US10534300B2
An image forming apparatus includes a first toner image forming unit for forming first toner image on a transfer belt with a first toner and a second toner image forming unit for forming a second toner image on the transfer belt with a second toner. A secondary transfer unit transfers the first and second toner images from the transfer belt to a sheet traveling in a sheet transport direction. A fixing unit fixes the first and second toner images to the sheet. A control unit controls the first toner image forming unit to form a first pattern, the second toner image forming unit to form a second pattern, and to leaving a margin on a upstream side of the sheet in the sheet transport direction that is greater than or equal to a circumferential distance of a fixing element in the fixing unit.
US10534297B2
Provided is an electrophotographic rotatable pressing member having further durability. The electrophotographic rotatable pressing member includes: a substrate; and an elastic layer formed on the substrate, the elastic layer containing a silicone rubber and a needle-shaped filler dispersed in the silicone rubber and having hollow parts, wherein, when cutting the elastic layer along a cross section including a center axis of the substrate in a longitudinal direction of the electrophotographic rotatable pressing member, and a total of each sectional area of the hollow parts in a unit area A2 of a cross-sectional surface is defined as A1, a standard deviation of an area ratio A1/A2 is 0.08 or less.
US10534291B2
An image forming system includes an image carrier to rotate, a developer carrier to rotate, a container to contain the developer carrier, and a developer retainer separated from the rotatable developer carrier by a first gap of closest proximity, separated from the rotatable image carrier by a second gap of closest proximity, and separated from the container by a third gap of closest proximity. The first gap is less than the second gap and the third gap.
US10534277B2
A substrate stage apparatus includes: a fine movement stage movable along the XY plane; an XY two-dimensional stage apparatus (an X beam and an X carriage) which guides the fine movement stage in a direction parallel to the XY plane; a plurality of weight-canceling devices movable in the direction parallel to the XY plane synchronously with the fine movement stage and also working together to support the weight of the fine movement stage; a first Y step guide provided at the +Y side of the X beam in a direction parallel to the Y-axis, that guides a part of the plurality of weight-canceling devices moving in a direction parallel to the X-axis; and a second Y step guide provided at the other side of the X beam in the direction parallel to the Y-axis, that guides the other part of the plurality of weight-canceling devices moving parallel to the X-axis.
US10534272B2
A method for exposing a wafer substrate includes forming a reticle having a device pattern. A relative orientation between the device pattern and a mask field of an exposure tool is determined based on mask field utilization. The reticle is loaded on the exposure tool. The wafer substrate is rotated based on an orientation of the device pattern. Radiation is projected through the reticle onto the rotated wafer substrate by the exposure tool, thereby imaging the device pattern onto the rotated wafer substrate.
US10534262B2
A chemically amplified positive resist composition is provided comprising a specific alkali-soluble polymer adapted to turn soluble in alkaline aqueous solution under the action of acid as base resin, an alkali-soluble polymer, and a photoacid generator in an organic solvent. The composition forms a resist film which can be briefly developed to form a pattern at a high sensitivity without generating dimples in pattern sidewalls.
US10534261B2
The present invention relates to a colored photosensitive resin composition capable of forming a cured film that does not generate uneven wrinkles on its surface at the time of its formation, and a light shielding spacer produced therefrom and used for a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or the like.
US10534257B2
Disclosed are methods of generating a proximity-corrected design layout for photoresist to be used in an etch operation. The methods may include identifying a feature in an initial design layout, and estimating one or more quantities characteristic of an in-feature plasma flux (IFPF) within the feature during the etch operation. The methods may further include estimating a quantity characteristic of an edge placement error (EPE) of the feature by comparing the one or more quantities characteristic of the IFPF to those in a look-up table (LUT, and/or through application of a multivariate model trained on the LUT, e.g., constructed through machine learning methods (MLM)) which associates values of the quantity characteristic of EPE with values of the one or more quantities characteristics of the IFPF. Thereafter, the initial design layout may be modified based on at the determined quantity characteristic of EPE.
US10534253B2
A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and configured to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes multiple lens units on which an optical image of the external environment is incident, individually, and an imaging system to generate an outside image of the external environment by imaging through each of the lens units, individually.
US10534252B2
A projection optical system and that includes a relatively small number of lenses and are able to cover a wide zooming range and a projector. A 1-2 lens group which is a focus lens group is constituted with a lens which includes a single positive lens having a convex surface to the reduction side, a lens which includes a single negative meniscus lens having a convex surface to an enlargement side, and a lens which includes a single negative lens, and the 1-2 lens group is moved at the time of focusing accompanying magnification change.
US10534249B2
A control apparatus includes a calculator that calculates a target dimming rate of a projection display apparatus based on a feature quantity of image data, a diaphragm controller that controls a diaphragm position of a diaphragm based on a target diaphragm position corresponding to the target dimming rate, and a light source controller that controls a light quantity of a light source based on the target dimming rate and a dimming rate of the diaphragm at least until the diaphragm position of the diaphragm matches the target diaphragm position.
US10534248B2
A light source device includes a light source, a homogenizer optical system provided with a first multi-lens array having a plurality of first lenses which light emitted from the light source enters, and a second multi-lens array having a plurality of second lenses each of which the light having been transmitted through corresponding one of the first lenses enters, and adapted to homogenize the light emitted from the light source, a light intensity control element adapted to control light intensity of the light emitted from the homogenizer optical system, a light collection optical system adapted to converge the light having been transmitted through the light intensity control element, and a diffusion element which the light converged by the light collection optical system enters.
US10534246B1
A mercury lamp cooling system includes a tilt sensor, a controller, a first and second blowers and a flow guiding structure. The flow guiding structure includes a first and second flow channel and two flow switch devices. The controller is electrically connected to the tilt sensor, the first and second blower and two flow switch devices. The first flow channel includes a first opening facing the first blower and a second and third opening facing the mercury lamp. The second flow channel includes a fourth opening facing the second blower and a fifth and sixth openings facing the mercury lamp. The controller controls the flow switch devices based on a tilt angle of a projector such that the air flow passes through at least one of the second and third opening and at least one of the fifth and sixth opening.
US10534243B2
A camera mounting system includes a mount and a mounting bracket removably coupled to the mount. The mount includes a plate and a screw extending rearward of the plate. The mounting bracket includes a tab and a base pivotably coupled to the tab. A camera may be mounted to the mounting bracket. In addition, a tool having a bit and configured to to interfit with a head of the screw to secure may be used to secure the mount to a tree-like object. The tool is further configured to interfit with an orifice formed in the mounting bracket and allow a user to lift the mounting bracket and removably couple the mounting bracket to the mount.
US10534237B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for mitigating pinhole defects in optical devices such as electrochromic windows. One method mitigates a pinhole defect in an electrochromic device by identifying the site of the pinhole defect and obscuring the pinhole to make it less visually discernible. In some cases, the pinhole defect may be the result of mitigating a short-related defect.
US10534236B2
Provided is an electrochromic compound represented by the following general formula (I) or (II) where R1 to R13 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a monovalent organic group, or a polymerizable functional group, and at least one of the R1 to the R13 is a polymerizable functional group.
US10534235B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a gate line extending in a first direction, first and second source lines crossing the gate line and arranged in the first direction, a first light-shielding layer having first and second openings, and an oxide semiconductor layer crossing the gate line, and in the display device, the first opening and the second opening are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction between the first source line and the second source line, the gate line is located between the first opening and the second opening, and the oxide semiconductor layer has a first overlapping portion overlapping the first opening.
US10534231B2
A lighting device includes: a liquid crystal element having electrode pattern including a first portion and a second portion; drive circuit connected to the electrode pattern; polarizer disposed in front of the liquid crystal element and separated from the liquid crystal element in optical axis direction; analyzer disposed at rear of the liquid crystal element, and separated from the liquid crystal element in optical axis direction, wherein the polarizer and the analyzer constitute crossed Nicol polarizers; light source for supplying lights to the liquid crystal element within a predetermined incident angle range; and projection optical system projecting lights transmitted through the liquid crystal element forwardly; wherein the polarizer and the analyzer locally overlap with the liquid crystal element in projection normal to the liquid crystal element, and when the light source is turned on, the drive circuit supplies drive signal to the first portion of the electrode pattern which applies or releases voltages in compliance with circumstances, and supplies drive signal to the second portion of the electrode pattern which continuously applies voltage, lights transmitting through the first portion of the electrode pattern and projecting forward transmit both the polarizer and the analyzer, and lights transmitting through the second portion of the electrode pattern and projecting forward include components which do not transmit at least one of the polarizer and the analyzer.
US10534211B2
A geometrically true and perfectly flat display screen includes a first frame, a backlight module and a first bolster. The backlight module is received in the first frame and includes a reflector plate at a lower portion of the backlight module. The first bolster is directly attached to the reflector plate.
US10534208B2
A display device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a display unit that displays an image including a plurality of viewpoint images; and a separator that includes a plurality of first electrodes that form, at a first pitch, a plurality of first unit separators that separate the plurality of viewpoint images, a plurality of second electrodes that form a plurality of second unit separators at a second pitch which is different from the first pitch, and a liquid crystal layer. The plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes are opposed to each other with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween.
US10534205B2
An apparatus for generating electromagnetic radiation includes a pump laser so adapted that in operation of the apparatus it generates electromagnetic continuous-wave pump radiation; an optical parametric oscillator which is arranged in the beam path of the pump radiation and has a non-linear optical crystal, and is so adapted that in operation of the apparatus it generates signal and idler radiation from the pump radiation, and a non-linear optical device having a non-linear optical crystal, being arranged at least in a beam path of the signal radiation or idler radiation, and being so adapted that in operation of the apparatus it generates from the signal or idler radiation electromagnetic radiation at a frequency greater than a frequency of the signal or idler radiation. The non-linear optical crystal being heated in a furnace so that the crystal has a temperature gradient in the beam direction of the signal or idler radiation.
US10534192B2
A stereo display panel is disclosed. The stereo display panel has: a collimated light display structure having first and second display regions configured to display left-eye and right-eye images respectively; and a light-redirecting structure disposed on a light exit surface of the collimated light display structure. The light-redirecting structure has a first portion and a second portion to deflect collimated light beams exiting from the first and second display regions towards predetermined left-eye viewing position and right-eye viewing position respectively, such that left-eye and right-eye virtual images seen by left and right eyes are located at a light incidence side of the collimated light display structure. A stereo display device having the stereo display panel is also disclosed.
US10534184B2
An auxiliary device for use with a head-mounted display (HMD) is disclosed. The auxiliary device includes a base plate configured to be detachably affixed to an interior surface of a front-facing panel of an HMD; a pair of nose pad arms extending from a first side of the base plate, each nose pad arm having a proximal end connected to the base plate and a distal end carrying a nose pad; and a lens holder frame extending from the first side of the base plate, the lens holder frame being configured to hold a first prescription lens and a second prescription lens in general alignment with a first display and a second display, respectively, of the HMD.
US10534181B2
An optical waveguide, which includes a medium layer and N semi-transmissive, semi-reflective films supported by the medium layer. The semi-transmissive, semi-reflective films are arranged in sequence along a first direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the medium layer. The orthographic projections of two adjacent semi-transmissive, semi-reflective films on a plane parallel to the thickness direction of the medium layer have an overlap region. A contour of each semi-transmissive, semi-reflective film is a curved surface structure, curved surface structures of the N semi-transmissive, semi-reflective films are N continuous sub-curved surfaces formed by segmenting a same curved surface respectively, a sum of heights of the N sub-curved surfaces is a height of the curved surface, and a concave side of the curved surface structure of each semi-transmissive, semi-reflective film faces towards a same bottom surface of the medium layer.
US10534176B1
A waveguide display is used for presenting media to a user. The waveguide display includes a light source assembly, an output waveguide, and a controller. The light source assembly projects an image light at least along one dimension. The output waveguide includes a waveguide body with two opposite surfaces. The output waveguide includes an input area, an output area, a first diffractive element on the first side, and a second diffractive element on the second side of the output waveguide. The output area is located between the input area and the first and second diffractive elements. The first and second diffractive elements reflect a second portion of the expanded image light back toward the output area for outcoupling to the eyebox. The controller controls the scanning of the light source assembly to form a two-dimensional image.
US10534166B2
An optical projection system (12) for a weapon system aiming scope (10) having at least objective and ocular lenses (24, 26) defining an optical path through which a target image (30) is observed. The projection system (12) includes a primary beamsplitter (62) positioned in the optical path, a secondary beamsplitter (64) positioned adjacent the primary beamsplitter (62) and off the optical path, a micro-display (60) that provides a data image (38, 88) containing targeting information (100, 101, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 112), and an illumination source (52). The illumination source (52) generates light directed through the secondary beamsplitter (64) to illuminate and reflect off the micro-display (60) so as to define a reflected data image (88), and the secondary beamsplitter (64) directs the reflected data image (88) into the primary beamsplitter (62). The primary beamsplitter (62) combines the data image (88) with an optical target image (30) in the optical path so as to convey targeting information (100, 101, 102, 104, 106, 108, 110, 1112) to a shooter or spotter viewing the optical target image (30).
US10534165B1
A Cassegrain telescope design consists of a silicon primary mirror bonded into a silicon-carbide (SiC) telescope metering tube. A secondary mirror is bonded directly to the telescope window. The window sits in a SiC bezel that is bonded to the SiC telescope tube. A graphite snout is bonded to the rear of the primary mirror and extends forward into the telescope. The snout incorporates a field stop that blocks stray light and sources outside the acquisition field of view (FOV). A lens cell threads into the snout and holds two lenses that collimate the light exiting that end of the telescope.
US10534138B2
In one example, a system for a module board coupling includes a module bracket coupled to a plate, a module board coupled to the plate, a number of frame pins coupled to the module frame to slide under the plate when a back spring coupled to the module bracket is depressed, wherein the module board is engaged with a socket when the number of frame pins slide under the plate.
US10534126B2
A backlight device 12 includes LEDs 15, a light guide plate 17 having a light entering edge surface 17a opposite the LEDs 15 and having plate surfaces one of which is alight exit plate surface 17b, and a light collecting portion 22 including unit light collecting portions 22a that extend in a normal direction of the light entering edge surface 17a on the light exit plate surface 17b and are arranged in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the normal direction. The light guide plate 17 includes an opposite edge portion 23 that is opposite from an end portion thereof having the light entering edge surface 17a, the opposite edge portion 23 has an edge surface a part of which is a curved edge surface 24 having a curved planar shape and the opposite edge portion 23 has the light exit plate surface 17b a part of which is a light collecting portion non-forming section 25 on which no light collecting portion 22 is formed.
US10534123B2
A white light source includes an array of light emitting elements arranged to a light guide.A light in-coupling array is arranged so that each light emitting element faces a light in-coupling element to incouple in the light guide a portion of the divergent light beams so that the in-coupled angle of at least a part of the light rays of the in-coupled light beam is higher than 45°.An array of light homogenizing elements is arranged so that each light homogenizing element faces a light incoupling element and so that the deflection angle of at least a fraction of the incident part of the in-coupled light beam incident on each of said homogenizing elements is higher than 45°.The white light source provides a uniform outcoupled white light beam.
US10534122B2
A fiber optic shelving system includes a shelf including a plurality of holes, a plurality of fiber optic filaments, each of the plurality of fiber optic filaments having a first end and a second end, and the first end being coupled to one of the plurality of holes, a holder configured to hold the second ends and expose terminal surfaces of the plurality of fiber optic filaments, a first camera configured to capture an image of the terminal surfaces of the plurality of fiber optic filaments, and a second camera configured to capture an image of a side of one or more products on the shelf. The fiber optic shelving system determines a number of products on the shelf based on the captured image of the terminal surfaces of the plurality of fiber optic filaments and the captured image of the side of one or more products on the shelf.
US10534119B2
The present invention relates to a polarizer protective film comprising a binder resin layer in which a poly(C2-4 alkylene glycol)-modified polyfunctional urethane (meth)acrylate-based polymer and a bifunctional or higher polyfunctional (meth)acrylate-based compound form a cross-linked bond, a polarizing plate comprising the polarizer protective film and a method for preparing a polarizing plate comprising forming the polarizer protective film.
US10534109B2
A method determines the performance index of subterranean rock. In one embodiment, a performance index method determines a performance index for subterranean rock of an area. The area includes a well. The method includes determining a time period during producing the well. The method also includes determining the performance index from data of the time period from the equation PI=(q/dd)*(cum./GPI). The term PI is the performance index, and the term q is the average daily rate of the well for the time period. The term dd is the average drawdown per day of the well for the time period, and the term cum. is the cumulative production of the well for the time period. The term GPI is the gross perforated interval of the well for the time period.
US10534107B2
A method may include measuring a formation sample using a Raman spectrometer to determine a formation sample characteristic, wherein the formation sample characteristic is mineral ID and distribution, carbon ID and distribution, thermal maturity, rock texture, fossil characterization, or combinations thereof.
US10534103B2
Provided are systems and methods for mapping hydrocarbon reservoirs. Operations include disposing an electromagnetic (EM) transmitter and an EM receiver into first and second wellbores of first and second wells, respectively, penetrating a resistive layer of a subsurface formation bounded by first and second conductive layers. The EM transmitter and receiver each being disposed at depths proximate to intersections of the first and second wellbores and the resistive layer, respectively. The operations further including transmitting an EM signal between the EM transmitter and receiver via the resistive layer, determining transport properties associated with propagation of the EM signal from the EM transmitter to the EM receiver via the resistive layer, and determining the presence of an anomaly in at least one of the conductive layers based on the travel time.
US10534096B1
One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a dataset associated with a plurality of photon emission events interacting with a detector array of an imaging device; identifying a first subset of the dataset associated with a plurality of unscattered photon emission events from the plurality of photon emission events; identifying a second subset of the dataset associated with at least one scattered photon event from the plurality of photon emission events; determining, for a scattered photon event, a likely location of emission of the scattered photon event using data from the first subset of the dataset associated with the plurality of unscattered photon events; and correcting the dataset by associating the scattered photon event with the determined likely location of emission. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10534093B2
A circuit arrangement for acquisition of signals from an apparatus for measuring beams of charged particles for external radiotherapy, in particular protons, carbon ions, and other ion species, emitted by particle accelerators, comprising at least one ionization-chamber sensor (10), which includes a plurality of sensor channels (20), said circuit arrangement (200; 500) comprising a plurality of channel branches (B0, . . . , B63; BR0, . . . , BR63) in parallel designed to be connected to said sensor channels (20) for receiving respective measurement signals (i) therefrom, said channel branches (B0, . . . , B63; BR0, . . . , BR63) comprising respective current-to-frequency converters (210) and counters (220) for supplying count values (CT), representing a charge associated to a given channel (20), to a multiplexer (250; 550). According to the invention, said channel branches (BR0, . . . , BR63) supply their own outputs (CT0, . . . , CT63) directly to said multiplexer (550) and to an adder structure (240) comprising at least one first column (2401) of adders (2411) that adds up the values at the outputs (CT0, . . . , CT63) of the channel branches (Br0, . . . , BR63) to supply sum values (CT_100, . . . , CT_115, CT_200, . . . , CT_203, CT_300) at outputs thereof, said multiplexer (550) being configured for selecting, from the direct outputs (CT0, . . . , CT63) of the channel branches (BR0, . . . , BR63) and the outputs (CT_100, . . . , CT_115, CT_200, . . . , CT_203, CT_300) of the adder structure (240), a signal to be supplied to a readout electronics (400) for reading the channels (20), in particular in order to enable the channels necessary for detecting a given peak excursion via the multilayer-ionization-chamber sensor (10) without saturating.
US10534087B1
A method for enhancing GPS location accuracy includes providing a base station receiver having a known surveyed location, and a roving receiver at a location distinct from the base station receiver. The method further includes receiving single-frequency code and carrier-phase measurements from the base station, and translating the single-frequency code and carrier-phase measurements to a Kalman filter-predicted location of the roving receiver. The translated single frequency code and carrier phase measurements are used to generate a local replica of the Kalman filter-predicted location signals for each channel of the roving receiver. The method further includes correlating the local replicas with an incoming signal of the roving receiver to generate a plurality of tracking error estimates. The plurality of tracking error estimates are used to update navigation states and clock update states thereof. The method also includes estimating delta tb1 and discarding local channel information prior to performing subsequent iterations.
US10534084B2
An apparatus is provided for using a square wave digital chirp signal for optical chirp range detection. A laser source emits an optical signal and a RF waveform generator generates an input digital chirp signal based on the square wave digital chirp signal. A frequency of the optical signal is modulated based on the input digital chirp signal. A splitter divides the optical signal into a transmit optical signal and a reference optical signal. A detector combines the reference optical signal and a return optical signal from an object. The detector generates an electrical output signal based on the combined reference optical signal and the return optical signal. A processor determines a range to the object based on a characteristic of a Fourier transform the electrical output signal. A method is also provided for using the square wave digital chirp signal for optical chirp range detection.
US10534083B2
Systems and methods for color Doppler imaging in an ultrasound imaging system are disclosed herein. An ultrasound imaging system includes color Doppler imaging circuitry. The color Doppler imaging circuitry is configured to estimate flow parameters. The imaging circuitry includes a radio frequency (“RF”) demodulator configured to produce in-phase and quadrature components of an ultra-sound data vector. The RF demodulator includes a table in memory that stores interleaved sine and cosine values. The RF demodulator maintains an index value for the table having higher precision than is used to index the table. The RF demodulator rounds the index value for each access of the table. Each table access retrieves a sine value and a cosine value.
US10534077B2
A proximity sensor measures the distance of a target and a method operates the proximity sensor. The proximity sensor emits a transmission signal as a free-field transmission wave, which is reflected at the target and as a free-field reflection signal is received by the proximity sensor as a reflection signal, wherein the determining of the distance is provided from the phasing of the reflection signal in relation to the phasing of the transmission signal. The proximity sensor shifts the phasing of the transmission signal chronologically.
US10534044B2
A method for detecting a relative position of a magnetic field source is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of detecting at least two magnetic field components of a magnetic field produced by a magnetic field source using a magnetic field sensor, determining a temperature effect compensation which compensates for a temperature effect on the magnetic field components, and establishing an output signal corresponding to the relative position of the magnetic field source based on a quotient of the magnetic field components, the temperature effect compensation, and an offset correction.
US10534038B2
It is intended to recognize the state of charge or depth of discharge of the battery more accurately than conventional technologies and to recognize health of a battery appropriately. Complex impedance between positive and negative electrodes of the battery is determined at a plurality of frequencies, and the state of charge or depth of discharge of the battery is estimated by comparing frequency dependency of Warburg impedance of the determined complex impedances with frequency dependency of Warburg impedance corresponding to a known state of charge or depth of discharge of the battery. Similarly, complex impedance is determined, and the health of the battery is evaluated by using the real part of the complex impedance at a point where the imaginary part of the complex impedance is zero on a line obtained by extending a part, which indicates frequency dependency of Warburg impedance, of a complex impedance characteristic curve representing a correlation relationship between the real and imaginary parts of the determined complex impedance.
US10534036B2
A method includes measuring, by at least one processor, a time at which control circuitry sends an instruction to a switch structured to control transmission of electrical power. The method further includes sensing, by at least one sensor, a change in position of the switch in response to the instruction, and determining, by the at least one processor, a delay between the time at which the control circuitry sends the instruction and a time at which the change in position occurs. The method still further includes recording, by the at least one processor, the delay in a delay measurement queue and taking, by the at least one processor, an action with respect to the switch in response to the delay measurement queue.
US10534024B2
A modular monitoring and control system for NEMA-style load center smart electrical distribution panels is built up from interconnectable modules, starting with a Base Unit for monitoring and reporting on select branch circuits, then adding a Control Module for Remotely Operated breakers or additional current monitoring or both; and/or adding a separate Expansion Module with Current Transformer expansion capabilities for adding a larger number of power monitors within the load center. The modules plug into breaker pole slots within the panel for ease of installation and are independent of the breakers. The system keeps initial smart panel costs low by placing monitoring and control functionality and required parts into add-on modules.
US10534019B2
A method and apparatus for providing variable analog to digital converter (ADC) resolution is described.
US10534017B2
A testing system for semiconductor chips having a removable device under test printed circuit board (DUT PCB) that electrically connects with the electrical testing components of the system. A removable top plate is placed on top of the DUT PCB and is locked in place by a plurality of locking posts that selectively connect to cam surfaces in the top plate that pull the top plate down sandwiching the DUT PCB between the top plate and the electrical testing components of the system. The DUT PCB is quickly and easily removed and replaced by moving the locking posts between an engaged position and a disengaged position. In this way, a single testing system can be used to test a great variety of semiconductor chips thereby reducing capital equipment costs and space needed in cleanrooms.
US10534012B2
A bidirectional flow switch includes a housing having a flow passage therethrough. A body is disposed moveably in the flow passage and biased towards a first position at zero flow. A magnetic sensor is proximate the housing. A magnet is disposed with respect to the body and the magnetic sensor so that when the body is at the first position, the magnetic sensor is at a first state and so that the magnetic sensor is at a second state when a flow rate through the flow passage is greater than a threshold flow rate that moves the body from the first position.
US10534009B2
Systems and methods are provided for sample processing. A device may be provided, capable of receiving the sample, and performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing multiple assays. The device may comprise one or more modules that may be capable of performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample assay, and detection step. The device may be capable of performing the steps using a small volume of sample.
US10534005B2
A method for the in vitro differential diagnosis of thyroid diseases is described comprising the step of determining by means of mass spectrometry in a biological sample the variation in intensity of at least one of the peaks (m/z)±0.3% selected from the group consisting of 10129 Th, 9749 Th, 10092 Th, 7935 Th, 4620 Th, 4748 Th, 8565 Th, 7565 Th, 4518 Th, 7936 Th, 5044 Th, 6699 Th, 11310 Th, 12277 Th, 6805 Th, 6880 Th, 8566 Th, 8309 Th, 5564 Th, 9711 Th, 7263 Th, 10296 Th and 4353 Th and/or of at least one of the peaks (m/z)±0.3% selected from the group consisting of 4987 Th, 7110 Th, 4804 Th, 9957 Th, 6719 Th, 4372 Th, 4196 Th, 4111 Th, 4282 Th, 5935 Th and 5519 Th.
US10533993B2
The invention provides a test strip comprising an identification region coded a screen function of the test strip by a chromaticity coordinates model; a calibration region having a particular color for calibrating an external spectrum analyzer; and a reaction region chemically reacted with a specific specimen for changing its own color. By using the external spectrum analyzer to conduct light splitting of the reflective lights from the recognition and reaction regions of the test strip, automatic recognition and simplified usage can be achieved.
US10533973B2
A sensor includes an inflow section into which an analyte liquid flows; a first cover member; a detection element including an element substrate located on an upper surface of the first cover member, and a detection section which is located on an upper surface of the element substrate and is configured to detect a target contained in an analyte liquid; an intermediate cover member including a first upstream portion; a second cover member including a second upstream portion; and a flow channel which is surrounded by the intermediate cover member and the second cover member, is continuous with the inflow section, and extends at least to the detection section. A contact angle θ2a of a lower surface of the second upstream portion of the second cover member with the analyte liquid is smaller than a contact angle θ3 of an upper surface of the detection element with the analyte liquid.
US10533969B2
To predict the iron loss of a non-oriented electrical steel sheet after shearing, a non-oriented electrical steel sheet is sheared to a certain width, and iron loss Wt(B0) of the non-oriented electrical steel sheet after shearing is estimated according to a predetermined relational expression based on iron loss Wn(B1) in a non-machining-affected zone in which no machining strain is introduced by the shearing and iron loss Wi(B2) in a machining affected zone in which machining strain is introduced.
US10533965B2
A catalytically activated combustible gas sensing element includes a filament of resistance wire forming a coil, wherein a first end of the resistance wire is attached to a first support post and a second end of the resistance wire is attached to a second support post, a cantilever support supporting the coil, wherein the cantilever support is attached to a third support post, and a catalytic bead substantially surrounding the coil and cantilever.
US10533963B2
A biosensor device includes a substrate, an oxide layer and a sensing wire. The oxide layer is disposed on the substrate. The sensing wire is disposed on the oxide layer. The sensing wire is provided to receive target biomolecules. The sensing wire includes at least one first section extending along a first direction and at least one second section extending along a second direction. The at least one first section is continuous with the at least one second section. The first direction is different from the second direction. The sensing wire has a width and a total length and a ratio of the total length to the width is larger than 500.
US10533962B2
The present invention provides a gas sensor structure comprising a gas sensing chip. The back of the sensing material is a hollow structure. An insulating layer is below the sensing material. A micro heating is disposed surrounding the sensing material. The sensing material adheres to sensing electrodes. The sensing material is a complex structure including a metal oxide semiconductor and a roughened lanthanum-carbonate gas sensing layer. The thickness of the metal oxide semiconductor is between 0.2 μm and 10 μm; the thickness of the roughened lanthanum-carbonate gas sensing layer is between 0.1 μm and 4 μm; and the size of the back etching holes is smaller than 1*1 mm. By using the gas sensor structure according to the present invention, a suspended gas sensing structure can be fabricated on a silicon substrate and the chip size can be minimized.
US10533954B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for detecting defects or reviewing defects in a semiconductor sample. The system has a brightfield (BF) module for directing a BF illumination beam onto a sample and detecting an output beam reflected from the sample in response to the BF illumination beam. The system has a modulated optical reflectance (MOR) module for directing a pump and probe beam to the sample and detecting a MOR output beam from the probe spot in response to the pump beam and the probe beam. The system includes a processor for analyzing the BF output beam from a plurality of BF spots to detect defects on a surface or near the surface of the sample and analyzing the MOR output beam from a plurality of probe spots to detect defects that are below the surface of the sample.
US10533952B2
A substrate inspection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a projection unit, an illumination unit, an image acquisition unit and a processing unit. The projection unit irradiates an inspection target with light for obtaining three-dimensional shape information of the inspection target. The illumination unit irradiates the inspection target with at least two lights having different colors. The image acquisition unit acquires a first image by receiving light irradiated by the projection unit and reflected from the inspection target, and a second image by receiving the lights irradiated by the illumination unit and reflected from the inspection target. The processing unit acquires brightness information and color information from the first image and the second image, respectively, which are acquired by the image acquisition unit, and acquires at least a portion of a boundary by using the bright information and the color information. Therefore, the accuracy and reliability of the inspection can be improved.
US10533949B2
The present invention relates to a system, method, and meter for determining the concentration of an analyte in a fluid sample provided on a test strip. The meter (10) may include a body (12), an optical reader (28), and a test strip holder (90). The body (12) has first (14) and second ends (16) and defines a longitudinal axis y extending between the first and second ends (14,16). The optical reader (28) may be coupled to the body (12) and adapted to analyze the analyte on the test strip. The test strip holder (90) may be coupled to the body (12) and include first and second arms (92,94). One of the optical reader (28) or the test strip holder (90) may be movable along the longitudinal axis of the body between a first position, in which the first and second arms (92,94) of the test strip holder (90) overlie the optical reader (28), and a second position, in which the optical reader (28) extends beyond the first and second arms (92,94) of the test strip holder (90). Such configuration allows to push the test strip against the optical reader (28). Pins (58, 60) are also disposed on the test strip holder (90) to grasp the extremities of the test strip and stretch said strip against the optical reader (28).
