US10018374B1
An air register includes a body having a front plate with a front surface, a rear surface, and at least one opening extending from the front surface to the rear surface, a plurality of louver positioned rearward of the front plate and the rear surface and movable from an open position to permit air flow through the air register to a closed position to restrict air flow through the air register, and wherein each of the plurality of louvers includes at least one gasket compressible when the air register is in the closed position.
US10018369B2
[Object of the Invention] An object of the present invention is to develop an air curtain device generating parallel air flow based on the knowledge in that parallel air flow generated at the outlet of a turbulent flow runup zone does not include vortex flows and has strong air current interruption performance.[Disclosure of the Invention] An air curtain device comprises a first ventilation box comprising a discharge elbow provided with guide vanes, a honeycomb, an industrial use ventilating fan, a suction elbow provided with guide vanes, and a pre-filter, wherein the aforesaid elements are sequentially accommodated in a rectangular box whose one side surface is open and an outlet port of the discharge elbow provided with guide vanes and the pre-filter are disposed on the open side surface of the rectangular box, and a second ventilation box of the same structure as the first ventilation box, wherein the first ventilation box is put on an entrance floor with the discharge elbow provided with guide vanes above, and the second ventilation box is put on the entrance floor with the discharge elbow provided with guide vanes below, so that the first ventilation box and the second ventilation box oppose each other at their open side surfaces in a mutually upside-down manner and the first ventilation box and the second ventilation box are distanced from each other by a breadth Xg of the entrance, and wherein an entrance ceiling is provided to a breadth equal to the distance between the ventilation boxes so as to connect a top of the first ventilation box with a top of the second ventilation box, thereby forming an air curtain device entrance, wherein relation between the breadth Xg of the entrance of the air curtain device and a breadth D of the outlet ports of the discharge elbows provided with guide vanes is set at Xg≤5D.
US10018366B2
A method for saving energy by shutting down unnecessary equipment in a water heating system and setting back temperature setpoints to reduce energy losses. The present method is aimed at reducing energy wastage due to unnecessary external recirculation and overly high temperature setpoint for the external recirculation flow when no demands exist for an extended period of time.
US10018365B2
A method for installing a ventilation hood to an underside of a wall cabinet including providing a ventilation hood having a housing, a removable utility structure with an aligning mechanism and at least one hanger stud. The removable utility structure is placed proximate the wall cabinet in at least one measuring position, wherein the aligning mechanism of the removable utility structure locates anchorage points of the ventilation hood. Hanger studs are secured in the anchorage points. The removable utility structure is secured to the housing in a structural position at least partially covering an electrical system of the ventilation hood. The housing is placed on the hanger studs to secure the ventilation hood proximate the wall cabinet. Electrical power is connected to the electrical system while the housing is secured on the hanger studs. The housing of the ventilation hood is then secured to the wall cabinet.
US10018363B1
An oven is provided. The oven includes a housing comprising a baking surface and an enclosure. The baking surface extends within the housing and includes side apertures with a first plurality of in-shot burners that extend through each aperture, wherein during operation heated combustion gas from the burners is directed toward the roof of the enclosure during operation. The oven additionally includes a box disposed below the baking surface with an interior that is in thermal communication with the baking surface, wherein the box supports a burner that is oriented such that heated combustion gas from the burners flows through the box and a portion of the heat from combustion is transferred through the baking surface.
US10018361B2
A pintle-swirl hybrid injection device according to embodiments of the present disclosure is an injection device which is installed inside a housing that defines a combustion chamber to inject propellant toward the combustion chamber, and it includes a body in tubular shape, being installed in the housing, forming a passage through which the propellant is introduced, and being partially exposed to the combustion chamber, and an injection tip coupled with an end of the body exposed to the combustion chamber to inject the propellant introduced through the passage in a radial direction of the body, and at the same time, to inject the propellant to a direction of a central axis of the body.
US10018348B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to providing lighting in an underwater transducer mounted to a boat. The transducer assembly includes a housing. The housing includes a transducer. The housing includes one or more lighting devices. The housing also includes an element integrated with an outer edge of the housing in a waterproof configuration. The element allows light from the one or more lighting devices to emanate outward from the outer edge of the housing.
US10018344B2
The present invention relates to a plug-in bulb coupling structure, comprising a lamp cap provided on a bulb and a plug-in lamp holder provided on a power line, wherein a plug-in end of the plug-in lamp holder is provided with plug-in holes and raised barbs, and conductive tubes connected to a lead are provided in the plug-in holes; the plug-in end of the plug-in lamp cap is provided with conductive bars and barb holes, and the conductive bars are connected to a drive circuit board in the plug-in lamp cap. With the coupling structure of the present invention, the drive circuit board and the SR of the power line can be assembled and connected to each other quickly. The operation is easy, convenient and quick and does not require any tools.
US10018341B2
A method and apparatus for collecting and projecting light into a specified target illuminance. A lens may be mounted or otherwise paired to a carrier to form a lens/carrier combination, which may then be mounted to a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) containing a light emitting diode (LED). The lens/carrier combination may establish an optimum optical relationship between the LED and the lens, such that a predetermined photometric distribution of the LED is collected by the lens, while the remaining photometric distribution of the LED is rejected by the carrier. The lens may include a first pair of opposing surfaces forming a first focus and a second pair of opposing surfaces forming a second focus. The first and second foci may cause light to be subtended into one or more of collimated light focused light, diffused light, and shifted light. The carrier may include an obstruction extending toward the PCBA.
US10018326B2
The invention provides a multiplicity of light sources—such as a planar array of LEDs—and a corresponding multiplicity of primary optic lenses, the primary optic lenses being curved and positioned to narrow a source light beam emitted from each of the light sources, and a beam shaper—which could be a beam shaping micro-refractive film or films, or a segmented refractor lens with multiple facets—that is shaped and positioned to receive a light source distribution emitted from the multiplicity of primary optic lenses and to emit an output light path having an angle of distribution different than a corresponding angle of the light source distribution.
US10018324B2
A light source unit of one embodiment includes a socket housing, a light emitting module, a substrate, a sealing part, and a lens part. The sealing part seals the light emitting element and the conductive part to the substrate. A lens part is formed on the sealing part. Alastic modulus of the lens part is higher than that of the sealing part.
US10018323B2
The invention relates to a vehicle headlight having at least one light source arrangement comprising a laser, and having a headlight lens comprising a body composed of a transparent material, wherein the body comprises at least one light tunnel and a light-conducting part having at least one optically active light exit surface, wherein the light tunnel comprises at least one, more particularly optically active, light entrance surface and undergoes transition with a bend into the light-conducting part for the purpose of imaging the bend as a bright-dark boundary by means of light coupled or radiated from the light source arrangement into the light entrance surface.
US10018320B2
A light module comprises two submodules added one against the other and in each of which a light source is associated with an optical deflection element for the deflection of the light rays emitted toward a projection optical device arranged at the output of the module. Each submodule comprises a half-shell forming, in combination with the other half-shell, a space that is enclosed apart from at least one aperture produced in each half-shell to form air circulation cooling means.
US10018319B2
In order to determine a zero position of the actuating drive (14) of a luminous range adjustment of a light module (10) in a headlamp for vehicles, light coming from the light source (1) is directed onto an absorber surface (12). The absorber surface (12) has an opening, through which light passes as a delimited light beam (17). By means of the actuating drive (14), the light module (10) is pivoted in terms of its angle position, an intensity of the light beam (17) passing through the opening being detected by means of a light-sensitive sensor (15) which is arranged behind the absorber surface (12).
US10018313B2
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.
US10018311B2
A lighting device may include a strip-like carrier with a first and a second opposed faces with light radiation sources on the first face, and a strip-like profiled member having a pi-shaped cross section, including a channel-like central portion with a bottom wall and side walls. The strip-like carrier is arranged in the profiled member with the first face and the light radiation sources facing outwardly of the central portion and the second face facing the bottom wall of central portion. The pi-shaped profiled member includes two sidewise extensions laterally to the central portion, to provide lateral fixing formations for the lighting device.
US10018306B2
A gas system includes a container, a fitting, a gas tube, adsorbent, and a filter. The container stores gas under pressure. The fitting covers an opening of the container and maintains a seal with the opening of the container. The gas tube is inserted through a bore in the fitting such that a length of a portion of the gas tube inside of the container is at least one half of a length of the container. The portion of the gas tube in the container includes holes. The adsorbent is in a particulate form and adsorbs gas in the container. The filter covers the holes in the portion of the gas tube in the container. The filter permits passage of gas into and out of the gas tube and prevents passage of the adsorbent into the gas tube.
US10018299B2
A wall mounting kit for mounting a screen on a wall, including a wall mount frame configured to be attached to the wall, one or more screen hook interfaces that are configured to be coupled to the screen and enable hanging the screen onto the wall mount frame, wherein the screen hook interfaces lock onto the wall mount frame so that the screen will not accidentally fall off by applying a force in a single direction; and wherein the screen hook interfaces are each formed by folding a cut out piece of a sheet of material without requiring additional elements to lock onto the wall mount frame.
US10018291B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a removable clamp for coupling an adaptor to a pipe delivering a solution, the removable clamp having a button in order to maintain an angular relationship between the adapter and the pipe. Other embodiments of the invention provide a fluid delivery system having clamps with buttons coupling a tee adaptor to sections of a boom in order to maintain an angular relationship between the sections of the boom.
US10018287B2
There is provided a weather barrier for an opening in a wall of a building and a utility that passes through the opening. The weather barrier has a sheet of flexible and water resistant non-elastic material, which has an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter that defines a central passage that is larger than an outer diameter of the utility. A sheet of elastomeric material is sealably attached to the sheet of non-elastic material at the inner perimeter. The sheet of elastomeric material extends inward from the inner perimeter and defines a central opening that is smaller than the outer diameter of the utility. When the sheets of non-elastic and elastomeric material are disposed in a flat position, the sheet of non-elastic material defines a plane and the sheet of elastomeric material is parallel to and in line with the plane of the sheet of non-elastic material.
US10018282B2
Provided is a flow rate adjusting device in which a body portion having a valve hole includes: an annular wall portion that partitions a downstream-side fluid chamber into an inside flow channel annularly formed around a valve body portion and an outside flow channel annularly formed at an outside of the inside flow channel; an outflow hole that guides the fluid circulating in the outside flow channel to an outflow-side flow channel; and a blocking wall that blocks the fluid having reached the outflow hole from flowing around the outside flow channel. The annular wall portion includes a communication flow channel that guides the fluid from the inside flow channel to the outside flow channel. The communication flow channel guides the fluid to a location that is adjacent to the blocking wall and is isolated from the outflow hole by the blocking wall.
US10018259B2
The invention relates to a gearbox for vehicles, comprising a planetary gear with a ring gear a sun gear and a planet carrier on which at least one planet gear is rotatable mounted, which ring gear and sun gear engages with the at least one planet gear by teeth; and a gearbox housing surrounding the planetary gear. A first axially movable coupling sleeve is in a first gear position arranged to engage the ring gear with the gearbox housing in a second gear position arranged to engage the sun gear with the planet carrier and in a third gear position arranged to engage the planet carrier with the gearbox housing. A second axially movable coupling sleeve is in the third gear position arranged to engage the ring gear with an output shaft. The invention also relates to a vehicle, which comprises such a gearbox.
US10018255B2
A gearless speed reducer or increaser consists of an input shaft, an output shaft, and a motor connected to the input shaft. There is an external race connected to one of the shafts, and an internal race attached to the other shaft. Two ball bearings are disposed between the races and held in place by a finger assist. After the ball bearings have been inserted, the shafts are tilted relative to each other so that the balls become fixed in pockets created between the races and cannot slide within the races.
US10018250B2
A power transmitting apparatus may include first and second input shafts selectively receiving torque of a power source through first and second clutches, first and second output shafts disposed in parallel with the first and second input shafts, a plurality of input gears disposed on the first and second input shafts, and at least five speed gears selectively connected to the first and second output shafts through a plurality of synchronizer modules.
US10018246B2
A high speed flywheel system, including a flywheel mounted on a shaft, the flywheel being located within an evacuated chamber within a housing, wherein the chamber is sealed by seals including a cavity containing sealing fluid, wherein the seal cavity can be topped up with sealing fluid from a reservoir, the reservoir having an aperture open to the atmosphere for pressure equalization, the flywheel housing being mounted on the shaft via a bearing arrangement including at least one bearing situated externally to the chamber.
US10018243B1
Implementations of the present invention relate to devices, systems, and methods for isolating electronic components from input vibrations. The vibration isolation device may passively isolate the housed electronics from substantially all input vibrations. The vibration isolation device may include elastic members to suspend the electronic components within a support frame such that input vibrations are unable to directly influence the electronic components.
US10018240B2
Methods for servicing shock struts are provided. In various embodiments, a method for servicing a shock strut may comprise deflating the shock strut; compressing the shock strut until the shock strut is in a fully compressed position; and charging the shock strut with a liquid until a pressure of the liquid decreases a volume of a residual air located inside of the shock strut. In various embodiments, charging the shock strut with liquid under pressure may reduce the volume of trapped air inside of the shock strut to a negligible volume, eliminating the servicing variations.
US10018237B2
The towed roping dummy shock absorption apparatus provides for an apparatus designed to be inserted between a pulling vehicle and a towed roping dummy when practicing team roping from horseback. The apparatus provides for modulation of jerks and forces on the dummy that cause strain on the vehicle, dummy and horse, as well as providing for more consistent speed when being towed.
US10018231B2
A synchronizing clutch includes a synchronizing mechanism that can be displaced longitudinally in an axial direction along the longitudinal axis of the synchronizing clutch between a first and a second hub. The mechanism has a synchromesh sleeve with a first ratchet carrier and the synchromesh sleeve has a ratchet located on said carrier. In addition, the ratchet carrier is connected to the first hub in a longitudinally displaceable manner by means of helical toothing. At least one compression spring element is operatively arranged between the ratchet carrier and the first hub and runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the synchronizing clutch.
US10018230B2
An engine starter that includes a starter motor, a ring gear, a pinion driven by the starter motor and meshingly engaged with the ring gear, a disk that is configured to be coupled to an engine crankshaft for common rotation, and a dry clutch that is configured to selectively couple the ring gear to the disk.
US10018222B2
A resin coating layer in a sliding member has a surface shape indicated by a shape line. This shape line is divided into recessed sections and protruding sections by an average line for uneven areas. The inclination R of a straight line connecting the bottom of these recessed sections and the peak of these protruding sections is classified into Ra: R<0.02, Rb: 0.02≤R≤0.04, and Rc: 0.04
US10018195B1
A pump intake pressure control apparatus includes a conduit joining a pump to a liquid source, a flow controller configured to control the flow of liquid through the conduit, pressure sensors for detecting the pressure of the liquid in the conduit upstream and downstream of the flow controller, and an electronic master controller programmed to receive input from the pressure sensors and to actuate the flow controller to reduce the pressure downstream of the flow controller to a predetermined approximate value.
US10018191B2
Apparatus configuration in which: a piston (10) is inserted into a housing (1) ascendably and descendably; and pressurized oil supplied to and discharged from a driving chamber (11) arranged above the piston (10). An output rod (15) inserted into an upper wall (2) of the housing (1) protrudes upward from the piston (10). A descent-detecting first detection valve (31) and an ascent-detecting second detection valve (32) arranged outside the periphery of the output rod (15) and in the upper wall (2), circumferentially spaced apart at a predetermined interval. Each first detection valve (31) and second detection valve (32) has an operated portion (49) (79) which faces the piston (10) from above. The apparatus is configured so that pressurized air for detection is supplied through a first supply passage (B1) and a second supply passage (B2) inlets (31a) (32a) of the first detection valve (31) and the second detection valve (32), respectively.
US10018180B2
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a wind power plant, the wind power plant comprising a plurality of wind turbine generators, each wind turbine generator comprising at least one power converter for providing active power and/or reactive power to an electrical grid, wherein the method is determining a required amount of reactive power provided by the plurality of wind turbine generators, and grouping the plurality of wind turbine generators into a first set of wind turbine generators and a second set of wind turbine generators based on a demand for reactive power; and supplying reactive power to the grid (20) from the first set of wind turbine generators and disconnecting the second set of wind turbine generators from the electrical grid (20) in response to a control demand, in order to minimize active power losses. The present invention also relates to a wind power plant arranged to perform the method.
US10018179B2
The present wind turbine blade comprises an airfoil structure comprising an airfoil shape, an internal support structure arranged spanwise along the length of the blade within the airfoil structure, and an elastic connection joining a portion of an inner surface of the airfoil structure with a portion of the internal support structure. The airfoil structure can be passively pitched relative to the internal support structure according to aerodynamic pressure distribution at different blade locations.
US10018176B2
Vertical electrical energy generators are described. A vertical wind turbine system contains one or two vertical turbines, paired aside each other, and a frontal fluid flow diverter for diverting of the running fluid flow, as well as a cover, which covers the upper part of the turbine(s). The system includes an additional rear fluid flow diverter, which is installed behind one or both turbines and is configured so as to divert fluid flow running above the cover to the rear part of the turbine(s), creating secondary fluid flow in the blades of the turbine(s).
US10018170B2
An arrangement of a high-pressure valve at the end of a common rail of a fuel injection system, a high-pressure channel of the rail opening out at one extremity of the rail, includes a throttle stopper arranged at the extremity of the rail. An output orifice restricts a section of the high-pressure channel and a valve seat is positioned in the throttle stopper. The output channel is fully formed inside the valve body.
US10018167B2
A combustion chamber includes an upstream end wall having an aperture and a fuel injector. An air swirler is mounted such that the air swirler is movable radially with respect to the aperture. An inner wall of the air swirler has a first portion. A fuel injector head of the fuel injector is arranged coaxially within the air swirler. An outer wall of the fuel injector head has a first portion. The inner diameter of the first portion of the air swirler is less than the outer diameter of the first portion of the fuel injector head. One of the first portions is elastically radially deformable to allow the fuel injector head to be installed and removed from the air swirler. The inner wall and the outer wall have inter-engaging radially and axially extending faces to align the fuel injector head axially and radially within the air swirler.
US10018163B2
An EGR valve assembly includes an intake gas passage, an exhaust gas passage, an outlet passage, a movable intake gas flap for changing an effective cross section of the intake gas passage and a movable exhaust gas flap for changing an effective cross section of the exhaust gas passage. The intake gas flap includes at least one channel connecting an inlet port on a upstream-side surface of the flap with an outlet port on a downstream-side surface of the flap.
US10018150B2
A turbine exhaust case (TEC) of a turbofan aeroengine includes a mixer for mixing exhaust gases with a bypass air stream, the TEC comprising an annular hub and the mixer surrounding the hub, and a plurality of deswirling struts circumferentially spaced apart with respect to a central axis of the TEC and located entirely within an axial length of the mixer. The mixer defines a trailing edge having one or more upstream-most locations thereof where the mixing of the exhausted gases and the bypass air stream begins to take place. The deswirling struts each extend radially across the annular exhaust gas duct and interconnect the mixer and the hub, defining a trailing edge positioned upstream of and axially spaced away from the one or more upstream-most locations of the trailing edge of the mixer.
US10018149B2
The present invention refers to the technical field of thermodynamic engines, and more specifically to a heat engine that operates with gas in closed loop in differential configuration which is characterized by performing a thermodynamic cycle eight transformations or otherwise explain, it performs two thermodynamic cycles simultaneously, each with four interdependent, additional transformations, two of these transformations “isothermal” and two “adiabatic” in mass transfer in phases of adiabatic processing to provide a new performance curve no longer dependent solely on temperature but the mass transfer rate which allows the construction of machines with high yields and low thermal differentials.
US10018140B2
Internal combustion engine has direct injection fuel injection valve and port injection fuel injection valve. A requested fuel injection amount is calculated according to an engine operation condition. When the requested fuel injection amount is in first operation region in which the minimum fuel injection amount of direct injection fuel injection valve is exceeded, a direct injection fuel injection valve fuel injection amount is adjusted based on the requested fuel injection amount and a fixed amount, while maintaining a port injection fuel injection valve fuel injection amount at the fixed amount. First operation region is at least a region in which the requested fuel injection amount exceeds the direct injection fuel injection valve minimum fuel injection amount. In first operation region, the port injection fuel injection valve fuel injection amount is fixed at the minimum fuel injection amount of port injection fuel injection valve.
US10018136B1
A method for controlling a marine engine for propelling a marine vessel includes receiving user input as a user input device to control acceleration of a marine vessel, detecting a rapid acceleration command based on the user input, and determining an advanced spark timing based on at least one of engine speed and engine load, wherein the advanced spark timing adjusts a base spark time by a spark advance offset. A fuel increase is then determined based on the spark advance offset, and then an increased fuel injection amount is determined by increasing a base fuel injection amount by the fuel increase. Spark and fuel delivery are then controlled for one or more cylinders of the marine engine based on the advanced spark timing and the increased fuel injection amount.
US10018120B2
A gas turbine engine comprises a compressor rotor including blades and a disk, with a bore defined radially inwardly of the disk, and a combustor. A tap directs the products of combustion first to a valve and then into the bore of the disk. At least two temperature sensors sense a temperature of the products of combustion downstream of the valve. A control compares sensed temperatures from the at least two temperature sensors to ensure the at least two temperature sensors are functioning properly. The sensed temperatures are utilized to control the valve. A method of operating a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US10018119B2
A gas turbine engine includes first and second shafts rotatable about a common axis. A first turbine section is supported on the first shaft. Second compressor and turbine sections are supported on the second shaft. The gas turbine engine includes a fan. A first compressor section is arranged in an axial flow relationship with the second compressor and the first and second turbines. A geared architecture operatively connects the first shaft and the fan. An inducer operative couples to the gear train.
US10018107B2
A variable geometry turbine (VGT) for turbochargers incorporates a turbine nozzle having a plurality of vanes, each vane having an airfoil with an inner disc and an outer disc. A first nozzle plate incorporates pockets to receive the inner discs with the inner discs substantially flush with a nozzle surface on the first nozzle plate. A second nozzle plate has pockets to receive the outer discs with outer discs substantially flush with a second nozzle surface. An integral actuation system rotates the plurality of vanes for variation of the nozzle geometry.
US10018101B2
A cooling system that has a primary radiator with a first stepped tank and a second stepped tank. These stepped tanks have openings which allow the primary radiator to connect to one or more supplemental radiators so that coolant may flow through these radiators simultaneously thus increasing a vehicle's cooling capacity. Flow of coolant between the primary radiator and the supplemental radiators can be controlled by either automatic or manual control valves and wherein the primary radiator and supplemental radiator can be either down-flow radiators or cross-flow radiators.
US10018092B2
Disclosed are model predictive control (MPC) systems, methods for using such MPC systems, and motor vehicles with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) employing MPC control. An SCR-regulating MPC control system is disclosed that includes an NOx sensor for detecting nitrogen oxide (NOx) input received by the SCR system, catalyst NOx sensors for detecting NOx output for two SCR catalysts, and catalyst NH3 sensors for detecting ammonia (NH3) slip for each SCR catalyst. The MPC system also includes a control unit programmed to: receive desired can conversion efficiencies for the SCR catalysts; determine desired can NOx outputs for the SCR catalysts; determine maximum NH3 storage capacities for the SCR catalyst; calculate the current can conversion efficiency for each SCR catalyst; calculate an optimized reductant pulse-width and/or volume from the current can conversion efficiencies; and, command an SCR dosing injector to inject a reductant into an SCR conduit based on the calculated pulse-width/volume.
US10018087B2
The invention relates to an accessory gearbox (10) for a turbomachine, said gearbox being equipped with an air/oil separator (12) and comprising a casing (24) in which intermeshing pinions are mounted, one (18) of which is solidly connected to a coaxial shank (22) for driving at least one membrane filter (35) of the separator, characterized in that the membrane filter is mounted directly on a web of the pinion (18) inside the casing.
US10018080B2
Provided is a method for recycling energy in process of butadiene preparation, which includes, in the process of preparing butadiene using oxidative dehydrogenation reaction, steps of: a) supplying part or all of a light gas discharged from a solvent absorption tower to a turbine to produce electricity; b) passing the light gas passed through the turbine through one or more device units provided with a heat exchanger; and c) feeding the light gas passed through the device units provided with the heat exchanger into a reactor, according to which more economical butadiene preparation process is provided, by reducing net energy value required in process of butadiene preparation using oxidative dehydrogenation reaction.
US10018064B2
A foil assembly for a gas powered turbine includes a plurality of floating wall sectors arranged circumferentially about an axis defined by a flowpath. Each of the floating wall sectors includes a first flowpath strut component, a second flowpath strut component, a floating wall panel connected to the first flowpath strut component by a first clamp seal at a first axial joint and connected to the second flowpath strut component by a second clamp seal at a second axial joint, and a plurality of leading edge structures fore of the plurality of floating wall sectors. Each of the leading edge structures is configured to define a foil profile in conjunction with a first flowpath strut component of a first floating wall sector and an adjacent flowpath strut component of a second floating wall sector.
US10018056B2
A method for applying an abrasive comprises: applying, to a substrate, the integral combination of a self-braze material, an abrasive, a matrix in which the abrasive is at least partially embedded, and an intermediate layer between the self-braze material and the matrix; and heating to cause the self-braze material to braze to the substrate.
US10018054B2
Methods for fabricating a component of a gas turbine engine are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes molding a CMC material to form a first portion of the gas turbine engine component, processing the first portion to form a first assembly, preparing the first assembly and a second portion of the gas turbine engine component for processing, and processing the first assembly and second portion to form a second assembly. In another embodiment, the method includes processing a first plurality of CMC plies to form a first assembly; positioning the first assembly and a second plurality of CMC plies on a tool for processing, the first assembly defining a first plane, the second plurality of plies defining a second plane, wherein the second plane is perpendicular to the first plane; and processing the first assembly and the second plurality of plies to form a second assembly.
US10018048B2
Anti-rotation tabs for the platforms in the fan section of a gas turbine engine are provided. The anti-rotation tabs interface with the trailing edge of the spinner, thereby preventing the platform from rotating and twisting.
US10018042B2
A cutter assembly includes a disc subassembly rotatably mounted on a shaft with bearing assemblies, and end retainers. The disc subassembly includes a first hub member having a tubular portion that houses the bearing assemblies and an outer flange portion, a second hub member that slidably engages the tubular portion, and an annular cutter ring, preferably formed from a tool steel, and optionally formed in a plurality of segments. The first and second hub members define a channel that receives and clampingly engages a rectangular inner base portion of the cutter ring. The clamping force is provided by a plurality of bolts that join the first and second hub members, while the flange portion of the first hub member remains separated from the second hub member by a gap (S). In an embodiment the cutter ring includes a carbide core.
US10018018B2
A system, method and apparatus for providing a fuel source in a wellbore is disclosed. A tool is placed into a wellbore. A primary charge is associated with the tool. A secondary charge associated with the tool is provided. The secondary charge includes a resilient solid propellant.
US10018017B2
Copolymers containing acryloylmorpholine and vinylimidazole, and optionally vinylcaprolactam and/or n-vinyl pyrrolidone, have shown superior results in hydrate inhibition tests at conditions of 7° C. subcooling dosed at 1 vol % based on the water cut of the system fluids. The copolymer product has also passed high TDS (total dissolved solids) brine compatibility tests and secondary property tests including foaming and hot injection tests which make it useful as a kinetic hydrate inhibitor in gas production systems susceptible to the formation of natural gas hydrates.
US10018010B2
The frack plug has a sealing element that reforms when set to hold differential pressure. The element is granular with adhesive to hold the granular particles together but allow the shape to reform under setting force. The adhesive can be broken down with a chemical agent or in other ways to allow the seal to reform to the sealing position at the desired depth. As a result the structural components can disintegrate and the seal assembly can fragment into small pieces that can be circulated out of the well or allowed to drop to the hole bottom. The seal can have particles of controlled electrolytic materials (CEM), natural or synthetic sand, swelling or non-swelling rubber. The assembly can contain pellets that selectively release to initiate the breakdown of the structural components of the frack plug.
US10017995B2
Methods and systems for penetrating a subsurface formation are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus includes a kicker configured to direct a drilling apparatus towards a well casing and a flexible hose configured to convey a fluid from a surface pump to the drilling apparatus. The drilling apparatus includes a drill bit configured to penetrate a well casing and a subsurface formation, and wherein the drilling apparatus is configured to pull the flexible hose into the subsurface formation as the drilling apparatus penetrates the subsurface formation.
US10017991B2
A downhole apparatus connected to a workstring within a wellbore. The workstring is connected to a bit member. The apparatus includes a mandrel operatively connected to a downhole motor mechanism, an anvil member operatively formed on the bit member, the anvil member being operatively connected to the mandrel, a radial bearing housing unit operatively connected to the workstring, with the radial bearing housing unit being disposed about the mandrel, and a hammer member slidably attached to the radial bearing housing unit.
US10017986B2
A winding device for a windable screen of a closure or sun-protection home-automation installation, includes: a winding tube movable around a rotation axis; a hollow sleeve positioned at one of the two ends and inside the winding tube; a tubular electromechanical actuator inserted inside the hollow sleeve; and two supports, each support being positioned across from one of two ends of the winding tube. The tubular electromechanical actuator includes: a case, and a closing off element positioned at one end of the case. The closing off element has a front face positioned in a plane parallel to a wall of one of the two supports, and includes first fastening elements cooperating with second fastening elements of the support. The hollow sleeve includes a first stop cooperating with a stop of the closing off element, and a second stop cooperating with the end of the winding where the sleeve is inserted.
US10017985B2
A system includes a window treatment adjacent to a window of a room. At least one motor drive unit is associated with the window treatment, for varying the position of the window treatment. A sensor measures a light level (e.g., an outdoor light level) at the window. A controller provides signals to the motor drive unit to automatically adjust the position of the window treatment so as to control a penetration distance of sunlight into the room when the window treatment is partially opened. The controller is configured to position the window treatment in a bright override position if the measured light level is at least a bright threshold value. The controller is configured to select the bright threshold value from among at least two predetermined values. The selection depends on an angle of incidence between light rays from the sun and a surface normal of the window.
US10017983B1
A header assembly and method for installing built-in retractable screens. A header assembly is installed after the structure's framing is completed but before the wall finishes are applied. The header assembly includes opposing end boxes and a header board. The side tracks from the screen unit are installed so that the upper ends open into the bottom of the end boxes. This defines a cavity customized to the selected screen unit. With the header assembly and side tracks in place, the wall surfaces can be applied around them. After the wall surfaces are completed, the screen unit is placed inside the header assembly through an access opening, which is then covered with a cover panel. Thus, the present invention eliminates the need to apply wall finishes around an undefined space, which requires multiple measurements and often results in expensive mistakes in the finished cavity dimensions.
