region can be avoided, and the protection has relatively higher sensitivity.
US10605844B2	Vehicle high-voltage systems isolation testing An isolation test system for a vehicle includes a communication interface, a current sensor, a plurality of impedances and a controller. The controller is programmed to electrically connect a selected one of the impedances between a traction battery of the vehicle and a low voltage subsystem of the vehicle. The connection creates a leakage path between the traction battery and the subsystem. The controller is further programmed to output a diagnostic status based on a current associated with the leakage path and a signal received via a communication interface indicative of an isolation fault between the battery and subsystem.
US10605835B2	Current sensor A current sensor includes a substrate including a through-hole and at least one groove around the through-hole, a primary conductor extending into the through-hole and through the substrate, and through which a current to be measured flows, at least one magnetic sensor that is mounted on a first surface of the substrate and detects a strength of a magnetic field generated by the current to be measured flowing through the primary conductor, and at least one magnetic body surrounding the primary conductor and including a portion extending in the at least one groove to be fixed to the substrate.
US10605832B2	Sensor subsystems for non-contact voltage measurement devices Systems and methods for measuring alternating current (AC) voltage of an insulated conductor are provided, without requiring a galvanic connection between the conductor and a test electrode. A non-galvanic contact voltage measurement device includes a conductive sensor, an internal ground guard, and a reference shield. A reference voltage source is electrically coupleable between the guard and the reference shield to generate an AC reference voltage which causes a reference current to pass through the conductive sensor. Sensor subsystems may be arranged in layers (e.g., stacked layers, nested layers, or components) of conductors and insulators. The sensor subsystems may be packaged as formed sheets, flexible circuits, integrated circuit (IC) chips, nested components, printed circuit boards (PCBs), etc. The sensor subsystems may be electrically coupled to suitable processing or control circuitry of a non-contact voltage measurement device to allow for measurement of voltages in insulated conductors.
US10605830B2	Probe card device and rectangular probe thereof having ring-shaped branch segment A probe card device and a rectangular probe thereof are provided. The rectangular probe includes a branch segment, a first contacting segment and a second contacting segment. The branch segment is ring-shaped and has a perforation, and the branch segment includes two branch arms respectively located at two sides of the perforation. The first contacting segment is located at a side of the branch segment and is pierced through a first through hole of a first guide plate. The second contacting segment is located at the other side of the branch segment. A maximum width portion of the branch segment has a variable width greater than a hole size of the first through hole, and the two branch arms of the branch segment are compressible to enable the variable width to be less than or equal to the hole size of the first through hole.
US10605828B2	Device for attaching a semiconductor device to a circuit board A device used for attaching a semiconductor device to a circuit board over a first temperature. The device includes a hook member that includes a first hook, a second hook, and a body between the first hook and the second hook. The body has a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first hole extended from the first surface to the second surface. The device further includes a fixing member and a holder. The fixing member has a second hole, and the holder passes through the first hole and the second hole, and is engaged with the fixing member.
US10605827B2	Metallic device for scanning probe microscopy and method for manufacturing same Described is a device for use in scanning probe microscopy and to a method for manufacturing same. The metallic device has a single body with two parts, wherein the second part has a submicrometric point that defines a nanoscale apex. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a high optical efficiency probe for scanning probe microscopy.
US10605813B2	Ultraviolet absorbing polymeric dyes and methods for using the same Water soluble light harvesting multichromophores that have an ultraviolet absorption maximum are provided. In some embodiments, the multichromophores include a conjugated segment including a fused 6-5-6 tricyclic co-monomer and a UV absorbance-modifying co-monomer. The multichromophores may include an acceptor chromophore covalently linked to the multichromophore in energy-receiving proximity therewith. In some embodiments, a specific binding member is covalently linked to the multichromophore. Also provided are methods of evaluating a sample for the presence of a target analyte and methods of labelling a target molecule using compositions including the light harvesting multichromophores. Kits and systems for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
US10605804B2	Analysis method, analyzer, and analysis system Disclosed is an analysis method including: moving a complex, by means of a magnet unit, in a flow path of a specimen cartridge which includes the flow path and a detection vessel, the complex containing a test substance formed on magnetic particles and a labeled substance binding to the test substance; taking an image of the magnetic particles in the specimen cartridge; and measuring a label of the labeled substance contained in the complex in the detection vessel.
US10605802B2	Universal solvent indicating system A saturation indication system includes a sorbent body with a film backing being irreversibly bonded to the sorbent body. A universal indicating ink formulation is at least partially coated onto the film backing such that the ink formulation is disposed between the film backing and the sorbent body. The universal indicating ink formulation includes a resin and a dye dispersed in the resin. The dye is configured to indicate a state of saturation of the sorbent body, with the resin and the dye being soluble in a plurality of categories of sorbates consisting of hydrophobic sorbates, hydrophilic sorbates, neutral sorbates, and amphiphilic sorbates.
US10605799B2	Systems and methods for detecting metal ion concentrations in subjects A method of selective detection of a concentration of a metal ion species in a subject is provided in which a biofluid sample is obtained from the subject. The biofluid sample is exposed to a functionalized porous aromatic polymer. The polymer selectively captures and concentrates the metal ion species from the biofluid. Subsequently, the biofluid is washed from the polymer. The polymer is then exposed to a solution comprising a colorimetric indicator that extracts the metal ion species from the washed polymer thereby changing a color of the solution as a function of an amount of the metal ion species in the polymer. The concentration of the metal ion species in the subject is then spectroscopically determined from the color of the solution.
US10605790B2	Device and method for detecting defect in main shaft of wind turbine The present disclosure provides a device and method for detecting a defect in a main shaft of a wind turbine. The device includes: an excitation source, configured to generate an electromagnetic ultrasonic guided wave signal; a nickel strap, magnetized and disposed on an outer surface of an end of the main shaft; a coil, disposed at the nickel strap, configured to receive the electromagnetic ultrasonic guided wave signal such that the electromagnetic ultrasonic guided wave signal propagates in the main shaft, the coil and the nickel strap being configured to transform the electromagnetic ultrasonic guided wave signal propagating in the main shaft into an electrical signal by electromagnetic induction; a signal collector, configured to collect the electrical signal and transform the electrical signal into guided wave detection data and a wireless communication component, configured to transmit the guided wave detection data to a remote equipment.
US10605786B2	Ultrasonic wave sensing device Ultrasonic wave sensing device includes a reading transistor, an ultrasonic wave transducer, and an input circuit. The reading transistor includes a first node, a second node, and a control node, wherein the first node receives a reference voltage, the second node couples with a reading node, and the control node couples with a first signal node. The ultrasonic wave transducer couples between the first signal node and a first input node, and receives a first control signal from the first input node. The input circuit couples between the first signal node and a second input node, and receives a second control signal from the second input node. The ultrasonic wave transducer generates an ultrasonic wave according to the first control signal and the second control signal, and outputs a sensing signal to the control node according to a reflected sound wave.
US10605785B2	Sensor system and method A system includes a structure configured to have a structure bonding layer disposed on a surface of the structure. The structure bonding layer is a metallic alloy. The system includes a sensor configured to have a sensor bonding layer disposed on a surface of the sensor. The sensor bonding layer is a metallic alloy. The sensor bonding layer is configured to be coupled to the structure bonding layer via a metallic joint in order for the sensor to sense data of the structure through the metallic joint, the structure bonding layer, and the sensor bonding layer.
US10605781B2	Methods for measuring out-of-plane wrinkles in composite laminates Methods for measuring out-of-plane wrinkles in composite laminates are described. An example method includes scanning a first side of a composite laminate with an ultrasonic transducer. The method further includes locating an out-of-plane wrinkle of the composite laminate on a B-scan ultrasound image generated in response to the scanning of the first side of the composite laminate. The method further includes associating a first marker with the B-scan ultrasound image, the first marker determined based on a location of a crest of the out-of-plane wrinkle on the B-scan ultrasound image. The method further includes associating a second marker with the B-scan ultrasound image, the second marker determined based on a location of a trough focal point of the out-of-plane wrinkle on the B-scan ultrasound image. The method further includes determining an amplitude of the out-of-plane wrinkle based on a distance between the first marker and the second marker.
US10605770B2	Chemical coating of microwell for electrochemical detection device The described embodiments may provide a method of fabricating a chemical detection device. The method may comprise forming a microwell above a CMOS device. The microwell may comprise a bottom surface and sidewalls. The method may further comprise applying a first chemical to be selectively attached to the bottom surface of the microwell, forming a metal oxide layer on the sidewalls of the microwell, and applying a second chemical to be selectively attached to the sidewalls of the microwell. The second chemical may lack an affinity to the first chemical.
US10605761B2	Electrochemical biosensor based on aptamer/nano silver probe and EXO I enzyme A electrochemical biosensor based on an aptamer/nano silver probe and an EXO I enzyme. Nano silver nanoparticles having the functions of identifying a target object and generating electrochemical signals and modified by an aptamer are used as a biological probe for detecting target biomolecules, under the initiation of the target object and the assistance of a complementary probe and the EXO I enzyme cyclic shear amplification, and by means of the DNA complementary pairing principle, the probe can be gathered on the surface of a gold electrode, the larger the concentration of the target biomolecules is, the larger the gathering degree of the induced aptamer/nano silver probe is, and meanwhile an EXO I exonuclease target cyclic amplification strategy is introduced in the identification process of the target object, so that the electrochemical biosensor can sensitively and efficiently detect target biological substances.
US10605756B2	System and method of detecting explosive compounds based on rapid deflagration and differential micro-calorimetry An explosive detection system for detecting explosive trace in a sample includes a detection unit, and a processing unit. The detection unit that receives a desorbed sample includes a first heater, a second heater, a first resistance temperature detector (RTD), a second RTD, and an amplifier. The first heater is exposed to the desorbed sample. The first heater and the second heater are supplied with specific voltage for three or more experiments. The first RTD and the second RTD measure changes in resistance due to heating of the first heater and the second heater to calculate voltages across the first RTD and the second RTD. The amplifier amplifies the voltages to calculate a differential voltage for each of the three or more experiments, and converts the differential voltage into a digital signal. The processing unit is configured to process the digital signal to detect explosive trace in the desorbed sample.
US10605753B2	Device and method for calorimetrically measuring sorption processes The aim of the invention is to provide a commercially usable and inexpensive device and method with which a sorption enthalpy can be measured in a simple manner. This is achieved by a device for calorimetrically measuring sorption processes, comprising a sorption cell for receiving a sample, the sorption cell having a volume for filling with a sorption gas, and comprising a reference cell likewise for filing with the sorption gas. A measurement gas volume is arranged around the sorption cell for receiving a reference gas, and the reference cell is surrounded by a reference gas volume, which is likewise provided for receiving the reference gas. A gas connection is provided between the sorption cell and the reference cell in order to conduct sorption gas into the sorption cell and the reference cell such that a sorption reaction occurs with the sample in the sorption cell. Furthermore, a device is provided for measuring pressure differences between the measurement gas volume and the reference gas volume in order to carry out a calorimetric measurement of the sorption process on the sample in the sorption cell on the basis of a volume change of the reference gas in the measurement gas volume.
US10605747B2	Radiographic image capturing system A radiographic image capturing system includes: a radiation irradiating apparatus which emits radiation and provides notification of radiation emission while emitting the radiation; a radiographic image capturing apparatus which includes two-dimensional matrix radiation detecting elements and reads electric charges accumulated in the radiation detecting elements as image data; an exposure switch capable of two-step manipulations, the exposure switch transmitting an activation signal in response to a first-step manipulation and transmitting a radiation start signal in response to a second-step manipulation; a signal transceiver which receives the activation signal and transfers the received activation signal to the radiation irradiating apparatus; and a delay time calculating device which calculates, as a delay time, a difference between a time of reception of the activation signal at the signal transceiver and a time of start of the notification of radiation emission at the radiation irradiating apparatus.
US10605743B2	Method for maintaining mechanical apparatus based on analytics of surface photographies Disclosed is a method for maintaining a mechanical apparatus, with the surface of a component thereof being damaged. In an embodiment, the method includes: taking at least one photograph for at least one component; processing the photograph to obtain geometric data of the component; comparing the data with a predetermined standard; and indicating the component meeting the predetermined standard.
US10605738B2	Device for microbiological analysis The device for the microbiological analysis of a support adapted to contain microorganisms marked by a fluorophore agent, said agent being adapted to absorb light energy with an absorption spectrum (53) having a crest (53′) at a predetermined absorption wavelength (λ2) and to release that energy by emitting light with an emission spectrum (54) having a crest (54′) at a predetermined emission wavelength (λ3) distinct from said absorption wavelength (λ2), comprises illuminating means; the spectrum (55) of the excitation light coming from the illuminating means having a crest (55′) at a predetermined excitation wavelength (λ1) with a predetermined difference between the excitation (λ1) and absorption (λ2) wavelengths by virtue of which it is made easy to discriminate the light emitted by said fluorophore agent from that coming from the illuminating means.
US10605733B1	Light sheet imaging flow cytometer The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for cellular imaging and identification through the use of a light sheet flow cytometer. In one implementation, a light sheet flow cytometer may include a light source configured to emit light having one or more wavelengths, at least one optical element configured to form a light sheet from the emitted light, a microfluidic channel configured to hold a sample, and an imaging device. The imaging device may be adapted to forming 3-D images of the sample such that identification tags attached to the sample are visible.
US10605732B2	Portable device for detecting explosive substances comprising a device for generating and measuring the emission of an indicator A portable appliance detects explosive materials. An indicator has a carrier and a plurality of indicator substances arranged in different regions to represent a location dependent pattern. The indicator substances are a thin layer positionable in an indicator area by a holding apparatus. A plurality of radiation sources emit quasi-monochromatic excitation radiation and are arranged at various locations in a radiation area so as to represent a location dependent pattern of radiation sources. An excitation beam path with a first imaging system images excitation radiation into the indicator area such that emission of the indicator substances is producible at the imaging locations on the indicator area. An emission beam path with a second imaging system images the indicator area into a reception area such that a pattern of emissions is producible depending on the location. Receivers receive emissions from the reception area and convert them into electrical signals.
US10605730B2	Optical sources for fluorescent lifetime analysis Compact optical sources and methods for producing short and ultrashort optical pulses are described. A semiconductor laser or LED may be driven with a bipolar waveform to generate optical pulses with FWHM durations as short as approximately 85 ps having suppressed tail emission. The pulsed optical sources may be used for fluorescent lifetime analysis of biological samples and time-of-flight imaging, among other applications.
US10605727B2	Nonlinear interferometer systems and methods Nonlinear interferometers include a nonlinear optical medium that is situated to produce a conjugate optical beam in response to a pump beam and a probe beam. The pump, probe, and conjugate beams propagate displaced from each other along a common optical path. One of the beams is selectively phase shifted, and the beams are then returned to the nonlinear medium, with the selectively phase shift beam phase shifted again. The nonlinear medium provides phase sensitive gain to at least one of the probe or conjugate beams, and the amplified beam is detected to provide an estimate of the phase shift.
US10605716B2	Particle counting apparatus, particle counting method, and particle containing sample A particle counting apparatus is provided that includes: a droplet discharger configured to discharge a droplet containing at least one luminescent particle capable of emitting light upon receiving light; a light irradiator configured to irradiate the droplet discharged by the droplet discharger with light; at least one light receiver configured to receive light emitted by the at least one luminescent particle irradiated with the light emitted by the light irradiator; and circuitry configured to count luminescent particles contained in the droplet based on the light received by the at least one light receiver, the circuitry being configured to measure a presence or absence of the luminescent particles contained in the droplet; and to measure a number of the luminescent particles contained in the droplet.
US10605711B2	Ultrasonic measuring method and system for measuring particle size and mass concentration A measurement method comprising: transmitting a plurality of ultrasonic signals to the fluid to be measured; receiving an return signal reflected or scattered from the particles in the fluid under test; calculating a one or more calculated values of the R parameter associated with the particle properties based on the return signal; determining the theoretical curve of the R parameter associated with the particle properties; and determining the mean diameter of the particles in the fluid based on the one or more calculated values of the R parameter and the theoretical curve of the R parameter; determining the mass concentration of the particles in the fluid according to the mean diameter of the particles. Embodiments also provide a measurement system for measuring the mean diameter and mass concentration of the particles.
US10605709B2	Mounting medium for embedding a sample material and a method of mounting a sample material in a mounting medium A method of embedding a sample material in a mounting medium with reduced cycle times and a mounting medium for embedding a sample material.The method includes the steps of: preparing a granular mounting medium by blending a granular resin and a granular filler, placing a sample material and said granular mounting medium in a moulding cavity, followed by the steps of: heating, for a first period of time, said moulding cavity including said granular mounting medium thereby producing a sintering mounting medium, cooling, for a second period of time, said moulding cavity including said mounting medium thereby producing a solid mounting medium embedding said sample material.
US10605707B2	Method of removing floatation liquid A method of removing a floatation liquid from between a microscope slide and a paraffin embedded biological specimen including position the microscope slide with the paraffin embedded biological specimen floated thereon onto a slide support element. The slide support element is rotated to cause the microscope slide and the paraffin embedded biological specimen to move in a way that causes the floatation liquid disposed between the microscope slide and the paraffin embedded biological specimen to be removed from between the microscope slide and the paraffin embedded biological specimen.
US10605706B2	Automated microdissection instrument with controlled focusing during movement of a laser beam across a tissue sample Systems and methods for automated laser microdissection are disclosed including automatic slide detection, position detection of cutting and capture lasers, focus optimization for cutting and capture lasers, energy and duration optimization for cutting and capture lasers, inspection and second phase capture and/or ablation in a quality control station and tracking information for linking substrate carrier or output microdissected regions with input sample or slide.
US10605705B2	Cell-based composite materials with programmed structures and functions The present invention is directed to the use of silicic acid to transform biological materials, including cellular architecture into inorganic materials to provide biocomposites (nanomaterials) with stabilized structure and function. In the present invention, there has been discovered a means to stabilize the structure and function of biological materials, including cells, biomolecules, peptides, proteins (especially including enzymes), lipids, lipid vesicles, polysaccharides, cytoskeletal filaments, tissue and organs with silicic acid such that these materials may be used as biocomposites. In many instances, these materials retain their original biological activity and may be used in harsh conditions which would otherwise destroy the integrity of the biological material. In certain instances, these biomaterials may be storage stable for long periods of time and reconstituted after storage to return the biological material back to its original form. In addition, by exposing an entire cell to form CSCs, the CSCs may function to provide a unique system to study enzymes or a cascade of enzymes which are otherwise unavailable.
US10605704B2	Method for active or passive sampling of particles and gas phase organic and non-organic components in a fluid flow A method for active or passive sampling of particles and gas phase organic and non-organic components in a fluid flow (4) is disclosed, wherein said method comprises the step in which a sampling device comprising a first denuder device (1), a filter device (3), and a second denuder device (2), arranged in axial direction in a series in said order, is provided at a measurement spot, wherein the first denuder device (1) and the second denuder device (2) each is hollow and contains surfaces provided with a hydrophobic and/or a hydrophilic sorbent, or said second denuder device (2) contains a packing of hydrophobic and/or hydrophilic sorbent particles, as well as a sampling device used in said method.
US10605703B1	Pressurized gas supply system Systems for supplying pressurized air. The air feed apparatus comprises a dryer for chilling pressurized air and thereby removing humidity from the pressurized air. The dryer comprises a condenser assembly which has a condenser block and an active cooling element. The condenser block is made of metal and has an extended, serpentine passageway therein. The passageway has an inlet and outlet allowing the pressurized air to be passed through the passageway. The passageway also has a drain allowing condensed moisture to flow from the passageway. The active cooling element is mounted to the surface of the condenser block so that it can absorb heat from the condenser block.
US10605699B2	Method for detecting a defective damper device of a vehicle A method for detecting a defective damper device of a vehicle, including the following steps: monitoring the specific damper travel values (DW) of at least two wheel carriers of the vehicle in a monitoring period (UZ), determining the specific damper speeds (DG) and the specific damper accelerations (DB) on the basis of the monitored specific damper travel values (DW) in the monitoring period (UZ), acquiring the specific damper work values (DA) on the basis of the determined specific damper speeds (DG) and on the basis of the determined specific damper accelerations (DB), generating a comparison result (VE) from a comparison of the acquired specific damper work values (DA) with one another, and generating at least one specific status signal (SS) on the basis of the comparison result (VE) for the at least two wheel carriers.
US10605697B2	Tyre condition analysis The condition of a tyre (5) on a wheel (2) is assessed while the wheel (2) is mounted on a vehicle (1) and while the vehicle (1) is moving. As the vehicle (1) moves, the tyre (5) rotates and moves longitudinally along a path of movement. An imaging device (3, 4) captures images of a plurality of different portions (7) of the periphery of the tyre (5), which has tread portions (10) separated by tread gaps (11), whilst the tyre (5) revolves. While the images are being captured, longitudinally spaced flash units (F1, F2, F3, F4) are activated to illuminate portions (7) of the periphery of the tyre (5). The flash units (F1, F2, F3, F4) are positioned to one side of the path of movement of the tyre (5) and direct light at an acute angle to the path of movement of the tyre (5) so that the light causes shadows to be cast in the tread gaps (11) between tread portions (10). Each flash unit (F1, F2, F3, F4) causes a series of flashes of light to be produced when the flash unit (F1, F2, F3, F4) is activated, each flash of light in the series being separated from the next flash of light in the series by an interval. For any flash units (F1, F2, F3, F4) which are activated at the same time and illuminate overlapping portions of the periphery of tyre (5), the respective series of flashes of light are out of phase so that the flashes of light from one flash unit (F1, F2, F3, F4) are emitted in the intervals between the flashes of light from the or each other flash unit (F1, F2, F3, F4). The images are analysed by data processing apparatus (8) to determine the extent of shadows in the tread gaps (11) so as to provide an indication of the depth of the tread gaps (11).
US10605695B2	Interrogating DOE integrity by reverse illumination Optical apparatus includes a primary radiation source, which emits first optical radiation along a first optical axis. A DOE includes at least an entrance surface, upon which the first optical radiation from the primary radiation source is incident, and an exit surface, through which one or more primary diffraction orders of the first optical radiation are emitted from the DOE. At least one secondary radiation source is configured to direct second optical radiation to impinge on the DOE along a second optical axis, which is non-parallel to the first optical axis, causing at least a part of the second optical radiation to be diffracted by the DOE such that one or more secondary diffraction orders of the second optical radiation are emitted through the entrance face of the DOE. At least one detector is configured to sense at least one of the secondary diffraction orders of the second optical radiation.
US10605694B2	Video monitoring apparatus and method for operating state of wave maker The present invention belongs to the technical field of movement monitoring, and provides a video monitoring apparatus and method for an operating state of a wave maker. When the operating state of the wave maker is monitored, an image collected by a camera is subjected to mark point detection and a central position is computed. Then, the position of each mark point is tracked in a dynamic video; and the operating condition of each wave paddle is assessed according to the motion state of the mark point. In the present invention, operating monitoring of the wave paddle is independent of a wave making control system, and the operating condition of the wave paddle is monitored in real time through a non-contact image measurement mode. The wave paddle is identified through LED; the positions of the mark points in each frame image are acquired through image perspective correction and binarization analysis; and the operating state of the wave paddle is judged according to the contrast among the mark points at different times and different spatial positions, thereby effectively reducing an error rate of the wave making control system for the operating monitoring of the wave paddle and greatly increasing experimental efficiency of simulating wave making.
US10605692B2	Automated bop control and test system A method and apparatus for testing a blowout preventer which includes a plurality of safety devices and an assembly of fluid control valves that are remotely actuatable to an open and closed position for controlling flow of drilling fluids into a well includes a hydraulic power unit control station for remotely and selectively actuating one or more safety devices and fluid control valves to a test orientation. A hydrostatic test system supplies fluid under first and second test pressure and documents any pressure loss due to fluid leaks within a closed system.
US10605685B2	High-temperature headers for sensing elements Certain implementations of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for providing header assemblies for use with pressure sensors in high-temperature environments. Certain example implementations include a header assembly. The header assembly can include a header portion having a first side and a second side, the header portion including one or more bores extending through the header portion from the first side to the second side. In certain example implementations, one or more platinum header pins are disposed within and extending through the one or more bores of the header portion. In certain example implementations, the header assembly can include one or more brazing portions corresponding to the one or more platinum header pins. In certain example implementations, the platinum header pins are configured for electrical communication with corresponding electrodes of a leadless transducer element.
US10605674B1	Determining cold-chain shipment packaging Various techniques are described to compensate for weather and other extraneous temperature conditions along a transit route when preparing a product for cold-chain shipment packaging. The origin and destination of the shipment may be determined to calculate one or more transit routes, which may include each stage along each transit route. Weather data may be received from one or more sources to build a weather database for one or more locations, which may be used to generate a temperature profile indicating the expected temperature and duration at each stage of transit to which the cold-chain shipment will be exposed. Thermodynamic calculations may then be performed in accordance with the temperature profile to determine the best available packaging option to prevent the product's temperature from falling outside of a desired or mandatory cold-chain temperature range.
US10605672B2	Semiconductor device having temperature circuit that sets temperature ranges and is disabled upon power supply transition A device can include a temperature circuit that can selectively set one of a plurality of temperature ranges. Each temperature range can have a temperature range upper limit value and a temperature range lower limit value. The temperature circuit can be disabled in response to a detection of a transition in a power supply voltage. In some embodiments, the temperature circuit can also be enabled a predetermined time period after the detection of the transition in the power supply voltage.
US10605669B2	Information processing method, information processing system, mobile terminal, infrared detector, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing program The infrared detector acquires measurement information which is obtained by measuring infrared radiant energy amount in a measuring range including a mobile terminal; acquires information indicating a reference temperature; detects infrared radiant energy distribution area indicating an area where the infrared radiant energy amount corresponding to the mobile terminal is measured out of the measuring range, based on measurement information; and calibrates a conversion table for converting infrared radiant energy amount to a temperature value based on infrared radiant energy amount in the detected infrared radiant energy distribution area and the reference temperature.
US10605666B2	Ceiling mount intrusion detector with PIR mirror with adjustable mount height A ceiling mount intrusion detector is provided that includes a sensor, a mirror for directing collected energy towards the sensor, and a mechanism for adjusting the mirror to account for a plurality of different mount heights. In some embodiments, the mechanism can adjust the mirror by moving the mirror up or down without rotating the mirror.
US10605664B2	Infrared sensor and method for electrical monitoring An inexpensive thermopile temperature detector is particularly adapted to monitoring of electrical equipment, such as a power bus bar, within an enclosed area such as a cabinet. The detector may have a plastic housing, a thermopile sensor and a plastic Fresnel lens. Each sensor also includes a calibrated element such that, but for calibration, the same sensor may be used for various applications for different target sizes and distance or, more generally, with respect to effective target percentage of field of view.
US10605652B2	Emitter module for an LED illumination device An illumination device comprises one or more emitter modules having improved thermal and electrical characteristics. According to one embodiment, each emitter module comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) configured for producing illumination for the illumination device, one or more photodetectors configured for detecting the illumination produced by the plurality of LEDs, a substrate upon which the plurality of LEDs and the one or more photodetectors are mounted, wherein the substrate is configured to provide a relatively high thermal impedance in the lateral direction, and a relatively low thermal impedance in the vertical direction, and a primary optics structure coupled to the substrate for encapsulating the plurality of LEDs and the one or more photodetectors within the primary optics structure.
