US10131727B2
The present invention relates to a process for the development of a highly efficient solid state matrix by the activation of acrylate based polymer resin having specialized functional groups with 1,1-Carboxyl diimidazole for immobilizing biologically active macromeloecules such as oxidases, in particular plant oxidases and the most preferred being tea polyphenol oxidase through indirect covalent bonding/cross linking on such activated polymer resin support, are thermally stable, gives very high number of turnovers in vitro (“n” times) with tea substrate forming exclusive product Theaflavins without any loss of biological activity and leaving the product remaining in vitro with adherence to matrix rendering the matrix safe towards product poisoning and subsequent partial or complete loss of biological activity of the matrix bound enzyme system and thus well adapted to and well suited biorectors based on such systems. It is unique with respect to its recyclability or otherwise uneconimical tea substrates such as seed and flower substrates into theaflavins both with respect to crude substrate or purified ones.
US10131720B2
A method for producing particles of a fluorinated polymer (A) which has either one or both of structural units (u1) derived from tetrafluoroethylene and structural units (u2) having no sulfonic acid type functional group and having a cyclic structure and fluorine atoms, and which has structural units (u3) having a sulfonic acid type functional group, wherein the proportion of the structural units (u1) is from 0 to 82 mol % in all structural units in the fluorinated polymer (A), the method including: (i) preparing solution or dispersion of the fluorinated polymer (A) having the fluorinated polymer (A) dissolved or dispersed in a solvent (B); and (ii) mixing the solution or dispersion of the fluorinated polymer (A) and a solvent (C) to aggregate the fluorinated polymer (A) to form particles of the fluorinated polymer (A).
US10131708B2
Provided are novel specific binding molecules, particularly human antibodies as well as fragments, derivatives and variants thereof that recognize neoepitopes of disease-associated proteins which derive from native endogenous proteins but are prevalent in the body of a patient in a variant form and/or out of their normal physiological context. In addition, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such binding molecules, antibodies and mimics thereof and methods of screening for novel binding molecules, which may or may not be antibodies as well as targets in the treatment of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease are described.
US10131702B2
The present invention relates to compounds which have agonist activity at the glucagon, GIP and GLP-1 receptors, and to their use in the treatment of metabolic disorders.
US10131700B2
In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in vertebrates, including rodents and primates, and particularly in humans.
US10131697B2
The technology provided herein generally relates to novel fusion proteins suitable as human and/or animal vaccines against parasites or pathogens of the phylum Apicomplexa. In particular, the present disclosure relates to novel fusion proteins as a basis for vaccines against Plasmodium parasites, including P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. malariae, P. ovale and P. knowlesi. Nucleic acid molecules encoding said fusion proteins, vectors, host cells containing the nucleic acids and methods for preparation and producing such fusion proteins; antibodies induced or generated by the use of said fusion proteins or said nucleic acid molecules encoding said fusion proteins and the use of such antibodies or recombinant derivatives for passive immunotherapy; methods for producing such fusion proteins; compositions and methods for using such fusion proteins for the prevention and treatment of malaria are also encompassed by the present disclosure.
US10131693B2
The present invention deals with a bipodal-peptide binder that specifically binds with a target including (a) a structure stabilizing region that includes parallel, antiparallel or parallel and antiparallel amino acid strands wherein interstrand non-covalent bonds are formed; and (b) a target binding region I and a target binding region II that are bonded at both terminals of said structure stabilizing region and respectively include n and m amino acids, and a method of preparing same; the bipodal-peptide binder of the present invention exhibits the KD value (dissociation constant) of a very low level (for example, nM level) and, therefore, exhibits very high affinity toward a target. The bipodal-peptide binder of the present invention has applications not only in pharmaceuticals but also in in-vivo imaging, in vitro cell imaging, and drug delivery targeting, and can be very usefully employed as an escort molecule.
US10131690B2
The present invention relates to isolated molecules, peptides, and polypeptides of specific consensus sequences or structures, and to compounds comprising or consisting of such molecules, peptides or polypeptides, that function as transporter moieties or compositions specifically recognizing the proteoglycan, chondroitin 6-sulfate (C6S). The isolated molecules, peptides, polypeptides and compounds of the invention may be conjugated or otherwise linked to a biologically active moiety (BAM). Thus the BAM conjugates allow the specific targeting and delivery of the BAM, which may be, for example, a peptide, chemical entity or nucleic acid, into the cytoplasm and/or nuclei of C6S expressing cells in vitro and in vivo.
US10131687B2
A method of forming a probe, wherein the method includes converting cholenic acid into a compound with a terminal alkyne group, wherein the converting the cholenic acid comprises using a sequence, wherein the sequence comprises synthesizing a THP-protection group, LiAlH4 reduction, Dess-Martin oxidation, and Seyferth-Gilbert-Bestmann homologation. The method additionally includes forming A-Chol by removing the THP-protection. Further, the method includes forming PhA-Chol from the compound with the terminal alkyne group via a palladiumcatalyzed Sonogashira reaction. Additionally, the method includes forming PhDY-Chol from the compound with the terminal alkyne group via a coppercatalyzed Cadiot-Chodkiewicz reaction.
US10131685B2
Compounds which can be used as prodrugs, in particular nucleoside diphosphate and triphosphate prodrugs, and a method for producing these compounds. The aim is to provide improved di- and/or triphosphate prodrugs, in particular nucleotide or nucleotide analog prodrugs. This is achieved in one aspect by providing bioreversibly and asymmetrically masked di- and triphosphate compounds, in particular nucleoside diphosphate and nucleoside triphosphate compounds or the analogs thereof. The masking only occurs at the terminal phosphate, i.e. at the β- or γ-phosphate, whereas the masking of the internal phosphate is omitted.
US10131673B2
The invention concerns novel substituted tricyclic pyrazolo pyrimidine compounds of formula (I-a) or (I-b) having antiviral activity, in particular, having an inhibitory activity on the replication of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The invention further concerns the preparation of such novel compounds, compositions comprising these compounds, and the compounds for use in the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection.
US10131661B2
There are provided an alkali metal salt of 5-hydroxy-4-oxo-5-(2-oxopropyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-f]quinoline-2,7,9-tricarboxylic acid, a method for producing the alkali metal salt, and a cocrystal comprising the alkali metal salt.
US10131651B2
Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
US10131647B2
The present invention relates to a group of compounds of formula (I) containing a chromene nucleus: and that present the capacity to inhibit the proliferation of lymphocytes mediated by the Nck interaction with TCR, so that the present invention also relates to the use of these compounds for the treatment of diseases or conditions where said interaction triggers a complication such as transplant rejection reactions, immune or autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases or proliferative diseases.
US10131641B2
The invention relates to a novel method for producing polyisocyanurates comprising isocyanate groups, based on 2,4- and 2,6-toluylene diisocyanate (TDI) and to the use thereof in coating compositions.
US10131638B1
A synthesis for an azo intermediate, 5,5′-azobis(4-chloropyrimidine) is disclosed. 5,5′-azobis(4-chloropyrimidine) is a relatively stable azo compound in that decomposition does not occur until about 194° C. 5,5′-azobis(4-chloropyrimidine) is a product of oxidative dimerization of 5-amino-4-pyrimidine, which a water soluble compound. The azo intermediate is formed in an aqueous solution, but the azo intermediate is substantially insoluble in water; and as it forms it separates producing a reaction mixture that is a slurry. The azo intermediate is isolated by filtration. The azo intermediate is marginally soluble in acetone. The yield is at least 18%, and the oxidizing agent (bleach) is inexpensive, reaction conditions do not require extreme heat or cold, which taken together make the azo intermediate suitable for scaling up.
US10131636B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of enzalutamide by conventional synthesis, which avoids utilization of microwave irradiation and noxious reagents. The present invention also relates to an improved process for preparation of 4-isothiocyanato-2-(trifluoromethyl) benzonitrile, which is an intermediate in the synthesis of Enzalutamide.
US10131631B2
The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for brightening skin. The compounds, compositions, and methods of the present invention generally involve compounds produced by a Malassezia yeast, and chemical analogs thereof. In addition to skin brightening applications, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the present invention may be used to modulate melanocyte activity, induce melanocyte apoptosis, agonize an arylhydrocarbon receptor (AhR), improve hyperpigmentation caused by a hyperpigmentation disorder, and modulate melanin production, melanosome biogenesis, and melanosome transfer.
US10131624B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of Levomilnacipran or salts thereof, compounds useful in the treatment of depression, with high yield.
US10131620B2
The present disclosure relates to a recycling method for producing dimethyl carbonate and dimethyl carbonate derivatives. The process is unique in that it produces a by-product that can be re-used in the process as a raw material for repeating the process. For example, when the process is directed to synthesizing dimethyl carbonate, glycerol is used as a starting material. Glycerol is also a by-product produced during formation of dimethyl carbonate, and therefore it can be re-used as starting material to generate more dimethyl carbonate.
US10131617B2
The invention concerns a method for producing diaryl carbonates from monophenols and phosgene or chloroformic acid aryl esters in the presence of at least one optionally substituted pyridine or the hydrochloride salt thereof as catalyst, and the recovery and reinjection thereof back into the method. The method is carried out at least partially in a liquid phase without the use of an additional solvent, the catalyst being separated by means of distillation and recovered.
US10131615B2
The present invention provides a molded catalyst for use in the manufacture of methyl methacrylate, for manufacturing methyl methacrylate from a starting material of methyl α-hydroxyisobutyrate by a vapor phase contact reaction, wherein the molded catalyst for use in the manufacture of methyl methacrylate is characterized in that the molded catalyst includes a synthetic faujasite type zeolite, a lamellar aluminum silicate compound, and a synthetic lamellar magnesium silicate compound, the weight ratio of the lamellar aluminum silicate compound and the synthetic lamellar magnesium silicate compound being 1:5 to 6:1.
US10131612B2
The present invention relates to a method for the production of an absorbent made of metal-organic framework structures (MOF), in the case of which at least one metal salt is converted with at least one organic ligand. The conversion is effected at a temperature greater than 100° C. in a solvent mixture which comprises DMSO and water. The invention relates in addition to an adsorbent produced with the method according to the invention or to a substrate coated with such an adsorbent and also to possibilities of use of such an adsorbent or substrate.
US10131609B2
Process for the co-production of acetic acid and dimethyl ether by dehydration-hydrolysis of a feed mixture of methanol and methyl acetate in the presence of at least one catalyst to generate a crude reaction product comprising acetic acid and dimethyl ether. The feed to the co-production process contains methanol and methyl acetate and also contains dimethyl ether in a total amount of 25 mol % or less based on the total feed.
US10131599B2
A method of producing methanol from shale gas and CO2 by the exclusive dry CO2 fracking of shale rock by injection of gaseous CO2 at a pressure between 10 and 100 atm to extract shale gas and recover it together with used CO2; combining and admixing produced shale gas containing CO2 and steam to produce a mixture of methane:carbon dioxide:water having a molar ratio of 3:1:2 for conducting the bi-reforming reaction to form a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide having a molar ratio of 2:1 to 2.1:1; and converting the hydrogen and carbon monoxide under conditions sufficient to exclusively form methanol.
US10131598B2
A polyfluoroalkyl allyl compound represented by the general formula: CF3(CF2)n(CH2CF2)a(CF2CF2)bCH2CH═CH2 [I] (n: 0 to 5, a: 1 or 2, b: 0 to 3). The polyfluoroalkyl allyl compound is produced by reacting a carboxylic acid allyl adduct represented by the general formula: CF3(CF2)n(CH2CF2)a(CF2CF2)bCH2CHICH2OCOR′ [II] (n, a, and b are as defined above, and R′: a C1-C3 alkyl group) with a transition metal. This method for producing provides a polyfluoroalkyl allyl compound used as a synthetic intermediate for a fluorine-containing alkylsilane compound that can remove free iodine derived from the raw material compound, before a hydrosilylation reaction is performed, without using a metal reagent having a high environmental impact, and that has excellent handling properties.
US10131594B2
The present invention relates to catalyst comprising at least one transition metal selected from Group VIA and Group VITA metals and a support containing a mixture of 0.1 to 60 percent by weight of zeolite, based on total weight of the support, with at least one other inorganic or organic material, wherein the at least one other inorganic or organic material is selected from silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, zirconium dioxide and activated carbon, preferably silicon dioxide; and a process for olefin metathesis utilizing that catalyst.
US10131588B2
Carbon monoxide and molecular hydrogen are converted to an alcohol mixture, which is separated into a first methanol-containing stream and a second C2+ alcohol-containing stream. The first stream's methanol is converted into a propylene-rich product, and the second stream's C2+ alcohol is converted to ethylene and additional propylene.
US10131587B1
A mixture and method of creating the mixture includes mixing hexachloroethane, stannous oxide, and aluminum together. The mixture may be loaded into at least one canister. The mixture may be combusted to create a smoke screen. The loading of the mixture into the at least one canister may include pressurized loading at loading pressures in the range of approximately 2300 psi to 3600 psi. The hexachloroethane may include approximately 30-40 parts by weight of the mixture and have a particle size of approximately less than 850 μm. The stannous oxide may include approximately 55-65 parts by weight of the mixture and have a particle size of approximately less than 150 μm. The aluminum may include approximately 5-10 parts by weight of the mixture and have a particle size of approximately less than 45 μm. The mixture is devoid of zinc chloride.
US10131582B2
The present invention relates to a polycrystalline diamond compact having multiple polycrystalline diamond sintered bodies and a method for producing the polycrystalline diamond compact. The method for producing the polycrystalline diamond includes: preparing first diamond powder; producing a first polycrystalline diamond sintered body having a diameter smaller than the diameter of a cemented substrate by sintering the first diamond powder under 5 to 6 GPa pressure and 1300 to 1500° C. temperature; positioning the first polycrystalline diamond sintered body in the center of the cemented substrate, and granulating second diamond powder around the first polycrystalline diamond sintered body; and sintering the second diamond powder under 5 to 6 GPa pressure and 1300 to 1500° C. temperature to form a second polycrystalline diamond sintered body. The polycrystalline diamond sintered body has uniform sintered characteristics at the center and outer edges thereof.
US10131581B2
A composition based on calcium carbonate includes nanometric boehmite and/or nanometric aluminum trihydroxide. A coating can be obtained from this composition. This composition makes it possible to obtain products having better high-temperature dimensional stability.
US10131569B2
The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a lithium silicate glass or a lithium silicate glass ceramic which comprise cerium ions and are suitable in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, the fluorescence properties of which largely correspond to those of natural teeth.The invention also relates to a lithium silicate glass and a lithium silicate glass ceramic which can be obtained using the method according to the invention, the use thereof as dental material and in particular for the preparation of dental restorations, as well as a glass-forming composition which is suitable for use in the method according to the invention.
US10131567B2
A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 μm; in others, at least 100 μm. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.
US10131562B1
Methods and systems for treating water for potable use or consumption are described. In an embodiment, a method for treating water for potable may include adding an effective amount of a magnesium compound to supply water to be treated. The method may also include adding an effective amount of a flocculation aiding metal salt to the supply water. The method may further include removing one or more contaminants from the supply water to provide treated water. Other methods and systems are described.
US10131558B1
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, and/or composition of matter configured for, adapted for, and/or resulting from, and/or a method for, activities that can comprise and/or relate to, causing reactions, between sulfides in contaminated water with a ferric chelate and between sulfides in the contaminated water with an oxidizing agent, to form substantially sulfide-free water, the substantially sulfide-free water comprising the ferric chelate and the oxidizing agent.
US10131551B2
The invention relates to a process for treating an aqueous solution from a subterranean formation of an oil and gas operation. The aqueous solution can be removed from the subterranean formation and treated in a heated centrifugal separator. The heated centrifugal separator can separate the kinetic hydrate inhibitor from the aqueous solution, and then the aqueous solution can be reintroduced into the subterranean formation.
US10131550B2
Systems and methods for treating wastewater including a dissolved air flotation operation performed upon a portion of a mixed liquor output from a contact tank prior to the mixed liquor entering a biological treatment tank.
US10131544B2
The present invention discloses a graphene/porous iron oxide nanorod composite and a method for preparing the same. The composite includes graphene and Fe2O3 nanoparticles loaded on the graphene. The Fe2O3 nanoparticles have a honeycomb porous structure. The synthesis method of the composite is simple and the raw materials are inexpensive.
US10131541B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for fabricating a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device. In the method, a carrier wafer is received. A MEMS wafer, which includes a plurality of die, is bonded to the carrier wafer. A cavity is formed to separate an upper surface of the carrier wafer from a lower surface of a die of the MEMS wafer. A separation trench is formed to laterally surround the die, wherein formation of the cavity and the separation trench leaves a tethering structure suspending the die over the upper surface of the carrier wafer. The die and carrier wafer are translated with respect to one another to break the tethering structure and separate the die from the carrier wafer.
US10131538B2
A MEMS device has a substrate with a structure surface and an opposing exterior surface, microstructure formed on the structure surface of the substrate, and a cap coupled with the substrate to form a hermetically sealed interior chamber containing the microstructure. The substrate forms a trench extending from, and being open to, the opposing exterior surface to produce a sensor region and a second region. Specifically, the second region is radially outward of the sensor region. The MEMS device also has a spring integrally formed at least in part within the trench to mechanically connect the sensor region and the second region, and other structure integral with the substrate. The spring or the other structure at least in part hermetically seal the interior chamber.
US10131535B2
A method for fabricating a thermally isolated microelectromechanical system (MEMS) structure is provided. The method includes processing a first wafer of a first material with a glass wafer to form a composite substrate including at least one sacrificial structure of the first material and glass; forming a MEMS device in a second material; forming at least one temperature sensing element on at least one of: the composite substrate; and the MEMS device; and etching away the at least one sacrificial structure of the first material in the composite substrate to form at least one thermally isolating glass flexure. The MEMS device is thermally isolated on a thermal isolation stage by the at least one thermally isolating glass flexure. The at least one temperature sensing element in on a respective at least one of: the thermal isolation stage; and the MEMS device.
US10131532B2
An e-liquid cartridge designed to provide e-liquid for an electronic cigarette vaporizer system, the cartridge including a chip that stores and outputs (i) a unique identity for the cartridge and/or (ii) data defining the e-liquid stored in the cartridge, and the cartridge being adapted to be inserted into or form an integral part of the electronic vaporizer system. The data stored and output by the chip defines one or more of: flavor, nicotine strength, manufacturing batch number, date of manufacture, date of filling, tax data, quantity of e-liquid stored in the cartridge.
US10131530B2
A fluid dispenser has a main body, a valve member, and a dome member. The dome member is attached to the valve member such that the valve member is slidable within the main body. Pressing on the dome member opens the valve so that fluid can flow out of a dispensing port in the main body. The main body has an outer flow surface and an inner flow surface. The valve has a face. In conjunction, the outer flow surface, inner flow surface, and face define a fluid passageway for fluid to flow exteriorly to the inner flow surface, interiorly to the outer flow surface, and exit the fluid dispenser via the dispensing port.
US10131528B2
A flavoring dispensing apparatus, system, and method configured for use with a plurality of pump equipped flavoring containers such as bottles, operable to automatically dispense relatively precise or metered amounts of flavoring, and more specifically concentrated flavoring, into a beverage container, mixing vessel, or other receiver. The containers are easily removed and replaced and flavoring levels can be automatically monitored for replacement with a fresh container.
US10131523B2
The invention relates to a ring element (1) for a lashing or attachment device (40), with a base (10) and with a ring section (2) that is closed in an opposite position to the base (10) and that forms a ring opening (4). In order to be able to attach in particular loop-shaped ropes or strips, but also attachment devices such as shackles, hanging elements, loop hooks, in a simpler way, the base (10) is divided according to the invention by an attachment channel that reaches into the ring opening (4). A closing element (42) that is formed in a way as to be insertable in the attachment channel (8) preferably fits flush with the base (10).
US10131522B2
A wind turbine blades lifting device including a structure for supporting a blade during lifting. The structure is made of a rigid material and defines a hollow closed contour with a geometry suitable for surrounding the blade, the device further comprising a pneumatic chamber attached to the structure and arranged in the hollow area of the closed contour defined by the structure such that the pneumatic chamber surrounds the blade at least partially. The pneumatic chamber is inflatable and is arranged in the closed contour defined by the structure, such that when it is inflated, the pneumatic chamber retains the blade, immobilizing it and preventing direct contact between the structure and the blade.
US10131521B2
An end termination for an elevator system may include an outer clamping member, an inner clamping member having a dimension in a first plane that is greater than a dimension in a second plane, the first plane being spaced from the second plane along a longitudinal axis of the end termination, the inner clamping member coaxially disposed in the outer clamping member, a housing holding the inner clamping member and the outer clamping member therein, and a tightening arrangement to clamp a belt between the inner clamping member and the outer clamping member.
US10131520B2
The purpose of the invention is to detect a failure situation wherein the machinery brake of an elevator does not open sufficiently. In the method for testing failure of a machinery brake of an elevator, the machinery brake is controlled to open. After this, the traction sheave is oscillated with a test torque, the movement of the elevator machine is measured in connection with the oscillation, and if the machine does not move in connection with the oscillation, it is deduced that the machinery brake has not opened and has therefore failed.
US10131515B1
An apparatus for dispensing wire or cable, the apparatus including an enclosure with a top and a bottom portion and at least three side portions of a first height, a plurality of holes located in both the top and bottom portions of the enclosure, and a core of a second height located within the enclosure, wherein the core forms an area, wherein at least one of the plurality of holes has a first hole diameter and is located in the top and bottom of the enclosure and is located within the area formed by the core, and wherein the wire or cable is placed around the core.
US10131511B2
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes: a supply-sheet supporter having a supply support surface that supports a sheet; a conveyor configured to convey the sheet from the supply-sheet supporter along a conveyance path; and a discharged-sheet supporter disposed above the supply-sheet supporter and configured to support the sheet conveyed by the conveyor. The discharged-sheet supporter includes: a particular end portion located farthest from the conveyor in the discharged-sheet supporter and opposed to the supply support surface from above; and a movable member including the particular end portion at one of opposite end portions of the movable member, which one is farther from the conveyor than another of the opposite end portions. The movable member is pivotable in a direction in which a distance between the particular end portion and the supply support surface is increased.
US10131506B2
An apparatus for conveying granular resin material from one or more supplies to a receptacle adjustably selected from a plurality of receptacles.
US10131504B2
A belt cleaner is provided which does not damage the belt surface during the scraping operation where tips on an arcuate scraper held in a holder are inclined and pushed against the belt surface with rotary shafts of the holder rotated by a resilient force. A scraper (20) is provided with a flat slope (29) extending in parallel with the belt surface from top edges of the tips (21) in the belt running direction (F), said flat slope (29) is made to contact with the belt surface in a manner of surface-contact connection when the tips are shifted up the posture from a vertical posture to an inclined posture, and a width (W) of said flat slope (29) in the belt running direction with respect to the thickness (t) of said tip (21) is formed under the condition of t
US10131498B1
A system and method for preventing leaks from rubbish containing liquids and noxious smells has an air-tight and water-tight reusable trash receptacle. The receptacle uses an inner ring and an outer ring to secure a trash bag. A gasketed lid provides a seal when the lid is engaged with the outer ring. A fabric cover attaches to the outer ring and protects and hides the trash bag held within.
US10131491B2
Described is a packet for tobacco products, substantially in the shape of a parallelepiped and extending about a respective main direction, having a front wall, a rear wall facing the front wall, a pair of side walls, a bottom wall and a top wall; the bottom wall and the top wall have a same perimeter extension; the packet also has at least a first and a second corner wall, each of which is interposed between a side wall and the respective front wall or rear wall and has a transversal dimension variable along the main direction; the first corner wall has a geometry complementary to that of the second corner wall in such a way as to keep substantially constant the perimeter extension of each section of the packet transversal to the main direction.
US10131488B2
Described herein is an aerosol hairspray product including a container including a container wall which encloses a reservoir. The reservoir includes from about 40% to about 70% of a hairstyling formulation and from about 30% to about 60% of a dimethyl ether propellant. The hairstyling formulation includes water, one or more hairstyling polymers, and from about 0.05% to about 2% alcohol. A spraying device is attached to the container. The spraying devices includes a valve including a valve housing including a vapor tap including a vapor tap area. A dip tube is connected to the valve. The dip tube includes a dip tube orifice including a dip tube orifice area. The ratio of the vapor tap area to the dip tube orifice area is from about 0.005 to about 0.15.
US10131482B2
A packaging material includes an antimicrobial agent adhered to a substrate. The antimicrobial agent can include copper, and the packaging material can include cellulose. The substrate can be paperboard, and the copper can be a copper salt, such as copper sulfate. The packaging material may be provided by causing adherence between the substrate and the antimicrobial agent, such as by coating the substrate with the antimicrobial agent. Then, the packaging material may be cut into sheets. The sheets may be formed into cartons or other suitable packages.
US10131473B2
A dispensing system that includes a bottle, a valve cap, a dosing cap. The bottle includes a side wall having at least a portion that is flexible. The valve cap regulates the dispensing of a flowable product from bottle into the dosing cap. In particular, flowable product may be dispensed from the bottle into the dosing cap when the dispensing system is in an inverted position and while the dosing cap is attached to valve cap. The valve cap and the dosing cap may support the dispensing system in the inverted position.
US10131472B2
Provided is a vial rubber stopper using multiple types of rubber to prevent the vial rubber stopper from being scraped and from sticking to a presser plate. The vial rubber stopper includes: a cap portion having a flange; a piercing area formed to have a recess at a top surface of the cap portion and configured to traverse longitudinally the cap portion in an axial direction from the recess to a bottom surface of the cap portion; and a leg portion formed on the bottom surface of the cap portion in a way of extending downward and located outside the piercing area with respect to an axial center of the cap portion. The piercing area is formed of rubber having rubber hardness from 20 to 35, and the top surface other than the recess of the cap portion is formed of rubber having rubber hardness from 58 to 90.
US10131470B2
A bulk bag includes a bulk bag body that is configured to have a varying circumference with a reduced circumference between the top and bottom of the bulk bag body to reduce bulging when the bulk bag body is filled with content.
US10131459B2
The present invention relates to a container sleeving method for arranging sleeves around a plurality of containers, the method includes: transporting an array of containers past a sleeve discharge unit; arranging a sleeve of heat shrinkable foil around a container passing by the sleeve discharge unit by shooting the sleeve from the sleeve discharge unit towards the container; detecting whether the sleeve has been correctly arranged around the container; and, if the sleeve has not been arranged correctly around the container, continue transporting one or more containers along the sleeve discharge unit and discontinue shooting one or more sleeves towards the containers.
US10131457B2
A method of expanding a structural support volume of a flexible container can include dispensing a cryogenic fluid into at least one structural support volume and sealing the at least one structural support volume such that it has a closed volume prior to complete conversion of the cryogenic fluid into a gas and expansion of the structural support volume to a pressurized state. The flexible container includes a product volume and at least a portion of the structural support volume extends into the product volume when the structural support volume is expanded.
US10131456B2
A packaging machine (1) for forming packets (3) of smoking articles (2), in particular cigarettes, comprises movement means for moving groups of smoking articles at least partially wrapped by an inner wrapping sheet (4), along a movement direction, a wrapping wheel (13) to receive the groups of smoking articles wrapped by the inner wrapping sheet (4) and to move them along a substantially circular wrapping path (P), and transfer means (22) to transfer the groups of smoking articles wrapped by the inner wrapping sheet (4) from the movement means to the wrapping wheel. The transfer means (22) transfer the groups of smoking articles wrapped by the inner wrapping sheet (4) along a transfer direction (T) radial with respect to the wrapping path (P), in order to reduce the bulk of the packaging machine (1).
US10131447B2
Disclosed is a glide path indicator (2) comprising a light emitter (20) configured to emit a visible light signal that defines a glide path (14) for use by a pilot of an approaching aircraft (10), and a camera (22) configured to capture images of the approaching aircraft (10), the camera (22) being arranged such that at least part of the glide path (14) defined by the light emitter (20) is located within a field of view of the camera (22). The glide path indicator (2) may be mounted to a vehicle (4), for example, an aircraft carrier. The glide path indicator (2) may further comprise a stabilization module (26) configured to stabilize the light emitter (20) and the camera (22) so as to reduce or eliminate the effects of the vehicle's motion on the glide path (14) and the field of view of the camera (22).
US10131431B2
There is described a system and method for setting virtual boundaries (402A-D) on an interactive sidewall display device (202) in a vehicle (102), the virtual boundaries (402A-D) defining individual passenger-specific regions for user interaction.
US10131428B1
An inflatable package enclosure for use on an aerial vehicle including an inflatable exterior chamber, a first inner cavity positioned within the inflatable exterior chamber, an inflation valve positioned on the inflatable exterior chamber, and a handle on the inflatable exterior chamber for securing the inflatable package enclosure to the aerial vehicle, wherein when the inflatable exterior chamber is inflated and when a package is positioned in the first inner cavity, inner surfaces of the inflatable exterior chamber conform to outer surfaces of the package to secure the package within the inflatable exterior chamber.
US10131426B2
The invention relates to an aircraft which can both take off and land vertically and can hover and also fly horizontally at a high cruising speed. The aircraft has a support structure, a wing structure, at least three and preferably at least four lifting rotors and at least one thrust drive. The wing structure is designed to generate a lifting force for the aircraft during horizontal motion. To achieve this the wing structure has at least one mainplane provided with a profile that generates dynamic lift. The wing structure is preferably designed as a tandem wing structure. Each of the lifting rotors is fixed to the support structure, has a propeller and is designed to generate a lifting force for the aircraft by means of a rotation of the propeller, said force acting in a vertical direction. The thrust drive is designed to generate a thrust force on the support structure, said force acting in a horizontal direction. The lifting rotors can have a simple construction, i.e. they can have a simple rigid propeller for example, and a vertical take-off or hovering of the aircraft can be controlled, in a similar manner to quadcopters, by a simple control of the speeds of the lifting rotors. High cruising speeds can be achieved as a result of the additional horizontally acting thrust drive.
