US10119265B2
A building frame connector for connecting beams to columns to create a building frame. The building frame connector includes a pin member and plurality of fins mounted on said pin member for rotation relative to said pin. The pin may be in alignment with the column, and the fins allow connection of the beams to the columns. The fins may be disposed to rotate relative to said pin member about a longitudinal axis of the pin. In one embodiment the pin member may have an outer diameter and the fins have a collar with an inner diameter is greater than said outer diameter of said pin allowing for the collars to rotate about the pin member. The present building frame connector may also include at least one coupling member coupled to the pin member, wherein the coupling member facilitates the connection of the building frame connector to a building column.
US10119260B2
A discharge valve apparatus attached to a reservoir tank in a reservoir tank apparatus for storing flush water. The discharge valve apparatus includes a valve body, attached to the top of a discharge opening provided in the bottom surface of a reservoir tank, for opening and closing the discharge opening by up and down movement thereof, a float, attached to the valve body, which drops in tandem with the drop in water level inside the flush water tank; and a variable drop start timing mechanism to make a drop start timing of the valve body variable.
US10119254B2
A treatment device for a drain is presented to reduce at least one of odor, insect, uric acid, and grease and oil problems. The treatment comprises a dispenser that is configured to couple a stem from a drain extending into a drain pipe. At least a portion of the dispenser is composed of the active agent and thereby dispenses the active agent. The active agent includes at least one of an insecticide, a deodorant, uric acid-consuming bacteria, and an enzyme that digests grease and oil. Thus, problems associated with drains are substantially reduced using the treatment device.
US10119253B2
Improved fluid supply assemblies for fluid systems are provided. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for improved fluid supply assemblies and related features, systems and methods of use. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for advantageous faucet assemblies (e.g., electrically or mechanically actuated faucet assemblies) having an integrated anti-scald device and having an integrated temperature mixing valve. The present disclosure provides for a faucet assembly having an integrated temperature mixing valve, and/or having an integrated anti-scald device configured to stop the inlet flow of hot water in the event the mixed outlet water temperature exceeds a user-selected set point. Advantageous faucet assemblies of the present disclosure can prevent scalding as defined by ASSE 1070. Improved, convenient and effective systems and methods for utilizing improved faucet assemblies in fluid systems are provided.
US10119247B2
A working machine comprising: a base assembly including a ground engaging structure; an undercarriage connected to the ground engaging structure; a superstructure connected to the undercarriage; a working arm mounted to the superstructure; a connector connecting the undercarriage to the superstructure; and a drive arrangement located in the base assembly for moving the ground engaging structure to propel, in use, the working machine.
US10119245B2
Vacuum units and vacuum trucks, for example, for excavating material, for instance, around buried utility lines. Multiple embodiments include an air and water nozzle that provides air and water to break up material (e.g., earth) that is picked up by a vacuum system. Various embodiments include a vacuum system, a compressed air system, a water system, and an air and water nozzle configured to be hand guided by an operator while excavating the material. In a number of embodiments, the air and water nozzle can include a body that is hand held by the operator while excavating the material, an air passageway through the body, a water passageway through the body, an air valve, a water valve, an air control that opens and closes the air valve, and a water control that opens and closes the water valve.
US10119243B2
A grading implement features a frame with at least one movable section carried by a main frame section. Each movable section is movable relative thereto between a storage position and a working position reaching further laterally outward from the main section to increase a working width of the implement. An underside of each movable section features a respective blade adjustably mounted thereto for selective adjustment between different relative blade positions relative to the movable section. One embodiment features outboard blades on two movable sections, inboard blades on another two movable sections, and a rear blade mounted centrally on the main section behind the inboard and outboard blades. A dust suppression system features spray nozzles distributed across the main frame section behind the blades, and storage tanks mounted atop the main section so that weight of the dust suppression agent provides extra downforce to the blades.
US10119237B2
Provided is a fixation device having a shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis with a first cutter at a first, distal end; a guide body on the shaft shaped to taper outwardly towards the first end of the shaft; an elongate sleeve disposed surroundingly about the shaft; and a flareable end formation at a first, distal end of the elongate sleeve. The guide body and the flareable end formation urge the sleeve towards the first end over the guide body and flare the end formation outward from the shaft. A tensioning mechanism forms part of the fixation device and is associated with a second end of the sleeve and operable selectively to urge the shaft relative to the sleeve back towards the second end. An associated method of installing a fixation device into a substrate is also described.
US10119235B2
The invention relates to a pondage device (1) including a dam (2) and an improvement (3), arranged downstream from said dam, referred to as a “downstream improvement”. Said device is characterized in that it includes at least one flexible cylinder (4) positioned between said dam (2) and said improvement (3), and in that said flexible cylinder (4) includes a chamber (41) inside of which water is stored, said chamber being at least partially defined by a deformable membrane (40), said chamber (41) being kept under pressure by pressurization means (5).
US10119234B1
A process for installing a modular retaining wall is illustrated and described having open or closed polygonal modules with channels disposed therein. The wall is set at least partially below a surface, the surface either being land-based or aqueous-based, and interfaces therebetween, e.g., shoreline. The modules of the wall are fastened to each other by respective fastening mating fasteners. The retaining wall is installed by a process employing a fluid-assisted internal mandrel.
US10119230B2
The invention relates to a security barrier apparatus 10, 70, 100 comprising a support 12 having at least three upright posts 14, 16, 18, 72 thereon. Two of the posts 14, 18 being fixed to the support 12 and at least one post 16, 72 being translatably movable relative to the two fixed posts 14, 18. The two fixed posts 14, 18 being spaced apart from one another and comprise a first plane 19 therebetween. The movable post 16, 72 being mounted to a slide device 24 of the support 12 for providing said translatable movement. The slide device 24 to operate the apparatus 10, 70 between an open position and a closed position such that in the closed position the movable post 16, 72 is between the fixed posts 14, 18 for inhibiting the passage of a vehicle, and in the open position the movable post 16, 72 is out of alignment with the first plane 19 and adjacent to one of the fixed posts 14, 18 for allowing the passage of a vehicle therebetween.
US10119224B2
A method for manufacturing an imitation leather banded structure with noctilucence. The method has following steps: (1) providing an object with a surface; (2) coating a primer layer on the surface; (3) coating a shielding layer and a colored layer sequentially on the primer layer via a color printing mode; (4) coating a predetermined pattern on the colored layer; and (5) covering a transparent ink layer, and performing an imitation leather printing via a UV mask.
US10119223B2
Disclosed are tufted carpet structures, including synthetic turf structures, such as synthetic grass structures, that include a polyurethane backing coating formed from a polyether carbonate polyol.
US10119220B2
A laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a receiving unit for providing a laundry receiving space, an introduction port for allowing the receiving unit to communicate with the outside of the laundry treatment apparatus, a door for opening and closing the introduction port, an actuation unit provided at the door such that the actuation unit reciprocates between a first position and a second position, and a fixing unit for fixing the door to the introduction port using an attractive force when the actuation unit is positioned at the first position and for separating the door from the introduction port when the actuation unit is positioned at the second position.
US10119219B2
A laundry treating apparatus comprises a cabinet forming a profile, provided with a laundry opening; a door having an inner frame arranged toward the laundry opening and an outer frame coupled to the inner frame and arranged toward the outside of the cabinet, and opening and closing the laundry opening; a hinge part having a first pivot rotating the door along a first rotational direction and a second pivot rotating the door along a second rotational direction different from the first rotational direction; a pivot switching member movable to rotatably fix the door to any one of the first pivot and the second pivot; and a pressing piece provided in the door and pressed by a user to move the pivot switching member, wherein the pressing piece includes a pressing point pressed by the user, and the pressing point is provided at an upper end of the pressing piece.
US10119218B2
A washing machine includes a door and an auxiliary washing unit that may be readily fastened to each other by a locking unit for fastening the door and the auxiliary washing unit. The washing machine includes a main body in which an opening is formed, a door that opens and closes the opening, an auxiliary washing unit that is provided on an inner side of the door to form an auxiliary washing space, and a locking unit that locks the door and the auxiliary washing unit. Here, the locking unit may perform linear motion in one direction to lock or unlock the door and the auxiliary washing unit.
US10119210B1
A textile machine adjustment method is provided. An operating speed of a textile machine within an operating range is set by a processor according to the basic information of the fabric. A motion image of the fabric and the vibration characteristics of the yarns are recorded by a video camera. The operating speed of the textile machine is adjusted at least once, and the vibration characteristics of the yarns is analyzed after each adjustment of the operating speed. Multiple correlation factor functions and the relative weights of the multiple factors related to the operating speed of the textile machine are recorded. The relative weights of the multiple factors are adjusted according to a yield quality of the fabric. When an expected value is met, the fabric continues to be produced at the current operating speed; otherwise, the relative weights of multiple factors are adjusted to correct the operating speed.
US10119208B2
A method for making a textile sensor and a textile sensor can include selecting a combination of variables from the group consisting of yarn variables, stitch variables, and textile variables; and knitting an electrically conductive yarn in the textile sensor in accordance with the selected combination of variables, wherein the combination of variables is selected so as to provide a controlled amount of contact resistance in the textile sensor. The method and textile can further include a capacitive textile-sensor having at least two integrally knit capacitor plate elements and having a configuration adapted for a sensing activity. Resistance in the textile sensor can automatically calibrate to a stable baseline level after the textile sensor is applied to a body.
US10119202B2
The presently disclosed subject matter provides a scalable and electrostretching approach for generating microfibers exhibiting uniaxial alignment from polymer solutions. Such microfibers can be generated from a variety of natural polymers or synthetic polymers. The hydrogel microfibers can be used for controlled release of bioactive agents. The internal uniaxial alignment exhibited by the presently disclosed fibers provides improved mechanical properties to microfibers, contact guidance cues and induces alignment for cells seeded on or within the microfibers.
US10119192B2
Embodiments described herein relate to a base ring assembly for use in a substrate processing chamber. In one embodiment, the base ring assembly comprises a ring body sized to be received within an inner circumference of the substrate processing chamber, the ring body comprising a loading port for passage of the substrate, a gas inlet, and a gas outlet, wherein the gas inlet and the gas outlet are disposed at opposing ends of the ring body, and an upper ring configured to dispose on a top surface of the ring body, and a lower ring configured to dispose on a bottom surface of the ring body, wherein the upper ring, the lower ring, and the ring body, once assembled, are generally concentric or coaxial.
US10119191B2
Porous diffuser assemblies including multiple diffuser elements. The porous diffuser assemblies include a diffuser body, a diffuser base coupled to the diffuser body and forming a plenum there between, the diffuser base including a plurality of openings formed therein, and a porous diffuser element disposed in each of the plurality of openings wherein surfaces of the porous diffuser elements are exposed to the plenum. Gas purged chambers and methods of purging a chamber are disclosed, as are numerous other aspects.
US10119187B2
The present invention provides a deformed part created by forming a coated metal sheet into a part, the coated metal sheet comprising a steel substrate, at least one face of which is coated with a metal coating deposited by dipping the substrate in a bath, said coating comprising between 0.2 and 0.7% by weight of Al, the remainder of the metal coating being Zn and inevitable impurities, wherein an outer surface of a metal coating of the deformed part has a waviness Wa0.8 of less than or equal to 0.43 μm.
US10119184B2
High strength forged aluminum alloys and methods for producing the same are disclosed. The forged aluminum alloy products may have grains having a high aspect ratio in at least two planes, generally the L-ST and the LT-ST planes. The forged aluminum alloy products may also have a high amount of texture. The forged products may realize increased strength relative to conventionally prepared forged products of comparable product form, composition and temper.
US10119183B2
New magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies and methods of producing the same are disclosed. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies generally include 3.0-6.0 wt. % magnesium and 2.5-5.0 wt. % zinc, where at least one of the magnesium and the zinc is the predominate alloying element of the aluminum alloy bodies other than aluminum, and wherein (wt. % Mg)/(wt. % Zn) is from 0.6 to 2.40, and may be produced by preparing the aluminum alloy body for post-solutionizing cold work, cold working by at least 25%, and then thermally treating. The new magnesium-zinc aluminum alloy bodies may realize improved strength and other properties.
US10119182B2
The present invention relates to an Ni-based superalloy for hot forging, containing, in terms of % by mass, C: more than 0.001% and less than 0.100%, Cr: 11% or more and less than 19%, Co: more than 5% and less than 25%, Fe: 0.1% or more and less than 4.0%, Mo: more than 2.0% and less than 5.0%, W: more than 1.0% and less than 5.0%, Nb: 2.0% or more and less than 4.0%, Al: more than 3.0% and less than 5.0%, and Ti: more than 1.0% and less than 3.0%, with the balance being unavoidable impurities and Ni, in which the component composition satisfies the following two relationships: 3.5≤([Ti]+[Nb])/[Al]×10<6.5 and 9.5≤[Al]+[Ti]+[Nb]<13.0.
US10119176B2
A shape memory alloy including a Ni—Ti based alloy is superelastic at temperatures of about −40° C. to about 60° C. after being exposed to temperatures of about −55° C. to about 85° C. A method of forming a memory shape alloy may include preparing a rod comprising a Ni—Ti alloy, drawing a wire from the rod, and treating the wire at a temperature of about 500° C. to about 550° C. for about less than 1 minute.
US10119174B2
Provided are a hot work tool material having an annealed structure effective for producing a finer quenched and tempered structure when made into a hot work tool, and a method for manufacturing a hot work tool. A hot work tool material which has an annealed structure and which is used upon being quenched and tempered, wherein the hot work tool material has a composition that can be adjusted to a martensite structure by the aforementioned quenching, and ferrite grains in a cross-section of the annealed structure of the hot work tool material have, in an oversize cumulative distribution based on the cross-sectional area of the ferrite grains, a grain diameter distribution such that the grain diameter is 25 μm or less as a circle equivalent diameter when the cumulative cross-sectional area is 90% of the total cross-sectional area. In addition, a method for manufacturing a hot work tool in which quenching and tempering is performed on the aforementioned hot work tool material.
US10119171B2
The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis, relapse or recurrence in prostate cancer which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis, relapse or recurrence in prostate cancer, as well as to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the c-MAF expression level. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic target for treating the prostate cancer.
US10119169B2
Methods for diagnosing and treating Müllerian Adenosarcoma that include detecting the presence of one or more of a mutation in an ATRX gene, and/or a Copy Number Variation (CNV) in a MYBL1, MDM2, HMGA2, and/or CDK4 gene.
US10119154B2
The present disclosure provides methods for identifying anthocyanins with improved stability, color, or hue using a screening method, and producing anthocyanins with improved stability, color, or hue in, for example, host cells comprising one or more heterologous glycosyltransferase nucleic acid molecules and one or more heterologous acyltransferase nucleic acid molecules.
US10119151B2
Systems and methods for manipulating molecular material are provided. In one aspect, for example, a method for manipulating molecular material may include positioning an uncharged needle structure in electrical proximity with a charged molecular material at a first locus in a liquid environment, charging the needle structure such that at least a portion of the charged molecular material becomes associated with the needle structure, moving the needle structure and the first locus relative to one another, and discharging the needle structure to disassociate the charged molecular material at a second locus.
US10119142B2
An siRNA for specifically targeting a PMP22 mutant gene and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating Charcot Marie Tooth disease, which includes the same, are provided. According to the present invention, it is confirmed that selective suppression of a PMP22 mutant allele by a non-viral delivery system of siRNA may improve demyelinating neuropathic symptoms of CMT in vivo, enhance a motor ability and increase a volume of muscle. Therefore, the siRNA may be used in a useful method for treating various dominantly inherited peripheral neuropathies including CMT.
US10119141B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include methods and compositions for the renewal of cardiomyocytes by targeting the Hippo pathway. In particular embodiments, an individual with a need for cardiomyocyte renewal is provided an effective amount of a shRNA molecule that targets the Sav1 gene. Particular shRNA sequences are disclosed.
US10119140B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating and diagnosing muscular dystrophy. In some examples, the methods include treating muscular dystrophy by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that alters the expression of at least one miR gene product, such as miRNA-124 and/or miRNA-29 thereby treating muscular dystrophy. In one particular example, the method of treatment includes administering an agent that decreases the expression or activity of miRNA-124. In another embodiment, the method of treatment includes administering a composition that includes one or more agents to decrease the expression and/or activity of miRNA-124 and one or more agents to alter the activity of miRNA-29 (increase or decrease). Also disclosed are methods of enhancing muscle regeneration, repair, or maintenance in a subject and methods of enhancing α7β1 integrin expression. Methods of prospectively preventing or reducing muscle injury or damage in a subject are also disclosed.
US10119134B2
Provided herein are methods and composition for immune repertoire sequencing and single cell barcoding. In some aspects, such methods may comprise steps of: (a) forming a plurality of vessels each comprising a first cell cDNA of a first cell polynucleotide from a single cell and a second cell cDNA of a second cell polynucleotide from the single cell; (b) extending the first cell cDNA that is hybridized to a barcoded polynucleotide comprising a primer binding site sequence and a barcode sequence and a cDNA annealing sequence, or an amplicon thereof; and extending the second cell cDNA that is hybridized to a barcoded polynucleotide comprising a primer binding site sequence and the barcode sequence and a cDNA annealing sequence, or an amplicon thereof; and (c) amplifying the extended first cell cDNA and the extended second cell cDNA with a primer set.
US10119131B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a drug product comprising a combination of highly purified collagenase I and collagenase II from Clostridium histolyticum. The method utilizes an improved medium for the cultivation of Clostridium histolyticum which includes a non-meat-derived (i.e., non-mammalian) peptone or vegetable peptone. The method includes one or more of: (1) reducing glucose content in the meat-free or vegetable-derived media; and (2) increasing the salt concentration in the meat-free or vegetable-derived media. Also provided is a drug product which includes collagenase I and collagenase II at an optimized fixed mass ratio, and which has a purity of greater than at least 95%.
US10119128B2
The present invention relates to lipase variants and methods of obtaining them. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US10119119B2
A highly tunable bioscaffold is provided, as well as a method of manufacture of the bioscaffold and methods of use of the bioscaffold, for example for drug testing, cell propagation and for optimizing growth of a cell type, for example corneal endothelial cells.
US10119118B2
The invention describes improved methods and compositions for producing a recombinant protein, e.g., an antibody, in mammalian cell culture. In addition, the invention provides improved cell culture media, including improved production media, feed solutions, and combination feeds, which may be used to improve protein productivity in mammalian cell culture.
US10119114B2
A cartridge that can be positioned inside an air collection component and receive a component for recovering nucleic acids is described, the cartridge being substantially cylindrical and containing a microorganism retaining zone, the retaining zone containing a microorganism lysis mechanism. Also described is a device for collecting microorganisms contained in the air and a device for microorganism lysis.
US10119112B2
The present invention relates to a unit (1) comprising a microsystem (150) and at least one set of interface connections (16) for the microsystem (150); the microsystem (150) comprising a bottom plate (152) bearing the impression of at least one microstructured dynamic cell culture chamber (15), and a top plate (151), characterized in that the at least one microstructured chamber (15) is fluidically connected at inlet and/or at outlet by a set of connections (16) inserted removably into a hole in the upper plate (151). The present invention also relates to a dynamic cell culture system to this effect.
US10119110B2
The present invention relates to devices and bioreactors capable of delivering oxygen to a cell culture using oxygen-carrying molecules. The bioreactor comprises at least two chambers separated by an oxygen-permeable membrane. The oxygen-carrying molecules are chosen from extracellular hemoglobin isolated from worm belonging to Arenicoliolae family or Nereidiolae family.
US10119109B2
An improved tissue engineering bioreactor and testing platform has been designed that integrates multiple testing and stimulation capabilities. The system allows for growth of multiple tissue strips in parallel with mechanical and electrical stimulation, media perfusion, and the automated monitoring of contractile force and extracellular electrical activity. The system is designed to be low-cost and scalable, to provide for high-content, biofidelic, non-destructive testing of engineered muscle tissue performance that is conventionally measured using muscle-bath systems.
US10119108B2
A manufacturing assembly has at least a sterilizable chamber containing at least one of a three-dimensional printing device (additive manufacturing), a Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) finishing head (subtractive manufacturing), a vacuum-forming unit, an injection-molding unit, a laser-cutting unit, a ultrasonic-welding unit, a robotic arman analysis device, a sampling device or a combination thereof. A plurality of individual sterilizable chambers may be aseptically connected into a network of sterilizable chambers that provides additional functionality for the manufacturing assembly. A sterilizable printer assembly may include at least one printing head, a printing platform, and a driving mechanism adapted to perform a movement of the at least one printing head relative to the printing platform along three degrees of freedom; a printer housing enclosing the printer assembly in a sterile manner, at least one aseptic connector fluidly connected to a corresponding one of the at least one printing head.
US10119095B2
A method for processing algae-based products using flue gas heat includes mixing flue gas with water, receiving a heated gas in a first enclosure of a heat exchanger, receiving an algal paste in a second enclosure of the heat exchanger, introducing an organic solvent to the algal paste, extracting an algal oil and a plurality of algal shells from the algal paste by dissipating heat from the first enclosure to the second enclosure; and extracting the algal oil from the organic solvent and the algal shells.
US10119089B2
A continuous process and apparatus for treating dried coal and coal char to promote passivation of the reactive carbon particles by forming a protective oxide coating and simultaneously adding moisture to rehydrate said particles. The passivation process is conducted in a novel apparatus providing for the staged control of the reaction temperature and the staged introduction of both oxygen and moisture. The fluidized bed apparatus has internal in-bed cooling means embedded within the fluidized coal or coal char particles so as to remove the heat energy as it is released by virtue of the exothermic passivation reactions.
US10119086B2
A system includes a water knock-out tank that receives a fluid material. Water from the fluid material settles on the bottom of the water knock-out tank. The system includes a mixing pipe that mixes a glycol with the fluid material transferred from the water knock-out tank and a first heat exchanger that cools the mixed fluid material and glycol. The system includes a gas-liquid separator that separates gaseous components and liquid components of the mixed fluid material and cooled glycol and a liquid-liquid separator that separates the liquid components of the mixed fluid material and cooled glycol by density. The system includes a fractional distillation column that heats a first liquid from the liquid-liquid separator. Heating the first liquid from the liquid-liquid separator gasifies a first portion of the first liquid. A second portion of the first liquid from the liquid-liquid separator remains liquid and is natural gas liquids.
US10119085B2
The present invention relates to novel quaternized nitrogen compounds, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as a fuel and lubricant additive, more particularly as a detergent additive; to additive packages which comprise these compounds; and to fuels and lubricants thus additized. The present invention further relates to the use of these quaternized nitrogen compounds as a fuel additive for reducing or preventing deposits in the injection systems of direct-injection diesel engines, especially in common-rail injection systems, for reducing the fuel consumption of direct-injection diesel engines, especially of diesel engines with common-rail injection systems, and for minimizing power loss in direct-injection diesel engines, especially in diesel engines with common-rail injection systems.
US10119074B2
A liquid crystal composition includes a compound having a structure represented by formula A-1: wherein RA1 is an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, or a hydrogen atom, RA2 is an alkyl group, a cyano group, a halogen atom, or a hydrogen atom, ZA is *—O—*, *—COO—*, *—OCO—*, *—CF2O—*, *—OCF2—*, *—CH2O—*, *—OCH2—*, *—SCH2—*, *—CH2S—*, *—C2F4—*, *—CH2CF2—*, *—CF2CH2—*, *—(CH2)k—*, *—CH═CH—*, *—CF═CF—*, *—CH═CF—*, *—CF═CH—*, *—C≡C—*, *—CH═CHCH2O—*, or a single bond, X is a halogen atom, each of l1 and l2 is independently an integer of 0 to 2, and when l1 is 2 and ZA in a repeating unit defined by l1 are the same or different, wherein k is an integer of 1 to 5 and “*” indicates a point of attachment.
US10119045B2
The present invention provides an electroconductive paste which is excellent in a stability upon storage for a long period and in an anti-migration property, and capable of forming electrodes, wirings and sheets having a low resistance, an extensibility and a repetitive stretchability.An electroconductive silver paste, characterized in that, it contains a silver powder (A) and a rubber (B) containing a nitrile group, that a ratio by weight of (A)/(B) is within a range of from 77/23 to 90/10, that the silver powder (A) is an amorphous aggregated powder and/or a flaky powder, and that a content of an alkali metal in the nitrile group-containing rubber (B) is 4,000 ppm or less.
US10119043B2
An aqueous inkjet ink contains: a) a color pigment; b) an alkoxylated fluorosurfactant; and c) an ethoxylated oligomer having a molecular weight smaller than 400; and has a static surface tension at 25° C. of no more than 28 mN·m;and a viscosity between 5 and 12 mPa·s at 32° C. at a shear rate of 1,000 s−1.
US10119040B2
The present invention relates to a deep base or accent coating composition comprising an acrylic based binder and a Zn++ additive. The composition of the present invention resists water staining better than comparable formulations that do not contain the additive.
US10119039B2
The present invention relates the use of a 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)benzotriazole compound of the formula R(QUV)n as an UV absorbing agent in coatings.
US10119036B2
The present invention provides a process for the formation of a coating comprising peroxynanoparticles of metals selected from the group consisting of: Ga, Ge, As, Se, In, Sn, Sb, Te, Tl, Pb and Bi on a solid substrate, comprising providing a basic solution containing at least a first metal selected from said group and hydrogen peroxide, and contacting said solution with a solid substrate having oxygen-containing chemically reactive groups on its surface.
US10119035B2
A monolithic, self-stratifying polymer coating, comprising: inner and outer-most surfaces on opposite sides of the coating, the inner surface being in contact with and adhered to an article; a surface region, extending from the outermost surface to a depth of about 2 nm from the outermost surface; a middle region, extending from a depth of about 2 nm from the outermost surface to a depth of less than about 2000 nm from the outermost surface; and a bulk region, extending from a depth of less than about 2000 nm from the outermost surface to the inner surface; wherein the surface region comprises a fluorous polyoxetane having the formula: (I) wherein n is an integer of 0-1 1, and m is an integer>0, in a greater concentration relative to the middle and bulk regions; wherein the middle region comprises 3F-SiO1.5 groups in a greater concentration relative to the surface and bulk regions; and wherein the bulk region comprises a polyurethane in a greater concentration relative to the surface and middle regions.
US10119032B2
A process for the preparation of a mineral filler product is disclosed, the process comprising a step of wet grinding a calcium carbonate-containing material in a mixture obtained by contacting the calcium carbonate-containing material with at least one grinding agent selected from specific styrene-maleic anhydride co-polymers and/or specific derivatives of styrene-maleic anhydride co-polymers.
US10119031B2
The present invention relates to a method for recycling scrap rubber comprising the steps of pyrolyzing scrap rubber to obtain a char material and milling the thus obtained char material. The present invention also relates to carbon black powders and carbon black pellets obtained by the method according to the invention. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of said carbon black powder and to compositions comprising said carbon black powders.
US10119027B2
Disclosed herein are compositions that include at least about 75 weight percent (wt %) alkylated lignin based on the total weight of the composition without any solvent(s). The material having a tensile strength of at least about 35 MPa, an elongation-to-break of at least about 1.5%, or both. Articles including such materials and methods of forming the same are also disclosed.
US10119026B2
The present invention relates to a method of improving the incorporation of recycled bituminous products by using at least one surfactant as an alternative to the known rejuvenating oils, for the preparation of asphalt mixes containing recycled bituminous products. The use of such alternative surfactant(s) results in better mechanical properties of the asphalt mix, while using smaller amounts of fresh bitumen and greater amounts of recycled bituminous products.
US10119024B2
Disclosed is a resin composition including at least a polyamide (A) and a polyrotaxane (B) whose cyclic molecule is modified with a graft chain, which are mixed together, wherein 80 parts by weight or more and 99.9 parts by weight or less of the polyamide (A) and 0.1 part by weight or more and 20 parts by weight or less of the polyrotaxane (B) are mixed together relative to 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the polyamide (A) and the polyrotaxane (B). To provide a resin composition capable of affording a molded article having excellent balance between rigidity and toughness.
US10119023B2
Polymer composition (C) comprising a poly(aryl ether ketone) (P1) chosen from polyetheretherketones, polyetherketoneketones and polyetheretherketone-polyetherketoneketone copolymers, a polyphenylsulfone (P2), and a reinforcing fiber (F), with the exception of a polymer composition consisting of 90 wt %, based on the total weight of the polymer composition, of a polymer blend consisting of 85 parts by weight of a polyphenylsulfone and 15 parts by weight of a polyetheretherketone, and 10 wt %, based on the total weight of the polymer composition, of glass fiber.
US10119016B2
This invention relates to heterophasic copolymers of propylene and an alpha olefin comonomer having a high fill phase content (≥15%), and heterophasic polymerization processes using a single site catalyst system with a support having high average particle size (PS≥30 μm), high surface area (SA≥400 m2/g), low pore volume (PV≤2 mL/g), and a mean pore diameter range of 1≤PD≤20 nm.
US10119004B2
A method of producing a foam is disclosed. The method includes providing an epoxy-containing compound, a cationic catalyst, an optional blowing agent, and at least one additive. The method further includes combining the epoxy-containing compound with the cationic catalyst, the optional blowing agent, and the at least one additive, wherein the epoxy-containing compound and the cationic catalyst react to polymerize the epoxy-containing compound to provide the foam having a density from about 0.3 lbs/ft3 to about 5.0 lbs/ft3 as measured by ASTM D1622. Further disclosed are the foam and a method for installing the foam.
US10119000B2
Our invention is a laminate film comprising a water-soluble resin layer and a polylactic acid-based resin layer laminated on at least one side of a substrate film, the water-soluble resin layer has a thickness of 0.1 to 15 μm, the polylactic acid-based resin layer has a thickness of 10 to 500 nm. Such a configuration provides a laminate film of which the water-soluble resin layer and the polylactic acid-based resin layer are easily separated from the substrate film and which is excellent in coating ability, adherence and followability to a soft and curved adherend, as well as compatibility to skin and organs such as viscera, so as to be suitable for wound dressing, adhesion prevention material and a skin external agent such as skin-care product.
US10118997B2
The present invention relates to a powder of polyamide PA (homopolyamide or copolyamide) derived at least partially from renewable materials, in which the particles have a nonspherical shape and a volume median diameter of less than or equal to 20 μm. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing such a powder.
