US10161262B2
A method for producing a thermal barrier in a multilayered system for protecting a metal part made of superalloy, by producing a thermal treatment by flash sintering protection materials in layers superposed on the metal part in an SPS machine enclosure. The layers contain, on a superalloy substrate, at least two layers of zirconium-based refractory ceramics. A metal part is produced according to a SPS flash sintering method and contains a superalloy substrate, a metal sub-layer, a TGO oxide layer and the thermal barrier formed by the method. A first ceramic is an inner ceramic designed to have a substantially higher expansion coefficient. An outer ceramic is designed to have at least lower thermal conductivity, and at least one of a sintering temperature or maximum operating temperature that is substantially higher. The thermal barrier has a composition and porosity gradient from the metal sub-layer to the outer ceramic.
US10161261B2
To identify abnormal behavior in a turbine blade, a failure detection system generates a “fingerprint” for each blade on a turbine. The fingerprint may be a grouping a dynamic, physical characteristics of the blade such as its mass, strain ratio, damping ratio, and the like. While the turbine is operating, the failure detection system receives updated sensor information that is used to determine the current characteristics of the blade. If the current characteristics deviate from the characteristics in the blade's fingerprint, the failure detection system may compare the characteristics of the blade that deviates from the fingerprint to characteristics of another blade on the turbine. If the current characteristics of the blade are different from the characteristics of the other blade, the failure detection system may change the operational mode of the turbine such as disconnecting the turbine from the utility grid or stopping the rotor.
US10161259B2
A seal apparatus for a rotary machine, including a plurality of sealing assembly segments surrounding a rotor element which is mounted for rotation about a longitudinal axis and has an outer surface. Each of the segments includes a shoe with one or more labyrinth teeth facing the outer surface and a shoe plate disposed downstream of the one or more labyrinth seal teeth and configured to generate an aerodynamic force between the shoe plate and the outer surface of the rotor element. The shoe is further configured to be flexible in a radial-axial plane in response to fluid film forces generated by interaction of the sealing assembly segment and the rotor element, and an axially-oriented beam spring connects the shoe to a stationary seal body.
US10161257B2
A gas turbine engine arcuate leaf seal assembly includes arcuate leaf seal extending radially and circumferentially between adjacent first and second turbine components. Upper and lower leaf seal portions of leaf seal are in radially spaced apart arcuate upper and lower grooves in the first and second turbine components respectively. The seal includes an arcuate body and a circumferential retention tab extending radially away from body and disposed in a notch in a wall of grooves. Seal may have a thickness between 3 mils and 35 mils and/or torsional stiffness between 0.015 and 0.15 lb/in. Turbine components may be radially adjacent turbine nozzle upper and lower components. The upper or lower component may be made of a ceramic matrix composite material. Annular cooling air plenum including flow cavities in inner support ring segments may be in lower component and in flow communication with hollow fairing airfoils.
US10161255B2
Various embodiments of the invention include turbine nozzles and systems employing such nozzles. Various particular embodiments include a turbine nozzle having: an airfoil having: a suction side; a pressure side opposing the suction side; a leading edge spanning between the pressure side and the suction side; and a trailing edge opposing the leading edge and spanning between the pressure side and the suction side; and at least one endwall connected with the airfoil along the suction side, pressure side, trailing edge and the leading edge, the at least one endwall including a non-axisymmetric contour proximate a junction between the endwall and the leading edge of the airfoil.
US10161250B2
A rotor includes a rotor hub that is rotatable about an axis. The rotor hub includes a bore portion and a rim. An arm extends axially and radially inwardly from the rim. The arm has a radially inner side, a radially outer side, and a protruding ramp on the radially outer side.
US10161249B2
The invention relates to a suction/compression assembly for aspirating/compressing gases from/in a system to/from an external environment. The assembly includes an operating machine comprising a body, which defines a chamber, within which one or more rotors are housed, rotating about a corresponding rotation axis. Such a chamber has a symmetrical transverse section evaluated on a plane with respect to at least one first reference plane on which said rotation axis lies. The assembly comprises a device for injecting gas into said chamber which comprises a manifold, connectable to an external source, and a plurality of injection pipes connected to the manifold and to the body of the machine. The body defines a plurality of injection passages, each of which is configured to make one of said injection pipes communicating with the chamber of the machine.
US10161236B2
Methods of fracturing a subterranean formation are described wherein sintered ceramic proppants are used in at least two different stages. Each stage can utilize the same or a different type of proppant relative to one or more of the other stages, and the same or a different type of fracturing fluid relative to one or more of the other stages. At least one of the stages uses a proppant having a monodispersity of 3-sigma distribution or lower. A first stage can be used that exhibits at least one proppant performance property having a first value. A second stage can be used that exhibits the same proppant performance property as the first stage but at a value that differs from the first value by at least 10%.
US10161226B2
A safety apparatus for personnel on an oil drilling rig includes a cylindrical quick disconnect switch having a receptacle and a plunger. The receptacle has an open circuit pair of electrical wires. The plunger is configured to attach to a derrick man. The plunger and the receptacle are configured to mate when the plunger is inserted into the receptacle and to remain frictionally mated until pulled apart. The mating results in closing the circuit between the pair of electrical wires.
US10161224B2
Paraffin deposits from downhole tubing, pumps and valves are removed by hot water and recycling the hot water to allow continual intermittent cleaning throughout the lifespan of the well. Heated water travels down the hollow rod annulus, entering the hollow rod string through ports at the bottom, temporarily heating both strings to melt and mobilized paraffin to enable intermittent pumping paraffin and debris to surface.
US10161219B2
A system and method for selectively locking open or close a gravel pack-circulating sleeve is disclosed. The sleeve is movably coupled to a first chamber containing a fluid. The first chamber is fluidly connected to a second chamber through a fluid flow controller. Shifting of the sleeve between open and closed positions is resisted by a the fluid flow controller. The resistance to fluid flow can reduce or eliminate inadvertent shifting of the sleeve due to short bumps and small loads upon the sleeve. To overcome the resistance to fluid flow and to shift the sleeve, a continuous load can be applied to the sleeve.
US10161204B2
The present disclosure is directed to stabilized drill cuttings and a process to stabilize the drill cuttings recovered from drilling a well. The cuttings are mixed with an emulsifier and waxy binding agent and then passed through a centrifuge to separate the stabilized drill cuttings from liquid. The stabilized drill cuttings can then be disposed in a suitable landfill. The stabilized cuttings may also be processed to remove oil and/or bitumen from them, prior to disposal.
US10161201B2
A method for pushing and pulling rod strings through the ground or an underground pipe. A grip assembly is supported on a stationary frame and moveable relative to the stationary frame. The grip assembly has a slip bowl tapering from a large opening to a small opening in a first direction, a plurality of slips, and an actuator. The actuator powers relative axial movement between the slip bowl and the slips. A positioning assembly carries the grip assembly and powers its reciprocating and straight-line movement to urge the grip assembly in either a first or second direction. The grip assembly will work when operated to push or pull the pipe, irrespective of the is direction of the slips.
US10161198B2
A method and apparatus for centering a casing section in a wellbore. A centralizer includes a plurality of centralizer bow springs arranged between and around circumferences of end bands. The end bands are arranged over stop collars such that the end bands can rotate about and slide along the stop collars. At least one stop collar includes a radially-inward-extending lug that engages a groove in the stop collar. The groove limits the amount by which the end band can slide relative to the stop collar. When the centralizer is lowered into a wellbore, an interference between the lug in the end band and the groove in the stop collar can pull the centralizer into the wellbore. The pulling force can prevent the centralizer bow springs from expanding radially outward due to contact forces with edges of the wellbore.
US10161194B2
A downhole tool includes a housing that includes a bore therethrough to receive a portion of a downhole conveyance that extends linearly through the bore from a first opening in the housing to a second opening in the housing, the downhole conveyance including a communication line sized to communicate instructions that includes at least one of logic or data; and a grip assembly at least partially positioned in the bore to engagingly hold the portion of the downhole conveyance at a tension at least equal to a breaking strength of the downhole conveyance.
US10161193B2
A plug for use in a downhole tool collar allows a seal between the inside and outside of the collar. The plug provides an electromagnetically transparent window through which the signals from the measurement device may propagate to or from the surrounding formation. The plug assembly includes an inner retainer, an outer retainer, and a plug. The inner retainer may be inserted into the inside of a slot formed in the collar. The inner retainer may have a concave inner surface to match the cylindrical inner surface of the collar. Likewise, the outer collar may be inserted into the outside of the slot, and may have a convex outer surface to match the cylindrical outer surface of the collar. The plug may fit into slots in the inner and outer retainers and be held in place within the slot.
US10161192B2
One example of a downhole self-isolating wellbore drilling system to pulverize formation cuttings includes a cutting grinder tool and an isolation tool. The cutting grinder tool can be attached to a drill string uphole relative to a drill bit attached to a downhole end of the drill string. The cutting grinder tool can receive and pulverize formation cuttings resulting from drilling a formation using the drill bit. The isolation tool can be attached to the drill string uphole relative to the cutting grinder tool. The isolation tool can control flow of the pulverized formation cuttings mixed with a drilling mud uphole through the drill string.
US10161179B2
A three dimensional scaffold formed of mesh, or semi-porous material is designed to be inserted into and to surround an opening in the exterior structure of a building to receive a fenestration product such as a door, a vent, a window and a skylight. The three dimensional scaffold is pre-formed into three-dimensional shapes that include corners, returns, back-dams, and optional head flaps that provide a scaffold and backing for the application of a fluid applied water/weather-proofing material. The separate fluid applied waterproofing/weatherproofing may be applied by spray, brush or roll and can be asphalt, rubber, plastic or other fluid applied material. The scaffolding may be formed out of mesh, or other semi-porous fiberglass, metal, plastic, synthetic or other material that can be formed into three dimensional shapes. When combined with a fluid applied weather/waterproofing, the scaffolding provides a superior, continuous, reinforced weather/water-proofing system to protect openings and fenestrations in buildings.
US10161176B1
A grain bin cover opening system for remotely and safely opening grain bin covers. The grain bin cover opening system generally includes an upper arm adapted to raise or lower a cover, a lower arm connectable to a fixed bracket on the grain bin. The grain bin cover opening system also may include an actuator operably coupled between the upper arm and the lower arm to move the upper arm away from or toward the lower arm, in order to open the cover. The System may also include an inner stiffener coupled to the lower arm, configured to slide into and out of an outer stiffener coupled to the upper arm to maintain a substantially constant angle between the upper arm and the lower arm.
US10161175B2
A vehicle door system is disclosed. The system comprises a door actuator, at least one sensor, and a controller. The at least one sensor is configured to capture data corresponding to an environment local to the vehicle. The controller is configured to process the data to identify at least one object moving proximate the vehicle and control the door actuator to oppose an opening motion of the door in response to the identification of the object.
US10161174B2
A vehicle has a sliding door fitted with a rotatable brake member to apply a braking force to the sliding door when the vehicle is on a slope. The brake member is automatically rotated about a pivot axis X-X by a moveable member forming part of an actuator when the vehicle is resting on a slope into a position in which a braking force is applied to the sliding door by the interaction of the brake member with an elongate track in the form of a sliding door support track.
US10161172B2
The invention relates to a retracting device for a leaf of a door or a window, comprising a housing, a piston which is arranged in a receiving area of the housing and which is urged by a spring, and a shaft which is mounted in the housing and which interacts with the piston, an actuating arm for the leaf being arranged on the shaft in a non-rotatable manner. At least one first driving element is arranged on the shaft, the head surface of said driving element forming a freewheel device with a freewheel region, wherein an arrangement of the piston or a tooth of a toothing of the piston slides on the freewheeling region so as to decouple the shaft from the piston.
US10161166B2
Vehicle door handle chassis, motorized vehicles with door handle chassis, and methods of constructing and methods of using handle chassis are disclosed. Presented herein, for example, is a handle chassis for a motor vehicle door assembly. The door assembly includes a door handle and a support structure with a chassis aperture and at least one ramped tab. The handle chassis includes a rigid chassis body with a handle aperture that receives therein a portion of the door handle such that the door handle secures to the chassis body. One or more flexible hooks project from the chassis body. Each flexible hook is configured to insert into a receiving end of the chassis aperture, flex in a first direction while moving over a respective ramped tab towards a securing end, and thereafter flex in a second direction into a respective securing slot to thereby fasten the chassis to the support structure.
US10161157B2
A tent frame (1) for carrying a tent cloth comprises at least four rods (2) each configured to have one end (3a) resting on a ground, to extend from that end convergingly towards a top of a said tent and to carry a tent cloth bearing outside thereon, and an arrangement (6) configured to interconnect said rods (2) so as to hold them in a determined mutual position. Said arrangement (6) comprises, for each pair of adjacent rods (2a-b), at least one rigid elongated element (7) and at least two elongated members so as to provide support for holding said rigid elongated element (7) between the adjacent rods (2a-b) and these in a said determined mutual position.
US10161151B2
A pool skimmer including a skimmer housing and a venturi system is disclosed. The skimmer housing includes a pool throat opening, an angled pool throat extension. A pump inlet port into the skimmer housing includes an upper end and bayonet lugs, and an internally threaded surface between the bayonet lugs and the upper end of the pump inlet port. A nozzle comprises a nozzle housing with bayonets on an external surface of the nozzle housing, the bayonets releasably engaged with the bayonet lugs of the pump inlet port, wherein when the bayonets of the nozzle housing are in a fully tightened position in relation to the bayonet lugs of the pump inlet port, the at least a first nozzle is directed to spray toward the pool return port of the skimmer housing.
US10161143B2
A plastering machine having foldable upright rails includes a base (1), upright rails (2), and a plastering pedestal (3), wherein the upright rails (2) are mounted on the base (1). The upright rails (2) include a first left rail piece (6) and a second left rail piece (7) which are connected to each other by a first left rail articulation piece (16) and a second left rail articulation piece (17). The right rail (5) includes a first right rail piece (8) and a second right rail piece (9) which are connected to each other by a first right rail articulation piece (18) and a second right rail articulation piece (19). The left rail (4) and the right rail (5) can ordinarily be in a folded state. The plastering machine has a simple structure, and is convenient to carry and operate, and has a high construction efficiency.
US10161142B2
Structures and methods for access panels. Some include a panel member having an inner side; a mounting member having a portion extending from the inner side at an angle to the inner side; and a retaining member coupled to the mounting member, the retaining member having a length and being biased to be in contact with the inner side along a portion of the length, the retaining member also being capable of flexing away from the inner side.
US10161126B2
The disclosed subject matter pertains to an artificial panel including a spaced apart first wall and second wall. Each of the walls has an inside surface and an outside surface, and at least one fastener location configured at an outside surface of the at least one of the first wall and the second wall of the panel. The fastener location is configured for receiving therethrough a fastener and where one or more ribs extend between the first wall and the second wall, along at least a portion of the panel, the fastener location being indicative of the location thereof.
US10161123B2
Disclosed herein is a unique ventilated toilet assembly. The toilet assembly includes a base with a central opening, the opening defining a toilet bowl. The toilet assembly includes a first annular ring above the base, the first annular ring having means for delivering water to the toilet bowl and a second annular ring surrounding the first annular ring. The second annular ring having side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, the walls defining a conduit for exhausting air through the second annular ring and the second annular ring having exhaust ports for exhausting air from the toilet bowl. The ventilation member includes the combination of the second annular ring, the conduit, and the exhaust port for exhausting air working cooperatively to capture and remove waste air from the toilet bowl.
US10161115B2
A water detection and shut-off system is disclosed. The water detection system may be battery powered and include a water detector, a satellite water detector, and a water shut-off mechanism. The detectors and shut-off mechanism may be communicatively coupled via one or more communication links to a client component such as a smartphone app. Upon detecting the presence of unwanted water, the shut-off mechanism may operate an electric motor to close a water shut-off valve to prevent flooding or water damage.
US10161114B2
This invention is designed to create potentially unlimited commercial fresh water at a significantly reduced cost in relation to existing fresh water creation systems such as sea water desalination. This invention pumps coastal atmospheric air through sealed pipes to ocean water depths (ideally) of approximately 100-305 meters, or (ideally) into the local ocean's thermocline layer. Fresh water condensation occurs inside the sealed air pipes as cold ocean water chills the outside of the pipes. Condensation fresh water flows via gravity to the low point in the sealed air pipes where a powered fresh water pump is located. This powered fresh water pump then pumps the accumulated condensation water to the ocean surface and then on to shore as usable fresh water. The pumped-in air, now dehumidified, is piped to the surface and returned to the atmosphere.
US10161102B2
An excavator attachment alignment tool has cooperating tool body portions mounted to a cross tube defining an axis. The tool body portions are moveable relative to the cross tube to define a lower hook portion having surfaces to accommodate and support an engaged excavator attachment pin parallel with the tool axis, with the lower hook portion positionable for lifting engagement with the excavator attachment pin. Aligned cylindrical bushings are mounted to opposed surfaces of the body portions in alignment with the tool axis, with the cross tube engaged and extending generally between the bushings, with spacing of the cooperating tool body portions fixedly adjustable along the tool axis for accommodating a width of an associated excavator link or stick to which an excavator attachment is to be attached or removed; and wherein the tool body portions are mounted in a manner to resist independent rotation of either body portion.
US10161099B2
A connection system for stabilizing an earth wall is disclosed. The system may include a geosynthetic loop assembly partially embedded within a concrete panel. The geosynthetic loop assembly may include a plurality of spaced apart geosynthetic loops that may be connected by at least one transverse geosynthetic strip. The geosynthetic loops are partially embedded within the concrete panel and partially extending from a front face of the concrete panel in generally aligned relationship. The system may also include a geosynthetic reinforcement web including a plurality of longitudinal geosynthetic strips and a plurality of transverse geosynthetic strips. The web may be folded to form a fold and the longitudinal strips adjacent the fold may be positioned adjacent the geosynthetic loops extending from the front face of the concrete panel in aligned relationship to form a passageway. The system may include a locking member disposed in the passageway to engage the geosynthetic loop assembly to the geosynthetic reinforcement web.
US10161098B2
An anchor pier for supporting a manufactured building, in which the anchor pier includes having a shaft with a connector and a helical flight proximate a driving tip, with a brace member attached to the connector and to the manufactured building with a connector, to transfer loading between the manufactured building and the ground. A method of supporting a manufactured building is disclosed.
US10161087B1
A paver machine includes an engine, a hopper for receiving a volume of asphalt, and a screed element for spreading the asphalt into an asphalt mat. The machine also includes an induction heating element positioned within the hopper for maintaining a predetermined temperature of the asphalt during operation of the paver machine.
US10161085B2
Dry, plied roll paper is transformed into hand wetted roll paper that may be used either dry, or selectively hand wetted using the device of the invention. The device is applied to the paper in liquid form, heated and cooled to form a plastic solid which becomes part of the paper. The device is then shaped into a container filled with an anti-bacterial cleaning agent, or other agent, and assembled on the paper between the top and bottom paper ply. The device is made on a modified roll-to-roll winding machine while the machine is in motion. This manufacturing method is more efficient than adding externally sourced batch-made wetting devices to paper. The hand wetted roll paper can be used as paper towels or toilet paper for dry and/or wet hygienic cleaning. The paper may have other properties depending on the agent used.
US10161084B2
The present disclosure provides high bulk tissue products, as well as an apparatus and methods for manufacturing the same. The tissue products provided herein not only have high bulk, but they also have improved surface smoothness, particularly compared to tissue products of similar basis weights.
US10161083B1
The invention provides a creped tissue web having satisfactory softness without the excess use of water insoluble creping compositions. The satisfactory softness levels, which may be measured as TS7, are generally less than about 10.0 and may be achieved by creping the tissue web with less than about 100 mg/m2 (milligrams of creping composition per square meter of creping cylinder surface area) such as from about 25 to about 100 mg/m2 and more preferably from about 50 to about 75 mg/m2. It was previously believed that water insoluble creping compositions need to be added at high add-on levels, such as 100 mg/m2 or greater to achieve a desirable softness at a given tensile strength. It has now been surprisingly discovered that the add-on of water insoluble creping composition may be reduced significantly by adding a water soluble adhesive to the creping composition.
US10161076B2
A laundry treating apparatus including a body provided with a laundry inlet; and a door configured to open or close the laundry inlet, wherein the door includes a door frame having a first opening portion facing the laundry inlet when the door is closed and a second opening portion corresponding to a display module mounted at an inside, and a door cover coupled to the door frame to form an appearance of the door, and the door cover includes a non-light-transmitting region, and a first light transmitting region corresponding to the first opening portion and a second light transmitting region corresponding to the second opening portion within the non-light-transmitting region.
US10161074B2
A laundry washing machine and method utilize weight, fluid level and fluid property sensors to dynamically select a load type, control a wash cycle and control an amount of detergent dispensed during a wash cycle.
US10161068B2
A method for producing a towel with ultra-long looped piles is provided. First, a looped pile| is woven by using three weft yarns when weaving a towel, a fixed connecting structure for fixedly connecting looped piles is disposed outside every two looped piles| or every three looped piles, and the fixed connecting structure is formed by fixedly connecting 3 to 5 weft cotton yarns. Water soluble weft yarns are disposed between the every two looped piles| or the every three looped piles, and the water-soluble weft yarns are used as weft yarns for separating and fixedly connecting adjacent to looped piles. Then, the water-soluble weft yarns are dissolved in a dyeing and finishing process, so that the original two looped piles| or three looped piles| form one looped pile, thereby increasing the length of a looped pile, so that the towel is fluffy and soft in hand feeling, and is not easily damaged when being hooked.
US10161065B2
An object of the invention is to provide a cloth having water absorbency, water repellency, and a tendency to float on water, and also a textile product using the cloth. A means of resolution is to obtain a cloth using a fiber A that is not water repellent and a fiber B that is water repellent in a weight ratio (fiber A:fiber B) within a range of 50:50 to 87:13.
US10161064B2
There is provided a fiber for a wetlaid non-woven fabric, said fiber can be the basis ingredient of a paper that maintains uniform mass per unit area and fiber dispersion and has unprecedented bulkiness. The fiber for a wetlaid non-woven fabric has 30 to 100 wt % of apparently crimping fibers with a fiber diameter of from 3 to 40 μm and 0 to 70 wt % of latently crimping fibers with a fiber diameter of from 3 to 40 μm.
US10161063B2
Disclosed herein is a process for forming a multilayer construction, and the multilayer constructions including at least one layer of an elastic meltblown fabric, the process comprising extruding one or more polyolefin polymer (e.g., a propylene-α-olefin copolymer) having a MFR from less than 90 dg/min through at least one die having a plurality of nozzles to form a plurality of continuous fibers, at least one die operating at a melt pressure from greater than 500 psi (3.45 MPa) to form at least one elastic meltblown fabric, and adhering the at least one elastic meltblown fabric to at least one extensible fabric.
US10161056B2
A unitary graphene layer or graphene single crystal containing closely packed and chemically bonded parallel graphene planes having an inter-graphene plane spacing of 0.335 to 0.40 nm and an oxygen content of 0.01% to 10% by weight, which unitary graphene layer or graphene single crystal is obtained from heat-treating a graphene oxide gel at a temperature higher than 100° C., wherein the average mis-orientation angle between two graphene planes is less than 10 degrees, more typically less than 5 degrees. The molecules in the graphene oxide gel, upon drying and heat-treating, are chemically interconnected and integrated into a unitary graphene entity containing no discrete graphite flake or graphene platelet. This graphene monolith exhibits a combination of exceptional thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, surface smoothness, surface hardness, and scratch resistance unmatched by any thin-film material of comparable thickness range.
US10161054B2
The present invention is related to a preferably oriented nanotwinned Au film, a method of preparing the same, and a bonding structure comprising the same. The nanotwinned Au film has a thickness direction. The nanotwinned Au film is stacked along a [220] crystallographic axis orientation in the thickness direction. At least 50% by volume of the nanotwinned Au film is composed of a plurality of nanotwinned Au grains which are adjacent to each other, arranged in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, and stacked along a [111] crystallographic axis orientation.
US10161052B2
A method for manufacturing a palladium coated doped metal oxide conducting electrode including immersing a metal oxide conducting electrode into an aqueous solution having a palladium precursor salt to form the metal oxide conducting electrode having at least one surface coated with palladium precursor. To form a layer of palladium nanoparticles on the metal oxide conducting electrode the palladium precursor on the metal oxide conducting is reduced with a borohydride compound. The palladium nanoparticles on the metal oxide conducting electrode have an average diameter of 8 nm to 22 nm and are present on the surface of the metal oxide conducting electrode at a density from 1.5×10−3 Pd·nm−2 to 3.5×10−3 Pd·nm−2.
US10161051B2
This invention includes a catalytic copper electrode is selected from the group comprising copper nanofoam, copper aerogel, and copper nanoparticles. Particular note is made of the catalytic copper electrode having at least about 5 times and preferably about 10 times the electrochemically accessible surface area as determined by the Randles-Sevcik equation at 50 mV/s. particular note is made of the catalytic coper electrode being a copper nanofoam electrode.This invention further includes a method for the reduction of CO2 by the steps of (i) providing a membrane divided electrochemical cell comprising an anode in a first cell compartment, a catalytic-copper electrode in a second cell compartment containing an aqueous electrolyte in contact with the anode and cathode; (ii) introducing CO2 to said second cell compartment (iii) exposing said CO2 to said catalytic-copper electrode at a step potential between about −0.8 and preferably about −1.0 and about −1.8 V versus the reference electrode; (iv) electrochemically reducing said CO2 and solution by the catalytic-copper electrode in the second cell compartment; (v) thereby producing propylene and (vi) extracting said propylene from said second compartment.
US10161049B2
A magnetic powder contains magnetic particles, a first coating layer disposed on surfaces of the magnetic particles and containing a first glass, and a second coating layer disposed on the first coating layer and containing a second glass different from the first glass. A method of manufacturing magnetic powder includes preparing magnetic particles, forming a first coating layer containing a first glass on surfaces of the magnetic particles, and forming a second coating layer containing a second glass different from the first glass on the first coating layer.
US10161047B2
Provided is a method for obtaining a chemical conversion coating-treated zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy-plated steel sheet having extremely excellent in corrosion resistance and adhesiveness to a resin coating film. The method is for treating the surface of a zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy-plated steel sheet with a metal surface treatment agent, in which the metal surface treatment agent contains a compound (A) having a zirconyl ([Zr═O]2+) structure, a vanadium compound (B), a titanium fluorocomplex compound (C), an organic phosphorus compound (Da) containing a phosphoric acid group and/or a phosphonic acid group, an inorganic phosphorus compound (Db), a specific aqueous acrylic resin (E), and an oxazoline group-containing polymer (F) as a curing agent, each in a predetermined amount, and the pH of the metal surface treatment agent is 3 to 6.
US10161044B2
A polymer product with a metal layer coated on the surface thereof is provided. The polymer product includes a polymer substrate and a metal layer formed on at least a part of a surface of the polymer substrate. The surface of the polymer substrate covered by the metal layer is formed by a polymer composition comprising a polymer and a doped tin oxide. A doping element of the doped tin oxide comprises niobium. The doped tin oxide has a coordinate L* value of about 70 to about 100, a coordinate a value of about −5 to about 5, and a coordinate b value of about −5 to about 5 in a CIELab color space.
US10161037B2
A uniform external field can enhance condensation on a superhydrophobic surface. Jumping droplets on superhydrophobic surfaces accumulate a positive charge which promises the manipulation and control of jumping behavior using external electric fields.
US10161035B2
A processing chamber is described having a gas evacuation flow path from the center to the edge of the chamber. Purge gas is introduced at an opening around a support shaft that supports a heater plate. A shaft wall around the opening directs the purge gas along the support shaft to an evacuation plenum. Gas flows from the evacuation plenum through an opening in a second plate near the shaft wall and along the chamber bottom to an opening coupled to a vacuum source. Purge gas is also directed to the slit valve.
US10161029B2
A manufacturing process of a heat-resisting glass or enamel coating of a thermally insulated container chamber is described. The process comprises selecting a thermally insulated metal container body, and performing sand blasting to a chamber surface of the body such that the chamber surface becomes a rough surface. The process comprises spraying a glass or enamel glazing material on the rough surface of the body and drying the glazing material on the rough surface. The process comprises placing a dried body on a bracket and sintering the dried body. After sintering is performed, the process comprises removing the body from the bracket. Using this disclosure the chemical properties of the glass coating or enamel coating are relatively stable, so corrosion will not occur. Because the thermal expansion and cold contraction are relatively small, the coating is suitable for manufacturing thermally insulated containers such as thermally insulated cups.
US10161027B2
Methods of processing an aluminum alloy component are disclosed. The method may include solution heat treating the component at a solution heat treatment (SHT) temperature of 500° C. to 535° C., quenching the component in a liquid quenching medium having a temperature of 75° C. to 95° C., and artificially aging the component at an artificial aging (AA) temperature of 200° C. to 250° C. to a yield strength of at least 200 MPa. The component may be a 6XXX series aluminum alloy, which may be (or have been) progressively stamped. The component may be artificially aged to an r/t ratio of less than 0.3. The liquid quenching medium may be water and may have a temperature of 82° C. to 88° C. The method may further include joining the aluminum alloy component to a second component with a self-piercing rivet. The disclosed methods may reduce distortion in the component while maintaining high strength and bendability.
US10161021B2
The present disclosure relates to new materials comprising Al, Co, and Ni. The new materials may realize a single phase field of a face-centered cubic (fcc) solid solution structure immediately below the solidus temperature of the material. The new materials may include at least one precipitate phase and have a solvus temperature of at least 1000° C. The new materials may include 6.7-11.4 wt. % Al, 5.0-48.0 wt. % Co, and 43.9-88.3 wt. % Ni. In one embodiment, the precipitate is selected from the group consisting of the L12 phase, the B2 phase, and combinations thereof. The new alloys may realize improved high temperature properties.
US10161020B2
A recrystallized aluminum alloy having brass texture and Goss texture, wherein the amount of brass texture exceeds the amount of Goss texture, and wherein the recrystallized aluminum alloy exhibits at least about the same tensile yield strength and fracture toughness as a compositionally equivalent unrecrystallized alloy of the same product form and of similar thickness and temper.
US10161013B2
The present invention discloses a method for isolating and purifying anhydrogalactose. Using the method for isolating and purifying anhydrogalactose including the steps of preparing a sugar mixture containing anhydrogalactose produced through chemical synthesis and hydrolysis; and isolating anhydrogalactose by performing recycling preparative liquid chromatography (recycling-prep-LC) with the sugar mixture, highly pure anhydrogalactose can be efficiently isolated and purified in large amounts.
US10161002B2
Nucleic acid compositions, methods of making and using such compositions that comprise modular functional groups that can be configured to provide desired functionality to different nucleotide types through a swappable and preferably non-covalent linkage component. Such compositions are useful in a variety of applications including nucleic acid analyses.
US10160999B2
A sequencing device has at least one sequencing channel configured to fluidically connect a first gap with a second gap. The sequencing channel is formed as a cavity in the region of the first gap and is formed as a pore in the region of the second gap. The pore has a smaller cross section than the cavity.