US10131424B2
A compound rotorcraft with a fuselage and at least one main rotor, the fuselage comprising a lower side and an upper side that is opposed to the lower side, the at least one main rotor being arranged at the upper side, wherein at least one propeller is provided and mounted to a fixed wing arrangement that is laterally attached to the fuselage, the fixed wing arrangement comprising at least one upper wing that is arranged at an upper wing root joint area provided at the upper side of the fuselage and at least one lower wing that is arranged at a lower wing root joint area provided at the lower side of the fuselage, the upper and lower wings being at least interconnected at an associated interconnection region.
US10131423B2
A multirotor flying vehicle including at least one rotor support frame organized on a geometric grid, with a plurality of rotor assemblies coupled to the at least one rotor support frame. At least one power supply is coupled to and powers the rotor assemblies. A control system is coupled to the rotor assemblies and is configured to operate the vehicle.
US10131422B2
An aircraft includes: a plurality of rotor units each including a propeller and a motor that drives the propeller; and a shock absorber covering the entire vertical length of lateral sides of the plurality of rotor units.
US10131416B2
A method of making a panel assembly that includes forming a thermoplastic panel, placing a thermoset portion into a pocket in a mold, placing an attachment member into the pocket in the mold, positioning the thermoplastic panel in the mold, cooling the thermoplastic panel while heating the thermoset portion to flow at least a portion of the thermoset portion into openings defined in the thermoplastic panel, and cooling the panel assembly so that the thermoset portion hardens, thereby securing the attachment member to the thermoplastic panel.
US10131414B2
A Shipboard Auditory Sensor (SAS) for detection and classification of acoustic signaling at sea is capable of detecting whistles blasts from other vessels in accordance with Rules 34 and 35 of COLREGS to support autonomous operations in a maritime environment.
US10131412B2
An apparatus for divers is disclosed that includes both a buoy and an ascent device. The system also includes a biological sensor for detecting when a diver is in distress. Upon the biological sensor detecting an anomalous condition, the system inflates a bladder, such as that found in a diver's Buoyancy Control Device, to urge the diver toward the water surface. The system also releases a buoy, allowing the buoy to float to the water surface and alert others of the diver in distress. In an example embodiment, the buoy detects its position upon reaching the surface and issues an alarm.
US10131409B2
A housing unit with a pontoon having a plurality of shipping containers arranged thereon. The shipping containers have been adapted to be habitable by providing at least one door and at least one window in the shipping containers and by insulating the shipping containers. The pontoon has a flat top, three or more of shipping containers placed on the flat top in a first polygon arrangement with an atrium formed inside the first polygon arrangement. Three or more shipping containers are placed on top the first polygon arrangement to form a second polygon arrangement. The second polygon arrangement is preferably being displaced relative to the first polygon arrangement to obtain a star shaped arrangement.
US10131404B2
A bicycle front derailleur is basically provided with a base member, a chain guide, a link mechanism, and a biasing member. The base member is configured to be fixedly coupled to the bicycle. The chain guide is configured to guide a chain. The link mechanism couples the chain guide to the base member between retracted and extended positions in response to movement of an operation cable. The link mechanism includes a first link pivotally connected to the chain guide about a first pivot axis. The first link is configured such that the first pivot axis moves in a forward-rearward direction, while the chain guide moves between the retracted position and the extended position in a mounted state where the base member is mounted to a bicycle frame. The biasing member is operatively disposed between the base member and the chain guide to bias the chain guide towards the extended position.
US10131394B2
A left front fender includes a left upper wall portion, a left side wall portion, and a left guide portion. The left upper wall portion defines a left upper inner surface facing a portion of an upper surface of a left front wheel. The left side wall portion extends downward from the left upper inner surface to define a left side inner surface facing a left side surface of the left front wheel. The left guide portion defines a left guide surface extending rightward from the left side inner surface toward the left side surface of the left front wheel.
US10131390B2
An anti-theft device for a bicycle includes a fork unit that has a first fork bar and a second fork bar. The first fork bar has a passage and the second fork bar has a receiving opening. A securing element can be arranged in the fork unit to pass through the first fork bar in the passage and engage in the receiving opening. The securing element passes through a spoke region of a front wheel of the bicycle. The securing element has an engagement contour that engages in the receiving opening. A locking unit with an electromechanical drive is arranged in the second fork bar. The locking unit has a locking contour, which is connected the electromechanical drive and engages in the engagement contour in the locking state. An electronic control unit controls the electromechanical drive to unlock the unit.
US10131380B1
An articulated vehicle including two wheeled sections hinged together in the middle of the vehicle by a universal movement joint enabling relative pivoting about three axes extending at right angles to each other through the center of the vehicle. A hydraulically operated strut and a hydraulically operated cylinder/jack extend between the two vehicle sections. The strut is universally pivoted at its ends to the two vehicle sections to control the relative pivoting of the two vehicle sections while, the cylinder is trunnion mounted to one end and bolted to the other to permit vertical articulation of the vehicle.
US10131377B2
An electric power steering apparatus including a torque sensor to detect a steering torque and a motor control unit to control a motor that applies an assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle may include a function to switch a control system of the motor between a torque control system of a torque system to control a motor output torque and a position or speed control system of a steering angle system to control a steering angle of a steering in accordance with a predetermined switching trigger. Each of a steering angle command value and a steering angle speed of the position or speed control system and an assist torque level of the torque control system gradually change sensitive to the steering torque, when shifting from the torque control system to the position or speed control system.
US10131375B2
A steering system for a motor vehicle includes a steering handle for manual actuation of the steering system, at least one steerable motor vehicle wheel which can be mechanically coupled to the steering handle, and a steering column which is rotatable about a steering-system axis and has an input shaft connected fixedly to the steering handle and an output shaft connected to the at least one steerable motor vehicle wheel for rotation therewith. A steering-system-blocking element is connected fixedly to a body of the motor vehicle. A locking device can either enable or block a relative rotation between the input shaft and the body-mounted steering-system-blocking element. A coupling device can either enable or block a relative rotation between the input shaft and the output shaft.
US10131361B2
A method is presented, which comprises: obtaining or holding available at least one speed profile for at least one selected link of a travel network, wherein said at least one speed profile represents a plurality of speeds for a plurality of subsequent segments of said selected link; smoothing said at least one speed profile for said at least one selected link in a first smoothing step by: determining whether said at least one speed profile represents one or more speeds that are associated with an acceleration above a predetermined acceleration threshold or a deceleration below a predetermined deceleration threshold; for each speed that is determined to be associated with an acceleration above said acceleration threshold or a deceleration below said deceleration threshold, determining a respective adapted speed for replacing said respective speed at least partially based on speeds for one or more adjacent segments of said respective segment. Further presented are inter-alia corresponding apparatuses, a corresponding system and a corresponding computer program code.
US10131354B1
A vehicle includes an engine. The vehicle includes a controller configured to start a timer having a duration defined by a charge limit of a traction battery and during which the engine braking is maintained and reduce a predetermined rate of change speed limit of the engine is reduced. The starting of the timer is responsive to application of an accelerator pedal during engine braking. The controller is further configured to increase the predetermined rate of change speed limit such that engine braking is predicted based on the limit of the battery, responsive to application of an accelerator pedal during engine braking.
US10131352B2
A CPU drives an inverter based on a command rotation speed that is inputted from a higher level ECU at a predetermined update interval. The CPU acquires an actual rotation speed of the electric motor, and calculates an accelerated rate and a decelerated rate based on the update interval and a difference between the actual rotation speed and the command rotation speed such that the actual rotation speed changes without reaching the command rotation speed and becoming constant before an end of the update interval. The CPU drives the inverter such that the electric motor rotates at the calculated rate.
US10131330B2
Systems, vehicles, and methods for controlling an application of a plurality of trailer brakes are disclosed. A system for controlling an application of a plurality of trailer brakes includes a processor, a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor, a trailer brake output circuit operatively coupled to the plurality of trailer brakes and communicatively coupled to the processor, a cornering attitude input communicatively coupled to the processor, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory module. When executed by the processor, the machine readable instructions cause the system to receive a cornering attitude signal from the cornering attitude input, determine when an understeer cornering attitude exists based on the received cornering attitude signal, and prevent the application of the plurality of trailer brakes by the trailer brake output circuit when the understeer cornering attitude is determined to exist.
US10131327B2
A disc brake assembly and a method of mounting a disc brake assembly. The disc brake assembly may have a caliper that may receive first and second brake pads, a cover, and a spacer. The cover may have an opening pattern arranged to allow insertion and removal of the spacer.
US10131324B2
A spline for use in a windshield wiper assembly including a wiping element is provided. The spline is composed of a pair of elongate strips, and each strip includes a first curved portion having at least one pointed protrusion to penetrate the wiping element, a notched portion having a notch, a second curved portion provided at a side of the elongate strip, and a body portion to seat within the wiping element. An overall shape of the spline is convex or concave with a bottom surface of the spline directed toward a wiping lip of the wiping element.
US10131311B2
A driving seat airbag device includes: a driving seat airbag that is inflated and deployed at a vehicle rear side of a steering wheel on being supplied with gas; and a sliding cloth that is deployed in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the driving seat airbag, that covers an airbag rear face at a vehicle rear side of the driving seat airbag, and that is capable of movement in a vehicle width direction with respect to the airbag rear face.
US10131297B1
In an electric connection box and a wire harness, a side cover is attached to an outer peripheral surface of a housing, and the housing and the side cover form a side space portion. An electric wire extends from an internal space portion to the side space portion and is routed to the outside of the housing through the side space portion. In the electric wire, an electric wire main body is formed along an inclined direction of an inclined wall of the side cover. A regulating portion is formed along the inclined direction of the inclined wall in the housing in the side space portion. A gap between the electric wire and the housing is filled with the regulating portion. In the side space portion, the electric wire main body is positioned between the inclined wall of the side cover and the regulating portion.
US10131286B2
A roof rack system includes a guideway and a first cross bar displaceable along that guideway. Further, the roof rack system includes a first drive module for displacing the first cross bar along the guideway. A related method of adjusting a roof rack system is also provided.
US10131282B2
A cargo assist apparatus is provided for a motor vehicle. That cargo assist apparatus includes a panel and a translating and pivoting connector whereby the panel is displaced between a stowed position below an upper face of the seat bottom, a first deployed position projecting above the upper face and a second deployed position projecting forward from the upper face.
US10131280B2
A video mirror system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly including a mirror case and a reflective element, and a video display device disposed in the mirror case and operable to display video images that are viewable by the driver of the vehicle. The reflective element includes a transflective mirror reflector and the video display device is fixedly disposed to the rear of the reflective element. The interior rearview mirror assembly includes an on-screen display controller operable to receive a video signal from a camera disposed at the vehicle. The on-screen display controller is operable to overlay a graphic overlay onto a video signal received from the camera such that a video feed generated by the on-screen display controller includes the graphic overlay. The video display device comprises a metallic enclosure that is electrically grounded when the interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted at the vehicle.
US10131279B2
A display mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a housing and a glass element, and is configured to be turned to an on state and an off state. A peripheral support is disposed proximate a periphery of the glass element and configured to retain the glass element against the display module. The peripheral support includes a radio frequency shield integral therewith. An actuator device is disposed on a bottom surface of the housing and operably coupled with the glass element. The actuator device is adjustable to tilt the glass element in one direction, thereby moving the glass element to an off-axis position which approximately simultaneously changes the on/off state of the display module. The actuator device is adjustable to tilt the glass element in another direction, thereby moving the glass element to an on-axis position which approximately simultaneously changes the on/off state of the display module.
US10131278B2
An imaging lens includes a first lens group having a negative refractive power, an aperture stop, and a second lens group having a positive refractive power. The first lens group, the aperture stop, and the second lens group are sequentially disposed in a direction from an object side to an image side. The first lens group includes a negative first lens and a negative second lens. The second lens group includes a positive third lens, a positive fourth lens, a negative fifth lens, and a positive sixth lens. Conditional formula (1) below is satisfied: 0.16
US10131275B2
A motive power stoppage guidance apparatus includes at least one of a display device configured to be disposed in a compartment of a vehicle, and a sound output device configured to output a sound in the compartment of the vehicle; and an indication control unit configured, when the vehicle is traveling in a state where a motive power stops, or when the likelihood is high in that the vehicle is traveling in the state where the motive power stops, to execute at least one of having the display device display at least one of that the motive power is in a stopped state, and a recommended operational method, and having the sound output device output an indication sound.
US10131273B2
A lighting module for a motor vehicle includes a carrier, such as a single printed circuit board, and a plurality of light sources configured to perform various functions selected from a group including door lock status, turn signal indication, blind spot warning indication and door latch handle illumination.
US10131268B2
A laser unit (2) for a vehicle headlight with a laser diode (11) and, associated with the laser diode (11), adjustable optics with optical elements comprising at least one collimator, wherein at least one optical element selected from the group consisting of a collimator (13, 22) and a deflection mirror (20) is mounted so that it can pivot about at least one spatial axis.
US10131261B2
A seat device for a vehicle includes a dynamic damper attached to a frame of a seat installed in the vehicle. The dynamic damper includes a damper case that is formed from separable first and second case halves, a weight that is housed in a damper chamber, and an elastic member that is disposed between the weight and the damper chamber so as to allow vibration of the weight. The damper case is provided with a plurality of mounting parts that are mounted on the frame, and the mounting parts comprise first and second mounting parts which are engaged with the frame at two left and right places as seen in a front view of the seat, and a third mounting part other than the first and second mounting parts which is provided between the first and second mounting parts.
US10131255B2
A capacitive sensor configured for connection between a heating element and a heating current supply comprises a common mode choke (CMC) for AC-decoupling the heating element from the heating current supply. The CMC comprises first and second inductively coupled windings, the first winding for connection between a first terminal of the heating current supply and a first terminal of the heating element and the second winding for connection between a second terminal of the heating element and a second terminal of the heating current supply. The capacitive sensor further comprises a control and evaluation circuit for injecting an AC signal into the heating element via a measurement node, measuring a voltage on and/or a current across the measurement node, and to derive an impedance between the heating element and a counter electrode from the measurement. The CMC comprises a third winding inductively coupled with the first and second windings, the third winding being operatively coupled with the measurement node.
US10131254B2
A seat suspension includes a seat support, a base, and a suspension assembly positioned between the seat support and the base. The suspension assembly includes a compressible cushion for containing a gas; and a chamber. The chamber includes a cylindrical hollow member, a front cap at one end of the cylindrical hollow member, an end cap at another end of the cylindrical hollow member, and a piston positioned within the cylindrical hollow member between the front cap and the end cap. The front cap includes an orifice. The orifice provides fluid communication between the cushion and the chamber. When a compressive force causes movement of the seat support portion towards the base, thereby compressing the cushion, the gas from the cushion flows through the orifice into the chamber and directly forces movement of the piston away from the front cap.
US10131253B2
An automobile seat includes a right seat, a center seat, and a left seat. The center seat includes a center seat cushion and a center seat back having one end rotatably supported for reclining to the side of the center seat cushion and raising therefrom. A belt is attached to the center seat back, while being grasped by a hand of a passenger for reclining to the side of the center seat cushion to be brought into abutment on the skin of the seat cushion. The thus configured automobile seat reduces fricative sound generated by collision and friction between the center seat back and the center seat cushion owing to movement up and down of the automobile in the reclined state, resulting in alleviated discomfort given to the passenger.
US10131248B2
An electric vehicle drive system includes first and second electric motors, first and second torque limiters and a torque splitter. The first and second torque limiters correspond to the first and second electric motors, respectively, and generate respective first and second maximum torques. The torque splitter receives a first input that includes at least a total torque request for the first and second electric motors and the first and second maximum torques and generates at least respective first and second torque requests for the first and second electric motors, wherein the torque splitter is configured to direct a torque request to the second motor only if the first maximum torque is less than a threshold. The torque splitter may generate a zero second torque request if a motor speed of the first electric motor exceeds a threshold.
US10131245B2
An electrified vehicle has a battery pack comprising series-connected battery units providing a main voltage. To supply a lower voltage bus equally from all battery units, a plurality of DC/DC converters are powered by respective units and have their outputs in parallel. A central module has an outer loop controller generating a target current to regulate the bus voltage to a predetermined voltage and has an allocator distributing the target current into a plurality of allocated current commands according to respective states of charge of the battery units. A plurality of local controllers each adjusts a current of a respective DC/DC converter. Each local controller receives a respective allocated current command as a respective feedforward control variable. Each local controller uses an error between the bus voltage and the predetermined voltage to be integrated as a respective feedback control variable only when the error is above a threshold.
US10131237B2
A wireless vehicle charging system is provided herein. The charging system includes a charging station having a power source and a charging station interface operably coupled to a primary coil assembly. The primary coil assembly includes a primary coil therein for generating a magnetic field. An illumination system is disposed within the primary coil assembly and includes a passive illumination system and an active illumination system. A first photoluminescent structure is disposed within the passive illumination system and is configured to luminesce in response to excitation by an incident light. A second photoluminescent structure is disposed within the active illumination system and is configured to luminesce in response to excitation by a light source. A vehicle having a secondary coil assembly thereon is operably coupled with a rectifier and is configured to transmit electrical current from the secondary coil assembly to a battery.
US10131236B2
In at least one embodiment, an inductive charging coil assembly for a vehicle comprising a first base plate and a second base plate is disclosed. The first base plate includes at least one first coil for transmitting magnetic flux. The second base plate includes at least one second coil having a top side and a bottom side to receive the magnetic flux for charging a vehicle. The at least one second coil defines a window to position at least one ferrite on the top side and on the bottom side of the at least one second coil. The at least one ferrite is arranged to guide the magnetic flux from the bottom side of the at least one second side to the top side of the at least one second side and back to the bottom side of the at least one second side.
US10131235B2
A method operates a charging connection device for electric vehicles, the charging connection device including a housing inside which at least one temperature sensor constantly senses at least one temperature value. As an essential feature, the maximum permissible charging current is reduced to a specific value greater than zero if a first threshold temperature of a first temperature value is exceeded and the charging process is interrupted if the first threshold temperature has been continuously exceeded by the end of a first interval or when the at least one temperature value exceeds a second threshold temperature of the at least one temperature value. The proposed method of operating a charging connection device for electric vehicles provides for greater availability, better fault tolerance of the charging connection device while ensuring lower production costs.
US10131234B2
According to an aspect of the invention, a motor drive circuit includes a first energy storage device configured to supply electrical energy, a bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter coupled to the first energy storage device, a voltage inverter coupled to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and an input device configured to receive electrical energy from an external energy source. The motor drive circuit further includes a coupling system coupled to the input device, to the first energy storage device, and to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter. The coupling system has a first configuration configured to transfer electrical energy to the first energy storage device via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and has a second configuration configured to transfer electrical energy from the first energy storage device to the voltage inverter via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter.
US10131222B1
Described herein are various embodiments associated with a bracket for mounting a snorkel to one or more roof rack attachment points of a vehicle. In one embodiment, the bracket comprises a vehicle mounted portion and a snorkel mount portion. The vehicle mounted portion comprises one or more mounting holes. Additionally, values for one or more characteristics of the mounting holes are selected based, at least in part, on the one or more roof rack attachment points. The snorkel mount portion is coupled to the vehicle mounted portion. The snorkel mount portion comprises one or more snorkel attachment holes.
US10131220B2
A hybrid powertrain apparatus comprising a first planetary gear device including at least three rotary elements, a first motor, an output axis, and a second motor connected to a first rotary element, a second rotary element, and a third rotary element of the first planetary gear device; a first brake and a second brake provided to vary rotation restricting states of the first rotary element and the third rotary element relative to a fixing member; an engine variably connected to the first rotary element; a clutch configured to variably connect the first rotary element and the engine to vary a mutual rotation restricting state between the first rotary element and the engine; and a speed multiplication gear or a speed reduction gear between the clutch and the engine and connecting the clutch and the engine.
US10131219B2
The invention relates to a link element (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a connecting rod (2) and a coupling element (3) for coupling the connecting rod (2) to a subassembly of the motor vehicle, wherein the coupling element (3) comprises a housing (5) with a passage (6) through which the connecting rod (2) extends into the housing (5); characterized by a stop plate (7) for supporting forces transferred to the coupling element (3) by the connecting rod (2).
US10131218B2
The present invention relates to a motor wheel for a vehicle and a vehicle comprising the motor wheel. The motor wheel comprises a wheel, an electric motor, a reduction gear transmitting rotation from the electric motor to the wheel, and a dampening structure connecting the wheel to a vehicle bearing member. The electric motor comprises an electric motor case. The reduction gear comprises a reduction gear case coupled to the electric motor case and rotatably mounted within the wheel hub. The electric motor case is connected to the bearing member of the vehicle and is displaceable relative to the bearing member. The invention improves dynamic properties to the vehicle, reduces vibrations transmitted to the vehicle body, and provides a more comfortable drive.
US10131210B2
The present invention relates to an air nozzle device (10) for a vehicle (1) comprising a housing (11) defining an interior volume and having an air inlet (12) at one side, an air discharge opening (14) at a second side and an air flow channel (18) through the housing (11) for transporting a flow of air between the air inlet and the air discharge opening, the device (10) further comprising a user-actuated manual mechanism (32), a moveable first linkage assembly (34), a moveable second linkage assembly (36), a shutoff mechanism (40) configured to regulate the air flow, a first air flow adjustment arrangement (22) and a second air flow adjustment arrangement (24), each being pivotably connected to said housing and configured to adjust the direction of the air flow, wherein said user-actuated manual mechanism (32) is configured to permit manual operation of the first air flow adjustment arrangement (22), the second air flow adjustment (24) and the shutoff mechanism (40) from the outside of the device. The present invention also relates to a vehicle compartment comprising an air nozzle device.
US10131205B2
A climate control system having a coolant subsystem, a heat pump subsystem, and an intermediate heat exchanger. The intermediate heat exchanger may transfer thermal energy from the heat pump subsystem to the coolant to increase the temperature of the coolant when the climate control system is in a heating mode.
US10131197B2
When a battery control unit allows use of the electric compressor, an air conditioning control unit performs air-conditioning of a cabin in such a manner that the air conditioning control unit controls the electric compressor to be operated. When the battery control unit prevents use of the electric compressor, the air conditioning control unit controls the electric compressor to be stopped. In addition, the air conditioning control unit heats a windshield in such a manner that the air conditioning control unit controls a window heater to be operated. Accordingly, even when the electric compressor is stopped, fogging of the windshield is suppressed. The air conditioning control unit does not give an excessive feeling of discomfort or unease to a user, because the air conditioning control unit continuously performs a normal air-conditioning control. Fogging of the windshield can be suppressed in a state where power consumption relative to a battery is suppressed.
US10131191B2
Tire pressure regulation method and system for an agricultural vehicle equipped with tires. In order to improve the pressure management of the tires connected to the tire pressure regulation system, a pressure setpoint is determined by determining the characteristics of the tires, the pressure of which is intended to be regulated by the tire pressure regulation device, determining the speed of the vehicle, calculating the pressure setpoint of the tire depending on the characteristics of the tire and on the speed.
US10131186B2
A communication interface between a driver of a vehicle and an at least partly autonomous drive system in the vehicle. The communication interface is configured to communicate a haptic performance loss signal to the driver when a performance loss is determined in the at least partly autonomous drive system.
US10131175B2
A print pattern of a printing plate used in intaglio printing includes plural partition walls and a groove-shaped cell unit. The plural partition walls are continuously extended in a printing direction, and arranged at predetermined intervals in an orthogonal direction. The cell unit is formed between the partition walls adjacent to each other, and a printing paste (conductive paste) is retained in the cell unit. Plural printing direction walls that are arranged in a zigzag manner in the printing direction are coupled to each other by a coupling walls that are arranged in the printing direction walls adjacent to each other in the printing direction, thereby forming the partition wall.
US10131173B2
A printable film that contains a base film substrate and an image receiving layer. The film substrate is a polyethylene terephthalate base film substrate that contains inorganic particles and that has an opacity ranging from about 50 to about 95. The image receiving layer comprises, at least, a polymeric network, poly-alkene polymeric compounds and inorganic compounds. Also disclosed herein is the method for obtaining the printable film.
US10131171B2
A transfer material is provided that can be more firmly attached to an image substrate without deteriorating printing characteristics concerning image bleeding, printing resolution, and the like. An ink receiving layer is of a gap-absorbing type. An adhesive layer includes discretely disposed adhesive pieces provided on a surface of the ink receiving layer so as to leave exposed portions on the surface of the ink receiving layer.
US10131170B2
The present invention aims principally to provide a protective layer transfer sheet that can prevent occurrence of fusion between a receiving layer and a transfer layer and occurrence of peeling traces when the transfer layer is peeled from the receiving layer, even in the case that thermal energy applied on transfer of the transfer layer is increased and can obtain a high quality printed article and to provide a protective layer transfer sheet that can impart extremely good scratch resistance to the surface of a printed article. The protective layer transfer sheet includes a substrate, and a transfer layer provided on a surface of the substrate, and the transfer layer includes a binder resin and one or more substances selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid esters, olefin-maleic acid copolymers, and amino polyether-modified silicone oils.
US10131166B2
A printing apparatus includes a transport belt which transports a printing medium, a cleaning tank which stores cleaning liquid, a first cleaning brush and a second cleaning brush which are contained in the cleaning tank and clean the transport belt, and a driving motor which drives to rotate the first cleaning brush and the second cleaning brush. The first cleaning brush and the second cleaning brush are driven to be rotated via a plurality of gears which include a driving gear which is provided in the driving motor and driven gears and which are provided in the first cleaning brush and the second cleaning brush.
US10131165B2
An inkjet printer is provided that is configured to store a plurality of pieces of gap information respectively corresponding to a plurality of examined sections discretely arranged along a head moving direction on a recording sheet, each of the plurality of examined sections including a corresponding one portion of top portions and bottom portions on the recording sheet, and calculate interpolation gap information to be interpolated over a whole width in the head moving direction of at least one of a plurality of segments, each of which has a width in the head moving direction defined by two adjacent sections of the plurality of examined sections, based on the stored gap information.
US10131159B2
A printing device includes: a printing mechanism; a housing having a casing and a cover; a first frame member; a second frame member; an engaging member; and an abutting part. The first frame member supports the printing mechanism. The second frame member supports the printing medium. The second frame member is juxtaposed with the first frame member in a first direction. The engaging member is supported to the first frame member. The engaging member is movable between a first position in engagement with the cover and a second position out of engagement with the cover. The abutting part is provided at at least one of the first frame member and the second frame member. The abutting part avoids direct contact between the engaging member in the first position and the second frame member when the second frame member is deformed and contacts the first frame member through the abutting part.
US10131148B2
A liquid discharge head includes a head body, a cover, a rib, and a sealer. The head body discharges liquid. The head body includes a frame. The cover is mounted on the frame of the head body. The rib is disposed at the frame along a peripheral surface of the cover. The sealer is disposed between the peripheral surface of the cover and a peripheral surface of the rib.
US10131132B2
A method of additively manufacturing a composite part comprises depositing a segment of a continuous flexible line along a print path. The continuous flexible line comprises a non-resin component and a photopolymer-resin component that is partially cured. The method also comprises delivering a predetermined or actively determined amount of curing energy at least to a portion of the segment of the continuous flexible line at a controlled rate while advancing the continuous flexible line toward the print path and after the segment of the continuous flexible line is deposited along the print path to at least partially cure at least the portion of the segment of the continuous flexible line.
US10131125B2
A method of forming three-dimensional composite comprising steps of: (a) manufacturing at least one shaping member; (b) fitting each of the at least one shaping member on each of at least one mold; (c) adhering at least one connection sheet on said each shaping member so as to form each of at least one semi-finished product; (d) fixing said each semi-finished product in a cavity; and (e) heating said each semi-finished product and vacuuming the cavity. Said shaping member has at least one orifice and covers said each mold, and each connection sheet has a substrate and an adhesive layer, a melting point of the adhesive layer is less than the substrate. Said each semi-finished product in the cavity is heated until the adhesive layer melts, and the cavity is vacuumed so that the adhesive layer penetrates into said each shaping member, thus producing a three-dimensional finished product.
US10131124B2
A printed multiple ply paper article and a method of producing it are described. The method comprises providing a first paper stock having a first surface and a second surface, applying a pressure activated adhesive (33) to the second surface, printing (34) upon the first surface, and bringing together two portions of the second surface under pressure in registration (35, 36) to form a multiple ply product.
US10131123B2
The invention relates to a multi-layer film composite having at least one layer made of polycarbonate or copolycarbonate, characterized in that the polycarbonate or copolycarbonate comprises at least one additive of the general formulas (1) to (8), R1 are selected independently of each other from the group made of C10-C25-alkyl, C10-C25-alkoxy, and C10-C25-alkyl-substituted aryl, R2 are selected independently of each other from the group of C10-C25-alkylcarbonyl or hydrogen, and R3 are selected independently of each other from the group of C10-C25-alkyl.
US10131117B2
A manufacturing process of a hot stamped coated part comprising the following successive steps, in this order: providing a hot rolled or cold rolled steel sheet comprising a steel substrate and an aluminium-silicon alloy precoating, the precoating containing more than 50% of free aluminium and having a thickness comprised between 15 and 50 micrometers, then cutting the steel sheet to obtain a precoated steel blank, then heating the blank under non protective atmosphere up to a temperature Ti comprised between Te−10° C. and Te, Te being the eutectic or solidus temperature of the precoating, then heating the blank from the temperature Ti up to a temperature Tm comprised between 840 and 950° C. under non protective atmosphere with a heating rate V comprised between 30° C./s and 90° C./s, V being the heating rate between the temperature Ti and the temperature Tm, in order to obtain a coated heated blank, then soaking the coated heated blank at said temperature Tm for a time tm comprised between 20 s and 90 s, then hot stamping the blank in order to obtain a hot stamped coated part, then cooling said stamped part at a cooling rate in order to form a microstructure in the steel substrate comprising at least one constituent chosen among martensite or bainite.