US10533943B2
The invention provides a method for identifying plastics and/or the additives therein, wherein at least some of the plastic material is irradiated with light of at least one wavelength, at least some of the light reflected by the plastic material is detected and analyzed, and the plastic material and/or the additive therein is/are identified on the basis of the result of the analysis. The disclosed method utilizes a fluorescence decay time constant of the intrinsic fluorescence of the plastic material and, if applicable, of the additive(s) therein, which is determined on the basis of the detected light, and the plastic material and/or the additive(s) therein is/are identified on the basis of the determined fluorescence decay time constant.
US10533942B2
The invention is a system and method to measure oil content in water utilizing the fluorescence of oil emitted under excitation by laser. Oil and water mixture is transferred through the system to a measurement section in a microscope, which produces high resolution 3-dimensional images of the oil and water mixture with the fluorescence. The images are analyzed to calculate the amount of oil in water and oil droplets distribution. The image is also analyzed to distinguish oil coated solids from oil droplets, and to calculate the sizes and volumes of the solids.
US10533931B2
A method for examining and processing a microscopic sample arranged on a slide includes producing reference markings on the slide by a laser beam of a laser microdissection system. A digital image of the sample and the reference markings on the slide is produced by a digital optical imaging device. An image region is defined and first position information data which indicate a position of the image region is generated. The reference markings are identified in the image and second position information data which indicate a position of the reference markings in the image is generated. The reference markings are identified, and third position information data which indicate the position of the reference markings in the laser microdissection system is generated. The first, second and third position information data are correlated and a sample region which corresponds to the image region is processed.
US10533924B2
A phase contrast detection limit test slide is described for testing a phase contrast microscope. The test slide comprises a series of devices each having a first end and an opposing second end and comprising a plurality of phase objects disposed substantially between the first and second ends. The phase objects are formed by formed by nanometre fabrication techniques. The plurality of phase objects of any one device have a single phase angle in the range of about 2° to about 8°, and the devices are arranged over the test slide so that the phase angle increases across the series of devices. Each plurality of phase objects is further arranged substantially in the centre of concentric guides provided on each device to guide the eye to the phase objects, and a cover slip disposed over the devices. Also described is a process for using the test slide.
US10533923B2
An apparatus for a unique wind tunnel useable for testing aerospace specific sensors and probes is presented. The apparatus utilizes an effective variable nozzle, allows testing of aerospace devices over a near infinite Mach and Reynolds numbers in subsonic flow. The variable nozzle allows for quick and easy adjustment over a minimum 1×10{circumflex over ( )}7 range of Reynolds number conditions from flow velocity of Mach 0.01 to 0.99. The optimal design of the apparatus allows for adaptation to different size test tunnels, using existing facilities to reduce cost, enabling various aerospace design applications. The apparatus of the present invention, provides a highly variable test environment in order to improve the development of advanced aerospace sensors, including benefits such as: development of flow sensors to prevent compressor stall; development of optical sensors to optimize turbine and compressor airflow; and, development of temperature sensors to increase efficiency of turbine engine operation.
US10533918B2
The present invention is directed to a process, which can be used in the production of exhaust catalysts. In particular, the present process describes way of testing the leak-tightness of the coating equipment before a new coating campaign begins or during a running campaign.
US10533915B2
A diagnostic apparatus for a powder coating material pump includes a detector that uses pressure or flow to detect a fault in the pump, the diagnostic apparatus being external the pump, internal the pump or a combination of external and internal the pump. Another diagnostic device is provided for a powder coating material pump, and includes a light source in close proximity to the pump, the light source having an on condition and an off condition wherein one or both of the on condition and off condition provides information about the pump performance. An exemplary pump is a dense phase powder coating material pump.
US10533909B2
Collecting roll data associated with a sensing roll and a mating roll forming a nip includes generating sensor signals from a first sensor array on the sensing roll and a second sensor array on the mating roll during rotations of the mating rolls and sensing rolls. A periodically occurring first time reference is associated with each rotation of the mating roll and a periodically occurring second time reference is associated with each rotation of the sensing roll. For a received sensor signal, based on whether the received signal is from the sensors of the mating roll or the sensing roll, a tracking segment on the other roll is detected that enters a region of the nip concurrent with the sensor that generated the received signal. The detection is made from either a most-recent-identified first time reference or second time reference. The received signal can then be stored using the detected tracking segment.
US10533905B2
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based devices capable of measuring wall shear stress vectors in three-dimensional aerodynamic flow fields are provided. A device can include a sensor that senses wall shear stress vectors in two in-plane axes and an interface circuit including a modulation section and a demodulation section. The device can be capable of making direct, real-time wall shear stress measurements without any need for using secondary measurements and/or models for validation.
US10533904B2
Provided is an elastically actuating device including an actuator configured to generate a rotary force, a gear part connected to the actuator and configured to transfer the rotary force from the actuator to an outside, and an elastic member including one end fastened to a ground and the other end connected to the gear part, and an elastic member including one end fastened to a ground and another end connected to the gear part, disposed outside the actuator to cover the actuator from the one end to the other end, and deformed in response to the gear part rotating relative to the actuator.
US10533903B2
A method to determine the heat transfer through some enveloping surface is being presented, where a convective as well as a radiation heat-transfer is considered.
US10533899B2
The present invention provides a thermocouple probe (10). The probe includes a first pair of thermocouple wires (50) joined to form a first thermocouple junction (56) at a sensing tip (14) of the thermocouple probe and a cooling arrangement (20) defining a cooling pathway (34) adjacent to a cooled portion of the probe. The sensing tip projects beyond the cooling arrangement and is cooled during use by conduction to the cooled portion of the probe. The probe further includes a second pair of thermocouple wires (54) joined to form a second thermocouple junction (52) in the cooled portion of the probe and adjacent to the sensing tip. The present invention also provides a method and a system for determining the gas temperature (Tg) in a high temperature environment, such as a jet engine.
US10533897B2
A device provides a temperature control and/or monitoring, including a controller to receive a minimum temperature value and a maximum temperature value of a temperature range to be measured. The controller correlates a known output signal range of a temperature sensor to the temperature range to be measured. Further, the controller receives an output signal from the temperature sensor, and generates a measured temperature value based on the output signal of the temperature sensor. A method to control and/or monitor a temperature is also provided.
US10533892B2
Various implementations relate generally to multi-sensor devices. Some implementations more particularly relate to a multi-sensor device including a ring of radially-oriented photosensors. Some implementations more particularly relate to a multi-sensor device that is orientation-independent with respect to a central axis of the ring. Some implementations of the multi-sensor devices described herein further include one or more additional sensors. For example, some implementations include an axially-directed photosensor. Some implementations also can include one or more temperature sensors configured to sense an exterior temperature, for example, an ambient temperature of an outdoors environment around the multi-sensor. Additionally or alternatively, some implementations include one or more of an infrared sensor or infrared sensors, a cellular communication circuit, and a GPS module.
US10533889B2
A method for limit level monitoring with a radiometric limit switch. A detector measures discrete radiation intensities. Statistical distributions of radiation intensities in a state, free of medium, and in a state, covered by medium, are given by two Poisson distributions. In an interval successive radiation intensities are measured, a distribution of the radiation intensities, two separated Poisson distributions are identified within the distribution, based on the positions of the Poisson distributions identified within the distribution, an upper threshold value is determined for the radiation intensity, the exceeding of which upper threshold value by a radiation intensity measured following the interval means a state change into the state, free of medium, has been detected, and/or a lower threshold value is determined for the radiation intensity, the subceeding of which lower threshold value by a radiation intensity measured following the interval means a state change into the state, covered by medium, has been detected.
US10533886B2
The measuring cup includes numerous embodiments configured for a user to precisely determine the cup contents without need to lift the cup to one's eye level or to lower the eye level to the level of the cup contents. The various embodiments include folding cups; cups having transparent passages in the wall; cups having adjustably positionable bottoms; cups having level indicator rods in the cup interior extending upward from the cup bottom; cups having one or more filaments extending across the cup interior; cups having rigid level indicators spanning the cup interior; cups having adjustably positionable level indicator tabs therein; cups having buoyant level indicator tabs adjustably positionable in the cup interior; and cups having removable clip-on scales extending down along the interior of the cup wall, the scales having a plurality of attachment points for the removable attachment of a level indicator tab at a desired attachment point.
US10533885B2
A dispensing device for dispensing a powder includes a container body for storing a powder and a rotatable disc shaped member arranged at a bottom side of the container body. The disc shaped member includes an axial side surface configured for engagement with the powder and wherein the axial side surface is provided with one or more radially extending storage slots each terminating at a corresponding radial side opening in a radial side surface of the disc shaped member. The dispensing device further comprises a rake member movably arranged along the axial side surface and configured for raking a predetermined amount of powder from one of the one or more storage slots through the corresponding radial side opening in a dispensing configuration of the dispensing device.
US10533884B2
A measuring transducer for registering and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a flowable medium guided in a pipeline, which at least includes: a housing module, which is mechanically coupled with the pipeline via an inlet end and an outlet end, and a sensor module having at least one measuring tube held oscillatably at least partially in the housing module and caused, at least at times, to oscillate. The at least one component of the housing module and/or of the sensor module is manufactured by means of a generative method and method for manufacturing at least one component of a measuring transducer, which method includes manufacturing the at least one component by means of a primary forming process, especially by means of a layered applying and/or melting-on of a powder, especially a metal powder, based on a digital data set, which gives at least the shape and/or the material and/or the structure of the at least one component.
US10533880B2
A position sensor comprises a waveguide of a magnetostrictive material, which extends along a measurement path and which is configured for conducting mechanical pulses triggered by magnetostriction, and a housing for the waveguide. A positioning element is provided which is elastic at least regionally; which is held in the housing while being deformed; and which has a recess which extends along the measurement path and forms a receiver for the waveguide. In the position sensor in accordance with the invention, the recess has a slit which extends along the measurement path; which, viewed in a cross-sectional plane, reaches from a reception section up to a boundary of the positioning element; and which enables a lateral insertion of the waveguide into the reception section. The invention furthermore comprises a method of manufacturing a position sensor in accordance with the invention.
US10533876B2
A sensor assembly includes a base, a sensor attached to the base, and a cover transparent to the sensor and forming a spherical joint with the base. The cover may have a partial spherical shape. The sensor assembly may include an exterior panel having a hole, and the cover may be disposed in the hole. The cover may be rotatable relative to the base about any axis extending parallel to the exterior panel.
US10533875B2
A sensor system including a movable member, a sensor, and an interpolator. The sensor is configured to generate a first output signal and a second output signal. The first output signal has a first phase angle, the second output signal has a second phase angle, and a first difference between the first phase angle and the second phase angle has a first value. The first value of the first difference includes an offset related to a mechanical incompatibility between the sensor and the movable member. The interpolator is configured to receive the first output signal and the second output signal. The interpolator is operable to apply a compensation factor to generate a third signal having a third phase. The compensation factor has a value that is based on the mechanical incompatibility between the sensor and the movable member.
US10533871B2
A computing device receives, via a communication network, map data including (i) a description of geometries of map features and (ii) a first description of visual characteristics defined separately and independently of the description of the geometries. The computing device applies the visual characteristics to the geometries to render a first digital map. The computing device then receives, via the communication network, a second description of visual characteristics for application to the geometries previously provided to the computing device as part of the map data, and applies the second visual characteristics to the previously received geometries of the plurality of map features to render a second digital map.
US10533861B2
In a map matching apparatus, a processor executes, by the program stored in a storage unit, position measurement processing of measuring a current position, matching processing of performing, based on the current position measured in the position measurement processing, matching with a corresponding road position in the road map data stored in the map storage unit, determination processing of determining whether a candidate of a road position to be matched in the matching processing is correct or not, and matching control processing of setting, based on a determination result of the determination processing, the candidate of the road position to be matched in the matching processing.
US10533857B2
A user terminal and a control method thereof are provided. The control method of a user terminal includes registering a first point, acquiring movement information of the user terminal using a motion sensor when the user terminal moves from the first point to a second point, and providing a user interface (UI) for guiding to the first point on the basis of the movement information if a user command for a return is input. As a result, the user terminal makes it possible to provide the route guidance service to a destination by tracking the moving route of the user terminal when the global positioning system (GPS) signal may not be received.
US10533847B2
An inspection mechanism for metal blank, adapted for sensing the surface condition of a metal blank, includes a framework, a holding device, a shuffling device, and an inductive control device. It mainly utilizes the inductive control device to drive the holding device to hold and position the metal blank and control the shuffling device to move the sensor of the inductive control device to the path of sensing the metal blank, so as to conduct the sensing operation.
US10533840B2
Methods for characterizing shape changes of an aircraft due to flight loads are provided. In one example, a method for characterizing shape changes of an interior portion of an aircraft from flight loads includes positioning one or more 3D scanners within the interior portion of the aircraft. A reference scan of the interior portion is created with the one or more 3D scanners while the aircraft is substantially stationary and/or on the ground. A deformed scan of the interior portion is created with the one or more 3D scanners while the aircraft is in flight subject to substantial flight loads. The reference scan and the deformed scan are postprocessed and analyzed to characterize the shape changes of the interior portion of the aircraft from the substantial flight loads.
US10533837B2
Methods and apparatus are presented for multichannel optical coherence tomography. Light from a wavelength tuneable or steppable optical source is separated into one or more sample beams and one or more reference beams, and the one or more sample beams directed onto a sample to form one or more interaction regions. A plurality of returning probe beams are collected and mixed with the one or more reference beams to form an interference pattern comprising a plurality of interferograms having at least two distinct carrier frequencies. The multichannel optical apparatus can be provided with polarisation discrimination by mixing the returning probe beams with two orthogonally polarised reference beams to form one or more interference patterns each comprising a plurality of interferograms having at least two distinct carrier frequencies. In preferred embodiments each interferogram has a distinct carrier frequency, which may be provided by ensuring that each returning probe beam has a distinct propagation angle with respect to a reference beam. Also presented is a means of generating a plurality of beamlets from a sample beam using a nonreciprocal optical splitter configured to split a beam propagating in a forwards direction into a plurality of beamlets, and to transmit without splitting a beam propagating in the reverse direction.
US10533836B2
Dual laser frequency combs can rapidly measure high resolution linear absorption spectra. However, one-dimensional linear techniques cannot distinguish the sources of resonances in a mixture of different analytes, nor separate inhomogeneous and homogeneous broadening. These limitations are overcome by acquiring high resolution multi-dimensional non-linear coherent spectra with frequency combs.
US10533833B2
A method for characterising instrument error in a surface measurement instrument, comprising obtaining first calibration measurement data representing a known surface form of a first reference object and obtaining second calibration measurement data representing a known surface form of a second reference object. At least a portion of the second calibration measurement data represents a measurement range that overlaps with at least a portion of a measurement range of the first calibration measurement data. A common error function is obtained that characterises the instrument error.
US10533828B2
A quick change target system including a frame, a target mounted to the frame, and a retainer movable between a first position retaining the target within the frame and a second position permitting removal of the target from the frame. The target is formed from a plurality of individual members that have markings, which collectively define aiming points on the target.
US10533827B2
This invention concerns a device for the transmission of impulse and momentum, e.g. from a shock wave from an explosion or momentum from objects impacting the device, from one location to another, and is primarily used to protect vehicles, ships, aircrafts and buildings against impulse and/or momentum, for instance in regards to attacks on those with grenades, bombs, mines and the like.The governing physical principles are those of conservation of momentum and energy, and Newton's 3rd Law, claiming that for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.When the receiver 1 is accelerated by the incoming shock wave 9 it collides with the transmitter 2, connected to an emitter 3, momentum is transferred to the emitter 3. If the transfer is in itself not sufficient to bring the receiver's 1 velocity to an acceptable level, additional energy and momentum is added through the transmitter 2.
US10533812B2
Devices, systems, and methods for cooling a gas is disclosed. A slurry is passed through a droplet generating device to produce droplets of the slurry. The slurry comprises a contact liquid and solids. A melting point of the solids is higher than a vaporization point of the contact liquid. A carrier gas is passed across the droplets to exchange heat between the carrier gas and the droplets. At least a portion of the heat transferred to the droplets melts the solids.
US10533809B1
Illustrative embodiments disclosed herein pertain to a cooling apparatus that includes a distributor plate and a conduit assembly. The conduit assembly allows a cooling fluid to flow downwards through a first set of holes in the distributor plate and onto a hot object placed below the distributor plate. The cooling fluid then flows upwards from the hot object into a second set of holes in the distributor plate. The first set of holes are shaped to offer a pressure increase to the cooling fluid flowing towards the hot object. The second set of holes are shaped to offer reduced resistance to the cooling fluid flowing away from the hot object. The distributor plate and the conduit assembly are fabricated from a material that is a heat insulator thereby preventing heat transfer from the cooling fluid flowing away from the hot object to the cooling fluid flowing towards the hot object.
US10533805B2
The present invention relates to an outdoor heat exchanger, and more particularly, to an outdoor heat exchanger including a variable baffle whose opening and closing are controlled according to a switching of cooling/heating modes of a vehicle heat pump system to easily change a refrigerant pass and reduce the number of refrigerant passes at the time of heating than at the time of cooling.
US10533804B2
A heat exchanger having a plurality of heat exchanger plate pairs. Each plate has a longitudinal central planar portion and a peripheral edge portion extending from it. The plate is provided with a first boss and a second boss having an inlet and outlet, respectively. A rib is also provided extending from the peripheral edge portion to the central planar portion, the rib having a mating surface, where the rib mating surface of a first plate in a first plate pair is in contact with a rib mating surface of a second plate in an adjacent plate pair.
US10533801B2
An initial processing of natural raw rubber through an initial processing machine, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a coagulated latex which contains water and volatile compositions; (b) dewatering the coagulated latex through a screw-pressing process to remove free water; (c) forming a first pretreated latex material; (d) aging the first pretreated latex material through an aging process to remove water and volatile compositions; and (e) forming a final product of aged latex material. The screw-pressing process makes use of the temperature and pressure increase along the elongated channel structure. The aging process makes use of the further temperature and pressure increase of the rubber materials, together with the screwing effect of the screw-shaft component, the squeezing effect of the nozzle and additional heating at a particular location, which is around the mouthpiece of the nozzle to complete the aging process, which is energy saving, effective and efficient.
US10533800B2
The present invention provides, inter alia, for a liquid feeding device for the generation of droplets, in particular for the use in a process line for the production of freeze-dried particles, with a droplet ejection section for ejecting liquid droplets in an ejection direction, the droplet ejection section comprising at least one inlet port for receiving a liquid to be ejected, a liquid chamber for retaining the liquid, and a nozzle for ejecting the liquid from the liquid chamber to form droplets, wherein the liquid chamber is restricted by a membrane on one side thereof, the membrane being vibratable by an excitation unit, wherein the longitudinal axis of the liquid chamber is tilted relative to the longitudinal axis of the nozzle, and/or the liquid feeding device further comprises a deflection section for separating the droplets from each other by means of at least one gas jet, wherein the deflection section gas jet intersects perpendicular with an ejection path of the liquid ejected from the liquid chamber.
US10533792B1
A helium liquefaction system with a thermally reactive nosecone is described. The system further includes a tip having a slanted intake aperture, a shaft, a thermally reactive bore and a nosecone functioning as a hypersonic vortex generator. Further the system may be configured as a standalone helium liquefaction plant, whereby the compressed helium is regeneratively chilled into the cryogenic zone.
US10533790B2
A single serve beverage dispenser having a beverage dispensing assembly for an appliance is provided. The beverage dispensing assembly may include a brewing body, a lid, an actuating lever, and a lift frame. The brewing body may define a brew chamber and define an outlet. The lid may be pivotally attached to the brewing body to rotate between a first position and a second position. The lid may include a cam and defining an inlet to receive a flow of water in the first position. The actuating lever may extend between a first end and a second end. The first end may be slidably engaged with the cam to move between the first position and the second position. The lift frame may be pivotally attached to the lever at the second end to selectively motivate the brew pod away from the brew chamber in the second position.
US10533787B2
An air conditioner and a control method for an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include a compressor, a flow switch installed at an outlet side of the compressor, a first guide pipe extending from the flow switch to an outdoor heat exchanger, a second guide pipe extending from the flow switch to an indoor unit, a third guide pipe extending from the outdoor heat exchanger to the indoor unit, a bypass passage extending from the second guide pipe to the third guide pipe to allow at least a portion of the refrigerant in the second guide pipe to be bypassed to the third guide pipe or to allow at least a portion of the refrigerant in the third guide pipe to be bypassed to the second guide pipe, and a bypass valve installed on the bypass passage.
US10533784B2
Environmental control system for aircraft are provided having a ram module having a primary heat exchanger and a secondary heat exchanger, a refrigeration module having an air cycle machine module and a condenser heat exchanger module, and at least one conduit fluidly connecting the ram module to the refrigeration module such that the ram module and the refrigeration module can be installed in two separate volumes of the aircraft.
US10533783B2
An air conditioner including an outdoor device that includes a bypass path connecting a discharge side of the compressor and a suction side of the compressor, an on-off valve configured to open/close the bypass path, and a control device configured to control the compressor, the decompression device, and the on-off valve. The control device opens the on-off valve in a state in which the compressor is stopped to execute such bypass opening that refrigerant circulates, through the bypass path, from the discharge side of the compressor in a refrigerant storage state in which refrigerant is stored to the suction side of the compressor in a substantially vacuum state, and evaluates a volume of the pipe.
US10533779B2
Adsorption heat exchanger devices (11, 30) are provided for solid sorption refrigeration systems (1). Such a device includes a heat exchanger (12) having a plurality of projections (17) arranged for extending into an adsorbate of the system (1) in use. An adsorption structure (13, 31) is formed on the heat exchanger (12) for adsorption of said adsorbate. The adsorption structure (13, 31) comprises a plurality of elongate adsorption elements (20) extending outwardly from each of said projections (17) of the heat exchanger (12).
US10533777B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein are directed towards the fabrication of a solar absorber comprising an IR reflector layer deposited on a substrate; a first cermet layer deposited in contact with the IR reflector layer; a second cermet layer deposited in contact with the first cermet layer; a first anti-reflection coating layer deposited in contact with the second cermet layer; a second anti-reflection coating layer deposited in contact with the first anti-reflection coating layer. A sputtering process may be used to deposit some or all of the layers, and the YSZ layers in each cermet layer may be deposited with a tuned partial oxygen pressure in order to form a layer that is oxygen-deficient.
US10533773B2
The described embodiments provide thermal energy via solar powered heat exchangers. This energy can be implemented to heat hot water or heat residential/commercial structures. Parallel mounted vacuum insulated tubes heat water within a geometric heat transfer piping system. This thermal energy is transferred via a piping system to an insulated tank. A digital controller monitors and controls the temperature of the water within the system as well as provides frost/freezing protection. An electrical active pumping system is connected to the digital controller to circulate water within the solar heat exchanger. The electric active pump can be connected to a solar photovoltaic (electric) panel for reliable and uninterrupted heat/hot water delivery.
US10533763B2
A controller of an air-conditioning system includes a feedback control unit configured to generate a state quantity command from a control parameter and a difference between a target value of a room temperature and a measured room temperature and control the room temperature to the target value on the basis of the state quantity command, a control target heat characteristic model calculation unit configured to calculate a parameter of a model regarding a heat characteristic of a control target from at least a state quantity regarding an amount of heat supplied to the control target or the state quantity command, and the measured room temperature during normal operation, and a control parameter determination unit configured to determine the control parameter by using the parameter and a formula derived from the model regarding the heat characteristic of the control target.
US10533756B2
A system and method for controlling a boiler comprising a microcomputer operatively connected to a microcontroller wherein the microcontroller is configured to provide flame safeguard operations and the microcomputer is configured to provide operating control instructions to the microcontroller. The boiler control system may operate either in a stand-alone, cascade master or cascade slave configuration.
US10533753B2
The invention presents a solution to avoid glue when fixing an elastic foot to a pot support, such as used in ranges and kitchen hobs. The pot support (1000) has a cavity (2200) which is aligned with an elastic foot (1300) which comprises on the other hand a hollow space (3240). By inserting an expansion body (3220, 3450) into the hollow space, a press fit is generated between a support structure (1800) of the pot support and/or elastic material of the foot (1300). Rivets (3450) or bolts (3220) are taught as expansion bodies. The invention also teaches a method to mount an elastic foot to a pot support. The invention provides a solution for avoiding the deteriorating effects of aging glue used in the prior art, which leads to the loss of rubber feet on current pot supports.
US10533745B2
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a combustor wall including a shell and a heat shield. The combustor wall defines first and second cavities between the shell and the heat shield. The heat shield defines a first outlet and an elongated second outlet. The first outlet is fluidly coupled with the first cavity. The second outlet is fluidly coupled with the second cavity. The combustor wall defines one of the cavities with a tapered geometry.
US10533743B2
Operation of a thermochemical regenerator to generate soot or to increase the amount of soot generated improves the performance of a furnace with which the thermochemical regenerator is operated.
US10533742B2
A burner case and a burner device provided with the burner case are disclosed. A cover for closing an opening of a case body of the burner case is attached to the case body by a first caulking portion and a second caulking portion. A first caulking direction and a second caulking direction intersect with each other, the first caulking direction is a direction in which a first attachment piece and a first facing portion, those constituting the first caulking portion, face each other and are caulked, the second caulking direction is a direction in which a second attachment piece and a second facing portion, those constituting the second caulking portion, face each other and are caulked. Thus, the case body and the cover are not required to be screwed or the number of the screws is reduced, and leakage of gas from the burner case to outside is prevented.
US10533731B2
A lighting assembly having a mounting structure, an LED mounted on the mounting structure, an optical device optically coupled to the LED, and a support structure for connecting the optical device to the mounting structure. The LED is enclosed within a space formed by the mounting structure, the support structure, and the optical device. The support structure absorbs thermal energy to reduce an operating temperature of the optical device. The optical device may be formed from a first material and the support structure may be formed from a different, second material.
US10533729B2
A light source may include an LED chip having a light-emitting surface, on which a luminophore layer is arranged. The luminophore layer may include adjacently arranged regions having different luminophores. A lighting device may include at least one light source.
US10533721B2
An apparatus creating a flickering flame effect. The apparatus includes a housing with an interior space with first and second stages. A drive mechanism generates a time varying electromagnetic field extending into the first stage. A first pendulum member is pivotally mounted in the interior space of the first stage and includes first and second magnets on first and second ends, with the first end proximate to the drive mechanism such that the first magnet interacts with the varying electromagnetic field to cause movement of the pendulum member. The apparatus includes a second pendulum member pivotally mounted in the second stage with a magnet on a first end proximate to the second end of the first pendulum member. A flame silhouette element extends from the second pendulum member, and a light source transmits light onto the flame silhouette, which is moving due to the magnetic coupling of the pendulum members.
US10533710B2
A vehicle such as a terminal or yard tractor used for freight spotting is provided with one or more individual, portable LPG cylinders of the type used by forklifts facilitating tank swapping on an as-needed basis for reduced downtime. Each auxiliary cylinder is a portable, removable and replaceable cylinder having a fuel capacity less than that of the vehicle's primary tank. A controller interfaced to a sensor and a pump is operative to pump fuel from the auxiliary LPG cylinder and into the fuel line to refill the primary LPG tank when the fuel level of the primary tank falls below a predetermined level. The invention may be factory-installed onto the vehicle, or may be provided as a kit enabling an existing vehicle to be retrofitted with the auxiliary LPG cylinder(s).
US10533702B2
A mounting system that includes a second frame assembly movable relative to a first frame assembly and including a first and second hooks that engage/disengage first and second openings of the first frame assembly to secure the mounting system in a position; first and second release members configured to move the first and second hooks, respectively, to engage/disengage the associated opening upon movement of the release member; and a linkage assembly configured to communicate movement of one release member to move the other release member. The linkage assembly including a first link member operatively coupled to the first release member, a second link member operatively coupled to the second release member, and a third link member coupled to the first and second link members, such that movement of one of the first and second link members moves the other of the first and second link members.
US10533689B2
A double wall round or oval duct system assembly having an outer duct connector, an inner duct connector and a closure ring is provided. The inner duct connector of the duct assembly has an adhesive applied on the transverse flange face of its transverse flange thus allowing a sealing connection between the inner and outer duct connectors upon compression with the closure ring. The double wall round or oval duct system assembly will improve the efficiency and will reduce or eliminate air leakage upon connection of two round or oval duct segments. A method of installing the assembly system is also provided.
US10533686B2
A hydraulic tube connector for a vehicle includes: a connector body including a first through-hole, into which a tube having a tube protrusion extending outward from the tube is inserted, and a sealing O-ring hole at one side of the first through-hole; a sealing O-ring coupled to the sealing O-ring hole and into which the tube is inserted; and a stopper coupled to the connector body to prevent the sealing O-ring from being separated from the sealing O-ring hole and including a stopper groove having one side opened to allow the tube to be fitted through the stopper groove.
US10533681B2
A ceramic valve with a function of informing the operation position includes casing, a drive device partially and rotatably secured in the casing, a clicker longitudinally mounted to an upper portion of the casing and an outlet control device mounted to a lower portion of the casing for holding the drive device in place, wherein the drive seat extending through the clicker. The clicker informs an operation position by a “click” sound when the outlet control device is driven to a cold water supplying position, a hot water supplying position and a mixing water supplying position.
US10533677B2
In a linear solenoid valve, a coil wound on a bobbin is disposed radially outside a first core and a second core of that configure a part of a core segment, and a cover portion is formed by filling the outer periphery of the coil with a resin material so that the coil and the core segment are integrally molded together. The first core includes a small diameter portion having an outside diameter r2 smaller than an outside diameter r1 of an outer tubular portion that is part of the second core and that is opposed to the coil, and a large diameter portion that has an outside diameter r3 larger than that of the small diameter portion. A space between the small diameter portion and the bobbin makes it less likely that the first core is pressed radially inward via the bobbin during formation of the cover portion.
US10533674B2
A non-return valve (19) for a water supply system (1) or a pump (4) is integrated in a flow channel (14) of the water supply system (1). The non-return valve (19) includes a sealing body (21) which is mounted within the channel (14), blocks the channel (14) in a first position forming the closure position and releases the channel (14) in a second position forming the opened position. The sealing body (21) is movably arranged on a holder (31) which includes a closure body (15), with which the holder (31) is releasably fastened in a housing opening.
US10533672B2
An inflation device includes an airbag and an air valve. An air inlet is provided at an upper end of the air valve, an air outlet is provide at a lower end of the air valve, an inlet valve that is unidirectionally opened. inwards the air valve is provided at the air inlet, the inlet valve can be opened to a deflation position, an outlet valve is provided at the air outlet that is unidirectionally opened outwards the air valve, a push aim extending towards the outlet valve is configured in the air valve and is movable up and down, the push arm is actuated to move towards the outlet valve if the inlet valve is opened, and is pressed against the outlet valve if the inlet valve is at the deflation position. The deflation operation of the inflation device is simple due to the configuration of the push arm.
