US10112369B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a transparent poly(meth)acrylimide-based resin multilayer film exhibiting excellent surface smoothness, transparency, outer appearance, and resistance to puchability. According to at least one embodiment, there is provided a method for producing said transparent multilayer film, in which the transparent multilayer film in which a first poly(meth)acrylimide-based resin layer (α1), an aromatic polycarbonate-based resin layer (β), and a second poly(meth)acrylimide-based resin layer (α2) are directly laminated in said order, and in that the total light transmittance exceeds 90% and the haze is 2.0% or lower. The transparent multilayer film is produced by continuously coextruding, from a T die, a molten film of the transparent multilayer film in which the aforementioned layers were directly laminated in the aforementioned order, and by supplying and then pressing the molten film between a first mirror body that has a surface temperature between 100 and 200° C. and a second mirror body that has a surface temperature between 20 and 200° C.
US10112367B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of waterproof materials, and particularly to a high-strength wind-resistant skid-resistant waterproof underlayment. The high-strength wind-resistant skid-resistant waterproof underlayment comprises a first non-woven fabric layer, a first film layer, a first asphalt layer, a gridding cloth layer, a second asphalt layer, a second non-woven fabric layer, a second film layer and a third non-woven fabric layer laminated successively; the first film layer and the second film layer are waterproof elastic films respectively. The object of the present invention is to provide a high-strength wind-resistant skid-resistant waterproof underlayment. The waterproof underlayment formed by structures such as a first film layer and a second film layer and the like can be fixed through nails on a roof made of a wood structure, etc., and the construction is quick, convenient, and labor-saving, and the waterproofness is good.
US10112363B2
The polygonal part (1) has, on each side (C1 to C6), at least one of the following assembly elements: at least one lug (3), at least one recess (4), each of said lugs (3) and each of said recesses (4) of the part (1) having a trapezoidal shape, with in each case complementary shapes, the trapezium of each of said lugs (3) widening towards the outside of the part (1) and the trapezium of each of said recesses (4) widening towards the inside of the part (1), and each of said lugs (3) having a width, defined transversely with respect to a right bisector of the corresponding trapezium, which is greater than the width of each of said recesses (4).
US10112362B2
A multilayer structure is disclosed, comprising: at least one first layer comprising a first polymer film that carries, on a first face, a metal deposit, the first face being a free face of the first layer; and at least one second layer comprising a second polymer film. The second layer is joined, in a plurality of junction zones, to the first layer on the first face carrying the metal deposit, the junction zones defining a region of contact between the first layer and the second layer, the first layer and the second layer forming at least one cell outside the contact region.
US10112355B2
A method of manufacturing a sport ball includes providing a plurality of casing panels including a first panel and a second panel. The first panel has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first panel includes a first flange area forming a first edge portion of the first panel. The second panel has a third surface and an opposite fourth surface. The second panel includes a second flange area forming a second edge portion of the second panel. The method includes turning the first flange area away from the first surface of the first panel, turning the second flange area away from the third surface of the second panel, abutting the first flange area and the second flange area, and joining the first panel to the second panel.
US10112353B2
An assembly for producing a fiber composite workpiece having a base tool, including a first tool part and a second tool part, arranged relative to one another either in a closed position in which they enclose an internal space, or in an open position wherein a preform can be mounted in the internal space and maintained there in a predetermined shape. The base tool includes a connection to convey matrix material into the internal space, and has a device for holding the first and second tool parts together in a closed position. A tool insert is provided which is separate from the base tool, the tool insert being mounted in the internal space of the base tool, and the tool insert including a cavity for accommodating a preform and a shaping surface, facing the cavity, for maintaining the preform in a predetermined shape.
US10112348B2
A fiber placement system is provided. The fiber placement system provides a plurality of working zones relative to a common gantry system. Such a configuration permits for the use of one working zone while another working zone is loaded/unloaded with parts. Also provided is a method for manufacturing composite parts using a fiber placement system having a plurality of working zones arranged relative to a common gantry.
US10112341B2
A three-dimensional object manufacturing method includes a 3D object forming step of forming a three-dimensional object by discharging a UV curing type ink, and then carrying out UV irradiation on the discharged ink to form a layer, and overlapping a plurality of the layers (S101); a support material removing step of removing a support material from the three-dimensional object (S102), and a siloxane applying step of applying an organopolysiloxane solution for suppressing whitening of a surface of the three-dimensional object on the surface of the three-dimensional object (S104), where the organopolysiloxane solution is a solution having alcohol for making the support material transparent as a solvent, and having the organopolysiloxane compound for forming a film on the surface of the three-dimensional object by the drying of alcohol as a solute.
US10112333B2
An extruder hood configured to operate in a steady-state configuration and a non-steady-state configuration. The extruder hood comprises an air inlet, an extruder hood outlet, and an extruder discharge zone within an interior space of the extruder hood, with the extruder discharge zone configured to receive extruded material. In the steady-state configuration, the extruder hood is configured to direct air received from the air inlet across the extruder discharge zone to cause extruded material to be ejected from the extruder hood via the extruder hood outlet. In the non-steady-state configuration, the extruder hood is configured to direct air received from the air inlet out of the extruder hood via the extruder outlet without being directed across the extruder discharge zone.
US10112327B2
A method for manufacturing a housing of an LED display device includes the steps of: (a) filling a first material into a first mold assembly at a first place to form a cover with a plurality of first display holes, followed by moving the cover to a second place, filling a second material into a second mold assembly and the cover to seal one of the plurality of the first display holes via a plurality of first transparent members; and (b) disposing an ink layer on a display side of the cover in such a manner that the ink layer covers the display side of the cover and that the first transparent member in each of the first display holes is exposed from the ink layer.
US10112324B2
An imprint method for forming a pattern on a substrate by using a mold includes carrying the substrate into an imprint apparatus, removing, after the substrate is carried into the imprint apparatus, a whole or a portion of foreign particles adhering to a pattern formed on the mold by bringing into contact the mold and an imprint material supplied to a member different from the substrate within the imprint apparatus, and curing the imprint material so as to form the pattern, and forming the pattern on the substrate that has carried into the imprint apparatus, by using the mold from which the foreign particles are removed.
US10112319B2
A clamp suitable for securing a plurality of bricks. The clamp can be adjusted to accommodate a wide range of brick, block or stone sizes. The clamp design is such that it can be easily taken to a work site and placed for ease of accessibility and operation. The bricks are placed on a cutting base and held by an upper arm. The upper arm is held open by springs and engaged via an engagement lever and a release lever. The engagement lever creates a clamping force between the upper arm and cutting base. Releasing the clamping force is accomplished by pressing down on the release lever. This pulls the engagement lever out of an over center locking position and frees the upper arm. This clamping and releasing process can be accomplished by an Individual's downward stomping force, allowing an operator to be hands free.
US10112312B2
A knife (1) with automatic blade retraction including a housing (2), a moveable actuating device (4), a rotatable blade unit (30), and a retraction element (34) which always applies a retraction force to the blade unit (30) in the direction of the retracted position. The rotatable blade unit (30) can be brought into engagement with the actuating device (4) and is moveable by means of the actuating device (4) from a position retracted in the housing (2) into a position extended from the housing (2). The blade unit (30) is also rotatable by the action of a cutting force in an extended position from an engagement position in which the blade unit (30) is in engagement with the actuating device (4) into a release position in which the blade unit (30) is not in engagement with the actuating device (4).
US10112308B2
A vacuum cup assembly that generates a local vacuum using a prime mover that may be an electrical motor or a solenoid. The vacuum cup may have one or more ports to remove and vent air between the cup and the atmosphere. The prime mover drives a piston or a flexible membrane, which may be a diaphragm, through one or more reciprocating cycles to generate the local vacuum. The vacuum cup assembly may be used to form a temporary attachment to a work piece, the act on the work piece, such as by moving the work piece, and then release the work piece from the vacuum cup assembly. The vacuum cup assembly disclosed herein is self-contained inasmuch as the assembly may have a power source, such as a battery, located on a housing. This makes its operation quiet and effective.
US10112303B2
A method of programming at least one robot by demonstration comprising: performing at least one demonstration of at least one task in the Held of view of at least one fixed camera to obtain at least one observed task trajectory of at least one manipulated object, preferably at least one set of observed task trajectories; generating a generalized task trajectory from said at least one observed task trajectory, preferably from said at least one set of observed task trajectories; and executing said at least one task by said at least one robot in the field of view of said at least one fixed camera, preferably using image-based visual servoing to minimize the difference between the executed trajectory during said execution and the generalized task trajectory.
US10112302B2
A mobile robot comprising: a vision system, the vision system comprising a camera and at least one light source arranged to provide a level of illumination to an area surrounding the mobile robot; and a control system, the control system comprising a feature detection unit for detecting features within images captured by the vision system; wherein the level of illumination provided by the light source is adjusted in response to the number of features detected by the feature detection unit.
US10112295B2
There is provided a remote control system including a controlled device and a remote device. The controlled device has a light source and moves according to a control signal from the remote device. The remote device is adapted to be operated by a user and includes an image sensor. The remote device determines a moving direction of the controlled device according to an imaging position of the light source in the image captured by the image sensor and a pointing position of the user, and outputs the control signal.
US10112290B2
A device for monitoring pressure within a gas space, which is filled with gas, preferably nitrogen, and/or is prestressed, of a pressure accumulator of a hydraulically driven percussive mechanism having a housing in which a piston is mounted, together with a display element which extends through the face surface of the housing, so as to be slidingly movable counter to the force of a spring, wherein the piston divides the housing into a pressure chamber and a spring chamber. The spring acts on a spring chamber-side working surface of the piston, and the pressure accumulator is at least indirectly operatively connected to the pressure chamber-side working surface of the piston, such that, in the event of a critical pressure within the pressure accumulator being undershot, the piston and the display element are displaced to such an extent that the display element protrudes out of the housing.
US10112288B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic torque tool, a calibration fixture, and a method for calibrating the electronic torque tool. The calibration includes applying a torque to the torque wrench and releasing the applied torque once the applied torque reaches a full scale calibration torque. The calibration fixture holds and displays a peak value of the applied torque and the torque wrench holds and displays a measured peak value of the applied torque. The measured peak value on the torque wrench may then be adjusted, by incrementing or decrementing the displayed value, to match the peak value displayed on the calibration fixture.
US10112287B2
A handheld clamping tool is provided that is adapted to clamp to and secure rounded work pieces, including lengths of tubing without damaging the same. The tool comprises a locking clamp embodiment and a plyer clamp embodiment, whereby the tool includes a pair of jaws with one or more semicircular apertures therealong that align to form rounded openings when the jaws are brought together. In one embodiment, the tool includes a movable jaw and a fixed jaw, along with a handle and grip that are lockable in a static state. Along the upper portion of the locking embodiment is a vice block in which the locking clamp can be held by a bench vice and the tool can support a tube without interaction by the user. In another embodiment, the tool comprises a pair of handles, a pair of jaws, and a fixed pivot point between the handles.
US10112282B2
A wheel deburring device. A second motor drives an upper brush to rotate, second cylinders enable the upper brush to fall through third posts, and burrs of a front surface can be removed when the upper brush is in contact with the front surface of a wheel; a first motor enables an outer ring and a first geared ring to rotate through a first belt; a third motor enables an inner ring and a second geared ring to rotate through a second belt, directions of rotation of the inner ring and the second geared ring are opposite to that of the outer ring, and brushes are driven to rotate through a gear; and fourth cylinders enable a lower brush to rise through first guide posts, and burrs of a back cavity of the wheel can be removed when the lower brush is in contact with that back cavity.
US10112281B2
A component blending tool for forming a pre-determined blended area into a component utilizes a belt having a material removing surface that is contoured to mimic a predetermined depth ratio of the blended area. The tool has an interchangeable shoe that contours the belt and forces the belt upon the component until the pre-determined blended area is substantially the same as said blend ratio.
US10112279B2
A size-adjustable adaptive online wheel deburring device, including a synchronous clamping and rotating system for fixing and rotating a wheel, a left brush system, and a right brush system. The left brush system includes a first belt-type brush with a T-shaped synchronous belt at its inner side and bristles at its outer side, and a first automatically adjusting mechanism for changing a shape of the first brush by engaging the T-shaped synchronous belt so that the shape of the first brush is able to match different back cavity shapes of the wheel during burr removal. The right brush system includes a second belt-type brush and a second automatically adjusting mechanism for changing a shape of the second brush so that the second brush is constantly in three-point contact with a position of the wheel to be deburred during the burr removal.
US10112273B2
When taking out flattened tube fins that have been stacked in a stacker apparatus from the stacker apparatus while maintaining the stacked state, an apparatus is provided for taking out the stacked flattened tube fins from the stacker apparatus that stacks the flattened tube fins having cutaway portions into which flattened tubes are inserted. The apparatus includes a first member including a base plate and an erected portion, a second member that is disposed at a position facing the first member and together with the first member clamps the flattened tube fins, and a moving mechanism that causes the first member and the second member to move toward and away from the flattened tube fins on the stacker apparatus and moves the flattened tube fins and the stacker apparatus apart while the flattened tube fins of the stacker apparatus are clamped by the first member and the second member.
US10112272B2
A manufacturing method of vapor chamber includes steps of: providing a first board body and a second board body; using mechanical processing to form a hooked section structure on one face of the first board body; using mechanical processing to form a hook section structure on one face of the second board body; and correspondingly mating the first and second board bodies with each other to make the hook section and the hooked section contact and hook and connect with each other and sealing the periphery of the first and second board bodies and vacuuming the first and second board bodies and filling therein a working fluid. According to the manufacturing method, the vapor chamber is manufactured without any additional support structure, but is still free from the problem of thermal expansion. Also, the vapor chamber can be thinned and lightweight.
US10112265B2
This invention provides a decorating device for vehicle-interior components, which can accurately provide gradation on the design of the surface of a resin component. The decorating device comprises a laser-irradiating device and a control device. The control device comprises a virtual-decorating surface 5a that is deformed so as to have a different curvature than the surface of the actual decorating surface 5, thus allowing for the drawing of designs thereon. The control device prepares laser-irradiating data based on the drawing-data, and it controls the laser-irradiating device based on the laser-irradiating data. The laser-irradiating device irradiates the laser L1 focused on the virtual-decorating surface 5a and conducts the laser processing on the actual decorating surface 5, with the focal point of the laser L1 having been shifted from the actual decorating surface 5.
US10112262B2
A direct metal laser melting (DMLM) system includes a laser device configured to generate a melt pool in a powder bed based on a build parameter. In addition, the DMLM system includes a confocal optical system directed at the melt pool and configured to receive an optical signal emitted by the melt pool. The DMLM system further includes an optical sensor operatively coupled to the confocal optical system that is configured to receive the optical signal and to generate an electrical signal in response to the optical signal. A computing device is configured to receive the electrical signal from the optical sensor and to generate a control signal in response. The control signal is configured to modify the build parameter of the direct metal laser melting system in real-time to adjust at least one of a melt pool size and a melt pool temperature to achieve a desired physical property of the component.
US10112259B2
Methods and apparatuses for dicing substrates by both laser scribing and plasma etching. A method includes laser ablating material layers, the ablating by a laser beam with a centrally peaked spatial power profile to form an ablated trench in the substrate below thin film device layers which is positively sloped. In an embodiment, a femtosecond laser forms a positively sloped ablation profile which facilitates vertically-oriented propagation of microcracks in the substrate at the ablated trench bottom. With minimal lateral runout of microcracks, a subsequent anisotropic plasma etch removes the microcracks for a cleanly singulated chip with good reliability.
US10112257B1
A laser-based coating removal apparatus to remove a coating from a surface without damaging the surface. The apparatus comprises a laser source to provide a laser light, a routing element coupled to the laser source and configured to direct the laser light onto a target region of the surface thereby removing the coating from the target region, and a detection element to detect the coating as the coating separates from the target region of the surface. The detection element is able to prevent the surface from being damaged by limiting or eliminating the laser light directed onto the target region after all the coating has been removed. The detection element is able to detect the separation of the coating from the target region by detecting incandescence, acoustic signature, motion, fluorescence and/or chemical properties produced by the separation of the coating from the surface.
US10112255B2
The present invention relates to a thin plate bonding method or a thin plate assembly, and more particularly, to a thin plate bonding method which includes coating with a coating material after increasing a surface roughness or increasing a surface roughness through coating with a coating material, and then, conducting diffusion bonding, such that excellent bonding strength is achieved even when the diffusion bonding is performed at low temperature and low pressure, thin plate deformation by thermal stress may be prevented, and high air tightness may be obtained since the coating material fills micro-pores.
US10112254B2
A method of producing a nickel alloy clad steel pipe including: providing a hollow cylinder of nickel alloy cladding material and a hollow cylinder of steel, placing the hollow cylinder of the nickel alloy cladding material concentrically inside the hollow cylinder of steel or the hollow cylinder of the steel concentrically inside the hollow cylinder of nickel alloy cladding material to form a composite billet, heating the composite billet to 1121-1260° C., and extruding the composite billet, wherein the nickel alloy cladding material comprises 6.0-12.0 wt. % molybdenum, 19.0-27.0 wt. % chromium, 1.0 wt. % maximum tungsten, 0.6 wt. % maximum aluminum, 0.6 wt. % maximum titanium, 0.001-0.05 wt. % carbon, 0.001-0.035 wt. % nitrogen, 0.001-0.3 wt. % silicon, 1.0 wt. % maximum niobium, 2.5 wt. % maximum iron, 0.5 wt. % maximum manganese, 0.015 wt. % maximum phosphorous, 0.015 wt. % maximum sulfur, 1.0 wt. % maximum cobalt, and the balance nickel and may have a solidus temperature greater than 1312° C.
US10112251B2
A welding-type power supply includes a controller, a preregulator, a preregulator bus, and an output converter. The controller has a preregulator control output and an output converter control output. The preregulator receives a range of inputs voltages as a power input, and receives the preregulator control output as a control input, and provides a preregulator power output signal. The preregulator includes a plurality of stacked boost circuits. The preregulator bus receives the preregulator output signal. The output converter receives the preregulator bus as a power signal and receives the output converter control output as a control input. The output converter provides a welding type power output, and includes at least one stacked inverter circuit.
US10112250B2
The present invention belongs to the technical field of argon arc welding machine, and particularly refers to a welding power supply and an AC-DC argon arc welding machine. The welding power comprises a rectifying and wave-filtering unit, a first inverter unit, a transformer and a hybrid inverter unit connected one by one; the hybrid inverter unit has an unitized structural design that combines a rectifying function with a secondary inverting function through an IGBT or an IGBT half-bridge module integrated internally with FRDs; in this way, not only the types and the number of power devices are reduced, but also a difficulty of wire arrangement of an electric board is reduced, and a condition that power switches work under unbalanced state when the welding machine outputs DC is avoided, so that some problems such as a high power consumption of a traditional circuit structure, a big heat sink and a big fan, a high cost, and a complicated wire arrangement, and so on are solved, and a goal of reducing a weight and a volume of the welding machine, and the cost, and improving a welding effect is achieved.
US10112237B2
A device for drying and sintering metal-containing ink on a substrate enables homogeneous irradiation of the substrate, has compact construction, and is simple and economical to produce. Optical infrared radiators have a cylindrical radiator tube and a longitudinal axis, and emit radiation having an IR-B radiation component of at least 30% and an IR-C radiation component of at least 5% of total radiator output power. The radiators are arranged in a module with their longitudinal axes running parallel to each other and transverse to the transport direction. They thereby irradiate on the surface of the substrate an irradiation field, which is divided into a drying zone and a sintering zone arranged downstream of the drying zone in the transport direction. The drying zone is exposed to at least 15% less average irradiation density than the sintering zone along a center axis running in the transport direction.
US10112230B2
Method and apparatus for joining superimposed sheet formed material with an intermediate layer of adhesive together by means of gluing in combination with clinching, at which a tool comprising a first and a second co-axial tool parts, co-operate for producing said joint, said first tool part comprising a punch (1) with an impact surface, surrounded by a stripper (2) with an impact surface, said second tool part comprising a die with an impact surface surrounding a die cavity at the bottom of which an anvil with an impact surface is arranged. In a step before making the clinch joint positioning and locking said punch (1) and said stripper (2) of said first tool part relative to each other so that said impact surfaces present a first, common, squeezing surface (6) of the first tool part, having essentially the same size and form as a second, squeezing surface of the second tool part. Then squeezing together the work pieces (9, 10) with the intermediate layer of adhesive over a surface corresponding to said squeezing surfaces in order to laterally displace excessive adhesive out from the corresponding area of the work pieces.
US10112220B2
A high-pressure cleaning appliance is provided, including a housing having a motor and a pump, driven by the motor, arranged therein, and including at least two rotatably mounted running wheels, a push bar movable back and forth between a parking position and an operating position, and a locking device for releasably locking the push bar, the locking device including an actuating member which is coupled by at least one coupling member to at least one locking member which interacts with the push bar and is movable from a locking position to a release position by actuating the actuating member. So that the high-pressure cleaning appliance can be assembled more cost-effectively and more easily, the locking device includes a prefabricated constructional unit which forms the actuating member, the at least one coupling member and the at least one locking member and is movably mounted on or in the housing.
US10112210B2
At the time of initiating coating, when a first end of an ejecting port of a coating nozzle is located at one end of a peripheral edge of a wafer, the wafer and the coating nozzle are relatively moved by a moving mechanism while exposing a coating liquid from the ejecting port. During the coating, the wafer and the coating nozzle are relatively moved by the moving mechanism while the coating liquid ejected from the ejecting port is in contact with the wafer, to coat the coating liquid on the wafer. At the time of finishing the coating, when a second end of the ejecting port is located at the other end of the peripheral edge of the wafer, the wafer and the coating nozzle are relatively moved by the moving mechanism while exposing the coating liquid from the ejecting port.
US10112208B2
A glass article includes a glass substrate having a first surface, a second surface, and an edge. At least one nanoparticle region is located adjacent at least one of the first surface and the second surface.
US10112207B2
A mist generating apparatus is provided for suppressing foreign material from becoming airborne prior to an application of a surface coat or treatment to a substrate. The assembly includes a frame assembly that may include a base mount and an intermediate mount movably coupled to the base mount. The apparatus includes an extension assembly movably coupled to the frame assembly and selectively positioned between a retracted position and an extended position. A manifold is coupled to the extension assembly, and the manifold is in fluid communication with a volatile liquid. The apparatus includes a spray nozzle in fluid communication with the manifold. The spray nozzle is configured for directing a mist of the volatile liquid to a portion of the substrate for at least temporarily suppressing foreign material.
US10112205B2
A substrate is transported to a coating processing unit. An annular region of one surface of the substrate is processed. The substrate is carried into an edge exposure unit. Positions of a peripheral edge of the substrate and an inner edge of the annular region are detected. A position deviation amount of a center of the substrate held by a spin chuck from a rotation center of the spin chuck is calculated. Based on schedule management information, a relationship between orientations of the substrate held by the spin chuck at the time of carrying of the substrate into the coating processing unit and the substrate held by the substrate rotation unit at the time of carrying of the substrate into the edge exposure unit is specified. Based on the relationship, a position deviation direction of the center of the substrate from the rotation center is determined.
US10112199B2
A closure for attachment to a container body of a sample container for use in a centrifuge includes a top wall, an annular skirt wall depending from the top wall and defining a maximum outer diameter, and a handle extending from the top wall and including a central boss and at least two finger grips extending radially outward from the central boss. A respective free terminal end of each of the finger grips is located so as not to extend beyond the maximum outer diameter.
US10112198B2
The disclosure provides for compositions and methods for the collection of rare cells using an interspersed microstructure design.
US10112188B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a phosphorus containing zeolite type catalysts based on crystalline aluminosilicates, the catalysts of this process and the use of this catalysts for the conversion of methanol to olefins.
US10112184B2
A method for synthesizing AEI zeolites is provided which results in high relative yields of AEI based on the weight of the reaction mixture and on the structure directing agent. The method also provides for the reduced use of water in the reaction mixture. A reaction mixture composition comprises the following components: at least one source of silica, at least one source of alumina, at least one structure directing agent (SDA), a source of hydroxide ions and water, where the silica sources and the alumina sources are expressed as SiO2 and Al2O3, respectively, and the components are present in the following ratios: SiO2/Al2O3 10-100 OH−/SiO20.2-0.9 SDA/SiO20.01-0.20 Alkali metal cation/SiO20.20-1.0 H2O/SiO2 4-60.
US10112177B2
The present invention relates to a sorbent for extracting polar components from a sample where the sorbent comprises a cross-linked polymer comprising nitrogen containing cyclic compounds, for example 1-vinylimidazole and/or 4-vinylpyridine. The invention further relates to a method of producing said sorbent and the use of the sorbent.
US10112176B2
Disclosed herein is a superabsorbent polymer with a surface modified with both a water-soluble polyvalent cationic salt and a polycarbonic acid-based copolymer, wherein an improvement is brought about in processability without significant degradation of other properties and a method is provided for preparing the surface-modified superabsorbent polymer.
US10112170B2
The present invention relates to a stabilized inorganic oxide support for capturing carbon dioxide from gases having high regeneration capacities over many cycles. The method for preparing the stabilized inorganic oxide support includes stabilizing an alumina-containing precursor by either calcining or steaming, impregnating an alkali or alkaline earth compound into the stabilized alumina-and drying the alkali or alkaline earth compound-impregnated stabilized alumina. The stabilized inorganic oxide support can be regenerated at lower temperatures between 100 and 150° C. The carbon dioxide adsorption capacity of the regenerated support is between 70 and 90% of the theoretical carbon dioxide adsorption capacity.
US10112169B2
A system and method for resolving and/or mechanically manipulating molecular bonds. A method for resolving molecular bonds includes applying ultrasound to molecules to be manipulated. A magnetic signal associated with the molecules is measured. Whether ultrasound causes dissolution of the bonds of the molecules is determined based on measurements of the magnetic signal.
US10112166B2
Disclosed is a method for capturing and recycling iron catalyst used in the production of haloalkane compounds and more particularly, to an improved process for the manufacture of the compound 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane (HCC-240fa), in which an electromagnetic separation unit (EMSU) is used to facilitate the reaction. When energized, the EMSU functions to remove all iron particles from the reactor effluent; when de-energized, the iron particles captured by the EMSU can be flushed back into the reactor for re-use in the continued production of HCC-240fa. The present invention is also useful in the manufacturing processes for other haloalkane compounds such as HCC-250 and HCC-360.
US10112163B2
This disclosure describes embodiments of a support system that stabilizes the mixing vessel to allow a single individual to complete the mixing process. The support system can utilize one or more support apparatuses, which can engage the mixing vessel. These support apparatuses are also configured to allow the individual to secure the support apparatuses to a surface, such as the ground or a platform, during operation of the mixing device.
US10112162B2
A method is provided for monitoring a flow behavior of mixed components without requiring additional instrumentation or sampling. The method is carried out by determining ratios of the power required to rotate a mixing impeller at different rotational speeds and then comparing the ratios. Characteristics about the mixed components are determined based on differences between the ratios.
US10112159B2
Disclosed a bi-directional blender, comprising a cup and a cap holder rotatably connected with the cup by a threaded flange, wherein the interior of the cup is a cavity in which a first blending blade and a second blending blade are fixedly mounted. In the bi-directional blender of the invention, the cup is internally provided with the first blending blade and the second blending blade, the two sets of blending blades may rotate in opposite directions to form a forward and a reverse crushing structure capable of better crushing all kinds of ingredients, and thus the blender can be used in a juicer and a food processor.
US10112151B2
A functional polymer membrane including a porous support and a crosslinked polymer electrolyte, in which the film thickness of the functional polymer membrane is smaller than 100 μm, the crosslinked polymer electrolyte is a crosslinked polymer formed by subjecting a composition including a monomer having a (meth)acrylamide skeleton to a polymerization curing reaction, and the proportion of elemental oxygen in the elemental composition excluding elemental hydrogen and helium at the surface of the porous support is from 14.0 atom % to 25.0 atom %; and a method for producing the same are provided.
US10112135B2
A filter element includes in an end cap assembly an internal bypass valve such that the bypass valve can be replaced along with the filter element. Additionally or alternatively, the filter element end cap assembly has a reverse flow valve for enabling reverse flow across the filter element without passage through filter element.
US10112133B2
A filter assembly includes a filter element, a cap, and a base seal. The filter element has a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and an inside passage. The cap is affixed to the first end. The cap has a cap perimeter configured to mate with an opening of a filter housing. The base seal is disposed at the second end. The base seal has an outlet port in cooperative alignment with the inside passage. The base seal is configured to seal the outlet port to a housing outlet and the base seal is configured to seal a housing drain.
US10112132B2
An oil additive includes a hydrotalcite-like compound, and a radical trapping agent having a melting point of 130° C. or higher.
US10112130B2
A pleated media pack includes a section of media configured into a tube defining an interior volume and an open opening at one end. A ratio of the pleat depth to a diameter of the opening is greater than 0.2. At least some of the pleats at one end of the media pack are inverted. In some examples, the pleats include major pleats alternating with minor pleats.
US10112129B2
A filter unit connecting a gate connection part to an outer cylinder includes a plurality of longitudinal ribs formed at regular intervals orthogonally to an X axis and parallel to a Y axis when a virtual plane orthogonal to a central axis of the gate connection part is assumed to be an X-Y plane. A plurality of transverse ribs is formed at regular intervals orthogonally to the longitudinal ribs and parallel to the X axis, and a plurality of rectangular openings is formed between the longitudinal ribs and the transverse ribs. By injecting molten resin into a cavity from a gate opened toward a cavity portion forming the gate connection part, the gate connection part, the outer cylinder, and the filter unit are formed integrally, the rib widths of the longitudinal ribs and the transverse ribs are made constant, and the shapes of the plurality of openings are made identical.
US10112124B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a matrix of raw materials, also referred to as a poly-grain grind matrix. In some embodiments, the matrix of raw materials may form an interlocking network of varied particle grind sizes that allows the particles to nest and interlock with one another when packed into an extraction vessel, so that most, but not all of the interstitial spacing within the matrix of raw materials is closed. Additionally, the varied particle sizes may be selected by pre-determined weight ranges and size classifications so that the particle grind sizes achieve the desired consistency uniformity. This may allow the network of particles to act as its own best filtering agent during the extraction process. Moreover, the nesting and interlocking network of the particles within the matrix of raw materials may allow the particles to be effectively packed within the extraction column, thus allowing for an efficient and high quality extraction to be performed consistently each and every time.
US10112122B2
The present application relates to a device and a method for preparing alkanol. According to the present application, energy can be reduced when preparing alkanol by reducing the amount of steam used in a reboiler or cooling water used in a condenser and a cooler, and steam generated from a heat exchanger for column top stream can be utilized in a variety of fields. Also, highly pure alkanol can be prepared according to the present application.
US10112118B2
A ride system including a ride vehicle, the ride vehicle being operable to support a ride patron having a display arrangement for displaying a viewing script to the ride patron during a ride event during which the ride vehicle travels along an event path located within a volume.