US10017982B2
An earthquake resisting door has locking mechanisms between the door panel top, sides, and the bottom foundation. Included are self-contained limited uplift resisting end posts, one or more door panels made of wood, steel, or other suitable material that can act as a shear wall or brace frame, and segmented door panels that can be designed for roll-up or folding. The segments interlock to create one solid wall or arrangement of segments that creates brace frame action. An inter-locking mechanism engages adjacent door leaves in a casement arrangement and creates one panel.
US10017980B2
A system for mulling a plurality of fenestration assemblies in an opening includes a first fenestration assembly having a top surface and a first groove extending therein and a second fenestration assembly having a top surface and a second groove extending therein. A mull connector operatively connects the first fenestration assembly and second fenestration assembly together. A sealing cap is positioned on top of the mull connector and includes a first portion positioned on a first side of a line groove line defined by the first groove and the second groove, and a second portion positioned on the second opposite side of the line groove.
US10017973B2
A hinge for unhingeable sheet-metal cabinet doors. A first hinge part, to be fastened to the door frame, has a bore hole or roll at a free end, through which a hinge pin extends. A second, U-shaped hinge part is connected to the door and surrounds the exposed end areas of the hinge pin in the mounted position. The U-shaped hinge part surrounds the first hinge part with first U-legs. The U-shaped hinge part includes a top part arranged in a bottom part. The top part has the shape of a U-shaped slide, with second U-legs, arranged to be displaceable between two end positions parallel to the extension of the first U-legs. The ends of the second U-legs close a lateral outlet opening for the hinge pin end in one end position, and expose the opening, through which the hinge pin end passes laterally, in the other end position.
US10017962B2
A door lock assembly operates a deadbolt between unlocked and locked positions. It includes a key cylinder having a central axis, a torque blade extending from said cylinder upon said center axis, an actuator interlock mechanism operatively connected with the door lock assembly and provided for pivoting upon the torque blade, a ring, pivotally mounted to the door lock assembly, and incorporating a post, the actuator interlock mechanism having a radially extending arm, being bifurcated at its end, for locating upon the ring post, such that upon turning of the ring the actuator interlock mechanism turns the torque blade; a latch bolt assembly, including a deadbolt, the torque blade extending through the latch bolt assembly, and pivoting a latch operator that extends the deadbolt for shifting into a locked or unlocked position, during usage of the door lock assembly.
US10017961B2
A key cylinder device includes a rotor case that encloses a rotor operable to rotate by a mechanical key, the rotor being inserted into the rotor case from a direction opposite to an insertion direction of the mechanical key, a holding member including a pair of leg portions held by the rotor case, and a fixing member that protrudes from the holding member. The rotor case includes a fixing member-holding structure that the fixing member is held by the leg portions of the holding member at a temporary assembly position for temporarily assembling the fixing member in a retracted state without inwardly protruding beyond an inner surface of the rotor case and at an assembly position for assembling the fixing member in a state of inwardly protruding from the inner surface of the rotor case.
US10017958B1
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to lock inserts that are configured to prevent removal of a key from a lock assembly comprising the lock insert when the lock assembly is in an unlocked position. The lock insert can be configured to permit removal of the key when the lock assembly is in a locked position.
US10017951B2
This invention is directed toward a panel framing device. The device comprises a portable framing table that can be driven in a trailer to remote locations and a pre-printed roll of framing tape that is used to tell a worker where different parts of a framed panel will go. The goal of the device is to facilitate the building of structures using a panel approach, with the framing table and template tape minimizing the chances that a worker will make a mistake in either the selection of materials or the location of the materials. The technology can also be used to construct entire walls, which are then either transported to the site, or merely “tilted-up” into place, having been constructed on the slab.
US10017944B2
A cover apparatus (1), comprising cover plates (2) continuing in a position of use in a common plane and in at least one row, is formed in a mutual edge-side contact region (3) through overlapping and in a rainproof manner, such that edges (5) running parallel to each other and spaced apart on each cover plate (2) are designed differently (6), and the top side (7) of the cover plate (2), a continuing web (8) and a rain gutter (9) under said web (8) are arranged on a first edge (5), wherein said rain gutter belongs to the same first edge (5). If necessary, penetrating rain water (12) can be caught in the rain gutter (9) by overlapping edge-side webs (8) in the position of use.
US10017940B2
A method of reinforcing a masonry structure is described wherein polyester thread reinforcement strips are manufactured and mounted on the masonry structure to protect it from lateral forces caused by earthquake and other natural occurring phenomena that generally produce bending moments in the masonry structure. The disclosed method can easily and economically be applied to reinforce masonry structures in underprivileged regions.
US10017935B2
A quick attachment system is disclosed. A first connector portion is defined along a surface of the first member and a second connector portion is defined along a surface of the second member. The first connector portion comprises a protrusion of the surface of the first member. The second connector portion comprises a detent of the surface of the second member. The first and second connector portions may mate with and engage one another to secure the first member against the second member. A modular frame unit comprises first and second channel members defining first connector portions along lengths thereof and a joinder channel member defining second connector portions along a length thereof. Each of the second connector portions is configured to mate with one of the first connector portions to join the joinder channel member with the first and second channel members.
US10017930B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to multi-port orbital valves for use in controlling the direction of fluids and mixed media, and find particular use in connection with toilet systems, such as vacuum toilet systems.
US10017929B2
A discharge valve apparatus includes a discharge main body, disposed above a flush water tank discharge port, for opening and closing the flush water tank discharge port by the up and down motion of a valve body disposed inside a casing; wherein the discharge main body includes an attachment portion allowing an operating wire extending from a wire pull-up operating apparatus to detachably attach to a valve body portion.
US10017924B2
The invention relates to a sanitary installation element (101) which is arranged in a water line. The installation element (101) according to the invention comprises a mixing device (4) with at least one throttling or closing element (5), which throttling or closing element (5) can be moved under the pressure of the inflowing water from a mixing or open position into a throttling or closed position against a restoring force, wherein the mixing device (4) offers a relatively large clear flow cross section when the at least one throttling or closing element (5) in the mixing or open position, and, by contrast thereto, a reduced clear flow cross section when the at least one throttling or closing element (5) is in the throttling or closed position. The installation element according to the invention is distinguished in that it always offers an optimum flow cross section both in low and high pressure ranges.
US10017917B2
A drive device of a construction machine includes a pump passage connected to a hydraulic pump, first and second supply passages connected to the pump passage, first and second passages connected to the first supply passage, third and fourth passages connected to the second supply passage, a first valve connected to the first and third passages, a second valve connected to the second and fourth passages, a first bucket passage connecting the first passage to a cap-side space of the bucket cylinder through the first valve, a second bucket passage connecting the third passage to a rod-side space of the bucket cylinder through the first valve, a first arm passage connecting the second passage to a rod-side space of an arm cylinder through the second valve, and a second arm passage connecting the fourth passage to a cap-side space of the arm cylinder through the second valve.
US10017908B2
The present invention relates to floating lakes and to the treatment of the water in such lakes. The present invention further relates to large floating lakes that can be installed within a natural or artificial water body to improve water conditions that are unsuitable for recreational uses. The floating lake can be provided with a chemical application system; a filtration system including a mobile suctioning device and filters; a skimmer system, and optionally a coordination system.
US10017899B2
A method for manufacturing a textile product includes the steps of providing an intermediate product formed by a backing having a front surface and a back surface, and yarns applied into the backing, the yarns extending from the front surface of the backing material, feeding the intermediate product along a body having a heated surface, the back surface being pressed against the heated surface, to at least partly melt the yarns present in the intermediate product to form the textile product, wherein the part of the back surface that is pressed against the heated surface has a relative speed with respect to the heated surface, and a device enabling applications of this method and to a floor covering incorporating such a textile product connected to a dimensionally stable carrier sheet using thermo reversible covalent interactions.
US10017893B2
A method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a rotating drum at least partially defining a treating chamber for the receipt of laundry for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a dye fixative removal phase that includes supplying heated water in the treating chamber and adjusting the pH of the heated water.
US10017889B2
With an embroidery design connecting data generating apparatus, an image acquisition unit acquires an image of an embroidery frame mounting a cloth having a portion where an embroidery design has been sewn. A display unit displays the image of the cloth having such an embroidery-sewn portion acquired by the image acquisition unit and an image of an embroidery design to be sewn to the cloth. An embroidery design data editing unit edits the embroidery design image such that it is connected with the already-sewn embroidery design in a state in which the image of the cloth having the embroidery-sewn portion is displayed on the display unit. Such an arrangement prevents the occurrence of overlapping or gaps after embroidery designs are sewn even if accumulated shrinkage occurs in the sewing operation, or slight alignment errors occur in position or rotation when the cloth is mounted on the embroidery frame.
US10017880B2
Briefly described, embodiments of the present disclosure include trilobal bulked continuous filaments (BCFs) with a generally round central void, spinneret plates with a capillary design for producing the BCFs of the present disclosure, articles and carpets produced from the BCFs of the present disclosure, methods of producing the trilobal BCFs of the present disclosure, and the like.
US10017867B2
The invention comprises methods and apparatuses for the electrorefining of Mg from Al or Mg alloy scrap. The invention utilizes the density and charge features of Mg present in a melted alloy to continuously extract Mg and Mg alloys from a melted Al alloy feed.
US10017866B2
The present disclosure relates to an ammonia synthesis apparatus, and more particularly, to an electrochemical ammonia synthesis apparatus using an aqueous solution or a molten liquid of an alkali metal as an electrolyte. According to one or more embodiments, when an aqueous solution or a molten liquid of an alkali metal is used as an electrolyte in an ammonia synthesis apparatus, compositions, sizes, and shapes of an electrode and an electrolyte may be easily controlled, and thus a yield of ammonia synthesis may improve.
US10017862B2
The process of forming a partial gold-plating pattern on a stainless substrate includes a first plating step, a second plating step, and a stripping step. In the first plating step, pretreatment is applied to a stainless substrate including opposite main planes and a processing site formed of a plane different from the main planes, after which a first gold-plating layer is formed all over the surface of the stainless substrate using a hydrochloric acid plating solution. In the second plating step, mask plating is used to form a second gold-plating layer on the first gold-plating layer that covers the processing site in a desired pattern, and in the stripping step, a portion of the first gold-plating layer in an area where there is none of the second gold-plating layer is stripped off using an alkaline stripping solution.
US10017850B2
The present invention provides a sputtering target of a Cu—Ga sintered body in which the oxygen content is further reduced and the abnormal discharging can be suppressed, and a method for producing the same. The sputtering target according to the present invention is a sintered body having: a texture in which Na compound phases are dispersed in a matrix with a γ phase and a ζ phase of a Cu—Ga alloy; and a component composition made of: 20 atomic % to 30 atomic % of Ga; 0.05 atomic % to 10 atomic % of Na; and the Cu balance and inevitable impurities including elements other than Na in the Na compound, wherein an average grain size of the γ phase is 30 μm to 100 μm, and an average grain size of the Na compound phases is equal to or less than 8.5 μm.
US10017840B2
A copper alloy of the present invention contains 5.00 to 8.00 atomic percent of Zr and includes Cu and a Cu—Zr compound, and two phases of the Cu and the Cu—Zr compound form a mosaic-like structure which includes no eutectic phase and in which when viewed in cross section, crystals having a size of 10 μm or less are dispersed. This copper alloy is formed by a manufacturing method including a sintering step of performing spark plasma sintering on a Cu—Zr binary system alloy powder at a temperature of 0.9 Tm ° C. or less (Tm(° C.): melting point of the alloy powder) by supply of direct-currant pulse electricity, the Cu—Zr binary system alloy powder having an average grain diameter of 30 μm or less and a hypoeutectic composition which contains 5.00 to 8.00 atomic percent of Zr. The Cu—Zr compound may include at least one of Cu5Zr, Cu9Zr2, and Cu8Zr3.
US10017835B2
Provided is a method for producing nickel sulfide from an acidic sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, which is capable of suppressing particle diameters of nickel sulfide obtained thereby. The present invention is a method for producing nickel sulfide by causing a sulfurization reaction by blowing a hydrogen sulfide gas into an acidic sulfuric acid solution containing nickel, wherein: nickel sulfide having particle diameters of 5-20 μm and serving as seed crystals is added into an acidic sulfuric acid solution having a nickel concentration of 0.5-5.0 g/L in an amount of 40-500% by mass relative to the amount of nickel contained in the acidic sulfuric acid solution; and a hydrogen sulfide gas is blown into the acidic sulfuric acid solution, into which the seed crystals have been added, while setting the amount of the hydrogen sulfide gas blown in to be within the range of 0.30-0.85 Nm3/kg-Ni.
US10017834B2
A stainless steel material having compositions which contain on the basis of percent by mass, C from 0.04 to 0.12%, Ni from 0 (including a case of no addition) to 5.0%, Cr from 12.0 to 17.0%, N from 0.0 to 0.10%, Si from 0.2 to 2.0%, Mn at 2.0% or less, Cu from 0.0 to 2.0%, P at 0.06% or less, S at 0.006% or less, with residue being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Further, a parent phase has any one of a single phase structure of ferrite phase or martensite phase and a diploid phase structure of ferrite phase and martensite phase. An end of the base material is melt-welded as a joint to form a pipe. The parent phase is provided with carbide uniformly separated at grain boundaries and within grains, with a dissolved amount of C being 0.03% by mass or less.
US10017832B2
The present invention relates to enzymes, compositions and methods for catalyzing site specific recombination at asymmetric sites.
US10017827B2
Herbicide resistant sunflower plants comprising two different herbicide-resistant alleles of the sunflower acetohydroxyacid synthase large subunit 1 (AHASL1) gene are described. Methods for making these sunflower plants and methods for controlling weeds or other undesired vegetation growing in the vicinity of these sunflower plants are disclosed. Such methods involve the use of acetohydroxyacid synthase-inhibiting herbicides. Methods for controlling parasitic weeds growing on sunflower plants are also described. Additionally provided are methods for determining the genotype of sunflower plants for AHASL1 gene.
US10017825B2
As described below, the present invention provides quantitative homologous recombination assays developed to characterize the pathogenicity DNA repair polypeptides (e.g., BRCA1, BRCA2, Rad51) and provide urgently needed functional information on the significance of DNA repair variants of uncertain significance (VUS) alleles. The invention also provides a method of generating site-specific recombination at a genomic locus or site-specific genome editing by inhibiting replication at the genomic locus, e.g., involving contacting the genomic locus with polypeptides that specifically bind target sequences at the genomic locus.
US10017821B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosing and predicting the occurrence of ischemia. For example, the present invention provides methods and compositions for diagnosing and predicting the risk and cause of transient neurological events (TNE) as ischemic or non-ischemic.
US10017818B2
The present invention relates to methods to detect an amount of DNA that originates from cells of a given type, where the sample comprising such DNA in admixture with DNA that does not originate from such cells. Such methods are based on different methylation, at certain regions, of the DNA that originates from the given type of cells compared to the admixed DNA. Such methods have particular application in the detection, from a biological fluid from a pregnant female, of cell free DNA that originates from a foetus or the placenta of a foetus, or the detection, from a biological fluid from an individual, of cell free DNA that originates from cells of a tumor. Accordingly, such methods have diagnostic, prognostic and/or predictive utility for detecting an increased risk of an individual suffering from or developing a medical condition such as preeclampsia or cancer, and/or to aid subsequent diagnostic, prognostic and/or predictive methods such as the detection of chromosomal trisomy in a foetus, including for twin-pregnancies. The present invention also relates to compositions, kits, computer program products and other aspects that are used in, useful for or related to the practice of such methods.
US10017816B2
The invention relates to methods and compositions, and systems for determining the identity of nucleic acids in nucleotide sequences, and in particular, sequences that contain consecutive repeats of a particular base. For example, a consecutive repeat of a particular base may be identified by a charged ion detection (e.g., hydrogen ion detection).
US10017805B2
The present invention relates to a protein production accelerating agent that has enabled to largely increase the produced amount of a desired protein by adding polysaccharides to a medium for animal cells containing a serum or serum alternative, and a production method of a protein using a medium containing the protein production accelerating agent.
US10017803B2
A method for replicating and amplifying a target nucleic acid sequence is described. A method of the invention involves the formation of a recombination intermediate without the prior denaturing of a nucleic acid duplex through the use of a recombination factor. The recombination intermediate is treated with a high fidelity polymerase to permit the replication and amplification of the target nucleic acid sequence. In preferred embodiments, the polymerase comprises a polymerase holoenzyme. In further preferred embodiments, the recombination factor is bacteriophage T4 UvsX protein or homologs from other species, and the polymerase holoenzyme comprises a polymerase enzyme, a clamp protein and a clamp loader protein, derived from viral, bacteriophage, prokaryotic, archaebacterial, or eukaryotic systems.
US10017802B2
The present invention relates to a method for the production of hyaluronic acid (HA) in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli through plasmid vectors wherein the gene is under the control of strong promoter Pgrac, and a system for the selection of stable bacterial strains for the production of high levels of hyaluronic acid.
US10017797B2
The present invention discloses a novel method for biological reduction of the carboxylic acids to their corresponding aldehydes and/or alcohols with high productivity and high yield by using fungus in the category of basidiomycetes. This reduction is specific and selective for its functional group (—COOH), without affecting other functional group such as—R groups (—OH, —NH2, -alkyl, -alkyoxy) and their position, number on aromatic ring. The method of the invention relates to reduction of aryl acids to aldehyde and/or alcohols by employing a white rot fungus—Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, an organism of basidiomycete species, grown in vessel/column. The biotransformation was performed in vessel/column/fermentor with pH control, dissolved oxygen, membrane system, product extractor is attached.
US10017792B2
This disclosure relates to compositions and methods for converting biomass to various chemical intermediates and final products including fuels. Aspects include the depolymerization of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose to a wide slate of depolymerization compounds that can be subsequently metabolized by genetically modified bacterium, and converted to cis,cis-muconic acid. Other aspects include the use of monometallic catalysts for converting the cis,cis-muconic acid to commodity chemicals and fuels, for example adipic acid and/or nylon.
US10017782B2
RNA prepared by in vitro transcription using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-generated template can be introduced into a cell to modulate cell activity. This method is useful in de-differentiating somatic cells to pluripotent, multipotent, or unipotent cells; re-differentiating stem cells into differentiated cells; or reprogramming of somatic cells to modulate cell activities such as metabolism. Cells can also be transfected with inhibitory RNAs, such as small interfering RNA (siRNA) or micro RNA (miRNA), or combinations thereof to induce reprogramming of somatic cells. For example, target cells are isolated from a donor, contacted with one or more RNA's causing the cells to be de-differentiated, re-differentiated, or reprogrammed in vitro, and administered to a patient in need thereof. The resulting cells are useful for treating one or more symptoms of a variety of diseases and disorders, for organ regeneration, and for restoration of the immune system.
US10017770B2
Disclosed herein are vectors and components for a nucleic acid cloning system, and methods of use of the vectors and components in cloning nucleic acid fragments of interest. The cloning system includes two families of destination vectors which can be used in alternating form to systematically combine nucleic acid fragments of interest.
US10017767B2
An agent that increases YAP1 levels for use in the treatment of hematopoietic disorders.
US10017764B2
The present invention provides oligomeric compounds. Certain such oligomeric compounds are useful for hybridizing to a complementary nucleic acid, including but not limited, to nucleic acids in a cell. In certain embodiments, hybridization results in modulation of the amount activity or expression of the target nucleic acid in a cell.
US10017760B2
Provided herein are methods and composition for trackable genetic variant libraries. Further provided herein are methods and compositions for recursive engineering. Further provided herein are methods and compositions for multiplex engineering. Further provided herein are methods and compositions for enriching for editing and trackable engineered sequences and cells using nucleic acid-guided nucleases.
US10017759B2
A method of preparing a library of tagged nucleic acid fragments including contacting a population of cells directly with a lysis reagent having one or more protease to generate a cell lysate; inactivating the protease to generate an inactivated cell lysate, and applying a transposase and a transposon end composition containing a transferred strand to the inactivated cell lysate under conditions wherein the target nucleic acid and the transposon end composition undergo a transposition reaction.
US10017757B2
The present invention provides compositions including peptide display scaffolds that present at least one candidate peptide and at least one detectable moiety in at least one of the N-terminal and C-terminal candidate peptide presenting domains that when expressed in a cell are accessible at a surface of the cell outermembrane. In addition, the present invention also provides kits and methods for screening a library of cells presenting the candidate peptides in peptide display scaffolds to identify a ligand for an enzyme.
US10017754B2
Polynucleotide sequences are provided encoding a thermostable cellulase and directing its increased expression are provided, and the use of the thermostable cellulase in hydraulic fracturing methods and the treatment of flowback fluids.
US10017752B2
The present invention relates to alpha-amylase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US10017749B2
The present invention relates to a mutant transaminase with increased transaminase activity relative to the wild-type transaminase, a fusion protein comprising the transaminase, a polynucleotide coding for the transaminase, a host cell comprising the polynucleotide, mutant transaminase and/or fusion protein, a method of producing an amine with the mutant transaminase or fusion protein and the use of the mutant transaminase or fusion protein for the production of an amine.
US10017735B2
The invention relates to a dual-media approach for culturing isolated corneal endothelial cells. Isolated corneal endothelial cells are first contacted with a proliferative medium to propagate and/or expand the endothelial cells followed by a maintenance medium to preserve the morphology and/or characteristics of the corneal endothelial cells. The invention includes the proliferative medium and the maintenance medium and also a combination of the two medium.
US10017734B2
The present invention provides a method of more efficiently producing a high-quality dopaminergic neuron from neural progenitor cells, specifically, a production method of a dopaminergic neuron including a step of culturing neural progenitor cells in a medium containing (i) a cAMP analog and (ii) a MEK inhibitor. Moreover, the present invention also provides a medicament containing a dopaminergic neuron obtained by the method, and a reagent and a kit to be used for the method.
US10017730B2
This invention relates to a sterilization agent for livestock bedding or a composting accelerator for organic waste or livestock bedding, comprising at least one Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium or a combination of the at least one Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium and at least one Bacillus subtilis mesophilic bacterium, as an active ingredient, wherein the Bacillus coagulans thermophilic bacterium as a preferable bacterium is viable at a temperature of 40 to 60° C. and the Bacillus subtilis mesophilic bacterium is viable at a temperature of 30 to 50° C., and the mesophilic bacterium also has a sterilizing effect on harmful bacteria in bedding; and to a method for sterilizing livestock bedding or a method for accelerating composting of organic waste or livestock bedding by using these agents each as an active ingredient.
US10017725B2
A culture vessel (100), which is designed for culturing biological cells (1) in hanging drops (2), comprises a vessel wall (10), which has a cover portion (11) and a floor portion (12), wherein the cover portion (11) is designed to provide a culturing surface (13), and the floor portion (12) is designed to receive a liquid (3), the vessel wall (10) encloses an interior (20) of the culture vessel on all sides, the culturing surface (13) has holding elements (14), which are designed to position the drops (2), wherein the culturing surface (13) can receive the drops (2) hanging freely in the interior (20), and the vessel wall (10) is movable such that the holding elements (14) can be wetted with the liquid (3) from the floor portion (12). A method for culturing biological cells (1) in hanging drops (2) in the culture vessel (100) is also described.
US10017716B2
A laundry detergent comprising: (a) from 10 to 86 wt % surfactants, (b) from 0.05 to 2 wt % imidazole-modified carbohydrate polymer, (c) from 0.1 to 10 wt % builders and sequestrants and (d) from 2 to 88 wt % water.
US10017713B2
A composition includes a fluorinated or perfluorinated organic solvent, and a fluorinated surfactant of the general formula (1): [Formula should be inserted here] Rf is a perfluoroalkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms. Each occurrence of R1 and R2 is independently H or CH3, n is 1-3, and x is 1-3.
US10017711B2
The present disclosure provides fragrance and flavor compositions as well as products incorporating such compositions. The disclosed compositions can include (6Z)-non-6-enenitrile of formula (I) and one or more additional fragrance and/or flavor components. The fragrance and flavor compositions of the present disclosure can have appealing, fresh, natural cucumber, melon, and/or violet profiles.
US10017709B2
The present invention provides a multiple function dispersant viscosity index improver, a method of making the multiple function dispersant viscosity index improver, and a lubricating oil comprising the multiple function dispersant viscosity index improver. The multiple function dispersant viscosity index improver comprises two different functional groups, each directly grafted to a polymer backbone having graftable sites. The first functional group comprises the reaction product of an acylating agent and a first amine, the first amine comprising an aromatic primary amine, and the second functional group comprises the reaction product of an acylating agent and a second amine, the second amine comprising an aliphatic primary amine. The first functional group provides the dispersant viscosity index improver with soot handling performance attributes and the second functional group provides the dispersant viscosity index improver with sludge and varnish control performance attributes.
US10017708B2
This disclosure relates to a composition for use as an additive for fuels and lubricants including a reductive amination product of a vinyl terminated macromonomer (VTM) based aldehyde. Optionally aldehyde is reacted with the amino compound under condensation conditions sufficient to give an imine intermediate, and the imine intermediate is reacted under hydrogenation conditions sufficient to give the composition. The aldehyde is formed by reacting a VTM under hydroformylation conditions sufficient to form the aldehyde. A reductive amination method for making a composition for use as an additive for fuels and lubricants. The method includes reacting a VTM based aldehyde with an amino compound containing at least one —NH— group under condensation conditions sufficient to give an imine intermediate, and reacting the imine intermediate under hydrogenation conditions sufficient to give said composition. The aldehyde is formed by reacting a VTM under hydroformylation conditions sufficient to form the aldehyde.
US10017707B2
The present disclosure provides a novel method and machine for the production of a biomass composition from waste materials including the steps of evaluating the waste material for emissions related factors, treating the evaluated waste material with the additive composition to form a low emissions biomass composition and shaping the biomass composition into solid fuel formations. The present invention further provides an additive composition used in the treatment of the waste materials that comprises an emission sponge, a filler and optional BTU modifier. The treating step includes the steps of sizing selected waste materials, blending the sized waste materials with the additive composition formulated specifically for the waste material and forming with a press the blended waste materials into solid fuel formations. The resulting biomass solid fuel formations produce lower emissions than typically produced by coal and may be combined with, or used in place of coal in fuel burning structures and devices.
US10017700B1
Biomass pyrolysis reactor with integrated quench and method for converting biomass to liquid bio-oil
An apparatus and method are described for high-yield fast pyrolysis of biomass feedstock to produce a liquid bio-oil product. A bubbling fluidized bed reactor is provided having an integrated, rapid quench apparatus for minimizing secondary cracking reactions that can otherwise lower the yield of bio-oil. A quench stream is provided inside the reactor to minimize the residence time that the product vapors spend at high temperature where cracking can occur. The quench stream is introduced downstream of the fluidized bed but still internal to the reactor. The fluidized bed medium is constrained to the bottom of the reactor and is not cooled by the quench stream.
US10017693B2
To provide a method for suppressing corrosion of glass to be in contact with a liquid material containing fluoride ions or a condensate of gas vaporized therefrom, without adding an alkaline substance, and further without imposing restrictions on e.g. the temperature, the pH, the fluoride ion concentration and the water content.A method for suppressing corrosion of glass to be in contact with either one or both of a liquid material containing fluoride ions and a condensate of gas vaporized from the liquid material, wherein the liquid material contains a powder containing silicon dioxide, and the silicon dioxide is contained in a molar ratio of one or more times to the fluoride ions.
US10017684B2
A method of hydraulic fracturing, and tracer composites for use in the fracturing procedure, for tracing the production of formation water from one or more fractured zones. The tracer composites preferably include a formation water tracer material adsorbed onto a solid carrier material.
US10017679B1
The present invention relates to the field of reagents for oil and gas wells, and discloses a plugging agent for improving bearing capacity and a preparation method of the plugging agent, wherein, the plugging agent contains water, bridging granules, packing granules, and a cementing material, and, based on 100 parts by weight of water, the content of the bridging granules is 3-15 parts by weight, the content of the packing granules is 5-23 parts by weight, and the content of the cementing material is 4-11 parts by weight. The plugging agent in the present invention can improve the bearing capacity of the formation during well plugging, is applicable to shielded temporary plugging against serious leakage loss during extra-deep well drilling, has efficient and quick plugging performance, and is especially applicable to plugging against serious leakage loss in a formation where the well depth is greater than 3,000 m and conventional plugging agents can't attain a satisfactory plugging effect.
US10017676B2
A fiber blend is provided that includes highly fibrillated aramid fibers and is easily dispersed in a polymer matrix. Embodiments of the fiber blend include highly-fibrillated aramid fibers; non-fibrillated aramid fibers; and an anti-static agent.
US10017669B2
A polishing composition includes crystalline metal oxide particles as abrasive grains, wherein the full width at half maximum of a peak portion having the maximum diffracted intensity in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern of the metal oxide particles is less than 1°. Thus, a polishing composition and a polishing method have high polishing speed and suppress defect generation such as a scratch and dishing, which causes to degrade reliability of a semiconductor apparatus in a polishing process of a semiconductor substrate, particularly in a chemical mechanical polishing process of a semiconductor substrate with a metal layer having tungsten, etc.; and a method produces the polishing composition.
US10017664B2
Resist underlayer film-forming composition for forming resist underlayer film with high dry etching resistance, wiggling resistance and exerts good flattening property and embedding property for uneven parts, including resin obtained by reacting organic compound A including aromatic ring and aldehyde B having at least two aromatic hydrocarbon ring groups having phenolic hydroxy group and having structure wherein the aromatic hydrocarbon ring groups are bonded through tertiary carbon atom. The aldehyde B may be compound of Formula (1): The obtained resin may have a unit structure of Formula (2): Ar1 and Ar2 each are C6-40 aryl group. The organic compound A including aromatic ring may be aromatic amine or phenolic hydroxy group-containing compound. The composition may contain further solvent, acid and/or acid generator, or crosslinking agent. Forming resist pattern used for semiconductor production, including forming resist underlayer film by applying the resist underlayer film-forming composition onto semiconductor substrate and baking it.
US10017663B2
A polyurethane/acrylic hybrid dispersion comprising a polyurethane dispersion, acrylic monomers and ethylenically unsaturated phosphorus containing monomers. The weight ratio of the solid content of the polyurethane dispersion to the acrylic monomers and the ethylenically unsaturated phosphorus containing monomers is from 3:7 to 7:3. A process of making the polyurethane/acrylic hybrid dispersion.
US10017659B1
A wire terminal assembly is disclosed in which a conductive terminal is connected to a conductive cable core along a conductive connection interface. A coating is disposed over the conductive connection interface that is the product of a free radical polymerization reaction of a coating composition applied over the conductive connection interface, the coating composition including: (1) an oligomer comprising at least two active unsaturated bonds, (2) a monomer comprising an unsaturated bond, and (3) a compound comprising a plurality of thiol groups.
