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US10698213B2	Head mounted display device A head mounted display (HMD) device including a display configured to display an image; a communication processor configured to communicate with a massage chair; a sensor configured to acquire data about a facial expression of a user receiving a massage in the massage chair; and a controller configured to transmit a command to the massage chair for adjusting a massage strength of the massage based on the facial expression of the user.
US10698205B2	Device adapted to eyeglasses A device adapted to a pair of eyeglasses is provided according to the present application, which includes a means for collecting eye data; and an adaption frame configured to retain the means for collecting eye data. The adaption frame includes an adapter unit configured to secure the adaption frame onto the eyeglasses and/or remove the adaption frame from the eyeglasses. The device according to the present application frees the subject from wearing an apparatus having a complicated structure, which greatly reduces the difficulty and inconvenience in wearing of the subject. Moreover, the device according to the present application has a simple structural design, can be adapted to the pair of eyeglasses in a removable manner, can improve the portability in use, and also facilitates storage.
US10698201B1	Plenoptic cellular axis redirection In one embodiment, an electronic display assembly includes a first and second microlens layer. The first microlens layer includes a first plurality of cells and the second microlens layer includes a second plurality of cells. Each cell of the first and second plurality of cells includes a transparent lenslet and a plurality of opaque walls configured to prevent light from bleeding into adjacent cells. The electronic display assembly further includes an image sensor layer adjacent to the first microlens layer, and a display layer adjacent to the second microlens array. The electronic display assembly further includes a first Fresnel prism adjacent to the first microlens layer, the first Fresnel prism configured to redirect the incoming light into the first plurality of cells. The electronic display assembly further includes a second Fresnel prism adjacent to the second microlens layer, the second Fresnel prism configured to redirect the emitted light from the second plurality of cells.
US10698198B2	Pixel clock generating device, image writing device, and image forming apparatus A pixel clock generating device includes a high-frequency clock generator, a comparer, a pixel clock generator, and a value switcher. The high-frequency clock generator is configured to generate a high-frequency clock. The comparer is configured to measure a time interval between a leading-end synchronizing signal and a trailing-end synchronizing signal in a main scanning and calculate an error between the time interval and a target value. The pixel clock generator is configured to generate a pixel clock based on the high-frequency clock and a pixel clock frequency and correct the pixel clock based on the error. The value switcher, including a plurality of groups of values with which the pixel clock is generated, is configured to switch between the plurality of groups of values according to a switching signal after the trailing-end synchronizing signal is inputted, the comparer calculates the error, and the pixel clock generator corrects the pixel clock.
US10698195B2	Plane wave imager with synthetic aperture capability Plane Wave Imagers (PWI) directly sense the amplitude and phase of electromagnetic waves and do not require a lens to image a scene. PWI's can also be used in the exit pupil of an afocal lens. PWI's are implemented in CMOS using silicon waveguide technology. Since the wavelength of light ranges from less than one to tens of microns, PWI's fabricated on silicon are essentially flat plates, making a PWI a thin and light structure. A CMOS PWI can operate in the visible, near infrared, short wave infrared, and mid wave thermal spectral bands. Benefits of using a PWI include the ability to achieve large optical aperture performance by digitally processing the outputs of multiple small aperture PWI's that are not necessarily precisely optically aligned. Enhanced scene resolution can be obtained by collecting imagery from several adjacent positions and then digitally combining the digital data into one large dataset.
US10698191B2	Camera and specimen alignment to facilitate large area imaging in microscopy A microscope system and method allow for a desired x′-direction scanning along a specimen to be angularly offset from an x-direction of the XY translation stage, and rotates an image sensor associated with the microscope to place the pixel rows of the image sensor substantially parallel to the desired x′-direction. The angle of offset of the x′-direction relative to the x-direction is determined and the XY translation stage is employed to move the specimen relative to the image sensor to different positions along the desired x′-direction without a substantial shift of the image sensor relative to the specimen in a y′-direction, the y′-direction being orthogonal to the x′ direction of the specimen. The movement is based on the angle of offset.
US10698188B2	Variable magnification optical system, imaging apparatus, and method for manufacturing variable magnification optical system Provided is a variable magnification optical system comprising, in order from an object side along an optical axis, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group G4; upon zooming from a wide angle end state to a telephoto end state, a distance between the first lens group G1 and the second lens group G2 being varied, a distance between the second lens group G2 and the third lens group G3 being varied, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group being varied; the third lens group G3 comprising, in order from the object side along the optical axis, a 3a-th lens group G3a having positive refractive power, an aperture S, and a 3b-th lens group G3b having positive refractive power; a lens group having negative refractive power within the 3b-th lens group G3b being used as a vibration reduction lens group and moved so as to include a component in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis, whereby image plane correction is performed when image blurring occurs; and predetermined conditions being satisfied. Whereby, a small-size and high-performance variable magnification optical system, capable of realizing a small variation in aberration and attaining a sufficient brightness even in the telephoto state, an imaging apparatus, and a method for manufacturing the variable magnification optical system are provided.
US10698180B2	Optical imaging lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device An optical imaging lens assembly includes six lens elements which are, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The second lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element has negative refractive power. The sixth lens element has positive refractive power.
US10698179B2	Optical photographing lens assembly, imaging apparatus and electronic device An optical photographing lens assembly includes seven lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The seventh lens element has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and including at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. An object-side surface and the image-side surface of the seventh lens element are aspheric.
US10698173B2	Lens driving apparatus Disclosed is a lens driving apparatus. The lens driving apparatus includes a base formed at a center thereof with a first opening; a housing coupled with the base and having a second opening corresponding to the first opening; a yoke installed on the base and including a horizontal plate having a third opening corresponding to the first opening and a vertical plate protruding upward from the horizontal plate; a bobbin movably installed in the yoke and coupled with a lens module; a coil fixedly disposed around the bobbin; a plurality of magnets provided at the vertical plate of the yoke to face the coil; and a spring installed on at least one of upper and lower portions of the yoke to return the bobbin, which has moved up due to interaction between the magnet and the coil, to its initial position.
US10698168B1	Printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) with integrated mounting structure to align and couple to transmitter optical assembly (TOSA) modules The present disclosure is generally directed to an optical transceiver module that includes a mounting section for aligning and coupling to associated TOSA modules. In particular, an embodiment of the present disclosure includes TOSA and ROSA components disposed on a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA). The PCBA includes a plurality of grooves at a optical coupling end to provide a TOSA mounting section. Each of the grooves provides at least one mating surface to receive and couple to an associated TOSA module. Opposite the optical coupling end, the PCBA includes an electric coupling section for coupling to, for example, a transmit (RX) circuit that provides one or more electrical signals to drive TOSA modules coupled to the TOSA mounting section.
US10698166B2	Fiber optic connector and method of assembling the same The present invention discloses a fiber optic connector comprising a housing, a spring, a ferrule assembly and a crimping seat. Before being inserted into the housing, the ferrule assembly is pre-assembled into the crimping seat in a manner of being movable relative to the crimping seat. The spring is pre-assembled into the housing before the ferrule assembly is inserted into the housing. After the pre-assembled ferrule assembly and crimping seat are inserted into the housing, the crimping seat is snap-fitted in the housing, and the spring pushes the ferrule assembly, so that the ferrule assembly is capable of being moved against the spring relative to the crimping seat. Before inserted into a housing of the fiber optic connector, some components may be pre-assembled together to form an integral assembly having a size less than that of a housing of the fiber optic connector. Accordingly, the integral assembly may be smoothly pulled through a small long pipe. After pulled through the pipe, the integral assembly may be easily and quickly inserted into the housing as a whole at one time.
US10698159B2	Multiple-layer arrangements including one or more dielectric layers over a waveguide Structures that include a waveguide and methods of fabricating a structure that includes a waveguide. A first dielectric layer comprised of a first silicon nitride is formed. The waveguide is arranged over the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is formed that is arranged over the waveguide. The second dielectric layer is composed of a second silicon nitride having a lower absorption of optical signals than the first silicon nitride.
US10698153B2	Index-matched grating inscription through fiber coating When a grating is inscribed in a section of optical fiber through a coating of the optical fiber, using a light modulation mask to modulate the light beam that writes the grating, a fluid can be situated between the section of optical fiber and the back side of a mask component carrying the light modulation mask (e.g., on its front side) to reduce the refractive-index discontinuity encountered at the surface of the coating. In various embodiments, rather than running the fiber through a vessel containing the fluid, the fluid is run across the back side of the mask component or retained by capillary action between the fiber section and the mask component.
US10698143B2	Filter made of metamaterials There is provided a filter for filtering electromagnetic radiation, wherein said filter is arranged to transmit electromagnetic radiation of a first predetermined wavelength and to block transmission of electromagnetic radiation of a second, different predetermined wavelength; said filter comprising a first metamaterial. Optionally, the metamaterial may be formed of a plurality of material elements wherein each material element is at least one-dimensional and the size of the material element along each dimension is no greater than the size of the second predetermined wavelength. The filter comprises a second metamaterial arranged to provide second filtering of electromagnetic radiation.
US10698142B2	Multispectral sensing system and method A multispectral sensing device is disclosed. The sensing device may comprise an array of pixel units. Each of the pixel units may comprise four pixels in a two by two configuration. Each of the pixels may comprise a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the pixel units may include at least one pixel that includes at least two sub-pixels configured to detect light of different wavelengths.
US10698139B2	Diffuse reflecting optical construction A diffuse reflecting optical construction that does not rely on special molds or tooling of the prior art in order to create a critical diffuse reflecting surface feature of the optical construction. An atomized spray method is employed to apply a hardenable transparent liquid polymer layer to the surface of a prefabricated base optical substrate. The polymer layer forms beads on the surface of the prefabricated base optical substrate, resulting in the formation of a surface having a random and continuous series of peaks and valleys thereon that form the diffuse reflecting surface feature. The prefabricated base optical substrate having the diffuse reflecting polymer layer thereon combined with additional optical layers forms a transparent diffuse reflecting optical construction that can be used in the manufacture of optical lenses, windows, and transparent films that reflect light in a diffuse manner while transmitting light in a substantially undistorted manner.
US10698138B2	Graded diffuser A diffuser including opposing structured first and second major surfaces is described. The first major surface includes a first plurality of surface structures providing a uniform first haze. The second major surface includes a first portion adjacent an edge and a second portion adjacent the first portion. The first portion includes a first region and a second region between the first region and the second portion. The second major surface includes a second plurality of surface structures providing a uniform second haze over the second portion and providing a third haze in the first portion. The third haze in the first region is higher than the second haze, and the third haze in the second region is monotonically decreasing. The second portion has a surface area of at least 90 percent of a surface area of the second major surface.
US10698133B2	Photoelectric sensor with adjustment part on an inclined surface The photoelectric sensor includes a light projecting part emitting light, a light receiving part receiving light, a housing housing the light projecting part and the light receiving part, a setting part receiving an input operation from outside to set a threshold value, and an adjustment part receiving an input operation from outside to finely adjust the set threshold value. The housing includes a front surface having a light projecting/receiving surface allowing light from the light projecting part and light to the light receiving part to pass, a rear surface located on a side opposite to the front surface, a top surface adjacent to the front surface and extending in a direction orthogonal to the front surface and the rear surface, and an inclined surface inclined with respect to and connecting the top surface and the rear surface. The adjustment part is provided on the inclined surface.
US10698131B2	Methods for improving matrix density and porosity estimates in subsurface formations Methods may include estimating the weight fractions of kerogen and inorganic mineral components of at least an interval of a subsurface formation; determining the grain density of kerogen and inorganic mineral components, wherein at least the grain density of kerogen is determined by one or more infrared measurements; and calculating the formation matrix density of at least an interval of the subsurface formation from the estimated weight fractions and the determined grain density. In another aspect, methods may include estimating the weight fractions of kerogen and inorganic mineral components of at least an interval of a subsurface formation; determining the grain density of kerogen and inorganic mineral components, wherein at least the grain density of kerogen is determined by one or more infrared measurements; and calculating the formation matrix density of at least an interval of the subsurface formation from the estimated weight fractions and the determined grain density; calculating the bulk density for at least an interval of the subsurface formation; and determining the total porosity of at least an interval of the subsurface formation as a function of depth by combining the calculated formation matrix density and the calculated bulk density.
US10698130B2	Stand-alone sensor having movable shield A stand-alone sensor includes a main part, a sensing head mounting on the main part, and a movable shield retractably disposed in the main part. The movable shield is rotatable around the sensing head when protruded from the main part.
US10698126B2	Tomographically enhanced full wavefield inversion A computer-implemented method for updating a physical properties model of a subsurface region in an iterative inversion of seismic data using a gradient of a cost function that compares the seismic data to model-simulated data, said method comprising: obtaining a contrast model of a subsurface physical parameter that is sensitive to data dynamics and a kinematic model of a subsurface physical parameter; determining a gradient of a cost function using the contrast model and the kinematic model, wherein the cost function compares seismic data to model-simulated data; updating the kinematic model using a search direction derived from the gradient; adapting the contrast model according to an update to the kinematic model performed in the updating step; iteratively repeating the determining, updating, and adapting steps until a predetermined stopping criteria is reached, and generating a subsurface image from a finally updated kinematic model; and using the subsurface image to prospect for hydrocarbons.
US10698106B2	Obstacle detecting method and apparatus, device and storage medium The present disclosure provides an obstacle detecting method and apparatus, a device and a storage medium, wherein the method comprises: obtaining a 3D point cloud collected by a driverless vehicle during travel; determining a set of vertexes and a set of edges respectively according to the obtained 3D point cloud; clustering vertexes in the set of vertexes according to the set of edges to obtain a smallest generated tree as an obstacle detection result. The solutions of the present disclosure can be applied to reduce workload and improve the accuracy of detection results.
US10698103B2	System and method for generating high-resolution imagery using electromagnetic signals A system and method for generating high-resolution imagery using electromagnetic signals includes a moveable vehicle and a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar system carried by the vehicle. The MIMO radar system includes an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements. One or more of the antenna elements transmits electromagnetic signals towards a target area and one or more of the antenna elements receives back-scattered electromagnetic signals reflected from the target area. The system generates high-resolution three-dimensional imagery based on back-scattered electromagnetic signal data with system performance characterized by: (a) down range resolution ΔR; (b) cross-range resolution ΔX; and (c) vertical resolution ΔH. The system exploits effective synthetic apertures to improve cross-range resolution ΔX and vertical resolution ΔH based on, at least in part, the movement of the vehicle along the trajectory and a width and height of the antenna array relative to the target area.
US10698092B2	Angle calibration in light detection and ranging system Techniques, systems, and devices relating to conducting calibration of LIDAR systems are disclosed. In one exemplary aspect, a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device is disclosed. The device comprises a light beam emitter operable to emit a light beam; a prism set positioned in an optical path of the light beam to refract the light beam onto a surface of a surrounding object; a light detector to detect light reflected by the surface of the surrounding object; a controller configured to estimate the surface of the surrounding object based on the detected light. The controller is operable to (1) determine a relative bias in the prism set, and (2) cause, based on the relative bias in the prism set, a compensation for an estimation error in the controller's estimation of the surface of the surrounding object.
US10698077B2	Angle-based multiple-source geolocation method and geolocation geometry evaluation based on covariance matrix A computer-implemented method of geolocating a target includes: receiving, from a plurality of sources, a corresponding plurality of angle estimates of the target relative to the respective sources; generating a corresponding plurality of planar renditions of the received angle estimates; selecting a combination of two or more planar renditions whose intersection defines a polygon; in response to multiple such combinations, selecting one having a largest number of planar renditions; and determining a center of the polygon of the selected combination. A computer-implemented method of evaluating geolocation geometry with respect to a target includes: geolocating the target from received sensor data of the target from multiple sources and location data of the sources; generating entries of a covariance matrix from the location data and the geolocation; deriving eigenvalues of the covariance matrix from the generated entries; and comparing the derived eigenvalues to evaluate the geolocation geometry with respect to the target.
US10698070B2	User terminal, vehicle, and controlling method of vehicle A user terminal, vehicle, and controlling method of vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a communication module configured to communicate with a user terminal and a controller configured to acquire a location of the user terminal, which corresponds to a search signal, when the search signal is received from the user terminal and to determine, based on sensor information of the user terminal, whether the acquired location of the user terminal is valid when the sensor information of the user terminal is received from the user terminal.
US10698068B2	System and method for synchronizing tracking points An electronic device, method, and computer readable medium for synchronizing frame-based and event-based tracking points are provided. The electronic device includes a frame-based camera, an event-based camera, and a processor. The processor is coupled to the frame-based camera and the event-based camera. The processor receives frame-based data captured by the frame-based camera and event-based data captured by the event-based camera; identifies a frame-based tracking point from the frame-based data; identifies an event-based tracking point from the event-based data corresponding to the frame-based tracking point; and synchronize the frame-based camera and the event-based camera based on the identified frame-based tracking point and the identified event-based tracking point.
US10698064B2	Motion-corrected compressed sensing magnetic resonance imaging A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system includes a memory for storing machine executable instructions and for storing pulse sequence commands to acquire the measured MR data according to a compressed sensing MR imaging protocol; and a processor for controlling the system. The MR imaging system with the pulse sequence commands acquires the measured MR data; reconstruct an intermediate MR image according to the compressed sensing MR imaging protocol; calculate a predicted data portion for each of the measured data portions; calculate a residual for each of the measured data portions; identify one or more of the measured data portions as outlier data portions; and reconstruct a corrected MR image according to the compressed sensing MR imaging protocol, wherein the one or more outlier data portions are excluded from the reconstruction of the corrected MR image.
US10698063B2	Motion artifact reduction of magnetic resonance images with an adversarial trained network Systems and methods are provided for correcting motion artifacts in magnetic resonance images. An image-to-image neural network is used to generate motion corrected magnetic resonance data given motion corrupted magnetic resonance data. The image-to-image neural network is coupled within an adversarial network to help refine the generated magnetic resonance data. The adversarial network includes a generator network (the image-to-image neural network) and a discriminator network. The generator network is trained to minimize a loss function based on a Wasserstein distance when generating MR data. The discriminator network is trained to differentiate the motion corrected MR data from motion artifact free MR data.
US10698060B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and medical image processing apparatus According to one embodiment, the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus has a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry generates a conductivity map quantitatively indicating the conductivity in the subject using a susceptibility map quantitatively indicating the susceptibility in the subject.
US10698058B2	Method and apparatus for optimizing gradient pulses of a pulse sequence for a magnetic resonance apparatus In a method magnetic resonance apparatus, a pulse sequence is optimized in order to identify a time interval of the pulse sequence during which gradient pulses are modifiable, and subdividing that time interval into two time subintervals wherein, during one of these two time subintervals, no gradient pulse is activated. Such an optimized pulse sequence can be repeated in a number of repetitions, during which magnetic resonance data are acquired, with a contiguous gradient being activated between repetitions, that performs the role of a conventional spoiler occurring directly before an RF excitation the contiguous gradient occurs during a duration that is shorter than a time directly following acquisition of data in one repetition and before excitation in the next repetition.
US10698057B2	Control computer and signal processing board for a magnetic resonance imaging system A control computer for a magnetic resonance imaging system has an analog-to-digital conversion array, a multiplexer array connected to the analog-to-digital conversion array, and a control module that receives at least one input signal via the multiplexer array and the analog-to-digital conversion array. A signal processing board for a magnetic resonance imaging system has a substrate with the aforementioned components thereon that form the aforementioned control computer.
US10698048B2	Rotatable magnet methods and apparatus for a magnetic resonance imaging system According to some aspects, a magnetic resonance imaging system comprising a B0 magnet configured to produce a B0 magnetic field for the magnetic resonance imaging system, the B0 magnet comprising at least one first B0 magnet to produce a magnetic field to contribute to the B0 magnetic field for the magnetic resonance imaging system, at least one second B0 magnet to produce a magnetic field to contribute to the B0 magnetic field for the magnetic resonance imaging system, wherein the at least one first B0 magnet and the at least one second B0 magnet are arranged relative to one another so that an imaging region is provided there between, a surface configured to support a patient anatomy within the imaging region, and a positioning member coupled to the B0 magnet and configured to allow the B0 magnet to be tilted to position the planar surface at a corresponding incline.
US10698041B2	Verification of cable application and reduced load cable removal in power over communications systems In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a port for receiving a plug connected to one end of a cable with another plug connected to an opposite end of the cable for use in a Power over Ethernet system delivering power at a level exceeding 100 watts, an online removal button on a face of the port for use in indicating an intent to remove the plug from the port, and an online removal module for detecting activation of the online removal button and reducing power on the cable to at least 90 watts to prevent damage during removal of the cable.
US10698028B2	Scan frame input register to decompressor parallel scan path outputs Testing of an electrical device is achieved by providing a test access mechanism within the device that can receive scan frames from an external tester. The received scan frames contain stimulus data to be applied to circuitry within the device to be tested, a command for enabling a test control operation, and a frame marker bit to indicate the end of the scan frame pattern. The inputting of scan frames can occur continuously and simultaneous with a commanded test control operation.
US10698027B1	Blended analog-to-digital conversion for digital test and measurement devices Systems and methods are provided for blended analog-to-digital conversion for digital test and measurement devices. A first-frequency-domain circuit path is configured to generate a first processed digital signal having high fidelity to an analog signal over a first frequency domain. A second-frequency-domain circuit path is configured to generate a second processed digital signal having high fidelity to the analog signal over a second frequency domain. A blended digital signal is generated using the first processed digital signal and the second processed digital signal. The blended digital signal can have high fidelity to the analog signal over multiple frequency domains.
US10698024B1	Self-healing microchip A self-healing microchip comprising a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) microchip lacking radiation shielding. The self-healing microchip includes one or more microheaters that are integrated directly upon a surface of the COTS microchip, a self-test circuit which detects a degradation in the COTS microchip, and one or more temperature sensors. The one or more microheaters may be formed directly upon a backside surface of the COTS microchip using tungsten sputtered shadow mask patterning or by lithography and etching, for example. In response to a detected degradation in the COTS microchip, a temperature control configures an output temperature generated by the one or more microheaters and an amount of time at which the output temperature is maintained to cause annealing in the microchip responsive to the detected degradation in the COTS microchip.
US10698023B2	Method and device for broadband analysis of systems and substances A method and device for high speed broadband testing of systems and substances using a binary, spectrally sparse sequence (SSS) as a periodic excitation waveform. The sequences with controllable frequency and magnitude spectra content are designed by component manipulation method or by edge manipulation method. The excitation waveform is typically pre-calculated, and kept in waveform memory, from where it is shifted out into digital to physical quantity converter (DQC).The sparse spectrum of the SSS makes it easy to create plenty of uncorrelated frequency sets with adjacent, but sufficiently different frequencies to form multi-path test systems, where all the paths can be measured simultaneously.The response of the sample under test (SUT) is sampled and the complex transfer function is calculated directly or indirectly via Impulse Response by Discrete Fourier Transform technique and its derivatives. The sequence bit interval and sampling interval have a predetermined ratio.
US10698009B2	Method and circuit for biasing and readout of resistive sensor structure A method of biasing and reading-out a passive resistive sensor structure having two excitation nodes and two readout nodes, comprises the steps of: a) determining a first state of a first capacitor corresponding to a first amount of charge biasing the sensor structure such that a biasing current flows through said first capacitor during a first time interval determining a second state of the first capacitor corresponding to a second amount of charge integrating or averaging the readout signal during a second time interval related to the first time interval, thereby obtaining an integrated or averaged readout signal determining the sensor readout signal based on the integrated or averaged readout signal and a change in state of the first capacitor.
US10698008B2	Current-sense ratio calibration A current-sense ratio calibration system includes a power field effect transistor (FET) integrated circuit (IC) that includes a regulator FET to regulate current through a power path and a sense FET to provide a sense current to a sense path. The regulator FET and sense FET have an intended current-sense ratio. The system calibrates the current-sense ratio by applying proportioned stimulus signals to the power and sense paths, the proportion being the intended current-sense ratio. The calibration circuitry compares a measurement of a sense path circuit parameter made during the stimulus application to a measurement of the parameter made not during the stimulus application to derive an error term used to calibrate for any sources of error in the current-sense ratio.
US10698003B2	Testing head comprising vertical probes for reduced pitch applications A testing head for testing the working of a device under test comprises a plurality of contact probes, each contact probe having a rod-like body of a predetermined length that extends between a first end and a second end and being housed in respective guide holes made in at least one plate-like lower guide and one plate-like upper guide that are parallel to each other and spaced apart by a bending zone. Suitably, at least one of the lower guide and upper guide is equipped with at least one recessed portion formed at a plurality of those guide holes and realizing lowered portions thereof adapted to reduce a thickness of the plurality of those guide holes.
US10697999B2	Universal mate-in cable interface system The present document describes an assembly for connecting a test unit to a wiring harness or equipment to be tested, and a method for testing using the assembly. The assembly may comprise a test box unit, a generic mate-in interface, and at least one specific mate-in interface. The generic mate-in interface is for connection to the test box unit on one end, and to the at least one specific mate-in interfaces at the other end. The mate-in interfaces are for testing different existing wiring harnesses or equipment. Each one of the generic and specific mate-in interfaces has a specific ID comprised in an ID support on the electrical path of the generic mate-in interface and the specific mate-in interface, for example, on any one of the end connectors of the interfaces or on their wiring. Information relating to the IDs of the connectors and the contact configuration of each mate-in interface is stored in a database of the test unit for identifying the appropriate test contacts that should be used for testing.
US10697998B2	Method of performing surface measurements on a surface of a sample, and scanning probe microscopy system therefore This document relates to a method of performing surface measurements on a surface of a sample using a scanning probe microscopy system. The system comprises a sample support structure for supporting a sample, a sensor head including a probe comprising a cantilever and a probe tip arranged on the cantilever, and an actuator for scanning the probe tip relative to the substrate surface for mapping of the nanostructures. The method comprising the steps of: vibrating the cantilever using an actuator and moving the probe relative to the substrate surface for performing said scanning. The probe is held at a distance to the substrate surface such as to allow contact at a plurality of intermittent contact moments between the probe tip and the surface during said vibrating of the cantilever. The steps of vibrating of the cantilever and moving of the probe are performed concurrently. For performing the surface measurements, the method comprises obtaining a sensor signal indicative of a position of the probe tip during said scanning, and analyzing this signal by quantifying two or more frequency components in a Fourier transform for determining an estimate of a force value of a force between said substrate surface and said probe tip during said contact moments.
US10697985B2	Method for detecting small molecules in a sample The present invention telates to a method for detecting small molecular analytes in a sample, which method comprises derivatizing at least one small molecular analyte or at least one carrier molecule, in such way that one can bind to the other, thus forming at least one analyte-carrier complex, adding a detection immunoligand that s binds to the analyte-carrier complex, and detecting the small molecular analyte.
US10697981B2	Value assignment for customizable quality controls Methods are provided for end users of diagnostic measurement procedures to prepare quality controls having desired analyte recoveries, estimate recoveries of quality controls already prepared, and compare estimated and measured recoveries. To prepare a quality control containing a particular analyte, a desired recovery of a measurement procedure for the analyte can be scaled by a correlation factor to obtain a target nominal concentration of the analyte in the quality control. Alternatively, the nominal concentration of an analyte in a quality control can be scaled by a correlation factor to obtain a predicted recovery of a measurement procedure for the analyte. The correlation factors can be based on recovery data previously obtained using the measurement procedure and optionally one or more reference procedures, and can be calculated using regression analysis of these data. Each quality control can be prepared by dissolving a number of solid beads containing the analyte(s) of interest in a volume of base matrix.
US10697979B2	Method for measurement of HbA1c using amadoriase that reacts with glycated peptide This invention provides an amadoriase that can react with a wide variety of glycated peptides generated upon hydrolysis of the β chain of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) to generate hydrogen peroxide, a method for measurement of HbA1c using such amadoriase, and a reagent kit for measurement of HbA1c using such amadoriase. Provided is an amadoriase obtained by substitution of one or more amino acids at positions corresponding to amino acids selected from the group consisting of amino acids 62, 63, 102, 106, 110, 113, and 355 in the amino acid sequence of the amadoriase derived from the genus Coniochaeta or the like which amadoriase is capable of oxidizing a wide variety of glycated peptides to generate hydrogen peroxide. Further provided is a method for measurement of HbA1c comprising using such amadoriase as well as a reagent kit for measurement of HbA1c comprising such amadoriase. This invention can provide a method for measurement of HbA1c that enables quantification of HbA1c to be performed rapidly, simply, and accurately with the use of a small amount of a protease and a kit used for such measurement. This invention can also provide a method for measurement of HbA1c that enables quantification of HbA1c to be performed rapidly, simply, and accurately, with high sensitivity with the use of a small amount of a protease and a kit used for such measurement.
US10697977B2	Mass spectrometry-cleavable cross-linker Provided herein is synthesis of a novel acidic acid residue targeting sulfoxide-containing MS-cleavable homobifunctional cross-linker. The novel mass spectrometry-cleavable cross-linking agents can be used in mass spectrometry to facilitate structural analysis of intra-protein interactions in proteins and inter-protein interactions in protein complexes. Also disclosed herein are data based on the novel MS-cleavable homobifunctional cross-linker that are complimentary to amine-reactive sulfoxide-containing MS-cleavable reagents.
US10697970B2	S100A9 levels for predicting lenalidomide and erythropoietin responsiveness A method is disclosed for diagnosing multiple myeloma or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) in a subject and/or predicting the responsiveness of a patient with a multiple myeloma or MDS to lenalidomide treatment, erythropoietin treatment, or a combination thereof. The method involves assaying a biological sample from the subject, such as a blood, serum, or plasma sample, for s100A9 protein levels, TNF? levels, or a combination thereof wherein elevated levels of s100A9 in the biological sample and/or reduced levels of TNF? levels is an indication of MDS in the subject and/or that the patient will be responsive.
US10697968B2	Lipid markers for early diagnosis of breast cancer Methods for measuring a panel of biomarkers in a subject suspected of having breast cancer are provided. The methods include obtaining a biological sample from the subject and determining a measurement for a panel of biomarkers in the biological sample, the panel comprising at least 5 biomarkers selected from the group comprising LPC(18:3), LPC(20:2), LPC(20:1), LPC(20:0), PC(32:1), PC(34:4), PC(38:3), PC(40:5), PC(40:3), PC(44:11), ePC(32:2), ePC(38:3), C19:1 CE, C19:0 CE, and C20:0 CE, wherein the measurement comprises measuring a level of each of the at least 5 biomarkers.
US10697967B2	Methods for predicting response of triple-negative breast cancer to therapy The present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting the expression and/or activation levels of components of signal transduction pathways in tumor cells such as triple-negative metastatic breast tumor cells. Information on the expression and/or activation levels of components of signal transduction pathways derived from use of the present invention can be used for cancer diagnosis, prognosis, and in the design of cancer treatments.
US10697965B2	Method for treating and prognosing cancer The present invention relates to an in vitro method for determine the prognosis of the survival time of a patient suffering from a cancer comprising the steps consisting of i) determining the expression level of the couple DNMT3A/ISGF3γ in a sample from said patient, ii) comparing said expression level with a predetermined reference value and iii) providing a good prognosis when the expression level is lower than the predetermined reference value and a poor prognosis when the expression level is higher than the predetermined reference value. The invention also relates a compound which is a DNMT3A/ISGF3γ antagonist or a compound which is a DNMT3A/ISGF3γ gene expression inhibitor for use in the treatment and prevention of cancer.
US10697956B2	Method for assessment of hepatic function and portal blood flow A method for estimating portal blood flow and hepatic function in a subject is provided. In one example, the STAT test is an in vitro simplified, convenient test intended for screening purposes that can reasonably estimate the portal blood flow from a single blood sample taken 60 minutes after orally administered deuterated-cholate. The test can be administered to a patient having, or suspected of having, Chronic Hepatitis C, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), or any chronic liver disease.
US10697949B2	Moisture detection apparatus and process Embodiments of a water detection apparatus are disclosed that can detect characteristics of food products. The apparatus may include a conveying mechanism configured to move a food product through an aperture in the apparatus, a transmitter coil configured to transmit a signal within the aperture, and a receiver coil configured to receive the signal altered by the food product, and a signal processing unit configured to determine an output value associated with the food product moving through the aperture. The output value can be based, at least in part, on the signal and the altered signal. The output value can corresponds to a characteristic of the food product.
US10697948B2	Mobile communications device with electronic nose Systems and methods for a mobile electronic system that gathers and analyzes odors, airborne chemicals and/or compounds. The system includes a sample delivery component that can gather airborne substances and/or gaseous substances. A detection component can detect the presences of chemicals, substances, and/or visual gases in a sample. Analyzed samples can be compared with known substance and/or odor analysis. In addition, the source of the sample can be determined. Accordingly, odor, gas, and/or airborne substance identification can be accomplished.
US10697945B2	Method of analyzing compound including amine group by using Boc compound Provided is an amine group-derivatized composition including a Boc compound for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis, and when the amine group-derivatized composition is used in analysis using reverse-phase LC-MS, it is possible to effectively analyze compounds including an amine group and an amino acid at a low cost in a short time.
US10697943B2	Automatic analysis device An automatic analysis device capable of effectively preventing incorrect container number input when analysis conditions are set. An image display area and text display area are provided in a setting screen. An image in which a selection area is assigned to each container number corresponding to a sample container is displayed in the image display area. If a selection area in the image display area is selected through operation unit operation, the container number expressing the selected selection area is displayed in the text display area (container number input part). If the container number expressing the selected sample container is displayed in the text display area (container number input part) as a result of operation unit operation, the display mode of the selection area corresponding to the container number is switched.
US10697936B2	TSM biosensor to ex-vivo characterize the viscoelastic properties of skin The invention concerns a Thickness Shear Mode (TSM) biosensor (1) which comprises an ex vivo living skin explant (2), the skin explant (2) comprising at least one of the skin layers among: hypodermis, dermis (2A), epidermis (2B) and the stratum corneum (2C), a TSM transducer (3) which comprises: an AT cut quartz resonator 3C which has two opposite exterior surfaces (3A,3B), and two conducting electrodes (4A, 4B), each conducting electrode being deposited on one of the two exterior surfaces (3A,3B), the TSM transducer (3) allowing to determine micro rheological characteristics of the living skin explant (2) by piezoelectric transducing using shear waves, the TSM transducer (3) presenting: measuring means (30), monitoring and calculating means (31) which monitor an evolution in time of an electrical response of the living skin explant (2), and which calculate in time, from the electrical response, micro rheological characteristics of the living skin explant (2), a bottom surface of the skin explant (2) being in contact with the TSM transducer (3), a top surface of the skin explant (2) being in contact with air.