US10112117B2
Movement amount identifying unit 111 of exemplary game device 1 identifies, for each of characters, a movement amount, based on which a character is moved on a map, the movement amount being randomly determined. Movement processing unit 112 moves, for each of the characters, a character on the map based on a movement amount determined for the character. Mini-game executing unit 113 executes a mini-game on detecting that a first character included in the characters has reached a predetermined first cell on the map. When doing so, mini-game executing unit 113 starts the mini-game, the first character joining the mini-game from the start of the mini-game, and causes a second character included in the characters to join the mini-game subsequent to the first character with a delay, the second character having failed to reach the first cell as of the start of the mini-game.
US10112112B2
A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein to display positions of symbols in a target sequence. In various embodiments, a Sequence Generator generates a target sequence of symbols to be identified by a player in a virtual gaming environment. The Sequence Generator generates an obscured display of the target sequence. The Sequence Generator receives from the player a first selected sequence of symbols to be played in a first game move in the virtual gaming environment. The Sequence Generator identifies a first shared symbol present in both the first selected sequence and the target sequence. Responsive to the identifying, the Sequence Generator changes the obscured display of the target sequence to reveal the first shared symbol at a first position in the target sequence.
US10112108B2
Systems, methods, and media for displaying content are provided. According to a content-related information display system, a first memory stores content. A first processor outputs a drawing command for displaying the content on a first display, and generates progress status information which is related to a progress status of the content. A second memory stores content-related information which is related to the content. A second processor specifies the content-related information to be displayed on a second display. The content-related information is specified according to the progress status information generated by the first processor. More detailed information is displayed on the second display than on the first display.
US10112107B2
An identification apparatus includes: a sensor face in which a plurality of sensor electrodes and a ground portion are provided on one and the same plane; wherein: a conductive portion or conductive portions formed in an identification object are configured so that when the identification object is placed on the sensor face, the conductive portion or the conductive portions can electrically connect a corresponding one or corresponding ones of the sensor electrodes with the ground portion; and a change of electrostatic capacitance occurring when the corresponding sensor electrode or electrodes are electrically connected with the ground portion is detected so that an ID of the identification object can be identified. Thus, it is possible to provide an identification apparatus which can be manufactured inexpensively without using expensive devices such as RFIDs and which is improved in terms of the degree of freedom for design.
US10112105B2
A table game system is provided that includes a plurality of association tables, each of which makes it possible to obtain the correlation between codes attached to shuffled playing cards and the ranks thereof, and prevents the correlation between the codes of the shuffled playing cards and the ranks thereof from being known by a person who intends to commit cheating by changing the association table used as appropriate. A card shoe apparatus 2 of the table game system of the present invention includes a barcode reader 100 that reads a barcode 3 attached to a shuffled playing card set 1s, and thereby reads a shuffled card ID that can uniquely identify the shuffled playing card set 1s. The shuffled card ID of the shuffled playing cards to be used is subjected to a process of association to identify one of association table numbers (T1 to T10) or database numbers, and the rank and the suit of a card 1 that are attached to the card 1 are identified based on a code C with an association table (T3). If the code C does not match a code defined in the association table (T3), an error occurs and it is determined that cheating may be committed.
US10112102B2
The invention relates to a system for energy on-site collection and measurement feedback, which comprises fitness apparatuses capable of producing mechanical energy, generators, power meters and energy storage accumulators, wherein the fitness apparatuses are provided with moving parts for exercise which are connected with the generators and drive the generators to generate power; the generators are connected with the accumulators through the power meters for measuring the generating capacity; and each power meter comprises a bank card reader which has function of reading and updating data. The power meters can count and display energy produced by the excise of each person each time and a data processing host can summarize energy values produced by different apparatuses on the same site, so that exercisers are promoted to increase interest in exercise and take exercise regularly.
US10112101B2
A variable-color region (106) of an information-presentation structure extends to an exposed surface (102) at a surface zone (112) and normally appears along it as a principal color. An impact-dependent portion (138) of the variable-color region responds to an object (104) impacting the zone at an object-contact area (116) by temporarily appearing along a print area (118) of the zone as generic changed color materially different from the principal color. The print area closely matches the object-contact area in size, shape, and location. Sound-generating apparatus (602 or 702) selectively generates a specified audible sound in response to the object impacting the object-contact area so as to meet the threshold impact criteria. The specified sound is separate from any audible sound originating at the object-contact area due physically to the impact.
US10112096B1
A hockey training device and method of using the same to teach a hockey player how to play a shot, particularly a wrist shot. The device includes a connector assembly that is selectively engaged with a hockey stick blade during training; a puck holding assembly for holding the puck in an optimum position; and a hinge connecting the connector assembly and puck holding assembly together. The hinge allows the connector assembly and puck holding assembly to pivot relative to each other as the stick is maneuvered to make a shot. The puck holding assembly includes a flexible region that is moved out of the way of the puck as a shot is played and the puck is accelerated by the stick toward a net or another player. The hinge ensures that the puck holding assembly maintains its position relative to the ice as the shot is played.
US10112091B2
A sleeve or grip for use on a ball bat or other sporting-good implement includes a low-friction inner surface and a longitudinal slit that facilitates its positioning on, and removal from, a handle of the implement. The grip is rotatable about the handle so that a user's hand may move into an optimal position during a swing. The grip may be readily removable from the implement so that, after a swing, it stays with the user, as opposed to remaining on the implement.
US10112058B2
A photo-bio-stimulation device uses near infrared (NIR) laser illumination of the scalp to promote hair growth with a lightweight user wearable device. All the remaining components are mounted on the concave underside of an outer cap shell. Many VCSEL laser device chips are surface mount soldered underneath of a single large flexible printed circuit. These discrete devices direct a diffused, near uniform flood of 678-nanometer monochromatic laser light deep into the hair roots and follicles across the scalps of its users. Petal shapes along a central spine are cut deep into the side edges of the flexible printed circuit to allow it to be conformed and fixed into a hemispherical dome and attached with dozens of plastic snaps inside the outer shell. This connects inside to a rechargeable battery and power controller. A protective clear covering matching the concave underside is attached along the brims.
US10112051B2
An external device transfers a key to an implantable medical device over a proximity communication and then establishes a first far field communication session with the implantable medical device where the key is used for the first communication session. This first communication session may occur before implantation while the implantable medical device is positioned outside of the sterile field so that using a proximity communication is easily achieved. Once the implantable medical device is passed into the sterile field for implantation, the external device may then establish a second far field communication session with the implantable medical device where the last key that was used for the first communication session is again used for the second communication session which avoids the need for another proximity communication to occur within the sterile field.
US10112047B2
A device for implantation into a scalia tympani of a cochlea is disclosed. The device comprises blocks and compliant elements interconnecting the blocks with one of the compliant elements disposed between each pair of adjacent blocks. The compliant elements impart flexibility to the device in a plane of curvature of the cochlea and impart stiffness to the device out of the plane of curvature of the cochlea. The device further comprises piezoelectric elements with at least one of the elements disposed the blocks. Each piezoelectric element comprises at least one piezoelectric sensing unit and at least one electrode for transmitting the electrical signal to the auditory nerve. The device further comprises communication lines for transmitting an electrical signal through the device with one of the communication lines disposed between each pair of blocks and parallel to the compliant element.
US10112046B1
A bionic cochlea includes a fluid filled vessel having a flexible window disposed in one or its walls. The flexible window flexes when exposed to an acoustic pulse to produce an acoustic pressure pulse in the fluid inside the vessel. A plurality of piezoelectric nanowires is disposed on a flexible membrane disposed within the fluid filled vessel. The nanowires vibrate in response to at least one predetermined wavelength in the acoustic pressure pulse and produce electrical signals. Electrical wires in communication with the nanowires receive the electrical signals and pass these signals through the walls of the vessel to the mammalian auditory nerve.
US10112030B2
An introducer assembly includes a valve having a first end and an opposite second end; a sheath fixedly secured to and extending axially from one of the first and second ends of the valve; a dilator extending through the valve and sheath; and a lock knob rotatable between locked and unlocked positions to releasably axially lock the tool relative to the sheath without causing corresponding rotation of the tool therewith.
US10112023B2
A device, system, and method for isolating a ventilator from one or more patients in which the delivery conditions of gas delivered to an isolation device from a ventilator may drive the delivery of breathing-gas delivered to one or more patients, the breathing-gas having the same or different delivery conditions. In one embodiment, an isolation device may have a housing and a movable partition. The movable partition may be joined to the housing, The movable partition may have a patient side on a first side of the partition and an actuating side on a second side of the partition. The isolation device may include an inlet pressure regulator on the actuating side and/or an exhaust pressure regulator on the patient side. These regulators may alter the delivery conditions (including, but not limited to, pressure and volume) of breathing-gas delivered to a patient.
US10112020B2
An airflow adaptor for a breath-actuated dry powder inhaler. The airflow adaptor includes a conduit having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end allows fluid communication from a deagglomerator outlet port to the distal end of the conduit, and wherein the airflow adaptor further includes provisions for allowing air to flow from a proximal end of the adaptor to a distal end of the adaptor independently of the airflow in the conduit when a breath induced low pressure is applied to the distal end of the airflow adaptor.
US10112008B2
A medical device for administering a solution, the device including a pump, a reservoir, and a communication structure for connecting the reservoir and the pump, and a line for connecting the medical device to the patient, wherein the medical device is adapted to use a mathematical model in order to determine at any moment a physical or chemical characteristics of the solution, which is contained in the reservoir, wherein the mathematical model takes account of a modification of the solution in the reservoir over the course of time as a function of an exposure to temperature, to humidity, or to pressure of the solution, or ageing or permeability of the reservoir; and the medical device is adapted to inform the patient about refilling the solution or changing the reservoir depending on the modification of the characteristics of the solution.
US10111995B2
The invention relates to actuators based on electroactive polymeric materials for use in pumping fluids or in other applications where a contractile actuation is required, in particular, although not necessarily exclusively, for use in vascular pulsation devices such as a variable aortic tension device. Embodiments disclosed include an actuator comprising: an inner tubular structure; an outer tubular structure surrounding the inner tubular structure and comprising a plurality of layers of a dielectric elastomeric material and a tubular elastic support structure, the elastic support structure configured to maintain a pre-stress in the layers of the dielectric elastomeric material, wherein the outer tubular structure is configured to contract in a radial direction around the inner tubular structure upon application of an actuation voltage signal across the dielectric elastomeric material layers.
US10111990B2
A surgical cassette clamping system includes a mounting plate having a first side and a second side. A bracket system may be disposed adjacent the first side of the mounting plate. A clamp motor may be disposed adjacent the mounting plate and fixed relative to the mounting plate. The clamp motor may be operably connected to the bracket system to displace the bracket system relative to the mounting plate. The system may also include a plurality of pivot arms pivotably connected to the bracket system and extending adjacent the second side of the mounting plate. An engagement portion may be attached to each of the plurality of pivot arms that cooperatively engages the second side of the mounting plate, the engagement portion being operable to pivot the pivot arms when the bracket system moves relative to the mounting plate.
US10111986B2
A method for making a device including a polyisobutylene-polyurethane block copolymer. The method includes polymerizing a polyisobutylene diol, a diisocyanate, and a chain extender within a solvent system to form a polyisobutylene-polyurethane block copolymer solution, depositing the polyisobutylene-polyurethane block copolymer solution onto at least a portion of the device, and evaporating the solvent system from the deposited polyisobutylene-polyurethane block copolymer solution.
US10111982B2
Disclosed are pepsinized collagen implants, such as membranes and sponges, and methods of making them, which entails solubilizing pepsinized collagen in a buffer containing a polyol, e.g., mannitol or sorbitol, wherein the buffer has a substantially neutral pH. Methods of using the pepsinized collagen implants for clinical applications are also disclosed.
US10111975B2
A method for control of a process for sterilizing a load in a sterilization chamber according to specific characteristics of the load without direct measurement of the load conditions. The method preferably includes admitting sterilant gas into the sterilization chamber under vacuum; during admission of the sterilant gas, monitoring a sterilant condensation related parameter or data in the sterilization chamber; detecting the occurrence of condensation and determining a value of the condensation related parameter while detecting condensation; selecting a sterilization cycle among a plurality of predetermined sterilization cycles according to the condensation related data; and performing the selected sterilization cycle for sterilizing the load. The condensation related data may be the sterilant dew point, a degree of condensation, or an amount of condensation which may be determined in monitoring the chamber pressure during sterilant gas admission. The sterilization process may be controlled dynamically according to the determined condensation related data.
US10111974B1
A system and method for on-site remediation and sanitization of household items preferably uses a HEPA vacuum to remove surface microbials from the item being remediated. The item is then placed into a sealable plastic vacuum bag having a connection port that allows a vacuum to remove air from the bag, collapsing the bag over the item (which has first been braced to the extent necessary to prevent damage to the item). Once the air has been extracted from the vacuum bag air is introduced into the bag, preferably by using a blower, whereby a fogger can be used to introduce a remediating fog into the bag with the remediating fog surrounding the item. Next, the vacuum is used to again collapse the bag around the item, thereby infusing the remediating fog into the item. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the steps of inflating, fogging, and collapsing may be repeated one or more times to thoroughly infuse the remediating solution into the item, after which the item is removed from the vacuum bag.
US10111973B2
A sanitization system for sanitizing a convey line broadly includes an ozone generation and delivery module, a compressed air source, and an air flow control system, and an ozone measurement and destruction module. The ozone generation and delivery module includes ozone generator, an ozone flow meter, a first ozone analyzer, a humidifier, and a humidity sensor and introduces a measured ozone gas stream into the convey line so that the ozone disinfects the inner surfaces of the convey line. The humidifier introduces moisture into the convey line to increase the effectiveness of the ozone as a disinfection agent. The ozone measurement and destruction module includes a second ozone analyzer, an ozone destructor, and an ozone monitor and removes ozone from the gas stream. The ozone measurement and destruction module also ensures that a desired amount of ozone reaches the end of the convey line.
US10111971B2
A magnetic nanoparticle includes a magnetic core and a superparamagnetic outer shell, in which the outer shell enhances magnetic properties of the nanoparticle. The enhanced magnetic properties of the magnetic nanoparticle allow for highly sensitive detection as well as diminished non-specific aggregation of nanoparticles.
US10111970B2
Ascorbate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is described for use in carrying out a method, or for the preparation of a medicament for carrying out a method, of enhancing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image of a body or body region such as an organ or organ region in a subject. The method is carried out by parenterally administering ascorbate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the subject in an MRI image-enhancing amount; and then generating, by MRI of the subject, an image of the body or body region. The ascorbate or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof enhances the MRI image.
US10111965B2
A cell-penetrating peptide characterized in that it comprises an amino acid sequence X3X4X1X2X5X4X1X2X6X7X1X8X9X10X11X12X13 (SEQ ID No: 11), wherein X1 is F or W, X2 is F, W or Y, X3 is beta-A or S, X4 is K, R or L, X5 is E, R or S, X6 is R. T or S, X7 is E, R or S, X8 is none, F or W, X9 is P or R, X10 is R or L, X11 is K, W or R, X12 is R or F and X13 is R or K.
US10111962B2
Provided herein are peptide-linked morpholino (PPMO) antisense oligonucleotides that target the poly CUG repeat tract in the 3′ untranslated region of the gene encoding dystrophia myotonica-protein kinase (DMPK) and methods for systemic administration of the same for the treatment of mytonic dystrophy type I (DM1).
US10111951B2
Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) bearing α-glucose (α-Glc) that preferentially stimulate human invariant NKT (iNKT) cells are provided. GSLs with α-glucose (α-Glc) that exhibit stronger induction in humans (but weaker in mice) of cytokines and chemokines and expansion and/or activation of immune cells than those with α-galactose (α-Gal) are disclosed. GSLs bearing α-glucose (α-Glc) and derivatives of α-Glc with F at the 4 and/or 6 positions are provided. Methods for iNKT-independent induction of chemokines by the GSL with α-Glc and derivatives thereof are disclosed. Methods for immune stimulation in humans using GSLs with α-Glc and derivatives thereof are provided.
US10111950B2
The invention is directed to compositions and methods related to proteins that are physically associated with ceramide-like glycolipids for use as activators of NKT cells. The compositions and methods of the present invention are useful for the prevention and treatment of diseases.
US10111944B2
Provided herein are influenza hemagglutinin stem domain polypeptides, methods for providing hemagglutinin stem domain polypeptides, compositions comprising the same, vaccines comprising the same and methods of their use, in particular in the detection, prevention and/or treatment of influenza.
US10111937B2
The present invention is directed to methods for diagnosis and treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus and drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus. More specifically, the specification describes methods using a lysosomal phospholipase A2 in methods for the diagnosis and treatment of autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus and drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus.
US10111927B2
The invention provides a Pseudomonas exotoxin A (PE) comprising an amino acid sequence having a substitution of one or more of amino acid residues E420, D463, Y481, L516, R563, D581, D589, and K606, wherein the amino acid residues are defined by reference to SEQ ID NO: 1. The invention further provides related chimeric molecules, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, and pharmaceutical compositions. Methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal, methods of inhibiting the growth of a target cell, methods of producing the PE, and methods of producing the chimeric molecule are further provided by the invention.
US10111923B2
Compositions and preparation method thereof, said compositions comprise herb extract from a mixture comprising Cyclocarya paliurus leaf and one or two herbs selected from the group consisting of Puerariae lobatae Radix and Polygonati odorati Rhizoma, said compositions can treat diabetes, hyperglycemia, hypertension and/or hyperlipidemia.
US10111922B2
The present invention provides a preparation method of tea water comprising the following steps of: inactivating enzymes of raw tea leaves and juicing the tea leaves to obtain a tea juice; and removing ions of the tea juice obtained from the previous step to obtain tea water. In addition, the present invention provides tea water obtained by removing ions from a tea juice of raw tea leaves of which enzymes are inactivated. Skin-stimulating components are reduced in the tea water.
US10111920B2
Provided are: a production method for salt-free miso, in which steamed soy beans and koji are pressurized, heated, and fermented; salt-free miso obtained by said production method; and a hepatic function improvement agent and a hypertension improvement agent that contain said salt-free miso as an effective component thereof.
US10111918B1
A method of preparing biologically active derivatives from Calotropis gigantea flowers includes obtaining fresh Calotropis gigantea flowers, drying the flesh flowers, soaking the dried flowers in a natural oil, e.g., almond oil, and burning the oil-soaked flowers to provide flower ash, the flower ash including the biologically active derivatives. The flower ash can be toxin free.
US10111912B2
The present invention relates to a formulation comprising Propolis, Ginseng root and Zingiber officinale extracts to be used in the treatment, prevention of various respiratory diseases or alleviation and/or elimination of symptoms thereof and a method for preparing said formulation.
US10111895B2
The invention discloses novel endocrine treatment phytochemicals which affect androgenic status. The method for treatment of 5-alpha-reductase responsive diseases using four novel 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor compounds; leucoanthocyanidin, glabrene, glabridin, and alpha-terpineol is disclosed. Glabridin does not interfere with normal testosterone to androgen receptor binding.
US10111892B2
The anti-cancer agent of the present invention contains at least one kind of phosphine transition metal complex selected from a group of compounds represented by the following Formulae (1a) to (1d). According to this anti-cancer agent, an anti-cancer agent is provided which has a higher anti-cancer activity and lower toxicity compared to anti-cancer agents in the related art. In Formulae (1a), (1b), (1c), and (1d), R1 and R2 represent a linear or branched alkyl group, and R1 has a higher priority than R2 as ranked according to RS notation. R3 and R4 represent a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group. M represents an atom of a transition metal selected from a group consisting of gold, copper, and silver. X− represents an anion.
US10111880B2
The present invention is directed to use of a series of tri-aryl compounds and compositions comprising the same for the treatment of diabetes and disease conditions arising as a consequence of the same.
US10111878B2
Provided are compounds of formula (I), Wherein: ring A and ring B are each independently an optionally substituted 5-6 membered monocyclic aryl or heteroaryl. The compounds are inhibitors of isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (IDH2) mutants useful for treating cancer.
US10111877B2
The present specification discloses compositions comprising at least one therapeutic compound capable of modulating androgen production and methods and uses for treating a disorder associated with androgen production using such compositions and/or compounds.
US10111874B2
Combination therapies for treatment of cancers associated with mutations in the KRAS gene are provided. Compositions comprising therapeutic agents for treatment of cancers associated with mutations in the KRAS gene are also provided.
US10111871B2
The invention provides pharmaceutical formulations of inhibitors for poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) enzyme. The formulations can be used in the treatment and prevention of cancer as well as the treatment of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative diseases. The PARP inhibitor is delivered in the form of nanoparticles that provide efficient delivery of the inhibitor into cancer cells or other cells and release of the inhibitor within the cells. In treating cancer, the result is killing of tumor cells, whereas in treatment of neurotrauma and neurodegenerative disease, the result is preservation of cell function.
US10111868B2
A combination of HKI-272 compound and a vinorelbine compound in the treatment of a neoplasm is provided. Regimens, kits, and method for treatment of neoplasm, including breast cancer including metastatic breast cancer, and lung cancer, using this combination, optionally in combination with other anti-neoplastic agents, or immune modulators are also described.
US10111865B2
Methods of sedating a patient undergoing critical care treatment using intravenous gaboxadol are provided.
US10111863B2
The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising prasugrel and a cyclodextrin derivative, and methods of making and using the same.
US10111862B2
The present invention is directed to compounds of formula (A): pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of use for treating, reducing a symptom of or reducing the risk of macular degeneration.
US10111860B1
Compositions and methods for mitigating a pathology following brain trauma or at least a portion of a cascade of a pathology associated therewith, including compositions and methods for treating concussion or preventing the onset of anecrotic cell death in neurons. Exemplary compositions for treating concussion include an active compound comprising one or more of: phenserine, a phenserine metabolite, a phenserine prodrug, or combinations thereof; and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The one or more excipients can be combined with the active compound to form an extended, controlled-release medicament that delivers a therapeutic concentration of the active compound over a period of time. Exemplary methods include administering a therapeutic dose of the active compound and, optionally, a therapeutically acceptable dose of a second active compound, and, optionally, maintaining the therapeutic doses of the active and optional second active compounds at therapeutically effective concentrations over a period of time.
US10111856B2
The present invention relates to a composition for, inter alia, preventing or treating a climacteric disease, or preventing or improving a climacteric skin symptom comprising a soybean extract comprising coumestrol as an active ingredient, and more specifically relates to a composition for, inter alia, preventing or treating a climacteric disease, or preventing or improving a climacteric skin symptom comprising a germinated and fermented soybean extract comprising coumestrol as an active ingredient.
US10111852B2
A method for treating bladder cancer including the steps of administering an isothiocyanate functional surfactant to an area affected by bladder cancer, wherein the isothiocyanate functional surfactant comprises at least one isothiocyanate functional group associated with an aliphatic and/or aromatic carbon atom of the isothiocyanate functional surfactant.
US10111851B2
A method for treating eczema including the steps of applying an isothiocyanate functional surfactant to an area affected by eczema, wherein the isothiocyanate functional surfactant comprises at least one isothiocyanate functional group associated with an aliphatic and/or aromatic carbon atom of the isothiocyanate functional surfactant.
US10111840B2
The present disclosure relates to the use of cannabidiol (CBD) for the treatment of atonic seizures. In particular the CBD appears particularly effective in reducing atonic seizures in patients suffering with etiologies that include: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome; Tuberous Sclerosis Complex; Dravet Syndrome; Doose Syndrome; Aicardi syndrome; CDKL5 and Dup15q in comparison to other seizure types. The disclosure further relates to the use of CBD in combination with one or more anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs).
US10111836B2
The present invention relates to treating malignancies such as tumors or cancers by orally administering lyophilized compositions comprising arsenic to a subject in such need. Malignancies include various hematological malignancies, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) including acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), multiple myeloma (MM) and lymphomas and solid tumors including glioblastoma multiforme and breast cancer. Arsenic treatment has shown great promise in the treatment of several cancers but requires daily intravenous (IV) administration. This invention relates to a novel formulation comprising a lyophilized compositions comprising arsenic. As a result, the formulation facilitates a systemic bioavailability comparable to that of intravenous (IV) administration of arsenic trioxide currently practiced. The present invention also relates to a method for lyophilizing the arsenic trioxide, preparing the oral formulation comprising lyophilized compositions comprising arsenic, and a method for treating a subject with malignancies using the oral formulation.
US10111834B2
A method for administering an active agent to a pleura of a patient includes preparing a composition including a foamable liquid and the active agent, incorporating a gas into the foamable liquid to create a foam containing the active agent, introducing the foam into a pleural cavity of the patient defined by the pleura, and contacting the pleura with the foam. A method of pleurodesis includes introducing a composition into a pleural cavity defined by pleurae of a patient, the composition including a foamable liquid and an active agent capable of causing inflammation and/or adhesion of the pleurae. A composition for treating a pleura of a patient includes a liquid component including a biocompatible composition having a viscosity which increases in response to an increase in temperature, and an active agent capable of causing inflammation and/or adhesion of the pleura.
US10111832B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an orodispersible tablet having a hardness of 30 to 80 N, and preferably 40 to 75 N, a brittleness less than 1% and preferably less than 0.5%, disintegrating in the mouth within 60 seconds and preferably within 40 seconds, comprising an active ingredient in the form of coated microcrystals or microgranules and a mixture of excipients chosen from a group comprising a diluent, a disintegrant, a sweetener, a binder, a levelling agent, a humectant or wetting agent, a lubricant, a flavoring agent, a dye, and mixtures thereof, said mixture of excipients preferably coming in the form of grains.
US10111825B2
Disclosed is a composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion, including: 5-55 wt % of an oil phase; 0.025-3.75 wt % of at least one cross-linked anionic polyelectrolyte resulting from the polymerization of partially or completely salified 2-methyl 2-[(1-oxo 2-propenyl) amino] 1-propanesulfonic acid, with at least one neutral monomer selected from acrylamide, (2-hydroxy ethyl) acrylate, and N,N-dialkyl arylamides. Each alkyl group includes 1-4 carbon atoms, and at least one monomer, where R is an alkyl radical including 8-20 carbon atoms and n is a number no smaller than one and no larger than twenty, in the presence of a cross-linking agent; 0.025-3.75 wt % of a galactomannan having a degree of substitution of approximately 1/3; 37.5-94.95 wt % of a cosmetically acceptable aqueous phase, the aqueous phase including 1-25 wt % of a salt, the weight ratio between the galactomannan and the cross-linked anionic polyelectrolyte being 1:3 to 3:1.
US10111822B2
The present invention has an object to provide an external dermal composition for anti-ageing, which prevents or improves apparent skin problems such as wrinkles, fine wrinkles, blemishes, and saggings caused by increasing age or ageing; and maintains or improves the barrier function and the hyaluronic acid production in the skin. The object is solved by providing an external dermal composition for anti-ageing, which contains an aqueous medium as a base material and one or more ingredients selected from L-ascorbic acid, derivatives thereof, and their salts as an effective ingredient(s).
US10111817B2
Antiperspirant compositions that incorporate ethylene diamine disuccinate salts as replacements for ethylenediaminetraacetic acid salts.
US10111816B2
Disclosed are hair color bases, hair color compositions, and methods for altering the color of hair. Hair color bases comprise a buffer system including ammonium chloride, sodium metasilicate, ammonium hydroxide, and monoethanolamine (MEA). Hair color compositions comprise a hair base comprising a buffer system including ammonium chloride, sodium metasilicate, ammonium hydroxide, and monoethanolamine (MEA), and an oxidizing component.
US10111813B2
The present invention relates to the field of dyeing keratin fibers and more particularly to the field of hair dyeing. The present invention relates to a process for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, in particular human keratin fibers such as the hair, which consists in using on the said fibers i) a substrate comprising on its surface one or more oxidation dyes, and ii) an aqueous composition comprising one or more oxidizing agents. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing the said substrate thus pretreated.
US10111804B2
Massage systems and methods for massaging a person's body include a massaging unit coupled to an processing module and a power supply. First and second actuators are housed in the first massaging unit. The first actuator applies a moving pressure to the person's body to create a first trace, and simultaneously, the second actuator applies a moving pressure to the person's body to create a second. The first trace includes a first segment of a perimeter of a rectangle from a first corner of the rectangle to a midpoint of a first edge that is adjacent to the first corner. The second trace includes a second segment of the perimeter of the rectangle from a second corner of the rectangle to a midpoint of a second edge that is adjacent to the second corner, and the first and second edges are parallel.
US10111801B2
An apparatus for performing spinal decompression has a slanted surface coupled with opposing arm supports for receiving a user, or a grab bar, for suspending the user on the slanted surface under the influence of gravity, responsive to the user's weight. The amount of spinal decompression accomplished can be adjusted by varying the angle of the slanted surface, preferably by providing opposing ends of the table with legs, at least some of which are adjustable. The opposing arm supports and the grab bar are preferably adjustably associated with the slanted surface, for maximizing the user's comfort and for accommodating users of different sizes, and can be padded for added comfort and convenience. The apparatus can be made portable, for storage or transport. The apparatus can be provided with one or more heating pads to apply heat to the upper body, the lower back or the arms of the user.
US10111800B2
A therapeutic device is provided. The therapeutic device includes a substantially flat board and a pair of risers. The board includes an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and a perimeter comprising a top edge and a bottom edge opposite the top edge. A first riser and a second riser protrude from the top surface of the board. Each of the first riser and the second riser include a taper from a first end to a second end. The first end of the first riser and the first end of the second riser are disposed near the top edge. The first and second risers are disposed at an acute angle relative to one another.
US10111792B2
A multifunctional nursing bed for excretion includes a bed frame, a board, two elevation devices, an excretion device, a washing device, an anti-splash device, a cover device, and a control device electrically connected to the mentioned devices for operation. When a user has a need for excretion, the control device turns on the elevation devices to elevate the board and the cover device is elevated and opened. Then descending the board and pressing the cover device for descending as well, for the anti-splash device to be elevated and ready for use, whereby the user is able to perform excretion directly on the nursing bed without any help from others.
US10111791B2
A bed device includes: an operation section that receives an operation input; a controller that controls a movement of the bed in accordance with the operation input; a detector that detects a position of a patient on the bed; and, a limitation table that stores a limitation area set on the bed in association with a limitation content, wherein when the position of the patient detected by the detector is included in the limitation area, the limitation content is read out from the limitation table so as to control the controller in accordance with the limitation content. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a higher safety bed device which can not only notify the danger based on the bed movement but also limit the movement of the bed in accordance with the status of the patient or the bed device.
US10111787B2
Various embodiments provide an apparatus for a diaper. The apparatus has two electrodes and an electronic device. The electronic device is coupled to the two electrodes. The two electrodes are operable to generate a potential difference when they are electrically connected together by ionized liquid. The electronic device is operable to generate an alarm signal when the potential difference is generated. Various other embodiments relate to a corresponding system, diaper and method of manufacturing an electrode.