US10605640B2	Apparatus and method for visualization of particles suspended in a fluid and fluid flow patterns using ultrasound An apparatus and method for real-time visualization of particulate matter suspended in a static or flowing fluid and fluid flow patterns in a pipe, tube, conduit, or other container, are described. Ultrasonic scanning and detection of scattered sound from the particles in the fluid create a real-time image of the particles, or of flow patterns in the liquid. A mechanical wobbler directs a piezoelectric transducer over a chosen angle in an oscillatory manner. The transducer is operated in a pulse-echo mode wherein the same transducer detects the return signal from the target region through which particles are passing and/or a flow is present. The pulse-echo measurements are made rapidly and continuously during a single sweep of the transducer over the chosen angle. Received signals are processed in the ultrasound scanner electronics module and displayed as an image in real-time.
US10605635B2	Insertion vortex flowmeter element An insertion-type flowmeter adapted for removable insertion into a fluid conduit includes an elongate body having a flow opening and a vortex-generating element disposed within the flow opening at distance from the opening entry that is correlated to the size of the flow opening to define a flow conditioning space in the flow opening between the opening entry and the vortex-generating element.
US10605630B2	Tactile sensor, method for manufacturing the same, three-dimensional mapping method Provided are a tactile sensor, a method of manufacturing the tactile sensor, and a three-dimensional (3D) mapping method. The tactile sensor includes a total reflection layer; a pixel layer formed on the total reflection layer and including a microarray; and a tactile pad layer formed on the pixel layer.
US10605627B2	Electromagnetic induction type position detector A transmission winding portion having a positive-polarity loop and a negative-polarity loop alternately formed so as to partially overlap with each other in the extending direction of a scale, arrangement of the positive-polarity loop and the negative-polarity loop being adjusted such that the positive-polarity loop and the negative-polarity loop on both sides with respect to the intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the transmission winding portion are inverted; a first reception winding that covers the transmission winding portion in the width direction of the scale, that has a length, corresponding to the cycle of the cycle pattern of the transmission winding portion, and that is formed into a rectangular pattern; a second reception winding having a shape symmetrical to the first reception winding with respect to the intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the transmission winding portion.
US10605626B2	Angle sensor bridges including star-connected magnetoresistive elements An angle sensor may comprise a sensing element including a first half bridge, where magnetic reference directions of resistors of the first half bridge are along a first reference axis. The sensing element may include a second half bridge, where magnetic reference directions of resistors of the second half bridge are along a second reference axis. The sensing element may include a third half bridge, where magnetic reference directions of resistors of the third half bridge are along a third reference axis. At least two of the first reference axis, the second reference axis, or the third reference axis may be non-orthogonal to each other.
US10605608B2	Performing navigation tasks using grid codes Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for selecting actions to be performed by an agent interacting with an environment. In one aspect, a system comprises a grid cell neural network and an action selection neural network. The grid cell network is configured to: receive an input comprising data characterizing a velocity of the agent; process the input to generate a grid cell representation; and process the grid cell representation to generate an estimate of a position of the agent in the environment; the action selection neural network is configured to: receive an input comprising a grid cell representation and an observation characterizing a state of the environment; and process the input to generate an action selection network output.
US10605596B2	Method and apparatus for measuring a size of a crystal grain, and method for fabricating a poly-silicon thin film The disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for measuring a size of a crystal grain, and a method for fabricating a poly-silicon thin film. The method for measuring the size of the crystal grain includes: obtaining a grain morphology image of a crystalline region of a crystal, and drawing a grain interface diagram according to the grain morphology image; measuring at least one crystal grain in the grain interface diagram, and determining a transverse size and a longitudinal size of each measured crystal grain; and determining a transverse size and a longitudinal size of a crystal grain of the crystal according to the transverse size and the longitudinal size of each measured crystal grain.
US10605592B2	Method and arrangement for capturing coordinates of an object surface by triangulation The disclosure relates to an arrangement and a method for capturing coordinates of an object surface by triangulation. At least two partial light patterns are generated representing a decomposition of a corresponding basic light pattern. The partial light patterns are separately projected onto the object surface, an image of the object surface is captured during the projection of one of the partial light patterns, and components of the total intensity of the captured images are ascertained. A balance of direct and indirect intensity components is established per image and for each pixel under the assumption that the indirect intensity components in all images are equal. A reflection image is established based on the direct and/or indirect intensity components which approximates the image that would be capturable during a projection of the basic light pattern without indirect intensity components. Based on the reflection image, coordinates of the object surface are ascertained.
US10605589B2	Laser measuring system for tubulars A laser measuring system for continuous measurement of a plurality of connected tubulars being inserted into or removed from a wellbore. The laser measuring system can have a laser housing with one or more laser surface velocimeters. The laser housing with a laser arm can be connected to a support member and can communicate via a network to a computer processor and data storage for measuring pipe joint length in real time. A pressurized gas port can pressurize the laser housing above ambient pressure to keep a laser beam clear of particulate and well fluids or ambient pressure can be used with a continuous airflow device. The laser beam is used to detect and calculate length and quantity of tubulars moving past the laser beam transmitting the information to the computer processor in real time.
US10605579B2	Tape measure with motor spring retraction system A tool, such as a tape measure, including a spring-based retraction system is shown. The spring-based retraction system includes a motor spring system that drives a tape reel during tape retraction. The output drum of the motor spring system is coupled to the tape reel such that rotation of the reel causes rotation of the output drum. The output drum is located adjacent to the tape reel, and the output drum and tape reel may have a common axis of rotation.
US10605576B1	Dual mode initiator system An initiator system with a first initiator device, which has a first initiator and a first charge, and a second initiator device that has a second initiator and a second charge. At least a portion of the second charge is isolated from the first initiator device such that operation of the first initiator will not cause the isolated portion of the second charge to detonate, deflagrate or combust.
US10605573B2	High buoyancy composite materials Ballistic resistant composite materials having high positive buoyancy in water are provided. More particularly, provided are foam-free, buoyant composite materials fabricated using dry processing techniques. The materials comprise fibrous plies that are partially coated with a particulate binder that is thermopressed to transform a portion of the binder into raised, discontinuous patches bonded to fiber/tape surfaces, while another portion of the particulate binder remains on the fibers/tapes as unmelted particles. The presence of the unmelted binder particles maintains empty spaces within the composite materials which increases the positive buoyancy of the composites in water.
US10605564B2	Storage case with pull handle for gun cleaning tool A gun cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning tool and a storage case. The cleaning tool has a cleaning section and a pull cord having a distal end for pulling the cleaning section through a gun barrel. The storage case is configured for enclosing the cleaning tool. The storage case includes a substantially hollow container having an open top and a removable lid. The removable lid is selectively positionable between a closed configuration wherein it closes the open top, and an open configuration wherein it is free from the hollow container and serves as a pull handle for the cleaning tool. The removable lid includes a connection section for connecting to the distal end of the pull cord after the pull cord has been inserted through the gun barrel, and a handle section for gripping by a user to assist with pulling the cleaning tool through the gun barrel.
US10605563B2	Firearm with laterally folding forearm and barrel, and related methods A firearm includes a receiver, a forearm pivotally attached to a distal end of the receiver, and a barrel having a barrel extension. A proximal end of the barrel and the barrel extension are secured within the forearm such that the barrel and barrel extension are laterally pivotable with the forearm relative to the receiver between a first assembled position and a second folded position. The forearm, barrel, and barrel extension may be secured to the receiver in the first assembled position for use of the firearm, after which the firearm may be folded for storage and/or transportation.
US10605557B2	Integral sound suppressor for a gun barrel An integral sound suppressor for a gun barrel, with the integral sound suppressor including a tubular housing designed for nearly completely or completely encasing the gun barrel along its longitudinal direction with an internal thread disposed inside the housing for mounting the integral sound suppressor on an external thread disposed on the muzzle of the gun barrel. Disposed inside the housing is a deflector system for deflecting the gas generated by firearm discharge, and disposed on the housing is a guide surface which is spaced at a distance from the internal thread along the longitudinal direction of the housing for guiding the integral sound suppressor in the region of the front end of the gun barrel.
US10605553B1	AR based autoloading shotgun with a detachable magazine Disclosed is an autoloading shotgun firearm which shares interchangeable fully compatible modular sub-assemblies, ergonomics, parts commonality, and exterior appearance with the AR rifle platform. Rapidly reversible tool less conversion from rifle to shotgun and vice versa is accomplished by substitution of the AR rifle upper receiver and ammunition detachable magazine with fully compatible shotgun upper receiver and ammunition detachable magazine. Said shotgun utilizes standard rimmed shotgun ammunition via features in the detachable magazine which securely maintain the position and facilitate the feeding of the cartridges during normal operation. No alteration of the AR rifle lower receiver is required. A short-recoil action is integrated into the shotgun upper receiver. The external appearance and functionality of the AR rifle are retained while eliminating the complexity and inherent fouling issues of typical gas systems used in the AR rifle. A short-recoil action also enables the shotgun to function reliably with shorter length barrels.
US10605543B2	Heat transfer device having channels The invention relates to a heat transfer device with channels for heat-absorbing media and channels for heat-emitting media, at least one of the channels having a textile structure with compressed and non-compressed regions. Whilst the compressed regions are disposed in the transition regions between the channels in order to improve the heat transfer to or across the channel wall, the non-compressed regions are disposed in the flow regions of the channels. This construction enables a large heat transfer to the heat transfer surface with simultaneously good heat conduction from the heat transfer surface to the separating surface. The invention likewise relates to heat exchangers with heat transfer devices of this type.
US10605542B2	Apparatus having at least two series-connected storage cells for storing a liquid At least two series-connected storage cells have hot liquid supplied to or removed from a first cell and cold liquid supplied to, or removed from, a final cell. The liquid temperature decreases from the first cell to the final cell. Individual cells are connected from the warmer cell lower region to the colder cell upper region. At least one cell is closed by a cover forming a gas space between the liquid and the cover. A gas line branches off from the gas space entering into the liquid of a colder cell or into the liquid in the connection of two adjacent cells. At least one of the adjacent cells has a lower temperature than that of the cell from the gas space of which the gas line branches off.
US10605538B2	Heat spreading module for portable electronic device A heat spreading module for a portable electronic device includes a metal plate to which a heat generation body contacts, a first heat pipe that is attached along the metal plate, transfers heat of a heating region of the metal plate, to which the heat generation body contacts, to a region that is away from the heating region of the metal plate, comprises a first end portion and a second end portion, has a predetermined length, and a portion of the first end portion is arranged in the heating region, and a second heat pipe that is arranged away from the heating region and is longer in length than the first heat pipe.
US10605537B2	Device and method for filling dual process interface heat pipe with solid working media A solid working medium filling device for heat pipe with double process ports includes a working medium tank, an upper cover, an inert gas source and a vacuum molecular pump set. The upper cover is arranged on an upper side of the working medium tank, a process port in the upper cover is in communication with the inert gas source and the vacuum molecular pump set respectively. A heat pipe to be filled includes two process ports, in which a main process port is a vacuumizing port and an inert gas passage port as well as a working medium filling port; and an auxiliary process port is a vacuumizing port as well as a port for inert gas passage. Size of an exhaust passage of the heat pipe and the process tank is doubled, exhausting and vacuumizing are smooth and the filling range can be enlarged as required.
US10605535B2	Heat exchanger for contaminated fluids and subjected to strong variable heat load Heat exchanger (100, 200) for cooling contaminated fluids and which are subjected to variable thermal load, by means of heat transfer to a receiving liquid and/or vapor fluid, said heat exchanger comprising a tube bundle consisting of a plurality of independent tubes (1), two plenums (9, 10, 109, 110), plates (12, 13, 112, 113), and characterized in that said independent tubes (1) comprise an inner tube (2, 102) in which the contaminated gas flows, and an outer tube (3, 103) being said inner tube (2, 102) and outer tube (3, 103) coaxial and where between the outer surface (2′, 102′) of the inner tube (2, 102) and the inner surface (31, 103′) of the outer tube (3, 103) is defined an annular passage G in which flows the receiving fluid and in that said inner tube (2, 102) is welded to the plate (12, 112) in a gas inlet section, while a gas outlet section is guided in a corresponding hole of the plate (13, 113), so that the inner tube (2, 102) expansion in an axial direction is not constrained.
US10605532B2	Device and method for condensation of steam from ORC systems The invention relates to a device for condensation of vapour expanded in an expansion machine of a thermal power plant to a condensed liquid, in particular containing oil, comprising: a module for condensation, wherein for condensation the module comprises an inlet and one or more pipelines, for example having substantially horizontally disposed pipes; a liquid separator for separating the condensed liquid; and a liquid collector for collecting the separated, condensed liquid.
US10605528B2	Three stage single pass drying apparatus for particulate materials A single pass, multiple stage, rotary drum heat exchange dryer (22) is provided for drying products such as distillers grains and includes a tubular shell (64) with a moist product inlet (66), an opposed dried product outlet (70), and an internal drying chamber (78). The chamber (78) includes a convection drying first stage (80), and conductive drying final curing stage (82) an intermediate stage (84); the intermediate stage (84) is subdivided into a plurality of contiguous drying zones (86-92). The zones (86-92) include individual flighting assemblies (164) which are of substantially the same density and heat transfer ratios.
US10605519B2	Methods for dispensing and compacting insulation materials into a vacuum sealed structure A method of forming an insulated structure for an appliance includes forming a structural enclosure having an outer wrapper and an inner liner and an insulating cavity defined therebetween, forming an insulating powder material, compacting the insulating powder material to form a pre-densified core material, disposing the pre-densified core material within an insulating cavity, wherein the insulating cavity is defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner and expressing at least a portion of the gas contained within the insulating cavity, wherein the insulating cavity is hermetically sealed to define a vacuum insulated structure.
US10605510B2	Apparatus for generation of high albedo ice An apparatus for generating composite ice includes a water inlet system that receives water; a water treatment that operates on water delivered from the water inlet system, to provide treated water; a cooling system that operates on the treated water to generate ice; and an ice delivery system that outputs the generated ice. The water treatment system introduces a material that includes hollow particles to the water delivered from the water inlet system, the material being selected such that the generated ice, including light scattering centers created by the presence of the material, has an albedo greater than 0.15.
US10605508B2	Heating and cooling an environment with water heat exchanger A heat pump system can be reversed to either heat or cool a controlled space, such as environment in a building. In a typical use, such as heat pump system extracts heat or cold energy from the surrounding air around the building. A water-to-refrigerant heat exchanger is added to the refrigerant loop of the heat pump system along with a control system to operate water flow and a thermal energy exchange process. Addition of the water heat exchanger can add the heat or cold energy stored in a pool, or other external water reservoir, into the heat or cold exchanging process. Depending upon surrounding conditions, the automatic control system can switch in-between the energy sources, or use a combination of them, to improve efficiency the heat pump system.
US10605499B2	Energy system with improved efficiency The energy system includes a heat exchanger absorbing heat energy from its environment, and a heat pump transferring energy from the heat exchanger to a heat-consuming circuit. The heat pump includes a regulator arranged so as to regulate a temperature of the heat exchanger at a temperature below a liquefaction and/or freezing temperature of the water vapor of the ambient air. The regulator is also arranged so as to regulate the temperature according to weather conditions, which the heat exchanger is exposed to, such as rain, wind, and sun.
US10605495B1	Elegantly simple low-cost retrofit method and system for replacing a constant torque electronically commutated motor with a fix-speed permanent split capacitor motor A system and method are provided to allow the replacement of a costly electrically commutated blower or fan motor with a less efficient motor such as a permanent split capacitor motor operating at a predetermined speed, without regard to the specific electrically commutated motor command signals or programming being used by the original equipment manufacturer. A retrofittable control board is employed to activate the replacement motor by energizing the replacement blower motor when an electrically commutated blower motor command signal is observed on any one of the signal lines which are continuously monitored simultaneously.
US10605490B2	Energy collector An energy collector is disclosed. The energy collector contains an absorber and a working fluid. The working fluid is held in a state of two-phase equilibrium to minimize sensible heating and thus heat losses to the environment. The energy collector may be held under a vacuum to further prevent heat losses to the ambient environment. One or more energy collectors may be connected to other energy collectors, end uses, or thermal energy storage.
US10605483B2	Combination systems and related methods for providing power, heat and cooling A combined heat, cooling and power system is configured to generate energy as well capture a large percentage of energy that would otherwise be lost using components, including heat transfer components, embedded within a vessel to transfer energy in the form of heat to liquid within the vessel.
US10605477B2	HVAC system with free cooling optimization based on coolant flowrate An HVAC system for a building includes a heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from a chilled fluid circuit to a cooling tower circuit to provide cooling for a chilled fluid in the chilled fluid circuit, a cooling tower configured to remove heat from the cooling tower circuit to provide cooling for a coolant in the cooling tower circuit, one or more pumps configured to circulate the coolant between the cooling tower and the heat exchanger via the cooling tower circuit, and a free cooling controller. The controller is configured to determine an optimal flowrate of the coolant in the cooling tower circuit, determine an optimal flowrate of air through the cooling tower, and operate the one or more pumps and the cooling tower to achieve the optimal flowrate of the coolant in the cooling tower circuit and the optimal flowrate of the air through the cooling tower.
US10605460B2	Cooking apparatus Provided is a cooking apparatus including a first heating unit that has a first hole and generates heat using a first heat source, a second heating unit that is arranged to be stacked on the first heating unit, has a second hole formed at a position corresponding to the first hole, and generates heat using a second heat source, and a temperature detection unit that is arranged to protrude to the outside of the second hole while being arranged in the first hole of the first heating unit and the second hole of the second heating unit, and detects a temperature of a cooking vessel when the cooking vessel is brought into contact with the temperature detection unit. The output of each of the first heating unit and the second heating unit is controlled at levels of multiple stages by detecting a temperature of a lower portion of the cooking vessel, and food is cooked at an optimum temperature, thereby improving the taste of the food resulting in improved user satisfaction. The first heating unit and the second heating unit is operated together, so that it is possible to prevent emission of the heat of the second heating unit to the outside by the heat generated by the first heating unit, thereby reducing energy consumed in the second heating unit while increasing the heating rate.
US10605458B2	Method for controlling a heating unit as well as a heating unit and a computer program product for carrying out the control method The present invention relates to a method for controlling a heating unit comprising a burner (1) with a burner housing (2), an ionization electrode (7) associated with the burner (1), and a voltage supply (8) for applying an alternating voltage between the ionization electrode (7) and the burner housing (2), said method comprising the method steps: applying an alternating voltage between the ionization electrode (7) and the burner housing (2) by means of the voltage supply (8) and correcting the output of the voltage supply (8) in the event of parasitic leakage flows. The object of the present invention is in particular to improve the reliability when ascertaining the air-fuel ratio via the ionization current.
US10605456B2	Refractory insert members, refractory block assembly including same and reformer flue gas tunnel assembly including same A refractory block assembly for a steam reformer furnace tunnel includes a hollow main body, at least one first mechanical mating member defining a protruded portion extending from an upper surface of the main body, at least one second corresponding mechanical mating member defining an opening corresponding to the protruded portion formed in a portion of a lower surface of the main body, and at least one through-hole having openings formed in a first side and an opposed second side of the main body portion. A refractory insert member having mechanical mating features on at least a portion of the outer surface thereof resides within the at least one though-hole of the refractory block.
US10605453B2	Conduit and hot water supply system A conduit made of a synthetic resin, having an inner surface and an outer surface, having concave portions and convex portions alternately and continuously provided in the length direction. The conduit is bendable. The conduit includes outer wall parts extending with a first width in the length direction; inner wall parts positioned radially inside relative to the outer wall parts and extending with a second width in the length direction; and side wall parts joining the outer wall parts and the inner wall parts so that the outer wall parts and the inner wall parts are alternately and continuously provided in the length direction. The outer surfaces of the outer wall parts each have, at both ends in the length direction, protruding parts, which protrude in the radial direction.
US10605450B2	Tube spreading device and boiler cleaning system The boiler cleaning apparatus and method provides for cleaning the exterior surfaces of a heat exchanger. The apparatus and method include tools and steps, respectively, for temporarily spreading tubes and holding open the tubes to gain access to tube lanes. Once access to a lane is attained, a nozzle assembly having an outlet for blowing high velocity cleaning fluid is selected from a group of nozzle assemblies. The selected nozzle assembly will have an outlet for blowing fluid in a direction that effectively cleans the tubes adjacent the opened lane. After the tubes are cleaned the tool for holding the lane opened is removed and the process is repeated for another lane.
US10605448B2	Boiler using liquid metal as working medium and power generation system comprising same The boiler using a liquid metal as a working medium according to the present invention is comprises: a combustion furnace, in which the working medium is supplied and heated; a heat exchange part, which is connected to the combustion furnace and to which the working medium heated in the combustion furnace is supplied; a heat medium injection part, which is positioned in the heat exchange part; and a supply part, which is connected to the heat exchange part and supplies the heat medium to the heat medium injection part. In the heat exchange part, the heat exchange between the heat medium supplied to the heat medium injection part and the heated working medium is performed. The heat medium reaches high temperature and high pressure states at a threshold point or higher by means of the heat exchange. In addition, the working medium is a liquid metal.
US10605447B2	LED filament bulb apparatus A LED filament bulb apparatus includes a bulb shell, one or more LED strips, a core column, two pluggable sockets, a driver board and a cap. The LED strip is electrically connected to two power lead wires. The core column supports the LED strip. The two power lead wires have bottom ends. The two pluggable sockets respectively receives the two bottom ends. The driver board is used for mounting the two pluggable socket and a driver circuit. The two bottom ends of the two power lead wires are electrically connected to the driver circuit for receiving a driving current generated by the driver circuit from converting an external power source. The cap is fixed to the core column and the bulb shell.
US10605446B2	Electrical connection of PCBs by clamp spring connector A light fixture includes a light-emitting diode chip, a driver electronic, a first circuit board and a second circuit board, wherein the light-emitting diode chip is mounted on one of the two circuit boards and the driver electronic is mounted on the other one of the two circuit boards and a first conductive track of the first circuit board and a second conductive track of the second circuit board are connected electrically to one another with a spring contact.
US10605442B2	Mounting device for mounting holding rails for lamps The invention relates to a mounting device (1) for mounting holding rails (4a, 4b) for lamp housings to cut-outs (3) of suspended walls or ceilings, comprising a substantially rigid frame (15) and, connected thereto, a first holder (2a) for retaining a first holding rail (4a) and a second holder (2b) for retaining a second holding rail (4b), wherein the holders (2a, 2b) are designed to hold the holding rails (4a, 4b) parallel to and at a defined distance from each other. The invention further relates to a mounting system, comprising a mounting device (1) according to the invention and at least two holding rails (4a, 4b).
US10605440B2	Hanging light A portable lighting device includes a body, a lighting unit supported by the body, a frustoconically-shaped lens coupled to the body and surrounding the lighting unit, a terminal block supported by the body, and a hanging cable configured to hang the body from a support structure. The lighting unit includes a light emitting diode and a heat sink. The terminal block is configured to connect to a power source and provide electrical energy to the lighting unit to illuminate the light emitting diode.
US10605431B2	Light guide illumination systems with enhanced light coupling A face-lit waveguide illumination system employing a planar slab or plate of an optically transmissive material. A light source is optically coupled a linear optical element which is formed in or attached to a face of the waveguide and is configured to inject light at an angle permitting for light propagation by means of a total internal reflection. Light is propagated through the waveguide towards a predetermined direction in response to optical transmission and total internal reflection. Light extraction features located along the prevailing path of light propagation extract light from the waveguide and emit such light towards a surface normal direction.
US10605429B2	Heat sink having variable thermal resistance The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlight (100), comprising a headlight housing (102) and a cover plate (103) having at least one light source (104, 105) arranged in said motor vehicle headlight (100). In order to cool the at least one light source (104, 105), a heat sink device (200) is provided. Said heat sink device (200) comprises two heat sink elements (106, 107, 201, 202, 501, 502, 601, 602, 701, 702, 801, 802, 901, 902, 1001, 1002) that are separated from one another by an air gap (209) and that are arranged in such a way that a first heat sink element (106, 201, 501, 601, 701, 801, 901, 1001) is mounted inside the motor vehicle headlight (100), and a second heat sink element (107, 202, 502, 602, 702, 802, 902, 1002) is mounted outside the motor vehicle headlight (100). The heat sink device (200) is provided with a contacting device (210) that allows a heat exchange between the heat sink elements (106, 107, 201, 202, 501, 502, 601, 602, 701, 702, 801, 802, 901, 902, 1001, 1002) via said contacting device (210), whenever the temperature inside the motor vehicle headlight (100) is higher than the temperature in the area outside the motor vehicle headlight (100), and no heat exchange between the heat sink elements (106, 107, 201, 202, 501, 502, 601, 602, 701, 702, 801, 802, 901, 902, 1001, 1002) is possible whenever the temperature inside the motor vehicle headlight (100) is lower than the temperature in the area outside the motor vehicle headlight (100).
US10605427B1	Light source module and illumination device comprising the same The invention provides a vehicle lamp which includes a lens, a lighting module, and a mask. The lens includes an optical axis. The lighting module includes a first LED lighting source which includes a first substrate to dispose a plurality of LEDs on the first substrate and includes a first lighting projection direction parallel to the optical axis for emitting a first light beam through the lens to a projection plane. The mask is located between the lens and the first lighting source, and includes an edge for partially shading the first light beam to form a cutting line between a light area and a dark area on the projection plane. The first LED lighting source is adjacent to the mask in a distance less than 5 mm.
US10605426B2	LED light source high-beam and low-beam integrated automobile lamp module with ADB function Disclosed is an LED light source high-beam and low-beam integrated automobile lamp module with an ADB function, comprising a condenser (1), high-beam LED light sources (2), a low-beam LED light source (3), an auxiliary reflector (4), a reflector (5) and a lens (6). A block cavity structure (7) is arranged in the middle of a left or right portion of the condenser (1), and the number of the high-beam LED light sources (2) is at least two. An LED light source corresponding to a rear end of the block cavity structure on the condenser (1) is in a lit-up state when being in a full-high-beam working state, and light emitted thereby is transmitted by the block cavity structure and then is emitted forwards, so as to form a part of a high-beam light shape.
US10605406B2	Throttle lockout with dissimilar action A hand-held power tool (100) may include an electric power source (110), an electric motor (120) selectively coupled to the electric power source (110), a working assembly (130) operably coupled to the electric motor (120) to perform a working function responsive to actuation of the electric motor (120), and a control assembly (140) operably coupled to the electric motor (120) to provide selective control over actuation of the electric motor (120). The control assembly (140) may be configured to provide the selective control based on performance of at least two dissimilar operator actions. The control assembly (140) may include a sensing member (210) and a throttle control member (200). The sensing member (210) may be configured to be operable to an actuated state responsive to an enabling action comprising a first of the two dissimilar operator actions. The throttle control member (200) may be configured to be repeatedly operable responsive to actuation of the throttle control member (200) while the sensing member (210) is in the actuated state. Actuation of the throttle control member (200) may include a second of the two dissimilar operator actions.