US10697928B2	Reconfigurable gas sensor architecture with a high sensitivity at low temperatures A gas sensing device includes a dielectric substrate, a heater integrated into a first side of the substrate and an insulating dielectric formed over the heater. A gas sensing layer is formed on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side. Contacts are formed on the gas sensing substrate. A noble material is formed on a portion of the gas sensing layer between the contacts to act as an ionizing catalyst such that, upon heating to a temperature, adsorption of a specific gas changes electronic properties of the gas sensing layer to permit detection of the gas.
US10697918B2	Polymer / single-walled carbon nanotube composite for gas detection A sensor can include a conductive region in electrical communication with at least two electrodes, the conductive region can include a composite of a polymer and SWCNTs immobilized onto a substrate. In certain embodiment, a linker can be grafted on the substrate. The linker can connect the substrate and the composite of the polymer and SWCNTs. In certain embodiments, the linker can covalently bond the polymer to the substrate. In certain embodiments, metal nanoparticles or ions can be incorporated as a metal sensitizer to confer further selectivity or sensitivity to the device. In certain embodiments, the polymer can act as a ligand for a variety of metal ions. By incorporating a specific metal ion, the sensor can selectively detect a specific analyte. In certain embodiments, the composite of the polymer and SWCNTs can be functionalized. In certain embodiments, the composite can further include a sensing element.
US10697907B2	Metrology measuring apparatus The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for apparatus for accurately measuring and calibrating elemental concentration measurements for a semiconductor wafer. The apparatus includes an edxrf system for calculating an elemental concentration at a target area of the semiconductor wafer. The apparatus further includes an optical subsystem for calculating volumetric information of the target area of the semiconductor wafer. The elemental concentration may be calibrated by first correlating the elemental concentration measurements for a norm feature at the target area with the volumetric information for the norm feature of the target area to obtain a calibration data. Thereafter, the calibration data obtained is used to calibrate the elemental concentration measurements to achieve an accurate measurement thereof.
US10697905B2	Apparatus and method for scanning a structure A subsea apparatus and method for scanning a subsea structure to detect differences in density between different parts of the subsea structure is described. A source of gamma radiation and a plurality of detectors arranged to detect gamma radiation emitted by the source are provided. The subsea structure is positioned between the source and the detectors, and the detectors and the source rotated in a fixed relationship to each other about an axis of rotation located between the detectors and the source. The plurality of detectors are arranged in a linear array, the linear array being substantially parallel to the axis of rotation. A pixelated detector array and a source container are also disclosed.
US10697902B2	X-ray tensor tomography system The present invention relates to an X-ray tensor tomography (XTT) system (34), comprising a source (12) for providing a beam with coherent X-rays, a first grating (16) with first grating lines and a second grating (18) with second grating lines, the second grating lines being parallel to the first grating lines and the XTT-system (34) being configured to relatively shift the first grating (16) and/or the second grating (18) in a shifting direction (32) being parallel to the planes of the gratings (16, 18), a stage (36) for rotating the specimen about a first axis of rotation and about not more than two axes of rotation (26), the first axis of rotation lying in a plane (38) being tilted by an angle ψ with respect to the to the planes of the gratings (16, 18), wherein 0°<ψ≤90°, and by an angle β with respect to a plane being orthogonal to the direction of the beam path at a location of the stage (36), wherein 0°<β<90°, a detector (22), a reconstruction unit configured to reconstruct scattering tensors for a specimen.
US10697899B1	Method and apparatus for determining tool mark identity using machine learning According to an embodiment, a method of determining tool mark identity using machine learning may include: obtaining surface height data of at least two tool strip marks by photographing tool strip marks generated using at least two tools with a three-dimensional (3D) microscope; generating a data set by calculating a cross-correlation coefficient for the surface height data of the tool strip marks; separating the data set into a training set for machine learning training and a test set for verifying a machine learning result; performing the machine learning training to determine whether the tool strip marks are identical using the training set; and verifying a result of the machine learning training using the test set.
US10697878B2	Differential viscometer with solvent compressibility correction An improved version of the capillary bridge viscometer that compensates for the effect of solvent compressibility is disclosed. A novel, yet simple and inexpensive modification to a conventional capillary bridge viscometer design can improve its ability to reject pump pulses by more than order of magnitude. This improves the data quality and allows for the use of less expensive pumps. A pulse compensation volume is added such that it transmits pressure to the differential pressure transducer without sample flowing there through. The pressure compensation volume enables the cancellation of the confounding effects of pump pulses in a capillary bridge viscometer.
US10697875B2	System and method for in-situ measurement of viscoelastic material properties using continuous-wave ultrasound A system and method for measuring one or more viscoelastic properties of a material under measurement is disclosed. The system includes an emitter-observer transducer pair separated by the material. A signal processing assembly is operable to (i) apply a plurality of excitation signals to the emitter transducer, wherein each of the excitation signals comprises a continuous-wave sinusoidal waveform, (ii) record a plurality of output signals at the observer transducer, wherein each of the output signals corresponds to one of the excitation signals, (iii) analyze the output signals to measure the sound speed of the material, and (iv) determine the viscoelastic properties of the material under measurement by optimizing the parameters of an infinite echo model. The system provides a non-destructive approach for in-situ measurement of viscoelastic material properties.
US10697873B2	Method for determining physical similarity simulation material of solid backfill body A method for determining a physical similarity simulation material of a solid backfill body is provided. A compaction test is run on a gangue backfill body in a lab, to obtain a ε-σ curve regarding the gangue backfill body in the compaction process. Backfill blocks are made by using a thin wood board, sponge, and a paper sheet in different proportions, and then an unconfined compression test is separately run on the backfill blocks used for physical similarity simulation, to obtain εi-σi curves regarding the backfill blocks in the compression process. A sum of squared errors Σ(εi−ε0)2 is introduced to separately calculate a sum of squared errors of the backfill block and that of the gangue backfill body, and accordingly an error between ε-σ curves regarding the test block and the gangue backfill body is determined. Finally, a backfill block for which the sum of squared errors is less than 0.5 is determined as a physical similarity simulation material of the gangue backfill body. By fabrication and selection of similar materials, the present invention can reduce an error caused by a selected backfilling material during a physical similarity simulation experiment, guaranteeing the accuracy of the physical similarity simulation experiment for solid backfill mining.
US10697870B2	Blood test kit and analyzing method using the same An object is to provide a blood test kit and a blood analysis method capable of performing a blood test with a small amount of blood at high accuracy by visualizing a volume of blood collection and keeping the volume constant. Provided is a blood test kit for analyzing a concentration of a target component in a blood sample using a normal component homeostatically present in blood, the kit including: a blood collection instrument for collecting the blood sample; a diluent solution for diluting the collected blood sample; and a storing instrument for storing the diluted blood sample, in which the blood collection instrument is a capillary.
US10697867B2	Apparatus and method for automatic gravimetric sampling of chemical solids An improved apparatus and method for sampling of solids with flexibility to sampling weight and granular size comprises, in one implementation, a sample holder, a grinding unit, a linking channel, a structural support unit and a control unit. The linking channel is arranged to connect the sample holder to the grinding unit. The grinding unit includes a grinding container and a grinding rod with a blade at a bottom end, and is configured to automatically grind a solid specimen. The structural support unit is configured to provide system stability and to protect the control unit from outside. The control unit includes a switch, a regulating module, an actuator motor, a rotational plate, a lever beam and an electronic board, and is configured to regulate automatic weighing and grinding of the solid specimen. The switch is configured to START/END grinding and to send signals to the electronic board to stay ON/OFF during sampling, and the regulating module is configured to adjust voltage of the actuator motor consistent with weight of the solid specimen. The control unit is also arranged to be distant from the grinding unit to prevent direct contact between a user and the solid specimen during sampling when dealing with a hazardous specimen.
US10697856B2	To a soft collision partner (aka soft car) used in system for testing crash avoidance technologies A soft body system adapted to form the body and exterior surface of a Guided Soft Target for testing crash avoidance technologies in a subject vehicle is disclosed. The soft body system is adapted to be mounted atop a motorized Dynamic Motion Element (DME), and when so mounted, is adapted to collide with the subject vehicle while the DME is moving. The soft body system includes a semi-rigid form with an exterior surface. The form is sufficiently yielding so as to impart a minimal force to the subject vehicle upon impact. The form may be shaped like a vehicle or a part of a vehicle. The exterior surface includes a side skirt made of radar absorptive material (RAM), radar reflective material (RRM), or a combination of both, which is positioned adjacent to the ground and is constructed to prevent radar waves from entering into the soft body system.
US10697853B2	Optical fiber distributed monitoring system and method An optical fiber distributed monitoring system and method is provided. The system includes a laser device, an acousto-optic modulator, a phase matching interferometer, a photoelectric detector and a phase demodulation module. After entering the phase matching interferometer, the Rayleigh backscattering light containing parameter information output from the sensing optical fiber enters the two arms of the phase matching interferometer respectively, and the light of the two arms of the phase matching interferometer is phase-modulated by the first modulation wave and the second modulation wave, respectively and then interfere with each other to generate interference light. The photoelectric detector converts a light signal into an electric signal, and the phase demodulation module processes the electric signal based on the Hilbert algorithm to obtain the parameter change of the environment under test.
US10697844B2	Compact pressure transducer The present disclosure includes a pressure transducer comprising: a frame; a cantilevered beam; a resilient beam portion; a signal processing circuit; a wiring terminal; and a support member. The resilient beam portion anchors the cantilevered beam to the frame. The cantilevered beam moves in response to a pressure-induced force applied to the cantilevered beam and the resilient beam portion bends producing a strain within the resilient beam portion. The support member comprises a cavity and the signal processing circuit is entirely installed inside the cavity. There is a strain gauge diffused into, implanted into, and/or affixed to the resilient beam portion. The cavity of the support member includes a first aperture disposed along the first surface of the support member and the inner surface of the frame covers the first aperture.
US10697836B2	System and method for measuring junction temperature of power module A system and method for measuring a junction temperature of a power module junction temperature are provided. The method is capable of improving accuracy of temperature measurement by more accurately applying temperature change in a junction temperature rising section, capable of more accurately predicting durability life of a power module, and capable of increasing output power of the power module.
US10697835B2	Method and device for assembling a temperature sensor A method for assembling sensor on a housing. The sensor provided with a body, a protrusion and an electrical connection cable. The housing being provided with a blind hole shaped to engage with the protrusion of the sensor. The assembly method provides the following phases: a) inserting the protrusion in the blind hole of the housing bringing an end wall of the protrusion into contact with a bottom wall of the blind hole, b) tightening a bushing to a first tightening torque value, the bushing having an external thread that engages with an internal thread of the blind hole and an internal thread that engages with an external thread of the protrusion, in which all of the threads have the same pitch, c) tightening a hexagonal nut to a second tightening torque value.
US10697830B1	Multicomb light source and spectrometer A comb light source and spectrometer is disclosed. The comb light source and spectrometer can include a plurality of light emitters, where each light emitter can be configured to emit light included in a plurality of wavelength bands. Each wavelength band can be separated from an adjacent wavelength band by a noise band. Due to the separated wavelength bands for a light emitter, any signal received outside of the one or more wavelength bands can originate from noise (e.g., drift, ambient light, electrical noise), thereby enhancing signal analysis and noise rejection. In some examples, the comb light emitters can be activated sequentially such that a plurality of wavelengths across a spectrum can be measured. In some examples, the resolution and the number of spectral lines in the comb light source can be tuned by changing the properties of the quantum dots and/or increasing the number of comb light emitters.
US10697828B2	Multispectral optical sensor and method of manufacturing the same A multispectral optical sensor is disclosed. In one embodiment, the multispectral optical sensor includes a piezoelectric material, a first sensing layer and a second sensing layer spaced apart from each other on the piezoelectric material and configured to change the propagation speed of the acoustic wave propagated through the piezoelectric material by receiving ultraviolet light and visible light, respectively. The multiple optical sensor further includes a first acoustic wave output part and a second acoustic wave output part disposed on the piezoelectric material respectively corresponding to the first and second sensing layers and configured to generate an electrical signal based on the changed acoustic wave. The multiple optical sensor measures the intensity of ultraviolet and visible light using a single sensor by detecting the change in frequency, and measures the frequency change in the acoustic wave using zinc oxide, gallium nitride), or cadmium sulfide nanoparticles.
US10697822B2	Devices, methods and computer program products providing multi-axis vibrational measurement with predictive analysis A sensor may include a housing configured to couple to a machine; at least one processor within the housing; a battery within the housing; a communication adapter within the housing and coupled to the at least one processor; and a measurement device within the housing and coupled to the at least one processor and the battery. The communication adapter may be configured to wirelessly connect to a communication network. The measurement device may be configured to: obtain measurements of a physical characteristic of the machine to which the housing is coupled and transmit the measurements via the communication adapter, and automatically switch between a first measurement mode comprising a first sampling rate and a second measurement mode comprising a second sampling rate, different from the first sampling rate, without human intervention.
US10697814B1	Water meter pit using a buoy to assist in RF communication A wireless pit meter (WPM) transmitter unit comprises a complete wireless system for reading and transmitting water meter data, wherein the water meter may be submersed in water. In order to lower installation costs and to improve system reliability, a buoy transmitter is used within a water meter vault such that varying levels of water do not degrade radio signal propagation. A wire may be attached to a submerged water meter sending data to a disclosed buoy. The buoy has an antenna to transmit data to the underside of a pit lid repeater PLR, the PLR having an underside within the water meter pit and a top side reaching the outside of the water pit lid. The top side of the PLR comprises a spiral antenna capable of transmitting or repeating the water meter data to a distant receiver with the receiver in communication with a billing system.
US10697811B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing sensor data collection and sensor configuration A method, apparatus and computer program product provide data collection via a plurality of sensors, user authentication, data storage, and sensor replacement and configuration. The sensors may be integrated in or on various types of devices and/or household objects and may provide a wide range of data regarding users, use of the respective items, and/or their environments. Sensor data may be processed by the disclosed apparatus to generate application output data. Replacement sensors may be manually or automatically detected and configured. Multiple users may use a sensor and/or associated device, and may be authenticated with biometric data or/and other forms of authentication. The data may therefore be associated with the intended user. Authentication, data storage, application computer program code hosting, analytical processing, and/or the like may be performed on computing devices that are remote from the disclosed apparatus. Cost effective updates and replacements of sensors and/or devices may be provided.
US10697808B2	Method for operating a magnetostrictive position measuring device A method for operating a magnetostrictive displacement measuring device, having a wave guide for guiding at least one mechanical wave, at least one damping zone, a magnetic position encoder which is displaceably arranged along a measuring range of the position measuring device and a detection unit, generates the at least one mechanical wave by an excitation signal (IP) having a clock frequency (f1, f2), at least two mechanical waves having respectively different clock frequencies (f1, f2, f) being generated. The clock frequencies can be predetermined such that interfering reflections (R11, R12) occur at different positions (x11, x21, x2) of the measuring range of the displacement measurement device, and during the method of the position encoder, switching between the different clock frequencies (f1, f2, f) takes place, such that the interfering reflections (R11, R12) on the respective different positions (x11, x21, x22) of the measuring range are masked out.
US10697802B2	Sensor device and a method of current modulation switching using a two-wire current interface A sensor device includes a two-pin current interface including an input pin configured to draw an input current and an output pin configured to output an output current, a sensor configured to generate a measurement signal, and a current modulator configured to generate a current pulse as the output current such that the output current toggles between at least two main current states based on the measurement signal. The current modulator is configured to modulate the output current such that the output current is increased, to a first current level greater than the at least two main current states, at an initial phase of the current pulse for a first duration, and to modulate the output current such that the output current is decreased, to a second level less than the at least two main current states, at a terminal phase of the current pulse for a second duration.
US10697793B2	Hub-mountable wheel-rotation detector A hub-mountable wheel-rotation detector has an electromagnetic generator to convert rotational mechanical energy into electrical energy sufficient to recharge an internal rechargeable battery and power internal alarm and distance-tracking circuitry. The detector provides a combination of backup alarm and hubodometer functionality in a common device.
US10697792B2	Systems and methods for in-vehicle navigated shopping Systems and methods to provide a navigated-shopping service are discussed. In an example, a method for navigated-shopping can include receiving a destination location, accessing a route to the destination, displaying the route with indications of a plurality of items for purchase, receiving selection of a selected item, and purchasing the selected item. The plurality of items for purchase can be within a predefined distance of at least one point along the route. The selection of the selected item can include selection of a retail location of a plurality of retail locations along the route.
US10697778B2	Indoor navigation In accordance with implementations of the subject matter described herein, a new approach for creating a navigation trace is proposed. In these implementations, a reference signal is obtained, where the reference signal includes time series data collected by at least one environment sensor along a reference path from a start point to a destination. Then, a navigation trace is created for the reference path based on the obtained reference signal, where magnitudes at locations of the navigation trace reflect measurements collected by the at least one environment sensor at respective time points of the reference signal. In accordance with implementations of the subject matter described herein, a new approach for generating a navigation instruction from a navigation trace.
US10697772B1	High dynamic range gyroscope A sensor includes an acceleration or magnetic field sensitive microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) resonator, configured to oscillate in at least a first normal mode and a second normal mode. The sensor further includes: a coarse readout circuit configured to drive the first normal mode, measure a motion of the first normal mode, and derive from the measured motion a coarse measurement of the true acceleration or true external magnetic field; and a fine readout circuit configured to drive the second normal mode, measure a motion of the second normal mode, and derive from the measured motion and the coarse measurement a measurement of the difference between the true acceleration or true external magnetic field and the coarse measurement.
US10697768B2	Method and device for the cyclic digital transfer of a position value of a moving object having inertial mass A method and device for the cyclic digital transfer of a position value of a moving object having inertial mass, the value range of the transferred position value being limited in such a way that no whole revolution or, in the case of a linear motion, other complete period that is conditional upon mechanical conditions is mappable, and the actual position is generated by detecting, in an evaluation unit, instances of the value range being exceeded.
US10697747B1	Tape measure with tape blade profile increasing tape standout A tape measure, including a tape measure blade having a cross-sectional profile to increase standout is provided. The profile has a curved shape that increases standout. The tape blade may have a flat width of 30 mm or less and a standout of at least 132 inches.
US10697725B2	Tool for firearm selector removal and installation and method of firearm selector removal and installation Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for replacing a selector switch of lower receiver of a firearm, the method including the steps of: removing an ancillary portion of the selector switch; inserting a sear spring and sear deflector block into the lower receiver such that a hook portion and an end portion of the sear spring engage a sear and a portion of a sear spring to cause the sear and the portion of a sear spring to be disengaged from the selector switch; inserting a detent deflector button into a side of the lower receiver such a spring biased detent is depressed and the selector switch extends from an opposite side of the lower receiver; removing the selector switch; inserting a new selector switch into the opposite side of the lower receiver such that the detent deflector button is dislodged from the side of the lower receiver; removing the sear spring and sear deflector block; and securing the removing the ancillary portion or a new ancillary portion to the new selector switch.
US10697714B2	Multiple tube-type heat exchanger and heat transfer tube cleaning method for same A multiple tube-type heat exchanger (25) is provided with a cylindrical heat exchanger shell (36) and a heat transfer tube unit (38) which is mounted in a removable manner within the heat exchanger shell (36). The heat transfer tube unit (38) is provided with a plurality of heat transfer tubes (50) extending inside the heat exchanger shell (36) in the longitudinal axis direction; a binding member (51 serves also as this binding member) for binding the heat transfer tubes (50); and a plurality of rotary journal sections (51, 52) which are concentric with the center axis (CL) of the heat transfer tube unit (38), are provided at positions located at a distance from each other in the direction of the center axis (CL), and enable the heat transfer tube unit (38) to be supported by predetermined rotation support sections provided outside the heat exchanger shell (36).
US10697710B2	Manufacturing method of three-dimensional heat conducting structure A manufacturing method of a three-dimensional heat conducting structure, comprising: providing a vapor chamber having at least one insert hole; providing a heat pipe having an open end, and inserting the open end into the insert hole; providing a support ring, and sheathing the support ring on either the heat pipe or the vapor chamber, wherein the supporting ring extends along an axial direction of the heat pipe and has a contact surface facing toward an outer surface of the vapor chamber, and the contact surface is in contact with the outer surface of the vapor chamber; and providing a soldering means, and applying the soldering means between the support ring and the heat pipe to combine the heat pipe onto the vapor chamber.
US10697704B2	Liquid-cooled heat dissipation system and water reservoir thereof The invention discloses a water reservoir of a liquid-cooled system. The water reservoir is integretedly interconnected to the power system. The water reservoir is partitioned into a water inflow tank and a water outflow tank in a top-bottom or left-right manner. The water inflow tank and the water outflow tank are both provided with at least two water inlets and water outlets. Also, the present invention discloses a liquid-cooled system made by using the above-mentioned water reservoir, which includes a heat dissipation device and a heat absorption device connected to the water reservoir. The heat dissipation device is integratedly connected to the water reservoir. The heat absorption device is connected to the water reservoir through pipes.
US10697695B1	Refrigerator storage system A refrigerator (10) provides configurable storage in an interior area of a refrigerator door (16). Door shelves (32, 34) are releasably attachable to inside faces (20) of the door in a first configuration in which the door shelves hold items in a substantially vertical orientation, and in a second configuration in which the door shelves hold items in a tilted orientation. Foldout door shelves (64, 66) are rotatably positioned in operatively supported connection with the inside faces of the door. Each of the foldout door shelves is selectively movable between a retracted position in which the shelf is positioned adjacent to a vertically extending inside face of the door, and extended positioned in which an item supporting surface (68, 70) of the respective shelf extends outward to hold items in a tilted orientation.
US10697693B2	Refrigerator Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a sliding bar provided in each of a pair of doors and that moves between standby and contact positions to which the sliding bar moves from the standby position to seal a gap between the doors, and a moving device that operates the sliding bar in linkage with operations of opening and closing the doors, wherein the moving device includes a lever that is pressed by the main body and rotatably provided inside the doors to transmit a pressing force in a direction different from a direction in which the lever is pressed by the main body, and a sliding link that operates in linkage with rotation of the lever and configured so that the sliding bar moves between the standby position and the contact position. Through this configuration, the refrigerator minimizes noise related to opening and closing the doors and improves insulation performance.
US10697666B2	One piece roll-formed damper frame and method of manufacture A single piece roll-formed frame comprising a first channel having a base section and one or more legs, each leg comprising an upper side extending from the base section at a first angle and a lower side extending from the upper side at a second angle, a second channel having a base section and one or more legs, each leg comprising an upper side extending from the base section at the first angle and a lower side extending from the upper side at the second angle and wherein the base section of the first channel and the base section of the second channel are formed from a single piece and intersect to form a third angle, and the upper side of each leg of the first channel overlaps the upper side of each leg of the second channel.
US10697665B2	Air cleaner An air cleaner is provided. The air cleaner may include at least one air cleaning module including a fan, a filter and an inlet through which air is suctioned into the filter; an air flow controller configured to be movably disposed on the at least one air cleaning module and including an air flow control fan to control a flow of the air discharged from the at least one air cleaning module. The air flow controller may be movable from a first position at which the air is discharged in an upward direction to a second position at which the air is discharged in a diagonally upward direction.
US10697663B1	Motor controller for electric blowers A motor controller for an electric motor for driving a blower to generate an airflow. The motor controller includes a processor and a drive circuit configured to regulate power supplied to the motor to turn the blower. The processor computes a system resistance for the blower based on a fixed set point for a first control parameter and a feedback parameter. The processor receives an airflow rate demand value and computes an operating set point for a second control parameter based on the system resistance and the airflow rate demand value. The processor controls the drive circuit based on the operating set point to supply electrical power to the electric motor and to operate the blower to generate the airflow.
US10697662B2	Automated adjustment of an HVAC schedule for resource conservation Apparatus, systems, methods, for optimizing a schedule of setpoint temperatures used in the control of an HVAC system are presented herein. A schedule of setpoint temperatures may be adjusted by small, incremental amounts so that the schedule migrates from the original schedule to a more energy-efficient schedule.
US10697659B2	Air-conditioning control system and remote control device An air-conditioning control system includes a plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses each provided with an indoor unit and an outdoor unit; a master remote control device associated with one or more of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses and adapted to control operation of the associated air-conditioning apparatus or apparatuses; and one or more slave remote control devices connected with the master remote control device using a first communication system, associated with a remaining one or ones of the plurality of air-conditioning apparatuses, and adapted to control operation of the associated air-conditioning apparatus or apparatuses, in which the indoor units of the air-conditioning apparatuses are connected with an associated one or ones of the master remote control device and the slave remote control device or devices using a second communication system different from the first communication system, and the master remote control device controls the operation of the remaining air-conditioning apparatus or apparatuses via the slave remote control device or devices.
US10697654B2	Air-conditioning system of a building An air-conditioning system of a building includes a water supply system; a control system for controlling the flow of water from the water supply system; a water distribution system for distributing water near an outer surface of the building, the flow rate of the water being controlled by the control system; a water droplet generation system configured to generate water droplets from the water coming from the water distribution system, the water droplet generation system for generating water droplets generating water droplets on at least one portion of the outer surface of the building.
US10697650B2	Automatic balance valve control A self-adjusting balance valve controller controls water flow through a hydronic emitter in a heating and/or cooling temperature control system. The valve controller obtains a measured temperature differential between an inlet and an outlet of the hydronic emitter and determines a displacement of a coupling pin from the measured temperature differential. The valve controller then instructs a driving mechanism to move, through a coupling mechanism, the coupling pin to adjust a valve that results in a desired water flow through the hydronic emitter. The valve controller may maintain a stable temperature differential at a desired differential value, which may be obtained through a user interface or from a memory device. Moreover, the desired differential value may vary with different times of operation or temperature control situations.
US10697640B2	Device and method for decreasing radiative heat flux of infrared energy A method and device utilizing infrared energy for heating objects, while providing energy control and enabling a decrease radiative heat flux (or intensity) of the infrared energy. An infrared emission device providing reduction of radiative heat flux or intensity from a primary emitter according to the invention may comprise a heat source, a primary emitter that emits infrared radiation of a first wavelength, and a secondary emitter that is spaced apart from the primary emitter. The secondary emitter receives infrared radiation emitted from the primary emitter and emits infrared radiation. The secondary emitter is constructed and arranged to emit infrared radiation having a wavelength that is longer than the infrared radiation of the first wavelength.
US10697635B2	Impingement cooled components having integral thermal transfer features Components for gas turbine engines having a hot side surface, a cold side surface, the cold side surface receiving cooling impingement at one or more cold locations, and at least one thermal transfer feature located between the hot side surface and the cold side surface within the component and arranged such that a condenser section of the thermal transfer feature is located proximate at least one of the cold locations and an evaporator section of the thermal transfer feature is located away from the cold location.
US10697632B2	Gas valve with communication link This disclosure relates generally to valves, and more particularly, to gas valve assemblies. In one example, the valve assembly may include a valve body with an inlet port, an outlet port, and a fluid path extending between the inlet and outlet ports, one or more valves situated about the fluid path, one or more valve actuators for selectively moving respective valves, one or more sensors for sensing one or more parameters within the fluid path, and a controller secured relative to the valve body and in communication with the one or more sensors for determining one or more valve assembly conditions based on the one or more sensed parameters. Illustratively, the controller may be configured to communicate information from the valve assembly to a combustion appliance controller that is located remotely from the valve assembly through a communications interface of the controller and across a communications bus.
US10697626B1	LED luminaire heatsink assembly A heatsink assembly for a luminaire may include a shell portion and one or more lighting module holders. The shell portion may include a frame and one or more cross members that may be attached to the inner surface of the frame and that may form one or more openings proximate to the rear end of the frame. The frame may be made of a material that has a lower thermal conductivity than that of the material of the one or more lighting module holders. The one or more lighting module holders may be configured to be held in the one or more openings. The one or more lighting module holders may contain a landing pad and a plurality of inner fins that are connected to the lower surface and positioned to extend from the corresponding opening. The landing pad may have an upper surface that is configured to receive a lighting module and a lower surface that is sized to correspond to and be larger than a corresponding one of the openings. In some embodiments, the lighting module holder forms a heat sink.
US10697625B1	Illumination apparatus having thermally isolated heat sinks and dual light sources An apparatus includes a light emitting diode (LED) chip; a laser light source; a front heat sink including first and second holes; a lens arranged to extend over the first hole; a back heat sink; and an insulating circuit board including a third hole, the circuit board sandwiched between the heat sinks such that the second hole and the third holes are aligned. The LED chip is mounted in a surface of the circuit board facing the front heat sink, and arranged such that it aligns with the first hole and the lens. The laser light source is provided in the back heat sink and arranged such that it extends at least partially through the second and third holes.
US10697623B2	Portable and/or mountable light having an adjustable laser aiming light A light comprises: a light body and a laser light source supported by the light body; and a laser light source adjustment arrangement having two adjusting screws at an acute angle to each other. The two adjusting screws bear against the laser light source for adjusting, e.g., the azimuth and elevation of the laser light produced thereby. Alternatively and/or additionally, a tail cap assembly may include a housing shell defining one or more cantilevered supports and a resilient material sealing the housing shell while leaving the actuators flexibly cantilevered. Alternatively and/or additionally, the light may include a mode selecting face cap that is rotatable on the light body for selecting operating modes, including OFF.
US10697622B2	Canopy luminaire and luminaire mounting assembly A luminaire includes a luminaire housing having a lower wall, an upper wall, and a plurality of side walls defining a first interior. A first control component is positioned in the interior. A light emitter is connected to the housing and operatively connected to the control component. A control module is connected to an exterior of the luminaire housing. The control module includes a base and a cover defining a second interior, and a second control component positioned in the second interior.
US10697618B2	Insulated enclosure for recessed light fixture A blank for an enclosure for a recessed light fixture in an attic comprises a sheet of a thermally resistant material subdivided into a plurality of square panels by living hinges. The panels are foldable to provide a housing for the recessed light fixture. A package of blanks is constituted by a pair of such sheets, each sheet having a panel pivoted against an adjacent panel of same sheet in a back-to-back relationship when the sheets are juxtaposed relative to one another.
US10697616B2	Luminaire with mounting bracket and removable optic coupled to housing A luminaire includes a housing having a pair of sides and a base extending between the sides. A lens is removably coupled to the housing and includes side portions. A mounting bracket is directly coupled to the base and includes a chamber, and a driver is coupled to the base and positioned within the chamber. A plurality of light emitters is coupled to a surface of the mounting bracket and in communication with the driver. A first portion includes a pocket and a protuberance positioned on one of a side portion of the lens and a side of the housing. A second portion includes a projection and a curved portion positioned on the other of the side portion of the lens and the side of the housing. The protuberance is engageable with the pocket to couple the lens to the housing.
US10697614B2	Lamp A lamp comprises: an elongate support, a plurality of light directing members, and a light generating unit. The light directing members are supported by the elongate support at respective different positions along the length of the elongate support. Each light directing member is rotatable at least partially around the elongate support to select a rotational position of the light directing member from a respective range of rotational positions of the light directing member; Each light directing member cooperates with the light generating unit so that at any rotational position within said respective range of rotational positions of the light directing member, the light directing member receives light from the light generating unit and directs the light away from the lamp in a direction dependent on the selected rotational position of the light directing member.
US10697601B2	Lighting module for a motor vehicle A luminous module for an automotive vehicle, including at least one light source each associated with a light-entrance member of a primary optical component that is placed facing a projecting secondary optical component formed by a mirror. The module has three surfaces for treating the geometric aberration of the light rays, two of which are borne by the primary optical component. The exit face of the light-entrance member is placed in a plane coincident with an object focal plane of the projecting system formed by the primary and secondary optical components.
US10697592B2	Lighting means comprising LEDs The present invention relates to a lighting means comprising at least two LEDs, mounted on opposite sides of a flat printed circuit board, said printed circuit board being combined with a reflector which is free of LEDs, a part of the light emitted by each LED being reflected by the reflector to homogenize the light distribution generated by the lighting means, and specifically in each case with a directional component parallel to a surface direction of the flat printed circuit board.
US10697589B2	High-pressure gas supplying apparatus Provided is a high-pressure gas supplying apparatus that may minimize impact to be exerted on a valve seat in a regulator and may reuse condensate water or gas produced from leaking gas that is gradually discharged to the outside. That is, it is possible to collect and reuse moisture (condensate water) or gas produced by the Joule-Thomson effect from leaking gas that is gradually discharged to the outside by the leaking gas discharge unit.
US10697587B2	Operator protection system for electric saw A safety apparatus for protecting an operator of an electrically powered saw from the blade during operation, the saw being of the type including a cutting table through which the blade passes, comprising: an image processing arrangement operable to sense, within a predefined three-dimensional sensing zone, the presence of a glove worn by the operator which has a colour distinguishable by the image sensor from the colour of an object being cut by the blade, the three-dimensional sensing zone being located in a cutting path of the blade; and an electronic controller communicable with the image sensor and operable to control an arresting mechanism to arrest movement of the blade responsive to the coloured glove being detected within the three-dimensional sensing zone.
US10697582B2	LiDAR hinged mount The invention is a mounting bracket particularly suited for mounting monitoring equipment in underground mines. The mounting bracket comprises a wall mounting plate and a levelling bracket removably attachable to the wall mounting plate. A first hinge member on one of the wall mounting plate or the levelling bracket and a second hinge member on the other of the wall mounting plate or the levelling bracket together form a hinge that engages between the wall mounting plate and the levelling bracket allowing the levelling bracket to be swung down to reduce it's profile or to be removed entirely. A locking screw locks the hinge to prevent hinged movement between the levelling bracket and the wall mounting plate when in use.
US10697575B2	Expansion compensator An expansion compensator are at least two axially extending elongate members, which combined, circumferentially extend around the expansion compensator while each elongate member individually circumferentially extends only part way around the expansion compensator.
US10697574B2	Heating element geometry for use in a tapping saddle A tapping saddle for a plastic main pipe carrying a medium includes a stub having a central axis, a saddle piece, and a drill. The drill is configured to be moved axially in the stub. A heating element geometry, which is used for welding the tapping saddle to a main tube outer circumference, is arranged on an inside diameter of the saddle piece. The heating element geometry has a winding having an outer winding region and an inner winding region. In the inner winding region, the winding extends in meandering loops along a circle concentric with the central axis of the stub.