US10160997B2
The present invention provides compositions useful for biomolecule storage comprising a water soluble inorganic compound, a stabilizer, or a combination thereof. The present invention also provides methods of using the compositions of the invention to store biomolecules in the dry state and in solution, as well as sample carriers and kits comprising compositions of the invention.
US10160996B2
The present invention provides a novel method that can analyze a target easily utilizing binding nucleic acid molecules and an analysis kit for use in the method. The analysis method of the present invention includes: a complex formation step of causing a binding nucleic acid molecule that binds to the target and a sample to come into contact with each other to form a complex of the binding nucleic acid molecule and the target in the sample; a nuclease treatment step of releasing a nucleic acid monomer from at least one of a complex fraction and a non-complex fraction by a nuclease treatment; an enzyme treatment step of reacting the released nucleic acid monomer with an enzyme for which the nucleic acid monomer is a substrate; a detection step of detecting the enzyme reaction; and an analysis step of analyzing the target that has formed the complex from the result of detecting the enzyme reaction.
US10160978B2
The invention relates to mammalian cells comprising at least one prokaryotic two-component signaling (TCS) pathway comprised of an activator protein A, a response regulator (RR) protein B activated by said protein A, such activation leading to an activated RR protein B, and an output gene C operably linked to a promoter. Transcription from said promoter is activated by activated RR protein B, and the expression of output gene C defines at least a first state (0, no transcription) and a second state (1, detectable transcription). The invention further relates to logic gates designed from such cells, and methods for integrating a plurality of output signals based on the cells and logic gates of the invention.
US10160965B2
Provided herein is materials and method relating to nucleic acids extraction and purification from biological samples. In particular, a pre-treatment buffer is used to facilitate the extraction and purification of nucleic acids from biological samples, more specifically, removing inhibitors and impurities from biological samples and resulting in a highly concentrated and purified nucleic acids preparation.
US10160962B2
This invention provides chromatographic methods for the purification of a cystathionine β-Synthase (CBS) protein, particularly truncated variants thereof and compositions and pharmaceutical compositions prepared therefrom.
US10160960B2
Provided are mutant cocaine esterase polypeptides and PEGylated formulations thereof.
US10160957B2
The invention is related to a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus that contains a mutation in the 3′ untranslated region (3′-UTR) comprising a Δ30 mutation that removes the TL-2 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, and nucleotides additional to the Δ30 mutation deleted from the 3′-UTR that removes sequence in the 5′ direction as far as the 5′ boundary of the TL-3 homologous structure in each of the dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, or a replacement of the 3′-UTR of a dengue virus of a first serotype with the 3′-UTR of a dengue virus of a second serotype, optionally containing the Δ30 mutation and nucleotides additional to the Δ30 mutation deleted from the 3′-UTR; and immunogenic compositions, methods of inducing an immune response, and methods of producing a dengue virus or chimeric dengue virus.
US10160954B2
Provided are devices and methods of preparing a population of cardiomyocytes by aligning undifferentiated pluripotent cells on a nanosacale textured surface.
US10160947B2
A device and method for lysing biological species present in a fluid includes implementing a rough surface against which the objects to be lysed are crushed by a shearing motion. A device for mechanically lysing biological species has a first and second wall mounted movable relative to each other, between an initial position in which the walls are separated from each other, and a lysing position in which the first wall presses against the second wall. The first and second walls also are mounted shearingly movable relative to each other in the lysing position. At least one of the first or second walls has a rough bearing surface against the other wall and has a mean surface roughness parameter Ra of between 0.2 μm and 10 μm, and preferably between 0.2 μm and 3 μm.
US10160946B2
Disclosed herein is a tissue harvester comprising a substrate having an airfoil shape; and a textured surface disposed upon the substrate, where the textured surface comprises a spatial array of nanometer or micrometer sized pillars of varying cross-sections. Disclosed herein too is method comprising disposing upon a substrate a textured surface; where the substrate has an airfoil shape and where the textured surface where the textured surface comprises nanometer or micrometer sized pillars; contacting the tissue harvester with biological cells whose proliferation under different conditions is desired; and disposing the tissue harvester in a flow field such that cells disposed on the tissue harvester at different locations may experience different flow fields.
US10160945B2
The invention relates to the field of mass cultivation of microalgae and specifically relates to a horizontal submerged cover type carbon supplement device and carbon supplement method for cultivating microalgae in an open pond. The horizontal submerged cover type carbon supplement device for cultivating microalgae in an open pond, comprises: one or more than two covers and gas distributors, wherein the gas distributor is arranged at the bottom of the open pond and the cover is arranged above the gas distributor; the cover, in form of a cylinder with openings at both ends, is arranged along the flow direction of the culture solution, the two ends of the cover being a culture solution inlet and a culture solution outlet respectively; the gas distributor is kept away from the culture solution outlet of the cover by more than 40 cm. According to the invention, when microalgae cells are cultivated in the open pond, carbon dioxide can be effectively utilized for carbon supplement, so production cost is greatly reduced.
US10160944B2
Fluid circulation and leveling systems and methods of using the same are described. A fluid circulation system includes a fluid mixing chamber and open fluid chambers in fluid communication with the fluid mixing chamber. Each open fluid chamber includes a microfluidic fluid leveling conduit with an orifice disposed in the open fluid chamber at a minimum fluid level associated with a corresponding minimum fluid volume. A controller causes a first pump to generate a first direction of fluid flow during a first time period between the open fluid chambers, and causes the first pump to generate a second direction of fluid flow during a second time period between the first and second open fluid chambers. The controller also causes a second pump to generate a flow of fluid during a third time period from one of the first and second open fluid chambers into the fluid mixing chamber.
US10160941B2
A photobioreactor system may include a one or more fluidly connectable tubes for growing or producing microorganisms or biomass such as microalgae. The system may include either a single tube loop or an array of tubes. A first fluid may be held in the tube or tubes, and an inlet port may be provided for introducing a second fluid into the tube or tubes. The tube or tubes may be arranged vertically so that the second fluid rises through the tube or tubes. An outlet port may be provided at the top of the tube or tubes to remove the second fluid. The second fluid may be recirculated through the system via inlet and outlet lines as well as a pump and a replaceable reservoir for holding the second fluid. Where there is an array of tubes, a single inlet and outlet line may be sued for each tube.
US10160940B2
An automatic wine stirrer is adapted for aerating wine contained in an open vessel. The wine stirrer comprises a housing, and a fan assembly operatively mounted within the housing. The fan assembly comprises a rotatable hub, a plurality of fan blades attached to the hub, and an electric motor. At least one magnet is carried by the fan assembly. When the rotatable hub is substantially stopped, the magnet attracts and holds a ferromagnetic stir bar located inside the wine vessel. When the rotatable hub starts, the magnet rotates relative to the housing thereby rotating the stir bar and substantially swirling the wine contained in the wine vessel.
US10160933B2
The invention relates to a care product for automatic dishwashers, which is effective against fat deposits in an automatic dishwasher, and includes at least one fatty alcohol of the formula R1—O-(EO)m—H as defined here. The invention further relates to the use of said care product for cleaning and/or care of an automatic dishwasher, and to a method for cleaning and/or care of a dishwasher using said care product.
US10160925B2
A method of controlling the supply and allocation of hydrogen gas in a hydrogen system of a refinery integrated with olefins and aromatics plants to convert crude oil into petrochemicals. The method includes one or more supply sources that provide hydrogen at individual rates, purities, pressures and costs, multiple consumption sites that consume hydrogen at individual rates, purities and pressures and an interconnecting hydrogen distribution network. The method further includes the integration of hydrogen consuming process units with hydrogen producing process units in which hydrogen recovered from the effluents from the hydrogen consuming process units and hydrogen recovered from the hydrogen producing process units are re-used in the hydrogen consuming process units.
US10160910B2
An alignment film includes a copolymer containing a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1), wherein X1 and X2 may be the same as or different from each other and are each represented by any one of several formulas; and Y is represented by any one of several formulas
US10160908B2
Method of soil conditioning which consists in applying a water-soluble or water-swelling polymer to the soil, characterized in that: the polymer is prepared as a polymer-concentrated liquid, the preparation of obtained in this way is applied to the surface of a support rotating about its axis of revolution in order to form droplets which are spread on the soil.
US10160903B2
A method of treating particles of a particle pack located in a subterranean formation comprising: introducing an additive into the subterranean formation, wherein the additive: (i) comes in contact with the particles of the particle pack; (ii) has a chemical attraction to the particles of the particle pack; and (iii) comprises a first functional group, wherein the first functional group is a water-control agent.
US10160890B2
A method of preparing a water-based adhesive with high binding property based on polymer composites is provided, belonging to the technical field of preparation of water-based adhesives. The present invention specifically relates to a method of forming a polymer composite by blending solutions and then preparing the water-based adhesive with high binding property. The preparation method of the present invention is simple, obtaining the composite polymer hydrogel merely by blending solutions, with the dense water-based adhesive produced by centrifugation. This water-based adhesive is formed based on multiple weak interactions among the polymers, with the forming process simple and efficient and involving no sophisticated instruments and equipment; no organic solvent needs to be added in the preparation process, odor free, non-toxic and environment-protective, and common raw materials are used that are inexpensive. This water-based adhesive can be used for bonding glass, metal, wood, plastic and other various materials, and has high binding strength, allowing the materials (except plastic) to be bonded directly without surface pretreatment or modification. It is expected that the water-based adhesive prepared by the present invention will be applied in a wide range of fields.
US10160889B2
The present disclosure relates to polyolefin-based compositions made from or containing (A) a butene-1 polymer grafted with an unsaturated monomer, (B) a second polyolefin polymer, and (C) an ethylene-propylene elastomer. In some embodiments, the polyolefin-based composition is further made from or contains an additives composition. In additional embodiments, the polyolefin-based composition is made from or contains a heterophasic polypropylene copolymer.
US10160888B2
Amorphous poly-alpha-olefins (APAOs) such as propylene-co-hexene-1-co-butene-1 and propylene-hexene-1 are used as tackifiers in hot melt adhesive formulations.
US10160883B2
There is provided a room-temperature-curable polyorganosiloxane composition having low viscosity and good coatability without any solvent and forming a cured coating film excellent in scratch resistance. The room-temperature-curable polyorganosiloxane composition contains: (A) 100 parts by mass of a mixture of (A1) 10 to 80 parts by mass of a polyorganosiloxane having two or more alkoxy groups bonded to silicon atoms and a prescribed viscosity, and (A2) 90 to 20 parts by mass of a polyorganosiloxane represented by an average composition formula: R1aSi(OR2)bO{4−(a+b)}/2 (R1 and R2 represent prescribed group respectively, and a and b are prescribed positive numbers), having an Mw of 2,000 to 100,000 and a three-dimensional network structure, and being in a solid state or in a semisolid state at normal temperature; and (B) 0.1 to 15 parts by mass of an organic titanium compound.
US10160879B2
The present disclosure relates to an aqueous latex and a process for the preparation thereof. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an aqueous latex useful as a spacing extender for inorganic pigment particles. The present disclosure also relates to a dispersion of inorganic pigment particles comprising the aqueous latex and to an aqueous coating composition comprising the aqueous latex and inorganic pigment particles.
US10160857B2
A thermoplastic resin composition including a polylactic acid and organic-inorganic composite particles, wherein the composite particles include an inorganic nanoparticle core and a coating layer formed on the core, wherein the coating layer includes a copolymer, and a molded article made therefrom.
US10160856B2
Provided is a thermosetting resin composition which exhibits excellent workability, and which is capable of obtaining, as a result of being cured, a highly reliable cured product (molded article) exhibiting excellent heat resistance and mechanical strength. This thermosetting resin composition includes: a polyalkenyl phenol resin (A); an aromatic polymaleimide compound (B); and a polymerization initiator (C). The polyalkenyl phenol resin (A) has, in a molecule thereof, at least one aromatic ring unit (a1) which has a phenolic hydroxyl group having a 2-alkenyl group bonded thereto, and at least one aromatic ring unit (a2) having a phenolic hydroxyl group which does not have a 2-alkenyl group bonded thereto. Each of the aromatic ring units is bonded by a linking group having a main chain which is not formed by an aromatic ring. When m represents the number of the aromatic ring units (a1), and n represents the number of the aromatic ring units (a2), the ratio of m to (m+n) is 40-90%. The polyalkenyl phenol resin (A) is included in an amount at which the amount of 2-alkenyl groups becomes 0.4-1.5 mol per mol of maleimide groups in the aromatic polymaleimide compound (B).
US10160850B2
A quaternary ammonium salt detergent made from the reaction product of the reaction of: (a) polyalkene-substituted amine having at least one tertiary amino group; and (b) a quaternizing agent suitable for converting the tertiary amino group to a quaternary nitrogen and the use of such quaternary ammonium salt detergents in a fuel composition to reduce intake valve deposits.
US10160848B2
A polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) from 55 to 75 wt % of a polyethylene having a density of 0.920 to 0.940 g/cm3 and a fraction soluble in xylene (XSA) of less than 10%, based upon the weight of the polyethylene; B) from 25 to 45 wt. % of a copolymer of ethylene with one or more comonomers selected from α-olefins having formula HC2═CHRI, where RI is an alkyl radical, linear or branched, having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, made from or containing from 50 to 70 wt. %, based upon the weight of the copolymer of ethylene, of ethylene and having a fraction soluble in xylene (XSB) of at least about 50 wt. %, based upon the weight of the copolymer of ethylene; the polyolefin composition having a flexural modulus of less than 260 MPa as measured according to ISO 178. The polyolefin composition is useful for producing geomembranes.
US10160842B2
The invention relates generally to protein-containing polyurethane foams, methods and compositions for making the polyurethane foams, and articles comprising the polyurethane foams.
US10160838B2
A process includes forming a bio-derived crosslinking material from biorenewable aconitic acid. The process includes initiating a chemical reaction to form a bio-derived crosslinking material that includes multiple functional groups. The chemical reaction includes converting each carboxylic acid group of a biorenewable aconitic acid molecule to one of the multiple functional groups.
US10160837B2
According to one embodiment, a method of dispersing nanoparticles into a destination material includes providing a plurality of nanoparticles suspended in a carrier, adding a solvent to the plurality of nanoparticles suspended in a carrier, removing at least some of the carrier to yield the plurality of nanoparticles suspended in the solvent, mixing the nanoparticles suspended in the solvent with a destination material, and removing at least some of the solvent from the mixture of nanoparticles suspended in the solvent and the destination material.
US10160836B2
There is provided a composition comprising: (i) a hyperbranched polymer having peripheral reactive groups comprising epoxy functional groups and hydroxyl functional groups; and (ii) a compound having one or more hydrophilic functional groups, wherein the amount of epoxy functional groups relative to the total number of peripheral reactive groups does not render the hyperbranched polymer from being indispersible in an aqueous solvent. There is also provided a method of preparing the same and uses thereof.
US10160832B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing hydrosilylatable, eugenol-based polyethers, to the conversion thereof into polyether siloxanes and also to the products that may be produced by this process and to the use of said products as surfactants.
US10160826B2
A hardener composition comprising: a) an isolated adduct comprising a reaction product of i) a polymer with a functionality of at least three, wherein said polymer contains at least one epoxy group; and ii) an amine wherein the isolated adduct is present as an aqueous solution; and b) a capping agent. This hardener can be used with a liquid epoxy resin to form a curable composition.
US10160824B2
The cyanate ester compound of the present invention is obtained by cyanating a modified naphthalene formaldehyde resin.
US10160823B2
A lignin-phenol-formaldehyde resin, which is obtained by polycondensation of formaldehyde, phenol and lignin in the presence of a basic or acidic catalyst, is characterized in that the lignin is a lignin that is not chemically modified at the available functional groups. This lignin has a low molecular mass and includes available functional groups chosen from the group including aliphatic hydroxyls and phenolic hydroxyls. The degree of substitution by weight of phenol with the lignin is between 50% and 60%. The weight proportion of the lignin and of phenol in the resin is equal to the weight proportion of phenol in a lignin-free phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resin.
US10160817B2
A first ethylene-based interpolymer comprising, in polymerized form, monomer units derived from ethylene and from a benzocyclobutene (VBCB) structure of Structure 1; wherein n is from 3 to 10; and wherein the ethylene-based polymer comprises, in polymerized form, from 0.02 to 0.70 wt % of the Structure 1, based on the weight of the first ethylene-based interpolymer, as determined by 1H NMR is provided. Further provided is a composition which comprises a second ethylene-based inter-polymer formed by thermally treating a first ethylene-based interpolymer.
US10160794B2
The present invention provides a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) comprising: (i) a B cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-binding domain which comprises at least part of a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL); (ii) a spacer domain (iii) a transmembrane domain; and (iv) an intracellular T cell signaling domain. The invention also provides the use of such a T-cell expressing such a CAR in the treatment of plasma-cell mediated diseases, such as multiple myeloma.
US10160791B2
The present invention relates to treatment of neuronal injury. The present invention discloses a novel use of an agent and a novel method for promoting neurite outgrowth and/or neural regeneration in CNS injuries. A novel mechanism of promoting neurite outgrowth by increasing the interaction of chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan (CSPG) to receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase sigma (RPTPσ) is disclosed.
US10160788B2
The invention features stabilized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope (Env) trimers. The invention also features vaccines, nucleic acids, and vectors to deliver and/or facilitate production of the stabilized HIV Env trimers. In addition, the invention features methods of making and using the stabilized HIV Env trimers of the invention.
US10160787B2
Described are γ-PNA monomers, methodology for synthesizing them, and methodology for synthesizing PNA oligomers that incorporate them.
US10160755B2
Compounds of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, a tautomer, an isomer or a deuterated analog thereof, wherein R1, R2, Q1, Q2, and Q3, are described in this disclosure, compositions thereof, and methods and uses thereof.
US10160751B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I); and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and chronic kidney disease and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention.
US10160745B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (Formula (I)) in which m, X, R1, R2, R3 and R5 are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions N containing them and their use in therapy.
US10160742B2
The present invention includes a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing HBV infection in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention.
US10160741B2
Methods for recovering monomers from polymers, such as polyurethanes (including thermoset polyurethanes) include heating the polymer to depolymerize the polymer and release the monomer. The monomer may be directly recovered. The polymer may include a poly(β-methyl-δ-valerolactone) (PMVL) block and the monomer recovered may be β-methyl-δ-valerolactone (MVL).
US10160727B2
The present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula (I): wherein -L- is —C(═X)—, or the like, —Z— is —NR5—, or the like, —ZA— is —NR5A—, or the like, —W— is —C(R8R9)n-, —WA— is —C(R3R4)m-, B is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocyclyl, or the like, Y is a bond, or the like, the ring C is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocycle, or the like, R2 is a hydrogen atom, or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising thereof.
US10160721B2
A salt represented by formula (I): wherein Q1 and Q2 independently each represent a fluorine atom or a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl group, R1 and R2 independently each represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl group, z represents an integer of 0 to 6, X1 represents *—C(═O)—O—, *—O—C(═O)—, *—O—C(═O)—O— or —O—, where * represents a binding site to —C(R1)(R2)— or —C(Q1)(Q2)-, A1 represents a C2-C36 divalent hydrocarbon group in which a methylene group can be replaced by an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group or a sulfonyl group and in which a hydrogen atom can be replaced by a substituent, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and Z+ represents an organic cation.
US10160717B2
A compound of the structural formula 1A process for producing 2-(3-(aminomethyl)-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexyl)propane-1,3-diamine by A) reacting isophorone nitrile and malononitrile to afford the intermediate 2-(3-cyano-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexylidene)malononitrile, and B) hydrogenating 2-(3-cyano-3,5,5-trimethylcyclohexylidene)malononitrile in the presence of at least one catalyst. In another embodiment, the hydrogenation in step B) of the process is performed at 20-120° C. and at 20-300 bar.
US10160716B2
The invention encompasses novel compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and compositions including therapeutically or prophylactically effective amounts of such compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention also encompasses methods for treating or preventing diseases and disorders associated with abnormal cell growth, for example, treating or preventing cancer or tumor growth, which methods include administering to a mammal in need thereof a composition comprising a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of a compound of the invention or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10160715B2
Methods for mechanochemically synthesizing compositions comprising bridged bicyclic-based compounds such as iptycene-based compounds are generally provided. In some cases, two or more polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons may be mechanochemically reacted such that the product comprises the bridged bicyclic-based compound. In some embodiments, the product (e.g., the bridged bicyclic compound) may comprise two or more [2.2.2] bicyclic cores. In certain embodiments, the mechanochemical reactions described herein may produce higher order bridged bicyclic-based compounds such as oligoiptcyenes or poly-iptycenes. In certain embodiments, the bridged bicyclic based compound comprises a molecular cage.
US10160712B2
A method of catalytic oxidation of a lignite using oxygen as an oxidant at atmospheric pressure is provided. The method includes the following steps, pulverizing the lignite to 200-mesh or less; drying the pulverized lignite at a temperature of 80° C. in vacuum for 10 h; weighing 0.5 g of the dried lignite and sequentially adding 10 ml of acetic acid, 0.5 mmol of a catalyst and 0.15-0.25 mmol of a cocatalyst into a round-bottom flask filled with the oxygen, keeping oxygen pressure at 0.1 MPa, reacting at a temperature of 80-120° C. for 4-12 h; using oxygen as the oxidant to catalytically oxidize the reacted lignite at an atmospheric pressure of 0.1 MPa; filtering after the reaction is finished; decompressing the filtrate to remove the acetic acid, adding a small amount of ethyl acetate to dissolve, and using an excess CH2N2/ether solution to esterify for 10 h at room temperature; and analyzing the esterified product through a gas chromatography-mass spectrometer.
US10160708B2
Integrated methods and systems are disclosed for the production of dimethyl ether. The method may include reforming natural gas to syngas in a first reactor; contacting the syngas produced in the first reactor with a catalyst system in a second reactor to produce dimethyl ether and carbon dioxide; and supplying steam as a cofeed to at least one of the first reactor and the second reactor in an amount sufficient to achieve a Mm value of 1.4 to 1.8 or to improve the hydrocarbon or oxygenate selectivity.
US10160694B2
A novel agent for introducing a protecting group for a hydroxy group and/or a mercapto group that can be introduced and removed under mild conditions is provided. The agent for introducing a protecting group for a hydroxy group and/or mercapto group of a substrate compound having the hydroxy group and/or mercapto group is represented by the following formula (I), wherein A represents a ring structure having 1 to 5 rings in which two carbon atoms of an adjacent benzene ring are included, the ring structure comprises a substituted or unsubstituted five-membered ring or six-membered ring and optionally include a heterocycle; each of R1, R2, R3, and R4 is independently a hydrogen atom or a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and X is a halogen atom or OSO2R5 (R5=an aryl group or an alkyl group).
US10160689B2
Disclosed is a CBS-based low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) material, and a preparation method thereof. The material has, as a main component, a sintered phase of low dielectric constant of CaSiO3 and CaB2O4, and comprises CBS and a dopant. The CBS comprises, by weight, 30-40% of CaO, 15-30% of B2O3, and 40-50% of SiO2, and the dopant comprises 0-2% of P2O5, 0-2% of nanometer CuO, and 0.5-2% of nanometer V2O5. The preparation method comprises mixing oxides including a CBS-based dielectric ceramic as a base and one or two of P2O5 and CuO as an initial dopant, and then adding V2O5 as a final sintering aid, to prepare the material. In the present invention, a CBS-based LTCC material that is obtained by sintering at a low temperature and has the advantages of low dielectric constant, low loss, and good overall performance is provided.
US10160688B2
Embodiments of a layered-substrate comprising a substrate and a layer disposed thereon, wherein the layered-substrate is able to withstand fracture when assembled with a device that is dropped from a height of at least 100 cm onto a drop surface, are disclosed. The layered-substrate may exhibit a hardness of at least about 10 GPa or at least about 20 GPa. The substrate may include an amorphous substrate or a crystalline substrate. Examples of amorphous substrates include glass, which is optionally chemically strengthened. Examples of crystalline substrates include single crystal substrates (e.g. sapphire) and glass ceramics. Articles and/or devices including such layered-substrate and methods for making such devices are also disclosed.
US10160684B2
A method of drawing different materials includes forming a first material into a preform body defining at least one channel extending therethrough having a first cross-sectional area. A first element formed of a second material is inserted into the channel and with the preform body creates a preform assembly. The first element has a cross-sectional area that is less than the cross-sectional area of the channel, and the second material has a higher melting temperature than the first material. The preform assembly is heated so that the first material softens and the preform assembly is drawn so that the preform body deforms at a first deformation rate to a smaller cross-sectional area and the first element substantially maintains a constant cross-sectional area throughout the drawing process. Upon completion of the drawing step, the cross-sectional area of the channel is equivalent to the cross-sectional area of the first element.
US10160681B2
A super-large scale photon capture bioreactor for water purification and aquaculture, includes a sealable three-dimensional room. Circuitous water ditches (2) at each layer inside the room. The water ditches (2) within a layer includes an inlet (12) and an outlet (13). A plurality of filter units (4) are at intervals in water ditches (2) at each layer. Float-planted plants (5) are on water surface of each filter unit, aquatic animals (6) and microorganisms (7) are underwater, and plant growth illustrating lights (8) are above float-planted plants (5) at adjustable height. A vane wheel (15) connecting a generator (16) is under an outlet (13) of an upper layer. A water inlet (12) of a next layer is under the vane wheel (15). Water to be purified is guided to an inlet (12) at an uppermost layer. The bioreactor is in low energy consumption, less occupied area, no pollution and clean production.
US10160680B2
A process is provided, comprising: (a) supplying ammonium-containing wastewater to a reactor containing granular sludge comprising granules having a core of anammox bacteria and an outer rim of ammonia oxidizing bacteria; (b) subjecting the wastewater to ammonium oxidation at a temperature between 5 to 25° C., a dissolved oxygen concentration between 0.4 mg/L to 4.0 mg/L, and a hydraulic retention time between 0.5 hours to 1.5 days, obtaining a nitrogen gaseous stream and a dispersion of granular and non-sludge in treated wastewater; and (c) separating the dispersion into a granular sludge stream and a stream of treated wastewater and non-granular sludge, and (d) recycling the granular sludge to the reactor while discharging the non-granular sludge, wherein the granular sludge has a reactor retention time at least ten times the hydraulic retention time, and wherein the retention time of non-granular sludge is no more than three times the hydraulic retention time.
US10160678B2
An upflow continuous backwash deep bed sand filter (UCBF) having a recycle line for returning carbonaceous denitrifying bacteria attached to biomass to the influent of the UCBF. The recycle line returns the biomass to the treatment process at a location upstream of the upflow continuous backwash filter. Further, a liquid level control unit is provided that reduces fluctuations and significant drop in the liquid level upstream of the upflow continuous backwash filter, thereby avoiding or minimizing flow turbulences, air induction, and undesirable wastewater aeration resulting in the need to dose excessive carbon source to remove dissolved oxygen in the aerated wastewater.
US10160666B2
A portable fluid-sanitizing system and assembly configured for personal use are provided. The system and assembly combine mechanical and electrical methods for removing and/or deactivating harmful chemicals, molecules, atoms, ions, and even microorganisms from fluid. The system and assembly comprise a hand-holdable container that is sized to receive a filter, such as an activated carbon block capable of adsorbing or otherwise capturing a variety of undesirable contents from the fluid. Ultraviolet lights may be disposed along an inner or outer portion of the container and placed so that their emissions penetrate any fluid contents of the container. Finally, means for electrically powering the lights may be provided. The means may be mechanically operated, such as by mechanically inducing a current in a coiled wire, or by hand-cranking a dynamo in electrical communication with the lights. Thus harmful or undesirable contents may be physically filtered and further irradiated to provide potable water.
US10160659B2
A preparation method of a titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material includes the following steps: (1) using polystyrene nanospheres with particle size of 180 nm as a template, tetrabutyl titanate as a precursor, to prepare hollow titanium dioxide by calcining; (2) subjecting said hollow titanium dioxide to carboxylation modification to prepare carboxylated titanium dioxide; and (3) dispersing said carboxylated titanium dioxide in ethanol, using chromic nitrate nonahydrate as an assembly agent and trimesic acid as a crosslinking agent to carry out layer-by-layer self-assembly so as to prepare the titanium-dioxide-based double-layer hollow material.
US10160658B2
The present invention relates to cerium oxide particles that have excellent heat resistance especially useful for catalysts, functional ceramics, solid electrolyte for fuel cells, polishing, ultraviolet absorbers and the like, and particularly suitable for use as a catalyst or co-catalyst material, for instance in catalysis for purifying vehicle exhaust gas. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing such cerium oxide particles, and a catalyst, such as for purifying exhaust gas, utilizing these cerium oxide particles.
US10160648B2
This invention generally relates to metal chalcogenide nanostructures, methods for their preparation and methods of use. A method is disclosed that transforms zinc chalcogenide nanowires into nanorods or quadrilateral nanostructures in an anneal step. Particular embodiments comprise ZnO nanostructures.
US10160641B2
A simplified MEMS fabrication process and MEMS device is provided that allows for cheaper and lighter-weight MEMS devices to be fabricated. The process comprises etching a plurality of holes or other feature patterns into a MEMS device, and then etching away the underlying wafer such that, after the etching process, the MEMS device is the required thickness and the individual die are separated, avoiding the extra steps of wafer thinning and die dicing. By etching trenches into the substrate wafer and filling them with a MEMS base material, sophisticated taller MEMS devices with larger force may be made.
US10160625B2
A conveyance system includes a robot and a suspending device. The robot moves and conveys a workpiece in a horizontal direction. The suspending device includes a suspending mechanism, a lifting unit, and a support mechanism. The suspending mechanism suspends the workpiece, and the lifting unit lifts up and down the workpiece. The support mechanism supports the suspending mechanism such that the suspending mechanism is movable in the horizontal direction.
US10160619B2
A hydraulic elevator system includes a power unit and elevator controller where the elevator car is controlled within the hoistway when a portion of the hoistway might be flooded. The power unit includes a water tight tank having a ventilation tube or snorkel. A moisture sensor is connected with the elevator controller, and positioned within the pit of the hoistway. The moisture sensor detects the existence of a flooded pit condition and communicates such a condition to the elevator controller. The elevator controller initiates a safety sequence when the presence of a flooded pit condition is detected to prevent the elevator car from entering a flooded area of the hoistway.