US10118996B2
A polyrotaxane containing an affinity binding group has been designed and prepared. The polyrotaxane of the invention can be used for characterization and determination of the three-dimensional structures of biological molecules, such as proteins.
US10118993B2
In some embodiments, a product, such as a thermoset, has a polyhexahydrotriazine and a self-polymerized cross-linkable polymer. In some embodiments, a product is the reaction product of a diamine, an aldehyde, and a compound having an α,β-unsaturated electron withdrawing moiety.
US10118984B2
A silylated polyurethane obtainable by a process comprising the following steps: (a) reacting at least one polyol with at least one triisocyanate to form a hydroxyl-terminated polyurethane prepolymer, and (b) reacting said polyurethane prepolymer with at least one isocyanatosilane of the formula (1): OCN—R—Si—(X)m(R1)3−m, wherein m is 0, 1 or 2, each R1 is independently from each other a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an acyloxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or —OCH(R2)COOR3, wherein R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R3 is a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, each X is independently from each other and optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, which can be interrupted by at least one heteroatom, and R is a difunctional organic group, to endcap the hydroxyl groups on said prepolymer with said isocyanatosilane. The silylated polyurethanes are suitable for use in a preparation as an adhesive, sealant, or coating agent.
US10118968B2
The present invention relates to novel antibodies, particularly antibodies directed against deletion mutants of epidermal growth factor receptor and particularly to the type III deletion mutant, EGFRvIII. The invention also relates to human monoclonal antibodies directed against deletion mutants of epidermal growth factor receptor and particularly to EGFRvIII. Diagnostic and therapeutic formulations of such antibodies, and immunoconjugates thereof, are also provided.
US10118966B2
The present invention provides a method for producing an anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody and the applications thereof. The method comprises the steps of: designing and synthesizing the light chain and heavy chain according to the codons preferred by Chinese hamster, transfecting GS knockout host cells CHO-CR-GS−/−, culturing cells using serum-free technology, isolating and purifying the antibody, and obtaining the low immunogenicity CMAB009 antibody.
US10118963B2
There is disclosed anti-PD-L1 IgG class antibodies that have an improved ability to be manufactured at higher yields. More specifically, there is disclosed human antibodies that bind PD-L1, PD-L1-binding fragments that can be manufactured at higher yields.
US10118959B2
An anti-glypican-3 antibody comprising one or more amino acid substitutions introduced in the Fc region is disclosed. Preferably, in the anti-glypican-3 antibody, one or more of the amino acid residues at the positions 239, 298, 326, 330 and 332 in the Fc region are substituted with other amino acid residues. Since the Fc-modified anti-glypican-3 antibody of the invention exhibit enhanced ADCC activity, it is useful in treating cancers, such as hepatic cancer. Also disclosed are an anticancer agent comprising the anti-glypican-3 antibody of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as a method of treating a patient with cancer comprising administering to the patient the anticancer agent of the invention.
US10118955B2
C-Terminal Fragments of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP 1), and methods of use thereof, e.g., for the treatment of obesity and obesity-related disorders, e.g., diabetes and the metabolic syndrome.
US10118951B2
The present invention relates to polymerized recombinant proteins, to recombinant nucleic acids coding for the polymerized recombinant proteins, to expression cassettes comprising the recombinant nucleic acids, to host cells transformed by the expression cassettes and to a method for multimerizing a recombinant protein. The polymerized proteins of the invention may be used in pharmaceutical or immunogenic compositions. In particular, the recombinant proteins may be antigens, antibodies or scaffolds. In particular, the polymerized recombinant protein may be an influenza haemagglutinin.
US10118945B2
Modified fungal strains having deleted gene clusters are provided. The modified fungal strains include A. nidulans. The deleted gene clusters are selected from the group of gene clusters responsible for the biosynthesis of sterigmatocystin, emericellamides, asperfuranone, monodictyphenone, terrequinone, F9775A, F9775B, asperthecin, and both portions of the split cluster that makes austinol and dehydroaustinol. Methods for making compounds by culturing the fungus in a growth media and separating the compound from the fungus and/or separating the compound from the growth media are included, as are the compounds and compositions comprising them.
US10118925B2
Imidazo[4,5-c] ring compounds, (particularly imidzao[4,5-c]quinolines, 6,7,8,9-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-c]quinolines, imidazo[4,5-c]naphthyridines, and 6,7,8,9-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-c]naphthyridine compounds) having a substituted guanidine substituent at the 1-position, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and methods of making the compounds are disclosed. Methods of use of the compounds as immune response modifiers, for inducing cytokine biosynthesis in animals and in the treatment of diseases including viral and neoplastic diseases are also disclosed.
US10118924B2
The present invention refers to novel process for the preparation of Apixaban. Further, the invention also related to a process for the preparation of intermediate of Apixaban from very basic and cheap row material i.e. Aniline which is widely commercially available. The present invention provides process for preparation of Apixaban using a different sequence of synthetic steps and does not involve use of Ullmann reaction.
US10118908B2
A method for manufacturing furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) by converting a furan-2,5-dicarboxylate salt (MFDC) into furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA), includes the steps of combining solid MFDC with an inorganic acid (HY), to form a reaction mixture having solid FDCA in a concentration of 1-15 wt. % in a solution of a salt resulting from the cation of the furan-2,5-dicarboxylate salt and the anion of the inorganic acid (MY solution), removing solid FDCA from the reaction mixture in a solid/liquid separation step, and providing at least 40 vol. % of the MY solution resulting from the solid/liquid separation step to the step of combining MFDC with HY. The step of providing part of the MY salt solution resulting from the solid/liquid separation step to the step of combining MFDC with HY makes it possible to obtain a stable and economic process which results in an FDCA product with good quality, and obtained in high yield.
US10118904B2
The invention relates to triazole compounds of formula I and I′ or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as modulators of demyelinating diseases: The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention, methods of using the compositions and kits thereof in the treatment of various demyelinating and neurodegenerative diseases, including multiple sclerosis.
US10118902B2
Provided herein are small molecule neurotensin receptor agonists, compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions comprising the compounds.
US10118898B2
The present application provides methods for decarboxylation of amino acids via imine formation with a catalyst under pressurized, heated, conditions in either a microwave or oil bath, with optional recovery of the catalyst and/or catalyst byproduct.
US10118890B2
The present invention provides a process of producing a trifluoromethoxylated aryl or trifluoromethoxylated heteroaryl having the structure: wherein A is an aryl or heteroaryl, each with or without subsutitution; and R1 is —H, -(alkyl), -(alkenyl), -(alkynyl), -(aryl), -(heteroaryl), -(alkylaryl), -(alkylheteroaryl), —NH-(alkyl), —N(alkyl)2, —NH-(alkenyl), —NH-(alkynyl)—NH-(aryl), —NH-(heteroaryl), —O-(alkyl), —O-(alkenyl), —O-(alkynyl), —O-(aryl), —O-(heteroaryl), —S-(alkyl), —S-(alkenyl), —S-(alkynyl), —S-(aryl), or —S-(heteroaryl), comprising: (a) reacting a compound having the structure: with a trifluoromethylating agent in the presence of a base in a first suitable solvent under conditions to produce a compound having the structure: and (b) maintaining the compound produced in step (a) in a second suitable solvent under conditions sufficient to produce the trifluoromethoxylated aryl or trifluormethoxylated heteroaryl having the structure:
US10118886B2
A process for producing biofuels compounds directly from carboxylic acid esters recovered from a fermentation system is described. The process involves taking a fermentation broth that has been reduced to a dry powder containing free organic acids; reacting the carboxylic acid in the powder with an alcohol solvent under a CO2-containing atmosphere in substantial absence of any other acid catalyst at a reaction temperature and pressure that corresponds to supercritical, critical or near critical conditions for at least one of the alcohol or CO2 to synthesize an ester, then subjecting the ester to either hydrogenolysis or hydrogenation to form a biofuel.
US10118885B2
A carbonylation process for producing acetic acid including: (a) carbonylating methanol or its reactive derivatives in the presence of a Group VIII metal catalyst and methyl iodide promoter to produce a liquid reaction mixture including acetic acid, water, methyl acetate and methyl iodide; and (b) feeding the liquid reaction mixture at a feed temperature to a flash vessel which is maintained at a reduced pressure.
US10118884B2
The present disclosure provides for a method for measuring the concentration of one or more components in a reactor or a separation unit of an acetic acid process by Raman spectroscopic analyses. In some embodiments, the conditions in the reactor or in any subsequent step of the acetic acid production process are adjusted in response to the measured concentration of one or more components.
US10118882B2
The present invention relates to a process for providing substituted phenyl ketones. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of substituted phenoxyphenyl ketones obtained by the inventive process for the preparation of triazoles.
US10118873B2
The present invention discloses processes for oligomerizing a monomer containing C3 to C30 olefins using a chemically-treated solid oxide, such as fluorided silica-coated alumina and fluorided-chlorided silica-coated alumina.
US10118871B2
The invention relates to ignition sets comprising initial explosive substances selected from the group consisting of compounds, in particular compounds of lead, which are derived from trinitropolyphenols, such as trinitrophenol, trinitroresorcinol or hydrazoic acid, for example, in mixture with oxygen-generating substances, wherein further included are initial explosive substances made of alkali metal and/or alkaline-earth metal salts of dinitrobenzofuroxanes and oxygen-generating substances made from nitrates of ammonium, guanidine, aminoguanidine, triaminoguanidine, dicyanodiamidine and from the elements of sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium, cerium and/or from multivalent metal oxides.
US10118864B2
A coating composition includes water, a plurality of flakes having a maximum dimension less than 0.05 inches, a plurality of inorganic fibers, a thixotropic suspending agent that is insoluble in water, and a resin. Decorative coating on a concrete substrate is also provided.
US10118860B1
A batch composition for concrete includes a cementious material and aggregate material, the cementious material including at least 50% Portland cement and at least 1% of a dolomite mineral filler. The batch composition may be mixed with sufficient water to cause the cementious material in the batch composition to set and bind the entire mass to form a concrete.
US10118857B2
The present invention regards a method for internally coating a hollow glass body comprising the steps of: (a) applying on at least one internal surface of said hollow body at least one coating composition in form of liquid dispersion comprising at least one glass frit and at least one polymeric dispersing agent; (b) subjecting said internal surface comprising said coating composition to a thermal treatment, so as to obtain a vitrified coating layer.
US10118833B2
A methodology for synthesizing a nanoparticle batch, such as but not limited to a metal chalcogenide nanoparticle batch and further such as but not limited to a metal sulfide nanoparticle batch is predicated upon an expectation and observation that at elevated concentrations of at least one reactant material within a heat-up nanoparticle batch synthesis method, the resulting nucleated batch comprises nanoparticles that may be dimensionally focused to provide a substantially monodisperse nanoparticle batch. The embodied methodology is also applicable to a continuous reactor. The embodied methodology also considers viscosity as a dimensionally focusing result effective variable.
US10118819B2
A system for driving a MEMS array having a number of MEMS structures, each defining at least one row terminal and one column terminal, envisages: a number of row driving stages, each for supplying row-biasing signals to the row terminal of each MEMS structure associated to a respective row; a number of column driving stages, each for supplying column-biasing signals to the column terminal of each MEMS structure associated to a respective column; and a control unit, for supplying row-address signals to the row driving stages for generation of the row-biasing signals and for supplying column-address signals to the column driving stages for generation of the column-biasing signals. The control unit further supplies row-deactivation and/or column-deactivation signals to one or more of the row and column driving stages, for causing deactivation of one or more rows and/or columns of the MEMS array.
US10118817B2
This application relates to MEMS transducer having a membrane layer (101) and at least one variable vent structure (301). The variable vent structure has a vent hole for venting fluid so as to reduce a pressure differential across the membrane layer and a moveable vent cover (302a, 302b) which, at an equilibrium position, at least partly blocks the vent hole. The vent cover is moveable from its equilibrium position in response to a pressure differential across the vent cover so as to vary the size of a flow path through the vent hole. In various embodiments the vent cover comprises at least a first flap section (302a) and a second flap section (302b), the first flap section being hingedly coupled to the side of the vent hole and the second flap section being hingedly coupled to the first flap section so as to be moveable with respect to the first flap section. In some embodiments the second flap section (302b) may be configured so that it deflects away from the first section (302a) more readily than the first section deflects away from its equilibrium position.
US10118812B2
A hanger system including a body having opposing body first and second faces; a hanger element coupled to the body, the hanger element configured to facilitate hanging of the hanger system; a first support element coupled to the body, the first support element configured to support a first article; and an aperture element disposed within the body, the aperture element having an aperture element edge defining an aperture element opening which communicates between the body first and second faces; whereby the aperture element opening is configured to receive at least a portion of a bottle cap removably coupled to a bottle; and whereby the aperture element edge is configured to engage the bottle cap to facilitate removal of the bottle cap from the bottle.
US10118804B2
Device (1) for carrying an object (2) having a smooth surface, which device comprises a first frame (3) that is arranged to be able to manipulate the device and the object to be carried, as well as a second frame (5) onto which a number of suction cups (6) is attached. The second frame is planar rotatably with respect to the first frame. Furthermore a number of vacuum sources (8, 9) is provided for evacuating the suction cups. The vacuum sources and suction cups are interconnected by means of at least one spiral-shaped hose assembly (10) of which the hoses (11), each being connected to a vacuum source (8) and a suction cup (6), are in the same spiral plane (14).
US10118803B2
A system and method for simultaneously cleaning riser and step portions of movable stairs in an escalator is disclosed. The system includes a frame comprising a set of guide arms, a set of first service systems movably connected to the frame, and a set of second service systems removably mounted to the frame. The first service system includes a set of interchangeable servicing units. The set of second service systems is optionally interchangeable. The method including the steps of engaging the set of second service systems with each movable stair of the set of movable stairs and simultaneously engaging the set of first service systems with a riser portion of each movable stair of the set of movable stairs and a step portion of each movable stair of the set of movable stairs.
US10118785B2
A feed assembly for transferring an uncoiled sheet material to a downstream material forming operation. The assembly includes upper and lower feed rolls between which the sheet material passes, the upper roll being actuated between engaging or disengaging positions relative to an upper surface of the sheet material. At least one continuous force applying component is provided for exerting a hold down force against the upper feed roll and, in combination, a programmable counterbalance component is calibrated to counter the hold down force exerted by the force applying component and in order to cycle the upper roller between the engaged and disengaged positions during advance cycling of the uncoiled material to the downstream forming operation.
US10118777B1
A server rack ramp includes an upper ramp section, a lower ramp section and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly may include a body and arms. The lower ramp section may be pivotally connected to the body of the linkage assembly by a first hinge. The body of the linkage assembly may be connected to the arms by a second hinge. The arms of the linkage assembly may be connected to the upper ramp section by a third hinge. The lower and upper ramp sections may be movable between a folded position and an unfolded position via the linkage assembly. When the upper ramp section is unfolded, the lower and upper ramp sections are moveable longitudinally relative to one another via rotation of the arms relative to the main body of the linkage assembly and relative to the upper ramp section.
US10118775B2
Modular transport line system for configuring a transport line of a long stator linear motor. The system includes plural modular transport line components, each having a starting point (An) and an end point (En), wherein the starting point (An) and the end point (En) of each modular transport line component lie on a raster corner point (p·a)×(q·a) of an (a×a) raster with a prespecified raster length a, wherein p, q are whole numbers. At least one of the plural modular transport line components is a curved transport line component formed by at least three modules.
US10118773B2
An automated method and system for distributing prescription vials from upstream locations of a pharmacy to various downstream destinations using a stacked configuration of outbound lanes so that vials will enter the first outbound lane that is not blocked. The distribution table of the present invention has a lower portion having outbound lanes and an upper portion having outbound lanes and where the table is adapted to move vials in a loop pattern around the lower and upper portions.
US10118769B2
The present invention provides an improved conveyor system that provides for a magnetically driven conveyor system in which a sidewall of the conveyor may have minimal or no perforations therein for connecting rollers or other conveying structures in the conveyor bed to an external driving mechanism. The conveyor system may also provide gapless or nearly gapless roller bed that prevents or reduces the accumulation of debris and contaminants in and between the hardware of the conveyor bed. The system of the present invention may provide a more efficient and sanitary conveyor system for produce washing or other food processing application that requires less maintenance.
US10118768B2
A sewer cleaning device and/or street cleaning device includes a dirt removal container for receiving and transporting mineral dirt residues accumulating during sewer and/or street cleaning. A removal device for clearing out the dirt removal container includes a conveying worm arrangement received on a swivel frame which is swivel-mounted on an axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the container and swivellable by a swivel drive. The conveying worm arrangement is sideways deflectable by the swivel frame relative to a center position associated with the container bottom on both sides along the container wall and a fast discharge of the dirt removal container can be achieved by two conveying worms arranged in symmetrical position relative to a central longitudinal axis of the swivel frame, the conveying worms limiting a gap therebetween and acting together for the transport of the bulk material along the inner side of the container wall.
US10118767B2
A tensioning mechanism for a conveyor system includes a support structure, a first carriage, a second carriage, and a brake mechanism. The first carriage is positioned proximate a first end of the support structure and is supported for movement relative to the support structure. The first carriage includes first rolls for receiving the belt such that movement of the first carriage modifies a tension in the belt. The second carriage is supported for movement relative to the support structure and includes second rolls and at least one return pulley. The second rolls are configured to support a portion of the belt extending between the first carriage and the second carriage. The brake mechanism is positioned proximate a second end of the support structure and includes a brake pulley and a brake selectively retarding rotation of the brake pulley. The brake pulley supports a portion of the belt extending between the brake mechanism and the return pulley.
US10118764B2
A transporting device for transporting a laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier from a first line portion to a second line portion of a conveying line is disclosed. The first line portion is above the second line portion with respect to gravity. The transporting device comprises first and second transporting portions. The first transporting portion is connected to the first line portion and the second transporting portion is connected to the second line portion. The first transporting portion extends in a first direction and the second transporting portion extends in a second direction different from the first direction. The first and second transporting portions transport the laboratory diagnostic vessel carrier by gravity. The first direction comprises at least a first component and the second direction comprises at least a second component. The second component is opposite to the first component. Further, a conveying line comprising such a transporting device is disclosed.
US10118757B2
The present invention relates to dispensing of a substance from a container by means of a dispensing apparatus. Specifically, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to (1) a container and (2) the automated method for opening such container and (3) the automated method of dispensing of the contents from such container into a customer receptacle or glass.
US10118750B2
A pouring device for pouring material from an inner bag placed within a container and method of using same are disclosed. The pouring device is movable between open and closed configurations. An embodiment provides a pouring device that includes a main body and at least one mounting part. The main body includes at least two walls and at least one attachment part, which is attached to the inner bag. The walls extend angularly away from each other to form a conduit allowing material to flow from the inner bag through an opening of the container to an exterior of the container, when the pouring device is in the open configuration. Embodiments foster a pouring solution with the mounting part conveniently mounted to the container and which remains mounted when the container is stowed. This allows the pouring device to be ready for future use.
US10118747B2
A lid that, in order to keep the sip hole area sanitary when the lid is removed from the cup and is placed top-side down on a potentially contaminated surface, has raised locations on the top surface that lift the sip hole area at a distance from the potentially contaminated surface when the lid is placed on a surface.
US10118739B2
The present invention relates to a child resistant closure for a bottle or container. More specifically, the present invention relates to improved two-cap structure assemblies.
US10118727B2
A container having an interior, comprising a base and four walls. One of the walls having an opening allowing access to the interior. The one of the walls having an at least one catch along a lateral side disposed a wall intermediate location. A door having a rigid upper portion and a rigid lower portion coupled together by a first hinge at a door intermediate location which is positioned at or above the wall intermediate location. The door having at least one rigid latch extending from the upper portion to a location below the door intermediate location when the door is in an unflexed state.
US10118725B2
A rapidly erected and collapsible container and method of using same are disclosed. The container is movable between a flat and a box configuration. The container includes two primary panels, two secondary panels, and a main link part. The two primary panels, which are movably coupled to the main link part, are configured to move away and sideways from each other, whereby the two primary panels face each other across a gap when the container is in the box configuration. The main link part provides, at least partly, a base panel for the container and may enable maintaining the container in the box configuration. Embodiments foster a container that rapidly, easily, and conveniently transitions from a flat configuration to being ready for use in a box configuration. Moreover, the container may be produced using significantly less material than conventional containers without compromising effectiveness and structural integrity.
US10118724B2
Disclosed are preforms which incorporate improvements in the region of the neck and upper segment of the body to allow the production of lightweight containers, such as bottles suitable for containing water or other beverages. In accordance with certain embodiments, the improvements include a thinner neck finish area than conventional bottles, where the thinner area is extended into the upper segment of the body portion below the support ring. Reducing the thickness in these areas of the bottle allows for less resin to be used in forming the preform and bottle.
US10118719B2
A thermoforming packaging machine with a top film forming station, wherein the forming tool upper part and the foaming tool lower part of the top film forming station are disposed above a transportation plane of a lower film. One of the forming tool upper part or the forming tool lower part are operably connected to a lifting mechanism by a traverse system. The lifting mechanism is disposed below the transportation plane of the lower film. The traverse system transfers a lifting force from the lifting device to one of the forming tool upper part or lower part through the transportation plane of the lower film.
US10118709B2
In one example, a strut for mounting a jet engine to a wing of an aircraft includes a plurality of engine mounts and a space frame truss supported from the wing and including front and aft portions, the front portion being coupled to and supporting the engine mounts, the aft portion extending upwardly and rearwardly from an aft end of the front portion. By removing the aft end of the strut from the core exhaust zone of the engine, substantial reductions in the weight and drag of the strut, and a corresponding increase in the specific fuel consumption of the associated aircraft may be achieved.
US10118706B2
An airfoil comprises a skin, comprising an external surface and an internal surface. The skin has a controlled region. The airfoil also comprises an interior space, formed by the skin. The airfoil additionally comprises a hybrid acoustic induction-heating system, configured to impede formation of ice on the external surface. The hybrid acoustic induction-heating system comprises an induction coil and a control system. At least a portion of the induction coil is sufficiently close to the internal surface to produce an eddy current within the controlled region when an alternating electrical current is flowing in the induction coil. The control system is configured to generate inductive heat and acoustic pressure in the controlled region by supplying the alternating electrical current to the induction coil based, at least in part, on an ambient temperature of a layer of fluid flowing over the external surface.
US10118705B2
An airfoil comprises a skin, comprising an external surface and an internal surface, opposite the external surface. The skin is magnetically and electrically conductive. The airfoil also comprises an interior space, formed by the skin. The internal surface faces the interior space. The airfoil additionally comprises a leading edge along the external surface. The airfoil further comprises a hybrid acoustic induction-heating system, configured to impede formation of ice on the external surface. The hybrid acoustic induction-heating system comprises an induction coil within the interior space. At least a portion of the induction coil is sufficiently close to the internal surface to produce an eddy current in the skin when an alternating electrical current is flowing in the induction coil. The hybrid acoustic induction-heating system also comprises at least one magnet within the interior space. At least the one magnet is configured to produce a steady-state magnetic field within the skin.
US10118695B2
A directional control system for a rotorcraft having a tail boom including a no-tail-rotor apparatus configured to control rotorcraft yaw using forced air ejected from the tail boom and a duct configured to deliver the forced air to the no-tail-rotor apparatus. The directional control system comprises a heat exchanger having air passages and fluid passages, the air passages in fluid communication with the duct, the fluid passages in heat exchange relationship with the air passages and configured for receiving a cooling fluid, and a forced air driver in fluid communication with the duct for driving the forced air through the duct to the no-tail-rotor apparatus. Methods of providing directional control in a rotorcraft are also discussed.
US10118685B2
A method of joining two panels of an airframe or fuselage structure of an aircraft or spacecraft, including: preparing an edge region of a first panel to form a first joining surface; preparing an edge region of a second panel to form a second joining surface; aligning the panels with one another such that the joining surfaces abut or interface one another forming a joint area; and joining the panels at the joining surfaces in the joint area. In an embodiment, the preparing steps include machining, and cutting, the edge regions of the first and second panels in a single operation to form the first and second joining surfaces substantially simultaneously. In another embodiment, the first and second joining surfaces are substantially planar and extend at an oblique angle with respect to a primary plane or surface of the respective first and second panels.
US10118673B1
The adjustable dock handle is a device that is adapted to be attached to a top surface or a side surface of a dock, and which includes a handle that is used to help manipulate a boat during a docking process. The end user may easily reach the handle in order to pull the boat into position for mooring, and which will provide the support and stability needed to independently control the boat while docking.
US10118662B2
A saddle type vehicle having a seat frame connected to the rear of a main frame wherein the vehicle body width of a periphery of the seat is suppressed to improve the boarding. The saddle type vehicle includes a head pipe, a main frame extending obliquely downwardly from the head pipe, and a seat frame for supporting a seat. The main frame has a third extension inclined so as to be positioned on the inner side in a widthwise direction toward the rear of the vehicle. The seat frame is connected at a front end portion thereof to the third extension. The seat frame has a first inclination portion inclined so as to be positioned on the inner side in the widthwise direction toward the rear of the vehicle from the front end portion.
US10118661B2
An apparatus controller for prompting a rider to be positioned on a vehicle in such a manner as to reduce lateral instability due to lateral acceleration of the vehicle. The apparatus has an input for receiving specification from the rider of a desired direction of travel, and indicating means for reflecting to the rider a propitious instantaneous body orientation to enhance stability in the face of lateral acceleration. The indicating may include a handlebar that is pivotable with respect to the vehicle and that is driven in response to vehicle turning.
US10118650B1
An engine access door slide track system of an agricultural machine includes a support frame, a first engine access door, and a second engine access door. The support frame includes a plurality of frame members, a top track coupled to one of the plurality of frame members, and a bottom track included in one of the plurality of frame members. The first engine access door includes a top guide configured to interfit with the top track and a bottom guide configured to interfit with the bottom track. The second engine access door is coupled to the support frame.
US10118648B2
A motor vehicle rear includes two longitudinal members, a trunk floor supported by the longitudinal members, a rear wall which adjoins the ends of the longitudinal members and which delimits a trunk opening at the bottom and D pillars which laterally delimit the trunk opening. Lower end sections of the D pillars extend at the height of the longitudinal members beyond outer sides of the two longitudinal members facing away from one another and are anchored on the longitudinal members.
US10118646B2
A chassis-subframe is attached to a vehicle body and is connected via a plurality of fasteners to high load-bearing body parts. The chassis subframe is connected to the load-bearing body parts by the fasteners indirectly via a sacrificial plate. From a specific relative force acting substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction between the chassis subframe and the sacrificial plate, the fasteners are pulled out of said sacrificial plate, immediately in the case of a displacement movement of the chassis subframe occurring to the rear, viewed in the vehicle longitudinal direction. The fasteners are arranged by the sacrificial plate relative to the load-bearing body parts such that, after being pulled out, the fasteners are able to move freely to the rear in the vehicle longitudinal direction, without interacting with the, or another of the, load-bearing body parts.
US10118640B2
A damper apparatus includes a shock-absorbing member configured to absorb a shock while restricting movement of a shaft relative to a housing. The shock-absorbing member includes a shock-receiving member configured to come into contact with one member, which is one of a large-diameter portion of the shaft and a restriction portion of the housing, and a pre-compression spring disposed between the other member, which is the other of the large-diameter portion and the restriction portion, and the shock-receiving member in a state where the pre-compression spring is compressed in advance in an axial direction. The pre-compression spring is configured to urge the one member in the axial direction via the shock-receiving member when the large-diameter portion is relatively moved toward the restriction portion beyond a prescribed position.
US10118621B2
The present invention provides a method and system arranged for control of at least one temperature Texhaust for an exhaust treatment system in a vehicle. The system comprises a first determination unit arranged for the determination of the at least one temperature Texhaust for the exhaust treatment system. The system also comprises a second determination unit arranged for the determination of an order of priority for the use of brakes in the vehicle. These brakes comprise at least the service brakes and the auxiliary brakes, the auxiliary brakes in turn comprising at least one engine fitted auxiliary brake, which is fitted in connection with an exhaust stream through the exhaust treatment system. The order of priority is determined based on the at least one temperature Texhaust. The system also comprises an utilization unit arranged for the use of the determined order of priority at braking of the vehicle.
US10118616B2
A control apparatus of a vehicle for causing an own vehicle to travel following a preceding vehicle calculates a requested acceleration of the own vehicle on the basis of a feedback requested acceleration to maintain an inter-vehicle distance at a target distance and a feedforward requested acceleration to cause the own vehicle to travel following the preceding vehicle. The apparatus calculates the feedforward requested acceleration on the basis of information on an acceleration of the preceding vehicle sent from the preceding vehicle through a wireless communication. The apparatus sets the feedforward requested acceleration to zero when a vehicle travel stabilization control is executed in the preceding vehicle to control a friction braking force applied to at least one of vehicle wheels of the preceding vehicle to stabilize a travel of the preceding vehicle, and the feedforward requested acceleration is larger than zero.
US10118615B2
A method for use with a speed control system of a vehicle is provided. The method comprises receiving readings from one or more vehicle sensors to determine the nature of the terrain over which the vehicle is traveling. The method further comprises gathering information relating to one or more parameters of the vehicle that correspond to the configuration of the vehicle. The method still further comprises determining, based on the nature of the terrain and the gathered information, whether the vehicle is appropriately configured to travel over the terrain. A system comprising an electronic control unit configured to perform the method is also provided.
US10118612B2
A vehicle includes a sensor system outputting one or more signals and an electronic control unit communicatively coupled to the sensor system. The electronic control unit may be configured to detect a target vehicle external to the vehicle based on the one or more signals output by the sensor system, identify the detected target vehicle, determine rating information for at least one of the target vehicle and a driver of the target vehicle, predict at least one action of the target vehicle based on the rating information, and effect one or more changes to the vehicle based on the predicted at least one action of the target vehicle.
