US10107157B2
A lubrication system includes a lubrication tank, a gearbox driven pump, an electrically driven pump located in parallel with the gearbox driven pump, and a first control valve for selectively connecting the electrically driven pump or the gearbox driven pump with the lubrication tank.
US10107155B2
A valve timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine may include a driving rotational body to which torque is transmitted from a crankshaft, a driven rotational body fixed to a camshaft to which torque is transmitted from the driving rotational body, an electric motor disposed between the driving rotational body and the driven rotational body and relatively rotating the driving rotational body and the driven rotational body when electric power is applied thereto, and a deceleration mechanism that decelerates a rotational speed of the electric motor and transmits the decelerated rotational speed to the driven rotational body.
US10107151B2
This disclosure reliably causes transition to a locked state at the time of internal combustion engine deactivation and reliably causes transition to the locked state when a locking mechanism is not in the locked state at the time of internal combustion engine activation. A control valve spool is operable to a phase control position in which the supply/discharge of a fluid to/from an advance port and a retard port is controlled while the fluid is supplied to a lock releasing port, and to a lock transition position in which the supply/discharge of the fluid to/from the advance port and the retard port is controlled while the fluid is discharged from the lock releasing port. A communication path through which a portion of the fluid from a pump port is discharged to a drain port when the spool is operated to the lock transition position is formed.
US10107145B2
An adjustable valve device includes: a first cam portion penetrated by a camshaft, rotating with the camshaft, and including an elongated hole formed therein; a U or L shaped second cam portion supported by the first cam portion so as to swing to move between a first state and a second state; a stopper pin fixed to the second cam portion and penetrating through the elongated hole; a biasing member biasing the stopper pin so that the second cam portion becomes in the first state; a lock mechanism locking the second cam portion only when the second cam portion is in the first state; and a cam follower exerting a reactive force so that the second cam portion becomes in the second state in a state where a lock of the second cam portion is released, wherein the reactive force is greater than a biasing force of the biasing member.
US10107144B2
A thermal power plant for recovering water from exhaust gas includes a gas turbine, a heat recovery steam generator for generating steam by supplying exhaust combustion gas exhausted from the gas turbine as heat source, a water recovery system installed on the downstream side of the heat recovery steam generator, a recovered water system for supplying a part of the water recovered by the water recovery system, allowing the water to be circulating as circulating water, a feed water system for supplying the heat recovery steam generator with other part of the water recovered by the water recovery system as feed water, pH adjusting systems, and a control system for controlling the volumes of pH adjusters supplied from the first and second pH adjusting systems.
US10107139B1
An improved acoustic liner for turbine engines is disclosed. The acoustic liner may include a straight cell section including a plurality of cells with straight chambers. The acoustic liner may also include a bent cell section including one or more cells that are bent to extend chamber length without increasing the overall height of the acoustic liner by the entire chamber length. In some cases, holes are placed between cell chambers in addition to bending the cells, or instead of bending the cells.
US10107130B2
An actuator system including a harmonic drive operable to drive a variable vane system of a gas turbine engine.
US10107129B2
A seal assembly includes a seal arc segment that has first and second seal supports. A carriage has first and second support members. The first support member supports the seal arc segment in a first ramped interface and the second support member supports the seal arc segment in a second ramped interface such that the seal arc segment is circumferentially moveable with respect to the carriage. First and second opposed springs bias the seal arc segment toward a circumferential default position.
US10107125B2
A stator assembly includes a first stator vane sub-assembly with a first platform and a first airfoil extending from the first platform, and a second stator vane sub-assembly with a second platform and a second airfoil extending from the second platform. A gap is defined circumferentially between the first stator vane sub-assembly and the second stator vane sub-assembly. The stator assembly also includes a shroud structure, a first chamber defined between the first platform and the shroud structure, a second chamber defined between the second platform and the shroud structure, and a damper spring seal structure. Also included is a plate having a first portion within the first chamber and a second portion within the second chamber, such that the plate extends from the first chamber across the gap to the second chamber.
US10107124B2
A modular egress seal assembly includes an annular plate with an axially extending aperture. A base plate is mountable to the annular plate. The base plate includes an aperture extending along the axis when said base plate is mounted to the annular plate thereby forming an axial passageway and a cover plate mountable to said annular plate.
US10107123B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a sliding seal between two components. At least one of the two components includes a ramped surface on which the sliding seal slides during relative movement between the two components.
US10107121B2
A carbon seal assembly comprises an annular member adapted to be secured to a structure. An annular seal runner is sealingly mounted to a shaft to rotate therewith, with the seal runner being made of a material complementary to that of the annular member for magnetic attraction therebetween. An annular carbon seal element is mounted to the annular seal runner to rotate therewith and positioned in a gap between the annular member and the annular seal runner, the annular carbon seal element having an annular wear surface abutting against a face of the annular member. A cross-sectional area of the annular carbon seal element increases as the axial dimension of the annular seal runner decreases for at least a part of the seal.
US10107118B2
An interface within a gas turbine engine includes a sealing surface defined by a portion of a vane platform. A seal is in contact with said sealing surface. A barrier is transverse to the sealing surface.
US10107116B2
The invention concerns a fixed flow distribution blading (10) in a turbomachine, comprising two coaxial annular platforms that are internal (12) and external respectively, linked to each other by a plurality of radial blades (11), in which the internal annular platform (12) comprises an annular radial partition (120) and a blade support ring (121) extending to each side of an outer radial end of said partition (120), the blading (10) further comprising an annular sealing plate (20) mounted on the internal annular platform (12), on the upstream side of the radial partition relative to an airflow in the blading, the blading (10) being characterized in that the sealing plate (20) is mounted on the blade support ring (121), and in that it comprises a circumferential groove. The invention also concerns a method for producing such a blading and a turbomachine comprising such a blading.
US10107111B2
A corrosion-resistant abradable covering to adhesively bond to a wear portion of a structural part, the covering including at least a polyester-based matrix and an aluminum alloy filler that are molded together.
US10107109B2
A rotor blade assembly includes at least one rotor blade including an airfoil that has a leading edge internal cooling passage that extends through the rotor blade and is in communication with cooling holes along a leading edge of the airfoil. A compression portion includes a compression passage that is in communication with the leading edge internal cooling passage.
US10107108B2
A rotor blade includes an airfoil having a blade tip and a tip cavity formed at the blade tip. The tip cavity includes a tip cap that is recessed radially inwardly from the tip and surrounded continuously by pressure and suction side walls of the airfoil. The tip cap further includes an aperture that extends through the tip cap and provides for fluid communication between an internal cavity defined within the airfoil and the tip cavity. An exhaust port provides for fluid communication out the tip cavity through one of the pressure side wall, the suction side wall or the trailing edge. A portion of at least one of the suction side wall and the pressure side wall that defines the tip cavity extends obliquely outwardly from the tip cavity with respect to a radial direction.
US10107107B2
A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an body portion that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge. At least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge includes at least one discharge slot having a first portion that includes an oval geometry.
US10107101B2
A variable vane having an airfoil, an inner trunnion shaft and an outer trunnion shaft, with the outer trunnion shaft having a threaded hole and a groove extending around a circumference of the outer trunnion shaft is repaired by removing a portion of the outer trunnion shaft leaving a shaft stub. A repair detail is prepared having an outer peripheral shaft portion with a nominal outer diameter. The repair detail further has a pilot portion extending forwardly and having a smaller outer diameter than an outer diameter of the nominal outer diameter. The shaft stub has a remaining bore portion, which is a portion of the threaded hole. The pilot portion is sized to be received within the remaining bore portion. The pilot is inserted into the remaining bore portion. The repair detail is welded to the shaft stub. A repaired variable vane is also disclosed.
US10107099B2
A hydrostatic radial piston machine is useable inversely. The hydrostatic radial piston machine has a distributor in which a flushing valve, a pressure-maintaining valve connected downstream of the flushing valve, and two nonreturn valves are arranged.
US10107098B2
A bit assembly includes a base block and a bit having a forward body portion and a shank. The bit includes a diametrically expanding retainer circumferentially disposed around a shank of the bit adapted to maintain the interference contact between the bit and the base block as the diameter of a bore of the base block increases from use. The bit assembly also includes a sealing gasket that forms a force fit between a washer disposed about the shank of the bit and the base block.
US10107079B1
An electric submersible motor thrust bearing system is described. An electric submersible motor thrust bearing system includes a thrust bearing assembly carrying a thrust of an electric submersible motor, the thrust bearing assembly including a split ring secured around a shaft of the electric submersible motor inward of a rotatable thrust runner, the rotatable thrust runner coupled around an outer diameter of the split ring and mated above a non-rotatable thrust bearing, the rotatable thrust runner serving as a barrier to radial expansion of the split ring, a lock ring secured to the thrust runner by a threaded connection, at least a portion of the lock ring above the split ring and at least a portion of the thrust runner below the split ring, and the threaded connection securing the split ring axially between the lock ring and the thrust runner.
US10107078B2
A hydraulically-powered subsea tool system has a tool (26) and a tool power unit (12). The tool (26) communicates with a first connector element (30) on a hydraulic drive circuit (82). The tool power unit (12) has a hydraulic supply circuit (88) communicating with a second connector element (20). The connector elements are wet-mated with each other to connect the circuits for powering the tool. The circuits are pressure-compensated by respective compensators (136,90). When the circuits are connected, a valve (140) is operable to transfer pressure compensation of one of the circuits from the compensator (136) of that circuit to the compensator (90) of the other circuit. The valve (140) suitably transfers pressure compensation of the drive circuit from a drive circuit compensator to a supply circuit compensator.
US10107073B2
A device for limiting the flow of drilling fluid through a section of drill string includes a body with a hole in the periphery. Flow enters the device through one axial end, at least a portion of the flow exits through the other axial end. Some of the fluid flow can be diverted through the peripheral hole. A spring-biased axial piston may have an approximately constant force throughout its range of travel. The piston moves axially in response to the changing fluid flow rate to enable a constant amount of flow exiting the axial end of the tool to be achieved while diverting away excess flow through the side.
US10107067B2
Methods for sealing a wellbore include placing a barrier material within an annular space between a wellbore tubing and a wellbore casing, wherein a seal is placed across or below openings in the wellbore tubing at at least one location above a lowermost tubing to annulus opening. In some embodiments, an intervention tubing may be used to insert the barrier material into successively exposed ones of the annulus openings, whereby no seal sleeve is needed.
US10107062B2
A system including a frac head system, including a frac head configured to retain portions of an isolation sleeve that separates frac fluid from tubing.
US10107053B2
A method for drilling a wellbore includes disposing a tubular string in the wellbore, wherein the tubular string includes a drill bit disposed at a bottom and a flow sub disposed on a top; injecting drilling fluid through a bore valve in the flow sub to rotate the drill bit; moving a sleeve in the flow sub to engage and close the bore valve; moving the sleeve independently from the bore valve to expose a flow port formed through a wall of the flow sub; and injecting the drilling fluid into the flow port while adding a stand to the top of the tubular string, wherein injection of drilling fluid into the tubular string is continuously maintained between drilling and adding the stand to the tubular string.
US10107048B2
Techniques and systems to reduce deflection of a riser extending from an offshore platform. A device may include a main tube disposed along a length of the device. The device may also include a support member that may be coupled to the main tube, wherein the support member may surround the main tube. The device may include a buoyancy assembly that may at least partially surround the main tube, wherein the buoyancy assembly may have an elongated non-circular and non-cylindrical shape. The buoyancy assembly may also include buoyancy foam.
US10107047B2
A protector for a connection for a tubular component for drilling or operating hydrocarbon wells, provided with a distal end surface, the protector comprising an annular housing comprising a bottom, two lateral walls, outer and inner, separated from each other and in which an annular gasket is disposed, each lateral wall comprising a bottom lateral wall portion and an exterior lateral wall portion and an upper face, the two exterior lateral wall portions defining an opening with width Au and characterized in that a distance A between two bottom lateral wall portions is greater than the width Au, in a manner such as to allow a first annular gasket to be positioned then to allow said annular gasket to be retained in the annular housing.
US10107032B2
A control structure for a window covering includes a base, a revolving wheel having an axial post, a restriction means including a bushing fitting around the axial post, a transmission member provided on a side of the bushing, and at least one pawl connected to the axial post. The revolving wheel is connected to the base. The restriction means has at least one cutting groove. The transmission member has at least one abutting portion on an inner wall thereof. The pawl is pivotable within a width of the cutting groove. When the revolving wheel is rotated forward, an end of the pawl passes through the cutting groove to mesh with the abutting portion. When the revolving wheel is rotated backward, the pawl disengages from the abutting portion, and the transmission member is rotatable relative to the revolving wheel. Whereby, it could prevent generating noise while operating the window covering.
US10107031B2
Light guiding slat for a sun protection system, wherein the light guiding slat is made of a band material equipped with a Fresnel reflector made by folding and/or bending the band material whereby the light guiding slat has a total height (G) which is so small that the light guiding slat has a form to be coilable with a coiling radius of 1 m or less without any substantial plastic deformation.
US10107030B2
A gate unit includes a gate mount that can be mated with a frame bordering a doorway, hallway, or staircase. The gate unit also includes a gate mounted for pivotable movement on the gate mount between opened and closed positions.
US10107005B2
A snap-in and support structure of a tent support is disclosed that includes a tube piece, a tube holder, a handle, a stop piece, and a locking sleeve. A handle slides in an axial direction opposite to that of the tube holder. A locking sleeve includes a boss integrally formed on an inner circumferential wall. The boss has a slidably coupled inner surface and a top surface. The slidably coupled inner surface on a first side ascends from a bottom to a top of the inner circumferential wall. The tube piece is vertically slidable in an axial direction opposite to that of the tube holder and the handle. A first locking pin transversely slides against the slidably coupled inner surface and stops above the top surface and is proximal to a second side of the slidably coupled inner surface in a locking state.
US10106999B2
The present invention relates to an arrangement of cinemas in multiplex cinemas, comprising: at least one first row (1) of contiguous cinemas (1a) provided with a projection screen (P) and with stadium-type seating (G) arranged on an inclined surface (15). The cinemas (1a) of the first row have a trapezoidal layout with: a larger end (11) where the projection screen (p) is arranged, a smaller end (12), and two oblique sides (13, 14). The present invention also relates to an arrangement for a cinema room for a multi-screen cinema, in which each of the cinema rooms has a film projector (1), a screen (2) and tiers of seats (3) with multiple rows of seats (3a, 3b, . . . , 3n) arranged to different heights.
US10106997B2
This disclosure relates to systems, methods and apparatuses for removing precipitation from an exterior of a building in an expedited and automated fashion. The precipitation removal system includes one or more sweeper assemblies and one or more hoisting assemblies. The sweeper assemblies are suspended from the roof, ledge or other portion of a building. The hoisting assemblies assist the sweeper assemblies with vertically traversing the exterior of the building. As a sweeper assembly vertically traverses the side of the building, precipitation that accumulates on the exterior of the building is removed. The sweeper assemblies can remove precipitation from connecting structures on the exterior of the building which are used by building maintenance personnel to perform maintenance operations on the exterior of the building.
US10106995B2
This invention relates generally to a method for making a deck for use in construction. In one embodiment, the method includes, but is not limited to, positioning a first box tube substantially parallel to a second box tube; attaching a plate to the first box tube and the second box tube, the plate extending between the first box tube and the second box tube; coupling a hydraulic cylinder to the plate; slidably inserting a first extension member at least partially into the first box tube; slidably inserting a second extension member at least partially into the second box tube, the first and second extension members having a beam extending therebetween; coupling the hydraulic cylinder to the beam; positioning a platform having one or more wheels on the plate and over the hydraulic cylinder such that the platform is rollable relative to the plate; and attaching the platform to the beam such that the platform is operable to retractably extend beyond an edge of a floor of a building in conjunction with the first and second extension members in response to actuation of the at least one hydraulic cylinder.
US10106992B2
The present invention relates to a bracket 22 for an access platform. The bracket 22 for an access platform comprises a main body 42 defining a channel configured to receive and provide a close fit around an elongate member 16 of the access platform. The bracket for an access platform further comprises first and second connection arrangements 46, 48 mechanically coupled to the main body 42 and extending from oppositely directed sides of the main body. Each connection arrangement is configured to mechanically couple to a further elongate member 50, 52 of the access platform.
US10106987B2
A mounting device or bracket for paneled building surfaces is disclosed. The mounting bracket includes an upper wall in the form of a flat surface for supporting various types of attachments. An elongated mounting slot extends through the upper wall, and the mounting bracket includes an elongated nut receptacle that is positioned below this elongated mounting slot. With an attachment being positioned on the upper wall, an attachment fastener may be directed through the attachment, then through the elongated mounting slot, and then may be threadably engaged with a nut that is positioned within and movable along the nut receptacle in its elongated dimension. The elongated configuration of the mounting slot and nut receptacle provides adjustability for the position of the attachment fastener relative to the mounting bracket, including after the mounting bracket has already been installed on the building surface.
US10106986B2
A curved pathway including a double helix form with no center support column includes a plurality of segments, wherein each of the segments is formed from a plurality of rods coupled to a plurality of connecting nodes. The plurality of rods are arranged in a skewed tetrahedral geometry, which causes the plurality of stair segments to form a helical structure when the plurality of segments are coupled together. The plurality of rods form a spine on an underside of the plurality of stair segments. A pathway surface is coupled to each of the segments. In alternate embodiments, the curved pathway may be formed from sheet metal creased to form a plurality of linear support locations and connecting nodes.
US10106985B1
Two slab bolster elements having rails supported on legs for carrying rebar during casting are connected end to end by a blade for sliding longitudinally of the rail into a female receptacle and a releasable locking mechanism which acts to lock the blade in the female receptacle. The locking mechanism comprises a notch on one side surface of the blade and a projecting portion of the female receptacle engaged into the notch. The projecting portion is carried on the female receptacle by a portion which can flex to cause the projecting portion to move away from the side surface of the blade. The female receptacle includes a manually depressible member on a side of the female receptacle opposite the projecting portion which when depressed provides motion toward the female receptacle which causes the projecting portion to move out of the notch.
US10106983B2
A wedge assembly for post tensioning concrete includes one or more wedges and a wedge ring. Each wedge includes an outer surface having a circumferential groove formed thereon. The wedge ring is adapted to fit into the groove of the wedges and retain the wedges to a strand. The wedge ring including a gap adapted to allow the wedge ring to be installed from the side of the wedges. When installed to the strand, the wedges may form a clearance fit maintained by the wedge ring. At least one wedge may include a guide adapted to assist with the separation of the wedges when installed to the strand.
US10106979B2
The present invention relates to a seismic reinforcing device capable of conveniently conducting reinforcement of a structure, the device includes an upper support installed on an upper horizontal portion configured to connect columns, a lower support disposed under the upper horizontal portion, installed on a lower horizontal portion configured to connect the columns, and disposed in a diagonal direction with respect to the upper support, and a damper coupled to the upper support and the lower support and configured to absorb a shock.
US10106977B2
A water damaged floor (10) is dried by forming an opening (18) in a flooring (14) of the floor and creating and forcing an airflow from a surrounding space (28) through the opening (18) into a ventilating space between the flooring (14) and a subfloor (22). According to the invention, an end portion of the flooring (14) is elevated from the subfloor (22) for creating said ventilating space and for creating an air passage (27) between the ventilating space and the surrounding space (28) at an edge of the flooring (14).
US10106973B1
An assembly of concrete structural elements includes a precast concrete lower column, a precast concrete column capital supported on an upper end of the lower column, at least one precast concrete beam supported by the precast column capital, at least one slab supported by the at least one beam, an upper column extending above the lower column, and a poured concrete lap splice connecting the lower and upper columns, a volume of the lap splice being at least partially defined by the lower column, the column capital, the beam, the slab and the upper column. A method of making a lap splice comprises embedding splice reinforcement in each of opposed end of a pair of concrete structural elements such that the splice reinforcement extends out of each approximately as far as the structural reinforcement and overlaps the structural reinforcement within the opposed ends.
US10106969B2
A skirted toilet base configured to be secured to a trap, the skirted toilet base having a bowl; a wall extending from the bowl; and a mounting assembly configured to secure the toilet base to the trap. The mounting assembly having a clamping member pivotally coupled to the trap, such that the clamping member can rotate about an axis of rotation relative to the trap, and an adjusting member that extends through an opening in the wall and through a bore in the clamping member. The adjusting member has a longitudinal axis that extends in a direction that is transverse to the axis of rotation, and rotation of the adjusting member about the longitudinal axis rotates the clamping member about the axis of rotation to secure the toilet base to the trap through the clamping member and the adjusting member.
US10106958B2
A working machine includes a machine body, an operation fluid tank mounted on the machine body, a hydraulic device to be operated by an operation fluid supplied from the operation fluid tank. A valve unit includes a plurality of control valves to control the hydraulic device. The control valves are arranged along a horizontal direction. A switch valve is to be connected to the control valves. A first tube member includes a first fluid tube to connect the control valve and the switch valve to each other and supports the switch valve above the control valve.
US10106955B2
A turning control apparatus includes a turning body and a hydraulic motor to turn the turning body. A high-pressure relief circuit relieves hydraulic pressure of a first hydraulic line at a first relief pressure, the first hydraulic line supplying an operating oil to drive the hydraulic motor. A hunting reduction circuit relieves a hydraulic pressure of a second hydraulic line at a pressure lower than the first relief pressure, the second hydraulic line being connected to a deceleration-side hydraulic port from which the operating oil is discharged when the hydraulic motor is being driven. The hunting reduction circuit connected to the deceleration-side hydraulic port is caused to open before an operation lever to operate turning of the turning body returns to a neutral position.
US10106949B2
A coupler for detachably coupling to a work tool is provided. The coupler includes a frame with a first aperture formed therein. The first aperture extends along a first axis inclined with respect to a transverse axis of the frame. The coupler further includes a first locking member provided within the first aperture. The coupler also includes an actuator configured to move the first locking member between an unlocked position in which first locking member is disengaged from the work tool, and a locked position in which the first locking member is engaged with the work tool.
US10106948B2
A system is provided that increases the deformability of buried pipelines to accommodate combinations of vertical, lateral and longitudinal displacements and subsequent curvatures caused by ground movements. Installation of this system prevents concentration of deformations which may cause catastrophic failures such as buckling, yielding, rupture, and weld failures. The assembly includes an element provided adjacent a pipeline and collapsible in two orthogonal directions; one, the longitudinal direction of the pipe, and two, a direction of expected lateral movement of the pipe. The collapsible element is configured to resist soil pressure in a direction orthogonal to the first two directions, and further provided is a supporting backing element adjacent an end of the collapsible element opposed to the pipeline, to prevent exposure of the collapsible element to soil pressure in one of the two orthogonal collapsible directions. The size and configuration of the installation depends on the soil and pipe properties, and type/magnitude of expected displacements.
US10106943B2
An apparatus for remediation of soil includes a drum for storing chemical-permeation grout and a pump for pumping the chemical-permeation grout at a low pressure into a manchette delivery tube while the manchette delivery tube is inserted into the soil. There is a valve for controlling the low pressure and a meter for metering an amount of the chemical-permeation grout that is delivered into the soil.
US10106938B1
A modular highway warning strip system which comprises a modular warning strip segment having first and second ends, a length extending between the first and second ends, two opposing lengthwise sides, a width extending between the opposing lengthwise sides of the segment, top and bottom surfaces, and a thickness. Each of the first and second ends comprise at least one male protrusion and at least one female receptacle, wherein the at least one male protrusion is configured to engage the at least one female receptacle for joining a plurality of the segments together end-to-end. A segmented metallic plate is disposed between upper and lower rubber layers, the segmented plate comprising a plurality of segments separated by slits comprising living hinges.
US10106937B2
A rotor assembly for a cold planer is disclosed. The rotor assembly may include a rotor chamber that is configured to house a milling drum, and the milling drum may be configured to rotate within the rotor chamber. The rotor assembly may further include a plate movably coupled to the rotor chamber and an upper pulley wheel rotatably mounted to the plate. Furthermore, a lower pulley wheel may be rotatably mounted to the rotor chamber and the lower pulley wheel may be operably coupled to the milling drum such that the lower pulley wheel and the milling drum synchronously rotate. The rotor assembly may further include an actuating mechanism operably coupled to the plate, and the actuating mechanism may be configured to move the plate and the upper pulley wheel between an operation position and a transport position.
US10106926B2
Glycol ether benzoates, glycol benzoates and methyl benzoate facilitate the dyeing of the meta-aramid article, e.g., fibers, at or near neutral pH. The addition of an anionic surfactant, such as sodium lauryl sulfate, enhances the performance of the benzoates.
US10106909B2
A solution deposition method includes: applying a liquid precursor solution to a substrate, the precursor solution including an oxide of a first metal, a hydroxide of the first metal, or a combination thereof, dissolved in an aqueous ammonia solution; evaporating the precursor solution to directly form a solid seed layer on the substrate, the seed layer including an oxide of the first metal, a hydroxide of the first metal, or a combination thereof, the seed layer being substantially free of organic compounds; and growing a bulk layer on the substrate, using the seed layer as a growth site or a nucleation site.
US10106906B2
There is disclosed a plating apparatus which can dispose an anode, a substrate and a regulation plate parallel to each other in such a manner that the center of the anode, the center of the substrate and the center of an opening of the regulation plate are aligned in a straight line. A frame of the plating apparatus includes: a support for supporting upper portions of an anode holder, a substrate holder and the regulation plate; a box structure secured to the support; an upper positioning structure for fixing a relative position between the support and the upper portions of the anode holder, the substrate holder and the regulation plate; and a lower positioning structure for fixing a relative position between the box structure and lower portions of the anode holder, the substrate holder and the regulation plate.
US10106904B2
In the electrolytic refining of lead in a sulfamate bath, the production of a white residue is suppressed, and a decrease in the lead concentration in the electrolytic solution is suppressed. A method for electrolytically refining lead in a sulfamate bath, comprising performing electrolytic refining at a decomposition rate of sulfamic acid controlled at 0.06%/day or less.
US10106902B1
This invention provides an electrolyte salt for use in an electrodeposition process for depositing Zirconium metal on a thin foil substrate. The prior art electrochemical process causes a reaction between a uranium substrate and ZrF4 species in the electrolyte that causes the formation of UFx at the substrate surface that prevents the formation of a dense uniform zirconium coating. This problem is solved by using an electrolyte salt in an electrodeposition process consisting of lithium fluoride (LiF) in a concentration ranging between about 11.5 molar percent and about 61 molar percent and one or more salts selected from the group consisting of sodium fluoride (NaF), potassium fluoride (KF), cesium fluoride (CsF), or cesium chloride (CsCL). Zirconium is added to the electrolyte salt through an addition of zirconium fluoride (ZrF4) in the range of about 1 to about 5 mass percent (w/w %). The Zr coating is of at least 98% pure Zr with a density of at least 98%.
US10106895B2
The method for producing noble metal nanocomposites involves reducing noble metal ions (Ag, Au and Pt) on graphene oxide (GO) or carbon nanotubes (CNT) by using Artocarpus integer leaves extract as a reducing agent. As synthesized MNPs/GO and MNPs/CNT composites have been characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging, and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The TEM images of prepared materials showed that the nanocomposites were 1-30 nm in size with spherical nanoparticles embedded on the surface of GO and CNT. This synthetic route is easy and rapid for preparing a variety of nanocomposites. The method avoids use of toxic chemicals, and the prepared nanocomposites can be used for biosensor, fuel cell, and biomedical applications.
US10106883B2
A sputtering system having a processing chamber with an inlet port and an outlet port, and a sputtering target positioned on a wall of the processing chamber. A movable magnet arrangement is positioned behind the sputtering target and reciprocally slides behind the target. A conveyor continuously transports substrates at a constant speed past the sputtering target, such that at any given time, several substrates face the target between the leading edge and the trailing edge. In certain embodiments, the movable magnet arrangement slides at a speed that is at least several times faster than the constant speed of the conveyor. A rotating zone is defined behind the leading edge and trailing edge of the target, wherein the magnet arrangement decelerates when it enters the rotating zone and accelerates as it reverses direction of sliding within the rotating zone. In certain embodiments, magnet power and/or speed varies as function of direction of magnet travel.
US10106879B2
This invention provides a thermal spray material capable of forming a thermal spray coating with greater plasma erosion resistance. The thermal spray material comprises at least 77% by mass rare earth element oxyhalide (RE—O—X) which comprises a rare earth element (RE), oxygen (O) and a halogen atom (X) as its elemental constituents. The thermal spray material is characterized by being essentially free of an oxide of the rare earth element.
US10106862B2
The present invention relates to a process for generating glucose and glucose derivatives from the direct contacting of cellulose, hemicelluloses and/or polysaccharides with a mixed super critical fluid system of alcohol and water whereby the partial pressure of the system provides for both alcoholysis and hydrolysis of the material to generate primarily glucose, and glucose derivatives.
US10106855B2
The presently disclosed subject matter provides a genetic assay to determine the prognosis in Polycythemia Vera (PV) patients with an indolent form of PV. This assay involves measuring certain messenger RNAs (mRNAs) in blood cells, such as white blood cells. In some embodiments, the cells are CD34+ cells. These mRNA levels are inserted into an algorithm that yields a predictive score of the risk of PV in the patient transforming from an indolent form to an aggressive form.
US10106854B2
The present application concerns methods and tools for diagnosing prostate cancer and furthermore concerns methods and tools for prognosing disease progression of prostate cancer. The method comprises determining methylation level of the genes C1orf114, HAPLN3, AOX1, GAS6, ST6GALNAC3 and ZNF660 and comparing the result with a control, thus obtaining a response which is used for diagnosing a prostate cancer and/or for prognosing aspects of an individual suffering from prostate cancer.
US10106853B2
The current disclosure describes materials and methods for identifying subjects that would benefit from treatment with a DNA topoisomerase 1 inhibitor, based on the levels of cullin 4B gene, RNA and protein levels in the subject. The disclosure identifies CUL4B as a predictive biomarker for cancer diagnosis and the subsequent treatment with directed therapeutic agents. The current disclosure also identifies novel therapeutic agents that modulate the level of CUL4B expression, and sensitize a subject to treatment with a second therapeutic agent.