US10533666B2
Sealing structures and valve assemblies including the sealing structures. The sealing structures include a first body, which defines a first surface. The sealing structures also include a second body, which defines a second surface. The second body also defines a gland, which extends into the second body from the second surface, defines a gland opening on the second surface, and is free of both a tool entry point and a tool exit point. The second body further defines a retention structure projecting partially across the gland. The sealing structure also includes a resilient sealing body positioned within the gland. The retention structure retains the resilient sealing body within the gland, and the resilient sealing body forms a fluid seal between the first body and the second body when the resilient sealing body is brought into pressing engagement with both the first surface and the gland.
US10533658B2
A motor vehicle includes an engine having, in an exhaust system thereof, a particulate matter removal filter that removes particulate matters, a shift device capable of performing a sequential shift operation, and an electronic control unit that controls the engine such that the motor vehicle runs in accordance with a driver's operation. The electronic control unit is configured to perform control in such a manner as to cause the vehicle to run without carrying out a shift even when the sequential shift operation is performed by the driver, if a deposition amount of particulate matters deposited in the particulate matter removal filter is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount. Thus, the particulate matter removal filter can be restrained from being overheated through the supply of a large amount of air to the particulate matter removal filter with the predetermined amount or more of particulate matters deposited therein.
US10533652B2
A worm gear drive mechanism (1) having a housing (8), a rotatably mounted worm gear (4) and a worm shaft (2) rotatably mounted at at least one bearing point (7), wherein the bearing point (7) has a displacement element (10) for displacing the axial spacing (17) between the gear axis of rotation (6) of the worm gear (4) and the shaft axis of rotation (5) of the worm shaft (2).
US10533651B2
A gap adjustment member includes a main body and an outward protrusion. The main body portion has a diameter less than or equal to the diameter of a mounting hole. The outward protrusion protrudes outwardly on an outer perimeter surface of the main body portion, the number of the protrusions being less than or equal to the number of recessed grooves. A diameter of a circumscribing circle, which circumscribes the main body portion and passes a projecting end of the protrusion, and a crossing point, in which a line that passes the projecting end and a center of the main body portion intersects the outer perimeter surface of the main body portion, and which is a crossing point on the opposite side of the projecting end, is configured to be greater than the diameter of the mounting hole and less than or equal to the diameter of an annular groove.
US10533645B2
A dual-cavity toroidal variator is disclosed herein. The torques from the first and second cavities are balanced by controlling each roller with mechanical devices rather than individually controlling each roller with a hydraulic actuator. The mechanical devices may be balancing mechanisms having a pivotable linking lever (66) by which the roller carrier (40) of the first cavity and the roller carrier (41) of the second cavity are linked.
US10533643B2
A transmission for a motor vehicle wherein the drive shaft (An) is rotationally fixedly connectable by the first shift element (K3) to the first shaft (1) and the first shaft is rotationally fixedly connectable by the second shift element (B2) to the housing (2). A sun gear of the first planetary gear set (RS1) is rotationally fixedly connectable by the third shift element (K2) to the drive shaft (An). A carrier of the first planetary gear set (RS1) is rotationally fixedly connected to the output shaft (Ab) and to a ring gear of the second planetary gear set (RS2). A ring gear of the first planetary gear set (RS1) is rotationally fixedly connected to the second shaft (3), wherein the second shaft (3) is rotationally fixedly connectable by the fourth shift element (B1) to the housing (2).
US10533631B2
A transmission belt includes a belt body, two spaced-apart mounting axles and a reinforcing unit. The belt body forms a loop that defines an inner space. The mounting axles and the reinforcing unit are embedded in the belt body. The reinforcing unit includes at least one cord that includes a plurality of winding segments and a plurality of connecting segments. The winding segments alternately extend around the mounting axles. Each of the connecting segments interconnects a corresponding pair of the winding segments that respectively extend around the mounting axles.
US10533625B2
A damping force adjustable shock absorber that smoothly transfers a magnetic flux while a solenoid is downsized. An electromagnetic damping force adjustment device of the damping force adjustable shock absorber includes a damping force adjustment valve for generating a damping force, and a solenoid for variably adjusting the generated damping force. The solenoid includes a coil configured to generate a magnetic force through supply of current, a cap member having a bottomed tubular shape disposed on an inner peripheral side of the coil, a movable iron core disposed on an inner peripheral side of the cap member, an anchor member configured to attract the movable iron core, a shaft part provided on an inner peripheral side of the movable iron core, and a back-pressure-chamber formation member having a bottomed tubular shape, which is positioned on another end side of the shaft part, and configured to form a back pressure chamber.
US10533620B2
The present disclosure provides a fibrous preform, comprising an annulus having at least one of an outer diameter portion or an inner diameter portion, the outer diameter portion extending radially inward from an outer diameter of the fibrous preform and the inner diameter portion extending radially outward from an inner diameter of the fibrous preform. In various embodiments, the fibrous preform further comprises a medial diameter portion disposed between the outer diameter and the inner diameter, wherein the medial diameter portion comprises a first needling profile, and the at least one of the outer diameter portion or the inner diameter portion comprises a second needling profile. In various embodiments, the first needling profile is less than the second needling profile.
US10533619B2
A brake disk includes a friction ring, a brake disk hat and a securing ring. The friction ring has an inner side, on which a plurality of projections and intermediate spaces for connecting the friction ring to the brake disk hat are disposed. The brake disk hat has, on its outer side, intermediate spaces and projections which correspond with the projections and intermediate spaces of the friction ring and are shaped to engage in a positively locking manner into the projections and intermediate spaces of the friction ring, with the result that the friction ring is connected fixedly to the brake disk hat so as to rotate therewith. The securing ring secures the friction ring on the brake disk hat in the axial direction. The securing ring includes a number of spring elements which are spaced apart from one another in the circumferential direction of the securing ring.
US10533618B2
An overrunning, non-friction coupling and control assembly, an engageable coupling assembly and locking members for use in the assemblies are provided. A centroid or center of mass of at least one of the locking members is substantially centered on a pivot axis of the locking member so that the locking member is substantially centrifugally neutral or balanced thereby making the locking member easier to pivot between engaged and disengaged positions with respect to the coupling members of its corresponding assembly at high rotational speeds.
US10533609B2
A bearing comprises an outer casing and an inner casing, wherein each of the outer casing and the inner casing are shaped to hold a plurality of ball bearings to facilitate rotational movement of the outer casing with respect to the inner casing, and wherein the inner casing is shaped to define a circular void that is substantially empty except for structure as needed to hold the plurality of ball bearings against the outer casing, and wherein the outer casing is shaped to form a groove within which to receive a rail. A mounting system is included on the inner casing capable of receiving a mounting bracket to be slid longitudinally with respect to the rail upon the rotational movement of the outer casing.
US10533603B2
A door track assembly for cooperation with a door roller mechanism, including a housing having a longitudinal channel along a length of the housing, wherein the channel descends at an end of the housing to form a stowage recess for the door roller mechanism, and a first track and a second track that are disposed on the housing along a length of the channel and that descend into the stowage recess and along which the door roller mechanism traverses.
US10533594B2
A temporary fastening device comprises a collet and mandrel connected to a temporary fastener body. The device comprises a first float cap, a second float cap, a third float cap, and a temporary fastener body which may be axially connected. The lateral clearance between the collet and a first aperture defines a first radially extending float region. The lateral clearance between the second float cap and the first float cap define a second radially extending float region. The collet and temporary fastener body may radially translate within the first and second radially extending float regions.
US10533586B2
A monitoring device including a microcomputer of a detector that calculates a first time derivative value by differentiating a first pressure value with respect to time, and/or calculates a second time derivative value by differentiating a second pressure value with respect to time. In addition, based on at least one from among the first time derivative value and the second time derivative value, the microcomputer determines whether or not the piston has arrived at one end or another end inside the cylinder main body.
US10533581B2
A vane stage assembly includes an airfoil including a leading edge and a trailing edge. An inner shroud extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge for supporting the airfoil. The shroud includes a forward portion including an axial width and a forward thickness extending in a radial direction. A ratio of the forward radial thickness divided by the forward axial thickness is between 0.64 and 1.11 for defining a natural frequency of the airfoil. A gas turbine engine and method are also disclosed.
US10533577B2
A fan system may generate an air flow during use. In various implementations, a fan system may include a fan and an orifice. The orifice may include a converging section, a diverging section, and a minimum radius section disposed between the converging section and the diverging section.
US10533562B2
A control system includes a processor with pump data for a parallel connected plurality of pumps in a database of an associated memory for implementing a dynamic priority number (DPN)-based pump selection algorithm for a method of pump selection for the plurality of pumps. The method includes calculating a DPN using pump data regarding a plurality of pump parameters for each of the plurality of pumps. The DPNs are dynamically updated when at least one of the pump parameters changes. The DPNs are used together with a current pump demand to dynamically select which of the pumps are to be turned on or off, and the dynamic selection is implemented. The DPNs can be calculated using a DPN equation.
US10533559B2
A reverse flow gas turbine engine has a low pressure (LP) spool and a high pressure (HP) spool arranged sequentially in an axial direction. The LP spool comprises an LP compressor disposed forward of an LP turbine and drivingly connected thereto via an LP compressor gear train. The HP spool comprises an HP compressor in flow communication with the LP compressor, and an HP turbine disposed forward of the HP compressor and drivingly connected thereto via an HP shaft.
US10533558B2
A centrifugal pump with adaptive pump stages includes an impeller configured to provide kinetic energy to fluid flow through the pump. The impeller has multiple geometric dimensions. The pump includes a diffuser connected to the impeller that is configured to convert the kinetic energy provided by the impeller into static pressure energy to flow the fluid through the pump. The pump includes an adaptive material attached to the impeller that is configured to modify, during operation of the pump, a geometric dimension to modify fluid flow through the pump.
US10533556B2
Systems and methods are used to control operation of a rotary compressor of a refrigeration system to improve efficiency by varying the volume ratio and the speed of the compressor in response to current operating and load conditions. The volume of the axial and/or radial discharge ports of the compressor can be varied to provide a volume ratio corresponding to operating conditions. In addition, permanent magnet motors and/or control of rotor tip speed can be employed for further efficiency gains.
US10533553B2
A single-stage compressor including one compressing unit, includes: a housing having a compressing chamber formed therein and including a suction port, which is located in one side of the compressing chamber and into which a working fluid enters, and an injection port, which is located on the compressing chamber to be spaced apart from the suction port by a predetermined distance and into which an intermediate-pressure working fluid is injected; and an intermediate-pressure valve installed on an intermediate-pressure fluid flow path on which the intermediate-pressure working fluid moves and configured to control supply of the intermediate-pressure working fluid so that the intermediate-pressure working fluid is supplied to the injection port in response to an intermediate pressure of the compressing chamber. In the injection-type compressor having a single chamber, a working fluid is injected at an intermediate pressure (not in the proximity of a suction pressure) so that efficiency and capability of the injection-type compressor having a single chamber can be improved. The injection-type compressor having a single chamber has a simple structure and is easily manufactured so that a pressure of an injection port and a corresponding intermediate pressure can be selectively set in various ways.
US10533551B2
A scroll compressor is provided that may include an orbiting scroll having an orbiting wrap, and which performs an orbiting motion; and a fixed scroll having a fixed wrap to form a compression chamber including a suction chamber, an intermediate pressure chamber, and a discharge chamber, by being engaged with the orbiting wrap. A wrap thickness of the fixed wrap may be greater than a wrap thickness of the orbiting wrap within a range which forms the suction chamber. With such a configuration, even if the fixed scroll or the orbiting scroll is thermally-expanded, a transformation of the fixed wrap at a suction side may be prevented. This may prevent a gap between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap at an opposite side to the suction side, thereby enhancing compression efficiency.
US10533547B2
A peristaltic pump comprising: a housing having a hub; a rotor disposed within the housing and rotatably supported by the hub, the rotor comprising a drive shaft which extends through the hub, the drive shaft configured to engage with an output shaft of a drive unit to form a drive connection; wherein a first misalignment pivot is formed between the rotor and the hub and a second misalignment pivot is formed between the drive shaft and the output shaft of the drive unit.
US10533546B2
A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor may include a cylinder including a cylinder body that defines a compression space for a refrigerant and a cylinder flange that extends from the cylinder body in a radial direction; a piston that reciprocates within the cylinder in an axial direction; and a frame coupled to the cylinder. The frame may include a frame body into which the cylinder body may be inserted and a first press-fitting portion press-fitted into the cylinder flange.
US10533538B2
A cooling device for components of wind turbines, comprising at least one conduit (3) containing therein a working fluid (5) selected to change from a liquid to gas phase, and vice versa, during operation; wherein a first lower portion of each conduit (3) is inserted into a receptacle (2) through which a primary coolant fluid (10) transporting heat from a component of a wind turbine to be cooled (7) circulates, said lower portion acting as an evaporator of the working fluid (5); and wherein a second upper portion of each conduit (3) remains outside the receptacle (2), acting as a condenser of the working fluid (5).
US10533529B2
A starter motor controller for a starter motor operatively connected to a single coil solenoid includes a first pair of switches including a first solenoid switch and a second solenoid switch. The first solenoid switch selectively completes a first electrical circuit for delivering a first electrical current to the single coil solenoid and the second solenoid switch selectively completes a second electrical circuit for delivering a second electrical current to the single coil solenoid that is less than the first electrical current. A second pair of switches includes a first starter motor switch and a second starter motor switch. The first starter motor switch selectively completes a first electrical circuit for delivering a first electrical power to the starter motor and the second starter motor switch selectively completes a second electrical circuit for delivering a second electrical power to the starter motor that is greater than the first electrical power.
US10533524B2
An apparatus for purging fuel vapor includes: a turbocharger; a recirculation valve; a canister connected with a fuel tank through a vapor line and collecting fuel vapor of fuel stored in the fuel tank; a purge control solenoid valve installed in a main purge line connected with the canister and selectively blocking the fuel vapor collected in the canister; a first check valve; a second check valve; and a differential pressure creating valve installed in the intake line at the upstream portion of the compressor, and creating negative pressure.
US10533520B2
In various embodiments, a cascade array may comprise an actuator, a first cascade having a first integral flange, and a second cascade having a second integral flange, wherein the first cascade and the second cascade are operatively coupled to one another via the first integral flange and the second integral flange to form a cascade assembly, and the actuator is disposed between the first cascade and the second cascade.
US10533513B2
A system can include a flow measurement device positionable in a flow path for measuring a property of the fuel flowing through the flow path and a shutdown device positionable in the flow path for controlling the fuel flow through the flow path. The system can also include a computing device that is communicatively coupled to the flow measurement device for receiving the fuel flow property and from which the presence of two-phase flow or multiphase flow can be detected. The computing device is also communicatively coupled to the shutdown device for controlling fuel flow through the flow path in response to the detection of two-phase flow or multiphase flow.
US10533510B2
A method for a model-based determination of a cylinder charge of a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine as well as an internal combustion engine in a computer program product. The method utilizes a neuronal network having at least three input values. A pressure quotient is used as one of the input values. The pressure quotient is determined as the ratio of the pressure of the air set by the engine over the operating pressure of the engine. The pressure of the air set by the internal combustion engine may be determined by utilizing a measured value, a computed value, and/or a value determined from a characteristic map. It is also possible to include a combination of these in the pressure quotient.
US10533505B1
A variable compression ratio apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a connecting rod, a small end forming an aperture to be rotatably connected with a piston pin moving together with a piston, a larger end rotatably connected with a crankpin eccentrically arranged with respect to the crankshaft. An acting oil passage allows hydraulic pressure to be supplied from the larger end to the small end. An eccentric cam is concentrically arranged and rotatably disposed in the aperture of the small end. The piston pin is inserted thereinto and rotatably connected therewith. A latching pin is disposed in the small end to generate a reciprocal rectilinear motion in a direction of a rotation axis of the small end and selectively latches the small end with the eccentric cam in one of at least two relative positions between the small end and the eccentric cam by hydraulic pressure.
US10533499B2
A seal plate body has a first the zone including three bolt hole ears and an oil passage ear. A second zone includes four bolt hole ears. A third zone includes six bolt ears and one alignment pin ear. A fourth zone has three bolt hole ears. A fifth zone includes five bolt hole ears and one oil passage ear. A sixth zone includes three bolt hole ears and one alignment pin ear. Each of the bolt hole ears includes a bolt hole, and each of the oil passage ears includes an oil passage hole. An integrated drive generator and a method are also disclosed.
US10533490B2
A supercharging system for an internal combustion engine controls an intake flow-passage switching valve and an exhaust flow-passage switching valve disposed in an intake flow passage and an exhaust flow passage, respectively, on the basis of a first control index which is calculated on the basis of a target boost pressure calculated on the basis of an operational state of the internal combustion engine and an actual boost pressure. The first control index is calculated from an arithmetic expression including opening degrees of the intake flow-passage switching valve and the exhaust flow-passage switching valve as variables.
US10533489B2
A compound engine assembly including a common air conduit having an inlet in fluid communication with ambient air, a compressor, at least one internal combustion engine having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the compressor, a turbine section having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the at least one internal combustion engine, the turbine section configured to compound power with the at least one internal combustion engine, and at least one heat exchanger in fluid communication with the common air conduit, each of the at least one heat exchanger configured to circulate a fluid of the engine assembly in heat exchange relationship with an airflow from the common air conduit circulating therethrough. The compressor has an inlet in fluid communication with the common air conduit upstream of the at least one heat exchanger. The internal combustion engine may be a reciprocating engine.
US10533488B2
The invention describes is a method (27) for controlling a coolant-conveying pump (7) in a charge gas cooling circuit (3) in order to cool a charge gas (9) for an internal combustion engine, whereby the method involves: maintaining (29) an inlet temperature (51) of the charge gas (9) in a heat exchanger (13) that is configured to exchange heat between the charge gas (9) and the coolant; ascertaining (31) a target cooling output (21) on the basis of the inlet temperature (51, T21) of the charge gas (9) and on the basis of a target outlet temperature (T22target) of the charge gas (15) coming from the heat exchanger (13); determining (33) a change (23) of the target cooling output (21) over time, and providing (35) an actuation signal (25) for the pump (7) based on the target cooling output (21) and on the change (23) of the target cooling output over time.
US10533484B2
An outboard marine propulsion system with a closed loop lower unit heat exchanger is described. The closed loop lower unit heat exchanger provides improved cooling to outboard marine propulsion units and increases engine life compared with traditional open loop cooling systems, particularly in harsh environments such as salt water, brackish water, swamp, shallow or sediment and debris rich water. The closed loop lower unit heat exchanger also provides improved performance to the outboard marine propulsion system when mounted to an appropriate portion of the lower unit of the outboard marine engine such as the anti-cavitation plate.
US10533481B2
A gas turbine engine assembly may include a combustion chamber for igniting a fuel and air mixture that generates a core stream flow. The gas turbine engine may also include a hot section cowling for directing the core stream flow through the engine assembly. The hot section cowling may include an inside surface and an outside surface opposite the inside surface. The gas turbine engine assembly may additionally include a plurality of thermoelectric generator (TEG) assemblies that are thermally attached to the outside surface of the hot section cowling. Each TEG assembly may include a multiplicity of thermoelectric generator (TEG) devices that generate an electric current based on a temperature differential across each of the multiplicity of TEG devices. The TEG devices may include different materials that are used in different heat zones along the hot section cowling between the combustion chamber and an exhaust end of the engine.
US10533465B2
A variable valve lift actuator of an engine includes a first body that rotates within a predetermined angular range; a second body connected to or disconnected from the first body; a latching pin configured to project to or retract from the first body by passing through the second body to connect or disconnect the first body and the second body; a drive module connected to the latching pin through a connecting member to project or retract the latching pin; a rotary shaft disposed above the valve across both side walls of the first body and the second body such that the first body is rotatable; and a return spring installed on the rotary shaft to provide a restoring force to return the first body rotated by the high-speed cam to an original position thereof.
US10533464B2
A continuously variable valve duration apparatus may include a camshaft, a plurality of first cams and second cams of which a cam key is formed respectively thereto, and of which relative phase angles with respect to the camshaft are variable, a plurality of rotation rings mounted to the camshaft and of which a ring key is formed thereto respectively, a plurality of inner brackets transmitting rotation of the camshaft to the cam keys of the first cams and the seconds respectively, a plurality of slider housings of which each inner bracket is rotatable inserted therein, a support bracket connecting the slider housings and a control portion selectively moving the support bracket and moving positions of the slider housings so as to change rotation centers of the inner brackets.
US10533457B2
A hanger for mounting an exhaust liner to an exhaust duct is provided. The hanger includes at least one cable, a cable flange, and a J-shaped flange. The at least one cable extends lengthwise between a first end and a second end. The cable flange has at least one cable aperture configured to receive a portion of the cable. The J-shaped liner flange is configured for attachment to the exhaust liner. The liner flange and cable flange are configured to mate with one another to prevent substantial relative motion between the cable flange and the liner flange in a first direction and in a second direction. The first and second directions are substantially orthogonal to one another.
US10533450B2
A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine comprising: a fan section having a fan; and a containment zone encircling the fan, the containment zone comprising: a ballistic liner composed of a plurality of ring segments located radially outward of the fan; wherein each of the plurality of ring segments include two opposing circumferential ends, and wherein the plurality of ring segments are arranged circumferentially around the fan section and the circumferential ends of each of the plurality of ring segments meet at joints to form the ballistic liner.
US10533449B2
A containment for a continuous flow machine, in particular for a gas turbine, is disclosed. The containment has at least one annular housing with at least one axial section of lesser radial wall thickness and at least one axial section adjacent thereto of greater wall thickness, where the housing is designed and constructed so that the section of greater wall thickness is at a distance in the axial direction of the continuous flow machine from a trailing edge of a guide vane lying downstream in the direction of flow of the continuous flow machine, and extends downstream in the direction of flow of the continuous flow machine over a leading edge of the next downstream guide vane.
US10533444B2
A shroud sealing arrangement for a gas turbine engine, which comprises a static shroud assembly mounted to an engine case and having a platform surrounding a rotatable airfoil array. The platform has an inner side and an outer side and extends from a leading edge to a trailing edge. A shroud support structure mounts the shroud platform to the case. A circumferential groove is defined on the outer side of the shroud platform proximal to one of the leading edge and the trailing edge. A sealing ring is set in the groove and adapted to seal cooling air from escaping directly to the gas path.
US10533441B2
A labyrinth seal system comprises a knife element and a stator element, the knife element having a plurality of teeth radially extending from a base and the stator element having a radially inner surface configured to interact with the plurality of teeth to create a seal. The knife element is axially constrained by and rotationally coupled to a turbine component, but has a degree of freedom in the radial direction with respect to that component.
US10533440B2
The present application provides a turbine nozzle including an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape may have a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances in inches by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The airfoil profile sections at Z distances may be joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
US10533433B2
A turbine blade of a gas turbine engine is described which includes an airfoil extending away from the hub platform to a blade tip. The airfoil defines a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a span-wise length extending between the platform and the blade tip. A hot-corrosion-resistant coating is located on the leading edge of the airfoil within a radially inner portion thereof, the radially inner portion extending away from the hub platform a desired distance along the span-wise length.
US10533429B2
A tip structure for a turbine blade comprises a tip surface of an airfoil that extends from a leading edge to a trailing edge and from a pressure side to a suction side of the airfoil. A suction side rail protrudes from the tip surface and comprises: a trailing portion extending flush with the suction side of the airfoil from an origination location at or near the trailing edge to an intermediate location on the suction side; and a leading portion extending from the intermediate location across the tip surface so as to create a suction side shelf region between the leading portion of the suction side rail and the suction side of the airfoil. A pressure side rail protrudes from the tip surface and comprises: a trailing segment extending flush with the pressure side of the airfoil from an origination location at or near the trailing edge to a middle location on the pressure side; and a leading segment extending from the middle location across a camber line on the tip surface so as to create a pressure side shelf region between the leading segment of the pressure side rail and the pressure side of the airfoil.
US10533426B2
A method for manufacturing a turbine engine blade (25) comprising a pressure side and a suction side separated from one another by an inner space for the circulation of cooling air, the blade (25) comprising a tip (S) with a closing wall (29) joining the pressure side and suction side walls in the region of this tip (S) in order to define a well shape, the closing wall including through-holes. The closing wall (29) obtained by moulding has a considerable nominal thickness with pits (36, 37) locally reducing this thickness at each through-hole in order to facilitate the removal by chemical etching of alumina rods defining the holes. Since the closing wall (29) thus has a large nominal thickness, it can then be machined in order to form raised patterns or complex shapes inside the well.
US10533425B2
A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an inner diameter platform, an outer diameter platform, and an airfoil shaped vane spanning from the inner diameter platform to the outer diameter platform. The airfoil shaped vane includes an internal cooling passage having a first inlet at the inner diameter platform and a second inlet at the outer diameter platform. An outer diameter platform cover is disposed radially outward of the outer diameter platform, relative to a radius of an arc defined by an arc of the outer diameter platform. The outer diameter platform includes at least one coolant cover inlet hole, the at least one coolant cover inlet hole being aligned with a corresponding second inlet.
US10533423B2
When cold and in the non-coated state, the aerodynamic profile is substantially identical to a nominal profile determined by the Cartesian coordinates X, Y, Zadim given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Zadim is the quotient D/H where D is the distance of the point under consideration from a first reference plane P0 situated at the base of the nominal profile, and H is the height of said profile measured from the first reference plane to a second reference plane P1. The measurements D and H are taken radially relative to the axis of the turbine, while the X coordinate is measured in the axial direction of the turbine.
US10533421B2
The invention relates to a steam turbine rotor wherein the inter blade region rotor surface, the feed region rotor surface, the piston region rotor surface and the stress relief groove rotor surface of the rotor are configured and arranged as steam exposed surfaces during normal operation of the steam turbine rotor. The steam turbine rotor has a thermal barrier coating on at least the piston region rotor surface.
US10533409B2
An automated slide drilling system (ASDS) may be used with a drilling rig system to control slide drilling. The ASDS may autonomously control slide drilling without user input during the slide drilling. The ASDS may further support a transition from rotary drilling to slide drilling to rotary drilling without user input during the transitions. The ASDS may also support user input and user notifications for various steps to enable manual or semi-manual control of slide drilling by a driller or an operator.
US10533407B2
A method and apparatus for estimating the instantaneous rotational speed of a bottom hole assembly at the lower end of a drill string. In one embodiment, a method includes driving the drill string by a drilling mechanism at the upper end of the drill string. A fundamental frequency of stick-slip oscillations suffered by the drill string is estimated. Variations in a drive torque of the drilling mechanism are determined. Known torsional compliance of the drill string is combined with the variations in the drive torque. An output signal representing the instantaneous rotational speed is provided.
US10533402B2
Methods including introducing a downhole orienting tool into a wellbore comprising: a mandrel having a top end and a bottom end, and rotatable about a longitudinal central axis, a sensor module comprising a motor and a sensor, the sensor module disposed on the mandrel and configured to selectively interfere with the movement of the mandrel along the central axis and actively rotate the mandrel by orienting the sensor to a reference point, and a wellbore isolation device comprising an orientation key directionally aligned with the sensor, the wellbore isolation device removably coupled to the bottom end of the mandrel and configured to rotate about the central axis with the mandrel; actively rotating the mandrel and the wellbore isolation device until the sensor is oriented to the reference point, such that the orientation key is also oriented to the reference point; and setting the wellbore isolation device in the wellbore.
US10533399B2
A system includes a manifold and a shared valve actuation system that is operatively coupled to the manifold at a single location. The manifold is comprised of a block with at least one drilled header hole formed within the block, a plurality of drilled flow inlet holes formed within the block, wherein the number of drilled flow inlet holes corresponds to the number of external flow lines that supply fluid to the manifold, and a plurality of isolation valves coupled to the block, the valve element for each of the isolation valves positioned within the block. The system includes an arm that rotates about an axis that is normal to an upper surface of the block of the manifold, a plurality of structural elements that are coupled to one another via rotary joints, and a tool that engages and actuates one of the plurality of isolation valves.
US10533393B2
Provided are systems and methods for thru-tubing completion including a sub-surface completion unit (SCU) system including a SCU wireless transceiver for communicating with a surface control system of a well by way of wireless communication with a down-hole wireless transceiver disposed in a wellbore of the well, one or more SCU anchoring seals having an un-deployed position (enabling the SCU to pass through production tubing disposed in the wellbore of the well) and a deployed position (to seal against a wall of the target zone of the open-hole portion of the wellbore to provide zonal isolation between adjacent regions in the wellbore) and one or more SCU centralizers having an un-deployed position (enabling the SCU to pass through the production tubing disposed in the wellbore of the well) and a deployed position (to position the SCU in the target zone of the open-hole portion of the wellbore).
US10533388B2
A flow diverter is provided having a first sub member, a second sub member, a third sub member connected in series and a piston, a spring, and a sleeve member. The sleeve member is removeably disposed within the second sub member. The spring concentrically surrounds at least a portion of the piston and the spring are slidably disposed within the first sub member with the piston further slidably disposed within the second sub member and at least a portion of the third sub member. A drilling fluid having a first predetermined pressure passes through the flow diverter. The drilling fluid having a second predetermined pressure moves the piston until at least a portion of the drilling fluid passes through bypass ports formed in the piston, sleeve member, and second sub member and out of the flow diverter, thus controlling the pressure of the drilling fluid.
US10533387B2
A method for modifying a return fluid in a wellbore comprising disposing at least one valve along a drill pipe section of a drill string in the wellbore. At least one parameter of interest is determined at at least one location along the wellbore. At least one valve is controllably actuated to discharge at least a portion of at least one fluid from inside the drill string to an annulus in the wellbore to modify a local property of the return fluid in the annulus based at least in part on the measured parameter of interest.
US10533375B2
A drill bit may include rings that are rotatable at different speeds along a single axis. The drill bit may be coupled to a motor using multiple driveshafts. Each driveshaft can be coupled to one of the rings. Each driveshaft may transmit a different amount of torque from the motor to the rings to allow each ring to rotate at a different speed. In some aspects, the driveshafts may include a center driveshaft coupled to a pilot ring of the drill bit and an outer driveshaft coupled to an outer ring of the drill bit. The drill bit may include additional rings coupled to the motor by additional driveshafts.
US10533371B2
A window covering system comprises a shell, a weight member, a covering material positioned between the shell and the weight member, a control device. The covering material comprises at least one ladder, multiple slats corresponding to the at least one ladder, and at least one lifting cord, wherein the lifting cord is connected between the shell and the weight member. The control device comprises a driving module, a releasing module, and an operation module that are connected to each other. The ladder is connected to the operation module, and the lifting cord is connected to the driving module, such that the operation module drives the ladder to tilt the slats, at the same time, the releasing module is driven by the operation module to remove restriction to the driving module, hence descending the weight member.