US10017658B2
To provide an aqueous coating composition with which a coating film having a sufficient self-cleaning function can be formed even in a case where an aqueous fluorinated resin dispersion is blended as an aqueous synthetic resin dispersion or a case where an isocyanate compound is contained as a curing agent can be formed; an aqueous coating material kit with which the aqueous coating composition can be obtained; and an article having a coated film having a sufficient self-cleaning function.An aqueous coating composition, which comprises an aqueous synthetic resin dispersion and a urethane polyol, wherein the urethane polyol is a reaction product of a polyoxyalkylene diol having as units an oxyalkylene group of a structure such that an oxygen atom is bonded to one end of a branched alkylene group, and an aliphatic diisocyanate.
US10017653B2
An aqueous pigment ink composition having high scratch resistance and good ejection properties and redispersibility, an ink jet recording method using the aqueous pigment ink composition, and a colored substance including the aqueous pigment ink composition. The ink composition includes a colorant, a resin, and water. The colorant includes a coloring matter that is substantially insoluble in water. The resin is a polymer produced by polymerization of at least one monomer represented by the following formula (1) in which R1 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and R2 denotes a methyl group, a C8 alkyl group, or the like.
US10017646B2
A composition for forming silica layer includes a silicon-containing polymer and a solvent, wherein a weight average molecular weight of the silicon-containing polymer ranges from about 2,000 to about 100,000 and a branching ratio (a) of the silicon-containing polymer calculated by Equation 1 ranges from about 0.25 to about 0.50. η=k·Ma [Equation 1] In Equation 1, η is an intrinsic viscosity of a silicon-containing polymer, M is an absolute molecular weight of a silicon-containing polymer, a is a branching ratio, and k is an intrinsic constant.
US10017637B2
The composition includes: at least one binder chosen from phenolic resins, and particles formed from at least one pulverulent solid chosen from glass, polymers and silica, and mixtures thereof, the particles having an average size of less than 1 mm, wherein the composition includes between 34% and 50% by weight of the pulverulent material relative to the total weight of the composition. A sandwich composite material including such a composition and a process for preparing such a sandwich composite material are also described.
US10017635B2
A thermoplastic resin composition includes a rubber-modified polystyrene-based resin, a pentaerythritol ester compound and a fatty acid amide compound, wherein a total content of the pentaerythritol ester compound and the fatty acid amide compound is ranging from 4 parts to 8 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the rubber-modified polystyrene-based resin, and a ratio of a content of the pentaerythritol ester compound to the total content of the pentaerythritol ester compound and the fatty acid amide compound is in a range of larger than 0.2 to less than 0.83.
US10017633B2
A method of determining the viability of a gum for use in making a product has been achieved by (a) mixing a sample of the gum in a solvent comprising one or more hydroxy moiety containing solvent compound to form a solution with the gum; (b) measuring the viscosity of the solution and comparing against a predetermined target viscosity for a product; and (c) comparing the viscosity of the solution and the predetermined target viscosity and discarding gum which is outside the predetermined target viscosity; and (d) using the gum which has a viscosity within the predetermined target to prepare a product; wherein another hydroxy moiety containing solvent is used if water is used as a solvent. Also described are compositions comprising the gum and solvent comprising one or more hydroxy moiety.
US10017631B2
The present invention provides a resin composition for a radar cover. The resin composition includes carbon nanotubes and a polymer resin. The resin composition does not interfere with the transmission of signals from a radar while protecting the radar from the surroundings.
US10017625B2
The present invention provides a rubber composition that can offer excellent abrasion resistance when applied to a tire member such as a tread, without deteriorating rolling resistance. To solve the problem, a rubber composition according to the present invention contains a rubber component, hydrous silicate, and a surfactant, in which the hydrous silicate is modified by the surfactant before being kneaded with the rubber component.
US10017622B2
Polymeric compositions having improved flame retardance properties are disclosed. The compositions comprise a cross-linkable polycarbonate resin having a photoactive group derived from a dihydroxybenzophenone, and also include a colorant. Certain colorant packages lead to an unexpected increase in crosslinking.
US10017621B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a porous material, at least comprising the steps of providing a mixture (I) comprising a water soluble polysaccharide, at least one compound suitable to react as cross-linker for the polysaccharide or to release a cross-linker for the polysaccharide, and water, and preparing a gel (A) comprising exposing mixture (I) to carbon dioxide at a pressure in the range of from 20 to 100 bar for a time sufficient to form a gel (A), and depressurizing the gel (A). Gel (A) subsequently is exposed to a water miscible solvent (L) to obtain a gel (B), which is dried. The invention further relates to the porous materials which can be obtained in this way and the use of the porous materials as thermal insulation material, for cosmetic applications, for biomedical applications or for pharmaceutical applications.
US10017617B2
Disclosed herein are ethylene-based polymers having low densities and narrow molecular weight distributions, but high melt strengths for blown film processing. Such polymers can be produced by peroxide-treating a metallocene-catalyzed resin.
US10017614B2
The present invention relates to an epoxy-resin composition as matrix component for sheet molding compounds (SMC) and/or bulk molding compounds (BMC), comprising a resin component comprising at least one epoxy resin and a hardener component comprising at least one imidazole compound and at least one latent hardener. In said epoxy-resin composition, the amount of the imidazole compounds used is in the range from 0.007 to 0.025 mol per mole of epoxy groups of the entire composition, and the total amount of primary amine groups optionally comprised does not exceed a proportion of 0.09 mol per mole of epoxy groups of the entire composition. The invention also relates to a fiber-matrix-semifinished-product composition (SMC composition or BMC composition) with, as matrix component, the epoxy-resin composition mentioned, and with, suspended therein, short reinforcement fibers with an average length of from 0.3 to 5.0 cm. The fiber-matrix-semifinished-product composition can be produced via mixing of the constituents, whereupon the composition thickens. The resultant thickened product (semisolid fiber-matrix semifinished product) features comparatively short maturing time and comparatively long available operating time. The invention also relates to the corresponding semisolid fiber-matrix composite, in particular to the semisolid SMC and to the corresponding cured fiber-matrix semifinished product, in particular the cured SMC. Finally, the invention also relates to a screening process for identifying epoxy-resin-based compositions which are suitable for use as thermoset matrix for producing SMC.
US10017613B2
A carbon fiber-reinforced polyarylene sulfide has both dynamic characteristics and molding cycle characteristics and can be produced with high productivity by preparing a polycarbodiimide-modified polyarylene sulfide using a polyarylene sulfide and a polycarbodiimide as raw materials, then melting the resulting polycarbodiimide-modified polyarylene sulfide, and combining the polycarbodiimide-modified polyarylene sulfide with carbon fibers at a specific ratio to produce a composite.
US10017606B2
A molded article comprising at least one polyester which comprises: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: i) 95 to 99.99 mole % of terephthalic acid residues; and ii) 0.01 to 5 mole % of isophthalic acid; and (b) a glycol component comprising: i) 5 to 15 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; ii) 85 to 95 mole % of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues; and iii) 5 mole % or less of modifying glycols which are not 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol or cyclohexanedimethanol, wherein the polyester has an inherent viscosity from 0.80 to 1.0 dL/g and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 90 to 110° C., and wherein the molded article does not contain polycarbonate.
US10017605B2
Foam compositions are provided. The compositions are prepared from multi-functional acetoacetate esters and multi-functional amines or acrylates. The foam compositions can include one or more additives. The foam compositions can be used for home and commercial insulation, air sealing, sound proofing, structural improvement, and exterior roofing, among other applications. The foam compositions provide advantages of being isocyanate free and offer reduced exposure to isocyanate.
US10017604B2
Provided are a modified epoxy resin and a modified epoxy resin whose cured products exhibit good heat resistance and dielectric properties, methods for producing these, a curable resin composition, a cured product of the curable resin composition, and a printed wiring substrate. A modified phenolic resin comprises a phenolic resin structure (A), wherein at least one aromatic nucleus (a) in the phenolic resin structure (A) has, as a substituent, a structural segment (1) represented by structural formula (1) below: In the formula, Ar each independently represent a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, or a structural segment having, on an aromatic nucleus of a phenyl or naphthyl group, at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, a phenyl group, and an aralkyl group.
US10017597B2
A substantially gel-free and substantially linear biodegradable polyester obtainable by reaction with a radical initiator starting from a precursor polyester provided with an unsaturated chain terminator, wherein the terminator has the formula: T-(CH2)n-CH═CH2, wherein “T” is selected from hydroxylic, carboxylic, amine, amide or ester group, and “n” is an integer comprised between 0 and 13. The content of the unsaturated chain terminator is between 0.01 and less than 1% by moles with respect to the moles of repetitive units of the polyester precursor; and the content of the radical initiator is less than 0.08 wt % with respect to the quantity of the precursor polyester.
US10017587B2
A method for producing a (meth)acrylic resin composition, the method comprising continuously feeding a polymerizable monomer component comprising 50 to 100% by mass of methyl methacrylate, 0 to 20% by mass of an acrylic acid alkyl ester and 0 to 30% by mass of an additional monomer, a chain transfer agent, and a radical polymerization initiator to a tank reactor; conducting bulk polymerization of the polymerizable monomer component at a polymerization conversion ratio of 40 to 70% by mass to obtain a liquid containing a (meth)acrylic resin; continuously feeding the liquid to a vented extruder to separate a volatile component from the (meth)acrylic resin; continuously feeding the separated volatile component to a distillation column to obtain a fraction containing methyl methacrylate; adding a polymerization inhibitor to the fraction; and reusing the fraction which contains the polymerization inhibitor as part of the polymerizable monomer component.
US10017586B2
This invention relates to monodisperse cross-linked polymer particles, comprising particles with a substantially smooth outer surface and an average diameter of less than 1 μm, wherein the particles are solid or porous, and wherein the coefficient of variation (CV) % of the particles, when measured by CPS disk centrifugation analysis, is less than 15%. These monodisperse cross-linked polymer particles may comprise magnetic material and are useful in various application. This invention also relates to monodisperse polymer particles for use as seed particles in the Ugelstad process.
US10017570B2
The present invention relates to an repebody capable of binding specifically to interleukin-6 (IL-6) to inhibit the biological activity of IL-6, a polynucleotide encoding the repebody, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a recombinant microorganism having introduced therein the polynucleotide or the vector, a method of producing the repebody using the recombinant microorganism, a composition for preventing or treating cancer, which comprises the repebody, and a method for preventing or treating cancer, which comprises administering the composition for preventing or treating cancer, which comprises the repebody. The repebody of the present invention significantly reduces the activity of signal transduction and activator of transciption3 (STAT3) and the concentration of interleukin-6, and thus can be widely used as an agent for preventing or treating IL-6-related diseases.
US10017567B2
Described herein are compositions and methods relating to LAP-binding agents, including, for example, anti-LAP antibodies, and to their use in methods of treatment of cancer. LAP-binding agents affected both systemic and intra-tumor immunity and were shown effective to treat a broad spectrum of cancer types.
US10017564B2
The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing CLD18, including tumor-related diseases such as gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, hepatic cancer, head-neck cancer, and cancer of the gallbladder.
US10017559B2
The invention relates to the identification of a highly stable single domain antibody scaffold (hs2d Ab) and its use in generating synthetic single domain antibody library (hs2d Ab-L1). The invention also relates to antigen-binding proteins comprising said stable single domain antibody scaffold and their uses, in particular as therapeutics.
US10017533B2
The present application provides a family of highly resistant and water-stable Titanium and Vanadium complexes, which may be administered directly without a further hydrolysis step and which solubility and cell-penetration characteristics may be modifiable by reducing their particle size to the nanoscale.
US10017531B2
The present disclosure is in relation to the field of nanotechnology and cancer therapeutics. In particular, the present disclosure relates to carbene compounds, particularly platinum containing carbenes and corresponding nanoparticles thereof. The disclosure further relates to synthesis of said platinum containing carbenes, nanoparticles and compositions comprising said platinum containing carbenes/nanoparticles. The disclosure also relates to methods of managing cancer by employing aforesaid platinum based compounds, nanoparticles and compositions.
US10017530B2
The present invention relates to a fluorination method for phosphonitrilic chloride trimer and its derivatives including using phosphonitrilicchloride or partially substituted phosphonitrilic chloride trimer as raw material to fluorinate with fluorinating agent in an ionic liquid to replace the chlorine in chloro-cyclotriphosphazene molecule. The present invention uses non-volatile and pollution free ionic liquids as solvent, and just controls a distillation temperature to get a hexafluorocyclotriphosphazene or derivatives thereof with high-purity. It overcomes the shortcoming of the average solvent system that the solvent forms azeotrope with products. The post-process is simple. The production rate is high, and the ionic liquid can be recycled. The present invention produces products with high purity.
US10017523B2
The invention features compounds of Formula (I), Formula (I)-A and Formula (I)-B as disclosed herein, as well as methods of synthesis, therapy, diagnostics, and assays.
US10017521B2
The present invention provides a novel chromone oxime derivative of formula (I), which is a modulator of nervous system receptors sensitive to glutamate and, furthermore, presents an advantageously high brain penetration upon oral administration. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing this compound, and to its use for the treatment or prevention of conditions associated with altered glutamatergic signalling and/or functions, or conditions which can be affected by alteration of glutamate level or signalling, particularly acute and chronic neurological and/or psychiatric disorders.
US10017516B2
The present invention provides small molecule inhibitors of BMP signaling. These compounds may be used to modulate cell growth, differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis, and thus may be useful for treating diseases or conditions associated with BMP signaling, including inflammation, cardiovascular disease, hematological disease, cancer, and bone disorders, as well as for modulating cellular differentiation and/or proliferation. These compounds may also be used to reduce circulating levels of ApoB-100 or LDL and treat or prevent acquired or congenital hypercholesterolemia or hyperlipoproteinemia; diseases, disorders, or syndromes associated with defects in lipid absorption or metabolism; or diseases, disorders, or syndromes caused by hyperlipidemia.
US10017512B2
This disclosure relates to inhibitors of NTRK that are active against wild-type NTRK and its resistant mutants, such as compounds of Formula (I):
US10017511B2
The present invention relates to Pyrazolopyrimidinone compounds as PDE5 inhibitors with better IC50 value, good in vivo efficacy and PK profile and a process for the preparation thereof. The present invention covers the pyrazolo pyrimidinone based compounds that have been designed, synthesized and screened for PDE5 inhibitory activity and its PDE5 inhibitory potential is provided in this invention. These designer compounds have shown nanomolar potency when screened for PDE5 inhibitory activity and also shown better in vivo efficacy. These compounds can be used in the treatment of male erectile dysfunction or in the treatment of impotence.
US10017509B2
The present invention relates to substituted macrocylic pyrimidine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein the variables have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention have EF2K inhibitory activity and optionally also Vps34 inhibitory activity. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
US10017503B2
The disclosure encompasses compounds having e.g., Formula (Ia) or (Ib), compositions thereof, and methods of modulating CFTR activity. The disclosure also encompasses methods of treating a condition associated with CFTR activity or condition associated with a dysfunction of proteostasis comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I) or (Ib).
US10017500B2
The present invention provides a compound having a particular chemical structure or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof which has an excellent inhibitory effect on EZH1 and/or EZH2 activity. The present invention provides a compound having a 1,3-benzodioxole structure represented by the general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound (wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and V in the formula (I) are each as defined in the present specification).
US10017487B2
The present invention relates to a condensed heterocyclic compound that has an enteropeptidase inhibitory effect, and use of the compound as a medicament for the treatment or prevention of obesity, diabetes mellitus, or the like. Specifically, the present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof, and use of the compound as a medicament for the treatment or prevention of obesity, diabetes mellitus, or the like [in the formula, each symbol is as defined in the specification].
US10017486B2
The present invention relates generally to processes for converting fructose-containing feedstocks to a product comprising 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF) and water in the presence of water, solvent and an acid catalyst. In some embodiments, the conversion of fructose to HMF is controlled at a partial conversion endpoint characterized by a yield of HMF from fructose that does not exceed about 80 mol %. In these and other embodiments, the processes provide separation techniques for separating and recovering the product, unconverted fructose, solvent and acid catalyst to enable the effective recovery and reutilization of reaction components.
US10017484B2
A catalyst composition which comprises titanium, wherein part of the titanium is present as a titanium dioxide phase and at least some of the titanium dioxide phase is in the brookite polymorphic form is provided. In some embodiments, the catalyst also comprises a silica support which exhibits a high surface area and pore volume. Methods of preparing the catalyst and its use in an epoxidation reaction are also provided.
US10017483B2
The invention relates to enzymatic methods for epoxidation of a non-cyclic aliphatic alkene, or a terpene.
US10017481B2
The conformationally restricted, spatially defined macrocyclic ring system of formula (I) is constituted by three distinct molecular parts: Template A, conformation Modulator B and Bridge C. Macrocycles described by this ring system I are readily manufactured by parallel synthesis or combinatorial chemistry in solution or on solid phase. They are designed to interact with a variety of specific biological target classes, examples being agonistic or antagonistic activity on G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), inhibitory activity on enzymes or antimicrobial activity. In particular, these macrocycles show inhibitory activity on endothelin converting enzyme of subtype 1 (ECE-1) and/or the cysteine protease cathepsin S (CatS), and/or act as antagonists of the oxytocin (OT) receptor, thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) receptor and/or leukotriene B4 (LTB4) receptor, and/or as agonists of the bombesin 3 (BB3) receptor, and/or show antimicrobial activity against at least one bacterial strain. Thus they are showing great potential as medicaments for a variety of diseases.
US10017478B2
Described are cancer therapies and anti-cancer compounds. In particular, disclosed are inhibitors of Ack1 tyrosine kinase and their use in the treatment of cancer. Methods of screening for new Ack1 tyrosine kinase inhibitors are also disclosed. In specific example, compound having Formula I through IV are disclosed.
US10017473B1
A method for preparing pentachloropyridine by utilizing DCTF rectifying short steaming residues, comprising the following steps: converting polymers in the residues through in situ catalytic cracking and vacuum distillation by using the catalytic degradation function of a catalyst formed by aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, zirconia, 4A zeolite, magnesium oxide, mordenite and HZSM-5 zeolite on the polymers in the DCTF rectifying short steaming residues into small molecular compounds and obtaining pentachloropyridine-containing crude oil; washing the pentachloropyridine-containing crude oil by using an aqueous solution of an alkaline assistant formed by sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate and sodium hydroxide, carrying out reduced pressure rectification, refrigerating crystallization, vacuum filtration or centrifuging separation, solvent washing, and vacuum drying method sequentially to obtain a pentachloropyridine product with a mass percentage content greater than 95% at a yield being 1-15% of the mass of the DCTF rectifying short steaming residues.
US10017463B2
Disclosed are small molecule inhibitors of deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs), and methods of using them. Certain compounds are selective for particular ubiquitin-specific proteases (USPs).
US10017460B2
The present application describes amphiphatic compounds like compound IIa below, compositions and methods for incorporating chemoselective and bio-orthogonal complementary functional groups into liposomes. Such compounds are incorporated in greater numbers in liposome and fused cell surfaces, leading to greater adhesion and conjugation efficiency. The present application also describes various uses of these modified liposomes including for tethering the chemoselective and bioorthogonal complementary functional groups from cell surfaces by liposome delivery toward the goal of rewiring the cell surface.
US10017459B2
β-Substituted β-amino acids, β-substituted β-amino acid derivatives, and β-substituted β-amino acid analogs and (bio)isosteres and their use as chemotherapeutic agents are disclosed. The β-substituted β-amino acid derivatives and β-substituted β-amino acid analogs and (bio)isosteres are selective LAT1/4F2hc substrates and exhibit rapid uptake and retention in tumors expressing the LAT1/4F2hc transporter. Methods of synthesizing the β-substituted β-amino acid derivatives and β-substituted β-amino acid analogs and methods of using the compounds for treating cancer are also disclosed. The β-substituted β-amino acid derivatives and β-substituted β-amino acid analogs exhibit selective uptake in tumor cells expressing the LAT1/4F2hc transporter and accumulate in cancerous cells when administered to a subject in vivo. The β-substituted β-amino acid derivatives and β-substituted β-amino acid analogs and (bio)isosteres exhibit cytotoxicity toward several tumor types.
US10017453B2
The present disclosure provides pharmaceutically acceptable stable salt forms of 15-lipoxygenase products, such as 15-HETrE lysine salt, compositions comprising same and methods of making and using same.
US10017448B2
A process for ring hydrogenation of a benzenepolycarboxylic acid or derivative thereof, includes contacting a feed stream comprising the acid or derivative thereof with a hydrogen containing gas in the presence of a catalyst under hydrogenation conditions to produce a hydrogenated product, wherein the catalyst contains rhodium and ruthenium.
US10017444B2
The invention relates to a natural vanillin, which is in the form of an amorphous solid of which the color, in ethanolic solution at 10% by weight, is less than or equal to 200 Hazen, preferably less than or equal to 100 Hazen.
US10017442B2
The present invention relates to a polyphenol derivative of the stilbenoid family, namely trans-3,5,4′-trihydroxybibenzyl, also known as dihydro-resveratrol, as a remedial agent. In particular, the present invention presents the usage of dihydro-resveratrol or its derivatives/chemical variants in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of tumors or cancers. The dihydrostilbenes can be used in the treatment or delay of progression of a cancer in a patient or used in a pharmaceutical formulation for the aforementioned purposes.
US10017441B2
A method of making an anti-Markovnikov addition product, comprises reacting an acid with an alkene or alkyne in a dual catalyst reaction system to the exclusion of oxygen to produce said anti-Markovnikov addition product; the dual catalyst reaction system comprising a single electron oxidation catalyst in combination with a hydrogen atom donor catalyst. Dual catalyst composition useful for carrying out such methods are also described.
US10017437B2
The present invention is a method for purifying a fluorohydrocarbon compound comprising bringing a crude saturated fluorohydrocarbon compound having 4 or 5 carbon atoms into contact with a salt-type strongly acidic ion-exchange resin to remove water from the crude saturated fluorohydrocarbon compound. The present invention provides a method for purifying a fluorohydrocarbon compound that can sufficiently remove water from the fluorohydrocarbon compound without causing a decrease in the purity of the fluorohydrocarbon compound due to decomposition.
US10017435B2
The present invention refers to a process for producing 5-[4-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl)-1-oxo-prop-1-yl]-3-[4-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl)-1-oxo-prop-1-yl-phenyl]-2,3-dihydro-1,1,3-trimethyl-1H-indene (dimer isomer 5) that comprises the synthesis from cumene and dimerization of 2-methyl-1-(4-(prop-1-en-2-yl)phenyl)propan-1-one in the presence of acid catalysts.
US10017414B2
White, opaque, β-spodumene glass-ceramic articles with tunable color and methods for making the same
Crystallizable glasses, glass-ceramics, IXable glass-ceramics, and IX glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics exhibit β-spodumene ss as the predominant crystalline phase. These glasses and glass-ceramics, in mole %, include: 62-75 SiO2; 10.5-18 Al2O3; 5-14 Li2O; 2-12 B2O3; and 0.4-2 Fe2O3. Additionally, these glasses and glass-ceramics can exhibit the following criteria: a ratio: [ Li 2 O + Na 2 O + K 2 O + MgO + Zn O ] [ Al 2 O 3 ] between 0.8 to 1.5. The glass-ceramics also exhibit colors at an observer angle of 10° and a CIE illuminant F02 determined with specular reflectance of a* between −0.5 and 0.5, b* between −2.5 and +2, and L* between 90 and 93.
US10017408B1
In accordance with the present invention, problems related to produced water management are addressed. The proposed produced water evaporation system incorporates several simple components in a closed system to achieve a safe and effective produced water reduction alternative that can be efficient and sustainable on active natural gas well pads.
US10017395B2
The ammonia synthesis catalyst of the present invention, comprises: a powder of a perovskite oxyhydride having hydride (H−) incorporated therein as a support; and a metal or a metal compound exhibiting a catalytic activity for ammonia synthesis, supported on the support, and the perovskite oxyhydride is represented by ATiO3-xHx (wherein A represents Ca, Sr, or Ba, and 0.1≤x≤0.6).
US10017381B2
A microfabricated pressure transducer is formed in a multilayer substrate by etching a plurality of shallow and deep wells into the layers, and then joining these wells with voids formed by anisotropic etching. The voids define a flexible membrane over the substrate which deforms when a force is applied.
US10017374B1
A refueling system for supplying fuel to at least one piece of fracturing equipment. The refueling system can have a main fuel source and at least one pressurization unit. The pressurization unit can have an optional pump, a motor, a motor fuel source, a supply coupling device and a return coupling device. The refueling system can have sensors in the one or more supply fuel lines and in the one or more return fuel lines for receiving flow rate information and pressure information, wherein the flow rate information and pressure information are compared to preset limits and a message can be transmitted when the flow rate information and pressure information falls below or exceeds the preset limits to adjust rates of operation.
US10017373B2
A system and method to supply nitrogen gas is provided. Ambient air is compressed and stored in a storage receiver and then nitrogen is separated from the compressed air in a nitrogen membrane separation unit. The separated nitrogen is stored in a nitrogen storage tank under pressure and released through a pressure control valve. The system is confined to a small footprint and is useful as a nitrogen source where conventional compressed nitrogen tanks are a safety or space issue. Systems to prepare nitrogen infused beverages are also provided.
US10017371B2
A dispenser machine for storing and dispensing viscous foods and beverages and provides for the efficient and safe dispensation of a viscous food or beverage product that is contained in a flexible product container and which does not come into direct contact with the dispenser equipment. The dispenser includes an evacuation system which includes a weighted roller or slidable weight in contact with one or more sides of the product container and which operates by force of gravity to pressure and direct the food or beverage product contained in the container toward and out of the bag or container tube spout. A pump unit, which is configurable to provide for the dispensation of both food and beverage products with different viscosities by the addition or removal of one or pump pins, draws product from the container as desired and the pump unit pins operate to pinch and prevent the flow of product from the container tube spout after the pump is shut off.
US10017370B2
A machine for filling containers, each container having a longitudinal axis, the machine comprising: a conveying device; at least one handling unit including a support device configured to receive and retain a container and at least one filling device selectively activated for feeding a pourable product into the container while the at least one handling unit travels along the transfer path; a pressurizing circuit; a decompression circuit; at least one actuating device; and a control unit configured to: control activation and deactivation of the at least one filling device and the at least one actuating device; control connection of the pressurization circuit and the decompression circuit with the container; and simultaneously maintain the at least one actuating device in an active state while the decompression circuit is in communication with the container so as to rotate the container about the longitudinal axis during decompression.
US10017361B2
A handrail drive for driving a handrail of a person-transporting device has at least one drive device and at least one counterpressure device. The counterpressure device contains at least one loading device and at least two counterpressure rollers, wherein the handrail can be guided between the drive device and the counterpressure device. The counterpressure rollers load the handrail against the drive device by a pressing force caused by the preloading force of the loading device. At least one flexible pulling element is arranged between the at least one counterpressure roller and the loading device, by which flexible pulling element the preloading force of the loading device can be transferred to the at least one counterpressure roller.
US10017355B2
The invention allows personalization of an elevator service in an elevator system with destination control. Sensor data provided by a three-dimensional motion sensor and related to a passenger tracked by the three-dimensional motion sensor is received at a service unit of the elevator system with destination control. A personalized elevator service functionality for the tracked passenger is determined with the service unit based at least on the received sensor data. The personalized elevator service functionality is triggered with the service unit.
US10017348B2
Provided is a winding device capable of speeding up a winding operation while ensuring a winding quality. A feed roller feeds a sheet-like member. A take-up roller takes up the sheet-like member. Each roller guides transportation of the sheet-like member between the feed roller and the take-up roller. A sum of moments of inertia of each free roller is determined so that a variation in a tension applied to the sheet-like member is equal to or less than 16.7 [N/m].
US10017341B2
In a bank-note processing machine, bank notes are guided through between two components of a checking device by means of a transport band. The transport band is led away at least partly from the checking device by means of deflection rollers to enable a better check of the bank notes and a trouble-free transport of the bank notes.
US10017334B2
Provided is a dual lumber stacker assembly having two stackers constructed to remove lumber from a conveyor and stack the lumber. The arms are moved forward and aft by associated crank drives. The arms are moved upwards and downwards by associated cam drives. Also provided is a method stacking lumber using the dual lumber stacker.
US10017327B2
Conveying equipment with utilization of a conveying traveling body includes a conveying traveling body which includes a plurality of trolleys in a traveling direction and a load bar connecting these trolleys and a friction drive section which is provided in the traveling path of the conveying traveling body. The load bar is provided immediately below a pair of left and right guide rails for supporting and guiding the conveying traveling body, and a friction drive wheel which is pressure-contacted with a side surface of the load bar to propel the conveying traveling body in the friction drive section is arranged below the guide rails.
US10017318B2
An apparatus and system for preparing a hair coloring includes as graduated syringe and a container filled with a pigmented hair dye. The container includes an air-tight chamber and an opening, and also includes an engagement mechanism for installing the container on a rack for support. An air-tight reclosing seal at the opening allows the syringe to engage the air-tight reclosing seal, and extract the hair dye from the air-tight chamber. When the syringe is disengaged from the container, the air-tight reclosing seal closes off the air-tight chamber and permitting a known quantity of the hair dye to be withdrawn from the container into the syringe, allowing an accurate and repeatable quantity of hair dye to be dispensed from the container.
US10017315B2
An evacuated bottle system including a bottle defining a hollow interior, the bottle having a neck defining an opening that provides fluid communication with the interior; a cap assembly including a funnel having a first portion and a second portion, where the second portion extends radially outward from the first portion to form a floor on an interior thereof and a shoulder on an exterior thereof, the first portion defining a first bore and the second portion defining a second bore fluidly connected to the first bore; a self serum stopper having a self sealing membrane that extends radially outward to overlie at least a portion of the floor of the funnel; and a cap having a cap wall sized to fit over the funnel and a cover portion extending radially inward from the cap wall.
US10017308B2
A display container includes a rear panel, two side panels, a first support structure enclosing first edges of the two side panels and the rear panel, a second structure distancing from the first support structure for enclosing second edges of the two side panels and the rear panel, and a reception cavity formed thereby. The display container is featured that the first support structure is foldable along fold lines and formed by a first planar panel, a face panel, a first interior panel and a foot flap in order. A cutout is formed on the first interior panel and is described by a restraint edge. The foot flap retains against the rear panel; the foot flap has at least one tongue registering at least one tongue slit defined at the rear panel.
US10017303B2
The present invention relates to a medical package for enclosing pharmaceutical composition or medical devices, with at least three degrees of child protection means. The package cannot be crushed or perforated by a child, and is provided with opening means which physically hinder children from opening the package. The opening means are counter-intuitive, so that reading instructions is necessary in order to open the package.