US10106846B2
An apparatus for imaging one or more selected fluorescence indications from a microfluidic device. The apparatus includes an imaging path coupled to least one chamber in at least one microfluidic device. The imaging path provides for transmission of one or more fluorescent emission signals derived from one or more samples in the at least one chamber of the at least one microfluidic device. The chamber has a chamber size, the chamber size being characterized by an actual spatial dimension normal to the imaging path. The apparatus also includes an optical lens system coupled to the imaging path. The optical lens system is adapted to transmit the one or more fluorescent signals associated with the chamber.
US10106845B2
A two-step multiplex amplification reaction includes a first step which truncates the standard initial multiplex amplification round to “boost” the sample copy number by only a 100-1000 fold increase in the target. Following the first step the product is divided into optimized secondary single amplification reactions, each containing one of the primer sets that were used previously in the first or multiplexed booster step. The booster step can occur using an aqueous target nucleic acid or using a solid phase archived nucleic acid. In particular, nucleic acid sequences that uniquely identify E. Coli were identified using the multiplex amplification method.
US10106841B2
The present invention relates to a method for quantifying a target nucleic acid sequence by use of a common internal control. The present invention allows to determine an absolute initial amount of a target nucleic acid sequence with no use of a standard curve. The present invention amplifies not only a control reaction mixture comprising a known-amount standard and an internal control but also a sample reaction mixture comprising an internal control identical to the internal control in the control reaction mixture and the target nucleic acid sequence to be quantified. In the present invention, a relative ratio of the amount of the standard and the amount of the target nucleic acid sequence is calculated by using the internal control and then an initial amount of the target nucleic acid sequence is determined by using a known amount of the standard.
US10106840B2
The present invention relates to a method for quantifying a target nucleic acid sequence performed in such a manner that at least two cycles in the nucleic acid amplification subject to melting peak analysis are predetermined before the nucleic acid amplification and melting peak analyses are performed for the at least two predetermined cycles, followed by quantifying the target nucleic acid sequence using data values from the melting peak curve (e.g., the presence or absence, height and area).
US10106837B1
This invention provides a single process that collects any and all target nucleic acids from a sample that can contain any of a number of biological species, including bacteria, viruses, or fungi, where the first step renders the sample nonhazardous and releases nucleic acids from cell structures, compartments, and molecular complexes that may hold them, the second step concentrates the target nucleic acids from even very highly dilute states, in the third step releases these in a form that, following dilution, makes them compatible with processes that amplify nucleic acids, both standard PCR as well as isothermal amplification protocols. The pre-amplification process involves ammonia solutions no more toxic than those found in the commercial product Windex, requires no electrical power, requires materials no more complex than water desalinization resin and salt, and can be used by inexperienced individuals.
US10106836B2
Techniques are provided for determining inheritance of maternal and paternal haplotypes in preganncies with multiple fetuses. Maternal inheritance can be determined at loci where the mother is heterozygous and the paternally inherited alleles are known (e.g., the father is homozygous). Two types of loci may be used, where one type has the paternal allele appear on a first maternal haplotype, and another type has the paternal allele appear on a second maternal haplotype. Paternal inheritance can be determined from loci where the father is heterozygous and the maother is homozygous. Amounts of different alleles at each locus can be measured. A comparison of the amounts (e.g., using a fractional concentration of each allele and cutoffs) can be used to determine the haplotype inheritance. A haplotype can be linked to a condition of interest.
US10106832B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a microbial detection device, microbial detection method, microbial detection kit and microbial detection device. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: defining a sampling portion and a reaction portion on a substrate. Fiber materials are disposed in the reaction portion and a surface of the reaction portion which contacts with the fiber materials comprises abundant hydroxyl groups. Reaction reagents are then added into the fiber materials. An acidic solution is applied to treat the fiber materials and the hydroxyl groups in the reaction portion.
US10106827B2
The invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising at least one promoter that is active in fungal cells of the trichoderma species, wherein a nucleic acid sequence encoding an N-acetylglucosamine-2-epimerase and/or an N-acetylneuraminic acid synthase is operatively bound to each promoter. The at least one promoter that is active in fungal cells is a constitutive promoter.
US10106818B2
The present disclosure provides for recombinant nucleic acids, and cells and virions comprising the recombinant nucleic acids, that can be used to identify, isolate, and/or purify cells latently infected with immunodeficiency virus. A subject recombinant nucleic acid includes (a) a first nucleotide sequence encoding a first reporter polypeptide that produces a first detectable signal, where the first nucleotide sequence is operably linked to an immunodeficiency virus promoter and is translated as an early gene; and (b) a second nucleotide sequence encoding a second reporter polypeptide that produces a second detectable signal that is distinguishable from the first detectable signal, where the second nucleotide sequence is operably linked to a non-immunodeficiency virus promoter. In some aspects, the first and second nucleotide sequences are both positioned between a shared 5′ long terminal repeat (LTR) and a shared 3′ LTR. Also provided are related methods.
US10106816B2
A synthetic lentiviral vector construct comprises a genomic RNA packaging enhancer (GRPE) element and lentiviral nucleic acid sequences sufficient for reverse transcription and packaging in a host cell.
US10106815B2
A Fusarium head blight (FHB) resistant gene Tafhb1 of wheat and uses thereof are disclosed, in which the FHB resistant gene Tafhb1 of wheat has a cDNA sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 1. A protein TaFHB1 encoded by the FHB resistant gene Tafhb1 of wheat has an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO. 2. The protein includes 274 amino acids, and has an isoelectric point of 10.85. The FHB resistant gene Tafhb1 of wheat is transferred to wheat by crossing and multiple generations of backcrossing, to increase the resistance of wheat to FHB. Because the gene is an endogenous gene existing in the cereal crop wheat, the presence of the gene has no influence on the food safety of plants, such that the gene can be used in crop breeding.
US10106812B2
Provided are nucleic acid constructs which comprise a polynucleotide encoding adenosine phosphate-isopentenyltransferase (IPT) operably linked to a stress-related promoter. Also provided are host cells transformed with the nucleic acid constructs, transgenic plants expressing the IPT coding sequence under the transcriptional regulation of a stress-related promoter and methods of using same for increasing abiotic stress tolerance of a plant, and biomass of plants under stress or normal conditions.
US10106808B2
The present invention provides metabolic regulators, which are proteins (such as fusion proteins, truncated proteins or full-length proteins) that bind to specific metabolites and which can be used to control the availability of the metabolites in cells, particularly plant cells. Proteins of the invention include one or more metabolic regulator proteins, can be truncated or full length, can further comprise a transmembrane domain or lipoylation site or can further comprise a transit peptide. Metabolic regulators of the invention can be soluble, e.g., cytosolic soluble, can be anchored to a biological membrane or can be organelle targeted or apoplastic targeted. The present invention also provides nucleic acid molecules encoding the metabolic regulators, methods of making the nucleic acid molecules, methods for making transformed organisms, including plants, photosynthetic organisms, microbes, invertebrates, and vertebrates, and methods for controlling availability of metabolites to a host cell.
US10106806B2
The present invention relates to a transgenic plant with enhanced anthocyanin biosynthesis by the introduction of PtrMYB119 gene operably linked to a promoter, a method for preparing the transgenic plant, a method for producing anthocyanin from the transgenic plant, a composition for promoting anthocyanin biosynthesis comprising PtrMYB119 gene operably linked to a promoter, a kit for promoting anthocyanin biosynthesis comprising the composition, and a method for enhancing anthocyanin biosynthesis in a plant comprising introducing the composition into a plant for its expression. The use of the composition for enhancing anthocyanin biosynthesis provided in the present invention enables large-scale production of anthocyanins without any affect on the growth of the plant cell, which is a host, and thus the composition can be widely used for more effective production of anthocyanins.
US10106804B2
As disclosed herein, optimal native genomic loci of soybean plants have been identified that represent best sites for targeted insertion of exogenous sequences.
US10106798B2
The present invention relates to FLT3 receptor antagonists or inhibitors of FLT3 receptor gene expression for the treatment or the prevention of pain disorders.
US10106792B2
The invention is directed to compositions and methods for selectively reducing the expression of a gene product from a desired target gene in a cell, as well as for treating diseases caused by the expression of the gene. More particularly, the invention is directed to compositions that contain double stranded RNA (“dsRNA”), and methods for preparing them, that are capable of reducing the expression of target genes in eukaryotic cells. The dsRNA has a first oligonucleotide sequence that is between 25 and about 30 nucleotides in length and a second oligonucleotide sequence that anneals to the first sequence under biological conditions. In addition, a region of one of the sequences of the dsRNA having a sequence length of at least 19 nucleotides is sufficiently complementary to a nucleotide sequence of the RNA produced from the target gene to trigger the destruction of the target RNA by the RNAi machinery.
US10106769B2
An automatic culturing device configured such that, in a work chamber 2a maintained in a sterile state, first and second robots 6 and 7 are arranged so that the movable ranges thereof partially overlap each other, and such that liquid supply means 10 which supplies liquids, containing a culture medium and liquid medicine, to containers held by the robots, and temporary placement sections (handing-over table 42, centrifuge tube holder 43, and heated room 44), each of which hands over the containers between the first and second robots, are provided in the movable ranges of the first and second robots, which ranges overlap each other.The first robot takes out the containers housed in housing means (rotary stocker 8), and the second robot holds and transports the containers handed over from the first robot via the temporary placement section.The cultivating operation can be efficiently performed.
US10106768B2
A micro cell culturing device including: a substrate; an elastomer seated and arranged on an upper surface of the substrate; a test chamber indented to a lower surface of the elastomer at a predetermined height, the lower surface of the elastomer facing the upper surface of the substrate; a main channel indented to the lower surface of the elastomer at a predetermined height, the main channel being spaced apart from the test chamber; a connection channel indented to the lower surface of the elastomer and arranged between the test chamber and the main channel to connect the test chamber and the main channel; and a pressure adjusting unit for pressurizing the elastomer. A height of the connection channel is lower than heights of the test chamber and the main channel.
US10106764B2
A tequila beverage comprising a standard tequila beverage containing added components for making said standard tequila beverage more desirable to a consumer.
US10106760B2
An organic based extraction system is described. Embodiments of the extraction system include a first vessel, a second vessel, a third vessel, a pump, and a plurality of sight lenses. Generally, each of the vessels and the pump can be set up to form a closed loop system adapted to recover and reuse a solvent. A fluid flow from the first vessel to the second vessel, from the second vessel to the third vessel, from the third vessel to the pump, and from the pump back to the first vessel can be implemented. Typically, an extract from organic matter can be recovered in the third vessel. In one embodiment, the plurality of sight lenses can be implemented to determine if more solvent is needed and to check the extract while an extraction process is running.
US10106744B2
The invention relates to mixtures of at least one dialkylphosphinic acid of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 are the same or different and are each independently C1-C18-alkyl, C2-C18-alkenyl, C6-C18-aryl, C7-C18-alkylaryl, with at least one alkylphosphonic acid of the formula (II) in which R3 is C1-C18-alkyl, C2-C18-alkenyl, C6-C18-aryl or C7-C18-alkylaryl; to a process for preparation thereof and to the use thereof.
US10106742B2
The invention relates to a polymer film comprising a polymerized liquid crystal (LC) material with improved adhesion to a substrate, to methods for preparing such a polymer film, to a polymerizable LC material used for the preparation of such a polymer film, and to the use of the polymer film and said polymerizable LC material for optical, electrooptical, decorative or security uses and devices.
US10106740B2
There is provided a liquid crystal composition having a dielectric anisotropy (Δε) large in absolute value, a sufficiently low viscosity (η), a sufficiently low rotational viscosity (γ1), and a high elastic constant (K33) without decreased refractive index anisotropy (Δn) or nematic phase-isotropic liquid phase transition temperature (Tni). A liquid crystal display device, such as a VA mode liquid crystal display device, including the liquid crystal composition has high response speed and good display quality with few or no display defects. The liquid crystal display device including the liquid crystal composition is useful as an active-matrix liquid crystal display device and is applicable as a liquid crystal display device such as a VA mode or PSVA mode liquid crystal display device.
US10106739B2
A liquid crystal composition includes one or more compounds represented by Chemical Formula 1. In Chemical Formula 1, are a cyclohexane or tetrahydropyran, and R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, a C1 to C8 alkyl group, a C2 to C8 alkenyl group, or a C1 to C8 alkoxy group.
US10106737B2
A liquid mixture for etching a substrate includes a first liquid comprising one of: (i) percarboxylic acid comprising 3 to 70 mass. % of the liquid mixture; or (ii) carboxylic acid comprising 3 to 70 mass. % of the liquid mixture and at least one liquid selected from a group consisting of hydrogen peroxide comprising 3 to 30 mass. % of the liquid mixture and ozone comprising 0.5 to 5 mass. % of the liquid mixture; a water drawing agent comprising 2 to 40 mass. % of the liquid mixture; hydrofluoric acid comprising 0.05 to 3 mass. % of the liquid mixture; and water comprising 0 to 60 mass. % of the liquid mixture. The liquid mixture may be used to etch silicon germanium relative to silicon, silicon dioxide and silicon nitride.
US10106722B2
A copolymer containing a unit including an optionally neutralized styrene sulphonic acid unit and a unit containing at least one optionally neutralized (poly)carboxylic acid unit or a (poly)amido-amine unit, to inhibit or slow the formation of sulphide deposits during the extraction of gas or oil. It also relates to a method to inhibit or slow the formation of sulphide deposits during the extraction of gas or oil, including the injection of a fluid containing the abovementioned copolymer into a wellbore, a subterranean formation or a gas or oil well.
US10106710B2
An electrical insulator material includes a polymer and a solvent, and has a viscosity in the range of from about 1.0 to about 20.0 cP such that the electrical insulator material can be applied to a surface using an ink jet print head.
US10106704B2
To provide a polishing composition that can be used as an alternative of a polishing composition containing cerium oxide abrasive grains in STI and other such CMP applications, and to provide a polishing method and a method for producing a substrate using this polishing composition.A polishing composition being used in applications for polishing a layer that contains a substance having a pH range presenting a positive zeta potential in an aqueous solution of pH 6 or lower, wherein the polishing composition contains abrasive grains (A), abrasive grains (B), and a pH adjusting agent, and the abrasive grains (B) has a negative zeta potential in an aqueous solution of pH 6 or lower, and the value of the average secondary particle diameter of the abrasive grains (B) is less than the value of the average secondary particle diameter of the abrasive grains (A) and is 15 nm or less and the polishing composition has a pH of 6 or lower.
US10106703B2
Disclosed is a coating composition suitable for coating onto a wall or other substrate to yield a dry-erase coating. The composition may be prepared by providing an aminoalkoxysilane, and in the substantial absence of water, reacting a portion of the aminoalkoxysilane with a carbonate and reacting a portion of the aminoalkoxysilane with an epoxy compound. These reactions will result in a coating composition that comprises a mixture of alkoxysilylamines and alkoxysilylcarbamates. The coating composition can also include an alkyl amine in an amount effective to catalytically deprotect alkoxy groups to yield silanol groups, facilitating fast crosslinking.
US10106698B2
To provide a composition for powder coating material capable of forming a coating film having excellent water and oil repellency, capable of maintaining excellent water and oil repellency even when the surface is rubbed or when used in an environment in contact with water, and having excellent resistance to adhesion of organisms such that organisms such as mold, algae, etc. are less likely to adhere thereto; a powder coating material; and a coated article. The composition for powder coating material comprises polymer (A) composed of at least one member selected from polymer (A1) and polyvinylidene fluoride, and polymer (B). The polymer (A1) is a fluorinated non-block copolymer having units based on a fluoroolefin and units based on a monomer having a crosslinkable group. The polymer (B) is a fluorinated block copolymer having a segment (α) in which the content of fluorine atoms is at least 20 mass %, and a segment (β) in which the content of fluorine atoms is less than 20 mass %, wherein the difference in the numerical value of the content of the fluorine atoms represented by mass %, between in the segment (α) and in the segment (β) is at least 10, and at least one of the segment (α) and the segment (β) has a hydroxy group.
US10106695B2
The invention relates to a printing ink system containing glycosidic polymers and polyolefin- and/or Fischer-Tropsch-waxes and/or amide waxes and/or bio-based waxes and optionally pigments, binders and/or solvents. The glycosidic polymer has a specific surface area according to BET from a minimum 0.45 m2/g and a particle size distribution having an uniformity coefficient (D60/D10) to a maximum of 3.5.
US10106693B2
Variations of this invention provide durable, impact-resistant structural coatings that have both dewetting and anti-icing properties. The coatings in some embodiments possess a self-similar structure that combines a low-cost matrix with two feature sizes that are tuned to affect the wetting of water and freezing of water on the surface. Dewetting and anti-icing performance is simultaneously achieved in a structural coating comprising multiple layers, wherein each layer includes (a) a continuous matrix; (b) discrete templates dispersed that promote surface roughness to inhibit wetting of water; and (c) nanoparticles that inhibit heterogeneous nucleation of water. These structural coatings utilize low-cost, lightweight, and environmentally benign materials that can be rapidly sprayed over large areas using convenient coating processes. The presence of multiple layers means that if the surface is damaged during use, freshly exposed surface will expose a coating identical to that which was removed, for extended lifetime.
US10106680B2
The present invention provides aqueous, epoxy-based sizing compositions for carbon fibers. The size composition incorporates highly functionalized film forming epoxy novolac phenolic resins in combination with highly functionalized sulfonated polyesters having high Tg characteristics, sulfonate equivalent weights in the range from 2000 to 20,000 and number average molecular weights in the range from about 1000 to about 100,000. The present invention also provides corresponding sized carbon fibers and fiber-reinforced matrices.
US10106678B2
The present invention relates to an acrylic processing aid and a vinyl chloride resin composition comprising the same. Specifically, the present invention relates to a core-shell structured acrylic processing aid which can play both roles as a lubricant and a processing aid at the same time by using monomers having a certain composition for the core and shell, respectively, and controlling their specific viscosity, and to a vinyl chloride resin composition comprising the same.
US10106675B2
A rubber composition includes an elastomer component including a functionalized elastomer, a reinforcing filler, and a coupling agent. The functionalized elastomer includes an epoxy functional group, a hydroxy functional group, and a C1-C32 hydrocarbyl-substituted thio functional group. The hydroxy functional group and the C1-C32 hydrocarbyl-substituted thio functional group are vicinal functional groups.
US10106672B2
A heat conductive sheet is provided in which the frequency of contact between fibrous fillers is high. In the heat conductive sheet, the exposed ends of fibrous fillers do not remain exposed and are embedded into the sheet, and it is unnecessary to apply a load that may interfere with the normal operation of a heat generating body and a heat dissipator to the heat generating body and the heat dissipator when the heat conductive sheet is disposed therebetween. The heat conductive sheet contains fibrous fillers and a binder resin, and the ratio of the fibrous fillers that are not oriented in the direction of the thickness of the heat conductive sheet in all the fibrous fillers is 45 to 95%.
US10106671B2
There is provided herein a composition comprising (a) a mercapto-functional silicon compound having the general Formula (I): and a reactive resin containing at least one epoxy and/or (meth)acrylate group. There is also provided a silylated resin resulting from the reaction product of mercapto-functional silicon compound (a) and reactive resin contain at least one epoxy and/or (meth)acrylate groups.
US10106664B2
Thermoplastic resin foamed particles of the present invention including more than one functional additive selected from inorganic powder and inorganic fibers each includes a core layer formed of a thermoplastic resin and a coating layer in a foamed state formed of a thermoplastic resin, the mass ratio of the coating layer to the core layer is 99:1 to 50:50, the content (X) of the functional additive in the core layer is 5 to 90% by mass, and the content of the functional additive in the coating layer is smaller than the content (X) of the functional additive in the core layer. By this way, thermoplastic resin foamed particles from which a homogeneous foamed particle molding having excellent dimension stability, fusibility and appearance can be obtained while containing functional additive are provided.
US10106644B2
The invention relates to polyoxyalkylenes which contain guanidine groups in the side chain, and to a process for their preparation.
US10106642B2
The present invention relates to biodegradable copolyesters with molecular weight Mn from 10 000 to 100 000 measured by GPC, obtainable via reaction of i) from 51 to 84% by weight, based on the copolyester, of a branched polyester middle block produced from aliphatic or aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and from aliphatic dihydroxy compounds with molecular weight Mn from 5000 to 25 000 measured by 1H NMR with from 15.9 to 48.9% by weight, based on the copolyester, of a lactide in the presence of a catalyst, and then the resultant polyester triblock with molecular weight Mn measured by 1H NMR from 5800 to 49 500 with ii) from 0.1 to 3% by weight, based on the copolyester, of a diisocyanate. The present invention further relates to a process for the production of, and to the use of, the abovementioned biodegradable copolyesters.
US10106636B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing a cationic polymer thickener in particle form, said polymer consisting of a crosslinked water swellable cationic polymer comprising at least one cationic water soluble monomer and optionally at least one non-ionic water soluble monomer and/or at least one anionic water soluble monomer, wherein said polymer has a water extractable polymer content lower than 15 wt % as compared to the weight of the polymer, and wherein said polymer is obtained by gel polymerization of said monomers in the presence of from 500 ppm to 10.000 ppm of crosslinking agent relative to the weight of the monomers.
US10106627B2
The present invention relates to polymeric biosurfactants isolated from two bacterial strains of Microbacterium sp. strain BS-2 [MTCC 5822] and Brevibacillus sp. strain BS-207 [MTCC 5823]. The present invention relates to an acidic exopolysaccharide (EPS), termed Microsan, with chemical composition of glucose, mannose and glucuronic acid (β-D-glucuronyl-(1-2)-D-mannosyl-(1-4)-D-glucose) produced by Microbacterium sp. strain BS-2 and a neutral EPS, termed Brevisan, of galactomannan with galactose and mannose residues in the ratio of 1:1 produced by Brevibacillus sp. strain BS-207. Both these polysaccharides exhibited surface-active and potential antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory activities.
US10106615B2
The present disclosure provides isolated monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to CXCR4 with high affinity, particularly human monoclonal antibodies. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the antibodies of this disclosure, expression vectors, host cells and methods for expressing the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. Immunoconjugates, bispecific molecules and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the antibodies of this disclosure are also provided. This disclosure also provides methods for detecting CXCR4, as well as methods for treating various cancers, inflammatory disorders and HIV infection using an anti-CXCR4 antibody of this disclosure.
US10106604B2
This invention relates to a novel use of IL-1β-ligand/IL-1 receptor disrupting compounds (herein referred to as “IL-1 beta Compounds”); such as small molecular compounds disrupting IL-1b ligand-IL-1 receptor interaction, IL-1b antibodies or IL-1 receptor antibodies, e.g. IL-1b binding molecules described herein, e.g. antibodies disclosed herein, e.g. IL-1b binding compounds or IL-1 receptor binding compounds, and/or RNA compounds decreasing either IL-1b ligands or IL-1 receptor protein levels, in the treatment and/or prevention of auto-inflammatory syndromes, e.g. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or adult rheumatoid arthritis syndrome and to methods of treating and/or preventing auto-inflammatory syndromes, e.g. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or adult rheumatoid arthritis syndrome, in mammals, particularly humans.
US10106599B2
For many diseases due to microbes or the like, proliferation of microbes themselves is a cause of a symptom. However, there were cases where a substance released by the microbes is a cause of a symptom. In such cases, when attempting to treat a disease with an antibody, it was necessary to obtain an antibody against an antigen that is a substance causing the disease. However, it was difficult to find the underlying substance causing the disease among substances released by the microbes. An antibody (polyclonal) binding to not only an antigen but also to a substance, which is secreted by the antigen and accelerates the deterioration of a symptom, is obtained by immunizing birds with a lysis solution produced from lysing microbial cells as an antigen. Further, an antibody obtained with a surface protein of a virus as an antigen is expected to inhibit an infection by a virus.
US10106597B2
Mimetic peptides having anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic properties and methods of their use for treating cancer, ocular diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration, and other-angiogenesis-dependent diseases are disclosed. More particularly, active non-cysteine analogs (mimetics), which exhibit anti-angiogenic activity in endothelial cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and tube formation assays, anti-migratory activity in human breast cancer cells in vitro, anti-angiogenic and anti-tumorigenic activity in vivo in breast cancer xenograft models, and age-related macular degeneration models are disclosed. The presently disclosed mimetic peptides also exhibit anti-lymphangiogenic and directly anti-tumorigenic properties.
US10106591B2
The invention relates to truncated growth factors and variants thereof. The invention also relates to methods of making and using the truncated growth factors. The invention further relates to compositions including a protease and a growth factor comprising a bone morphogenic protein (BMP) or a variant thereof. The invention also relates to methods of using the composition.
US10106589B2
The invention relates to methods and reagents for the treatment of immunological diseases. In particular, the invention relates to isoforms of the C4b-binding protein (C4BP) lacking beta chains as well as to fragments and peptides derived thereof and to the uses of these polypeptides for the treatment of immunological diseases such as immunoinflammatory disease, sepsis, an autoimmune disease, transplant rejection, graft-versus-host disease and a hypersensitivity disease. Moreover, the invention relates also the use of factor H for the treatment of immunological diseases. In addition, the invention relates to tolerogenic dendritic cells obtained using the C4BP isoform lacking beta chain, the peptides and fragments thereof and factor H and to the therapeutic uses of said cells.
US10106583B2
Expression vectors and mammalian cell lines containing them are described that enable the recombinant production of HIV-1 envelope proteins, including SOSIP modified gp140 trimers capable of inducing broadly neutralizing antibodies.
US10106570B2
Disclosed are plasticizers, salts thereof, chelates thereof and cleavage derivatives thereof, that exhibit a superior combination of properties. The plasticizers can be used for a variety of purposes, including food preparation, cosmetics, beverages and polymeric matrices. The plasticizers can be prepared by esterifying gallic acid, fulvic acid, or tannic acid.
US10106562B2
This application relates to a process for making a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation of gadofosveset trisodium monohydrate, wherein the process uses no more than one chromatographic purification for removal of impurities.
US10106556B2
The present invention provides a compound having an MAGL inhibitory action, which is expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis etc.), anxiety disorder, pains (e.g., inflammatory pain, cancerous pain, neurogenic pain etc.), epilepsy, depression and the like.The present invention relates a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a salt thereof.
US10106549B2
Provided herein are compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions in treating conditions associated with voltage-gated sodium channel function, for example conditions associated with pain. The compounds are 10′,11′-modified saxitoxins. The compounds are optionally additionally modified at carbon 13. In certain embodiments, the 10′,11′-modified saxitoxins are of Formula I: where R1, R2 and R3 are as described herein. Also provided herein are methods of treating pain in a mammal comprising administering an effective treatment amount of a 10′,11′ modified saxitoxin or composition to a mammal. In an embodiment, the mammal is a human.
US10106539B2
Benzimidazoles of formula (I): wherein: one of X and Y is an N atom or a substituted C atom, and the other is CH; L is a single bond, C1-3 alkylene, C2-3 alkenylene or C2-3 alkynylene; R1 is C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, 3- to 10-membered cycloalkyl, 5- to 10-membered heterocyclyl or 5- to 12-membered heteroaryl, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted; Z is halo, C1-6 haloalkyl, nitro, —CN, —N(R2)2, —OR2, —SR2, —S(=0)R2, or —S(=0)2R2; each R2 is independently hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl or C2-6 alkynyl, wherein said alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl groups are unsubstituted or substituted; and m is 0 or 1; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are inhibitors of RSV and can therefore be used to treat or prevent an RSV infection.
US10106537B2
The present invention relates to fluorinated compounds of formula I and methods of synthesizing these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the fluorinated compounds of the invention, and methods of treating macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy (DR), macular edema, diabetic macular edema (DME), and macular edema following retinal vein occlusion (RVO), by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
US10106526B2
The present invention provides novel compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates, tautomers, stereoisomers, isotopically labeled derivatives, and compositions thereof. Also provided are methods and kits involving the compounds or compositions for treating or preventing proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers (e.g., leukemia, melanoma, multiple myeloma), benign neoplasms, angiogenesis, inflammatory diseases, autoinflammatory diseases, and autoimmune diseases) in a subject. Treatment of a subject with a proliferative disease using a compound or composition of the invention may inhibit the aberrant activity of cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7), and therefore, induce cellular apoptosis and/or inhibit transcription in the subject.
US10106523B2
A compound which is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, for example, a pharmaceutical composition for treating chronic renal failure and/or diabetic nephropathy is provided.
US10106516B2
Compounds that inhibit PDE10 are disclosed that have utility in the treatment of a variety of conditions, including (but not limited to) psychotic, anxiety, movement disorders and/or neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, encephalitis, phobias, epilepsy, aphasia, Bell's palsy, cerebral palsy, sleep disorders, pain, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, delusional disorders, drug-induced psychosis and panic and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, solvates and prodrugs of the compounds are also provided. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for inhibiting PDE10 in a warm-blooded animal in need of the same.
US10106510B2
The present disclosure provides substituted cyclohexylamine compounds having Formula (I): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4, R5, and R7 are defined as set forth in the specification. The present disclosure is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of SMYD proteins such as SMYD3 or SMYD2. Compounds of the present disclosure are especially useful for treating cancer.
US10106503B2
This invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, d, m, n, p, s, t, W, Ar1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
US10106488B2
The present invention provides a novel hydrogenation reaction and hydrogenolysis reaction, and does not require a large scale hydrogen supply equipment and a high-pressure facility for a respective reaction. The present invention relates to a method for producing a hydrogenated compound, characterized in reducing a compound to be hydrogenated (C) using a hydrogen-containing compound (A) and a reduced compound (B) to produce the hydrogenated compound (c).
US10106485B2
The present invention concerns a process for manufacturing a fraction comprising carboxylic acid anhydride by reaction of a fraction comprising carboxylic acid with a ketene, and the use of the fraction comprising carboxylic acid anhydride in a process for acylation of polysaccharides.
US10106484B2
Catalysts for dehydrating hydroxypropionic acid, hydroxypropionic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof to acrylic acid, acrylic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof with high yield and selectivity, short residence time, and without significant conversion to undesired side products, such as, for example, acetaldehyde, propionic acid, and acetic acid, are provided. The catalysts are mixed condensed phosphates. Methods of preparing the catalysts are also provided.