US10160616B2
The present disclosure relates to an adhesive tape dispenser, for an adhesive tape roll having a core element, said dispenser essentially consisting of or comprising a carrier unit, in particular a housing, at least one grip member being connected, in particular via a connecting member, to the carrier unit for handling of the adhesive tape dispenser, a first bearing member essentially consisting of or comprising a rotatable bearing shaft arranged and adjusted for receiving the core element of an adhesive tape roll and for rotatably supporting said roll which is directly or indirectly arranged on and/or fastened to the carrier unit, a second bearing member essentially consisting of or comprising an, in particular non-rotatable, bearing shaft, which is directly or indirectly arranged on and/or fastened to the carrier unit, and a receiving member arranged and adjusted for receiving the core element of an adhesive tape roll that is rotatably arrangeable or supported on said second bearing shaft, an, in particular rotatable, applicator unit for attaching the adhesive tape to objects which is directly or indirectly joined to the carrier unit or which is integral with said carrier unit, at least one fastening means for a cutting blade, which is directly or indirectly joined to the carrier unit or which is integral with said carrier unit, and optionally a cutting blade held by said fastening means, wherein the grip member and applicator unit are located on opposite sides of the first or second bearing member and/or of the center of gravity of the dispenser. Furthermore the disclosure relates to an adhesive tape roll consisting of or comprising a core which comprises a receiving opening extending through the core in the longitudinal direction and an adhesive tape which is wound onto the core, wherein the core consists of or comprises a plastic material or a metal material, that the receiving opening which extends through the core has a polygonal cross-section, and that at least one stop is provided at an end of the receiving opening.
US10160615B2
A roll holding apparatus includes a pair of holding members and an advancing/retracting support device. The pair of holding members is configured to be inserted into an inner periphery of a print-receiving paper roll. The pair of holding members is configured to rotatably support the print-receiving paper roll. The advancing/retracting support device is configured to support the holding member to switch an advancing/retracting state of the holding member into a first state, second state, or a third state. A tip end portion of the holding member protrudes to a first position in the first state. The tip end portion lies inward along an axial direction of the print-receiving paper roll than the first position in the second state. The tip end portion lies outward along the axial direction from the first position in the third state.
US10160612B2
Provided is a sheet conveying apparatus that includes a conveying unit capable of changing its posture through rotation, and forms a sheet conveyance path capable of conveying a sheet without fail regardless of which posture the conveying unit is in. A first conveying unit is capable of being in a first posture and in a second posture by rotating from the first posture. In a case where the first conveying unit is in the first posture, a sheet conveyance path is formed in which the first conveyance path, the second conveyance path, and the third conveyance path are connected in this order. In a case where the first conveying unit is in the second posture, a sheet conveyance path is formed in which the first conveyance path and the third conveyance path are connected in this order.
US10160610B2
Provided is a stacking device that stacks shaped steel with small-scale equipment using a transporting means with a simple structure. This shaped steel stacking device comprises: a stacking platform on which stacked shaped steel is loaded; a transporting platform that has a plurality of loading faces on which the shaped steel to be transported to the stacking platform is loaded; and a pushing means that pushes the shaped steel loaded on the transporting platform out toward the stacking platform. The transporting platform comprises a first loading face having a flat portion and a second loading face having a flat portion and an inclined portion. The inclined portion is formed on a side facing the stacking platform, and the first and second loading faces can be selected according to the order the shaped steel is pushed out.
US10160603B2
The problem of singulating oblong articles (1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b) that are unloaded in an arbitrary orientation onto a conveyor has been solved in that the conveying trough (4) is divided into a central, lower part (5) and surrounding upwards-and-outwards extending parts (6, 7), whereby the central part (5) vibrates with a longitudinal amplitude that is higher than that of the upwards-and-outwards extending parts (6, 7) at the same frequency.
US10160601B2
A belt transporting device includes a belt; first and second adjustment members provided at two respective ends of a tension roller in a belt width direction orthogonal to a direction of rotation of the belt, the first and second adjustment members each being movable by receiving a force from the belt; and a link member that interlocks the movement of the first adjustment member and the movement of the second adjustment member. If the belt is laterally shifted in the belt width direction, one of the first and second adjustment members moves by receiving a force from the belt while the other is moved by the link member such that the tension roller is tilted with respect to a driving roller.
US10160596B2
Disclosed is a refuse container support apparatus including an elongated post member including a first end and a second end, with the first end disposed to support the second end above the ground, at least one foot member coupled to the post member between the first and second ends to at least partially support a refuse container above the ground, and at least one attachment bar to removably couple a refuse container to the post member from within the interior of a refuse container. The present general inventive concept can also include a substantially flat base member coupled to the post member's first end, a light in electrical communication with a solar panel disposed atop the post member, and a surround member coupled to the post member to receive and support a refuse container. The present general inventive concept can also include a fixed cover permanently attached to the surround member and a hinged gate member attached to the surround member to allow the refuse container to slide into and out of the surround member.
US10160581B2
Described herein is a wrapper (1) for food products, in particular confectionary products, comprising—a wrapping sheet shaped so as to define a curved portion (2) within which a product is housed;—a tear strip (6) applied on an inner side of said sheet, and—an adhesive label (16) applied on the outer side of said curved portion (2) and on one end of said tear strip (6). The adhesive label (16) provides hermetic closing of the wrapper which is provided with a cut (12) at said one end of the tear strip (6) and at the same time comes to constitute, together with the tear strip (6) the means for opening the wrapper.
US10160578B2
Aspects of the invention include a child resistant packaging system that makes use of a container, a protective sleeve and a two part child resistant lid with inner lid and an outer lid that are co-axially aligned. The protective sleeve has a recessed groove that substantially matches a corresponding lip on the container enabling the protective sleeve to retain the container without a stretch fit. Also provided is a sleeve for protecting a container that is constructed from a molded silicone and has a recessed groove for retaining a container.
US10160563B2
A modular manufacturing system for wrapping and bundling or case packing rolled product. The modular manufacturing system includes a first end and a second end, a first module comprising a first piece of equipment, a second module comprising a second piece of equipment, and a third module comprising a third piece of equipment. The first piece of equipment comprises a wrapper. The second piece of equipment comprises a bundler. The third piece of equipment comprises a case closer. The first, second, and third modules are three of a plurality of additional modules arranged in a series configuration for metered product flow of the rolled product from the first end to the second end.
US10160560B2
The present disclosure provides a carbonation preservation device that attaches to the mouth of an open container holding carbonated liquid. More specifically, the present invention relates to a device for preventing loss of carbonation from a carbonated liquid stored within a container by purging the trapped air above the remaining liquid within the container and replacing it with carbon dioxide or mixture of gases. When in place, the carbonation preservation device purges the air and other gases from the volume above the remaining carbonated liquid and fills the volume with a gas, such as carbon dioxide, or a mixture of gases, in order to pressurize the container and prevent the escape of carbon dioxide from the remaining carbonated liquid in the container.
US10160556B2
A satellite electric propulsion power supply unit comprises: an internal source of electrical power; an external input adapted to receive an electrical power supply from an external source of electrical power; a first external output and a second external output adapted to deliver as output, respectively, a first electrical power supply and a second electrical power supply; a first selector element and a second selector element such that: the first selector element is equipped with a first internal input connected to the internal source and with two outputs: the first external output and an internal output connected to a second internal input of the second selector element; and the second selector element is equipped with an output corresponding to the second external output and with two inputs: the external input and the second internal input.
US10160552B2
A nacelle for a turbofan engine includes a fan case, an inner barrel and a nose lip generally concentrically disposed about an axis. The inner barrel projects forward from and is engaged to the fan case at a first split line. The nose lip is engaged to the inner barrel at a second split line, and extends substantially radially outward directly from the second split line, then substantially axially rearward to the fan cowl as one unitary piece.
US10160545B2
A heat exchanger to exchange heat between a ram air flow and a liquid flow includes a plurality of ram air layers that direct air, wherein each ram air layer is a single pass layer including a plurality of ram air fins in fluid communication with the ram air flow, and a plurality of liquid pass layers, wherein each liquid pass layer is a five pass layer including a plurality of liquid pass fins in fluid communication with the liquid flow, and each of the plurality of liquid pass layers is disposed adjacent to at least one ram air layer of the plurality of ram air layers.
US10160542B2
A fact checking system utilizes social networking information and analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The social networking fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information and/or provides a status of the information, including automatically modifying a web page to include the fact check results. The fact checking system is able to be implemented utilizing a drone device.
US10160529B2
The propulsion unit comprises a strut having an upper portion with an upper end portion passing through a passage formed between a first outer bottom and a second inner bottom in a vessel. The upper end portion is rotatable supported with a slewing bearing and sealed with a slewing seal. An upper slewing seal prevents lubrication medium leakage from the slewing bearing, whereby access to the upper slewing seal is provided in a radial direction from the interior of the vessel or from the interior of the strut in order to be able to service the upper slewing seal. A lower slewing seal is positioned at a vertical distance below the upper slewing seal and prevents sea water from penetrating into the hull of the vessel, whereby access to the lower slewing seal is provided in a radial direction from the interior of the vessel or from the interior of the strut in order to be able to service the lower slewing seal.
US10160528B2
A handling device (1) for an installable and retrievable subsea apparatus (2) to engage a docking device (3) on a subsea installation, the docking device (3) having a pair of engagement members (4, 5). The device (1) is provided with a top member (6) and a pair of engagement arms (7, 8) depending therefrom to extend along the outside of the apparatus (2). Each of the arms (7, 8) at a free end thereof is provided with a hook (7′, 8′) configured to engage in releasable way the engagement members (4; 5). A rotatable handle (9) is located above the top member (6) and has an integral or linked stem (10) which extends through the top member (6) and is pivotally linked to a top region of the apparatus (2). The handle (9) is able to operate the engagement arms (7, 8) relative to the engagement members (4,5).
US10160518B2
Disclosed is a portable platform with a plurality of panels configured to have a folded state and an extended state, wherein the platform is buoyant in water. The platform is configured to provide a substantially horizontal surface above a water surface when in the extended state and placed in a body of water. A first one of the plurality of panels is a support panel that may include a heat resistant support plate on which a barbecue or stove may be placed and/or secured. A second one of the plurality of panels has an aperture configured such that the barbecue fits through the aperture when the platform is in the folded state. A third one of the plurality of panels that is a cover panel that enables the platform to enclose the barbecue when in the folded state. The cover panel may have a heat resistant protective plate and the protective plate on the cover panel may have a recess to accommodate the barbecue when the platform is in the folded state.
US10160517B1
A pressurized air cushioned hull with fixed rigid side, front and rear seals. The hull includes a plurality of keels, with an air cushion disposed between inboard walls of each keel and an air cushion created/disposed along the outboard walls of each keel. These air cushions along the outboard walls of the keels are created by angling each keel by about 0.02° to about 1° relative to the longitudinal axis of the hull, wherein the left keel(s) is rotated clockwise and the right keel(s) is rotated counterclockwise, such that a distance between the keels is smaller at the front end of the keels than at the rear end of the keels. This slight angle was found to allow air, rather than water, to contact the outboard walls, unexpectedly reducing drag resistance a significant amount, thus improving performance of the hull as a whole.
US10160493B2
A vehicle framework structure includes a tunnel, a pair of rockers, a dash cross-member, a front side member rear and a floor reinforcement. The tunnel is disposed at a vehicle width direction central portion of a floor panel of a vehicle. The rockers are disposed at each vehicle width direction outer sides of the floor panel. The dash cross-member connects front portions of the rockers with the tunnel. A front side member is disposed at the vehicle front-and-rear direction front side of the floor panel. The front side member rear is provided under the floor panel at the vehicle front-and-rear direction rear side of the front side member. A vehicle front-and-rear direction front portion of the floor reinforcement is disposed between the dash cross-member and the floor panel, and the floor reinforcement is joined to the floor panel and to the front side member rear.
US10160492B2
In an embodiment, a battery housing arrangement integrated into a vehicle floor of an electric vehicle includes a BJB housing including a BJB configured to be electrically coupled to each of a plurality of battery modules in a battery housing upon installation of the plurality of battery modules into the battery housing. The BJB housing is positioned between at least one center structural support bar and one or more vehicle chassis bars, and is configured to protect the plurality of battery modules in the battery housing from crash forces by directing crash forces from the one or more vehicle chassis bars to the at least one center structural support bar.
US10160484B2
A system and method for determining whether a driver is holding a vehicle steering wheel. The vehicle will include an electric power steering system and may further include autonomous or semi-autonomous driving features, such as Lane Centering Control or Lane Keeping Assist. The system includes a passive detection technique which monitors steering torque and steering angle, determines a resonant frequency of oscillation of the steering system from the measured data, and compares the resonant frequency to a known steering system natural frequency to make a hands-on/off determination. If the passive technique results are below a confidence threshold, then an active technique is employed which provides a steering angle perturbation and measures the frequency response, where the perturbation signal has characteristics which are prescribed based on the results of the passive technique. A steering torque greater than a threshold value is also an indication of the driver holding the steering wheel.
US10160482B2
A driving support control apparatus using an electric power steering mechanism that improves followability to a target track and safety of steering operation by adapting information of a steering torque to a driver's characteristic on the basis of conditions for enhancing predictability of a vehicle track. The driving support control apparatus includes: a SAT estimating section that estimates a self-aligning torque; a SAT transfer characteristic control section that corrects the self-aligning torque in order to make a time constant of a self-aligning torque transfer characteristic equal to a desired value, and compensates the steering torque; a disturbance sensitivity control section that suppresses a disturbance included by the self-aligning torque, and compensates the steering torque; and a vehicle characteristic compensation control section that compensates the steering torque in accordance with an actual steering angle so that a vehicle characteristic becomes a primary delay characteristic.
US10160476B2
A spline telescoping shaft includes an inner shaft including a male spline and a tubular outer shaft including a female spline. A resin film is provided on a surface of at least either of both the splines. An addendum modification coefficient e, the number of teeth Z, a module m, a reference pitch circle diameter PCD, a tip circle diameter d1 and a root circle diameter d2 of the male spline and a tip circle diameter D1 and a root circle diameter D2 of the female spline have relations expressed by expressions (1) to (8). m(Z+4)>d1>m(Z+2) (1), mZ>d2>m(Z−1) (2), m(Z+4)>D2>m(Z+2) (3), mZ>D1>m(Z−1) (4), D2>d1 (5), D1>d2 (6), PCD=mZ (7), and 0.4
US10160475B2
In a steering column device, a locking shaft is disposed on a vehicle front side relative to an operating shaft for an operating lever in parallel to the operating shaft. On the locking shaft, a cam member is disposed which is configured to press a locking member against a locked member via a guiderail in such a direction as to engage the locking member with the locked member. On the other hand, on the operating shaft, a linking member is disposed which is configured to bring the cam member into a state where the locking member and the locked member are disengaged from each other when the operating shaft is moved to an unlock position.
US10160466B1
A method of exchanging centralized train control (CTC) messages in a railroad communication system includes generating a message having a format defined by a protocol with an application running on a sending one of a railroad wayside system and a railroad dispatch system. A railroad edge messaging protocol (EMP) header and a railroad Class D messaging transport header are appended to the message to generate a packet. The packet is transmitted to a receiving one of the railroad dispatch system and the railroad wayside system across the railroad communications system.
US10160462B2
A driving support apparatus mounted to a vehicle includes: a parking space identifier that identifies a parking space by using an imaging process based on a captured image taken by an imaging device, which is mounted to the vehicle and takes an image of the surrounding of the vehicle; an overlapping degree identifier that identifies an overlapping degree of the vehicle towards the parking space based on the captured image and the parking space identified by the parking space identifier; and a speed limiter that limits a vehicle speed to be less than or equal to a maximum value, which is predetermined, when the overlapping degree identified by the overlapping degree identifier is larger to or equal to a predetermined value.
US10160460B2
The integrated controller determines whether or not, regardless of execution of the WSC control, a rotation speed of the motor generator falls to less than an idle rotation speed and also whether or not differential rotation of the second clutch becomes less than a predetermined value, and determines that, if the determination is positive, a continuous MAX pressure failure has occurred in the second clutch.
US10160446B2
A hybrid vehicle control device for controlling a hybrid vehicle with an engine and an electric motor as drive sources of the vehicle includes a high-load road travel determination unit configured to determine whether or not the vehicle is traveling on a high running resistance road surface on which a predetermined vehicle acceleration is unobtainable only by an output of the engine, and a motor output setting unit configured to set an output of the electric motor. If the vehicle is determined to be traveling on the high running resistance road surface by the high-load road travel determination unit, the motor output setting unit limits the output of the electric motor when a vehicle speed reaches a predetermined vehicle speed.
US10160438B2
A vehicle includes a drive axle, a multi-mode transmission, and a controller coupled to the multi-mode transmission. The multi-mode transmission includes a first gear set having a first planetary gear carrier and a second gear set having a second planetary gear carrier, a first motor/generator coupled to the first gear set, a second motor/generator coupled to the second gear set and selectively coupled to a connecting shaft, a brake positioned to selectively limit a rotational movement of a ring gear of the second gear set when engaged, a first clutch selectively rotationally coupling the first gear set and the second gear set to the drive axle when engaged, and a second clutch selectively rotationally coupling the second motor/generator to the connecting shaft when engaged. The controller is configured to engage the brake and the clutches to selectively reconfigure the multi-mode transmission to an intermediate shift mode of operation.
US10160434B2
A method for determining defects of an automated parking brake for a motor vehicle with at least one brake device includes detecting damage to the parking brake on the basis of a time profile of a variable representing an output torque of a parking brake actuator. The parking brake includes the parking brake actuator configured to be activated. The detection of the damage includes analyzing the time profile of the variable representing the output torque of the parking brake actuator during a first phase of an activation process of the parking brake for the identification. The activation process of the parking brake has at least two phases. A first phase of the activation process includes a no build up or reduction of a clamping force between at least one brake lining and a brake disk. A second phase includes a build up or reduction of the clamping force.
US10160429B2
Provided is a stopping control device for a vehicle, which is applied to a vehicle having a braking apparatus that affords braking forces to respective wheels by supplying high pressure working liquid to wheel cylinders provided on the respective wheels and an inter-vehicle distance controller that controls an inter-vehicle distance between the own vehicle and a preceding vehicle, and comprises a braking controller that is configured to control the braking apparatus to increase the braking forces afforded to the wheels when a demand for stopping the own vehicle is input from the inter-vehicle distance controller; the braking controller being configured to end increasing of the braking forces when it is determined that an actual baking force of the entire vehicle exceeds a reference braking force set in advance as a value for maintaining the own vehicle in a stopped state.
US10160428B2
A trailer break-away switch comprises an electromechanical means to energize a towed trailer brake in the event of unintended decoupling of the trailer from the towing vehicle. When in normal operation, the trailer break-away switch operates as a normally open switch between the stored energy source (the battery) on the trailer and the trailer brake system. In the event of unintended decoupling of the trailer from the towing vehicle, a pin is pulled from the trailer break-away switch, which activates the switch. Activating the switch allows electrical power to be connected to the trailer brake system. In some cases, the switch directly connects a trailer battery to the electromagnetic coils of the electric brakes.
US10160426B2
A driver monitoring device is provided. The driver monitoring device includes a detection unit that detects an unbalanced posture of a driver based on an image of a driver's seat of a vehicle captured by a camera; a determination unit that determines whether or not the unbalanced posture of the driver detected by the detection unit is a habitual posture of the driver; and a notification unit that notifies the driver of the unbalanced posture in different manners in accordance with whether the unbalanced posture determined is the habitual posture of the driver or the unbalanced posture determined is other than the habitual posture of the driver.
US10160415B2
A hinge device for an airbag door of a vehicle is provided. In particular embodiments, a fabric sheet is made by weaving warp yarns and weft yarns with a plurality of grid spaces and integrally formed on an inner surface of an airbag door. Grid spaces formed in opposite ends of the fabric sheet that are rotated when the airbag door is opened by deployment of an airbag are arranged in a state of being compressed so as to be extensible.
US10160409B2
A system for controlling an automatic engine stop-start system of a vehicle includes a controller, an engine configured to be automatically stopped and started in response to a signal from the controller, a primary power source electrically coupled to the controller, and an auxiliary power source electrically coupled to the controller. A power control relay is electrically connected between the primary power source and the auxiliary power source and is configured to be selectively activated to isolate the auxiliary power source from the primary power source such that only the auxiliary power source is configured to supply power to the controller. The controller is configured to determine if the auxiliary power source is electrically disconnected from the vehicle when the power control relay is activated.
US10160405B1
A vehicle decal assembly is provided herein. The decal assembly includes a substrate having a diffraction grating along a surface thereof. A luminescent structure is disposed along a surface of the substrate. A reflective layer is disposed on an opposing side of the luminescent structure from the substrate. An adhesive layer is configured to maintain the substrate on a vehicle panel.
US10160403B2
In a glass chopped strand mat, a short chopped strand layer having first glass chopped strands with an average length of 25.4 to 76.2 mm and a long chopped strand layer having second glass chopped strands with an average length of 76.2 to 203.2 mm are laminated, a difference between the average length of the first glass chopped strands and that of the second glass chopped strands is 25.4 mm or greater, the short chopped strand layer occupies 50 to 70 parts by mass, and the long chopped strand layer occupies 30 to 50 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the glass chopped strand mat, a mass per unit area of the glass chopped strand mat is 180 g/m2 or lower, and a loss on ignition of the glass chopped strand mat measured on the basis of JIS R 3420 is lower than 10%.
US10160385B2
A vehicle rearview mirror is mounted in an accommodation casing of a vehicle and contains: an electric direction control assembly, a connection plate, a first reflector lens, and a reflector lens assembly. The electric direction control assembly includes a fixing seat and a movable sheet. The connection plate is disposed on the movable sheet away from the fixing seat and includes a first contacting portion and a coupling portion, the first contacting portion has a first plane away from the electric direction control assembly, and the coupling portion has a second plane away from the electric direction control assembly, wherein the second plane is lower than the first plane. The first reflector lens is secured on the first plane of the first contacting portion, and the reflector lens assembly includes a second contacting portion, a universal connector, and a second reflector lens.
US10160381B1
A cover assembly including: first, second, and third substantially rectangular panel sections in a parallel relationship and the second panel being interposed between the first and third panels. The foldable cover assembly also includes the first, second, and third panels being pivotally connected such that the panels can fold in relation to one another so as to form the cover assembly into a triangular configuration or the panels can fold open to bring the panels to have a common plane. The foldable cover assembly also includes a fastening device for temporarily holding the cover assembly in the triangular configuration. The foldable cover assembly also includes where at least one of the panels having established thereon a hazard sign for signaling distress in situations involving motor vehicle traffic; and where the hazard sign can be directed towards the surrounding environment when the cover assembly is in the triangular configuration.
US10160375B2
An automotive vehicle includes a headlamp housing mounted to a body of the vehicle. An airflow opening extends through the headlamp housing. A light guide coupled to the housing forms a portion of an airflow passage extending from the airflow opening into an interior of the body of the vehicle. A surface of the light guide is etched with a design extending along a length of the airflow passage. An LED light generating unit is positioned adjacent an end of the light guide to pass light from the light generating unit through the light guide that illuminates the etched design.
US10160374B2
A cargo management system for a cargo area at least partially defined between opposing sidewalls and a load floor of a vehicle includes at least one guide surface disposed proximate the load floor and a support structure adjustably connected to the at least one guide surface. The support structure includes a first post and a second post adjustable relative to the first post. A first translating member includes an upper portion pivotally connected to an upper end of the first post and a lower portion movably connected to a lower end of the second post. A second translating member includes an upper portion pivotally connected to an upper end of the second post and a lower portion movably connected to a lower end of the first post. The first and second translating members are adjustable between a first position and at least one second position.
US10160373B2
Disclosed is a utility truck bed comprising one or more of the following elements: (i) two worker stations located behind the cabin of the truck, each of which comprises a passenger well with a floor that is horizontally positioned below the bottom plane of the rest of the bed; (ii) a safety gate on the outside of the bed that slides horizontally to provide access to the well; (iii) a safety harness for connecting the worker to a fixed portion of the assembly; (iv) a sliding safety gate adjacent the passenger well on the inside of the bed; and (v) storage compartments positioned on the back of the truck bed, each extending longitudinally away from each worker station and positioned to provide sufficient space between each compartment to place working materials that do not fit in the storage compartments. Each storage compartment may include a closed box portion, an open box portion with guide rails to accommodate materials but allow the worker to have full view of the road behind the truck, and a safety guard to keep materials secured within the open box.
US10160371B2
A vehicle rack for hauling one or more personal recreational vehicles is provided. A vehicle rack may be adjustable to allow one or more personal recreation vehicles to be stored above a vehicle's cargo area allowing the vehicle to also tow a trailer.
US10160367B2
According to a first aspect, a grain cart is provided. The grain cart includes a rolling frame; and a bin mounted to the frame and having one or more walls defining a space for storing an agricultural product. The grain cart also includes a folding auger assembly having an upper auger portion with a first longitudinal axis and a lower auger portion with a second longitudinal axis. The upper auger portion further has an upper auger, an upper auger housing, and a discharge spout coupled to a top end of the upper auger housing. The lower auger portion further has a lower auger and lower auger housing. A bottom end of the lower auger housing is coupled to the bin and a top end of the lower auger housing is coupled to a bottom end of the upper auger housing, such that the lower auger and upper auger are operable to convey the agricultural product from the bin to the discharge spout. The auger assembly is foldable about a folding axis between a stored position and an operating position, such that in the stored position, the upper auger portion is folded relative to the lower auger portion so that the upper auger portion extends along a wall of the bin, and in said operating position, the upper auger portion extends upwardly from the lower auger portion. The auger assembly is rotatable in the operating position about the second longitudinal axis.
US10160364B2
The tailgate table includes a panel having a first pair of legs pivotally affixed to a lower side at a first end of the panel. At least one fastener is disposed on a second end of the panel wherein the fastener is can removably secure the second end to a tailgate of a vehicle. The second end is beveled to engage with the tailgate.
US10160358B2
A seatback for a vehicle seat includes a frame and a coverstock defining a seat surface. The seatback also includes a unitary, flexible internal support unit positioned between the frame and the coverstock. The support unit is moveable between an expanded configuration, in which the seating surface is supported over the frame at a first distance, and a collapsed configuration, in which the seating surface is supported over the frame at a second distance that is less than the first distance.
US10160357B2
A seat assembly having improved trim appearance is provided as well as a method and mold tool for making the seat assembly. In certain embodiments, the seat assembly has at least one narrow trench having a substantially constant width of up to 5 mm, which provides for better tolerances when installing a trim cover on the cushion and provides improved appearance and comfort. In certain embodiments, the mold tool has at least one tool insert that is configured to create the at least one narrow trench with a substantially constant width in the cushion.
US10160356B2
A climate controlled seat assembly includes a thermoelectric device having a main side and a waste side for generating a conditioned fluid stream and a waste fluid stream respectively, a fluid distribution system for distributing the conditioned fluid stream towards an occupant seated on the climate controlled seat assembly and for gathering and pulling fluid from around the occupant and directed this gathered fluid away from the occupant.
US10160342B2
A method for dynamically adjusting a battery current limit in a system having a battery pack includes determining a battery pack current as a charge current flowing into or a discharge current flowing from the battery pack, and also calculating a time-windowed average current for each of the charge current, the discharge current, and an RMS current of the battery pack. The battery current limit may be dynamically adjusted when any or all of the calculated time-windowed averages exceeds a corresponding calibrated control threshold. The battery current limit is a window-specific current limit that is greater than the calibrated control threshold and less than a static/fixed current limit for the battery pack. A system includes the battery pack, a sensor operable for measuring a current inflow/outflow to/from the battery pack, and a controller programmed to dynamically adjust the battery current limit using the above method.
US10160340B2
A system for optimizing life of a battery pack in a plug-in vehicle includes sensors for measuring battery performance data, including an open-circuit voltage, charging current, and/or temperature of the battery pack, a GPS receiver, a user interface, and a controller. The controller executes a method to monitor degradation of the battery pack using the performance data, and determines driving and charging histories for an operator of the vehicle using the measured battery performance data and a position signal from the GPS receiver. The histories identify the days, hours, and locations at which the operator has driven the vehicle and charged the battery pack. The controller identifies a state of charge data bin missing performance data or containing old performance data. The controller then controls a charging operation of the battery pack via a charging control signal, and records the measured battery performance data for the identified SOC data bin.
US10160339B2
A control system for a power grid includes a grid load availability evaluator that determines, for a selected time interval, an amount of electrical energy from a power grid that can be used to charge rechargeable electric vehicles by a plurality of charging segments positioned along transportation routes in a transportation network and a switching fabric to regulate, over the selected time interval, the electrical energy provided by the charging segments in accordance with the determined amount of electrical energy from the power grid that can be used to charge rechargeable vehicles.
US10160337B2
A low voltage DC-DC converter of an eco-friendly vehicle is provided. The converter includes an output current limit map applier that is configured to output an output current limit value using an output current limit map. A power controller is configured to amplify the output limit value output from the output current limit map applier to a predefined gain. Furthermore, an output limiter is configured to output the output limit value output from the power controller, and filter and output the output limit value after a predefined time lapses.
US10160324B2
An electric vehicle charging station detects a property of a charging cable connected to the electric vehicle charging station and determines, based on the detected property, an ampere capacity of the charging cable. The electric vehicle charging station automatically sets a maximum amperage output of the electric vehicle charging station to not exceed the determined ampere capacity of the charging cable.
US10160320B2
A head-up display includes a display device that displays an image toward a vertically downward direction, a first mirror that reflects the image to output reflected light toward a vertically upward direction, and a second mirror that reflects the reflected light from the first mirror to output reflected light toward a vertically upward direction. A vehicle includes the head-up display, and a windshield that reflects the reflected light emitted from the head-up display.
US10160318B2
In various embodiments, the present disclosure includes a cruise control system with (a) a vehicle having a steering system, an accelerator system, a braking system, a battery, a display, a processor, and memory; and (b) a cruise control program, operatively coupled to the accelerator system and configured to display a most recent cruising setpoint and a menu of user-adjustable cruising setpoints.
US10160317B2
A vehicle's accelerator pedal depression amount is detected; a speed limit of a road on which the vehicle is traveling is determined; a start of a lane change is estimated; an upper-limit speed is determined each time when the speed limit changes; and the travelling speed is controlled to not exceed the upper-limit speed even if the accelerator pedal depression amount increases to cause the speed of the vehicle to exceed the upper-limit speed. The speed of the vehicle is controlled, until a predetermined timing, to not exceed the upper-limit speed determined before the start of a lane change is estimated, if (i) the start of a lane change is estimated, and (ii) a reduction in the speed limit is determined. After the predetermined timing, the speed of the vehicle is controlled to not exceed the currently determined upper-limit speed.
US10160315B2
Removable devices and systems for operating the four wheel drive (4WD) system of a tow vehicle having an electronically controllable part time 4WD system including a selectable 4WD low range mode are described. The removable device may comprise a first interface for coupling the removable device to a selector, the selector providing an indication of a desired operating mode for the 4WD system; a second interface for coupling the removable device to a controller-area network bus of the tow vehicle; a memory storing vehicle control codes; and at least one controller communicatively coupled to both the first interface and the second interface. The removable device, and system, may allow a vehicle operator to operate the tow vehicle in two-wheel drive low range mode.
US10160297B2
A retractable trailer enclosure system includes a flexible cover, rotatable winding spindle moveable by way of a spindle guide assembly. The spindle guide assembly includes a drive assembly actuable to rotate the spindle, a shuttle assembly mounting a spindle end and a guide track assembly which guides the shuttle assembly in reciprocal movement along both a vertical cover deployment/retraction path, and laterally along a spindle storage path.
