US10100287B2
The present disclosure relates to engineered ketoreductase polypeptides for the preparation of hydroxyl substituted carbamate compounds, and polynucleotides, vectors, host cells, and methods of making and using the ketoreductase polypeptides.
US10100286B2
Various implementations include systems and methods for automatically and continuously dissociating spheres of cells. In particular, one such system includes a peristaltic pump in fluid communication via tubing with a bioreactor in which cells are cultivated. A plurality of conduits are disposed within a portion of the tubing such that fluid flowing between the bioreactor and the pump passes through the conduits. The conduits have an inner diameter that is sized to provide a shear stress to the fluid of between about 5 to about 60 dynes/cm2, which is sufficient for dissociating the spheres of cells passing through the conduits. For example, each conduit may have an inner diameter of between about 50 and about 250 micrometers.
US10100283B2
Provided is a method for producing chondrocytes from pluripotent stem cells, the method comprising the steps of: (i) inducing pluripotent stem cells to differentiate into mesodermal cells in adherent culture, (ii) culturing the cells obtained by step (i) in adherent culture in a medium containing one or more substances selected from the group consisting of BMP2, TGFβ and GDF5, and (iii) culturing the cells obtained by step (ii) in suspension culture in a medium containing one or more substances selected from the group consisting of BMP2, TGFβ and GDF5. Also provided is a pharmaceutical product comprising the chondrocytes obtained by the method.
US10100282B2
Provided herein are methods for the in vitro maintenance, expansion, culture, and/or differentiation of pluripotent cells, such as human embryonic stem cells (hESC) or induced pluripotent cells (iPSC), into hematopoietic precursor cells or endothelial cells. The pluripotent cells may be maintained and differentiated under defined conditions; thus, the use of mouse feeder cells or serum is not required in certain embodiments for the differentiation of the pluripotent cells into hematopoietic precursor cells or endothelial cells. The resulting hematopoietic precursor cells may be further differentiated into various myeloid or lymphoid lineages.
US10100281B2
A non-immunogenic selection epitope may be generated by removing certain amino acid sequences of the protein. For example, a gene encoding a truncated human epidermal growth factor receptor polypeptide (EGFRt) that lacks the membrane distal EGF-binding domain and the cytoplasmic signaling tail, but retains an extracellular epitope recognized by an anti-EGFR antibody is provided. Cells may be genetically modified to express EGFRt and then purified without the immunoactivity that would accompany the use of full-length EGFR immunoactivity. Through flow cytometric analysis, EGFRt was successfully utilized as an in vivo tracking marker for genetically modified human T cell engraftment in mice. Furthermore, EGFRt was demonstrated to have cellular depletion potential through cetuximab mediated antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) pathways. Thus, EGFRt may be used as a non-immunogenic selection tool, tracking marker, a depletion tool or a suicide gene for genetically modified cells having therapeutic potential.
US10100245B1
Methods and systems for enhancing acid fracture conductivity of acid fracture treatments on subterranean formations are provided. An example method of acid fracture treatment includes initiating fracturing of a subterranean formation in which a wellbore is formed to create a formation fracture, after initiating the fracturing for a period of time, injecting an acidic fluid into the wellbore to etch walls of the formation fracture to thereby create fracture conductivity, introducing a gas into the wellbore to foam fluids in the wellbore, and increasing a foam quality of the fluids with time during the treatment. The foam quality is based on a volume of the introduced gas and a total volume of the fluids in the wellbore.
US10100238B2
A liquid photo-curable adhesive composition comprising: (a) 5 to 30 wt % of urethane acrylate, (b) 30 to 80 wt % of plasticizer, (c) 0.02 to 5 wt % of photo initiator, (d) 0 to 30 wt % of acrylate monomers and/or oligomer, is described.
US10100228B2
An attachment system for attaching a first component and a second component includes a dual sided tape assembly having a dual sided tape, a release liner having a pull-down peel tab and a base release liner releasably attached to the dual sided tape, and a retainer for holding the pull-down peel tab to the base. The retainer may be either a sleeve or an adhesive pad. If the retainer is a sleeve, the release liner includes an intermediate portion between the pull-down peel tab and the base. Folded areas exist between the pull-down peel tab, the intermediate area, and the base. A portion of the intermediate portion passes through the sleeve. If retainer is an adhesive pad, the adhesive pad is attached to the base. The pull-down peel tab is temporarily attached to the adhesive pad when initially installed on a substrate.
US10100218B2
Provided is a curable composition for inkjet, which can have improved storage stability. The curable composition for inkjet according to the present invention can be applied in an inkjet mode, and can be cured by the irradiation with light and the application of heat, the curable composition for inkjet according to the present invention comprises a polyfunctional compound having at least two (meth)acryloyl groups, a compound having a cyclic ether group, a heat-curing agent and a color material which cannot be dissolved in the polyfunctional compound and which is dissolved in the curable composition.
US10100213B2
Fusing nanowire inks are described that can also comprise a hydrophilic polymer binder, such as a cellulose based binder. The fusing nanowire inks can be deposited onto a substrate surface and dried to drive the fusing process. Transparent conductive films can be formed with desirable properties.
US10100212B2
An ink composition contains (a) a compound which is represented by the following Formula (1) and has a specific molecular weight, (b) a colorant, (c) a polymer having an SP value of equal to or greater than 17 and equal to or less than 24, and (d) water, in which there is a specific relationship between a log P value of the component (a) and an SP value of the component (c). An ink set contains the ink composition, and an ink jet recording method uses the ink composition: R represents a specific alkyl group; Z1 represents a single bond, —NR1—, or —O—; Z2 represents —NR1— or —O—; at least one of Z1 or Z2 is —NR1—; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a specific alkyl group; and L represents a specific alkylene group or —C2H4—O—C2H4—.
US10100207B2
An adduct of at least one isocyanatoalkyltrimethoxysilane with at least one flame retardant reactive with the isocyanatoalkyltrimethoxysilane is used in compositions and for coating plexiglass.
US10100204B2
The present invention is directed to impact resistant and/or thermally insulative coating compositions for protective packages. Particularly, the protective packages include envelopes, pillows and Gusseted bags that house fragile and/or perishable objects during transport or mailing. The coating composition, upon heat or radiation trigger, expands at least 2500% in volume. The protective packages coated with the coating composition provide impact resistance, high strength, thermal insulation and light-weighting.
US10100194B2
A resin composition includes a polycarbonate resin; a reaction product of a glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer and a polyethylene terephthalate resin; an unreacted polyethylene terephthalate resin that is not subjected to a reaction with the glycidyl group-containing polyethylene copolymer; an organic phosphorous flame retardant; and a flame retardant antidrip agent, wherein in a resin phase separation structure observed by an electron microscope, the polycarbonate resin and the unreacted polyethylene terephthalate resin form a continuous phase, the reaction product forms a dispersed phase, and a specific surface area of the dispersed phase is 2 or greater.
US10100189B2
Provided are a thermoplastic elastomer composition containing 100 parts by mass of (a) a specified hydrogenated block copolymer and 0.01 to 5 parts by mass of (b) at least one additive selected from an antioxidant and a light stabilizer, wherein the additive (b) is soluble in toluene at room temperature, and the additive (b) exists in the inside and on the surface of the pellet; and a molded article formed from the pellet.
US10100186B2
The present invention is directed to a new heterophasic propylene copolymer (RAHECO) and an unoriented film comprising the heterophasic propylene copolymer (RAHECO) as well as a container comprising the unoriented film. The present invention is further directed to the use of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (RAHECO) for improving the balance between softness and haze of an unoriented film.
US10100184B1
A resin composition for resin moldings includes: a first resin composition containing a first polyolefin, a polyamide, first carbon fibers having an average fiber length of 0.1 mm to 1 mm and a carboxylic anhydride-modified polyolefin as a compatibilizer; and a second resin composition containing a second polyolefin and second carbon fibers having an average fiber length of 6 mm to 20 mm, wherein of the whole quantity of the resin composition for resin moldings, taking the total contents of the first polyolefin and the second polyolefin as 100 parts by mass, a content of the polyamide accounts for 1 part by mass to 50 parts by mass, the total contents for the first carbon fiber and the second carbon fiber account for 1 part by mass to 50 parts by mass and a content of the compatibilizer accounts for 1 part by mass to 10 parts by mass.
US10100183B2
This invention relates in one aspect to propylene polymers comprising propylene, said polymers having a melt flow rate (MFR, ASTM 1238, 230° C., 2.16 kg) of 10 dg/min to 25 dg/min; a Dimensionless Stress Ratio/Loss Tangent Index R2 at 190° C. from 1.5 to 28; an average meso run length determined by 13C NMR of at least 70 or higher; and an MFR MFR Ratio of at least 1.0 and optionally, a Loss Tangent, tan δ, at an angular frequency of 0.1 rad/s at 190° C. from 14 to 100. The inventive propylene polymer compositions are useful in in molded articles and non-woven fibers and fabrics.
US10100154B2
In some cases, fabricating a high refractive index polymer composite may include combining a thiol monomer and an ene monomer to yield a composite mixture, heating the composite mixture to yield a homogenous composite mixture, and curing the homogeneous composite mixture to yield a polymer composite, wherein the ene monomer comprises zirconium oxo (meth)acrylate clusters. The refractive index of the high refractive index polymer composite may be at least 1.70. In certain cases, fabricating a high reactive index polymer composite includes combining a vinyl (ene) monomer, a thiol monomer, and zirconium oxo (meth)acrylate clusters to yield a composite mixture, heating the composite mixture to yield a homogenous composite mixture, and curing the homogeneous composite mixture to yield a polymer composite. The refractive index of the high refractive index polymer composite may be at least 1.75.
US10100148B2
The present invention provides specific alkoxylation products, a process for preparing them, compositions which comprise these alkoxylation products, and the use thereof.
US10100143B2
Described herein are heterocyclic organic compounds. More specifically, described herein are compounds based on the combination of fused pyrrole structures with diketopyrrolopyrrole structures, methods for making these compounds, and uses thereof. The compounds disclosed have improved electronic, polymerization and stability properties that allow for improved material processability and inclusion in organic semiconductor devices.
US10100134B2
A method for manufacturing a polymer compound which has a constituent unit (a10) which includes a hydroxy group and a constituent unit (a1) which includes an acid decomposable group of which a polarity increases due to an effect of an acid, the method including copolymerizing a monomer for deriving a constituent unit (a0) which includes a group which protects a phenolic hydroxyl group or a hydroxy group of a carboxy group with an organic silicon compound and a monomer for deriving the constituent unit (a1) and obtaining a prepolymer which has the constituent unit (a0) and the constituent unit (a1), and selectively deprotecting the constituent unit (a0) by reacting a compound which has a fluoride anion with the prepolymer and obtaining a polymer compound which has the constituent unit (a10) and the constituent unit (a1).
US10100127B2
Disclosed herein are monoclonal antibodies or binding portion thereof that bind specifically to a Staphylococcus spp. autolysin N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase catalytic domain and/or cell wall binding domain, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the same. Cell lines expressing the monoclonal antibodies, including hybridomas, are also disclosed. Methods of using the monoclonal antibodies for installation of orthopedic implants, grafts or medical devices, treating or preventing a Staphylococcus infection, and treating osteomyelitis are described, as are diagnostic methods for the detection of Staphylococcus in a sample.
US10100123B2
The present disclosure relates generally to anti-C10orf54 antibodies, including antibody-drug conjugates comprising the antibodies, and methods of their use.
US10100120B2
There is provided an anti-human CRTH2 antibody which has desired activity by recognizing and binding to a specific human CRTH2; the antibody fragment; DNA which encodes the amino acid sequence of the antibody; a vector which comprises the DNA; hybridomas and antibody producing cells which produce the antibody; a method of producing the antibody; a composition which comprises the antibody or the antibody fragment; a treatment method and a diagnostic method of an allergic disease, an autoimmune disease, a disease accompanied by at least one of increase and hyperergasia of eosinophils; a disease accompanied by at least one of increase and hyperergasia of Th2 cells using the antibody or the antibody fragment; and a medicine and a diagnostic agent which comprise the antibody or the antibody fragment.
US10100118B2
There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-CD123 antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind CD123, CD123-antibody binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and CD123-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating a disease.
US10100115B2
The invention concerns therapeutic compositions for the treatment of vascularizing cancers, especially, glioblastoma. In particular, the invention is directed to compositions that comprise a molecule having a binding ability that is specific for B7-H3 and a molecule having a binding ability that is specific for a cell-surface factor (or its receptor) that is involved in promoting tumor angiogenesis (especially VEGF or its receptor, VEGFR). The invention is additionally directed to the use of such compositions in the treatment of such cancers, and in particular, in the treatment of glioblastoma.
US10100112B2
The present invention relates to inhibitors of the expression and/or activity of LIF for the treatment of cancer. Particularly, the present invention provides an in vitro method for designing a customized therapy for a patient suffering from cancer comprising (a) quantifying the expression levels of LIF in said patient, and (b) comparing said expression levels with control levels, wherein if the expression levels of LIF in said patient are greater than the control values, then an inhibitory agent of LIF is administered to said patient.
US10100110B2
The present invention relates to biological materials against HGF and more in particular to polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. In particular, the biological materials of the present invention inhibit binding of HGF to its receptor c-Met.
US10100109B2
The disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-activin A binding proteins, including antibodies. In particular embodiments, the disclosure provides fully human, humanized, and chimeric anti-activin A antibodies that bind human activin A, activin A-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and activin A-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Other embodiments provide nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having activin A-related disorders or conditions including cachexia related to gonadal cancer, other cancers, rheumatoid arthritis, and other diseases.
US10100108B2
The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for HGF. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-HGF antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-HGF antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-HGF antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with HGF.
US10100098B2
Novel proinsulins and glargine, aspart and Lis-Pro proinsulin analogs having specific amino acid and/or nucleic acid modifications suitable for improved methods of insulin production, as well as novel and highly efficient processes for preparing the same. The novel proinsulins and proinsulin analogs may be converted into human insulin and insulin analogs, respectively, that are useful in therapeutic preparations.
US10100093B2
This disclosure provides isolated polypeptides isolatable from a Burkholderia spp., compositions that include one or more of the polypeptides, and methods for making and methods for using the polypeptides. This disclosure also provides antibody that specifically binds one or more of the polypeptides isolatable from a Burkholderia spp, compositions that include such antibody, and methods for using such antibody.
US10100092B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods for the detection of various infectious organisms, including heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis), Ehrlichia Canis, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Borrelia burgdorferi. More particularly, this invention relates to antibodies that bind to a heartworm antigen, the E. Canis gp36 polypeptide, the A. phagocytophilum p44 polypeptide, the B. burgdorferi OspA, OspC, OspF, p39, p41 and VlsE polypeptides, and uses thereof.
US10100089B2
Processes for preparing compounds of Formula (1) and Formula (2) are described, wherein X, Y, Z, R1-R7, L and n are defined herein. Intermediates useful in the preparation of the compounds of Formula (1) and Formula (2) are also described.
US10100074B2
The present invention provides novel, regioselectively-acylated oligosaccharide compounds and methods for preparing them. In another aspect, the. invention provides a method for preparing a selectively-acylated oligosaccharide. The method includes forming a reaction mixture containing a protected oligosaccharide and an acylating agent. The protected oligosaccharide includes at least three hydroxyl moieties and each hydroxyl moiety is protected with a silyl protecting group. The reaction mixture is formed under conditions sufficient to selectively replace at least one silyl protecting group with a —C(0)-C1_6 alkyl group, and the selectively-acylated oligosaccharide comprises at least one —C(0)-C1_6 alkyl group and at least one silyl protecting group.
US10100069B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising at least one organic polymer that contains silane groups and at least one catalyst of formula (I). The composition is low in emissions and low-odor, has a good shelf-life, cures rapidly to form a mechanically high-quality, durable material with a very low propensity for migration-related defects such as exudation or dirt retention by the substrate. The composition is particularly suitable for use as an adhesive, sealant or coating.
US10100065B2
This invention relates to a compound for labeling mitochondria and a method of producing the same, wherein the compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2 below, and is useful in labeling mitochondria. In Chemical Formulas 1 and 2, n is 4 or 10.
US10100063B2
Provided herein are myeloid cell leukemia 1 protein (Mcl-1) inhibitors, methods of their preparation, related pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the same. For example, provided herein are compounds of Formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. The compounds and compositions provided herein may be used, for example, in the treatment of diseases or conditions, such as cancer.
US10100059B2
This disclosure is directed to agonists of the apelin receptor (APJ) and uses of such agonists.
US10100050B2
Compounds of formula (I) defined herein are p38 MAPK inhibitors and are useful as anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of, inter alia, diseases of the respiratory tract.
US10100041B2
The invention relates to pyrazolyl substituted tetrahydropyranylsulfones as voltage gated calcium channel blockers, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and also to these compounds for use in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of pain and further diseases and/or disorders.
US10100037B2
Activity-based probe compounds for use in labeling a cysteine protease are provided. The compounds are targeted to the protease through a specific targeting element. The compounds additionally include a detectable element, such as a fluorescent label, a radiolabel, or a chelator. In some cases, the compounds additionally include a quenching element that is released upon reaction with the protease. Also provided are compositions comprising the compounds and methods for using the compounds, for example in labeling a protease in an animal and in visualizing a tumor in an animal.
US10100036B2
A lappaconitine aza-cinnamic acid derivative having the following formula (I): X is C or N, and R1, R2, and R3 are independently H or lower alkyl. A method of preparing the lappaconitine aza-cinnamic acid derivative of formula (I) is also disclosed.
US10100035B2
The present invention relates to certain intermediates useful in the preparation of certain benzoimidazol-2-yl pyrimidines and processes for preparing them. In particular, the present invention relates to various 2-[3-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)-propylamino]-pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acids and amides as useful intermediates in the preparation of compounds including
US10100032B2
The invention relates to novel crystalline forms of 3-(4-amino-l-oxo-l,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione, including a novel urea cocrystal of 3-(4-amino-l-oxo-l,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione; a novel gallic acid cocrystal of 3-(4-amino-l-oxo-1,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione; a novel propyl gallate cocrystal of 3-(4-amino-l-oxo-1,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione; and a novel L-tartaric acid cocrystal of 3-(4-amino-1-oxo-1,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione. The preparation and characterization of the novel crystalline forms according to various embodiments of the invention are described. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel crystalline forms, and the therapeutic use of the novel crystalline forms.
US10100029B2
The present invention relates novel heterocyclic analogs of combretastatin, their synthesis, and their use as anti-cancer compounds. In particular, compounds of Formula (I), Formula (II), and Formula (V) are provided.
US10100027B2
Provided is a benzofuran analog having a structure represented by formula (I) and used as an NS4B inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the benzofuran analog. The benzofuran analog has anti-hepatitis C virus activity.
US10099997B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for stabilizing an acrylic acid derivative, and a composition containing an acrylic acid derivative in which the acrylic acid derivative is stabilized. The present invention provides a composition comprising: (A) an acrylic acid derivative represented by Formula (I): (wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different, and each represents alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl that may have one or more substituents, halogen, or hydrogen; R3 represents alkyl, fluoroalkyl, aryl that may have one or more substituents, or hydrogen; and X represents fluoroalkyl, alkyl, halogen, or hydrogen); and (B) alcohol, wherein the content of acrylic acid derivative (A) is 30% (w/w) or more.
US10099996B2
Methods and compositions containing a phorbol ester or a derivative of a phorbol ester are provided for the treatment of chronic and acute conditions. Such conditions may be caused by disease, be symptoms, treatments, or sequelae of disease. The phorbol esters described are particularly useful in the treatment of neoplastic diseases and/or managing the side effects of chemotherapeutic and radiotherapeutic treatments of neoplastic diseases.
US10099994B2
A method for producing halogenated carbonates is provided, the method having the steps of reacting a halogenated hydroxyl moiety with an alkyl formate in the presence of a liquid solvent and a solid base. An exemplary halogenated carbonate so produced is trifluoroethyl methyl carbonate.
US10099993B2
Provided herein are small molecule active metabotropic glutamate subtype-2 and -3 receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMS), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions comprising the compounds.
US10099992B2
The invention relates to a method for separating formic acid from a reaction mixture which comprises, in addition to formic acid, a polyoxometalate ion of general formula [PMoxVyO40]n−, where 6≤x≤11, 1≤y≤6, x+y=12 and 3
US10099988B2
Provided are integrated processes for the conversion of beta propiolactone to acrylic acid. Systems for the production of acrylic acid are also provided.
US10099987B2
Disclosed is a process for preparing a product of formula I: wherein the reaction is catalyzed both by thiamine or a thiamine salt and by ascorbic acid in a form which is free or salified or an organic acid salt of an alkaline metal, preferably sodium acetate, potassium tartrate, sodium succinate, or a reductone, preferably 2-hydroxypropanedial or 2,3-dihydroxycyclopent-2-ene-1-one in an organic solvent.
US10099986B2
Disclosed is an adduct between a Lewis acid, preferably aluminum trichloride, iron trichloride, or zinc dichloride, and a hydrosilane;—a method for preparing same; and a method for for reducing, particularly, an aldehyde, a ketone, an α,β-unsaturated ketone, an imine, or an α,β-unsaturated imine.
US10099980B2
A method of recovering an alcohol from an aqueous stream comprising: providing an aqueous stream comprising water and an alcohol; providing a solvent stream; combining the aqueous stream and the solvent stream; and recovering at least a portion of the alcohol by liquid-liquid extraction.
US10099974B2
A process for producing xylenes, in particular para-xylene that is less energy intensive than conventional processes is provided. In an embodiment the process comprises contacting a feed mixture in an isomerization zone with a catalyst at isomerization conditions and producing an isomerized product comprising a higher proportion of p-xylene than in the feed mixture, wherein the catalyst comprises an acidic sulfonated catalytic membrane. Xylene isomerization can also be coupled with a p-xylene extraction process, where the raffinate (p-xylene deprived stream) from the extraction process is fed to an isomerization reactor to produce p-xylene. In an embodiment, the process can comprise: a) providing a feed stream comprising a mixture of xylene isomers including p-xylene; b) extracting p-xylene from the feed stream using a separator to separate the feed stream into a p-xylene rich stream and a p-xylene deprived stream; and c) delivering the p-xylene deprived stream to an isomerization unit, the isomerization unit including an acidic sulfonated catalytic membrane, and using the isomerization unit to produce an isomerized product comprising a higher proportion of p-xylene than in the p-xylene deprived stream delivered to the isomerization unit. In any one or more aspects, the isomerization unit can be operated at a temperature in the range of less than 350°, for example about 20° C. to about 200° C.
US10099971B2
The present invention relates to a 1-octene composition. The 1-octene composition according to the present invention is prepared by ethylene oligomerization and comprises a high content of 1-octene and monomers useful for copolymerization of 1-octene at the same time.
US10099968B2
A combustible solid propellant composition is disclosed that includes an oxidizer of the reaction product under vacuum of potassium periodate and isocyanate, a polymer binder, a plasticizer, and a fuel.
US10099967B2
Disclosed are hypergolic salts with borane cluster anions that ignite spontaneously upon contact with nitric acid (from 70% to 100% in water) with short ignition delay. The salts, when added as trigger additive to combustible solvent or ionic liquids, make the resulting formulation hypergolic. The salts with borane cluster anions also shorten ignition delay in hypergols, such as RP-1, and additionally allow nitric acid to be used to replace liquid oxygen as an oxidizer. In some examples, the borane salts are formed in situ in an ionic liquid.
US10099953B2
There is provided a system and a method for regenerating a material that reduce the incidence of scaling due to scale forming contaminants. The method may include reducing a temperature of a treated material exiting a wet air oxidation unit in a scale reducing heat exchanger prior to delivery of the treated material to a second heat exchanger which heats a source waste material comprising a scale forming contaminant therein with heat from the first treated material to form a heated waste material comprising the scale forming contaminant.
US10099951B2
Embodiments of the invention describe an apparatus, method, and system of wastewater treatment using modular membrane bioreactor (MBR) cartridges. In one embodiment, said method of wastewater treatment includes adjusting the number of activated modular MBR cartridges in a container and adjusting the wastewater processing rate of the container to dynamically change the throughput of a fixed-size wastewater processing container. According to one embodiment, said method can include utilizing modular MBR cartridges to provide for a fault-tolerant wastewater treatment container.
US10099947B2
A water treatment solution may include a metal salt and a base product fluid. The base product fluid may include a molecular compound that is a chelating compound. The molecular compound may have the formula: ((NH4)2SO4)a.(H2SO4)b.(H2O)c.(NH4HSO4)x. In the formula, a may be between 1 and 5, b may be between 1 and 5, c may be between 1 and 5, and x may be between 1 and 10. The water treatment solution may be formed by adding the metal salt to the base product fluid and water. The water treatment solution may be added to water in need of treatment. The water in need of treatment may be a static body of water.
US10099943B2
Apparatus and methods for desalination and mineral reduction of water resources by vertical freezing
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for separating salts, minerals, organic matter and other impurities from seawater, brackish water, wastewater or other water resources by freezing contained water in a downward vertical direction. Generally, feed water is pumped into a tank and a refrigerant contacts the upper surface of the feed water to form a layer of ice. During this process, salt and other impurities are rejected from the ice layer into the feed water below. By continuing this process, the feed water will freeze in a downward direction as the ice layer thickens. Salt and other impurities will continue to be rejected into the feed water and may be drained from the tank through a drain pipe after a block of ice is formed. Additional feed water may then be pumped into the tank to raise the block of ice for removal or ejection from the tank.
US10099931B2
A method for directly preparing an empty shell type small grain ZSM-5 molecular sieve. The method comprises: uniformly mixing and stirring an organic template agent, a silicon source and water; dripping an aqueous solution of an aluminum source into the mixture; preserving room temperature, and continuously stirring for a period of time; and performing hydrothermal crystallization, and washing, drying and roasting the obtained product to obtain the molecular sieve. The molecular sieve has high degree of crystallinity and uniform particle size. Moreover, the method requires short time, simple operation and only one step, no extra surfactant is needed, and secondary acid and alkali treatment is not needed.
US10099929B2
A method of producing graphene powder includes the heat treatment of a graphitizable polymer film to at least 2000 degrees C. to form a heat treated film having a substantially turbostratic graphitic structure. The heat treated film is then sheared along a plane substantially parallel to a major surface of the heat treated film to form a particulate having a thickness less than 100 nanometers.
US10099924B2
Process for manufacturing a purified aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution, in which a crude aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution is subjected to a washing operation with at least one organic solvent, and wherein an organophosphorus chelating agent is added to the organic solvent.
US10099923B2
The invention relates to a process for producing synthesis gas (5) in which hydrocarbon (2) is decomposed thermally in a first reaction zone (11) to hydrogen and carbon, and hydrogen formed is passed from the first reaction zone (Z1) into a second action zone (Z2) in order to be reacted therein with carbon dioxide (4) to give water and carbon monoxide. The characteristic feature here is that energy required for the thermal decomposition of the hydrocarbon is supplied to the first reaction zone (Z1) from the second reaction zone (Z2).
US10099922B2
A method for loading an axial-radial flow vessel containing a bed of a particulate catalyst having a radial-flow portion and an axial-flow portion supported on and in fluid communication with the radial flow portion, includes: (i) placing a first catalyst material in the radial-flow portion and (ii) placing a second catalyst material in the axial-flow portion, wherein the second catalyst material has a smaller particle size than the first catalyst material. A vessel loaded with first and second catalyst materials is also described.
US10099919B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device may include a MEMS structure over a first substrate. The MEMS structure comprises a movable element. Depositing a first conductive material over the first substrate and etching trenches in a second substrate. Filling the trenches with a second conductive material and depositing a third conductive material over the second conductive material and the second substrate. Bonding the first substrate and the second substrate and thinning a backside of the second substrate which exposes the second conductive material in the trenches.
US10099913B2
A sump base dispensing system for dispensing a flowable material includes a bulk bin container having a bottom wall and a plurality of upstanding side walls foldably joined to the bottom wall to form an interior space. One of the plurality of the side walls includes a dispensing opening. A cassette is configured to be disposed into the interior space bulk bin container and is positioned within the bottom wall of the bulk bin container. The cassette includes a product bag having a respective inlet and outlet ports used for respective filling and dispensing the flowable material from the product bag. A sump base dispensing apparatus is configured to be attached to the product bag via a dispensing fitment so as to assist in removing the flowable material residual through the dispensing fitment by gravity force.
US10099909B2
Systems, methods and apparatus to increase the frequency and/or probability of use of a personal safety device, and to reduce the probability that a person is exposed to a dangerous situation unless and until a safety device has been engaged. One apparatus includes an alarm that is activated by the use of a mechanized instrument to remind a worker using the instrument to engage a safety device before proceeding to use the instrument, and an actuator for a switch that can be used by the worker to deactivate the alarm. Another apparatus includes a switch to prevent operation of a mechanized instrument unless a safety device is engaged by a worker using the device, and an actuator for a switch that can be used by the worker to permit operation of the instrument. In a mechanized instrument, another apparatus includes a plurality of sensors that measure distances between themselves, and a microprocessor to activate an alarm concerning engagement of a safety device before operation of the instrument and/or to prevent use of the instrument until a safety device is engaged.
US10099898B2
An apparatus includes an elastically deformable member having a first portion and a second portion. Spaced-apart shackle assemblies each respectively define a jaw opening. The elastically deformable member is receivable in the jaw opening defined by each of the spaced-apart shackle assemblies. Terminal assemblies are configured to be respectively affixed to the first portion and the second portion-of the elastically deformable member.
US10099897B2
An elevator has a safety controller to which several safety switch arrangements are connected. The safety controller is configured to cause the stop of the elevator motor and the activation of the motor brakes. A comparator is provided in the safety controller for the determination of the status of the safety chain. The comparator is connected with a memory for storing at least one resistor reference value, which comparator is configured to output a safety chain status signal in dependence of comparison of a measured resistance value with the resistor reference value. Each of said safety switch arrangements includes at least one first resistor and a safety switch which are connected in series. The value of the first resistor is different in at least some safety switch arrangements, preferably in all safety switch arrangements. Each safety switch arrangement includes at least a second resistor connected in parallel with the safety switch, which second resistor has a higher value than the first resistor. The detection of a short circuit as well as of the opening of a safety switch arrangement are allowed.