US10131116B2
Provided in one embodiment is a method of forming a connection mechanism in or on a bulk-solidifying amorphous alloy by casting in or on, or forming with the bulk-solidifying amorphous alloy, a machinable metal. The connection mechanism can be formed by machining the machinable metal.
US10131114B2
The instant invention provides nonwoven fabrics and staple or binder fibers prepared from an ethylene-based polymer having a Comonomer Distribution Constant in the range of from greater than from 100 to 400, a vinyl unsaturation of less than 0.1 vinyls per one thousand carbon atoms present in the backbone of the ethylene-based polymer composition; a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range from 1 to less than 2; a density in the range of 0.930 to 0.970 g/cm3, a melt index (12) in the range of from 15 to 30 or from 10 to 50 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 2 to 3.5, and a molecular weight distribution (Mz/Mw) in the range of from less than 2.
US10131102B2
A process for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens having at least one optical function, includes the following steps: additively manufacturing (100) an intermediate optical element by depositing a plurality of preset volume elements of at least one material having a preset refractive index, the intermediate optical element including a target ophthalmic lens and a thickness allowance consisting of a portion of the plurality of volume elements; and subtractively manufacturing (300), by machining, the target ophthalmic lens from the intermediate optical element, the machining being carried out in a preset sequence, of at least one step, the preset sequence making it possible to subtract the thickness allowance, the additive manufacturing step (100) including a step of determining a manufacturing setpoint for the intermediate optical element in which the thickness allowance is determined depending on the preset sequence defined in the subtractive manufacturing step (300).
US10131101B2
An apparatus, and relative method, for producing a semi-finished product with a strip of sealing compound for building tires, having at least one unsaturated styrene thermoplastic elastomer, one bonding resin and one cross-linking agent are described.
US10131090B2
A pasting roller has brush bristles planted in a surface thereof in straight lines or spirally to form a plurality of rows at predetermined intervals on the roller surface. An adhesive sheet S is pasted to work while moving the pasting roller and the work, which is the recipient, relative to and crossing each other. In this pasting process, a rotating speed of the pasting roller is adjusted according to a surface configuration of the work to render the pressure on the adhesive sheet constant.
US10131089B2
Provided is a process for producing an automotive glass with a member in a highly efficient and space-saving manner. The process for producing an automotive glass with a member comprises bonding together an adhesion surface of an adherend and an adhesion surface of an automotive glass using an adhesive, and then curing the adhesive using a superheated steam generator, thereby attaching the adherend to the automotive glass; wherein the superheated steam generator comprises (1) a boiler part for generating steam, (2) a superheating unit for superheating the steam generated in the boiler part, and (3) a superheated steam vessel equipped internally with one or more heaters and one or more superheated steam outlets for discharging the superheated steam supplied from the superheating unit; and wherein the step of curing the adhesive is performed by covering the adherend placed on the automotive glass with the superheated steam vessel, spraying the superheated steam from the one or more superheated steam outlets to the adherend, and then spraying dry gas.
US10131088B1
An additive manufacturing method is disclosed. The method may include directing into a print head a reinforcement having a continuous axial core and integral branches extending radially outward from the continuous axial core. The method may also include coating the reinforcement in a matrix, and softening a portion of a track of the coated reinforcement that was previously discharged from the print head. The method may further include discharging from the print head a track of the coated reinforcement adjacent the previously discharged track of the coated reinforcement, such that cross-bonding of the integral branches occurs between the discharging track of the coated reinforcement and the softened portion of the previously discharged track of the coated reinforcement.
US10131083B2
A machine for producing and filling containers, having: a heating device for thermal conditioning thermoplastic parisons; a blow-molding device for deforming the thermally conditioned parisons into containers by blow-molding or stretch blow-molding; a device for filling the containers with a product; and a transfer device for conveying the containers from the blow-molding device to the filling device. A nozzle arrangement is arranged in the region of the transfer device for impinging a cooling liquid on the containers. The nozzle arrangement has a gas nozzle connected by a gas line to a gas source. The nozzle arrangement has a liquid nozzle connected by a liquid line to a liquid source. The gas nozzle and the liquid nozzle are arranged and oriented relative to one another such that a liquid jet from the liquid nozzle strikes a gas jet from the gas nozzle in an intersection region.
US10131078B2
The invention relates to a retaining device (5) for a rotatable center block (17) in an injection molding device (1), comprising a lower rotary plate (14) rotatable about an axis of rotation (13) and driven by a motor (15), the lower rotary plate being used for retaining the rotatable center block (17). The retaining device (5) comprises a lower cross member (7), which is mounted movably in the longitudinal direction (x) on guide rails (9) while supported on a machine bed of the injection molding device by means of first bearing blocks (8). The retaining device (5) can have two bearing blocks (16), by means of which the lower cross member (7) is supported in the circumferential direction relative to lower beams (4) of the injection molding device. For a further increase in efficiency, the center block (17) has a main body made of a material of lower density than a coupling plate (23) operatively connected thereto.
US10131074B2
A container-fabricating apparatus having an injection head establishing fluid communication between an injection fluid port disposed therein and a preform disposed in communication with a nozzle of the injection head. The apparatus also including a stretching rod moveable between a position projecting from the injection head through the nozzle and a substantially retracted position. The apparatus further includes a cleaning chamber at least partially defined by a hollow, elongate housing contiguous with and extending from the injection head, a plurality of cleaning chamber ports in a wall of the housing establishing fluid communication with the cleaning chamber, the stretching rod being substantially disposed within the cleaning chamber when disposed in the substantially retracted position.
US10131073B2
A fiber preform for a vane module of an intermediate casing of a turbine engine, the preform being obtained by three-dimensional weaving. The preform includes first longitudinal segment presenting opposite first and second ends and suitable for forming a first vane; a second longitudinal segment presenting first and second opposite ends and suitable for forming a second vane; and a first transverse segment connecting together the first and second longitudinal segments by their first ends, and suitable for forming a first transverse vane portion such as a flange or a platform.
US10131067B2
A cutting machine having a first wheel pair and an opposite second wheel pair, an first vertical wheel, an opposite second vertical wheel, a first drive wheel, a second opposite drive wheel, and a single cutting blade, the first vertical and the second vertical wheels being configured to travel simultaneously and in a same horizontal direction, the first and the second wheel pairs being configured to travel simultaneously and in a same vertical direction, the first wheel pair having a first slanted wheel and the second wheel pair having a second slanted wheel, the single cutting blade being routed over all wheels such that at any moment during a travel of the single cutting blade while driven by the first and second drive wheels, a vertical blade portion extends between and can travel horizontally with the first vertical wheel and the second vertical wheel during vertical cutting and a horizontal blade portion extends between and can travel vertically with the first and second wheel pairs during horizontal cutting, wherein the slant of the first slanted wheel and the slant of the second slanted wheel prevents intersection of the horizontal blade portion and the vertical blade portion.
US10131060B2
A device for trimming the distal ends of hair drawn therethrough is provided which has a head portion having a handle portion extending therefrom. Drawing hair strands along a serpentine pathway formed between a positioning member and a recess in the head, causes distal ends thereof to momentarily project through an opening and into a cutting cavity where they are cut only when a flexible paddle urges the projecting distal ends into a cutting component. The length of the distal ends cut may be adjusted by engagement of variable sized interchangeable cutting components.
US10131057B2
Systems and methods for securing a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to a subsea structure during cleaning, maintenance, or inspection of the structure surface are provided. In one or more embodiments, an attachment mechanism includes a pair of grasping hooks that are raised and lowered when driven by a motorized drive. In one or more embodiments, an attachment mechanism includes a rigid holder having a mechanical stop and connected to a swing arm, the swing arm configured to rotate inward, but not outward beyond the mechanical stop. In one or more embodiments, an attachment mechanism includes a plurality of linked segments in series, each connected at a plurality of pivot points. A pair of wires passes through the plurality of linked segments and connects to a pair of pulleys that extend or retract the wires, thereby rotating the plurality of linked segments.
US10131051B1
A grasp management system is described. The grasp management system may be configured to determine a grasp strategy for a robotic manipulator. Information about an initial state of an object may be accessed. Information about a final state of the object may also be accessed. The final state may enable a subsequent interaction with the object. An anticipated pose space may be determined that enables the subsequent interaction with the object. An initial pose for the robotic manipulator may be determined based at least in part on the anticipated pose space. The initial pose may be used by the robotic manipulator to grasp the object.
US10131045B2
The present disclosure is directed to a modular fixture for a rotor shaft assembly and a system for rotor-bolt nut removal. The modular fixture includes a plurality of arcuate plates that is annularly arranged about a common centerline. Each arcuate plate includes a plurality of jack legs that extends from and perpendicular to a bottom side surface of the respective arcuate plate of the plurality of arcuate plates. The system includes the modular fixture and a vertical drill. The vertical drill is connected to at least one arcuate plate of the plurality of arcuate plates. The vertical drill includes a vertically adjustable drive shaft and a bit that is connected to an end of the vertically adjustable drive shaft. In use, the bit cuts or turns a rotor-bolt nut or may core a rotor bolt of a rotor shaft assembly.
US10131035B1
Grooves are formed on an exterior surface of a component. The grooves are formed proximate to one another such that the grooves diffract light. The exterior surface is processed to reduce the sharpness of peaks between the grooves, reduce differences between the peaks and valleys of the grooves, and/or roughen the grooves. The processing reduces diffraction caused by the grooves such that light reflected from the grooves is not substantially color-shifted (e.g., is or is near the color of the reflecting surface). In various implementations, the processing may include dry blasting, etching, abrasive blasting, burnishing, grinding, ablation, an/or any other process capable of reducing the sharpness, reducing the differences, and/or roughening the surface. In implementations where dry blasting is used, the dry blasting may use ceramic beads as a blast material.
US10131029B2
Method of manufacturing ophthalmic lenses and system for the manufacturing of such ophthalmic lenses
A method of manufacturing an ophthalmic lens, includes the steps of providing, mounting and blocking a substrate (10) on a machining support unit (65), surfacing an upper face (12) of the substrate, edging a peripheral edge (13) of the substrate, wherein the machining support unit includes a surfacing member (40) and an edging member (30) which are separable, the surfacing member having a cavity (51) in which the edging member is located during the step of surfacing, the surfacing and edging members being configured so that the substrate is mounted and blocked on the machining support unit in a first predetermined position for the surfacing and the edging and, between the steps of surfacing and edging, the method further includes the step of withdrawing the surfacing member from the machining support unit by retaining the substrate on the edging member.
US10131028B1
An apparatus for sharpening a cutting implement includes a base assembly and first and second clamping members pivotably supported by the base assembly. The clamping members each have an inside surface, a proximal end portion, and a distal end portion, where the second inside surface faces and is spaced apart from the first inside surface. The clamping members are adapted to pivot to clamp a cutting implement between the inside surfaces. A clamping assembly attached to the base assembly includes a cam member movably supported by the base assembly, a follower assembly disposed in operational engagement with the cam member and with the proximal end portions of the first and second clamping members. A handle is operatively connected to the cam member, where operating the handle moves the cam member, thereby moving the follower assembly and pivoting the first and second clamping members.
US10131025B2
A workpiece positioning device has a more simple structure and a low cost. The workpiece positioning device includes a movable base on which a workpiece is placed, drive mechanisms for moving the movable base, a vision sensor for repeatedly detecting the current position of the workpiece placed on the movable base, a difference calculating part for calculating the difference between the current position and the target position each time the current position is detected by the vision sensor, a difference determining part for determining whether the difference is within an allowable range, and a drive controller for controlling the drive mechanisms so as to stop the movement of the movable base when it is determined that the difference is within the allowable range.
US10131022B2
Methods and apparatus for creating an integral assembly formed from a transparent member and a housing formed at least in part of a bulk-solidifying amorphous alloy. The methods and systems create integral transparent member and amorphous metal alloy-containing parts using thermoplastic molding techniques in which the amorphous metal is molded to the transparent member in a thermoplastic, not liquid, state.
US10131009B2
The present invention provides a continuous machining system, which comprises an electrochemical machining module, a separating module, and a vibration reducing module. The electrochemical machining module performs an electrochemical machining to a material strip for forming a plurality of components on the material strip. The separating module separates the plurality of components from the material strip. Thereby, the machining time is saved, and thus achieving the purposes of continuous machining and mass production. The vibration reducing module is located between the electrochemical machining module and the separating module. The vibration reducing module can ease the vibration of the material strip. Consequently, the influence of vibration on the electrochemical machining precision of the material strip machined by the electrochemical machining module may be minimized.
US10131003B2
Cemented carbide corner radius end mill with continuously curved rake ridge and helical flute design
A corner radius end mill includes a tooth adjacent a helically extending flute. The tooth includes axial and radial relief surfaces connected by a corner relief surface, as well as rake surface having a rake ridge. The rake ridge is continuously curved from a bisector line until at least an axial location rearward of the corner relief surface.
US10131000B2
An object burr processing machine for trimming object burr, comprises a machine base, a positioning seat erected on the machine base, a processing arm provided on the positioning seat, an object stage coupled with the machine base for placing object, and control device. The control device comprises an object sensing unit, a processing path setting unit, and a process control unit. The object sensing unit is able to sense the shape of the object. The processing path setting unit is able to define a processing path based on the shape of the object. The process control unit communicates and links to the processing arm, the object stage, the object sensing unit, and the processing path setting unit. During the burr trimming process, the process control unit can use the established processing path to control other devices to conduct the burr trimming process to the object, which greatly increases the convenience and efficiency of the processing.
US10130998B2
A drill chuck having a chuck body, having a clamping sleeve with a conical basic shape that can rotate about the chuck axis of the chuck body, by the rotation of which clamping sleeve a plurality of clamping jaws can be moved relative to the clamping body. The clamping sleeve is made in two parts, having a conical, metallic outer sleeve, having a conical, inner sleeve made of plastic, wherein the outer sleeve has a cylindrical subsection on its inner circumference for radial centering of the outer sleeve on the inner sleeve. A clamping sleeve and a method for producing knurling on the clamping sleeve are also provided.
US10130994B2
A method for producing a substantially spherical metal powder is described. A particulate source metal includes a primary particulate and has an average starting particle size. The particulate source metal is optionally ball milled and mixed with a binder in a solvent to form a slurry. The slurry is granulated to form substantially spherical granules, wherein each granule comprises an agglomeration of particulate source metal in the binder. The granules are debinded at a debinding temperature to remove the binder from the granules forming debinded granules. The debinded granules are at least partially sintered at a sintering temperature such that particles within each granule fuse together to form partially or fully sintered solid granules. The granules can then be optionally recovered to form a substantially spherical metal powder.
US10130991B2
A casting system includes a casting surface; a rim area disposed on the casting surface or associated therewith; a heat resistant impermeable diaphragm having an edge area. The diaphragm covers a portion of the casting mold when it is positioned on the surface so as to form a space defined by at least a base constituted by the surface, and at least a casting face constituted, at least partially, by the diaphragm; a sealing arrangement for sealingly engaging the rim and edge areas, thereby sealing the space; an outlet for withdrawing gas from the space; a heat resistance coefficient of the diaphragm is such that it can melt when coming in contact with the molten material. The diaphragm covers an area larger than that through which molten material is case so that, when the space is sealed, vacuum application causes the diaphragm to adhere to a portion of the mold.
US10130986B1
A tube flaring tool, which is adapted to clamp a tube and align the tube with a punch driver, includes a carrier having a clamping assembly slot and a punch assembly slot; a clamping assembly received in the clamping assembly slot of the carrier to clamp a tube; and a punch assembly having a main member and a plurality of punches movably coupled to the main member. The main member is movably received in the punch assembly slot, so that the main member of the punch assembly is able to be moved to select one of the punches to flare the tube.
US10130984B2
A steering yoke cutting equipment with automatic transporting system which comprising a blanking press machine for cutting the yoke, a yoke input mechanism, intermediate transporting mechanism and a yoke output mechanism. The intermediate transporting mechanism which comprising a guide track, two sliding pieces slidably mounted the guide track, sliding piece cylinder, two sets of mechanical hands respectively fix mounted on the two sliding pieces; the yoke input mechanism and the yoke output mechanism are respectively arranged at two end of the intermediate transporting mechanism.
US10130981B2
A method for descaling a metal surface of a semifinished metal product, including the steps of: guiding the semifinished metal product in a transporting direction past nozzle head parts that rotate about rotation axes and are arranged alongside one another transversely to the transporting direction; and directing high-pressure fluid jets produced by nozzle elements arranged on the rotating nozzle head parts at the metal surface. The fluid jets also being blasted as far as the metal surface at a narrow point between two immediately adjacent nozzle head parts. The nozzle head parts rotate synchronously with one another at a preset angular position with respect to a rotation angle of a particular rotation axis of the nozzle head parts. The fluid jets produced by the nozzle elements are always blasted onto the metal surface past one another without coming into contact with one another.
US10130979B2
A method for improving the flatness of a rolled sheet or strip includes the application of differential cooling. A cooling agent can be selectively applied along the width of the strip. More cooling can be applied to the edges of the strip, where tension is greatest, to increase tension at the edges. The strip can be allowed to lengthen at these edges, which can improve flatness. In some embodiments, a closed loop flatness control system is used to measure the flatness of a strip and automatically adjust the differential cooling based on the measurement.
US10130977B1
A system for vacuuming out sediment when installed on the inside of a gravity feed, elevated potable water tank or tower holding water at a pressure head of the kind having a riser serving as a water inlet and outlet. The system having a rotating manifold driven by a rotational drive mechanism installed along the bottom wall of the tank or tower connected to a plurality of downwardly directed nozzles. The rotating manifold is connected to a drain pipe passing down through the or alongside the tank riser and is supported so that the nozzles are positioned above the bottom wall in the vicinity of the sediment. When water is allowed to flow through the drain pipe, the pressure head causes sediment which may otherwise be a health risk and promote electrolytic corrosion to be vacuumed out by the nozzles.
US10130971B2
A device for lacquering or coating a substrate is disclosed. The device includes a substrate plate configured to accommodate said substrate, and one or more suction points connected to, and extending upwardly from, the substrate plate. The one or more suction points may be configured to provide a vacuum to said substrate.
US10130959B1
A shower unit, comprises a water inlet assembly and a water outlet assembly mounted on a housing, water outlet channels are arranged on the water outlet assembly, a water inlet and a water outlet are formed in the water inlet assembly, two water inlet channels are arranged in the water inlet assembly, each water inlet channel can communicate with the water inlet and the water outlet independently, and the water outlet channels communicate with the water outlet to spray water; an electromagnetic valve is mounted in one water inlet channel, a circuit board mounted on the housing is electrically connected with a switch, each time the switch is pressed, the circuit board powers on and then powers off the electromagnetic valve after a set delay, which respectively opens and closes the water inlet channel. The water outflow rate of the shower unit can be changed rapidly, and has water-saving effects.
US10130953B1
A mill for grinding particles to submicron size. The mill has a rectangular prism-shaped housing for two internal barrels. Each internal barrel has a shaft and a plurality of overlapping circular discs attached to the shaft for grinding materials to submicron size. Each barrel also has blocked corners providing a cross-sectional shape of half of an octagonal prism disposed toward opposing ends of the housing. The housing also includes comprises curved acceleration ramps disposed between the barrels proximal to the overlapping circular discs on opposing sides of the housing. An inlet is provided for feeding material to be ground by the mill to an overlapped portion of the overlapping circular discs. An outlet is disposed at an end of the mill opposite the inlet for removing ground material from the mill. The overlapping circular discs are rotated in the mill at a shaft speed ranging from about 200 to about 1200 RPM.
US10130951B2
Provided are devices for recovery of cells from a microfluidic device. In particular, provided are open-ended conical tubes for recovery of cells from a microfluidic device and methods of use. In some embodiments, the open-ended conical tubes comprise: i) a nipple portion (7), wherein the nipple portion (7) comprises a length in the range of 0.2 to 0.3 inches, a diameter in the range of 0.2 to 0.3 inches, wherein the nipple portion (7) comprises a narrow orifice; ii) a conical portion (5) attached to and in fluid communication with the nipple portion, wherein the conical portion (5) has a length in the range of 1.0 to 1.5 inches and the angle of the outer surface of the conical portion (5) of the tube in relation to the outer surface of a cylindrical portion (1) of the tube is between 30° to 45° , wherein an outer circumferential surface of the conical portion (5) is attached to a flange (6) comprising a cylindrical cavity (12), wherein the cylindrical cavity (12) is formed into the surface of the flange (6), and the flange (6) is attached to the outer circumferential surface of the conical portion (5) of the tube such that the opening of the cylindrical cavity (12) extends perpendicularly with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tube, wherein a cap of a PCR tube fits into the cylindrical cavity (12) in the flange (6); iii) the cylindrical portion (1) attached to and in fluid communication with the conical portion (5) and having an axis substantially co-linear with an axis of the conical portion (5), wherein the cylindrical portion (1) comprises a wide orifice and threads (8) on the outer surface abutting the wide orifice to accommodate a cap for the conical tube, wherein the cylindrical portion (1) comprises a length in the range of 2.2 to 2.8 inches, an outer diameter in the range of 1.10 to 1.19 inches along its entire length and an inner diameter configured to accommodate one or more microfluidic chips or slides.
US10130948B2
Provided is a microfluidic device to more easily and mechanically operate a valve for controlling a fluid flow, which comprises: a platform having a plurality of chambers; at least one flow channel which connects between the chambers; and a valve which opens or closes the flow channel, wherein the valve includes a blocking member which selectively blocks the flow channel and a pressing member installed in the blocking member to move the blocking member, and the pressing member has a structure which presses and moves the blocking member by the linear reciprocating motion in the same direction as the direction of an external force, and the valve further includes a driving unit which reversibly controls the opening and closing of the flow channel caused by the blocking member by fixing the pressing member to the position of the moved pressing member or returning to the original position.
US10130946B2
This disclosure provides a system for detecting rare cells. The system includes a substrate, extensions extending outwardly from the substrate and arranged about a center axis of the substrate to define a channel enabling the fluid to move radially from the center axis to an outer edge of the substrate, and a functionalized graphene oxide disposed on the extension. This disclosure also provides a method for detecting rare cells using the system of this disclosure. The method includes the steps of introducing a sample of fluid containing the rare cells into the inlet of the system such that the sample of fluid flows radially from the inlet toward the outer edge of the substrate and capturing the rare cells as the rare cells interact with the functionalized graphene oxide disposed on the extensions.
US10130944B2
The present invention provides a rare earth-containing Y zeolite and a preparation process thereof, said rare earth-containing Y zeolite has a rare earth content as rare earth oxide of 10-25 wt %, a unit cell size of 2.440-2.472 nm, a crystallinity of 35-65%, a Si/Al atom ratio in the skeleton of 2.5-5.0; and a product of the ratio of the strength I1 of the peak at 2θ=11.8±0.1° to the strength I2 of the peak at 2θ=12.3±0.1° in the X-ray diffraction spectrogram of the zeolite and the weight percent of rare earth as rare earth oxide in the zeolite of higher than 48.
US10130936B2
Fluidizable catalysts for the gas phase oxygen-free oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes, such as propane, to corresponding olefins, such as propylene. The catalysts comprise 5-20% by weight per total catalyst weight of one or more vanadium oxides (VOx), such as V2O5. The dehydrogenation catalysts are disposed on an alumina support that is modified with calcium oxide to influence characteristics of lattice oxygen at the catalyst surface. Various methods of preparing and characterizing the catalyst as well as methods for the gas phase oxygen free oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes, such as propane, to corresponding olefins, such as propylene, with improved alkane conversion and olefin product selectivity are also disclosed.
US10130919B1
A method for preparing a polygraphene membrane includes adding graphite and sodium nitrate into sulfuric acid to form a first mixture; adding potassium permanganate solution into the first mixture to form a second mixture; adding hydrogen peroxide solution to the second mixture to form a mixture including soluble manganese ions; filtering the mixture including soluble manganese ions to form an aqueous suspension; centrifuging the aqueous suspension; performing ultrasonication of the suspension to obtain graphene oxide sheets; acylating the graphene oxide sheets to prepare an acylated graphene oxide sheet; and polymerizing the acylated graphene oxide sheets to prepare polygraphene.
US10130907B2
A class of water lean, organic solvents that can bind with various acid gasses to form acid gas bound molecules having a high degree of intramolecular hydrogen bonding which enables their use as regenerable solvents for acid gas capture. Unlike the other devices described in the prior art, the present invention takes advantage of shortened distances between the portions of the molecule that form hydrogen bonds within the structures when loaded with an acid gas so as to create a molecule with a higher internal bonding affinity and a reduced proclivity for agglomeration with other molecules.
US10130904B2
A screw filter press comprising a screw shaft, having at least one coil turn and two screw shaft ends. The shaft axis is parallel to the gravity vector and is supported by screw shaft upper end connected to a rotary drive. The screw shaft is enclosed a filter area by a cylindrical filter tube, with openings and which is adjacent radially to a filtrate space, to which underpressure is applied. The sliding tube radially surrounding the screw shaft is the same inner diameter as the filter tube. Radial play occurs between at last one coil turn adjoining the filter tube proximate to the filter tube inner wall.
US10130894B2
The invention relates to planarly connectable toy bricks comprising an unilaterally open, box-like hollow body and plug-in pins at the bottom outer side and bottom domes on the bottom inner side. In order to achieve increased frictional force both plug-in pins on the upper side of the toy brick and bottom domes on the bottom side of the toy brick are designed as an n-rectangular straight prism having parallel and equally long side edges. Ribs are designed as double-webbed retaining protrusions, the plug-in pins have through-holes of different shapes at the bottom as well as stabilizing webs which extend between the retaining protrusions and parallel thereto. A click system is provided, which ensures that user has apart from the visual and haptic perception an acoustic perception of the completion of the clamping of two toy bricks.
US10130891B2
A system and method are described below for encoding interactive low-latency video using interframe coding. For example, one embodiment of a computer-implemented method for performing video compression comprises: detecting a maximum data rate of a communication channel between a server and a client; transmitting a video stream comprising a series of sequential frames from the server to the client; detecting that the maximum data rate will be exceeded if a particular frame of the sequence of frames is transmitted from the server to the client over the communication channel; and in lieu of transmitting the frame which could cause the maximum data rate to be exceeded, causing the client to re-render the previous frame of the sequence of frames, thereby effectively reducing the frame rate of the video stream rendered on the client.
US10130888B1
Methods and systems for verifying and/or modifying game data for a location-based game, such as a parallel reality game, are provided. Game data for the location-based game can be verified and/or modified by establishing one or more mini-games to be played within the location-based game. Players can be encouraged to play the mini-game by providing a reward, such as a virtual reward that can be used in the location-based game or by providing another suitable reward. Mini-game data received from a plurality of players of the mini-game can be aggregated and used to update game data for the location-based game. In this manner, game elements, game objectives, and/or game play for all players in the location-based game (even players that do not play in the mini-game) can be adjusted based on the aggregated responses to the mini-game.
US10130887B2
There is stored in a storage device a conversion coefficient for correcting the difference between payment methods with respect to the correlation between the unit for enumerating a consumption amount and monetary value and treating the consumption amount of monetary value of each payment method as an enumerated value in the same unit system. Obtained from a payment apparatus is consumption record data where the consumption amount of monetary consumption by a user is represented by the number of units for each payment method. Calculated is an enumerate value corresponding to the consumption amount of each payment method based on the consumption amount of each payment method included in the consumption record data and the conversion coefficient. Based on the enumerated value obtained for each payment method and a predetermined unit price, calculated is a counter value to be charged from the first party to the second party.
US10130881B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system having a processor that performs operations including receiving from an accessory device a control signal for controlling a software application, determining that the control signal corresponds to a first action of a plurality of actions for controlling the software application, monitoring a frequency of usage of the first action, and presenting at the accessory device or a display device coupled to the accessory device a measure of the frequency of usage of the first action. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US10130879B2
A game system is disclosed. The game system includes a computer, a display device and an operation device. The computer is configured to run a game, the display device is configured to display a game image, and the operation device is configured to input an operation command into the computer. A vibrator is provided in the display device and/or the operation device. The computer is further configured to send a vibration signal to the display device and/or the operation device according to game information, so as to drive the vibrator to generate vibration. According to the above game system, the display device and the operation device such as mouse or keyboard may generate vibration by means of the vibrator, according to game information, present vibration sensing and tactile for a player, thereby enabling the player to be more personally on the scene in the game.
US10130871B2
A crane game is provided for amusement, training, and team building purposes. The body of the crane is suspended beneath manually held handles which are attached to the crane body by cords. Two lifting hooks are suspended beneath the crane body and operated by lifting lines which engage the crane body and extend outwardly from the crane body. Multiple persons each control a handle or lifting line and operate the crane through coordinated movement of the handles and lifting lines.
US10130860B2
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure describe a frameless basketball backboard assembly and a method for producing a frameless basketball backboard assembly. A mounting structure is attached to one side of the backboard assembly, and a support assembly mounted to the backboard assembly connects the backboard assembly to a base. A rim may be added to a side of the backboard assembly by attaching to the support assembly.
US10130859B1
This disclosure presents a training device and return for practice or game play so that when a ball is directed toward the target, the ball can either impact the target face or pass through one of a plurality of holes in the target face. The training device may be adjustable for use with different sized balls and the return may be automated.
US10130850B2
Golf club heads with slit features are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US10130849B2
Ball striking devices, such as golf clubs, have a head that includes a face having a striking surface configured for striking a ball, and a body connected to the face and extending rearwardly from the face, with the body having a crown, a sole, a heel side, and a toe side, such that the face and the body combine to define an enclosed internal cavity. A damping member is connected to the body and includes a post extending inwardly into the cavity from an inner surface of the body, a first arm extending from the post toward the heel side of the body, and a second arm extending from the post toward the toe side of the body. The damping member is configured to produce a mass damping effect upon an impact on the face.