US10697571B2	Breakaway hydraulic coupler A breakaway hydraulic coupler includes a coupler body assembly removably attachable to a fluid hydrant by a first lock member thereof. A sleeve assembly is connected to the coupler body assembly and includes a second lock member selectively movable into engagement with the first lock member to move the first lock member into locked position to attach the coupler body to the fluid hydrant. Upon an application of a load external to the hydraulic coupler exceeding a predetermined amount, the first lock member applies a sufficient force to the second lock member to cause a region of weakness of the second lock member to displace, allowing the first lock member to move to the unlocked position and the hydraulic coupler to detach from the hydrant.
US10697570B2	Axially engaging medical connector system with diminished fluid remnants A connector system for medical fluid includes a male connector and a female connector that have a closed configuration when detached from one another. The first end of the male connector is configured to mate with a first end of the female connector. When the male connector is coupled with the female connector, complementary structures engage to move seals away from ports in the male connector and the female connector, opening a fluid pathway through the connectors. The mating ends of the connectors are not exposed to the medical fluid when the connectors are coupled so that when the connectors are disconnected, the mating ends are substantially free of residual medical fluid.
US10697564B1	System and method for securing power and communications cables and associated hardware within crown molding A system for crown molding that enables safely incorporating electrical and communications cabling within crown molding by creating one or more protected paths which inherently prevent overly sharp bends in crown molding corners and by mitigating damage from penetrating punctures through a decorated face designed to fracture when improperly penetrated by a screw or nail, and enables the secure installation of hardware either concealed within the molding or securely and favorably positioned through the decorative face to view or sense a room, and enables additional cable capacity that is concealed within a light reflector to increase lighting efficacy as well as power and data delivery capacity.
US10697563B2	Strut clip An apparatus is disclosed as comprising a first leg of a strut clip; a first rotatable element rotatably attached to the first leg of the strut clip at a first aperture; a second rotatable element rotatably attached to the first leg of the strut clip at the first aperture, where the first and second rotatable elements may have tapered lower edges; a first notch of the first rotatable element may be disposed on a longitudinal edge of the first rotatable element; a second notch of the second rotatable element may be disposed on a longitudinal edge of the second rotatable element; one or more stops may be disposed in the first leg of the strut clip, where the one or more stops may limit rotation of at least one of: the first rotatable element and the second rotatable element; and a first elastic element may be disposed between distal longitudinal edges of the first rotatable element and the second rotatable element.
US10697562B2	Piping and conduit support rack A rack system for supporting conduits, piping, wiring, etc, are provided. The rack has an inverted V shape, and a level top ridge for supporting the conduits, etc. The rack has an opening in the ridge through which a bolt extends and continues through a standoff adapted to securely fit down both sides of the inverted V.
US10697555B2	Valve Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a valve for an inflatable object. The valve is attached to the inflatable object and usable to control the flow of gas (such as air) into (or out of) the interior of the inflatable object to enable inflation (or deflation) of the inflatable object.
US10697550B2	Non-contact seal with progressive radial stop(s) An assembly for rotational equipment includes a plurality of seal shoes, a seal base, a plurality of spring elements and a frangible element. The seal shoes are arranged around an axis in an annular array. The seal base circumscribes the annular array of the seal shoes. Each of the spring elements is radially between and connects a respective one of the seal shoes and the seal base. A first of the spring elements includes a first mount, a second mount and a spring beam. The first mount is connected to a first of the seal shoes. The second mount is connected to the seal base. The spring beam extends longitudinally between and connects the first mount and the second mount. The frangible element is configured to restrict radial outward movement of the first of the seal shoes.
US10697541B2	Transmission park control system A park valve performs a multi-plexing function in which an out-of-park circuit is connected to line pressure when the valve is in an out-of-park position and is vented when the valve is in a park position. When particular clutches are released, the out-of-park circuit biases the park valve toward the out-of-park position. To engage park, a controller commands a low line pressure, reducing the forces that bias the park valve toward the out-of-park position. To accelerate the pressure decay in the line pressure circuit, thereby decreasing the time required to achieve park, the controller commands engagement of one or more shift elements.
US10697540B2	Vehicle control device and vehicle control method A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle including a variator provided in a power transmission path between a driving source and a driving wheel of a vehicle and a friction engaging element provided between the variator and the driving wheel, engaged when a running range is selected, while disengaged when a non-running range is selected and shutting off transmission of power through the power transmission path is provided. In this embodiment, an operating state of the vehicle is detected, a target speed ratio of the variator according to the operating state of the vehicle is set, if an actual speed ratio of the variator is smaller than the target speed ratio, shifting control of lowering a supply hydraulic pressure to a primary pulley of the variator and increasing the speed ratio of the variator is executed, and when the selection is switched from the non-running range to the running range during execution of the shifting control, lowering of the supply hydraulic pressure to the primary pulley after the switching is regulated.
US10697533B2	Power transmission system A power transmission system includes a first case, a second case, a first tube, and a shaft. The first tube is configured to supply a lubricating oil to a first bearing and a second bearing. A shaft is rotatably supported by the first bearing and the second bearing. The shaft is provided with a through-hole extending through the shaft in an axial direction of the shaft. The first tube is insertedly fixed to an insertion hole of the first case from an outside of a space where the shaft is disposed. The first tube includes a first opening and a second opening, the first opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the first bearing, and the second opening is configured to supply the lubricating oil to the second bearing via the through-hole of the shaft.
US10697526B2	Variator A variator comprises first and second races disposed for rotation about a variator axis and at least one rolling element disposed in a cavity between the races. In a drive configuration, drive is transmitted between the races and the at least one rolling element; and in a neutral configuration, the at least one rolling element and races are configured whereby the races can move independently of one another. In a method of operating the variator, the neutral configuration is obtained by moving the at least one rolling element to a position in which it ceases to make contact with at least one of the races. The drive configuration is obtained by moving the at least one rolling element to a position in which it makes contact with both of the races.
US10697525B2	Hydraulic auto-tensioner A hydraulic auto-tensioner includes a sleeve; a rod vertically movable relative to the sleeve; a spring seat fixed to the portion of the rod protruding beyond the sleeve; a return spring configured to bias the spring seat upwardly; oil passages through which a pressure chamber communicate with a reservoir chamber; a check valve mounted to the oil passages; a tubular plunger vertically movably mounted between the outer periphery of the rod and the inner periphery of the sleeve; a first leakage gap defined between the inner periphery of the tubular plunger and the outer periphery of the rod; an upper stopper configured to restrict the upwardly movable range of the tubular plunger; and a pressure regulating spring disposed above the tubular plunger so as to surround the outer periphery of the rod.
US10697520B2	Planetary wheel drive using bushings A planetary wheel drive uses: main bushings affixed to a rotatable housing between a stationary spindle permitting the rotatable output housing to rotate with respect to the stationary spindle, and, planet bushings affixed to rotatable planet gear between a planet pin permitting the planet gear to rotate with respect to the planet pin. The main bushings have two sides, a first side which is press fit into the rotatable output housing and a second side which includes a sliding layer which mates with a surface of the stationary housing.
US10697513B2	Brake pad wear detector This brake pad wear detector is provided with an attachment part attached to a back plate having a first surface to which a lining in contact with a sliding surface of a disc rotor is secured and a second surface on the side opposite the first surface, an arm part protruding from the attachment part toward the side of the first surface opposite from the second surface, the arm part being curved toward the opposite side, and a contact part provided to the arm part and provided to a position where the contact part will come into contact with the disc rotor when the lining has worn away.
US10697507B2	Gear protection subassembly Brake discs, systems, and methods may include a brake disc and a brake drum. In various embodiments, the brake disc includes a central hub, configured to engage with an axial shaft. The brake disc includes protrusions, each of which is coupled to the central hub and extends perpendicularly from the central hub. The brake disc includes expansion components, each of which is coupled to the central hub at two locations. Each expansion component surrounds an outer periphery of one of the protrusions. The expansion components define a segmented periphery configured as a braking surface. The brake drum is configured to have an inner diameter that is larger than an outer diameter of the brake disc. The outer diameter of the brake disc is defined by the segmented periphery, such that an inner surface of the brake drum is concentric around the segmented periphery of the brake disc.
US10697502B2	Multi-area piston A transmission includes a case defining a bore and a piston disposed within the bore. The piston and the case define a fluid chamber in fluid communication with a fluid source. The piston includes an annular piston body defining a plurality of auxiliary bores angularly spaced along the annular piston body about a central axis of the annular piston body. The piston further includes a plurality of auxiliary pistons disposed within the auxiliary bores. The piston body and the auxiliary pistons have rear surfaces in communication with the fluid chamber. The transmission further includes a clutch pack disposed opposite the piston from the fluid chamber. The clutch pack includes at least one friction plate, at least one separator plate, and at least one separator spring. The transmission further includes a return spring adapted to bias the annular piston body in a direction away from the clutch pack.
US10697501B2	Synchronizer of transmission A transmission synchronizer includes a lower key that is installed to be slidable with respect to a hub in a radial direction of the hub and an upper key that is installed on an exterior of the lower key, the upper key being slidable in an axial direction of the hub. Additionally, a sleeve is installed at an exterior of the hub to slide the upper key in the axial direction while the sleeve slides in the axial direction, to pressurize the upper key toward a synchro ring. A key spring installed between the lower key and the hub to pressurize the lower key and the upper key toward an inner surface of the sleeve.
US10697493B2	Cam follower with multiple rows of independently operating bearings A roller assembly includes two outer rings rotatably mounted on a shaft by a respective set of rollers positioned between the shaft and each of the respective one of the outer rings. The shaft has a head flange on one end thereof and a groove formed therein at a distance from the head flange. A retainer ring is positioned in the groove and another retainer ring is secured to the shaft at a distance from the groove. The retaining ring is configured to space the two outer rings apart from one another so that the two outer rings are operable and rotatable independent from one another.
US10697491B2	Camera with dual rotational joint Exemplary embodiments provides a camera, having a first camera sub-assembly, a hub coupled to the first camera sub-assembly, a second camera sub-assembly coupled to the hub and rotatable relative thereto and a third camera sub-assembly coupled to the hub and rotatable relative thereto. The third camera sub-assembly can be in electrical communication with the first camera sub-assembly and/or the second camera sub-assembly via the hub. The hub can include a slot to guide electrical cable(s). Net torque acting on the camera can be zero such that one of the first rotational coupling or the second rotational coupling when rotated to a new position via an applied torque remains in the new position when the applied torque is released.
US10697489B1	Snap ring having retention feature A snap ring is configured to retain components within a clutch assembly. The snap ring has an annular body defining an opening through a center thereof. The annular main body defines a distal-facing surface and an opposite proximal-facing surface. A number of retention features extend from the distal-facing surface of the annular main body. Each retention feature has an axially-extending body portion a radially-extending engagement portion. The engagement portion is configured to engage a backing plate. A friction clutch assembly including a snap ring pair is also provided, which includes a clutch snap ring disposed adjacent to the snap ring including the retention features.
US10697482B2	Accessory clamp having a rod clamp and an accessory interface An accessory clamp for use with a rod includes an accessory interface and a corresponding rod clamp. The accessory interface includes at least one of at least one accessory hook and at least one accessory T-slot. By one approach, at least one of the accessory hooks comprises a pivoting accessory hook. By one approach the rod clamp can comprise a universal rod clamp. As one example in these regards, the universal rod clamp can include a selectively variable gripping surface to accommodate a variety of rod diameters. By one approach the accessory interface and the corresponding rod clamp can pivot with respect to one another.
US10697480B2	Hydraulic flowpath through a cylinder wall Various embodiments of a hydraulic cylinder assembly, cylinder liner member and a hydraulic manifold for use with the hydraulic cylinder assembly reduce the need for external plumbing from the rear of the hydraulic cylinder assembly to the front of the hydraulic cylinder assembly. The cylinder liner member may include three bores that convey fluid from the manifold from the rear of the hydraulic cylinder assembly to the front of the assembly, conveying fluid to the retract volume of the cylinder.
US10697477B2	Servo valve A servo valve is provided with a first elastic portion, a second elastic portion, and a connecting portion. The first elastic portion extends in an X direction inside a valve body and has a first elastic force exerted on a movable element toward an X2 direction. The second elastic portion extends in the X direction inside the valve body and has a second elastic force exerted on the movable element toward an X1 direction. The connecting portion is connected to the first elastic portion and the second elastic portion inside the valve body, and is in abutment against a step portion of the valve body and a spool of the movable element at a neutral position of the movable element.
US10697454B2	Method of making a two-piece counterweight for a scroll compressor A method of manufacturing a two-piece counterweight for a scroll compressor is provided. The method includes molding an outer plate, and molding a base having a first opening configured to receive a scroll compressor drive shaft having a longitudinal axis, and configuring the base for assembly and attachment to the drive shaft. The method also includes attaching the outer plate to the base such that the outer plate is axially offset from the base. In a particular embodiment of this method, the base and outer plate are molded from powdered metal. In certain embodiments, the base and outer plate include one or more openings aligned to permit attachment by inserting a mechanical fastener through the aligned openings. In alternate embodiments, the base and outer plate are attached via brazing or welding.
US10697453B2	Liquid fuel delivery comprising a pump to deliver liquid fuel from a storage source to a delivery location and a controller mitigating power to operate the pump on the basis of a predetermined liquid threshold at the pump inlet One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing for improved liquid fuel delivery, by helping to mitigate damage to pumps when operated in an undesired condition. A sensor detects the presence of a liquid fuel at the inlet to the pump during pump operation, and sends the signal to a controller. Based on the detection signal from the sensor, the controller can determine whether a desired amount of liquid is present at the inlet to the pump. If a desired amount of liquid is not identified at the inlet to the pump, the controller may interrupt the power provided by a power supply, which is supplying power to operate the pump, thereby interrupting operation of the pump.
US10697447B2	Magnet-based systems and methods for transferring fluid A system is provided for pumping fluid, with the system including a fluid pump and a cassette. The pump includes a motor and a piston that is movable toward and away from a flexible diaphragm of the cassette. A linkage connects the motor and the piston to move the piston toward and away from the diaphragm. At least a portion of the piston or the diaphragm is magnetized, with the other having at least a portion that is magnetized or formed of a ferromagnetic material, thereby magnetically coupling the piston and the diaphragm such that movement of the piston moves the diaphragm into and out of a cassette cavity aligned with the diaphragm and piston. Movement of the diaphragm into and out of the cavity changes the effective volume of the cavity, which has the effect of drawing fluid into or forcing fluid out of the cavity.
US10697445B2	Valve closure for a piston compressor valve and method for operating the valve closure A valve closure for a piston compressor valve including: a valve seat having a plurality of passage openings, a shaft having an axis of rotation (D), and a rotatable closing element connected to the shaft for opening and closing the passage openings, the valve seat having a flat end face, to which the passage openings lead and a center (Z): the passage openings extending radially to the center (Z); and the closing element having a center point (M) and a plurality of closing arms extending radially to the center point (M). The shaft can be rotated about the axis of rotation and can be slid in the extension direction of the axis of rotation extending perpendicularly to the end face and through the center (Z); each closing arm having a sealing surface substantially complementary to the passage openings in accordance with the rotation of the closing element.
US10697442B2	Hydraulic machine having two cylinder capacities and a safety valve The machine comprises distribution ducts connected to respective ones of first, second, and third enclosures (40, 42, 44), and a cylinder-capacity selector (21) suitable for being caused to take up a large cylinder capacity configuration in which the second enclosure (42) is connected to one of the main ducts (2), while the first and third enclosures (40, 44) are connected to the other main duct (1), and a small cylinder capacity configuration in which the second and third enclosures (42, 44) are connected to said one of the main ducts (2), while the first enclosure is connected to the other main duct (1). The machine further comprises a safety valve (150) having at least a first port (56) connected to said one of the main ducts (2), and a second port (58) connected to the third enclosure (44). Said safety valve is suitable, when the cylinder-capacity selector (21) is caused to go into the large cylinder capacity, for being caused to go into a first configuration that isolates the first and second ports (56, 58) from each other, and, when the cylinder-capacity selector is caused to go into its small cylinder capacity, for being caused to go into a second configuration that interconnects the first and second ports (56, 58).
US10697436B2	Wind power plants and multi-rotor wind turbine systems A wind power plant includes a plurality of wind turbine systems arranged in rows and columns and includes a cable support system with at least one cable. The cable is coupled to the support structure above the first wind turbine and below the second wind turbine. The cable couples directly adjacent wind turbine system together. The cable may extend the entire length of at least one row or at least one column. A wind turbine system includes a plurality of wind turbines and a support structure including a tower and support arms. The cable support system that is coupled to the wind turbine system and that is configured to transfer loads on the wind turbine system to other wind turbine systems in the wind power plant.
US10697431B2	Control of a wind turbine taking noise into account The present invention relates to control of wind turbines where a noise measure is taken into account. Control of a wind turbine is described where a control trajectory is calculated based on noise measure, the noise measure being determined from a predicted operational trajectory. In embodiments the predicted operational trajectories are calculated by using a model predictive control (MPC) routine.
US10697429B2	Controller for wind turbine, wind turbine, program for rotor turning, and method of rotor turning for wind turbine A controller of a wind turbine for causing the wind turbine to perform rotor turning includes: an input part for receiving a target azimuth angle at which a rotor of the wind turbine is to be stopped; and a pitch control part configured to cause the wind turbine to perform a pitch control to stop the rotor at the target azimuth angle. The pitch control part is configured to: control a pitch angle of a wind turbine blade of the wind turbine so that the rotor rotates at a predetermined rotation speed which is constant, in a first period until the rotor reaches a control-switch azimuth angle immediately before the target azimuth angle; and control the pitch angle so that a rotation speed of the rotor decreases from the predetermined rotation speed in a second period after the rotor reaches the control-switch azimuth angle and before the rotor reaches the target azimuth angle.
US10697424B2	Multirotor wind turbine A multirotor wind turbine (1) comprising a tower structure (2) and at least one load carrying structure (3, 4), each load carrying structure (3, 4) being arranged for carrying two or more energy generating units (5, 7) comprising a rotor (6, 8). At least two of the rotors are upwind or downwind rotors (6), the energy generating units (5) comprising upwind or downwind rotors (6) being arranged with their centres of gravity at a first distance behind the tower structure (2) along a direction of the incoming wind, substantially at the same vertical level, and at opposite sides of the tower structure (2) at substantially the same second distance to the tower structure (2) along a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of the incoming wind. The multirotor wind turbine (1) is self-yawing, even under turbulent wind conditions.
US10697423B2	Method to enhance operation efficiency of water turbines and to reduce cavitation of components thereof A method to dispose at least one air guiding tube between a penstock and a water turbine installed on a dam to form negative pressure at an outlet of the air guiding device by the water kinetic energy produced from high speed of water flow to take in external air for pressurizing, so as to produce a plurality of pressured air bubbles mixed into the water. The water with pressured air bubbles would be decompressed when flowing to an exit of the penstock and has their volumes increased, so as to enhance the water kinetic energy for driving the water turbine more efficiently; meanwhile the method can prevent from production of cavities and further avoid damages of the components of the water turbine from cavitation.
US10697417B2	Battery connections for battery start of internal combustion engines A battery pack for use in providing starting power for a starter motor of an internal combustion engine and to supply power to one or more auxiliary loads. The battery pack includes an outer housing that encloses a plurality of battery cells. A control unit is positioned within the outer housing and is connected to at least a starter switching element and an auxiliary switching element. The control unit controls the position of both the starter switching element and the auxiliary switching element to selectively connect the battery cells to the starter motor and the auxiliary loads. The battery pack further includes an ignition input terminal that is connected to the ignition circuit of the internal combustion engine such that the control unit can monitor the operational status of the internal combustion engine. The control unit can selectively ground the ignition coil of the ignition circuit to enable and/or terminate operation of the internal combustion engine.
US10697416B2	Engine generator An engine generator, including an engine having a piston reciprocating inside a cylinder, a generator unit having a three-phase winding, driven by the engine to generate power and operating as an engine starter motor during engine starting, a power converter circuit connected to the generator unit, a battery supplying power to the generator unit through the power converter circuit during engine starting, an engine speed detection unit detecting an engine speed, a connection switching unit switching a connection configuration of the winding to one of a wye-connection and a delta-connection, and a connection switching control unit controlling the connection switching unit to switch the connection configuration to the wye-connection when the engine speed is lower than a predetermined engine speed, and to switch the connection configuration to the delta-connection when the engine speed is equal to or higher than the predetermined engine speed, during engine starting.
US10697413B2	Tappet assembly for use in a high-pressure fuel system of an internal combustion engine A tappet assembly for use in translating force between a camshaft lobe and a fuel pump assembly via reciprocal movement within a tappet cylinder having a guide slot. The tappet assembly comprises a tappet body defining a pair of apertures and at least one seat, and a follower assembly. The follower assembly has a shaft, a first bearing, and a second bearing, each supported on the shaft for engaging the camshaft lobe. An intermediate element is further supported on the shaft between the first and second bearings and has a platform for engaging the fuel pump assembly. The intermediate element is at least partially disposed in the at least one seat of the tappet body and the shaft is disposed in the pair of apertures of the tappet body.
US10697406B2	Heat exchanger utilizing flow path assemblies A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a first medium and a second medium has a body comprising a pair of header plates, a pair of distribution plates, and a pair of case body lateral panels. Input and output header plates have a plurality of orifices, with a flow path assembly extending between each input header plate orifice and the corresponding output header plate orifice. Each flow path assembly includes at least one chamber assembly, having a corresponding medium directing component, and transports the first medium. Input and output distribution plates have a plurality of orifices. An inlet side tank engages with the input distribution plate, and an outlet side tank engages with the output distribution plate. The second medium flows from the inlet side tank through the input distribution plate orifices, over the flow path assemblies, through the output distribution plate orifices, and into the outlet side tank.
US10697402B2	Intake apparatus for internal combustion engine This intake apparatus for an internal combustion engine having a first bank and a second bank includes: an intake pipe including one new-air intake pipe, two branched pipes, and a junction connecting the new-air intake pipe to the two branched pipes; an EGR gas pipe connected to the junction; and a partitioning member placed around an opening in the EGR gas pipe that opens toward the intake pipe. The partitioning member defines an EGR gas storage chamber. The EGR gas storage chamber has first-bank and second-bank flow passages in which the EGR gas flows toward the first bank and the second bank. The first and second effective cross-sectional areas in the first-bank flow passage and the second-bank flow passage are smaller than the flow passage cross-sectional area in the opening of the EGR gas pipe.
US10697400B2	Evaporative fuel processing device and fluid processing device A pump flow passage 52 which extends in a flow direction F1 and through which fluids introduced through first and second inlet pipe 62, 79 flow is disposed inside a main body 51 of a purge pump 5 of an evaporative fuel processing device, a venturi 53 which decreases in diameter toward downstream is formed in the pump flow passage 52 at a position downstream of the first inlet pipe 62 in the flow direction F1, the main body 51 has an upstream-side member 6 in which the first inlet pipe 62 is disposed, and a downstream-side member 8 in which a discharge pipe 81 is disposed, and connection faces 74, 87 of the upstream-side member 6 and the downstream-side member 8 are disposed upstream of the smallest diameter part 55, at which the inner diameter of the venturi 53 is the smallest, in the flow direction F1.
US10697398B2	Batteryless dual fuel engine with liquid fuel cut-off A dual fuel engine includes an engine operable on a gaseous fuel and a liquid fuel and a switch to change operation of the engine between gaseous fuel and liquid fuel. The dual fuel engine also includes a carburetor attached to an intake of the engine to mix air and fuel and connect to a gaseous fuel source and a liquid fuel source. A liquid fuel cut-off attaches to the carburetor to interrupt liquid fuel upon actuation of the switch from liquid fuel to gaseous fuel.
US10697393B2	Cylinder liner for an internal combustion engine A cylinder liner for an internal combustion engine, with a collar, whereby the cylinder liner, on its lateral surface, is provided with a protruding flow-guiding device axially spaced from the collar, having at least one axial opening.
US10697383B2	Engine control device The present invention suppresses the worsening of stability due to a variation in EGR amounts between cylinders in a spark ignition engine. An engine control device for controlling a spark ignition engine equipped with an EGR means for recirculating exhaust gas in a combustion chamber and an air-fuel-ratio detection means for detecting the air-fuel ratio in each cylinder, the engine control device being characterized by being equipped with a means for changing the parameters for ignition control of a rich cylinder, when the air-fuel ratio of cylinders varies and there are richer cylinders and leaner cylinders relative to a prescribed air-fuel ratio during the execution of exhaust gas recirculation by the EGR means.
US10697382B2	Control device for supercharging system A control apparatus of a supercharging system for supplying an engine with compressed intake air, includes: a supercharger including a compressor configured to compress the intake air to be supplied to the engine; and a controller for controlling a control device affecting operation of the compressor. The controller includes: a compressor map storage part configured to store a compressor map which indicates a relationship of an intake volume flow rate, a pressure ratio, and a compressor rotation speed in the compressor; a current position calculation part configured to calculate a current position of an operational point of the compressor on the compressor map every predetermined period; a moving direction calculation part configured to calculate a moving direction of the operational point on the compressor map on the basis of the current position of the operational point calculated by the current position calculation part; and a control part configured to control the control device on the basis of the current position of the operational point calculated by the current position calculation part and the moving direction of the operational point calculated by the moving direction calculation part.
US10697371B2	Method and system for a combined air-oil cooler and fuel-oil cooler heat exchanger The heat exchanger assembly includes a first internal flow path configured to channel a flow of fluid to be cooled from a first inlet to a first outlet. The heat exchanger assembly also includes a second internal flow path configured to channel a flow of a first coolant from a first inlet to a first outlet. The heat exchanger assembly further includes an external flow path configured to receive a flow of a second coolant proximate a surface of the external flow path.
US10697364B2	Engine system and method for controlling the same A method for controlling an engine system, may include a water injection operation of injecting water into an intake system of an engine through a water injector of a water injection system in a first operating condition of the engine in which water injection is required, a compressed air injection operation of injecting compressed air into the intake system through a purge circuit of the water injection system in a second operating condition of the engine in which compressed air injection is required, and a water injection stop operation of stopping the water injection of the water injection system in a third operating condition of the engine in which water injection stop is required.
US10697359B2	Supercharged internal combustion engine An internal combustion engine is described. The internal combustion engine comprises a valve control which is configured to close inlet valves of the internal combustion engine at Miller or Atkinson closing times. An electrified exhaust-gas turbocharger of the internal combustion engine comprises an electric machine which is operable selectively as a motor or generator. A control unit operates the electric machine of the electrified exhaust-gas turbocharger as a motor in a first load range of the internal combustion engine and as a generator in a second load range which corresponds to greater loads of the internal combustion engine than the first load range.
US10697354B2	Heat exchanger Provided is a heat exchanger including a core portion configured to include an inlet header tank and an outlet header tank having a space, in which cooling water is stored and flows, formed therein and formed in a height direction, a plurality of tubes having both ends connected to the header tanks to form a cooling water channel, and fins interposed between the tubes, in which a core portion of the heater exchanger is formed to block only a part of a bypass area of a part where inlet/outlet header tanks are positioned to reduce a pressure loss of air which is a cooled fluid while minimizing a reduction in heat radiation performance of the heat exchanger and structural rigidity of the core portion is increased by a reinforcing structure formed at an outer side of the core portion to improve durability.
US10697351B2	Apparatus for controlling the temperature of a vehicle component using an anti-icing unblocking unit An apparatus for controlling the temperature of a vehicle component, in particular of an internal combustion engine, by way of a cooling apparatus of the vehicle using at least one moving air guide which controls a cooling air stream. The apparatus has an anti-icing unblocking unit which is designed in such a way that it can release the air guide which has been blocked by ice and/or snow, so that the slats or the like which serve as the air guide are fully operational again. To this end, the anti-icing unblocking unit is designed to melt the ice and/or the snow.
US10697344B2	Systems and methods for determining differential and relative pressure using a controller An aftertreatment system comprises a housing defining an internal volume. A filter is disposed in the housing and configured to remove particulate matter included in the exhaust gas. A delta pressure sensor configured to measure an inlet apparent pressure value upstream of the filter. An ambient pressure sensor separate from the delta pressure sensor is configured to measure an ambient pressure value of an ambient environment in which the aftertreatment system is located. A controller is configured to receive the inlet apparent pressure value, receive the ambient pressure value from the ambient pressure sensor, determine a relative inlet exhaust pressure value based upon the inlet apparent pressure value and the ambient pressure value, and adjust an exhaust flow rate of the exhaust gas based at least on the relative inlet exhaust pressure value.
US10697342B2	Resonant mixers for reducing reductant deposits An aftertreatment system includes: a selective catalytic reduction system including at least one catalyst for decomposing constituents of an exhaust gas produced by an engine, the exhaust gas having a pressure pulsation frequency; an exhaust conduit fluidly coupled to the selective catalytic reduction system and structured to deliver the exhaust gas to the selective catalytic reduction system from the engine; at least one mixer positioned in the exhaust conduit; and a reductant insertion assembly fluidly coupled to the exhaust conduit and structured to insert a reductant into the exhaust conduit upstream of the at least one mixer. The at least one mixer is structured to have a natural frequency matching the pressure pulsation frequency so as to cause resonant vibration in the at least one mixer, the resonant vibration causing reductant deposits to be removed from the at least one mixer.
US10697336B2	Fluid system In one embodiment, there is provided a dock for a replaceable fluid container for an engine, the fluid container having: a fluid reservoir; and at least one fluid port having a coupling adapted to couple with a fluid circulation system associated with the engine; the dock having: a fastening mechanism configured to cooperate with the container such that, as the container is inserted into the dock, the fastening mechanism acts first to seat the fluid container in the dock but in an undocked condition and then, as the container is inserted further into the dock, acts to bring the fluid container into an engaged condition in which the fluid container is docked with a docking interface of the dock.
US10697318B2	Efficiency maps for tracking component degradation A non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions that are executed by a processor of a monitoring that when executed, the processor receives a state of at least one operational parameter of the turbomachinery. Then, the processor determines whether the state is within a region of accuracy of a stored record of a stored state stored in the memory. When the state is within the region of accuracy, the processor determines at least one operating condition from the stored record. Alternatively, when the state is not within the first region of accuracy, the processor stores the state as a new record in the memory.
US10697314B2	Turbine shroud with I-beam construction A turbine shroud assembly of a gas turbine engine for combustion of fuel mixed with air to produce exhaust products includes a blade track having an I-beam construction including ceramic materials and defining a flow surface to guide exhaust products through a turbine section of the gas turbine engine to expand the exhaust products across the turbine section to produce force.
US10697311B2	Turbine blade and gas turbine A turbine rotor blade includes an airfoil portion having an airfoil defined by a pressure surface and a suction surface; and a squealer rib on a tip surface of the turbine rotor blade, the squealer rib extending from a leading-edge side (toward a trailing-edge side. The squealer rib has a ridge extending in an extending direction of the squealer rib. The turbine rotor blade is configured to provide a clearance between the tip surface of the turbine rotor blade and an inner wall surface of a casing of a turbine such that the inner wall surface of the casing of the turbine faces the tip surface of the turbine rotor blade and the clearance has a local minimum value on the ridge. The clearance is greater than the local minimum value at both sides of the ridge in a width direction of the squealer rib.
US10697306B2	Gas turbine airfoil including integrated leading edge and tip cooling fluid passage and core structure used for forming such an airfoil A core structure (10) includes a first core element (16) including a leading edge section (30), a tip section (32), and a turn section (34) joining the leading edge and tip sections (30, 32). The first core element (16) is adapted to be used to form a leading edge cooling circuit (102) in a gas turbine engine airfoil (100). The leading edge cooling circuit (102) includes a cooling fluid passage (104) having a leading edge portion (106) formed by the first core element leading edge section (30), a tip portion (108) formed by the first core element tip section (32), and a turn portion (110) formed by the first core element turn section (34). Each of the leading edge portion (106), the tip portion (108), and the turn portion (110) of the cooling fluid passage (104) are formed concurrently in the airfoil (100) by the first core element (16).
US10697301B2	Turbine engine airfoil having a cooling circuit A turbine engine can include an airfoil comprising an outer wall bounding an interior, as well as an airfoil cooling circuit located within the interior and including a feed tube separating into at least first and second branches. A flow divider can be included in the airfoil and positioned to confront the feed tube.
US10697300B2	Rotor balance weight system A rotor has a rotor body having: a flange with a circumferential array of discontiguous apertures; and a surface spaced apart from the flange. One or more rotor balance weight assemblies each have a weight and a fastener. The weight has: a passageway having a first end and a second end; an internal thread along the passageway; and a boss at the first end of the passageway. The boss is in a respective one of the apertures. The fastener has: a shank having a first end and a second end and an external thread engaged to the passageway internal thread; an engagement feature at the shank first end for engagement by a tool to turn the fastener; and a head at the second end contacts the surface.
US10697294B2	Vibration while drilling data processing methods A method for determining properties of rock formations using drill string vibration measurements includes entering into a processor signals corresponding to vibrations detected along a rotating part of a drill string while drilling a borehole. The vibration signals are transformed into transformed signals representing elastic response of the drill string, the rock formations and borehole fluid to a filtered impulse originating at a known location along the drill string. Properties of the rock formations are calculated using the transformed signals.
US10697287B2	Plunger lift monitoring via a downhole wireless network field A real-time system for monitoring plunger properties in a gas producing well is provided. The system includes a plunger comprising a substantially cylindrical body; at least one sensor disposed along a tubular body; at least one sensor communications node placed along the tubular body and affixed to a wall of the tubular body, the sensor communications node being in electrical communication with the at least one sensor and configured to receive signals therefrom; a topside communications node placed proximate a surface; a plurality of intermediate communications nodes spaced along the tubular body and attached to a wall of the tubular body; wherein the intermediate communications nodes are configured to transmit signals received from the at least one sensor communications node to the topside communications node in substantially a node-to-node arrangement; a receiver at the surface configured to receive signals from the topside communications node; and a plunger control system structured and arranged to communicate with the topside communications node. A method of monitoring plunger properties and controlling plunger performance, and a hydrocarbon well are also provided.
US10697282B2	Method for remediation of subterranean-formed metal-polymer complexes using a metal complexing agent Formulations and methods for remediating subterranean-formed metal-polymer complexes in wells in subterranean formations are described. In one embodiment, the method includes injecting a metal-polymer complex remediation mixture containing a metal complexing agent into a subterranean formation adjacent to a well at a pressure below the fracture pressure of the formation. A sufficient contact time is allowed and then the metal-polymer complex remediation mixture is pumped from the subsurface. This has been shown to remediate polymer-containing, subterranean-formed metal-polymer complexes in shale formations. Without being held to a particular theory, it appears that the metal complexing agent is forming metal complexes with the metals in the complexes, and particularly divalent metal ions. This removal of naturally occurring metals may be un-crosslinking and causing the metal-polymer complexes to go into solution, thereby removing the blockages caused by the metal-polymer complexes.