US10099874B2
A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a supporter having a support surface configured to support sheets; a supplier having a conveying surface exposed from the support surface and moved to supply one or more sheets; a separator including a separating roller and a retard roller located downstream of the supplier; and an inclined surface disposed upstream of the nip position and pivotable about a pivot axis. The inclined surface has a first end portion and a second end portion, and the second end portion is located downstream of the first end portion. The inclined surface is inclined such that the second end portion is nearer to the support surface than the first end portion. The first end portion is located upstream of a downstream end portion of the conveying surface. The second end portion is spaced apart from the conveying surface.
US10099868B1
Developed to transport any products, whether industrialized or not, via streams, in different geographic regions. By means of a piping circuit (1) housing distributing stations (3), in suitable points in the region of installation are formed streams driven by hydraulic pumps (2) successively installed along the length of such circuit (1). The streams are provided with conveyor capsules (4) of any industrial objects or not, capable of being carried by these capsules (4). In this way, the piping circuit (1) can be installed so as to cover large a geographic area and, for its internal rapids, to promote the transport of goods of all kinds. For control on delivery, upon stop at the predefined distribution station (3), the corresponding conveying capsule (4) shall be identified by its electronic registration. These capsules (4), after being unloaded at their distribution stations (3), are returned to the circulation by the circuit (1) and so on, thus forming an unprecedented supply system for large geographical regions.
US10099860B2
A connecting device (2-2″″′) for connecting a conveying carriage (1-1″″′) to a drive chain (4) has a pivot lever (6-6″″′) that is connected pivotally to the conveying carriage (1-1″″′). A chain fastening (8-8″″′) is connectable to the drive chain (4), and an articulated joint (10-10″″′) connects the pivot lever (6-6″″′) and the chain fastening (8-8″″′). The articulated joint (10-10″″′) has three degrees of rotational freedom between the pivot lever (6-6″″′) and the chain fastening (8-8″″′).
US10099856B2
A pallet jack has a forked platform with rollers embedded in the arms of the fork. The rollers are located at intervals from the front of the arms to the rear. The rollers work in conjunction with an inclined ramp, also having embedded rollers, attached to the front of the arms to lift a container onto the forks. Once a container is aligned in front of the inclined ramp, the pallet jack is driven forward. The momentum of the pallet jack, at standard speed, causes the inclined ramp to insert underneath the container and lifts the container onto the arms. The rollers allow the container to move into position on the pallet jack for transfer. An overlay platform may cover the host forks for standard pallet transfer. The overlay platform may have embedded rollers and can be rotated into position over a standard fork.
US10099852B2
The invention relates to a corrugated steel floor (1) in a shipping container (20), which steel floor (1) is positioned with corrugations comprising a number of ridges (6) and grooves (7) running towards an opening (21) for loading and unloading goods to be shipped or stored in the container (20), where a distance between the ridges (6) measured from a substantial vertical one side (8) of a groove (7) to a substantial vertical other side (9) of the groove (7) is shorter than or equal to 40 mm. Further the grooves (7) of the corrugations are flush with or placed on a door sill (14) and the floor (1) can be assembled of a plurality of floor slabs (10). Further the floor (1) can be provided with lashing means.
US10099849B2
A capsule for making beverages, containing a powdered food substance which can be extracted by passing hot water through it, the capsule (1) comprising a cup-shaped containment body (3) which inside it forms a chamber (2) for housing (16) the powdered food substance, and which comprises a bottom portion (7) through which, in use, hot water can be fed into the capsule (1), and a lateral wall (4) connected to the bottom portion (7) and forming an access opening for accessing the chamber (2), and a closing element (9) fixed to the lateral wall (4) at the access opening for closing it, and through which, in use, the beverage can come out of the chamber (2). The capsule (1) also comprises a filter element (10) which is permeable to water and positioned inside the chamber (2) between the powdered food substance and the bottom portion (7), the filter element (10) resting on the bottom portion (7) and being free to move away from the latter towards the inside of the chamber (2) except for the resistance applied by the powdered food substance. The invention also relates to a system for making beverages which comprises the capsule (1).
US10099839B2
Heat-resistant tray particularly for food products as well as an oven for use in the heating thereof
By, according to the invention, producing a food product tray (1) with a lid (2) using a basic material (3) such as aluminum, and providing said material (3) with a coating (4) comprising at least two layers (9 and 10), of which at least one of the materials has a high emission value, it is possible with a suitable dimensioning and placement of the coating (4) on the inner and/or outer side of the tray (1) and the lid (2) to obtain a hitherto unknown precise heating of the individual food products within the same heating time in an oven (12). The oven (12) has heating elements (14-16) which may abut against the sides and bottom of the tray as well as against the lid (2), said heating elements (14-16) may have a zonal heat emission in order to obtain the best possible cooking of the food. A QR code (20) on the lid (2) readable by the oven (12) allows for programming the oven with a view to both heat exposure intensity and position of the heat exposure in relation to the food products (6A and 7A) in the tray (1).
US10099834B2
An improved blow molded plastic container having generally rounded sidewalls that are adapted for hot-fill applications has two adjacent sides and two pairs of controlled deflection panels, each pair reacting to vacuum pressure at differing rates of movement, whereby one pair inverts under vacuum pressure and the other pair remains available for increased squeezability or extreme vacuum extraction. The opposing sidewalls are symmetric relative to vacuum panel and rib shape and placement. The ribs and controlled deflection panels cooperate to retain container shape upon filling and cooling and also improves bumper denting resistance, decreases vacuum pressure within the container, and increases light weight capability.
US10099833B2
A locking device for a carton includes a first part (F) defined in a first panel (12) and a second part (M) defined in a second panel (14). The first part includes a female tab (22) struck from the first panel and foldably coupled thereto. The second part includes a male tab (20) struck from the second panel and foldably coupled thereto. The male tab is hinged to the second panel by a first non-linear fold line (24) and is receivable in an aperture created by folding the female tab out of the plane of the first panel so as to secure the first and second panels together. The male tab includes at least one weakened line (28) for facilitating folding of the male tab about the first non-linear fold line (24). An edge (30) of the female tab braces against the male tab so as to maintain the male tab in a folded or locked configuration.
US10099831B2
What is disclosed is a storage and transport system for storage and transport objects such as jewelry or any other objects to be stored or carried. In a preferred embodiment, the carrier is a roll having a series of interchangeable attachments. In a further preferred embodiment, the interchangeable attachments are capable of being layered. The system further discloses a system in which attachments are interchangeable between various items or articles.
US10099830B2
A food storage container comprising a bottom container for storing food, an easy to lift ventilation cover and a locking lid for securing the contents of the food storage container. The locking lid is provided at the top portion thereof with a combination lock. The combination lock having a plurality of wheels and projections being aligned with numbers on the top of the container. The combination lock is provided with a left side lock bolt and a right side lock bolt and engageable locking cases on both sides preventing the food storage container from opening. The food storage container is preferably formed from dishwasher-safe and microwave-safe materials. The combination lock of the present invention can be formed from a metal, glass or plastic material.
US10099815B2
A multi-use container with wheels, which includes: an opening; a base; lateral walls; end faces; a lower edge around the lateral walls and the end faces; at least two wheels coupled to each external face of the lateral walls, close to the lower edge of the lateral walls and the lower corners of the container; and recesses in the opening for receiving a lower part of the wheels of a container stacked on top. The base projects from underneath the lower edge.
US10099814B2
A pallet includes an integral single unitary body that may include first and second outer runners continuously extending along first and second outer sides of the pallet from a third side of the pallet to a fourth opposite side of the pallet. Each of the first and second outer runners may include an elongate upwardly facing channel, a bottom wall having an upper surface forming a floor of the channel, sidewalls upwardly extending from the bottom wall and diverging from one another, side wall lips outwardly extending from the sidewalls, end walls upwardly extending from the bottom wall and diverging from one another, end wall lips outwardly extending from the end walls and end wall skirts extending downwardly from and hanging from the end wall lips. At least one deck portion is between the first and second outer runners.
US10099811B2
A method for manufacturing a bottle including forming the bottle (10) that is formed in a bottomed tubular shape and has a bottom wall section (19) provided with a contact part (18) positioned at an outer circumferential edge thereof and a deformable tube part that is of a multilevel topped tubular shape, is provided upright at the contact part (18), and blocks an inside of the contact part (18); the method having a primary blow molding process of performing biaxial stretch blow molding on a preform to obtain a primary intermediate molded article; a heat treatment process of heating the primary intermediate molded article to be forcibly shrunken and molded into a secondary intermediate molded article; and a secondary blow molding process of performing blow molding on the secondary intermediate molded article to obtain the bottle (10).
US10099809B2
A storage and dosing station for storage and dispensing dosed quantities of solid drug portions. A stationary part of the station is mountable to a frame of an apparatus for packaging solid drug portions, the stationary part including a first part of a dispensing device. The first part includes a controller and a drive for driving an individualizing mechanism for dispensing separate solid drug portions. A detachable part is coupled to the stationary part and includes a storage container for receiving a plurality of solid drug portions. A second part of the dispensing device includes an information memory. An information reader on the stationary part is coupled to the controller, wherein the information reader reads information stored in the information memory if the detachable part is coupled to the stationary part. The information memory stores data that are used by the controller to control the operation of components of the dispensing device.
US10099803B2
Systems and methods for ground-based aircraft thrust systems are provided. A sled can be adapted to support at least wings and a fuselage of an aircraft. A guideway can be configured to receive the sled and move the sled along the guideway for assisted takeoff of the aircraft. A magnetic propulsion system can be configured to levitate the sled and propel the sled along the guideway independent of thrust provided by the aircraft.
US10099792B1
In an embodiment, a parachute deployment system includes a parachute coupled to a release via a first load path. The first path includes crown lines. The release is adapted to attach the parachute to a rocket via the crown lines, and disengage the parachute from the rocket if a load shifts from the first path to a second path. The system also includes a line constrainer between the release and the parachute. The crown lines pass through the line constrainer, and the line constrainer is adapted to restrict an extent to which the crown lines are able to extend away from a longitudinal axis. An example release includes a back plate configured to couple a tow line to crown lines and a soft pin. The pin is adapted to separate from the back plate in response to tensioning of the release line, causing the parachute to disengage.
US10099789B2
A galley system comprising at least one electrically operated galley device, a galley frame having at least one compartment for housing the at least one galley device, at least one fuel cell unit, and a power control and monitoring unit coupled with the at least one galley device and the at least one fuel cell unit. The power control and monitoring unit is adapted for receiving a power request signal from the at least one galley device, for determining, whether the at least one fuel cell unit is able to provide the requested power and for sending an acknowledgment signal to the respective galley device, when the at least one fuel cell unit is able to provide the requested power, and wherein the galley system is independent from an external power supply.
US10099788B2
In a lighting arrangement (2) for an interior (4) of a vehicle, having a beam area (6) for emitting light (8) into an environment (10) of the lighting arrangement (2), having at least one first luminaire (12a, b) having a first luminous area (14a, b) for emitting the light (8), the first luminous area (14a, b) being part of the beam area (6), having at least one projector (16) with a beam opening (18) for emitting the light (8), the beam opening (18) being part of the beam area (6), at least one of the first luminaires (12a, b) has at least one passage region (34) for at least one part of one of the beam openings (18) of one of the projectors (16) on its first luminous area (14a, b), and/or, in at least one of the projectors (16), a surface region (20) of the projector (16) which is adjacent to the beam opening (18) is in the form of a second luminaire (21) having a second luminous area (22) for emitting light (8), the second luminous area (22) being part of the beam area (6).
US10099780B2
A vibration control actuator includes a housing having a length between ends and a rotatable shaft located in the housing and extending along a housing length and which rotates about a shaft axis substantially parallel to the length. An inertia wheel assembly is operably connected to the rotatable shaft and configured to rotate therewith about the shaft axis. The inertia wheel assembly is in frictional contact with an inner wall of the housing and translatable to travel within the housing between the ends along at least a portion of the shaft axis.
US10099777B2
One aspect is a flight control system for a rotary wing aircraft including a main rotor system and an elevator control system. A flight control computer of the flight control system includes processing circuitry configured to execute control logic. The control logic includes an inverse plant model that produces a main rotor feed forward command based on a pitch rate command, and a load alleviation control filter configured to reduce loads on a main rotor system and produce an elevator command for an elevator control system. A transformed elevator command filter produces a main rotor pitch adjustment command based on the elevator command, and a main rotor command generator generates an augmented main rotor feed forward command for the main rotor system based on the main rotor feed forward command and the main rotor pitch adjustment command.
US10099773B2
Sounds are generated by an aerial vehicle during operation. For example, the motors and propellers of an aerial vehicle generate sounds during operation. Disclosed are systems, methods, and apparatus for actively adjusting the position of one or more propeller blade treatments of a propeller blade of an aerial vehicle during operation of the aerial vehicle. For example, the propeller blade may have one or more propeller blade treatments that may be adjusted between two or more positions. Based on the position of the propeller blade treatments, the airflow over the propeller is altered, thereby altering the sound generated by the propeller when rotating. By altering the propeller blade treatments on multiple propeller blades of the aerial vehicle, the different sounds generated by the different propeller blades may effectively cancel, reduce, and/or otherwise alter the total sound generated by the aerial vehicle.
US10099768B2
A telescoping aircraft door is disclosed having first and second panels that slide relative to one another to extend and retract as the door closes and opens, respectively. The first panel is hinged to the door frame in a traditional manner, and the second panel is fixed to the door frame by a linkage that limits the arc of the second panel. By selecting the location and length of the linkage, the relative movement of the two panels can be predictably controlled to reduce the depth of the door when closed and the length of the door when opened.
US10099761B2
A water turbine propeller includes an optional turbine casing having forward and rearward openings, a rotational cylindrical unit, a plurality of rotating foil blades rigidly secured to the inner periphery of the rotational shaft on a common shaft, and an engine or motor which rotates the rotational shaft within the turbine casing. The operation of the engine causes the rotation of the rotational shaft and the helical blades direct water into the forward opening of the turbine casing and out the rearward openings of the turbine casing, thereby creating a focused torque (or vortex) effect on the water flow for a propulsive force.
US10099755B2
A pivoting rail mounted lighting system for boats which includes three separate portable housings and a light source located in these housings. Each light source being visible from outside the housing such that when the first housing is illuminated, a red colored light source is illuminated for rail mounting to the Port side of the vessel, when the second housing is illuminated, a green colored light source is illuminated for rail mounting to the Starboard side of the vessel, and when the third housing is illuminated, an All Around white light is illuminated for rail mounting to the portions of the vessels railing systems. A quick connect and release pivoting bracket is connected to the housings and is designed to releasably connect to multiple positions along boat railings and allow the light housings to be “pivoted” into the proper direction to display the correct angle of light.
US10099752B2
An offshore drilling system includes a drilling tower, a tubular string hoisting device with a crown block and a travelling block suspended from the crown block in a multiple fall arrangement. A heave compensation system is adapted to provide heave compensation of the travelling block. The heave compensation system includes a hydraulic sheave compensator. The system further includes a mobile working deck which is movable with respect to the drilling tower within a motion range including a heave compensation motion range. The heave compensation system is further adapted to provide heave compensation of the mobile working deck by a hydraulic deck compensator, which is hydraulically connected via a hydraulic conduit to the hydraulic sheave compensator, such that in operation the deck compensator moves synchronously with the sheave compensator of the heave compensation system.
US10099751B1
Method and apparatus for an improved recreational canopy which may be used with watercraft, or other structures, wherein the canopy is constructed by using a pair of flexible, resilient rod-like members wherein one end of each of the flexible rods is inserted through mating apertures in an upright support member mounted onto the watercraft, or other structure, so that the rods are bowed outwardly and frictionally held in the stanchion. A canopy, which may be constructed of solar cell fabric, is attached between the rods so that the canopy generally appears to be in an elongated V-shaped structure which stretches across a portion of the supporting structure, such as a watercraft, between the flexible rods. The upper end of the upright support member may be pivotable and the rod-like members may be disposed in a cap removably disposed on the upper end of the upright support member.
US10099741B2
A personal mobility vehicle or scooter includes a least one swivel caster wheel supported at the rear of the scooter. The scooter has a body that includes a deck and a handlebar assembly. The scooter includes at least one front wheel with the deck extending between the at least one front wheel and the at least one swivel wheel. The scooter can also include an angled rear portion supporting a rear swivel caster wheel such that the pivot axis of the swivel wheel is inclined with respect to the top surface of the deck. Embodiments of the scooter also include a swivel braking assembly configured to apply a braking force to the at least one swivel wheel.
US10099736B2
A method for controlling the driving of at least one drive axle on a trailer of a traction vehicle-trailer combination includes determining a target drive power for the drive axle of the trailer as a function of a distribution of contact forces on the trailer or on the traction vehicle, or as a function of a traction drive power for the traction vehicle. The method further includes providing drive control signals for controlling an electrical drive for the drive axle of the trailer. The drive control signals are derived from the determined target drive power.
US10099734B2
Endless vehicle tracks including a body having an outer surface formed of an elastomeric material displaying a series of ground engaging profiles longitudinally spaced along the outer surface, and an inner surface formed a urethane reinforcement material. The inner surface generally displays a series of longitudinally spaced guide-drive lugs for retaining the track on the vehicle and/or driving the vehicle. In some aspects, the urethane reinforcement defines the inner surface of the body, and the urethane reinforcement may even be a continuous structure forming a base of the inner surface. In some cases, the urethane reinforcement defines wheel path regions of the body, and the urethane reinforcement may even form the guide-drive lugs. In some embodiments, the endless vehicle track further includes a fabric reinforcement layer disposed beneath or upon the outer surface of the upper face of the guide-drive lugs.
US10099729B2
A nose gap reducer for reducing drag on a vehicle is disclosed. The nose gap reducer may be coupled to a vehicle such as a trailer of a semi-trailer truck for example. The trailer may be positioned between a tractor unit or between another trailer.
US10099717B2
A steering system includes a two-way clutch, a worm wheel that is rotatable together with an input shaft, and a coil that generates a drive force for the two-way clutch to couple/decouple the input shaft and an output shaft to/from each other. The worm wheel has a center circular plate portion fixed to the input shaft, a radial ring portion that projects forward from a peripheral edge of the center circular plate portion, and a toothed portion that projects outward in the radial direction from the radial ring portion. The two-way clutch is disposed in a space surrounded by the center circular plate portion and the radial ring portion and formed on the front side with respect to the center circular plate portion. The coil surrounds an outer peripheral surface of the radial ring portion.
US10099715B2
A steering column assembly includes an upper jacket. Also included is a lower jacket, the upper jacket translatable relative to the lower jacket. Further included is an energy absorption strap operatively coupled to the upper jacket and the lower jacket, the strap translatable with the upper jacket. Yet further included is an engagement mechanism operatively coupled to the lower jacket, the engagement mechanism moveable between an engaged condition with the energy absorption strap and a disengaged condition with the energy absorption strap, the engaged condition increasing the energy absorption load of the steering column assembly during collapse of the upper jacket into the lower jacket, the engagement mechanism remaining in a stationary position relative to the lower jacket during translation of the energy absorption strap.
US10099706B2
A remote user can define one or more zone based driver/vehicle behavior definitions. Current vehicle location is analyzed at the vehicle or remotely to determine if the vehicle is approaching or has arrived at a location for which a zone based driver/vehicle behavior has been defined. For zone based driver behavior definitions, a display in the vehicle automatically displays the zone based driver behavior definition to the driver. In some embodiments driver compliance is tracked and non-compliance is reported to the remote user. For zone based vehicle behavior definitions, a vehicle controller at the vehicle responsible for controlling the defined behavior is reprogrammed to impose the defined behavior (no regeneration at location, max speed at location, no idle over 2 minutes at location, etc.). Once the vehicle has left the zone, the controller programming reverts to its prior state, and/or zone based driver behavior definition is no longer displayed.
US10099703B2
A vehicular system includes a master ECU, a first slave ECU, and a second slave ECU. The second slave ECU transmits a storing request to the master ECU on detection of a malfunction. The master ECU transmits a storing instruction for causing diagnostic information to be stored, on reception of the storing request. The first slave ECU generates diagnostic information on the first slave ECU, on reception of the storing instruction from the master ECU. The first slave ECU further stores the generated diagnostic information in a retention storage medium. The retention storage medium is configured to retain validity determination information in a condition where the first slave ECU is not supplied with electric power source.
US10099700B2
A vehicle comprising at least one controller in communication with a transceiver, and the transceiver capable of communication with one or more infotainment features. The at least one controller may be configured to receive a configurable constraint for the one or more infotainment devices. The at least one controller may be further configured to monitor an interaction between a driver and the one or more infotainment devices based on the configurable constraint. The at least one controller may be further configured to generate an alert if the configurable constraint is exceeded in the interaction.
US10099696B2
A method for operating a drive train by providing a primary drive machine, a working machine, a hydrodynamic clutch, and a temperature detection device; wherein at least in the case of a change from a load state and/or an operating state of the drive train thereby creating a new load state and a new operational state, the temperature of the hydrodynamic clutch is detected at the time of the change; wherein on the basis of the detected temperature and the new load state and/or the new operational state of the drive train, an expected temperature progression is calculated; and wherein a warning signal and/or a stop signal is issued for the primary drive machine if a temperature of the calculated temperature progression exceeds a predetermined maximum temperature within the expected duration of the new load state and/or the new operational state.
US10099692B2
An automated driving control part including a package determining part determining a driver assistance package packaging permissions for a plurality of driver assistance operations based on at least one of surrounding environment information, host vehicle information, and driver information, a package proposing part proposing to the driver to switch to a driver assistance package so as to obtain permissions for driver assistance operations permitted in the driver assistance package, a judging part judging if a driver has authorized switching to the driver assistance package proposed by the package proposing part, and a package content providing part providing information relating to the content of the driver assistance package authorized by the driver through the information providing device to the driver.
US10099689B2
In a vehicle travel support system or a vehicle travel support method, a control apparatus estimates a travel path of a vehicle on the basis of the present position of the vehicle and map information, acquires from a map information storage apparatus a curve radius that is of a curve included in the travel path and that is contained in the map information, performs a vehicle turning support or a deceleration support prior to entry to the curve on the basis of a start point of the curve which is detected on the basis of front images, and performs the vehicle turning support for the curve by using the curve radius contained in the map information.
US10099687B2
It is preferable to reduce an uncomfortable feeling arising from an abrupt driving force generated in an automatic starting clutch in an automatic clutch vehicle. When an automatic clutch operating device is about to automatically engage a starting clutch, a brake controller drives a brake actuator to forcibly actuate a brake device, thereby braking a driving wheel WR. Here, a brake pressure to be applied to the driving wheel WR can be set as a brake pressure such as to change an expected driving torque which is accompanied by an uncomfortable feeling in the absence of control by the brake controller into a norm driving torque which is not accompanied by the uncomfortable feeling, taking into account the clutch capacity and an engine control output.
US10099673B2
A vehicle brake management device is disclosed. The vehicle brake management device of the present invention: detects, in real time, whether the brake performance of a vehicle in motion is abnormal such that a driver or a mechanic can easily check the abnormality, thereby identifying causes thereof according to a brake failure, and can repair or replace abnormal parts; displays an alert when a brake system malfunctions, particularly when in motion, so as to enable the driver to check the malfunction; and prevents starting so as to disable operations when an engine restarts after the operation has finished, thereby remarkably reducing the risk for the occurrence of an accident and increasing vehicle reliability to consumers.
US10099665B2
The invention relates to a method for preventing a motor vehicle from rolling away, in which the motor vehicle includes an automated manual transmission, preferably a dual-clutch transmission. In the method in which a vehicle of this type is reliably prevented from rolling away, the NEUTRAL selector lever position is engaged only when the motor vehicle is at a standstill and a motor vehicle brake has been actuated.
US10099662B2
Brake actuators for a motor vehicle braking system, braking systems including the brake actuators, and motor vehicles including the brake actuators are provided. A brake actuator includes a chamber enclosing a volume configured to hold a quantity of brake fluid, a piston, a piston actuator, and a compressible medium. The piston actuator may be coupled to the piston and configured to actuate the piston. The compressible medium may be positioned relative to the chamber such that the compressible medium is subjected to a force due to pressurization of the brake fluid in the chamber. A volume of the compressible medium may be configured to be changed by the force due to the pressurization of the brake fluid.
US10099644B2
A facial image capture system may capture images of a face of a person while the person is moving. A video camera may capture sequential images of a scene to which the video camera is directed. A marker-based location detection system may determine and generate information about the location of a marker worn on or close to the face of the person. A camera control system may automatically adjusts both the horizontal and vertical direction to which the video camera is directed so as to cause the sequential images of the camera to each be of the face of the person while the person is moving, based on the information about the location of the marker from the marker-based location detection system.
US10099634B2
A wire harness includes a linear trunk line section formed by bundling a plurality of power supply lines serving as linear wiring bodies wired in a vehicle and a pair of trunk line end distributors each of which is connected to a corresponding one of both ends of the linear trunk line section and distributes electric power from a power supply mounted on the vehicle to each connected appliance, the power supply being connected to at least one end of each of the trunk line end distributors. Thus, with the wire harness, a wiring path can be simplified by combining the linear trunk line section and the pair of trunk line end distributors.
US10099630B1
A sensor mount system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a sensor cover having a plurality of walls defining a cavity, wherein at least one of the plurality of walls comprises a window; and a movable rack, within the cavity, having a platform, wherein, when the rack is in an operative position, a location of the platform corresponds with a location of the window.
US10099628B2
A clip may include an anchor portion configured to be inserted into an insertion hole formed in a subject member. The anchor portion has at least a pair of pillars separated via a slot that continuously extends between distal and proximal ends of the anchor portion, flexible strips respectively connected to the pillars and configured to engage a periphery of the insertion hole, and a cap portion positioned on the distal end of the anchor portion. The pillars are configured to be flexed about proximal ends thereof in a direction in which the pillars can intersect with each other. The cap portion is formed in a distal end of one of the pillars and is configured to cover a distal end of the slot.
US10099625B1
A vehicular glove box bin has a molded substrate of a first durometer plastic material defining a concave body with bin sides, bottom, and open mouth. The sides include a front wall arranged to receive an impact load in a substantially normal direction, and at least one perforated wall substantially aligned with the normal direction which has at least one stiffness reducing gap. A substitution panel comprising a resilient material having a second durometer less than the first durometer is molded into and closes the gap. The gap and the substitution panel define locking surfaces for retaining the substitution panel. The combined first and second durometers provide a predetermined collapse in response to the impact load. The placement and sizes of gaps together with the selected durometers allow a designer to tailor the stiffness around various portions of the bin to match a desired impact performance.
US10099623B2
A climbing device body can assume by a rotation operation an erect, retracted position allowing a first end portion to be positioned above and a second end portion to be positioned below and a tilted, deployed position allowing the second end portion to be positioned sideways of the vehicular body outer than the first end portion. A handrail is engaged with the rotation operation to be capable of assuming a raised state allowing a gripping portion to assume a first position distant from the climbing device body in a deployed position and a folded state allowing the gripping portion to assume a second position close to the climbing device body in a retracted position.
US10099598B2
The present invention is a multi-use dynamically reconfigurable vehicle, used for vehicle/ride sharing with integral yet reconfigurable for optimal passenger or courier service by reconfiguring the vehicle interior space and/or body shape specific to the vehicle service to create additional space respectively for the transport of passengers or cargo/boxes. The vehicle is particularly adept at reconfiguration with compatibility of an external automated process to load/unload its cargo while also enabling a high aerodynamic efficiency while in a driving mode.
US10099596B1
Riser apparatuses and systems for vehicle transportation are disclosed. Embodiments include a riser with a top surface configured to receive a vehicle. The riser has a front end and a back end opposite the front end. The apparatus is configured such that rotating a lift mechanism causes a front end of the riser to move both in a first horizontal direction and in a first vertical direction to a first raised position such that the front end of the riser is supported by at least one rotatable leg. Rotating the lift mechanism also causes a back end of the riser to move in the first horizontal direction, and causes a latch to engage a carrier rod to secure the riser in the first raised position.
US10099590B2
A headrest support structure includes: a support member configured to support a protruding member projecting from a headrest; a bracket provided in a seatback and having an accommodation chamber in which the support member is accommodated in a tiltable manner in a front-rear direction perpendicular to a width direction of the headrest; a spring provided in the accommodation chamber and deforming in a bending manner due to tilting of the support member relative to the bracket in the front-rear direction; and a projection portion projecting, in the front-rear direction, from one of an outer surface of the support member and an inner surface of the bracket which are opposed to each other. The projection portion is provided at a position different from the spring in a regulation direction perpendicular to both the front-rear direction and the width direction of the headrest.
US10099588B2
An armrest unit is disclosed that is selectively moveable between a first configuration, whereby the armrest is used as a traditional armrest, and a second configuration whereby the armrest is usable as a writing surface. The armrest unit comprises an armrest and a mounting pin. The armrest has a first section constructed of a compressible material and a second section connected to one side of the first section and constructed of a non-compressible material. The mounting pin engages a mounting channel in the armrest. The armrest is selectively rotatable about the mounting pin to move the armrest 180° between the first configuration and the second configuration. A method of operating the armrest unit is also disclosed.
US10099583B2
A method produces an element (3), in particular a vehicle seat, having a seamless cover (2). The seamless cover (2) is optionally provided with a lamination (1). A molding (1.2) is applied and fastened to a surface side (1.1) of the lamination (1) facing away from the cover (2) or to a surface side (2.2) of the cover (2) that is not visible. The fastened molding (1.2) is connected to the cover (2) by bonding.
US10099571B2
In a low power charging mode, when a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of external charging, the external charging ends. With this, it is possible to suppress excessive extension of a power feeding time from an external power supply, and to secure a charging amount of a high voltage battery at least to some extent.
US10099568B2
A method for managing the charge of a battery comprising: control of a rapid charging phase at increasing voltage, followed by control of an absorption phase at decreasing current regulated to a first voltage value, and in which the rapid charging phase is controlled until the voltage at the terminals of the battery reaches a second voltage value that is strictly higher than the first voltage value.
