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Patent number: 10745649Abstract: Cleaning compositions that include non-alkoxylated esteramines. Related methods of preparation and use.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Stefano Scialla, Michelle Jackson, Bjoern Ludolph, Sophia Rosa Ebert, Christian Bittner, Frank Hulskotter, Gregory Scot Miracle
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Patent number: 10744733Abstract: This invention discloses a tire having enhanced wet traction and ice traction characteristics. These tires are comprised of a generally toroidal-shaped carcass with an outer circumferential tread, two spaced beads, at least one ply extending from bead to bead and sidewalls extending radially from and connecting said tread to said beads, wherein said tread is adapted to be ground-contacting, wherein the tread includes at least one circumferential groove which separates circumferential ribs, each circumferential groove having two sides and a base therebetween, and wherein the sides of each circumferential groove are comprised of a rubbery composition that includes silicate microflakes which are substantially aligned in an orientation which is parallel with the sides of the grooves.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2014Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANYInventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, John Joseph Andre Verthe, Ping Zhang
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Patent number: 10747154Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing belt that is endless and rotates in a rotation direction. A pressure rotator presses against the fixing belt to form a nip between the fixing belt and the pressure rotator. A heater is disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt and heats the fixing belt. A contact member contacts the fixing belt partially in a longitudinal direction of the fixing belt. A holder holds the heater. The heater contacts the holder with a first contact amount in a first span in a longitudinal direction of the heater, where the contact member contacts the fixing belt. The heater contacts the holder with a second contact amount, that is greater than the first contact amount, in a second span in the longitudinal direction of the heater, where the contact member does not contact the fixing belt.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventor: Takayuki Seki
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Patent number: 10744449Abstract: Methods of designing zeolite materials for adsorption of CO2. Zeolite materials and processes for CO2 adsorption using zeolite materials.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company, Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Peter I Ravikovitch, David Sholl, Charanjit Paur, Karl G. Strohmaier, Hanjun Fang, Ambarish R. Kulkarni, Rohan V. Awati, Preeti Kamakoti
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Patent number: 10749600Abstract: Optical transmission systems and methods are provided herein. The system includes a modulator configured to impress an input radio frequency (RF) signal onto an input optical signal to generate a first modulated optical signal and a second modulated optical signal. The system also includes a signal adjustment controller configured to apply a delay to the first modulated optical signal or the second modulated optical signal, interleave the first modulated optical signal and the second modulated optical signal, and transmit the interleaved first and second modulated optical signals as one optical signal. The system also includes a single optical link coupled to the modulator and configured to carry the interleaved first and second modulated optical signals to a receiver.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Keith Jarett
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Patent number: 10747675Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a method and device for managing caches. In particular, the method may include in response to receiving a request to write data to the cache, determining the amount of data to be written. The method may further include in response to the amount of the data exceeding a threshold amount, skipping writing data to the cache and writing the data to a lower level storage of the cache. Corresponding systems, apparatus and computer program products are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Lester Zhang, Denny Dengyu Wang, Chen Gong, Geng Han, Joe Liu, Leon Zhang
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Patent number: 10750307Abstract: Described herein is a technology related to a mobile device with a pair of stereo speakers. The mobile device has an orientation detection system that detects the orientation of the mobile device and a crosstalk cancellation system that performs crosstalk cancellation with complementary cardioid beams in response to the detected orientation of the mobile device. The mobile device also has an audio system that emits complementary cardioid sound beams from the speakers.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Wensen Liu, Sunil Bharitkar
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Patent number: 10745865Abstract: Creped fibrous structures having pillows and knuckles, wherein the creped fibrous structures exhibit improved knuckle properties, such as Knuckle Roughness Ra, Knuckle Roughness Rq, and Knuckle Creping Frequency and methods for making same are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Fei Wang, Douglas Jay Barkey, James Allen Cain, Stephen John DelVecchio, Angela Marie Leimbach, Kun Piao, James Kenneth Comer, Ryan Dominic Maladen, Atiya Jordan-Brown, David Warren Loebker
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Patent number: 10745044Abstract: A rear wheel steering control system for a rear wheel steering (RWS) system of a vehicle can include: a voltage detecting unit detecting a magnitude of a battery voltage of a battery of the vehicle; a supplemental voltage circuit unit generating a supplemental voltage that supplements the battery voltage; and a control unit comparing the magnitude of the battery voltage with a magnitude of a required voltage required for normally operating a rear wheel steering actuator of the RWS system, calculating a magnitude of the supplemental voltage based on the comparing of the magnitude of the battery voltage with the magnitude of the required voltage, and controlling the supplemental voltage circuit unit so as to generate the supplemental voltage according to the calculated magnitude.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jang Hyun Jung
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Patent number: 10747677Abstract: A storage system comprises a plurality of storage devices and an associated storage controller. The plurality of storage devices are configured to store a plurality of logical units (LUNs) and snapshot data structures associated with the plurality of LUNs. The storage controller is configured to determine a mapping of a logical address associated with a pending read or write operation to a snapshot address associated with a given snapshot data structure of the storage system that comprises a plurality of nodes generated during point-in-time snapshots taken based on at least one of the LUNs, lock at least a portion of the given snapshot data structure during the read or write operation based on the determined mapping, and release the lock on the at least a portion of the given snapshot data structure in response to a completion of the read or write operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Vladimir Shveidel, Lior Kamran