US10697281B2	Large-scale three-dimensional physical model test system and method for deep cavern group A large-scale three-dimensional physical model test system for a deep cavern group comprises a base, an anti-deformation prestressed loading frame assembly, a load applying assembly, a model sample preparation and transportation assembly and a multifunctional hydraulic loading system assembly. The anti-deformation prestressed loading frame assembly and the model sample preparation and transportation assembly are both arranged on the base. The load applying assembly is arranged on the anti-deformation prestressed loading frame assembly, and the load applying assembly is connected with the multifunctional hydraulic loading system assembly. A model sample is subjected to long-time load holding, dynamic disturbance and displacement control overload under multi-surface multi-point cooperative control through cooperation between the load applying assembly and the multifunctional hydraulic loading system assembly.
US10697280B2	Apparatus and method of focused in-situ electrical heating of hydrocarbon bearing formations A process and system for in situ electrical heating of a hydrocarbon bearing formation includes a tool capable of being lowered down a well casing. The tool has a plurality of metal arms capable of extending radially within a secondary well casing. Each of the metal arms includes an injection electrode, a bucking electrode, and first and second monitoring electrodes. An insulating member is mounted to each metal arm. The insulating member is arranged and designed to make contact with the casing and prevent the metal arm from directly contacting the casing. A switch is provided that is capable of being electrically connected to the plurality of electrodes of one metal arm at a time. A logging cable having a plurality of wires connected at one end to the switch and a second end to instrumentation at the ground surface.
US10697277B2	Simulation device and method for integrated evaluation experiment for sand control wellbore plugging and plugging removal A simulation device for integrated evaluation experiment for sand control wellbore plugging and plugging removal, including a wellbore system, a whole sand control well plugging system, a local sand control well plugging system and a plugging removal system. The wellbore system simulates downhole working conditions of the sand control wellbore. Perforations of the whole sand control well plugging system and sand-filled pipe of the local sand control well plugging system are applied on the casing pipe of the wellbore system. The plugging process of the sand control well system is simulated by pumping a sand-laden slurry into the wellbore system. The plugging removal process is simulated by setting the plugging removal tool of plugging removal system through an oil tube in the wellbore system. The plugging removal effect of the plugging removal tool is analyzed and evaluated according to the reliable data measured by the pressure gauge, flowmeter, etc.
US10697276B2	Downhole power generation Providing power to a downhole-type tool includes rotating a rotor of a downhole power unit about a longitudinal axis, generating, with a generator stator assembly of a generator positioned adjacent the downhole power unit, an amount of power in response to rotating the rotor, and supplying, with the generator, the amount of power to at least one downhole-type tool proximate to the downhole power unit. The at least one downhole-type tool is operable using the supplied amount of power.
US10697273B2	Method for scale treatment optimization A system and method for preventing scale in a well. The system includes a conduit providing fluid communication between a first location and a second location and a sensor at the second location configured to measure scale deposition in the fluid and a value of a fluid parameter. A scale deposition at the first location is determined from the scale deposition at the second location and the fluid parameter at the second location. A scale inhibitor is injected at the first location based on the determined scale deposition at the first location.
US10697267B2	Adjustable packing element assembly An adjustable packing element assembly includes a tubular, and a packing element supported by the tubular. The packing element includes a first end portion and a second end portion. A backup ring is arranged at the first end portion. The backup ring includes a first section mounted to the tubular and a second section extending over the packing element. An expandable ring is mounted to the backup ring. The expandable ring includes a selectively expandable portion. An adjustable sleeve is mounted to the expandable ring. The adjustable sleeve is selectively arranged to constrain an amount of expansion of the selectively expandable portion.
US10697261B2	Particulate dispenser Particulate dispenser can include a housing enclosing a receiving space. The housing having a fluid inlet aperture and a particulate input aperture, and a fluid outlet aperture. A hopper can be disposed above the housing and coupled to feed particulate from the hopper to the particulate input aperture. A wheel disposed within in the receiving space having at least one distribution aperture extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. The apertures being disposed at respective positions so that rotation of the wheel alternately aligns the distribution aperture with the particulate input aperture to feed particulate from the particulate input aperture into the distribution aperture and then aligns the distribution aperture with the fluid input aperture and the fluid output aperture to feed the particulate from the distribution aperture into the fluid flowing through the distribution aperture as the wheel rotates.
US10697255B2	Tubular delivery arm for a drilling rig A tubular delivery arm that travels vertically along a rail on the front of a drilling mast in generally parallel orientation to the travel of a top drive. The tubular delivery arm has a dolly vertically translatably connected to a mast of the drilling rig. An arm is rotatably and pivotally connected to the dolly at its upper end. A tubular clasp is pivotally connected to the arm at its lower end. The dolly vertically translates the front side of the mast in response to actuation of a hoist at the crown of the mast. The tubular delivery arm translates the mast in non-conflicting passage of a top drive connected to the same mast, for positioning a tubular stand over the centerline of the wellbore, a mousehole, or a stand hand-off position.
US10697252B2	Surface controlled reversible coiled tubing valve assembly A valve assembly for reversibly governing fluid flow through coiled tubing equipment. Valves of the assembly may be directed by a telemetric line running from an oilfield surface. In this manner, valve adjustment and/or reversibility need not require removal of the assembly from the well in order to attain manual accessibility. Similarly, operation of the valves is not reliant on any particular flow rate or other application limiting means. As such, multiple fluid treatments at a variety of different downhole locations may take place with a reduced number of trips into the well and without compromise to flow rate parameters of the treatments.
US10697245B2	Seabed drilling system The present disclosure relates generally to a well boring apparatus, and associated components, for drilling wellbores without the necessity of traditional well drilling equipment. The well boring apparatus operates on similar principles as a tunnel boring apparatus. The well boring apparatus is self-propelled, steerable, and can be launched from a topside vessel or directly from a seabed installation. The well boring apparatus is fully instrumented and capable of analyzing the surrounding environment including the temperature, pressure, acidity and the presence of particular chemicals. The well boring apparatus is highly modular such that it can be configured for different tasks. The well boring apparatus can include components to case/line the wellbore during drilling, eliminating the need for running casing/lining. Further, the well boring apparatus can be incorporated in a drilling system in which cuttings are processed at the seabed, thereby removing the need for a drilling riser.
US10697239B2	Electrician's ladder and method A stepladder having a front side, a rear side and a top. The stepladder can include a conduit holder attached to the front side for holding conduit. The stepladder can include a first wire spool holder attached to the front side and a second wire spool holder attached to the rear side though which a conduit having a wire spool extends. The stepladder can include a hacksaw hook attached to the front side. A method for cutting a conduit. A method for using a hacksaw. A method for obtaining wire.
US10697236B2	Gate A gate is provided and includes a gate body, a hinge assembly attached to a first side of the gate body, and a support bracket. The hinge assembly includes a pin assembly and an actuating assembly capable of moving a pin of the pin assembly between a retracted position and an extended position. The support bracket engages the pin in the extended position and is disengaged from the pin in the retracted position. The gate body has an axis of rotation extending through the pin when the pin engages the support bracket and is freely movable with respect to the support bracket when the pin is disengaged from the support bracket.
US10697233B2	Rails for a covering for an architectural opening A rail for a covering for an architectural opening is provided. The rail may be attachable to a shade member of the covering. The rail may include a magnet assembly that is at least partially positioned within a retention channel formed in the rail to releasably secure the rail to a head rail. The magnet assembly may be positionable along a longitudinal axis of the rail and may include a cam lock assembly that releasably secures the magnet assembly within the retention channel of the rail. According to the present disclosure, the head rail and the rail are held in close proximity to each other to inhibit the passage of light between the rail and a head rail.
US10697231B2	Small diameter evacuation head for VIG unit manufacture A method of producing a vacuum insulated glass (VIG) unit comprising providing first and second substantially parallel glass panes, a plurality of pillars, and a peripheral seal between the first and second glass panes; providing an evacuation hole for evacuating a void through the evacuation hole to a pressure less than atmospheric pressure, wherein the first and second glass panes are tempered glass; covering the evacuation hole with an evacuation head, wherein the evacuation head is configured to have a substantially hermetic contact to a surface of the first glass pane, wherein a contact width of the evacuation head to the surface of the first glass pane is less than 50 mm; and evacuating the void through the evacuation head.
US10697229B2	Ductless or ducted fumehood with improved front sash closure A novel front sash closure for a fumehood of the sort comprising a workspace defined by a frame and accessed by a front opening, the front sash closure comprising: a transparent fixed pane and a transparent hinged pane; wherein the transparent fixed pane is securely mounted to the frame of the fumehood so as to partially cover the front opening of the fumehood, whereby to reduce the size of the front opening of the fumehood to a working opening; and wherein the transparent hinged pane is hingedly mounted to the frame of the fumehood intermediate the working opening so as to be able to selectively cover a portion of the working opening.
US10697225B2	Gate opening apparatus A gate opening apparatus includes an external housing, a main chassis, a motor device, a driving rotor, a plurality of guiding rollers, a transmission chain connecting the driving rotor, the guiding rollers and a door gate, and a gate actuating arrangement. The gate actuating arrangement includes a clutching device supported on the main chassis and connected to the motor device, a limit switch assembly coupled to the clutching device, and a control module. The gate opening apparatus is arranged to operate between a power mode and a manual mode. In the power mode, the clutching device is engaged with the driving rotor for driving a movement thereof by the motor device so as to selectively open and close the door gate. In the manual mode, the clutching device is disengaged from the driving rotor so that the driving rotor is adapted for being rotated manually.
US10697222B2	Door mechanism that permits easy opening and holds door open A door support includes a first shaft coupled to a door for rotating the door; a first armature on the first shaft; a second shaft with at least one module that resists motion; a second armature on the second shaft; a linkage that connects the armature on the first shaft with the armature on the second shaft; a freewheel on the second armature or on the second shaft that does not engage the module that resists motion thereby allowing the door to open without resistance, the freewheel engaging as the door is closed to provide a resistance as the door is closed, and the linkage positioned such that as the door is nearly closed that the resistance becomes negligible allowing the door to fully close.
US10697219B2	Tensioners for movable partition systems, movable partition systems including such tensioners, and related methods Tensioner devices for use with movable partition systems include endplates configured to be mounted on opposing sides or ends of a movable partition. At least one of the endplates includes a bracket configured for attachment to an end of a chain or a belt. The bracket is movable relative to the endplate. The endplate having the bracket also includes an adjustment mechanism located on a common side of the endplate with the bracket, and is operably coupled with the bracket. The adjustment mechanism is configured for adjusting a distance separating the bracket from the endplate. Movable partition systems include such tensioner devices. Methods of adjusting a tension in a chain or a belt of a movable partition system involve the use of such a tensioner device. Methods of installing movable partition systems within structures include the installation of such tensioner devices.
US10697201B2	Door lock mechanism A door lock mechanism that rotates a cam mechanism to lock or unlock an enclosure. The mechanism includes a bias member that is coupled to the cam mechanism with a cam pin, where the cam pin is located on one side of the centerline of the lock in the locked state, and on the other side of the centerline of the lock in the unlocked state, to bias the cam mechanism into either the locked or unlocked state. Further disclosed are one or more stop mechanisms that prevent the cam mechanism from over-rotating past the locked or unlocked position. The bias member can further absorb impact from the lock rods of the door lock mechanism contacting the stop mechanisms.
US10697200B2	Appliance latch with door presence sensing A door locking mechanism for an appliance provides a bolt that may be moved by an actuator between an extended and retracted position. A bolt stop mechanism blocks movement of the bolt in retraction at one of two positions, depending on how the bolt was extended before the retraction. In this way the bolt automatically retracts when the door is not present because this causes extra extension of the bolt and an over-travel position need not be directly sensed reducing controller complexity or wiring.
US10697194B2	Light-emitting warning rope A light-emitting warning rope is provided with one end connected to a tent and other end connected to an anchoring point. The light-emitting warning rope is disposed between the anchoring point and the tent to provide a tension to set the tent upright. The rope comprises a light-emitting core and a structural rope. The structural rope comprises a plurality of bearing yarns which is knitted into a strip body with the light-emitting core as an axis, and the strip body knitted by each bearing yarn is knitted in a mesh shape on the radial side and has a plurality of gaps through which light from the light-emitting core is transmitted. In any segment of the rope, the light-emitting core has a stretching length less than that of each bearing yarn, so that the axial tension acts substantially on the bearing yarns when the rope suffers an axial tension.
US10697190B2	Pool gutter with deck grate adapter A pool perimeter assembly includes conduits extending between the sidewalls, wherein the conduits are separated by a common wall between the sidewalls. A grate is positioned on the gutter apparatus to direct fluid flow into at least one of the conduits. The fluid flow may include water or air. The grate is so dimensioned relative to the gutter apparatus so as to fit within a grate fitting device connected to the gutter assembly. The grate fitting device is a grate angle having at least a riser and a lip. The grate angle may include a welding base used in up-fitting existing pool structures to accommodate new grates.
US10697185B2	Floor panel for forming a floor covering A floor panel is of synthetic material and forms a layer-shaped substrate with first and second pairs of opposite edges. The first pair of opposite edges has coupling parts forming a first mechanical locking system, which, in a coupled condition of two of such floor panels, effects a locking in the plane of the floor panels and perpendicular to the respective edges, and forms a second mechanical locking system, which, in a coupled condition of two of such floor panels, effects a locking transverse to the plane of the panels. The coupling parts on the first pair of opposite edges are realized substantially in the material of the floor panel itself. The floor panel is provided with an edge configuration on the second pair of edges allowing two of such floor panels to be positioned with their respective edge alongside each other and free from mechanical horizontally active locking systems.
US10697171B2	Construction modular system based on sheet molding compound (SMC) panels A modular construction system based on SMC panels belonging to the field of engineering—more specifically to the field of infrastructure construction—has the technical feature of being composed of main modular panels made of a sheet molding compound (SMC), having a general rectangular shape, produced in predefined sizes and provided with swiveled enclosing borders provided with uniformly distributed through holes for interconnecting the panels in a hermetically sealed and easy manner by means of screws, nuts and seals. The sets of panels are in turn interconnected by corner bead panels and by a screw and seal system between perpendicular panels that leads to the formation of building structures.
US10697156B2	Apparatus for purging water from a plumbing installation An apparatus (100) for purging water from a plumbing installation (120) having a length of conduit (110) with a first connector (151) fixed at a first end (111) thereof and a second connector (161) fixed at a second end (112) thereof. The first connector (151) is mated with an outlet of a pump (130), the second connector (161) is mated with a fitting of the plumbing installation (120) and at least one connector having a valve (155, 165).
US10697146B2	Hydraulic supply systems Hydraulic supply systems and cranes incorporating the same are disclosed. Hydraulic supply systems may include an auxiliary hydraulic circuit that includes a pump, a power source, and a plurality of plumbing elements. The hydraulic supply systems may further include a control system that controls operation of at least a portion of the plurality of plumbing elements and a control panel that is positioned remotely from the control system and is in communication with the control system, where the control panel provides selective input to the control system.
US10697143B2	Inflatable dam and method thereof Embodiments of an inflatable dam sized to be secured to a foundation structure with an anchor line. The inflatable dam includes a main bladder and an overlapping layer. The main bladder is moveable between deflated and inflated states such that, in the inflated state, the main bladder extends with a tubular configuration. The overlapping layer is sized and configured to extend over a portion of the main bladder and, in the inflated state, concentrically aligned with the portion of the main bladder. The overlapping layer is sized to extend with an overlapping length and to extend laterally between a first end portion and a second end portion along the overlapping length, the first end portion being coupled to the fin structure and the second end portion being configured to be coupled to the anchor line and the foundation structure.
US10697139B1	Electric road flare An improved electric road flare assembly formed of a plurality of LED arrays, a concave tripodal housing, and a translucent or transparent lens operable to be deployed along a roadside at night and display a plurality of high-intensity colors in a plurality of display modes. The electric road flare may be configured to display any color light on the visible light spectrum.
US10697133B1	Methods of forming an asphalt shingle waste powder filled coating In some embodiments, asphalt shingle waste (ASW) is obtained. In some embodiments, sufficient grinding steps and screening steps can be performed on the ASW to result in ASW powder. In some embodiments, the grinding steps and screening steps can exclude wet extraction steps. In some embodiments, ASW powder and an asphalt coating can be fed into at least one first mixer to form a mixture of the ASW powder and the asphalt coating. In some embodiments, the mixture of the ASW powder and the asphalt coating can be heated to form a heated mixture. In some embodiments, the heated mixture of the ASW powder and the asphalt coating can be conveyed to at least one second mixer. In some embodiments, at least one filler material can be combined with the heated mixture in the second mixer to obtain an ASW powder filled coating.
US10697131B1	Athletic play surface An athletic play surface having a moisture-resistant substrate layer located on top of a base surface. A woven scrim layer is positioned on top of and adhered to the substrate layer. A plurality of open cells extend through the scrim layer. An encapsulation layer is formed using a flowable curable material that is poured over the scrim layer and that hardens. The curable material passes through the open cells of the scrim layer, contacts the base surface, and then substantially fills the plurality of open cells of the scrim layer. A portion of the encapsulation layer extends beyond a top of the scrim layer to a height H. A decorative layer, such as paint and court lines, may be applied on top of the encapsulation layer.
US10697130B2	Modular flooring tiles and system Modular floor tiles include a first surface configured to receive weight. The first surface is supported by primary walls interior to and extending the full height of the tiles, and which may be intersecting to form a grid. Secondary walls of a lesser height support the primary walls, may be non-linear such as circular, and may support either side of vertices of intersecting primary walls. Joining members and corresponding receivers in the sides of tiles are dimensioned to engage one another from adjacent tiles to join the tiles and restrict lateral movement. Fastener(s) in each tile are associated with slots and may be selectively moved between unlocked and locked positions to restrict vertical movement. Some embodiments include cable channels with corresponding cover plates, and inclined portions providing ramps. Any number and combination of tiles may be connected to one another to form a modular flooring system.
US10697129B2	Hot forged tie plate for railroad A railroad tie plate has a generally prismatic body including a field side flange and a gauge side flange connected by an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion includes a rail seat for positioning a railroad rail. At least one of the flanges includes a protrusion extending in a thickness dimension of the tie plate. A hole extends into the at least one protrusion so as to receive a retaining device, such as an e-clip. The tie plate is made by hot forging, having a microstructure comprising pearlite and alpha-ferrite. The net shape of the tie plate may be achieved by forging without subsequent material addition and without subsequent material removal.
US10697127B2	Fibrous structures and methods for making same Fibrous structures that exhibit a novel combination of properties and to methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.
US10697123B2	Zwitterionic imidazolinium surfactant and use in the manufacture of absorbent paper Zwitterionic surfactant compounds and their use in connection with absorbent paper manufacture in debonder and softener formulations. An exemplary surfactant is an imidazolinium compound of formula: wherein X is SO3, R1 is a hydrocarbyl spacer group having a chain length of from 2-6 carbon atoms, R2 is a hydrocarbyl group having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms; and R3 is an alkenylamidoalkyl moiety having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms.
US10697120B2	Methods of making paper products using a patterned cylinder A method of making a fibrous sheet including bringing a permeable patterned surface of a patterned cylinder into contact with a nascent web and conveying the nascent web between a transfer surface and the permeable patterned surface over an arc length of the permeable patterned surface. The arc length forms at least a portion of a molding zone. The method also includes applying a vacuum over at least a portion of the arc length. The method further includes transferring the nascent web from the transfer surface to the permeable patterned surface of the patterned cylinder in the molding zone. The vacuum is applied during the transferring of the nascent web from the transfer surface to the permeable patterned surface of the patterned cylinder.
US10697119B2	Method for monitoring a Yankee cylinder using a graphical representation of a treatment effect An arrangement and method for monitoring a Yankee cylinder (3). The arrangement comprises a Yankee cylinder (3) arranged in a tissue machine (1) for manufacturing a tissue web (2), a measuring device (10) being a permanent part of the tissue machine (1) and providing a main measuring device for a process control of the tissue machine (1), and at least one data processing unit (15) configured to process measurement data describing the at least one measured property of the moving web (2). The data processing unit (15) is configured to form at least one graphical representation describing a treatment effect performance provided by a heated outer surface (4) of the Yankee cylinder (3) to the web (2) to be manufactured.
US10697117B2	Segmented rotor cap assembly A rotor cap assembly has been conceived using multiple wedge-shaped rotor cap segments, in which the cap segments are disposed on a cap segment retainer and in which the cap segment retainer pilots the multiple rotor cap segments at a diameter intermediate the cap segments' outer diameter and the cap segments' middle diameter. By piloting multiple rotor cap segments with retaining means on the cap segment retainer and positioning means on the multiple cap segments, the rotor cap segments and cap segment retainer assembly may be fixed to a plate holder or directly to a rotor disc of a refiner without substantially altering either the plate holder or the rotor disc.
US10697110B2	Dual drying apparatus A dual drying apparatus having respective dryers arranged up and down, which includes a lower dryer, and an upper dryer arranged on an upper side of the lower dryer, where the dual drying apparatus includes a partition configured to partition an interior of the lower dryer from an interior of the upper dryer.
US10697098B2	Coating apparatus of airbag reinforcing liquid A coating apparatus of an airbag reinforcing liquid is used in a sewing machine that includes: a sewing needle driving an upper thread by penetrating sewing target cloth through a vertical movement; and a presser foot disposed above the sewing target cloth, and feeding the sewing target cloth while moving vertically synchronously with the vertical movement of the sewing needle. The coating apparatus includes: a reinforcing liquid supplying part, supplying a reinforcing liquid for reinforcing a sewn part onto the sewing target cloth on a front side from the sewing needle in a feeding direction of the sewing target cloth; and a stamp part attached to the presser foot, and expand the reinforcing liquid supplied from the reinforcing liquid supplying part onto the sewing target cloth around the sewn part by being operated integrally with the presser foot above the sewing target cloth.
US10697092B2	Preparation method of superabsorbent polymer fiber The present invention relates to a method for preparing superabsorbent polymer fiber and superabsorbent polymer fiber prepared thereby. According to the preparation method of the present invention, superabsorbent polymer in the form of fiber or non-woven fabric that maintains super absorbency function can be prepared.
US10697076B2	Duct assembly and method of forming Duct assembly and method of forming a duct assembly, the method including providing a preform having a unitary body with multiple sleeve sections defining multiple apertures, disposing multiple sacrificial mandrel pieces adjacent the preform body such that at least one of the multiple sacrificial mandrel pieces abuts at least one of the multiple sleeve sections, and forming the duct assembly to define a unitary metallic tubular element.
US10697071B2	Process for inhibiting the corrosion of metal surfaces Process for inhibiting the corrosion of a metal surface M, wherein said metal surface M is essentially made of carbon steel, comprising treating said metal surface M with a polyethylene imine P in aqueous medium.
US10697067B2	Steel sheet for a fuel tank A steel sheet for a fuel tank according to the present invention includes: a Zn—Ni alloy plated layer placed on one surface or each of both surfaces of a base metal; and a chromate-free chemical conversion coating film which is placed over the Zn—Ni alloy plated layer. The Zn—Ni alloy plated layer has a crack starting from an interface with the chromate-free chemical conversion coating film and reaching an interface with the steel sheet, the chromate-free chemical conversion coating film consists of an organosilicon compound consisting of a condensation polymer of a silane coupling agent, a phosphoric acid compound and/or a phosphonic acid compound, a vanadium compound, and a titanium compound and/or a zirconium compound, and a concentration of a total of amounts in terms of metal, per surface, of the phosphoric acid compound and/or the phosphonic acid compound+the vanadium compound+the titanium compound and/or the zirconium compound, is 5 mass % to 20 mass %.
US10697057B2	Collimator for use in a physical vapor deposition chamber Embodiments of collimators and process chambers incorporating same are provided herein. In some embodiments, a collimator for use in a substrate processing chamber includes a ring; an adapter surrounding the ring and having an inner annular wall; and a plurality of spokes extending from the inner annular wall and intersecting at a central axis of the collimator.
US10697056B2	Methods of forming rotary sputtering target Disclosed is a method for producing rotary sputtering target assemblies that are bonded to a suitable backing support. The bonding between the sputtering target body and the backing support is achieved by controlled heating under a suitable temperature, preferably with the help of conductive layer between the induction heater and internal target body that is inductively heated in a manner that enhances axial and radial gradient heating. A non-adhesive protective wrap can also be placed at the target body such as between the conductive wrap and target body.
US10697046B2	High-performance 5000-series aluminum alloys and methods for making and using them 5000 series aluminum wrought alloys with high strength, high formability, excellent corrosion resistance, and friction-stir weldability, and methods of making those alloys.
US10697043B2	Scandium purification method In separating scandium and thorium from a leachate obtained by adding sulfuric acid to a nickel oxide ore containing scandium and thorium, scandium is recovered from only one system. The method according to the invention comprises: an extraction step S1 for treating a nickel oxide ore containing scandium and thorium with sulfuric acid to give an acidic solution (a feed solution for extraction), and then solvent-extracting the feed solution with the use of a scandium extractant containing an amide derivative to thereby divide the feed solution into an organic extract (a first organic phase) containing scandium and thorium and a liquid extract (a first aqueous phase) containing impurities; and a washing step S2 for adding sulfuric acid to the organic extract (the first organic phase) and thus dividing the same into washed organic matters (a second organic phase) containing thorium and a washed liquid (a second aqueous phase) containing scandium.
US10697036B2	Steel material for composite pressure vessel liner and steel pipe or tube for composite pressure vessel liner Steel material for composite pressure vessel liners that, when used as raw material for manufacturing a composite pressure vessel liner, yields a liner having sufficient strength and a high fatigue limit and enables the manufacture of an inexpensive composite pressure vessel is provided. Steel material for composite pressure vessel liners comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.10% to 0.60%, Si: 0.01% to 2.0%, Mn: 0.1% to 5.0%, P: 0.0005% to 0.060%, S: 0.0001% to 0.010%, N: 0.0001% to 0.010%, and Al: 0.01% to 0.06%, with a balance being Fe and incidental impurities; and a metallic microstructure in which a mean grain size of prior austenite grains is 20 μm or less, and a total area ratio of martensite and lower bainite is 90% or more.
US10697013B1	Methods for analyzing nucleic acids from single cells Aspects of the present invention include analyzing nucleic acids from single cells using methods that include using tagged polynucleotides containing multiplex identifier sequences.
US10697011B2	Chemical sensing device An apparatus with a transducer having a first output signal and arranged to receive an electrical input. The transducer switches the first output signal between an ON and OFF state. The apparatus has a chemical sensing surface coupled to the transducer arranged to receive a chemical input. A signal generator oscillates one or more of said inputs to vary the switching point of the transducer. The oscillating input may be the chemical input and/or the electrical input. The output signal may be a pulse whose period ON or OFF is determined by the oscillating input modulated by the chemical input.
US10697003B2	Marker for compact growth in cucumber The present invention relates to a marker for identifying a cucumber plant showing a compact growth phenotype, characterized by a shorter internode length and/or a smaller leaf area. The marker comprises a mutation in the Cullin1 gene, thereby providing cucumber plants with a shorter internode length and/or a smaller leaf area when compared to cucumber plants without the mutation in the Cullin1 gene. A plant that shows the resulting compact growth phenotype is in particular suitable for high-wire cultivation. Furthermore, the invention also relates to the use of a modified cucumber Cullin1 gene or a part thereof for identifying a cucumber plant showing a shorter internode length and/or a smaller leaf area.
US10696992B2	Genetically modified bacterial cell factory for thiamine production The invention provides a genetically modified bacterium for production of thiamine; where the bacterium is characterized by a transgene encoding a thiamine monophosphate phosphatase (TMP phosphatase having EC 3.1.3.-) as well as transgenes encoding polypeptides that catalyze steps in the thiamine pathway. The genetically modified bacterium is characterized by enhanced synthesis and release of thiamine into the extracellular environment. The invention further provides a method for producing thiamine using the genetically modified bacterium of the invention; as well as the use of the genetically modified bacterium for extracellular thiamine production.
US10696990B2	Variant of O-phosphoserine exporter and method of producing O-phosphoserine, cysteine, and its derivatives using the same The present disclosure relates to a novel polypeptide having O-phosphoserine (OPS) exporting activity, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, a microorganism expressing the polypeptide, a method for producing OPS using the microorganism, and a method for producing cysteine or a derivative thereof comprising reacting the O-phosphoserine produced by the same with a sulfide, in the presence of O-phosphoserine sulfhydrylase (OPSS) or a microorganism expressing the same.
US10696985B1	Reversibly crosslinked endosomolytic polymer vesicles for cytosolic drug delivery A diblock copolymer, polymer vesicle, and method of forming a polymer vesicle are provided. The diblock polymer includes a hydrophilic first block and a second block including amine containing monomers and hydrophobic monomers. The polymer vesicle includes a diblock copolymer with a hydrophilic first block and a second block including amine containing monomers and hydrophobic monomers, and at least one active agent loaded in the polymer vesicle. The second block forms an inner hydrophobic domain of a vesicle membrane and the hydrophilic block forms a corona facing the exterior and aqueous interior of the vesicle membrane, the corona providing an outer shell that stabilizes the vesicle in aqueous media. The method of forming the polymer vesicle includes synthesizing the diblock copolymer through a polymerization technique selected from the group consisting of addition polymerization, condensation polymerization, and a combination thereof, providing at least one active agent, and assembling the polymer vesicle, the diblock copolymer including a hydrophilic first block and a second block with amine containing monomers and hydrophobic monomers.
US10696981B2	Phacosporacea resistant soybean plants The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the family Phacosporaceae in transgenic plants and/or plant cells. In these plants, the ethylene signaling pathway and/or activity of the ethylene signaling compounds is changed. This is achieved by priming the ethylene signaling pathway in these plants in comparison to wild type plants and/or wild type plant cells. Depending on the activating or inhibitory function of a particular signaling compound overexpression or knock-down of the cognate gene might be used.
US10696978B2	Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated growth rate and biomass in plants grown in saline conditions The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic plants, plant cells, plant materials or seeds of a plant having plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass that are improved in saline conditions with respect to wild-type plants grown under similar conditions.
US10696946B2	T-REG cell expansion This invention relates to methods of expanding T regulatory cells through OX40L and Jagged-1 induced signaling. The methods can be used for treating autoimmune diseases.
US10696944B2	Intracellular delivery A microfluidic system for causing perturbations in a cell membrane, the system including a microfluidic channel defining a lumen and being configured such that a cell suspended in a buffer can pass therethrough, wherein the microfluidic channel includes a cell-deforming constriction, wherein a diameter of the constriction is a function of the diameter of the cell.
US10696938B2	Method and system for automated microbial colony counting from streaked sample on plated media An imaging system and method for microbial growth detection, counting or identification. One colony may be contrasted in an image that is not optimal for another type of colony. The system and method provides contrast from all available material through space (spatial differences), time (differences appearing over time for a given capture condition) and color space transformation using image input information over time to assess whether microbial growth has occurred for a given sample.
US10696937B2	Cell culture incubators with integrated cell manipulation systems Aspects of the invention relate to automated cell culture incubators. In some embodiments, automated cell culture incubators comprise an integrated manipulation having one or more cell scrapers.
US10696930B2	Solvent containing anitmicrobial hard surface cleaning compositions The need for a fast acting and broad spectrum antimicrobial composition which does not reduce surface shine and does not leave visible residues on the surface, which is also preferably suitable for surfaces which contact food, is met by formulating the antimicrobial composition according to the present invention.
US10696926B2	Stable unit dose compositions with high water content and structured surfactants Stable unit dose compositions with high water content are provided. Such unit dose compositions include an aqueous composition having a water activity of from about 0.60 to about 0.95 and a water-soluble container formed from a water-soluble or water-dispersible film material. In one embodiment, the aqueous composition includes water in an amount of 20% to 70% by weight, a structured surfactant system which is in the form of a lamellar structure, and a salt which promotes the formation of the lamellar structure. The surfactant system may include: (1) a linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) and/or an alcohol ethoxylsulfate (AES), (2) a non-ionic surfactant, and (3) a fatty acid. The unit dose compositions can prevent the enclosed liquid detergent composition with a high level of water content from dissolving or pre-maturely dispersing the water-soluble container due to the lamellar structure of the composition.
US10696921B2	Solvent extraction of oil from distillers dried grains and methods of using extraction products A process for extraction of crude oil from distillers dried grain solubles and/or distillers dried grains and producing corn distillers meal that may be used as a livestock supplement is disclosed. For example, the corn distillers meal may be used as a crude protein supplement for use in a livestock feed diet or a poultry feed diet. The solvent extracted crude oil may be suitable for oleochemical processing for personal care and home care products, biodiesel production, and/or renewable diesel production from hydro-treating the extracted oil to make green diesel fuel.
US10696917B2	Low-friction fluorinated coatings Low-friction fluorinated coatings are disclosed herein. A preferred low-friction material contains a low-surface-energy fluoropolymer having a surface energy between about 5 mJ/m2 to about 50 mJ/m2, and a hygroscopic material that is covalently connected to the fluoropolymer in a triblock copolymer, such as PEG-PFPE-PEG. The material forms a lubricating surface layer in the presence of humidity. An exemplary copolymer comprises fluoropolymers with average molecular weight from 500 g/mol to 20,000 g/mol, wherein the fluoropolymers are (α,ω)-hydroxyl-terminated and/or (α,ω)-amine-terminated, and wherein the fluoropolymers are present in the triblock structure T-(CH2—CH2—O)—CH2—CF2—O—(CF2—CF2—O)m(CF2—O)n—CF2—CH2—(O—CH2—CH2)p-T where T is a hydroxyl or amine terminal group, p=1 to 50, m=1 to 100, and n=1 to 100. The copolymer also contains isocyanate species and polyol or polyamine chain extenders or crosslinkers possessing a functionality of preferably 3 or greater. These durable, solvent-resistant, and transparent coatings reduce insect debris following impact.