US10017302B2
An apparatus and method for coating an end of a stoppered beverage bottle in wax are provided. A cap assembly is positioned over a mouth of the bottle prior to coating the end of the bottle in wax. The cap assembly may facilitate removal of a portion of the wax from the bottle to allow removal of the stopper and dispensing of the beverage. In an implementation, the cap assembly includes a cap portion sized to be received over at least a portion of a bottle mouth and the stopper. A spike protrudes downwardly from the cap portion, and is configured to at least partially pierce a bottle stopper. A tear ring is frangibly attached to the cap portion by one or more regions of mechanical weakening. A pull tab extends outwardly from the tear ring to facilitate frangible separation of the tear ring from the cap portion.
US10017301B2
Container assemblies including an insulated cap for sealing the mouth of the container, the insulated cap including an outer shell, an insulation block defining a plurality of elongate voids disposed at least partially within the outer shell, a securing element configured to secure the cap to the container, and a sealing member configured to form a seal between the insulated cap and the container when the insulated cap is secured to the container by the securing element.
US10017300B2
Flexible containers with product dispensing visibility. The containers may include: a multiple dose product volume; a structural support frame that supports the product volume in a stand-up orientation; a dispenser; and a flow channel in fluid communication with the product volume and the dispenser. The flow channel may be made from flexible materials forming a sealed leg of a gusset. Fluent product may flow from the product volume, through the flow channel, and out the dispenser when the container is externally compressed. The sealed leg of the gusset has a first side and a second side. The first side of the sealed leg of the gusset has opaque decoration that overlays substantially all of the flow channel, and the second side of the sealed leg of the gusset has one or more non-opaque portions that overlay the flow channel.
US10017298B2
A set of nesting dinnerware includes a bowl, a mug and a plate. The dimensions of the mug are such that the same can fit within the bowl, either in an upright or rotated position. The base of the plate is configured to fit over the upper opening of the bowl. Once the mug is inserted in the bowl, the base of the plate is positioned over the opening of the bowl, creating a nested set of dinnerware. Multiple sets of nested dinnerware can be stacked on top of each other to further save space.
US10017296B2
A pallet having a unique runner system where each runner opens into the upper deck of the pallet or opens away from the upper deck, and each runner is formed of a construction of z girts back to back resulting in a flattened “V” or “U”. Each runner may optionally include an elongated notch on its bottom surface or an opening to allow forklift tines to slide into for easy transport of the pallet. The pallet may also include cross runners of similar construction for additional strength. The pallet's construction allows the pallet to be made of plastic material, perhaps molded, providing lighter weight and longer durability than its wooden cousins.
US10017281B2
There is presented a device and method for filling and advancing a series of containers including a first container and a next container. The device includes first and second assemblies having first and second restraining members respectively. The assemblies are positionable relative to each other in an object-receiving configuration in which the first restraining member and the second restraining member are inserted into the first container, and at least partially define a gap therebetween for deposition of an object. They are also positionable in a transitional configuration in which the second restraining member is raised relative to the first restraining member, and a lower portion of the second restraining member is positioned above and behind a leading internal face of the next container; and a container advancement configuration in which at least part of the second restraining member is in contact with and applying an advancement force to the leading internal face of the next container.
US10017278B2
A gyroscopic orbiter with vertical takeoff and vertical landing capabilities can transition between different functional modes while in-flight. The orbiter typically includes a fuselage, a front boom, a front propulsion unit, a rear boom, and a rear propulsion unit. The front boom is mounted at two pivot points to a bow of the fuselage by the front boom. The rear boom is mounted at two pivot points to a stern of the fuselage by the rear boom. One functional mode is the vertical takeoff and landing mode, wherein the propulsion units are oriented parallel to each other and are directed upward. Another functional mode is the shuttle mode, wherein the propulsion units are oriented at an angle with each other, and the front propulsion unit is directed forward. Another functional mode is the high speed mode, wherein the propulsion units are oriented collinear with a roll axis of the fuselage.
US10017276B2
System and methods for servicing and monitoring shock struts are provided. A shock strut servicing assistance system may comprise: a controller in electronic communication with a display; and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising: calculating, by the controller, a dead volume of a shock strut and determining, by the controller, a first decision, the first decision being whether or not the dead volume of the shock strut is negative. A shock strut servicing assistance system may be for servicing a shock strut having a negative dead volume.
US10017274B2
An exterior helicopter light unit (2) with a dynamic output light intensity distribution includes a plurality of LEDs (30), and an optical system (32) for shaping the output light intensity distribution from light emitted by the plurality of LEDs (30), wherein each of the plurality of LEDs (30) contributes to the output light intensity distribution in an LED-specific output direction region, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of LEDs (30) are individually dimmable, with a level of dimming for each of said portion of the plurality of LEDs (30) in operation being set depending on a distance of the exterior helicopter light unit (2) to ground (200) in the respective LED-specific output direction region.
US10017273B2
A flap skew detection system is configured to detect flap skew of one or more flaps moveably secured to one or more wings of an aircraft. The flap skew detection system includes a flap support assembly that couples a flap to a wing. The flap support assembly includes a fixed portion that is configured to secure to the wing, a moveable portion that is moveably coupled to the fixed portion and configured to securely support the flap, and a link moveably coupled to the fixed portion and the moveable portion. The link includes a cylinder defining an internal chamber including a hydraulic fluid chamber, a piston having a piston head within the internal chamber, and hydraulic fluid retained within the hydraulic fluid chamber. A pressure detector is fluidly coupled to the hydraulic fluid chamber. The pressure detector is configured to detect a fluid pressure of the hydraulic fluid pressure within the hydraulic fluid chamber. The fluid pressure detected by the pressure detector is used to determine existence of flap skew.
US10017270B2
A propulsion system for an aircraft is provided having an aft engine configured to be mounted to the aircraft at an aft end of the aircraft. The aft engine includes a fan rotatable about a central axis of the aft engine having a plurality of fan blades attached to a fan shaft. The aft engine also includes a nacelle encircling the plurality of fan blades and a structural support system for mounting the aft engine to the aircraft. The structural support system extends from the fuselage of the aircraft, through the fan shaft, and to the nacelle when the aft engine is mounted to the aircraft. The aft engine may increase a net thrust of the aircraft when mounted to the aircraft.
US10017255B2
The invention provides a means by which AC or USB power/data outlets can be installed onto aircraft passenger seats by an underhung mounting bracket that can be quickly installed with flexible cable ties or adjustable straps to the beams of a passenger aircraft seat, and provides sufficient adjustment in length to accommodate a variety of aircraft seat structures.
US10017252B2
A modular monument comprises a first transport module with a tongue and a second transport module with a groove. The transport modules are arranged one on top of the other and aligned flush with each other on a lateral surface of the monument with the monument in an assembled state. The tongue and grooves engage into each other in the assembled state of the monument in such a way that the transport modules can be shifted relative to each other in a longitudinal direction. The first transport module exhibits a locking element to prevent a relative motion of the two transport modules in the longitudinal direction in the assembled state. The embodiment further relates to an aircraft with a modular monument, as well as to a method for transporting an item in a vehicle.
US10017239B2
A dynamic conformal aerodynamic seal that bridges the gap between an aircraft control surface and an aircraft wing, stabilizer or tail. The seal has a first edge and a second edge, where the first edge of the seal is rigidly coupled to the aircraft wing, stabilizer or tail and the second edge of the seal is slidably coupled to the control surface by magnetic coupling so that when the control surface pivots relative to the aircraft wing, stabilizer or tail, the second edge of the seal slides along the control surface.
US10017231B2
An indicator to be snapped onto an inflator to indicate the “ready” operating condition of the inflator and, upon firing of the inflator by jerking the jerk handle to pivot the firing lever, the firing lever pops off the indicator from the inflator, thereby indicating the “fired” inoperable operating condition.
US10017230B1
The subject invention relates to a method for affixing two or more structures to be used in connection with a floating dock, stationary dock, gang plank, swim platform, or the like. The subject invention more specifically discloses a deck structure which is comprised of one or more sections which are adapted to be interconnected, wherein said sections are comprised of a frame, and a deck, wherein the frame is comprised of a first box-channel on a first side of the frame, a second box-channel on the second side of the frame, and at least two self-squaring cross braces, wherein the self-squaring cross braces are attached to both the first side and the second side of the frame, and wherein the deck is attached to the top side of the frame.
US10017226B2
A fiberglass pontoon boat, having raised and integrated fiberglass side rails, a flat floor, and a side entry level with the flat floor. Integrated seats are molded in fiberglass. The hull and deck join together by flexing the hull to compensate for opposing draft angles of the hull and deck at the side entry. The deck has a floor and at least one other interior component, and terminates in a deck trim flange. The hull has at least two hollow pontoons and at least two side rails that extend from an outer edge of the pontoons, and the hull terminates in a hull trim flange. When assembled, the hull trim flange operatively engages beneath the deck trim flange to form a unified pontoon boat having a space between the deck and hull and wherein the side rails are integrated as structural parts of the interior component.
US10017225B2
A bicycle transmission control device is basically provided with a transmission controller that is programmed to switch between a first control state and a second control state. The bicycle transmission control device operates in accordance with the first control state for controlling a transmission based on a first signal that is input from a first detector, which detects a rotation of a crank. The bicycle transmission control device operates in accordance with the second control state for controlling the transmission based on a second signal that is input from a second detector, which detects a value reflecting a bicycle speed.
US10017222B2
A bicycle mountable storage container is disclosed that includes mounting means for attaching the storage container to a bicycle, and a pair of doors on a top portion of the storage container. The storage container has an internal volume defined in party by opposing side walls, wherein the doors are movable from a closed position to an open position by generally moving away from each other, and subsequently down along the opposing side walls of the storage container.
US10017220B2
A foldable training wheel device has an outer tube, an inner tube, a positioning module, and a training wheel. The inner tube is inserted in the outer tube, is rotatable in the outer tube, is up and down moveable in the outer tube, and has a riding position and a folded position. The positioning module is mounted on the outer tube and the inner tube to position the inner tube on one of the riding position and the folded position relative to the outer tube. The training wheel is mounted on a bottom of the inner tube. Therefore, the foldable training wheel device is provided with two using modes for users.
US10017218B1
A legged robot may seek to operate according to a target gait. The legged robot may include leg members and leg joints. Possibly based on the target gait and state of the legged robot, an ordered list of gait controllers may be obtained. The gait controllers in the ordered list may define respective gaits of the legged robot, and may include respective validity checks and output parameters for the respective gaits. The ordered list may begin with a target gait controller that defines the target gait. The ordered list may be traversed in order from the target gait controller until a validity check associated with a particular gait controller passes. The legged robot may be instructed to actuate the leg members and/or leg joints according to output parameters of the particular gait controller.
US10017200B2
A pet stroller with a removable divider for elevated seating within a canopy enclosed seating area is provided. The pet stroller has a frame assembly and a cloth platform enclosure connected to a platform enclosure member to define a base and a sidewall of a pet seating area. Upper and lower canopy bars are pivotably connected to the handle and are pivotable to extend or retract a canopy over the pet seating area. A cloth canopy assembly is connected to the handle and a canopy bar. The canopy is connectable to the platform enclosure member to form an enclosed pet seating area. The divider is removably located in the pet seating area. The divider includes a divider platform supported at least on the platform enclosure member while still allowing the lower canopy bar to be clamped to the platform enclosure member.
US10017194B1
A railcar lever system for decoupling a first railcar from a second railcar, the system includes a first elongated lever having a working element to engage with a lock lifter at a first end and a stop at an opposing second end; a second elongated lever having a handle at a first end and a stop at an opposing second end; a middle elongated lever configured to slidingly engage with both the first elongated lever and the second elongated lever; a first bracket rigidly secured to a first surface of the middle elongated lever, the first bracket being configured to slidingly receive the first elongated lever; a second bracket rigidly secured to a second surface of the middle elongated, the second bracket being configured to slidingly receive the second elongated lever; a first guide pad removeably attached to the first bracket, the first guide being disposed between an inner surface of the first bracket and an outer surface of the first elongated lever; and a second guide pad removeably attached to the second bracket, the second guide being disposed between an inner surface of the second bracket and an outer surface of the second elongated lever.
US10017191B2
A gondola railcar cleanout door is configured to be coupled to a side plate of a railcar adjacent a railcar floor wherein the side plate and floor each have an opening therein. The cleanout door includes a frame mountable to the railcar side plate structure, adjacent the side plate structure opening; and a door assembly coupled to the frame and moveable between an open position in which the openings in the floor and the side plate may be used to clean out the interior of the railcar, and a closed position substantially closing the openings in the side plate and the floor, wherein the door assembly includes a door side wall member configured to substantially close the opening in the side plate in the closed position and a door floor member configured to substantially close the opening in the floor in the closed position.
US10017189B2
In a driving support device, an image output unit outputs an image including a host vehicle object representing a host vehicle and a nearby vehicle object representing a nearby vehicle, to a display unit. The operation signal input unit receives an operation of a user for changing a distance between the host vehicle object and the nearby vehicle object in the image displayed on the display unit. The command output unit outputs a command for instructing one vehicle to travel following another vehicle when the distance between the host vehicle object and the nearby vehicle object is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, to an automatic driving control unit that controls automatic driving.
US10017187B2
A temperature of a vehicle propulsion subsystem is measured. At least two countermeasures are actuated, including actuating a vehicle climate control subsystem and opening at least one vehicle window when the temperature exceeds a first threshold.
US10017186B2
An optimization system for a vehicle includes a dongle and a wireless device. The vehicle includes a diagnostic port and an electronic control unit (ECU) electrically connected to the diagnostic port. The ECU includes a memory storing vehicle setting data. The dongle is configured to connect with the diagnostic port to enable the dongle to establish a wired communication link with the ECU. The wireless device includes a memory storing program instructions and a processor configured to execute the program instructions to establish a wireless communication link between the ECU and the wireless device via the connected dongle, to determine location data representative of a location of the vehicle, to determine environmental condition data at the location of the vehicle, to receive the vehicle setting data from the ECU, and to generate optimized vehicle setting data using at least the vehicle setting data and the environmental condition data.
US10017185B2
A method is provided for damping electromechanical oscillations in an electromechanical system including at least one electric machine operable with an angular speed and a phase of the angular speed being coupled to at least one torque load and producing an electromotive force. The method includes deriving actual values of the electromotive force and adjusting the phase of the angular speed, based on the derived actual values of the electromotive force, in a direction in which an oscillatory behavior of the electric machine is reduced.
US10017166B2
Disclosed herein are an electronic parking brake system and a method of controlling the same. The electronic parking brake system includes a wheel speed sensor which senses a movement of a vehicle; a vertical acceleration sensor which measures a vertical acceleration value; an electronic control unit (ECU) which determines whether the vehicle is rolling based on the movement of the vehicle and the vertical acceleration value; and a parking brake which brakes the vehicle based on the determination of whether the vehicle is rolling by the ECU.
US10017156B2
A vehicle security system for monitoring a vehicle and notifying a user includes at least two image capture devices (ICD), sensors, a global positioning system tracking module (GPSTM), a control module (CM), and a monitoring device. The ICD are positioned at predetermined locations of the vehicle for capturing and transmitting images of a target object. The sensors generate sensor data variables based on a detection of the target object. The GPSTM generates and transmits signals based on a position of the vehicle to a monitoring device. The CM receives the captured images and sensor data variables. The CM analyzes the received images and sensor data variables based on predefined criteria to trigger auxiliary units. The CM transmits the images and sensor data variables based on the predefined criteria to the monitoring device. A graphical user interface displays the images for monitoring the vehicle and notifies the user.
US10017154B2
An identification kit includes a first tag member and a second tag member. The first tag member is for mounting onto a rearview mirror of a vehicle and has at least one first visual identifier displaying a unique identification code and a first passive RFID tag. The second tag member for mounting onto a vehicle key and has at least one second visual identifier displaying the unique identification code and a second passive RFID tag.
US10017153B1
In system and methods for theft prevention or mitigation, driver-related data associated with one or more authorized drivers of an insured vehicle may be collected over time. The authorized drivers and the insured vehicle may be covered by an insurance policy issued by an insurance provider. Based upon the collected driver-related data, a database associated with the authorized drivers may be built. Current driver-related data associated with an individual currently driving, attempting to start, or sitting in a seat of the insured vehicle may be collected. It may be determined, using both the database and the current driver-related data, that the individual is not among the authorized drivers. A disablement of an operation of the insured vehicle may be caused, and/or the individual may be caused to be prevented from starting or otherwise operating the insured vehicle, to facilitate preventing or mitigating theft of the insured vehicle.
US10017152B2
An electrical steering column lock for an automotive vehicle capable of locking and unlocking the steering column is disclosed. The electrical steering column lock includes a bolt intended to move for locking and for unlocking the steering column, a cam wheel intended to rotate according a first rotation axis and to cooperate with the bolt for controlling the bolt movement, a gear intended to rotate according to a second rotation axis and disposed so as to drive the rotation of the cam wheel, where the cam wheel and the gear are placed sensibly in a common plane have parallel rotation axes which are also parallel to the movement of the bolt.
US10017151B2
A steering lock device includes a camshaft including a shaft portion having an axis, a lock actuation cam that radially projects from a first position of the shaft portion in an axial direction, and a projection that radially projects from a second position of the shaft portion in the axial direction; a housing rotatably accommodating the camshaft; and a lock bar moved by the lock actuation cam in a locking direction or an unlocking direction when the camshaft is rotated about the axis when a key cylinder is operated by a mechanical key. When the lock bar locks the steering shaft, the camshaft is configured so that the projection is separated from the shaft portion if a load exceeding a predetermined strength acts on the projection of the camshaft. The predetermined strength rotates the lock actuation cam to disengage the lock bar from the steering shaft.
US10017146B2
A curtain airbag and a curtain airbag device that reduce the energy transferred to an occupant even though an internal inflation pressure in a curtain airbag body is low are provided. A tie panel 3 is disposed on a curtain airbag body 2 on a side opposite a vehicle interior. An upper portion and a lower portion of the tie panel 3 are connected to the curtain airbag body 2 by sewing. In an area overlapped with the tie panel 3, the panels 5 and 6 of the curtain airbag body 2 are connected to each other by sewing with linearly connected portions 32 to 35, which extend radially in four directions, so as to form four inflation chambers 8 to 11. The curtain airbag body 2 and the tie panel 3 define a space S therebetween when the curtain airbag body 2 is inflated. The space S is in a pyramidal shape in which a portion around an intersection M of the connected portions 32 to 35 protrudes the most.
US10017138B2
A second switch (7) is provided between a first power supply circuit including a first capacitor (4) connected in series with a first switch (6) and a second power supply circuit including a second capacitor (5). In a case where a predetermined condition that necessitates supply of electric power from one power supply circuit to the other power supply circuit is established, the first switch (6) is opened to disconnect the first capacitor (4) in the first power supply circuit, and then the second switch (7) is closed to connect between the first power supply circuit and the second power supply circuit.
US10017137B2
A seat control system includes: a motor unit mounted on a vehicle; a switch unit; a control ECU for controlling these units; a power source box for supplying a power source to the units; a main power source line connected between the units and the control ECU and provided for supplying a power source from a power source box; and a signal line connected between the units and the control ECU. The seat control system further includes: another power source box separate from a power source box for supplying a power source to the units; and a redundant power source line connected between the power source box and the units and provided for supplying a power source from the power source box. The redundant power source line is not connected to the control ECU.
US10017134B2
A locking retainer system configured to secure an automotive component within a motor vehicle includes a panel defining a T-shaped aperture and a retainer. The T-shaped aperture has a vertical aperture portion and a longitudinal aperture portion. The vertical aperture portion is defined by a first planar portion of the panel and the longitudinal aperture portion is defined by a second planar portion of the panel. The first planar portion is laterally offset from the second planar portion. The retainer has a vertical retainer portion and a longitudinal retainer portion and is attached to the automotive component by an elongated strut intermediate the vertical retainer portion and the automotive component. The panel is configured to receive the retainer within the aperture, thereby securing the automotive component to the panel and limiting motion of the automotive component relative to the panel along vertical, longitudinal, and lateral axes.
US10017131B2
The present disclosure relates to a panel arrangement for a motor vehicle with an air inlet panel for the through-flow with ambient air, and a service panel including a water-collecting region arranged beneath the air passage region. The water-collecting region is constituted for draining water in the vehicle transverse direction, in particular to at least one wheel well of the motor vehicle. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger car, with such a panel arrangement assembled fixed in the vehicle in the assembly position.
US10017126B2
A smartphone holding device of a vehicle includes: a holder configured to hold a smartphone; a main body configured to receive the holder such that the holder is extendable from the main body; an actuator configured to generate a drive force causing vertical movement of the holder; and a vertical feeding member installed between the actuator and the holder and configured to vertically move the holder by the drive force from the actuator.
US10017122B2
A vehicle storage compartment includes a housing having a forward end, a rear end, upper and lower surfaces, and side walls, the rear end defining an opening. The compartment further includes a flange extending away from and substantially perpendicular to a side wall, and a plurality of ribs extending away from and substantially perpendicular to the side wall and the flange. The housing, flange, and plurality of ribs are integrally formed.
US10017116B2
An image display apparatus for displaying an image related to an autonomous driving control of an autonomous driving system on a display surface of an in-vehicle display of a vehicle is configured such that, when the vehicle is in the autonomous driving control, the image display apparatus displays: a traveling road overlook image showing the vehicle and a traveling road where the vehicle runs in a bird's-eye view; a stability display image positioned in a traveling direction of the vehicle in the traveling road overlook image, the stability display image being configured to change according to stability information inside a rectangular frame extending in a direction intersecting with the travelling direction; and a subsequent action text image positioned in the traveling direction relative to the stability display image and indicative of subsequent action information.
US10017115B2
A trailer monitoring system is provided herein. The system includes an imager configured to image a scene rearward of a vehicle and containing a target disposed on a trailer attached to the vehicle. The imager is configured separate the images into a first portion and a second portion. A display is configured to display the first portion of images. A controller is configured to analyze the second portion of images, adjust an image capture setting of the imager based on a status input, and modify each image in the second portion to increase the size of the imaged target relative to the total size of the captured image to determine at least one trailer related information.
US10017112B2
When a to-be-monitored image exists in an image lacking from a bird's-eye image for surroundings monitoring though the to-be-monitored image is imaged by a camera for monitoring, the to-be-monitored image is securely displayed on a display. Cameras 6F, 6B, 6L, 6R are provided in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction of a dump truck 1, in playing bird's-eye images 10F, 10B, 10L, 10R acquired by converting view points of a through image imaged by each camera, so as to display a to-be-monitored image in a to-be-monitored image undisplayable area, each through image imaged by each camera is aggregated on one screen by an image aggregating unit 21, this aggregated screen is scanned by a to-be-monitored image detector 20 to detect the to-be-monitored image, and the to-be-monitored image is superimposed on a synthetic bird's-eye image 10 displayed on the display 9 and is displayed.
US10017109B2
In an instrument panel, a LED backlighting device has at least one LED source, the optical axis of which corresponds to the direction in which the intensity of the emitted light is maximum. The light of the LED source is reflected onto a graphic area by a first and a second reflecting surface. The first surface defines a first cavity and is aligned with the graphic area along an illumination axis spaced apart from the optical axis, while the second surface is aligned with the LED source along the optical axis and defines a second cavity communicating with the first cavity through an aperture. The second surface is a cylindrical surface, defined by an elliptical generatrix and configured so as to block the light rays that would be directed from the LED source onto the graphic area.
US10017104B2
A headlight system for an off-road vehicle includes a first headlight assembly configured to be disposed proximate to a first lateral side of the off-road vehicle and a second headlight assembly configured to be disposed proximate to a second lateral side of the off-road vehicle. Each of the first and second headlight assemblies includes a frame, a first headlight oriented along a first axis, a second headlight configured to direct light along a second axis that is oriented at a first angle relative to the first axis, and a third headlight configured to direct light along a third axis that is oriented at a second angle relative to the first axis. The first and second headlight assemblies are configured to illuminate more than a 180 degree arc about a forward end of the off-road vehicle while mounted to the off-road vehicle.
US10017102B2
Various embodiments may relate to a lighting device, including at least one primary light source for generating primary light, a phosphor volume spaced apart from the at least one primary light source and serving for at least partly converting the primary light into secondary light having a different wavelength, at least one light sensor for detecting light generated by the at least one primary light source, and an evaluation unit for determining a case of damage of the phosphor volume on the basis of sensor data of at least one light sensor. The lighting device includes at least one additional light source for irradiating the phosphor volume, and is designed to operate the at least one additional light source, the at least one light sensor and the evaluation unit with the primary light source switched off.
US10017089B2
Device for holding and securing Electronic Cigarettes within a motor vehicle comprising a box-like structure having side panels, a rear panel, and a bottom panel, accessible from the top and the front. The device contains a plurality of upper and lower flexible constructs within the interior of the device acting as securing means to secure either cylindrical or box-type Electronic Cigarettes of varying dimensions. The device holds and secures, alternately, cylindrical or box-type Electronic Cigarettes, in the same space within the holder, as opposed to having separate compartments for each type of Electronic Cigarette. The invention also introduces a multi-bracket vehicle door panel mounting system where different size brackets are employed to conform to vehicle door panels of varying depths.
US10017085B2
An adjustment unit, for a vehicle seat, is provided for adjusting a position and/or inclination of a component of the vehicle seat. The adjustment unit has a handling element, which is provided in a first direction for applying a first adjustment movement of the component, and in a second direction for applying a second adjustment movement of the component. The adjustment unit is embodied in such a way that the first adjustment movement permits more rapid adjustment of the component than the second adjustment movement.
US10017082B2
Described herein is a shock mitigation apparatus. The shock mitigation apparatus may be utilized in a marine environment, able to absorb shocks transmitted to a seat system from a structure to which the seat is affixed. The shock mitigation apparatus includes at least one leaf spring wherein the leaf spring is cantilevered at one end and pivoted at a distal end thereof, and wherein the pivoted end is free to articulate upon flexure of the leaf spring.
US10017079B2
A motor vehicle includes a body, a drive motor, at least one seat with a retaining structure, a first connecting element, a second connecting element, and at least one fastening device with which the seat is attached to the body. The first connecting element is used to attach the fastening device to the retaining structure in a positive and/or non-positive connecting manner. The second connecting element is used to attach the fastening device to the body in a positive and/or non-positive manner.
US10017070B2
A method for automatically detecting a replacement of a control unit in a battery management system including a battery control unit includes allocating a one-way function to each control unit. The one-way function uses x and y to output z. The input y is a sensor_ID that uniquely identifies the control unit concerned. The method further includes providing a random number generated by the battery control unit to the first control unit at every system start-up as input x. The result z from the first control unit is used as the input x for the subsequent one-way function of the subsequent, second control unit until the nth control unit. The result z of the nth control unit is transmitted to the battery control unit. The method further includes generating a final ID and comparing the final ID with the result z of the nth control unit.
US10017068B2
A method for controlling the charging of multiple electric vehicles operating in a geographic area may include inputting a tariff schedule into a control system. The tariff schedule may identify the cost of energy at different times in the geographic area. The method may also include receiving data from the multiple electric vehicles. The data may include at least the state of charge of the vehicle. The method may further include sending instructions to at least one vehicle of the multiple electric vehicles. The instructions may include directives on charging based at least on the tariff schedule and the received data.
US10017063B2
An electrical distributor arrangement, in particular for electrically driven motor vehicles, having a housing which has two electrical terminals which are connectable in each case to an external electrical energy source, a multiplicity of through lines which are connected at their ends in each case to one of the terminals, and a multiplicity of electrical attachment lines which are led into the housing for the purposes of electrically contacting a multiplicity of electrical consumers with the through lines, wherein the through lines are in the form of rigid current rails, and wherein the attachment lines are fixedly connected in each case to one of the current rails.
US10017054B2
An electric wheel, a remote controller, a vehicle using the electric wheel, and a method for driving a vehicle are disclosed. The electric wheel include a fixed wheel hub, a rotary wheel hub, a tire, a driving motor, and a battery and control unit. The fixed wheel hub may be connected with a vehicle shaft. The rotary wheel hub is mounted on the fixed wheel hub, with an accommodating cavity defined therebetween. The tire is attached around the rotary wheel hub. The driving motor is received in the accommodating cavity and configured to drive the rotary wheel hub. The battery and control unit is received in the accommodating cavity and configured to supply power to the driving motor and control operation of the driving motor. The battery and control unit comprising an embedded power supply to supply the power to the driving motor.
US10017053B2
A fluid turbine system is provided for harnessing light radiant energy, thermal energy and/or kinetic energy of a vehicle. At least one fluid tube is coupled with a body portion of the vehicle. At least a portion of the at least one fluid tube is positioned proximal to the vehicle's roof, the trunk and/or hood. The at least one fluid tube contains a fluid configured to expand in response to receiving light radiant energy or thermal energy. At least one fluid turbine is coupled with the at least one fluid tube and has blades configured to be rotated by the fluid. A generator converts kinetic energy from the rotation of the blades of the at least one fluid turbine to electrical energy stored in the battery. Valves and/or pumps may control the fluid flow for enhancing generation of electrical energy using light radiant energy, thermal energy and/or kinetic energy.
US10017049B2
A vent valve includes a vent body including an outlet and at least one inlet, a main chamber, a main closable device movable from an open position to allow fluidic communication between the main chamber and the outlet, to a closed position to block fluidic communication between the main chamber and the outlet, and a first tubing having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to a first inlet, the second end spaced from the vent body, the first tubing further including a first closable device adjacent the second end. The first closable device allows fluidic communication between an exterior of the first tubing and an interior of the first tubing in a first orientation of the vent valve, and blocks fluidic communication between the exterior of the first tubing and the interior of the first tubing in a second orientation of the vent valve.
US10017035B2
A method for controlling a multi-axle work vehicle based on axle loading may generally include monitoring a load associated with loads transmitted through a pivot pin of a track assembly of the work vehicle, wherein the track assembly is configured to be rotatably coupled to an engine of the work vehicle via an axle assembly. In addition, the method may include estimating an axle load applied through the axle assembly based on the monitored load and providing a control output for the work vehicle based on the estimated axle load.
US10017034B2
A rollo assembly comprises a flexible rollo screen, a rotatable winding shaft to which a first end of the rollo screen is attached for being wound on or off said winding shaft and two opposite longitudinal guides extending in a longitudinal direction perpendicularly to the winding shaft for guiding opposite sides of the rollo screen. The rollo screen further is provided with longitudinally spaced elongate stiffeners extending substantially in a transverse direction in parallel to the winding shaft between the opposite sides of the rollo screen and attached to the flexible rollo screen, which stiffeners are biased for assuming a curved shape in said transverse direction. Each stiffener comprises two stiffener parts which comprise facing edges and wherein each stiffener further comprises a hinge member extending in said transverse direction and joining said facing edges.