US10160295B1
A sun visor assembly includes a visor body having a surface indentation, a slide panel and a guide feature. The guide feature connects the slide panel to the visor body and allows the slide panel to be displaced between a stowed position nested within the surface indentation and a deployed position projecting from the visor body to provide an expanded surface area for shielding the eyes of the driver from direct sunlight and/or glare.
US10160294B1
The dashboard-mounted retractable sunscreen is a sunscreen that may be deployed from a housing mounted in the area of a vehicle dashboard. To deploy the sunscreen, a shade is pulled from within the housing by grasping a hook on the top of the shade and pulling up. The same hook is used to hold the shade in place by passing the hook over the vehicle's rearview mirror. When no longer needed, the shade may be easily retracted back into the housing by separating the hook from the rearview mirror and lowering the hook towards the housing. Springs in each side of the housing enable the shade to wrap itself around a central rod within the housing. Width adjustment knobs on each end of the housing help hold the housing in place by pressing against the vehicle's left and right ‘A’ pillars.
US10160291B2
A vehicle air conditioning apparatus is provided that can extend the mileage of a vehicle by reducing the power consumed by the operation of a compressor and a heater. When a required quantity of heating Q_req is acquired, the minimum power sharing ratio between quantity of heat release Q_hpof a water-refrigerant heat exchanger 22 and quantity of heat release Q_htrof a water heater 32 is calculated, which allows the power consumption W_total to be minimized, and a compressor 21 and the water heater 32 is operated based on the result of the calculation.
US10160276B2
A method and system for measuring rotor position or velocity in an electric motor disposed in hydraulic fluid. The system comprises a contactless position sensor that measures electric motor rotor via magnetic, optical, or other means through a diaphragm that is permeable to the sensing means but impervious to the hydraulic fluid. An electronic sensor is positioned outside the operating fluid, whereas the motor is located in the fluid volume.
US10160269B2
An air supply system on a vehicle having a tire. The system includes a compressor having a supply mode for supplying air to a consumer connected to the compressor. The consumer is provided with a reservoir and the compressor switches to an idle mode when the pressure of the reservoir attains a first predetermined reservoir pressure. During a supply period when the consumer is supplied with air from the compressor, the pressure of at least one tire is measured and prior to a subsequent tire pressure measurement, air is discharged from the reservoir so that the compressor remains in the supply mode and the consumer and/or reservoir continues to be supplied with air.
US10160266B2
The present technology relates to a pneumatic tire in which a plurality of small blocks is delineated and formed by a plurality of rectilinear circumferential narrow grooves and a plurality of widthwise narrow grooves that communicate with the circumferential narrow grooves, and small block rows with the small blocks aligned along a tire circumferential direction are formed between adjacent circumferential narrow grooves. Each of the small blocks has a surface area differing from that of at least one small block that belongs to an adjacent small block row on at least one side with respect to a tire width direction and has an overlapping tire circumferential directional region. The small blocks have surface areas of no less than 20 mm2 and no more than 400 mm2.
US10160262B2
The invention relates to a control and to a method for controling rollers (2) mounted on a movable part such as, for example, a hospital bed (1), wherein one, several or all of the rollers (2) have a brake mechanism which can be set to a brake position and a release position, further preferably also to a direction-setting position, wherein, further, all the rollers (2) can be actuated electrically and one or several or all of the rollers (2) can in addition be actuated manually, and wherein, furthermore, an additional roller (3) with a wheel having a travel drive is provided, which additional roller (3) is preferably movable between a lowered position and a raised position. In order to obtain an advantageous control of the rollers in combination with the additional roller and also to provide an advantageous control method for this purpose, it is proposed that the travel drive can be activated only when the rollers (2) are located in the release position or the direction-setting position.
US10160260B2
A device (1) for applying heat radiation to a surface, for softening and/or removing one or more coatings, includes a head assembly (2) and a handle assembly (3) connected to the head assembly. The head assembly includes at least one heat radiation element (6) arranged in a reflector unit (4), which has an aperture intended to be directed towards the surface to be radiated. The head assembly and the handle assembly are separated by a clearance and at least one heat dissipating member that spans the clearance connects a first attachment area (14) of the head assembly and a second attachment area (16) of the handle assembly. At least a portion of the heat dissipating member has a curvature such that the length of the heat dissipating member exceeds the distance between the first and second attachment areas.
US10160255B2
A disaster-safe document binder includes rigid frame components: a front cover panel, a back cover panel, a spine assembly, and an apron. The rigid frame components form a book-like structure sized to store documents. The spine assembly includes a plurality of mounting rods that extend across the width of the spine assembly and are removably and rotatably coupled to each support member of spine assembly. The mounting rods physically support documents hanging vertically downward from the linear mounting brackets. The spine assembly includes a locking bar or locking pin that slides within a channel of a support member of the spine assembly to release or close the mounting rods within the spine assembly. The disaster-safe document binder formed from a metal that will not rust, emit harmful gases, or stain or discolor documents contained therewithin. The disaster-safe document binder is sealed closed to control an internal micro-climate within the binder.
US10160254B2
Disclosed herein are adjustable tab mechanisms for a hanging folder. An example tab mechanism includes an indexing portion movable between an expanded position and a retracted position. The example tab mechanism also includes a support portion positioned in a pocket formed by a cover panel of the folder. The support portion has a first fold extending over a hanging member.
US10160247B2
A plastic card is printed on by transferring an adhesive to a surface of the plastic card from a thermal transfer ribbon using a thermal printhead. A donor material is then applied over the transferred adhesive to adhere the donor material to the card surface with portions of the card surface not containing the transferred adhesive not being covered by the donor material. The techniques described herein permit the addition of high value features, such as three dimensional features, matte finishes, metallic or metallic appearing features, optical structures, and the like, to the surfaces of plastic cards. In addition, the techniques described herein can be integrated into existing card processing systems, such as central issuance card processing systems, that use thermal printing technology.
US10160244B1
A two-part method for dye-sublimation printing a decorative design on a moldable orthotic substrate comprising a first digital printing step of printing a computer image file of a decorative design on a digital transfer paper substrate using dye-sublimation CMYK inks, and a second dye-sublimation printing step comprising the steps of heating an oven to a first temperature, placing a moldable orthotic substrate inside the oven, heating the moldable orthotic substrate to a second temperature, positioning the digital transfer paper substrate on the moldable orthotic substrate with the decorative design down and in contact with the moldable orthotic substrate, and sublimating the at least one color of dye-sublimation CMYK inks from the digital transfer paper substrate to the moldable orthotic substrate. A custom orthotic product may be manufactured by wrapping the dye-sublimation printed moldable orthotic substrate around an orthotic mold and applying a vacuum.
US10160241B2
A liquid discharging apparatus including a fixed section; a movable section that is mounted to be displaceable with respect to the fixed section; a rail section which has a planar portion, in which a plane is formed in a reference direction, and in which the planar portion is fixed to the movable section; and a carriage on which a head that is able to discharge a liquid is mounted and which is mounted on the rail section to be movable in the reference direction, in which the movable section is displaced with respect to the fixed section so as to rotate the rail section about an axis extending in the reference direction.
US10160229B2
The shifted laser surface texturing method is a method of writing of large arrays of small objects (5) on surface or inside of a material. The whole array of objects (5) is produced by repeated linear raster (1) laser processing with sequential shifting of linear raster between each repetition of the scanning process. The linear raster is a set of paths (1) for laser beam scanning. Distance between spots (2) in the laser beam path (1) of the linear raster is defined by speed of laser beam scanning and by period between laser pulses. Sequence of linear raster shifts (4) defines the form of the small objects (5) in the array. Computational data for an array of the same objects (5) is very low. It is comparable to the number of lines N in one linear raster plus number of spots in one object. The presented method eliminates heat accumulation effect and strongly decreases plasma shielding effect, while at the same time enables effective use of high average power pulsed lasers.
US10160228B2
A thermal head includes a substrate, a heat storage layer disposed on the substrate and including a bulging portion, heating elements disposed on the bulging portion, a protective layer disposed on the heating elements, and a covering layer disposed on the protective layer. The covering layer includes a first portion disposed apart from the bulging portion, and a second portion disposed between the bulging portion and the first portion. The height of the second portion from the substrate is smaller than the height of the first portion from the substrate.
US10160222B2
There are provided a liquid ejection apparatus with low costs, a liquid container, and a manufacturing method thereof. To this end, a rocking body is assembled to the liquid container to suppress the drop thereof by melting and swaging of a support shaft.
US10160221B2
A liquid cartridge includes: a front surface facing frontward, a rear surface spaced apart from the front surface, an upper surface facing upward and is disposed between the front surface and the rear surface, a liquid supply portion provided at the front surface, a detection portion, an electrical interface disposed at the upper surface, and an engaging surface. The detection portion includes a light-receiving portion configured to receive incident light thereon. The light-receiving portion is positioned upward relative to the upper surface and configured to change a state of the light depending on a state of the liquid cartridge. The engaging surface faces rearward and configured to be engaged with an external member such that the engagement between the engaging surface and the external member restricts the liquid cartridge from moving rearward. The electrical interface and the engaging surface are positioned frontward relative to the light-receiving portion.
US10160210B2
In an example, a non-transitory processor-readable medium stores code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause a printing system to determine a text and line print mode or a graphics print mode to use for printing upcoming image content. The printing system selects a first nozzle column to print the image content when the text and line print mode is determined, and selects a second nozzle column to print the image content when the graphics print mode is determined.
US10160208B2
An electromechanical-transducing electronic component includes at least one element array of electromechanical transducer elements. A piezoelectric material of each transducer element is made of a composite oxide having a perovskite structure preferentially oriented to at least one of (100) and (001) planes and has a drop of diffraction intensity in a rocking curve corresponding to at least one of (200) and (002) planes measured at a position (2θ=θmax) of a diffraction peak intensity P where the diffraction intensity is largest in a diffraction intensity peak corresponding to the at least one of the (200) and (002) planes out of diffraction intensity peaks measured by an X-ray diffraction θ-2θ method. ΔP/PAVE is 20% or less where PAVE represents an average of the intensity P in the element array in the piezoelectric material of each transducer element and ΔP represents a maximum difference of the intensity P in the array.
US10160206B2
Accounting for oscillations with drop ejection waveforms can include identifying a previous ejection waveform having a first plurality of parameters including a time interval from a final pulse of the previous ejection waveform. Accounting for oscillations with drop ejection waveforms can include determining a second plurality of parameters based on the first plurality of parameters, where the second plurality of parameters define a current ejection waveform that accounts for oscillations caused by the previous ejection waveform. Accounting for oscillations with drop ejection waveforms can include applying the current ejection waveform to cause an ejection nozzle of the printhead to generate a desired fluid drop.
US10160202B2
A liquid discharging apparatus includes a print head that discharges a liquid, a carriage that is mounted on the print head, a control signal generation circuit, a drive signal generation circuit, a first cable through which a drive signal generation control signal is transmitted to the drive signal generation circuit, a second cable through which a drive signal is transmitted to the print head, a control circuit substrate on which the control signal generation circuit is provided, and a drive circuit substrate on which the drive signal generation circuit is provided. The shortest distance between the control circuit substrate and the carriage is longer than the shortest distance between the drive circuit substrate and the carriage. The drive circuit substrate is provided at a position where a region in which the carriage moves and at least a part of the drive circuit substrate overlap each other.
US10160201B2
There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including a head unit that has a first driving element and discharges a first liquid based on a first drive signal for driving the first driving element and a first control signal for controlling application of the first drive signal to the first driving element and a circuit substrate. First drive signal transmitting wiring through which the first drive signal is transmitted. The shortest distance between a first side of the circuit substrate and the first drive signal transmitting wiring is shorter than the shortest distance between the first drive signal transmitting wiring and the first control signal transmitting wiring. The shortest distance between a second side opposing the first side of the circuit substrate and the first control signal transmitting wiring is shorter than the shortest distance between the first drive signal transmitting wiring and the first control signal transmitting wiring.
US10160199B2
There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a discharging portion which discharges liquid; a fixing portion which fixes the discharging portion; a circuit substrate for controlling discharge of the liquid; a head cover which covers the circuit substrate; and a covering portion which connects the fixing portion and the head cover to each other, and covers a part between the fixing portion and the head cover.
US10160197B2
A printing apparatus includes a liquid ejecting section that is capable of ejecting a reactant liquid and an ink, and a control section that controls operation of the liquid ejecting section. The control section sets an ejection duty of the reactant liquid according to an ejection duty of the ink.
US10160194B2
A system and method are provided for implementing a comparatively higher speed process for surface curing of finished three-dimensional (3D) printed parts, objects and/or components, formed and/or otherwise manufactured in 3D printing systems and/or in additive material manufacturing processes. A vacuum finish curing chamber is provided within, or associated with one or more 3D printers to provide a locally-generated substantially oxygen depleted curing environment to support effective and efficient surface curing of one or more formed 3D printed parts. The vacuum finish curing system includes at least one device for emitting curing radiation and at least one object transport system for transporting formed 3D objects to the vacuum finish curing chamber without requiring user handling that would be hazardous to handling individuals.
US10160193B2
A printer system may include a coaxial extruder head that extrudes a core, a bulk, and/or a core and bulk cladding to form complex structures without retooling. The coaxial extruder head may include a distribution channel with an entrance and an exit, a priming chamber that surrounds the distribution channel. The priming chamber may include an outlet and a first inlet, a heating element thermally connected to the priming chamber, and a nozzle connected to the outlet of the priming chamber. Further, the nozzle may converge from the outlet of the priming chamber to an orifice of the nozzle. In addition, the exit of the distribution channel may be disposed at the orifice of the nozzle. This structure facilitates extruding a core and cladding type composite from the extruder head.
US10160190B2
A method for the production of sealing tape rolls of flexible, compressed foam with at least one barrier layer extending in a radial direction thereof, the barrier layer arranged axially between two layers of the foam, comprises the following steps: providing a foam web of flexible foam; introducing at least one cut into the foam web in a longitudinal direction thereof to form parallel foam strips; introducing film strips, adhesive tape strips, and/or an adhesive liquid medium into the intermediate spaces between each pair of adjacent foam strips produced by the cuts; bonding all of the foam strips together to produce a foam-barrier layer web; winding up the foam-barrier layer web into an intermediate roll; and cutting the intermediate roll at one or more points in an axial direction thereof to produce a plurality of sealing tape rolls, which are less wide than the intermediate roll.
US10160185B2
The claimed invention differs from what currently exists as Kevlar core is encased by resinated Jute/burlap, with optional addition of one or more layers of resinated Kevlar, and/or Carbon Fiber for additional structural support. Insulation and barrier is inserted to overcome backface deformation and blast overpressure to the composite. Less the 0.2 mm aluminum sheeting is inserted to deflect electromagnetic pulse jamming. Entire composite is then coated with insulating intumescing or other class A fire resistant coating. This results in a Composite which becomes very strong with a reduction in raw material costs, that is not only resistant to projectiles, but is also resistant to acid, blast overpressure, backface deformation, electromagnetic pulse and direct flame in excess of 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
US10160173B2
A method of producing a thin polarizing film having an excellent polarization degree includes, forming a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin layer on a thermoplastic resin substrate to prepare a laminate, subjecting the laminate to underwater stretching in an aqueous solution of boric acid and stretching the laminate while drying the laminate after the underwater stretching.
US10160168B2
In various embodiments, a method of making a cutting mat backing includes creating a roving by wrapping a fiber material around a rotary cylinder under tension to form a plurality of layers. Each of the plurality of layers is angled with respect to a central axis of the rotary cylinder and the roving has a normalized axial flexural rigidity of from 2 lbf.in2 to 30 lbf.in2 over a beam width of 1 inch and a ratio of normalized circumferential flexural rigidity to normalized axial flexural rigidity of from 1:1 to 30:1. The method further includes infusing the roving with a polymer resin and curing the resin via electromagnetic radiation to form the cutting mat backing. Cutting mats including the cutting mat backing are also described.
US10160164B2
A system for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects through felting. The system may include a composition head configured to deposit a manufacturing material comprising a strand of interlocked fibers onto a composition bed along a composition path. The composition path may define a path along which the composition head deposits the manufacturing material to form a predetermined three-dimensional object. The composition head may include a reciprocating felting needle configured to draw the manufacturing material from a material source and deposit the manufacturing material on the composition bed, and a feed lock configured to control the feed of the manufacturing material from the material source to the composition head. The system may include a controller for the composition head comprising one or more processors configured by computer-readable instructions to control the composition head to deposit the manufacturing material on the composition bed through felting.
US10160156B2
The disclosure relates to punch die apparatus, related thermoforming press apparatus, and methods for thermohydroforming die-punched parts formed therefrom, in particular from sheet blank substrates such as polymer composite materials and metals. The disclosure further relates to thermohydroforming blanks incorporating a vacuum-sealed outer film, in particular polymer composite blanks which can be used in combination with the disclosed apparatus. The apparatus and methods are particularly suitable for thermohydroforming parts with complex deep drawn geometries yet which retain relatively smooth outer surfaces and internal material structure. The apparatus and methods provide a fast and efficient means for composite part manufacturing.
US10160153B2
Provided is a resin pelletizer device capable of monitoring cavitation. A resin pelletizer device (100) includes a die (6) including a die surface (61) in which die holes (63) are formed, rotary blades (21) that rotate on the die surface (61) in the water, thereby cutting resin extruded from the die holes (63) in the water into a pellet form, a sensor (150) that detects an elastic wave generated during the rotation of the rotary blades (21) on the die surface (61), and a determination unit (121) that monitors an output value of the sensor (150), and determines that cavitation occurs when the output value of the sensor (150) becomes less than a predetermined threshold.
US10160150B2
An apparatus for controlling the rate of flow of mold material to a mold cavity, the apparatus comprising: an injection molding machine and a manifold; an actuator interconnected to a valve pin having a tip end; a valve system in fluid communication with the actuator to drive the actuator at one or more rates of travel, the valve system having a start position, one or more intermediate drive rate positions and a high drive rate position, the start position holding the valve pin in a gate closed position; a controller that instructs the valve system to move from the start position to the one or more intermediate drive rate positions and to remain in the one or more intermediate drive rate positions for one or more corresponding predetermined amounts of time.
US10160146B2
A method and apparatus are provided which enable formation of a thermoplastic article having a high volume loading of a long fiber reinforcement. The method includes providing a first thermoplastic composite material having at least about 40 volume percent of at least one reinforcing fiber; providing at least one mold, the mold(s) each comprising at least one first mold section having an inlet and an outlet and defining a first mold cavity and at least one second mold section having an inlet and an outlet and defining a second mold cavity, wherein the outlet of the first mold section is in communication with the inlet of the second mold section; introducing the first thermoplastic composite material into the first mold cavity; applying heat and pressure to the first thermoplastic composite material in the first mold cavity until the first mold section reaches at least a first process temperature; releasing the pressure on the mold; and reapplying pressure to the mold while cooling, wherein at least a portion of the first thermoplastic composite material flows out of the least one outlet of the first mold section and into the second mold cavity, wherein said cooling solidifies the first thermoplastic composite to form a molded article having the shape of the second mold cavity. Articles formed from such methods and apparatus are also disclosed.
US10160141B2
The present invention general related to a mold for making a contact lens comprises a first mold half having a first mold surface in contact with a polymerizable and/or crosslinkable silicone containing lens forming composition and a second mold half having a second mold surface in contact with the lens-forming composition, and the first mold half and the second mold half are configured to receive each other such that a cavity is formed between the first mold surface and the second mold surface. The cavity defines the shape of a contact lens to be molded. At least one of the mold halves is made from a sulfur containing polymer having a refraction index greater than 1.5. The dimension stability of the plastic mold can be improved.
US10160139B2
A method to control a power tool including the method steps: specifying the rotational speed of the drive at a first value, measuring a first amplitude of a signal, filtering the signal within a frequency range, measuring a second amplitude of the filtered signal, reducing the rotational speed of the drive to a second value if the first amplitude exceeds a first quantity and if the second amplitude exceeds a second quantity, and incrementally increasing the rotational speed of the drive to the first value, whereby each incremental increase of the rotational speed only takes place once the first amplitude remains below the first quantity for a time interval, and the second amplitude remains below the second quantity. A power tool that uses this method, includes: a drive, an acceleration sensor a filter, and a control unit.
US10160138B2
A tubular admixture piece for receiving in a mixing device for controlled metering in of an adjuvant into a pumpable mixture has at least one sealing element for producing an at least partially fluid-tight connection between the admixture piece and the mixing device wherein the at least one sealing element is designed as an axial seal with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tubular admixture piece. A housing element of a mixing device has at least a sealing support for axial sealing of the admixture piece, and is also configured to exert a force that acts on the admixture piece in the axial direction and/or longitudinal direction of the through-flow opening, such that the axial seal of an admixture piece received at least partially in the through-flow opening can be pressed against the sealing support by the force.
US10160137B2
A device (1) for producing a slab (9) from artificial stone material by means of a double-belt press having a lower belt (2) and an upper belt (3), the double-belt press comprising a charging device (4) for loading a starting material for producing the slab (9) onto the lower belt (2), and the charging device (4) comprising at least one drum (5, 6) that is rotatable about its longitudinal axis (a1, a2).
US10160134B2
A method of application of cutting a stream of products using a source of high pressure liquid is disclosed, and where a conveyor is provided for moving a stream of product along a path of travel which is at least partially unsupported, and a liquid jet is provided all which generates a pressurized liquid stream which severs individual objects in the stream of products while the individual objects are moving in an unsupported fashion along the path of travel.
US10160127B2
Direct metal deposition (DMD) is used to fabricate knife edges with extended service life. A metal alloy powder is deposited along a blank and melted with a laser beam so that the powder solidifies into a strip of material having a hardness and/or wear resistance greater than that of the starting material. The piece is then finished to produce a sharp edge in the solidified material. The powder may be melted while it is being deposited, or it may be melted after being deposited. A slot or groove may be formed in the blank with the metal alloy powder being deposited into the slot or groove. A hardened steel alloy powder is deposited onto a mild steel blank. For example, a tool steel or vanadium steel powder may be deposited onto a 1018 steel blank. An invention line-beam nozzle may be used for deposition and/or powder melting.
US10160124B2
Scissors include first and second body portions, and a pivot support portion that supports the first and second body portions. The scissors further include a movable transmission member attached to a handle of the first body portion, a spring provided between the handle of the first body portion and the movable transmission member, and rows of teeth configured to transmit urging force from the spring to the second body portion through the movable transmission member. The pivot support portion has a pivot and a pivot hole that enables the first and second body portions to be assembled and disassembled. The rows of teeth are provided on the movable transmission member and a handle of the second body portion, and can be attached to or detached from each other when assembling and disassembling the first and second body portions.
US10160123B2
A corrugated sign modification kit that includes a handheld cutting device with a handle with a first end, a second end, and a handle length separating the first and second ends, a first blade member, and a blade guide member. The first blade member is coupled to the handle and has a cutting edge that faces in a longitudinal direction of the handle, extends outwardly away from the handle, and has a width of less than approximately 1 inch separating its proximal and distal ends. The blade guide member is coupled to the distal end of the first blade member, is orientated in a substantially parallel direction to the longitudinal direction of the handle, and has a distal end protruding to a point in front of the cutting edge so as to define a channel to guide inserted objects within the channel to the cutting edge.
US10160115B2
A management system (or controller) is configured to send commands to robotic components of different types (e.g., different command types, byte order types, etc.). Once configured, a translation component may be deployed to translate some commands to some robotic components that use a different command type than a native command type used by the management system. The management system uses a native byte order type to create commands, which may be big endian or little endian. While some of the robotic components (e.g., first robotic components) may also use the native byte order type, other robotic components (e.g., second robotic components) may use a non-native byte order type (in relation to the management system). For example, the native byte order type may be big endian while the non-native byte order type may be little endian, or vice versa.
US10160106B2
In an embodiment herein, a tool is described. The tool comprises an inclinometer configured to determine a first inclination of the tool; and transmit a first indicator to a controller in response to determining the first inclination of the tool. The tool further comprises a controller interface configured to receive a first program from the controller in response to transmitting the first indicator. The tool further comprises a tool head configured to tighten a first fastener based, at least in part, on the first program.
US10160098B2
A cleaning apparatus, including a body; a tip connected to a first end of the body, the tip including a support extending in a direction away from the body; a polishing member including a first surface including a polishing surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a fixer to adhere and fix the polishing member to the support so that the polishing surface is brought in contact with a cleaning target surface.
US10160097B2
Provided are buffing pads that have intertwined seams such that any hard or unyielding edges are covered and not exposed during a buffing or polishing process. A double-sided buffing pad for polishing surfaces comprises a backing plate; two fibrous buffing media with filaments of textiles extending therefrom that are affixed one media to each face of the backing plate; and a seam that is intertwined by a portion of the filaments from each media are intertwined. The filaments may be intertwined by needle-tacking, air entanglement, or hydro-entanglement.
US10160090B2
A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) apparatus includes a processing chamber, a platen, a wafer heater and a carrier head. The platen is disposed in the processing chamber and is configured to allow a polishing pad to be disposed thereon. The wafer heater is disposed in the processing chamber and is configured to heat a wafer. The carrier head is disposed in the processing chamber and is configured to hold the heated wafer against the polishing pad.
US10160088B2
A method for polishing a polishing pad includes detecting a presence of a defect formed on a groove of a polishing pad; removing the defect from the groove of the polishing pad; after removing the defect, measuring a remaining depth of the groove; and based on the measured remaining depth of the groove, applying a polishing condition on the groove.
US10160087B2
A honing method for machining the inner surface of a bore in a workpiece via at least one honing operation using an expandable honing tool with an annular cutting group. The method includes coupling of the honing tool to a working spindle of a machine tool, and; inserting the honing tool into an inlet of the bore with the cutting material elements retracted, until it is in a final insertion position, in which the cutting group is located in an end region of the bore. Then the honing tool is turned and the annular cutting group is simultaneously expanded to create a cylindrical widening of the bore, followed by withdrawal of the honing tool from the bore with simultaneous turning of the honing tool in such a way that the bore is successively further widened in the direction of the inlet side.
US10160077B2
A method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, and tool changing system for changing tools on a machine. The tool changing system includes a tool magazine, a tool transporter, and an automatic tool changer (ATC). The ATC includes a tool holder and a tool changer. The tool magazine is configured to store at least one tool received at the tool loading station. The tool transporter is configured to transport a tool from the tool loading station or the tool magazine to a tool transfer position of the ATC, and to hold the tool at the tool transfer position during an automatic tool change process. The tool holder is configured to hold the tool at the tool transfer position during the automatic tool change process when the tool transporter is not positioned at the tool transfer position. The tool changer is configured to provide the tool at the tool transfer position to a tool change position of a machine during the automatic tool change process.
US10160060B2
A weld joint includes a first component of a first material and a second component of a ductile second material dissimilar from the first material. A planar face of the first component abuts a planar face of the second component. A “V” shaped weld groove is created in the first component defining a first groove end where a substantially planar groove face of the first component intersects a plane defined by the planar face of the second component below an end face of the second component. A slot is created below the groove end in the planar face of the second component having a closed end facing toward the end face of the second component and extending away from the planar face of the second component at an angle measured with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the slot.
US10160057B2
The invention relates to a method for the resistance welding of a metal sheet to a further metallic component, wherein the metal sheet is welded to the further component by a flow of electric current for welding in a circuit comprising the metal sheet, the further component, a first welding electrode and a second welding electrode, wherein the first welding electrode is in contact with the metal sheet and the second welding electrode, lying opposite the first welding electrode, is in contact with the further component on the side of the further component that is facing away from the metal sheet, wherein, in a first phase, the metal sheet is subjected at least for a time to a first force at least by the first welding electrode and, in a second phase, the metal sheet is subjected at least for a time to a second force at least by the first welding electrode during the flow of electric current for welding, the second force being lower than the first force.
US10160043B2
A device for coupling and centering tools has a tubular portion with a coupling seat laterally delimited by a cylindrical centering surface, a first threaded hole with a first tightening dowel projecting into the coupling seat, a second threaded hole with a second tightening end projecting into the coupling seat, a third hole tangential to the centering surface and a locking pin removably lockable in the third hole in a position interfering with the coupling seat, and removable from the third hole to free the coupling seat.
US10160042B2
A reducer sleeve includes a reducer sleeve body that has an axial forward end and an axial rearward end, as well as a flange at the axial forward end thereof. The flange contains a first nozzle. The reducer sleeve body contains a first trough extending from the axial rearward end to the axial forward end. The first trough is in communication with the first nozzle whereby coolant is able to enter the first trough and flow along the first trough and into the first nozzle wherein the coolant is ejected by the first nozzle.
US10160039B2
A height-setting tool is provided that includes a first clamping jaw, a second clamping jaw, an adjustment member, and an indicator member. The first clamping jaw includes a first clamping surface. The second clamping jaw is opposed to the first clamping jaw, and includes a second clamping surface. The first and second clamping jaws are configured to grasp a jaw of a chuck. The adjustment member is coupled to the first clamping jaw and second clamping jaw, and is configured such that a movement of the adjustment member moves the first and second clamping jaws by corresponding amounts in opposite directions. The indicator member includes an indicator surface. The indicator member is coupled to the adjustment member with the indicator surface equidistant from the first and second surfaces along a clamping direction.
US10160035B2
A method for texturizing a workpiece uses a die assembly installed within a press having a press ram. The method includes (a) delivering the workpiece onto a center die plate; (b) forcing the press ram against an upper die plate mounted above the center die plate to descend a first contact surface associated with the upper die plate and a plurality of blades mounted to the upper die plate toward the center die plate; (c) actuating horizontal movement of the blades; (d) driving the blades down into the workpiece; and (e) contacting the first contact surface to a second contact surface associated with the center die plate to descend the center die plate in unison with the upper die plate.
US10160034B2
A progressive former having a bolster and a ram reciprocal towards and away from the bolster, a plurality of workstations evenly spaced across the bolster and ram including aligned tooling piece holders on the bolster and ram, cylindrical die cases in the tooling holders on the bolster and cylindrical tool cases in the tooling holders on the ram, the tooling cases at the workstations being coaxial, a sideways forming mechanism at one of said workstations, the mechanism including a cam and a cam follower radially outward of imaginary outward projections of the associated tooling cases, the cam follower being arranged to be activated by forward motion of the ram towards the bolster, the mechanism including a tool for forming the blank by applying a sideways force on the blank.
US10160032B2
A handheld loop former for beading wire is provided. The loop former comprises a cutting lever, a slotted forming platform, a forming lever, and two scissors links. The cutting lever has a combination shear blade/forming die at its distal end. The slotted forming platform has a medially located slot, a shearing ledger, and a forming stanchion. The forming lever has a second forming die at its distal end. The cutting lever, forming platform at the medially located slot, and forming lever are journaled together with a pivot pin. Each of the forming lever and the cutting lever is journaled to one of the scissors links. Both scissors links are journaled to the forming platform. The sheer blade/forming die passes closely to the shearing ledger and with the second forming die envelops the forming stanchion when the forming lever and cutting lever are urged together. The forming platform is drawn proximally.