US10106482B2
A method for preparing a magnesium adamantane carboxylate salt is provided. The method includes mixing a magnesium salt and a diamondoid compound having at least one carboxylic acid moiety to form a reactant mixture and hydrothermally treating the reactant mixture at a reaction temperature for a reaction time to form the magnesium adamantane carboxylate salt.
US10106479B2
This invention provides efficient and scalable enantioselective methods that yield 2-alkyl-2-allylcycloalkyanone compounds with quaternary stereogenic centers. Methods include the method for the preparation of a compound of formula (I): comprising treating a compound of formula (II) or (III): with a palladium (II) catalyst under alkylation conditions.
US10106477B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing, 4-bis(ethoxymethyl)cyclohexane, which comprises reacting 1,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexane with ethyl chloride in the presence of an inorganic base, a solvent and a phase transfer catalyst to yield a reaction mixture containing 1,4-bis(ethoxymethyl)cyclohexane, where the inorganic base is selected from alkali metal hydroxides and earth alkaline metal hydroxides and where the solvent is selected from water or a mixture of water with at least one organic solvent.
US10106475B1
A method for converting cedarwood oil into high density fuels including, hydrogenating cedarwood oil in the presence of at least one hydrogenation catalyst to generate hydrogenated cedarwood oil, removing the hydrogenation catalyst from the hydrogenated cedarwood oil, purifying the hydrogenated cedarwood oil to produce a first high density fuel, isomerizing the first high density fuel in the presence of at least one acid catalyst to generate a hydrocarbon mixture including adamantanes, and distilling the adamantane mixture to produce a second alkyl-adamantane high density fuel.
US10106468B2
An improved soilless media composition including (a) green tuff; and (b) a substrate such as peat or bark. A method of enhancing the growth of plants including adding plant propagative material to a soilless media composition comprising (a) green tuff; and (b) a substrate.
US10106465B2
A ceramic and a preparation method therefor are provided. The ceramic includes a zirconia matrix, and an additive dispersed inside and on an outer surface of the zirconia matrix. The additive is an oxide including elements A and B, where A is selected from at least one of Ca, Sr, Ba, Y, and La, and B is selected from at least one of Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni.
US10106457B2
A method of coating a surface of a glass ribbon during a drawing process using atmospheric vapor deposition is provided. The method includes forming a glass ribbon in a viscoelastic state, desirably with a fusion draw. The glass ribbon is drawn in the viscoelastic state. The glass ribbon is cooled in the viscoelastic state into an elastic state. The glass ribbon is directed into an open end of a reactor. The reactor includes multiple channels. A first channel directs a first reactant gas, a second channel directs a second reactant gas and one or more third channels draw excess reactant, or purge it with inert gas flow, or both.
US10106455B2
Provided is a near infrared absorbing glass excellent in each of weather resistance, resistance to denitrification, and optical properties even if not containing fluorine. A near infrared absorbing glass containing, in % by mass, 25 to 60% P2O5, 2 to 19% Al2O3, 10 to 45% RO (where R is at least one selected from Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba), 0 to 13% ZnO, 12% to 20% (exclusive of 12% and 20%) K2O, 0 to 12% Na2O, and 0.3 to 20% CuO.
US10106443B2
A composition for treating an aqueous suspension of mineral particles includes at least one water soluble polymer and at least one calcium salt, magnesium salt or both a Calcium salt and a Magnesium salt. The composition is in powder form.
US10106440B2
A membrane separation device is provided with membrane modules comprising multiple membrane elements, a frame body accommodating the membrane modules stacked in multiple stages, a stopper for closing an end portion of the frame body to prevent the membrane modules accommodated in the frame from being released, and elastic members which, arranged in a state of elastic deformation in the vertical direction in the frame with the end portion of the frame being closed, suppress vertical vibration of the membrane modules accommodated in the frame, whereby making it possible to avoid vibration of the membrane modules inside the frame body even if the volume of the membrane modules accommodated in the frame body varies.
US10106431B2
A method for making an anode active material of a lithium ion battery is provided. In the method, a tetrabutyl titanate solution and a water solution of lithium hydroxide is provided. The tetrabutyl titanate solution is incrementally added into the water solution of lithium hydroxide to react with the water solution of lithium hydroxide in an alkaline environment to obtain a mixed precipitate. The mixed precipitate is calcined to synthesize a spinel type lithium titanate. The spine lithium titanate is used as the anode active material to improve an electrochemical performance of the lithium ion battery.
US10106422B2
Carbon dioxide, such as may be used for a carbonated beverage, is produced by microwave thermal decomposition of a starting material. An apparatus for the process includes a microwave generator, a microwave chamber, a capsule received in the chamber containing starting material(s) and one or more channel(s) for recovering CO2 generated in the process.
US10106418B2
Graphene aerogels with high conductivity and surface areas including a method for making a graphene aerogel, including the following steps: (1) preparing a reaction mixture comprising a graphene oxide suspension and at least one catalyst; (2) curing the reaction mixture to produce a wet gel; (3) drying the wet gel to produce a dry gel; and (4) pyrolyzing the dry gel to produce a graphene aerogel. Applications include electrical energy storage including batteries and supercapacitors.
US10106415B2
The present invention concerns a process for the production of boron phosphide BP comprising the reduction of boron phosphate BPO4 with at least one alkaline earth metal (EA) according to Equation (1): BPO4+4 EA→BP+4 EA(O)(1).
US10106412B2
A method for preparation of a high-density hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) ceramic material is disclosed. According to the method, the surface of hBN powder is coated with an evenly-dispersed SiO2 nanoparticle layer using tetraethyl orthosilicate as a precursor, and then the high-density hBN ceramic material is obtained by pressureless sintering. The relative density of the prepared hBN ceramic material is over 80%.
US10106398B2
A micromechanical structure comprises a substrate and a functional structure arranged at the substrate. The functional structure comprises a functional region which is deflectable with respect to the substrate responsive to a force acting on the functional region. The functional structure comprises a carbon layer arrangement, wherein a basis material of the carbon layer arrangement is a carbon material.
US10106391B2
A lidded funnel device provides a funnel having an enclosable interior space. The device includes a funnel having a stem section extending from a mouth section. An upper edge of the mouth section defines a broad opening into the funnel. The stem section has a polygonal exterior surface. An end cap is engageable to the stem section to cover and seal an open end of the stem section. Each of a plurality of pins is coupled to the mouth section. Each of a plurality of clips extends from a lid. The clips are removably engageable to the pins wherein the lid is pivotally coupled to the funnel. The lid is shaped complementary to the upper edge of the mouth section to cover the broad opening into the funnel when the lid is in a closed position.
US10106389B2
An apparatus for producing plastic containers filled with liquids, wherein the plastic containers are closed with a keg fitting and filled with liquid, includes a connection device for connecting a plastic container with a keg fitting. The connection device is configured to move the plastic container relative to the keg fitting. The apparatus includes at least one cleaning device configured to clean at least an area of the keg fitting during at least one of relative movement of the keg fitting with regard to the plastic container and connection of the keg fitting with the plastic container. The cleaning device is configured to supply a cleaning medium to the keg fitting.
US10106382B2
A chamber conveyor belt machine having a machine frame, a chamber cover with two or more columns and a lifting device for lifting the chamber cover. The lifting device may include a safety system that includes a latching rail that cooperates with a latching hook disposed on at least one of the two columns. The safety system may include one or more sensors for determining whether the lifting device is working correctly or is in a failure condition. The safety system may prevent the chamber conveyor belt machine from operating if a failure condition is sensed.
US10106381B2
A line puller designed to accept a Working line (15) through a Working Line Fairlead (14), directing the line around a Capstan (21), and through a brake (28). This line puller is mainly driven by gears or friction rotational devices (38), driving the internal face or cogs (36) of a Capstan. The design allows users to load a Working Line (15) from midsection not requiring the end of the line to load the puller. The puller can be hard mounted or Soft mounted using an Anchor Line (44) fed through incorporated Anchor Fairleads (20). Multiple gear rations allow users to pull objects at different rates.
US10106361B2
The present invention provides a sheet manufacturing method comprising: an unwinding step of supplying an object from a roll on which the object is wound; a feeding step of feeding the supplied object; and a cutting step of cutting the fed object, wherein the cutting comprises sheet-cutting in which the object is cut in the width direction of the object. Further, the present invention provides a sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising: an unwinding part for supplying an object from a roll on which the object is wound; a feeding part for feeding the supplied object; and a cutting part for the fed object, wherein the cutting comprises sheet-cutting in which the object is cut in the width direction of the object.
US10106354B2
A sheet conveying device, which is included in an image forming apparatus and a post processing device, includes a position detector configured to detect a position of a sheet, a sheet conveying body, a fixed body, a movable body configured to move, relative to the fixing body, between a first position and a second position different from the first position, and an index mounted on the fixed body. The sheet conveying device further includes a data storing device, a conveyance positional deviation calculator configured to calculate a positional deviation amount of the sheet to the reference sheet conveyance position, a detected positional deviation calculator configured to calculate a positional deviation amount of the position detector to the index based on a result of the position detector, and a reference position detector configured to correct the reference sheet conveyance position based on a result of the detected positional deviation calculator.
US10106353B2
An edge detection device that detects an edge position in a width direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of a conveyance object, and includes: a photoelectric converter that is arranged in a conveyance path of the object and includes photoelectric conversion elements aligned along the width direction; a binarizer that binarizes an output from each of the photoelectric conversion elements by threshold comparison; a detector that detects a position of the photoelectric converter at which a binarized value is switched; a storage that stores therein a detection range as a range used for edge detection among the photoelectric conversion elements for each size of the object; and a determiner that reads out the detection range corresponding to the size of the object from the storage and determines a position detected by the detector within the detection range to be an edge position in the width direction of the object.
US10106350B2
A reversing unit has a drive roller, a discharge roller for forming a first nip portion N1 together with the drive roller, and a conveyance roller for forming a second nip portion together with the drive roller. The reversing unit moves any one of the rollers and nips a sheet at a plurality of nip portions when moving the roller to switch the nip portion for nipping a sheet from a first nip portion to a second nip portion and change the sheet conveyance direction from a first direction to a second direction.
US10106349B2
A sheet-transporting element includes suction openings for holding print sheets, longitudinal sliders including air passages, and transverse sliders including air passages. The longitudinal sliders and the transverse sliders are disposed in a cross-wise configuration and are movable into different positions corresponding to various sheet formats in the positions blocking selected ones of the suction openings.
US10106342B2
A system and method are provided for automated engaging of a truck trailer at a loading dock. Sensors measure a distance and an angle of alignment between the incoming trailer and a wall of the loading dock. An outside lighting system guides a truck driver backing the trailer toward the dock door. A vehicle restraint system fixates the trailer within the loading dock in response to signals from the sensors. An overhead dock door opens once the trailer is successfully fixated by the vehicle restraint system. A dock leveler deploys after the overhead dock door opens. An inside dock light indicates to dock personnel that the trailer is ready to be serviced. Once servicing of the trailer is finished, an automated release of the trailer from the loading dock may be initiated by PLC communication.
US10106337B2
An overhead conveyor system for transporting articles, especially for transporting vehicle bodies, in a treatment line comprises at least one transport carriage which has a fastening device to which at least one article can be fastened. The transport carriage can be displaced along the track by at least one drive means. The transport carriage is designed in such a manner that the fastening device can be transported at least along one section of the track, in a laterally offset manner with respect to the track. The invention further relates to a dip coating line comprising at least one dip-coating tank which can be filled with a treatment liquid, into which tank articles to be treated, especially vehicle bodies, are dipped. A conveying system can displace the articles to be treated towards the dip-coating tank, into the inner edge of the dip-coating tank, out of the dip-coating tank and away therefrom.
US10106326B1
An apparatus for covering the side rails of a conveyor framework. The apparatus includes a locking tab, grip and living hinge that together allow for a greater likelihood that the cover will remain intact on the rail of a conveyor framework.
US10106325B2
A conveyor chain includes first link, a second link, a connecting link, a first flight, and a second flight. The first link includes a first side portion and a second side portion. The first side portion has apertures and a first drive pin disposed between the apertures. The first drive pin is configured to be driven by a first sprocket. The second side portion has apertures and a second drive pin disposed between the apertures and extending in a direction opposite the first drive pin. The second drive pin is configured to be driven by a second sprocket. The second link includes a first side portion and a second side portion. The first flight is cast integrally with an end of the first drive pin of the first link, and the second flight is cast integrally with an end of the second drive pin of the first link.
US10106307B2
An explosion retaining housing includes a sheet metal member or outer skin which at least in part forms an interior region of the housing. At least one structural element provides additional strength to the member to retain the explosion in the region. The structural element can be inside of, or, outside of the region. The structural element can have a plurality of components which cooperate together to resist the force of an explosion in the interior region.
US10106294B2
A transport rack and/or storage rack for standing transport and/or standing storage of plate-shaped goods, such as windows or doors, includes at least two support elements. A standing strip is arranged on a first end of each of the support elements and is removably fastenable, resting on a floor plate. The support elements are connected to each other by at least one crossbar placed on the support elements and the standing strip is aligned perpendicularly to the crossbar. The support elements are single or multi-part plates, having two leaning edges approaching each other at an acute angle away from a base side arranged on the standing strip.
US10106293B2
The present invention provides pallets for use in gravity pallet flow racks and pallet push back racks which resist becoming misaligned and jammed in such racks. This accordingly provides better reliability (reduces down time) and reduces the manual labor which is required to clear jammed pallets from such rack systems. The use of these pallets in gravity pallet flow racks and pallet push back racks does not compromise any of the inherent advantages of such systems. In other words, systems which utilize the pallets of this invention offer highly efficient use of warehouse space and require low maintenance. They are also compatible for use in conjunction with machinery designed for automatically placing, positioning, and/or stacking the pallets in an organized manner in the system and retrieving the pallets which are stored in the system.
US10106274B2
An aircraft is provided and includes a fuselage, first and second wings extending outwardly from opposite sides of the fuselage, proprotors operably disposed on each of the first and second wings to drive vertical take-off and landing aircraft operations and horizontal flight aircraft operations and a refueling system including at least one fuel tank disposed in at least one or more of the fuselage, the first wing or the second wing and a refueling apparatus. The refueling apparatus is coupled to the at least one fuel tank such that fuel is movable with respect to the at least one fuel tank during aircraft ground and aerial operations.
US10106264B1
A system to deploy a parachute is disclosed. In various embodiments, a plurality of rockets are attached to a perimeter of the parachute. Each of the rockets is configured to fly initially in a first direction substantially in a direction of deployment of the parachute and to fly subsequently along a trajectory that includes a component that is substantially perpendicular to the direction of deployment and extends radially from a center of the parachute.
US10106262B2
The invention relates to a device (100) for attaching an apparatus onto a panel including at least one mortise, characterized in that it includes: a clamping member (102) including a clamping jaw (105) shaped so as to be capable of engaging with a first surface opposite the panel; and an anchoring dowel (108) rotatably secured to the clamping member (102) and including an anchoring jaw (109) capable of engaging with a second coupling surface of the panel, the clamping member (102) being capable of being translatably moved relative to the anchoring dowel (108) between: a position for blocking the attachment device (100), in which the clamping jaw (105) and the anchoring jaw (109) engage so as to attach the attachment device (100) to the panel; and a position for installing the attachment device (100), in which the clamping jaw (105) is shaped so as to be capable of passing through the attachment mortise of the panel.
US10106259B2
Lavatories on-board a vehicle, and in particular to a lavatory unit for use by persons with reduced mobility on-board a vehicle are described. The lavatory unit includes a lavatory housing structure enclosing a lavatory interior space, a door opening in the lavatory housing structure, a toilet assembly inside the lavatory interior space, and a transition seating support for a user. The transition seating support provides a first transfer position and a second transfer position. In the first transfer position, in an open door state the transition seating support is directly accessible for a person sitting in a wheelchair that is located at least partly outside the lavatory unit such that the person can transfer to the transition seating support and vice versa, and in the second transfer position, a person sitting on the transition seating support can transfer to the toilet assembly and vice versa.
US10106244B2
A system and method for a number of backup systems in an aircraft. The apparatus comprises a movement system; a latch system; a lock system; and at least one of a backup valve, a backup actuator, or a backup power source connected to at least one of the movement system, the latch system, or the lock system. The movement system has a first number of actuators and is connected to a hydraulic power source. The latch system has a second number of actuators and is connected to the hydraulic power source. The lock system has a third number of actuators and is connected to the hydraulic power source.
US10106243B2
An apparatus for selectively increasing a wing area of an aircraft having a fuselage with an interior space includes an inflatable wing moveable between a stowed condition located in the interior space and a deployed condition located outside the interior space. A plurality of reels is secured to the aircraft. A plurality of suspension lines connects the wing to the reels. At least one reel is operable to unwind a corresponding suspension line to allow the wing to inflate to the deployed condition exclusively by ram air generated by movement of the aircraft. A method of use for a deployable wing is also provided.
US10106242B1
A mechanically attached thermal protection system (MATPS) includes an insulating tile having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of access holes that extend through the insulating tile from the top surface to the bottom surface. A plurality of brackets include a first end attached to the insulating tile and a second end including a mounting hole therethrough, the second end being positioned proximate the bottom surface of the insulating tile. A plurality of fasteners are positioned proximate the bottom surface of the insulating tile and at least partially positioned within one of the access holes so as to be accessible from the top surface of the insulating tile through one of the plurality of access holes. A MATPS including a plurality of air channels within the insulating tile and a method for sealing these air channels to those within an adjacent structure is also described herein.
US10106233B2
Autonomous underwater vehicles are described that are stackable with other like autonomous underwater vehicles on a suitable launch platform, such as within a vertical missile launch tube of a submarine, waiting to be deployed into the water. The underwater vehicles can be deployed or launched individually, in groups, or all together into the water. While stacked together, the stacked autonomous underwater vehicles can connect to one another or to external structure of the launch platform. In addition, the underwater vehicles can be positively buoyant or can be made to have controllable buoyancy to allow the underwater vehicles to float up and out of the launch platform during deployment without an external deployment force.
US10106232B2
A fastening assembly of a fire door to a bulkhead includes a shaped frame, to which is hinged the door, which includes a first bracket facing at least in part a first side surface of the bulkhead, and a primary flange, mechanically connected to the first bracket. The fastening assembly has a subframe, which in turn includes a second bracket, parallel to the first bracket and facing a second side surface of the bulkhead, and at least one secondary flange, mechanically connected to the second bracket. At least one joint mutually connects the frame and the subframe, to retain the bulkhead between the first and the second bracket mutually facing, without engaging simultaneously the bulkhead the portion of the first bracket facing the first side surface and the portion of the second bracket facing the second side surface.
US10106231B1
A removable thermal protection seat cover for a personal watercraft has a pair of front mounting straps extending a distance forwardly from a front edge that fasten around the steering column, a pair of rear mounting straps extending a distance rearwardly from a rear edge that fasten around either of the tow hook or a grab handle at the rear of the watercraft, and corner pockets that contain weighting material to increase the weight of the cover at the corners thereof. The seat cover covers the seat from front to back and extends downward along at least a portion of the lateral sides of the raised pedestal beneath the seat to protect the buttocks and legs of the rider from burns due to heating of the seat and pedestal by exposure to hot sun and from heat generated by the enclosed engine compartment. The seat cover is removably maintained in place, prior to and during operation of the watercraft, by the front and rear mounting straps and the weighting material in the corner pockets, and the weighted corner pockets prevent the seat cover from flapping in the wind or becoming detached and causing distraction and potential injury to the rider during operation of the personal watercraft.
US10106218B2
A vehicle tilting system is used for a tricycle. The tricycle has a front body and a rear body. The front body has a front wheel. The rear body has two rear wheels. The vehicle tilting system has a track assembly and a sliding base assembly. The track assembly is arcuate in shape. The sliding base assembly slides on the track assembly.
US10106195B2
A system for wheel alignment is provided including adjustments to camber, toe, and thrust. A sleeve is fitted over the spindle of an axle. Rotation of the sleeve relative to the spindle provides for adjustments to wheel alignment while a locking feature such as e.g., a pin, is used to maintain the selected position of the sleeve relative to the spindle. The available positions of the sleeve relative to the spindle are predetermined in order to provide for discrete, known adjustments to the alignment of the wheel.
US10106185B2
A collapsible stroller is disclosed, including a front axle frame member, a rear axle frame member, a handlebar frame member, a handlebar, and a hub. The hub includes a rotating attachment point for the front axle frame member, a rotating attachment point for the handlebar frame member, a fixed attachment point for the rear axle frame member. A cable connects the hub, and a rotatable handle on the handlebar frame member. When the rotatable handle is rotated, the cable causes the hub to collapse in two stages.
US10106170B2
A vehicle ramp control system may include a system controller configured to interface with a power ramp system for a vehicle and with an OEM vehicle control system. A service tool configured to interface with the system controller is programmed to exchange with the system controller data relating to at least one operational aspect of the power ramp system. A diagnostic tool configured to interface with the system controller is programmed to exchange with the system controller data relating to at least one diagnostic aspect of the power ramp system. A preventative maintenance indicator operatively associated with the system controller is activated by the system controller when a preventative maintenance operation is required.
US10106163B2
In assisting merging vehicles on the road, a own vehicle is accelerated to target speed on a first lane. The own vehicle accelerated to the target speed is caused to change a travel lane from the first lane into a second lane. A distance A from the own vehicle to a reference position is acquired in the first lane, and speed of the own vehicle is also acquired. A traveling distance B required for the own vehicle to stop is calculated under a condition where the own vehicle traveling at speed acquired starts to slow down at predetermined deceleration. Assisting in merging is performed, on condition that a value obtained by subtracting the calculated distance B from the acquired distance A is smaller than a predetermined threshold value during a period from a start time of the acceleration to a start time of changing the travel lane.
US10106162B2
Systems and methods for starting an engine of a hybrid powertrain or driveline that includes an engine and a driveline disconnect clutch are described. In one example, a motor/generator rotates one side of an open driveline disconnect clutch that is coupled to a transmission, and then closes the open driveline disconnect clutch in response to motor/generator acceleration being less than a threshold.
US10106157B2
A vehicle control apparatus detects an object in a travel direction of a vehicle. The vehicle control apparatus restrains a drive force of the vehicle when an object is detected. The vehicle control apparatus acquires a jerk in a travel direction on the basis of a behavior of the vehicle. When an accelerator of the vehicle is actuated while the vehicle is in a state in which the drive force of the vehicle is restrained, and a speed of the vehicle is lower than a predetermined value. The vehicle control apparatus increases the drive force, and decreases a post-increase drive force on the basis of the acquired jerk.
US10106150B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission are described. In one example, gears of a transmission may be unlocked from layshafts while an engine is stopped to conserve energy. Alternatively, the gears may be locked and unlocked from layshafts in response to vehicle operating conditions while the engine is stopped to improve driveline response.
US10106139B2
A hydraulic brake valve system may comprise a valve housing comprising a brake port, a pressure port, a return port, and a valve actuation end; a valve shaft coupled to the valve actuation end, wherein the valve shaft may be comprised at least partially within the valve housing; and an electric actuator coupled to the valve shaft, wherein the electric actuator may be configured to move the valve shaft between a shaft on position and a shaft off position. The hydraulic brake valve system may be configured to pass hydraulic pressure through at least one of the brake port, the pressure port, or the return port in response to a position of the valve shaft.
US10106132B2
Provided are a compact, highly reliable electric parking brake driving device and an electric parking brake device. This electric parking brake driving device transmits a driving force generated by an electric motor to a parking brake actuator via a speed reduction mechanism, and makes the wheels generate a braking force. A gear body of the electric parking brake driving device is formed by joining a lower body and an upper body. A bracket member is fixed to the lower body, and the electric motor is positioned in the radial direction by engaging with the bracket member. A rubber disk is placed between the lower end surface of the electric motor and the bottom surface of the lower body, and the rubber disk impels the electric motor toward the bracket member in the direction of the rotation axis.
US10106125B2
A vehicle security system may include a vehicle controller and a first wireless communications device coupled thereto, and at least one wireless sensor. The wireless sensor may include a housing having a threaded mounting surface, a motion sensor carried by the housing, a second wireless communications device carried by the housing, and a sensor controller carried by the housing. The sensor controller is configured to determine when motion of the housing exceeds a first threshold, and send a first security alert message to the vehicle controller based thereon via the second and first wireless communications devices, and determine when the first threshold is exceeded for a predetermined time and enter a power saving mode based thereon. The at least one sensor may also include a power source carried by the housing to power the motion sensor, second wireless communications device, and sensor controller.
US10106118B2
A gas generator (10) comprises an outer housing, which has at (east two housing parts (12), which are connected to each other, in the form of a diffuser bowl (14) with outflow openings (16) towards the outside and a cover (20) directly connected to the diffuser bowl (14). Inside the gas generator (10), at least one first and one second combustion chamber (30, 36) are provided, wherein the first combustion chamber (30) is delimited by an inner wall (32) and the second combustion chamber (36) is located within the space delimited by the diffuser bowl (14) and the cover (20). The diffuser bowl (14) and/or the cover (20) comprise a section (24) that is shaped, in particular deep-drawn, into an indentation, forming at least partially a circumferential section of the inner wall (32).
US10106115B2
A position detection apparatus is mounted in a vehicle, and communicates wirelessly with a mobile terminal of a target person to be notified, and thereby detects a relative position of the mobile terminal. The position detection apparatus is provided with: a satellite signal receiver receiving a positioning signal; a correction signal receiver receiving a correction signal; a terminal position communicator receiving by wireless communication from the mobile terminal the acquired positioning signal of the mobile terminal; and a corrected-position calculation portion correcting the received positioning signals of both the mobile terminal and the satellite signal receiver using the correction signal, and calculating the positional relationship of the mobile terminal in relation to the vehicle on the basis of the vehicle position information and the terminal position information based on the corrected positioning signals.
US10106107B2
A peripheral wall includes a first peripheral wall edge portion and a second peripheral wall edge portion, which are disposed on a case member bottom surface so as to be distant from each other. A connector member main unit is disposed in a space between the first and second peripheral wall edge portions. A peripheral wall groove, which is open toward the connector member main unit, is disposed in each of the first and second peripheral wall edge portions. A bottom surface of the peripheral wall groove is inclined with respect to the case member bottom surface. A base plate groove is disposed on the bottom surface of the case member. A seal material is filled into the space formed between each of an inner surface of the peripheral wall groove and an inner surface of the base plate groove, and the connector member.
US10106096B1
A door rack carrier is a compact, adjustable, easily mountable and removable, temporary system that can be added to the passenger side of most passenger motor vehicles. The door rack carrier allows the user to transport long oversized items for short distances. The door rack carrier is designed to hang on the vehicles doors (front and back) and is adjustable and lockable as required to accommodate different door thicknesses. Each Vehicle Side Carrier (VSC) has tie down cords or straps that will support and hold material to the vertical support column, making it secure. The forward carrier is elevated relative to the rear carrier to provide clearance of the transported items from contact with the turning front wheels of the vehicle.
US10106089B2
A vehicle having a cargo area accessible through a lift gate opening frame and partially defined by a floor and side quarter panels is provided. The vehicle includes guide tracks supported by the side quarter panels and a tray movable between a stowed position adjacent the floor and at least one deployed position. First and second pegs extend from opposing sides of the tray and engage the guide tracks. Similarly, first and second retention pins extend from the opposing sides of the tray and engage first and second receivers supported by the side quarter panels in the at least one deployed position. A handle is supported by the tray. A release mechanism may be connected to the retention pins and is used to retract the pins from the receivers.
US10106084B2
The present disclosure provides a vehicle-mounted display system and a vehicle. The vehicle-mounted display system includes a transparent projection screen and a projector configured to project an image onto the transparent projection screen. A first polarizer is attached onto a lens of the projector, and a second polarizer is attached onto the transparent projection screen. The second polarizer has a polarization transmission direction crossing a polarization transmission direction of the first polarizer at such an angle as to enable a light beam from the projector and passing through the first polarizer and the second polarizer to be of an intensity smaller than an intensity of a light beam capable of being recognized by human eyes. The second polarizer has a polarization reflection direction perpendicular to its polarization transmission direction, so as to reflect a light component in the polarization reflection direction.
US10106082B2
A system for warning of an imminent collision between a towing vehicle (2) and a trailer (3) when reversing includes an arrangement for providing a warning signal to a driver of the vehicle dependent on an angle between a longitudinal axis of the towing vehicle (2) and a longitudinal axis of the trailer (3), when there is the threat of a collision between the towing vehicle (2) and the trailer (3) while reversing.
US10106067B2
A vehicle seat device includes a seat cushion disposed on a floor of a vehicle, a seat back linked to a rear end part of the seat cushion, and a headrest fitted to an upper end part of the seat back, wherein a vibration system that also includes the seat back and the headrest is equipped with a dynamic damper. The dynamic damper includes an elastic member that is embedded within a cushion member of the vibration system, and a weight embedded in the elastic member. The weight has a center of gravity thereof set to a position offset to at least one side from a center of the cushion member in an up-and-down direction of a seat, and the weight has an asymmetric shape in at least one of a lateral direction and an up-and-down direction.
US10106053B2
A vehicle includes an electric power storage, an electric power generator, a rotating electric machine, and circuitry. The rotating electric machine is driven with electric power stored in the electric power storage and/or generated by the electric power generator to move the vehicle. The circuitry is configured to calculate target driving force for rotating electric machine, to detect surplus electric power which is generated due to a response delay of the electric power generator upon decreasing an amount of electric power generated by the electric power generator when the target driving force decreases, and to drive the rotating electric machine, when detecting the surplus electric power, with a phase current different from a maximum efficiency phase current with which an electric current value or electric power loss of the rotating electric machine is smallest so that the rotating electric machine consumes the surplus electric power.
US10106050B2
The disclosure relates to a power supply device for an electrically operable vehicle having an electric drive motor. The power supply device comprises an electric energy accumulator device, a range-extender with an internal combustion engine and a generator producing alternating current. The generator is mechanically connectable to the internal combustion engine, and the energy accumulator device is configured to be charged during driving with the alternating current from the generator. The energy accumulator device comprises several power supply connections on which respectively one of several controllable potentials can be provided, and several power supply branches having several serially connected power cell modules. Several power supply branches are interconnected on one end to the neutral point and each power supply connection is connectable to one end of a power supply branch.