US10533363B2
A stand-up gun safe comprises a substantially vertical, but moderately tilted, spine that supports one or more hinges, which in turn support two shell components that rotate relative to the spine and swivel relative to each other. In a closed configuration, the respective edges of the two shell components abut each other, creating a secure seam. In an open configuration, the two shell components are separated from each other as they swivel and rotate away from each other on the hinges secured to the spine. A locking mechanism keeps the two shell components in a closed state. Because the spine is tilted, and the two shells are located on the top of the spine, when the lock is released gravity forces the two shells apart from each other, thereby resulting in a gravity-powered opening.
US10533358B2
Provided is a hinge which can be easily assembled. A shaft-side friction generation member is non-rotatably provided to the shaft member of a hinge, and a cylinder-side friction generation member is relatively rotatably provided to the shaft member of the hinge. The cylinder-side friction generation section of the cylinder-side friction generation member is accommodated within a first cylinder section. A connection protrusion protrudes radially outward from the cylinder-side friction generation section. The connection protrusion protrudes further radially outward than the first cylinder section and is affixed to a mounting section.
US10533356B2
A latch system has a pin movable along a pin axis, a control rod connected to the pin, a control wall comprising a control aperture comprising a lock hole joined to an unlock hole by a rod channel, and a control knob biased toward the pin, wherein the control knob comprises a lock tip sized to fit within each of the lock hole and the unlock hole.
US10533353B2
A retractable handle arrangement comprising a handle comprising a first end and a second end and being movable between stowed and deployed positions; the handle being pivotally mounted about a handle pivot axis disposed between the first and second ends; an operating member extending from the handle; a first lever arm for moving the handle from the stowed position to the deployed position; a second lever arm for operating a release mechanism in response to movement of the handle from the deployed position to an operative position; and a drive mechanism; wherein the drive mechanism is coupled to the first lever arm and operable, in use, to cause the first lever arm to operatively engage with the operating member to move the handle from the stowed position to the deployed position; and wherein the operating member is arranged to operatively engage with the second lever arm when the handle is moved from the deployed position to an operative position.
US10533344B2
A merchandise security device is provided. The merchandise security device may include a lock mechanism operably engaged with a shape memory material configured to receive electrical power for locking and unlocking the lock mechanism. The shape memory material may be configured to change in shape in response to receiving electrical power to thereby lock or unlock the lock mechanism.
US10533334B2
A method of manufacturing a cover for a spa includes the steps of vacuum molding a first shell member and a second shell member, bringing the first and second shell members into registration with one another to define a hollow cavity therebetween, and injecting a foam into the hollow cavity, wherein the foam is configured to bond with the shell members to create a unitary structural part that provides increased strength and rigidity.
US10533333B2
A fitness module box including a box body having an entrance in a side. The box body includes a framework having a structure and a finishing plate structure finishing outer surfaces of the framework. In the framework top frames spaced apart from bottom frames are connected to the bottom frames using side frames. The fitness module box is provided as a modular structure, such that two or more such fitness module boxes can be connected together, allowing the scale of a fitness facility to be adjusted in consideration of the number of users. An operator may have a significant advantage in terms of the operation of the fitness facility. A user may make a reservation for one of a variety of fitness module boxes at a desirable place and time, and may pay a fee based on the time of use.
US10533332B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system comprising a brace. The brace can comprise a base. The brace can further comprise a forming board coupling flange. The base is substantially perpendicular to the forming board coupling flange. The forming board coupling flange defines a plurality of form apertures. The brace constructed to receive a forming board and be coupled to the forming board via a plurality of fasteners extending through the plurality of form apertures.
US10533325B2
Apparatus and methods for joining sections of sheet material (e.g., drywall) are provided. The sheet material joining apparatus or connector comprises an elongated body having two channels disposed such that the ends of two sections of sheet material may be secured therein. The channels are defined by front and back walls interconnected via an internal rib. The front wall is configured to be disposed on the exposed side of the sheet material and the back wall is configured to be disposed on the back or hidden side of the sheet material, while the back wall takes the form of a convex arced surface. The convex arced surface is configured to be engaged by one or more securing elements (e.g., screw), and during such engagement to exert a resilient force onto the adjoining sections of sheet material to draw them inward toward the back wall of the connector.
US10533319B2
There is disclosed an elongate structural element (10). The element (10) includes an inner plate (12) having first and second opposing planar surfaces (14, 16). The element (10) further includes first and second outer sections (18, 18′). Each of the outer sections (18, 18′) comprises a central wall (20) having a pair of longitudinal grooves (32, 34). Each of the outer sections (18, 18′) further comprises a pair of side walls (22, 24) extending from the central wall (20) to define a generally U-shaped channel (30). The longitudinal grooves (32, 34) depress into the U-shaped channel (30). Each of the outer sections (18, 18′) further comprises a pair of flanges (26, 28) respectively extending outwardly from the pair of side walls (22, 24). The flanges (26, 28) of the first outer section (18) are attached to the first planar surface (14) of the plate (12) and the flanges (26, 28) of the second outer section (18′) are attached to the second planar surface (16) of the plate (12) such that the U-shaped channels (30) are substantially closed by the inner plate (12) and opposed to each other.
US10533314B2
An infill wall support clip is described. The infill wall support clip provides lateral bracing for wall panels in residential or commercial buildings. The infill wall support clip anchors to a top track of wall panels and to a bottom track of a floor truss. The infill wall support clip provides spacing between the wall panel and the floor truss such that drywall may be continuously overlaid on top of the wall panel.
US10533312B2
The present disclosure describes systems and apparatus for detecting an impending sewer backup by detecting fluid undulations of predetermined magnitude inside a main body of a backwater valve. When at least a predetermined number of fluid undulations of predetermined magnitude are detected within a predetermined time period, an alarm can be triggered. Such undulations can be detected by monitoring a buoyant gate in a normally-open backwater valve to detecting instances of movement of the gate from a lowered position in which fluid flow from an inlet through the backwater valve is unobstructed by the gate toward but stopping short of a raised position in which the gate closes the inlet to obstruct fluid flow through the valve. For example, a sensor can be carried on the gate to detect movement of the gate. Alternatively, fluid levels inside the main body can be monitored directly.
US10533306B2
A work vehicle comprises a swingable body. The swingable body is coupled to an undercarriage by a body joint. A boom is coupled to the swingable body by a boom joint. An arm is coupled to the boom by an arm joint. An implement is coupled to the arm by an implement joint. The work vehicle comprises a joint wear device that comprises a first sensor coupled to the swingable body and configured for generating a first signal indicative of an acceleration of the swingable body during a swing motion. A second sensor is coupled to at least one of the boom, the arm, and the implement and configured for generating a second signal indicative of an acceleration of at least one of the boom, the arm, and the implement, respectively, during the swing motion. A controller is coupled to the work vehicle and configured for generating a wear signal.
US10533297B2
A caisson block construction method, including: manufacturing a plurality of bottom caisson blocks having a plurality of first unit compartments disposed consecutively in a horizontal direction; manufacturing a plurality of upper caisson blocks having a plurality of second unit compartments; forming a bottom caisson block structure by installing the plurality of bottom caisson blocks side by side in the horizontal direction; installing the plurality of upper caisson blocks above the installed bottom caisson blocks; filling with rubble the second unit compartment of the upper caisson block positioned above the first unit compartment for rubble and exposed upward; inserting a vertical reinforcing bar module after the upper caisson blocks are installed; and forming a vertical concrete column for joining by casting concrete into the upper part of the second unit compartment in which the vertical reinforcing bar module is inserted.
US10533289B2
Non-contact bearing system, such as a magnetic levitation system, having a geometry. The geometry includes a plurality of track elements arranged to nest together in a length direction. The plurality of track elements are shaped to define at least an upper and a lower null flux crossing and the plurality of nested track elements form a conductive metamaterial. Method for constructing a metamaterial null flux magnetic levitation track with tessellating elements of stamped conductors.
US10533286B2
A cellulose and/or synthetic fibre-based support of which at least one surface is coated with a layer containing at least one water-soluble polymer comprising hydroxyl or primary-secondary amino functional groups, at least some of which have been functionalized beforehand with at least one organic compound comprising at least one epoxy functional group, and at least one R1 group wherein R1 is a vinyl functional group or at least one Si(R2)3 functional group and wherein R2=hydrogen atom, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, and combinations thereof.
US10533285B2
The invention relates to a system (1) and a method for collecting and handling dust in a paper-making environment. The system (1) comprises a source of underpressure (2) and an elongated collector (4) that extends along a longitudinal axis and which elongated collector (4) is connected to the source of underpressure (2) through at least one suction duct (7) such that underpressure can be generated inside the elongated collector (4). The elongated collector (4) has an inlet (5) through which dust-laden air can enter the elongated collector (4) and an exit opening (6) leading to the suction duct (7) through which exit opening (6) dust-laden air can be evacuated from the elongated collector (4). A source of water (8) is connected by at least one water supply duct (10) to the elongated collector (4) such that water from the source of water (8) can be introduced into the elongated collector so that dust in the dust-laden air can be exposed to and mix with the water introduced into the elongated collector (4). A flow meter (12) is functionally connected to the system (1) to measure at least one of a flow of water from the source of water (8) to the elongated collector (4) or a flow of water exiting from the elongated collector (4) through the exit opening (6) of the elongated collector (4) and arranged to send a signal indicating a numerical value for a flow of water that reaches or leaves the elongated collector (4) such that this value can be compared to a predetermined minimum value. The system is used to carry out the inventive method.
US10533282B2
A method is provided which, by a simple process, separates and recovers pulp fibers from a used absorbent article that contains pulp fibers and a superabsorbent polymer. A used absorbent article is treated with an aqueous solution that contains greater than or equal to 0.05 mass % of at least one kind of terpene selected from the group comprising terpene hydrocarbons, terpene aldehydes, and terpene ketones and that contains a deactivating agent that can deactivate the superabsorbent polymer; the superabsorbent polymer is deactivated, the adhesive that bonds together the constituent materials of the absorbent article is dissolved with the terpene to decompose the absorbent article, the pulp fibers are discharged to outside of the absorbent article, and the pulp fibers are separated from the absorbent article and recovered.
US10533277B2
A control method of a laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed which includes a hot air supply procedure for supplying heated air to a drum through operation of a heating unit, a dryness measurement procedure for measuring dryness of laundry, a first heating unit control procedure executed when the measured dryness is lower than a reference dryness, to complete operation of the heating unit when the measured temperature reaches a first temperature and to operate the heating unit when the measured temperature reaches a second temperature lower than the first temperature, and a second heating unit control procedure executed when the measured dryness is equal to or higher than the reference dryness, to complete operation of the heating unit when the measured temperature reaches a third temperature lower than the second temperature and to operate the heating unit when the measured temperature reaches a fourth temperature lower than the third temperature.
US10533275B2
A laundry machine and a control method thereof are provided in which laundering ability may be improved while also improving efficiency and noise/vibration. The laundry machine employs a plurality of drum motions by varying drum rotational speed, drum rotational direction, and drum starting and stopping point, to provide different motion of laundry items in the drum.
US10533274B2
Disclosed herein is a washing machine having a tub, a screen provided inside the tub to support laundry, a nozzle assembly having a plurality of washing medium spraying nozzles configured to spray washing medium toward the laundry and being movable, a driver configured to move the nozzle assembly, and a washing medium supply configured to supply the washing medium to the nozzle assembly. The washing machine may efficiently perform anhydrous washing when dry ice snow or liquefied nitrogen is used as a washing medium.
US10533273B2
An apparatus for a laundry treating appliance can include a tub carrying a first basket defining a first treating chamber. A removable basket assembly can be included in the laundry treating appliance selectively carried at least partially within the first basket. A portion of the second basket can be sloped complementary to a portion of the second basket or a portion of the second basket in order to form a liquid-tight seal between the first basket and the second basket.
US10533265B2
Relates to a method of producing a semiconductor crystal having generation of a defect suppressed in the semiconductor single crystal. The production method includes the steps of: forming a boron oxide film (31) on the inner wall of a growth container (10) having a bottom section and a body section continuous to the bottom section; bringing the boron oxide film (31) into contact with boron oxide melt containing silicon oxide to form a boron oxide film (32) containing silicon oxide on the inner wall of the growth container (10); forming raw material melt (34) above seed crystal (20) placed in and on the bottom section of the growth container (10); and solidifying the raw material melt (34) from the seed crystal (20) side to grow a semiconductor single crystal.
US10533262B2
Provided is a plating apparatus for plating a substrate by using a substrate holder including an elastic projection that seals a to-be-plated surface of the substrate, the plating apparatus comprising a measurement device configured to measure a deformed state of the elastic projection by measuring at least either one of a compression amount of the elastic projection and load applied to the elastic projection at a time when the substrate physically contacts the elastic projection of the substrate holder; and a controlling device configured to make a judgment on the basis of the measured deformed state as to whether sealing by the elastic projection is normal.
US10533256B2
A hydrophobic coating and a method for applying such a coating to a surface of a metallic substrate. The method can include anodizing a nanoporous layer of anodic metal oxide on the surface; cathodizing yttrium oxide nanoparticles onto the surface; applying a hydrophobic ceramic coating composition to the surface by an application method selected from the group consisting of: flowing, dipping, and spraying; and heating the coated surface at a cure temperature from about 150° C. to about 300° C. for at least 2 hours.
US10533253B2
A fluid permeable anodic oxide film includes a plurality of regularly-disposed pores formed by anodizing metal and a plurality of permeation holes having an inner width larger than an inner width of the pores and extending through the fluid permeable anodic oxide film. Also provided is a fluid permeable body which makes use of the fluid permeable anodic oxide film.
US10533243B2
New 6xxx aluminum alloys having an improved combination of properties are disclosed. Generally, the new 6xxx aluminum alloys contain 1.00-1.45 wt. % Si, 0.32-0.51 wt. % Mg, wherein a ratio of wt. % Si to wt. % Mg is in the range of from 2.0:1 (Si:Mg) to 4.5:1 (Si:Mg), 0.12-0.44 wt. % Cu, 0.08-0.19 wt. % Fe, 0.02-0.30 wt. % Mn, 0.01-0.06 wt. % Cr, 0.01-0.14 wt. % Ti, and ≤0.25 wt. % Zn, the balance being aluminum and impurities, wherein the aluminum alloy includes ≤0.05 wt. % of any one impurity, and wherein the aluminum alloy includes ≤0.15 in total of all impurities.
US10533233B2
A method of generating a refined sugar stream that comprises xylose from a biomass hydrolysis solution including contacting a biomass hydrolysis solution that includes a population of mixed sugars comprising xylose, an acid, and impurities, with an extraction solvent to form an extraction mixture; and separating from said extraction mixture a first stream that includes the acid and a second, refined sugar stream that includes the extraction solvent and xylose. The extraction solvent is a tri-alkyl phosphine oxide, a dialkylsulfoxide, or a dialkylphosphite, or any combination thereof.
US10533231B2
The invention relates to establishment of a series of artificial luciferases based on artificial amino acid sequences extracted by amino acid alignment of copepod-derived luciferase sequences in a database based on amino acid similarity. The invention provides high luminescence intensity, high luminescence stability, and a spectrum with increased wavelength as luminescence characteristics. A series of artificial luciferases (ALuc) was established. The group of ALucs has superior luminescence characteristics, such as an increase in luminescence intensity, an increase in luminescence stability, or an increase in wavelength of the luminescence spectrum, which were not obtained before. Further, by using the artificial luciferases (ALuc) of the invention, it is possible to provide a novel, superior bioassay system, such as a bioluminescent probe, two-hybrid assay, a luminescent capsule, or the like having improved measurement function.
US10533225B2
A novel set of 98 genes expressed in the respiratory tract epithelium that serve as biomarkers for measuring chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) activity are provided. Methods of classifying the (COPD) status of a subject are provided. Systems for expression-based classification of COPD disease status are provided. Methods of treating COPD are also provided, among other things.
US10533223B2
The present invention provides detection systems and methods for detection of loci and genomic regions in a sample, including mixed samples, using hybridization to an array.
US10533216B2
The present disclosure relates to processes for inverting oligonucleotide probes in an in situ synthesized array. These processes can be used to reverse the orientation of probes with respect to the substrate from 3′-bound to 5′-bound. These processes can also be used to reduce or eliminate the presence of truncated probe sequences from an in situ synthesized array.
US10533208B2
Methods are provided for the prognosis, diagnosis and treatment of various pathological states, including cancer, chemotherapy resistance and dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease. The methods provided herein are based on the discovery that various proteins with a high level of sialylation are shown herein to be associated with disease states, such as, cancer, chemotherapy resistance and dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease. Such methods provide a lysosomal exocytosis activity profile comprising one or more values representing lysosomal exocytosis activity. Also provided herein, is the discovery that low lysosomal sialidase activity is associated with various pathological states. Thus, the methods also provide a lysosomal sialidase activity profile, comprising one or more values representing lysosomal sialidase activity. A lysosomal sialidase activity profile is one example of a lysosomal exocytosis activity profile.
US10533207B2
The present invention relates to a novel bioactivity testing structure for single cell tracking using a gelling agent and a bioactivity testing system including the testing structure. The present invention also relates to bioactivity testing, drug susceptibility testing, antibiotic screening, and diagnostic methods using the testing structure. The bioactivity testing structure of the present invention enables very rapid and simple drug susceptibility testing of bacteria, particularly Mycobacterium tuberculosis, drug screening, and bacterial diagnosis. Particularly, the use of the testing structure enables DST and diagnosis of bacteria only by pretreatment without the need to concentrate human sputum samples irrespective of inoculum effect, ensuring rapid, accurate, and simple testing compared to conventional tuberculosis diagnosis or DST systems. In addition, the testing structure of the present invention simultaneously enables the diagnosis and drug susceptibility testing of tuberculosis. Therefore, the present invention provides an effective alternative to the prior art.
US10533206B2
The present invention relates to a method for selectively producing compound K and compound Y, which are originally present in ginseng in a trace amount, from saponins of ginseng, and more specifically to a method capable of obtaining desired target compounds, that is, compound K and compound Y, in high yields, by treating saponins, obtained from ginseng, with particular enzymes to structurally convert the saponins.
US10533204B2
As a method for highly efficiently amplifying a TCR cDNA in a short period of time, there is provided a method for amplifying a T cell receptor (TCR) cDNA, which comprises the following step (1) and step (2): (1) the step of performing PCR by using at least one kind of the L primer mentioned below, the C primer 1 or UTR primer 1 mentioned below, and cDNA obtained from a single cell as the template to obtain an amplification product 1; an L primer of 30- to 60-nucleotide length comprising an adapter part of 15- to 25-nucleotide length, and a leader region-annealing part of 15- to 25-nucleotide length, which is ligated downstream from the adapter part, and can anneal to a part of a leader region containing a translation initiation codon, or an upstream part thereof, a C primer 1 of 15- to 25-nucleotide length, which can anneal to a part of a constant region, or a UTR primer 1 of 15- to 25-nucleotide length, which can anneal to a part of a 3′ untranslated region; (2) the step of performing PCR by using the adaptor primer mentioned below, the C primer 2 or UTR primer 2 mentioned below, and the amplification product 1 as the template to obtain an amplification product 2; an adapter primer of 15- to 25-nucleotide length, which can anneal to the adapter part of the amplification product 1, a C primer 2 of 15- to 25-nucleotide length, which can anneal to a part of the constant region existing upstream from the region to which the C primer 1 anneals, or a UTR primer 2 of 15- to 25-nucleotide length, which can anneal to a part of the 3′ untranslated region existing upstream from the region to which the UTR primer 1 anneals.
US10533200B2
The present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding novel fusion polypeptides essentially composed of a signal peptide for membrane translocation and a polypeptide providing α-1,6-glucosidase activity and to bacteria containing said polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing fine chemicals using media containing isomaltose and/or panose as carbon source.
US10533192B2
Plasmid vectors and use of plasmid vectors in methods for producing methane and isoprene using Archaea are disclosed. Particularly, plasmid vectors that express isoprene synthase (ispS) are prepared and inserted into methanogens, such as Methanosarcina acetivorans, to allow for co-production of methane and isoprene. In one embodiment, the methods of the present disclosure can be used for wastewater management.
US10533185B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method of promoting polyploidization of megakaryocytes and thereby producing highly polyploidized megakaryocytes, a method of efficiently producing platelets from polyploidized megakaryocytes, and the like. The present invention provides a method of producing polyploidized megakaryocytes comprising a step of forcing expression of an apoptosis suppressor gene in megakaryocytes before polyploidization and culturing the resulting cells.
US10533184B2
Nucleic acid constructs are provided. These constructs comprise any of the, nucleic acid sequences at least 85% identical to nucleotide sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 68, 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 19, 20, 23, 24, 27, 30, 32, 37, 42, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 64, 69, 70, 73, 77, 78, 79, 80, 84, 86, 87, 93, 94, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 and 109 and a promoter sequence capable of directing transcription of said nucleic acid sequence in a host cell. Also provided are transgenic plants expressing these nucleic acid constructs and methods of using same.
US10533181B2
The present invention relates to a yeast cell, in particular a recombinant yeast cell, the cell lacking enzymatic activity needed for the NADH-dependent glycerol synthesis or the cell having a reduced enzymatic activity with respect to the NADH-dependent glycerol synthesis compared to its corresponding wild-type yeast cell, the cell comprising one or more heterologous nucleic acid sequences encoding an NAD+-dependent acetylating acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.10) activity. The invention further relates to the use of a cell according to the invention in the preparation of ethanol.
US10533178B2
Disclosed herein are methods for decreasing Ataxin 2 mRNA and protein expression. Such methods are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate Ataxin 2 associated diseases, disorders, and conditions. Such Ataxin 2 associated diseases include spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and parkinsonism.
US10533176B2
The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (Ia) as a novel cationic lipid that forms a lipid particle and also provides a lipid particle comprising the compound. The present invention further provides a nucleic acid lipid particle containing the lipid particle, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the nucleic acid lipid particle as an active ingredient.
US10533160B2
A recombinant protein and a preparation method and application thereof are provided. The recombinant protein includes a peptide, and the peptide includes an amino acid sequence after substitution of the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. The substitution includes at least one selected from the group consisting of the following substitutions: the amino acid at position 182 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is substituted with aspartic acid (Asp); the amino acid at position 268 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is substituted with aspartic acid (Asp); and the amino acid at position 384 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is substituted with tyrosine (Tyr). The recombinant protein is suitable for detecting glycated hemoglobin.
US10533156B2
An improved method of culturing cells for cell therapy applications that includes growing desired cells in the presence of antigen-presenting cells and/or feeder cells and with medium volume to surface area ratio of up to 1 ml/cm2 if the growth surface is not comprised of gas permeable material and up to 2 ml/cm2 if the growth surface is comprised of gas permeable material. The desired cells are at a surface density of less than 0.5×106 cells/cm2 at the onset of a production cycle, and the surface density of the desired cells plus the surface density of the antigen presenting cells and/or feeder cells are at least about 1.25×105 cells/cm2.
US10533150B1
An electromagnetic biostimulation apparatus and method includes a container with an outer wall, a bottom, and a top such that an open interior space is formed. Several biotubes are located within the container and an energy transmission device is provided where the energy transmission device is directed at less than all of the several biotubes. A laser beam and optical density reader device combination is provided where the optical density reader device obtains data from the laser beam related to each of the several biotubes.
US10533141B2
A multi-stage process for transforming a high sulfur ISO 8217 compliant Feedstock Heavy Marine Fuel Oil involving a core desulfurizing process that produces a Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil that can be used as a feedstock for subsequent refinery process such as anode grade coking, needle coking and fluid catalytic cracking. The Product Heavy Marine Fuel Oil exhibits multiple properties desirable as a feedstock for those processes including a sulfur level has a maximum sulfur content (ISO 14596 or ISO 8754) between the range of 0.05 mass % to 1.0 mass. A process plant for conducting the process is also disclosed.
US10533140B2
A method for producing a hydrocarbon liquid fuel including hydrocracking a raw material oil in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst, at a supplying pressure of hydrogen of from 0.1 to 1.0 MPa, a liquid space velocity of liquid volume of the raw material oil of from 0.05 to 10.0 hr−1, and a flow rate of the hydrogen from 50 to 3,000 NL per 1 L of the raw material oil, wherein the hydrocracking catalyst is produced by a method including stirring a sulfur compound and a cracking catalyst in an aqueous medium to allow liquid-solid separation (step 1); stirring a solid product obtained in the step 1 and a metal component in an aqueous medium to allow liquid-solid separation (step 2); baking a solid product obtained in the step 2 (step 3); and reducing a solid product obtained in the step 3, or reducing a solid product obtained in the step 3, and then subjecting a reduced product to sulfurization treatment (step 4). According to the present invention, the hydrocracking of a raw material oil such as fats and oils and biomass retort oils, or a hydrocarbon or the like in petroleum oils, in a given composition can be accomplished by supplying a low-pressure hydrogen of a normal pressure or so.
US10533137B2
A liquid crystal composition including: a polymerizable liquid crystal compound capable of expressing birefringence with inverse wavelength dispersion; a surfactant containing a fluorine atom; and a solvent, wherein the surfactant contains a fluorine atom at a ratio of 30% by weight or less in a molecule of the surfactant.
US10533133B2
Polymer microparticles spatially and spectrally encoded using upconversion nanocrystals (UCN) are described for labeling of articles and tissues. UCN having spectrally distinguishable emission spectra are disposed in different portions of an encoding region of each microparticle.
US10533117B2
Cure in place pressure sensitive adhesive compositions are described that comprise one or more of a bodying component, a structural diluent, a radical diluent as well as additives such as crosslinkers, external catalysts, photoinitiators and stabilizers/process aids. The bodying component can be acrylic or non-acrylic.
US10533115B2
Provided is a novel layer migration control agent that is added to a paint composition when forming a multilayer coating film on a coating object by curing a prime coating film and a top coating film at the same time, the agent making it possible to control layer migration of the two coating films and obtain the multilayer coating film with satisfactory finish appearance. The layer migration control agent is a copolymer obtained by copolymerization of a monomer mixture including 5% by weight to 90% by weight of a polymerizable unsaturated monomer including an ether group and 10% by weight to 95% by weight of a polymerizable unsaturated monomer having a hydrophobic group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 100,000.
US10533103B2
Provided is a lustrous coating material composition comprising a flaky titanic acid, a phosphoric acid group-containing resin, and an acrylic resin and being capable of forming a lustrous resin film which has a good silky texture with a high luster and which is sufficiently excellent in not only initial adhesion but also water-resistant adhesion with the occurrence of peeling being sufficiently suppressed.
US10533102B2
The invention relates to a pigment composition for preparing pigmented matt coatings, such as matt paints and printing inks. Further, the invention relates to a process for preparing such pigment composition, and to a coating formulation containing such composition. Finally, the invention is directed to a pigmented matt surface of a substrate, and to the use of the pigment compositions disclosed herein for matting substrates.
US10533101B2
An inorganic coating solution composition including an alkali metal silicate, a curing agent, a dispersant, a defoamer, and a solvent, wherein the curing agent is phosphoric acid (H2PO4), the dispersant is at least one selected from among Tween 20, Tween 40, Tween 60, Tween 80, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyethylene glycol 400 and polyvinyl alcohol, and the defoamer is at least one selected from among a silicone-based defoamer, an alcohol-based defoamer, a mineral oil-based defoamer and a powder defoamer.
US10533099B2
Provided are epoxy-based components and methods of fabricating such components. Specifically, an component comprises an epoxy-based composite part and a UV protective coating disposed over the part. This coating allows for the component to be exposed to UV radiation without any additional coating and without deterioration of the epoxy-based composite part. Specifically, the component may be exposed to interior lights and direct sun during its subsequent fabrication and/or transportation. The UV protective coating comprises polyurethane and silicate filler, such as hydrated aluminum silicate and/or hydrated magnesium silicate. The coating may have a transmittance of less than 1% or even less than 0.1% in the UV range. An epoxy primer layer may be formed directly over the UV protective coating followed by various other coatings, including a decorative finish.
US10533096B2
A superhydrophobic non-fluorinated composition includes a hydrophobic matrix component free of fluorine, a hydrophilic filler particles, wherein the filler particles are metal oxide nanoparticles, and water, wherein the hydrophobic component is in an aqueous dispersion. Also, a superhydrophobic non-fluorinated composition includes a hydrophobic polymer free of fluorine, a titanium dioxide nanoparticle filler particle, and water. In addition, a superhydrophobic non-fluorinated composition includes a hydrophobic polymer free of fluorine, wherein the hydrophobic polymer includes a polyolefin, titanium dioxide nanoparticles as filler, wherein the titanium dioxide nanoparticles are rutile titanium dioxide, anatase titanium dioxide, or a mixture of rutile and anatase titanium dioxide, and water.
US10533095B2
A curable coating composition and the use, especially in heat exchangers, for heating and/or cooling water, in particular tap water, is described. The curable coating comprises, based on solids after curing, 35-80% by weight of an epoxysilane according to the general structure 1 and/or its hydrolysation and/or condensation products, 1: R1R2aSiR3b with R1 being 3-glycidyloxypropyl, R2 being methyl, R3 being alkyloxy or acyloxy, a being 0, 1 or 2 and b being 3−a and 20-65% by weight of a blocked polyisocyanate and optionally further components. The coating provides improved corrosion protection on aluminium surfaces, reduces limescale formation on heat exchanger surfaces and is able to withstand lateral and/or temporal temperature gradients when coated on heat exchanging surfaces.
US10533089B2
A polyamide resin composition comprising a polyamide resin (A), glass (C), and optionally a styrene polymer (B1) and a modified PPE (B2), wherein the total amount of A, B1, and B2 and the amount of C are, respectively, 40 to 95% by weight and 60 to 5% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, wherein the amount of A and the total amount of B1 and B2 are, respectively, 50 to 100% by weight and 50 to 0% by weight, based on 100% by weight of the whole of A, B1, and B2, wherein when C contains glass containing no boron oxide (C1), the amount of C1 is 60 to 5% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, wherein when C does not contain C1, A is a polyoxamide resin, or the amount of A and the total amount of B1 and B2 are defined.
US10533080B2
A method of transfer printing comprises globally heating an array of stamps, where each stamp comprises a shape memory polymer with a light absorbing agent dispersed therein, and pressing the array of stamps to a donor substrate comprising a plurality of inks. Each stamp is thereby compressed from an undeformed adhesion-off configuration to a deformed adhesion-on configuration. The array of stamps is then cooled to rigidize the shape memory polymer and bind the plurality of inks to the stamps in the deformed adhesion-on configuration. The plurality of inks remain bound to the stamps while the array of stamps is positioned in proximity with a receiving substrate. A selected stamp in the array is then locally heated using a concentrated light source. The selected stamp returns to the undeformed adhesion-off configuration, and the ink bound to the selected stamp is released and transfer printed onto the receiving substrate.
US10533057B2
The present disclosure relates to the treatment of multiple myeloma. Monoclonal antibody MOR202 is efficacious when administered to patient at certain dosage regimens.
US10533054B2
Provided is a fusion protein comprising an agonist for CD40 and an agonist for OX40. Compositions comprising the fusion protein and methods of use are also provided.