US10118609B2
A sprung vibration estimation unit is configured to calculate a pitch rate of a vehicle body based on the wheel speeds detected by wheel speed sensors. A vibration suppression driving force calculation unit is configured to calculate a vibration suppression driving force for suppressing pitching of the vehicle body based on the pitch rate. An integration unit is configured to calculate a vehicle body speed based on a driver required driving force. A second sprung vibration estimation unit is configured to calculate a pitch rate of the vehicle body (vehicle body speed pitch rate) generated by a change in the vehicle body speed. A determination unit is configured to output a cutoff command for the vibration suppression driving force to an adjustment unit when the vehicle body speed pitch rate is more than a threshold.
US10118598B2
The inventive vehicle braking control device performs a brake assist control of increasing a braking force for avoiding a collision of a vehicle at a more appropriate time. The device comprises a portion which acquires an estimated time until a vehicle reaches to an obstacle; a portion which judges based on a braking operation amount and a braking operation speed value if the driver performed an urgent braking operation; and a portion which determines the start of a braking force assist control when an urgent braking operation is judged in a case that the estimated time is less than a first predetermined time, wherein, if the estimated time is less than a second predetermined time shorter than the first predetermined time, the urgent braking operation is judged when the braking operation amount exceeds a threshold value irrespective of the braking operation speed value.
US10118591B2
A password authentication mechanism is capable of determining whether a password has expired without referring to a database or other information repository. Additional information can be encoded in the password without unduly lengthening the password, so that the additional information can be extracted from the password when the user provides the password for authentication purposes. Thus, the password serves as an information-carrying data item as well as acting as an authentication mechanism. Such a password can be used, for example, to provide time-limited access to a vehicle in response to receipt of timely payment, and to disable the vehicle if payment is not made.
US10118581B2
An airbag module for protecting an occupant of a vehicle seat in the event of a vehicle crash in an oblique direction. The module includes an inflatable cushion and an inflator for providing inflation gas for the cushion. The cushion is configured to inflate into a position inboard of the vehicle seat and includes a first inflatable chamber fluidly connected to a forward inflatable chamber. The cushion is configured to inflate into a position to absorb energy relating to movement of the occupant in an oblique direction. The first inflatable chamber is in a position to absorb energy resulting from relative movement of the occupant in a direction lateral to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The forward inflatable chamber is configured to inflate into a position to absorb energy resulting from relative movement of the occupant in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
US10118578B2
A bumper beam body 13 and upper and lower parts of a flange portion 22 each contain a continuous fiber reinforced polymer layer 20, and a first flange tip portion 22a made of thermoplastic resin that has an L-shaped cross section extending outward in a vertical direction and then curving outward in a vehicle rear-front direction is connected to edges of the flange portion 22. Thereby, even when continuous fibers and matrix resin of the continuous fiber reinforced polymer layer 20 stick out from the edges of the flange portion 22 as flash, this flash can be covered with the first flange tip portion 22a.
US10118576B2
System and method for obtaining and recording information about cargo includes a frame defining a cargo-receivable compartment, a position determining system at least partly on the frame and that allows for determination of position of the frame, an identification system on the frame that obtains information about cargo when present in the compartment, a memory component that receives and records information about position and movement of the frame, and the obtained information about cargo when present in the compartment in association with a unique identification of the frame, and a communications system on the frame to enable communication of information to and from the memory component.
US10118566B2
An image processing device, an image processing method, and an image display system allow a driver to obtain a sense of direction and a sense of distance with wide-angle image captured by a car-mounted camera. An image processing device (40) for superimposing predetermined information on image captured by a camera (12) that attaches to a vehicle (100) and is capable of wide-angle capturing in a travelling direction of the vehicle (100) includes a controller (14) that performs control to superimpose information upon detecting, in a state of outputting image captured by the camera (12), input indicating a predetermined position in the image, the information relating to a distance between the vehicle (100) and the position indicated in the image captured by the camera (12).
US10118555B2
This invention provides a lamp-equipped vehicle outer mirror in which a phenomenon is less likely to occur, the phenomenon being the one in which light emitted from a lamp appears in a light emission pattern that is different from that intended by a designer. A side turn signal lamp is incorporated in a minor housing. A downward inclined surface is formed at a position above a lens of the side turn signal lamp in the mirror housing. The downward inclined surface is inclined obliquely downward and is lustrous. A part of turn signal lamp light emitted from the lens to an external field is reflected by the downward inclined surface. A relative positional relationship between the lens and the downward inclined surface is set so that the reflected light passes through an area on an upper side relative to a horizontal direction.
US10118550B2
A light control apparatus for controlling brightness of a lighting unit indicating a charging state of a battery of a vehicle includes: an interface configured to communicate with an external illuminance detector; a memory configured to store illuminance information corresponding to a first reference illuminance and a second reference illuminance lower than the first reference illuminance and to store brightness information set based on the first reference illuminance and the second reference illuminance; a controller configured to receive the illuminance information via the interface, to set the brightness information based on the first reference illuminance and the second reference illuminance, and to control the brightness of the lighting unit based on the set brightness information; and a driver configured to regulate power of the lighting unit in response to a command of the controller.
US10118539B2
An end plate for a rear spoiler of a vehicle, having a basic body with a fastening portion for fastening to an air directing wing of the rear spoiler. A first electric conducting body and, insulated electrically therefrom, a second electric conducting body are arranged at least in sections within the basic body. An electric light element which is electrically conductively connected to the two conducting bodies is furthermore arranged on the basic body.
US10118533B2
A vehicle lamp includes a laser light source, a wavelength converter, a light reflector for two-dimensionally scanning light from the laser light source to form a light intensity distribution on the wavelength converter, a control unit for controlling first and second actuators driving the light reflector, and an optical system for projecting the light intensity distribution formed on the wavelength converter as an output light distribution pattern. The first actuator might be a resonant or non-resonant drive, while the second actuator is a non-resonant drive.
US10118530B2
A lift system for lifting and transporting harvested game includes an all terrain vehicle that may be driven. The all terrain vehicle has a back end and a lift unit is coupled to the back end of the all terrain vehicle. The lift unit is selectively positioned in a lowered position. Harvested game is positioned on the lift unit when the lift unit is in the lowered position. The lift unit is selectively positioned in a lifted position to lift the harvested fame. In this way the all terrain vehicle is facilitated to transport the harvested game.
US10118525B2
A vehicle seat is provided, in at least one embodiment, comprising a cushion and a leather trim cover assembly disposed over the cushion. In at least this embodiment, the trim cover assembly has a central trim panel assembly secured to at least one peripheral trim panel assembly, and the central trim panel assembly has a leather upper layer and a sub-layer assembly having at least one protruding design secured to the leather upper layer.
US10118523B2
A seatback frame includes: a body frame comprising a long fiber reinforced thermoplastic (LFT) composite material; and an inner frame comprising a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFT) composite material buried in the body frame by insert injection-molding. A method for manufacturing the same, and a seatback for vehicles including the same are also disclosed.
US10118507B2
Disclosed is a seat pumping device for a vehicle. The seat pumping device includes: a housing; a return spring guide which is fixedly coupled to the housing and has an embedded return spring; a clutch cam which is rotatably accommodated in the housing; and a lever bracket which is partially accommodated in the return spring guide and coupled to the clutch cam so as to be rotated integrally with the clutch cam, in which the lever bracket is maintained spaced apart from the return spring guide by a separation support means, thereby improving operating characteristics of a lever handle.
US10118506B2
A slide rail includes a fixed-side rail, a movable-side rail, and a reinforcing structure that prevents detachment of the movable-side rail from the fixed-side rail. The reinforcing structure includes a fixed-side engaging portion attached to the fixed-side rail, and a movable-side engaging portion attached to the movable-side rail. The fixed-side and the movable-side engaging portions are configured, while allowing sliding of the movable-side rail, to come in contact with each other due to an action by a large load in a detaching direction input between the fixed-side rail and the movable-side rail, and to be engaged with each other to restrict movement of the movable-side rail in the detaching direction. A contact surface, that comes in contact with the movable-side engaging portion, of the fixed-side engaging portion includes surface regions that have mutually different positions in the detaching direction and are provided side by side in a sliding direction.
US10118505B2
A power control system may include at least one of batteries, a motor, and a data logic analyzer that can interpret certain variable conditions of a transport, such as a tractor trailer, moving along a road or highway. The data can be used to determine when to apply supplemental power to the wheels of a trailer to reduce fuel usage. One example device may include at least one of: a power creation module that generates electrical power, a battery which store the electrical power, a motor affixed to a trailer axle of a trailer which provides a turning force to the trailer axle when enabled to operate from the stored electrical power of the battery, and a motor controller configured to initiate the motor to operate according to a predefined sensor condition.
US10118496B2
Upon completion of the manufacturing of constituent elements of the charging coupler, waterproof members each with a predetermined shape and width are integrally formed, made from an appropriate material, and disposed at a predetermined portion and/or segment of the constituent elements. In consequence, a hermetic seal is effectuated between each of the constituent elements of the waterproof members and a corresponding one of adjacent related elements of the charging coupler to therefore prevent any gap from forming in the charging coupler after long use, thereby preventing intrusion of ambient moisture.
US10118491B2
A control method for a fuel cell vehicle includes a failure determining step of determining whether or not a failure exists in a fuel cell system. A safe driving step stops an operation of the fuel cell system and drives the vehicle using only a high voltage battery system when the failure exists in the fuel cell system. A temporary stopping step determines a driving state of the vehicle and temporarily stops an operation of the high voltage battery system when it is determined that the driving state is a stop state. A re-driving step re-operates the high voltage battery system to restart the vehicle when the driving state is converted into a start state.
US10118486B2
In at least some implementations, a disconnect assembly for a driveline component, such as a power transfer unit, may include an input shaft, a disconnect shaft selectively rotated by the input shaft and an output shaft coupled to the disconnect shaft. A first gear is coupled to the disconnect shaft and a second gear is coupled to the output shaft and to the first gear so that the output shaft rotates when the disconnect shaft rotates. A connection feature is movable between an engaged position in which the input shaft and disconnect shaft are coupled and a disengaged position in which the input shaft rotates relative to the disconnect shaft. The connection feature includes a first part carried by the gear for rotation therewith and a second part movable relative to the first part and carried by the input shaft for rotation with the input shaft.
US10118483B2
A compressed natural gas fueling system includes a frame arrangement with at least one tank disposed therein and an inlet that can receive a compressed natural gas fueling nozzle to fill the at least one tank. The fueling system can be attached with and supported by frame rails behind a cabin of a vehicle such that the inlet is positioned above the frame rails.
US10118482B2
A vehicle body structure includes a first middle floor unit for a gasoline vehicle and a second middle floor unit for a hybrid vehicle, and the first and second middle floor units are made interchangeable with each other. A front floor unit and a rear floor unit are made shareable by the gasoline vehicle and the hybrid vehicle. That is, the front floor unit and the rear floor unit can be regarded as a platform. Additionally, the second middle floor unit includes a housing, and an IPU is stored in an interior of the housing.
US10118475B2
A battery unit includes a battery module, an upper frame member, a battery case, a battery cover, a sealing member, and a sealing bolt. The battery module is suspended from the upper frame member. The battery case has an opening to accommodate the battery module in the battery case. The battery cover is to cover the opening of the battery case. The sealing member is to seal a gap between the battery case and the battery cover. The sealing bolt is provided on the battery cover and secured to the upper frame member to connect the battery module and the battery cover via the upper frame member.
US10118456B2
A suspension system is disclosed utilizing oil addition and subtraction to actuate an accumulator to control position and stiffness in an Emulsion Shock/Oleo Pneumatic strut/Air spring strut. The strut maintains ride height for a wide variation in sprung mass and adjusts for the expansion/compression of the gas due to variations in temperature. The strut provides spring and damping characteristics.
US10118452B2
A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle including a wheel carrier supporting a wheel. The wheel carrier connected via at least one upper camber link, a lower control arm, and a lateral toe link to the vehicle body or subframe. A stabilizer rod connects to the wheel carrier. The wheel suspension including a damper unit and a spring unit wherein the stabilizer rod and the damper unit connect to the wheel carrier at a common connecting point.
US10118449B2
A snow chain device for providing good traction to a vehicle tire on a snowy surface is described. The device is capable of being removably mounted on the tire with reduced physical effort and in multiple configurations. The device can be used in modular fashion and a range of patterns making it suitable for use on different tires as well as under varying driving conditions. Also it is possible to cover the entire surface of the tire as well as a partial surface. The device has several link members and several base members. The base members can be affixed to the external tire surface and the link members can be removably secured to the base members.
US10118447B2
A tool is configured to install a tire pressure monitoring (TPM) sensor in a tire rim of a vehicle tire. The tool includes a lever having a rotational movement about a rotational axis; a cam selectively coupled to the lever; and a push pin selectively coupled to the cam. The cam translates the rotational movement of the lever into a liner or translational movement of the push pin. The linear or translational movement is effective to impact or move a roll pin of a tire pressure monitoring (TPM) sensor disposed at the tool, such that portions of the TPM sensor or pushed through an opening in a tire rim.
US10118445B2
A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion being provided with a plurality of inclined main grooves extending beyond a tire equator from one of a first tread edge and a second tread edge and terminating without reaching the other one of the first tread edge and the second tread edge. Each of the inclined main grooves includes an outer portion and an inner portion. The outer portion extends from the first tread edge or the second tread edge without reaching the tire equator while increasing an angle relative to an axial direction of the tire. The inner portion is connected to the outer portion and traverses the tire equator at a smaller angle relative to the axial direction of the tire than the angle of the outer portion.
US10118444B2
In a non-pneumatic tire, central portions in an extension direction of first elastic connecting plates (21) and central portions in an extension direction of second elastic connecting plates (22) are spaced from each other in a tire width direction (H) by a distance of 0.25 to 0.9 times an outer tube width (W1) serving as a size in the tire width direction (H) of an outer tubular body (13), edges of a first side in the tire width direction (H) of first end portions (21a) of the first elastic connecting plates (21) are disposed at the same positions in the tire width direction (H) as edges of the first side in the tire width direction (H) of the outer tubular body (13) or disposed inside in the tire width direction (H) of the edge of the first side in the tire width direction (H) of the outer tubular body (13) within a distance of 0.1 times the outer tube width (W1) or less, and edges of a second side in the tire width direction (H) of first end portions (22a) of the second elastic connecting plates (22) are disposed at the same positions in the tire width direction (H) as an edge of the second side in the tire width direction (H) of the outer tubular body (13) or disposed inside in the tire width direction (H) of the edge of the second side in the tire width direction (H) of the outer tubular body (13) within a distance of 0.1 times the outer tube width (W1) or less.
US10118441B1
A reversible spindle embodiment for a small sailboat dolly axle includes 2 spindle elements, one on each end of the same reversible spindle embodiment connected by a central interconnecting mounting element. Each spindle element is designed to mate with a wheel hub having a different size diameter and/or width. The unused spindle element and the central interconnecting mounting element are inserted into the hollow end of the dolly axle and secured with fasteners through the walls of the axle and mounting element. The desired spindle element is inserted through the wheel hub and secured. To mount a wheel having a different hub size matching the unused spindle element, the fasteners are removed, the reversible spindle is rotated 180 degrees and the fasteners reinstalled.
US10118433B2
Devices have a flexible housing with an inside chamber having a closed and open end. A first chemiluminescent fluid is disposed in a breakable container in the chamber, and a second chemiluminescent fluid is in the chamber. A tip assembly is attached to the housing and includes a nib movably disposed in the body, and a filter element may be positioned within the body to prevent passage of broken particles from the container to the nib tip. A resilient element is used to impose an outward biasing force on the nib. A porous material is disposed over an outer surface of the nib tip and securely held in place. The device is activated for use by bending the housing to break the container causing the first and second chemiluminescent fluids to mix and react, providing a chemiluminescent solution that flows to the tip assembly for dispensing onto a desired surface.
US10118412B2
A scanning inkjet printing method comprises arranging a recording medium on a print surface; moving a carriage supporting at least one inkjet print head over the recording medium on the print surface in a scanning direction, while image-wise applying droplets of a liquid to the recording medium to form a first swath of printed dots on the recording medium; moving the recording medium and the carriage relative to each other in a transport direction, wherein the transport direction is transverse to the scanning direction; moving the carriage over the recording medium on the print surface in the scanning direction, while image-wise applying droplets of the liquid to the recording medium to form a second swath of printed dots on the recording medium; detecting a position of the first swath; determining a sub-carriage movement relative to the carriage in response to the detected position of the first swath to position the second swath relative to the first swath, wherein the sub-carriage is supported by the carriage and the movement comprises an amount of translation in the transport direction transverse to the scanning direction and an amount of rotation around a rotation axis, wherein said rotation axis is perpendicular to the print surface; and moving the sub-carriage in accordance with the determined amount of translation and the determined amount of rotation. Thus, the first and the second swath may be positioned accurately adjacent to reduce visibility of stitching inaccuracies between adjacent swaths.
US10118402B2
A valve opening/closing mechanism includes a rotating shaft, first and second cams provided on the rotating shaft and rotatable together with the rotating shaft, first and second valves, and a rotating mechanism that rotates the rotating shaft. The first and second valves each include a flow channel in which ink flows and an opening/closing member at a position at which the opening/closing member contacts the first or second cam, so as to open or close the flow channel, depending on whether the opening/closing member is in contact with the cam. When the rotating shaft is rotated by the rotating mechanism, rotating positions of the first and second cams are at any of first, second, third or fourth positions.
US10118401B2
Provided is a liquid supply apparatus and a liquid ejection apparatus according to which liquid injected through a liquid injection portion can be supplied stably. The liquid supply apparatus includes: a liquid containing chamber capable of containing a liquid to be supplied to a liquid ejection portion; an air chamber in communication with the atmosphere; a communication path that allows an air introduction port for introducing air into the liquid containing chamber and an air chamber to be in communication, and a liquid injection portion through which the liquid can be injected into the liquid containing chamber. The liquid containing chamber is fixed such that the air introduction port is located at a bottom portion of the liquid containing chamber. The volume of the communication path is smaller than the volume of the air chamber. The uppermost portion of the communication path is located above the uppermost portion of the liquid containing chamber.
US10118397B2
In a recording apparatus, one end section sides of first liquid supply tubes are connected to ink tanks which are provided to be able to be attached and detached from outer sections of a main housing. Other end section sides of second liquid supply tubes, where one end section sides are connected to a liquid ejecting head side which is provided in an inner section of the main housing, are connected to other end section sides of the first liquid supply tubes using connection members. Out of first connection sections which are provided in the connection members on the first liquid supply tubes side and second connection sections which are provided in the connection members on the second liquid supply tubes side, at least the first connection sections are provided so as to be positioned at outer sections of the main housing.
US10118385B2
A printing element substrate comprises a correction circuit that corrects a phase difference between a first signal and a second signal, wherein the correction circuit includes a first delay circuit that generates a plurality of first delayed signals having different delay times with respect to the first signal, and a second delay circuit that generates a plurality of second delayed signals having different delay times with respect to the second signal, the correction circuit specifies a phase of the first signal to be output to the driving circuit, on the basis of comparison between the plurality of first delayed signals and the second signal, and the correction circuit specifies a phase of the second signal to be output to the driving circuit, on the basis of comparison between the plurality of second delayed signals and the first signal having the specified phase.
US10118381B2
A method for embossing a nanostructure, formed on a nanostructure punch, into a punch surface of a curable material which has been applied to a substrate. The method includes the following steps, especially following sequence: alignment of the nanostructure relative to the punch surface, embossing of the punch surface by a) prestressing of the nanostructure punch by deformation of the nanostructure punch and/or prestressing of the substrate by deformation of the substrate, b) making contact of a partial area of the punch surface with the nanostructure punch and c) automatic contacting of the remaining surface at least partially, especially predominantly, by the prestressing of the nanostructure punch and/or the prestressing of the substrate.
US10118380B2
Certain examples of seals that can move along a slit are disclosed. The seals can comprise a first leaf, a second leaf, and a biasing member to push the first leaf away from the second leaf. Also, apparatus for applying a fluid, and printing systems are described.
US10118361B2
A thermal protection apparatus is disclosed. The thermal protection apparatus may comprise a thermally insulative layer positioned proximate to a portion of a structure having a dimensional transition, wherein the dimensional transition is thermally protected.
US10118357B2
A holder is for arranging a foil on the mold surface of a sidewall shell of a vulcanizing mold. The holder has a sleeve which can be pressed into a bore in the sidewall shell and, arranged in the sleeve, a helically-spring-mounted, coaxially movable pin. The pin has a pin head which, in an initial position, projects beyond an end of the sleeve with the force of the spring and on which a foil can be positioned on the mold surface. The pin, in an end position, is movable into the sleeve counter to the force of the spring such that the pin head end remote from the pin is aligned with the end of the sleeve. The pin head forms a clearance fit with the sleeve. The clearance fit is such that the pin is movable in the sleeve but no rubber material can ingress into the sleeve.
US10118349B2
A method of press molding a molding material to form a vehicle body panel of fiber-reinforced resin matrix composite material, the vehicle body panel having a front A-surface and a rear B-surface, the method comprising the steps of: i. providing a heated mold tool having a lower mold part and an upper mold part, the upper mold part having a first molding surface for molding a front A-surface of the vehicle body panel and the lower mold part having a second molding surface for molding a rear B-surface of the vehicle body panel; ii. providing a multilaminar panel of molding material comprising at least one layer of fibers and at least one layer of resin, the multilaminar panel having first and second opposite major surfaces, a surface resin layer of the multilaminar panel being at or adjacent to the first major surface; iii. locating the molding material in the mold tool; iv. closing the mold tool to define a substantially closed mold cavity containing the molding material; v. applying pressure to the molding material in the mold cavity to configure the molding material in a fully molded shape; and vi. substantially fully curing the resin to form a vehicle body panel from the molding material, the vehicle body panel having a front A-surface formed from the first major surface and a rear B-surface formed from the second major surface.
US10118346B2
The invention comprises a method for forming a 3D object, wherein the method comprises the step of depositing a support structure. According to the invention, the support structure comprises an organic di-acid having a molecular weight of 300 g/mole or less. The invention further relates to an assembly of a 3D printed object and a support structure.
US10118341B1
An additive manufacturing device calibration system and method. In laser control systems, such as the laser control systems used for SL and SLS 3D printers, the laser beam is moved to a location by applying a control value. Often the control value and the location of the laser beam are in different spaces. One calibration system and method involves the input of a number of control values and their corresponding laser beam locations, and the adjusting of the parameters of a mapping function such that the control values generated by applying the mapping function to the input laser beam locations best matches the corresponding input control values.
US10118340B2
A 3D printer has a dual stage structure and includes: a frame; an extrusion unit having a nozzle configured to extrude a raw material; a stacking base unit positioned under the extrusion unit and configured to receive the raw material on a surface thereof so that an object is formed in a layer-by-layer manner on the surface; and a cutting unit positioned between the stacking base unit and the extrusion unit and configured to grind or cut the object formed on the surface of the stacking base unit, wherein the frame is configured to be connected to outer sides of the stacking base unit, the extrusion unit, and the cutting unit, the stacking base unit and the cutting unit are configured to be vertically movable along the frame, and the nozzle is configured to be movable on a plane.
US10118339B2
Technologies are provided herein for a modular deposition tool design that allows for both, the fast interchanging of materials and for easy cleaning of all wetted surfaces. A drive assembly for use in a solid freeform fabrication system, includes a drive module having a drive mechanism and a detachable material bay assembly that is detachable from the drive module. The material bay assembly includes a material bay holder, a material deposition tool, and a corresponding material bay actuation mechanism that can engage with the drive mechanism of the drive module when the material bay assembly is coupled to the drive module such that when the drive mechanism of the drive module is actuated, the material bay actuation mechanism is actuated, which causes the material deposition tool to deposit material from a material bay inserted in the material bay holder.
US10118337B2
A 3-D printer includes build and support material development stations that electrostatically transfer build material and support material to an ITB. The ITB transfers a layer of build and support material to a platen each time the platen contacts one of the layers on the ITB, to successively form a freestanding stack of the layers on the platen. A sensor is positioned to generate a topographic measurement of the layer on the platen, and an aerosol applicator is positioned to propel build and support material on to the layer on the platen. The aerosol applicator controls the build and support material being propelled, based on the topographic measurement from the sensor through a feedback loop, to adjust the amount and location of the build material and the support material propelled on to the layer, and thereby control the flatness of surface topology of the layers in the freestanding stack on the platen.
US10118331B2
A container forming assembly and method includes receiving a parison within a cavity of a mold, enclosing the parison within the mold having a wall with a recess, inflating the parison in the mold to form a blow molded container where the blow molded container has a sidewall, a movable region formed at the recess, and a hinge circumscribing an interface between the sidewall and the movable region, and moving the movable region toward an interior of the blow molded container about the hinge before filling. Furthermore, a method for forming a container includes receiving a parison, enclosing the parison with a mold that includes a cavity, and inflating the parison in said mold to form a blow molded container with a moveable region at the cavity. The method further includes repositioning the moveable region before filling the blow molded container.
US10118330B2
A molding unit (10) for forming a container made of thermoplastic material, includes: —a mold bottom (16) that is movable between a low position, an intermediate boxing position and a high position; —a carriage (24) that supports the mold bottom (16) and is mounted in a movable manner in a fixed holder (26); —actuation elements for moving the carriage (24) into its intermediate boxing position; —the actuation elements including a cylinder (32) that houses a piston (98) liable to push the mold bottom (16) through a boxing travel; characterized in that the mold bottom (16) is supported in a fixed manner by the carriage (24), the cylinder (32) being fixed with respect to the fixed holder (26). A method for employing the molding unit is also described.
US10118329B2
The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for maintaining the inflation level of a bubble formed by nips in a moving roll of tubular film, to form a gusset in a final product produced from the film.
US10118320B2
A biomimetic skin for an animatronic figure and other applications is provided. The biomimetic skin may include an outer layer having a surface texture, and an inner layer attached to the outer layer. The inner layer may include a compressible cellular material. The outer layer may move correspondingly with the inner layer such that as the inner layer is moved the outer layer moves.
US10118313B2
This invention generally relates to a mixing at least one material with at least one other material within an in-line mixing device. In one example embodiment methods, apparatuses, and systems are described to treat, reuse or otherwise remediate dredged or raw material from bottom sediment or other sources through the mixture of raw material and another material such as a hardening agent into a homogenous material for contamination remediation, use as construction materials or other uses.
US10118312B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for manufacturing high-performance concrete by introducing air into normal concrete and dissipating air, wherein high-performance concrete is formed in a manner in which bubbles, which are to be removed, are added in a large amount together with an admixture to pre-blended normal concrete so that the admixture is uniformly dispersed in the normal concrete using the ball-bearing effect of the bubbles, thus forming mixed concrete, and the mixed concrete is discharged using air at a high pressure of 5 atom or more to thereby shoot high-performance concrete of which the slump, remarkably increased due to the large amount of bubbles, is reduced to fall within the range of slump of normal concrete while dissipating excess air from the mixed concrete.
US10118308B2
Mounting systems to secure and index riving knives and spreaders in table saws are disclosed. One embodiment may include three mounts or screws attached to an elevation carriage. A clamp plate fits over the heads of the mounts and a handle pivots to move the clamp plate against flanges on the heads of the mounts to clamp a riving knife or spreader in place.
US10118303B2
The invention relates to a shaver, comprising a handle, at least two rotary shaving heads, driven by at least one drive shaft which protrudes from said handle, and a support structure for supporting said shaving heads onto the handle so as to have their joined shaving surface (S) extend substantially perpendicular to said at least one drive shaft. The support structure is configured such, that a space (A), restricted at one side by the shaving heads and at the opposite side by the handle, is substantially open to its remaining, surrounding side.
US10118298B2
A lower body supporting robot system includes a lower body mechanism being worn on a user's lower body, the lower body mechanism including a plurality of joints and links and a drive device, a distance calculator for measuring a first distance that is a vertical distance to an object located therebelow and a second distance that is a vertical distance to a ground surface, a memory for storing a limit distance that is a vertical distance between the distance calculator and the ground surface when the lower body mechanism is in a lowest sitting posture, and a controller for calculating a tolerance distance that is a difference between the second distance and the limit distance, comparing the first distance with the tolerance distance, and controlling the drive device so that the distance calculator moves by the first distance when the first distance is less than the tolerance distance.
US10118296B1
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for creating, storing, and/or offloading tagged robot sensor data. In various implementations, a first plurality of sensor data points that are sampled by one or more sensors associated with a robot and that share a first attribute may be identified. Each of the first plurality of sensor data points may be tagged with a first tag, which may be indicative of the first attribute. A context in which a robot is operating may be identified. A first transport rule that governs how sensor data points tagged with the first tag are treated when the robot operates in the context may then be identified. At least a subset of the first plurality of tagged sensor data points may then be offloaded from the robot and/or stored locally on the robot pursuant to the first transport rule.
US10118284B2
A broomstick for a broom includes a cap having a first part that is connected to an end of the broomstick and a second part provided with a hanging element configured to hang the broomstick to a wall. The connection between the first part of the cap and the broomstick is rotatable in such a way that the cap can rotate with respect to the broomstick and vice-versa, wherein, further, the cap is in a single piece in such a way that a rotation of the first part of the cap corresponds to a rotation of the second part of the cap.
US10118282B2
An Impulse wrench includes: a housing, a motor with a stator and a rotor, an impulse unit including an output shaft, a power control unit connected to the motor, and a trigger supported on the housing and connected to the power control unit and arranged to selectively deliver signals to activate the power control unit, wherein the impulse unit including the output shaft is axially displaceable in relation to the housing. The trigger includes a sensor arranged to be activated and deliver signals in response to axial displacements of the impulse unit including the output shaft relative to the housing, and the power control unit is arranged to control the motor operation in response to signals received from said sensor.
US10118276B1
A media-bearing polisher and restorer removes surface and subsurface contaminants from one or more vehicle surfaces. In one or more embodiments, the media-bearing polisher and restorer comprises a body having a hemispherical shape. The body comprises a resilient or rigid material and one or more flutes for receiving one or more user fingers. One or more mediums, which absorbs and extracts contaminants from the surface, are attached to a bottom of the hemispherical body. A variety of media may be used with the media-bearing polisher and restorer.