US10106042B2
Methods of controlling a contactor in a high voltage electrical circuit of a vehicle include delaying a contactor opening if a valid open command is not received, inhibiting closing of a contactor if a low voltage circuit voltage is not sufficient to close the contactor, and determining a fault in the opening of a contactor based on voltages sensed on the contacts of the contactor.
US10106029B2
A fuel tank structure includes: a fuel tank that is installed in an automobile and that accommodates fuel; a bag-shaped member that is fixed to a ceiling portion of an interior of the fuel tank, and that can inflate and deflate; and a supporting plate that is provided at the bag-shaped member at a position facing a bottom portion of the fuel tank, the supporting plate having a specific gravity that is lower than a specific gravity of the fuel and causing the bag-shaped member to inflate toward the bottom portion of the fuel tank due to a weight of the supporting plate.
US10106028B1
A method for internal transmission oil cooler (ITOC) mounting includes molding an ITOC end tank to include at least one aperture extending through an external fluid port for connecting a transmission fluid line. At least one ITOC mounting fixture is disposed internal to the ITOC end tank, and an ITOC having at least one fluid aperture surrounded by an O-ring is aligned with the at least one mounting fixture. The ITOC is snapped into the at least one mounting fixture to create a press fit fluid seal between the O-ring and the at least one aperture of the end tank.
US10106026B2
A system, method, and device for operations of an electrically motorized vehicle. The vehicle can utilize an electrically motorized wheel to convert a non-motorized wheeled vehicle to an electrically motorized wheeled vehicle. A user interface for controlling the device of the electrically motorized wheel includes at least one button displayable by the user interface to control a function associated with the device.
US10106021B2
Vehicle roof arrangement can have displaceable sliding member, activation element having a mechanical coupling element, locationally fixed construction element in relation to the guide rail and has a coupling element pocket, and an elastic element mounted to be locationally fixed in relation to the guide rail. In a first state the elastic element protrudes into the pocket. In a second state the elastic element is guided out of the pocket. In a first movement section of the sliding member the elastic element by the sliding member is transferable from the first state to the second state. In an adjacent second movement section an introduction of the coupling element into the pocket is controllable, and the activation element is blocked in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. In an adjacent third movement section the elastic element is again transferable to the first state, and the coupling element is blocked.
US10106017B2
A sun visor assembly including a visor body and a mirror panel pivotally connected to the visor body. The mirror panel includes a first mirror oriented in a first direction and a second mirror oriented in a second direction. The two mirrors have different magnification factors.
US10106014B2
An operation knob that includes fin insertion holes formed at both side surfaces of the operation knob, a jig insertion hole formed at a side of the operation knob, and a separation portion formed by separating a part of the jig insertion hole. In the separation portion, a connection portion partially connects an upper facing side and a lower facing side of the connection portion and retains a predetermined clearance therebetween. The first separation surface of the connection portion on the upper facing side and the second separation surface of the connection portion on the lower facing side are contacted with each other, thus even if the connection portion is deformed so that the clearance becomes narrower, a minimum clearance corresponding to a height of the connection portion is retained based on the first separation surface and the second separation surface contacting each other.
US10106013B2
A heat exchanger assembly for a vehicle heating device includes inner heat exchanger housing (12) and outer heat exchanger housing (14). A fluid flow space (24) is formed between the inner heat exchanger housing and the outer heat exchanger housing. Flow guiding formations (40, 42), along circumferential walls (18, 22) of the housings, divide a portion of the fluid flow space into a first partial flow space (44) and a second partial flow space (46). A fluid inlet opening (49) opens to the first partial flow space and at least one fluid outlet opening (51) opens to the second partial flow space (46). A press fit formation (94) fixes the inner heat exchanger housing in relation to the outer heat exchanger housing and includes the first flow guiding formation and the second flow guiding formation and/or the press fit formation is in an end region (32) of the circumferential walls.
US10106009B2
A suspension control apparatus for a vehicle including a damping-force adjustable shock absorber interposed between a vehicle body and a wheel of a vehicle, and a controller for variably controlling damping-force characteristics of the damping-force adjustable shock absorber between hard and soft. The controller is configured to switch the damping-force characteristics to a soft side when a direction of a stroke of the damping-force adjustable shock absorber is reversed between an extension stroke and a contraction stroke.
US10105995B2
A tire made of rubbery material comprising a sidewall and a pattern formed on this sidewall. This pattern comprises a plurality of openings and intermediate zones separating these openings. In order for the pattern to contrast with the sidewall, the openings occupy at least 60% of the pattern, these openings being distributed through the pattern at a density at least equal to five openings per square millimeter (mm2), these openings having equivalent diameters of between 0.03 mm and 0.5 mm. A mold element for making the openings and and method of making the pattern using a laser.
US10105992B2
A pneumatic tire includes at least three circumferential grooves extending in a tire circumferential direction in the tread portion, and at least four ribs defined by the at least three circumferential grooves, the at least four ribs extending in the tire circumferential direction. At least two of the ribs including the rib disposed on a first side of a tire equatorial plane in a tire width direction and the rib disposed on a second side protrude to an outer side in a tire radial direction beyond a profile line of a tread surface when viewed in the meridian cross section. The protruding amount decreases in order from the first side in the tire width direction to the second side, and the groove surface area ratio of the tread surface is greater on the second side of the tire equatorial plane in the tire width direction than on the first side.
US10105977B2
An inkjet printing apparatus includes: a print bar unit including an inkjet head configured to eject ink to a web being conveyed; and a guide configured to guide movement of the print bar unit in a print bar movement direction intersecting a conveyance direction of the web between a first position, a second position, and a third position. The first position is a position where the print bar unit performs printing on the web. The second position and third position are located on one and the other sides of the first position in the print bar movement direction.
US10105961B2
A liquid supply device includes a liquid container that includes a liquid containing chamber, which is capable of containing liquid, and a liquid inlet, which allows the liquid containing chamber to be filled with liquid. An external member covers at least a portion of the liquid container excluding a portion where the liquid inlet is located from an outer side. A seal member seals a gap between the external member and the liquid inlet. The liquid supply device is configured to allow the liquid to be supplied from the liquid container to a printing unit that performs printing on a medium using the liquid.
US10105958B2
There is provided a cartridge accommodating apparatus configured to accommodate a cartridge having an electrical interface. The cartridge accommodating apparatus includes: a body having a first surface defining an internal space into which the cartridge is installed in a first direction; a substrate; a connector having a terminal and a casing. The terminal is provided with: a supporting part fixed to the casing; a first extending part; a second extending part, and a contact.
US10105956B2
A printing apparatus 10 calculates an consumed ink amount which is a consumed amount of ink ejected from an ejection unit that ejects ink supplied from an ink cartridge 60, and, in the case where an unused ink cartridge 60 is installed, executes initial maintenance of the ejection unit, determines an initial consumed ink amount which is a consumed amount of liquid consumed by the initial maintenance, writes the consumed ink amount and the initial consumed ink amount to a storage device 70 of the ink cartridge 60 as a consumed ink amount 73 and an initial consumed ink amount 75, and generates and notifies a ratio of the difference between the contained ink amount 71 and the consumed ink amount that is updated relative to the difference between the contained ink amount 71 and the initial consumed ink amount 75 as notification-use information.
US10105954B2
An inkjet recording device includes a recording head section, a capping unit, a capping movement mechanism, and a capping support section. The recording head section forms an image with ink on paper. The capping unit includes a cap that is contactable to the recording head section. The capping movement mechanism moves the capping unit. The capping support section supports the capping unit. The capping movement mechanism includes a rail section which guides the capping unit in a Y axial direction between standby and retracted positions. The capping support section includes a rail section which guides the capping unit in an X axial direction between the standby position and a detachable position.
US10105938B2
The disclosure proposes a method for producing a panel having an outer skin and stiffeners that have a connecting portion, and at least one projecting portion, the method comprising a step of draping layers of fibers over at least one insert such that each layer of fibers has a connecting portion and a portion that projects downwardly from the connecting portion, a step of draping a layer of fibers that forms the outer skin, and a step of bonding the layers of fibers together. The disclosure also provides a device for implementing the method.
US10105933B2
A luminous automotive-vehicle glazing unit includes a first glazing pane, made of organic or mineral glass, of refractive index n1 of at least 1.4 with first and second main faces; a light source coupled to the first glazing pane; and a light-extracting system including a scattering layer of width of at least 1 cm including scattering dielectric particles bound by a transparent matrix of refractive index n2. The scattering particles are mainly microparticles that are spaced apart from one another and that include a shell made of a transparent dielectric material and making contact with the transparent matrix, the shell surrounding a core of refractive index n3 of at most 1.15 and of largest dimension called D3 in a range extending from 5 μm to 200 μm, the microparticles having a largest dimension D′ smaller than 2D3.
US10105932B2
Production of glass laminates containing electrically conductive structures is facilitated by including the electrically conductive structures on a first polyvinyl acetate film with low or no plasticizer content, and employing a second polyvinyl acetal film with a high plasticizer content.
US10105928B2
An insulating structure for an appliance includes an outer layer and an inner layer, wherein an insulating cavity is defined therebetween. A plurality of hollow nano-spheres are disposed within the insulating cavity, wherein each of the hollow nano-spheres includes a diameter in the range of from approximately 50 nanometers to approximately 1000 nanometers and has a wall that defines the internal space, and wherein the wall of each hollow nano-sphere has a thickness that is in a range of from approximately 0.5 nanometers to approximately 100 nanometers. A fill material is disposed in the insulating cavity and wherein the fill material is disposed in the space defined between the plurality of hollow nano-spheres, and wherein the fill material includes at least one of powdered silica, granulated silica, other silica material, aerogel and insulating gas.
US10105925B2
An apparatus for making a self-opening bag pack includes a supply of film material. An extruder forms a continuous tube of film. A flattener flattens the tube. A corona treater treats at least one surface of the flattened tube. A first sealer forms a bottom seam across a width of the flattened tube. A cutter cuts the flattened tube into bag blanks at a predetermined distance from the bottom seam. A stacker forms the bag blanks into a bag pack. An adhesion knife penetrates the bag pack and adheres adjacent bag blanks together in the bag pack. An aperture maker forms means for suspending the bag pack from a dispensing rack. The pack is attached to the dispensing rack and the front wall of the subsequent bag will be adhered to the rear wall of a first bag, thereby causing the first bag to open when pulled from the rack.
US10105923B2
A personalized packaging production system includes an in-feed tray, an out-feed tray, a cutting table disposed intermediate the in-feed tray and the out-feed tray and an interchangeable cutting/creasing assembly. A sheet feeder is positioned between the in-feed tray and the cutting table to feed media sheets from the in-feed tray to the cutting table, and an exit nip is positioned between the out-feed tray and the cutting table to remove media sheets from the cutting table to the out-feed tray.
US10105922B2
An apparatus for compacting waste objects includes a seat provided with a support assembly for supporting the waste object to be compacted; a push member being moveable inside the seat for compacting in use of the apparatus the waste object against an end wall of the seat; the support assembly including two support members that rotate away from each other for discharging the compacted object through an aperture. The support members can impede discharge of a compacted object of a specific type through the aperture to collect the compacted object of the specific type in a dedicated container. Protuberances can be applied to the push member and an end wall of the seat for producing depressions in the compacted object so that the compacted object does not lose the compacted condition once pressure applied by the push member is removed.
US10105921B2
A synthetic closure for a product-retaining container is constructed for being inserted and securely retained in a portal-forming neck of said container, said closure comprising at least a core member comprising at least one cycloolefin-based copolymer.
US10105920B2
A method of manufacturing laminate, including at least a carrying layer (1) and a cover layer (5) each of thermoplastic material bonded together with a diffractive optical element (2) incorporated between them, the method including the steps of: providing a layer (2) having a different refractive index from that of the carrying layer (1) or the cover layer (5) and placing the layer (2) on the carrying layer (1), wherein the layer (2) is placed only in some areas of the carrying layer (1); imprinting a stamp (4) with optical diffractive relief (6) thereon into the layer (2); placing the cover layer (5) on the layer (2); and heating the resulting laminate to a temperature at which bonding of the cover layer (5) and the carrying layer (1) occurs.
US10105919B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a thin polarizer, the method including: a step of preparing an unstretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film having a thickness of 20 μm or less, in which a strength applied to stretch the film by 6 times is 4 N or more; and a single stretching step of forming a stretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film having a thickness of 10 μm or less by stretching the unstretched polyvinyl alcohol-based film solely, and a thin polarizer manufactured by using the same.
US10105913B2
Method of making a spar cap includes: providing a plurality of composite strips, each strip being of constant cross section defined by first and second sides and edges, the first and second sides comprising first and second abutment surfaces, the strip being of uniform thickness between the abutment surfaces, a first edge region of the strip comprising a first edge being of relatively reduced thickness, the first side of the strip comprising an edge surface, and the strip having a peel ply layer at least partially covering the first abutment surface and the edge surface; removing the peel ply layers; stacking the strips such that the first abutment surface abuts an abutment surface of an adjacent strip to define an interface region, such that a clearance region is defined; supplying resin to the respective clearance regions and causing the resin to infiltrate into the interface regions; and curing the resin.
US10105910B2
A method is disclosed for continuously manufacturing a composite hollow structure. The method may include continuously coating fibers with a matrix, and revolving matrix-coated fibers about a non-fiber axis. The method may also include diverting the matrix-coated fibers radially outward away from the non-fiber axis, and curing the matrix-coated fibers.
US10105909B1
A system for fabricating an ablative, 3D fiber-woven thermal protection material, with porosity 0.5-15 percent, reduced thermal conductivity, very low thermal recession, high glass transition temperature, high frontface-backface temperature difference, relatively high mass density, and significant compression strength and tensile strength.
US10105902B2
An additive manufacturing method produces a 3D part utilizes electrophotography-based additive manufacturing and molding processes. A layered structure having a cavity is printed on a build platform using at least one electrophotographic (EP) engine to develop imaged layers of powder material, and a transfusion assembly to stack and fuse the imaged layers on the build platform. Molding material is deposited into the cavity as the layered structure is printed, using a deposition unit. The molding material solidifies to form at least a portion of the 3D part, which may also include portions formed from imaged powder material.
US10105898B2
A resin joined body includes a thermoplastic resin molded body and a thermosetting resin molded body. The thermosetting resin molded body has a thermoplastic resin portion embedded in the thermosetting resin molded body and exposed at a portion of a surface of the thermosetting resin molded body. The thermoplastic resin portion of the thermosetting resin molded body is welded to the thermoplastic resin molded body thereby joining the thermosetting resin molded body to the thermoplastic resin molded body.
US10105895B2
An apparatus (1) for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects (2) by successive, selective layer-by-layer exposure and thus solidification of construction material layers of a construction material (3) that can be solidified by an energy beam (5) generated by an energy beam generation device (4).
US10105893B1
A feedstock line comprises elongate filaments, a resin, and optical direction modifiers. The resin covers the elongate filaments. The optical direction modifiers are covered by the resin and are interspersed among the elongate filaments. Each of the optical direction modifiers has an outer surface. Each of the optical direction modifiers is configured such that when electromagnetic radiation strikes the outer surface from a first direction, at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation departs the outer surface in a second direction that is at an angle to the first direction to irradiate, in the interior volume of the feedstock line, the resin that, due at least in part to the elongate filaments, is not directly accessible to the electromagnetic radiation, incident on the exterior surface of the feedstock line.
US10105886B2
Disclosed embodiments may relate generally to manufactured elements having composite reinforcement, and more specifically to elements comprising a composite precisely positioned within the element for support. Embodiments of such elements typically may be formed using injection molding. Embodiments may further comprise an integral thermoplastic positioning system for positioning the composite, and encapsulating thermoplastic forming the exterior geometry of the element.
US10105872B2
An apparatus for producing plastic containers is provided, comprising a heating device that heats plastic preforms, and including a shaping device provided downstream of this heating device in the transport direction of the plastic preforms, which shaping device shapes the plastic preforms into the plastic containers, wherein a tempering device for tempering the plastic preforms heated by the heating device is provided in the transport direction of the plastic preforms between the heating device and the shaping device, which tempering device has at least one tempering unit provided on a carrier rotatable about a predetermined rotary axis, and which tempering unit has at least two contacting devices, between which at least one section of the plastic preform can be received, which contacting devices can be moved in relation to one another along a predetermined direction.
US10105867B2
Comminution process of wood chips to produce wood particles, by feeding wood chips in a direction of travel substantially normal to grain through a counter rotating pair of intermeshing arrays of cutting discs arrayed axially perpendicular to the direction of wood chip travel, wherein the cutting discs have a uniform thickness (Td), to produce wood particles characterized by a length dimension (L) substantially equal to the Td and aligned substantially parallel to grain, a width dimension (W) normal to L and aligned cross grain, and a height dimension (H) aligned normal to W and L, wherein the W×H dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel end surfaces with crosscut fibers.
US10105864B2
A food processor includes a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a blade assembly. A rotating disk is adjustable relative to the blade assembly to vary the thickness of the food items cut by the blade assembly. A user-operated pin is positioned below the rotating disk and is moveable between a first position in which the rotating disk is prevented from moving upwardly and downwardly, and a second position in which the rotating disk is permitted to move upwardly and downwardly.
US10105860B2
A Tool for making controlled cuts using a template cutting guide to facilitate the registration and cutting of a workpiece including, an elongated body portion having a top face and a bottom face separated by a thickness, a cutting guide slot sized to receive and control a cutting blade and extending through the thickness of the elongated body which may include guide lines with equidistant spacing. Additionally, the cutting guide may utilize push pins or fasteners to secure the cutting guide to the workpiece. The cutting guide allows the user to execute precise cuts in material such as mat board using a standard utility knife.
US10105856B2
A hair clipping device includes a housing, and a cutting assembly which is arranged on a distal end of the housing and which includes a stationary cutting blade and a moveable cutting blade. The hair clipping device includes further includes a comb attachment which is releasably attachable to the housing and includes a plurality of comb teeth. A front side of the housing that runs transverse to the distal end and the cutting assembly includes a corrugated surface with a plurality of adjacent ribs and recesses running parallel to each other. The backside of the comb teeth contacts the corrugated surface when the comb attachment is attached to the housing.
US10105854B1
A gripper-mounting mechanism includes an outer shell, a motor unit, a first transmission unit, and a plurality of second transmission units. The outer shell includes spaced-apart first and second walls, and a receiving wall that extends from the second wall toward the first wall and that defines a receiving channel adapted to receive an end effector therein through an opening of the second wall. The first transmission unit includes a transmission gear unit driven by the motor unit. The second transmission units surround the receiving wall. Each of the second transmission units includes a grip member driven movably by the transmission gear unit. The grip members are movable relative to the outer shell toward or away from each other.
US10105845B1
A robotic system includes a body including at least one attachment mechanism configured to removably couple a modular component to the body. The modular component includes at least one movable part operable to move relative to the body when the modular component is attached to the body. The system includes a communication interface coupled to the body and configured to be communicatively coupled to the modular component to receive information relating to the modular component and operation of the at least one movable part. The system includes a control system coupled to the body and the communication interface. The control system is configured to: in response to the modular component being attached to the body, receive the information from the modular component by way of the communication interface, and operate the at least one movable part of the modular component according to the information.
US10105837B2
An extended-reach tool system may include a gimbal positioned adjacent a surface opening; an extended-reach arm having a tool and engaging the gimbal; a sensor system for measuring a position of the arm relative to the gimbal and a position and spatial orientation of the tool relative to the opening; a computer control that converts one or both of the rotational and linear measurements from the sensor system into spatial location representations for virtual representations of 3-D models of the workpiece and tool, determines a position and orientation of the tool relative to the opening and workpiece, and adjusts the virtual representations of the 3-D models of the workpiece and tool as the arm and tool move relative to the workpiece, representing a real-time orientation of the tool relative to the workpiece; and a display for displaying the virtual representations of the 3-D models of the workpiece and tool.
US10105832B2
The present disclosure relates to a battery powered tool (1) extending in a longitudinal direction (Z), comprising a tool body (10) and a battery pack (20), which battery pack is arranged on the tool body and adapted to power the tool. The tool body is provided with a through aperture adapted to receive the battery pack, such that the tool body at least partly surrounds the battery pack.
US10105831B2
A ratchet tool includes a cylindrical ratchet handle. The ratchet handle has an accommodation cavity therein. A multi-tool assembly is provided in the accommodation cavity and rotatable relative to the accommodation cavity. The present invention has a simple structure and is convenient for use. Multiple tools are provided to become one-piece. The entire contour is cylindrical, which is convenient for the user to hold the ratchet tool.
US10105822B2
A holding device, in particular a grinding disc, for a grinding member includes at least one support member that has at least one material opening configured for transverse transport of grinding dust to one side facing the grinding member in a plane parallel to a grinding surface. The holding device further includes at least one securing layer configured to secure the grinding member on the at least one support member. When decoupled from the grinding member, the at least one material opening is at least substantially open on a side facing the grinding member and on a side facing away from the grinding member is substantially delimited by the support member.
US10105815B2
A method for controlled peening includes forming a surface layer on a workpiece by impacting a surface with a tool wherein the tool is under control to form compressive residual stresses in the surface layer. A system for peening a workpiece includes a tool configured to vibrate and an effector operatively connected to control the tool. The tool includes a peening surface. The tool is configured to cause controlled impact between the peening surface and a surface of a workpiece to form a surface layer of the workpiece with compressive residual stresses. The effector is configured to move the tool in multiple axes.
US10105814B2
A polishing sheet includes a sheet including one side having a surface, a plurality of convex portions provided to project from the surface of the one side of the sheet, a plurality of first abrasive grains provided on an upper surface of each of the convex portions, and a plurality of second abrasive grains provided on the surface of the sheet. The second abrasive grains each have hardness higher than that of the first abrasive grains.
US10105809B2
A device for measuring and monitoring tools of a machine tool, wherein the machine tool comprises a spindle shaft for the tool, the shaft being arranged in a spindle housing, wherein a work piece with good electric conductivity can be machined using the tool, wherein the spindle shaft is electrically insulated from the spindle housing, includes a measuring and monitoring system. The measuring and monitoring system measures at least one electric measurement, which depends on the contacting state between the tool and the work piece. A rotary transmitter contacts the rotating spindle shaft to measure the measurement detectable between the tool and the work piece, wherein the rotary transmitter is connected with the spindle housing in an electrically insulated manner.
US10105807B2
Provided is an abnormality diagnosis device for a machine tool, and an abnormality diagnosis method, whereby it is possible to diagnose the degree of damage to a spindle system due to a collision. An abnormality diagnosis device (40) for a machine tool (1) has: a displacement sensor (36) for detecting the amount of displacement of a spindle bearing (30); an acceleration sensor (38) for detecting the acceleration of a ram (28); a collision determination unit (46) for determining whether the ram or a spindle (32) has collided with a work piece, on the basis of at least the amount of displacement of the spindle bearing detected by the displacement sensor or the acceleration of the ram detected by the acceleration sensor; and a damage determination unit (50) for determining the degree of damage to the spindle bearing on the basis of at least the amount of displacement of the spindle bearing, the acceleration of the ram, or a frequency characteristic of vibration of the ram due to rotation of the spindle obtained from the acceleration of the ram, when the collision determination unit determines that the ram or the spindle has collided with the work piece.
US10105804B2
A method of removing material from an airfoil includes engaging a root of the airfoil within a root-securing fixture, engaging a tip of the airfoil within a tip-securing fixture, and removing material from the airfoil. The method further includes disengaging the tip of the airfoil from the tip-securing fixture to allow movement of the tip from a clamped state position to a free-state position. The method further includes reengaging the tip of the airfoil within the tip-securing fixture in the free-state position, and removing additional material from the airfoil.
US10105800B2
Apparatus and method for manufacturing coil screens. Apparatus includes a working surface having a first edge and a second edge; a joining device, which is structured and arranged to deposit coils on the working surface, being movable over the working surface in a direction of movement from the first edge to the second edge; and a slider, which is arranged on the working surface at least in a region of the first edge, being movable perpendicularly to the direction of movement of the joining device.
US10105796B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of hardfacing/hardbanding materials, alloys, or powder compositions that can have low chromium content or be chromium free. In some embodiments, the alloys can contain transition metal borides and borocarbides with a particular metallic component weight percentage. The disclosed alloys can have high hardness and ASTM G65 performance, making them advantageous for hardfacing/hardbanding applications.
US10105795B2
A braze alloy composition for sealing a ceramic component to a metal component in an electrochemical cell is presented. The braze alloy composition includes copper, nickel, and an active metal element. The braze alloy includes nickel in an amount less than about 30 weight percent, and the active metal element in an amount less than about 10 weight percent. An electrochemical cell using the braze alloy for sealing a ceramic component to a metal component in the cell is also provided.
US10105790B2
Additive friction stir methods for joining materials are provided. The methods comprise providing first and second substrates to be joined; providing a forming plate comprising one or more forming cavities; placing the first and second substrates in communication with the forming plate; placing the first and second substrates in communication with each other; rotating and translating an additive friction-stir tool relative to the substrates; feeding a filler material through the additive friction-stir tool; deforming the filler material and the first and second substrates; and extruding one or more of the filler material and the first and second substrates into one or more of the forming cavities of the forming plate. Interaction of the additive friction-stir tool with the substrates generates heat and plastic deformation at the joint to weld the substrates at the joint. The methods include introduction of reinforcing material at the joint through addition of the filler material.
US10105789B2
Systems and methods to improve weld quality are described. For example, certain systems and methods described use weld quality monitoring as feedback to an ultrasonic welding process to improve weld quality. Still other systems and methods provide improvement to double sided and single sided ultrasonic welding through the use of selected multiple pulses.
US10105785B2
A welding system includes a gas line coupled to components of the welding system and a first gas line transducer coupled to the gas line. The gas line is configured to convey a gas between components of the welding system. The first gas line transducer is configured to communicate via radio signals transmitted through the gas line.
US10105782B2
A method includes displaying, on a display of a welding torch, a welding parameter in relation to a predetermined threshold range for the welding parameter, a target value for the welding parameter, or some combination thereof as a position of the welding torch changes, an orientation of the welding torch changes, a movement of the welding torch changes, or some combination thereof, to enable a welding operator to perform a welding operation with the welding parameter within the predetermined threshold range, at the target value, or some combination thereof. The welding parameter is associated with the position of the welding torch, the orientation of the welding torch, the movement of the welding torch, or some combination thereof.
US10105778B2
Provided is joint part capable of suppressing diffusion of carbon and nitrogen contained in the steel member to the TiAl-based alloy member and suppressing formation of voids, titanium carbide or a nitride due to diffusion of carbon and nitrogen contained in the steel member, and thereby suppressing decrease in the brazing strength. A joint part comprises a steel member containing alloy elements including C and Cr, a TiAl-based alloy member, and a Ni-based brazing filler metal via which the steel member and the TiAl-based alloy member are joined to each other, wherein the steel member has a carbide and a nitride each forming a bond with at least one of the alloy elements at least on a side of a boundary with the Ni-based brazing filler metal, and diffusion of C and N to the Ni-based brazing filler metal adjacent to the TiAl-based alloy member is suppressed by the carbide and the nitride. The joint part may be a turbine body 1 comprising a turbine wheel 2 and a shaft 3, and a structural steel material of the shaft 3 is structural steel material containing 0.30 to 0.45 wt % of C and 0.85 to 1.25 wt % of Cr, or a martensitic stainless steel material containing at most 15 wt % of C and 11.5 to 13 wt % of Cr.
US10105777B2
A joining method for joining a first member and a second member is provided. The joining method includes a step of providing a first brazing layer on the first member by plating, a step of providing a second brazing layer on the first brazing layer by plating, a step of arranging the first member and the second member to oppose each other across the first brazing layer and the second brazing layer, and a step of melting the first brazing layer and the second brazing layer to join the first member and the second member which are arranged to oppose each other.
US10105774B2
A machine tool and method for incorporating undercuts in left and right tooth flanks of teeth of a toothed gear blank by hob peeling, wherein the gear blank and a cutting wheel having cutting teeth with right and left cutting edges arranged at an axis intersection angle to the gear blank are continuously rotationally driven at a fixed speed ratio, the cutting teeth engage in the tooth flanks in a manner that removes shavings and the feed has at least one movement component in the direction of extension of the teeth of the gear blank.
US10105769B2
A machining tool, in particular a drill carrier tool, includes a monolithic base body extending in the axial direction which, at least in one section, has a porous or grid-like core structure that is encased in a solid outer jacket. These measures allow less material to be used, while maintaining good mechanical properties. The porous or grid-like core structure is simultaneously used for transporting coolant. The base body is manufactured in particular by means of a 3D printing method.
US10105765B2
A combined drill and chamfer tool (13, 21) for producing boreholes (29) in a workpiece (28) and for subsequently producing a chamfer (30) on at least one bore edge of the borehole (29), comprising a drill bit (1), which is secured in a rotationally fixed manner in a base body (3), and at least one chamfering blade (4) arranged behind the drill bit (1) in the axial direction, said chamfering blade being mounted in a blade window (25) arranged in the drill shank (35) and spring-loaded so as to be displaceable transversely to the longitudinal axis of the combined tool (13, 21), wherein the drill body (13) comprising the drill bit (1) and the drill shank (35) is made of a solid hard metal material, and wherein a spring-loaded, displaceable control bolt (5) is located in a central longitudinal bore (36) of the solid hard metal drill, the front tip (15) of said bolt controlling the transverse displacement of the chamfering blade (4), which is transversely displaceable within the blade window (25).
US10105760B2
A cutting tool assembly includes a shank, a shim, a cutting insert, a clamping lever and a set screw. The shank has an insert pocket with a base wall, a lever receiving portion and a screw hole. The shim is disposed on the base wall of the insert pocket and has a shim bore. The cutting insert is disposed on the upper surface of the shim and has an insert bore. The clamping lever is received in the lever receiving portion and clamps the cutting insert to the insert pocket. The clamping lever has first and second extension portions. The set screw is fastened to the screw hole and has a screw head, a threaded portion and an engaging groove. The engaging groove of the set screw engages the second extension portion. The shim includes an avoiding portion for avoiding an interference with the screw head.