US10111784B2
A joining/cutting unit (60) includes a drum (61) having a peripheral surface (61a) on which a sheet (W) is to be placed, joining mechanisms (601 to 603), a cutting mechanism (604) arranged downstream of the joining mechanism (603) in a rotating direction of the drum (61), claw members (607) vertically movably mounted on the peripheral surface (61a) of the drum (61) and a vertically moving cam mechanism (630) configured to vertically move the claw members (607). The vertically moving cam mechanism (630) includes a cam disc (635) having an eccentric cam groove (634) and cam followers (633) configured to be engaged with the eccentric cam groove (634) so that the claw members (607) vertically move according to the rotation of the drum (61). Further, the joining/cutting unit (60) further includes a phase adjusting mechanism (631) provided on the cam disc (635) and capable of adjusting a phase of the eccentric cam groove (634).
US10111781B2
An ear warmer comprises a frame and a fabric member. The frame has an ear portion and a band portion. The ear portion of the frame includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side of the ear portion defines an interior portion of an opening. The second side of the ear portion defines an exterior portion of the opening. The fabric member includes at least its own ear portion coupled to the ear portion of the frame. The ear portion of the fabric member covers the interior portion of the opening in substantially its entirety and covers less than an entirety of the exterior portion of the opening.
US10111775B2
An applicator for applying fluid medicaments to a corneal surface of a patient, after surgery, includes a circular, ring-shaped member. The ring member creates an aperture which extends between parallel planes, with a wall surrounding the aperture as well as upper and lower openings into the aperture. The wall around the aperture is tapered, and there is a hole that extends through the wall. A hollow shaft is connected in fluid communication with the hole in the wall through which a fluid can be injected into the aperture. A bubble of the fluid can then be cradled in the aperture by the wall, and held therein by surface tension across the lower opening of the aperture. An application of the fluid bubble onto the patient's eye requires only contact between the fluid bubble and the eye, with no need for contact between the applicator and the eye.
US10111769B2
The present disclosure provides a delivery system for a self-expanding implant which includes a sheath which surrounds and constrains the implant prior to delivery and a confining element which surrounds the sheath during storage. The confining element preferably includes elongate members running axially along the sheath, which compress the sheath and the stent to reduce hoop stress in the system without promoting undesired adhesion between layers of the sheath.
US10111765B2
A nonmodular endograft system for treating aortic aneurysms involving bilateral renal arteries can include a main fabric cover that is sealedly coupled, or integral, with first and second branch fabric covers. The system can be configured so that after the main cover is expanded in the aorta, and after the two branch covers are respectively expanded in the renal arteries such that (i) the first cover ostium is substantially aligned with the first renal ostium, and (ii) the second cover ostium is not substantially aligned with the second renal ostium, then aortic blood flows from the main cover into each of the branch covers.
US10111762B2
A device includes a first member and a second member disposed in series along a longitudinal axis. The device also includes links coupling first joints of the first member to second joints of the second member. The first and second members and the links arranged to define a planar parallelogram linkage. The devices also include a resilient element disposed between the first member and the second member, the first member and the second member preloaded against the resilient element. The first member and the second member are preloaded to provide an arrangement of the first and the second joints in which a motion of the first joints with respect to the second joints is constrained to a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. The devices further include a sensor for generating a signal indicating a separation between the first member and the second member.
US10111760B2
A bone fusion method, system and device for insertion between bones that are to be fused together and/or in place of one or more of the bones, such as, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bone fusion device comprises one or more extendable tabs having a central rib. The bone fusion device includes one or more support channels configured to receive an insertion instrument that is then secured to the bone fusion device via a coupling mechanism. As a result, the coupled device is able to be securely positioned between vertebrae using the insertion instrument with minimal risk of slippage.
US10111751B1
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 pair of paddles and a pair of gripping members. The paddles are movable between an open position and a closed position. Each of the gripping members has a barbed portion for securing the gripping members to the native valve of a patient. Each gripping member is slidably attached to a corresponding paddle. Each gripping member can be moved in a first direction along the paddle before the barbed portion of the gripping member pierces the native valve of the patient. Each gripping member can be moved in a direction substantially opposite the first direction after the barbed portion pierces the native valve of the patient such that the gripping members create a tensioning force on the native valve of the patient.
US10111750B2
A device (100) for supporting a valve annulus is described that includes spaced apart support members (105) and a connecting member (110) extending between and connecting the support members. At least one adjustor (115) is also provided that is engaged with the connecting member and can be actuated to modify a length of the connecting member between two adjacent support members. In addition, each support member may include at least two channels extending through the support members at different heights with respect to an overall thickness of the respective support member. Each channel may receive a portion of the connecting member therethrough, and each support member may further include a passageway between the channels to allow selection of one of the channels. In this way, the device may be adjusted in at least two dimensions to support the valve leaflets and promote sufficient closure of the leaflets.
US10111744B2
An implantable soft tissue prosthesis device comprising a silicone elastomer-shell filled with silicone gel or liquid, which among the layers that constitute its shell includes a barrier layer formed of a low permeability silicone, which impedes the bleeding or diffusion of the silicone gel from the inside of the implant to its surroundings through the shell. This barrier layer is given a coloration different to the other layers of the shell, making it visible in the finished product. The coloration of the barrier layer gives the fabricator of the implant as well as to medical personnel, the possibility to identify the presence of the barrier layer and its homogeneity, improving the safety of the device.
US10111729B1
Night time use of removable orthodontic appliances coupled with night time use of accelerated orthodontic treatment modalities is provided. Accelerated orthodontic treatment modalities include micropulse vibrations, ultrasound vibrations, photobiomodulation, IR light, low-level laser therapy, pulsed EM fields, static magnetic fields, resonance vibrations, indirect electric current, direct electric current, pharmacological accelerators, surgical accelerators, decortication, osteoperforation, alveocentesis, and piezocision.
US10111715B2
A medical instrument assembly including a handle assembly having a first handle portion and a second handle portion proximate the second end, wherein the second handle portion is slidably engaged with the first handle portion. A first localization element is attached to the first handle portion and a second localization element is attached to the second handle portion. A medical instrument is mechanically coupled to the second handle portion and a translation of the second handle portion with respect to the first handle portion causes a coincident and coextensive translation of the medical instrument. The amount of translation of the medical instrument is adapted to be determined by calculating the distance between the first localization element and the second localization element. The first and second localization elements may be electromagnetic sensors which positions may be determined by a navigation system.
US10111708B2
System and method for locating and identifying nerves innervating the wall of arteries such as the renal artery are disclosed. The present invention identifies areas on vessel walls that are innervated with nerves; provides indication on whether energy is delivered accurately to a targeted nerve; and provides immediate post-procedural assessment of the effect of energy delivered to the nerve. The method includes at least the steps to evaluate a change in physiological parameters after energy is delivered to an arterial wall; and to determine the type of nerve that the energy was directed to (none, sympathetic or parasympathetic) based on the evaluated results. The system includes at least a device for delivering energy to the wall of blood vessel; sensors for detecting physiological signals from a subject; and indicators to display results obtained using said method. Also provided are catheters for performing the mapping and ablating functions.
US10111706B2
Systems and methods for performing RF ablation while monitoring the procedure using low coherence interferometry (LCI) data are described. A catheter includes a distal section, a proximal section, a multiplexer, and a sheath coupled between the distal section and the proximal section. The distal section includes several interconnected optical ports configured to transmit exposure radiation toward a sample and receive radiation that have been reflected or scattered from the sample. The interconnected optical ports are formed on a substrate having rigid sections and flexible sections arranged around the distal section. A holder maintains the interconnected optical elements in a fixed spatial relationship.
US10111705B2
Electrode placement and connection systems are described which allow for the electrical connection and maintenance of one or more electrodes positioned on a substrate which is subjected to a variety of mechanical stresses. Electrodes may also be formed on flexible circuit assemblies integrated within or along the hood. The circuit assemblies may also provide structural support to the hood during delivery and/or deployment. Such a system may include an imaging hood having an aperture through which transparent fluid is flowed and one or more electrodes positioned along or about the hood. As the hood is configured between a low-profile and opened configuration, these electrodes may remain electrically coupled despite the mechanical stresses subjected to the electrodes and the connections thereto.
US10111699B2
A variety of surgical instruments include one or more elements that transmit RF energy to tissue. Some such instruments comprise a pair of jaws that open and close on tissue, with conductive tissue contact surfaces that are operable to weld tissue clamped between the jaws. Some surgical instruments also include a translating tissue cutting element. Some such instruments may be in the form of forceps having a scissor grip. When an electrosurgical instrument includes grasping jaws and tissue severing capabilities it may be desirable to avoid accidental cutting by the knife. Hence, the instrument may include a feature that prevents the knife from firing until the jaws are sufficiently closed upon the tissue. It may also be desirable to prevent the jaws from being opened until the knife has been retracted. One or both of these features can prevent the knife from being extended while the jaws are open.
US10111694B2
A pedicle screw assembly and method of assembly are disclosed. The pedicle screw assembly includes a bone fastener having a head at a proximal end and a threaded portion extending between the proximal end and a distal end. The assembly also includes a compression member having a conical inner surface and a locking member having an outer surface adapted to mate with the conical inner surface of the compression member. The assembly may also have an elongated member and a set screw that has a threaded portion. The assembly may also have a receiving housing having a central bore extending from a threaded proximal end to a distal end and a U-shaped cavity positioned perpendicular to the central bore and configured to receive the elongated member.
US10111688B2
According to one embodiment, a bone fixation system includes a plate having a first opening a beam configured to traverse through the first opening and reside proximate to a subchondral fragment of bone in an installed position. The beam may be operable to rotate about an axis of rotation proximate to the first opening and reposition the subchondral fragment of bone.
US10111685B2
A surgical access device that includes a seal assembly. The seal assembly includes an upper housing portion having a first seal and a lower housing portion including a second seal. The upper housing portion is rotatably connectable to the lower housing portion. The surgical access device also includes a rotation prevention mechanism configured to prevent inadvertent relative rotation of, and disconnection of, the upper housing portion and the lower housing portion. The rotation prevention mechanism is further configured to be selectively actuated by a user, such that, when actuated, the upper housing portion is selectively rotatable relative to, and disconnectable from, the lower housing portion.
US10111682B2
A device for intravascular intervention can comprise an intervention element, an elongate manipulation member, and a joining element. The elongate element can comprise a hooked portion extending about a proximal portion of the intervention element. The hooked portion can comprise a bend. The hooked portion can have (i) no substantial surface crack at an interior region of the bend and (ii) a maximum lateral dimension that is less than 0.027 inch. The joining element can substantially permanently attach the hooked portion to the intervention element.
US10111681B2
A method and a hand-held device for dermaplaning is disclosed that includes a blade assembly which includes a blade, a blade holder and a safety cage. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the safety cage limits the amount of penetration of the blade into the facial skin to enable the device to be safely used by non-professionals. The dermaplaning device includes a vibration generator that causes the blade to vibrate at a predetermined frequency. Various embodiments of the hand-held dermaplaning device are disclosed for vibrating the blade.
US10111679B2
An electronic system for a surgical instrument is disclosed. The electronic system comprises a main power supply circuit configured to supply electrical power to a primary circuit, a supplementary power supply circuit configured to supply electrical power to a secondary circuit, and a sleep mode monitor coupled between the main power supply circuit and the supplementary power supply circuit. The sleep mode monitor is configured to indicate one or more sleep mode conditions. The electronic system further comprises a device state monitor coupled to the primary circuit, the device state monitor configured to sense a state of various electrical and mechanical subsystems of the surgical instrument.
US10111678B2
A medical manipulator is disclosed, which includes a multiple-degree freedom arm which can be mounted with a medical instrument, an insertion port position which indicates a spatial position of an insertion port for inserting the medical instrument mounted in the multiple-degree freedom arm into a human body is retained, and the multiple-degree freedom arm is controlled so as to insert the medical instrument into the human body from the retained insertion port position. The multiple-degree freedom arm is driven under operational restriction in which movement of the medical instrument is restricted by the insertion port position after the medical instrument is inserted from the insertion port position. The multiple-degree freedom arm is driven so as to move a predetermined portion of the medical instrument to spatial coordinates instructed by a user while maintaining a state where the medical instrument passes through the insertion port position under the operational restriction.
US10111677B2
A retrieval device may have a contracted state and an expanded state and may include a sheath defining a longitudinal axis; a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm; a first member extending between a distal end of the first arm and a distal end of the third arm; and a second member extending between a distal end of the second arm and the distal end of the third arm. In the expanded state and from a distal-end view, the first and second members and the distal ends of the first arm, second arm, and third arm may form a V-shape with an open mouth.
US10111676B2
A clot retrieval system for removing clots from a body lumen. The clot retrieval system includes an elongated sheath and a wire assembly. The wire assembly is comprised of four wire segments, each biased to have a distally extending circumferential curve. Two wire segments are connected together at a proximal end and a distal end to form a first loop, and are connected to a shaft. Two other wire segments are connected together at a proximal end and a distal end to form a second loop and are connected to the first two wire segments. The second loop is covered with a membrane to catch clots. The wire assembly may be compacted by retracting it within the elongated sheath, or expanded by extending it from the elongated sheath.
US10111673B2
An orthopedic surgical instrument includes a polymer 4-in-1 cutting block having a number of metallic cutting guides secured thereto. A pair of metallic bushings function as saw stops at the medial and lateral ends of the chamfer cutting slot.
US10111668B2
An anvil assembly is provided. The anvil assembly includes center rod assembly, a head assembly pivotal relative to the center rod assembly between an operative position and a tilted position, and a mechanism for selectively maintaining the head assembly in the operative position.
US10111664B2
A closure system and methods of use are provided for use in sealing an opening in a body tissue, such as a vascular puncture site. A method of closing the opening in the body tissue can be performed with the closure system having a closure clip. The method can include positioning the closure clip in a first closure clip position adjacent to the opening in the body tissue such that a plurality of spikes of the closure clip are inserted into the tissue at a location outward from a central axis of the opening. Subsequently, the closure clip can be positioned in a second closure clip position such that the plurality of spikes are pulled inward toward the central axis of the opening so as to pull the tissue between the opening and each of the spikes together and close the opening.
US10111663B2
Devices and methods are disclosed for retrieving an implant or tissue anchor during the course of a percutaneous medical procedure. An implant is provided having a retrieval tether attached to it. The retrieval tether is attached to the implant on one end, and the proximal end of the tether can be threaded through an implant retrieval device. The retrieval device comprises an inner elongate body that is used to capture and secure the retrieval tether. The retrieval device also comprises an outer elongate body that may be configured to be advanced over the retrieval tether from a location remote from the implant (e.g., outside a patient's body) to contact and retrieve the implant after it has been deployed and/or implanted within a patient's body.
US10111661B2
Various exemplary matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibiting adjuncts for surgical devices are provided. In general, an implantable adjunct can be configured to be applied to tissue by a surgical stapler in conjunction with staples. The adjunct can have at least one medicant releasably retained therein that is configured to reduce a length of the epithelialization process. In other words, the at least one medicant releasably retained in the adjunct can be configured to speed up an inflammation stage of wound healing and/or a proliferation stage of wound healing and, accordingly, reduce an amount of time before a remodeling stage of wound healing begins. The at least one medicant can be configured to be released along the staple line defined by the staples.
US10111651B2
A method of anchoring a support material to tissue includes forming an incision in a urogenital triangle of a patient for access to a pelvis of the patient; inserting a body portion of an anchor into a lumen in a cannula and having a spine portion of the anchor extending radially out of a wall of the cannula; and inserting a leading end of the cannula and the anchor into the incision. The method includes pushing the leading end of the cannula into periosteum tissue of the pelvis; engaging the spine portion of the anchor with the periosteum tissue; withdrawing the leading end of the cannula from the incision and leaving the anchor engaged in the periosteum tissue; and securing the support material to a suture that is attached to the anchor. The method includes delivering the support material through the incision to the pelvis.
US10111641B2
There are provided a radiographic imaging apparatus that is movable in response to a relatively small application of force and a method for controlling the same. A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a radiographic image generator; a motor configured to move the radiographic image generator; and a controller configured to calculate a disturbance applied to the radiographic image generator and to drive the motor based on the disturbance.
US10111634B2
According to one embodiment, a nuclear medicine diagnostic apparatus includes a counting unit, a region of interest setting unit, a normalization unit, and an image generation unit. The counting unit counts radiation emitted from radioisotopes in an imaging region of an object. The ROI setting unit sets a region of interest (ROI) in the imaging region. The normalization unit determines association between count values and pixel values of display pixels for the ROI in accordance with a distribution of the count values of the display pixels corresponding to the ROI. The image generation unit generates an image of the ROI based on the association between the count values and the pixel values for the ROI.
US10111630B2
An X-ray diagnosis apparatus includes a holding device, a drive unit, a route specify unit, an operation direction detector, and a drive controller. The holding device holds an X-ray tube and is configured to be movable. The drive unit is capable of moving the holding device. The route specify unit specifies a movement route from a current position of the holding device to a target position. The operation direction detector detects operation direction, which is the direction of moving operation that the holding device has received. The drive controller controls the drive unit to stop a driving force when the operation direction differs from the direction of the movement route.
US10111629B2
An imaging stand includes a frame, a plate provided to be movable along the frame, and a fixing device provided in a rear surface of the plate and configured to fix the plate in the frame. The fixing device includes a first pressing part in which a first hole through which the frame penetrates is formed, and a second pressing part that faces the first pressing part, is formed such that a minimum distance to the first pressing part becomes longer from one side to the other side, and in which a second hole through which the frame penetrates is formed.
US10111621B2
A conductive lead that connects a medical sensor or probe to a monitoring or analytical machine. The conductive lead is flexible, lightweight and can be manufactured at a very low cost. The conductive lead has a dielectric flexible substrate. Conductive ink is printed upon the flexible substrate. The conductive ink forms contact pads and connection lines on the flexible substrate. The connection lines electrically interconnect the various conductive pads. An insulation layer covers the connection lines The insulation layer can be dialectic ink that is printed atop the conductive ink. Peel-away protective covers are used to cover the contact pads. Any one of the contact pads can be exposed for use by removing the protective cover that covers it. The contact pads are used to electrically interconnect with both the sensor and the machine.
US10111614B2
A device for observing a sentinel lymph node (SLN) in a human body. The present invention relates to a device for observing an SLN by detecting near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence caused by a fluorescent material such as indocyanine green (ICG) at the SLN and a method for detecting NIR fluorescence at an SLN. Particularly, in the implementation of a composite image obtained by reproducing a fluorescent material such as ICG and NIR fluorescence emitted by excitation light together with a visible light image, it is possible to detect an SLN with high accuracy through a color contrast method and/or a temporal modulation method using an NIR fluorescence image signal and a visible reflection light image signal.
US10111609B2
The invention relates to a method for detecting a malfunction of a sensor for measuring an analyte concentration in vivo, wherein a series of measurement signals is produced by means of the sensor, and a value of a noise parameter is continually determined from the measuring signals, the noise parameter indicating how severely the measurement is impaired by interference signals. According to the invention, continually determined values of the noise parameter are used to determine how quickly the noise parameter changes, and the rate of change of the noise parameter is evaluated to detect a malfunction.
US10111605B2
A positioning cushion for patient undergoing an imaging procedure in a medical imaging apparatus, with a first positioning unit that has a foam material and a second positioning unit, wherein the second positioning unit has at least one fluid cushion able to be filled with a fluid.
US10111601B2
Physiological monitoring can be provided through a lightweight wearable monitor that includes two components, a flexible extended wear electrode patch and a reusable monitor recorder that removably snaps into a receptacle on the electrode patch. The wearable monitor sits centrally on the patient's chest along the sternum oriented top-to-bottom. The placement of the wearable monitor in a location at the sternal midline, with its unique narrow “hourglass”-like shape, significantly improves the ability of the wearable monitor to cutaneously sense cardiac electrical potential signals, particularly the P-wave and the QRS interval signals indicating ventricular activity in the ECG waveforms. In particular, the ECG electrodes on the electrode patch are tailored to be positioned axially along the midline of the sternum for capturing action potential propagation in an orientation that corresponds to the aVF lead used in a conventional 12-lead ECG that is used to sense positive or upright P-waves.
US10111599B2
An apparatus for transmitting electrical signals is disclosed. The apparatus includes a substrate and a twisted pair of conductors located on the substrate. The twisted pair of conductors has a first layer comprising conductive material, a second layer comprising nonconductive material, and a third player comprising conductive material. The first layer has a plurality of segments separated by a plurality of gaps. The second layer is positioned in said gaps and electrically insulates a portion of the segments positioned within the gaps. The third layer is positioned over the second layer. The third layer is configured to electrically connects an end of one segment to an end of another segment. The twisted pair of conductors formed by the three dimensional structure comprises two electrically isolated conductors twisted about each other.
US10111587B2
The present invention discloses an eye motion sensing method, a flexible contact body, an external sensing coil, and a system. The method may include: sensing an eye motion by using a servo motion signal of a permanent magnet implanted into a flexible contact body; applying at least four coils disposed externally on a same plane, and monitoring a servo motion of the permanent magnet according to an electromotive force in the coils; and converting the electromotive force to restore an eye motion signal. The present invention can use the sensing coils distributed around an eyepit to detect the electromotive force generated when the eye motion leads to the servo motion of the flexible contact body, and analyze the electromotive force. Accordingly, the eye motion triggered by a perceptual task can be analyzed objectively.
US10111576B2
Bottle washer assemblies for dishwasher appliances are provided. A bottle washer assembly includes a main conduit defining a main passage for flowing wash fluid therethrough, and a tine base connected to the main conduit, the tine base defining a base passage in fluid communication with the main passage for flowing wash fluid from the main passage therethrough. The bottle washer assembly further includes a check valve disposed within the base passage, the check valve movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein in the open position the check valve permits wash fluid flow therepast and in the closed position the check valve prevents wash fluid flow therepast. The bottle washer assembly further includes a spray tine, the spray tine comprising a conduit defining a passage for flowing wash fluid therethrough, the spray tine removably connectable to the tine base.
US10111562B2
Embodiments of the present invention described herein relate to vacuum cleaners. The vacuum cleaners described herein can include a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and at least one support member to permit access to the interior of the vacuum cleaner. Also described herein are vacuum cleaners having a motor, a lid, a collection receptacle, and an accessory holder that can be pivotally mounted to the collection receptacle to permit access to the contents thereof.
US10111560B2
Embodiments described herein include a bathtub closure system having a step, the step having a first side panel, a second side panel, and an elongated platform defining a cavity, where the cavity can be configured to facilitate ingress and egress into a bathtub. The bathtub closure system can include a hinged closure, where the closure can be coupled with the step and can cooperate with the step to form a substantially watertight seal when the closure is in a closed position.
US10111545B1
A self-locking hook includes an S shaped member having a first surface and a second surface, a first portion for receiving a support member and a second portion for supporting an object; a pivot pin extending through an opening in the S shaped member and extending from the first surface and the second surface; a first locking member held by the pivot pin to pivot against the first surface to defines an opening so that the first portion can engage the support member, to a position where the first locking member and the first portion form a closed loop to surround the support member; and a second locking member held by the pivot pin to pivot against the second surface to define an opening so that the second portion can receive an object to be supported, to a second position where the second locking member and the second portion form a closed loop.
US10111540B2
A product-dispensing device includes a housing, an actuator, and a time delay mechanism. The actuator is supported by the housing for rotation about a first axis. The time delay mechanism is operably coupled to the actuator and includes a first gear, a second gear, a damper, and a biasing member. The first gear is fixed for rotation with the actuator. The second gear is supported by the housing for rotation about a second axis and configured to engage the first gear. The first gear is operable to rotate the second gear in a first direction about the second axis. The biasing member is operable to rotate the second gear in a second direction about the second axis. The damper is operable to control a rate of rotation of the second gear in the second direction about the second axis. The second direction is opposite the first direction.
US10111538B2
A product display unit serves the purpose of the accommodation and presentation of products, which can include foodstuffs to be cooled. The product display unit includes a receiving space for products, a plurality of doors, which are mounted in a pivoting manner around a swivel axis between an open position and a closed position. At least a part of the doors is also mounted in a displaceable manner along a guide assembly.
US10111532B2
A mattress, foundation, or other upholstered sleep product or article includes a core and barrier material surrounding the core. The barrier material includes flame and heat-resistant material that is configured to prevent combustion of the core when the upholstered article is impinged with a gas flame according to California Technical Bulletin 603 of the State of California Department of Consumer Affairs. The barrier material may include an intumescent material that is configured to swell and char in the presence of a flame so as to form a barrier to the flame and to heat generated by the flame.
US10111526B2
The invention is directed to a device comprising a body that defines a first surface and a second surface and defines a first, second, third and fourth lateral sides. In one embodiment, the first surface defines a first aperture and a second aperture. In one embodiment, the thickness of the body along the first lateral side is greater than the thickness of the body along the third lateral side such that the first surface slopes downwards from the first lateral side towards the third lateral side. The device not only reduces the pressure on the tailbone or on the hemorrhoids for a person in a seated position, but also reduces the discomfort or pain associated with settling into a seated position or emerging from a seated position.
US10111525B2
The invention relates to a seat (1), in particular an office chair, comprising a seat support (3) for a seating surface (6) and comprising a backrest support (4) of a backrest (5), which is held on the seat support (3) so as to be able to move in a tiltable manner to the side, wherein the backrest support (4) comprises two support aims (4a, 4b) which are configured to be flexible and/or articulated laterally and spaced apart from one another. Preferably, the seating surface (6) and/or the backrest (5) comprises a curved seat shell and/or backrest shell (6a, 5a) provided with a cover (6b, 5b) with a number of flexible curved ribs (15, 16) on the edge of the shell, wherein the cover is stretched by the seat shell and/or backrest shell (6a, 5a) such that when the cover (6b, 5b) is loaded, the bending of the curved ribs (15, 16) is altered.
US10111522B2
Disclosed is a mounting clip for adjustable shelf systems, which ensures reliable and durable fixing of adjustable shelf boards without leaving any screw holes or marks on the board and also provides a possibility to dismount shelf boards by being re-adjustable in the same or different location. The mounting clip automatically locks its position between the shelf board and upper part of the rail opening. When the clip reaches its final position the wings will pass through the opening and create a snap in fixation.
US10111520B2
An apparatus is disclosed that provides a storage system designed to allow pickers to easily and efficiently pull products from all portions of the storage system from a single side of the storage system. The storage system includes a first storage rack that has a first plurality of columns and a first platform extending from one of the first plurality of columns. An outer edge of the first platform forms an end of the first storage rack. Positioned adjacent to the first storage rack is a second storage rack with a second plurality of columns and a second platform that extends from one of the second plurality of columns, where an outer edge of the second platform forms an end of the second storage rack. An aisle is formed by a predetermined distance between the outer edges of the first and second platforms.
US10111514B2
A storage and carrying bag for climbing, rigging, and rescue gear that provides a user with quick and efficient access to stored gear. The bag includes a dual-compartment body, a first fastening mechanism, an at least one second fastening mechanism, a first strap, and a second strap. The dual-compartment body includes a first panel section, a middle panel section, and a second panel section. The first panel section and the second panel section are connected to the middle panel section on either side to delineate a zig-zag storage body. The first fastening mechanism is perimetrically integrated in between the first panel section and the middle panel section to delineate a first compartment. The second fastening mechanism is perimetrically integrated in between the second panel section and the middle panel section to delineate a second compartment. The first strap and the second strap are externally mounted to the dual-compartment body.
US10111509B2
An epilator having a body and a plucking cylinder which is rotatable about a rotation axis for plucking hair. The plucking cylinder is movable with respect to the body between an extended position and a retracted position. Further, the epilator has elastically deformable elements biasing the plucking cylinder and at least two rollers mounted on the same side of the body as the plucking cylinder with the plucking cylinder interposed between the rollers. When pressing the rollers and the plucking cylinder to a flat surface the force exerted by the rollers exceeds the force exerted by the plucking cylinder.
US10111498B1
An apparatus for securing a pair of trousers about a torso includes a belt buckle for attaching opposite ends of a belt thereto and a compartment. The compartment includes a pair of opposing angled vertical sidewalls for progressively curving a portion of a credit card or a driver's license or a personal identification card or a similarly sized card as the card is urged into the compartment. Friction between edges of the card, in particular where the card is curved or bowed, and a the pair of opposing angled vertical sidewalls that are in contact with the card edges secure the card in position in the compartment until a user urges the card out of the compartment. The compartment is sized to house as many cards as desired.
US10111494B2
An article with a sole structure including a midsole component and an outer sole member are described. The sole structure includes a set of holes arranged in an auxetic configuration that permit the sole to expand in an auxetic manner. The set of holes extends through the midsole component and the outer sole member and both the midsole component and the outer sole member are exposed on an outer surface of the sole structure.
US10111490B2
Embodiments of footwear, in particular, a shoe, sandal or boot, may reduce the effort and improve the performance of walking, running, hiking, as well as jumping, hopping, and other motion involving the ankle, lower leg and Achilles tendon, through integration of force-carrying mechanisms within footwear that manage the forces and energy associated with such motion by productively harvesting and storing energy during dorsiflexion motion and releasing and returning energy during plantar flexion and limiting range of motion that conduce towards ankle inversion and eversion. Such footwear may comprise a yoke connected to footwear at a pivot approximately in parallel to the axis of rotation of the ankle and a tension spring suspended approximately parallel to the Achilles tendon.
US10111488B2
A disposable, low friction, breathable bootie is provided that accommodates the shape and size of a human foot. The bootie is made from a thin, flexible polymer sheet-like material in a generally tubular form. The bootie has a foot portion, a lower leg portion, and an ankle portion therebetween. The bootie includes a series of air vents in the foot portion and lower leg portion to provide airflow to the foot, while such vents are located to avoid key friction points between the foot and the ski boot during the donning and doffing processes. The bootie facilitates donning and doffing a ski boot. The vents provide breathability while the bootie is worn within the ski boot.
US10111471B2
A shirt includes a magnetic whistle holder that holds an official's whistle, a metal lanyard whistle clip, or a metal anchor carried near the whistle against the official's shirt. The magnetic holder maintains the whistle in a predictable location for ready grasping and prevents the whistle from swinging randomly from the lanyard and bouncing into the referee's body while the official is running.
US10111464B1
A broiler-type heating device for electronic smoking devices such as electronic cigarettes and vaporizers includes a heating element located above the storage area where the inhalant material is located. The heating element is in electrical communication with a lower connector located below the storage area. A partition defines the bottom of the internal storage area and separates the storage area from the lower connector. The heating device may be two separate pieces, a chamber and a cradle, that are removably connected. The heating element is located in the chamber above the storage area, which is located in the cradle.
US10111460B2
A product and method of making thereof for the consumption of smokable substances such as tobacco or herbs. The product is comprised of smokable materials such as tobacco, homogenized tobacco, natural leaf materials, vegetable materials, herbal materials, paper, cellulose, and other smokable materials and has a connected form mandrel which is used during the rolling process and disconnected after substantial completion of the rolling process.