US10118265B2
A magnetic drill is provided with an alternate power source. The drill is comprises of: an electric motor for driving a tool; a controller configured to receive an AC input signal and operable to control a drive signal to the electric motor; an electromagnet arranged in a base of the drill housing and operable, in response to a DC voltage, to magnetically couple the base to a surface proximate to the base; an AC/DC converter configured to receive the AC input signal and operates, independent from the controller and in the presence of the AC input signal, to output a DC voltage to the electromagnet; and an alternate power source circuit that monitors the DC voltage output by the converter and, in the absence thereof, provides an alternate DC voltage to the electromagnet.
US10118260B2
A solder paste consists of an amount of a first solder alloy powder between 60 wt % to 92 wt %; an amount of a second solder alloy powder greater than 0 wt % and less than 12 wt %; and a flux; wherein the first solder alloy powder comprises a first solder alloy that has a solidus temperature above 260° C.; and wherein the second solder alloy powder comprises a second solder alloy that has a solidus temperature that is less than 250° C.
US10118255B2
A cutting method of a multilayer structure containing a brittle layer is provided. The cutting method includes: cutting the multilayer structure to form a cut edge; removing a material of the multilayer structure other than the brittle layer along the cut edge, wherein the material of the multilayer structure other than the brittle layer has a width ranging from 1 micron to 2 millimeter; and modifying an edge of the brittle layer remaining after removing the material of the multilayer structure other than the brittle layer by a laser beam.
US10118251B2
A manufacturing method includes i) emitting a primary laser beam along a primary trajectory on a boundary between a first member and a second member by a welding apparatus; ii) emitting an advanced laser beam along an advanced trajectory that does not overlap the primary trajectory by the welding apparatus; and iii) emitting a subsequent laser beam along a subsequent trajectory that does not overlap the primary trajectory and the advanced trajectory by the welding apparatus.
US10118247B2
Provided is a method for bonding wafers, which can bond the wafers to each other with high reliability while reducing the influence on the wafers. The method for bonding wafers includes the steps of: preparing a first wafer that has, on the surface thereof, a first metal layer with a first rigidity modulus, and a second wafer that has, on the surface thereof, a second metal layer with a second rigidity modulus higher than the first rigidity modulus; removing an oxide film at the surface of the second metal layer while an oxide film at the surface of the first metal layer is not removed; and bonding the surface of the first wafer to the surface of the second wafer.
US10118241B2
A welding system user interface module includes a front panel comprising a first input device and a first display screen. The welding system user interface module also includes circuitry comprising a memory storing machine-readable instructions, a processor for executing the machine-readable instructions, and communication circuitry configured to receive UI data from the first input device or a second input device of a remote welding system user interface module, and to broadcast synchronized data to the first display screen and a second display screen of the remote welding system user interface module.
US10118240B2
A method for forming solder deposits on elevated contact metallizations of terminal faces of a substrate formed in particular as a semiconductor component includes bringing wetting surfaces of the contact metallizations into physical contact with a solder material layer. The solder material is arranged on a solder material carrier. At least for the duration of the physical contact, a heating of the substrate and a tempering of the solder material layer takes place. Subsequently a separation of the physical contact between the contact metallizations wetted with solder material and the solder material layer takes place.
US10118232B2
A high-speed precision interrupted ultrasonic vibration cutting method includes steps of: (1) installing an ultrasonic vibration apparatus on a machine tool, and stimulating a cutting tool to generate a transverse vibration, so as to realize varieties of machining processes; (2) realizing an interrupted cutting process by setting cutting parameters and vibration parameters to satisfy an interrupted cutting conditions; and (3) turning on the ultrasonic vibration apparatus and the machine tool, and starting a high-speed precision interrupted ultrasonic vibration cutting process. High-speed precision interrupted ultrasonic vibration cutting is able to be realized through the above steps during machining of difficult-to-machine materials in aviation and aerospace fields. A cutting speed is enhanced significantly, and exceeds a critical cutting speed of a conventional ultrasonic vibration cutting method and an elliptical ultrasonic vibration cutting method and even a high speed range of a traditional cutting method.
US10118230B2
The invention relates relates to a clamping system for clamping an object (1), in particular for clamping a cutting tool in a machine tool, comprising an accommodating bore (4) for accommodating the object (1) to be clamped, a threaded bore, which extends in the wall of the accommodating bore (4) transversely to the longitudinal axis (12) of the accommodating bore (4), and a clamping screw (6), which can be screwed in the threaded bore in order to selectively clamp or release the object (1) in the accommodating bore (4) in accordance with the screwing position of the clamping screw (6). The invention further relates to an intermediate element (9), which is arranged between the clamping screw (6) and the object (1) such that the clamping screw (6) touches the object (1) to be clamped (1) not directly, but rather indirectly by means of the intermediate element (9). According to the invention, the threaded bore is preferably arranged eccentrically in relation to the accommodating bore (4).
US10118229B2
In an embodiment, a coated tool is disclosed. The coated tool includes a base material, a first layer on the base material, and a second layer coated on the first layer. The first layer contains diamond crystals therein and has a first mean crystal size. The second layer contains diamond crystals therein and has a second mean crystal size that is smaller than the first mean crystal size. The first and the second layers contain hydrogen, and have a first hydrogen content and a second hydrogen content respectively. The second hydrogen content is larger than the first hydrogen content.
US10118222B2
The present invention relates to a process for the bonding of material for the production of three-dimensional objects by selective heating via a laser of wavelength from 100 to 3000 nm. The beam spot may be a focused or unfocused beam spot, or may indeed be spread, as is the case with the diode laser, where the bars may have a stacked arrangement. The selectivity of the melting process is achieved via the application of an absorber to certain subregions of a layer composed of a pulverulent substrate, and then heating of the absorber by laser radiation of wavelength from 100 to 3000 nm. The heated absorber transfers the energy present therein to its surrounding pulverulent substrate, which is melted thereby and, after cooling, has firm cohesive bonding.
US10118216B1
The present invention discloses a thrust rivet gun comprising a rivet gun holder and a housing disposed outside the rivet gun holder, on either side of which, a handle is respectively hinged by a screw and a nut. Inside the said rivet holder, there is a movable mount, on top of which is connected with a sleeve. On top end of the sleeve, there sets a nozzle. A grove is set on either side of the movable mount and a pin rod is inserted in the groove respectively. The pin rod is hinged with the mounting hole which is on the top end of the handle. The said rivet holder has a dead lever fixed by a nut.
US10118212B2
A method for forming a blanked piece from a material, where the blanked piece includes a production area having a through hole and at least one caulking and connection area protruding inside the through hole. The method includes forming a blanking hole in the material in a prescribed outline, placing a guide member in the through hole, where the guide member has an abutting part contacting a protrusion of the material formed along the outline of the blanking hole. The method further includes cutting and separating the material to blank or stamp out downward the caulking and connection area, pushing back the caulking and connection area, and temporarily connecting the caulking and connection area to the material; and blanking or stamping an outer configuration of the product area from the material to which the caulking and connection area is temporarily connected.
US10118196B2
A multilayer coating film includes a lower coating film 5 containing a colorant, and an upper coating film 6. If the upper coating film 6 has a refractive index n1 of greater than or equal to 1.2 and less than or equal to 1.5, the ratio n1/n2 of the refractive index n1 of this upper coating film 6 to the refractive index n2 of the lower coating film 5 is set to be greater than or equal to 0.67 and less than or equal to 1. If the upper coating film has a refractive index n1 of greater than or equal to 1.6 and less than or equal to 3.0, the refractive index ratio n1/n2 is set to be greater than 1 and less than or equal to 1.67.
US10118192B2
A caulking cannon having a motorized plunger-moving component configured to drive a plunger shaft along an axis that is substantially parallel to a caulking-cannon longitudinal axis; a cartridge-holding barrel component coupled to the motorized plunger-moving component; a handle coupled to the cartridge-holding barrel component; a caulk exit-port component coupled to the cartridge-holding barrel component; wherein the plunger shaft is configured to move in a first direction parallel to a caulking-cannon longitudinal axis and thereby enter into a volume of space within the cartridge-holding barrel component; wherein the cartridge-holding barrel component is configured to hold a caulk cartridge having a fluid-chamber volume of at least three-fourths of a gallon; wherein the motorized plunger-moving component has a hand grip; and wherein the caulk exit-port component is configured to channel caulk fluid flow from the caulk cartridge to an exit orifice.
US10118180B2
A releasable pneumatically operated coupling for an industrial drive such as for a grinding mill. A variable speed motor has its output shaft provided with a flange rotating therewith on which are mounted a plurality of radially moveable arcuate elements having friction pads on their radially inner surfaces. An inflatable ring surrounds the arcuate elements and, upon inflation, urges the pads into driving contact with an annular friction surface on a coupling output shaft. The arcuate elements have U-shaped undercuts in the axial torque bar passages therethrough for stress relief. Separate speed sensors on the motor shaft and coupling output shaft provide signals to a comparator which, upon sensing a predetermined speed difference, provide a signal to an electrically operated valve which exhausts air pressure from the inflatable ring to release the coupling.
US10118177B2
A multiwell microplate for holding liquid samples, and a method of use thereof. The multiwell microplate includes a frame defining a plurality of wells disposed in a single column, each well having an opening with a length l1. A moat is disposed about the plurality of wells. A plurality of walls traverses the moat, the walls defining a plurality of compartments, each compartment having a length l2 selected from a range of greater than l1 and less than 6l1. A multiwell microplate carrier includes a body defining a plurality of regions configured to hold a plurality of multiwell microplates in parallel, each multiwell microplate defining a single column of wells, and each of the regions defining a plurality of openings that are adapted to mate with the single columns of wells.
US10118173B2
Method that includes providing a phase-separation device having a porous membrane with a filter surface. The filter surface has a non-planar contour that forms a receiving cavity. The method also includes providing a liquid mixture into the receiving cavity of the porous membrane. The liquid mixture includes a polar liquid and a non-polar liquid that are immiscible with respect to each other. The filter surface along the receiving cavity has a surface energy that impedes flow of the polar liquid through the filter surface and permit flow of the non-polar liquid into the porous membrane. The method also includes permitting the non-polar liquid to flow into the porous membrane. The polar liquid forms a droplet within the receiving cavity as the non-polar liquid flows into the porous membrane.
US10118169B2
Metal-organic framework (MOFs) compositions based on chiral phosphine-, chiral oxazoline-, chiral pyridine-, and chiral diene-derived organic bridging ligands were synthesized and then post-synthetically metalated with metal precursors such as Ru and Rh complexes. The metal complexes could also be directly incorporated into the MOFs. The MOFs provide a versatile family of recyclable and reusable single-site solid catalysts for catalyzing a variety of asymmetric organic transformations, including the addition of arylboronic acids to α,β-unsaturated ketones and alkimines, the hydrogenation of substituted alkene and carbonyl compounds, and cyclization reactions. The solid catalysts can also be integrated into a flow reactor or a supercritical fluid reactor.
US10118168B2
In one aspect, catalytic membranes are described herein. In some embodiments, a catalytic membrane comprises a surface functionalized with a polymer, the polymer comprising cellulose solubilization functionalities and acid functionalities for the catalytic hydrolysis of cellulose and/or hemicellulose.
US10118161B2
A hydroconversion catalyst comprising a Group VIB metal component, a Group VIII metal component and a carrier material is disclosed wherein the catalyst has a total pore volume of 0.5 to 0.9 cc/g; and a pore volume distribution such that greater than 60% of pore volume are in pores present as micropores of diameter between 55 and 115 Å, less than 0.12 cc/g of pore volume are in pores present at pores of diameter greater than 160 Å and greater than 5% of the total pore volume is in pores of diameter greater than 210 Å.
US10118158B2
A method of hydrotreating a heavy hydrocarbon feedstock using a hydrotreating catalyst having specific properties that make it effective in removing nitrogen and sulfur from the feedstock is disclosed. The catalyst is composed of an alumina support particle having a specific pore diameter distribution which is achieved in part, by the use of pseudo-boehmite as the alumina source and specific calcining temperatures. The hydrotreatment catalyst also comprises a Group 6 metal component (e.g., molybdenum) and a Group 10 metal component (e.g., nickel), and optionally, a phosphorus metal component, which are supported by the alumina support particle.
US10118156B2
Exhaust gas purification device having a catalyst layer including an Rh—Ba-loaded catalyst, and a Pt/Pd—Ba-loaded catalyst. The exhaust gas purification device satisfies at least one of (a) the degree of Rh—Ba dispersion is greater than 0.001 and less than 1.000, (b) the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of a first carrier particle in the Rh—Ba-loaded catalyst is greater than 0.01% by weight and less than 10.00% by weight, and the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of a second carrier particle in the Pt/Pd—Ba-loaded catalyst is 10.00% by weight to 20.00% by weight, and (c) the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of the first carrier particle in Rh—Ba-loaded catalyst is greater than 0.005 times to less than 0.800 times the loaded amount of Ba based on the weight of the second carrier particle in Pt/Pd—Ba-loaded catalyst.
US10118154B2
A process for the preparation from a partially decomposed organic material like peat a granulated or pelletized sorption medium using low-temperature, thermal activation of the sorption medium to produce a high degree of granule or pellet hardness balanced against an efficacious level of ion-exchange and adsorption capacity, followed by chemical treatment of the thermally-activated sorption material via an acid solution and a salt solution to increase its ion-exchange and adsorption performance while minimizing the transfer of natural impurities found in the sorption medium to an aqueous solution is provided by this invention. The sorption medium of this invention can be used in a variety of aqueous solution treatment processes, such as wastewater treatment.
US10118153B1
The present application discloses method for making air adsorbent particles. The method includes the steps of: providing and mixing porous powder, water, adhesive, and additive agent for obtaining sizing agent; obtaining air adsorbent particles by spray shaping, drying, and screening the sizing agent. The mass ratio between the porous powder, water, adhesive and the additive agent is 1:(0.5˜8):(0.01˜0.16):(0.001˜0.15). Particles obtained by the method of the present application have higher strength.
US10118147B1
Tubular waterwall structure in a fluidized bed reaction chamber and a fluidized bed reaction chamber
A tubular waterwall structure in a fluidized bed reaction chamber includes horizontally adjacent first and second portions forming a corner structure and constituted by vertical tubes and fins centrally attached to the tubes and having a first width. The first wall portion has an outermost tube next to the corner, an upper portion defining an upper vertical plane in an upper level range and a lower portion defining a lower (outwards) vertical plane in a lower level range. The lower portion has a refractory lining. The second wall portion is vertical and has an outermost tube next to the corner. The outermost tube of the second wall portion is in the lower level region connected to the outermost tube of the first wall portion by a planar lower beveled corner fin having a refractory lining and a width that is larger than the first width.
US10118146B2
A system and method for preparing and conditioning a heavy oil feedstock for hydroprocessing in a hydroprocessing system includes forming metal sulfide catalyst particles in situ within the heavy oil feedstock. The metal sulfide catalyst particles are formed in situ by (1) premixing a catalyst precursor with a hydrocarbon diluent to form a diluted precursor mixture, (2) mixing the diluted precursor mixture with the heavy oil feedstock to form a conditioned feedstock, and (3) heating the conditioned feedstock to decompose the catalyst precursor and cause or allow metal from the precursor to react with sulfur in the heavy oil feedstock to form metal sulfide catalyst particles in situ in the heavy oil feedstock. The in situ formed metal sulfide catalyst particles catalyze beneficial upgrading reactions between the heavy oil feedstock and hydrogen and eliminates or reduces formation of coke precursors and sediment.
US10118144B2
A vessel provides for removing hydrocarbons from a catalyst. In an FCC unit, the vessel includes first and second sections. The first section includes at least one grid having a plurality of intersecting members and openings therebetween. The second section includes structured packing such as a plurality of ribbons. Grids are supported by pipes that are supported by the second section.
US10118141B2
A fluid mixing system includes a flexible bag having a first end, an opposing second end, and an interior surface bounding a compartment. A first rotational assembly includes a first casing mounted to the first end of the flexible bag and a first hub rotatably mounted to the first casing. A second rotational assembly includes a second casing mounted to the second end of the flexible bag and a second hub rotatably mounted to the second casing. A connector has a first end coupled with the first hub and an opposing second end coupled with the second hub, the connector being flexible and having a uniform flexibility along its entire length. A first impeller is mounted to the connector.
US10118139B2
The present invention discloses a device for mixing a mixture material comprising at least two different phases where at least one first phase is in powdered form, said device comprising at least two separate inlets where a first inlet is intended for powder and a second inlet is intended for a second phase not being a powder, wherein the device further comprises an outlet and a mixing chamber with an agitator, wherein the mixing chamber comprises a mixing zone being that part of the mixing chamber in which the mixture material is being actively mechanically influenced to obtain mixing, and wherein said at least two separate inlets each involve any type of geometrical narrowing of their cross-sectional areas up to the mixing zone, and wherein the mixing zone further comprises any type of expansion of the cross-sectional area in a flow direction of the mixture material.
US10118134B2
The present invention relates to synthetic membranes and use of these synthetic membranes for isolation of volatile organic compounds and purification of water. The synthetic membrane includes a hydrophobic polymer layer located on a polymeric membrane support layer. The invention includes a method of isolating volatile organic compounds with the synthetic membrane by contacting a volatile organic mixture with the hydrophobic polymer layer of the synthetic membrane and removing volatile organic compounds from the polymeric membrane support layer of the synthetic membrane by a process of pervaporation. The invention also includes a method of purifying water with the synthetic membrane by contacting an ionic solution with the hydrophobic polymer layer of the synthetic membrane and removing water from the polymeric membrane support layer of the synthetic membrane by a process of reverse osmosis. The invention also relates to methods of isolating non-polar gases by gas fractionation.
US10118131B2
The present invention relates to a method for preventing microbial growth on a filtration membrane during desalination process. The method comprises that the membrane is exposed to a low concentration of performic acid by continuously or intermittently introducing performic acid to the membrane surface. When performic acid is added according to the present invention to the water flow, there is no significant reduction in the water flux through the membrane.
US10118125B1
There are provided processes for removing H2S from a gas. The processes comprise contacting the gas with an aqueous composition comprising at least one calcium compound, thereby obtaining CaS and a H2S lean treated gas stream, while maintaining the pH at about 9.5 to about 13.0; and contacting the CaS with an aqueous oxidant solution, converting the CaS into at least one of CaSO3 and CaSO4, while maintaining the pH at about 9.5 to about 13.0.
US10118124B2
A method of processing a mixture of heated vapors, at least two of which substantially differ in polarity from each other, the method comprising directing said mixture of heated vapors at a temperature of at least 150° C. through a hydrophobic or hydrophilic mesoporous membrane comprising a mesoporous coating of hydrophobized or hydrophilized metal oxide nanoparticles, respectively, wherein the hydrophobic mesoporous membrane permits passage of one or more hydrophobic heated vapors and blocks passage of one or more hydrophilic heated vapors, and wherein the hydrophilic mesoporous membrane permits passage of one or more hydrophilic heated vapors and blocks passage of one or more hydrophobic heated vapors. The method is particularly directed to embodiments where the heated vapors emanate from a pyrolysis process. An apparatus for achieving the above-described method is also described.
US10118105B2
In one embodiment there is a toy vehicle having a motor configured to cause a motion of an element of the toy. The motion of the element further accessible for manipulation by a human to in turn rotate the motor. The toy vehicle further having a processor configured to detect a back electromotive force (“EMF”) voltage generated by the rotation of the motor due to the manipulation by a human, and the processor being further configured to include at least a sleep state and a wake state. The processor have a function configured to transition between the sleep state and the wake state when the detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value.
US10118098B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a program product for causing a user terminal to realize functions to control progress of a video game that proceeds in a three-dimensional virtual space in which a virtual camera is arranged is provided. The functions include to: generate first output information on the basis of information obtained by the virtual camera; generate second output information regarding a selection object configured to be able to be selected and indicating a target object being a target of an action; generate arrangement information regarding arrangement of the selection object indicating a hidden object which is the target object existing within an angle of view of the virtual camera and not displayed on an output device; and output a game image containing the selection object to the output device on the basis of the first output information, the second output information, and the arrangement information.
US10118096B2
An example system includes a contactless communication part that performs contactless communication with a data storage medium having a contactless communication function; a data writing part that writes data to the data storage medium by the contactless communication part; a storage part that stores the data written by the data writing part; and a data determination part that determines whether the data stored in the data storage medium and the data stored in the storage part have a predetermined relationship with each other or not. When the data determination part determines that both of the data do not have the predetermined relationship with each other, the data writing part overwrites the data stored in the data storage medium with the data stored in the storage part.
US10118092B2
A video game system can include a console, a camera and a light targeting peripheral (LTP), where the LPT can direct non-visible light (e.g., infrared (IR) light) onto a display screen. The camera is positioned so that is can view the display screen, and can locate a non-visible light dot on the display screen during video game play. The system can be used with any size or type of electronic display (e.g., any type of television, computer screen, etc.), or any type of non-electronic display (e.g., projector screen) on which the video game can be projected. The LTP has one or more sensors that sense when an accessory is attached thereto and to communicate a signal to the video game console of said attachment to adjust a parameter of the video game operated by the video game console.
US10118076B2
A performance golf tee is a support for a golf ball to offset the golf ball from a ground surface. The performance golf tee includes a tee shaft, a ball mounting support, a ground insertion spike and a directional indicator. The ball mounting support is connected to the tee shaft to support a golf ball on a front support extrusion and a pair of rear support extrusions. The front support extrusion and the pair of rear support extrusions reduce friction by offsetting the golf ball from the remainder of the ball mounting support. The ground insertion spike is connected to the tee shaft, opposite to the ball mounting support, to allow the present invention to more efficiently penetrate the ground surface. The directional indicator indicates the orientation of the performance golf tee to optimally reduce friction when the golf ball is struck.
US10118072B2
A pedal system for tracking use of a cycle style exercise device. The pedal system includes a pedal with a shaft for coupling to the pedal crank of the exercise device and a housing that is rotatable about the shaft. An accelerometer positioned in the housing is configured to provide data about the movement of the pedal to a microcontroller. A wireless communication chip positioned in the housing is used to transmit the data about the movement of the pedal to a remote device via the wireless communication chip. The remote device is programmed to receive, display and track the data about the movement of the pedal.
US10118067B2
An exercise machine carriage handle system for providing handles for an exerciser to grasp with their hands thereby expanding the type of exercises that may be performed. The exercise machine carriage handle system generally includes a frame having a track, a carriage movably connected to the track, a bias member connected between the frame and the carriage, a first handle connected to the carriage near the first side, and a second handle connected to the carriage near the second side. The first handle and second handle are adapted for grasping with a first hand and a second hand respectively of a user during the performance of an exercise on the exercise machine.
US10118063B2
A fabric-like, elastic, exercise resistance band with first and second ends, permanently affixed to the end of each leg section of an exercise pant garment that extends to at least just below the knee area. The resistance bands comprise a resilient material and offer no resistance when formed to each leg, out of the way for everyday activities. When the resistance bands are unformed and fastened together by way of a locking canister affixed to each resistance band, the muscles of the lower body, primarily the inner thighs and buttocks, may be stimulated as the legs are moved further apart during a resistance exercise program.
US10118057B2
The present system for fall restraint includes a mounting frame connected to a trigger mechanism and firing blocks, with a trigger cable extending through apertures in the mounting frame and trigger mechanism. Sudden movement by a user, such as a fall, actuates the trigger mechanism to trigger the firing blocks. The firing blocks are loaded with anchors and firing cartridges. Triggering the firing blocks causes the cartridges to fire, propelling the anchors into an anchoring surface, such as a roof. Because the user is connected to the trigger cable, once the anchors deploy the user is anchored to the roof and their fall arrested.
US10118051B2
A system and method for providing treatment feedback for a thermal treatment device (100) is provided. In certain embodiments, a thermal transmitter (120) is configured to apply an amount of thermal energy (104) to a target site (106), the thermal energy having a selected frequency and a selected power level for penetration to a depth beneath the surface of the skin. A thermal imager (140) is also provided, the thermal imager (140) being configured to capture thermal data and thermal images of the target site. The device may further provide a thermal display (160) configured to display the thermal images and thermal data, providing feedback to a user (201).
US10118049B2
Systems and methods for stimulating a neuronal cell in the head of a patient in need of such stimulation are disclosed. The method includes positioning a light source proximal to the neuronal cell to be stimulated and pulsing the light from the light source to stimulate the neuronal cell for a predetermined period of time to achieve the desired effect.
US10118048B2
A defibrillator system optimizes the timing and manner of applying a defibrillator charge to a patient based upon data provided to the defibrillator from a utility module or one or more external devices. A parameter module on the utility module provides the defibrillator with patient parameter information. Devices external to the utility module may provide the utility module with coaching data that the utility module may pass through to the defibrillator as a proxy to the external devices. The utility module may also provide external devices with patient data that the utility module may pass through to the external devices as a proxy to the defibrillator on a scheduled or other basis. The utility module may additionally provide a reserve of power to enable defibrillators to be used where power is unavailable and to enable defibrillators to deliver multiple charges more readily anywhere, anytime.
US10118041B2
Techniques for performing lead functionality tests, e.g., lead impedance tests, for implantable electrical leads are described. In some of the described embodiments, an implantable medical device determines whether a patient is in a target activity state, e.g., an activity state in which lead impedance testing will be unobtrusive, such as when a patient is asleep, or capture information of particular interest, such as when the patient is active, in a particular posture, or changing postures. The implantable medical device performs the lead functionality test based on this determination. Additionally, in some embodiments, the implantable medical device may group a plurality of measurements for a single lead functionality test into a plurality of sessions, and perform the measurement sessions interleaved with delivery of therapeutic stimulation.
US10118033B2
A system and method for reducing inflammation of tissue of animal or human, which comprises an energy wave generator has an energy wave's frequency control mode. The energy wave's frequency control mode includes multiple controls for acting the energy wave generator to generate and emit energy waves each with a corresponding energy density. The energy density is calculated by a corresponding base frequency, a sweep bandwidth of the corresponding base frequency, an emission rate and a total time of emission in a duty cycle, so that the energy waves with the corresponding energy densities effecting on the body of animals or human to reduce inflammation of tissue of animal or human.
US10118028B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for insertion of implantable medical devices, and more particularly to insertion of implantable devices with a vibrating insertion tool. More specifically, a vibrating insertion tool is described, the insertion tool comprising an insertion tool controllable by a user to support and guide movement of an object, the insertion tool comprising an elongate arm having a proximal end region and a distal end region, the distal end region having a receiving region, a user-controllable vibration source for generating vibrations in accordance with a selected vibration profile, and an elongate rigid spine, connected to the vibration source and the receiving region, configured to deliver the vibrations to the receiving region.
US10118025B2
A balloon catheter which can rather smoothly move inside living body organs, and can improve trackability and pushability. The balloon catheter has an inner shaft that includes a guidewire lumen into which a guidewire can be inserted, an outer shaft that forms a fluid lumen for introducing a fluid on an outer periphery of the inner shaft, a membranous material that causes a space portion into which the fluid can flow to communicate with the fluid lumen, and that partitions the space portion on the outer periphery of the distal portion side of the inner shaft, and an inflatable and deflatable balloon in which a lumen into which the fluid can flow is formed on an outer periphery of the membranous material.
US10118022B2
A deflectable catheter shaft section is disclosed comprising an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis with a distal end and a proximal end. First and second pull wires can extend along the elongated body and can have a proximal end and a distal end. First and second pull wire liners can be disposed over a portion of one of the first and second pull wires, respectively. Each of the first and second pull wires can have a proximal end and a distal end. A first gap can exist between the proximal end of the first pull wire liner and the proximal end of the elongated body and a second gap can exist between the proximal end of the second pull wire liner and the proximal end of the elongated body.
US10118020B2
The present invention provides for devices and methods for providing endovascular therapy, including facilitating establishment of vascular access, placement of endovascular sheaths, catheter tip localization, and administration of vascular occlusion. The invention includes a vessel cannulation device, an expandable sheath, an occlusion catheter, and a localizer each of which may be provided separately or used as part of a system. One embodiment of the invention is a vessel cannulation device including: a housing having a distal end with a distal tip and a proximal end; a guidewire lumen passing through the housing and at least the distal tip; a sensor coupled to the guidewire lumen; and an advancing member, which is configured for advancing at least one of a guidewire or a sheath and which is operably coupled to the sensor.
US10118013B2
Disclosed herein are aspects of portable vaporizers and isolated vapor dispensers wherein material in the vapor dispenser is placed in the fluid pathway of heated air from a convection heat source such as a furnace. A printed circuit board in signal communications with temperature sensor controls the temperature produced by heating elements in the furnace. A rechargeable battery power supply is mounted in a body to supply power the heating element. The vapor dispenser is removable and may be disposable. A smell reducing accessory module reversibly mates with the body of the vaporizer.
US10118012B2
A system for delivering a fluid to a Eustachian tube (ET) of a patient includes a guide member and a tubular member. The guide member includes a shaft having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a bend at the distal portion. The bend is configured to provide access to an opening in the ET. The system further includes a tubular member comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The tubular member is sized to fit within the ET. One or both of the tubular member and the guide member comprises a first stop member configured to engage the other of the tubular member or the guide member. The first stop member is configured to restrict a distal advancement of the tubular member relative to the guide member.
US10118011B2
A portable mechanical ventilator having a Roots blower provides a desired gas flow and pressure to a patient circuit. The mechanical ventilator includes a flow meter operative to measure gas flow produced by the Roots blower and an exhalation control module configured to operate an exhalation valve connected to the patient circuit. A bias valve connected between the Roots blower and the patient circuit is specifically configured to generate a bias pressure relative to the patient circuit pressure at the exhalation control module. The bias valve attenuates pulsating gas flow produced by the Roots blower such that gas flowing to the mass flow meter exhibits a substantially constant pressure characteristic. The bias pressure facilitates closing of the exhalation valve at the start of inspiration, regulates positive end expiratory pressure during exhalation, and purges sense lines via a pressure transducer module.
US10118009B2
A vent assembly for use with a mask assembly includes a first vent, a second vent and a selector to switch the flow of exhaled gas from a patient between the first and second vents.
US10118003B2
A device that is used to reduce the pain of a needle stick to a person, the device having a casing containing a vibratory device and a temperature reducing device, and a method for using the device to reduce the pain of a needle stick by applying both thermal and vibration analgesia to a subject during a needle stick.