US10099567B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an auxiliary battery charging system for monitoring and regulating the energy flow to an auxiliary battery in a vehicle. More specifically, the auxiliary battery charging system of the present disclosure includes a monitoring controller configured to operate with a plurality of sensors, a display device and a battery charger to display the battery status (such as temperature, voltage, time of last charge); initiate charging of the auxiliary battery when the auxiliary battery voltage reaches a predetermined minimum voltage; and disable the charging process when the auxiliary battery voltage has reached an optimum level.
US10099555B1
In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for performing vehicle control. Multiple target rotation rates for a vehicle shaft may be identified. A first actual rotation rate may be determined to exceed a first target rotation rate. In response, a computing system may send a first signal in order to cause a first component of a vehicle to limit the rate of rotation of the vehicle shaft. A second actual rotation rate may be determined to be below a second target rotation rate. In response, the computing system may send a second signal in order to cause the first component of the vehicle or a second component of the vehicle to increase the rate of rotation of the vehicle shaft.
US10099553B2
A transfer case (26) for translating rotational torque from an engine (22) to first and second differentials (34, 36). A primary shaft (50) is supported in a housing (48) and has an input in communication with the engine (22) and an output in communication with the first differential (34). A secondary shaft (52) is disposed in communication with the second differential (36). A clutch (54) selectively translates torque between the shafts (50, 52) and moves between a first position (54A) wherein torque is translated to the secondary shaft (52), and a second position (54B) wherein torque is interrupted. An actuator (64) with a piston (68) movably supported in a cylinder (66) moves the clutch (54). A lock (70) moves between a locked configuration (70A) engaging the piston (68) to prevent the clutch (54) from moving, and an unlocked configuration (70B) releasing the piston (68) allowing the clutch (54) to move.
US10099552B2
A hydraulic-electric drive assembly for a work vehicle has a hydraulic pump drive including a manifold housing, a power input interface configured to couple with a prime mover for receiving rotational input power, and a plurality of power output interfaces coupled to the power input interface to transmit the input power from the prime mover mechanically at a first drive speed. At least one hydraulic pump is mounted to at least one of the power output interfaces to be driven by the input power from the prime mover. At least one electric generator is coupled to at least one of the power output interfaces to be driven by the input power from the prime mover. The at least one electric generator is configured to convert the input power from the prime mover into electric power.
US10099541B2
A vehicle door including a door inner and a reinforcing beam fixed to the door inner. The reinforcing beam includes a first layer and a second layer bonded to each other. The first layer includes a polymer and fibers impregnated in the polymer and extending continuously across the polymer of the first layer. The first layer extends along an axis and has first and second ends spaced from each other on the axis. The second layer includes a polymer and fibers impregnated in the polymer and extending continuously across the polymer of the second layer. The second layer has first and second ends spaced from each other on the axis. The first and second ends of the second layer are each disposed between the first and second ends of the first layer along the axis.
US10099540B2
A motor vehicle door is provided. That door includes a door body that carries a door handle and a decorative trim feature remote from the door handle. A key cylinder is carried on the door body behind an access door in the decorative trim feature. The positioning of a hidden key cylinder at a position remote from the door handle frees designers to provide a motor vehicle door with a cleaner and more aesthetically appealing appearance.
US10099534B2
An interior component has a projecting portion projecting rearward at a position forward and downward from a vehicle occupant when the occupant maintains a sitting posture in a passenger compartment. The interior component has a front inclined surface section and a rear inclined surface section in a lower section of the projecting portion. A retainer and air-direction changing members arranged in the retainer are arranged immediately below the projecting portion at positions forward from the front inclined surface section. A manipulating member is arranged above the rear inclined surface section with at least a part of the manipulating member exposed rearward from the projecting portion. A first transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanism, which transmit movement of the manipulating member to the air-direction changing members, are arranged in the interior component.
US10099530B2
A tensioning device for attachment to a vehicle suspension system reduces play at ends of a pan hard bar (track bar) of the vehicle suspension system, remedying instabilities that can occur in vehicle suspensions. The device can include a bracket clamped to the pan hard bar at a point between the ends of the pan hard bar, or may be otherwise mounted to a bracket formed on the pan hard bar in OEM installations. The other end of the device is secured to the frame or the axle of the vehicle, generally near an end of the pan hard bar. The device is pre-tensioned to apply force at the ends of the pan hard bar, and includes a damping plunger to also damp forces that vibrate the ends of the pan hard bar, further loosening attachments. The tension is field-adjustable and may be tuned for various applications.
US10099525B1
A drawbar for a trailer hitch receiver tube has a translation screw passing from the back end to the front end of the drawbar in a longitudinal unthreaded passage in the drawbar. A ramp nut is threaded onto the translation screw and is retained in a ramp nut chamber in the front end of the drawbar. A captive ball is retained in a captive ball retention chamber passing between the ramp nut chamber and the exterior of the drawbar. A ramp on the ramp nut pushes the ball to extend beyond the exterior of the drawbar when the translation screw is turned to pull the ramp nut backward in the ramp nut chamber. This eliminates all play between the drawbar and the receiver tube in which the drawbar is inserted. A spring between the ramp nut and the drawbar may urge the ramp nut forward.
US10099523B2
A valve for air chambers includes a fixed body and a mobile selector body, wherein the mobile selector body is disposed coaxially in the fixed body. The mobile selector body is configured to slide with respect to the fixed body. The mobile selector body has a first position of use, associated during use to at least a first outlet, and a second position of use, associated during use to at least a second outlet.
US10099521B2
A tire-state detection device according to the present invention includes: an electronic component including a detection unit that detects a pressure of a tire; and a case that houses the electronic component. The case includes: a case main body that houses the electronic component and that has an open surface formed thereon; and a lid member that covers the open surface. The detection unit includes: a pressure sensor section having a diaphragm-type element; a sensor control section that controls the pressure sensor section; and a dome-shaped shield cover that covers the pressure sensor section and the sensor control section. An inside of the case main body having the open surface covered with the lid member is filled with a sealant, and the diaphragm-type element is made of a ceramic.
US10099512B2
A universal rotating module is provided. The universal rotating module comprises a suspension carrier, a top cover, a globular element, and a plurality of cushion members. The suspension carrier includes a through hole and a plurality of first fixing portions beside the through hole. The top cover includes a plurality of second fixing portions. The globular element is disposed between the suspension carrier and the top cover. A portion of the globular element passes through the through hole. Each of the cushion members is correspondingly connected with the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion.
US10099510B2
A cap configured to be connected to a wheel having a hub and a series of openings configured to receive fasteners attaching the wheel to a vehicle. The cap includes a disc defining a series of openings. The number of openings in the cap is less than the number of openings in the wheel. Each opening in the cap is configured to align with a corresponding opening in the wheel. Additionally, the cap is configured to conceal a remainder of the openings in the wheel that are not aligned with the openings in the cap.
US10099501B2
An apparatus and a method for the preforming and rounding of a book block. A support strip is arranged at an adjustable loading height for accommodating a fore-edge of the book block to be rounded. A transport device transports the book block at the loading height toward the support strip. A preform press is adjustable in a vertical direction above the back of the book block and includes at least two preforming tools. A rounding device including two rounding rolls driven in opposite directions for rotation around parallel rotational axes clamps the book block between the two rounding rolls for rounding the book block. At least a first drive is connected to at least one of the preforming tools to displace at least one of the preforming tools in a longitudinal direction extending parallel to the rotational axes to change a spacing between the preforming tools in the longitudinal direction.
US10099499B2
To provide a thermosensitive recording material, containing: a support; an under layer; a thermosensitive recording layer; and a protective layer, where the under layer, the thermosensitive recording layer, and the protective layer are provided in this order on at least one surface of the support, wherein the support is synthetic paper, or a synthetic resin film, wherein the under layer contains a binder resin, and hollow particles, wherein an adhesive force of the thermosensitive recording material at −20° C., as measured by the described measuring method of the adhesive force, is 10.0 N/25 mm or greater.
US10099498B2
A thermal transfer recording medium that is able to better suppress bleeding or scumming of an image and better suppress the occurrence of peeling lines or abnormal transfer during thermal transfer. The thermal transfer recording medium according to an embodiment includes a heat-resistant slip layer that is formed on one surface of a base material, an undercoat layer that is formed on the other surface of the base material, and a dye layer that is formed on a surface of the undercoat layer that is opposite from the surface that faces the base material; wherein the dye layer includes at least a thermally transferable dye, a first binder resin and a release agent; the release agent includes polyether-modified silicone oil and a perfluoroalkyl compound, and the ratio of the polyether-modified silicone oil and perfluoroalkyl compound, on the basis of a weight ratio, is within the range 9:1 to 6:4.
US10099496B2
In one example, a carriage to carry a printhead back and forth over a print substrate includes an inboard part to hold the printhead and an outboard part to inhibit the flow of air under the carriage when the carriage is moving back and forth over the print substrate.
US10099487B2
An image recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet conveyed in a conveyance direction; a first wavy shape applying mechanism provided downstream in the conveyance direction from the recording unit and configured to allow the sheet to be in a wavy state in a width direction; and a guide member configured to guide the sheet to the first wavy shape applying mechanism. The first wavy shape applying mechanism includes first spur rollers configured to abut against a first surface of the sheet respectively; abutment members provided between the mutually adjoining first spur rollers respectively and configured to abut against a second surface of the sheet; and second spur rollers configured to abut against the first surface of the sheet downstream of the first spur rollers in the conveyance direction.
US10099477B2
A fluid printhead including at least one fluid ejection element. The fluid ejection element includes a fluid chamber, a throat portion through which fluid is provided to the fluid chamber, and a heater element disposed within the fluid chamber. The fluid ejection element also includes a printhead condition detection system. The printhead condition detection system includes a first electrode at least a portion of which is disposed within the fluid chamber, the first electrode configured to receive a step voltage, a second electrode disposed within the throat portion, and a sense circuit electrically connected to the second electrode that generates an output based on the application of the step voltage to the first electrode as an indication of printhead condition.
US10099471B2
A screen printing mask (10) includes a main mesh (20), a main resin layer (30), and an additional net-like section (50A). The main resin layer (30) is provided on the main mesh (20) and has a through-hole (35). The additional net-like section (50A) may have a first additional layer (50Aa) and a second additional layer (50Ab). The first additional layer (50Aa) is provided on the main mesh (20), together with the main resin layer (30) by curing, through absorption of light, photocurable resin applied onto the main mesh (20). The second additional layer (50Ab) is provided on the first additional layer (50Aa) by curing, through absorption of light, a photocurable resin applied onto the first additional layer (50Aa). The additional net-like section (50A) has a greater thickness or depth than the main resin layer (30) so that a thicker portion is printed on a substrate in accordance therewith.
US10099467B2
A method including breaking down a component with a recycler to reduce the component to a recycled material composition that includes an original material of the component and debris that attached to the component during prior use, applying the recycled material composition within an additive manufacturing device to create a recycled component, and producing the recycled component from the additive manufacturing device, the recycled component material composition includes both the original material of the component and the debris attached to the component.
US10099466B2
A machine tool incorporating two angular axes as an inverted SCARA arm and a vertical, linear Z-axis, is described. A build surface on which a 3D object may be additively built is rotated around a lambda axis and also revolved around a theta axis. Embodiments are described that: (i) are free of belts, pulleys, cables and other soft drive mechanisms; (ii) place all three axis motors below a base plate; (iii) direct drive the build surface from shafts of a lambda and theta motor; (iv) are free of a rectangular box frame; (v) use angle sensors mounted directly on motor drive shafts; (vi) measure and compensate for build surface skew; (vii) incorporate a single element for both Z-axis support and a bearing surface. Both device and method embodiments are claimed.
US10099465B2
Electromagnetic radiation scanning is used to monitor the integrity of a composite laminate structure. The composite laminate structure is optically resonant at a frequency of electromagnetic radiation, allowing inconsistencies in the laminate to be detected and mapped.
US10099458B2
The disclosure relates to reversible bonded structural joints using active adhesive compositions that can allow for dis-assembly, repair, and re-assembly. The disclosure is particularly directed to the adhesive composition material, irrespective of the type of the substrate(s) being joined. The adhesive composition can include any thermoplastic adhesive material that can be remotely activated for targeted heating of just the adhesive composition (e.g., and not the surrounding substrates being joined) via the inclusion of electromagnetically excitable particles in the adhesive composition. The substrates can be any metal material, any composite material, any hybrid material, or otherwise. The disclosed adhesive compositions allow for recyclability of parts at the end of their lifetime and repair/replacement of parts during their lifetime.
US10099452B2
A process and system for making a laminated surface covering and the surface covering itself are described. The covering includes several layers bonded to each other. The system performs the process. One example of the process includes passing a first material across a first conveyor, passing a second material across a second conveyor, passing a bonding material across a third conveyor, contacting the first material and the second material to the bonding material, and heating at least one of the first material and the second material. The process also includes introducing the first material, the second material, and the bonding material into a pressure zone such that the bonding material is introduced between a bottom surface of the first material and a top surface of the second material. The process applies pressure to bond the first material and second material together via the bonding material to produce a laminated material.
US10099447B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a structural body including a core composed of fiber and a support, which is a component of the core and is in contact with the core.
US10099442B2
A tire mold featuring a reusable base mold even when a pattern mold having been fitted to the base mold is to be replaced with another pattern mold. To that end, the tire mold includes a base mold and a pattern mold detachably fitted to the base mold. A tread pattern is formed on a crown region of a tire by a pattern molding surface of the pattern mold which faces the crown region. The base mold has an inner fitting periphery to be fitted to an outer fitting periphery of the pattern mold on the opposite side of the pattern molding surface thereof, and a peripheral length of the inner fitting periphery of the base mold is set shorter than a peripheral length of the outer fitting periphery of the pattern mold.
US10099438B2
An apparatus for molding a lens for a vehicle lamp may include: a lower mold including a first lower mold part for molding a primary injection-molded product and a second lower mold part for molding a secondary injection-molded product; a rotating mold including a first middle mold part for molding the middle part of the primary injection-molded product and a second middle mold part for molding the middle part of the secondary injection-molded product; a first movement prevention stopper fixing the primary injection-molded product; a second movement prevention stopper fixing the primary injection-molded product; a movement/rotation device moving the rotating mold and rotating the rotating mold; and an upper mold including a first upper mold part for molding the upper part of the primary injection-molded product and a second upper mold part for molding the upper part of the secondary injection-molded product.
US10099434B2
An airfoil structure is presented. The airfoil structure includes an outer casing substantially surrounding a composite core. The composite core includes a plurality of fiber bands, each of the plurality of fiber bands is placed at a predetermined position and orientation at a time, wherein the plurality of fiber bands are interwoven in an in-plane and out-of-plane orientation by interleaving each of the plurality of fiber bands placed in a plane with one or more of the plurality of fiber bands of an adjacent plane to define an interleaved structure. A method for manufacturing an airfoil structure including the composite core is also presented.
US10099420B2
Systems and methods for uniformly expanding and heat setting medical devices. One method can include expanding a medical device by advancing the medical device over a preheated expander, the medical device being uniformly expanded as the medical device is advanced over the preheated expander; and heat setting the expanded medical device while the medical device is positioned over the expander, the preheated expander being maintained at a predetermined heat-setting temperature. The preheated expander can be positioned within a thermal chamber that maintains the preheated expander at the predetermined heat-setting temperature. The medical device can be physically separated from the preheated expander when the medical device is positioned over the expander and can be comprised of a shape-memory material. The preheated expander can remain heated during the expansion and heat setting of a plurality of medical devices.
US10099414B2
A mold clamping device of an injection molding machine supports a motor fixing member configured to fix a mold opening/closing motor to a rear platen, on a base frame through a support member and slide plates. When viewed from a direction of a drive shaft of the mold opening/closing motor, the width of the support member is formed to progressively increase outwardly from the motor fixing member toward the base frame, and on a portion of the support member that is located on the base frame side, the slide plates are provided at at least both ends of the portion in a width direction of the support member.
US10099410B2
A method is provided for manufacturing a seamless, reinforced panel of any desired length using a single mold. The seamless panels of the present invention may be used in a variety of construction application. In one embodiment, the method includes inserting at least a portion of a plurality of lattice trusses into a mold having an axial length, inserting a first filler material into the mold, the first filler material encapsulating at least a portion of the plurality of lattice trusses to form a panel segment, translating the panel segment a linear distance, the linear distance less than the axial length of the mold such that a portion of the panel segment remains in the mold, and inserting a second filler material into the mold, the second filler material intermixing with the portion of the panel segment remaining in the mold to form a seamless panel.
US10099408B2
Polymeric layers (50) comprising an array of blind openings (56) extending into the first major surface (52, 10111, 11211), but not through the second major surfaces (54, 10112, 11212). The blind openings each have a series of areas through the openings from the first major surface towards the second major surfaces ranging from minimum to maximum areas, where for at least a majority of the blind openings the minimum area is not at the first major surface. At least a portion of the first major surface comprises a first material and extends up to, but not into the second major surface. At least a portion of the second major surface comprises a second, different material. Methods for making the polymeric layers are also disclosed. Polymeric layers are useful, for example, as components in personal care garments such as diapers and feminine hygiene products. They can also be useful for filtering (including liquid filtering) and acoustic applications.
US10099395B2
The condiment package opening device is a cutting tool. The condiment package opening device is configured for use with a soft-sided condiment package. The soft-sided condiment package is typically a sealed single serving package containing an edible substance that is intended: 1) to enhance the flavor of a food; and, 2) to be applied to the food after the food has been prepared for consumption but before the food is consumed. Typical condiments include, but are not limited to, mustard and ketchup. The condiment package opening device forms an opening in the soft-sided condiment package such that the condiment contained within the soft-sided condiment package may be removed through the formed opening. The condiment package opening device comprises a cutting mechanism and an optional housing.
US10099376B2
A method for setting up and/or calibrating a robot positioned in a work environment at an operation site, wherein a predetermined routine is carried out for the purposes of setting up and/or calibration. The method includes the steps of generating the routine for the robot at a simulation site distant from the operation site; after completing the generation of the routine, transmitting the routine to a control unit of the robot at the operation site; calling up the routine and remotely executing the routine at the operation site via a control center located remotely from the operation site; and, after the start of the generated routine, allowing the generated routine to automatically process without intervention by an operator at the operation site.
US10099371B2
Robots capable of accommodating dynamic replacement of end effectors load and run software that allows the end effector to be operated without change to the main control program. The driver may be dynamically linked and run during program execution when the corresponding end effector is detected. Typically, the robot controller will store a library of drivers, and load the appropriate driver when a new end effector is detected.
US10099365B2
In a work machine including an articulated robot which is provided with a work head and moves the work head, imaging devices which image at least part of a workpiece or part of the work machine are attached to a distal end of the robot, and a target operation position of the robot is corrected on the basis of position data regarding a plurality of feature points of the workpiece, created on the basis of imaging data obtained through imaging performed by the imaging devices and design data of the workpiece, or position data regarding a plurality of feature points set for the work machine.
US10099362B2
A handle assembly for a container, the container having a pivotally mounted pressure plate for dispensing a seaming compound, includes a connector plate configured for removably coupling to the pressure plate, a first handle for gripping with a first hand of a user, and a second handle for gripping with a second hand of the user. Each of the first handle and the second handle is coupled to the connector plate.
US10099355B2
A torque output tool includes a torque output assembly for outputting torque, a transmission mechanism for driving the torque output assembly to rotate about a central axis, a prime mover for driving the transmission mechanism, and a housing for containing the prime mover. The torque output assembly includes a torque output element including an insert hole, an inner transmission surface for driving a first work head inserted in the insert hole, an outer transmission surface for driving a second work head mounted on the torque output element, a magnetic element for attracting the second work head driven by the torque output element, and a bracket for supporting the magnetic element outside the insert hole. The inner transmission surface is located inside the insert hole and the outer transmission surface is located outside the insert hole.
US10099352B2
In a torque wrench system with a drive unit (2) and a ratchet unit (3), which can releasably be assembled to a wrench unit, wherein drive unit (2) and ratchet unit (3) releasably are rigidly connected with each other in the assembled condition, the drive unit (2) includes a first drive coupling element (5) and the ratchet unit (3) includes a ratchet (18) and a second drive coupling element which is in driving engagement with the ratchet (18) and, in the assembled condition of drive unit (2) and ratchet unit (3), also with the first drive coupling element (5) for driving the ratchet (18), the drive unit (2) includes at least one latch (7) which is movable from an unlocking position, in which the drive unit (2) and the ratchet unit (3) are releasable from each other, into a locking position, in which the drive unit (2) and the ratchet unit (3) are rigidly connected with each other in the assembled condition, and back, and at least one actuating element (9) with which the at least one latch (7) is movable from the one into the other position, and the ratchet unit (3) includes a latch receptacle (23) which is in locking engagement with the latch (7) in its locking position for rigidly connecting the drive unit (2) with the ratchet unit (3) in their assembled condition.
US10099348B2
A bead manipulating tongs is provided. The tongs have a pair of elongated polymeric clenching arms, a polymeric clamp being formed on the interior surface of at least one of the elongated clenching arms, and a bead manipulating tool grasped by the polymeric clamp. The elongated clenching arms have a generally U-shaped profile with the open portion of the U of each arm facing the other, the uprights of the U on each arm forming a generally perimetral wall about a portion thereof. An interruption is formed in the perimetral wall of the elongated clenching arm proximate the polymeric clamp. The head of the bead manipulating tool is congruent to the interruption in the perimetral wall of the elongated clenching arm. A spring positioned between the elongated clenching arms urges one end of each of the elongated clenching arms into engagement with an end of the other elongated clenching arm.
US10099341B2
A representative power tool has a spindle transmitting a motor driving force to a tool accessory, a tool accessory holding member movable between a holding position and a tool accessory releasing position, a lock mechanism movable between an engaging position for locking the tool accessory holding member in the holding position and a disengaging position for releasing the lock, an inner housing housed in a body housing and houses at least part of the lock mechanism, and an operation mechanism. The operation mechanism includes a handle part, a switching part that switches the lock mechanism between the engaging position and the disengaging position according to the handle part operation, and a switching connection part that is separated from the inner housing when the lock mechanism is placed in the engaging position and comes into contact with the inner housing when the lock mechanism is placed in the disengaging position.
US10099337B2
A lens processing system used for removing a lens blank (98, 110) from an edging block (40). The system includes an elongated collet (22) that engages the mating edging block (40). The block (40) includes an enlarged groove (41) that receives a pair of blades (65, 66) extended upwardly from the floor (75) of the collet (22). Each lens blank (98,110) is formed to include a series of surface markings (191,192) to verify proper functioning of the edging machine that forms a finished lens. Each lens blank also includes a series of circular markings (117,133) arranged in diagonal rows to verify the accurate drilling of bores with the lens blank (98,110).
US10099330B2
System and method for providing tools on a machine tool and machine tool having a tool change system
The present invention relates to a system, an apparatus and a method for providing tools on a machine tool. The system includes a first tool magazine for accommodating a plurality of tools; a first feeding device which is adapted to remove tools from the first tool magazine and feed them to the spindle; at least one second tool magazine for accommodating a plurality of tools; a second feeding device which is adapted to remove tools from the second tool magazine and provide them at a predetermined transfer position; and a transfer apparatus which is adapted to feed tools removed from the second tool magazine to the first tool magazine, with the result that the second tool magazine serves as a supply magazine for the first tool magazine.
US10099321B2
A soldering flux of the present invention contains, as a base resin, an acrylic resin (A) having an acid value of 0 to 70, and an acrylic resin (B) having an acid value of 30 to 230. The acrylic resin (A) is obtained by polymerization of a monomer mixture containing alkyl(meth)acrylate having an alkyl group having carbon atoms of 12 to 23. The acrylic resin (B) is obtained by polymerization of a monomer mixture containing alkyl(meth)acrylate having an alkyl group having carbon atoms of 6 to 10. The acid value of the acrylic resin (B) is higher than the acid value of the acrylic resin (A), and a difference between these two resins is 15 or more.
US10099317B2
A soundproof structure has one or more soundproof cells. Each of the one or more soundproof cells includes a frame having a through-hole, a film fixed to the frame, and an opening portion configured to include one or more holes drilled in the film. Neither end portions of the through-hole of the frame are closed. The soundproof structure has a shielding peak frequency, which is determined by the opening portion of each of the one or more soundproof cells and at which a transmission loss is maximized, on a lower frequency side than a first natural vibration frequency of the film of each of the one or more soundproof cells, and selectively insulates sound in a predetermined frequency band including the shielding peak frequency at its center. Accordingly, there is provided a soundproof structure that is light and thin, does not depend on the position and shape of a hole, has high robustness as a sound insulation material, is stable, has air permeability, has no heat, and is excellent in manufacturability, and a soundproof structure manufacturing method.
US10099313B2
A linear friction welding system in one embodiment includes a ram configured to vibrate along a welding axis, a cam follower operably connected to the ram, an eccentric including an eccentric outer periphery operably engaged with the cam follower, and an inner periphery, a first power shaft slidingly engaged with the eccentric, a second power shaft eccentrically engaged with the inner periphery, a timing component operably connected to the first power shaft and the second power shaft, a motor configured to drive the timing component, and a phase change mechanism engaged with the timing component and movable between a first position defining a first phase relationship between the first power shaft and the second power shaft, and a second position defining a second phase relationship between the first power shaft and the second power shaft.
US10099300B2
A low profile peripheral cutter (18) with stick blades (6). The cutter has a cutter body (30) and a flexible clamping disk (20) to clamp all blades. The flexible clamping disc includes a slot (24) between each cutting blade (6) in order to provide a plurality of blade clamping web wings (26) each of which acts like a deflection beam to hold the blades in position. Preferably, each web wing (26) covers one stick blade (6) and each web wing has two contacting pads (36, 38) to press each blade into its seating surface (44, 46) thereby holding the blade in position.
US10099298B2
The present disclosure relates to a cutting insert and an indexable drill. The cutting insert and the indexable drill according to the present disclosure are configured such that when the cutting insert is mounted on the indexable drill, the cutting insert is easily inserted into the indexable drill at the initial time, and strong coupling force is implemented between the indexable drill and the cutting insert at a point of time at which the cutting insert is completely mounted. In addition, the cutting insert, according to the present disclosure, has excellent rigidity, when compared to cutting inserts in the related art that perform identical/similar cutting processing, since a portion, which is weak in rigidity, is provided as a thick portion.
US10099296B2
A drill chuck having a chuck body connectable to a drilling spindle, in which are arranged clamping jaws in guide seats extending at an angle to the chuck axis, which are movable for opening and closing via a threaded ring that is arranged to be immovable relative to the chuck body. A locking device includes a coaxial ring of locking recesses as well as a locking element that is engaged in the locking recesses under the force of a locking spring. An adjusting ring rotatable to a limited extent between stops, the rotation of which adjusts the locking element. A detent device creating two detent positions in the circumferential direction. Attached to the axially forward section of the chuck body in a rotationally fixed and axially immovable manner is a locking sleeve that carries the ring of locking recesses and serves to axially secure the threaded ring.
US10099290B2
A hybrid additive manufacturing method comprises building an additive structure on a pre-sintered preform base, wherein building the additive structure comprises iteratively fusing together a plurality of layers of additive material with at least a first layer of additive material joined to the pre-sintered preform base, and wherein the pre-sintered preform base comprises an initial shape. The hybrid additive manufacturing method further comprises modifying the initial shape of the pre-sintered preform base comprising the additive structure into a modified shape comprising the additive structure, and, joining the pre-sintered preform base in its modified shape to a component.
US10099288B2
A method for producing a shell-shaped component and a production system for producing such a component are disclosed. Thee component is produced by a cold gas stream by cold gas spraying. The particles of the cold gas stream are applied to the edge of the component being produced, wherein simultaneously a supporting body is used, which supports the component only at the point of incidence of the cold gas stream. In this way, the form of the component can be shaped by suitably moving the supporting body and the cold spray nozzle, without having to produce a core that fills the entire volume of the shell-shaped component. Thus, the method may be especially economical for small quantities, because the supporting body can be used universally for components of different geometries.
US10099287B2
Dynamic pressure bearing (10), including: a green compact (10′), as a base material, of raw material powder including metal powder capable of forming an oxide coating; and dynamic pressure generating portions (A1 and A2) formed through die molding on an inner peripheral surface (8a) forming a radial bearing gap with an outer peripheral surface (2a1) of a shaft to be supported, that is, a shaft member (2). An oxide coating (11) is formed between particles of the metal powder by subjecting the green compact (10′) to steam treatment, and the dynamic pressure bearing (10) has a radial crushing strength of 150 MPa or more.
US10099280B2
A die casting machine has a carousel and a plurality of molds disposed around the carousel. The carousel rotates about a central axis, such that each of the plurality of molds comes into a position for casting in turn. Each mold has a toggle mechanism and extraction pins. A gripping mechanism may extend up through a hole in the carousel table to couple the toggle mechanism to an actuator. At least one of the pins may have a pin brake such that the pins remain in position when the mold is opened, suspending a newly cast metal part in mid-air, when the brake is activated. When the brake is deactivated, the pins may retract, and the part may be removed without damaging the cast part.
US10099276B2
A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes positioning a jacketed core with respect to a mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure that includes an interior portion shaped to define at least one interior passage feature of the internal passage. The jacketed core also includes an inner core disposed within the hollow structure and complementarily shaped by the interior portion of the hollow structure. The method also includes introducing a component material in a molten state into a cavity of the mold to form the component, such that the inner core defines the internal passage including the at least one interior passage feature defined therein.