US10105758B2
An arrangement includes a processing chamber, a coating platform located in the processing chamber, and a coating device with a coating element located in the processing chamber for coating a metal or ceramic powder. The arrangement also has an exchanging device for exchanging at least one portion of the coating element with another portion of the same coating element or for exchanging the entire coating element with another coating element within the processing chamber when the processing chamber is closed. The exchanging device can include a multiple head, e.g., a pivoting head or revolving head, an exchanging station, and/or a moving device that allows a coating element portion that is to be exchanged to be moved or pushed away. A part of the coating element can also be rolled on a supply roller, and the coating element portion can be exchanged by unrolling the coating element from the supply roller.
US10105756B2
An example cooling system for a mold assembly includes a quench plate that defines one or more discharge ports and one or more recuperation ports. A fluid is circulated from the one or more discharge ports to the one or more recuperation ports to cool the mold assembly. A blocking ring is positioned on the quench plate and defines a central aperture for receiving a bottom of the mold assembly. An insulation enclosure having an interior for receiving the mold assembly is positioned on the blocking ring. The blocking ring prevents vapor generated by the fluid contacting the bottom of the mold assembly from migrating into the interior of the insulation enclosure.
US10105755B2
A process produces a composite cast part containing an insert part and casting material. The insert part is integrally bonded to the casting material. The process includes: producing the insert part formed of an exothermic material; encapsulating or embedding the insert part; inserting the encapsulated/embedded insert part into a casting mold; filling the mold with molten mass; and flowing a casting material on the insert part. The exothermic material ignites through contact with the flowing casting material or as a result of the ignition temperature of the exothermic mass being reached, whereby a temperature gradient between the cast material solidifying molten mass the insert part is reduced.
US10105751B2
A rivet dispenser and method for manually loading a handheld rivet gun. The handheld rivet gun may include an attachment port, and the rivet dispenser may have a unitary, single-piece tool body having channels formed therein, sized and shaped to retain heads of a plurality of rivets. The method may include grasping the rivet dispenser in a first hand, grasping the rivet gun in a second hand, and inserting an end of one rivet, extending outward from the rivet dispenser, into the attachment port, thus attaching the rivet to the handheld rivet gun. The method may then include sliding the one rivet through and out of the channel of the rivet dispenser, via movement of the rivet gun and/or the rivet dispenser. Finally, the method may include actuating the rivet gun to install the one rivet into a hole of a structure or structures to be joined together thereby.
US10105745B2
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a metal vessel by way of stamping of vertical halves from a metal sheet, and in particular to a method comprising: stamping at least a first vessel half and a second vessel half from a metal sheet; adhering at least the first vessel half with the second vessel half forming a vessel, the vessel being a single piece article having an opening on one end for ingress and egress of a liquid or a gas and having a seam along two of the vessel vertical walls and along the bottom of the vessel where the first vessel half and the second vessel half make contact; and applying a top finish at the opening of the vessel allowing for a closure to be used to seal and selectively reseal the vessel.
US10105739B2
A spraying device according to the invention, in particular, for low-pressure internal cleaning of containers, comprises: a, in particular, spherical, hollow spray head having a plurality of spray openings; a junction for fastening to a fluid connection, in particular, in a form-fitted, friction-locked, and/or substance-bonded manner; and a connecting tube that connects the spray head to the junction; wherein: the connecting tube comprises at least one elastic hinge section through which the spray head is mounted so as to be elastically movable relative to the junction; and/or a, in particular, spherical perturbation body is accommodated so as to be able to move within the hollow spray head.
US10105732B2
A coater includes a chuck, a source of a coating material, a dispensing head, an exhaust system, and a liner. The chuck is configured to support a wafer. The dispensing head is configured to dispense the coating material onto the wafer. The exhaust system is configured to exhaust the excess coating material. The liner is present at least partially on an inner surface of the exhaust system. The liner has a stick resistance to the coating material, and the stick resistance of the liner is greater than a stick resistance of the inner surface of the exhaust system.
US10105731B2
A cartridge is provided having at least one reception chamber (2), which extends in the longitudinal direction, for a medium to be dispensed, having an end face (4) and a cartridge wall (3) which bound the reception chamber (2) and which are injection molded in one piece, with the end face (4) having an outlet for the medium, and with the cartridge wall (3) having a first film (6) at its inner side bounding the reception chamber (2) which extends over the total cartridge wall (3) and is non-releasably connected to the cartridge wall (3). A method of manufacturing such a cartridge as well as a multicomponent cartridge are furthermore provided by the invention.
US10105711B2
A high-efficiency, tandem biaxial dynamic sorting and return powder milling device with automatic baffle regulation, which is used for the sorting of a gas-solid two-phase fluid of an air-powder mixture, is provided. A circle of milling gears for staged milling of return powders is mounted in an annular cavity between an outer conical housing and an inlet pipe; an axial flow airfoil-type vane is fitted on an outer side of a lower part of an inner conical body which is, as a whole, driven into rotation by a variable frequency motor; a movable vane rotor for centrifugal sorting is fixedly fitted on an outer side of a top cone; and the degrees of opening of first-stage baffles and second-stage baffles are respectively controlled and regulated by an automatic baffle regulating mechanism.
US10105710B2
A meat grinder has a motor assembly and a grinding assembly. The motor assembly has a motor. The motor has an output axle having an annular abutting surface. The grinding assembly is securely connected with the motor assembly and has a grinding tube, a threaded rod, a blade, and an extrusion panel. The grinding tube is connected to the casing of the motor assembly and has an annular connecting base. The threaded rod is rotatably mounted in the grinding tube and has a connection segment. The connection segment is mounted through the connecting base, is connected with the output axle of the motor, and is stepped in section to form an annular abutting shoulder. The abutting shoulder is formed around the connecting segment and abuts the annular abutting surface of the output axle.
US10105709B2
A specimen holding and positioning apparatus operable to substantially non-movably maintain a specimen (e.g., an excised tissue specimen) in a fixed or stable orientation with respect to the apparatus during imaging operations (e.g., x-ray imaging), transport (e.g., from a surgery room to a pathologist's laboratory), and the like for use in facilitating accurate detection and diagnosis of cancers and/or other abnormalities of the specimen.
US10105701B2
A microfluidic distributing device having a plurality of microchannels for the analysis of a fluid sample (such as blood). The microfluidic distributing device has a fluid sample entry port from which subsamples of the fluid sample are distributed to the plurality of microchannels in which fluid subsamples are treated for analysis by test devices.
US10105693B2
A catalyst composition, including a titanate of the formula Ti(OR)4 wherein each R is the same or different, and is a hydrocarbon residue; a catalyst additive, wherein the catalyst additive is a dibutyl ether a silicate, a silazane, an aromatic ether, a fluorocarbon, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and an organic aluminum compound.
US10105668B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for distribution of oxygen-containing gas within a gas-liquid oxidation reaction are provided herein. The invention is particularly suited for oxidation of liquid-phase organic reactants with oxidizing gas, such as the oxidation of cyclohexylbenzene to cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide using an oxygen-containing gas. The oxygen-containing gas is distributed through a gas distributor and into a liquid-phase reaction medium within an oxidation reactor. In some aspects, this achieves a high degree of uniformity of oxygen concentration within the liquid-phase reaction medium. The gas distributor is disposed within a lower portion of the reactor, and may comprise a network of conduits in fluid communication with each other, which are arranged within a plane that is substantially parallel to a bottom surface of the reactor. A plurality of orifices are disposed on the conduits, such that oxygen-containing gas flows through the conduits and into the liquid-phase reaction medium via the orifices.
US10105659B2
An aeration element for gasification or aeration of liquids includes an essentially flattened, rigid support element having a substantially oval cross-section and corrugated outer surfaces, the corrugated outer surfaces including ridges defining grooves therebetween; a threaded opening for receiving a cooperating fitting for connection to an air supply; and a flexible membrane of elastomeric material disposed around the support element. An assembly bracket includes upper and portions that can be cooperatingly attached to one another about the aeration element for securing the aeration element to a floor of a tank or pool. The assembly bracket includes through-going passages for enabling water to circulate around the bracket and reduce buoyancy of the assembly. Two aeration elements of shorter lengths can be positioned adjacent two one another, secured within assembly brackets, and connected at adjacent ends, so that one of the aeration elements functions as a conduit to the other aeration element when air is supplied into one of the aeration elements.
US10105656B2
Novel electrospun nanofibers and nanofibrous membranes, methods of manufacturing the same, and methods of using the same are provided. The nanofibers include a cactus mucilage, such as mucilage from Opuntia ficus-indica. An organic polymer can be added to the cactus mucilage before electrospinning. The nanofibrous membranes can be used in water filtration.
US10105646B2
In an example, a method of butadiene sequestration includes receiving an input stream that includes butadiene. The method includes directing the input stream to a first sulfur dioxide charged zeolite bed for butadiene sequestration via a first chemical reaction of butadiene and sulfur dioxide to form sulfolene.
US10105641B2
In order to provide a hydrogen purification device in which a source gas is supplied, from which a purified gas flows out, that is easily manufacturable, and in which the pressure resistance of an hydrogen permeable membrane is high, the hydrogen purification device is configured to include a hydrogen permeable membrane allowing hydrogen to selectively permeate therethrough, two porous supports that sandwich and support the hydrogen permeable membrane from both surfaces thereof, and a casing having a space formed therein configured to accommodate reaction of the source gas and the hydrogen permeable membrane. The porous supports are contained inside the casing, an outermost edge of the hydrogen permeable membrane extends outward from the outer edges of the porous supports in at least one location, and a peripheral portion of the hydrogen permeable membrane in a vicinity of the outermost edge and the casing are airtightly sealed to each other.
US10105637B2
In a cyclic adsorptive gas purification process, an impurity laden adsorbent is regenerated by exposing it first to an unheated gas for a pre-determined time period to desorb at least some of the impurity, followed by heating the adsorbent using a flowing stream of a heated gas to desorb the remaining impurities over another pre-determined time period, further followed by cooling of the adsorbent using a flowing stream of gas for yet another pre-determined time period to make it ready for repeating the adsorptive cycle. Introducing an unheated purge stream reduces the energy requirements for the regeneration step compared to a traditional TSA process.
US10105627B2
A catalyst 20 provided for a filter body for combusting PM contains activated aluminas 21 and 22, active-oxygen-release materials 23 and 24, catalytic metal 25, and alkali earth metal 26. The alkali earth metal 26 is loaded on each of the activated aluminas 21 and 22, and the active-oxygen-release materials 23 and 24. A percentage by mass of the alkali earth metal 26, loaded on the active-oxygen-release materials 23 and 24, to the active-oxygen-release material is smaller than a percentage by mass of the alkali earth metal 26, loaded on the activated aluminas 21 and 22, to the activated alumina.
US10105623B2
A filter apparatus comprising an inlet for receiving a target fluid to be filtered, an outlet for allowing exit of filtered target fluid and a filter plate disposed between the inlet and the outlet. The filter plate having a lengthwise direction and a widthwise direction and the inlet being disposed proximal one portion of the filter plate for delivering at least some of the fluid onto the filter means initially in a lengthwise direction along the filter plate. The outlet being disposed on an opposing portion of the filter plate in the lengthwise direction and at a distance just below the inlet such that the filter apparatus maintains a low profile in a heightwise direction.
US10105613B1
A toy set having one or more figurines is provided. A first figurine has a motor coupled to a flywheel and a drive shaft to rotate the flywheel and the drive shaft. The drive shaft engages a support surface causing translation of the first figurine on the support surface when the drive shaft is rotated. The flywheel holds the first figurine generally upright on the support surface via gyroscopic force when the flywheel is rotated. The first figurine has a body representing a torso and at least one arm extending from the body, wherein the body and the at least one arm do not rotate with the flywheel. A second figurine is connectable to the first figurine to form a self-balancing assembly at least when the drive shaft engages the support surface and the flywheel is rotated by the motor. Rotation of the drive shaft causes translation of the self-balancing assembly on the support surface.
US10105609B2
An apparatus for an amusement park includes a bogie system positioned on a track. The bogie system directs motion along the track. The apparatus also includes an arm extending radially outward from the bogie system. The arm is rotatably coupled to a body of the bogie system. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a vehicle positioned on the arm.
US10105594B2
Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for managing a wearable garment device. Embodiments include determining an identification credential that uniquely identifies a player within an interactive gaming environment. A gameplay state of the player within the interactive gaming environment is retrieved. The gameplay state includes at least one of a rank of the player, one or more accomplishments of the player and a group to which the player belongs within the interactive gaming environment. Embodiments determine a wearable garment device having a preexisting association with the player within the interactive gaming environment. The wearable garment device is configured with one or more display devices. A graphical depiction of at least a portion of the gameplay state is generated and embodiments cause the generated graphical depiction to be output for display using the one or more display devices of the wearable garment device.
US10105589B2
The present invention discloses a system and accompanying method for directing the movement of an object on an interactive surface through a defined path. The system includes an object embedded with a unique identification code (UID), a movement module, and a distinct pattern of capacitive tabs near the surface of the object that makes contact with the interactive surface, an interactive surface configured to recognize the UID, location and orientation information of an object placed on the interactive surface, and a processor operatively linked to the interactive surface and configured to direct, track and correct the movement of the object along a defined path on the interactive surface by tracking the UID, location and orientation of the object continuously and throughout the movement. A centralized control mode is applied in the present invention, which makes the structure of the electronic hardware within the moving object substantially simplified, which leads to a decreased manufacturing cost, and, from an aesthetic point of view, the logic clearer and easily understood.
US10105588B1
A binding for snowboard includes a base structure and a heel support pivotally mounted to the base structure for movement between an open position for allowing a user to insert or remove their boot from the binding and a closed position for securing the users boot in the binding. An adjustable foot strap is attached to the base structure and a tensioning system is attached to the heel support and the adjustable foot strap for applying a tensioning force to the adjustable strap when the heel support is moved to the closed position and for releasing the tensioning force from the adjustable foot strap when the seal support is moved to the open position.
US10105583B2
A projectile throwing game. The present system is a game that involves throwing a projectile into the interior of a receiving unit. The receiving unit is equipped with a sensor that detects when a projectile enters the receiving unit. The receiving unit additionally has a transceiver configured to relay information to a processor unit. The processor unit is connected to a visual output and displays virtual images representing the physical receiver units. The object of the game is to throw specific projectiles into specific receiver units, as instructed by the virtual images.
US10105574B2
Technologies for generating user-specific workout plans and tracking a user's progress are disclosed. The user-specific workout plan may be based on a user's goal and the particular workout facility to be used by the user. During performance of the user-specific workout by the user, the user is provided with workout data regarding the user's performance. Such workout data may be based on sensor data generated by sensors of the exercise machine used by the user and/or other sensors carried or worn by the user.
US10105567B1
An exercise device has a frame supporting guide links to which foot support links are pivotally attached. An arc center drive assembly is provided to raise and lower the foot receiving areas of the foot support links. Vertical drive elements couple a crank system to the arc center drive assembly to control the raising and lowering of the foot receiving areas.
US10105558B2
A fire suppression system includes a high pressure inert gas source configured to provide a first inert gas output and a low pressure inert gas source configured to provide a second inert gas output. A distribution network is connected with the high pressure inert gas source and the low pressure inert gas source to distribute the first inert gas output and the second inert gas output throughout a confined space. A volume reduction system is positioned within the confined space and includes a seal member. The seal member is selectively deployable between a first position and a second position to isolate a first volume of the confined space from a second volume of the confined space and reduce an amount of the first inert gas output and the second inert gas output required to respond to a fire threat within the confined space.
US10105553B2
A method for generating planning data or control data for a radiation treatment, comprising the following steps: acquiring segmented data of an object which contains a treatment volume and a non-treatment volume; modelling at least some or all of the volume or surface of the treatment volume as a source of light or rays exhibiting a predefined or constant initial intensity; modelling the non-treatment volume as comprising volumetric elements or voxels which each exhibit an individually assigned feature or attenuation or transparency value (tmin≤t≤tmax) for the light or rays which feature is assigned to the light or ray or which attenuation or transparency maintains or reduces the intensity of the light or ray as it passes through the respective volumetric element or voxel, wherein the feature or attenuation or transparency value is individually assigned to each volumetric element or voxel of the non-treatment volume; defining a map surface which surrounds the treatment volume or the object; calculating an accumulated intensity value for points or areas on the map surface, the accumulated intensity being the sum of the intensities of all the rays which exhibit the predefined or constant initial intensity and are emitted from the volume or surface of the treatment volume and reach a respective point on the map surface preferably by following a straight line, wherein if the ray passes through a non-treatment volume or voxel, the intensity of the respective ray is reduced or attenuated by a factor which is determined by the individual feature or attenuation or transparency value of the respective non-treatment volume or voxel; and generating an intensity distribution on the map surface using the calculated accumulated intensities.
US10105550B2
Configurations are described for utilizing light-activated proteins within cell membranes and subcellular regions to assist with medical treatment paradigms, such as hypertension treatment via anatomically specific and temporally precise modulation of renal plexus activity. The invention provides for proteins, nucleic acids, vectors and methods for genetically targeted expression of light-sensitive proteins to specific cells or defined cell populations. In particular the invention provides systems, devices, and methods for millisecond-timescale temporal control of certain cell activities using moderate light intensities, such as the generation or inhibition of electrical spikes in nerve cells and other excitable cells.
US10105543B2
The disclosed techniques allow for externalizing errors from an implantable medical device using the device's charging coil, for receipt at an external charger or other external device. Transmission of errors in this manner is particularly useful when telemetry of error codes through a traditional telemetry coil in the implant is not possible, for example, because the error experienced is so fundamental as to preclude use of such traditional means. By externalizing the error via the charging coil, and though the use of robust error modulation circuitry in the implant designed to be generally insensitive to fundamental errors, the external charger can be consulted to understand the failure mode involved, and to take appropriate action.
US10105537B2
A lead receptacle having a lumen configured to traverse from an outer side of an outermost intercostal muscle to an inner side of an innermost intercostal muscle of an intercostal space of a patient and to support a lead traversing through the lumen. The lumen being configured to support one or more cardiac leads traversing through the intercostal space.
US10105530B2
A fluid delivery system is provided and includes a power injector supporting a high pressure syringe. The fluid delivery system further includes a manifold and a low pressure hand-operated syringe. The manifold generally includes a plurality of fluid control valves in series fluid communication. A first fluid control valve of the plurality of fluid control valves has a first port, a second inlet port, and a third port. The third port of the first fluid control valve is in fluid connection with a first port of a second fluid control valve. The low pressure hand-operated syringe is in fluid connection with the first port of the first fluid control valve, and the high pressure syringe is in fluid connection with the second port of the first fluid control valve. The fluid control valves may be multi-position stopcock valves.
US10105527B2
A female coupling device includes: a main body defining a fluid passage therethrough; and a clip member coupled to the main body, with the clip member including two opposing arms that extend from the clip member at generally a 45 degree angle relative to a mating male coupling device, the arms being positioned to engage the male coupling device when the male coupling device is mated to the female coupling device.
US10105516B2
A catheter has a deflection beam and a single continuous puller wire to effectuate bi-directional deflection. A joint between a catheter body and a deflectable distal section effectively transmits torque from a control handle. The joint includes two open-shaped brackets, each affixed to a respective side of the flat deflection beam to form a closed-shaped hollow body that bridges and circumferentially encircles the beam. Each bracket has through-holes into which thermoplastic material of the catheter body and the deflectable distal section can melt and migrate to form interlocking nodes.
US10105498B2
A drug delivery device for dispensing of a dose of a medicament includes a housing extending in an axial direction and a piston rod to operably engage with a piston of a cartridge to displace the piston in an axial distal direction. The drug delivery device includes a dose indicating mechanism including a first spool and a second spool rotatably supported in the housing and a dose indicating tape coiled onto at least the second spool and fixed with an end to an outer circumference of the first spool. The first and second spools are oriented substantially parallel to each other and substantially parallel to the piston rod.
US10105496B2
An automatic injector includes a cover extending along a longitudinal axis. A syringe for injecting a drug is arranged inside the cover, and includes a needle, a needle protector, a body, a plunger, and a rod for pushing the plunger into the syringe body, which is moved axially forwards by a resilient load force exerted by a first spring during an injection. The syringe also includes a tip for protecting the needle, which is axially movable about the needle and against a resilient load force exerted by a second spring between a forward position in which the tip surrounds the needle and a retracted position in which the needle is uncovered. A mechanism blocks the forward movement of the rod. The mechanism is deactivated as the tip is moved towards the retracted position and is reactivated during the injection when the tip is moved towards the forward position.
US10105492B2
Disclosed herein is a valve assembly comprising a male luer end portion and a female luer end portion and a passage for the transfer of fluids extending between the male and female luer end portions, valve means movable between a first position, in which the passage is closed, and a second position, in which the passage is open, biasing means for biasing the valve means toward the first position, and actuating means extending into the male luer end portion and coupled to the valve means to actuate the valve means when a female luer end portion of a medical accessory is engaged with the male luer end portion.
US10105479B2
Apparatus and methods for hydraulically controlled arterial/venous access are provided. The apparatus and methods may include tubing anastomized to a conduit. A clamp may be positioned over the tubing. The clamp may seal the tubing. The clamp may be configured to unseal the tubing. The clamp may be positioned to seal the tubing such that outer walls of the tubing are compressed flush with each other. The tubing may include an inner lumen and an outer lumen. The outer lumen may terminate in a balloon. The inner lumen may include a compressible portion near the anastomosis site. The inner lumen may include a non-compressible portion. The balloon may encircle at least part of the non-compressible portion. A reservoir may be configured to control an opening or closing of the clamp. When the inner lumen is open, fluid may flow from the conduit to the reservoir.
US10105470B2
A waste collection system for collecting waste during medical/surgical procedures including a mobile container cart with a waste container. A container cart is selectively coupled to a suction cart that includes a vacuum pump. The connection of the carts results in the connection of the vacuum pump to the waste container. The vacuum pump draws a vacuum that results in waste being drawn through a suction line into the waste container. The container cart holds instruments that can be removably attached to the container cart. This facilitates the configuration of the container cart for the specific procedure for which it is necessary to draw a suction.
US10105469B2
A composition-of-matter for treating cardiovascular disorders and a method of using same are provided. The composition-of-matter includes a leptin antagonist and a carrier configured for localized release of the leptin antagonist.
US10105461B2
A device for facilitating a chemical reaction that includes an upper member, a lower member, and a dissolvable member disposed between them such that upper and lower chambers are formed having substantially equal volumes. The upper chamber receives a dry sodium chlorite and the lower chamber receives a dry acid mixture. The upper and lower members are joined, thereby sealing the upper and lower chambers and enabling the joined upper and lower members to be disposed in water such that said lower member engages the water first. The joined upper and lower members swell with absorbed water to engage the dry sodium chlorite and the dry acid mixture to form slurries to dissolve the dissolvable member to allow the slurries to react to generate chlorine dioxide gas that passes through the upper and lower members and into a space to be disinfected and/or deodorized.
US10105458B2
A sanitizer system and method of use is disclosed. The sanitizer system quickly sanitizes and cools targeted objects and secures the targeted sanitized objects for later use, without the need to transfer the objects to a separate container. In one embodiment, the sanitizer system comprises a cassette having a body and a removable lid that, when joined, form an airtight chamber for containing an object for sterilization. A pressure control element of the system is configured to fluidly engage with the cassette to produce a pressure-controlled environment within the airtight chamber. A heating element of the system, which is interconnected and in thermal communication with the airtight chamber, is configured to provide heat to the airtight chamber. The chamber temperature is raised to a desired temperature for a period of time sufficient to sanitize the object. A cooling element of the system is configured to cool the chamber and the object.
US10105449B2
Described herein are platinum-based brush-arm star polymers (Pt-BASPs), or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for delivery of platinum-based agents, such as oxaliplatin. Also provided are methods and kits involving the Pt-BASPs, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for treating proliferative diseases such as cancers (e.g., lung cancer, head-and-neck cancer, esophagus cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, pancreas cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, or prostate cancer) in a subject.
US10105445B2
This disclosure relates to a controlled-release composition containing a water-swellable linear polymer together with an active agent. The water-swellable linear polymer is obtained by reacting together: (a) a polyethylene oxide of number average molecular weight less than or equal to 4000 g/mol; (b) an aliphatic diol; and (c) a difunctional isocyanate. The ratio of components (a) to (b) to (c) is in the range of 0.01-0.1 to 1 to 1.01-1.1 in terms of equivalent weights. The amount of the polyethylene oxide is less than 50 wt % of the polymer. The polymer has a water swelling percentage of 20-100%.
US10105444B2
Methods and compositions for treating disorders of the nail and nail bed. Such compositions contain a vehicle in which all components of the composition are dissolved, suspended, dispersed, or emulsified, a non-volatile solvent, a wetting agent, and a pharmaceutically active ingredient that is soluble in the non-volatile solvent and/or a mixture of the vehicle and the non-volatile solvent, which composition has a surface tension of 40 dynes/cm or less and has continuing spreadability, and which composition is effective in treating a disorder of the nail or nail bed.
US10105441B2
The present invention comprises a composition with means to inhibit the function of the inflammatory cytokine IL-1 and methods for using this composition to treat inflammatory disease of ocular and adnexal tissues by topical administration. The present invention also discloses devices for delivering this composition to target tissues.
US10105438B2
The present invention relates to an improved process of conjugation to obtain synthetic oligosaccharide-protein (OS-PR) conjugates. The process of synthetic OS-PR conjugation is a rapid process providing oligosaccharide-protein conjugates which are highly immunogenic and elicit specific and homogenous immune responses. The synthetic oligosaccharide comprising of four to eight repeating units of respective monomers and at least one in-built terminal amino linker, said synthetic polysaccharide mimics natural polysaccharide obtained from gram negative bacteria such as Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y, W, X and Haemophilus influenzae and carrier protein is obtained from gram positive bacteria such as Clostridium tetani (tetanus toxoid) or Corynebacterium diphtheriae (CRM197) or their recombinant versions. The conjugation chemistry of the said oligosaccharide-protein conjugate of the present invention is thio-ether linkage. The present invention takes complete process time in the range of 14-22 hours. The said oligosaccharide-protein conjugates are useful in production of monovalent vaccine or multivalent combination vaccines and as diagnostic tool.
US10105429B2
The invention provides an immunogenic composition comprising a combination of (i) bacterial Ig-like domain protein fragment (orf405B) having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2 or a protein having at least 80% similarity thereto, and (ii) putative Lipoprotein (orf3526) having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:8 or a protein having at least 80% similarity thereto.
US10105425B2
The invention relates to an peptide derived from a polymorphic region of donor MHC class II molecules which induces tolerance and thus prevents transplant rejection in a patient in need thereof. The invention relates to an isolated peptide of 15 or 16 amino acids long that comprises or consists of the amino acid sequence: REEYARFDSDVGEYR (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a function-conservative variant for use as drug. The invention relates to an in vitro method for determining whether a transplanted patient is tolerant, comprising a step of determining the presence of CD8+CD45RClow Tregs in a biological sample obtained from said transplanted patient, wherein the presence of CD8+CD45RClow Tregs is indicative of tolerance.
US10105416B2
The present disclosure provides methods for treating mild brain injury and other neurological disorders in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound comprising ghrelin.
US10105411B2
New polypeptide agonists of AT2R are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the agonists, methods of their use in the treatment of diseases, conditions or disorders characterized by insufficient AT2R activity or excessive AT1R activity, and methods of their use as laboratory reagents for research purposes.
US10105402B2
An object of the present invention is to provide: a catecholamine production accelerator comprising a natural product as an active ingredient; a therapeutic agent and preventive agent for diseases caused by catecholamine deficiency; and food compositions for the treatment or prevention of diseases caused by catecholamine deficiency. Provided are: a catecholamine production accelerator comprising a dry powder, ground product and/or extract of an earthworm as an active ingredient; a therapeutic agent and preventive agent for a disease caused by catecholamine deficiency; and loud compositions for the treatment or prevention of a disease caused by catecholamine deficiency. It is preferred that the disease caused by catecholamine deficiency be selected from the group consisting of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
US10105388B2
The present invention relates to a medicinal clay preparation containing 90-99.9% w/w medicinal clay and 0.1-10% w/w binders. It further relates to a method for producing the medicinal clay preparation, wherein first the binder(s) is/are dissolved or suspended in purified water and then the medicinal clay is mixed with the binder-water mixture and granulated by a conventional method. Optionally, a coating can also be subsequently applied.
US10105385B1
Provided is an adjuvant composition comprising a nucleic acid comprising a double-stranded RNA bound to a single-stranded DNA, the double-stranded RNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and its complementary sequence, the single-stranded DNA consisting of a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. Also provided is a vaccine composition comprising the adjuvant composition and an antigen or an antigen component. The nucleic acid contained in the adjuvant composition is a chemically synthesizable nucleic acid having potent adjuvant activity and high safety.
US10105384B2
The present invention concerns a TCTP antagonist, in particular a nucleic acid targeting an m RNA encoding Translationally-Controlled Tumor Protein (TCTP), wherein said nucleic acid is capable of reducing the amount of TCTP in cells, for use in the treatment or prevention of hormone-independent cancer or chemo-resistant cancer, such as an androgen-independent prostate cancer.
US10105382B2
The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods to treat cancer cells using low doses of DNA demethylating agents and poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors. Methods also are provided for sensitizing a cell to a PARP inhibitor.
US10105363B2
Provided are certain histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors of Formula I, compositions thereof, and methods of their use.
US10105350B2
A method of cross-linking collagen present in a collagenous tissue comprising contacting the collagenous tissue with an amount of a formaldehyde releasing agent effective to crosslink the collagen is provided. A method of inhibiting loss of structural integrity of a collagenous tissue during transplantation-related transport comprising contacting the collagenous tissue with an amount of a formaldehyde releasing agent effective to inhibit loss of structural integrity of the collagenous tissue is also provided. A composition for ophthalmic administration comprising a formaldehyde releasing agent, sodium bicarbonate, and ophthalmically suitable carriers or excipients is also provided. Finally, a method of altering the refractive power of a cornea comprising contacting the cornea with a formaldehyde releasing agent so as to effect cross-linking in the cornea and thereby alter the refractive power of the cornea is provided.