US10118001B2
A cap assembly mountable to a rigid shield around a needle of a syringe. The cap assembly includes a gripper component and a base cap. The gripper component includes a support frame and a liner that is deformable when sandwiched between the support frame and the rigid shield. When the base cap is installed to the gripper component during manufacture, and with the rigid shield disposed in a bore of the gripper component in any rotational orientation relative thereto, the liner is held by the support frame so as to be deformed against and grip the rigid shield for shield removal purposes so as to allow for removal of the rigid shield from around the needle.
US10117999B2
The present invention relates to a medical injection system comprising an injection device (100) and a dose capturing unit (20). The injection device (100) incorporates expelling means (101) for setting and expelling a set dose amount of a drug from a reservoir. The expelling means (101) further comprises mechanical energy storage unit adapted to drive the expelling movement and a movable dosing member (350). In one form the dose capturing unit (20) is configured for being releasably attached to the injection device (100). The dose capturing unit (20) comprises a dose sensor (20d) configured to capture data relating to the movement of the dosing member (350) during dose expelling. When the dose capturing unit (20) is attached to the injection device (100), the systems forms a speed limiting means (F, M) to limit the speed of the dosing member (350) during dose expelling so that a force that counteracts the force exerted by the mechanical energy storage unit is generated.
US10117995B2
A needle structure for injecting a filler and monitoring a blood backflow situation simultaneously includes a needle, a housing and a partitioning member. The needle includes a needle chamber and a needle opening connected to the needle chamber. The housing includes a housing chamber and a housing opening connected to the housing chamber, and the housing chamber is connected to the needle chamber to form a needle housing chamber. The partitioning member is disposed in the needle housing chamber. The needle housing chamber is separated into a first chamber and a second chamber by the partitioning member. The needle opening is separated into an injection opening and a blood backflow opening by the partitioning member. The first chamber is connected to the injection opening, and the blood backflow opening and the housing opening are connected by the second chamber.
US10117993B2
Some embodiments of a wearable infusion pump system can include a pump device having a drive system to dispense a medicine to a user, an activity sensor that detects a possible change in an activity level of the user, and a controller to activate the drive system to dispense the medicine to the user. The controller device can query the user to indicate whether a detected activity level of the user represents an actual change in the activity level of the user. The controller device can alter the medicine dispensing schedule based on the user indicated changes in activity level.
US10117991B2
The present invention provides a micro robot including: a drilling body which has a drilling tip formed at an end thereof; a spiral coupling body which has a magnet disposed therein, and is spirally coupled to an outer circumference of the drilling body; and a system control unit which allows the drilling body and the spiral coupling body to spirally move simultaneously or allows the spiral coupling body to spirally move around the drilling body by providing a rotational magnetic field to the magnet. In addition, the present invention also provides a micro robot system including the micro robot.
US10117986B2
A method for operating a dialysis cassette including a flexible membrane that covers a pump chamber includes allowing a source of fluid to fluidly communicate with the pump chamber of the dialysis cassette, filling the pump chamber with the fluid from the source, mechanically extending the flexible membrane into the pump chamber with a piston head to expel the fluid from the pump chamber through a flow path, and directly sensing a pressure of the fluid flowing through the flow path at a location of the dialysis cassette adjacent to the pump chamber and using the sensed pressure to perform a test prior to delivering fluid to a patient.
US10117984B2
Devices and methods for assisting cardiac function. In an exemplary embodiment of a device for assisting heart function of the present disclosure, the device includes a first plate and an opposing second plate, each plate having an inner surface, a cardiac processor coupled to at least one of the first plate and the second plate, a bladder having an inner chamber and disposed between the inner surfaces, and a first catheter having a proximal end in communication with the inner chamber of the bladder and a distal end having a first pericardial balloon coupled thereto, wherein a gas and/or a liquid within the inner chamber of the bladder can be injected into the first pericardial balloon upon compression of the first plate relative to the second plate, and wherein the gas and/or the liquid can be removed from the first pericardial balloon upon retraction of the first plate relative to the second plate.
US10117971B2
Antimicrobial compositions for use in locking catheters and other devices are provided. In some embodiments, the composition includes at least one alcohol, at least one biocidal agent which is not an alcohol, and one or more poloxamers; in other embodiments, the composition comprises at least one poloxamer and at least one alcohol. The composition can provide long-lasting antimicrobial activity. Methods of using the composition are also provided.
US10117967B2
The embodiments herein disclose a method of fabricating composite scaffolds for skin tissue regeneration. The methacrylated hyaluronic acid (HAMA) and methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) are synthesized. The poly (glycerol sebacate)-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PGS-PCL) microfibrous scaffolds are synthesized. The hydrogel is synthesized. The composite scaffold comprising hydrogel and poly (glycerol sebacate)-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PGS-PCL) microfibrous scaffolds is fabricated. A plurality of physico-chemical characteristics of the composite scaffold comprising hydrogel and poly (glycerol sebacate)-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PGS-PCL) microfibrous scaffolds are analysed. The physico-chemical characteristics comprises mechanical properties, swelling ratio and enzymatic degradation and scanning electron microscope imaging. The fibroblast cells are encapsulated within the composite scaffold comprising hydrogel and poly (glycerol sebacate)-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PGS-PCL) microfibrous scaffolds and hydrogels. The fibroblast cells are seeded on composite scaffold and PGS-PCL scaffold. The fibroblast cell viability, fibroblast cell attachment, fibroblast cell spreading, fibroblast cell proliferation and fibroblast cell metabolism are analysed in composite scaffolds, PGS-PCL scaffolds and hydrogels.
US10117966B2
The present invention relates to a modified polymeric material. The modified polymeric material includes a polymer having a modified surface, where the modified surface includes nano, micron, and/or submicron scale features. The present invention also relates to an implant comprising the modified polymeric material. The present invention further relates to processes for making the modified polymeric material and the implant.
US10117961B2
A modular germicidal light grid system for use inside an air treatment apparatus that has a plenum in which a stream of air is enclosed. The system comprises at least one elongate member and at least one lamp assembly. Each lamp assembly comprises a housing defining at least one socket and is mounted to one elongate member at a predetermined position. The system further comprises at least one linear germicidal light source. Each light source has a longitudinal axis and a distal end constructed and arranged to mount within one socket of the housing. The elongate member is mounted within the plenum and the lamp assembly is mounted to the elongate member such that the longitudinal axis of the light source extends therein the stream of air and is positioned at an acute light angle relative to the direction of flow of the stream of air.
US10117956B2
The present invention is related to a radiolabeled active targeting pharmaceutical composition, including: a bioconjugate and a radionuclide, wherein the bioconjugate includes a biomolecule and a metal nanoparticle, wherein the biomolecule has an affinity for receptors on the surface of a cell membrane and is selected from the group consisting of a peptide and a protein. The present invention further provides a method for evaluating a thermal adjuvant therapy for tumors and a kit thereof. The above-mentioned pharmaceutical composition is applied to evaluate a tumor accumulation time, so as to establish the optimal policy for a radiofrequency- or laser-induced thermal adjuvant therapy for tumors.
US10117952B2
As an antitumor drug which is excellent in terms of antitumor effect and safety, there is provided an antibody-drug conjugate in which an antitumor compound represented by the following formula is conjugated to an antibody via a linker having a structure represented by the following formula: -L1-L2-LP-NH—(CH2)n1-La-Lb-Lc- wherein the antibody is connected to the terminal of L1, and the antitumor compound is connected to the terminal of Lc with the nitrogen atom of the amino group at position 1 as a connecting position.
US10117945B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds and methods of using the same for modulating the activity of mTORC1.
US10117944B2
The present invention provides pharmacological compounds including an effector moiety conjugated to a binding moiety that directs the effector moiety to a biological target of interest. Likewise, the present invention provides compositions, kits, and methods (e.g., therapeutic, diagnostic, and imaging) including the compounds. The compounds can be described as a protein interacting binding moiety-drug conjugate (SDC-TRAP) compounds, which include a protein interacting binding moiety and an effector moiety. For example, in certain embodiments directed to treating cancer, the SDC-TRAP can include an Hsp90 inhibitor conjugated to a cytotoxic agent as the effector moiety.
US10117937B2
Compositions including a highly branched alpha-D-glucan or modified forms thereof and a solute compound are described herein. The compositions can provide increased water solubility and/or increased rate of dissolution for the solute compound. The compositions can also provide increased stability for the solute compound. Methods for preparing and using compositions including a solute compound and a highly branched alpha-D-glucan are also described.
US10117934B2
The present invention provides inventive conjugated polyethyleneimine (PEI) polymers and conjugated aza-macrocycles (collectively referred to herein as “conjugated lipomers” or “lipomers”) containing one or more groups of the formula (iii): wherein R3 and R4 are as defined herein. Also provided are compositions comprising the inventive conjugated lipomers, and methods of preparation and use.
US10117920B2
The present invention relates to a vaccine/inhibitor combination comprising an RNA vaccine comprising at least one RNA comprising at least one open reading frame (ORF) coding for at least one antigen and a composition comprising at least one PD-1 pathway inhibitor, preferably directed against PD-1 receptor or its ligands PD-L1 and PD-L2. The present invention furthermore relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a kit of parts comprising the components of such a vaccine/inhibitor combination. Additionally the present invention relates to medical use of such a vaccine/inhibitor combination, the pharmaceutical composition and the kit of parts comprising such a vaccine/inhibitor combination, particularly for the prevention or treatment of tumor or cancer diseases or infectious diseases. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of an RNA vaccine in therapy in combination with a PD-1 pathway inhibitor and to the use of a PD-1 pathway inhibitor in therapy in combination with an RNA vaccine.
US10117912B2
The present invention relates to a new drug delivery strategy based on prodrug conversion, in which a water-soluble prodrug and its converting enzyme are co-delivered and at a point of administration such as the nasal or buccal mucosa. Enzymatic conversion of the prodrug produces drug in concentrations exceeding the drug's thermodynamic solubility, or saturation level. The supersaturated drug crosses the mucosal membrane quickly, as a result of its high thermodynamic activity, prior to crystallization. This strategy is particularly useful when fast action is required, for example in preventing or responding rapidly to Status Epilepticus (SE) or other central nervous system conditions such as migraine.
US10117907B2
A glycosylated pleiotropic peptide pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) which can both agonize PAC1 receptors, causing neuroprotective effects, and antagonize VPAC receptors, causing anti-inflammation in several models of acute neuronal damage and neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS, PD, migraines, and certain forms of dementia, is described. Also described is a method of relieving symptoms of ALS, PD, migraines, and certain forms of dementia, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a glycosylated PACAP.
US10117905B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising peptides that may be variants, derivatives and structural equivalents of cupredoxins that inhibit the development of premalignant lesions in mammalian cells, tissues and animals. Specifically, these compositions may comprise azurin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and/or the 50-77 residue region of azurin (p28). The present invention further relates to compositions that may comprise cupredoxin(s), and/or variants, derivatives or structural equivalents of cupredoxins, that retain the ability to inhibit the development of premalignant lesions in mammalian cells, tissues or animals. These compositions may be peptides or pharmaceutical compositions, among others. The compositions of the invention may be used to prevent the development of premalignant lesions in mammalian cells, tissues and animals, and thus prevent cancer.
US10117903B1
The present invention relates to a peptide suppressing the phosphorylation of threonine (T120), the 120th residue of TSPYL5 (testis-specific Y-like protein 5), which is specifically as follows. The present inventors constructed T120D, the mutant of the 120th residue threonine (T120) of TSPYL5, and T120A-TSPYL5 gene and then transfected cells with them in order to investigate the effect of phosphorylation on T120 residue. As a result, wild-type TSPYL5 and T120D moved into nucleus and stayed there. But in the case of T120A-TSPYL5, TSPYL5 did not move into nucleus and instead it was expressed only in cytoplasm. The protein could not bind to AKT, either. Instead, ubiquitination of TSPYL5 was increased but SUMOylation was inhibited. Also, the expressions of ALDH1-A1, -A3, CD44 gene and protein were reduced, and thereby the growth and metastasis of lung cancer cells were suppressed and sphere formation was reduced. Based on the observation above, the inventors constructed the peptide composed of the amino acid sequences represented by SEQ. ID. NO: 43 or NO: 44 that could inhibit phosphorylation of the 120th residue threonine of TSPYL5. The said peptide can be effectively used as a composition for the inhibition of cancer cell growth, metastasis, and cancer stem cell growth.
US10117902B2
The present invention provides nutritional compositions that are employed as oral supplementation to the human diet. The compositions of the present invention provide for supplementation to the diet of the cancer patient, as well as preventative dietary supplementation aimed at supporting the human immune system for those not currently suffering from cancer. The present invention is comprised of specific combinations of selected forms of unique sets of certain vitamins, minerals, protein, carbohydrates and phytochemicals.
US10117888B2
This invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations of gemcitabine-[phenyl-benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-phosphate, a monophosphate derivative of the well-known oncology drug gemcitabine. In particular, the invention relates to formulations which comprise a polar aprotic solvent, preferably dimethyl acetamide (DMA). Formulations comprising these solvent provide therapeutically effective treatments of gemcitabine-[phenyl-benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]-phosphate. The invention also relates to methods of using said formulations and kits comprising said formulations.
US10117881B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for preventing one or more cardiac channelopathies or conditions resulting from irregularities or alterations in cardiac patterns caused by an active agent or a drug in a human or animal subject comprising: an amount of a lysophosphatidylglycerol adapted for oral administration effective to reduce or prevent one or more cardiac channelopathies or conditions resulting from irregularities or alterations in cardiac patterns caused by the active agent or drug.
US10117879B2
Provided herein are compositions, systems, and methods for treating a disease, such as kidney and/or cardiovascular disease, with an agent that reduces the production of trimethylamine (TMA) or trimethylamine-n-oxide (TMAO) in a subject. In certain embodiments, the agent is: i) 3,3-dimethyl-1-butanol (DMB) or a DMB derivative or related compound, ii) acetylsalicylic acid or derivative thereof (e.g., with an enteric coating for delivery to the colon and/or cecum); iii) a flavin monooxygenase 3 (FMO3) inhibitor; iv) a gut TMA lyase inhibitor; v) an antibiotic or antimicrobial; vi) a probiotic or prebiotic; vii) an antiplatelet agent; or viii) a TMA and/or TMAO sequestering agent.
US10117873B2
Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1 is C1-6alkylamino, C1-6alkoxy, or C3-7cycloalkyloxy; m is an integer having a value of 3 to 6; n is an integer having a value of 0 to 4; and salts thereof are inducers of human interferon. Compounds which induce human interferon may be useful in the treatment of various disorders, for example the treatment of allergic diseases and other inflammatory conditions for example allergic rhinitis and asthma, the treatment of infectious diseases and cancer, and may also be useful as vaccine adjuvants.
US10117871B2
Various embodiments described herein are directed to compounds of formula (I), (II), (III) or (IV) for use as potent inhibitors of HIV integrase and for treatment of patients afflicted with AIDS. A major challenge of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) chemotherapy continues to be the inevitable selection of resistance by the virus towards known drug regimens. Treating resistant HIV strains calls for novel antivirals with unique structural cores. Some embodiments are directed to compounds featuring a 3-hydroxypyrimidine-2,4-dione-5-carboxamide core that consistently confers low nanomolar potencies against HIV-1 in cell culture. Biochemical testing and molecular modeling results corroborate an antiviral mechanism of action of inhibiting integrase strand transfer (INST). Preliminary testing against raltegravir-resistant HIVs showed marginal cross resistance, suggesting that the chemotypes of the various embodiments described herein could fit an inhibitory profile of second generation INSTIs.
US10117866B2
Survival of, or axon regeneration in a lesioned mature central nervous system (CNS) neuron is promoted by (a) contacting the neuron with a therapeutically effective amount of an exogenous activator of protein translation; and (b) detecting the resultant promotion of the survival of, or axon regeneration in the neuron.
US10117854B2
A method of treating or preventing type C Hepatic Encephalopathy in a human patient diagnosed with cirrhosis by administering a composition containing at least 200 mg biotin to the human patient daily.
US10117846B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US10117843B2
The present disclosure relates to (a) an improved pharmaceutical composition comprising a levodopa active agent and a carbidopa active agent (b) methods of producing the pharmaceutical composition and (c) methods of treating Parkinson's disease and associated conditions comprising administering the pharmaceutical composition to a subject with Parkinson's disease.
US10117838B2
Composition for the prolonged release of trimetazidine wherein the inner phase comprises trimetazidine and the outer layer comprises a retardant and an anti-agglomerant.
US10117831B2
A product and process of manufacturing an edible soft-chewable dosage form for the delivery of pharmaceutically active ingredients or nutritional agents orally to an animal or human subject, by forming a granulated soft-chew mass by appropriate mixing and sifting steps, and forming tablets with a compression press. Such soft-chew dosage forms have hardness of less than about 2 kilopond and friability of less than about 1% at 300 rotations (per USP). The process for manufacturing such compressed soft-chew tablets employs compression (tablet) pressing equipment to produce soft-chew tablets of consistent weight and texture.
US10117828B1
The disclosure is directed towards a highly emollient, plant-based moisturizer which noticeably reduces the visible signs of aging and effects of environmental impact. With one daily application, the formula reaches deep into the cellular structures to hydrate skin, delivering a luminous, porcelain effect on all skin types and ages. In an embodiment, the emulsion is provided in the form of a skin cream effective for reducing the visible signs of aging and effects of environmental impact. The skin cream formulation includes a mixture of at least one member of the genus of flowering plants known as Convallaria, an amphiphilic material, such as lecithin, Centella (Centella asiatica or C. Asiatica), an essential oil such as Myrrh; a product derived from aloe, a whole or reconstituted milk formulation, and a mineral clay, in amounts effective to reduce such signs of aging and environmental impact.
US10117807B2
In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor comprises a housing configured to couple the adaptor with a vial, an access channel, a regulator channel, and a regulator assembly. The access channel is configured to facilitate withdrawal of fluid from the vial when the adaptor is coupled to the vial. The regulator channel is configured to facilitate a flow of a regulating fluid from the regulator assembly to compensate for changes in volume of a medical fluid in the vial. In some embodiments, the regulator assembly includes a flexible member configured to expand and contract in accordance with changes in the volume of the medical fluid in the vial. In some embodiments, the flexible member is substantially free to expand and contract. In some embodiments, the flexible member is not partly or completely located in a rigid enclosure.
US10117800B1
A body sling with patient handling sheets allowing a single caregiver to provide perineal care and skin integrity assessment to a bedridden patient, and further providing the capability to lift, turn, and reposition the patient with the use and aid of a patient lift.
US10117791B2
In a sanitary towel an inside elastic member is disposed in an intermediate portion in a width direction corresponding to a non-joint area of an upper layer side cuff surface, and when standing-up toward a skin side with an inside edge portion of a joint area as a base in a standing state, a portion between from the inside elastic member to an inside edge portion of a joint area works as a standing wall and a portion outside the inside elastic member works as a skin-abutting surface when the sanitary towel is worn, and a portion that works as a skin-abutting surface is further outward in a towel width direction in the standing state than in the folded state.
US10117788B2
The transport method includes a speed varying step of varying speed of a first holding portion between a receiving position and a predetermined relay position by means of a speed change mechanism; a control step of controlling speed of a servo motor for driving rotation of second holding portions, such that speed of the second holding portions becomes a receiving speed at which the second holding portions is able to receive the absorbent body from the first holding portion at the relay position and becomes a predetermined transfer speed at a transfer position, and such that the second holding portions arrive at the relay position and at the transfer position at a predetermined cycle; and a speed changing step of changing the transfer speed while the cycle is maintained.
US10117787B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to tucking opposing side panels into a chassis of a diaper pant. The apparatuses and methods may utilize one or more conveyors that advance the chassis along a machine direction. Each conveyor may have a vacuum zone that applies a vacuum force to hold the chassis. The chassis may be positioned between a first conveyor having a first vacuum zone and a second conveyor having a second vacuum zone. The conveyors may apply opposing vacuum forces to hold the first waist region apart from the second waist region while the chassis advances in the machine direction toward a tucking device. The vacuum forces are then removed from the waist regions as the tucking device pushes the side panels toward each other. Pushing the side panels toward each other causes the inner surfaces of the waist regions to simultaneously move toward each other.
US10117781B2
An ear cup for a hearing protector includes a cup-shaped outer casing, a sealing ring on a rim of the outer casing, and at least one electrical component such as a microphone. The electrical component is mounted on a flexible circuit board attached on the outer surface of the outer casing, where the outer casing includes a slit through which the flexible circuit board extends to the inside of the outer casing so as to provide electrical connections between the electrical component and an electrical circuitry inside the outer casing. Thus, there is no need for wide openings on the outer casing of the ear cup, instead only a narrow slit suffices. This facilitates achieving good noise reduction properties.
US10117778B2
A goggle lens is revealed. The goggle lens includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a protective film connected to either the first surface or the second surface. The protective layer is a multi-layer structure formed by a silica composite film layer, a first zirconium dioxide film layer, a first silica film layer, an indium tin oxide (ITO) film layer, a second zirconium dioxide film layer and a second silica film layer in turn. Thereby harmful light such as blue light, infrared light, etc. is blocked by the protective film and ultraviolet light is also absorbed by the protective film for protecting user's eyes from damages.
US10117772B2
A female urination aid to enable a female to urinate from a standing position. The invention, in one embodiment, has a disposable funnel, typically made of paper or similar material, which fits into a reusable holder, which enables the funnel to be held against the body. The funnel may include an attached pad of wiping paper. In a second, reusable or multi-use embodiment, the funnel portion of the apparatus is of a reusable material such as plastic. A fluid container for holding a cleaning solution conveniently snaps onto the funnel, forming an easy to carry kit. Wiping paper may be attached to the funnel, so as to form a readily usable kit.
US10117766B2
Inflation devices for inflating intragastric devices and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, an inflation device can include a tube, an inner detent, and an outer detent. The tube can extend from a proximal portion of the inflation device to a distal portion of the inflation device, and can include a handle at the proximal portion and a barb at the distal portion. The barb can have a cross-sectional dimension greater than a cross-sectional dimension of a corresponding inflation port of an intragastric device. The inner detent can be positioned over the barb and can include a mating interface. The outer detent can be positioned over the inner detent, and can be configured to attach over a proximal cap of the intragastric device. The tube can be longitudinally advanceable relative to at least one of the inner and outer detents.
US10117761B2
An endoprosthesis includes an expandable tubular framework having a first end, a second end, and a lumen extending therethrough along a longitudinal axis. The expandable tubular framework includes a plurality of interconnected struts. The interconnected struts include a radially outward face which includes a plurality of anti-migration grooves defining anti-migration teeth formed therebetween. The anti-migration teeth are configured to engage tissue to resist migration of the endoprosthesis within a body lumen.
US10117758B2
Various features for improving the performance of prosthetic sport feet are provided. A fairing for a prosthetic sport foot can include foam components that are coupled to the foot and an elastane cover. The fairing is configured to alter the cross-sectional profile of the foot to produce a more aerodynamic shape. A prosthetic sport foot can include a hollow foot member that can be lighter weight and provide improved performance. A prosthetic sport foot can include an adjustable tension strap extending between and coupled to two portions of the foot member. A prosthetic sport foot, such as a prosthetic running foot or prosthetic cycling foot, can include an aerodynamic fairing and a cover. A prosthetic sport foot can have a varying-width profile such that a mid-section of the foot is narrower and a toe portion flares outward.
US10117748B2
Presented are methods and systems for determining, monitoring, and displaying the relative positioning of two rigid bodies during surgery. In particular, the present disclosure relates to methods and systems for positioning a prosthesis relative to a bone during a surgery as well as to systems and methods for verifying resulting relative positioning of adjacent bones.
US10117731B2
Disclosed is a material for a denture base containing a polymer component having a weight average molecular weight of 1,200,000 or more and containing an acrylic resin.
US10117729B2
A method for treating orthodontitis (i.e., gingivitis caused by malpositioned teeth). The process includes evaluating improper morphologies of alveolar bone in the horizontal dimension (i.e., orthodontosis) caused by displaced root(s) of a tooth, uprighting the root of the malpositioned tooth utilizing an orthodontic bracket system thereby causing the alveolar bone to be restored, which in-turn alleviates the orthodontitis. An orthodontic bracket is provided for use with an arch wire to apply corrective forces to a tooth. The bracket includes a vertical member having a slot formed therein for receiving the arch wire and a wide base horizontal member connected to the vertical member. The vertical member is positioned gingivally with respect to the horizontal member. The horizontal member includes opposing first and second ends that extend away from the vertical member and define a pair of spaced-apart wire engaging points engageable with the arch wire during treatment.
US10117725B2
The present invention relates to a hand held interproximal dental tool for detaching unwanted materials from a patient's teeth and to methods of manufacturing such tools. The interproximal dental tool includes a compact, ergonomically designed housing which is gripped by a dental practitioner during use and a blade extending from and structurally supported by the housing which includes serrations for cutting or abrasive materials for sanding unwanted material.
US10117719B2
A method and system for organizing surgical instruments and supplies in an operating room in preparation for surgery using a system having two tray devices. Each tray includes at least one flat work surface disposed in a first reference plane; an edge feature surrounding the at least one flat work surface, the edge surface standing proud at a predetermined first positive offset distance from the first reference plane, the edge feature comprising at least a work-surface-side wall intersecting the at least one flat work surface at substantially about 90-degrees at a top surface coupled to the work-surface-side wall, wherein the top surface disposes generally parallel to the first reference plane and is further defining the first positive offset distance measured from the reference plane; and at least one recessed compartment comprising a bottom surface disposed parallel to the first reference plane and offset therefrom at a first negative offset distance.
US10117717B2
A catheter dressing system includes a catheter that may be inserted into a patient when the patient is undergoing a surgical procedure. A dressing is provided and the dressing is selectively adhered to the patient. The dressing covers the catheter thereby inhibiting the catheter from being contaminated and the dressing gas a tear-away portion. A surgical drape is positioned on the patient when the patient is undergoing the surgical procedure. The surgical drape adhesively engages the tear-away portion of the dressing. The tear away portion is removed from the dressing when the surgical drape is removed from the patient such that the dressing remains on the catheter.
US10117712B2
A medical marker device comprising a) a plurality of markers which are disposed on the marker device such that each marker of the plurality of markers displays mirror symmetry with respect to a mirror plane of symmetry which is common to all markers of the plurality of markers, b) an attaching unit for attaching the marker device to a marker holder, wherein the attaching unit is disposed on the mirror plane of symmetry.
US10117708B2
A surgical device is disclosed, and includes a probe having a handle assembly and an electrode assembly extending distally therefrom. An optical member is disposed on the probe and has a first set of light transmitting properties corresponding to a first set of physical parameters of the probe. The probe is configured to transition to a second set of physical parameters, the second set of physical parameters being different from the first set of physical parameters. The optical member is configured to transition from the first set of light transmitting properties to a second set of light transmitting properties, the second set of light transmitting properties corresponding to the second set of physical parameters, the second set of light transmitting properties being different from the first set of light transmitting properties.
US10117693B2
Implant for stabilization of pelvic ring fractures, comprising a nail for intraosseous implantation, a fixing agent and at least one locking element for relative fixation of the pelvic bone to the nail. The nail is designed so that the nail intraosseous be passed through a pre-drilled by a sacrum through channel or in the sacrum predrilled through channel is intraosseous insertable. Wherein the pin has at least at its first end of the nail transverse implementation for receiving the locking member, said locking member having an anchoring portion by means of which it can be anchored in a pelvic bone, and a locking portion connected to the transverse conducting of the nail so corresponds to the locking element with the nail is stable angle lockable. Wherein the nail is fixed by means of fixing means at the second end of the nail, in a first pelvic bone and/or the sacrum, whereby the nail is secured by means of the locking element relative to a second pelvis against rotation and displacements fixed.
US10117692B2
A fixing means (1) for fixation of bone fragments at bone fractures comprises a sleeve (2) and at least one pin (9) which is provided in said sleeve and a front end portion (10) of which can be driven out and retracted through a side opening (8) in the sleeve such that said end portion can be brought to engage bone material in one of the bone fragments and retracted out of the bone material. For facilitating said driving and retraction, the pin (9) comprises a fixing member (9a) with said front end portion (10) and a driving and retraction member (9b) which is rotatably connected to the fixing member. The driving and retraction member (9b) is configured to, during rotation in a first direction relative to the fixing member (9a), displace the pin (9) in a forward direction relative to the sleeve (2) for driving the front end portion (10) of the pin out of the sleeve and into the bone material in said one bone fragment and, during rotation in a second, opposite direction relative to the fixing member, displace the pin in a backward direction relative to the sleeve for retracting the front end portion of the pin out of the bone material in said one bone fragment and into the sleeve.
US10117687B2
An intramedullary nail for the treatment of fractures of long bones. The nail presents a body having a proximal area and a distal area and a longitudinal axis, and is adapted to be inserted in the medullary canal of said long bone. Furthermore, the nail presents at least two through holes formed at the proximal zone of said body. The nail includes a pair of fastening elements each having a first and a second end, in which each fastening element is adapted to be housed in a respective hole of the body of the nail at the respective first end.
US10117676B2
A method of embryo transfer (“ET”) that improves fertility rates by eliminating transferred air during the procedure is provided. Also provided is a method for hormonally enhancing the uterine wall of a patient either prior to or during the time of ET. Quantitative administration of transfer solutions is accomplished with a modified apparatus that provides for implantation of an embryo into the uterus of a patient. The apparatus comprises an outer sheath and an inner lumen arranged to be slidably disposed within the outer sheath. The inner lumen includes at least one visual marker situated on the exterior surface adjacent its distal end thereof.
US10117663B2
The present invention related to a coring tool for preparing a core or opening through tissue and methods of use thereof. In one embodiment, the present invention include a coring tool including: (a) a frame having proximal and distal directions; (b) an operator interface element mounted to the frame and movable between a rest position and an actuated position; (c) a coring head having at least one cutting blade, the coring head being mounted to the frame for movement in the proximal and distal directions; and (d) a actuation mechanism connected between the coring head and the operator interface element, the actuation mechanism including a selector element having first and second positions, the actuation mechanism being arranged to move the coring head distally responsive to movement of the interface element from the rest position toward the actuated position when the selector element is in the first position, and to move the coring head proximally responsive to movement of the interface element from the rest position toward the actuated position when the selector element is in the second position.