US10099274B2
In the following expression, it is assumed that a thickness of a coating agent applied to a foam pattern [2] is t (mm), a diameter of a hole part [3] is D (mm), and a normal-temperature transverse strength of the dried coating agent is σc (MPa). At the time of producing a casting provided with a hole having a diameter of 18 mm or smaller and a length of 1 (mm), a coating agent that satisfies the following expression is used when a solidification end time te (sec) at which solidification of a melt ends on a periphery of the hole part [3] is within a time t0 (sec) at which thermal decomposition of the coating agent ends. σc≥{t0/(t0−te)}×(1.5×10−4×12/t2+160/D2)
US10099273B2
Fastener delivery apparatus for automatically selecting and delivering fasteners such as rivets to a setting tool. The fasteners are pre-loaded in a package and dispense via at least one fastener delivery tube that interconnects the setting tool to a fastener feeder device. The fastener feeder device releases selected fasteners from the package into the delivery tube. The fasteners are transportable individually or in groups in the tube from the feeder device to the tool. A transfer station attached to the tool or the delivery tube transfers a fastener from the delivery apparatus into the tool, transfer station is adjacent to the tool so that a delivered fastener may be inserted by the transfer station into the tool and a second position in which it is clear of the tool so as to permit the tool or a portion thereof to move towards a workpiece to insert a smooth, rapid and reliable delivery of fasteners of various sizes and types to the nose of a setting tool in any particular order and provides all the fastener types for any particular work cycle.
US10099272B2
A progressive cold forming machine and a robot for automatically changing a cutoff cassette, tooling cassettes, a transfer slide and transfer cam. A loading area adjacent the machine and robot has provisions for supporting a tooling cassette pallet and a transfer slide and camshaft pallet and a holding area for temporarily receiving some of the componentry being exchanged.
US10099270B2
A two-piece guide pin for metal forming dies includes a guide pin body formed from a cut length of an elongate, solid bar of stock having a cylindrical shape and a hard and smooth finished exterior surface with an outside diameter selected for close reception and reciprocal motion in an associated die bore. An alignment member is formed on a first end of the guide pin body. A guide pin head is formed from a cut length of an elongate, solid bar of stock having an outside diameter that is substantially greater than that of the guide pin body, and is rigidly connected with the second end of the guide pin body in a generally concentric relationship to define an enlarged head that positively limits travel between an associated die shoe and die pad.
US10099269B1
A drawing device includes a main body, a seat body, a central axle, two supporting members and a driving structure. The seat body is rotatably connected to the main body and has two legs which have a preset distance therebetween, the central axle vertically penetrates the main body and the seat body and movable along a vertical direction, the main body and the seat body are rotatable about the central axle relative to each other, a bottom portion of the central axle penetrates the seat body for a sucking disc to be arranged thereon, the two supporting members are respectively swingably pivoted to the two legs of the seat body, and the central axle is located between the two supporting members, and the driving structure is attached to the main body and connected to the central axle to optionally move the central axle upward.
US10099263B2
A washing and drying machine has a treatment tub and comprises: a washing circuit, for drawing liquid from the tub and conveying it back into the tub, having a pump and means for heating the liquid; a drying circuit for extracting air from the tub and conveying it back into the tub, having a first fan, means for dehumidifying the air, and means for heating the dehumidified air; and a heat-pump arrangement having a refrigerating circuit for a refrigerant fluid, which includes a first condenser, a first evaporator, a first lamination valve, and a compressor. The means for heating the liquid comprise the first condenser, and the refrigerating circuit further comprises a second condenser, in series to the first condenser, and a second evaporator. The means for dehumidifying the air comprise the second evaporator, and the means for heating the dehumidified air comprise the second condenser.
US10099262B2
The disclosure relates to a device for cleaning electronic components and/or circuits. The cleaning device comprises a first vessel containing a liquid, a support for holding the electronic components and/or circuits, a fluid injection system including nozzles allowing the projection of jets of fluid to sweep the surface of the components, and a fluid mixer including a first inlet suitable for receiving a pressurized liquid, a second inlet suitable for receiving a pressurized gas, and an outlet designed to supply the injection system with two-phase fluid. The first inlet is coupled to the outlet by an inner duct, the second inlet is coupled to a pressurized gas supply and to an injector for injecting the gas into the inner duct.
US10099260B1
In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to a wire bristle brush comprising a handle, a head attached to the handle wherein the head has a first face and a second face, ferromagnetic brush bristles attached to the first face of the head, and a magnet attached to the head for magnetically attracting loose brush bristles that have become dislodged from the first face of the head.
US10099257B2
A method for processing core wheels is disclosed. Images of known wheels having unique identifying numbers and other wheel information is received from third party providers and are processed to determine the features of the known wheels. These images, features and other wheel information are stored in a database for future reference. A supply of core wheels is then provided and sorted in order to separate at least a first portion of the wheels conforming to a first set of criteria from the supply of wheels and are transported to second location.
US10099255B2
A rejector device for use within a system for sorting discrete objects, the divert device comprising at least one divert device arranged to change the trajectory of an object; and drive means arranged to drive the divert device between at least three discrete positions such that in use, at least one of said discrete objects passes along one of three paths.
US10099245B2
Variable geometry process kits for use in semiconductor process chambers have been provided herein. In some embodiments, a process kit for use in a semiconductor process chamber includes: an annular body configured to rest about a periphery of a substrate support; a first ring positioned coaxially with the annular body and supported by the annular body; a second ring positioned coaxially with the first ring and supported by the first ring; and an annular shield comprising a horizontal leg positioned coaxially with the second ring such that a portion of the horizontal leg is aligned with and below portions of the first ring and second ring.
US10099244B2
The present invention provides actuation mechanisms that incorporate a transmission assembly that allows the mechanisms to cause actuation of workpieces according to a plurality of transmission modes (e.g., at least one forward transmission mode and at least one reverse transmission mode) on demand. Motion, direction, and/or force can be controlled by selecting the corresponding transmission mode. The mechanisms preferably are trigger-actuated by hand (i.e., manually) to cause movement of a workpiece in a desired direction. Desired directions can be linear or nonlinear. The same hand used for trigger action can also be used to change transmission modes in many modes of practice, even while using substantially the same grip used for trigger actuation. In other instances, actuation can be automated rather than manual. Preferably, both actuation and witching among transmission modes can be accomplished with one hand, even while maintaining substantially the same grip that is used for actuation.
US10099239B2
An applicator device for a film forming formulation and method of using the applicator device with a film forming formulation for obtaining sharp paint lines on textured surfaces is described. The applicator device comprises an applicator head having an adaptor and a supply reservoir having a neck for attachment to the adaptor of the applicator head. The applicator head comprises a brush comprised of aligned bristles with the bristles affixed in a brush retainer, a brush reservoir within the brush retainer for holding the film forming formulation within the applicator head, a flow orifice to provide flow of the film forming formulation to the brush reservoir, and an adaptor for attachment to a neck of the supply reservoir for supplying the film forming formulation.
US10099236B1
An apparatus including a device which moves a first portion of a soft, damp, and/or wet slab out of alignment with a majority of the slab and thus introduces a first crack in the slab; and a device for spraying a first colored material into the first crack of the slab. The device which moves the first portion of the slab out of alignment with the rest of the slab may include a first lift bar. The device for spraying the first colored material in the first crack of the slab may include a first spray bar having a plurality of nozzles fixed thereto, arranged in a substantially straight line. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus may also include a device which moves a second portion of the slab out of alignment with the majority of the slab and thereby introduces a second crack in the slab.
US10099234B2
A portable, self-pressurizing sprayer or shower system includes a pressure container within a tank. Pressurized fluid, such as water from a residential water tap, is fluidly connected to the pressure container to fill and pressurize the system with the fluid. The sprayer system is then disconnected from the pressurized fluid source and transported to a remote location. A tube is then fluidly connected to the pressure container and the pressurized fluid is released through the tube to provide a portable sprayer system. A heating probe is provided that is removably secured to a second port in the pressure container. A fill kit is provided to fill the pressure container with a fluid, and then a pump is used to pressurize the system when a pressurized fluid source is unavailable.
US10099232B2
An electrostatic atomizing device of the present disclosure includes a discharge electrode, a counter electrode, a liquid supplying unit, a current path, a voltage applicator, and a limiting resistor. The limiting resistor is disposed on a first current path or a second current path included in the current path. The first current path electrically connects the voltage applicator and the counter electrode, and the second current path electrically connects the voltage applicator and the discharge electrode. This makes it possible to increase an amount of generated radicals while keeping an increase of ozone small. In addition, an electric current peak of an instantaneous electric current can be kept small.
US10099231B2
A sprinkler can include a turbine, a nozzle, a gear drive and a reversing mechanism. The gear drive and the reversing mechanism rotatably couple the turbine and the nozzle. The gear drive can shift a direction of rotation of an output stage that is coupled to the reversing mechanism. The reversing mechanism can include a shift member coupled with the gear drive.
US10099229B2
Dispenser with a liquid storage unit, a dispensing head with a perforated plate component which has at least 25 dispensing openings in a dispensing opening region, with a pre-chamber connected upstream of the dispensing openings of the perforated plate component and from which the dispensing openings are supplied, and a connecting channel which connects the liquid storage unit to the pre-chamber. The perforated plate component is fastened on the dispensing head in an edge region and the dispensing opening region is pressed into a curved form by means of a curvature body which is arranged in the pre-chamber and acts with force upon the perforated plate.
US10099226B2
The present invention relates to a glass parts release prevention, or specifically a glass splinter protection, for ionization devices, wherein a glass bulb is at least partially covered by a polymer film. The electrode is arranged within the glass bulb, and an outer electrode is slid over the outer contours of the polymer film.
US10099216B2
A fluidic testing system is presented that includes a plurality of test chambers, a plurality of inlet channels, and a fluidic network that connects the inlet channels to one or more other chambers. The plurality of test chambers are each characterized by a length and a hydraulic diameter. The length of each test chamber is aligned substantially parallel to a gravity vector. Each of the test chambers has only one opening disposed along the length of the corresponding test chamber. Additionally, each of the test chambers is coupled via its respective opening to only one of the plurality of inlet channels.
US10099212B2
An oxidation catalyst may include hydrocarbon storage material. One implementation relates to a diesel oxidation catalyst that includes a catalyst having a front zone and a rear zone and a gradient of hydrocarbon storage material on the catalyst extending from the front zone to the rear zone. The gradient of hydrocarbon storage material, may comprise a linear gradient, a step gradient, a parabolic gradient, a logarithmic gradient, or other forms thereof.
US10099202B2
The present invention provides a water-resistant composition for adsorbing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) derived from organic matter including: a) palladium doped hydrogen-ZSM-5, wherein the Si:AI ratio of the hydrogen-ZSM-5 is less than or equal to 200:1; and b) at least one water-soluble binder. The invention also provides a method for using the water-resistant composition for adsorbing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) derived from organic matter.
US10099190B2
The invention relates to a termination device of a tubular reactor comprising at least one separation element adapted for the separation of solid particles and gaseous effluents and at least one coupling element that is part of an end of said tubular reactor, said separation element being connected to said coupling element, characterized in that each element of the termination device is made of ceramic material. The invention also relates to a tubular reactor, having a vertical or substantially vertical axis, of a fluid catalytic cracking unit equipped with a termination device according to the invention and to a corresponding fluid catalytic cracking unit.
US10099182B2
Disclosed is a water-proof and dust-proof membrane assembly and applications thereof. The water-proof and dust-proof membrane assembly comprises a body and a supporting member. The body is of membrane and has a first surface, a second surface, and an asymmetric porous structure formed between the first surface and the second surface of the body. The asymmetric porous structure has a thickness ranging between 1 μm and 1000 μm, a first volumetric porosity ranging between 5% and 99%. The asymmetric porous structure has plural pores, and each pore has a pore diameter between 0.01 μm and 15 μm. The supporting member is of a polymeric material and has a first contacting surface, a second contacting surface, and a second volumetric porosity which is greater than the first volumetric porosity. The first contacting surface of the supporting member is adhered to the first surface of the body.
US10099178B2
A method of treating an aqueous liquid. The method comprises providing an aqueous feed liquid comprising water and at least one solute to a first side of a membrane. A draw solution comprising water and a draw solute comprising at least one of a phosphazene compound and a triazine compound is provided to a second side of the membrane. At least a portion of the water of the aqueous feed liquid is osmosed across the membrane and into the draw solution to form a diluted draw solution comprising water and the draw solute. The water of the diluted draw solution is separated from the draw solute of the diluted draw solution to form a purified water product. Draw solutes comprising phosphazene compounds and draw solutes comprising triazine compounds are also disclosed, as are methods of forming the draw solutes.
US10099160B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for collecting, storing, separating, and disposing of waste material from an oil and gas well site in order to enhance payload efficiency. An embodiment of a method, for example, may include introducing a waste material into an enhanced-payload mobile vessel positioned at the oil and gas well site, the waste material selected to include one or more of a sludge waste material, a solids-laden wastewater material, and a dry waste material. The method may further include transporting the waste material when positioned in the enhanced-payload mobile vessel along roadways to an off-site waste management facility. Additionally, the method may include dumping the waste material from the enhanced-payload mobile vessel by a site-based lifting mechanism into a receiving vessel at the off-site waste management facility thereby to dispose of the waste material at a reduced transportation cost.
US10099158B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for column chromatography which provide improvements in separation resolution and detection sensitivity, comprising a chromatography column, the column having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the outlet is configured to split a flow of eluate as it leaves the column through the outlet into at least two separate portions, wherein the apparatus is configured to separately process the portions, for example to separately detect a portion or separately collect fractions of a portion with improved resolution. A split frit assembly is preferably configured to split the flow of eluate. The portions preferably emanate from different radial regions of the column. An end fitting for the column outlet may be provided having multiple ports to separately convey the portions.
US10099157B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for regenerating or reducing the deterioration of an apatite solid surface during, or subsequent to, a chromatographic procedure for purifying a target molecule from a sample, by treating the apatite solid surface with a buffered calcium solution, followed by a phosphate buffered solution, followed by an alkaline hydroxide. The buffered calcium solution, phosphate buffered solution, and alkaline hydroxide can be applied subsequent to a bind and elute or flow through purification procedure. The methods provide an increase in resin mass and/or particle strength compared to prior methods.
US10099153B1
A doll is in a configuration to simulate an animal and formed to include a mouth having an opening with upper and lower edges with front edges and side edges. A clasp has an upper component with upper teeth and has a lower component with lower teeth. The upper and lower teeth are fabricated of a synthetic organic compound. The clasp has an upper handle formed as an extension of the upper component and has a lower handle formed as an extension of the lower component. The upper and lower handles are located in an intermediate extent of the doll. A hinge pivotally couples the upper and lower components and a spring urges the handles away from each other while urging the teeth toward each other.
US10099148B2
The invention relates to an amusement park ride with a guide track which has a first pivot axis for the movable guidance of the guide track, wherein the guide track is retained in a movable manner along the first pivot axis by way of a first retaining means, wherein the first pivot axis is oriented in a first axial direction, perpendicular to the direction of the guide track on the first pivot axis, and can be moved perpendicularly to the first axial direction. According to the invention, the guide track has a second pivot axis for the movable guidance of the guide track, wherein the guide track is retained in a movable manner along the second pivot axis by way of a second retaining means, and the second pivot axis is oriented in a second axial direction, perpendicular to the direction of the guide track on the second pivot axis, and can be moved perpendicularly to the second axial direction.
US10099141B2
Server device, control method for server device, game system, and computer-readable recording medium
A server device and the like that can make a whole game and SNS more active by promoting the movement of players between groups to enhance the mobility of game participants. A server device comprises: an information storage unit for storing information of a game in which a plurality of players are able to participate and which includes a battle event; and a control unit for accessing the information and executing an operation related to the game. The server device executes a predetermined step that includes performing, when a first player transfers from a first group to a second group, payment and receipt of transfer points as compensation for the transfer between at least two out of the first player, the first group, and the second group.
US10099135B2
A method of relative inverse kinematics graphical user interface may include providing, a first view of a graphical user interface (GUI) to be displayed, wherein the first view is associated with relative inverse kinematics (RIK) of a game character of a video game and receiving a selection of a first GUI element comprised by the first view of the GUI, the selection indicating that a RIK target is to be added to an animation associated with the game character of the video game. The method may further include, in response to the receiving the selection, providing a second view of the GUI to be displayed, wherein the second view comprises an inverse kinematic (IK) joint option, a relative actor option, and a relative joint option, the options associated with the animation, receiving selections corresponding to the options, and configuring the animation according to the selections corresponding to the options.
US10099127B2
A system (information processing device) is caused to determine at least one game medium from among a plurality of game media to be provided to a communication terminal, cause the communication terminal to display the at least one game medium, provide the communication terminal with a game environment to test the at least one game medium; and store the at least one game medium in association with an identifier of the communication terminal upon receiving a notification from the communication terminal indicating that the at least one game medium has been selected for possession.
US10099119B2
Example systems and methods involve detecting an input to a touchscreen display of a video game apparatus; determining a video game action based on a shape of the input; and determining a timing of the video game action based on a color associated with the input.
US10099116B1
In some embodiments, a system comprises a game controller module, a trigger satisfaction module, a metadata module, and a marker module. The game controller module may be configured to receive user control signals and execute gameplay based on the user control signals. The trigger satisfaction module may be configured to determine whether one or more events that occur during the gameplay satisfy one or more trigger conditions of a trigger. The metadata module may be configured to generate one or more trigger satisfaction indicators based on the satisfaction of the one or more trigger conditions of the trigger. The marker module may be configured to associate the one or more trigger satisfaction indicators with video of the gameplay to generate one or more game event markers to be used to enable a viewer to jump to one or more game segments associated with the trigger.
US10099114B2
A system and related methods for conducting a bonus game to a first primary game that enhances sales of tickets in an unrelated second primary game includes establishing the first primary game wherein players are issued first game tickets for play of the first primary game. A bonus game is established that is played separate from the first primary game. To qualify for entry into the bonus game, players enter at least one first game ticket from the first primary game. A second primary game is established wherein players are issued second game tickets that are linked to the bonus game for the first primary game such that players enhance the prize awarded in the bonus game by entering the second game tickets into the bonus game. Play of the first primary game does not require play of the bonus game or the second primary game. Play of the second primary game does not require play of the first primary game or the bonus game. Play of the bonus game requires play of the first primary game but not the second primary game.
US10099113B2
A game comprises a matrix that includes a central core and a plurality of stems emanating from the central core, with the lengths of the stems and the orientations of the stems such that the outer ends (or terminals) of the stems are on the surface of a cube, and playing pieces for attachment to the outer ends (or terminals) of the stems.
US10099111B2
A table game system with a card counting apparatus having: an optical sensor that is placed below the bottom of a card storage unit that stores a plurality of cards and receives reflected light of light applied to end surfaces of the plurality of cards stored in the card storage unit; and a playing card counting unit that receives a signal from the optical sensor and counts the number of the plurality of cards stored in the card storage unit. The optical sensor is placed so as to receive reflected light from end surfaces of all of the plurality of cards stored in the card storage unit, or configured to be movable across a predetermined section by a sensor scanning unit so as to receive reflected light from end surfaces of all of the plurality of cards stored in the card storage unit.
US10099099B2
A pocket insert card is received within a pocket of a garment. An absorbent fabric sheet is attached to the card such that the sheet can be situated outside the pocket for cleaning purposes while the card remains in the pocket. The fabric sheet may be elongated and folded in face-to-face portions attached to the card. A hook and loop patch may support an object on the fabric sheet. A holder for a spare golf tee or pencil is provided, as is a retainer for a scorecard. The fabric sheet may be inserted into the pocket or may form the pocket body itself. The fabric sheet may also be used without the pocket, attached directly to the interior of a garment. A double sided snap may be used to mount a ball marker to the fabric sheet.
US10099091B2
A golf club head including a club face defined by a toe end, a heel end, a top rail and a sole. The golf club head including a plurality of grooves disposed on the club face between the top rail and the sole. Each groove extends between the toe end and the heel end. Depths of the grooves vary in a direction extending between the top rail and the sole and in a direction extending between the heel end and the toe end. Widths of each of the plurality of grooves vary in a direction extending between the heel end and the toe end.
US10099081B2
A device for storage and disposal of embalming procedure waste from an embalming procedure of an animal or human corpse. The device includes an inlet for receiving the embalming procedure waste and an encapsulate storage unit configured for holding absorbent encapsulate. The device further includes a mixing unit fluidly connected to the inlet and the encapsulate storage unit, a diverter device connected to the mixing unit and at least one storage unit configured to receive and store the embalming procedure waste from the diverter device.
US10099076B2
Fire protection mist nozzles for industrial oil cookers, oil cookers with fire protection systems, and method of oil cooker fire protection are provided. The mist nozzles operate at pressures between 170 and 250 psi, and provide a unique distribution pattern that allows for variable installations for protection in certain operative environments including oil cookers with various hood configurations. The fire protection nozzles includes a base defining an inlet and an outlet along an axis. The base includes an orifice having an inlet diameter and an outlet diameter. The outlet diameter is preferably greater than the inlet diameter; and the orifice defines a K-factor of less than 1.0 gpm/psi½. The nozzle includes a diffuser aligned with the orifice. The diffuser has a preferably substantially domed portion with a maximum diameter that is less than the summation of the inlet diameter and the outlet diameter of the orifice.
US10099075B2
A safety restraint system for use by a worker working in a bucket, including a primary tether line that securely encircles the bucket at a position adjacent to the upper rim thereof; at least a pair of straps connected to the tether line on opposite sides of the bucket; a safety harness or aerial belt adapted to be worn by the worker and having at least a pair of clips attached thereto; and at least a pair of straps that interconnect the harness buckles to the straps on the tether line, thereby interconnecting the harness to the tether line.
US10099070B2
The invention provides for a medical apparatus comprising a processor. Execution instructions causes the processor to receive a treatment plan descriptive of an ionizing radiation beam treatment of a target zone within a subject using a radiation beam therapy system with a radiation source and a gantry. The radiation source is operable for aiming a radiation beam path at a rotational axis of the gantry. The instructions further cause the processor to receive a planning thermal distribution descriptive of ultrasound heating of the subject with a high intensity focused ultrasound system of a heating zone and an ultrasound beam path within the subject. The target zone is within the heating zone. The instructions further cause the processor to generate radiation control command data using the planning thermal distribution and the treatment plan. The radiation control command data is executable to cause the radiation source to reduce irradiation of the target zone when more than a predetermined volume of the radiation beam path intersects the ultrasound beam path.
US10099066B2
A laser ionization therapy assembly having a reservoir defined by a peripheral wall and a base; a support device having a support coupling member and a support opening; and a laser module accommodating a laser diode, the laser module having an opening and a laser module coupling member, wherein the support device is fixedly attached to the peripheral wall of the reservoir and the laser module is detachably coupled thereto, wherein the laser diode is positioned at an angle relative to the base of the reservoir so that laser light is directed through the openings of the laser module and support device to a predetermined location within the reservoir at a height of between ½ inch to 1 inch above the base, and wherein the laser light has a wavelength of between about 630 and 640 nm and a peak power of about 10 mW.
US10099060B2
A hybrid system forming an active implantable medical device includes a subcutaneous autonomous capsule and at least one intracorporeal autonomous leadless capsule. The subcutaneous capsule is a hybrid capsule having a seal body of dimensions comparable to those of a leadless capsule, but extended by a detection/stimulation microlead, without any intermediate connector. The leadless capsule includes a seal body, anchoring means in a wall of an organ and a detection/stimulation electrode. The hybrid capsule and the leadless capsules each include transmitter/receiver means for intracorporeal mutual wireless communication so as to constitute a network wherein the hybrid capsule is the master and leadless capsules are the slaves. The hybrid capsule further includes means for centralizing data transmitted by the leadless capsules and for exchanging data with remote external equipment.
US10099059B2
Subject matter such as a method or apparatus can include an implantable antenna assembly, comprising a dielectric shell including first and second substantially parallel outer face portions, and a third outer face portion extending between the first and second portions, a spiral conductor extending along the first, second, and third portions on a surface of the dielectric shell. The dielectric shell and spiral conductor can be configured to be mechanically attached to a dielectric compartment, such as configured to be coupled to a housing of an implantable medical device. In an example, the implantable antenna assembly is configured to be electrically coupled to an implantable telemetry circuit configured to wirelessly transfer information electromagnetically using the implantable telemetry antenna, such as included as a portion of an implantable medical device.
US10099057B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining a system response for a neuronal region of interest (ROI). The method comprises positioning an electrode proximate to the neuronal ROI. The electrode is electrically coupled to a neurostimulation (NS) system. The system delivers, from the NS system, a stimulation waveform from the electrode based on NS parameters. The system further programs one or more processors for: measuring an evoked potential waveform resulting from the stimulation waveform; comparing at least one excitation pulse within the stimulation waveform to the evoked potential waveform to obtain a candidate response function; repeating the delivering, measuring and comparing operations to obtain a collection of candidate response functions; and identifying a neuronal system response for the neuronal ROI based on the collection of candidate response functions.
US10099054B2
The application relates to a hearing assistance device comprising an implanted part and to a method of its operation. The disclosure aims at improving the identification and processing of recorded nerve response data in an implanted part. The implanted part comprises a) A multitude of electrodes; b) Stimulation circuitry electrically coupled to a stimulation electrode during a stimulation time period; c) Measurement circuitry electrically coupled to a recording electrode during a measurement time period; d) A control unit configured to control the timing of the application of the stimulation signal in the stimulation time period and to control the measurement time period relative to the stimulation time period; and e) A processing unit configured to record the measured signal in the measurement time period and to identify a response from the auditory nerve based on said measured signal. The invention may e.g. be used for cochlear implant type hearing aids.
US10099050B2
A fixation mechanism of an implantable medical device is formed by a plurality of tines fixedly mounted around a perimeter of a distal end of the device. Each tine may be said to include a first segment fixedly attached to the device, a second segment extending from the first segment, and a third segment, to which the second segment extends. When the device is loaded in a lumen of a delivery tool and a rounded free distal end of each tine engages a sidewall that defines the lumen, to hold the tines in a spring-loaded condition, the first segment of each tine, which has a spring-biased pre-formed curvature, becomes relatively straightened, and the third segment of each tine, which is terminated by the free distal end, extends away from the axis of the device at an acute angle in a range from about 45 degrees to about 75 degrees.
US10099048B2
A device port cleaner and method of use is provided for cleaning a device port connector, particularly a device port connector for a medical device. The device port cleaner may be connected to the device port connector to clean and/or disinfect the device port connector.
US10099039B2
Composite fiber reinforced balloons for medical devices are prepared by applying a web of fibers to the exterior of a preformed underlayer balloon, encasing the web with a matrix material to form an assembly, and inserting the assembly into a preformed outer layer balloon to form the composite balloon.
US10099034B2
An insertion device for delivering media inside a patient includes an outer guide tube having a side port. An inner guide tube is nested within the outer guide tube and movable axially within the outer guide tube. The inner guide tube includes a deflector at an end within the outer guide tube. The device also includes a catheter nested within the inner guide tube and movable axially within the inner guide tube. The deflector of the inner guide tube is positionable such that it deflects the dispensing end of the catheter outward through the opening in the outer guide tube when the catheter is advanced axially within the inner guide tube. A therapeutic delivery cannula may be nested within the catheter, such that the deflected end of the catheter determines the direction of travel of the therapeutic delivery cannula into patient tissue when the cannula emerges from the catheter.
US10099030B2
A non-electronic head-worn system for providing visual inertial head orientation information to a person is disclosed. The system comprises a head-worn unit that displays at least one orientation reference symbol to the person wearing the unit wherein the orientation reference symbol stays in a fixed visual position for the person when the person's head changes orientation. The system comprises an optical element located in the optical path between the user's eye and the orientation reference symbol, such as a lens, mirror, a prism, a beam splitter, a retro-reflector, or any other device or medium that can change the appearance or apparent location of an image. The system further comprises a pitch indicator that gives visual pitch information to the person and/or a roll indicator that gives visual roll information to the person. The pitch indicator and the roll indicator are responsive to a pendulum, a rolling element, or a fluid in a reservoir. The pitch element and the roll element do not use electricity or electronics.
US10099022B2
A nebulizer and a container with a fluid for such a nebulizer are described, the container comprising an indicator device fixedly mounted on the bottom of the container, the indicator device stopping further use of the container in a locked state when a predetermined number of uses has been reached or exceeded, and when the nebulizer is partially opened, it is blocked against further use, and after replacement of the container including the indicator device, the nebulizer can be used again.
US10099021B2
An inhaler device of a powdered substance contained in a capsule comprises a capsule seat suitable for receiving the capsule, said capsule seat being made in two parts which can be reciprocally distanced, each capsule seat part being suitable for retaining a respective capsule part. Means of separation are operable to cause the distancing of said two capsule seat parts.
US10099013B2
Provided is a manual drive unit for use with a cassette unit comprising a cassette unit housing containing there within a syringe comprising a barrel for containing a volume of a liquid drug formulation; a hollow needle at a front end of the barrel, the hollow needle defining a needle tip for dispensing of the liquid drug formulation; and a plunger that is axially movable within the barrel. The manual drive unit comprises a manual drive unit housing defining a docking cavity and a needle delivery aperture, wherein said docking cavity is arranged for docking receipt of the cassette unit at a docking position; and received by the manual drive unit housing and axially movable relative thereto, a manually operable drive transfer element for transferring axial drive to the plunger of the syringe for moving the plunger into the barrel of the syringe to eject at least part of the volume of liquid drug formulation.
US10098998B2
An air trap for a blood circuit and method for removing air from blood in a dialysis unit. The air trap may include a blood inlet supply line, a blood outlet supply line, and a container having an approximately spherical internal wall, an inlet at a top end of the container connected to the blood inlet supply line, and an outlet at a bottom end of the container connected to the blood outlet supply line. The inlet may be offset from a vertical axis of the approximately spherical internal wall such that blood entering the container is directed to flow in a spiral-like path. The inlet port may be arranged to introduce blood into the container in a direction that is approximately tangential to the approximately spherical inner wall of the container and/or in a direction that is approximately perpendicular to the vertical axis of the container.
US10098996B2
A medical treatment system, such as peritoneal dialysis system, may include control and other features to enhance patient comfort and ease of use. For example, a peritoneal dialysis system may include patient line state detector for detecting whether a patient line is primed before it is to be connected to the patient. The patient line state detector can also the ability to detect whether a patient line has been properly mounted for priming. Both patient line presence/absence and fill state can be determined using an optical system, e.g., one that employs a single optical sensor.
US10098994B2
A blood processing apparatus may include a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger may be configured to impart a radial component to blow flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger. The heat exchanger may be configured to cause blood flow to follow a spiral flow path.