US10017032B2
A thermal management system includes at least one vapor compression system (VCS) that is configured to cool portions of the vehicle. The VCS circulates a fluid therethrough to cool the portions of the vehicle through heat exchange. At least one reverse air cycle machine (RACM) couples to VCS through a first heat exchanger. The RACM is configured to receive ram air. The RACM expands the ram air. Heat from the fluid circulating through the VCS is transferred to the expanded ram air through the first heat exchanger.
US10017031B2
The invention concerns an air conditioning system for conditioning the air of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle including a housing with a first flow channel and a second flow channel for conducting air and a refrigerant circuit with an evaporator and a condenser. The evaporator is arranged in the first flow channel and the condenser in the second flow channel. The air conditioning system is designed for cooling and heating the passenger compartment and for a reheat operation. The setting of the operating mode is done only via the controlling of air guidance mechanisms. One of the heat exchangers evaporator or condenser is arranged with a part of the heat transfer surface in both the first and the second flow channel.
US10017029B2
An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes an air conditioner case, a blower installed in the air conditioner case and configured to draw an air and blow the air into a vehicle room, and a control unit configured to limit an upper limit value of a temperature of the air blown toward the blower.
US10017023B2
A method for controlling the level of an air-suspended motor vehicle includes determining, by a sensor system, at least one of the speed of travel or the actuation state of a parking brake, measuring, if at least one of the speed of travel has undershot a minimum speed of travelor the parking brake has been actuated, the actual level in the region of each air spring bellows, comparing the measured values for the actual level with the predetermined setpoint level, determining an actual level value of an air spring bellows having the greatest deviation from the setpoint level, and expanding, for the air spring bellows having an actual level having the greatest deviation from the setpoint level, the tolerance band by at least one of increasing the upper tolerance limit thereof to a corrected upper tolerance limit or lowering the lower tolerance limit thereof to a corrected lower tolerance limit.
US10017022B2
The invention relates to a functional hydro-elastic element to be lodged in a hydro-elastic joint for damping load vibrations between two structural parts, in particular a wheel suspension and a vehicle body, the functional hydro-elastic element having a longitudinal axis and a circumferential direction around this longitudinal axis. The functional hydro-elastic element has at least one row of hydraulic chambers, extending circumferentially and comprising at least three hydraulic chambers and at least one throttling duct that enables a communication of liquid between each pair of respective circumferentially adjacent hydraulic chambers so that a variation of at least one working volume of the hydraulic chambers due to load vibrations can be balanced by enabling a flow of liquid into at least one of the other hydraulic chambers.
US10017021B2
An axle suspension system and a method of manufacture. The axle suspension system may have an axle, an axle wrap, and a weld seam. The axle wrap may receive the axle and may have a first end portion and a second end portion that overlaps the first end portion. A weld seam may couple the first end portion to the second end portion.
US10017012B2
A pneumatic tire is configured in such a manner that at least two carcass layers each have both end portions in the tire width direction extending to bead cores disposed in both bead portions, and the both end portions are wound up from the inner side in the tire width direction of the bead cores to the outer side in the tire width direction, and extend outward in the tire radial direction. In such a pneumatic tire, the carcass layers are formed by thermoplastic sheets, and a rubber layer is disposed at least between adjacent sheets of the thermoplastic sheets.
US10017011B2
Provided is a technique for attaining tire weight reduction while inhibiting occurrence of a product defect caused by deformation by improving the structure of a steel cord used for a carcass ply to improve the resistivity against deformation of a green tire when stored in an unvulcanized state.Also provided is a steel cord for reinforcing rubber articles with a multi-twisted structure in which a plurality of strands 11, 12 formed by twisting a plurality of wires 1, 2, 3 together in a layered-twisted structure are twisted together in a 2-layer-twisted structure. The cord mass is from 35 g/m to 65 g/m, and the ratio of flexural rigidity G (N·mm2) to cord cross section A (mm2), G/A (N) is from 400 N to 650 N.
US10017006B1
A roller kit for a power washer surface cleaner attachment. A roller mount includes a bracket mounting a roller for rotation with respect to the roller mount and a clip for securing the roller kit to the surface cleaner attachment such that the roller is operatively aligned with the surface cleaner attachment for rolling over a surface to guide movement of the surface cleaner attachment along said surface. The clip includes a base portion supporting the bracket and an arm portion opposing the base portion. The clip is configured to bend resiliently in an opening direction to define an opening between the arm portion and the base portion for receiving a side wall of the shroud and to rebound in a gripping direction to grip the side wall between the arm portion and the base portion and thereby secure the roller kit to the surface cleaner attachment.
US10017005B2
A coated panel may include at least a substrate and a top layer with a printed motif. The top layer may be provided on the substrate. The top layer may also include a transparent or translucent synthetic material layer, which is provided above the printed motif. The top layer, and preferably at least the transparent or translucent synthetic material layer may include a foamable or foamed synthetic material.
US10016986B2
A safe, integrated dye sublimation printer apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus is configured to print one or more images onto a selected product using one or more heating platens to sublimate the image. The heating platen is configured to sublimate one or more opposing sides of a product substantially simultaneously in a single thermal cycle. In some embodiments, the apparatus may be incorporated into a fully-enclosed vending machine to provide on-demand personalized sublimated products and accessories for a consumer.
US10016983B2
An ink delivery device is described. The ink delivery device includes an ink die with a first surface. The ink delivery device also includes an overmold to encapsulate a number of surfaces of the ink die. The overmold has a second surface that is wider than the first surface. The second surface receives an adhesive to attach the ink delivery device to a printhead. The ink delivery device also includes an ink slot passing through the overmold and at least a portion of the ink die.
US10016982B2
An inkjet apparatus includes, a carriage, mounting a head that discharges ink, configured to reciprocally move with respect to a sheet that receives the ink, a sensor unit, attached to the carriage, configured to read information from the sheet, and a rectifying skirt, attached to the carriage, having a rectifying surface that faces the sheet. The sensor unit is disposed above the rectifying skirt.
US10016975B2
There is provided a liquid droplet discharging control device for a liquid droplet discharging apparatus which includes a liquid droplet discharging head in which a plurality of nozzles discharging liquid droplets are formed, discharges liquid droplets while relatively moving the head and a medium in a direction intersecting a direction in which the nozzles are arranged. The liquid droplet discharging control device includes a controller that causes a first nearby nozzle, which discharges a dot adjacent to a dot row corresponding to a predetermined nozzle which is not capable of discharging a liquid droplet, to discharge a liquid droplet for a dot of a large size and that causes a second nearby nozzle, which is separated from the predetermined nozzle and discharges a dot adjacent to a dot row corresponding to the first nearby nozzle, to discharge no liquid droplet for a dot.
US10016973B2
A printing apparatus includes a first nozzle which ejects first ink containing a black coloring material, a second nozzle which ejects second ink with a low content rate of the coloring material compared to the first ink, and a control unit which controls ejecting of the ink from the first and second nozzles, in which, in a case of printing a darkest point, the control unit causes the second ink to be ejected after causing the first ink to be ejected, and causes the second ink to be ejected from the second nozzle so that a use rate of the second ink becomes 1% or more and 15% or less, when causing the second ink to be ejected.
US10016968B2
A dampening water amount regulating apparatus 40 includes a plurality of air supply boxes 41 disposed in a line in an axial direction of a water transfer roller 8 and each defines one air blowing portion. The air supply box 41 includes a substantially U-shaped air passage 67 that allows air in an air supply chamber 57 to pass along an outer peripheral surface of the water transfer roller 8 and supplies the same into an air discharge chamber 60. A valve mechanism 44 that increases and decreases an air amount is provided at a midsection of the air passage 67.
US10016961B2
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to polymeric films suitable for use in a wide variety of applications, such as the formation of ostomy bags, incontinence bags, medical collection bags, and the like. Specifically, the disclosed films comprise at least one barrier layer. At least one quiet layer positioned adjacent to the barrier layer incorporates sound dampening polymers. As a result, the disclosed films maintain improved sound dampening, as well as exemplary barrier characteristics and high tensile strength compared to prior art barrier films.
US10016960B2
A multiple layer panel having improved sound insulation is disclosed. The multiple layer panel comprises a first rigid substrate having a first thickness H3, a second rigid substrate having a second thickness H1, wherein H3≤H1, and a multiple layer acoustic interlayer having a thickness H2 between the first and second rigid substrates.
US10016949B2
A method of molding a charge (12) during the manufacture of a composite part. The method comprises: placing the charge and a diaphragm (4) on a male tool, the charge having a first part (12a) which is positioned above a top of the male tool (2) and a second part (12b, 12c) which projects to one side of the maletool; and progressively deforming the second part of the charge against a side of the male tool by applying a pressure difference across the diaphragm and stretching the diaphragm over the male tool as the pressure difference is applied. The diaphragm has a tensile modulus in the plane of the diaphragm which is greater than 5 MPa. Optionally a support membrane may be positioned on a opposite sides of the charge. In the case where a support membrane is used, then the diaphragm has a stiffness in the planeof the diaphragm which is higher than the stiffness of the support membrane in the plane of the support membrane.
US10016946B2
Disclosed are a method of spinning a continuous fiber without a mandrel to manufacture a hollow cylinder part and an apparatus for manufacturing the hollow cylinder part using the same method.
US10016941B1
Systems and methods of capturing images of body parts to create a three-dimensional (“3D”) model for designing customized outerwear are provided. Images of a body part are captured by an image sensor on a camera or mobile device from various angles, after which they are combined using an algorithm to generate a point cloud map of the image data which is used to generate a 3D representation of the body part. The 3D model of the body part can then be analyzed to determine any unique features of the body part that will require customized outerwear, such as pressure points, deformities, etc. The 3D model can thus be used to develop highly-customized outerwear for an individual. The 3D model is a digital file which can then be utilized by software to design the customized outerwear and request that the outerwear be manufactured, for example by additive manufacturing on a 3D printer.
US10016928B2
A decorated strip of coated, heat-shrinkable, plastic sheet material is placed on a mold comprising a cylindrical mold body, and attachment means, preferably in the form of two parallel pins extending toward the cylindrical mold body from a pin-supporting wall, and with their ends remote from the wall spaced a short distance from the cylindrical mold body. Holes adjacent the ends of the strip are engaged with the pins. Upon heating in an oven, the strip shrinks, forming a resiliently expansible finger ring, which can be removed from the mold by disengagement from the pins.
US10016926B2
The invention concerns a method of manufacturing a container in a blowing mold, the blown container (22; 72; 82) having a neck and a bottom aligned along a longitudinal axis (A) and being enclosed within a blowing mold (12; 70; 80), the blowing mold comprising two side halves (12a, 12b; 70a, 70b; 80a; 80b) which are in contact with each other along a joint plane (P) when the blowing mold is in a closed position, the blown container having at least one transverse dimension in a longitudinal cross-section including the longitudinal axis, characterized in that the method comprises a step of moving apart the two side halves (12a, 12b; 70a, 70b; 80a; 80b) of the blowing mold along a substantially transverse direction, the two side halves being moved apart from the joint plane (P) over an overall distance that is less than the greatest transverse dimension of the blown container and that enables extraction of the blown container from the blowing mold (12; 70; 80).
US10016923B2
A polyethylene resin having a multimodal molecular weight distribution comprising at least two polyethylene fractions A and B, fraction A being substantially free of comonomer and having a lower weight average molecular weight and a higher density than fraction B, each fraction prepared in different reactors of two reactors connected in series in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system, the polyethylene resin having a density of from 0.950 to 0.965 g/cm3 and a melt index MI2 of from 0.5 to 5 g/10 min.
US10016922B2
The invention relates to a mold for producing three-dimensional items, consisting of at least two mutually attachable pieces, and within which pieces the volume of the item to be produced is delimited. In said mold, owing to the mutually supporting surfaces, said pieces have formations delimiting airtight chambers between consecutively attached pieces. At least one of the pieces used to form part of each airtight chamber has a pneumatic valve through which said chambers are connected to a vacuum source, by means of which a sufficient negative pressure is created in the chambers to fix to one another the pieces delimiting such chambers. The walls of the pieces are non-deformable as a result of the negative pressure created within the chambers.
US10016914B1
The present invention is a method and apparatus for molding plastic parts and placing and orienting reinforcing fibers within structurally thin sections. More specifically, the method of the present invention is a molding technique wherein positive displacement is applied to incremental sections of a charge (plastic mixed with reinforcing fibers), thereby sequentially forming the desired part and placing reinforcing fibers within structurally thin sections. The apparatus of the invention is a moveable ram that may be tapered and that is in contact with the charge during forming.
US10016913B2
Woven preforms, for example those used for jet aircraft engine fancases, may need additional stiffeners to improve the strength and/or dynamic performance of the preform assembly, as well as to serve as attachment points. The present invention describes several improved woven preforms that include circumferential or axial stiffeners, as well as methods of manufacturing the same. One embodiment includes circumferential stiffeners added to a woven preform. Another embodiment includes sub-preforms with integral flanges that combine to make integral stiffeners. A further embodiment includes an intermediate stiffener wrapped onto a base sub-preform wrap, wherein the intermediate stiffener wrap incorporates intermediate stiffeners. Another embodiment incorporates bifurcations in one or more layers of an outermost wrap of a multi-layer fabric composite that forms a preform, wherein the bifurcated outer wrap is folded to form stiffeners that may be oriented circumferentially or axially.
US10016912B2
A single-piece woven fiber structure for fabricating an axisymmetric part of varying diameter made out of composite material, the fiber structure having a portion of frustoconical shape with a large diameter and a small diameter, the ratio between the large diameter and the small diameter being not less than 2. The fiber structure is formed by winding layers of warp and weft yarns that are woven on a mandrel having a profile that is defined as a function of the profile of the part to be fabricated with warp yarn take-up. For each layer of yarns, the weft yarns are angularly distributed on a single diameter in a zone of the large diameter of the portion of frustoconical shape and on at least two different diameters in a zone of the small diameter of the portion of frustoconical shape in order to form at least two superposed plies of weft yarns.
US10016904B2
Guide blades for use with oscillating and reciprocating power tools and provide improved speed and safety, as well as protection against the cutting blades protruding outside of a desired area or beyond a specified surface depth are disclosed. The guide blades include a blade portion with a cutting edge, an adapter corresponding to a particular type oscillating power tool, an attachment base for attaching the guide blade to the oscillating power tool, the attachment base including an offset portion for attachment of the blade portion to the attachment base, and an accessory attachment portion with an opening for securing the adapter to the attachment base, and a rounded guide affixed to the blade portion between the cutting edge and the offset portion, the rounded guide extending from side-to-side and curved away from the offset portion and toward the cutting edge, wherein the rounded guide provides for variable cutting depth.
US10016903B2
An attachment comb is provided for a hair clipper, and includes a comb body having a leading edge and an attachment edge, a blade-engaging surface and an opposite outer surface, and a plurality of teeth projecting from the leading edge. Sidewalls on the comb body project from the body, and at least one of the sidewalls defines a magnet opening. The blade-engaging surface has a magnet recess located adjacent a corresponding magnet opening, the magnet recess defining a magnet pocket. A magnet has a peripherally projecting base flange and is constructed and arranged for insertion through the magnet opening and such that the flange is insertable into the recess and the magnet is disposed in the magnet pocket so that a blade contacting surface of the magnet is in direct contact with a corresponding clipper blade upon assembly of the comb upon a clipper blade.
US10016900B1
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for surgical robotic arm admittance control. In one aspect, there is provided a system including a robotic arm and a processor. The processor may be configured to determine a force at a reference point on the robotic arm based on an output of a torque sensor and receive an indication of a direction of movement of the reference point. The processor may also determine that a component of the force is in the same direction as the direction of movement of the reference point, generate at least one parameter indicative of a target resistance to movement of the robotic arm, and control the motor, based on the at least one parameter, to move the robotic arm in accordance with the target resistance.
US10016888B2
A wrench with driver in storage includes an operating section having one end thereof provided with a head for movably receiving a driver and the other end thereof provided with a combining part; a connecting section removably combined to the combining part; a handle having a containing space for storing the driver mounted around the connecting section with an end part of the handle mounted around the combining part; and a movable cover, disposed on the handle for sealing the containing space. The driver is stored in the handle of the wrench, facilitating the convenience of usage.
US10016885B2
An impact tool which transmits an impact force to a tool bit supported by a casing includes: a cylinder which is attached to the casing and has an opening on one end side thereof to which the tool bit is inserted; an intermediate element which is provided in an inside of the cylinder so as to be able to move straight, has a projection projecting in a radial direction so as to regulate a range of the straight movement, and transmits the impact force to the tool bit; and passages and which communicate a space in an inside of the cylinder at a position nearer to the tool bit than the projection with the outside of the cylinder and penetrate through the cylinder in the radial direction.
US10016856B2
A method of rebuilding a salvaged EGR coolers is disclosed in which the existing heat exchanger elements are removed from the salvaged stock EGR cooler housing and replaced with a heat exchanger element made from a pair of heat exchanger tube sub-assemblies. Each of the heat exchanger tube sub-assemblies includes an end plate with a selected number of attached tubes and a selected number of bores, which are adapted to receive the ends of the tubes attached to the other tube sub-assembly. The tube sub-assemblies are mated together with the free ends of the tubes received into the bores of the opposite end plate. Exhaust fittings are then welded to the ends of the housing.
US10016851B1
The invention provides a clamping system that includes a vise and a cooperating level holder to facilitate a wide range of options for positioning a level with respect to a structural member.
US10016849B2
A method for welding a weld-on element onto a component is proposed, comprising at least the step that, before the welding process, at least one of the parts being connected is wetted with a wetting agent over the full area and uniformly in layer thickness in a welding region.
US10016835B2
Provided is a method for grinding electrode tips such that the method is capable of detecting irregular grinding when the maximum torque does not occur. Specifically, a tip dresser includes a holder holding a cutter, a servo motor unit allowing the holder to rotate, and a controller controlling the operation of the servo motor unit. The servo motor unit outputs a torque occurrence signal to the controller when a load torque reaches a predetermined value in regular grinding of a pair of electrode tips. The controller detects irregular grinding when not receiving the torque occurrence signal within a time that corresponds to an elapsed time in the regular grinding.
US10016832B2
A machining path drawing apparatus for a wire electric discharge machine that draws a machining path for the wire electric discharge machine having a core fixation function includes a machining shape information calculation unit for analyzing a machining program to determine machining shape information, a core fixation function operating region detection unit for determining a region where the core fixation function operates in the machining shape information, and a machining path drawing unit for drawing the region where the core fixation function operates with a display attribute changed when a machining path is drawn based on the machining shape information.
US10016823B2
A machine for cutting a moving object comprises a conveyor belt for carrying the object along an advancement direction at a line speed and comprises a driving and cutting unit configured to move in a cutting cycle according to a forward phase in order to perform the cutting of the moving object, and configured to move according to a return phase in order to return into the initial position of the cutting cycle. The cutting machine further comprises a processing unit configured to generate a driving signal for controlling the movement of the driving and cutting unit with an acceleration trend wherein the maximum absolute value of the acceleration within the return phase is smaller than the maximum absolute value of the acceleration within the forward phase.
US10016815B2
A machine tool includes a main spindle that rotates while holding a workpiece, a mover that moves a cutting tool including a linear cutting blade that cuts the workpiece, with respect to the workpiece in a moving direction including at least a Z-direction parallel or substantially parallel with the axis of the main spindle and a Y-direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to both the Z-direction and an X-direction determining the amount of cutting of the workpiece, a holder that holds the cutting tool in a state in which the direction of the linear cutting blade is inclined with respect to the Z-direction by a predetermined angle when seen from the X-direction, and an angle adjuster that changes the edge angle.
US10016814B2
A cutting insert has parallel first upper and lower faces, parallel second upper and lower faces, first and second side faces, first and second cutting portions, and first and second mounting grooves. The second upper and lower faces are perpendicular to the first upper and lower faces, respectively. The first and second side faces are located at respective ends of the cutting insert. The first cutting portion has a major cutting edge at an edge between the first upper face and the first side face, while the second cutting portion has a major cutting edge at an edge between the second upper face and the second side face. The first mounting groove curvedly or linearly extends from the first cutting portion oppositely to the second cutting portion, while the second mounting groove curvedly or linearly extends from the second cutting portion oppositely to the first cutting portion.
US10016808B2
A segmented core (1) for molding of an impeller (12), especially a pump impeller, includes at least three segments (2). All of the segments (2) have the same form and each segment (2) has connecting devices (3, 3′) for connecting the segment (2) with the adjacent segments (2). A method for molding an impeller (12) includes the steps of: providing a molding tool (14), providing a core (1) including at least three identical segments (2), which include the connection portions (3, 3′) for connecting the segment (2) with the adjacent segments (2); assembling of the core (1); placing the core (1) in the molding tool (14); molding the impeller (12), ejecting the core (1) and the impeller (12) out of the molding tool (14); and removing the core (1) from the impeller (12).
US10016805B2
A method and apparatus for performing an assembly operation. A tool may be macro-positioned relative to an exterior of a fuselage assembly. The tool may be micro-positioned relative to a particular location on the exterior of the fuselage assembly. An end effector is removably associated with an external robotic device associated with an external mobile platform. The tool is removably associated with the end effector. An assembly operation may be performed at the particular location on the panel using the tool.
US10016800B2
A method for producing an aluminum bar includes at least one machining step in which an aluminum bar-shaped work is machined while supplying a machining fluid containing oil to produce a machined aluminum bar-work, and a cleaning step in which the machined aluminum bar-shaped work is cleaned using a cleaning fluid to produce a cleaned machined aluminum bar-shaped work. The cleaning step is performed so that the oil contained in the machining fluid remains on a surface of the cleaned machined aluminum bar-shaped work in a range of 5 μg/cm2 to 20 μg/cm2.
US10016798B2
In a gear spindle, outer cylinder gear sections (11) are each integrally formed on an inner peripheral surface of a spindle outer cylinder and inner cylinder gear sections (14) are each integrally formed on an outer peripheral surface of a spindle inner cylinder (13). An oil seal (27) that seals in the lubricating oil (20) for each of the aforementioned gear sections includes, a seal body (29) having a channel-shaped cross section and interposed in the peripheral gap between the inner peripheral surface of the spindle outer cylinder and the outer peripheral surface of the spindle inner cylinder (13), and a seal mounting member (30) that includes a band, a spring, or the like that tightens and fixes the seal body to the outer peripheral surface of the spindle inner cylinder (13) to allow expansion of the seal body in the axial direction in the aforementioned peripheral gap.
US10016780B2
A system for dispensing material on a substrate includes a dispensing unit having a dispensing piston. The dispensing piston is pneumatically driven from a first lower position to a second upper position. The system further includes a solenoid valve coupled to the dispensing unit, with the solenoid valve being configured to control air flow to and from the dispensing piston. The solenoid valve includes a solenoid coil and an amplifier connected to the solenoid coil. The system further includes a controller coupled to the amplifier, with the controller being configured to generate a command signal to the amplifier to control current in the solenoid coil.
US10016777B2
Aerosols can be created by filament stretching and breaking of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids by applying a strain to and stretching the fluid. The fluid is stretched along a strain pathway and forms a fluid filament. The fluid filament is caused to break into droplets that can be harvested to form a mist or aerosol. Such a system for aerosol creation can include a pair of counter-rotating rollers that are positioned adjacent to each other that stretch the fluid or a pair of pistons that move toward and away from each other to stretch the fluid.
US10016768B2
A vortex finder (18,27,40) for a cyclonic separator (1) through which air flowing in a helical path ‘D’ about an axis A-A of a cyclone chamber (4) passes to an outlet (6) is disclosed. The vortex finder comprises a plurality of stationary overlapping vanes (13,19) extending in an axial direction and spaced radially around said axis ‘A’, the vanes (13,19) being positioned relative to each other so a helical flow of air about the axis of the cyclone chamber (4) passes over an outer surface (16) of the vanes (13,19) with a portion of the air flow being redirected around a leading edge (14) of each vane (13,19) and through a gap between adjacent vanes (13,19) to the outlet (6). At any point along the axis, a portion of an outer surface (16,20,30,46) of each vane (13,19,28,41) lies on a circle having its center coaxial with said axis, the outer surface (16,20,30,46) of each vane (13,19,28,41) having a portion leading towards the leading edge (14,33,47) that extends inwardly away from the circle so that the leading edge (14,33,47) of each vane (13,19,28,41) about which air is redirected through the gap between vanes (13,19,28,41) is located within a region bound by said circle to create a region of overpressure on the outer surface (16) of the adjacent vane (13,19) in the vicinity of the gap.
US10016760B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for evaluating the margins of a surgically-removed tissue specimen, such as a breast tissue specimen, to determine whether sufficient fatty tissue has been removed from around the lesion or cancerous point. The instant invention provides a solution to the problem of on-site evaluation of the margin sufficiency during the surgical procedure, in that it provides surgeons with an orthogonal view of all sides of the tissue specimen to be evaluated. The specimen evaluation device provides for properly-oriented examination of the removed specimen in a non-compressed, undistorted manner, both by visual inspection and through radiographic evaluation. Through this examination of the properly-oriented specimen, the surgeon may quickly and more accurately be informed of whether there remain cancerous cells in the margins surrounding the sample, which are meant to be free of cancerous cells. Upon evaluation of the margins of the removed sample, the surgeon may then make an on-site determination on whether to proceed with additional surgery or complete the surgical procedure.
US10016754B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing aminomethylated bead polymers from N-carboxymethylphthalimides, which are used as anion exchangers or can be converted further to chelate resins.
US10016751B2
Supported, bimetallic catalyst systems are provided. The supported, bimetallic catalyst system can include a support defining a surface; a core metal positioned on the surface of the support; and a shell metal positioned on the core metal to form a core-shell particle on the surface of the support. The core metal has a surface free energy that is higher than a surface free energy of the shell metal. Methods are also provided for the formation of such supported, bimetallic catalyst systems, as well as the use of such supported, bimetallic catalyst systems in chemical processes.
US10016749B2
A catalyst composition for hydrogenation including (A) to (D), in which a mass ratio ((C)/(A)) is 0.1 to 4.0 and a mass ratio ((D)/(A)) is 0.01 to 1.00, (A): a titanocene compound represented by formula (1), (wherein R5 and R6 are any group selected from hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group, an alkoxy group, a halogen group, and a carbonyl group. R1 and R2 are any group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and R1 and R2 are not all hydrogen atoms or all a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms), (B): a reductant formed from a compound containing an element selected from the elements Li, Na, K, Mg, Zn, Al, and Ca, (C): an unsaturated compound having a molecular weight of 400 or less, and (D): a polar compound.
US10016741B2
The present invention provides low profile, thick (“stuby”) longitudinal fins having a cross section which is a parallelogram, trapezoid or a triangle extending from 10% to 100% of a coil pass and comprising from 3 to 45 weight % of a coil in a radiant section of a furnace for thermally cracking one or more of paraffins and naphtha. The fins provide an additional surface through which heat may be transferred to the coil making the coil more efficient reducing greenhouse emissions.
US10016736B2
A cyclonic reactor vessel comprising: a primary cyclonic separation device disposed within the shell and having an outlet; a plurality of secondary cyclones, said secondary cyclones being disposed within the shell, and each of said secondary cyclones having a body, an inlet and an outlet; wherein the outlet of the primary cyclonic separation device is connected to the inlet of at least one secondary cyclone; a first plenum having a skirt and a floor forming a sealed annular chamber within the shell; a second plenum having a smaller volume than a volume of the first plenum; and a secondary cyclone support system minimizing or eliminating mechanical thermal stresses; and wherein the outlets of the plurality of secondary cyclones are fluidly connected to the second plenum is provided.
US10016729B2
This invention provides a polymeric separation membrane that has excellent durable antibacterial effect and stain resistance, and a preparation method thereof. The polymeric separation membrane can be widely applied for water treatment, which belongs to the field of water treatment and membrane separation science and technology. The polymeric separation membrane containing quaternary ammonium salt is prepared by the immersion precipitation phase inversion method, using quaternary ammonium salt mixed with polymer and additives. This modification method effectively improves the antibacterial and antifouling ability of the polymeric separation membrane prolongs the service life of membranes and significantly inhibits the reproduction of bacterial and microbial. The preparation method has the advantages of simple process, easy operation, easy for promotion, and also avoids expensive equipment. The polymeric separation membrane has great antibacterial ability and stain resistance, therefore, it has potential application in the field of water treatment.
US10016725B2
A forward osmosis process is provided, which includes separating a feed part and a draw solution part by a semi-permeable film. An ionic liquid is introduced into the draw solution part, and brine is introduced into the feed part. The brine has an osmotic pressure lower than that of the ionic liquid, so that pure water of the brine permeates through the semi-permeable film, enters the draw solution part, and mixes with the ionic liquid to form a draw solution. The draw solution was obtained out of the draw solution part to be left to stand at room temperature, so that the draw solution separated into a water layer and an ionic liquid layer. The ionic liquid includes
US10016722B2
A thermal power plant exhaust purification device, the device including a cooling substance flow channel and an exhaust flow channel; the device also includes a spacing member for spacing and exchanging heat between the cooling substance flow channel and the exhaust flow channel, the spacing member having an exhaust contact surface for collecting dust and/or mist contained in the exhaust; the cooling substance flows in the cooling substance flow channel, such that the condensate precipitated from hot exhaust uniformly adheres on the exhaust contact surface, thus forming a uniform and stable water film; on one hand, formation of the concentrated H2SO4 on a dust collecting plate is prevented, and a liquid film flows downwards under gravity, thereby cleaning the H2SO4 adhered on the dust collecting plate timely; on the other hand, the water film is very effective in intercepting droplets and capturing the dust.
US10016721B1
Apparatus and methods for desulfurization of a sulfur-oxide containing gas by treatment with ammonia containing liquids. The apparatus and methods may utilize two distinct circuits of two different ammonia containing liquids which are applied in two distinct chambers. The gas may be cooled prior to entry into the circuits. There may be fluid communication between the two circulation circuits.
US10016714B2
The present technology is generally directed to systems and methods for removing mercury from emissions. More specifically, some embodiments are directed to systems and methods for removing mercury from exhaust gas in a flue gas desulfurization system. In one embodiment, a method of removing mercury from exhaust gas in a flue gas desulfurization system includes inletting the gas into a housing and conditioning an additive. In some embodiments, conditioning the additive comprises hydrating powder-activated carbon. The method further includes introducing the conditioned additive into the housing and capturing mercury from the gas.
US10016706B2
A fluid filtering apparatus such as for filtering particulates and other materials from treated water includes a tank and a filtering region configured as a plurality of individual effluent regions, defined in part by channel frames, disposed between a plurality of influent regions interposed between the effluent regions. Filter plates having an opening therethrough covered by a filter media are removable receivable in the channel frames, such that filter media in filter plates in adjacent channel frames is in a facing, opposed, relationship. A double sided backwash shoe is scannable in the influent regions, to simultaneously clean opposed filter media exposed thereto. The backwash shoe is free to move inwardly and outwardly of the opposed filter media. Additionally, the tank may include a second filtering region, which is selectively isolatable from the first filtering region.