US10105348B2
Use of 2-(5S-Methyl-2-oxo-4R-phenyl-pyrrolidin-1-yl)-acetamide or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt in manufacture of a medicament for prophylaxis and treatment of seizure.
US10105333B2
The present disclosure provides orally deliverable pharmaceutical compositions comprising DGLA and to methods of using same to treat a variety of conditions and disorders.
US10105331B2
The present invention concerns the use of compounds for preventing and/or treating diabetes, for modulating glucose, insulin, and/or triglyceride levels; for reducing blood glucose level; for maintaining or increasing insulin level; for increasing insulin secretion; increasing insulin sensitivity; or decreasing insulin resistance in a subject. These novel uses have been found for compounds represented by Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts. wherein A is C5 alkyl, C6 alkyl, C5 alkenyl, C6 alkenyl, C(0)-(CH2)n—CH3 or CH(OH)—(CH2)n—CH3 wherein n is 3 or 4; R1 is H, F or OH; R2 is C5 alkyl, C6 alkyl, C5 alkenyl, C6 alkenyl, C(0)-(CH2)n—CH3 or CH(OH)—(CH2)n—CH3 wherein n is 3 or 4; R3 is H, F, OH or CH2Ph; R4 is H, F or OH; Q is 1) (CH2)mC(O)OH wherein m is 1 or 2, 2) CH(CH3)C(O)OH, 3) C(CH3)2C(O)OH, 4) CH(F)—C(O)OH, 5) CF2—C(O)OH, or 6) C(O)—C(O)OH.
US10105329B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods that are useful for inducing the development of regulatory T cells (Treg). Such compositions and methods are useful for treating inflammatory conditions and in particular inflammatory conditions affecting the gastrointestinal tract of a subject. In certain embodiments, the present inventions generally relate to short chain fatty acids and the discovery that such short chain fatty acids may be used to treat and/or prevent inflammatory conditions by enhancing the size and immune function of a subject's endogenous Treg population.
US10105327B2
This disclosure relates to methods administering various compounds in conjunction with dextromethorphan to a human being. Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to dextromethorphan or dextrorphan and bupropion, hydroxybupropion, erythrohydroxybupropion, threohydroxybupropion, or a metabolite or prodrug of any of these compounds are also disclosed.
US10105326B2
The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical solution comprising at least dopamine for use in treating Parkinson's disease, wherein said pharmaceutical solution is kept under anaerobic conditions from its formulation to its administration.
US10105320B2
A soluble fiber lozenge provided herein includes a body that is partially or wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a soluble-fiber matrix and one or more additives dispersed in the soluble-fiber matrix. In some cases, a soluble fiber lozenge provided herein includes at least 40 weight percent of soluble fiber. In some cases, soluble fiber in soluble fiber lozenge provided herein can include maltodextrin. The soluble fiber lozenge is adapted to release one or more additives from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity of a consumer and exposed to saliva. A method of making soluble fiber lozenges provided herein includes forming a molten mixture of at least 40 weight percent soluble fiber, one or more additives, and less than 15 weight percent water while maintaining a mixture temperature of less than 200° C. and portioning the molten mixture into a plurality of soluble fiber lozenges. In some cases, the ingredients can be mixed to form the molten mixture in an extruder.
US10105311B2
The present invention relates to water-dispersable microcapsules comprising an oil phase, e.g. a perfume, containing a photolabile polymer comprising α-ketoacid or α-ketoester group capable of generating a gas upon exposure to light. The gas is able to cause an extension or the breaking of the microcapsule allowing the release of the oil phase and thus increasing the long-lastingness of the odor perception. The present invention concerns also the use of said microcapsules in perfumery as well as perfuming compositions or perfumed articles comprising the invention's microcapsules to provide a prolonged release of fragrant molecules.
US10105307B2
Provided is a makeup cosmetic which has a good feeling of use, without showing tautness or stiffness as in the case of using a silicone-based resin film or an offensive odor as in the case of using polyisoprene, and exhibits a good effect of preventing color migration. This makeup cosmetic is characterized by comprising polyisobutylene having a relative mass of 30,000-100,000 and a volatile hydrocarbon oil. Also provided are a top coating agent, which can be appropriately applied on the aforesaid makeup cosmetic, imparts glossiness and shows little color migration or blurring, a makeup kit comprising the aforesaid makeup cosmetic and the top coating agent, and a makeup method using the makeup kit.
US10105300B2
Disclosed is cosmetic or dermatological preparation which is present as an aerosol spray and comprises one or more antiperspirant substances and one or more cationic surfactants.
US10105286B2
A fill adapter for filling a reservoir and a related method are disclosed herein. The fill adapter includes a button assembly actuator and a pump chamber plunger actuator hingeably attached to the button assembly actuator, wherein the actuation of the button assembly actuator actuates the pump chamber plunger actuator and wherein the pump chamber plunger actuator actuates a pump chamber membrane before the at least one button assembly is actuated.
US10105282B1
Systems, apparatus and methods for providing air and water to hot tub jets. The present teachings include jet assemblies, manifold assemblies, and related components, as well as methods of assembling hot tubs involving these components. In some cases, the present teachings describe the use of dual extrusion tubing to route air and water through adjacent, connected fluid conduits. In some cases, the present teachings describe a “press-and-click” method of connecting various components.
US10105280B2
A powered massaging device having a drive shaft having an axis of rotation and a massaging head with a skin engaging surface. The massaging head being attachable to the drive shaft for simultaneous rotation about the axis and vibration in a direction along the axis.
US10105276B2
A strap for a table having a backrest with a first end and a second portion. The strap has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the strap is connected to the first end of the table backrest and the second end of the strap is connected to the second portion of the table backrest. The strap provides a safety measure in the event the user shifts or slips when using the table. When used on an inversion therapy table, the strap may also enable the user to relieve pressure applied to the ankles and lower legs during inversion therapy. The strap may further include a length adjuster to fit the size of each individual user as well as visual length markers to indicate the adjustment settings for the strap.
US10105270B2
Water birthing apparatus for use in a bath sized to accommodate an adult woman in childbirth, the bath having a base wall and one or more side walls extending upwardly from the base wall to an upper edge to define an open top, including: a false floor sized to cover at least some of the base wall of the bath and including drainage means for draining water from above the false floor to below the false floor; and lifting means associated with the false floor and operable for moving the false floor between a lower position at which the false floor is adjacent or resting on the base wall and an elevated position spaced at which the false floor is spaced above the base wall, and wherein the lifting means includes a plurality of lifting arms connected to the false floor and extending from a movable carriage assembly mounted to a carriage track, the carriage assembly being movable up and down the carriage track.
US10105269B1
A diaper having an elastic chest band on an extended front portion of a diaper coupled to an elastic upper back band on an extended back portion that prevents bodily waste leaking onto to a wearer's upper torso. The diaper has a pair of wrap around sides. In one example embodiment, the diaper has a pair of absorbent wings coupled to a center panel of the diaper that wrap around a wearer's torso, keeping the diaper snuggly fitting and preventing bodily waste leakage. The diaper has a pair of leg portions that extend down a wearer's thighs, each having a bottom elastic band to prevent leakage down the legs. The diaper has a belt in one example embodiment and an indicator strip in another example embodiment.
US10105267B2
A tampon assembly having a barrel, a plunger, and a pledget is provided. The plunger is slidably received in the barrel. The pledget is in the barrel between the insertion tip and the plunger so that a force applied on the plunger can expel the pledget from the barrel. The barrel has a plurality of petals defining an insertion tip, which has a first taper ratio of more than about 0.3 to less than 1.0. The pledget has a shaped tip that is disposed in the insertion tip.
US10105250B2
A delivery system for delivering and deploying stents with proximal and distal apices includes a guidewire catheter, a nose cone assembly, a proximal capture portion and a stent graft with proximal and distal stents. The nose cone assembly is at the distal end of the guidewire catheter and includes a nose cone and a distal capture portion. The proximal capture portion is proximal to the distal capture portion of the nose cone assembly. The proximal stent is releasably secured to the distal capture portion and the distal stent is releasably secured to the proximal capture portion. The stent graft can be deployed by releasing the proximal stent and the distal stent from proximal and distal capture portions of the delivery system.
US10105245B2
This invention relates generally to an endoluminal prosthesis, and more particularly, to a stent graft assembly and method for treating branched vessels. The assembly includes a first prosthesis, such as an iliac branch device (IBD), comprising a tubular main body, a first leg extending from a distal end of the main body and at least one fenestration formed in the main body. An internal tubular side branch extends proximally from the fenestration into the lumen of the main body, resulting in an iliac branch device having an overall reduced proximal length. The assembly further includes a second prosthesis, or a bridging limb, having a distal end with a scalloped fenestration formed therein to accommodate sealing with the proximal end of the iliac branch device without interfering with the internal branch. A connecting stent graft adapted for placement in the internal iliac artery may be sealingly connected to the internal branch.
US10105235B2
The present disclosure provides an intervertebral cage including superior and inferior members each including an engagement surface for engaging a corresponding vertebrae. The intervertebral cage also includes a posterior member that extends between a posterior end of the superior and inferior members and spaces them from each other in a superior-inferior direction. The superior and inferior members extend in a posterior-to-anterior direction from the posterior member and define anterior free ends to form a substantially open anterior end between the superior member and the inferior member in a posterior-anterior direction. The engagement surfaces of the superior and inferior members substantially diverge from each other in the superior-inferior direction along the posterior-to-anterior direction. The superior and inferior members each include first apertures extending therethrough in the superior-inferior direction that define a pathway through the intervertebral cage in the superior-inferior direction.
US10105234B2
The spinal implant includes a tissue barrier. A first member extends in a transverse orientation from the tissue barrier and is connectable with vertebral tissue adjacent a lamina. A second member is spaced from the first member and extends in a transverse orientation from the tissue barrier. The second member is connectable with vertebral tissue adjacent a lamina. At least one of the members includes an end that is disposable about at least a portion of the vertebral tissue. Systems and methods of use are disclosed.
US10105225B2
Devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation, including approximating mitral valve leaflets
Systems and methods for approximating tissue segments, such as mitral valve leaflets, on a minimally invasive basis. The system includes first and second approximation devices each including a magnetic component and an attachment mechanism. Each device is connected to a target tissue segment by the corresponding attachment mechanism. Upon deployment at a target site, the tissue approximation devices are magnetically attracted to one another, approximating the tissue segments and maintaining the tissue segments in the approximated state.
US10105222B1
A system for implanting a repair device onto a native valve of a natural heart to repairing the native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure. The system includes a paddle and a gripping member. The paddle is movable between an open position and a closed position. The gripping member has a weakened portion and a barbed portion. The barbed portion is configured to secure the gripping member to valve tissue of the native valve of the patient. A gripper control mechanism is configured to move the gripping member between an open position and a closed position. The gripper control mechanism comprises a suture removably attached to the gripping member at a first connection point and a pushing member configured to engage the gripping member at a second connection point. The weakened portion is between the first and second connection points. The pushing member is configured to push on the gripping member and the suture is configured to pull on the gripping member to flex the weakened portion and pivot the barbed portion.
US10105220B2
A delivery system (100) for delivering a collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes a body (120) extending in a longitudinal direction and a sheath (130) slidable relative to the body. A compartment (155) is defined inside the sheath and is adapted to receive the collapsible prosthetic heart valve in a collapsed condition. The system includes an articulating joint having a first portion operatively connected to the compartment and a second portion operatively connected to the body. The first portion is pivotable relative to the second position so as to pivot the sheath from a first orientation extending in the longitudinal direction to a second orientation extending transverse to the longitudinal direction.
US10105218B2
An implantable endoluminal prosthesis for replacing a damaged aortic valve is provided. In one embodiment, the prosthesis includes a balloon-expandable stent, a tubular conduit that extends into the ascending aorta, and a self-expanding stent. The tubular conduit extends across the balloon-expandable stent. The tubular conduit includes an artificial valve. The self-expanding stent extends across the tubular conduit into the ascending aorta. The balloon-expandable stent, the tubular conduit, and the self-expanding stent are coupled to provide unidirectional flow of fluid into the aorta and further into the coronary arteries. Also provided is a method for implanting the endoluminal prosthesis.
US10105207B2
Implants having improved mechanical properties and/or degradation profiles, kits including such implants, and methods of producing and using the same.
US10105198B2
A dental membrane disposed in a deficient region of an alveolar bone to form a space for regeneration of the alveolar bone or to surround a bone graft, wherein the dental membrane is fixed by an insert inserted and fixed in the alveolar bone and a cover member combined to the insert, the dental membrane including: an upper portion surrounding a top surface of the deficient region of the alveolar bone; and a side bending portion bended downward from the upper portion and surrounding a side surface of the deficient region of the alveolar bone, wherein the upper portion includes: a combined portion combined to the insert and the cover member to be fixed; and a protruding portion extending and protruding upward from the combined portion.
US10105195B2
The present disclosure provides intra-oral devices for repositioning the relationship between upper and lower dental arches. The devices are attached to appliances on molar teeth of each arch and can be reactivated without removal or replacement of substantial components of the device.
US10105193B2
An orthodontic bracket for attaching an archwire to a tooth including a body including a bonding base for attachment to the tooth, the body having an occlusal-gingivally extending opening, a lingual vertical slot, a pair of laterally spaced gingival tie wings and a pair of laterally spaced occlusal tie wings, the gingival and occlusal tie wings projecting from a labial surface of the body. An archwire slot is provided extending mesiodistally across the body and between the gingival and occlusal tie wings at opposed medial and distal sides of the body to accommodate the archwire. A locking shutter including at least one resilient arm member at one end and a retaining portion at another end is provided such that the locking shutter moveable between an open position in which placement and removal of the archwire is facilitated and a closed position in which placement and removal of the archwire is inhibited. There is further provided a retaining groove formed in an occlusal wall of the gingival tie wings for releasably retaining a retaining portion of the locking shutter in the closed position and, at least one blocker for preventing movement of the archwire out of the archwire slot and into the retaining groove. In addition, a broader locking shutter is possible that prevents a sharp bend in the archwire to prevent notching or bonding of the archwire during early tooth movement and sliding of teeth during mid-term treatment tooth movement.
US10105186B2
A virtual rigid body optical tracking system includes a virtual rigid body generator for projecting a virtual rigid body, wherein the virtual rigid body forms a pattern of light on a surface. The virtual rigid body optical tracking system includes an optical detection system for detecting the pattern of light, and a data processing system in communication with the optical detection system. The data processing system is configured to determine a position of the virtual rigid body generator based on the detected pattern of light.
US10105176B2
Methods, systems and devices for endometrial ablation. In accordance with a method, a working end of an RF ablation device is positioned in a patient uterus to contact endometrial tissue, the working end comprising a dielectric wall capable of non-expanded and expanded shapes. An indicator mechanism is operatively coupled to the wall and configured to indicate non-expanded and expanded shapes of the wall.
US10105171B2
A vertebral augmentation system and methods for vertebral augmentation and/or fusion using same are provided. In certain embodiments, a pre-curved stylet or needle with an overlying delivery tube may be used to target a site within a bone structure, facilitating direction thereto of an expandable member useful for creating a cavity that may receive curable material to restore bone height, to reinforce the bone structure, and/or to fuse two, three, or more adjacent vertebrae. An expandable member such as, for example, a balloon can be used to create a plurality of voids by displacing bone material, where the voids can be filled with curable material to augment the vertebrae and intervening space can be filled to fuse those adjacent vertebrae.
US10105167B2
A rotational correction system includes an implant having first and second sections, the implant having a rotatable permanent magnet disposed in a housing of the first section, the rotatable permanent magnet mechanically connected to a nut operatively coupled to the second section. A keyed portion is interposed between the nut and one or more non-linear grooves disposed on an inner surface of the housing. An external adjustment device having at least one rotatable magnet configured to rotate the rotatable permanent magnet of the implant is part of the system. Rotation of the rotatable permanent magnet of the implant in a first direction effectuates a clockwise change in the rotational orientation of the first section relative to the second section and rotation of the rotatable permanent magnet of the implant in a second direction effectuates a counter-clockwise change in the rotational orientation of the first section relative to the second section.
US10105164B2
A facet fixation device formed from an anchor screw and a collet or facet screw that is secured to adjacent pedicles. The anchor screw has an aperture for receipt of a first end of a guide wire or polyaxial based facet screw. The collet includes a unidirectional attachment mechanism wherein a wire can be drawn to a desired position to fix the distance between the anchor screw and the collet. Excess wire can then be removed.
US10105163B2
A revision connector is configured to couple a new spine fixation rod to a previously implanted spine fixation rod that is secured to a plurality of vertebrae. The new spine fixation rod can be implanted and secured to vertebrae that are caudal and/or cranial with respect to the previously secured vertebrae.
US10105162B2
The present invention relates to a spinal fixing device in which a head portion of a bone screw to be inserted into a vertebra is bound to a housing, and the housing is fixed to a spine rod. The spinal fixing device includes: the housing having a seat portion inside and having a mounting groove for mounting the spine rod; a chuck to be inserted into the seat portion, in which a peripheral portion having an elastically changeable diameter and a curved inner circumferential surface is formed along the circumference of the chuck at one side; and the bone screw having a spherical head portion to be inserted into the peripheral portion, wherein a surface having a gradually varying diameter is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the seat portion and the outer circumferential surface of the peripheral portion is convex so as to allow the end of the peripheral portion to elastically shrink through the pressure generated between the peripheral portion and the seat portion by pressurization of the chuck by the spine rod, thereby restricting the rotation of the head portion. According to the present invention including said feature, the chuck is combined so as to restrict the head portion of the bone screw and has the peripheral portion having an elastically shrinkable diameter, and thus the movement between the screw and the housing is allowed according to the intention of an operator before being fixed to the spine rod and the movement between the housing and the bone screw can be more effectively inhibited when fixed to the spine rod.
US10105157B2
A device and method for intravascular dissection of a body lumen, and particularly a blood vessel wall, is disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed toward a tubular elongated member having a lumen therethrough, wherein the elongated member includes a distal region configured to be positioned within a blood vessel wall. The distal region can include an angled distal face having a distal-most edge configured to puncture the vessel wall and a proximal-most edge. The member can include an exit port fluidly coupled to the lumen, and positioned along the distal face between the distal-most edge and the proximal-most edge. A central longitudinal axis of the exit port can be offset from a central longitudinal axis of the elongated member such that the exit port is closer to the distal-most edge than the proximal-most edge.
US10105151B2
A surgical instrument having a first assembly with a first radio-opaque portion providing a profile of a first portion of an intramedullary implant or canal in a bone, and a second assembly having a second radio-opaque portion providing a profile of a second portion of the intramedullary implant or canal. The surgical instrument may also include a third radio-opaque portion providing an alignment feature to provide a fluoroscopic planar check for the surgical instrument.
US10105149B2
A number of improvements are provided relating to computer aided surgery utilizing an on tool tracking system. The various improvements relate generally to both the methods used during computer aided surgery and the devices used during such procedures. Other improvements relate to the structure of the tools used during a procedure and how the tools can be controlled using the OTT device. Still other improvements relate to methods of providing feedback during a procedure to improve either the efficiency or quality, or both, for a procedure including the rate of and type of data processed depending upon a CAS mode.
US10105138B2
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge and an anvil member. The staple cartridge includes a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed in rows of retention slots. The staple cartridge may have an annular or linear configuration of retention slots. The tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge may be tapered or stepped. The anvil member has a tissue contacting surface that includes a number of pockets arranged for substantially aligning with the retention slots. In addition, the tissue contacting surface of the anvil member may complement the tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge.
US10105135B2
A surgical fastener applier is disclosed and includes a handle portion, a tubular member extending from the handle portion and defining a longitudinal axis, a drive member rotatably supported in the tubular member and in the handle portion, and a plurality of fasteners. The drive member is configured to rotate while in a deflected condition with respect to the longitudinal axis. The drive member includes a proximal portion, a central portion, and a distal portion, the central portion being relatively more flexible configuration as compared to at least one of the proximal portion and the distal portion. The plurality of fasteners is disposed within the tubular member and is configured to engage a portion of the drive member such that rotational motion of the drive member causes distal advancement of at least one fastener of the plurality of fasteners through the tubular member.
US10105133B2
Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to bone. In one exemplary embodiment, a suture anchor is provided that includes one or more bone-engaging surfaces features and an external sidewall. The external sidewall can allow a suture coupled to the suture anchor and located between the anchor and bone to be movable relative to the suture anchor, even when the suture anchor is partially or fully disposed within a bone hole. Suture threaders and suture anchor drivers are also provided that can be used with the various methods and devices disclosed herein, or with other methods and devices known in the art.
US10105130B2
The invention relates to an apparatus for displacing tissue within the body, wherein the apparatus includes two or more attachment members selectively displaceable with respect to each other via a driving member. The driving member preferably is rotatable and is caused to rotate by a magnetic actuator that can be activated by a magnetic field from outside the body.
US10105129B2
The draining device 1 is provided with a main body 11 including two side wall members 111 each having a tip end section 111B curved downward, and a connecting portion 12 connecting the side wall members 111. In a manner such that at least upper portions of adjacent side wall members 111 are spaced at a certain distance d and side surfaces 111a of the adjacent side wall members 111 face each other, by connecting the side wall members 111 of the main body 11 with the connecting portion 12, a liquid draining passage R for draining a liquid to a space between adjacent side wall members 111. For this reason, since the liquid inflow cross-sectional area S1 and the passage cross-sectional area S2 increase, it becomes possible to introduce a large amount of liquid into the gap between the side wall members and pass therethrough.
US10105124B2
An ultrasound diagnostic equipment has at least one rechargeable ultrasound probe with a built-in battery, and a diagnostic equipment body connected to the at least one ultrasound probe in a wireless manner, wherein the diagnostic equipment body includes a power supply unit which supplies power to the battery of the at least one ultrasound probe, and a power supply controller which causes the battery of the at least one ultrasound probe to selectively perform refresh charging and top-up charging using the power supply unit on the basis of power supply information to the battery of the at least one ultrasound probe and the examination situation in the diagnostic equipment body.
US10105119B2
A phantom and method for quality assurance of a particle therapy apparatus used in the intensity modulated particle therapy (IMPT) mode is provided. The phantom comprises a frame structure having a first face and a second face that is parallel to the first face. The phantom further comprises one or more wedges, and a first and second block of material each having a first block face and a second block face parallel thereto. In addition, the phantom further includes an absolute dosimeter arranged at the first block face. A plurality of beads of high density material is located in the first or second block, and a 2D detector is arranged at the second face of the frame structure.
US10105118B2
An apparatus and a method of processing a medical image are provided. The apparatus is configured to generate a cross-sectional image of an object by transmitting X-rays through a region of the object, and includes an X-ray generator configured to generate the X-rays. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to determine sub-regions included in the region, based on positions of body parts included in the region, determine image qualities of the sub-regions based on types of the body parts included in the sub-regions, control doses of the X-rays based on the image qualities, and control the X-ray generator to transmit the controlled X-rays to the region.
US10105108B1
A first responder dispatch system is disclosed comprising a sensing wearable configured to be worn by a first responder. The sensing wearable can comprise a wrist-worn electronic device, a power-generating garment, or a combination thereof. The sensing wearable can comprise a plurality of biometric sensors configured to measure a plurality of vital signs of the first responder. The system can comprise a server programmed to receive biometric data concerning a plurality of vital signs of the first responder measured by the sensing wearable. The server can also transmit alerts to a plurality of dispatch client devices over a plurality of secured real-time bidirectional connections concerning a status of the first responder. At least one dispatch client device can transmit a response to the server and the server can, in turn, transmit additional biometric data concerning the first responder to the dispatch client device.
US10105106B2
Provided is an exercise information display system including a sensor unit attached to an ankle of one leg of a human body to output data on a motion state of the leg and a control unit processing the data. The control unit acquires a parameter based on data output from the sensor unit in a case where the human body performs a calibration motion for acquiring the parameter expressing at least one of an attachment orientation and an attachment position in the one leg of the sensor unit and a posture of the one leg in standing on the one leg, generates a reproduction image where a motion state of the leg during the exercise is reproduced in pseudo manner based on data output from the sensor unit in a case where the human body performs exercise of moving the leg and the parameter, and displays an image including at least the reproduction image as exercise information on the display unit.
US10105101B2
A biomedical sensor has conducting elements disposed at least partly over a skin-facing surface. A sensing element detects a signal representative of a physiological parameter of a body using the conducting elements. A storage device stores a physiological model. A processor determines sensor placement quality by comparing the signal to the model and operates an indicator to indicate the determined quality. A method of measuring using the sensor includes computing a measurement acceptance criterion using numerous measurements, determining whether a subsequent test measurement corresponds to the measurement acceptance criterion obtained from the computing step, and indicating the results via the indicator. A system for measuring a physiological property of the body includes the sensor, a user interface device to receive measurements from the sensor, and a processor associated with the user interface device and configured to provide feedback if the measurement does not meet a selected acceptance criterion.
US10105100B2
A body-mountable device includes a flexible substrate configured for mounting to a skin surface. The flexible substrate is configured to be adhered or otherwise mounted to the skin in a manner that minimally impacts activities of the body. The device includes a flexible display configured to provide indications to a user, e.g., indications of sensor readings, medical alerts, or operational states of the device. The display could be operated on a very low power budget, e.g., the display could be operated intermittently. In some examples, the display could include an e-paper display or similar low power display elements. In some examples, elements of the display, e.g., electrodes of a multi-segment display, could be formed on the flexible substrate such that additional elements of the display, e.g., a layer of display medium and a layer of transparent conductor, could be adhered or otherwise attached to the formed elements.
US10105091B2
Methods for intra-operatively monitoring nerve evoked potentials such as somatosensory nerve evoked potentials during a surgical procedure. The methods include orthodromic and antidromic monitoring of nerve evoked potentials. Monitoring includes navigating the surgical pathway to avoid insult to anatomical tissue, minimizing activation of sensory nerves that result in undesirable side effects in a patient, and determining the suitable location for placement of an implantable medical device.
US10105082B2
A glucose sensor comprises a conducting back electrode. The glucose sensor also comprises a silicon substrate in electrical contact with the conducting back electrode. The glucose sensor also comprises a dielectric layer disposed on the silicon substrate. The glucose sensor also comprises a pH sensing layer disposed on the dielectric layer. The glucose sensor also comprises a chemical layer disposed on the pH sensing layer, wherein the chemical layer is in contact with an aqueous solution. The glucose sensor also comprises a conductive electrode disposed on the dielectric layer, where in the conductive electrode is in contact with the aqueous solution.
US10105079B2
A lancing device includes a lancet body (14) of elongate form and having a sharp tip (16) at the forward end thereof; a drive spring (26) for imparting generally longitudinal movement to the lancet body, and a housing (10) receiving the lancet body and having an aperture (22) in the forward end thereof through which the sharp tip (16) of the lancet body projects in use when the device is fired. The device includes elements (28, 30, 32) for controlling movement of the lancet body (14) to cause the tip of the lancet to execute a lateral movement when it projects from the aperture.
US10105078B2
A method for causing a computer to execute a process for managing health condition, the process includes: detecting a grounding timing of a leg of a quadruped and a timing of weight-shift to a rear side of the quadruped; and determining whether or not the leg of the quadruped has a disease or injury, based on the detected grounding timing of the leg of the quadruped and the detected timing of a weight-shift to the rear side of the quadruped.
US10105068B2
A pumpless wearable sphygmomanometer includes a wearable element, a first fluid strip, a second fluid strip and a control module. A first side of the wearable element is for contacting with a wearer. The first and second fluid strips are arranged in parallel on the first side and spaced apart for a predetermined distance. The control module is disposed on the wearable element and includes a first pressure sensing element, a second pressure sensing element and a processing unit. The first and second pressure sensing elements communicate with the first and second fluid strips, respectively, and are configured to sense a first fluid pressure and a second fluid pressure in the first and second fluid strips, respectively. The processing unit is electrically connected to the first and second pressure sensing elements and configured to analyze a difference between the first fluid pressure and the second fluid pressure.
US10105044B2
An endo-optic illuminator has a compartment, a divider within the compartment, and a fiber optic cable in optical communication with the divider and with the light source of a microscope. The fiber optic cable transmits the light through its length. The cable has two ends: a tip and a base. A user then positions the cable to emit light with the tip proximate a patient's eye. Opposite the tip, the base connects the cable to the light source. The divider redirects light from the light source into the base of the fiber optic cable and then onward to illuminate its tip. The divider includes a prism, beam splitter, mirror flip, occluder, shutter, and the like. The fiber optic cable transmits light with less than a 10% loss of candlepower along its length. The illuminator replaces a second separate light source currently used by ophthalmologists.
US10105043B2
A vaginal speculum comprises upper and lower blades arranged to pivot relative to each other about coupling elements each associated with a respective blade. The upper blade is detachable from the lower blade, when the speculum is in situ in the vaginal cavity, upon pulling the upper blade generally proximally. This decouples the coupling elements from each other or detaches at least one of the coupling elements from the associated blade. The speculum has optional side blades.
US10105037B2
On an inner peripheral surface of an assistance tool of an insertion device, a sliding surface extends from an assistance tool proximal surface toward a distal side, and when the assistance tool attached to an insertion section rotates, the sliding surface slides on a supporting surface around a longitudinal axis. A flange portion of the insertion section includes an opposed surface opposed to the assistance tool proximal surface with a gap when the assistance tool is attached to the insertion section. In a part where the assistance tool proximal surface is opposed to the opposed surface, a proximal end of an outer peripheral surface of the assistance tool does not form a step relative to the flange portion.
US10105036B2
A connector assembly for controllable articles is described herein. The connector assembly engages force transmission elements used to transmit force from one or more force generators with the force transmission elements used to manipulate a controllable article. Additionally, the connector assembly provides organization thereby simplifying the process of connecting a plurality of elements, usually with a quick, single movement.
US10105032B2
Apparatus relating to an appliance having a housing with an aperture providing access to an interior compartment of the appliance and a door are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, the door may be designed to slide and retract within the housing when actuating between at least a closed position and an open position. Additionally, the door may be designed in various styles, wherein the particular style of door chosen may be dependent upon the particular appliance.
