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US10831914B2	Secure extensible wireless communication with IoT devices Systems and methods for establishing a protected, multi-hop, extensible channel of wireless communication using IoT devices are disclosed. A plurality of IoT devices may relay, via hardware and/or software embedded in each device, wireless messages from one device to another. The IoT devices may form a chain, each IoT device within wireless communication range of at least one other IoT device. The chain may be extended by adding IoT devices to the chain. A message may hop from one IoT device in the chain to the next, and may ultimately be transmitted across the full span of the chain. Hardware and/or software in each IoT device may emit an electromagnetic masking signal at each hop. The masking signal may introduce electromagnetic noise into the environment and protect the message from interception.
US10831896B2	Running local virtual disks containing applications with limited licenses Provided are techniques for receiving, from a client at a server, a request to access a software package for a specified duration of time, wherein the software package requires a license key; requesting the license key from a key server; transmitting a base virtual machine in conjunction with the software package and the license key to the client; booting the base virtual machine on the client; and utilizing an encrypted disk containing the software package on the booted base virtual machine at the client for the duration of time.
US10831894B2	Decentralized root-of-trust framework for heterogeneous networks Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a trusted computing environment that provides data security in commodity computing systems. Such systems and methods deploy a flexible architecture comprised of distributed trusted platform modules (TPMs) configured to establish a root-of-trust within a heterogeneous network environment comprised of non-TPM enabled IoT devices and legacy computing devices. A data traffic module is positioned between a local area network and one or more non-TPM enabled IoT devices and legacy computing devices, and is configured to control and monitor data communication among such IoT devices and legacy computing devices, and from such IoT devices and legacy computing devices to external computers. The data traffic module supports attestation of the IoT devices and legacy computing devices, supports secure boot operations of the IoT devices and legacy computing devices, and provides tamper resistance to such IoT devices and legacy computing devices.
US10831889B2	Secure memory implementation for secure execution of virtual machines A system, a method, and a computer program product for secure memory implementation for secure execution of virtual machines are provided. Data is processed in a first mode and a second mode, and commands are sent to a chip interconnect bus using real addresses, wherein the chip interconnect bus transports a number of bits for the real addresses. A memory controller is operatively coupled to a memory component. A secure memory range is specified by using range registers. If the real address is detected to be in the secure memory range to match a memory component address, a real address bit is set. If the real address is in the memory address hole, a security access violation is detected. If the real address is not in the secure address range and the real address bit is set, the security access violation is detected.
US10831887B2	System and method for monitoring the integrity of a component delivered to a client system by a server system The present invention relates to a system for monitoring the integrity of a component delivered to a client system by a server system and processable and/or executable on the client system, having an integration system and having a sensor, wherein the integration system integrates the sensor into the component delivered by the server system to the client system, and wherein the sensor is configured such that it is executed on the processing and/or execution of the component and recognizes modifications of the component.
US10831885B2	Program behavior monitoring control apparatus, distributed object creation management apparatus, recording medium, and program behavior monitoring system A first aspect of the present invention includes: a monitored process management unit configured to register identification information of a monitored process, which is an execution entity of an application program and which is to be monitored, in a monitored process list and, when there is an inquiry as to whether or not an arbitrary process is a monitored process from an inquiry source, configured to inquire the monitored process list for identification information of the arbitrary process, and moreover configured to return information on whether or not the arbitrary process is a monitored process to the inquiry source; and a notification receiving unit configured to receive, when a distributed object creation management apparatus configured to create a distributed object server and retain identification information of the distributed object server receives a usage request of a distributed object server from a monitored process, a prescribed notification from the distributed object creation management apparatus.
US10831880B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium for facial recognition registration and verification An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store therein address book information in which at least tag identification information for identifying a wireless tag that indicates a medium capable of performing wireless communication and personal information on a user are associated with each other, a tag identification information acquiring unit configured to acquire the tag identification information, a face information acquiring unit configured to refer to the address book information, and when face information on the user is not associated with the tag identification information, acquire the face information based on a captured image that is obtained by capturing an image of an imaging range corresponding to a range in which the tag identification information can be acquired, and a registration control unit configured to control registration of the face information in the address book information in association with the tag identification information.
US10831879B2	Network monitoring device, method, apparatus and system for resetting password thereof, and server Disclosed are a network monitoring device, a method, apparatus and system for resetting a password of the network monitoring device, and a server. The method for resetting the password of the network monitoring device includes: a first characteristic code is generated according to encrypted content; the first characteristic code is sent to a server; a password resetting command from the server and a reset password from a client are received, wherein the password resetting command is obtained by encrypting the first characteristic code with adoption of a first key, and returned by the server after receiving the first characteristic code; and the password resetting command is decrypted by adopting a second key, and the password of the network monitoring device is reset by utilizing the reset password, wherein the first key and the second key are a pair of keys in an asymmetric encryption algorithm.
US10831852B2	Universal visitor identification system A tag management system can include features to assist in developing a cross-vendor profile for individual visitors to content pages of a content site. The visitors to the content site can obtain universal identifiers usable by the content site to identify the visitors. The universal identifiers can be included in the content pages by the visitor end user systems so that browser tags that may not have native access to the universal identifier can access the universal identifiers. The universal identifiers may then be provided to tag vendor systems with associated visitor data, thereby enabling the tag vendor systems to provide processed or raw data that can be compared by individual universal identifiers. Using this processed data, the content site can prepare the cross-vendor profile of individual visitors and realize insights that may be unavailable using conventional systems and methods.
US10831850B2	Secure URL shortening An example operation may include one or more of connecting to a blockchain configured to store replicated Uniform Resource Locator (URL) shortening tables, receiving an indication from a blockchain node that a destination of a shortened URL has changed, informing other blockchain nodes of the changed destination of the shortened URL, receiving a shortened URL request from the blockchain node and checking if the requested shortened URL on other blockchain nodes points to a same destination, and connecting the blockchain node to the destination of the requested shortened URL if the destination associated with the shortened URL points to the same destination across all the blockchain nodes.
US10831844B2	Accessing databases A method of accessing multiple independent databases with a single query having multiple expressions involves deriving from a single query at least one filtering query, searching a first one of the multiple independent databases using the at least one filtering query, applying identifiers only of the filtering set of target entries and the target query to a second one of the multiple independent databases and generating a set of result entries from the second database which thereby satisfy the filtering expression and the target expression.
US10831843B2	Grouping aggregation with filtering aggregation query processing Embodiments described herein provide a solution for optimizing a generating of query search results. A filtering search term (e.g., a search term that is used in a query to perform filtering aggregations of the query search results) is identified. A filtering bitmap that has a plurality of mapped locations corresponding to data values for the filtering search term is created. As a data value in the filtering search term is encountered during a scan of the query search results, the corresponding mapped location is updated. Each mapped location in the filtering bitmap is read to determine whether the value corresponding to the mapped location satisfies the filtering aggregation. The filtering aggregation can then be performed (e.g., prior to any grouping aggregation) by removing any of the query search results determined, based on the filtering bitmap, as having data values for which the filtering aggregation is not satisfied.
US10831842B2	Database search optimizer and themed filters In various example embodiments, a system and method for retrieving database records are presented. A method includes receiving an access request for database records, identifying a primary database record corresponding to the access request, and selecting a set of secondary database records corresponding to a portion of the access request. The method determines a set of differentiating elements within records of the set of secondary database records. Each differentiating element distinguishes at least one record of the set of secondary database records from one or more of the primary database record and a portion of the records included in the set of secondary database records. The method generates a formatted search interface including a set of selectable interface icons representing one or more differentiating elements and causes presentation of the formatted search interface at a client device associated with the access request.
US10831841B2	Determining similarities among job titles to enhance job searching Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for expanding a job search that includes an industry by adding other similar industries. A method identifies job titles of members in a social network and performs, utilizing a machine-learning program, semantic analysis of the job titles to identify similarity coefficients among the job titles. The machine-learning program utilizes social network data to identify the similarity coefficients. Further, the method includes an operation for receiving a job search query, from a first member, including a query job title, and for expanding the job search query with job titles that are similar to the query job title. The method further includes operations for executing the expanded job search query to generate a plurality of job results, and for causing presentation on a display of one or more of the top job results.
US10831840B2	Methods and systems for handling online requests based on information known to a service provider Methods and systems for handling online requests based on information known to a service provider. One method may comprise: obtaining first information, the first information relating to an online request made using a communication apparatus; using a logical identifier assigned to the communication apparatus to obtain second information, the second information pertaining to a profile associated with the logical identifier; comparing the first information to the second information; and performing an action related to handling of the online request based on a result of the comparing.
US10831839B1	Computing architecture for multiple search bots and behavior bots and related devices and methods The amount and variety of data being generated is becoming too extreme for many computing systems to process, and is even more difficult for information systems to provide relevant data to users. A distributed computing system is provided that includes server machines that form a data enablement platform. The platform includes: a plurality of data collectors that stream data over a message bus to a streaming analytics and machine learning engine; a data lake and a massive indexing repository for respectively storing and indexing data; a behavioral analytics and machine learning module; and multiple application programming interfaces (APIs) to interact with the data lake and the massive indexing repository, and to interact with multiple applications. The multiple applications are command cards, and each command card includes a directive module, a memory module, search bots, and behavior bots that operate at least within the data enablement platform.
US10831837B2	Population of sets using advanced queries A method and a system are described for generation of sets of alternative terms based on queries received from users. For example, a query module may receive a query comprising syntax indicating alternative terms and may parse the alternative terms from the query. A frequency module forms groups of alternative terms from the parsed alternative terms and determines a first number of occurrences corresponding to each of the groups based on the received query and previous queries. For a first pair of the groups comprising a first alternative term and a second alternative term, a threshold module adds the first alternative term to an existing set of terms that already includes the second alternative term. The addition is based on a second number of occurrences of the first alternative and at least one other member of the existing set of terms.
US10831835B2	Providing hyperlinks in presentations viewed remotely Providing hyperlinks in presentations viewed remotely. A current user interface of an application being shared or recorded in a presentation for remote viewer computer systems is identified. An accessibility application programming interface is used to obtain a data structure of elements in the current user interface. The elements in the data structure are interrogated to identify elements including hyperlinks. Hyperlink information for an identified element is captured, and provided for use by a remote viewer computer system.
US10831829B2	Fast detection of vertex-connectivity with distance constraint Embodiments perform real-time vertex connectivity checks in graph data representations via a multi-phase search process. This process includes an efficient first search phase using landmark connectivity data that is generated during a preprocessing phase. Landmark connectivity data maps the connectivity of a set of identified landmarks in a graph to other vertices in the graph. Upon determining that the subject vertices are not closely related via landmarks, embodiments implement a second search phase that performs a brute-force search for connectivity, between the subject vertices, among the graph's non-landmark vertices. This brute-force search prevents exploration of cyclical paths by recording the vertices on a currently-explored path in a stack data structure. The second search phase is automatically aborted upon detecting that the non-landmark vertices in the graph are over a threshold density. In this case, embodiments perform a third search phase involving either a modified breadth-first search or modified bidirectional search.
US10831826B2	Validation of schema and schema conformance verification Elements can be parsed from a document instance and a first validation of each parsed element can be performed using a first schema parse tree. The first schema parse tree can include nodes for respective types of document elements expected to be encountered and that correspond to schema elements parsed from at least one schema and validated using a second schema parse tree. At least one of the nodes can be configured to call at least one validation rule, external to the first schema parse tree, which validates the element of the document instance corresponding to the node. A second validation of at least one parsed element can be performed using the validation rule called from the node to which the parsed element corresponds. The method also can include adding the validated document elements to a validation report and outputting the validation report.
US10831819B2	Hue-based color naming for an image Systems and methods are provided for associating colors or color names with a color image based on hue. A set of hue values can be extracted from color data, such as a color palette, corresponding to a color image. A representative hue can be derived from the set of hue values. Colors included in the color data that are attributable to the representative hue can be identified and one or more colors can be derived therefrom as representative of a subject depicted by the color image. Color names matching the representative colors can be identified and associated with the color image. In particular, a common color name can be determined therefrom and associated with the subject of the color image.
US10831818B2	Digital image search training using aggregated digital images Digital image search training techniques and machine-learning architectures are described. In one example, a query digital image is received by service provider system, which is then used to select at least one positive sample digital image, e.g., having a same product ID. A plurality of negative sample digital images is also selected by the service provider system based on the query digital image, e.g., having different product IDs. The at least one positive sample digital image and the plurality of negative samples are then aggregated by the service provider system into a single aggregated digital image. At least one neural network is then trained by the service provider system using a loss function based on a feature comparison between the query digital image and samples from the aggregated digital image in a single pass.
US10831816B2	Method for controlling electronic picture frame, electronic picture frame, electronic picture frame cloud platform and mobile terminal A method for controlling an electronic picture frame and corresponding devices. An electronic picture frame cloud platform is configured to verify account information of a mobile terminal after receiving a request for operating the electronic picture frame sent by the mobile terminal through the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame. It is configured to allow the mobile terminal to operate the electronic picture frame through the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame if the account information is verified to be the pre-stored account information bound to the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame; otherwise, it prohibits the mobile terminal to operate the electronic picture frame through the Internet protocol address of the electronic picture frame.
US10831813B2	Media sequencing method to provide location-relevant entertainment Systems, methods, and computer-program products are described for determining current location information which includes determining whether an object is moving by comparing the current location information with previous location information. Future location information is calculated and a point of interest is filtered using the future location information. A media asset is then matched to the filtered point of interest and a current score is determined for the matched media asset. Determining a current score includes determining a window in which the matched media asset is geographically relevant to the future location information, and updating the matched media asset score when the future location information changes. An ordered playlist is dynamically generated according to the future location information by repeatedly prioritizing and sequencing matched media assets according to the current score for each matched media asset, and matched media assets are played or displayed in the ordered playlist.
US10831812B2	Author-created digital agents Author-created digital agents and content corpora for electronic documents are described. A content corpora service can include application programming interfaces such as for adding content to a corpus, attaching a corpus to a document, retrieving corpora associated with an author, and searching content of a corpus. An author-created digital agent can receive a request from a consumer of a document, determine corpora associated with the document, formulate a query based on the request, and search content associated with the corpora associated with the document.
US10831811B2	Resolution of ambiguous and implicit references using contextual information A system and method for facilitating machine interpretation of potentially ambiguous input, such as natural language. An example method includes constructing an ontology based on a database schema, wherein the ontology includes one or more indications of relationship strengths characterizing two or more entities of the ontology; collecting context information pertaining to a relevant domain; receiving the potentially ambiguous input; employing the input and the ontology to estimate a meaning of the input using the context information, the one or more indications of relationship strength, and an estimation of a probability that one or more portions of the natural language input refer to a particular entity.
US10831792B2	Sensor information using method and electronic device using the same An electronic device in response to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a non-transitory memory configured to store at least one executable instruction and at least one processor connected to the memory. The at least one processor is configured by executing the instruction to calculate a distance traveled based on collected sensor information received from a plurality of sensors in response to detecting movement of the electronic device, to divide the calculated distance traveled by a specified reference unit, and output a specified object to a region including at least one reference unit point.
US10831790B2	Location based data mining comparative analysis index Aspects of the present invention provide devices that index geographic locations with comparative indicators that are determined from a sentiment analysis of opinion data, wherein the comparative indicators may include sums of different indices that are each determined from sentiment analysis of opinion data.
US10831788B2	Determining a group recommendation A method, computer program product, and computer system is provided. A processor identifies a shared property between a user of a social network and a group of the social network. A processor identifies an unshared property between the user of the social network and the group of the social network. A processor determines a first percentage of the one or more members of the group with the shared property. A processor determines a second percentage of the one or more members of the group with the unshared property. A processor generates a recommendation score for the group based, at least in part, on the first and second percentage.
US10831784B2	Integration of relational calculation views into a relational engine A calculation engine of a database management system is described. In some implementations, the calculation engine receives a calculation scenario including a plurality of calculation views comprising one or more relational operations. The calculation engine determines whether a first calculation view includes a second calculation view configured as an operand of one of the relational operations of the first calculation view, and also determines whether the second calculation view comprises a non-relational operation. The calculation engine further converts the plurality of calculation views into a calculation plan via merging the first calculation view with the second calculation view when the first calculation view is determined to comprise the second calculation view as an operand, and replacing the second calculation view with a view search operation when the second calculation view is determined to comprise the non-relational operation. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US10831781B2	Query plans for analytic SQL constructs A system and method for managing data storage and data access with querying data in a distributed system without buffering the results on intermediate operations in disk storage.
US10831774B2	Accumulating results from batch processing and resuming execution of a data integration flow with the accumulated results passed in Passing a result of batch processing into a data integration flow is provided. Each data record of a plurality of data records corresponding to a specified data record collection is processed within a different thread of a different execution branch in parallel. At an end of each processing of each different execution branch, a new value is computed for each processed data record based on a previously stored value and an execution branch context for each processed data record. It is determined whether all data records in the plurality of data records have been processed. In response to determining that all of the data records in the plurality of data records have been processed, a data accumulation object corresponding to the batch processing is updated within a data assembly context based on a computed new value for each processed data record to form an updated data assembly context.
US10831773B2	Method and system for parallelization of ingestion of large data sets Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for ingesting input data containing a plurality of records into a data lake. In an embodiment, the method comprises splitting the input data into a plurality of input splits consisting of a balanced number of records; reading the records from the plurality of input splits in parallel, regardless of the format and encoding of the input source; converting the input data within the records into at least one key/value pair; transforming the values input data into a serializable format; sorting the key/value pairs of the transformed values such that the records are sorted in the same order as they were read; writing the transformed values to an output file; and storing the output file to the data lake.
US10831772B2	Facilitation of domain and client-specific application program interface recommendations Techniques for generating domain and client-specific application program interface recommendations are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises determining a semantic similarity between a first client application program interface and a second client application program interface based on a modified client application program interface being generated by removing text data associated with a first description of the first client application program interface. The computer-implemented method can further comprise matching the first description to a second description of the second client application program interface based on the semantic similarity, resulting in on or more matched client application program interfaces. Additionally, the computer-implemented method can further comprise associating the first client application program interface with a community based on the one or more matched client application program interfaces.
US10831771B2	Interactive exploration of large graphs Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for interactive exploration of graph data. An embodiment operates by compiling a data query in any database-readable language based upon an input parameter. A data query of a graph data set is then conducted but is halted when a breakpoint generated from the input parameter is reached. Halting the data query includes partitioning a data subset from the graph data set. The data subsets is then displayed.
US10831769B2	Search method and device for asking type query based on deep question and answer The present disclosure provides a search method and device for asking type query based on deep question and answer, in which the method includes: after determining that the query is an asking type query by identifying the query, searching page information matching the query from a database, performing multi-characteristic analysis on the page information according to characteristics, to obtain characteristic score of each of the characteristics, ranking the page information according to the characteristic score of each of the characteristics, and displaying ranked page information. A plurality of characteristics are used for evaluating effectiveness of the page information to answer the question raised by the query from a plurality dimensions, thus page information that can answer the question raised by the query is displayed to the user, avoiding a process for searching one by one of the user, and solving the technical problem of low search efficiency in related art.
US10831764B2	Query processing and access control in a blockchain network An example operation may include one or more of identifying a query from a requesting entity, where the query requests access to one or more blockchains, converting the query to an expression tree, creating one or more expression tree variations based on the expression tree, the one or more expression tree variations provide one or more different expressions than the expression tree and a same result as the expression tree, determining access conformity between one or more expression tree variations and the expression tree, selecting an expression tree variation with a greatest conformity rating, performing the query using the expression tree variation with the greatest conformity rating, and providing query results to a requesting entity.
US10831743B2	Database and system architecture for analyzing multiparty interactions An analytics engine (AE) computing system for analyzing and evaluating data in real-time associated with a performance of parties interacting within a multi-party interaction is provided. The AE system is configured to receive interaction data from a data validation (DV) computing device, retrieve contextual data from a contextual data source, determine a task identifier, and calculate a task score. The AE system is also configured to retrieve normalization model data from a normalization database, compare a plurality of normalization rules to the validated interaction data and the contextual data, and determine at least one normalization factor applies to the task score. The AE system is further configured to normalize the task score based on the at least one normalization factor, calculate an aggregate score using the normalized task score, and store the validated interaction data, the normalized task score, and the aggregate score in an analysis database.
US10831741B2	Log-shipping data replication with early log record fetching Techniques for data replication from a primary system to a standby system. A first buffer portion of a transaction log buffer is allocated to a first transaction at a primary system. Upon determining that the first buffer portion is fully formed, before the log data is written to the storage on the primary system, and before the transaction log buffer is entirely full, the log data in the first buffer portion is transmitted to the standby system, from the primary system. Upon writing the log data to the storage on the primary system and after the log data in the first buffer portion is transmitted to the standby system, a notification is transmitted to the standby system, from the primary system, where the standby system is configured to process the received log data responsive to receiving the notification from the primary system.
US10831738B2	Parallelized in-place radix sorting Apparatuses and Methods for sorting a data set. A data storage is divided into a plurality of buckets that is each associated with a respective key value. A plurality of stripes is identified in each bucket. A plurality of data stripe sets is defined that has one stripe within each respective bucket. A first and a second in-place partial bucket radix sort are performed on data items contained within the first and second data stripe sets, respectively, using an initial radix. Incorrectly sorted data items in the first bucket are grouped by a first processor and incorrectly sorted data items in the second bucket are grouped by a second processor into a respective incorrect data item group within each bucket. A radix sort is then performed using the initial radix on the items within the respective incorrect data item group. A first level sorted output is produced.
US10831730B2	Dynamic cleanse configurations for cloud A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product are described for initiating and displaying, at a user interface, an editor adapted to generate a plurality of configuration models, receiving a selection of at least one country from a plurality of countries. The method can include retrieving a data model and reference data associated with the at least one country, populate a plurality of attributes from the data model in the user interface and populating a plurality of selectable input mappings in the user interface. The method may also include populating a plurality of selectable output mappings in the user interface and generating at least one configuration model, in response to receiving at least one selection for the input mappings and at least one selection for the output mappings.
US10831728B2	Application-controlled sub-LUN level data migration An application programming interface (API), functioning as an interface between a storage controller and an owning application, is used to migrate, from a specified source LUN to a specified target LUN, at least one specified sub-LUN data chunk, the at least one specified sub-LUN data chunk having a predefined chunk size fixed by the storage controller. A specified total migration size is incrementally reduced by each completed migration of the at least one specified sub-LUN data chunk until the total migration size is zero and the migration is completed.
US10831716B2	Method and apparatus for configuring relevant parameters of MapReduce applications Method and apparatus for configuring relevant parameters of MapReduce applications. The method includes: receiving a request for processing a first MapReduce job; obtaining job feature attributes of historical MapReduce jobs; searching out a job feature attribute of a second MapReduce job associated with the first MapReduce job from within the job feature attributes of the historical MapReduce jobs; configuring relevant parameters of the first MapReduce job based on the job feature attribute of the second MapReduce job. According to this method of configuring parameters, network overheads of file transfer can be effectively reduced, the method of configuring parameters of the MapReduce job can be processed locally as much as possible, thereby effectively increasing system resource utilization while reducing the administrator's configuration burden. An apparatus for configuring relevant parameters of MapReduce application is also provided.
US10831711B2	Prioritizing log tags and alerts A computer-implemented method includes associating a tag with a message in a log, where the message describes a logged event. A life parameter associated with the tag is calculated, using a computer processor, where the life parameter indicates a dynamic time period during which the tag remains in a state that is active. Alerting of the tag occurs by way of a first alert manner while the state of the tag is active. It is detected that the dynamic time period indicated by the life parameter has ended. The state of the tag is changed from active to dormant, where changing the state includes ceasing the alerting of the tag by way of the first alert manner.
US10831710B2	Method and system for implementing namespace aggregation by single redirection of folders for NFS and SMB protocols A system and a method of enabling a single redirection of folders for Network File System (NFS) and Server Message Block (SMB) protocols in a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device, are provided herein. The method may include: maintaining a NAS device comprising local folders which point to a volume of the NAS and redirection folders pointing to targets external to the NAS device; generating, using a NAS administrator, a configuration namespace from the redirection folders and a user interface (UI) configured to manage the redirection folders; configuring the NAS administrator to define names of the redirection folders as seen by end users and respective location of the redirection folder inside the NAS volume data path, and pointing, via each redirection folder, to at least one of: SMB, and NFS remote target points, responsive to an end user request via redirection data provided thereto.
US10831705B2	Managing migration of virtual file servers A method is used in managing migration of virtual file servers. The method migrates a virtual file server from a source storage processor to a destination storage processor in a storage system. The storage system includes the source and the destination storage processors. The virtual file server comprises a root file system, a configuration file system, and a set of user file systems. The method enables concurrent access to the root file system from both source and destination storage processors during the migration until the set of user file systems is migrated from the source storage processor to the destination storage processor.
US10831704B1	Systems and methods for automatically serializing and deserializing models A system serializing and deserializing models configured to (i) store a first model, wherein the first model includes a plurality of functionalities; (ii) generate a human-readable document based on the first model, wherein the human-readable document describes the first model; (iii) generate a second model based on the human-readable document, wherein the second model includes the plurality of functionalities; (iv) train the second model; (v) generate a new human-readable document based on the trained second model; and (vi) generate an updated second model based on the new human-readable document.
US10831699B2	Computing control system and computing control method A computing system includes one or more processors configured to perform generation of a plurality of pieces of segment data by dividing first data, generate a plurality of pieces of extended data by performing an extension process on each of the plurality of pieces of segment data, each extended data having a size equal to a size of second data, generate first combination data by combining first extended data included in the plurality of pieces of extended data and the second data, perform transmission of the first combination data, in response to receiving data of a computation result calculated based on the first combination data, generate a first computation result related to the first extended data by dividing the data of the computation result, and generate a third computation result related to the first data by performing a reconstruction process based on the first computation result.
US10831689B2	Time-division-multiplexing of different protocols over a channel of an interface bus between die Methods and systems that uses time-division multiplexing to send two or more protocols over an interconnect bridge between two die. The two die communicate, using the interconnect bridge, using a first protocol and a second protocol. The first protocol is a down-configured version of a high-bandwidth version passable through the interconnect bridge. Additional data is interleaved over the interconnect bridge. The additional data is received at a first die of the two die using a second protocol, and the first die interleaves the additional data into communications between the first and second die using time-division multiplexing.
US10831685B2	Semiconductor memory systems with on-die data buffering A semiconductor memory system includes a first semiconductor memory die and a second semiconductor memory die. The first semiconductor memory die includes a primary data interface to receive an input data stream during write operations and to deserialize the input data stream into a first plurality of data streams, and also includes a secondary data interface, coupled to the primary data interface, to transmit the first plurality of data streams. The second semiconductor memory die includes a secondary data interface, coupled to the secondary data interface of the first semiconductor memory die, to receive the first plurality of data streams.
US10831676B2	Apparatus and method for interfacing with common memory Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for interfacing with common memory. The apparatus for interfacing with common memory includes a computer-input/output (I/O)-interface-protocol-processing unit for receiving a packet for accessing common memory from a computer; a direct memory access unit for transforming the packet into an instruction for performing any one of reading from and writing to the common memory; and a common memory interface unit for transmitting the instruction to the common memory and receiving information about whether execution of the instruction is completed from the common memory.
US10831668B2	Detection and prevention of deadlock in a storage controller for cache access via a plurality of demote mechanisms A computational device determines whether one or more tasks are waiting for accessing a cache for more than a predetermined amount of time while least recently used (LRU) based replacement of tracks are being performed for the cache via demotion of tracks from a LRU list of tracks corresponding to the cache. In response to determining that one or more tasks are waiting for accessing the cache for more than the predetermined amount of time, in addition to continuing to demote tracks from the LRU list, a plurality of deadlock prevention demotion tasks demote tracks from the cache.
US10831662B1	Systems and methods for maintaining cache coherency The disclosed computer-implemented method for maintaining cache coherency may include (1) receiving an indication of a revocation of a grant to an owner node of a shared lock for a data object owned by the owner node, (2) invalidating, in response to the indication, a copy of the object in a local cache of the owner node, (3) releasing, in response to the indication, the grant of the shared lock, (4) receiving, after the releasing of the grant, a request from the requesting node to update the object in the cache, (5) transmitting, in response to the request to update the object, a request for a shared lock for the object, (6) receiving an indication of a grant of the shared lock, and (7) updating, in response to the grant of the shared lock, the object in the cache. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10831653B2	Forwarding code word address Methods, systems, and devices for forwarding a code word address are described. A memory subsystem, for example, may configure a code word including user data as a forwarded code word when the code word becomes unreliable or invalid close to or beyond an error recovery capability of the memory subsystem. The memory subsystem may configure the forwarded code word using a forwarded code word format and structure, which may include a bit field in the forwarded code word to indicate a code word condition and to store a quantity of duplicates of a forwarding address. When the memory subsystem receives a code word, the memory system may determine the code word as a forwarded code word such that the memory system may determine a forwarding address (e.g., from the code word). The memory subsystem may then use the forwarding address to access user data.
US10831651B2	Non-volatile memory system having an increased effective number of supported heat levels A computer program product, according to one embodiment, includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se. Moreover, the program instructions are readable and/or executable by a controller to cause the controller to perform a method which includes: assigning data having a first heat to a first data stream, assigning data having a second heat to a second data stream, and writing the data streams simultaneously, in parallel, to page-stripes having a same index across a series of planes of memory. The writing of the first data stream begins at an opposite end of the series of planes as the writing of the second data stream, the writing of the streams being toward one another. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.
US10831647B2	Flaky test systems and methods In one embodiment, the present disclosure pertains to testing. In one embodiment, software tests are performed on a first software server. Tests may be repeated a plurality of times to check for consistent failures or passes. Test results are sent to a second software server. The test results are stored in one or more databases on the second software server, where particular test results are associated with one or more fields specifying whether the test was passed and whether the test was failed. Tests that were both passed and failed may be deemed “flaky” tests. The second software server may generate a query to retrieve test results from the database that both passed and failed at least one test (flaky tests). Flaky tests may be quickly retrieved and processed.
US10831641B2	Method and apparatus for determining a performance impact by a software upgrade of a mobile user endpoint device A method and apparatus for determining the impact of a software upgrade on a service performance are disclosed. The method obtains call detail records associated with a plurality of mobile user endpoint devices, aggregates each mobile user endpoint device into at least one group, maps each mobile user endpoint device to at least one first aggregate, wherein each aggregate of the at least one first aggregate comprises at least one of: a group established based on the type of each of the mobile user endpoint devices, a group established based on the make of each of the mobile user endpoint devices, or a group established based on the model of each of the mobile user endpoint devices, and identifies a nearest co-occurring software upgrade when a change in a service performance in the communications network is detected based on the at least one first aggregate.
US10831640B2	Method and system for testing an application using multiple test case execution channels Disclosed is a system and method for testing an application using multiple software test case execution channels is disclosed. The system may be configured to receive one or more test cases for testing of the application. The system may further be configured identify a primary test case execution channel and a secondary test case execution channel, corresponding to each of the one or more test cases, from a set of test case execution channel based on one or more classification parameters. The system may further be configured execute the one or more test cases using one of the primary test case execution channel and the secondary test case execution channel for testing the application. In one embodiment, the secondary test case execution channel is used on failure of the primary test case execution channel.
US10831633B2	Methods, apparatuses, and systems for workflow run-time prediction in a distributed computing system A method, apparatus and computer program product predict run-time to completion of workflows executing in a shared multi-tenant distributed compute clusters. The method, apparatus and computer program product receive a MapReduce workflow. The MapReduce workflow includes one or more MapReduce jobs for execution. The method, apparatus and computer program product generates one or more workflow profile summary reports for one or more currently executing workflows on the multi-tenant distributed computing system; generates one or more compact historical workflow profile summary reports of the received MapReduce workflow and the one or more currently executing workflows using the historical reports; generates one or more compact historical cluster contention summary reports of all workflow executing compute clusters in the multi-tenant distributed computing system; and generates a run-time prediction for the MapReduce workflow based at least in part on the one or more currently executing workflow profile summary reports, one or more compact historical workflow profile summary reports, and the one or more compact historical cluster contention summary reports.
US10831631B2	Continuous time alignment of a collection of independent sensors Embodiments for continuous time alignment of a collection of independent sensors monitoring a common entity by one or more processors. One or more activity events associated with a monitored entity may be identified in the time series sensor data collected from a plurality of sensors. The one or more activity events may be dynamically characterized in the time series sensor data using a machine learning operation. The time series data streams from each of the plurality of sensors may be time-aligned by aligning the one or more activity events.
US10831630B2	Fault analysis method and apparatus based on data center Embodiments of the present invention disclose a fault analysis method based on a data center. The method includes obtaining a topology structure diagram, where nodes in the topology structure diagram include component devices of the data center and a virtual machine running on the data center. The method also includes, when a fault occurs in the data center, obtaining a fault alarm and determining, according to the topology structure diagram, whether the fault reduces communications paths between virtual machines in a virtual machine group running on the data center.
US10831625B2	Method and apparatus periodic snapshotting in a graphics processing environment An apparatus and method performing debug and rollback operations using snapshots. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a graphics processing unit (GPU) to perform graphics processing operations by executing graphics commands; a command parser to parse graphics commands submitted to the GPU and generate a list of graphics memory pages which will be affected by the graphics commands; an I/O state tracker to track I/O accesses from a graphics driver to determine a list of registers affected by the I/O accesses; snapshot circuitry and/or logic to perform a memory snapshot and I/O snapshot based on the list of graphics memory pages and the list of registers, respectively; and rollback circuitry and/or logic to perform a rollback operation using the memory snapshot and I/O snapshot in response to detecting a GPU error condition.