US10016705B2
A water filtration device for purifying water includes a housing, a tap, a top cover, a plurality of filters, and a handle. The housing has an upper opening, a closed bottom and a sidewall. The tap extends through the sidewall proximate to the bottom. The top cover has a rim and a porous medial surface that extends inwardly from the rim. The rim is configured to engage the sidewall to cover the opening. Each of the filters in the plurality of filters has an upper edge, a lower edge, and a mesh that extends inwardly from the lower edge. The handle has a pair of attachment ends and a central grasping section. The pair of attachment ends is configured to engage an associated pair of opposing attachment points coupled to the exterior surface of the sidewall proximate to the upper opening.
US10016702B2
An hydraulic separator for balancing varying flows in a primary liquid circuit and a secondary liquid circuit includes a housing which defines an inner space, an upper entry and an upper exit located in an upper region of the housing, and a lower entry and a lower exit located in a lower region of the housing. The upper entry and lower exit are constructed to be connected to a primary liquid circuit and the upper exit and lower entry being constructed to be connected to a secondary liquid circuit A fluid communication channel is provided between the upper region and the lower region, such that when in use the flow in the primary or secondary circuit suddenly varies, a leak flow is allowed to occur between the upper entry and lower exit or between the lower entry and upper exit, for balancing the flows.
US10016686B2
A game control device includes: an acquirer configured to acquire user access information for a user of a game; a calculator configured to calculate a number of users accessing the game during a period of time or a number of users accessing the game at a greater frequency than a given value, based on the user access information acquired by the acquirer; and a display controller configured to display a larger region in a game image visible by a game-playing user, as the number of users calculated by the calculator increases.
US10016684B2
Security in a geogame is maintained by implementing various security techniques. The various techniques provide specific advantages for different threat modes and attack styles against a geogame implemented via a mobile ad hoc network utilizing a geocast protocol. Jamming is detected by each player device listening for expected retransmissions of its own originated geocasts. If it fails to hear a retransmission, it concludes jamming. Network interdiction is detected by monitoring for received transmissions and/or periodically sending dummy transmissions to support other devices' detections. Location determination attacks are detected by recognizing “impossible” movements. Geogame interruption attacks are detected by detecting unauthorized requests to restart a geogame. Other security measures include utilizing cryptographic keys and/or pass phrases when geocasting. Various penalties within the context of a geogame are levied against a player if a security breach is detected.
US10016683B2
A real time physical reality immersive experience having gameification of actions taken in physical reality combines endurance events and gaming aspects to create a novel entertainment systems, methods, and apparatus, including Modular Efficiently Transformable Assembly Structures (METAS).
US10016682B1
A system and method for garrisoning virtual units in virtual structures such that the attributes of the virtual structure are modified to reflect the garrisoning of the virtual unit inside the virtual structure.
US10016680B2
In a network game, player characters manipulated by individual players of video game apparatuses belong to the same party to battle with an opponent character. When a player character making a special move is not present in the party, the display screen of each video game apparatus becomes a screen focusing on the player character of the player who uses this video game apparatus. When one of the player characters makes a special move, not only the display screen of the video game apparatus corresponding to this player, but also the display screens of the video game apparatuses corresponding to the other player characters in the party become screens focusing on the player character which makes the special move.
US10016667B2
A barrel of a baseball or softball bat is coupled to an end of a handle of the bat by means of a vibration absorber affixed to the end of the handle. Projections of a first locking section of the vibration absorber engage with depressions formed on an inner surface of the barrel. Adhesive disposed within gaps and channels of the vibration absorber adhere the vibration absorber to the barrel. A second locking section of the vibration absorber is attachable to a sleeve disposed over the handle. The sleeve may be of a material having shock absorbing or dissipating characteristics.
US10016666B2
A standing riding golf bag cart (10) is provided for transporting a passenger and a golf bag (13) around a golf course. The cart (10) is adapted to covert between an expanded mode (12) for usage and a compact mode (14), for storage. The cart includes a base tube (22), a front carriage subassembly (24), a steering subassembly (26); a bag support subassembly (28); a central support subassembly (30), and a rear drive subassembly (32). The central support subassembly (30) is provided with running boards (80) upon which the passenger stands. The cart (10) is propelled by a pair of rear drive wheels (86) each having an associated electric motor (88) controlled by the passenger using a throttle control (94).
US10016656B2
Systems and methods are described for automatically adjusting the speed of a treadmill system. The system periodically receives outputs from the range sensor indicative of the position of a user on the treadmill belt. The system calculates an average location when a defined number of outputs have been received, identifies a “zone” corresponding to the average location, and determines a speed adjustment based on the identified zone. After waiting for a defined delay period after receiving the first output of the range sensor, the speed adjustment command is used to adjust the speed of the treadmill motor. The delay period may be defined by the amount of time necessary to receive the defined number of outputs from the range sensor.
US10016648B2
A leg press attachment which is configured to be engaged with a squat rack, and thereafter used to perform many different exercises. The leg press attachment is engageable with hooks on the squat rack such that the leg press attachment pivots during use relative to the squat rack yet includes at least one stop for limiting the extent of its pivoting relative to the squat rack. Preferably, the device can be removed from the hooks and engaged directly with the squat rack, during which time the at least one stop secures the device relative to the squat rack. Preferably, the leg press attachment is also configured such that it can be removed from squat rack, and converted to a sled for pushing along the floor.
US10016646B2
A multifunctional exercise machine includes carriages associated with resistance. Cable arm assemblies are mounted on the machine for use in performing desired exercises using the carriages and/or resistance. At least one of the cable arm assemblies is rotatable in a generally horizontal plane and includes arm segments, where one arm segment is rotatable relative to the other arm segment in a generally vertical plane. The machine also includes a vertically adjustable monolift assembly having arms for supporting a barbell in the machine, where the arms are adjustable between multiple different rotatable positions as well as in a direction generally parallel to longitudinal axes of the arms. A bench is provided that can be docked in the machine, and that includes a telescoping support for providing added stability to the bench when desired. A spotting assembly is also provided for use in catching barbells at desired locations in the machine.
US10016635B2
An adjustable anchor post assembly for use with a personnel fall arrest or protection system. A pneumatically adjustable anchor post assembly for use in providing an elevated attachment point for a personnel fall protection lifeline, such as, for example, when personnel are climbing and/or working on equipment on skids or large equipment. More particularly, a pneumatically adjustable lifeline anchor post assembly, wherein a column post of the present invention can be pneumatically raised or lowered, and selectively locked in a desired position.
US10016633B2
A utility belt comprises an upper portion, a lower portion, a connecting member, and first and second connectors. The connecting member operatively connects the upper and lower portions, and the first and second lower connectors are operatively connected to the connecting member. A connector is positioned proximate each side of the user.
US10016629B2
A self-contained breathing apparatus includes an air cylinder pressurized to about 5500 psi, wherein the air cylinder is compatible with infrastructure used in conjunction with the air cylinder. The self-contained breathing apparatus also includes a first regulator valve for reducing air pressure from the air cylinder to a predetermined level. A second regulator valve is also provided for reducing the air pressure from the predetermined level to a level suitable for use by an operator, wherein air is supplied from the second regulator valve to the operator via a mask. The self-contained breathing apparatus further includes a frame for supporting the air cylinder on the back of the operator. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10016625B2
A medical image processing apparatus of an embodiment has acquisitor, a first landmark detector, and an estimator. The acquisitor acquires a perspective image of an object to be treated imaged by an imaging apparatus. The first landmark detector detects a position of a landmark that appears in the perspective image acquired by the acquisitor. The estimator, based on relationship information indicating a relationship between the position of landmark and the position of a target, estimates the position of the search-for location of the object to be treated from the position of the landmark detected by the first landmark detector.
US10016620B2
A catheter treatment apparatus comprises an elongate tubular member and an expandable support. The expandable support comprises a radioactive substance to treat cancerous tissue and is configured to expand from a narrow profile for insertion to a wide profile to engage and treat tissue remaining after resection. The expandable support can be sized to fit within a volume of removed tissue to place the radioactive substance in proximity to the capsule and remaining tissue, to spare the capsule and proximate nerves and vessels to treat tissue in proximity to the capsule. The elongate tubular member may comprise a channel such as a lumen to pass a bodily fluid such as urine when the expandable support engages the tissue to treat the patient for a plurality of days. The treatment apparatus can be used to resect and diagnose tissue concurrently. Based on the diagnosis, targeted segmental treatment may be given.
US10016617B2
This invention provides methods for inducing an immune response against a Her-2/neu antigen-expressing tumor and for treating the same and vaccinating against the same in human and canine subjects using a combination of radiation therapy and a recombinant attenuated Listeria strain vaccine.
US10016611B2
A DC-DC converter for implantable medical devices includes a switch capacitor converter core including a plurality of power transistor switches configured to receive an input voltage and output an output voltage; a switch driver connected with the switch capacitor converter core and configured to turn on corresponding power transistor switches in the switch capacitor converter core so as to supply power to a load receiving the output voltage; a switch signal router connected with the switch driver and configured to selectively transmit signals required by the switch driver; a gain selection decoder connected with the switch signal router; a gain controller connected with the gain selection decoder, the gain selection decoder being configured to decode gain selection instructions transmitted from the gain controller; an input adjusting device connected with the gain controller and configured to receive the input voltage and a reference voltage, to indicate relationship between the input voltage and the reference voltage, and to transmit the relationship to the gain controller; an output adjusting device connected with the gain controller and configured to receive the output voltage and the reference voltage, to indicate relationship between the output voltage and the reference voltage, and to transmit the relationship to the gain controller; a clock generator connected with the switch signal router, the gain controller and the output adjusting device; and a counter connected with the gain controller.
US10016608B2
A system and method for locating an implantable tissue stimulation lead within a patient. A measurement indicative of a coupling efficiency between the tissue stimulation lead and tissue at a location is taken. The location of the tissue stimulation lead relative to the tissue is tracked. Coupling efficiency information based on the measurement from the monitoring device is generated, tracking information based on the tissue stimulation lead location is generated, and the coupling efficiency information and tracking information is concurrently conveyed to the user.
US10016602B2
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system having a recharging system with self alignment, a system for mapping current fields using a completely wireless system, multiple independent electrode stimulation outsource, and IPG control through software on Smartphone/mobile device and tablet hardware during trial and permanent implants. SCS system can include multiple electrodes, multiple, independently programmable, stimulation channels within an implantable pulse generator (IPG) providing concurrent, but unique stimulation fields. SCS system can include a replenishable power source, rechargeable using transcutaneous power transmissions between antenna coil pairs. An external charger unit, having its own rechargeable battery, can charge the IPG replenishable power source. A real-time clock can provide an auto-run schedule for daily stimulation. A bi-directional telemetry link informs the patient or clinician the status of the system, including the state of charge of the IPG battery. Other processing circuitry in current IPG allows electrode impedance measurements to be made.
US10016601B2
A system for trigeminal nerve stimulation includes a pulse generator, which includes a user control configured to receive a user adjustment and a microcontroller configured to receive electric stimulation parameters and operate the pulse generator to produce electrical pulses according to the electric stimulation parameters during a treatment session. A method for nerve stimulation includes receiving, by a pulse generator, electric stimulation parameters, and producing, by the pulse generator, electrical pulses according to electric stimulation parameters during a treatment session. The electric stimulation parameters include at least one user-set parameter, which includes a current amplitude that is responsive to the user adjustment of the user control, and at least one physician-set parameter, which includes an upper bound and a lower bound for the current amplitude.
US10016596B2
An EMI/energy dissipating filter for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) is described. The filter comprises a first gold braze hermetically sealing the insulator to a ferrule that is configured to be mounted in an opening in a housing for the AIMD. A lead wire is hermetically sealed in a passageway through the insulator by a second gold braze. A circuit board substrate is disposed adjacent the insulator. A two-terminal chip capacitor disposed adjacent to the circuit board has an active end metallization that is electrically connected to the active electrode plates and a ground end metallization that is electrically connected to the at least one ground electrode plates of the capacitor. A ground path electrically extends between the ground end metallization of the chip capacitor and the ferrule. The ground path comprises a conductive pin electrically and mechanically connected to the ferrule by a third gold braze. The ground path comprises an internal ground plate disposed within the circuit board substrate, and the internal ground plate is electrically connected to both the conductive pin and the ground end metallization of the chip capacitor. An active path electrically extends between the active end metallization of the chip capacitor and the lead wire.
US10016592B2
The present disclosure may include a system for delivering energy to an airway wall of a lung comprising an energy delivering apparatus and a PID controller having one or more variable gain factors. The energy delivering apparatus may include a flexible elongated member and a distal expandable basket having at least one electrode for transferring energy to the airway wall and at least one temperature sensor for measuring temperature.
US10016590B2
The present invention provides a flexible circuit electrode array adapted for neural stimulation, comprising: a polymer base layer; metal traces deposited on the polymer base layer, including electrodes suitable to stimulate neural tissue; a polymer top layer deposited on the polymer base layer and the metal traces at least one tack opening. The present invention provides further a method of making a flexible circuit electrode array comprising depositing a polymer base layer; depositing metal on the polymer base layer; patterning the metal to form metal traces; depositing a polymer top layer on the polymer base layer and the metal traces; and preparing at least one tack opening.
US10016567B2
A monitoring device includes a housing that is constructed and arranged to be removably attached to a drug delivery device for an inhaled drug. A color detector is operatively associated with the housing and constructed and arranged to detect an identifying color of at least a portion of the drug delivery device when the housing is attached to the drug delivery device and to output color information for use by a processor to, based on the detected color, identify information about the inhaled drug.
US10016556B2
A rotatable electrical connector can include a base housing having a bottom surface, a top housing that is rotatably engaged with the base housing, and a plurality of contact pads that are arranged radially within the base housing. The contact pads each have a top surface and a bottom surface. A plurality of signal pins are individually associated with the plurality of contact pads; and each of the signal pins correspondingly project outwardly from the bottom surface of an associated contact pad and outwardly from the bottom surface of the base housing. A center ground pad, having a top surface and a bottom surface, is provided within the base housing. A ground pin projects outwardly from the bottom surface of the center ground pad and outwardly from the bottom surface of the base housing. A plurality of conductors is arranged radially within the top housing. The conductors individually correspond to the plurality of contact pads within the base housing. Each of the conductors has (i) a bottom surface that is capable of being in rotatable contact with the top surface of each of the contact pads and (ii) a top surface that projects outwardly from the top housing. A ground conductor is centrally located within the top housing and is surrounded by the plurality of conductors. The ground conductor has a bottom surface that is in rotatable contact with the top surface of the center ground pad in the base housing, and a top surface that projects outwardly from the top housing.
US10016545B2
A composite wound dressing and delivery apparatus includes a substantially transparent dressing layer having a lower surface that is coated with a pressure sensitive for applying the dressing layer over a wound to define a reservoir in which a negative pressure may be maintained. A substantially transparent backing layer adhered to the lower surface of the dressing layer in a releasable manner, and a vacuum port is centrally located on the dressing layer. The vacuum port is adapted to provide fluid communication between a vacuum source and the reservoir through the dressing layer. A targeting grid associated with either the dressing layer or the backing layer includes regularly spaced reference marks along at least two axes extending from the vacuum port.
US10016544B2
A dressing for treating a tissue site may include a base layer, a sealing member, a first and a second wicking layer, and an absorbent layer. The base layer may have a periphery surrounding a central portion and a plurality of apertures disposed through the periphery and the central portion. The apertures in the periphery may be larger than the apertures in the central portion. The sealing member and the base layer may define an enclosure. The first and the second wicking layer may each be disposed in the enclosure with the absorbent layer positioned between the first and the second wicking layer. Other dressings, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10016532B2
The present invention generally relates to articles of manufacture, such as medical devices, having a non-fouling surface comprising a grafted polymer material. The surface resists the adhesion of biological material.
US10016527B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for repairing a cartilage defect including: preparing a cartilage defect by removing unwanted or damaged tissue; creating at least one perforation into or through subchondral bone, below and/or adjacent to the cartilage defect to induce the flow of bone fluid; allowing the bone fluid to bleed through the at least one perforation up into the cartilage defect to fill at least a portion of the cartilage defect; and applying a biomaterial into the defect to produce a clot for cartilage regeneration.
US10016508B2
Provided are a composition for hot-melt extrusion which can be hot-melt extruded at a temperature lower than a conventional temperature and therefore free of heat-induced deactivation of a drug; and a method for producing a hot-melt extrusion product which is simpler than a spray-drying method. More specifically, provided is a composition for hot-melt extrusion including a drug and hypromellose acetate succinate (HPMCAS) having a hydroxypropoxy molar substitution of 0.40 or more. Also provided is a method for producing a hot-melt extrusion product including a step of hot-melt extruding a composition for hot-melt extrusion including a drug and hypromellose acetate succinate having a hydroxypropoxy molar substitution of 0.40 or more at a hot-melt temperature of melting temperature of the hypromellose acetate succinate or higher, or at a hot-melt temperature equal to or higher than a temperature at which both the hypromellose acetate succinate and the drug become melted.
US10016492B2
Methods of extracting teeth involving contacting, prior to extraction, the tissue surrounding a tooth to be extracted with a composition providing an agent capable of destroying the periodontal ligament surrounding the tooth, such as, collagenase.
US10016490B2
Provided are nanocomplexes having at least two different enzymes and a polymeric network anchored to at least one of the enzymes. In some embodiments, the activities of the enzymes catalyze a cascade reaction.
US10016459B1
A platelet-rich plasma composed of aseptically recovered umbilical cord blood is provided, as well as uses thereof.
US10016451B2
The present invention provides nanoparticle compositions including one or more nucleic acids. The present invention achieves delivery (particularly transdermal delivery) of such nucleic acids without the need for nucleic acid modification, or for use of chemical or mechanical abrasion or disruption of skin.
US10016450B2
The present invention comprises compositions that provide anti-glycation activity comprising a mineral extract composition or a mogroside/mineral extract composition or a mogroside composition. Such compositions are useful for methods of preventing, treating and inhibiting the effects of glycation in the body. The methods of the present invention comprise use of anti-glycation composition for the treatment and prevention of glycation related conditions including diabetes, atherosclerosis, arthritis, mental conditions and vision impairment.
US10016442B2
Pharmaceutical gel compositions containing estrogen for vaginal administration, as well as a method of making the same, are disclosed.
US10016441B2
Prostaglandin conjugates and derivatives and methods for their use to treat glaucoma and/or lower intraocular pressure are disclosed. Additionally, ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of eye diseases such as glaucoma and elevated intraocular pressure are disclosed. Such compositions comprise an effective amount of prostaglandin conjugates or derivatives of the present invention.
US10016431B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating a disease in a subject, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a solid pharmaceutical composition biopterin derivatives.
US10016424B2
The present invention relates to a compound which is an antagonist of the GluK2/GluK5 receptor or an inhibitor of the GluK2/GluK5 receptor expression for use in the treatment or the prevention of epilepsy.
US10016416B2
This application discloses a composition comprising an amiloride and/or an amiloride analog which can be used for reducing nerve injury or nervous system injury in a subject. The formulation of such composition is also disclosed. The application further directs to methods for treating nerve injury or nervous system injury by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising amiloride, an amiloride analog or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10016414B2
The instant invention is based, at least in part, on a newly-identified proteasome-independent signaling function of ubiquitinated PSD-95. Mdm2 inhibitors, Mdm4 inhibitors, PSD-95 inhibitors, and/or enantiomers and/or derivatives thereof decrease endocytosis via preventing PSD-95 ubiquitination, and thereby increase AMPAR, NMDAR, D1 dopamine receptor surface expression in response to a given stimulus (e.g., NMDA, Aβ). Accordingly, the invention provides methods for modulating AMPARs, NMDARs, or D1 dopamine receptors in a neuronal cell by contacting the neuronal cell with an Mdm2 and/or Mdm4 inhibitor or PSD-95 inhibitor and/or enantiomers and/or derivatives thereof. Mdm2 and/or Mdm4 inhibitors decrease the enzymatic activity of the respective proteins, and/or interactions with their respective substrates. Mdm2 and Mdm4 inhibitors and/or PSD-95 inhibitors of the invention are contemplated for use in the treatment of neurological disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and psychiatric disorders. The invention also provides methods to screen for new Mdm2 and Mdm4 inhibitors and PSD-95 inhibitors and/or enantiomers and/or derivatives thereof.
US10016410B2
To provide a pharmaceutical, in particular a compound which can be used as a therapeutic agent for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It was found that a tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-one derivative having an amide group at the 4-position or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has an excellent bombesin 2 (BB2) receptor antagonistic action. It is also found that the tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-one derivative is highly effective on bowel movement disorders. From the above, the tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-one derivative of the present invention is useful as a therapeutic agent for diseases associated with a BB2 receptor, in particular IBS.
US10016402B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods for treatment of melanoma using an inhibitor of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) and to combination therapies that involve administering to a subject an inhibitor of oncogenic BRAF (e.g. BRAF(V600E)), as well as an inhibitor of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH). Assays for identifying compounds useful for the treatment of melanoma are also provided. The methods comprise screening for compounds or agents that inhibit neural crest progenitor formation in a zebra fish model of melanoma.
US10016400B2
A pharmaceutical or health food includes rapamycin as an active ingredient, the pharmaceutical or health food being applied for prevention, improvement, and treatment of ototoxic hearing loss caused by an aminoglycoside-based antibiotic, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, and noise induced hearing loss. The pharmaceutical or health food is also applied to a pharmaceutical composite preparation of an aminoglycoside-based antibiotic and rapamycin, the pharmaceutical composite preparation reducing a side effect of the aminoglycoside-based antibiotic.
US10016396B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising dexmedetomidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein the composition is formulated as a liquid for parenteral administration to a subject, and wherein the composition is disposed within a sealed container as a premixture. The pharmaceutical compositions can be used, for example, in perioperative care of a patient or for sedation.
US10016391B2
The present invention relates in part a to multiparticulate sprinkle dosage form comprising duloxetine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having higher acid resistance as compared to commercially available delayed release formulations. It further relates to various methods of administering the said multiparticulate sprinkle dosage forms.
US10016381B2
The present invention relates to compounds comprising the general formula (I), in which R1 and R2, which may be identical or different, are selected from the group comprising —H or a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or together form an aromatic or aliphatic ring with 5 or 6 atoms; Y and Z, which may be identical or different, are selected from the group comprising —H, —OH, —COOH, —OR3, —CH(OR3)COOH, in which R3 is selected from H, phenyl, benzyl, —CF3 or —CF2CF3, vinyl, allyl and a linear or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
US10016368B2
Methods and compositions are provided which comprise effective amounts of one or more analgesics, such as hydrocodone or acetaminophen, and an antiemetic, such as promethazine, to treat or prevent pain in a subject, and to reduce or prevent an adverse effect associated with the analgesics.
US10016360B1
Disclosed are compositions containing chemical constituents from plants, uses of these compositions and methods for making them. In various embodiments, the present invention relates to an improved modes of administration of herbal remedies.
US10016340B2
A method for continuous production of tablets, including providing a contained module comprising at least two inlets, at least one mixing unit, at least one analytical sensor, a tablet press, and at least one outlet for tablets, feeding an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) to one of the at least two inlets, feeding an excipient to the other of the at least two inlets, mixing the material stream comprising the API and the excipient in the at least one mixing unit, measuring parameters of the contents of the material stream with the at least one analytical sensor upstream of the tablet press, controlling the two inlets and/or the mixing unit in response to the parameters measured, continuously supplying the tablet press with the material stream, controlling the speed of the tablet press in response to the parameters measured upstream of the tablet press, and discharging tablets at the at least one outlet.
US10016334B2
A lighting device obtains data related to objects and boundaries in an area in the vicinity of the lighting device, and a user wearable device provides a display (e.g. an augmented reality display based on the data related to the objects and the area boundaries) for a user/wearer. The lighting device includes a mapping sensor that collects data related to the objects and boundaries in the area. The user wearable device includes a camera or other optical sensor and wireless communication capability. The user wearable device is provided with mapping data that is presented on a display of the user wearable device. The communications and display capabilities allow the user wearable device to obtain room mapping information related to area in the vicinity of the lighting device in order to provide navigational assistance to a visually impaired person in the area.
US10016318B2
An absorbent article for personal hygiene is disclosed with an absorbent core sealed between a liquid impermeable garment-side liner and a liquid permeable body-side cover together with an attached bacterial isolation pad, consisting of an absorbent layer sealed between an extension of the liquid impermeable garment-side liner and a liquid permeable topsheet which can be positioned to overlay the anal region of the body-side cover. A detachable bacterial isolation pad from the absorbent article and from the body-side cover is provided. Hygienic gripping tabs at the front-facing end of the absorbent article and at the rear-facing end of the bacterial isolation pad allow sanitary handling during removal of a soiled article.
US10016317B2
A pull-on disposable wearing article having leg-openings of sufficient size to assure that respective peripheries of the leg-openings to reliably cover the wearer's buttocks without apprehension that the peripheries of the leg-openings might collapse inward. A crotch panel at least includes an absorbent structure located on a skin-facing surface of a crotch region and a pair of elastic side flaps extending outward in a transverse direction from both side edges of the absorbent structure. The elastic side flaps have inelastic regions defined on the outer sides in the transverse direction of both side edges of the absorbent structure and elastic regions defined on the outer sides in the transverse direction of the respective inelastic regions. The crotch panel has a dimension in the transverse direction corresponding to about 55 to about 70% of a dimension in the transverse direction of the front and rear waist regions.
US10016308B2
The absorbent menstrual cup solves the problem of spillage while removing a menstrual cup by combining a flexible menstrual cup with a non-removable absorbent layer.
US10016298B2
A method of detecting detachment of an ostomy device from a patient includes providing, in the ostomy device, a first electrode separated from the patient by an adhesive that attaches the ostomy device to the patient, where a first capacitor is formed between the first electrode and the patient. The method includes applying a signal to an electrical circuit that includes the first capacitor, and detecting changes in a capacitance value of the first capacitor based on frequency responses of the electrical circuit to the signal. The method additionally includes activating an alarm based upon detecting the changes in the capacitance value of the first capacitor.
US10016295B2
A safe sleeve gastrectomy reduces gastric volume of a patient's stomach as a weight loss treatment. The safe sleeve gastrectomy utilizes a safety pocket created by a surgeon to increase safety and guide division of the stomach. An instrument tunnel is created to facilitate division of the stomach into a pouch and a sectioned portion. In this manner, over or complete mobilization of the stomach is avoided. The sectioned portion may be lifted for increased visibility to facilitate its mobilization and removal from the patient.
US10016294B2
A method includes providing an inflatable implant formed of a flexible polymer material suitable for residence in the body. The implant includes a slit valve provided in its wall. The slit valve includes an elastomeric valve body with an open internal chamber being in fluid communication with a proximal opening of the valve, a concave section at its distal end, and a normally closed slit in a solid portion of the valve body connecting the concave section and the distal end of the valve body. An inflation tube having an injection tip with a distal end and an insertion stop is provided. The injection tip is inserted into the internal chamber of the slit valve until the insertion stop positively engages the proximal opening. Then, the implant with the inflation tube is delivered to a body cavity. Once delivered, fluid is introduced through the inflation tube and into the implant.
US10016292B2
A stent delivery system includes a handle and an elongate catheter extending from the handle, and defining a leading end and a trailing end, and having a longitudinal axis. The elongate catheter includes an inner member, an outer member mounted about the inner member and adapted for longitudinal movement relative to the inner member from an extended position to a retracted position and a stent mounted about the inner member. The stent delivery system also includes a thumbwheel mounted to the handle and operatively connected to the outer member, and a lock member releasably mountable to the handle. The thumbwheel is adapted for rotational movement to cause corresponding movement of the outer member from the extended position to the retracted position. The lock member is adapted to engage at least one of the outer member and the thumbwheel to prevent movement thereof when the lock member is secured relative to the handle, and is adapted to release the at least one of the outer member and the thumbwheel when the lock member is released relative to the handle. The lock member may be adapted to engage each of the outer member and the thumbwheel to prevent respective movement thereof when the lock member is secured relative to the handle and adapted to release each of the outer member and the thumbwheel when the lock member is released relative to the handle.
US10016288B2
A shoulder arthroplasty system in one embodiment includes a combination device including a base portion defining a distal plane, a cavity extending proximally from the base portion, the cavity configured to receive a mounting portion of a humeral base component, a convex outer surface, the convex outer surface sized to replicate at least in part an outer bearing surface of a humeral head component, and a bore extending between the cavity and the convex outer surface, and a guide pin sized to fit within the bore.
US10016286B2
An apparatus for use in spinal interbody fusion comprises, in combination, a spinal interbody fusion implant and an inserter releasably attached thereto. The implant comprises a hollow interior through which the inserter extends, the inserter having a tapered distal tip projecting exteriorly beyond the distal end of the implant to initially distract opposing tissue surfaces and to facilitate insertion of the implant into the intradiscal space between the vertebral bodies.
US10016285B2
Systems and methods for providing deeper knee flexion capabilities. In some instances, such systems and methods include a femoral knee replacement component that includes an articular surface, a first interior surface, and a second interior surface, wherein the first and second interior surfaces run substantially parallel to each other. In some cases, the articular surface includes an anterior condylar extension that is configured to replace an anterior articular cartilage of a femur such that the anterior extension is configured to terminate adjacent to a proximal limit of the anterior articular cartilage of the femur. Other implementations are also discussed.
US10016279B1
The present invention is a spinal implant that can be inserted into a surgically created cavity of one or more regions of the mammalian spine. Among other things, the biocompatible implant and end cap or biocompatible implant, end cap and spacer combinations can assist with the restoration of the normal anatomic spinal alignment and spinal stability.
US10016270B2
Systems and methods are provided for improving overall vision in patients suffering from a loss of vision in a portion of the retina (e.g., loss of central vision) by providing a dual optic intraocular lens which redirects and/or focuses light incident on the eye at oblique angles onto a peripheral retinal location. The intraocular lens can include a redirection element (e.g., a prism, a diffractive element, or an optical component with a decentered GRIN profile) configured to direct incident light along a deflected optical axis and to focus an image at a location on the peripheral retina. Optical properties of the intraocular lens can be configured to improve or reduce peripheral errors at the location on the peripheral retina. One or more surfaces of the intraocular lens can be a toric surface, a higher order aspheric surface, an aspheric Zernike surface or a Biconic Zernike surface to reduce optical errors in an image produced at a peripheral retinal location by light incident at oblique angles.