US10105029B2
A sweeper machine comprises a support frame, a machine body, and a garbage collection case. The support frame includes two fixing arms. The machine body is disposed between and mounted to the two fixing arms. The garbage collection case is inserted to the rear side of the machine body. Each fixing arm includes a driving wheel. The machine body includes a body casing and a roll brush. The roll brush is disposed inside the body casing. The body casing includes an opening. The lower part of the roll brush is exposed from the opening. Two first connection holes are respectively formed on two ends of the body casing. Each driving shaft extends out of the fixing arm and penetrates one connection hole. Two ends of the roll brush are respectively firmly connected with the two driving shafts separately penetrating the two first connection holes.
US10105028B2
Disclosed herein is a cleaner including a main body for sucking dust on the floor in a cleaning region while actively traveling, and a marker indication device for indicating a marker on the floor in the cleaning region while moving independently of the main body, wherein the main body includes an image acquisition unit acquiring a front image thereof, and a controller to track a movement trajectory of the marker on the acquired image, set a traveling path, in an actual space, corresponding to the movement trajectory, and control the main body such that the main body travels along the set traveling path.
US10105020B2
A dual roll paper towel dispenser, a method of dispensing towel from a dual roll paper towel dispenser, and a method of servicing a dual roll paper towel dispenser are disclosed herein. The dual roll paper towel dispenser can be provided with a dispenser mechanism disposed in a dispenser housing. The dispenser mechanism can include a first drive roller for dispensing paper from an upper first roll of paper and a second drive roller for dispensing paper from a lower second roll of paper. The dispenser mechanism can further include a drive system including a motor for selectively operating the first drive roller and the second drive roller, wherein the drive system powers the motor in a first rotational direction to actuate the first drive roller and powers the motor in a second rotational direction opposite the first rotational direction to actuate the second drive roller.
US10105017B2
A linear drain system may include a main body including a first end, a second end longitudinally opposed to the first end, and a top surface, a drain opening formed through the main body, and a drain channel formed in the top surface and extending longitudinally from proximate the first end to proximate the second end and in fluid communication with the drain opening, wherein the drain channel includes a V-shape in cross-section.
US10105014B2
A collapsible food keeper is selectively positionable between an expanded position and a collapsed position, in which the food keeper may be used to contain food items such as eggs in both positions. In one version, an upper container portion is telescopically connected to a lower container portion, with a lid removably attached to the upper container and a base removably attached to the lower container.
US10105013B2
This invention relates to a foodstuff scoop, particularly an ice cream scoop comprising a pushing portion that can be easily detached from and mounted onto a handle of the scoop. The pushing portion comprises a pushing piece for pushing scooped foodstuff out of a scoop portion of the scoop, and a retractable member for retracting the pushing piece from an active position to an inactive position after the scooped foodstuff has been pushed out of the scoop portion.
US10105012B2
A protein shaker bottle or similar beverage container that has one or more magnets on its outer surface. The magnets allow for the shaker bottle to magnetically adhere to a metallic or ferrous surface. The inventive bottle allows a user to quickly and temporarily adhere the bottle to a piece of gym equipment on a gym floor.
US10105002B2
A tamping augur may be controlled in various ways to obtain a consistent fill height and uniformity in the distribution of coffee grinds in a portafilter. Improvements to a conical burr grinder are also disclosed.
US10104975B2
A submergible furniture is disclosed. Said submergible furniture comprises a threaded plugs, an outer shell and an internal cavity is configured to be partially submerged in a external body of liquid having a external liquid level. Said internal cavity is sealed by said outer shell and said threaded plugs. Said internal cavity comprises a gas portion and a liquid portion. Said liquid portion comprises an internal liquid level. Said submergible furniture is configured to be partially submerged in a external body of liquid. Said internal liquid level is higher than said external liquid level. Said internal cavity is selectively sealed with said threaded plugs. Said threaded plugs comprises a female plug portion and a male plug portion. Said female plug portion is welded into a portion of said outer shell. Said female plug portion is plastic welded into a portion of said outer shell.
US10104951B2
A compact container having a function of uniformly discharging a cosmetic solution, which selectively discharges the contents out of the compact container using employing a push-type button and uniformly discharges the cosmetic solution by employing a disk-type panel having micro-holes. The compact container includes a container body (11), a fixing structure (15) securely counted in the container body to define the first storage space and having a structure hole, a first case (25) mounted on the container body to cover the fixing structure and having a discharge port to discharge the contents from the container body, a disk-type panel (57) counted on the first case and having a plurality of micro-holes to guide the contents provided through the discharge port such that the contents are discharged upward in a diffused form, a piston module (43) located in the structure hole to move between upper and lower portions of the structure hole and to open/close the discharge port, a push button (47) interposed between the firing structure and a protective case and performing a push operation to move the piston module between the upper and lower portions of the structure hole, and a content compressing unit (41) mounted on an inner wall of the fixing structure to move the contents, which are stored in the first storage space, into the structure hole by the operation of the push button.
US10104943B2
A pull and release latch including a releasable lock featuring stress preventers and a limit stop. The limit stop prevents the releasable lock from cantilevering too much to the point of breaking or stressing the releasable lock. A unique design allows a male component and a female component to be easily engaged while at the same time the pulling force to release the lock gives the same motion to separate the two components in a direction perpendicular to a cantilever axis.
US10104930B2
A cycling shoe cover is designed to provide maximum protection from the elements such as rain, snow, and cold. It also provides aerodynamic benefit with minimum weight. The cover is flexible unitary made from an elastomer, such as silicone or latex rubber, and is highly elastic and waterproof. The upper part of the cover fits snugly over the cyclist's ankle to prevent water egress into the shoes from above. The lower part of the cover snugly cover and seals to the bottom edge of the shoe without interfering with the cycling shoe's cleat or attachment to the cycle pedal.
US10104928B2
A clip for mounting devices on a hat brim includes a first and second panel. The panels are each resiliently connected to a nose portion and separated by a spacing that tapers to a contact point from the distal portions of the panels to their proximal portions. The second panel has a wedge-shaped portion in which the width of the panel increases from its distal end to its proximal end. The bottom surface of the first panel is concave. The top surface of the second panel is convex. The clip can include connecting structure at its proximal end to allow for the interchangeable attachment of mounting structure for a variety of accessory devices. The clip can also include a mount for holding a microphone or microphone jack to allow the clip to hold a microphone in electrical communication with a camera mounted to the clip.
US10104915B2
Systems and methods to generate an inhalable vapor in an electronic vaporization device. Described herein are cartridges including a vaporizable material that may be securely connected to a rechargeable base unit.
US10104914B2
An aerosol generating system includes a liquid storage portion, a liquid transfer element, a power supply, and a heating element operably coupled to the power supply and configured to heat the aerosol generating substrate. The system also includes a cover over the liquid storage portion.
US10104910B2
The present invention relates to a package for smoking articles comprising a container portion (2) and a lid (3) hingedly connected to the container portion (2) about a hinge line (5). The container portion (2) has an inner frame (19) and an outer frame (18). The lid (3) includes an end portion (15) and a lid wall (12) extending from the end portion (15) that overlaps a container wall (6) of the container portion (2) when closed, the container wall (6) having a locking element (27) that locates over a corresponding locking part (35) on the lid wall (12) and a recess (24) formed in the inner frame (19) extending from an upper edge (20) of the inner frame (19). In one embodiment, a lower edge (25) of the recess (24) is spaced further from the upper edge (20) of the container wall (6) than the locking element (27). In another embodiment, the recess (24) extends into the second container wall (8).
US10104901B2
Aspects for utilizing a seawater fluid to optimize egg-production characteristics are disclosed. In one aspect, a method is provided, which includes identifying a desired optimization, determining a corresponding seawater to non-seawater ratio, and generating a seawater fluid according to the ratio. An egg-cultivation method is also provided, which includes ascertaining a desired optimization, selecting a corresponding seawater to non-seawater ratio, and providing a seawater fluid comprising the ratio to a hen. In another egg-cultivation method, hens are provided with a mixed feed comprising a feed to seawater-mineralized produce ratio selected according to a desired optimization. A method to grow produce is also provided, which includes mineralizing soil with a seawater fluid comprising a seawater to non-seawater ratio corresponding to a preferred optimization. In another aspect, a method to produce feed is disclosed, which includes mixing feed with mineralized produce according to a ratio corresponding to a desired optimization.
US10104899B2
The present invention is in the field of processing meat. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of processing meat to enhance moisture retention and flavor during storage and cooking by infusing the meat with an aqueous composition containing salt and sodium carbonate at a pH in the range of from 10.1 to 11.3.
US10104898B2
An apparatus is provided for transferring at least one sausage link into a packaging item. The apparatus includes at least one drivable, rotatable conveyor device having at least one protruding vane, with the conveyor device being adapted and configured in such a way that the at least one sausage link can be placed on the vane in a receiving position, and that by rotating the conveyor device, the at least one sausage link can be placed onto or into the packaging item by the vane in a delivery position. The conveyor device may further include an impeller that forms, in part, a horizontal support surface for a group of sausage links.
US10104897B2
The invention provides methods for the production of dough and bread products made at least in part of spent brewer's grain. The spent grain is removed from a brewing or distilling process, dried, frozen, and then further processed into a spent grain dough product. More specifically, the invention relates to the systems and methods for making frozen pizza dough balls composed at least in part of grain products that have been used in the process of brewing beer or distilling sprits such as whiskey.
US10104895B1
Disclosed are compositions and methods for preparing compositions that improve plant health and reduce fungal infestations. Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions described herein to improve plant health by applying the compositions directly to plants, and/or applying the compositions to substrates used for plant growth. The compositions include a synergistic ratio of composting bacteria, bio-surfactant producing bacteria, bio-remediating bacteria, bovine feces, and humic acid. The compositions reduce fungal growth and fungal infestation the infected area. Methods of reducing brown patch and/or dollar spot infestations to a plant such as turf grass or crop are also described herein.
US10104893B2
Compounds of formula (I) wherein Q is (Q1) or (Q2); and wherein the other substituents are as defined in claim 1, and the agrochemically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, enantiomers, tautomers and N-oxides of those compounds, can be used as insecticides and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
US10104884B2
The invention relates to an insecticidal water-in-oil (W/O) formulation with at least one insecticidal active substance and at least one burning salt and to the preparation of this formulation. The formulation according to the invention is particularly suitable for the treatment of suitable supports, in particular of paper supports, in an economical one-step process with the aid of conventional application processes. In addition, the present invention relates to insecticidal, smoulderable products which are prepared by treating a support with the formulation according to the invention.
US10104878B2
A rotary auger fishing pole holder for removably holding a handle of a fishing pole or fishing rod in an upright position on the ground. The stand includes an upright rod with a helical coil or flights forming an auger base having a point at the lower distal end to be fixedly and removably screwed into the ground to support the stand in an upright position. The top end of the rod forming the stand body includes a ring or loop for insertion of a proximate end of a fishing rod there thorough and a cup spaced apart from and in alignment with the ring to support a distal end of the pole or rod handle therein. The cup is disposed above a portion of the elongated rod forming an integral S-shaped loop defining a handle for rotating the auger into the ground.
US10104876B2
The present disclosure relates to emersed shellfish storage. A container support has a surface to support containers. Each container has respective cells to accommodate live shellfish, such as lobster, in a vertical orientation substantially perpendicular to the surface. Water from a reservoir is pumped, intermittently in some embodiments, to one or more of the containers above the shellfish, and a collector collects and provides to the reservoir the water that is pumped by the pump system and flows over the shellfish. In an embodiment, the cells are provided by a divider that divides an interior space of each container, and the divider carries a perforated top insert at or below a top edge of each container, to distribute fluids to the cells.
US10104873B2
An egg printing system comprises a printer (30, 31, 32) and an endless egg conveyor (1) that is adapted to move the eggs (50) past the printer. The conveyor including an endless element running around a set of rotational wheels and a drive unit defining a conveying direction of the conveyor. The egg conveyor includes a lane of egg retaining pockets (10) coupled to the endless element, said lane of retaining pockets in use moving in the conveying direction. Each retaining pocket has a central axis and an upper receiving opening to receive an egg with a longitudinal axis of the egg generally aligned with said central axis of the pocket. The pocket has a side opening at a side thereof facing in the conveying direction and/or in the opposite direction, leaving a side surface area exposed of the egg that is received in the pocket. The retaining pockets remain in an upright position in every position in the lane. The printer is positioned at one of the head sections of the conveyor with a printing head facing the corresponding lane being directed to said side opening in the pocket to allow printing on said side surface area of the egg.
US10104871B2
Systems, methods, and computer code products for monitoring the behavior, health, and/or characteristics of an animal are disclosed herein. In one implementation, the animal is positioned inside a waste container placed on a system that is adapted to determine, record and communicate over a network various animal health parameters. These parameters can be processed to determine trends, statistics and changes of animal physiological functions. The results can be used to access animal health conditions and issue warnings alarms, messages, and other notifications to designated caretakers. These notifications may be displayed using various means such as computers and/or mobile devices. Data retrieval and review capability can provide improved understanding of an animal's health conditions and facilitate early illness detection.
US10104870B2
A method of identifying and assisting an animal comprises: transmitting a unique identification and serial number from an identification tag coupled to the animal to a first portable electronic device; inputting owner information from the first portable electronic device; receiving the unique identification and serial number from an identification tag by a second electronic device; and receiving the owner information on the second portable electronic device.
US10104862B2
The present disclosure provides compositions comprising novel endophytes capable of promoting germination endophytes that have a symbiotic relationship with plants. The present disclosure further provides methods of improving seed vitality, biotic and abiotic stress resistance, plant health and yield under both stressed and unstressed environmental conditions, comprising inoculating a seed with the novel endophyte strains and cultivating a plant therefrom.
US10104861B2
One embodiment relates to seed and plants of pepper hybrid SPP2423. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SPP2423, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10104860B2
One embodiment relates to seed and plants of pepper hybrid SPP2143. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SPP2143, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10104858B1
A novel maize variety designated X95K896 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95K896 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95K896 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95K896, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95K896. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95K896.
US10104854B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH588823. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH588823, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH588823 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH588823.
US10104835B2
The invention relates to a system for monitoring and controlling activities of at least one gardening tool (12) within at least one activity zone (14). According to the invention, a monitoring device (16) is provided for analyzing at least one activity zone state of the activity zone (14) and at least one gardening tool state of the gardening tool (12) to control the gardening tool (12).
US10104833B2
A agricultural product transport apparatus has a plurality of containers mounted on a vehicle. A gate on each container controls flows out to a conveyor system that receives product from each container and transfers same to a conveyor discharge located beside the operator's station. The horizontal distance between a front end of the container vehicle and the conveyor discharge is less than the horizontal distance between a rear side of the furrow opener implement and a front fill opening on the product cart, such that the container vehicle can be driven forward behind the air seeder and the conveyor discharge positioned to discharge into the front tank fill opening while the front end of the container vehicle is rearward of the rear side of the implement. A weighing system connected to a controller allows an operator to control and management of product flow from storage to the field.
US10104832B2
A seed metering system, for use on a row crop planter, selects individual seeds from a seed reservoir and dispenses the seeds singularly at a controlled rate. A direct drive seed metering system includes a seed disc having a plurality of suction apertures with a recessed pocket adjacent to an aperture. The recessed pockets act to agitate seeds in the seed reservoir and to direct seed flow towards the apertures. A seed path relief system provides for allowing the placement of the seeds such that they are released from an outer edge of the seed disc. An adjustable seed singulator is mounted adjacent to the face of the seed disc where inner and outer blades are adjusted radially to compensate for the singulation of various seed sizes and shapes. The seed disc is driven via engagement of an internal gear with the external gear of an independent drive motor.
US10104829B2
An airflow directional control system in an agricultural harvester having a grain tank or other structure, an internal combustion engine and a cooling system cooler box disposed between the grain tank or other structure and the internal combustion engine includes a cooler box cover over the cooler box between the grain tank or other structure and the internal combustion engine, at least one air director between the cooling box and the internal combustion engine and a panel adjustment system controlling tilt of side panels of the harvester.
US10104824B2
The use of self-powered, autonomous vehicles in agricultural and other domestic applications is provided. The vehicles include a self-propelled drive system, tracks or wheels operatively connected to the drive system, a power supply operatively connected to the drive system, an attachment mechanism for attaching equipment to the vehicle, and an intelligent control operatively connected to the drive system, power supply, and attachment mechanism. The vehicle is configured to connect to the equipment to perform agricultural operations based upon the equipment. Multiple vehicles can be used in a field at the same time. Furthermore, the invention includes the ability to move one or more of the autonomous vehicles from field to field, home to field, or from generally any first location to a second location.
US10104823B2
An agricultural tillage implement has a disk frame assembly connected to a pull hitch extending in a travel direction with frame members extending generally laterally with respect to the travel direction. At least one disk blade is connected to and supported by the frame members to till soil over which the agricultural tillage implement traverses. A disk scraper mounting member is connected to at least one frame member. A channel shaped disk scraper is connected to the disk scraper mounting member using a bolted joint connection. The channel shaped disk scraper has a square mounting end adjoining an inner perpendicular surface of the disk scraper mounting member. The channel shaped disk scraper is operable to scrape residue from the at least one disk blade and deflect it away from the travel direction.
US10111369B2
A system and method for surface mount assembly of PCBs, using an automated pick-and-place machine into which component tapes on reels are fed, uses component tape reels each of which has been pre-threaded into its appropriate tape guide and been stored as a reel/tape guide packet in an automated SMD storage tower, from which appropriate packets are retrieved for coupling to the pick-and-place machine.
US10111368B2
Systems to manufacture an electronic circuit assembly are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a flexible substrate with a substrate registration feature and a carrier with a carrier registration feature. A removable fastener removably fixes the flexible substrate to the carrier by being received into the substrate registration feature and the carrier registration feature. Once the flexible substrate is removably affixed to the carrier, the carrier provides the flexible substrate with rigidity to receive at least one electronic device of the electronic circuit assembly.
US10111362B2
A liquid-cooling heat dissipation device includes: a flow guiding shell body (1) formed with a first flow channel (13), a second flow channel (14) and a third flow channel (15), wherein a heat dissipation space (16) is defined by the above-mentioned three flow channels (13, 14, 15); a primary pipe (2) disposed in the heat dissipation space (16) and extended from the first flow channel (13) towards the second flow channel (14), wherein the primary pipe (2) is communicated with the first flow channel (13); a plurality of secondary pipes (3) disposed in the heat dissipation space (16) and extended from the primary pipe (2) towards the third flow channel (15), wherein each of the secondary pipes (3) is respectively communicated with the primary pipe (2) and the third flow channel (15). Accordingly, advantages of lowering the flow resistance and increasing the heat dissipation performance can be achieved.
US10111358B2
A server device includes a chassis, a rail assembly, and a server. The rail assembly is fixed inside the chassis. The rail assembly includes a lateral board and a flange. The lateral board is arranged vertically, the flange protrudes from one side of the lateral board, the flange is arranged horizontally and extends horizontally in a long strip shape, a positioning flexible arm is disposed on the lateral board, and the positioning flexible arm and the flange protrude from the same side of the lateral board. The server is loaded on the flange and movable along the flange, the server includes a front portion and a rear portion opposite to the front portion. When the server is entirely received in the chassis, the front portion is fixed to one end of the rail assembly, and the positioning flexible arm is engaged with an outer surface of the rear portion.
US10111355B1
Equipment racks, methods of installing equipment modules into equipment racks, and adaptor blocks for installing equipment modules into equipment racks are disclosed. In some examples, an equipment rack includes first and second rack rails and a carrier pack mounted to the first and second rack rails. The carrier pack includes first and second pack rails, each pack rail having a plurality of spaced apart mounting holes. The carrier pack includes first and second adapter blocks mounted to the first and second pack rails using the spaced apart mounting holes. Each of the first and second adapter blocks includes at least one post. The carrier pack includes an equipment module mounted to the first and second adapter blocks. The equipment module includes first and second spring loaded latches attached to the posts of the first and second adapter blocks.
US10111348B2
An electronic component package includes a carrier tape in which a plurality of substantially recess-shaped electronic component holding portions are provided in an elongated, narrow base material configured of a resin so that the electronic component holding portions include openings on one surface of the base material and bulge outward on the other surface of the base material, and a cover tape affixed to the one surface of the carrier tape so as to cover the openings in the respective electronic component holding portions. A thickness dimension of a base portion of the electronic component holding portion is smaller than a thickness dimension of the base material.
US10111345B2
A hub comprises a main body with a speaker; a communication module included in the main body; a window formed of a transparent material; a display panel for displaying a screen based on information exchanged via the communication module; and a cover housing coupled to a top of the main body and having a display panel and an opening at an upper surface thereof. The window is provided on an upper surface of the display panel, wherein a normal vector with respect to a predetermined plane in which the opening falls is at an acute angle relative to a horizontal plane, and a vector acquired by orthogonally projecting the normal vector with respect to the horizontal plane faces forward. A portion of the inner surface of the cover housing is parallel with the normal vector, and the window is provided so that an upper surface faces the direction of the normal vector.
US10111338B2
Embodiments herein relate to creating a high-aspect ratio opening in a package. Embodiments may include applying a first laminate layer on a side of a substrate, applying a seed layer to at least part of the laminate layer, building up one or more copper pads on the seed layer, etching the seed layer to expose a portion of the first laminate layer, applying a second laminate layer to fill in around the sides of one or more copper pads, and removing part of the buildup copper pads. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10111337B1
A system can include a processor; memory accessible by the processor; a display; and processor-executable instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to render a graphical user interface to the display, where the graphical user interface includes a graphic of a machine where the machine includes a conveyor; a UV zone that includes LED-based UV radiation sources; a heating zone; and a controller that controls power to at least one of the LED-based UV radiation sources and where the graphical user interface includes a functional graphic that responsive to actuation renders a menu to the display where the menu includes menu items for the UV zone.
US10111334B1
An information handling system (IHS) has a circuit board assembly with a dual-sided interposer substrate that is inserted between a baseboard and a processor integrated circuit having a second pattern of electrical contacts. The dual interposer substrate formed of a stack of printed circuit boards (PCBs) provides communication channels between a first coupling pad on the baseboard that has a first pattern of electrical contacts and a second coupling pad on top of the dual interposer substrate that provides the second pattern of electrical contacts. The second pattern receives another type of processor integrated circuit than a type supported by the first pattern. Stacked vias formed through the stack of PCBs electrically connect respective electrical contacts of the first and second coupling pads to form a corresponding communication channel. One or more grounded vias mitigate signal integrity (SI) anomalies on the communication channels.
US10111332B1
A composite cable is provided which can connect a power line for feeding drive power to flat panel-shaped electric equipment and a signal line for outputting an electric signal to the electrical equipment at the narrow side surface of the electrical equipment. A flexible printed circuit board constitutes an end connection unit of the flexible composite cable to be connected to the electrical equipment, so that the composite cable can be connected to a side surface of the electrical equipment. Since the lateral width of the flexible printed circuit board is sufficiently long, a power trace is made thin and wide, so that the resistance value per unit length can be reduced and a current carrying capacity that allows the use of high power current can be adopted.
US10111320B2
A display device includes a light source unit, a light guide plate including a light incident surface, an opposite surface, a light exit surface, and a light exit rear surface, a display panel provided on the light exit surface, a bottom chassis for housing the light guide plate, and an anti-static electricity member including a fluoride resin and contacting the bottom chassis, where the bottom chassis includes a bottom section and a sidewall section perpendicularly connected from the bottom section, and the sidewall section includes a first sidewall section more adjacent close to the light incident surface than the opposite surface, a second sidewall section, a third sidewall section, and the fourth sidewall section, and the anti-static electricity member is provided between the first sidewall section and the light source unit and contacting at least a portion of the first sidewall section.
US10111315B1
An arc suppression device includes an AC to DC converter, a switch, a resistor and a controller. The switch is coupled between the AC to DC converter and a plasma chamber. The resistor is coupled in parallel with the switch. The AC to DC converter is configured to convert an AC voltage into a DC voltage for providing to the plasma chamber. The controller is configured to detect a unit-time rate of change (ROC) of a plasma current received by the plasma chamber. When the controller determines that the unit-time ROC of the plasma current is larger than a first unit-time ROC threshold, the controller controls the switch to electrically isolate the AC to DC converter and the plasma chamber to reduce the plasma current to a first current value through the resistor.
US10111309B2
A lighting control console for controlling a lighting system includes digital adjusting commands being generated in the lighting control console that are transmitted to the lighting system via data links. The lighting control console includes at least one slide control for inputting operating commands via linear displacement of a control knob protruding from the upper side of the console housing. The upper side of the console housing includes a slit for each slide control. The slide control is fastened to said electronic circuit board and not to any fastening point on the console housing.
US10111303B2
A calibration method comprising, for each of one or more light sensors: (a) under influence of one or more substantially non-zero illumination levels in the target environment, using the light sensor to measure the sensed light level corresponding to each of these one or more illumination levels; (b) receiving a template light level value corresponding to each of the one or more illumination levels, representing the light level at a target location in the target environment substantially removed in space from the location of the light sensor, each of the one or more template light level values being assumed for the environment rather than measured by a light meter; and (c) determining a relationship between the sensed light level and the light level experienced at the target location, based on an evaluation of the one or more sensed levels relative to the one or more template light level values.
US10111298B2
A microcontroller receives a LINE SYNC signal and a dimmer control voltage input and controls output switch timing of an output FET switch to generate a reverse phase PWM dimming signal for supply to associated LED driver apparatus.
US10111294B1
Systems, software, and methods are provided for efficient, dynamic lighting control. In an embodiment, a two-channel LED lighting system is dynamically controlled to emulate dimming of an incandescent fixture. In an example, a lighting fixture may include red, green, blue, and white emitting LED modules. The lighting fixture may be controlled such that it produces generally white light from about 2150K candle light color to 5500K daylight white color with only 4 LEDs. Furthermore, the white LED may be controlled such that the white LED CRI is approximately 95 to ensure optimal results when mixed with red and green. In another embodiment, a dynamic two-channel LED lighting system is controlled to emulate dimming of an incandescent fixture. Specific dimming protocol can allow for efficient dimming which helps minimize the height of a linear light fixture and maintain diffusion with multiple colored point sources at minimal pitch.
US10111293B2
A method of delivering light from a lighting device including having at least one main LED, at least one auxiliary LED, and at least one ceramic light conversion element placed longitudinal to the path of light emitted from the main LED and orthogonal to the auxiliary LED; the method including the steps of switching on the at least one main LED, and changing the color temperature of the light emitted from the lighting device by switching on the at least one auxiliary LED.
US10111291B2
A drive circuit supplies a drive current to a second light source. A dummy load circuit is connected to a control line to which a lighting control signal, which instructs the second light source 304 to be turned on and off, is input, and the dummy load circuit sinks a dummy load current IDUMMYLOAD which decreases as a temperature increases.
US10111288B2
Embodiments of wave-based lighting efficiencies are provided. As an example, a method includes determining a characteristic of a voltage from an alternating current (AC) waveform, where the AC waveform is configured to power a load, and wherein the AC waveform includes positive voltage portions, negative voltage portions, and zero axis points. Some embodiments include determining a first position in the AC waveform to create a first step with a first step voltage and applying the AC waveform at the first step to a first predetermined portion of the load, where the first predetermined portion of the load has a first voltage rating that corresponds to the first step voltage.
US10111283B2
An induction heating system and a method for controlling a process temperature for induction heating of a workpiece. The induction heating system comprises an inductor configured to generate an alternating magnetic field in response to an alternating current supplied thereto, a magnetic load comprising a magnetic material, the magnetic material having a Curie temperature and being configured to generate heat in response to the alternating magnetic field being applied thereto, the magnetic load being connectable to the workpiece in a heat-conducting manner so as to transfer the generated heat to the workpiece, and a control unit configured to control the process temperature for manufacturing the workpiece by adjusting the alternating magnetic field when the temperature of the magnetic material is in a temperature control range around or below the Curie temperature of the magnetic material, the temperature control range being dependent on the magnetic material of the magnetic load.
US10111282B2
This invention relates to a process for controlling a dental firing furnace in which a temperature in a firing chamber of the dental furnace is detected by means of a temperature sensor, and in which a heating element that is controlled by a control device controls the heating of the firing chamber of the dental firing furnace based on the measurement result of the temperature sensor. In this process a dental restoration part is received within the firing chamber of the dental furnace. The heating is controlled so that the dental restoration part reacts exothermically, emitting additional heat. The additional heat is detected by the temperature sensor which is pointed at the dental restoration part and the control device delivers at least one signal representing the additional heat, such as in the form of a display signal and/or control signal.
US10111280B2
Embodiments of the present invention may provide a receiver. The receiver may include an RF section, a local oscillation signal generator to generate quadrature local oscillation signals, and a quadrature mixture, coupled to the RF section, to downconvert a first group of wireless signals directly to baseband frequency quadrature signals and to downconvert a second group of wireless signals to intermediate frequency quadrature signals. The receiver may also include a pair of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) to convert the downconverted quadrature signals to corresponding digital quadrature signals. Further, the receiver may include a digital section having two paths to perform signal processing on the digital baseband frequency quadrature signals and to downconvert the digital intermediate frequency signals to baseband cancelling a third order harmonic distortion therein. Moreover, the receiver may include a phase corrector to adjust a phase of one of the local oscillation signals to balance the third order harmonic distortion and a gain offset generator to adjust a gain of one of the downconverted signals to balance the third order harmonic distortion.
US10111273B2
Communication paths between a management computing device and a managed computing device are determined. The communication paths have different communication modalities. Current situational factors governing a current communication need between the management computing device and the managed computing device are determined. A hierarchy of the communication paths, from a highest priority communication path to a lowest priority communication path, is determined based on the current situational factors. The management request for the current communication need is successively sent, from the management computing device to the managed computing device, using the one of the communication paths starting with the highest communication path and proceeding through the hierarchy until the current communication need has been fulfilled.
US10111270B2
Provided is a method for receiving an uplink PPDU by using a plurality of RUs through a specific band in a wireless LAN system in which a plurality of bands is supported. Transmission of the uplink PPDU is disclosed by a trigger frame and the trigger frame indicates information on an identifier and a frequency resource of each station. In the trigger frame, an index field indicating the RU may be configured with the same size regardless of a bandwidth. To this end, a plurality of index groups is used instead of a method indicating a bitmap field or a start point/offset. A first index group of the index field may be used to indicate a first RU and a second index group of the index field may be used to indicate a second RU.