US10831622B2	Method and apparatus for processing gateway device fault The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for processing a gateway device fault. According to one embodiment, when a fault on a gateway device is detected, computing tasks currently executed by the faulty gateway device are acquired; to-be-allocated computing tasks are screened out according to parameters configured when the computing tasks are issued; the computing tasks running on the faulty gateway device are terminated, and the to-be-allocated computing tasks are scheduled to other gateway devices in a normal state according to a preset scheduling strategy. Further, task states of the to-be-allocated computing tasks are recovered, and the to-be-allocated computing tasks are executed by the other gateway devices. Embodiments of the present application can help avoid the problem that computing tasks fail due to a fault occurring in the gateway device, thereby the overall execution efficiency of the computing tasks and ensuring system stability.
US10831619B2	Fault-tolerant stream processing Techniques for providing fault-tolerant stream processing. An exemplary technique includes writing primary output events to a primary target and secondary output events to one or more secondary targets, where the primary output events are written by a primary server and the secondary output events are written by one or more secondary servers. The technique further includes receiving an election of a new primary server from a synchronization system upon a failure of the primary server, where the new primary server is elected from the one or more secondary servers. The technique further includes determining, by the new primary server, the primary output events that failed to be written to the primary target because of the failure of the primary server, and writing, by the new primary server, the failed primary output events to the primary target using the secondary output events read from the one or more secondary targets.
US10831613B2	Replicating a source data set to a target data store Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for replicating a source data set to a target data store. A point-in-time copy of the source data set is generated having a data structure identifying the data in the source data set as of a point-in-time. A restore operation is initiated to copy the source data set represented by the point-in-time copy to a restored copy of the source data set consistent with the source data set. The source data set records are transferred from the restored copy to the target data store in the target storage.
US10831605B2	System and method for detection of, prevention of, and recovery from software execution failure Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring, detecting, and mitigating hardware and software failures. An error detection module monitors the execution of software processes and detects failures of the monitored processes. The error detection module may monitor reboot events and correlate reboot events with failures of the monitored software processes. If a monitored process fails, the error detection module may log the failure and its cause. If the same process has failed numerous times, causing the user device to experience a reboot loop, remedial action may be taken based on the cause of the failure.
US10831601B2	Reconstruction hard disk array and reconstruction method for to-be-reconstructed hard disks therein including comparing backup data with an access timestamp of first, second and third hard disks A reconstruction method based on a hard disk array comprises determining whether at least one damaged hard disk among a plurality of hard disks of the hard disk array has been replaced by at least one to-be-reconstructed hard disk, and writing a backup data corresponding to the at least one damaged hard disk into the at least one to-be-reconstructed hard disk according to a mapping table and information of the at least one damaged hard disk.
US10831598B2	Bypassing error correction code (ECC) processing based on software hint Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for avoiding cache lookup for cold cache. In an example, an apparatus comprises logic, at least partially comprising hardware logic, to receive metadata from an application, wherein the meta data indicates one or more processing operations which can accommodate a predetermined level of bit errors in read operations from memory, determine, from the metadata, pixel data for which error correction code bypass is acceptable, and generate one or more error correction code bypass hints for subsequent cache access to the pixel data for which error correction code bypass is acceptable, and transmit the one or more error correction code bypass hints to a graphics processing pipeline. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US10831594B2	Optimize data protection layouts based on distributed flash wear leveling A method for storing data in a storage system having solid-state memory is provided. The method includes determining a first portion of the solid-state memory having a lower read latency than a second portion of the solid-state memory, relative to each other or to a threshold. The method includes writing data bits of erasure coded data to the first portion of the solid-state memory, and writing one or more parity bits of the erasure coded data to the second portions of the solid-state memory. A storage system is also provided.
US10831591B2	Remedial action based on maintaining process awareness in data storage management An illustrative data storage management system comprises “awareness logic” that executes on computing devices hosting storage management components such as storage manager, data agent, media agent, and/or other storage management applications. The illustrative awareness logic operates within each of these illustrative components, e.g., as a thread within processes of the storage management component, such as storage management core process, file identifier process, log monitoring process, etc. The awareness logic monitors the targeted process over time and triggers remedial action when criteria are met. Certain vital statistics of each process are collected periodically and analyzed by the illustrative awareness logic, such as CPU usage, memory usage, and handle counts. Criteria for corrective action include rising trends based on local minima data points for one or more vital statistics of the process. Other criteria include exceeding a threshold based on a logarithm function of the collected data points.
US10831589B2	Service portal diagnosis system providing issue resolution steps The present approach relates to facilitating the diagnosis of one or more performance issues associated with running an application (and widgets in the application) on a client instance hosted by one or more data centers by allowing script comparison, configuration comparison, and so forth, all in one interface, without the need for a user to navigate between various windows and/or interfaces. In accordance with the present approach, one or more performance issues are determined based on a first set of data indicative of an initial version of the application and a second set of data indicative of a customized version of the application. After determining the one or more performance issues, a visualization of diagnosis data associated with one or more widgets may be generated in response to executing the customized application to categorize the one or more widgets based on a severity of the one or more performance issues.
US10831586B2	Method and arrangement for determining an abnormal state of a system A similarity between a pattern distribution of selected state patterns of system state descriptions in a first set of system state descriptions and an average pattern distribution of the selected state patterns of the system state descriptions in a second set of system state description is determined. The similarity is compared with a plurality of such similarities between the pattern distributions within the second set of system state descriptions and the average pattern distribution in the second set of system state descriptions. An abnormal state of the system is determined using this comparison.
US10831577B2	Abnormality detection system, abnormality detection method, abnormality detection program, and method for generating learned model A method and system that efficiently selects sensors without requiring advanced expertise or extensive experience even in a case of new machines and unknown failures. An abnormality detection system includes a storage unit for storing a latent variable model and a joint probability model, an acquisition unit for acquiring sensor data that is output by a sensor, a measurement unit for measuring the probability of the sensor data acquired by the acquisition unit based on the latent variable model and the joint probability model stored by the storage unit, a determination unit for determining whether the sensor data is normal or abnormal based on the probability of the sensor data measured by the measurement unit, and a learning unit for learning the latent variable model and the joint probability model based on the sensor data output by the sensor.
US10831576B2	Partially reconfiguring acceleration components Aspects extend to methods, systems, and computer program products for partially reconfiguring acceleration components. Partial reconfiguration can be implemented for any of a variety of reasons, including to address an error in functionality at the acceleration component or to update functionality at the acceleration component. During partial reconfiguration, connectivity can be maintained for any other functionality at the acceleration component untouched by the partial reconfiguration. Partial reconfiguration is more efficient to deploy than full reconfiguration of an acceleration component.
US10831570B2	Auto-saving data for single page application One or more resources of a first computer device to monitor are determined based on a single page application of a second computer device. A value for each resource of the one or more resources is determined. A save command is issued to the save single page application based on the determined value of each resource of the one or more resources.
US10831568B1	Electronic alarm management system A method, computer system, and computer program product for an electronic alarm management system. The method may include detecting a trigger event that causes a user device to be shut down. The method may include determining whether there is an event for a user of the user device that is scheduled to occur within a first time period closely following a time of the trigger event. In response to determining that there is an event occurring within the time period closely following the time of the trigger event, the method may include determining whether the event is associated with an importance score that exceeds a threshold. The event that has the importance score exceeding the threshold is deemed a critical event. The method may include generating and displaying a notification on the user device reminding the user of the critical event.
US10831564B2	Bootstrapping a conversation service using documentation of a rest API Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for constructing a conversation model using documentation of an application programming interface (API) are disclosed. The conversation model can be used to train a natural language classifier. API endpoints may be represented in the API documentation as (verb, resource, element) tuples. These tuples can be converted into intent and parameters of the API endpoints can be converted into entities. In addition, example utterances may be created for each intent. The conversation model can be generated using the intents, example utterances, and/or entities.
US10831562B2	Method and system for operating a data center by reducing an amount of data to be processed In response to a map task distributed by a job tracker, a map task tracker executes the map task to generate a map output including version information. The map task tracker stores the generated map outputs. The map task tracker informs the job tracker of related information of the map output. In response to a reduce task distributed by the job tracker, the reduce task tracker acquires the map outputs for key names including given version information from the map task trackers, wherein the acquired map outputs include the map outputs with the given version information and historical map outputs with the version information prior to the given version information. The reduce task tracker executes the reduce task on the acquired map outputs.
US10831540B2	Hyper-convergence with scheduler extensions for software-defined container storage solutions A clustered storage system may include potentially many different nodes, each including a storage driver and a scheduler agent. A node may mount a virtual storage volume for the use of a container application at the node. When a master node receives a request to instantiate a new containerized application, a scheduler at the master node may determine prioritization information for the new containerized application. The prioritization information may prioritize one or more nodes at which a virtualized storage volume employed by the application container instance is mounted.
US10831539B2	Hardware thread switching for scheduling policy in a processor Examples of techniques for hardware thread switching for scheduling policy in a processor are described herein. An aspect includes, based on receiving a request from a first software thread to dispatch to a first hardware thread, determining that the first hardware thread is occupied by a second software thread that has a higher priority than the first software thread. Another aspect includes issuing an interrupt to switch the second software thread from the first hardware thread to a second hardware thread. Another aspect includes, based on switching of the second software thread from the first hardware thread to the second hardware thread, dispatching the first software thread to the first hardware thread.
US10831528B2	Replication of batch jobs of computing systems A method for replicating the effect of batch jobs using a replication agent is provided. The method comprises a replicating agent maintaining a maximum level in rows and a minimum level in rows for one or more columns in a database table of one or more database systems. The replicating agent further analyzes a mapping defined in the replicating agent to identify source columns of a source database system of the one or more database systems which are mapped to a target column of a target database system of the one or more database systems. According to at least one embodiment, the replicating agent further identifies a logical clause of the source database system and the target database system to define a range refresh. The replication agent further initiates the defined range refresh.
US10831526B2	System and method of application discovery A method comprises receiving network data from a network traffic monitoring platform of an enterprise network, the network data identifying communication between entities, analyzing the network data to identify applications, and comparing at least a first quality based on the communication between at least two of the plurality of entities to a first threshold to identify at least one application, receiving a request to suspend the application discovery process and creating a bookmark of the last network data received from the network traffic monitoring platform, the request to suspend the application discovery process being sent when one of a plurality of suspension trigger conditions is satisfied, receiving a request to reinitiate the application discovery process and receiving the network data from the network traffic monitoring platform at the bookmark, and creating a discovered application entry from the at least one identified application of the enterprise network.
US10831523B2	RDMA with virtual address space Techniques are disclosed for implementing direct memory access in a virtualized computing environment. A memory access policy of the virtualized computing environment is applied to a direct memory access connection request received from a first virtual machine via an exception path. The request is flagged to indicate that the request has been processed and the request is forwarded to a network interface device configured to execute offloaded network functions for one or more virtual machines. A memory access policy of the virtualized computing environment is applied to a direct memory access connection reply received from a second virtual machine on the exception path. The reply is flagged to indicate that the reply has been processed and the reply is forwarded to the network interface device. A direct memory access connection is established between first and second virtual machines in accordance with the request.
US10831522B1	Peripheral device mounting based on file system compatibility Systems and methods for managing peripheral devices associated with host computer systems running virtual machines. An example method comprises: detecting, by a host computer system, a plug-in event associated with a peripheral device; identifying a type of a file system of the peripheral device; selecting, among a group of execution environments comprising the host computer system and one or more virtual machines, an execution environment having a highest compatibility metric value associated with the type of the file system; and responsive to determining that the execution environment is provided by a virtual machine, causing a guest agent running on the virtual machine to mount the peripheral device to the virtual machine.
US10831521B2	Efficient metadata management Systems for high-performance distributed computing. The systems include techniques for managing data and metadata across multiple nodes. A method embodiment commences by storing data at a node using a first storage mechanism that is local to the node. A first set of metadata is configured to identify a storage location for the stored data. The first set of metadata is stored using the same first storage mechanism that is local to the node. For accessing the first set of metadata, a second set of metadata is configured to identify a storage location for the first set of metadata. The second set of metadata is stored using a second storage mechanism that comprises a distributed metadata storage facility that stores metadata across multiple storage locations having at least one of the multiple storage locations that is not local to the node that stores data and metadata using the first storage mechanism.
US10831514B2	Display method and device of application interface The present disclosure relates a method and device for displaying an application interface. The method includes determining a need to display any application interface in a target application; obtaining an identifier of N install sub-packages in an application install package of the target application based on the need, the N install sub-packages being install sub-packages required for displaying the application interface; wherein the target application is an uninstalled application, the application install package of the target application comprises a plurality of install sub-packages, and each of the plurality of install sub-packages is used for realizing a partial function of the target application, the N being greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to a sum of the plurality of install sub-packages; obtaining the N install sub-packages based on the identifier of the N install sub-packages; running the N install sub-packages to display the application interface; and displaying the application interface.
US10831513B2	Control transparency of a top layer provided by an additional transparent layer on top of the top layer based on relevance A method, system, and program product are provided for controlling layers in a graphical user interface. The method includes an operating system function of a mobile computing device running a current application with a current layer of user interaction via the graphical user interface, detecting an event providing a top layer display, determining if the top layer display has sufficient relevance to the user to interrupt the current application. If the top layer display does not have sufficient relevance, the method makes the top layer display control transparent so that the user continues to interact with the current application in the graphical user interface while maintaining the top layer in visual order. When the top layer is control transparent, the method may provide a visual cue of control transparency to the user.
US10831485B1	Flexible modular pipelined analytics A system for performing a computation includes an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an indication of a computation from a tenant associated user. The processor is configured to determine a set of computational steps for performing the computation, where each computational step of the set of computational steps adheres to a pipelining criterion. The processor is configured to determine associated processors for subsets of the set of computational steps, where the associated processors include a tenant associated processor or a commingling associated processor. The processor is configured to cause execution of the set of computational steps using the associated processors.
US10831482B2	Arithmetic processing apparatus and control method for arithmetic processing apparatus An arithmetic processing apparatus includes a decoder, a first cache memory, a second cache memory and a processor. The processor performs a cache hit determination on the first cache memory in response to a memory access instruction, issues a data request to a second cache memory when the cache hit determination is a cache miss. When the memory access instruction is for a speculative execution speculatively executed in a state where a branch destination of a branch instruction is unestablished, the decoder issues the memory access instruction with a valid prohibition flag and an instruction identifier. In a case where the cache hit determination is the cache miss and the prohibition flag is valid, the processor does not issue the data request to the second cache memory. In a case where the cache hit determination is a cache hit, the processor acquires data from the first cache memory.
US10831478B2	Sort and merge instruction for a general-purpose processor A Sort Lists instruction is provided to perform a sort and/or a merge operation. The instruction is an architected machine instruction of an instruction set architecture and is executed by a general-purpose processor of the computing environment. The executing includes sorting a plurality of input lists to obtain one or more sorted output lists, which are output.
US10831477B2	In-lane vector shuffle instructions In-lane vector shuffle operations are described. In one embodiment a shuffle instruction specifies a field of per-lane control bits, a source operand and a destination operand, these operands having corresponding lanes, each lane divided into corresponding portions of multiple data elements. Sets of data elements are selected from corresponding portions of every lane of the source operand according to per-lane control bits. Elements of these sets are copied to specified fields in corresponding portions of every lane of the destination operand. Another embodiment of the shuffle instruction also specifies a second source operand, all operands having corresponding lanes divided into multiple data elements. A set selected according to per-lane control bits contains data elements from every lane portion of a first source operand and data elements from every corresponding lane portion of the second source operand. Set elements are copied to specified fields in every lane of the destination operand.
US10831475B2	Portability analyzer Assessing portability of source code based on predictions from a learning model trained with historical outputs from a portability analyzer. A request is received as input to assess portability of source code from a source environment to at least one target environment. The learning model is applied to the source code to predict a level of portability of the source code to the at least one target environment. Results from a portability analyzer that are based on the level of portability predicted by the learning model include a confidence measure associated with one or more portions of the source code indicating the ease of portability of the one or more portions of the source code to each of the at least one target environments.
US10831468B2	Modification of terminal and service provider machines using an update server machine A method including (i) displaying a first prompt by a terminal machine by running a terminal application, the terminal application comprising first computer-executable instructions and first code that conduct the terminal machine's portion of a dialogue sequence between the terminal machine and a service provider machine, the first code comprising information to be translated, (ii) receiving entry of first data at the first prompt, (iii) communicating information associated with the first data to a provider application at the service provider machine, the provider application comprising second computer-executable instructions and second code that conduct the service provider machine's portion of the dialogue sequence, wherein the second code comprises information to be translated, and (iv) receiving third code that replaces or supplements at least a portion of the first code to produce first updated code, the first updated code adapting the terminal application to conduct a modified dialogue sequence with the service provider machine.
US10831465B2	Virtualized file server distribution across clusters In one embodiment, a system for managing a virtualization environment includes host machines implementing a virtualization environment, a plurality of clusters of the host machines, a virtualized file server (VFS) comprising a plurality of file server virtual machines (FSVMs), and a VFS cluster manager (CM) configured to distribute storage items among the clusters and receive cluster storage statistics for one or more shares of the VFS. The CM is further configured to, in response to a request from a first FSVM to identify a storage location for a storage item, identify a cluster at which the storage item is to be located based on the cluster storage statistics, identify a second FSVM at which the storage item is to be located based on compute usage statistics of one or more FSVMs in the identified cluster, and send an address of the second FSVM to the first FSVM.
US10831458B2	Latency-aware host-agnostic runtime Application source code that includes notation indicating a latency level between methods is evaluated. Based in part on the latency level, scores for method dependencies are calculated. A set of packages are generated for the methods in accordance with a clustering strategy that is based at least in part on the scores. The set of packages are then deployed to at least one host in accordance with an affinity threshold.
US10831452B1	Modification of in-execution smart contract programs A method includes obtaining a program state encoding a directed graph, the directed graph comprising a set of norm vertices and directed graph edges. The method also includes obtaining an amendment request encoding a set of conditional statement parameters and determining a set of active norm vertices in the directed graph. The method also includes selecting a set of target norm vertices of the set of active norm vertices based on the set of conditional statement parameters and determining a set of selected entities based on the set of target norm vertices. The method also includes determining whether a set of criteria associated with the set of selected entities is satisfied and updating the set of conditional statement parameters and entities based on the set of conditional statements in response to a determination that the set of criteria is satisfied.
US10831446B2	Digital bit-serial multi-multiply-and-accumulate compute in memory A memory device that includes a plurality subarrays of memory cells to store static weights and a plurality of digital full-adder circuits between subarrays of memory cells is provided. The digital full-adder circuit in the memory device eliminates the need to move data from a memory device to a processor to perform machine learning calculations. Rows of full-adder circuits are distributed between sub-arrays of memory cells to increase the effective memory bandwidth and reduce the time to perform matrix-vector multiplications in the memory device by performing bit-serial dot-product primitives in the form of accumulating m 1-bit×n-bit multiplications.
US10831442B2	Digital assistant user interface amalgamation An approach is provided that receives, from a user, an amalgamation at a digital assistant. The amalgamation includes one or more words spoken by the user that are captured by a digital microphone and a set of digital images corresponding to one or more gestures that are performed by the user with the digital images captured by a digital camera. The system then determines an action that is responsive to the amalgamation and then performs the determined action.
US10831439B1	Reducing audio syndrome content Embodiments are disclosed for reducing audio syndrome content. The techniques include generating a listener profile. The listener profile includes data associated with content that induces an audio syndrome for a listener. The techniques include determining that current content includes content that induces the audio syndrome for the listener. A trained audio syndrome predictor makes the determination based on the listener profile. The techniques include, in response to determining that the current content includes the content that induces the audio syndrome for the listener, generating an alternative audio content that suppresses audibility of the content that induces the audio syndrome for the listener. Additionally, the techniques include presenting the alternative audio content for the listener in place of the current content.
US10831437B2	Sound signal controlling apparatus, sound signal controlling method, and recording medium An information processing apparatus includes: an estimator configured to estimate, based on biological information of a human subject, a sleep indicator indicative of a depth of sleep of the human subject; and a volume controller configured to control a volume adjuster that generates a second playback sound signal by adjusting an amplitude of a first playback sound signal, such that the first playback sound signal is adjusted based on the sleep indicator and a volume of an ambient sound in an environment in which the human subject is situated.
US10831433B2	Method and apparatus for transitioning in-process applications to remote devices A method and apparatus that incorporate teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving at a mobile communication device a video stream from a computing device. The video stream is associated with images generated by a software application and is transmitted by the computing device responsive to a request to redirect control of the software application to the mobile communication device. The method may also include presenting the streamed video at the mobile communication device and transmitting to the computing device a stimulation of a remote user input function associated with the mobile communication device, where the transmitted stimulation corresponds to at least one action of a plurality of associable actions that can be executed by the software application. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US10831431B2	Shelving display One broad aspect of the invention features a shelving facing display. The shelving facing display includes a housing, an electronic display, and multiple product sensors. The housing is mountable to a forward edge of a product shelf. The electronic display is mounted to the housing and arranged to be viewed from in front of the shelf. The electronic display is controllable to present desired images across at least a majority of a width of the shelf. The multiple product sensors are mounted to the housing. Each sensor is arranged to detect product on a respective width of the shelf. The display is configured to alter a displayed image in response to input from the product sensors.
US10831430B2	Video display systems and methods A video display system may include a video display including a plurality of video display modules, a truss supporting the video display, a lower portion of the truss anchored to a floor, and the lower portion may be coupled to the video display at a position between the terminal sides of the video display and may extend approximately one-third of the length of the video display. The video display system may include a upper portion of the truss above the lower portion and anchored to a ceiling, wherein the upper portion may be coupled to the video display at a position between the terminal sides of the video display and may extend approximately one-third of the length of the video display.
US10831429B2	Display mode adjustment based on number of estimated functions of a recommended content A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to function as units including a reception unit configured to receive an input content from a user; a first screen control unit configured to display a content of a recommendation on a first screen; a second screen control unit configured to generate a second screen of a function estimated or determined from the content of the recommendation and to dispose the second screen on a back of the first screen; and a determination unit configured to determine a display mode of the second screen such that the display mode of the second screen of the estimated function is different from that of the second screen of the determined function. The first screen control unit is configured to change a transmission rate of the first screen such that the display mode is set to the determined display mode.
US10831413B2	Printing apparatus that displays notification screen and that executes print job, control method therefor, and storage medium A printing apparatus which is capable of preventing printing from being performed based on setting histories against user's will. The printing apparatus displays a setting call button for calling data to be printed and print setting information. A character string for identifying the data is displayed on the setting call button. It is determined whether or not all of the character string is displayed on the setting call button. When a user has selected the setting call button on which at least a part of the character string is not displayed, a notification screen that prompts a user to confirm the data to be printed is displayed.
US10831401B2	Method, device and computer program product for writing data Techniques involve receiving a write request for a first storage block in a source storage area during copying first data from the source storage area to a target storage area. The techniques further involve writing second data associated with the write request into a second storage block of the target storage area, wherein the second storage block corresponds to the first storage block. The techniques further involve updating an indicator associated with the first storage block, wherein the indicator indicates that the second data is written by the write request during the copying. Such techniques enable the data to be written into the target storage area directly without being written into the source storage area by setting an indicator indicating whether a storage block receives a write request during data copying. Accordingly, such techniques can improve write performance during data copying, and extend source storage area lifetime.
US10831400B2	Method and apparatus to represent activation frame for pause-less garbage collection According to one or more embodiments described herein, a method for pause-less garbage collection includes selecting, by a garbage collector, for garbage collection, a process thread that is executing a process. The method further includes causing a first activation frame that is associated with a first method to be scanned, either by a garbage collector thread or by the process thread that is presently executing. The method further includes instructing the process thread to subsequently scan a second pause-less activation frame that is associated with a second method from a process that the process thread is presently executing. The method further includes scanning using a garbage collector thread, a third pause-less activation frame that is associated with a third method from the process, wherein scanning a pause-less activation frame includes examining and overwriting one or more live pointers from a method corresponding to said pause-less activation frame being scanned.
US10831397B2	Stateful relocator for a distributed storage network A method includes a storage unit (SU) of a dispersed storage network (DSN) receiving and storing a first modification for an encoded data slice (EDS) associated with the SU and assigning an identifier for the first modification. The method continues with the SU receiving and storing a second modification for the EDS and assigning an identifier for the second modification. The method continues with the SU receiving a request to relocate the EDS to another SU of the DSN. The method continues with the SU transmitting the EDS to the another SU of the DSN, followed by transmitting the first modification for the EDS and the identifier to the another SU of the DSN in a first message. The method continues with the SU transmitting the second modification with the identifier for the second modification to the another SU of the DSN in a second message, where the second message is separate from the first message.
US10831395B2	Memory system, control method, and control device According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a memory and a controller electrically connected to the memory. The memory includes blocks. Each of the blocks includes one or more sub-blocks. Each of the one or more sub-blocks includes nonvolatile memory cells. The controller is configured to obtain read frequency of at least one of the sub-blocks, and move data stored in the at least one of the sub-blocks so that data having substantially the same read frequency are written into one block.
US10831392B2	Volatile and nonvolatile memory management method and electronic device Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and a method for managing memory in an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to store first data and second data, stored in a first specified area of the volatile memory, in a second specified area of the volatile memory, to check the stored order of the first data and the second data stored in the second specified area, and to move at least one of the first data and the second data from the second specified area of the volatile memory to a third specified area of the non-volatile memory if the states of the first data and the second data satisfy a specified condition on the basis of the order. Other embodiments may be possible.
US10831384B2	Memory device with power management A memory device includes a memory array including a plurality of memory components; and a controller coupled to the memory array, the controller configured to: determine a set of transactions to be implemented across two or more memory components according to an initial schedule; calculate a first plurality of power consumption levels corresponding to the initial schedule; and if one or more of the power consumption levels exceed a predetermined threshold, calculate an updated schedule for implementing the set of transactions across the two or more memory components, wherein the updated schedule corresponds to a second plurality of power consumption levels that are all at or below the predetermined threshold.
US10831374B2	Minimizing seek times in a hierarchical storage management (HSM) system A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes assigning one or more first-type tape cartridges to an upper tape layer of a hierarchical storage management system, assigning one or more second-type tape cartridges to a lower tape layer of the hierarchical storage management system, and moving, to the lower tape layer, data having lower access frequency and recorded in the first-type tape cartridge assigned to the upper tape layer. A length of a tape included in the second-type tape cartridge is longer than a length of a tape included in the first-type tape cartridge.
US10831368B2	Local storage memory management for a mobile device In one embodiment, a method for managing a local storage memory for a mobile device includes detecting a level of memory usage of the local storage memory of the mobile device rising above a first threshold. The method determines a respective portion of the level of memory usage of the local storage memory on a per software application basis for a plurality of software applications, and determines a user preference for a memory relief action. The method then implements the memory relief action for at least one software application of the plurality of software applications based on the user preference.
US10831362B2	Mobile terminal and object change support method for the same A mobile terminal and a method of supporting an object change for the same are provided. The mobile terminal includes a display unit for outputting at least one object, and a control unit for controlling at least one of directly displaying, in response to a signal for changing the output object into a second object having a similar function but being of a different type than the output object, the second object on the display unit without a screen transition, and for outputting, in response to a signal for changing the output object into a second object having a similar function but being of a different type than the output object, a guide frame on the display unit so as to facilitate change of the output object without a screen transition.
US10831350B1	Home custom services Methods, computer-readable media, systems and apparatuses for generation of a custom user interface for various categories of users and home maintenance, finance, and insurance monitoring are provided. The systems may receive data associated with a home, such as a plurality of systems and/or devices associated with the home. Based on the received information, the systems may generate a maintenance task list for the home including a plurality of maintenance tasks, finance task lists, and/or insurance task lists. Data related to maintenance performed on the home may be received and, based on the received maintenance data, a determination may be made as to whether one or more tasks on the maintenance task list have been completed.
US10831324B2	Touch panel and fabrication method thereof, touch display screen and fabrication method thereof The present disclosure provides a touch panel, including: a flexible substrate including a first region, a second region and a bendable region between the first region and the second region; a first touch sensing layer provided in the first region of the flexible substrate, configured to sense a touch position and connected to a flexible circuit board; a second touch sensing layer provided in the second region of the flexible substrate and configured to sense a touch pressure; and a signal line provided in the bendable region of the flexible substrate and having a first end extending to the first region to be connected to the flexible circuit board and a second end extending to the second region to be connected to the second touch sensing layer.
US10831320B2	Self-referenced capacitive force sensor A force sensing apparatus includes a first layer having a first electrode disposed thereon, a second layer having a second electrode disposed thereon, and a spacer layer configured to transfer an input force exerted on the first layer to the second layer. The spacer layer causes a change in a separation distance between the first electrode and the second electrode in response to the input force. The force sensing apparatus further includes processing circuitry to detect a change in capacitive coupling between the first electrode and the second electrode based on the change in separation distance, and to determine force information about the input force based at least in part on the detected change in capacitive coupling.
US10831319B2	Cluster sensor A sensor for detecting and distinguishing between increasing and decreasing proximity of a pointing element, touch by a pointing element, pressure applied by a pointing element, stretching (and/or other deformation) of the sensor, and any of the above while stretching and/or otherwise deforming the sensor. The sensor may comprise a cluster sensor unit having a first sensor and a second sensor wherein the first sensor has a higher ratio of distal flux to proximate flux as compared to the second sensor. With this flux characteristic, the first sensor is relatively more sensitive (as compared to the second sensor) to proximity of a pointing element, while the second sensor is relatively more sensitive (as compared to the first sensor) to force and/or pressure applied by the pointing element.
US10831315B2	Touch control method and system, mobile terminal, and storage medium A touch control method, a system, a mobile terminal and a storage medium can have operations of receiving a touch control operation from a touch fingerprint sensor; detecting valid touch information on a touch screen; comparing the valid touch information with a pre-set touch information threshold value, and when the valid touch information is less than or equal to the pre-set touch information threshold value, responding with a pre-set operation to the touch control operation on the touch fingerprint sensor, when the valid touch information is greater than the pre-set touch information threshold value, ending a response of the touch fingerprint sensor to the touch control operation.
US10831312B2	Mobile apparatus displaying end effect and control method thereof A method of controlling a mobile apparatus to display an end effect is provided. The method includes displaying at least one object on a first layer on a touch screen, converting the at least one object in response to a first gesture that converts the at least one object, detecting that the conversion for the at least one object is ended, and displaying an end effect, which represents a message saying that the at least one object to be converted does not exist anymore or represents additional information, on the touch screen.
US10831311B2	Assistive device for non-visually discerning a three-dimensional (3D) real-world area surrounding a user An assistive device and method for non-visually discerning a three-dimensional (3D) real-world area surrounding a user, comprises a haptic feedback interface that includes a plurality of haptic elements. The assistive device receives sensor data of the 3D real-world area within a first proximity range of the assistive device from a plurality of different types of sensors that are communicatively coupled to the assistive device. The assistive device establishes a mapping of a plurality of objects within the first proximity range to the plurality of haptic elements in a defined region of the haptic feedback interface, based on the received sensor data. A haptic feedback generator generates a touch-discernible feedback on the haptic feedback interface based on the established mapping. The touch-discernible feedback comprises a plurality of differential touch-discernible cues to enable the user to non-visually discern the 3D real-world area surrounding the user.
US10831303B2	Touch screen panel, touch sensing apparatus having the same and driving method thereof A touch screen panel includes a driving line including a plurality of touch driving units, a sensing line substantially parallel to the driving line and which includes a plurality of touch sensing units, a first driving router disposed adjacent to the driving line and which transmits a first touch pulse to one of an even-numbered touch driving unit and an odd-numbered touch driving unit of the touch driving units, a second driving router disposed adjacent to the driving line and which transmits a second touch pulse to the other of the even-numbered touch driving unit and the odd-numbered touch driving unit of the touch driving units and a plurality of sensing routers connected to each of the touch sensing units and which receives a sensing signal from the touch sensing units.
US10831290B2	Stylus-tracking piezoelectric sensor A stylus-tracking device may include a piezoelectric receiver or transceiver array on a first side (e.g., underneath) a display. Image data may be acquired from the piezoelectric receiver array. The image data may correspond to signals produced by the piezoelectric receiver array in response to an acoustic signal and/or a mechanical deformation caused by a target object (e.g., a stylus) in contact with a surface, such as a cover glass, proximate a second side of the display. A doublet pattern in the image data may include a first area of having signals below a threshold level and a second area having signals above the threshold level. Based on one or more doublet pattern characteristics, a position of the target object on the surface, a force of the target object on the surface and/or a first direction of movement of the target object relative to the surface may be estimated.
US10831289B2	Method and device for handling event invocation using a stylus pen A method of handling event invocation in a device using a stylus pen and the device are provided. The method includes identifying the event invocation at a touchscreen of the device; determining if the event invocation is performed using a distal end of the stylus pen; retrieving an assigned predefined action with respect to the event invocation using the distal end of the stylus pen; receiving a confirmation that the action is acceptable; and performing the action for the event invocation by the distal end of the stylus pen.
US10831285B2	Pen-shaped folding mouse A pen-shaped folding mouse includes a scroll wheel, two supporting shafts, two rod bodies, two buttons, and an optical sensor. The scroll wheel has an axis line. The two supporting shafts are disposed on two opposite sides of the scroll wheel and are parallel to the axis line. The two rod bodies are located on the two opposite sides of the scroll wheel and are movably disposed on the two supporting shafts. The two rod bodies include two outer surfaces and two first end surfaces close to each other. The two buttons are disposed on the two outer surfaces of the two rod bodies. The optical sensor is located on the outer surface of one of the rod bodies.
US10831279B2	Apparatus and method for controlling operation of a component Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for use in a vehicle, comprising determining a distance of a predetermined gesture from a reference location within a vehicle, and initiating an operation responsive to the gesture, wherein a mode of the operation is determined based upon the distance of the gesture from the reference location.