US10098984B2
A method of conferring modified properties, e.g. modified physical and/or biochemical properties, to a metallic substrate surface, including at least two steps being (i) a first step including at least exposing the substrate surface to a hetero-bifunctional anchoring molecule carrying at least a silane group and at least a A1 group, the A1 group being optionally introduced within the anchoring molecule via a preliminary functionalizing step, and (ii) a second step of exposing the substrate surface to a polymer carrying at least three groups A2 capable of reacting with A1 in a thiol-ene reaction, the number average molecular weight of the polymer being greater than 1 000 g/mol.
US10098980B2
Multilayer articles having an absorbent nonwoven layer and a barrier layer are described, including those having a surfactant-treated, aliphatic polyester, nonwoven absorbent layer and a barrier layer. Multilayer articles including a tie layer used to enhance the bond between the hydrophilic absorbent layer and the barrier layer are also described. Methods of making and using such articles are also described.
US10098977B2
The deodorant composition of the present invention includes an amorphous aluminum silicate, a hydrazide compound, and a crystalline zinc oxide in which at least two peaks among three peaks detected within a diffraction angle (2θ) range from 30 to 38 degrees when the crystalline zinc oxide is subjected to X-ray powder diffraction measurement have a half width of 0.4 to 1.2 degrees in an X-ray diffraction chart, wherein a content of the crystalline zinc oxide is in a range from 100 to 500 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the hydrazide compound, and wherein a content of the amorphous aluminum silicate is in a range from 100 to 750 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the hydrazide compound.
US10098975B2
The present invention relates to the use of compounds that selectively bind to activated protein kinase G 1 alpha for imaging the anatomic basis for chronic pain. Such imaging may also be used to objectively quantify chronic pain.
US10098973B2
The present invention relates to Tau-specific antibodies, fragments thereof, and uses thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to Tau-specific antibodies, fragments thereof, and conjugates thereof with conjugated to a superparamagnetic nanoparticle. The molecules of the present invention may be used in visualizing damage from traumatic brain injury.
US10098967B2
Disclosed are conjugates of hydrophobic drugs linked to protected or unprotected amino acids or peptides. The disclosed conjugates are amphiphilic and can self assemble into nantubes. Nanotubes comprising the conjugates are also described and can have high loading of the drug and protect it from degradation or elimination. The nanotubes are well suited to deliver hydrophobic and unstable drugs to individuals.
US10098958B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for delivering an oligonucleotide-functionalized nanoparticle.
US10098957B2
Compositions comprised of a delivery vehicle or delivery system and an active agent dispersed within the delivery vehicle or system, wherein the delivery vehicle or system contains a polyorthoester polymer and a polar aprotic solvent. Also disclosed are low viscosity delivery systems for administration of active agents. The low viscosity delivery systems have a polyorthoester polymer, a polar aprotic solvent and a solvent containing a triglyceride viscosity reducing agent. Compositions described include an amide- or anilide-type local anesthetic of the “caine” classification, and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), along with related methods, e.g., for treatment of post-operative pain or for prophylactic treatment of pain. The compositions are suitable for delivery via, e.g., direct application and instillation, intradermal injection, subcutaneous injection, and nerve block (perineural).
US10098953B2
Disclosed are: a substance transfer carrier to an extracellular matrix-producing cell in the lung, which comprises a retinoid; a therapeutic agent for fibroid lung, which utilized the carrier; and a preparation kit of the therapeutic agent.
US10098951B2
The present application provides antibody-TCR chimeric constructs comprising an antibody moiety that specifically binds to a target antigen fused to a TCRM capable of recruiting at least one TCR-associated signaling module. Also provided are methods of making and using these constructs.
US10098946B2
The development of a computationally optimized influenza HA protein that elicits broadly reactive immune response to all H5N1 influenza virus isolates is described. The optimized HA protein was developed through a series of HA protein alignments, and subsequent generation of consensus sequences, for clade 2 H5N1 influenza virus isolates. The final consensus HA amino acid sequence was reverse translated and optimized for expression in mammalian cells. Influenza virus-like particles containing the optimized HA protein are an effective vaccine against H5N1 influenza virus infection in animals.
US10098945B2
The present invention relates, in general, to attenuated swine influenza viruses having an impaired ability to antagonize the cellular interferon (IFN) response, and the use of such attenuated viruses in vaccine and pharmaceutical formulations. In particular, the invention relates to attenuated swine influenza viruses having modifications to a swine NS1 gene that diminish or eliminate the ability of the NS1 gene product to antagonize the cellular IFN response. These viruses replicate in vivo, but demonstrate decreased replication, virulence and increased attenuation, and therefore are well suited for use in live virus vaccines, and pharmaceutical formulations.
US10098940B2
The disclosure relates to immunogenic and vaccine compositions comprising Streptococcus exotoxins and/or bacterial thermolysins from M4 protease family. Also provided are kits, methods and uses of said compositions for treating or preventing laminitis in a hooved animal.
US10098935B2
The instant disclosure provides aquaporin DNA tolerizing vaccines and methods of using such vaccines for treating individuals having neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and NMO spectrum disorders. Aspects of the methods include administering to the individual, in need thereof, an effective amount of an aquaporin DNA tolerizing vaccine to reduce one or more symptoms of NMO or an NMO spectrum disorder. Compositions and kits for practicing the methods of the disclosure are also provided.
US10098921B2
An anti-gout composition including the mixed extract of Chrysanthemum indicum and Cinnamomum cassia as an active ingredient shows substantially greater inhibitory effects on xanthine oxidase than when Chrysanthemum indicum or Cinnamomum cassia is used separately. An animal model treated with the mixed extract of Chrysanthemum indicum and Cinnamomum cassia experienced a decrease in uric acid in serum and in urine. The mixed extract of Chrysanthemum indicum and Cinnamomum cassia is an active ingredient induced from a natural material, and, accordingly, the mixed extract is safe and a source material therefor is easily provided. Accordingly, the mixed extract can be widely used in gout-related industries.
US10098917B2
A parvovirus characterized by a CpG-enriched genome, wherein the genome contains at least 2 additional CpG inserts that are not present in the wild type genome is described as well as the use of said parvovirus, e.g., a parvovirus based on parvovirus H1, LuIII, Mouse minute virus (MMV), Mouse parvovirus (MPV), Rat minute virus (RMV), Rat parvovirus (RPV), Rat virus (RV), vectors based on the foregoing viral species, and/or cells capable of actively producing the foregoing viral species for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition, e.g., for the treatment of cancer, preferably pancreas carcinoma, hepatoma or lymphoma.
US10098910B2
Embodiments are directed to a stable composition comprising stabilized hydrogen peroxide and 2-propanol and applicators configured to store, dispense, and apply such stable compositions. Such compositions may be used to treat skin conditions such as warts, condyloma accuminatum, molluscum contagiosum, acrochordons, seborrheic keratosis, or a combination thereof. Some embodiments also describe take home compositions, in office compositions, over-the-counter compositions, and kits for the use of such compositions.
US10098909B2
The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an ionic co-crystal (ICC) of lithium with salicylic acid and 1-proline (LISPRO). The pharmaceutical composition can further comprise an anti-inflammatory agent, for example, salicylic acid. An embodiment of the invention provides a method for treating Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) in a subject by administering to the subject a composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of LISPRO.
US10098898B1
Solid oral mesalamine delayed/controlled release tablets with storage stable dissolution profiles are described.
US10098895B2
A method for treating a symptom of a neurodegenerative condition. The method includes topically administering a composition that contains a sex steroid or a cannabinoid or a mixture of both to the forehead, to an area of the outer ear of the subject not including the ear canal, or to both of these anatomical locations. The symptom treatable by the method is a motor symptom or a non-motor symptom.
US10098894B2
This disclosure relates to transdermal pharmaceutical compositions containing progesterone in combination with one or more solubilizing agents and penetration enhancers, wherein the pharmaceutical compositions are formulated as creams for topical administration. In some embodiments, the transdermal pharmaceutical compositions contain progesterone, a medium-chain oil, and d-limonene. In some embodiments, the transdermal pharmaceutical compositions contain progesterone, a medium-chain oil, a penetration enhancer (e.g., propylene glycol, a fatty acid ester of propylene glycol, a glycol ether), and optionally d-limonene. In certain embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions further include estradiol. Methods for treating conditions associated with hormone deficiency in a subject are also described.
US10098883B2
The present application relates to novel substituted (aza)pyridopyrazolopyrimidinones and indazolopyrimidinones, to processes for their preparation, the compounds for use alone or in combinations in a method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of acute and recurrent bleeding in patients with or without underlying hereditary or acquired bleeding disorders, wherein the bleeding is associated with a disease or medical intervention selected from the group consisting of menorrhagia, postpartum hemorrhage, hemorrhagic shock, trauma, surgery, transplantation, stroke, liver diseases, hereditary angioedema, nosebleed, and synovitis and cartilage damage following hemarthrosis.
US10098880B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of treating cancer using a composition comprising Nelfinavir, Metformin, Rosuvastatin, optionally along with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The said composition is used for the treatment of cancer caused due to aberration in PTEN gene, optionally along with aberration in TP53 gene and related genes selected from group comprising PI3K, CDKN2A, MDM2 and MDM4.
US10098878B2
The present disclosure relates to HIF-2α inhibitors and methods of making and using them for treating iron overload disorders. Certain compounds were potent in HIF-2α scintillation proximity assay, luciferase assay, and VEGF ELISA assay, and reduced liver iron accumulation and serum iron parameters in both prophylactic and treatment mouse models.
US10098877B2
Pharmaceuticals compositions comprising the 2S, 4R, ketoconazole enantiomer or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and solvates, that are substantially free of the 2R, 4S ketoconazole enantiomer are useful to reduce cortisol synthese and for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome, and other diseases and conditions, including but not limited to Cushing's Syndrome, depression, and glaucoma.
US10098869B2
The present invention relates to the pyrrolidine substituted with flavone derivatives, represented by the compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, a stereoisomer or a diastereoisomer thereof for use in the treatment of cancers associated with human papillomavirus. The present invention also relates to the pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of Formula (I) for the treatment of cancers associated with human papillomavirus.
US10098868B2
The present invention relates to the stable pharmaceutical composition of a suitable hypolipidemic agent. Preferably, the present invention discloses novel formulations of the compound of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of compounds of formula (I). More particularly the present invention relates to the stable pharmaceutical composition of compounds of formula (I) comprising compounds of formula (I) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein the pH of the formulation is maintained above 7. formula (I).
US10098862B1
Pharmaceutical compositions of (E)-2,4,6-trimethoxystyryl-3-[(carboxymethyl)amino]-4-methoxybenzylsulphone and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described as well as methods of their use.
US10098861B1
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a sodium benzoate compound and clozapine; and a method for preventing, treating and/or reducing the risk of a neuropsychiatric disorder by administering such pharmaceutical composition.
US10098860B2
Methods of treating renal cancer, including renal cell carcinoma, using bezafibrate are disclosed herein. Bezafibrate can be administered as a monotherapy or as part of a comprehensive treatment program, which can also include administration with other anti-cancer drugs, surgical treatments or exposure to ionizing radiation.
US10098857B2
Compositions and methods are provided for the prevention and treatment of chronic wounds, including, without limitation, pressure ulcers and diabetic ulcers, by transdermal delivery of an agent that increases activity of HIF-1α in the wound.
US10098856B2
A combination of dosage units for alleviating respiratory ailments and a method of alleviating respiratory ailments which uses this combination of dosage units. The dosage units comprise one or more first dosage units comprising pseudoephedrine and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more second dosage units comprising phenylephrine and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10098855B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising an ASM inhibitor as an active ingredient for preventing or treating degenerative neurological diseases. According to the present invention, when ASM is partially removed in an Alzheimer's disease model mouse, that is when ASM is inhibited therein, such when as an Alzheimer's disease model mouse with a partial removal of ASM is in a parabionic union with an Alzheimer's disease model mouse, or when an Alzheimer's disease model mouse is injected with the serum of an Alzheimer's disease model mouse from which ASM gene has been removed, the deposition of β-amyloid in the brain tissue is inhibited and the ability to learn and remember are improved, and the present invention confirms such superb effects. Accordingly, ASM inhibitor can be effectively used to prevent or treat degenerative neurological diseases.
US10098854B2
The present invention is directed to method for the treatment of depression, for example, treatment resistant depression; wherein the treatment regimen is adjusted depending on the patient's genotype at SNP rs4306882.
US10098846B2
The disclosure provides bioactive agent-containing particulates that include bioactive agent, biocompatible polymer, negatively charged groups, and a cationic agent. The particulates can be associated with a medical device, such as a balloon catheter, which can be used to move the particulates to a treatment site. Transfer of the particulates from the device to tissue is facilitated by the arrangement of the cationic and bioactive agent-containing particulates.
US10098838B2
The invention relates to water-soluble granules for preparing a drinkable solution, in particular for preventing or treating symptoms associated with mild to moderate chronic venous insufficiency of the lower extremities, containing at least 20 percent by weight of a concentrated extract of red wine leaves, and to a ready-to-use packaging unit comprising one or more portion sachets which contain the granules according to the invention.
US10098835B2
A multi-step method of making a mammalian subcutaneous medical implant or non-implant for releasing self-contained drugs on a controlled basis over at least a 3 day period includes depositing at least portions of one or more individual layers of the implant by at least one computer controlled 3-D printer. The 3-D printing method may be accomplished via an array of 3-D nozzles that deposit materials (such as plastics, thermoplastics, coating materials, drug-containing matrix materials, non-drug containing matrix materials, bonding materials, biodegradable materials and/or the like) in very small, precise portions. The materials may be deposited in liquid, powder, sheet or other forms. Non-implant forms may also be provided by the techniques disclosed herein.
US10098832B1
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition including an oil phase, a polyol phase, and a phase. The oil phase includes polysilicone-11, mixture of dimethicone, dimethicone crosspolymer and cetyl peg/ppg-10/1 dimethicone, ethylhexyl palmitate; and hyaluronic acid derivative. The polyol phase includes ascorbic acid, ascorbyl glucoside, propylene glycol, glycerin, and hydroxyethylpiperazine ethane sulfonic acid. The tertiary phase includes anogeissus leiocarpus bark extract. The cosmetic composition provides immediate soft focus effect and long term anti-wrinkle effect. The present invention also relates to a method of making the cosmetic composition.
US10098831B2
Provided is a surface-treated powder, where at least one compound of general formula (1) adheres to the surface of the powder. In formula (1), R2 is a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6-12 carbon atoms, R4 is a monovalent non-aromatic hydrocarbon group having 1-30 carbon atoms, R1 and R0 are a group selected from aforementioned groups defined for R2 and R4, and R3 is a group of formula (2), R5 is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and R6 is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a, b, c, and d are integers of from 0-3, 0-200, 1-150, and 0-50, respectively, provided that when a is 0, d and e are integers of from 1-50 and 0-2, respectively, and c/(b+c+d) is 0.25 or more.
US10098826B2
A cosmetic product includes a cosmetic preparation including, in relation to the total weight thereof, 35 to 85 wt % polar solvent and 0.001 to 10 wt % oxidation dye precursor. The cosmetic product also includes b) a device for flash evaporation of the cosmetic preparation a). A method incorporates the use of the corresponding product and particularly the use of the cosmetic preparation a) as a process material in a device for flash evaporation.
US10098817B2
A device for dispensing articles, the device comprising: a conveying member comprising n receptacles, of which n−m are suitable for receiving articles, the receptacles being movable between an article receiving position and an article dispensing position; a sensor for sensing the presence of articles in the receptacles, the sensor positioned between the receiving position and the dispensing position; wherein m of said receptacles is a blank receptacle which is unable to receive an article and the sensor is unable to distinguish an empty receptacle from a blank receptacle such that the maximum number of detectable articles conveyed once n receptacles have passed the sensor is n−m, where m is at least 1.
US10098812B2
A container for storing and/or applying a substance is provided. The container includes a glass body having a substantially hollow cylindrical shape and enclosing a cavity, as well as a distal end with a first opening and a proximal end with a second opening. One or more connecting elements are attached to the glass body at the distal end and are made of a plastic material. The plastic material is a thermoplastic or thermosetting plastic material and the glass body and the or each connecting element are connected to each other by use of a joint. The connecting element arranged at the distal end includes a passage channel communicating with the first opening. The first and second openings are enclosed by end faces and immediately adjacent surfaces of the glass body and the connecting element(s) is/are attached to the glass body via the end faces and the immediately adjacent surfaces.
US10098811B2
The present invention administers fluid therapy and chromotherapy to the head of a user for stimulatory purposes. Particularly, the invention comprises a portable device for administering fluid therapy using pressurized water and/or other therapeutic fluids and/or substances to massage and relax the head and scalp of the user while simultaneously allowing the use of craniofacial chromotherapy thus providing a generally relaxing and refreshing stimulative experience for the head.
US10098809B2
A manometer with a cadence indicator includes a housing and a gas pressure indicator interfaced to the housing. An input port of the housing is for connecting the manometer to a source of gas pressure, such that the gas pressure at the input port is reflected in the gas pressure indicator, providing a pressure reading. A cadence module is interfaced to the housing such that cadence is provided concurrently with the local of the gas pressure indicator in two cadence pulse frequencies, one for timing of chest compressions and one for timing of administration of breaths. Cadence is provided visually or audibly.
US10098806B2
Multipurpose tactile warning panels (TWPAs) for use in pedestrian walkways, and in particular tactile warning panels that are designed and built with multifunction/multipurpose capabilities that serve the visually impaired and enable the deployment of smart city technology. The TWPAs integrate tactile warning systems and subsurface enclosures that can withstand pressures of five (5) tons up to and exceeding sixty (60) tons and incorporate small cells, beacons, sensors, Fog Computing, electric energy generation, rechargeable power supplies, wireless M2M communication and a plethora of other smart city technologies.
US10098802B2
A therapeutic apparatus, which treats fatigue of the whole body, is provided. A plurality of speakers/sensors which apply an oscillating pressure to a subject are provided. An airtight chamber and a vacuum pump unit, which change the subject into the state of a negative pressure from the atmospheric pressure, are provided. A control unit adjusts distribution of the oscillating pressure by the output of each speaker/sensor is provided. Further, the control unit adjusts each speaker/sensor, in order that the oscillating pressure of a same extent is applied to a plurality of parts of the body, simultaneously. Thereby, the whole body of the subject can recover from fatigue.
US10098801B2
A method for use with a casket arrangement having a first configuration and a second configuration includes moving the casket arrangement while in the second configuration, changing the casket arrangement from the second configuration to the first configuration, and moving remains of a deceased disposed within the casket arrangement while in the first configuration. The casket arrangement includes a bottom panel and intrinsically formed side panels and end panels. The side panels and end panels include upper portions that extend upward and connect in the first configuration, and which extend in a direction other than upward in the second configuration.
US10098799B2
The present invention relates to an electric wheelchair incorporating a lifting mechanism which makes it possible to transfer a disabled or dependent person from the wheelchair itself to any desired surface, such as a bed, a toilet, a hospital bed, etc. and vice versa from said surface to the wheelchair, and armrests comprising an anchoring device for fixing a patient support sling.
US10098798B2
A patient support includes a cover defining an interior region, an air permeable first layer located in the interior region within the cover, a first air supply coupled to the first layer to provide air flow through the first layer, air bladders including a head zone and a seat zone located beneath the first layer, a first sensing assembly located beneath the head zone, a second air supply coupled to the air bladders to selectively inflate and deflate the air bladders, and a controller. The controller is coupled to the first and second air supplies to control inflation and deflation of the air bladders and to control air flow through the permeable layer. The controller also receives a signal from the first sensing assembly, determines whether the patient support is occupied, and adjusts air flow through the first layer based on the signal from the first sensing assembly.
US10098792B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for assembling disposable pant diapers having contoured elastic belts. During the assembly process, opposing end regions of chassis are connected with the elastic belts in the form of first and second continuous elastic laminates. The chassis are then folded to place the elastic laminates into a facing relationship. The inner longitudinal edges of one or both the elastic laminates are then cut to define a contoured shape. Discrete pieces of trim material may be removed from one or both the elastic laminates, and the first and second continuous elastic laminates are cut in the cross direction to form discrete pant diapers. In some configurations, a single knife both removes the trim material and cuts the elastic laminates in cross direction. And in some configurations, a first knife removes the trim material and a second knife cuts the elastic laminates in cross direction.
US10098784B2
A treatment method and apparatus for surgical correction of defective-eyesight in an eye of a patient, wherein a laser device is controlled by a control device, said laser device separating corneal tissue by irradiation of laser radiation to isolate a volume located within a cornea, wherein the control device controls the laser device to focus the laser radiation, by providing target points located within the cornea, into the cornea, wherein the control device, when providing the target points, allows for focus position errors which lead to a deviation between the predetermined position and the actual position of the target points when focusing the laser radiation, by pre-offsets depending on the positions of the respective target points to compensate for said focus position errors.
US10098783B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for determining an ablation treatment for an eye of a patient. The systems and method may involve determining an ellipsoid shape corresponding to an anterior corneal surface of the patient's eye. The ellipsoid shape may include an anterior portion, a major axis, and an apex, where the major axis intersects the anterior portion at the apex. The systems and method may also involve determining a tilted orientation of the eye, such as when the patient fixates on a target during a laser ablation procedure. The systems and method may further involve determining the ablation treatment based on the ellipsoid shape and/or the tilted orientation.
US10098776B2
A foot and ankle support system using one or more pressure-flexed support bars made of resilient material, each of which can be adjustably positioned and removably attached to selected positions along the medial, lateral, or posterior heel sides of an article of footwear. One end of the support bar is affixed to the base portion of the article of footwear and the other end is affixed to the collar or ankle portion causing the resilient support bar to flex into a bow-like position. Each support bar stores energy and returns resistance when engaged by various directional movements of the foot during walking, running, sports activities or rehabilitation. A plurality of pressure-flexed support bars work in tandem to provide additional support and control of foot inversion and eversion, pronation and supination. An alternative embodiment uses a pressure-flexed bladder type support bar filled with air, gas, liquid gel or other material.
US10098774B2
A brace for application to a body joint, the brace including a substantially rigid brace substrate and a tensioning system for imparting tension to the substrate for adjusting the contour or angulation of the substrate.
US10098772B2
A stent graft is disclosed and can include a stent and a graft engaged with the stent. The graft can include an inner surface and an outer surface. Further, at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface can include a plurality of protrusions as viewed in cross section extending through a longitudinal axis.
US10098767B2
A reconfigurable delivery system is disclosed having a multi-lumen delivery catheter configuration that permits the delivery and staged release of a self-expanding main vessel stent-graft and a delivery sheath configuration that permits the introduction of various medical devices for the delivery and implantation of various branch vessel stent-grafts that are to be mated with the main vessel stent-graft. A method is disclosed wherein the delivery system is first used in the multi-lumen delivery catheter configuration to deliver and release a main vessel stent-graft that is configured for placement in the abdominal aorta for treatment of short-neck infrarenal, juxtarenal, and/or suprarenal aneurysms and then used in the delivery sheath configuration to facilitate the delivery of branch vessel stent-grafts that are configured to extend from the main vessel stent-graft into a respective renal artery.
US10098765B2
The present invention relates to an implant (10), and particularly to an intraluminal endoprosthesis, comprising a body and at least one abluminal layer (3) disposed on the body, the abluminal layer preferably containing at least one pharmaceutically active substance. In order to protect the abluminal layer (3) from delamination or shearing, the abluminal layer (3) is additionally fastened to the implant body at least in a transition region (7) by way of at least one anchoring layer (5) disposed on the abluminal layer (3). In addition, methods for producing such an implant are described.
US10098757B2
A bodiless bone fusion method, apparatus and device for insertion between bones that are to be fused together and/or in place of one or more of the bones, such as, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bodiless bone fusion device comprises one or more extendable plates, one or more extending blocks in communication with the extendable plates, one or more positioning elements for adjusting the extendable plates by manipulating the extending blocks, and one or more support panels for holding the positioning elements and guiding the extendable plates. The plates are able to be advantageously positioned in the confined space between the vertebrae to help brace the device until the bone has fused.
US10098740B2
In some examples an implantable medical device may include a frame and a flexible tubular valve body. The frame may define a frame lumen and may be expandable from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration. The flexible tubular valve body may extend between a downstream end and an upstream end. The valve body may define a valve lumen, a downstream opening at the downstream end, and an upstream opening at the upstream end. The valve body may be attached to the frame such that the frame lumen is in fluid communication with the valve lumen. The valve body may comprise a neck and may be configured to fold about the neck to at least partially close the valve lumen. The valve body may be configured to collapse in an absence of fluid flow through the valve lumen to at least partially close the valve lumen.
US10098736B2
The implant (12) according to the invention comprises a tubular frame (16), a plurality of distal arms (18) capable of pressing on a first face of a tissue, and a plurality of proximal arms (20) having an end (62) connected to the frame and a free end (64) intended to press on a second face of the tissue to clamp the tissue. The implant comprises a first integral assembly including a first part (38) of the frame and the proximal arms (20), and a second integral assembly including a second part of the frame (40) and the distal arms (18), the first assembly and the second assembly being attached one on top of the other. The first part (38) of the frame is in the form of a proximal sleeve, extending longitudinally between a proximal end (41) and a distal end (43) of the sleeve. The connected end (62) of each proximal arm (20) is connected to the distal end (43) of the proximal sleeve (38), and the free end (64) of each proximal arm (20) extends beyond that distal end (43) of the proximal sleeve (38).
US10098732B1
A unitary flexible sheet is folded to define: (i) a panel, defining a plane, and having a first side facing in a first direction away from the plane, (ii) a first tab, disposed on the first side of the panel, and protruding in the first direction away from the panel, and (iii) a second tab, disposed on the first side of the panel, and protruding in the first direction away from the panel. Between the first tab and the second tab are secured (i) a first-leaflet commissural portion of a first prosthetic leaflet, and (ii) a second-leaflet commissural portion of a second prosthetic leaflet. At the first tab, the sheet is folded to define a first cushion at a downstream edge of the first tab. At the second tab, the sheet is folded to define a second cushion at a downstream edge of the second tab.
US10098731B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for use with a mitral valve of a heart of a subject. The apparatus includes a P1-anchor, a P2-anchor, and a P3-anchor, that are anchored to tissue in a vicinity of, respectively, P1, P2 and P3 segments of a posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, a tether being fixedly coupled to the P2-anchor, and slidably coupled to the P1 and P3 anchors. A cardiac-site anchor anchors the tether to an anchoring location that is at a cardiac site that is anterior and inferior to the posterior leaflet. Other embodiments are also described.
US10098729B2
Various systems and techniques for inserting an intraocular lens are disclosed. In particular implementations, a system and a technique for inserting an intraocular lens may include the ability to move, in response to a force being applied in a first direction along a longitudinal axis, a first plunger tip along the longitudinal axis and into a delivery cartridge to fold an intraocular lens and move in a second direction along the longitudinal axis in response to the applied force being reduced. The system and the technique may also include the ability to engage a second plunger tip and move, in response to a force being applied in the first direction along the longitudinal axis, the second plunger tip along the longitudinal axis and into the delivery cartridge to insert the intraocular lens.
US10098725B2
An endovascular treatment aiding device is an endovascular treatment aiding device including a flexible shaft; a filter fixed to the shaft such that an opening section is formed in the proximal side, wherein a ring having elastic restoring force is fixed to the opening section, which filter is capable of being opened and closed in an umbrella-like manner, and is in a conical shape having a bottom formed by the ring when the filter is open; and a linear supporting member fixed to the ring and a part of the shaft such that they are connected to each other, which linear supporting member enables closing the filter by application of an external force to the proximal side; wherein coils formed with a radio-opaque material is/are wound around the ring; when the filter is closed, a plurality of mountains pointing toward the distal side and a plurality of valleys pointing toward the proximal side are alternately formed in the ring to form a shape in which the mountains are positioned close to each other, and the valleys are positioned close to each other; and the coils are arranged on the ring such that the coils contain the positions fixed by the supporting member on the ring, but do/does not contain the positions of the peaks of the mountains and the peaks of the valleys.
US10098724B2
Catheters, assemblies, and methods for delivering and recovering embolic protection devices. Catheters are provided that can be advanced over single length guide wires and which can be retracted over single length wire shafts of distal embolic protection devices. One catheter is a two-port catheter having two sidewall ports, a distal end port, and a proximal end port. The two-port catheter can be advanced over a guide wire threaded between the distal end port and the distal sidewall port. An embolic protection device wire shaft can be back loaded into the distal end port and out the proximal sidewall port. A three-port catheter includes a distal end port, and distal, intermediate, and proximal sidewall ports. The distal sidewall port can be dimensioned to accept passage of a filter body through the port. The distal end port can be dimensioned to accept only a guide wire to provide a smooth transition from the guide wire to the small profile distal end. The guide wire can extend between the distal end port and the intermediate port while the filter body shaft can extend through the proximal port, to be distally urged through the distal sidewall port. Another catheter embodiment is a slotted catheter, including a biased, normally open slot over most of its length. The slot can be sufficiently small to resist unwanted transverse movement of a wire through the slot. The slotted catheter can be retracted over a wire by forcing the wire through the resilient slot.
US10098720B2
An artificial urinary sphincter device is configured to be implanted in a relationship with a patient's urethra for the treatment of urinary incontinence. The size and shape of the device can vary for implantation on any of a wide variety of locations relative to the urethra such that it can exert a force onto the urethra for inhibiting or preventing involuntary leakage of urine.
US10098713B2
Provided are a system, method, and computer readable storage medium for generating an intra-oral scan of a dentition. A contiguous scan of an occlusal surface of at least a part of one arch of the dentition is generated. At least one additional surface is associated to the contiguous scan of the occlusal surface.
US10098710B2
An orthodontic retention system includes a fixed component that remains on teeth and a component that attaches to this fixed component. The fixed component and the component have mating or interlocking parts. The component that mates with the fixed component can be removable. The component that mates with the fixed component can be adjustable. The retention system also can include magnetic retention components to retain the removable component with respect to one or more teeth. The retention system also can include an element that replaces as tooth.
US10098708B2
A dental device capable of monitoring at least one characteristic of the dental device. The characteristics are monitored by the use of microchips; radio frequency identification devices (RFID), bar codes, resistors, diodes, semiconductors, and magnetic strips.