US10117653B2
A powered surgical instrument is disclosed comprising a motor, a shaft extending from the housing, an end effector extending from the shaft, a power source, a processor, a motor controller, and a control circuit. The control circuit comprises a first segment configured to supply the processor with a first voltage from the power source, and a second segment configured to supply the motor controller with a second voltage from the power source. The second voltage is different than the first voltage. The powered surgical instrument further comprises means for shifting power to the first segment when the second segment experiences a power drop due to high power demand from the motor.
US10117648B2
The invention provides a fastening device for laparoscopic hernia repair. The coordinated operation of two insertion members stabilizes a fastener during closure and locking to ensure that the fastener is locked in the intended location before the device releases from the fastener. One of the insertion members includes a pair of prongs that exhibit a closed configuration when they are disposed in a recess at an end of the fastener. The fastener has a hook at one end and a loop at the other end. The insertion members push the fastener out from the device and through the tissue. A curvature in at least one of the insertion members pushes the hook through the loop all while the prongs are in the recess in the fastener, thereby stabilizing the fastener with respect to the device.
US10117634B2
There is provided a sound and vibration information collecting mechanism, which collects low-frequency sound and vibration information with a predetermined frequency or lower from a detection target, the mechanism including a resonance layer, which includes a natural oscillator having a natural frequency within a frequency band of the sound and vibration information being a collection target, and generates a resonance carrier by the natural oscillator emphasizing the sound and vibration information; and a sensor, which detects the resonance carrier. The mechanism detects a bioacoustic signal and a biosignal more accurately than conventionally.
US10117633B2
A method for continuously evaluating an X-ray unit. The method includes placing an X-ray sensor converter having a photo diode and a scintillation crystal in a path of an X-ray beam emitted by the X-ray unit, using the X-ray sensor converter to convert an X-ray beam energy into an electric signal, providing an amplifier connected to the X-ray sensor converter, conveying the electric signal from the X-ray sensor converter to the amplifier, amplifying the electric signal with the amplifier, and measuring a spectrum of the X-ray tube energy by continuously sampling and quantifying the amplified electric signal.
US10117628B2
According to one embodiment, the X-ray tube generates X-rays. The X-ray detector detects the X-rays transmitted through a subject. The data acquisition circuitry acquires count data concerning a count number of the detected X-rays for energy bands. The memory circuitry stores data of a response function that associates incident X-rays on the X-ray detector with a response characteristic of a system including the X-ray detector and the data acquisition circuitry. The processing circuitry calculates an X-ray absorption amount of each of a plurality of base substances based on the count data concerning the energy bands acquired by the data acquisition circuitry, an energy spectrum of the incident X-rays, and the response function.
US10117626B2
Some embodiments are associated with an input signal comprising a first and a second photon event incident on a photon-counting semiconductor detector. A relatively slow charge collection shaping amplifier may receive the input signal and output an indication of a total amount of energy associated with the superposition of the first and second events. A relatively fast charge collection shaping amplifier may receive the input signal and output an indication that is used to allocate a first portion of the total amount of energy to the first event and a second portion of the total amount of energy to the second event.
US10117623B2
A biometric authentication device collates pre-registered biometric data for authentication with biometric data acquired during authentication. An imaging section images biometric data acquired by penetration through the finger by near-infrared light from a near-infrared light irradiating section. A control section acquires the biometric data acquired by the imaging section. A visible light irradiating section irradiates a finger inserting section where the finger is inserted with visible light. The visible light irradiating section starts irradiation of the visible light before the imaging section acquires the biometric data. The control section sets irradiation luminosity from the visible light irradiating section to be lower in a case where luminosity of an imaging screen of the biometric data acquired by the imaging section is higher than luminosity appropriate for authentication, and collates the biometric data in the case where the irradiation luminosity is set to be lower with the pre-registered biometric data for authentication.
US10117621B2
An implantable device includes a body part and a piezoelectric part. The body part is configured to grasp a pulsatile organic or inorganic tissue. The piezoelectric part is mechanically coupled to the body part and is configured to convert a varying shear force transferred from the body part to the piezoelectric part into voltage. An implantable system, comprises the implantable device and a stent like object configured to be inserted and deployed within a pulsatile or static tissue. The implantable device is configured to form a sealed junction with the pulsatile tissue while pressing against an outer circumference area of the stent.
US10117620B2
A sensor guide wire for an intravascular measurement of a physiological variable in a living body may include a sensor element configured to measure the physiological variable based on exposure to fluid in the living body; and a cylindrical-shaped jacket forming an interior space housing the sensor element. The jacket comprises an outer circumferential wall with a circumferential surface extending between distal and proximal longitudinal ends of the jacket. The outer circumferential wall of the jacket does not include any apertures along its circumferential surface so as to prevent fluid from passing through the outer circumferential wall and/or the jacket has a constant cross section along its entire length.
US10117617B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for early detection, assessment, monitoring and prevention of pathophysiological conditions originating and/or emanating from skin or localized tissues, including but not limited to acute or chronic episodes of soft tissue pathology, wound, injury, dermatological or rheumatoid condition where bio-signal patterns, biomarkers or other identifiable elements or references would deviate from baseline. Specifically, the present invention relates to methods and systems specially designed and adapted for early detection of a latent pathogenic bio-signal anomaly using multiple aggregated sensors before the anomaly would otherwise be detectable.
US10117616B2
The present invention relates to a safety support system (10), comprising a data interface (20) for receiving sleep quality data carrying information on the sleep quality of a person (12), a sleep quality assessment unit (22) for determining a sleep quality indicator being indicative of the sleep quality of the person (12) based on the received sleep quality data and a safety unit (24) for determining machine operation settings for the person (12) based on the sleep quality indicator, said machine operation settings being indicative of an allowed operation of a machine (14) by the person (12). The present invention further relates to a corresponding method and to a machine (14) comprising a safety support system (10) as described above.
US10117613B2
Tissue-integrating biosensors, systems comprising these sensors and methods of using these sensors and systems for the detection of one or more analytes are provided.
US10117608B2
A device for mounting an electrochemical sensor unit to a skin surface of a human being comprises a mounting member having a circumferential wall, an adhesive tape at a lower end of the circumferential wall for adhering the mounting member to the skin surface, and a sealing member. The sealing member provides a liquid tight seal between a lumen or measuring chamber defined between the skin surface, the mounting device and the sensor unit, the measuring chamber being normally filled with a contact liquid. Alternatively, the sealing member is provided on the sensor unit. The provision of the sealing member renders the system less vulnerable to force impacts and reduces the risk of flawed measurements due to atmospheric air in the measuring chamber. The electrochemical sensor unit may e.g. be suitable for transcutaneous measurement of partial carbon dioxide pressure (pCO2) or partial oxygen pressure (pO2).
US10117607B2
Described is a hand-held measuring device 1 for measuring the pH value of wounds at a measuring point, wherein the hand-held measuring device 1 comprises a housing 2, a removable protective case 5 which at least partially encloses the housing 2, and a detection and evaluation unit constructed of at least two elements 6, 7, 9. The evaluation unit is designed to process the measured signals detected by the detection unit. At least one element 7 of the detection and evaluation unit is arranged in or on the housing 2 and at least one element 6, 9 of the detection and evaluation unit is designed as a component of the protective case 5.
US10117601B2
A plurality of wireless vital sensors for capturing biometric data of individuals is laid out and fixed at predetermined setting locations. The vital sensors are configured to sense the biometric data of an individual via non-contact when the individual enters the sensing area of any one of the plurality of vital sensors. Moreover, there is no discomfort while the wireless vital sensor is attached or no risk of damage to or destruction of the wireless vital sensor due to collisions during games. Additionally, the measuring device also includes the identification sensors for identifying a mobile object, and the individual corresponding to the biometric data sensed by the vital sensors is identified by the RFID data from the identification sensor. Accordingly, in a configuration where the wireless vital sensors can capture the biometric data of an unspecified number of individuals, which individual the biometric data belongs to can be surely identified.
US10117575B2
A method and apparatus for fixation measurement includes rotating a first reflector comprising a diffraction component about a rotation axis, the first reflector being configured to reflect light received from a light source onto a second reflector via the diffraction component and reflect light received from the second reflector via the diffraction component and capturing light which is reflected by the second reflector and subsequently reflected by the first reflector with one or more photodetectors.
US10117572B2
A method of determining at least one selection parameter for selecting an intraocular lens to be inserted into an eye; the method comprises reading, by a data processing system, data indicative of an axial position of at least a portion of an anterior surface of an at least partially empty capsular bag of the eye, relative to an optical axis of the eye. The method further comprises determining an axial position parameter, which is representative of the axial position of the portion of the anterior surface, depending on the data. The method further comprises determining the at least one selection parameter for selecting the intraocular lens depending on the determined position parameter.
US10117569B2
A diagnosis supporting device includes an imaging unit that images a subject, an eye gaze detector that detects an eye gaze direction of the subject from an image captured by the imaging unit, a gaze point detector that detects a gaze point of the subject in a display area of a display on the basis of the eye gaze direction, and an output controller that causes the display area to display a diagnostic image composed by superposing a pattern image onto a natural image.
US10117567B2
An endoscope includes a bending section being disposed in an insertion section, a plurality of towing members disposed in the insertion section and in an operation section from the bending section, a disk member turnably provided in the operation section and configured to turn to tow and loosen the plurality of towing members, the plurality of towing members being suspended in an outer circumference of the disk member, operation members turnably disposed in the operation section and configured to turn the disk member to bend the bending section, and a turning shaft configured to turnably axially support the disk member and the operation members with respect to the operation section in a position decentered to the distal end side by a predetermined distance d with respect to a center of the disk member in an initial state in which the bending section is linear.
US10117563B2
A method of identifying the presence of a suspect region such as a polyp in a body cavity of a subject includes generating successive images of a body cavity of the subject, and comparing the successive images of the body cavity, wherein a suspect region of the body cavity is likely present when the successive images are different in terms of intensity, surroundings, registration, and/or protrusions. Also provided is an apparatus comprising a processor and an endoscope having a camera and one or more illuminators such that the processor is configured to compare the images acquired from the camera and the one or more illuminators to identify the presence of a suspect region such as a polyp.
US10117557B2
A mop module for a robot cleaner may include a module body detachably coupled to a cleaner body; and a mop mounted to the module body, and configured to wipe a floor as the cleaner body moves. The module body may include a hook protruding from the module body, and detachably mounted to the cleaner body by being elastically deflected; and a pressing member installed at the module body so as to be moveable in opposing directions, and configured to elastically deflect the hook.
US10117556B2
Provided is a battery discharge control system including a voltage sensor configured to sense a voltage across a battery and a controller configured to calculate an expected voltage based on a recovery voltage of the battery and the voltage across the battery, compare the expected voltage and a predetermined final discharge voltage, and determine whether to apply power to a load having the battery as a power source.
US10117554B2
A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner including a housing, a roller and a wheel assembly arranged to support the cleaner head on a surface such that the roller is held out of pressing engagement with the surface. The roller is arranged to rotate with respect to the housing and the wheel assembly includes a first wheel which is arranged to drive the roller.
US10117547B2
A sink accessory, comprising a flexible outer rim including a central area and a flexible webbing connected to the outer rim, the flexible webbing comprising a plurality of holes and an opening, wherein the flexible webbing at least partially occupies the central area of the flexible outer rim.
US10117545B2
A grill is provided including a base structure. A lower platen assembly is connected to the base structure and includes a lower grill plate having a first cooking surface. An upper platen assembly is connected to the base structure and includes an upper grill plate having a second cooking surface movable between a raised position and a lowered position. A backsplash is arranged at a joint between the upper platen assembly and the lower platen assembly. The backsplash includes a partially open compartment within which a back end of the upper grill plate is arranged when in the raised position. The upper platen assembly includes an extended back end configured to direct grease away from the cooking surface. When the upper platen assembly is in the lowered position, the extended back end if offset from the first cooking surface.
US10117540B2
A consumable recognition system for recognizing placement and/or type of a consumable containing a food substance, for the preparation of a beverage using a beverage dispenser, includes a light sensor configured to sense light reflected from a reflection element of the consumable during a relative movement between the consumable and the light sensor to obtain a sensor signal. The sensor signal depends on the position, reflectivity and/or pattern of the reflection element. A movable sensor carrier is configured to carry the light sensor which is configured to sense light reflected from the reflection element during a movement of the sensor carrier. A signal processor is configured to recognize placement and/or type of consumable based on the sensor signal.
US10117539B2
Capsule for the preparation of a beverage from beverage ingredients contained therein, comprising a body (2) comprising at least one compartment for receiving said beverage ingredients and a flange-like rim (4) extending outwardly and transversally to a central axis (I) of said body; a membrane (6) for closing the opening which is sealed onto the flange-like rim, an optical code (7) containing binary information configured to be read by a camera (11) of a beverage producing device (20), wherein the optical code (7) is a two-dimensional barcode having rectilinear borders (7a-7d) and which is inscribed in a circular area (8) concentric relative to the center (O) of the membrane having a radius (R) smaller than the radius (R0) of the membrane.
US10117537B2
Many forms of Christmas tree stand, for use with real (i.e. cut) Christmas trees are known, such as those that may be filled with water to prolong the life of the tree. The present invention relates to a Christmas tree stand, and a method of maintaining a Christmas tree in a substantially upright position, and includes a reservoir 3 with retaining parts 9 at upper and lower ends thereof, and an outer container into which the reservoir is configured to be securable, the container configured to substantially conceal the reservoir and having a base larger than the reservoir. This prevents damage to floor surfaces (such as carpets and tiles) and prevents accidental contact by passers-by with difficult-to-see legs and/or arms.
US10117533B2
A straw cup includes a container and a lid releasably attached to the container for closing a container open top. A lid body has a dispensing port and a vent each extending therethrough. The body further has a downward depending inner collar which surrounds the dispensing port. A straw extends through the dispensing port and has a mounting member provided at a lower end thereof. The mounting member is received in the inner collar and includes a flexible seal member having a downward frusto-conical shape. The seal member normally contacts an inner surface of the inner collar. The seal member is movable radially downwardly and away from the inner surface allowing an inward flow of air through the vent and over the seal member upon the introduction of a pressure differential across the vent where the pressure outside of the container is greater than the pressure inside of the container.
US10117523B1
The present disclosure provides for an infant swing simulating a human form preferably comprising an animated body including an upper body portion simulating a human trunk, arms, shoulders, neck and head portions as well as a lower body portion. A frontally worn infant carrier is preferably connected to the shoulders and waist of the animated body. The lower body portion is operatively connected to a base having a motor to pivot the body in an oscillatory manner. The head portion preferably includes a 3D-printed interchangeable face mask resembling a caretaker of the infant. In a preferred embodiment, the animated body includes a sound recorder, speaker, vibrating motor, and heating elements disposed therein for soothing and comforting an infant.
US10117514B2
A drawer wall element for a drawer. A marginal section of a drawer base is insertable to form a drawer side wall that adjoins the drawer base. The drawer wall element comprises a wall profile part and a base-receiving profile part. The drawer wall element comprises a support surface, present on the base-receiving profile part, for providing underside support to the drawer base. The wall profile part comprises a chamber section having an inner wall sheet section and an outer wall sheet section. A filler element is inserted into the chamber section. The filler element comprises a spring element, which in an inserted state has a defined pretension.
US10117513B1
A portable chafing and serving table can include a foldable table assembly, a pair of leg structures pivotably connected to the table assembly, at least one chafing dish recess disposed in the table assembly, the chafing dish recess being configured to receive at least a portion of a chafing dish, and at least one food cover connected to the table assembly, the food cover being moveable between a retracted state and an extended state, and the food cover being configured to cover the chafing dish recess when in the extended state.
US10117506B2
A finger puppet toothbrush may include character features, such as an imitation animal body, arms, legs, teeth, eyes, tail, etc. The various character features may provide different brushing functions to the toothbrush. However, due to the disguised appearance of the functional features as character parts, small children may be enticed to use the toothbrush more willingly and develop proper dental hygiene.
US10117504B2
A wearable band for an electronic device and a method of forming the wearable band for the electronic device. The wearable band may include a first strap portion including a loop, and a second strap portion positioned through the loop of the first strap portion. The second strap portion may include a first group of components positioned adjacent a first end of the second strap portion. The first group of components may include magnetic properties. The second strap portion may also include a second group of components positions adjacent a second end, opposite the first end, of the second strap portion. The second group of components may include magnetic properties.
US10117500B2
The present invention provides a method of making up human keratinous material, the method comprising: taking at least two measurements of an optical characteristic of said keratinous material at different locations; and applying a composition to the keratinous material, the composition modifying a characteristic of the appearance of said keratinous material so as to give it an optical characteristic intermediate between the measured optical characteristics.
US10117477B2
A sports boot having a rigid shell base designed to hold the foot of a user, the shell base including a sole and two lateral sides extending from the sole and defining an upper recess therebetween. The boot includes a mechanism for tightening the shell base around the foot of the user, the tightening mechanism including a filiform element for tightening the sides towards one another, the filiform element being tightened by pivoting a lever of the mechanism. The lever is provided to be pivoted in a notch of a rack designed to cover the two sides of the shell base in the tightened configuration and to bend the sides towards the sole under the pivoting action of the lever. The rack extends across the upper recess E2.
US10117472B2
A glove can include an integrated wrist wrap that is split to allow a watch to be worn with the glove. The glove comprises a hand portion within which a wearer's hand is placed and a wrist wrap attached to a proximal edge of the hand portion and configured to extend around the wearer's wrist when the wearer's hand is placed in the hand portion. The wrist wrap can include a slit that extends lengthwise within the wrist wrap. When the wearer is also wearing a watch, the watch can be inserted through the slit so that the wrist wrap will be positioned on each side of the watch thereby allowing the face of the watch to remain visible while still providing support to the wrist. A split wrist wrap without a hand portion is also provided.
US10117468B1
A brassiere configured for operation by wearers of limited dexterity, such as those with limited use of fingers, hands, wrists, arms, and/or shoulders. The brassiere may include a shoulder support element which may provide support to the wearer's torso and breasts without requiring strain to be placed on both hands, wrists, arms, and shoulders when fastening the brassiere.
US10117466B2
Vaporization devices and methods of operating them are described. In particular, cartridges are described for use with a vaporizer device body in which a cartridge is received in a receptacle of the vaporizer device body in one of two orientations. A heater chamber in the cartridge may be proximate to a bottom end of the cartridge and/or disposed between a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material and the bottom end of the cartridge.
US10117461B2
The present invention provides an electronic cigarette, including an atomizer device and a battery device. The atomizer device includes an electrically-conductive air flowing pipe and an atomizer assembly disposed on the air flowing pipe. A liquid reservoir room is defined outside of the air flowing pipe. The atomizer assembly includes a liquid delivery wick and a heating member arranged on the liquid delivery wick. The liquid delivery wick is arranged across the air flowing pipe with at least one end thereof to be extended into the liquid reservoir room. The heating member electrically connects with the air flowing pipe, the air flowing pipe electrically connects with an electrode of the battery device, and the heating member electrically connects with the other electrode of the battery device by a conductor penetrating through the air flowing pipe.
US10117453B2
An orally-enjoyable tobacco product includes a portion of smokeless tobacco comprising an active ingredient and either: (1) a collection of tobacco particles at least partially enclosed by a coating comprising a water-soluble non-crosslinked component and a substantially water-insoluble cross-linked component, or (2) a pouch comprising smokeless tobacco enclosed in a water-permeable wrapper. The active ingredient is selected from the group consisting of a mercaptan, camphor, borneol, isoborneol, bornyl acetate, isobornyl acetate, mono-bornyl succinate, mono-isobornyl succinate, mono-bornyl formate, and mono-isobornyl formate. The active ingredient is present in an amount effective to reduce or eliminate the sensory irritation arising from the smokeless tobacco. Also disclosed is a method of making such a product.
US10117448B2
An extruder die designed to produce a spiral corn-based snack food product with consistent, tight spiral pitch and the resultant food product. The extruder die has a center post parallel to the flow path along with three cone-shaped receiving ports arranged in a cloverleaf pattern around the center post. The die has three curved slots on the output side of the die which are in fluid communication with the cone-shaped receiving ports. At the distal end of each of these slots is a semi-circular tip. The tip has a diameter larger than the width of its associated slot. Further, the tip is located at the apex of a cone-shaped receiving port with which it is in fluid communication, thus providing for the highest flow velocity of the extrudate through the tip. The resultant flow profile produces the consistent spiral shape of the snack product produced by the die design described.
US10117447B1
A method for and product of the low temperature extrusion of food grade HPMC by sequential addition of powdered HPMC with or without starch is disclosed herein.
US10117446B2
The present invention relates to methods for controlling hairball formation in animals, particularly for treating and/or preventing hairball formation, elimination, and/or discharge by companion animals, including cats and dogs, by limitation of dietary minerals. The methods comprise feeding the animals in need of such treatment compositions comprising from 0.60% to 0.74% calcium by dry weight of the composition; from 0.50% to 0.69% phosphorous by dry weight of the composition; and from 0.06% to 0.28% sodium by dry weight of the composition, in an amount and for a time sufficient for treatment and/or prevention of hairball formation in the animal.
US10117445B2
The present invention relates to a yogurt product that is frozen wherein the yogurt product comprising 50-100% fermented yogurt mix, preferably 80-100%, more preferably 90-100% fermented yogurt mix, and the degree of overrun of the mix is between 20 to 150% by volume, preferably 30-60%. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing such a product.
US10117443B2
A method for decontaminating articles having porous outer surfaces. The method includes providing a decontamination chamber; conveying the articles through the decontamination chamber at a predetermined speed wherein the speed is selected such that the articles are disposed in the decontamination chamber for a predetermined period of time; providing a source of sterliant vapor, the source providing the sterilant vapor at a temperature within a predetermined acceptable temperature range and at a concentration within a predetermined acceptable concentration range; conveying a sterilant vapor from the source of sterilant vapor to the decontamination chamber; and exposing the articles to the sterilant vapor. The predetermined period of time and the predetermined acceptable concentration range of the sterilant vapor are selected such that the sterilant vapor does not penetrate the porous outer surfaces of the articles.
US10117437B2
Provided is a rounding device that rounds a food dough using a pair of shaping plates (11, 13), the device being provided with the following: a conveying device (9) that conveys a food dough (7); and the pair of shaping plates (11, 13) disposed on the upper surface of the conveying device (9) so as to extend along the conveying direction (R) of the conveying device. The rounding device is characterized in that at least one of the pair of shaping plates (11, 13) has recessed holding-dough parts (17, 21).
US10117434B2
Provided herein are aqueous suspension concentrate compositions comprising biologically active 3,5-disubstituted-1,2,4-oxadiazoles or salts thereof that are useful, for example, in the control of nematodes.
US10117433B2
The present invention relates to the development of fusion proteins based on peptide toxins as pesticides. The invention also relates to transgenic plants encoding said peptides and their utility in pest management.
US10117428B2
Blood and platelet storage and rejuvenating compositions that include triciribine, triciribine metabolites, triciribine analogs, and mixtures of the same are disclosed. Such compositions can be useful in methods for treating (e.g., storing and rejuvenating) red blood cells and platelets.
US10117423B2
A line roller for guiding a fishing line to a spool of a spinning reel includes a bearing member rotatable about a rotational axis. The line roller also includes a guide member disposed outside the bearing member in a radial direction from the rotational axis. The guide member includes a holding portion and a body. The holding portion is made of a metal or a ceramic. The holding portion is to hold a fishing line. The holding portion extends in a circumferential direction centered about the rotational axis. The body includes a resin, and a guide surface for leading the fishing line to the holding portion.
US10117421B2
A magnetic clasp animal leash assembly for connecting to an animal collar having at least one metallic leash attachment ring defining an aperture. The assembly having a first member and a second member moveable with respect to one another between a closed position and an open position. The two members have an internal surface creating an aperture in a closed state. Outer ends of the two members are spaced from one another creating a clear passage with respect to the internal surface defining the aperture in an opened state. A magnet is located opposite from the clear passage proximate to the internal surface of the aperture. An actuator assembly is engageable with the two members to drive the two members toward the open position.
US10117413B2
A novel maize variety designated X95K918 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95K918 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95K918 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95K918, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95K918. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95K918.
US10117410B1
A novel maize variety designated PH42RW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH42RW with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH42RW through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH42RW or a locus conversion of PH42RW with another maize variety.
US10117407B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064490. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064490. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064490 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064490 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10117405B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064511. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064511. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064511 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064511 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10117398B1
A novel maize variety designated X18H784 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X18H784 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18H784 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18H784, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18H784. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18H784.
US10117396B1
A novel maize variety designated X05K746 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05K746 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05K746 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05K746, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05K746. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05K746.
US10117395B1
A novel maize variety designated X13K534 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13K534 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13K534 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13K534, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13K534. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13K534.
US10117388B2
A stump grinder has a grinding arm that durably mounts a rotatable grinding wheel by securing the drive shaft of a motor to the grinding wheel such that a pair of bearings within the motor support one side of the grinding wheel and by supporting the other side of the grinding wheel with a stub shaft received within a third bearing. The grinding arm is laterally offset on the frame of the stump grinder to have a swing angle that is not symmetrical relative to the width of the frame, but with the swing angle starting at one side of the frame and then traversing across substantially the entire width of the frame to improve the ability of the operator to see the grinding wheel. A single joystick is movable in orthogonal directions corresponding to desired up and down and side-to-side pivoting motions of the grinding arm. The joystick includes a depressible trigger for starting and stopping the operation of the grinding wheel.
US10117379B2
A blade rotor includes a mowing disc, at least one mowing blade, at least one bearing pin mounted on the mowing disc for the pivoting support of the mowing blade, a spring plate arranged on a bottom side of the mowing disc for holding the mowing blade on the bearing pin, and at least one scraper for removing residue stuck on the cutter bar, wherein the scraper is arranged between the spring plate and the bottom side of the mowing disc and is mounted detachably on the mowing disc between the bearing pin and an axis of rotation of the mowing disc.
US10117375B2
A system for enhancement of crop production includes a triggerable seed support package. The triggerable seed support package has a payload including seed enhancement material, where the payload is configured to be released in response to a trigger.
US10123460B2
A thermal management system and method for electronic devices is provided. The system includes an electronic device, a heat sink, and a thermally conducting and electrically insulating thermal bridge that is interposed between the electronic device and the heat sink. The thermal bridge thermally couples the electronic device to the heat sink and electrically isolates the electronic device from the heat sink. The electronic device, the heat sink, and the thermal bridge are mounted on a same planar surface of a printed circuit board.
US10123438B1
To provide an electronic apparatus which enables manufacturing costs to be reduced and a range of selection of materials for resin components to be widened. An electronic apparatus includes a case, a cable drawn out from the case, a bonding intermediating member that is made of a resin and joined to the cable, a cylindrical clamp holding the cable, and a sealing resin part filling an internal space defined by the case and the clamp. The cable has a core wire and a sheath that is made of a resin covering the core wire and the core wire is exposed not to be covered by the sheath at an end of the cable. The bonding intermediating member has a cylindrical base covering an outer circumferential face of the sheath and an extension part extending from the base and bonding to the sealing resin part. The bonding intermediating part is fixed to the cable by welding the base onto the sheath.
US10123434B2
A head mounted display device is provided. The head mounted display device includes a main frame including a lens, a front case including a seating area in which an electronic device is seated, a peripheral area that surrounds at least a portion of a periphery of the electronic device, a connector holder that is horizontally movable from one side of the peripheral area and that is electrically connected to a connection port of the electronic device while surrounding at least a portion of one side of the electronic device when the electronic device is mounted, and a fixing holder that is horizontally movable from one side of the peripheral area and that surrounds a portion of an opposite side surface of the electronic device when the electronic device is mounted.
US10123426B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a component built-in board in which at least a first core layer on which a first electronic component is mounted, a second core layer on which a second electronic component is mounted, an adhesive layer arranged between the first core layer and the second core layer, and wiring layers are stacked; a third electronic component mounted in a first core layer side of the component built-in board and electrically connected to the at least one of the first and second electronic components through the wiring layers; and an external connection terminal formed in a second core layer side of the component built-in board and electrically connected to at least one of the first and second electronic components.
US10123422B2
Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a drum-shaped core having a first flange part provided at one end of a winding core part, first to fourth terminal electrodes formed on the first flange part so as to be arranged in this order in a second direction, and first to fourth wires wound around the winding core part. One ends of the first to fourth wires are connected to different ones of the first to fourth terminal electrodes. The first and second terminal electrodes are not symmetrical with the third and fourth terminal electrodes so that the third and fourth terminal electrodes are offset outward compared with the first and second terminal electrodes.
US10123418B1
A circuit board structure including an insulating layer, first and second dielectric layers, and first and second inductors is provided. The insulating layer includes a first surface, a second surface, and a first conductive through hole. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the first surface. The first inductor is disposed on the first surface and includes a first conductive coil in a solenoid form penetrating the first dielectric layer and a first magnetic flux axis of which the direction is substantially parallel to the first surface. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the second surface. The second inductor is disposed on the second surface and includes a second conductive coil in a solenoid form penetrating the second dielectric layer and a second magnetic flux axis of which the direction is substantially parallel to the second surface. A manufacturing method of a circuit board structure is provided.
US10123416B2
A vehicular wiring structure includes a panel and a printed wiring part. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a flat face of the panel, a conductive member is printed on the flat face directly. The printed wiring part is arranged such that in a non-flat face of the panel, a film on which a conductive member is printed is pasted to the non-flat face.
US10123415B2
A wiring substrate includes a surface layer having electrical insulation properties and a connection terminal having electrical conduction properties and protruding from the surface layer. The connection terminal includes a base portion, a covering portion and a filling portion. The base portion of the connection terminal is made of an electrically conductive first metal and located adjacent to the surface layer so as to extend through the surface layer and protrude from the surface layer. The covering portion of the connection terminal is made of an electrically conductive second metal having a melting point lower than that of the first metal and located so as to cover the base portion. The filling portion of the connection terminal is made of at least one of the second metal and an alloy containing the first and second metals and located so as to fill a hollow in the base portion.