US10130846B2
A hybrid adhesion system includes an adhesion head including at least one suction cup and a handle and a vacuum generator mechanically coupled to the adhesion head. The vacuum generator includes at least one pneumatic cylinder having an internal volume in fluid communication with the at least one suction cup and a piston having a piston rod mechanically coupled to a manual actuator.
US10130844B2
A variable-color region (106) of an information-presentation structure extends to an exposed surface (102) at a surface zone (112) and normally appears along it as a principal color. An impact-dependent portion (138) of the variable-color region responds to an object (104) impacting the zone at an object-contact area (116) by temporarily appearing along a print area (118) of the zone as generic changed color materially different from the principal color. The print area closely matches the object-contact area in size, shape, and location. The threshold impact criteria consist of multiple sets of different threshold impact criteria respectively associated with multiple specific changed colors materially different from the principal color. If the impact meets the threshold impact criteria, the generic changed color is the specific changed color for the criteria set met by the impact.
US10130832B2
An exhale valve assembly includes a housing, a valve carrier body, a primary valve assembly, a plunger, a lock assembly, and an air pressure activated actuator assembly. The valve carrier body is disposed the housing and has a passageway. The primary valve assembly is mounted to the valve carrier body. A first air flow path passes through the passageway and a second air flow path passes through the primary valve assembly. The plunger is configured to permit a flow through the first air flow path when the plunger is in a first position and to direct a flow through the second air flow path when the plunger is in a second position. The lock assembly is configured to secure the plunger in the first position. The air pressure activated actuator assembly is configured to release the lock responsive to a pressure change within the cavity of the housing.
US10130831B2
A breathing apparatus is operable in self-contained and filtered modes of operation. In the self-contained mode of operation, a breathable gas is delivered to a user from a self-contained source of breathing gas. In a second, filtered mode of operation, a suction source draws ambient air through a filter removing contaminants and delivers filtered ambient air to the user. A method of delivering air to a subject is also provided.
US10130825B2
Device and method for selective hyperthermic damage of target cells by means of millimeter wave radiation. Cells in a culture medium are placed in a cell cultureware and millimeter wave radiation is delivered via a waveguide to a predetermined region of exposure of the culture medium. The device and method are safe and efficient for use in clinical and research applications.
US10130821B2
An assembly for tethering a medical device to a delivery catheter includes a tether, a collet, and a spring-biased holding element that is coupled to a distal end of the tether and that extends around the collet, being moveable between first and second positions. At the first position, corresponding to the spring bias thereof, the holding element prevents fingers of the collet, which are configured to grip a proximal end of the device, from opening; at the second position, the collet fingers are allowed and/or caused to open. The assembly is coupled to a tubular member of the catheter, and, when the tethering assembly abuts a distal end of the catheter tubular member, a pull force applied to a proximal end the tether, which extends out from a proximal opening of the catheter, moves the holding element from the first position to the second position.
US10130818B2
A medical device is configured to deliver a high-energy electrical stimulation pulse to a patient that produces a post-stimulation polarization signal. A cardiac signal analyzer of the medical device is configured to detect a cardiac electrical signal superimposed on the post-stimulation polarization signal, determine at least one feature of the detected cardiac electrical signal, compare the feature to criteria that differentiate an intrinsic cardiac event during the post-stimulation polarization signal from an evoked response signal and identify the detected cardiac electrical signal as the intrinsic cardiac event if the feature meets the criteria.
US10130817B2
A method may include delivering autonomic neural stimulation (ANS) therapy, including delivering stimulation pulses to evoke physiological responses. The method may further include recording physiological parameter values, including recording first population data, the first population data including evoked response (ER) values corresponding to the evoked physiological responses, and recording second population data, the second population data including reference values that include no effect (NE) values corresponding to times without an evoked physiological response. The method may further include quantifying a relationship between the first population data and the second population data, and analyzing the quantified relationship for a signature to indicate if the stimulation pulses are evoking desired physiological responses.
US10130816B2
Methods and systems for electrical stimulation can include obtaining a biosignal of the patient; altering at least one stimulation parameter of an electrical stimulation system in response to the biosignal; and delivering an electrical stimulation current to one or more selected electrodes of the electrical stimulation system using the at least one stimulation parameter. In some embodiments, a power spectrum is determined from the biosignal. In some embodiments, the biosignal is at least two different biosignals measured at the same or different locations on the patient and a coherence, correlation, or association between the two biosignal is determined.
US10130815B2
A medical device detects a previously defined event, and controls delivery of therapy to a patient according to therapy information associated with the previously defined event. In exemplary embodiments, the medical device enters a learning mode in response to a command received from a user, e.g., the patient or a clinician. In such embodiments, the medical device defines the event, collects the therapy information, and associates the therapy information with the defined event while operating in the learning mode. In some embodiments, the medical device defines the event based on the output of a sensor that indicates a physiological parameter of the patient during the learning mode. The sensor may be an accelerometer, which generates an output that reflects motion and/or posture of the patient. The medical device may collect therapy information by recording therapy changes made by the user during the learning mode.
US10130813B2
A neurostimulation system senses electrographic signals from the brain of a patient, extracts features from the electrographic signals, and when the extracted features satisfy certain criteria, detects a neurological event type. A mapping function relates the detected neurological event type to a stimulation parameter subspace and a default stimulation parameter set where the values of the stimulation parameters define an instance of stimulation therapy for the patient. The decision whether to implement a stimulation parameter subspace or a default stimulation parameter set may be informed by integrating other information about a state of the patient. A stimulation parameter subspace or stimulation parameter set may optimized by testing it against various thresholds until certain effectiveness criteria is satisfied. The neurological event type may be one of several electrographic seizure onset types.
US10130807B2
An implantable medical device, including a magnet and a body encompassing the magnet, wherein the implantable medical device includes structural components in the body configured to move away from one another upon initial rotation of the magnet relative to the body when the magnet is subjected to an externally generated magnetic field, thereby limiting rotation of the magnet beyond the initial rotation.
US10130780B2
There is provided an aerosol generating device, including a heater element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; a power source connected to the heater element; and a controller connected to the heater element and to the power source, wherein the controller is configured to control the power supplied to the heater element from the power source to maintain the temperature of the heater element at a target temperature, and is configured to compare a measure of power supplied to the heater element or energy supplied to the heater element from the power source to a threshold measure of power or energy to detect the presence of an aerosol-forming substrate close to the heater element or a material property of an aerosol-forming substrate close to the heater element.
US10130778B2
A cap for a drug delivery device is provided, the cap comprising a main body and at least one indication element which is moveably retained in the main body, wherein the indication element is configured to be moved from a first position to a second position with respect to the main body, and wherein an information indicated to a user by the cap is changed when the indication element is moved from the first position into the second position. Furthermore, a drug delivery device comprising the previously described cap and an interaction member is provided.
US10130776B2
Apparatus for supporting implements such as hypodermic syringes. The structure is made so as to protect operators against inadvertent sticking and the possible consequences thereof.
US10130775B2
A medicament delivery device includes a housing having distal and proximal ends along a longitudinal axis. The housing is arranged to accommodate a medicament container and a delivery member connected to the container; a reloadable drive mechanism for acting on an accommodated container; a delivery member cover at the proximal end and slidable in relation to the housing along the axis; and a cover lock mechanism that includes a first lock member on an actuator movably arranged in relation to the housing and a second lock member on the cover. The first lock member engages the second lock member to block movement of the cover, and the actuator is movable in relation to the cover such that manually actuating the actuator generally transverse to the axis causes the first lock member to be moved out of engagement with the second lock member, thereby allowing the cover to be moved.
US10130773B2
An assembly for a drug delivery device (1) is provided, the assembly comprising a piston rod (10) and a force transfer subassembly (16, 17), the force transfer subassembly being arranged and configured, in a driving mode of operation of the assembly, to transfer a driving force (F) to the piston rod in order to drive the piston rod, the force transfer subassembly comprising a first force transfer member (17), and a second force transfer member (16), wherein the first force transfer member and the second force transfer member are operatively coupled to each other via a force-sensitive coupling (27) to transfer the driving force to the piston rod, and wherein, when an excessive force acts on the force-sensitive coupling, the force-sensitive coupling is arranged and configured to be released in order to switch the assembly from the driving mode of operation into a security mode of operation.
US10130763B2
An injection device for injecting medication to a patient, comprising a surface (5) having a through hole (3) for passage of a needle, is characterised by further comprising a capacitive proximity sensor (12, 13, 30) for detecting proximity or contact of human skin to/with said surface (5).
US10130759B2
A cartridge system of a multi-ported drug delivery device with independently actuated collapsible reservoirs, for delivery of medicaments, which includes membranes placed between disk magnets that are housed within pump body inserts. The pump body inserts having flow channels and fluid openings are between two inlet/outlet members with communication control through active valves and dynamically stressed membranes. The inlet/outlet members of the cartridge system each having a fluid outlet component and fluid openings are securely engaged to two or more reservoirs containing fluid medicaments. The cartridge system driven by the pump driver system delivers an appropriate dosage of medicament for treatment prescribed.
US10130758B2
A fluid delivery device comprising a fluid reservoir; a transcutaneous access tool fluidly coupled to the fluid reservoir, the transcutaneous access tool including a needle or a trocar; and a transcutaneous access tool insertion mechanism for deploying the transcutaneous access tool, wherein the insertion mechanism is configured to insert and retract the needle/trocar in a single, uninterrupted motion.
US10130734B2
An endoprosthetic component which is set up in the implanted state to penetrate in a controlled manner into adjoining bone material.
US10130733B2
The invention is directed to a method of cleaning and disinfecting a contact lens. The method includes instructing a consumer to disinfect their contact lens comprising the following steps: remove a contact from an eye and position the lens in a lens assembly that includes a cap member; add a disinfection solution to the lens case such that the lens is submerged in the solution upon closure of the lens case with the cap member. The disinfection solution will comprise 0.5 wt. % to 6 wt. % hydrogen peroxide or a chemical precursor of hydrogen peroxide, and a P-metal modulating compound. The presence of the P-metal modulating compound in the disinfection solution decreases the neutralization rate of the hydrogen peroxide. The disinfection system exhibits a pseudo first-order, half-life of hydrogen peroxide from 12 minutes to 30 minutes over an initial sixty minutes of neutralization following exposure of the disinfection solution to a catalyst comprising a P-metal. This reduction in rate of peroxide neutralization can provide a more effective solution for killing certain microorganisms and fungi.
US10130728B2
Systems and methods for controlling humidity. Methods can include providing a chamber configured to receive objects to be sterilized; injecting a first quantity of water into the chamber; determining a pressure rise and a pressure drop in the chamber resulting from the first injection; calculating an absorption ratio (AR) as the ratio of the pressure drop to the pressure rise; sensing the humidity of the chamber after the first injection to determine a first humidity value (RHchamber); comparing the first humidity value to a pre-selected humidity value (RHsetpoint) to determine a humidity error (RHerror), wherein RHerror=RHsetpoint−RHchamber; and injecting a second quantity of water into the chamber, wherein the second quantity of water is calculated based on the absorption ratio (AR) and the humidity error (RHerror). Systems can perform the method; and the systems and methods can be employed in a sterilizer.
US10130721B2
A bifunctional polypeptide comprising a specific binding partner for a peptide-MHC epitope, such as an antibody or T cell receptor, and an immune effector, such as an antibody or a cytokine, the immune effector part being linked to the N-terminus of the peptide-MHC binding part.
US10130709B2
Disclosed herein are diketopiperazine microparticles having high capacity for adsorbing a drug or active agent. In particular, the diketopiperazine microparticle are formed using fumaryl diketopiperazine and can comprise a drug in large doses for the treatment of disease or disorders by pulmonary delivery via oral inhalation.
US10130689B2
The subject invention relates to diffusion enhancing compounds and their use alone or with thrombolytic agents for the treatment of disorders resulting from the formation of a thrombus such as a myocardial infarction or stroke.
US10130675B2
The present invention aims to provide a wound healing agent that inhibits bacterial growth, promotes granulation tissue formation and epithelization, and minimizes foreign body reaction in the granulation tissue. The wound healing agent of the present invention contains protein (A) and water, wherein the protein (A) contains: GAGAGS (1); and an amino acid sequence (X) and/or an amino acid sequence (X′), and the total percentage of β turns and random coils in the protein (A) as determined by circular dichroism spectroscopy is 60 to 85%, and the percentage of the total number of amino acid residues in the amino acid sequences (X) and (X′) is 50 to 70% of the total number of amino acid residues in the protein (A). Amino acid sequence (X): at least one amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of VPGVG (2), GVGVP (3), and GAHGPAGPK (4). Amino acid sequence (X′): an amino acid sequence in which 1 or 2 amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence (X) are independently replaced by a lysine (K) or arginine (R) residue.
US10130674B2
Chemokine signaling is important in neuropathic pain, with microglial cells expressing CCR2 playing a well established key role. DAPTA, a gp120-derived CCR5 entry-inhibitor has been shown to inhibit CCR5-mediated monocyte migration and to attenuate neuroinflammation. We disclose here that as a stabilized analog of DAPTA, the short peptide All D TTNYT (SEQ ID NO:1) exhibits potent antagonism for both CCR2 (IC50 4.2 pM) and CCR5 (IC50 0.18 pM) in monocyte chemotaxis. Oral administration of All D TTNYT (SEQ ID NO:1) (0.05-1 mg/kg) for 7 days fully prevents mechanical allodynia and inhibits the development of thermal hyperalgesia following partial ligation of the sciatic nerve in rats. Administered from day 8 to day 12, All D TTNYT (SEQ ID NO:1) (0.2-1 mg/kg) reverses already established hypersensitivity. All D TTNYT (SEQ ID NO:1) relieves pain hypersensitivity probably through either or both CCR2 and CCR5, since by using genetically deficient animals, we demonstrated that in addition to CCR2, CCR5 is also required for the development of neuropathic pain. Moreover, All D TTNYT (SEQ ID NO:1) is able to reduce spinal microglial activation, monocyte infiltration, and to inhibit inflammatory responses evoked by peripheral nerve injury that cause chronic pain. Our findings suggests that the targeting CCR2/CCR5 should provide greater efficacy than targeting CCR2 or CCR5 alone and dual CCR2/CCR5 antagonist All D TTNYT (SEQ ID NO:1) has the potential for broad clinical use in neuropathic pain treatment.
US10130671B2
Embodiments described herein provide for uses of grape products, such as Chardonnay grape products and grape seed flour, for use in promoting a healthy liver, promoting healthy fat content in a liver, for treating or preventing NAFLD, and other embodiments and uses as described herein.
US10130655B2
This invention provides a pre-surgical disinfecting composition that includes at least about 50 percent by weight of a C1-6 alcohol, based upon the total weight of the disinfecting composition, an acid, and a cationic oligomer or polymer. A method for pre-surgical skin disinfection with rapid antiseptic efficacy without the use of secondary antimicrobial compounds is also described.
US10130652B2
The present invention relates to the use as an anti-inflammatory of tamarind seed polysaccharide (TSP) and to anti-inflammatory compositions which contain it as active ingredient. Anti-inflammatory compositions containing TSP are particularly useful for topical administration in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the skin and mucosa.
US10130650B2
Compositions and methods are provided for the treatment and/or prevention of an inflammatory and/or autoimmune disease or disorder.
US10130648B2
This invention relates to a topical composition for prevention and treatment of viral infections.
US10130647B2
The present invention discloses a new use of ginsenoside M1 for treating or preventing silicosis.
US10130642B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: where R1-R6, a, b, Z, and X are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
US10130638B2
The present invention relates to a glucocorticoid (GC) for use in the amelioration, treatment or prophylaxis of neurological/psychiatric adverse events caused by a CD3 binding domain. Kits comprising a GC, a CD3 binding domain and instructions for use which indicate that the GC is to be employed for the treatment amelioration and/or prophylaxis of neurological adverse events caused by said CD3 binding domain, are also disclosed.
US10130636B2
A tablet including high dosage of 8-fluoro-2-{4-[(methylamino)methyl]phenyl}-1,3,4,5-tetrahydro-6H-azepino[5,4,3-cd]indol-6-one camsylate salt has been disclosed.
US10130617B2
The invention concerns compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 to R5 have any of the meanings defined hereinbefore in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the treatment of cell proliferative disorders.
US10130595B2
A method of treating a disease selected from the group consisting of cancer, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, AIDS, and progeria, that includes administering to a patient in need thereof an effective quantity of at least one compound of formula (IV) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10130594B2
This disclosure concerns the discovery of the use of fenoterol and (R,R)- and (R,S)-fenoterol analogs for the treatment of a tumor expressing a β2-adrenergic receptor, such as a primary brain tumor, including a glioblastoma or astrocytoma expressing a β2-adrenergic receptor. In one example, the method includes administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of fenoterol, a specific fenoterol analog or a combination thereof to reduce one or more symptoms associated with the tumor, thereby treating the tumor in the subject.
US10130585B2
Methods of treating or preventing cardiovascular disease and/or inflammatory disease in mammalian subjects comprising the administration of the novel formulations disclosed herein are provided.
US10130580B2
There is provided a method for preparing an orally disintegrating tablet (ODT) composition comprising microparticles of one or more taste-masked active pharmaceutical ingredient(s), rapidly-dispersing microgranules, and other optional, pharmaceutically acceptable excipients wherein the ODT disintegrates on contact with saliva in the buccal cavity in about 60 seconds forming a smooth, easy-to-swallow suspension. Furthermore, the microparticles (crystals, granules, beads or pellets containing the active) applied with a taste-masking membrane comprising a combination of water-insoluble and gastrosoluble polymers release not less than about 60% of the dose is in the stomach in about 30 minutes, thus maximizing the probability of achieving bioequivalence to the reference IR product having rapid onset of action (short Tmax). A process for preparing such compositions for oral administration using conventional fluid-bed equipment and rotary tablet press is also disclosed.
US10130575B2
The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, in particular human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising: a) at least one oxidation base 3-(2,5-diaminophenyl)-1-propanol and/or acid salts thereof or solvates thereof such as hydrates; b) at least one coupler; c) at least 10% by weight of the total weight of the composition of a fatty substance which is preferably liquid and non-silicone-based; d) at least one amphoteric surfactant; e) optionally at least one basifying agent; and f) optionally at least one chemical oxidizing agent. The invention also relates to a process for dyeing keratin fibers such as the hair using the composition of the invention, and to a multi-compartment device for using the composition of the invention.
US10130571B2
Disclosed herein are dentifrices comprising a zinc amino acid complex together with soluble phosphate salts. Methods of making and using the dentifrices are also provided.
US10130560B2
Provided herein are composite materials comprising a thiol-ene polymer resin in a continuous phase and a filler in a discontinuous phase, the filler comprising fluorapatite crystals and silica. Further provided are methods of using these composite materials as restoratives in dental applications. This dental composite is labeled as “smart” because, when the shrinkage stress of the composite is greater than a programmable or pre-selected threshold level, it will elicit visual clues for the dentist.
US10130558B2
A coded collapsible drug reservoir and a drug delivery system including the coded collapsible drug reservoir. The drug reservoir includes a collapsible housing and a port in communication with the collapsible housing. The drug reservoir further includes a coding feature disposed on the drug reservoir, and the coding feature identifies the drug reservoir.
US10130557B2
A child-resistant blister package. The package has a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery. The package also has a protection layer with a top face, a bottom face and a periphery; a blister layer with one or more cavities; and an access layer with a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery. The bottom face of the access layer has a line of weakness that allows the unit dose to be removed from the cavity in one-step by applying a force to the top of the cavity and pressing the unit dose through the line of weakness. The bottom face of the protection layer and the top face of the access layer are permanently joined along substantially the entire periphery of the package. The blister package can also contain a tear resistant layer.
US10130553B1
An occupant-actuated massager for a hydrotherapy vessel. The massager jet has an actuation point at which the occupant applies force to cause the pressurized water to flow therethrough and provide a massage via a shuttle. A valve piston is actuated to open and close based on the application of force to the actuation point. Optionally, a venturi can be used to introduce air into the water flow to provide further massage.
US10130544B2
A pneumatic massage apparatus making it possible to perform even more efficient drainage is provided.A pneumatic massage apparatus includes a massage device to be fitted to wrap around at least one of an arm or leg of a patient and having a plurality of air chambers disposed in series in a proximal direction from a distal position of the at least one of an arm and a leg toward the center of the patient's body, and a compressed air control unit configured to supply compressed air into the plurality of air chambers to pressurize them, and discharge compressed air from the plurality air chambers to depressurize them. The compressed air control unit is configured to depressurize the pressurized air chambers in such a manner that, of any pair of mutually adjacent air chambers, a proximal air chamber of the pair first starts to be depressurized, and then a distal air chamber of the pair starts to be depressurized.
US10130542B1
A device for supporting the upper body parts of a person next to the medical examining table where the rest of the body is resting and positioning the head and neck of the person above and below the top of the medical examining table for the taking of medical pictures.
US10130539B2
A patient support includes a cover defining an interior region, an air permeable first layer located in the interior region, at least one air supply coupled to the first layer to provide air flow through the first layer, a support layer located beneath the air permeable first layer, a pressure sensing layer located underneath the support layer, and a controller coupled to the air supply and to the pressure sensing layer. The controller controls air flow through the first layer in response to a signal from the pressure sensing layer.
US10130531B1
A set of devices with multiple combinations, any one of which said combination may be affixed to a manual wheelchair thereupon providing electrically driven motive source to propel and control the wheelchair. The options include choice of: either an internally driven wheel driver hub or a driver hub powered by an external motor; either disc brakes or regenerative braking using the internal drive electric driver hub; any one of four different control column configurations, left mount, right mount, center mount or mounting on both sides of the wheelchair, single wheel or double wheel drive; and controls comprising an LCD monitor, brake handle and thumb throttle mountable on either one or both of the handle bars of the chosen control columns.
US10130529B2
An apparatus is provided for mounting at least one wheelchair securement devices to a pair of spaced-apart vehicle seat mounting structures each secured to and within an occupant transport vehicle and extending in a direction parallel to a direction of travel of the occupant transport vehicle. The apparatus includes an elongated support member extending transversely along a floor of the occupant transport vehicle between the vehicle seat mounting tracks, anchors coupled to opposite ends of the elongated support member and each releasably attachable to a different one of the vehicle seat mounting structures, and at least one wheelchair securement device secured to the elongated support member between the two anchors. In some embodiments, the at least one wheelchair securement device is slidably mounted to the elongated support member and selectively securable to and along the elongated support member between the two anchors.
US10130528B2
Embodiments of a cot comprise a support frame, legs coupled to the support frame, at least one hydraulic actuator configured to raise or lower the legs, and a manual release system coupled to the at least one actuator and configured to lower the cot manually at a controlled descent rate. The manual release system comprises a manual actuation component, a manual release valve operable to be opened upon actuation by the manual actuation component, a fluid reservoir operable to receive hydraulic fluid from the at least one actuator upon opening of the manual valve; and a flow regulator configured to control the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid into the fluid reservoir, wherein the release of hydraulic fluid into the fluid reservoir at the controlled flow rate is configured to manually lower the cot at the controlled descent rate.
US10130523B2
The invention relates to a self-contained electronic device for detecting and alerting of the saturation of a protection layer article used for urofecal incontinence, including at least one self-contained electrical generator module comprising an arrangement of pairs of elements having metal electrodes that are electrically connected to one another and distributed over a predetermined inner area of the article, made of zinc-copper in particular, intended for generating a current upon contact with an acidic and aqueous urofecal medium by means of a redox reaction, in order to electrically control, in a self-contained manner, the inner and outer means for giving notification of the saturation, in particular light means, sound means, or means for analogue or digital transmission of wired or wireless signals. The invention is useful in a protection layer article for urofecal incontinence for seniors or infants.
US10130522B2
A method for manufacturing a disposable worn article including the steps of: carrying a continuous sheet (W1) continuous in a carrying direction (X1); placing elastic members (F3), continuous in the carrying direction of the continuous sheet, on the continuous sheet with the continuous elastic members stretched; placing discontinuous sheets (W2), each of which has a predetermined length, on the continuous sheet intermittently and successively in the carrying direction so that the continuous elastic members are sandwiched between the discontinuous sheets and the continuous sheet; and carrying out a first joining step in which, in an area where each of the discontinuous sheets is placed, the continuous sheet, each of the discontinuous sheets, and the continuous elastic members are joined to one another, intermittently in the carrying direction, along first joining portions (32A, 32C) extending in a width direction (Y) crossing the carrying direction.
US10130519B2
A wound dressing, a method of manufacturing a wound dressing, and a method of treating a patient are disclosed. The wound dressing may include an absorbent layer for absorbing wound exudate; and an obscuring element for at least partially obscuring a view of wound exudate absorbed by the absorbent layer in use.
US10130516B2
An electronic device for a deaf person is provided. The device includes sound sensors arranged at different positions of the electronic device, and configured for sensing an external sound and converting the sensed external sound into sound signals; a processor connected to the sound sensors, and configured for generating a prompt signal when any sound parameters of the sound signals transmitted by the sound sensors meets a prompt condition; a vibrator connected to the processor, and configured for vibrating upon receiving the prompt signals; a first comparator connected to the processor, and configured for, in response of receiving the prompt signal, determining a sound sensor corresponding to a sound signal with a highest intensity, and generating orientation information corresponding to the sound sensor that corresponds to the sound signal with the highest intensity; and an indicator connected to the first comparator, and configured for indicating the orientation information.
US10130506B2
An ostomy closure is disclosed for sealing an ostomy pouch after use and removal from an ostomy mounting plate. The ostomy closure may comprise a flexible storage bag having a bag base and a bag opening and define a bag chamber. The bag base may couple to an exterior surface of the ostomy pouch. The bag opening may retract over the ostomy pouch and define a bag pouch enclosure for encapsulating the ostomy pouch within the bag chamber to prevent leakage of contents within the ostomy pouch from and through flexible storage bag upon being securely sealed at an opened end.
US10130500B2
A stent delivery assembly and methods of use are provided. The assembly can comprise a catheter, a cover member, a core member, a stent, and a stent retention mechanism. The stent can extend within the cover member lumen and have a section extending at least partially between an inner layer of the cover member and the core member. The stent retention mechanism can be coupled to the core member and comprise an outer surface that is configured to exert a radially outward force against the stent for axially restraining the stent relative to the core member when the stent is in contact with the inner layer of the cover member.
US10130499B2
The present invention relates to an endoluminal device for implantation in a body lumen, such as a pancreatic duct. The device is provided with a distal end region having greater flexibility than that of a medial region of the device.
US10130497B2
A stent includes a tubular support structure extending from a distal end to a proximal end, the tubular support structure including an inner surface and an outer surface. A retractable anchor system is disposed relative to the tubular support structure and includes a frame member and a plurality of retractable anchors secured to the frame member. The plurality of retractable anchors are biased to a deployed configuration in which the plurality of retractable anchors extend radially outward from the outer surface of the tubular support structure but are radially inwardly compressible into a delivery configuration.
US10130492B2
An intervertebral implant frame that is configured to engage a spacer can include a pair of arms that extend longitudinally from a support member such that the arms engage the spacer. The spacer can be made from bone graft, and include a first spacer body made of cortical bone, and a second spacer body made of cancellous bone.
US10130489B2
An expandable implant for engagement between vertebrae includes an inner member, an outer member, and a gear member positioned coaxial with respect to each other such that the inner and outer members are moveable relative to each other along an axis. The inner member includes a longitudinal groove configured to engage a pin extending through the outer member such that the pin prevents the inner member from translating completely through the outer member and aids in alignment and limits rotation of the second endplate. Portions of the implant may be provided with a series of markings such that when the markings are aligned, the implant is aligned in a specific configuration and for a specific implantation approach.
US10130487B2
A vertebral insert may include a first linkage, a second linkage, and a third linkage. The first, second, and third linkages may at least partially defining a cavity. The insert may be movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, and the movement of the first and second linkages with respect to one another may be configured to reciprocally move the insert between the collapsed and expanded configurations.
US10130486B2
A system for implanting an interbody device between adjacent vertebrae comprises an interbody device having a plurality of lobes extending outwardly from a longitudinal rib, and having a relaxed shape approximating the shape of the disc being replaced. An insertion guide has a bore therein from a proximal end to a distal end thereof to accept the interbody device in an unrelaxed shape. The distal end is shaped for insertion into an intervertebral space. The insertion rod may be positioned within the bore of the insertion guide whereby the interbody device is positioned within the intervertebral space by advancing the insertion rod into the insertion guide.
US10130483B2
A cemented tibial prosthesis having a bone-contacting surface with a porous outer rim. With the bone-contacting surface seated against a resected proximal tibia, bone cement or another suitable adhesive will travel into the pores of the porous outer rim to enhance the connection between the tibial prosthesis and the tibia.
US10130474B2
Improved methods and apparatuses for heart valve repair in a beating heart of a patient utilize an exchangeable heart valve repair system. Heart valve repair system can include a port adapted to be seated in the heart wall and a catheter slidable within the port. The catheter can be selectively locked relative to the port for insertion into the heart and unlocked once the port is seated to allow the catheter to move distally towards target tissue. System elements can be selectively removed from and replaced within port to deploy repair devices while port maintains a seal while elements are and are not inserted.
US10130473B2
Annuloplasty device for implantation adjacent an annulus of a tricuspid valve, the annulus comprising anterior, posterior and septal aspects adjacent anterior, posterior and septal leaflets, respectively, of the tricuspid valve, the device comprising: a ring body comprising: an anterior portion, a posterior portion and a septal portion shaped to conform to, and for implantation adjacent, the anterior, posterior and septal aspects of the annulus, respectively; and first and second end portions that are more flexible than a remainder of the ring body to provide a gradual transition from the remainder of the ring body to tissue of the tricuspid valve annulus; wherein the ring body is curvilinear, with substantially no flat portions, and forming a shape. Related devices, kits and sizer devices.