US10696913B2	Gasification reactor with pipe distributor A large-scale fluidized bed biogasifier provided for gasifying biosolids. The biogasifier includes a reactor vessel with a pipe distributor and at least two fuel feed inlets for feeding biosolids into the reactor vessel at a desired fuel feed rate of more than 40 tons per day with an average of about 100 tons per day during steady-state operation of the biogasifier. A fluidized bed in the base of the reactor vessel has a cross-sectional area that is proportional to at least the targeted fuel feed rate such that the superficial velocity of gas is in the range of 0.1 m/s (0.33 ft/s) to 3 m/s (9.84 ft/s). In operation, biosolids are heated inside the fluidized bed reactor to a temperature range between 900° F. (482.2° C.) and 1600° F. (871.1° C.).
US10696903B2	Method and reactor containing perovskite for cracking hydrocarbon and method for coating the reactor A reactor has an inner surface accessible to the hydrocarbon and comprising a sintered product of at least one of cerium oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, zirconium oxide, boehmite and silicon dioxide, and a perovskite material of formula: AaBbCcDdO3-δ. 0
US10696899B2	Light emitting shell in multi-compartment microcapsules A multi-compartment microcapsule emits photons when subjected to a stimulus. In some embodiments, the multi-compartment microcapsules have first and second compartments separated by an isolating structure adapted to rupture in response to the stimulus, wherein the first and second compartments contain reactants that come in contact and react to produce photons when the isolating structure ruptures.
US10696891B2	Generating and maintaining conductivity of microfractures in tight formations with inverted microemulsified acid treatment fluids Methods including (a) introducing an invert microemulsified acid (“IMA”) treatment fluid into a subterranean formation at a rate and pressure sufficient to create or enhance a fracture in a first treatment interval therein, wherein the IMA treatment fluid comprises a surfactant, a non-aqueous external phase, and aqueous dispersed phase droplets, and wherein the non-aqueous external phase further comprises micro-proppant particulates and at least a portion of the aqueous dispersed phase droplets further comprise an acid; (b) destabilizing the IMA treatment fluid in the fracture, thereby exposing the acid, wherein the micro-proppant particulates form a proppant pack in the fracture and the acid etches a channel in the fracture and/or adjacent to the fracture.
US10696890B2	Methods of liquefying and shrinking water-absorbable resins in a water-containing state The present invention provides a contraction agent for a water-absorbing resin that is used as a proppant in stratum hydraulic fracturing, the contraction agent containing: a metal ion-containing substance and a breaking agent for water-absorbing resins used in stratum hydraulic fracturing; and an iron ion-containing substance and/or ascorbic acid, and/or a persulfate. Also provided is a kit for use in stratum hydraulic fracturing, the kit provided with a swelling agent containing a water-absorbing resin, an iron ion-containing substance, and ascorbic acid, the kit being for stratum hydraulic fracturing, wherein the kit consists of A) a proppant containing a water-absorbing resin, and B) a contraction agent for the water-absorbing resin containing a metal ion-containing substance.
US10696887B2	Oxidative breakers in a silicone based suspension An oxidative breaker system for use in reducing the viscosity of a polysaccharide-based or derivatized polysaccharide-based suspension includes a silicone carrier fluid, an oxidizer, and a suspension aid. The suspension aid is preferably fumed silica. The oxidizer may be selected from the group consisting of alkali metal peroxide, transition metal peroxide, persulfate compound, bromide compound, and bromate compound. In highly preferred embodiments, the oxidizer is magnesium peroxide or calcium peroxide. Alternative carrier fluids and suspension agents are also included in the art. Also disclosed is a method for breaking a polysaccharide-based suspension with the inventive oxidative breaker system.
US10696874B2	Adhesive with tunable porosity and methods to support temporary bonding applications Methods and compositions are described for a temporary adhesive used to affix a work unit onto a carrier substrate whereby its porosity is tuned by choosing and adjusting the polymeric resin and filler components to provide sufficient adhesion to support a manufacturing process, and upon completion, there is advanced penetration of a liquid into the interfacial bond causing release of the work unit without harm. The temporary adhesive provides a tunable porosity that is dependent upon the mathematical calculation of the weight basis ratio of filler to binder, that is preferably greater than 1.0, more preferably greater than 2.0, and most preferably greater than 3.0. The temporary adhesive may be applied and cured in a variety of ways that meet the needs of the form of the work unit and objectives of the manufacturing process. The invention provides benefits of flexibility and reduced cost when establishing practices to handle difficult work units in the manufacture of semiconductors and flat panel displays.
US10696870B2	Polishing composition for magnetic disk substrate Embodiments provide a polishing composition for a magnetic disk substrate, which contains colloidal silica having an average primary particle size of 5 to 200 nm, fumed silica having an average particle size of 30 to 800 nm, pulverized wet-process silica particles having an average particle size of 100 to 1000 nm, and water. According to an embodiment, a ratio of the colloidal silica is 5 to 90% by mass, a ratio of the fumed silica is 5 to 90% by mass, and a ratio of the pulverized wet-process silica particles is 5 to 90% by mass with respect to all the silica particles, and a concentration of all the silica particles is 1 to 50% by mass.
US10696862B2	Polyamide compositions for sealants and high solids paints A polyamide composition for use in sealants, adhesives and high solids coatings.
US10696858B2	Ink composition for steel material, having excellent adhesion, method for manufacturing printed steel sheet by using same, and printed steel sheet manufactured thereby An ink composition for a printed steel sheet, having excellent adhesion to a steel sheet, processability, solvent resistance, and the like, a method for manufacturing a printed steel sheet using the same, and a printed steel sheet manufactured thereby, are provided. The ink composition for a steel material includes 10 to 30 parts by weight of a mixture of a urethane acrylate oligomer and another type of acrylate oligomer different from the urethane acrylate oligomer, 65 to 80 parts by weight of a radiation curable monomer which is a mixture of a monofunctional radiation curable monomer and a di- or more functional radiation curable monomer, 1 to 10 parts by weight of a photoinitiator, and 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of an adhesion promoter.
US10696855B2	Low toxicity ink formulations with improved printhead lifetime An inkjet ink includes: (i) a disazo dye of formula (I): (ii) 1,3-propanediol; (iii) a glycol compound selected from the group consisting of: triethylene glycol and tetraethylene glycol; and (iv) water. The ink has low toxicity and is preferably absent ethylene glycol and sulfolane.
US10696832B2	Polypropylene film having unique aesthetics Certain films comprising polypropylene and poly(methyl 2-methylpropenoate) have unique aesthetic effects.
US10696831B2	Polyolefin composition comprising hollow glass microspheres The invention relates to a composition that includes a polyolefin, hollow glass microspheres, a polar semicrystalline thermoplastic additive, and at least one of an impact modifier or a compatibilizer. Articles made from the composition, a method of making such an article by melt processing the composition, and the use of the composition are also disclosed.
US10696824B2	High-performance tyre A (iso-styrene/trans-butadiene): diene-terminated copolymer is described which includes (i) a polymeric block of styrene-butadiene consisting of a random sequence of butadiene in trans conformation and styrene in isotactic configuration, and (ii) a terminal polymeric block consisting of a sequence of one or more dienic monomers.
US10696820B2	Thermosetting resin composition for the preparation of outdoor articles and the articles obtained therefrom A multiple component thermosetting epoxy resin composition comprising (A) at least one cycloaliphatic glycidyl-type epoxy resin without an ester group, (B) at least one curing agent selected from the group aliphatic amine, cycloaliphatic amine, and dicyandiamide, and (C) at least one silanized filler, which, in particular, is suitable for the manufacture of outdoor insulation system articles for electrical engineering by casting, potting, encapsulation, and impregnation processes, wherein said articles exhibit good mechanical, electrical and dielectrical properties, and can be used as insulators, bushings, switchgears and instrument transformers.
US10696807B2	Expandable vinyl aromatic polymeric compositions The application relates to an expandable polymeric composition with an enhanced processability, which comprises a polymeric base, an expanding agent, and an additive with a plasticizing effect; said polymeric composition being characterized in that: the molecular mass at the maximum peak Mp of (i) ranges from 130 kDa to 190 kDa and the centrifugal average molecular mass Mz of (i) ranges from 430 kDa to 900 kDa, the difference in the glass-transition temperature (DTg) measured between a vinyl aromatic polymer having a molecular weight distribution (MWD) of (i) and composition of the vinyl aromatic fraction alone of (i), and a polymeric composition consisting of (i) and (iii), ranges from 1° C. to 8° C.
US10696795B2	Photoaligning materials The present invention relates to siloxane polymer, copolymer or oligomer for the photoalignment of liquid crystals, especially for the planar orientation of liquid crystals, and which derives from at least one monomer of formula (I), to compositions thereof, to a process for the preparation of the linear, branched or crosslinked siloxane polymer, and to its use for optical and electro optical devices, such as liquid crystal devices (LCDs):
US10696787B2	Liquid crystal polyester resin An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal polyester resin having low-temperature processability and improved mechanical properties. The present invention relates to a liquid crystal polyester resin comprising specific repeating units and having a crystal melting temperature of less than 210° C. as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter.
US10696785B2	Diol composition and polyester A diol composition includes a diol as a major component and has an electrical conductivity of 0.6 to 30 mS/m.
US10696774B2	Propylene copolymer for BOPP heat seal film layers A propylene-comonomer block copolymer may have a molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn of at least 1.7, a percentage of enthalpy measured between Ti and [Tm−18° C.] of at least 20% of the total enthalpy, and a ratio E1/Co of at least 0.80. The propylene-comonomer block copolymer may be produced by polymerizing propylene in the presence of at least one comonomer and a bridged metallocene catalyst. The bridged metallocene catalyst may include bridged fluorenyl, bridged indenyl metallocene, or any combination thereof. The propylene-comonomer block copolymer may be used as a heat seal layer for biaxially oriented multi-layer films.
US10696771B2	Method of incorporating ethylene copolymers into latex Provided is a method for preparing a latex composition, comprising providing an ethylene copolymer comprising copolymerized units of ethylene and copolymerized units of at least one polar comonomer; dissolving the ethylene copolymer with one or more latex monomers to prepare a solution; mixing the solution with water; optionally adding a surfactant or protectant colloid to form an aqueous emulsion; and polymerizing the latex monomer in the emulsion to form a latex composition comprising the ethylene copolymer and a latex polymer. Further provided are the emulsion polymerization product and the mini-emulsion polymerization product of at least one ethylene copolymer substantially dissolved in at least one latex monomer, such as an acrylic, styrene or vinyl monomer. Finally, formulated products comprising or produced from the emulsion or mini-emulsion polymerization product and articles comprising or produced from the formulated products are provided.
US10696769B2	pH-sensitive polymeric compositions, kits, and methods Provided herein are polymeric compositions having a relaxation time that is a function of pH. The polymeric compositions can include an anionic monomer, a cationic monomer, and a crosslinker. The crosslinker may comprise at least one of a diacrylate crosslinker and a dimethacrylate crosslinker. Also provided herein are methods of pH sensing, and methods of forming a polymeric composition. Kits of parts also are provided that include a polymeric composition. The polymeric compositions may be used to determine the pH of one or more biological tissues and/or liquids.
US10696764B2	Process for preparing propylene copolymers The present invention relates to an olefin polymerization process, wherein propylene and 1-butene and optionally ethylene are reacted in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system so as to obtain a polypropylene, wherein the polypropylene comprises 1-butene-derived comonomer units in an amount of from 0.5 to 15 wt % and optionally ethylene-derived comonomer units in an amount of up to 3 wt %, and the Ziegler-Natta catalyst system comprises an external donor of the formula (I) (R3)z(R2O)YSi(R1)X (I).
US10696763B2	Process for the production of ethylene polymers The present invention relates to a process for the production of ethylene polymers in a tubular reactor comprising reacting in said tubular reactor a feed composition comprising ethylene and one or more composition comprising one or more cyclic olefin wherein the cyclic olefin is a compound having the structure of Formula (I): wherein R may be a moiety comprising ≥1 and ≤10 carbon atoms; wherein R1 and R2 may each individually be hydrogen or a moiety comprising ≥1 and ≤5 carbon atoms, R1 and R2 may be the same or different; wherein ⋅ the tubular reactor may be operated at a pressure of ≥200 and ≤280 MPa; ⋅ the average reaction peak temperature may be ≥220° C. and ≤300° C.; ⋅ the composition comprising one or more cyclic olefin may be fed to the reactor in one or more feed inlet of said tubular reactor; and ⋅ said cyclic olefin may be fed to the tubular reactor in quantities of ≤1.0 mol %, with regards to the total feed composition. Such process allows for the production of ethylene polymers having a high density and a high purity.
US10696746B2	Antigen binding proteins that bind CCR2 There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-CCR2 antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind CCR2, CCR2-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and CCR2-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having CCR2 related disorders or conditions.
US10696745B2	Anti-PD-L1 antibodies The present disclosure provides monoclonal antibodies against protein programmed cell death 1 ligand (PD-L1), which can block the binding of PD-L1 to PD-1, and therefore block the inhibitory function of PD-L1 on PD-1 expressing T cells. The antibodies of disclosure provide very potent agents for the treatment of multiple cancers via modulating human immune function.
US10696732B2	Albumin variants The present invention relates to variants of a parent albumin having altered plasma half-life compared with the parent albumin. The present invention also relates to fusion polypeptides and conjugates comprising said variant albumin.
US10696729B2	Loss of function mutations in KCNJ10 cause SeSAME, a human syndrome with sensory, neurological, and renal deficits The invention includes a method of identifying a human subject at-risk of developing SeSAME syndrome. The invention also includes a method of diagnosing a human subject afflicted with SeSAME syndrome. The invention further includes a method of identifying a therapeutic agent that modulates a given KCNJ10 mediated K+ current in a mammalian cell. The invention also includes a method of diagnosing a subject as a carrier of SeSAME syndrome.
US10696725B2	Glucagon derivative and a composition comprising a long acting conjugate of the same The present invention relates to a glucagon derivative, a long-acting conjugate of the glucagon derivative, and a use thereof.
US10696722B2	Heterodimeric Fc-fused cytokine and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same The present invention relates to a heterodimeric Fc-fused protein comprising a first Fc region and a second Fc region of an immunoglobulin Fc pair and a physiologically active protein composed of two or more different subunits, wherein one or more subunits of the physiologically active protein are linked separately to one or more ends of the N-terminus or C-terminus of the first Fc region and/or the second Fc region, and CH3 domains of the first Fc region and the second Fc region are mutated so as to promote the heterodimeric Fc formation. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the heterodimeric Fc-fused protein. The heterodimeric Fc-fused protein according to the present invention has an advantage in that it can retain the activity of a naturally occurring physiologically active protein whose two or more different subunits exhibit physiological activity by forming a protein complex, because the physiologically active protein can be linked to an immunoglobulin heterodimeric Fc such that the naturally occurring form and structure of the fused protein thereof can be maintained. When the heterodimeric Fc-fused protein according to the present invention is used, there is an advantage in that the in vivo half-life of the physiologically active protein contained in the heterodimeric Fc-fused protein can be significantly increased due to the Fc-mediated long half-life such that various physiological activities thereof in vivo can be long-lasting.
US10696718B2	Compstatin analogs for treatment of neuropathic pain In some aspects, the present invention provides methods of treating a subject in need of treatment for neuropathic pain, the method comprising administering a compstatin analog to the subject. In some embodiments, the compstatin analog is administered parenterally, e.g., intravenously.
US10696716B2	Pharmaceutically relevant aromatic-cationic peptides The present technology provides peptides, methods of generating the peptides, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the peptides. In some embodiments, the peptide is D-Arg-2′6′-Dmt-Lys-Phe-NH2.
US10696712B2	Oxysterols and methods of use thereof Compounds are provided according to Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof; wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R8 are as defined herein. Compounds of the present invention are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions.
US10696707B2	Polyene macrolide derivative The present invention is the following Amphotericin B derivative: wherein each symbol is defined in description. The compound of the present invention has 16th position (X) is urea structure, cyclic structure, hydroxyalkyl or substituted monoalkylcarbamoyl. The compound of the present invention has antifungal activity.
US10696704B2	Method for producing metal-organic frameworks The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a metal-organic framework structure compound, the metal-organic framework structure compound being prepared such as well as the use of the metal-organic framework structure compound being prepared such as adsorbent.
US10696701B2	Bis(6-methyl-3-sulphophenyl)phenylphosphine, ammonium salt thereof, and method for producing same Provided are a water-soluble triarylphosphine for a palladium catalyst, which has high selectivity in a telomerization reaction and can be recovered with efficiency, an ammonium salt thereof, and a method for efficiently producing the same. Specifically, provided are bis(6-methyl-3-sulphophenyl)phenylphosphine; a bis(6-methyl-3-sulphonatopheyl)phenylphosphine diammonium salt obtained by reacting the phosphine with a tertiary amine having a total of 3 to 27 carbon atoms in groups bonded to one nitrogen atom; and a method for producing the same.
US10696696B1	Method for preparing phenylboronic acid neopentyl glycol ester The present invention discloses a method for preparing a phenylboronic acid neopentyl glycol ester. A mixed nickel(II) complex with a formula of Ni[P(OR1)3][(R2NCH2CH2NR2)C]X2 is used as a catalyst. The method comprises: in the presence of potassium methoxide, efficiently catalyze a cross coupling reaction between a phenyl chloride and a bis(neopentyl glycolato)-diboron to prepare a phenylboronic acid neopentyl glycol ester. The invention provides the first embodiment of using a mixed nickel(II) complex with phosphonate ester and nitrogen heterocyclic carbene ancillary ligands to catalyze a cross coupling reaction.
US10696691B2	BACE1 inhibitors The present invention provides a compound of formula I, having BACE1 inhibitory activity, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of e.g. Alzheimer's disease.
US10696679B2	Methods and compounds for treating paramyxoviridae virus infections Provided are methods for treating Paramyxoviridae virus infections by administering ribosides, riboside phosphates and prodrugs thereof, of Formula I: wherein the 1′ position of the nucleoside sugar is substituted. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are particularly useful for the treatment of Human parainfluenza and Human respiratory syncytial virus infections.
US10696672B2	Amino acid compounds and methods of use The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): formula (I) or a salt thereof wherein R1, R5, R7, R8, X, m, n, p and q are as described herein. Compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are αvβ6 integrin inhibitors that are useful for treating tissue specific fibrosis such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP).
US10696669B2	Dihydropyrimidine compound and preparation method and use thereof The present invention relates to a dihydropyrimidine compound having an antiviral activity, a pharmaceutical composition comprising same, a preparation method therefor and the uses thereof in the prevention or treatment of viral diseases including, but not limited to, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, influenza, herpes and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
US10696660B2	Rho kinase inhibitors The invention relates to inhibitors of ROCK1 and/or ROCK2. Also provided are methods of treating diseases and disorders involving inhibiting ROCK1 and/or ROCK2.
US10696654B2	Therapeutic compounds The present invention relates to compounds that are antagonists of the orexin-1 receptor. The compounds have the structural formula (I) defined herein. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to their use in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with orexin-1 receptor activity.
US10696653B2	Cyanine compounds Compounds used as labels with properties comparable to known fluorescent compounds. The compounds can be conjugated to proteins and nucleic acids for biological imaging and analysis. Synthesis of the compounds, formation and use of the conjugated compounds, and specific non-limiting examples of each are provided.
US10696649B2	TLR7/8 antagonists and uses thereof Compounds of Formula 1 and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof are useful as TLR7/8 antagonists.
US10696642B2	TEAD transcription factor autopalmitoylation inhibitors The present disclosure compounds, as well as their compositions and methods of use. The compounds inhibit the activity of the TEAD transcription factor, and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of TEAD transcription factor including, e.g., cancer and other diseases.
US10696631B2	Chemical conjugates of evans blue derivatives and their use as radiotherapy and imaging agents The present invention is directed to a compound of Formula I or Formula III or a pharmaceutically acceptable ester, amide, solvate, or salt thereof, or a salt of such an ester or amide or a solvate of such an ester amide or salt: wherein the definitions R1-R13 and L1-L4 are provided in the disclosure, and wherein R14 is a peptide. The compounds of Formula I may be covalently bonded to a peptide via a linker to provide a compound of Formula III and thereby extend the half-life of the therapeutic compound. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions of the disclosed compounds, as well as their use in the diagnosis or treatment of diseases.
US10696626B2	Photoinitators A photoinitiator is provided which incorporates a camphorquinone photoinitiator moiety.
US10696623B2	Phenolic acid derivative compound and use thereof The present invention relates to a novel phenolic acid derivative compound with whitening and antioxidant activities and use thereof. The phenolic acid derivative compound is a compound represented by Formula 1, which is described in the specification, an isomer thereof or a salt thereof. The compound of the present invention has skin whitening activity to inhibit tyrosinase, thus being suitable for use in a pharmaceutical composition or cosmetic product for skin whitening. In addition, the compound of the present invention is suitable for the prevention or treatment of oxidation-derived skin abnormality or disease such as skin aging due to its antioxidant activity.
US10696622B2	Synthesis of N-vinyl carboxylic acid amides Processes and systems for producing N-vinyl carboxylic acid amides are provided herein. According to some aspects of the present invention, a process for producing an N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide is described that eliminates interim solids handling steps during formation of the intermediate compounds, thereby increasing efficiency and reducing cost. The processes and system described herein may be used for the synthesis of N-vinylformamide and its intermediates, including 1-hydroxyethylformamide and 1-alkoxyethylformamide, or for the synthesis of N-methyl,N-vinylformamide and its intermediates, including N-methyl,1-hydroxyethylformamide and N-methyl,1alkoxyethylformamide.
US10696621B2	Chiral phase-transfer catalyst and method for preparing alpha-amino acid by using the same The present invention relates to a novel chiral phase-transfer catalyst, and a method for preparing an alpha-amino acid by using the same. According to the present invention, an alpha-amino acid of high optical purity could be synthesized in a high yield under an easy industrially applicable reaction condition by using a novel cinchona alkaloid compound as a chiral phase-transfer catalyst, and thus the present invention can be used as a key technique of the asymmetric alpha-amino acid synthesis and preparation field.
US10696619B2	Method for preparing dialkyl carbonate A method for preparing dialkyl carbonate is provided. The preparation method includes the following steps. An alcohol compound, carbon dioxide and a catalyst are mixed to form a mixing solution. Organic acid is added to the mixing solution to carry out a synthesis reaction of dialkyl carbonate. The alcohol compound includes methanol, ethanol, propanol or butanol. The catalyst includes cerium oxide, zirconium oxide, titanium oxide, lanthanum oxide or a combination thereof. The organic acid includes formic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, valeric acid or a combination thereof.
US10696614B2	Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to methanol or carbon monoxide using cuprous oxide Provided herein are methods of CO2 reduction to methanol or CO using a Cu2O catalyst.
US10696612B2	Amorphous molecular material and synthesis method therefor An amorphous molecular material having stilbene and benzyl group substituents at both side of stilbene has fluorescent characteristics.
US10696609B2	Integrated process for maximizing production of para-xylene from full reformate A method of producing p-xylene, the method comprising the steps of converting the C9+ aromatic hydrocarbons and the hydrogen gas in the presence of a dealkylation catalyst to produce a dealkylation effluent, separating the dealkylation effluent to produce a carbon-nine (C9) aromatics stream, a xylene stream, and a toluene stream, separating the p-xylenes from the xylene stream in the p-xylene separation unit to produce a p-xylene product and a p-xylene depleted stream, converting the m-xylene and o-xylene in the p-xylene depleted stream in the isomerization unit to produce an isomerization effluent, reacting the C9 aromatics stream and the hydrogen stream in the presence of a transalkylation catalyst in the transalkylation reactor to produce a transalkylation effluent, separating the C6 to C9+ aromatic hydrocarbons in the isomerization effluent and the transalkylation effluent in the splitter column to produce a benzene recycle, a toluene recycle, a xylene recycle and a C9+ recycle.
US10696608B2	Process for methylating aromatic hydrocarbons In a process for producing paraxylene, a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising benzene and/or toluene is contacted with an alkylating reagent comprising methanol and/or dimethyl ether in an alkylation reaction zone under alkylation conditions in the presence of an alkylation catalyst to produce an alkylated product comprising xylenes. The alkylation catalyst comprises a molecular sieve having a Constraint Index ≤5, and the alkylation conditions comprise a temperature less than 500° C. At least part of the alkylated product is supplied to a paraxylene recovery unit to recover paraxylene and produce a paraxylene-depleted stream, which is then contacted with a xylene isomerization catalyst under conditions effective to isomerize xylenes in the paraxylene-depleted stream and produce an isomerized stream having a higher concentration of paraxylene than the paraxylene-depleted stream. At least part of the isomerized stream is then recycled to the paraxylene recovery unit to recover the paraxylene therein.
US10696597B2	Precursor solution and method for the preparation of a lead-free piezoelectric material The present disclosure relates to a precursor solution for the preparation of a ceramic of the BZT-αBXT type, where X is selected from Ca, Sn, Mn, and Nb, and α is a molar fraction selected in the range between 0.10 and 0.90, said solution comprising: 1) at least one barium precursor compound; 2) a precursor compound selected from the group consisting of at least one calcium compound, at least one tin compound, at least one manganese compound, and at least one niobium compound; 3) at least one anhydrous precursor compound of zirconium; 4) at least one anhydrous precursor compound of titanium; 5) a solvent selected from the group consisting of a polyol and mixtures of a polyol and a secondary solvent selected from the group consisting of alcohols, carboxylic acids, esters, ketones, ethers, and mixtures thereof; and 6) a chelating agent, as well as method of using the same.
US10696591B2	Self-healing composite of thermoset polymer and programmed super contraction fibers A composition comprising thermoset polymer, shape memory polymer to facilitate macro scale damage closure, and a component for molecular scale healing has the ability to repair structural defects by a bio-mimetic, close-then-heal process. The shape memory polymer serves to bring surfaces of a structural defect into proximity, after which the healing component moves into the defect and provides molecular scale healing. The component for molecular scale healing can be a thermoplastic, such as fibers, particles or spheres, which are heated to or above the thermoplastic's melting point, and then the composition is cooled below that melting temperature. The compositions can not only close macroscopic defects, but they can also do so repeatedly even if damage recurs in a previously healed/repaired area.
US10696590B2	Activator composition and method for making concrete An activator composition for a non-OPC hydraulically-active material comprises CaO or lime and a polycarboxylate-ether-based (PCE) superplasticiser, and is mixable with a hydraulically active material comprising ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) and/or pulverized fuel ash (PFA) to form a cementitious binder. The cementitious binder does not comprise any Portland cement and is, therefore, more environmentally friendly.
US10696583B2	Composition for strengthening glass The present invention provides a composition for strengthening glass. The composition may incorporate one or more of a surfactant, a silane, and an adhesive resin. The composition may further incorporate one or more of a water-based solvent, a defoamer, a glycerol, and an alcohol. A strengthened glass laminate may be formed of a glass base and a coating made up of the glass strengthening composition. The strengthened glass laminate may further comprise a film. The coating may adhere the film to the glass. A method for making a strengthened glass laminate may include providing a glass base and spraying the glass strengthening composition on the glass base. The present composition has the combined advantages of both optical clarity, high adhesion to glass, and dimensional stability.
US10696576B2	Basalt processing via electric induction heating and melting An electric induction system and method is provided for induction heating and melting of basalt charge for the production of molten process basalt that can be used for molten basalt processes that produce basalt articles of manufacture including cast basalt articles and continuous basalt casting processes for producing basalt articles such as fibers and filaments.
US10696574B2	Method for treating reverse osmosis concentrated water A method for treating reverse osmosis concentrated water, comprises adding precipitant and oxidant to reverse osmosis concentrated water for treatment, filtering to obtain clear liquid, and adding catalyst for water treatment to clear liquid for catalytic oxidation to obtain a first-stage treated water. Optionally, the liquid may be subjected after catalytic oxidation to an adsorption treatment; performing reverse osmosis treatment on first-stage treated water to obtain second-stage reverse osmosis product water and second-stage reverse osmosis concentrated water; and adding oxidant to second-stage reverse osmosis concentrated water for oxidation treatment to obtain directly discharged effluent water. The obtaining of effluent water may further comprise subjecting liquid after oxidation treatment to adsorption treatment. The above method can recycle 75-85 wt % of water, and operates easily. Thereby, improvement to overall utilization rate of water, and treatment of little remaining water is met to effluent standard for reduction of environmental pollution and economic investment.
US10696570B2	Electrochemical cell for wastewater treatment with increased removal rates of pollutants An electrochemical cell for wastewater treatment is disclosed comprising a catalyst coated membrane, an open pore mesh placed next to the catalyst coated membrane, on each side of the membrane, and a compression frame placed next to each of the open pore meshes. The open pore meshes and the compression frames are made of a conductive material. Each compression frame has compression arms spread within the area delimited by the perimeter of the frame to apply a uniform compression force across the anode and cathode active areas through fasteners which protrude through the compression arms, the open pore meshes and the catalyst coated membrane. A stack comprising at least one such electrochemical cell is immersed in a reactor tank containing the wastewater to be treated.
US10696561B2	Method for increasing the capacity of an ammonia plant A method for treatment of process condensate (1) in an ammonia plant, wherein the ammonia plant comprises a front-end section producing a make-up gas and a synthesis section where the make-up gas is reacted to ammonia, and said process condensate (1) is collected from one or more equipment of the ammonia plant and is an aqueous solution comprising ammonia, carbon dioxide and methanol. Said method comprises: stripping said process condensate with low-pressure steam (4), obtaining a vapour phase (5) comprising ammonia, carbon dioxide and methanol stripped from the process condensate; condensing said vapour phase, obtaining a solution (11) enriched of ammonia and methanol; re-introducing a first portion (12) of said solution to said stripping environment; recycling a second portion (13) of said solution to said ammonia plant.
US10696560B2	Small crystal EMM-17, its method of making and use A molecular sieve material, EMM-17, has in its as-calcined form, a total surface area of greater than 550 m2/g and/or an external surface area of greater than about 100 m2/g as measured by the BET Method, and a specific X-ray diffraction pattern.
US10696558B2	Zeolitic imidazolate framework materials, their synthesis and use A novel zeolitic imidazolate framework material comprises a partially saturated benzimidazole or a partially saturated substituted benzimidazole as a linking ligand, optionally together with unsaturated benzimidazole or an unsaturated substituted benzimidazole as a further linking ligand.
US10696554B2	Nanoparticle modification and perforation of graphene Multi-layer sheets of graphene-based material having a plurality of pores extending therethrough are described herein. Methods for making the sheets are also provided and include exposing a graphene-based material comprising multilayer graphene having from 2 to 10 layers of graphene to a particle beam comprising nanoparticles, the nanoparticles having an energy of at least 2 keV per nanoparticle.
US10696549B2	Method for processing a gas mixture The present invention relates to a process for processing a gas mixture comprising methane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, hydrogen, nitrogen, argon and traces of olefins and oxygenates. Methane, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, and optionally hydrogen, can be recovered from the gas mixture in a very efficient way.
US10696543B1	Waterproof MEMS chip package structure A waterproof MEMS chip package structure includes a substrate having aa through hole cut through opposing top and bottom surface thereof, a waterproof membrane disposed in the through hole, an along chip bonded to the top surface of the substrate, a MEMS chip stacked on the analog chip and electrically connected to the substrate and the analog chip by wire bonding, and a top cover mounted on the substrate to form an accommodation chamber that accommodates the analog chip and the MEMS chip and communicates with the outside through the through hole. Therefore, the MEMS chip package structure of the present invention utilizes the waterproof membrane to block water vapor from entering the accommodation chamber through the through hole, thereby achieving the effect of protecting the chips.
US10696540B2	Coil string staging area apparatus and method A continuous coil string staging system is provided herein that includes at least one coiler configured to output at least one continuous coil string, at least one assembler configured to assemble the at least one continuous coil string into a mattress assembly, and at least one coil string staging apparatus disposed between the at least one coiler and at the least one assembler. The at least one coil string staging apparatus can have an input, a staging buffer, and an output such that the coil string staging apparatus receives the at least one continuous coil string that is output from the at least one coiler and outputs the at least one continuous coil string to the assembler such that there is a buffer of coil string available to the assembler. Various coil string staging apparatuses and methods are also provided herein.
US10696539B2	Adjustable saddle carrier and storage bin A combination saddle carrier and storage bin comprising a substantially rectangular box including a lower base portion, and a proximal arched front panel and a symmetrical distal arched back panel, and having symmetrical rectangular side panels which fan upward and away from said lower base portion at about 95 degrees to about 115 degrees with respect to the base portion; and an uppermost saddle-support rail connecting the uppermost regions of said front and back panels, wherein said rail comprises a central groove along which slide adjustable generally triangular-shaped cantle and pommel support pieces, said pieces being temporarily fixable via sex bolts removably inserted into holes equally spaced horizontally along said rail.
US10696536B2	Delivering tap with cam-type opening A delivering tap for delivering liquids from a container includes a main body with a connecting element having fitting means with the container, and a supporting body adapted to be closed by a plug associated with a cam seal, the supporting body comprising a first opening for exiting liquid, and sealing means associated with the first opening and plug, the supporting body comprising external guiding means obtained on its external surface to guide the plug in the opening and closing of the plug cooperating with a cam profile, the plug comprising a central cylinder having lower sealing means obtained at its lower end and adapted to be coupled with the sealing means of the main body to determine the seal of the plug next to the first opening, the cam profile being made of two parts, the first part on the plug and the second part on the cam seal.
US10696535B2	Pierce at first use dispensing tap for flexible bag with filling gland and bag including the same A package including a fitment for dispensing a liquid from a flexible bag is disclosed. The fitment is secured to the bag and includes a compressible bulb and a piercing member that are coupled together. In two embodiments the fitment is configured so that the piercing member pierces through a wall of the bag to dispense the bag's contents through an outlet port of the fitment. One of those embodiments includes a separate valve to open and close the outlet port. Another embodiment does not include a separate valve to open and close the outlet port. A third embodiment makes use of a fitment connected to a filling gland of the bag and which is in communication with the interior of the bag. That third embodiment includes a frangible seal forming part of the fitment and which is pierced by the piercing member to dispense the liquid from the bag.
US10696529B2	Internally locking funnel assembly for container with plastic press-in closure A system for closing a container is contemplated. The system features an injection molded, polymeric funnel including an engagement flange and a connector piece attaching to a gripping ring. A closure body capable of sealing a container is also provided. The closure includes a pull tab to create an opening into which the funnel inlet may be received in a snap-fitting arrangement. The engagement flange and protrusions proximate to the end of the funnel inlet facilitate the snap fit, align the structure, and prevent over-insertion of the funnel into the interior volume of the container.
US10696526B2	Crane and method for influencing a deformation of a jib system of said crane A crane having at least one jib system, a sensor unit for detecting a deformation of the jib system transversely to a load plane, and to an activatable adjustment unit for influencing the deformation of the jib system transversely to the load plane.