US10831272B1	Kinematic model for hand position A wearable device to be worn on a body part includes deformation sensors and a controller. The controller instructs the deformation sensors to measure deformation forces. The controller determines a position of the body part based on the measured deformation forces and a transfer function that maps deformation forces to positions of a same or corresponding body part. The transfer function is generated based on measurements from calibration and deformation sensors to sense corresponding positions of the body part and deformation forces. A calibration sensor may include a magnetic field generator and a magnetic flux sensor. The wearable device may be a glove and the body part may be a hand.
US10831262B2	Dynamic augmented reality media creation A technique for dynamic augmented reality media creation includes an analysis of reality content received by a device. Augmentation data is identified based on the analysis of the reality content, and then the augmentation data is displayed to the user via the device. A capture module determines whether the reality content meets capture event criteria and, if the criteria is met, augmented reality content is created and captured prior to a display of the augmentation data to the user.
US10831261B2	Cognitive display interface for augmenting display device content within a restricted access space based on user input A cognitive display interface operatively couples to a display device and provides augmentation data for display to a user within a restricted access space based on user input. The interface receives user input and context-related data, with the user providing the user input within the space, and one or more sensors providing the context-related data. The interface analyzes the context-related sensor data to determine a location and an orientation of the user within the space at the time of providing the user input, resolves context of the user input based, at least in part, on the determined location and orientation of the user within the space, and determines a search query from the input and the resolved context. A response to the search query is generated based, at least in part, on searching a database(s), and the interface provides a response as augmentation data for rendering on the display device.
US10831260B2	Wireless devices with flexible monitors and keyboards A portable device (e.g., a wireless device such as a cell phone) is provided with a flexible keyboard and a flexible display screen. Such flexible components may be stored in the housing of the portable device when not in use. The flexible display screen and flexible keyboard may be expanded from the housing when the flexible components are utilized by a user. Non-flexible display and input components may be provided on the exterior of the portable device such that the device may be used, in some form, while the flexible components are stored. In one embodiment, a portion of the flexible display (or flexible keyboard) may be utilized when the flexible display (or flexible keyboard) is stored in said first housing.
US10831254B2	Allocating power between multiple central processing units (CPUs) in a multi-CPU processor based on total current availability and individual CPU quality-of-service (QoS) requirements Allocating power between multiple central processing units (CPUs) in a multi-CPU processor based on total current availability and individual CPU quality-of-service (QoS) requirements is disclosed. Current from a power rail is allocated to CPUs by a global current manger (GCM) circuit related to performance criteria set by CPUs. The CPUs can request increased current allocation from the GCM circuit, such as in response to executing a higher performance task. If the increased current allocation request keeps total current on the power rail within its maximum rail current limit, the GCM circuit approves the request to allow the CPU increased current allocation. This can allow CPUs executing higher performance tasks to have a larger current allocation than CPUs executing lower performance tasks without the maximum rail current limit being exceeded, and without having to necessarily lower voltage of the power rail, which could unnecessarily lower performance of all CPUs.
US10831253B2	Apparatus and method for efficient estimation of the energy dissipation of processor based systems A system and method of scheduling tasks, comprising receiving activity and performance data from registers or storage locations maintained by hardware and an operating system; storing calibration coefficients associated with the activity and performance data; computing an energy dissipation rate based on at least the activity and performance data; and scheduling tasks under the operating system based on the computed energy dissipation rate.
US10831250B2	In-circuit supply transient scope Temporal history of voltage supply level enveloping high-speed transient events is provided by circuitry on the same chip or in the same multi-chip module as the processor cores. In some embodiments supply voltage to the processor cores is compared to predetermined or programmable thresholds, and the result of the comparisons are stored for use by a host processor.
US10831234B1	Portable information device The portable information device includes: a display whose back surface is supported on respective front surfaces of first and second support plates; and an adhesive member that adheres to the front surfaces of the first and second support plates and the back surface of the display and fastens them together. In the portable information device, an area that overlaps with at least a folding area includes a weak adhesive section in which an adhesive force of the adhesive member between the first and second support plates and the display is reduced to be lower than the other section or a non-adhesive section that does not adhere to at least either the first and second support plates or the display. The portable information device further includes a magnet provided below the back surface of the display and in a position that overlaps with the folding area. The magnet can attract a magnetic body.
US10831232B2	Computer architecture allowing recycling of instruction slack time A computer architecture suitable for out-of-order processors manages the problem of timing slack, in which an instruction completes before its clock cycle, by recycling that slack to allow the next succeeding instruction allowing that instruction to begin execution earlier. This recycling mechanism is enabled through the use of a transparent gating between execution units which allows data transfer before clock cycle boundaries and, in some cases, by aggressively issuing children instructions contemporaneously with their parent instruction after a grandparent instruction is issued.
US10831230B2	Automatic locking knob assemblies and methods of use Embodiments of the present technology relate to safety knobs. An example automatic locking knob assembly includes a knob, a base, an adapter, and a locking sub-assembly. The locking sub-assembly is configured to automatically lock the knob into place when a valve stem of a stove is in an off position. The locking sub-assembly also allows for controlled rotation of the valve stem of the stove by actuation of buttons associated with the knob.
US10831213B2	Targeted loading assistance system A targeted loading assistance system includes a work machine having a load carrying mechanism. The system includes a sensor that detects a location of the target loading zone relative to the work machine and generates a location signal indicative of the location of the work machine. The system also includes a path calculation component that receives the location signal and calculates a control path for the work machine to reach the target loading zone. The system also includes a control component that generates a control signal to guide the work machine along the control path.
US10831209B2	Using a long-term recurrent convolutional network to plan a sequence of lateral controls in autonomous driving Systems and methods for planning and executing a sequence of lateral controls for a vehicle comprise determining a set of parameters comprising road lane lines, a pose of the vehicle, a movement state of the vehicle, and actions by a driver of the vehicle and, while operating the vehicle in an autonomous driving mode, obtaining a long-term recurrent convolutional network (LRCN) model that has been trained with training data captured during controlled test driving by a human driver, using the LRCN model and the set of parameters as inputs, determining a sequence of a plurality of desired steering wheel angles for the vehicle, and when the sequence of the plurality of desired steering wheel angles is verified via comparison to one or more mathematical models, controlling steering of the vehicle according to the sequence of a plurality of desired steering wheel angles.
US10831206B2	Autonomous driving system emergency signaling A vehicular autonomous driving system includes a time division multiplexed (TDM) bus, an autonomous driving (AD) controller coupled to the TDM bus, and a plurality of AD sensors coupled to the TDM bus. The AD sensors are configured to collect AD data and transmit collected AD data to the AD controller on the TDM bus in an assigned time slot at a first power level. A first AD sensor of the plurality of AD sensors is configured to, based upon collected AD data, detect an AD emergency event. In response to the detection, the first AD sensor is configured to transmit an AD emergency message on the TDM bus in a non-assigned time slot and at a second power level that exceeds the first power level. The AD sensor may transmit the AD emergency message in a particular sub-slot of the non-assigned time slot.
US10831193B2	Enhanced taxi control for rigid rotors An aircraft includes an airframe having an aircraft longitudinal axis and a main rotor system supported by the airframe. The main rotor system is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The airframe is tiltable relative to a ground surface to form a non-zero tilt angle between the aircraft longitudinal axis and the ground surface.
US10831189B2	Learning method and learning device for providing functional safety by warning driver about potential dangerous situation by using explainable AI which verifies detection processes of autonomous driving network, and testing method and testing device using the same A learning method for providing a functional safety by warning a driver about a potential dangerous situation by using an explainable AI which verifies detection processes of a neural network for an autonomous driving is provided. And the learning method includes steps of: (a) a learning device for verification, if at least one training image for verification is acquired, instructing a property extraction module to apply extraction operation to the training image for verification to extract property information on characteristics of the training image for verification to thereby generate a quality vector; (b) the learning device for verification instructing the neural network for verification to apply first neural network operations to the quality vector, to thereby generate predicted safety information; and (c) the learning device for verification instructing a loss module to generate a loss, and perform a backpropagation by using the loss, to thereby learn parameters included in the neural network for verification.
US10831187B2	Method for securing a manoeuvere to be applied to a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method for securing a manoeuvre of a motor vehicle, according to which an order for activation of first data is sent to a mobile terminal by a control unit of the motor vehicle, the first data is displayed on the screen of said mobile terminal in an area opposite the antenna area so as to induce the implementation of a continuous movement by a user on the screen of said mobile terminal in said opposite area, second data relating to the implementation of said continuous movement by the user is generated by the mobile terminal, said second data is compared with an expected result, and if the comparison is positive, said manoeuvre is executed by the control unit.
US10831182B2	Work process management system and tag type individual controller used therein A work process management system includes at least one work device and a tag type individual controller that is directly or indirectly attached to a work object to control the work device. Each of the work device includes a work-device-side communicator, a work part, and a work-device-side control part. The tag type individual controller includes an individual-controller-side storage in which a work content of a work process performed with the work device is stored, an individual-controller-side communicator, and an individual-controller-side calculation controller that transmits the work content of the work process performed with the work device in which a performance result is reflected to the work-device-side communicator, and additionally stores the received performance result in the individual-controller-side storage.
US10831179B2	Systems and methods for generating PMI association among features on a machine part of a model A system includes a processor for implementing a computer-aided technology (CAx) system, the CAx system including a graphical-user-interface (GUI) that presents a computer-aided design (CAD) model, and the CAD model includes at least one part. Furthermore, the system includes memory storing instructions that cause the processor to present the GUI, receive, via the GUI, at least one indication of an association type and an indication of at least one criteria corresponding to the at least one indication of the association type, iterate the model to identify at least one second feature that satisfies the association type and the criteria, associate and store product and manufacturing information (PMI) with the at least one second feature, generating a PMI association, and display a PMI object of the at least one second feature on the CAD model in the GUI, the PMI object including the PMI.
US10831175B2	Method for configuring a machine for production of a thread and apparatus for producing a thread A method of configuring a machine (201) for production of a thread, having a pitch (227), on a workpiece (310), the machine (201) comprising: a tool (220) having a thread (223) centred on a first axis (250) and comprising one or more thread-producing peaks (225) for producing the thread having the pitch (227); and a tool holder (210) holding the tool (220), the method comprising: determining a first distance (441), in a first direction (260) parallel to the first axis (250), from a reference position (412) of the tool holder (210) to a first thread-producing peak (226) on the tool (220) when said tool (220) is held in the tool holder (210); and setting a first configuration (401) of the machine (201) wherein the reference position (412) of the tool holder (210) has a displacement (440) parallel to the first axis (250) from a reference position (411) of the workpiece (310) depending only upon: the determined first distance (441); a translation (443) parallel to the first axis (250) to account for an angular offset (340) between the first thread-producing peak (226) and a desired thread start position (311) on the workpiece (310); and an integer multiple (444) of the pitch (227).
US10831162B2	Systems and methods for providing an integrated power plant advisor Embodiments of the disclosure can relate to providing an integrated power plant advisor. In one embodiment, a method for providing an integrated power plant advisor can include receiving a signal associated with a failure of a power plant or a power plant component. The method can further include determining one or more root causes associated with the failure of the power plant or the power plant component. Based at least in part on operational data and training data from one or more power plants, a ranking of the one or more root causes associated with the failure of the power plant or the power plant component can be determined. The method can further include outputting the ranking via a client device. Based at least in part on the ranking, a repair or replacement strategy for the power plant or the power plant component can be identified.
US10831152B2	Image forming apparatus including coupling member selectively coupled to photosensitive drum An image forming apparatus includes a main body, endless belt, photosensitive drums, setting unit, contacting/separating mechanism, transmitting mechanism, and coupling members. The photosensitive drums are disposed in confrontation with the endless belt and are arranged in a first direction. Each photosensitive drum has an axis extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The setting unit sets the image forming apparatus to a monochrome mode or color mode. The contacting/separating mechanism controls at least one photosensitive drum to contact or separate from the endless in accordance with the set mode. The transmitting mechanism selectively transmits drive power to photosensitive drums. Each coupling member is selectively coupled to the corresponding photosensitive drum and has a coupling axis extending in the second direction. Each coupling member is uncoupled from the corresponding photosensitive drum when the contacting/separating mechanism controls the corresponding photosensitive drum to separate from the endless belt.
US10831150B2	Cartridge and image forming apparatus A cartridge includes a photosensitive member, a discharge opening for discharging a developer removed from the photosensitive member, toward a loosening member provided in the main assembly of a apparatus; a vibration imparting member for imparting vibration to the loosening member. The vibration imparting member is movable between a first position for imparting the vibration to the loosening member and a second position retracted from the first position.
US10831148B1	Bearing device that supports a first rotation member, image forming apparatus that includes the bearing device, and associated method In accordance with an embodiment, a bearing device comprises a sliding bearing including a main body and a plurality of first protrusions, the plurality of first protrusions protruding inward in a radial direction from the main body and being separated from each other in a circumferential direction; a housing including a holding portion; and a plurality of second protrusions, separated from each other in a circumferential direction, configured to protrude in the radial direction from at least one of an outer circumferential portion of the main body and an inner circumferential portion of the holding portion, and to form a gap extending in the circumferential direction between the main body and the holding portion.
US10831145B2	Power supply including resistors A power supply apparatus includes: a detection circuit configured to feed back a voltage to a generation circuit. The detection circuit includes: a first resistor, a second resistor connected in series with the first resistor, a first conductive pattern configured to connect the first resistor and the second resistor in series, a first capacitor connected in parallel to the first resistor, a second capacitor connected in parallel to the second resistor and connected in series with the first capacitor, a second conductive pattern configured to connect the first capacitor and the second capacitor in series, and a third conductive pattern configured to electrically connect the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern. A thermal resistance of the third conductive pattern is greater than a thermal resistance of the first conductive pattern.
US10831143B2	Image forming apparatus having recording medium positioning portion and control of transport speed Provided is an image forming apparatus including a positioning portion provided upstream of a transfer portion in a transport direction of a recording medium. The positioning portion positions the medium using a leading end of the medium. Additionally included is a detector that is disposed downstream of the positioning portion in the transport direction, and that detects passage of the leading end of the medium; and a controller that controls a transport speed in a period from when the leading end of the medium passes through the detector to when the leading end of the medium passes through a target position situated downstream of the detector in the transport direction, in accordance with a time since transport of the medium is started from the positioning portion until the leading end of the medium passes through the detector.
US10831130B2	Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device includes a developer carrier, a sheet-shaped insulating seal member, and an electroconductive film. The developer carrier holds a developer with which an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier is developed. The seal member is disposed above the developer carrier and at a portion that is not in contact with the held developer. The seal member has a first end portion fixed and a second end portion in contact with the image carrier. The electroconductive underlies an undersurface of the seal member at a portion that is not in contact with the developer held by the developer carrier. The electroconductive film has a first end portion connected to the first end portion of the seal member and a second end portion not in contact with the image carrier.
US10831126B2	Developing roller having crown-shaped electro-conductive layer with outer surface providing electrically insulating first regions adjacent to second regions having higher conductivity A developing roller is capable of preventing the generation of a difference in image density between a central portion and an end portion of an electrographic image. The developing roller has an electro-conductive mandrel and an electro-conductive layer on the mandrel, the electro-conductive layer has a crown shape in which an outer diameter of a central portion in a direction along the mandrel is larger than outer diameters of both end portions in the direction along the mandrel, an outer surface of the developing roller includes a first region having an electrically insulating property and a second region having a higher conductive property than the first region, and the first region and the second region are disposed adjacent to each other.
US10831125B2	Developer carrying member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus The developer carrying member, includes: an electroconductive substrate; and a surface layer containing a resin, on the substrate, in which a thickness of the surface layer is 1.0 μm or more and 100.0 μm or less, a Martens hardness at an indentation depth of 0.1 μm that is measured by infiltrating a Vickers indenter in a thickness direction of the surface layer from an outer surface of the surface layer is 50.0 N/mm2 or more and 100.0 N/mm2 or less, an Asker C hardness that is measured from the outer surface of the surface layer is 75° or more and 90° or less, and a value of a work function of the outer surface of the surface layer is 5.6 eV or more and 6.0 eV or less.
US10831114B2	Lithography apparatus and method A lithography machine includes an optical element, an interface coupled to the optical element, and a component which is separate from the interface. The interface is directly connected to the optical element. The optical element includes an engaging section. The component has a counter engaging section configured to engage with the engaging section of the optical element to connect the component form-fittingly and/or force-fittingly to the optical element.
US10831110B2	Lithographic overlay correction and lithographic process A method includes receiving a wafer, defining a plurality of zones over the wafer, performing a multi-zone alignment compensation for each of the plurality of zones according to an equation along a first direction to obtain a plurality of compensation values for each of the plurality of zones, and performing a wafer alignment and a lithography exposure for each of the plurality of zones according to the plurality of compensation values. The wafer alignment and the lithography exposure are performed zone-by-zone.
US10831109B2	Method of measuring a structure, inspection apparatus, lithographic system and device manufacturing method An overlay metrology target (T) is formed by a lithographic process. A first image (740(0)) of the target structure is obtained using with illuminating radiation having a first angular distribution, the first image being formed using radiation diffracted in a first direction (X) and radiation diffracted in a second direction (Y). A second image (740(R)) of the target structure using illuminating radiation having a second angular illumination distribution which the same as the first angular distribution, but rotated 90 degrees. The first image and the second image can be used together so as to discriminate between radiation diffracted in the first direction and radiation diffracted in the second direction by the same part of the target structure. This discrimination allows overlay and other asymmetry-related properties to be measured independently in X and Y, even in the presence of two-dimensional structures within the same part of the target structure.
US10831107B2	Method for of measuring a parameter relating to a structure formed using a lithographic process Disclosed method of measuring a parameter relating to a structure formed using a lithographic process, and more specifically focus or line edge roughness. The method includes measuring a structure having a dimension, e.g., a critical dimension, which is sufficiently large to enable radiation diffracted by at least one edge of said structure to be (e.g., individually) optically resolved. The method comprises obtaining an intensity metric from an image of the at least one edge and determining a value for said parameter based on the intensity metric.
US10831104B2	Critical dimension (CD) uniformity of photoresist island patterns using alternating phase shifting mask A photoresist film is patterned into an array of island shapes with improved critical dimension uniformity and no phase edges by using two alternating phase shifting masks (AltPSMs) and one post expose bake (PEB). The photoresist layer is exposed with a first AltPSM having a line/space (L/S) pattern where light through alternating clear regions on each side of an opaque line is 180° phase shifted. Thereafter, there is a second exposure with a second AltPSM having a L/S pattern where opaque lines are aligned orthogonal to the lengthwise dimension of opaque lines in the first exposure, and with alternating 0° and 180° clear regions. Then, a PEB and subsequent development process are used to form an array of island shapes. The double exposure method enables smaller island shapes than conventional photolithography and uses relatively simple AltPSM designs that are easier to implement in production than other optical enhancement techniques.
US10831098B2	Imprint apparatus and method of manufacturing article The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which forms a pattern of an imprint material on a substrate using a mold, the apparatus comprising: a deformation device configured to deform the mold to a convex shape; a detector configured to detect interference fringes for light reflected from the mold and light reflected from the substrate; and a controller configured to control the deformation device to deform the mold to the convex shape, and control a pressing process so that a contact area between the mold and the imprint material on the substrate gradually increases, wherein the controller, in the pressing process, estimates an error for a pressing direction between the mold and the imprint material based on the interference fringes detected by the detector, and corrects the pressing direction so that the error is reduced.
US10831097B2	Process for plasmonic-based high resolution color printing A process for plasmonic-based high resolution color printing is provided. The process includes a) providing a nanostructured substrate surface having a reverse structure geometry comprised of nanopits and nanoposts on a support, and b) forming a conformal continuous metal coating over the nanostructured substrate surface to generate a continuous metal film, the continuous metal film defining nanostructures for the plasmonic-based high resolution color printing, wherein a periodicity of the nanostructures is equal to or less than a diffraction limit of visible light. A nanostructured metal film or metal-film coated support obtained by the process and a method for generating a color image are also provided.
US10831096B2	Vacuum-integrated hardmask processes and apparatus Vacuum-integrated photoresist-less methods and apparatuses for forming metal hardmasks can provide sub-30 nm patterning resolution. A metal-containing (e.g., metal salt or organometallic compound) film that is sensitive to a patterning agent is deposited on a semiconductor substrate. The metal-containing film is then patterned directly (i.e., without the use of a photoresist) by exposure to the patterning agent in a vacuum ambient to form the metal mask. For example, the metal-containing film is photosensitive and the patterning is conducted using sub-30 nm wavelength optical lithography, such as EUV lithography.
US10831092B2	Layered element made of transparent layers providing directional diffuse reflection A transparent layered element includes two transparent external layers having substantially the same refractive index and each having a smooth external main surface, and a central layer intermediate between the external layers, the central layer including at least one transparent layer of refractive index different from that of the external layers or a metal layer. All the contact surfaces between two adjacent layers of the layered element, one of the two layers of which is a metal layer, or that are two transparent layers of different refractive indices, being textured and parallel to one another, the diffuse light reflection of the layered element on the side of at least one of the external layers having at least one maximum in a direction different from the direction of specular reflection. In addition, the surface of the layered element is divided into a plurality of pixels of same size.
US10831088B2	Projection display system with improved utilization rate of supplementary light source A projection display system, comprising: a first light source for emitting a first light; a first light modulation system for receiving the first light and modulating the first light into a first image light; a supplementary light source for at least emitting a supplementary light, wherein a spectrum of the first light comprises a spectrum of the supplementary light; a second light modulation system for receiving the supplementary light and modulating the supplementary light into a supplementary image light; a light combining device for combining the first image light and the supplementary image light, the beam cross-sectional area of the first image light being greater than the beam cross-sectional area of the supplementary image light at the light combining position; and a projection lens system for causing the first image light and the supplementary image light to form coincident images at a predetermined position.
US10831085B2	Wavelength conversion element, illuminator, and projector A wavelength conversion element includes a wavelength conversion layer that has a light incident surface on which excitation light is incident and converts the excitation light in terms of wavelength into fluorescence and a plurality of light transmissive members each having a curved surface and disposed in the light incident surface, and the curved surfaces reflect the excitation light but transmit the fluorescence.
US10831081B2	Optical waveguide modulator A dual-differential optical modulator includes two optical waveguide arms, each including one or more phase modulating p/n junctions. The p/n junctions in each waveguide arm are electrically coupled between a same pair of single-ended transmission lines so as to be differentially push-pull modulated when the transmission line pair is connected to a differential driver. Either cathode or anode electrodes of the p/n junctions are AC coupled to the transmission lines and DC biased independently on the transmission line signals.
US10831079B2	Driver for electrochromic glass unit A method for controlling an electrochromic device is provided. The method includes applying a constant supply current to the electrochromic device and determining an amount of charge transferred to the electrochromic device, as a function of time and current supplied to the electrochromic device. The method includes ceasing the applying the constant supply current, responsive to a sense voltage reaching a sense voltage limit and applying one of a variable voltage or a variable current to the electrochromic device to maintain the sense voltage at the sense voltage limit, responsive to the sense voltage reaching the sense voltage limit. The method includes terminating the applying the variable voltage or the variable current to the electrochromic device, responsive to the determined amount of charge reaching a target amount of charge.
US10831072B2	Light shielding structure and laser device The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and in particular relates to a light shielding structure and a laser device. The light shielding structure comprises a first light shielding plate group and a second light shielding plate group, each of the first light shielding plate group and the second light shielding plate group comprises at least one light shielding plate, and the at least one light shielding plate can be moved relatively for forming at least two light transmitting regions. The light shielding structure can realize partial scanning of multiple target regions at a time, thereby saving production time, increasing production efficiency, saving water and electricity and other resources, and prolonging the laser lifetime.
US10831065B2	Liquid crystal display device, method for producing liquid crystal display device, and monomer material for retardation layer The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device that includes a retardation layer with excellent thermal stability and suppresses a decrease in contrast ratio caused by scattering even when the retardation layer has been formed by polymerizing reactive monomers. The liquid crystal display device includes a pair of substrates and a liquid crystal layer held between the substrates. At least one of the substrates includes a retardation layer that contains a polymer of at least one type of monomer. The at least one type of monomer includes a photo-alignment monomer represented by a certain formula.
US10831061B1	Gradient backlight illumination A display includes a display pixel array, a backlight emitter, and a lightguide. The backlight emitter provides illumination light. The lightguide receives the illumination light from the backlight emitter and distributes the illumination light to illuminate the display pixel array. The lightguide is configured to illuminate a viewing boundary of the display pixel array with an illumination gradient that fades from fully illuminated along a viewing portion to unilluminated along a non-viewing portion.
US10831058B2	Decorative sheet, optical device, and image display device Provided are a decorative sheet for making the element using external light, for example, a camera or a sensor inconspicuous to an observer and an optical device and an image display device that include the above-described decorative sheet. The decorative sheet including a circularly polarized light reflecting layer, a λ/4 plate A, a linear polarizer, and a λ/4 plate B in this order, in which the circularly polarized light reflecting layer includes one or more cholesteric liquid crystal layers having wavelength selective reflecting properties, in a case where an integral reflectivity at a wavelength λ nm is represented by I-R(λ), I-R(630), I-R(550), and I-R(450) of the circularly polarized light reflecting layer are 30% or higher, and an angle between a slow axis of the λ/4 plate A and an absorption axis of the linear polarizer and an angle between a slow axis of the λ/4 plate B and the absorption axis of the linear polarizer are 45°±10°, respectively.
US10831057B2	Color filter substrate, display panel and manufacturing method thereof, and display device A color filter substrate, a display panel and a display device are disclosed. The color filter substrate includes a base substrate, and a color filter layer and a phase inversion pattern which are disposed on the base substrate, wherein the phase inversion pattern includes a plurality of openings corresponding to a plurality of color filter units of the color filter layer, and the phase inversion pattern defines a boundary of each of the color filter units; a projection of the phase inversion pattern on the base substrate at least partially covers a projection of an area between adjacent color filter units on the base substrate; the phase inversion pattern is configured to allow light passing through the phase inversion pattern to undergo phase inversion.
US10831052B2	Display device with visually-distinguishable watermark area and non-watermark area The present invention is directed to display devices comprising a watermark area and a non-watermark area. The display cells in the watermark area have widths of the partition walls, heights of the partition walls, top opening shapes or display cell sizes which are different from those of the display cells in the non-watermark area. The watermark aims to protect against counterfeiting or to be used for decoration purposes. The watermark is visible at certain viewing angles and/or under certain lighting conditions and it does not interfere with displaying of the regular images.
US10831045B2	Display panel and method for manufacturing the same, display device A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device, and the display panel includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer; a first matrix including a plurality of grooves; and a second matrix, disposed in the grooves of the first matrix; the grooves are shaped so as to enable total reflection of light which is incident incident from the second matrix or the first matrix to an interface between the second matrix and the first matrix, and at least one of the first matrix and the second matrix is configured to change its refractive index in operation according to a change of a voltage difference between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.
US10831044B1	Traveling wave modulator In an embodiment, a method and apparatus for increasing bandwidth of an optical modulator by applying a first voltage applied to a beginning of a resistive line and applying a second voltage applied to an end of the resistive line; wherein the first voltage is less than the second voltage.
US10831043B2	Electro-optically active device A silicon based electro-optically active device and method of producing the same, the device comprising: a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide; an electro-optically active stack within a cavity of the SOI waveguide, wherein the electro-optically active stack is separated from an insulator layer of the electro-optically active device by a seed layer; and a channel between the electro-optically active stack and the SOI waveguide; wherein the channel is filled with a filling material with a refractive index greater than that of a material forming a sidewall of the cavity to form a bridge-waveguide in the channel between the SOI waveguide and the electro-optically active stack.
US10831040B2	Ophthalmological optical element and method for constructing an ophthalmological optical element An ophthalmological optical element, in particular a spectacle lens, includes a first refractive optical substrate, which has a positive or negative first optical power; a first diffractive optical element, which has a second optical power; and a second diffractive optical element, which has a third optical power. The first diffractive optical element and the second diffractive optical element have opposite optical powers. The first diffractive optical element and the second diffractive optical element interact in an at least partly achromatic manner.
US10831031B2	Spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generates an image and display device with such a spectacle lens A spectacle lens for a display device that can be fitted on the head of a user and generates an image, wherein the spectacle lens comprises a front side and a rear side, a coupling-in section and a coupling-out section spaced apart from the coupling-in section, which comprises several reflective deflecting surfaces arranged next to each other, which together form a reflective Fresnel surface, as well as a light-guiding channel which is suitable for guiding light bundles of pixels of the generated image, which are coupled into the spectacle lens via the coupling-in section of the spectacle lens, in the spectacle lens to the coupling-out section, by which they are coupled out of the spectacle lens, and wherein the distance of the reflective deflecting surfaces from the front side increases and/or decreases as the distance from the coupling-in section increases.
US10831029B2	Systems and methods of attenuating light in a display A display system includes a first light source, a second light source, at least one movable mirror, and an attenuator. The first light source is configured to provide a first light in a first optical path. The second light source is configured to provide a second light in a second optical path. A portion of the second optical path overlaps the first optical path in an overlapping portion. The attenuator is positioned in at least the first optical path and configured to attenuate at least the first light. The movable mirror is movable to deflect the overlapping portion.
US10831022B2	Information display device (Object) To provide an information display device, with a simple configuration, that is capable of reducing stress in perceiving information. (Means of Achieving the Object) The disclosed information display device irradiates a transparent-reflective member with light for forming an image, in order to display a virtual image of the image on the transparent-reflective member. The information display device includes: a plurality of light sources having different peak emission wavelengths, respectively, which are provided for generating the light for forming the image; a vision-related information input unit configured to receive an input of information relating to vision of a viewer viewing the virtual image; and a luminance adjusting unit configured to adjust luminance of each of the plurality of light sources, independently, based on the information input into the vision-related information input unit.
US10831001B2	Imaging optical system The imaging optical system is provided with a first lens having a negative refractive power, a second lens having a positive refractive power, an aperture stop, and a third lens having a positive refractive power, disposed from the object side to the image side. With \|d\| being the distance between the image-side principal point of the first lens and the object-side principal point of the second lens, d=−\|d\| being the signed distance between the image-side principal point of the first lens and the object-side principal point of the second lens when the image-side principal point of the first lens is further towards the image side than the object-side principal point of the second lens, and f12 being the composite focal length of the first lens and the second lens, the relationships d<0 and 0.005
US10830997B2	Optical imaging system An optical imaging system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens, disposed in order from an object side to an imaging plane. One or any combination of the first lens to the seventh lens are formed of glass. One or both surfaces of one or more of the first lens to the seventh lens are aspherical. A pair of lenses, among the first lens to the seventh lens, allows paraxial areas opposing each other to be bonded to each other.
US10830995B2	Camera optical lens The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens having a positive refractive power, a third lens having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, and a sixth lens. The first lens is made of plastic material, the second lens is made of plastic material, the third lens is made of glass material, the fourth lens is made of plastic material, the fifth lens is made of plastic material, and the sixth lens is made of plastic material. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10830992B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus The zoom lens includes a positive first lens group, a negative second lens group, a positive third lens group, a negative fourth lens group, a negative fifth lens group, and a positive sixth lens group in order from an object side. All distances between adjacent lens groups change during zooming. The first lens group consists of a negative lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens in order from the object side. Only the fourth lens group moves to an image side during focusing from a long range to a short range. Conditional Expression is related to lateral magnification of the fourth lens group and a lateral magnification of the sixth lens group is satisfied.
US10830990B2	Primary-subordinate camera focus based on lens position sensing Various embodiments disclosed herein include techniques for maintaining multiple cameras in focus on same objects and/or at same distances. In some examples, a subordinate camera may be configured to focus based on the focus of a primary camera. For instance, a focus relationship between the primary camera and the subordinate camera may be determined. The focus relationship may characterize the trajectory of the lens position of the subordinate camera with respect to the lens position of the primary camera. In various examples, the focus relationship may be updated.
US10830980B2	Lens driving apparatus, camera module, and optical instrument A lens driving device including a cover member; a housing disposed in the cover member; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed on the bobbin; a first magnet coupled to the housing; an upper elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing; a base disposed below the housing and coupled to the cover member; a substrate disposed between the housing and the base and including a circuit member having a second coil disposed to be opposite to the first magnet; and a plurality of support members connecting the upper elastic member and the substrate is provided. The support members are connected to the upper elastic member at a position where a length in the x direction and a length in the y direction are different on the basis of the edge of the upper elastic member.
US10830979B2	Weight balance method of surgical microscope and mechanism thereof A weight balance method of a surgical microscope is able to automatically align, in response to a switching operation, a center of gravity G of the surgical microscope 5 with a rotary shaft S. A weight balance of the surgical microscope is easily attained only by slanting the surgical microscope, and therefore, no part of the surgical microscope protrudes upward to interfere with a supporting structure of the surgical microscope.
US10830977B2	Mounting system for telecommunications distribution elements A mounting system (700/900) for locking two pieces of telecommunications equipment (610/810) to prevent relative sliding therebetween and relative separation therebetween in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of the relative sliding includes a first locking feature (701/901) defined by a stud (702/902) with a stem portion (708/908) and a flange portion (710/910) having a larger profile than the stem portion (708/908) and a second locking feature (703/903) defined by a slot (704/904) with a receiver portion (712/912) and a retention portion (714/914). The receiver portion (712/912) is sized to accommodate the flange portion (710/910) of the stud (702/902) and the retention portion (714/914) is sized to accommodate the stem portion (708/908) but not the flange portion (710/910) of the stud (702/902). A third locking feature (705/905) prevents relative sliding between the two pieces of telecommunications equipment (610/810) once the stud stem portion (708/908) has been slid within the slot retention portion (714/914) and the stud flange portion (710/910) is out of alignment with the slot receiver portion (712/912).