US10130466B2
A valved conduit including a bioprosthetic valve, such as a heart valve, and a tubular conduit sealed with a bioresorbable material. The bioprosthetic heart valve includes prosthetic tissue that has been treated such that the tissue may be stored dry for extended periods without degradation of functionality of the valve. The bioprosthetic heart valve may have separate bovine pericardial leaflets or a whole porcine valve. The sealed conduit includes a tubular matrix impregnated with a bioresorbable medium such as gelatin or collagen. The valved conduit is stored dry in packaging in which a desiccant pouch is supplied having a capacity for absorbing moisture within the packaging limited to avoid drying the bioprosthetic tissue out beyond a point where its ability to function in the bioprosthetic heart valve is compromised. The heart valve may be sewn within the sealed conduit or coupled thereto with a snap-fit connection.
US10130464B2
Embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems used to deliver a prosthetic heart valve to a deficient valve. In one embodiment, for instance, a support member is positioned to at least partially surround the native leaflets of a valve. A locking member is used to couple both ends of the support member, forming a support band. An expandable prosthetic heart valve is delivered into the native heart valve and expanded while the expandable prosthetic valve is at least partially within the support band, thereby causing one or more of the native leaflets of the native heart valve to be frictionally secured between the support band and the expanded prosthetic heart valve.
US10130459B2
Bio-selective textured surfaces are described which mediate foreign body response, bacterial adhesion, and tissue adhesion on devices implanted in a mammalian body. Hierarchical levels of texture, some capable of establishing a Wenzel state others a Cassie state, are employed to interface with living structures, either to promote or discourage a particular biological response/interaction. Since a gaseous state is traditionally required to establish a Cassie or Wenzel state, and gases do not remain long in living tissue, described are tissue/device interactions analogous to the above states with the component normally represented by a gas replaced by a bodily constituent, wherein separation of tissue constituents develops and a desired interaction state evolves.
US10130457B2
A hybrid medical device that can aid in reconstructive or augmentative surgery of the breast is disclosed. The device can utilize a suitable biological collagen tissue matrix combined with a synthetic material, for example, that can impart a high initial strength to the repair site while permitting proper healing and revitalization of the implanted device.
US10130454B2
This document provides vaccine delivery devices and methods for vaccinating an animal (e.g., a mammal). For example, vaccine delivery devices that include a container having one or more openings, a vaccine depot located within the container, and a diffusion barrier located within the container in a manner such that material (e.g., an antigenic vaccine component) within the vaccine depot must pass through the diffusion barrier before reaching one of the openings are provided.
US10130452B2
An oral cleaning device (100) including: a nozzle portion (30) configured to direct a plurality of liquid droplets; an actuator (120); a mode selector (130); a liquid reservoir (38) wherein in operation liquid is moved from the liquid reservoir into an orifice (36) at the proximal end of the nozzle; a system (12, 13, 14, 24) configured to drive a plunger or piston element (16) toward the proximal end of the nozzle to create a spray of liquid droplets when the moving air comes into contact with the liquid; a control unit (15) configured to control the system to drive the plunger a predetermined number of times in response to a single actuation of the actuator, where the control unit is further configured to accept input from the user via the mode selector, and the mode selector is configured for the user to select a number of liquid bursts that will be delivered in response to a single actuation of the actuator.
US10130451B2
A tip assembly for use with a dental tool, the tip assembly comprising a housing for attaching to the dental tool, at least one aspiration needle having a passageway extending at least partially through the aspiration needle, a substantial length of the aspiration needle, or at least from one end to the other end of the aspiration needle, the passageway providing a single continuous path to aspirate the irrigant and/or debris from the root canal cavity of the tooth, and at least one irrigation needle having a passageway extending at least partially through the irrigation needle, a substantial length of the irrigation needle, or at least from one end to the other end of the irrigation needle, the passageway provides a continuous flow path for delivering fluid/irrigant from a reservoir in communication with a proximal end of the irrigation needle to the distal end of the irrigation needle and into a root canal/coronal opening of a tooth.
US10130438B2
Disclosed is a surgical glove that alleviates the biasing force associated with bending or abducting the hand and fingers when wearing a surgical glove.
US10130433B2
A robot system includes a robot linkage (202) having one or more arms connected by two joints (220, 222). The joints each including a joint axis of rotation (206 or 208) and a light source (128) aligned with the respective joint axis. The light sources are configured to direct light along the respective joint axis such that light from the light sources intersects at a position along an instrument (204) being held in an operational position by the robot linkage to define a remote center of motion (RCM) for the robot linkage.
US10130428B2
Examples of an orthopedic surgical device for use in operating on a target bone and methods for operating a system for use in orthopedic surgery on a bone are generally described herein. An orthopedic surgical device can include an primary positioning block, and a secondary positioning component removably coupled to the primary positioning block. The secondary positioning component can be configured to: engage a prepared engagement feature machined into the target bone, and guide the primary positioning block to a predetermined position on a target bone. The orthopedic surgical device can include a first cutting block configured to: removably couple to the primary positioning block, and guide a cutting tool to cut the target bone.
US10130424B2
Embodiments of the invention include a treatment device and corresponding treatment method for laser wound healing, the device and method making use of the simultaneous action of multiple laser types and laser wavelengths which are applied at human tissue. The treatment device generally includes a laser system and a hand-piece which is coupled to the laser system. The hand-piece is designed so that one or multiple laser beams are applied at relatively small spot and at a relatively high power level, and are surrounded by a relatively large spot of another laser beam with a relatively low power level. In a preferred implementation, the hand-piece is adapted to facilitate the emission of first and second laser beams together with a third laser beam which is delivered at a different spatial profile in comparison to the first and second laser beams.
US10130418B2
The invention relates to ablation catheter electrodes that solve in part the problem of tissue charring during radiofrequency ablation. The electrode assemblies of the invention include passageways that lead from the inner lumen of the assemblies to the surface of the assemblies, wherein the passageways have a smooth conjunction with the outer surface. These smooth conjunctions comprise rounded edges or are chamfered. In the case of rounded edges, the rounded edges can have fixed radii of about 0.002″ to about 0.008″.
US10130417B2
A bipolar electrosurgical probe configured for applying electrical energy to tissue includes a first tubular electrode carried by a probe shaft and having a distal end, a second tubular electrode carried by the probe shaft and having a proximal end, and an insulation member, wherein at least a portion of the insulation member is disposed between overlapping ends of the first and second tubular electrodes, wherein the distal end of the first electrode defines at least one aperture extending through a wall of the first electrode.
US10130416B2
A surgical instrument includes a reusable component and a limited-use component releasably engagable with the reusable component. The reusable component includes a detecting member and is configured to connect to a source of energy. The limited-use component is transitionable from a first state to a second state. The detecting member is configured to detect a response of the limited-use component for determining the state of the limited-use component. Energy is permitted to be supplied to the limited-use component when it is determined that the limited-use component is disposed in the first state. Energy is inhibited from being supplied to the limited-use component when it is determined that the limited-use component is disposed in the second state.
US10130409B2
A method for cryogenically treating tissue. A connection is detected between a probe having a disposable secure processor (DSP) to a handpiece having a master control unit (MCU) and a handpiece secure processor (HSP), the probe having at least one cryogenic treatment applicator. The probe is fluidly coupled to a closed coolant supply system within the handpiece via the connection. An authentication process is initiated between the DSP and the HSP using the MCU. As a result of the authentication process, one of at least two predetermined results is determined, the at least two predetermined results being that the probe is authorized and non-authorized.
US10130408B2
A distraction screw includes a proximal portion secured to a first vertebra, a distal portion secured to a second vertebra and an intermediate portion. The intermediate portion is coupled to the proximal and distal portions and is positioned in an intervertebral space. The intermediate portion is configured and adapted to enable distraction of the first vertebra relative to the second vertebra.
US10130406B2
Implementations described herein include headless compression screws and corresponding systems. The headless compression screw has a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis from an insertion end to a driving end. The shaft includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion extends from proximate the insertion end to a first intermediate point and includes a first thread extending along at least a portion thereof that has a constant pitch. The second portion extends from proximate the driving end to a second intermediate point and includes a thread extending along at least a portion thereof that has a variable pitch that decreases from a first value proximate the second intermediate point to a second value proximate the driving end. Methods of reducing a fracture using headless compression screws are also described.
US10130403B2
An orthopedic plate and fastener system is provided for fixation of bones which has an implant that can selectably be used to achieve fixed angle and variable locking of the fasteners, as well as non-locking of the fasteners. The system includes a variable locking assembly that includes a locking insert, having threads which mates with internal threads of a through opening in the implant. The system also provides for locking fixed angle fixation, and non-locking variable angle fixation, all of which can be used with the threaded holes of the plates. The locking insert is provided on a ring driver, which is similar to or acts as the drill guide used with the locking fasteners of the present. Thus, the invention also relates to a method of enabling surgery where the surgeon can select the mode of fixation of fasteners between variable axis locking, variable axis non-locking, and fixed angle locking fixation, all utilizing the same fastener opening within the implant.
US10130402B2
Devices and methods for locking one or more bone screws to a fixation plate. A cam-style locking feature may be disposed in the fixation plate such that, when the locking feature is in a first position, the bone screw is able to traverse an opening in the fixation plate and engage adjacent bone; and when the locking feature is rotated into a second position, an interference between the locking feature and bone screw causes the bone screw to be firmly secured to the fixation plate.
US10130394B2
A spinal stabilization system may be formed in a patient. In some embodiments, a minimally invasive procedure may be used to form a spinal stabilization system in a patient Bone fastener assemblies may be coupled to vertebrae Each bone fastener assembly may include a bone fastener and a collar. The collar may be rotated and/or angulated relative to the bone fastener. Detachable members may be coupled to the collar to allow for formation of the spinal stabilization system through a small skin incision. The detachable members may allow for alignment of the collars to facilitate insertion of an elongated member in the collars. An elongated member may be positioned in the collars and a closure member may be used to secure the elongated member to the collars.
US10130393B2
An improved dynamic longitudinal connecting member includes a rod portion joined with a tensioned cord portion, for use in a medical implant assembly having at least two bone attachment structures, a spacer covering the join of the rod and cord portions and extending between the at least two bone attachment structures, a sleeve, a bumper and a cord blocker. The spacer and bumper are compressed. The cord portion is slidable with respect to at least one of the bone attachment members.
US10130388B2
A position guidance system for minimally invasive medical procedures includes a medical device having a first end configured for percutaneous insertion and a second end configured to remain exterior to a patient's skin, a hub connection provided at the second end of the medical device, at least one bubble level including a bubble configured to provide a visual indication of a deviation from a target angle for medical device insertion, and a connector configured to reversibly and repeatedly connect the bubble level to the hub connection of the medical device. When the bubble is positioned at a center of the bubble level, an actual insertion angle of the medical device is the same as the target angle. When the bubble is positioned off-center of the bubble level, the actual insertion angle of the medical device deviates from the target angle.
US10130387B2
A sheath comprises an elastomeric tube having a self-expanding scaffold coupled to a wall. The scaffold can expand to a diameter larger than the tube diameter to provide an enlarged distal opening. An aspiration catheter has a balloon and an aspiration port so that occlusive material can be removed from a blood vessel by drawing the balloon through the vessel while simultaneously aspirating through the port.
US10130380B2
Ultrasound catheter devices and methods of the present invention generally provide for ablation and/or disruption of vascular occlusions. An ultrasound transmission member, such as a wire, transmits vibrational energy from an ultrasound transducer to a distal head of the catheter to disrupt vascular occlusions. An absorber member is disposed on or around the ultrasound transmission wire at a location adjacent the sonic connector of the catheter. The absorber member absorbs heat, vibrations, and/or the like from the ultrasound transmission wire at or near the area where the transmission wire is coupled with the sonic connector. The absorptive function typically slows the process of wear and tear on the transmission wire, thus extending the useful life of the ultrasound catheter.
US10130374B2
A device for use in preventing stroke is provided. The device may include an expandable member that expands from a non-expanded configuration to an expanded configuration. The expandable member is located at a neck of a patient. An associated method is provided.
US10130372B2
Provided herein is an occlusion device for intrasaccular implantation and/or vascular occlusion comprising: (a) a substantially solid marker having a proximal end, and a distal end; and (b) a low profile resilient mesh body attached to the distal end of the marker, the body having a delivery shape and a deployed shape capable of conforming to aneurysm walls; wherein the body has a diameter greater than a diameter of an aneurysm to be treated. Also provided herein is a kit comprising the occlusion device disclosed herein and a means for delivery thereof. Methods of manufacture and use of the occlusion device disclosed herein are also disclosed.
US10130367B2
A surgical apparatus including an electrical conductor with a strain relief is provided. A tool assembly is supported on a body portion and is articulable relative to the body portion. The tool assembly includes an identification assembly in electrical communication with a powered handle assembly. An electrical conductor extends from a connection assembly in the body portion to the identification assembly. The electrical conductor includes a strain relief portion for accommodating the articulation of the tool assembly relative to the body portion.
US10130362B2
A surgical apparatus comprises a surgical staple for treating tissues of a patient in a surgical procedure. The surgical staple is deformable from a first configuration (e.g., an undeployed configuration) to a second configuration (e.g., a deployed configuration) in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. The surgical staple includes a first leg and a second leg, wherein said surgical staple substantially resembles a V-shape or a suture needle in the first configuration and substantially forms a D-shape in the second configuration in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
US10130346B2
The invention relates to a device suitable for application of a curable fluid composition to encircle a bodily organ. The device comprises a monolithic piece of a flexible material having a length dimension with an inner surface and an outer surface, a first end and a second end, a width dimension, and two spaced-apart sides, wherein a portion of the length dimension proximal to the first end is configured to contact a portion of the length dimension proximal to the second end, the inner surface defining a hollow area between the two spaced-apart sides; and at least one inlet providing fluid communication between the outer surface and the inner surface, for introduction of the fluid into the hollow area. The device deployable around the bodily organ such that when the portion of the length dimension proximal to the first end contacts the portion of the length dimension proximal to the second end, an outer surface of the bodily organ and the hollowed area define an enclosed volume encircling the bodily organ, the enclosed volume suitable for containing the fluid therein.
US10130345B2
Systems and methods are described herein for tracking an elongate instrument or other medical instrument in an image.
US10130336B2
An ultrasound probe and ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus that can maintain surface temperature of an ultrasound probe within a safe range, without reduction in performance. The ultrasound probe includes a casing, a transducer, an electronic circuit, and a heat-transfer construction. Elements of the transducer are aligned at one end of the casing and send out ultrasound waves in accordance with their respective delay times. The electronic circuit, disposed in the casing, includes a delay circuit setting delay times and pulsers for generating pulses in accordance with the delay times, the pulses being sent to the transducer. While the electronic circuit is being energized, the heat-transfer construction disposes a member having a low heat conductivity at least either between the electronic circuit and the casing or between the electronic circuit and the transducer. Thereby, heat from the electronic circuit is conducted to the other end of the casing.
US10130335B2
An ultrasound diagnostic system includes a portable ultrasound diagnostic device and an extended docking device to which the portable ultrasound diagnostic device is detachably mounted, wherein at least one of probes and channels are extended when the portable ultrasound diagnostic device is mounted to the extended docking device. Also, the ultrasound diagnostic system may further include an indoor ultrasound diagnostic device including a portable docking part, and the portable ultrasound diagnostic device may include a cart-based docking part and be connected to the indoor ultrasound diagnostic device. The ultrasound diagnostic system may enhance portability of the portable ultrasound diagnostic device and simultaneously achieves superior ultrasound diagnostic performance and quality also in the portable ultrasound diagnostic device through extension of the probes, signal channels, diagnostic items, or diagnostic performance, as occasion demands.
US10130332B2
A method and an apparatus for diagnosing cardiac diseases based on a cardiac motion modeling are provided. The method may include applying physical characteristics of a cardiac motion to a 3D heart shape model, deriving a boundary condition by fusing the 3D heart shape model to which the physical characteristics are applied and a plurality of cardiac ultrasound images according to a temporal change, obtained to acquire a dynamic image, and diagnosing the cardiac diseases using a result of modeling that models the cardiac motion of the user using the boundary condition.
US10130329B2
A process for visualization of a needle in an ultrasound image comprises defining a region of an ultrasound image in which a body of a needle is expected using a needle tracking system to predict the location of the needle. The process also includes assigning a probability to a plurality of pixels within the region of the ultrasound image of being representative of the body of the needle, and modifying the display of each pixel having an assigned probability within a predetermined range.
US10130325B2
A CT system includes a gantry having a rotatable base and having an opening for receiving an object to be scanned, an x-ray source, a CT detector, and a computer programmed to detect a mis-registration at a slab boundary between a first slab and a second slab of a reconstructed image, quantify an amount of mis-registration at the slab boundary, and adjust the reconstructed image at the slab boundary based on the quantification.
US10130316B2
An X-ray CT apparatus includes a table-top, an X-ray tube, a detector and a processing circuitry. The processing circuitry reconstructs a CT image based on a detection signal. The processing circuitry sets a field of view based on positions of a puncture needle and a puncture target on the CT image. The processing circuitry controls an X-ray irradiation coverage based on the field of view, the X-ray irradiation coverage being an area irradiated with the X-rays. The processing circuitry displays a CT image reconstructed in the field of view on a display, after the X-rays based on the X-rays whose irradiation coverage is controlled emitted and the detection signal is outputted.
US10130315B2
The present disclosure provides a scanning bed control apparatus of medical imaging equipment. According to an example of the present disclosure, this scanning bed control apparatus comprises a support table and a drive mechanism connected between the support table and the scanning bed of medical imaging equipment. This drive mechanism comprises a drive motor, a central frame and a drive unit set on the central frame. Where, an output end of the drive motor is connected with a gear, and a rack joggled with the gear is fixed on the central frame. When the drive motor drives the central frame to move back and forth by joggle between the gear and the rack, the drive unit may proceed two-stage drive following the back and forth movement of the central frame.
US10130312B2
Disclosed herein is a medical imaging apparatus and a control method for the same, particularly a technology configured to correct and convert medical image data. Therefore, based on medical image data acquired by a medical imaging apparatus performing medical imaging diagnosis, an image having the same quality as an image outputted on a display unit of the medical imaging may be outputted on other display device.The medical imaging apparatus includes a medical image acquisition unit acquiring medical image data of an object and a memory unit storing output image information of display device and display device information including the type of display device outputting a medical image of the object.
US10130310B2
Devices, systems, and methods for evaluating a vessel of a patient are provided. The method includes outputting, to a touch-sensitive display of a bedside controller, a screen display including: a visual representation of a first pressure ratio of pressure measurements obtained by first and second instruments positioned within a vessel while the second instrument is moved from a distal position to a proximal position relative a stenosis and the first instrument remains stationary; and a first proximal pressure waveform and a first distal pressure waveform; receiving, through the touch-sensitive display of the bedside controller, a user touch input on the first proximal pressure waveform and/or the first distal pressure waveform identifying a time at which pressure measurements were obtained; and modifying the screen display, in response to the user touch input, to further include a visual representation of the obtained pressure measurements corresponding to the identified time.
US10130294B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for detecting and/or validating a detection of a state change by matching the shape of one or more of an cardiac data series, a heart rate variability data series, or at least a portion of a heart beat complex, derived from cardiac data, to an appropriate template.
US10130292B2
Disclosed is a method and system for analyzing stress and managing stress by using a mobile electronic apparatus and a data management server. The method includes: generating bio-signal pattern information upon periodically receiving a bio-signal from a bio-signal measuring device connected to each of a plurality of unspecified individuals, and forming reference information for stress analysis based on received answers to each of a plurality of questions for checking a stress level; receiving bio-signal pattern information from a bio-signal measuring device connected to a specified user; and determining a stress level corresponding to the bio-signal pattern information of the specified user based on the reference information.
US10130289B2
According to some embodiments of the present invention, a display is used to show an indication of the signal's quality. This indication of the signal's quality may be provided in a number of ways, including audibly or visually.
US10130287B2
Techniques are described for improving results of hearing tests. For example, the hearing tests described herein may be divided into multiple hearing test segments which may be provided to the test subject individually. Additionally, the hearing test may include multiple cognitive test segments that may be interleaved between the hearing test segments to gauge the test subject's awareness level.
US10130284B2
A device for measuring a component in exhaled breath comprising an inlet (32) for receiving exhaled breath, a buffer chamber (31). A first fluid conduit (34a) is in fluid connection with the inlet and adapted to lead a first portion (Γ) of the exhaled breath to the buffer chamber. The buffer chamber comprises an outlet (37) for discarding a first part of exhaled breath received from the first fluid conduit and the buffer chamber is configured to buffer a second part of exhaled breath received from the first fluid conduit. The device comprises a second fluid conduit (34b) in fluid connection with the inlet and adapted to lead a second portion (I″) of the exhaled breath to be discarded, and a sensor (63) for measuring a component in the exhaled breath buffered in the buffer chamber.
US10130282B2
Verification that an implantable medical system within a patient is MRI safe is provided. Several verifications may be performed such as verifying that the device and leads are of an MRI safe type, that the leads have adequate electrical integrity, that the device has entered an MRI safe mode, that the lead routing and device placement are MRI safe, and that the MRI settings of the MRI machine are safe for the implantable medical system. The result of these verifications may lead to a conclusion that the implantable medical system of interest is or is not MRI safe for a given MRI scan. An indication of this result may be output such as via a display so that an MRI technician can have some assurance as to whether to conduct the MRI scan.
US10130276B2
An apparatus comprising a plurality of electrically conductive elements for transmitting an electrical signal from a sensor to a medical device is described, wherein the electrically conductive elements are moveable between a first stored position and a second in use position. In this manner the apparatus provides an interface between the sensor and the medical device such that the length of each of the electrically conductive elements can be varied and adjusted such that the excess amount of the elements is minimized and the functionality of the sensors and/or medical device maximized.
US10130269B2
A catheter is disclosed for providing a pressure measurement at a vascular lesion. The catheter includes a tubular component having dual lumens along at least a segment thereof in which a first lumen acts as a pressure inlet and a second lumen allows the catheter to be tracked over a guidewire. A plurality of openings are located along a distal segment of the tubular component that permit blood flow into the first lumen when disposed in vivo. A pressure sensor is located within a handle component of the catheter or within the tubular component to be in fluid communication with a proximal end of the first lumen. When the catheter is positioned at the vascular lesion, the first lumen fills with blood via the plurality of openings such that the pressure sensor is able to sense a pressure of the blood at a distal end of the catheter.
US10130266B2
A method and system for prediction of post-stenting hemodynamic metrics for treatment planning of arterial stenosis is disclosed. A pre-stenting patient-specific anatomical model of the coronary arteries is extracted from medical image data of a patient Blood flow is simulated in the pre-stenting patient-specific anatomical model of the coronary arteries with a modified pressure-drop model that simulates an effect of stenting on a target stenosis region used to compute a pressure drop over the target stenosis region. Parameter values for the modified pressure-drop model are set without modifying the pre-stenting patient-specific anatomical model of the coronary arteries. A predicted post-stenting hemodynamic metric for the target stenosis region, such as fractional flow reserve (FFR), is calculated based on the pressure-drop over the target stenosis region computed using the modified pressure-drop model.
US10130264B2
A polysiloxane elastomer containing liquid crystal lateral chain, and a smart watch made therefrom are disclosed. The polysiloxane elastomer containing liquid crystal lateral chain includes a polysiloxane backbone chain and a lateral chain formed by a liquid crystalline monomer and connected with the polysiloxane backbone chain, wherein the polysiloxane backbone chain is crosslinked by a crosslinking agent.
US10130260B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for multi-spectral imaging of tissue to obtain information about the distribution of fluorophores and chromophores in the tissue. Using specific spectral bands for illumination and specific spectral bands for detection, the signal-to-noise ratio and information related to the distribution of specific fluorophores is enhanced as compared to UV photography, which uses a single RGB image. Furthermore, the chromophore distribution information derived from the multi-spectral absorption images can be used to correct the fluorescence measurements. The combined fluorescence, absorption, and broadband reflectance data can be analyzed for disease diagnosis and skin feature detection.
US10130256B2
The invention relates to a medical device in combination with an optical reading device comprising at least one sensor, a meter display for displaying a matrix of pixels and a meter control unit adapted for controlling the meter display so that at least one measurement value measured by the sensor and/or a value derived thereof is encoded in an optical machine-readable signal, wherein the optical reading device is adapted to read the optical machine-readable signal from the medical device, to decode the optical machine-readable signal and to generate a message corresponding to the decoded optical machine-readable signal.
US10130252B2
A trial frame includes a trial frame body and at least one measurement subject having a visual invariant geometric characteristic. The trial frame body has at least one key parameter. The measurement subject is disposed on the trial frame body and collaborates with a measurement method. A two-dimensional image of the measurement subject is recorded by an image capturing device when the trial frame body fits to a user, and the key parameter is deduced from the two-dimensional image of the measurement subject.
US10130251B2
A vision testing device and a vision testing program are capable of obtaining a correct test result while reducing an accumulation of fatigue added on one of the eyes of a testee, including: image displays that present a light for suppressing a dark adaptation for both eyes of a testee; and image displays that present a target for an eye (L, R, or both) of the testee so that the target is presented for one of the eyes before the vision testing for the other eye is ended.
US10130246B2
The present specification describes a system and method for computing the temperature of the tip of a multiple viewing elements endoscope based on a measurement of junction temperatures of light emitting diode (LED) illuminators inside the tip. The measurement of temperature is used for taking corrective action if the temperature exceeds a limit. The temperature measurement is used for optimizing image parameters, as the performance of image sensors is affected by changes in ambient temperature.
US10130245B2
In order to perform a superior observation, in which halation is less likely to occur, by achieving uniform illumination from near sites to far sites and by ensuring a satisfactory light distribution and brightness, both when performing normal observation and when performing near-field observation, an endoscope apparatus includes an observation optical system that is provided at a distal end of an inserted portion of the endoscope apparatus to observe an observation subject and a plurality of illumination optical systems that are provided in the inserted portion and that illuminate the same viewing field by distributing illumination light emitted from a light source over the observation subject, wherein, of the plurality of the illumination optical systems, the distance from the observation optical system to the widest-angle illumination optical system is smaller than the distance from the observation optical system to the narrowest-angle illumination optical system.
US10130241B2
A first connector for a medical instrument has one or more first channels extending through a first surface, and terminating at respective ends. A second connector has opposing second channels for coupling with the first channels. A first power transfer element is mounted on the first connector, and defines a first cross-sectional shape that encompasses at least one of the one or more first channels and has a first central axis extending through the first surface. A second power transfer element on the second connector defines a second cross-sectional shape that encompasses at least one of the one or more second channels and has a second central axis extending through the second surface. The first power transfer element may instead be on a side surface of the first connector, and may couple with a paired element on a receptacle or extension of the second connector.
US10130238B2
A turbidity sensor assembly for a dishwasher appliance is provided. The turbidity sensor assembly measures the turbidity of wash fluid in a manner similar to conventional turbidity sensors, but also includes an integral water level indicator. The water level indicator is an opaque buoyant ball that rises and falls with the water level to provide a water level indication that can be used to shut off the drain pump when the sump is empty. More specifically, when the water level drops below a predetermined level, the opaque ball blocks the transmission of light between the emitter and receiver of the turbidity sensor, thus indicating that the sump is almost empty. As a result, the pump operating during a drain cycle need only operate long enough to drain the sump, and this may be achieved without an additional measuring device or complicated control system.
US10130236B2
The present invention concerns a sponge including a layer of an absorbent material and a layer of a textile material made of microfibers and strengthened by a binding agent, said textile layer at least partially covering one or more of the surfaces of the layer of absorbent material.
US10130234B2
An autonomous cleaner includes a body having a first housing formed at a front and a second housing formed at a rear of the first housing; a brush unit installed at the first housing and configured to sweep and collect dust from a floor; a dust collecting unit installed at the second housing and configured to store the dust inlet into the brush unit; a driving unit to drive the body and coupled to the second housing to be positioned at a lateral side of the dust collecting unit; and a power unit installed at the second housing and coupled to be positioned at a rear of the dust collecting unit. The miniaturization of the autonomous cleaner may be provided while at the same time the capacity of a dust collecting container and the capacity of a battery are increased.
US10130233B2
A robot cleaner that sweeps dust on the floor toward its center and absorbs the dust through a small-area inlet with a strong suction force, by a cleaning tool that integrates functions of side brushes and a main brush into one. The present disclosure also provides a robot cleaner that enables a large-diameter foreign material to be guided to and effectively absorbed through the inlet without interference by a cleaning tool. The robot cleaner includes a main unit including a fan motor and a dust collector and having an inlet arranged on a base to absorb foreign materials, and a cleaning tool arranged in the bottom of the base, extending to a front side of the base from the inlet and guiding a foreign material on a floor to a side of the inlet, wherein the cleaning tool is arranged to be movable by an external force.
US10130227B2
There is provided a robot cleaner having an improved dust-collecting capability and an improved suction force and capable of being manufactured in a small size. The robot cleaner includes a main body comprising a fan motor and having a suction port provided in one side thereof; a plurality of cyclone units configured to separate foreign substances in air suctioned through the suction port; and a plurality of suction flow paths connecting the plurality of cyclone units and the suction port.
US10130224B2
A vacuum accessory tool comprises a nozzle body defining an interior, with an opening formed in the nozzle body and a working air conduit provided on the nozzle body in fluid communication with the opening via the interior. A hair removal assembly is associated with the nozzle body, and can include nubs from a flexible polymeric material adapted to generate an electrostatic charge when the tool moves over and in contact with a carpet surface.
US10130219B2
A storage and assist assembly for a shower includes a first member, a second member, and an elongated member. The first member is configured to be coupled to an upper portion of a fixed wall member. The second member is configured to be coupled to a lower portion of the fixed wall member. The elongated member is removably coupled between the first and second members and is configured to receive one or more storage accessories thereon.