US10533052B2
Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, that bind to T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing-3 (TIM3) protein. Also provided are uses of these antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, in therapeutic applications, such as treatment of cancer. Further provided are cells that produce the antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain regions of the antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain regions of the antibodies, or antigen-binding portions thereof.
US10533051B2
Provided are novel seizure related 6 (SEZ6) modulators, including antibodies and derivatives thereof, and methods of using such modulators to treat proliferative disorders.
US10533048B2
The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP.
US10533036B2
It is described a Clostridium difficile (C-difficile) toxins A and/or B as a target for therapy, including passive immunotherapy, and particularly prevention of C-difficile intoxication in human or other animals. It is also described a polypeptide comprising a portion of C-difficile toxins A and/or B sequence being an epitope for anti-toxins A and/or B antibody. It is also disclosed a method for generating a neutralizing antibody directed against C-difficile toxins A and/or B. It is also provided a novel formulation that combines key toxins A and/or B epitope antibodies, located in three key domains of toxins A and/or B, for neutralizing toxins A and/or B, at any stage of toxins A and/or B intoxication related to C-difficile infection. The novel formulation of toxins A and/or B epitope antibodies are useful in immunotherapy, for therapeutic and/or prophylactic mediation of C-difficile intoxication.
US10533026B2
The invention relates to degradation of organophosphate neurotoxins with molybdenum complexes. In particular, the degradation of phosphate ester neurotoxins can be performed with molybdenum peroxo complexes resulting in recoverable phosphorus-containing compounds.
US10533021B2
This invention provides, among other things, novel compounds useful for treating bacterial infections, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, as well as combinations of these compounds with at least one additional therapeutically effective agent.
US10533011B2
Provided are methods of making certain pyrrolopyrimidine derivatives, which are useful in the treatment of proliferation disorders and other diseases related to the dysregulation of kinase (such as, but not limited to, EGFR (including HER), Alk, PDGFR, BLK, BMX/ETK, BTK, FLT3 (D835Y), ITK, JAK1, JAK2, JAK3, TEC and TXK) and/or the respective pathways, salts, polymorphs, and amorphous forms of said compounds, synthetic intermediates for preparing said compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and methods for making such compositions.
US10533009B2
A method of stabilizing riboflavin by affixing the riboflavin to at least one substrate for the riboflavin by covalent bonding, hydrogen bonding, Van der Waals forces, or a combination thereof, to form an optically-activated complex, is provided. When activated by absorption of light in the ultraviolet (UV) to visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum the riboflavin in the complex re-emits light of longer wavelength in the blue-green-yellow region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
US10533000B2
Compounds that modulate GluR5 activity and methods of using the same are disclosed.
US10532996B2
The present invention is directed to compounds having the Formulae (Ia-Ie), (II), (IIIa-IIId), (IVa-IVc), (Va-Vb), (VIa-VIe), (VII), (VIIIa-VIIIc), and (IX), pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs and solvates thereof, compositions of any of thereof and methods for the treatment of a condition associated with a dysfunction in proteostasis comprising an effective amount of these compounds.
US10532994B2
Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions, and methods for preventing and treating proliferative diseases associated with aberrant receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) activity. The therapeutic indications described herein more specifically relate to the non-selective inhibition of RTKs associated with vascular and pulmonary disorders.
US10532986B2
Provided are a phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) inhibitor and application thereof in preparation of a medication for treating a disease related to PDE4. Specifically disclosed is a compound as shown in formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10532971B2
This invention relates to novel derivatives of 4-hydroxybutyric acid and prodrugs thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the foregoing. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of this invention and the use of such compositions in methods of treating narcolepsy, fibromyalgia, other disorders or conditions that are beneficially treated by improving nocturnal sleep or by administering sodium oxybate.
US10532967B2
A process for the production of propylene glycol from a lactate ester is disclosed. The process comprises supplying a feed comprising a C3-6 alkyl lactate ester. The feed is contacted with a stream of hydrogen containing gas and subjected to hydrogenation in the vapour phase in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature of from about 130° C. to about 185° C., a pressure of from about 20 bar to about 60 bar, and a weight hourly space velocity greater than about 0.3 h−1. The catalyst is a reduced copper catalyst selected from copper alumina, optionally comprising manganese, copper chromite, copper zinc oxide and Raney copper.
US10532958B2
An organic fertilizer/plant food with a natural ingredient providing a desirable smell to mask the unwanted odors of organic fertilizer. The desirable smelling ingredient to be mixed thoroughly throughout the organic fertilizer such that as the outer layers of the organic fertilizer are processed by microorganisms, the desirable smelling ingredient is revealed at each new layer to create a persistent pleasant smell above the unwanted fertilizer smell.
US10532956B2
This invention relates to polymeric compositions for application onto natural stone in order to provide for long-term chemical, stain, and water resistance, along with antimicrobial properties. Many natural, unsealed stones do not have stain, etch, or water resistance. The described compositions were developed using a technology of chemical grafting that involves the use of prepolymers, monomers, catalysts, graft initiators, wetting agents, antimicrobial agents, and other ingredients. The composition, when thus applied to the stone surface allows it to obtain a graft polymerization, thereby forming a polymer film that is chemically attached to the natural stone, rather than typical physical bonding of other sealer compositions. The natural stones react with a graft initiator in the composition, which creates the reaction sites on the natural stone surface via free radical mechanisms. This in turn renders the natural stone to be receptive to attachment of monomers/prepolymers forming a polymeric film chemically bonded to the natural stone which then has the desired properties in terms of resistance to staining, etching, water penetration, etc., used in homes and light commercial applications, as well as for exterior use on building facades, monuments and the like.
US10532948B2
Portable apparatus for identifying and mitigating defects in electronic devices disposed on substrates or windows are disclosed herein. Such defects can be visually perceived by the end user. The substrates or windows may include flat panel displays, photovoltaic windows, electrochromic devices, and the like, particularly electrochromic windows.
US10532924B2
A packaging structure including at least one hermetically sealed cavity in which at least one microelectronic device is arranged, the cavity being formed between a substrate and at least one cap layer through which several release holes are formed. Several separated portions of metallic material are provided such that each of the separated portions of metallic material is arranged on the cap layer above and around one of the release holes and forms an individual and hermetical plug of said one of the release holes. At least one diffusion barrier layer including at least one non-metallic material is arranged on the cap layer and forms a diffusion barrier against an atmosphere outside the cavity at least around the release holes. Parts of the diffusion barrier layer are not covered by the portions of metallic material.
US10532919B2
A collapsible personnel basket apparatus quickly and easily deploys on the tip of a crane boom and stores in a space-efficient manner when not in use. The basket apparatus has a collapsible spine made up of a plurality of spine segments, a support platform pivotally coupled to a bottom spine segment, a connection member pivotally coupled to a top spine segment and including a coupling portion at a proximal end thereof, an adapter configured for attachment to a crane tip at a distal end of a crane boom, and a foldable rail assembly removably mountable on the spine and/or the support platform. The adapter mates with the coupling portion of the connection member to removably mount the connection member on the crane tip. A related deployment method, spine segment locking mechanism, coupling apparatus, and storage apparatus are also disclosed.
US10532915B2
Disclosed are an automatic continuous operation robot for laying large-diameter pipelines and an operating method therefor. The operation robot comprises a platform, a main frame (1), an operation room, a navigation subsystem (1002), a pipe grabbing and conveying subsystem (3), a pipe end face pre-treatment subsystem (4), an on-line measurement subsystem, a pipe supporting subsystem, a welding and welding quality inspection subsystem (5), and a control system. The operating method comprises: first detecting and grabbing a pipe, then performing groove machining on the pipe, fitting the welding end faces of the current pipe and a previous pipe, then putting down the pipe, finely adjusting and fixedly connecting the two pipes, and finally, welding the two pipes. The automatic continuous operation robot for laying large-diameter pipelines has a high degree of automation and high working efficiency, and the laying period is short.
US10532902B2
A system for rolling up a flexible sheet may include a frame; a friction element mounted on the frame, the friction element having an endless friction outer surface with a sheet-engaging portion positioned to engage an end of the flexible sheet lying in a substantially horizontal position relative to the frame; and a drive connected to the friction element to move the endless friction outer surface such that the sheet-engaging portions thereof move upwardly to engage the end of the flexible sheet and lift up and roll the end of the flexible sheet over on itself to form a roll.
US10532897B2
Disclosed is a hydraulic hoisting system for moving material from an underground position to a surface level. In most cases, the system will be used to move fragmented rock or ore generated during the normal operation of a mine to a position on or near the surface of the Earth so that the rock or ore can be further processed. The system is a conduit loop for continuous flow of circulating fluid from near or at the surface to underground; a slurry preparation unit for mixing the material with a portion of the fluid to form a slurry; and an injection unit for injecting the slurry into the conduit.
US10532893B2
A device and method of handling stone samples. The device (10) comprises a handling unit (13) rotatable relative to a frame (11) of the device. Inside the handling unit may be arranged a stone sample storage box (18) comprising several parallel stone samples (S). On the storage box may be arranged several intermediate cassettes (24) in an upside down position. The handling unit is turned (T) upside down in order to tip the stone samples from the storage box to the several intermediate cassettes. The intermediate cassettes are removed from the handling unit and the stone samples are tipped to individual sawing cassettes (9).
US10532887B2
A vehicle body tracking system of a vehicle assembly line determines, in real time, a position of a vehicle body transferred to process sections divided by a predetermined pitch. The tracking system includes: a vehicle body detecting unit installed at a starting point of the assembly line so as to detect the vehicle body; an encoder unit provided at a conveyor unit, which travels along the assembly line and transfers the vehicle body, so as to detect a rotation amount of a rotating body rotated by a traveling body of the conveyor unit; and a controller to receive a detection signal from the vehicle body detecting unit to acquire identification information of the vehicle body and to calculate a moving distance of the vehicle body for each process section by receiving the detection value from the encoder unit.
US10532880B2
The invention relates to an aerosol device comprising: a container containing: one or more propellants, and a composition comprising one or more fixing polymers and/or one or more styling powder(s) comprising one or more water-insoluble inorganic compounds, it being possible for the propellant(s) to be present in the composition or, in the container, separate from the composition, a means for dispensing said composition comprising: a body (3) that is open at its two opposite axial ends, an engaging part (10) that is open at its two opposite axial ends, at least partially defining at least one dispensing orifice (12).
US10532879B2
To provide a shield and a dispenser from which the shield can be easily dispensed, the dispenser (100) according to the present invention stores a plurality of shields (1A) in a mutually detachable joined state in the container (50). As such, sliding and the like of the plurality of the shields (1A) against each other in the container (50) is suppressed and, therefore, sticking of the shields (1A) to each other due to the generation of static electricity is suppressed. Thus, a user can easily dispense the shields (1A) from the dispensing opening (51) of the container (50).
US10532878B2
A pill case (100) includes a pocket (9) which receives one pill (10) from an accommodation unit (8) in which a plurality of pills (10) are accommodated, and an extraction port (11) for ejecting the pill (10) in the pocket (9) to the outside. The pill case (100) includes a manipulation unit (for example, pill ejection button (4) and pill tray (5)) which converts a state in which the pill (10) in the pocket (9) cannot be ejected through the extraction port (11) to a state in which the pill (10) in the pocket (9) can be ejected through the extraction port (11) by being manipulated by a user. The pill case (100) includes a moving unit which is moved by indirectly or directly receiving a pressure from the pill (10) in the pocket (9) according to the moving manipulation to the manipulation unit, and a detection unit which detects that the moving unit is moved up to a position of the moving unit which corresponds to a state in which the pill (10) in the pocket (9) can be ejected.
US10532876B2
A container (100) for isolating first and second fluids, such as beverage concentrate components, until dispensing is provided, as well as methods of assembly and dispensing. The container can have first (111) and second (113) enclosed bodies for containing the first and second fluids to be dispensed and an insert (130) directing fluid from the enclosed bodies, such as toward one or more valves or separate discharge paths (148a, 148b).
US10532874B1
The present invention is a clamp for a confined area that restricts undesired movement of objects in an unutilized or void area of confined area and prevents objects from being damaged during transportation. Clamp includes a first wall and a second wall. First wall and second wall are disposed oppositely. Confined area is partially filled with objects such as books and partially void. Clamp includes a first end support, a second end support and a retractable mechanism. Retractable mechanism, such as a scissor mechanism, is disposed between and in connection with first end support and second end support. First end support and second end support are retracted such that first end support is in connection with the first wall and second end support establish contact with objects and fill void space. First end support and second end support are provided with at least one stopper such as an anti-skid bush.
US10532869B2
A device for deterring drug abuse includes a housing configured to contain a drug accessible through an access port. The device includes a physical deterrent configured to move from an unsecured position, wherein the access port of the housing is normally accessible, to a secure position, wherein the access port of the housing is normally inaccessible. The device further includes a locking mechanism that is coupled with the physical deterrent. The locking mechanism has a locked mode, wherein the physical deterrent does not normally move from the secure position to the unsecured position. The locking mechanism is further coupled with a deterrent container having a deterrent substance. The device is configured such that attempts to access the drug when the physical deterrent is in the secure position, and when the locking mechanism is in the locked mode, activate the release of the deterrent substance to the drug.
US10532854B2
Disclosed is a drum stacking assembly 100. The assembly 100 comprises a first set of plurality of drums 108a and a second set of plurality of drums 108b, positioned relative amongst each other via a first connector 101 and a second connector respectively. Further, said assembly 100 comprises a pallet 109, wherein a top surface of the pallet 109 comprises a plurality of support shells 601 further comprising at least a plurality of ribs 602 adapted to support the first set of drums 108a. An outer reinforcing ring of the bottom surface of the first set of drums 108a is guided in the plurality of ribs 602. Further, a bottom surface of the pallet 109 comprises a plurality of grooves 202 further comprising at least a plurality of indentations 603 adapted to engage an outer reinforcing ring 301 of the upper surface of the second set of drums 108b.
US10532853B2
An apparatus is provided for a collapsible product display container that may be shipped or stored in two main pieces, but which may be assembled at the point of sale by reversible attachment of four side walls to a pallet bottom. The four side walls are hingedly interconnected to each other and are attachable to the pallet bottom in an upright vertical relationship without bolts, screws, or other separate hardware. The container further comprises an advertisement display case that is connected to the back side wall by a hinge and may be moved into a vertical planar alignment above the back side wall of the container by hinging mechanism for marketing purposes.
US10532852B2
A pallet assembly includes an upper portion including an upper deck and a plurality of upper column portions extending downward from the upper deck. A lower portion includes a plurality of lower column portions extending upward and a plurality of runners connecting the plurality of lower column portions. An upper reinforcement member is between an upper surface of the lower column portions and a lower surface of the upper deck. A lower reinforcement member between a lower surface of the upper column portions and an upper surface of the runners.
US10532850B2
A folding box (100), comprising: a bottom plate (1), and a pair of first side plates (2) and a pair of a second side plates (3) capable of being folded with respect to the bottom plate (1). The first side plates (2) and the second side plates (3) are releasably interlocked via a locking mechanism (4). The locking mechanism (4) comprises a handle (41), a locking member (42), and a guidance feature (31). When the first side plates (2) and the second side plates (3) are in a locked state, the handle (41) restricts the position of the locking member (42), thus limiting the movement of the locking member (42), when the handle (41) restricts the position of the locking member (42), thus limiting the movement of the locking member (42), when the handle (41) moves and provides the locking member (42) space required for movement of the locking member (42), the locking member (42) cooperates with the guidance feature (31) to drive the locking member (42) to move so as to unlock the same. When the folding box is empty and recycled, the side plates are easy and convenient to unlock, and are difficult to be unlocked by an accidental triggering when using.
US10532844B2
A thermoform packaging machine including a forming station, a sealing station, a cutting station and a film conveying unit. The film conveying unit includes a clamp chain arranged on a lateral edge of a bottom film, wherein the clamp chain cyclically conveys the bottom film in a direction of production during operation, the bottom film is advanced one cycle length in each cycle of the thermoform packaging machine. Further, the thermoform packaging machine may include a pulling device that pulls a pull section of the bottom film and/or a top film in a direction parallel to the direction of production relative to the lateral edge of the bottom film held by the clamp chain.
US10532842B1
An adhesive tape application device of a case sealing machine for sealing cases automatically and folding over the end of the adhesive tape to form a grippable non-adhesive tape end portion for easy peeling.
US10532825B2
Disclosed herein is a method that comprises acquiring one or more images of a plurality of markers of an off-board target using a camera onboard a rotorcraft, the plurality of markers arranged in a predefined pattern. The method also comprises processing, using an image processor, the one or more images of the plurality of markers to identify the predefined pattern of the plurality of markers. The method further comprises determining guidance information for the rotorcraft relative to the off-board target based on the identified predefined pattern of the plurality of markers, an orientation of the plurality of markers and a relative spacing of the plurality of markers. The method additionally comprises providing the determined guidance information to a display device within a field of view of an operator of the rotorcraft.
US10532819B2
Apparatus and methods for supporting human external cargo from the hoist of a hoist-equipped helicopter are provided. The apparatus has at least one personal harness for supporting a user; and at least one harness segment with a top end point attachable to the helicopter hoist through an attachable fitting and at least one bottom end point directly or indirectly attachable to the personal harness. The harness segment, and the personal harness externally support the user from the helicopter hoist and allows the user to be safely suspended from the helicopter in order for work or rescue operations to be administered by the user.
US10532809B2
The bearing system is configured for treating and reacting dynamic loading within a rotor hub of rotorcraft. The bearing system includes an outer member having a plurality of alternating outer elastomeric layers and shim layers. The outer member has an inboard surface configured for bonding to an inboard bearing support, and the outer member has an outboard surface configured for bonding to an outboard bearing support. The bearing system has an inner member bonded to an interior surface of the outer member. The inner member can include a rigid inner core, as well as a plurality of elastomeric layers and shim layers configured to react torsional movements of the rotor blade.
US10532802B2
A propulsion assembly includes an engine surrounded by a nacelle, structure for draining the fluids from the engine and structure for guiding said fluids to a retention box. The retention box is arranged outside the engine and has a cavity for storing drained fluids. The retention box is fixed to a cowling of the nacelle and supported thereby.
US10532801B2
A blanket assembly for use in at least one bay and with at least one frame member of an aircraft, the assembly including an insulation blanket. The insulation blanket includes a bay section sized and shaped to fit within the bay and of sufficient thickness to provide insulation to the bay, a return section disposed on a first side of the bay section; and a cap section disposed on a second side of the bay section, opposite the first side. The cap section is sized and shaped to at least partially cover the frame member when the cap section is wrapped around the frame member, the cap section being of sufficient thickness to provide insulation to the frame member. The bay section, the return section, and the cap section are of unitary construction.
US10532796B2
A transfer structure for transfer of a fluid between a floating structure and a floating or non-floating facility and/or transmission of electric power between the floating or non-floating facility and the floating structure is disclosed. The transfer structure includes at least one attachment means passive-movably mounted relative to the transfer structure for releasable attachment of the transfer structure to the floating structure. The transfer structure is semi-submersible and floating.
US10532791B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a pedal for a bicycle that includes a body, a spindle rotatably secured to the body and for connection with the bicycle, a first magnetic platter non-rotatably secured within the body, and a second magnetic platter rotatably secured within the body and overlaying the first magnetic platter. The first and second magnetic platters each include two magnetic blocks that are separated and magnetically charged by a respective permanent magnet plate positioned therebetween. The second magnetic platter includes a keyed protrusion configured to be engaged by a ferrous metal cleat, which can rotate the second magnetic platter between a first position where the pedal is in a magnetically inactive state and a second position where the pedal is in a magnetically active state magnetically securing the cleat to the second magnetic platter.
US10532786B1
An active lighting device of a bicycle includes a first optical system with a first light source arrangement for long-distance illumination, which is controlled by a control unit, and a second optical system with a second light source arrangement for short-distance illumination, which is controlled by the control unit. A light sensor determines the light intensity of a location of the bicycle and allows the control unit to adapt the light intensity of the light sources, if they are activated and if the ambient light intensity is below a threshold. A speed sensor determines the speed of the bicycle, so that the control unit controls the activation of the light sources of the first light source arrangement from a speed threshold. An orientation or inclination detector selects and adjusts the light intensity of light sources.
US10532785B2
A wheel telemetry system providing a set of riding information to a rider includes a wheel-mounted portion and a control unit in wireless communication. The wheel-mounted portion is attached to one or both bicycle wheels and includes an accelerometer, pressure sensor, and/or temperature sensor and a programmable microcontroller. The accelerometer monitors movement of the wheel(s) in one or more of the x-, y-, and z-planes. Accelerometer data, (and optionally tire pressure data and/or temperature data), is transmitted to the control unit for monitoring and/or data logging. Movement of a previously motionless bicycle may also be used to trigger an alarm when the control unit is not detected within a predetermined distance from the bicycle.
US10532780B2
A drag reducing device for a vehicle includes an air flow turning component having a curved surface adapted to turn air flow passing over the curved surface, a first mounting component for connecting the air flow turning component to a rear door of the vehicle, and a second mounting component for connecting the air flow turning component to one of the opposite side walls of the vehicle. The mounting components are configured so that the air flow component is automatically in a deployed position when the rear door is closed, in which position the air flow turning component turns air flow passing along the side the vehicle inward to thereby reduce drag. The mounting components are further configured so that the air flow component is automatically stowed between the rear door and the vehicle side wall when the door is fully opened. The air turning component is an extrusion sized for a minimal prominence in the stowed position.
US10532779B2
A vehicle rear structure has an upper back panel, and a first closed sectional part that is coupled to a front end part of the upper back panel in a vehicle forward-rearward direction and serves as a closed sectional part having a closed section structure. The first closed sectional part is constituted of a first panel and a second panel that are panel members different from the upper back panel. The thickness of the first panel and the thickness of the second panel are larger than the thickness of the upper back panel, respectively.
US10532775B2
A motor vehicle hood assembly includes a hood shell and a fluid reservoir having a body including a stringer section and a plurality of finger sections that are connected to and extend from the stringer section along a longitudinal axis of the hood shell. The fluid reservoir may be provided packaged between the hood shell and an insulation layer of the hood assembly. A filling port is provided to assure the fluid is replenished by gravity once it's emptied from the reservoir.
US10532774B2
An apparatus for lifting an object for placement in a vehicle cargo area is provided. The apparatus comprises a liftgate for opening and closing relative to the vehicle cargo area including dual hoists for lifting an object in a balanced manner. The dual hoists may be stowed in a compartment in the liftgate, such as in individual pockets covered by a door formed by a liftgate trim panel. The actuator forming part of the hoist may also be covered by the liftgate trim panel, and thus hidden from view.
US10532770B2
Systems and methods for operating a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle are provided, wherein the motor vehicle has at least one radar sensor which captures the environment of the motor vehicle. The radar sensor data is evaluated to form an environmental model describing the environment of the motor vehicle. If at least one query criterion is satisfied, an environmental map derived from the environmental model, and illustrating a top view of regions which can and cannot be travelled on is displayed on the display device. During an interaction between the driver and the displayed environmental map, trajectory data describing a desired trajectory of the driver is determined, and the motor vehicle is at least partially automatically guided along a real trajectory derived from the trajectory data.
US10532762B2
A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a steering column tube in which a steering spindle is mounted rotatably about a longitudinal axis. The steering column tube is fastened to a carrier connected to a vehicle chassis so that in normal operation the steering column tube is retained non-displaceably on the carrier, but is displaceable along the longitudinal axis in a crash event where a force that acts on the steering spindle exceeds a threshold value. An energy-absorption device may comprise a bending element that is connected to the carrier and the steering column tube and may be deformed in a crash event as a result of the longitudinal displacement of the steering column tube, thereby absorbing part of the energy of the steering column tube. The bending element may be at least partially surrounded by an insertion body, which prevents the binding element from contacting adjacent structural elements and deforms together with the bending element in a crash event.
US10532760B1
Systems and methods described herein are directed to an adjustable steering wheel. According to one aspect, a steering wheel includes a center post, a plurality of arc segments, a plurality of telescoping arms, and a plurality of modular segments. The plurality of arc segments have a fixed arc length relative to a center post axis defined by the center post. Each arm of the plurality of telescoping arms has a first end portion affixed to the center post and a second end portion non-removably affixed to an arc segment of the plurality of arc segments. The plurality of modular segments have adjustable arc lengths relative to the center post axis. Together the plurality of arc segments and the plurality of modular segments cooperate to define a circumference of the steering wheel that is orthogonal to the center post axis.
US10532757B2
A divider for elevated seating within a canopy enclosed seating area of a pet stroller is provided. The divider is removably located in the pet seating area. The divider includes a divider platform supported at least on a platform enclosure member of the pet stroller which still allows for the lowering and clamping of the lower canopy bar to the platform enclosure member.
US10532754B2
System includes a control system used to control operation of a vehicle system as the vehicle system moves along a route. The vehicle system includes a plurality of system vehicles in which adjacent system vehicles are operatively coupled such that the adjacent system vehicles are permitted to move relative to one another. The control system includes one or more processors that are configured to (a) receive operational settings of the vehicle system and (b) input the operational settings into a system model of the vehicle system to determine an observed metric of the vehicle system. The one or more processors are also configured to (c) compare the observed metric to a reference metric and (d) modify the operational settings of the vehicle system based on differences between the observed and the reference metrics.
US10532750B2
A method for wrong-way driver detection. The method includes a step of reading in position data via an interface, the position data representing a measured position of a vehicle, a step of reading in map data, which map a set of road elements of a road network negotiable by the vehicle, a step of determining a plurality of particles using the map data, one particle representing an assumed position of the vehicle and a weighting assigned to the assumed position, and a step of determining at least one road element from the set of road elements which is plausible with respect to a negotiation by the vehicle based on the plurality of particles, using a particle filter.
US10532742B2
In a steer by wire and idle stop vehicle, idle stop conditions for invoking an idle stop operation include that the traveling speed of the vehicle has fallen below a first value (10 km/h). When the vehicle speed is lower than the first value but higher than a second value (5 km/h), a steering actuator control unit 44 executes a position keep control whereby a steering motor 29 is electrically braked, and a reaction force actuator control unit 43 operates a reaction force motor 26 as a dynamic brake. When the vehicle speed has fallen below the second value in the idle stop operation, the steering motor control unit terminates the position keep control.
US10532741B2
A work machine includes a vehicular controller, an IMU, an IMU controller, a hydrostatic transmission, and an operator control. The machine can move a commanded machine motion that includes movement of the machine from a first position to a second position or movement of a linkage relative to a chassis. The vehicular controller predicts an acceleration based on the commanded machine motion and communicates the predicted acceleration from the vehicular controller to the IMU controller. The IMU measures a current acceleration and the IMU controller determines an adjusted acceleration from the combination of the predicted acceleration and the current acceleration. The adjusted acceleration is communicated from the IMU controller to the vehicular controller for use by the vehicular controller. The two-way communication between the IMU controller and the vehicular controller continues while the machine is in motion for a more accurate determination of the acceleration and location of the machine.
US10532733B2
A hybrid vehicle start control device is provided for a hybrid vehicle that ensures an EV reverse starting intended by a driver, even when an engagement command is issued to an engagement clutch that selects an ICE gear shift stage, when carrying out EV reverse starting. In this hybrid vehicle, a multistage gear transmission includes an EV shift actuator that selects an EV gear shift stage, and ICE shift actuators that select an ICE gear shift stage. A starting controller operates the EV electric actuator to select EV 1st of the multistage gear transmission at a time of starting, and that carries out an EV starting using the first motor/generator. At a time of an EV reverse starting, the starting controller carries out a control to the operating positions of the ICE shift actuators that prevent the selection of the ICE gear shift stage by the ICE shift actuators.
US10532731B2
A vehicle traveling control method includes determining a driver's intention for acceleration during vehicle traveling, predicting, when a determination is made that the driver has no intention for acceleration, which is superior between a first fuel consumption reduction effect by inertial traveling and a second fuel consumption reduction effect by deceleration energy regeneration, the inertial traveling making the vehicle travel, with power transmission disconnected between an engine and a drive wheel of the vehicle, and the deceleration energy regeneration inputting rotational power of the drive wheel of the vehicle to an electric motor, and performing inertial traveling when a prediction is made that the first fuel consumption reduction effect by inertial traveling is superior to the second fuel consumption reduction effect by deceleration energy regeneration.
US10532727B2
A method for controlling a full load mode of a hybrid vehicle by a controller may include: calculating driver demand torque based on acceleration pedal position sensor (APS) information or brake pedal position sensor (BPS) information; predicting the driver's acceleration/deceleration information based on the hybrid vehicle's driving information; predicting the driver demand torque based on the predicted acceleration/deceleration information; predicting a state of charge (SOC) of a battery that supplies electric power to a motor for driving the hybrid vehicle, based on the calculated driver demand torque and the predicted driver demand torque; and controlling an engine for charging the battery based on the predicted battery SOC, in order to keep the hybrid vehicle from entering into the full load mode in which the engine configured to produce a maximum torque and the motor are used.
US10532725B2
A position sensing system for a braking system has a rotor and a caliper assembly disposed at least partially around the rotor. The caliper assembly has a fixed mount bracket and a floating portion. At least two brake pads are attached to the floating portion, operable to exert a force against the rotor in response to a force through the floating portion. A first portion is coupled to the fixed mount bracket. A second portion is coupled to the floating portion such that the second portion moves in response to movement of the floating portion. A sensor assembly measures a distance between the first portion and the second portion. A wireless transmitter sends a signal from the sensor assembly to detached electronics, the signal representing the distance measured.
US10532719B2
A Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) passive vehicle access control system integrated into a vehicle and an external device to defend the system against relay attacks is provided. The system includes at least one of a motion detector, a microprocessor, or a barometric pressure sensor. The motion detector is configured to detect and distinguish various types of motion and vibration. The motion detector is further configured to distinguish between a true motion event and a false motion event. The microprocessor comprises a set of computer executable instructions including a TX power profiling is capable of modulating the transmitted (TX) power level to create at a receiving end of a communication having link in the vehicle a RX power level (RSS) profile that serves as an authentication. The barometric pressure sensor is configured to measure barometric pressure which ultimately translates the measured barometric pressure into altitude value and distinguish the altitude value of the vehicle and of the external device is either matched or different.
US10532717B2
A vehicle airbag includes at least one chamber configured to be inflated when the airbag is triggered and at least one gas generator fluidically connected to the at least one chamber for filling the at least one chamber with a gas. At least one respective interior tensioning bag is arranged in the at least one chamber at each opposing chamber end. The two tensioning bags are configured in such a way that during the filling of the at least one chamber, they synchronously tension and deploy the chamber.
US10532715B2
A steering wheel unit (10) for a motor vehicle having, a steering wheel body (12), an airbag module (20) accommodated in a hub region of the steering wheel body (12), which includes a housing (22), an inflator connected to the housing (22), and an airbag (29) folded into the housing (22), and at least three axial positioning units which define the axial position of the housing (22) when not pressed down with respect to the steering wheel body (12). Each of the three axial positioning units include an axial positioning element (40) connected on the module side to the housing (22), or an axial positioning element connected to the steering wheel body on the steering wheel body side, wherein the positioning element features a metal support unit (42). The at least three support units (42) are elements separate from each other.