US10830964B2	Optical fiber connector The present invention discloses an optical fiber connector, which comprises a first shell, a second shell and an unlocking shell, wherein the first shell and the second shell are mutually inserted, the first shell and the second shell are locked and unlocked through the unlocking shell. According to the present invention, an unlocking action of the unlocking shell on the second shell is axially push-pull unlocking, which is realized by the stop structure, the unlocking shell is convenient to mount, and the unlocking is convenient and quick.
US10830953B2	Apparatuses for coupling radiation out of an optical fiber An apparatus for coupling out radiation from an optical fiber, includes a housing, and a stop having a stop opening for delimiting an output coupling angle of radiation that is coupled out of an output end of the optical fiber to a maximum output coupling angle with respect to a central axis of the stop opening, wherein the stop is arranged in the housing. The stop has a stop body made from a transparent material, the stop body has a first total internal reflection face for reflecting radiation that is coupled out of the output end of the optical fiber with greater output coupling angles than the maximum output coupling angle, and the stop body has a second total internal reflection face for reflecting radiation that propagates opposite to the radiation coupled out of the output end and is reflected back by a workpiece.
US10830924B2	Optical article comprising a precursor coating of an anti-fogging coating having anti-fouling properties obtained from an amphiphilic compound The present invention relates to an organosilane compound having at least one silicon atom bearing at least one hydrolysable group, at least one non-hydrolysable group comprising a hydrophilic group, and at least one non-hydrolysable group comprising a hydrophobic group having at least one fluorine atom, said hydrophilic group and said hydrophobic group not both comprising, in the main chain, the same substituent of the silicon atom. The invention further relates to an optical article having a substrate coated with a precursor coating of an anti-fogging coating formed by depositing said organosilane compound on the surface of the optical article. The precursor of the anti-fogging coating, which also has anti-fouling properties, is converted into the actual anti-fogging coating by application of a surfactant film to the surface thereof.
US10830917B2	Method for detecting an anomaly in the context of using a magnetic locating device A method for detecting an anomaly, associated with a magnetic locating device including a first magnetic element and a second magnetic element that are associated with a first object and with a second object, respectively. The first object includes a first movement sensor configured to determine a first datum dependent on inclination of the first object in a basic reference frame, or the terrestrial reference frame. The method includes: determining the first datum from the first movement sensor; determining a second datum dependent on inclination of the second object in the basic reference frame; determining at least one orientation parameter with the magnetic locating device using the first and second magnetic elements; using the at least one orientation parameter and the first and second data to generate an indicator of presence of the anomaly.
US10830906B2	Method of adaptive weighting adjustment positioning A method of adaptive weighting adjustment positioning has the following steps: performing an initialization procedure, determining whether a first feature point is detected; when the first feature point is detected, based on multiple positioning methods, multiple positioning information will be generated, and multiple weightings will be set, and then based on the weightings and the positioning information, calculating the positioning information output; by way of adaptive weighting adjustment among the multiple positioning methods, the multiple positioning methods can be integrated. In this way, even if one of the positioning methods is temporarily unavailable, the positioning information can still be calculated by weighting adjustment between the positioning information of the remaining two available methods, and that allows users to continue to obtain accurate positioning information to confirm the current location.
US10830902B2	Real-time kinematic using standalone global navigation satellite system receiver A standalone GNSS receiver saves at each epoch a position and observables based on one or more signals. A reference position associated with a reference epoch is saved with reference observables. At a later epoch, the current position is determined by reference to the reference position and the reference epoch by performing a real time kinematic process. When cycle slip and/or signal lock has occurred, an ambiguity resolution is performed in real time kinematic. A standalone GNSS receiver with ambiguity resolution and real time kinematic at a current epoch achieves centimeter-level position accuracy by fixing ambiguities to integer and performing real time kinematic upon signal restoration. The saved reference data and coordinate serve as a reference station until signal restoration.
US10830900B1	Non-TLE-based pointing acquisition of inclined-geostationary satellite A method for pointing an antenna at an inclined geostationary satellite includes obtaining an analemma of the inclined geostationary satellite, and determining a plurality of points that are to be searched, wherein determining the plurality of points comprises selecting points that follow a centerline of the analemma. One point of the plurality of points is selected and the antenna is pointed at the selected point. While the antenna is pointing at the selected point, the inclined geostationary satellite is queried an RF power level of a response to the query received from the inclined geostationary satellite is recorded. Another point of the plurality of points and the query/recording step is repeated for each of the plurality of points. A determination is made regarding which point of the plurality of points produced a response to the query having the highest power level. The antenna then is pointed at the point having the highest power level.
US10830898B2	Method and apparatus applicable to positioning in NLOS environment A method for determining a location of a target includes: obtaining a plurality of guess distance values of a plurality of satellites, respectively; utilizing satellite signals received from the plurality of satellites to estimate a plurality of pseudo range values of the plurality of satellites, respectively; comparing the guess range values with the pseudo range values to generate a residual vector; and utilizing a processing unit for applying a rank-based approach based on the residual vector to generate a calculation result. The location of the target is derived from the calculation result.
US10830892B2	Light ranging system with opposing circuit boards A light ranging system including a housing; a shaft defining an axis of rotation; a first circuit board assembly disposed within and coupled to the housing in a fixed relationship such that the first circuit board assembly is aligned along a first plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation, the first circuit board assembly including a plurality of first circuit elements disposed on a first circuit board; a second circuit board assembly spaced apart from the first circuit board assembly within the housing in a second plane parallel to the first plane and rotationally coupled to the shaft such that the second circuit board assembly rotates about the axis of rotation, the second circuit board assembly including a plurality of second circuit elements disposed on a second circuit board and aligned with and configured to function in wireless cooperation with at least one of the first plurality of circuit elements; and a light ranging device electrically connected to and coupled to rotate with the second circuit board assembly, the light ranging device configured to transmit light pulses to objects in a surrounding environment, to detect reflected portions of the light pulses that are reflected from the objects in the surrounding environment, and to compute ranging data based on the reflected portion of the light pulses.
US10830889B2	System measuring 3D coordinates and method thereof A system and method of measuring 3D points is provided. The method includes defining a first frame of reference with a mobile computing device. A second frame of reference is defined with a mobile 3D measurement device. The mobile computing device is moved within a predetermined distance of the mobile 3D measurement device. The first frame of reference and the second frame of reference are registered when the mobile computing device is within the predetermined distance from the mobile 3D measurement device. The mobile computing device is moved along a path to define a trajectory in the first frame of reference. The trajectory is transmitted to the mobile 3D measurement device. The mobile 3D measurement device is moved along the trajectory in response to receiving the trajectory. 3D coordinates of point on an object are acquired with the mobile 3D measurement device.
US10830887B2	Object sensor assembly including stereoscopic cameras and range finders An illustrative example sensor device includes a plurality of range finders that each have an emitter configured to emit a selected type of radiation and a detector configured to detect the selected type of radiation reflected from an object. A plurality of cameras are configured to generate an image of an object based upon receiving the selected type of radiation from the object. A processor is configured to determine a distance between the sensor device and an object based on at least two of the images, wherein the images are each from a different camera.
US10830881B2	Active signal detection using adaptive identification of a noise floor A device can accurately discriminate an active pulse from noise by setting a dynamic noise floor that adjusts according to environmental conditions. For example, the device may discriminate, as the active pulse, a light pulse emitted by a light emitter of the system and reflected off an object to a light sensor, from noise such as sunlight glare by determining a dynamic noise floor and identifying, as an active pulse, at least a portion of the received signal that exceeds the dynamic noise floor for a threshold number of samples. The dynamic noise floor may be determined, for example, using a moving average of the received signal and/or shifting or scaling the noise floor based on other properties of the return signal.
US10830880B2	Selecting LIDAR pulse detector depending on pulse type A LIDAR device can accurately calculate distances to objects in an environment by classifying a signal received from a sensor as being a particular type of signal (e.g., saturated or unsaturated) and selecting, based on the type of signal, a detector for processing the received signal from among multiple detectors. For example, the multiple detectors may include different programming and/or circuitry for determining a time delay of arrival (TDOA) between a time that a light pulse was emitted to a time that a pulse reflected off an object was received at a light sensor. The output of the selected detector may then be used to calculate a distance to the object from which the received signal was reflected.
US10830874B2	Method to determine the suitability of a radar target as a positional landmark A vehicle-based method to determine the suitability of an object in the vicinity of a vehicle as a suitable positional landmark, comprising the steps of: a) emitting a plurality of radar signals from a vehicle; b) detecting the radar returns from said emitted radar signals reflected by said object; c) analyzing at least one parameter of at least one radar return to determine the extent to which said object is a stationary object; d) analyzing at least one parameter of at least one radar return to determine the extent to which said object is a single scatterer; e) analyzing at least one parameter of a plurality of radar returns to determine the extent to which said parameter varies with the azimuthal angle between said vehicle and said object, f) determining the suitability of said landmark for the results of steps c), d) and e).
US10830851B2	Methods for spatially encoding magnetic resonance signals with swept radio frequency (RF) pulses applied with RF spatial phase gradients Described here are systems and methods for performing magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) using radio frequency (“RF”) phase gradients to provide spatial encoding of magnetic resonance signals rather than the conventional magnetic field gradients. Particularly, the systems and methods described here implement swept RF pulses (e.g., wideband, uniform rate, and smooth transition (“WURST”) RF pulses) and a quadratic phase correction to enable RF phase gradient encoding in inhomogeneous background (B0) magnetic fields.
US10830844B2	Systems and methods for MR microscopy analysis of resected tissue The present disclosure discusses systems and methods for imaging tissue. The system can reduce the amount of vibrations that are transmitted from a magnetic resonance imaging device to a tissue sample. The system can include a stabilization platform with at least one vibration dampener coupled towards either end of the stabilization platform. A fluid reservoir is coupled to the stabilization platform and a resonator is coupled to the exterior of the fluid reservoir.
US10830836B1	Systems and methods for anisotropic vector hysteresis analysis Systems and methods are provided for analyzing magnetic hysteresis of anisotropic magnetic materials. Magnetic hysteresis loops associated with a local coordinate of a coordinated system based on a magnetic field successively applied to each principal axis with an isotropic vector play model are determined. A relaxation factor associated with the convergence behaviors of estimated solution points is applied along with a correction, either a magnetic field correction or a flux density correction, to determine target points on magnetic hysteresis loops. An error between magnetic hysteresis loops and the estimated solution points is determined. The iteration process continues up to a preset number of iterations with alternating correction schemes based on the determined error.
US10830835B2	Sensors using digitally assisted 1/x analog gain compensation Magnetic field sensors and sensing methods are provided. A magnetic sensor includes at least one magnetic field sensor element configured to generate an analog input sensor signal in response to a magnetic field; an inverting amplifier arranged on an analog signal path and configured to generate an analog output sensor signal having a gained value with respect to the analog input sensor signal; a switchable compensation capacitor disposed in a negative feedback path of the inverting amplifier, where the switchable compensation capacitor is configured to control a bandwidth of the analog signal path based on configuration information; and a digital controller configured to receive at least one measurement parameter, generate the configuration information based on the at least one measurement parameter, and transmit the configuration information to the switchable compensation capacitor for adjusting the bandwidth of the analog signal path.
US10830827B2	Operating conditions information system for an energy storage device The system may be configured to perform operations including measuring a temperature and a voltage of a battery at various times producing data points, wherein each data point comprises the temperature and voltage of the battery and a respective time that the temperature and voltage was measured; assigning each data point to a respective cell in a matrix stored on a, wherein the matrix comprises a first axis comprising voltage ranges and a second axis comprising temperature ranges, wherein each cell is associated with a voltage range and a temperature range, wherein the voltage and temperature of each data point is within the voltage range and temperature range, respectively, of the respective cell; and/or generating a first value in a counter comprised in each cell reflecting a total number of data points assigned to the cell, such that the first value in each cell is stored in the memory.
US10830826B2	Systems and methods for determning crank health of a battery Described herein are methods for determining, based on actual crank conditions, an ability of a battery connected to an electric starter motor, to start an internal combustion engine, wherein the battery is a single monobloc or a plurality of monoblocs that are electrically connected in series or parallel. The method may include: receiving battery temperature data, representing a temperature of the battery at a time of cranking the internal combustion engine; receiving voltage data monitored from the battery, determining an instantaneous minimum voltage of the battery during the time of cranking the internal combustion engine; and determining a capability of the battery to crank the internal combustion engine based on the battery temperature data and the instantaneous minimum voltage of the battery.
US10830822B2	Power storage system A power storage system includes a power storage device including cells connected in parallel with each other; a voltage sensor; a current sensor; a data acquisition unit configured to acquire voltage-current data sets; a linear approximation processing unit configured to perform first-order linear approximation on the acquired voltage-current data sets using a function form, Y=aX+b where Y denotes a voltage between terminals of the power storage device at a time of charging/discharging and X denotes a charge/discharge current, and to obtain constants a, b and a ratio b/a between the constants; and a determination unit configured to determine that variation in SOC has not occurred among the cells when the ratio b/a is within a prescribed constant ratio range, and to determine that the variation in SOC has occurred among the cells when the ratio b/a is not within the prescribed constant ratio range.
US10830821B2	Methods and apparatus for battery power and energy availability prediction This application relates to methods and apparatus for predicting power and energy availability of a battery. The prediction is made based on a given amount of time, which represents a period in which the battery may be required to operate. Additionally, a learning cycle is incorporated to update a battery model of the battery with certain parameters. The battery model is updated by introducing a time-varying current to the battery and analyzing the voltage response of the battery. A model-based predictive algorithm is used in combination with the battery model to predict battery output parameters based on variables derived from the learning cycle and additional inputs supplied to the model-based predictive algorithm. After one or more iterations, or using a simplified model-based equation, the model-based predictive algorithm can provide an accurate prediction for the maximum current that the battery can supply for a predetermined period of time.
US10830819B2	Sensor defect diagnostic circuit A sensor device comprises a sensor connected to a first signal and responsive to an external field to produce a sensor signal, a test device connected to a second signal and electrically connected in series with the sensor by an electrical test connection providing a test signal, and a monitor circuit electrically connected to the first, second and test signals. The monitor circuit comprises a processing circuit and a determination circuit. The processing circuit is responsive to the test signal and a predetermined processing value to form a processing output signal. The determination circuit is responsive to the processing output signal to determine a diagnostic signal. A sensor circuit responsive to the sensor signal provides a sensor device signal responsive to the external field.
US10830816B2	Single circuit fault detection A fault detection system on a circuit can detect a fault on the same circuit without using a duplicate circuit. A test signal can be generated based on an input signal, and the input signal and test signal can be sent through the circuit and the resulting signals can be compared to determine if any fault is present. In an embodiment, a function can be applied to bits of the input signal and bits of the test signal such that when the signals are compared after passing through the processing block that is to be tested, if the variation between the signals is above a predetermined amount, it can be determined that a fault has occurred. In other embodiments, a first function can be applied to the input signal, and a second function can be applied to the test signal, and the resulting outputs can be compared.
US10830813B1	Electrostatic discharge verification during biometric scan for terminal login The present disclosure relates generally to biometric identification and electrostatic discharge (ESD) test verification system. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods that combine ESD testing and biometric identification technology at a work area, such as a manufacturing workstation, to ensure that an employee is uniquely identified, and that the employee's electrical grounding straps are present and functioning correctly. Based on a result of the ESD testing and a biometric identification used to login at an ESD controlled work area, access to one or more functions of the manufacturing workstation may be granted, denied, or otherwise restricted.
US10830807B2	Method of locating a fault in a power transmission scheme There is provided a method of locating a fault in a power transmission scheme. The power transmission scheme includes power transmission sections and a first end connection point, a second end connection point, and at least one intermediate connection point. The method includes (i) measuring first and second end voltage phasors at the first and second end connection points respectively; (ii) obtaining a first set of voltage phasors, which includes the measured first end voltage phasor and includes respective voltage phasors at each of the second and intermediate connection points; (iii) obtaining a second set of voltage phasors, which includes the measured second end voltage phasor and includes respective voltage phasors at each of the first and intermediate connection points; (iv) comparing the first and second sets of voltage phasors to identify the power transmission section or connection point corresponding to the location of the fault.
US10830796B2	Determining energy usage of a residence based on current monitoring Systems and methods include determining energy usage of a residence from a current that flows through a first main conductor and a second main conductor that transport the current into the residence. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to sensors (130a-b) that monitor magnetic fields (150a-b) generated by the first and second main conductors (120a-b). After a resistive load (210a-b) is added for an electrical path in the residence, the first and second magnetic fields (150a-b) may be converted to generate first and second calibrating currents. A first prototype current is corrected to eliminate the influence of the second magnetic field (150b) onto the first magnetic field (150a) and a second prototype current is corrected to eliminate the influence of the first magnetic field (150a) onto the second magnetic field (150b). The energy usage of the residence is determined from the corrected currents.
US10830787B2	Optical accelerometers for use in navigation grade environments An accelerometer includes a membrane, an energy source producing a laser beam which is directed at the membrane causing it to vibrate, and a transparent cap disposed at one end of the energy source. The accelerometer includes a first controller for adjusting an output power of the energy source in a first feedback loop, a second controller for controlling the wavelength of the laser beam in a second feedback loop, and a detector sensing a reflected portion of the laser beam. An acceleration signal is based in part on the frequency of the reflected portion of the laser beam.
US10830785B1	Measurement of fluid delivery A method for determining a volume of fluid dispensed into a test housing includes creating an electrical potential across at least one input electrode of a plurality of input electrodes and at least one output electrode of a plurality of output electrodes. The input electrodes and the output electrodes are each coupled to the test housing. The method includes receiving at least one signal from the at least one output electrode based on the fluid dispensed into the test housing. The method includes calculating the volume of fluid dispensed into the test housing based on the at least one signal received from the at least one output electrode, a dimension associated with an internal channel defined within the test housing, and a distance between two input electrodes of the plurality of input electrodes.
US10830782B2	Automated assay fluid dispensing An assay-protocol-specific multi-channel fluid-dispenser cassette for an automated assay fluid dispensing system may include a structure with multiple fluid channels within the structure to contain and control respective assay fluids. Each fluid channels may have an outlet. A driver interface may be carried by the structure removably and mechanically engageable with a dispenser driver of a dispenser so that the dispenser driver can control the dispensing of fluids from the structure directly onto underlying reaction sites while each of the fluid channels remain as part of the structure. An assay-protocol-indicative cassette-type identifier may be formed in or attached to the structure and indicative of different assay protocols for all of the multiple fluid channels. The assay-protocol-cassette-type identifier may be readable by the cassette driver in response to the multi-channel fluid-dispenser cassette being removably connected to the dispenser.
US10830773B2	Methods for prognosis of future acute renal injury and acute renal failure The present invention relates to methods for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in subjects suffering from or suspected of having a renal injury. In particular, the invention relates to using assays that detect one or more markers selected from the group consisting of Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 and Metalloproteinase inhibitor 2 as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in renal injuries.
US10830772B2	Detection method and kit Uses of ethyl 5,11-dihydroindolo[3,2-b]carbazole-6-carboxylate as a fluorescent ligand probe, preferably in a binding assay for quantitative analysis in combination with a recombinant aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) protein. A method for detection or quantitative analysis of suspected aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligands in a sample, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a sample possibly containing at least one known or unknown AhR ligand; (b) mixing said sample with a composition comprising a recombinant AhR protein bound to ethyl 5,11-dihydroindolo[3,2-b]carbazole-6-carboxylate; and (c) determining the presence or the total amount of said at least one known or unknown AhR ligand in the sample by fluorescence spectroscopy. Use e.g. for screening of unknown compounds to determine their binding ability to AhR; for analyzing unknown chemical mixtures to assess the presence of ligands able to bind to AhR; for screening of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAHs) from water, food or sediment; for screening of PAHs or dioxin-like compounds in water, food or sediment; for testing for pollutant removal in water and waste water treatment plants; for testing for water reuse; for testing the presence of dioxin-like compounds in incinerator plants; or for testing of bodily fluids of humans or animals exposed to PAHs or dioxin-like compounds.
US10830770B2	Cell death assay The present invention relates to a method for detecting cell death using a luminescent compound; to the luminescent compounds for particular uses; to a kit comprising said compounds and to a protein. The method is applicable for detecting cell death, essentially regardless of the mechanism through which cell death occurred or is occurring and is therefore not limited e.g. to detecting cell death resulting from only one mechanism selected from apoptosis and necrosis.
US10830743B2	Determining the net emissions of air pollutants A method for determining a source of pollutant emissions for a selected area includes: mapping a grid onto a representation of the selected area; collecting monitoring data for the selected data; from the monitoring data, assigning air pollution values and weather values to each cell in the grid using an interpolation method to estimate values for gap cells; re-sizing the grid to mitigate the influence of atmospheric turbulence on the air pollution values; and using weather factor separation to minimize the influence of weather from the air pollution values, resulting in air pollution values that reflect the net pollutant emissions for the selected area.
US10830742B2	Catalytic oxidation of polar modifiers in chromatographic mobile phases The present disclosure relates to an oxidizer, and related methods, for oxidizing polar modifiers in chromatographic mobile phases. The oxidizer enables the use of flame-based detection in chromatographic separations, such as carbon dioxide based chromatography, which employ polar modifiers, such as methanol. Upon exiting a chromatographic column, the mobile phase containing the polar modifier is flowed through an oxidizer that contains a catalyst to oxidize at least a portion of the polar modifier to a species that does not interfere with the function of the flame-based detector. The oxidizer allows for flame-based detection, such as flame ionization detection, in applications in which a polar modifier with a reduced form of carbon is used.
US10830739B2	Temporary storage of sample portions for artefact-preventing fluid processing In a method for processing successive fluidic sample portions provided by a sample source, sample reception volumes are filled successively temporarily with at least a respective one of the sample sections, and the sample sections are emptied successively out of the sample reception volumes in such a way, that, while emptying, it is avoided to bring two respective ones of the sample sections, which have not left the sample source directly adjacent to one another, in contact with one another.
US10830730B2	Sensor element and gas sensor including the sensor A plate-shaped sensor element (10) including at least a first layer (150), a second layer (130), and a third layer (140) being stacked in a stacking direction. The first layer and the third layer are mainly formed of ceramic. The second layer is disposed between the first layer and the third layer in the stacking direction. The second layer has an air introduction hole (131) opened at an end surface. In a cross-section perpendicular to a direction of an axis O, a length L1 of a shortest line segment P1 connecting an upper end surface (10a, 10b) of the sensor element and the centroid G1 of the sensor element and a length L2 of a shortest line segment P2 connecting the upper end surface of the sensor element and the centroid G2 of the air introduction hole, satisfy a relationship of \|L2−L1\|/L1≤0.05.
US10830727B2	Electrode and use thereof The application relates to an electrode for use in the electrochemical detection of a target species, wherein the electrode has a planar surface disposed on which are probe molecules that are capable of binding selectively to the target species, wherein the electrode, prior to binding of the probe molecules with the target species, has an electron transfer resistance per area of the electrode of from 10 megaohms cm−2 to 95 megaohms cm−2.
US10830722B2	Gas sensors and methods of detecting gas Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a gas sensor comprising a gas-sensing material including a metal-organic framework with fcu topology and a substrate with a pair of electrodes proximate to the gas-sensing material, wherein the gas sensor is configured to detect toxic gas. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe a method of detecting gas comprising contacting a gas sensor including a metal-organic framework with fcu topology with a gas/vapour composition including at least one toxic gas, capturing the at least one toxic gas from the fluid composition, and measuring an electrical property to detect a presence of the at least one toxic gas.
US10830718B2	Sensor for detecting immersion in F.O.G. or water An apparatus for discriminating between liquids having differing thermal conductivities includes a thermally conductive substrate, a resistor and a thermistor mounted to the thermally conductive substrate. Two leads on the resistor enable a current to be passed through the resistor to generate heat, and two leads on the thermistor enable a current to be passed through the thermistor to generate a datum indicative of thermistor temperature. An electrical insulator encapsulates the resistor, the thermistor and part of the thermally conductive substrate. A remainder of the thermally conductive substrate may extend beyond the electrical insulator to provide a thermal path from the resistor and thermistor to a liquid in which the apparatus may be immersed.
US10830710B2	Method and device for inspecting a semiconductor device A semiconductor device inspection device includes a semiconductor device stage, a sound wave generator, a laser emitter, a photoreceiver, and a processing circuit. The sound wave generator is configured to generate a sound wave having a natural frequency of a bonding wire included in a semiconductor device placed on the semiconductor device stage. The laser emitter is configured to direct laser toward the bonding wire while the sound wave generator generates the sound wave. The photoreceiver is configured to receive the laser reflected by the bonding wire and output a signal corresponding to the received laser. The processing circuit is configured to detect a bonding failure of the bonding wire based on the signal output by the photoreceiver.
US10830703B1	Methods, devices, and systems for analyte detection and analysis Provided are systems and methods for analyte detection and analysis. A system can comprise an open substrate. The open substrate may be configured to rotate or otherwise move. The open substrate can comprise an array of individually addressable locations, with analytes immobilized thereto. The substrate may be spatially indexed to identify nucleic acid molecules from one or more sources, and/or sequences thereof, with the respective one or more sources. A solution comprising a plurality of probes may be directed across the array to couple at least one of the plurality of probes with at least one of the analytes to form a bound probe. A detector can be configured to detect a signal from the bound probe via scanning of the substrate while minimizing temperature fluctuations of the substrate or optical aberrations caused by bubbles.
US10830695B2	Optically transparent films for measuring optically thick fluids A multilayered film for performing spectroscopic measurements in a fluid are provided. The multilayered film includes a substrate; a porous layer adjacent to the substrate; and a reflective layer formed on the porous layer, wherein the porous layer selectively allows a component of a fluid to be optically measured when the multilayered film is immersed in the fluid. A sensor for spectroscopic measurements in crude oil samples including a multilayered film as above is also provided. A method of manufacturing a multilayered film for spectroscopic measurements in fluids as above is also provided.
US10830687B2	Measuring arrangement for in-line holography microscopy A measuring arrangement having an illuminating arrangement to emit coherent light; a cuvette defining an inner volume for receiving a fluid possibly comprising microscopic objects of foreign origin, the cuvette being arranged to receive the coherent light and let it exit therefrom through opposite entrance and exit openings, the entrance opening being closed by an entrance window. The possible microscopic objects present in the fluid scatter part of the light, the scattered and non-scattered light interfering to form interference fringes. An image sensor is configured to capture a hologram digital image frame by receiving the light propagated across the cuvette. An exit window is arranged to close the exit opening of the cuvette. The image sensor is mounted in direct contact with the cuvette.
US10830684B2	Reproducible reference standards for filter-based measurements of carbonaceous aerosols found in environmental samples The method of the invention provides a simple, reproducible reference, or set of reference standards, as a validation of a calibration standard for filter-based measurements of light absorbing aerosol particles (black carbon and brown carbon) and organic carbon and elemental carbon particles found in indoor and outdoor environments, and in emission streams. The set of reference standards comprise grayscale images deposited by a mist or print at a known density on a substrate material. The reference standards may be made by a printer using as a substrate either paper or another material such as glass fiber, quartz fiber, polypropylene, or cellulose.
US10830677B2	Biofluid collection and filtration device A filtration device is disclosed for filtering debris from a biofluid sample. In at least one embodiment, the filtration device provides a collection container having a collection chamber defined by a flexible wall, a mouth fluidly communicating with the collection chamber and formed through the collection container at a top end, and a filter device defining a bottom of the collection chamber. A quantitative container has a quantitative chamber in fluid communication with the filter device with the filter device separating the collection chamber from the quantitative chamber. A biofluid sample is introduced into the collection chamber through the mouth, and when the mouth with a collection chamber cap, the flexible wall of the collection container is squeezed to reduce the volume of the collection chamber and force the biofluid sample through the filter device, the filtered biofluid sample thereafter being contained within the quantitative chamber.
US10830663B2	Leak detector with sensing cable A leak sensing cable for a leak detector having an impedance sensor operable to measure changes in impedance along a sensing circuit. The leak sensing cable comprises: an inner core, having a first conductive thread electrically connected to the sensing circuit; an inner sheath, coaxially located around the inner core, the inner core being comprised of a permeable, non-conductive material; an outer sheath, coaxially located around the inner sheath, the outer sheath comprising a permeable braided material and having a second conductive thread woven into the permeable braided material, the second conductive thread being electrically connected to the sensing circuit. The first conductive thread is substantially electrically isolated from the second conductive thread when the leak sensing cable is dry and less electrically isolated from the second conductive thread when the leak sensing cable becomes wet.
US10830659B2	Method of controlling a positive-ignition internal combustion engine by means of a knock estimator The present invention relates to a method of controlling a positive-ignition internal combustion engine, in which the ignition advance is controlled (CON) by means of an estimation (EST) of the distribution of the knock measurements (MEAS). This estimation (EST) makes it possible to determine, for these measurements (MEAS), a confidence interval (qmin, qmax) of a predetermined quantile of the distribution of the knock measurements (MEAS).
US10830658B2	Multi-cavity all-glass interferometric sensor for measuring high pressure and temperature An apparatus for sensing pressure and temperature includes: a hollow glass tube; a first optical fiber having an end disposed into a first end of the tube; a second optical fiber being disposed in a second end of the tube, the second optical fiber having a first solid core section followed by a hollow core section followed by a second solid core section, a first gap formed between the first and second optical fibers, a length of the first solid core section forming a second gap, and a length of the hollow core section forming a third gap; an optical interrogator that transmits light at various wavelengths and measures an intensity of reflected light due to the first gap, second gap, and third gap as a function of frequency to provide interrogation data; and a processor that matches the interrogation data to reference data to estimate the pressure and/or temperature.
US10830656B2	Overmolded lead frame assembly for pressure sensing applications A process of forming an overmolded lead frame assembly for a pressure sensing application includes clamping both sides of a lead frame to performing a primary overmolding operation to prevent resin flash on wire bonding areas on the lead frame. The process also includes performing the primary overmolding operation to form a primary mold that covers selected portions of the lead frame on first and second sides of the lead frame assembly. The primary mold forms an electronics cavity on the first side of the lead frame assembly to enable subsequent wire-bonding of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensing element to the wire bonding areas. The process further includes performing a secondary overmolding operation to form a secondary mold on the second side of the lead frame assembly. The secondary mold covers an exposed portion of the lead frame beneath the wire bonding areas.
US10830653B2	Noninvasive blood pressure sensor Example systems, apparatuses and methods are disclosed for sensing a force applied by an external source in a fluid monitoring tube. An example system comprises a force sensing device and signal conditioning circuitry configured to be electrically coupled to the force sensing device. The example system further comprises a housing configured to enclose the force sensing device and the signal conditioning circuitry. The housing comprises a snap structure configured to attach the housing to a base plate and retain the force sensing device and the signal conditioning circuitry in the housing.
US10830649B2	Deep body thermometer A deep body thermometer includes a thermal resistor having a predetermined thermal resistance value, first and second temperature sensors that sandwich the thermal resistor in a thickness direction of the thermal resistor, and a temperature information processing unit to acquire a deep body temperature based on the thermal resistance value of the thermal resistor, a temperature detected by the first temperature sensor, and a temperature detected by the second temperature sensor. The first and second temperature sensors are disposed such that the first and second temperature sensors do not overlap each other as viewed from the thickness direction of the thermal resistor and a distance between the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor is greater than a thickness of the thermal resistor.
US10830640B2	Electromagnetic wave detection element, electromagnetic wave sensor, electronic apparatus, and structural body To provide an electromagnetic wave detection element capable of detecting an electromagnetic wave with an arbitrary wavelength and being miniaturized. An electromagnetic wave detection element according to the present technology includes an antenna unit and a detection unit. The antenna unit includes a first conductive layer, a first dielectric layer that is laminated on the first conductive layer and is constituted of a dielectric body, and a first graphene layer that is laminated on the first dielectric layer and is made of graphene. The detection unit includes a second conductive layer that is made of a conductive material and is separated from the first conductive layer, a second dielectric layer that is laminated on the second conductive layer and is constituted of a dielectric body, and a second graphene layer that is laminated on the second dielectric layer, is made of graphene, and is separated from the first graphene layer.
US10830639B2	Devices, methods, and systems relating to super resolution imaging Certain examples disclose systems and methods for imaging a target. An example method includes: a) activating a subset of light-emitting molecules in a wide field area of a target using an excitation light; b) capturing one or more images of the light emitted from the subset of the molecules illuminated with the excitation light; c) localizing one or more activated light emitting molecules using one or more single molecule microscopic methods to obtain localization information; d) simultaneously capturing spectral information for the same localized activated light emitting molecules using one or more spectroscopic methods; e) resolving one or more non-diffraction limited images of the area of the target using a combination of the localization and spectral information for the localized activated light emitting molecules; and f) displaying the one or more non-diffraction limited images.
US10830633B2	Load cell for a scale with a switching device for changing the state of calibration data write protection The present invention relates to a load cell for a scale having a monolithically configured measurement body that has a force reception section, a force introduction section, and a joint section arranged between the force reception section and the force introduction section, having at least one strain gauge arranged at the upper side on the joint section for detecting a stretching deformation of the measurement body, and having electronics that are arranged at the force reception side, that are at least partly arranged on a circuit board, and that have a memory in which calibration data of the load cell and/or a value for gravity are stored, wherein a hardware interface is provided via which the memory can be accessed and via which the calibration data stored in the memory and/or the value for gravity can be changed.