US10696525B2	Container crane control system comprising multiple cameras A container crane control system includes: a first camera configured to be mounted to a container crane such that the first camera is rotatable only along a substantially vertical axis, implementing a tilt function of the first camera, the first camera being configured to provide a first video signal; a control device configured to tilt the first camera based on a current height of a load of the crane, to thereby track the load; and an operator terminal, being configured to receive the first video signal, for presentation to an operator and being configured to receive user input for controlling the crane, resulting in a crane control signal for provision to the control device. The control device may further be configured to receive the crane control signal from the operator terminal and to provide a corresponding control signal to control crane operation.
US10696521B2	Elevator system An elevator system, including at least one first guide rail, which is oriented in a first, in particular vertical, direction, at least one second guide rail, which is oriented in a second, in particular horizontal, direction, a plurality of rotatable rail segments, wherein at least one thereof is transferable between an orientation in the first direction and an orientation in the second direction, at least one elevator cab, which is transportable along the guide rails and which, via the rotatable rail segments, is transferable between the different guide rails, at least one third guide rail, which is oriented in a third, in particular horizontal, direction, and wherein at least one of the rotatable rail segments is transferable between an orientation in the first or second direction into an orientation in the third direction.
US10696510B2	Printing apparatus with jam release mechanism A printing apparatus includes: a conveyor including a first pair of conveyance rollers and a second pair of conveyance rollers each configured to nip and convey a sheet; a first jam releaser configured to separate rollers of the first pair of conveyance rollers from each other; a second jam releaser configured to separate rollers of the second pair of conveyance rollers from each other; and a controller configured to control the conveyor. In stopping sheet conveyance by the conveyor upon occurrence of a failure, the controller controls the conveyor to prevent a sheet from being nipped only by the first pair of conveyance rollers prior to separation of the rollers of the first pair of conveyance rollers from each other by the first jam releaser.
US10696505B2	Position switching mechanism for document conveyance device A document conveyance device includes a feed roller, a separation roller, a first motor for generating a first drive force for driving the separation roller, a planet gear, a drive gear, a second motor for generating a second drive force, and a position switching mechanism for switching a position of the planet gear from a first position in which the planet gear is separated from the drive gear and does not transmit the first drive force to the separation roller to a second position in which the planet gear engages with the drive gear and transmits the first drive force to the separation roller, based on the second drive force. The position switching mechanism includes a support member for supporting the planet gear, and a transfer mechanism for moving the support member so that the planet gear engages with the drive gear, based on the second drive force. The further movement of the planet gear is prevented after the planet gear engaged with the drive gear.
US10696499B2	Dock door automation system and method A system and method are provided for automated engaging of a truck trailer at a loading dock. Sensors measure a distance and an angle of alignment between the incoming trailer and a wall of the loading dock. An outside lighting system guides a truck driver backing the trailer toward the dock door. A vehicle restraint system fixates the trailer within the loading dock in response to signals from the sensors. An overhead dock door opens once the trailer is successfully fixated by the vehicle restraint system. A dock leveler deploys after the overhead dock door opens. An inside dock light indicates to dock personnel that the trailer is ready to be serviced. Once servicing of the trailer is finished, an automated release of the trailer from the loading dock may be initiated by PLC communication.
US10696497B2	System and method for buffering differently cut boards for a wooden structure A system and a method are described for the intermediate storage of differently cut boards for a wooden structure, in particular a truss, with several compartments arranged laterally adjacent to one another. The compartments are each configured for receiving a set of boards for such a wooden structure, wherein a set is to be understood as the entirety of cut boards which are required for such a wooden structure. A feeding device fills the cut boards into the individual compartments and stacks them over one another therein. The compartments can be opened respectively at their underside, in order to remove the set of boards. A discharge device transports away the set of boards removed from the respective compartment.
US10696494B1	Robotic system for processing packages arriving out of sequence A robotic system for arranging packages at a destination according to a stacking sequence. The robotic system uses a storage area for temporarily storing packages that arrive out-of-sequence until they are next-in-sequence for placement at the destination. The robotic system processes an incoming package, determines if it is next-in-sequence for placement at the destination, and if it is, places the package at the destination. On the other hand, if it is not next-in-sequence for placement at the destination, it stores the package in the storage area. A package in the storage area is transferred to the destination when it is next-in-sequence for placement at the destination. By using the temporary storage for storing out of sequence packages, the robotic system eliminates the need for receiving the packages in a stacking sequence, which also eliminates the need for sequencing machines.
US10696487B1	Pallet conveying apparatus and pallet conveying method A pallet conveying apparatus includes a pair of straight rails configured such that a pallet is movably mounted thereon, a pallet linear feeding unit configured to convey the pallet mounted on the straight rails, a pair of curved rails provided in a curved manner to couple both end parts of the pair of straight rails, and a pallet curved feeding unit configured to convey the pallet mounted on the curved rails.
US10696478B2	Automated storage system The present invention concerns an automated storage system and remotely operated vehicle or robot for picking up storage bins from a storage system. The inventive vehicle or robot comprises a vehicle body, which vehicle body further comprises a first section for storing vehicle driving means and a second section for receiving any storage bin stored in a storage column within the storage system, a vehicle lifting device which is at least indirectly connected to the vehicle body in order to lift the storage bin into the second section, a first set of vehicle rolling means connected to the vehicle body in order to allow movement of the vehicle along a first direction (X) within the storage system during use and a second set of vehicle rolling means connected to the vehicle body in order to allow movement of the vehicle along a second direction (Y) in the storage system during use. The second direction (Y) is oriented perpendicular to the first direction (X). The inventive vehicle is characterized in that the second section comprises a cavity arranged centrally within the vehicle body. This cavity has at least one bin receiving opening facing towards the underlying storage columns during use. In addition, at least one of the two sets of vehicle rolling means is arranged fully within the vehicle body.
US10696476B2	Cassette and apparatus for use in disposing waste materials into an elongated flexible tube A cassette for packing waste material into an elongated tube of flexible material is provided. The cassette includes a ring-shaped receptacle defining a central opening and a storage area for receiving the elongated tube of flexible material. The cassette also includes a cover at a top portion of the storage area and a plurality of projecting elements extending from a periphery of the cassette and being configured to support the cassette in a waste storage container. Also provided is a cassette which includes a lip having a variable projection width. A waste storage container is also provided including a cassette holder having a hollow area for removably receiving a cassette, the cassette being configured to matingly fit into the hollow area.
US10696475B2	Silo dust collection Granular material flows out through the discharge opening of a silo and through a sealed housing to a target location. A vent opening in a top portion of the silo has a vent cover operative to selectively open and close the vent opening. When the vent cover is closed, air movement into an upper portion of the silo is prevented. A gate is operative to control a flow of granular material through the discharge opening. A vacuum conduit has a lower input end thereof connected to an interior of the housing, and an upper output end thereof located in an upper portion of an interior of the silo. Material flowing out of the silo creates a vacuum drawing dust from the housing up the vacuum conduit into the silo.
US10696468B2	Gas cell driven fluid delivery device for spill-resistant storage and use An orientation independent delivery device including a replaceable cartridge that may be installed on a foundation. A cartridge includes a gas chamber, a delivery chamber, a gas cell, and a delivery aperture. The gas chamber includes a gas-side rigid portion and a gas-side flexible barrier. The gas-side flexible barrier is sealed to the gas-side rigid portion. The delivery chamber includes a delivery-side rigid portion and a delivery-side flexible barrier. The delivery-side flexible barrier is sealed to the delivery-side rigid portion and is oriented adjacent to the gas-side flexible barrier. The gas cell is coupled to the gas-side rigid portion of the gas chamber. The gas cell increases a gas pressure within the gas chamber to expand the gas-side flexible barrier. Expansion of the gas-side flexible barrier applies a compressive force to the delivery-side flexible barrier allowing a delivery material to escape from the delivery chamber.
US10696465B2	Method for treating the open cut edges of packaging material for the production of cardboard/plastics composite packaging and a packaging material, a composite packaging produced therefrom and a container for receiving packaging material A method for treating open cut edges of a packaging sleeve, blank or web material of a packaging material rolled up into a roll, in particular a composite cardboard/plastics material, by applying or introducing a disinfectant-containing treatment agent to or into the outer region of the cut edges. To provide a particularly resource-efficient composite packaging and a production method required for this purpose, it is proposed that at least some of the treatment agent is not applied directly to the cut edges, but that a load carrier is loaded, which load carrier absorbs the treatment agent so that an actively sterilising atmosphere which is created then acts on the open cut edges of the packaging sleeve, blank or web material and performs the desired sterilisation. The invention also relates to a packaging material, to a combipack produced therefrom and to a container for receiving the packaging material.
US10696464B2	Inflatable package wine bag An inflatable package wine bag includes a bottom wall, a first fixing structure, and a second fixing structure. The first fixing structure includes a first connecting portion and a first bending portion. The second fixing structure includes a second connecting portion and a second bending portion. The first bending portion includes a first inner side surface wall and a first opening, and the second bending portion includes a second inner side surface wall and a second opening.
US10696455B2	Closure/stopper with multi-layer film affixed thereto By securely affixing or bonding a multi-layer film to the terminating end of a closure/stopper, with the multi-layer film being constructed for promoting the transfer of all of the desirable gases, chemicals, and/or compounds while preventing the transfer of undesirable gases, chemicals, and/or compounds, a unique, closure or stopper having a sealed and/or barrier bearing terminating end is achieved. In this way, wine sealed in the wine bottle by the closure/stopper of the present invention is assured of possessing a long storage life, while also having the flavor, bouquet, taste, and quality desired for the wine fully maintained.
US10696452B2	Self aligning can stacking ring A self aligning stacking ring guides stacked cans into alignment. The self aligning stacking ring includes radially protruding alignment bumps angularly spaced apart at a common radius corresponding to a recess in the bottom of common cans. The self aligning stacking ring guides tend to center a can placed over the self aligning stacking ring guides to make stacking cans easier and quicker.
US10696448B1	Making a plastic tank with an integrity-verifiable weld joint A plastic tank is comprised of two parts, a base and a top, that are permanently joined to each other by welding at a circumferential joint formed by two mating flanges of the parts. Fusion weld elements are captured on the faying surfaces of the flanges of the assembled parts, and the elements are melted by internal heating of metal portions of the elements. Two spaced apart circumferential welds which define an annular space are formed. The pressure within the annular space is changed in a test procedure to verify the integrity of the welds.
US10696444B2	Container with window display panel A container includes a plurality of panels integrally arranged with respect to each other and with respect to a set of orthogonal x, y and z axes, the plurality of panels being foldable to create the container. The plurality of panels include a first panel disposed parallel to the z-axis, the first panel having a first side portion, a second side portion, and a display portion disposed between the first and second side portions, the first and second side portions and the display portion being coplanar and bordering at least a portion of a product display opening. The first panel further includes a first relief feature disposed between the display portion and the first side portion, and a second relief feature disposed between the display portion and the second side portion, wherein the at least a portion of the product display opening and the first and second relief features are formed by an absence of material of the first panel.
US10696443B1	Packaging with sliding tray lock A package may include a sled configured to receive a product, and a sleeve configured to receive the sled through a first or second opening. The sleeve may include a top wall, a bottom wall, and first and second sidewalls, defining the first and second openings. The sleeve may include a rib extending downward from the top wall and positioned substantially parallel to an edge of the top wall proximate the first opening. The rib may engage the sled when the package is in a closed position, and in response to a force sliding the sleeve relative to the sled, the rib may deflect and produce an indication of opening or closing.
US10696437B2	Method for producing an oral pouched snuff product The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an oral pouched snuff product comprising a filling material (29, 10) and a saliva-permeable pouch (43) enclosing the filling material (29, 10), the product (29, 10) having a moisture content of at most 20% by weight, in particular at most 10% by weight, based on total weight of the product (29, 10), the saliva-permeable pouch (43) having one or more seals (45, 46), and said filling material (29, 10) comprising at least 20% by weight, based on dry weight of the filling material (29, 10), of at least one ingredient having a melting temperature below 180° C., the method comprising ultrasonically welding and cutting an advancing web (32) of packaging material (7) to which the filling material (29, 10) has been supplied. The present disclosure also provides an oral pouched snuff product which is obtainable by this method.
US10696427B2	Method of controlling satellite A method of controlling a satellite and a computer-readable recording medium are provided. The method is for controlling a satellite moving along an orbit having an inclination angle from the equatorial plane to capture due-north images. The method includes: determining a position of the satellite; calculating a roll angle and a pitch angle of the satellite for pointing a line-of-sight vector of the satellite to a first ground surface being a photographing point; determining a compensation angle by considering effects of the inclination angle and rotation of the Earth so as to capture images in the due north direction of the photographing point; calculating a yaw angle based on the compensation angle; and rotating the satellite according to the calculated roll angle, pitch angle, and yaw angle.
US10696426B2	Menu-type design method for GEO satellite control system based on optimized information integration A menu-type design method based on optimized information fusion applied to a GEO satellite control system is provided, which includes: configuring four long-life inertial attitude sensor gyroscopes for a long-life GEO satellite control system; configuring sensors capable of measuring three-axis attitude according to a menu-type design requirement on hardware, where the long-life inertial attitude sensor gyroscopes and the sensors capable of measuring three-axis attitude are combined to form three types of Kalman filters; autonomously sorting, by the satellite-borne computer application software, the Kalman filters; and in a case where an FDIR module detects a fault, autonomously generating, by the FDIR module, an alarm corresponding to the fault, and autonomously performing, by a currently selected Kalman filter, reduced-order filtering, and in a case where the fault is not eliminated within a set time period, issuing, by the FDIR module, a macro instruction sequence to perform autonomous reorganization.
US10696416B2	Propulsion system for an aircraft A hybrid-electric propulsion system includes a propulsor, a turbomachine, and an electrical system, the electrical system including an electric machine coupled to the turbomachine. A method for operating the propulsion system includes operating, by one or more computing devices, the turbomachine such that the turbomachine rotates the propulsor; receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a command to accelerate the turbomachine while operating the turbomachine; and providing, by the one or more computing devices, electrical power to the electric machine to add power to the turbomachine, the propulsor, or both in response to the received command to accelerate the turbomachine.
US10696411B2	Aircraft seat with ergonomic sleep comforter A seat comforter for an aircraft seat includes a seatpan portion, a backrest portion coupled to the seatpan portion, and a sleep comforter including a flexible body configured to extend over the backrest portion and the seatpan portion, the flexible body being movable between a retracted position adjacent the backrest portion and the seatpan portion, and an extended position spaced apart from at least a portion of the seatpan portion and at least a portion of the backrest portion.
US10696397B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle and medical support method Provided are an unmanned aerial vehicle executing medical support work and assisting in the work supposed to be performed by a health care worker or replacing the health care worker and a medical support method for performing medical support work by using an unmanned aerial vehicle. An unmanned aerial vehicle capable of performing autonomous flight includes a receiving unit receiving an input of medical support work from a health care worker and a control unit controlling the execution of the medical support work based on content of the input received by the receiving unit.
US10696389B2	Swash plate system for helicopter rotor A device for controlling a collective pitch and a cyclic pitch of rotor blades of a rotoreraft of a direct turbine driven type and contra-rotating coaxial rotor type (DTDR) includes: a lower rotor and an upper rotor that are mounted concentrically on a shared rotor shaft; a first plate, that is not rotatable, fastened to a structure of the rotorcraft and connected to an actuator that communicates collective pitch and cyclic pitch controls to it, the first plate being mounted so as to be movable in translation along the shared rotor shaft and to oscillate relative to the shared rotor shaft, via a lower ball joint mechanism; and a second plate, that is rotatable, housed on the lower ball joint mechanism so as to be always parallel to the first plate, the second plate being driven in rotation by a member connecting it to the lower rotor.
US10696387B2	Helicopter rotor with a mechanical means for configuring rotor tips to control brown outs A helicopter rotor device with a mechanical means for configuring rotor tips in order to control dust of brown outs or the method to accomplish the reduction or elimination of the brownout dust.
US10696383B2	Flight device A flight device includes a device body with a surface, a plurality of arm structures disposed in the device body and a plurality of rotor modules disposed to the arm structures respectively. Each arm structure includes a fixing base, a second screw element, a connecting unit, a rod body and a position-limiting element. The fixing base is disposed in the device body and includes a first screw element having a first screw part. The second screw element has a second screw part matched with the first screw part. The connecting unit drills through the second screw element. The connecting unit is locked to the fixing base by screwing the first and second screw parts with each other. The rod body drills through the connecting unit. The position-limiting element is disposed between the second screw element and the connecting unit. The position-limiting element abuts against the second screw element.
US10696374B2	Composite material and aircraft improvements A rail-based modular aircraft system may include a rail extending from a first end to a second end. The rail-based modular aircraft system may include a constant cross-sectional shape from the first end to the second end. The rail may also include a wing module configured to interface with the rail such that the wing module is individually movable along at least a portion of the rail and configured to be fixable at a fixed point along the rail. The rail-based modular aircraft system may also include a propulsion module configured to interface with the rail such that the propulsion module is individually movable along at least a portion of the rail and configured to be fixable at a fixed point along the rail. The propulsion module may be configured to provide forward motion to the modular aircraft system.
US10696371B1	Method for sealing the apex of a balloon directly to a rigid plate A method for constructing a balloon assembly includes inserting balloon envelope material which will become an apex of a balloon envelope into a platen opening of a platen; flaring the balloon envelope material outward over the top surface of the platen; positioning a termination plate over the platen opening and within the apex opening; and folding at least some of the balloon envelope that overlies the platen onto the termination plate. The balloon envelope material further includes an apex opening.
US10696368B2	Outboard motor An inner circumferential surface of a clamp bracket is open at an inner side surface of the clamp bracket. At least a portion of a movable body is surrounded by the inner circumferential surface in a side view. The movable body is movable to a plurality of positions including a position above a swivel bracket and a position inside a space surrounded by the inner circumferential surface of the clamp bracket. A steering shaft rotates around a steering axis along with movement of the movable body.
US10696364B2	Friction-sealed water immersion suit A friction-sealed water immersion suit is described having a suit body with a neck opening, arm openings, leg openings and an entry opening. The entry opening defines an upper section and a lower section. A friction-sealed coupling is provided at the entry opening for coupling the upper section and the lower section of the suit body. The friction-sealed coupling includes a flap on one of the upper section or the lower section made of an elastomeric material and an inner flap and an outer flap on the other of the upper section or the lower section made of an elastomeric material. The friction-sealed coupling being engaged by interleaving the flap with the inner flap and the outer flap.
US10696349B2	Bicycle frame joints with internal cabling passages A bicycle frame joint accommodating internal cabling is shown and described. The joint includes an internal passage joining at least two frame tube receiving sockets. The internal passage can receive cables and lighting strips, enabling a circuit or lighting strip to extend along a plurality of frame tubes, and to pass through joints between adjacent frame tubes, to promote circuit continuity. Some bicycle frame joints may have internal passages bypassing some sockets, enabling a continuous circuit to bypass an intervening frame tube.
US10696346B2	Leaning vehicle A leaning vehicle includes a linkage mechanism including arms rotatably supported on a body frame, a left-right tilt angle control mechanism configured to control a tilt angle of the body frame by adjusting a rotation of the arms with respect to the body frame, and a control section. The control section controls the left-right tilt angle control mechanism to cause the tilt angle of the body frame to approach a target value based on information on at least a vehicle speed. The control section updates the target value in accordance with an input to the leaning vehicle from a rider concerning a tilt of the body frame, and controls the left-right tilt angle control mechanism to cause the tilt angle of the body frame to approach the updated target value in a period in which the vehicle speed is in at least a part of a low-speed traveling range.
US10696340B2	Transfer pallet with support plate Disclosed is a transfer pallet for use in a conveyor line to load and carry a product thereon, such as an automobile component or an electronic component, in which the transfer pallet is provided with a support plate to load the product thereon in multiple stages.
US10696336B2	Actuation system having a magnetorheological damper An automotive vehicle includes a body having an exterior surface and an aerodynamic member movably coupled to the exterior surface. The aerodynamic member has a first position with respect to the exterior surface and a second position with respect to the exterior surface. The first position presents a distinct aerodynamic profile from the second position. The vehicle additionally includes an actuator coupled to the aerodynamic member and configured to actuate the aerodynamic member between the first position and the second position. The vehicle further includes a damper coupled to the aerodynamic member. The damper is provided with magnetorheological fluid.
US10696332B2	Local energy absorber A vehicle hood covering an underhood object includes an inner surface of the vehicle hood facing the underhood object and spaced from the underhood object, and an outer surface of the vehicle hood opposite the inner surface. A local energy absorber is operatively attached to the inner surface of the vehicle hood. The local energy absorber is a multiply-connected structure. The local energy absorber includes a wall defining an interior surface having symmetry about a central plane normal to the inner surface of the vehicle hood. A plurality of apertures is defined in the wall symmetrically about the central plane to initiate buckling and fracture in the wall during an impact applied to the outer surface defining an impact event having a duration of less than 20 milliseconds.
US10696329B2	Automotive front side frame An automotive front side frame including a bent portion having a bent form, in at least a portion, comprises an outer frame including a front outer portion and a rear outer portion disposed further to a rear of a vehicle frame than the front outer portion and formed to have tensile strength higher than tensile strength of the front outer portion; and an inner frame including a front inner portion and a rear inner portion disposed further to the rear of the vehicle frame than the front inner portion and formed to have tensile strength higher than tensile strength of the front inner portion.
US10696327B2	Electronic pressure limiting for dual path systems A pressure limiting system for a dual path machine wherein an input propel command from a propel device is scaled based upon the largest detected pressure in a hydraulic system to determine a modified propel command. Also, response time is adjusted within an electrical control system based upon the type of input propel command signal received.
US10696324B2	Controlling machine operation including machine turning radius According to one example, a control system is disclosed. The system can include a steering system configured to direct a movement of a compactor within a compacting area. The system can include one or more sensors configured to generate data indicative of operational criteria of the compactor, the one or more sensors including a speed sensor configured to measure a speed of the compactor over a surface within the compacting area and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors. The controller can be configured to: receive data indicative of the speed of the compactor from the speed sensor, determine if the speed of the compactor exceeds a first threshold speed, and if the speed of the compactor exceeds the first threshold speed, control the steering system to limit a turning angle to a predetermined value such that a turning radius of the compactor is increased.
US10696319B2	Steering device A steering device includes an outer column, an inner column, and a hanger bracket. The inner column is configured such that the inner column and a fixation member move forward with respect to the hanger bracket in a case where a load in a forward direction that acts on the inner column is equal to or greater than a predetermined value in the locked state. A sliding friction portion that slides on at least one of the inner column and the hanger bracket in accordance with movement of the inner column with respect to the hanger bracket is provided between the inner column and the hanger bracket.
US10696307B2	Anomaly detector for vehicle control signals A vehicle controller receives sensor outputs and identifies features in the sensor outputs. The controller determines a trajectory based on the features and generates control signals to vehicle actuators to follow the trajectory. Eccentricity of the control signals is evaluated and if it meets a threshold condition is met an intervention is performed such as discarding or modifying the control signal or initiating a safety procedure. Eccentricity may be determined using an unsupervised machine learning model. The threshold condition may be a dynamic threshold condition such as using the n-sigma approach or the Chebyshev inequality.
US10696304B2	Vehicle and method for controlling speed thereof A vehicle may include a dual clutch transmission that adjusts a travel speed of the vehicle based on clutch torque, a brake that makes the vehicle slow down to reduce the travel speed of the vehicle, and a controller that sets a target speed of the vehicle and controls the dual clutch transmission and the brake to allow the travel speed of the vehicle to follow the set target speed.
US10696302B2	Internal combustion engine control device An internal combustion engine control device is provided. The internal combustion engine control device is provided with a generator that is driven by exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine control device is capable of increasing the power generation of the generator. The internal combustion engine control device includes an exhaust amount control unit. The exhaust amount control unit increases the amount of the exhaust gas supplied to the generator in a coasting state.
US10696299B2	Managing vehicle to vehicle communication to facilitate operational safety via risk assessment In a given computing node comprising at least one processor operatively coupled to a memory and implemented in a given vehicle, the method comprises obtaining at the given computing node data from at least one of: (i) one or more sensors on the given vehicle; (ii) one or more computing nodes associated with one or more other vehicles via at least one vehicle-to-vehicle communication protocol; and (iii) one or more data sources along the path of the given vehicle. The given computing node utilizes at least a portion of the obtained data to compute a risk assessment for the given vehicle with respect to an operational safety level of a proposed vehicle action. The given computing node initiates or prevents the proposed vehicle action for the given vehicle based on the computed risk assessment.
US10696293B2	Start controller and start controlling method A drive control section automatically stops an engine by stopping fuel injection and by closing a throttle valve that adjusts the amount of intake air when a predetermined specified condition is satisfied. A stopping-angle detection section detects a crank angle when the engine is automatically stopped as a stopping angle. The drive control section cranks the engine before an in-cylinder negative pressure period, in which pressure in a cylinder of the engine is negative pressure, elapses after starting to automatically stop the engine if the stopping angle is outside an allowable crank-angle range in which it is possible to restart the engine by cranking the engine by the motor generator.
US10696289B2	Systems and methods for meeting wheel torque demand in a hybrid vehicle Systems and methods are shown for meeting wheel torque demand in a hybrid vehicle with an engine, a dual clutch transmission coupled to a driveline of the vehicle downstream of the engine, and an electric machine coupled to the driveline downstream of the dual clutch transmission. In one example, a method includes transferring transmission input torque through a clutch of the dual clutch transmission controlled to a first capacity, and, in response to a desired transmission input torque exceeding the capacity, increasing torque output of the electric machine coupled downstream of the dual clutch transmission to assist in meeting a wheel torque demand. In this way, a driver-requested increase in acceleration may be met under conditions where transmission input torque is limited by clutch capacity.
US10696285B2	Electric braking device for vehicle This electric braking device for a vehicle imparts to the wheels of the vehicle a braking torque in accordance with the output of an electric motor. A vehicle body-side electronic control unit calculates a command value for the output of the electric motor on the basis of the amount of operation performed on a braking operation member. A wheel-side electronic control unit adjusts the output of the electric motor on the basis of the command value. The vehicle body-side electronic control unit calculates the vehicle body speed on the basis of the wheel speed. The wheel-side electronic control unit adjusts the output of the electric motor so as to prevent an increase in slippage of the wheels on the basis of the vehicle body speed and the wheel speed.
US10696279B2	Method for operating a vehicle brake system A method for operating a hydraulic motor vehicle brake system with an anti-lock brake system having a plurality of brake cylinders associated with the wheels to be braked. A central pressure generating device generates a hydraulic brake pressure, wherein the hydraulic brake pressure is distributed to the brake cylinders and may be selectively modified for individual brake cylinders or a group of brake cylinders. The hydraulic brake pressure maintained at a level exceeding an estimated brake pressure limit of each wheel.
US10696268B2	Closing structure for opening of cylindrical housing and gas generator The present invention provides a closing structure which closes, with an igniter, an opening of a cylindrical housing used in a gas generator, the cylindrical housing provided with a stepped surface formed on an inner side of a circumferential wall on the side of the opening, and a distal end circumferential wall extending from the stepped surface to the opening, the igniter having an igniter main body, and an igniter collar surrounding part of the igniter main body and having an annular plate portion with a maximum outer diameter and a circumferential wall excluding the annular plate portion, the annular plate portion including, a first annular surface facing the ignition portion of the igniter main body, a second annular surface facing the electroconductive pin of the igniter main body, and an annular circumferential surface between the first annular surface and the second annular surface, a first annular circumferential edge at the boundary between the first annular surface and the annular circumferential surface, and a second annular circumferential edge at the boundary between the second annular surface and the annular circumferential surface, and the second annular circumferential edge provided with an inclined surface in three or more locations, and the first annular surface of the igniter collar being abutted against the stepped surface of the cylindrical housing, and the annular circumferential surface and the second annular circumferential edge of the igniter collar being abutted against the distal end circumferential wall.
US10696265B2	Curtain airbag system of vehicle A curtain airbag system of a vehicle is configured such that a position of an auxiliary chamber provided in a curtain airbag is changed to correspond to an occupant's seating posture or the occupant's lying posture in response to a vehicle collision, so that the occupant is safely protected in various seating postures.
US10696263B2	Airbag device An airbag includes an insert opening. An inflator is inserted into the airbag via the insert opening and set in a holding section of a retainer which is disposed inside the airbag. The retainer includes, at its end region disposed towards the insert opening of the airbag, two retaining pawls that are in engagement with a periphery of the insert opening. The insert opening is composed of a plurality of slits formed on a base material of the airbag such that one or more area among the slits serve as a bent sealing region that is bent inward and covers an outer periphery of the inflator. The slits include a pair of retaining slits that intersect each other. Each of the retaining pawls protrudes from a terminal of each of the retaining slits. A peripheral area of the retaining slits constitutes the bent sealing region.
US10696254B2	Vehicle front body structure having bracket coupling structure A bracket coupling structure includes a pair of brackets each coupling an upper part of a radiator support with a bumper R/F, and a hood lock coupled with the pair of brackets. The radiator support upper part is disposed in an upper portion of a front body structure and extends in a vehicle width direction for supporting an upper portion of a radiator body. The bumper R/F is disposed in a front portion of the front body structure and extends in the vehicle width direction. This structure provides a bracket structure which disperses a load generated when a force in the vertical compression direction acts on the hood lock in the front body structure.
US10696249B2	Automatic car setting adjustments by identifying driver with health watch wearable or in-car sensors In one embodiment, a wearable device comprising one or more sensors is presented that receives one or more physiological parameters of a user sensed by the one or more sensors and causes adjustment of one or more vehicle parameters based on the one or more physiological parameters.
US10696248B2	Grommet A grommet includes an inner side harness insertion portion extending toward an inner side of a vehicle, an outer side harness insertion portion extending toward an outer side of the vehicle, a lip mountain base integrated with the inner side harness insertion portion, a lip mountain integrated with the lip mountain base, a panel abutment portion abutting on a periphery of the through hole in an outer side surface of a vehicle body panel, a connection portion connecting the lip mountain and the panel abutment portion, a work unit formed across the outer side harness insertion portion and the panel abutment portion, and a work pressing portion integrated with the outer side harness insertion portion and the work unit. A plurality of recesses are formed between facing surfaces of the work pressing portion and radially arranged about a central axis of the outer side harness insertion portion.
US10696245B2	Power supply device An object of the present invention is to provide a power supply device that suppresses deformation of an exterior member. A power supply device is an apparatus for supplying power from a vehicle body to a sliding door. The power device includes: an exterior member, a vehicle-body-side holding portion for holding one end of the exterior member, and a door-side holding portion for holding the other end of the exterior member. The power supply device further includes: a connecting portion that can connect and disconnect the vehicle-body-side holding portion and the door-side holding portion while bending the exterior member in a state in which the vehicle-body-side holding portion holds the one end of the exterior member and the door-side holding portion holds the other end of the exterior member.
US10696237B2	Attachment component Provided is a highly versatile attachment component corresponding to a space around an attachment location of a vehicular member. A retainer for attaching an ultrasonic sensor to a vehicle has a member holding portion for holding the ultrasonic sensor; and an attachment portion that is to be attached to the vehicle. The attachment portion has a center attachment part; a plurality of attachment pieces which are an upper attachment piece, a lower attachment piece, a left attachment piece and a right attachment piece; and cuttable sections joining the center attachment part and the multiple attachment pieces. These attachment pieces can be removed by cutting the cuttable sections. Therefore, some of the attachment pieces may be removed so as to secure a space around a location to which the ultrasonic sensor is to be attached, thus allowing the ultrasonic sensor to be attached to the vehicle.
US10696233B2	Universal powerboard linkage A universally mountable articulating step for a vehicle which includes a bypass linkage set which is common to mounting in a plurality of vehicles. The linkage set includes front and rear casting members that enable the step to collapse on itself. An independent mounting adapter which is unique to a particular vehicle is provided including a mounting configuration adapted to be attached to a vehicle and attachment mounting locations on which the bypass linkage set is to be mounted.
US10696225B2	Lamp unit The light deflection device is configured to switch a first reflection position and a second reflection position in at least some region of the reflection part. The first reflection position is a position at which the light irradiated by the irradiation optical system is to be reflected toward the projection optical system so as to be effectively used as a part of a desired light distribution pattern. The second reflection position is a position at which the light irradiated by the irradiation optical system is to be reflected so as not to be effectively used. The detection unit is arranged at a position at which the light reflected at the second reflection position by the light deflection device can be detected.
US10696223B2	Method for projecting an image by a projection system of a motor vehicle, and associated projection system A method for projecting at least one image, by a projection system of a motor vehicle. The method includes the following steps: detecting a disruption area, determining the position of the driver in a predefined reference frame referred to as the projection reference frame, calculating a transformation matrix for transforming an image depending on the determined position of the driver, generating the control signal, the control signal being obtained by applying said transformation matrix to at least one stored image, controlling the imaging device from the control signal so as to project a transformed image, the pictogram appearing in a vertical plane (PV) to said driver in the transformed image, and projecting the transformed image.
US10696218B1	Illumination device An illumination device includes: a light source; and a laminate that displays a predetermined design on a front surface by transmitting light emitted by the light source forward in a shape of the predetermined design. The laminate includes: a display layer that includes the front surface and is light transmissive; a reflective layer that includes a first opening having the shape of the predetermined design, is disposed between the display layer and the light source, and reflects external light transmitted from the front surface of the display layer rearward; a light blocking layer that includes a second opening having the shape of the predetermined design and overlapping the first opening, is disposed between the reflective layer and the light source, and blocks light; and a light diffusion layer that diffuses light and is disposed between the reflective layer and the light source to overlap the second opening.
US10696213B2	Steering column for a motor vehicle and method for producing a steering column A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a steering shaft that is rotatably supported in a cover unit, an interface for fitting a steering column switch fixed relative to the cover unit, and a transmission element connected to the steering shaft so as to conduct torque by way of a securing means. The transmission element may include actuation means that is movable into operational engagement with the steering column switch fitted to the interface. The transmission element may be constructed in one piece together with at least one securing means for a rotationally secure connection to the steering shaft.
US10696205B2	Beverage holder and beverage container A beverage holder for a beverage container having a device adapted to communicate with a detecting unit. In order to achieve a quick cooling or heating of a beverage in the beverage container, a temperature control unit is operated in an extended temperature range once this has been communicated to a control unit by the detecting unit, wherein the control unit is in contact with the detecting unit and the temperature control unit.