US10123411B2
A printed wiring board includes an insulating sheet, a conductive layer formed on one main surface of the insulating sheet, and an insulating film laminated with an adhesive layer on the main surface of the insulating sheet formed with the conductive layer. The position of an end part of the insulating film is located outside the position of an end part of the adhesive layer.
US10123403B2
A method includes retrieving a current lighting state of at least one luminaire. The lighting state includes light intensity of the at least one luminaire. The method also includes retrieving a sensor state of at least one sensor and determining a next selectable lighting state available for the at least one luminaire and an illumination adjustment for a user interface element of a lighting control device configured to control the luminaire. The determining of the next selectable lighting state available includes comparing the current lighting state and the sensor state to a set of intelligent backlighting rules, and based on the comparison, determining an indicator state corresponding to the illumination adjustment to the user interface element of the lighting control device. The illumination adjustment produces visible output to the user via the user interface element as a visible cue to guide the user to select the next lighting state.
US10123396B2
A system for displaying symbols, signals, or other information through light sources that are incorporated into the material of wearables, i.e., apparel or accessories. LEDs are incorporated into a garment to which a controller is attached to control the LEDs, and a battery is attached to power the electronic components. The garment is programmed with different patterns that can provide information to the wearer or to others, and is connected to a device, such as a cellular telephone, smartwatch, or activity band, that the wearer can use to control the light sources embedded in the garment.
US10123390B2
This invention relates to a method of controlling the light output of a solar-powered lighting device. The lighting device comprises a light source, a battery connected to the light source, a solar-power generator including a charger connected to the battery, and a control unit for performing the light output control. The method comprises: —charging the battery while solar-power is generated; —acquiring local day-light data; —repeatedly: —acquiring, at predetermined time intervals, local weather forecast data covering a predetermined time period, and determining a lighting output profile for the predetermined time period; and —driving the lighting device according to the lighting output profile, wherein said determining a lighting output profile comprises: —predicting a lighting demand for the predetermined time period on basis of first environment light data, which first environment light data comprises the local day-light data; —predicting a battery capacity for the predetermined time period on basis of a present energy storage level and second environment light data, which second environment light data comprises the weather forecast data and the local day-light data; and —determining the lighting output profile on basis of the lighting demand and the battery capacity under consideration of keeping the energy storage level above a predetermined minimum level during the predetermined time period.
US10123382B2
A constant voltage and current synchronic output power supply and a television are disclosed. The constant voltage and current synchronic output power supply comprises a transformer for supplying power to LED loads, a conversion circuit for converting an inputted AC power supply to a DC square wave power supply that is provided to the transformer, a PWM control circuit for driving the transformer, a constant voltage control circuit and a constant current control circuit, the transformer comprises a constant voltage output winding and a constant current output winding, wherein the constant voltage control circuit is configured for sampling voltages outputted by the constant voltage output winding then transferring the sampled voltages into the corresponding signals that are feedbacked to the PWM control circuit, to perform constant voltage control on the output voltage of the transformer.
US10123381B2
Filament circuits (1) for lamps (5) powered via ballasts (6) comprise first filament-inputs (11) coupled to first ballast-outputs, second filament-inputs (12) coupled to second ballast-outputs, first circuits (13) comprising resistive components, second circuits (14) comprising reactive components, direct-current paths between the first and second filament-inputs (11, 12) whereby series configurations of the first and second circuits (13, 14) comprise these direct-current paths, and filament-outputs (15) coupled to a driver-input of a driver (3) for driving a light source (4) of the lamp (5). These filament-outputs (15) may correspond with the first filament-inputs (11), or with the second filament-inputs (12). The resistive components may comprise first resistors (16). The reactive components may comprise first capacitors (17) with the second circuits (14) comprising parallel configurations of the first capacitors (17) and second resistors (18), or the reactive components may comprise inductors (20). The first circuits (13) may comprise parallel configurations of the first resistors (16) and second capacitors (19).
US10123378B2
A heating system for a fluid pipe system in which at least one electric heating element (RL) is assigned to at least one fluid line, said heating element, in order to apply a predetermined heating output to the fluid line, being provided with an electric operating voltage (UB) that is reduced compared to the supply voltage (U).
US10123377B2
By first determining whether network conditions make it possible and necessary to assist the network in supporting communication devices in comparatively poor radio coverage, and then periodically determining what type of assistance would best improve the overall network performance, a cellular telecommunications network is dynamically adapted to improve overall network performance without requiring the introduction of new network equipment. In one example, the dynamic activation of the radio coverage assistance serves to reduce problems associated with users at the cell edge, resulting in improvements in overall cell capacity.
US10123370B2
Provided are a device-to-device (D2D) operation method carried out by a terminal in an RRC connection state in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. The method is characterized by: determining whether a communication link with a base station is problematic; and transmitting a D2D signal using an exception resource, when the communication link with the base station is determined to be problematic.
US10123361B2
A method for transmitting/receiving, by a User Equipment, a signal in a mobile communication system includes: transmitting an authentication request message to a wireless LAN; receiving an authentication response message corresponding to the authentication request message from the wireless LAN; and transmitting, to a base station, a message for supporting a multi-connection mode based on the authentication response message. It is possible to generate an access connection or to provide a QoS setting when simultaneously accessing a 3GPP system and a non-3GPP system and transmitting/receiving data, so that a more improved method and device for transmitting and receiving data can be provided to a user.
US10123357B2
To solve a problem that unless all of a plurality of AICH signature states are correctly decoded, the contents of reception results cannot be recognized and the error rate of signature decoding will be high. In this embodiment, a base station uses, out of a signature combination, the signature of at least one predetermined position to indicate information containing a preamble reception result and uses the signature of a position other than the predetermined position to indicate a transmission profile information number of an uplink channel for notification to a user equipment. Thus, the error rate related to reception results can be reduced as compared with the case where a single signature combination is used to notify all pieces of information.
US10123343B2
Channel state information is reported in periodic and aperiodic reports for multiple component carriers or serving cells. Channel state information may be reported for a subset of aggregated downlink carriers or serving cells. For an aperiodic report, the carrier(s)/serving cell(s) for which channel state information is reported may be determined based on the request for the aperiodic report. A report collision may occur in a subframe between a periodic CSI report for a first serving cell and a report for a second serving cell. A priority rule may be used to resolve the report collision.
US10123337B2
The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a BS for facilitating IC at a UE and an associated BS. The method includes predefining one or more sets of transmission parameters, where one or more of the transmission parameters in the one or more sets are constrained to take values from respective reduced sets of values out of the values available for the respective one or more transmission parameters, each set of the one or more sets of transmission parameters being identifiable by a unique indication. The method further includes configuring a transmission of the BS, which is to interfere downlink transmissions to the UE from a serving BS of the UE, by using one of the predefined one or more sets of transmission parameters. The present disclosure also relates to a method in a UE for IC and an associated UE.
US10123334B2
A communication system includes a terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus. The terminal apparatus communicates with a base station apparatus by carrier aggregation using a plurality of serving cells, where each of the plurality of serving cells has a different frequency. In addition, the terminal apparatus removes a measurement identity relevant to a serving cell of the plurality of serving cells based on that the serving cell was removed.
US10123333B2
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes establishing a first wireless communication channel between a first device and a second device. The method also includes accessing, by an application executing on the first device, a transmitter of a first device to transmit to a second device one or more signals configured to cause an occurrence of an event on the second device. The one or more signals are transmitted over a second wireless communication channel between the first device and the second device. The method further includes receiving, from the second device over the first wireless communication channel, information representing a media access control (MAC) address of the first device, and storing, on a storage device accessible by the first device, a representation of the MAC address of the first device. The MAC address is associated with the second wireless communication channel.
US10123331B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting a feedback frame in a WLAN system. More specifically, the first wireless STA receives a feedback request field, including an LTF, from a second wireless STA. The first wireless STA configures feedback information about a wireless channel corresponding to a predetermined frequency band using the feedback request field. The first wireless STA transmits the feedback information to the second wireless STA.
US10123329B2
Embodiments for long training field (LTF) sequences or other types of sequences in uplink multi-user multiple-input multiple-output communications are provided. The LTF sequences can permit channel estimation, including determination of carrier frequency offsets. In some embodiments, an LTF sequence can be formatted and/or conveyed without reliance on pilot tones. In other embodiments, the LTF sequence can rely on pilot tones, where a sequence associated with the pilot tones can include elements that are orthogonal among transmitter station devices that communicate according to MU-MIMO.
US10123321B2
A User Equipment (UE) receives a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) at subframe k and decodes at the subframe k a set of PDCCH candidates including L control channel elements (CCEs). The L CCEs are contiguously located from a position given by using a variable of Yk and a modulo (N/L) operation, where N represents a total number of CCEs in the subframe k, Yk is defined by Yk=(A*Yk−1)mod D, and A and D are predetermined constant values. When k=0, Y−1 is determined based on a UE identifier having 16-bits.
US10123314B2
A method for activating/deactivating secondary carriers of a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation is provided. The method comprises, receiving a control message including an activation/deactivation Control Element (CE) in a first sub-frame from a Base station, identifying an activation command or a deactivation command of at least one secondary carrier based on the control message, determining whether a current sub-frame is a second sub-frame or not, performing at least one first operation for the at least one secondary carrier in a second sub-frame, and performing, when the activation/deactivation CE indicates deactivation of the at least one secondary carrier, at least one second operation for the at least one secondary carrier no later than the second sub-frame.
US10123301B2
Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes receiving a transmission including a paging group indicator and an indication of a time window. The transmission may be received at a user equipment (UE) over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. The first method may also include monitoring, based on the paging group indicator, the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band during the time window to receive an asynchronous paging message from a base station. A second method includes transmitting the transmission over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band; performing a number of clear channel assessments (CCAs) on the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band during the time window; and transmitting the paging message over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band at a transmission time during the time window. The transmission time may be based on a result of at least one of the CCAs.
US10123298B1
A technique for estimating the location of a wireless terminal at an unknown location in a geographic region. The wireless terminal measures samples of a predetermined form of energy in its vicinity. The disclosed technique then generates a characterization of a predetermined type of variation in the vicinity of the wireless terminal, based on the samples measured. Based on the characterization, the technique generates an estimate of whether the wireless terminal is moving or stationary. The technique then generates an estimate of the location of the wireless terminal, based on the estimate of whether the wireless terminal is moving or stationary. The location estimate can be based on i) applying a location estimate that is optimized for motion if the wireless terminal is estimated to be moving and ii) applying a different technique if the wireless terminal is estimated to be stationary.
US10123297B1
A system and method for locating a target device. A calibration process is performed by taking a number of measurements utilizing a host device receiving wireless signals from a number of environmental devices at points along a pattern. Signal strength is analyzed for each of the environmental devices to determine calibration information. Wireless signal information is received from a target device including at least signal strength associated with the environmental devices proximate the target device. The location of the target device is determined utilizing at least the calibration information and the wireless signal information.
US10123282B2
A distributed antenna system interface tray (DIT) includes a plurality of per-carrier points of interface (POIs), a combiner, and a DIT management system (DMS). Each of the plurality of POIs may be configured to couple with a corresponding per-carrier base transceiver station (BTS), receive a per-carrier downlink (DL) signal from the corresponding BTS, filter the DL signal through a duplexer, adjust the filtered DL signal based on a designated level, output the filtered DL signal to a combiner, receive an uplink (UL) signal from the combiner, adjust the UL signal based on a designated gain, and transmit the UL signal to the corresponding BTS. The combiner may be configured to combine a plurality of DL signals received from the plurality of POIs into a combined DL signal, transmit the combined DL signal to a distributed antenna system, receive a UL signal from the distributed antenna system, and distribute the UL signal to the plurality of POIs.
US10123272B2
Where a communications device maintains multiple wireless connections to other devices and networks which use slotted communications protocols, the slots used by those protocols are arranged so as to minimize the power consumed by the device. Where multiple radios are used, power is minimised by avoiding using radios at the same time when those radios are likely to interfere with each other. Slots used by communication protocols can also be selected to maximize the time that the communications device can spend in lower power mode.
US10123271B2
A control channel monitoring method and an access terminal are disclosed. The method includes: detecting, by an access terminal if the access terminal is in an initialization state currently, whether the access terminal satisfies a first preset condition; detecting, by the access terminal if the access terminal is in a monitoring state currently, whether the access terminal satisfies a second preset condition; and monitoring, by the access terminal, only a particular timeslot on a control channel if the access terminal satisfies the first preset condition in the initialization state or the access terminal satisfies the second preset condition in the monitoring state, where the particular timeslot is a timeslot that is used by the access network for sending a synchronous capsule or a sub-synchronous capsule. According to the present invention, power consumption of an access terminal can be reduced.
US10123269B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a radio link monitoring method and UE. The radio link monitoring method provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes: monitoring, by user equipment UE, downlink quality of a serving cell on a physical layer by using an extended link monitoring period, where the extended link monitoring period is greater than an original link monitoring period; and sending, by the UE, an in-synchronization indication message or an out-of-synchronization indication message to an upper layer of the UE when a monitoring result satisfies a preset report condition. According to the method in the embodiments of the present invention, power consumption and device costs can be reduced.
US10123262B2
A computing environment containing a mesh network that is adapted to provide a reliable transport mechanism over which services may be delivered. Nodes of the mesh can automatically select routable addresses without conflicts, which allows nodes of the mesh to be accessed, even as the mesh changes through the addition or deletion of nodes. Also, nodes communicate with a protocol that supports service advertisements. These advertisements can identify mesh nodes that supply services, such as file or print servers, for which devices that have not yet connected to the network may be searching Advertisements can also identify services to be used by nodes in the network, allowing, for example, a node to select a gateway providing a reliable connection to an external network. The mesh network can be used as a transport for communication using protocols, such as TCP/IP, that generally exhibit poor performance when using unreliable transports.
US10123260B2
In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In a NAN system, multiple NAN devices may operate with one another in the form of a NAN cluster to facilitate communications processes. Some embodiments of the disclosure relate to systems and methods for one or more wireless device (e.g., NAN devices) to transition into a cluster (e.g., a NAN cluster). In particular, wireless devices may be further organized into a data cluster (e.g., a NAN data cluster) within a cluster, which may be usable to facilitate the transitioning of a group of connected wireless devices (e.g., data clusters) between clusters.
US10123257B2
According to embodiments of the invention, a first wireless access point discovers a second wireless access point, the first wireless access point tunes its radio and privacy settings, without user input, based upon parameters automatically exchanged in response to the discovery of the second wireless access point, and a secure direct wireless connection is established between the first and second wireless access points using the radio and privacy settings. Adding the first wireless to an existing mesh network includes a determination of the best available direct wireless connection.
US10123251B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for communicating channel assessment, channel information, and routing information between a spectrum controller and radio resource manager. A spectrum controller obtains channel information and classifies a number of radio channels of a network as available, partially available, or unavailable. The availability information is sent to a radio resource manager, which can use the information to determine a routing solution. The radio resource manager can request that the spectrum controller perform an access negotiation for a partially available channel. Based on the result of the negotiation, the radio resource manager may re-route information in the network.
US10123232B2
A method for signaling storm reduction is disclosed, comprising concentrating a plurality of signaling messages from a radio access network node to a core network node at a signaling concentrator; and processing the plurality of signaling messages with a mobile device identifier rule, at a rate equal to or greater than a line rate of a link from the radio access network to the signaling concentrator, wherein processing the plurality of signaling messages further comprises determining whether to drop each of the plurality of signaling messages.
US10123225B1
In general, this disclosure describes usage monitoring techniques. In one example, a method comprises storing, by a monitoring device that performs usage monitoring for at least one packet flow that traverses an access network by which subscriber devices access a packet data network, data indicating an amount of unused granted service units for the at least one packet flow that is unused as of a policy rule deactivation time for one or more policy rules matched by the at least one packet flow. The monitoring device further reactivates the usage monitoring for the at least one packet flow at a policy rule reactivation time for the one or more policy rules matched by the at least one packet flow based on an updated amount of granted service units, wherein the updated amount of granted service units are based on the data indicating the amount of unused granted service units.
US10123224B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for defending against false semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation detection and/or missed SPS release. According to certain aspects, a user equipment (UE) may detect one or more conditions for a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation or release are met based on a downlink transmission, generate one or more metrics related to downlink transmission, and determine a valid SPS activation or release has occurred if the one or more metrics satisfy one or more criteria. According to certain aspects, a UE may determine a valid semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation has occurred, detect a number of PDSCH CRC failures, and implicitly declare an SPS release based on the detection.
US10123222B2
Systems and apparatuses involve implementing methods that may include receiving, by enhanced user equipment (eUE), an assignment of Resource Blocks (RBs) from an eNodeB (eNB), wherein the eUE is configured to receive full-duplex transmissions; for each assigned RB, measuring interference caused by uplink transmissions from one or more legacy UEs; and reporting, to the eNB, the measured interference. The present implementations may provide an eUE-based approach, an eUE and eNB interactive approach, an eUE baseband approach, and an eUE analog approach to reducing interference for full duplex enabled mobile devices.
US10123220B2
A method and device for wirelessly accessing a service, where the device detects whether a quality of a first wireless access link satisfies a communication quality requirement of a single mobile terminal, starts moving from a current location when the device determines that the quality of the first wireless access link does not satisfy the communication quality requirement of the single mobile terminal, and in a moving process, the device may detect whether a second wireless access link satisfies the communication quality requirement of the single mobile terminal, stop moving when the second wireless access link satisfies the communication quality requirement, and continue moving when the second wireless access link does not satisfy the communication quality requirement.
US10123218B1
A method for network controlled beam sweeping, may include receiving, at a network control device, location data associated with user equipment (UE) devices within a service area. The method may also include identifying, at each beam sweeping position of a plurality of beam sweeping positions, geo-bins having at least one UE device located within. The method includes receiving, at the network control device, networking requirements and traffic distribution data associated with the UE devices, and determining a sweeping weight for each identified geo-bin, where the sweeping weight is based on the networking requirements and the traffic distribution data associated with the at least one UE device in a geo-bin, and determining a sweeping factor for each beam sweeping position based upon the sweeping weights. The method may also include determining a beam sweeping pattern for all the beam sweeping positions based on the sweeping factors.
US10123210B2
User equipment (UE) and a network node may establish data radio bearers (DRBs) for wireless communication of user plane data. For each DRB, the UE and network node may signal static or dynamic integrity protection for the user plane data during set-up of the DRB. When the DRB has static integrity protection, integrity protection is applied to the user plane data for a duration of the DRB. When the DRB has dynamic integrity protection, the UE and network node establish one or more trigger conditions for dynamic integrity protection of the DRB. The integrity protection may be enabled upon detection of one or more trigger conditions and disabled when the one or more trigger conditions subside after a predetermined period of time.
US10123202B1
A method is provided for using virtual subscriber identity modules (vSIMs) for client devices. A network device creates, in a memory, a user account for storing one or more vSIMs. The network device receives, from a user of the user account, a selection of network services to be associated with a vSIM. The network device initiates creation of a blockchain including a vSIM certificate for the network services, wherein the vSIM certificate includes an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI). The network device associates the vSIM certificate with the user account. The vSIM can be retrieved and used by any one of different devices associated with the user account or loaned to other users.
US10123197B2
A call to an emergency call center from a device is initiated utilizing a relay service. The device may send a non-voice message to the relay service. The relay service, upon receipt and analysis of the message, may initiate a call to the device. The device, upon receiving the call and determining that the call is from the relay service, may place the call on hold and initiate a call to an emergency call center. Subsequently, the device may establish a multi-party call between the device, the relay service, and the emergency call center. Further, the relay service may maintain multiple communications modes in order to conduct non-voice messages with the device and conduct voice communications with the emergency call center.
US10123193B2
A communication device may include a first type of interface and a second type of interface. The communication device may execute the communication of object data with a mobile device using the second type of interface after executing a specific process for causing the communication device to shift to a communication-enabled state, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is not currently in the communication-enabled state. Also, the communication device may execute the communication of the object data with the mobile device using the second type of interface without executing the specific process, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is currently in the communication-enabled state.
US10123191B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for device operational profiles. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a profile orchestration system can receive information from a user device. The information can identify a service to be provided by the user device using, at least in part, sensor data received from one or more sensor devices. The profile orchestration system can determine a device operational profile that is suitable for generating one or more settings that are useable by the sensor device(s) to collect the sensor data. The profile orchestration system can send the device operational profile to a profile provisioning system. The profile provisioning system can utilize the device operational profile to provision the sensor device(s) with the setting(s). The sensor device(s) can utilize the setting(s) to perform one or more operations in support of the user device providing the service.
US10123187B2
A method, a computer program product, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be equipped to obtain one or more application identifiers from one or more applications on a wireless device, generate a super identifier (SID) having elements corresponding to the one or more applications and a base that identifies one or more common properties of the one or more applications, and broadcast the SID during one or more peer discovery slots allocated for the wireless device. In another example, a UE may be equipped to receive the SID broadcast by another UE, determine a match between at least one of the one or more common properties in the base, and determine whether an element associated with one or more applications is present in the SID.
US10123186B2
A server, method, and system for providing information to an electronic device are provided. An audio-based connection is established with the electronic device. A first identifier of the electronic device is determined in association with the audio-based connection. The electronic device is detected as being able to support a visual-based connection based on the first identifier. A second identifier of the electronic device is determined based on the first identifier. Visual information is provided to the electronic device via the visual-based connection after detecting that the electronic device is able to support the visual-based connection and determining the second identifier. The visual information is provided to the electronic device based on the second identifier.
US10123182B2
A method for merging active group calls includes hosting, at a first Push to talk (PTT) server, a first active group call. A first group of PTT clients participate in the first active group call. The first PTT server receives a request to invite a second group of PTT clients. The request includes an identifier for the second group of PTT clients. The first PTT server sends a first invite message to the second PTT server. The first invite message includes the identifier for the second group of PTT clients. In response to the first invite message, the first PTT server receives a response message. The response message indicates that the second group of PTT clients are participating in the second active group call. The first PTT server hosts a merged PTT group call.
US10123180B2
A method performed by a computer communicating with a terminal. The method includes when the computer enters a first area surrounding a second area together with the terminal, collecting one or more application contents corresponding to the second area from a service; when the computer enters the second area together with the terminal, delivering the collected application contents to the terminal; when the computer exits the second area together with the terminal, requesting the terminal to delete or nullify the delivered application contents; and when the computer exits the first area together with the terminal, organizing the collected application contents.
US10123179B2
A central routing unit receives traffic-related data from vehicles that are involved in the road traffic, and transmits routing information to at least one vehicle on based on the traffic-related data that is received by the central routing unit. The central routing unit may transmit the routing information by displaying a dynamically-generated Quick Response (QR) code on at least one digital traffic sign.
US10123176B2
Disclosed herein are a location estimation apparatus and method using a combination of different positioning resources. The location estimation apparatus includes a motion model generation unit for generating a motion model corresponding to a state variable of a terminal based on a current time, a weight calculation unit for extracting a dynamic location database (DB) from a location DB based on multiple pieces of measurement information received from the terminal, and calculating a weight proportional to a likelihood of the multiple pieces of measurement information based on the dynamic location DB, and a location estimation unit for estimating a location and direction of the terminal by applying the weight to at least one sample value corresponding to the motion model.
US10123174B2
A management server is adapted to be provided with: a field data managing unit configured to store mobility data of mobility instances; a group possibility degree determining unit configured to execute a predetermined process for improving identification of mobility context, for the mobility data; and a group extracting unit configured to, based on a time distance and a spatial distance between mobility data of one mobility instance and mobility data of another mobility instance, identify mobility context of the one mobility instance after the process is performed.
US10123154B2
The disclosure generally relates to a method, system and apparatus to utilized a network of wireless transmission units (PTUs) to communicate between devices connected to the network through each of the PUTs. In certain embodiments, a plurality of PTUs are interconnected into a Local Area Network (LAN) such that messages may be broadcast to all PTUs connected to the network. Each PTU may then relay the broadcast message to each of the mobile devices being under its charge.
US10123145B2
Systems and methods of simulating acoustic output at a location corresponding to source position data are disclosed. A particular method includes receiving an audio signal and source position data associated with the audio signal. A set of speaker signals are applied to a plurality of speakers, where the set of speaker driver signals causes the plurality of speakers to generate acoustic output that simulates output of the audio signal by an audio source at a location corresponding to the source position data.
US10123141B2
An acoustic echo canceller includes an adaptive filter and a double-talk detector. The adaptive filter includes a linear filter and a coefficient calculator. The linear filter has a transfer function that is controlled by a set of variable filter coefficients and that is configured to cancel an estimate of echo in a microphone signal to provide an output signal. The coefficient calculator is configured to update the set of variable filter coefficients based on a variable adaptation rate. The double-talk detector is configured to calculate changes in the energy of the variable filter coefficients (between updates of the coefficients). The acoustic echo canceller is configured to adjust the variable adaptation rate based on whether the energy of the variable filter coefficients is determined to be either oscillating or steadily changing (increasing or decreasing).
US10123139B2
An equalized hearing aid system includes a microphone, a first equalizer, a first mixer, and a first speaker coupled in series forming a first signal path with a second mixer coupled to the first equalizer within the first signal path. The microphone, a second equalizer, a third mixer, and a second speaker are coupled in series forming a second signal path with a fourth mixer coupled to the second equalizer within the second signal path. A control interface may be coupled to at least one of the first equalizer and the second equalizer. A Bluetooth module may be coupled to at least one of the first equalizer and the second equalizer. A third equalizer may be coupled to input signal into the first signal path and a fourth equalizer may be coupled to input signal into the second signal path.
US10123135B2
A method transmits an audio signal from a transmitter to a receiver and a hearing device, particularly a hearing aid, contains a communication facility which is provided and configured for transmitting and/or receiving an audio signal according to the method. A hearing device system has two hearing devices and is provided and configured to transmit audio signals between the two hearing devices by their communication facilities according to the method.
US10123131B2
Microelectromechanical microphones include structures that permit differential capacitive sensing. In certain structures, a movable plate is disposed between a rigid plate and a substrate. A first capacitor is formed between the movable plate and the substrate and a second capacitor is formed between the movable plate and the rigid plate. Respective bias voltages can be applied to the rigid plate and the substrate, and a differential capacitive signal can be probed in response to displacement of the movable plate caused by a pressure wave. The movable plate and the rigid plate are mechanically coupled to first and second portions of the substrate, respectively. A dielectric member mechanically couples the movable plate and the rigid plate, thus providing mechanical stability.
US10123128B2
According to one aspect, there is provided a speaker comprising a body, a surface structure rigidly attached to the body, electro-magnetic deformable plate elements attached to the rigid planar surface structure and configured to bend, when driven with voltage or current source, the surface structure, and electro-magnetic deformable plate element specific band-pass filter for at least one electro-magnetic deformable plate element of the electro-magnetic deformable plate elements, the band-pass filter having at least one electro-magnetic deformable plate element specific pass band.
US10123123B2
An apparatus is provided that includes the following: a surface arranged to be mechanically displaced; a first magnet coupled with the surface; at least one supporting member for supporting the surface; a base comprising a second magnet, wherein the second magnet is arranged, at least partially, to face the first magnet; a coil coupled with the second magnet: and a signal port electrically coupled with the coil, wherein an electrical signal is configured to travel between the signal port and the coil, and wherein the electrical signal in the coil is proportional to mechanic displacement of the surface when a force equilibrium state of the surface is broken either by the electrical signal in the coil or the mechanic displacement of the surface from a position of the force equilibrium state.
US10123122B2
An electroacoustic transducer, which can be a speaker or a microphone, includes a frame, a housing, and a vibrating body having one or more vertically split cylindrical faces. The opposing sides of the vibrating body is connected to the housing or the frame. A conversion section converts an electrical signal into vibration of the vibrating body or vibration of the vibrating body to an electrical signal. The vibrating body can extend to the side surfaces of the housing or completely wrap around the housing.
US10123118B2
A dry audio signal may be received. An envelope of the dry audio signal may be compared to a threshold of the playback device to determine a dry excess. A filter may be applied to the dry audio signal to generate a wet audio signal. An envelope of the wet audio signal may be compared to the threshold to determine a wet excess. Based on the dry and wet excess, a dry gain may be determined for the dry audio signal and a wet gain may be determined for the wet audio signal. The wet audio signal and the dry audio signals may be mixed in proportion to respective gains. The mixed audio signal may avoid exceeding an operational limit associated with audio playback on the playback device.
US10123116B2
A method for characterizing a loudspeaker comprises: filtering an input test signal by applying the inverse of a linear model describing an excursion of the loudspeaker in response to a given input signal, the linear model containing only linear terms; applying the filtered input test signal to the loudspeaker; measuring the excursion of the loudspeaker in response to the filtered input test signal; and, based on the measured excursion, determining one or more non-linear parameters for a non-linear model describing the excursion of the loudspeaker in response to a given input signal.
US10123113B2
A selective audio source enhancement system includes a processor and a memory, and a pre-processing unit configured to receive audio data including a target audio signal, and to perform sub-band domain decomposition of the audio data to generate buffered outputs. In addition, the system includes a target source detection unit configured to receive the buffered outputs, and to generate a target presence probability corresponding to the target audio signal, as well as a spatial filter estimation unit configured to receive the target presence probability, and to transform frames buffered in each sub-band into a higher resolution frequency-domain. The system also includes a spectral filtering unit configured to retrieve a multichannel image of the target audio signal and noise signals associated with the target audio signal, and an audio synthesis unit configured to extract an enhanced mono signal corresponding to the target audio signal from the multichannel image.
US10123112B2
Systems and techniques for providing improved beam forming functionality and/or improve noise cancellation functionality in a microphone package are presented. In an implementation, a device includes a first microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensor, a second MEMS sensor, and a digital signal processor. The first MEMS sensor is contained in a first back cavity within the device. The second MEMS sensor is contained in a second back cavity within the device. The digital signal processor generates a cardioid microphone pattern based on data associated with the first MEMS sensor contained in the first back cavity and other data associated with the second MEMS sensor contained in the second back cavity, where the digital signal processor forms at least a portion of the first back cavity and the second back cavity.