US10160031B2
A method of forming a closed cross-sectional structure press-forming the plate-shaped workpiece into portions corresponding to bottom portion and left and right side wall portions; and providing bend-facilitating lines at the plurality of bend lines; bending the workpiece in a direction that the portions corresponding to the left and right side wall portions approach each other by pressing a punch into a space between a pair of dies while clamping the portion corresponding to the bottom portion between the punch and a pad in a plate thickness direction; and bending the corresponding portions along the bend-facilitating lines by pressing the corresponding portions against an outer periphery of a plug having an outer peripheral shape the same as a final shape of the closed cross-sectional structure while the plug is placed on the portion of the workpiece corresponding to the bottom portion.
US10160025B2
A deep drawing die is provided having a top die with a hold-down clamp, a bottom die with a die plate, and at least one device arranged in a flange region, by which the distance between the hold-down clamp and the die plate can be modified in portions or partially. A method for deep drawing a workpiece with a deep drawing die includes inserting a workpiece between top and bottom dies, deep drawing by closing the dies, and controlling at least one actuator to generate a holding force during deep drawing. By selectively increasing forces in the flange feed at selected locations between hold-down clamp and die plate, it is possible to control the flow of material into the die plate and relieve load on regions having high deforming work, so that tears or cracks at these points in the finished component can be prevented.
US10160015B2
An apparatus for removing at least one foreign substance includes a detection unit detecting the at least one foreign substance adhered to a holding surface of a suction holding unit configured to suck and hold a substrate, a removal unit removing the at least one foreign substance adhered to the holding surface using fluid, and a movement mechanism configured to move the detection unit and the removal unit.
US10160013B2
A rinsing bath which can simplify a discharging structure of a rinsing liquid is disclosed. The rinsing bath includes an inner bath for storing the rinsing liquid, an overflow bath configured to receive the rinsing liquid overflowing the inner bath, a stopper for closing a drain hole provided on a bottom of the inner bath, an actuator configured to move the stopper between a closing position in which the stopper closes the drain hole and a opening position in which the stopper is away from the drain hole, a rinsing liquid supply pipe configured to supply the rinsing liquid into the inner bath, and a drain pipe coupled to a bottom of the overflow bath. The drain hole communicates between an inside of the inner bath and an inside of the overflow bath.
US10160009B2
A method for coating a pipe involves applying a coating material of cellular structured extruded thermoplastic material to the pipe and enclosing it on the outside by an outer covering layer of compact plastic. In an extrusion head, the annular opening for supplying coating material can be adjusted to a desired temperature by a region having coolant channels separated from the annular opening by an annular heat exchange surface. Before being applied to the pipe, the flowable coating material is guided along the heat exchange surface and cooled to a temperature just above the solidification temperature thereof. After the coating material leaves the annular opening, the coating material expands in a controlled manner, widening the outer covering layer depending on the adjusted temperature of the coating material, until the coating material begins to solidify. The outer covering layer surface condition can correspond to or be different from the pipe.
US10159998B2
A dispensing closure (10) for dispensing a flowable product (12) from a squeeze-type product container (14) includes a closure body (16) having an upper deck (32), an exit orifice (34), a flow conduit (36) providing a flow path to the exit orifice, and a skirt (40) configured to attach to the product container. A measuring reservoir (26) is received in engagement with a lower surface of the upper deck. The measuring reservoir is filled with a measured dose of flowable product through flow ports (54) when the container is inverted. A piston valve (28) is slidably movable within the measuring reservoir between an open position and a closed position. The piston valve is movable from the open position to the closed position to dispense the measured dose of product responsive to pressure within the container induced by squeezing.
US10159993B1
A shower head comprises a mounting base, a locating base hinged onto the mounting base, a handheld shower head detachably connected to the locating base and a main shower head connected to the locating base. The main shower head is annular or strip-shaped, and the main shower head can surround the outside of the handheld shower head and jointly form a top shower head with the handheld shower head. The main shower head is rotatably connected to the locating base, to adjust the included angle between the water spraying surface of the main shower head and the water spraying surface of the handheld shower head. There is an access clearance between the inner recessed rim of the main shower head and the outer rim of the handheld shower head.
US10159986B2
A food waste treatment apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a housing that defines a space that is configured to dehydrate and dry food waste, the housing having a drain pipe that is configured to discharge water included in the food waste and an exhaust duct that is configured to exhaust air that dried the food waste. The apparatus further includes a dryer that is configured to dry the food waste by supplying dry air to the housing. The apparatus further includes an exhaust unit connected to the drain pipe and the exhaust duct, the exhaust unit being configured to prevent the air exhausted from the exhaust duct from flowing back into the drain pipe.
US10159983B2
A cone crusher wear liner to crush feed materials such as minerals, rocks, or the like includes a stationary bowl liner. The stationary bowl liner is a downward curvature element with double open ends to allow feed material to be fed thereabove. The stationary bowl liner includes an inner circumferential crushing surface. The inner circumferential crushing surface includes a plurality of crushing protrusions. The wear liner also includes a gyrating mantle liner. The gyrating mantle liner is a downward curvature element with double closed ends, and gyrates at axial axis at an off-set angle to enable the feed materials between a pre-set gap to be crushed to smaller portions by the plurality of crushing protrusions.
US10159978B2
Microfluidic systems and methods including those that provide control of fluid flow are provided. Such systems and methods can be used, for example, to control pressure-driven flow based on the influence of channel geometry and the viscosity of one or more fluids inside the system.
US10159974B2
The invention relates to a surface treatment method for treating the inner walls of a microchannel made from a polymeric material that is at least partially photocured or thermoset. Said treatment is carried out via irradiation in the air at a wavelength of less than or equal to 300 nm. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a microfluidic device including such a surface treatment step.
US10159952B2
The invention provides a method for lysing a single cell embedded in a tissue from the inside of the cell, and collecting the intracellular lysate for use in analytical methods. This method preserves the state of molecules of the cell, and therefore allows for transformation of a single target cell in live tissue into a format that can be evaluated using analytical methods.
US10159948B2
A mixing apparatus (130) for a syringe (110), the mixing apparatus comprising a dock (134) configured to receive the syringe and having an agitation component actuator (132) integral to the dock configured for magnetically coupling to an agitation component (136) of a magnetic material located within a chamber of said syringe, and configured for manipulation of said agitation component within said chamber when coupled; wherein the actuator is in the form of a drum having a series of magnets attached thereto offset in relation to one another so as to manipulate said actuation component in a reciprocating motion upon rotation of the drum.
US10159947B2
In accordance with embodiments of the herein disclosed subject matter it is described a stirring device (200) for a biogas fermenter wherein the stirring device (200) is configured for stirring a fermentation material and comprises a shaft (102) rotatable about an axis of rotation and a mounting structure (106) attached to the shaft (102). The mounting structure (106) has a first connection surface (112) and the second connection surface (114) and a stirring element (116) is attached to the first connection surface (112) and the second connection surface (114). The first connection surface (112) and the second connection surface (112) are located at opposite sides of the shaft (102) with the shaft being located between the first connection surface (112) and the second connection surface (114). The stirring element (116) may be configured to be spaced from the shaft (102) when the stirring element (116) is attached to the first connection surface (112) and the second connection surface (114). According to an embodiment, the stirring device (200) is adapted for stirring fermentation material which is subject to dry fermentation.
US10159943B2
The present invention provides a carbon membrane for fluid separation with which a high-pressure fluid can be separated and purified and which has excellent pressure resistance and is less apt to be damaged. The present invention relates to a carbon membrane for fluid separation, including: a core layer which has a co-continuous porous structure; and a skin layer which has substantially no co-continuous porous structure and is formed around the core layer.
US10159934B2
Provided is an exhaust gas purification catalyst that combines reduction of pressure loss and enhancement of purification performance. This invention provides an exhaust gas purification catalyst comprising a wall-flow-type substrate and first and second catalytic layers. The first catalytic layer is provided to the interior of a partition wall, in contact with an entrance cell, from an exhaust inlet-side end in the running direction, having a length L1 less than Lw. The second catalytic layer is provided to the interior of a partition wall, in contact with an exit cell, from an exhaust outlet-side end in the running direction, having a length L2 less than Lw. An internal portion of partition wall in contact with entrance cell has a substrate-exposing segment near the exhaust outlet-side end.
US10159917B2
A filter device includes a housing with an end part and a side wall and containing an axially arranged array of filter elements, such as ceramic elements. An inlet in the end part supplies fluid to the filter elements and an outlet in the side wall is provided for transporting filtered fluid from the housing, the side wall of the filter device being provided with a cleaning duct for supplying cleaning fluid to the filter elements via the side wall. The cleaning duct 6 includes a distal channel portion 15 having a relatively small diameter D1 and a proximal portion 16 adjacent the side wall having a relatively large diameter D2. A number of partitions 36, 37 extend in the proximal portion from a position at or near the sidewall towards the distal channel portion 15 at an angle (β) to a center line 20 of the cleaning duct 6.
US10159915B2
Devices for the removal of gases and/or volatilizable contaminants from liquids are described. In one example device, a liquid fluid containing dissolved gases and/or volatilizable contaminants are passed through at least one local constriction in a flow-through chamber at a sufficient pressure and flow rate to create cavitation bubbles in the liquid flow. The dissolved gases and/or volatilizable contaminants migrate into the cavitation bubbles. The velocity of the liquid flow is then reduced, which allows for the cavitation bubbles in the liquid flow to coalesce. The velocity of the liquid flow can then be reduced further, resulting in additional coalescing of the cavitation bubbles. The cavitation bubbles that contain the gases and/or volatilizable contaminants can then be separated from the liquid flow. The separation generally leaves a liquid flow product that may have a concentration of one or more gases or volatilizable contaminants lower than the starting liquid flow.
US10159914B2
A tank system may be conventional and fixed, or mobile, such as a fracking fluid or other tank trailer. A drain port thereof is fitted with an adapter connecting a snorkel system to drain liquids from near the top of the liquid level in the tank. A snorkel head at the extreme distal end of a tube near the longitudinal center of the tank is suspended by a system of buoys. A flow field controller plate resists formation of vortices near the snorkel head, so it can operate as near the surface as possible, withdrawing the highest grade oil efficiently. At its exit, the proximal end of the tube drains oil through an inner conduit of an adapter at a penetration in the wall of the tank. The adapter forms an annulus around the inner conduit draining tank bottoms directly from the tank.
US10159906B1
A sparking jump rope configured to emit sparks while a user is jumping rope includes a rope made of a non-sparking material; and a sparking portion positioned along a length of the rope, the sparking portion configured to create sparks when the jump rope contacts a ground surface. The sparking portion may include at least one spark pad made of a flint material.
US10159901B2
Embodiments of the present invention split game processing and rendering between a client and a game server. A rendered video game image is received from a game server and combined with a rendered image generated by the game client to form a single video game image that is presented to a user. Control input is received by a client device and then communicated to a game server, potentially with some preprocessing, and is also consumed locally on the client, at least in part. An embodiment of the present invention processes and renders some or all of a character's interactions with game objects on the client device associated with the character. A character is associated with a client device when control input associated with the character is received from a user of the client device.
US10159899B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program product for causing a user terminal to realize functions to control progress of a video game in response to an operation of a user is provided. The functions include: a time measuring function configured to measure an elapsed time for a character on the basis of the elapsed time, the character starting an action; a first updating function configured to update information regarding a gauge, the gauge representing the elapsed time measured by the time measuring function; a second updating function configured to update information regarding a gauge, the gauge representing a value to be increased in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition including a condition that at least the first gauge is in a predetermined state; and a displaying function configured to display a game screen on a display screen of a display device.
US10159897B2
A gaming system comprises a handheld user input device, a processor for receiving input data from the handheld user input device and a gaming application for receiving data from the processor based on the received input data from the handheld user input device. The handheld user input device emulates one of a plurality of different devices associated with the gaming application. Each of the plurality of different devices have a set of input commands associated therewith. The set of input commands associated with the one of a plurality of different devices includes a command based on one of motion and orientation of the handheld device.
US10159894B2
An interactive computer game is described which works in conjunction with a number of physical modules that a user can connect together in different ways to form a coherent physical whole object. The game receives data from the object via a wireless link, the data identifying at least which modules form part of the object and updates game play based on the data received. At some point within the game play, the game presents an objective or goal to the user which the user can only achieve by interacting with the physical object formed from the modules. In an embodiment, this interaction comprises re-arranging the modules or swapping modules to form an object with a different visual appearance, moving all or part of the object and/or interacting with a sensor on a module in the object. The game may receive further data from the object during the user interaction.
US10159888B2
A location-and-event-tracking system includes radio-enabled anchors and tags on a field of play, e.g., a basketball court. Tags are attached to players and to balls or other game-play objects. The system determines the location in space of each of the tags. For tags connected to game-play objects, the system evaluates proximity to players to assess possession of the game-play object. If the game-play-object tag is not sufficiently close to a player for the player to be in possession of the object, the position of the game-play object is evaluated to determine whether the game-pay object is in a goal zone region. If so and the game-play object has been within an attempt zone, i.e., a sub-zone within the goal zone region, then the system determines whether a goal has been made by evaluating whether the game-play object passed in order through a number of sub-regions before, at, and after the goal.
US10159887B2
A method to create a water permeable and water shuttling sand bunker by forming a continuous bunker edge, installing a drain assembly, installing a synthetic tufted surface and a continuous integral edge overlapping polymer mesh, depositing a non-woven dual smooth surfaced geo-textile over the mesh and forming a sand layer. Water flows from the continuous bunker edge over the synthetic tufted surface and the non-woven dual smooth surfaced geo-textile to the drain assembly preventing the drain assembly from clogging, thereby forming a water permeable and water shuttling sand bunker.
US10159885B2
A golf club having a sensor that is removably connected at one or more positions of the golf club where the sensor comprises an inertial measurement unit including an accelerometer capable of measuring linear accelerations in three orthogonal axes and a gyroscope capable of measuring an angular rate of rotation around the same axes. The sensor may further comprise a processor which may perform instructions to detect the impact of the golf club with a golf ball and determine the start of the golf swing without any additional input from the user. The sensor may further have a power management system to extend the life of the power source.
US10159877B2
A golf club bag frame includes an upper portion, lower portion and central portion. The upper portion, lower portion and central portion are generally defined by a pair of side frame members joined by multiple horizontal members. The side frame members each include a curved section forming the central portion. A separator is attached to one or more of the horizontal members and includes three vertical walls and several horizontal cross-members which define multiple golf club receptacles. A handle is connected to the side frame members and/or horizontal members. A skin formed of a single piece of material which fits onto, and attaches to, the golf bag frame. Upper flaps of the skin fold over arms of the side frame members and attach to an underside of the skin using hook and loop fasteners (e.g., Velcro), buttons, snaps, zippers or the like.
US10159869B2
A resistance exercise system having, in certain embodiments, a DC power supply system, a DC motor connected to the DC power supply system, a drive section connected to a drive element, a resistance delivery element connected to the drive element, and an extractable exercise resistance delivery section, a predetermined variable resistance section intermediate the DC power supply system and DC motor, an electrical condition sensor, and a variable resistance section control in communication with the electrical condition sensor and the predetermined variable resistance section. In some embodiments, the resistance exercise system includes a computing facility providing the ability to configure the exercise system to provide predetermined static or variable exercise resistance during exercise, and for example, during a positive or negative exercise stroke. Some embodiments allow users to create and, if desired, display varying and complex resistance exercise routines with or without use of resistance weights.
US10159855B2
A wearable lightweight fire fighter's personal escape system and method includes a rope, having a distal and proximal end, organized in parallel segments disposed in an inner pouch. The inner pouch is entirely contained in an outer pouch that is appointed to be removably attached to a belt or harness, worn by a fire fighter. The proximal end of the rope exits through an opening in the inner pouch and outer pouch and is attached directly to a lightweight hook, or optionally enters a belay device. The hook has a sharp point for creating a purchase point on soft surfaces, a hook opening having sufficient diameter to surround radiators, steam pipe and the like, and capture rope that surrounds substantial objects. The hook has a central opening appointed for holding a firefighting tool to aid in creating a substantial object. The fire fighter escapes by creating a purchase point and repelling at a high speed or at a controlled speed by adjusting belay friction.
US10159854B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for altering the color of hair comprising a first mixture comprising from about 1% to about 50% of at least one starch, from about 1% to about 50% of at least one liquid fatty substance and from about 0.5% to about 40% of at least one silica material, and a second mixture comprising from about 1% to about 40% of at least one oxidizing agent, from about 0.5% to about 30% of at least one acrylic polymer and from about 0.1% to about 10% of at least one chelant compound.
US10159853B2
A system for estimating a dose from a proton therapy plan includes a memory that stores machine instructions and a processor coupled to the memory that executes the machine instructions to subdivide a representation of a volume of interest in a patient anatomy traversed by a planned proton field into a plurality of voxels. The processor further executes the machine instructions to determine the distance from the source of the planned proton beam to one of the voxels. The processor also executes the machine instructions to compute the discrete contribution at the voxel to an estimated dose received by the volume of interest from the planned proton beam based on the distance between the source and the volume of interest.
US10159841B2
A cardiac rhythm management system provides an increase in pacing rate as a combination of responses to three characteristics of a relative-temperature signal: a dip, a positive slope, and a positive magnitude. The relative-temperature signal is the difference between a short-term and a long-term temperature average. A dip produces a limited and temporary rate increase having a first proportionality. A positive slope produces a rate increase with a second proportionality. A positive magnitude produces a rate increase with a third proportionality. The dip response seeds the slope response to provide a seamless and immediate rate transition after a dip. The cardiac rhythm management system limits and filters the sum of the rate increases to provide a sensor indicated rate, which is used to stimulate the heart.
US10159835B2
Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, the apparatus comprising: stimulation means for electrically stimulating at least one nerve; an electrode array connectable to said stimulation means, said electrode array comprising a plurality of electrodes for electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve, said electrodes having a pre-formed geometry and known electrode-skin contact area size when in complete contact with the user's skin; monitoring means electrically connected to said stimulation means for monitoring the impedance of the electrical stimulation through said electrode array; and analysis means for analyzing said impedance to estimate a change in the electrode-skin contact area.
US10159833B2
A lead anchor includes a body defining a lead lumen having a first opening and a second opening through which a lead can pass. The body further defines a transverse lumen that intersects the lead lumen. An exterior member is disposed around at least a portion of the body. The exterior member is formed of a biocompatible material. A fastener anchors the lead to the body through the transverse lumen by deforming a portion of the lead. The transverse lumen is configured and arranged to receive the fastener. At least at least two suture tabs extend from the exterior member and are configured and arranged for receiving a suture to suture the lead anchor to patient tissue.
US10159825B2
A surgical or wound closure device utilizes a slide fastener for rapidly closing a surgical incision or wound with precise apposition of the sides of the incision. The surgical closure devices are configured for linear incisions, shaped incisions, such as used for wedge biopsy or excisional biopsy, and long incisions, such as used for laparotomy or surgical removal of redundant skin. The surgical closure device may be adhered to the patient's skin prior to making an incision and is subsequently used for closing the incision.
US10159819B2
A guidewire is coupled to a control module and extends through a lumen of the control module. The control module operates to transition between a first control state wherein the control module allows movement of the guidewire relative to a catheter and a second control state wherein relative axial movement between the catheter and guidewire is prevented.
US10159815B2
A method and apparatus to identify the source of oxygen delivery failure to a patient. The apparatus may include a pressure sensor to detect a patient's breathing pressure and ambient pressure, an oxygen flow analyzer to measure oxygen flow to the patient, and a processor to analyze the breathing pressure values, ambient pressure value, and oxygen flow rate values. When the oxygen flow rate value is greater than a predetermined threshold value, the processor is programmed to compare the breathing pressure values to the ambient pressure value and output an apnea alarm or an oxygen delivery device displacement alarm.
US10159813B2
A gas supply mask apparatus comprises a mask main body which can be put on a mask wearer relatively simply and relatively reliably by extending a head-worn band such as an elastic bandage relatively simply and relatively reliably over the head of the mask wearer even when there is no head-worn string such as a rubber string at hand. A string attaching short hole and band attaching long hole are formed in each of the left and right end portions of the outer peripheral portion of the mask main body.
US10159806B2
A medicament delivery device is presented having a housing configured to receive a medicament container having a delivery member and a shield, a protective cap, and wherein the protective cap comprises connecting means for connecting to the shield of the medicament container such that removal of the protective cap from the housing causes removal of the shield from the medicament container. The delivery device is characterized in that a protective cap assembly has a first disconnecting means configured to interact with corresponding second disconnecting means of the housing and of the protective cap such that activation of the first disconnecting means of the protective cap assembly causes the displacement of the protective cap relative to the housing.
US10159800B2
A medicament delivery device is present having a housing with a distal and a proximal end, the housing being adapted to receive a medicament container with a delivery member or with a connectable delivery member for delivery of a medicament. A drive mechanism acts on the medicament container to deliver the medicament. An actuator is interactively connected to the drive mechanism for holding the drive mechanism in a pre-tensioned state. A biased delivery member cover is positioned at least partially and axially movable within the housing and is interactively connected to the actuator, such that when the biased delivery member cover is pressed against a delivery site the actuator releases the drive mechanism from the pre-tensioned state. A signal delay mechanism is operably connected to said drive mechanism to generate an audible and/or tactile and/or visual signal indicating that the medicament has been completely delivered.
US10159795B2
A drug delivery device for administering a drug is presented having a body adapted to retain a cartridge containing a drug, at least one electrical unit and a port for electrically contacting the electrical unit, an adapter for attaching an injection needle to the drug delivery device, a safety mechanism arranged to prevent access to the port while an injection needle is in fluid communication with the cartridge and arranged to prevent establishing a fluid communication between an injection needle and the cartridge while the port is accessible.
US10159793B2
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a nozzle, for use in an injection device, that projects material at an ultra-high velocity. The nozzle includes an integrally formed body having an interior passageway that has a longitudinal axis. The input of the nozzle is configured to interface with a cartridge, and the output is configured to be placed proximate to a target. The passageway includes a taper, and its path length, from an initial diameter to a position along the passageway where the passageway first reaches a smallest diameter, is at least 0.5 mm. The taper of the passageway defines a shape, in a plane that includes the longitudinal axis, that is a continuous and monotonically decreasing function of distance along the longitudinal axis in a direction of flow through the nozzle.
US10159791B2
An injection device comprising a medicament container, a needle attached to the container, and a mechanism for automatic penetration of the needle, injection of medicament and withdrawal of the needle. The device operates by initiating a penetration sequence, followed by an injection sequence and followed by a withdrawal sequence. A previous sequence can trigger a subsequent sequence. The device further comprises a dampening mechanism arranged and designed to dampen the movement of the injection mechanism during an injection sequence.
US10159784B2
Disclosed is a method for initializing a dosing unit (20) of an ambulatory infusion system, the method including carrying out a first priming routine. The first priming routine includes: providing the dosing unit (20) with a dosing chamber (202) having a minimal dosing chamber volume, a draining valve (205) being closed and a filling valve (204) being open. The first priming routine further includes measuring an initial reservoir fluid pressure p2 and computing, a first priming volume v1. The method further includes increasing the dosing chamber volume by the first priming volume v1, with the first priming volume v1 being computed such that a reservoir coupling conduit is filled with liquid drug substantially completely at the end of the dosing chamber volume increasing. The first priming routine further includes closing the filling valve (204) and opening the draining valve (205) and emptying the dosing unit (20) by decreasing the dosing chamber volume to the minimal dosing chamber volume. Disclosed are further a control unit for controlling operation of a dosing unit as well as an ambulatory infusion device.
US10159774B2
A method may be provided for the operation of a pump device, which comprises at least one pump as well as a suction element which is connected to the at least one pump and which has a suction opening positioned in a cavity of a body of a patient that sucks a fluid by way of producing a reduced pressure in the suction element, wherein an acceleration is measured and monitored during the operation of the pump device, wherein the reduced pressure in the suction element is reduced at least for a limited reaction time period, given the occurrence of an acceleration variable which lies above a fixed threshold valve. A correspondingly configured pump device may be provided.
US10159771B2
Apparatuses and methods disclosed herein relate to various embodiments of wound fillers that, in some cases, preferentially collapse in one direction as compared to another direction. Such apparatuses and methods may aid in the closure of wounds and may further be used in combination with pressure sensors and controllers to provide for controlled collapse of the wound fillers.
US10159760B2
Imaging agents comprising an isolated polypeptide conjugated with a radionucleide and a chelator; wherein the isolated polypeptide binds specifically to HER2, or a variant thereof; and methods for preparing and using these imaging agents.
US10159756B2
The present invention relates to a complex prepared by conjugating indocyanine green to mannosyl serum albumin in order to overcome shortcomings such as low light stability and low in vivo stability of indocyanine green that is a fluorescent dye reagent that is used during surgical operations, a preparation method thereof, an optical imaging probe comprising the same, and a kit comprising the probe.
US10159749B2
Described herein are platinum-based brush-arm star polymers (Pt-BASPs), or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for delivery of platinum-based agents, such as cisplatin. Also provided are methods and kits involving the Pt-BASPs, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for treating proliferative diseases such as cancers (e.g., lung cancer, head-and-neck cancer, esophagus cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, pancreas cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, or prostate cancer) in a subject.
US10159734B2
Some embodiments provide a system for external manipulation of magnetic nanoparticles in vasculature using a remotely placed magnetic field-generating stator. In one aspect, the systems and methods relate to the control of magnetic nanoparticles in a fluid medium using permanent magnet-based or electromagnetic field-generating stator sources. Such a system can be useful for increasing the diffusion of therapeutic agents in a fluid medium, such as a human circulatory system, which can result in substantial clearance of fluid obstructions, such as vascular occlusions, in a circulatory system resulting in increased blood flow.
US10159729B2
The invention refers to a method for producing an antigen comprising at least one hydrophobic or partially hydrophobic antigen molecule from a virus, a bacterium, fungus, protozoan, parasite, a human neoplastic cell or an animal neoplastic, tumor or 5 cancer cell, the method comprising the steps of providing a virus, or cell comprising an antigen molecule, purifying the cell comprising the antigen molecule, solubilizing the antigen molecule in a solubilizing agent that preserves an intact antigen molecule upon solubilization and reconstituting the antigen molecule in a lipid-binding polypeptide that provides a lipid membrane mimicking environment and a reconstituted antigen particle 10 obtained by this method.
US10159718B2
The present invention relates to a process for purification of recombinant alpha-mannosidase, a process for production of alpha-mannosidase, a composition comprising alpha-mannosidase, use of the composition as a medicament, use as a medicament for the treatment of alpha-mannosidosis and a method of treating alpha-mannosidosis and/or alleviating the symptoms of alpha-mannosidosis.
US10159717B2
A method of treating a cancer of the central nervous system in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent which reduces blood glutamate levels and enhances brain to blood glutamate efflux to thereby treat the cancer of the central nervous system in the subject.
US10159716B2
Surfactant protein D (SP-D) is a member of the collectin family of collagenous lectin domain-containing proteins that is expressed in epithelial cells of the lung. Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of disorders associated with lung injury, including methods and compositions for the treatment of bronchopulmonary disorder (BPD).
US10159709B2
The invention relates to a healthcare product comprising (i) a component selected from the group of heat shock proteins from alfalfa and heat shock protein hydrolysates from alfalfa, the product further comprising imiquimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof. Further, the invention relates to a healthcare product for use in the prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of a skin disorder. Further, the invention relates to HSP for use for use in preventing the occurrence of a negative-side effect of a treatment with imiquimod, or alleviating such side effect.
US10159705B2
A method of using fucoidan to enhance stem cell mobilization in a subject, including hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and bone marrow stem cells (BMSCs) is provided. In the method, a blended composition of fruits, mushrooms, microorganisms, maternal fluids, and extracts thereof are used to promote trafficking of stem cells, resulting in migration of the stem cells to specific sties of maintenance an and repair within tissues and/or organs. The method also involves the use of fucoidan obtained from particular algae species to support release and circulation of HSCs, as demonstrated by significantly increase circulation of HSCs in the peripheral blood. Increased circulation of HSCs and/or BMSCs and migration towards sites of maintenance and the natural regeneration mechanisms in the body. Further provided is a dosing regimen for the administration of fucoidan and a method of enhancing release and circulation of stem cells.
US10159694B2
Methods and compositions are provided for combined transplantation of a solid organ and hematopoietic cells to a recipient, where tolerance to the graft is established through development of a persistent mixed chimerism. An individual with persistent mixed chimerism, usually for a period of at least six months, is able to withdraw from the use of immunosuppressive drugs after a period of time sufficient to establish tolerance.
US10159693B2
Therapeutically-active compositions that combine strontium with at least one additional molecules that increase the overall therapeutic potency of the combination beyond the potency of any of the separate constituents. Specifically, the combinations perform two important functions; (1) they increase the ability of topically-applied strontium to inhibit both acute sensory irritation (e.g., pruritus and pain), redness, swelling and inflammation (collectively defined for purposes of this description, “irritation”) and the chronic irritation that is characteristic of and contributes to the development and maintenance of painful or pruritic neuropathic conditions; and (2) they decrease the strontium activated pathways that are known to enhance the development and maintenance of pain, pruritis and neuropathic conditions.
US10159690B2
Provided is a chemically modified targeting protein, a pharmaceutical composition including the chemically modified targeting protein, a conjugate including the chemically modified targeting protein and a drug, and methods for preparing the same.
US10159689B2
A new class of paromomycin-derived aminoglycosides, which exhibit efficient stop-codon mutation suppression activity, low toxicity and high selectivity towards eukaryotic cells are provided. Also provided are chemical and chemo-enzymatic processes of preparing these paromomycin-derived aminoglycosides and intermediates thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and uses thereof in the treatment of genetic disorders.
US10159688B2
The present invention includes methods and compositions to enhance, inter alia, wound repair by administration of 2,3-biphosphoglycerate, myo-inositol trispyrophosphate, or a functional variant thereof.
US10159684B2
The present invention relates to method and pharmaceutical compositions for preventing glucocorticoid-induced corneal or skin thinning. In particular, the present invention relates to a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist for topical use in a method for preventing or reducing glucocorticoid-induced corneal or skin thinning in a subject in need thereof. The invention also relates to a topical pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of at least one glucocorticoid and an amount of at least one mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist or inhibitor of MR expression for use in a method for treating an inflammatory skin disease or an inflammatory disease of the cornea or of the anterior segment of the eye in a subject in need thereof.
US10159681B2
The invention relates to a method for on-demand contraception, which method comprises administering a progestogen agent or progesterone receptor modulator, such as 17a-acetoxy-11b-[4-N,N-dimethylamino-phenyl)-19-norpregna-4,9-diene-3,20-dione (ulipristal acetate) in a woman, within 72 hours before an intercourse or within 120 hours after the intercourse.
US10159680B2
The invention relates to compositions and formulations comprising isolated acidic fraction of mastic gum and uses thereof for treating impaired neurological functions as well as wound and tissue repair.
US10159678B2
Methods and compositions are described for reducing airway reactivity and the susceptibility to asthmatic bronchoconstriction that involve increasing sphingolipid content in airways and lungs of a mammalian subject.