US10532708B2
A circuit body routing structure includes a circuit body routed, with respect to a vehicle body having a rocker on which a center pillar is erected, along the rocker. The circuit body is formed of a long flat conductor having a conductor portion of a flat cross-sectional shape. The circuit body includes a linear portion disposed overlapping an upper surface of the rocker, and a detour portion disposed overlapping a side surface of the rocker on a vehicle interior side or a side surface of the center pillar on the vehicle interior side at a junction between the rocker and the center pillar.
US10532704B2
Retroreflective articles comprise a substrate and a bar code provided on the substrate. The bar code comprises at least one human-readable information which provides framing information and a machine-readable information which provides variable information. The human-readable information is visible under a first condition and invisible under a second condition, and the machine-readable information is invisible under the first condition and visible under the second condition.
US10532697B2
A display of roadside objects on a vehicle windshield within a primary field of view of a driver, with an indication of a level of importance of the object is provided. A method includes: detecting, by a computer device, a roadside object in a vehicle driver's peripheral view; analyzing, by the computer device, the detected roadside object to assign a level of importance to the object based on predefined levels of importance; and displaying, by the computer device, the roadside object as a semi-transparent object in a display area of a windshield of the vehicle with an indication of the level of importance of the object.
US10532695B2
A vehicle monitoring device includes a determination unit that determines whether a following vehicle shown in an image taken by a camera that takes an image of a surrounding area of a host vehicle is a two-wheel vehicle or not, and a warning unit that issues a warning when an inter-vehicle distance between the following vehicle and the host vehicle becomes equal to or less than a first distance in a case where the following vehicle is determined not to be a two-wheel vehicle by the determination unit, and issues a warning when the inter-vehicle distance between the following vehicle and the host vehicle becomes equal to or less than a second distance, which is longer than the first distance, in a case where the following vehicle is determined to be a two-wheel vehicle by the determination unit.
US10532692B2
An illuminated trim fitting for a motor vehicle, in particular a trim fitting as a cover fitting of a sealing strip for the window channel of a vehicle door, is intended to provide a high-quality illuminating effect accompanied at the same time by a simple structural design, low manufacturing costs and space-saving means of attachment. In addition, the trim fitting is to differ as little as possible externally from non-illuminated trim fittings. For this purpose there is provision that a light gap is formed between a profiled strip of the trim fitting and the adjacent vehicle outer skin, through which light gap the light emitted by an optical waveguide provided on the rear of the trim fitting can exit to the outside.
US10532690B2
A structural cross frame connector is described having a multipurpose system of attachment. The device has two main forms one with a vertical offset and one without this vertical offset. The central portion has an arch by which weight is distributed accordingly. The connectors have a a group of pass through holes whereby a pass through rod is attached thereto using fasteners. Various structural members can be attached to the pass through rod using pass right and left pass through cavities typically used as structural support members and a central pass through cavity typically used as a hitching station. Leaf springs are also mountable on pass through rods and freely operate on another connector right and left pass through cavity for use as a suspension system.
US10532686B2
A refuse bag support apparatus for use with a vehicle is provided. The support apparatus includes a base member having a frame and a first pad slidably mounted to a second pad, the first pad and the second pad oriented substantially parallel to each other and able to adjust to create space sufficiently large to permit a tire of the vehicle to be disposed between the first pad and the second pad to support the base member, and a collar mechanically coupled to the frame of the base member. The collar supports a refuse bag.
US10532684B1
A method for applying an image to a floor mat or floor liner including applying a layer of ink to a first side of a clear applique; bonding, with a bonding agent, the first side of the clear applique to a surface of a substrate; and heating the applique and substrate to a first temperature such that the adhesive cures; heating the bonded substrate to a second temperature, such that the surface of the substrate becomes malleable; and forming a scene into the surface of the substrate.
US10532659B2
Various implementations include an occupant monitoring system (OMS) for monitoring at least one occupant in a vehicle. The OMS includes a mounting bracket coupled to a rotatable portion of a steering wheel assembly, a housing coupled to the mounting bracket, at least one imaging unit disposed within the housing, and at least one lens disposed adjacent the housing and imaging unit and facing an expected position of at least one vehicle occupant and configured for allowing light to pass through to the imaging unit. The mounting bracket extends upwardly from the steering wheel assembly adjacent a central portion thereof. The housing has a back surface that is disposed adjacent a back cover of the steering wheel assembly. The imaging unit has a field of view inside of the vehicle and is configured to capture an image signal corresponding to an imaging area within the field of view.
US10532642B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a convertible sliding top assembly for use with a vehicle. The convertible sliding top assembly can create an opening on the top of the vehicle by rotating a plurality of arms and folding over a soft cover. The assembly can be designed and shaped to improve aerodynamics when the vehicle is moving and prevent the buildup of water on the soft cover.
US10532641B2
The invention relates to a convertible vehicle having a top linkage which can be displaced between a closed position and a storage position, and a linkage arrangement on both of its two sides relative to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the top. The linkage arrangement includes a main multi-joint arrangement pivotally mounted on a corresponding main bearing permanently mounted to the vehicle. The main multi-joint arrangement includes two main links, at least one of which rests against an abutment arrangement of the corresponding main bearing when in the closed position of the top so that the main bearing is in its a normal position. The abutment arrangement includes a displaceable abutment element which can be displaced between a rest position and an active position, in which the main link resting against the abutment arrangement is pivoted from the normal position to a deviated position.
US10532626B2
Embodiments of a suspension for a vehicle is provided. The suspension includes, for example, a frame and a locking assembly. The locking assembly inhibits tipping of a frame of the vehicle when tipping of the frame is detected.
US10532622B2
A rubber sheet includes: a main body formed into an arc shape or an annular shape; a seating portion formed into a groove shape at the main body, a coil spring being configured to be seated on the seating portion; and a deformation restricting portion formed to project outside in a radial direction from an outer periphery of the main body at a position, on which a terminal portion of the coil spring is seated, of the main body, the deformation restricting portion being configured to restrict deformation of the main body.
US10532620B1
A knuckle-boom loader trailer has a trailer frame, a heavy equipment package of a knuckle-boom crane and an operator cab mounted on top of the trailer frame, and a walking-beam suspension propping up the trailer frame.
US10532618B2
A programming unit for TPMS sensors includes at least a microcontroller and memory storing at least a vehicle group database comprising multiple vehicle groups, each vehicle group comprising at least one vehicle, a version pair database comprising multiple version pair groups, each version pair group representing one vehicle group and comprising at least one version pair wherein each version pair includes an associated application version and an associated sub-application version, an application database comprising multiple application versions, each application version includes an associated binary file, and a sub-application database comprising multiple sub-application versions, each sub-application version includes an associated binary file.
US10532611B2
A tire is configured to be received by a wheel having at least one angled surface. The tire includes a tread portion, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall. The first sidewall has a first outer surface, a first inner surface, and a first projection extending inwardly from the first inner surface. The first projection has a first angled surface configured to engage a first corresponding surface of a wheel. The second sidewall has a second outer surface, a second inner surface, and a second projection extending inwardly from the second inner surface. The second projection has a second angled surface configured to engage a second corresponding surface of the wheel.
US10532608B2
The invention relates to a wheel for a powered two-wheeler, in particular a motorcycle or a motor scooter, that is at least sectionally made of a fiber-reinforced plastic material. A hub area (12) of the wheel (IO) is provided with two rigid, self-supporting, metal inserts (18, 20), which are arranged on axially opposite sides of the hub area (12), and which in an axial and radial direction (A, r) are connected to one another in a form-fit manner.
US10532596B2
A plasmonic structure having an identifier pattern indicating a genuine product for preventing counterfeiting, falsification or reuse, includes a metal layer; a photoconversion pattern layer including a plurality of photoconverting nanoparticles disposed in a pattern on and in direct contact with the metal layer; a metal pattern layer including a plurality of metal particles disposed in a pattern on and in direct contact with the photoconversion pattern layer; and an adhesive film disposed on the metal pattern layer. An identifier pattern indicating a genuine product is easily identified even by visual inspection after irradiation with infrared light irradiation. The plasmonic structure is fundamentally impossible to re-assemble after deformation of the plasmonic structure caused by disassembly of a product or packaging container, thereby preventing counterfeiting, falsification or reuse.
US10532593B2
A printing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a housing and a frame having a supported portion which is supported by the housing on a first side and an unsupported portion not supported by the housing on a second side. A printer is provided on the frame. An upper sheet carrying guide is provided below the frame. A lower sheet carrying guide is provided below the upper sheet carrying guide. The lower sheet carrying guide is shaped and positioned to form a gap, into which a sheet to be printed by the printer is inserted, between the upper sheet carrying guide and the lower sheet carrying guide. A stopper is provided on the upper sheet carrying guide. The stopper being shaped and positioned to abut against the lower sheet carrying guide when the frame is deformed around the supported portion within an elastic deformation range of the frame.
US10532591B2
A cloth holder stacker includes a first cloth holder and a second cloth holder. The first cloth holder includes a first base including a first bottom, a first platen to hold a first cloth, and a first clearance former mounted on the first bottom of the first base. The second cloth holder includes a second base including a second bottom, a second platen to hold a second cloth, and a second clearance former mounted on the second bottom of the second base. The second clearance former defines a clearance between the second bottom of the second base and the first cloth held by the first cloth holder when the second cloth holder is stacked on the first cloth holder.
US10532584B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a speed setting portion configured to set a rotation speed of a drive motor to one of a plurality of predetermined specific speeds; a measurement processing portion configured to, in each of a plurality of detection cycles in which light is detected after scanning by a polygon mirror, measure an interval between a detection timing of the light and an output timing at which a drive signal input to the drive motor of the polygon mirror first after the detection timing, is output; and an identification processing portion configured to identify a reference reflection surface that corresponds to a reference interval, based on the measured interval and the reference interval corresponding to a specific speed at a time when the measured interval was measured, the reference interval being among reference intervals that have been set in advance for each of the specific speeds.
US10532578B2
A printing apparatus (200) includes a slot (230) to and from which a memory unit (100) storing permitted usage amount information can be attached and removed, and a processing unit (210) that carries out a process for updating estimated ink amount information. The processing unit (210) carries out a charging process using a first memory unit (100-1), and in the case where a second memory unit (100-2) has been attached to the slot (230) after the charging process, the processing unit (210) does not carry out a charging process using the second memory unit (100-2) until a consumed ink amount expressed by the estimated ink amount information exceeds a prescribed threshold (WTH). The processing unit (210) carries out the charging process using the second memory unit (100-2) in the case where the consumed ink amount has exceeded the prescribed threshold (WTH).
US10532575B2
An ink-jet recording apparatus of the present disclosure includes a recording head, a cap portion, and a moisture-retaining agent supply mechanism. The cap portion caps the recording head. The moisture-retaining agent supply mechanism includes a moisture-retaining agent housing portion that houses a moisture-retaining agent to be supplied into the cap portion, a communication path through which the moisture-retaining agent being supplied from the moisture-retaining agent housing portion to the cap portion passes, a moisture-retaining agent tank that houses the moisture-retaining agent in a liquid state, a supply path through which the moisture-retaining agent being supplied from the moisture-retaining agent tank to the moisture-retaining agent housing portion passes, and a discharge path through which part of the moisture-retaining agent passes, which has overflowed inside the moisture-retaining agent housing portion and returns from the moisture-retaining agent housing portion to the moisture-retaining agent tank.
US10532568B2
First electronics may determine a count of bubble jet resistors to be fired by a fire pulse group. A fire pulse generator may generate a fire pulse train for bubble jet resistors, the fire pulse train comprising a precursor pulse and a firing pulse separated by a dead time. Second electronics may adjust a width of the fire pulse for the bubble jet resistors of the fire pulse group by maintaining a first edge of the fire pulse relative to the precursor pulse and adjusting a second edge of the fire pulse relative to the precursor pulse based upon the determined count for the fire pulse group.
US10532565B2
In a print element substrate: if an amount of a voltage drop when the number of print elements driven simultaneously in a state in which the predetermined voltage is applied with respect to one print element array is largest is set as an amount of a voltage drop of the print element array, and a sum of amounts of voltage drops of the print element arrays assigned to one group is set as an amount of a voltage drop of the group, a difference between a largest value and a smallest value of the amounts of the voltage drops of the M groups is smaller than a largest value of the amounts of the voltage drops of the N print element arrays.
US10532556B2
A method of method of forming or repairing a superalloy article having a columnar or equiaxed or directionally solidified or amorphous or single crystal microstructure includes emitting a plurality of laser beams from selected fibers of a diode laser fiber array corresponding to a pattern of a layer of the article onto a powder bed of the superalloy to form a melt pool; and controlling a temperature gradient and a solidification velocity of the melt pool to form the columnar or single crystal microstructure.
US10532555B2
In one aspect, methods of printing a color 3D article are described herein. In some embodiments, a method described herein comprises receiving data representing a surface colorization of the article, and transforming the data representing the surface colorization of the article into voxel data of the article. The voxel data comprises (a) location values and at least one of (b) color values and (c) transparency values for a plurality of columns of voxels normal or substantially normal to a surface of the article. The method further comprises selectively depositing layers of one or more build materials onto a substrate to form the article in accordance with the voxel data. In addition, at least one column of the plurality of columns of voxels exhibits a surface color resulting from a combination of colors of a plurality of voxels of the column.
US10532554B2
A three dimensional printing system includes a vertical support, a support plate, a resin vessel, a resin handling module, a latch, and an interface mechanism. The support plate has a proximal end affixed to the vertical support and extends along a first lateral axis to a distal end. The resin vessel is supported by the support plate and includes a vessel body and a transparent sheet. The vessel body has a latch feature formed therein. The resin handling module includes a fluid outlet for dispensing resin into the resin vessel. The interface mechanism is configured to move the latch into engagement with the latch feature and to move the resin handling module from a non-operating position to an operating position whereby the fluid outlet is operably positioned over a portion of the resin vessel.
US10532551B2
A foil peeling apparatus adapted to a substrate having a foil thereon includes a foil peeling member, a connector and a controller. The foil peeling member has a foil peeling surface. The controller controls the connector to drive the peeling member to move along a path. The foil peeling surface of the peeling member in contact with, with an initial angle, the substrate, feeds toward the substrate for a first displacement, and then moves upwards and toward the substrate when the first feeding angle is decreased.
US10532548B2
In some aspects, the inventive subject matter contemplates: providing a substrate; providing a biomaterial to be affixed to the substrate; and subjecting the substrate and biomaterial to reactive species from a plasma generated by an atmospheric plasma apparatus until the biomaterial affixes to the substrate. The biomaterial may be silk or wool polypeptide. The biomaterial is deposited as a monomeric film on the surface of the substrate before the substrate is subjected to the reactive species of the plasma. Once the substrate with the film of biomaterial is subjected to the reactive species, the reactive species facilitates the polymerization of the film as a coating on the underlying portion of substrate. The resulting coated substrates are novel constructs that have improved attributes based on the biomaterial selected for use. For example, silk proteins may be used improve the hand or strength of textile materials.
US10532546B2
The present application relates to a neutral layer composition. The present application can provide a neutral layer composition capable of forming a neutral layer, which can be effectively applied in the formation of a polymeric film comprising a vertically aligned self-assembled block copolymer.
US10532537B2
A sandwich structure which is configured of skin layers each including at least one layer selected from among a metal layer, a fiber-reinforced resin layer (X) that includes continuous fibers and a matrix resin (A), and a fiber-reinforced resin layer (Y) that includes discontinuous fibers and a heat-curable matrix resin (B) and of a core layer including a flowable core layer that includes discontinuous fibers and a matrix resin (C), wherein the skin layers are constituted of a material which has a flexural modulus higher than that of the core layer, and a through part has been formed in a region that lies in at least some of the skin layers. In the sandwich structure, an upright part which projects in an out-of-plane direction of skin layer and which has high strength and a complicated shape such as a rib is obtained by an easy method.
US10532532B2
A shredder includes a feed screw that pushes the items to be shredded and compacted towards an opening in the shredder via a restrictor that includes a pipe portion leading to the opening in the shredder, the shredder includes a drive motor driving a miller screw which shreds the items to be shredded into acquired size against a cutter plate fastened to a cutter housing to form shredded items, and forces the shredded items into a press chamber.
US10532531B2
A bead ring bonding cord winding apparatus includes a feed roller that feeds a bead ring, which is formed by winding a wire a multiple number of times, in a circumferential direction of the bead ring, a gripping member that grips an initiating end of a bonding cord, and a rotation member that rotates past an inner side and an outer side of the bead ring while holding the bonding cord. In the bead ring bonding cord winding apparatus, while the bead ring is fed in the circumferential direction, the rotation member is rotated past the inner side and the outer side of the bead ring to spirally wind the bonding cord around the bead ring. The gripping member is located at an upstream side of the rotation member in the feeding direction of the bead ring.
US10532526B2
The present invention provides a method of producing a thin polarizing film having both excellent optical characteristics and excellent in-plane uniformity.The method of producing a thin polarizing film includes stretching a thermoplastic resin substrate in a first direction, followed by formation of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer on the thermoplastic resin substrate to prepare a laminate and shrinking and stretching the laminate in the first direction and a second direction, respectively.
US10532518B2
A metallic/composite joint may comprise a composite member having a flared end or an angled end, a liner perimetrically surrounding the composite member, and a metallic member perimetrically surrounding the liner. A first side of the liner contacts the composite member and a second side of the liner contacts the metallic member. The liner perimetrically surrounds at least a portion of the flared end. A through-thickness compressive stiffness of the liner may be less than a similar stiffness of the composite member.
US10532506B2
A clamp assembly for an injection molding machine includes (a) a clamp cylinder housing and (b) a clamp piston affixed to an end portion of a tie bar and slidable within the housing among a clamping position, a mold break position, and a meshing position disposed axially intermediate the clamping and the mold break positions. The clamp assembly further includes (c) a clamp chamber for urging the clamp piston towards the clamping position when pressurized; (d) a return device for urging the clamp piston towards the meshing position when pressure in the clamp chamber is relieved; and (e) a mold break chamber for urging the clamp piston towards the mold break position when pressurized. The mold break chamber is bounded axially by opposed surfaces of the tie bar and the return device.
US10532495B2
A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament that includes providing a polymer melt and separating the polymer melt from the extruder into at least eight streams. The multiple streams are exposed to a chamber pressure within a chamber that is below approximately 5 millibars. The streams are recombined into a single polymer stream and formed into bulked continuous carpet filament.
US10532492B2
One embodiment provides a twin-screw extruder which is used to knead materials and has excellent productivity. The twin-screw extruder includes screws. The screws include double thread screws in which first screw portions engage with each other. Ratio D1/C of external diameter D1 of the first screw portion to a shaft distance C ranges from 1.25 to 1.40. The screws further include triple thread screws in which third screw portions engage with each other. Ratio D3/C of external diameter D3 of the third screw portion to the shaft distance C ranges from 1.05 to 1.10. External diameter D2 of a second screw portion decreases gradually from the first screw portion toward the third screw portion.
US10532478B2
A power operated rotary knife including an annular rotary knife blade supported for rotation in a blade housing. The rotary knife blade including a body and a blade section extending from the body. The body includes an outer wall including an arcuate surface having an upper region extending from a first upper end portion to a second intermediate portion and a lower region extending from the second intermediate portion to a third lower end portion. A plurality of gear teeth extend downwardly from the upper end of the body, each of the plurality of gear teeth including an outer peripheral face forming a portion of the upper region of the arcuate surface of the outer wall. The body outer wall includes a bearing surface having a lower bearing face in the lower region of the arcuate surface and an upper hearing face in the upper region of the arcuate surface.
US10532466B2
A hand controller for enabling a user to perform an activity and method for controlling a robotic arm is provided. The hand controller includes a bar with a grip and a plurality of motors to provide a force feedback to the user in response to the movement of the plurality of mechanical arms. The method involves receiving input corresponding to the manipulation of a bar and providing a force feedback in response to the movement of the plurality of mechanical arms.
US10532460B2
A teaching device includes a motion image generating unit that generates a motion image in which a workpiece is moved, a position detecting unit that detects the grip position in which a hand grips, and a teaching-point setting unit that sets a teaching point. The position detecting unit detects the grip position on the workpiece when the motion image generating unit moves the workpiece in the motion image. The teaching-point setting unit sets the teaching point based on the grip position on the workpiece.
US10532458B2
A manipulator includes a mount member, a base member with threaded openings and an aperture, two links, and an output member with threaded openings and an aperture. The manipulator also includes three motors mounted to the mount member and three drive trains connected to the motors, respectively.
US10532452B2
A tool includes a shaft having a front end and a distal end; a displacement mechanism for extending and retracting the shaft; and one or more pivoting tool elements coupled to the tool shaft proximate to the distal end of the shaft, wherein the one or more pivoting tool elements includes a body having an upper element and a lower element, wherein the one or more pivoting tool elements includes a pivot point about which the upper element and lower element pivot while coupled to the shaft. A method includes extending the tool shaft and the pivoting tool element into a bore of the flow control device; pivoting the pivoting tool element while extending the tool shaft through a removable component of the flow control device; and removing the removable component from the flow control device by retracting the tool shaft through the bore of the choke.
US10532442B2
A polishing apparatus which is an index system polishing apparatus which includes a polishing head for holding a wafer, a plurality of turn tables to which polishing pads for polishing the wafer are attached, and a loading/unloading stage for loading the wafer to the polishing head or unloading the wafer from the polishing head, and which polishes the wafer while switching the turn tables to be used for polishing the wafer held at the polishing head by causing the polishing head to perform rotation movement, the polishing apparatus including a turn table upward and downward movement mechanism which allows the turn table to move upward and downward. With this polishing apparatus, it is possible to reduce an amount of displacement caused when moment load is applied on the polishing head during polishing.
US10532437B2
Provided is a production line that includes a conveying section (2) for conveying a plurality of pallets (8 and 8) along a loop-shaped circulation route, a workpiece setting section (3) for setting workpieces on the pallets (8 and 8), a setting-position measuring section (4) for measuring setting position of the workpiece on the pallets (8 and 8), a production process performing section (5) for performing one or multiple production processes at each of a plurality of locations on the circulation route for the workpieces on the pallets (8 and 8), and a workpiece extracting section (6) for extracting workpieces for which the production processes have been performed from the pallets (8 and 8). At least two of the production processes in the production process performing section (5) are performed while taking into account the setting positions of the workpieces on the pallets (8) measured by the setting-position measuring section (4).
US10532431B2
A planar object to be processed 1 comprising a hexagonal SiC substrate 12 having a front face 12a forming an angle corresponding to an off-angle with a c-plane is prepared. Subsequently, the object 1 is irradiated with pulse-oscillated laser light L along lines to cut 5a, 5m such that a pulse pitch becomes 10 μm to 18 μm while locating a converging point P of the laser light L within the SiC substrate 12. Thereby, modified regions 7a, 7m to become cutting start points are formed within the SiC substrate 12 along the lines 5a, 5m.
US10532421B2
A vehicle body assembly is described herein, including a first structural component and a second structural component. The first structural component may be a roof component or a side panel, and include a first part including a first metal and a second part including a second metal different than the first metal. The second part is formed on a peripheral edge portion of the first part and defines a mounting flange for the first structural component. The second part is joined to the first part via an ultrasonic additive manufacturing (UAM) interface. The second structural component is including the second metal and is joined to the second part at the mounting flange via a resistance spot weld (RSW) joint.
US10532420B2
A method of joining together adjacent overlapping copper workpieces by way of resistance spot welding involves providing a workpiece stack-up that includes a first copper workpiece and a second copper workpiece that lies adjacent to the first copper workpiece. The faying surface of the first copper workpiece includes a projection that ascends beyond a surrounding base surface of the faying surface and makes contact, either directly or indirectly, with an opposed faying surface of the second copper workpiece. Once provided, a compressive force is applied against the first and second copper workpieces and an electric current is passed momentarily through the first and second copper workpieces. The electric current initially flows through the projection to generate and concentrate heat within the projection prior to the projection collapsing. This concentrated heat surge allows a metallurgical joint to be established between the first and second copper workpieces.
US10532419B2
Systems and methods of the present invention are directed to welding systems having a welding power supply and wire feeder, where the power supply and wire feeder communicate over the welding power cables. In exemplary embodiments, the wire feeder communicates with the power supply over the welding cables using current draw pulses which are generated and recognized by the power supply. Similarly, the power supply generates voltage pulses which are transmitted over the welding power cables and recognized by the wire feeder.
US10532414B2
A sled assembly configured to push stock along a fence includes a carriage and rollers mounted at spaced apart positions. The rollers engage the fence to guide movement of the carriage therealong and each has a peripheral portion for being received in a fence race. An adjustable roller mount selectively adjusts the position of the roller to align the peripheral portions of the rollers with the width of the race. An adjustable fence assembly includes an outfeed fence movable relative to an infeed fence. An outfeed fence adjustment mechanism includes mounting posts at spaced apart locations along the length of the outfeed fence movable to drive movement of the outfeed fence along an axis transverse to the feed direction.
US10532407B2
A porous copper sintered material (10) includes: a plurality of copper fibers (11) sintered each other, wherein the copper fibers (11) are made of copper or copper alloy, a diameter R of the copper fibers (11) is in a range of 0.02 mm or more and 1.0 mm or less, and a ratio L/R of a length L of the copper fibers to the diameter R is in a range of 4 or more and 2500 or less (11), redox layers (12) formed by redox treatment are provided on surfaces of copper fibers (11, 11), and concavities and convexities are formed by the redox layer (12), and each of redox layers (12, 12) formed on each of the copper fibers (11) is integrally bonded in a junction of the copper fibers (11).
US10532404B2
In molding a compact having portions of an equal thickness on opposite sides of a through-hole, an advancing speed of a holder holding a powder material is adjusted before the holder is advanced and retracted over a die cavity of a die. Specifically, a first preparation of determining in advance a relation between the advancing speed of the holder and a packing density of the powder material packed in the die cavity at each of the portions to be of an equal thickness of the compact on opposite sides of the through-hole is made; and, based on the relation determined in the first preparation, the advancing speed of the holder is adjusted to a speed at which the packing density becomes uniform. Thus, the packing density of the powder material packed in the die cavity can be uniformized, so that the dimensional accuracy of the molded compact can be improved.
US10532403B2
A method for synthesizing nanoparticles with a predetermined size at high or full yield comprises mixing a first precursor material comprising a first compound comprising a halide moiety and a metal or a metalloid, a second precursor material comprising a second compound comprising a polyatomic nonmetal, and a solvent. The method further comprises heating the mixture to colloidally form nanoparticles comprising the polyatomic nonmetal and the metal or metalloid. The halide moiety is selected such as to colloidally form the nanoparticles in a predetermined size range that is at least partially determined by this halide moiety.
US10532393B2
A method for producing a cage having a body with multiple pockets for rolling elements, the method providing: a) defining a cage basis geometry that provides a radial outer and/or inner surface for contacting a bearing ring and multiple surfaces of the pockets for contacting the rolling elements; b) defining a part of the radial outer and/or inner surfaces as being unalterable surfaces; c) calculating the cage stress distribution when applying a defined stress force from a mathematical model; d) defining cage volume sections where the stress is below a defined threshold; e) removing a part of the volume sections defined according to step d) taking into account the unalterable surfaces according to step b) and the surfaces of the pockets that are unalterable surfaces; f) defining the cage geometry with the removed volume sections; g) manufacturing the cage according to the geometry as defined according to step f).
US10532388B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a bending press for bending metal sheets, having a top beam and a lower beam, as well as two drawers. The drawers are arranged at both sides of the lower beam as well as within the bending press housing itself and are designed to selectively house bending tools and other parts within the drawers.
US10532375B2
A discharge device can be used in a film package for storage of a one-component or multicomponent mass. The discharge device includes at least one receptacle for insertion of a film bag of the film package, and at least one piston disposed displaceably in the receptacle for discharging the mass from the film bag. The piston has a receiving groove for an accumulated film section of the at least partly emptied film bag.
US10532370B2
A tank holding a quantity of liquid releasably connects to a portable pump assembly through a connector to provide a portable sprayer. The tank connects to a feed line that supplies spray nozzle with the liquid. The connector combines a quick disconnect connector with a pressure relief valve. The portable pump assembly includes an electric pump, a switch assembly, and a check valve. The portable pump assembly directs gas through the check valve into the connector to increase the gas pressure in the tank and force the liquid in the tank to flow through the feed line and out the spray nozzle. The switch assembly turns off the electric pump when the gas pressure in the tank exceeds a predetermined limit while maintaining the flow of liquid through the spray nozzle.
US10532368B2
A fluid-ejection device includes a first member having a fluid inlet; a second member that can be moved relative to the first member; and a control member arranged to be at least in a first condition, in which the control member is at least substantially inside the second member during a first stroke of the second member in which fluid flow through the second member and discharge is prevented; and a second condition, in which the control member is at least substantially outside the second member during a second stroke of the second member, allowing fluid flow through the second member and discharge. A seal member has a first surface engaged with the first member, a second surface engaged with the second member, and a third surface arranged to be engaged with the control member in the first condition.
US10532365B2
A centrifugal separator for cleaning gas containing liquid impurities includes a stationary casing, enclosing a separation space through which a gas flow is permitted. The stationary casing includes a surrounding side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall. An inlet extends through the stationary casing and permits supply of the gas to be cleaned. A rotating member includes a stack of separation disks rotatable around an axis of rotation. A drive member rotates the rotating member. A gas outlet permits discharge of cleaned gas, and includes an outlet opening through the side wall. A drainage outlet permits discharge of liquid impurities separated from the gas. The outlet opening is positioned opposite to the stack of separation disks.
US10532361B2
The invention is a method for producing milled elastomer, comprising the steps of directing a liquid jet from at least one nozzle on an elastomeric material moving in an at least partially transversal direction with respect to the discharge direction of the at least one nozzle. In the method according to the invention the liquid jet directed on the elastomeric material has a pressure of 650-1350 bar, and the elastomeric material is moved with respect to the at least one nozzle such that, in a first phase adapted for disintegrating a surface of the elastomeric material, the elastomeric material has a first forward-feed rate of 10 to 20 mm/s at a point of impact of the liquid jet in a direction transverse to the discharge direction, and, in a second phase after disintegrating the surface, the elastomeric material has a second forward-feed rate being decreased with 35-65% compared to the first forward-feed rate. The invention is, furthermore, an apparatus for producing milled elastomer.
US10532358B2
The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid.
US10532354B2
In certain aspects of the invention, a stackable device includes multiple elements stacked sequentially. A chamber is formed in each of the elements or between adjacent two of the elements, and each chamber is in fluid communication with an input channel and an output channel. The chambers are aligned with each other, and adjacent two chambers are separated from each other by a membrane. In certain aspects of the invention, a system includes at least one stackable device, each stackable device having multiple chambers; and at least one of a perfusion controller, a microformulator, and a microclinical analyzer in fluid communication with the at least one stackable device. In other aspects of the invention, the use of four microformulators, electrodes and an impedance analyzer can measure the impedance spectrum of each barrier in a multi-transwell plate.