US10605403B2	Cantilevered screwless hanger A cantilevered screwless hanger. The cantilevered screwless hanger includes an elongated member having a support assembly disposed on a first end thereof. In some embodiments, the elongated member includes a hanging device on a second end thereof. The support assembly includes a lower U-shaped member, a connecting member extending upwardly therefrom, and an upper U-shaped member connected to the connecting member. The lower U-shaped member is oriented opposite the upper U-shaped member, such that a first opening defined by the lower U-shaped member is oriented opposite a second opening defined by the upper U-shaped member. The support assembly is adapted to removably secure the cantilevered screwless hanger to an elongated structure comprising a square cross-section without the use of additional fasteners, such that the support structure is not damaged during installation of the cantilevered screwless hanger.
US10605399B2	Apparatus and method for installing a connection fitting into a main pipeline An apparatus for installing a connection fitting into an aperture formed in a wall of a main pipeline in the making of a service connection between a side connection and the main pipeline includes propulsion means for propelling the apparatus along the main pipeline to a site at which the service connection is to be made, and installation means for installing, from within the main pipeline, at least a portion of the connection fitting into the aperture. The installation means may include a storage device for storing at least one connection fitting intended for installation, a conveyance device for conveying a connection fitting to be installed from the storage device to an installation location, and an insertion device for inserting the connection fitting conveyed to the installation pad or platform from the installation pad or platform into the aperture formed in the wall of the main pipeline.
US10605397B2	Tool for working on the wall of a pipe and related method An intervention method for acting on a wall of a fluid pipeline using a tool includes moving the tool inside the pipeline until a pipe segment of the tool is positioned facing a zone of the wall of the pipeline. The method also includes creating sealing upstream and downstream from the zone using first and second seals of the tool so as to seal off an outer portion of a segment of the pipeline around the zone. The method further includes acting on the zone of the wall. The sealing by the first and second seals occurs in two portions of the pipeline so as to define a sealing lock between the two portions of the pipeline. The tool further includes an adjustable propulsion system configured to make use of movement of the fluid in order to move the tool.
US10605395B1	Collapsible plug for downspouts A one-piece shield for temporarily covering the upper inlet of a downspout. The shield includes a single sheet of resilient material, with a pair of tabs that cooperate with a slot in the sheet. The sheet is rolled up to create a tubular portion. One of the tabs is turned into the tubular portion to block the passage into the tubular portion, and the other tab cooperates with the slot to keep the device rolled up, so that the tubular portion blocks entry of debris into the downspout. The device is unrolled after use, and stored flat.
US10605393B2	Flow line connector assembly A flow line connector assembly has first and second parts respectively comprising a plug, and a socket configured to receive the plug; a restraining device to resist disconnection of the first and second parts when the plug is received in the socket; and flow tubes, wherein each of the plug and the socket has a respective flow tube and the flow tubes are adapted to interconnect to form Ca conduit for fluid to flow between the first and second parts when the plug is received in the socket.
US10605389B2	Magnetic filter for a central heating system A magnetic filter (10) includes first and second separation chambers (10, 12). The separation chambers (10, 12) each have an inlet and an outlet, and the separation chambers (10, 12) are joined together such that the inlets of the first and second chambers are adjacent, and the outlets of the first and second chambers are adjacent. An inlet port arrangement (28) connects both inlets to a single inlet pipe, and an outlet port arrangement (30) connects both outlets to a single outlet pipe.
US10605385B2	Use of semi-aromatic copolyamide for transporting refrigerant fluid The invention relates to the use of a layer consisting of a composition comprising a copolyamide of formula X/10.T/Y for transporting a heat transfer fluid in a vapor compression circuit, wherein: X represents either the residues of an aliphatic amino acid comprising between 8 and 18 carbon atoms, or a lactam, or the unit X1.X2 representing the residues resulting from the condensation of an aliphatic diamine comprising between 6 and 18 carbon atoms and a (cyclo)aliphatic diacid comprising between 6 and 18 carbon atoms; 10.T represents the residues resulting from the condensation of a decanediamine and terephthalic acid; and Y represents the residues resulting from the condensation of an aliphatic diamine comprising between 9 and 14 carbon atoms and an aromatic diacid, Y being different from the unit 10.T; the molar proportion of 10.T units being higher than 0%.
US10605381B2	Transit case cable hanger A hanger assembly comprises an elongate hanger anchor, a hanger support, and a plurality of flexible hangers for supporting a plurality of electronics cables. The elongate hanger anchor can comprise an attachment device for securing the elongate hanger anchor to a structure, such as a chassis of an electronics assembly, and the elongate hanger anchor can be interfaced to an outer rigid support panel of the chassis. The hanger support can extend or hang generally orthogonally from an end of the elongate hanger anchor, and the hanger support can support the plurality of flexible hangers for supporting the electronics cables coupled to the electronics assembly. The flexible hangers can each comprise a releaseable attachment device to operate the flexible hanger to an engaged position to the support hanger when supporting cables to the flexible hanger.
US10605379B2	Conductor guide system A conductor guide system for guiding one or more conductors is disclosed. The conductor guide system can include a first base section and a second base section. A joint can be used to assemble the first base section and the second base section in series. The conductor guide system can further include a roller assembly for holding one or more conductors. The roller assembly, when mounted on one of the first base section or the second base section, holds the one or more conductors off of the one of the first base section or the second base section to which the roller assembly is mounted.
US10605374B2	Valve seat insert excellent in wear resistance made of iron-base sintered alloy for internal combustion engines, and assembly of valve seat insert and valve A valve seat insert made of an iron-base sintered alloy is configured to have a structure in which the base matrix phase is a fine carbide precipitation phase in which a fine carbide being 10 μm or less in size is precipitated and which has a hardness of 550 HV or more in Vickers hardness; and in the base matrix phase, hard-particles having a hardness of 650-1200 HV in Vickers hardness are dispersed in an area percentage of 20-40%, a diffusional phase is formed in an area percentage of more than 0% and not more than 5%, and solid-lubricant particles are dispersed in an area percentage of 0-5%. Even if a valve having a high face hardness of 400 HV or more, or 600 HV or more is used, a facing valve seat insert wears only slightly, improving valve train durability.
US10605372B2	Method and apparatus for deactivating a hydraulic device that is leaking hydraulic oil A method of deactivating an underwater hydraulic device includes providing a hydraulic device operable under water, the device having a hydraulic cylinder with a pushrod and a piston. The device is lowered below a water surface with a hose reel that is located at the water surface area such as on a marine vessel. The hose reel includes first and second hydraulic hoses that connect to the cylinder on opposing sides of the piston. Fluid flow in the first and second hydraulic hoses is continuously monitored. The ratio of the volume of fluid flowing into the cylinder from one side of the piston to the volume of fluid flowing into the cylinder from the other side of the cylinder is continuously calculated with a computer or controller. The hydraulic device is deactivated if the ratio varies from a preset value.
US10605365B1	Fluidic actuator A fluidic actuator comprises a chamber. The chamber is provided using a mass manufacturing technique. The chamber is formed from a material that has a higher strength in at least two axes relative to at most one other axis. The chamber allows a volume change by localized bending of a chamber wall.
US10605348B2	Compression ring for chain sprocket A compression ring of a chain sprocket is provided with improved wear characteristics and damping to match various forms of link plates of a chain assembly. The chain assembly includes a plurality of longitudinal link plates hingedly connected by a plurality of pins. The compression ring includes two arrays of compression pads, each array defined by a different profile. Each array of compression pads can be matched to two corresponding groups of link plates. Multiple forms of compression pads and link plate geometries can be accommodated. Compression pad damping force can be tuned by adjusting the width and/or height of the link plates.
US10605345B2	Device for torque vectoring A torque vectoring apparatus may include a first planetary gear set including first to third rotation elements, wherein the first rotation element is gear-connected to receive power from the speed reduction device, the second rotation element is connected to be configured for transmitting power to the differential, and the third rotation element is selectively connectable to a housing through a coupling element; a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, wherein the fifth rotation element is fixedly connected to the third rotation element; and a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements, wherein the seventh rotation element is fixedly connected to the fourth rotation element, the eighth rotation element is fixedly connected to one of the left and right output shafts while being fixedly connected to the sixth rotation element, and the ninth rotation element is fixedly connected to the housing.
US10605344B2	Gear system for an electric motor of a vehicle, and vehicle including the gear system A gearing arrangement that offers a new way to operate an electric motor at a favorable operating point is provided. To this end there is proposed a gearing arrangement (1) for an electric motor (6) of a vehicle (2), including an input interface (5) for coupling to the electric motor (6) and including an output interface (7), such that a drive torque path runs between the input interface (5) and the output interface (7); including a first transmission gearing stage (10) with a first transmission ratio (i1), such that the drive torque path in a first operating state of the gear arrangement (1) runs via the first transmission gearing stage (10); and including a second transmission gearing stage (11), such that the drive torque path in a second operating state of the gear arrangement (1) runs via the second transmission gearing stage (11), the second transmission gearing stage (11) having a continuously variable transmission ratio (i1 . . . i2).
US10605343B2	Gear system for an electric motor of a vehicle A gearing arrangement for an electric motor which is improved in terms of ease of use and efficiency. To this end there is proposed a gearing arrangement for an electric motor of a vehicle, including an input interface for coupling to the electric motor and including an output interface, such that a drive torque path runs between the input interface and the output interface; including a first transmission gearing stage with a first transmission ratio (i1), such that the drive torque path in a first gearshift state runs via the first transmission gearing stage; and including a second transmission gearing stage with a second transmission ratio, such that the drive torque path in a second gearshift state runs via the second transmission gearing stage; and including an intermediate transmission gearing stage with a continuously variable transmission ratio (i1 . . . i2), such that the drive torque path in an intermediate gearshift state runs via the intermediate transmission gearing stage.
US10605341B2	Actuator with switchable releasing speed An actuator with switchable releasing speed includes an actuation rod, a screw, and a motor. The motor drives the screw rotating so that the actuation rod axially moves relative to the screw. The motor includes a stator, a rotor, a plurality of commutators, and at least three brushes. The at least three brushes have a positive brush, a negative brush, and at least one auxiliary brush. The positive brush is connected to a positive DC voltage. One of the negative brush and the least one auxiliary brush is adjusted to connect to a negative DC voltage so as to change a rotational speed of the rotor, thereby controlling a movement speed of the actuation rod. Accordingly, the releasing speed of the actuator is switchable.
US10605338B2	Variable-speed speed increaser A variable-speed speed increaser includes: an electric driving device which is configured to generate a rotational driving force; and a transmission device which is configured to change the speed of the rotational driving force generated by the electric driving device and transmit the changed rotation driving force to a driving target. The transmission device includes a sun gear which is configured to rotate about an axis, a sun gear shaft which is fixed to the sun gear and extend in an axial direction around the axis, a planetary gear which is configured to mesh with the sun gear, revolve around the axis and rotate about its own center line, an internal gear which has a plurality of teeth aligned annularly around the axis and is configured to mesh with the planetary gear, and a planetary gear carrier which has a planetary gear carrier shaft.
US10605313B2	Regulator for clutch actuator A regulator for clutch actuator includes a housing having a cylindrical damping space inside, a first fluid path interconnecting the damping space and a master cylinder, and a second fluid path interconnecting the damping space and a an operating cylinder. The regulator further includes a flexible valve member contained in the damping space for reducing vibrations. The flexible valve member comprises a first inflow guiding portion configured to receive and guide fluid from the first fluid path. The first inflow guiding portion has a plurality of through holes such that elastic deformation of the first inflow guiding portion reduces vibration when fluid flow into the cylindrical damping space from the master cylinder.
US10605312B2	Twin plate separation systems A twin plate separation system, comprising a pressure plate, an intermediate plate facing the pressure plate, and a spring separator assembly. The spring separator assembly comprises a mounting extending out from the intermediate plate towards the pressure plate. A spring surrounds the mounting, and the spring is biased to push the pressure plate and the intermediate plate apart. The mounting or another fixture can secure at least one drive strap to the intermediate plate. Alternatively, the mounting extends out of the pressure plate towards the intermediate plate, and the spring surrounds the mounting and is biased to push the pressure plate and the intermediate plate apart. In this alternative, the intermediate plate does not comprise a hole for receiving the mounting.
US10605290B1	Connector assembly A fastener assembly may have a spring, a bolt, a stud, an end-piece, and a shear pin. In one embodiment of the invention, the bolt has (a) a shaft engaged with a first end of the spring, (b) a head, and (c) an internally-facing surface defining a passageway that extends through the bolt head and the bolt shaft. The stud has (a) a first end and (b) a second end, and the first end of the stud is engaged with a second end of the spring. The stud may include an internally-facing surface defining a hole that extends from the first end toward the second end of the stud. The end-piece, which may be a nut or an anchor, is engaged with the second end of the stud. Part of the shear pin resides in the passageway of the bolt, and a different part of the shear pin engages the stud. Also, the shear pin may include a slot on an end of the shear pin that may be used to remove a portion of the shear pin from the stud after the shear pin breaks.
US10605279B2	Energy-deposition systems, equipment and methods for modifying and controlling shock waves and supersonic flow Systems, equipment, and methods to deposit energy to modify and control shock waves and hypersonic or supersonic fluid flow, including systems for controlling, mitigating, and/or effecting air flow in relation to air vehicles, wind tunnels, or other assets, or the like, as well as systems, equipment, and methods for disrupting the shock structure at the inlet for the engine of an air vehicle traveling at supersonic or hypersonic speed; mitigating blast effects on vehicles; mitigating heating of throats in supersonic and hypersonic wind tunnels, as well as control the flow parameters and Mach number in their test sections.
US10605275B2	Fluid pressure cylinder In an interior of a cylinder tube of a fluid pressure cylinder, a piston unit is displaced along an axial direction under the supply of a pressure fluid, and the piston unit is connected to one end of a piston rod. Further, a rod cover is disposed on another end of the cylinder tube, and in the center thereof, a cylindrical holder is provided that displaceably supports the piston rod. The holder is fixed integrally by a plurality of first rivets, in a state in which a flange member, which is expanded radially outward, abuts against an inner wall surface of the rod cover.
US10605273B2	Motor control device A motor control device includes a pressure command unit calculating a pressure command for commanding pressure generated in a pressure control object, a pressure detection unit detecting the pressure generated in the pressure control object, a pressure control unit calculating a speed command for pressure control for the servo motor, based on the calculated pressure command and the detected pressure, and a servo control unit controlling speed of the servo motor, based on the calculated speed command. The pressure control unit performs an integral operation. When a direction of increasing pressure in the integral operation is defined as a positive direction in the integral operation, and a direction of decreasing the pressure is defined as a negative direction, a median between an upper limit in the positive direction and a lower limit in the negative direction in the integral operation is larger than zero.
US10605272B2	Locking seat pivot ball siphon elbow A siphon elbow for pivotally connecting a first pipe and a second pipe in fluid communication. A first elongated body has a bore extending therethrough and a partially spherical indentation within the bore. A second elongated body has a bore extending therethrough and a generally spherical extension on a first end that pivotally engages the partially spherical indentation of the first elongated body. An internal locking system is disposed in at least one of the bores and locks the second elongated body into an operating configuration in which an angle formed between the first elongated body and the second elongated body is less than 180-degrees. Pivoting of the second elongated body from an installation configuration in which the angle is approximately 180-degrees to the operating configuration activates the internal locking system.
US10605268B2	Blower A blower which uses a rotation prevention member in which a rotating shaft with circular cross section is press-fitted is disclosed. The blower includes a scroll housing, a resin-made stator which is press-fitted on a rotating shaft with circular cross section, and a centrifugal fan which has a boss inserted on the stator, a cone extending from the boss, and blades extending from the cone, in which the stator and boss are a tubular members. A stator engagement part is formed in a stator outer circumferential face. The stator has a first weld face which extends substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotating shaft, and second and third weld faces which are arranged to extend in the axial direction. A boss engagement part is formed in an inner circumferential face of a boss through hole and engages with the stator.
US10605262B2	Axial blade impeller for an industrial fan assembly An axial blade impeller for an industrial fan assembly includes an impeller hub assembly with a plurality of impeller blades each extending from a hub assembly outer surface to an outward blade edge opposite the hub assembly outer surface and having a first lateral blade edge and a second lateral blade edge opposite the first lateral blade edge. A first cover plate disposed on a first end of the impeller hub assembly has first cover plate arms extending outward, with each of the first cover plate arms secured to the first lateral blade edge of one of the impeller blades. A second cover plate disposed on a second end of the impeller hub assembly has second cover plate arms extending outward, with each of the second cover plate arms being secured to the second lateral blade edge of one of the impeller blades.
US10605258B2	Forward curved blade impeller for an industrial fan assembly A forward curved blade impeller for an industrial fan assembly includes an impeller hub assembly, an impeller baseplate mounted on the impeller hub assembly and having an annular shape, a first impeller ring having an annular shape, and an impeller blade deck having a plurality of first impeller blades extending between, circumferentially spaced about and secured to the impeller baseplate and the first impeller ring. A plurality of reinforcement bars extend between, are circumferentially spaced about and are secured to the impeller baseplate and the first impeller ring. Additional impeller blade decks and impeller rings may be stacked above the first impeller blade deck and first impeller ring, with the reinforcement bars extending from the impeller baseplate through intermediate impeller rings to a topmost one of the impeller rings.
US10605247B2	Axleless fan device An axleless blade set includes an annular frame and a driving structure. The driving structure serves to drive the annular frame. Blades extend from an inner wall of the annular frame and an outer wall of the annular frame is formed with a plurality of driving sheets. The driving structure serves to drive the driving sheets so as to drive the annular frame and the blades therein to rotate. As a result, wind blows from one side to another side along an axial direction with a large strength. Therefore defects of wind blowing from prior art fans of low strength and dispersing randomly are resolved.
US10605244B2	Scroll compressor provided with an orbiting guiding portion for improving the filling of the compression chambers This scroll compressor includes a scroll compression unit including a first fixed scroll including a first fixed base plate and a first fixed spiral wrap, an orbiting scroll arrangement (7) including a first orbiting spiral wrap (14), the first fixed spiral wrap and the first orbiting spiral wrap (14) forming a plurality of first compression chambers. The scroll compressor further includes a refrigerant suction part suitable for supplying the scroll compression unit with refrigerant to be compressed. The orbiting scroll arrangement (7) further includes a first orbiting guiding portion (21) extending from an outer end portion of the first orbiting spiral wrap (14) and configured to guide, in use, at least a part of the refrigerant supplied to the scroll compression unit towards the first compression chambers.
US10605242B2	Electric lubricant pump comprising a connectable drive A device for the supply of lubricant with a lubricant pump (101), which has a driveshaft (103), and a motor (107). The motor (107) is designed to drive the driveshaft (103). At least one clutch (109, 111, 113) serves to establish and/or interrupt a force flow between a shaft in the force flow of a transmission and the driveshaft (103).
US10605241B2	Pump for a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system in vehicles comprising at least one pump element comprising a pump piston, a spring bellow, and an actuation tappet under force of a compression spring surrounding the spring bellow A pump for a SCR system in vehicles which includes a housing in which at least one pump element is arranged which is activated by a eccentric drive and has at least one a pump piston. The at least one pump piston includes at least a spring bellow which is elastically deformable during pump operation.
US10605240B2	Delivery device having a connecting rod, and a method for controlling a delivery device having a connecting rod and at least one balance weight A delivery device having a connecting rod, and a method for controlling a delivery device having a connecting rod and at least one balance weight, includes a part that is permanently connected to a shaft, on which part a pivot bearing is situated, by which the first end region of the connecting rod is accommodated by the part, in particular such that the connecting rod is able to be driven in eccentric manner, balance weights being situated on the part so as to be displaceable by a first drive, a first computer being provided on the part, which controls the displacement of the balance weights.
US10605238B2	Control valve for compressor A compressor includes a cylinder housing having a number of pistons, a control chamber communicating with piston casings, a suction chamber and a discharge chamber communicating with the piston casings, a control valve includes a receptacle engaged in the cylinder housing, a valve member engaged in the receptacle for controlling the pressurized air to flow from the discharge chamber into the control chamber of the cylinder housing, and a valve element for controlling a bypass of the pressurized air through the receptacle. A bellow device is connected to actuate the sliding member internally, and a sliding member is slidably engaged in the control space of the receptacle, and to operate the valve element externally with a solenoid device.
US10605234B2	Wind turbine with a nacelle including a water draining device A wind turbine with nacelle includes an electrical generator, a cooling circuit including at least two cooling fans for channeling a fluid cooling medium from the electrical generator to an outer wall of the nacelle and a draining device for channeling drainage water from the cooling fans to an outer wall of the nacelle. The draining device includes at least a first draining portion connecting the cooling fans to an inside of the nacelle and at least a second draining portion for receiving drainage water from the first respective draining pipe and channeling the drainage water to the outer wall of the nacelle.
US10605233B2	Method of measuring load on a wind turbine A method of measuring load on a wind turbine, and a wind turbine for such load measuring, are disclosed. The wind turbine comprises at least one rotor blade and at least one load sensor associated with the rotor blade. At least one load sensor is located at a position on the rotor blade remote from both a flap bending moment axis and an edge bending moment axis of the rotor blade. At the position, a flap bending moment component and an edge bending moment component of the load on the rotor blade are measurable. A load value is measured from the load sensor, and the measured load value is used to determine a flap bending moment component of the load and an edge bending moment component of the load, and optionally or additionally an axial force component of the load.
US10605226B2	Inertial hydrodynamic pump and wave engine A buoyant hydrodynamic pump is disclosed that can float on a surface of a body of water over which waves tend to pass. The pump incorporates an open-bottomed tube with a constriction. The tube partially encloses a substantial volume of water with which the tube's constriction interacts, creating and/or amplifying oscillations therein in response to wave action. Wave-driven oscillations result in periodic upward ejections of portions of the water inside the tube that can be collected in a reservoir that is at least partially positioned above the mean water level of the body of water, or pressurized by compressed air or gas, or both. Water within such a reservoir may return to the body of water via a turbine, thereby generating electrical power (making the device a wave engine), or else the device's pumping action can be used for other purposes such as water circulation, propulsion, or cloud seeding.
US10605218B2	Starter A number of variations may include a solenoid assembly comprising: a shaft; a pinion-plunger operatively attached to the shaft and having a first end comprising a plurality of teeth; a plurality of iron cores surrounding at least a portion of the pinion-plunger and the shaft; at least one solenoid coil winding and at least one spool surrounding each of the plurality of iron cores; a stop adjacent a first end of the plurality of iron cores; a guide adjacent a second end of the plurality of iron cores opposite of the stop; a biasing member in operative communication with the first end the pinion-plunger; and wherein the solenoid assembly is constructed and arranged so that when the solenoid assembly is activated the pinion-plunger is magnetically drawn toward the stop.
US10605217B2	Vehicle engine starter control systems and methods A vehicle propulsion system includes an engine configured to be selectively activated to provide torque to propel the vehicle and a starter module coupled to the engine and configured to start the engine from an inactive state. The starter module includes a brushless electric machine to generate an output torque to crank start the engine. The starter motor also includes a pinion gear coupled to the electric machine, where the pinion gear is actuatable to selectively engage a cranking input of the engine. A controller assembly is programmed to cause actuation of the pinion gear to engage the cranking input of the engine and transfer a cranking torque to activate the engine.
US10605216B2	Method and system for starting an internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle and a hybrid vehicle comprising a system for starting an internal combustion engine Method and system for starting an internal combustion engine that rotates a drive shaft providing torque to a driving wheel via a transmission unit comprising a first clutch connecting the engine to an input shaft of a gearbox connected to a torque converter. The torque converter is connected to a second clutch connected to the driving wheel through a transmission, and the input shaft is connected to an auxiliary drive source in an offset arrangement with a predetermined torque ratio between the input shaft and the auxiliary drive source. Starting the engine comprises disengaging the first clutch, disengaging the second clutch to a predetermined torque level, accelerating the input shaft and the torque converter with the auxiliary drive source to a predetermined rotational speed, and engaging the first clutch to start the engine with the energy stored in the input shaft, the torque converter, and the auxiliary drive source.
US10605212B2	Multi-fuel rail apparatus A multi-fuel rail apparatus for an internal combustion engine communicates fuel from 10 a first fuel source and a second fuel source to a plurality of fuel injectors. Each fuel injector receives fuel from the multi-fuel rail apparatus through a branch connection for each fuel. The multi fuel rail apparatus has a first elongate member including a first longitudinal bore spaced apart from a second longitudinal bore and first and second fuel inlets for fluidly communicating first and second fuels into the first and 15 second longitudinal bores respectively. There is a branch connecting structure for each fuel injector along the first elongate member for fluidly connecting the first and second longitudinal bores with respective branch connections from respective fuel injectors.
US10605211B2	Intake port An intake port may include a short port and a long port. The short port may include a main extension portion extending from an intake air inlet; a main inclined portion inclined at a predetermined angle from the main extension portion toward a center of a cylinder; a main vertical portion bending downward toward the cylinder from the main inclined portion; and a main intake air outlet formed at an end portion of the main vertical portion. The long port may include an auxiliary extension portion extending from the main extension portion; an auxiliary inclined portion which is inclined at a predetermined angle from the auxiliary extension portion toward the center of the cylinder and inclined at a predetermined angle downward toward the cylinder; an auxiliary vertical portion bending downward from the auxiliary inclined portion; and an auxiliary intake air outlet at an end portion of the auxiliary vertical portion.
US10605209B2	Thermal management via exhaust gas recirculation Methods and systems of recirculating exhaust gas in internal combustion engines are disclosed. An internal combustion engine includes a set of cylinders, an intake system disposed in fluid providing communication with the set of cylinders, an exhaust system disposed in fluid exchanging communication with the set of cylinders, and a controller. In response to a detected recirculation condition, the controller prevents fluid communication between the intake system and a subset of the set of cylinders and recirculates exhaust gas between the subset of the set of cylinders and the exhaust system.
US10605208B2	Engine system with exhaust gas recirculation, and method of operating the same An engine system with exhaust gas recirculation includes a combustion engine, a flow mixer, and a turbocharger. An exhaust flow path and a charge air flow path each extend to an inlet of the flow mixer, and a mixed gas flow path extends between the outlet of the flow mixer and an intake manifold of the engine. A charge air heat exchanger is arranged along the charge air flow path to cool the charge air, and a mixed gas heat exchanger is arranged along the mixed gas flow path to cool mixed charge air and recirculated exhaust gas. The exhaust gas recirculation flow path does not extend through any heat exchangers.
US10605194B2	Cylinder bore with surface characteristics for improved tribological properties, and method The invention relates to a cylinder bore and a method. The cylinder bore is configured to receive a piston for reciprocating movement therein and has a pressure side and a counter-pressure side. The cylinder bore includes a bore surface having a first roughness value in a first longitudinal region on the pressure side and a second roughness value different from the first roughness value in the first longitudinal region on the counter-pressure side.
US10605192B2	Methods and system mitigating direct injection degradation Methods and systems for simultaneously operating port fuel injectors and direct fuel injectors of an internal combustion engine are described. In one example, operation of a port fuel injector is deactivated in response to an indication of reduced performance of a direct fuel injector so that degradation of the direct fuel injector may be reduced.