US10130214B2
A thermos flask comprises a container, which has an opening on a top side, at which opening a lid is retained, which closes the opening in a closing position and can be at least partially moved by means of an actuating element in order to partially open the opening in order to pour out liquid. The lid has an upper part fastened to the container and a lower part pivotably retained on the upper part.
US10130211B2
A machine for preparing liquid food products using capsules includes a dispensing assembly, a loading arrangement, an actuation system and a control system, including a processor, a non-volatile memory and an optical sensor device for acquiring characteristic information associated to an end wall of the body of a capsule. The actuation system is prearranged so that movements of the first part and the second part of the infusion chamber take place in a direction generally transverse to a direction of movement of the capsule determined by the insertion guide. The optical sensor device is mounted laterally with respect to the insertion guide. The loading arrangement has first retaining elements, which define an intermediate retention position of the capsule, in such a way that the control system is able to acquire the characteristic information by the optical sensor device when the capsule is in the intermediate position of retention. The first retaining elements can be switched from the respective condition of retention to a respective condition of release of the capsule by applying a force to the capsule.
US10130187B1
A kneeler for supporting a person in a kneeling position has a platform including a cushion for a person's knees when in a kneeling position. The corners of the platform have pockets for holding upright handles and allowing the upright handles to be separated from the platform. The handles facilitate a person to use their arms to move from an upright position to a kneeling position and move back from a kneeling position to an upright position.
US10130179B2
A chair runner having a first end and a second end and comprising a first side having a first recessed portion and a second recessed portion, a second side that is substantially arcuate and an attachment means. The first recessed portion is disposed adjacent to the first end and the second recessed portion is disposed adjacent to the second end, the first recessed portion is adapted to removably receive a first leg of a stationary chair and the second recessed portion is adapted to removably receive a second leg of the stationary chair, and the attachment means is adapted to removably secure the chair runner to the stationary chair. A method for converting a stationary chair having at least four legs into a rocking chair comprising removably attaching each of the at least one pair of chair runners to two legs of the stationary chair.
US10130169B1
A workstation system for tracking workstation activity, the system comprising a database storing user specific information including at least one user goal associated with user activity at the workstation, the workstation including at least a first sensor, the at least a first sensor automatically collecting data useable to determine identity of a user within a space associated with the workstation and collecting user biometrics, a first reminder device and the system further including at least a first processor linked to the at least a first sensor and the reminder device, the processor receiving data from the at least a first sensor device and using the received data to attempting to determine the identity of the user that occupies the space, upon identifying the first system user, the processor tracking user biometrics, programmed to access at least a subset of the information associated with the first user and use the accessed information for the user as well as the user biometrics to automatically generate periodic reminders for the first system user via the reminder device to perform at least one activity.
US10130163B2
A backpack for convenient charging, the backpack comprising: a backpack body with a battery storage space to accommodate a storage battery unit; at least one strap connected to the backpack body, where at least one strap has a fixture for fixing a product to be charged and a power cable output port proximal to the fixture; wherein the backpack body further includes at least one cable passage leading from the battery storage space to the power cable output port to accommodate at least one power cable each with a first end and a second end, wherein at least one of the first end and the second end of the at least one power cable is connected to the storage battery unit to be charged.
US10130162B2
A releasable gear strap for retaining and securing articles has a locking head and a strap portion. The locking head has a retaining loop and a tab. The strap portion connects to the locking head and has a tail section. A pivoting locking member extends from the tail section of the strap portion, and includes a release cam surface and an aperture. The retaining loop and the tab are positioned on the locking head such that the release cam surface clears the retaining loop simultaneously with the tab seating in the aperture, when the tail section of the strap portion is urged through the retaining loop. A stabilizer on the locking head under the retaining loop and tab help reduce bending of the locking head.
US10130153B2
A valve for injecting a fluid into a bowl has a vent with an inlet and a flexible diaphragm for covering the discharge opening of the vent. The diaphragm is connected to a vessel body of a bowl, and the vent is connected to a stand of a bowl. The diaphragm has a closing area for closing the discharge opening and a connecting area for connecting the diaphragm with the vessel body spaced to the vent. At least one window is provided between the closing area and the connecting area.
US10130152B2
According to an exemplary embodiment, an electronic luggage device may be disclosed. The electronic luggage device may be fully TSA and FAA compliant. The device may be capable of communicating both wirelessly and by wired connection(s) to other devices. The electronic luggage device may also charge other devices by battery and in turn be charged by other electric power facilities. The electronic luggage device may have GPS capabilities, an intelligent “sleep-mode,” multiple various charging and communicatory ports, a recessed telescoping handle fixture, a hidden battery compartment, and a high capacity removable battery. The removable battery may be retained by any locking means understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art. The removable battery may be automatically or manually ejected. This may be accomplished by a spring-loaded force, a slot and rail system, or equivalents as would be understood by a person having ordinary skill in the art.
US10130146B2
A buckle assembly may include a first connection member, and a second connection member configured to receive at least a portion of the first connection member in order to removably connect the first connection member to the second connection member. The second connection member includes an outer frame defining a central opening that is configured to allow monitoring of alignment and connection between the first and second connection members.
US10130144B1
A method for making a shoe in a three dimensional manner includes: a step of sewing and weaving, a step of prototyping, a step of inserting an insole, a step of seaming, a step of inserting a shoe tree, a step of pressing which includes: preparing a sole mold filled with a semi-cured sole, and a decorative-member mold filled with a semi-cured decorative member, pushing the decorative-member mold against the vamp with the semi-cured decorative members and the semi-cured sole pressed against the bottom surface; and a step of heating which includes: heating the cloth sleeve to melt the semi-cured sole and decorative members; the decorative members and the sole will be fully cured.
US10130134B2
A protective headgear device including a fabric cap (102) into which a hard shell (120) of reinforced fibers is inserted. A foam liner 140 or foam inserts (1500) are secured to the hard outer shell 120 and serve a shock absorbing function. The foam liner (14) and/or foam inserts (120) include or form grooves and/or channels used to direct hot air towards the top center of the headgear assembly where the hot air can be vented through holes which extend through the cap (102) and hard outer shell (120). The holes may pass through the foam liner 140 or meet up with holes on channels in or between the foam inserts through which air can pass. The hard outer shell may be thinnest on top and thicker on the left and right sides. The center front and rear may be the same thickness as the top of the hard shell.
US10130129B2
An insulated composite fabric has an inner fabric layer, an outer fabric layer, and an insulating-filler layer enclosed there between. The insulating-filler layer is a textile fabric with at least one raised surface. One side of the insulating-filler layer comprises a first surface with relatively high pile, including regions of no pile or relatively low pile interspersed among regions of relatively high pile. The other side of the insulating-filler layer comprises a second surface with relatively high pile, including regions of no pile or relatively low pile interspersed among regions of relatively high pile. Interconnecting piles are formed with regions of the relatively high pile of the first pile surface and regions of the relatively high pile of the second pile surface.
US10130128B2
A cut resistant glove includes a primary layer and a plurality of enhanced sections having substantially enhanced physical characteristics in relation to the primary layer. The glove includes a palm section, a back hand section, a thumb section and a plurality of finger sections. The enhanced sections can be knitted to the primary layer by a whole garment, computer controlled slide needle knitting machine at positions on the glove where enhanced physical characteristics are desired.
US10130124B2
The present invention relates to a low-temperature heat-not-burn electronic cigarette comprised of the first holder including a pipe and a mounting plate with the mounting plate connected to the external wall of the pipe. The mounting plate and the second holder are connected to form an inner cavity with a control plate fixed in the inner cavity and the second holder having a key linked to the buttons on the control plate with the buffer pads. The pipe has a corrugated internal wall and a movable cigarette cartridge. The pipe is inserted into an outer pipe. The outer pipe has an insulation retaining bracket and a battery with the insulation retaining bracket having an installation slot facing the cigarette cartridge and the heating coil on the installation slot.
US10130118B2
Fruit-squeezing machine with automatic fruit (7) feeder (1) and cutting and squeezing means that have a pair of rotating assemblies of three fruit (7) receiving cups (4) and a cutting assembly (5) with a blade (10) and means for extracting the rinds after squeezing the fruit, and a pair of squeezing balls (6) below the cup assemblies (4). Additionally, the machine has a juice-collecting tray (2) with a fixed? filter (8), and rind-collecting means. The cup assemblies (4) rotate towards the inside of the machine, which has motor means that synchronize the continuous movements of the feeder (1) with the movement of the cutting and squeezing means.
US10130112B2
The method disclosed herein comprises creation of an enzymatic digest medium containing feathers which may be rendered with a meat material to form a product, or may be dried after digestion has reached a desired level and then mixed with a rendered material. The composition disclosed herein comprises a product which, whether used as animal feed or as an additive or flavor to animal feed, provides a product having at least one of an improved amino acid profile, improved digestibility and more desirable levels of protein, lysine, and ash compared to the same amount of a carrier 22 meat with which it is mixed.
US10130102B2
The invention relates to methods for preparing a dry, flowable sabadilla extract and to methods of its use as a pesticide.
US10130095B2
The present invention relates to novel compositions comprising certain pyrazolecarboxylic acid alkoxyamides according to formula (I) in combination with certain fungicides, to a process for preparing these compositions and to the use thereof as biologically active compositions, especially for the control of harmful microorganisms in plants and in the protection of materials and as plant growth regulators.
US10130093B2
A dispensable gel composition is provided. The dispensable gel composition includes a C1-4 alcohol, a polyacrylate thickener, a diol plug-preventing additive, and one or more neutralizers. The one or more neutralizers are selected from sodium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, arginine, tetrahydroxypropyl ethylenediamine, triethanolamine, tromethamine, and triisopropanolamine.
US10130090B1
A holder including first, second, third, and fourth sides, a top, and a bottom. The first side is fixed to the second side; the second side is fixed to the third side; the third side is fixed to the fourth side, which is fixed to the first side; the first and third sides are parallel and spaced apart; the second and fourth sides are parallel and spaced apart, and perpendicular to the first and third sides; and the top and the bottom are parallel and spaced apart and perpendicular to and fixed to the first, second, third, and fourth sides. Each of the first, second, and third sides has an opening leading to an inner chamber which is delimited by the first, second, third, and fourth sides, and the top and bottom; the fourth side has an opening leading to the inner chamber for insertion of an insect trap and/or bait station.
US10130089B2
A fishing caddy system which generally includes a rod holder assembly having at least one rod holder which may be rotatable to different angles to suit the user. There are hooks in the rod holder assembly for receiving the fishing line and thereby preventing the wind from blowing the line around, resulting in faster detection of catches. The rod holder assembly can be mounted to a universal mounting receiver which can be placed on any stationary body. Cup holders and other accessories may also be mounted in proximity to the rod holder assembly using other universal mounting receivers. An accelerometer may also be included which detects vibrations caused by the fishing line against the hook, alerting the user via LEDs or a wireless alert sent to the user's wireless computing device, such as a smart phone.
US10130086B2
A fixed bar luring dredge comprising a high-strength core member tubular in form and assembled to hold a plurality of spreader bars extending through and attached to the core member in a fixed radial pattern with each spreader bar being disposed in a separate and distinct plane to enhance the strength and support of the spreader bar members in trolling. Each spreader bar is sized to pass transversely through a pair of opposed openings in the wall of the tubular core member and is secured therein with a respective crimp sleeve at each opening. Separate swivel fittings with rotatable sections formed to fit longitudinally within of the core member are positioned partially inside the chamber of the core member at opposite ends thereof, each of the swivel fittings having a respective transverse opening formed therein that serves to engage one of the spreader bars passing through the core member and thereby hold the respective swivel fitting in place. The spreader bars are each provided with a plurality of dropper fasteners fitted along the outer length of each bar for suspending a respective number of luring strips bearing selected baitfish images designed to attract game fish while trolling.
US10130082B2
An angler's personalized fishing lure skirt composition and production kit and a method for personalized production of fishing lure skirts, including angler personalized fishing lure skirts having body tendrils and a combination of body tendrils and elongated, fishing lure tail tendrils.
US10130079B2
A U-shaped perch for a bird feeder which is selectively movable between retracted and extended positions with respect to the bird feeder. The perch is horizontally slidably mounted in a support at the lower end of a feed port positioned in a feed opening formed in the bird feeder. The perch is selectively locked in its extended position. The perch and the support cooperate to limit the outward extension of the perch with respect to the support. The perch may also be movably mounted on the bird feeder which does not have a feed port.
US10130077B2
A mobile telephone adapts to use as a gundog training tool by interfacing with a dog collar using a wireless communication device, such as a WWAN text or IP interface, a WLAN interface or a radio transceiver that couples to the mobile telephone and is accessible to a training application running on the mobile telephone. The dog collar includes a GPS receiver to provide position information to the mobile telephone and a shock device to provide training stimulus to the dog. A wireless headset interfaces with the mobile telephone to provide audible indications of position to an end user, such as a dog point and tone indicators of directions to the dog. A wireless handset interfaces with the mobile telephone to accept inputs for application to the collar, such as training stimulus.
US10130073B2
A protective shoe to accommodate a foot of waterfowl having toes with nail tips includes a shoe body, an ankle cuff, and a closure tab. The shoe body is in approximately a shape of a waterfowl foot and has an upper surface and a sole connected together to define left front, center front opening, and right front openings, and a foot entrance opening into which the waterfowl foot is inserted. The front openings are sized to permit at least the nail tip of a respective toe to extend therethrough. The ankle cuff is connected to the shoe body and has an ankle closure system formed to secure about an ankle of the waterfowl's foot. The closure tab is connected to the shoe body and has a closure system formed to cover at least a portion of the foot entrance opening to secure the waterfowl's foot inside the shoe body.
US10130068B2
A teatcup to be attached to a teat of an animal to be milked includes a connector and a cartridge received in the connector. The cartridge includes a sleeve having an upper end and a lower end, a teatcup liner mounted in the sleeve and having an inner space for receiving the teat, and a pulsation chamber provided between the sleeve and the teatcup liner. The teatcup liner includes an upper end portion located at the upper end of the sleeve, a barrel portion and a lower end portion extending beyond the lower end of the sleeve. The lower end portion forms an end nozzle extending beyond the lower end of the sleeve and having a circumferential external surface. An annular seal element is provided at the circumferential external surface to seal between the lower end nozzle and the connector.
US10130067B2
This invention is related to a double grab, its rinsing cup and milking machine provided therewith, and the method for automatically applying teat cups to the teats of an udder of an animal to be milked. The double grab, according to the invention, includes: —a first housing part provided with a first magnet designed to hold a first teat cup; —a second housing part, installed substantially in a horizontal plane next to the first housing part, provided with a second magnet designed to hold a second teat cup whereby each housing part is provided with separate pivoting means that can be activated and is designed to make the related housing part pivot around a pivoting axis which in use, extends substantially in a horizontal direction, substantially in a widthwise direction of the arm.
US10130064B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH714438. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH714438, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH714438 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH714438.
US10130060B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068804. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068804. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068804 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068804 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10130056B2
Novel Brassica napus L. var. pabularia (DC.), such as Brassica napus L. var. pabularia (DC.) designated KX-1 is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of Brassica napus L. var. pabularia (DC.) KX-1, to the plants and plant parts of Brassica napus L. var. pabularia (DC.) KX-1, and to methods for producing a Brassica napus L. var. pabularia (DC.) plant by crossing the Brassica napus L. var. pabularia (DC.) KX-1 with itself or another Brassica napus L. var. pabularia (DC.) plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing other Brassica napus L. var. pabularia (DC.) plants derived from the Brassica napus L. var. pabularia (DC.) KX-1.
US10130055B2
[Problem] To provide a high-shelf hydroponic cultivation system equipped with a solar panel having a large power generation amount while ensuring light quantity for a plant.[Solution] Since the high-shelf hydroponic cultivation system 80 equipped with a solar panel has a light transmitting region A provided at the solar panel 50, more light can be taken into the frame unit and can be utilized for cultivating the plants P1 and P2. Since the double-sided light receiving solar cell 52 is employed for the solar panel 50 and light reflectivity is given to the floating bench 34, the weed-proof sheet 56, the vertical frame 20b and the like, light which does not shine on the plants P1 and P2 is reflected to a light receiving region on a rear face side of the double-sided light receiving solar cell 52 and can be effectively utilized for power generation. Thus, a large power generation amount can be obtained while ensuring light quantity for the plants.
US10130051B2
This is an original design of a small diameter maple spile. It is designed to facilitate sap movement from any sap-producing tree into the tubing. Two o-rings provide additional sealing surfaces to safeguard against leaks and increase spile visibility. Design and material provide a more hygienic connection between the tree and tubing, compared to the connection of a larger spile, which is more easily contaminated. The small size diameter of the tap hole causes less damage to the tree and consequently allows swift healing. The smaller tap hole also promotes tree health by lessening risks of bacterial and fungal infection. The linear design of this spile allows for ease of cleaning by ultrasonic means and indefinite reuse.
US10130047B2
A method and apparatus are provided that combine solar technology and agriculture in a symbiotic relationship that optimizes revenue from both sources. An array of reconfigurable solar collector assemblies is deployed in a crop field. As various crops benefit from varying degrees of shade through their development cycles, and are prone to damage from high winds and hail, the array of adaptable, reconfigurable solar collectors is deployed in the crop field and allows for the easy reconfiguration of each solar collector assembly to vary the amount of shade that is applied to the crops below the assembly, and to provide maximum hail and wind protection when necessary.
US10130045B2
A living art article incorporates traditional art elements and also incorporates a living element in the form of a living plant, including cut flowers, etc.
US10130044B1
An electrical system having an underlying structure resembling the double helix most commonly associated with DNA is used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for agricultural applications.
US10130039B2
An agricultural harvester for harvesting a crop on a field. The harvester includes a chopping assembly configured to chop a crop residue of the harvested crop. The chopping assembly includes an inlet for receiving the crop residue, a rotor provided with one or more cutting tools and configured to chop the crop residue, a drive assembly configured to drive the rotor, and an outlet for outputting the chopped crop residue onto the field. The harvester further includes an image based sensor configured to generate a signal comprising an image of the chopped crop residue and a processing unit configured to receive the signal from the image based sensor, process the signal to derive a geometric parameter indicative of a geometry of the chopped crop residue, and determine a control signal for the drive assembly based on the geometric parameter.
US10130038B2
A corn head row unit gearbox includes an input shaft, that rotates about a first axis of rotation and that drives a set of gears. The gears transfer rotation of the input shaft into rotation of a gathering chain output shaft about a second axis of rotation, generally transverse to the first axis of rotation. The gathering chain drive shaft rotates within a bushing mounted within a frame structure of the gearbox. A bushing seal has an annular mounting sleeve with an inner diameter that is press fit over a boss on the frame structure.
US10130022B2
The use of self-powered, autonomous vehicles in agricultural and other domestic applications is provided. The vehicles include a self-propelled drive system, tracks or wheels operatively connected to the drive system, a power supply operatively connected to the drive system, an attachment mechanism for attaching equipment to the vehicle, and an intelligent control operatively connected to the drive system, power supply, and attachment mechanism. The vehicle is configured to connect to the equipment to perform agricultural operations based upon the equipment. Multiple vehicles can be used in a field at the same time. Furthermore, the invention includes the ability to move one or more of the autonomous vehicles from field to field, home to field, or from generally any first location to a second location.
US10136565B2
An apparatus for controlling water system fouling includes a control panel including a display and a plurality of push buttons; a power assembly disposed below the control panel; and a heat dissipation device disposed on two sides of both the control panel and the power assembly. The power assembly includes two polarity sockets, two conductivity sockets, a power socket, an on/off switch, a backup socket, a pump socket, and a drain socket.
US10136559B2
An electronic rack includes a stack of one or more information technology (IT) components disposed therein to form a frontend and a backend of the electronic rack. The electronic rack further includes a fan unit detachably mounted on the backend of the electronic rack. The fan unit generates an air flow flowing from the frontend to the backend past through an air space of the stack of IT components to reduce a temperature of the IT components. The electronic rack further includes a heat exchange unit detachably mounted on the backend of the electronic rack to exchange heat generated from the IT components. The heat exchange unit includes one or more tubes forming a heat exchange screen. The one or more tubes allow a cool liquid to travel therein to exchange the heat carried by the air flow past through the heat exchange screen.
US10136556B2
An electronics rack comprising a frame, a heat sink coupled to the frame, and a cage adapted to support an electronic component. The cage is movable between first and second positions toward and away from the heat sink. The rack further includes an eccentric cam operatively positioned between the frame and the cage and being rotatable to move the cage between the first and second positions. In one embodiment, the cage comprises a cooling brick movable toward and away from the heat sink when the cage moves between the first and second positions. The cooling brick can include a first heat pipe extending generally in a first direction and a second heat pipe extending generally in a second direction transverse to the first direction. For example, the first heat pipe can be embedded in a top plate and the second heat pipe can be embedded in a top cold rail.
US10136553B2
A heat dissipation device and an electronic device thereof are provided. The heat dissipation device includes a heat dissipation body including a closed chamber; and at least two pumps in the closed chamber to drive heat dissipation medium contained in the closed chamber to flow in one or more loops.
US10136547B1
Disclosed is a switch card assembly and chassis system, including a switch card housing, a latch base adjacent the switch card housing, the latch base including a pivot slot and a control slot, and the latch having a boundary with the chassis, a latch coupled to the latch base, the latch including a plurality of latch toes that move through the boundary of the latch base, and a plurality of pins attached to the latch and slideable within the plurality of slots, wherein the latch is rotated to lock and unlock the switch card housing in the chassis.
US10136544B2
A dual in-line memory module (DIMM) connector can include a double data rate fourth generation (DDR4) DIMM connector to connect to a DIMM via a lowest notch of the DIMM relative to an electronic component on which the DIMM is located.
US10136543B1
Mechanisms for providing inductance-based user interface elements are provided. Some implementations of such inductance-based devices may feature very small gaps between the housing and the inductive coil, as well as various features to aid in improving sensor sensitivity and reducing the possibility of false button-push events.
US10136538B2
The present disclosure discloses an electronic element support frame, an electronic element assembly, and an electrical assembly. The electronic element support frame has a body, an isolative wall, and a pair of retaining parts. The body has an axial direction. The isolative wall is arranged to continuously extend along the axial direction of the body. The pair of retaining parts are arranged on the body and disposed at two sides of the isolative wall, respectively. The retaining parts together with the isolative wall enclose a pair of accommodating parts, respectively. The accommodating parts extend continuously along the axial direction of the isolative wall to accommodate pins of the electronic element, respectively. The electronic element support frame of the present disclosure can avoid erroneous contact between the pins of the electronic element, thereby enhancing safety performance.
US10136536B2
A resilient shielding member for a device (10) is disposed in a facing space (300) between a conductive motor case (10) of a motor (100) and an inverter case (201) of an inverter device (200). The resilient shielding member surrounds first terminal fittings (102) and second terminal fittings (202) connecting the motor (100) and the inverter device (200) over the entire circumference and is formed by integrating a waterproofing component (11) configured to resiliently contact the motor case (101) and the inverter case (201) in a liquid-tight manner over the entire circumference and a shielding component (13) configured to conductively contact the motor case (101) and the inverter case (201).
US10136535B2
Various embodiments of a hermetically-sealed package and methods of forming such packages are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the hermetically-sealed package can include a housing and a feedthrough assembly that forms a part of the housing. The feedthrough assembly can include a non-conductive substrate and a feedthrough. The feedthrough can include a via from an outer surface to an inner surface of the non-conductive substrate, a conductive material disposed in the via, and an external contact disposed over the via on the outer surface of the non-conductive substrate. The external contact can be electrically coupled to the conductive material disposed in the via. Further, the external contact can be hermetically sealed to the outer surface of the non-conductive substrate by a laser bond surrounding the via.
US10136531B2
A measurement device can be attached to an outer wall of a movable object or of a stationary object arranged in a flow of air in order to measure physical quantities. The measurement device includes a mounting which has recesses having an opening leading to the outside in which sensors are provided. The mounting comprises a cavity in which a flexible printed circuit is housed, on which a single circuit for controlling the sensors is provided. The device has multiple advantages, in particular that of providing a simple measurement device which offers a system for control and interconnection of sensors that is accessible and less complex while offering numerous advantages.
US10136530B2
A vault system is provided that defines an enclosed volume to protect various electrical, water, communications and other components. The system comprises a lid to allow selective access to the contents in the enclosed volume of the vault. Over time, continued wear and tear on the lid of the vault can cause the lid to deflect inward and/or cause the body of the vault to deflect outward, which compromises the integrity of the vault. Interlock features, methods, and systems are provided transfer stress and strain between the lid and the vault, which maintain the integrity of the selective interconnection between the lid and the vault.
US10136526B2
An electronic device includes a framework extending in a longitudinal direction and defining a number of receiving grooves, a number of modules detachably mounted to the receiving grooves of the framework, and a number of elastic members. Each receiving groove has a notch beside a side edge of the framework. Each elastic member includes a fixed portion attached to the module and a free-end portion mated with the notch of the framework. A gap communicating with the notch is defined between the module and the framework for accessing the free-end portion of the elastic member to elastically deform the free-end portion to separate from the notch.
US10136519B2
Tamper-respondent assemblies and methods of fabrication are provided which include a tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure. The tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure includes, for instance, a tamper-respondent sensor having at least one flexible layer and paired conductive lines disposed on the at least one flexible layer. The paired conductive lines form, at least in part, at least one tamper-detect network of the tamper-respondent sensor. The tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure further includes monitor circuitry electrically connected to the paired conductive lines to differentially monitor the paired conductive lines for a tamper event. In enhanced embodiments, multiple interconnect vias electrically connect to two or more layers of paired conductive lines and are disposed in an unfolded interconnect area of the tamper-respondent sensor when the sensor is operatively positioned about an electronic component or assembly to be protected.
US10136518B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include three external electrodes disposed on a mounting surface of a ceramic body to be spaced apart from one another. When a length of the ceramic body is defined as L, and a width of an active region including a plurality of internal electrodes disposed therein in a width direction of the ceramic body is defined as A, A/L is in a range of 0.64 to 1.14 (0.64≤A/L≤1.14).
US10136511B2
A circuit assembly includes a circuit board, a heat dissipation member on which the circuit board is placed and that is configured to release heat of the circuit board, an insulating layer that is formed on a surface on the circuit board side of the heat dissipation member, a bonding portion made of a bonding agent that is arranged in a predetermined region between the circuit board and the heat dissipation member, and an adhesive portion that is arranged in a region other than the predetermined region between the circuit board and the heat dissipation member and that is made of an adhesive with which the circuit board and the heat dissipation member are bonded to each other with lower bonding force than with the bonding agent.
US10136507B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a method for low emission charge neutralization, comprising: generating a high frequency alternating current (AC) voltage; transmitting the high frequency AC voltage to at least one non-metallic emitter; wherein the at least one non-metallic emitter comprises at least 70% silicon by weight and less than 99.99% silicon by weight; wherein the at least one emitter comprises at least one treated surface section with a destroyed oxidation layer; and generating ions from the at least one non-metallic emitter in response to the high frequency AC voltage. Another embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus for low emission charge neutralization wherein the apparatus can perform the above-described operations.
US10136490B1
An example lighting device has a luminaire. The luminaire includes an illumination light source matrix including illumination light sources configured to be driven by electrical power to emit light rays for illumination lighting. The luminaire further includes an optical lens positioned and configured to extend over the illumination light source matrix and including an input surface coupled to receive incoming light rays emitted by the illumination light sources and an output surface. Both the input surface and the output surface each include at least two different aspherical, spherical, or planar portions to refract the incoming light rays emitted by the illumination light sources passing through to shape or steer the illumination lighting into an outputted beam pattern. A coupled illumination light source driver selectively controls the illumination light sources individually or in combination to adjust at least a beam angle of the outputted beam pattern from the optical lens.
US10136485B1
In accordance with various embodiments, an overall optical characteristic of light emitted by an illumination system having multiple strings of light-emitting elements, as well as an overall intensity of the light emitted by the illumination system, are independently selected via controlling the strings over multiple time intervals.
US10136479B2
The invention discloses a hob (100) with free configurable heating array (115) and touchscreen control (130). A user may combine graphic representations (145) and (150) of a first and a second pot in order to combine a control operation of a first and a second heating zone (107, 112) associated to the respective pots. In this manner, plural heating zones can be combined by a single input, and visibility on the touchscreen control is improved by uniting both representations of the pots on the touchscreen control display. Combining/separating heating zones can be effected by the synchronous movement of two fingers uniting the two graphic representations of the pots on the touchscreen respectively diverging the two graphic representations of the pots on the touchscreen (130). A computer program product (500) allows to easily and freely configure the hob (100) and to perform maintenance and mass production.
US10136477B2
A method for controlling an induction heating system, particularly an induction heating system of a cooktop on which a cooking utensil with a certain contents is placed for heating/cooking purposes, comprises the steps of carrying out a predetermined number “n” of electrical measurements of a first electrical parameter of the heating system on the basis of a predetermined electrical value of a second electrical parameter, “n” being ≥2, repeating the above set of measurements at a predetermined time after the first measurements, and estimating at least one thermal parameter of the heating system, particularly of the contents of the cooking utensil, on the basis of the above set of measurements.
US10136475B2
A cord-shaped heater 10 has a plurality of conductive wires 5a that are covered with an insulating film 5b. The insulating film 5b includes a silicone resin. A quantity of the silicone resin included in the insulating film 5b is 40 to 80% by a weight ratio. The conductive wires 5a are wound around a core material 3 in a state of being paralleled together. An insulation body layer 7 is formed on an outer periphery of the conductive wires. A part or all of the insulation body layer 7 is formed of a heat-fusing material. A sheet-shaped heater 31 is wherein the cord-shaped heater 10 is arranged on a substrate 11.