US10111459B2
A method and assembly machine for producing multicomponent cigarettes, each having a number of portions. The assembly machine has a combining unit for forming groups of portions, each having at least two different first portions which are fed perpendicularly to their central axis; a first wrapping unit, which receives a succession of groups of portions from the combining unit, feeds them perpendicularly to their central axis, and winds a first sheet of wrapping material around each group of portions; and a second wrapping unit, which receives a succession of groups of portions from the first wrapping unit, feeds them perpendicularly to their central axis, and winds a second sheet of wrapping material around each group of portions.
US10111454B2
A range of infant food products wherein each product in the range includes minimal levels of undesired by-products produced during processing as indicated by less than about 15 micrograms furan per kg food product. Methods of production and use thereof are also disclosed.
US10111450B2
The present invention is directed to a process for producing a water, juice, and/or milk-based ready-to-drink jellified product comprising at least two separate homogeneous gel masses, wherein adjacent separate gel masses have different gel strengths, characterized in that it comprises the steps of in order: (i) separately preparing at least two liquefied gel compositions, each comprising an aqueous, and/or juicy, and/or dairy base, mixed with carrageenan and galactomannan, (ii) separately preheating each of the compositions, (iii) separately mixing each of the liquefied gel compositions, (iv) separately cooling down each of the liquefied gel compositions, while keeping a constant agitation of the mass of each of the liquefied gel compositions, (vi) sequentially dosing each of the liquefied gel compositions into a container.
US10111446B2
Subject-matter of the invention are processes for preparing fatty acid vinyl ester copolymers by radically initiated polymerization of a) one or more vinyl esters of carboxylic acids having 16 to 22 carbon atoms and b) one or more vinyl esters of carboxylic acids having 2 to 15 carbon atoms, with one or more vinyl esters a) and one or more vinyl esters b) being metered in during the polymerization, characterized in that during the polymerization either the metering rate of vinyl ester a) or the metering rate of vinyl ester b) is reduced and the metering rate of the other of the two vinyl esters, a) or b), is increased.
US10111440B2
The present invention is directed to non-aqueous, non-oil liquid compositions comprising live microbial organisms and a liquid carrier. The present invention is further directed methods of controlling pests comprising applying an effective amount of a non-aqueous, non-oil liquid composition comprising live microbial organisms and a liquid carrier to an area in need of pest control.
US10111438B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising Methylobacterium and depleted of substances that promote growth of resident microorganisms on a plant or seed, methods for improving fruit production, methods of making the compositions, and methods of treating a plant or seed with a composition comprising Methylobacterium. Also provided are methods and compositions comprising Methylobacterium that provide for improved fruit production.
US10111435B2
What are described are herbicidal compositions comprising active ingredients from the group of the N-(1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)arylcarboxamides and further herbicides and optionally safeners. These herbicidal compositions are particularly suitable for use against harmful plants in crops of useful plants.
US10111431B2
Citrus canker caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri (Xac) is an economically important disease of citrus worldwide. Biofilm formation plays an important role in early infection of Xac on host leaves. In this study, we assessed the hypothesis that small molecules able to inhibit biofilm formation reduce Xac infection and enhance the control of citrus canker disease. D-leucine and 3-indolylacetonitrile (IAN) were found to prevent biofilm formation by Xac on different abiotic surfaces and host leaves at a concentration lower than the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). Quantitative realtime reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis indicated that IAN repressed expression of chemotaxis/motility-related genes in Xac. In laboratory experiments, planktonic and biofilm cells of Xac treated with D-leucine and IAN, either alone or in combination, were more susceptible to copper (CuSO4) than those untreated. In greenhouse assays, D-leucine and IAN applied alone, or combined with copper reduced both the number of canker lesions and bacterial populations of Xac on citrus host leaves. This study provides the basis for the use of foliar-applied biofilm inhibitors for the control of citrus canker alone or combined with copper-based bactericides.
US10111427B2
The present invention relates to a novel formulation, comprising Anacardic acid or its derivatives and phytohormones (1-NAA and GA3), which promotes the increase in fiber yield and improvement in fiber quality. The in-vitro ovule culture assay was used to check the effect of formulation on initiation and development of cotton fiber. Increased initiation and length of cotton fibers was observed in the cultured ovules treated with the formulation which were validated by biochemical assays. The formulation was applied directly onto the at least 70 plants of Gossypium hirsutum genotypes in three replicates with control plants treated with phytohormones only. The formulation was applied by spraying on buds, flowers and bolls. The treated plants show significant increase in boll weight, fiber length, fineness and fiber strength. Thus, the formulation may serve as an important plant growth stimulator leading to the increase in fiber yield and improvement in fiber quality in cotton plants.
US10111415B2
A spraying system for spraying a fluid includes a nozzle assembly configured to spray the fluid in response to receiving a control signal, a sensor configured to transmit a detection signal upon detection of a target, and a user interface configured to receive input from an operator. The spraying system further includes a control system communicatively coupled to the sensor to receive the detection signal from the sensor, the control system configured to transmit the control signal to the nozzle assembly at least in part in response to reception of the detection signal, the control system further configured to determine a fluid band length and an offset distance of the fluid band length from the target based at least in part on information input by the operator to the user interface. The user interface displays a graphic representation of the fluid band length and the offset distance relative to the target.
US10111409B2
A remotely-controlled animal release device for releasing a dog from a chain to chase off intruders. The remotely-controlled animal release device includes a support assembly including a support member; a catch assembly in communication with the support member for releaseably retaining an animal with up to 300 pounds of tension; and an actuating assembly in communication with the catch assembly for releasing the animal from a restraint.
US10111408B2
A dog collar and leash that incorporates a cinching mechanism located on opposite and parallel sides of a dog's neck, to allow a person to have better control while walking a dog while minimizing the potential for discomfort to the dog.
US10111405B2
A method for creating a video for pets, comprising: creating visual content for the video; and creating auditory content for the video, wherein the auditory content comprises: a musical arrangement that has a relaxing effect on dogs, the musical arrangement characterized by a tempo in the range of 50 to 70 beats per minute (BPM), and one or more sounds that have a stimulating effect on dogs.
US10111403B2
A disposable kitty litter box is provided. The disposable kitty litter box includes a base portion and a plurality of layer portions each including a plurality of apertures. In an assembled configuration, the plurality of apertures of each layer portion of the plurality of layer portions are offset from each other to keep kitty litter from passing between a plurality of apertures of a top layer portion.
US10111402B2
Provided is a litter box for animals in which a suitable amount of excretion treating agent can be determined visually. A litter box for animals is provided with a granule accommodating container that accommodates a plurality of granules. The granule accommodating container is provided with: a container main body, which has a lower surface part and a side wall part standing up from the peripheral edge of the lower surface part; and a protruding part, which has a protruding part lower surface, which sticks out toward the outside from the side wall part on the container main body and is curved at a prescribed angle with respect to the side wall part, and a protruding part side wall. The lower end part of the protruding part lower surface is positioned above the upper end part of the lower surface part.
US10111396B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PZCY11 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PZCY11, cells from soybean variety 5PZCY11, plants of soybean 5PZCY11, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PZCY11. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PZCY11 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PZCY11, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PZCY11, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PZCY11. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PZCY11 are further provided.
US10111391B2
An agricultural baler includes a chassis, a flywheel carried by the chassis, and a driveline associated with the flywheel and couplable with a PTO of a traction unit. The baler is characterized by an auxiliary power system coupled with the driveline. The auxiliary power system is configured for receiving power from the driveline, storing the power, and utilizing the stored power to power at least one functional component onboard the baler.
US10111389B2
An agricultural baler system having a direction of travel and adapted to compile a windrow of crop into a bale, the agricultural baler system having a baler assembly coupled to the work machine and configured to consolidate crop from the underlying windrow into the bale, the baler assembly implementing a wrapping process to maintain the form of the bale and an eject process for ejecting the bale, and a windrow diverter selectively positionable between a divert position and a bypass position. Wherein, when the windrow diverter is in the divert position, the underlying windrow is repositioned as the baler assembly moves in the direction of travel.
US10111384B2
An agricultural harvester includes a chassis; a threshing and separating assembly carried by the chassis; and a chopper assembly carried by the chassis that receives crop material from the threshing and separating assembly. The chopper assembly includes at least one movable chopping knife; a plurality of counter knives movable between a first knife position and a second knife position, the plurality of counter knives configured to cooperate with the at least one chopping knife to cut crop material when in the first knife position; a shear bar movable between a first bar position and a second bar position; and a linkage assembly connected to the plurality of counter knives and the shear bar such that the linkage assembly is selectively actuable to simultaneously move the plurality of counter knives and the shear bar between their respective first and second positions.
US10111382B2
A mid-mount riding grass mower includes a belt transmission device attached to an upper portion of a mower unit, and a cover unit that covers the belt transmission device. The cover unit includes a lower cover extending upward from the mower deck so as to surround three sides of the belt transmission device, and right and left side covers detachably attached to right and left end portions of the traveling vehicle body. The lower cover has an upper end disposed higher than an upper end of the belt transmission device and has a vertical length for forming a maintenance space relative to a front/rear intermediate lower portion of the traveling vehicle body when the mower unit is located at its lower limit position.
US10111381B2
A walk power mower having a cutting deck supported upon the ground by a front and rear wheel(s). The mower includes a traction drive system incorporating a bidirectional transmission adapted to propel the mower alternatively in both forward and reverse directions. In some embodiments, the mower may include a single bidirectional transmission (e.g., powering only rear wheel(s) or only front wheel(s) of the mower), while in other embodiments, two bidirectional transmissions may be provided to power both the front and the rear wheel(s). In other embodiments, the mower may include a bidirectional transmission powering the rear wheel(s), while the front wheel(s) may be attached to the deck via a caster assembly.
US10111373B2
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.
US10111372B2
A sod harvester can include an auxiliary stacking conveyor for stacking or folding slabs of sod on an inclined conveyor prior to the stacked/folded slabs being removed from a stacking conveyor by a stacking head. The auxiliary stacking conveyor can be configured to receive a leading slab of sod and then stack the leading slab on top of a trailing slab while the trailing slab is being advanced along an inclined conveyor. The auxiliary stacking conveyor can also be configured to partially receive a slab of sod and then reverse direction to cause the slab to be folded backwards on top of itself while being advanced along an inclined conveyor. Different configurations can be employed to cause slabs to be selectively positioned on an auxiliary stacking conveyor.
US10111371B2
A wearing-part arrangement for a leading edge provided on a ploughshare of a plough body includes a plough point that is releasably attached to the plough body and provided with a pointed front portion. At least the front portion is mirror-symmetrical around a longitudinal axis of the plough point.
US10117362B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems directed to efficient cooling of data centers. Some embodiments of the invention allow encapsulation of cold rows through an enclosure and allow one or more fans to draw cold air from the cold row encapsulation structure to cool servers installed on the server racks. In other particular embodiments, the systems disclosed can be used to mix outside cool air into the cold row encapsulation structure to cool the servers. In some embodiments, the present invention involves fanless servers installed on the server racks and introduces fan units to draw cooling air from the cold row encapsulation structure through the fanless servers on the racks.
US10117357B2
The present disclosure relates to a cold plate and vapor chamber for conduction cooling of one or more printed circuit boards in a printed circuit board (PCB) enclosure. The cold plate may include a planar surface at an oblique angle relative to an axis along which the PCB assembly is inserted into the enclosure. The PCB assembly may include a vapor chamber having a complementary obliquely angled surface. The complementary angled surfaces of the cold plate and vapor chamber may exert forces against each other upon insertion of the printed circuit board assembly into the enclosure and contact between the cold plate and vapor chamber.
US10117354B2
A motor drive unit which improves the cooling ability. The motor drive unit comprises electronic components and a housing which surrounds the electronic components. The housing has a back plate to which the electronic components are fixed, a front plate which faces the back plate, and a first side plate and second side plate which face each other and extend from the back plate to the front plate. The first side plate has openings which pass through the first side plate and slants with respect to the back plate so as to approach the second side plate or separate from the second side plate the further from the back plate toward the front plate.
US10117342B2
A display apparatus includes a housing having a pillar shape, a plurality of monitors, and a driving unit received in the housing and providing driving signals to the plurality of monitors. Each of the plurality of monitors displays an image through its front surface and back surface and includes side surfaces connecting the front surface and the back surface. One side surface of the side surfaces of each of the plurality of monitors is coupled to the housing. A thickness of each of the plurality of monitors decreases as a distance from the housing increases.
US10117335B1
A power module includes a power semiconductor device, and a chip component arranged on first and second circuit patterns that are electrically connected to the power semiconductor device, and arranged so as to bridge the first and second circuit patterns. The chip component is arranged so that first and second electrodes are respectively positioned on the first and second circuit patterns, and the first and second electrodes and the first and second circuit patterns are respectively joined with solder layers. Between a lower surface of the chip component and the first circuit pattern and between the lower surface of the chip component and the second circuit pattern, two spacers are provided in parallel with each other respectively at positions close to the first and second electrodes. The solder layers do not exist on an inner side of the two spacers in parallel with each other.
US10117328B1
The present disclosure relates to a flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board includes a first conductive trace substrate and a third conductive layer, a second conductive post and a third conductive post. The first conductive trace substrate includes a first insulating layer, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer formed two opposite surfaces of the first insulating layer. The first conductive layer includes a first signal line, the second conductive layer includes a second signal line, and the first signal line is parallel connected with the second signal line.
US10117324B2
Described are a shielding case, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and a terminal device. The shielding case includes a first shielding case body (1) and a second shielding case body (2) which are interconnected with each other, wherein the second shielding case body (2) at least partially covers an outside of the first shielding case body (1), and a heat storage material (3) is accommodated between the first shielding case body (1) and the second shielding case body (2).
US10117322B2
Provided is a circuit assembly including a heatsink, an insulating sheet that is placed on the heatsink, and a circuit board that is placed on the heatsink via the insulating sheet. The circuit board is fixed to the heatsink by screwing, and a heat conductive member is arranged between insulating sheet and the circuit board.
US10117304B2
A light emitting diode (LED) failure detecting device is operatively associated with an LED array, and includes a driving circuit and a determining circuit. The driving circuit is used to be coupled to scan lines and data lines of the LED array, and drives, based on a first control input corresponding to selection of one of LED units of the LED array, the LED units in such a way that a current flows through said one of the LED units. The determining circuit generates, based at least on the voltages respectively at the data lines and on a second control input corresponding at least to selection of the data line that is coupled to said one of the LED units, a determination output that indicates whether said one of the LED units is determined to have failed.
US10117295B2
A lighting apparatus includes at least one light emitting diode (LED) and a passive resonant converter circuit having an output coupled to the at least one LED and an input configured to be coupled to a ballast that produces an AC output. The passive resonant converter circuit may include a combination of a passive rectifier circuit, such as a passive diode bridge, and a resonant circuit, such as a CL resonant circuit. An input of the passive rectifier circuit may be configured to be coupled to the ballast and the resonant circuit and the at least one LED may be coupled to an output of the passive rectifier circuit. At least a portion of the passive resonant converter may be packaged with the at least one LED in a lamp and all or a portion of the passive resonant converter circuit may be packaged as a module or other unit for use with a lamp.
US10117281B2
A computing device for provisioning a wireless device for connection to a wireless network via a legacy access point. The wireless device supports a wireless protected setup protocol for obtaining the network profile of the network. A user requests the computing device discover wireless devices for provisioning. In response to the user input, the computing device is configured as a soft access point and broadcasts a beacon signal indicating that the access point supports a wireless protected setup protocol, such as Wi-Fi Protected Setup. A request for provisioning is then received by the computing device from the wireless device. A network profile is transmitted from the computing device to the wireless device in accordance with the wireless protected setup protocol. The wireless device may use the profile to connect to the network via the legacy access point using the network profile.
US10117277B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting a device to device (D2D) signal for D2D communication by a D2D terminal in a wireless communication system. The method for transmitting the D2D signal may comprise the steps of: selecting a specific resource set on a D2D resource area configured for the D2D communication; and transmitting the D2D signal using at least one wireless resource corresponding to the particular resource set, wherein the D2D resource area includes a plurality of resource sets, and the plurality of resource sets are individually associated with different cells and correspond to different resource regions on a time domain.
US10117275B2
A method and apparatus for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) to use a contention-based uplink communications channel, applies a rule-based restriction of access to the contention-based uplink channel that attempts to use at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation for uplink transmissions on a condition that at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation has been granted.
US10117266B2
Provided is a method for reporting a buffer state by a user equipment accessing a first eNB and a second eNB in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of: triggering a buffer state report for new data when the new data is generated; selecting at least one eNB to which the buffer state report is to be transmitted, on the basis of the amount of uplink data to be transmitted; transmitting the buffer state report for the new data to the selected at least one eNB; receiving, from at least one eNB among the first eNB and the second eNB, a resource allocated by the at least one eNB as a response to the buffer state report; and transmitting the new data using the allocated resource.
US10117243B2
A method of acquiring information on a resource region for transmitting PHICH and a method of receiving PDCCH using the same are disclosed. The resource region for transmitting the PHICH can be specified by first information corresponding to the per-sub frame PHICH number and second information corresponding to a duration of the PHICH within the subframe. The first Information can be specified into a form resulting from multiplying a predetermined basic number by a specific constant. And, the specific constant can be transmitted via PBCH. Moreover, the second information can be acquired from the PBCH as well.
US10117240B2
A communications network comprises a plurality of communication devices using shared communication resources. One of the devices identifies a time interval among the shared communication resources that can be allocated for separate use by another one of the devices, identifies a guard period of the time interval, and transmits information within the guard period.
US10117229B2
A method and apparatus for using a configured resource by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a signaling to configure an uplink resource which is available in multiple transmission time intervals (TTIs), including a first TTI and a second TTI. The method includes performing a transmission using the uplink resource in the first TTI in response to reception of the signaling and not in the second TTI which is not corresponding to reception of the signaling, wherein the UE has no data available for transmission.
US10117226B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for transmission control of multimedia broadcast multicast data. The method includes: according to a reference time, determining a scheduling period of suspending or resuming sending MBMS service data; and suspending or resuming sending the MBMS service data in the determined scheduling period. According to the embodiments of the present invention, transmission control of the MBMS service data by a base station can be realized, which facilitates each base station in the same MBSFA range synchronously suspending or resuming sending the MBMS service data of the same service, thereby facilitating reducing interferences in the service.
US10117219B2
Mobile devices may receive page transmissions that include information related to a service for which the mobile device is being paged. The mobile device may be provided with a policy that describes a priority of radio access technologies (RATs) based on the type of service for which the mobile device is being paged. The mobile device, based at least in part on the service information, may access one or more of the wireless communications networks based on the identified service and/or based on the policy. A page transmission may include an indication of a RAT that is to be used for the page response and/or an index into the policy. A base station that transmits a page transmission may include an identifier of a particular network that is to be accessed in response to the page.
US10117214B1
Systems and methods provide for triggering an action based on detection of one or more user devices. One or more signals from at least one user device are detected by at least one sensor in a target area. A sensor can be in operable communication with a location server to which the signals are relayed. Based on the signals detected, a determination is made as to whether the one or more signals exceed a predetermined threshold for signal strength in the target area. Based on a set of signals exceeding the predetermined threshold for signal strength, the location server triggers an action that corresponds to the target area.
US10117212B2
The present invention relates to the coordination of simultaneous multi-RAT camping in in a wireless communication network that provides radio access for a terminal device via at least a first and second wireless radio access operating with different radio access technologies. The improved multi-RAT camping is achieved by transmitting, by a network node, an indication regarding a set of camping areas, CAs, including a first set of camping areas being associated with the first RAT and a second set of camping areas being associated with the second RAT; performing, by the terminal device, camping in a coverage area defined based on the set of CAs; and updating, by the terminal device, the communication network with a geographic location of the terminal device a) when the terminal device enters a new coverage area being different from the coverage area defined by both the first and second set of CAs as a first mechanism, or b) when the terminal device enters a new coverage area being different from the coverage area defined by one of the first and second set of CAs as a second mechanism.
US10117201B2
A method for multi-band operation by a first transmit/receive unit (TRU) is disclosed. The method may comprise monitoring a plurality of frequency bands including a first band and a second band. A first beacon may be received on the first band and a determination may be made, based on the received first beacon, of a first beacon period start time. The first beacon period start time may correspond to beacons transmitted by the second TRU. A second beacon period start time may be determined, based on the received first beacon, wherein the second beacon period start time corresponds to a beacon for transmission by the first TRU. A beacon signal may be transmitted in a second band, by the first TRU, wherein the beacon signal is timing aligned with beacon signals of the second TRU. The first band and the second band may be adjacent radio bands.
US10117199B2
A method of measuring a channel, which is measured by a terminal configured to operate on two or more frequency bands, each of the frequency bands being configured with a subcarrier spacing different from each other in a wireless communication system, may include performing blind detection on a synchronization signal or a reference signal defined by each subcarrier spacing, determining a subcarrier spacing configured for the terminal according to the detected synchronization signal or the reference signal, and performing channel measurement using the detected synchronization signal or the reference signal.
US10117198B2
A terminal and a terminal synchronization method. A first terminal automatically acquires at least one of common data or personalized data of the first terminal according to at least one of capability information or type information of a connected second terminal and sends at least one of the common data or the personalized data to the second terminal that belongs to a same account as the first terminal or sends only the common data to the second terminal that belongs to a different account. In an entire synchronization process, a user does not need to manually perform setting, which simplifies an operation; in addition, for the different account, only the common data is synchronized and the personalized data is not synchronized, which keeps usage preferences of different users unchanged and improves user experience.
US10117194B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for power headroom reporting in a wireless communication system. The method includes a UE (User Equipment) being configured with at least a first cell and a second cell. The method also includes the UE reports a PHR (Power Headroom Report) on the first cell in a subframe, wherein the PHR contains the power headroom value of the second cell, and the power headroom value of the second cell is derived using a specific PUSCH resource assignment regardless of whether there is PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) transmission in the second cell in the subframe or not.
US10117185B1
A system, computer readable medium, and method are provided for reducing the power consumption of a mobile device. The method includes the steps of detecting video content to be viewed in an application executed by the mobile device; detecting unwanted content associated with the video content; and operating the mobile device in a low-power mode during playback of the video content in the application in response to detecting the unwanted content. The mobile device may include a memory storing the application and a processor executing the application, which configures the processor to implement the method. Five techniques may be applied in the low-power mode to reduce power consumption including Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS), reducing resolution of content, reducing brightness of a display, masking content, and thread throttling. The low-power mode saves energy when playing back videos on the mobile device.
US10117183B2
A data transmission method and a device are disclosed and relate to the field of communications technologies, so that the technical solutions can reduce power consumption of the second device during the channel detection. The method includes: determining, by a first device, a candidate-moment set; determining, by the first device, a target candidate moment from the candidate-moment set; and sending, by the first device, data on a channel according to the target candidate moment. The method and the device are used for data transmission.
US10117179B2
A method and apparatus may be used in wireless communications. The apparatus may be an access point (AP), and may transmit a power save frame. The power save frame may include one or more Uplink (UL) Transmission Times (ULT)s. The apparatus may determine that a station (STA) did not transmit during its respective ULT. The AP may transmit another power save frame. The other power save frame may include a modified ULT. The modified ULT may be for a STA that did not transmit during its respective ULT. The other power save frame may include an unmodified ULT. The unmodified ULT may be for a STA that did not transmit.
US10117175B2
A method of implementing multiple radio access technologies, RATs, by a multi-RAT wireless communication network and a wireless communication apparatus. The multi-RAT wireless communication network transmits, to the wireless communication apparatus, a signal relating to a second RAT using a first RAT. The wireless communication apparatus uses a first radio communication module configured to support the first RAT to receive the signal, and activates a second radio communication module configured to support the second RAT from a power saving in order to perform a function. The first RAT generally has lower power consumption in use at the wireless communication apparatus than that of the second RAT.
US10117168B2
A method for selecting a channel in a wireless local area network, and a device therefore. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving an extended quiet interval element from an access point. The extended quiet interval element indicates that at least one of a primary channel and a secondary channel is to be quieted during a quiet interval for a radar detection. The method according to the embodiment includes quieting the indicated channel during the quiet interval.
US10117167B2
Embodiments describe methods, apparatuses and logic for a user equipment (UE) to connect to an access point (AP) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) based on credentials from a UE's home third generation partnership project (3GPP) network. In some embodiments, the UE may receive selection policy parameters from the WLAN including a network access identifier (NAI) realm. The UE may also receive selection policy parameters from the 3GPP network. The UE may compare the selection policy parameters of the WLAN with the selection policy parameters of the 3GPP network and discover roaming relationships between service providers and the relative priorities of different networks, and create a network list based on the comparison. The UE may then associate with an AP of the WLAN based on the prioritized network list.
US10117164B2
A method for reselection of a cell in a wireless network comprises a) detecting that a level of a current serving cell is below a threshold defined for the current serving cell; b) determining the availability of a target cell at a lower or equal priority layer than the current serving cell; c) determining, for at least one available target cell at a lower or equal priority layer than the current serving cell, whether the available target cell has a level above a threshold defined for the available target cell; and d) selecting the available target cell if the determination at c) is affirmative; if the determination at c) is negative, using a hysteresis to select any target cell with a level better than the serving cell.
US10117162B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques for performing neighbor awareness network (NAN) discovery operations to discover a NAN cluster comprising one or more devices synchronized to a discovery window. In some embodiments, the NAN discovery operation may include communicating a cluster discovery message to join the NAN cluster, waiting a first time period for a response to the cluster discovery message, and joining the NAN cluster based on information in the response to synchronize to the discovery window when the response is received within the first time period. Various embodiments may also include disabling, by the processing circuitry, one or more operations to perform the NAN discovery operations if the response is not received within the first time period.
US10117159B2
A user equipment (50) receives a management frame (202) from an access point (150) of a wireless local area network domain. The management frame (202) indicates an identity of the access point (50). The user equipment (50) sends a report (203, 204) indicating the identity of the access point (150) to a node (110) of a cellular network domain. Using the indicated identity and a network address database, the node (110) resolves a network address associated with the access point (150). The node then sends a request (211) to the resolved network address and, in response to the request (211), receives information on the access point (150).
US10117158B2
Methods, systems, and instrumentalities are described to obtain application-based connectivity. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may, in response to a request to access a connectivity-sponsored application, establish a control connection over a first access network for contacting an application connectivity coordinator. The establishment of control connection may include sending an attach request, receiving an IP address for a control link to the application connectivity coordinator, and receiving an IP address. Using the control connection, the WTRU may send an access network discovery request to the application connectivity coordinator. The WTRU may receive, from the application connectivity coordinator, a list of access networks. The WTRU may select a second access network from the list of access networks to access the connectivity-sponsored application.
US10117148B2
A base station (1) is connectable to a mobile station (4) by a plurality of Radio Access Technologies (RATs) including first and second RATs. The base station (1) is configured to be able to use a communication path (400) that passes through a first upstream network (140) corresponding to the first RAT, when the mobile station (4) performs communication via the second RAT. This enables, for example, efficient use of the upstream networks when the Multi-RAT base station (1) supports a plurality of upstream networks.
US10117145B2
A system for delaying or inhibiting data is provided in order to shorten the time required for a reselection process from a first communication protocol to a second communication protocol. Reselection from the first communication protocol to the second communication protocol (e.g., 3G to 4G) requires a period of time without data transfers to allow the reselection to complete. The system delays or inhibits data transfers on the mobile device until the reselection process completes or the mobile device is idle for a predetermined length of time. In an embodiment, the system can buffer outgoing data and then send the data once the reselection has completed. In other embodiments, the system can drop packet sessions or ignore incoming packet pages. In another embodiment, the system can delay or inhibit data based on the priority of the data.
US10117139B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may generate a second neighbor cell list based at least in part on information that identifies a location of a user equipment (UE) and a neighbor cell measurement report associated with a first neighbor cell list configured on the UE; determine a length of a measurement gap for a measurement, to be performed by the UE, based at least in part on the second neighbor cell list, wherein the length of the measurement gap is determined based at least in part on a serving cell measurement report associated with the UE; and provide, to the UE, the second neighbor cell list and information that identifies the length of the measurement gap. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10117137B2
A method is performed in a network control entity that manages network connections for a network. The method includes receiving a network attachment request from a network access entity or a user equipment for connecting the user equipment to the network. The method further includes obtaining a network partition ID associated with the UE, the network partition ID identifying a network partition that includes a predetermined group of network entities included in the network. The method also includes transmitting, to a network storage entity, a notification containing the network partition ID.
US10117136B2
In some embodiments, a method receives a trigger to set up a bearer path connecting a first party (A) and a second party (B) via a media connection function. The method determines a predicted time gap between when the media connection function is expected to receive a bearer packet from the first party (A) and when the media connection function is expected to receive a bearer packet from the second party (B). The method uses the predicted time gap to delay connection setup toward whichever of the first party (A) or the second party (B) is expected to receive the bearer packet first.
US10117133B1
A relay node is enabled to transmit, to an end-user wireless device, any data packets remaining in a buffer associated with the end-user wireless device, prior to executing a handover of the end-user wireless device. Upon initiating a handover, the relay node adjusts a scheduling operation to use a lowest-possible modulating coding scheme (MCS) in order to transmit the remaining buffered data to the end-user wireless device. Moreover, the scheduling operation is adjusted to ignore any subsequent channel quality indicator (CQI) reports from the end-user wireless device, thereby ensuring that the end-user wireless device has a higher chance of receiving the data. When the buffer is empty, the handover is executed.
US10117104B2
A resource allocation method and apparatus whereby a master base station of a virtual cell having at least one slave base station for cooperative resource allocation to a mobile station in a wireless communication system are provided. The resource allocation method includes transmitting, to the slave base station, a resource allocation request message including information on the resource to be allocated to the mobile station, receiving a resource allocation response message including one of accept and reject indications to the resource allocation request from the slave base station, transmitting, to the mobile station, a resource allocation information including a result of resource allocation negotiation with the slave base station, and transmitting data to the mobile station in cooperation with the slave base station based on the resource allocation information.
US10117098B1
Systems and methods are described for authenticating parties who communicate via unauthenticated channels. A user authentication verification service receives a request to confirm the identity of a party who communicates via an unauthenticated channel. The user authentication verification service may identify a computing device associated with the claimed user identity, and may determine that the computing device (or an application installed on the computing device) can be used to authenticate the user. The user authentication verification service may thus transmit a push notification or other request to the computing device to request authentication from the user that the party claims to be or represent. The user authentication verification service may then receive information from the computing device, confirm that the information authenticates that the party is the user (or is acting on behalf of the user), and authorize communication via the unauthenticated channel.
US10117096B2
Systems and methods to generate safe zones and safe routes associated with a device are disclosed. These safe zones and safe routes can be used to map complicated location behavior into location behavior scores that can be applied systematically to tracking and authentication applications.