US10605188B2	Control device, control method, and control program The control device includes: an observation unit that calculates an amount relating to a state of a control target detected by a sensor; an abnormality predictor detection unit that detects an abnormality predictor of the control target; a reward calculation unit that calculates a reward which is an amount obtained by evaluating pass or fail of an operation of the control target; a basic control amount calculation unit that calculates data relating to the state during an operation and a basic control amount serving as a reference to control the control target; a control amount search unit that searches for a control amount at which the reward satisfies a predetermined condition based on the basic control amount, the data relating to the state during the operation and the reward; and a control unit that generates a command value to the control target.
US10605185B2	Valve control device and valve control method A valve control device controls an opening degree of a valve provided in an intake passage, an exhaust passage, or a passage connected one of these and includes an observed value acquisition unit, an inlet temperature acquisition unit, a target calculation unit, an equilibrium opening degree calculation unit, an observer, a correction opening degree calculation unit, an instruction opening degree calculation unit, and an output unit. The target calculation unit calculates an equilibrium state value and a target property value. The correction opening degree calculation unit calculates a correction opening degree by multiplying a gain matrix by a deviation vector including, a deviation between the equilibrium state value and the estimated state value and an integrated value of a deviation between the target property value and the estimated property value.
US10605184B2	Methods and systems for adjusting engine airflow based on output from an oxygen sensor Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a throttle based on an intake oxygen sensor output. In one example, a method may include adjusting a position of a throttle based on a dilution threshold and a total aircharge dilution level, the total dilution aircharge level based on an output of an intake oxygen sensor. Additionally, spark timing may be adjusted based on the total aircharge dilution level.
US10605173B2	High and low spool accessory gearbox drive A gas turbine engine comprises a low speed spool and a high speed spool, with each of the spools including a turbine to drive a respective one of the spools. The high speed spool rotates at a higher speed than the low speed spool. A high speed power takeoff is driven to rotate by the high speed spool, and a low speed power takeoff is driven to rotate by the low speed spool. The high speed power takeoff drives a starter generator and a permanent magnet alternator. The low speed power takeoff drives a variable frequency generator.
US10605170B2	Engine component with film cooling An engine component for a gas turbine engine which generates a hot combustion gas flow adjacent a hot surface and provides a cooling fluid flow adjacent a cooling surface comprises a wall separating the hot combustion gas flow and the cooling fluid flow. At least one concavity is provided in the cooling surface and at least one film hole is provided in the cooling surface providing the cooling fluid flow to the hot surface. An inlet for the film hole is spaced from the at least one concavity, located upstream of the at least one concavity and in alignment with the at least one concavity relative to the cooling fluid flow.
US10605164B2	Engine assembly including cam for Z-type engines A compact and efficient Z-twin internal combustion engine is described herein. The Z-twin internal combustion engine comprises horizontally opposed cylinder arrangement that allows for vibration cancellation. The Z-twin engine comprises a central shared cam that drives angled side valves of both the opposing cylinders, thereby greatly reducing moving parts and thus provides a significantly more efficient angled valve approach.
US10605158B2	Engine braking an opposed piston that includes a mechanically driven supercharger Methods and systems for providing engine braking for a two stroke diesel engine are described. In one example, a flow through a mechanically driven supercharger is adjusted to provide engine braking for a two stroke diesel engine when engine braking is requested. The level or amount of engine braking may be adjusted via increasing or decreasing flow through the mechanically driven supercharger.
US10605156B2	Exhaust structure for internal combustion engine A turbine housing includes an accommodation space that accommodates a turbine wheel, a discharge passage connected to the accommodation space, and a bypass passage that extends from the scroll passage bypassing the accommodation space and is connected to the discharge passage. The bypass passage extends so that an end surface on an upstream side of the catalytic device is located on a center axis of the bypass passage. An air-fuel ratio sensor is located closer to a center axis of the accommodation space than the center axis of the bypass passage. A protuberance that protrudes from an inner wall surface of the discharge passage is located between the accommodation space and the air-fuel ratio sensor. The protuberance protrudes toward the center axis of the accommodation space.
US10605152B2	Separate cooling system for vehicle The present disclosure relates to a separate cooling system of a vehicle, including an engine including a cylinder head and a cylinder block transmitting a coolant to the cylinder head, a coolant pump, a plurality of parts disposed on a plurality of coolant lines, an electronic thermostat mounted on the cylinder block so as to selectively transmit the coolant from the cylinder block to the plurality of coolant lines, a cooling coolant temperature sensor measuring a coolant temperature of the cylinder block, a controller controlling an operation of the electronic thermostat depending on a vehicle operation state output signal including the cooling coolant temperature sensor, and a mechanical thermostat disposed at an upstream of the coolant pump so as to selectively block the coolant via a radiator and a reservoir tank among the coolant transmitted from the plurality of coolant line to the coolant pump.
US10605144B2	Exhaust gas purification device for ship An exhaust gas purification device for a ship including: a main path communicated with outside and a bypass path branching off from a midway portion of the main path, each of the paths serving as an exhaust gas path of an engine to be mounted in the ship. A partition plate, by which the main and bypass paths are partitioned from the upstream side to the downstream side in an exhaust gas traveling direction, extends along the exhaust gas traveling direction. The partition plate has a downstream end extended through between an exhaust gas outflow port of the purification casing and an exhaust gas outlet of the main path, and the downstream end is formed with an opening to serve as a reverse-flow prevention plate.
US10605136B2	Exhaust gas control apparatus for internal combustion engine An exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an outer tube, a downstream side catalyst held in the outer tube via a first mat, and an electric heating catalyst held in the outer tube via a second mat upstream of the downstream side catalyst. A joint of the first mat is disposed in a place other than a vertically lowermost portion.
US10605134B2	Integrated exhaust gas management device The present invention relates to a device for managing gases suitable for being installed at the outlet of a particle filter or a catalytic converter. This device is characterized by a very compact configuration combining at least the heat exchanger for an EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) system, particularly suitable for a low-pressure system, and an exhaust gas outlet pipe with a special configuration that is part of the exhaust line. The exhaust outlet incorporates a valve that allows using the heat exchanger of the EGR system as a heat recovery unit.
US10605133B2	Exhaust system for an internal combustion automotive engine An exhaust system for an internal combustion automotive engine, such as a V engine or boxer engine, includes a left exhaust tract connectable to a left group of cylinders and a right exhaust tract connectable to a right group of cylinders. Each exhaust tract includes a tract structure defining a tract inlet for receiving exhaust gas ejected from the group of cylinders to which the exhaust tract is connectable, at least one exhaust outlet opening into the atmosphere, and a connection pipe extending between the tract inlet and the exhaust outlet. The connection pipe includes an inlet aperture for receiving exhaust gas from the tract inlet and an outlet aperture for transferring exhaust gas towards the exhaust opening. The left and the right connection pipes are joined to realize a pipe junction such that the connection pipes form a common connection aperture for transferring exhaust gas and the exhaust system includes at least one valve member for opening or closing the common connection aperture.
US10605130B2	Valve seat insert A valve seat insert for an internal combustion engine has a first portion that is adapted to contact a cylinder head and a second portion that is adapted to contact a valve. The valve seat insert has a valve seat insert volume. A major part of the valve seat insert volume includes a homogeneous material that includes nitrides.
US10605128B2	Cam phaser A cam phaser including a rotation phaser and a hydraulic valve hydraulically loading the rotation phaser, wherein the hydraulic valve is connectable torque proof with a cam shaft so that the cam shaft is rotatable, wherein the rotation phaser includes a stator and a rotor configured coaxial with the stator, wherein the rotor is rotatable relative to the stator, wherein the hydraulic valve is configured so that it protrudes at least partially into the rotation phaser, wherein an adapter is provided for a relative axial positioning of the rotor and the stator. According to the invention the adapter is configured for loose mounting in the rotation phaser so that a fixated connection of the adapter in the rotation phaser is provided when the cam shaft is mounted at the hydraulic valve.
US10605126B2	Switchable rocker arm A rocker arm includes an outer arm defining a lock pin bore which is centered about a lock pin bore axis and an inner arm which selectively pivots relative to the outer arm about a pivot axis which is parallel to the lock pin bore axis. The inner arm includes a protrusion which defines an inner arm stop surface which is planar. A lock pin is disposed within the lock pin bore, the lock pin having a lock pin slot extending thereinto and also having a lock pin stop surface which is planar. The lock pin is displaced within the lock pin bore between a coupled position in which the lock pin stop surface is aligned with the inner arm stop surface and a decoupled position in which the lock pin slot is aligned with the protrusion.
US10605124B2	Hybrid power generating system The present disclosure relates to a hybrid power generating system comprising a power generating system using supercritical CO2 configured to use the supercritical CO2 as a working fluid and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) treatment system configured to vaporize LNG, where the working fluid is cooled in at least one of the power generating system using supercritical CO2 and the LNG treatment system and is re-circulated to the power generating system using supercritical CO2.
US10605121B2	Mounted ceramic matrix composite component with clamped flange attachment An assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a carrier and a supported component comprising ceramic matrix composite materials. The assembly also includes a retention assembly for coupling the supported component to the carrier.
US10605119B2	Turbine frame assembly for gas turbine engines A turbine frame for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes a turbine case, a bearing support housing that defines a receptacle, and a tie rod preloaded in compression between the turbine case and the bearing support housing.
US10605112B2	Fan drive gear system spline oil lubrication scheme An input coupling for a fan drive gear system includes features for maintaining lubricant within a splined interface. The fan drive gear system includes a gear rotatable about an axis that includes an inner spline. The input coupling includes an outer spline engaged to the inner spline of the gear. The input coupling includes an aft oil dam for maintaining lubricant within an interface between the outer spline and the inner spline.
US10605106B2	Turbine of gas turbine engine, comprising a labyrinth seal element A turbine of a gas turbine engine comprising a stator sealing ring element arranged so as to form a labyrinth sealing joint in combination with at least one wiper, rotatable about the axis of the sealing ring. The element includes an abradable material layer with a surface portion engageable with said movable wiper. The abradable material layer on the surface portion axially includes a first area having a first wiper penetration resistance, said first area corresponding to the axial position of the wiper during nominal operation of the turbine, and a second area adjacent to the first area and having lower wiper penetration resistance than the first area. The second area is located downstream from the first area and corresponds to the axial position that the wiper takes when a flame goes out in the combustion chamber of the engine.
US10605105B2	Bi-directional shaft seal A non-contacting seal is provided, including a first sealing face formed on an end of a primary ring and a second sealing face formed on an end of a mating ring. Grooves may be formed in at least one of the first and second sealing faces, such that the grooves extend from one edge of the respective sealing face to an intermediate radius of the respective sealing face. At least one groove may include an entrance edge along the one edge of the respective sealing face and a dam wall opposite the entrance edge. The at least one groove may also include two symmetric side walls extending from the entrance edge to the dam wall. The two symmetric side walls may include a first convex curve extending from the entrance edge to a transition point and a second concave curve extending from the transition point to the dam wall.
US10605102B2	Flow path forming plate, vane including this flow path forming plate, gas turbine including this vane, and manufacturing method of flow path forming plate Provided is a flow path forming plate having a gas path surface that comes in contact with combustion gas, end surfaces formed at peripheral edges of the gas path surface, a first side passage, and a plurality of end surface blow-out passages. The first side passage extends in a direction along a first end surface that is one of the end surfaces, and cooling air flows through the first side passage. A plurality of passage forming surfaces forming the first side passage includes a first forming surface that faces an opposite-flow-path side and extends gradually farther away from the gas path surface while extending toward the first end surface. The end surface blow-out passages open in the first forming surface of the first side passage and in the first end surface.
US10605092B2	Cooling hole with shaped meter A gas turbine engine component having a cooling passage includes a first wall defining an inlet of the cooling passage, a second wall generally opposite the first wall and defining an outlet of the cooling passage, a metering section extending downstream from the inlet, and a diffusing section extending from the metering section to the outlet. The metering section includes an upstream side and a downstream side generally opposite the upstream side. At least one of the upstream and downstream sides includes a first passage wall and a second passage wall where the first and second passage walls intersect to form a V-shape.
US10605088B2	Airfoil endwall with partial integral airfoil wall An airfoil includes an airfoil section that defines an airfoil profile. A first endwall piece includes a first cup portion that defines a first cavity. A second endwall piece includes a second cup portion that defines a second cavity and an airfoil wall portion that projects from the second cup portion. The airfoil wall portion forms a portion of the airfoil profile of the airfoil section. An airfoil piece defines another portion of the airfoil profile. The airfoil piece has first and second ends. The first end is disposed in the first cavity and the second end is disposed in the second cavity such that the airfoil piece is trapped between the first endwall piece and the second endwall piece.
US10605081B2	Free-piston device and method for operating a free-piston device A free piston apparatus includes a piston receptacle in which a piston device having a piston is linearly reciprocable. The piston receptacle includes or forms a combustion chamber delimited by a wall arrangement forming a first opening and a second opening. The openings include an inlet opening for the supply of fresh gas and an outlet opening for the removal of exhaust gas for a uniflow scavenging of the combustion chamber. Movement of the piston device is controllable by a control device. The bottom dead center of the piston can be adjustable such that when the piston adopts the bottom dead center, the first opening is partially unblocked and partially blocked for adjusting a free cross sectional area of the first opening. An opening duration can also be adjustable. A method for operating a free piston apparatus includes controlling movement of a piston device with a control device.
US10605080B2	Hydrogen engine and the way of hydrogen fuel production for its power supply A combustion engine having a pair of two-chamber cylinders, in which double ended pistons are located and directed toward themselves oppositely by the angle 180° and compressed together via crankshafts consisting of two crank elements, which are linked rotationally backward by a spacer bearing. The compression is realized with the use of two connecting rod pairs, from which each connecting rod is linked on the one side to with one crank element, whereas the second connecting rod ends are linked to one of shafts, out of which each shaft is connected with one of pistons via a valve rod. In the middle of each cylinder's wall the outlet channel of compressed air is located as well as the outlet channel of products of combustion together with air. In the head of each cylinder and in the compartment the fuel injector, the water vapor injector and the ignition element are located.
US10605079B2	Fluid working machine having offset valve cylinders The invention provides a fluid working machine comprising: a crankshaft (2) which is rotatable about an axis of rotation (3); adjacent first and second groups (5, 6, 8, 10) of valve cylinder devices (13) spaced from each other about the axis of rotation (3), one or each of the first and second groups (5, 6, 8, 10) of valve cylinder devices having first, second and third valve cylinder devices (13) arranged about and extending outwards with respect to the crankshaft (2), the first and third valve cylinder devices being axially offset from each other, the second valve cylinder device being axially offset from the first and third valve cylinder devices and the second valve cylinder device being offset from the first and third valve cylinder devices about the axis of rotation, wherein the second valve cylinder device has an axial extent which overlaps with the axial extent of one, or the axial extents of both, of the first and third valve cylinder devices.
US10605051B2	Method of pumping fluids down a wellbore A method of pumping fluids down a wellbore. The method first comprises providing a wellbore. The wellbore has been completed with a pumping system comprising a string of production tubing, a polished rod, and a sucker rod string extending down into the production tubing. A traveling valve is connected at a lower end of the sucker rod string. The method also includes adjusting a position of the polished rod relative to the pumping system to enable the traveling valve to tag a standing valve. The method further comprises compressing the traveling valve to cause the traveling valve to open. The method additionally includes pumping a fluid down the production tubing. The fluid is further pumped across the traveling valve and the standing valve, optionally while the standing valve remains seated.
US10605042B2	Short millable plug for hydraulic fracturing operations A short millable plug includes a mandrel, an upper backup ring and a lower backup ring, a cone, a slip that can be expand and engage a casing, a plurality of sealing elements that creates a seal between the mandrel and the casing, a centralizer that can radially expand to force against the casing wall, a mill-out anti-rotation feature at the middle of the mandrel which is exposed once the plug is set. The centralizer can keep the plug in the center of the casing and each individual slip segments of the slip has the same distance to the casing wall during setting and operation. The mill-out anti-rotation feature can reduce relative rotation between the plug and the casing while reduces the length of the plug.
US10605035B2	Inverted pipe ram protection system A blow out preventer includes a blow out preventer body, at least one pipe ram disposed in the blow out preventer body which opens or closes in at least one respective cavity defined by the blow out preventer body, an inverted pipe ram disposed in the blow out preventer body which opens or closes in a respective cavity defined by the blow out preventer body, and a pressure management system for adjusting pressure within the blow out preventer below damaging pressure levels as one or more of the at least one pipe ram and the inverted pipe ram open or close in a respective cavity. In some cases, a second pipe ram disposed in the blow out preventer body which opens or closes in a respective cavity defined by the blow out preventer body.
US10605034B2	Activating a well system tool A well system includes a local control unit configured to communicably couple to a well shut-in assembly at a well site, the well shut-in assembly operable to shut-in a wellbore based on a command from the local control unit; and a remote control unit configured to wirelessly communicate a line-of-sight airborne wireless signal, at a location remote from the local control unit and the well site, to initiate the command from the local control unit to the well shut-in assembly.
US10605033B2	Systems and methods for assembling a wellhead A wellhead system includes a tubing or casing hanger to be installed in a wellhead, the tubing or casing hanger including an outer surface including a landing profile configured to engage a mating landing profile of the wellhead, a landing sensor configured to transmit a signal indicating contact between the landing profile of the tubing or casing hanger and the landing profile of the wellhead, and a processor configured to receive the signal transmitted by the landing sensor.
US10605032B2	Electrically insulated tubing hanger system Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for transmitting electrical energy to a downhole tool including a tubing head. The system also includes a tubing hanger coupled to the tubing head, the tubing head receiving a downward force transmitted by at least a section of tubing coupled to the tubing hanger onto a load shoulder formed in the tubing head. The system includes one or more insulating features for electrically isolating the tubing hanger from the tubing head.
US10605031B2	Retrofittable containment cellar A modular well containment cellar system having a bottom portion, two co-planar half-panels joined to the bottom portion and separated by a through-channel portion, and a one side wall joined to a bottom portion and to the half-panels, forming a closed container with an open top for mating to another cellar component at the half-panels, wherein a well pipe may be received into the through-channel. A plurality of drip diverters prevent downward-moving liquid from running between the mated half-panels and between the well pipe and the through-channel to capture dripped and running liquids from above the containment cellar system.
US10605018B2	Wellbore anchoring assembly A wellbore anchoring assembly including a downhole device, a collar, and one or more deformable locking arms attached to the collar wherein the locking arms extend in a direction substantially along the longitudinal axis of the collar. The downhole device having a first component, the surface of the first component having a first protrusion. Each of the locking arms being deformable away from the longitudinal axis, one or more gripping protrusions extend out from an outer surface of the locking arms, and at least one second protrusion extends from an inner surface of the locking arms. The inner surface is engageable with the surface of the first component to deform the locking arms away from the longitudinal axis. Upon engagement, the at least one first protrusion engages the at least one second protrusion to secure the collar to the downhole device.
US10605015B2	Duplex snubbing jack A duplex snubbing jack and method of snubbing pipe into a well bore which includes first and second gripping units that alternately and synchronously grip and release a length of pipe to be attached to a pipe string. The first and second gripping units are synchronously movable upward and downward toward and away from each other to push or pull the pipe through a BOP stack and into or out of a wellbore. Linear actuators are used to synchronously move the first and second gripping units. Guide rails are provided to laterally support the pipe as the pipe is pushed or pulled through the BOP stack into or out of the wellbore. The first and second gripping units are preferably slip-type spiders.
US10605014B2	Polished rod rotator with height adjuster Apparatus and methods are provided for rotating the sucker rod strings of pumping equipment and adjusting the vertical position of the sucker rod string. The apparatuses can include a threaded tubular rod carrier or spindle and a polished rod can run through the rod carrier. The rod carrier can be held in place along the rod with a locking mechanism on the upper and lower ends of the rod carrier. A rotator can surround the rod carrier, and the rotator can include a wheel and a main thrust bearing, the wheel being in threaded connection with the threads of the rod carrier and supported by the main thrust bearing. The rotation of the wheel relative to the rod carrier can result in vertical movement of the rod and the vertical movement of the rod can be accomplished without disengaging the means for fixing the rod carrier to the rod.
US10605011B2	Method and apparatus for deploying wellbore pump on coiled tubing A method for deploying a pump in a wellbore includes coupling the pump to an end of a coiled tubing having upper and lower coiled tubing portions interconnected by a releasable tubing connector, and inserting the pump into the wellbore by extending the coiled tubing therein until the releasable tubing connector is disposed in a suspending arrangement proximate a surface of the wellbore. The method includes uncoupling the upper coiled tubing portion from the releasable connector, wherein the releasable connector, lower coiled tubing portion and pump are retained suspended in the wellbore from the suspending arrangement.
US10605000B2	Window blinds that collect dust from air using electrostatic charge We disclose a window blind which purifies the surrounding air using electrostatic interactions. The window blind includes slats which may have a strip of positively charged material, a strip of negatively charged material, or both attached to the top of the slat. In some embodiments, the positively charged material and the negatively charged material are attached to alternating slats. In other embodiments, the positively charged material and the negatively charged material are attached to the top of the same slate with a strip of insulating material positioned between them. The window blind may include an air-moving device which moves air past the slats so that dust particles with either a net positive charge or net negative charge may be attracted to the oppositely charged material on the slat. The air-moving device may be a vacuum or a fan. The positively and negatively charged materials may be removeable for cleaning.
US10604995B2	Sealing door and method of forming channel The present invention provides a sealing door that includes: a first seal disposed on at least a first surface of the door to increase the sealing ability of the door that opens and closes an entry; a second seal disposed along the first seal at a predetermined distance from the first seal; and a channel formed in the door to inject fluid into the first seal and the second seal.
US10604988B1	Adaptable fenestration frame members and methods Adaptable fenestration frame members, fenestration units using the frame members, and methods of adapting the fenestration frame members. The adaptable fenestration frame members provide a construction that is adaptable for use in both pocket and non-pocket installations by including an adaptation channel forming an outside corner along one edge of the fenestration frame member. Removal of the outside corner converts that portion of the frame member from an outside corner to an inside corner, thus adapting the frame member for use in a pocket installation.
US10604980B2	Hinge structure and electronic device with the same An electronic device may comprise a first housing structure including a first conductive part and a second housing structure including a second conductive part. The hinge structure may include a metallic bracket including a first conductive part and a second conductive part and a first cylindrical through hole and a second cylindrical through hole, a first cylindrical insulating bushing at least partially positioned inside the first through hole, a second cylindrical insulating bushing at least partially positioned inside the second through hole, a first conductive shaft contacting the first conductive part and extending through the first insulating bushing, a second conductive shaft contacting the second conductive part and extending through the second insulating bushing, and a conductive connector contacting the first conductive shaft and the second conductive shaft and configured to form an electrical path from the first conductive part to the second conductive part.
US10604974B2	Vehicle interior component A component for a vehicle interior may comprise a base comprising a bin, a cover configured to move in an opening direction to uncover the bin and a closing direction to cover the bin, and a mechanism to retain the cover to the base. The mechanism may comprise a cam to retain the cover to the base. The cam may rotate to latch the cover to the base and unlatch the cover from the base. The mechanism may comprise an interface to rotate from a raised position to a depressed position to release the cover from the base. The cover may move in the opening direction as the interface rotates from the raised toward the depressed position. The mechanism may comprise a pin. The interface may disengage from the pin to unlatch the cover from the base. The interface may slide against the pin.
US10604969B2	Vehicle door lock device A vehicle door lock device includes: a door switch arranged in an actuator housing to which a locking mechanism is assembled; a switch lever; and a lever pivoting amount adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a pivoting amount of the switch lever so that a ratio of the pivoting amount of the switch lever to a pivoting amount of a latch is set smaller in a second pivot state in which the latch is pivoted within a range of from a switching position to an unlatched position than in a first pivot state in which the latch is pivoted within a range of from a fully-latched position to the switching position.
US10604968B2	Lock assembly for securing a storage container The method comprises a technique for securing a storage container to a fixed structure or object. The steps include providing a container having a compartment for storage and a lid for covering the container. The container is located near the fixed structure, such as a truck bed. The container is secured to the structure with a first lock having a first lock body and a cable by using a key. The lid of the container is secured to the container using a second lock, the second lock having a second lock body and a shackle. Though the two locks are different, they each use the same key to lock and unlock each lock.
US10604966B2	Cam lock with a closure element which can be fixed to a locking shaft at different heights A casement lock (1) includes an actuation lug (2); a locking shaft (3) coupled to the actuation lug (2) and having two opposite flattened axial regions (5) at a free end (4) of the locking shaft and a circumferential profiling (6) between the flattened axial regions (5); and a cage (8) supporting a closure element (7) configured to be placed with an opening (9) on the free end (4) of the locking shaft (3) and fixed to the locking shaft (3). A locking element (14) is provided on the cage (8), which, in a locking position, secures the cage (8) on the locking shaft (3) against tilting. In a release position of the locking element (14), the cage (8) can be tilted relative to the locking shaft (3) and is moveable in an axial direction along the locking shaft (3) only in a state when tilted relative to the locking shaft (3).
US10604965B2	Method and apparatus for clocking stowage bin latches An apparatus for clocking a shaft of a latch relative to a housing of the latch is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a body, comprising a surface and a first opening, formed through the surface. The first opening has a first symmetry axis, and the first symmetry axis is perpendicular to the surface of the body. The apparatus also comprises a first funnel, comprising an inlet and a second symmetry axis. The second symmetry axis of the first funnel is parallel to the first symmetry axis of the first opening. Further, the second symmetry axis of the first funnel is spaced a fixed distance away from the first symmetry axis of the first opening. The fixed distance is greater than zero.
US10604956B1	Modular tire service station A modular tire service station for servicing vehicle tires includes a first pre-configured service module and a second pre-configured service module that is proximate the first module. A customer area is disposed in at least one of the first module and the second module, a tire storage area is disposed in at least one of the first module and the second module, and a tire service area is disposed in at least one of the first module and the second module.
US10604950B2	Shower floor mud forming device and methodology A shower floor mud forming device includes two rings, at least one section of the big ring, implanted into shower floor mud in desired location and orientation. Device installed without or with the slope guide which ensures correct location and orientation of the rings and section of the big ring. Those elements of the device are functioning as a support for screed tool, which removes/shaves off excess of the floor mud on top of the elements of the device. Correct location and orientation of those elements ensure desired smooth surface and desired slope of the shower floor mud, which ensures correct surface of the finished shower floor. Elements of the device can be reusable or disposable. Slope guide can be used with or without leveling adjusters. Slope guide can be used without or with the pole, which can be used for alternative way to verify level of the top surface of the slope guide.
US10604945B2	Lippage control system with stretchable strap portion A tile aligning and lippage tuning system that uses a single piece base and strap which is designed to break away from the base when sufficient pressure is applied and is also designed to stretch along a thin wall region before separation of the strap from the base occurs.