US10016266B2
A method for mechanically capturing and removing a thrombus from a blood vessel includes advancing a guidewire into the thrombus. A self-expanding body is allowed to expand in the blood vessel, wherein the self-expanding body is fixed to a distal end portion of an elongate catheter. The self-expanding body preferably includes a tapered proximal end portion and an open distal end while in the expanded configuration. The self-expanding body forms a mesh structure adapted for allowing blood to pass therethrough. The thrombus is captured by the self-expanding body and then retrieved into an aspiration catheter. Aspiration is preferably applied during and after retrieval of the thrombus into the aspiration catheter. A thrombolytic drug may be delivered into the blood vessel before capturing and retrieving the thrombus. In preferred methods of use, the thrombus is captured and removed for reducing health problems associated with a stroke.
US10016254B2
A dental water jet provides a pressurized water stream for cleaning gums and teeth. The embodiment includes a base unit defining a cavity. The cavity contains a pump, which may move pressurized water from a reservoir to a tip in fluid communication with the pump. A flow control knob may be turned to selectively adjust the water pressure supplied by the tip between a minimum and a maximum value. Fluid may flow from the reservoir and ultimately into the tip to provide oral irrigation and/or cleaning of the teeth, gums, and tongue.
US10016251B2
A shield is disclosed for protecting a user from radiation emitted during X-ray imaging. The shield includes a lead layer for absorbing the radiation. The shield comprises first and second opposing flaps configured to position a first portion of the shield around an upper part of the user's head in a deployed configuration, whereby the portion, a component having first and second ends that are attached to the first and second opposing flaps, respectively, wherein the component is adapted to expand to enable the first portion of the shield to adjust to fit around the upper part of the user's head, and third and fourth opposing flaps configured to position a second portion of the shield around a lower part of the user's head.
US10016250B2
A laser patterning apparatus for a three-dimensional object includes a laser generator, a beam expander configured to adjust a size of a laser beam generated by the laser generator, a dynamic focusing module configured to adjust a z-axis focus position of the laser beam passing through the beam expander, a scan head configured to adjust x- and y-axis focus position of the laser beam passing through the beam expander, a shape recognizer configured to recognize a shape of a three-dimensional object, and a controller configured to extract x-, y-, and z-axis data of the three-dimensional object and to control the scan head and the dynamic focusing module, in order to pattern the three-dimensional object with the laser beam.
US10016248B2
An ophthalmic illumination apparatus can include a body sized and shaped for grasping by a user. The apparatus can also include a cannula coupled to the body and configured to be positioned within an eye of a patient. The apparatus can further include a first optical fiber disposed within the cannula. The first optical fiber can be configured to transmit light having a first angular profile. The apparatus can also include a second optical fiber disposed within the cannula. The second optical fiber is configured to transmit light having a second angular profile. A method of surgical illumination can include illuminating an eye of a patient with light having a first angular profile. The method can also include illuminating the eye of the patient with light having a second angular profile. The different angular profiles can be transmitted by different optical fibers disposed within a cannula positioned within the eye.
US10016244B2
A surgical system (200) includes a surgical instrument (260) that is sensitive to backlash that would adversely affect the transmission of controlled torque and position to the surgical instrument. The surgical instrument (260) is coupled to motors in a surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240) via a mechanical interface. The combination of the mechanical interface and surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240) have low backlash, e.g., less than 0.7 degrees. The backlash is controlled in the surgical instrument manipulator assembly (240). From the drive output disk (545) in the surgical instrument manipulator assembly to the driven disk (964) of the surgical instrument, the mechanical interface has zero backlash for torque levels used in surgical procedures.
US10016242B2
A method of implementing a splint device, and associated splint device, are provided for a guidance system of a surgical robot. A splint body includes first and second stabilizing portions extending from opposed lateral sides of a medial portion, and defines a U channel. The medial portion, or the medial portion and one of the stabilizing portions, defines a bridge portion extending along the U channel. A partition member, received by the bridge portion, extends into and longitudinally along the U channel. An adhesive material is engaged with the splint body, within the U channel. The U channel is engaged about a tooth or jaw of a patient, and urged toward the tooth or jaw, such that the partition member engages the tooth or jaw and separates the adhesive material into a first portion engaged with the first stabilizing portion and a second portion engaged with the second stabilizing portion.
US10016239B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for holding and organizing surgical instruments in a surgical environment. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument holder comprises an elongated body portion including a plurality of slots. Each of the slots may be configured so as to retain a surgical instrument in a fixed position. The elongated body portion may have a base surface configured to contact a table surface.
US10016233B2
A method for the treatment of a patient for the purpose of lowering blood pressure and/or treating cardiac arrhythmias, particularly atrial fibrillation includes the insertion of an ablation catheter into the lumen of a renal artery. The ablation catheter is equipped with an electrode that can stimulate the wall tissue in the renal artery to help identify the location of a renal nerve. High-frequency stimulation of the renal nerve causes a decrease in the blood pressure of the patient thereby indicating that a renal nerve is nearby. The ablation catheter is used to ablate the renal nerve using radiofrequency, ultrasound, microwave energy or cryogenic cooling. An irrigated ablation catheter may be used to decrease damage to cells in the wall of the lumen of the renal artery other than the renal nerve, such as the endothelial cells.
US10016230B2
Removal of damaged tissue itself can enable biosynthetic activity in vivo as an unburdened homeostatic or repair response. By removing a biologic and mechanical irritant, the lesion site can be altered to a more favorable perturbation-specific mechanotransductive environment supportive of differentiated gene expression. One aspect of one embodiment of the present invention provides an engineered irrigant that produces ion exchanges in tissues for example deliver of protons which interact with biology tissues.
US10016229B2
A system for alleviating occipital neuralgia. The system has a needle probe having at least one needle. The at least one needle has a proximal end, a distal end, and a needle lumen therebetween, the needle configured for insertion proximate to a location of the occipital nerve. A cooling fluid supply lumen extends distally within the needle lumen to a distal portion of the needle lumen. A cooling fluid source is coupled to the cooling fluid supply lumen to direct cooling fluid flow into the needle lumen. A controller that has at least one processor configured implements an occipital neuralgia treatment algorithm for controlling the cooling fluid source so that liquid from the cooling flow vaporizes within the needle lumen to provide a treatment phase to location of the occipital nerve such that the occipital neuralgia is mitigated.
US10016213B2
A mantle tube including a bendable member, which is formed in such a way as to be received in an elongate, annular, cylindrical member, includes two fixed sites that are fixed to the cylindrical member and a bendable site that is interposed between these fixed sites and bendable in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction thereof, an angle adjustment member that is capable of adjusting a bending angle of the bendable site, and an angle holding mechanism that is capable of holding, at any desired bending angle, the bendable site bent by the angle adjustment member.
US10016205B2
An orthopedic reamer cutting tool is disclosed. The reamer is constructed having a hemispherical cutting shell that extends from an equatorial base to an apex. A plurality of cutting teeth, each having a primary tissue cutting surface, extend from the exterior surface of the cutting shell. A plurality of retractable blades, each having a secondary tissue cutting surface, are supported on a rotatable cam positioned at the base of the shell. Rotation of the cam in one of a clockwise or counterclockwise direction causes the retractable blades to extend through respective slits that extend through the thickness of the reamer shell. Rotation of the cam in the opposite direction causes the retractable blades to retract through the slits, back into the interior of the shell.
US10016203B2
A tourniquet for restricting a flow of blood in a body part is presented. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the tourniquet comprises a first elongated member, and a second elongated member in slidable engagement with the first elongated member. In addition, the tourniquet includes a tensioning mechanism connected to the second elongated member, wherein a compressive force is applied to the body part upon applying a tensile force to the second elongated member using the tensioning mechanism. The tourniquet is suited for emergency use, and may be applied by using only one hand. Thus, the tourniquet may be applied, manipulated and tightened by the wearer, even if the wearer is limited to the use of a single hand.
US10016199B2
A surgical stapling system including a shaft assembly transmits actuation motions from an actuator and an end effector compresses and staples tissue. The end effector comprises a channel; an anvil having a staple forming surface is moveable relative to the channel between open and closed positions; the anvil having a magnet at a distal end; and a staple cartridge removably positionable within the channel. The staple cartridge comprises a body supported for a confronting relationship with the anvil in its closed position; a plurality of staple drivers located within the cartridge body support a staple; a Hall effect sensor located at the distal end of the body; and a microprocessor in communication with the Hall effect sensor. The Hall effect sensor and the microprocessor receive power when the staple cartridge is positioned within the channel, and the system is operable to identify a staple cartridge.
US10016197B2
Methods and devices for ophthalmic tissue closure and fixation of ophthalmic prostheses are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, devices for both grasping and clipping a plurality of ocular tissue and ocular prostheses are provided. Various device embodiments are provided for both malleable clips and delivery of normally closed clips (i.e. shape memory). The device may accommodate a plurality of clips which include, but are not limited to: malleable metals, absorbable, shape memory, drug-eluting, and adhesive dispensing. The clips may be pigmented to match the colors of associated tissue (cornea, iris, conjunctiva, sclera, retina) to serve to camouflage fixation clips for healing duration or permanently. According to one aspect, shallow angle access to anatomy may be provided by specialized angulation of device shaft and closure jaws that are intended to access the eye through a small self-healing cornea incision and/or any ocular tissue.
US10016196B2
A suture including a loop having a tapered surface is provided. The suture includes an elongate body including a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the distal portion includes first and second overlapping sections and a loop. A proximal end of the first overlapping section may be tapered with respect to a longitudinal axis of the elongate body. The first overlapping section may be secured to the second overlapping section proximal of the loop. The overlapping sections may be secured together by at least one method selected from the group consisting of glues, adhesives, epoxies, solvents, heat and ultrasonic energy.
US10016191B2
A joint-spacing balloon catheter comprising: a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end; first and second balloons mounted to the distal end of the shaft, the first balloon being disposed distal to, and spaced from, the second balloon, with the portion of the shaft between the first and second balloons being flexible; and a handle attached to the proximal end of the shaft.
US10016190B2
A tissue retractor for attachment to an elongate member of a medical device. The tissue retractor includes a cap having a central longitudinal axis. The cap includes an attachment section adapted to attach to a distal end of the elongate member. The cap further includes a moveable component pivotally attached to the attachment section at one or more pivot points, and an actuator connected to the moveable component to transition the moveable component across the central longitudinal axis from an insertion state to an actuated state.
US10016189B2
A surgical rib refractor is disclosed. The surgical rib retractor includes a housing having at least one cam surface. The surgical rib retractor also includes an anterior arm unit configured to receive one rib. The surgical rib retractor further includes a posterior arm unit configured to receive another rib. The surgical rib retractor also has an actuator movable relative to the housing and operationally coupled to at least one of the anterior and posterior arm units to move said at least one of the anterior and posterior arm units against the at least one cam surface to create a relative movement between the anterior and posterior arm units, said relative movement comprising at least two directional components.
US10016179B2
A probe includes: a piezoelectric layer to generate ultrasonic waves, a backing layer to absorb ultrasonic waves generated at the piezoelectric layer and proceeding toward a rear, a reflective layer occupying an area smaller than an area of the piezoelectric layer and provided in between the piezoelectric layer and the backing layer to amplify the ultrasonic waves generated at the piezoelectric layer, and a lens layer to focus the ultrasonic waves proceeding toward a front of the piezoelectric layer at a certain point.
US10016178B2
Various embodiments of an eye imaging apparatus are disclosed. In some embodiments, the eye imaging apparatus may comprise a light source, an image sensor, a hand-held computing device, and an adaptation module. The adaptation module comprises a microcontroller and a signal processing unit configured to adapt the hand-held computing device to control the light source and the image sensor. In some embodiments, the imaging apparatus may comprise an exterior imaging module to image an anterior segment of the eye and/or a front imaging module to image a posterior segment of the eye. The eye imaging apparatus may be used in an eye imaging medical system. The images of the eye may be captured by the eye imaging apparatus, transferred to an image computing module, stored in an image storage module, and displayed in an image review module.
US10016176B2
An X-ray image processing apparatus for performing image processing for frames successively obtained by an X-ray sensor acquires a first analysis value and a second analysis value by analyzing each of the successively obtained frames, and calculates, as a first statistic and a second statistic, statistics in a time direction of the first analysis values and the second analysis values of the successively obtained frames. Based on the calculated first and second statistics, the X-ray image processing apparatus determines whether to correct the first analysis value. If it is determined to correct the first analysis value, the X-ray image processing apparatus corrects the first analysis value based on the first statistic.
US10016172B2
A system of shields designed to provide substantially greater protection, head to toe, against radiation exposure to health care workers in a hospital room during procedures which require real-time imaging. The shields are placed around the patient and the x-ray table and provide protection even when the x-ray tube is moved to various angles around the patient.
US10016171B2
A radiological imaging device including a gantry defining an analysis zone in which at least a part of the patient is placed, a source suitable to emit radiation, and a detector arranged to receive the radiation and to generate data signals based on the radiation received. The device also includes a horizontal gantry rotation apparatus having a ring to which the source and the detector are mounted and a rotational bearing member configured to rotate the ring. Also included is a control unit adapted to acquire an image from data signals received from the detector while the horizontal gantry rotation apparatus rotates the ring to scan the patient. The radiological imaging device can include at least one of a vertical gantry rotation apparatus, a lifter system, a roller support system, a cooling system, a source tilting device, and a translational apparatus configured to translation a position of the detector.
US10016168B2
A device includes a lead configured to for use in applying an atrioventricular delay (“AVD”), an acceleration sensor adapted to output an endocardial acceleration signal, and circuitry configured to receive and process said endocardial acceleration signal to provide ventricular pacing by varying, in a controlled manner, the AVD in a range having a plurality of AVD values. The circuitry derives from said endocardial acceleration signal a value of a parameter representative of an component of the endocardial acceleration signal corresponding to the first endocardial acceleration peak associated with an isovolumetric ventricular contraction (“EAX component”), and evaluates a degree of variation of said parameter values as a function of said plurality of AVD values to detect atrial and ventricular events.
US10016167B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for identifying when a subject is likely to be affected by a medical condition. For example, at least one processor may be configured to receive information reflective of an external soft tissue image of the subject. The processor may also be configured to perform an evaluation of the external soft tissue image information and to generate evaluation result information based, at least in part, on the evaluation. The processor may also be configured to predict a likelihood that the subject is affected by the medical condition based, at least in part, on the evaluation result information.
US10016160B2
A wristband, an electronics module, and a wrist device are disclosed. The wristband and the electronics module form the modular wrist device. The electronics module, when mounted to the wristband, stiffens a structure of at least a portion of the wrist device in order to enable the wrist device to firmly attach against a wrist of a user and to enable optical heart activity measurement by the electronics module.
US10016158B2
A force measurement device capable of wirelessly transmitting information about strokes produced by a rower rowing a boat. The device itself attaches to an oarlock without requiring any modification to the oarlock, riggers, or boat. One device shall be required per oarlock. The device may be self powered or utilize an energy storage device.The device will transmit the information gathered by the sensors via wireless communications to a smart device in the boat or a nearby location. This smart device will display the information in a manner easily interpreted to the user, store received data and transmit the data.
US10016149B2
A handle component of the present invention into which atmospheric air is inhaled and breath is exhaled in the analysis of breath comprises inhalation holes, an inhalation inlet, an inhalation path, a breath discharge component, and an exhalation path. The inhalation holes are disposed near the tube connected for conducting exhaled breath to an analysis device main body for analyzing this breath, and are holes through which atmospheric air is inhaled into the interior of the handle component. The inhalation inlet is a place where the atmospheric air inhaled from the inhalation holes is sent into the body. The inhalation path is disposed between the inhalation inlet and the inhalation holes. The breath discharge component is a place where breath discharged from the body is taken in. The exhalation path is disposed between the breath discharge component and the tube.
US10016148B2
In one aspect of the present technique, a method for selecting between a plurality of electromagnetic sensors to correct for one or more field distortions includes, in the presence of an electromagnetic field, acquiring signals representative of the location of a plurality of electromagnetic sensors. The method further includes selecting between the signals from the plurality of electromagnetic sensors based on one or more quality metrics. In another aspect of the present technique, a system for selecting an optimum EM sensor to correct for one or more field distortions includes a plurality of EM sensors and an additional EM sensor for transmitting or receiving signals representative of the location of each of the plurality of EM sensors. The system further includes a controller configured to acquire signals representative of the location of the plurality of EM sensors, and select between the signals from the plurality of EM sensors based on one or more quality metrics.
US10016146B2
An MPI method determines calibration and measurement volumes, wherein the calibration volume is larger than the measurement volume and the overall measurement volume is arranged within the calibration volume. Calibration signals are detected and a system matrix S is created. An MPI measuring signal u is recorded, a location-dependent magnetic particle concentration c with magnetic particle concentration values ci within the calibration volume is reconstructed and the magnetic particle concentration values ci are associated with voxels in the calibration volume. Magnetic particle concentration values ci which were associated with voxels outside of the measurement volume are discarded and an MPI image is generated which exclusively contains magnetic particle concentration values ci which were associated with the voxels within the measurement volume. MPI image data are thereby generated with little artifacts within a short time even in case of high magnetic particle densities outside of the measurement volume.
US10016142B2
Embodiments can include a nerve mapping and monitoring system that can include a multi-polar stimulation unit, an electrical connector, an instrument having a grid array, where the grid array can comprise a plurality of electrodes, where each of the plurality of electrodes can be configured to be stimulated by the multi-polar stimulation unit, a recording element, where the recording element can be configured to detect a muscle response elicited by the grid array, and a computer, where the computer can be configured to monitor the muscle response elicited by the grid array such that neural structures can be identified and avoided.
US10016138B2
The present invention proposes a method and a device for long-term monitoring of the arterial vascular stiffness and vascular calcification on a particular patient, wherein a characteristic variable for the arterial vascular stiffness is determined exclusively from the shape and/or the characteristic of at least one pressure pulse wave caused by a cardiac contraction as a function of time and is stored as a time series for the particular patient. In particularly preferred embodiments, the characteristic variable is represented as a trend and serves the physician as a basis for long-term monitoring of the arterial vascular stiffness.
US10016137B1
An optical detection method and system are provided. Sample light is delivered into an anatomical structure having a target voxel, whereby a portion of the sample light passing through the target voxel is scattered by the anatomical structure as signal light, and another portion of the sample light not passing through the target voxel is scattered by the anatomical structure as background light that is combined with the signal light to create a sample light pattern. The sample light pattern and the reference light having an M number of different phases are concurrently combined to respectively generate an M number of interference light patterns. The M number of interference light patterns are detected. M pluralities of values representative of spatial components of the respective M number of interference light patterns are generated, and a physiologically-dependent optical parameter of the target voxel is determined based on the M pluralities of values.
US10016136B2
An optical cannula configured for implantation in biological tissue or other samples provides minimal invasiveness while accessing image deep structures within the sample. The cannula has a stabilizer portion that is used to affix the cannula to the sample, and an extension portion that protrudes into the sample and is either formed by, or contains, an optical probe that images a target area within the sample to an object image provided to an external optical device. The cannula has an integrated coupler portion that detachably connects to a connector of the external device, providing removable and interchangeable connection to external optical systems.
US10016132B2
Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness in the global world. It is a multifactorial disease with several risk factors, of which intraocular pressure (IOP) is the most important. IOP measurements are used for glaucoma diagnosis and patient monitoring. IOP has wide diurnal fluctuation, and is dependent on body posture, so the occasional measurements done by the eye care expert in clinic can be misleading. We provide an implantable sensor, based on microfluidic principles, which in one example has 1 mmHg limit of detection, high sensitivity and excellent reproducibility. This sensor has an optical interface, which enables IOP to be read with, for example, a cell phone camera. The design, fabrication, along with the option of self-monitoring are promising steps toward better patient care and treatment for this devastating disease.
US10016126B2
A macular health measurement and storage system comprises a plurality of macular-pigment measurement machine for measuring macular pigment density in humans, a plurality of computers each of which is associated with a corresponding one the macular-pigment measuring machines, and a central host. The plurality of macular-pigment measurement machines include a device for receiving macular pigment data from a patient, at least one data transfer port, and at least one processor that enables the transfer of the macular pigment data from the transfer port. The plurality of computers include a first port coupled to the data transfer port of the corresponding macular-pigment measurement machine for receiving the macular pigment data. Each of the computers includes a second port for transferring patient data. The central host is coupled to the second ports on each of the plurality of computers. The central host includes a storage device for storing the patient data.
US10016124B2
According to one embodiment, a data processing method is used for processing collected data acquired with respect to each A-line by swept-source OCT using a wavelength sweeping light source having a predetermined wavelength sweeping range. The data processing method detects a reference signal assigned in advance to a clock, the wavenumber of which linearly varies along the time axis, in a predetermined wavelength position within the predetermined wavelength sweeping range. Then, the data processing method sequentially performs sampling of the collected data based on the clock with reference to the predetermined wavelength position where the reference signal detected is assigned. Further, the data processing method forms an image of a corresponding A-line based on the sampled collected data.
US10016111B2
A vacuum cleaner having a dirt-separation stage and a vacuum motor for moving air through the dirt-separation stage. The vacuum motor includes an impeller driven by an electric motor. The impeller is then located upstream of the dirt-separation stage, the electric motor is located downstream of the dirt-separation stage, and at least part of the air discharged from the dirt-separation stage is used to cool the electric motor.
US10016096B2
The kitchen utensil includes a container and a handle. The outer upper perimeter of the container bears an extending retaining bracket provided with at least one opening for the engagement and reception of a hook-shaped end of a latching tab of the handle. The handle also bears a latch mounted slidingly and able to occupy at least an unlocked position and a locked position in which it is pushed back under the action of a return, to extend, on the opposite side relative to the latching tab, under the retaining bracket of the container. The latch is mounted sliding on the handle in a direction forming an acute angle relative to the plane of the retaining bracket so as to tighten toward the retaining bracket under the action of the return to the locked position.
US10016094B2
A food grilling rack provides a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls forming a closed geometric shape. The frame includes a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. The lower sheet is attached to at least some of the side walls. An upper sheet of material is supported (e.g., removably) above the sheet of corrugated material. There are a plurality of openings in the upper sheet of material, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough. In one embodiment, the frame includes a pair of flanged members attached to a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. A sheet with openings slides into the frame aligning the openings with the lowest part of the trough. A food stuffing apparatus provides a receptacle having an interior, an upper end portion with a larger opening and a lower end portion with a smaller opening, and a tapering portion in between the upper and lower end portions. A plunger is provided having a head, a lower end portion with a shaft having a lower pushing surface and a joint that joins the head to the shaft. The pushing surface has a larger diameter portion, the shaft tapering above the pushing surface to a smaller diameter portion above the pushing surface in the upper one half of the plunger.
US10016093B2
A coffee grinder includes a support base containing a grinding chamber, the base housing an electric motor coupled to a first shaft, to which a second shaft rotatably coupled but which is axially free, the second shaft rotating a movable grinding wheel; a sleeve, within which the second shaft rotates freely but is axially restrained, and which has a threaded lateral surface cooperating with a threaded portion rigidly coupled to the base, the movable grinding wheel being axially constrained to the sleeve; a fixed grinding wheel facing the movable grinding wheel in the interior of the grinding chamber, the fixed grinding wheel being fixedly coupled to the base frame; and a moving system that translates the sleeve axially.
US10016088B2
A cold coffee brewing device is disclosed. A filter basket is provided that can rest at two positions, a first brewing position and a second draining position, the draining position being located above the liquid being brewed to allow the filter basket to drain without further support. The filter basket rests on a first width in the brewing position and on a second width in the draining position. The first and second width can either be formed in to a container for brewing or an adaptor can be provided to create the first and second width on the container. The filter basket has sections that are adapted to rest on the first and second width respectively.
US10016086B2
An apparatus, system, and method of ejecting or removing a beverage pod or capsule from a brewer or other beverage dispensing machine, utilizes the release of a predetermined quantity of stored energy triggered or commenced by an operator action, to automatically rapidly move an element holding the pod or capsule from a brewing or beverage preparing area in a predetermined manner to eject the pod or capsule, then return the element absent the pod or capsule to the brewing or beverage preparing area by a suitable action, thereby eliminating variances in the disposal resulting from inconsistent operator action, and the cost and complexity of motor driven apparatus for performing the disposal and/or return actions.
US10016085B2
A pressure cooker comprises a handle, a body, an outer lid being pivotally mounted on the body, an inner vessel with flange extending radially, an inner lid that is configured to cover the inner vessel, a rotatable rim protrusions that selectively engages with the flange of the inner vessel. The pressure cooker that utilizes an one-hand opening and locking mechanism that simultaneously locks the outer lid with the main body and locks the inner lid with the inner vessel. The locking of the outer lid is achieved by a clasp assembly, whose position is controlled by the handle. The locking of the outer lid is achieved by the pairing of the flange and the rim protrusions, whose position is also controlled by the handle. The pressure cooker also comprises a pressure rod that changes its level based on the pressure of the inner vessel.
US10016084B1
A cookware assembly includes a first vessel, a second vessel positioned removably on the first vessel, a rack, capable of supporting food thereon for cooking, positioned removably on the second vessel, and a handle mounted to the first vessel for movement between an open position detached from the rack and a closed position attached to the rack. The first vessel, the second vessel, and the rack are separable from one another, when the handle is in the open position. The first vessel, the second vessel, and the rack are inseparable, when the handle is in the closed position.
US10016072B2
A display showcase includes a base, fixed side walls supported by the base, at least one openable side wall, an upper horizontal beam mounted at the openable side wall, an upper ceiling mounted on the fixed side walls and on the beam, and a beam, a longitudinal tubular element, two head groups abutted at opposite ends of the tubular element, a tie rod longitudinally extended in the tubular element in a lower region thereof, coupled to the two head groups and taut therebetween.
US10016070B1
A system and method for displaying and dispensing items of merchandise placed in a row suspended from a cantilevered support mounts a track above the support, and couples a slide with the track for sliding movement along the track. An arm is carried by the slide and extends downwardly for engaging the row of items. A grip on the slide enables a purchaser or the merchant to grasp and manually move the slide and the arm from a rearward position, wherein the arm is located behind the row of items, toward a forward position so as to engage and move the row of items toward a forward point-of-purchase, thereby placing a forward-most item at the point-of-purchase. Upon release of the grip, a return spring returns the slide and the arm to the rearward position.
US10016064B2
A bedding product, such as a mattress, mattress topper, or pillow, includes a flexible gel panel having a gel layer with a top surface and a bottom surface, a flexible top layer overlying the top surface of the gel layer, and a flexible bottom layer overlying the bottom surface of the gel layer. The bedding product has a major surface and the flexible gel panel is integrated into the bedding product so that the flexible top layer of the flexible gel panel is juxtaposed with the major surface of the bedding product. The flexible gel panel removes body heat during use.
US10016056B2
A customizable organizational and internal communications system comprises several interconnected modules, wherein the modules therein can be firmly interlocked and easily interchanged. The organizational system comprises multiple rectangular modules having longitudinal channels at all corners, each module being formed by four rectangular panels having alternating rectangular crenellations and rectangular recesses which are inversely configured on two opposite edges; multiple interlocking pins having a shape which is fitted into hollow space defined by the corner channels of adjacent modules so as to keep them from moving apart; and an optional rectangular box frame surrounding the assembly of multiple rectangular modules. Accessory panels having various functions, such as calendar, key holder, can be inserted in each module to provide for desired functionality customized by the end user.
US10016049B1
A pencil sharpener holder attachment includes a plate having opposite front and rear sides and a continuous peripheral edge portion thereabout for attaching to an item worn by a user, a pencil sharpener holder body having front and rear housing portions at respective front and rear sides of the plate defining front and rear chambers open at rear and front sides of front and rear housing portions in communication with a central opening through the plate, and complementary interfitting structures interengaged with one another so as to attach the front and rear housing portions on respective front and rear sides of the plate such that the front and rear chambers form an elongated compartment storing a pencil sharpener extending through the central opening into both the front and rear chambers such that a pencil insertion orifice in the pencil sharpener aligns with an aperture in the front housing portion.
US10016048B2
A hanging chair that includes an upper frame member, a lower frame member, and a plurality of upright supports. The upper frame member is connectable to an external support structure and having a top plate and a bottom plate. The lower frame member has a top plate and a bottom plate. Each upright support having a first end and a second end. The first end of each upright support is connected to the upper frame member between the top plate and the bottom plate of the upper frame member. The second end of each upright support is connected to the lower frame member between the top plate and the bottom plate of the lower frame member. The plurality of upright supports are pivotally moveable between a collapsed position, where the plurality of upright supports are pivoted toward one another, and an expanded position.
US10016043B1
A beauty gel curing device includes a bottom seat and a main body detachably mounted on the bottom seat. The bottom seat includes a base frame having walls and an opening; a UV LED module having UV LED lamps; a top cover fixed on the base frame to form the main body. A control module is provided on the main body. A grip portion is disposed at a side of the main body. A battery unit is disposed in the main body. A charging port is disposed at a side of the bottom seat. The bottom seat and the main body are electrically connected and the battery unit in the main body is charged through the charging port.
US10016041B2
A hair removal tool is equipped with: a drive unit for driving a blade; a load detection unit for detecting the size of the load on the drive unit; and a control unit for changing the drive mode of the drive unit between a first drive mode for driving the drive unit at a first drive speed, a second drive mode for driving the drive unit at a second drive speed which is faster than the first drive speed, and a transition mode for driving the drive unit at a transition speed which is faster than the second drive speed. A first interval is set as the interval from when the drive mode is changed from the first drive mode to the transition mode until when the drive mode is changed from the transition mode to the second drive mode. A second interval is set as the interval from when the drive mode is changed from the transition mode to the second drive mode until when the drive mode is changed from the second drive mode to the first drive mode. The first interval is shorter than the second interval.
US10016040B2
A hand held appliance, such as a hairdryer, includes a body, a duct, a fluid flow path extending through the duct from a first fluid inlet of the appliance to a first fluid outlet of the appliance. A primary fluid flow path extends from a second fluid inlet through which a primary fluid flow enters the appliance to a second fluid outlet. A fan unit is located in the primary fluid flow path for drawing fluid through the second fluid inlet. A filter is located in the primary fluid flow path. Fluid is drawn through the fluid flow path by fluid emitted from the second fluid outlet. A heater is provided in the body and extends at least partially along and around the duct.
US10016028B2
A substantially annular-shaped accessory includes multiple arc-shaped structural elements that form a C-shaped annulus (major arc-shaped annulus) and a core. The core has a structure formed into a C-shaped annular-shaped accessory having an end gap of expandable/contractible width. One end of the core having a C-shaped member and an elastic body are fasten to a locking projection inside the arc-shaped structural element constituting one end section. Another end of the core is fasten to the locking projection inside the arc-shaped structural element constituting another end section.