US10117095B2
Determination of a quantified identity using a multi-dimensional, probabilistic identity profiles is contemplated. The quantified identity may be used to authenticate a user entity provided to a point-of-sale device or other interface associated with identity requester in order to verify the corresponding users as who they say they are. The user identity may be determined initially as a function of user inputs made to the identity requester and/or as a function of wireless signaling exchange with devices associated with the user.
US10117089B2
Technology to provide quality of experience aware multimedia streaming is disclosed. In an example, a server operable to provide hyper-text transfer protocol (HTTP) adaptive streaming, can include computer circuitry configured to: determine a bandwidth available to the server for transmitting HTTP adaptive streaming content to a plurality of clients; receive HTTP requests from the plurality of clients for representations offered by the server in a manifest file for the HTTP adaptive streaming; and calculate an availability of each representation that is offered in the manifest file for the server. The availability can be calculated, at least in part, based on the determined bandwidth. The availability of each representation can be communicated from the server to the plurality of clients.
US10117087B2
A method includes checking for a first cluster beacon associated with a first cluster. The first cluster is an open cluster. The method further includes transmitting a second cluster beacon associated with a second cluster. Transmitting the second cluster beacon is done in response to failing to receive the first cluster beacon. The method further includes receiving a first request in response to transmitting the second cluster beacon. The first request includes a request by a first terminal to join the second cluster. The method further includes receiving a second request in response to transmitting the second cluster beacon. The second request includes a request by a second terminal to join the second cluster.
US10117078B1
A method of storing and utilizing a user's cellular telephone to securely store a user's identification and associated medical information to be use in an emergency and in a non-emergency condition. The medical information can be accessed by medical providers or emergency personnel. An application operating on the cellular telephone can provide a link to the emergency personnel and medical providers. The medical information can be broadcasted in an identification portion of a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth protocol transmission. The process is capable of being accomplished using a one-way transmission.
US10117075B1
Provided are systems and methods for establishing a communication between mobile device users that register with a collaboration system. The collaboration system determines a match between profile data of the first registered mobile device and profile data of the second registered mobile device. Displayed at the first registered mobile device is a first list of user identifications, which includes an identification of a user of the second registered mobile device and an identification of a user of at least one other mobile device. Displayed at the second registered mobile device is a second list of user identifications. The second list includes an identification of a user of the first registered mobile device and an identification of at least one other mobile device user.
US10117074B2
Provided are systems and methods for establishing a communication between mobile device users that register with a collaboration system. The collaboration system determines a match between profile data of the first registered mobile device and profile data of the second registered mobile device. Displayed at the first registered mobile device is a first list of user identifications, which includes an identification of a user of the second registered mobile device and an identification of a user of at least one other mobile device. Displayed at the second registered mobile device is a second list of user identifications. The second list includes an identification of a user of the first registered mobile device and an identification of at least one other mobile device user.
US10117072B1
A device may receive, from a subscriber identity module (SIM) over-the-air (OTA) (SIM OTA) device, a short message peer-to-peer (SMPP) message. The SMPP message including an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) associated with a user device. The SMPP message being associated with modifying a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of the user device. The device may determine, using the IMSI associated with the user device, a network device to which the user device is connected. The device may provide, to the network device, a short message service (SMS) message associated with modifying the UICC of the user device to permit the UICC of the user device to be modified.
US10117063B1
A locating system includes a central server to receive and process data; a device to be secured or assigned to a person or asset, the device having one or more sensors configured to detect a distance from a plurality of physical structures, the distance being transmitted as raw data to the central server; a software installed on the server and providing a computer implemented drawing of a building or site, the computer implemented drawing having a database of floorplans associated with the building; and a unique identifier incorporated into one of the physical structures, the unique identifier to be sensed by the device and provide the device with a building information; the raw data is correlated to the database of floorplans to determine a first location associated with the device. Real time tracking is achieved via constantly collecting raw data to be compared to the database of floorplans and site plans.
US10117051B2
A method for localization of a target device within an environment, the method comprising the steps of: (i) receiving, by a target device, a plurality of wireless signals transmitted from one or more anchor devices within the environment; (ii) determining, by a target device, a received signal strength indication for at least some of the received plurality of wireless signals; (iii) estimating, based on the determined received signal strength indications, a distance from the target device to each of the one or more anchor devices from which a wireless signal was received; and (iv) estimating, based on the estimated distances, a location of the target device within the environment.
US10117050B2
A system and method for communication of proximity based content is disclosed between a mobile computing device having a Short Range Communication (SRC) device and a Proximity Short Range Communication (PSRC) device associated with a location or object using near field magnetic induction. The SRC device and/or the PSRC device can include at least two antennas to provide magnetic induction diversity. The method comprises defining a proximity boundary with dimensions defined by a magnetic induction diversity communication range of at least one of the SRC and PSRC devices. A proximity signal is communicated in the proximity boundary between the SRC device and the PSRC device. At least one action is performed by the mobile computing device or the PSRC device when the proximity signal is detected between the SRC device and the PSRC device.
US10117045B2
A circuit of a node in a radio network and method for transit time measurement between a first node and a second node of a radio network is provided. A frame is transmitted by the first node, wherein the frame requires an acknowledgment of reception by the second node. A first point in time of the transmission of the frame is established by the first node by a time counter. The frame is received by the second node at a second point in time. The acknowledgment is transmitted by the second node to the first node at a third point in time, wherein the third point in time depends on the second point in time by a predetermined time interval between the second point in time and the third point in time. A fourth point in time is established by the first node by the time counter when the acknowledgment is received. The transit time or the change in transit time is determined from the first point in time established by the time counter and from the established fourth point in time and from the predetermined time interval.
US10117043B2
Bluetooth Low Energy nodes are serially-connected with a cable that includes power lines and can include communication wires. The nodes do not have individual batteries. Instead, a single common power source is connected to the wires to provide power for all the nodes. The nodes can also be connected in series with the communication wires (which can be the same as the power wires) along a length of the cable. A headend interface can also be connected at one point of the cable to provide a communication interface with the nodes. The nodes can transmit and/or receive beacons to be used for locationing of mobile devices.
US10117025B2
An electrodynamic sound transducer has a diaphragm, a dome and a surround and a voice coil. The sound transducer further has a first magnet ring and a second magnet ring as part of the magnet system, the first magnet ring and second magnet ring being arranged on opposite sides of the diaphragm. The voice coil is coupled with the diaphragm and is arranged approximately on or outside of the circumference of the first magnet ring and second magnet ring.
US10117021B1
Systems and methods for holistically modelling audio feedback and removing the entire feedback signal corresponding thereto. The systems can operate at a much larger loop-gain (and hence with a much higher loudspeaker volume), than those conventional systems which seek to remove singing frequencies with PEQs. The systems are an improvement over traditional audio feedback elimination systems which attempt to reduce the effect of the audio feedback by simply scaling down the audio volume of the signal frequencies that are prone to howling, and those feedback elimination systems which simply employ adaptive notch filtering to detect and “notch” the so-called “singing” or “howling” frequencies as they occur in real-time. Such devices may typically have several knobs and buttons needing tuning, for example: the number of adaptive parametric equalizers (PEQs) versus fixed PEQs; attack and decay timers; and/or PEQ bandwidth. The systems set forth herein obviate the need for tuning knobs or buttons, making set up easy.
US10117012B2
Ear buds are provided that communicate wirelessly with an electronic device. To determine the current status of the ear buds and thereby take suitable action in controlling the operation of the electronic device and ear buds, the ear buds may be provided with sensor circuitry. The sensor circuitry may include proximity sensors. The ear buds may each have a housing with a main body portion that is configured to be inserted into the ear of the user and an elongated stem portion that extends from the main body portion. The proximity sensors may include sensors on the main body and sensors on the stem. The proximity sensors may be light-based sensors that emit light that passes through the housing.
US10117010B2
A mouthguard configured to receive wireless audio signals and transmit these audio signals to a user via bone conduction may include one or more wireless antenna, a controller, a power storage device, an external power and/or data port, and one or more bone conduction speakers. The mouthguard is inserted in the user's mouth to protect against dental injuries as well as to enable communication between the user and a remote audio source. The inner surface of the mouthguard contacts the user's teeth for transmitting audio content to the user and audio content is transmitted to the wireless antenna of the mouthguard.
US10117009B1
A portable loudspeaker includes an enclosure that defines an acoustic cavity. An electro-acoustic transducer is disposed within the acoustic cavity. A strap is provided which has a first end that is fixedly coupled to the enclosure and a second end that is releasably coupled to the enclosure. The second end of the strap is configured to be coupled to the enclosure (e.g., to secure an object therebetween). The second end of the strap is also configured be coupled to another portion of the strap to form a closed loop.
US10117004B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed that apply multiuser detection (MUD) analysis to an aggregated RF response from a plurality of simultaneously queried RFID tags, so as to distinguish the individual tag responses. The claimed method thereby significantly reduces RFID detection latency when multiple tags are simultaneously queried. Some embodiments transmit carrier waves at more than one frequency, such as a plurality of equally-spaced frequencies, so as to enhance the MUD analysis by incorporating a multi-frequency dimension. Other embodiments incorporate additional spatial dimensions by deploying multiple RF detection antennae at separated locations. The number of colliding tag responses must be estimated before MUD analysis can be applied. In some embodiments other signal parameters must be estimated, such as signal bias and an impulse function for each responding tag that characterizes alterations of the RF signal while in transit due to propagation distance, passage through intervening objects, and reflections.
US10116990B2
This invention provides an information distribution system comprising an image data processing device (11), a server (12), and a portable telephone unit (15 having image data acquisition means for acquiring image data with a destination address attached thereto and display means for displaying the image data, wherein the image data is distributed from the image data processing device (11) to the portable telephone unit (15), and advertisement information based on user information is extracted from an advertisement information storage unit (29) and appended to image/text data by an advertisement information appending unit (30) provided in the server 12.
US10116987B2
A server device includes memory to store: a database of frame fingerprints ordered sequentially by media item number and frame number for media items, and a hash table containing (key, value) entries each including a hashed frame fingerprint and index number(s) to the database. A processor coupled to the memory is to, for an input set of hashed frame fingerprints, select a most recent hashed frame fingerprint. The processor performs a lookup with the most recent hashed frame fingerprint to identify a plurality of index numbers from a matching entry. The processor retrieves a target plurality of frame fingerprints from the database using each of the plurality of index numbers as a starting point; calculates a rank distance between the input set and each respective target plurality of frame fingerprints; and selects the target plurality of frame fingerprints for which the rank distance is shortest, to identify a media item.
US10116986B2
A digital video recorder control database is maintained for a digital video recorder in communication with a plurality of set-top boxes. The database includes program content, associated programming metadata, and a recording schedule. A subset of the digital video recorder control database is pushed from the digital video recorder control database to the plurality of set-top boxes for local caching on the plurality of set-top boxes. The subset includes at least a portion of the recording schedule.
US10116983B1
In one embodiment, a method for managing advertisement opportunities in a network environment includes retrieving advertisement parameters supplied by an advertiser; creating at least one program substream by dividing a program stream; identifying avails that are positioned within the program stream and dividing the avails into one or more subavails in the at least one program substream; retrieving subscriber characteristics related to viewers of the at least one program substream; and correlating the subscriber characteristics with the advertisement parameters to determine which advertisement is the optimum advertisement to schedule to display in the one or more subavails.
US10116981B2
In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing video segment playlist generated are provided. A video management system implements a video segment manager that supports generating video segment playlists for video content. Generating a video segment playlist is based on enhanced segmented video associated with segmentation dimensions. An enhanced segmented video is a time-based segment of video content generated based on segmentation dimensions, segmentation rules and segment reconstruction rules. The video segment manager receives a search query. The video segment manager identifies a plurality of relevant enhanced segmented videos that satisfy the search query. A selection of at least a subset of the plurality of relevant enhanced segmented videos is received to generate a video segment playlist. The video segment manager generates the video segment playlist comprising references to the subset of the plurality of relevant enhanced segmented videos. The video segment playlist comprising the references is communicated and can be used for video playback.
US10116980B2
A authenticating system and process for authenticating user devices to a access a media service where access to certain portions of the media service may be limited according to a gateway or other device used by a user device to facilitate interfacing a user with the media service. The authentication may be achieved without directly assessing a trustworthiness of the user devices, and optionally, without requiring a user thereof to complete a sign-on operation.
US10116978B2
The current invention provides a system for distributing content data to user locations. The content data preferably includes digital video data that is available on demand from a requesting location. A system server stores user accounts and generated customized program schedules for the user account based on user criteria which includes user preferences. Authorized users access their accounts to modify user criteria and to select program transmissions. Preferably, a computer and a television set receive program transmissions from a system network, wherein the computer provides a logical interface between the television set and content data transmitted over the system network.
US10116977B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide for dynamic delay equalization of related media signals in a media transport system. Methods include receiving a plurality of related media signals, transporting the related media signals along different media paths, calculating uncorrected propagation delays for the media paths, and delaying each of the related media signals by an amount related to the difference between the longest propagation delay (of the uncorrected propagation delays) and the uncorrected propagation delay of the related media signal/media path. Calculating the uncorrected propagation delays and delaying the related media signals may be performed in response to a change to the propagation delay of at least one of the related media signals/media paths. Additionally or alternatively, calculating the uncorrected propagation delays and delaying the related media signals may be performed while transporting the related media signals.
US10116970B1
Technologies are generally described for distribution of video over time-varying channels. A video processing module may encode a stream of video frames into a number of groups-of-pictures (GOPs), each GOP including multiple sub-groups-of-pictures (sub-GOPs) that may each be relatively self-contained. The video processing module may divide the encoded video frames into different blocks, and may assign different priorities to the different blocks based on how important the individual blocks are to the reconstruction of a sub-GOP, a GOP, or the stream of encoded video frames, including alternative blocks that make each sub-GOP entirely self-contained for the purpose of decoding in the event of severe losses of blocks from previous sub-GOPs. The video processing module may then provide the blocks to a client device based on the priority of the blocks, the connection quality of the client device, and occurrence of previous losses, for example.
US10116960B2
The present invention provides a unique intra prediction process which improves the efficiency of video coding. H.264/AVC uses reference pixels in a horizontal boundary located immediately above a target block to be predicted and reference pixels in a vertical boundary located immediately left of the target block. In the present invention, at least some of one of an array of horizontal boundary pixels and an array of vertical boundary pixels are retrieved. Then, the retrieved pixels are added to the other boundary pixels to extend the array thereof. Intra prediction is performed, based solely on the extended array of boundary pixels.
US10116959B2
Several improvements for use with Bidirectionally Predictive (B) pictures within a video sequence are provided. In certain improvements Direct Mode encoding and/or Motion Vector Prediction are enhanced using spatial prediction techniques. In other improvements Motion Vector prediction includes temporal distance and subblock information, for example, for more accurate prediction. Such improvements and other presented herein significantly improve the performance of any applicable video coding system/logic.
US10116957B2
Inter-prediction using a dual filter type is described. To decode a video frame, a block location within a reference frame is determined using a motion vector and a location of a current block to be decoded. Rows of pixel values of a temporal pixel block or columns of pixel values of the temporal pixel block are generated applying a first interpolation filter to pixels corresponding to the block location along a first axis. Columns of pixel values or rows of pixel values for a first prediction block are generated by applying a second interpolation filter to the pixel values of the temporal pixel block along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The first and second interpolation filters are different. An encoded residual block is decoded to generate a residual block, and combining the residual block with the first prediction block reconstructs the current block.
US10116951B2
A decoder that decodes video receives a bitstream containing quantized coefficient level values representative of a block of video representative of a plurality of pixels and a quantization parameter related to the block of video. A de-quantizer of the decoder de-quantizing the quantized coefficient level values based upon the quantized coefficient level values, the quantization parameter, and a weighting matrix. The decoder inverse transforming the dequantized coefficients to determine a decoded residue, where the quantized coefficient level values provided to the de-quantizer do not contain data that results in any quantized element level value that exceeds the range of integer values from −215−QP/6 to 215−QP/6−1, inclusive.
US10116946B2
Disclosed are an image encoding/decoding method and device supporting a plurality of layers. The image decoding method supporting the plurality of layers comprises the steps of; receiving a bitstream comprising the plurality of layers; and decoding the bitstream so as to acquire maximum number information about sublayers with respect to each of the plurality of layers.
US10116939B2
A method of encoding video data in a merge mode can include determining motion information of a current block; generating a prediction block of the current block using the motion information; generating a residual block using the current block and the prediction block; transforming the residual block to generate a transformed block; quantizing the transformed block using a quantization parameter and a quantization matrix to generate a quantized block; scanning coefficient components of the quantized block using a diagonal scan; entropy-coding the scanned coefficient components of the quantized block; and encoding the motion information, in which when the current block is a second prediction unit partitioned by asymmetric partitioning, the spatial merge candidate corresponding to a first prediction unit partitioned by the asymmetric partitioning is not to be listed on the merge list, the quantization parameter is determined per a quantization unit and is encoded using a quantization parameter predictor, and a minimum size of the quantization unit is adjusted by a picture parameter set.
US10116934B2
An image processing method includes acquiring N pieces of motion information from N adjacent image blocks adjacent to a current image block, where the N adjacent image blocks are in a one-to-one correspondence with the N pieces of motion information, and the N pieces of motion information are in a one-to-one correspondence with the N reference image blocks, determining candidate motion information from the N pieces of motion information according to a preset rule, determining, in the reference image, a location range of a to-be-stored pixel, and storing all pixels in the location range, where the location range covers all pixels of a candidate reference image block, and reading the pixels in the location range, and performing encoding processing on the current image block according to the pixels in the location range.
US10116914B2
A stereoscopic display system includes an image display panel, viewpoint position sensors, and a means to create first or left and second or right stereoscopic images corrected for parallax. This allows for multiple viewpoints to perceive the viewed 3D stereoscopic image as approximately fixed in space. In one embodiment, the first and second images may be perceived as a 3D stereoscopic image by applying shutter glasses. In another embodiment, the first and second images may be perceived as a 3D auto stereoscopic image by applying configurable louvers or light guiding layers. In this embodiment, the display system utilizes information from the position sensors to optimize electronically configurable louvers. This allows for large displays to be seen from multiple viewpoints.The virtual 3D stereoscopic object images, being virtually fixed in space may be interacted with by the user or users in much the same way 2D objects are manipulated by applying a touch screen. This allows for input systems such as virtual keyboards and remote controllers. The methods described may be applied in other ways, including, but not limited to gaming systems, 3D virtual caves, and simulators.
US10116907B2
Methods, systems and components are disclosed relating to the exclusive optical addressing of information for image display systems.
US10116906B1
Camera systems are disclosed relating to nautical vessels that include a linear actuator, a camera, a display, and a set of camera controls. The linear actuator may be configured to extend above the canopy such that the linear actuator fully supports the weight of the camera and such that the linear actuator is concealed within the canopy structural support. Such configurations may provide for elevated camera vantage points.
US10116899B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provided herein generally include a system and a method of configuring and/or controlling one or more electronic devices using a portable electronic device based on the interaction of the portable electronic device with a beacon signal generating system that is disposed at a desired location. Embodiments of the disclosure may include a system and a method of collecting and analyzing useful information received by the portable electronic device based on the receipt of a beacon signal. The portable electronic device may then perform one or more desirable functions or processes based the portable electronic device's interaction with the beacon signal generating system. Some aspects of the invention may include an apparatus, method and/or one or more computing device software applications that are configured to more easily setup, configure and/or reliably control an additional electronic device based on the interaction of the portable electronic device with the beacon signal generating system.
US10116897B2
Photometric stabilization for time-compressed video is described. Initially, video content captured by a video capturing device is time-compressed by selecting a subset of frames from the video content according to a frame sampling technique. Photometric characteristics are then stabilized across the frames of the time-compressed video. This involves determining correspondences of pixels in adjacent frames of the time-compressed video. Photometric transformations are then determined that describe how photometric characteristics (e.g., one or both of luminance and chrominance) change between the adjacent frames, given movement of objects through the captured scene. Based on the determined photometric transformations, filters are computed for smoothing photometric characteristic changes across the time-compressed video. Photometrically stabilized time-compressed video is generated from the time-compressed video by using the filters to smooth the photometric characteristic changes.
US10116893B1
A communication device, having an antenna, determines a direction substantially in a direction to an intended transceiver. A desired direction that is different from the direction to the intended transceiver, and an anticipated direction that is offset from the desired direction, are determined. Based on the desired direction, parameters of expected energy values corresponding to a multiple pre-defined antenna directions of the antenna around the desired direction are determined. The communication device receives, using the antenna, multiple measured energy values corresponding to multiple antenna directions of the antenna around the anticipated direction. A directional offset is calculated using the multiple expected energy parameters and the multiple measured energy values. An updated anticipated direction is generated by updating the anticipated direction using the calculated directional offset. Steps of receiving measured energy values through generating an updated anticipated direction are repeated using the updated anticipated direction as the anticipated direction.
US10116892B1
A photodiode is adapted to accumulate image charges in response to incident light. The accumulate image charges are transferred to a floating diffusion, amplified, row selected and the amplified row selected signal is output to a bitline. A bitline enable transistor is coupled to link between the bitline and a bitline source node. A current source is coupled to connect between the bitline source node and a ground. The current source generator sinks adjustable current from the bitline source node to the ground through a cascode transistor and a bias transistor. A cascode hold capacitor is coupled between the cascode control voltage and the ground. A bias hold capacitor is coupled between the bias control voltage and the ground. A bias boost driver is coupled to control the cascode control voltage and the bias control voltage.
US10116885B2
A thermal imaging system includes a thermal imaging sensor configured to capture thermal images of assets in an environment, a non-thermal imaging sensor coupled to the thermal sensor and being configured to capture non-thermal images of the assets, an image alignment system configured to adjust an orientation of a present thermal view of the particular asset and a present non-thermal view of the particular asset, a controller configured to control operation of the thermal imaging sensor, the non-thermal imaging sensor, and the image alignment system, and a remote computing device having a change detection system and being configured to receive the captured thermal and non-thermal images of the particular asset. The controller is configured to cause the sensors to capture thermal and non-thermal images. Upon receiving the captured thermal and non-thermal images, the change detection system is configured to detect a change in at least one characteristic of the asset.
US10116880B2
An image stitching method for use in an image processing apparatus is provided. The method includes the steps of: receiving a first video file and a second video file from an image capturing unit, wherein the first video file includes at least one first image and a first audio track, and the second video file includes at least one second image and a second audio track; calculating delay time between a first acoustic feature of the first audio track and a second acoustic feature of the second audio track to synchronize the first image and the second image; converting the first image and the second image into a first adjusted image and a second adjusted image; and performing an image stitching process on the first adjusted image and the second adjusted image to generate a stitched image.
US10116876B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing unit for capturing an object image; an adjustment unit for adjusting the exposure of the image capturing unit; a detection unit for, in the case where the image capturing unit is saturated with respect to light that is input, detecting a signal level corresponding to the highest level of incident light in the image capturing unit after the adjustment unit reduces the exposure of the image capturing unit so as to reduce saturation; and a control unit for, in the case where the exposure of the image capturing unit is reduced by the adjustment unit, controlling the adjustment unit such that, among a plurality of methods for changing the exposure, a method having a faster response speed in response to an instruction to change the exposure is given priority and used.
US10116874B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to adapting image output from a camera based on output from an orientation sensor. One example provides a display device comprising a display, a movable mount, a camera having an optical field-of-view, an orientation sensor, and a controller. The controller may be configured to receive image output from the camera, generate, based on the image output, a first clipped field-of-view of the camera comprising a target, and in response to a change in an orientation of the camera identified by output from the orientation sensor, generate, based on the image output and the output from the orientation sensor, a second clipped field-of-view comprising the target, the first and second clipped field-of-views being subsets of the optical field-of-view.
US10116863B2
A method of obtaining image data includes scanning an imaging area with an imaging device while obtaining multiple overlapping images of the imaging area. The method also includes transforming the overlapping images by performing frame averaging on the overlapping images to produce at least one enhanced image of the imaging area.
US10116848B2
An illuminator includes a light source and an illumination optical system for causing light emitted from the light source to be incident on a sample surface where an imaging object is present. The illumination optical system has an optical axis coaxial with that of an imaging optical system. An image of the light source is formed between the illumination optical system and the imaging optical system. A holder arranges the sample surface between the light source image and the imaging optical system.
US10116839B2
Methods and systems for camera movement compensation for gesture detection and object recognition. In some examples, the methods and systems analyze motion data associated with the sequential frames of a video stream, and reject those frames where the detected camera movement exceeds a predetermined threshold. In other examples, the methods and systems use motion data and portions of immediate previous frames to adjust a frame where the detected camera movement exceeds the predetermined threshold to create an adjusted frame that compensates for the detected camera movement. In still other examples, frames are adjusted if the detected motion exceeds a first threshold, and rejected if the detected motion exceeds a second, higher threshold.
US10116836B2
An image processing apparatus (104) includes an acquirer (104b) configured to acquire information related to a lateral chromatic aberration, and a corrector (104c) configured to correct an image to reduce the lateral chromatic aberration based on the information related to the lateral chromatic aberration, the information related to the lateral chromatic aberration includes a first component related to a design value, and a second component related to a manufacturing error, each of the first component and the second component is a rotationally symmetric component.
US10116828B2
If a designated transmission destination is an external line, an image communication apparatus appends an external line number and transmits image data in accordance with the transmission destination. Furthermore, in accordance with the transmission destination used when transmitting the image data, the image communication apparatus individually records, as history information for each transmitted job, the designated transmission destination and the external line number if the external line number is appended. The image communication apparatus also registers the designated transmission destination from the history information to an address book.
US10116818B2
An information processing apparatus that is capable of displaying icons that are arranged properly without causing user's time and effort. A display unit displays icons for selecting a function from among mounted functions. A memory device stores a set of instructions. At least one processor executes the instructions to display various icons including a plurality of icons corresponding to a plurality of functions that are extended by installing at least one application in a display area of the display unit, and to collect the plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of functions extended into a predetermined icon in a case where the number of icons displayed in the display area exceeds a display upper limit.
US10116809B2
An image processing apparatus obtains image data by photographing a document which is put on a document plate. The apparatus includes an obtaining unit and a correction unit. The obtaining unit photographs the document plate and obtains calibration image data. The correction unit uses the calibration image data obtained by the obtaining unit, so as to correct the image data obtained by photographing the document which is put on the document plate.
US10116807B2
A method, performed in a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), for managing subscription to policy counters maintained at an Online Charging System (OCS) is disclosed. The PCRF is operable to communicate with the OCS over an Sy reference. The method comprises receiving a Multiple Users subscription trigger from a network operator (202), the Multiple Users subscription trigger identifying a reference network policy and a subject network policy. The method further comprises sending a Spending Limit Request (SLR) command to the OCS (214), the SLR command specifying an identifier of a subject policy counter for the subject network policy and specifying application of the SLR command with respect to the subject policy counter to all ongoing Sy sessions between the PCRF and the OCS which already include a subscription to a policy counter for the reference network policy. Also disclosed is a method, performed in an OCS, for managing subscription by a PCRF to policy counters maintained at the OCS. The method comprises receiving an SLR command from the PCRF (302), the SLR command specifying an identifier of a subject policy counter for a subject network policy and specifying application of the SLR command with respect to the subject policy counter to all ongoing Sy sessions between the PCRF and the OCS which already include a subscription to a policy counter for a reference network policy. The method also comprises applying the received SLR command with respect to the subject policy counter to each ongoing Sy session between the OCS and the PCRF which already includes a subscription to a policy counter for the reference network policy (304-322). Also disclosed are a PCRF, an OCS and a computer program product.
US10116806B2
Herein disclosed are systems, methods, and apparatus for controlling data usage statistics in network-connected devices. The ‘stats’ collection can be suppressed during minimum window periods, thereby reducing CPU and resources usage needed to processes the stats collection. Further, the minimum window can be a function of a link speed of the communication channel as well as a data usage proximity to a data usage warning limit. Further, stats collection can be triggered by expiration of a timer or data usage that meets a buffer threshold, where both the timer and threshold are selected based on the communication channel link speed, and buffer threshold is further a function of the data usage proximity to the warning limit.
US10116783B2
A media control profile is described herein. The media control profile provides a number of selectable pre-defined and/or user-defined settings to manipulate the functionality of a hybrid telecommunications and entertainment mobile device. Three basic modes of operation, namely a telecommunications-only device mode, an entertainment-only device mode, and a hybrid telecommunications and entertainment device mode are provided. Settings associated with one or more of these basic modes are combined to form a media control profile for the hybrid mobile device.
US10116778B2
Provided are mobile terminals and a combined terminal equipment. The mobile terminals comprise: a display screen; a first side surface and a second side surface, which are located on opposite sides of the display screen and are parallel to each other; and a first magnetically attractive element arranged on the first side surface and a second magnetically attractive element arranged on the second side surface; when one mobile terminal is joined to a current mobile terminal, the first magnetically attractive element on the first side surface of the current mobile terminal attracts the second magnetically attractive element on the second side surface of the other mobile terminal, such that the first side surface of the current mobile terminal fits, in alignment, with the second side surface of the other mobile terminal.
US10116772B2
A system with co-resident data-plane and network interface controllers embodying a method for network switching of a data packet incoming from a network at a packet input processor portion of a network interface resource comprising the packet input processor, a packet output processor, and a network interface controller, implemented on a chip, to a target entity, is disclosed. Additionally, the system embodying a method for network switching of a data packet outgoing from an internal facing interface of a network interface controller portion of the network interface resource to a network is disclosed.
US10116770B2
Provided is an image processing apparatus and method that may employ a new program or protocol without having to additionally develop a new program or a protocol for image processing. The image processing apparatus may include: an open platform-compatible unit configured to determine a protocol that is used by a video analysis application installed in or connected to the image processing apparatus, and receive at least one of channel information about an original image, channel information about an encoded image, channel information about a decoded image, resolution information about the decoded image and frame rate information that is required to receive the decoded image, in accordance with the determined protocol; and a protocol conversion unit configured to process an input image to comply with the determined protocol, based on the at least one information that is received at the open platform-compatible unit.
US10116759B2
A method and an apparatus for identifying a state of a user of a social network. The identification method includes acquiring a user-event similarity of a user regarding a new event; identifying whether the user is a silent user or a non-activated user according to the user-event similarity; and determining whether the silent user or the non-activated user on the social network is finally in an activated state or a non-activated state. In the foregoing manner, a novel user state model of a social network is designed in the present disclosure, the model includes an activated state, a non-activated state and an unstable silent state, and a final state of a user is inferred precisely under full and comprehensive consideration of factors that may affect the state of the user, such that the state of the user can be accurately and precisely monitored.
US10116757B2
Systems and methods for open social networks configured for a location or place. In an aspect, a map shows up after an app is started at a user device. Local networks are arranged accessible via interactive network icons on the map. Local networks are also arranged accessible to remote users via a map or a website link. In another aspect, user number or post quantity is displayed beside a network icon on a map. In yet another aspect, posts generated by local and remote users are presented in separate windows. Furthermore, social networks are searchable via keywords or category in a map setting.