US10604944B2	Single panel siding product A method of making a siding product is disclosed and includes molding a panel, wherein the panel comprises a substantially rectangular structure having a simulated pattern on a front face thereof and a hollow back, and the panel comprises a single shake configuration that does not simulate more than one shake or more than one course of siding, wherein the panel comprises a plurality of recesses and fastener locations on the front face thereof, and the hollow back comprises a pad opposite each recess and fastener location, each recess and pad having a thickness in a depth direction, wherein the hollow back comprises a plurality of short ribs extending in the longitudinal direction, each short rib having a longitudinal length that is less than a length of the hollow back.
US10604942B2	Anchor An anchor for a cable or rod includes a ferrule or other spring stop, to which one or more springs or arms are coupled. The spring stop may be attached to an end or other region of the cable to enable the cable to be tensioned against a support structure. The one or more springs or arms may be, for example, one or more coil springs, one or more conical coil springs, two or more cantilever springs, or one more arms. The anchor is twisted or pushed through a hole in the support structure from a first side to a second side and contacts the surface of the second side. A ferrule spring stop may be swaged to the cable or rod.
US10604938B2	Roof vent adaptors and methods Various roof vent adaptors are disclosed. The roof vent adaptors can be used to seal penetrations on buildings, such as vent penetrations on metal or non-metal roofs. In various embodiments, the roof vent adaptor includes a sealing member, an outer securing unit and an inner securing unit. The roof vent adaptor can be secured to the roof to provide a generally liquid-tight seal around the roof vent, thereby inhibiting or preventing water intrusion into the building.
US10604935B1	Magnetic support clip A magnetic support clip for supporting decorative lighting and other objects adjacent to gutters, roof eaves, and other structures of homes and other buildings. The support clip includes a proximal portion and a distal portion which are rotatably attached to one another via hinge-like structures that permit the clip portions to rotate about the hinge axis, providing the capability of the clip to operate in an open mode of operation during the installation and removal of the clip, and in a closed mode of operation when the clip is mounted to a gutter. Magnets embedded in lower portions of both of the clip portions are configured to be aligned when mounted onto a gutter and placed by a user into a closed mode of operation. The embedded magnets, having a gutter wall in between, provide an attractive magnetic force to further secure the clip to the gutter.
US10604915B2	Hydraulic system and hydraulic control method for construction machine A hydraulic system for construction machinery includes a boom cylinder, a main control valve including a boom control spool that is configured to selectively supply a hydraulic oil from a hydraulic pump to a boom head chamber and a boom rod chamber of the boom cylinder, a regeneration device connected to the boom head chamber of the boom cylinder through a hydraulic regeneration line, a regeneration valve unit installed in the regeneration line, and a control unit connected to the main control valve and the regeneration valve unit, wherein in a boom down low speed mode the hydraulic oil is drained through the regeneration device to lower the boom at a first speed, and in a boom down high speed mode the hydraulic oil is drained through the regeneration device and the main control valve to lower the boom at a second speed greater than the first speed.
US10604905B2	Multifunctional wall clamping device of static piling machine A multifunctional wall clamping device includes a wall-clamping platform, a main body, and a wall-pressing device, wherein the main body has a center hole. The wall-pressing device includes a wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder disposed on an upper support, and a jacking cylinder disposed on a lower support. The wall-clamping platform includes two U-shape pincer boxes with a same geometry and a U-shaped horizontal cross section. The U-shape pincer boxes are arranged with openings facing each other on the same axis to form a combination with a rectangular cross section. A piston rod of the wall-pressing hydraulic cylinder is connected to a top of the wall-clamping platform such that the wall-clamping platform is vertically suspended in the center hole. Outside walls of the wall-clamping platform include roller wheels, which can roll on inner walls of the center hole and inner walls of rectangular columns of the upper support and the lower support.
US10604902B2	Frame assembly for supporting an implement on a vehicle A frame assembly for supporting an implement on a vehicle includes a support frame attachable to the vehicle, a lever pivotable on the support frame between a first and second positions, and a biasing assembly connecting the lever to the support frame. The implement is connectable to the lever via an implement support frame. The biasing assembly is movable between an extended position and a compressed position and is biased toward the extended position. The lever and the biasing assembly define an acute angle that opens toward the vehicle when the support frame is removably attached to the vehicle and the lever is in the first position.
US10604886B2	Condensation-based clothes dryer and condensation-based clothes drying method A condensation-based clothes dryer includes a box body, a drum, a front hot air duct, a rear hot air duct, an air chamber, a fan, a motor, a heater, a master control board and a condenser; where the rear hot air duct, the drum, the front hot air duct and the air chamber are communicated, an inlet end of a condensation air duct of the condenser is communicated with an air outlet in the box body, and an outlet end of the condensation air duct is communicated with outside air, an inlet end of a cooling air duct of the condenser is communicated with outside air, and an outlet end of the cooling air duct is communicated with an air inlet in the box body, and a condensate water collecting box is arranged below the condenser.
US10604880B2	Washing machine appliances and methods of operation A washing machine appliance, including methods of operation, is provided herein. The washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, and a rotation element mounted therein. The method may include flowing a volume of liquid into the tub; rotating the rotation element within the tub; measuring an angular position of the cabinet relative to a fixed axis after the flowing; comparing the measured angular position of the cabinet to a predetermined threshold; and adjusting a voltage within the washing machine appliance in response to the measured angular position exceeding the predetermined threshold.
US10604868B2	Artificial protein fibers for hair, manufacturing method therefor and head accessory containing same Protein fibers for artificial hair include a polycation, wherein the protein fibers for artificial hair are crosslinked with an organic compound and/or a metal salt, and the protein fibers for artificial hair have curls. A method for producing the protein fibers for artificial hair includes treating artificial protein fibers that are crosslinked with an organic compound and/or a metal salt with a treatment solution containing a polycation, and curling the artificial protein fibers, or curling artificial protein fibers that are crosslinked with an organic compound and/or a metal salt, and treating the curled artificial protein fibers with a treatment solution containing a polycation.
US10604863B2	Lithium metaborate crystal, preparation method and use thereof The invention relates to a lithium metaborate crystal and a preparation method and use thereof. The crystal has a chemical formula of LiBO2, a molecular weight of 49.75, and is a member of the monoclinic crystal system. The crystal has a P21/c space group and lattice constants of a=5.85(8) Å, b=4.35(7) Å, c=6.46(6) Å, β=115(5)°, and Z=4. The crystal can be applied in wavelengths of infrared-visible-deep ultraviolet, and is grown by utilizing a melt crystallization method or a flux method. The crystal obtained using the method described in the invention is easily grown and processed, and can be used in the manufacture of a polarizing beam splitting prism such as a Glan prism, a Wollaston prism, a Rochon prism or a beam-splitting polarizer, and other optical components, enabling crucial applications in the fields of optics and communication.
US10604850B2	Corrosion inhibition of HCL treatment fluids with environmentally compatible solvent A method of treating in a subterranean formation including placing a corrosion inhibitor composition into a subterranean formation, where the formation includes an acidic environment having a pH of about 5 or below, where the composition includes: an organic solvent comprising an alcohol with a flash point of at least about 75° C.; a nitrogen containing compound; an aqueous acid solution comprising HCl; and contacting a metal surface with the corrosion inhibitor composition. A corrosion inhibitor composition includes an organic solvent comprising an alcohol with a flash point of at least about 75° C.; a nitrogen containing compound; and an aqueous acid solution comprising HCl.
US10604849B2	Method of producing hot-stamped article A method of producing a hot-stamped article includes: a forming process of heating a galvanized steel sheet (1) on which a galvanized layer (12) is formed and forming the heated galvanized steel sheet (1) by hot stamping; a removal process of irradiating, after the forming step, an oxide film (13) formed on a surface of the galvanized layer (12) with laser light to remove the oxide film (13); and a coating process of performing, after the removal process, a coating treatment on the galvanized steel sheet (1) formed by hot stamping.
US10604843B2	High registration particles-transferring system Disclosed herein are implementations of a particles-transferring system, particle transferring unit, and method of transferring particles in a pattern. In one implementation, a particles-transferring system includes a first substrate including a first surface to support particles in a pattern, particle transferring unit including an outer surface to be offset from the first surface by a first gap, and second substrate including a second surface to be offset from the outer surface by a second gap. The particle transferring unit removes the particles from the first surface in response to the particles being within the first gap, secures the particles in the pattern to the outer surface, and transports the particles in the pattern. The second substrate removes the particles in the pattern from the particle transferring unit in response to the particles being within the second gap. The particles are to be secured in the pattern to the second surface.
US10604841B2	Integrated showerhead with thermal control for delivering radical and precursor gas to a downstream chamber to enable remote plasma film deposition A substrate processing system includes a first chamber including a substrate support. A showerhead is arranged above the first chamber and is configured to filter ions and deliver radicals from a plasma source to the first chamber. The showerhead includes a heat transfer fluid plenum including an inlet to receive heat transfer fluid and a plurality of flow channels to direct the heat transfer fluid through a center portion of the showerhead to an outlet to control a temperature of the showerhead, a secondary gas plenum including an inlet to receive secondary gas and a plurality of secondary gas injectors to inject the secondary gas into the first chamber, and a plurality of through holes passing through the showerhead. The through holes are not in fluid communication with the heat transfer fluid plenum or the secondary gas plenum.
US10604833B2	Metal mask plate and fabrication method thereof A metal mask plate and a fabrication method thereof. The metal mask plate has a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to each other, the metal mask plate includes: a plurality of panel-defining regions spaced apart; and a main frame portion. In each of the panel-defining regions, a plurality of via holes configured for defining a pixel structure are arranged in a matrix, and each of the via holes communicates the first main surface and the second main surface of the metal mask plate, side walls of every two adjacent via holes are directly connected with each other on the second main surface of the metal mask plate so that the metal mask plate between the two adjacent via holes (101) in the panel-defining region has a thickness D1. The main frame portion of the metal mask plate has a second thickness D2, and the first thickness D1 and the second thickness D2 satisfy \|D1−D2\|/D1≤20%. Thus, a wrinkle and deformation caused by the difference of the thicknesses during unfolding can be effectively avoid, so as to further effectively improve quality of the OLED display product fabricated by adopting the fine metal mask plate.
US10604822B2	Processes for metal ions removal from aqueous solutions Provided are continuous methods and processes for removing Li ions from an aqueous feed solution.
US10604816B2	Combined system for producing steel and method for operating the combined system The invention relates to a plant complex for steel production comprising a blast furnace for producing pig iron, a converter steel mill for producing crude steel and a gas-conducting system for gases that occur in the production of pig iron and/or in the production of crude steel. According to the invention, the plant complex additionally has a chemical or biotechnological plant connected to the gas-conducting system and a plant for producing hydrogen. The plant for producing hydrogen is connected to the gas-conducting system by a hydrogen-carrying line. Also the subject of the invention is a method for operating the plant complex.
US10604815B2	Direct reduction process and shaft furnace utilizing an extended flow diverter cone A shaft furnace for producing metallic direct reduced iron (DRI) from iron-containing pellets or lumps and reducing gas disposed therein, including: a circumferential outer wall defining a top interior reducing zone, a middle interior transition zone, and a bottom interior cooling zone, wherein the iron-containing pellets or lumps travel downwards through the top interior reducing zone, the middle interior transition zone, and the bottom interior cooling zone as the iron-containing pellets or lumps encounter the upward-flowing reducing gas and one or more other gases; and a flow diverter disposed along a centerline of the circumferential outer wall including a convex-upwards upper tapering section disposed in the middle transition zone defined by the circumferential outer wall coupled to a convex-downwards lower tapering section disposed in the bottom cooling zone defined by the circumferential outer wall.
US10604814B2	Manufacturing process control with deep learning-based predictive model for hot metal temperature of blast furnace A blast furnace control system may include a hardware processor that generates a deep learning based predictive model for forecasting hot metal temperature, where the actual measured HMT data is only available sparsely, and for example, measured at irregular interval of time. HMT data points may be imputed by interpolating the HMT measurement data. HMT gradients are computed and a model is generated to learn a relationship between state variables and the HTM gradients. HMT may be forecasted for a time point, in which no measured HMT data is available. The forecasted HMT may be transmitted to a controller coupled to a blast furnace, to trigger a control action to control a manufacturing process occurring in the blast furnace.
US10604803B2	Test for predicting the ability of a salmonid to utilise dietary pigment The present invention relates to a method of predicting the ability of a salmonid to utilise dietary pigment, the method comprising determining the alleles present at one or more DNA polymorphism in the abcg 2 gene in the salmonid and predicting the ability of the salmonid to utilise dietary pigment based on the determination of the alleles. Such a method may be used in a method of selecting a salmonid for use as broodstock. The present invention also relates to a method of genome editing in order to create a salmonid with an increased ability to utilise dietary pigment, the method comprising editing the genome of the salmonid in order to introduce one or more red allele of a DNA polymorphism in the abcg2 gene.
US10604798B2	Heating mechanism for DNA amplification, extraction or sterilization using photo-thermal nanoparticles A heating mechanism for use in DNA applications such as DNA amplification, extraction and sterilization is provided. Nanoparticles having photo-thermal properties are put in contact with a reaction mixture and irradiated with an activation light beam to activate these photo-thermal properties, thereby releasing heat. Nanoparticles of several types may be used. Use of the same nanoparticles or of different one to monitor the reaction using a different light beam is also presented.
US10604796B2	Compositions, methods, and kits for amplifying nucleic acids The present teachings are directed to compositions, methods, and kits for amplifying target nucleic acids while reducing non-specific fluorescence and undesired amplification products, sometimes referred to as secondary amplification products or spurious side-products. The enzyme inhibitors disclosed herein comprise a nucleotide sequence and at least one quencher. Complexes comprising an enzyme inhibitor associated with an enzyme, wherein at least one enzymatic activity of the enzyme is inhibited, are also provided. Methods for amplifying a target nucleic acid while reducing undesired amplification products are disclosed, as are methods for reducing non-specific fluorescence. Kits for expediting the performance of certain disclosed methods are also provided.
US10604793B2	Real time cleavage assay A cleavage-based real-time PCR assay method is provided. In general terms, the assay method includes subjecting a reaction mixture comprising a) PCR reagents for amplifying a nucleic acid target, and b) flap cleavage reagents for performing a flap cleavage assay on the amplified nucleic acid target to two sets of thermocycling conditions. No additional reagents are added to the reaction between said first and second sets of cycles and, in each cycle of the second set of cycles, cleavage of a flap probe is measured.
US10604784B2	Method and device for antibiotic susceptibility testing based on fluctuations of electrical resistance in a microchannel A system and method for antibiotic susceptibility testing efficiently determines whether bacteria are alive or have been killed by antibiotic treatment. The antibiotic susceptibility testing device includes at least one reservoir into which a bacteria solution is introduced and a microfluidic channel connected to the reservoir, wherein the cross-sectional size of the microfluidic channel is selected to be comparable to the size of the bacterium to be tested. Furthermore, the electrical resistance or voltage signal across the microchannel is monitored as bacteria swim into and out of the channel. Alternatively, a small population of bacteria can be immobilized in the microchannel. The resistance or voltage signal fluctuates when the bacteria are alive and moving in and out of the channel or wiggling on the microchannel walls. If the bacteria are dead, they have limited motility and the signal fluctuations are significantly smaller. By monitoring the signal fluctuations, the antibiotic susceptibility testing device can determine whether or not bacteria are alive, thus enabling antibiotic susceptibility testing of bacteria.
US10604779B2	Method for production of mutant-type human erythropoietin Disclosed is a highly efficient method for production of highly pure mutant-type human erythropoietin. The method is for production of mutant-type human erythropoietin, in which a transformed mammalian cell is allowed to produce the mutant-type human erythropoietin, and the supernatant of the culture is subjected to hydrophobic column chromatography, multimodal anion exchange column chromatography, anion exchange column chromatography, phosphate group affinity column chromatography, and gel filtration column chromatography, in this order.
US10604777B2	Method of processing lignocellulosic material using an alkaline delignification agent The present disclosure relates to a method for obtaining sugar and lignin fractions from lignocellulosic materials and to a method for producing fermentation products using the sugars obtained from the lignocellulose. The present disclosure relates to a method for improving the sugar yield in the enzymatic hydrolysate by introducing a pre-treatment step of hydrothermal hydrolysis and an alkaline delignification step.
US10604775B2	Candida infanticola strain, mutant strain and transformant strain thereof, and method for producing dioic acids using same The present invention relates to a method for producing dioic acids from a substrate containing hydrocarbons or fatty acids using a Candida infanticola strain, and to a Candida infanticola microorganism used therefor. The present invention reduces the cost increase resulting from the fluctuation in the international oil price and the burden of environmental pollution, which are caused by the use of fossil fuels, and thus can be utilized in various industrial fields using DDDA as a raw material.
US10604772B2	Methods for regulating nitrogen metabolism during the production of ethanol from corn by metabolically engineered yeast strains The present invention provides for a mechanism to reduce glycerol production and increase nitrogen utilization and ethanol production of recombinant microorganisms. One aspect of this invention relates to strains of S. cerevisiae with reduced glycerol productivity that get a kinetic benefit from higher nitrogen concentration without sacrificing ethanol yield. A second aspect of the invention relates to metabolic modifications resulting in altered transport and/or intracellular metabolism of nitrogen sources present in com mash.
US10604769B2	Cotton transgenic event MON 88702 and methods for detection and uses thereof The invention provides a transgenic Gossypium hirsutum event MON 88702, plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, progeny plants, and commodity products comprising event MON 88702. The invention also provides polynucleotides specific for event MON 88702, plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, progeny plants, and commodity products comprising polynucleotides for event MON 88702. The invention also provides methods related to event MON 88702.
US10604768B2	Soybean event SHZD32-01 and method of use thereof Soybean plant and seed comprising soybean transgenic event SHZD32-01 and DNA molecules unique to the event. Also provided are use of the plant parts, seeds; the soybean transgenic event SHZD32-01 comprises at least one of the nucleic acid molecules of SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 9, and their complete complementary sequences. The method of use include the method for producing soybean with tolerance to herbicide glyphosate, producing a soybean-based commercial product, and controlling weeds in a field comprising soybean plants. Soybean strains comprising the soybean event SHZD32-01 exhibits strong tolerance to glyphosate and is helpful for weeds control. DNA detection of the soybean event SHZD32-01 is useful for identifying the soybean event SHZD32-01 in a sample and may be applied to methods for breeding soybean plants comprising the DNA.
US10604766B2	Drought and heat tolerance in plants Methods and materials for modulating heat and/or drought tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding heat and/or drought-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased heat and/or drought tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased heat and/or drought tolerance.
US10604764B2	Cotton transgenic event TAM66274 The invention provides cotton event TAM66274, and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products comprising event TAM66274. The invention also provides polynucleotides specific for event TAM66274 and plants, plant cells, seeds, plant parts, and commodity products comprising polynucleotides specific for event TAM66274. The invention also provides methods related to event TAM66274.
US10604761B2	Host cells for use in an inducible coexpression system The present invention provides host cells for use in an inducible coexpression system that is capable of controlled induction of expression of each gene product.
US10604760B2	Combination comprising immunostimulatory oligonucleotides The invention relates to a combination and its use for the treatment of diseases. The instant disclosure provides a combination of a so-called T-cell regulator selected from the group comprising PD1, PD-L1, OX40, TIM-3, LAGS, CD137(4-1BB) and a non-codiung immuno-modulating DNA.
US10604744B2	Engineered transaminase polypeptides for industrial biocatalysis The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase polypeptides useful for the synthesis of chiral amine compounds under industrially relevant conditions. The disclosure also provides polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminase polypeptides, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminases, and methods of using the engineered transaminases for the production of chiral amine compounds.
US10604743B2	UDP-glycosyltransferases The present invention relates to a recombinant host comprising a recombinant nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having at least about: a. 85% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; b. 85% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 3; c. 85% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 6; d. 85% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 9; e. 85% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 11; f. 85% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14; g. 85% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 17; h. 85% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 20; i. 85% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 22; or j. 85% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 25.
US10604742B2	Adsorptive membranes for trapping viruses A disposable, virus-trapping membrane, and a corresponding method to remove viruses from solution are described. The membrane includes a disposable, micro-porous filter membrane and a ligand immobilized on the membrane. The ligand irreversibly and selectively binds viruses. The ligand also has a pKa sufficiently high to repel antibodies via electrostatic charge repulsion.
US10604741B2	Compositions and methods for enhancing virus replication Described herein is a method of enhancing virus replication in permissive cells that express a receptor to FGF2 protein. The method includes administering FGF2 protein or a functional variant thereof and the virus to the permissive cells. An oncolytic virus having a genome that includes an open reading frame that encodes FGF2 protein or a functional variant thereof is also described.
US10604734B2	Thermal insulation material from mycelium and forestry byproducts Disclosed are biodegradable insulation materials comprising a structural scaffold; and at least one temperature resilient fungus. Also disclosed are methods of making and using biodegradable insulation materials comprising a structural scaffold; and at least one temperature resilient fungus. For example, disclosed are methods of insulating an infrastructure comprising administering the disclosed biodegradable insulation materials to an infrastructure.
US10604725B2	High performance low viscoelasticity foaming detergent compositions employing extended chain anionic surfactants The invention meets the needs above by providing a surfactant system, mixture or blend that can be used as a part of a soaking composition. The surfactant system is capable of forming emulsions with, and thus removing, oily and greasy stains. In a preferred embodiment the surfactant compositions of the invention can remove non-trans fat and fatty acid stains. The invention involves foaming soaking compositions that have some or part of the anionic surfactant present in the same replaced with an extended chain anionic surfactant.
US10604721B2	Process for the preparation of polyurea-thickened lignin derivative-based lubricating greases, such lubricant greases and use thereof The invention relates to a method for preparing lignin derivative-based lubricating greases thickened by a polyurea thickener, lubricating greases thus prepared, and the use of such lubricant greases, inter alia, in transmissions, constant-velocity driveshafts and sealed roller bearings.
US10604719B2	Lubricating oils for automatic transmissions The present invention generally relates to lubricating oil compositions useful for automatic transmissions, and particularly transmission oils for automotive automatic transmissions and/or continuously variable transmissions using wet clutch systems, in particular wet paper clutch containing a small amount of cellulose fiber and/or aramid fiber.
US10604716B2	Gear oil composition The present invention relates to a gear oil composition containing a base stock and at least 0.01 wt % of a friction reducing additive which comprises a glycerol and/or polyglycerol C12 to C24 saturated fatty ester. The gear oil composition is suitable for use in gear boxes in automotive, industrial and marine applications.
US10604711B1	Alkyl cyclobutane fuels A method for making an alkyl cyclobutane fuel, which includes obtaining a solution of at least one alpha olefin. A catalyst is added to the solution, thereby generating a mixture of dimers. The mixture is hydrogenated, thereby converting the dimers to hydrogenated dimers. The mixture is purified to produce an alkyl cyclobutane fuel.
US10604709B2	Multi-stage device and process for production of a low sulfur heavy marine fuel oil from distressed heavy fuel oil materials A multi-stage process for reducing the production of a Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil from Distressed Fuel Oil Materials (DFOM) involving a pre-treatment process that transforms the DFOM into Feedstock HMFO which is subsequently sent to a Core Process for removing the Environmental Contaminates. The Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil complies with ISO 8217 for residual marine fuel oils and has a sulfur level has a maximum sulfur content (ISO 14596 or ISO 8754) between the range of 0.05 mass % to 1.0 mass. A process plant for conducting the process is also disclosed.
US10604705B2	Material heating device A material heating device comprises a rotary kiln, a plurality of heat exchange tubes, a hot air hood, a high-temperature gas input mechanism, an exhaust-gas collecting chamber, and an exhaust-gas output pipeline. The rotary kiln is provided with a material feed end and a material discharge end. The heat exchange tubes are in the rotary kiln. The hot air hood is outside the rotary kiln. The air inlet ends of the heat exchange tubes communicate with the hot air hood, and the air outlet ends of the heat exchange tubes communicate with the exhaust-gas collecting chamber. The exhaust-gas collecting chamber communicates with the exhaust-gas output pipeline. The hot air hood communicates with the high-temperature gas input mechanism, and the cavity between the heat exchange tubes and the heat insulation layer of the rotary kiln is a material channel. The heat exchange tubes are directly in contact with the material.
US10604703B2	Liquid crystal medium and liquid crystal display The present invention relates to mesogenic media and to electro-optical displays comprising these media as light modulation media. In particular, the electro-optical displays according to the present invention are displays, which are operated at a temperature, at which the mesogenic modulation media are in an optically isotropic phase, preferably in a blue phase.
US10604702B2	Sequential treatment with aqueous sulfonated aromatic polymer and aqueous polyethylene oxide for enhanced water retention Treat an aggregation of particulates with two different aqueous mixtures, first with an aqueous mixture containing a sulfonated aromatic polymer component and then with an aqueous mixture containing polyethylene oxide.
US10604701B2	Method of producing nitride fluorescent material, and nitride fluorescent material A method of producing a nitride fluorescent material including a step of first heat-treating a first compound containing at least one alkaline earth metal element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ca and Mg, a second compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Tb and Mn, and a Si-containing compound, in an atmosphere containing nitrogen to obtain a calcined product of raw materials, and a step of second heat-treating the calcined product of raw materials, a Ba-containing compound, a Si-containing compound, and optionally a third compound containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Tb and Mn, and optionally a fourth compound containing at least one alkaline earth metal element selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca and Mg, in an atmosphere containing nitrogen to obtain a nitride fluorescent material is provided, wherein the ratio of the charge-in molar amount of Ba to the total charge-in molar amount of at least one alkaline earth metal element to be contained in the calcined product of raw materials in the step of obtaining the calcined product of raw materials is smaller than the ratio of the charge-in molar amount of Ba to the total charge-in molar amount of at least one alkaline earth metal element to be contained in the nitride fluorescent material in the step of obtaining the nitride fluorescent material.
US10604697B2	Color conversion sheet, light source unit including the same, display, and lighting apparatus A color conversion sheet converts incident light into light with a wavelength longer than that of the incident light. The color conversion sheet includes the following layer (A) and layer (B): the layer (A): a layer containing an organic light-emitting material (a) that exhibits light emission with a peak wavelength observed in a region of 500 nm or more and 580 nm or less by using excitation light in a wavelength range of 400 nm or more and 500 nm or less and a binder resin; and the layer (B): a layer containing an organic light-emitting material (b) that exhibits light emission with a peak wavelength observed in a region of 580 nm or more and 750 nm or less by being excited by either or both of excitation light in a wavelength range of 400 nm or more and 500 nm or less and light emission from the organic light-emitting material (a) and a binder resin.
US10604688B2	Silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition A silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is curable by an addition reaction, condensation reaction, or a radical reaction with the use of an organic peroxide, and is characterized by comprising an azeotropic solvent such as a mixture of an aromatic solvent, and an aliphatic alcohol or an aliphatic ester. Although the silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive composition can be cured by heating at relatively low temperatures, the residual solvent in a silicone pressure-sensitive adhesive can be reduced.