US10159670B2
A method of treating a cellular stress-related disease in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent capable of enhancing processing of a pre-miRNA, thereby treating the cellular stress-related disease in the subject. Methods for treating motor neuron disease (MND) are also provided as well as pharmaceutical compositions.
US10159665B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method of inhibiting amyloid plaque deposition. In some embodiments, the method comprises: administering to an individual known to have a decreased expression level of Bri3 an amount of a nitroxide antioxidant effective to increase the BRI3 expression level relative to the decreased expression level, whereby the increased expression level of Bri3 inhibits amyloid plaque deposition via inhibition of amyloid precursor protein processing.
US10159654B2
Disclosure provides a formulation of curcuminoid with essential oil of turmeric to enhance the bioavailability of curcumin and to augment the biological activity of curcumin, wherein curcumin is the main constituent of curcuminoid and wherein Ar-turmerone is the main constituent of the essential oil of turmeric. An application of curcuminoid with essential oil of turmeric to enhance the bioavailability of curcumin for oral supplementation against a variety of diseases and method of doing the same is provided.
US10159650B2
A film coating composition comprising a cellulosic polymer, an opacifying agent, and a fatty acid is disclosed herein. Also disclosed is a film coating composition comprising a cellulosic polymer, an opacifying agent, a plasticizing agent, and a polyol. The disclosed film coating compositions may be mixed with a solvent to produce a film coating suspension. The film coating suspension can be applied to a substrate, such as a nutritional supplement, pharmaceutical, tablet, capsule, softgel, granule, particle, food confectionary form, agricultural seed, and the like to form a film coating on the substrate. Methods of coating a substrate with the film coating suspensions are also provided.
US10159646B2
This invention relates to biphasic lipid-vesicle compositions and methods for treating cervical displasia by intravaginal delivery.
US10159644B2
Dry powder inhalable compositions and methods for using and making the compositions are disclosed for vaccinating a subject against disease. In particular, the compositions are inhalable dry powders useful for preventing and/or treating diseases caused by microorganisms, for example, microorganisms such as viral or bacterial pathogens, including, the influenza virus. In particular, the method comprises the administration of an inhalable composition comprising virus-like particles and/or specific protein/s or antigenic peptides, peptide fragments and/or derivatives thereof using a dry powder drug delivery system.
US10159636B2
The present invention relates to the field of cosmetic and dermopharmaceutical compositions. It concerns oligomer compounds of D-glucuronic acid or D-glucuronate with a β (1-4) sequence (or oligoglucuronans) containing a degree of acetylation specifically between 8.7±0.5 and 9.2±0.5% by weight of O—CO—CH3 group compared to the weight of glucuronic acid and with a degree of polymerisation (DP) of 18-19±2. The oligomer compounds according to the present invention are intended to stimulate the elasticity of the dermis and epidermis although they also act to increase dermo-epidermal cohesion in order to combat skin ageing, lines, wrinkles, visible and/or tactile skin discontinuities, loss of firmness, elasticity and tone and to combat skin tissue deformability. The invention also concerns a cosmetic composition containing at least one compound as recited according to the present invention.
US10159620B2
A gait orthotic system includes a balance aid and a gait orthotic device. The gait orthotic device has a rigid attachment mechanism configured to securely and releasably couple the balance aid to the gait orthotic device. When the balance aid is coupled to the gait orthotic device, the gait orthotic device is supported in a standing position so that a user of the gait orthotic device is able to use his/her hands freely. When the balance aid is not coupled to the gait orthotic device, the user is able to use the balance aid for locomotion. In certain embodiments, the balance aid is a forearm crutch, a walker or a cane, while the rigid attachment mechanism is a clamp with an over-center latch.
US10159618B2
A patient support structure includes a pair of independently height-adjustable supports, each connected to a patient support. The supports may be independently raised, lowered, rolled or tilted about a longitudinal axis, laterally shifted and angled upwardly or downwardly. Position sensors are provided to sense all of the foregoing movements. The sensors communicate data to a computer for coordinated adjustment and maintenance of the inboard ends of the patient supports in an approximated position during such movements. A longitudinal translator provides for compensation in the length of the structure when the supports are angled upwardly or downwardly. A patient trunk translator provides coordinated translational movement of the patient's upper body along the respective patient support in a caudad or cephalad direction as the patient supports are angled upwardly or downwardly for maintaining proper spinal biomechanics and avoiding undue spinal traction or compression.
US10159617B2
Tabletop section for a surgical table, the tabletop section including a first connector for connecting the tabletop section to a second tabletop section, the first connector having a hook disposed around a space and defining an opening into the space, and a lock pin for locking the connector to the second tabletop section, the lock pin being movable relative to the hook to change a degree to which the lock pin blocks the opening. The tabletop section has a center of mass between first and second handle portions thereof.
US10159615B1
A lifting device is herein disclosed including an elongated member of substantially rigid material having a first end and a second end, wherein the elongated member is sufficiently resilient such that the elongated member may bend up to five degrees and still return to a vertical position, at least one grip circumferentially attached to the elongated member, wherein the at least one grip is friction fit onto the elongated member, wherein the at least one grip has a first end, a second end, and a central portion, patient grip safety ring located circumferentially about the first end of the central portion of the at least one grip, wherein the ring has an exterior lip that has a radius between 10 degrees and 45 degrees with respect to a perpendicular axis of the elongated member, and an anchor pad pivotably attached to the second end of the elongated member.
US10159610B2
An absorbent article (10, 110) can include a waist containment member (54) with a first longitudinal side edge (72), a second longitudinal side edge (74), a proximal portion (76), an intermediate portion (77), and a distal portion (78). The proximal portion (76) can be coupled to the chassis (11) of the absorbent article (10, 110). The intermediate portion (77) can be free to move independent of the proximal portion (76) and the distal portion (78) and free to move independent of the body facing surface (19) of the chassis (11) to provide a containment pocket (82) for containing body exudates. The distal portion (78) can be disposed underneath the intermediate portion (77) when the absorbent article (10, 110) is in the stretched, laid-flat configuration. The waist containment member (54) can also include a first lateral tack-down region (83a) and a second lateral tack-down region (83b).
US10159608B2
An absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin or incontinence pad has longitudinal side edges, transversal end edges, a fluid permeable topsheet, a fluid impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core includes a first absorbent layer having an opening extending therethrough and a fluid flow control structure located between said first absorbent layer and said backsheet. The first absorbent layer has a longitudinal front portion and a longitudinal back portion and a narrow transversal transition located between said front portion and said back portion. The width of the narrow transversal transition is 50-75% of the widest transversal width of the front portion of the first absorbent layer and 20-50% of the longitudinal length of the opening is located in the front portion of the first absorbent layer.
US10159603B2
A goggle for use in snowsports including a flexible frame and a lens assembly, magnets or magnetic elements being provided on upper and lower edges of an inner surface of the lens assembly and magnets or magnetic elements being provided in corresponding positions on an outer surface of the frame, for releasably holding the lens assembly in the frame, and at least two releasable clips being provided on the frame, the clips being movable between a released position and an engaged position, the clips in the engaged position overlying a portion of the lens assembly and each clip including at least one retaining member which in use passes into an aperture at least part way through the lens assembly, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the lens assembly, for preventing or limiting movement of the lens assembly in a direction away from the lateral side of the frame.
US10159595B2
The present invention provides a negative pressure generator comprising a vacuum pump having an intake end and an exhaust end, a soundproofing module having a compartment for accommodating the vacuum pump, the soundproofing module being configured to insulate noise and vibration generated when the vacuum pump is in operation, and a silencing tube module comprising a flexible intake tube having one open end communicating with the intake end of the vacuum pump and a flexible exhaust tube having one open end communicating with the exhaust end of the vacuum pump, the silencing tube module being configured to reduce noise generated at the intake end and/or the exhaust end of the vacuum pump when the vacuum pump is in operation. The negative pressure generator can provide a vacuum source to an oral interface device to favorably create a negative pressure environment in a user's oral cavity so that the patency of the user's upper airway is maintained.
US10159592B2
A spinal orthosis includes a rear panel, and first and second belt members securing to the rear panel. The first and second belt members each define a first end secured to a first side of the rear panel and a second end having a foldable portion adapted to fold over a first surface of the first and second belt members and secure to the first surface to reduce a length of the first and second belt members. First and second front closures are secured to the second ends of the first and second belt members, respectively, and arranged for removably securing to one another to form a continuously circumferential loop with the rear panel and the first and second belt members. A kit or method may be provided for sizing the belt members with a sizing device for forming a predetermined distance between the first and second belt members.
US10159591B2
An orthosis for stretching tissue around a joint of a patient between first and second relatively pivotable body portions. The orthosis includes a first arm member affixable to the first body portion and including a first extension member extending therefrom. A second arm member affixable to the second body portion is also included and has a second extension member having an arcuate shape extending therefrom. A third arm member including a third extension member having an arcuate shape extending therefrom is interposed between the first and second arm members. The third arm member is operatively connected to the first and second arm members, such that the first and third arm members travel along an arcuate path defined by the second extension member when the third arm member is moved from a first position to a second position relative to the second arm member. Furthermore, the first arm member can slide along the third extension member as the third arm member is moved from the first position to the second position relative to the second arm member.
US10159587B2
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a catheter shaft. The catheter shaft may include an inner member having a distal region and a deployment sheath disposed about the inner member. A stent may be disposed between along the distal region of the inner member. A handle may be coupled to the catheter shaft. An actuation mechanism may be coupled to the handle for proximally retracting the deployment sheath. The actuation mechanism may be designed to shift relative to the handle from a pre-deployment position, along an early deployment region, and along a full deployment region. The medical device may also include a force reduction member for applying a force to the actuation mechanism while the actuation mechanism is disposed along the early deployment region.
US10159580B2
A vertebral fusion device having a support element configured for insertion between two corresponding vertebral portions of two adjacent vertebrae, such as spinous processes and transverse processes, or joint surfaces of the vertebral bodies or of the facets, comprising a granular osteosynthesis material, preferably in cortico-spongeous chips made of bone bank human bone, which is plastically deformable, and a hollow container body that contains the osteosynthesis material and has a side wall, for example made with a network of interlaced meshes, and two open end portions to allow a contact between the osteosynthesis material and respective surfaces of said corresponding vertebral portions, so that the osteosynthesis material is kept in a compressed condition between said corresponding vertebral portions and receives mechanical loads therefrom which promote osteosynthesis.
US10159579B1
A system includes tubular members removably positionable over a passageway device connected to a connecting element attached to a vertebra. The tubular members may each include a sidewall having an opening positionable adjacent a proximal end of the passageway device when the tubular member is positioned over the passageway device. The tubular members include channels therein to receive respective blades of the passageway devices. One of the tubular members may be a counter torque tube, and another two of the tubular members may be a hinge shaft and a ball shaft, respectively, of a compression and distraction system. The blades of each passageway device may be integrally formed with a cage of the connecting element to form a monolithic blade-screw. The blades of the monolithic blade-screw may be constructed by affixing distal ends of non-threaded blade extensions to proximal ends of threaded reduction portions integrally connected to the cage.
US10159567B2
A prosthetic heart valve has three cusp regions positioned at an inflow end intermediate three commissure regions positioned at an outflow end thereof. A support frame including three cusp positioners is fixed with respect to a leaflet frame and located intermediate each pair of adjacent commissure regions. The valve is desirably compressible. In the aortic valve position, the cusp positioners angle outward into contact with the sinus cavities, and compress the native leaflets if they are not excised, or the aortic wall if they are.
US10159563B2
Eyewear is provided including a frame, and a camera connected with the frame, in which the camera is configured to be controlled by a remote controller. The camera may be configured to capture video and/or a photo. The eyewear may include data storage, and the camera may be connected to the data storage. A wrist watch may be configured to act both as a time piece and a controller of the camera. The eyewear may also include a heads up display and/or a video file player. The eyewear may also include an electro-active lens.
US10159561B2
The invention relates to a device for trapping the end of at least one fascicle (10) of soft material in a bone tunnel (1), comprising: a ferrule (100), a screw (200) and a washer (300), the ferrule comprising a proximal upper rim (140) and screwing elements (150), with a longitudinal axis (151) inclined α degrees in relation to the longitudinal axis (101) of the ferrule, and an inner thread (152) reciprocal to the outer thread (201) of the screw, the assembly being designed such that as the screw, with the washer, screws into the inner thread (152), the outer face (301) of the washer (300) approaches the inner face (142) of the proximal upper rim (140), an upper passage being formed between the two, via which the soft material projects, which is trapped in this way.
US10159555B2
A packaging member for a hernia repair device including a surgical mesh and at least one grasping member. The packaging member includes a central portion configured to receive the surgical mesh, at least one recessed track section configured to receive the at least one grasping member, and a knob extending into the at least one recessed track section. The knob is configured to retain the at least one grasping member within the at least one recessed track section.
US10159553B2
A mesh to repair a hole in a muscle wall includes a resilient mesh body and fortifying structure such as mesh portions of thicker weave than other portions, or strengthening members that can be engaged with the mesh and then removed from the mesh once the mesh is place over the hole. The same principles can be applied to a plug that is engaged with the mesh for filling the hole.
US10159548B2
An optical sensor for an instrument to form a closed-loop curing instrument that is configured to manage the quantity of delivered energy to a curable material, including a composite restoration for a tooth. The closed-loop curing instrument is configured to analyze a signal indicative of the light reflecting from the curable material, and to adjust light output based on the analysis.
US10159532B1
Certain aspects relate to systems and techniques for navigation-assisted medical devices. Some aspects relate to correlating features of depth information generated based on captured images of an anatomical luminal network with virtual features of depth information generated based on virtual images of a virtual representation of the anatomical luminal network in order to automatically determine aspects of a roll of a medical device within the luminal network.
US10159525B2
Bipolar electrosurgical forceps for use with a robotic surgical system. Electrodes on a first grasping jaw member align with corresponding electrodes on a second jaw member, allowing localized energy to seal tissue between the first and second jaw members. The first jaw member has an open centerline slot, exposing the tissue in the slot. The exposed tissue enables a second, similar forceps to be used with an opposing arm to treat the tissue in the slot. In embodiments, the precise motion of the robotic arms supporting the first and second forceps guides a distal tip electrode of the second forceps precisely within the open centerline slot of the first forceps to treat tissue. In this manner, the complex assemblies and control systems associated with moving blades of conventional electrosurgical forceps are eliminated.
US10159522B2
A device for freezing body tissue, the device having a main driving system capable of generating nitrogen under physical conditions near a critical point of a liquid-vapor system for the nitrogen. The critical point defines a point in a phase diagram of the liquid-vapor system where molar volumes are substantially equivalent for liquid and gas and the physical conditions include a pressure of about 33.5 atm.
US10159521B2
A method and system for performing pulmonary vein isolation, mapping, and assessing pulmonary vein occlusion using a single device. The device may generally include an ablation element, such as a cryoballoon, and a sensing component slidably disposed within a lumen of the device and bearing one or more mapping electrodes and one or more pressure sensors. The method may generally include mapping cardiac electrical signals within a heart and/or pulmonary vein, positioning a distal portion of the sensing component within a pulmonary vein, advancing the ablation element until it is in contact with the pulmonary vein ostium, recording blood pressure measurements within the pulmonary vein with the one or more pressure sensors to assess pulmonary vein occlusion, and activating the treatment element when the pulmonary vein is completely occluded. The sensing component may have a straight or hooped configuration, or a configuration therebetween.
US10159516B2
An interchangeable orthopedic blade including an internal portion and an external portion. The internal portion more accurately places the interchangeable orthopedic blade in, without excessive damage to, a bone when repairing a fracture in the bone and ultimately provide absolute stable fixation by the interchangeable orthopedic blade holding the fracture in its anatomic position and resisting applied forces while healing, to thereby provide a stable anatomic restoration and eliminate a need for revision surgery due to failure of fixation or malunion. The internal portion is received in the external portion and rotates relative to the external portion, but has the external portion move non-rotatably axially with the internal portion into the bone as the internal portion threads. In a first preferred embodiment, the internal portion is a screw with an externally threaded head. In a second preferred embodiment, the internal portion is an externally threaded set screw.
US10159515B2
System, including methods and devices, for fixing bone. The system may include a bone plate having two or more plate members connected to one another with one or more movable joints. Each joint may permit the orientation of the plate members to be adjusted relative to one another in a single plane or two or more nonparallel planes. The joint may have a movable configuration and a fixed configuration. Methods of creating the bone plate are also provided.
US10159513B2
A custom arthroplasty guide and a method of manufacturing such a guide are disclosed herein. The method of manufacturing the custom arthroplasty guide includes: a) generating medical imaging slices of the portion of the patient bone; b) identifying landmarks on bone boundaries in the medical imaging slices; c) providing model data including image data associated with a bone other than the patient bone; d) adjusting the model data to match the landmarks; e) using the adjusted model data to generate a three dimensional computer model of the portion of the patient bone; f) using the three dimensional computer model to generate design data associated with the custom arthroplasty guide; and g) using the design data in manufacturing the custom arthroplasty guide.
US10159511B2
The present disclosure provides an adjustable external fixator which can be utilized in bone transport or bone lengthening. The adjustable external fixator includes a body, a positioning member, a bone coupling member, and a threaded rod. The body includes a slideway. At least one of the positioning member and the bone coupling member is slidably coupled to the slideway of the body.
US10159505B2
A system that breaks calcium in a liquid includes a catheter including first and second electrodes arranged to receive there-across a high electrical voltage at an initial low current. The high electrical voltage causes an electrical arc to form across the electrodes creating a gas bubble within the liquid, a high current to flow through the electrodes, and a mechanical shock wave. A power source provides the electrodes with the high electrical voltage at the initial current and terminates the high electrical voltage in response to the high current flow through the electrodes.
US10159504B2
A surgical assembly, the assembly including a first guidewire, a second guidewire, in which each of the first guidewire and the second guidewire are configured to be received by a bone block, a first suture loop, a second suture loop, a first locking component, and a second locking component, in which the first locking component is coupled to the first suture loop and the second locking component is coupled to the second suture loop.
US10159498B2
An orthopedic device includes a femoral implant having a non-custom internal bone engagement surface. The femoral implant includes at least nine parameters adjusted preoperatively to correspond to a specific patient. The parameters can include patient-specific lengths, such as, for example, medial and lateral condyle widths and notch height, and patient-specific medial and lateral angles.
US10159497B2
A system is configured to create or enlarge a cavity in a tissue body and generally includes a cannula, a friction reduction covering, and a cavity creation member. The cavity creation member includes an end portion that is configured to transition between a first shape and a second shape that is different from the first shape. In operation, retracting the friction reduction covering relative to end portion causes the end portion to change shape from the first shape to the second shape such that the cavity creation member is configured to create or enlarge a cavity in the tissue body as the second end portion exits the friction reduction member.
US10159493B2
A device to aid in performing a revision surgery on a joint can comprise: a body member having a bone facing bottom surface, an opposing top surface, a first end portion configured to be disposed on a bone, and a second end portion opposite the first end portion and configured to be disposed on the bone nearer to the joint relative to the first end portion; a connecting member attached to the body member and configured to extend beyond an end of the bone; and a guide member attached to the connecting member and including an opening configured to receive a cutting tool. The device can be sized and shaped based on a computed tomography scan of the bone, and the guide member can be configured so that when the device is installed on the bone, the longitudinal axis of the opening is aligned with a longitudinal direction of the bone.
US10159485B2
A tool is described for deploying a sutureless vascular anastomosis connection, including a body, a sheath configured to house a connector, the connector being configured to couple a graft vessel to a main vessel, the sheath being removably coupled to a distal end of the body, a dial disposed on a proximal end of the body, a spring disposed within the body and coupled to the dial, a shaft extending from the distal end of the body into the sheath, the shaft having a shaft cannula, a plunger having a plunger head configured to be coupled with the spring at one end, the plunger coupled to the shaft at an opposite end, and a retractable needle coupled to the dial using a retraction mechanism, the retractable needle configured to fit within the shaft cannula, the retractable needle having a sharp end.
US10159480B2
A surgical jig assembly that is configured to hold and manipulate a first bone segment and a second bone segment, including: a first member that is configured to be selectively coupled to the first bone segment; a second member coupled to the first member, wherein the second member selectively translates with respect to the first member along a first axis; a third member coupled to the second member, wherein the third member selectively translates with respect to the second member along a second axis, wherein the second axis is perpendicular to the first axis; and a fourth member coupled to the third member, wherein the fourth member selectively translates with respect to the third member along a third axis, wherein the third axis is perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis, and wherein the fourth member is configured to be selectively coupled to the second bone segment.
US10159479B2
A device is configured for closing an aperture in a wall of a blood vessel. An embodiment of the device includes a body and at least one suture element held within the body. A suture capture rod is positioned within the body and is operatively associated with the suture element and arranged to pass the suture element through a vessel wall such that opposed portions of the suture element extend from the vessel wall. A removable guidewire segment is removably attached to a distal end of the body.
US10159476B2
A method for securing a repair, such as a rotator cuff repair and includes an anchor placed within a hole formed in bone and a cannulated screw inserted into the hole after the anchor has been inserted to effectuate a firm and secure connection of tissue to bone, particularly when the quality of the bone does not permit optimal fixation. The method allows superior tissue fixation to bone with the ease of knotless suture anchor application.
US10159469B2
An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a device and method for a transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsy. The device includes an ultrasound wand equipped with a lateral fire ultrasound sensor. The ultrasound wand also defines a channel having an oblique path though the wand. The channel accommodates a biopsy needle, which can be pivoted as well inserted through the channel to different depths in order to perform a biopsy of the prostate. The device therefore uses only three degrees-of-freedom of movement in order to obtain the biopsy samples. Additionally, the ultrasound wand can be used to generate a three-dimensional image of the prostate.
US10159467B2
Method for seam elimination and reconstruction of coplanar images from intravascular ultrasonic data
Methods, devices, and systems for providing seamless, co-planar intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include projecting a first A-scan line from a distal frame onto a reconstruction plane that extends perpendicular to an imaging axis, projecting a second A-scan line parallel to the first A-scan line from the proximal frame on the reconstruction plane; and determining a grayscale value of a point on the reconstruction plane by a weighted average of the first A-scan line and the second A-scan line.
US10159465B2
An ultrasound imaging system comprising a multi-use electronic display device and an ultrasound imaging device. The multi-use electronic display device is capable of communicating with one or more ultrasound imaging devices and selecting which to connect with based on at least one of previously store information, user input, and information gathered from the ultrasound imaging devices. The multi-use electronic display device may communicate with the ultrasound imaging devices while they are in a low power standby state. This approach reduces the complexity of the pairing process and provides a means for quickly and easily selecting between multiple ultrasound imaging devices.
US10159463B2
An ultrasound probe including a housing, a head part provided on the housing so as to enable expansion and contraction, an array provided in the housing and having one or more transducers, a rotary part provided at a rear surface of the array to rotate the array, a pressing part configured to expand the head part by applying pressure to the head part, and a control part, when the head part is inserted into a target object, configured to allow the array to control the pressing part such that the head part is expanded, and allow the array to be rotated in the expanded head part, by controlling the rotary part, thereby relieving pain involved with insertion of the ultrasound probe.
US10159461B2
The present invention discloses an ophthalmic device with a retinal vascularization monitoring system and associated methods. In some embodiments, the ophthalmic device can be a contact lens with a retinal vascularization monitoring system that can be used to monitor temporal changes of a pulsating vessel forming part of the retinal vascularization. Further, the retinal vascularization monitoring system may include elements for delivering a signal, including an audible and/or visual message, to the user that can be useful for identifying abnormal conditions such as a cardiac failure without delay. The audible and/or visual messages can be signals communicated to the user using one or both of the ophthalmic device and a wireless device in communication with the ophthalmic device.
US10159454B2
An imaging system selects a medical imaging protocol using a repository of information associating multiple ranges of contrast agent peak time with corresponding different imaging protocols. An imaging protocol comprises a method for acquiring images using an imaging system and using data identifying at least one of (a) an imaging rate within an imaging scan cycle and (b) an interval between imaging scans. A contrast agent peak time comprises a time a contrast agent concentration substantially reaches a peak value in an anatomical region of interest of a patient relative to a time of start of contrast agent injection. A contrast agent peak time detector detects a contrast agent peak time. An imaging processor adaptively selects an imaging protocol from the imaging protocols in response to a comparison of a detected contrast agent peak time with at least one of the plurality of ranges.
US10159453B2
A transformable imaging system configured to operate in at least two configurations. A first configuration may be open and a second configuration may be closed. The closed configuration may allow for imaging in along an arc greater than 180 degrees.
US10159452B2
A method for correction of an x-ray image recorded with an x-ray device with an anti-scatter grid for effects of the anti-scatter grid is provided. The anti-scatter grid has a spatially periodically repeating geometrical embodiment, and a calibration image recorded without an imaging object is used. The calibration image and the x-ray image are transformed by a transformation into the position frequency space. In the position frequency space, adaptation parameters describing changes of the calibration image optimizing a measure of matching between the x-ray image and the calibration image are established. For correction, the adapted calibration image is subtracted from the x-ray image, and the x-ray image is transformed back into the position space again using an inverse of the transformation.
US10159446B2
A medical apparatus includes: a breathing device comprising an air pressure generator for generating air pressure, a tube for delivering the air pressure to a patient, and a sensor configured to sense a characteristic associated with a breathing of the patient; and a processing unit configured to receive an output from the sensor, and generate a control signal for controlling a medical device based at least in part on the output from the sensor.
US10159415B2
A dashboard centered around arrhythmia or atrial fibrillation tracking is provided. The dashboard includes a heart or cardiac health score that can be calculated in response to data from the user such as their ECG and other personal information and cardiac health influencing factors. The dashboard also provides to the user recommendations or goals, such as daily goals, for the user to meet and thereby improve their heart or cardiac health score. These goals and recommendations may be set by the user or a medical professional and routinely updated as his or her heart or cardiac health score improves or otherwise changes. The dashboard is generally displayed from an application provided on a smartphone or tablet computer of the user.
US10159409B2
An ophthalmoscope device includes a support structure, an image capture device, and a display device. The support structure is configured to be worn by a subject. The image capture device is configured to capture images of the eye fundus of the subject. The display device is configured to overlay images in the field of view of the subject. The overlaid images are used to align the pupil/fovea orientation axis with the optical axis of the image capture device.
US10159408B2
Provided is a detection apparatus and detection method. The detection apparatus includes an imaging unit that images a subject and an eye gaze detector detects the subject's eye gaze direction based on a captured image. A diagnostic image is displayed that includes an image including a face image and a geometric pattern image. A first gaze point is detected as a gaze point of the subject in the person image based on the eye gaze direction and a second gaze point is detected as a gaze point of the subject in a determination region in the geometric pattern image.
US10159407B2
An anterior eye tomographic image capturing apparatus determining a power of an IOL (intraocular lens) is configured to acquire a tomographic image of an anterior eye along a straight line passing through a corneal apex of the anterior eye; identify a corneal apex position of the anterior eye, an equator position of a crystalline lens of the anterior eye, and a SS (scleral spur) position of the anterior eye based on the tomographic image; calculate an ELP (estimated lens position) based on a first distance from the corneal apex position to the SS position in a direction of a visual axis and a second distance from the SS position to the equator position in the direction of the visual axis; and determine the power of the IOL by using the ELP.
US10159406B2
An ophthalmic surgical apparatus including: a control device; a user interface which, at least intermittently, has data communication with the control device; a first measuring device configured for determining at least one value intraoperatively, the value being characteristic for an eye to be treated by surgery; a second measuring device configured for determining at least one value preoperatively and/or intraoperatively, the value being characteristic for the eye to be treated by surgery, and including a first computing unit which is suitable and intended, using the value determined intraoperatively and the value determined preoperatively and/or intraoperatively, for ascertaining at least one first output value which is characteristic for at least one intraocular lens to be selected, wherein the user interface at least preferably includes an output device suitable for outputting the output value or a value derived therefrom.
US10159405B2
A video laryngoscope has an arm comprising a video camera, at least one electrical conductor extending to the video camera, an elongate electrical conductor retaining member retaining the electrical conductor and an overmolding extending around the elongate cable retaining member and having a smooth outer surface.Providing a laryngoscope arm overmolded to provide a smooth outer surface has the benefit of allowing the laryngoscope arm to be readily cleaned or sterilized, and minimizes the number of features, such as seams or joints, where dirt or infectious bodies may be retained.
US10159393B2
A surface cleaning apparatus may include a surface cleaning head including a cleaning pad mount that is configured to receive a cleaning pad and a water distribution system including a first heating unit in fluid communication with a water reservoir and having a water outlet in communication with the cleaning pad mount. The water distribution system may be configured to deliver water to the water outlet as liquid water.
US10159392B2
A vacuum cleaner suction tube, having an inner tube received in an outer tube, is provided with an actuating mechanism having a grip structure provides a minimized risk of blocking. A clamping element has a form-fit connection with a pair of clamping wedges, so that both of the clamping wedges can be simultaneously moved with a single movement of a clamping element that is connected to the grip structure so that the clamping element is moved away from the longitudinal axis of the vacuum cleaner suction tube by sliding the grip structure out of the locking position, and both clamping wedges are simultaneously lifted out of engagement with retaining recesses of the inner tube by moving the clamping element away from the longitudinal axis of the vacuum cleaner suction tube, whereby sliding of the inner tube is enabled relative to the outer tube.
US10159382B2
Systems and methods herein relate to arrangements involving a computer system and a kitchen appliance. In one illustrative implementation, such computer system may include a data processing device on which a computer-implemented process is run as a web application, the process being designed to set up a control program for the kitchen appliance, wherein the control program enables an automated preparation of a meal via preparation instruction(s) of the kitchen appliance. Further, in some implementations, the kitchen appliance may comprise a microprocessor, a heatable stirring vessel, and a stirring mechanism located in the stirring vessel, wherein the microprocessor is set up to control the stirring mechanism and/or the heater based on the control program generated.
US10159379B2
A grill is provided including a base structure. An upper platen assembly is connected to the base structure and includes an upper grilling surface having a first cooking surface. A lower platen assembly is connected to the base structure and includes a lower grilling surface having a second cooking surface. A release sheet is removably mounted to the grill. The release sheet has a central portion configured to cover at least the first cooking surface and a joint between the upper platen assembly and the lower platen assembly.
US10159377B2
An apparatus comprises a dispensing system and a sanitizing system. The apparatus has a dispensing mode and sanitizing mode. The dispensing system may comprise a first valve and at least one component, the at least one component having an inner surface. The first valve is opened to send a free-flowing material to the at least one component when the apparatus is in the dispensing mode. The first valve is closed when the apparatus is in the sanitizing mode. The sanitizing system comprises a processing unit having a discharge cell configured to initiate a cold plasma discharge in an air flow. A tank may be configured to receive the air flow from the discharge cell of the processing unit and expose water in the tank to the air flow for a time sufficient to provide dissolution of ozone from the air flow into the water and form ozone-containing water.