US10136468B2
There is provided a control device including a communication unit configured to perform communication with a radio communication device of a radio communication system in which communication is possible using a plurality of access schemes including at least one of the access schemes of a multiple access scheme that uses orthogonal resources and a multiple access scheme that uses non-orthogonal resources, and a control unit configured to perform allocation of resources relating to the access schemes to be used by the radio communication device.
US10136463B2
A server is provided, which includes a terminal determining unit which determines a destination terminal to share a service when a service request sent by any terminal is received or when it is detected that a network-side needs to share the service, a generation unit which generates service network topology structure information corresponding to the service according to the destination terminal, and a network determining unit which determines a hosted network corresponding to the service according to the service network topology structure information. Correspondingly, a data transmission method is also provided.
US10136460B2
Methods and devices are provided of pairing glasses with an electronic device is provided. The glasses store identification information and device information regarding a plurality of electronic devices, the device information being usable to pair the glasses with the plurality of electronic devices. The glasses obtain an image of at least one electronic device via a camera of the glasses. The glasses extract identification information of the at least one included in the image. The glasses select the electronic device based on the extracted identification information and the stored identification information. The glasses pair with the electronic device based on the device information of the electronic device.
US10136456B2
Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for configuring a radio resource. In a wireless communication system, a radio resource is split into a plurality of radio resource slices corresponding to different service types and a radio source slice corresponding to a service type among a plurality of radio resource slices that a device requests is determined.
US10136450B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for performing a clear channel assessment (CCA) by STA in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a frame including a coloring bit; changing a CCA level to a first level when the coloring bit indicates a basic service set (BSS) to which the STA belongs, and changing a CCA level to a second level when the coloring bit indicates a BSS to which the STA does not belong; and performing the CCA according to the first level or the second level, wherein when the frame has an OFDM-based format, the frame includes a coloring disable bit, and when the coloring disable bit indicates that the frame is a multiuser transmission-related trigger frame, the STA does not perform a change of the CCA level without regard to information indicated by the coloring bit.
US10136447B2
Embodiments of an enhanced node B (eNB), user equipment (UE) and methods of signaling for proximity services and device-to-device (D2D) discovery in an LTE network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the eNB may support inter-cell device-to-device (D2D) discovery by transmitting signaling, to a first user equipment (UE), to indicate configuration information for a D2D discovery resource pool including D2D resources configured by one or more neighboring cells. The configuration information includes timing offsets between a serving cell of the first UE and the one or more neighboring cells. Other apparatuses and methods are also described.
US10136440B2
A wireless communications system includes an access point (AP) and multiple stations. The AP transmits a reference indicator indicating a target receive power reference of the AP and an adjustment indicator indicating an adjustment to the target receive power reference for a station. When the station receives the reference indicator and the adjustment indicator, the stations determines a transmission power level in accordance with the target receive power reference and the adjustment to the target receive power reference. The stations transmits a packet at the transmission power level to the AP. Reduction in signaling overhead is achieved.
US10136437B2
An automatically adjustable radiofrequency link system includes a radiofrequency transmitter configured to transmit a signal at a frequency of transmission within an extremely high frequency (EHF) band. The system further includes a receiving device configured to receive the transmitted signal and provide feedback to a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the transmitter and the receiving device, wherein the feedback is related to the received signal. The processing circuit is configured to determine required signal properties based on the feedback and determine signal loss properties including an effect of atmospheric absorption, as a function of frequency; determine a modification to the transmitted signal using the signal loss properties and the required signal properties; and adjust the frequency of transmission to obtain a desired transmission signal using the modification.
US10136434B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a network element of a distributed antenna system, a reference signal, an ultra-wideband control channel and a first modulated signal at a first carrier frequency, the first modulated signal including first communications data provided by a base station and directed to a mobile communication device. The instructions in the ultra-wideband control channel direct the network element of the distributed antenna system to convert the first modulated signal at the first carrier frequency to the first modulated signal in a first spectral segment. The reference signal is received at an in-band frequency relative to the control channel. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10136422B2
Provided herein is a method of receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system, the method being implemented by a cellular-IoT (Internet of things) (CIoT) mobile terminal and including searching for control information directed to the mobile terminal in a plurality of candidate downlink control channel resource regions corresponding to a coverage class of the mobile terminal on a part of a downlink resource, and receiving a downlink data channel indicated by control information received in at least one of the plurality of candidate downlink control channel resource regions, wherein the plurality of candidate downlink control channel resource regions is configured to have a period set for each of coverage classes, wherein each of the plurality of candidate downlink control channel resource regions is configured to have a duration configured for each of the coverage classes.
US10136418B2
A method for uplink (UL) wireless backhaul communication at a wireless backhaul remote unit in a radio access network comprising receiving a configuration for radio frames and a transmission schedule through a downlink (DL) physical layer broadcast channel, wherein the transmission schedule comprises a transmission allocation for the remote unit, generating a UL data frame, wherein generating the UL data frame comprises performing forward error correction (FEC) encoding on a data bit stream to generate a plurality of FEC codewords, wherein performing the FEC encoding comprises performing Reed Solomon (RS) encoding on the data bit stream to generate a plurality of RS codewords, performing byte interleaving on the RS codewords, and performing Turbo encoding on the byte interleaved RS codewords to generate one or more Turbo codewords, wherein each Turbo codeword is encoded from more than one RS codeword, and transmitting the UL data frame according to the transmission allocation.
US10136412B2
A communication system, a communication apparatus, a control method, and a control apparatus are provided that make it possible to flexibly increase/decrease a U-plane processing function of a communication apparatus. A communication system in which a logical path (50) is set up in a network to perform communication, comprises: a control plane (30) for the logical path; and a control apparatus (20) that, in response to a request from the control plane, selects from communication equipment resources a communication equipment (10) to perform user-plane processing in connection with data transmission through the logical path, and sets an operation rule related to the user-plane processing in the selected communication equipment.
US10136409B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a transceiver configured to receive, from at least one wearable device, information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn; and a processor configured to determine whether the at least one wearable device that is being worn, based on the received information indicating whether the at least one wearable device is being worn, and to provide a notification to the at least one wearable device in response to determining that the at least one wearable device is being worn.
US10136408B1
The present invention is a method and system of determining and assigning a geographic location such as a work or home location to the owner or user of a mobile device. Mobile devices such as smart phones, tablets, internet computers, and other hand held mobile devices may be preferentially targeted for ads based upon the geographic location of the owner or user of the mobile device. The home or work location is determined based upon startup events associated with the mobile device as tracked by startup activations of the mobile device, beacon activations, tile activations, or any other Bluetooth or near field communication device activation, during either day time or night time hours.
US10136407B2
Provided are a communication control method and the like for enabling a terminal device to connect to a core network and move in a communication system in which multiple core networks are overlaid. A base station device receives a tracking area update request, determines a location management device to connect to on the basis of a setting in the base station device, and transmits a tracking area update request. The location management device requests information pertaining to a terminal device to the location management device to which the terminal device was connected prior to moving, and then the location management device to which the terminal device was connected prior to moving or the location management device which received the tracking area update request from the base station device determines whether resetting of the location management device is necessary. Thus, it is possible to control which core network the terminal device connects to.
US10136405B2
Apparatuses (including user equipment (UE) and modem chips for UE), systems, and methods for calculating more accurate Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements and/or detecting/eliminating ghost cells from a list of (supposed) neighboring cells are described. In one method, the cross-correlations between adjacent Cell-specific Reference Signals (CRSs) are used to calculate the RSRP and to detect any ghost cells in a list of (supposed) neighboring cells. Any detected ghost cell may be deleted from any searches and measurements by the UE, and may also be reported to the network.
US10136404B2
Systems and associated methods for reciprocity calibration of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for reciprocity calibration of the MIMO system includes transmitting a pilot symbol by a transmitter (TX) of the reference antenna and receiving the pilot symbol by receivers (RXes) of antennas of a base station as ri,0 pilot symbols. (Index “i” denotes individual antenna “i” of the base station, and “0” denotes the reference antenna.) The method further includes transmitting the received pilot symbols by TXes of the antennas of the base station, receiving the pilot symbols transmitted by the antennas of the base station by the reference antenna as r0,i pilot symbols, and calculating non-reciprocity compensation factors as r i , 0 r 0 , i .
US10136394B2
Methods and apparatus that reduce network management overhead required for the operation of wireless femtocells. In one aspect of the invention, a central network entity governs the simultaneous operation of several femtocells by specifying modes of operation, and operational parameters for one or more of the femtocells. In one embodiment, at least one of the specified modes of operation directs a femtocell to operate in a substantially autonomous manner within the network-defined operational parameters. The network-defined constraints are provided to the femtocell for example, responsive to a successful registration attempt.
US10136391B2
A system that enhances life of a battery in cell phone devices that work in conjunction with a cellular telephone network has a Registration-Request Signal transmission management function that operates in the device and periodically detects change in physical location of the device from an immediate prior location, called an LchangeDelta. The function, if the LchangeDelta is below a threshold of change in location, suppresses an Registration-Request Signal transmission from the device to the cellular network, thus enhancing battery life.
US10136382B2
The invention is based on a platform that has both hardware and software. The latter includes, amongst other things, an algorithm to solve the problem encountered when, on passing between countries and operators, data services have to roam between mobile networks. The invention handles and solves existing technical limitations such as existing roaming logic for switches between operators not taking into account: which services the ‘original’ operator has activated; geographical coverage; different costs for different services; and, whether services other than speech can function in the selected network.
US10136372B2
A method of selecting a relay user equipment (UE) performed by a remote UE in wireless communication system, and a UE using the method are provided. The method includes determining whether a measurement of a current relay UE is smaller than a threshold and selecting a candidate relay UE satisfying a specific condition as a relay UE when the measurement of the current relay UE is smaller than the threshold. Here, the candidate relay UE is selected as a relay UE only when a measurement of the candidate relay UE is greater than a minimum hysteresis value (minHyst) based on the threshold.
US10136370B1
Disclosed herein is a method and corresponding system for controlling operation of a user equipment device (UE) in a communication system comprising a first network and a second network interconnected with the first network. The UE may detect a public land mobile network identifier (PLMN ID) broadcast by a base station of the first network, where the base station does not support circuit switched fallback (CSFB) between the two networks The UE may determine, based on the detected PLMN ID, whether to operate in a first mode or a second mode, where (i) the first mode comprises, in response to the base station not supporting CSFB, the UE declining to be served by the base station and the UE instead being served directly by the second network and (ii) the second mode comprises the UE being served by the base station. The UE may then operate in the determined mode.
US10136367B2
The present invention provides a method for determining a timing advance group of a serving cell, including: determining, by a source base station of a user equipment, a target base station that the user equipment is to be handed over to; sending auxiliary information for determining a timing advance group of a target serving cell of the user equipment to the target base station; receiving the timing advance group of the target serving cell of the user equipment that is determined by the target base station according to the auxiliary information; and sending the timing advance group to the user equipment. Implementation of the method provided by the present invention can avoid timing advance grouping performed on a secondary carrier after handover, and reduce data transmission interruption or delay incurred by the handover, thereby improving quality of service of a communications service.
US10136365B2
A method for supporting fast recovery of a User Equipment (UE) includes performing, by a serving base station, UE context synchronization for one or more other base stations in a related small cell cluster when a UE accesses the serving base station, performing, by a base station that the UE performs a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment, the RRC connection re-establishment for the UE according to UE context saved in a synchronization process. The present also discloses another method and system for supporting UE fast recovery. By applying the technical solution disclosed by the present disclosure, when the UE moves in a small cell scenario, the UE can be recovered quickly in the case of a failure, so as to avoid the UE returns to an idle mode, avoid data loss, guarantee business continuity, and improve UE experience.
US10136363B2
A more efficient network can be achieved using software-defined networking to configure routing tables to route data traffic to and from proper cells. User equipment address data and network device internet protocol address data can be utilized to define locators specific to a user equipment device in relation to various network devices. For instance, broadcasted network address data representative of a mobile device identifier address can be received by a first network device from the mobile device, wherein the mobile device identifier address comprises network address data related to an internet protocol address of a second network device, the first network device can determine a third network device capable of a communication with the mobile device, and the communication with the mobile device can be routed by the first network device to the third network device.
US10136358B2
A wireless device may selectively add padding to an end of a data transmission in order to provide adequate time for a receiving device to process the transmitted data and transmit feedback related to the transmitted data. A wireless device may identify a total amount of data capable of being transmitted in a transmission, and determine a number of data bits to be transmitted in the transmission. An amount of padding may be selected based on a proportion of the total amount of data capable of being transmitted and the number of data bits. In some examples, a preamble for a feedback transmission may be transmitted concurrently with processing of the received transmission.
US10136357B2
In order to detect congestion on a transmission link, endpoint items of network equipment are associated with congestion-detection applications. Per class of service, one application sends to the other control messages indicating volumes of data transmitted by the concerned item of network equipment via the transmission link. On reception of the control messages, the other application obtains information on volumes of data received by the other item of network equipment. By determining a first divergence in volumes of data transmitted between two control messages and a second divergence in volumes of data received, between two control messages, this other application is able to detect a situation of congestion on the transmission link occurring for one or more classes of service, and to generate an alarm signal accordingly.
US10136356B2
A method of transmitting data via a data transmitting device in a wireless network environment is provided. The method includes determining whether traffic is saturated or not based on an access category (AC) into which the data is classified according to a type of application that transmits the data, a queue size, and a predetermined threshold value and determining a transmission scheme according to a determination result of whether traffic is saturated or not and the AC of the data.
US10136349B2
A method for changing an identifier of a basic service set (BSS) served by an access point (AP) includes determining a first value of the identifier of the BSS, transmitting a first physical (PHY) protocol data unit (PPDU) with a first BSS identifier field in a PHY header of the first PPDU set to a pre-specified value, transmitting at least one first management frame including a second BSS identifier field in a frame body of the at least one first management frame set to the first value, and transmit at least one second PPDU with the first BSS identifier field in the PHY header set to the first value when the AP is able to start using the first value to set the first BSS identifier field in the PHY header of PPDUs transmitted by the AP.
US10136346B2
The embodiments provide a method implemented by a network device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) to provide a deferred clear channel assessment (CCA) from a physical layer to an upper layer within the network device. The deferred CCA enables the upper layer to make a final decision on the state of a wireless medium. The method identifies at least one condition on a wireless medium where an upper layer decision is required to determine a state of the wireless medium, and passes on requisite data to the upper layer to enable a decision on the state of the wireless medium. The deferred CCA process supports more complex CCA processes that may rely on information available in an upper layer.
US10136339B2
An operating method of an access point (AP) and an operating method of a relay are disclosed in which the AP may determine whether to associate with the relay based on at least one of first information indicating whether use of an overlapping channel is restricted, second information indicating whether an operation using a non-overlapping channel is supported by the relay, and third information indicating whether use of a channel identical to a channel used by the AP is requested.
US10136327B1
Techniques are described for determining and/or verifying the location of a device based on environmental data. A device may provide location information describing its location, e.g., determined using a satellite-based navigation system. Environmental context data (e.g., temperature, air pressure, air quality, pollen count, ambient light, etc.) may also be received from the device, having been generated by sensor(s) incorporated into the device. The environmental context data may be compared to corresponding elements of other context data that is generated independently of the device. Based on the comparison, a confidence metric may be determined that indicates a level of confidence that the device's communicated location is its actual location. The confidence metric may be employed to make a security determination regarding a user of the device.
US10136321B2
A process for authorizing wireless service includes providing a generally rectangular flat form factor card having a first surface and opposing second surface, providing at least one removable subscriber identity module (SIM) card arranged in the generally rectangular flat form factor card defined by the first surface, where the at least one removable subscriber identity module is releasably attached to the first surface of the generally rectangular flat form factor by respective breaking tabs. The process further includes providing an activation code arranged on the first surface, the activation code is associated with the at least one SIM card, wherein the activation code is configured to authorize wireless service associated with the at least one SIM card when provided to a wireless service provider, and provisioning wireless service to a wireless device from a wireless network. An activation card is also disclosed.
US10136313B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for the control of a locking mechanism (2) by a user (5) by means of a mobile terminal (1) comprising a user interface (4), means for establishing a local data connection (3) and means for establishing a connection to a network (6), in particular the Internet, wherein the locking mechanism (2) can be connected to the local data connection (3), wherein an identity provider (7) that can be connected to a network (6) and an authorization entity (8) that can be connected to a network (6) are provided, and wherein the mobile terminal (1) is designed to log in to the identity provider (7). In order to achieve a particularly simple and flexible control, the authorization entity (8) is designed for the issuance of a key (10) after the transmission of an authentication information from the identity provider (7) to the mobile terminal (1) and from the mobile terminal (1) to the authorization entity (8) in the network (6) and after verifying the authenticity of the user (5), with which key (10) the locking mechanism (2) can be opened.
US10136312B2
Some embodiments relate to a device that transmits/receives encrypted communications with another device. A first device, such as a smart phone or smart watch, may generate a message associated with a certain data class, which may determine the security procedure used in the communication of the message. The first device may establish an encryption session for the purpose of communicating the message to a second device. Prior to sending the message, the first device may wait until encryption credentials are accessible according to certain conditions, which may be determined at least in part by the data class of the message. Similarly, after receiving the message, the second device may not be able to decrypt the message until encryption credentials are accessible according to certain conditions, which may be determined at least in part by the message data class.
US10136311B2
The subject matter describes devices, networks, systems, media, and methods to create secure communications between wireless devices and cellular networks, where the wireless devices communicate with the cellular networks via multi-hopping methods in non-cellular networks.
US10136309B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for spectrum access server support of resource assignments based on radio access network coexistence information. An example method generally includes obtaining information regarding capability of different entities requesting use of the shared radio resources, estimating compatibility between the different entities based on the information, and allocating the shared radio resources to the different entities based on the estimated compatibility.
US10136307B2
A method for providing a multi number service using a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) comprises the steps of: according to a command received from the outside of a UICC, selecting any one subscriber identification information set among a plurality of subscriber identification information sets stored in a memory allocated to a subscriber identification information set managing application; and activating the selected subscriber identification information set.
US10136305B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages reuse of mobile subscriber identity information. Further aspects may include mobile subscriber identity information used in a device having multiple device profiles indexed, directly or indirectly, by multiple ki (e.g. shared secret keys). Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10136296B1
Systems and methods for implementing a situation- and industry-agnostic situational awareness platform, which provide a suite of data services to client applications. The platform uses geographical and/or geo-temporal data associated with various endpoint devices in combination with real-time inputs from sensors and other connected devices, such as legacy systems or data sources, to identify urgent and emergent events and determine the appropriate endpoint devices to notify, and the content of notification, based on user-defined roles of users associated with each device as compared to the nature of the event, according to user-defined rules. The platform thus provides a common operational picture of a session of devices and integrates multiple point solutions into a single platform for decision support.
US10136290B2
Aspects of the technology described herein identify a trusted group of devices that collaborate to minimize device limitations (e.g., data use, bandwidth, battery life, and the like). Personal assistant services or cloud-based services utilize user data (e.g., web browsing, calendar entries, communication data, social networks, and the like) and device data (e.g., location data, Bluetooth beacons, Wi-Fi, and the like) provided by user devices to identify devices in the trusted group of devices. A handshake between the devices establishes a means of communication and a selected topology. A hub device is selected from the trusted group of devices to upload or download relevant data based on the selected topology. The hub device shares the relevant data with the member devices via the established means of communication.
US10136287B2
A method and apparatus for close-proximity communication. The close-proximity communication method performed by a transmitter includes generating a physical layer (PHY) frame including a PHY preamble, a frame header, and a payload field, and transmitting the generated PHY frame to a receiver, in which the frame header may include a media access control (MAC) header, a header check sequence (HCS), and a Reed-Solomon (RS) parity bit.
US10136282B2
Obtaining a dynamic download policy for a mobile application being executed on the mobile computing device, wherein the dynamic download policy indicating a download policy for a data item, the download policy is defined by the dynamic download policy as enabled in a first device context of the mobile computing device. During execution of the mobile application, a current device context of the mobile application is being monitored. In response to the mobile application attempting to download the data item and in response to the current device context being the first device context, the download policy may be enforced.
US10136272B2
Methods and systems for registering a phone device on a synthetic communication network are described. One implementation receives a request to connect the phone device to a synthetic communication network that transmits messages over a data network using one or more phone numbers from a voice network. A phone number and a country code associated with the phone device to be used for communications over the synthetic network are obtained. The phone number is normalized to a standard format distinguishing the resulting normalized phone number from international phone numbers using the synthetic network. Before the phone device is registered, an association between the normalized phone number and the phone device is verified by sending a verification message addressed to the phone device that loops back to the phone device. If the phone device confirms the verification as authentic, an authorization allows the phone device to communicate over the synthetic network.
US10136271B2
This disclosure describes techniques for automatically answering an incoming voice-call on a mobile device. A voice-call answering application, executed on the mobile device, may allow a user to answer an incoming voice-call by applying a movement or a biometric sample that is preconfigured to answer the incoming voice-call. In some examples, the user may preconfigure the voice-call answering application to recognize different movements or biometric samples based on a time of day, a day of the week, a geographic location, or a type of motion.
US10136269B2
A Mobility Management Entity (MME) comprises at least one entity or layer having Mobile Switching Center (MSC) functionality to support a Short Messaging Service (SMS) between a network and a mobile station by employing Machine-to-Machine (M2M) or Machine Type Communication (MTC) protocols. A first state machine entity or layer that supports relay functions to perform forwarding of SMS messages to the mobile station. A second state machine entity or layer that supports connection functions with at least an HSS/HLR (Home Subscriber Server/Home Location Register), and with an SMS-SC (Short Messaging Service-Service Center) or GMSC/IWMSC (Gateway MSC/Interworking MSC).
US10136268B2
A Mobility Management Entity (MME) having MSC functionality implemented therein, performs a scheme of MTC device triggering has been conceived. A PS and CS combined location update is sent to the HSS/HLR by means of piggybacking of CS domain information over an interface between the MME and the HSS/HLR as part of a “combined” EPS/IMSI attach procedure or a “combined” TA/LA update procedure. The, SMS signaling is received from an SMS-SC (GMSC/IWMSC) to transfer an SMS message for an LTE-only device or a single-mode E-UTRAN device. Here, the SMS signaling is received from the SMS-SC (GMSC/IWMSC) via an interworking function (IWF) that provides interworking between a MAP interface and a Diameter interface. As a result, M2M or MTC devices can be supported for an LTE network or the like.
US10136267B2
In one embodiment, one or more computing devices determine, substantially in real time and locally at a mobile device, one or more current dynamic operating conditions of the mobile device related to energy consumption by the mobile device. The computing devices identify a pre-determined device state that corresponds to the current dynamic operating conditions of the mobile device and determine, based at least in part on the pre-determined device state, an action for the mobile device to take, the action being related to energy consumption by the mobile device.
US10136261B2
An apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data based on a location is disclosed, the apparatus for receiving the data, for example, a data receiver includes a location predictor configured to predict a location of the receiver based on location information of the receiver, a data rate calculator configured to calculate a predicted data rate during an interval based on communication environment information corresponding to the location of the receiver and the predicted location, and a buffer configured to backlog data received in advance based on the predicted data rate.
US10136258B2
In a wireless communication device, an example method of transmitting location data for a location of the wireless communication device includes using a short-range radio communication protocol to receive, without prior interrogation, radio signals from any nearby autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device, detecting the location data in a radio signal from a nearby autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device, wherein the radio signal is the strongest radio signal that includes location data, measuring a received signal level of the radio signal from the autonomously transmitting radio-transmitting device, and transmitting the location data and the received signal level of the radio signal to a third party.
US10136256B2
Disclosed is a method of determining the position of a portable user device around a vehicle by a location device placed on board the vehicle and communicating with the portable device by radio waves, including the execution of the following steps whenever the portable device receives a signal from the location device: step E3: Measuring and storing a value of strength of the signal) thus received; step E4: Measuring and storing a value of acceleration) of the portable device; step E5: Calculating a ratio between a variation of the strength value thus measured, relative to a strength value stored at a preceding instant-RSSI, and a variation of the acceleration value thus measured, relative to an acceleration value stored at the preceding instant-AC; step E6: Comparing the ratio thus calculated with at least one predetermined threshold, in order to determine a distance between the portable device and the vehicle.
US10136251B2
Architecture that enables geofence combinations and compositions where multiple correlated geofences are generated for an entity such as a point of interest. The geofences can have varying radii relative to a specific entity and represent distinct areas or aspects of the entity. The geofences can relate to correspondingly different categories to which the entity can belong. The geofences can be of differing shapes than circular, such as polygons (e.g., rectangles, squares, etc.). Moreover, these differently shaped geofences can be applied to a single entity. Each geofence of a geofence set associated with an entity can be assigned to represent different parts of an entity such as a part a shopping mall. Geofence composition is obtained by combining multiple primitive geofences to compose more complex geofence(s) for an entity and for embedding the relationship of the primitive geofences into such compositions.
US10136250B2
A system for data routing includes a set of beacons, an object, and a data routing system. A method for data routing can include: generating a routing table, determining a data routing path based on the routing table, and routing data to an endpoint based on the data routing path.
US10136249B2
Proposed are an information distribution apparatus and method capable of efficiently distributing information. Clustering processing of collecting time series position data, which is configured from position information of a plurality of mobile communication objects, and classifying the time series position data into a plurality of clusters based on the collected time series position data of each of the mobile communication objects is executed, profiling processing of determining, for each of the clusters, a dominant attribute of each user in which the time series position data was allocated to the relevant cluster based on pre-registered attribute information of each of the users of each of the mobile communication objects is executed, and, for each of the clusters, information to be distributed to each of the users in which the time series position data was allocated to the relevant cluster is determined based on a processing result of the profiling processing.
US10136247B2
A physical and virtual phone mobility system enables application tasks and resources to be shared between a mobile device and a desktop device by hosting a virtual mobile device on the desktop device when the mobile device is determined to be within a predetermined proximity of the desktop device. The local resources available to the mobile device that are typically used to perform a given application task are compared with resources that are available to the desktop device. At least partial execution of the application may be transferred, along with some state information in some cases, from the mobile device to the desktop device based on the results of the comparison according to one or more transfer rules.
US10136244B2
In a machine to machine (M2M) communication system, a common service entity hosts a registration for a remotely hosted application entity, stores a point of access address corresponding to the remotely hosted application entity, and thereby facilitates M2M communication between the remotely hosted application entity and another M2M node. The communication may be performed over the Mca interface.
US10136234B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for calibrating an audio system. The technique includes transmitting information to a robotic vehicle for positioning a microphone at a plurality of different listening locations within a listening environment and, for each different listening location, acquiring a sound measurement via the microphone. The technique further includes calibrating at least one audio characteristic of the audio system based on the sound measurements acquired at the different listening locations.
US10136232B2
A transducer protection system for the protection of at least one transducer opening in a housing of a hearing device, including a support and a plurality of fibers each fixed at one end to the support and free to move on the other end.
US10136225B2
The present disclosure relates generally to providing a flexible patch and system for communicating through hard plastic masks such as CPAP/BiPAP® masks. Using electronic circuitry and novel designs, the present systems and methods can detect speech vibrations and output audible speech from hard plastic mask wearers. For example, in certain embodiments, the present systems and methods can recognize speech through a CPAP/BiPAP® mask, filter out non-human voice related noise, and output the resulting speech of the mask wearer.
US10136222B2
[Object] To provide a signal processing apparatus which can allow a user to listen to sound assumed by a designer while a difference among individuals is taken into account. [Solution] Provided is a signal processing apparatus including: a characteristics difference calculating unit configured to calculate a difference between reproduction target characteristics of a first sound signal and characteristics of a second sound signal obtained by collecting, at a microphone provided inside a headphone, sound output from a driver which outputs the sound based on a third sound signal obtained by performing signal processing on the first sound signal; and a sound signal processing unit configured to select a parameter to be used at the signal processing based on the difference calculated by the characteristics difference calculating unit, and perform signal processing on the first sound signal.
US10136219B2
A system for selecting a loudspeaker based on its low frequency rendering. The system comprises a plurality of synthesizers for generating a corresponding plurality of signals. The system comprises a plurality of filters for band-pass filtering the plurality of generated signals. Each filter filters the signal generated by one of the plurality of synthesizers. Each filter is configured for performing the band-pass filtering in a dedicated frequency band. The system comprises a plurality of loudspeakers for playing the plurality of filtered signals. Each loudspeaker plays the signal filtered by one of the plurality of filters. The system comprises a channel configurator for selecting one among the plurality of loudspeakers based on a reference amplitude spectrum of a model signal and a low frequency response of each one of the plurality of loudspeakers.
US10136218B2
Technology for grouping, consolidating, and pairing individual playback devices with network capability (players) to stimulate a multi-channel listening environment is disclosed. An example method includes receiving an audio signal containing a range of audio frequencies; amplifying, according to a gain parameter, the audio signal to be reproduced by at least one speaker. The example method includes automatically increasing the gain parameter to a higher gain parameter responsive to a determination that no more than a subset of the range of audio frequencies is to be reproduced by the at least one speaker. The example method includes amplifying, according to the higher gain parameter, the audio signal containing no more than the subset of the range of audio frequencies to be reproduced by the at least one speaker.
US10136208B2
An apparatus that can be used as a headset and as a personal surveillance device contains a main body, a pair of earpieces, a microphone, and a camera. The main body is designed to be worn around the neck. The pair of earpieces extend from the main body allowing the user to utilize the apparatus as a headset. The microphone and the camera are externally mounted onto the main body. The positioning of the microphone is beneficial when making a phone call and for recording audio when the apparatus is used as a personal surveillance device. The camera is positioned to capture activity in front of the user. The different functionalities of the apparatus are managed with a control unit that is electronically connected to the electronic components of the present invention. The user utilizes a plurality of controls to control the different functionalities of the apparatus.