US10111255B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a number of beam directions that satisfy a transmission power condition. The UE may select a beam direction for a random access signal by choosing one of the beam directions that satisfies additional criteria, such as transmitting a random access message at the next opportunity. The transmission power may be selected based on a target receive power and a path loss for the selected beam. In some cases, if the sum of the path loss for a beam direction and the target receive power exceeds a maximum transmission power by more than a predetermined amount, the random access signal will not be transmitted using that beam. In some cases, if a response to the random access is not received, a different beam direction may be selected, the transmission power may be increased, or both.
US10111253B2
Method and apparatus for interference alignment and multi-antenna signal process in wireless network
Provided is a communication method in a wireless communication system using an interference alignment. The method includes: receiving, by a first AP, a data stream by using N1 (natural number) first reception antennas, and receiving, by a second AP, the data stream by using N2 (natural number) second reception antennas, in a wireless communication system including the first AP and the second AP which receive the data stream through a transmission beam which one or more user terminals having m (natural number) transmission antennas within a given number transmit; and updating to selectively add a part of user terminals which are newly connected to the first AP and the second AP to a set of connected user terminal, and transmitting, by each terminal of the set of connected user terminal, linearly independent transmission beams by applying an interference alignment with respect to a plurality of the first and the second reception antennas for the updated set of connected user terminal.
US10111252B2
A method implemented in a user equipment (UE) for adjusting for propagation delay includes transmitting one or more preamble sequence sequences to a network node. The method further includes recording a response result for each preamble sequence transmitted to the network node. The method includes analyzing each response result to determine whether a propagation delay condition exists. If the propagation delay condition exists, the method includes adjusting a timing of a preamble sequence transmission in accordance with a time shift or monitoring for a preamble sequence in accordance with the time shift.
US10111248B2
A method and user equipment for cross-subframe scheduling at a user equipment, the method receiving an indication for scheduling a subframe; mapping the indication to the subframe; and detecting the subframe on a frequency at a time associated with the subframe. Further, a method and apparatus of cross-carrier scheduling, the method obtaining an indication that at least one downlink subframe on at least one secondary carrier is not scheduled by a primary carrier; and scanning the at least one secondary carrier for scheduling information for the at least one downlink subframe.
US10111246B2
Apparatus and method are provided to enhance scheduling request to multiple schedulers with inter base station carrier aggregation. In one novel aspect, the UE monitors and detects one or more SR triggering event. The UE selects one or more base stations based on predefined criteria and sends the SR to the selected one or more base stations. In one embodiment, at least one LC of the UE is associated with multiple BSs with association priorities. In one embodiment, the association priorities are configured by the network. In other embodiments, the association priorities are derived based on predefined UE configurations, or are derived from load information received by the UE, or are derived from radio measurements. In one novel aspect, the UE upon detecting SR failure triggered on a triggering LC, sends SR failure indication to a RRC layer or associates the triggering LC with a different base station.
US10111233B2
A method for measuring signals of peripheral cells when heterogeneous communication modules such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), wireless Local Area Network (LAN), Bluetooth, and Global Positioning System (GPS) coexist in a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a measuring report setting message including measuring report conditions from a base station, measuring signal quality of at least one of a serving cell or a peripheral cell and determining whether the measured signal quality satisfies the measuring report conditions, and generating and transmitting a measuring report message including a measuring result to the base station when the measured signal quality satisfies the measuring report conditions. Accordingly, the terminal may measure signals of peripheral cells in a state in which there is interference from another communication module to maintain a normal communication situation.
US10111232B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system and method for providing channel feedback information (CFI) from a user equipment device to a base station. CFI is transmitted from the user equipment device on first and second communication channels. The user equipment device is operable to measure the channel rank of a downlink channel and to select a preferred channel rank that is used to configure the CFI that is transmitted to the base station. The base station is operable to use the preferred channel rank to interpret the CFI transmitted by the user end device.
US10111225B2
A radio resource configuration method and device are disclosed. The radio resource configuration method includes: after a piece of user equipment UE establishes a connection with a base station according to a system bandwidth in a broadcast message, determining, by the base station for the UE, resource configuration used for communication between the UE and the base station, where the resource configuration includes at least one of a resource allocation bandwidth, a channel state information CSI pilot bandwidth, and a CSI measurement bandwidth, where the resource allocation bandwidth is a bandwidth used to generate resource block allocation information in downlink control information; and sending, by the base station to the UE by using dedicated signaling or a common message, the resource configuration determined for the UE and used for communication between the UE and the base station.
US10111224B2
Systems and/or methods for supporting communications at a reduced bandwidth with a full bandwidth network such as a long-term evolution (LTE) network may be disclosed. For example, inband assignments such as downlink assignments and/or uplink grants may be provided and/or received and transmissions may be monitored and/or decoded based on the inband assignment. Additionally, information (e.g. a definition or configuration) associated with an ePDCCH may be provided and/or received and ePDCCH resources may be monitored and/or decoded based on such information. An indication for support of a reduced bandwidth by the full bandwidth network may also be provided and/or received and control channels in the reduced or narrow bandwidth may be monitored and/or decoded based on the indication. A PRACH preamble and/or a multi-type subframe definition may also be provided and/or used for support of such a reduced bandwidth.
US10111223B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for controlling an uplink (UL) scheduling and Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) timing supported in a TDD-FDD CA environment. The method includes receiving, on a first serving cell, at least one of a first UL grant and a first Physical HARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH) about a second serving cell through a cross-carrier scheduling, and receiving, on the second serving cell, at least one of a second UL grant and a second PHICH about the second serving cell through a self scheduling. According to aspects of the present invention, in a TDD-FDD carrier aggregation deployment environment, an efficient UL scheduling/HARQ operation may be performed for a UE in which a cross-carrier scheduling is configured. Further, in order to satisfy high data rate required by a UE, data transmission efficiency may be enhanced in accordance with the purpose of carrier aggregation (or dual connectivity).
US10111212B2
Managing of secondary carriers for a multicarrier user equipment (UE) is described in which the UE initiates or provides input for activation and deactivation of selected secondary cells in a carrier aggregation depending on allocation or provisioning of UE radio frequency resources.
US10111211B2
A method for informing a relay node when to receive data. The method includes the relay node being informed of a fixed point in a subframe of data when an access node will begin transmitting relevant data over a physical downlink shared channel. The method further includes the relay node beginning to receive data at approximately the fixed point.
US10111210B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for implementing a radio resource control protocol function, a macro base station, and a micro cell node. In the method, a macro base station configures control information and sends the control information to a micro cell node, so that the micro cell node forwards the control information to a user equipment. Therefore, the macro base station assists a micro cell node having no RRC function in completing generation and parsing of dedicated control information of the UE and cell common control information, so that a the user equipment can camp on or be handed over to the micro cell node.
US10111204B2
Techniques for scheduling assignment (SA) transmissions in device-to-device (D2D) communications are described. A D2D user equipment (UE) may use a block of time resources for SA transmissions. A D2D UE may transmit an SA transmission relatively quickly after determining that D2D data is to be transmitted to another D2D UE, relative to having to wait for specified time resources to send an SA transmission. The D2D data may then be transmitted following the SA transmission, reducing latency for transmission of the D2D data. It may be desirable for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) transmissions to have a relatively low latency to provide data from one vehicle to another with sufficient time for a vehicle to take action while moving at relatively high rates of speed.
US10111199B2
An information technology (IT) equipment positioning system comprises a plurality of wireless transponders distributed in multiple locations in the data center and a controller. The controller is adapted to operate the transponders using triangulation to identify and detect positioning according to three-dimensional coordinates for wireless-tagged IT equipment located in the data center.
US10111196B2
A method for time synchronization between wireless devices comprises: obtaining a time difference corresponding to a single synchronization operation between a first wireless device and a second wireless device; performing validity filtering to the time difference corresponding to the single synchronization operation, and extracting valid time difference data; performing smoothing processing on valid time difference data corresponding to multiple times of the single synchronization operation within a preset time period, and obtaining an average time difference of the second wireless device relative to the first wireless device within the preset time period; adjusting system time of the second wireless device based on the obtained average time difference at an interval of the preset time period, so as to make the second wireless device time-synchronized with the first wireless device.
US10111195B2
A method implemented in Access Nodes (ANs) for maintaining synchronization in a radio access network employing a hierarchical synchronization mechanism. One of the methods is implemented in an Access Node (AN) at synchronization level 1 and comprises detecting that an AN at synchronization level 0 is down and initiating a random back-off procedure. The method further comprises determining whether a first synchronization signal generated at another AN at synchronization level 1 is received during the random back-off procedure. If it is determined that no first synchronization signal is received during the random back-off procedure, a second synchronization signal providing a synchronization reference is generated and broadcast upon completion of the random back-off procedure. The method also provides ANs for maintaining synchronization in a radio access network employing a hierarchical synchronization mechanism.
US10111194B2
The disclosure relates to methods, devices, and computer programs in mobile communications. More specifically, the proposed technique relates to broadcasting and receiving transmitting control information for supporting system access or system monitoring. In particular the disclosure relates a method, performed in a network node, for transmitting control information for supporting system access or system monitoring. The method comprises obtaining a timing of a first control signal comprising the control information and evaluating whether a first synchronization signal associated with a previously configured second control signal can also be used to provide synchronization between a receiving wireless device and the network node at reception of the control information. The method comprises, when the evaluation is negative then, transmitting a second synchronization signal configured to provide synchronization between a receiving wireless device and the network node at reception of the first control signal, and transmitting the first control signal.
US10111186B1
An apparatus and method are provided for dynamically changing power distribution levels to sectors in a cell site. A device, such as an eNodeB, radio network controller, or base station controller, provides instructions to an RF power splitter to adjust the power output in ratios, which changes the power distribution levels at the sectors. The power splitter contains a transformer and motor that can dynamically change the power output ratios based on the instructions received from the device. The resulting power outputs are distributed to the sectors.
US10111183B2
A method includes identifying a first quality of a first signal transmitted from a first terminal device to a first base station, executing a first determination to identify whether the first quality is larger than or equal to a first value, transmitting a first result of the first determination to a control apparatus, identifying a second quality of a second signal transmitted from a second terminal device to a second base station, executing a second determination to identify whether the second quality is larger than or equal to a second value, transmitting a second result of the second determination to the control apparatus, and when the first result indicates that the first quality is less than the first value, and the second result indicates that the second quality is larger than or equal to the second value, the first base station executes transmission power control of the first signal.
US10111181B2
Disclosed is a receiver for enhancing estimation of a channel of a received signal. The receiver is being configured to (i) process at least one of (a) power control commands to obtain a pattern of processed power control commands or (b) phase estimation to obtain a pattern of processed phase estimation; (ii) match the pattern of at least one of (a) processed power control commands, or (b) processed phase estimation to a pattern corresponding to one or more channels; (iii) determine a type of channel of the one or more channels based on the matched pattern of at least one of (a) said processed power control commands, or (b) said processed phase estimation, (iv) determine filtering parameters based on a type of channel that is determined and (v) enhance estimation of the channel based on the filtering parameters associated with the type of channel that is determined.
US10111175B2
An apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of a portable terminal are provided. More particularly, an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption generated in an idle state in order to solve a power consumption problem in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a state determination unit which is configured independently from an application processor for controlling applications and which wakes up when entering an idle mode to allow the application processor to sleep, and thereafter determines a state of the portable terminal, and if it is determined that the portable terminal escapes from the idle mode, allows the application processor to wake up.
US10111168B2
Methods for UE enhancements for diverse data application are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the UE applies a discontinuous reception (DRX) or discontinuous transmission (DTX) operation in a wireless network. The UE detects one or more predefined traffic conditions. Based on the detected traffic conditions, the UE either stays in the long DRX state longer or extends the short DRX cycle timer. In other embodiments of the invention, the UE configures an idle mode trigger condition. The UE detects one or more predefined traffic condition. Based on the detected traffic conditions, the UE may restart the inactivity timer. In other embodiments of the invention, the UE detects one or more predefined traffic conditions. The UE adaptively adjusts RLF triggering parameters based on the detected traffic conditions.
US10111165B2
A network selection, a random access method, and an apparatus of a Machine Type Communication (MTC) User Equipment (UE) for use in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) are provided. A cell selection method of an MTC terminal of the present disclosure includes receiving a message from a base station forming a cell, determining whether the message includes an MTC supportability indicator, and barring, when the message includes no MTC supportability indicator, scanning a frequency used in communication with the base station during a determined period.
US10111164B2
Each of wireless communication devices 2A, 2B and 2C is configured in such a way as to transmit information about either a service or an application which the wireless communication device can provide, in accordance with a protocol which makes it possible to perform wireless communications with a wireless communication device 1 regardless of the setting of a communication mode to the wireless communication device 1, and the wireless communication device 1 is configured in such a way as to collect information about an application which is transmitted from each of the wireless communication devices 2A, 2B and 2C. As a result, the wireless communication device 1 can acquire the information about the providable application from each of the wireless communication devices 2A, 2B and 2C existing in the surroundings thereof regardless of the setting of a communication mode.
US10111160B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is configured to determine that a multi-hop feature is enabled for a service and to transmit, based on the determination, a multi-hop attribute that may include at least one of an identifier provided by a publisher device or a hop count associated with the service. In another aspect, an apparatus is configured to determine a data scheduling protocol for a multi-hop service and to communicate with one or more wireless devices based on the determined data scheduling protocol.
US10111157B2
A method and apparatus for reconfiguring multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) minimization of drive test (MDT) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a value tag for MBMS-MDT, and determines whether to perform MBMS-MDT reconfiguration by comparing the received value tag for MBMS-MDT with a stored value tag for MBMS-MDT. If the received value tag for MBMS-MDT and the stored value tag for MBMS-MDT are different from each other, the UE performs the MBMS-MDT reconfiguration. Alternatively, if a paging message includes an indicator of modification of the MBMS-MDT configuration, the UE acquires the MBMS-MDT configuration and performs the MBMS-MDT reconfiguration.
US10111152B2
A network node in a cellular telecommunications system hands over responsibility for serving a wireless communication equipment from a serving cell to a target cell, wherein the wireless communication equipment is situated in a first aircraft that is in-flight. An aircraft position, an aircraft velocity, and an aircraft direction are determined. For each candidate cell of a number of candidate cells, a level of beam distortion that would result from a beam directed from the candidate cell to the first aircraft is predicted. The target cell is selected from the candidate cells by identifying which of the candidate cells has a least amount of predicted beam distortion. The target cell is then signaled to prepare for a handover of responsibility for serving the wireless communication equipment.
US10111142B2
A communication device for handling a user equipment (UE) Access Stratum (AS) context comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) message via a RRC connection from a first radio access network (RAN) of a first radio access technology (RAT), wherein the RRC message comprises a resume identity and indicates a RRC suspension; suspending the RRC connection in response to the first RRC message; keeping a UE AS context, when the RRC connection is suspended; selecting a cell of a second RAN of a second RAT different from the first RAT; and determining that the UE AS context and the resume identity are invalid in response to the selection.
US10111141B2
A mobile communication device including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from an advanced network and a legacy network. The controller receives a message from the advanced network via the wireless transceiver for redirecting the mobile communication device from the advanced network to the legacy network in response to a request for a call, searches for a suitable cell in the legacy network via the wireless transceiver in response to receiving the message, and camps on the suitable cell for making the call via the wireless transceiver regardless of the suitable cell being of a low priority and whether there is another suitable cell of a normal priority or not.
US10111140B2
In an access device associated with a first network cell, a method for enabling user equipment (UE) to obtain a service unavailable through the first network cell includes receiving a request for the UE to access the service, and identifying, in a message to the UE, a plurality of second network cells providing the service.
US10111134B2
Frames in a variable length frame format which are addressed to a plurality of users are multiplexed and preferably transmitted. Data frames having different lengths are multiplexed on a same time through space division multiple access, but since the multiplexed frames are transmitted while eventually having a same length, when the multiplexed data frames from the access point STA0 are received in the respective communication stations STA1 to STA3 in FIG. 4 or when data simultaneously transmitted from the respective communication stations STA1 to STA3 are received in the access point STA0 in FIG. 5, it is possible to eliminate an operation instability of AGC.
US10111125B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are provided for mobility management for wireless communications systems that utilize a flexible bandwidth carrier. Some embodiments include approaches for determining bandwidth information, such as one or more bandwidth scaling factors N and/or flexible bandwidths, at a user equipment (UE), where the bandwidth information may not be signaled to the UE. Embodiments for determining bandwidth information include: random ordered bandwidth scaling factor approaches, delay ordered bandwidth scaling factor approaches, storing bandwidth scaling factor value in UE Neighbor Record approaches, spectrum measurement approaches, spectrum calculation approaches, and/or a priori approaches. Flexible bandwidth carrier systems may utilize spectrum portions that may not be big enough to fit a normal waveform. Flexible bandwidth carrier systems may be generated through dilating, or scaling down, time, frame lengths, bandwidth, or the chip rate of the flexible bandwidth carrier systems with respect to a normal bandwidth carrier system.
US10111116B2
Systems and methods for optimized telecommunications distribution are provided. For example, a distributed antenna system can include a master unit for transceiving signals with remote units operable for wirelessly transceiving signals with mobile devices in a coverage area. A self-optimized network analyzer can be in a unit of the distributed antenna system. A self-optimized network controller in the distributed antenna system can output commands for changing operation of a component in the distributed antenna system in response to analysis results from the self-optimized network analyzer. In some aspects, the master unit includes base transceiver station cards for receiving call information in network protocol data from a network and for generating digital signals including the call information from the network protocol data for distribution to the remote units.
US10111114B2
A system for wireless communication devices using a frequency band shared by other devices, which performs channel and power allocation without operator intervention or a shared coordination device, in which all devices in a local area called a group, perform the same channel and power allocation using their own local data about their network and that of their group, which is shared along with data from the other devices in the group, using the backhaul network to exchange information with other devices in the group for providing better radio communication performance for the members of the group.
US10111112B2
The present invention discloses a method for reporting channel state information, comprising the following steps of: acquiring, by UE, information about at least two sets of CSI RSs, wherein the information about CSI RSs comprises time domain resource and frequency domain resource occupied by CSI RSs; and measuring, by the UE, a reference signal according to the information about at least two sets of CSI RSs, determining channel state information, and reporting the channel state information to a base station. Another aspect of the present invention further provides a device for reporting channel state information. By the technical solutions provided by the present invention, after pre-coding the CSI RSs, the system performance can be improved, and the resources occupied by the CSI RSs may be greatly saved in practical applications, so that more downlink physical resources may be used for transmission of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCH), thereby increasing the throughput of downlink traffic.
US10111109B2
A satellite communication system comprises one or more non-geostationary satellites. Each satellite is configured to provide a plurality of spot beams using time domain beam hopping among the spot beams. The spot beams are divided into hopping groups and each satellite is configured to switch throughput and power among spot beams in a same hopping group at intervals of an epoch over a hopping period according to a hopping plan. Each satellite is configured to receive, change and implement the hopping plan in orbit while the satellite moves in relation to a fixed geographic coverage region. The satellites are programmable to assign any combination of epochs in a hopping plan among spot beams of a same hopping group and to route throughput between spot beams.
US10111106B2
A network infrastructure equipment establishes a configuration of radio resources within a second frequency band for use by a terminal device for communications with network infrastructure equipment based on a first radio access technology and communicates an indication of that to the terminal device. The terminal device establishes a configuration of radio resources for use by the terminal device for communications based on a second radio access technology and determines if there is any overlap in radio resources configured for use by two different radio access technologies, and if so communicates an indication of that to the network infrastructure equipment. In response the network infrastructure equipment establishes a replacement configuration of radio resources for communications with the terminal device based on the first radio access technology that avoids the radio resources indicated as subject to overlap, and transmits an indication of the replacement configuration to the terminal device.
US10111103B2
Computer-implemented methods and systems for liveness analysis using proximity sensors are described. Reflective strength readings from a proximity sensor, such as an infrared proximity sensor incorporated in a mobile device, are received. A liveness measure is determined based on the one or more readings and a reflection threshold, and, based on the liveness measure, a determination is made whether a target in range of the proximity sensor is likely to be a live human.
US10111100B2
Aspects of the invention can log a user into a primary device in a more efficient manner. For example, aspects of the invention may eliminate the need for the user to supply user credentials directly to a primary device. Instead, the companion device recognizes relevant primary devices located proximate to the companion device and automatically initiates a user login to the primary device without user intervention. Aspects of the invention can automatically login a user to known and unknown primary devices.
US10111093B2
Disclosed is a mobile device to provide continuous and discrete user authentication. The mobile device may include: a contextual sensor; a soft biometric sensor; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: implement a background authentication process in a continuous manner based upon a soft biometric input from the soft biometric sensor and a contextual input from the contextual sensor; determine an anomaly event; and based upon the anomaly event, request a discrete authentication input from the user.
US10111088B1
A user, identified by a network access identifier (NAI) or other user identifier, uses a communication device, identified by a hostname or other device identifier. An Internet Protocol (IP) address is obtained for the communication device, e.g., when the user logs in for access to a packet-switched network. An association between the IP address and the hostname is registered in a domain name server. An association between the user identifier and the hostname is registered in an RWHOIS server. An application may query the RWHOIS server to determine the hostname of the communication device being used by the user and then query the domain name server to determine the IP address of the communication device.
US10111086B2
The embodiments herein relate to methods and apparatuses for mobile activation of a subscription. According to an embodiment, a method includes: receiving an identification information from a mobile device; allocating based on the received identification information a SIM profile from a pool of SIM profiles; transmitting the allocated SIM profile to the mobile device; the SIM profile including at least an IMSI and associated network keys; establishing a connection with the mobile device, wherein the connection is restricted until the IMSI has been associated to a subscription; and activating the mobile subscription for the given IMSI based on associated data or based on the IMSI relating to said subscription. The embodiments are relate to a network node, a mobile device and a method thereof.
US10111080B2
A method and system includes the ability for individuals to set up an ad hoc digital and voice network easily and rapidly to allow users to coordinate their activities by eliminating the need for pre-entry of data into a web or identifying others by name, phone numbers or email. This method is especially useful for police, fire fighters, military, first responders or other emergency situations for coordinating different organizations at the scene of a disaster to elevate conventional communication problems either up and down the chain of command or cross communication between different emergency units. The method and system provides that the users are only required to enter a specific Server IP address and an ad hoc event name, a password and perhaps the name of the particular unit.
US10111071B2
A system for facilitating communications in a mesh network is provided. One or more devices of the mesh network may participate as routing nodes to provide range extension for any other devices in the mesh network that would otherwise be out of range from one another. In one or more implementations, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) may be used as the physical transport of the mesh network.
US10111070B2
An apparatus and method are described for an IoT interface slot for an IoT hub. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) hub interface slot to be fixedly coupled to an appliance, the IoT hub interface slot having an internal chamber, a bottom portion and a top portion, the top portion having an aperture exposing the interface slot to be accessible from outside of the appliance; the internal chamber sized to accommodate an IoT hub device to provide wireless communication functionality to the appliance; and the bottom portion having an embedded IoT hub interface fixedly coupled thereto, the embedded IoT hub interface having a first set of electrical contact portions facing the internal chamber to provide electrical connectivity to a corresponding set of electrical contact portions of an appliance interface on the IoT hub device when the IoT hub device is inserted into the internal chamber, the embedded IoT hub interface having a second set of electrical contact portions facing outwards from the bottom portion of the IoT hub interface slot, one or more of the second set of electrical contact portions to be electrically coupled to a power supply system within the appliance to provide power to the IoT hub device when inserted into the chamber and another one or more of the second set of electrical contact portions to be electrically coupled to a ground plane within the appliance to electrically ground the IoT hub device when inserted into the chamber.
US10111067B2
A method and apparatus for communicating system information and random access in a wireless communication system in an LTE system is provided. In some embodiments, a system information block (SIB) is transmitted in a configuration that is receivable by a limited-capability UE. The SIB may indicate a schedule of additional SIBs transmitted in the same configuration. The schedule may also be transmitted in another manner which is beyond capabilities of the UE to receive but within capabilities of full-capability UEs. Legacy SIB data may be spread between multiple new SIBs in this configuration. The configuration may include a limited transport block size and use of a limited number of physical resource blocks. Also provided is a Master Information Block (MIB) which indicates an extended System Frame Number count. Also provided is a means for communicating operating requirements from a UE by varying the timing and frequency of random access calls.
US10111065B2
An approach for network information collection and analysis of a plurality of mobile networks is provided. The approach receives a first request message including a first threshold sent from an application server. The approach sends a second request message to at least one network function. The approach receives a congestion report from the at least one network function which monitors for a change in a congestion status related to a base station that is crossing a second threshold. The approach derives a network information by combining the congestion report. The approach sends the network information to the application server, the first threshold indicating a range of the network information at which the application server wishes to be informed of the network information.
US10111060B2
A system is disclosed for measuring data utilization attributable to use by an application being executed on a mobile device. The system has a server operable to register the application and transmit information to establish a connection between the application and a proxy server. The system also has a proxy server operable to establish a first connection with the application, receive direction to establish a second connection with a target endpoint, establish the second connection between the proxy server and the target endpoint, pass data between the target endpoint and the application using the established connections, and measure the amount of data passed between the target endpoint and the application.
US10111058B2
A dual watch subscriber unit (SU) in a wireless communication system transmits short data during an active call in response to a request to transmit short data. The SU transmits, via a transceiver at the SU, pending short data on an inbound data channel of an inbound traffic frequency. One of prior to or after transmitting the short data, the SU substantially simultaneously receives: via a first receiver of the transceiver, missed communication media of the active call missed during transmitting of the pending short data on a first outbound channel of a first outbound traffic frequency; and via a second receiver of the transceiver, second communication media of the active call, transmitted prior to or after the missed communication media of the active call, on a second outbound channel of a second outbound traffic frequency. The SU then plays back media from the missed and second communication media.
US10111055B2
A system and method for optimizing large group calling using unicast and multicast transport bearers for Push-to-talk-over-Cellular (PoC). One or more servers interface to a wireless communications network to perform advanced voice services for mobile units therein, including the PoC call session. The servers and mobile units communicate with each other using control messages, and the servers switch voice messages between mobile units. At least one of the servers manages the PoC call session by acting as an arbitrator, and controls sending of control messages and voice messages to and from mobile units. The server performs unicast and multicast delivery of control messages and voice messages to and from mobile units, thereby enabling large group calling involving a large number of participants with optimized use of network and server resources.
US10111052B2
A communication management system includes: a group management unit that manages group identification information for identifying a group to which an addition request source terminal requesting to add a destination candidate belongs, in association with group identification information for identifying a group to which an addition request target terminal being able to become the destination candidate belongs; a receiving unit that receives an addition request transmitted by a first communication terminal and requesting to add a second communication terminal as a destination candidate; and a transmission controlling unit that does not transmit the approval request to the second communication terminal, when first group identification information for the first communication terminal is group identification information for an addition request source terminal, and second group identification information for the second communication terminal is not included in at least one corresponding piece of group identification information for an addition request target terminal.
US10111049B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives at least one of a unicast or a broadcast/multicast communication on a first frequency from a first cell of a serving eNB through a first receive chain. In addition, the UE receives at least one of broadcast/multicast signal, synchronization signal, or reference signal communication on a second frequency from a second cell of the serving eNB through a second receive chain without having received instruction from the serving eNB to receive the at least one of the broadcast/multicast signal, the synchronization signal, or the reference signal communication.
US10111041B1
The methods and software application described herein monitor the acceleration experienced by a mobile device and determine when said acceleration exceeds a predetermined acceleration threshold that may be indicative of an unusually rapid acceleration or deceleration. In the event of a sudden acceleration or deceleration, the methods and mobile application described herein automatically trigger a timely, event-related notification to the user of the mobile device, such as displaying a banner on the mobile device's display, a text, electronic mail, or voice message.
US10111035B2
A method for proximity tracking includes broadcasting a first advertising packet from a first broadcasting transceiver, receiving the first advertising packet at a plurality of second transceivers and, for each of the plurality of second transceivers, recording a received signal strength indication value of the first advertising packet received. A subsequent advertising packet is formed to include the received signal strength indication value recorded by at least one of the plurality of second transceivers and broadcast from at least one of the plurality of second transceivers. A system is provided with performs actions of the method to track proximity in real time.
US10111026B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for detecting an arrival of a user in a target area. The method includes searching, by a device belonging to the user, for a target wireless access device located in the target area at a preset frequency according to an instruction, when the target wireless access device is found, establishing a connection with the target wireless access device; and after the connection with the target wireless access device is established, determining that the user arrives at the target area.
US10111018B2
A system for updating a hearing aid by providing an update to a hearing aid to configure the hearing aid for an acoustic environment with a sound profile different than a physical environment a user is currently located in with an acoustic sample representative of the acoustic environment.
US10111011B2
An electrostatic speaker is described that includes a curved diaphragm positioned between two electrically conductive plates. According to aspects, the curved diaphragm has an “S-shape” and is configured to electrostatically move between the conductive plates. In particular, the curved diaphragm may generally roll between the two conductive plates so as to move from left to right with respect to ends of the conductive plates and push air in a direction toward ends of the conductive plates, thus generating acoustic output. In some implementations, the configuration of the electrostatic speaker reduces a biasing voltage required for the conductive plates.
US10111007B2
Acoustic conversion efficiency is improved and a stable signal reproduction operation is ensured. Provided is a speaker device including: a magnet; a yoke attached to the magnet and at least one sub-plate that is separated from the main plate in an axial direction of the central axis; a coil bobbin formed in a tubular shape and changeable in the axial direction; a voice coil wound around an outer circumferential surface of the coil bobbin, at least a portion of the voice coil being disposed in a main magnetic gap formed between the main plate and the yoke; a vibration plate having an inner circumferential portion connected to the coil bobbin; and a magnetic fluid filling at least one sub-magnetic gap formed between the sub-plate and the yoke, wherein a through-hole positioned in the sub-magnetic gap filled with the magnetic fluid is formed in the coil bobbin.