US10159371B2
An integrated buttoning assist and unbuttoning assist device includes a handle member; a button assist tool coupled to one end of the handle member and including a wire loop extending from one end of the handle; and an unbuttoning assist tool coupled to an opposed end of the handle member and including a spanner extending from the opposed end of the handle member, the spanner including a fixed lower jaw member having a pair of button engaging tangs separated by a slot which is configured to receive the threads or eye of a button therein, and the spanner including a fixed button engaging upper jaw member.
US10159365B2
A supporting pillow structure for a user to sleep or to perform sedentary activity facing down toward the pillow structure with the user's hands and arms placed underneath their face. The pillow structure includes a top opening substantially on the top surface of the pillow structure for the user's face to lean into the pillow structure, at least two side openings in the side of the pillow structure for the user to insert the user's arms into the pillow structure and place the user's arms underneath their head or body comfortably and to increase airflow for the user to breathe comfortably while resting, and a cavity in the middle of the pillow structure for airflow between the openings and for placing objects within the pillow structure, allowing the user to perform tasks requiring minimal physical activity while remaining comfortable and sedentary for an extended period of time. Embodiments of the pillow structure may be configured to provide users with comfort and support while the user is seated leaning forward on an airplane or at a desk or table or while the user is lying facing down on a substantially level surface such as a bed.
US10159364B2
A planar display assembly is provided with a pane with a front reflective surface and a rear surface. An array of mounting plates is provided, each with a first fastener, and a polygonal mounting plate adhered to the rear surface by an adhesive. A plurality of second fasteners is each engaged with one of the array of first fasteners for linear adjustment relative to the pane in a direction generally perpendicular to the pane to support the planar display assembly upon an upright support surface. Each mounting plate is oriented upon the pane rear surface such that at least one vertex extends away from the corresponding first fastener in a direction toward another sequential first fastener within the array of first fasteners. A metal bracket is adapted to be mounted to the upright support surface. The bracket has at least one enclosed cleat to receive two of the second fasteners.
US10159363B1
A food shield has shield panels that are location adjustable and angularly adjustable in respect of support posts coupled to a buffet table or cart. For vertical or location adjustment of a shield panel in relation to a post, a bracket assembly includes outer and inner collar portions, a grip element positioned between the outer and inner collar portions, and a tightening element that tightens the connection of the assembled collar against support posts. A lever is set to lock the outer and inner collar portions to one another, and pulled to release the collar portions. For angular adjustment, each bracket assembly includes an indexing base, a rotatable arm assembly with an indexing hub, and a removable or retractable coupling element. The bracket assembly further has clamps that engage the shield panel at or near each of the front and rear panel edges.
US10159361B2
A knockdown that can be assembled into a display tray, such as that of a PDQ style tray, having a bottom, front, rear and opposing side panels, and an alignment panel having an alignment portion and a connection portion divided by a fold line. The alignment panel provides for automatic alignment of the rear and side panels from the knockdown form to the display tray form. A display tray is also provided.
US10159359B2
An article feed device for feeding articles along a feeding direction towards a front edge of a shelf being provided with the article feed device. A least one roller carrier has a longitudinal extension which is parallel to the feeding direction and comprises a number of roller receiving seats for rotationally receiving the rollers. The roller carrier is arranged to be longitudinally inserted in the profile rails for fixation of the rollers. The roller carrier comprises end stops for preventing relative longitudinal displacement between the roller carrier and the first profile rails when mounted. The roller carrier is divided into at least two section arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction. Each section is arranged to be inserted from a respective longitudinal end of the first profile rails and comprising cooperating snap engagement means for mutual engagement of one section to the other.
US10159358B2
A nook for protecting a surrounding environment from contamination and being removably attached to an outer circumferential periphery of an open chair tray for at least partially encompassing an upper surface of the tray. Included in the nook is an overhanging lip attached to the nook configured for overlapping a portion of the outer circumferential periphery of the tray. A flexible sheet has a substantially planar surface, and a pocket member is disposed on the flexible sheet and configured for placing an object within the pocket member. The nook is formed by bending the sheet into a generally “U”-shaped structure corresponding to the outer circumferential periphery of the tray.
US10159351B1
A panel assembly includes a frame and a textile panel. The frame has a first member and a second member spaced apart from each other. The textile panel is attached to and extends between the first member and the second member. A tension controlling system is attached to the textile panel. The tension controlling system is reconfigurable between a first state for tensioning the textile panel to provide a first tensile force and a first maximum sag distance, and a second state for tensioning the textile panel to provide a second tensile force and a second maximum sag distance. The first tensile force is greater than the second tensile force, and the first maximum sag distance is less than the second maximum sag distance.
US10159350B2
A chair is provided in which a seat-receiving member is provided with outward flanges for regulating upward/downward displacement to support left and right lateral edges of a seat plate. Engaging grooves supported by the outward flanges are provided at the respective left and right lateral edges of the seat plate. Warpage allowable parts in which warpage deformation of the lateral edges is allowed without the upward displacement being regulated by the seat receiving member are provided in regions of the left and right lateral edges of the seat plate, in which the regions are located at a rear side from engagement parts between the engaging grooves and the outward flanges. With this constitution, it is possible to prevent the seat plate from being detached from the seat-receiving member while ensuring that, when an user is seated, the sides of the buttocks of the user are reliably held, and thus improve the seating stability of a seat body.
US10159338B2
A multipurpose piece of furniture (1) has four square panels (3, 4, 6, 7), i.e., a first vertical side panel (3), a second vertical side panel (4) arranged parallel thereto, a third panel (6) that is arranged between an edge (5) of the first side panel (3) and an edge of the second side panel (4) at a right angle to the first side panel (3) and the second side panel (4) and that connects the first side panel (3) and the second side panel (4) into a U-shaped piece of furniture. The fourth panel is an intermediate panel (7) that is inserted into the piece of furniture between the first side panel (3) and the second side panel (4) at a right angle thereto and at a right angle to the third panel (6). At their four corners, the first side panel (3) and the second side panel (4) have recesses (33, 34) and/or projections (19, 20, 21, 22), wherein these are recessed in the corner regions of the side panels (3, 4) extending substantially in the shape of an elongated rectangle into the edges (5) of the side panels, or extending out of the edges in the shape of an elongated rectangle and running at a right angle to each other in their directions of elongation at each of the corner regions.
US10159335B2
The present invention provides a composite suction plastic panel, which comprises a substantially planar and single-layered surface plate and a bottom plate formed by plastic suction mold method, the bottom plate is disposed with a plurality of raisings to support the panel and is adhesively connected to the bottom surface of the surface plate, the top surface of the surface plate is disposed with grooves, the grooves are arranged corresponding to the positions of the vents in the plastic suction mould. The plastic suction mark of the vents is left in the grooves at the time of formation, so that the surface of the plastic surface plate is flat and smooth without a mark of vents.
US10159320B2
A protective enclosure for an electronic device includes a top member adapted to be removably coupled to a bottom member to enclose the electronic device. A first back engagement feature is disposed on an inside surface of a perimeter wall portion of the bottom member, and the first back engagement feature is adapted to engage a first front engagement feature disposed on an inner perimeter wall of the top member to removably secure the top member to the bottom member. A second back engagement feature is disposed on an outside surface of the perimeter wall portion of the bottom member, and the second back engagement feature is adapted to engage a second front engagement feature disposed on an outer perimeter wall of the top member to further removably secure the top member to the bottom member.
US10159317B2
A personal shoe bag includes a main body having at least two protective shoe zones configured to receive and carry respective two personal shoes. Each protective shoe zone includes a wall with an image of a shoe visually indicating where to place, and how to orient, each of the two personal shoes. A first example shoe bag includes a single strap for a user to carry the shoe bag. A second example shoe bag includes two straps with a clip at the end of each strap. The clip can be removably attached to another separate personal carrying bag to facilitate carrying the shoe bag along with the other separate personal carrying bag.
US10159309B2
A vamp with loop protection eyelets and a manufacture method thereof are disclosed. The vamp comprises a vamp body including a middle part having a notch which functions as a shoe tongue part. The vamp body is one-piece knitted fabric or a sheet-splice-vamp. Strings are projectively fixed on the upper surface of the vamp body. Threads embroider and fix the strings on the vamp body along a path of the length direction of the strings. The strings not only form a pattern on the vamp body but also leave loops on the shoe tongue part. Loops protrude inwards from both side edges of the shoe tongue part. The vamp has ventilation and has good supportability and straightness, is not only esthetic but also can protect feet. Protection eyelets are connected very firmly and do not come off easily. The pattern with a stereoscopic visual effect is formed on the vamp.
US10159308B2
An article of footwear including a connecting member is disclosed. The connecting member provides partial decoupling between the upper and the sole structure. The connecting member can include an upper layer and a lower layer that are attached at a central attachment portion.
US10159303B2
An antistatic shoe includes an outsole having a conducting portion that is made of a conducting material and an insole that has a conducting portion mad of a conducting material. An antistatic unit is sewn to the conducting portion of the insole from below so as to be located between the outsole and the insole. An upper is mounted on the outsole and the insole. Electric connection between the components allows static electricity from a human body to be transmitted to a resistor in the antistatic unit, so that static electricity that would otherwise accumulate in the human body can be stably removed by the resistor and sent to the ground. This eliminates the risk of a transient electrostatic discharge that may disadvantageously damage adjacent electronic devices or generate sparks.
US10159302B2
An article of footwear including a length adjustment mechanism is disclosed. The article of footwear can include a sole portion with one or more anchors connected to the sole portion. The article of footwear can also include a heel cup capable of moving between a fore position and an aft position. This can be accomplished using one or more length adjustment mechanisms that each slidably engage the one or more anchors, such that they have an unlocked state and a locked state. In the unlocked state, the heel cup can move with respect to the one or more anchors; and in the locked state cannot move with respect to the one of more anchors.
US10159289B2
A ladies undergarment in the form of a body, comprising shaping cups, support elements (1), a length adjuster (10), connecting means (2, 3), where, as support elements, only vertical support elements (1) are used, which fasten to the upper and lower side parts of the shaping cups with the aid of connecting means (2, 3), and connecting means (2) consists of a closed portion, which is sewn into a vertical support element (1), and an open portion having an elongated G-shape.
US10159282B2
Vaporizer devices and apparatuses are provided. In some implementations, a cartridge for a vaporizer device comprises an elongate and flattened storage compartment configured to hold a liquid vaporizable material, an opaque mouthpiece that is secured over the proximal end of the storage compartment, an opening through the mouthpiece, a notch in the front side of the mouthpiece, a heater at the distal end of the storage compartment, and a channel within the storage compartment that extends from the heater towards the proximal end of the storage compartment. The liquid vaporizable material is visible through the storage compartment. A first end of the mouthpiece terminates in an edge disposed adjacent to a location between the distal end and the proximal end, the mouthpiece has a front side adjacent a side of the storage compartment, and the notch extends away from the edge toward an end of the mouthpiece.
US10159274B2
An apparatus (10, 20, 30, 40) for shifting of rod-like articles (4, 4′) with different lengths or rod-like article groups (6) with different total lengths on a drum conveyor (3), comprising slidably mounted pusher elements (7, 27, 37) acting on at least one rod-like article (4, 4′) or at least one rod-like article group (6) so as to vary their position in the flute (3) of the drum conveyor (2), with the pusher elements (7, 27, 37) being 5 slidable in a direction substantially corresponding to the axis of the rod-like articles, and a pushing unit (5, 25, 35) mounted angularly relative to the pusher elements (7, 27, 37) forcing the movement of the pusher elements (7, 27, 37), whereas the pushing unit comprises rotational pushing elements for pushing against the pusher elements (7, 27, 37). The apparatus is characterized in that the pushing unit (5, 25, 35) is moveably mounted in a direction being substantially transverse to the axis of the flute (3) of the drum 10 conveyor (2) so as to shift the rod-like articles (4, 4′) or the rod-like article groups (6) inside the flute (3) of the drum conveyor (2).
US10159273B2
The invention provides a tobacco composition for use in a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco composition that comprises an extract derived from a component of a plant of the Nicotiana species. The invention also provides smoking articles and smokeless tobacco compositions that include the extracts described herein, and methods for preparing extracts derived from a component of a plant of the Nicotiana species for addition to a tobacco composition.
US10159262B2
A frosty swirl machine includes a housing, a funnel, an auger for swirling ice-cream with other additives to become a mixture, and a protective cap. The protective cap has a passage opening movably mounted at a mixture outlet of the funnel, in such a manner that the protective cap is capable of moving between a opened position and a closed position, wherein in the opened position, the protective cap is moved to align the passage opening with the mixture outlet of the funnel so as to allow the mixture to pour out of the funnel through the mixture outlet and the passage opening, wherein in the closed position, the protective cap is moved to block the mixture outlet so as to prevent the mixture from being poured out of the funnel.
US10159258B1
An improved assembly for automatically folding and pressing submarine sandwiches in line production. Once a preparer has assembled the sub with the customer's selection of meats and vegetables, it is placed on the assembly to quickly and efficiently prepare the sub for cutting, wrapping and delivery without uncoordinated or awkward handling by the employee and the loss of ingredients. The assembly includes a conveyor belt for movement of the sandwiches into a curvilinear channel having a converging outlet which provides the dual functions of folding and pressing the sandwich, following which it ready for packaging and/or delivery to a customer. In other embodiments, the assembly includes a plurality of hinged plates, a central press down bar, and options for a hand crank or foot pedal control.
US10159252B2
This invention is related to compounds and/or compositions useful against pathogens affecting meats, plants, or plant parts. In one embodiment, the provided compounds are products of certain oxaborole moieties. In a further embodiment, the compound comprises certain halogen substitutions on the boron atom. Delivery systems are also provided to take advantage of their fungicidal activity and/or volatile nature of these compounds and/or compositions. In another embodiment, the compounds disclosed have herbicidal activity.
US10159243B2
An auger support stand for holding objects such as decoys above the ground. The auger support stand includes at least one rod of longitudinal member defining a shaft. The shaft includes a helical coil at the bottom end for fixedly screwing that end of the stake into the ground. The top end of the stake has a central rod including an S-shaped handle providing a crank handle for screwing the shaft into the ground. The top distal end of the shaft includes means for supporting an object.
US10159238B2
A portable lighting system includes a vehicle that has a hitch receiver and a lighting system. A lighting unit is removably coupled to the hitch receiver. The lighting unit has a telescopically adjustable height ranging between approximately 1.0 meters and 2.5 meters. Moreover, the lighting unit is selectively positioned in a first position having the lighting unit being vertically oriented. In this way the lighting unit may emit light at a height that is sufficient to attract bugs away from a user. The lighting unit is selectively positioned in second position having the lighting unit being horizontally oriented.
US10159236B2
A beverage container useful for fishing includes a recessed channel for receiving and dispensing fishing line. The container with a fishing line spool is configured such that a hand-line-fishing device is provided without the need for a fishing pole. Optionally, the spool is removable from the beverage container body and may be rotatably mounted with respect thereto.
US10159226B2
Systems for selecting, generating, and breeding hybrid dairy cattle are described, as are methods for maintaining herds of hybrid cattle.
US10159225B2
The invention relates to a tray (1) for containing a number of eggs (2) in an incubation chamber, the tray comprising a number of egg accommodation spaces (3) in which space an egg is able to be hatched, and at least one passage (4) for a chicken through which passage a chicken hatched from said egg may pass through the tray and enter a chicken accommodation space located below the tray.
US10159220B1
An interactive pet toy is provide having a housing body in the form of a thread spool or plastic egg configuration having a cylindrical center forming a containment volume in which an interactive sound element may be contained. The outer surface of the cylindrical center may be covered with a tactile sleeve formed of carpet, fabric, sisal, corrugated cardboard, jute, sea grass, cork, or similar material known to function as claw scratcher elements. Catnip or similar attractant may further be incorporated into the sleeve as a composite material. A sound unit is secured to the housing. The sound unit sounds a noise when the toy is manipulated by the user. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
US10159217B2
A form fit therapy boot along with methods of fabricating the boot for animals (including zoo animals, domestic animals and farm animals) to treat foot and/or hoof injuries is described. Embodiments of the boot permit the maintenance of a clean, reasonably sterile environment surrounding a wound or infection.
US10159216B2
The present invention relates to a collapsible cage assembly including an outer covering and a support frame for supporting the outer covering in an upright position. The outer covering can have a top, bottom, front, back, first side, and second side. The support frame can include a top frame body and a bottom frame body, a first side member and a second side member each being pivotably coupled to the top frame body and bottom frame body, and a top support member coupled to the top frame body. The top support member can define a V-shaped portion. The frame can also include a U-shaped member have a first end and a second end, each of the first end and second end slidably and pivotably coupled to the bottom frame body. The U-shaped member is removably coupled to the V-shaped portion of the top support member in the upright position.
US10159209B1
A novel maize variety designated PH41BB and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH41BB with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH41BB through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH41BB or a locus conversion of PH41BB with another maize variety.
US10159206B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067519. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067519. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067519 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067519 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10159204B2
The present invention relates to a floating carrier and a cultivation system for crops such as lettuce in floating carriers on water. The cultivation system comprises a basin comprising at least one elongate production pond with an infeed end on a short side and an opposite outfeed end and with water therein, a number of elongate floating carriers, the length of which corresponds to the width of the elongate production pond and which move in an orientation transversely of a longitudinal direction of the elongate production pond through the production pond from the infeed end to the outfeed end at a rate corresponding to bringing the crops to full growth, which floating carriers each comprise a number of growth locations for the crops where holders for the crops or roots of the crops extend into the water, and a transport system comprising a lifting mechanism and conveyors.
US10159202B2
There is provided a medium for plant cultivation comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip. An ethylene content of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer included in the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip is preferably 20 to 60 mol %. In addition, a water content in the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip is preferably 20 to 300 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. As a result, it is possible to provide a medium for plant cultivation, which is capable of being used instead of the soil or rock wools, and with which it is possible to sufficiently grow crop plants, to have excellent recyclability, to facilitate a process for disposal the medium, and to have a small environmental burden.
US10159196B2
A tree canopy treatment system includes: a supply unit configured to heat a fluid; and a treatment unit in fluid communication with the supply unit, the treatment unit configured to move independently from the supply unit. A method of treating a tree includes positioning a temperature transmitter proximate to the tree; and lowering a treatment unit over the tree and the temperature transmitter, the treatment unit configured to move independently from a supply unit, the treatment unit in fluid communication with the supply unit.
US10159187B2
A chopper assembly having a discharge conduit. A first and a second beater disposed within the discharge conduit and a first door and a second door in the bottom wall of the discharge conduit positioned below the first beater and the second beater respectively.
US10159185B2
A chopping assembly for a harvesting implement having a blade assembly, a housing, and a guide. The blade assembly is disposed within the housing and the guide directs cornstalks toward an input port on the housing. The blade assembly not only cuts the cornstalk from its root but also chops the stalk into stover. A fluid dynamic force is created by the blade assembly to direct the stover with the aid of the housing to an output port.
US10159174B2
A soil opener comprises first and second soil-cutting members. The first member has a first soil-engaging surface inclined at a first angle perpendicular to the soil surface when viewed along a travel direction, the first angle being greater than zero, and at a second angle to the travel direction when viewed along a perpendicular, the second angle being greater than zero. The second member comprises a rotating disc and has a second soil-engaging surface that faces away from, and in a substantially opposite direction to, the first soil-engaging surface, the second soil-engaging surface being inclined at a third angle perpendicular when viewed along the travel direction, the third angle being greater than zero and in the same sense as the first angle.
US10165720B2
A production optimization device for a component mounting line executes, an intra present property optimization process of optimizing production of the component mounting line under conditions in which a selection range of members to use in the production is restricted to within a range of members actually owned by a user (present property), and a no-property-restriction optimization process of optimizing the production of the component mounting line under conditions in which restriction of the selection range of the members to use in the production is removed for at least a subset of the members are executed, and optimization results of the intra present property optimization process are displayed on a display device compared to optimization results of the no-property-restriction optimization process.
US10165716B2
A substrate conveyance mechanism that includes conveyance units and a working area length change part to easily change the types of substrates to allow substrates of different lengths to be selected to mount electronic components onto the substrate. The conveyance units include a working area for substrates having different length that are conveyed from a stand-by area, an area length of the working area that is variable in accordance with the length of the substrate, and a stand-by unit corresponding to a stand-by area for the substrate to be carried in to the working area. The working area length change part changes an interval between a commonly used first pulley and one of a plurality of second pulleys selectively used in accordance with the area length of the working area by changing a belt winding path of a conveyance belt wound on the pulleys in the working unit.
US10165715B2
An apparatus and a method of manufacturing a display device are disclosed. In one aspect, the apparatus includes a stage on which at least a portion of a component of the display device is seated and a bending unit provided on the stage. The bending unit is configured to bend the component of the display device and attach a portion of the component of the display device to another portion of the component of the display device.
US10165712B1
An outdoor display apparatus having enhanced temperature stability comprises: a display panel having a driver board; a rear bracket coupled to the display panel; and a housing for accommodating a rear bracket coupled to the display panel, being coupled to a transparent optical member disposed on a front surface of the display panel and having at least one inlet and at least one outlet, wherein: the inlet is formed at a lower portion of a rear surface of the housing, the outlet is formed at an upper portion of a rear surface of the housing, and air flows through a first clearance space existing between the rear bracket and the housing, a second clearance space existing between the rear bracket and the rear surface of the display panel and a third clearance space existing between the front surface of the display panel and the transparent optical member.
US10165696B1
An electronic module for engaging an electronic equipment enclosure may include a module body having a front face, at least one electronic device in the module body, and a resilient sheet-metal member connected to the module body. The resilient sheet-metal member may have a face portion substantially coextensive in area with the front face of the module body and may have a tab portion substantially perpendicular to the face portion. The tab portion may include a catch portion configured to engage a portion of the enclosure.
US10165683B2
Apparatuses and methods including conductive vias of a printed circuit board are described. An example apparatus includes a first layer including a first conductive plate; a component on the first layer, a second layer including a second conductive plate that may be coupled to an external power source; a third layer between the first layer and the second layer, the third layer including a third conductive plate; a first via coupling the first conductive plate to the second conductive plate; and a second via coupled to the first conductive plate. The first conductive plate includes a first portion coupled to the first via and the first conductive plate further includes a second portion coupled to the second via between the first portion and the component. The second via is coupled to either the second conductive plate or the third conductive plate.
US10165680B2
The present invention provides a light-transmitting conductor comprising: a substrate; and a conduction layer on the substrate, wherein the conduction layer comprises a conductive material, and the conduction layer has a pattern corresponding to a network formed such that nanostructures are arranged to intersect with each other that includes a substrate and a conduction layer on the substrate.
US10165668B2
A heat exchanger includes first, second, and third heat sinks, multiple heat pipes located within the heat sinks, and a first aluminum bar located within the heat sinks. The first aluminum bar extends from an outside edge of the first heat sink, through the first, second, and third heat sinks, and to an outside edge of the third heat sink.
US10165665B2
A laser beam having desired properties is output at desired timings. A laser apparatus is a laser apparatus for use with an extreme ultraviolet light generating apparatus that generates extreme ultraviolet light at a repetition frequency which is set in advance, and may be equipped with: a semiconductor laser that outputs a laser beam when a trigger signal is input thereto; an optical switch that switches between a state in which the laser beam passes therethrough and a state in which the laser beam does not pass therethrough, provided along the optical path of the laser beam; and a control unit configured to output the trigger signal to the semiconductor laser at a frequency which is an integer multiple of the repetition frequency, and to control the optical switch such that the laser beam passes therethrough at the repetition frequency.
US10165662B2
Provided is an ion generator that sends out air ions generated by applying high voltage between a discharge electrode and a counter electrode, the ion generator including: an air discharge port provided in a housing of the ion generator to send ejected air toward a region between the discharge electrode and the counter electrode; and an opening portion configured to discharge the generated air ions by the ejected air, in which the counter electrode is positioned on an upstream side of the flow of the ejected air with respect to the discharge electrode.
US10165660B2
A low-voltage controller (LVC) is configured to utilize a low-voltage signal to operate a high-voltage load, such as, for example, a lamp. The LVC is configured to receive a low-voltage step signal at a switch input. The LVC has a line input for connection to a source of power at a line voltage and a load output for connection to a load, and a dimmer for setting an intensity of the load. Subsequent step signals alter the intensity of the load. A method for low-voltage control of a lamp is provided. A method includes the steps of receiving a first switch signal at a switch input of an LVC; setting the lamp to a first intensity; receiving a second switch signal at the switch input; and setting the lamp to a second intensity.
US10165658B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of controlling other apparatus, and a control method therefor. The mobile terminal comprises: a wireless communication unit, which exchanges a wireless signal with a plurality of illuminations; and a control unit, which transmits a control signal to at least some of the illuminations so as to simultaneously control at least some of the plurality of illuminations when receiving identification information regarding the respective plurality of illuminations through the wireless communication unit, wherein the identification information is received in response to a request from the mobile terminal, which is transmitted to at least some of the illuminations installed in a specific indoor area, on the basis of information acquired through the mobile terminal or a separate apparatus, or is transmitted from at least some of the illuminations, which are pre-selected in a predetermined mode from among the illuminations installed in the specific indoor area when the mobile terminal meets predetermined conditions.
US10165656B2
The present invention relates to a system, method, and apparatus for powering intelligent lighting networks. The power for the intelligent lighting network is supplied by Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) switches and/or Mid-Spans, which are conditioned by a powered device to distribute power tuned specifically for each, at least one light emitting diode (LED) fixture. The Power-over-Ethernet switch and/or Mid-Span with associated router and wireless access point is used to communicate with, and power a sensor network that collects data relevant to the intelligent lighting network. Optionally, the Power-over-Ethernet switch and/or Mid-Span is used to communicate with, and power a network of sensors that collects data relevant to the space the intelligent lighting network is operating in, or is used to communicate with and power a network of AC wall plugs that is turned on and off, and various switches, relays, and PLCs, RFID systems, USB hubs, etc.
US10165640B2
A multi-layer metal core printed circuit board (MCPCB) has mounted on it at least one or more heat-generating LEDs and one or more devices configured to provide current to the one or more LEDs. The one or more devices may include a device that carries a steep slope voltage waveform. Since there is typically a very thin dielectric between the patterned copper layer and the metal substrate, the steep slope voltage waveform may produce a current in the metal substrate due to AC coupling via parasitic capacitance. This AC-coupled current may produce electromagnetic interference (EMI). To reduce the EMI, a local shielding area may be formed between the metal substrate and the device carrying the steep slope voltage waveform. The local shielding area may be conductive and may be electrically connected, to a DC voltage node adjacent to the one or more devices.
US10165639B2
The present invention relates to an integrated-LED device having a housing, whereby the housing comprises a multi-LED device comprising a transparent substrate and a plurality of light emitting diodes, LEDs, arranged for emitting light and disposed on said transparent substrate, an integrated circuit in connection with said LEDs and arranged for controlling said LEDs, a base comprising one or more base extensions, on which at least said multi-LED device is mounted, with said one or more base extensions so arranged or so shaped that a first opening is created to let pass LED light emitted through said transparent substrate by said plurality of LEDs.
US10165632B2
A light-emitting diode driving module includes an LED driving circuit to activate light-emitting diodes driven by a rectified voltage, and to adjust driving current conducted through driving nodes to the light-emitting diodes depending on a voltage of a driving current setting node; and a driving current controller to control the voltage of the driving current setting node by outputting a driving current control signal. The driving current controller includes a control signal output circuit connected to a dimming node to receive a dimming signal when the rectified voltage is modulated, and to adjust the driving current control signal depending on the dimming signal; a mode detector to detect whether the rectified voltage is modulated by receiving a source voltage depending on the rectified voltage, and to enable a selection signal depending on a detection result; and a power compensator to adjust the driving current control signal when the selection signal is enabled.
US10165627B2
Disclosed is a heating element, including: a substrate; a first bus bar provided on the substrate; a second bus bar which is provided on the substrate so as to be opposite to the first bus bar; and a heating pattern which is provided to electrically connect the first bus bar and the second bus bar, wherein the heating pattern includes a first pattern region which is in contact with the first bus bar and a second pattern region which is in contact with each of the second bus bar and the first pattern region and the first pattern region has an opening region which serves as a communication window.
US10165626B2
Disclosed is a pipe heater comprising a tubular heat insulating layer having a pair of separating surfaces formed over the entire length thereof, an external cover bonded to the outer surface of the heat insulating layer to enclose the heat insulating layer, a heating layer provided inside the heat insulating layer and including a heating wire therein, and an internal cover provided inside the heating layer to enclose the heating layer, wherein the heat insulating layer includes a polyimide foam layer formed of polyimide foam, and a protection layer is interposed between the heat insulating layer and the heating wire to prevent bubbles distributed in the polyimide foam layer from dissipating due to heat transferred from the heating wire.
US10165620B2
According to one configuration, an access point control resource receives channel allocation information indicating a change to allocation of channels in a wireless band currently used by multiple wireless access points to communicate with multiple communication devices in a network. The access point control resource uses the channel allocation information to identify a particular wireless channel (such as a de-allocated wireless channel) to be terminated from use by the multiple wireless access points. In accordance with the channel allocation information, when vacating use of the de-allocated channel, the access point control resource controls an order of terminating use of the particular wireless channel by the multiple wireless access points.
US10165618B2
The present disclosure discloses a service processing method and device. In this way, when determining that an exception occurs in the packet data network gateway (PGW), the serving gateway (SGW) no longer needs to send the fact that an exception occurs in the PGW to the mobility management entity (MME), thereby reducing a signaling transmission amount in a system, and simplifying a service processing procedure. Moreover, because different deletion policies are used, service processing is accelerated, service processing efficiency of the system is further improved, and user experience is improved.
US10165617B2
A method performed in a wireless device (300) of a cellular communication system is disclosed. The wireless device (300) has a first receiver configuration and a second receiver configuration and is capable of operating in DRX. The method comprises determining (110) a DRX configuration of the wireless device, wherein the DRX configuration indicates a time period during which the wireless device (300) should monitor a control channel. The method further comprises monitoring (120) the control channel during said time period using the first receiver configuration if the DRX configuration is a first DRX configuration or monitoring (130) the control channel during said time period using the second receiver configuration if the DRX configuration is a second DRX configuration. A method in a network node, a wireless device, a network node, computer program products, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10165613B2
A control method, suitable for an electronic device, includes following operations. A first connection is established based on a classic Bluetooth protocol or a Bluetooth Low Energy protocol from the electronic device to a first target device. A Bluetooth identifier of the first target device acquired in the first connection is recorded. The Bluetooth identifier of the first target device is shared. The Bluetooth identifier is utilized to establish a second connection based on the classic Bluetooth protocol or the Bluetooth Low Energy protocol to the first target device. The first connection and the second connection are established based on different protocols.
US10165612B2
A wireless connecting method is disclosed. The wireless connecting method includes the following operations: connecting a device to a computer by BLUETOOTH; determining the computer is a host or a accessory for the device; operating the computer as the host for the device by a Microsoft BLUETOOTH stack if the computer is the host for the device; and operating the computer as the accessory for the device by an application if the computer is the accessory for the device. The computer is operated as the host and the accessory at the same time.