US10830630B2	TDR fill level measuring device and method for operating a TDR fill level measuring device A TDR fill level measuring device for measuring the fill level of a medium in a container, having a transmitting unit for transmitting a pulse-shaped electromagnetic measuring signal, a receiving unit for receiving a reflection signal, an evaluation unit for evaluating the reflection signal and a waveguide for guiding the measuring signal and the reflection signal, the waveguide having at least two waveguide sections, each of which has a functional waveguide cross-sectional face, wherein the functional waveguide cross-sectional face corresponds to the cross-sectional face of the waveguide conductor, wherein a reference reflector is present, at least a part of the measuring signal being reflected at least once on the reference reflector during operation. High reliability and a simply design are achieved by the reference reflection being formed by a transition between two waveguide sections having different shapes and/or different sizes of the functional waveguide cross-sectional face.
US10830624B2	Gas meter A gas meter includes a meter entrance that allows a fluid to flow in, a meter exit that allows the fluid to flow out, and a flow rate measurer that measures a flow rate of the fluid. In addition, the flow rate measurer includes a plurality of flow rate measuring units having the same shape and composed of a flow passage portion with a rectangular cross section shape on the outer side and a sensor portion disposed on one face of the flow passage portion. The plurality of flow rate measuring units are integrally configured by bonding faces having no sensor portion so as to serve as bonding faces of the flow rate measuring units.
US10830623B2	Sensor detection of the presence of an air core in a fluid conductor, and the flow rate of the fluid in the conductor Apparatus features a signal processor or signal processing module configured to: receive signaling containing information about a central air-core of an overflow pipe of a hydrocyclone where fluid flow is concentrated in an outer annular region of the overflow pipe that is against an inner wall of the overflow pipe during a normal operation of the hydrocyclone; and determine corresponding signaling containing information about a collapse of the central air-core of the overflow pipe of the hydrocyclone during an abnormal operation of the hydrocyclone, based upon the signaling received. The signaling contains information about a fluid flow rate of the fluid flow by detecting a change in the magnitude of a force and/or a moment on the probe.
US10830612B2	Arrangement, method and sensor for measuring an absolute angular position using a multi-pole magnet A system for measuring an angular position of a rotor with respect to a stator, wherein the rotor is rotatable around a rotation axis, the system comprising: a magnetic source mounted on the rotor, having at least four magnet poles and providing a periodically repetitive magnetic field pattern with respect to the rotation axis; a sensor mounted on the stator and comprising a plurality of sensor elements for measuring at least one magnetic field component of the magnetic field and for providing a measurement signal thereof; the sensor being located substantially centered around the rotation axis, in a plane substantially perpendicular to the rotation axis at a first distance from the magnetic source; the sensor elements being located substantially on a circle at a second distance from the rotation axis; a calculator that determines the angular position by calculating it from the measurement signals.
US10830604B2	Methods and systems for detecting a closure of a navigable element A method of detecting the closure of a navigable element forming part of a network of navigable elements within a geographic area. A server obtains positional data relating to the movement of a plurality of devices along the navigable element with respect to time. The positional data is used to determine an elapsed time since a device was last detected on the navigable element, and the determined elapsed time is compared to an expected time interval between consecutive devices being detected on the navigable element. The navigable element is identified as being potentially closed, subject to one or more optional validation steps, when the determined elapsed time exceeds the expected time interval, e.g. by a predetermined amount.
US10830594B2	Updating missing attributes in navigational map data via polyline geometry matching A method of updating navigational map data with missed attributes via polyline geometry matching includes obtaining first and second navigational map data sets. Chains are built of original road elements of the first navigational map data and chains are built of original road elements of the second navigational map data set. A spatial index of the chains is created. A set of chain candidates that are within a predetermined distance of each other is created according to the spatial index. The size of the set of chain candidates is reduced utilizing an angle filter. Each remaining chain candidate of the reduced set of chain candidates is ranked and the chain candidate having a best ranking is selected as the best candidate chain. The first navigational map data set is updated utilizing attributes from the best candidate chain.
US10830591B2	System and method for dual speed resolver An apparatus includes a coarse resolver configured to output coarse position signals indicative of a coarse position of a drive shaft of a motor. The apparatus also includes a fine resolver configured to output fine position signals indicative of a fine position of the drive shaft of the motor. The apparatus further includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to receive the coarse position signals from the coarse resolver and the fine position signals from the fine resolver and generate an initial position output, based on the coarse position signals, that indicates an initial position of the drive shaft. The control circuit is further configured to generate a subsequent position output, based on the fine position signals, that indicates a subsequent position of the drive shaft.
US10830588B2	Surveying instrument for scanning an object and image acquistion of the object A surveying device including a base defining a base axis (A), a support structure defining a rotation axis (B), a light emitting unit, a light receiving unit detecting reflected measuring light, and a rotation unit including a rotation body including at least one scanning mirror arranged tilted relative to the rotation axis (B) and a curved deflecting element different from the scanning surface. The surveying device also includes an imaging unit including a camera sensor which is fixedly arranged so that an optical axis of the camera sensor is directed towards the rotation body, such that only in a predetermined imaging-alignment of the rotation body around the rotation axis (B) the optical axis of the at least one camera sensor is deflected by the curved deflecting element by a desired angle and direction so that the field of view comprises a defined field angle around the rotation axis (B).
US10830584B2	Body posture tracking It is provided a computer-implemented method for performing body posture tracking, comprising the steps of collecting (S10) depth measurements of a body with at least one depth sensor; collecting (S20) inertial measurements with at least one inertial sensor attached to the body; and determining (S30) at least one posture of the body as a function of the depth measurements and the inertial measurements. Such a method improves the field of body posture tracking.
US10830580B2	Method and a device for adjusting a position of a display screen A device for adjusting position of a display screen, the device (400) comprising: a front support (480) for holding the display screen (210); motor means (750, 760, 770) for adjusting the inclination of the front support (480); characterized in that it further comprises: a pair of horizontal infrared (IR) sensors (221, 222) configured to be positioned in parallel to a horizontal axis of the display screen (210); a pair of vertical infrared (IR) sensors (231, 232) configured to be positioned in parallel to a vertical axis of the display screen (210); and a controller (710) configured to measure the intensity of a signal received from a remote control unit (240) by the IR sensors (221, 222, 231, 232), and control the motor means (750, 760, 770) depending on the signal intensity measured by the IR sensors (221, 222, 231, 232).
US10830578B2	High-speed metrology A method and an apparatus are directed to characterizing a continuously moving 3D object via interferometry-based scanning. The method includes repeatedly forming several depth characterizations of the 3D object along respective scan lines of a plurality of scan lines on the surface of the 3D object. During this scanning, the 3D object is undergoing its continuous motion. The method further includes combining the determined depth characterization along the scan lines of the plurality of scan lines to form a depth map representing at least a depth of a portion associated with a location on the surface of the 3D object in the third direction on a grid of locations arranged in the first and second directions. Forming the depth characterizations includes scanning a frequency-dispersed pulsed optical signal in a first direction across the continuously moving 3D object, said 3D object moving in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction. The scanned optical signal forming scan lines on a surface of the 3D object in a third direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction.
US10830573B2	Droplet size determining device and droplet size determining method The purpose of the present invention is to measure a size of a liquid droplet easily and in a short period of time by combining outputs of multiple types of liquid droplet detectors having different size dependencies of a liquid droplet of detection signals. In one embodiment of the present invention, in the detector having a narrow gap width shown in FIG. 5(a), the electrodes are electrically conducted by the attachment of a small liquid droplet. On the other hand, in the detectors with a wide gap width shown in FIGS. 5(b) and 5(c), the electrodes are not electrically conducted unless a liquid droplet having a larger size is attached. By utilizing this, the size of a liquid droplet is determined. In a case where the liquid droplet is water, as a liquid droplet detector, for example, a detector of a type that detects a galvanic current by a cell formed by the attachment of water between the electrodes made of different kinds of metals may be used.
US10830572B2	Hemisphere ambiguity correction in electromagnetic position tracking systems A method of receiving EM field magnitude values indicative of a first pose of a mobile unit in relation to a base unit, receiving sensor data from a second sensor associated with the mobile unit, where the sensor data is indicative of a direction of movement of the mobile unit, calculating a set of candidate pose solutions based on the EM field magnitude values, selecting a pose from the set of candidate pose solutions based on the sensor data from the second sensor, and sending the pose to the processor.
US10830567B2	Coordinate positioning machine A non-Cartesian coordinate positioning machine that includes an extendable leg assembly for positioning a component such as a measurement probe within a working volume of the machine. The extendable leg assembly includes a first member and a second member which move relative to one another when the extendable leg assembly changes length. The first member including an axial arrangement of magnets forming part of a linear motor for extending and retracting the extendable leg assembly, and at least one resilient member for absorbing at least some of any axial thermal expansion or contraction of the magnets in use.
US10830556B2	Self defense bracelet and associated systems and methods A self defense bracelet for a user comprising an ornamental defense member comprising at least one defensive protrusion configured to be used to protect the user; the ornamental defense member further defining at least one opening, configured to accept at least on finger of the user; and a strap member comprising a wearable region configured to be worn about a user's wrist.
US10830546B2	Automatic firearm gas feed apparatus Example apparatus are disclosed for a gas feed for an automatic firearm, the gas feed comprising a mounting portion to fasten the gas feed on a firearm barrel, the gas feed comprising a gas cylinder connectable to a barrel bore inside the firearm barrel via a gas channel, a gas piston disposed inside the gas cylinder to drive a gas operated reloading mechanism, wherein the gas piston is displaceable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the firearm, and a closure element that can be detachably coupled to an end of the gas cylinder adjacent a stock of the firearm, wherein the closure element comprises a passage through which a gas piston can be disposed.
US10830538B2	Variable circuitry heat exchanger system A heat exchanger that includes a plurality of conduits that transmit a refrigerant therethrough. A valve that actuates to fluidly couple a first set of conduits of the plurality of conduits in a first setting and fluidly couple a second set of conduits of the plurality of conduits in a second setting.
US10830537B2	Equipment for measurement and control of load material fed into a furnace A system and equipment to measure and control the feeding of load material into an electrical arc furnace (EAF) includes an automatic control device feeding the load material; a measuring device positioned between the EAF and the tilting platform that includes an upper plate adapted to slide against the EAF, a lower plate engaged to the tilting platform, and a ring structure therebetween having a peripheral ring wall, a ring plate extending across the ring structure, and a contact member coupled to the ring plate that upperly contacts the upper plate and lowerly approaches, without contacting the lower plate; and one or more sensors measuring a deformation of the ring plate upon application of a load on the upper plate.
US10830536B2	Roller transport assembly for transporting rollers to and from a roller hearth furnace A roller transport assembly includes a cart assembly and a roller carriage assembly. The roller carriage assembly is slidably mounted to the cart assembly and has at least one chamber for housing a roller. Each of the chambers includes a linear rail extending along a first axis and a roller coupling device attached to and slidable along the linear rail. The roller coupling device is operable to couple to the roller and move the roller along the first axis adjacent and parallel with the linear rail.
US10830516B2	Control system for multiple compressors A control system for controlling an output for a plurality of compressors includes a control unit receiving a first value from a first sensor and generating a first output based on the first value. The control unit receives a second value from a second sensor and derives a final output from the first output and the second value. A plurality of compressors receives the control commands from the control unit based on the final output.
US10830515B2	System and method for controlling refrigerant in vapor compression system A vapor compression system includes a heat transfer system including an arrangement of components moving a refrigerant through a vapor compression cycle to condition a controlled environment and a refrigerant management system including at least one expansion device regulating an amount of the refrigerant in the vapor compression cycle. The vapor compression system also includes a controller including a processor jointly controlling the expansion device and at least one component of the heat transfer system according to a metric of performance of the vapor compression system.
US10830498B2	Air conditioner An air conditioner having a cooling capacity of about 11 kW to about 16 kW, a mixed refrigerant in which R32 is contained at a content of about 50% or more is used as the refrigerant, and the refrigerant pipe is made of a ductile stainless steel material having a delta ferrite matrix structure of about 1% or less on the basis of a grain area.
US10830488B2	Control board systems and methods for diagnosis of HVAC components The present disclosure includes an HVAC system that includes a plurality of dampers each corresponding to one building zone of a plurality of building zones, a plurality of sensors each corresponding to the one of the plurality of building zones, and a control board communicatively coupled with the plurality of dampers and sensors. The control board includes a plurality of status light sources, each corresponding to one damper the plurality of dampers, a plurality of communication light sources each corresponding to one sensor of the plurality of sensors, and a microcontroller programmed to control operation of equipment in the HVAC system. The microcontroller is configured to perform “a hardware test mode” to facilitate diagnosis of the plurality of dampers by causing the plurality of status light sources to sequentially execute a first light scheme or a second light scheme in response to instructions to the plurality of dampers.
US10830487B2	Secured method of controlling a smoke control system A secured method of controlling a smoke control system is described herein. One device includes a user interface configured to display a smoke control element that represents a component of a smoke control system of a facility, receive a password, and receive a selection of an action to be performed by the component of the smoke control system, a memory, and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to cause the action to be performed by the component of the smoke control system in response to verifying the password is valid.
US10830484B2	Air-conditioning apparatus Provided is a ceiling-concealed air-conditioning apparatus, including: a casing having an opening; a panel, which is provided to the opening and has an air inlet and an air outlet formed on an outer side of the air inlet; a blowing direction flap, which is configured to change a blowing direction of an air blown from the air outlet; a temperature detector, which is configured to detect an intake air temperature of air sucked from the air inlet; and a controller, which is configured to control the blowing direction flap, wherein the controller is configured to, during a heating operation, turn off warm air supply at an intake air temperature higher in a case in which the blowing direction flap is oriented in a horizontal direction relative to a ceiling surface than in a case where the blowing direction flap is oriented in a perpendicular direction relative to the ceiling surface.
US10830483B2	Refrigeration cycle apparatus A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit, a fan configured to send air to a heat exchanger, and a controller. The controller is configured to switch among a first operation, a second operation, and a third operation. In the first operation, the heat exchanger is caused to act as an evaporator. In the second operation, the heat exchanger is caused to act as a radiator to defrost the heat exchanger. In the third operation that is performed after the second operation, a compressor is stopped and the fan is operated at a constant rotational speed. The controller is configured to finish the third operation and start the first operation when a physical value positively correlated with electric power supplied to the fan falls to or below a threshold value during the third operation.
US10830474B2	Systems and methods of predicting energy usage A method for operating a heating, ventilation, and air condition (“HVAC”) system includes determining a current temperature of the enclosed space and receiving a first comfort temperature. The method further including determining, based on a selection of a time period, a first consumption value indicating a predicted amount of energy required to maintain the first comfort temperature for the time period, wherein the first consumption value is determined based at least on a first predicted value and a second predicted value, the first predicted value being indicative of an amount of energy required to condition the enclosed space to the first comfort temperature from the current temperature and the second predicted value being indicative of an amount of energy required to, upon conditioning the enclosed space to the first comfort temperature, maintain the first comfort temperature for the time period.
US10830468B2	HVAC scrubber unit mechanical improvement systems and methods System and methods for improving implementation of a scrubber unit in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. The scrubber unit includes a housing that house a plurality of filter cartridges, which each includes a chemical compound that facilitates sorbing air contaminants. The housing includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The scrubber unit includes an internal wall enclosed within the housing, a cross-member coupled between the first sidewall and the second sidewall perpendicular to the internal wall, and a contaminant filter that includes the plurality of filter cartridges coupled between a top cartridge deck and a bottom cartridge deck, in which the bottom cartridge deck is coupled to the cross-member when the contaminant filter is completely enclosed within the housing to facilitate reducing likelihood of the bottom cartridge deck deforming under weight of the plurality of filter cartridges.
US10830466B2	Wireless sensors system and method of using same An apparatus, system, and methods for measuring environmental parameters are disclosed. The apparatus, system and methods can be used for a variety of applications, including HVAC air balancing and building commissioning. The system includes a variety of wireless sensing modules and wearable modules for control. display, and storage. Parameters measured include air and water temperature, pressure. velocity, and flow. Also included are sensors for light intensity, CO concentrations, and CO2 concentrations.
US10830465B2	Integrated ventilation and illumination system An integrated ventilation and illumination system includes a ventilation assembly, a light fixture assembly, and an adaptor. In an installed position, the ventilation assembly is installed in a ceiling of a room of building structure to provide ventilation for the room and the light fixture assembly is mounted in a low-profile configuration relative to the ceiling. The adaptor spans and obscures an inlet opening of the ventilation assembly and includes at least one opening that allows for the passage of air through both the adaptor and into the inlet opening. A mounting bracket is coupled to both the adaptor and the light fixture assembly in the installed position, where the fixture is offset a first critical distance from the adaptor to define an air flow gap that allows for air flow around the light fixture assembly, through the opening in the adaptor and into the internal region of the main housing. The first critical distance is purposely sized according to operating parameters of the blower of the ventilation assembly to provide a sufficient flow rate of intake air and acceptable sound levels during operation of the ventilation and illumination system.
US10830443B2	Model-less combustion dynamics autotune This disclosure relates to systems and methods for tuning combustion dynamics in a combustor. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a method includes providing, via at least one sensor, combustion dynamics amplitude data associated with a combustor. Method may allow monitoring, by an equipment controller communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor, the combustion dynamics amplitude data. The method may allow detecting at least one change in acoustic pressure amplitude associated with combustion in the combustor. In response to detecting the change in the acoustic pressure amplitude, the method proceeds with determining a fuel split change to at least two fuel circuits configured to supply fuel to the combustor, and applying the fuel split change to the combustor.
US10830442B2	Segmented annular combustion system with dual fuel capability A segmented annular combustion system with dual fuel capability includes an alternating arrangement of fuel injection modules and integrated combustor nozzles. The fuel injection module includes a bundled tube fuel nozzle portion and fuel injection lances, which are fluidly coupled via conduits to respective fuel plenums. A liquid fuel cartridge is disposed within the bundled tube fuel nozzle portion, within one of the plurality of fuel injection lances, or within both the bundled tube fuel nozzle portion and one of the plurality of fuel injection lances. A gas turbine having the segmented annular combustion system is also provided.
US10830438B2	Modulated combustor bypass A combustor section of a gas turbine engine includes a combustor having a combustor inlet, and a combustor bypass passage having a passage inlet located upstream of the combustor inlet. The combustor bypass passage is configured to divert a selected bypass airflow around the combustor. A combustor bypass valve is located at the combustor bypass passage to control the selected bypass airflow along the combustor bypass passage. A method of operating a gas turbine engine, includes urging a core airflow from a compressor section toward a combustor section, flowing a first portion of the core airflow into the combustor section via a combustor inlet, and flowing a second portion of the core airflow into a combustor bypass passage via a combustor bypass valve, thereby bypassing the combustor with the second portion of the core airflow.
US10830437B1	Backside features with intermitted pin fins A method of manufacturing a heat shield panel including pouring melted wax into a negative pattern of the heat shield panel, the heat shield panel including first pin fins with rounded tops and second pin fins with flat tops; allowing the wax to solidify to form a positive pattern of the heat shield panel; removing the positive pattern from the negative pattern by using an ejector rod to push the positive pattern away from the negative pattern at the flat top of each of the one or more second pin fins; coating the positive pattern with a ceramic; melting the positive pattern away from the ceramic, the ceramic having a cavity forming a second negative pattern of the heat shield panel; pouring melted metal into the cavity; allowing metal in the cavity to cool to form the heat shield panel; and removing the ceramic from the heat shield panel.
US10830430B2	Steam system for a steam cooking appliance The present invention relates to a steam system for a steam cooking appliance. The steam system includes a steam generator (12) and a precipitator (14). The precipitator (14) is arranged above the steam generator (12). The steam generator (12) comprises two vertical heating pipe sections (20; 34). Upper ends of the heating pipe sections (20; 34) are connected to a bottom side of the precipitator (14). Lower ends of the heating pipe sections (20; 34) are connected by a transverse pipe section (20; 36). At least the heating pipe sections (20; 34) are at least partially enclosed by one or more heating elements (22). An inlet pipe (28) is connected to the transverse pipe section (20; 36) at one end and connected or connectable to a water reservoir (16) or water pump (18) at another end. A return pipe (24) is interconnected between the bottom side of the precipitator (14) and the transverse pipe section (20; 36). Further, the present invention relates to a corresponding steam cooking appliance.
US10830429B2	Luminaire housing A luminaire having a housing, a control assembly positioned in the housing, a cover connected to the housing, and a light emitter. Different covers, control components, and light emitters can be used with the luminaire to create a desired appearance and light output.
US10830426B2	LED lamp with lamp shell and passive heat dissipating element An LED lamp includes: a lamp shell including a lamp head and a lamp neck, the lamp head connects to the lamp neck; a passive heat dissipating element having a heat sink connected to the lamp shell, wherein the heat sink comprises fins, a total height of the lamp neck and the lamp head is greater than a height of the heat sink; a power source disposed in the lamp shell; and a light emitting surface connected to the heat sink of the passive heat dissipating element and comprising LED chips electrically connected to the power source. The light emitting surface and the heat sink are connected to form a heat transferring path from the LED chips to the passive heat dissipating element; wherein a lateral outline of the LED lamp detours around an axis of the LED lamp 360 degrees turning around to form a contour of the LED lamp, the outline includes an outline of the lamp neck and an outline of the heat sink, the outline of the lamp neck has a slope A which is a constant, the outline of the heat sink has a slope B which is a constant, and an absolute value of the slope A is greater than that of the slope B.
US10830422B2	Life-light A stable base supports a handle portion of an emergency light. The stable base has three legs which can be placed selectively in any of three configurations. In a first configuration, the legs are generally transverse to an axis of the emergency light handle, to form a tripod-like support on approximately level ground. In a second configuration, the legs are disposed downwardly so as to be generally parallel to the axis of the handle portion, such that the tips of the legs are disposed downward and are adapted to be inserted into the ground to resist high winds and gusts. In a third configuration, the legs are raised upward such that the tips of the legs are disposed adjacent to the handle portion of the emergency light, and are adapted to be inserted into a container for storage or shipping.
US10830417B2	Wavelength converter, light source apparatus, and projector A wavelength converter according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a wavelength conversion layer that converts excitation light in terms of wavelength to generate fluorescence, and a first reflection member that reflects the fluorescence and is so provided as to incline with respect to a light exiting surface which is a surface of the wavelength conversion layer and via which the fluorescence exits.
US10830416B2	Light guide component and light source device A light guide component and a light source device. The light guide component comprises a reflecting plate (131) having an aperture and a transflective coated plate (132). The reflecting plate (131) reflect light. The aperture allows light to pass through. The transflective coated plate (132) is connected to the reflecting plate (131) and covers the aperture, and transmits an excitation light and reflects light of a color different from that of the excitation light. The light source device comprises: an excitation light source (110), for generating excitation light; the light guide component, for transmitting, through the aperture and the transflective coated plate (132), the excitation light generated by the excitation light source (110); a color light generation device, for receiving the excitation light passing through the transflective excitation (132), and generating converted light by using the excitation light; and a light collecting component, for collecting the converted light generated by the color light generation device. The light guide component can reduce waste of converted light.
US10830405B2	Sunlight-based large area light source and large area luminaire A light source (25) for emitting collimated light (29) in particular for a large area luminaire (21) comprises a light guide unit (43) for guiding light by total internal reflection. The light guide unit comprises a plurality of localized light source regions (57) at a main front face (55A) for having light pass there through. The light source (25) further comprises a plurality of light emitting units (41) for emitting light into the light guide strips (91) through respective portions of the at least one coupling face (47) of the light guide unit (43), and a collimation unit (45) extending along the main front face (55A) and comprising a plurality of collimating elements. At least one light emitting unit (41) is configured as a light input coupling assembly (250) to receive collected natural light from a fiber (249) and to provide the received natural light to the light guide unit (43). The light source (25) can be implemented in a sunlight-based illumination system (241) collecting and providing natural light to the light source (25).
US10830404B1	Battery backup for lighting system The described embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing a lighting system that includes backup light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are incorporated into a primary array of LEDs of the lighting system. The backup LEDs can be illuminated when a utility power source for the lighting system becomes unavailable. The backup LEDs can operate from a backup power supply, which can be charged from the utility power source, when the utility power source is available. Furthermore, charging of the backup power supply can be temperature dependent, in order that the backup power supply and/or the charging circuit can be protected from damage caused by operating such components out of an operating specification.
US10830399B2	Device for lighting and optical communication combined with viewing of the communication field A lighting device includes at least one first fixed light source dedicated to lighting, at least one second light source dedicated to data transmission by light modulation, and first and second refractor optical devices positioned respectively with respect to the first and second light sources, so as to sense the light emitted by said sources and form respectively first and second distinct light beams, said second light beam delimiting a data transmission zone. The lighting device also includes a variator of the brightness and/or the color of the first light beam, which is accentuates or decreases the visibility of the data transmission zone delimited by said second light beam, according to the availability or the unavailability respectively of the data transmission service in the data transmission zone.
US10830397B2	LED tube lamp An LED tube lamp includes a glass lamp tube, two end caps, an LED light strip, a power supply, and a reflective film. At least a portion of an inner surface of the glass lamp tube is formed with a rough surface, and the roughness of the rough surface is higher than that of the outer surface. The glass lamp tube includes a main body region and two rear end regions, each of the two rear end regions coupled to a respective end of the main body region and each of the two end caps coupled to a respective rear end region. A length of the light strip is longer than the length of a main body region of the glass lamp tube. Each of the two end caps is coupled to a respective end of the glass lamp tube by a gel. The LED light strip is disposed on an inner surface of the glass lamp tube with a plurality of LED light sources mounted on the LED light strip.
US10830396B2	LED light bulb An light bulb includes a bulb housing, a heat sink, and a head housing arranged in series along a longitudinal axis of the light bulb. The light bulb includes a first filament having a first LED chip capable of emitting a first light with a first color characteristic, and a second filament having a second LED chip capable of emitting a second light with a second color characteristic. The first filament and the second filament are spiral along a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the light bulb. The light bulb further includes a driving module configured to enable one or a combination of the first filament and the second filament to emit light.
US10830392B2	Mechanized area controller Traffic control systems and methods to improve safety are disclosed. The systems, in some example aspects, include a first magnetic field generator mounted over an aisle for generating a first zone magnetic field defining a first zone. The methods, in some example aspects, include generating a first zone magnetic field defining a first zone by a first magnetic field generator mounted over an aisle. Other aspects include generating, and/or including a controller to generate, control signals to reduce the speed of a vehicle, and/or reduce the size of a danger zone.
US10830390B1	Extendable electronic device holder and brush An extendable electronic device holder includes a telescoping rod portion having a handle at a first end and a head portion capable of holding a portable electronic device attached to a second end with an attachment feature. Located on the head portion is a hair brush feature.
US10830388B2	Translation axis assembly and gimbal platform using same A gimbal platform includes a roll axis and a translation axis assembly in pivot connection with the roll axis assembly and configured to drive the roll axis assembly to rotate. The translation axis assembly includes a supporting arm including a penetration hole, a connecting plate at least partially accommodated in the penetration hole, and a center-of-gravity adjusting device connected between the supporting arm and the connecting plate and configured to adjust a center of gravity of the translation axis assembly by adjusting a position of the supporting arm on the connecting plate. The center-of-gravity adjusting device includes a lead screw and a moving member rotatably and movably arranged on the lead screw. The moving member is received in the penetration hole and fixedly connected to the supporting arm, includes a threaded hole in a threaded connection with the lead screw, and accommodates a portion of the connecting plate.
US10830386B2	Fire-resistant pipe coupling The present invention relates to fire-resistant pipe couplings (100) for connecting together two plain-ended pipes in a fluid-tight manner. The pipe coupling (100) comprises: a tubular casing comprising: an outer tubular casing (102); and an inner tubular casing (104), fitting entirely inside the outer casing (102); a tubular sealing gasket (106) disposed within the inner tubular casing (104); and means (116) for tensioning the casing around the gasket (106). The casing further comprises: at least one layer of fire-resistant material (124) disposed between the inner (104) and outer (102) casings; and at least one layer of thermally-insulating material (128) disposed between the tubular sealing gasket (106) and the inner casing (104), whereby the outer casing (102) and tubular sealing gasket (106) are thermally insulated from one another.
US10830383B2	Augmentation of mechanical properties of high pressure pipe A method of augmenting the mechanical properties of a pipeline section comprises the steps of (1) identifying a pipeline section which requires verifiable data and analysis to calculate a safe operating pressure; (2) wrapping the external surface of the identified pipeline section with two or more convolutions of homogeneous isotropic thin steel augmentation bands; (3) adhering the convolutions together via a structural adhesive; and (4) determining the pressure-containing ability of the resultant augmented pipeline section, while simultaneously creating the inputs to determine at least one additional useful engineering design input parameter of the augmented pipeline section, required to calculate and validate a safe operating pressure.
US10830372B1	Pneumatic controllers, pneumatically controlled inline valves, and methods of cooling pneumatic controllers A pneumatic controller includes a manifold, a selector, and a biasing member. The manifold has a low pressure port, a high pressure port, an actuator port, and a vent. The selector is movable within the manifold between a first position and a second position, the low pressure port in fluid communication with the actuator port in the first position, the high pressure port in fluid communication with the actuator port in the second position. The biasing member is supported within the manifold and urges the selector towards the first position, wherein the low pressure port is in fluid communication with the vent in both the first position and the second position to cool the biasing member with low pressure fluid received at the low pressure port. Inline valves, gas turbine engines, and methods of controlling fluid flow through inline valves are also described.
US10830365B2	Bi-directional inline check valve A check valve includes a housing, a first valve, and a second valve. The housing has a first portion that defines a first chamber and a second portion that defines a second chamber. The first valve is disposed within and is movable relative to the housing. The second valve is at least partially extends into the first valve. Responsive to a fluid flow in a first direction, the second valve and the first valve moves towards a proximal end of the housing and the fluid flow flows around the first valve towards a component.
US10830362B2	Fluid handling device, fluid handling method, and flow path chip This fluid handling device has a substrate, a film, and a sliding member. The substrate has first flow paths, second flow paths, and partition walls formed between one end of the first flow paths and one end of the second flow paths. The film includes a diaphragm, and is arranged above the substrate such that the diaphragm and the partition walls oppose one another. The sliding member has protrusions formed on the back surface thereof, and is arranged above the film with the back surface facing the film. By sliding on the film the sliding member is able switch alternately between a first state in which the protrusions are arranged so as not to oppose the partition walls, and the diaphragm is sandwiched therebetween, and a second state in which the protrusions are arranged opposing the partition walls, and the diaphragm is sandwiched therebetween.
US10830350B2	Slide roller A slide roller is provided. A lower connecting surface of the roller is never in contact with a roller passage surface. By taking advantage of a normal distance between a corner sliding surface and a center point of the roller greater than a vertical distance between an upper sliding surface of the roller and the center point, a pulley disc assembly can be started lightly, the acceleration in the middle stage of the slide stroke is increased, and speed transmission in the rear stage of the slide stroke is increased.
US10830348B2	Device and method for controlling a hydraulic machine The invention relates to a hydraulic machine, in particular to a hydraulic motor with two working lines, from one of which a high pressure line and from the other one a low pressure line is branched off. An electronic control unit and a servo displacement unit are provided to control the displacement of the displacement volume of a drive mechanism of the hydraulic machine, wherein the displacement volume can be determinated by the displacement of a servo piston within the servo displacement unit. For this, the servo piston can be loaded at least on one side via a servo pressure line with hydraulic fluid under servo pressure, wherein the servo pressure level can be adjusted by a control spool arranged moveable within a control valve. For this, hydraulic fluid from the low pressure line or, perhaps, from the high pressure line is guidable via the control valve to the servo pressure line if a suitable control signal is available at a switching valve.
US10830346B2	Control device for a vehicle gearbox A device for controlling a gearbox includes a transmission member that transmits movement of a control lever to a control cable. A locking member, having a first and second portions for locking the lever in respective park and neutral positions, is mounted in a device casing. An actuator causes the locking member to rotate when the lever must be unlocked from park position and when the lever must be locked in neutral position. The device includes an anti-locking pawl mounted on the transmission member, having an operative position preventing the second portion from being received in a transmission member seat for locking the lever in the neutral position. If the lever is freed from park position and moved through the neutral position while the actuator is active, the pawl is pushed by the locking member into its operative position, thereby preventing unwanted locking of the lever in the neutral position.
US10830344B1	Shift range control device A shift range control device that switches a shift range by controlling driving of a motor includes a plurality of control units and a plurality of motor drivers. The plurality of control units respectively have an energization control unit for controlling energization to the motor and an abnormality monitor unit for performing abnormality monitoring. The energization control unit turns off energization of the own system in a state of temporary abnormality before determining a decisive abnormality when abnormality affecting the other system is detected in the own system while driving the motor by the plurality of systems, and the abnormality monitor unit determines whether a state of abnormality is the temporary abnormality or the decisive abnormality after turning off energization of the own system.
US10830336B2	Ballscrew lubrication A re-circulating ballscrew assembly comprises a plurality of balls. A ballnut has a ballnut body with a radially inner surface and a helical ballnut groove formed on the radially inner surface. A ballscrew is disposed within the ballnut, the ballscrew comprising a radially outer surface and a ballscrew groove formed on the outer surface, the ballscrew groove cooperating with the ballnut groove to define a helical raceway for the plurality of balls, the helical raceway having a start point and an end point. The ballscrew assembly comprises a return track for the plurality of balls, the return track disposed radially outward of the radially inner surface of the ballnut and connecting the start point and the end point of the helical raceway. The return track extends at least in part through an annular lubricant bath.
US10830331B2	Transmission including a first housing part and a second housing part A transmission includes a first housing part and a second housing part connected at least by a friction-locked connection with the aid of a clamp ring.