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Patent number: 10747234Abstract: Methods and systems for enhancing the functionality of a semi-autonomous vehicle are described herein. The semi-autonomous vehicle may receive a communication from a fully autonomous vehicle within a threshold distance of the semi-autonomous vehicle. If the vehicles are travelling on the same route or the same portion of a route, the semi-autonomous vehicle may navigate to a location behind the fully autonomous vehicle. Then the semi-autonomous vehicle may operate autonomously by replicating one or more functions performed by the fully autonomous vehicle. The functions and/or maneuvers performed by the fully autonomous vehicle may be detected via sensors in the semi-autonomous vehicle and/or may be identified by communicating with the fully autonomous vehicle to receive indications of upcoming maneuvers. In this manner, the semi-autonomous vehicle may act as a fully autonomous vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyInventors: Blake Konrardy, Scott T. Christensen, Gregory Hayward, Scott Farris
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Patent number: 10744725Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for utilizing support tools for forming laminates. One embodiment is a system that includes a pair of dies that hold a multi-layer laminate over a gap, a male die that presses the laminate into the gap causing the laminate to change shape, and a support tool inserted into the gap beneath the laminate. The support tool includes a base that extends in a lengthwise direction, struts fixedly attached to the base that project upward from the base and are distributed along the lengthwise direction, and a cap that is slidably attached to the struts, and that covers the struts to form an upper surface of the support tool. Each of the struts rises from the base to the cap.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Dennis James Hanks
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Patent number: 10745652Abstract: Described herein, are dishwashing paste compositions comprising: an abrasive; a pH modifying agent in an amount effective to provide a pH greater than 7; a structuring agent; and a source of polyvalent cations. Methods of making and using these compositions are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive CompanyInventors: Joshua Gerardo Henderson Villalpando, Ammanuel Mehreteab, Lidia Venegas, Margarita Zapata Menchaca, Arianis Riofrio, Mario Alejandro Herrera Lazo De La Vega, Santiago Salas
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Patent number: 10745368Abstract: Plasticizers are purified by contact with a coalescing filter to effect removal of ions, metals, monohydric alcohols, and polyhydric alcohols. The resulting purified plasticizer compositions are suitable for use in PVC due to their low levels of impurities that reduce PVC utility.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANYInventor: Naveen Sudharsan
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Patent number: 10748731Abstract: An electron gun, an X-ray source and a CT device are provided. The electron gun includes a body having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to each other, wherein the first end portion is a connecting end portion; an internal cavity is formed in the body and has an opening positioned on the second end portion; a cathode, a grid, a compensation electrode and a focus electrode, orderly arranged in the internal cavity in a direction from the first end portion to the second end portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, NUCTECH COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Wenhui Huang, Dongsheng Zhang, Qingxiu Jin, Chengjun Tan, Donghai Liu, Qun Luo, Chuanxiang Tang
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Patent number: 10744837Abstract: An end member assembly includes first and second end member sections. The first end member section includes a first securement feature integrally formed thereon. The second end member section includes a second securement feature integrally formed therein that is dimensioned to cooperatively engage the first securement feature. In an assembled condition, the first and second end member sections are operatively engaged to substantially inhibit axial displacement therebetween. A substantially fluid-tight joint can be formed between the first and second end member sections such that an end member chamber can be formed within the end member assembly. A third end member section can be included, and can be operatively connected to the second end member section. A gas spring assembly and a suspension system are also included.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLCInventors: Joshua R. Leonard, Stephen C. Street
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Patent number: 10748841Abstract: A method includes forming a plurality of dielectric layers, forming a plurality of redistribution lines in the plurality of dielectric layers, etching the plurality of dielectric layers to form an opening, filling the opening to form a through-dielectric via penetrating through the plurality of dielectric layers, forming a dielectric layer over the through-dielectric via and the plurality of dielectric layers, forming a plurality of bond pads in the dielectric layer, bonding a device die to the dielectric layer and a first portion of the plurality of bond pads through hybrid bonding, and bonding a die stack to through-silicon vias in the device die.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ming-Fa Chen, Chen-Hua Yu
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Patent number: 10747527Abstract: A system for performing software updates for building devices of a building includes a thermostat associated with one of multiple zones of the building and a controller. The controller includes a processing circuit configured to store thermostat software in a memory device of the processing circuit, the stored software being software for the thermostat and determine, by communicating with the thermostat, whether thermostat software run on the thermostat is newer or older than the thermostat software stored in the memory device. The processing circuit is configured to update the thermostat software run on the thermostat with the thermostat software stored in the memory device in response to a determination that the thermostat software run on the thermostat is older than the thermostat software stored in the memory device and operate building equipment to control an environmental condition of the building.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Shaun B. Atchison, Theresa N. Gillette, Jonathan A. Burns
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Patent number: D893477Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Siddhartha Bhat, Rahul Shrikant Patil, John William Pennington, Jr., Glenn A. Wong
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Patent number: D893679Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: DELTA FAUCET COMPANYInventor: Maris Park