US10098701B2
A force measurement apparatus includes a force detection unit that measures a force generated when a forceps is brought into contact with an inside of a body when an operator inserts a forceps or an endoscope into the body and measures a force generated when the forceps acts on a living body from outside the body, a reference information generating unit that generates reference information serving as information of a force acquired by the force detection unit when the forceps is located at a predetermined position, and an individual force calculation unit that individually calculates a force generated when the forceps acts on the living body in the body based on the reference information.
US10098692B2
Methods are provided for monitoring and controlling tissue ablation using RF energy delivered by an imaging ablation catheter under direct visualization, using the control and modulation of a set of ablation parameters based on direct optical imaging of the tissue surface via the imaging ablation catheter, where a set of optical image-derived parameters modulates the setting of a subset of Radio Frequency dosing parameters. The ablation dosing algorithms based on image-derived information can be implemented manually or in semi-automated or automated forms.
US10098681B2
A covering for delivering a substance or material to a surgical site is provided. The covering, with substance provided therein, may be referred to as a delivery system. Generally, the covering may be a single or multi-compartment structure capable of at least partially retaining a substance provided therein until the covering is placed at a surgical site. Upon placement, the covering may facilitate transfer of the substance or surrounding materials. For example, the substance may be released (actively or passively) to the surgical site. The covering may participate in, control, or otherwise adjust the release of the substance. In various embodiments, the covering may be formed of a collagen material and is suitable for a variety of procedure specific uses.
US10098677B2
Spinal plates with additional features to improve the stability of the interface between the plate and the underlying bone. A bone plate may include one or more sharp ridges along the periphery of its underside. When attached to bone, the ridge digs into the bone and increases stability. A bone plate may alternatively or additionally include one or more holes for optional spikes, which may be inserted once the plate is attached to the bone. By separating the spikes and including them as an optional component, the plate may enhance stability while reducing or eliminating the chance of the spike injuring the patient. Furthermore, bone screws may incorporate alternating notches and ridges into the head of the screw. The notches and ridges may interface with a set screw, thereby preventing rotation and loosening of the screw.
US10098675B2
The present invention provides for a bone fixation device, an implantation instrument, and system which are useful in bone fixation surgeries. The bone fixation device of the instant invention allows the surgeon the ability to navigate the rod while being inserted into a pedicle screw assembly through a non-linear pathway by incrementally changing the direction of travel as desired.
US10098673B2
A spinal construct comprises a pliable lead. A longitudinal member is flexible relative to the lead. The longitudinal member extends between a first end connected to the lead and a second end defining an opening configured for movement of the lead therethrough and disposal of the longitudinal member such that the longitudinal member is disposed about spinal tissue. Systems and methods are disclosed.
US10098670B2
A spinal stabilization system including an insert positionable in the channel of the housing of a vertebral anchor, and an associated support construct including a spacer and at least one cord extending through the insert. In some instances the construct includes first and second cords extending through first and second bores of the insert. A clamping member clamps the cord(s) in the insert. In some instances the clamping member includes first and second tabs movable in channels in first and second flanges of the insert.
US10098660B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a trocar is provided. The trocar includes: a sharp end; at least three concave cutting edges extended from the sharp end; and at least three concave cutting surfaces forming the sharp end and the at least three cutting edges.
US10098655B2
An ultrasonic treatment instrument includes a vibration transmitting member transmitting ultrasonic vibration toward a first gripper and formed as one piece, and a second gripper movable between a spaced position where the second gripper is spaced apart from the first gripper and a closed position where the second gripper is put in close to the first gripper. The ultrasonic treatment instrument includes an interlocking actuator increasing, by moving the first gripper in interlock with a movement of the second gripper to the spaced position, a spacing distance between the first gripper and the second gripper in accordance with a movement of the first gripper.
US10098652B2
A dilation catheter device and system for dilating an opening in a paranasal sinus and/or other passageways within the ear, nose or throat is disclosed. A dilation catheter device and system is constructed in a manner that facilitates ease of use by the operator and, in at least some cases, allows the dilation procedure to be performed by a single operator. Additionally, the dilation catheter device and system may be useable in conjunction with an endoscope and/or a fluoroscope to provide for easy manipulation and positioning of the devices and real time visualization of the entire procedure or selected portions thereof. In some embodiments, shaft markers are disposed on a shaft of the dilation catheter and have a light color to contrast with a dark color of the dilation catheter shaft. The high contrast between the markers and catheter shaft allows for easy viewing of the markers in low light and operation conditions.
US10098642B2
A surgical staple cartridge is disclosed comprising a plurality of staples removably stored within the surgical staple cartridge. The staples comprise staple legs which extend from a staple base portion. The staple legs comprise staple tips configured to pierce tissue and contact a corresponding forming pocket of an anvil of surgical stapling instrument.
US10098641B1
A novel jaw and cam ensemble for use in a medical clip applying instrument having a compressible grip assembly at one end and a pair of squeezable jaws at the opposite end. Included is an elongated operating means connecting the cam and jaw ensemble to the compressible grips for the purpose of translating motion one to the other and for sequential advancement and closure of a plurality of clips between the jaws.
US10098636B2
A surgical instrument system is disclosed. The surgical instrument system comprises an end effector configured to be articulated between a first position and a second position, a motor configured to provide a vibratory force to a user of the surgical instrument system when the end effector moves into the first position and when the end effector moves into the second position, and a sensor. The sensor is configured to sense a first condition of the end effector when the end effector moves into the first position, sense a second condition of the end effector when the end effector moves into the second position, and send a signal to the motor indicative of the first condition and the second condition when one of the first condition and the second condition is sensed. The signal comprises one of the group consisting of a square wave signal and a sine wave signal.
US10098634B2
A method of forming and deploying an improved absorbable fastener for hernia mesh fixation is disclosed. The absorbable fastener of the present invention functions to securely fasten tough, non macro-porous, and relative inelastic mesh to soft tissue. The fastener is formed from co-polymers of lactide and glycolide.
US10098622B2
A retractor blade comprising a blade body having first and second ends, the first end including means to allow connection of the blade body to a support member, the second end including a first part disposed in a first plane and a second part disposed in a second plane, wherein the first and second parts are orthogonal and at least one of said first and second parts terminates in an end at least part of which includes a contour which generally conforms to a contour of a spinal vertebrae.
US10098619B2
A surgical tissue retrieval instrument has a collapsible pouch at the distal end of an elongated pusher rod that is introduced into a patient through a cannula. The instrument includes a two-jaw fork that forms a loop when in an unconstrained configuration and that supports the pouch. Deployment and operation of the fork and the pouch are controlled by a securing mechanism. The two jaws and the securing mechanism are slid in a hem surrounding the opening of the pouch when the device is assembled.
US10098616B2
Disclosed herein is an insertable probe for diagnosis of lesional tissue in real time. The insertable probe includes a guide needle inserted into the human body and having a hollow shape of a predetermined length, a storage connected to the guide needle, a tissue collection portion collecting a predetermined amount of tissue in the human body and moving the collected tissue to the storage through the guide needle, and an inspection unit inspecting the tissue stored in the storage. A method of manufacturing an electrode using the same is also disclosed.
US10098615B2
The application relates to a unit for collecting a stool sample for medical use. The unit may be used both in the clinic and in the home.
US10098613B2
An image processing module includes an input unit, a weight operator, and a synthesizer. The input unit is configured to receive a plurality of input signals of a plurality of channels. The weight operator is configured to calculate at least one weight to be applied to each channel based on at least one converted signal. The at least one converted signal is acquired by converting at least one input signal among the plurality of input signals of each channel, or by converting a synthesized input signal of the plurality of input signals of each channel. The synthesizer is configured to synthesize the plurality of input signals of the plurality of channels using the weight.
US10098604B2
A medical image processing device includes a port, a processor and a display. The port acquires a plurality of image data from a living body. The processor classifies the plurality of image dam to genes ate a plurality of image groups based OH a first time component. The first time component is defined by a first time interval among imaging times at which the plurality of image data are generated. The processor correlates each image data in one image groups with each image data in another image group, based on both an actual time and a time ratio of a second time component. The second time component is defined by a second time interval among the imaging times being shorter than the first time interval. The display displays images based on the plurality of image data based on the correlation of the image data in the image groups.
US10098598B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging device that captures a camera image of a target, a controller that stitches a plurality of X-ray images of a plurality of divided regions to generate one X-ray image of the target, and a display that displays a setting window providing a graphical user interface for receiving a setting of an X-ray irradiation condition for the divided regions, and displays the camera image in which positions of the divided regions are displayed.
US10098595B2
The disclosure provides a circuit that includes a charge sensitive amplifier (CSA) that generates an integrated signal in response to a current signal. An active comparator is coupled to the CSA. The active comparator receives the integrated signal and a primary reference voltage signal, and generates an event detect signal. A first delay element is coupled to the active comparator and provides a fixed delay to the event detect signal to generate a convert signal. A discriminator system is coupled to the CSA. The discriminator system samples the integrated signal when activated by the convert signal.
US10098593B2
A system that monitors various conditions of a plurality of hospital beds located in different rooms of a healthcare facility is provided. Alternatively or additionally, other types of equipment may be monitored by the system. Various configurations of network interface units that are coupleable to or integrated into a hospital bed are also disclosed. The system receives data from the hospital beds and/or other equipment and initiates a communication to a wireless communication device of at least one designated caregiver in response to the received data being indicative of an alarm condition.
US10098589B2
Various embodiments of a sealed package and a method of forming such package are disclosed. The package can include a non-conductive substrate that includes a cavity disposed in a first major surface. A cover layer can be disposed over the cavity and attached to the first major surface of the non-conductive substrate to form a sealed enclosure. The sealed package can also include a feedthrough that includes a via between a recessed surface of the cavity and a second major surface of the substrate, and a conductive material disposed in the via. An external contact can be disposed over the via on the second major surface of the non-conductive substrate, where the external contact is electrically connected to the conductive material disposed in the via. The sealed package can also include an electronic device disposed within the sealed enclosure that is electrically connected to the external contact.
US10098584B2
Systems and methods to monitor an improvement of a subject's physiological condition using a goal improvement profile are described. In an example, a physiological condition of a subject can be compared to a goal improvement profile, where the profile includes at least one target condition indicative of an improved physiological condition detectable using a physiological sensor signal, and a target time when the subject is expected to reach the target condition, where the comparison can be used to indicate whether the subject has met the target condition by the target time.
US10098583B2
In a sleep quality estimation device, a respiration sensor detects the respiratory waveform of a subject. A sleep stage estimation unit estimates the sleep stage of the subject during sleep based on the respiratory waveform detected by the respiration sensor. In a sleep rhythm model database, models associated with the appearance probability of δ-wave for the sleep stage during sleep are recorded. A sleep quality estimation unit estimates the appearance time of δ-wave of the subject during sleep based on the sleep stage of the subject estimated by the sleep stage estimation unit and the models associated with the appearance probability of δ-wave for the sleep stage recorded in the sleep rhythm model database, and estimates the sleep quality of the subject based on the appearance time of δ-wave.
US10098581B2
A system includes a microfluidic device configured to isolate one or more particles from a mixture, a flow rate matching device configured to match flow rate of the microfluidic device with flow rate of an electrical measurement device configured to measure an electrical property of the isolated particles, and an electrical measurement device configured to measure an electrical property of the isolated particles.
US10098570B2
A spirometer comprises a housing defining a fluid flow pathway extending between a first end and a second end, a first opening along the pathway and a second opening longitudinally spaced along the pathway from the first opening. A flow chamber defining a fluid flow pathway is disposed within the housing between the first opening and the second opening, the flow chamber including an elongated resistive element along the central longitudinal axis of the flow chamber for defining a flow passage through the flow chamber between the resistive element and the inner surface of the flow chamber. The flow chamber conditions fluid flow for accurate sensing of the fluid flow over a range. A pressure sensor is disposed within the housing in fluid communication with the first opening and the second opening for sensing a pressure differential between the first opening and the second opening and producing an electric signal that corresponds with the rate of fluid flow through the housing. The described spirometer and associated software has a variety of applications in the evaluation, diagnosis, monitoring, and improvement of respiratory conditions as well as digitally-delivered respiratory rehabilitation programs and clinical trials.
US10098567B2
Methods, devices and systems for location of the disposition of a medical probe in a subject are disclosed. An array of electromagnetic drive coil sets, each set having two or three dimensionally oriented drive coils, a sensor coil being electromagnetically communicative with the array of electromagnetic drive coil sets, a discrete core wire providing response to electrical stimuli of the subject, and a system controller communicative with and adapted to energize one or more of the electromagnetic coils in the array of electromagnetic drive coil sets are disclosed. The energizing of the one or more of the electromagnetic coils including one or more of energizing the coils singly, or in pairs of x-y and y-z or x-z coils while measuring the response of the sensor coil, whereby the system uses the measurements of the responses of the sensor coil to calculate the location of the sensor coil relative to said drive coil sets.
US10098562B2
A device and a method for detecting a brain response state of a subject id disclosed. The detection comprises repeatedly presenting the subject with a sound stimulus for evoking a brain response. Detecting the evoked brain response signal related to each of said sound stimulus. Determining a window having a time width covering at least partly an area of at least one neuron's evoked response in the brain response signal. Calculating an average response signal over the window and comparing the at least one neuron's evoked response with the average response signal for determining a cellular variance and/or volatility.
US10098551B2
Systems for monitoring left atrial pressure using implantable cardiac monitoring devices and, more specifically, to a left atrial pressure sensor implanted through a septal wall are presented herein.
US10098540B2
Described herein is the use of a visible near infrared (VNIR) hyperspectral imaging system as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for early detection of Parkinson's disease (PD). Also described herein is the use of a VNIR hyperspectral imaging system in high throughput screening of potential therapeutics against PD.
US10098537B2
An image processing apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate information indicating similarity among a plurality of tomographic images, and a generation unit configured to generate a tomographic image from the plurality of tomographic images based on the calculated information indicating similarity.
US10098526B2
An endoscopy capsule having an image collecting capacity includes a deformable member configured to inflate when exposed to body liquid. The deformable member includes an effervescent material. When the effervescent reacts with water the resulting Carbon-Dioxide gas reduces the specific gravity of the endoscopy capsule. The capsule is contained within a shell or dome when swallowed. The shell or dome is configured dissolve in either a low or high pH environment.
US10098524B2
An endoscope sheath comprising: (a) a tube configured to receive all or a portion of a shaft of an endoscope, the endoscope including a light post in a proximal end region of the endoscope; and (b) an arm attached to and extending from a proximal end region of the sheath; wherein the arm has one or more features that are in communication with the light post to orient the sheath axially and rotationally with respect to the endoscope.
US10098523B2
A compound sheath comprising: an endoscopic channel arranged for accepting an elongated endoscopic imaging device; a parallel use channel arranged for accepting a catheter-based tool, and a multi-channel hub that couples to the proximal end of the parallel use channel comprising: a rinse port that couples to a fluid reservoir device that injects fluid; a withdrawal port that couples to a vacuum forming device that removes fluid; a tool port for passing a catheter-based tool; wherein the multi-channel hub establishes a fluid channel for fluid communication between the parallel use channel and the rinse port or the withdrawal port, and a mechanical channel for passing therethrough a catheter-based tool between the parallel use channel and the tool port such that fluid from the rinse port or the withdrawal port and the catheter-based tool of the tool port are simultaneously passing all along the parallel use channel.
US10098510B2
A dispenser includes a housing, an aperture within the housing, a receptacle within the housing, and a pneumatically driven actuator. The receptacle removably receives a reservoir, such that when the reservoir is received by the receptacle, an outlet port of the reservoir is exposed through the aperture. When the pneumatically driven actuator is actuated, the pneumatically driven actuator provides a dispensing force that induces a flow of a predetermined volume of fluid within the reservoir through the exposed outlet port of the reservoir and dispenses the predetermined volume through the aperture. In some embodiments, the dispenser includes an internal pneumatic source. The internal pneumatic source may include an air compressor. The dispenser may include a pneumatic input port that receives a pneumatic hose. The dispensing force translates a piston in the reservoir a predetermined distance. The predetermined distance may be linearly proportional to the predetermined volume of dispensed fluid.
US10098507B1
In one example, the present invention relates to a culinary implement that includes: a shank that has a distal end; a spatula blade that, in one embodiment, is substantially flat and has a top side, a bottom side, and a distal edge; and a prong disposed adjacent to the blade; wherein the blade and the prong are connected to the distal end of the shank and the shank either is the handle or is connected to a handle.
US10098505B2
A damper mechanism for a stand mixer includes a swing body coupled to a pivot pin and operable along an actuation path between first and second positions. A piston damper is configured to provide a damping effect to a downward movement of a mixer head and is coupled to the swing body. The piston damper includes a damper housing and a piston rod, wherein the piston rod is operable between extended and compressed positions relative to the damper housing. The piston damper provides a damping effect along a portion of the actuation path of the swing body as a mixer head moves towards the closed position relative to a pedestal of the stand mixer.
US10098501B2
A grill includes a base seat and a grill mechanism. The grill mechanism is mounted to the base seat, and includes a lower grill unit, an upper grill unit pivoted to the lower grill unit, and an auxiliary heating unit disposed on one of the upper and lower grill units. The grill mechanism is operable to rotate relative to the base seat to a draining position. The auxiliary heating unit includes an auxiliary heating pan heated by heat emitted from the one of the upper and lower grill units, and an affixing member mounted to the auxiliary heating pan for holding a food disposed on the auxiliary heating pan.
US10098491B2
An artificial tree that includes a first trunk body having a first elongated projection that extends axially from a first end toward a second end and forms a first keyway; a first electrical connector anchored within the first end of the first trunk body; a second trunk body, including a second elongated projection that extends axially, the second elongated projection forming a second keyway, the second elongated projection configured to be received by the first keyway; and a second electrical connector anchored within a first end of the second trunk body. The second elongated projection is received by the first keyway, and first and second electrical terminals of the first electrical connector make electrical connection with first and second electrical terminals of the second electrical connector, when the first end of the first trunk body is coupled to the first end of the second trunk body.
US10098490B1
A flexible mailbox support on which a mailbox is mounted includes a top end portion, a bottom end portion, and a joint configured to enable the top end portion to pivot relative to the bottom end portion when impacted by a force, such that respective longitudinal axes of top and bottom end portions of the support are angularly offset relative to one another. The joint includes a top joint housing, a bottom joint housing, a joint spring connected between the top joint housing and the bottom joint housing, and a safety cable connecting the top joint housing and the bottom joint housing.
US10098488B2
A carry tray a two-part base hingedly attached in the middle along adjacent edges. A removable or detachable handle may be provided. Each base comprises a bottom with a side extending upwards along the circumference, in whole or in part Each part of the base can be polygonal, semi-circular, hemi-circular, rectilinear, curved, or combinations thereof. The tray can be folded up along the hinge into a closed position for convenient storage or transport when not in use. The base contains an arrangement of fins to help hold cups or containers, and may be used with a removable template or foam insert.
US10098486B2
A supporting pillow structure for a user to sleep or to perform sedentary activity facing down toward the pillow structure with the user's hands and arms placed below their face. Embodiments of the pillow structure may be configured to provide users with comfort and support while the user is seated leaning forward at a desk or table. Embodiments may be further configured to expand and compress, for example to inflate and deflate, into a compact easy to carry package.
US10098482B2
A shopping bin which attaches to the top of a cart. The bin is detachable from the cart and can be slid onto the conveyor belt of a conventional check stand. The bin mechanism allows the conveyor belt to vacate the contents of the bin.
US10098480B1
A non-slip jewelry holder having a first and second layer of a non-slip material located adjacent to each other, wherein the first layer includes a plurality of slits located along the first layer; at least one set of adjustable prongs located between the first and second layers, wherein the set of adjustable prongs includes two prongs located a distance from each other, wherein each of the two prongs include a prong retainer, a prong edge operatively connected to the prong retainer, a prong extension having a first end and a second end such that the first end of the prong extension is operatively connected to the prong edge and a prong slot such that the second end of the prong extension is operatively connected to the prong slot; and a jeweler holder fastener to retain the non-slip jewelry holder in a rolled-up form.
US10098479B1
A slatwall for displaying merchandise comprises first and second slatwall panels each having a front side and a rear side, a left edge portion and an opposite right edge portion, a top edge portion and a bottom edge portion. The bottom edge portion of the first slatwall panel is joined to the top edge portion of said second slatwall panel. The front side includes a plurality of parallel. The rear side includes first and second first C-shaped slots extending from the left edge portion to the opposite right edge portion, the first C-shaped slot is disposed parallel to and above the second C-shaped slot. First and second L-shaped brackets each includes first and second base portions transverse to a hanger portion. The base portions are slidable along and retained in the respective second C-shaped slot of the first slatwall panel and the first C-shaped slot of the second slatwall panel.
US10098473B2
The present invention relates to an adaptive sleeping system which makes it possible to adapt the resilient capacity at various positions to the anatomy and/or position of the user.
US10098470B2
A sofa (1) having adjustable backrest position, and including a seat frame (10), a backrest frame (20), a guide-rail frame (30) and a driving device (40); the guide-rail frame (30) includes a guide-rail (300) which is fixedly connected to the seat frame (10) and which extends in the front-back direction of the sofa (1); a first end of a support frame (50) is connected to the backrest frame (20); a second end of the support frame (50) is connected to the guide-rail (300) so as to be able so slide relative thereto; the driving device (40) is arranged so as to be linked-motion connected to the support frame (50) in order to lead the second end of the support frame (50) to slide relative to the guide-rail (300).
US10098462B2
A ready-to-assemble upholstered and non-upholstered chair consisting of factory assembled sub-assemblies reducing the number of overall parts and assembly hardware which decreases the packaged cubic measure allowing more units to be loaded into shipping containers and trailers, inventoried in warehouses and distribution centers and displayed in retail outlets thereby reducing transportation and handling costs, while simplifying and expediting the assembly process. The invention includes a seat box sub-assembly so constructed to allow a portion of the chair back leg sub-assembly to nest therein reducing the package profile and cubic measure, as well as a front leg sub-assembly. The front leg and back leg sub-assemblies are assembled utilizing a left and right tenoned side rail which inserts into mortises on the front and back leg assemblies. The leg sub-assemblies are secured with a metal bolt, threaded on each end, housed longitudinally within a routed channel running on the exterior face of each side rail. The bolt is secured by threading one end into the pre-installed knurled nut in the back leg sub-assembly and a hex socket T-nut and washer on the face of the front leg sub-assembly. The seat box sub-assembly is fitted over the front leg sub-assembly and the left and right side rails and secured on the underside with metal bolts. With the factory manufactured pre-assemblies resulting in fewer joints, the assembled chair is stronger eliminating potential racking. On upholstered chairs, the removable outer decorative back and seat cover are positioned over the chair back and chair seat and quickly Velcro's into place. Chair covers can be removed for cleaning or retailers can sell additional covers in a variety of materials and designs without needing to stock additional chairs. Once assembled, the invention offers the distinction that no assembly hardware is visible, giving the chair a “factory made” look.
US10098460B1
In an exemplary embodiment, a hang rod bracket may include a tab along an upper portion of the hang rod bracket. A shelf bracket may include a resiliently flexible tang along a lower portion of the shelf bracket. The resiliently flexible tang may be resiliently movable in a first direction when impinged by the tab of the hang rod bracket, such as during installation of the hang rod bracket onto the shelf bracket. The resiliently flexible tang may be resiliently movable in a second, opposite direction when the tab is not impinging the resiliently flexible tang, such as after the hang rod bracket has been fully installed onto the shelf bracket and the tab has been rearwardly moved beyond the resiliently flexible tang. The resiliently flexible tang may engage the tab to inhibit forward movement of the hang rod bracket along the shelf bracket.
US10098456B2
This invention relates to a built-in electrical household appliance (1), suitable for being housed inside a built-in furniture unit (2), the furniture unit comprising a lateral wall defining a surface (4) and a unit door (6) attached to said lateral surface (4) by means of hinges (10a, 10b). The appliance (1) comprises: a main body (12) defining a space for housing foods or objects, the main body having a side (13) suitable for being placed facing the lateral surface (4) when the electrical household appliance is housed in the furniture unit; a door (11) for access to the space and hinged on one of its sides to the main body (12) in such a manner as to rotate between an open position and a closed position and in such a manner as to present, in the closed position, a lateral edge (25) thereof facing the lateral surface (4), and being provided with attachment elements (26) suitable for permitting coupling to the unit door (6), in such a way that it is possible to open and close the door by moving the unit door (6). The appliance furthermore shows a distance between said lateral edge (25) of the door (11) and a plane containing an outer surface of said side (13) of the main body (12) there is a distance, in a direction perpendicular to said plane, of at least 5 mm, such that when the electrical household appliance (1) is housed in the furniture unit (2) the side (13) can be arranged adjacent to the lateral surface (4) while the hinges (10a, 10b) can be accommodated in a space between the door (11) and said lateral surface (4) of said furniture unit, and the door (11) has, along the lateral edge (25), at least one vertical chamfer (22) to avoid interference with the hinges (10a, 10b) when the door is operated.
US10098454B2
A modular bottle rack includes at least two modular units laterally mounted to each other. Each modular unit includes a main frame and a basket mounted onto the main frame, wherein the bracket is selectively reciprocally moved relative to the main frame due to a height of the bottle supported on the main frame. Two fasteners are screwed onto the bracket for selectively positioning the bracket on the main frame. The main frame includes is divided into an assembling portion and a supporting portion, wherein a first connecting structure and a second connecting structure are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the assembling portion, and the first connecting structure is assembled to a second connecting structure of an adjacent modular unit.
US10098452B2
The present invention relates to a multi-holder for learning, capable of holding a book or a smart pad thereon and comprising: a body; a first device for folding a support unit hinge-coupled to one side of the lower part of the body so as to be rotatable around a hinge shaft; a second device for folding a support unit hinge-coupled to the other side of the lower part of the body so as to be rotatable around a hinge shaft formed parallel with the hinge shaft; a folding floor plate device formed to be rotatable around the hinge shaft at a lower end portion of the body so as to erect and support the body; and a fixing device sliding in the longitudinal direction of the body so as to be adjustable in height, and formed at the upper portion of the body.
US10098448B1
The toothbrush timer is a timing device that is configured for use with a toothbrush. The toothbrush is further defined with a bristle end and a grip end. The toothbrush timer removably attaches to the grip end of the toothbrush. The timing device is a countdown timer that times the duration of brushing activities. The toothbrush timer comprises a toothbrush, a sheath, and a timing circuit. The timing circuit is contained within the sheath. The sheath attaches to the toothbrush. To use the toothbrush timer, the timing circuit is initiated and the toothbrush is used normally until the timing circuit has completed its countown.
US10098438B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a cosmetic package which includes an application member that can be adjusted as per user's convenience for application of a cosmetic or a care product. The cosmetic package includes a dialer which assumes a locked configuration when an applicator is retained on a container and an unlocked configuration when the applicator is disengaged from the container. In the locked configuration, the dialer cannot be actuated to transform profile of an application member of the applicator. A locking member is provided in the package which slidably engages and disengages with the dialer to respectively lock and unlock the actuation of the dialer in respective the locked and the unlocked configuration.
US10098434B2
Provided is a sprayer usable as a cosmetic mist device and an inhaler. The sprayer includes an air pump, a motor, a battery, a mist nozzle, a tank for storing a mist liquid concentrate, and a vertically long, cylindrical, main body case. The main body case is divided into front and back chambers by a division wall, and the tank is housed in the front chamber. The air pump, the motor, and an electrical component section including the battery are disposed, in this order, in the back chamber. The tank is formed in a vertically long shape occupying most of the front chamber without affecting an outer shape of the main body case. A grip portion is formed in a recessed manner at an upper portion of a back face of the main body case and the air pump and the motor are disposed near the grip portion.
US10098432B2
A system and method for tracking baggage, and identifying baggage having suspicious contents is disclosed. The system includes a baggage handling module, an alert generation module, and a baggage tracking equipment. The baggage handling module scans each baggage and generates a corresponding baggage ID and a baggage image. The baggage handling module identifies at least some of the scanned baggage as being suspicious, subsequent to scanning, and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is attached onto the suspicious baggage. A RFID reader scans each baggage to determine the presence of RFID tag, and consequently instructs the alert generation module to generate an alert message notifying the presence of a suspicious baggage.
US10098416B1
An attachment member which enables a decorative ornament to be affixed either onto a shoe, preferably at a location were a decorative ornament retained on the invention can be visible and cover at least a portion of the shoe and also a portion of the heel of the shoe. It is also a decorative ornament which can be placed around the instep location of a boot or elongated footwear where the decorative ornament can be removably affixed around the instep location of the footwear and has decorative ornaments dangling from the present invention to enable them to be visible on the boot. The addition is an improved bracket to retain the decorative ornament securely on a shoe with at least two bracket retaining arms.
US10098408B2
A shoe having an upper and a sole connected to the upper. The upper has, at least in part, a knitted material forming its outer surface. To ensure sufficient longitudinal elasticity in the forefoot region and a good fit, along with efficient production, the knitted material includes a first knitted material layer produced from a first thread and a second knitted material layer produced from a second thread arranged on the first knitted material. The second material layer at least partially covers the first material layer. In the region of the front half, as seen in the longitudinal direction of the shoe, and/or in the heel region of the shoe, the second material layer runs, at least in part, in strip form in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the shoe so as to form a number of strips running parallel to one another.
US10098403B2
In one aspect, a split forehead strap of headgear is provided. In one aspect, a headgear for engaging and supporting protective headwear on a wearer's head is provided. The headgear includes a first side member on a first side of the headgear, a second side member on a second side of the headgear, and a forehead strap coupled to and extending between the first and second side members. The forehead strap is configured to engage a wearer's forehead with the headgear worn by a wearer. The forehead strap includes an upper member and a lower member spaced-apart from the upper member along at least a portion of the lower member to provide a cavity between the upper and lower member. In one aspect, a protective headwear is provided and includes a forehead strap defining a longitudinally extending cavity that alters in thickness.