US10532352B2
An integrated sample analysis system is disclosed. The sample analysis system contains (1) a sample preparation/analysis module having sample purification device comprising a monolith that binds specifically to nucleic acids and a sample analysis device comprising a microarray enclosed in a reaction chamber having a hydrophilic interior surface; (2) a temperature control module comprising a thermocycler having a thermally conductive temperature-control bladder; and (3) an imaging device capable of capturing an image of the microarray in the reaction chamber.
US10532351B1
A system and method configured to restore ion exchange kinetic properties and purify resin is described. Degraded ion exchange kinetic properties of anion resin will eventually result in impurity slippage through resin charges. This system and method employs an acid catalyst in combination with sulfite cleaning solution to remove organic material and to protonate iron oxides for deconstruction and removal from anion resins. The cleaning solution, when applied via a cleaning vessel utilizing an eductor(s)/plenum and wedge-wire screen draw chamber, while controlling all phases of cleaning by electronic monitoring, yields complete restoration of ion exchange kinetics on usable resin. As such, the system and method provides a safe, effective, and vastly improved method for restoring anion resin kinetics and improving regeneration quality, for improved resin performance and minimizing resin replacement costs.
US10532349B2
A catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of NOx having one or more transition metals selected from Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ce, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Mo, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, In, Sn, Re, Ir, Pt, and mixtures thereof supported on a support, wherein the support has a molecular sieve having at least one intergrowth phase having at least two different small-pore, three-dimensional framework structures.
US10532341B2
A particulate water absorbing agent having a polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin as a main component, being surface-crosslinked and satisfying physical properties (1) to (3) below: (1) a proportion of particles with a particle diameter of not less than 150 μm and less than 850 μm is not less than 90% by weight; (2) an elastic modulus index (EMI) of particles with a particle diameter of not less than 500 μm and less than 600 μm is not less than 5500; and (3) a recovery rate defined as Rec.CRC/CRC is 1.05 to 1.20, the particulate water absorbing agent being particularly useful for absorbent articles.
US10532340B2
The invention relates to the use of a high performance thermoplastic polymer binder material for immobilizing adsorptive materials, such as activated carbon, in gas storage devices. The use of these binders, especially polyamide binders, polytetrafluoroethylene binders, or polyvinylidene fluoride binders such as Kyblock® resin, provides for high sorbent packing density, low fouling solid structure that maximizes the volume of gas to the volume of the storage space.
US10532337B2
A container is disclosed. The container includes a canister body, at least one heating device and at least one safety device. The canister body includes an inner space for storing a gas storage material. The at least one heating device is accommodated within an inner space of the canister body for heating the gas storage material, so that the gas storage material releases a gas. The at least one safety device is connected with the corresponding heating device and installed on an end part of the canister body. When a temperature of the inner space is higher than a predetermined temperature value or a pressure of the inner space is higher than a predetermined pressure value, a portion of the gas is released through the safety device.
US10532330B2
Filtration membrane comprising polymeric nanofibers and/or microfibers attaching dendrimer component presenting reactive sites selective for chemicals to be filtered, and related nanofibers and microfibers, composite materials, compositions, methods and system.
US10532326B2
The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, a modified surface comprising an optically active monomer, a polymeric material having a surface onto which the optically active monomer is covalently bound. In one aspect, a membrane comprising an optically active monomer, a poly(aryl sulfone) membrane having a surface onto which the optically active monomer is covalently bound. The present disclosure also relates to a method of modifying a surface, the method comprising applying sufficient energy to a surface to induce covalent bonding with an optically active monomer, and contacting the optically active monomer with the surface. In one aspect, a method of modifying a surface of a poly(aryl sulfone) membrane is disclosed. In another aspect, a method of synthesizing an optically active monomer is disclosed. In one aspect, a method of filtration of chiral compounds is disclosed.
US10532324B1
The present disclosure provides instruments, modules and methods for improved detection of edited cells following nucleic acid-guided nuclease genome editing. The disclosure provides improved automated instruments that perform methods—including high throughput methods—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying cells that have been properly edited.
US10532312B2
An exhaust gas processing system having excellent durability and good desulfurization and denitration efficiency is provided to efficiently recover carbon dioxide with high purity and reduced processing costs. The exhaust gas processing system has: a desulfurization unit removing sulfur oxides from the exhaust gas by the limestone-gypsum method; a denitration unit arranged downstream of the desulfurization unit to remove nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas; a carbon dioxide recovery arranged downstream of the denitration unit to recover carbon dioxide from the exhaust gas; and an oxygen supply unit supplying to the desulfurization unit with a faction of the recovered gas from the carbon dioxide recovery unit as oxygen source. An analyzer is used to monitor the purity and recovery ratio of the carbon dioxide recovered, and the supplied ratio of recovered gas is adjusted, based on the monitored purity and recovery ratio.
US10532310B2
Air cleaner assemblies, components, features and methods of assembly and use are described. Example air cleaner assemblies are depicted and described in which a main filter cartridge sealing surface is recessed from an open end of a housing body. An access cover of the housing is configured with a portion extending inwardly to engage a main filter cartridge portion and bias it against the main filter cartridge sealing surface. In selected assemblies, the portion of the access cover extending inwardly toward the main filter cartridge, is a precleaner having flow separator tubes therein.
US10532309B2
A filter medium with antimicrobial action and a cabin air filter for filtering air for the interior area of motor vehicles, having at least one first filter layer where pollutants can be retained, and a second filter layer adjacent to the first filter layer is provided. The second filter layer is attached to the on-flow side of the first filter layer and contains antimicrobial agents.
US10532306B2
A frame-type air purifier includes a purifier housing, a main frame and an image board. The purifier housing has a back plate and a front plate configured opposite to each other. The back plate has a wall positioner configured thereon. The front plate includes a first quick-demounting member configured thereon. The main frame has a central hollow and a second quick-demounting member configured thereon. The image board includes a baseboard and an imaging sheet configured on the baseboard, wherein the baseboard has a third quick-demounting member configured thereon. The first quick-demounting member of the purifier housing selectively assembles with the second quick-demounting member of the main frame correspondingly, or selectively assembles with the third quick-demounting member of the image board correspondingly.
US10532303B2
Additively manufactured ceramic filters are disclosed. A plurality of pores, each having a uniform geometry, are arranged between an inlet surface and an outlet surface of a single unit of ceramic such that the plurality of pores change in size uniformly from the inlet surface to the outlet surface. The pores are respectively interconnected, and the size, shape, orientation, and/or interconnection of the pores are chosen to provide hydrodynamic features that provide effective filtration for a given liquid and contamination. The pores are additively manufactured with optimized precision.
US10532299B2
A self-cleaning filter includes a housing disposing a filter media having a permeable sidewall and an axial bore connected with the inlet conduit, a sleeve connected in-line with the axial bore and downstream of the inlet conduit, and a shuttle having a piston moveably disposed in the sleeve and an upstream element carrying a scraper disposed with the axial bore, whereby the hydraulic fluid flows from the inlet conduit through the permeable sidewall into the housing annulus and the hydraulic pressure in the axial bore applies a downward force on the shuttle. The scraper is moved downstream within axial bore to clean the filter media when the downward force due to the increased differential pressure across the filter media exceeds an upstream shuttle force.
US10532297B2
The present invention relates to a coalescence filter for purifying a fluid which contains a carrier and at least one liquid contaminant, by coalescing of the at least one contaminant. The coalescence filter comprises an inlet for supplying the fluid to a filter element present in the coalescence filter. The filter element comprises a primary coalescence medium which is provided for coalescing of the at least one contaminant in the primary coalescence medium. The coalescence filter further comprises an outlet for discharging the coalesced contaminant from the filter element. The primary coalescence medium comprises at least one layer of a porous material, and has a total thickness of at least 3.5 mm, preferably at least 4 mm, preferably at least 5 mm, more preferably at least 6 mm, most preferably at least 7 mm, in particular at least 7.5 mm, measured at a pressure of 2N/cm2.
US10532290B2
A method for sharing recorded gameplay of a video game to a social network, includes: executing, by a game console, a session of a video game; receiving, by the game console during the session of the video game, button input from a controller device that is interfaced with the game console; in response to receiving the button input, presenting, by the game console, a user interface configured to enable sharing of gameplay of the video game; receiving, by the game console via the user interface, one or more commands to share a video of at least a portion of the session of the video game to a social network, the video being recorded to a storage device during the session of the video game; sharing the video to the social network.
US10532287B2
First, a first content selected from among owned contents owned by a user on the basis of an operation of the user is added to a group as a member of the group. Next, if it is possible to add a further member to the group as a result of adding the first content, a second content is added to the group from among unowned contents different from the owned contents. Then, a game in which the members of the group are used is executed.
US10532283B2
A computerized method operable on a computer system for compositing data streams to generate a playable composite stream includes receiving a plurality of independent data streams that are included in a broadcast stream. The independent data streams include a video stream and a metadata stream. The metadata stream includes a plurality of user selectable graphics metadata for a plurality of graphics options. The computerized method further includes receiving a user selection for at least one of the graphics options; and compositing the at least one graphics option with the video stream to generate a composite video stream, which includes the at least one graphics option and the video stream.
US10532282B2
A server apparatus for providing a game using game media to a user over a network may include a storage unit, an identifier obtaining unit, and a game content output unit. The storage unit may store identifiers and game media in association with each other. The identifier obtaining unit may obtain, from a terminal apparatus, an identifier selected through a user operation. The game content output unit may obtain a game content associated with the identifier obtained by the identifier obtaining unit and may output the game content to the terminal apparatus. The game content may not be identifiable using the identifier.
US10532277B2
A hand-held controller for a virtual-reality system includes an antenna, a grip, a cage coupled to the grip, and a plurality of LEDs on an outer surface of the cage. Wireless signals are received from a remote camera via the antenna. The plurality of LEDs is duty-cycled, which includes turning on the plurality of LEDs at times determined using the wireless signals. The times when the plurality of LEDs is turned on correspond to times when the remote camera captures images of the hand-held controller.
US10532274B2
Chip racks include a rack for holding chips and a card reader. Gaming devices may include such chip racks.
US10532271B2
The present invention relates to a data processing method for a reactive augmented reality card game and a reactive augmented reality card game play device and, more particularly, to a data processing method for a reactive augmented reality card game and a reactive augmented reality card game play device, by checking collision between virtual objects, in which preconfigured animation data is processed and reproduced by checking collision between virtual objects.
US10532266B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include methods and systems for communicating plays or other messages between a coach or other non-player user and a player user during a live sporting event or training session. The system includes a set of wearable devices that are worn by players during a sporting event and a computing node that can be used by the coach to select plays or actions. The plays or other actions selected by the coach can be disseminated to the set of wearable devices enabling one or more players to quickly and accurately determine the play or action to perform.
US10532262B2
A compact device for assisting place kicking a football is disclosed, including a module connecting telescoping legs and football tip telescoping holding arm, with the legs connecting the module for pivoting the legs from a ground engaging position to a transport position beneath and parallel to the arm.
US10532261B2
A bowling ball launcher has a frame and a rail oriented from a front of the frame to a back of the frame. A push pad is configured to slide along the rail. An elastic mechanism is coupled to the push pad and extends toward the front of the frame. A winch is coupled to the push pad toward the back of the frame. The winch includes a motor, a winch wheel, and a cable extending from the winch wheel to the push pad. The winch also includes a clutch between the motor and winch wheel. A shock absorber is disposed near the front of the frame. A plurality of position sensors is attached to the frame along the rail. A power meter is configured to move the push pad to one of the position sensors by operation of the winch.
US10532258B2
The present invention is directed to a body for a golf club head that includes structural columns or connectors, also referred to as stiffening members, and particularly a pair of solid rods, that extend between a return section and a sole section approximately parallel with a rear surface of a striking face section and parallel with each other without touching the rear surface or one another, even during impact with a golf ball. Each of the solid rods preferably is cylindrical, has a diameter of 0.050 inch to 0.200 inch, and has a length of 1 to 2.5 inches. Each of the rods has an upper end and a lower end. The solid rods preferably have a variable diameter to reduce their overall mass, such that the upper ends and lower ends have diameters that are larger than, and taper towards, a midpoint of the solid rods so that the solid rods each has an approximate hourglass shape.
US10532251B1
The present invention provides golf balls having a pattern of stellated polygon shaped dimples and grooves on the outer surface thereof.
US10532247B2
An exercise device. The exercise device includes a housing having a pair of sidewalls, wherein a rear end of the pair of sidewalls has a greater height than a front end thereof, such that the housing includes an angled upper side. A belt is disposed within the housing and is connected to a motor such that the belt can rotate within the housing. A plurality of steps are affixed to the belt such that the plurality of steps extend through the angled upper side of the housing to create a staircase effect. A pair of rails extend from an upper end of each of the pair of sidewalls to form handrails for gripping purposes. An arm is pivotably connected to one of the rails such that the arm is dampened by pneumatic pressure about the pivot point.
US10532242B2
An apparatus and method for exercising with a child attached to the legs is disclosed. An example embodiment includes: a child wrap element having a portion that can be wrapped around and secure a child; a leg wrap portion having at least one loop that can be secured to the legs of a user; and a connecting portion integrated between the child wrap portion and the leg wrap portion.
US10532236B2
A fire protection method includes providing a plurality of pendent control mode specific application extended coverage fire protection sprinklers as components of a fire protection sprinkler system for a storage area defined by a storage height of at least 25 feet and a building height of at least 30 feet. Each sprinkler has a thermally responsive element, a deflector, and a K-factor of at least 25.2 gpm/(psi)1/2, and is connected to a piping network at a height greater than the storage height. When each sprinkler is activated, a fluid is supplied to the sprinkler from the piping network at a pressure of at least 30 pounds per square inch, and is delivered to a coverage area of greater than 110 and up to and including 196 square feet per sprinkler. A design operating area of the sprinkler system is up to six sprinklers or 1200 square feet.
US10532235B2
The present invention concerns an anchor assembly for providing a secure point of attachment at a grid mesh platform. The anchor assembly comprises a housing in the form of an elongated case with a central hollow channel, generally rectangular in shape with a flat base and roof. The base includes openings in the form of access slots to provide access from the channel to the exterior of the base. The anchor assembly also comprises a suspension member located within the channel. In operation the anchor assembly spans adjacent structural members underlying the mesh grid. A coupling member in the form of a sling having an end loop is engaged by the suspension member which passes through the end loop of the sling. The sling also passes through one of the slots in the base of the elongated case. An opposite end of the sling provides an anchor point.
US10532234B2
A fall arrest lanyard includes a strap body having a fastening end, a securing end, and a relief portion, and restraint relief arrangement being actuated between a normal operated condition and a relief condition. The restraint relief arrangement includes first and second connectors spacedly affixed at the strap body to define the relief portion thereof between the first and second connectors. At the normal operated condition, the second connector is detachably connected to the first connector to shorten a length of the relief portion of the strap body. At the relief condition, the second connector is detached from the first connector, so that the relief portion is able to be fully extended to create a relief length for allowing the user to escape restraint when the user is restrained by the strap body.
US10532233B2
A head simulator, for testing respirators, has a head simulator body (2) with a simulated oral aperture (6) and with a simulated oral cavity (4), which is located behind the simulated oral aperture (6) in the head simulator body. A loudspeaker (8) is arranged in the simulated oral cavity (4). An audio unit (20) is connected to the loudspeaker (8) for reproducing speech via the loudspeaker (8). The head simulator includes a simulated trachea (10), which is in connection with the simulated oral cavity (4) and opens into the simulated oral aperture (6). An air delivery device (30) is provided, which can be operated to allow air to flow through the simulated trachea (10) and the simulated oral aperture (6).
US10532231B2
Natural haircare ingredient composition and haircare compositions containing such natural haircare ingredient compositions are provided. In one novel aspect, the natural hair ingredient composition is provided which comprises candida Krusei mediated bio-modification of marine organism and plants including bio-modified natural marine surfactants, three-dimensional molecular framework, and natural mineral salts. In one embodiment, the natural surfactants are produced from natural marine organisms such as brown algae, sea kelp, sponge, brown seaweeds, and red seaweeds by candida Krusei mediated bio-modification. In another novel aspect, a haircare composition comprises about 10% of the natural haircare ingredient composition, by weight of the haircare composition. In one novel aspect, Candida Krusei bio-modification process is used. Natural polymeric compounds in the marine plants are modified during the process resulting in three-dimensional molecular framework.
US10532218B2
An electrical system having an underlying structure resembling the double helix most commonly associated with DNA is used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for health applications and/or medical applications.
US10532216B2
The present invention provides both methods and devices for termination of arrhythmias, such as ventricular or atrial tachyarrhythmias. The device and method involves application of alternating current (AC) for clinically significant durations at selected therapeutic frequencies through the cardiac tissue to a subject experiencing arrhythmia. Methods are also provided to minimize or eliminate pain during defibrillation.
US10532215B2
Leadless, implantable microstimulators for treating chronic inflammation. These devices can include a static magnetic field detector (e.g., non-Hall effect sensors/detectors, including those based on a Wiegand effect or generating pulses at a predetermined frequency range and using a detection circuit to determine the decay rate of the pulses), to trigger an emergency shut off of the microstimulator. Also described are methods and apparatuses for regulating the temperature of an implant based applied power from a charger (e.g., voltage across the charger when unloaded and when loaded by the implant) to yield a power control loop correlated with the power drawn by the implant to determine temperature of the implant. A negotiation protocol can exchange data between the charger and the implant (e.g., type of charger, type of implant, nature of the coupling between the two, etc.) to set target power control loop parameters to estimate and regulate implant temperature.
US10532195B2
Systems and methods for treating biologic fluids are disclosed. Some disclosed embodiments may be used to filter cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from a human or animal subject, heat CSF to a target temperature, cool CSF to a target temperature, apply light treatment to CSF, separate cells via their dielectric properties, apply spiral and/or centrifugal separation, introduce additives to target particles, and/or apply combinations thereof. The method may include the steps of withdrawing fluid comprising CSF, treating the fluid, and returning a portion of the treated fluid to the subject. During operation of the system, various parameters may be modified, such as flow rate.
US10532191B2
A catheter includes a balloon that has an inner layer and an outer layer having elastic stretching properties, having tubular shapes, and being able to be inflated and deflated in response to a change of internal pressure; and a tubular net-shaped reinforcement member that is disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer such that at least a part thereof is movable with respect to the balloon. The reinforcement member has a first sleeve, and second sleeves which respectively surround both end portions of the first sleeve in an axial direction. A maximally inflated diameter of the second sleeve is set so as to be smaller than a maximally inflated diameter of the first sleeve.
US10532179B2
The present invention provides a device (1) for assisting a cough comprising a hosing (3), a chamber (5) formed in the housing, a mouthpiece (7) communicating with the chamber and exposed out of the housing, and an electromagnetic valve (9) assembly for opening or closing the chamber at a pre-set frequency. The device for assisting a cough according to the present invention may produce a high cough pressure and thus form a strong cough airflow to loose and cough the lung mucus out of the airways, and may prevent the collapse of the patient's airway caused by the rapid release of the cough pressure.
US10532178B2
The present invention provides for an improved method of determining a water out condition in a humidified gases supply apparatus. The method includes a two step process including a primary determination of a water out condition and a secondary determination of a water out condition. This primary determination is made during observation of the normal operation of the apparatus. During the secondary determination the method takes temporary control over the humidifying part of the apparatus. The secondary determination confirms or contradicts the primary determination.
US10532176B2
Systems and methods for nitric oxide generation are provided. In an embodiment, an NO generation system can include a controller and disposable cartridge that can provide nitric oxide to two different treatments simultaneously. The disposable cartridge has multiple purposes including preparing incoming gases for exposure to the NO generation process, scrubbing exhaust gases for unwanted materials, characterizing the patient inspiratory flow, and removing moisture from sample gases collected. Plasma generation can be done within the cartridge or within the controller. The system has the capability of calibrating NO and NO2 gas analysis sensors without the use of a calibration gas.
US10532162B2
A method for determining an injection process of an injection appliance includes injecting a fluid with the injection appliance and applying an electrical signal to at least one helical spring of the injection appliance coupled to a dosing wheel of the injection appliance. The method also comprises detecting an inductance value of the at least one helical spring. A number of windings of the at least one helical spring is dependent on a set rotation angle of the dosing wheel. The set rotation angle corresponds to a dose quantity of the fluid that is preselected for the injection process. The method moreover includes making available a determination signal representing the determined injection process, using the detected inductance value.
US10532158B2
An injection device for use with a cartridge containing an injectate includes a housing. The housing includes an end wall at its distal end and an inner wall. The inner wall extends in a direction from the proximal end of the housing to the distal end of the housing and separates a first chamber from a second chamber in the housing. The housing includes a first opening disposed in the end wall and is in fluid communication with the first chamber. The housing includes a second opening is in fluid communication with the second chamber. A coupler is disposed in the first chamber for coupling to the cartridge. The first opening and the second opening are in fluid communication via a channel for transfer of fluid between the first chamber and the second chamber.
US10532155B2
An injection device (100) comprises: a needle insertion mechanism (111); a medicament delivery arrangement (123) configured to cause injection of a medicament into a patient; and a cavity (102) having an opening (103) for receiving a key device (104). The injection device is configured to respond to detecting the presence of the key device in the cavity by triggering operation of the injection device. The specification also provides a method of controlling an injection device (100) including a needle insertion mechanism (111); a medicament delivery arrangement (123) configured to cause injection of a medicament into a patient; and a cavity (102) having an opening (103) for receiving a key device (104), the method comprising: responding to detecting the presence of the key device in the cavity by triggering operation of the injection device.
US10532139B2
A dialysis system comprising: a dialysis machine; a communication module configured to communicate using a short-range wireless technology protocol; data storage configured to store data corresponding to identities of one or more short-range wireless devices; and a processor configured to: identify presence of a short-range wireless device; and cause the dialysis machine to carry out an action when one or both of i) the presence of the short-range wireless device is identified, and ii) the presence of the short-range wireless device is no longer identified.
US10532135B2
A drainage system according to certain aspects of the present disclosure may include a container having an interior and a mouth, where the mouth has an outer surface and an opening. The drainage system may further include a frangible seal covering the opening and a cap, where the cap is secured to the mouth and is in fluid communication with a drainage line, and where the cap has an inner surface configured to engage with the outer surface of the mouth. An O-ring may be located at least partially between the outer surface of the mouth and the inner surface of the cap to form a fluid seal between a space defined by the cap and the space located externally of the drainage system.
US10532133B2
The present disclosure relates to a coating for medical devices. The lubricious coating includes a primer layer and a top coating layer as well as methods of making and using the same. The primer layer includes a reaction cured product of a multifunctional acrylate and an acid functionalized monoacrylate. The top coating layer includes a reaction cured product of a mixture that includes a hydrophilic polymer comprising polyvinylpyrrolidone, an acid functionalized monoacrylate, and a hydrophilic monomer. The lubricious coating may be coated onto medical devices to form a sensing guide wire, an ultrasound imaging device, and an intravascular imaging device. Associated devices and methods are also provided.
US10532131B2
The invention relates to a porous osteoinductive calcium phosphate material having an average grain size in a range of 0.1-1.50 μm, having a porosity consisting essentially only of micropores in a size range of 0.1-1.50 μm, and having a surface area percentage of micropores in a range of 10-40%.
US10532129B2
A delivery system comprising a covering having at least two compartments is provided. A first compartment contains a first therapeutic agent and the second compartment can be unfilled and is configured to receive a second therapeutic agent. The first compartment and the second compartment are separated by at least one removable separation member, for example a drawstring, that can be pulled to allow the first and second therapeutic agents to mix prior to delivery at a selected surgical site. Either the first or second compartment of the covering define an opening further comprising a pre-attached sealing member, which can be a flap sealable by heat, sutures, pressing or interference fittings. The opening of the empty compartment can be configured to receive a filling member, such as a funnel fitted with a spring loaded clip for temporary attachment to the covering. A method of treating a bone defect in a patient utilizing the delivery system is also provided.
US10532126B2
The present invention relates to a method of providing a graft scaffold for cartilage repair, particularly in a human patient. The method of the invention comprising the steps of providing particles and/or fibres; providing an aqueous solution of a gelling polysaccharide; providing mammalian cells; mixing said particles and/or fibres, said aqueous solution of a gelling polysaccharide and said mammalian cells to obtain a printing mix; and depositing said printing mix in a three-dimensional form. The invention further relates to graft scaffolds and grafts obtained by the method of the invention.
US10532118B2
A fill assembly sterilization method and system for a blow/fill/seal machine utilizes a closed loop circulation of sterilant containing gas. A typical sterilant is nitrogen dioxide in humidified air. The closed loop includes a shroud that defines a plenum and encloses the fill system. Optionally, at least one high efficiency particulate absorption (HEPA) filter is provided in the closed loop. Sterility assurance level of 10−6 can be achieved by subjecting the fill system to the sterilizing gas for at least 20 minutes at a temperature in the range of about 18° C. to about 30° C. Preferred sterilant gas is humidified air containing about 10 to about 20 milligrams of nitrogen dioxide per liter.
US10532117B2
Medical containers are provided, wherein the containers may be used to transport medical devices. The medical container can include a front panel, a rear panel, and a lower panel cooperating to form a cavity. The lower panel may include an absorbent material. The medical container may also include one or more absorbent band members disposed around at least a portion of the circumference of the cavity. An insert portion including a front panel, a rear panel, and a lower panel may be coupled to or disposed within the medical container. The insert portion may be formed from an absorbent material. Methods of using the medical containers are also provided.
US10532116B2
A processing unit and method for separating hydrocarbons from feedstock material. The processing unit includes at least one rotating conveyor in communication with a material inlet and a material outlet; a vacuum pump providing a vacuum atmosphere within the rotating conveyor; at least one material transfer device positioned at the material inlet and at least one material transfer device positioned at the material outlet, each material transfer device configured to allow transfer of feedstock material into or out of the rotating conveyor whilst maintaining the vacuum atmosphere within the rotating conveyor; and an electrostatic generator connected to the rotating conveyor providing a static charge to the vacuum atmosphere within the rotating conveyor. The method includes rotating the feedstock material in at least one rotating conveyor in communication with a material inlet and a material outlet; providing a vacuum atmosphere within the rotating conveyor; providing a static charge to the vacuum atmosphere within the rotating conveyor; transferring the feedstock material into and out of the rotating conveyor through at least one material transfer device positioned at the material inlet and at least one material transfer device positioned at the material outlet, each material transfer device allowing transfer of feedstock material into or out of the rotating conveyor whilst maintaining the vacuum atmosphere within the rotating conveyor.
US10532112B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a non-human primate model of AMD, a method for evaluating the efficacy of a test substance in the prevention or treatment of AMD using the AMD animal model produced according to this method, and a method for screening substances effective in the prevention or treatment of AMD using the aforementioned AMD animal model. The method for preparing the AMD animal model consists of administering sodium iodate into a vitreous body of a non-human primate, and the method for evaluating the efficacy of a test substance in the prevention or treatment of AMD consists of preparing a non-human primate model of AMD according to the aforementioned method for preparing an AMD animal model, and evaluating the efficacy of the test substance in the prevention or treatment of AMD using the resulting AMD animal model.
US10532107B2
The present invention relates to virus-like particles of plant virus Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV), and in particular to modified VLPs of CMV comprising Th cell epitopes, in particular universal Th cell epitopes. Furthermore, these modified VLPs serve as, preferably, vaccine platform, for generating immune responses, in particular antibody responses, against antigens linked to said modified VLPs. The presence of the Th cell epitopes, in particular universal Th cell epitopes, led to a further increase in the generated immune response.
US10532103B2
The present application provides bifunctional compounds of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, stereoisomer, or tautomer thereof, which act as protein degradation inducing moieties for cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9), the present application also relates to methods for the targeted degradation of CDK9 through the use of the bifunctional compounds that link a ubiquitin ligase-binding moiety to a ligand that is capable of binding to CDK9 which can be utilized in the treatment of disorders modulated by CDK9.
US10532099B2
Cytomegalovirus vectors eliciting T cells restricted by major histocompatibility complex E molecules
Disclosed are CMV vectors that lack active UL128, UL130, UL146 and UL147 proteins that may also comprise one or more microRNA regulatory elements (MRE) that restrict expression of the CMV. Immunization with the disclosed CMV vectors allow selection of different CD8+ T cell responses—CD8+ T cells restricted by MHC-Ia, MHC-II, or by MHC-E.
US10532093B2
The present invention relates to a thermostable freeze dried rotavirus vaccine formulation and the process of preparing the same. More specifically the present invention discloses multivalent thermostable liquid, powder or cake based rotavirus vaccine formulation prepared using the freeze drying process, such that the said vaccine formulation possess improved heat-stability, easy to use and transport and highly affordable thereby meeting the requirements of developing and low income country's vaccination program. The said freeze dried rotavirus vaccine formulation along with reconstitution buffer is so engineered to be suitable for filling in appropriate packaging containers/ closures so designed such that they reduce the logistics requirement for storage.
US10532074B2
Disclosed herein are methods for treating cancer comprising administering CAR-modified immune cells and at least one Retinoic Acid Receptor agonist.
US10532068B2
Disclosed herein is a method for inhibiting expression of a gene of a subject comprising administering (1) a composition comprising R-(L)a-(G)b; wherein R is an oligonucleotide selected from the group consisting of DNA, RNA, siRNA, and microRNA; L is a linker and each occurrence of L is independently selected from Table 3; G is a targeting ligand and each occurrence of G is independently selected from Table 4; each of a and b is independently 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; and (2) a composition comprising (P)c-(L)d-(G)e; wherein P is a peptide and each occurrence of P is independently selected from Table 2; L is a linker and each occurrence of L is independently selected from Table 3; G is a targeting ligand and each occurrence of G is independently selected from Table 4; d is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; and each of c and e is independently 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. Compositions in (1) and (2) can be co-administered or sequentially administered.
US10532066B2
The invention generally relates to methods to inhibit inflammation or pathogen infection by administering at least one anionic lipid or compositions comprising at least one anionic lipid to an individual. The invention also relates to methods to prevent or inhibit respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection by administering at least one anionic lipid or compositions comprising at least one anionic lipid to an individual. The invention further relates to compositions comprising randomly mixed surfactant lipids and methods to produce the compositions.
US10532042B2
Provided herein are KRAS G12C inhibitors, compounds of formula (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: compositions of the same, and methods of using the same. These inhibitors are useful for treating a number of disorders, including pancreatic, colorectal, and lung cancers.
US10532023B2
Disclosed is a Japanese camellia extract, obtained by extracting Camellia japonica flowers by way of a fatty substance or fatty substance mixture, and to a cosmetic composition including one such extract that has, in particular, a skin-moisturizing effect.
US10532020B2
The present embodiments relate to a nail coating having a major advantage in that it enables a nail coating to adhere to a natural nail or uncoated nail for long wear periods without adhesion loss or other signs of breakdown of the coating. Nail topcoats with improved abrasion resistance are also disclosed. Adhesion of a composition for nail coatings be improved by addition of a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS). Nail coating compositions that benefit from the addition of a POSS include enamels, reactive composition such as those containing acrylates, solventless compositions and water-based compositions.