US10604678B1	Chemical mechanical polishing of tungsten using a method and composition containing quaternary phosphonium compounds A process and composition are disclosed for polishing tungsten containing select quaternary phosphonium compounds at low concentrations to at least reduce corrosion rate of tungsten. The process and composition include providing a substrate containing tungsten; providing a stable polishing composition, containing, as initial components: water; an oxidizing agent; select quaternary phosphonium compounds at low concentrations to at least reduce corrosion rate; a dicarboxylic acid, a source of iron ions; a colloidal silica abrasive; and, optionally a pH adjusting agent; providing a chemical mechanical polishing pad, having a polishing surface; creating dynamic contact at an interface between the polishing pad and the substrate; and dispensing the polishing composition onto the polishing surface at or near the interface between the polishing pad and the substrate; wherein some of the tungsten is polished away from the substrate, and corrosion rate of tungsten is reduced.
US10604675B2	Quick-drying, energy-elastic, scratch-resistant and stable coating compounds The present invention relates to fast-drying, hard-elastic, scratch-resistant, and robust two-component polyurethane coating compositions, to their use, and to coating methods. Synthesis components in the coating compositions comprise polyisocyanate, hydroxyl-containing poly(meth)acrylate polyol, and certain branched polyester polyols, obtainable by polycondensation of hexahydrophthalic anhydride, trimethylolpropane, and optionally further components.
US10604661B2	Powder composition There is described a powder coating composition suitable for food contact use comprising a mix of: (A) a first polyester that is amorphous and COOH functional being obtained from IPA and/or TPA and no more than 10 mole % neopentyl glycol (NPG); (B) a second optional COOH functional polyester obtained from analiphatic diacid and analiphatic diol, and (C) a curing agent that comprises functional groups reactable with the COOH of the polyester(s). The powders are suitable for coating the interior of metal cans especially those holding alcoholic beverages.
US10604655B2	Asphalt products and materials and methods of producing them The present invention relates to a method of producing an improved asphalt. The method involves providing an asphalt and providing a compound of formula (I), as described herein. The asphalt is mixed with the compound of formula (I) under conditions effective to produce an improved asphalt. Also disclosed are an asphalt product and a method of making asphalt material. The invention further discloses a method of producing an improved asphalt comprising providing a polymer modified asphalt and providing a compound of formula (IIa) or formula (II). The polymer modified asphalt is mixed with the compound of formula (IIa) or formula (IIb) under conditions effective to produce an improved asphalt, which is yet another aspect of the present invention.
US10604652B2	Composition for window film, flexible window film formed therefrom, and flexible display device comprising same A composition for a window film including a first silicon resin including a compound represented by Formula 1; a second silicon resin including a crosslinkable functional group and at least one of a Q unit and a bridge unit; a crosslinking agent; and an initiator, a flexible window film formed therefrom, and a flexible display device including the same are disclosed.
US10604651B1	Resin composition and article made therefrom A resin composition and an article made from the resin composition are disclosed. The resin composition comprises: a first vinyl-containing polyphenylene oxide resin, a prepolymer thereof or both; and a second vinyl-containing polyphenylene oxide resin or a prepolymer thereof; wherein the first vinyl-containing polyphenylene oxide resin has a number average molecular weight of between 500 and 1500, and the second vinyl-containing polyphenylene oxide resin has a number average molecular weight of between 1600 and 3500.
US10604649B2	Polyester resin composition for laser direct structuring Provided is a polyester resin composition for laser direct structuring, which exhibits high platability and excellent mechanical properties. This polyester resin composition for laser direct structuring is characterized by containing a laser direct structuring additive (C) at a quantity of 1 to 20 parts by mass relative to a total of 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic polyester resin (A) and a thermoplastic resin (B) having a water absorption rate of 0.15 mass % or more, as measured using the ISO 62A method.
US10604648B2	PH controlled electrochemical deposition of polyelectrolyte complex films Methods for forming a polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) film are provided. In embodiments, the method comprises applying a potential between a working electrode and a counter electrode, the electrodes in contact with an aqueous polyelectrolyte solution characterized by a bulk pH. The aqueous polyelectrolyte solution comprises a pH sensitive PEC pair comprising an unmodified anionic polymer and a cationic species, an electrochemical pH agent other than water, and a salt. The applied potential induces an electrochemical reaction of the electrochemical pH agent to generate OH− or H+ at the working electrode without inducing water electrolysis in the aqueous polyelectrolyte solution, thereby forming a PEC film from the unmodified anionic polymer and the cationic species on a surface of the working electrode.
US10604643B2	Ethylene copolymer composition The pipe articles with excellent stress crack resistance can be achieved by providing ethylene copolymer composition comprises ethylene and a C6-C10 α-olefin comonomer; the ethylene copolymer having a total density of 0.945-0.980 g/cm3 and a MFR5 of 0.10-0.50 g/10 min; and the ethylene copolymer having a comonomer content of 1-5% wt. The ethylene copolymer has Mx/My in the range of not less than 14.0; gpcBR in the range of from 0.20 to 0.80; and strain hardening modulus in the range of not less than 53.4.
US10604642B2	Aerogel-based material that is super-insulating at atmospheric pressure The present invention relates to a solid thermally insulating material, essentially free of phyllosilicates, comprising (a) from 70 to 98% by volume of hydrophobic silica aerogel particles having an intrinsic density between 110 and 210 kg/m, (b) from 0.3 to 12% by volume of an organic binder formed by at least one organic polymer (b1) and at least one surfactant (b2), or by an amphiphilic organic polymer (b3), these volume fractions being determined by image analysis on thin sections of the solid material and being given relative to the total volume of the material, the aerogel particles having a particle size distribution that has at least two maxima, with a first maximum corresponding to an equivalent diameter (d) of less than 200 μm, preferably between 25 μm and 150 μm, and a second maximum corresponding to an equivalent diameter (D) between 400 μm and 10 mm, preferably between 500 μm and 5 mm. It also relates to a thermally insulating product containing at least one layer of this material.
US10604638B2	Flame retardant composition Provided is a flame retardant composition containing a flame retardant compound and a polymer containing styrene or aromatic polyester represented by General Formula (1) where R1 to R3 in General Formula (1) represent substituents.
US10604636B2	Elastomeric and viscoelastic materials formed from poly(acrylic acid) gels Disclosed herein are novel materials and methods of forming those novel materials. The materials are synthesized from Poly(acrylic acid), a crosslinker; and a salt. The material can be further synthesized from sodium hydroxide. The crosslinker can be a covalent crosslinking agent such as N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide. Examples of applicable salts are calcium chloride, lithium chloride, zinc chloride, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, barium chloride, cesium chloride, magnesium chloride, cobalt chloride, lithium bromide. In example, the Poly(acrylic acid) can be about 3 moles of Poly(acrylic acid), the crosslinker can be about 0.005 moles of N,N′-methylenebisacrylamide, and the salt can be formed by the addition of about 0.003 moles of potassium persulfate.
US10604635B2	Carbon black pellets bound by functional polymer A carbon black pellet comprising a plurality of agglomerates, aggregates, or primary carbon black particles and a binder including a functional polymer.
US10604631B2	Water-soluble films Water-soluble films made from copolymers of butene-diol and vinyl alcohol, wherein the films have improved barrier properties (such as low transmission rates for oxygen and water vapor) as well as good solubility.
US10604629B2	Polyamide acid composition and polyimide composition A polyamide acid composition and a polyimide composition are obtained from a tetracarboxylic acid compound containing an aromatic tetracarboxylic acid compound having a naphthalene skeleton and a diamine compound containing an aromatic diamine compound having a biphenyl skeleton.
US10604628B2	Polymer and thermosetting composition containing same This disclosure relates to a polymer that includes a first repeat unit and at least one end-cap group at one end of the polymer. The first repeat unit includes at least one imide moiety and at least one indane-containing moiety. The end-cap group is capable of undergoing a cycloreversion reaction. This disclosure also relates to a thermosetting composition containing the above polymer.
US10604615B2	Rigid polyurethane foam and preparation method thereof A rigid polyurethane foam which is a polymerization product of a composition including a concentrated acid hydrolytic lignin, a polyol, and an isocyanate, and a method of preparing the rigid polyurethane foam.
US10604610B2	Peroxide-modified linear low density polyethylene films, sheets, and multilayer structures The present disclosure provides a peroxide-modified polyethylene and related compositions as well as films, sheets, and multilayer structures made therefrom. A film composition is made from or containing a peroxide-modified polyethylene composition made from or containing a peroxide-modified polyethylene made from or containing the reaction products of a polyethylene composition made from or containing a first Ziegler-Natta-catalyzed polyethylene and a first amount of an organic peroxide to the second reactor.
US10604609B2	Curable composition and cured product thereof, method for producing cured product, method for manufacturing optical component, method for manufacturing circuit board, and method for manufacturing electronic component To provide a curable composition for nanoimprinting that can form a cured product that has a sufficiently cured surface and is less prone to a pattern collapse defect even when the curable composition is cured by a photo-nanoimprint method at a low exposure dose. To provide a nanoimprint method for forming such a cured product. To provide a cured product that is less prone to a pattern collapse defect even when cured at a low exposure dose, a method for producing such a cured product, a method for manufacturing an optical component, a method for manufacturing a circuit board, and a method for manufacturing an electronic component.A curable composition that satisfies the formula (1) in a cured state: Er1/Er2≥1.10 (1) wherein Er1 denotes the surface reduced modulus (GPa) of a cured product of the curable composition, and Er2 denotes the internal reduced modulus (GPa) of the cured product.
US10604607B2	Curable fluoroelastomer composition Fluoroelastomer compositions comprising fluoroelastomers having copolymerized units of a nitrile-containing cure site monomer are cured with certain hydrazone or oxime curatives.
US10604606B2	Producing polyolefin products Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same are described. A method includes selecting a catalyst blend using a blend polydispersity index (bPDI) map. The polydispersity map is generated by generating a number of polymers for at least two catalysts. Each polymer is generated at a different hydrogen to ethylene ratio. At least one catalyst generates a higher molecular weight polymer and another catalyst generates a lower molecular weight polymer. A molecular weight for each polymer is measured. The relationship between the molecular weight of the polymers generated by each of the catalysts and the ratio of hydrogen to ethylene is determined. A family of bPDI curves for polymers that would be made using a number of ratios of a blend of the at least two catalysts for each of a number of ratios of hydrogen to ethylene. A ratio for the catalyst blend of the catalysts that generates a polymer having a bPDI that matches a polymer fabrication process is selected, and the product specific polyolefin is made using the catalyst blend.
US10604604B2	Multimodal polyolefin resin, and molded body manufactured therefrom Multimodal polyolefin resins for manufacturing films, pipes, hollow molded articles having high melt strength and excellent formability, mechanical strength, processability and appearance are described. The resins have: density is 0.930-0.960 g/cm3; melt flow index is 0.01-10.0 g/10 minutes; ratio Mw/Mn is 10-60; and two or more peaks appear when molecular weight is measured by GPC. In molded pipe, the Mw of polymer collected at position B is 0.1% greater than Mw of polymer collected at position A; polymer having Mw of 10,000 or less among polymers collected at position A is 0.1% greater than the amount of polymer having Mw of 10,000 or less among polymers collected at position B; and the amount of polymer having Mw of 1,000,000 or more among polymers collected at position B is 0.1% greater than the amount of polymer having Mw of 1,000,000 or more among polymers collected at position A.
US10604601B2	Multifunctional monomers, methods for making multifunctional monomers, polymerizable compositions and products formed therefrom The present invention provides multifunctional monomers, including, but not limited to include multifunctional methylene malonate and methylene beta-ketoester monomers; methods for producing the same; and compositions and products formed therefrom. The multifunctional monomers of the invention may be produced by transesterification or by direct synthesis from monofunctional methylene malonate monomers or methylene beta-ketoester monomers. The present invention further compositions and products formed from methylene beta-ketoester monomers of the invention, including monomer-based products (e.g., inks, adhesives, coatings, sealants or reactive molding) and polymer-based products (e.g., fibers, films, sheets, medical polymers, composite polymers and surfactants).
US10604599B2	Method for green synthesis of uniform- and large-particle-size polystyrene particles A method for green synthesis of uniform- and large-particle-size polystyrene particles, comprising steps of: prepolymerizing styrene at 70□ to 75□ for 1 h to 6 h in advance while stirring, adding divinylbenzene dissolved with initiators to the styrene, and stirring for 10 min to 30 min to obtain oil phase; heating lactic acid or an aqueous solution of lactic acid to 70□ to 80□, adding the oil phase to dispersed phase by a constant-pressure device, maintaining the temperature for 2 h, heating to 80±5□ and then maintaining the temperature for 1 h, and heating to 85±5□ and then maintaining the temperature for 3 h to 6 h, to obtain polystyrene particles with a uniform particle size ranging from 0.7 mm to 2.0 mm.
US10604598B2	Method of producing (meth)acryloyl-terminated polyisobutylene polymer A method for producing a (meth)acryloyl-terminated polyisobutylene polymer includes a step 1 of polymerizing an isobutylene monomer under the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst to prepare a halogen-terminated polyisobutylene polymer (B), a step 2 of reacting the halogen-terminated polyisobutylene polymer (B) with a compound (C) having a halogen group and a phenoxy group under the presence a Lewis acid catalyst to prepare a halogenated phenoxyalkyl-terminated polyisobutylene polymer (D), and a step 3 of reacting the halogenated phenoxyalkyl-terminated polyisobutylene polymer (D) with an acrylic acid compound (E) to prepare the (meth)acryloyl-terminated polyisobutylene polymer (A).
US10604590B2	Di- or tristyrylphenol monogycidyl ether adduct of maltodextrin The present invention relates to a compound which is a di- and/or a tristyrylphenol monoglycidyl ether adduct of the compound of Formula I: where m is from 1 to 60. The compound of the present invention is useful as an open time additive in coatings formulations.
US10604588B2	Hypromellose acetate succinate powder excellent in dissolved state and production method thereof, and production methods for composition for solid dispersion, coating composition, drug-containing particle, and solid preparation Provided are HPMCAS powder having high solubility when dissolved in a solvent and being capable of suppressing generation of undissolved materials; and a method for producing the powder. More specifically, provided is hypromellose acetate succinate powder having an average ratio of L to D of from 2.0 to 3.0, wherein L and D mean maximum and minimum diameters of each particle, respectively. Also provided is a method for producing a hypromellose acetate succinate, comprising the steps of: dissolving hypromellose powder in a solvent, esterifying the dissolved hypromellose with succinic anhydride and acetic anhydride in the presence of a catalyst to obtain a reaction mixture, and mixing the reaction mixture with water to precipitate hypromellose acetate succinate, wherein the reaction mixture just before being mixed with the water has a viscosity of from 100 to 200 Pa·s.
US10604587B2	Genetic engineering of non-human animals for the production of chimeric antibodies The invention provides non-human cells and mammals having a genome encoding chimeric antibodies and methods of producing transgenic cells and mammals. Certain aspects of the invention include chimeric antibodies, humanized antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions and kits. Certain aspects of the invention also relate to diagnostic and treatment methods using the antibodies of the invention.
US10604584B2	Anti-OX40 antibodies and their uses The present disclosure provides novel anti-OX40 antibodies, compositions including the antibodies, nucleic acids encoding the antibodies, and methods of making and using the same.
US10604583B2	Anti-CD276 polypeptides, proteins, and chimeric antigen receptors Polypeptides and proteins that specifically bind to and immunologically recognize CD276 are disclosed. Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), anti-CD276 binding moieties, nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, and pharmaceutical compositions relating to the polypeptides and proteins are also disclosed. Methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal are also disclosed.
US10604578B2	PDGF receptor beta binding polypeptides The present invention provides binding polypeptides (e.g., antibodies or fragments thereof) that specifically bind to a target antigen (e.g., a human antigen, e.g., human PDGFRβ) with high affinity. The invention also provides, libraries of binding polypeptides, pharmaceutical compositions, as well as nucleic acids encoding binding polypeptides, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such binding polypeptides. Methods of using binding polypeptide of the invention to diagnose and treat disease are also encompassed by the invention.
US10604576B2	Antibodies and immunocytokines The present invention relates to anti-PD-L1 antibodies, bispecific antibodies containing one domain with specificity to PD-L1, and to immunocytokines comprising an anti-PD-L1 antibody fused to a cytokine, such as IL-2. The present invention also provides methods of treatment, uses and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies, bispecific antibodies and immunocytokines.
US10604570B2	Chimeric antigen receptor signalling system comprising heterodimerization domains The present invention relates to a chimeric antigen-receptor (CAR) signalling system comprising; (i) a targeting component comprising an antigen-binding domain, a transmembrane domain and a first heterodimerization domain; and (ii) an intracellular signalling component comprising a signalling domain and a second heterodimerization domain; wherein spontaneous heterodimerization between the first and second heterodimerization domains causes the targeting component and signalling component to form a functional CAR complex.
US10604566B2	Antagonists of IL-17C for the treatment and/or prevention of atopic dermatitis The present invention provides antagonists of IL-17C for use in the treatment and/or prevention of atopic dermatitis and related conditions.
US10604561B2	Anti-dengue virus antibodies, polypeptides containing variant Fc regions, and methods of use The disclosure provides anti-DENV antibodies and methods of making and using the same. Nucleic acids encoding anti-DENV antibodies and host cells comprising the nucleic acids are also provided. The anti-DENV antibodies have uses that include treating DENV infection. The disclosure also provided polypeptides containing a variant Fc region and methods of making the same. Nucleic acids encoding polypeptides and host cells comprising the nucleic acids are also provided. The polypeptides have uses that include treating a viral infection. Also claimed is a polypeptide comprising a Fc variant comprising at least one amino acid alteration in a parent Fc region, wherein the variant Fc region has a substantially decreased FcYR-binding activity and does not have a substantially decreased C1 q-binding activity when compared to the parent Fc region.
US10604555B2	GIP derivatives and uses thereof The present invention relates to novel peptides that are derivatives of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) analogues having improved physical stability in solution and a protracted profile of action. More particularly the invention relates to such peptides that are agonists at the GIP receptor and to their use in weight management or for treatment of diseases such as obesity, diabetes or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The peptides comprise a lysine residue at a position corresponding to position 24 of hGIP(1-31), and comprise a negatively charged modifying group attached to the epsilon amino group of the lysine residue.
US10604551B2	Use of an L3 and/or L5 source as a vaccine or as a diagnostic for a parasitic disease The invention relates to composition comprising an L3 and/or an L5 source and optionally an adjuvant for the preparation of a medicine for the treatment or prevention of a parasitic disease and to its diagnostic use of said parasitic disease.
US10604550B2	Production of proteins and polypeptides A method of producing a desired non-spidroin protein or polypeptide is comprising the steps of expressing in a suitable host a fusion protein, obtaining a mixture containing the fusion protein, and optionally isolating the fusion protein. The fusion protein is comprising at least one solubility-enhancing moiety which is derived from the N-terminal (NT) fragment of a spider silk protein. It is further comprising at least one moiety which is a desired non-spidroin protein or polypeptide. Each solubility-enhancing moiety is linked directly or indirectly to the desired protein or polypeptide moiety.
US10604537B2	Solid state forms of ixazomib citrate The present disclosure encompasses solid state forms of Ixazomib Citrate and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also disclosed are processes for preparation of Ixazomib Citrate.
US10604535B2	Compounds, compositions and methods The present disclosure relates generally to compounds and compositions, and their use as kinase inhibitors.
US10604533B2	Heterocycle amines and uses thereof Compounds and methods in the fields of chemistry and medicine are disclosed. Some of the disclosed embodiments include compounds, compositions and methods of using heterocycle amines. Some of the disclosed embodiments include heterocycle amines useful to treat inflammatory disorders.
US10604527B2	Pyrazine compounds for the treatment of hepatitis B infection The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, enantiomer or diastereomer thereof, wherein R1 to R3 are as described above. The compounds may be useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of hepatitis B virus infection.
US10604522B2	Processes for producing diazabicyclooctane compounds A process for producing a compound of the following Formula (VII-CR): The process involving providing a compound represented by the following Formula (VI): in a case where the R3ONHC(═O) side chain in the compound of the Formula (VI) has a protecting group, removing the protecting group from the compound of the Formula (VI) with an acid, and adding an ester-based poor solvent to the resultant reaction solution to precipitate the compound of Formula (VII-CR), wherein in the compounds of the Formulas (VII-CR) and (VI), R3 is a C1-6 alkyl or a heterocycle.
US10604510B2	Solid forms comprising (1E, 4E)-2-amino-N,N-dipropyl-8-(4-(pyrrolidine-1-carbonyl)phenyl)-3H-benzo[B]azepine-4-carboxami compositions thereof, and uses thereof Provided herein are compositions including the crystalline forms of (1E, 4E)-2-amino-N,N-dipropyl-8-(4-(pyrrolidine-1-carbonyl)phenyl)-3H-benzo[b]azepine-4-carboxamide (“Compound A”), methods of making the crystalline forms, and methods of using the crystalline forms for the treatment of diseases, including, for example, cancer.
US10604508B2	2,3-dihydro-isoindole-1-one derivative as BTK kinase suppressant, and pharmaceutical composition including same The present invention provides a compound selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, prodrugs, hydrates, solvates and isomers thereof; a use of the compound for the treatment, relief or prevention of diseases caused by abnormal or uncontrolled activation of protein kinase, and a use of the compound for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment, relief or prevention of the diseases; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound as an active ingredient; and a method for the treatment, relief or prevention of the diseases using the compound. The inventive compound is useful for the treatment, relief or prevention of diseases caused by abnormal or uncontrolled activation of protein kinase.
US10604507B2	Melanocortin subtype-2 receptor (MC2R) antagonists and uses thereof Described herein are compounds that are melanocortin subtype-2 receptor (MC2R) 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 MC2R activity.
US10604504B2	Indole carboxamide compounds Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I): or a salt thereof, wherein: X is CR4 or N; R1, R2, R3, R4, and A are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases or disorders in a variety of therapeutic areas, such as autoimmune diseases and vascular disease.
US10604502B2	Substituted 5-cyanoindole compounds and uses thereof A compound of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is provided that has been shown to be useful for the treatment of lysine (K)-specific demethylase 1A (LSD1)-mediated diseases or disorders: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are as defined herein.
US10604499B2	MYC G-quadruplex stabilizing small molecules and their use Methods for treating a tumor, such as a benign or malignant tumor, are disclosed herein. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a small molecule that selectively binds to and stabilizes G-quadruplex DNA in the promoter of the c-MYC gene to the subject. The methods are also of use to decrease the size and/or number of metastases. Compounds for use in the disclosed methods are also provided.
US10604493B2	Compositions, methods of use, and methods of treatment Embodiments of the present disclosure, in one aspect, relate to a beta-lactamase inhibitor, pharmaceutical compositions including a beta-lactamase inhibitor, methods of treatment of a condition (e.g., infection) or disease, methods of treatment using compositions or pharmaceutical compositions, and the like.
US10604488B2	(+)-morphinans as antagonists of toll-like receptor 9 and therapeutic uses thereof The present invention provides (+)-morphinans comprising Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) antagonist activity, as well as methods for using the (+)-morphinans to treat pain. Also provided are pharmaceutical combination compositions comprising a (+)-morphinan and an opioid agonist/monoamine reuptake inhibitor, as well as methods for using the combination compositions to treat pain.
US10604479B2	Continuous process for the one-pot synthesis of metal salts and metal complexes A continuous process is described for the one-pot synthesis of compounds, such as metal salts and metal complexes, as well as optionally for the protection of the compounds thus obtained by coating and/or impregnation with suitable compounds.
US10604478B1	Method for producing taurine and method for removing impurity from reaction system for producing taurine Provided is a method for producing taurine including: providing a reaction solution comprising alkali metal taurinate and/or alkali metal isethionate, passing at least a portion of the reaction solution through a column of basic anion exchange resin, adsorbing anions of alkali metal taurinate and/or alkali metal isethionate to the basic anion exchange resin, and collecting an eluate comprising at least one impurity, desorbing anions of alkali metal taurinate and/or alkali metal isethionate from the basic anion exchange resin with an alkaline solution, and collecting a desorption liquid comprising alkali metal taurinate and/or alkali metal isethionate, subjecting the desorption liquid comprising alkali metal taurinate to acidification or subjecting the desorption liquid comprising alkali metal isethionate to aminolysis and acidification, thereby obtaining taurine.
US10604471B2	5-bromo-2-(alpha-hydroxypentyl)benzoic acid sodium salts in different crystal forms, and preparation method thereof The present invention discloses 5-bromo-2-(α-hydroxypentyl)benzoic acid sodium salt in different crystal forms and the preparation methods thereof, and belongs to the field of pharmaceutical chemistry. Said different crystal forms of 5-bromo-2-(α-hydroxypentyl)benzoic acid sodium salt include: amorphous 5-bromo-2-(α-hydroxypentyl)benzoic acid sodium salt, crystal form A of 5-bromo-2-(α-hydroxypentyl)benzoic acid sodium salt, and crystal form B of 5-bromo-2-(α-hydroxypentyl)benzoic acid sodium salt. The different crystal forms of 5-bromo-2-(α-hydroxypentyl)benzoic acid sodium salt obtained according to the present invention have better stability and water-solubility than the mixed forms of 5-bromo-2-(α-hydroxypentyl)benzoic acid sodium salt, thus is advantageous for pharmaceutical use. Moreover, the different crystal forms of 5-bromo-2-(α-hydroxypentyl)benzoic acid sodium salt possess much better therapeutic effect than 5-bromo-2-(α-hydroxypentyl)benzoic acid potassium salt.
US10604455B2	Processes for producing aromatic hydrocarbon, p-xylene and terephthalic acid The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aromatic hydrocarbon, and processes for producing p-xylene and terephthalic acid. The process for producing said aromatic hydrocarbon comprises a step of contacting an olefin with a diene in the presence of a catalyst to produce an aromatic hydrocarbon, which is characterized in that, at least a part of said olefin is substituted with dienophile. The reaction pressure can be reduced and the xylene selectivity can be increased with the improvement of the present invention.
US10604446B2	Process for the preparation of high alumina cement High alumina cement is produced in a submerged combustion melter, cooled and ground.
US10604444B2	Tempered glass article with sub-surface laser engraving and production method A glass article is provided that has sub-surface laser engraving and a prestressing of the surface. A production method for the glass article and the use of the glass article are also provided. The sub-surface laser engraving is arranged in a partial volume of the glass article that is under tensile stress, with tempering of the glass article being performed after the introduction of the sub-surface laser engraving.
US10604434B2	Corrosion-resistant glass melt electrodes and methods of using them In various embodiments, refractory-metal glass melt electrodes are single-crystalline, at least within an outer layer thereof.
US10604432B2	Process to recover ammonium bicarbonate from wastewater The present invention is a process, a method, and system for recovery and concentration of dissolved ammonium bicarbonate from a wastewater containing ammonia (NH3) using gas separation, condensation, and crystallization, each at controlled operating temperatures. The present invention includes 1) removal of ammonia from waste (sludges, semi-solids, and solids and liquids) without the use of chemicals at a temperature of at least 80 degrees Celsius, 2) condensing the gaseous containing ammonia, carbon dioxide and water vapor to remove water vapor concentrating the amount of gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide, 3) concentrating the ammonia and carbon dioxide in the water by established means, such as concentrating the gas using partial condensation followed by passing the concentrated gas through an absorption column at a temperature of between about 20 and 50 degrees Celsius to form dissolved ammonium carbonate and ammonium bicarbonate, or total condensation followed by dewatering using reverse osmosis, and 4) crystallizing concentrated dissolved ammonium carbonate and ammonium bicarbonate at a temperature of less than about 35 degrees Celsius to form solid ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium carbonate.