US10116752B2
A computer system is provided that enables secure, on demand communications across IT infrastructures that may be divergent, and that may be associated with legacy components, different communication protocols, and frequent system changes. The system includes one or more bridge utilities, each bridge utility comprising two or more anchor components, each anchor component being connected to one or more associated devices or computer systems, the anchor components automatically locating and communicating with one or more span utilities, wherein the anchor components and the span utilities execute functionality for automatically creating and configuring connections between them so as to establish the bridge utility, and wherein the anchor components and span utilities are operable to send and receive signalling communications between them for configuring anchor to anchor connections, including hierarchical connections for implementing hierarchical relationships between the associated devices or computer systems, thereby establishing peer-to-peer anchor associations and parent-to-child anchor associations; and once data connections are established between anchor components in a peer-to-peer anchor association (“peer anchor components”), data communications between peer anchor components carry communications automatically between their associated devices or computer systems on a secure and on demand basis; and wherein the one or more bridge utilities enable secure, on demand communications across the IT infrastructures, even if these are divergent, thereby giving effect to information processes across such IT infrastructures.
US10116736B2
A system for dynamically varying traffic routing modes in a distributed database system is presented. A database system comprises a load balancer and a database partitioned into a first and second shard. Coupled to the load balancer are a first plurality of database servers and a second plurality of database servers. Each of the first plurality of database servers contains a copy of the first shard of the database. Each of the second plurality of database servers contains a copy of the second shard of the database. Each server in the first plurality of database servers sends queries to a server in the second plurality of database servers using a round-robin system in which servers in the second plurality of database servers take turns processing incoming queries, as a method of distributing load among the multiple servers. Other embodiments also are disclosed.
US10116727B2
Analytics can be performed via analytics snippets that are ordinarily used for remote web page navigation, even though the content does not come from a remote server. The snippet can be embedded into a web application that simulates visitation to a simulated web page address by staging a mock environment that reflects properties for the web page, such as the simulated web page address or other arbitrary information. The analytics snippet is then executed in the mock environment. So, the snippet extracts information from the mock environment and reports it to the analytics server. Subsequently, when analytics reports are presented, the simulated web page address is reflected. The true address of the web page can be preserved and presented in the report to conveniently link back to the page in the local environment.
US10116709B1
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for managing and optimizing end-to-end communication sessions involving the delivery of application data (e.g., audio data, audio/video data, electronic file download data, etc.) over third party networks using an optimized communication system (OCS), as described herein. Embodiments of the disclosed system enable optimal quality (e.g., reduced delay, packet loss, jitter, etc.) of communication sessions. In one example, the system provides a real-time or close to real-time evaluation of network conditions, e.g., network congestion, nodes best-suited for application data transfer, etc., and other factors associated with geographically diverse and unpredictable routing infrastructure characteristics of the Internet to enable optimized communication sessions.
US10116706B2
An automated conversion of service information that includes endpoint addresses of service providers between independent enterprise information technology (IT) management domains is performed using a federated gateway within each of the independent enterprise IT management domains that bridges the independent enterprise IT management domains. Service provider application endpoint translation is dynamically performed, in response to at least one service request from a first independent enterprise IT management domain for at least one remote service provider application in the second independent enterprise IT management domain, using the federated gateway within each of the independent enterprise IT management domains.
US10116704B2
A system and method for managing and analyzing security requirements in reusable models. At least one functional model, at least one security implementation model, at least one requirement model, and meta models of the models are read by a reader. A correspondence between the functional model, security implementation model, and the requirements model is analyzed, whereby the correspondence indicates that compliance/security/accreditation requirements defined in the requirement model match with security objectives implemented by controls defined by the security implementation model. Next, it is determined whether correspondence is or is not given based on the analysis of the correspondence and then evidence is generated based on the analysis of the correspondence and the determination and the impact of changes is analyzed.
US10116702B2
A management entity generates for display multiple icons, each icon representing an actor or a resource in a networking environment, and defines a generic security policy by receiving user input in the form of a line drawn between a first icon representing an actor and a second icon representing a resource to control abilities between the actor and the resource. The management entity translates the generic security policy to multiple native security policies each of which is based on a corresponding one of multiple native policy models associated with corresponding ones of multiple security devices, and supply data descriptive of the multiple native security policies to the corresponding ones of the security devices to configure the corresponding ones of the security devices to implement the native security policies.
US10116697B2
A managed container may have a managed cache storing content managed by or through an application gateway server computer. The managed container may receive a request for content from an application running in a secure shell provided by the managed container on a client device. The managed container may determine whether the client device is within a specified geographical location. If not, the managed container may deny or restrict the application access to the requested content. The access denial or restriction may continue until a connection is made to the application gateway server computer or until the client device has returned to within the specified geographical location. If the client device is within the specified geographical location, the managed container may provide or restore access to requested content. Embodiments of the managed container can therefore perform geofencing by disabling or limiting access to content based on predetermined secure/insecure designations.
US10116694B2
A signaling controller (DSC) performs dynamic management in networks such as Evolved Packet Core (EPC) networks that rely on Diameter signaling interfaces. The controller executes in real time a self-adjusting algorithm that achieves user-based service continuity during signaling storms or congestion situations. The algorithm is self-adjusting on the basis of comparing a signaling and peer group values which are dynamically determined. The dynamic determination of these values is based on items such as signaling message weight and a base value for a network user.
US10116692B2
A system for mitigating network attacks within encrypted network traffic is provided. The system includes a protected network including a plurality of devices. The system further includes attack mitigation devices communicatively coupled to the protected network and to a cloud platform. The attack mitigation devices are configured and operable to decrypt the encrypted traffic received from the cloud platform and destined to the protected network to form a plurality of decrypted network packets and analyze the plurality of decrypted network to detect attacks. The attack mitigation devices are further configured to generate, in response to detecting the attacks, attack signatures corresponding to the detected attacks and configured to send the generated attack signatures to attack mitigation services provided in the cloud platform. The attack mitigation services are configured and operable to drop encrypted network traffic matching the attack signatures received from the attack mitigation devices.
US10116691B2
A system and method for providing advanced voice services in a wireless communications network. The system also interfaces to an Internet Protocol (IP) network to perform the advanced voice services for mobile units in the IP network and includes a protection mechanism against Voice-over-IP (VoiP) Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks utilizing Advanced Group Services (AGS).
US10116687B2
Systems, methods, and software described herein provide for managing service level agreements (SLAs) for security incidents in a computing environment. In one example, an advisement system identifies a rule set for a security incident based on enrichment information obtained for the security incident, wherein the rule set is associated with action recommendations to be taken against the incident. The advisement system further identifies a default SLA for the security incident based on the rule set, and obtains environmental characteristics related to the security incident. Based on the environmental characteristics, the advisement system determines a modified SLA for the security incident.
US10116684B2
Some embodiments provide automated and intelligent security configuration at the network edge. A server tasked with distributing content provider content automatically detects and modifies attributes in the content provider content in order to close potential security vulnerabilities prior to redistributing that content on behalf of the content provider to different recipients. The vulnerabilities can arise from the content provider misconfiguring attributes or omitting certain security attributes when creating the content. The server can provide a default or customized set of protections, wherein the customized protections are specific to each content provider or the content of each content provider.
US10116680B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for evaluating infection risks based on profiled user behaviors may include (1) collecting user-behavior profiles that may include labeled profiles (e.g., infected profiles and/or clean profiles) and/or unlabeled profiles, (2) training a classification model to distinguish infected profiles from clean profiles using features and labels of the user-behavior profiles, and (3) using the classification model to predict (a) a likelihood that a computing system of a user will become infected based on a profile of user behaviors of the user and/or (b) a likelihood that a user behavior in the user-behavior profiles will result in a computing-system infection. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10116679B1
Embodiments are directed to monitoring network traffic. A monitoring engine may monitor network traffic associated with entities in one or more networks. A device relation model may be provided based on the entities and the network traffic. An inference engine associate the entities with privilege levels based on the device relation model based on an amount of access or an amount of control that source entities exert over the target entities. An anomaly engine may determine one or more interactions between the source entities and the target entities based on the monitored network traffic. The anomaly engine may generate escalation events based on the interactions associated with the source entities and the target entities where the target entities have a higher privilege level than the source entities. The anomaly engine may provide the escalation events to one or more users.
US10116674B2
The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for characterizing anomalous network traffic. The system includes a device intermediary to clients and servers. The device includes a network traffic engine to receive network traffic including an anomaly. The device includes a univariate policy manager to determine whether the network traffic satisfies at least one of the rules of a univariate policy based on a respective single independent network traffic feature. The device includes a multivariate policy manager to determine, responsive to determining that the network traffic does not satisfy the rules of the univariate policy, that the network satisfies a multivariate policy including a plurality of anomaly explanation tests. The device includes an anomaly explanation selector to select, responsive to determining that the network traffic satisfies the multivariate policy, an anomaly explanation. The device includes a message generator to generate an anomaly explanation output including the selected anomaly explanation.
US10116669B2
Determining the physical location of wirelessly connected devices within a network can provide a number of security benefits. However, manually determining and configuring the physical location of each device within a system can be burdensome. To ease this burden, devices within a network are equipped with a location detection sensor that is capable of automatically determining a device's location in relation to other devices within the network. A location detection sensor (“sensor”) may include a light source, a light direction sensor, a rangefinder, and a radio or wireless network interface. Two location detection sensors can perform a location detection process to determine their relative locations to each other, such as the distance between them. As more sensors are added to a network, a sensor management system uses the relative locations determined by the sensors to map the sensors to a physical space layout.
US10116668B2
A security method that includes assigning a sensitivity value for a communication with a sensitivity determining module including at least one hardware processor. Following assignment of the sensitivity value to the communication, the communication is formatted for display. When sensitivity value exceeds a security threshold, the communication is parsed into a sequence of fragments. The communication is transmitted as the sequence of fragments when said sensitivity value exceeds the security threshold.
US10116667B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a system, method, or computer program product for generating and using a block chain distributed network for facilitating the conversion of an instrument into a verified secured instrument. The block chain database comprises a distributed ledger that is updated with resource availability based on database node communication. The resource availability is compared to a distribution amount associated with an instrument presented to a receiver for resource distribution. Prior to resource distribution the block chain distributed network confirms the resource availability and marks the resources as unavailable. As such, the invention converts instrument into a verified secure instrument based on an identification of sufficient resources available in association with the instrument.
US10116661B2
Methods, systems and programming for classifying network requests. In one example, a network request for content to be fetched by a content server is received from a client device. At least one non-internet protocol (IP) key is obtained based on the network request. Whether to deny or allow the network request is determined based on the at least one non-IP key.
US10116658B2
A method of providing a client with a privileged access ticket (PAT) to access a target service is performed at a credentials management service (CMS) in communication with a client and an authentication service. The CMS receives a privileged access ticket request from the client. The PAT request uses authentication credentials. The CMS retrieves privileged credentials using the authentication credentials, and sends a PAT request to the authentication service using the privileged credentials. When the PAT is received, the CMS forwards the PAT to the client. Optionally, in order to acquire a PAT the CMS sends a privileged provisioning ticket (PPT) request using the privileged credentials to the authentication service, and, after the PPT is received, requests the PAT from the authentication service using the PPT.
US10116654B2
The invention proposes a method for cloning a first secure element from a backup secure element of a user, said backup secure element comprising at least credentials of said user. The method comprises a preliminary phase of checking the authenticity of the first secure element using a second secure element, said second secure element being able to be paired with a third secure element.
US10116650B2
Techniques to allow a social networking system to import contact information from an external system. In one embodiment, a QR code is provided to a non-mobile computing device to allow a log in to an external system by a user using a mobile computing device. Information from the external system is received after authentication of the user with the external system. The information includes address book information of the user. The address book information includes contact information maintained by the external system. Invitations are provided to a selection of the new contacts to join the social network of the user.
US10116634B2
A method for intercepting, by a security gateway, a secure data session comprises the steps of establishing a first secure data session between a client device and a server device, intercepting the first secure data session by the security gateway, establishing a second secure data session between the server device and the security gateway, receiving a first secure session request from the client device, generating a second secure session request based on the first secure session request, receiving a server certificate from the server device, sending the second secure session request to the server device, receiving first secure content from the client device over the first secure data session, creating first encrypted secure content using the first secure content and the server certificate, and sending the first encrypted secure content to the server device over the second secure data session.
US10116631B2
Systems and methods are provided for managed file transfer. A managed file transfer server may receive a request from a sender to send a file (bulk data) to a recipient and may determine a location server that is closest to the location of the recipient. A server-to-server transfer can be automatically initiated to move the file to the location server that is closest to the location of the recipient.
US10116630B2
Described systems and methods enable a decryption of encrypted communication between a client system and a remote party, for applications such as detection and analysis of malicious software, intrusion detection, and surveillance, among others. The client system executes a virtual machine and an introspection engine outside the virtual machine. The introspection engine is configured to identify memory pages whose contents have changed between a first session event (e.g., a ServerHello message) and a second session event (e.g., a ClientFinished message). The respective memory pages are likely to contain encryption key material for the respective communication session. A decryption engine may then attempt to decrypt an encrypted payload of the respective communication session using information derived from the content of the identified memory pages.
US10116627B2
The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for identifying a targeted content item for a user. The method includes receiving one or more encrypted first attributes of the user, and a first key. Thereafter, one or more content items are encrypted using the first key. The one or more content items are stored in a data structure such that the one or more content items are indexed in the data structure according to one or more second attributes of the one or more content items. Thereafter, at least one encrypted content item is retrieved from the data structure based on the one or more encrypted content items, the indexing of the one or more content items, and the one or more encrypted first attributes. The at least one encrypted content item is decrypted to generate the targeted content item.
US10116619B2
Systems and methods of the present disclosure facilitate provisioning an out-of-band system. In some embodiments, the system includes a server of a first domain, which includes a management engine. The management engine can establish a network tunnel with a device on a second domain, and modify the domain on a DHCP server on the second domain to be the first domain. The device can use a fixed subdomain of the first domain to transmit a provisioning request for an OOB management system to a provisioning engine in the first domain, which can transmit a certificate including the first domain to the device. The device can validate the certificate by comparing the domain in the certificate to the domain from the DHCP server and verify that they match. The management engine can modify the DHCP server to have the original second domain.
US10116617B2
A system of a first network, which is intermediate a second network and a third network, connects a host of the second network to a host of the third network. The system includes at least one processor programmed to receive a domain name system (DNS) request for a hostname corresponding to the host of the third network from the host of the second network. An internet protocol (IP) address of the first network allocated and an IP address of the host of the third network is determined from the hostname. The allocated IP address is mapped to the determined IP address and the allocated IP address is returned to the host of the second network in response to the DNS request.
US10116602B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, electronic devices and applications for device to device control by way of an application layer protocol. In one embodiment, device to device control includes establishing a connection with a second device, the second device identified by an application, determining one or more capabilities of the second device based on a capability matching of the application, wherein determining is based on an application profile for the second device and capabilities output by the second device and controlling operation based on one or more matched capabilities.
US10116597B2
A computer-implemented method of introducing users of a service includes sending a suggestion to a first user of a service and suggesting an introduction of a second user to a third user of the service. The second and third users are both identified as contacts of the first user in a contact list of the first user and the second and third users satisfy predefined selection criteria with respect to shared contacts, comprising users identified in contact lists of both the second and third users. The method also includes receiving, from the first user, a response to the suggestion; and upon receiving a positive response to the suggestion from the first user, sending the introduction to at least one of the second and third users.
US10116594B2
A method includes providing, by a network switch, a production VLAN that supports communication between a plurality of servers connected to the switch; and detecting a new physical connection of a cable between a first server and a first switch port of the switch. The method further includes automatically allocating, by the switch, a first provisioning VLAN to the first server, wherein communications coming from the first server are directed to the first provisioning VLAN, wherein the first provisioning VLAN includes a provisioning server, and wherein the first provisioning VLAN is isolated against communication with the production VLAN. An apparatus that performs the method is also provided.
US10116586B2
Various embodiments provide a method and an apparatus for restricting network applications to increase network speed of the local device. A network using scene is identified, and a network application running in the network using scene is restricted using a network speed protecting policy corresponding to the network using scene identified.
US10116583B2
Various examples for controlling resources used by client devices are disclosed. A management application executing in at least one computing device can identify client devices executing an instance of a client application that are available for management, where the client application is configured to control at least one function of a respective one of the client devices. A mode of operation can be changed on the at least one computing device where at least one resource is shared with the client devices, such as on a display of the client devices. Through communication between the management application and the client application executing on individual ones of the client devices, access to the at least one function can be restricted while the at least one resource is shared with the plurality of client devices.
US10116582B2
In response to receiving a request from a user to initiate a new resource pool, a determination of a purpose of the new resource pool is made. The system identifies suggested resource allocations for the new resource pool, as well as suggested modifications for current resource pools of a user, and presents both to the user. The suggested resource allocations are determined based on the purpose of the new resource pool and user data associated with the user or other users. The user selects suggested resource allocations for the new resource pool and current resource pools. The processing systems initiate the selected resource allocation and/or the suggested modifications selected by the user at the time of initiating the new resource pool, and thus reduces the processing requirements for processing resource allocations since the allocations occur at the initiation of the new resource pool.
US10116573B2
A system and method are described for managing attributes in an IoT system. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: specifying an attribute for each of a plurality of items of data managed in an Internet of Things (IoT) device and/or an IoT service; defining a plurality of attribute classes; associating each of the attributes with one or more of the attribute classes, wherein the attribute classes specify how the items of data are to be stored and processed by components of the IoT device and/or the IoT service; wherein the attribute classes includes a priority notification attribute class, a first set of attributes to be associated with the priority notification attribute class based on based on a level of importance or severity associated with the first set of attributes; transmitting notifications from the IoT device for attributes associated with the priority notification attribute class to the IoT service ahead of other notifications for attributes not associated with the priority notification attribute class; and implementing a set of priority notification attribute rules on the IoT service, upon receipt of the notifications, to attempt to address a potentially hazardous or otherwise undesirable condition associated with the notifications.
US10116571B1
A Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Management and Orchestration (MANO) data system supports an Application Layer Traffic Offload (ALTO) system for a Network Service (NS). An orchestrator exchanges network data with a Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) to support the NS. The orchestrator exchanges function data with a Virtual Network Function Manager (VNFM) to support the NS. The VIM exchanges the network data with NFV Infrastructures (NFVIs) to execute Virtual Machines (VMs) that instantiate Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) to support the NS. The VNFM exchanges the function data with the VNFs to support the NS. The NFV MANO orchestrator indexes some of the network data and the function data to generate NFV ALTO topology data that associates individual ALTO Provider Identifiers (PIDs) with individual ones of the NFVIs and with individual ones of the NFV VNFs.
US10116565B2
A method of accelerating dynamic content between Points of Presence (POPs) and front-loading latency bottlenecks in a Content Delivery Network (CDN) may include receiving, at a first POP, a content request from a user device, where content responsive to the content request includes a first content portion that is not stored in the first POP. The method may also include determining that the first content portion is available through a second POP. The method may additionally include transmitting the first content portion through a persistent connection mesh from the second POP to the first POP, wherein the persistent connection mesh is maintained between the first POP and the second POP prior to the request for content being received by the first POP. The method may further include delivering the content responsive to the content request to the user device.
US10116561B2
A protocol circuit layer is described. The protocol circuit layer may employ a routing layer to determine optimal routes when establishing a circuit. The circuit layer may employ a link layer to send data packets over links to other network nodes. A naming layer may employ circuits to establish a distributed database of associations between network node addresses and their network locations.
US10116546B2
An operations, administration, and maintenance (OAM) packet processing method, a network device, and a network system are provided. The method includes receiving a first Internet Protocol (IP) packet, where the first IP packet includes an OAM packet, an IP packet header of the OAM packet includes a first source device identifier (ID) and a first sink device ID, and returning a second IP packet to reply to the OAM packet, where the second IP packet includes an OAM reply packet, an IP packet header of the OAM reply packet includes a second source device ID, a second sink device ID, and a second packet type, the second source device ID is an ID of a local network device, and the second sink device ID is the same as the first source device ID. An IP packet header may be used to carry OAM information, which improves a fault detection capability in an OAM method.
US10116545B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a method, device, and system for processing an OAM packet, where the method for processing an OAM packet includes: receiving, by a first network device, an operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) instruction sent by an OAM server, where the OAM instruction carries first format information and a first sending target identifier, where the first format information is used for indicating an OAM packet format; and generating, by the first network device, a first OAM packet according to the first format information, and sending the first OAM packet to a network device indicated by the first sending target identifier. The method, device, and system for processing an OAM packet provided in the embodiments of the present application achieve adaptability to different OAM standards without changing of a hardware structure of a network device, and improve OAM processing flexibility.
US10116544B2
An extend ping protocol is described that allow connectivity tests to be performed for individual network interfaces of a target device without requiring network reachability between the testing device and the remote interface whose status is being queried. Moreover, the extend ping protocol supports a plurality of different probe types that allow an administrator to control how identification information within an extended ping echo request is resolved to the unreachable interfaces.
US10116540B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for managing data objects in a multiprocessor unit telecommunications network. In use, a plurality of data objects associated with one or more data object events corresponding to a network are received. Further, each of the plurality of data objects are assigned to one of a plurality of processing modules for processing, based on a map. Additionally, the plurality of processing modules are monitored. Furthermore, it is determined whether each of the plurality of processing modules are available to process the plurality of data objects assigned thereto, based on the monitoring. In addition, at least one first data object of the plurality of data objects that is assigned to a first processing module of the plurality of processing modules is automatically reassigned to a second processing module of the plurality of processing modules, in response to determining the first processing module of the plurality of processing modules is not available to process the at least one first data object of the plurality of data objects assigned thereto. Further, the map is updated based on the reassigning, the updated map indicating the at least one first data object is assigned to the second processing module.
US10116534B2
Systems and methods for the computer-automated mining and profiling of server monitoring data and related information are disclosed. Performance monitoring is performed through system commands and queries against particular software components arranged in a particular way that provides comparative information for the management and optimization of server and software resources through the identification of constraints and bottlenecks. Further, the present disclosure relates to the analysis and comparison of a current running profile of a server against previous or archived profiles. The profiles characterize the utilization and usage of server resources, or prior systems performance history for the purpose of performance tuning and resource optimization of the middleware messaging software.
US10116531B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining a packet's round trip time (RTT) in a network. A system can receive information of a packet sent by a component of the network and further determine an expected acknowledgement (ACK) sequence number associated with the packet based upon received information of the packet. The system can receive information of a subsequent packet received by the component and determine an ACK sequence number and a receiving time of the subsequent packet. In response to determining that the ACK sequence number of the subsequent TCP packet matches the expected ACK sequence number, the system can determine a round trip time (RTT) of the packet based upon the received information of the packet and the received information of the subsequent packet.
US10116524B2
A machine-learning optimization of a plurality of networks is provided. The machine-learning optimization includes interconnecting an online platform providing a machine learning module, a core network of computers deploying novel software, and a plurality of Internet network service providers. The platform collects, via the software, performance data of the Internet networks, which the machine learning module utilizes to enhance performance and reduce the latency therein networks by taking into account thousands of real-time and historic latency and bandwidth metrics. Thereby the software continually selects an optimal path through the plurality of Internet networks.
US10116520B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of generating a network-on-chip (NoC) in an electronic device includes clustering a plurality of cores based on total communication energy comprising first communication energy between a plurality of voltage-frequency-islands (VFIs) and second communication energy inside the plurality of VFIs.
US10116510B2
Some embodiments provide a method for managing a set of computing resources. The method imports descriptions of computing resources from several heterogeneous sources. The descriptions specify categories for the computing resources. The different sources use different types of categories for the resource descriptions. Based on the categories specified for the computing resources in the set, the method derives additional categories for at least a subset of the computing resources. The method stores each imported computing resource tagged according to its specified and derived categories, wherein the category tags are used for binding policies to the computing resources.
US10116507B2
According to one example of the present invention there is provided a method of managing a set of computing resources accessible to a client via a network. The method comprises monitoring computing resources of the set of computing resources and managing the computing resources in accordance with a set of computing resource guidelines. The method further comprises generating, based on the steps of monitoring and managing, a computer resource configuration change request, the request identifying a computing resource, identifying, from the identified computing resource, a client associated with the resource, determining whether the requested configuration change request is compatible with a client service level agreement, SLA, associated with the identified client; and, where it is so determined, authorizing the requested configuration change request to be made.
US10116490B2
A method for use by an apparatus of a communication network comprises detecting (S22) that a user or user equipment attaching to the communication network belongs to a usage group, based on group identity information that is allocated to the user or user equipment and identifies the usage group, detecting (S24), based on the group identity information, whether or not a first rules function out of several rules functions has been allocated to another user or user equipment of the usage group, and in case it is detected that the first rules function has been allocated to another user or user equipment of the usage group, selecting (S26), for the user or user equipment, the first rules function.
US10116486B2
Apparatus and methods for signal generation, reception, and calibration involving quadrature modulation and frequency conversion. Embodiments of the present invention provide extremely wide bandwidth, high spectral purity, versatility and adaptability in configuration, and ease of calibration, and are particularly well-adapted for use in integrated circuitry.
US10116483B2
DM-RS symbols may be inserted in the beginning of a subframe, or in two parts of the subframe. In one aspect, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for dynamically conveying DM-RS information are provided. The apparatus may be a base station. The apparatus may determine the number of DM-RS symbols and/or the locations within a subframe for transmission of the DM-RS symbols. The apparatus may transmit the number of the DM-RS symbols and/or the locations within the subframe for transmission of the DM-RS symbols to a UE. In another aspect, a UE may receive the number of DM-RS symbols and/or the locations within a subframe for transmission of the DM-RS symbols from a base station. The UE may decode the DM-RS symbols from the subframe based on the number of the DM-RS symbols and/or the locations within a subframe for transmission of the DM-RS symbols.
US10116476B2
A method for demodulating a received signal relating to a sequence of transmitted symbols that have been modulated by continuous phase modulation includes normalizing samples of a sequence of samples generated from the received signal, to obtain a normalized sequence of samples, wherein an amplitude of each sample of the normalized sequence of samples has an absolute value equal to unity; estimating, on the basis of the normalized sequence of samples, a time offset and a frequency offset of the received signal, and using the estimated time offset and the estimated frequency offset for compensating the normalized sequence of samples for the time and frequency offsets, to obtain a compensated sequence of samples; and determining a sequence of symbols corresponding to the transmitted sequence of symbols on the basis of the compensated sequence of samples. Also disclosed is a receiver for demodulating a received signal relating to a sequence of transmitted symbols that have been modulated by continuous phase modulation.
US10116475B1
A process for automatic electrical signal discovery and decoding includes detecting electrical disturbances in a serial or parallel bus, or from a transducer with a signal monitor and demodulating the signals by configuring a signal filter window on a frequency filter to maximize time domain signal resolution. Filtering out each frequency captured by the filter and adapting the signal filter window to increase frequency resolution until maximal frequency resolution is attained, demodulating the signal based on the detected encoding and transforming the demodulated signal into a binary code string for transcription to a channel code file.
US10116471B2
A transceiver and a corresponding method configured to recover within less than 1 ms from quality degradation in its operating point. The transceiver includes: a receiver analog front end (Rx AFE), an adaptive module comprising at least one of an adaptive digital equalizer and an adaptive digital canceller (ADEC), a common mode sensor AFE (CMS-AFE), a fast-adaptive mode-conversion canceller (FA-MCC), and a slicer. The Rx AFE receives signals from a second transceiver. Shortly after identifying quality degradation in the transceiver's operating point, the transceiver indicates the second transceiver to reduce the rate of the transmitted data. And within less than 1 ms, the transceiver utilizes the improved detection rate to improve the accuracy of the slicing errors, which enables fast adaptation of the ADEC, that improves the quality in the transceiver's operating point to a level that enables the transceiver to indicate the second transceiver to increase the rate.
US10116464B2
The techniques of this disclosure may improve multicast forwarding in an Ethernet Virtual Private Network when delivering multicast traffic to receivers on a different IP subnet than the multicast source. A method may include configuring first and second layer-2 domains to forward network traffic; configuring a first layer-3 Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) interface for the first layer-2 domain and a second layer-3 IRB interface for the second layer 2 domain; receiving a multicast packet from a multicast source device, the multicast source device being included in the first layer-2 domain, the multicast packet having a multicast receiver device in the second layer-2 domain; and forwarding, using the first and second layer-3 IRB interfaces, the multicast packet to the multicast receiver device, without receiving the multicast packet from another provider edge router that has been elected as the designated router on the second IRB interface for the second layer-2 domain.
US10116442B2
A data storage unit (202) stores encrypted data while remaining in an encrypted state, and stores decryption conditions to define a user attribute of a decryption-permission user who is permitted to decrypt the encrypted data. In a case wherein revocation information to indicate a user attribute of a revoked user who is no longer the decryption-permission user has been added to the decryption condition when update timing arrives, a revocation information removing unit (206) removes the revocation information from the decryption condition while the encrypted data remains in the encrypted state. Further, the revocation information removing unit (206) transmits the encrypted data and the decryption conditions from which the revocation information has been removed to a re-encryption apparatus that performs re-encryption in a proxy re-encryption scheme, and receives, from the re-encryption apparatus, the encrypted data that has be re-encrypted in the proxy re-encryption scheme using the decryption condition from which the revocation information has been removed. A refresh processing unit (205) updates the encrypted data that has been re-encrypted and the decryption condition from which the revocation information has been removed.
US10116436B1
Techniques and apparatuses for detecting and preventing memory attacks are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one memory comprising a shared memory and a system memory, logic, at least a portion of the logic comprised in hardware coupled to the at least one shared memory, the logic to implement a memory monitor to determine a memory attack by an attacker application against a victim application using the shared memory, and prevent the memory attack, the memory monitor to determine that victim data is being reloaded into the shared memory from the system memory, store the victim data in a monitor memory, flush shared memory data stored in the shared memory, and write the victim data to the shared memory. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10116427B2
Methods and devices are described for enabling different transmission modes that include full-duplex modes in a wireless network are described. A medium access control layer design is described that enables evaluation of interferences that would result from a transmission mode in order to facilitate decision making by the network access point and the wireless stations associated therewith in selecting a particular transmission mode. Signaling techniques for setting up the different transmission techniques are also described.
US10116415B2
In order to prevent delays in error recovery, provided are an FEC packet generation unit configured to generate restoration data packets for restoration of lost data packets by using first data packets, which are data packets forming transmission data and which are transmitted as data packets of a first data stream, and second data packets, which are data packets forming the transmission data and which are transmitted as data packets of a second data stream different from the first data stream, and a packet transmission unit configured to transmit the restoration data packets based on transmissions of the first data packets and the second data packets.
US10116411B1
A method for sending messages through the atmosphere. The method includes sending the messages to an intended recipient, such as an aircraft, on a data link over an operating frequency at or near an atmospheric absorption band, where the operating frequency is selected to be closer to or farther from the absorption band to control the attenuation of the messages in the atmosphere so that the intended recipient is able to receive the messages, but unintended recipients are unable to receive the messages or jamming signals are unable to jam the messages.