US10532015B2
An oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate, stannous fluoride, arginine or lysine and an organic acid buffer system, as well as methods of using the same.
US10532011B2
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a device for applying a cosmetic product by transfer onto human keratin materials, comprising the step consisting in printing, using at least one digital printer, onto a surface a cosmetic ink, the ink being in the form of an oil-in-water or water-in-oil emulsion comprising an emulsifier, the ink being liquid at 20° C.
US10532009B2
Disclosed herein is a dental composition having a polymerization initiator system with an aromatic tertiary phosphine compound. Further disclosed is the use of the aromatic tertiary phospine compound for the preparation of a photocurable dental compositions.
US10532005B2
An adaptor for coupling with a medical container, including: a tubular body receiving a pierceable elastomeric piece, defining an inner cavity of the adaptor, the pierceable elastomeric piece being movable within the tubular body between a first position, in which a distal part of the pierceable elastomeric piece forms a seal of the cavity, and a second position, proximally spaced from the first position, in which the distal part opens the seal of the cavity, an air inlet, a filtering system for filling the inner cavity with decontaminated air, and a gripping member for securing the adaptor to the medical container. Also, an assembly comprising such an adaptor and a medical container.
US10532002B2
The present invention relates to a walking aid suitable for supporting patients with cerebral palsy while walking and/or during physiotherapy. The walking aid includes a frame supported by a pair of wheels positioned next to one another, and a support element connected to the frame, for securing the walking aid to a patient. The connection between the support element and the frame allows a rotational movement of the support element with respect to the frame, in two or more rotational degrees of freedom.
US10531998B2
A patient support structure includes a pair of independently height-adjustable supports, each connected to a patient support. The supports may be independently raised, lowered, rolled or tilted about a longitudinal axis, laterally shifted and angled upwardly or downwardly. Position sensors are provided to sense all of the foregoing movements. The sensors communicate data to a computer for coordinated adjustment and maintenance of the inboard ends of the patient supports in an approximated position during such movements. A longitudinal translator provides for compensation in the length of the structure when the supports are angled upwardly or downwardly. A patient trunk translator provides coordinated translational movement of the patient's upper body along the respective patient support in a caudad or cephalad direction as the patient supports are angled upwardly or downwardly for maintaining proper spinal biomechanics and avoiding undue spinal traction or compression.
US10531986B2
An ear cleaner is provided that includes an elongated handle, a spoon, and a disc intermediate the spoon and the disc.
US10531982B2
An intraocular implant for use in a surgical procedure such as a cataract operation, or in a refractive-lens exchange surgery procedure, has a main portion and a peripheral portion peripheral to the main portion. The main portion is plate-like in shape and may be a lens or a plug for closing an aperture in the capsule of the eye. The implant has two or more lugs extending from the peripheral portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to a plane of the main portion. The lugs extend either from haptics, which protrude from the main portion, or from a short extension of the edge of the main portion. A method for fixing the implant into the eye involves making two or more voids in the capsule wall, offering up the implant to the capsule, so that the lugs lie adjacent to the voids, and inserting the lugs into the voids.
US10531981B2
A device for non-surgical cold treatment of disorders, like warts includes a container containing a refrigerant having an outlet and a valve communicating with the outlet. An applicator is mounted to the container, said applicator having an outer wall and forming a chamber at least when connected to the container, a heat exchanger within the chamber in fluid communication with the outlet of the container and receiving refrigerant when the valve of the container is opened. A closed contact member is in heat exchange contact with the heat exchanger and is exposed to an outer side of the applicator. The heat exchanger includes a porous member made of a material having a high thermal conductivity and adapted to conduct fluid refrigerant from the outlet of the container to the chamber while the refrigerant extracts heat from the heat exchanger and the contact member.
US10531980B2
Disclosed is a portable electronic moxibustion therapy device which can be conveniently carried after being charged by a user to provide the effects of conventional moxibustion treatment anywhere and anytime, and which can maximize the effects of moxibustion treatment by directly applying heat stimulation while being near but not in direct contact with an acupuncture point to be treated and simultaneously providing an indirect thermal effect continuously to the surrounding area and the area around the acupuncture point to be treated. The portable electronic moxibustion therapy device according to the present invention comprises: an upper main body including a battery and a control circuit unit provided therein, and separate the skin from the bottom end of the funnel portion.
US10531976B2
A sterile dual-purpose closed intermittent urinary catheter system that may be used as either a drain line or a collection bag. A catheter resides within an inner cavity of an extensible sheath and may be extracted from a forward end through a hub for insertion into the urethra. A valve at a rearward end of the sheath may be opened to permit the sheath to function as a drain line, or closed to permit the sheath to function as a collection bag. The sheath has an extended length substantially longer than the catheter length. The catheter is extracted from within the sheath and inserted into the urethra to start urine flow. The urine may be collected in the sheath with the valve closed, or drained straight into a toilet with the valve open. The hub may have a source of lubrication to wet the catheter as it passes through.
US10531966B2
The present invention relates to a prosthetic leg for those having a femoral amputee, namely those having an above the knee stump, where certain movements can be difficult to perform. Known prosthetic knee joints that are weight-activated cannot substantially assist short-stumped individuals. The weight placed on the toe will typically cause disengagement of any stance mode there otherwise might be. The invention provides a solution to the problems addressed above. The present invention seeks to provide an improved mechanically operated prosthesis for a femoral amputee. The invention also provides an improved electrically-operated prosthesis for a transfemoral amputee.
US10531958B2
The present application relates to an implant system, preferably for the sacroiliac joint, comprising an implant body with at least two adjacent apertures, at least two screws and an insertion instrument assembly. Each screw comprises a screw head and a threaded elongated shaft. The at least two screws are rotatably engaged within said at least two apertures. The insertion instrument assembly includes a basis, a first holding means and at least one rotatable driving means configured for engagement with a drive of at least one of said at least two screws. The at least two screws or said insertion instrument assembly comprises transmission means such that a rotational movement of a first screw of said at least two screws is transferred to the at least one further screw.
US10531957B2
Surgical implants (or grafts) for the repair of bone defects, more particularly, surgical implants that include demineralized bone fibers, are disclosed. The surgical implants have a wettability time of less than 5 minutes and a residual moisture content of less than 6% by weight, and they remain cohesive and retain their shape upon complete rehydration. Methods for making such implants and for increasing their wettability and ensuring uniform density are also disclosed.
US10531955B2
A delivery device for a stented heart valve comprises a handle, an elongate shaft extending from a distal end of the handle, and a conical housing having a proximal end coupled to the elongate shaft and an open distal end, the conical housing having a conical lumen therein with a first internal diameter adjacent to the proximal end of the conical housing and a larger second internal diameter adjacent to the open distal end of the conical housing.
US10531948B2
A bearing component 2 for a joint replacement prosthesis comprises a first bearing element 4; a second bearing element 6, and a linking element 8, operatively connecting the first and second bearing elements 4, 6 and permitting relative motion there between. The flexible linking element 8 prevents dislocation of mobile bearings in a total knee replacement prosthesis. The invention also relates to a bridging element which retains the linking element 8 with some play, which acts as a ligament support 2051, and which causes a deflection of the line of action of a ligament 1018. A joint replacement prosthesis is also disclosed comprising a biasing element 1140 or a tensioning element 1220 operatively coupled to the artificial ligament 1018. The biasing element 1140 or tensioning element 1220 may be housed in the stem of a tibia tray 1006.
US10531939B2
One or more oral devices having interdental anchors configured to elastically deform and engage with an interdental gap between adjacent teeth. One or more medical devices can then be secured to the oral device via a securing portion, allowing the medical device to be secured relative to the patient.
US10531937B2
A new dental implant system with positive abutment screw locking and retrieval mechanisms is provided. The abutment screw is positively locked by a keying pin to improve fatigue life. The abutment screw is also equipped with a special feature that greatly improves the retrievability of the broken screw from inside the implant. In addition, the keying pin is designed with a lock nut as a sub-assembly for ease of installation.
US10531933B2
An illumination system includes a surgical tool and an attachable cannula comprising a transparent or semi-transparent material capable of carrying light from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula, thereby illuminating the surgical field through components that do not occupy space that may otherwise be used for optics of the tool. The illumination system further comprises one or more illumination sources disposed at the proximal end. The illumination source may be optically coupled with the cannula at the hub or other appropriate location. The cannula comprises a sterilizable polymer which functions as a waveguide. A waveguide is a material medium that confines and guides light. When in use, the light source connected to the hub provides light which may be guided to the distal end of the cannula or any other suitable location. Thus, the sheath provides structure-guided illumination resulting in the illumination of the surgical site.
US10531927B2
Embodiments are directed to a medical robot system including a robot coupled to an end-effectuator element with the robot configured to control movement and positioning of the end-effectuator in relation to the patient. One embodiment is a method for removing bone with a robot system comprising: taking a two-dimensional slice through a computed tomography scan volume of target anatomy; placing a perimeter on a pathway to the target anatomy; and controlling a drill assembly with the robot system to remove bone along the pathway in the intersection of the perimeter and the two-dimensional slice.
US10531924B2
A system and method for determining inclination and version of a prosthetic acetabular cup relative to a coronal radiographic plane is provided. The system and method include the identification of a coronal radiographic plane in a three dimensional medical image. The system and method further include the identification of two symmetric landmarks on the pelvis to determine a mediolateral axis. The version and inclination can then be calculated based on the relationship between the axis of the acetabular cup, the coronal radiographic plan, and the mediolateral axis.
US10531922B2
The present invention includes a method for determining optimal placement sites for internal defibrillators in pediatric and congenital heart defect patients. The method is executed by creating a personalized active heart-torso model. The model is created using imaging scans (e.g., low resolution clinical scans) and advanced image processing techniques. The image processing results in a heart-torso mesh model. The ventricular portion of the mesh incorporates cell membrane dynamics. The combined torso-active ventricular defibrillation model can be used for patient specific modeling of the defibrillation process and optimal defibrillator placement can be determined. This method could also be used to decrease the energy needed for a defibrillation shock, because of the optimized defibrillator placement.
US10531919B2
A device and method for the treatment of the vaginal canal by a laser beam, includes a vaginal canal wall retractor, associated to a system for directing the laser beam towards a wall of the vaginal canal.
US10531916B2
Microwave-irradiating surgical instruments for endoscopic forceps or scope-assisted surgery forceps that have long lead wires often generate heat even during microwave transmission and a water supply device for cooling is necessary. Accordingly, conventional surgical instruments that irradiated energy such as microwaves had a separate passage for passing water (a water supply device) inside the forceps or endoscope. Due to the space occupied by said water supply device, the image cable or work hole diameter could not be enlarged. Moreover, the presence of the water supply device made surgery difficult. The present invention was completed by the discovery that a microwave-irradiating instrument wherein the central conductor is hollow and forms a channel and said channel is used as a water supply tube, etc. solves the above problems without affecting microwave irradiation efficiency.
US10531913B2
A catheter includes a flexible shaft having a distal end dimensioned for deployment within a patient's renal artery. A number of elongated resilient members are mounted along a longitudinal length of the distal end of the shaft, and are extensible radially from the shaft at regions defined between longitudinally spaced-apart engagement locations. One or more electrodes are mounted on each of the resilient members at the radially extensible regions. A number of conductors are electrically coupled to the electrodes and extend along the shaft of the catheter. The elongated resilient members are collapsible when encompassed within a lumen of an outer sheath and extensible radially outward from the shaft at the regions defined between the longitudinally spaced-apart engagement locations when the catheter and the resilient members are axially extended beyond the distal tip of the sheath. RF energy is delivered to the electrodes for ablating perivascular renal nerves.
US10531912B2
Hysteroscopic system includes a hysteroscope having a main body coupled to an extension portion. The extension portion may be a shaft configured to extend transcervically to a patient's uterine cavity. First, second, and third channels extend from the main body to a distal end of the extension portion. A fluid source is coupleable to a proximal end of the first channel, and a pressure sensor is coupleable to a proximal end of the second channel. A tissue resecting probe is configured for introduction through the third channel. At least one resistance feature is included which is configured to provide a selected level of resistance to axial sliding of the probe through the third channel while permitting rotation of the probe within the third channel.
US10531907B2
A method of treating bowel diseases includes introducing a fluid into a portion of a patient's colon and applying energy thereto from an external energy source such that the fluid and the energy cooperate to treat tissue of the portion of the patient's colon in contact with the fluid. Another method of treating inflammatory bowel diseases includes sealing a portion of a patient's colon, introducing an electrically-conductive fluid thereto, and energizing an electrode disposed therein to treat tissue of the portion of the patient's colon in contact with the electrically-conductive fluid. Another method of treating inflammatory bowel diseases includes sealing a portion of a patient's colon and introducing a heated fluid at a temperature equal to or above 60° C. to treat tissue of the portion of the patient's colon in contact with the heated fluid.
US10531899B2
A combination of an implant (100) like a bone screw together with an augmentation sleeve (200) is suggested. The bone screw may comprise a trailing end portion with a plurality of lateral bores (120). The augmentation sleeve may comprise a leading end portion which is adapted to be coupled to the trailing end portion of the bone screw, and a lateral opening (220) at the leading end. The augmentation sleeve may be adapted to guide an augmentation tool to the trailing end portion of the bone screw and to the leading end portion of the augmentation sleeve so that the trailing end portion of the bone screw may be augmented by pressing augmentation material through the plurality of lateral bores at the trailing end portion of the bone screw and further through the lateral opening of the augmentation sleeve into the bone at the trailing end of the bone screw, or other implant. After the augmentation of the trailing end portion of the bone screw, the augmentation sleeve may be removed.
US10531897B2
An apparatus and related method for controlling a load on a human ankle joint during normal gait while preserving motion. The approach is intended to treat osteoarthritis and pain of the ankle without substantially resisting an angular displacement associated with full mobility of the ankle joint. In one particular embodiment, the device includes a first load transmission support, a second load transmission support and an implantable compressible absorber.
US10531889B2
A releasably attached surgical scissor spray shield is mounted immediately proximate to the scissor blade. The shield controls the spray at the source thus shielding not only the user, but all personnel in the vicinity when an umbilical cord or the like is cut. The mounting mechanisms for the shield releasably, yet securely attaches the spray shield to the scissors so the shield remains immediately proximate to the scissor blades and umbilical cord yet does not restrict the opening of the scissor shear blades. The shield is mounted in close proximity to the cutting operation of the scissors to thereby deflect blood spray immediately adjacent to the source of the spray. The shield does not restrict the operational movement of the scissor blades and arms during the cutting operation.
US10531885B2
A medical retrieval tool including a sheath; and a basket device connected to the sheath. The basket device includes a shaft and a basket located at a distal end of the shaft. The shaft is movably located in the sheath. The basket includes a first basket cage section and a second basket cage section. The first basket cage section is located in front of the second basket cage section. The basket is configured to be extended from a distal end of the sheath in a plurality of deployment modes including a first deployment mode where the first basket cage section is deployed in a first fully expanded shape and the second basket cage section is located in the sheath; and a second deployment mode where both the first basket cage section and the second basket cage section are deployed out of the distal end of the sheath.
US10531881B2
A target apparatus for aligning a surgical drilling instrument that includes a pointer mechanism for arranging at a location on a bone where a drilled hole that is to be formed is intended to emerge, a guide mechanism for guiding the surgical drilling instrument, and an adjustable connection mechanism with a first end, which is connected to the guide mechanism, and a second end, which is connected to the pointer mechanism. The adjustable connection mechanism comprises a first component, a second component and a locking mechanism. The second component is movable relative to the first component along a predetermined path. The first component is elastically deformable by the locking mechanism such that the second component can be locked relative to the first component by clamping.
US10531869B2
Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery including a system for performing minimally invasive procedures including a flexible catheter having a working space expanding system positioned at a distal portion, the working space expanding system movable from a non-expanded insertion position to an expanded position forming an expanded region to expand the working space within the body lumen. A tissue retractor having an inner member positioned within an outer member has a plurality of closed loops at a distal portion forming a petal-like structure. The loops are positioned in a collapsed position within the outer member and are movable to an expanded position when exposed from the outer member.
US10531866B2
A method is provided, comprising: (1) making a transapical puncture into a left ventricle of the heart; (2) making a transseptal fenestration in the heart; (3) delivering a prosthetic valve via the transapical puncture and implanting the prosthetic valve at a mitral valve of the heart; and (4) subsequently to delivering the prosthetic valve and making the transseptal fenestration, closing the transapical puncture. Other embodiments are also described.
US10531860B2
An ultrasound transducer has an array of transducer elements that are electrically coupled to electrical conductors. In one embodiment, the conductors are included in a flex circuit and engage a conductive surface formed on a number of outwardly extending ribs on a frame that holds the ultrasound array. In one embodiment, the flex circuit includes an alignment feature that engages a corresponding registration feature on the frame so that the traces on the flex circuit align with the ribs on the frame.
US10531856B2
A portable radiation imaging apparatus configured to wirelessly communicate with a radiation generation apparatus includes a radiation image sensor including a two-dimensional arrangement of a plurality of detection elements configured to detect a radiation generated by the radiation generation apparatus, a wireless communication unit configured to receive a generation condition of the radiation generated by the radiation generation apparatus, a storage unit configured to store the received generation condition and radiation image data obtained by the radiation image sensor in association with each other, and a housing configured to accommodate the radiation image sensor, the wireless communication unit, and the storage unit.
US10531853B2
A medical imaging apparatus includes a cardiac lumen region identifying unit, a myocardium identifying unit, and a generating unit. The cardiac lumen region identifying unit is configured to identify a cardiac lumen region from a medical image including a heart region. The myocardium identifying unit is configured to identify a face of a myocardium region obtained by extending a face of the cardiac lumen region, identified by the cardiac lumen region identifying unit, by a certain distance toward a myocardium side. The generating unit is configured to generate a color-coded image in which the face of the myocardium region, identified by the myocardium identifying unit, is colored in colors according to signal values of the medical image corresponding to positions on the face of the myocardium region.
US10531848B2
A detector assembly for a CT system includes a plurality of detector modules, each detector module including a grid of pixelated scintillators, a photodiode having pixelations that correspond with the pixelated scintillators, and an electronics package for processing acquired X-ray data, a support structure extending along a Z-direction of the CT system and having the plurality of detector modules positioned thereon, and a heat sink extending along the Z-direction and having the support structure mounted thereon, the heat sink including a passageway passing therethrough and along the Z-direction, such that cooling air may pass into the passageway at a first end of the heat sink and exit the passageway at a second end of the heat sink opposite the first end.
US10531843B2
A couch device according to an embodiment includes a couchtop, shape control members, and driving circuitry. The couchtop includes a movable base couchtop and a transformable couchtop mounted above the movable base couchtop and capable of bending a part thereof from a flat shape. The shape control members control the shape of the transformable couchtop. The driving circuitry moves the couchtop to an opening of a gantry device that collects data for taking medical images. The transformable couchtop includes divided couchtops, and transformation support members for fixing the transformable couchtop to the movable base couchtop are fitted to divided sections. Each of the shape control members adjusts a position of a specific transformation support member so that an installation location thereof is a fixed point of the movable base couchtop.
US10531842B2
There is provided a method and apparatus for adjusting a monitoring system which is arranged to receive measured values of a physiological characteristic of a subject and to generate an alarm when the received measured values meet at least one predefined alarm generation criterion. The method comprises obtaining data relating to a hospitalization of the subject, the data comprising a time of the hospitalization; obtaining a plurality of measured values of the physiological characteristic measured during a measurement period preceding the time of the hospitalization or a measurement period preceding and including the time of the hospitalization; defining a detection window as a time period ending with the time of the hospitalization and having a predetermined duration; determining whether the monitoring system would generate an alarm during the detection window based on applying the at least one predefined alarm generation criterion to the obtained plurality of measured values; and if the monitoring system would not generate an alarm during the detection window, altering the at least one predefined alarm generation criterion such that the time at which the monitoring system would generate an alarm based on applying the altered predefined alarm generation criterion to the obtained plurality of measured values is within the detection window.
US10531839B2
A system for marking cardiac time intervals from heart valve signals includes a non-invasive sensor unit for capturing electrical signals and composite vibration objects, a memory containing computer instructions, and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform operations including separating a plurality of individual heart vibration events into heart valve signals from the composite vibration objects, and marking cardiac time interval from the heart valve signals by detecting individual heartbeats and processing cumulative energy within the individual heartbeat to set a threshold to set a marking point.
US10531837B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for identification of patients having an elevated near-term risk of chronic kidney disease progression, including quantitatively predicting whether or not an elevated risk of progression of Stage 3 or Stage 4 chronic kidney disease is likely within a time interval of up to 36 months subsequent to computing the prediction. Based on the prediction, appropriate care providers may be notified so that the risk of CKD progression may be mitigated. In some embodiments, serial measurements are obtained of urine osmolality, and a challenge with an AVP V2 antagonist and serum sodium concentration is provided. From a time series based on the serial measurements, estimates of each variable's velocity and/or doubling-time may be determined. These values then may be combined via a multivariable mathematical model for providing a leading indicator of near-term future abnormalities in kidney function.
US10531836B2
A system and method for representing quasi-periodic electrocardiography waveforms, wherein system employs a hybrid-coding scheme combining linear predictive coding techniques based upon Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction with a discrete wavelet transforms.
US10531830B2
An intelligent wearable outfit, and an external information platform and a computer program product which are in conjunction with the intelligent wearable outfit, provide various functional modules for measuring physiological signals in a modular design. An appropriate functional module (or even more than one functional module if desired) may be selected therefrom and arranged in the wearable outfit to extend and change functions of the wearable outfit, making the intelligent wearable outfit suitable for most users who can manage personal health appropriately.
US10531828B2
The present invention is directed to a method and system for photoacoustic imaging for guiding medical procedures. A transducer is placed near the site of the procedure. The optical fiber, coupled to an electromagnetic source, such as a laser, is attached to a medical device. During the procedure, the device and optical fiber are inserted into the procedure site where the optical fiber illuminates the procedure site, which has a thickness of approximately 2 mm. Photoacoustic images are acquired to visualize the procedure site as the procedure is proceeding in order to provide real-time guidance. This system is applicable to multiple surgical and interventional procedures, such as transsphenoidal surgery.
US10531827B2
Apparatus is provided, including a sensor, adapted to generate a sensor signal indicative of biorhythmic activity of a user of the apparatus, the sensor signal having a first characteristic, indicative of a voluntary action of the user, and a second characteristic, indicative of a benefit-related variable of the user. The apparatus also includes a control unit, adapted to receive the sensor signal, and, responsive to the second characteristics generate an output signal which directs the user to modify a parameter of the voluntary action indicated by the first characteristic.
US10531825B2
Systems and methods facilitate segmenting a dermoscopy image of a lesion to facilitate classification of the lesion. A dermoscopy image is received from an image source; pre-processed; and segmented. Segmenting the pre-processed dermoscopy image includes applying a thresholding algorithm to the dermoscopy image. The thresholding algorithm includes at least one of a Huang auto-thresholding algorithm, a Li auto-thresholding algorithm, a Shanbhag auto-thresholding algorithm, an Otsu auto-thresholding algorithm, or an Isodata thresholding algorithm. A weighted border error metric is provided to allow prediction of whether segmentation is likely to avoid excluding portions of the lesion. A test is provided for determination of whether image inversion is needed for the methods to provide optimal borders. An iterative expansion algorithm is provided to for determine whether expansion is needed for the methods to provide optimal borders and to determine the degree of expansion needed for more inclusive segmentation.
US10531824B2
Methods and compositions are provided for the analysis of skin surfaces to determine the presence of neoplastic tissue. In the methods of the invention, a composition comprising a florescent probe that binds to a specific neoplasia associated marker is applied topically to the area of interest. After topical administration, the probe preferentially binds to markers associated in neoplastic lesions in situ, which binding is detected with a compact illumination unit that provides illumination at a wavelength appropriate for image acquisition. The illumination unit comprises a light source and fiber optic bundle to direct the light towards the area of examination. A detection unit is used to capture and record an image of the area of investigation. The detection unit may be a digital camera, film camera, etc. A mapping module may also be provided to catalogue the site of examination.
US10531822B2
An independent blood filter device depends on flow geometry to deliver blood serum or plasma free of detrimental levels of hemoglobin. It depends critically on an upstream flow rate or pressure differential limiting control element or device that limits the rate of change of pressure differential across the filter element. Pre-evacuated versions can be used to simultaneously draw blood from a living being and provide pressure differential across the filter element between an evacuated collector and a supply end open to atmosphere. A unit pressurized by hand motion employs the external shape of a partially filled blood collection tube as a piston to produce pressure in advance of the control element or device to create the pressure differential across the filter element to a collector vented to atmosphere. The control element or device is disclosed in numerous forms, including specially sized flow constrictions and compliant arrangements.
US10531814B2
Disclosed is a method and system for navigating an instrument relative to a subject. A reference device can be associated with the subject. The reference device can be moved while maintaining or allowing registration with an image space.
US10531810B2
This document provides devices and methods for the treatment of heart conditions. For example, this document provides devices and methods for detecting heart rotors such that effectively targeted cardiac fibrillation treatments can be provided.
US10531803B2
The present invention provides a method of imaging blood vessels or blood flow in blood vessels in an animal comprising: (i) injecting a lipid solution into the bloodstream of the animal; (ii) imaging the blood vessels by an imaging method; and (iii) calculating the blood flow velocity in the blood vessels.
US10531801B2
System (10) for extracting a fetal heart rate from at least one maternal signal using a computer processor (26). The system includes sensors (12-18) attached to a patient to receive abdominal ECG signals and a recorder and digitizer (20) to record and digitize each at least one maternal signal in a maternal signal buffer (22A-22D). The system further includes a peak detector (40) to identify candidate peaks in the maternal signal buffer. The signal stacker (42) of the system stacks the divides at least one maternal signal buffer into a plurality of snippets, each snippet including one candidate peak and a spatial filter (44) to identify and attenuate a maternal QRS signal in the plurality of snippets of the maternal signal buffer, the spatial filter including at least one of principal component analysis and orthogonal projection, to produce a raw fetal ECG signal which is stored in a raw fetal ECG buffer. The system further includes a fetal QRS identifier (46) for identifying peaks in the raw fetal ECG buffer by at least one of principal component analysis and a peak-detector followed by rule based fQRS extraction and a merger (48) to calculate and merge the fetal heart rate from the identified peaks.
US10531797B2
An apparatus includes one or more memories storing computer readable code and processor(s). The processor(s), in response to loading and executing the computer readable code, cause the apparatus to perform operations including receiving electrocardiogram data from an electrocardiogram sensor. The electrocardiogram data includes data from an electrocardiogram from a person. The operations also include receiving pulse wave data from one or more pulse wave pressure sensors. The pulse wave data includes data from one or more pulse waves from the person. The operations further include determining blood pressure using the electrocardiogram data or the pulse wave data from the chest and the pulse wave data from the wrist or finger, and outputting an indication of the blood pressure. Another apparatus uses pulse wave data from two pulse wave sensors (e.g., pulse wave pressure sensor(s) and/or PPG sensor(s)) and blood pressure determinations are made using these pulse wave data.
US10531773B2
A hand-held vacuum cleaner (100) is provides, including a housing (1) and a floor brush (200), the housing (1) is provided with an air inlet (111) and an air blowing vent (121), the air blowing vent (121) is disposed adjacent to the air inlet (111); the floor brush (200) is provided with a floor brush inlet (201), a floor brush outlet (203) and a floor brush opening (202), the floor brush inlet (201) is in communication with the air blowing vent (121), the floor brush outlet (203) is in communication with the air inlet (111), the floor brush opening (202) is located at a side of the floor brush (200) away from the housing (1), and an airflow blowing from the air blowing vent (121) first flows to the floor brush opening (202) through the floor brush inlet (201), and then flows to the air inlet (111) through the floor brush outlet (203).
US10531766B1
A cooking implement is provided. The cooking implement provides a grilling basket having opposing gridirons adapted to support and/or suspend food therein. The gridirons are pivotally connected and include locking handles for securing the basket around the food therein. The cooking implement further includes a drip pan adapted to hold the grilling basket thereon and catch fluids released by the foods being cooked in the grilling basket.
US10531756B2
An inverted bottle holder intended to hold two bottles with necks upside down inside a container is described. The bottle holder includes a clip having an inner wall and an outer wall spaced to accept the exterior wall of the container in between, where the clip is formed at an arc corresponding to the arc of the exterior wall of the container, and a deck connected in a permanently fixed relationship to the clip and extending into the container. The deck includes two apertures each sized to accept the neck of one of the bottles, such that each bottle is held upside down in the container when inserted into the aperture. In addition the bottle holder may include an integral bottle opener in either the single bottle or double bottle designs.
US10531750B1
A collapsible shelving display that can be shipped and stored in a generally flat configuration and folded into an erected display configuration formed of a first and second blank of affixed material. The collapsible display includes a series of shelf surfaces formed of a front shelf portion extending from the first blank of material and a rear shelf portion extending from the second blank of material.
US10531744B2
A bed sheet is provided that includes a knitted performance fabric having a plurality of spaced apart ventilation ports. The knitted performance fabric has a gauge per square inch, grams per square meter, air permeability and material content that are pre-selected to provide the knitted performance fabric with one or more selected physical features.
US10531739B2
The invention relates to a rocker mechanism for an active dynamic seating furniture with a seat surface (2) and with a supporting frame (10), which bears the seat surface (2), wherein the supporting frame (10) is designed with the spring-loaded rocker mechanism (20) and in this way the seat surface (2) is mounted movably sprung on the supporting frame (10).
US10531738B2
The invention relates to a mechanical assembly (2), said mechanical assembly (2) comprising, in addition to a leaf spring, at least one further spring element, the elastic restoring force of the at least one further spring element and the elastic restoring force of the one or more leaf springs supporting the seat shell (S) with a total restoring force, and/or the mechanical assembly (2) comprising at least two leaf springs and at least two supports, each support being associated with one of the leaf springs, and at least two supports being displaceable beneath the leaf springs by means of an adjustment mechanism and being displaceable on their trajectories by different extents.
US10531737B2
A zero gravity chaise chair includes a seat frame providing a head rest, a back, a bottom and a leg rest, a first bow member connected to one side of the seat frame, a second bow member connected to the other side of the seat frame, a first rolling guide connected to the first bow, a second rolling guide connected to the second bow, and a base connected to the first rolling guide and the second rolling guide. A motor may operate the first rolling guide to vary incline position of the seat frame. The motor may be algorithmically controlled to vary incline position of the seat frame such as to aid blood flow and minimize pressure points of a body positioned on the seat frame.
US10531731B2
A method of operating a desk including receiving, at a desk controller, a message from a chair, and determining a position of a user based on the message. The message includes an indication of a sensed rotation of the chair. The method also includes generating, via the desk controller, a control signal for a motor based on the position of the user. The motor is coupled to a support framework of the desk. The method further includes changing a height of the support framework of the desk according to the control signal.