US10830318B2	Simplified gearbox mechanism The improved gearbox mechanism of the present invention includes a plurality of cam-actuated simplified gear block assemblies, which transfer power from a power shaft to a secondary or output gear element. Each gear block assembly includes a gear block having a surface that periodically interfaces with a secondary or output gear element. In a preferred embodiment the interface surface comprises a plurality of projections or teeth which correspond to complementary projections or gear teeth on the output gear element. Each gear block assembly further includes a gear block, a torque lever arm, cam followers and/or a socket, which connect or link the gear block to a cam assembly, which in turn is connected to a power source. The cam assembly includes about its circumference a unique pathway or groove for each linkage assembly of a particular gear block assembly so that the movement of the gear block may be controlled in two dimensions in accordance with a certain design parameter.
US10830304B2	Frequency-selective damper valve, and shock absorber and piston having such valve A frequency-selective damper valve includes a controlled flow channel providing a fluid connection between a first and second valve sides; a controlled valve assembly in a controlled flow channel; a movable valve body acting on the controlled valve assembly; and a variable volume chamber, the movable valve body interacting with the variable volume chamber such that movement of the movable valve body and a change in volume of the variable volume chamber are interrelated. The variable volume chamber includes an outlet opening, in operation, downstream of the controlled valve assembly and does not include an opening upstream of the controlled valve assembly with respect to a controlled fluid flow in the controlled flow channel, the outlet opening providing a flow resistance.
US10830303B2	Shock absorber assembly including hydraulic stop mechanism with stabilizer pins A shock absorber assembly including a housing along an axis. A hydraulic stop mechanism includes a retainer extending about and fixed to a piston rod, and a ring guide that has a base portion axially adjacent to the retainer and a plurality of catchers each connected to and spaced axially from the base portion and each having a radially outer portion. Each of the catchers defines a channel. A piston ring is axially moveable along the ring guide between a blocked position wherein the piston ring axially abuts the retainer to close the channels, and an unblocked position wherein the piston ring is axially spaced from the retainer to open the channels. The piston ring further includes a plurality of stabilizer pins extending axially and each received by one of the channels of the catchers radially inward of the radially outer portions of the catchers.
US10830297B2	High performance carbon fiber A system is disclosed comprising a carbon/carbon brake disk comprising a carbon fiber having a crystal orientation (CO) between 80% and 100% and a coefficient of friction of more than 0.183 in response to a rejected takeoff condition.
US10830283B2	Dust boot for transmission joint and corresponding transmission assembly A dust boot (2) for an articulated transmission joint has a tulip (6) presenting an open end (62) and an opposite end designed to be secured to a first shaft (8), a second shaft (10), and rolling bearing means (3) mounted on an end (13) of the second shaft (10). The bearing means (3) has rolling elements (34) housed in a cage (32). The dust boot (2) includes a groove (24) suitable for receiving at least some of the rolling elements during an inclined movement of the second shaft (10) towards an outlet of the tulip, and a shoulder (22) separated from the groove (24) by a peripheral wall (25) that co-operates with the shoulder (22) to define a housing suitable for receiving a portion of the cage (32) of the bearing means (3) when the cage (32) is in abutment against the shoulder (22).
US10830277B2	Self-aligning clutch release bearing A self-aligning clutch release bearing having a rotating ring 114 and a static ring 112. Static ring 112 is located within a spherical cup 13, which incorporates an inner spherical surface 131, and the static ring 112 engages with the spherical cup 13 through the spherical surface 131. The spherical surface 131 has a radius whose center coincides with a center point 10 defined by intersection of the rotational axis 111 of the bearing and a plane defined by face of the rotating ring 114 that engages with fingers of the clutch. A spherical ring 14 incorporating a spherical end face 141 on its outer diameter is located within an inner diameter of the static ring 112, and engages with a spherical end face 113 on the inner diameter of the static ring. The two spherical end faces have about same radius with their centers coinciding with the center point 10.
US10830269B2	One piece screws for, and methods for making and using, blind side fasteners and systems with free spin feature Fastener embodiments of the invention comprise a freely translatable collet body, which at least partially translates within an auxiliary structure, and further comprise a captive threaded screw for rotationally engaging with the collet body to transform rotational movement into translational movement through substantial arresting of collet body rotation by way of an anti-rotation means. The screw comprises a free-spin feature that functionally, but not physically, decouples a drive tool from the collet body.
US10830267B2	Device for mounting an attachment part to a carrier part A device for mounting an attachment part to a carrier part (1) has two mutually opposite legs (2, 3) and an external head plate (14) which are each arranged at a distance from one another. The head plate (14) and the leg (3) adjacent to the head plate (14) have threaded structures (11, 15) which, through an interaction of a blocking unit (16), having a stop portion (17) and an overlap portion (18), with a holding down means (7) and with the leg (3) bearing a threaded structure (11), are arranged at a fixed distance from one another to form an internal thread.
US10830261B2	Fibrillar structures to reduce viscous drag on aerodynamic and hydrodynamic wall surfaces An aerodynamic or hydrodynamic wall surface has an array of fibrillar structures disposed on and extending from the wall surface, wherein each fibrillar structure comprises a stalk and a tip. The stalk has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is attached to the wall surface, and the stalk is oriented with respect to the wall surface at a stalk angle between approximately 1 degrees and 179 degrees. The tip has a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is attached proximate to the second end of the stalk, the tip has a larger cross-sectional area than the stalk, and the second side comprises a substantially planar surface that is oriented with respect to the stalk at a tip angle between approximately 0 degrees and 90 degrees.
US10830259B1	Solenoid high pressure indexing valve system A solenoid high pressure indexing valve system, having at least one solenoid manifold assembly with a manifold assembly and a plurality of solenoid valve assemblies; and a power supply assembly. The manifold assembly has a top face, first and second lateral faces, an inlet tube face, and a sensor face. The top face has a plurality of bores having respective valve bases and inlet-outlet passages. The first and second lateral faces each has a plurality of lateral holes. The inlet tube face is opposite to the sensor face and has an inlet hole, and the sensor face has a sensor hole. The manifold assembly further has an inlet passage and a plurality of outlet passages. The manifold assembly further has an inlet tube and a plurality of outlet tubes. The manifold assembly further has a pressure sensor.
US10830258B2	Device for the direct recovery of hydraulic energy by means of a single-acting hydraulic cylinder The invention concerns a device for the direct recovery of hydraulic energy in a machine, comprising at least one single-acting storage cylinder-piston device with a storage cylinder, a storage cylinder-piston and a storage cylinder chamber, with at least one differential cylinder-piston device with a differential cylinder comprising a separate rod side and base side, and with at least one hydraulic accumulator, which may be connected to the storage cylinder-piston device and/or the differential cylinder-piston device, wherein the potential energy of the storage cylinder-piston device, which retracts under a compressive load, may be at least partially stored in the hydraulic accumulator.
US10830257B2	Apparatus and methods for the control of hydraulic actuators Methods of controlling an actuator during operation using a hydraulic circuit, and related apparatus, are described. The circuit has a first path section along which fluid is supplied to a first chamber of the actuator using a first valve and a second path section along which fluid is extracted from a second chamber of the actuator using a second valve. Pressure data associated with a pressure of the fluid supplied to the first side of the actuator are obtained, a pilot pressure pPilot is produced based on the data and the first and second valves are configured based on the pilot pressure pPilot.
US10830255B2	Centrifugal compressor without external drainage system, motorcompressor and method of avoiding external drainage in a compressor A compressor has a lower inlet with an intake plenum and an upper outlet with a discharge scroll; the compressor includes a plurality of drainage pipes ending at the intake plenum.
US10830248B2	Air-flow circuit for air flow through a bearing enclosure An air-flow circuit for air flow through a bearing enclosure of a turbine engine, the air-flow circuit including a supply system arranged such as to supply the air into the bearing enclosure; a discharge system arranged such as to discharge at least some of the air from the bearing enclosure; an oil-removal system connected to the discharge system, the oil-removal system being capable of reducing the amount of lubricant contained in the air coming from the discharge system; and a compressor arranged between the discharge system and the oil-removal system, the compressor being capable of increasing the air pressure at the intake of the oil-removal system.
US10830247B2	Remanufactured turbocharger shaft and method A turbocharger includes a center housing, a turbine connected on one side of the center housing, the turbine including a turbine wheel connected to a shaft, the shaft extending through the center housing, and a compressor connected on an opposite side of the center housing, the compressor including a compressor wheel connected to the shaft opposite the turbine wheel. The shaft includes a cylindrical body having a centerline, a bore extending into the body adjacent the compressor wheel, and a stublet having an internal end engaged in the bore, and an external end connected to the compressor wheel.
US10830246B2	Electronic pump An electronic pump is provided, which includes a rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes an impeller and a rotor which are separately injection-molded respectively. The material for injection-molding the rotor includes a magnetic material, and the material for injection-molding the impeller does not include a magnetic material. The impeller includes a first fitting portion, the rotor includes a second fitting portion, the impeller and the rotor are cooperated by the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion, and the impeller and the rotor are fixed with respect to each other by a fixing device. In this way, the impeller and the rotor may be made respectively by different materials, and an ordinary plastic material may be employed for the impeller, which may reduce the cost of manufacturing material of the rotor assembly.
US10830245B2	Software-based detection of thrust bearing failures for use with a motor driven compressor A system for controlling a motor driven compressor (MDC) is provided. The system includes a sensing element and a controller coupled to the sensing element. The controller is configured to determine whether an actual speed of the MDC sensed by the sensing element is below a predicted minimum speed, shut down and then restart the MDC and detect if the restart of the MDC is successful.
US10830243B2	Illumination fan An illumination fan includes a first frame, a second frame, a fan blade, a light guide and a light source. The first frame includes an accommodation space. The second frame is assembled with the first frame, and an inner surface of the second frame is substantially flat. The fan blade is rotatably disposed in the accommodation space. The light source is disposed on either the first frame or the second frame. The light guide is disposed on the first frame and surrounds the fan blade.
US10830242B2	Centrifugal pump with impeller centering and vibration dampening A centrifugal pump for delivering coolant in vehicles and providing a centering of a pump impeller and a dampening of motor vibrations. The centrifugal pump having a pump housing consisting of a pump head, which forms a single part with a suction nozzle, a discharge nozzle, a spoke, and a bearing support, in which a counter bearing is mounted, in which a first region of a shaft is supported, around which a pump impeller is rotatably mounted via a slide bearing secured in the pump impeller, the spoke retaining the bearing support in a central position within the pump head and having a containment shell, which separates a wet chamber from a dry chamber and in which a second region of the shaft is supported. The invention seeks to solve the problem of providing in a generic centrifugal pump.
US10830238B2	Air-oil reservoir for an air compressor The compressor is inferiorly provided with a discharge nozzle and with shoes which are seated and affixed against a support plate, incorporated to the air-oil reservoir and provided with an admission hole aligned with the discharge nozzle, and with a tubular column, incorporated to the air-oil reservoir and open to the interior of the latter. The air-oil reservoir further presents: an inner housing receiving a thermostatic valve, connected to the interior of the air-oil reservoir and also to the compressor and to an oil radiator, as a separate device, through cold oil outlet and hot oil outlet nozzles of the air-oil reservoir; openings for the direct coupling of an oil filter and of an air-oil separating filter; and an end housing lodging a minimum pressure valve.
US10830236B2	Compressor including bearing and unloader assembly A compressor is provided that may include a drive shaft, a compression mechanism, a bearing and an unloader. The drive shaft may include a main body and a crank pin extending from the main body. The compression mechanism may include first and second members. The crank pin may drivingly engage the second member and cause motion of the second member relative to the first member. The bearing may rotatably supporting the main body of the drive shaft. The unloader may rotatably engage the bearing and slidably engage the main body.
US10830214B2	Method for securing a lightning receptor cable within a segmented rotor blade The present subject matter is directed to a rotor blade assembly having a rotor blade with a blade tip segment having a blade tip and a blade root segment having a blade root. The blade segments extend in opposite directions from a chord-wise joint. The blade tip segment includes a beam structure extending lengthways that structurally connects with the blade root segment via a receiving section. The assembly also includes a plurality of first bolt joints located at a first end of the beam structure for connecting with the receiving section of the blade root segment. The assembly also includes a lightning protection system with at least one lightning receptor coupled to a lightning receptor cable. The lightning receptor cable is routed from the blade tip to each of the plurality of first bolt joints and to the blade root.
US10830210B2	Emergency wind turbine system comprising a device for rotatably locking the turbine An emergency wind turbine system for an aircraft including an outer structure in which an opening is made includes an emergency wind turbine including: a mast; a turbine including a body mounted on the mast that rotates about an axis of rotation, and a single blade or two blades extending radially from the body between a blade root and a blade head; a locking device to lock rotation of the turbine body about the axis of rotation, when the emergency wind turbine moves between retracted and deployed positions, such that the blade root axis forms an acute locking angle with an orthogonal projection of the longitudinal axis of the mast over a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the turbine and in which the blade root axis extends, to reduce the volume swept by the turbine when it moves between the retracted and deployed positions.
US10830193B2	Intake manifold for engine An intake manifold 10 includes: a blowby gas introduction port 16g that is configured to introduce blowby gas into a PCV chamber 15; a blowby gas exhaust port 16f that is configured to discharge the blowby gas from the PCV chamber 15 into a surge tank 11; and a drain hole 17c that is configured to discharge water contained in the blowby gas, from the PCV chamber 15 into the surge tank 11. A bottom wall 17d of the surge tank 11 includes protruding parts 17e, 17f that protrude upward, the blowby gas exhaust port 16f is located upstream of the most upstream side protruding part 17e located on the most upstream side, and the drain hole 17c is located downstream of the most upstream side protruding part.
US10830190B2	Pressure measurement apparatus for an engine A pressure measurement apparatus for an engine is provided. The pressure measurement apparatus includes a gas flow path component of one of an intake system or an exhaust system, and a differential pressure sensor having a sensor body defining first and second pressure ports, wherein the sensor body is configured to cooperate with an opening in a wall of the gas flow path component so that at least one of the first and second pressure ports terminates inside the gas flow path component in an assembled configuration.
US10830174B1	Monolithic heat-exchanger bodies A monolithic heat exchanger body includes a plurality of heating walls and a plurality of combustion fins. The plurality of heating walls are configured and arranged in an array of spirals or spiral arcs relative to a longitudinal axis. Adjacent portions of the plurality of heating walls respectively define a corresponding plurality of heating fluid pathways therebetween. The plurality of combustion fins are circumferentially spaced about a perimeter of an inlet plenum. The inlet plenum includes or fluidly communicates with a combustion chamber. The plurality of heating fluid pathways fluidly communicate with the inlet plenum. The plurality of combustion fins occupy a radially or concentrically inward portion of the monolithic heat exchanger body. The plurality of heating fluid pathways have a heat transfer relationship with a heat sink disposed about a radially or concentrically outward portion of the monolithic heat exchanger body. A plurality of conduction breaks disposed radially or concentrically outward relative to the plurality of combustion fins at least partially inhibit heat conduction from the plurality of combustion fins to the plurality of heating walls.
US10830164B2	Fresh air flow and exhaust gas recirculation control system and method A fresh air and exhaust gas control method for an engine includes monitoring parameters of an engine in an operational state using a plurality of sensors and generating engine state estimates using an engine observer model. The engine observer model represents an intake manifold volume, an exhaust manifold volume, and a charge air cooler volume. The method also includes generating a turbocharger rotational speed estimate using a turbocharger model and calculating a fresh air flow correction factor. The method further includes determining a desired air throttle position and a desired EGR valve position based on setpoint commands, the monitored engine parameters, the fresh air flow correction factor, the engine state estimates, and the turbocharger rotational speed estimate. The method additionally includes adjusting the air throttle based on the desired air throttle position and adjusting the EGR valve based on the desired EGR valve position.
US10830163B2	Method and system for learning contributions to an engine knock background noise level Methods and systems are disclosed for operating an engine that includes a knock control system that may determine contributions of individual noise sources to an engine background noise level. The contributions of the individual noise sources may be the basis for establishing the presence or absence of knock in one or more engine cylinders.
US10830161B2	System and process for improving emission performance in engines A system for reducing polluting emissions of diesel engines includes a hydrogen gas generator that mixes the hydrogen gas with diesel fuel during certain operations phases of the engine. A default program mixes no hydrogen gas with the diesel fuel. A first operational program, during a cold start, mixes the hydrogen gas and diesel fuel in a 1:1 ratio. A second operational program, during a stabilization phase, mixes the hydrogen gas and diesel fuel in a 1:3 ratio. A third operational program, during a hot start phase, mixes the hydrogen gas and diesel fuel in a 1:2 ratio.
US10830159B2	Valve-actuating device for varying the valve lift The invention relates to a valve-actuating device (1) for actuating at least one first valve of a reciprocating piston machine, in particular an internal combustion engine, which valve-actuating device can be used in particular for engine braking and comprises a first rocker arm part (2), a second rocker arm part (3), and a first switching element (6) for changing the valve stroke (H) of the at least one first valve (5), wherein the first rocker arm part (2) and the second rocker arm part (3) are pivotably supported and are arranged in such a way that at least one first valve control motion of a first camshaft (4) can be transmitted to the at least one first valve (5) by means of the first rocker arm part (2) and the second rocker arm part (3).
US10830158B2	Throttle control method, throttle control device, and throttle control system A throttle control method of controlling an opening degree of a throttle valve in a multi-cylinder engine that includes throttle valves in intake passages provided for each cylinder. It is possible to independently control the opening degree for each of the throttle valves. The throttle control method includes controlling the opening degree of the throttle valve is based on differences among intake air amounts in the respective intake passages.
US10830149B2	Intercooled cooling air using cooling compressor as starter A gas turbine engine comprises a main compressor section having a high pressure compressor with a downstream discharge, and more upstream locations. A turbine section has a high pressure turbine. A tap taps air from at least one of the more upstream locations in the compressor section, passes the tapped air through a heat exchanger and then to a cooling compressor. The cooling compressor compresses air downstream of the heat exchanger, and delivers air into the high pressure turbine. The cooling compressor is connected to be driven with at least one rotor in the main compressor section. A source of pressurized air is selectively sent to the cooling compressor to drive a rotor of the cooling compressor to rotate, and to in turn drive the at least one rotor of the main compressor section at start-up of the gas turbine engine. An intercooling system is also disclosed.
US10830147B2	Heat exchanger integrated with fuel nozzle A cooling air system for use in a gas turbine engine includes a fuel-air heat exchanger. The fuel-air heat exchanger allows heat transfer between a flow of cooling air used to cool components of the engine and a flow of fuel used to drive the engine.
US10830144B2	Gas turbine engine compressor impeller cooling air sinks A gas turbine engine includes devices, systems, and methods for providing bleed air from the compressor impeller to the turbine for cooling and/or other use. The bleed air may include compressor cooling air that is routed through the diffuser and external to an outer bypass duct and/or internally to a forward wheel cavity of the turbine.
US10830141B2	Recuperator for gas turbine engine A recuperator includes a monolithic heat exchanger core having a first side proximal to a combustor inlet and a turbine outlet, and a second side that includes an exhaust outlet. A compressed air inlet is located on the second side, and a compressed air outlet is located on the first side. The compressed air outlet supplies air to a combustor. A first plurality of passageways connects the compressed air inlet to the compressed air outlet. A turbine exhaust inlet is located on the first side, and a turbine exhaust outlet is located on the second side. A second plurality of passageways connects the turbine exhaust inlet to the turbine exhaust outlet. The first and second plurality of passageways are defined by parting plates that extend radially outward in a spiral pattern that maintains a substantially equal distance between adjacent parting plates.
US10830137B2	De-icing by integral electric heat generation Systems and methods for de-icing a fan of a gas turbine engine are disclosed. The systems and methods may include an electrical coil an electrical coil operatively associated with a non-rotating forward assembly of the gas turbine engine; a magnet operatively associated with a rotating surface of the fan, the magnet and the electrical coil producing electricity when the fan is in motion; and a heating element operatively associated with a surface on the fan, the heating element being powered by the electricity produced by the magnet and the electrical coil.
US10830136B2	Fan case for use in a turbofan engine, and method of assembling a turbofan engine A fan case for use in a turbofan engine is provided. The fan case includes an aft portion having a substantially cylindrical cross-sectional shape, and a forward portion extending from the aft portion. A cross-sectional shape of the forward portion progressively decreases in radial size as the forward portion extends from the aft portion.
US10830135B2	Inlet frame for a gas turbine engine An inlet frame and a method of additively manufacturing the same are provided. The inlet frame includes a forward annular body spaced apart from a rear annular body to define an inlet passageway in fluid communication with a compressor inlet. The inlet frame may define integral wash manifolds and discharge ports for directing a flow of wash fluid directly through the compressor inlet. In addition, inlet frame may define one or more integral annular heating plenums in fluid communication with a hot air source for heating regions of the inlet frame that are prone to icing conditions.
US10830130B2	Geared turbofan with three turbines all counter-rotating A gas turbine engine has a fan rotor, a first compressor rotor and a second compressor rotor. The second compressor rotor compresses air to a higher pressure than the first compressor rotor. A first turbine rotor drives the second compressor rotor and a second turbine rotor. The second turbine drives the compressor rotor. A fan drive turbine is positioned downstream of the second turbine rotor. The fan drive turbine drives the fan through a gear reduction. The first compressor rotor and second turbine rotor rotate as an intermediate speed spool. The second compressor rotor and first turbine rotor together as a high speed spool. The high speed spool and the fan drive turbine configured to rotate in the same first direction. The intermediate speed spool rotates in an opposed, second direction.
US10830126B2	Two-speed accessory drive pulley A two-speed pulley assembly for an engine accessory drive includes a planetary gear, a pulley, a friction clutch, a one-way clutch, and a torsional isolator. The planetary gear has a ring gear, a sun gear, a planet carrier and at least one planet gear. The planet carrier is arranged for driving engagement with an engine crankshaft. The pulley circumscribes the ring gear and is in driving engagement with the ring gear. The friction clutch is arranged to selectively prevent rotation of the sun gear. The one-way clutch permits rotation of the sun gear relative to the ring gear in a first rotational direction, and prevents rotation of the sun gear relative to the ring gear in a second rotational direction, opposite the first rotational direction. The torsional isolator is drivingly connected to the planet carrier and arranged to rotate at a same speed as the planet carrier.
US10830124B2	Wellhead gas conditioner methods and uses thereof The embodiments described herein are directed a device for conditioning gas comprising an inlet for receiving fuel. The device includes an injector for injecting an oxygen source into the fuel, a heating component for heating the fuel, a conditioner unit, and a cooling component. The device further comprises an outlet for feeding conditioned gas into an engine. The embodiments are also directed to a method for conditioning gas.
US10830120B2	Heating system A heating system that heats the reducing agent supplier for supplying an urea aqueous solution to an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine in a vehicle includes: a block heater that is provided in a housing formed with a coolant circuit of the internal combustion engine and can be supplied with power of an external power supply; a coolant circulation passage that is branched from the coolant circuit, is disposed in at least a part of the reducing agent supplier, and merges with the coolant circuit again; an on-off control valve that is provided in the middle of the coolant circulation passage; a bypass passage that connects an upstream side and a downstream side of the on-off control valve; and an on-off valve that is provided in the bypass passage.
US10830112B2	Oil separation device for the crankcase ventilation of an internal combustion engine An oil separation device for the crankcase ventilation of an internal combustion engine comprises at least one oil separator with a gas inlet pipe, a gap-determining element, wherein an annular gap is formed or formable between the gap-determining element and an outlet end of the gas inlet pipe, and a baffle wall which is arranged in the flow direction behind the gap. The oil separation device has a driven actuator for adjusting the gap-determining element relative to the gas inlet pipe.
US10830091B2	Distress detection in dynamically and thermally coupled systems A distress detection system includes a data repository operable to collect sensor data from a monitored system. The distress detection system also includes an analysis system with a processing system operable to access a first parameter of a first system of the monitored system from the data repository and access a second parameter of the first system of the monitored system from the data repository. The processing system is also operable to apply fuzzy reasoning rules to evaluate a combination of the first parameter and the second parameter to determine an in-range interaction with respect to a second system of the monitored system as fuzzy metric data points, classify a component of the second system as being in distress based on comparing the fuzzy metric data points to a limit line, and assert a component distress indicator responsive to classifying the component of the second system as being in distress.
US10830090B2	Vane actuating mechanism having a laterally mounted actuating lever A lever assembly forming part of a vane actuating mechanism and serving to connect a stator vane of a turbomachine to an actuating ring of an actuator is provided. The lever assembly is adapted such that an actuating lever of the lever assembly is moved in a first mounting direction transversely to a vane stem of the stator vane extending radially relative to a longitudinal machine axis of the turbomachine and is thereby positioned laterally against the vane stem, and that the actuating lever is radially form-fittingly locked to the vane stem by a locking piece in a second mounting direction. An assembly method and a turbomachine is also provided.
US10830084B2	Housing for a gas turbine compressor The present invention relates to a housing for a gas turbine compressor, having an operating duct for taking up several rows of rotating blades arranged one behind the other axially, wherein a wall of the operating duct has a first air bleed, wherein the housing has a cooling passage for cooling said operating duct wall by conveying air from the first air bleed to a first outlet passage for supplying at least one first bleed air consumer, wherein the first outlet passage is arranged downstream of the first air bleed, and wherein the operating duct wall has a second air bleed downstream of the first air bleed, and the housing has a discharge passage from said second air bleed to a second outlet passage for supplying at least one bleed air consumer.
US10830082B2	Systems including rotor blade tips and circumferentially grooved shrouds A system for a turbomachine includes a rotor blade configured to rotate along a circumferential direction within a casing of the turbomachine and a shroud positioned outward of the rotor blade along a radial direction. The rotor blade includes a root, a tip spaced radially outward from the root, a pressure side tip rail that extends around the tip of the rotor blade along a pressure side wall, and a suction side tip rail that extends around the tip of the rotor blade along a suction side wall. The shroud includes a radially inner surface facing the pressure side tip rail and the suction side tip rail of the rotor blade and spaced from the pressure side tip rail and the suction side tip rail of the rotor blade by a clearance gap. The shroud also includes a plurality of grooves extending continuously along the circumferential direction.
US10830079B2	Detachable anti-wear cap for rectifier sector An assembly including a sector of fixed blades for turbomachine distributor including at one circumferential end a protuberance and at another circumferential end a contact surface, such that the protuberance of a sector arrives opposite the contact surface of another adjacent sector, a detachable cap including a surface with anti-wear material, configured to be engaged detachably on the protuberance of the sector, such that the anti-wear material is in contact with the contact surface of the other sector.
US10830076B2	Outlet guide vane for turbomachine, made from several parts assembled together by attachment means outside the flow stream A guide vane located in a fan air flow in an aircraft twin-spool turbomachine, the vane being made with an extrados body and an intrados body between which there is a thermal conduction matrix. Furthermore, the attachment devices between the two spools are arranged outside the aerodynamic part of the vane.
US10830064B2	Hollow titanium airfoil with titanium coating An airfoil surface includes a first titanium portion, a second titanium portion, an aluminum alloy braze disposed there between, and a titanium coating covering the aluminum alloy braze, at least part of the first titanium portion and at least part of the second titanium portion.
US10830060B2	Engine component with flow enhancer An apparatus for cooling an engine component such as a turbine engine airfoil, including a wall bounding an interior extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge and radially between a root and a tip. A cooling circuit it located within the interior of the airfoil can include a flow enhancer permitting a volume of fluid, such as air, to pass around the flow enhancer.
US10830058B2	Turbine engine components with cooling features An airfoil for use in a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The airfoil includes a pressure side wall, a suction side wall, and a cooling air distribution system. The suction side wall is arranged opposite the pressure side wall. The cooling air distribution system is formed internal to at least one of the pressure side wall and the suction side wall. The cooling air distribution system is configured to distribute cooling air through the airfoil to cool the airfoil.
US10830056B2	Fluid cooling systems for a gas turbine engine A heat exchanger includes an airfoil configured to be positioned in a coolant stream. The airfoil includes a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall coupled to the pressure sidewall. The suction sidewall and the pressure sidewall define a leading edge and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge. The leading edge defines an impingement zone wherein the coolant stream is configured to impinge the airfoil. The heat exchanger also includes at least one channel defined within the airfoil between the pressure sidewall and the suction sidewall. The at least one channel is at least partially defined within the impingement zone proximate the leading edge.
US10830033B2	Apparatus and methods for uninterrupted drilling During slide drilling, certain transient variances in differential pressure may indicate that a subsequent and temporary variance in a toolface angle error does not indicate that drilling should be interrupted. The transient variances in the differential pressure may be within a range of particular threshold pressures.
US10830023B2	Shaped charge system having multi-composition liner A technique facilitates perforation, including the perforation of a casing and formation. A shaped charge is formed with a case, a liner, and a high explosive material located between the case and the liner. The liner is formed of a powder material, e.g. a powder metal material. The powder material properties of the liner between an apex of the liner and a skirt of the liner may be selectively varied to provide a desired jet velocity and jet mass of the liner upon detonation of the high explosive material.
US10830022B2	Methods and systems for utilizing an inner diameter of a tool for jet cutting, hydraulically setting packer and shutting off circulation tool simultaneously Examples of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for utilizing an inner diameter of a tool for jet cutting and hydraulically setting packer.
US10830020B2	Tool assembly with a fluidic agitator and a coating The tool assembly vibrates a casing string or drill string in a wellbore. The tool assembly includes a housing, an insert mounted in the housing as a fluidic agitator, a coating on the insert, and a cover fitted over the insert. The coating on the insert provides erosion resistance and a smooth surface compatible with high velocity fluid flow required to achieve the strength and frequency of desired high strength and low frequency pressure pulses.
US10830019B1	Method for enhancing gas recovery of natural gas hydrate reservoir A method for improving the gas recovery of a natural gas hydrate reservoir by using artificial impermeable layers is described. Artificial impermeable layers are formed by injecting cement slurry into the permeable overburden and underburden layers. When depressurization exploitation is performed, a large amount of seawater can be effectively blocked from entering a hydrate layer, and a production pressure difference between the hydrate layer and the production well is effectively increased, so that a hydrate decomposition rate and the gas recovery are improved.
US10829996B2	Drilling device for earth or rock drilling and method for retrofitting such a drilling device A device for earth or rock drilling has a mast, a drill drive with a shaft for rotatably driving a drill rod, a drill drive carriage, on which the drill drive is arranged, movably supported along the mast, and an oscillation generating drive disposed behind the drill drive in a drilling direction connected to the drill rod for transmitting an oscillation. A rear connecting end of the shaft or the drill rod projects rearwards from the drill drive. A rotary coupling with a first coupling piece is provided on the connecting end in an axially fixed and torque-proof manner, and a second coupling piece is axially fixed and rotatable relative to the first coupling piece. The oscillation drive has a clamping means for releasably clamping the second coupling piece, such that in the clamped state an axially fixed connection is formed between the oscillation drive and the second coupling piece.
US10829995B2	Downhole tool for generating vibration in a tubular A downhole tool and method for use, in which the tool includes a housing defining a first bore axially therethrough, and a valve shaft disposed in the first bore of the housing. The valve shaft defines a second bore extending axially therein and one or more openings extending radially from the second bore, the valve shaft being rotatable relative to the housing. The tool also includes a valve sleeve disposed in the housing and defining one or more openings extending radially therethrough. The valve shaft is rotatable relative to the valve sleeve, such that the one or more openings of the valve sleeve are periodically aligned and misaligned with the one or more openings of the valve sleeve as the valve shaft rotates.
US10829994B2	Drilling direct control user interface Disclosed are control apparatus and methods for direct control in automated drilling. The control apparatus can include a display, a control unit, and an input device for receiving a plurality of measurements comprising one or more of present depth, present bit position, inclination, azimuth, top drive position, magnetic toolface, gravity toolface, a target control parameter. The control apparatus is configured to generate a drill string position indicator relating to a present depth and a present bit position. The control unit is configured to generate a vertical bar graph inclination indicator and a horizontal bar graph display azimuth indicator. The control unit is configured to generate a top drive position index. The control unit is configured to generate a toolface rosebud and a control parameter display. The control unit is configured to iteratively update the display in substantially real time.
US10829990B2	Covering for architectural openings A cord wrapping mechanism converts linear motion to circular motion for use in coverings for architectural openings. The cord is guided onto a spool.
US10829987B2	Reversible window shutter A reversible window shutter includes a frame and reversible panel inserts. The panel inserts can be attached to the frame in a first position in which a first side of the panel inserts are visible through the frame, and a second position in which a second side of the panel inserts are visible through the frame. Each side of the panel inserts can have a different design or style, giving the user the ability to change the visible style of the window shutter. Each panel inserts may be a two-part insert, with each panel insert part having an outer surface with a decorative design, and an inner surface with connection features configured to engage the connection features of the other panel insert part.
US10829979B2	Corner flashing system A corner flashing system is provided for sealing the corners of recessed window frames against moisture penetration. In a preferred embodiment, the system comprises first and second double-flap members, a half-cube member, and caulking. The first and second double-flap members, and the half-cube member are preferably made of asphalt or petroleum based material. In another preferred embodiment, the system comprises one double-flap member, a modified half-cube member, and caulking. In another preferred embodiment, the system comprises a single member that combines a double-flap member and a half-cube member, and caulking. In another preferred embodiment, the system comprises a combination member, a double-flap member, and caulking.
US10829950B1	System and method for dynamically bracing a buckling masonry wall A system and method for supporting a buckled wall. The system positions a support structure adjacent the buckling wall in order to stop or diminish additional buckling. The support structure consists of a base beam that runs along the ground parallel to the wall. At least one lateral leg extends from the base beam to make a stable base. A vertical beam extends upwardly from the base. One or more jacks are used to tilt the base and the vertical beam toward the buckling wall. Contact braces are supported by the vertical beam. Each of the contact braces has a faceplate that can be individually adjusted into contact with the buckling wall. The faceplates can articulate and match the angle of the wall where contacted.