US10165609B2
A communication apparatus includes a first detection unit configured to detect a service executable by another communication apparatus based on a communication in a first communication layer before the communication apparatus constructs a network with the another communication apparatus. The communication apparatus further includes a second detection unit configured to detect a service executable by the another communication apparatus based on a communication in a second communication layer that is different from the first communication layer after the communication apparatus has been wirelessly connected to the another communication apparatus, if a detection result obtained by the first detection unit does not indicate that the another communication apparatus is capable of executing a predetermined service.
US10165607B2
A vehicular radio communications system establishes a bi-directional digital radio communications link between a local wireless communication device inside a moving vehicle and a sequence of radio transceivers in a wireless network. The local device operates in a plurality of different device frequency bands and the external transceivers operate in a plurality of different network frequency bands. Some or all of the device frequency bands are the same as some or all of the network frequency bands. The system comprises a set of one or more external radio antennas operating in an external downlink and an external uplink using a network frequency band and a set of one or more local radio antennas operating in a local downlink and a local uplink using a local frequency band different from the network band.
US10165603B2
A transmission part transmits a packet by radio. A power detection part performs, at a given cycle, sampling of power of a spatial radio signal in a packet transmission period during which the transmission part transmits the packet. A collision detection part calculates, as an index value, at least one of the average value and the degree of variation of power of the spatial radio signal in the packet transmission period on the basis of sampled data obtained in the sampling by the power detection part. The collision detection part also determines a reference value on the basis of transmission power of the packet. The collision detection part detects whether or not collision of the packet is present by comparing the index value with the reference value.
US10165602B2
A method is provided for performing a random access procedure by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting coverage enhancement. The UE repeatedly transmits a physical random access channel (PRACH) signal, determines a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) corresponding to the PRACH signal using system frame number (SFN) information, wherein time index information and frequency index information are not used for determining the RA-RNTI, and monitors downlink control information masked by the determined RA-RNTI. The time index information indicates a subframe starting the repeated transmission of the PRACH signal, the frequency index information indicates a frequency index of the PRACH signal transmitted in the starting subframe, and the SFN information indicates a radio frame starting the repeated transmission of the PRACH signal.
US10165599B2
This disclosure relates to accommodating link budget constrained wireless devices performing random access procedures. A base station may detect a preamble message from a wireless device. It may be determined that the preamble message is received from a link budget constrained wireless device. Characteristics of a response message may be selected based at least in part on determining that the preamble message is received from a link budget constrained wireless device. The response message may be transmitted to the link budget constrained wireless device using the selected characteristics.
US10165594B2
From the network perspective, an uplink resource allocation (PDCCH) is sent that grants an uplink resource to a plurality of user equipments UEs, and the allocation has an indication of a cyclic shift CS for each of the plurality of UEs. The granted uplink resource is mapped to a downlink resource (PHICH) in dependence on the indicated CS for each of the plurality of UEs. The mapping is such that for a predetermined number of UEs being allocated a same uplink resource in a single MU-MIMO uplink resource allocation grant, each pair of said predetermined number of UEs which map to an adjacent downlink resource exhibit an optimized CS relative to one another. The network sends to each of the respective plurality of UEs on the respective mapped downlink resource an indication (ACK/NACK) about data received (on a PUSCH). Apparatus, method, and computer programs for network and UE side implementations are detailed.
US10165593B2
Some of the example embodiments are directed towards a base station for determining a control timing configuration in order to provide a subframe timing setting for configuring downlink HARQ-ACK control timing for a cell serving a user equipment in a multiple cell communications network. The user equipment is served a TDD based cell and a FDD based cell. Some example embodiments are directed towards the user equipment the control timing configuration as discussed above.
US10165592B2
A plurality of cells comprise a primary cell with a primary physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a PUCCH secondary cell with a secondary PUCCH. The wireless device transmits a scheduling request on one valid PUCCH resource for a scheduling request resource in a subframe. The wireless device selects one of the primary PUCCH and the secondary PUCCH as the one valid PUCCH resource for transmitting the scheduling request in the subframe when the wireless device has more than the one valid PUCCH resource for the scheduling request in the subframe.
US10165585B2
Communication equipment communicates in a licensed frequency band using a licensed band physical channel structure (licensed structure) and communicates in an unlicensed frequency communication band using an unlicensed band physical channel structure (unlicensed structure) where the unlicensed structure includes at least the same symbol times and subcarrier frequency divisions as in the licensed structure. The symbol times and subcarriers form a plurality of time-frequency communication resource elements. A set of symbol times and subcarrier frequency divisions form a licensed reference subset of communication resource elements that are allocated for reference signal transmission in the licensed structure. The same set of symbol times and subcarrier frequency divisions form an unlicensed reference subset of communication resource elements that are allocated for reference signal transmission in the unlicensed structure.
US10165583B2
A scheduling method, apparatus, and system are provided. The system includes at least one real scheduler and a centralized virtual scheduler. The centralized virtual scheduler is configured to determine transmit power of a first cell and send the transmit power determined by the determining unit to a real scheduler corresponding to the first cell, so as to instruct the real scheduler corresponding to the first cell to schedule UE in the first cell by using the transmit power determined by the centralized virtual scheduler. Therefore, by using a layered scheduling architecture according to the present application, an upper-layer centralized virtual scheduler instructs, by performing comprehensive coordination on transmit power of multiple cells, a lower-layer real scheduler to schedule UE by using the transmit power coordinated by the centralized virtual scheduler. This can reduce inter-cell interference and improve overall network performance.
US10165566B2
Disclosed are a transmitter and method of combining multiple contiguous and non-contiguous frequency bands in a wireless communication system using carrier aggregation. The transmitter includes a first communication unit for converting a first baseband signal into a first RF signal of a first band, a second communication unit for converting a second baseband signal into a second RF signal of a second band, a combiner for outputting a third RF signal by combining the first RF signal and the second RF signal, and an amplifier for amplifying the third RF signal.
US10165555B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting an indication for a device-to-device (D2D) operation in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) transmits an indication which indicates that a radio resource connection (RRC) connection is established for a D2D relaying, and upon establishing the RRC connection, transmitting information related to the D2D relaying.
US10165552B2
A method, a user equipment, and a base station for link adaptation in a hybrid device-to-device device (D2D) and cellular network are provided. The method comprises receiving, by at least one of two D2D user equipment (UEs) in D2D communication, resource allocation information and assistance information from a base station (BS), wherein the assistance information is used to divide resources conveyed by the resource allocation information into different types based upon correspondingly different interference sources. The method further comprises performing respective link adaptation based upon the respective different types of resources. With the present invention, better high quality communication links can be achieved. Furthermore, resource allocation in the hybrid network could be improved and becomes more efficient over the prior art.
US10165544B2
A wireless device, a network node and methods therein are provided for paging in a wireless communication network. The method in the wireless device comprises determining a paging window for receiving at least part of a paging transmission. The method further comprises receiving at least one paging synchronization signal, PaSS, comprised in the paging transmission, in said paging window; and further receiving at least one paging message comprised in the paging transmission, based on the received at least one PaSS.
US10165531B1
In a wireless sensor actuator network, a time slot for transmission of a signal to a first device and a second device of the wireless sensor actuator network may be determined. During the time slot, the signal may be transmitted via a first frequency channel and first antenna to the first device and via a second frequency channel and second antenna to the second device in parallel. The first frequency channel may be different from the second frequency channel. Further, the first frequency channel and the second frequency channel may be selected based on a power level to transmit the signal to the first device, a power level to transmit the signal to the second device, an angle to transmit the signal to the first device, and an angle to transmit the signal to the second device.
US10165529B2
Embodiments are provided for efficient uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission and retransmission schemes. The embodiments include determining transmission rank and stream for MIMO when there are pending retransmissions on one stream. When retransmitting previously failed transmitted data at a user device, the rank and stream are determined according to a relation between a defined minimum TBS and a TBS selected for transmission according to an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) selection procedure. An embodiment method includes detecting, at a user device, failed transmission of data on a secondary stream. If the selected TBS is less than the minimum TBS, then the user device selects rank-1 for retransmitting, on the primary stream, the data in the failed transmission regardless of rank indication by the network. Otherwise, the user device selects rank-2 for retransmitting, on the secondary stream, the data given a rank-2 indication.
US10165526B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for de-configuring a cell from PUCCH resource in a carrier aggregation system, the method comprising: configuring a Secondary Cell (SCell) with Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource; receiving a signaling indicating that the PUCCH resource is de-configured from the SCell; de-configuring the PUCCH resource from the SCell according to the signaling; and triggering a Power Headroom Reporting (PHR) when the PUCCH resource is de-configured from the SCell.
US10165525B2
In response to a user equipment (UE) sending data to a first network side device over a first channel and to a second network side device over a second channel, a method includes determining that the first channel separately overlaps the second channel and a third channel. The method further includes allocating, according to priorities of the first channel and the second channel, a first transmit power to the first subframe j and a second transmit power to the second subframe i. The first transmit power is less than or equal to a first power upper limit. A sum of the first transmit power and the second transmit power is less than or equal to a first threshold. A sum of third transmit power of the third subframe i+1 and the first power upper limit is less than or equal to a preset threshold.
US10165519B2
A method for performing a power scaling is discussed. The method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining, by the UE configured with dual connectivity to a first cell group and a second cell group, a first power for transmitting a first uplink channel on a first subframe toward the first cell group; determining a second power for transmitting a second uplink channel on a second subframe toward the second cell group; and scaling down the second power for transmitting the second uplink channel if a maximum power is exceeded, wherein the first uplink channel includes a first physical random access channel (PRACH), wherein the second uplink channel includes a second PRACH, and wherein the scaling down is performed if the first subframe is overlapped with the second subframe.
US10165507B2
A network access method and apparatus applied to a mobile application is described. The network access method applied to a mobile application includes: acquiring a prestored IP address in the mobile application, the prestored IP address being an IP address that is obtained when the mobile application previously accessed a first network, of a network service accessible to the mobile application; determining whether the mobile application accesses the first network again; and accessing the first network based on the stored IP address if the mobile application accesses the first network again. By using the present disclosure, the problem that a long time is consumed for network access of a mobile application is solved, and the effect of reducing the time consumed for the network access is achieved.
US10165504B2
An example technique may include determining, by a first base station in a wireless network, a user device has transitioned from an active state to an idle state, determining, by the first base station, a list of base stations and a list of cells corresponding to the list of base stations representing a tracking area for the user device based on a signal received from at least one second base station, the signal received from the at least one second base station including an indication of an amount of activity on at least one boundary between the at least one second base station and a plurality of third base stations, and controlling sending, from the first base station to the user device, a signal including at least one of the list of base stations and the list of cells as a tracking area for the user device.
US10165498B2
An acquirer acquires parameters that correspond to a plurality of base station devices using a resource for communication with a terminal device and can be used for predicting a shortage of a resource of each base station device. A generator generates information relating to a priority level of a resource desired to be used by a terminal device connected to one of the plurality of base station devices in accordance with the parameters acquired by the acquirer. A transmitter transmits the information generated by the generator.
US10165489B2
Embodiments comprise measures, including methods, apparatus and computer program products, for use in access network selection in a telecommunications system. The telecommunications system comprises, at least, a mobile telephony radio access network. At one or more network nodes of the mobile telephony radio access network a preference, to offload at least some data communication in the mobile telephony radio access network to a further radio access network other than the mobile telephony radio access network, is identified. In response to this identification, an indication of the identified offloading preference is caused to be transmitted, via the mobile telephony radio access network, to at least one user equipment.
US10165487B2
This disclosure relates to a system and method for offloading selected data to an alternate communication network. The offloading provides another route for selected packet traffic that can relieve the burden on a mobile operator's network, such as the backhaul and core networks. As the proliferation of data rich content and increasingly more capable mobile devices has continued, the amount of data communicated over mobile operator's networks has exponentially increased. Upgrading the existing network that was designed for voice calls is not desirable or practical for many mobile operators. This disclosure provides systems and methods for offloading data to the Internet or another IP network to relieve congestion on the mobile operator's network.
US10165486B2
Embodiments disclose a multiple-communications-standard transmission method and apparatus. The method includes when both a WLAN communications standard and a wireless cellular communications standard are available, sending, by a transmit end supporting multiple communications standards by preferentially using the WLAN communications standard, a service flow of a service session to a receive end supporting multiple communications standards. The method also includes in response to that a first switch condition is met, switching, by the transmit end at a data link layer, to using the wireless cellular communications standard for continuous transmission of the service flow, where the first switch condition includes at least that a WLAN communication link fails in communication.
US10165483B1
Mitigating interference in distributed antenna systems (DAS) includes determining, at a processing node of the DAS, that a first wireless device attached to a first access node is within a coverage area of one or more antennae of the DAS, and transmitting, from the processing node to the first access node, a request to trigger a handover of the first wireless device from the first access node to the DAS. The first access node triggers the handover by instructing the first wireless device to perform a signal measurement.
US10165480B1
Example method includes: establishing, by an access point, a first connection to a first controller associated with a first zone; establishing, by the access point, a second connection to a second and different controller associated with a second and different zone; determining, by the access point, that the first zone is preferred over the second zone; receiving, by the access point, an association request from a new client device managed by the first controller; in response to a number of client devices managed by the second controller and associated with the access point exceeding a predefined number, selectively de-authenticating at least one client device managed by the second controller associated with multi-zones; and transmitting, by the access point, an association response to the new client device managed by the first controller to allow the new client device connect to the access point.
US10165479B2
A method of a base station (BS) of a carrier aggregation (CA) is provided. The method includes determining whether a mobile station (MS) concurrently uses a first cell associated with a first carrier frequency and a second cell associated with a second carrier frequency, and controlling a handover of the MS using a measurement configuration set corresponding to a result of the determination among a plurality of measurement configuration sets that are set for each of handover related events.
US10165476B1
A network device receives, from a base station included in a network, location information associated with a user equipment included in the network. The network device determines, based on the location information, a cell type associated with a cell that is associated with the base station. The network device transmits, based on determining the cell type, a notification to a second network device included in the network, where the second network device, based on receiving the notification, determines a policy rule associated with the cell type, and where the second network device transmits the policy rule.
US10165474B2
A method of performing volunteer domain-change to support multiple services with service continuity in a heterogeneous network is proposed. A user equipment (UE) establishes a first connection for transmitting and receiving voice or data in a first service domain in a heterogeneous network. The UE is equipped with one or multiple radio frequency (RF) transceivers. The UE triggers a volunteer domain-change of the first connection from the first service domain to a second service domain based on a detected condition. The detected condition indicates that a second connection is not supported in the first service domain, establishing the second connection failed in the first service domain, or establishing the second connection is predicted to fail in the first service domain. The UE then establishes the second connection for transmitting and receiving voice or data in the second service domain while simultaneously continuing the first connection without service interruption.
US10165473B2
Examples described herein relate to managing communications for a first subscription and a second subscription of a wireless communication device, including, but not limited to, determining collision between activities of the first subscription over a first RAT and activities of the second subscription over a second RAT and reselecting from the second RAT to a third RAT for the second subscription.
US10165471B2
In one embodiment, a method for selecting a software interface based on operator policy comprises receiving from a mobile device a message requesting that a packet data session be allocated, wherein the message includes a requested quality of service profile for the packet data session, selecting a software interface, from among a plurality of software interfaces, for communication with a packet node based on the contents of the message, for the packet node to provide the mobile device with access to a packet data network, and allocating the packet data session in communication with the packet node, wherein the requested quality of service profile is conveyed to the packet node using the selected software interface.
US10165453B1
A millimeter-wave communication component includes at least two millimeter-wave antennas located at two opposite sides thereof, in which the entire millimeter-wave communication component constitutes a single rigid mechanical element that can be easily mounted on a side of a pole, such that the millimeter-wave communication component is situated in front of the pole, and thereby positioning one of the millimeter-wave antennas to the right of the pole, and one of the other millimeter-wave antennas to the left of the pole. Said positioning of the two millimeter-wave antennas enables them to generate two millimeter-wave radiation pattern that together, and cooperatively, cover an entire and continuous sector surrounding the back of the pole. Further millimeter-wave antennas may be added to complete the coverage to a continuous 360 degrees coverage, while maintaining simple installation of the millimeter-wave communication component on the pole as a single rigid mechanical element.
US10165450B2
A method and apparatus for determining and sharing RF spectrum availability. The method includes automatically sensing and analyzing a spectrum to identify used and/or unused portions of the spectrum, and automatically communicating the used and/or unused portions of the spectrum to a spectrum owner or a spectrum user. The invention has particular use in automatically identifying and quantifying current spectrum users, automatically reporting the current spectrum users to a spectrum owner, and/or allocating unused spectrum portions to users.
US10165448B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate an automated pairing between an access point and station through a secure setup procedure. An access point may enter into an auto-connection mode after a boot of the access point, and while operating in the auto-connection mode, the access point may identify a station by retrieving attribute information carried by a probe request that is output from the station. The access point may compare the retrieved attribute information to one or more criteria attributes, and if the retrieved attribute information associated with the station matches the one or more criteria attributes, the access point may be placed into a secure setup mode. While the access point is in the secure setup mode, the station from which the probe request was received may be paired with the access point.
US10165443B2
Disclosed are various examples of transmitting management commands to a device using a short message service (SMS) message or voice call. A device may lack network connectivity with a management service. Network capabilities of the device may be disabled or impaired. The management service can generate a SMS message or voice call that includes the management command. The SMS message or voice call can be transmitted to the client device over a cellular network. The SMS message or voice call can include an authentication string with which the authenticity of the SMS message or voice call can be verified. The device can then execute the management command.
US10165442B2
A transmission device has a detector, a generator, and a transmitter. When the detector has detected that a communication rule of a message that has been broadcasted to a network by another transmission device coincides with a communication rule of a message that is broadcasted to the network by the present transmission device, the generator generates an abnormality notification message. Then, the transmitter broadcasts an abnormality notification message to the network.
US10165438B2
A disclosed method for secured multi-payload antennas operators operations comprises generating, by an antenna operations center (AOC), AOC commands using an antenna location pointing request for each of at least one antenna associated with each of at least one customer. The method further comprises transmitting, by a satellite operation center (SOC), the AOC commands and SOC commands to a vehicle via a ground antenna, where the SOC commands are related to at least one antenna associated with a host. Also, the method comprises generating customer antenna gimballing commands by using the AOC commands, and generating host antenna gimballing commands by using the SOC commands. Further, the method comprises gimballing respectively each of the antenna(s) associated with each of the customer(s) by using the customer antenna gimballing commands, and gimballing respectively each of the antenna(s) associated with the host by using the host antenna gimballing commands.
US10165431B2
A system and method for generating and transmitting emergency messages and for maintaining real-time emergency communications sessions between users and emergency dispatch centers. A system receives data transmitted from a user device and constructs an emergency message related to a specific type of emergency scenario as well as the location, meta-data and background information of the user. The generated emergency message is transmitted via a communications network and delivered to an appropriate emergency dispatch center. The method enables the user to deliver a detailed request for help regardless of his or her location or, in another instance, delivers the basic emergency response related information for the user. The generated emergency message is universally compatible with emergency communications center infrastructure so long as the communications centers possess basic voice call equipment.
US10165412B2
There is provided an information processing device that can improve the precision of the action recognition process by considering the speed information, the information processing device including: an action recognition unit configured to recognize an action of a user based on sensor information; a speed acquisition unit configured to acquire speed information indicating a movement speed of the user; and a correction unit configured to correct an action recognition result based on a comparison result between the speed information and a speed threshold set according to the action recognition result.
US10165392B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a network device that performs operations include determining a context of a communication device operable within a mobility network, wherein the communication device interacts with a virtual resource manager to allow a user of the communication device to access a virtual resource by way of a user interface at the communication device. The virtual resource is hosted by another system remotely accessible to the communication device by way of the mobility network. An access parameter is determined based on the context of the communication device and forwarded to the communication device by way of the mobility network. The communication device is enabled to access the virtual resource based on the access parameter. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10165378B2
A display device having a speaker module includes a display, an ultrasonic speaker and an adjustment module. The speaker module includes at least one first speaker module and at least one second speaker module. The first speaker module is disposed at the display and adapted to emit a first ultrasonic wave. The second speaker module is disposed at the display and adapted to emit a second ultrasonic wave. The first ultrasonic wave and the second ultrasonic wave are intersected to form an audible region. The adjustment module is adapted to control the first speaker module and the second speaker module to rotate relative to the display, so as to drive the audible region to target a user.
US10165376B2
The present disclosure relates to inclusion of a non-contact antenna. The non-contact antenna can allow a variety of antennas to be used on a hearing assistance device and can overcome issues associated with mounting an antenna internal to the case of a hearing assistance device. A non-contact antenna may include a proximity coupled antenna, such as an antenna mounted on a hearing assistance device case (external to the case) near a feed line that will transfer energy between the antenna and an SMD internal to the case. A non-contact antenna may include an aperture coupled antenna, such as an antenna mounted external to the case on an antenna substrate, where the antenna substrate is on a feed substrate with a feed line, and where there is an aperture in a ground plane.
US10165375B2
A hearing aid includes a casing configured to fit behind an ear of a user's head and against a side of the user's head. The hearing aid further includes a first proximity sensor associated with the casing and configured to generate a first signal that is proportional to a proximity of the casing to the ear and includes a processor coupled to the first proximity sensor and configured to select an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes in response to the first signal.
US10165368B2
Methods and systems for headset with automatic source detection and volume control may include in an audio headset: receiving one or more audio signals carrying audio channels; and processing the audio channels to generate stereo signals for output to a left and a right speaker of the audio headset. The processing may include: determining a quantity of the audio channels carried in the received audio signals by comparing a level of a channel of the received audio signals to a threshold during a determined time period; adjusting a level of one or more of the audio channels based on the quantity of the audio channels carried in the received audio signals; and combining the audio channels to generate the stereo signals. The processing may include adjusting gain and/or phase of the audio channels carried in the received audio signals such that a perceived location of a listener is changed.
US10165362B2
Techniques for improving speech recognition are described. An example of an electronic device includes an extracting unit to extract a reference spectral profile from a reference signal and a device spectral profile from a device signal. A comparing unit compares the reference spectral profile and the device spectral profile. A delta calculating unit calculates a delta between the reference spectral profile and the device spectral profile. A design unit designs a correction filter based on the computed delta.
US10165361B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing loudspeaker protection. An upstream loudspeaker model estimation component receives sensed electrical characteristics of a loudspeaker, estimates the impedance of the loudspeaker, fits an impedance model to the estimated impedance, and generates an excursion model of the loudspeaker and a gain change parameter from the estimated parameters of the impedance model. A downstream audio signal processing component utilizes the gain change parameter and the excursion model, or parameters thereof, to constrain the temperature of a voice coil of the loudspeaker and to limit a predicted excursion of the loudspeaker. The downstream audio signal processing component also utilizes processed signals associated with the constrained temperature and the limited excursion to suppress unwanted distortion for an output audio signal to be played back by the loudspeaker.
US10165360B2
A mixing console including a plurality of audio inputs and a plurality of audio processing channels. Control data is received from a microphone which is connected to a given audio input to provide audio data. The control data includes an indication of an audio source associated with a microphone. A router of the mixing console is configured to route the audio data from the given audio input to a given audio processing channel based on the received indication of the audio source.
US10165355B2
A system and method for data transmission and power supply capability over an audio jack for mobile devices are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: a peripheral device including an energy storage component, a microphone using a microphone bias voltage, and a select switch configured to provide a first switch position wherein charging of the energy storage component using the microphone bias voltage via the microphone conductor is enabled, the select switch being configured provide a second switch position wherein charging of the energy storage component using the microphone bias voltage via the microphone conductor is disabled; and a mobile device and an application (app) executable in the mobile device to produce a switching tone on the audio signal conductor of the audio jack, the switching tone causing the select switch to transition to the first switch position or the second switch position.
US10165353B2
An earphone is provided that has two diaphragms that are stretched on a frame and that are driven by means of an electroacoustic sound transducer that is not provided in the region of the two diaphragms. Instead, the sound transducer is acoustically coupled to the two diaphragms via a sound duct. The sound transducer preferably has a front and a rear volume, wherein the front volume of the sound transducer drives the two (parallel) diaphragms via the sound duct. This allows the provision of no electroacoustic reproduction transducer in the central region of the earpiece of an earphone.
US10165349B2
An audio output device and an electronic device are provided. The audio output device includes a plurality of speakers, a terminal connected with a sound source providing device, and a cable connecting the plurality of speakers and the terminal. The cable includes a wire, a flexible element arranged surrounding a portion of the wire, and an insulation member forming an outer sheath of the cable. The flexible element includes a first flexible electrode and a second flexible electrode, and a capacitance of the flexible element changes as the flexible element is deformed.
US10165335B2
In one aspect, an example method for outputting an alert indicating a functional state of a back-up video-broadcast system involves a computing device receiving first closed-captioning data that corresponds to a first video-stream; the computing device receiving second closed-captioning data that corresponds to a second video-stream; the computing device making a determination that the received first closed-captioning data and the received second closed-captioning data lack a threshold extent of similarity; and responsive to the determination that the received first closed-captioning data and the received second closed-captioning data lack the threshold extent of similarity, the computing device outputting an alert.
US10165323B2
The present invention discloses systems for monitoring advertisements. A system for monitoring advertisements in a broadcast television channel in accordance with the present invention comprises a sound level monitor for monitoring an audio level of a first broadcast television channel, a data tagger, coupled to the sound level monitor, for tagging a start and an end of an advertisement segment within the first broadcast television channel, and a receiver, wherein when the receiver is first tuned to the first broadcast channel and then tuned to a second broadcast channel, an on-screen display is displayed on a monitor displaying the second broadcast channel, the OSD being displayed when the end of the advertisement segment within the first broadcast channel occurs.
US10165301B2
A motion vector predictor candidate generating unit makes a prediction based on a motion vector of one of coded neighboring blocks that are neighboring to a coding target block in space or time and generates a plurality of motion vector predictor candidates. A motion vector predictor redundant candidate removing unit removes the motion vector predictor candidates having identity among the motion vector predictor candidates predicted based on a coded neighboring block that is neighboring in space from a motion vector predictor candidate list with at least one being left. A motion vector predictor selecting unit selects a motion vector predictor from the plurality of motion vector predictor candidates. A first bitstream generating unit codes information representing the selected motion vector predictor.
US10165293B2
Provided is an apparatus for processing a video. The apparatus for processing a video includes an image receiving module that is configured to receive encoded data; a filtering module that is configured to filter an image frame reconstructed from the encoded image; a block dividing module that is configured to divide the filtered image frame into a plurality of blocks; a compression module that is configured to selectively compress each of the plurality of blocks by determining each compression method for the blocks, package the compressed or uncompressed plurality of blocks into a predetermined unit; and a frame buffer memory that is configured to record the packaged data and the lookup table information.
US10165284B2
A prediction information derivation unit derives inter prediction information candidates from inter prediction information of coded prediction blocks neighboring a prediction block subject to coding within the same picture as the prediction block subject to coding and inter prediction information of a prediction block in a coded picture that is different from the prediction block subject to coding. The prediction information derivation unit determines an inter prediction information candidate to be used for inter prediction of the prediction block subject to coding from the inter prediction information candidates that have been derived. A second bitstream generation uni codes an index that indicates the inter prediction information candidate based on the number of the inter prediction information candidates.
US10165277B2
The image coding method includes: determining a context in a current block in the image, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic coding on the control parameter for the current block to generate a bitstream corresponding to the current block, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is (i) “merge_flag”, (ii) “ref_idx_l0” or “ref_idx_l1”, (iii) “inter_pred_flag”, (iv) “mvd_l0” or “mvd_l1”, (v) “no_residual_data_flag”, (vi) “intra_chroma_pred_mode”, (vii) “cbf_luma”, and (viii) “cbf_cb” or “cbf_cr”.
US10165273B2
A video encoder may use an adaptive Wiener filter inside the core video encoding loop to improve coding efficiency. In one embodiment, the Wiener filter may be on the input to a motion estimation unit and, in another embodiment, it may be on the output of a motion compensation unit. The taps for the Wiener filter may be determined based on characteristics of at least a region of pixel intensities within a picture. Thus, the filtering may be adaptive in that it varies based on the type of video being processed.
US10165271B2
The image predictive encoding device 10 comprises an intra frame predictive signal generation method determination section 15 which determines, for adjacent areas comprising regenerated pixel signals and adjacent to the target area, a predictive method which is derived on the basis of data corresponding to the adjacent areas as an R mode predictive method or an L mode predictive method, an intra frame predictive signal generation section 16 which generates an intra frame predictive signal on the basis of the R mode predictive method thus determined, and a subtractor 18, a transform section 19, a quantization section 20, and an entropy encoding section 25 which encode a residual signal of a pixel signal of the target area on the basis of the generated intra frame predictive signal.
US10165269B2
A more efficient way of addressing different bit-depths, or different bit-depths and chroma sampling format requirements is achieved by using a low bit-depth and/or low-chroma resolution representation for providing a respective base layer data stream representing this low bit-depth and/or low-chroma resolution representation as well as for providing a higher bit-depth and/or higher chroma resolution representation so that a respective prediction residual may be encoded in order to obtain a higher bit-depth and/or higher chroma resolution representation. By this measure, an encoder is enabled to store a base-quality representation of a picture or a video sequence, which can be decoded by any legacy decoder or video decoder, together with an enhancement signal for higher bit-depth and/or reduced chroma sub-sampling, which may be ignored by legacy decoders or video decoders.
US10165266B2
An image processing device includes a color reproduction characteristic acquiring unit that acquires a color reproduction characteristic of a display device, a color reproduction characteristic correction unit that corrects the color reproduction characteristic, a feature amount extraction unit that extracts a feature amount which is an object of the correction of the color reproduction characteristic acquired by the color reproduction characteristic acquiring unit, and an evaluation image selecting unit that selects, based on the feature amount, an evaluation image which is a source for generating a confirmation image including (i) an image when the color reproduction characteristic acquired by the color reproduction characteristic acquiring unit and before the correction is used and (ii) an image when the color reproduction characteristic after the correction by the color reproduction characteristic correction unit is used.
US10165258B2
A canvas generation system generates a canvas view of a scene based on a set of original camera views depicting the scene, for example to recreate a scene in virtual reality. Canvas views can be generated based on a set of synthetic views generated from a set of original camera views. Synthetic views can be generated, for example, by shifting and blending relevant original camera views based on an optical flow across multiple original camera views. An optical flow can be generated using an iterative method which individually optimizes the optical flow vector for each pixel of a camera view and propagates changes in the optical flow to neighboring optical flow vectors.
US10165256B2
Described is an aerial vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”), that includes a plurality of sensors, such as stereo cameras, mounted along a perimeter frame of the aerial vehicle and arranged to generate a scene that surrounds the aerial vehicle. The sensors may be mounted in or on winglets of the perimeter frame. Each of the plurality of sensors has a field of view and the plurality of optical sensors are arranged and/or oriented such that their fields of view overlap with one another throughout a continuous space that surrounds the perimeter frame. The fields of view may also include a portion of the perimeter frame or space that is adjacent to the perimeter frame.