US10016020B2
An article of footwear that provides friction between the playing surface and the player's foot is disclosed. In some embodiments, the article footwear includes a sole may have a plurality of wedge-shaped studs in the forefoot region that extend beyond the perimeter of the sole. The article can also include a plurality of elongated studs on a bottom surface region of the sole. The wedge-shaped studs help provide leverage for removing the elongated studs from the ground during cutting.
US10016019B2
In one embodiment, a storage device encloses the laces of footwear. The storage device comprises a lower member, an upper member, and a joint that permits articulated motion between the lower member and the upper member in a first direction along the longitudinal axis of the storage device. The upper member comprises an enclosure with an inner cavity that receives the laces therein. In one example, the outer member comprises a pair of closure members that articulate in a second direction toward the longitudinal axis.
US10016015B2
A sole for a shoe or other footwear. The sole includes at least two structures, each structure being configurable, and wherein at least a part of each of said at least two structures is located in a single frontal plane cross-section of the sole when the sole is upright and in an unloaded condition. The sole also includes at least one electronic control system that controls a configuration of each said at least two structures. Optionally, the at least two structures and/or the at least one electronic control system are located in a midsole section of said sole.
US10016004B1
A clothing clasp for shortening the length of a strap of a sleeveless garment includes a frame member providing an opening therethrough and a cooperating insert member having a raised area that can fit in the opening when positioned beneath the frame member. A portion of the strap can be pushed downwardly through the opening to provide a loop, and the insert member can be positioned within the loop so that its raised area will extend upwardly in the opening and remain there with tightening of the strap and reduction of the loop.
US10015997B2
A garment for accommodating an ostomy pouch, the garment comprising a pocket for containing the ostomy pouch, the pocket having a first opening towards a user of the garment when the garment is worn for inserting the ostomy pouch therethrough and into the pocket. The garment also comprises two or more bands encircling the garment, for exerting a compressive force against the user when the garment is worn. Furthermore, a mid-line along a length of the pocket intersects a mid-line of at least one of the two or more bands.
US10015996B2
A portable, personal storage and carrying case for an e-liquid e-cigarette PV in which the case includes: a refillable PV that is removable from the case; an electrical power source for re-charging a rechargeable battery in the PV; a user-replaceable reservoir for holding e-liquid; and an electrical or electronic pump adapted to transfer e-liquid from the reservoir to a chamber in the PV, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir, and in which the case completely encloses the PV when the case is closed.
US10015994B2
An electronic smoking device (1) includes a mouthpiece (2), a heating element (4) and a body portion (5) which contains a liquid reservoir (6). The heating element (4) is adapted to vaporize liquid (7) supplied from the reservoir (6) to generate an aerosol. A flow path (8) extends from the heating element (4) to the mouthpiece (2). Flavor carrying units (9, 10) are permeable to the vaporized liquid (7) and carry flavored material (11, 12). The flavored material is selectively and individually exposed to the flow path 8 creating a flavored aerosol.
US10015992B2
An atomizer being combined with a power supply to form an electronic cigarette is disclosed. The atomizer comprises: a housing with a first end and a second end; a mouthpiece, connected to the first end of the housing, wherein the second end is connected to the power supply; a reservoir, formed in the housing and configured to contain tobacco liquid; and an atomizing element, configured to atomize the tobacco liquid to form aerosol; wherein an injecting hole and a vent hole are formed on the first end of the housing, the injecting hole and the vent hole are in communication with the reservoir, the atomizer further comprises a cover formed on the first end of the housing, and the cover is configured for exposing or covering the injecting hole and the vent hole. It is more conveniently to inject tobacco liquid for users.
US10015989B2
An aerosol delivery device having a check valve therein for use with refilling the aerosol delivery device is provided. The aerosol delivery device may comprise at least one housing defining a refillable reservoir for storing an aerosol precursor composition, and a heating element contained within the at least one housing and configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. A connector may be coupled to the at least one housing and sealably connectable with a container of aerosol precursor composition for refilling the reservoir. The connector may include a check valve configured to enable only a one-way flow of aerosol precursor composition from the container into the reservoir when the connector is sealably connected with the container.
US10015987B2
An aerosol delivery device comprising a control component and a communication interface is provided. The control component controls operation of at least one functional element of the aerosol delivery device in instances in which a flow of air through at least a portion of the at least one housing is detected. The communication interface is coupled to the control component and enables wireless communication. The control component further detects a predefined trigger, and automatically in response thereto, causes the communication interface to broadcast availability of the aerosol delivery device for connection with a capable wireless device. The predefined trigger includes at least one instance in which the flow of air is detected, and excludes user-actuation of any button on the aerosol delivery device.
US10015982B2
A chewing gum formulation including tobacco particles and a gum base, where the gum base includes one or more hydrophobic gum base polymers, and where the tobacco particles are made from tobacco leaves. The amount of tobacco particles is between 0.5 and 30% by weight of the chewing gum formulation, and nicotine is released from the tobacco particles when chewing the chewing gum formulation.
US10015973B2
In accordance with example embodiment, a system may include a supply unit, a first transfer unit, a second transfer unit, and a gas chamber. In example embodiments, the supply unit may include a plurality of compartments and each compartment may have a moving device configured to move contents of the compartment from a first end of the compartment to a second end of the compartment. In example embodiments the first transfer unit may include a second moving device. In example embodiments, the second transfer unit may include a third moving device. In example embodiments the first transfer unit may be configured to receive contents from each compartment of the supply unit and move the contents to the second transfer unit, and the third moving device may be configured to move the contents to the gas chamber.
US10015972B2
The present invention relates to novel breadmaking yeast strains which are effective on non-sweetened and/or slightly sweetened products. It also relates to the yeasts obtained by a multiplication of the strains and also to the use thereof for the production of baked bakery products. The strains of the invention, selected after mutation in particular of a reference strain, are capable of multiplying according to a process that is slower than that of the reference strain, while exhibiting improved properties, in particular a fermentative capacity, compared with those of the reference strain.
US10015968B2
A method for controlling arthropod pests includes: step a): a step of forming furrows in the soil; step b): a step of placing, in the furrows formed in the previous step, seeds retaining one or more neonicotinoid compounds selected from group I, on the surface or in the interior, and a step of applying an aqueous dispersion or an aqueous solution containing one or more neonicotinoid compounds selected from group I to the furrows formed in the previous step; and step c): a step of covering the furrows. In step b above group I is a group selected from clothianidin, thiamethoxam, imidacloprid, and thiacloprid.
US10015966B2
Disclosed is a fungicidal composition comprising (a) at least one compound selected from the compounds of Formula 1, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein R1 is F, Cl or Br; R2 is H or F; and R3 is Cl or Br; and (b) at least one fungicidal compound selected from (b1) through (b13) as disclosed herein. Also disclosed is a method for controlling plant diseases caused by fungal plant pathogens comprising applying to the plant or portion thereof, or to the plant seed, a fungicidally effective amount of a compound of Formula 1, an N-oxide, or salt thereof (e.g., as a component in the aforesaid composition). Also disclosed are process intermediate compounds useful for preparing compounds of Formula 1.
US10015958B2
The present invention relates to a method for freezing a water-containing quantity of a biological entity or a formulation in a vessel using a mineral nucleator, to the use of the mineral as a nucleator and to a vessel with the mineral in or on the whole or part of a surface thereof.
US10015957B1
A leveling hunting stand system for providing a substantially level platform and seat at an elevated position with respect to a ground surface regardless of the orientation of an upstanding support structure on which the stand is mounted. A base assembly mounts to the upstanding support structure, and a platform and seat assembly are pivotally suspended from the base assembly. The base assembly includes a generally vertical support member and a lateral member. A T-hook or strap-on hook member mounts the upper base assembly to the upstanding support structure, and a ratchet further secures the base assembly to the upstanding support structure. The platform is pivotally mounted to the lateral member, and a platform leveler supports a suspension assembly linking the platform to the leveler such that quick release devices position the extent of the leveling of the platform member with respect to the ground.
US10015954B2
The present invention is directed to a device for retrieving a fish caught on a fishing line, the device including a receptacle for passing along the fishing line and then receiving the caught fish, and a retriever for retrieving the receptacle and the fish.
US10015953B2
Non-human animals, and methods and compositions for making and using the same, are provided, wherein said non-human animals comprise a humanization of an endogenous cluster of differentiation (CD) gene, in particular a humanization of a CD47 gene. Said non-human animals may be described, in some embodiments, as having a genetic modification to an endogenous CD47 gene so that said non-human animals express a CD47 polypeptide that includes a human portion and a non-human portion (e.g., a murine portion).
US10015949B2
The present invention relates to a hybrid Swiss chard seed designated 69-104 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Swiss chard plant produced by growing the 69-104 RZ seed, which plant exhibits a combination of traits including green leaves with a reddish purple petiole and midrib, slow growing, resistance to downy mildew (Peronospora farinosa f sp. betae), a dark to very dark green leaf coloring and strongly blistered leaf blades. The invention further relates to methods for producing the Swiss chard cultivar, represented by hybrid Swiss chard variety 69-104 RZ.
US10015946B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PEMQ75 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PEMQ75, cells from soybean variety 5PEMQ75, plants of soybean 5PEMQ75, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PEMQ75. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PEMQ75 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PEMQ75, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PEMQ75, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PEMQ75. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PEMQ75 are further provided.
US10015945B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP52006SR is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP52006SR, cells from soybean variety XBP52006SR, plants of soybean XBP52006SR, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP52006SR. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP52006SR with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP52006SR, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP52006SR, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP52006SR. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP52006SR are further provided.
US10015944B1
A novel soybean variety, designated XBP48013R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP48013R, cells from soybean variety XBP48013R, plants of soybean XBP48013R, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP48013R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP48013R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP48013R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP48013R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP48013R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP48013R are further provided.
US10015941B2
A plant cultivation system includes a first floor including a first area having an area provided with a first plant cultivation shelf, an area provided with a second plant cultivation shelf, and an area between the first plant cultivation shelf and the second plant cultivation shelf, the first floor having no air vent holes; a second floor including a second area differing from the first area, the second floor having air vent holes; and an air-conditioning unit configured to circulate air from a ceiling having air supply holes to the air vent holes in the second floor.
US10015939B2
A compact plant growing unit has a body having an interior volume, a front portion, a top portion, a top panel, a bottom panel, and a basin portion extending outwardly from the bottom panel and the front portion and adapted to hold water therein. At least one opening in the front portion, wherein each of the opening includes a gutter member extending outwardly and upwardly from the front portion. A tube member placed within each of the opening and extending into the interior volume of the body. A water hose located within the interior volume of the body and extending between the basin portion and the top portion of the body, the water hose including at least one nozzle therethrough, wherein the water hose is adapted to allow water to pass from the basin portion, upwards and through the water hose, and outwards from the at least one nozzle opening, such that plants that are growing within each of the at least one tube member receive water that is ejected from the water hose. A pump member located within the interior volume of the body adapted to force water located within the basin portion upwards and through the water hose, and outwards from the at least one nozzle opening.
US10015929B1
Sickle safety guard apparatus comprising an elongated rib laterally bifurcating into a pair of spaced apart longitudinally and laterally extending side wall portions respectively transitioning into a pair of distal, longitudinally and laterally extending, sides wall portions forming a longitudinally and laterally inwardly extending receiving gap between the side wall portions that decreases in separation laterally inwardly for forming respective guiding surfaces laterally inwardly followed by respective pressure surfaces of the side wall portions defining a longitudinally and laterally extending slot therebetween and the respective pressure surfaces radially inwardly increasing in separation to interior terminating ends wherein sickle teeth are received and guided by the guiding surfaces into said longitudinally and laterally extending slot and into abutment with the pressure surfaces while biasing apart the pair of biasing/pressure surfaces for providing a pressure fit between the biasing/pressure surfaces and the sickle teeth.
US10015926B2
A seed label including a label layer removably attached to a clear film layer by an adhesive layer, and at least one seed disposed between the label layer and clear film layer. The label layer may be made of a biodegradable material. The adhesive layer may be a dry release-clean release adhesive layer. The label layer may include water-based ink printing thereon. The adhesive layer may be a water-based adhesive. The seed label may be removably affixed to a package. The seed label may be disposable in a container for germinating the seeds. A method of manufacturing a seed label, includes providing a label layer, automatically placing at least one seed on one side of the label layer, and automatically attaching the label layer to a clear film layer by an adhesive layer, with the seed disposed between the label layer and clear film layer.
US10015921B2
A vertical tilling implement to be pulled behind and agricultural vehicle having a number of gangs of fluted-concave disc blades, rolling baskets, and wheels connected to a main frame. As the vertical tilling implement is pulled, the fluted-concave disc blades move the soil in a direction lateral to the side of the blades as well as up. Meanwhile, the rolling bars aid in leveling the seedbed and crushing the remaining large pieces of soil. The vertical tilling implement reduces the amount of subsoil compaction and cuts through heavy residue making it ideal for use in the fall or in the spring.
US10021813B2
A thermal module assembling structure includes a heat sink, at least one leaf spring, at least one holding member and a shaft rod. The heat sink has a base seat and multiple radiating fins disposed on the base seat. At least one perforation is formed on each of two opposite sides of the base seat. The heat sink is correspondingly assembled on the leaf spring. At least one engagement post is disposed on the leaf spring corresponding to the perforation. The holding member is slidably capped on the engagement post and has a first end and a second end. The second end is formed with a socket having an internal receiving space in which a raised section is formed. The engagement post is inlaid in the receiving space. The shaft rod passes through the heat sink. Two ends of the shaft rod are respectively connected with the engagement posts.
US10021812B2
A radio device including: a housing, a heat sink provided on an external surface of the housing, the heat sink extending in a vertical direction of the housing, a board accommodated inside the housing in the vertical direction, the board being coupled to the heat sink through the housing, the board including a first area and a second area, the first area being located above the second area in the vertical direction, and a plurality of electronic components provided on the board, the plurality of electronic components including at least one first electronic component and at least one second electronic component, the at least one first electronic component being more heat-resistant than the at least one second electronic component, the at least one first electronic component being provided on the first area, the at least one second electronic component being provided on the second area.
US10021811B2
A cooling module row for an inline-memory module is provided. The cooling module row may include an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber positioned at a same end of the cooling module row. The cooling module row may also include a conduit in fluid communication with the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber. The conduit may be sized to fit adjacent the in-line memory module. A method of heat management for an in-line memory module is also provided. The method may include positioning a cooling module row adjacent the in-line memory module, the cooling module row having an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber positioned at the same end of the cooling module row.
US10021800B1
An electronic device having openings covered by a vent assembly is disclosed. The vent assembly may include multiple adhesive layers surrounding an air-permeable, liquid resistant membrane that allow air to flow into and/or out of the electronic device, while also preventing liquid ingress into the electronic device. The membrane may be supported by several structural elements. For example, the vent assembly includes an adhesive layer secured with the membrane, with the adhesive layer including a web region having multiple ribs that engage the membrane. Also, the vent assembly includes a mesh material that includes a porous region that receives a portion of the adhesive layer. Also, an additional vent assembly may cover an additional opening of the electronic device and provide protection for an operational component in the electronic device. The additional vent assembly may allow air into the additional opening for the operational component.
US10021790B2
A module includes a PCB including a substrate, a component pad and at least one wire pad, an SMT component mounted to a component pad, a wire fence, a mold compound and a top conductive layer. Each wire pad is connected to ground by a corresponding via extending through the substrate, and the wire fence includes wire loops connected to each wire pad. The mold compound is disposed over the PCB, the SMT component and the wire fence, and defines multiple holes extending partially through the mold compound to top-edges of the wire loops, respectively, where a conductive material fills the holes. The top conductive layer is disposed over the mold compound, and is in electrical contact with the conductive material filling the holes. The wire fence, the conductive material, and the top conductive layer provide shielding of the SMT component from electromagnetic radiation.
US10021789B2
An object is to provide a laminated polyimide substrate, and a method for the production thereof, in which various properties are ensured and/or provided by effectively controlling changes over time under stringent conditions, while ensuring sufficient adhesion between a polyimide film and metal layer. A laminated polyimide substrate comprises a polyimide layer, an alkali-treated layer derived from the polyimide layer, and a metal layer, arranged in that order, wherein the alkali-treated layer contains an anionic functional group, and is a laminated structure having a layer containing a metal catalyst arranged on the metal layer side and a layer containing a complex of the metal catalyst arranged on the polyimide layer side.
US10021779B1
An apparatus and system for attaining quick response to vibration damping of a printed circuit board (PCB) or other planar surface utilizing a defined travel displacement of a single spherical tungsten (or other material) ball in a single or plurality of sealed spherical chambers in a particle impact damper (PID). The single spherical tungsten (or other material) ball is not weighed down, constrained, encumbered or influenced by other spherical balls within the chamber; accordingly, providing unrestricted freedom for the ball to quickly respond at the first occurrence of excessive vibrational acceleration over 1G. The structure of a single spherical particle within a sealed spherical chamber also provides a path of minimum distance for the ball to travel before colliding with the ceiling or side walls of the PID chamber. A plurality of spherical chambers can be arranged in a variety of patterns within the PID housing such as desired. The PID housing can be any shape such as a cube, a rectangular cuboid, a cylinder, sphere, triangular tetrahedron, triangular prism, polygon, toroid or any combination of shapes.
US10021776B2
A component carrier includes a multi-layer carrier body having a substrate containing a structured functional. The substrate extends both laterally and also at least partially above and below the functional region. Alternatively, or in addition, the substrate extends both laterally and also completely above and/or below the functional region. Alternatively, or in addition, the substrate or a further region is arranged in or extends into the functional region.
US10021773B2
The present disclosure is directed to laser produced plasma light sources having a target material, such as Xenon, that is coated on the outer surface of a drum. Embodiments include bearing systems for rotating the drum that have structures for reducing leakage of contaminant material and/or bearing gas into the LPP chamber. Injection systems are disclosed for coating and replenishing target material on the drum. Wiper systems are disclosed for preparing the target material surface on the drum, e.g. smoothing the target material surface. Systems for cooling and maintaining the temperature of the drum and a housing overlying the drum are also disclosed.
US10021771B1
A system and a method for automatically creating and operating a functional association of multiple devices is proposed. The system consists of two or more devices that each contain one or more sensors, logic processing circuitry and communication circuitry that is able to transmit messages on a free space optical or radio frequency communication channel The set of devices that constitute the members of a functional association is selected from a larger set of candidate devices. The selection process involves each device performing analysis of the historic sensor data received from all candidate devices against specific evaluation criteria. The evaluation criteria is based on a probabilistic model that predicts the effectiveness of a possible functional association in accomplishing a joint task. Devices whose historic data indicate that they have high degree of effectiveness of achieving a task if they operate in unison will become members of the same functional association. Subsequently, they will continually exchange data in real time in order to operate in unison. The transmission of historic data needed to form the functional association and subsequent operating data needed to synchronize operation is done on a decentralized and unsupervised basis. It does not require a network-based logical addressing scheme and it does not require any special wiring or the use of a distributed, localized or centralized control unit. Membership in a functional association is dynamic and automatically responds to the addition or removal of candidate devices.
US10021769B2
A light driving apparatus which supplies power to a light source in accordance with an indication from a control apparatus includes: a housing which is box-shaped; a wireless communication module which is housed in the housing, and includes an antenna for wireless communication with the control apparatus; and a light driver which is housed in the housing, and supplies power to the light source in accordance with the indication received from the control apparatus via the wireless communication module, wherein the housing includes two opposite faces having slits through which an electromagnetic wave which the antenna emits when excited by the wireless communication module passes, the slits extending in a direction three-dimensionally crossing a direction in which the wireless communication module excites the antenna.
US10021768B2
A lighting apparatus includes: a light source unit including a light emitter and a first casing in which the light emitter is housed; a communication unit including a radio receiver which receives a wireless signal for controlling a light emitting state of the light emitter and second casing in which the radio receiver is housed; a first power line including a plug and connected to the communication unit; and a power source which generates power for causing the light emitter to emit light, using power received by the plug.
US10021757B2
Devices, systems, and methods for automatically managing emergency lighting testing are generally described herein. The automated emergency lighting testing may include scheduling emergency lighting events, verifying that emergency lighting power sources and fixtures are sufficient to maintain requisite light intensity for a requisite amount of time, and calculating life expectancy for emergency power sources and lighting fixtures to predict when components should be replaced to avoid failure. The disclosure reduces the amount of time and manual intervention required for the tests by using, among other things, a system of lighting control drivers, sensors, and processors that monitor, assess, and control the lighting system including emergency lighting components and power.
US10021756B2
A lighting device employs at least one string of LEDs as a lighting source. The string of LEDs is coupled in series with a first switch, wherein the string of LEDs and the first switch are coupled between a power supply node and ground. During a normal operation mode, a system controller is configured to close the first switch to deliver a drive current to the string of LEDs from the power supply node. The system controller is further associated with a temperature sensor and is configured to detect an over-temperature condition based on information provided by the temperature sensor. Upon detecting the over-temperature condition, the system controller will open the first switch to stop the drive current from flowing through the string of LEDs.
US10021749B2
A trailing edge phase control dimmer circuit for controlling alternating current (AC) power to a load with short-circuit protection, wherein a switching control circuit includes a zero-crossing detection circuit configured to detect zero crossings of the AC and to detect crossings of a first threshold value and a second threshold value of the rectified dimmer voltage, and wherein the zero-crossing detection circuit is further configured to initiate the switching circuit to commence one of the conduction periods when the rectified dimmer voltage crosses below the first threshold value and to initiate the switching circuit to prematurely terminate one of the conduction periods when the rectified dimmer voltage crosses above the second threshold value to provide short-circuit protection for the trailing edge phase control dimmer circuit.
US10021748B2
A notification appliance in a fire fighting system may include at least one LED, a drive circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to output at least one flash control signal to the drive circuit in response to a candela setting, the flash control signal indicating a pulse waveform characteristic and a current amplitude of a drive current that is output by the drive circuit and can flow through the at least one LED. The candela setting may be selected from a plurality of optional candela settings, and the pulse waveform characteristic and the current amplitude indicated may be selected such that each light emission of the at least one LED can substantially minimize electric energy required for the candela setting.
US10021731B2
A home interior monitoring system includes a master device that can wirelessly communicate with at least one electric device installed in an interior of a home and is not connected to the Internet, and a mobile phone terminal that can wirelessly communicate directly with the master device. The mobile phone terminal, in a case of launching an application, sets, to OFF, a connection invalidity flag that invalidates wireless connection to an access point that is not connected to the Internet. The master device outputs an electromagnetic wave for wireless connection with the mobile phone terminal.
US10021725B2
Systems and methods are provided that allow inter-working between communication networks for the delivery of service to mobile nodes. A gateway is provided that communicates with a femto cell to extend service to an area that otherwise does not receive coverage from a service provider. The femto cell is a small scale base station used to provide coverage over a small area (such as a home or business), and connect to a home or enterprise network. The femto cell provides service for a mobile node and a gateway permits communication over a broadband network. The gateway integrates the mobile nodes connecting via a femto cell into the service provider's network. The gateway also allows provisioning of services and applications, control of service levels, and provides seamless handoffs to marco base stations and other types of access technologies such as Wi-Fi.
US10021722B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for receiving a frame in a wireless LAN. A method for receiving a frame in a wireless LAN comprises the steps of: an AP transmitting an RTS frame to a plurality of STAs, wherein the RTS frame comprises information for NAV setting of an STA other than the plurality of STAs; the AP receiving from each of the plurality of STAs, as a response to the RTS frame, a CTS PPDU and an additional CTS PPDU on overlapped time resources; and the AP transmitting an uplink transmission indication frame to the plurality of STAs, wherein the uplink transmission indication frame triggers transmission of an uplink frame of each of the plurality of STAs.
US10021720B2
Disclosed are a method for establishing a millimeter wave wireless communication link and a terminal device, wherein the method includes: a terminal source sending an omnibearing request to send (ORTS) to a terminal sink, location information of the terminal source relative to a mediation device obtained by the terminal source performing signaling interaction with the mediation device being carried in the ORTS; after sending the ORTS, if a directional clear to send sent by the terminal sink according the location information is received, the terminal source determining a direction of the terminal sink according to an angle of arrival of the directional clear to send, establishing a line of sight link with the terminal sink; if an omnibearing clear to send sent by the terminal sink is only received, the terminal source establishing a relay link with the terminal sink by using the mediation device as a relay node.
US10021716B2
A method (200) for solving conflicts in scheduling cell broadcast (CB) message reception and idle mode tasks of a mobile device includes: receiving (201) first information indicating a scheduling of a cell broadcast (CB) message (611, 612, 613, 614) reception during a discontinuous reception (DRX) phase of the mobile device; receiving (202) second information indicating a scheduling of an idle mode task (609) during the DRX phase; detecting (203) if a conflict exists in the scheduling of the CB message (611, 612, 613, 614) reception and the scheduling of the idle mode task (609) based on the first and second information (201, 201); and if a conflict (629) is detected (204): rearranging (205) the scheduling of the idle mode task (609) and the scheduling of the CB message (611, 612, 613, 614) reception to solve the conflict.
US10021714B2
When a UE 100-2 (a reception-side UE) that performs D2D communication by using UL radio resource switches communication modes between cellular communication and the D2D communication, if DL subframe in which data reception of the cellular communication should be performed and the UL subframe in which data reception of the D2D communication should be performed at least partially overlap on a time axis, then the UE 100-2 performs data reception in one subframe, out of the overlapping two subframes.
US10021701B2
A wireless communication method and a wireless communication device. The wireless communication method is used in a coordinated multi-point communication system, and includes: recognizing an edge user equipment; determining the presence of interference to an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) of the edge user equipment; and in response to the determination of the presence of the interference, determining different interference coordination manners according to different scenarios, so as to control the transmission of the ePDCCH or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of a neighbor cell related to the interference.
US10021697B2
A method for wireless communication includes receiving an indication of unused first tier spectrum resources to determine second tier spectrum resources available for use by a second tier system. The method also includes determining third tier spectrum resources available for use a third tier system based on unused second tier spectrum resources.
US10021694B2
A first wireless device may determine a bandwidth for transmitting a frame, calculate two or more Spatial Reuse (SR) parameter values for the bandwidth, set, using the SR parameter values, first and second SR fields of the frame based on the bandwidth and a channel center frequency in which the bandwidth is carried, and transmit the frame to a second wireless device on the bandwidth. The first and second SR fields may be set to a first value when the bandwidth is a 40 MHz bandwidth and the channel center frequency is in a 2.4 GHz band. The first and second SR fields may be set to the first value when the bandwidth is an 80+80 MHz bandwidth and the channel center frequency is in a 5 GHz band. The first value may be a minimum of SR parameter values for first and second bandwidths in the bandwidth.
US10021692B2
In order to solve problems with “distributed RLCs” and “independent RLCs,” a mobile communication method according to this embodiment includes: a step A of causing a radio base station eNB#1 to generate a PDCP-PDU addressed to a mobile station UE; a step B of causing the radio base station eNB#1 to associate the generated PDCP-PDU and an RLC-SN with each other and transmit the PDCP-PDU and the RLC-SN to a radio base station eNB#2; a step C of causing the radio base station eNB#2 to generate an RLC-PDU addressed to the mobile station UE by using the received PDCP-PDU and RLC-SN; and a step D of causing the radio base station eNB#2 to transmit the generated RLC-PDU to the mobile station UE.
US10021690B2
Systems, methods, and nodes that implement multipath TCP (MPTCP) in a communication system establish first and second data link layer connections to a remote node, notify a transport layer of the establishment of the first and second data link layer connections, and establish first and second transport layer connections with the remote node over the first and second data link layer connections. A packet received at the data link layer for transmission to the remote node is inspected to determine if MPTCP is enabled for the packet, and, in response to determining that MPTCP is enabled for the packet, the packet is assigned to one of the first data link layer connection and the second data link layer connection based on an affinity between an MPTCP sub-flow associated with the packet and the one of the first data link layer connection and the second data link layer connection.
US10021688B2
A method for managing pending acknowledgement (ACK) packets in a communication device is provided. The method can include the communication device monitoring a status of a transmit queue for packets to be sent over a network; detecting a queue condition indicative of congestion causing a delay in sending one or more ACK packets pending in the transmit queue; and discarding a set of one or more ACK packets from the transmit queue in response to the queue condition. The discarded set of one or more ACK packets can include one or more oldest ACK packets of the ACK packets pending in the transmit queue. A most recent ACK packet pending in the transmit queue can remain pending in the transmit queue after the set of one or more ACK packets has been discarded.
US10021686B1
A radio access network may determine that a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission schedule of a wireless air interface defined by the RAN includes time-division-multiplexed slots that are subject to HARQ acknowledgment bundling and time-division-multiplexed slots that are not subject to HARQ acknowledgment bundling. The RAN may assign, to relay base stations served by the RAN, time-division-multiplexed slots of the wireless air interface that are not subject to HARQ acknowledgment bundling. The RAN may also assign, to non-relay wireless communication devices (WCDs) served by the RAN, time-division-multiplexed slots of the wireless air interface that are subject to HARQ acknowledgment bundling. The RAN may transmit, over the air interface, HARQ subpackets according to the transmission schedule and assignments of time-division-multiplexed slots.
US10021679B2
There is provided a terminal device that performs first communication with E-UTRAN, and second communication between terminal devices, the terminal device including: a reception unit that receives information relating to resource allocation for the second communication and Downlink Control Information in which information relating to a transmission terminal is included, over a downlink in the first communication, and that performs reception processing in the second communication based on the information relating to the resource allocation; and a transmission unit that performs transmission processing in the second communication based on the information relating to the resource allocation, in which, which one of the reception processing and the transmission processing that are based on the information relating to the resource allocation is performed is determined based on a control information format.
US10021678B2
The present application relates to a device including circuitry configured to acquire information indicating one or more resource pools serving as radio resources available for device-to-device communication, and notify a terminal device of the one or more resource pools. The one or more resource pools are resource pools that are selected from among a resource pool set including multiple resource pools, and the multiple resource pools are determined in advance as candidates for radio resources available for device-to-device communication.
US10021669B2
The present disclosure involves mobile computing devices that communicate with vehicles, through vehicle based communication systems. Various embodiments are disclosed herein which help determine whether the mobile computing device and/or the vehicle have reached a destination location. Further, upon determining that the mobile computing device and/or the vehicle have reached a destination location, various actions may be performed such as determining and/or storing the time of arrival, determining and/or storing the date of arrival, and/or determining and/or storing the location of arrival.
US10021661B2
A system includes a plurality of base stations coupled in a mesh network. A first base station of the plurality of base stations includes a first antenna to receive a primary timing synchronization signal and a first interface to a wired packet-switched communication link. The first base station is configured to transmit backup timing synchronization information based on the primary timing synchronization signal. A second base station of the plurality of base stations has a second interface to the wired packet-based communication link and is configured to utilize the second timing synchronization signal sent from the first base station responsive to a failure of the primary timing synchronization signal at the second base station.