US10696197B2	Submarining avoidance system Aspects of the disclosure relate to reducing the likelihood of injury to a passenger in a collision. In one example, a system for reducing the likelihood of a passenger submarining, may include a restraining device for restraining the passenger. A second restraining device for further restraining the passenger may also be included in the system. A locking mechanism may be configured to prevent a seat back from reclining when the second restraining device is not activated.
US10696184B2	Onboard charger heat dissipation A casing for an onboard charger includes a sidewall having a first height and an internal wall having a second height less than the first height. A channel is defined by the internal wall and the sidewall. An inlet connects to a first end of the channel and an outlet connects to a second end of the channel. A heat dissipating liquid can flow into the channel through the inlet and out of the channel through the outlet.
US10696182B2	Integrated dual-output grid-to-vehicle (G2V) and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) onboard charger for plug-in electric vehicles An integrated and isolated onboard charger for plug-in electric vehicles, includes an ac-dc converter and a dual-output dc-dc resonant converter, for both HV traction batteries and LV loads. In addition, the integrated and isolated onboard charger may be configured as unidirectional or bidirectional, and is capable of delivering power from HV traction batteries to the grid for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) applications. To increase the power density of the converter, the dual-output DC-DC resonant converter may combine magnetic components of resonant networks into a single three-winding electromagnetically integrated transformer (EMIT). The resonant converter may be configured as a half-bridge topology with split capacitors as the resonant network components to further reduce the size of converter. The integrated charger may be configured for various operating modes, including grid to vehicle (G2V), vehicle to grid (V2G) and high voltage to low voltage, HV-to-LV (H2L) charging.
US10696181B2	Systems and methods for controlling charging of electrified vehicle auxiliary batteries This disclosure describes vehicle systems and methods for controlling charging of an auxiliary (i.e., low voltage) battery of an electrified vehicle. Exemplary charging methods may dynamically adjust a low voltage setpoint of a power converter during the low voltage support. The proposed systems and methods therefore achieve constrained low voltage support by controlling the power drawn by the power converter at an appropriate level during the low voltage support.
US10696171B2	Charging method, device and storage medium for cleaning robot The present disclosure relates to a charging method and a charging apparatus of a cleaning robot. With the method, position information of a plurality of charging ports available for the cleaning robot is obtained; when it is determined that the cleaning robot needs to be charged, current position information of the cleaning robot is obtained; a closest charging port from the plurality of charging ports which is the closest to a current position of the cleaning robot is determined according to the position information of the plurality of charging ports and the current position information of the cleaning robot; and the cleaning robot is controlled to move to the closest charging port according to the position information of the closest charging port. With the technical solution, the cleaning robot may be charged nearby, thereby reducing power consumption of the cleaning robot.
US10696165B2	Range extender control This invention relates to an apparatus for controlling a range extender (104) in an electric vehicle (100). The apparatus comprises means for receiving trip information, means for retrieving power usage information relating to a previous trip, the previous trip having trip information which is at least in part in common with the trip information; and means for activating the range extender (104) in dependence on said power usage information. The invention also extends to an associated method, computer product and system.
US10696164B2	Optimizing regenerative braking efficiency in a hybrid vehicle A vehicle includes a motor and a controller. The controller is programmed to, responsive to an autonomous braking request and a predicted average braking torque associated with the request having a magnitude less than a powertrain regenerative torque limit, brake the vehicle only with the motor according to a torque profile adapted from a most efficient torque profile of the motor so as to have an average value falling within a specified range of the average braking torque.
US10696163B2	Regenerative braking controller for electric motors A method of regenerative braking includes providing an electric motor including at least one stator and a rotor, a speed of the rotor, a motor controller that regulates a current level in the stator winding, a power inverter which controls an energy flow to the stator terminal, and an energy storage system (ESS) which exchanges energy with the motor. A battery management circuit is between the power inverter and the ESS, and a processor has an associated memory storing a regenerative braking (RB) algorithm. The RB algorithm during braking causes the motor controller to execute determining an RB torque value from the rotor speed that maximizes regenerative braking current, and the power inverter is used to redirect the RB current to maximize a power transfer from the motor to the ESS.
US10696160B2	Automatic control of in-vehicle media A method for automatically adjusting vehicle media may include obtaining personal data of a vehicle operator and obtaining contextual data about the vehicle operating. The method may further include generating a distraction-level value that represents a degree to which the vehicle operator may be distracted from the media. The method may further include generating a distraction threshold value. The method may further include determining that the distraction-level value exceeds the distraction threshold value and adjusting the media in response.
US10696158B2	Shaft connection for a vehicle An automotive vehicle axle and, more specifically, a transmission shaft on an automotive vehicle that can be connected and disconnected in order to allow selection of driving power for the vehicle. The shaft connection includes a first shaft segment; a second shaft segment; and a connector linking the first shaft segment to the second shaft segment. The connector selectively connects or disconnects the first shaft segment to the second shaft segment.
US10696155B2	Vehicle fluid handling systems A fluid system for a vehicle is provided. The fluid system is configured to couple to a chassis of the vehicle. A frame assembly of the fluid system is configured to couple with the chassis directly or with another component that is coupled, directly or indirectly, with the chassis. A cowling of the fluid system can enclose a fuel pressure vessel and an auxiliary fluid vessel. The auxiliary fluid vessel is configured to be placed in fluid communication with the component powered or operated by the fluid therein.
US10696151B2	Transmission system for commercial vehicle powertrain electrification A transmission system selectively coupled to an engine crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged on a vehicle includes a transmission, a motor generator, a master clutch and a controller. The transmission includes an input shaft, a mainshaft, an output shaft and a countershaft offset from the input shaft. The countershaft is drivably connected to the first input shaft and the mainshaft. The motor generator is selectively coupled to the countershaft. The master clutch includes a driving portion connected to the engine crankshaft and a driven portion coupled to the transmission input shaft and adapted to frictionally engage the driving portion between open and closed positions. The controller selectively operates the transmission system in a first operating mode that includes defueling the engine while the vehicle is moving based on vehicle operating conditions and routes rotational energy from the output shaft, through the countershaft and into the motor generator.
US10696140B2	Air conditioner for vehicle An air conditioner for a vehicle including an engine, which serves as a power source and is configured to allow a cooling water to flow therethrough, includes a cooling water circuit, a heater, temperature sensors, and an output controller. The cooling water circuit allows the cooling water to circulate therein in a heating operation. The heater serves as a heat source, other than the engine, configured to heat the cooling water circulating in the cooling water circuit. The temperature sensors are connectable to the cooling water circuit and are configured to detect a temperature of the cooling water. The temperature sensors are positioned upstream and downstream of at least one of the engine and the heater. The output controller is configured to adjust at least an output of the heater based on the temperatures of the cooling water detected by the temperature sensors.
US10696139B2	Return air intake grille de-icing method A method (300) of de-icing a return air intake of a transport refrigeration system is provided. The method comprises using a controller for controlling the refrigeration system; determining (306) when de-icing mode is required; deactivating (308) an evaporator and an evaporator fan of the refrigeration system when de-icing mode is required; activating (310) a heater when de-icing mode is required; adjusting (312) the temperature of the heater to a selected temperature; deactivating (314) the heater when the heater has reached the selected temperature; and permitting (316) the refrigeration system to remain deactivated for a selected time period.
US10696134B2	Vehicle coolant flow control during maximum AC cooling condition Systems and methods can determine whether an air conditioning (AC) system of the vehicle is being operated under a maximum cooling condition. Responsive to determining that the AC system is being operated under the maximum cooling condition, it can be determined whether vehicle fluid temperatures meet associated predetermined thresholds. If none of the vehicle fluid temperatures meet the associated predetermined thresholds, a heater core valve can be switched to a closed position to reduce a flow rate of the coolant through a heater core. If one or more of the vehicle fluid temperatures meet the associated predetermined thresholds, the heater core valve can be switched to an open position to increase the flow rate of the coolant through the heater core. Such systems can force coolant to flow through the heater core to reduce vehicle fluid temperatures even when the AC system is being operated under the maximum cooling condition.
US10696130B2	Warm air channel outlet control device A heating and air conditioning system for a motor vehicle including a housing having an air outlet, a heating heat exchanger disposed inside the housing with a warm air path to heat air flowing therethrough, a warm air duct having a warm air intake opening and a warm air duct discharge opening disposed downstream of the heating heat exchanger channeling a partial flow of warm air from the warm air path to the air outlet, and a mode control damper rotatable about a rotational axis and connected downstream of the warm air duct in terms of flow, wherein the air outlet may be selectively opened completely or partially, and in a closed state may be partially or completely closed. The mode control damper functions simultaneously as the control damper for controlling the volume of air exiting the warm air duct discharge opening.
US10696125B2	Vehicle air conditioner A vehicle air conditioner includes a casing, a heater core that heats an air flow by heat exchange between the air flow and a heat medium, an electric heater that heats an air flow by an electric power, and a determiner that determines whether a temperature of the heat medium is equal to or lower than a predetermined temperature. When the determiner determines that the temperature of the heat medium is equal to or lower than the predetermined temperature, an air flow introduced into a casing is heated by the electric heater and flows toward the vehicle interior without passing through the heater core.
US10696121B2	Method and control device for adjusting the damping force of a shock absorber Method for adjusting the damping force of shock absorbers connected between a vehicle body and a wheel at vehicle corners of a motor vehicle, wherein at least one damping force (FLIFT, FPITCH, FROLL) which is referred to a center of gravity of the vehicle body and is divided between axles of the vehicle and between the shock absorbers of the axles is determined as a function of at least one variable which represents a movement of the vehicle body and/or a movement of the respective wheel. For at least one of the damping forces which are referred to the center of gravity of the vehicle body, at least one division factor for the division of the damping forces is calculated between a front axle and a rear axle, and the division of the respective damping force (FLIFT, FPITCH, FROLL) is adapted on the basis of this division factor.
US10696111B2	Method and apparatus for adjustable hitch An adjustable hitch is provided. The adjustable hitch includes a hitch body operatively coupled to a mount whereupon a hitch ball may be coupled. A coupling assembly may pivotably couple the mount to the hitch body, wherein the coupling assembly facilitates movement of the mount, and thereby the hitch ball, between a first position and a second position with respect to the hitch body. The adjustable hitch may be releasably coupled to a hitch receiver tube that is coupled to a vehicle.
US10696107B2	Fail safe device, a tire pressure measurement system, a vehicle, a method for monitoring, and a computer program Embodiments provide a fail-safe device, a tire pressure measurement system, a vehicle, a tire, a method and a computer program for monitoring a first sensor of a tire pressure monitoring system. The fail-safe device includes a first input for a first signal from the first sensor. The first signal indicates a first physical quantity. The fail-safe device includes a second input for a second signal from a second sensor. The second signal indicates a second physical quantity. The fail-safe device further includes a control module to verify the first signal based on the second signal and a physical relation between the first and the second physical quantities.
US10696099B2	Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire includes first and second circumferential grooves, an intermediate land portion, wedge portions, intermediate land portion lug grooves, and a circumferential narrow groove. The circumferential grooves are provided in a tread surface. The intermediate land portion is formed between the circumferential grooves. The wedge portions are provided in the tire circumferential direction at the second circumferential groove and incline in the tire circumferential direction. The intermediate land portion lug grooves are provided with ends in communication with the circumferential grooves and divide the intermediate land portion into block portions in the tire circumferential direction. The circumferential narrow groove is configured with ends in communication with intermediate land portion lug grooves that are adjacent, divides each of the block portions between the intermediate land portion lug grooves, and has a groove width that increases and decreases between the intermediate land portion lug grooves that are adjacent.
US10696096B2	Non-pneumatic tire A structurally supported tire includes a ground contacting annular tread portion, an annular shear band and at least one spoke disk connected to the shear band, wherein the spoke disk has at least two spokes, wherein each spoke extends between an outer ring and an inner ring, wherein one of the spokes extends from the outer ring to the inner ring in a curved manner. The second spoke extends from the outer ring to the inner ring in a straight manner.
US10696095B2	Foam tire flap for low pressure applications The present invention is a unique tire flap for use on off-road vehicle wheel assemblies utilizing standard safety rims, tires, rim locks, and inner tubes, so that the vehicles can operate in high performance off-road conditions under low or extremely low tire pressures (4psi-10psi), without incurring flats due to a pinched tube. The tire flap of the present invention is made from low density impact absorbent foam, such that the flap absorbs the energy of a first and second type pinch tire condition that prevents the inner tube from rupturing.
US10696085B2	Folder with magnetic closure adapted for use in visual management systems The present disclosure is directed to a folder including a magnetic closure adapted for use in a visual management system. The folder includes a back flap and a front flap that cooperate to define a storage area for papers. The magnetic closure is configured to selectively hold the folder in a closed position.
US10696082B2	Full-automatic gravure plate-making processing system Provided is a fully automatic gravure plate-making processing system capable of manufacturing a gravure plate-making roll more quickly as compared to a conventional case, achieving space saving, performing an unattended operation even in the nighttime, and reducing dust between individual processes. The fully automatic gravure plate-making processing system includes: a first industrial robot for chucking and handling an unprocessed plate-making roll; a second industrial robot for chucking and handling the unprocessed plate-making roll; a roll stock apparatus, a photosensitive film coating apparatus, a laser exposure apparatus, an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus with a drying function, a grinding wheel polishing apparatus, and a paper polishing apparatus, which serve as processing apparatus arranged in a handling area of the first industrial robot; and a degreasing apparatus, a copper plating apparatus, a developing apparatus, an etching apparatus, a resist removal apparatus, a surface hardening film forming apparatus, and an ultrasonic cleaning apparatus, which serve as processing apparatus arranged in a handling area of the second industrial robot, to thereby perform plate-making processing.
US10696069B2	Liquid discharge apparatus A liquid discharge apparatus includes a conveyance path, a liquid discharge head, and a drying device. A medium is to be conveyed on the conveyance path. The liquid discharge head discharges liquid onto the medium conveyed on the conveyance path. The conveyance path includes a switchback path and an ejection path. The switchback path switches back a conveyance direction of the medium onto which the liquid has been discharged. The ejection path conveys the medium onto which the liquid has been discharged to an ejection port. The drying device dries the medium both on the switchback path and on the ejection path.
US10696068B2	Rotary table digital printing machine and printing unit Rotary table digital printing machine for printing on work pieces, including at least one workstation attached to a holding frame, which is designed as a printing unit for printing on work pieces and includes a support frame for receiving an inking unit and a print head module, the support frame including a printing unit interface for coupling with a printing unit receptacle associated with the holding frame and further including a print head interface designed for coupling with a print head module, with a print head module and with an inking unit adapted to provide a printing ink to the print head module, a print head carrier having a carrier interface adapted to be coupled to the print head interface, wherein the printing unit receptacle, the printing unit interface, the inking unit, the print head interface, the carrier interface and the print head module form a row arrangement arranged along the printing direction.
US10696036B2	Apparatus and method of fabricating three-dimensional object A three-dimensional fabricating apparatus includes a fabrication chamber, a flattening member, a surplus powder chamber, and an impact applicator. The fabrication chamber stacks powder in layers and a layered fabrication object in which the powder is bonded together. The flattening member relatively moves with respect to the fabrication chamber to fill the fabrication chamber with the powder. The surplus powder chamber is disposed outside the fabrication chamber, to receive a surplus of the powder having not been filled in the fabrication chamber. The impact applicator is movable with the flattening member to contact and impact on the surplus powder chamber.
US10696035B2	Multi-drone based three-dimensional printing Approaches presented herein enable forming a 3D object with a plurality of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), also known as “drones”, configured to carry and deposit 3D printing material, and to fly to a depositing location (e.g., fly, hover, or land) to print a 3D object. Specifically, at a central controller, a set of specifications for a 3D object to be printed are obtained. The central controller directs each of a plurality of UAVs controlled by the central controller to fly to a depositing location where a layer of 3D printer material is to be deposited, the location determined from the set of specifications. In response to a UAV of the plurality reaching the depositing location, the central controller further directs the UAV of the plurality to apply the layer of 3D printer material to the depositing location.
US10696034B2	Systems, devices, and methods for deposition-based three-dimensional printing Methods, systems, and devices for extrusion-based three-dimensional printing are provided. The methods, systems, and devices allow for the printing materials such as fabrics, clothing, and wearable and/or implantable devices. A number of different enhancements are provided that allow for this improved form of three-dimensional printing, including: (1) printing using a polymer (e.g., cellulose acetate) dissolved in a solvent (e.g., acetone); (2) selectively bonding portions of a deposited filament onto one or more surfaces and/or one or more previously deposited filaments; (3) using particular toolpaths to create a fabric or similar material by creating a woven pattern; and (4) printing across multiple layers even when previous layers are not complete. Other aspects of the present disclosure, including other enhancements and various printer configurations, are also provided.
US10696020B2	Intermediate film for laminated glass, and laminated glass There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which a low yellow index value, low excitation purity and high heat shielding properties can be achieved in spite of the thickness varying with places. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has a thickness of one end thinner than a thickness of the other end at the opposite side of the one end and includes a thermoplastic resin, an ultraviolet ray screening agent and tungsten oxide particles, and the ultraviolet ray screening agent is a benzotriazole-based ultraviolet ray screening agent.
US10696016B2	Window film and flexible display including the same A window film and a flexible display including the same. The window film includes a base layer, a window coating layer on a surface of the base layer, and a back coating layer on another surface of the base layer, wherein the window coating layer is formed from a composition for window coating layers comprising a silicon-based resin, and the window film has an elastic modulus of about 1,000 Mpa or more on the back coating layer and has a pencil hardness of about 6H or higher on an adhesive layer.
US10696014B2	Multi-layer film The present invention concerns a multi-layer film comprising at least five layers, with two outer layers, two intermediate layers and one core layer, wherein the core layer comprises an ethylene copolymer having a density between ≥0.910 g/cm3 and 0.925 g/cm3, the intermediate layers comprise an ethylene copolymer comprising 1-octene and having a density between >0.915 g/cm3 and 0.925 g/cm3, wherein further the first outer layer comprises between 65 wt. % and 93 wt. % of a first ethylene copolymer comprising 1-octene and having a density between >0.915 g/cm3 and 0.925 g/cm3 and between 7 wt. % and 35 wt. % of a second ethylene copolymer having a density between >0.925 g/cm3 and 0.945 g/cm3 based on the total weight of polymers of the layer, wherein further the second outer layer comprises between 35 wt. % and 65 wt. % of a first ethylene copolymer comprising 1-octene and having a density between >0.915 g/cm3 and 0.925 g/cm3 and between 35 wt. % and 65 wt. % of a second ethylene copolymer having a density between 0.850 g/cm3 and <0.915 g/cm3 based on the total weight of the polymers of the layer.
US10696012B2	Composite of multilayer structure comprising polyester foam and polyester resin layer, and use thereof The present invention relates to a composite of a multilayer structure comprising a polyester foam and a polyester resin layer, and a use thereof. A polyester composite according to the present invention provides a composite which is capable of improving a working environment, improves durability and strength and has light weight; is easy to reuse; and can be variously utilized for different uses such as a vehicle interior or exterior material or building insulation materials.
US10696007B2	Mobile phone curved film, production method thereof, and curved attachment plate The present application discloses a curved attachment plate dedicated for mobile phone curved film, wherein the curved attachment plate comprises a planar region, a left bent region located at a left side of the planar region, and a right bent region located at a right side of the planar region, the left bent region is arranged corresponding to left sides of the curved toughened glass and curved explosion-proof film of the mobile phone curved film, and the right bent region is arranged corresponding to right sides of the curved toughened glass and curved explosion-proof film of the mobile phone curved film. The technical solution of the present application has the advantage of high user experience.
US10696005B2	Assembly and method of same for mechanically skiving to remove balloon parison tubing materials An assembly and method for mechanically skiving a tube to later form into a medical balloon are provided. The assembly includes a blade holder and a tube guide wherein the blade holder retains the blade in a diagonal relationship relative to the tube guide. A lathe assembly includes a mandrel for extending into a lumen of the tube and fitting into the tube guide. The lathe assembly further includes a spinning mechanism that rotates the mandrel relative to the blade for skiving the exterior surface of the polymer tube. The diagonal relationship allows for precise shaping of a transition portion of the tube, which is located between a medially located un-skived portion of tube and two skived portions located at tube ends. Once the tube is skived, a molding process inflates the un-skived portion into a balloon and stretches the transition portion and the skived portions forming a medical balloon.
US10695999B2	Shoe member, shoe, and method for producing the same Provided is a shoe member constituting a part of a shoe, including an injection molded article that includes an inner member and an outer member partially or fully enclosing the inner member, wherein the inner member and the outer member are each formed from a resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin, a shoe including the shoe member, and a method for producing the shoe member.
US10695996B2	Tire vulcanization mold A tire vulcanization mold 10 of an embodiment includes a side mold 14 having a side molding surface 20 for molding a side wall portion. The side mold 14 includes: a side mold body 24 having a plurality of recesses 30 provided at intervals in a tire circumferential direction; a plurality of side pieces 26 fitted into the recesses 30 and forming an annular side molding surface 20 together with the side mold body 24; and a plurality of vent gaps 28 provided between side surfaces 26A on both sides in the tire circumferential direction of the side pieces 26 and wall surfaces 30A of the recesses 30. An inner end 26E in a tire radial direction of the side piece 26 is positioned inwardly in the tire radial direction from an inner end 20E in the tire radial direction of the side molding surface 20.
US10695994B2	Quick tire repairing nail and using method thereof The present disclosure discloses a quick tire repairing nail. The quick tire repairing nail includes a tire repairing screw made of hard materials, at the front end of the tire repairing screw is provided with a sharp portion and at the rear end of the tire repairing screw is provided with a screw head, and a surface of the screw head which is far away from the tire repairing screw is provided with a concave-convex matching structure. The tire repairing nail further includes a sealing sleeve wrapping the outside of the screw head and/or the tire repairing screw, the sealing sleeve is made of soft materials and has a taper structure with a small front end and a bigger rear end.
US10695993B2	In-situ polymerization of polyamides for composite part repair Methods of repairing defects in polymeric composite structures are provided. The methods include filling or bonding defects with a pre-polymerization solution and polymerizing the pre-polymerization solution in situ. Patches or support structures can be disposed at the site of the defect to increase the strength of the repair or to make the repair cosmetically pleasing, respectively. Such a method of repairing a defect may include applying a pre-polymer solution having a reinforcing material and a monomer to the defect in a polymeric composite structure; disposing a support structure on a surface of the polymeric composite structure over at least a portion of the defect having the applied pre-polymer solution; and polymerizing the monomer in the pre-polymer solution to form a repaired region in the polymeric composite structure including a polymer having the reinforcing material distributed therein.
US10695986B2	Method for forming a structural panel A method is provided for forming a structural panel. During this method, a core structure is formed by shaping a first portion of a sheet of ribbon material to form a first baffle and a first septum. Thermoplastic material is then overmolded onto the ribbon material, between the first baffle and the first septum, to form a first set of walls.
US10695980B2	Free-form spatial 3-D printing using part levitation A part is fabricated by an additive manufacturing process while levitating in space. Constituent features of the part are formed by 3-D printing. A part levitation system allows the spatial orientation of the part to be manipulated relative to one or more print heads.
US10695979B2	Core/shell filament for use with extrusion-based additive manufacturing system A consumable filament for use in an extrusion-based additive manufacturing system, where the consumable filament comprises a core portion of a first thermoplastic material, and a shell portion of a second thermoplastic material that is compositionally different from the first thermoplastic material, where the consumable filament is configured to be melted and extruded to form roads of a plurality of solidified layers of a three-dimensional object, and where the roads at least partially retain cross-sectional profiles corresponding to the core portion and the shell portion of the consumable filament.
US10695974B2	Three-dimensional object shaping method and three-dimensional object shaping device A three-dimensional object shaping method for shaping a three-dimensional object by layering a unit layer formed using a colored ink of one or more colors, the method including a slice information calculating process of calculating a plurality of pieces of cross-sectional slice information from three-dimensional data including color data, a halftone processing process of carrying out a halftone process using a dither matrix on at least one part of the color data with respect to each layer of the plurality of pieces of cross-sectional slice information and carrying out the halftone process so that a pattern of the dither matrix used with respect to at least two of the plurality of pieces of cross-sectional slice information differs, and a unit layer forming process of forming the unit layer based on the cross-sectional slice information subjected to the halftone process.
US10695964B2	Hot runner injection nozzle and drive train The present disclosure is directed to an injection nozzle for an injection molding device comprising a drive train for at least one closure element arranged movable in a nozzle head in a first direction. The drive train comprises a cam mechanism with a cam head comprising a wedge and at least one side plate. The wedge and the side plate are together arranged moveable in a second direction. Per closure element the wedge comprises at least one first drive surface which interacts with a second drive surface arranged at the closure element at least during closing of the closure element. The at least one side plate comprises a third drive surface which interacts with a fourth drive surface arranged at the closure element at least during opening of the closure element.
US10695960B2	Adjustable moulding tool and corresponding moulding method The application relates to an adjustable moulding tool and corresponding model production method, including following process steps: moving rods towards the said chamber through the said chamber's holey surfaces manually or via mechanisms in increments numbers of which are calculated through computer programs or manually, after the formation of the emptiness in the shape of the model, pouring of the material in a manner to fill the emptiness, heating and cooling or applying other processes in accordance with the characteristic of the poured material to enable that material takes the desired monolithic shape, after material takes the form of the model monolithically, making the casting chamber free of the rods, which have initially been moved towards the casting chamber with the purpose of the formation of the emptiness, by moving the rods in the reverse directions and taking out the produced model through an openable surface of the said chamber.
US10695959B2	Method for applying a seal to a plate The invention relates to a method for applying a joint (2, 102) onto a plate (3), in particular a plate having shape defects. An edge of interest is defined on a portion of the plate (3) onto which the joint (2, 102) is intended to be applied. The plate (3) is then placed on a tool (4, 104) comprising a supporting element (5, 105) made of solid material and a supporting element (6, 106) made of flexible material, in such a way that the edge of interest rests on a portion of the supporting element made of flexible material. While the joint is applied onto the edge of interest, the plate is maintained in a predetermined reference position and the element made of flexible material is pushed against the plate, perpendicularly to an outer surface of the element made of flexible material, the outer surface being opposite to the surface on which the edge of interest rests.
US10695954B2	Coater arrangement for a 3D printer and method for applying two layers of particle-shaped construction material A coating device arrangement 1 for a 3D printer is disclosed, comprising a coating device 3 having a container 17 defining an inner cavity for receiving particulate construction material which leads to an opening for outputting the particulate construction material, and a stroking member 15a, by which a stroking surface is formed which is directed downward, and which is configured to stroke over construction material output from the opening using the stroking surface to thereby level and/or compress the output particulate material. The coating device arrangement 1 further comprises a setting device 13 which is configured to variably set an inclination angle of the stroking surface 15a.
US10695953B2	Methods for manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament from recycled polymer. In various embodiments, the method includes: (1) reducing recycled polymer material into polymer flakes; (2) cleansing the polymer flakes; (3) melting the flakes into a polymer melt; (4) removing water and contaminants from the polymer melt by dividing the polymer melt into a plurality of polymer streams and exposing those streams to pressures below 25 millibars or another predetermined pressure; (5) recombining the streams; and (6) using the resulting purified polymer to produce bulked continuous carpet filament.
US10695951B2	Drilling tool A drilling tool, in particular a rock drilling tool, for a portable machine tool, includes an axis of rotation, at least one spiral path, and at least one wear surface transition. The at least one spiral path is coiled about the axis of rotation along the axis of rotation and includes at least one wear surface having at least one bandwidth. There is a change in the at least one bandwidth of the at least one wear surface at a position of the at least one wear surface transition.
US10695950B2	Portable cement mixing apparatus with precision controls A quality assurance system for mixing a slurry comprising at least water or other liquid and at least one flowable wet or dry mass, such as cement, sand or other suitable component, has computerized control over the loading of ingredients and has an accurate and broadly variable speed control of the loading of the ingredients. The mixing chamber has scales that provide a signal indicating the current weight of an ingredient in the mixing chamber. As the desired weight of an ingredient is added to the mixing chamber, the computer slows and then stops the inflow of the current ingredient being loaded via broadly variable control of the loading of the ingredients. The broadly variable control of the loading rate of the ingredients allows more accurate control of the final weight of each ingredient added. Further, a damping period allows system vibrations to dissipate, allowing highly accurate weights to be measured. Accurate records of the addition of each ingredient are maintained using the internal computer that controls the invention. The combination of highly accurate control over the input of materials added to the mixing chamber as well as the maintenance of permanent records concerning each batch of cementitious slum made allows the production of precision batches of final products to meet exacting specifications needed in both ordinary projects and highly specialized projects requiring cementitious products. Data recorded during production operations further allow accurate identification of manpower needs of projects and allow owners/operators at job sites to record, control, predict and manage production costs and manpower needs. All recorded data is transmitted to an offsite location for management to use as needed for quality and management control and can be transmitted at any time or hatch interval desired by management.
US10695947B2	Composite building products bound with cellulose nanofibers Building materials are generated by the simple mixing of cellulose nanofiber (CNF) slurry with typical wood-derived material such as wood meal, optionally with mineral particulate materials, and dried. Particle boards are made with wood meal particulates; wallboards are made with wood particulates and mineral particulates; paints are made with pigment particulates; and cement is made with aggregate particulates. The particle board samples were tested for fracture toughness. The fracture toughness was found to be from 20% higher up to ten times higher than the typical value for similar board, depending on the formulation. For cases of 20% by weight cellulose nanofibers and 80% wood, the fracture toughness was more than double that of typical particle board. The process sequesters carbon and oxygen into the building product for its lifespan—typically decades—and avoid releasing CO2 into the atmosphere.
US10695945B2	Methods of treatment of laminated timber The invention relates to methods to thermally treat wood (e.g., flat-grain timber) to produce wood with enhanced color and/or weathering properties.
US10695942B2	Stapler A stapler includes a staple striking portion configured to strike a staple to penetrate sheets of paper and a clincher portion configured to bend staple legs of the staple penetrating the sheets of paper. The clincher portion includes a pair of clinchers. The pair of clinchers are configured to perform a first operation and a second operation. In the first operation, the pair of the clinchers move along a surface direction of the sheets of paper to approach each other. In the second operation, the pair of clinchers move to approach the sheets of paper after the first operation.
US10695940B2	Corrugated board manufacturing system and corrugated board manufacturing method There is provided a system 1 of manufacturing a corrugated board, including: a corrugated-shape processing apparatus 4 for processing a board in a corrugated shape by curving the board; a shaping apparatus 5 for adjusting a corrugated board acquired by processing the board in a corrugated shape; and a stabilizing apparatus 6 for stabilizing the corrugated board being shaped in the corrugated shape, the corrugated-shape processing apparatus 4 including a first pressing jig 25 and a second pressing jig 27 each of which is in a roller-like shape provided on its surface with asperities to press a board into a corrugated board, being disposed facing each other, the shaping apparatus 5 including: a third pressing jig 45 and a fourth pressing jig 48 each of which has a surface with asperities in which a distance between adjacent apexes of the asperities is substantially identical to that of a surface with asperities of the corrugated board; and a heater 59, the stabilizing apparatus 6 including a fifth pressing jig 65 and a sixth pressing jig 68 each of which has a surface with asperities in which a distance between adjacent apexes of the asperities is substantially identical to that of a surface with asperities of the corrugated board after the heat-press process; and a cooling unit 69. As a result, a single board can be processed in a corrugated shape and a state of the corrugated shape can be maintained.
US10695935B2	Slicing disc assembly for food processor A slicing disc assembly includes a work bowl, a driving shaft standing upwardly from the bottom of the work bowl, a gearbox base removably locked onto the work bowl, a gearbox cover affixed onto the gearbox base and thereby forms a housing, a gear rotatably disposed in the housing, and a spiral blade operatively disposed onto the gear. The gear is planetarily rotated via the engagement between gear teeth and the driving shaft, while the spiral blade rotates simultaneously and maintains relative same position with the gear during its operation.
US10695933B2	Method for cutting material to be cut The invention relates to a method for cutting material to be cut, which is preferably realized as a rod-shaped element, comprising a receiving device for fixedly receiving the material to be cut in such a manner that a part to be separated from the material to be cut protrudes over an element edge of the receiving device realized as a counter knife edge (42), and comprising a knife unit having a knife (24), which is movable with respect to the receiving device and which moves a knife edge (25) past the counter knife edge (42) in a cutting movement for executing a separating cut, the welding material being subjected to ultrasound for executing oscillations during the cutting movement.
US10695931B2	Apparatus and method for moving logs within cutting-off machines Apparatus for moving logs (2) within cutting-off machines. The apparatus includes a platform (1) with one or more longitudinal channels (10) inside which the logs to be cut are disposed, and a pusher device (3) acting in correspondence of the platform (1) and intended for acting on the back of the logs (2) to push them, along respective guide channels (10), toward a cutting device (4) disposed downstream. The apparatus includes a clamping device (5) disposed intermediate between the pusher device (3) and the cutting device (4) and intended for engaging the logs (2) which are pushed along the channels (10) of platform (1) by the pusher device (3) and driving them along up to the cutting device (4).
US10695928B2	Rotary rod slicer A rod slicer includes a receiving vessel, a cover vessel, and a rod mount. The rod mount may releasably couple with the cover vessel. At least one blade is mounted to or within the cover vessel. The rod mount has openings for one or more rods. The rod mount can be rotated, causing any rods in the openings to pass across from the rod mount into the cover vessel. In the cover vessel, a slicing edge of the blade, thus cutting a segment of a desired length from the rod. A pump may be connected to an opening in the vessel to vacuum the cut segments into the vessel. In some configurations, the blade is adjustable to change the length of the segments.
US10695924B2	Shaving apparatus A shaving apparatus (1000) includes a rotary cutter (220) comprising a cutter tube, the rotary cutter comprising a plurality of closed-geometry apertures (221) in an outer surface of the cutter tube, each of the closed-geometry apertures extending along an aperture axis and comprising: a cutting edge (222); a first section having a first width measured transverse to the aperture axis; a second section having a second width measured transverse to the aperture axis; a waist section having a third width measured transverse to the aperture axis, the waist section located between the first and second sections; and the third width being less than each of the first and second widths; a blade (211) having a cutting edge, the blade mounted adjacent the rotary cutter; and an electric motor (130) operably coupled to a power source and the rotary cutter to rotate the rotary cutter about a rotational axis of the rotary cutter so that a user's hairs are sheared between the cutting edge of the blade and the cutting edges of the cutter.