US10123110B2
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a communication device that includes a microphone configured to detect an acoustic signal from an acoustic environment, and a processor, configured to detect an acoustical dampening between the acoustic environment and the microphone, based on a change in a characteristic of the acoustic signal and, responsive to the acoustical dampening, apply a compensation filter to the acoustic signal to form a compensated acoustic signal that is reproduced. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10123109B2
A method and system for sizing an earpiece include situating a calibration device proximate a user's ear. The user holds an image capture device so as to aim the image capture device at the user's ear. The user then touches and holds a random area of the touch screen display and releases the touch screen display to activate the image capture device and capture an image of the user's ear and the calibration device. The captured image is then analyzed and an earpiece size is determined based on the analysis of the image.
US10123103B1
In various embodiments, a circuit is provided. The circuit includes: a voltage biasing circuit coupled to a microelectro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone sensor, the MEMS microphone sensor coupled to a driver circuit, and the driver circuit coupled to an oscillator-based ADC circuit. The oscillator-based ADC circuit may include an Nth order sigma-delta modulator, where N is an integer equal to or greater than 1.
US10123101B2
Embodiments of the invention disclose a communication method which includes: receiving, by the optical network unit (ONU) by using the first port or the second port, a wavelength switching request message delivered by the optical line terminal (OLT), where the wavelength switching request message carries second wavelength channel information and port information that is of the second port; switching, by the ONU, an operating wavelength channel of an optical module connected to the second port from a first wavelength channel to a second wavelength channel corresponding to the second wavelength channel information; and sending, by the ONU, a wavelength switching complete message to the OLT by using the first port. According to the communication method provided in embodiments of the present invention, quick wavelength switching is performed based on the second port, so that a service is not interrupted in a wavelength switching process, and user experience is better.
US10123095B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for providing dynamically generated summaries of media content, such as electronic books, audiobooks, audio series, video content series, and so on. An elapsed time since consumption of media content was ended is determined. A summary of a portion of the media content occurring prior to a point of resumption in the media content is dynamically generated. The content of the summary is selected according to a length of the elapsed time. The summary is presented via an output device.
US10123088B2
A multimedia device determines that the user is attempting to tune to a channel. In response to the determination, the multimedia device identifies a list of channels likely to be the channel to which the user is attempting to tune. The multimedia device displays a channel tuning banner that allows the user to select a channel from the list, thereby causing the multimedia device to tune to the selected channel. In another context, users want to locate scheduling information for a particular channel within an electronic program guide (EPG). Thus, a multimedia device receives search criteria from a user and uses the search criteria to dynamically filter the EPG while the user is interacting with the EPG. As a result, the user is presented with a reduced number of EPG entries to look through in order to find relevant information.
US10123087B1
A channel block switching system enables a viewer to browse linear channels by switching through blocks of channels as a group instead of switching one channel at a time. Each channel block is displayed as an arrangement of channel windows. Each channel window displays the linear video content of one of the channels in the channel block allowing the viewer to select a channel to watch based on the linear visual content rather than from a static image or a description of the content. The channel block switching system enables display of the channel block using the lowest available resolution. The channel block switching system allows the viewer to listen to the audio content of any channel in the channel block being displayed with the audio for the remaining channels being muted and, optionally, displaying closed captioning.
US10123083B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods that select programming information for inclusion in informational displays. In one example, for a particular instance of content stream associated with a content distributor carrying a version of the program at a particular air time, the information retrieval system can determine whether such instance constitutes local programming or national programming. As one example, the system can determine whether a first version of a program is local programming or national programming based at least in part on a comparison of a first content stream that includes the first version of the program with at least one other content stream that is associated with a same content distributor and also associated with a time zone associated with a user.
US10123082B2
In the following, a content delivery system delivers a modified version of a media asset to a current content consuming user. Control information identifying a desired attribute of the modified version of the asset is received from the current content consuming user. The media asset is modified based on the control information and audience reaction data associated with the media asset and generated by analyzing at least a previous content consuming user's reactions to the media asset while the media asset was supplied to a media output device of the previous content consuming user.
US10123074B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for delivering multimedia content from the cloud to cable operators are disclosed. A device located at the cable headend or implemented in the cloud can receive a request for at least one media stream for playback on a broadcast media channel. Content corresponding to a plurality of multimedia files in the media stream can be obtained from the internet or a cloud based service. The content can be used to generate the multimedia files in a format that is compatible with the cable operator. The multimedia files can be used to assemble the at least one media stream which can be provided to the cable operator for broadcast on the broadcast media channel.
US10123071B2
An electronic apparatus is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with at least one of a plurality of display apparatuses and a processor configured to generate an image signal by converting correction data regarding each pixel of the plurality of display apparatuses into a data format according to an image signal standard, and control the communicator to transmit the image signal to any one of the plurality of display apparatuses through an interface corresponding to the image signal standard.
US10123060B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for providing contents. The method includes: analyzing an attribute of contents and generating a mapping table for mapping a first region of the contents and a second region of the contents associated with the first region; and transmitting content information about the second region related to the mapping table to a second electronic apparatus and outputting the first region of the contents through an output unit.
US10123058B1
Systems, methods, machine-readable media, and media device are provided to facilitate seamless flow content splicing to dynamically insert particularized content items in television programming content. A plurality of particularized content items may be received and stored in a content store. First content that corresponds to television programming may be received and processed to detect a first set of color characteristics of video content. A subset of the particularized content items may be selected based on matching a second set of color characteristics of the subset of the particularized content items to the first set of color characteristics of the video content corresponding to the television programming. The first content may be output for display. Then, the subset of the particularized content items may be output for display in succession so that display of the subset of the particularized content items directly follows display of the first content.
US10123056B2
A set-top box with an interactive portal and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the set-top box, the set-top box is deployed to provide an interactive portal in a hospitality establishment having multiple rooms, such as a hotel. The set-top box is associated with a room and includes a housing that secures a television input, a television output, a processor, a transceiver, and memory therein in an interconnected bus architecture. The set-top box generates a guest interactive portal as well as a housekeeping interactive portal for a guest and housekeeper, respectively. Each of the portals provides relevant feedback on the condition of the room to a server associated with the hotel.
US10123054B2
Provided is an image coding method that partitions an input image signal into processing units, and that codes the partitioned image to generate a code sequence. In particular, the image coding method determines a partitioning pattern for hierarchically partitioning the input image signal in order starting from a largest unit of the processing units, generates partition information indicative of the partitioning pattern, and codes partition information. The partition information includes maximum used hierarchy depth information indicative of a maximum used hierarchy depth which is a hierarchy depth of a deepest processing unit of the processing units included in the partitioning pattern.
US10123053B2
A method for encoding a video sequence in a video encoder to generate a compressed video bit stream is provided that includes binarizing a plurality of syntax elements, wherein each binarized syntax element comprises a string of one or more binary symbols (bins), wherein a bin is one selected from a context-coded bin and bypass bin, encoding the context-coded bins of the binarized syntax elements using binary arithmetic encoding, and adding the bypass bins of the binarized syntax elements to the compressed video bit stream with no encoding.
US10123050B2
Systems and methods of filtering video data using a plurality of filters are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving and decoding a plurality of filters embedded in a video data bitstream at a video decoder. The method includes selecting, based on information included in the video data bitstream, a particular filter of the plurality of filters. The method further includes applying the particular filter to at least a portion of decoded video data of the video data bitstream to produce filtered decoded video data.
US10123042B2
A decoding device includes a decoder that decodes information of a direction of intra-picture prediction of a target block and compression data of a residual signal, a prediction signal generator that generates an intra-picture prediction signal using the information of the direction and an previously reconstructed reference sample of an adjacent block, a residual signal restorator that restores a reconstructed residual signal of the target block, and a block storage that restores and stores a pixel signal of the target block. The prediction signal generator derives reference samples from a previously reconstructed block neighboring the target block stored, selects two or more key reference samples, performs an interpolation process between the key reference samples for generating interpolated reference samples, and generates the intra-picture prediction signal by extrapolating the interpolated reference samples based on the direction of the intra-picture prediction.
US10123037B2
A method and apparatus for performing motion estimation in a digital video system is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that quickly calculates estimated motion vectors in a very efficient manner. In one embodiment, a first multiplicand is determined by multiplying a first display time difference between a first video picture and a second video picture by a power of two scale value. This step scales up a numerator for a ratio. Next, the system determines a scaled ratio by dividing that scaled numerator by a second first display time difference between said second video picture and a third video picture. The scaled ratio is then stored calculating motion vector estimations. By storing the scaled ratio, all the estimated motion vectors can be calculated quickly with good precision since the scaled ratio saves significant bits and reducing the scale is performed by simple shifts.
US10123029B2
Provided is an apparatus for processing a video. The apparatus for processing a video includes an image receiving module that is configured to receive encoded data, a filtering module that is configured to filter an image frame reconstructed from the encoded image, a block dividing module to divide the filtered image frame into a predetermined block dividing unit, a compression module to compress each of the plurality of blocks, to package the compressed plurality of blocks into a predetermined packaging unit, and to generate lookup table information corresponding to each of the packaged block, a frame buffer memory that is configured to record the packaged data, a first decompression module that is configured to perform first decompression of one or more of the recorded blocks corresponding to a particular frame for motion compensating by using the lookup table information, and a converter that is configured to decompress the recorded blocks to output sequentially by using the lookup table information.
US10123027B2
Various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video encoding and decoding are provided. In some embodiments, to indicate a composition of pictures of different time instants, some usability information may be embedded to the video bitstream indicating the intended display behavior when more than one layer is used and associated display behavior using this information. More specifically, the embedded information may indicate how the layers need to be composed in the video bitstream. The information may indicate if the intended display behavior is to combine (overlay) base layer and enhancement layer decoded pictures. The information may indicate that the base and enhancement layer decoded pictures are allowed to be overlaid. In addition or alternatively, the information may indicate that the enhancement layer picture should not be combined with base layer picture during display.
US10123026B2
Intra prediction is used in state-of-the-art video coding standards such as AVC. The intra prediction modes are coded into the bitstream. Luma and chroma components could potentially have different prediction modes. For chroma components, there are 7 different modes defined in AVC: vertical, horizontal, DC, diagonal directions, and “same as luma”. Statistics show that the “same as luma” mode is frequently used, but in AVC, this mode is encoded using more bits than other modes during entropy coding, therefore the coding efficiency is decreased. Accordingly, a modified binarization/codeword assignment for chroma intra mode signaling is able to be utilized for high efficiency video coding (HEVC), the next generation video coding standard.
US10123021B2
An amount of code is reduced for blocks in which visible degradation is not easily susceptible, while a large amount of code is assigned to blocks whose degradation in image quality is easily perceptible thereby suppressing the number of blocks for which a process is performed to achieve high quality image and thus suppressing an increase in the total amount of code. An input image is encoded in units of blocks. A block evaluation value for the block is calculated. The block is divided into N sub-blocks where N is equal to or greater than 2, and a sub-block evaluation value is calculated for each sub-block. A quantization parameter for the block is controlled based on the block evaluation value and the sub-block evaluation values.
US10123018B2
Novel methods and systems for non-backward compatible video encoding are disclosed. The bitrates of the base layer and enhancement layer are dynamically assigned based on features found in scenes in the video compared to a machine learned quality classifier.
US10123010B2
Provided is a method that de-multiplexes a bit stream to extract intra prediction mode information and residual signals, restores an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit using the intra prediction information and intra prediction modes of prediction units adjacent to the current prediction unit, generates reference pixels using one or more available reference pixel if there exist unavailable reference pixels of the prediction unit, adaptively filters the reference pixels based on the restored intra prediction mode, generates a prediction block using the restored intra prediction mode and the reference pixels, decodes the residual signal to generating a residual block, and generates a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block. Accordingly, additional bits resulted from increase of a number of intra prediction mode are effectively reduced. Also, an image compression ratio can be improved by generating a prediction block similar to an original block.
US10123005B2
A display may store extended display identification data for communicating the capabilities of the display to a source device such as a graphics processing unit. The extended display identification data may include a red primary color value, a green primary color value, and a blue primary color value. The primary color values in the extended display identification data may be determined during manufacturing. For example, a light sensor may measure the native primary colors of the display, and calibration computing equipment may determine if the native primary colors of the display are within a target color gamut. If the native primary colors of the display are outside of the target color gamut by an amount larger than a threshold, the primary color values in the extended display identification data may be adjusted to account for the color variation.
US10123002B2
A projection display system includes a spatial modulator that is controlled to compensate for flare in a lens of the projector. The spatial modulator increases achievable intra-frame contrast and facilitates increased peak luminance without unacceptable black levels. Some embodiments provide 3D projection systems in which the spatial modulator is combined with a polarization control panel.
US10122999B2
A camera includes: a light source configured to emit an infrared (IR) signal; a receiver configured to receive a reflected IR signal, the reflected signal corresponding to the IR signal being reflected from an object; and a processor configured to generate an IR image based on the reflected IR signal, determine whether the IR image is saturated based on comparison between at least one pixel value of the IR image and a reference pixel value, and control an intensity of the IR signal emitted by the light source based on a result of the determination.
US10122991B2
A surgical stereoscopic observation apparatus has a pair of main optical paths A and a pair of secondary optical paths B, an aligning direction of the paths B differing by 90 degrees from that of the paths A. The main and secondary optical paths involve imaging elements D1 and D2, respectively. This apparatus is able to provide not only electronic images oriented for a main operator and an assistant positioned opposite to the main operator but also electronic images orientated for an assistant positioned on the left or right side of the main operator, thereby allowing the main operator and assistants to cooperatively conduct an operation.
US10122990B2
Disclosed is an imaging system and a method of producing a context image and a focus image for a display apparatus, via the imaging system. The imaging system includes at least one imaging sensor per eye of a user, and a processor coupled thereto. The processor is configured to control the imaging sensors to capture at least one image of a real world environment, and is arranged to be communicably coupled with the display apparatus. Furthermore, the processor is configured to: receive, from the display apparatus, information indicative of a gaze direction of the user; determine a region of visual accuracy of the at least one image, based upon the gaze direction of the user; process the at least one image to generate the context image and the focus image; and communicate the generated context image and the generated focus image to the display apparatus.
US10122988B2
This invention enables more efficiently storing and managing light field data. To accomplish this, when encoding N (N>1) viewpoint images captured by a light field imaging unit, an encoding apparatus calculates the average value of the values of N corresponding pixels corresponding to each other in the N viewpoint images and generates an image having the average value as the value of a pixel and focused at a predetermined focal position. The encoding apparatus generates (N−1) types of difference values used to derive the values of the corresponding pixels in the N viewpoint images from the value of the pixel of the generated image focused at the predetermined focal position. The encoding apparatus encodes the generated image and difference information formed from the (N−1) types of difference values.
US10122985B2
The disclosure provides methods and systems for warning a user of a head mounted display that the user approaches an edge of field of view of a camera or one or more tangible obstacles. The warning includes presenting audio and/or displayable messages to the user, or moving the display(s) of the head mounted displays away of the user's eyes. The determination that the user approaches the edge of scene or a tangible obstacle is made by dynamically tracking motions of the users through analysis of images and/or depth data obtained from image sensor(s) and/or depth sensor(s) secured to either the head mounted display, arranged outside of the scene and not secured to the head mounted display, or a combination of both.
US10122983B1
Systems and methods described herein relate to automation of video creation for an associated audio file or musical composition. In particular, a video can be generated for the audio file that includes images and videos that are compelling and contextually relevant to, and technically compatible with, the audio file.
US10122975B2
An endoscope includes a four color separation prism having a first color separation prism, a second color separation prism, a third color separation prism, and a fourth color separation prism which respectively separate light incident from an affected area into a blue, red and green color components, and an IR component, first, second, third and fourth color image sensors, and a signal output. The first color separation prism, the second color separation prism, the third color separation prism, and the fourth color separation prism are sequentially disposed from an object side when receiving the light incident from the affected area. The first color image sensor is disposed opposite to the second color image sensor and the third color image sensor across an incident ray which is incident vertically to an object side incident surface of the first color separation prism.
US10122974B2
An apparatus and a method for generating an alarm are provided. The apparatus includes at least one processor configured to implement: a determination unit analyzing at least one of an image, which includes an object, and a sound related to the object, and, as a result of the analysis, determining a type of the object; and an alarm generation unit controlling an alarm generator to generate an alarm according to a result of the determination performed by the determination unit.
US10122973B2
The present disclosure relates to a fluoroscopic inspection system for automatic classification and recognition of cargoes. The system includes: an image data acquiring unit, configured to perform scanning and imaging for a container by using an X-ray scanning device to acquire a scanned image; an image segmenting unit, configured to segment the scanned image into small regions each having similar gray scales and texture features; a feature extracting unit, configured to extract features of the small regions; a training unit, configured to generate a classifier according to annotated images; and a classification and recognition unit, configured to recognize the small regions by using the classifier according to the extracted features, to obtain a probability of each small region pertaining to a certain category of cargoes, and merge small regions to obtain large regions each representing a category.
US10122965B2
Exemplary embodiments relate to uses of face detection for modifying the background of a video. By detecting the portion of the video shot that corresponds to a face, it can also determined which portion of the shot do not correspond to the face (e.g., the background of the video). The thus-detected background may be replaced with a movie, event, or other material. Different types of materials may be targeted at different users based on user affinities or preferences. In some embodiments, a user may manually select and apply a background during a video call. When applying a custom background, the system can transmit a control signal and the background. The client recognizes the control signal and, in response, applies the background.
US10122956B2
A camera system capable of capturing images of an event in a dynamic environment includes two microphones configured to capture stereo audio of the event. The microphones are on orthogonal surfaces of the camera system. Because the microphones are on orthogonal surfaces of the camera system, the camera body can impact the spatial response of the two recorded audio channels differently, leading to degraded stereo recreation if standard beam forming techniques are used. The camera system includes tuned beam forming techniques to generate multi-channel audio that more accurately recreates the stereo audio by compensating for the shape of the camera system and the orientation of microphones on the camera system. The tuned beam forming techniques include optimizing a set of beam forming parameters, as a function of frequency, based on the true spatial response of the recorded audio signals.
US10122955B2
A system and method for interfacing a television with a second device is provided. The system includes an interfacing unit to enter an interfacing mode between the television mode and the second device; a card storage unit to store a first card and a second card, the first card being presently displayed on the television and the second card being previously displayed on the television; a current card display register to store the first card; an interactive retrieval unit to retrieve a plurality of interactive functions associated with the first card; and a display unit to display the first card and the plurality of interactive functions in response to being in the interfacing mode.
US10122950B2
The imaging device includes a multiple-property lens that includes a first area having a first property and a second area having a second property different from the first property, an image sensor in which a first light receiving element 25A and a second light receiving element 25B having a different opening size of a light receiving section from the first light receiving element 25A are two-dimensionally arranged, and a crosstalk removal processing unit that removes a crosstalk component from each of a first crosstalk image acquired from the first light receiving element 25A of the image sensor and a second crosstalk image acquired from the second light receiving element to generate a first image and a second image respectively having the first property and the second property of the multiple-property lens.
US10122948B2
A solid-state image pickup element includes an image signal combining part configured to combine a first image signal read from a pixel portion at a first timing, and a second image signal read from the pixel portion at a second timing, which is different from the first timing, to generate a third image signal.
US10122934B2
A subject information acquisition section acquires a subject distance difference, which is distance difference between a main subject and a subject farthest from the main subject, on the basis of an imaging signal sent from an imaging element. A program diagram storage section stores a first program diagram where an aperture value is fixed at an open aperture value at a first amount of exposure EV1 or less, and stores a second program diagram where an aperture value is fixed at an open aperture value at a second amount of exposure EV2, which is greater than the first amount of exposure EV1, or less. An imaging exposure determination section selects the second program diagram in a case where an APD filter is disposed on the optical path and a case where the subject distance difference is equal to or greater than a threshold value and there is an imaged scene in which a blurred image tends to occur, and selects the first program diagram in a case where the subject distance difference is less than the threshold value and there is an imaged scene in which a blurred image is hard to occur.
US10122918B2
A system for producing a 360 degree media is provided. The system includes an adapter and a computer having a front camera facing in a first direction and a rear camera facing in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are opposite one another. The adapter includes a front lens facing in the first direction and a rear lens facing in the second direction when the adapter is releasably attached to the computer. The front lens and the rear lens expand a capturable image of the front camera and the rear camera so that the computer may capture and produce the 360 degree media.
US10122912B2
Various aspects of a device and method for detection of regions based on sensor data for autofocus are disclosed herein. In accordance with an embodiment, the method includes receipt of a depth of filed (DOF) information of a scene viewed using an image-capturing device of the electronic device. The one or more images of the scene are segmented into a plurality of candidate segmented regions based on the received DOF information. One of the plurality of candidate segmented regions is determined as a region-of-interest to autofocus on the determined candidate segmented region.
US10122909B2
An auto-focus apparatus and an auto-focus method are provided. The auto-focus apparatus includes: a lens, a lens driving component, and a focus control module; wherein the lens is configured to guide light transmitted from a target object; wherein the lens driving component is configured to drive the lens to move to the multiple positions to obtain the original images, and drive the lens to a focusing position obtained by the focus control module; and wherein the focus control module is configured to obtain frequency respond results each of which corresponds to interested pixels in one of the original images, calculate a desired frequency respond result based on the obtained frequency respond results and take a first position of the lens corresponding to the desired frequency respond result as the focusing position. Accordingly, focus accuracy and focus speed under conditions of poor contrast texture and weak light are improved.
US10122906B2
An adaptive video end-to-end network is described that uses local abstraction. One example includes an image sensor to generate a sequence of images, a processor coupled to the image sensor to analyze the sequence of images to detect an event, to select images related to the event and to generate metadata regarding the event, and a communications interface coupled to the processor to send the metadata information through a network connection to a central node.
US10122901B2
A control unit includes a controller controlling a polarization state of a liquid crystal layer of a liquid-crystal low pass filter to be any of a first polarization state, a second polarization state, and an intermediate polarization state between the first polarization state and the second polarization state. In output of a plurality of image data from an imaging element, the controller controls the polarization state of the liquid crystal layer to be the first polarization state or the second polarization state when first image data of the image data is outputted, and the controller controls the polarization state of the liquid crystal layer to be the intermediate polarization state when one or more of second and subsequent ones of the image data are outputted.
US10122900B2
A web cam device includes a camera housing, a camera disposed in the camera housing, a data cable coupled to the camera that extends from the camera housing, and a base including an aperture to receive the data cable such that the base is slideable along the data cable, where the aperture provides a sliding friction to the data cable, and where the camera is operable to be mounted on a monitor when the camera is positioned on a front of the monitor, the data cable is configured to pass through the aperture of the base, and the base is secured against the back of the monitor and held by the sliding friction of the aperture on the data cable. The camera housing can include a protrusion extending from the camera housing and is flush against the front of the monitor when the camera is mounted on the display device.
US10122880B2
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion, a temperature detection portion, a power supply portion, a control portion, a photovoltaic module and a power storage/supply portion which stores power from the photovoltaic module and which performs power supply to the temperature detection portion when power supply from the power supply portion to the temperature detection portion is stopped. The control portion detects, when a return condition is satisfied, the temperature of the fixing portion based on the output of the temperature detection portion, and as a temperature on return is higher, the control portion starts fixing return processing at later timing whereas as the temperature on return is lower, the control portion starts the fixing return processing at earlier timing.
US10122878B2
If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application.
US10122875B2
A moving mechanism of a reading unit includes a driving pulley, a plurality of driven pulleys which are rotatably driven, an endless belt which is engaged and rotates between the driving pulley and the plurality of driven pulleys, and attracts the reading unit, and a biasing unit which applies tension to the endless belt, in the endless belt, an attraction section which is a belt section that extends along the auxiliary scanning direction, and which attracts the reading unit, is formed between a first driven pulley and a second driven pulley, the driving pulley is provided at a position separated from the attraction section in the main scanning direction, and a biasing force of the biasing unit is applied to the belt section excluding the attraction section in the endless belt.
US10122873B2
Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a plurality of keys in which the character types of input candidate characters are switched using a toggle input method and a key control unit that changes an initial value of the character type of an input candidate character in the toggle input method to the character type of the character that is input and confirmed already when an arbitrary key among the plurality of keys is pressed.
US10122867B2
An image forming apparatus performs printing based on a print job and determines whether printing for a first print job and a second print job having been received after the first print job can be made continuously based on a progress of printing for the first print job. In a case where it is determined that the printing for the first print job and the second print job can be made continuously, print media to be used for printing for the second print job is fed to a conveyance path before completing outputting printouts for the first print job.
US10122862B2
The present invention comprises systems and methods for controlling a connection between and IT infrastructure and a telephony network. In one embodiment, the present invention allows such control through the use of application services adapted for use with a telephony network, a telephony application server that exposes the telephony network to the application services, and a service mediation platform controlling the interaction between the application services and the telephony application server. The service mediation server may comprise a user profile manager for handling the user profiles of a subscriber database, a service level agreement manager for invoking a set of application services, and a resource policy enforcement manager for managing the resources of the telephony network.
US10122858B2
A system and method for processing interaction requests includes a computer system that receives over a data channel from an end user device accessible to the customer, a request for an interaction. The request includes data from an application running on the end user device. The data is stored by the computer system upon receipt. When a voice call from a telephony device accessible to the customer is received, a voice media session is established with the telephony device over a voice channel. The data is identified based on information associated with the voice call. A contact center resource is further identified for routing the voice call. The data is attached to a request to route the call to the identified contact center resource.
US10122850B2
A method for supporting non-secure warning tones on packet-switched networks involves receiving a call attempt from a source phone to a destination phone, checking if a connection of the security domains of the source phone and the destination phone via a MLS voice gateway is allowed, and checking if a generation of a non-secure warning tone locally by the source phone is required. A call is established from the source phone to the destination phone upon acknowledgement of the local generation of the non-secure warning tone by the source phone.
US10122841B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided that enable a portable computing device to emulate a proximity card. A portable computing device is provided that includes an antenna, storage that stores an identification number, and a processor. The processor is configured to control modulation of the identification number onto a carrier signal received by the antenna from a proximity card reader device. In this manner, an applicable function may be enabled, and the portable computing device emulates a proximity card. The antenna may be specific to proximity card emulation, or may be shared with other portable computing device functions, such as wireless charging.
US10122840B2
A mobile device with a unified media-centric user interface is provided. In one embodiment, the user interface contains one or more of the following features: a unified view of the home screen, navigating between various storage locations, dragging items to collection/folder, pinch and zoom feature, stats shown for each file type, storage usage view from the app, manual and automatic backup, and magic move (keeping a low-resolution version of the original files while moving). Other embodiments are possible, and each of the embodiments can be used alone or together in combination.
US10122832B2
A computational device has an interface to access a heterogeneous cloud storage comprised of a first cloud storage maintained by a first entity and a second cloud storage maintained by a second entity. The computational device transmits, via a first communications protocol over the interface, a first set of data comprising usernames to a first cloud storage maintained by a first entity. The computational device transmits, via a second communications protocol, a second set of data comprising passwords corresponding to the usernames to a second cloud storage maintained by a second entity. On elapse of a first predetermined amount of time or the first communications protocol being compromised, the first communications protocol is changed to a third communications protocol. On elapse of a second predetermined amount of time or the second communications protocol being compromised, the second communications protocol is changed to a fourth communications protocol.
US10122829B2
A network system for improving network communication performance is provided. The system include at least one client site network component implemented at least at a first client site, the client site network component bonding or aggregating one or more diverse network connections so as to configure a bonded connection that has increased throughput, at least one network server component configured to connect to the client site network component using the bonded connection, the network server component automatically terminating the bonded connection and passing data traffic to the at least one network, a virtual control plane interface at the at least one network server component, and a cloud network controller configured to manage the data traffic, wherein the cloud network controller is operable to configure the virtual control plane interface to provide a priority queue for the data traffic from or to a plurality of client site network components.
US10122819B2
Embodiments are provided for receiving media content based on the preferences of additional users. An example implementation includes a computing device transmitting, to a service provider, a first request for media items based on media preferences associated with first user profiles for a media playback system. After transmitting the first request, the computing device determines that media preferences associated with second user profiles are to be used for requesting media items. Thereafter, the computing device transmits, to the service provider, a second request for one or more media items based on media preferences associated with (i) the first user profiles and (ii) the second user profiles. After transmitting the second request, the computing device may receive data indicating at least one media item from the service provider and cause one or more playback devices in the media playback system to play the at least one media item.
US10122817B2
Embodiments provide a device profile mechanism for wireless devices. Many embodiments comprise a medium access control (MAC) sublayer logic to build frames comprising a device profile index element for a first device. Embodiments may facilitate access by a second device to a device profile for the first device without communication of the entire device profile from the first device. In some embodiments, the second device may access a storage medium integrated with or accessible to the second device to determine the device profile. Some embodiments may store the device profile index element in memory, in logic, or in another manner that facilitates transmission of the device profile index element in frames. Some embodiments may receive and detect communications with the device profile index element. Further embodiments may generate and transmit a communication with the device profile index element.
US10122815B1
A method of handling requests for service by client applications. The method comprises receiving a client request by a proxy application from a client application, where the client request identifies the client application, a business transaction type, and a business transaction service platform, reading a mapping configuration file by the proxy application, where the mapping configuration file maps signatures comprising a client application identity, a business transaction type identity, and a business transaction service platform identity to an action, the action comprising one of executing a stubbed out function on the messaging middleware platform and performing a business transaction on a business transaction service platform, based on reading the mapping configuration file, building a business transaction request by the proxy application, and sending by the proxy application the business transaction request to the business transaction service platform identified in the client request.
US10122812B2
A push-type information transmission device is provided with a determination unit that determines the number of clients at transmission destinations of push transmission information in each of a plurality of chronologically continuous periods on the basis of at least response delay distribution data which is a probability distribution indicating the ratio of responses to information to the time elapsed since transmission of the information, and allowable band data indicating the allowable amount of information transfer.
US10122811B2
In a first aspect of the present invention, provided are an information processing apparatus including a behavior-history acquisition unit configured to acquire behavior histories of first users identified by first-user identification information, a transmission-history acquisition unit configured to acquire information transmission histories of second users identified by second-user identification information, and a determination unit configured to determine identity between the first users and the second users on the basis of behavior details included in the behavior histories and transmission details included in the transmission histories; a method for processing information with the information processing apparatus; and a program using the information processing apparatus.