US10829937B2	Roofing system and method A system and method of roofing. The present invention includes a fabric sheet having an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface includes one of a hook and loop fastener and the lower surface is configured to be attached to a roof decking. The present invention further includes a plurality of tiles each having an upper edge, a lower edge, a top surface, and a bottom surface. The other of the hook and loop fastener is attached to the bottom surface. The plurality of tiles are releasably attached to the upper surface of the fabric sheet via the hook and loop fasteners.
US10829936B2	Hip and ridge shingle An exemplary laminated shingle includes an overlay sheet having a top overlay surface, a bottom overlay surface, a headlap portion, and a tab portion arranged between two-cutouts. The shingle also includes an underlay sheet having a top underlay surface and a bottom underlay surface. The overlay sheet is attached to the underlay sheet such that a portion of the top underlay surface is exposed on a first side of the tab portion and a portion of the top underlay surface is exposed on a second side of the tab portion.
US10829924B2	Composite wall and methods of constructing a composite wall Composite walls have the structural components connected to form a substantially unitary structure. A composite wall is described that includes a block and/or brick wythe adhered to a poured concrete wall. The composite wall may also have a panel sheet material adhered to the poured concrete opposite surface of the poured concrete wall. Further, the composite wall may include a first wythe comprising concrete blocks, bricks, or a combination thereof, a poured concrete core, and a rigid insulation panel, wherein at least a portion of the blocks and/or bricks of the first wythe are adhered to a first surface of the concrete core and the rigid insulation panel is adhered to a second surface of the poured concrete core. Wire ties may extend from the mortar joints in the first wythe through the rigid insulation panel.
US10829923B2	Pump station comprising a flush pipe A pump station for intermediate storage of liquid includes a tank configured to house the liquid, an inlet for influent liquid flow, a pump configured to intermittently discharge liquid from the tank, an outlet for effluent liquid flow, and a flush pipe having a lower opening provided in the tank and an upper opening. The lower opening of the flush pipe is located below a pump start liquid level of the tank, and the flush pipe includes a valve configured to open/close fluid communication between the lower opening of the flush pipe and the upper opening of the flush pipe. The valve is located above the pump start liquid level of the tank. The flush pipe is configured to alternate between a primed state and a released state.
US10829916B2	User interface for a faucet A faucet user interface illustratively includes a support extending along a longitudinal axis, and a handle operably coupled to the support. In an illustrative embodiment, the handle is rotatable about the longitudinal axis for controlling a first water parameter (e.g., water temperature), and the handle is axially movable along the longitudinal axis for controlling a second water parameter (e.g., water flow rate). In another illustrative embodiment, a first handle is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of a delivery spout for controlling a first water parameter, and a second handle is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the delivery spout for controlling a second water parameter.
US10829911B2	Visual assistance and control system for a work machine A work machine includes a frame and a set of ground engaging elements movably supported by the frame and driven by an engine to drive movement of the machine in a worksite. The machine includes a location sensor configured to generate a machine location sensor signal indicative of a location of the machine. The machine includes a communication component that communicates with a worksite server and retrieves object location data. The machine also includes virtual model generator logic that determines the object is within a field of view of an operator of the machine, based on the machine location sensor signal and object location data, and generates an augmentation indication indicative of the determination. The machine includes augmentation logic that generates and displays an augmented reality overlay, based on the augmentation indication, and displays an indication of the object proximate the object within the field of view of the operator.
US10829902B2	Retaining wall A retaining wall for retaining matter on a side thereof comprising: a plurality of upwardly projecting primary sheet piles spaced apart from each other and having first structural properties comprising at least one of weight, size, strength and depth to be installed in a supporting body; and one or more intermediate panels of material arranged so as to span the gap between a pair primary sheet piles and to retain at least a portion of the retained matter, wherein the one or more intermediate panels have second structural properties different from the first structural properties.
US10829899B2	Partial-cut-width sensing for cold planar A system for sensing partial-cut-width in a cold planar machine comprises a frame, a cutting system mounted to the frame comprising a cutting tool extending across a cutting path, sensors positioned across the cutting path, and a controller electronically coupled to the sensors to determine a partial-cut-width of material for the cutting tool. A method comprises sensing depth distances across a cut width of a cutting tool, determining a difference in depth distances, determining a location for the difference in depth distances, determining a portion of the cut width based on the determined location to determine a partial-cut-width.
US10829898B2	Three-dimensional bridge deck finisher A bridge paving machine and method for paving a 3D design without vertical profile rails includes converting a desired design into a 3D surface model to account for certain factors known to cause deviations in the paving processes and paving the 3D surface model in the expectation that factors will cause the 3D surface model to deflect into the desired design. An on-board computer system adjusts the 3D surface model in real-time to correct for on-site variables. The on-board computer system receives data from various external sensors, including deflection sensors fixed to girders in the bride structure, and paving machine-based sensors, and uses various predictive models to predict surface deflection based on the sensor data. The 3D surface model is continuously updated based on the predictive models and actual measured deflections.
US10829895B2	Use of an acrylate copolymer as retention aid in a method of making a substrate comprising cellulosic fibres Method of making a substrate comprising cellulosic fibres such as paper comprising at least steps (a) and (b): (a) providing an aqueous suspension comprising cellulosic fibres; (b) adding to the suspension provided in step (a) an acrylate copolymer containing carboxyl groups or a salt thereof and ester groups; wherein the acrylate copolymer is the polymerization product of monomers at least selected from an acrylic acid ester of general formula I CH2═CR1—CO2R2 and an acrylic acid of general formula II CH2═CR3—COOH or a salt thereof, wherein R1 and R3 are independently selected from H, CH3, or C2H5; and R2 is a C1-10 alkyl group.
US10829889B1	Thermal enhancement additives useful for fabrics Additives containing a filler, and an emissivity agent are combined for thermal enhancement, which may further include a reflectivity agent, a stabilizer, or combinations thereof. The additive is used in the production of cloth or the modification of cloth including clothing, home goods, and temporary shelters, and may be used in screen printing and three dimensional applications. More than one type of filler, emissivity agent, reflective agent, and stabilizer may be used.
US10829885B2	Drain pump assembly for a washing machine appliance and methods of operating the same A washing machine appliance includes a sump for collecting wash fluid and a drain pump assembly for selectively draining that wash fluid in response to sump pressures measured by a water level detection system. Specifically, a controller is configured for operating the drain pump assembly to perform a drain cycle and obtaining a sump pressure after the drain cycle. A variable flag is set to a first state if the measured pressure exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure, which indicates that a certain amount of wash fluid is present in the sump. During a subsequent operating cycle, the drain pump assembly will be operated at the start of the cycle only if the variable flag was set to the first state during the prior operating cycle.
US10829884B2	Structural arrangement introduced in a liquid dispensing set-up of a household appliance A structural arrangement introduced in a liquid dispensing set-up of a household appliance includes at least one feed pipe, at least one movable lid cooperating with a fixed body, and at least one liquid flow driver. The liquid flow driver is disposed adjacent a lower face of the movable lid. The liquid flow driver is associated with the feed pipe through a fluid connector. The fluid connector defines a hinge axis of the movable lid. The liquid flowing through the liquid flow driver is directed inside of at least one washing environment defined in an inside of the household appliance.
US10829883B2	Water delivery nozzles for chemistry dispensing system A laundry appliance includes a drum that is rotationally operable within a wash tub. A chemistry receptacle is located proximate the drum. A chemistry dispensing module is coupled to the chemistry receptacle and has a prewash portion and a main wash portion. A first fluid inlet is coupled with the prewash portion and a second fluid inlet is coupled to the main wash portion. An outlet extends from the chemistry dispensing module to a laundry treating chamber. A prewash nozzle is coupled to the first fluid inlet and the prewash portion. The prewash nozzle includes an elongated arcuate body that follows a curvature of the prewash portion and defines a cyclonic flow path from the prewash nozzle to the outlet.
US10829871B2	Continuous heat set machine and sealing head for a continuous heat set machine A continuous process heat set tunnel for exerting a sealing force against a top sealing roll, a yarn-transporting conveyor and a bottom sealing roll. At least first and second top pneumatic lamella sealing cylinders are mounted on the sealing roll frame for exerting against the top lamella a sealing force against the roll surface of the top sealing roll, and at least first and second bottom pneumatic lamella sealing cylinders are mounted on the sealing roll frame for exerting against the bottom lamella a sealing force against the roll surface of the bottom sealing roll.
US10829868B2	Manufacturing method of SiC composite substrate A manufacturing method of an SiC composite substrate 10 that includes a single crystal SiC layer 12 on a polycrystalline SiC substrate 11. After manufacturing a single crystal SiC layer supporting body 14 by providing the single crystal SiC layer 12 on one surface of a holding substrate 21 including Si. A polycrystalline SiC is deposited on the single crystal SiC layer 12 through chemical vapor deposition to manufacture an SiC laminated body 15 laminated with the single crystal SiC layer 12 and the polycrystalline SiC layer 11 having a thickness t on the holding substrate 21′. At the same time, the single crystal SiC layer supporting body 14 is heated at a temperature less than 1,414 degrees Celsius, and a portion of the thickness t of the polycrystalline SiC is deposited. Then, the holding substrate 21′ is physically and/or chemically removed.
US10829861B2	Reduction catalyst, and chemical reactor, reduction method and reduction product-producing system employing the catalyst The present embodiments provide a reduction catalyst realizing high reaction efficiency and a reduction reactor employing the catalyst. The reduction catalyst of the embodiment comprises an electric conductor and an organic layer having organic modifying groups placed on the surface of the conductor. The organic modifying groups have an aromatic ring having two or more nitrogen atoms. The reduction catalyst is used in a reduction reactor, and the reactor is also provided.
US10829853B2	Fluidized bed pyrocarbon coating Arrangements are provided for assembling multiple substrates for coating within a fluidized bed coater so as to deposit a coating of uniform thickness across the entire exterior surface thereof. One embodiment includes a method for coating orthopedic implants having convex and concave surfaces with pyrocarbon by pyrolytic decomposition of a hydrocarbon.
US10829851B2	Box coating apparatus for vacuum coating of substrates, in particular spectacle lenses, and heating device for it A box coating apparatus for vacuum coating of substrates comprises a vacuum chamber which contains an evaporation source for evaporating coating material and a substrate holder disposed vis-à-vis to the evaporation source so that coating material evaporated by the evaporation source can impinge on substrates held by the substrate holder. An electric heating device is centrally arranged in the vacuum chamber, which is constructed to heat up the vacuum chamber during vacuum check and cleaning routines. So as to be removable from the vacuum chamber prior to the deposition processes, the heating device is provided with a stand having a plurality of leg portions mounted to a base plate, which are sized and constructed at the base plate so that the heating device can be placed over and above the evaporation source.
US10829836B2	Dross management system and method A dross processing assembly includes a stirring station at which dross in a first dross recovery vessel is stirred and a pressing station at which previously stirred dross in a second dross recovery vessel is pressed simultaneously with the stirring of the dross in the first dross recovery vessel. The stirring station and the pressing station may be commonly housed in an enclosure. A conveyor system may advance dross recovery vessels through the dross processing assembly for continuous dross processing.
US10829827B2	Method for obtaining low ethanol-producing yeast strains, yeast strains obtained therefrom and their use The present disclosure concerns a process for obtaining a variant yeast strain capable of producing less ethanol in an alcoholic fermentation process than its corresponding ancestral strain. The variant yeast strain is obtained by culturing the ancestral strain in the presence of increasing concentrations of a salt capable of causing an hyperosmotic stress to the ancestral yeast strain. The present disclosure also concerns variant yeast strain obtained from this process (for example the variant yeast strain deposited at Institut Pasteur, on Jan. 9, 2014, under accession number CNCM I-4832, the variant yeast strain deposited at Institut Pasteur, on Oct. 18, 2012 under accession number CNCM I-4684, the variant yeast strain deposited at Institut Pasteur, on Oct. 18, 2012 under accession number CNCM I-4685 and/or the variant yeast strain deposited at Institut Pasteur on Jan. 28, 2015 under accession number CNCM I-4952) as well as processes using the variant yeast strain (wine fermentation for example).
US10829816B2	Methods of analyte detection Disclosed herein are methods and systems for detection and discrimination of optical signals from a densely packed substrate. These have broad applications for biomolecule detection near or below the diffraction limit of optical systems, including in improving the efficiency and accuracy of polynucleotide sequencing applications.
US10829809B2	Gene-specific unbiased amplification method The present invention is intended to provide a method of amplifying a target gene without bias and an adapter DNA use therefor. The adapter DNA of the present invention is double-stranded adapter DNA, which is used for unbiased gene amplification.
US10829805B2	Amplified nucleic acid detection method and detection device An object of the invention is to provide a nucleic acid detection method which takes advantage of the high specificity of hybridization techniques, reduces the time length and the number of steps required for detection of PCR products, and allows for easy and highly accurate detection by visual observation without the need of special equipment; and a nucleic acid detection device or kit. The invention provides a method for detecting a target nucleic acid in a sample, which includes performing amplification of the target nucleic acid sequence to synthesize an amplification product having a partially double-stranded structure where a single-stranded region is added to each end of the target sequence, and hybridizing a nucleic acid sequence bound to a development medium and a nucleic acid sequence labeled with a labeling compound with the single-stranded regions of the amplification product to form a sandwich hybridization complex; and a detection device thereof.
US10829800B2	Systems and methods for enhanced SCODA Methods and apparatus for separating, concentrating and/or detecting molecules based on differences in binding affinity to a probe are provided. The molecules may be differentially modified. The molecules may be differentially methylated nucleic acids. The methods can be used in fields such as epigenetics or oncology to selectively concentrate or detect the presence of specific biomolecules or differentially modified biomolecules, to provide diagnostics for disorders such as fetal genetic disorders, to detect biomarkers in cancer, organ failure, disease states, infection or the like.
US10829797B2	Method for determining antimicrobial susceptibility of a microorganism A method for determining the antimicrobial susceptibility of a microorganism in a clinical sample includes removing a test aliquot from a clinical sample culture before the culture reaches 0.5 McFarland units and isolating the microbial cells. The cells are transferred into a suitable culture medium for microbial growth and an AST assay is performed using the isolated microbes. The concentration of microbial cells in the microbial cells used to set up the AST assay is measured before measuring the degree of microbial growth in different conditions of the AST assay. Devices for determining the anti-microbial susceptibility of a microorganism in a clinical sample are also disclosed.
US10829793B2	Transformant that produces copolymerized PHA containing 3HH unit, and method for producing said PHA Provided are a transformant that produces a copolymerized PHA containing 3HH units in a higher composition proportion; and a method for producing a copolymerized PHA, using this transformant. The transformant is a transformant that produces a copolymerized PHA containing 3HH units, in which a gene encoding an enzyme having trans-2-enoyl-CoA hydratase activity and (R)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase activity is introduced into a prokaryotic microorganism having a PHA synthetase gene capable of synthesizing the copolymerized PHA containing the 3HH units. The method is a method for producing a copolymerized PHA containing 3HH units, which includes a step of culturing this transformant.
US10829784B2	Method for preparing recombinant adeno-associated virus A method for producing recombinant adeno-associated virus, the method including: (1) transforming a gene of interest (GOI) into a recombinant baculovirus, where the recombinant baculovirus has a genome integrated with AAV Rep gene, Cap gene, and rAAV genome ITR-GOI that are needed in the production of the rAAV; and where the ITR-GOI is linked to expression cassette of the Cap gene and the Rep gene by a 5′ terminal nucleic acid segment or a 3′ terminal nucleic acid segment; (2) infecting host insect larvae with the recombinant baculovirus prepared in (1), such that the rAAV is produced in vivo in the host insect larvae; and (3) lysing the host insect larvae obtained in (2), and extracting and purifying the rAAV.
US10829780B2	Biological control of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus An attenuated strain of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) is useful to protect cucumber plants from infection with the wild-type infectious CGMMV strain. The genome of the attenuated virus contains at least one mutation or group of mutations selected from c.4969G>A, c.3334C>T, and a group of at least six of the mutations c.315G>A; c.1498A>G; c.1660C>T; c.3430C>T; c.3528A>G; c.4144C>T; c.4248C>T; and c.6228C>T. These mutated genomes encode one or more mutations selected from R1637H in the 186 kDa readthrough replication protein, A1092V in the 129 kDa replication protein and/or the 186 kDa readthrough replication protein, and at least six mutations selected from G86S, E480G, S534F, A1124V, N1157D, P1362L, P1397S in the 129 kDa replication protein and/or the 186 kDa readthrough replication protein, and the A156V mutation in the coat protein.
US10829779B2	Use of elongator genes to improve plant disease resistance The invention provides methods and compositions for producing plants displaying enhanced disease resistance by transgenic over-expression of Elongator Complex subunit ELP3 or ELP4 genes. Methods and compositions for production of plants with altered growth habit (e.g. runner development) are also provided.
US10829772B2	Unique modular vector design The current invention provides a modular vector system that enables the insertion of gene expression cassettes in a recursive directional stacking fashion by rare restriction sites which requires only one type of vector. The invention also provides DNA molecules, compositions, and transgenic organisms, plants, plant tissues, plant seeds, and cells comprising recombined restriction sites for rare restriction enzymes.
US10829763B2	TMPRSS6 iRNA compositions and methods of use thereof The invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the TMPRSS6 gene, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of TMPRSS6 and methods of treating subjects having a TMPRSS6 associated disorder, e.g., an iron overload associated disorder, such as β-thalassemia or hemochromatosis.
US10829755B2	Genetically engineered arginine deiminase modified by site-directed mutagenesis A genetically engineered arginine deiminase reconstructed by site-directed mutagenesis belongs to the technical field of genetic engineering technology. Its amino acid sequence is shown as SEQ ID No. 1. In the amino acid sequence of the arginine deiminase reconstructed by site-directed mutagenesis, glycine at position 264 is mutated to proline, compared to an amino acid sequence of native arginine deiminase. Compared with wild type enzyme, the effective pH range effect of the mutated arginine deiminase according to the present invention is broadened to a certain extent, and especially a good enzyme activity is achieved at physiological pH 7.4. With the broadening of the effective pH effect range, the mutant enzyme still has higher stability under the condition of pH 5.5-7.5. Therefore, the problem that the arginine deiminase generally is low in enzymatic activity and short in half-life in vivo under physiological conditions in clinical application for tumor therapy is solved, and a good condition for using the enzyme and an encoding gene thereof for clinical treatment is created.
US10829754B2	Plastic degrading proteases The present invention relates to novel proteases, more particularly to protease variants having improved activity compared to the protease of SEQ ID NO:1 and the uses thereof for degrading polyester containing material, such as plastic products. The proteases of the invention are particularly suited to degrade polylactic acid, and material containing polylactic acid.
US10829747B2	Polymerase variants The present disclosure provides variant Pol6 polymerase polypeptides, compositions comprising the Pol6 variant polypeptides, and methods for using the variant Pol6 polypeptides for determining the sequencing of nucleic acids, for example, by nanopore sequencing. The variant Pol6 polymerases possess decreased rates of dissociation of template from the polymerase-template complex, which result in increased processivity relative to the parental Pol6 polypeptides from which they are derived.
US10829733B2	Composition and method for enabling proliferation of pluripotent human stem cells Compositions and processes for culturing human stem cells in vitro in an undifferentiated state are disclosed. In this regard, human embryonic stem cells proliferated and maintained their pluripotency when cultured on plates coated with recombinant laminin-10 (laminin-511).
US10829731B2	Biocatalysts for conversion of thermochemical waste streams Disclosed herein are microorganisms that have enhanced tolerance to toxic compounds found in thermochemical waste streams. Methods of utilizing carbon found in waste streams are also disclosed. Also presented herein are methods for detoxifying waste streams and methods of bioconversion of toxic waste stream materials into useful products.
US10829730B2	Microdevice platform recapitulating hypoxic tissue microenvironments Hypoxia plays a central role in cancer progression and resistance to therapy. A microdevice platform is engineered to recapitulate the intratumor oxygen gradients that drive the heterogeneous hypoxic landscapes in solid tumors. The microdevice design features a “tumor section”-like culture by incorporating a cell layer between two diffusion barriers, where an oxygen gradient is established by cellular metabolism and physical constraints. The oxygen gradient is confirmed by numerical simulation and imaging-based oxygen sensor measurement. Spatially-resolved hypoxic signaling in cancer cells is also demonstrated through immunostaining, gene expression assay, and hypoxia-targeted drug treatment. The microdevice platform can accurately generate and control oxygen gradients, eliminates complex microfluidic handling, allows for incorporation of additional tumor components, and is compatible with high-content imaging and high-throughput applications. It is well suited for understanding hypoxia-mediated mechanisms in cancer disease and other biological tissues and processes, and discovery of new therapeutics.
US10829716B2	Process for preparing a perfuming composition Described herein is a process for preparing a stable perfuming composition including a perfume oil, a viscosifying agent including tricyclodecanedimethanol alcohol, and a perfumery carrier including dipropylene glycol.
US10829714B2	Grease composition for constant velocity joints, and constant velocity joint in which same is sealed The present invention provides a grease composition for constant velocity joints, which includes a lubricating base oil, a thickener including a nitrogen-containing compound, a triglyceride, a diester, and a boron nitride, wherein a total content of the triglyceride and the diester is 1 to 5 mass % based on a total amount of the grease composition, and a mass ratio of a content of the triglyceride to a content of the diester (triglyceride/diester) is 0.3 to 1.5.
US10829707B2	Methods for reduction of pollutants from carbonaceous materials prior to combustion Methods for reducing potential pollutants in carbonaceous materials such as coal, lignites and the like prior to utilization such as by combustion, the invention in preferred embodiments processes such materials by resonance disintegration including inter alia subjection to rapid pressure increases and decreases to reduce the materials to particle sizes of a preferable mean value of approximately fifty microns or less. Pollutants such as sulfur, mercury and other heavy metals bound in a mineral fraction and micronized by such processing can then removed by classification techniques based on physical differences between a micronized carbonaceous fraction and the mineral fraction. Combustion of the micronized carbonaceous fraction substantially free of the mineral fraction results in emissions having reduced levels of sulfur, mercury and other toxic substances. The methods of the invention further include removal of water from carbonaceous materials such as coal, lignites and the like by subjection of such materials to resonance disintegration.
US10829699B2	Functionalized aldehydes as H2S and mercaptan scavengers Certain functionalized aldehydes scavengers may be used to at least partially scavenge sulfur-containing contaminants from fluid systems containing hydrocarbons and/or water. The contaminants scavenged or otherwise removed include, but are not necessarily limited to, H2S, mercaptans, and/or sulfides. Suitable scavengers include, but are not necessarily limited to, reaction products of glycolaldehyde with aldehydes; reaction products of glycolaldehyde with a nitrogen-containing reactant (e.g. an amine, a triazine, an imine, an aminal, and/or polyamines); non-nitrogen-containing reaction products of a hydrated aldehyde with certain second aldehydes; reaction products of 1,3,5-trioxane with hydroxyl-rich compounds (e.g. glyoxal, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, pentaerythritol, and/or sugars); and reaction products of certain aldehydes with certain phenols; and combinations of these reaction products.
US10829697B2	Processes for producing a fuel from a renewable feedstock An apparatus and a process for providing a green diesel with improved flow properties. A renewable feed comprising an oil is deoxygenated to provide an effluent. The effluent may be isomerized to improve the qualities of the effluent for use as a diesel fuel. Additionally, the effluent may be filtered to increase the fuel flow properties. As filtration zone can be used, which includes a filter and which may be flushed with a portion of the feed stream to the filtration zone or a portion of filtration zone effluent. The wash stream may be heated.
US10829687B2	Additive stabilized composite nanoparticles A composite particle that includes: a fluorescent semiconductor core/shell nanoparticle (preferably, nanocrystal); and a stabilizing additive of the formula (I), wherein R1 is a hydrocarbyl group, including aryl, alkaryl, alkyl or aralkyl, preferably at least one of R1 is aryl or alkaryl, more preferably at least two are aryl or alkaryl; R2 is R1 when a is one and a C1-C10 divalent alkylene when a is 2; Z is P, As or Sb.
US10829682B2	Miscible solvent assisted gravity drainage A method for enhanced or improved oil recovery includes injecting a miscible injection fluid comprising an unfractionated hydrocarbon mixture through an injection well into a hydrocarbon bearing reservoir at a structurally higher position to initiate gravity-stable displacement and gas cap expansion processes. Residual hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon bearing reservoir are mobilized and displaced by the miscible injection fluid to a structurally lower position within the hydrocarbon bearing reservoir adjacent a production well through which they are produced to the surface.
US10829677B2	Graphene doped aluminum composite and method of forming Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to a graphene doped aluminum composite, as well as a method of forming such a composite. Devices for heat dissipation can include such a graphene doped aluminum composite, where the composite can be formed in a process that includes crystallizing aluminum around substantially uniformly dispersed graphene.
US10829676B2	Treated geothermal brine compositions with reduced concentration of silica, iron and lithium This invention relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of lithium, iron and silica compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions contain concentration of lithium ranges from 0 to 200 mg/kg, concentration of silica ranges from 0 to 30 mg/kg, concentration of iron ranges from 0 to 300 mg/kg. Exemplary compositions also contain reduced concentrations of elements like arsenic, barium, and lead.
US10829674B2	Working medium and heat cycle system To provide a working medium for heat cycle, of which combustibility is suppressed, which has less influence over the ozone layer, which has less influence over global warming and which provides a heat cycle system excellent in the cycle performance (efficiency and capacity), and a heat cycle system, of which the safety is secured, and which is excellent in the cycle performance (efficiency and capacity).A working medium for heat cycle comprising 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is employed for a heat cycle system (such as a Rankine cycle system, a heat pump cycle system, a refrigerating cycle system 10 or a heat transport system).
US10829668B2	Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition The present application relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a protective film, an optical element and a display device. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition of the present application has excellent storage stability, exhibits an appropriate low-speed and high-speed peel forces after the cross-linked structure is formed, and has excellent balance of both. Furthermore, the pressure-sensitive adhesive formed by the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition does not leave contaminants in the adherend after peeling, while exhibiting re-detachability. Accordingly, when the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is applied to, for example, a protective film, it is also advantageous in terms of high-speed processes by being easily peeled off upon high-speed peeling as well as it exhibits an excellent protective effect, thereby being capable of exhibiting excellent antistatic characteristics.
US10829661B2	Aquatic organism repellent paint composition The present invention provides an aquatic organism repellent paint composition having good dispersion stability and capable of maintaining the repellent effect on aquatic organisms over a long time. The present invention relates to an aquatic organism repellent paint composition containing: a vinyl alcohol polymer (A) having a degree of saponification of more than 65 mol % and less than 88 mol %; an inorganic oxide (B); and a solvent (C).
US10829644B2	Pattern forming method as well as production methods for processed substrate, optical component, circuit board, electronic component and imprint mold A pattern is formed on a substrate with forming a layer of a curable composition (A1) containing a component (a1) serving as a polymerizable compound and a component (e1) on a surface of the substrate, then dispensing droplets of a curable composition (A2) containing at least a component (a2) serving as a polymerizable compound dropwise discretely onto the layer of the curable composition (A1), subsequently sandwiching a mixture layer of the curable composition (A1) and the curable composition (A2) between a mold and the substrate, then irradiating the mixture layer with light to cure the layer, and releasing the mold from the mixture layer after the curing, a surface tension of a composition of components of the curable composition (A1) except a solvent being higher than a surface tension a composition of components of the curable composition (A2) except a solvent.
US10829642B2	Method for producing carbon black using an extender fluid Methods for the production of carbon black using an extender fluid(s) are provided as well as methods to control one or more particle properties of carbon black utilizing extender fluids and other techniques.
US10829641B2	Coloring composition, film, color filter, pattern forming method, method for manufacturing color filter, solid image pickup element, and infrared sensor Provided is a coloring composition with which a film capable of allowing transmission of infrared light in a state where noise generated from visible light is small can be formed. In addition, also provided are a film, a color filter, a pattern forming method, a method for manufacturing a color filter, a solid image pickup element, and an infrared sensor in which the coloring composition is used. The coloring composition includes a coloring material that shields light in a visible range; and an infrared absorber. It is preferable that the coloring material that shields light in the visible range includes two or more chromatic colorants and that a combination of the two or more chromatic colorants forms black. Alternatively, it is preferable that the coloring material that shields light in the visible range includes an organic black colorant. It is preferable that the organic black colorant is at least one selected from the group consisting of a perylene compound and a bisbenzofuranone compound.
US10829640B2	Curable high hardness silicone composition and composite articles made thereof A liquid curable silicone elastomer composition is disclosed. The composition comprises: an organopolysiloxane (A) comprising: an organopolysiloxane (A1) containing at least 2 alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atom per molecule and having a total alkenyl content of from 0.01 to 1.5 mmol/g, and an organopolysiloxane (A2) containing at least 2 alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atom per molecule and having a total alkenyl content of from 5.0 to 15.0 mmol/g; an organopolysiloxane (B) comprising an organopolysiloxane (B1) containing at least 2 silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule provided by siloxy units of the type (R2HSiO1/2)x where R is independently selected from hydrogen, an aliphatic a hydrocarbyl, an aromatic hydrocarbyl, or an organyl group and x≥2; a platinum based catalyst (C); an inhibitor (D) selected from the group consisting of acetylenic alcohols and their derivatives; and a silica filler (E).
US10829633B2	Epoxy resin compositions and fiber-reinforced composite materials prepared therefrom An epoxy resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material, containing at least components [A], [B], [C], [D], and [E], wherein the epoxy resin composition when cured has a glass transition temperature greater than 220° C. and a storage modulus, as defined by a specific method, less than 35 MPa, as determined from an elastic shear modulus measured at a temperature of at least 35° C. higher than the glass transition temperature, wherein the components [A], [B], [C], [D], and [E] are:[A] at least one naphthalene-based epoxy resin having an EEW between 190 and 260 g/mol;[B] at least one epoxy resin having a functionality of three or more;[C] at least one amine curing agent;[D] at least one latent acid catalyst; and[E] at least one cycloaliphatic epoxy resin.This epoxy resin composition is useful in the molding of fiber-reinforced composite materials. More particularly, it is possible to offer an epoxy resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material where the cured material obtained by heating has high levels of heat resistance and microcrack resistance.
US10829621B2	Edible water-soluble film Disclosed herein are water-soluble films and resulting packets including a water soluble film, wherein the water-soluble film includes a water-soluble mixture of polyvinyl alcohol, a compatibilizing agent, and a sugar alcohol plasticizer that is a solid at room temperature, wherein the water-soluble film is substantially transparent.
US10829609B2	Silicone rubber syntactic foam The present invention relates to a novel silicone rubber syntactic foam and the silicone precursor of said foam.
US10829598B2	Process for preparing a polymer/biological entities alloy The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polymer/biological entities alloy, comprising a step of mixing a polymer and biological entities that degrade it, during a heat treatment, said heat treatment being performed at a temperature T above room temperature and said biological entities being resistant to said temperature T, characterized in that said biological entities are chosen from enzymes that degrade said polymer and microorganisms that degrade said polymer.
US10829592B2	Method for preparing polyaniline complex with antimicrobial activity and heavy metal removal efficiency using conductive poly aniline polymer doped with organic acid and metal ion in defined order Disclosed is a method for preparing an insoluble polyaniline complex with antimicrobial activity and heavy metal removal efficiency that involves doping a porous nonconductive polyaniline emeraldine base with an organic acid to impart conductivity and then with a metal ion to render the metal ion attached to the surface of the conductive polymer, and a polyaniline complex prepared from the preparation method, which polyaniline complex is excellent in the ability to adsorb and/or eliminate bacteria and other microbes and to remove heavy metals and hence available in any of various applications for antimicrobial activity and heavy metal removal, including filters for water purifier, automobile or household air conditioner, gas masks, water and sewage treatment system, air purifier, cleanroom, etc.
US10829591B2	Latex products having polymers and polymer adducts as quick-setting additives A latex product composition that includes an anionicaily-stabilized latex; at least one volatile base compound; and one or more water soluble, polymers or polymeric adducts that have a backbone with a plurality of amine functional groups and hydroxyl functional groups. The polymers or polymeric adducts may be an addition product formed from at least one multifunctional amine compound reacted with one or more polyfunctional epoxy compounds, one or more monofunctional epoxy compounds, or a combination thereof. The polymers or polymeric adducts are formed by the addition reaction of the amine compound and the one or more epoxy compounds with 1.3 to 3.8 amine functional group per epoxy functional group. The addition product may be present in about 0.1 to 15.0 wt. % and the at least one volatile base compound is present in about 1.0 wt. % to 10.0 wt. % based on the weight of the particles present in the anionicaily-stabilized latex.
US10829583B2	Radiation curable polyurethane-based binder dispersion A radiation curable polyurethane-based binder dispersion includes water and a radiation curable polyurethane dispersed in the water. The polyurethane is formed from: a polyisocyanate; a polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at one end of the chain and no hydroxyl groups at an opposed end of the chain, and having a number average molecular weight ranging from about 500 to about 5,000; an acrylate or methacrylate, the acrylate or methacrylate having at least one hydroxyl functional group and having an acrylate functional group or a methacrylate functional group; an alcohol or a diol or an amine having a number average molecular weight less than 600; and a sulfonate or sulfonic acid having one or two amino functional groups.