US10604424B1	Process and apparatus for enhancing boron removal from water A process and apparatus for enhanced boron removal from water. The process includes the steps of reacting potassium carbonate or ammonium carbonate with calcium borate in a stream of feed water to form a stream having calcium carbonate and potassium borate salt or ammonium borate salt. The stream having calcium carbonate and potassium borate or ammonium borate is introduced to an ion exchange vessel containing resin having methylglucamine in salt form with potassium carbonate or sodium carbonate to form borate and potassium sulfate or sodium sulfate. The resin in the ion exchange vessel is periodically regenerated.
US10604420B2	Method and apparatus for reservoir free and ventless water filtering An on-demand filter structure including a first hydrophilic protective layer comprising a first surface exposable to a stream of water. A contact area on the first surface receives the stream. The first hydrophilic protective layer receives the stream and distributes water out a second surface, primarily using gravity. An activated carbon felt (ACF) layer is adjacent to the second surface, wherein the ACF layer is configured for water filtration, primarily using gravity. A second hydrophilic protective layer includes a third surface adjacent the ACF layer and a fourth surface. The third surface receives filtered water from the ACF layer, and the fourth surface expels the filtered water primarily using gravity, wherein the first and second hydrophilic protective layers sandwich the ACF layer. A cross section of the first hydrophilic protective layer, the ACF layer, and the second hydrophilic protective layer has a curvature.
US10604417B2	Lanthanide fluoride two-dimensional porous nanosheets, and preparation method and applications thereof The present application provides a method for preparing lanthanide fluoride two-dimensional porous nanosheets and belongs to the field of novel materials. In the present application, mixing a water-soluble lanthanide metal salt and an aqueous solution of sodium acetate in a nitrogen atmosphere to obtain a mixed solution, and adding an aqueous solution of fluorine-containing salt to the mixed solution obtained for precipitation reaction to produce lanthanide fluoride two-dimensional porous nanosheets. In the preparation process provided by the present application, no additional surfactant or template agent needs to be added, the pollution of the surfactant to the surface of the prepared material is avoided and the tedious after-treatment steps to template agent are reduced. Accordingly, the large-scale production can be realized, and the lanthanide fluoride two-dimensional porous nanosheets constructed by nanoparticles are prepared in large scale by one step. Moreover, no other organic solvents are required, and the pollution to the environment during the preparation process is avoided.
US10604410B2	Negative electrode active material for lithium secondary battery and method of preparing the same The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, which comprises graphite having an alkali carbonate layer formed on a surface thereof, wherein the graphite has an ID/IG ratio of 0.05 to 0.3 in Raman spectroscopy, and a method of preparing the same, wherein, since the negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of the present invention includes the graphite having an alkali carbonate layer formed on the surface thereof, the alkali carbonate layer contributes to the formation of a stable solid electrolyte interface (SEI) to reduce a side reaction with an electrolyte solution including propylene carbonate. Thus, since low-temperature performance and initial efficiency of the lithium secondary battery may be improved, the negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery of the present invention is suitable for the preparation of the lithium secondary battery.
US10604408B2	Reactor incorporating a heat exchanger A reactor containing a heat exchanger is disclosed, which can be operated with co-current or counter-current flow. Also disclosed is a system that includes a reactor having a reformer and a vaporizer, a fuel supply, and a water supply. The reactor includes a source of combustion gas, a reformer operative to receive reformate, and a vaporizer operative to receive water. The reformer and vaporizer each include a stack assembly formed by a combination of separator shims and channel shims. The separator shims and channel shims are stacked in a regular pattern to form two sets of channels within the stack assembly. One set of channels will have vertical passageways at either end and a horizontal flowpath between them, while the other set of channels has only a horizontal flowpath.
US10604405B2	Forming a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device using silicon-on-nothing and epitaxy A method for forming a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device may include performing a first silicon-on-nothing process to form a first cavity in a substrate. The method may include depositing an epitaxial layer on a surface of the substrate. The method may include performing a second silicon-on-nothing process to form a second cavity in the epitaxial layer. The method may include exposing the first cavity and the second cavity by removing a portion of the substrate and the epitaxial layer.
US10604391B2	Systems and methods for mast stabilization on a material handling vehicle Systems and methods for mast stabilization on a material handling vehicle are provided. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides systems and methods for a hydraulic circuit configured to stabilize a mast of a material handling vehicle in dynamic and static events. The hydraulic circuit is integrated into a typical hydraulic system used to raise and lower the mast and thereby a load supported by the mast.
US10604378B2	Emergency elevator power management An illustrative example embodiment of an elevator system includes: a plurality of elevator cars; a plurality of elevator machines, respectively associated with the elevator cars to selectively cause movement of the associated elevator car, at least some of the elevator machines respectively operating in a first mode including consuming power and in a second mode including generating power; a power source having a power output threshold and a power intake threshold; and at least one controller that is configured to determine when the power source is providing power for the elevator system, and dynamically adjust how the plurality of machines move the elevator cars to maximize a number of the plurality cars being used to move passengers while keeping power consumption by the elevator system below the power output threshold and keeping power generation by the elevator system below the power intake threshold.
US10604377B2	Hose storage device A retractable hose storage device has: a base, a cylinder and an upper cover. The base has a plurality of through apertures and at least one assembling protrusion around the through apertures. The cylinder has a container perpendicularly jacketed onto the assembling protrusion of the base, and at least one upper opening and one lower opening. The upper cover has an assembling ring correspondingly disposed with the cylinder and a plurality of hanging holes.
US10604373B2	Recording system There is provided a recording system that can suppress a reduction in throughput when post-processing is performed in a post-processing apparatus.
US10604363B2	Sheet feeding apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a casing that comprises a sheet feeding port, a first sheet feed tray in which a first medium is loaded and that is arranged along a sheet feeding port, and a cover that rotates from a position opposite the first sheet feed tray of the casing to a first sheet feed tray side and covers the sheet feeding port. The cover includes a second sheet feed tray that causes a second medium differing in size from the first medium to be capable of being loaded in the sheet feeding port when the cover covers the sheet feeding port.
US10604358B2	Device, system and method for aligning electronic components A system for aligning an electronic component including a substrate having an aligning structure and an aligning device for aligning the electronic component with the aligning structure. The aligning structure defines a first and a second edge, which are at an angle relative to one another and are complementary to two sides of the electronic component to be aligned. The aligning device aligns the electronic component on the aligning structure by bringing sides of the electronic component into contact with both the first edge and also the second edge of the aligning structure. A dispensing unit dispensing the electronic component at a dispensing point by the device for aligning the electronic component close to the aligning structure. A receiving unit receives the electronic component aligned on the aligning structure in the device.
US10604355B2	Flight and product indexing assemblies for packaging Flight and indexing assemblies for automated packaging systems provide better product spacing for faster and more reliable automation. In an example, a plurality of flights may include a plate- or sheet-like body with a perpendicular flange extending from an upper portion of the flight. Two adjacent flanges contain a pouch or other product to be packaged in a case. A flange constrains an upper portion of each pouch to a confined and predetermined area, thereby aiding grippers of an end-of-arm tool to grasp the pouches. A flight and product indexing assembly is configured to control spacing between adjacent flights, and to position pouches constrained between adjacent flights, so that flights position product at predetermined locations for gripping by the end-of-arm tool.
US10604352B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring the operational behavior, state and/or loading of belt conveyors during the operation thereof The present invention relates to a method by means of which conveyor belts of belt conveyors, which can be loaded with a bulk material, have their operational behaviour and/or state and/or loading monitored during operation, wherein the belt conveyor has provided on it at least one radar-antenna combination, which consists of at least one transmitting antenna and one receiving antenna and is oriented onto the conveyor belt, wherein a radar-antenna combination arranged to the side of the conveyor belt periodically picks up the reflection from emitted radar beams by way of the side edge of the conveyor belt and/or the loading boundary of a bulk material located on the conveyor belt and communicates corresponding signals to a signal-processing unit, whereas a radar-antenna combination oriented onto the surface of the conveyor belt periodically picks up the reflection of emitted radar beams, on the one hand, by way of the surface of the conveyor belt and, on the other hand, by way of reinforcing supports embedded in the conveyor belt and communicates corresponding signals to a signal-processing unit.
US10604351B2	Article transport facility A travelling path includes a first path and a second path that branches off from or merges with the first path at a connection position of the first path. A management area and a check area are provided for the first path. The management area includes a section from the connection position to a position that is at a first preset distance upstream of the connection position, and a section from the connection position to a position that is at a second preset distance downstream of the connection position. The check area includes a section from a preset position to a position that is at a fourth preset distance upstream of the preset position. In a state where an article transport vehicle that includes a control unit is located in the check area, the control unit determines whether or not the article transport vehicle is in a leading state where no other article transport vehicle is present forward of the article transport vehicle in the check area.
US10604345B2	Flat-top side-drive modular conveyor belt A modular plastic conveyor belt constructed of a series of block-shaped belt modules. The belt has drive elements along its left and right sides for side-driving by a sprocket or drive belt. The top side and the bottom side are flat, devoid of drive structure, and provide high impact resistance and reversibility. Hinge elements along leading and trailing sides have circular hinge-pin holes or elongated oval holes that allow the belt to collapse under low tension.
US10604344B2	Automatic locker device and corresponding methods of distribution and insertion An automatic locker device configured for a distribution of goods includes at least one storage area for the storage of loads including or formed by the goods, at least one retrieval point for the retrieval of the goods, and a handling device. The retrieval point includes a box having faces that are closed except for one open lateral face, having a first aperture oriented towards the exterior of the device, and an open lower face having a second aperture. The handling device is configured to shift one of the loads from the storage area towards the retrieval point and the vertically shift the load towards or through the second aperture of the open lower face, up to a height making it possible, through the first aperture of the open lateral face, to make available at least one of the goods included in or forming said load.
US10604343B2	Storage and retrieval system Bins or other storage units contained within a three-dimensional grid structure are arranged in cells, each of which has multiple storage units surrounding a central void or space on different sides thereof. This void space is slightly larger than each storage unit, enabling the unit to be pulled into the void by mechanical means, and allowing access to the bins on all sides of the void. The storage units are stacked within the three-dimensional grid structure, which can be built or expanded to a predetermined footprint. The aligned voids of stacked cells create vertical shafts spanning between upper and lower tracks of the grid structure on which robotic retrieval vehicles can horizontally travel to and from any given shaft. The robotic retrieval vehicles can directly access any storage unit via the vertical shafts.
US10604332B2	Aerosol container having valve cup with integral bag An aerosol container having an open neck at the top and a closed end bottom longitudinally spaced therefrom. The container has a valve cup and bag. The valve cup and bag are integral. The valve cup is attachable to the neck in sealing relationship. This arrangement provides for propellant to be disposed intermediate the container and bag. Product can be disposed in the bag for selective dispensing by a user actuated valve.
US10604324B2	Multilayer adhesive absorbent laminate The present invention provides multilayer absorbent laminates useful for absorbing undesired liquids released from packaged food products during storage, display, or heating, including microwave cooking. In one aspect, the present invention provides a multilayer absorbent laminate comprising a first layer comprising an absorbent material, a second layer comprising a polymeric bonding material, a third layer comprising a polymeric support film layer, and a fourth layer comprising an adhesive.
US10604315B2	Dual aluminum tamper indicating tabbed sealing member A tamper evident tabbed sealing member for sealing to a rim surrounding a container opening is described that includes a multi-layer laminate configured to isolate a residual ring of material that remains on a container land area upon seal removal.
US10604310B2	Discharge container A discharge container has: a container body and an inner layer body; a discharge cap; and a valve, wherein the discharge cap includes a top wall portion having the discharge port, and a cylindrical side wall portion connected to the top wall portion, and an annular second seal portion and a second engagement portion are provided at an inner peripheral surface of the side wall portion, the second seal portion abutting against a first seal portion of the mouth portion located below the outside air introduction hole on a whole circumference, and the second engagement portion undercut-engaging with a first engagement portion located at an outer peripheral surface of the mouth portion above the first seal portion.
US10604309B2	Travel bottle with slide lock A bottle includes a secure sealing mechanism. A slide switch plate maintains the contents of the bottle. This is achieved by automatically securing a dispensing mechanism in a closed, locked position by closing of a lid of the bottle and sealing an outlet so that any liquids are prevented from exiting the bottle.
US10604307B2	Lid for a beverage cup, cup assembly, and method for manufacturing a lid A lid made from a paper material or a paper-like material for a beverage cup, which lid is constructed from a lid-plate element and a wall element and which offers below a lid plate which is formed by the lid-plate element a space for receiving components of a beverage which protrude beyond the cup.
US10604299B1	Convertible pallet with selectively actuated rolling feature A convertible pallet assembly, and associated method of making the convertible pallet, includes a first, planar pallet surface, and a second, planar support surface spaced therefrom. First and second sidewalls extend in parallel relation between the pallet surface and the support surface from adjacent opposite sides thereof. The sidewalls include first and second wheels with respective rotational axes that extend perpendicular to the sidewalls. An actuation mechanism is associated with each sidewall. The actuation mechanism has (i) a first position that allows the first and second wheels on one side to move upwardly and downwardly relative to the sidewall in a non-load carrying condition, and (ii) a second position such that the first and second wheels on the one side project outwardly from the support surface in a load carrying condition whereby the assembly can be rolled on the wheels as a cart.
US10604297B2	Modular pallet and multilayer support structure A modular pallet for use in supporting and transporting goods. The modular pallet comprises a plurality of hollow legs integral to an inner side of the sidewall and a plurality of interlocking means integral to an outer side of the sidewall for coupling other modular pallets laterally, wherein each of the hollow legs comprises a top opening aligned with the top surface of the pallet and a bottom opening further away from the bottom surface of the pallet, and a top groove along a peripheral edge of the top opening and a bottom groove along a circumference of the hollow leg adjacent to the bottom surface. A multilayer support structure comprises at least two layers of the modular pallets separated by a plurality of hollow support columns for being positioned under the ground to support a hardscape/softscape disposed thereon while enable for tree roots growth, water drainage and storage of utilities.
US10604293B2	Systems and methods of generating and disposing labels on containers Systems and methods disclosed herein relate to a label and a method of application of the label on a container that both protects confidential information and functions to allow for the placement of auxiliary labels even if an overall length of a label exceeds the perimeter of the container to which it is applied. The auxiliary labels are disposed in a fanned fashion, attached to a primary label portion by, for example, a micro perforation line, and where the auxiliary labels are separated from each other by micro perforation lines and where the adhesive back of each pair of auxiliary labels are attached to each other in order to form a plurality of protrusions.
US10604292B1	System, method and apparatus for processing cartridges en masse A cartridge processing system can have a base to support cartridges on an underlying support surface. The base can include a rack with support holes to support respective ones of the cartridges. In addition, a tray having a tray bottom can be removably placed on tops of the cartridges. A platform with platform holes can be substantially coaxially aligned with respective ones of the support holes. The tray can have a funnel extending from the platform. The funnel can form a perimeter around the platform holes, such that the platform holes can be conduits for product to be placed in the cartridges.
US10604269B2	Structure for anti-adhesion of high-temperature air to airframe, and aircraft A structure for anti-adhesion of high-temperature air according to the present invention includes: a high-temperature air duct that is provided in an accessory of an aircraft and allows high-temperature air likely to be higher than a specified temperature to flow through the high-temperature air duct; an exhaust port that discharges a flow of the high-temperature air led through the high-temperature air duct, to an outside of the airframe; and a low-temperature air supplying part that supplies a flow of low-temperature air lower in temperature than the high-temperature air discharged to the outside of the airframe, to an airframe surface. The low-temperature air supplying part is configured to form an air layer made of a flow of low-temperature air between the high-temperature air that is bent toward the airframe surface in flight of the aircraft, and the an airframe surface.
US10604268B2	Autothrottle control for turboprop engines The present disclosure provides methods and systems for controlling a propeller-driven aircraft powered by at least one gas turbine engine. A thrust change is obtained corresponding to a difference between an actual thrust and a desired thrust for an engine. When the thrust change is greater than a pre-determined threshold, a setting change to one or more control input(s) of the engine is determined. One or more commands are output to cause the setting change of the control input(s).
US10604254B2	System and method for coordinating unmanned aerial vehicles for delivery of one or more packages System and methods for managing one or more unmanned aerial vehicles. The system can include an unmanned aerial vehicle, a landing station for the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a loading station for receiving a package and unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle can be configured to: (i) determine a first confidence level for landing on the landing station, (ii) travel, based on the first confidence level, to the landing station, and (iii) determine a second confidence level for delivering the package to a delivery destination. The loading station can be configured to: (i) receive the second confidence level to deliver the package to the delivery destination from the unmanned aerial vehicle, and (ii) confirm, based on the second confidence level, the unmanned aerial vehicle is capable of delivering the package to the delivery destination.
US10604242B2	Multi-rotor roto-craft flying machine A multi-rotor flying machine includes a body on or in which a motor is mounted; and a respective head rotor mounted for rotation on a respective mast at each of at least three locations disposed around and spaced laterally outwardly from the motor. The motor is drivingly connected to each mast, for rotating each head rotor, by a respective driveline. Adjacent to at least one mast, the machine further includes a pitch rudder system that includes a pitch driver or rotor, or translational rotor. The arrangement is such that the head rotors are operable to provide thrust, while the pitch rudder system enables yaw to be achieved independently of operation of the head rotors.
US10604239B2	Method for rotationally driving the wheel of an airplane An assembly for rotationally friction driving the wheel of an airplane provided with a driving track. The assembly has a base intended to be fixed to a lower part of the landing gear, two arms mounted to pivot on the base, and rollers so mounted as to rotate at the end of each arm, with each roller being associated with a pinion for rotationally driving the roller. A central pinion is mounted so as to rotate along the arms pivot axis so that the rollers driving pinions engage with the central pinion. A drive actuator acts on the arms of the assembly so as to position the assembly either in a disengaged position in which the rollers are separated from the driving track, or in an engaged position in which the rollers are held to rest on the driving track.
US10604235B2	Pitch change module for turbine engine and corresponding turbine engine The invention relates to turbine engine module (1) including a case (9) rotating around a longitudinal axis (X) and carrying a propeller having a plurality of blades, a stationary case (15) comprising a cylindrical wall (16) extending between an inner wall (17) and an outer wall (18) of the rotating case (9), and a system (26) for changing the pitch of the blades (14) of the propeller. The wall (16) is connected downstream to a first frustoconical wall (42) and upstream to a second frustoconical wall (41), a first rolling bearing (19) being inserted respectively downstream directly between a radially outer face (21) of the inner wall (17) and a radially inner face (23) of the first frustoconical wall, and a second rolling bearing (19′) inserted downstream directly between the radially outer face (21) of the inner wall (17) and an inner face (43) of the second frustoconical wall (41).
US10604234B2	Method and apparatus to improve lift to drag ratio of a rotor blade In a first aspect, there is a method for improving a lift to drag ratio of a rotor blade, including providing a blade member having a leading edge and a trailing edge; providing a leading edge extension member; and coupling the leading edge extension member to a portion of the leading edge of the blade member to form the rotor blade. In a second aspect, there is a rotor blade including a blade member having a leading edge, and a trailing edge; and a leading edge extension member disposed on the leading edge of the blade member, wherein the leading edge extension member is configured to extend the chord length of at least a portion of the rotor blade. In a third aspect, there is a leading edge extension member for a rotor blade including a convex exterior surface configured to extend at least a portion of the chord length of the rotor blade.
US10604232B2	Wing-nacelle splice assemblies for tiltrotor aircraft A propulsion and lift system of a tiltrotor aircraft includes a wing having an outboard end, a wing tip assembly having an inboard end, a fixed nacelle coupled to the wing tip assembly and a wing-nacelle splice assembly having inboard and outboard sides. The inboard side of the wing-nacelle splice assembly is coupled to the outboard end of the wing, and the outboard side of the wing-nacelle splice assembly is coupled to the inboard end of the wing tip assembly, thereby coupling the fixed nacelle to the wing.
US10604231B2	Fairing door assembly and methods of operating the same A fairing door assembly for use with an aircraft includes a first door pivotable between a first door open position and a first door closed position. The first door open position is associated with a first flap position of a flap of the aircraft, and the first door closed position is associated with a second flap position of the flap. The fairing door assembly also includes a second door pivotally coupled to the first door. The second door is pivotable between a second door open position and a second door closed position. The second door open position is associated with the first flap position and the second door closed position is associated with a third flap position that is different than the first flap position.
US10604224B2	Aircraft bay blankets that provide enhanced drainage features Systems and methods are provided for insulation and moisture drainage. One exemplary embodiment is a bay blanket configured to insulate an aircraft. The bay blanket includes insulation, and a first trough running along a length of a leftward face of the insulation and adapted to receive water draining from an outboard side of the insulation. The first trough includes sidewalls that meet at an inboard side of the insulation and extend from the inboard side to the outboard side. The bay blanket also includes a second trough running along a length of a rightward face of the insulation and adapted to receive water draining from the outboard side. The second trough includes sidewalls that meet at the inboard side and extend from the inboard side to the outboard side.
US10604219B2	Surfboard and method of manufacture A surfboard includes a core covered with a laminate and having curved perforations in the deck area and the tail area of the surfboard, in order to prevent air blisters from forming between the core and laminate. The curved perforations are deformable under pressure to minimize the opening of the perforations to inhibit liquid from entering and maximizing under zero pressure to allow the maximum amount of trapped liquid and gasses from escaping. The core is formed from an extruded closed-cell polystyrene foam block that has been shaped by restraining it against a shaped form using shaped restraining tools and straps, and heating it; and by cutting using a hot wire. The core is laminated with FIBERGLAS® and epoxy resin, and the perforations are formed using a perforating tool that has a planar or curved working surface and one or more heated needles extending perpendicularly from the working surface.
US10604217B2	Aft-facing transom seating for a boat A boat, having a transom, includes one or more aft-facing seats. Each aft-facing seat is positioned proximate to the transom and includes a seat bottom that is inclined at a downward angle in a direction extending from aft to fore, a seatback, a headrest, a seat support structure having at least one hidden compartment therein, and at least one pivot mechanism attached to the seatback and the headrest and configured to allow the seatback to move between a first position in which the seatback is capable of supporting the back of a person seated in the seat and a second position in which the seatback is pivoted upwardly to allow access to the compartment and the headrest to move between an upright position and a folded position. A plurality of handles may be provided for each aft-facing seat, with one at an outboard side and another at an inboard side.
US10604213B2	Bicycle transmission for use between a chain wheel carrier and a wheel hub of a bicycle, as well as rear axle and rear wheel provided with such a transmission A transmission intended to be mounted on a rear wheel axle of a bicycle between a sprocket carrier and a wheel hub has a transmission housing, which is provided with connecting means for the connection of the sprocket carrier to the transmission housing, as well as coupling means for coupling the transmission to the hub. The transmission further has a planetary gear set which is present in the transmission housing and is provided with three rotational members, of which a first rotation body is connected to the transmission housing, a second rotation body is connected to the coupling means, and a third rotation body can be coupled with the wheel axle. The first rotation body is connected via a first clutch to the second rotation body and the third rotation body is connected to a second clutch via which the third rotation body can be connected to the wheel shaft.
US10604208B2	Bicycle suspension tube and bicycle suspension fork A bicycle suspension tube comprises a tubular body, a wheel attachment part, and a caliper attachment part. The wheel attachment part is provided on the tubular body. The wheel attachment part includes an attachment hole having a rotational center axis. The caliper attachment part is provided on the tubular body. The caliper attachment part includes a first through hole having a first longitudinal axis non-parallel to the rotational center axis.
US10604207B2	System and method for adjusting spring rate of a coil spring in a bike suspension A system for easily adjusting spring rate of a rear shock for mountain bikes or motorcycles without changing an actual overall spring length. The system may include a coil spring a body sized and structured to engage with the coil spring. The spring rate may be adjusted by selectively placing the body between adjacent coils of the spring to deactivate up to one spring coil adjacent the end of the spring.
US10604205B2	Vehicle A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a steering swivel unit supported on a head pipe of the vehicle frame and angularly movable about a steering axis, a steering handle mounted on the steering swivel unit, and a cover assembly covering the steering swivel unit from above, wherein the cover assembly includes a fixed cover fixed to a vehicle body and a movable cover covering an upper opening defined in the fixed cover, and the movable cover is angularly movable in unison with the steering handle.
US10604193B2	Motor vehicle A motor vehicle is provided with a body which has hollow profiles with cavities formed therein. The cavities can be separated by bulkhead parts against water and noise. Each bulkhead part has a base support with an expandable foam part provided therewith. Under the influence of heat, the foam part foams from a determined temperature and fills a surrounding gap that is formed between an end face of the bulkhead part and an opposing inner surface of the hollow profile. The bulkhead part includes two longitudinal sections and a transverse part connecting the two longitudinal sections of the bulkhead part such that a surrounding framework of the base support is produced. The bulkhead part forms an essentially U-shaped receiving opening. A respective attachment element is formed on inner framework sections of the longitudinal sections and of the transverse part of the base support, so that, in the engaged state of the attachment elements, at least three mutually separated attachment points are produced in the through-openings of the body profile.
US10604179B2	Machine stability control system According to the present disclosure, a system and method for providing stability control to a machine includes generating a yaw signal at a gyroscope disposed on the machine and receiving the yaw signal at a controller in communication with the gyroscope. The controller is also in communication with a user input that generates control signals for driving at least one plant of the machine. The controller is configured to alter the control signals provided to the at least one plant from the user input based at least in part on the yaw signal.
US10604177B2	Steering device, construction machine with a steering device and method for steering a steerable machine A steering device for a steerable machine, particularly a construction machine, comprising a steering element for manual input of steering commands, a steering actuator for driving a steering adjustment of a travel unit of the construction machine, and a transmission device, which is arranged between the steering element and the steering actuator, the transmission device including an actuator orbitrol for driving the steering actuator. Furthermore, the invention relates to a construction machine having such a steering device, as well as to a method for steering a steerable machine, particularly a construction machine.
US10604175B2	Steering system with failsafe torque sensor communication Technical solutions are described for providing failsafe assist torque in steering systems. An example method includes determining, by a first controller, a first assist torque signal using a first set of torque sensor signals from a first sensor and a second set of torque sensor signals from a second sensor, the first sensor corresponding to the first controller, and the second sensor corresponding to a second controller. The method further includes determining, by the second controller, a second assist torque signal using the first and second sets of torque sensor signals. Further the method includes generating, by a motor, an assist torque using the first and second assist torque signals, and in response to the first controller receiving a diagnostic signal indicating a failure of the first torque sensor, determining by the first controller, the first assist torque signal using only the second set of torque sensor signals.
US10604162B2	Multidirectional transport system A transport system includes a main cable, a track assembly, and a conveyance assembly, wherein the track assembly is suspended from the main cable to allow unimpeded translational movement of the conveyance assembly along the track assembly. In another aspect according to the present invention, the track assembly has a track changing assembly that includes a track changing section rotatably coupled to a primary track section for selective alignment of the track changing section to any one of a plurality of exit track sections. A method of conveyance along a suspended track includes suspending a main cable between natural or artificial support structures, suspending a track assembly from the main cable, and mounting a conveyance assembly on the suspended track assembly to provide unimpeded translational movement of the conveyance assembly along the track assembly.