US10136206B2
Provided is a device for outputting an audio signal. The device includes: a vibrator configured to output the audio signal; a vibrator cover provided on the vibrator to transmit the output audio signal to a surface of an object mounted with the device; a sensor configured to measure a pressure between the surface of the object and the vibrator cover; a distance adjusting unit configured to adjust a distance between the surface of the object and the vibrator cover based on the pressure measured by the sensor to optimally output the audio signal; and a control unit configured to control the vibrator, the sensor, and the distance adjusting unit.
US10136203B2
To enhance positional accuracy of a speaker unit and to prevent sound leakage of sound outputted from the speaker unit and air leakage. Included are: a display configured to allow an image to be displayed on a display screen; a front board mounted on a front side of the display; a mount frame that is mounted on a rear surface side of the front board and includes a speaker mount section; a speaker bracket that is mounted on the speaker mount section and includes a sound output hole; and a speaker unit that is attached to the speaker bracket and includes a sound output section. The speaker mount section is provided with an insertion hole. The front board is provided with a mount hole superposed on the insertion hole. The speaker bracket is provided with a mount protrusion that is inserted in the insertion hole and the mount hole and is positioned with respect to the mount hole. The speaker bracket is provided with a sealing cushion located around the sound output section.
US10136201B2
A speaker assembly is provided with a housing, at least one transducer supported by the housing, and a controller. The controller is adapted to receive a first audio signal from a first audio source and a second audio signal from a second audio source. The controller is programmed to prioritize the first audio signal and the second audio signal based on a location of the housing relative to a charging station, and to provide the highest priority audio signal to the at least one transducer.
US10136188B1
Data associated with content available for immediate viewing is aggregated into a program guide. A plurality of content sources for content available for immediate viewing is mined to obtain data associated with the content available for immediate viewing from the plurality of content sources. The mined data is processed to create a program guide identifying the content available for immediate viewing. The program guide displaying the identified content available for immediate viewing is presented to a user.
US10136182B2
A device is configured to tune multiple tuners to multiple television channels. The device may receive image data and audio data for the television channels from the tuners. The device may provide the image data from the tuners for display on a display device and for display at a same time. The device may assign the audio data from a group of the tuners to respective audio channels. The device may provide the audio data from the group of tuners for output at the same time via the respective audio channels.
US10136178B2
An exemplary method includes a web services provider system detecting an input command provided by a user during a scheduling session and representative of a request for a local digital video recording (“DVR”) system to record a media program during a presentation time period that is subsequent to the scheduling session. During the scheduling session and in response to the input command, the web services provider system identifies a maximum number of media programs other than the media program and that are already scheduled to be concurrently recorded by the local DVR system at any given time during the presentation time period, determines whether the maximum number equals a maximum recording limitation of the local DVR system, and performs, based on the determination whether the maximum number equals the maximum recording limitation of the local DVR system, a predetermined action with respect to the media program.
US10136175B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a list of media subscriptions offered by a content source, providing one or more questions for display on a display device of a user, receiving one or more answers to the one or more questions, and determining a media subscription based on the one or more answers.
US10136173B2
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically displaying hyperlinks in a video based on various factors associated with a device at which the video is played and/or a user of the device. In one or more aspects, a system includes a request component configured to receive a request to play a video hosted by a media provider. The system further includes a selection component configured to select a subset of links included in a set of links associated with the video to provide with the video when it is played in response to the request based in part on a number of links included in the set of links, wherein graphical elements respectively representative of the links included in the subset of links are configured to be displayed over the video when the video is played in response to the request.
US10136170B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for an optimization system that recommends amounts of resources for use in reaching viewers during a media asset. The optimization system, using control circuitry, receives a user input of a first value of a resource and determines a first rate at which a number of unique household viewers reached during a first media asset changes for the first value. The optimization system compares the first rate to a threshold rate and determines whether the first rate equals or exceeds the threshold rate. The optimization system, in response to determining that the first rate does not equal or exceed the threshold rate, recommends a second value to the user.
US10136160B2
An encoding method includes applying a search range constraint on a search range of a block in a current frame, and encoding the block in the current frame with pixel information in a reference frame according to inter prediction performed based on the search range of the block in the current frame, wherein a resolution of the current frame is different from a resolution of the reference frame.
US10136158B2
An intra prediction method and a device using the intra prediction method are provided. The intra prediction method using a DC mode includes setting a bottom-right pixel to a DC-predicted value, interpolating the bottom-right pixel and an n-th top reference pixel to derive predicted values of an n-th column and interpolating the bottom-right pixel and an n-th left reference pixel to derive predicted values of an n-row, and performing bidirectional linear interpolation to derive predicted values of pixels included in a prediction unit other than the n-th row and the n-th column.
US10136146B1
Techniques for encoding media content are described that reduce the overhead associated with metadata when the encoded content is streamed over a network. Some of these techniques involve the selection of parameters or consolidation of information to ensure consistency or uniformity of metadata values. Others relate to the recognition and removal of redundancies or optional information. Still others take advantage of characteristics of specific bit rate scenarios to more efficiently represent information.
US10136144B2
A method and apparatus for inter-layer prediction for scalable video coding are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention apply inter-layer adaptive filtering to the video data derived from the reconstructed BL video data to generate inter-layer adaptive filtered data. The inter-layer adaptive filtered data is then included as prediction data to encode or decode the EL video data. The video data derived from the reconstructed BL video data is up-sampled before applying inter-layer adaptive filtering. The up-sampling may also be included in the inter-layer adaptive filtering. In another embodiment, the inter-layer adaptive filtering comprises adaptive up-sampling. For up-sampled BL video data at locations not collocated with the EL video data, the up-sampled BL video data is divided into location types according to locations of the up-sampled BL video data. Each location type may have an individual filter for up-sampling video data in the group.
US10136133B2
A high dynamic range input video signal characterized by either a gamma-based or a perceptually-quantized (PQ) source electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) is to be compressed. Given a luminance range for an image-region in the input, for a gamma-coded input signal, a rate-control adaptation method in the encoder adjusts a region-based quantization parameter (QP) so that it increases in highlight regions and decreases in dark regions, otherwise, for a PQ-coded input, the region-based QP increases in the dark areas and decreases in the highlight areas.
US10136132B2
Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of innovations in the area of encoding pictures or portions of pictures and determining whether and how certain encoding operations should be performed and flagged for performance by the decoder in the bitstream. In particular examples, various implementations for selectively encoding picture portions (e.g., blocks) in a skip mode (e.g., as in the skip mode of the H.265/HEVC standard) are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosed techniques can be used to improve encoder efficiency, decrease overall encoder resource usage, and/or improve encoder speed. Such embodiments can be used in encoder modes in which efficient, fast encoder performance is desired (e.g., during encoding of live events, such as video conferencing).
US10136131B2
By one approach a control circuit receives video information to be encoded, uses a particular rounding control value when processing the video information, and detects when color banding occurs when processing the video information using the particular rounding control value and responsively reprocesses the video information using a different rounding control value. By another approach, the control circuit has a plurality of different intra prediction types, including a planar intra prediction type, available to use when encoding the video information and wherein the control circuit determines when the planar intra prediction type can be employed without testing use of all of the plurality of different intra prediction types. By yet another approach, the control circuit selects block coding parameters, at least in part, by comparing corresponding mode costs, detects a smooth area in the video information, and then modifies mode costs as a function of having detected the smooth area.
US10136123B2
A display system for illuminating surfaces of objects in a ride or show set for viewing by a viewer in a viewing space wearing three-dimensional (3D) glasses or headgear. The 3D glasses or headgear is adapted to pass or transmit light associated with a first set of three wavelengths to a left eye and to pass or transmit light with a second set of three wavelengths differing from the first set of three wavelengths. Each of these wavelengths may be associated with a primary color wavelength for providing left and right eye content to a viewer. The system, therefore, may include a wavelength multiplex visualization (WMV) projection system projecting light having the first and second sets of three wavelengths to provide the viewer stereo content via the 3D glasses or headgear.
US10136122B2
The present disclosure relates to an autostereoscopic three-dimensional (or, 3D) display using a switchable barrier. The present disclosure provides an autostereoscopic 3D display comprising: a display panel including a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix manner; and a switchable barrier disposed on a front surface of the display panel, wherein the switchable barrier includes: a lower substrate having first lower electrodes, a first passivation layer covering the first lower electrodes, second lower electrodes on the first passivation layer, a second passivation layer covering the second lower electrodes, and third lower electrodes on the second passivation layer; an upper substrate having an upper electrode facing with the first lower electrodes, the second lower electrodes and the third lower electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate.
US10136120B2
A mobile or portable device comprises an illuminating arrangement comprising a light source, and an amplitude splitting interferometer configured to form an interferogram of light emitted by the light source. The illuminating arrangement is configured to illuminate a target region lying at a distance of at least 10 cm from the device by the interferogram, thereby projecting a structured light pattern onto the target region. The device further comprises an image sensor configured to capture at least one digital image frame of the target region illuminated by the interferogram, and a processing unit configured to obtain image data of the at least one digital image frame, and determine depth of at least one object location in the target region relative to a reference location on the basis of the obtained image data.
US10136119B2
In an example, a method of decoding video data includes determining whether a reference index for a current block corresponds to an inter-view reference picture, and when the reference index for the current block corresponds to the inter-view reference picture, obtaining, from an encoded bitstream, data indicating a view synthesis prediction (VSP) mode of the current block, where the VSP mode for the reference index indicates whether the current block is predicted with view synthesis prediction from the inter-view reference picture.
US10136107B2
An image sensor may have an array of image pixels arranged in color filter unit cells that each have at least one red image pixel that generates red image signals, at least one blue image pixel that generate blue image signals, at least one clear image pixels that generate clear image signals, at least one infrared image pixel that generates infrared image signals, and optionally at least one green image pixel that generates green image signals. The image sensor may be coupled to processing circuitry that performs chroma demosaicking operations on the image signals. The processing circuitry may generate an infrared image using the infrared image signals and a luminance value using the clear, red, blue, and infrared image signals. The processing circuitry may perform point filter operations on the image signals based on the generated luminance value to produce corrected visible light image signals having improved image quality.
US10136102B2
An online conferencing system that provides an automatic mechanism to broadcast an online conference. A video gathering component gathers video streams for each of at least some of the current participants in the online conference. A broadcast start triggering component allows one or more of the participants to trigger operation of a broadcasting component. The broadcast component that, when triggered, causes a resulting video stream comprising at least a composite of at least some of the gathered video streams to be published to a plurality of viewers. In some embodiments, pre-processing of the video streams to create the resulting video stream also occurs. Such pre-processing could include, for instance, composing a stream from multiple video streams, altering one or more of the video streams, applying augmented reality to the video stream, and so forth.
US10136097B2
RAW camera images may be processed by a computer system using either a particular application or a system level service. In either case, at least some parameters needed for the processing are preferably separated from the executable binary of the application or service, and are provided in separate, non-executable, data-only files. Each of these files can correspond to a particular camera or other imaging device. When a user of the system attempts to open a RAW image file from an unsupported device, the local system may contact a server for on-demand download and on-the-fly installation of the required support resource.
US10136094B2
A display apparatus that displays an image includes a connection unit that is connected to an external apparatus and receives an image signal and a control signal from the external apparatus, a display unit that displays an image based on the image signal received by the connection unit, and a control unit that performs reconnection action of causing the connection unit to enter a first state in which the control unit recognizes that the external apparatus has not been connected to the connection unit and then causing the connection unit to enter a second state in which the control unit recognizes that the external apparatus has been connected to the connection unit.
US10136085B2
The present technology relates to a signal processing device, an imaging element, and an electronic apparatus configured so that a cost increase can be suppressed.A signal processing device of the present technology includes: a comparison unit configured to compare a signal level of an analog signal with a signal level of a reference signal; a selection unit configured to select, from a plurality of reference signals, the reference signal to be supplied to the comparison unit; and a switching unit capable of switching a signal line connected to an input terminal of the comparison unit such that a signal line via which the reference signal selected by the selection unit is transmitted is connected to the input terminal of the comparison unit, wherein the comparison unit includes a floating node as the input terminal, the selection unit includes a signal line in which a parasitic capacitance is caused between the signal line and the floating node as the input terminal of the comparison unit, and the signal line of the selection unit is configured to transmit an identical level of signal in multiple comparison processes performed by the comparison unit. The present technology is applicable to, e.g., an imaging element and an electronic apparatus.
US10136070B2
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit, a memory configured to store image data that is output at a predetermined framerate from the image capturing unit, a write unit configured to write the image data to the memory, a readout unit configured to read out the image data stored in the memory, a display unit configured to display an image based on the image data read out by the readout unit, and a control unit configured to control reading out of the image data by the readout unit, wherein the control unit performs control such that a frame of image data read out by the readout unit differs between when electronic zoom is operating and when electronic zoom is not operating.
US10136065B2
A method is provided for the transformation of a moving image sequence and a moving image sequence transformation device designed for executing the transformation method. For a current individual image of the moving image sequence, the method forms a transformation basis (1) in which a first individual image, the current individual image, and a second individual image are arranged adjacent to each other. Intersection points (S1, S2) are determined for connecting lines (7, 8) which extend from image points corresponding to each other from the first individual image and the current individual image and from the current individual image to the second individual image, comprising image starting limits and image end limits (15, 16) of the current individual image. A new image point position of an image point in the current individual image results from averaging the intersection points.
US10136058B2
An example virtual presence system includes at least a first and second mobile device in electronic communication with one another, a panoramic camera coupled to the second mobile device. A user of the first mobile device can specify a position (e.g., location or orientation), such as via a joystick or head-mounted display. The specified position is transmitted to the second mobile device, which selectively obtains image data from the panoramic camera corresponding to the specified position. The selected image data is transmitted as a video stream or other format to the first mobile device, thereby allowing the user of the first mobile device to view surrounding environment available at the second mobile device.
US10136056B2
Provided are a panoramic imaging apparatus, a panoramic imaging system, a method of generating a panoramic image using the panoramic imaging system, a computer-readable recording medium, and a computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium The panoramic imaging apparatus includes a first camera module capturing an omnidirectional image, a second camera module positioned a certain distance away from the first camera module and capturing an omnidirectional image, and a controller generating and storing an image frame based on the omnidirectional image captured by at least one of the first camera module and the second camera module Each of the first camera module and the second camera module includes two lenses having a viewing angle greater than or equal to 180°, sharing an optical axis, and formed to be convex in opposite directions of each other to capture the omnidirectional image.
US10136054B2
An image processing device includes an input unit, a selection unit, a matching unit, an estimation unit and a merging unit. The input unit sequentially inputs images. The selection unit selects a reference image from among the input images. The matching unit calculates a correspondence relationship between a feature point of the reference image and a feature point of a target image. The estimation unit estimates an equation that causes a coordinate system of the reference image to correspond to a coordinate system of the target image using positional information of a pair of the feature points whose correspondence relationship has been calculated by the matching unit by regarding a motion between the reference image and the target image as only a rotational motion of the imaging element. The merging unit merges the input image and the target image to generate the composite image based on the equation.
US10136053B2
This disclosure teaches a system and method for controlling a specimen scanner remotely. In one embodiment, a method for controlling a specimen scanner remotely can comprise the step of communicating with a specimen scanner to a network. The specimen scanner can comprise a camera, a stage, one or more lenses, and one or more light sources. The method can comprise the additional step of providing a graphical user interface to a remote computer connected to the network. The graphical user interface can be operable to control the camera, choose one of the one or more lenses, and adjust the one or more light sources. The method can further comprise the step of receiving instructions from the remote computer, and controlling the specimen scanner based on those instructions.
US10136052B2
Methods and apparatus to capture photographs using mobile devices are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a photograph capturing controller to capture a photograph with a mobile device. the example apparatus further includes a perspective analyzer, implemented by the mobile device, to analyze the photograph to determine a probability of perspective being present in the photograph. The example apparatus also includes a photograph capturing interface to prompt a user to capture a new photograph when the probability of perspective exceeds a threshold.
US10136044B2
A method, apparatus and system for sharing object information which executes a video-chat session between an agent and a mobile client using an application hosted by a server. There is presented a view in common executed by a server application to both the agent and the mobile client for viewing objects captured by the mobile client during the video-chat session. There is identified by the agent a viewed object captured by the mobile client where the captured objected has been viewed by the agent in the common view during the video-chat session. The captured objected may be selected by the agent during the video-chat session and the agent may retrieve information remotely about the selected object to send to the mobile client.
US10136042B2
An imaging device connectable via a connector to a flash control device which is connectable via the connecting section and which has a memory storing information on whether or not to incorporate a flash function, the imaging device comprising: a controller which communicates with the flash control device connected to the connector, and controls the flash control device, wherein the controller communicates with the flash control device to determine the information, and switches control of the flash control device according to a determination result.
US10136017B2
An information processing system having an information processing apparatus and programs includes an application memory unit storing applications executing a series of processes using electronic data, in which program identification information, parameter setup information, and flow identification information are defined, a use screen memory unit storing use screen information of defining a form; a first receiving unit receiving a first request including the application identification information; a first sending unit sending the use screen information; a second receiving unit, an acquiring unit acquiring the flow information identified by the flow identification information included in the second request, and an executing unit causing the program identified by the flow information to be executed using the parameter included in the second request in conformity with the execution order to execute the series of processes using the electronic data based on the information related to the electronic data.
US10136012B2
An image reading apparatus that is capable of determining whether an original is a blank-paper original without stopping a reading operation. A feeding unit feeds an original to a read position. A read unit is equipped with a plurality of line sensors that read the original at the read position. An obtaining unit obtains dust-position information about dust adhering to the read position based on image information that is obtained by reading a guide member arranged corresponding to the read position with the read unit before reading the original. A determination unit determines whether the original is a blank-paper original using image information corresponding to pixels without being affected by the dust that is obtained by excluding image information corresponding to the dust-position information from image information read by the line sensors of the read unit.
US10136005B2
An image processing apparatus includes: a scanner, memory storing instructions; and a controller, when executing the instructions, causing the image processing apparatus to execute: a first reception processing of receiving instruction data, a first determination processing of determining whether the instruction data is screen instruction data or action instruction data. If the instruction data is the screen instruction data, the image processing apparatus executes: a display processing of displaying a setting screen, an acceptance processing of accepting a user operation designating the parameter; a first storage processing of storing the parameter designated by the acceptance processing. If the instruction data is the action instruction data, the image processing apparatus executes: a scan instruction processing of causing the scanner to execute the scanning action; a generation processing of generating the metadata, with using the parameter stored in the memory, and a second transmission processing.
US10135997B2
Technologies for converting mobile communications network billing records include a billing record converter system. The billing record converter system receives a data usage billing record associated with a mobile computing device communicatively coupled to a long term evolution wireless communications network. The received data usage billing record is formatted according to a real-time data usage billing record format. The received data usage billing record is converted into a new data usage billing record formatted according to a roaming data usage billing record format that corresponds to a legacy wireless communications network. The new data usage billing record is transmitted to a billing system of the legacy wireless communications network for processing. In some embodiments, the billing record converter system cumulates and converts multiple data usage billing records associated with the mobile computing device into the new data usage billing record. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10135990B2
Disclosed is a technology for a sensor network, machine to machine (M2M), machine type communication (MTC), and internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure can be used for intelligent services (for example, services related to a smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety) based on the technology. A method of controlling a visitor's call by a first terminal in a home network system includes: reading home information pre-stored in the communication module when communication with a communication module installed inside the home is possible; transmitting a visit request message including the home information and identification information of the first terminal to the smart home server or a at least on second terminal from among a plurality of second terminals; and communicating with the at least one second terminal when at least one of the plurality of second terminals accepts communication with the first terminal.
US10135987B1
Techniques for handling contacts and agents in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for handling contacts and agents in a contact center system including determining a first caller grade for a first call, determining a first agent grade for a first agent, and matching the first caller and the first agent based on a comparison of the first caller grade with the first agent grade.
US10135985B1
The technology disclosed herein enables a call to be immediately reconnected to an agent of a contact center after the agent has been disconnected. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, determining that a first agent system, operated by a first agent of a plurality of agents for the contact center, has been disconnected from a call between the first agent system and a first caller system operated by a first caller. The first caller system remains connected to the contact center. If the first agent system was disconnected due to a recoverable error, the method provides reconnecting the call to the first agent system once the first agent system has recovered. If the first agent system was disconnected due to a non-recoverable error, the method provides prioritizing the reconnection of the call to another one of the plurality of agents.
US10135983B2
Associating customers of a contact center with their social media presence may provide mutual benefits to the customer and contact center. For example, a business operating a contact center can receive information about their current and potential customers and customers can receive additional information, incentives, or other perks by allowing access to their social media profile. When a customer initially calls a contact center, they are provided with a code and asked to post the code on a page or other aspect of the company's social media presence. The social media identity of the customer can then be associated with the customer placing the call. The call center can then access additional information about the customer and respond accordingly.
US10135981B2
Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe insight-based routing that is used to improve processing during a communication of a help desk service. Real-time signal data is collected from a communication between a customer and a first support agent. The real-time signal data is evaluated to generate real-time insights for the communication. A determination is made as to whether the first needs assistance based on an evaluation of the real-time insights. A second support agent is identified to assist the first support agent based on a determination that the first support agent needs assistance. The second support agent is identified based on an application of a model that analyzes support agent data for a pool of support agents in correlation with the real-time insights. The second agent is then added to the communication to provide additional assistance in resolving a help desk case.
US10135980B1
A video stream from a webcam or video telephone is received. The video stream can be analyzed in real-time as it is being received or can be recorded and stored for later analysis. Information within the video streams can be extracted and processed by a facial and video content recognition engine and the information derived therefrom can be stored as metadata. The metadata can be used for enriching the call content recorded by a recorder. The information derived from the video streams can be used to solve business and legal issues.
US10135973B2
A carrier platform sends a query requesting CNAM information associated with a call to a CNAM database. A caller reputation server intercepts the query from the carrier platform to the CNAM database. The caller reputation server determines reputation information for the call. The reputation information indicates the likelihood that the call is a nuisance call. The caller reputation server further generates a reputation message describing the reputation information and sends the reputation message to the carrier platform in response to the query. As a result, the carrier platform sends the reputation message to a called device.
US10135969B2
A controller for an echo suppressor configured to suppress a residual echo of a far-end signal included in a primary error signal, the controller adapted for operation with a primary adaptive filter configured to form a primary echo estimate of the far-end signal included in a microphone signal and an echo canceller configured to cancel that primary echo estimate from the microphone signal so as to form the primary error signal, the controller comprising: a secondary adaptive filter configured to form a secondary echo estimate of the far-end signal comprised in the microphone signal; and control logic operable in at least two modes selected in dependence on a convergence state of the primary adaptive filter, the control logic being configured to control activation of the echo suppressor in dependence one or more transient or steady state decision parameters.
US10135968B2
A system and method for acoustic echo cancellation is provided. Embodiments may include receiving, at one or more microphones, an audio reference signal from an audio speaker. Embodiments may also include filtering the audio reference signal using one or more adaptive audio filters. Embodiments may further include analyzing a level of signal energy of the audio reference signal with regard to time, frequency and audio channel to identify at least one maximum error contribution point. Embodiments may also include updating the one or more adaptive audio filters based upon, at least in part, the analyzed audio reference signal.
US10135965B2
A digital assistant operating on a device is configured to be engaged as an active participant in communications between local and remote parties by listening to voice and video calls and participating in messaging sessions. The digital assistant typically can be initiated by voice using a key word or phrase and then be requested to perform tasks, provide information and services, etc. using voice or gestures. The digital assistant can respond to the request and take appropriate actions. In voice and video calls, the interactions with the digital assistant (i.e., the request, response, and actions) can be heard by both parties to the call as if the digital assistant was a third party on the call. In a messaging session, messages are generated and displayed to each participant so that they can see the interactions with the digital assistant as if it was a participant.
US10135954B2
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with accessing dock device content on a remote client device wirelessly are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry to receive UoIP packets originating from a UoIP client at a wireless network interface of the dock device. The UoIP packets may be associated with an access of a local storage device coupled to a storage interface of the dock device using a non-USB protocol. The one or more processors, devices, and/or circuitry may be to translate the UoIP packets for the storage interface.
US10135949B1
Systems and methods for generating and managing stories and sub-stories presented to a user's client device are described. In one example embodiment, a server system communicates a portion of a first story to a first client device based on a first client device association with a user segment assigned to the first story. The server system receives a first selection communication associated with a first piece of content of the first story, accesses a second story based on the selection, and communicates a portion of the second story to the first client device.
US10135948B2
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates a migration of a data model from a source device to a target device. During operation, the system generates, by a target device, a first interest for a first manifest which represents a version of the data model, wherein a manifest indicates a phase of the migration and a plurality of resources with corresponding names. The system transmits a first plurality of interests for the resources indicated in the first manifest based on a corresponding name. The system receives a second manifest, wherein the migration phase indicated in the second manifest is a stop-and-copy phase. The system transmits a second plurality of interests for the resources indicated in the second manifest based on a corresponding name. The system starts the data model on the system based on content objects retrieved in response to the first and second plurality of interests.
US10135940B2
A method of handling event subscriptions and notifications may include receiving a request from a client system to subscribe to an event type, and receiving a template from the client system. The template may define data that should be returned to the client system when an event of the event type occurs. In response to the event of the event type occurring, the method may also include packaging data associated with the event according to the template received from the client system to generate an event notification. The method may further include sending the event notification to the client system.
US10135939B2
A method and apparatus for sending a delivery notification of a network application-related product are provided. The method includes: selecting a delivery executing server in advance from multiple delivery servers of an application; acquiring quality of service information of the delivery executing server of the application; judging, according to a predefined judging rule, whether the quality of service information meets a requirement; and if the requirement is met, retaining the delivery executing server unchanged; otherwise, setting another delivery server of the application as a delivery executing server; and sending a delivery notification to a current delivery executing server of the application upon detecting the delivery notification of the application to be sent.
US10135935B2
An Interactive Tracking Virtual World (ITVW) system, may be utilized with other systems accessible through the Internet and/or a communications network. The ITVW system may be operable as an online game and/or to provide a virtual environment. ITVW system users (i.e., ITVW users) may be individuals or groups, such as parents and/or their children, which utilize the ITVW system for tracking an identity within the ITVW system. The ITVW system may also include ITVW system participants (i.e., ITVW participants), such as commercial business establishments, individuals and/or other entities associated with the ITVW system. The ITVW system collects an ITVW user's location information and location history.
US10135934B2
The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to a system comprising a portable sensor device including a housing having a physical size/shape that is adapted to couple to a user's body, an identification tag including identification data which is associated with the sensor device and an identification tag transmitter to responsively and wirelessly transmit the identification data according to a first communication protocol. The system further includes a portable electronic device including an identification tag receiver to wirelessly receive the identification data of the identification tag according to the first communication protocol, transceiver circuitry to wirelessly and responsively communicate with the sensor device according to a second communication protocol, and processing circuitry to instruct the transceiver circuitry, after receiving the identification data, to wirelessly request, from the sensor device the sensor data and/or data which is representative of the sensor data.
US10135914B2
A connection publishing method for a distributed load balancer in which a router receives packets from at least one client and routes packet flows to multiple load balancer (LB) nodes, which in turn distribute the packet flows among multiple server nodes. A load balancer (LB) module on each server node determines and publishes a list of active connections between client(s) and the server (a connection publishing packet) back to the LB nodes. The LB module may randomly select a LB node to receive the packet. Upon receiving the packet, the LB node processes the connection information in the packet, distributing the connection information among appropriate LB nodes. Receiving the connection publishing information from the server nodes refreshes leases for the connections on the LB nodes.
US10135905B2
Target electronic devices can be remotely controlled using a personal electronic device are disclosed. The personal electronic device can identify target devices that are responsive to remote control. The personal electronic device displays graphical user interface objects that, when selected, cause the personal electronic device to instruct the target electronic device to perform an operation.
US10135895B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcasting contents which repeatedly transmits segment based broadcasting contents to easily develop next generation broadcasting service and system so that it looks as if the contents are continuously reproduced even when contents having a limited capacity are repeatedly reproduced and a test environment which is the same as an actual broadcasting environment is provided.
US10135889B2
A system, method, and device for use in videoconferencing. The method typically includes installing a videoconferencing services switch at an access point to an IP network, and registering a plurality of subscribers for videoconferencing services. Each subscriber typically has a plurality of endpoints. The method further includes receiving subscriber-specific settings to be applied to multiple videoconferencing calls from the plurality of endpoints associated with each subscriber. The method further includes storing the subscriber-specific settings at a location accessible to the switch, and configuring the switch to connect calls from the plurality of endpoints at each subscriber based on the corresponding subscriber-specific settings.
US10135884B2
A system for mediating access to a computer network comprises the steps of identifying a user who wishes to access the computer network, obtaining quality of service data specific to the user, generating a token comprising the quality of service data and providing an output derived from the token to the user. Optionally, the system can further comprise receiving a request from the user for access to the computer network and providing access to the computer network to the user according to the token.
US10135870B2
A closed-loop system is operatively connected with a block chain distributed network for using the block chain distributed network for facilitating operation of a transaction record sharing system between member institutions comprising a host system and a source system. Host and source institutions function to share the transaction records from member institutions such that a host institution that is a member of the block chain may obtain the transaction records of all source institutions of the block chain. The transaction records are validated on the block chain such that the transaction records are secure represent a source of truth.
US10135867B2
Disclosed is a computerized system for dynamically updating a honeypot computer environment. The system typically includes a processor, a memory, and a honeypot management module stored in the memory. The system for is typically configured for: creating a honeypot environment within a computer network, the honeypot environment comprising a software application, wherein the computer network has one or more other environments, the honeypot environment being isolated from the other environments of the computer network; receiving an update to the software application for implementation in at least one of the other environments of the computer network; and, based on receiving the update to the software application for implementation in at least one of the other environments of the computer network, automatically implementing the update to the software application within the honeypot environment.