US10829563B2	Method of screening a candidate compound for activity as an elastase 2A (ELA2A) inhibitor The invention is in the field of therapy of gut inflammatory diseases such as Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) or Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) including Gluten hypersensitivity. The inventors showed that ELA2A secreted by epithelial cells in the extracellular space is over-expressed in IBD conditions degrading tight junction proteins and controlling cytokines expression. Overexpression of ELA2A conferred a pro-inflammatory phenotype both in cell expression systems and in vivo in animal model of IBD. The inventors also showed that ELA2 over-expressing intestinal epithelial cells increase the release of CXCL8 protein compared to control cells. The increased CXCL-8 protein release observed in cells overexpressing ELA2A is inhibited by ELAFIN addition to the culture, in a dose-dependent manner. In particular, the invention relates to inhibitors of Elastase ELA2A, for use in the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, such as Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Celiac disease, and Pouchitis.
US10829562B2	Haemorrhagic disorder due to ventricular assist device The present invention relates to methods of treatment by human ADAMTS13 inhibition in circulatory assist device induced haemorrhagic complication such as a bleeding disorder, in particular, bleeding after left ventricular assist device implantation. The present invention further relates to specific monoclonal antibodies inhibiting ADAMTS13 function.
US10829559B2	Anti-GITR antibodies and methods of use thereof The present disclosure provides antibodies that specifically bind to human glucocorticoid-induced TNFR family related receptor (GITR) and compositions comprising such antibodies. In a specific aspect, the antibodies specifically bind to human GITR and modulate GITR activity, e.g., enhance, activate or induce GITR activity, utilizing such antibodies. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating disorders, such as cancer and infectious diseases, by administering an antibody that specifically binds to human GITR and modulates GITR activity e.g., enhances, activates or induces GITR activity.
US10829557B2	Anti-B7-H1 antibodies for treating tumors Provided herein are methods of treating B7-H1-expressing tumors comprising administering an effective amount of MEDI4736 or an antigen-binding fragment thereof.
US10829555B2	Oligonucleotides for reduction of PD-L1 expression The present invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that are capable of reducing expression of PD-L1 in a target cell. The oligonucleotides hybridize to PD-L1 mRNA. The present invention further relates to conjugates of the oligonucleotide and pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treatment of viral liver infections such as HBV, HCV and HDV; parasite infections such as malaria, toxoplasmosis, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis or liver cancer or metastases in the liver using the oligonucleotide.
US10829552B2	Polypeptides that bind to IL-17A, IL-17F and/or IL17-A/F and methods of treatment using same The present disclosure relates to amino acid sequences that are directed against (as defined herein) any of IL-17A, IL-17F and/or IL-17A/F including combinations thereof, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid sequences.
US10829551B2	Methods for modulating mannose content of recombinant proteins The present invention relates to methods of modulating (e.g., reducing) the mannose content, particularly high-mannose content of recombinant glycoproteins.
US10829550B2	Polynucleotides encoding anti-CXCL13 antibodies Compositions and methods are provided for treating diseases associated with CXCL13 expression, including certain autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancers. In particular, anti-CXCL13 monoclonal antibodies have been developed to neutralize CXCL13.
US10829527B2	Conjugates of islet neogenesis peptides and analogs, and methods thereof The invention provides novel compounds, in particular peptide and peptide analogs, which exhibit functionalities useful for treating a variety of diseases and conditions, particularly diseases and conditions relating to diabetes. The compounds of the invention are also useful for treating impaired pancreatic function, treating metabolic diseases, ex vivo islet induction, expansion and proliferation for transplantation, increasing the survival of transplanted islets in vivo, promoting neuroprotection or nerve regeneration, promoting liver regeneration, and inhibiting inflammation.
US10829525B2	Mutant NGAL proteins and uses thereof In one aspect the present invention is directed to mutant NGAL proteins that have the ability to bind to siderophores, such as enterochelin, and to chelate and transport iron, and that are excreted in the urine. Such NGAL mutants, and complexes thereof with siderophores, can be used to clear excess iron from the body, for example in the treatment of iron overload. The NGAL mutants of the invention also have antibacterial activity and can be used in the treatment of bacterial infections, such as those of the urinary tract.
US10829505B2	Lithium alkylsiliconate composition, coating, and method of making same A method of making a lithium alkylsiliconate composition comprising adding an alkylalkoxysilane to a first mixture comprising lithium hydroxide and water to form a second mixture comprising a lithium alkylsiliconate and an alcohol, wherein i) the mole ratio of lithium hydroxide to alkylalkoxysilane is from 0.9 to less than 1.1 and the water is from 89 to 93 mol %, or ii) the mole ratio of lithium hydroxide to alkylalkoxysilane is from 1.1 to 1.4 and the water is from greater than 93 to 99 mole %.
US10829502B2	Pyrimidinones as PI3K inhibitors The present invention provides pyrimidinones that modulate the activity of phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of PI3Ks including, for example, inflammatory disorders, immune-based disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US10829499B2	Tetracyclic heterocycle compounds useful as HIV integrase inhibitors The present invention relates to Tetracyclic Heterocycle Compounds of Formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof, wherein A, X, R1, R2, R3 and R7 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Tetracyclic Heterocycle Compound, and methods of using the Tetracyclic Heterocycle Compounds for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
US10829498B2	Composition comprising precursor for volatiles A detergent, cleaning, fabric softener or cosmetic composition comprising a compound based on 1-Aza-3,7-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane (bicyclic oxazolidine derivative) substituted with 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-nonyldien represented by formula (I) is disclosed.
US10829496B2	Thienopyridines and benzothiophenes useful as IRAK4 inhibitors Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) or a salt or prodrug thereof, wherein: X is CR4 or N; Y is CR5 or N; provided that only one of X and Y is N; (R1) is: or; wherein R1, R1a, R1b, R1c, R2, and R3 are define herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as modulators of IRAK4, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, or in the treatment of cancer.
US10829493B2	Compositions and methods for treating KIT- and PDGFRA-mediated diseases The present disclosure provides compounds of Formula I, pharmaceutical salts thereof, and/or solvates of any of the foregoing, which are useful for treating diseases and conditions related to mutant KIT and PDGFRα and present an advantageously non-brain penetrant profile for treating diseases and conditions related to mutant KIT and PDGFRα. The present disclosure also provides methods for treating gastrointestinal stromal tumors and systemic mastocytosis.
US10829492B2	Amino pyrazolopyrimidine compound used as neurotrophic factor tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitor Provided is an amino pyrazolopyrimidine compound as represented by the following structural formula used as a neurotrophic factor tyrosine kinase receptor inhibitor. The compound can inhibit the activity of Trk kinase and can treat diseases mediated by a Trk tyrosine kinase receptor in mammals.
US10829487B2	Benzylamino substituted pyridopyrimidinones and derivatives as SOS1 inhibitors The present invention encompasses compounds of formula (I) wherein the groups R1 to R4, A and p have the meanings given in the claims and specification, their use as inhibitors of SOS1, pharmaceutical compositions which contain compounds of this kind and their use as medicaments/medical uses, especially as agents for treatment and/or prevention of oncological diseases.
US10829485B2	ATF6 inhibitors and uses thereof Compounds as inhibitors of Activating Transcription Factor 6 (ATF6) are provided. The compounds may find use as therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases or disorders mediated by ATF6 and may find particular use in the treatment of viral infections, neurodegenerative diseases, vascular diseases, or cancer.
US10829469B2	Configurational stereoisomer of difethialone, composition and rodenticide bait comprising same, and method for controlling target rodent pests Disclosed is a laevorotatory enantiomer of the configurational stereoisomer of difethialone, named homo-stereoisomer, the formula of which is 3-(4′-bromobiphenyl-4-yl)-1-(4-hydroxythiocoumarin-3-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene, in which carbons 1 and 3 of the 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene group have the same absolute configuration.
US10829464B2	Benzoheterocyclic alkylamine compounds and use thereof Disclosed are benzoheterocyclic alkylamine compounds, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a stereoisomer thereof, and a preparation method thereof, and use of the same in the manufacture of an antibacterial drug as an inhibitor of staphyloxanthin synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus.
US10829457B2	Nitrogen ring linked deoxyuridine triphosphatase inhibitors Provided herein are dUTPase inhibitors, compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions.
US10829454B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of Parkinson's disease The invention relates to the compounds of formula I, formula II and formula III or its pharmaceutical acceptable salts, as well as polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I, formula II and formula III, and methods for treating or preventing Parkinson's disease may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment or management of Parkinson's disease such as Parkinson's disease, scleroderma, restless leg syndrome, hypertension and gestational hypertension.
US10829448B2	Substituted benzoimidazoles as modulators of ROR-γ Provided are indole, benzoimidazole, pyrrolopyridine, and imidazopyridine derivatives and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders mediated by RORγ. Such derivatives include e.g., those having the Formula II: as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The disclosed derivatives may be used for treating one or more inflammatory, metabolic, autoimmune and other diseases or disorders.
US10829440B2	Antibacterial compounds and methods of making and using same The invention provides novel antibacterial diamide compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods for treating or preventing an infection in a subject using the compounds.
US10829434B2	Method for production of methyl methacrylate by oxidative esterification using a heterogeneous catalyst A method for preparing methyl methacrylate from methacrolein and methanol. The method comprises contacting a mixture comprising methacrolein, methanol and oxygen with a heterogeneous catalyst comprising a support and a noble metal, wherein said catalyst has an average diameter of at least 200 microns and average concentration of methacrolein is at least 15 wt %.
US10829431B2	Method for production of methyl methacrylate by oxidative esterification using a heterogeneous catalyst A method for preparing methyl methacrylate from methacrolein and methanol. The method comprises contacting in a reactor a mixture comprising methacrolein, methanol and oxygen with a heterogeneous catalyst comprising a support and a noble metal, wherein said catalyst has an average diameter of at least 200 microns, wherein oxygen concentration at a reactor outlet is from 0.5 to 7.5 mol % and wherein the reactor comprises a partition with the catalyst bed on a first side of the partition and with flow through the catalyst bed in a first direction and flow on a second side of the partition in an opposite direction.
US10829430B2	Ester composition preparation system and ester composition preparation method using same Provided are an ester composition preparation system, including an integrated reactor, a gas-liquid separation column, a purification unit, an alcohol storage tank, and a mixed alcohol separation column, which is an efficient, economical, and simplified ester composition preparation system, and an ester composition preparation method using the same. The ester composition preparation system is a simplified system which can reduce facility space, drastically remove reaction equipment, and reduce transfer time through the introduction of the integrated reactor in which the reaction preparing an ester compound and the reaction preparing an ester composition are carried out in one space, the mixed alcohol separation column and the gas-liquid separation column.
US10829425B2	Methods and apparatuses for purifying crude propane Systems and methods for purifying crude propane streams are provided herein. For example, in some embodiments, methods are provided including passing a crude propane stream to a fixed bed reactor containing a Beta zeolite configured to reduce the propylene oxide content of the crude propane stream and produce a propylene-treated stream and contacting the propylene-treated stream with an acetaldehyde scavenger to produce a treated propane stream. In some embodiments, methods are provided including passing a crude propane stream through a water wash system to provide a treated propane stream having a lower propylene oxide content, a lower acetaldehyde content, or both.
US10829424B2	Oxidative coupling of methane implementations for olefin production The present disclosure provides oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) systems for small scale and world scale production of olefins. An OCM system may comprise an OCM subsystem that generates a product stream comprising C2+ compounds and non-C2+ impurities from methane and an oxidizing agent. At least one separations subsystem downstream of, and fluidically coupled to, the OCM subsystem can be used to separate the non-C2+ impurities from the C2+ compounds. A methanation subsystem downstream and fluidically coupled to the OCM subsystem can be used to react H2 with CO and/or CO2 in the non-C2+ impurities to generate methane, which can be recycled to the OCM subsystem. The OCM system can be integrated in a non-OCM system, such as a natural gas liquids system or an existing ethylene cracker.
US10829421B2	Production of improved fortifier from beer yeast water A fortifier for growth and flowering in horticulture, trees and ornamental plants, aromatic plants and fruit trees, from wastewater from brewer's yeast with a very low protein concentration. Its attainment is comprised of the previous stages: filtered by 80 μm; magnetic treatment of the liquid; addition of 0.1 to 20 g/l phosphate and 10 to 20 g/l glycose. Fermentation is carried out keeping the free amino acid content greater than 0.1%, the content of Mg+2 greater than 0.1%, total nitrogen, phosphate, and potassium below 3.0%, the content of protein from 0.5% to 1.0% and EDTA from 0.02% to 0.2%, all by dry matter weight; addition of microbes from the environment; at temperatures of 15° C. to 40° C. with gentle agitation, for 24 hours to 30 days; subsequent filtering and pH adjustment. It has been found to be effective in various crops.
US10829419B2	Method of densifying a ceramic matrix composite using a filled tackifier A method of producing an enhanced ceramic matrix composite includes applying a tackifier compound to a fiber preform. The tackifier compound includes inorganic filler particles. The method further includes modifying the tackifier compound such that the inorganic filler particles remain interspersed throughout the fiber preform, and occupy pores of fiber preform.
US10829417B2	Formed hexagonal boron nitride body, hexagonal boron nitride granulates for making the same, and process for producing the same Provided are formed bodies comprising hexagonal boron nitride wherein the formed body has a Brinell hardness of at least 2 HBW 2,5/2, and wherein the formed body is obtainable by a process at temperatures of at most 100° C., and wherein the Brinell hardness is measured according to DIN EN ISO 6506-1 (2013). Further provided are processes for making said formed body.
US10829403B2	Treatment of silica based soot or an article made of silica based soot One embodiment of the disclosure relates to a method of cleaning silica-based soot or an article made of silica-based soot, the method comprising the step of treating silica-based soot or the article made of silica-based soot with at least one of the following compounds: (i) a mixture of CO and Cl2 in a carrier gas such that the total concentration of CO and Cl2 in the mixture is greater than 10% (by volume, in carrier gas) and the ratio of CO:Cl2 is between 0.25 and 5; (ii) CCl4 in a carrier gas, such that concentration CCl4 is greater than 1% (by volume, in carrier gas). Preferably, the treatment by CCl4 is performed at temperatures between 600° C., and 850° C. Preferably, the treatment with the CO and Cl mixture is performed at temperatures between 900° C. and 1200° C. The carrier gas may be, for example, He, Ar, N2, or the combination thereof.
US10829399B2	Anaerobic reactor An anaerobic reactor (1) for treating waste water includes a reaction vessel (2) and a three phase separator (4) above the reaction vessel and arranged to receive effluent from the reaction vessel. The three phase separator includes an outer wall (10, 14) connected at its bottom to the top of the reaction vessel and a liquid outlet (42), a lid (16) closing the top of the outer wall. The lid has a gas outlet (17) above the level of the liquid outlet. The three phase separator also includes a funnel (18) arranged above the reaction vessel, a guide wall (30) spaced from and arranged radially outward of the funnel so to surround an upper aperture of the funnel and a baffle wall (36) spaced from and arranged between the guide wall and the liquid outlet.
US10829391B2	Solar-thermal water purification by recycling photovoltaic reflection losses Techniques for solar thermal water purification by recycling photovoltaic reflection losses are provided. In one aspect, a solar thermal water purification system includes: a water purification component for desalinating salt water, the water purification component having multiple stages through which the salt water passes, and condensers in each of the stages; and a photovoltaic component configured to heat the salt water prior to the salt water entering a first stage of the water purification component, wherein desalinated water evaporates and condenses in each of the stages to be collected as pure water. A system using reverse osmosis and a heat-driven water pump is also provided. Methods for water purification are also provided.
US10829381B2	Borophenes, boron layer allotropes and methods of preparation A method of preparing an atomically-dimensioned elemental boron allotrope includes providing a substrate at a temperature greater than about 200° C.; generating elemental boron vapor from a solid elemental boron source; and contacting said substrate with said boron vapor for at least one of a rate and at a pressure sufficient to deposit on said substrate a boron allotrope comprising an elemental boron layer comprising a boron atomic thickness dimension, said method under negative pressure.
US10829372B2	Integrated methods for chemical synthesis Among other things, the present invention encompasses the applicant's recognition that epoxide carbonylation can be performed industrially utilizing syngas streams containing hydrogen, carbon monoxide and varying amounts carbon dioxide. Contrary to expectation, the epoxide carbonylation reaction proceeds selectively in the presence of these mixed gas streams and incorporates excess CO in the syngas stream into valuable chemical precursors, resulting in hydrogen streams substantially free of CO. This is economically and environmentally preferable to performing WSGR which releases the excess carbon as CO2. The integrated processes herein therefore provide improved carbon efficiency for processes based on coal or biomass gasification or steam methane reforming.
US10829370B2	Compressor having waste heat recovery with gas recycler A compressor and waste heat recovery system is disclosed in which mechanical work from a prime mover along with work generated from the waste heat recovery system are used to operate the compressor. A gas producing system is heated by waste heat from operation of the compressor to produce a stream of gas used to drive a turbine. The turbine is in work communication with the compressor. In one embodiment the gas producing system is a metal hydride. An overrunning clutch can be used with the turbine. In one form multiple gas producing systems are used, one of which to emit gas while the other is used to receive and capture the emitted gas.
US10829365B2	Piezoelectric optical MEMS device with embedded moisture layers A piezoelectric optical micro-electro-mechanical systems (POMEMS) device includes a glass layer having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The device may also include a first moisture barrier layer having a first surface and an opposite second surface in which the second surface of the first moisture barrier layer is substantially coextensive with and interfaces with the first surface of the glass layer. A piezo stack may be attached on the first side of the first moisture barrier layer. The device may also include a second moisture barrier layer having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface of the second moisture barrier is substantially coextensive with and interfaces with the second surface of the glass layer. A semiconductor substrate may be attached on the second side of the second moisture barrier layer.
US10829362B2	Foam and liquid fill level detection system A foam and liquid fill level detection system includes a first signal emitter operable to emit a signal at a first wavelength towards a dispensing area, a second signal emitter operable to emit a signal at a second wavelength towards the dispensing area, and one or more signal receivers operable to detect the signal at the first wavelength and the signal at the second wavelength from the dispensing area. The first wavelength is selected such the signal at the first wavelength reflects from liquid, and the second wavelength is selected such the signal at the second wavelength reflects from foam.
US10829361B1	Refrigerator and dispenser A refrigerator having a dispenser that includes an outlet and that is configured to dispense content through the outlet and along an output flow path. The refrigerator also includes a detection unit configured to detect user activity that is indicative of a desire to fill a container with content using the dispenser. The refrigerator further includes an optical system that is configured to, in response to detecting the user activity, direct a beam of light along at least a portion of the output flow path of the dispenser to assist a user in positioning a container to receive content dispensed along the output flow path.
US10829359B2	Custom beverage creation device, system, and method A system for dispensing fluid is provided in which a first fluid cartridge and a second fluid cartridge each comprise a first spout at corresponding fluid outlets, and wherein a docking location is provided for docking each of the fluid cartridges such that the first spout is adjacent the second spout. The system may further comprise a drop sensor for detecting a number of drops dispensed from the fluid cartridges at a drop detection location. The docking location may define a specific orientation for any cartridge docked at the docking location, and the cartridges may be wedge shaped and may each taper towards their corresponding spouts. Also provided is a fluid cartridge comprising a cartridge housing, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet above a fluid fill level, and a syphon for transporting fluid from inside the cartridge to the fluid outlet.
US10829353B2	Protective device magnetically applicable to the forks of a lift to move fragile objects A protective device for the vertical part of a fork of a lift includes an external layer configured to protect from damage by impact/pressure fragile loads, a magnetic layer for applying the device to the fork magnetically, and a stiffening layer interposed between the external layer and the magnetic layer. Tangential constraint members co-operate with at least a part of a related fixing systems to fix the fork to the lift and to constrain the protective device tangentially to the application surface where it is applied.
US10829352B2	Modular backscreen for implement Disclosed embodiments include backscreens, backscreen accessories for implements of power machines, and implements including the same. In the backscreens or backscreen accessories, a first backscreen portion is attached to a frame of the implement, for example by welding. The first backscreen portion includes at least one first portion interface feature. A second backscreen portion has at least one second portion interface feature. The at least one first portion interface feature and the at least one second portion interface feature are configured to engage one another to removably couple the second backscreen portion to the first backscreen portion.
US10829346B2	Moving walkway A moving walkway (1) comprises at least one endless belt (12) moving in a conveyance direction along a closed loop and a plurality of pallets (20). The closed loop comprises a conveyance portion (16) and a return portion (18) extending between two turnaround portions (5, 7), respectively. Each of the pallets (20) comprises at least one mounting portion (20a, 20b) rotatably attached to the at least one belt (12), and at least one mechanical connection (21) connecting the pallet (20) with the at least one mounting portion (20a) of an adjacent pallet (20).
US10829345B2	Holding device A holding device for holding a rotary platform of an elevator system. The elevator system includes an elevator car movable by way of guide rails; a fixed first guide rail fixedly arranged in a shaft and orientated in a first direction; a fixed second guide rail fixedly orientated in a second direction; and a third guide rail configured to rotate with respect to the shaft, and is secured to the rotary platform and is configured to rotate between an orientation in the first direction and an orientation in the second direction. The holding device includes a shaft mounting configured to secure the holding device to the shaft; a holding frame configured to at least indirectly secure the rotary platform to the holding device; and a first adjustment arrangement configured to adjust the orientation of the holding frame with respect to the shaft mounting.
US10829333B2	Image forming system Disclosed herein is an image forming system enabling size reduction of apparatus. In the system, a sheet drying unit and a sheet post-processing unit are arranged, respectively above and below a sheet holding section to which sheets are ejected from an image forming apparatus A. Further, a relay transporting unit is provided, which is configured to transport a sheet from the sheet drying unit to a sheet post-processing unit. The relay transporting unit is formed, surrounding the sheet holding section.
US10829332B2	Specimen clearing apparatus The device automatically clears high elongation test samples with long tails after breakage from a materials testing device after the testing has been performed. A robotic arm engages the tested specimen and brings it to a specimen clearing device which includes a slot leading to a nip between an opposed drive wheel and driven wheel. A motor drives the drive wheel to move the tested specimen through the specimen clearing device into a scrap bin or similar repository.
US10829329B2	Sheet supplying apparatus and printing apparatus A sheet supplying apparatus, which is capable of winding a sheet tightly, includes a driving unit configured to cause a roll including a wound consecutive sheet to rotate in a first direction for feeding the sheet or a second direction opposite to the first direction, a sensor that detects a leading end portion of the sheet separated from an outer circumferential surface of the roll, and a contact body that presses the outer circumferential surface. Before the sheet is fed, in a state in which the contact body presses the outer circumferential surface, the driving unit causes the roll to continuously rotate in the second direction until a detection cycle of the leading end portion by the sensor is less than a predetermined value.
US10829328B2	Machine and process for the production of logs of paper material Rewinding machine for the production of logs of paper material, including a winding station in which is fed a paper web and, in sequence, more tubular cores, and in which station winding are arranged a first, a second and a third winding roller cooperating with each other to wind a predetermined amount of said paper web onto each core. The machine includes a fourth winding roller which is connected to respective moving elements adapted to arrange it in a first inoperative position until the diameter of a log in the winding station is lower than a first predetermined value and a second operating winding position when the diameter of the log being formed is equal to said first predetermined value, the moving elements being controlled to maintain the fourth roller in the second operating winding position until the diameter of the log reaches a second final value higher of the first predetermined value.
US10829327B2	Module for turning over folding packages and folding package production line incorporating such a module The module (3) comprises a frame having vertical pillars (30A, 30B), a rotary turnover structure (4) arranged horizontally between the vertical pillars and comprising rotation shafts (400A) supported by bearings (300A) with which the vertical pillars are respectively equipped. A motor (303B) applies a first mechanical torque to one of the rotation shafts when a folding package turnover is ordered in the machine. The module also comprises additional means (5) for applying a second mechanical torque to the other rotation shaft upon a folding package turnover.
US10829322B1	Device and method for unloading bulk materials from a vehicle A device is provided for transferring bulk materials from a vehicle through a grate to a structure disposed below the grate. The device includes a plate disposed over the grate and defining an opening smaller than the grate. The device further includes a hopper configured to rest on the plate between the plate and the underside of the vehicle. The hopper defines a bottom opening configured for alignment with the opening in the plate and a top opening configured for alignment with a discharge spout on the vehicle and the top opening is larger than the bottom opening. The device further includes means for moving the hopper to an operating position in which the bottom and top openings are aligned with the opening in the plate and the discharge spout on the vehicle.
US10829321B2	Trailer stabilizer A trailer stabilizing device for stabilizing a parked freight trailer, the trailer stabilizing device comprising a frame separate from the support frame of the parked freight trailer, the stabilizing device frame having mounted thereto wheels and a hitch, the stabilizing device including a repositionable jack.
US10829312B2	Autonomous tensioner systems for conveyor belt scrapers and methods for determining a useful life of the same An autonomous tensioner system that is coupled to a conveyor belt scraper includes a motor that generates a first drive torque and a gearing assembly coupled to the motor such that the gearing assembly is actuated in response to the motor generating the first drive torque. The gearing assembly generates a second drive torque in response to receiving the initial drive torque generated by the motor and the second drive torque is greater than the first drive torque. The autonomous tensioner system includes an output member coupled to the gearing assembly and the conveyor belt scraper. The output member receives the second drive torque from the gearing assembly and rotates in response, thereby generating a rotational torque. The conveyor belt scraper receives the rotational torque from the output member and simultaneously moves at a torque greater than the first drive torque generated by the motor.
US10829309B1	Glide strips and guide blocks for conveyors A glide strip for a conveyor rail comprising an elongated monolithic elastic material having a constant cross-sectional shape throughout a majority of the material's length, wherein the cross-sectional shape comprises: a topmost section having a first width perpendicular to the material's length and a first height, a bottommost section having a second width perpendicular to the material's length and a second height, wherein the second width is less than the first width, and a middle section having a third width, wherein the middle section connects the topmost section to the bottommost section, wherein the first width is greater than the second width, and the second width is greater than the third width, and the bottommost section snaps on within slots of the conveyor rail.
US10829306B2	Transport group for container sterilization apparatuses A transport group for container sterilization apparatuses a includes a conveyor belt, which defines an operational plane and advances along an advancement direction, and a number of support elements, mutually separated, and integral and movable with the conveyor belt. Each support element has longitudinal development transverse to the advancement direction and lying along a direction parallel to the operational plane. Each support element defines a number of shaped seats arranged along the longitudinal development. Each shaped seat is adapted to temporarily house a respective container.
US10829294B2	Aerosol precursor composition mixing system for an aerosol delivery device The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device filling system. The system includes multiple source containers each respectively including a differing aerosol precursor composition. The system further includes a mixing container configured to engage the source containers to receive and mix the aerosol precursor compositions to form a mixed aerosol precursor composition. An aerosol delivery device may engage the mixing container to receive at least a portion of the mixed aerosol precursor composition. A related method for customizing an aerosol precursor composition is also provided.
US10829288B2	Rigid packaging with a straining feature Container (1) having a container body (10) having a sealing lip (12). The container (1) comprises a bottom perforated film (20) adhered to the sealing lip (12) at a first adhesion strength (S1), a top film (30) adhered to the bottom perforated film (20) at a second adhesion strength (S2) at locations not vertically aligned with a seal end (38), and wherein the top film (30) adheres to the bottom perforated film (20) at a third adhesion strength (S3) at the seal end (38). The third adhesion strength (S3) is greater than the first adhesion strength (S1) which is greater than the second adhesion strength (S2), such that the top film (30) is peelable relative to the bottom perforated film (24) at the opening end (36), and the top film (30) is peelable with the bottom perforated film (20) relative to the container body (10) at the seal end (38).
US10829282B1	Biodegradable insulative shipping container A shipping container, particularly suited for shipping wine bottles within a shipping box, having a pair of container halves. Each container half includes an outer tray that is shaped to fit the shipping box, and an inner tray that is configured for securely holding one or more wine bottles. Both the outer tray and inner tray are made of readily recyclable pulp material, and have a void therebetween. A starch based biodegradable insulation material fills the void therebetween, such that the shipping container is made entirely of biodegradable material, yet is sturdy and has insulative properties.
US10829265B2	Straight consistent body scores on plastic corrugated boxes and a process for making same The invention is directed to straight, consistent body scores on plastic corrugated boxes and a process for making the body scores.
US10829259B2	Device and method for dispensing product from a flexible package Dispensing devices and methods are provided. A dispensing device comprises an opening defining an insertion path extending through an internal chamber thereof, two fragmentation rollers aligned with each other within the internal chamber, with the insertion path extending therebetween, a sensor configured to sense the package within the insertion path, a first securing device having opposing surfaces configured to secure the package within the insertion path, a second securing device having opposing surfaces configured to secure the package within the insertion path, a cam operatively connecting the first and second securing devices, and an opener configured to provide an opening in the package to allow the product to leave the package. A method of dispensing a product from a flexible package is also provided.
US10829254B2	Method and a machine for producing a sealed package A method for producing a sealed package for a product may include: providing a sheet packaging material having a crease pattern with a first transverse crease line, a second transverse crease line, and a plurality of further crease lines interposed between the first and second transverse crease lines, the further crease lines extending transversely to the first and second transverse crease lines; obtaining a sealed preliminary packaging unit from the sheet packaging material, the sealed preliminary packaging unit having a preset inner volume and containing the product; exerting a forming action on the sealed preliminary packaging unit so as to fold the sheet packaging material defining the sealed preliminary packaging unit and obtain a package therefrom. During the step of obtaining the sealed preliminary packaging unit, the sheet packaging material may be processed without being folded along the further crease lines.
US10829251B2	Inspection device and PTP packaging machine An inspection device for inspecting an inspection object of a PTP sheet including a pocket portion formed in a container film, and a cover film mounted to the container film to close the pocket portion, or a portion of a PTP film forming the PTP sheet, includes: an irradiator that irradiates the inspection object with a predetermined light; an imaging device that takes an inspection image of the irradiated inspection object and a peripheral portion of the inspection object; and a processor that: determines whether the inspection object is defective or non-defective based on inspection image data of the inspection object taken from the inspection image. The inspection image data includes data of respective pixels corresponding to an inspection target area subjected to the defective/non-defective determination, and data of respective pixels corresponding to a non-inspection target area that excludes the inspection target area.
US10829247B2	Thrust apparatuses, systems, and methods Described herein is a thrust system for a vehicle that includes at least three electrical power controllers, at least four electrical switches each configured to receive electrical power from at least one of the at least three electrical power controllers, and at least three thrusters each configured to receive electrical power from at least one of the at least three electrical switches. The at least four electrical switches are operable to switch a supply of electrical power from any of the at least three electrical power controllers to any one of the at least three thrusters.
US10829246B2	Aircraft transmission test fixture and system An example test fixture includes a lower frame having a first rocker rail and a second rocker rail coupled to the first rocker rail, wherein each of the first rocker rail and the second rocker rail has a respective curved surface that allows the lower frame to tilt about a first axis; a rotatable base coupled to the lower frame; an upper frame having a mounting system configured to couple a transmission of an aircraft to the upper frame; a support frame that couples the upper frame to the rotatable base; and a rotary actuator configured to rotate the rotatable base, the support frame, and the upper frame about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.
US10829239B2	Electrical load shed to increase available aircraft power Embodiments are directed to systems and methods for managing electrical load in an aircraft comprising a generator coupled to an aircraft engine, and a power distribution controller configured to monitor current engine operating parameters and to reduce an electrical load on the generator when the engine operating parameters reach a limit during specified aircraft operating conditions. The system may further comprise a non-essential electrical bus coupled to the generator, wherein the electrical load on the generator is reduced by disconnecting the non-essential bus from the generator. The generator may be coupled to the aircraft engine via an accessory gearbox or a transmission gearbox. The monitored current engine operating parameters comprise one or more of an engine torque, a gas generator RPM, and a temperature. The aircraft operating conditions may comprise one or more of a takeoff, a landing, or an engine failure.
US10829235B2	Methods and systems for controlling operation of aircraft engines The present disclosure provides a method and a system for controlling operation of an engine of an aircraft. The method comprises, at a controller of the engine, obtaining an actual engine output power for the engine, the actual engine output power based on a propeller rotation speed and a propeller blade pitch angle; converting the actual engine output power to a predicted thrust value; determining an actual engine power limit associated with a thrust limit of a propeller coupled to the engine from the predicted thrust value; and setting a maximum engine power limit of the engine using the actual engine power limit associated with the thrust limit of the propeller.
US10829229B2	Near-space operation systems A system enabling safe manned and unmanned operations at extremely high altitudes (above 70,000 feet). The system utilizes a balloon launch system and parachute and/or parafoil recovery.
US10829227B2	Method for designing an ECS An airplane is provided. The airplane includes an environmental control system that provides a pressurized medium to a chamber of the airplane. The airplane also includes a bleed system. The bleed system includes a plurality of ports, each of which can provide a bleed medium from an engine of the airplane to the environmental control system. The plurality of ports includes at least a first port, a second port, and a third port. The first port is selected for an idle condition. The second port is selected for a hot day cruise condition. The third port is selected for a standard operating condition. The bleed system can operate in a first mode, a second mode, or a third mode to provide the bleed medium to the environmental control system from the first port, the second port, or the third port respectively.
US10829223B2	Button assembly for seat position control Button assemblies for controlling a seat position and for mounting on a seat panel are provided. The button assemblies may have a button housing having a portion that is configured to position over edges of an opening in the seat panel. One or more flexible retaining members integral to or attached to the button housing are configured to compress through the opening in the seat panel and expand therein positioned opposite an inner surface thereof upon insertion, securing the assembly within the opening.
US10829217B2	Light-limiting header assembly for a transition area within an interior cabin of an aircraft A header assembly is configured to be secured between an inboard structure and an outboard structure within an internal cabin of an aircraft. The header assembly includes a main body including a first panel connected to an opposed second panel by a base panel. The main body is configured to limit light from passing therethrough. At least three separate and distinct anchoring members are configured to securely connect the main body to at least three separate and distinct reciprocal structures of the inboard and outboard structures.

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