US10604160B2	Driver condition detection system The driver condition detection system comprises a driver monitor camera capturing a face of a driver of a vehicle to generate a facial image of the driver, a vehicle speed sensor, a facial information detection part detecting a line of sight or facial direction of the driver based on the facial image, a threshold range setting part configured to set a threshold range allowed as the line of sight or facial direction of the driver, and a driver condition judging part. The driver condition judging part is configured to judge that the driver is looking aside if the line of sight or facial direction of the driver is outside the threshold range. The threshold range setting part is configured to change the threshold range, depending on the speed of the vehicle detected by the vehicle speed sensor.
US10604141B1	Electrical passenger car with efficient wheels An electrical passenger car, the electrical passenger car including: an electrically driven motor; differential speed control; and wheels, where the wheels include a first front wheel, a second front wheel, a first back wheel, and a second back wheel, where at least one of the wheels has a radius larger than 80 cm, where the differential speed control includes an ability to have a turning speed of the first front wheel greater than a turning speed of the second front wheel, and where the electrical passenger car is designed to travel for a greater distance for the same axial to wheel friction energy loss than a similar electrical passenger car having wheels of a smaller radius.
US10604134B2	Pneumatic braking system for a trailer vehicle Disclosed is a valve arrangement for aerating spring accumulator brake cylinders in a trailer vehicle with a pneumatic braking system, the valve arrangement having a first connection for a line connected to a reservoir of the trailer vehicle, a second connection for a line leading to the spring accumulator brake cylinders, and a first pneumatic control input, wherein the first connection can be connected to the second connection depending on the pressure on the first pneumatic control input. The first control input is connected to a line connected to a control connection of the trailer vehicle or to a line connected to the reservoir. A valve unit, a pneumatic braking system, a method of operating the same, and a trailer vehicle including the same are also disclosed.
US10604132B2	Method for determining the actuation distance in an electromechanical brake device The disclosure relates to a method for determining the actuation distance in an electromechanical brake device having an electric brake motor, wherein the distance of a spindle nut is first determined while taking into account an initial value for the motor constant and the motor total resistance and a correction of the spindle nut distance is then performed after an estimation has been performed.
US10604129B2	Vehicle brake device Provided is a brake device capable of detecting abnormality condition of a subject valve without using a wheel pressure sensor and the vehicle brake device includes a valve which is configured to open and close a fluid passage connected to the master chamber and at the same time which is a subject valve for a subject of failure judgement and an abnormality judging portion which is configured to judge whether or not the subject valve is in an abnormal state based on an advancement amount of the master piston accompanying an opening of the subject valve.
US10604122B2	Foreign matter removal device and vehicle provided with same A foreign matter removal device is configured to remove foreign matters on a lens (101) of an in-vehicle camera (100) attached to a vehicle so that the lens (101) of the in-vehicle camera (100) is exposed toward an outside of a body panel of a vehicle. The foreign matter removal device includes a generation unit configured to generate high-pressure air and a nozzle unit (2) having a nozzle (22) configured to inject the high-pressure air toward the lens (101) and an attachment part (21) formed integrally with the nozzle (22) and attachable to a housing (102) of the in-vehicle camera (100). A tip end of the nozzle (22) is positioned with respect to the lens (101) in a state where the attachment part (21) is attached to the housing (102).
US10604120B2	Sensor cleaning devices and systems Sensor cleaning devices, methods, and systems are provided. Output from sensors of a vehicle may be used to describe an environment around the vehicle. In the event that a sensor is obstructed by dirt, debris, or detritus the sensor may not sufficiently describe the environment for autonomous control operations. In response to receiving an indication of an obstructed sensor, the sensor cleaning devices, methods, and systems described herein may proceed to remove the obstruction from the sensor.
US10604114B2	Method for controlling access to a vehicle as well as a system for controlling access to a vehicle A method for controlling access to a vehicle includes storing at a vehicle-based system a GPS location of the vehicle associated with the location at which the vehicle is parked. The vehicle-based system communicates with a mobile device to obtain a GPS location of the mobile device. The vehicle-based system blocks entry to the vehicle if the GPS location of the mobile device is outside a predetermined distance from the stored GPS location of the vehicle.
US10604112B2	Control system and mobile device A control system includes: a transmission device that transmits a plurality of signals having different frequencies from one of a first communication unit mounted in a vehicle and a second communication unit mounted in a mobile device carried by a user in such a manner that the plurality of signals are combined to generate a predetermined composite signal in an area located at a distance from the first communication unit, the distance being not more than a predetermined distance; and a permission device that permits a predetermined action of the vehicle when the predetermined composite signal generated in the area from the plurality of signals transmitted by the transmission device is detected and an authentication signal transmitted by the second communication unit is authenticated as an authorized authentication signal for the vehicle.
US10604099B2	Air bag door for vehicle An airbag door for a vehicle including: a suit case installed in an instrument panel; a door panel coupled to the suit case so as to cover an opening of the suit case; and a scrim member coupled to the door panel so as to support the door panel deployed from the suit case, and fixed to the suit case.
US10604096B2	Method for detecting a contact event on the outer shell of a vehicle and vehicle with a sensor device for detecting contact events on the outer shell of the vehicle With a method for detecting a contact event on the outer shell of a vehicle, wherein at least one structure-borne sound signal is detected by means of a structure-borne sound sensor, the detected structure-borne sound signal is evaluated by an evaluation device, and wherein the vehicle comprises a number of structure-borne sound sensors, it is provided as essential to the invention that each of the structure-borne sound sensors is associated with an area of the vehicle outer shell via a structure-borne sound conducting link, that an evaluation device is used to ascertain, by which of the structure-borne sound sensors respectively, a structure-borne sound signal has been detected, that conclusions are drawn from the association of the structure-borne sound sensors as to the area of the vehicle outer shell which has been touched, and that conclusions are drawn from the area of the vehicle shell which has been touched, as to the kind of underlying contact.
US10604094B2	Impact absorbing member structure of vehicle An impact absorbing member structure of a vehicle includes: a pair of left and right rear side frames; a pair of left and right crash cans containing a plurality of first carbon fibers arranged so as to continuously extend in a forward/rearward direction; and a bumper reinforcement attached to tip end portions of the pair of rear side frames through the pair of crash cans. Each of the crash cans is formed as an open-section member including: a side wall portion extending in the forward/rearward direction; and a tip end wall portion continuous with the side wall portion and including an attaching portion to which the bumper reinforcement is attached.
US10604091B2	Vehicle power supply control device A vehicle power supply control device includes a main line unit of one system, branch line units, a vehicle power supply master, and an area power supply master. The main line unit of the one system is provided to a vehicle. Each of the branch line units branches from the main line unit of the one system. The vehicle power supply master includes a main battery that charges and discharges electric power. The area power supply master is connected to the main line unit of the one system through the branch line unit and is connected to a load unit that consumes electric power, and includes an area battery that charges and discharges electric power. The vehicle power supply master supplies electric power of the main battery to the area power supply master through the main line unit of the one system.
US10604090B1	Accessory power center for vehicle An accessory power center for a vehicle includes: a first terminal configured to be connected to a first reference potential of a battery of the vehicle; a second terminal configured to be connected to a second reference potential of the battery; and a fuse holder that includes: a first end that is electrically connected to the first terminal; and a second end. A first connector is configured to connect to a second connector of an accessory, the first connector including: a first electrical conductor that is electrically connected to the second end of the fuse holder; a second electrical conductor that is electrically connected to the second terminal; a third electrical conductor that is configured to receive power when backlights of the vehicle are powered; and a fourth electrical conductor that is configured to receive power when an ignition system of the vehicle is in an accessory state.
US10604078B2	Access device A retractable access device (1) adapted to be moved between a first contracted configuration and a second expanded configuration. The access device (1) includes a landing (2), at least one tread step (3), and a pair of linkage assemblies (4). Each linkage assembly (4) is pivotally attached to a respective side edge of each step (3), and includes a plurality of pivotally connected links to support and effect upward and downward movement of each tread step (3) relative to said landing (2).
US10604061B2	Headlight system and method for headlight direction control A headlight system includes a headlight module having at least one headlight device arranged on a vehicle and having a predefined illuminating range; a driving module having at least one driving unit configured to adjust the illuminating direction of the headlight device within the predefined illuminating range; a gaze detecting device detecting a driver's gaze direction; an input device receiving a direction adjusting command issued by the driver; and a control unit electrically connected to the driving module, the gaze detecting device and the input device, wherein when the input device receives the direction adjusting command from the driver, and the control unit determines whether the drivers' gaze direction falls within the predefined illuminating range; if so, the control unit controls the driving unit to adjust the illuminating direction of the headlight device toward the driver's gaze direction.
US10604059B2	Modular light and accessory bar for vehicles A modular light and accessory bar for a vehicle includes a top rail having a length selected to span a width of the vehicle along the top of the windshield, a right end, and a left end. A right side pillar is configured to be attached to the top rail at the right end thereof and extend downwardly therefrom. A left side pillar is configured to be attached to the top rail at the left end thereof and extend downwardly therefrom. The top rail is formed with at least one T-slot that extends along the length of the top rail. At least one bracket is configured to support a lighting fixture or accessory and is attachable to the T-slot of the top rail at a desired location therealong. The T-slot is configured to permit the at least one bracket to be slid to a desired location along the top rail and secured at that location. The top rail may be curved forwardly relative to the vehicle.
US10604051B2	Flipper panel system In various embodiments, seating systems and provided for vehicles that include an occupant seat, a cargo device, and a flipper panel. The flipper panel is disposed between the occupant seat and the cargo device. The flipper panel includes a flat spring and a housing. The housing is configured to be disposed between the occupant seat and the cargo device, and includes a plurality of walls configured to hold the flat spring in place against the housing when the flipper panel is installed in the seating system for the vehicle.
US10604040B2	Seat for a vehicle A seat for a vehicle includes a seatback support structure including a main portion having a first side and a second side disposed opposite the first side, and a flange that projects from the main portion in a direction away from the first side, and that defines a hole extending through the flange for receiving a headrest post. The seat further includes a trim cover disposed over at least a portion of the seatback support structure and a trim fastener attached to the trim cover for securing the trim cover to the flange of the seatback support structure. The trim fastener has two opposing side portions and a cavity therebetween for receiving the flange.
US10604037B2	Fold and tumble mechanism for a vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom, a seat back and a floor latch associated with the seat bottom. The seat further includes a recliner arrangement including a recliner bracket connected to the seat bottom, a back side bracket connected to the seat back, and a recliner connected to the recliner bracket and the back side bracket and configured to allow the seat back to pivot with respect to the seat bottom. In addition, the seat includes a fold and tumble mechanism having an actuating member pivotally connected directly to the back side bracket, and a rocker member pivotally connected to the recliner bracket and connected to a latch cable associated with the floor latch. The actuating member is engageable with the rocker member when the seat back is pivoted forwardly to cause the rocker member to pivot and pull on the latch cable, which releases the floor latch so that the seat bottom may pivot upwardly.
US10604026B2	Vehicle connection device and vehicle connection system A vehicle connection device for electrically connecting a vehicle contact unit to a ground contact unit of an electric charging infrastructure has the vehicle contact unit, a pneumatically operated contacting actuator adapted to move the vehicle contact unit, and at least one air outlet for blowing the ground contact unit free, the vehicle contact unit including a base having a contacting area facing the ground contact unit and having at least two electrodes, and the at least one air outlet for blowing the ground contact unit free being directed to a region in front of the contacting area, the compressed air for operating the contacting actuator being guided to the air outlet in order to blow the ground contact unit free. Further, a vehicle connection device having a guide device and a vehicle connection system are shown.
US10604021B2	Method and apparatus for automatic charging of an electrically powered vehicle A method and apparatus for automatically charging an electrically powered vehicle are provided. The apparatus comprises a sensor for sensing proximity or presence of the vehicle, and one or more chargers for automatically coupling with corresponding receptacles of the vehicle and charging an onboard electrical storage device (e.g., a battery). The vehicle may be driven to or parked in a position that automatically couples the apparatus and vehicle as needed, or the apparatus may include locomotion means (e.g., wheels, tracks, rails) for moving along one or more axes of movement. The degree of coupling may depend on the type of charger to be engaged—such as direct contact for conductive and inductive chargers, or close proximity for a near-field charger. The apparatus may also include manual controls for moving/operating the apparatus, a processor for controlling operation of any element(s) of the apparatus, and/or other components.
US10604009B2	Dual-shaft gearbox mechanism A dual-shaft gearbox mechanism includes a hollow shaft motor, first and second gear sets, first and second shafts, a clutch and a unidirectional assembly. When the dual-shaft gearbox mechanism is in a first gear, power is outputted via the first gear set and the unidirectional assembly. When the dual-shaft gearbox mechanism is in a second gear, power is outputted via the clutch and the second gear set.
US10603994B2	Slanted back soft top assembly for SUV An articulating slanted back soft top assembly for 4-door and 2-door SUVs. A fabric cover is supported by a frame that is at least partially articulatable from at least a closed position to at least one open air position. The frame includes at least one forward fabric support bow member and at least one rearward fabric support bow member. The rear fabric support bow member being positioned when in the closed position in a manner which allows the fabric to clear a sport bar or “roll bar” member of a vehicle in the closed position such that a rear portion of the top is angled from the vertical when viewing the vehicle from the side.
US10603981B2	Vehicular speaker temperature control device, control method thereof, and vehicle including device A vehicular speaker temperature control device may include: a sensing unit configured to sense a temperature of a vehicle; an amplifier unit configured to amplify a sound of the vehicle; a speaker unit connected to the amplifier unit and configured to output the amplified sound; and a controller in operable communication with the sensing unit and the amplifier unit. The controller may receive a current temperature of the vehicle measured by the sensing unit, to determine whether the current temperature of the vehicle is less than or equal to a preset reference temperature, and when the current temperature of the vehicle is less than or equal to the preset reference temperature, to control operation of the amplifier unit so as to cause an increase in temperature of the speaker unit by applying a driving signal of a specific frequency to the speaker unit.
US10603967B2	Pivoting trailer hitch A trailer coupling mechanism includes a first end, a second end, a height adjustment assembly, a first swivel assembly, and a second swivel assembly. The first end is adapted to couple to one of a trailer and a vehicle. The second end is adapted to couple to the other of the trailer and the vehicle. The height adjustment assembly is coupled between the first and second ends and is operative to adjust the relative height between the first and second ends. The first swivel assembly is coupled between the height adjustment assembly and the first end and facilitates rotation of the first end with respect to the height adjustment assembly about a first axis. The second swivel assembly is coupled between the second end and the height adjustment assembly and facilitates rotation of the height adjustment assembly with respect to the second end about a second axis parallel to the first axis.
US10603964B2	Pneumatic tire A back surface part (13) is arranged on an inner surface (35) facing an inner side of a rim flange part (32) in a tire width direction (H) or arranged closer to the inner side in the tire width direction (H) than the inner surface (35), in a no-load reference state where a pneumatic tire (10) is mounted on an applied rim (30) and the internal pressure of the pneumatic tire (10) is set to atmospheric pressure, and a flat surface part (20) extending linearly along a tire radial direction (R) in the reference state is formed in a connecting portion of the back surface part (13) connected with a heel part (14), thereby making it possible to prevent a large force from acting thereon from the applied rim (30) and to improve uniformity.
US10603957B2	High-grip profiled tread skims A tire tread is provided that in an unworn state includes one or more tread features having a layer of a relatively softer, higher grip rubber material. This layer is formed from a first rubber composition that is provided as a skim or relatively thin layer at the contact surface of the tread feature. This skim provides the grip needed as the tire starts to warm up but can then wear away after an initial period of use so that the contact surface is eventually formed from a second rubber composition. This second rubber composition, in turn, provides the desired level of grip and acceptable wear at the higher temperatures that occur as the tire heats up from use. The layer of skim can be profiled depending upon the application and performance characteristics needed.
US10603953B2	Drive device A drive device for driving and rotating a wheel includes an axle shaft, a hub to which rotation of the axle shaft is conveyed, a plurality of fasteners for securing the wheel to the hub, a wet brake, a housing, an oil seal, and a cover. The wet brake is configured to restrain the rotation of the axle shaft. The housing accommodates the axle shaft and the wet brake. The oil seal is disposed between the housing and a part of the hub that is disposed inward of the fasteners in a radial direction of the hub. The cover has an annular shape. The cover is disposed in a space formed between the hub and the housing, and is secured to the housing. The cover is configured to cover the plurality of fasteners.
US10603949B2	Pen for writing and drawing purposes A pen for writing and/or drawing purposes, and having a shaft and a core which is arranged within the shaft and is axially adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the shaft between an active position and an inoperative position. The core is completely arranged within the shaft in the inoperative position and projects with an overhang from a front end of the shaft in the active position. An actuating element is provided which is movable perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the shaft between an active position and an inoperative position and which is operatively connected to the core via a connecting element in such a way that, during a movement of the actuating element perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction of the shaft between the inoperative position and the active position, the core is axially adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the shaft.
US10603948B2	Mechanical pencil A mechanical pencil includes: a barrel; a cushion spring that has a rear end supported by the barrel; a sleeve that is biased forward in an axial direction by the cushion spring and movable in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction by an impact applied from outside of the barrel in an elastically supported state; a chuck spring that has a front end supported by the sleeve; a chuck that chucks a writing lead for a mechanical pencil; a writing lead tube that is fitted to the chuck and biased rearward in the axial direction together with the chuck by the chuck spring; and a contact sliding part that suppresses movement of the sleeve in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction.
US10603937B2	Photo printer and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a photo printer and a method for manufacturing the same that are capable of allowing a gap formed between a head and a platen roller to be kept constantly. The photo printer includes: a frame having both side walls; a paper accommodating part disposed between both side walls of the frame to accommodate the paper therein; a pickup roller located protrudingly from a bottom surface of the paper accommodating part to forward feed the paper accommodated in the paper accommodating part; a platen roller coupled to the frame to discharge the paper fed from the pickup roller forward; a head disposed above the platen roller to apply the heat to the paper; and a pair of brackets each having one side swingably coupled to the head and the other side hinge-coupled to the frame.
US10603932B2	Printing apparatus and control method for printing apparatus Provided is a printer that includes a transport unit configured to transport a printing medium; a detection unit configured to detect a transport direction in which the printing medium is transported by the transport unit and a transport amount of the printing medium; and a control unit that makes the transport unit transport the printing medium after the printing of the first image, makes the detection unit detect the transport direction and the transport amount of the printing medium, determines a transport direction in which the printing medium is to be transported and a transport amount of the printing medium to be transported based on the detected transport direction and the detected transport amount, and makes the transport unit transport the printing medium based on the above determined transport direction and transport amount before printing a second image which is formed an image subsequent to the first image.
US10603925B2	Image-forming method, image-forming apparatus, laser irradiation printing ink, and method for manufacturing object with formed image A method for forming an image, the method including forming an image by irradiating an ink that absorbs light with a laser beam that has a wavelength corresponding to a light absorption wavelength of the ink to fly the ink by an energy of the laser beam in a direction in which the laser beam is emitted, to attach the ink on an attachment target.
US10603924B2	Print quality evaluation Certain examples described herein relate to evaluating print quality. In these examples, a check image is printed at a first print quality in accordance with test image data for at least one test image, and a reference image is printed at a second print quality with reference image data corresponding to the one or more test images modified to simulate one or more print defects. A comparison of the printed reference image and the printed check image allows evaluation of a quality level for the printed check image.
US10603923B2	Method for detecting defective printing nozzles in an inkjet printing machine A method for detecting defective printing nozzles in an inkjet printing machine includes printing a multi-row printing nozzle test chart formed of horizontal rows of equidistant vertical lines periodically underneath one another, with only printing nozzles in a print head contributing to every row of the test chart corresponding to the horizontal rows. An area coverage element geometrically associated with the test chart is printed, both elements are recorded by an image sensor and analyzed by the computer. The computer analyzes the recorded area coverage element to detect print defects and allocates defects to a region of geometrically close printing nozzles. An analysis of the test chart in the region identifies nozzles causing the defect. Defective printing nozzles are detected based on thresholds, the detected printing nozzles are then compensated, and in the analysis of the recorded area coverage element, influences of the sensor are eliminated by shading correction.
US10603920B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a pressure chamber configured to communicate with a nozzle hole through which a liquid is discharged; a liquid chamber having a first opening configured to communicate with the pressure chamber; a first slide section arranged in the liquid chamber and having a first through-hole at a position corresponding to the first opening; and a driving device configured to drive the first slide section along a predetermined direction. The first slide section slides, by being driven by the driving device, along the predetermined direction on an inner wall surface having the first opening of the liquid chamber, and changes, by changing an area where the first opening and the first through-hole overlap with each other, an opening degree of the first opening, and the first slide section makes linear contact with the inner wall surface having the first opening along the predetermined direction.
US10603917B2	Drop-on-demand print head cleaning mechanism and method A card processing system includes a drop-on-demand card printing system that has at least one drop-on-demand print head with a nozzle plate. An automated cleaning mechanism is provided in the drop-on-demand card printing system that is configured to clean the nozzle plate without the cleaning mechanism physically contacting the nozzle plate. Since the nozzle plate is not physically contacted by the cleaning mechanism, damage to the nozzle plate during cleaning is avoided thereby avoiding degrading the resulting print quality of the print head.
US10603916B2	Method of making a fluid structure having compression molded fluid channel A method of making a fluid channel in a printhead structure includes positioning a printhead die on a carrier; compression molding the die into a molded printhead structure; compression molding a first segment of a fluid channel into the molded printhead structure simultaneously with compression molding the die; and materially ablating a second segment of the fluid channel to couple the channel with a fluid feed hole in the die.
US10603908B2	Printing apparatus A first drive waveform for causing a liquid to be discharged from a first discharge unit and performing printing becomes a first potential during a first period, becomes a fourth potential during a second period, and becomes the first potential during a third period. A second drive waveform for inspecting the first discharge unit becomes a second potential during a fourth period, becomes a third potential during a fifth period, and becomes the second potential during a sixth period, where the third potential is lower than the fourth potential and the first potential.
US10603907B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode to which a drive signal is supplied and a second electrode to which a criterion voltage signal is supplied, and performs displacement by a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode, a cavity which is filled with a liquid, a vibration plate provided between the cavity and the piezoelectric element, and a first switching circuit that includes a first terminal to which the drive signal is supplied and a second terminal which is electrically connected to the first electrode and controls a supply of the drive signal to the first electrode. The liquid ejecting apparatus has a first mode in which charges at a first node at which the first electrode and the second terminal are electrically connected to each other are released via a parasitic diode of the first switching circuit.
US10603904B2	Image forming device An image formation device includes a plurality of nozzles arranged in a sub scan direction and configured to eject ink, a processor, and a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform processes including, performing a determination control configured to determine whether an unstable ejection condition, under which the ejection of the ink from the nozzles becomes unstable, is satisfied, and performing a first print control configured to cause printing to be performed by a multi-pass method when it is determined that the unstable ejection condition is satisfied.
US10603896B2	Installation and process for recycling wiping solution of one or more intaglio printing presses There is described an installation (01; 02) for recycling wiping solution of one or more intaglio printing presses (10) comprising a flocculation tank (12) for inducing flocculation of ink constituents contained in waste solution coming from the one or more intaglio printing presses (10), a processing tank (14) for pre-treating the waste solution for subsequent filtering, and a filtering unit (15), preferably a filter press unit, for filtering the waste solution coming from the processing tank (14) and producing recycled solution at an output of the filtering unit (15), which recycled solution is recycled to produce fresh wiping solution for use by the one or more intaglio printing presses (10). According to one embodiment, the installation (01) further comprises a centrifugation unit (13) for separating the waste solution coming from the flocculation tank (12) by centrifugation into precipitate and centrifuged supernatant, which centrifuged supernatant is fed to the processing tank (14). According to a second embodiment, the installation (02) further comprises a decantation unit (13a) for separating the waste solution coming from the flocculation tank (12) by decantation into precipitate and decanted supernatant, which decanted supernatant is fed to the processing tank (14), and a centrifugation unit (13b) for further separating the precipitate produced by the decantation unit (13a) by centrifugation into further precipitate and centrifuged supernatant, which centrifuged supernatant is fed to the processing tank (14). There are also described corresponding processes for recycling wiping solution.
US10603893B2	3D printing device and printing correction method A 3D printing device and a printing correction method are provided. The 3D printing device includes a printing nozzle, a printing platform and a controller. The printing nozzle is controlled to move on the movement plane. The printing platform includes a first tilt sensor to sense a tilting state of the printing platform. The controller is coupled to the first tilt sensor. The printing correction method adapted to the 3D printing device includes following steps: sensing the tilting state of the printing platform; controlling the printing nozzle to be depressed in a first position on the printing platform to change the tilting state of the printing platform; and, correcting the relative position of the print platform with the movement plane by the first position and the changes of tilting state of the printing platform sensed by the tilt sensor.
US10603889B2	Light emitting device and method of manufacturing light emitting device A light emitting device can further improve light extraction efficiency. A method of manufacturing such a light emitting device can also prove advantageous. The light emitting device includes a light emitting element, a light-transmissive member which is disposed on a light extracting surface side of the light emitting element, and a reflecting layer disposed on an element bonding surface of the light transmissive member where the light emitting element is disposed and adjacent to the light emitting element. The light-transmissive member, in a plan view, has a planar dimension greater than the light extracting surface of the light emitting element.
US10603887B2	Apparatus for manufacturing multilayer electrode An apparatus includes a control device for a first suction portion, a second suction portion, and a folding portion so that each time a separator is folded, a positive electrode and a negative electrode are alternately sandwiched between folded surfaces of the separator. The control device controls the at least one of the first suction portion and the second suction portion so that doping foil is bonded to one of a current collector, the positive electrode, and the negative electrode sucked and held by the at least one of the first suction portion and the second suction portion. The control device controls the at least one of the first suction portion and the second suction portion so that the one of the current collector, the positive electrode, and the negative electrode having the lithium metal foil bonded thereto is transported and sandwiched between a predetermined pair of the folded surfaces of the separator.
US10603884B2	Multi-layer film A multi-layer film includes a first-seal layer and a second-seal layer. The multi-layer film may be used to form a package for consumer-care products.
US10603878B2	Optical laminate, method for producing same, polarizing plate, and display device An optical layered body including: a substrate layer formed of a resin containing a crystallizable polymer A; and a first surface layer formed of a resin containing an amorphous polymer B, wherein a glass transition temperature TgA of the crystallizable polymer A and a glass transition temperature TgB of the amorphous polymer B satisfy TgB>TgA, a crystallization temperature TcA of the crystallizable polymer A and the glass transition temperature TgB of the amorphous polymer B satisfy TcA−10° C.≥TgB≥TcA−60° C., the first surface layer has a plane orientation coefficient P that satisfies P≤0.01, and a ratio of a thickness of the substrate layer relative to a total thickness of the optical layered body is 25% or more.

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