US10116405B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining an interference based on a channel gain for each signal of a group of signals received at a receiver from a group of transmitters. A determination is made of an interference value based on a group of interference signals received at a receiver from a group of transmitters, wherein the interference value is based on channel gains that are estimated for the group of transmitters, and wherein a portion of the interference is self-interference generated from transmitting and receiving at a same time. One of an analog time domain cancellation, a digital time domain cancellation or both, is performed responsive to a determination that the interference value does not satisfy a threshold range of an analog-to-digital converter of the receiver. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10116404B2
An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmitter that includes an encoder, an interleaver, a symbol processor; and a transmission module; wherein the encoder is configured to encode a superframe to provide an encoded superframe; wherein the encoded superframe comprises a sequence of encoded frames; wherein the interleaver is configured to allocate multiple frequency sub-bands to each encoded frame of the encoded superframe by assigning adjacent frequency sub-bands to successive symbols of each encoded frame; wherein the symbol processor is configured to generate, for each encoded frame and according to the assignment of the multiple frequency sub-bands, an intermediate set of symbols; and wherein the transmission module is configured to transmit simultaneously, for each encoded frame, OFDM symbols that represents the intermediate set of symbols.
US10116403B2
Systems and methods for Optical Transport Network (OTN) adaptation to provide sub-rate granularity and distribution include segmenting an OTN signal into N flows of cells with associated identifiers, based on tributary slots of the OTN signal, wherein N≥0, and wherein the cells do not include unallocated payload from the OTN signal; switching the cells to a scheduler; and scheduling, from the scheduler, the cells for a line side modem.
US10116402B2
A system and method for operating mode self-adaptation are provided. A method for controller operations includes collecting performance information about a communications system, determining a performance indicator from the performance information, and automatically switching an operating mode of the communications system in response to determining that the performance indicator meets a performance threshold. The operating mode of the communications system includes the communications system operating in an inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) mode or a non-ICIC mode, and the operating mode of the communications system remains unchanged in response to determining that the performance indicator does not meet the performance threshold.
US10116379B2
In one implementation, a method for scheduling beams of an antenna on a satellite during a defined time period includes calculating a beam score for each beam based on the expected gain of the beam and determining that the number of beams having non-zero beam scores during the defined time period is less than a threshold value. In addition, the method also includes accessing a set of beam weights for each of multiple different candidate beam patterns, and, for each set of weights, multiplying individual beam weights by corresponding beam scores, and generating a candidate beam pattern score by calculating a sum of the products of the beam weights and corresponding beam scores. The method further includes comparing the candidate beam pattern scores, selecting a particular one of the candidate beam patterns, and scheduling the selected beam pattern for the defined time period.
US10116371B2
Disclosed are a method for reporting channel state information in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. A method by which user equipment reports channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, an RRC message including at least one CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration for a first direction domain; respectively receiving through different subframes, a first CSI-RS from a first subset and a second CSI-RS from a second subset among a plurality of physical antenna elements in the base station on the basis of the CSI-RS configuration; and performing a CSI report by using the first and second CSI-RSs, wherein when the CSI-RS configuration for the first direction domain is one, the first CSI-RS and the second CSI-RS are respectively received from the first subset and the second subset by virtualization-varying antenna ports related to one CSI-RS configuration in a predetermined period.
US10116369B2
A control unit of a communication device provides multicast precoding information from at least first beamforming information descriptive for a first transmission channel and second beamforming information descriptive for a second transmission channel. A precoder unit beamforms at least one signal using the multicast precoding information to obtain at least two precoded signals. A transmitter circuit which is electrically coupled to the precoder unit multicasts transmission signals through the at least first and a second transmission channels, wherein the transmission signals are derived from the precoded signals.
US10116366B2
The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals. The method includes, encoding Data Pipe, DP, data according to a code rate, wherein the encoding further includes Low-Density Parity-Check, LDPC, encoding the DP data, Bit interleaving the LDPC encoded DP data, and mapping the bit interleaved DP data onto constellations; building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded DP data; and modulating data in the built signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, method and transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US10116361B2
A method implemented by an Access Point (AP) in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to initiate an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) simultaneous transmission. The method includes generating a trigger frame that initiates the UL MU simultaneous transmission, where the trigger frame includes (1) a UL MU Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) attributes field to indicate attributes pertaining to a UL MU PPDU transmitted to the AP during the UL MU simultaneous transmission that are common to a plurality of stations (STAs) that are scheduled to participate in the UL MU simultaneous transmission and (2) a STA Physical Layer Service Data Unit (PSDU) attributes field for a particular STA from the plurality of STAs to indicate attributes pertaining to the UL MU PPDU that are specific to the particular STA. The method further includes transmitting the trigger frame through a wireless medium.
US10116357B2
A system and method for multiple point transmission in a communications system are provided. A method for multiple point transmission operation comprises modifying a configuration of a radio bearer for use in a multiple point transmission to a user equipment according to operating condition information of the user equipment, reconfiguring the radio bearer according to the modified configuration, and initiating a multiple point transmission to the user equipment using the reconfigured radio bearer.
US10116350B2
Methods and devices related to channel estimation for a communication system comprising a plurality of communication connections are provided. For channel estimation, test sequences are used having three different elements, for example −1, 0 and +1.
US10116349B2
A method for operating a transmission-reception point (TRP) includes determining a first cycle of backhaul communications modes for the TRP, each backhaul communications mode of the first cycle is associated with a different time period and prompts the TRP to either transmit or receive using a subset of communications beams available to the TRP during an associated time period, wherein the communications beams used by the TRP and neighboring TRPs of the TRP in each associated time period are selected to prevent mutual interference, and wherein at least one backhaul communications mode of the first cycle prompts the TRP to either transmit or receive using all of the communications beams available to the TRP, determining a backhaul frame configuration for the TRP in accordance with the first cycle, the backhaul frame configuration specifying an arrangement of subframes of a frame used for backhaul communications.
US10116348B2
A high-frequency power amplifying module is provided for a communication device that simultaneously uses at least a radio wave in a first band and a radio wave in a second band, and a first high-frequency power amplifier for the first band and a second high-frequency power amplifier for the second band are mounted. The first band and the second band are frequency bands that produce intermodulation distortion of a frequency included in the receive frequency band of the second band, due to a transmit frequency of the first band received by the first high-frequency power amplifier and a transmit frequency of the second band received h the second high-frequency power amplifier. The second high-frequency power amplifier includes a filter that blocks a signal at the transmit frequency of the first band.
US10116345B2
A multifunctional case for cell phones, tablets, and other personal electronic devices with flip, sliding, and adjustable magnifying lens for viewing a screen is disclosed. The multifunctional case includes options with a detachable lens and a handle, allowing a user carrying a smartphone or similar personal electronic device mounted in the multifunctional case an immediately available means to magnify print on objects, giving the user various ways to eliminate many occasions where reading glassed are needed.
US10116338B2
A measuring transducer supply unit for use in automation technology, which makes the connection of at least one field unit to a superordinate unit by means of a two-wire line possible, wherein the measuring transducer supply unit comprises at least a switch, a radio module, and a circuitry. The radio module can be activated or de-activated by means of the switch, and the circuitry realizes the conversion between signals of the two-wire line and signals of the radio module such that the at least one field unit connected to the measuring transducer supply unit via the two-wire line can be operated by wireless communications connection by means of the radio module.
US10116322B1
A system and method of converting an analog input signal to a linearized digital representation of the analog input signal. A measure of the analog input signal is compared to a threshold associated with a maximum dynamic range of a quantizer. A maximum amplitude of a random, analog dither signal is dynamically varied for perturbing quantization of the analog input signal in response to the comparison. The dynamically varied dither signal and the analog input signal are combined to obtain a dithered input signal. The quantizer converts the dithered input signal into the linearized digital representation of the analog input signal.
US10116321B2
A comparator includes a first input stage coupled to a first signal input and a first reference input, wherein the first input stage is coupled between a first node and a second node. A second input stage is coupled to a second signal input and a second reference input, wherein the second input stage is coupled between a third node and the second node. An output stage generates at least one output signal in response to the first and second input signals. First switching circuitry is coupled between the first node and the output stage. The first switching circuitry is for coupling the first node to a fourth node in response to a reset signal. Second switching circuitry is coupled between the third node and the output stage. The second switching circuitry is for coupling the third node to a fifth node in response to the reset signal.
US10116317B1
The present disclosure relates to a signal generator with self-calibration including a main digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a calibration DAC, a summing buffer structure, a two-path filter structure, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a control system. The main DAC provides a main DAC output signal with main DAC distortion. The main DAC output signal is calibrated by a calibration DAC output signal to correct at least a portion of the main DAC distortion. The calibration DAC output signal includes information about the main DAC distortion and is generated by a feedback loop including the summing buffer structure, the two-path filter structure, the filter buffer, the ADC, the control system, and the calibration DAC.
US10116310B2
A primary circuit outputs, in response to an input signal, a first signal with a first reference potential. A level shift main circuit converts the reference potential of the first signal received from the primary circuit to a second reference potential to output a second signal with the second reference potential. A secondary circuit generates an output signal with the second reference potential using the second signal. At least one rectifying element circuit is provided between the primary circuit and the secondary circuit. At least one of the primary circuit and the secondary circuit includes at least one detection circuit detecting a change in a current flowing through the rectifying element circuit to determine whether a potential corresponding to the second reference potential is lower than or equal to a potential corresponding to the first reference potential.
US10116308B2
A rotation operation device includes: a rotation operation section having a cylindrical shape; multiple recessed and projecting sections arranged on an axial end surface or a peripheral surface of the rotation operation section; a conductive section having a protruding section protruding toward each recessed and projecting section and an elastic section biasing the protruding section to each recessed and projecting section, and movable in a recess-and-projection direction when the rotation operation section rotates; an electrode section changing a capacitance in accordance with a movement of the conductive section; and a detecting section detecting the change in the capacitance. The conductive section is moved in turn in the recess-and-projection direction at a different timing. The detecting section detects a rotation direction and a rotation quantity of the rotation operation section by means of a combination pattern of the change in the capacitance.
US10116299B2
A power-on-reset circuit includes an execution circuit and a control circuit. The execution circuit includes a first input terminal connected to a power supply, a second input terminal and the first output terminal each initially are at a low level. The first output terminal transitions from the low level to a high level when the first input terminal and the second input terminal have a voltage not less than a predetermined voltage. The control circuit includes a third input terminal connected to the first output terminal, a fourth input terminal connected to the first input terminal, and a second output terminal connected to the second input terminal. The second input terminal transitions from the low level to the high level when a difference between the voltage at the first input terminal and the voltage at the first output terminal is greater than the predetermined voltage.
US10116296B2
An electronic device has a power semiconductor device, a first semiconductor integrated circuit device, and a second semiconductor integrated circuit device. The power semiconductor device has a terminal outputting sense current. The first semiconductor integrated circuit device has an overcurrent detection circuit detecting overcurrent on the basis of the sense current, and a temperature detection circuit detecting temperature of the power semiconductor device. The second semiconductor integrated circuit device has a storage device storing a temperature characteristic of a current mirror ratio of the power semiconductor device, a temperature detecting unit calculating temperature on the basis of an output of the temperature detection circuit, and an overcurrent detection control unit controlling the overcurrent detection circuit on the basis of the temperature detected by the temperature detecting unit and the temperature characteristic of the current mirror ratio stored in the storage device.
US10116290B1
According to one embodiment, a frequency doubler circuit includes a first field effect transistor (FET) having a first gate, a first source, and a first drain and a second FET having a second gate, a second source, and a second drain, where the first gate of the first FET and the second source of the second FET are driven by an input signal in a first phase, and the first source of the first FET and the second gate of the second FET are driven by the input signal in a second phase, where the first and the second FETs are caused to switch based on the first phase and the second phase of the input signal respectively to generate an output signal at the first drain and the second drain having a frequency that is approximately double of the input signal.
US10116288B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a monostable multivibrator that is communicatively coupled to a host device and an external analog-to-digital converter is provided. The monostable multivibrator receives a chip select signal from the host device. The monostable multivibrator also generates, in response to the chip select signal, a conversion start signal to the external analog-to-digital converter.
US10116283B2
Multi-band filters, communications devices, and methods of designing multi-band filters are disclosed. A multi-band filter has a lower pass-band and an upper pass-band separated by an intervening stop-band. The multi-band filter includes a first ladder network and a second ladder network coupled in series. The first ladder network provides transmission zeros at frequencies below a lower edge of the lower pass-band and transmission zeros at frequencies above an upper edge of the upper pass-band. The second ladder network provides transmission zeros at frequencies within the intervening stop-band.
US10116277B2
A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier includes an amplifying stage that includes an amplifying module, an input module and a feedback module. The amplifying module receives an RF to-be-amplified signal, and performs power amplification on the RF to-be-amplified signal to generate an RF output signal. The input module receives an RF input signal. The feedback module receives the RF output signal, cooperates with the input module to provide the RF to-be-amplified signal based on the RF input and output signals, and cooperates with the amplifying module to forma positive feedback loop that provides a loop gain which is less than one.
US10116272B2
An amplifier with switchable and tunable harmonic terminations and a variable impedance matching network is presented. The amplifier can adapt to different modes and different frequency bands of operation by appropriate switching and/or tuning of the harmonic terminations and/or the variable impedance matching network.
US10116267B2
An amplifier circuit a differential input stage coupled to a first input and to a second input between which a differential input voltage is present. A converter stage is coupled to the input stage to convert the differential input voltage into a converted voltage. An output stage is coupled to the converter stage and generates, starting from the converted voltage, an output voltage on a single output of the amplifier circuit. A biasing stage is coupled to the input stage and to the output stage to supply a biasing current. A chopper module reduces a contribution of offset and noise associated with the output voltage. The chopper module is coupled to the input stage, converter stage, and to the biasing stage. The chopper module includes an input chopper stage, a converter chopper stage, and a biasing chopper stage that operate jointly under control of a chopper signal.
US10116256B2
Photovoltaic modules are constructed having separate positive and negative junction boxes positioned at the corners of each photovoltaic module. A photovoltaic array assembled from these photovoltaic modules can be aligned such that the positive and negative junction boxes connect in an arrangement that minimizes the amount of wire needed to install the photovoltaic array. The arrangement of photovoltaic modules connecting the positive and negative junction boxes on adjacent photovoltaic modules leads to successive rows of photovoltaic modules in the photovoltaic array are oriented in opposing directions.
US10116249B2
A powertrain for a vehicle includes a wye wound electric machine and a controller. The electric machine is coupled with an inverter. The controller is configured to, in response to an electrical connection between the vehicle and an AC grid, couple a capacitor between a neutral terminal of the electric machine and a negative terminal of the inverter to absorb reactive power from the AC grid.
US10116237B2
An inverter device comprises a first stage circuit, a second stage circuit and a control module. The first stage circuit comprises a first switch module and a charge-discharge module. The second stage circuit comprises a second switch module and a filter module. The control module outputs a first control signal for controlling the first switch module to turn on/off and a second control signal for controlling the second switch module to turn on/off. The control module obtains an input current from the first stage circuit, and adjusts the input current according to a predetermined current value. In addition, the control module obtains an output power from the AC output terminal, and adjusts the duty cycle of the first control signal according to the output power and a predetermined output power.
US10116236B2
An isolated switching mode power supply and a control method of the isolated switching mode power supply are provided. The isolated switching mode power supply includes a primary side circuit and a secondary side circuit. The primary side circuit includes a controller. The secondary side circuit is coupled to the primary side circuit and includes a winding, a switch, and an SR controller. The winding is coupled to the primary side circuit. The switch is coupled to the winding. The SR controller is coupled to the winding and the switch. The SR controller turns off the switch to trigger the winding to feed back a first message to the primary side circuit. The controller enables the primary side circuit to transfer energy to the secondary side circuit if the controller detects the first message.
US10116235B2
A modulation processing unit performs a down-shift process or an up-shift process. In the down-shift process, a neutral-point voltage is shifted towards a low voltage side such that a smallest phase voltage command value is a lower fixed value that is a first lower limit value or a second lower limit value. In the up-shift process, the neutral-point voltage is shifted towards a high voltage side such that a largest phase voltage command value is an upper fixed value that is a first upper limit value or a second upper limit value. The modulation processing unit selects either of a first fixed value, being the first lower limit value or the first upper limit value, and a second fixed value, being the second lower limit value or the second upper limit value, based on a difference between the phase voltage command values in the down-shift process or the up-shift process.
US10116227B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for pulse driving. The system is configured to drive a multi-level converter, including: a main control module generating encoding information which contains driving information according to sampling information; a local control module electrically coupled to the multi-level converter to output control signals to the multi-level converter so as to control on and off of the at least M power switches in the multi-level converter; a first optical fiber coupled to the main control module and the local control module, wherein the local control module receives the encoding information output from the main control module via the first optical fiber and generates the control signals according to the encoding information.
US10116224B1
One example includes a switching power converter circuit. The circuit includes a gate driver configured to generate at least one switching signal in response to a feedback signal. The circuit also includes a feedback stage configured to generate the feedback signal based on an amplitude of an output voltage at an output. The circuit further includes a power stage including at least one switch and a transformer. The at least one switch can be controlled via the respective at least one switching signal to provide a primary current through a primary winding of the transformer to induce a secondary current through a secondary winding of the transformer to generate the output voltage. The power stage further includes a self-driven synchronous rectifier stage coupled to the secondary winding to conduct the secondary current from a low voltage rail through the secondary winding.
US10116221B2
A series compensating electric power transmission system has an insulated type DC-DC converter that operates in the first through fourth quadrants, first and second DC voltage sources, and first and second power converters. In the converter, a first I/O positive terminal is connected to a first voltage source positive terminal. A first I/O negative terminal is connected to a first voltage source negative terminal. One of second I/O positive and negative terminals is connected to the first voltage source positive terminal. The other of the second I/O positive and negative terminals is connected to a second voltage source positive terminal. The first power converter converts power between the first I/O positive and negative terminals and first AC I/O terminals. The second power converter converts power between the second I/O positive and negative terminals and second AC I/O terminals. The second power converter is configured with a plurality of bidirectional switches.
US10116220B2
System and method are provided for protecting a power converter. The system includes a first comparator, and an off-time component. The first comparator is configured to receive a sensing signal and a first threshold signal and generate a first comparison signal based on at least information associated with the sensing signal and the first threshold signal, the power converter being associated with a switching frequency and further including a switch configured to affect the primary current. The off-time component is configured to receive the first comparison signal and generate an off-time signal based on at least information associated with the first comparison signal. The off-time component is further configured to, if the first comparison signal indicates the sensing signal to be larger than the first threshold signal in magnitude, generate the off-time signal to keep the switch to be turned off for at least a predetermined period of time.
US10116215B2
A switching power stage for producing an output voltage to a load may include a power converter and a controller. The power converter may include a power inductor and plurality of switches arranged to sequentially operate in a plurality of switch configurations. The controller may be configured to, based on a measured parameter associated with the switching power stage, select a selected operational mode of the power converter from a plurality of operational modes, and sequentially apply switch configurations from the plurality of switch configurations to selectively activate or deactivate each of the plurality of switches in order to transfer electrical energy from an input source of the power converter to the load in accordance with the selected operational mode.
US10116204B1
An apparatus includes at least one external source terminal configured to be connected to at least one secondary terminal of a distribution transformer and at least one external load terminal configured to be connected to a load. The apparatus further includes a converter circuit coupled to the at least one external source terminal and to the at least one external load terminal and configured to provide shunt current regulation and series voltage regulation.
US10116200B1
Provided is a DC/DC converter device capable of suppressing overshooting of an output voltage and fluctuation of an input voltage. The DC/DC converter device includes: a DC/DC converter including a power conversion unit and a reactor; and a control unit. The control unit includes a rate-of-change limiting value setting unit configured to set a rate-of-change limiting value for the output voltage target value, and is configured to limit the output voltage command value by using the rate-of-change limiting value, to thereby generate the output voltage target value. The rate-of-change limiting value setting unit is configured to obtain an index value for quantitatively evaluating an amount of fluctuation in the input voltage, to thereby change a setting of the rate-of-change limiting value in such a direction as to narrow a rate-of-change limiting range when the index value is within a predetermined specific range.
US10116198B2
An object of the invention is to improve precision of current detection in a switching system having plural switching circuits. A first PWM timing generation circuit generates an edge timing of a PWM signal by using a comparison value and a count value and drives a first switching circuit. A second PWM timing generation circuit generates an edge timing of a PWM signal of plural phases by using a comparison value and a count value and drives a second switching circuit. One of the switching circuits is an inverter circuit of a common shunt type in which a shunt resistor is provided commonly for plural phases. One of the PWM timing generation circuits shifts the generated edge timing so that an interval between an edge timing of one of the circuits and an AD conversion timing of the other becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined reference value.
US10116192B2
A device (101) for producing a position signal indicative of rotational position of a resolver is presented. The device comprises a signal transfer interface (102) for receiving first and second alternative signals, and a processing system (103) for generating the position signal on the basis of the amplitudes of the first and second alternative signals and the polarity of an excitation signal of the resolver. The device is configurable to operate in a first operational mode where a local signal generator (104) generates the excitation signal and the device transmits the excitation signal to the resolver. The device is configurable to operate also in a second operational mode where the device receives information indicative of the polarity of the excitation signal from another device. Thus, devices of the kind described above can be used in a system where many converters are driving separate windings systems of an electrical machine.
US10116191B2
A motor has a stator, a rotor, an end cover assembly installed on an axial end of the stator and the rotor. The rotor includes a shaft. The end cap assembly includes an end cap, a cover, and a circuit board arranged between the cover and the stator. At least one electronic element is mounted on the circuit board. The shaft passes through a hole in the cover. The cover and the shaft are made of a conductive material. With such structure damage to the circuit board and the electronic element due to high-voltage static electricity is avoided.
US10116190B2
A rotary positioning system configured to provide absolute referencing is provided. The rotary positioning system includes an encoder mounted on a motor shaft of a motor and configured to generate an index pulse corresponding to a complete rotation of the motor shaft. The rotary positioning system also includes a speed reducer coupled to the motor shaft and configured to reduce a rotary motion of the motor by a pre-defined ratio and an output drive shaft coupled to the speed reducer and configured to transfer the reduced rotary motion to a load. The rotary positioning system further includes a sensor mounted on the output drive shaft of the speed reducer and configured to determine an absolute orientation of the output drive shaft and a controller coupled to the sensor and configured to generate a correlation function of the absolute orientation and the index pulse count.
US10116185B2
A motor according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a rotation shaft; a rotor part encompassing the rotation shaft; a stator part arranged to be spaced from the rotor part; and a housing for fixing the stator part, wherein the inner surface of the housing includes a plurality of projection units.
US10116179B2
In a three-phase AC motor, when 2P represents the number of poles of a rotor and N represents the number of slots for inserting windings of a stator therethrough, the division of N by P is not an integer. When X represents the quotient of the division of N by 2P, the stator includes a first annular winding portion made of one coil wound by wave winding at a slot pitch of X or X+1 through the slots, a second annular winding portion wound in the same slot pitch as the first annular winding portion in such a position as not to completely overlap the first annular winding portion, and a plurality of third winding portions each made of the winding wound around the two slots. The first and second annular winding portions and the plurality of third winding portions are connected in series on a phase-by-phase basis.
US10116178B2
A coolant flow channel is formed so as to pass axially through a rotor core radially inside magnet housing apertures, a linking flow channel is formed so as to have a flow channel width that is narrower than a maximum flow channel width of the coolant flow channel, so as to link the coolant flow channel and the magnet housing apertures, and so as to pass axially through the rotor core, and permanent magnets are fixed to an inner wall surface of the magnet housing apertures by an adhesive that is disposed only between a wall surface of the permanent magnets that is positioned on a radially outer side and the inner wall surface of the magnet housing apertures so as to expose a region of a wall surface of the permanent magnets that is positioned on a radially inner side that faces the linking flow channel.
US10116171B2
A power receiving apparatus carried in an electronic device comprises a power receiving module configured to receive electric power supplied from a power supply apparatus in a non-contact manner; a supply module configured to supply the electric power received by the power receiving module to a power load section of the electronic device; an acquisition module configured to acquire identification information for identifying the power supply apparatus from the power supply apparatus; a determination module configured to determine whether the identification information acquired by the acquisition module is coincident with preset identification information; and a control module configured to suppress the electric power supplied to the power load section if the determination module determines that the identification information is not coincident with the preset identification information.
US10116169B2
A wireless power transmitter includes resonators electrically connected to each other and a resonance frequency varying unit configured to vary resonance frequencies of the resonators based on a change in an amount of power to be sent to a wireless power receiver from the wireless power transmitter.
US10116160B2
A charging circuit for a bootstrap capacitor comprises a P MOSFET having a body diode and an N channel power MOSFET also having a body diode. The drain of the P MOSFET is coupled to the source of the N channel power MOSFET, and the source of the P MOSFET receives current from a vehicle's battery. The gate of the P MOSFET receives a control signal for turning the P MOSFET either on or off and the drain of the N channel power MOSFET is connected to a bootstrap capacitor The P MOSFET's body diode prevents current flow from the battery to the bootstrap capacitor when the P MOSFET is turned off and the N MOSFET's body diode prevents current flow from the bootstrap capacitor to the battery when the N MOSFET is turned off. The use of a power MOSFET device with its low ON resistance ensures that the capacitor is charged to a sufficiently high voltage even under low battery conditions.
US10116150B2
A conductive plate and an electronic device including the same are provided. A conductive plate to be included in a terminal and disposed on a side of a coil substrate for wireless charging the terminal includes metal members each having a plate shape and an insulating layer disposed on a surface of at least one of the metal members to insulate the metal members from each other, wherein the metal members are coupled to each other to complete a flat plate shape.
US10116145B2
Systems and techniques are provided for performance adjustment for wireless power transfer devices. A wireless power transfer device may be activated. A characteristic of the performance of the activated wireless power transfer device may be measured. It may be determined that the measured characteristic of the activated wireless power transfer device does not meet a performance requirement for the wireless power transfer device. An adjustment to be applied to the wireless power transfer device may be determined. The adjustment may be based on determining that the measured characteristic of the activated wireless power transfer device does not meet the performance requirement for the wireless power transfer device. The adjustment may be applied to the wireless power transfer device.
US10116140B2
A high efficiency solar power system combining photovoltaic sources of power (1) can be converted by a base phase DC-DC photovoltaic converter (6) and an altered phase DC-DC photovoltaic converter (8) that have outputs combined through low energy storage combiner circuitry (9). The converters can be synchronously controlled through a synchronous phase control (11) that synchronously operates switches to provide a conversion combined photovoltaic DC output (10). Converters can be provided for individual source conversion or phased operational modes, the latter presenting a combined low photovoltaic energy storage DC-DC photovoltaic converter (15) at string or individual panel levels.
US10116128B1
A universal wall box thread repair clip includes a front portion that has at least two openings sized to engage the threads of a wall box screw. The repair clip is placed over the end of a wall box so that one of the openings on the front portion is aligned with screw hole formed in the material of the wall box. The repair clip includes retention features that retain it on both plastic and metal wall boxes, where the metal wall boxes include screw tabs that can have varying offset distances.
US10116127B1
Junction boxes and partitions for junction boxes are disclosed. The junction boxes have a central area for installation of a driver or another such component and at least one wrap-around compartment in which wire connections can be made. In many cases, the junction box may have two wrap-around compartments, often mirror images of one another, that provide separate spaces for high- and low-voltage wire connections. The interior walls or partitions that create the compartments may be carried by and arise from the base of a junction box, or they may be carried by a separate piece that inserts over the driver, fully encloses or caps it, and also carries partition portions to create fully-divided compartments when used in combination with a junction box base that has no partitions of its own.
US10116118B2
An optical transmitter includes a semiconductor laser, a thermoelement that is connected with the semiconductor laser and that heats or cools the semiconductor laser, a thermistor that detects the temperature of the semiconductor laser via the thermoelement, a laser drive circuit that drives the semiconductor laser, a thermoelement driving circuit that acquires information about the temperature of the semiconductor laser from the thermistor, and that controls a current flowing through the thermoelement in such a way that the temperature detected by the thermistor becomes equal to a set value, and a controller that varies the set value on the basis of monitor current information outputted from the semiconductor laser, the temperature information about the semiconductor laser which is notified from the thermistor, and laser driving current information notified from the laser drive circuit.
US10116103B1
This invention teaches a connector design that has the capability to safely disconnect the power flowing through the connector when misalignment of the two connector halves is detected. Monitoring contactors disposed on different locations on the connector and are made to carry or not-carry (depending the contact position in the connector), a pilot signal generated by one of the connector halves. The presence or absence of the pilot signal on the individual contacts is monitored by the other connector half. A safe and automatic power disconnects ensues when the two connector halves misalign. This happens well before the primary power contact disengage. The clever design detects not only in-plane misalignments, but also out of plane misalignments.
US10116101B2
A cable connector assembly includes: a mating unit; a cable; a printed circuit board (PCB) interconnected between the mating unit and the cable; a protective cover and a thermistor affixed to the protective cover, the protective cover and the thermistor being mounted on the PCB; a metal shell enclosing the PCB, a rear of the mating unit, and a front of the cable; an insulative inner cover over-molding the PCB, the metal shell, the rear of the mating unit, and the front of the cable; and an insulative outer cover over-molding the insulative inner cover. A method of making the cable connector assembly includes affixing the thermistor to the protective cover and mounting the protective cover and the thermistor on the PCB.
US10116098B2
An electrical connector includes: a metallic frame having a main part, a board at a rear of the main part, and an upper shield behind the board; an upper and lower contact modules arranged at two opposite sides of the metallic frame main part, each contact module having a row of contacts, each contact having a contacting portion, an intermediate portion, and a tail; an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; a shielding shell accommodating the board of the metallic frame and enclosing the insulative housing, the contact tails of at least one of the upper and lower contact modules extending rearward beyond a rear end of the shielding shell; wherein the upper shield of the metallic frame shields the contact tails of the at least one contact module.
US10116097B2
A shield terminal (10) includes an inner conductor terminal (11), dielectrics (12, 13) configured to accommodate the inner conductor terminal (11), an outer conductor terminal (20) configured to surround the dielectrics (12, 13), a tubular fitting (30) formed in a front end part of the outer conductor terminal (20) in an axial direction, and resilient contacts (31) formed in the tubular fitting (30) and having both front and rear ends integrally connected to the tubular fitting (30). The tubular fitting (30) has interlocking regions (39) surrounding only front end parts (31F) of the resilient contacts (31) and connected to front ends of the resilient contacts (31) are radially resiliently deflectable with front end sides thereof as free ends.