US10098401B2
An augmented-reality helmet which in one embodiment is a full-face motorcycle helmet with a look-down micro-display that projects a virtual image in-line with the helmet's chin bar. In order to accommodate the power requirements, the helmet includes a battery pack mounted at the base of the motorcyclist's skull. A wind turbine charges the batteries. Exhaust from the turbine is then deducted through the helmet to cool the battery pack and/or the motorcyclist's head. The turbine is controllable so that it can operate as a circulating fan to provide ventilation. A digital gyroscope provides a control input to a controller for operating a steerable headlight of the motorcycle to track the rider's head movements; and provides acceleration output to an algorithm that will contact emergency responders if the rider is non-responsive after a collision. A 170 degree rear-view camera is mounted within an aerodynamic fairing on the back of the helmet.
US10098391B2
Described are articles of wear having a base layer, a plurality of cooling zones positioned on the base layer so that substantially all of the plurality of cooling zones are positioned adjacent regions of a wearer's body having highly efficient heat transfer properties of a wearer when worn, and cooling material contained within the plurality of cooling zones. The article of wear is configured to reduce a wearer's body heat content through heat transfer from each region having highly efficient heat transfer properties to each cooling zone when the cooling material is pre-cooled prior to wearing.
US10098388B2
An abdomen wear includes a front cover part (20) formed by cutting a single-layered, and particularly a two-layered knit on bias to cover an abdomen of a body; ends (21) of the front cover part, a seam part (22) of both ends, and left and right button parts (23) to cause the front cover part to come into close contact with the abdomen; a binding part (33) including a detachable part (30) having an elastic ring (32) on which a tie adjusting part (31) is formed, the tie adjusting part being adjustable in a tie; and an upper elastic ring (41) having a button or a snap (29) on an upper-end central portion (40) of the front cover part or a seam part (40a) of the upper-end central portion.
US10098383B2
A system, a method, and a device for detecting and charging electronic articles, and more particularly for charging batteries in electronic cigarettes.
US10098369B2
The present invention pertains to the field of liquid feed, and relates to fermented feed products, methods for their preparation, as well as uses thereof. Furthermore, the invention further relates to animal liquid feed and methods of preparing liquid feed using lactic acid bacteria. In particular, a method of preparing a fermented mixed feed is provided, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a liquid fermented product; (b) providing a feed product to be fermented; (c) combining the products from step (a) and (b), and fermenting the feed product of step (b) using the liquid fermented product of step (a) as inoculum.
US10098368B2
The present description relates to a method of manufacturing a pet food including adding a first oil or fat to food granules prepared by granulating a mixture of ingredients, subsequently baking the food granules, and then adding a second oil or fat. The food granules contain a reducing sugar prior to baking. The amount added of the first oil or fat represents 0.5 to 8.0% by weight of the total weight of a combination of the mixture, the first oil or fat and the second oil or fat. The combined amount added of the first oil or fat and the second oil or fat represents 5.0 to 13.0% by weight of the total weight.
US10098362B2
An apparatus is provided for curing and more specifically for cold smoking meat or seafood with a blend of filtered smoke from an organic smoking material such as softwoods such as pine or tropical palms such as coconut wood or such as mixed wood sawdust from a sawmill, that are not traditionally used for smoking seafood or meat due to the harsh flavor imparted by their smoke, and unfiltered smoke from a second organic smoking material such as hardwood smoke, or other pleasant flavor-imparting smoke. The blending of filtered smoke from a first organic smoking material such as coniferous softwood, tropical palm wood or mixed sawdust from a sawmill with unfiltered pleasant flavor-imparting smoke from the second organic smoking material reduces the cost of the smoking and curing process and allows versatility in application in terms of preservative properties and flavor imparted to the cured meat or seafood.
US10098360B2
An apparatus for removing meat from crustacean legs includes a conveyor, and a plurality of leg meat extraction rollers. The conveyor has a crustacean body region flanked by laterally opposed crustacean leg regions. Each crustacean leg region includes a plurality of leg slots extending laterally outwardly of the crustacean body region. The leg meat extraction rollers are positioned laterally outwardly of the leg slots and oriented to receive crustacean legs moved laterally outwardly from the leg slots.
US10098350B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein G is phenyl, pyridinyl, pyridazinyl or pyrazinyl substituted with Q meta or para to the —C(R2a)R2b— radical, and optionally substituted with up to 3 substituents selected from R3; and A, Z, R1, R2a, R2b, R3 and Q are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal plant pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US10098348B2
A composition comprising herbicidal mixtures of mesotrione impregnated into or coated on the surface of a granular substrate material such as a fertilizer granule and/or a solid inert carrier material is provided for use to control weeds in turfgrasses without causing damage to the grass and methods for the use thereof.
US10098347B2
The present invention is directed to methods of improving plant growth by applying an effective amount of (S)-abscisic acid and glycine betaine to the plant. The present invention is further directed to methods of improving stress tolerance in a plant by applying an effective amount of (S)-abscisic acid and glycine betaine to the plant.
US10098346B2
The present invention generally relates to the use of diphenyliodonium salts for lowering sulfide concentrations and for preventing growth of microbes in a water injection system, a hydrocarbon extraction system, or a hydrocarbon production system. Treating oilfield injection and produced fluids containing high levels of microbes with diphenyliodonium salts can significantly decrease the amount of hydrogen sulfide produced, which can be used to measure sulfidogenesis. The treatment can also decrease the number of microbes in the injection and produced fluids. Thus, these diphenyliodonium salts can be effectively used as inhibitors of hydrogen sulfide generation and as biocides in oilfield fluids.
US10098342B2
Herbicide delivery systems comprising a potassium salt of a herbicidal carboxylic acid coated onto a solid carrier.
US10098340B2
Provided is a method for reducing apoptosis in nucleated cells. The method entails holding nucleated cells in a container and adding a gas containing xenon to the container so that the pressure inside the container reaches between 0.5 to 4.0 Atm above ambient pressure; holding the container at between 0.5 to 4.0 Atm above ambient pressure for a period of time during which the temperature in the container is between 22° C. and 37° C.; lowering the temperature in the container to between 0.1° C. and 10° C. while maintaining the pressure of 0.5 to 4.0 Atm above ambient pressure and holding the container for a period of time; and reducing the pressure in the container to ambient pressure and increasing the temperature to 22° C.-37° C. By performing these steps, the cells undergo less apoptosis than a reference.
US10098333B2
This invention discloses a stem cell modified animal model useful as a research tool for investigating aging-related degeneration processes and treatments. The animal model is preferably a rodent subcutaneously transplanted with a mesenchymal stem cell capable of generating a functional bone or marrow element. Also provided are a method for extending the lifespan and improving the quality of life of a subject by subcutaneously transplanting a plurality of mesenchymal stem cells to the subject, wherein the mesenchymal stem cells are capable of generating a functional bone or marrow element. Compositions and source of stem cells suitable for use with the methods of this invention, including stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED), are also disclosed. Further disclosed is a method for identifying progenitor bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, and a method for treating SLE-like autoimmune diseases by infusion of mesenchymal stem cells.
US10098331B2
An animal feeder has a hopper body adjustably mounted on a mounting base for directing feed material in a selected direction. The mounting base includes a pair of ground support elements pivotally mounted on a lateral support plate with a pair of pivot bolts, and further including a locking bolt that enables the lateral support plate to be pivotally adjusted with respect to the pair of ground support elements. The hopper body is rotatably mounted on the lateral support plate via a center bolt. A feed dispensing mechanism discharges the feed material through a feed discharge aperture, in a direction that is adjusted via the positioning of the adjustment base.
US10098323B2
An animal training system includes a portable remote transceiver for a user for transmitting a remote animal control signal to a remote animal transceiver on an animal for effecting a control stimulus to the animal. A separate animal control transceiver positioned at the animal may be in signal communication with the remote animal transceiver placed at the animal to effect a control stimulus to the animal in response to a control signal from the remote animal transceiver.
US10098317B2
A litter and litter making method producing cat litter from a carbohydrate starch-containing cereal grain, e.g., corn, based admixture extruded from a single screw or twin screw extruder forming pellets having a clumping agent formed during extrusion composed at least in part of carbohydrate polymer binder. Each pellet is extruded under conditions that cause formation of carbohydrate polymer binder clumping agent at least some of which is water soluble. One preferred method of extruding cat litter causes starch dextrinization to occur such that at least some of the carbohydrate polymer binder clumping agent in each pellet is formed of dextrin. Each pellet can be coated such as with a smectite that preferably is bentonite. During use, pellet extrusion formed clumping agent in a pellet wetted with urine dissolves and flows in between and along adjacent pellets causing them to clump together without the presence of any clumping agent additive.
US10098316B1
The bedding groomer comprises a frame attachable to an ag vehicle such as a skid loader or tractor for movement down the alley of a free stall barn. Pivotally supported on the frame is an elongate shroud that can be moved from a raised travel position to a lowered, laterally extending working position by a hydraulic cylinder. Rotatably mounted within the shroud is an elongated arbor driven by a hydraulic motor. Along the length of the arbor is a plurality of radially projecting tines. As the ag vehicle travels down the alley, the tines dig into the animal bedding material, churning it, to break up hard packed and compressed areas and to aerate deep within the bedding to aid in aerobic composting any organic material, such as manure, that is present in the bedding.
US10098314B2
A horizontal frame to mount in the back bay of a vehicle, formed with a rearwardly opening tunnel and ladder device received in the tunnel.
US10098292B2
The present invention is related to a solar driven irrigation apparatus for converting contaminated water contained in a contaminated water body into distilled water and using said distilled water for irrigating the vegetation grown on the said irrigation apparatus, the solar driven irrigation apparatus comprising a cover in the form of a geometrical projection comprising a wall, an opening, a semi-permeable mesh, a soil layer and a chamber. The present invention also related to a process for irrigating natural vegetation using the solar driven irrigation apparatus.
US10098284B2
A hand-held power tool having a motor, a cutting member and a transmission linking the cutting member to the motor, the motor and the transmission being housed in a main housing, the transmission having a ball screw/nut mechanism with a screw and a nut, one of the screw and the nut being rotatably engaged with the motor, and the other of the screw and the nut being linked to the cutting member. The tool has a protective housing for protecting the ball screw/nut mechanism, separate from the main housing, and a sliding seal cooperating with an inner face of the protective housing, the sliding seal being driven by one of the nut and the screw linked to the cutting member, the sliding seal being rigidly connected respectively to one of a sleeve covering the nut and a cap protecting the screw.
US10098283B2
An agricultural baler having a baling chamber and a pre-compression chamber, wherein the pre-compression chamber is adapted to periodically form a slice of crop material and push the slice towards the baling chamber into a first segment of the baling chamber, the baling chamber has a plunger provided for reciprocally moving in the baling chamber thereby compressing slices of crop material into a bale, wherein at least one optical bale length sensor is provided in the baling chamber for measuring the length of the bale.
US10098281B2
A rotor feeder unit for an agricultural baler. The rotor feeder unit includes a rotor feeder carrying a set of tines, a rotor feeder unit bottom distant from the rotor feeder forming a lower boundary of a conveying channel through the rotor feeder unit, and scrapers placed in conveying direction behind the rotor feeder. The rotor feeder is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The scrapers extend in between the tines and have a leading face cooperating with the tines. The rotor feeder unit also includes a scraper position adjusting arrangement adapted for displacement of the leading face of the scrapers relative to the rotor feeder unit bottom. The scraper position adjusting arrangement is further adapted for rotating the scrapers about the axis of rotation of the rotor feeder for angularly displacing the leading face of the scrapers relative to the rotor feeder unit bottom.
US10098272B2
A method is provided for calculating characteristic geometrical or control variables of a three-point hitch for an agricultural tractor in which the hitch includes a lifting strut having a mounting position which is adjustable by means of a lifting arm in one of a plurality of receiving holes formed in a lower link and the hitch is pivotable by the lifting strut. The method includes moving the lower link initially into a horizontal angle position α=0 and capturing the corresponding angular position Px, Pz of the lifting arm and a corresponding angular position γ of the lifting strut relative to the vertical. The method further includes determining which of the receiving holes satisfies a geometrical constraint condition and determining the mounting position of the lifting strut on the lower link.
US10098271B2
A method includes converting a single input flow into two output flows. The method further includes sequencing the output flows to completely raise a machine prior to folding of wings associated with the machine.
US10104815B2
An organic EL display apparatus includes: a display panel; a plate-shaped base disposed on a rear surface side of the display panel; a flexible wiring substrate; a circuit substrate; an electronic component attached to at least one of the wiring substrate and the circuit substrate; a heat conductive member attached to a rear surface of the electronic component; a rear structural member disposed to cover the heat conductive member; and a connecting member that connects the base and the rear structural member and generates a compressive force that compresses the heat conductive member being sandwiched by the electronic component and the rear structural member.
US10104807B2
A thermal module includes a heat dissipation unit having a receiving space, a first radiating fin assembly and a second radiating fin assembly. The first and second radiating fin assembles are disposed in the receiving space. At least one first protrusion section protrudes from the first radiating fin assembly. A top end of the first protrusion section is formed with a first apex. Two sides of the first apex are formed with a first slope and a second slope. At least one second protrusion section protrudes from the second radiating fin assembly corresponding to the first protrusion section. A top end of the second protrusion section is formed with a second apex. Two sides of the second apex are formed with a third slope and a fourth slope. The second apex abuts against the first apex to define an open space between the first and second radiating fin assemblies.
US10104806B2
A semiconductor storage device includes a substrate having a wiring, a first semiconductor memory, a terminal portion, a holder surrounding the terminal portion, a case, and a first plate-shaped member. The first semiconductor memory is disposed on a first principal surface of the substrate and is connected to the wiring. The terminal portion is connected to the substrate at a first end portion of the substrate and has a terminal connected to the wiring. The case houses part of the holder, the substrate, and the first semiconductor memory. Between the first principal surface and a first wall portion of the case facing the first principal surface, the first plate-shaped member is disposed. The first plate-shaped member is connected to the holder and the first principal surface on a second end portion side of the substrate, and has thermal conductivity.
US10104805B2
Self-cooling stretchable electrical circuits with a conduit forming an electrical component and containing electrically conductive liquid are disclosed. They are formed of a platform made of a stretchable material. At least one fluid conduit is formed in the platform and the conduit is formed into an electrical component and filled with the electrically conductive liquid metal. A portion of the conduit is positioned adjacent a heat sink while a pump circulates the liquid through the conduit wherein the metal is cooled at the heat sink.
US10104795B2
Protective assemblies for enclosures are described. An example apparatus includes a chassis configured to hold one or more electronic systems, a first frame configured to engage a first side of the chassis, a second frame configured to engage a second side of the chassis opposite the first side, and members attached between the first frame and the second frame using fasteners, the members extending between the first frame and the second frame to rigidly secure the first frame and the second frame against the chassis to create an enclosure comprising the first frame, the second frame, and the chassis, the members being exterior to the chassis.
US10104794B2
A metal housing is provided. The metal housing includes a bottom plate, a first side plate, a second side plate, a third side plate, a fourth side plate, and a ground portion. The second side plate is parallel to the first plate. The fourth side plate is parallel to the third side plate. The first side plate, the second side plate, the third side plate, and the fourth side plate are integrally formed on the bottom plate. The ground portion is formed on an inner surface of one of the side plates. The ground portion includes a restriction structure and an opening. The restriction structure is integrally formed on the inner surface. The restriction structure is adapted to hold a ground line.
US10104772B2
An electrical connection is established between a first electrical component and a second electrical component of an assembly and a compression tool is used to apply a compression force to the assembly. The assembly also includes a metallized particle interconnect (MPI) between the first electrical component and the second electrical component and solder components outside a boundary of the MPI and extending from the first electrical component to the second electrical component. The solder components are melted by applying heat to the assembly. The solder components are solidified by cooling the assembly and the compression tool is removed.
US10104763B2
Provided is an electronic circuit board assembly. The electronic circuit board assembly includes an electronic circuit board, a plurality of electronic circuit devices disposed on the electronic circuit board, an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding structure configured to shield an electromagnetic wave generated from the plurality of electronic circuit devices, and a thermal pad configured to dissipate heat generated from the plurality of electronic circuit devices. The EMI shielding structure covers the plurality of electronic circuit devices and is attached to the electronic circuit board, and the thermal pad is disposed between the plurality of electronic circuit devices and the EMI shielding structure, contacts the plurality of electronic circuit devices and the EMI shielding structure, and thereby can transfers the heat generated from the plurality of electronic circuit devices to the EMI shielding structure.
US10104749B2
A communication device according to an embodiment includes: a communication module including a first substrate, and a communication element attached to one surface of the first substrate; and a sensor module including a second substrate connected to the first substrate, and a sensor element attached to one surface of the second substrate. The communication module includes a first interface unit detachably connected to a connector of an object and configured to transmit, to the object, a lighting control signal received via a wireless network and a sensing signal sensed through the sensor module.
US10104748B2
A load regulation device is adapted to control an electrical load. The load regulation device may be in a low power state, a ready state, and/or an on state. The low power state is characterized by the electrical load being unenergized. The ready state is characterized by a load control device and/or the load regulation device using more power than the low power state and the electrical load being unenergized. The on state is characterized by the electrical load being energized. The load regulation device is configured to receive an indication of a user's presence when the load regulation device is in the low power state. The load regulation device is configured to change from the low power state to the ready state in response to receiving the indication. The load regulation device is configured to wait in the ready state for a change state instruction.
US10104747B1
A method for creating a desired lighting effect. The desired lighting effect is created by using a plurality of apparatuses at a controlled access venue which are capable of actuating one or more lights. The apparatuses in conjunction can create a desired lighting affect. The desired lighting effect can be customized to alleviate crowds. The desired lighting effect can also help to identify and direct aid to attendees in distress.
US10104745B2
A power handling system of a digitally addressable lighting interface (DALI) system controls switches connected with a bus of the DALI system that powers lower power light sources. A power supply circuit receives energy conducted on the bus to the lower power light sources and conducts at least part of the energy to a capacitor. Electric energy is stored in the capacitor until the capacitor stores at least a designated threshold of input voltage of a controller. The capacitor powers the controller to close one or more switches using at least some of the stored electric energy.
US10104741B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus driving an LED module includes: a first output circuit configured to supply a first driving current to a first LED array; a second output circuit configured to supply a second driving current to a second LED array; and a controller configured to transmit a first control signal and a second control signal respectively to the first output circuit and the second output circuit, wherein the controller is further configured to control the LED module based on the first input signal so that a color temperature of the LED module has a value between a first color temperature and a second color temperature, to control brightness of the LED module based on the second input signal, and includes a lookup table including information about the first control signal and the second control signal respectively corresponding to the first input signal and the second input signal.
US10104739B2
A power supply control device and a method for controlling the power supply of light sources, preferably light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The power supply device allows the thermal management of LEDs without requiring the use of a programmable DC-to-DC converter, but by systematically adjusting an automatic control value for the DC-to-DC converter used.
US10104736B2
A method controls a light barrier where light is emitted from an optical transmitter to an optical receiver. The method checks whether reception levels fall below a lower threshold or exceed an upper threshold to determine whether the light barrier is interrupted. The thresholds initially are adjusted based on a predetermined minimum reception level, with each threshold being a fraction of the minimum reception level. An allowable reception level range is defined between the minimum level and a predetermined saturation level. The method checks whether the current reception level is outside the allowable reception level range, and, if this is the case, calibrates a parameter for operating the optical transmitter based on the minimum reception level and/or the saturation reception level. The parameter is calibrated by calculating a gradient of one characteristic curve of the light barrier and readjusting the parameter to a target value calculated based on the gradient.
US10104732B2
An LED drive method drives an LED by a drive current. The LED drive method uses a voltage conversion unit, which includes a coil and a first switch, and converts an external voltage into a first voltage, which is a DC voltage, by controlling the first switch to be on in an on-pulse period of a first drive signal. A constant current drive unit is provided with the first voltage and generates a drive current based on a second drive signal.
US10104731B2
A dimmable driver for an LED light fixture allows multiple types of dimmers to be used with the light fixture. The dimmable driver may be disconnected from one type of dimmer and subsequently connected to another type of dimmer without having to replace or otherwise adjust the driver for each dimmer. Multiple types of dimmers may be connected to dimmable driver at the same time and the dimmable driver may use dimming signals from one or several of these dimmers. In some embodiments, the dimmable driver is configured to accommodate a step dimmer, a 0-10 V dimmer, and a phase-cut dimmer. Other dimmers and dimming protocols may be accommodated by the dimmable driver in alternative embodiments. Such an arrangement maximizes flexibility for lighting specifiers, contractors, and distributors while minimizing potential errors, costs, delays, and obsolete inventory.
US10104728B2
A light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit disclosed herein controls a switching operation of a power switch connected to an LED string and includes a reference voltage generator configured to generate a frequency modulation reference voltage according to a dimming signal that controls brightness of the LED string, and a switching controller configured to control a switching frequency of the power switch to be constant when a level of the dimming signal is higher than that of the frequency modulation reference voltage, and control the switching frequency of the power switch based on the dimming signal when a level of the dimming signal is lower than that of the frequency modulation reference voltage.
US10104727B2
A silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR)-compatible constant-voltage circuit that includes an input undervoltage control module, an overpower protection module, a controllable load module, and a power conversion module is provided. The input undervoltage control module, the overpower protection module, and the controllable load module are connected in parallel between a first sampling point and the power conversion module, and the first sampling point is arranged between an SCR and the power conversion module. The power conversion module is configured to provide a constant voltage to a load module. The input undervoltage control module and the overpower protection module are configured to control the power conversion module to start or stop power conversion based on a voltage at the first sampling point. The controllable load module is configured to maintain the SCR to be on when the power conversion module stops power conversion.
US10104720B1
A portable rechargeable li-polymer/lithium-ion battery cell operated heating blanket system for providing comfortable heat to a human body and sustaining said comfortable heat. The device provides continuous heat for users. The present invention includes a USB port for charging devices such as cellphones. The portable rechargeable li-polymer/lithium-ion battery cell operated heating blanket system includes microplush comfort on the inside and a water resistant exterior.
US10104703B2
Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards providing direct communications between a mobility management node (e.g., SGSN, S4-SGSN or MME) and an MTC-IWF node via a T5 interface. With the use of the direct communications unnecessary queries to a HSS or HLR may be avoided. The direct communications are established by the mobility management node and the MTC-IWF node saving identifying information of the other node.
US10104702B2
A communication apparatus capable of communicating with an external device via a wireless network, comprises: a transmission unit configured to transmit relevant information regarding data to be transmitted to the external device, before connecting to the wireless network; a reception unit configured to receive a response to the relevant information transmitted; a connection unit configured to connect to the wireless network, in a case where the response is received; a data communication unit configured to establish communication and transmit the data, after the connection unit has connected to the wireless network; a conversion unit configured to convert data; and a specification unit configured to specify relevant information regarding data to be converted, wherein in a case of converting the data to be transmitted, the transmission unit transmits relevant information regarding the data to be converted.
US10104697B2
A method of adapting the capacity of a contention transmission channel between terminals and a connection station comprises a step of continuous estimation, using measurements in reception of expected bursts, a probability of receiving an empty expected burst Pe, or the probability Pe and a measured probability of receiving a burst Ps, or a probability of receiving a burst having undergone a collision Pc. The method determines a current quantity Gr, monotonically sensitive to the external loading of the contention channel, using an estimated probability, Pe or Pc, or of the two estimated probabilities Pe and Ps, and detects whether a crossing of a threshold from among two predetermined thresholds while deviating from a fixed nominal value of Gr has occurred to decide to increase or decrease the current capacity of the transmission channel. The connection station notifies the terminals in quasi-real-time of the current composition of the transmission channel.
US10104696B2
A user apparatus that communicates with a base station in a mobile communication system, including: a reception unit configured to receive a radio signal from the base station by a downlink control channel; and a control information detection unit configured to detect control information, addressed to the user apparatus, mapped to a predetermined area in a time frequency resource of the downlink control channel by performing blind decoding in a plurality of candidate areas which are candidates of the predetermined area, wherein, the plurality of candidate areas are divided into a common candidate area where a plurality of user apparatuses commonly perform blind decoding and an individual candidate area for the user apparatus, and the control information detection unit performs blind decoding in the individual candidate area without performing blind decoding in the common candidate area during a period when the user apparatus monitors a random access response.
US10104694B2
A method and apparatus for controlling traffic steering in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE), which is able to communicate with a first node and a second node simultaneously, may performs a random access to the first node if initiated service corresponds to an emergency service or a service of the UE which has high priority. Alternatively, the UE may acquire bearer steering criterion, which indicates which bearer should be served either at the first node or the second node, from the first node, and determine whether to request the specific bearer service to the first node or the second node according to the bearer steering criterion.
US10104689B2
A first wireless device determines the duration of a clear channel assessment interval based on feedback signals before transmitting data to a second wireless device. The first wireless device receives feedback signals, such as acknowledgement (ACK) and negative acknowledgement (NAK) signals, from one or more second wireless devices. The first wireless device determines a ratio of NAK/ACK signals in the feedback signals for a predetermined amount of time. The first wireless device determines whether the wireless medium is free by monitoring for wireless signals during a clear channel assessment interval. The duration of the clear channel assessment interval is based on the ratio of NAK/ACK signals. If the wireless medium is free for the duration of the clear channel assessment, the first wireless device wirelessly transmits data to at least one of the second wireless devices.
US10104682B2
Management of elastic applications in a wireless environment is facilitated. A method comprises determining a degree of elasticity for wireless applications having varying degrees of elasticity. Traffic entities generated by wireless application are then scheduled for transmission to an end user device as a function of the particular degree of elasticity corresponding to the wireless application.
US10104680B2
According to an aspect of this disclosure, a radio communication device is provided comprising a first transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Cellular Wide Area radio communication technology; a second transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals in accordance with a Short Range radio communication technology or a Metropolitan Area System radio communication technology; a first processor configured to control the first transceiver; and a second processor configured to control the second transceiver wherein the first processor is configured to control the first transceiver to transmit signals in accordance with a predefined transmitting schedule, wherein the first processor is further configured to control the first transceiver to omit transmitting signals within at least one of a time period and a frequency band provided for signal transmission of the first transceiver in accordance with the predefined transmitting schedule.
US10104677B2
A first base station operates as an auxiliary receiver to intercept portions of a data stream as one or more code shortened portions of the data stream, where a source device is sending the data stream on the uplink to a second base station. The data stream sent from the source device may be addressed to a destination device and may comprise code words. Upon intercepting the one or more code shortened portions of the data stream, the first base station may send the intercepted one or more code shortened portions of the data stream onward through a network to the destination device. The destination device may then use data redundancy provided by the intercepted one or more code shortened portions of the data stream and the original data stream for enhanced decoding of redundant portions of the data stream.
US10104668B2
A wireless telecommunications system in which downlink communications are made using a radio interface that spans a system frequency bandwidth (host carrier) and supports at least some communications from a base station to least some terminal devices within a plurality of restricted frequency bands (virtual carriers) which are narrower than and within the system frequency bandwidth. A terminal device conveys an indication of its identity, to the base station during an initial connection procedure as the terminal device seeks to access the radio interface. The terminal device and the base station both determine a selected restricted frequency band from among the plurality of restricted frequency bands based on the identity of the terminal device in the same way. Thus the terminal device and base station select the same restricted frequency band and can accordingly configure their respective transceivers to allow downlink communications between them within the selected restricted frequency band.
US10104658B2
A method and apparatus for delivery of control signaling in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes communicating with a UE (User Equipment) in the cell via downlink and uplink transmissions, wherein the downlink and uplink transmissions are organized into radio frames and each radio frame contains multiple subframes and each subframe contains multiple symbols. The method also includes transmitting, in the cell, a UE specific signal in a first symbol of a downlink control region of a subframe of the multiple subframes, wherein the network node is not allowed to transmit a common signal in the first symbol.
US10104649B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of receiving a downlink signal, which is received by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, includes the steps of receiving a TxPowerResourceConfigList for a user equipment which is not configured with a transmission mode 10 and one or more zeroTxPowerResourceConfigLists and receiving a DCI (downlink control channel) including a PRI (PDSCH RE mapping indicator). In this case, the user equipment can recognize whether a PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel) is mapped to REs (resource elements) to which a CSI-RS is transmittable using the one or more zeroTxPowerResourceConfigLists and the PRI.
US10104628B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a method for a first user equipment inside a coverage area of a base station conducting device-to-device communication with a second user equipment outside the coverage area in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of: dividing into a plurality of candidate sections a specific time unit for the device-to-device communication; and transmitting a reference signal for obtaining synchronization to the second user equipment from one section from among the candidate sections, when a random number that is generated is bigger than or equal to a critical value corresponding to the inside of the coverage area, wherein the critical value corresponding to the inside of the coverage area is smaller than a critical value corresponding to the outside of the coverage area.
US10104626B2
A method of processing a plurality of component carriers (CCs) included in a signal received by a user equipment includes receiving a first CC and a second CC, in which the first and second CCs have different reception timings, front-processing the first and second CCs asynchronously, controlling a timing between the first and second CCs using an alignment buffer memory, and processing the timing-controlled first and second CCs synchronously. The plurality of CCs includes at least the first and second CCs.
US10104623B2
Transmit power control methods and apparatus are disclosed. In several embodiments, a mobile terminal is configured to effectively ignore “UP” transmit power control commands in the event that the mobile terminal is operating in a power-limited state. In an exemplary method for controlling transmit power at a mobile terminal, a plurality of transmit power control commands are received. An accumulated power control value is adjusted in response to each transmit power control command that directs a negative adjustment in transmit power. However, the accumulated power control value is adjusted in response to a transmit power control command that directs a positive adjustment in transmit power only if the mobile terminal is not in a power-limited state. Transmit power settings for each transmission are calculated based on the accumulated power control value and the one or more radio link parameters.
US10104610B2
Power management for remote units in a distributed communication system. Power can be managed for a remote unit configured to power modules and devices that may require more power to operate than power available to the remote unit. For example, the remote unit may be configured to include power-consuming remote unit modules to provide distributed antenna system-related services. As another example, the remote unit may be configured to provide power through powered ports in the remote unit to external power-consuming devices. Depending on the configuration of the remote unit, the power-consuming remote unit modules and/or external power-consuming devices may demand more power than is available at the remote unit. In this instance, the power available at the remote unit can be distributed to the power-consuming modules and devices based on the priority of services desired to be provided by the remote unit.