US10695921B2	Shearing tool with a compound lever mechanism The present invention relates to a shearing tool such as scissors, comprising first and second cutting members pivotally coupled with each other, and a linkage pivotally coupled to the first and second cutting members, whereby the linkage and one of the first and second cutting members form together a compound lever mechanism. A force applied by an operator onto the shearing tool increases as an output by the linkage, and the increasing force is conveyed to that cutting member so that the cutting power of the shearing tool increase to allow hard-to-cut materials to be cut manually and easily with less effort from the operator.
US10695917B2	One-degree-of-freedom link device, a robot arm using the same and a surgical robot comprising the same The present invention comprises: a fixed four-node link in which four links are joined together in a hinged fashion, comprising a fixed link of which the position is fixed, a connecting rod positioned on the opposite side of the first link, an input-side transmission link connecting the end on one side of the connecting rod and the first link, and an output-side transmission link positioned on the opposite side of the input-side transmission link; an input link part to which an actuator is attached, and which is joined in hinged fashion between the two ends of the input-side transmission link; and an output link part which is fixedly joined to the output-side transmission link and is rotated by means of the output-side transmission link, and the one-degree-of-freedom link device according to the present invention and the robot arm using the same can be used to allow easy attachment and detachment between link devices and achieve smooth action in a robot arm in accordance with what is desired.
US10695914B2	Gripper device, and use of a gripper device A gripper device (16; 30; 56; 90; 120) which is designed so as to be movable along a movement path, and which serves for grasping and holding a workpiece (70) and for moving the workpiece along the movement path, with at least one first contact section (18; 38; 66) which, to produce an operative pairing with the workpiece that effects the gripping or holding action, can be driven relative to a second contact section (20; 40; 68), which first contact section is assigned actuator means (22; 44; 54; 128), which are designed to exert a drive force in reaction to the application of a magnetic field, and which are composed of a magnetic shape-memory alloy material, wherein the actuator means for magnetic interaction are formed, for the application of a magnetic field, with magnetic field generating means that are static at one position of the movement path (52; 80; 86; 88), and/or with magnetic field generating means that are provided so as to be movable independently of the gripper device.
US10695913B2	Underactuated robotic hand Provided is a robotic hand which includes a palm, a plurality of phalanges adapted to reproduce a plurality of fingers, and an actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism may include a first pulley located at each hinge and bound to the first element, second pulleys located at each of the hinges and bound to the second element, a single cable running in all of the pulleys and a motor adapted to act on the cable by controlling the rotation of the phalanges.
US10695909B2	Robot system and robot control method A robot system including: a robot and a controller, the controller is configured to conduct: a region generating process that generates a robot inclusion region which includes the robot and the like and whose area increases as a speed of the robot increases, an entry prohibited region near the robot, and a speed limit region along the robot side edge of the entry prohibited region; an entry detecting process that detects whether or not the generated robot inclusion region enters the entry prohibited region or the speed limit region; a speed limiting process that reduces operating speed of the robot if the robot inclusion region enters the speed limit region; and a power cutoff unit that immediately stops the robot if the robot inclusion region enters the entry prohibited region.
US10695906B2	Moving robot and controlling method A moving robot system includes a moving robot which travels in a cleaning area, generates a map of the cleaning area, moves based on the map, and sucks foreign substances; and a terminal which inputs a cleaning command to the moving robot, based on the map, wherein the moving robot determines that the moving robot is in an isolation state, when the moving robot is unable to move due to a surrounding obstacle while traveling in the cleaning area, and sets a virtual wall in an isolation position where isolation is occurred and avoids the isolation position during a next cleaning operation.
US10695900B2	Ergonomic and elevated work surface and a table top work bench An ergonomic and elevated work surface/top and a work bench having the same. The ergonomic work surface can be maintained in an elevated position by one or more legs, one or more supports (e.g., brackets) attached to a wall or other vertical support or one or more supports extending downwardly from a ceiling or other raised horizontal support. Preferably, the elevated and ergonomic work surface/top is sturdy, rigid and has little or no flex and brings object(s) supported thereby closer to the user's face eliminating or significantly reducing the user leaning over to a position not conducive to proper posture. The top includes contoured/curved/angled sections that provide comfortable and versatile resting surfaces allowing an individual to rest both of his or her arms on for prolong periods without experiencing soreness or other undesirable consequences. The work bench can be portable, collapsible and removably mounted on a primary work structure.
US10695892B2	PDC cutter with chemical addition for enhanced abrasion resistance A superabrasive cutter and a method of making the superabrasive cutter are disclosed. The superabrasive cutter may comprise a plurality of polycrystalline superabrasive particles and about 0.01% to about 4% by weight of the superabrasive particles of a dopant as evaluated prior to a high pressure/high temperature process. The dopant may be immiscible with a catalyst for forming the polycrystalline superabrasive particles.
US10695887B2	Systems for and methods of surfacing a composite lens blank with functional layer Disclosed are systems and processes for generating a finished or semi-finished lens, such as a spectacle lens, from a lens blank that includes an intermediate functional layer. Some embodiments of the process involve locating the functional layer and positioning the lens blank according to the location of the functional layer. The location of the functional layer can be ascertained by measuring the thickness of one or more layers of the lens blank. The lens blank can be surfaced on one or both sides to form a finished or semi-finished lens. Other embodiments are also described.
US10695886B2	Device and method for machining of an optical lens A device and a method for machining, especially for polishing of an optical lens, are proposed, there being both a lens changing apparatus and also a separate tool changing apparatus. The lens changing apparatus is located between a working space and a conveyor apparatus for lenses and is pivotally mounted around a horizontal axis. The tool changing apparatus is located laterally next to the working space.
US10695873B2	Construction of a vehicle body structure by welding thin sheet metal panels to thick metal extrusions The construction of vehicle body structure articles by welding sheet metal products to load bearing structural metal components. The sheet metal product is bent at the edges forming hemlines to dissipate heat uniformly in all directions from the welding location. The sheet metal product is welded at the bending knees of the hemlines edgewise to the longitudinal edges of the structural components while holding the outer surface of the metal sheet in alignment with the edges of the structural components.
US10695872B2	Heat spreaders fabricated from metal nanoparticles Heat spreaders can help promote heat distribution at the surface of a heat sink. However, overly isotropic or anisotropic heat conduction through heat spreaders can limit their effectiveness. Heat spreaders providing for lateral distribution of heat can include a tapered structure containing a metal-diamond composite. The metal-diamond composite includes a continuous metallic phase and a plurality of micron-scale diamond particles located in spaced apart regions of the continuous metallic phase. An interlayer containing the continuous metallic phase but lacking micron-scale diamond particles is disposed between each of the spaced apart regions, and the metal-diamond composite increases in lateral size in a direction of increased tapering. Heat spreaders can be formed by disposing a first mixture containing micron-scale diamond particles and metal nanoparticles in first regions that are vertically spaced apart from each other, and at least partially fusing the metal nanoparticles to form a tapered structure.
US10695870B2	Laser processing apparatus A laser processing apparatus includes a controller having (a) a section for storing the Y coordinate of a characteristic point having a predetermined positional relation to each division line formed on a wafer as a reference value with respect to a reference position where the focal point of a laser beam coincides with a predetermined position on each division line, (b) a section for detecting the amount of deviation of the Y coordinate of the characteristic point after indexing each division line of the wafer in the Y direction by the operation of a Y moving unit, from the Y coordinate stored as the reference value, and (c) a section for determining whether or not the amount of deviation detected is greater than an allowable value.
US10695869B2	Process to produce a workpiece surface on a rod-shaped workpiece A process to produce a workpiece surface or a groove inner surface on a rod-shaped, especially cylindrical workpiece. From the workpiece, a rotary tool is supposed to be produced. The material removal is done using laser beam pulses, which are directed through a deflection device onto points of incidence within a pulse area with a specified outside contour on the workpiece. Multiple machine axis drives position the workpiece and the deflection device relative to one another so that the pulse area is oriented essentially at right angles to the emission direction of the laser beam pulses and at right angles to the section of the tool surface that has already been produced and that borders the pulse area. While the material is being removed, the at least one machine axis drive moves the pulse area relative to the workpiece along a specified path of motion while maintaining the orientation.
US10695861B2	Friction stir extrusion of nonweldable materials for downhole tools A non-weldable workpiece may be affixed to a weldable workpiece by friction stirring the weldable workpiece to plasticize and extrude at least a portion thereof into a recess in the non-weldable workpiece. The weldable workpiece may then be welded to a body of a downhole tool to enable the welding of a non-weldable workpiece onto a body to increase the wear-resistance of the body.
US10695854B2	Method of seamless bonding and device therefor A method of seamless bonding comprises in sequence: feeding a filler wire into a de-scaling unit; removing with the de-scaling unit a contamination layer disposed onto a core of the filler wire, removing the contamination layer comprising: applying a laser beam to the filler wire at a wavelength causing at least a portion of the contamination layer to break away from the core of the filler wire while leaving the core unaffected; and feeding the filler wire to a seamless bonding unit. A seamless bonding device is also presented.
US10695850B2	Method for honing toothed wheels A method for honing processing a toothed wheel in which the toothed wheel and a honing tool mesh with each other and the rotation axes of the toothed wheel and honing tool intersect at an axial intersection angle. The toothed wheel and honing tool carry out a relative movement which oscillates in an axial direction of the rotation axis of the toothed wheel and are positioned in a direction towards each other at the same time in a radial direction with respect to the rotation axis of the toothed wheel starting from an end position in order to remove material from the toothed wheel. During the oscillating relative movement which is directed in an axial direction of the rotation axis of the toothed wheel, the rotation position of the toothed wheel with respect to the rotation axis thereof is changed in accordance with the positioning in a radial direction.
US10695849B2	Table saw with two stage table extension system A table saw includes a base assembly, a saw assembly, which is supported by the base assembly and includes a saw, and a table assembly supported by the base assembly. The table assembly includes a rip fence, a table extension system, and a table top defining an opening through which the saw extends. The table extension system includes a first stage assembly supported by the table top and movable relative to the table top between a first stage retracted position and a first stage extended position, and a second stage assembly supported by the first stage assembly and movable relative to the first stage assembly between a second stage retracted position and a second stage extended position. The rip fence is supported by and movable relative to the second stage assembly.
US10695847B2	Saw height adjustment mechanism having a flexible shaft A table saw includes a table assembly having a top surface, a cutting assembly, and an adjustment assembly. The cutting assembly is arranged below the table assembly and is movable relative to the top surface. The adjustment assembly is operably connected to the cutting assembly and includes an input member, an output member, and a flexible shaft. The output member is operably connected to the cutting assembly and is configured such that rotation of the output member causes the cutting assembly to move relative to the table top surface. The flexible shaft has a nonlinear central axis, a first end operably connected to the input member, and a second end operably connected to the output member. The flexible shaft is configured such that rotation of the input member causes rotation of the first and second ends, and rotation of the second end causes rotation of the output member.
US10695841B2	Coated cutting tool A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, the coating layer including at least one α-type aluminum oxide layer, wherein: in the α-type aluminum oxide layer, a texture coefficient TC (0,0,12) of a (0,0,12) plane falls within a predetermined range; a residual stress value in a (1,1,6) plane of the α-type aluminum oxide layer falls, at least in part thereof, within a predetermined range; and a residual stress value in a (4,0,10) plane of the α-type aluminum oxide layer falls, at least in part thereof, within a predetermined range.
US10695834B2	Material feeder of additive manufacturing apparatus, additive manufacturing apparatus, and additive manufacturing method According to one embodiment, a material feeder includes a feeding unit. The feeding unit includes a container that is containable of a powdery material and a first wall that is provided with a plurality of first openings communicated with the container and at least partially covers a region to which the material is fed, the feeding unit feeding the material in the container from the first openings to the region to form a layer of the material.
US10695832B2	Method for manufacturing a mechanical component A method for manufacturing a mechanical component by additive manufacturing which includes at least one layering sequence of depositing a powder material and locally melting and resolidifying the powder material. In each layering sequence, a solid layer of solidified material is formed, wherein the solid layers jointly form a solid body. An annealing sequence subsequent to at least one layering sequence includes, locally heating at least a region of the solid body in effecting a local heat input to the immediately beforehand manufactured solid layer which was formed by the immediately precedent layering sequence, with temperature being is maintained below a melting temperature of the material.
US10695831B2	Method to control void formation in nanomaterials using core/alloy nanoparticles with stainless interfaces The present invention describes the use of nanoparticle interfaces to chemically process solid nanomaterials into ones with tailorable core-void-shell architectures. The internal void sizes are proportional to the nanoparticle size, the shell thickness and composition, and can be either symmetric or asymmetric depending on the nature of the interface, each of which is controlled by the process of making.
US10695827B2	Light metal injection molding machine A light metal injection molding machine includes a melting unit, a material supply device, and an inert gas supplier. The material supply device includes a supply cylinder and a lower shutter. The supply cylinder includes a passage which communicates vertically, a supply opening disposed on an upper side of the passage and to which a molding material is fed, and a discharge opening which is disposed on a lower side of the passage and discharges the molding material to a material supply port of the melting unit. The lower shutter is disposed in the supply cylinder to open and close the passage, and the molding material is placed on the lower shutter when the passage is closed. The lower shutter has at least one vent-hole that allows an inert gas supplied from below the lower shutter to pass when the passage is closed.
US10695825B2	Method and system for direct casting of cast components by additive manufacturing of composite monolithic molds A method for direct casting of cast components by layer-wise generation of composite molds, wherein the composite molds are generated as monolithic elements and simultaneously with their respective cores in an assembled form. The system for layer-wise generation of three-dimensional models from the powdered material in a removable container with a movable bottom, which is separated from the device for lifting and lowering the movable bottom, which is built into the system for layer-wise generation of three-dimensional models. The generation of the molds is done by application of layers of powdered material and binding of the particles of each layer through a binder, added selectively according to a program/pattern only in the volumes, where the solid body of the model is being generated. This procedure is subsequently repeated until the entire volume is constructed, allowing direct casting in the resulting molds without removing them from the container, in which they are generated, after removing the unnecessary powdered material from their working cavities.
US10695824B2	Mold compositions and methods for casting titanium and titanium aluminide alloys A casting method for titanium and titanium alloys, the casting method including obtaining an investment casting mold composition having calcium aluminate and aluminum oxide, the calcium aluminate combined with a liquid to produce a slurry of calcium aluminate, and wherein the solids in the final calcium aluminate/liquid mixture with large scale alumina is about 71% to about 90%. The method further includes pouring the investment casting mold composition into a vessel containing a fugitive pattern, curing the investment casting mold composition to form a mold, removing the fugitive pattern from the mold, firing the mold, preheating the mold to a mold casting temperature, pouring molten titanium or titanium alloy into the preheated mold, solidifying the molten titanium or titanium alloy and forming a solidified titanium or titanium alloy casting, and removing the solidified titanium or titanium alloy casting from the mold.
US10695821B2	Rivet for friction self-piercing riveting and friction self-piercing riveting connection system thereof A rivet rotational feeding method for friction self-piercing riveting (F-SPR) system, comprising: a semi-hollow rivet, a driving spindle and a die. The bottom surface of the rivet head is connected to the semi-hollow rivet shank. The semi-hollow rivet shank has a wedge-shaped end. The rivet head has rotation driving structures and positioning structure on the top end. The rotation driving structures are central symmetric concave or convex surfaces. The positioning structure is a central symmetric and mirror symmetric concave or convex surface. The matching between the driving spindle and the rivet can improve the rotation reliability and positioning accuracy of the riveting at a high rotational speed during F-SPR process, which is beneficial to solve the problems of poor stability and non-coincidence between the geometry axis and the rotation axis of the rivet.
US10695818B2	Container, and selectively formed shell, and tooling and associated method for providing same A shell, a container employing the shell, and tooling and associated methods for forming the shell are provided. The shell includes a center panel, a circumferential chuck wall, an annular countersink between the center panel and the circumferential chuck wall, and a curl extending radially outwardly from the chuck wall. The material of at least one predetermined portion of the shell is selectively stretched relative to at least one other portion of the shell, thereby providing a corresponding thinned portion.
US10695814B2	Method for manufacturing press-formed product, device for manufacturing press-formed product, mandrel, and press-formed product A method for manufacturing a press-formed product includes: a first step of preparing a long material having a bending portion; and a second step of decreasing curvature of the bending portion while restricting both ends of the long material in a longitudinal direction.
US10695809B2	Method for producing hot-rolled seamless pipes having thickened ends A method for producing hot-rolled, seamless pipes having at least one wall thickening which can be arranged at any positions over the length of the pipe, wherein by means of a multiple-stand mandrel bar rolling mill, the rolls roll a hollow shell on a mandrel bar as an inner tool to a required nominal wall thickness and produce at specified positions over the length of the pipe a required wall thickening on the outer side of the pipe by opening the rolls in the rolling stands. The thickened wall is produced and finish-rolled by two rolling stands that are consecutive as seen in the rolling direction, in which the deviations of the finished contour of the thickening from an ideal circular cross-section are minimised, wherein the rolling stands located upstream are likewise opened as to avoid any contact of the rolls of these rolling stands with the previously produced thickening.
US10695796B2	Method for manufacturing long fiber reinforced composite material A manufacturing method of a long fiber composite material according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: preparing a main body where inlets and outlets through which a plurality of fiber bundles are respectively charged into and discharged from are formed; adjusting a height of a plurality of first through-hole plates and a height of a second through-hole plate that are disposed in the main body to be the same; having the plurality of fiber bundles penetrated through the first through-hole plate and the second through-hole plate; and adjusting the height of the first through-hole plate and the height of the second through-hole plate to be different from each other after penetrating the plurality of fiber bundles through the first through-hole plate and the second through-hole plate.
US10695795B2	Method of producing a composite panel A fireproof, translucent, flexible coated fabric composite materials for use in fire curtains. The composite material meets or exceeds regulatory requirements in terms of fire endurance and allows transmissivity of necessary amounts of light. The process of the present disclosure combines a silica fabric with a special refractory index controlled resin. This unique combination of materials can transform an opaque high temperature fabric into a translucent, and even transparent, composite which as the ability to resist high temperature, flame and smoke penetration that fills a needed gap in technology between visibility and fire resistance in the field of fire and smoke curtains used in civil construction.
US10695777B2	Device for applying a viscous material A device for applying a viscous material has: an application tube, which delimits an application duct running in a longitudinal direction from a material inlet opening to a material outlet opening; and a housing, which accommodates at least part of the application tube and has a material supply connection for the viscous material. The application tube has a first tube section, which is fixed on the housing and has the material inlet opening, and a second tube section, which adjoins the first tube section and has the material outlet opening at a free end. A joint connects the first tube section and the second tube section, and a drive device deflects the free end of the second tube section in a transverse direction running transversely to the longitudinal direction.
US10695772B2	Foodstuff-grinding attachment for a kitchen machine A foodstuff grinding attachment for connection to a rotary drive outlet of a host device. The attachment includes a main body part having a generally tubular hollowed portion for attachment to the host device. A rotatable scroll-type extruding tool is capable of rotating within a cavity formed in the tubular portion of the main body part and couples with the rotary drive outlet when the main body part is attached to the host device. The main body part includes first and second separable components configured to be secured together for operation of the attachment. The components are separable from one another to provide access to the cavity for cleaning.
US10695770B2	Safety shredder with mechanical bin-full device A mechanical bin-full device for a paper shredder with a bin, having a curved, perforated T-blade sensor on a cylindrical body partially covered with a metal sheet. The T-blade is pendent into the bin. Metal contacts are placed on the paper shredder near the metal sheet, forming a switch, which is coupled to a motor control circuit for the shredder motor. The T-blade is pushed by paper shreddant and rotates the cylinder body as paper shreddant fills the bin. When the bin becomes full, the T-blade is positioned so that the metal contacts touch the metal sheet, closing the control circuit switch, and causing the motor to cease operating. The control circuit can include a microcontroller coupled to the motor, or a transistor-based driver coupled to a motor relay.
US10695769B2	Apparatus, system and method for providing a bitumen-rich stream from bitumen-containing materials Method and apparatus to facilitate recycling of at least one fraction of bitumen-containing materials. This can be accomplished by dissolving the at least one fraction, for example, maltenes or asphaltenes in roofing shingles, into at least one solvent. In one aspect, the apparatus comprises a dissolution vessel, a tumbler positioned therein, and at least one solvent distributor. The tumbler is configured to facilitate wetting the bitumen-containing materials with solvent. In a second aspect, a system comprises the apparatus, a solid-liquid separator, for example, a vibratory screen, and at least one solvent-fraction separator, for example, a flash drum. The at least one solvent can comprise one or more solvents useful to extract the at least one fraction. In a third aspect, a first fraction is extracted from the bitumen-containing materials with a first solvent composition, then a second fraction is extracted from the remaining bitumen-containing materials with a second solvent composition.
US10695763B2	Fluid extraction from a microfluidic device A method of extracting assay fluid from an EWOD device, the EWOD device comprising two opposing substrates defining a fluid space there between and an aperture for extraction of fluid from the fluid space. The method comprises providing, in the fluid space of the EWOD device, a droplet of assay fluid adjacent to the aperture such that the droplet blocks extraction, via the aperture, of filler fluid contained in the fluid space of the EWOD device, and extracting, via the aperture, at least some of the assay fluid of the droplet from the fluid space. The method comprises, during the extracting, controlling the assay fluid droplet by electrowetting to maintain the blocking of extraction of filler fluid. By controlling the position of the unextracted portion of the assay fluid droplet relative to the aperture during the extraction process, the unextracted portion of the assay fluid droplet continues to block extraction of filler fluid. This makes it much less likely for unwanted extraction of filler fluid to occur.
US10695754B2	Oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst Oxidative dehydrogenation catalysts comprising MoVNbTeO having improved consistency of composition and a 25% conversion of ethylene at less than 420° C. and a selectivity to ethylene above 95% are prepared by treating the catalyst precursor with H2O2 in an amount equivalent to 0.30-2.8 mL H2O2 of a 30% solution per gram of catalyst precursor prior to calcining.
US10695751B2	Laves phase intermetallic compound, catalyst using intermetallic compound, and method for producing ammonia The invention provides a Laves phase intermetallic compound having a composition represented by general formula ARu2 (A is Y, Sc, or at least one element selected from lanthanoid elements excluding Ce), the crystallite size thereof being 1 nm to 100 nm; a catalyst including the intermetallic compound as an active ingredient; and a method for producing ammonia using the same.
US10695744B2	Adsorbent biprocessing clarification agents and methods of making and using the same Adsorbent clarification agents suitable for use in bioprocessing procedures are disclosed. Methods of making and using the adsorbent clarification agents are also disclosed.
US10695738B2	High temperature pressure digestion vessel system with dual action seal A vessel system for high-pressure reactions is disclosed. The system includes a plugged polymer cylinder reaction vessel with a pressure vent opening extending radially through the wall of the reaction vessel and a supporting frame into which the vessel is received. Complementing keying structure elements on the vessel and on the frame limit the orientation of the reaction vessel in the supporting frame and the radially extending vent opening to a defined single position.
US10695729B2	Optimizing drilling mud shearing Viscosity and other properties are determined at desired temperatures in drilling mud and other fluids by using a versatile cavitation device which, operating in the cavitation mode, mixes and heats the fluid to a specified temperature, and, operating in the shear mode, acts as a spindle for application of Couette principles to determine viscosity as a function of shear stress and shear rate. The invention obviates the practice of adjusting rheology of a drilling fluid by passing it through the drill bit. Drilling fluid may be managed by a “straight-through” method to the well, or by placing the cavitation device in a loop which isolates an aliquot of known volume and circulating the fluid through the loop including the cavitation device. A controller may be programmed to manage the viscosity and other properties at various temperatures by controlling the power input and angular rotation of the “spindle” (which has cavities on its cylindrical surface), and feeding viscosity-adjusting agents and other additives to the fluid. Data may be collected from the loop and used in the “straight-through” mode until it is determined that conditions require a new set of data, or the loop may be used continuously. The system may be used with a supplemental viscometer, density meter, and other instruments.
US10695727B2	Fuel enrichment method and device The present invention relates, inter alia, to a process for enriching a hydrocarbon fuel for use in an internal combustion engine, the process comprising: (i) contacting a hydrocarbon fuel with a gas stream containing hydrogen gas such that at least some of the hydrogen gas is introduced into the hydrocarbon fuel to produce an enriched hydrocarbon fuel; and optionally (ii) delivering the enriched hydrocarbon fuel to an internal combustion engine. The present invention further provides a device for use in the process.
US10695720B2	Floating type membrane distillation module The present disclosure relates to a floating type membrane distillation module for collecting sunlight to heat raw water and supplying the heated raw water to a membrane distillation separation membrane, to ensure effective heating of raw water and supply of the uniformly heated raw water to a membrane distillation separation membrane.
US10695719B2	Producing ammonium carbamate and reducing nitrogen oxides A process for reducing nitrogen oxides in an exhaust stream, such as a vehicle exhaust stream, and apparatus for carrying out the process. The process comprises providing a first composition comprising aqueous urea, a second composition comprising ammonium carbamate and an exhaust stream comprising nitrogen oxides. A process for producing the ammonium carbamate is also provided. The second composition may be introduced into the exhaust stream (10) when the exhaust stream has a temperature below a threshold temperature and the first composition may be introduced into the exhaust stream when the exhaust stream has a temperature at or above the threshold temperature.
US10695717B2	Systems and methods for post combustion mercury control using sorbent injection and wet scrubbing A sorbent composition for removing mercury from flue gas is provided. The sorbent composition contains at least a powdered sorbent, an oxidant and a catalyst. Methods of cleaning flue gas are also provided, which includes injecting the sorbent composition into the flue gas, wherein the powdered sorbent has a fifty percent distribution particle size of from about 25 micrometers to about 75 micrometers.
US10695711B2	Remote monitoring of adsorber process units Adsorbers have many purposes in chemical, gas-processing, and petrochemical plants. Adsorbers may be used to remove components from gas streams. Adsorbers may be subjected to various issues, including but not limited to moisture breakthrough, spent catalyst, too high or too low pressure drop, over or under heating, over or under cooling, too high or too low flow rates, which can affect their performance or result in a shutdown of the adsorbers. Monitoring the adsorbers and the processes using adsorbers may be performed to determine if the adsorbent bed is reaching saturation, other problems are occurring, or if equipment failures are imminent. Monitoring also helps to predict behavior or problems in different adsorbers used in the same plant or in other plants and/or processes.
US10695703B2	Purification apparatus for compressed air A compressed air purification apparatus includes a cover, an outer drum configured such that compressed air supplied through the inlet swirls downwards between the cover and the outer drum, a discharge pipe inserted into the insertion port to couple the outer drum to the cover, an inner drum configured such that the downwardly swirling compressed air flows upwards between the outer drum and the inner drum and again swirls downwards between the discharge pipe and the inner drum, a collector drum formed in an integrated manner with the inner drum, and a drain cover configured such that impurities separated from the compressed air are collected therein. The compressed air can separate water, oil and minute foreign substances from compressed air by rotating compressed air two times in a double cyclone.
US10695700B2	Spin-on filter with external threads and methods A filter arrangement for threadably securing to a filter head includes a housing having a surrounding wall defining an interior volume, an open mouth providing access to the interior volume and an end opposite of the open mouth. The surrounding wall has an exterior and an interior. A filter media construction is operably held within the interior volume. A sleeve, distinct from the housing, is secured to the exterior of the surrounding wall adjacent to the housing mouth and extending partially along the surrounding wall. The sleeve has an exterior and an interior. The exterior of the sleeve defines mounting threads constructed and arranged to removably mount with the filter head, when the filter arrangement is secured to the filter head. The interior of the sleeve is against the exterior of the surrounding wall. A first seal member is oriented against the sleeve to create a seal with a filter head, when the filter arrangement is secured to the filter head. A filter assembly includes a filter arrangement and a filter head. The filter arrangement is removably secured to the filter head by a threaded connection between the sleeve and the filter head. A system includes an engine utilizing a liquid and a filter assembly in fluid communication with the engine to filter the liquid. Methods of making filter arrangements include utilizing structures characterized above.
US10695698B2	Reverse osmosis push filter with floating key lock A reverse osmosis filter assembly for fluid filtration having a push-activated lock and release mechanism. A push filter design activates a floating key lock upon insertion and extraction, where the filter key may be used simultaneously as a lock and as an identifier for particular filter attributes. The filter base may be situated inline, and in fluid communication, with the raw water ingress, permeate egress, and reject water egress. The reverse osmosis filter housing assembly may be attached to, and removed from, the filter base by a push-actuated release. Upon insertion, the filter key shifts the filter lock longitudinally to receive interlocking segments. Upon extraction, the same axial push shifts the filter lock further to align the interlocking fingers within gaps that allow for easy extraction. The specific key lock design allows a user to identify and match certain filter configurations received by the mechanical support, and reject other filter configurations.
US10695696B2	System for processing solid and liquid construction waste A system for processing solid and liquid waste includes a first shale shaker, a second shale shaker, a submersible pump, a centrifugal pump, a first collection tank, a second collection tank, a mud cleaner assembly, a variable frequency drive (VFD) centrifugal solid-liquid separator, and a water clarifying assembly. The first shale shaker is in fluid communication with the second shale shaker through the submersible pump. The second shale shaker is in fluid communication with the centrifugal pump through the first collection tank. The centrifugal pump is in fluid communication with the mud cleaner assembly. The mud cleaner assembly is in fluid communication with the VFD centrifugal solid-liquid separator through the water clarifying assembly. Resultantly, the system discharges a flow of usable water through the VFD centrifugal solid-liquid separator as an initial load of solid and liquid waste is inputted into the first shale shaker.
US10695691B2	Supercritical fluid extraction apparatuses and methods for operating the same A supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) apparatus is provided that is capable of being operated in a continuous and/or steady-state fashion. The SFE apparatus may include an extraction assembly. The extraction assembly may include a first extraction chamber (FEC) to contain a first amount of source material from which a compound is to be extracted, and a second extraction chamber (SEC) to contain a second amount of the source material. The extraction assembly may include a valve to control a flow of a solvent into the FEC or the SEC. The SFE apparatus may include a collection chamber that is mounted substantially perpendicular to the extraction assembly. Other embodiments are described.
US10695674B2	Information processing method and apparatus, storage medium and electronic device An information processing method and apparatus, a storage medium and an electronic device are provided. The method includes that: a first touch control region is provided on a graphical user interface, and a virtual character is configured to move in a game scene according to a first touch operation received in the first touch control region; a second touch control region is provided on the graphical user interface, and when a second touch operation in the second touch control region is detected, a presented vision of the game scene on the graphical user interface is changed; and when a preset operation of the second touch operation is detected, a prompt signal selection control configured to send a prompt signal is provided, and the prompt signal includes position indication information of the game scene.
US10695669B2	Game apparatus and game control method A game apparatus includes an enclosure including a controller, a display, an operation unit, and a riding part, wherein the game apparatus further includes at least one of an actuator for causing a user to perceive shaking or vibration and a supply unit for causing the user to perceive at least one of wind, water, smell, heat, a cooling sensation, and a tactile sensation, and wherein the controller controls content displayed on the display depending on a situation in a game and a change in a user's visual point, and the controller controls the actuator or the supply unit according to the situation in the game.
US10695663B2	Ambient awareness in virtual reality Systems, apparatus and methods may provide for audio processing of received user audio input from a microphone that may optionally be a tissue conducting microphone. Audio processing may be further conducted on received ambient audio from one or more additional microphones. A translator may translate the ambient audio into content to be output to a user. In an embodiment, ambient audio is translated into visual content to be displayed on a virtual reality device.
US10695659B2	Puzzle set and method thereof A puzzle set comprises a plurality of cubes, each configured with a drawing at one or more of its facets; and an interface configured to cause the cubes to be positioned one adjacent to the other while permitting a change in disposition and rotational state of any of the cubes. The drawings are designed to allow continuation of one another, by which viewable contiguous facets define together a composite symbol, upon positioning the cubes in accordance with a predetermined arrangement. At least one of the facets is rotatable in relation to other facets when the cubes are positioned one adjacent to the other, allowing rotation of its drawing without separating the cubes. In a method for generating a viewable object, a facet is displaced and rotated until the drawing on each of the viewable contiguous facets are in continuation of one another to define together the viewable object.
US10695656B2	Control system for electric vehicles When an electric vehicle is traveling downhill, experiencing regenerative braking, or otherwise forcing the vehicle motor to turn faster than the commanded motor torque, the vehicle motor produces electrical energy that can be used to recharge a vehicle battery. However, if the vehicle battery is already nearly or fully charged, the excess electrical energy produced may damage the battery. Control systems described herein may reduce and/or dispose of the excess energy by manipulating the motor flux (i.e., direct) current and quadrature current independently.
US10695646B2	Systems and methods for grounds monitoring Systems and methods for grounds monitoring may include recreational grounds monitoring robots that move about a recreational ground measuring soil moisture at various selectable locations, performing security monitoring and/or identifying and tracking objects on the recreational ground, such as players, golf carts and golf balls. The recreational grounds monitoring robots may also monitor the recreational ground while at charging or docking stations along the boundaries or edges of the recreational ground. Data collected from such monitoring may be used to reduce water usage and enhance games played on the recreational ground by providing the player with the ability to easily locate, and thus track, the location and movement of the ball, while also to facilitating providing game statistics, leaderboard information, other game variations, interactive games and augmented games.
US10695644B2	Ball game training A method for ball game training, the method comprising steps executed by at least one computer, the steps comprising: receiving image data of a player and a ball, the image data being captured using at least two cameras, using the received image data, tracking motion of the player and motion of the ball in three dimensions, based on the tracked motions, predicting a position of the player and a trajectory of the ball, and based on the predicted position and trajectory, generating a control command for at least one ball throwing machine.
US10695638B2	Bicycle climbing and descending training device A training device for use with a bicycle includes a shuttle guide member including a lower end and an upper end that define an axis therebetween. A shuttle is operably coupleable to a front end of the bicycle and translatable along the axis by a drive coupled to the shuttle. When coupled to the front end of the bicycle, translation of the shuttle along the axis by the drive results in each of a rotation of the shuttle guide member about a pivot and a change in elevation of the front end of the bicycle.
US10695637B2	Sports throwing motion training device The invention includes a throwing motion training system and device configured to track arm motion and provide predictive ball motion data without the athlete ever having to release the device is provided. The device is configured with a plurality of sensors configured to transmit motion data to data analysis software internal to the device or configured on an external computing system. The data analysis software is configured to prepare and share motion tracking data and predictive ball motion data.

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