US10116089B1
A connector proofed against accidental disengagement is disclosed. The connector includes a socket. The socket has a base, at least one magnetic member with a pawl, at least one energized coil assembly, and a sensor. The base has a hole. The magnetic member and the energized coil assembly are disposed in the base with the sensor. When a plug is inserted into the hole of the base of the socket, the sensor can recognize the plug being inserted into the hole of the base and the energized coil assembly can be energized to cause the pawl of the magnetic member to engage and lock the plug in place. The connection remains until the energized coil assembly causes the pawl to disengage, allowing separation of the plug from the socket.
US10116086B2
The present invention is directed to an enclosure for protecting a cable connection. The enclosure includes a sealing member contained within an inner shell. The sealing member is secured around the cable connection by slideably engaging a rigid outer shell over the inner shell. The outer shell has an opening extending along its entire length on one side to permit clearance and insertion of a connected cable to be inserted into the outer shell.
US10116084B2
A connector includes a housing that holds a plurality of terminals and a mating housing that holds a plurality of mating terminals to be connected to the terminals. The mating housing is fitted into the housing to connect the mating terminals to the terminals. The housing comprises a partition wall portion which projects ahead of the terminals and separates adjacent ones of the terminals from each other.
US10116083B2
A network cable connector includes: a main body having a containing portion and a pushing pipe communicated to each other; and a hollow compression device for passing a network cable and having a fastener, a clamping part and a sleeve member. The clamping part installed in the fastener has plural compression parts at an end of the clamping part, and the other end of the clamping part is a pushing part. The sleeve member covers the end of the fastener coupled to the main body and has a curved inner surface tapered from an end near the fastener to the other. When the hollow compression device and main body are secured by screwing, the pushing pipe pushes the pushing part to move the clamping part towards the sleeve member, and the compression parts compresses the curved inner surface of the sleeve member to clamp the network cable tightly.
US10116080B1
An electrical connector includes: an insulating body having multiple accommodating holes; and multiple terminals accommodated in the accommodating holes. Each terminal has a base portion. An elastic arm bends upward and extends from the base portion. A contact portion bends and extends from the elastic arm. A width of the contact portion is greater than a width of the elastic arm at a bending portion connecting the elastic arm to the base portion, which is less than or equal to widths of the remaining portions of the elastic arm. A first urging portion bends downward and extends from the contact portion. A bending arm bends and extends from a lower end of the base portion. The bending arm bends to form a conductive portion. The conductive portion bends upward and extends to form a second urging portion. The first urging portion urges against the second urging portion.
US10116076B2
An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector with an insulative housing retaining a plurality of conductive contacts therein, and a clip positioned by one end of the housing and adapted to be mounted upon a loading cavity in the housing. The clip includes a mounting section for mounting to the PCB, and a holding section forming a holding cavity for holding the CPU wherein the holding section is rotatable relative to the mounting section and adapted to be downwardly pressed by the load plate which is pivotally mounted by the other end of the housing opposite to the clip.
US10116073B2
A board-to-board connector can electrically connect a first printed circuit board having a receptacle mounted thereon to a second printed circuit board having a plug mounted thereon. The receptacle includes a first housing and three first contacts and the plug includes a second housing and three second contacts. The first housing includes a concave portion and a first contact accommodation chamber. The concave portion can be fitted to the plug. The first contact accommodation chamber can accommodate a winding portion of the first contact. In the first contact, a lead terminal is fixed to the first printed circuit board and a contact terminal is fixed to the first housing. In the first contact, the first housing is movably supported by the winding portion with respect to the first printed circuit board.
US10116072B2
A printed circuit board assembly having a printed circuit board with at least one footprint for attaching a plug connector, wherein the footprint has three or more coupling points for coupling electrical contacts of the plug connector, and a plug connector attached on the footprint, the plug connector has exactly two signal conductors for transmitting a differential signal, wherein the first signal conductor has a first electrical contact coupled at a first coupling point and the second signal conductor has a second electrical contact coupled at a second coupling point, wherein the second coupling point is not one of the coupling points which is directly adjacent to the first coupling point of the footprint.
US10116067B2
A single element electrical connector includes a single conductive contact element formed into a cage structure having a wire insert end and a wire contact end along a longitudinal centerline axis of the connector. The cage structure defines an upper pick-up surface having a surface area suitable for placement of a suction nozzle of a vacuum transfer device, as well as a pair of contact tines biased towards the centerline axis to define a contact pinch point for an exposed core of a wire inserted into the connector. A contact surface is defined by a member of the cage structure for electrical mating contact with a respective contact element on a component on which the connector is mounted.
US10116065B2
A system according to one embodiment includes a first antenna element configured to communicate a first signal, the first signal polarized in a first orientation; a second antenna element co-located with the first antenna element, the second antenna element configured to communicate a second signal, the second signal polarized in a second orientation, the second orientation orthogonal to the first orientation; and driver circuitry coupled to the first antenna element and the second antenna element, the driver circuitry configured to process the first signal and the second signal to achieve signal diversity in a wireless communication link.
US10116059B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a reradiation repeater may comprise a dielectric substrate, a ground conductor provided on a surface of the dielectric substrate, and a plurality of unit cells provided on another surface of the dielectric substrate, wherein the unit cells reradiate radio waves in the same direction by directing the radio waves which are incident onto the unit cells at different angles to a same direction. The reradiation repeater may facilitate to select, e.g., an installation location and secure a good reradiation capability even when the installation environment is changed (e.g., a variation in the installation location of base station facility), contributing to coverage of a shadow zone. The reradiation repeater may be implemented in various manners according to embodiments of the present invention.
US10116057B2
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for automatic tuning of an impedance matrix, for instance the impedance matrix seen by the power amplifiers of a radio transmitter using a plurality of antennas simultaneously. The apparatus has 4 user ports and 4 target ports, and comprises: 4 sensing units; a signal processing unit which estimates real quantities depending on the impedance matrix presented by the user ports, using the sensing unit output signals obtained for 4 excitations applied to the user ports, two or more of the excitations being applied simultaneously, the signal processing unit delivering a tuning instruction; a multiple-input-port and multiple-output-port tuning unit comprising adjustable impedance devices; and a tuning control unit receiving the tuning instruction and delivering tuning control signals to the multiple-input-port and multiple-output-port tuning unit, the reactance of the adjustable impedance devices being mainly determined by the tuning control signals.
US10116053B2
Provided is an antenna coil component including a bobbin around which a winding is wound, a base provided at least at one end side of the bobbin, and one or more metal terminals each fixed to the base, at least one metal terminal among these metal terminals including a fixing part for fixing the metal terminal to the base, a mounting part provided at a position away from the fixing part, and a neck part for connecting the fixing part and the mounting part to each other. The neck part has a length in a direction substantially orthogonal to a direction from the fixing part to the mounting part and substantially parallel to surfaces of the mounting part, which is narrower than that of the mounting part. Provided as well are an antenna unit using the antenna coil component, and a method of manufacturing the antenna coil component.
US10116050B2
One or more input signals are used to generate a Pseudo noise generator and re-inject the signal to obtain a more efficient method of control of a receiver using adaptive antenna array technology. The antenna array automatically adjusts its direction to the optimum using information obtained from the input signal by the receiving antenna elements. The input signals may be stored in memory for retrieval, comparison and then used to optimize reception. The difference between the outputs of the memorized signals and the reference signal is used as an error signal. One or multiple Modal antennas, where the Modal antenna is capable of generating several unique radiation patterns, can implement this optimization technique in a MIMO configuration.
US10116048B2
The invention teaches a telecommunications antenna with a housing comprising a radome (12) and a radiator (70) arranged in the housing, wherein the radiator (70) is mounted to a support structure (30) that is conductive in the electromagnetic sense, said support structure so engaging the housing that it is in either one of a rotatable fashion or a rotatably fixed fashion about and axis, in that at least one body (80) that is non-conductive in the electromagnetic sense is tensionable in a direction parallel to the axis in such a fashion that a transition from the rotatable fashion to the rotatably fixed fashion is permitted by forming a frictional engagement.
US10116044B2
Techniques and mechanisms to provide wireless communication with a body-mountable device comprising a single-loop antenna. In an embodiment, distal ends of the single-loop antenna are disposed on opposite sides of a slit structure, wherein the single-loop antenna extends around a controller configured to provide any of multiple modes of high-frequency communication with the single-loop antenna. Different operational modes each provide for operation of the single-loop antenna with both a proximity-coupled feed structure and a first contact at or near a distal end of the single-loop antenna. In another embodiment, the single-loop antenna forms a hole or a recess structure which is aligned with a sensor or an input/output (I/O) mechanism of the body-mountable device.
US10116040B2
The present disclosure discloses a multi-frequency antenna and a terminal. An antenna body of the multi-frequency antenna includes: a grounding part, a feed part, and a first radiation branch arm and a second radiation branch arm which are connected with the feed part; the antenna body further includes a third radiation branch arm; one end of the third radiation branch arm is connected with the feed part, and the other end of the third radiation branch arm is connected with the grounding part.
US10116034B2
A twin axial cable structure is provided for transmitting signals that makes use of insulative materials that are not easily extruded, such as expanded polyethylene (ePE) and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE). The cable structure includes an insulative body portion having a pair of open channels defined through an outer longitudinal surface of the insulative body portion, in which are disposed a pair of conductive wires. A conductive sheet is disposed on the insulative body portion, and a grounding element is placed in contact with the conductive sheet, such as by applying planar conductive sheets and grounding elements and/or ground wires to the insulative body portion. Corresponding methods and apparatuses for manufacturing the same are also provided. The cable structures, methods, and apparatuses described herein can produce a cable structure for transmitting multiple differential signals within the same structure, with minimal negative effects on other, neighboring transmissions.
US10116027B2
An automatic RF filter tuning system and a method for manufacturing a filter using the same are disclosed. An RF filter tuning system for tuning an RF filter that includes a plurality of cavities having resonance elements and a cover having tuning areas that are positioned correspondingly to the resonance elements, includes a measuring unit configured to measure resonance characteristics of the cavity of the RF filter, a control unit configured to calculate a tuning value of the RF filter based on the resonance characteristics, and a tuning unit configured to tune the RF filter based on the tuning value calculated by the control unit. The tuning unit includes a striking unit configured to strike the tuning area of the cover of the RF filter, thereby adjusting the resonance value and tuning the RF filter.
US10116025B2
An electronic apparatus includes a transmission line member and a mount circuit board. The transmission line member includes a dielectric base body, a first signal conductor, a first ground conductor, a second ground conductor, and a first transmission line that transmits a first high frequency signal and is defined by the first signal conductor interposed between the first and second ground conductors. The mount circuit board is wrapped by the transmission line member such that the transmission line member covers the mount circuit board from a top surface to a back surface via a side surface of the mount circuit board. At least one of an IC chip, a mount component, and a battery pack is mounted on the mount circuit board and is wrapped by the transmission line member so as to be disposed on an inner peripheral side of the transmission line member.
US10116022B2
An electrochemical cell includes a permeable fuel electrode configured to support a metal fuel thereon, and an oxidant reduction electrode spaced from the fuel electrode. An ionically conductive medium is provided for conducting ions between the fuel and oxidant reduction electrodes, to support electrochemical reactions at the fuel and oxidant reduction electrodes. A charging electrode is also included, selected from the group consisting of (a) the oxidant reduction electrode, (b) a separate charging electrode spaced from the fuel and oxidant reduction electrodes, and (c) a portion of the permeable fuel electrode. The charging electrode is configured to evolve gaseous oxygen bubbles that generate a flow of the ionically conductive medium. One or more flow diverters are also provided in the electrochemical cell, and configured to direct the flow of the ionically conductive medium at least partially through the permeable fuel electrode.
US10116014B2
A method for manufacturing an electrochemical energy store, includes: a) providing a temperature control plate, the temperature control plate at least partially including a heat-conducting material, and at least one contact area of the temperature control plate being deformable or transferable into a deformable state with the aid of an energy input; b) if necessary, bringing at least one contact area of the temperature control plate into a deformable state with the aid of an energy input; c) applying at least one cell to at least one contact area; and d) setting at least the at least one contact area of the temperature control plate. Also described is an electrochemical energy store.
US10116010B2
An insulating mother board, an insulating harness mother board assembly and a battery module including the insulating mother board are provided. The insulating mother board includes a first end insulating board, a middle insulating board and a second end insulating board moveably connected in sequence. According to the insulating mother board, an arbitrary number of middle insulating boards can be arranged by arranging the first end insulating board and the second end insulating board on two ends of the insulating mother board respectively. There may be an arbitrary number of connection holes on the first end insulating board, the middle insulating board and the second end insulating board, each connection hole corresponds to one single battery. In this way, an assembly of different numbers of single batteries can be achieved.
US10116008B1
A battery safety mechanism can provide a fast-action thermal mechanism to protect and/or electrically isolate a cell of a battery and thereby allow the cell to cool and preserve or elongate life of the battery. The mechanism can use a phase-change material (PCM) reservoir that can be selectively melted to permit actuation of a spring-loaded metal shunt. When actuated, the metal shunt can be placed into contact with terminals of the cell, thereby allowing the cell to be bypassed and be disabled. Thus, the device can electrically isolate the cell from the rest of the battery.
US10116003B2
Provided are negative electrode assemblies containing lithium sulfide anolyte layers, electrochemical cells including these assemblies, and methods of forming thereof. An anolyte layer may be disposed over a metal layer of a current collector and may be used to separate the current collector from the rest of the electrolyte. The metal layer may include copper or any other suitable metal that forms in situ a metal sulfide during fabrication of the electrode assembly. Specifically, a sulfur containing layer, such as a solid electrolyte, is formed on the metal layer. Sulfur from this layer reacts with the metal of the current collector and forms a metal sulfide layer. When lithium is later added to the metal sulfide layer, a lithium sulfide anolyte layer is formed while the metal layer is recovered. Most, if not all operations may, be performed in situ during fabrication of electrochemical cells.
US10116002B2
A method of producing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte including bringing an alkali metal sulfide and a sulfur compound into contact in a mixed solvent of a hydrocarbon solvent and a polar aprotic solvent.
US10115999B2
An all-solid-state lithium-ion secondary battery includes a cathode active material, an anode active material, a solid electrolyte between the cathode and anode active materials, and an intermediate layer between the solid electrolyte and the cathode active material. The cathode and anode active materials are able to store and release a lithium ion. The solid electrolyte has lithium ion conductivity. The intermediate layer is constituted of elements including all elements constituting the cathode active material. A lithium ion in the intermediate layer is less ionic than that in the cathode active material.
US10115994B2
Solid-state battery structures and methods of manufacturing solid-state batteries are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments relate to solid-state batteries having one or more subdivided electrode layers. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10115988B2
The present disclosure is directed towards a method and a system for monitoring the performance of an electrochemical cell stack. Monitoring can be performed remotely by measuring the voltage across the stack, and comparing the measured values to predetermined reference values to determine the condition of the stack. Monitoring of the stack voltage enables detection of performance decay, which in turn enables preemptive repair of the stack prior to catastrophic failure.
US10115985B2
To provide a solid oxide fuel cell system capable of avoiding the reduction of air electrodes. The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell system including: a fuel cell module, a fuel supply apparatus, a water supply apparatus, an oxidant gas supply apparatus, a reformer, and a control section for controlling the extraction of power, whereby the controller having a shutdown stop circuit for executing a shutdown stop when the fuel cell stack is above the predetermined temperature, and after a shutdown stop, during a period when pressure on the fuel electrode side is sufficiently higher than pressure on the air electrode side, and no reverse flow of oxidant gas to the fuel electrode side is occurring, a temperature drop operation is executed whereby high temperature oxidant gas remaining on the oxidant gas electrode side is discharged.
US10115983B2
A flow battery includes a cell stack that has electrochemically active cells and manifolds that define common manifold passages in fluid communication with the electrochemically active cells. A supply/storage system is external of the cell stack and includes at least one vessel fluidly connected with respective ones of the common manifold passages. Fluid electrolytes are in the supply/storage system. At least one of the fluid electrolytes is an ionic-conductive fluid. The manifolds extend in a length direction through the cell stack. The common manifold passages include a common manifold passage P that varies in cross-section along the length direction.
US10115978B2
A unitized electrode assembly (10; 110; 210; 310; 410) for a fuel cell includes, in addition to an anode catalyst layer (54; 254) and a cathode catalyst layer (56; 256), a polymer electrolyte membrane (52) having an acid functional group normally including H+ ions and an edge seal (66; 166; 266, 366, 466) containing alkali metal ions in a form, concentration, and/or location for delivery and dispersion into the membrane. The edge seal of the unitized electrode assembly is proximate, and typically contacts, the peripheral edge region (68) of the membrane in ion-transfer relation therewith, and alkali metal ions leach into the membrane during fuel cell operation to provide a desired ion exchange in the membrane. The alkali metal ions contained by the edge seal may be Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, and/or Cs+, and may be included as a dopant with the material of the edge seal during its formation, or may be included as a discrete component of the edge seal, as by an ion-doped strip of membrane material contained by the edge seal. The edge seal thus serves as a “reservoir” of the alkali metal ions for release to the polymer electrolyte membrane for increased durability.
US10115975B2
A water-activated permanganate electrochemical cell includes at least one anode, a solid cathode configured to be electrically coupled to the anode, an electrolyte between the at least one anode and the cathode, and a housing configured to hold the at least one anode, the cathode, and the electrolyte. The electrolyte includes water and permanganate configured to be reduced within the cell in at least a two-step reduction process.
US10115973B2
In some embodiments, a solid oxide fuel cell comprising an anode, an electrolyte, cathode barrier layer, a nickelate composite cathode separated from the electrolyte by the cathode barrier layer, and a cathode current collector layer is provided. The nickelate composite cathode includes a nickelate compound and second oxide material, which may be an ion conductor. The composite may further comprise a third oxide material. The composite may have the general formula (LnuM1vM2s)n+1(Ni1-tNt)nO3n+1-A1-xBxOy—CwDzCe(1-w-z)O2-δ, wherein A and B may be rare earth metals excluding ceria.
US10115970B2
A semi-solid electrode includes a first porous substrate and a second porous substrate stacked together to form a current collector, and a semi-solid electrode material embedded in the current collector. The semi-solid electrode material includes a suspension of an active material and a conductive material disposed in a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte. The porous substrates are at least partially disposed within the suspension such that the suspension substantially encapsulates the porous substrates. Each porous substrate in the current collector defines a pitch, and the two pitches of the two porous substrates in the current collector can be shifted with respect to each other by 30% to 70% of the pitch so as to reduce polarization effect.
US10115956B2
An electricity storage device includes an electrode assembly, a case, a first terminal, and a second terminal. The electrode assembly includes one or more first electrodes and one or more second electrodes, which are stacked alternately with one or more separators in between. The case accommodates the electrode assembly. The first terminal and the second terminal are located on a wall portion of the case. First tabs and second tabs are provided on ends of the first and second electrodes, respectively. A circuit breaker is arranged between the second terminal and the electrode assembly. A part of the first terminal and the first tabs are arranged along the width direction of the electrode assembly, and the circuit breaker and the second tabs are arranged along the width direction of the electrode assembly.
US10115952B2
The present disclosure provides a porous separator substrate with an inverse opal structure obtained by using an engineering plastic resin with high heat-resistance, and a manufacturing method thereof. In the method, a non-crosslinked polymer resin is used to form an opal structure and a crosslinked polymer resin is penetrated into the opal structure and an organic solvent is used to remove the polymer particles being used to form the opal structure, thereby manufacturing a porous substrate with an inverse opal structure. According to the present disclosure, a separator having good porosity and air permeability can be provided without the problems of heat-resistance decrease, pore closing and thickness decrease.
US10115943B2
The present invention provides a battery packing module that includes: a heat dissipation member having a plurality of insertion cylinders arranged in a lattice type and a through-hole formed between the insertion cylinders in a direction that is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the insertion cylinders, wherein the outer circumferential surfaces of adjacent insertion cylinders are connected to each other; a plurality of cylindrical battery cells inserted into the insertion cylinders and configured to make contact with the inner circumferential surfaces of the insertion cylinders; and packing plates coupled to the upper ends and lower ends of the battery cells, wherein the packing plates have a current flow hole formed therein through which electrodes of the battery cells are exposed and battery mounting recesses formed therein in which the battery cells are mounted.
US10115942B2
A battery system includes a load bearing structure having battery cells, or structures formed by battery cells, and at least one mechanical switch, and an electrical connection coupled with the battery cells of the load bearing structure. A battery has a rate-sensitive component that is configured to deform into a first state to provide a first reaction force under a mechanical loading of a first magnitude. The rate-sensitive component is configured to deform into a second state to provide a second reaction force under a mechanical loading of a second magnitude.
US10115933B2
An energy storage apparatus includes an energy storage device and an adjacent member adjacent to the energy storage device, wherein the energy storage device includes a case body for accommodating an electrode assembly, the case body having a body part including an opening at least a first end of the body part in a first direction, and a lid for closing the opening, the body part has a thick-walled part formed at least one of the first end and a second end of the body part in the first direction and a thin-walled part thinner than the thick-walled part, the adjacent member has a pair of sealing parts disposed at an interval in the first direction, and each of the sealing parts is in contact with the thin-walled part.
US10115931B2
A bonding method of a flexible display module is provided. The bonding method includes: preparing a flexible display panel having a first bonding area; attaching a middle substrate to a surface of the flexible display panel away from the first bonding area; aligning a second bonding area of an integrated drive circuit with the first bonding area; pre-laminating the first bonding area and the second bonding area at a first temperature; stripping the flexible display panel; flattening the flexible display panel; and laminating the first bonding area and the second bonding area at a second temperature to form a flexible display module.
US10115929B2
The present disclosure relates to a package structure of organic light emitting diode (OLED) components. The package structure includes an OLED body and an encapsulation layer having an organic layer, a protecting layer, a blocking layer, and a stressed layer. A first curved-surface area is formed on the organic layer, and the protecting layer, the blocking layer, and the stressed layer are stacked on the organic layer in sequence. The protecting layer, the blocking layer, and the stressed layer are respectively formed with a second curved-surface area. The second curved-surface area is stacked on the first curved-surface area and is overlapped with the first curved-surface area, and the second curved-surface area and the first curved-surface area form a folded area of the encapsulation layer. The present disclosure also relates to one OLED component and a display panel.
US10115927B2
A display substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a base substrate including a plurality of display units, wherein each of the plurality of display units is provided with an anode, an organic light-emitting layer and a cathode, wherein anodes of different display units are separated from each other; a plurality of cathode lines connected to the driving ICs, wherein the cathode lines are arranged between the cathode and the base substrate; an insulating layer arranged between the cathode lines and the cathodes, wherein a plurality of cathode windows corresponding to the cathode lines formed in the insulating layer, wherein at least part of the plurality of cathode windows respectively corresponds to at least two display regions, a cathode at each of the display region is connected to the respective cathode line via the cathode window corresponding to the display region.
US10115926B2
A light-emitting element whose degree of deterioration with driving time is improved and of which emission colors are easily controlled. A light-emitting emitting element having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer containing an organic compound located between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which the layer containing the organic compound at least has, from the second electrode side, a light-emitting layer in which a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer are stacked, and a hole-transporting layer provided in contact with the third layer; the first layer contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound; the second layer contains a third organic compound and a fourth organic compound; and the third layer contains the first organic compound and a fifth organic compound.
US10115921B2
A quantum dot light emitting element includes a substrate, a cathode arranged on the substrate for supplying electrons, an electron injection/electron transport layer, a quantum dot light emitting layer, a hole injection/hole transport layer, and an anode for supplying holes. The cathode and the anode are arranged on the same side of the substrate. The electron injection/electron transport layer, the quantum dot light emitting layer, and the hole injection/hole transport layer are inserted between the cathode and the anode. One side of the electron injection/electron transport layer is connected to the cathode. The electron injection/electron transport layer and hole injection/hole transport layer are used for transmitting the electrons and the holes to the quantum dot light emitting layer, respectively. The electrons and the holes recombine in the quantum dot light emitting layer for emitting light. The electron injection/electron transport layer comprises a water-alcohol soluble conjugated polymer (WACPs).
US10115911B2
Provided are a coating solution for a non-light-emitting organic semiconductor device having high carrier mobility that contains a compound represented by Formula (2) and a solvent having a boiling point of equal to or higher than 100° C., an organic transistor, a compound, an organic semiconductor material for a non-light-emitting organic semiconductor device, a material for an organic transistor, a method for manufacturing an organic transistor, and a method for manufacturing an organic semiconductor film. (In Formula (2), R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, or an alkoxy group and may have a substituent, and an aromatic portion in Formula (2) may be substituted with a halogen atom.)
US10115908B2
Disclosed is an imidazole[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline derivative conforming to the chemical structural formula of: Wherein X and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of Z-substituted aryl ring, Z-substituted heteroaryl ring, unsubstituted aryl ring, or unsubstituted heteroaryl ring, and wherein Z is independently selected from the group consisting of aryl, C1-4 alkoxy, amino, nitro, trifluoromethyl, cyano, halo atom, or C1-24 aliphatic hydrocarbyl. The present invention further discloses a method of preparing the imidazole[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline derivative and the use thereof.
US10115901B2
Provided is a mask assembly, an apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a display apparatus using such mask assembly and apparatus. The mask assembly deposits a deposition material on a first pixel among a plurality of pixels disposed on a device substrate and including the first pixel and a second pixel includes a mask substrate, a molding layer stacked on the mask substrate and including a hole corresponding to a position of the second pixel, a blocking plate detachably mounted in the hole and configured to block the second pixel from the deposition material by covering the second pixel when the blocking plate is detached from the hole.
US10115898B2
A Magnetoresistive Tunnel Junction (MTJ) includes a magnetic reference layer disposed between a first electrode and a resistive layer. The junction also includes a magnetic free layer disposed between the resistive layer and a second electrode. The surface area of the free layer is less than the surface area of the reference layer.
US10115897B1
A resistive memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers. Sidewalls of the electrically conductive layers are laterally recessed relative to sidewalls of the insulating layers to define laterally recessed regions. Discrete clam-shaped barrier material portions are located within the laterally recessed regions. Middle electrodes include a protrusion portion embedded within a respective one of the discrete clam shaped barrier material portions and a vertically-extending portion located outside the laterally recessed regions and having a greater vertical extent than the embedded portion. A resistive memory material layer contacts the vertically-extending portion of each of the middle electrodes. A vertical conductive line contacts the resistive memory material layer.
US10115896B1
A semiconductor device includes a first bottom electrode, a second bottom electrode, a switching layer and a top electrode. The first bottom electrode has two edges opposite to each other, and an upper surface. The second bottom electrode is between the edges of the first bottom electrode and exposed from the upper surface of the first bottom electrode. The switching layer is over the first bottom electrode and the second bottom electrode. The top electrode is over the switching layer.
US10115895B1
Dielectric wall structures are formed through a stack of a doped semiconductor material layer, a planar insulating spacer layer, and a sacrificial matrix layer. Gate electrode rails are formed through the dielectric wall structures and the sacrificial matrix layer. A two-dimensional array of rectangular openings is formed by removing remaining portions of the sacrificial matrix layer. A two-dimensional array of tubular gate electrode portions is formed in the two-dimensional array of rectangular openings. Gate dielectrics are formed on sidewalls of the tubular gate electrode portions. Vertical semiconductor channels are formed within each of the gate dielectrics by deposition of a semiconductor material. A two-dimensional array of vertical field effect transistors including surround gates is formed, which may be employed as access transistors of a three-dimensional memory device.
US10115887B2
An aspect of the present invention relates to ferroelectric ceramics including a stacked film formed on a Si substrate, a Pt film formed on the stacked film, a SrTiO3 film formed on the Pt film, and a PZT film formed on the SrTiO3, wherein the stacked film is formed by repeating sequentially N times a first ZrO2 film and a Y2O3 film, and a second ZrO2 film is formed on the film formed repeatedly N times, the N being an integer of 1 or more. It is preferable that a ratio of Y/(Zr+Y) of the stacked film is 30% or less.
US10115884B2
A flexible display, including: a flexible display panel; an electroactive polymer layer disposed on a side of the flexible display panel that faces away from a displaying surface of the flexible display panel; and a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer which are disposed on the electroactive polymer layer. The electroactive polymer layer is capable of deforming according to the voltage applied across the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer.
US10115876B2
A light emitting device mount includes a positive lead terminal, and a negative lead terminal. Each of the positive and negative lead terminal includes a first main surface, a second main surface, and an end surface. The end surface is provided between the first main surface and the second main surface. The end surface includes a first recessed surface area and a second recessed surface area. The first recessed surface area is extending from a first point of the first main surface in cross section. The second recessed surface area is extending from a second point of the second main surface in cross section. The first and second recessed surface areas define a protruding portion protruding outwardly.
US10115857B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor element is provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor wafer including a substrate and a semiconductor structure on the substrate, forming a cleavage starting portion in the semiconductor wafer, and dividing the semiconductor wafer into a plurality of semiconductor elements by transferring a pressing member on the semiconductor wafer in a state where the pressing member is pressed against the semiconductor wafer to separate the semiconductor wafer at the cleavage starting portion. The pressing member includes a tip portion to be pressed on the semiconductor wafer, and the tip portion has a spherical surface.
US10115851B2
Solar cell (11; 21; 31) having a dielectric coating arranged on a back side of the solar cell (11; 21; 31) which is at least partly covered by at least one planar contact (12; 22; 32), a boundary line (14; 24; 34) of the at least one planar contact (12; 22; 32) having at least one recess (16a, 16b; 26a, 26b, 26c), and method for producing same.
US10115848B2
A method of transferring a thin film includes: providing a first element structure, wherein the first element structure includes a first substrate and a functional film layer formed on the first substrate; completely removing the first substrate, wherein steps of the completely removing the first substrate includes: conducting an etching step to erode the first substrate, and conducting a grinding step to planarize the eroded first substrate; and after completely removing the first substrate, attaching the functional film layer on a second substrate to form a second element structure.
US10115839B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a solar module. The solar module includes a front-side cover, a back-side cover, and a plurality of solar cells situated between the front- and back-side covers. A respective solar cell includes a multi-layer semiconductor structure, a front-side electrode situated above the multi-layer semiconductor structure, and a back-side electrode situated below the multi-layer semiconductor structure. Each of the front-side and the back-side electrodes comprises a metal grid. A respective metal grid comprises a plurality of finger lines and a single busbar coupled to the finger lines. The single busbar is configured to collect current from the finger lines.
US10115838B2
One embodiment can provide a current-collecting mechanism of a photovoltaic structure. The current-collecting mechanism can include a top metallic grid positioned on a top surface of the photovoltaic structure and a bottom metallic grid positioned on the bottom surface of the photovoltaic structure. The top metallic grid can include a top busbar positioned near an edge of the photovoltaic structure, and the bottom metallic grid can include a bottom busbar positioned near an opposite edge. The top busbar and the bottom busbar can have complementary topology profiles such that, when the edge of the photovoltaic structure overlaps with an opposite edge of an adjacent photovoltaic structure, the top busbar of the photovoltaic structure and the bottom busbar of the adjacent photovoltaic structure interlock with each other.