US10104609B2
A switch, a system for power management and a method for power management are provided. Multiple modules are included in the switch. A determination module determines whether a system time of the switch is in a preset time interval. If yes, a switch module switches the switch to a first mode and sends a first switch signal indicating the first mode to multiple access points (APs). A collecting module collects coverage over clients of each of the APs. A searching module searches for at least one first AP among the APs based on the coverage of each of the APs. An adjustment module disables at least one second AP among the APs other than the at least one first AP after a preset time.
US10104607B2
The disclosure relates to a method for selecting a capillary network gateway for a machine device of a capillary network. The method comprises: acquiring a respective bearer service parameter for two or more capillary network gateways of the capillary network, each capillary network gateway being capable of data exchange between the machine device and a wireless network, and wherein the bearer service provides a backhaul connection in the wireless network; and selecting, for the machine device, a capillary network gateway based on the bearer service parameters. The disclosure relates to a corresponding node, computer program and computer program product.
US10104604B2
Various embodiments relate to a method performed by a network node for creating a Diameter session, the method including: receiving an S9 session request message comprising an S9 session identifier (ID) and one or more subsession IDs; and for each said one or more subsession IDs, creating a Diameter session with a session ID comprising said S9 session ID and said respective S9 subsession ID. Embodiments can add IP address information the Diameter session and are suited to handling subsequent Rx messages without subscriber information.
US10104597B2
A mesh WLAN controller (100) operates in mesh soft-access-point or mesh client modes. When operating in the mesh client mode it performs a mesh network scan, for detecting at least one mesh WLAN BSS (202), send mesh client access requests to mesh WLAN BSSs detected, and, if mesh client access is achieved, provide information indicative to the accessed WLAN BSSs of any other mesh WLAN BSS to which mesh client access is achieved, and if mesh client access is not achieved with any of the detected mesh WLAN BSSs, operate in the mesh soft-access-point mode. Upon receiving an instruction to operate in a mesh bridge-client mode, the controller detects messages from any of the mesh WLAN BSSs (204, 206) with mesh client access, and forwards the received mesh WLAN messages within any other of the mesh WLAN BSSs to which mesh client access has been achieved.
US10104595B2
By the method of the present invention, the automatic adjustment of mobility parameter between different frequencies or different access systems becomes available and can be supported in the case of the self-optimization of mobile load balance and the self-optimization of mobile robustness, so as to improve the performance of mobile communication system.
US10104592B2
Mechanisms for managing interference in heterogeneous networks are disclosed. A macro node triggers a handover of a user equipment (UE) being serviced by the macro node to a low power node (LPN) operating in a closed access operating mode wherein the LPN provides service to member UEs. The UE is a non-member of the LPN. The macro node determines a trigger condition, and based on the trigger condition signals the LPN to provide service to the UE. The macro node also directs the UE to execute the handover to the LPN.
US10104589B2
Described herein are apparatus, systems and methods for opportunistic system selection and reselection to avoid jammer desense intermodulation distortion. A method may comprise, at a user equipment (“UE”), identifying a list of frequencies and bands available to a cellular modem of the UE for one of system selection and system reselection, identifying a subset of the list of frequencies and bands based on an operation of a non-cellular wireless communication component of the UE, storing the subset of the list of frequencies and bands in a graylist, and performing, by the cellular modem, a search for one of the system selection and the system reselection based on the graylist.
US10104584B2
A user equipment (UE) receives, from a plurality of wireless access network nodes, respective indicators, where the UE is concurrently connected to the plurality of wireless access network nodes. The UE determines, based on the indicators, a split of uplink data in a buffer of the UE into a plurality of uplink data portions for transmission by the UE to the respective wireless access network nodes.
US10104576B2
A method and apparatus are described for controlling the application of Selected Internet Protocol (IP) traffic offload (SIPTO) or Local IP Access (LIPA) services for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The SIPTO and LIPA services may be performed over packet data network (PDN) connections. A user of the WTRU may be prompted to accept or reject the usage of the SIPTO or LIPA services. The user of the WTRU may request switching from SIPTO or LIPA services to non-SIPTO or non-LIPA services.
US10104575B1
A wireless access point (WAP) determines whether to switch from one or more first communication channels to one or more second communication channels when the one or more first communication channels are experiencing congestion. The WAP determines an amount of congestion the one or more first communication channels are experiencing. When the one or more first communication channels are experiencing congestion, the WAP determines whether one or more communication devices using the one or more first communication channels can support, or reliably support, a channel switching announcement signal. If a sufficient number of communication devices from among the one or more communication devices can support, or reliably support, the channel switching announcement signal, the WAP broadcasts the channel switching announcement signal to the one or more communication devices to announce its intention to switch from the one or more first communication channels to the one or more second communication channels.
US10104570B2
The period for Tracking Area Update (TAU) requests, that are made by Machine-to-machine (M2M) User Equipment (UE) in a wireless cellular network, may be dynamically modified. In one implementation, the period for the TAU request may be dynamically increased for M2M UEs that tend to be stationary. Increasing the period at which M2M UEs initiate TAU requests with the wireless network can reduce the amount of control signaling that needs to be performed over the radio links.
US10104541B2
A method and an apparatus for establishing a user plane bearer are provided. The method includes receiving a transport layer address supported by a serving gateway (SGW)/packet gateway (PGW) from a mobile management entity (MME), selecting, by a radio access network (RAN) entity, directly the appropriate transport layer address to establish the user plane bearer, or after receiving the transport layer address transmitted by the SGW/PGW, selecting, by the MME, the appropriate transport layer address to establish the user plane bearer, or reporting, by the MME, the obtained transport layer address used by the access entity to the SGW/PGW to establish the user plane bearer.
US10104538B2
An apparatus and method for providing a Mobile Device Management (MDM) service are provided. The method includes transmitting a request for an MDM server to a gateway server, the request including identification information, receiving, in response to the request, information relating to an MDM server corresponding to the identification information, and enrolling a device with the MDM server.
US10104534B2
A method for allowing the management of permissions, notifications and reporting pertaining to a wireless device and the physical location of the device obtained via automatic location identification (ALI) technologies. A location preferences management system and method is provided for wireless users utilizing a mobile application requesting location fixes via any telecommunication technology. The location management system provides these mobile users with a comprehensive understanding of the location permissions and notifications and hence the location transactions associated with their wireless device and with the ability to manage it in a way that makes sense for their personal or business needs.
US10104529B2
In one embodiment, a method includes detecting that a first set of users associated with an emergency event have posted content related to the emergency event on an online social network. The method may also include sending a safety-check prompt to each of one or more users in the first set. The method may also include determining a current-prompting probability based on one or more engagement metrics of the one or more users in the first set. The method may also include sending, in response to determining that the current-prompting probability is above a threshold probability, the safety-check prompt to each of a second set of users. The second set of users may have more users than the first set of users.
US10104526B2
A method and apparatus for issuing an incident-issued credential for an incident area network. One embodiment provides an identity server including an electronic processor configured to receive an agency-issued credential and retrieve a first set of attributes from the agency-issued credential. The electronic processor is also configured to map the first set of attributes to a scope of a service available through an incident area network. The electronic processor is further configured to generate the incident-issued credential for the incident area network including the scope and issue the incident-issued credential to a user device.
US10104525B1
Disclosed are NFC-enabled communication systems for provisioning wireless vehicle communication, control logic for operating such systems, and motor vehicles equipped with an onboard NFC-enabled device for short-range communication with one or more off-board NFC-enabled devices. A disclosed method for provisioning data exchange between an onboard electronic device of a motor vehicle and an off-board electronic device includes detecting if NFC-enabled components of the onboard and off-board electronic devices are within a predetermined proximity of each other and, if the components are within proximity, establishing a wireless communications session between the devices. After establishing the wireless communications session, determining whether or not to grant the off-board electronic device access to an NFC tag in the NFC-enabled component of the onboard electronic device. If access to the NFC tag is granted, a message data packet is transmitted from the off-board electronic device to the onboard electronic device or a personal computing device.
US10104515B1
A mobile content management system includes a plurality of location-based source devices (e.g., beacon transmitters, QR codes, NFC tags), each associated with a source URL comprising a hosted domain and a unique identifier. A hosted user interface enables designation by an authorized user of destination URLs for the respective source devices. A client device with a resident hosted mobile application reads the source URL from a source device and generates a first call to the hosted server comprising the source device identifier, wherein selectable tokens are generated on the client device interface comprising displayed metadata corresponding to the source device and previewing selectable destination content. Upon user selection of a token, the application generates a second call to the hosted server, wherein the hosted server directs the client device to at least one of the one or more destination URLs designated for the respective source device.
US10104513B2
Among other things, generating a dynamic digital data file for transferring to a mobile communication device includes receiving from a user a phone number associated with a mobile communication device. Also, a user selected digital data file is received. Authorization to access the received digital data file is verified. When detected that the received digital data file is verified as an authorized file, the user is able to edit the received digital data file to generate mobile content. A data connection with the mobile communication device associated with the received phone number is also established. Further, one or more operational parameters of the mobile communication device based on the established data connection are determined. The generated mobile content is transcoded into a format compatible to the determined operational parameters, and the transcoded mobile content is delivered to the mobile communication device.
US10104512B2
An indication is used to control how message service information is routed over different domains. For example, an access terminal may be configured with an indication that indicates that a message service is preferred to be invoked over an IP domain or that the message service is not be invoked over the IP domain. The access terminal then delivers message service information based on the value of the indication. In some cases, a network entity generates the indication and sends the indication to the access terminal. In some cases, a domain for delivery of message service information is selected based on a domain that was selected for particular type of traffic.
US10104508B2
Systems and methods for determining locations of wireless sensor nodes in a tree network architecture having mesh-based features are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system includes a hub having one or more processing units and RF circuitry for transmitting and receiving communications with sensor nodes to enable bi-directional communications. The one or more processing units of the hub execute instructions to configure the system with a tree architecture for communications between the hub and the sensor nodes, and to configure the system temporarily with a mesh-based architecture for determining location information for the sensor nodes.
US10104507B1
Systems and methods locating and operating a portable device mounted to a garment. One method includes receiving, with an electronic processor, a signal from a communication line of a plurality of communication lines integrated within the garment. The method also includes determining, with the electronic processor, a location, on the garment, of the portable device based on the signal. The method also includes determining, with the electronic processor, an operational mode for the portable device based on the location. The method also includes adjusting, with the electronic processor, operation of the portable device based on the operational mode.
US10104506B1
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for determining semantic location information. In particular, one or more computing devices can receive, from an application program executing on at least one of the one or more computing devices, an application programming interface (API) call requesting semantic information about a location of at least one of the one or more computing devices. Responsive to receiving the API call, the one or more computing devices can determine semantic information for the location and can return the semantic information for the location to the application program via the API. The semantic information for the location can comprise data semantically identifying the location and indicating whether a user associated with the one or more computing devices is stationary at the location or in transit from the location.
US10104498B2
A method includes determining, using a processor, a predicted location of a particular mobile device at a future time based on location information received from the particular mobile device. The method also includes determining, using the processor, a predicted signal strength of the particular mobile device based on a signal catalog and the predicted location of the particular mobile device. The method further includes transmitting, using the processor, the predicted signal strength to the particular mobile device.
US10104497B2
Technologies are generally described for detecting proximity of a client device to a base station in a wireless communication system. Example base station may include a proximity detector and an operation mode controller. The proximity detector may analyze a property of a signal transmitted by a client device to detect an envelope of the signal including a buzz-type waveform. If the envelope of the signal is determined to include a buzz-type waveform, the client device is determined to be within communication range of the base station. Further, the operation mode controller may convert a current operation mode of the base station to a particular operation mode that enables the base station to support communication by the client device. In some embodiments, the buzz-type waveform may be a waveform of an uplink control signal that is transmitted by the client device when it is not actively engaged in communication.
US10104496B2
Exemplary embodiments are provided of telematics devices and exemplary corresponding methods. In an exemplary embodiment, a telematics device generally includes at least one hub device having a wireless network interface and a BLUETOOTH interface, and one or more peripheral devices. Each peripheral device includes a BLUETOOTH device in wireless communication with the hub device and/or at least one other peripheral device. Each of the one or more peripheral devices includes a peripheral device identifier and is configured to periodically broadcast peripheral device information including the peripheral device identifier to be received by the hub device. The hub device is configured to analyze received peripheral device information and transmit a report based on the analyzed peripheral device information to a remote station. Other exemplary embodiments include a camera interface for a telematics device, a smart lock assembly for a trailer, and a trailer tracking system.
US10104493B2
A method of indoor positioning using Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) protocol with multi-antenna access point (AP) is proposed. In a wireless local area network, an AP has multiple antennas that are strategically located in different physical locations. The AP is used to exchange FTM frames with a wireless station for timing measurement of the FTM frames via its multiple antennas independently. The timing measurement result (e.g., timestamps of transmitting and receiving FTM frames) is then used to determine an absolute location of the station. A simplified Indoor Location operation with simplified deployment is achieved.
US10104481B2
The present disclosure relates to hearing devices having a battery drawer. The present disclosure further relates to hearing devices having a battery drawer for a rechargeable battery or at least the capability to hold a rechargeable battery, however, other types of batteries may also be stored in the battery drawer.
US10104479B2
The present invention proposes a method for operating a hearing device 1 which prevents battery leakage, especially in the case when the hearing device 1 is powered by a mercury-free battery 2. The method comprises monitoring a supply voltage of at least one of a plurality of electronic units 7, 8, 9 of the hearing device 1, initiating a low battery leakage shutdown state when a low supply voltage condition is identified based on the monitoring, wherein the initiating a low battery leakage shutdown state includes activating at least one power gate 10 to disconnect at least one of the plurality of electronic units 7, 8, 9 from the power supply when entering the low battery leakage shutdown state, and discharging a buffer capacitor 4 provided for stabilizing the battery voltage. Moreover, a hearing device 1 optimized for being powered by a mercury-free battery 2 is provided.
US10104478B2
According to an embodiment, a method of operating a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) transducer that has a membrane includes transducing between out-of-plane deflection of the membrane and voltage on a first pair of electrostatic drive electrodes using the first pair of electrostatic drive electrodes. The first pair of electrostatic drive electrodes is formed on the membrane extending in an out-of-plane direction and form a variable capacitance between the first pair of electrostatic drive electrodes.
US10104475B2
A magnetic circuit includes: a magnet including a first and a second surface; a top plate disposed on the first surface; a bottom plate coupled magnetically with the second surface; and a yoke coupled magnetically with the bottom plate and disposed so as to protrude from the bottom plate along a first direction. The second surface is parallel to the first surface. The first and the second surfaces are magnetized. The yoke includes a magnetic pole face that opposes the top plate. In a portion where the magnetic pole face is formed, of the yoke, a magnetic saturation part is disposed to generate magnetic saturation. The magnetic saturation part has a shape in which an area of a cross section perpendicular to the first direction decreases with nearness to a tip of the yoke along the first direction.
US10104461B2
A method, an electronic apparatus and a wireless earphone of choosing a master wireless earphone in a wireless earphone set are provided. The method is adapted to the electronic apparatus pairing with the wireless earphone set. The method includes: transmitting first testing signals to a first wireless earphone in the wireless earphone set, and receiving first acknowledgment signals; transmitting second testing signals to a second wireless earphone in the wireless earphone set, and receiving second acknowledgment signals; determining whether a first ratio of the first acknowledgment signals to the first testing signals is higher than a second ratio of the second acknowledgment signals to the second testing signals; if yes, choosing the first wireless earphone as a master earphone, and setting the second wireless earphone as a slave wireless earphone; if no, choosing the second wireless earphone as the master earphone, and setting the first wireless earphone as the slave wireless earphone.
US10104460B2
A system includes a vehicle, a vehicle network disposed within the vehicle, and an entertainment system disposed within the vehicle wherein the entertainment system comprises at least one audio source. The entertainment system is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one wireless earpiece to provide for streaming of audio to and from the at least one wireless earpiece. A method includes providing a vehicle having an entertainment system, wirelessly connecting the entertainment system of the vehicle to at least one wireless ear piece associated with an occupant within the vehicle, and streaming audio from the at least one wireless earpiece to the entertainment system of the vehicle.
US10104455B2
A power tool having multiple wireless communication states and a method of wirelessly communicating by a power tool. The power tool includes a motor, a battery pack interface that selectively receives a battery pack, a backup power source, and a wireless communication controller coupled to the backup power source and the battery pack interface. The wireless communication controller operates in a connectable state when coupled to a battery pack and transmits tool operational data to the external device and receives tool configuration data from the external device. The wireless communication controller operates in an advertisement state when the wireless communication controller is coupled to and powered by the backup power source. In the advertisement state, the wireless communication controller is configured to transmit the unique tool identifier. The external device may also display an indication of the communication state of the power tool.
US10104453B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to an equipment data sensor arranged on a powered machine. The equipment data sensor includes a processing device coupled to one or more sensors for obtaining values of at least one parameter associated with running of the powered machine, a memory, and a short range transceiver configured for wireless short range communication arranged to receive short distance communication signals, wherein the processing device is configured to register, in the memory, one or more values of the at least one parameter and an associated operator identifier received over the short range transceiver.
US10104451B2
Provided is an IP uncompressed video encoder that converts an IP packet stream of uncompressed video to an IP packet stream of compressed video. The invention is a video encoder that produces an IP packetized stream of compressed video from an IP packetized stream of an uncompressed video signal, comprising: receiving means packetizing, from a network, one or a plurality of IP packetized streams of an uncompressed video signal; retrieving means for retrieving video data from the one or plurality of IP packetized streams of the uncompressed video signal; compressing means for compressing the retrieved video data; and transmitting means configured to IP packetize video compressed by the compressing means to create and transmit a stream of compressed video.
US10104450B2
A method of controlling implementation of an application in a device includes obtaining identification information of one or more applications to perform rendering of media data in the device, displaying the obtained identification information on a screen of the device, and executing one application according to receipt, from a user, of an execution request of the application from among the one or more applications.
US10104447B2
A method, computer program, and reception apparatus, and information providing apparatus. The method includes receiving content from a content source, and displaying the received content on a display. The reception apparatus 20 receives a first trigger associated with the received content. The reception apparatus retrieves a trigger parameters table (TPT) based on the first trigger. The TPT includes at least one event associated with one or a combination of a trigger identifier and a first media time of the received content, and is stored in a memory of the reception apparatus. Further, the reception apparatus determines whether to process the at least one event included in the TPT based on one or a combination of a protocol version and one or more capabilities defined in the TPT.
US10104431B2
An exemplary method includes a cloud-based service provider system detecting an input command provided by a user during a scheduling session and representative of a request for a local digital video recording (“DVR”) system to record a media program during a presentation time period. In response to the detecting of the input command, the cloud-based service provider system identifies a conflict associated with the request for the local DVR system to record the media program, performs a prioritization operation to determine a relative priority of media programs that are at least one of scheduled to be recorded by the local DVR system at any given time during the presentation time period and currently recorded in a memory of the local DVR system, and automatically performs, based on the performing of the prioritization operation, a predetermined action to resolve the conflict and facilitate the local DVR system recording the media program.
US10104429B2
Methods and systems of dynamic content analysis for categorizing media contents are provided. Data regarding the media contents that a user is watching on one or more devices is obtained, and the environment in which the user is watching the media contents may be captured. Metadata categorizing the events and the media contents can be generated, and the metadata may be further associated with a corresponding event.
US10104415B2
A user device within a communication architecture, the user device comprising: an image capture device configured to determine image data for the creation of a video channel defining the shared scene; an intrinsic/extrinsic data determiner configured to determine intrinsic/extrinsic capture device data associated with the image capture device; and a video encoder configured to encode the image data and intrinsic/extrinsic capture device data within the video channel.
US10104411B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for targeting of advertising content for a consumer product, by obtaining consumer demographic data, the consumer demographic data including a plurality of demographic attributes for each person; identifying a plurality of media slots; and obtaining program information for a respective identified program aired in each media slot among the plurality of media slots, the program information including viewing data of a plurality of viewing persons viewing the program and each viewing person being among the plurality of persons. The methods also include enriching the viewing data with the consumer demographic data; identifying a plurality of advertiser industries; enriching the product purchaser data with the consumer demographic data; calculating a relevance of each advertiser industry among the plurality of advertiser industries for each identified program based on demographic attributes of the product purchasers in each advertiser industry and demographic attributes of the viewing persons.
US10104410B2
Audiovisual reproduction system comprising a central unit managing a sound control circuit, and a telecommunications modem connected to a distribution network controlled by a host server, through a multitask operating system created around a tools and services library, characterized in that the operating system comprises a function that adjusts the sound control circuit to couple volumes in the various areas in which the loudspeakers in the audiovisual reproduction system are used, this function being accessible through a management mode of the multitask operating system, the coupling maintaining the ratios between the various volumes in each area when the volume in one area is modified.
US10104406B2
An increase in the speed of trick reproduction is achieved.A transmission stream, in which first transmission packets that are multilayer-configuration packets each having a multiplexed transport packet in an upper layer are continuously arranged is transmitted. In the transmission stream, the specific first transmission packets each including the multiplexed transport packet including data in which a first byte of an access unit of a random access point starts and having a header in which identification information is inserted are arranged at a predetermined interval. In addition, in the transmission stream, second transmission packets each including access position information corresponding to the previous and next specific first transmission packets and having a header in which identification information is inserted are arranged following the specific first transmission packets.
US10104405B1
Approaches for dynamically allocating CPU cycles for use in processing a video stream. Video complexity information for two or more digital video streams actively being processed by one or more video encoders is determined at periodic intervals. Video complexity information describes the complexity of digital video carried by the digital video streams across a bounded number of consecutive digital frames which includes digital frames not yet processed by the one or more video encoders. A determination is made as to whether a number of CPU cycles allocated for processing a particular digital video stream should be adjusted based on the determined video complexity information. The number of CPU cycles allocated for processing the particular digital video stream may be dynamically adjusted by maximizing a measure of optimal video quality calculated for the two or more digital video streams using, at least in part, the determined video complexity information.
US10104400B2
A video encoding and decoding method, device and system is disclosed, wherein the method includes: after using a standard encoding algorithm to complete encoding a luminance component in a current image, judging, based on refreshing images preset by an encoding device, whether there is a need to encode a chrominance component in the current image in accordance with the standard encoding algorithm or not, and encoding the corresponding chrominance component in accordance with the standard encoding algorithm if the current image is any one of the refreshing images preset by the encoding device, otherwise, not encoding the corresponding chrominance component in accordance with the standard encoding algorithm, wherein an encoding reconstruction of the chrominance component is obtained by copying a corresponding chrominance component in a reference image of luminance component, so that a finally output code stream does not comprise information of the corresponding chrominance component.
US10104388B2
A video processing system and the method of operation thereof includes several elements. The elements include: a high dynamic range (HDR) optical sensor having long exposure patterns and short exposure patterns; a prediction component, coupled to the HDR optical sensor, for generating a prediction from the long exposure patterns and the short exposure patterns; a fixed length coding component, coupled to the prediction component, for encoding an enhanced HDR bit stream from the prediction; and a HDR display device for displaying a delivered digital data stream, transformed from the enhanced HDR bit stream.
US10104387B2
In an example embodiment, a received JPEG image compression format image includes one or more minimum coded units (ICUs). Each MCU is decoded using an image compression format decoder. Each decoded MCU is then split into multiple decoded subblocks. Each decoded subblock can then be encoded into texture compression format using a texture compression format encoder. Each encoded texture compression format subblock can then be passed to a graphical processing unit (GPU) for processing.
US10104383B2
Decoding method for a moving picture included in a coded stream, including: determining whether a prediction mode (PM) of a target block (TB) is a PM in which motion vector (MV) is not transmitted from an encoding to decoding side, based on coded stream included information; and executing a decoding process when the PM of the TB is determined as the PM in which MV is not transmitted from an encoding to decoding side, wherein a calculation method of a MV used in the second step is selected among plural calculation methods including at least: a first method to select one MV among MVs used in plural adjacent blocks adjacent to the TB; and a second method to calculate a MV based on a MV used in a block that is located at the same position as the TB in another frame positioned backward of a frame including the TB.
US10104382B2
A method and system may identify a video data block using a video codec and apply a transform kernel of a butterfly asymmetric discrete sine transform (ADST) to the video data block in a pipeline.
US10104380B2
The present disclosure provides a method for encoding an intra-frame prediction mode, including: obtaining an intra-frame prediction mode of a current intra-frame encoding block from a preset prediction mode set; obtaining reference prediction modes of the current intra-frame encoding block, where the reference prediction modes are intra-frame prediction modes of available adjacent blocks of the current intra-frame encoding block or prediction modes in a preset backup reference mode set; writing a first flag bit into a code stream according to the reference prediction modes and the intra-frame prediction mode; and, when the intra-frame prediction mode of the encoding block is different from all the reference prediction modes, obtaining a prediction mode encoding value according to a size relationship between the value of the intra-frame prediction mode and values of the reference prediction modes, and encoding the prediction mode encoding value.
US10104376B2
Methods and systems for improving coding decoding efficiency of video by providing a syntax modeler, a buffer, and a decoder. The syntax modeler may associate a first sequence of symbols with syntax elements. The buffer may store tables, each represented by a symbol in the first sequence, and each used to associate a respective symbol in a second sequence of symbols with encoded data. The decoder decodes the data into a bitstream using the second sequence retrieved from a table.
US10104363B2
A scanner for obtaining and/or measuring a 3D geometry of at least a part of a surface of an object includes a camera having an array of sensor elements, a first device for generating a probe light, a device for transmitting the probe light rays towards the object, a device for transmitting light rays returned from the object to the array of sensor elements, an optical system for imaging with a first depth of field on the camera the transmitted light rays, a device for varying the position of the focus plane on the object, a device for obtaining at least one image from said array of sensor elements, a device for determining the in-focus position(s) of sensor elements, and a device for transforming the in-focus data into 3D coordinates.
US10104362B2
An image decoding device which can extract an independent layer without rewriting of syntax and cause a non-scalable decoder to reproduce the extracted is realized. An image decoding device (1) includes a NAL-unit header decoding unit (211) that decodes a layer ID of an SPS, a dependency layer information decoding unit (2101) that decodes dependency layer information, and a profile level information decoding unit (2102) that decodes profile level information from a VPS. The decoding unit (2102) decodes the profile level information also from the SPS in a case where, it is determined that a layer indicated by the layer ID is an independent layer, based on the dependency layer information.
US10104361B2
A video processing unit and method for region adaptive smoothing. The image processing unit includes a memory and one or more processors. The one or processors are operably connected to the memory and configured to stitch together a plurality of video frames into a plurality of equirectangular mapped frames of a video. The one or processors are configured to define a top region and a bottom region for each of the equirectangular mapped frames of the video; perform a smoothing process on the top region and the bottom region for each of the equirectangular mapped frames of the video; and encode the smoothed equirectangular mapped frames of the video.
US10104359B2
A disparity value deriving device includes a calculator configured to calculate costs of candidates for a corresponding region in a comparison image that corresponds to a reference region in a reference image, based on luminance values of the regions. The device also includes a changer configured to change a cost exceeding a threshold to a value higher than the threshold; a synthesizer configured to synthesize a cost of a candidate for a corresponding region for one reference region after the change and a cost of a candidate for a corresponding region for another reference region after the change; and a deriving unit configured to derive a disparity value based on a position of the one reference region and a position of the corresponding region in the comparison image for which the cost after the synthesis is smallest.
US10104355B1
A computer-implemented method and system for simulating a mock press conference for fantasy sports. The method includes presenting a plurality of topics and corresponding questions to a user. The questions are pre-loaded and recorded by a reporter representing a media outlet. The method also includes allowing the user to select a topic and a question. Further, the method includes recording the user's response to the question within a pre-defined time period to develop a corresponding Mock Press Conference video. Furthermore, the method includes processing the Mock Press Conference video once the user successfully completes responding to the question. Moreover, the method includes synchronizing the Mock Press Conference video with the question for automatic playback to simulate a real-life press conference broadcast with media flashes.
US10104352B2
A projector includes: first and second display panels and a projection unit that superposes images formed by the first and second display panels and that projects the superposed images on a projection surface. The first and second display panels are arranged such that the image formed by one display panel is projected to a position shifted by a predetermined distance in at least one of the row direction and column direction of the picture element array with respect to the position where the image formed by the other display panel is projected.
US10104344B2
A surface scanning method and apparatus attached to a highway vehicle, mobile equipment, or the like, that traverses existing roadways and bridges. The apparatus has at least one of a variously adaptable, complete, and ready to operate packaged kit including configured sensor suites with one or more of a visual scanning sensor; an infra-red scanning sensor; and an elevation measuring sensor.
US10104339B1
An electronic device for displaying video signals on a display device has a processing device and a storage device. The processing device generates a user interface including video areas for showing the video signals on the display device. The processing device determines a first area size for the video areas based on an interface size of the user interface, a row quantity and an aspect ratio, to arrange the video areas. The processing device adjusts the first area size to generate a second area size and a third area size for the video areas according to the interface size, when the number of the video areas in each row is not equal to each other. The processing device shows the video signals in the video areas based on the second area size and the third area size on the user interface of the display device.
US10104337B2
Implementations generally relate to displaying a presenter during a video conference. In some implementations, a method includes providing a user interface of a video conference between at least a first user and a second user, where the first user is associated with a first endpoint and the second user is associated with a second endpoint. The method also includes determining view rank values for each of the first endpoint and the second endpoint. The method also includes causing the user interface to display a first user video stream in a current presenter position and to display a second user video stream in a secondary presenter position based on the view rank values.
US10104329B2
A system for use in association with a sporting event, competition, or game is provided. The system includes an interactive surface configured to have the sporting event occur thereon and display information related to the sporting event, competition, or game occurring thereon and a controller configured to convey display information to the interactive surface. Alternately, a system is provided including an interactive sports surface configured to have a sporting event occur thereon and concurrently display information related to the sporting event occurring thereon, and means for controlling information displayed via the interactive sports surface. The means for controlling is configured to convey display information related to the sporting event to the interactive sports surface.
